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

areas. low visibility briefly with roads mainly wet. temperatures will start to drop at the time of the snowfall. those treated roads should be mostly fine. temperatures right now, though, we have a lot of 20s on the map as you step outside. you want the warm coat. the winter weather advisories up for the district and also maryland. take a look at future weather going through time. lunchtime, not too much happening. 3:00 p.m., look at that. snowfall around d.c. all the way up to new york. we'll take a closer look at what to expect where you live straight ahead. as far as your friday morning commute, how is it looking melissa? >> looking pretty good. bw parkway at the beltway, headlights are out of the loop. everything rolling along fine this morning. inbound 66. the ramp to the outer loop again. right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. right now, 66 looking pretty good here. all things considered. northbound 301 at cedarville, the left side blocked by a crash and waldorf, 301 inbound at 5. traffic getting by to

right shoulder block bid a disabled vehicle. 95 in maryland all rolling along just fine. eun? >> thank you, melissa. the time is 6:02. a major shutdown is about to happen on the metro red line this weekend. >> it needs to replace thousands of feet of cable. >> we're joined live from the takoma station looking at why the defect is similar to one that caused a deadly crash. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. similarities and they just want to make sure they do everything that they can to make sure that people on this line are safe. that's why the emergency repairs are happening this weekend. what that means is a closure on the red line between silver spring and rhode island avenue. the "washington post" reporting that the problem that has been found is similar to the issue since the 2009 train collision that killed nine people. >> metro says that

slight chance that a train could electronically disappear from a tracking system that communicates the locations of trains. that's the situation that happened in 2009. now, the decision, therefore, has been made to shut down this stretch of the red line so that the repairs can be made quickly. look at the stations that are incompetent packeted here. we have station that is are going to close. brookland fort totten and takoma. hopefully reopening by monday. we spoke to a commuter arks rider, she's okay with the closures as long as it makes things safer. >> safe for everyone's life. make sure they get where they're going, getting to. okay. >> reporter: the repairs can be completed by the start of rush hour on monday morning. we're going to have toee

metro through this affected area, they are going to be running shuttle buses. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath live in takoma. thanks, megan. we're following a developing story in charles county. deputies are searching for a gunman in a deadly shooting. a man was killed on holly avenue at spruce street last night. chopper 4 was over the scene as investigators collected evidence. the gunman took off in a dark-colored sedan. more than a fixer upper here. look at the damage a car did outside the warner theater. a dapt of public works van that was parked in front of the theater rolled and crashed into the stairs there. we know that one woman was hurt. she should be okay. we have breaking news on the wildfires burning out west. meagan fitzgerald at the live desk with new evacuation orders. meagan? >> just coming into the newsroom, as you said, mandatory evacuation orders are being issued in san

county near the los padres forest. this adds to the thousands who have been forced to flee their homes. meanwhile, firefighters are desperately trying to battle this unrelenting thomas fire which continues to rage in southern california. fire officials are saying 238,000 acres along with hundreds of homes have already burned. the fire is still only 30% contained. it's been burning for 11 days and expected to continue. there's continued heartbreak in southern california where these wildfires continue to rage out of control. a san diego firefighter was killed trying to fight the thomas fire. that fire is among the largest ever recorded in the state. yesterday engineer cory iverson's body was taken in a procession to the co

he was killed in the line of duty. his fellow firefighters lined a freeway overpass and stood on top of vehicles to salute him. those who knew iverson say they're devastated. >> this is a tragic event. it is a reminder of the inherent dangers that we face here in california with wildfires. the risk you take in the fire service. >> iverson leaves behind a pregnant wife and a 2-year-old daught daughter. he was 32 years old. a woman facing murder charges after police say she admitted to shaking her newborn daughter and throwing her on a bed. the 2-month-old little girl died three days later. she called 9-1-1 in february and said her daughter was unresponsive. the baby apparently died from blunt force injuries. investigators say she confessed to abusing the baby. she was arrested yesterday. new and disturbing details about the d.c. school aide charged with voyeurism. the

school in greater washington. she posted a video on snapchat on december 1st. court documents say the video shows aides trying to change the diaper of a 13-year-old girl who has multiple disabilities and acog any tiff level of an 11-month-old. she shade she made the video to document her stressful day and titled it want to go home. she also felt remorse after watching the video late they're day. the d.c. council will hold a public hearing on the graduation scandal that rocked ballou high school. educators, parents and students will be able to voice concerns about what happened. an investigation revealed dozens of students graduated last june when they shouldn't have. mayor bowser launched an investigation into the allegations. 7 minutes after the hour right now. the gop is scrambling to knock down enough republican votes to pass the massive tax plan before christmas. >> senator marco rubio is

the bill gives american families a bigger child tax credit. utah senator mike lee is undecided and senator bob corker from tennessee does not support the plan. republicans can only afford to lose two votes. it's now 6:08. news 4 is the only news station in town to talk to meryl streep. 94.7 fresh fm's tommy mcfly caught up with her. steven spielberg there at the world premiere of "the post." it's about the "washington post's" decision to publish the pentagon papers and the unlikely partnership between publisher and editor. >> i was grateful to be able to try to portray her. but i also felt, what's the word, humbled because she really was an extraordinary person. >> might as well give her an oscar

movies she's nominated much she's that amazing. we'll have more about the upcoming movie later on news 4. tommy interviewed oprah. he was t -- he interviewed the man who leaked the papers. the time is 6:09. omarosa breaking her silence. the one-time white house insider reveals why she resigned. sexual assault scandal, why his widow calls it a high-tech lynching. we have a storm team weather alert for you. there's a chance for light snow today. not everyone is going to get to see it. just mainly from basically the washington area, points north and

good morning. i'm chuck bell. a chaps for snow this afternoon. what about your weekend? it's friday. tgif every.

it will be dry most of the weekend and on the milder side. back into the 40s at least. that will be a little nicer. we're watching out for a chance of snow this afternoon. sheena will detail more coming up. brand new problem on first 4 traffic. southbound connecticut avenue, new crash. more on this and the rest of what's happening around town coming up. melissa, thank you. 6:13 now. despite calls for relief, tolls for solo drivers keep going up on i-66. >> yesterday's commute hit a new record since those express lanes opened up two weeks ago. our news partner wtop said tolls topped out at $44 just before 8:30 yesterday morning. the previous record at $44. the spike yesterday was because of extra traffic caused by bridge backups and an accident. area leaders demanded action to lower the tolls. transportation officials say if you don't want to pay, then carpool with someone else. th

more people trying to find ways to avoid the tolls. the case of road rage ended up in a walgreens parking lot. this happened in missouri as a woman was on her way home from work. she noticed someone following her. she pulled into a parking lot. he blocked her in and started kicking her suv. when she got out of her vehicle and tried to record him, he tackled her. look at this. >> oh, my goodness. >> he tried to hit her as he drove off apparently. >> police identified a suspect here. they have not made an arrest yet. the man accused of ramming his car into a charlottesville crowd and killing a woman will be charged with first degree murder. prosecutors say james fields jr. killed heather highier and injured several others. given how vie vent the august clashes became, police didn't want to take chances yesterda

officers in tactical geear at te courthouse and shoppers overhead. fields faces 40 years in prison if convicted. let them go! >> today the trial of six people accused of rioting on president trump's inauguration day is set to go to the jury. they're the first of more than 200 people facing charges. you may remember these scenes that played out in downtown d.c. in january. because many of the protesters were wearing masks, the defense attorneys argue it's hard to prove their clients are the ones causing the damage. each faces decades in prison if convicted on all charges. the latest member to exit the trump administration isn't going quietly. omarosa manigault newman sat down to explain why she resigned. she was the only african-american woman in the senior staff of the white house. one thing she said during the interview was that she's troubled by president trump's handling of the violence in

charlottesville. >> and we all were shocked and rye pulsed by what we saw. >> yet the president said there were fine people in that crowd and bad folks on either side does that concern you? >> absolutely. >> sources say omarosa was purnd out by chief of staff john kelly and had to be escorted off white house grounds. she says that's not true. omarosa says there are other issues she had with the white house, but she won't go into detail until her job officially ends next month. howard university hospital is honoring the a woman who dedicated her life to the smallest. >> she has spent 35 years taking care of the smallest babies delivered at the hospital. she says during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, howard housed as many as 32 border babies in a single unit. so many from the community pitched in to help out. >> we had

them, we had to buy toys for them. >> that tradition of help continues this saturday at 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 know the nurses are the behind the scenes heroes who do so much of that tough work. >> they're the ones that, when you're in pain, you call a nurse. >> they don't get as much credit. hats off to all the nurses. >> there is a new push in prince william county to sign people up in the pulse point app. this is a service proven to save lives. the app links a network of people who know cpr and alerts them when there is an emergency nearby. often the ordinary citizens arrive on scene before the paramedics. pulse point is already used in the district. prince george's county and other local communities to find out how to register for

>> they would love to have somebody know cpr in an emergency. buffalo, new york, is still being blasted. is this like a wednesday. any other day, buffalo. a problem for the buffalo bills football team. >> the bills play in an open air stadium. before the fans and people can come in, the snow has to come out. they started this on wednesday. >> these are dedicated fans. >> they really are. they continue to shovel. continued yesterday each when the snow was still falling. >> they're probably shoveling their own seats. they want to go to the game. >> i want to know. there's probably a reason why. why does that stadium not have a retractible roof? they know it's going to snow. it's like a snow machine there. it comes from the great lakes and it doesn't stop. >> this is not the only cold weather team with open air stadium. >> it's also a part of whaty

do there. >> in buffalo? >> shoveling snow. you volunteer to come and do that. >> i suppose. maybe it's a tradition. holiday tradition to shovel the snow out of the bills stadium. no shovelable snow. >> we would rather not. but we have a little bit of snow in the forecast going into today. not everybody, okay? it's not going to be a lot of snow. the d.c. metro area and maryland, that's who is going to be under a weather alert today. the snow mostly after lunchtime in through the early afternoon. drops in the visibility. will briefly be low in spots. >> that will extend into new york. locally nice and dry. that system as it gets closer won't look like much. once it gets closer to the atlantic. now we do have a winter weather advisory. it's not for everybody. we're not mentioning much of anything -- it starts after

the door, a lot of spots in the 20s. everyone is at or below freezing. dulles 27. clinton right now 30 degrees. the forecast for the snow, noon to 4:00 p.m., the general time frame for any accumulation. about a half an inch to an inch through the d.c. metro and maryland as you get closer to philadelphia and new jersey. future weather, we go through lunchtime, still not too much happening. temperatures, though, around freezing. then quickly we see the snow developing, mainly around the district and north and east of that. then it quickly moves away. this is one of those nuisance clipper-type systems. if you're walking the dog, watch out for that. find out how to adopt pete. by noon again, flurries developing. by 4:00 p.m., you might be walking the dog in the snow, especially in maryland. big improvements on the weekend. back in the 40s. by monday, 54 degrees. then rain moving in on tuesday. ok

forecast. this morning on the roads, how is it looking, melissa? >> a couple of slow spots this morning. take a look, sheena. chopper 4 over the outer loop ramp. you have the vehicle on the right side of the roadway. looks like a pretty good backup there. outer loop to southbound connecticut. that stretches back on to the beltway this morning getting real delays. the roads not so pretty right now. taking a look elsewhere, near the service road for 301. one right lane is blocked this morning. doesn't show much of a slowdown on the map right now. inbound 66. the ramp to the outer loop. right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. beltway looks okay here right now. travel times, 270 looks all right. so does the top of the beltway. inner loop and outer loop. looking in virginia, 66 and 95. quantico to the beltway, on time as well. listen to wtop 103.5 fm in your car today. >> thank you, melissa. scandal, the new membe

hollywood elite accused. the new investigation that involves dustin hoffman and a minor. graduation scandal. high school seniors a no show at schools. still allowed to walk. new action being taken at a local school today. you never know what hillary clinton might say on ellen today. she'll be the guest at 3:0 stick0. a

new allegations of sexual misconduct against actor dustin hoffman and one of them 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. two others say he sexually

while they were working on a movie. the claims are not confirmed. hoffman's lawyer denied the accusations. two powerful african-american men in media facing sexual misconduct allegations. >> russell simmons and pbs talk show host tavis smiley are publicly firing back. in the l.a. times and new york times, nine more women accused the men of vulgar language, assault and rape. the he stepped back from running his empire after two others accused him of rape. simmons is going to share evidence of his innocence. tavis smiley is aggressively defending himself in a facebook video. >> the question is whether or not there is too much now blurring of the lines. we don't want to find the real offenders, the aggressive rapists are blurring into these other guys. >> pbs has hired an outside law

a media frenzy. that's what the wife of a kentucky lawmaker says led to her husband's death. republican state representative dan johnson committed suicide on wednesday after a bombshell report about accusations about sex assault accusations. his wife said this never should have happened. >> i feel confident that had it not been for that article and the media's frenzy created from it, that my husband would be alive right now. >> stay with nbc4 and the "today" show with much more on that interview. flames erupt, the one person who jumped into action even before firefighters showed up on the scene. >> reporter: demanding action after a graduation scandal. dons ozef

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good morning everyone. welcome to your friday. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we're waking up to a weather alert this morning. "news4 today" steteam working o everything you need to know.

the first 4 traffic. we begin with the forecast for that snow. chuck and sheena, they're working on this. it's still a few hours out, right? >> not until after lunchtime. but the good news is, it's not for everybody today. >> absolutely right. not looking for a lot of snow. snow lovers, really just want it so bad, know that -- >> not today. >> not today. not going to add up to too much. maybe an inch of snow. that's about all we're following here. the timing of it is the reason we're a little concerned. noon to 6:00. just in that pre-evening commute rush hour time frame is when we might get the snow at the heaviest. it's half an inch to an inch. heaviest for a brief period of time. we'll keep a close eye on this. the winter weather advisory is mainly for the maryland side of the potomac. it includes the district and arlington. this is mostly a maryland threat more so than a virginia threat. snowfall amounts will be light. half an inch to an

the viewing area. temperatures will stay cold all day. in the mid 20s now. layer up on your way out the door early this morning. temperatures will stay in the low to mid-30s all afternoon with the snow showers coming on in. let's go to melissa mollet. she's teamed up with chopper 4. any hiccups in the commute so far? >> we have the bridge here, the outer loop of the beltway. chopper 4 up above showing you a pretty good morning commute. everything is moving. we like that. 301, the service road there, we have one right lane blocked from the earlier crash. inbound 66. ramp to the outer loop. beltway, overall, looks okay. a little slow. >> melissa, thank you. it is 6:31. now to the top stories this morning. sheriff's deputies 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 they collected evidence. theu

dark-colored sedan. >> 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 and another senator on the fence. republicans can only afford to lose two votes. >> hundreds of retailers are participating in free shipping day. amazon macy's, toys-r-us. they promise free delivery by christmas with no minimum spending limit. 6:32 right now. a tragic crime in montgomery county. a man killed his mother and then killed himself. this is an update to a story we told you about yesterday. montgomery county police called to an apartment building in silver spring. when they arrived, they found 88-year-old rose dyer dead from a gunshot. they say her son, garvey dyer killed h

>> this morning, more than three dozen are temporarily homeless after a fire ripped through their apartment building. the residents in lanham rushed to help each other get out safely. we talked to a neighbor who helped another get out in a wheelchair. >> i seen him. let me help him out, get him out of the building. >> my gentleman and the fire people helped me to rescue him. i put him in ambulance. >> nothing special. just something anybody would do. >> the good news here is that no one was hurt in that fire. we are following breaking news. a lot of folks without water. d.c. water officials say the water main break on newton street in northeast between 22nd and 24th street, this is impacting about 40 homes. we understand that crews are working right now to fix this. it should take about six to eight hours to be restored. back to you. >> meagan being

a public hearing on the graduation scandal at ballou high school. >> dozens of students graduated last june when they shouldn't have. aimee cho has more on what educators and parents hope to achieve today. >> reporter: the d.c. council will hold that hearing at 10:00 a.m. to try to get to the bottom of this scandal. now, it all started back in the spring when every senior at ballou high -- some teachers there say many of the students shouldn't have graduated at all. an investigation found that many students were allowed to graduate even though they skipped three months of classes, failed required classes and didn't perform community service. of the 164 seniors at ballou high, ohm a third of them should have graduated according to that investigation. for comparison, the previous two years, only about half of ballou seniors were able to graduate. some

they felt pressure to pass the students along and graduate them anyway. one teacher said that school officials told 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 the scandal. the principal at ballou has been reassigned. d.c. mayor muriel bowser called for an investigation and at the hearing today, they will be listening to students, teachers and parents to try and figure out what actually happened at that school. eun, aaron? >> aimee cho live for us outside the wilson building in downtown d.c. thanks. a former student is taking the reins as the new superintendent of alexandria city public schools. the school board selected dr. gregory hutchings jr. as the next top educator. he graduated in 1995 at tc williams. he spent the past five years as a superintendent at shaker high schools out of cleveland. among his priorities, closing the achievement gap, making sure k

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like a weight lifted. >> understand what they was going through. like their father lodsing their job and mom battling cancer. i lost my dad to cancer at the age of 9. i understand how tough it is. it takes relief off their family and puts smiles on their faces. >> you got to give him credit. he's been blessed with fortune and talent and blessing somebody else, it's a beautiful thing. >> road to recovery. encouraging news for a las vegas shooting survivor. how they are welcoming a new change for the holidays. >> reporter: emergency repairs on the red line this weekend. i'll tell you which stations will be closed. and we have a weather alert today. but it's not for the entire area. it's mostly going to be after lunchtime. some of you may be seeing snow falling during your evening commute. good morning, melissa.

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the timing of the snow and how much you could see in your backyard. relentless fire. breaking news overnight. new evacuations in southern california, plus mourning a firefighter killed on the frontlines. >> he's survived by his wife ashley, his 2-year-old daughter eave i. dangerous defect. a metro weekend shut down. the one line riders want to avoid and we're helping you plan ahead. it's going to be a very special christmas. >> a las vegas shooting victim home for the holidays. how the local community is joining the tina tough movement. if you need to take the red line on metro, you might have to make different plans now. >> metro says it needs to make emergency repairs and close three stations. news 4's megan mcgrath is at one of the stations with a look at what wed

>> reporter: hey, guys. the takoma station, one of the impacted stations this weekend. this is really going to have an impact on people who ride the red line this weekend. there are going to be disruptions to service. people want to keep that in mind. these are emergency repairs being done. we're going to see a closure between silver spring and rhode island avenue starting tomorrow morning. the "washington post" is reporting that the problem that's been found is similar to the issue that was behind the 2009 train crash that killed nine people. metro says there's a slight chance that a train could electronically disappear from the tracking system that communicates the location of trains. because of that, the decision has been made to shut down this stretch of the red line so that repairs can be made quickly and that everyone is safe. let's take a look at the three stations impacted here. we're talking about brookland, fort totten and

those stations are going to be closed beginning saturday morning. we've been talking to riders this morning and they say it's a little unnerving this new information. but they're glad that the repairs are being made. >> sure. it makes me nervous to know about it. i'm glad they know about it and are doing something about it. >> reporter: now, there are going to be shuttle buses getting people around these three stations that will be closed. the hope is that the repairs will be done in time for rush hour monday morning. we're going to have to keep an eye on that. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath, live at the takoma station. 6:47 right now. more news for metro riders. we know service plans for new year's eve. the system will stay open until 2:00 a.m. there will be no metro track work. last new year's eve shall the system ran until 3:00 a.m. because of a sponsorship deal. this will take time to repair. look at the damage a car did outside warner theater. d.c. police say a department of public works van that was parked ro

and crashed into the stairs. one woman was hurt. but she's expected to be okay. >> we're following breaking news out of california at 6:48. new evacuation orders were sent out overnight as the thomas fire continues to rage. mandatory evacuation orders are being issued in santa barbara county. thousands of people have already been forced to flee their homes. 238,000 acres along with hundreds of homes that burned. the fire is still only 30% contained. heartbreak in southern california at the scene of the wildfires. 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 procession to the coroner's office. he was a san diego firefighter killed in the line of duty. fellow firefighters lined a freeway overpass and stood on top of vehicles to salute

devastated. >> this is a tragic event. it's a reminder of the inherent dangers that we face here in california with wildfire. a risk we take in the fire service. >> iverson leaves behind a pregnant wife and 2-year-old daughter. he was 32 years old. they were true heroes dedicated to serving until their last moments on this earth. those words spoken by maryland governor larry hogan as he praised two fallen heroes. first respond eers paid respect to sander cohen. he died last friday along i-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. health could jeopardize the tax bill. senator mccain is in the hospital for his

back to congress. there are reports he's increasingly ill. senator graham said he's positive about the treatments and is resting up. home for the holidays has a new meaning for one local family. >> tina frost was shot in the head during the massacre in las vegas in october. she still has a long way to go in her recovery. the fact that she survived, that's nothing short of a miracle. tina's father rich spoke to news 4 only at a pizza fundraiser. he said it's been a difficult few months but they're taking it one day at a time. >> it's a struggle, an adjustment. she has to get used to non-hospital life. she's not ready to be out in public. >> tina frost was at johns hopkins hospital for about two months. you see her physical therapy video here. now she'll receive outpatient care. >>

for the holidays after a remarkable recovery for her. 6:51. time for another look at your commute. >> melissa mollet is in with first 4 traffic. what do you see? >> i see what the chopper sees right now. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway, over the beltway, not the top of the beltway. the side of the beltway. the left side. aaron gets on me sometimes about that. we had a disabled vehicle that has cleared out of the way. you can see a little delay through there. outer loop, the ramp to connecticut avenue where chopper was earlier up top. right side blocked at the crash there. northbound, 395 boundary channel drive, one left lane blocked by the crash and inbound 50 at 301. one right lane blocked. 301 at hassett street, head today lorton, taking a look at travel times, top of the beltway, a tiny bit slow. 66 inbound and 95 north. looking good as well. remember to listen to wto 103.5

>> chuck? >> we're off to a cold start. everyone below freezing now. most neighborhoods in the mid-20s. we have a storm team 4 weather alert. we're tracking a chance for snow today. it's just a chance and just a little. snowfall amounts, only about half an inch to an inch. it's the time being that we're most concerned about. noon to about 6:00. the primary focus on this event will be the washington area, immediate metro and points north and east. if you're traveling up i-95 towards philadelphia, new york city or boss fon, you could have travel delays as a result of this alberta clipper going zipping on by. right now it's 25 in winchester. 25 at dulles airport. 30 degrees at national airport. 32 at marine base quantico. here's your planner then for the day. notice how cold we stay today. highs today only in the low and mid-30s at most. we have a chance for snow starting as early as lunchtime and

6:00. we'll have the latest custom tailored storm team 4 forecast on the app and the social media platforms as well. for a check of the timing and the high resolution and the -- sheena will shovel anybody's walk that gets more than an inch. >> i did not say that. do not give out incorrect information on the news. especially while people are starting their day. here's the good news. not much in the way of snowfall. it will be a light snowfall and we'll see a half an inch to maybe an inch. now that inch will be closer to baltimore. here are the snow chances and that snowfall forecast around the district. the d.c. metro area and into much of maryland. that is where this weather alert is mostly going to be. it's all about location and timing. here's a look. 1:00 p.m. today. that snow developing north and east of the district. temperatures in the 30s by 3:00 p.m. again, mostly around the district. the model updates have been movior

then it quickly moves away. this is a clipper. once it gets closer to us, it will start to develop once it pulls in the moisture from the atlantic. into the weeke yenend morning, saturday morning, let's look at the nice weekend forecast, chuck. >> thanks, sheena. here's your ten-day. partly to mostly sunny. 45 the high tomorrow. closing in on 50 degrees sunday. but a lot of clouds sunday. there could be a random raindrop or two sunday or monday. the next best chance for rain is tuesday of next week and the week leading into christmas will not be cold. chances of a white christmas going down down down. good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. tis the season of giving and gifting. for some americans, that means paying for holiday shopping well into the new year. a poll by mobile banking startup found that americans will stake i. take up

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derrick ward will have details on what was discussed at 4, 5:00 and 6. southern california, new evacuation orders sent out overnight as the thomas fire continues to rage. so far 238,000 acres along with hundreds of homes have burned. that fire 30% contained. updates in the nbc washington app. >> taking a look at your roads. chopper 4 over the beltway. this is inner loop at georgetown pike. rest of the beltway looks good. no problems on 270. inbound 395 getting slow because of that crash at boundary channel drive. guys? >> melissa, i need to make a correction to something said earlier. chuck will be the one shoveling snow. >> what? >> for anyone who gets an inch. >> i'm sick. barely made it to work. >> it's a weather alert day. snow mainly north and east of the district. could see light snowfall around

otherwise, a quick mover. it's not going to last long. but it could lower visibility for a time in maryland. otherwise, it's moving out for your friday night. 50s next week. >> 50s now. i saw you stretching this morning. i think you're good to go. >> if you expect anybody from here to -- >> careful out there. little bit of snow in the afternoon could cause problems on the afternoon rush. >> it could. be careful. >> make it a great friday everybody. what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him.

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