delays all week. now we're learning the cause is similar to the reason for a deadly crash. why metro says your safety isn't necessarily at risk. >> $44 to drive on 66. the new record toll for the express lanes. what's being blamed for this price hike. first, snow. we said it again. >> oh, man. >> how much you could see your live by the end of the day today. we went into weather alert mode here. metro delays could be the problem -- maybe it won't. i don't know. good morning. how about we say good morning. it's 5:00 somewhere. >> right here. >> oh, that's right. >> where is that purse when you need it? >> don't worry. it's not happening while we're actually working. >> it looks like it. >> so yes, we are talking about the snow. we'll talk about that. melissa will talk about the metro area in a second i'm sure. weather

and maryland. so this is not everybody. it's only part of the area that we're going to put the weather alert out for. it's mostly after noon today. we expect snowfall, on the lighter side. but expect lower visibility. most of the treated roads should be staying west. it's going to move out very quickly. it's a clipper system that will start developing once it's closer to the amt. current temperatures below freezing. 30 degrees washington. it's 22 in gaithersburg. 27 in clinton. 23 winchester. warm coat this morning for the kids at the bus stop. by 8:00 a.m., 31 degrees. there you see it. 3:00 p.m., we should be having snow falling in the d.c. metro area and in maryland. we'll take a closer look at the timing of it and again, who can expect it coming up. let's check the roads. they're dry right now, melissa. >> they are dry. taking a look at waldorf, northbound 301 near 5 there, the traffic is getting

on the right shoulder right now. we do have some closures there because of that crash and a tow truck getting things out of the way. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems there. when we take a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, going to take you 26 minutes. on time there as you head southbound. as you head out of town up to 70, sometimes this morning, looking good here. right now, at 66 and 95, no major complaints. guys? >> thank you, melissa. it is 5:02, we're following a developing story in charles county this morning. sheriffs deputies are searching for a gunman at a shooting in waldorf. a man was killed at holly avenue at spruce street last night. >> chopper 4 was over the scene as they collected evidence. the gunman took off in a dark-colored sedan. take a look at this scene at 5:02. this will take some time to repair. look at the damage. a car caused this outside a d.c. warner thear.

van parked in front of the theater rolled and crashed into the stairs. one woman was hurt but is expected to be okay. heartbreak in southern california where wildfires continue to rage out of control. these flames are just incredible to see. 32-year-old cory iverson was killed while fighting one of the largest fires recorded in the state. fellow firefighters lined an overpass as his body was taken to the coroner's office. those who knew him say they're devastated. >> this is a tragic event. it's a reminder of the inherent dangers we face in california with wildfires and the risk we take in the fire service. >> iverson leaves behind his pregnant wife and a 2-year-old daughter. new details about that d.c. school aide charged with voyeurism. the 23-year-old worked at the st. collet a charter school. court documents say a video was posted

diaper of a 13-year-old girl who has multiple disabilities and the cognitive ability much an 11-month-old. she made the video to document her stressful day and she told police she felt remorse after watching the video later that day. the graduation scandal that rocked a d.c. high school will be discussed today. >> an investigation revealed dozens of students graduated last june when they shouldn't have. aimee cho tells us how educators and district officials plan to prevent this from happening again. this is a big issue. >> reporter: a lot of things to tackle. it made headlines last spring, getting every senior into ch college for the first time in history. but some say many students shouldn't have graduated at all. many missed three months of classes. didn't perform community

that investigation found only about a third of them actually deserved to graduate. for comparison in the previous two years, only half of the seniors graduated ballou. another teacher said they felt pressure from the school system to pass the students along and graduate them anyway. one teacher says a school official asked her to change a student's grade from an f to a d so he could pass. we've seen a great deal of fallout from this. the principal will be assigned. mayor muriel bowser calling for an investigation. yesterday the naacp put out a statement saying that the problems aren't just limited to ballou. they claim it's the same situation at many schools. they say it's not fair to target ballou in this investigation. after the hearing, they looked into parents, students and teachers to get a better sense of what happened at the school. we can stay here and continue to monitor the situation. eun, aaron. >> aimee cho for us downtown d.c. thanks. >> it's

scrambling to get the tax plan passed. the president wants to sign the bill by christmas. but republicans may not have the votes. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald is in the newsroom with more on why the tax plan is hanging by a thread at this point. >> aaron and eun. what a difference a day makes. it looks like president trump was on track to make good on his campaign promise to cut taxes and put more money in your pocket. the tax cut plan would be his first legislative win of the year. but that's in real jeopardy this morning. here are the issues. florida senator marco rubio threatened to vote no unless the bill gives american families a bigger tax credit for children. utah senator mike lee is undecided and tennessee senator bob corker doesn't support the plan. they can afford to lose two votes. but they think rubio will come around. >> a

i think senator rubio will be there. >> republicans are concerned about mississippi senator thad cochran who missed votes because of his health and of course, arizona senator john mccain who could also miss votes because he's still in the hospital. eun? >> meagan, thank you. a major shutdown is about to happen on metro's red line in weekend. >> metro needs to replace thousands of feet of cable. megan mcgrath is live with a look at why this defect is similar to the one that caused a deadly crash. megan? >> reporter: good morning, guys. regularly scheduled repair work has been canceled so that this emergency repair work can happen this weekend. that means a shutdown of a portion of the red line between silver spring and rhode island avenue. people want to be aware of that. these stations completely shut down this weekend. they're reporting that the problem found is similar to the isue

crash that killed nine people. metro says that there is a slight chance that a train could electronically disappear from the tracking system that communicates the location of trains. so the decision was made to shut down the stretch of the red line so that the repairs can be made quickly. it involves thousands of feet of cable. now take a look at the stations affected. these are the stations that are going to be closed this weekend. brookland, fort totten and tako takoma. they'll be closed beginning saturday morning and will remain closed through the weekend. the hope is to get the repairs done quickly and can reopen in time for rush hour on monday morning. we'll have to wait and see how it plays out. now in terms of how people can get around, metro will be running shuttle bus bridge service between the affected stations. certainly something people want to keep in mind. back to you. >> megan, thank you. 5:08 now. the latest member to exit the

quietly. omarosa manigault newman sat down with abc's nightline to discuss this. she was the only african-american woman in the senior staff of the white house. she said 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. does that concern you? >> well, absolutely. >> sources say omarosa was pushed out by chief of staff john kelly and had to be escorted off white house grounds. she says that's not true. she also said there's other issues she had with the white house but she cannot go into detail until her job officially ends next month. >> i've seen this only once before. >> what did he say? >> fans of stara

>> darth vader? >> i don't know. have to see the movie. the last jedi in the theaters for showings all over the country today. people overseas came out in droves to see the early screenings in cities like mumbai and bolivia. some of the scenes were shot there. expect to see a lot of fans dressed as movie characters out and about today. going to be part of the magic. >> this is the last film that carrie fisher will be in. she died earlier this year. >> if you don't have tickets, you're out of luck. people will be dressed up. it will be quite the spectacle. >> if you're just joining us this morning, we're in weather alert mode because snow is moving in, chuck. >> don't push the panic button yet, eun. there's plenty of time to panic later. there is a winter weather advisory from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. it's been issued by the national weather service. the highligh c

suburban maryland counties. the best chances are farther north and east, baltimore to the jersey shore. take a look at the rest of the weekend coming right up. another hollywood a-lister accused of sexual misconduct. the dist

i'm meagan fitzgerald at the live desk. d.c. water is reporting a water outage on newton street northeast. this is between 22nd street and 24th street. it's impacting about 40 homes. restoration is happening right now. but we're told this could take between six to eight hours to be repaired. aaron? >> meagan, thank you. 5:14 right now. new sexual misconduct allegations against actor dustin hoffman. 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 working on a movie in the '80s. nbc news not independently confirmed the claims. hoffman's lawyer denies the accusations. if you need health insurance for next year, today is the last day to sign up under the affordable care act. if you live in maryland, the deadline i

the baltimore sun reports that maryland's deadline was extended to help procrastinators. there has been a push to end the current program. as of right now, it remains in place. 2, 1, 0. weft liftoff. >> never gets old. never gets old. another one of these spectacular takeoffs today. spacex is scheduled to launch a falcon 9 rock from cape canaver canaveral. >> the rocket -- looking at it. they need a lot of stuff up there to -- >> live. >> live. and work. >> and do research. right. and help us explore our universe. get a better understanding of who we are as human beings. >> a universe beyond ours. space is the final frontier. >> you're such a nerd. >> and those are the voyages

possible alien -- listen. we're talking about the asteroid named -- am i saying that -- >> ooh mahwah mahwah. >> it's -- somebody saw this a month bg a telescope. they saw this over the hawaiian island of maui. astronomers only saw it after it sped by apparently. this had an unusual shape. more like a cigar than an astroid. a lot of people are wondering exactly what it is. >> any time we see something that is really outside of the range of observations of what we've seen in the past, it's not unnatural to speculate that something like

artificial. >> i'm going with owe mu a. >> you can hear more coming up later on the "today" show. apparently there's an ashtray -- asteroid also. >> of course. >> maybe dr. evil is inside. >> all right. the potential for snow, which causes a little panic around the area. each a little bit. erybody. >> good. >> thank you, sheena. >> you're welcome, eun. you will see flakes following us. be careful on the roads. that's all. temperatures this morning are below freezing for everybody. the weather alert, though. that's going to be mainly for the d.c. metro and maryland. after about noon today, that's when the snow is going to start.

and the roads will be wet. visibility briefly low once that snow starts falling. temperature as you walk outside, 30 degrees in d.c. 27 manassas. 27 in clinton. 22 in gaithersburg. 25 leesburg. it cold this morning. only in the 30s for a high. today once the snow moves in, it's going to drop the temperatures. we're dry locally. you see snow around the great lakes. that's part of the weather system that will be getting there. again, future weather in a second. it's going to show up out of nowhere. winter weather advisory. you see around the d.c. area and maryland, up towards philadelphia and new york, that's the only area we expect snow. here's future weather. we go towards noon area of snow, once it's closer to the atlantic, it will pull in moisture up to philadelphia and new york. notice how northern virginia gives a low chance much seeing any of this.

here. then we go into your saturday morning. we're nice and dry but cold again. snowfall not amounting to much. maybe half an inch to an inch through the d.c. metro and maryland after noontime today. but if you are driving just a heads up, most of the roads like i mentioned should be on the wet side. if you're closer to baltimore, you'll see the duration a little longer. as we go through your friday for your commute, dry this morning, flurries developing around lunchtime and by the afternoon, temperatures dropping to freezing when the snow starts to get here. at least it will be leaving quickly. we like that. take a look at your weekend forecast. back in the 40s. monday in the 50s as well as tuesday. looking pretty good with the temperatures. let's see how the roads are looking this morning. hopefully not bad, melissa. >> good morning. not too bad here. we had a problem, 95 northbound near route 1. we had a disabled vehicle that cleared out of the way. that is now gone. that's good. brandy wine, 301 northbound at

getting by to the right of the krafrnlt crash. 70 to 71 owe you're nice and clear. 95 looking quite good right now also. it's 5:20. here's a christmas conspiracy for you. a new theory believes soianta's reindeer are all female. >> the theory started circulating apparently earlier this week when a woman tweeted her support for female reindeer. she says male reindeer lose their antlers in the winter, but female reindeer keep theirs until calves are born. >> if there's scientific evidence to back it up, it must be right. >> i've never wondered whether they were mar

>> want to get the job done. >> they must be female, right? >> christmas came early for two sisters in iowa. they asked for their dad to come home. matthew has been in the navy for eight years. he was at sea for eight months. there was a large present arrived at their home. the girls unwrapped it and their father popped out of the box. oh, my goodness. how cute is that? matthew says this was his last deployment and now home for good. is there anything better? he plans to study at the university of iowa soon. >> had to wait for the girls to let go, though. >> oh, my goodness. awesome. welcome home. something a lot of us do. you hit the drive through for dinner. try not to tell the kids. it can have an impact from them. the new warning from health officials this morning. tune in later today for the ellen degeneres show.

today. it airs here at 3:00 followed by

children who frequently eat fast food may be at risk for heart disease and diabetes. they examined the diets of 9 and 10-year-olds. the survey shows regular fast food eaters consume more calories and fewer vitamins from children who ate home cooked meals. regular fast food eaters have higher bad body fat composition as well. howard university is honoring a nurse who dedicated her life to helping the smallest among us. >> meet kneeneonatal nurse devi white. during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, howard

as many as 32 border babies in a single unit. so many from the community always pitched in. >> we had to buy clothes for them. we had to buy toys for them. >> it continues this saturday at howard university hospital's 25th annual child and family celebration for at-risk kids. >> it's evolved into the border babies prevention program. nurses do so much work. they are the unsung heroes of our community. >> really. >> especially the neonatal units. babies are hanging by a thread. >> they do so much. unexpected fire hero. flames erupt. the one person who jumped into action each before firefighters showed up on the scene. movies with the stars. a wizard at work. the magical moment for local kids dealing with some hard times. we've got a storm team weather alert. a chance for light snow coming our

that impressive looking right now. as a clipper needs to get closer to the ocean before it has enough moisture. if it adds up to more than an

fire tragedy. breaking news overnight. new evacuations in

plus, mourning a firefighter killed on the frontlines. >> tax reform trouble. a race to beat the clock. republicans hammered out a plan but not everyone in their own party is on board. hitting the slopes. the 1-year-old showoff. turns out you don't have to go skiing to see a little snow today. >> nobody likes to -- >> all right. 5:30 is your time right now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist i'm eun yang. you're waking up to a weather alert day. the news team is working for you with everything you need to know to get ready. >> let's begin with the forecast for snow chuck bell and sheena parveen. you got explaining to do. >> what? >> not enough snow fort 1-year-old to go snowboarding. it will be out there. >> little chance for snow. not everyone will get snow. the

how you view snow. the lucky few who get it, probably only half an inch to an inch. it's the timing and the reason the weather service put up a winter weather advisory is for the timing more than the amount. the most likely, 2:00 to 4:00 or 5:00. mainly along the corridor from washington up to baltimore and out to the eastern shore. there's the advisory. maryland counties, the district and arlington. that's the main spot to get an half an inch to an inch of snow. we'll be keeping a close eye on this. it's cold enough to snow. mid to upper 20s to 30 degrees. as you plan out your day, a cold and dry start in the mid-20s. in the afternoon, there's that snow chance. 40, 50% chance between noon and 5:00 today. we'll keep you posted on that for the latest on traffic. let's go to melissa mollet. see what's going on. >> good morning. brand new problem in upper marlboro. this is inboundte

disabled vehicle. thankfully, not really causing too much of a delay anywhere at this point. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway rolling along nicely. nice little gift on this friday. taking a look at 270 again. looking quite good from 70 down to the spur. going 59 miles per hour. you're going to get there in 30 minutes. we'll take a look at your travel times across the area coming up. thank you, melissa. it's now 5:32. here are your top stories working for you this morning. sheriff's deputies are searching for a gunman in a deadly shooting in waldorf. a man was killed on holly avenue at spruce street last night. chopper 4 was over the scene as investigators collected evidence. deputies say the gunman took off in a dark-colored sedan. the graduation scandal that rocked a d.c. high school will be discussed today. staff, students and parents will have a chance to voice their concerns about what happened at ballou high school. dozens of students graduated last june from that schoolhe

heartbreak in southern california where wildfires continue to rage out of control. look at the flames. san diego firefighter was killed trying to fight the thomas fire. that fire is among the largest ever recorded in the state. 5:33 right now. a tragic crime in montgomery county. police say a man killed his mother and then himself. >> this is an update to a story we told you aboyesterday. police were called to an apartment building in silver spring. they found an 88-year-old dead from a gunshot. her son, 61-year-old garvey dyer killed her and then turned the gun on himself. this morning, more than 3 do dozen people are homeless. we talked with one man who helped a neighbor in a wheelchair. >> i seen him. i was like let me help him out. get him out of the

>> they rescued him and i put him in ambulance. >> nothing special. just something anybody would do. >> the good news is that nobody was hurt in the fire. but we're told some residents could be out for several weeks before they can return to their homes. new details about that accident which killed a pedestrian on rockville pike yesterday. investigators say 83-year-old driver cupertino -- was driving his nissan armada wednesday night when he struck a man in the crosswalk. police have not released the victim's name. ten pedestrians have been killed in montgomery county so far this year as paired to eight pedestrian death in the county for all of last year. metro says its service to a new year's eve is out. it will charge off-peak fares and no metro track work. last year, the system ran for free because of a sponsorship deal. home to the largest w

the new shop opens thursday morning south of dupont circle. it's more than 9,000 square feet inside. you'll be able to get signature coffee, drinks and apparently the hoagies are really good. look at the crowds in here. >> that's about right. >> they plan to open ten more locations in our area over the next couple of years. the second d.c. store is planned for georgetown. apparently the lines were out the door inform the opening. >> i was down there. definitely more foot traffic along the street there. graduation scandal. high school seniors, a no show at school but still allowed to walk. new action being taken at a local school today. i've seen this only once before. >> opening day. star wars fans are waking up in a good mood. what to expect from one of the most anticipated movies of the year.

a couple in alabama added six new bundles of joy to their family. they'll need a lot of diapers. >> and a lot of other things too. >> eric and courtney are the proud parents of sextuplets, three boys, three girls, born prematurely at under

despite that, they're all in pretty good condition. they need to be in neonatal icu. they had three children already. so they're a family of 11. >> it's a blessing. beautiful babies. >> once you have three, you might as well have nine. >> that's what they say to me. i have 17 kids. i really don't. i have three. a magical night for about 200 kids in our area. >> they had a chance to kick back and enjoy a movie with wizards star john wall. the biggest surprise of the night came before the showingju. the family is going through tough times. the mom diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. the dad just lost his job. wall announced he will pay the tuition for the twin boys in the family. they attended a catholic high school and wall arranged for grocery store gift cards for the family as well. >> it was just one of those

>> understand what they were going through. their father losing their job and mom battling cancer. i lost my mom at the age of 9 from cancer. it puts smiles on their faces. >> how about that. i think that's a wonderful thing that he's doing to spread holiday cheer and love to reach out to help family. >> take a minute to count your blessings as often as you can and share it with people. >> on the court and outside the court too, john wall. road to recovery. encouraging news for a vegas shooting survivor. how a maryland family is welcoming a new change in time for the holidays. a d.c. school scandal dozens of students allowed to graduate when teachers say they shouldn't have been. i'm aimee cho with the latest on that fallout coming up. it is cold this morning. before you step outside, have the warm

as we go through the day today. we have a weather alert. some areas will be seeing snow falling after about lunchtime. we'll show you the timing of that and what you can expect coming up. melissa? >> we'll check in on a couple of crashes and take a look at travel times straight ead.ah

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a christmas miracle. a las vegas shooting victim home for the holidays. a story of survival and how the local community is joining the tina tough movement. star wars mania. watch out for yodas and chewbaccas today. it's a big movie debut. >> jedi. >> fans are dressed for the occasion. >> we have a weather alert today. take a look at this. as we go through the afternoon, part of the area will be seeing snowfall. we'll show you how much to expect and a closer look at the timing coming up.

it's just about 5:45. the republican dream of tax reform currently hangs by a thread. >> republicans cannot afford too many noes here. they're racing against the clock to pass something before the new year. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on this scramble for votes. >> good morning. there are five in question. three who may have issues with the bill who may not even be able to show up. marco rubio of florida and mike lee of utah. they want to see better benefits for middle and low income families on the child tax credit. it's in there, but we want to see more of it deductible. he won't vote for it. lee seems to be undecided at this point. bob corker of tennessee is concerned about how it adds to the deficit. john mccain and corker they've both been out

vote with or without the pear>> how might democrats taking control of the senate seat -- >> they want to wait until doug jones get here. their argument is the people of alabama elected a democrat. but right now, there's a republican representing them here. they don't think it's fair that a republican vote on the tax bill representing the people of alabama when they just elected a democrat. although, there's no incentive with the vote being this tight for republican leaders to go along with delaying this at all, especially with the pressure from the president to get it on his desk by christmas. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. senator john mccain's health could jeopardize the vote. it's not clear when he'll come back to congress. there are reports that he's become increasingly frail. although talking to

senator lindsey graham said he felt good about what the treatments are accomplishing and mccain is trying to rest up. on halloween, we told you about candy and kkk recruitment flyers left. one woman put up a sign that said no trump, no kkk, no fascist, raceist usa. she's now surprised by some of the criticism she's getting online. >> i'm saying that those are things that i don't think are good for america. i don't personally believe president trump is good for america. >> some of the people who criticized rosemary lawler online said that president trump denounced the kkk and should not be named on that sign. lawler says for now, she has plans to keep the sign up. >> they were true heroes dedicated to serving until their last moments on this earth. words spoken by maryland governor larry hogan as

thursday. first responders tlaf erers tra as far away as louisiana to pay tribute. sander cohen died last friday along 270. he was helping fbi special agent carlos wolff when both men were hit and killed by another driver. wolff was also laid to rest on thursday in gaithersburg. home for the holidays has a new meaning for one local family. >> tina frost is back home. a lot of people didn't think they'd see this day. october 1st changed her life forever. she was shot during a music festival in las vegas. since then, overcome a lot of obstacles. now we'll have an interview only on our station. talk about tenacity. tina frost is one incredible and determined woman. we spoke with her dad at a fundraiser for her. he called her homecoming a

you'll remember she was shot in the head during the massacre in las vegas in october. she had to have her forehead reconstructed and lost her eye. the fact that she survived is nothing short of a miracle as her dad said. her dad said every day that passes is hard for her. they're taking it one day at a time. >> the bumps in the road, headaches, things like that. she was a little anxious about getting out and she got there. she did her therapy and walked out smiling and happy. so they did a good job today. >> tina frost is at johns hopkins hospital for about two months. she will continue to receive outpatient care. her dad says a full recovery could take up to two years. aaron? >> meagan fitzgerald for us in the newsroom. meagan, thank you. it's 5:49 right now. the d.c.

public hearing at -- >> dozens of students graduated last june when they shouldn't have. aimee cho is live with more on what educators and parents hope to achieve today. aimee. >> reporter: there's a lot to tackle at the disease council hearing. they got every senior into college, something that never happened at that school before. but some teachers say many of the students shouldn't have graduated at all. an investigation by wamu found many of the students were allowed to graduate even though they missed three months of classes and didn't perform community service. of the students at ballou, only a third of them deserve to graduate. a comparison, only half of the seniors graduated ballou. a number of teachers told us they felt pressure from the school system to pass students along and graduate them anyway. one teacher told

official asked her to change a student's grade from an f to a d so he could pass. we've seen a lot of fallout from this scandal. the principal has been reassigned. d.c. mayor bowser has called for an investigation and at the hearing, they will listen to students, parents and teachers to get a better idea of what happened. eun, aaron. >> aimee cho live for us in downtown d.c. >> it's never too early to learn something new. or too late. >> right. how about hitting the slopes before your first birthday. >> check this out. this is cash rowley. got a snowboard after she was born. >> look at her go. >> this is scary. taught her how to get on board by the time she was 1. they practiced in the living room apparently before they hit the bunny slopes here. now she's a viral sensation. got to be strapped on to that thing. >> there's the next chloe kim. watch out winter olympics.

she's 1. yes. >> 2020. >> that's what it sounds like when broadcasters -- >> carry the three and the -- >> i don't know how i could be old enough to have lived 2018. as a kid, i was raised in the '70s. that looked way out there. now it's -- >> yet here you are. >> here we are. >> no doubt. we're in weather alert mode for you today. just to give you a friendly heads up of a little snow. it will be a little bit of snow. maybe a half an inch to an inch. that's for the folks that get the most. 30 degrees now in washington. we're tracking that snow chance, half an inch to an inch. the timing of it is the reason for the national weather service to put out a winter weather advisory. noon to 6:00 p.m. the bull's-eye window is 2 to 5. anything that ks

to stick. any chance for snow to roads before rush hour, that's the reason for it. we've had quite a few snowmageddons, but it's the timing of it. all the highlighted counties, arlington, washington and into the state of maryland, that's where the advisory -- it officially goes from 1:00 until 7:00 p.m. temperatures all below freezing. it will stay cold all day long. there's the little snow chance. about 2:00 in the afternoon. it won't last long. by the time we get to 6:00 or 7:00, it will all be coming to an end. you can use the interactive radar feature, custom tailored, storm team forecast. here's a ripple in the atmosphere racing in our direction. it's blown well over 100 miles an hour. it's going to come in and out in a big hurry. future weather, not much going on before noon. at 2:00, there's a poof of snow right there. watch how quickly that disappears. 5:00 on to the western shore of the bay. the eastern shore of

7:00. it's all gone. here's the ten-day forecast, cold today with a chance for snow. then milder over the weekend. 45 tomorrow. 47 on sunday. little chance for a raindrop or two late monday into tuesday. the week leading into christmas will not be cold. our chance for a white christmas are falling each and every day. >> i really would love a white christmas. all right, chuck. chopper 4 over top of bw parkway here at powder mill road. you can siee things are looking good. 66 inbound. the ramp to the outer loop seeing a brand new problem. right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. tow truck also on the scene. northbound 301 at cedarville, left side blocked by a crash. northbound 301 at waldorf, traffic getting by to the right. inbound after woodyard, shoulder blocked -- inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no big probable lechlts overall, the t

in maryland and virginia. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in the car today. good morning. i am landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. tis the season of giving and gifting. that means paying for the shopping well into the new year. according to borrow money, 25% of americans will take up to six months to pay off the post holiday debt. some say will spend between $250 and $500 on gifts. the top new years resolution is to actually save money. i'm landon dowdy. >> never works out how you want it to. landon, thank you. >> it's hard to save money. today is your day if you're shipping packages. hundreds are participating in free shipping day. amazon, macy's, toys-r-us and a

lot more promise free delivery by christmas with no minimum spending limit. for the full list of participating retailers, head to the nbc washington app. there you go. a special lady in your life likes to throw one back now and again. here's a gift for christmas. a wine dispensing purse. >> they think of everything. >> it's called the porto vino. party in a purse. it's like a handbag. you pop the spout out. >> say what? >> can't put anything else in that bag. >> full bottle of wine. she did. she put the whole bottle in that pouch. >> the first time you know you have a problem. you have to carry your wine with you? >> and a glass apparently. >> my goodness. >> what's it called porto vino. >> of course. i've seen this only once before. >> fans of the star wars

theaters for showings across the country today. folks overseas came out in droves to see the early screenings in cities like mumbai and la paz, italy. they dressed up as movie characters. >> can't wait to see the spectacle. it's very exciting. this is the final star wars film to feature carrie fisher. she died last year. a lot of people want to see it for that reason as well. >> if you don't have a ticket already, you're not seeing it today. probably sold out everywhere. >> may the force be with you. a bombshell report, sexual misconduct allegations this time involving actor dustin hoffman and a minor. >> plus, a wild night at the theater. the drama that unfolded well off stage. >> reporter: emergency repair work on the red line will close three stations this weekend. a live report coming up.

where you live could be -- metro delays. frustration on the red line. new details on a dangerous defect and why leaders say your safety is not at risk. hanging out with meryl. the stars flock to washington.

news 4. all right. the good news. you can be happy about this -- we have a storm team weather alert day. >> we may see snow. we'll help you get ready this morning. it could be tricky this afternoon. it's cold outside. the roads are dry for now. the scene could change depending where you live and where you might be headed this weekend. >> our meteorologist sheena parveen is here with a look at the timing and who could see the most snow. not a big snow adventure. >> no, not at all. you hear us talk about the clipper systems. sometimes they can be a nuisance. but this one isn't really going to develop until it gets right over us as it brings in moisture from the atlantic. weather alert for the d.c. metro area and maryland. notice how we haven't included much of virginia at all. after noon today we expect the s