first 4 traffic. jack taylor is in for melissa mollet. jack, what's going on? >> eun, the crash occurred southbound on 28 in centreville at i-66. all traffic southbound is diverting on to 66 west. they continue to set up flares and cones to let traffic get by along the far left side of the roadway. thaent happened yet. plan ahead if you're headed there. i'll give you more minute by minute. northbound lanes opened about 20 minutes ago. that's progress. the tractor-trailer cleanup with the box truck in the other car. it's a matter of trying to clean everything up. 28 south at 66. lanes temporarily stopped where traffic goes off the 66 west. again for now. this has been a mess early. but i don't think our forecast is quite as messy. chuck? >> no, it is not. things will be very easy from a get away perspective weatherwise for today. it's a typically cold start. most of the suburbs in the 20.

35 in annapolis. 28 in martinsburg. cold start this morning. but there will be plenty of sunshine start to finish today on the shortest day of the year. sun is up at 7:23. down at 4:50 today. afternoon temperatures into the low and mid 40s. what about the bik weekend leading into christmas? that part of the forecast in a few more minutes. >> chuck, thank you. >> a car has plowed into pedestrians in melbourne, australia. >> we're getting the latest from the live desk with molette green. what are you hearing? >> we've been listening to a news conference with victoria state police this morning. here's what we know from police so far. at least 14 people hurt. it happened at 4:00 in the afternoon local time. they have two men in custody. the driver of the car is a 32-year-old australian resident originally from afghanistan. he's known to police and has a history of drug use

now that second man who was arrested is a 24-year-old seen videotaping the crash. he had a back full of knives on him when he was arrested police do think this was intentional. but they don't yet have a motive. >> we don't at this time have any evidence for any intelligence to indicate there's a connection with terrorism. i want to reiterate that. >> we're going to stay on top of this developing story. keep an eye on this and bring you updates as soon as we learn more. back to you, eun. >> thank you, molette. now back to our team coverage of the busiest traffic day of the holiday season in our area. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is driving on the roads this morning to let you know the best times for your holiday weekend. megan, what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey guys. since we last spoke to you about an hour ago, we are starting to see the traffic build. take a live look

the mixing bowl area just a few minutes ago. a little more traffic but still not too bad. on the northbound side, we are starting to see some traffic slowing down here and it is only going to get worse as the day wears on. now, aaa, you know they love coming up with these interesting ways of saying things. they're calling this the terrible traffic trifecta. they're saying that today is going to be the worst travel day of the holiday season. so brace yourself, folks. 7.2 million people will be traveling by car. the worst traffic is going to be from 3:00 until 6:00 tonight. that's when commuters, commuter traffic will mix in with the people getting out of town. that is going to be the worst. now the travel times are expected to be about 2 1/2 times longer than normal during that period. 3:00 to 6:00. keep that in mind. let's look at the historical hotspots here.

both maryland and virginia, so those are the areas we've seen trouble with before. we're expecting the exact same thing this year. so if you're going to be leaving town, best time to leave here, the advice is we're starting to see things build at this point. maybe hold off. we're talking about noon or 1:00. that might be the sweet spot to get out of town. that gives you enough time to completely get out of the dmv before we hit that 3:00 to 6:00 peak time. back to you guys. >> thank you, megan. if you're headed to the airport today, prepare for crowds too. today is also the busiest travel day for airlines. we have a live look at reagan national airport arrivals line. a lot of people -- see all the headlights. more people plan to fly this year than last year according to travel data. we'll keep an eye on the airports nationally. the airports are all on time this morning so far. we're seeing delays at other airports across the country. you know how that goes. >> hopefully the

atlanta hartsfield aren't spilling over into the weekend. we'll have coverage of the holiday rush all morning. police have reopened some lanes on the interstate highway in washington state where a train derailed and sent railcars tumbling down to the highway. last night work crews cleared the two left lanes of southbound i-5. the right lane remains closed while they repair damage guardrail and clean up the area around it. they hope to open a third lane this morning. >> the anne arundel police chief is shaken but otherwise okay after a car rear ended him early wednesday morning. this is video of the scene on route 65. timothy altomare was in his cruiser when the driver hit him. medics took him and the driver to the hospital to get checked out. doctors did later release the chief and we're waiting to get word if that driver will be cited. more details emerge after a bus carrying cruise ship passengers overturned on tuesday killing

we now know that a local family from lorton, virginia is part of the group who lost their lives. >> newsroom with the latest on what's simply a tragic, tragic accident. >> chris, a true tragedy indeed. the behar family was on the way to the mayan ruins on april family vacation when their tour bus flipped over. 12 people in total lost their lives on tuesday. anna behar and her 11-year-old son daniel died from injuries in the crash and daniel's grandmother, fanya shamis was also killed. his father was injured and the 15-year-old son david. friends are mourning the loss of daniel, the little brother loved by everyone. >> he was always the life of the party whenever we all get together. very energetic and happy. he's always quick with a joke and makes everyone laugh. >> just energetic and loved the world. >> we now know that early findings show excessive speed andth

caused the crash. we know too, the driver of the tour bus is facing vehicular manslaughter charges. in newsroom, justin finch. back to you guys. a coin toss could decide who controls the virginia house of delegates. we told you how a recount of the democrat one vote ahead of the incumbent republican in the 94th district from newport news. but republican delegate successfully challenged an uncounted ballot should have been included in his total. now they're tied again. may have to get settled the old-fashioned way, with a coin toss. virginia law says the tie must be resolved by at least the equivalent of a coin toss. what other way could they do it at this point? there's no word on if and when that will take place. >> if you toss the coin, who gets to call heads or tails first. >> so many questions. let's be fair. 6:07 now. president trump is celebrating a

>> congress approved his sweeping $1.5 trillion tax bill on wednesday. it's the president's first significant legislative accomplishment. >> the largest tax cut in the history of our country and reform. but tax cut. >> the bill still has to be signed by the president. it's not expected to be a problem. >> what are you getting out of this? lower taxes for 8 in 10 americans including most middle and working class families will see lower taxes. the individual tax cuts, though, expire after eight years but the corporate tax cut are 35 to 21% is permanent. by 2027, most americans earning less than $75,000 a year could end up paying more. when it comes to health care, the original mandate is erased entirely in 2019. in the clear. ten tis star venus williams was once accused in a deadly crash. why she'so

you'll want to bundle up when you step outside. look at these numbers. below freezing for most of the area right now. you will notice this as you walk outside. you want the sunglasses. we have a lot of sun inside. the warm coat, the gloves. if you're traveling, we have that forecast for you too coming up. plus, proof that the holidays are great in gaithersburg. >> oh, boy. sure sounds like it. our holiday showcase choir continues this morning with the gaithersburg carolers. ♪ ♪ tiedings of cfort andom

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southbound remains closed at i-66. we have a crash involving a box truck, tractor-trailer. they're waiting to get a through lane open. but for now, 28 southbound diverts to 66 west. we have one issue in the district coming off the freeway to go northbound into the third street tunnel. a crash there is blocking the left lane. authorities are on scene and hoping to remove it very quickly. chuck, how about our forecast. better news than mine. >> jack, yes i do have better news than did you do this morning. dry roads. 7:00 a.m. it will be cold. temperatures are below freezing

as you are traveling today for your holiday travel, the roads will be dry, crowded i'm sure. but the temperatures will be pretty chilly. we have rain in the forecast. chuck is back in a few minutes to show you the timing of that and what you can expect through your weekend coming up. thank you, sheena. it's 6:14. a woman's big birthday trip was nearly ruined by a thief. that is, until a four-legged hero stepped in. >> pretty cool story. jenny crawford is going ton asa far toy celebrate her 60th birthday. all the documents were in her purse. she was headed to a holiday party when someone grabbed her bag near the metro station. she thought the stuff was gone for good when a small feisty bull terrier named mazzel and his owner stepped in. >> i told him, look, drop the bag or i let him go after you. even though he's really fren friendly, he's stout. the guy dropped the bag and the

>> no one was hurt and jenny's purse was returned. it rarely happens, right? pat collins did the story. you should check out his report on the nbc washington app. nobody tells a story like pat. holiday choir showcase is continuing. molette green joins us in studio. >> this has been so fun. she's rounded up carolers ingate burgla gaithersburg. >> we thought it would be nice to bring on a holiday tradition, carolers. i was hoping to have them perform outside my house. but okay, they're in gaithersburg as you can see. this is the cast friends of a christmas carol. let's listen. >> ♪ hark the herald angels sing ♪ ♪ glory to the newborn king hark the herald angels sing ♪ ♪ glory to

peace on earth and mercy mild ♪ joyful all ye -- >> ♪ ♪ hark the herald angels sing ♪ cameras represent a coming together of the community, celebrate and experience the wonderful joy of the holiday season with their friends, their families and their neighbors. ♪ ♪

>> held on to the last big note. >> the carolers again from the cast of a christmas carol just wrapped at art's farm. they have events in the holiday season as it goes along, including the winter festival of lights. the youngest caroler in that group, just 11 years old. >> do you know a christmas carol, the story. it's like 100 years old. >> yeah. >> we wanted to have -- >> past, present, future. >> doing a great job. this has really put me in the spirit. thanks for sharing the choirs with me. >> it's been so much fun. >> we got to end tomorrow. we'll wrap things up on this musical week with a young band of mid schoolers and high schoolers. the lead singer, he puts you in mind of a young michael jackson. >> what? >> michael jackson as a little boy. we all love that music back in those days. stay tuned for that. he has a single out wher

children. we're going to talk about that. lilley lie and the rest of the group. >> talented and charitable. >> we're going to watch him. all right. chuck bell. >> yes. >> it's colder today. >> it is december. >> it is december. and we're approaching christmas. >> about to warm up again. >> whether an astronomer or meteorologist, it's officially winter after today. >> no more arguing over what it is. >> meteorological winter started december 1st. for those who are astronomer wannabes. the winter solstice is today. no matter how you slice it, it is winter. the sun officially reaches the southernmost -- at 11:28 this morning. nine hours, 26 minutes and 18 seconds of daylight today. tomorrow we get one second more daylight. the day after that, six more seconds, then ninemo

full minute a day. by the time we get to march, we add 2:30 minutes a day. the run to summertime is on. four things to know about the weather, quiet weather for now. great weather day today. low to mid-40s. saturday looks soggy, cloudy skies. if you have flights on saturday, there could be delays there. cloudy skies when santa flies overhead. this will start to slide in here during christmas day. we'll probably have a little rain, maybe a wet snowflake first thing christmas morning. probably not going to accumulate to anything. you could see a flake or two and then breezy conditions and clearing skies christmas afternoon. future weather, no things to worry about today. here's tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. skies partly to mostly cloudy during the day tomorrow. rain holds off until after dark. here's 9:00 friday evening. showers out in the shenandoah valley, they'll probably be reaching the beltway

corridor about 11:00 tomorrow evening. off and on showery weather through saturday. a 70% chance of rain for saturday. rainfall amounts, though, a quarter to half an inch of rain at the most. not really looking for a lot of rain. look at these temperatures. mid-40s today. mid-50s tomorrow. even with clouds and rain, a strong southwesterly wind on saturday means 62 degrees for a high on saturday. then on christmas eve itself, a lot of clouds. not much of a rain threat on christmas eve. it will be cloudy and chillier with temperatures in the 40s. the cold front should be arriving here during the day on monday. so it will turn breezy and colder. sheena has the ten-day forecast in a half hour. let's go to jack in traffic. >> it's my breaking news. 28 southbound remains closed at 66. all traffic right now diverts on to 66 west. you see chopper 4 over the scene. the box truck, tractor-trailer and car were involved in the crash. you see all the cones in the w

pull it out just a bit. they're hoping to get the left side of the roadway open soon. they're coordinating if debris is in the roadway. they will allow traffic soon to get by. northbound is unaffected. also a wrinkle in the district. a problem in the northbound tunnel after you leave the freeway. there's a crash blocking the left lane. it's now started to delay the freeway coming off the 14th street bridge. >> chris, eun, back to you. >> thank you, jack. bah humbug. a local holiday grinch. how you can help catch a front yard bandit. santa claus, is he joining the picket line. while dozens of helpers were picketing the local walmart. >> kim kardashian west is joining ellen at 3:00 a stick arndou

d.c. police need your help finding a person who stole a christmas display from someone's front yard. this is surveillance video. the left side of your screen taken off the front yard. on 25th street. the video shows a person carting off fake presents and other decorations. call police to help solve the crime. definitely not the christmas spirit. it's getting down to the wire. the national retail federation latest survey says more than half the shoppers buy their last gift on super saturday. somewhere in the

126 million people shopping this saturday before christmas. about 6% of shoppers say that they're not going to wrap up until christmas eve. >> last minute, right? >> i'm just saying. >> if you haven't sent the gift off, you're running out of time. >> the deadlines are quickly passing if you want the gifts to arrive by christmas. today is your last chance to ship via fedex overnight and ups next day air. tomorrow is the last day for usps, post office deliveries and you have to use the priority express mail packaginpackaging. the price depends on the weight of what you're shipping and how far you're sending it. we also got breaking news in what has become a chilling echo of terror attacks. somewhat deliberately drove into a crowd. what we're learning about the investigation now under way

deadly crash, tennis star venus williams accused in this case. why police say no one is to blame. it is cold outside. temperatures below freezing for almost everybody except the district. only a couple degrees above that. who is counting? 20 in manassas. 30 in leesburg. we'll look at what to pectex

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we're staying on top of this breaking news out of melbourne, australia. a man drove his car into pedestrians injuring at least 14 people. >> press conference just wrapped up minutes ago. we've been listening to it in our newsroom. police now have two men in custody. the man driving the car is a resident of australia. he's originally from afghanistan. police have known about him for some time. he's got a history of drug use and is on a mental health plan. now, that second man arrested is a 24-year-old seen videotaping the crash. he had a backpack with knives inside. >> police believe it was

what the motivation was. they're not at this point calling it terrorism. >> we'll send out updates on the nbc washington app. a busy morning for you. including a lot of people heading out for the holidays good morning, i'm eun yang. i'm chris lawrence. >> we want to get to the important weather forecast. sheena parveen on the weather deck. can you feel the difference? >> i can't feel my fingers, eun. that's a bit of a difference compared to yesterday. most of the area below freezing. put the warm coat on. it's cold outside. the numbers, the only spot above freezing is washington and annapolis. both still coming in, in the mid-30s. rest of the area, a 29-degree temperature in quantico. 30 in clinton. 23 in frederick it's a cold start to this thursday. good news for you, it will be nice and dry. for the weather, it will be cooperating. still busy out there.

day. sun glare once the sun comes up. temperatures in the mid-40s later on today. weather across the eastern half of the country for today. it looks pretty good for traveling you have. we'll look at the travel forecast into the weekend. that's coming up. breaking news and traffic. over to jack taylor. good morning. >> sheena, good morning. trouble spots in centreville. we've got progress. chopper 4 has been on scene at i-66. the good news is right now, you've got two left turn lanes and two left through lanes getting by. the cleanup does continue. it's not a massive delay. at one point we were slowing on 66 coming east. to go north on 20, everybody could see the accident on the side of the roadway. traffic is moving. 28 southbound at 66 staying left to get by. our bigger issue now is getting into the district north off the third street tunnel coming away from the freeway both directions. there's a crash in the tunnel blocking the left lane. back on to the 14th bridge, slow

off the 11th headed westbound. >> thank you, jack. a local family from lorton, virginia, was among the dozen who lost their lives aboard a tour bus crash in mexico. the behar family was on the way to the mayan ruins when the bus flipped over. anna behar and her 11-year-old son daniel were killed, as well as daniel's grandmother. the driver now faces vehicle lan manslaughter charges. in washington state where a train derailed and sent railcars tumbling to the road, last night they clear two lanes of southbound i-5. they are still reporting a damaged guardrail. they hope to open the third lane later this morning. get ready for traffic today. tripaaa calls today the worst df the holiday season for our area in terms of traffic. it will increase three-fold on roads today. take a live look at reagan national or

between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. >> you can see the cars backing up already out there. >> 6:30 in the morning. >> a new update this morning on the families in prince george's county forced out of their homes by fire. >> it's not the first time one family has had to deal with this. we showed you video of the flames that destroyed an apartment building in hillcrest heights. this situation is all too familiar for one of the families who lives there. t tonya hale says it's the third time it's happened to her. >> it happened in 2012. she moved in with her mother until that family went up in flames. these are photos of what's left in the apartment and are trying to stay positive. i cannot get down right now. it's a mess in the world and my life and our lives, period. it's baffling. i can't get over it. it's like, wh

lost her job last month and didn't have renters insurance. the red cross has given the family money for food, shelter and clothing. >> helping dozens of people displaced. not clear what sparked the fire on tuesday. we're working to learn if a man will face charges for killing his neighbor's dog in the district. he shot the dog on primrose street in northwest d.c. another neighbor was outside and saw the entire thing go down. two pit bulls were fighting when one man tried to break it up. >> he had a stick and he tried to hit the dogs with a stick to pull them apart. that failed. so he went back into the house and he came out, he had a small gun or firearm and he just shot one of the dogs. two bullets. >> the man who shot and killed the dog spoke to kristin wright off camera and told her the neighbor's dog was attacking his dog and he feels awful about it. this morning, we're learning about a spike in crime at

we have records that show 23 thefts or robberies at the casino in november much that's more than double the number in october. the most of any maryland casino in any month this year. the internal review shows one of the incidents was a robbery. at least ten of them were complaints from customers about missing money. the maryland lottery and gaming control agency will review the report at a public meeting in baltimore it's 6:35. new this morning, things are back to norm at at mgm after a glitch caused them headaches. it prevented people from using the automatic payout option for their winnings. they were able to manually pay out. looks like the elves are having labor problems. santas walked a picket line. they're joining a protest by using organizers to say walmart employees are not being paid fairly during the holidays.

paying holiday pay last year. they said the paid time off program is provided to give them more stability to their lives. both full and part-time workers get paid leave. big baby news. the rumors are true. the celebrity post that's being shared. new this morning. >> who is that? >> plus, counting down to a government shutdown. 24 hours looming before the deadline. the reason th

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getting new details on a story we've been following. tennis star venus williams will not face charges on that fatal car crash in florida. this is police video from the scene. it showed williams had a green light when she came into a busy

her and forced her to stop. they say that's when a car slammed into a woman's suv and killed the passenger. that family plans to continue with its lawsuit against williams. the kardashian clan is growing after months of speculation. she announced that she's pregnant. it showser aher and basketball player tristan thompson. this will be their first child. thompson has a 1-year-old from a previous relationship already. coming up on 6:40 now on a thursday morning. a big get away day. sunny and nice. the race to christmas friday, saturday, sunday, christmas eve. not all the best weather over the weekend. tomorrow no real travel problems bull rain is likely. rain and wind and cloud cover on saturday. it will be mild, though saturday near 62. christmas eve itself, cloudy and on the chilly side. wel

cooldown coming next week. now over to traffic. >> thanks, chuck. centreville, chopper 4 has been flying over our crash. the far right side of the roadway is blocked. two left turn lanes and two through lanes are getting by. northbound travel unaffected at this point. the left turn lanes are under police direction. but at least traffic is once again moving. the holiday choir showcase continues to keep us in the holiday spirit. >> i love this. more now fromth gaithersburg carolers. ♪ ♪

breaking news overnight. deliberate act? new details on the investigation under way in australia and who is in custody now. stern warning. the trump white house put on notice. leave the mueller investigation alone. why a virginia senator is leading the charge. >> it also has potential to provoke a constitutional crisis. decision 2017 and the u

delegates hangs in the balance. what's next with one race left in a tie. watching your holiday forecast. we're tracking the next storm and when it arrives and how it could impact you. i'm molette green at the live desk. those of you just joining us, we want to tell you about a car that plowed into pedestrians in melbourne, australia. we are in the newsroom combing through a press conference with the victoria state police. here's what we have learned now. with that new video coming in of the arrest made. at least 14 people hurt in this incident. it happened around 4:00 in the afternoon local time. police say they have two men in custody. now, the driver of the car is a 32-year-old australian resident originally from afghanistan. he's known to police. he has a history of drug use

now, that second man who was arrested is 24 years old. we have just learned he is not related to the incident. he was seen videotaping the crash and police found him with a backpack full of knives. police do think that this incident was intentional but they don't know the motivation. >> we don't at this time have any evidence or any intelligence to indicate there's a link to terrorism. i want to reiterate that. >> be sure to down our app and tune in to the "today" show in a few minutes for updates on this developing story. back to you, eun. >> thank you, molette. today is the worst travel day of the holiday season for our area. >> not to worry. we're working for you to let you know exactly when you should leave. we have team coverage from how the weat

on the road. >> we begin with megan mcgrath with what roads to avoid. we know it's going to get busy very soon. >> reporter: absolutely. take a live look here. we are on 395 right in the area of the pentagon. we're just starting to slow down here. we're just starting to slow down. i think that this morning's rush hour is lighter than usual, perhaps an indicator that a lot of people are taking today off and taking tomorrow off. that's the expectation here. here's the traffic outlook. according to aaa, this is going to be the busiest travel day of the holiday season. later on this afternoon, things are expected to get very, verya traffic trifecta. how is that for a title. the worst traffic period from 3:00 until 6:00 tonight. that's when people who actually did go to work are going t

people leaving town. the travel times could get long. about 2 1/2 times longer than usual. take a look at the roads here that are the worst. i-66 westbound. 270. i-95 in both maryland and virginia. not a big surprise here. these are generally our culprits. that's the expectation. when should you leave? things settle down this morning. that's the advice. around noon or 1:00, that will be a good time. you can get out of the dmv and time for the peak period between 3:00 and 6:00. hopefully, you'll get beyond it and it will be smooth sailing from there. >> thank you, megan. got to hit the road soon if you're headed to the airport too. be prepared for crowds as well. it's the busiest for airlines. >> a live look at reagan national airport. more people plan to fly this year than last year according to travel data. >> keeping an eye on airports

morning. we are seeing some delays at other airports across the country. the holiday rush all morning. turns out, a call could decide who controls the virginia house of delegates. on wednesday, we told you how a recount put the democrat ahead of the republican in the 94th district of newport news. republican delegate david yancey successfully challenged an unaccounted ballot that should have been included in his total. now the two are tied again. may have to get settled the old-fashioned way with a coin toss. >> imagine that, right? virginia law says it must be resolved by at least the equivalent of a coin toss. there's no word on if and when that will take place. >> yeah. who is going to call heads. who gets to toss the coin? virginia governor mark warner is sending a stern warning to president trump. he took to the floor late wednesday and said the growing criticism of special counsel robert

investigation is concerning. >> the president's track record on this front is a source of concern. i'm certain that most of my colleagues believe that he wouldn't fire jim comey either. >> senator warner made it clear that all members of congress should declare that removing the special counsel is wrong. he also said that attempts to fire mueller or to pardon anyone charged in this investigation would lead to a constitutional crisis. the clock is ticking on the heels of congress passing that republican tax bill. lawmakers are scrambling to fund the government and the children's health insurance program. it covers 9 million kids. if lawmakers can't reach a solution, the government will shutdown tomorrow. more than 2 million people could start losing health coverage starting next month. we're feeling like -- feeling like christmas n.

in your car. >> travel weather is what we're talking about. almost to christmas. can you believe that? >> people are hitting the roads. we have issues on the roads if we're headed to jack taylor. weatherwise, it's looking good. sun glare. grab the warm coat. it's cold out there. we have rain over the weekend and some wet weather for christmas morning. look at these numbers right now. 25 degrees in gaithersburg. 34 in washington. 27 lorton. 20 manassas and everybody below freezing except in d.c. still pretty cold. here's your thursday commute weather. a lot of people hitting the roads. we're going to be dry. mid-40s this afternoon. friday more clouds around but we still do stay on the dry side. the rain chances don't increase until overnight friday into saturday. travel weather right now is looking good across the eastern half of the country.

here's future weather. as we go through today, things are pretty quiet. tomorrow, friday afternoon. we start to see snow moving into new england. could have delays in new england especially around boston. also storms flaring up from texas to tennessee. we'll watch that closely. this system gives us the next rain chance into the weekend. there's saturday morning and then we go into saturday evening. the rain chances continue and we're much drier as we go into sunday. here's your weekend forecast. temperatures will be mild with the rain moving in around 60 degrees saturday with showers more likely later in the day than for sunday. mostly dry. temperatures cooler. down in the mid to upper 40s. some of the clouds trying to clear out sunday. for monday morning, though, there's the next chance. we're looking at a chance of rain and snow showers. the temperatures as we go through each day here look colder for monday. that's your christmas day. we'll continue to see colder weather later in the week. we're also watching the roads closely.

>> 28 southbound at 66. the cleanup of the tractor-trailer, box truck and car crash will remain blocking the right lane. but at least you see the lineup of cars here. two left turn lanes open and two left through lanes open under police direction. brought down a pole and wires. the cleanup will continue but at least travel lanes are getting by southbound 28 at 66. new trouble moving out towards the vienna area. at this point, i think there's a left turn lane getting by on 7 east. there had been a left turn lane blocked as authorities arrived on scene to assist. >> plan for the extra delay. chris, eun, back to you. >> thank you, jack. choir showcase continues. they really get into the holiday spirit. take a

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♪ >> if that doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, i don't know what will. >> the songs are familiar and wonderful to hear. thank you so much for sharing that. we end this beautiful week with a young band of middle and high schoolers who call themselves cme trio. >> the lead singer reminds molette of a young michael jackson. eli, he has a song and dedicating the proceeds to sick children. that's coming up tomorrow. giving back already. >> charitable as well. here are the four things to know before you head out the door. today is the worst travel day of the holiday season for our ar

aaa calls is terrible traffic trifecta because traffic will increase 3-fold. >> the worst traffic is between 3:00 and 6:00. follow first 4 traffic on twitter. two drivers in custody after deliberately crashing into holiday shoppers. 14 people have been injured. tune in to the "today" show for a lifetime report of the breaking news. a virginia family was among those who were in a bus crash in mexico. anna behar and her 11-year-old son were killed and his grandmoth grandmother. the driver faces vehicular manslaughter charges. the latest on this terrible accident. it could be two months before all of puerto rico has power. most people will have power by the end of february. it destroyed the power grid.

a check on the forecast. not a bad day for the get away day. rainier weather on saturday. kind of cold on christmas morning. there's at least a 1% chance you could see a wet snowflake or two. >> 1%. >> at least there's a chance. >> one flake. >> if only. i'd take it. even a couple flakes. >> thanks for joining us. the "today" show is next. we leave you with scenes from the carolers from the barn in gaithersburg. have a wonderful day. merry chrimas.st (bell rings) - so, what are you in for? - well, according to this discipline slip, i was allegedly talking during quiet time again. but, there were no witnesses except the teacher's pet.

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good morning. breaking news. horror down under. an suv slams into a crowd of holiday shoppers in melbourne, australia. police calling it a deliberate act. at least 19 people injured, two men arrested. we're live with the latest on the investigation. travel crunch. the holiday rush getting underway with more people expected to take to the roads, rails and sky than ever before, but will the weather make getting to your destination a nightmare? trump's triumph. the president basking in his first big legislative win. >> it's always a lot of fun when you win. >> fellow republicans pour on the praise. >> you're one heck of a leader. >> exquisite presidential leadership.