26 in rockville. it is 24 degrees in gaithersburg. 29 in fort belvoir. the big factor will be ice, black ice out there. watch out for that. watch out for the sidewalks if they have not been salted or got rid of the snow there. you're going to have a lot of issues. of course, it's friday night. a lot of people will be out and about. right now we'll continue to take a look at the system around the region. >> all right. the best place to be at home, doug. thank you. our coverage continues with shomari stone out and about checking out the conditions on the roads. he's live on route 1 in laurel right now. what's it like where you are, shomari? >> reporter: well, right now we do see some snow on the side roads. and my main concern as doug kammerer just told you is the potential slick spots. as we were driving we came across water on the roadways. you have to be careful if you're going out doing christmas shopping or holiday parties because there is the potential for black ice in some areas. let's show you some

route 1. we are heading north in the laurel area. traffic is moving well, but as that temperature dips, you know, this roadway could potentially freeze. let's now show you behind us and there are some potential problem areas when you don't have, you know, some of the roads that are treated. but when i look at side roads, they have not been treated and that could be a problem for some folks in the neighborhood. let's come back on me, my photographer brooks merry weather. i will continue to show you updates or excuse me, video of what's going on out here as it becomes available. back to you. >> go show and brooks. thank you both. you can keep track of weather conditions no matter where you are. get the power of storm team4 right on your phone. you can just open up our nbc washington app. >> we now know what happened to the teenager found dead sunday in bethesda. the medical examiner says navid sepehri's death was an accident. the walt whit man high

after he didn't come home from a saturday night party. officials say the teen died from alcohol poisoning, drowning, and hypothermia. it is tough for any parent to watch their child go through surgery. >> a prince george's county father has watched his 11-year-old go through multiple surgeries in just a few weeks. and it's all because of a tragic accident at a friend's house. a purple heart recipient accidentally pulled the trigger while he was baby-sitting the boy last week. now his father is talking about the toll the incident has taken on his family and his friend. he spoke only to news4's tracee wilkins. >> reporter: 11-year-old [ inaudible ] spending time at the home of his neighbor. his dad's good friend in suitland. >> my son and him, they do just about everything together. >> reporter: that's why mark herring was so surprised by the call he received from that friend on december 5th. >> my good buddy, my neighbor actually picked up the phone and

shot caleb and, um, i'm taking him to the hospital. >> reporter: outside children's national medical center, mark talked about how his 33-year-old friend and purple heart recipient quickly jumped into action. >> he just did everything he could possibly do from a military mind frame and got him to -- got him to andrews. >> reporter: that was the beginning of numerous heart, lung and neurosurgeries and multiple hospitals. and now at children's. caleb is doing better and ready to work on healing the relationship with the man he loves. the family friend who accidentally shot him. >> they had a little chat, you know, talked about the injury, talked about where to go from here on. my son and him is so close that, you know, my son cried. he cried. for me, the most important thing was getting both of them together and working on their relationship. >> reporter: with lung surgery, heart surgery,

to hospitals, this has been an expensive road to recovery for caleb. if you're interested in helping his family, you can go to nbc washington and click help caleb. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> police in prince george's county say they haven't seen a robbery like this in a long time. two men approached two armored truck employees who were loading money into an atm in beltsville. they grabbed a large amount of cash and took off running. darcy spencer has more on who police are looking for tonight. >> i'm a little nervous, i mean, because i found out they had rifles. >> reporter: at first debbie didn't realize what she was seeing right outside her office window. suspects who had just pulled off an armored car heist, parked their get away van in front of her. she grabbed her phone and took a picture. >> i was sitting right here and i saw them go by right here. >> reporter: looking out your window? >> one came and then the other one came. >> reporter: at least two armed

suspects robbed the armored car on route 1 in beltsville. the guards were loading the atm at the time. sources say the robbers got away with thousands of dollars. >> this is obviously a brazen robbery in the middle of the day. this business was open for business. we have not seen a case like this in a long time. >> reporter: the robbers drove right across the street and parked the van next to the office building. multiple witnesses tell me the men got into another car that was parked on the street behind the building and got away, at least for now. >> we have a phenomenal closure rate. these guys are out there, we're confident in our ability to catch them. it's best for them to turn themselves in. >> reporter: debbie's car worker saw them carry something to a car on the hill. >> i didn't see money. i saw a black something, a coat, covering whatever they had. >> reporter: they pulled off the heist at 10:30 in the morning. police tell me this crime was not only brazen, it was well planned, well orchestr.

prince george's county police are working with the fbi on this investigation. right now they are reviewing surveillance video from the bank. they say they are confident they are going to make an arrest in this case. in beltsville, darcy spencer, news4. >> if you live near the piedmont golf community in haymarket, make sure you lock your car and take it off the street if that is at all possible. police are investigating a string of car break-ins that happened around thanksgiving. a suspect stole a gun from an unmarked police cruiser. this is a surveillance video of the two guys police are looking for. it's not super clear, but if you can see it, it's great. if you have any information give virginia state police a call. this is far from the first time a weapon has been stolen from a police vehicle. news4 i-team investigation found that more than 350 firearms have been lost or stolen from l

since 2011. in one of those cases an ar-15, assault rifle was taken from rockville police, and the suspect was seen with the weapon near a school in kensington. you can watch the i-team's report on the nbc washington app by searching stolen police guns. >> the d.c. council is demanding answers. it's holding a public hearing today on the graduation scandal surrounding ballou high school. an investigation by npr and wamu radio found 57 students were on track to graduate last april. but 160 kids got diplomas in june and half of the graduates missed more than three months of school. news4's derrick ward is live for us outside the wilson building where the hearing continues at this hour. did it get heated, derrick? >> reporter: well, you know, it did get heated, but it was more passionate than heated. people are stunned by the accusations and allegations, what came out in the report. it couldn

for ballou. this is the first time, again, a school has graduated its entire senior class. every person who graduated applied to college. again, questions about that graduation, students meeting the requirements came up. today the city council weighed in. the report says ballou high school's 100% graduation rate for 2017 including students who had too many absences to graduate and weren't prepared for life beyond high school. the education committee chair says that the council is looking at this and it's not just about ballou. >> ballou high school's community did not create their present day dilemma. it operates in an inherited public education system steeped in segregation in the district of columbia and the entire country. >> reporter: students, teachers and parents were among those testifying and they worry all of the progress ballou has made over the last couple of years could be canceled out by a bad perception and bad

doesn't mean they missed 50 days of school. maybe they missed a first period. maybe they took care of a younger sibling and missed the last period. that's some of the inaccuracies and not true telling behind it. >> reporter: the school's chancellor said he takes this matter personally. >> are we doing enough to respond to the needs of students on the threshold of drop out and failure, particularly those who are chronically absent or carrying multiple failing grades? all of these questions and especially the last touch on the question that matters the most to me. are we giving our students what they need to succeed? >> reporter: there are investigations going on into this and possible changes in the way absences are counted in the d.c. public school system. at ballou and other schools as well. and you know, we talked to some ballou parents. they say it is a double-sided coin. on the one hand it is good this problem is being addressed if it is indeed an

needs to be addressed. it's sad ballou is targeted here because they are always overcoming perceptions. another thing students are stung by is their principal was removed over this. they say that she was the binding factor, something that made the ballou student body a family. we are live at the d.c. council headquarters, the wilson building. derrick ward, news4, back to you. >> derrick, thank you. >> new developments on the gop tax plan after concerns there would not be enough votes to pass the measure. today there is more optimism that the measure will pass. a vote is expected early next week. the house and the senate are set to release their joint bill within the hour. this after lawmakers amended the bill to increase the child tax credit refund to $1,400. senator marco rubio pushed for the increase yesterday. today we also learned that two ailing senators, john mccain and thad cochran, are expected to be back next week to cast their votes. >> a housekeeper convicted of ste

virginia family face 20 years in prison. but a jury had other plans. ahead at 5:00, the second chance she was given that has the victims of her crime seeing red. >> you probably don't recognize those flags, but some residents in this vienna neighborhood did and were alarmed to see them flying here. coming up, why they want the flags taken down and what the man who owns them has to say. >> and a virginia congressman the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct while in office.

we are getting our first look at just how fast a fire ripped through a building in the heart of georgetown this morning. firefighters were on scene for hours at the building on wisconsin avenue just north of adams street. you can see the flames ripping through that second and the third floors there. d.c. fire says the flames were contained to that one building. one of the firefighters, we understand, had some minor injuries. >> concern tonight from some vienna, virginia residents about a flag flying in their neighborhood. this flag has been associated with the alt-right movement. but the owner tells northern virginia bureau chief julie carey that's not why he's flying it. >> reporter: chances are good, most americans couldn't name these flag or explain what they stand for. this is the anarco capitalism flag and this green flag, it's the flag

concern. >> are you familiar with kazakhstan? >> reporter: that's the flag owner and the kak flag represents the fictional country of kakistan. some see it as an adaptation of the war and was used in charlottesville in the demonstrations. >> it is playing on the fact people in the modern day, they are very obsessed about race, and i am more interested in egalitarianism, race equality. >> reporter: the neighbor who called about the flag sees it differently. she didn't want to be identified, but she said the flag is offensive, even hurtful in her diverse town home community. >> my concern is there is somebody that ascribes to those beliefs in our neighborhood. we really -- we don't really agree with that and we want everybody to feel welcome and we don't want to perpetuate hate. >> reporter: a few neighbors have responded by

yards. rice invites them to come knock on his door and talk to him instead about his political philosophy and what he thinks the flags convey. >> peace, nonviolence. if you went ahead and researched the capitalist flag, then you would have come across the nonaggression principle. >> reporter: an hoa board member tells me she's not happy about the flags either but the rules here don't prohibit them. in vienna, julie carey, news4. >> doug is back with us to talk about this weather that we are seeing tonight and how long this extinction around, whether we see this for the weekend. >> i think by tomorrow 10:00 a.m., it's all gone. what we have out there right now is what's it. it has fallen. the graupel we saw earlier, the graupel was what was bouncing. it was not sleet, but graupel. a little bit different. look it up. out there right now, what are we dealing with? nothing. we don't have any rain, snow

graupel, nothing around our region. it is to the north and east here. take a look at the wider picture and you see where the storm is between washington and new york city making its way to philadelphia and new york. as a matter of fact, we have live pictures up in the new york area now. driving on some of those roads, yeah, they are really under the gun. this is the situation, from around baltimore and towards new york city. if you're driving i-95 north, you really want to watch out there because it is going to be a mess from this storm. it is not a big storm, but because temperatures were so cold, even a half inch or dusting creates a problem on some roadways. still seeing some outside now. we are going to continue to watch, notice the weather advisory has been canceled for our entire region exceptions of eastern shore. if you are heading out 50 [ inaudible ], still seeing some snow in that region right now. but it is awesome moving out. and we are starting to clear as well. just in time for the sun to go down, right? temperature wise right now 29 degrees, winds outs of the north, 6 miles per hour. we have a little bit of

matter what. because of that, because we have temperatures in the 20s, anything that fell today is going to freeze tonight. now, the sun was helping a little bit earlier, maybe along some of the roadways, but i expect to see a lot more ice overnight tonight into the day tomorrow. early tomorrow so if you're traveling tonight, you're going to be out and about, date night, heading to a movie, really watch out for the sidewalks. i think that's going to be the big issue tonight. the wider picture, i just want to show you this. we have clouds. look where our air is coming from. it's still coming down across the mid-atlantic into the northeast. that's a colder pattern. we're going to stay on the cooler side of things. eventually we're going to start to break out of that. tomorrow chilly, 46 degrees. wind chills in the 30s all day. late day sprinkle on sunday 49. now we're starting to break out of that. 54 degrees on monday, 60 degrees on tuesday. so, we're moving in the right direction. most everybody in the 50s, but i'm going 60 downtown. plenty of cloud cover there. that's actually another system that comes through. it's a dry system. could see a shower, but that's about it. what was that, scott?

48 degrees on your wednesday. we're a little on the breezy side. thursday a chance of showers. 46 degrees there. then we start to move into a different pattern. friday and saturday no problem, but then we get to christmas eve and christmas day. this is a pattern i've been watching for the last week or so and it does look like we are going to be in a very interesting pattern here. will it be rain, will it be snow? right now i think if i was to show you what would happen today, it would be a mixture of ice and that is not something we want around the christmas holiday. we're going to be tracking it closely for you the next couple days. right now i'm actually looking forward to 54 degrees on monday with sunshine. that should be nice. tuesday 60 degrees, we're going to be doing some holiday lights out there, zoo lights. we'll be out there for zoo lights during the day on tuesday. tune in then. >> that's always fun. we hope there's no graupel. you know, i had to google this as you suggested. it's a german word.

g-r-a-u-p-e-l. soft hail and pellets as you described earlier. >> right. go ahead. >> you learn something new every day. >> i thought it was a food. >> snow coming down. >> not falafel. >> super cool water comes down. it comes down -- >> i just thought you liked saying it. >> it's graupel. my dad said, doug, we had that for breakfast. scrap l. >> a little corn meal, water. thanks, doug, so much, buddy. >> a scathing report from a grand jury investigating the hazing that's led to charges against two dozen students at penn state. why parents say the university should share the blame for their son's death. >> and if you're like me and you've yet to start your holiday gift buying, you're not alone. susan hogan has a

more fallout on capitol hill tonight over allegations of sexual misconduct. this time a former legislative aide has come forward and identified a virginia congressman as the man she says destroyed her career. during a press conference today, m. reese ever son said congressman bobby scott touched her inappropriately back in 2013 and she claims he flirted with her constantly. ever son, who is also an attorney, says after she

terminated. >> i was black balled, or blacklisted, whatever the appropriate term is. i was prevented from moving forward in my career because i attempted to run from a situation that was sexually inappropriate where i had been propositioned to have a sexual relationship with my boss that i did not want. >> congressman scott immediately released a statement denying the allegations. meanwhile, another lawmaker is facing increased scrutiny. today the house ethics committee says it's opened an investigation looking into sexual harassment claims against congressman ruben kuehne. at least two women have accused the nevada democrat of unwanted sexual advances. >> save the date. we now know when prince hair and i meghan markle will tie the knot. as nbc's lucie kavanagh reports, we should all mark our calendars for may 19th.

set for what looks to be the royal wedding of next year. kensington palace a uns nothing prince harry and meghan markle will marry on may 19 in the historic 15th century saint george's chappell at windsor castle. he newmarkknew markle was the o the first time they met. early whier this week it was revealed they will spend their first christmas as an engaged couple with the queen and other members of the britain royal family at the royal estates. now harry and ms. markle buck tradition by choosing a saturday. royal weddings usually take place on a weekday. prince william and kate wed on a friday and the queen on a thursday. the may wedding will give kate time to recover after the birth of her third child. the queen will be in attendance along with the rest of the royal family. meanwhile prince george and little princess charlotte look to teenage the role of page boy and

lucie kavanagh, london. >> royal officials say markle who is catholic will be baptized prior to the wedding. she also plans to be a british citizen. >> if you work for me, i can rsvp and go. >> if i work for you? >> i'll owe you. >> you want to go. >> after some afternoon snow, temperatures are now on the way down. doug is back with the latest on the conditions out there right now. >> a young housekeeper confessing to stealing from a fairfax family, convicted. but we're going to tell you about the unusual action taken by the jurors that left her with more money than she had

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hurricane wilma owe, everybody, and welcome back. out there on this friday evening, there's the snow, and there it goes. moving out away from our region, now, the one big factor tonight is going to be the cold temperatures. right now everybody in the entire area below freezing. the only exception, virginia beach and ocean city. 24 in hagerstown. the big issue tonight is going to be some of the ice that will be forming. now the sun is down so we're going to see a lot more ice tonight. areas roadways, secondary roads that have been snow covered and the sidewalks, too, so really watch out for that overnight tonight. by tomorrow it's fine. it's a cool weekend, but not frigid. not nearly as cold as where we've been. early next week, 50s, near 60 next week. tracking the l

forecast, a little -- >> all right, doug. thank you. right now at 5:30, police in prince george's county are searching for two men they tell us took a bunch of cash from two armored truck employees while they were loading an atm and took off. this happened at a bank of america this morning in beltsville. >> a d.c. council hearing continues at this hour on the graduation scandal surrounding ballou high school. a recent report found several students got diplomas last year who maybe shouldn't have. schools chancellor antoine wilson testified and said the most important question is whether the school system is giving students all they need to succeed. it took firefighters several hours to put out this raging fire in the heart of georgetown this morning. that fire broke out in a building on wisconsin avenue just after 6:30 this morning. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. >> police say a mother in rockville just admitted to shaking her

bed before a nap. that little girl died three days later. news4's chris gordon has more details on why the judge won't let her bond out of jail. these facts in this case are disturbing. >> reporter: 31-year-old rebecca is accused of murdering and abusing her two month old daughter lisana. back on february 18th, rockville police responding to a 911 call from the baby's father found the infant unresponsive. the infant is taken from her home to a local hospital and then transferred to a d.c. hospital. she dies three days later. it takes seven months for the d.c. medical examiner's results, concluding the manner of death to be homicide. this week montgomery county detectives called rebecca b rio nes in for questioning. >> she admitted to shaking the baby and throwing the baby on the bed. she also admitted that she had done

the past. >> reporter: prosecutors accuse her of using repeated vigorous force on her two month old causing head and neck trauma, brain injury, fractures of the ribs and both the baby's legs. prosecutors say babies don't break in this way unless there is significant repeated force. in her north adams street neighborhood in rockville, people are surprised to hear that she is charged with killing her baby. >> they are very nice person, i know. they are very nice neighborhood, yeah, and they are helpful also. they are nice. >> hopefully she can get some help because if you've done it before that's something that needs to be looked at. >> reporter: the judge is keeping her in jail for now saying that she could hurt someone else. today in court, it was revealed that she is seven months pregnant and the judge says he's concerned about the baby she's carrying. reporting from the montgomery county district court, chris gordon, news4.

prince george's county corruption scandal pleaded guilty this afternoon. a former member of the county liquor board, he is accused of taking money from lobbyists and pushing lawmakers to vote for the county's sunday liquor sales law. he pleaded guilty to traveling to d.c. to collect the kickbacks from lobbyists. he'll be sentenced in april. eight people, including two former state delegates, were also charged in connection with this case. >> crime victims in virginia will now have a better way to get help when they need it. it comes in an app for something called vine. a life line of sorts for crime victims to monitor the status of offenders in the commonwealth. it gives them notice, for example, if their attacker is released from jail. but now the enhanced app will also connect the victim with services, both locally and across the country. >> individual is able to access the offender's

well as be notified whether or not that individual is going to get released or transferred to another jurisdiction. >> the vine program was first launched back in 2006. last year in virginia, some 70,000 people registered to receive notice about offenders. >> every day jurors convict suspects of crimes, but have you ever heard of a jury digging into their own pockets to pay the court fines for a convicted thief? news4's david culver explains what motivated a group of fairfax jurors to do just that. >> reporter: when he reported to jury duty this summer, he and 11 others were handed the case of sandra. it was a two-day trial. >> i could see she was a good person that made a mistake, and she didn't know what to do about it. >> reporter: the young housekeeper had confessed to stealing these rings from a fairfax family. after police questioned her and two other maids, she handed them

to find her guilty. >> reporter: but the jurors were also touched by her story. it's a story she could barely tell me without breaking down into tears. she said last year at 19, she was desperate. she had a toddler who was pregnant and all alone. a single mom. i only worked to provide for my kids, she said. the jury could have sentenced her to prison. instead they fined her $60. the daily amount she earned cleaning homes. but after the trial, the jurors wanted to do more. >> one of the female jurors pulled out a $20 bill and said, i want to help pay for her, her fine. and i don't know if it was everybody, but the vast majority of jurors did the same thing, including me. >> reporter: but the jurors generosity isn't sitting well with everyone in this case, especially the victims, the

they told the washington post who first reported this that sandra hasn't fully accepted responsibility. i just pray the jurors aren't in my shoes, the victims told the post. as for sandra, she's happy. grateful for a second chance. in fairfax, david culver, news4. >> david culver, thank you. >> well, there aren't that many shopping days left until christmas as you know by now. ahead at 5:00, susan hogan working for you with some help for last-minute shoppers. >> but first a special honor for some local middle school students. a number one national ranking for their rubics cube team, solving the puzzle in less time than it takes me to read the story. david went to long fellow middle school to check them out. >> ready, on your marks, get set, go. >> it's more muscle memory

so, you don't think the algorithms through. you just do them. >> that was 12 seconds. >> we're all competitive against each other. it helps when you're trying to get faster time which helps the faster time for the whole group. >> you look at the cube, looking for the first couple pieces to put into the right place and it goes from there. >> reporter: what's your fastest time? >> fastest time is 7.7. >> 4.59. >> people think it's pretty much impossible. after some practice you can do it in like two minutes. >> the rubics cube has made a surprising comeback since the 1980s. they get very excited when they get a great solve. like anything else, when they excel and better themselves, they're very happy. >> reporter: 1:41. >> that's good. >> reporter: best time this year, we're five seconds off the record. one minute. you're doing grea t.

well, the snow is lifting out of here right now. there could be a pocket of freezing drizzle or so. but what are we expecting as we go into this busy weekend leading up to the holidays? do we have any more snow? we have it all for you coming up with doug in just a few minutes. >> all right. officials at penn state come under fire tonight in a grand jury report on hazing after the death of a fraternity student. that report finds the university has a shocking

dangers of excessive drinking. and that's in its inaction allowed criminal acts to occur. the report follows a ten-month investigation set off by the death of a pledge named timothy piazza during a frat party. >> penn state allowed these students to police themselves and the results were absolutely predictable. >> more than two dozen students are charged in piazza's death. this report recommends penn state regulate drinking rather than allow a fraternity council do it. and it calls for expelling students for hazing. they have yet to comment on the report. >> 15 students are among those charged for a hazing incident at radulov for the university. a student was forced to drink until he passed out, then he was branded. the 15 students are involved with a fraternity that lost its

year. the university calls the branding reprehensible and promises to hold students accountable, including suspension or dismissal. >> time is running out if you're still looking for that perfect gift for the holidays. >> our susan hogan working for you. some help for shopping procrastinators. that's coming up. >> a holiday operation in progress. law enforcement in prince george's county and volunteers packing footd baskets or those in need. on news4 ho

busy day in the storm center so we're double-teaming it with doug and lauren. what's going on? >> that's right. >> guys? >> hi. [ laughter ] >> you know, it was pretty busy. we're really under the gun the last couple of hours with the snow coming down. that's moved out. no i

some areas. the weekend looking better. >> the weekend not looking bad. wtop is excited about the warm up we have next week. >> we have temperatures in the 50s, and we're going 60 degrees on tuesday. show what you we're dealing with now. some of the roads had been a real problem, especially to the north and west. north and east rather. this is 29 up there around maryland 198. this is around the laurel area. you see the right side of that screen. yeah, slow down for sure. we did have some snow on the roadway. it's looking a little better as far as the road is concerned. ice will be a big factor tonight. take a look at the storm team4. nothing on the radar in our area. you see where the snow is closer to the dover area, the eastern shore, towards delaware. that's where the snow continues to be. it is all moving out, but it has been a mess of a drive from just north of d.c., from right around laurel all the way up i-95 to philadelphia, towards new york city. that is going to be the case right on through the next couple of hours. if you're traveling south, 95 south or out west, yeah, drying ro

roads are okay. but watch out for the secondary roads. the areas that are not going to get a lot of wind. the sidewalks are going to be an issue. this is why. it is all about the temperature. well below freezing. 29 by 7:00, 27 by 11:00. look where we are locally. 24 gaithersburg, 26 baltimore, 29 in fredericksburg. a very cold night. watch out. a lot of us going out on your friday nights. watch out on the sidewalks. i think the sidewalks are going to be the biggest issue tonight. biggest issue this weekend, warming temperatures. >> yes. temperatures actually going to move right on up after today. all the way through the beginning of next week. a lot of things going on. one big event, race across america out at arlington national cemetery. a lot of volunteers go out there and go ahead and support our troops and the fallen. go ahead and place the wreaths. thank you so much for going out there and volunteering your time. if you're headed out early tomorrow morning, the sun up 20

areas of concern, patchy black ice. temperatures below fleesing. maybe watch a little bit of a breeze toward the end. i don't think it is going to be anything too bad. temperatures will be in the low 40s by that point. holiday parties looking good, both saturday night and even into sunday. decorating saturday is best because we could have a spotty shower on sunday. but again, it's just going to be a spotty sprinkle if we see anything. this weekend looking good for last-minute things you have to get done. and then we warm up before we cool down again. doug? >> yeah, another storm system tries to make its way our way for tuesday. it's not going to give us much. can't rule out a stray sprinkle on tuesday, but ahead of it we get nice and rm what. 49 degrees on sunday, monday high temperature of 54, up to 60 on tuesday. and then that system moves on by and creates cooler temperatures for wednesday and thursday. temperatures back into the mid 40s. we'll see a chance for a.m. shower activity on thursday. mostly dry, but then we move to the weekend. next weekend, of course, the holida

i've got 30s on sunday and monday, and right now if we had to break it down for you it would look like a mix of sleet, rain, and freezing rain. this is something we're going to be watching closely. we're still nine to ten days out. we have a lot of time to figure that out. >> watching a little closer until it turns into snow, please. >> you got it. >> thanks, doug. there aren't many shopping days left before christmas, but you don't have to panic if you haven't purchased all of your gifts that you need. myself included. handly also. reporter susan hogan is working for you. she has what you need to know to make sure that your gifts don't arrive late. >> even if you are a procrastinator, it's okay. consumer reports actually found some retailers are very eager to get your business, even if you are a little late to the game. >> yes, since i have a baby so i'm leaving everything for last minute. >> i'm always a last minute shopper. >> i know i want to go christmas shopping. i just don't know

is to pay attention to delivery deadlines. >> many retailers offer two-day delivery for addresses within the united states and sometimes it's even free. but this year with christmas falling on a monday, you may need to give yourself a little additional time. >> wal-mart offers free two-day shipping for orders over $35 year round. but order by 2:00 p.m. december 20th to get it by christmas. amazon prime members also get free two-day shipping for eligible merchandise. deadline, december 22nd. l.l. bean offers free delivery year round, but get that order in by tuesday, the 19th to be sure to get your purchases in time. >> another wrinkle, some delivery services may have limited delivery on sunday, christmas eve day. >> ups isn't planning on any noncritical deliveries on the 24th. fedex will have limited service. the trusty united states postal service says, however, it will deliver on the day before christmas. another

local store. depending on the availability of the product, wal-mart will take in-store pickup orders every day including through december 25th. if you are really stuck, you may be able to get orders over $35 on the same day from amazon prime, depending on the item and the zip code it is being delivered to. and for the very, very big procrastinator, send an e-gift card. you can do it on the very last day. back to you. >> don't give us any ideas. thanks, susan. today is known as free shipping day. more than 900 retailers are participating and they promise your purchase will be delivered by christmas eve. you can find more information, including the list of retailers through our website, nbcwashington.com. just search free shipping. >> as we hurdle toward the holidays, an important reminder not to drink and drive. today local police departments

sober right progr sober ride program. they honored d.c. police officers for fighting drunk driving on our roadways. nbc's melissa mallay emceed the event. also rich, the father of montgomery county police officer noah who was killed by a drunk driver. he encouraged officers to keep up their work to prevent other tragedies like the one that happened to his son. >> so, i tell you to continue to be vigilant and visible with your enforcement. it's so, so important. >> he encouraged officers to keep up their work. again, to prevent other tragedies. that sober ride program kicks off tonight. you can get a free ride worth up to $15 in d.c. using lyft. the program runs through new year's day. >> his leaking of the pentagon papers made him an enemy of the nixon white house and led to one of the most

u.s. government secrets in history. tommy mcfly talks to one of the inspirations for the new movie, the post. tommy? >> hey, erika. it was the world premiere last night of the movie. tom hanks, meryl streep. he risked it all in 1971 and had plenty of thoughts on his journey. >> i hope very much that this movie will encourage people to be whistle blowers and to realize that when a war is at stake, there were truths the president is concealing and the public should know, that it can be worth the prospect of the likes of jail or their own lives to tell the truth to the public. >> the post takes us inside the internal conflict as well as kathryn graham who owned the washington post at the time. she struggled to be a woman in power more than 40 years ago. >> you'll learn as much as a woman as if you were

you'll look at this movie and it translates our experience for them. i think that this moment in time is really for the listening men. >> i see it as not a partisan movie but a movie about patriotism and a movie about the courageous media, the fourth estate and what they did to be able to get the pentagon papers published which led then to watergate. >> i think it's a very good patriotic movie about what is the state of america because here's the thing that i've learned from history. it seems as though nothing ever changes. the people in power want to stay in power. they'll do anything in order to do it. the people want to lie will keep on lying because they won't be able to lie any more. and, you know what, and women, we should strip off all the names atop the resz resumes, hire who is best for the job and have a true meritocracy. >> then tom hanks dropped the mic. i'll see you for the screening.

>> tommy mcfly. >> we can't wait for that. tommy, thanks so much. huge turnout today for a holiday food giveaway at a local restaurant. >> still ahead tonight, how this effort that started with just 30 baskets full of food has become

there is something funny going on tonight in mclean. >> as a kid growing up we were poor. i was

[ laughter ] >> nationally known comedian michael jr. will be performing at a benefit show. it's sponsored by the local nonprofit helping children worldwide which operates a child rescue center in sierra leone. >> we support nutrition programs. we have children who are dying because they haven't enough to eat and so they, they cannot resist childhood diseases. >> the show starts tonight at 7:00 at holy trinity church in mclean. tickets for the benefit of $40. african-american and hispanic law enforcement groups teaming up during this season of giving. they want to help feed the hungry. but as news4's kristin wright found out in prince george's county, they are also on a mission to build better relationships between police and the community. >> reporter: this is what it looks like to give. each christmas food

packed with care. the line to receive, long. there is always a need. martha lopez has four children to feed. >> we eat every day. we need that every day. >> reporter: hispanic and black law enforcement organizations hosted baskets of love at la chicita restaurant in hyattsville. >> throughout the year they know who they're talking to. they talk to us. >> reporter: baskets of love started small about 17 years ago. they gave away food baskets to only about 30 families, but now they're helping over a thousand. people lined up first thing in the morning. volunteers are important. eric chavez is one of the youngest. he's in junior rotc at mcgruder high school. he volunteers every year with his dad and says it's about joy. >> they go through tough times, you see the smile on their faces because we

them better their lives especially around christmastime. >> reporter: and that makes willie boyar feel good. in hyattsville, kristin wright, news4. >> announcer: news4 begins now with storm team4. >> right now at 6:00, a wintry mix out there as the snow moves out. this is a live look at traffic along route 29 in burr tons ville, maryland, almost a stand still on your right. the concern tonight is refreeze and the potential for some slick spots on the roads and sidewalks, too. >> on the brunt of this storm, cities to our north, philadelphia, baltimore and new york city getting hit with snow. >> shomari stone is on the road. doug is holding it down in the storm center. >> it is moving out of the region. we are done with the snow. we told you yesterday this would be a quick hitting storm. it lasted about

we saw some snow out there. we saw some graupel coming down across our region, but now that is all moved out and we're dealing with clearing skies. we are seeing clearing skies tonight off to the west. the snow in the philadelphia area, they are under a winter weather advisory. no more advisories for us. we are done with it. the biggest factor we're going to be watching for is going to be the chance for some freeze overnight tonight. there is nothing on the radar, but what has fallen, most of which is now drying on the major roads, but the secondary roads and the sidewalks will freeze tonight down to 20 degrees in gaithersburg. 28 belvoir and camp springs. well below the freezing mark. heads up on the secondary roads. shomari stone looking at the roads. the roads looking better than they were one to two hours ago. >> reporter: well, that's right, doug. we're here on route 1 heading north and we still have come across some areas in which you have some standing water. and as you stated, that is