on a friday afternoon and working for you. of course, this holiday weekend is getting started. the all important weather forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen is here. sheena, bring us some good news in your forecast. >> we have good news fort travelers today. even though you'll see the clouds around, we're not looking at any rain. not until later tonight. that will be nice for your friday commute. here's a look at the temperatures, though. still pretty cold out this morning. no the 30s. not as cold as yesterday morning. cold enough for that warm coat. washington 30. manassas 36. 37 in leesburg. as you wake up and walk outside, you'll notice the clouds around but we stay dry. 40 degrees by 9:00 a.m. we're watching snow in new england. if you're headed in that direction today, you may be seeing travel issues closer to boston. otherwise, we had rain developing around texas towards tennessee and that will bring us rain. as we go into tonight and for part of your weekend, i'll show you theim

rain and christmas day, that's all coming up. sheena, thank you so much. we're following breaking news out of south korea. 29 people are dead after the deadliest fire in that country in almost a decade. a witness shot this cell phone video of flames shooting out of a building early this morning. hundreds of firefighters rushed to the 8-story building to rescue people. some people escaped by jumping from balconies on to inflatable mats below. the olympic torch was set to pass through the city today. that was canceled in the wake of the fire. we're getting new video of devastating house fires just days before christmas. chopper 4 was over the site of this fire in springfield. part of the home literally collapsed. you can see dozens of firefighters responded to the scene to put the flames out. still haven't gotten word on how it started.

back of the house. soon after chopper 4 was flying to this knaus germantown. >> this fire broke out in a house that didn't have fire hydrant access. when they arrived, the flames were coming out of the roof. take a look at these pictures from montgomery county fire. you can see that home is destroyed. no one was home when the fire started. >> it may be the most wonderful time of the year, but one thing that isn't so wonderful is city and holiday traffic. let's take a look at what's happening. >> it's still early. doesn't look like traffic is picking up yet. that doesn't mean it hasn't started. take a look at this video from last night, folks. you can see the gridlock. traffic moving slowly there on i-95 north in beltville. heavy traffic expected all weekend. head over to the nbc

app. megan mcgrath will be live with a full report from the roads later this morning. stay with us for that. good news to report if you work for the federal government or maybe someone in your family does. congress averted another shutdown. but this latest spending bill will last less than a month. the deal is going to keep the government open flew january 19th. so it buys more time to debate a larger spending bill through september. it also puts off decisions on increased defense spending and daca. breaking news this morning, legendary sports broadcaster dick i know berg has died. he was the voice behind many of the great calls in sports. he did play-by-play for super bowls, the olympics and the san diego padres. his daughter said he was found dead inside his san diego home shortly before he was supposed to hop on to a

yesterday. his family thinks he may have died from a heart attack but are waiting for official word. a car, jewels, even a signed kevin durant basketball jersey, that's some of the items that were snatched from a home in d.c. >> as jackie bensen discovered, the suspect should have been in jail when the burglary occurred. >> d.c. police are looking for darren moore, known as be-- a l list of luxury items were taken. court records obtained by nbc4 show both men are no strangers to the court system. in may of 2016 in prince george's county and just one year before the d.c. break-in, english was sentenced on charges of burglary, theft and identity fraud. he was ordered

year suspended, followed by three years' probation. a bench warrant for his arrest was issued in august of this year. moody's criminal history also includes clarjs for burglary and credit card fraud. it includes charles county, prince george's county, as well as arlington virginia where he's currently wanted by police for failing to appear in court. >> reporter: when these men are apprehend apprehended, law enforcement officers from at least two other jurisdictions will be waiting for them. in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news 4. turns out today is your last chance to get some of those last-minute christmas gifts to your destination. if you want to get it to arrive in time for the holiday, you're going through the u.s. postal service, the only option is priority mail express. the price depends on how much the package weighs and how far it's going. for he

use a flat rate priority mail express box. it will fit up to 70 pounds. >> that option costs about 24 bucks. >> it's not bad if you're talking about trying to get something there in 24, 48 hours. >> i mailed something seven days ago to detroit, has yet to arrive. >> ouch. >> stood in line and did all of that. >> you got two days. fingers crossed. you know what, today is looking pretty good for folks who with have travel plans, sheena. >> i have a feeling you did snail mail, didn't you? >> i didn't. i paid a little bit extra. >> i don't know about that. >> pony express. >> i don't see any weather delays, molette in the past seven days. >> i'm just saying. but we have some areas across the country today if you're traveling that could be seeing weather delays. this morning, as you step outside, we're in the 30s.

we'll talk about the travel delays possible and what you can expect for christmas day coming up. a gift to the kids' teacher going viral. see why this wine is getting attention nationwide. still ahead, a lot of looters. this man tricked his way into thousands dollars.of

♪ >> you know there's always one kid who seems to stand out from the bunch. did you notice the little boy in the back row who decided to dab his way through this christmas program. this is from the christmas program at the children's daycare in der wood. we're not sure if the ladies next to him noticed but he seemed to be having a jolly old great time there. >> give himself a headache. >> you know, one ohio family took the cake for the best holiday gift for their child's teacher. >> if you're still brainstorming for your kid's teacher, you can totally steal this idea. jake summers' parents recognized he can be a bit of a handful. he gave teachers a

>> so it was an apology. >> put his picture and they got the message. our child might be the reason you drink. enjoy this bottle on us. jake's older brother dj thought this was the funniest thing in the world and posted photos on twitter. >> it does give off the illusion that he's a big-time trouble maker. that's not entirely true. he's definitely not the worst student in the world but not the best student in the world either. >> all the somers' children have gone to the same school. so d.j. says this is a big thank you to all of the children who taught the whole family over the three years. >> he said, too, i couldn't spend six hours a day with my little brother. i give them all the credit in the world. >> it sums it up. his own brother says he's not the worst in the world. >> in the world. >> the whole world.

>> i did not do teachers' gifts. >> you didn't? >> yesterday was the last day. >> i know. >> maybe it means your kids didn't need the little boost. >> they did. >> sorry, molette. >> okay. so there's a warning before you start handing out the holiday gifts. >> this is probably why i didn't give out this gift. cashing in on gift cards. >> how they could be stealing money before you pass out the presents. >> that's not good. molette, you're saving them from fraud. >> i was. >> good to go. we have snow moving into new england today and we're watching rain around texas. that will be here tonight and for your

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to use drugs. it's said to be deliberate but no connections to terrorism so far. a warning from the park police. they're searching for a man who claims to be a psychic. but he's really more than a scam artist using the lottery to take your money. this surveillance video shows the suspect walking into a 7-eleven. in october, he went there with a victim promising her a big powerball lottery win. he later told her the ticket won and she owed him money to claim it. she wired him thousands of dollars. police say the man claims to be psychic and meets his victims through his facebook page using the name angel food olivier owe. >> this story surprised me. if you get cards, some scammers are draining the cards before they're used. they can actually steal the value from the

the pin number is located and replace it with another sticker. make sure you don't get targeted. buy them online directly from the retailer or pick up cards kept behind the counter or already wrapped in packaging and register that card as soon as you get home. >> those are good tips. >> i wouldn't have thought of it. >> scratch it out. >> i often buy the cards in this big section. >> the big rack. >> oh, goodness. >> when time is ticking for some of us who procrastinated on the shopping, your only option might be the gift cards. >> choose the cash instead of a gift. here's justin finch. >> i'm second-guessing my whole process. there are of course, pluses and minuses to giving cards and cash. almost everyone has a preference. cash goes

stores. we asked shoppers which way they were leaning and why. >> i prefer giving gift cards. >> why is that? >> it feels like i've put more thought into what i've got for the giftee. if i just give cash, might come off as lazy. >> a gift card, i think. >> you think it's more thoughtful. >> more thoughtful and pick out what they would prefer to have. >> gift cards. >> gift cards. >> why is that? >> because i just -- i try to think of what store the people would actually like so they can go to those. cash is more impersonal. >> cash is more impersonal. yet, i prefer it. more of our shoppers we talked to trended for gift cards. they said they're easy and thoughtful and of course, my thought is, a gift card can be regifted. >> very true. >> you don't like it, slide it to the left

express, those are the best. >> sheena has great money-saving tips. what she does is buys a cheap bottle of wine and wow i'm getting a $50 gift. >> not only that, i replace the label on the wine bottle so you don't even know. >> i print out a new one online with a nice printer at home. >> i used to like the gift cards as gifts but i don't anymore because i end up keeping them for far too long and the value goes down n them or i lose them and forget about them. >> gift cards, if you don't spend all of it, you have five bucks left and then there's nothing at that store for five bucks. then you have to buy from the store. >> you pay the difference in cash. >> she doesn't want to. >> can they give you cash for what's left one

bottle of wine for christmas. a real nice one, too. i promise. >> don't pay any attention to the label. i promise. it's at least a hundred dollars. that's what chris is getting this christmas. >> it's going to be dry for travel. we have rain moving in tonight and tomorrow. so if you are heading out late tonight or through the day tomorrow, just keep in mind we do have rain in the forecast. christmas day, look for a small chance, not a big chance but a small chance of rain and snow mostly before sunrise. shouldn't be accumulating to anything. you may see some of that falling. 39 degrees in washington now. cold enough for a warm jacket. 36 dulles, 32 norton. the coat this morning, but as we go through your friday commute, not thursday. friday. nice and dry. regardless of the clouds around,

it will be dry today. the rain will be moving in late tonight. airport travel, mostly cloudy but dry. mid-50s. shouldn't be seeing any local delays, but we have some in new england we may be seeing later today. tomorrow, mostly early shower chances and late shower chances. there's the snow in new england. the rain is in texas. that will be here later tonight. late-night showers tonight into the day tomorrow. mid to low 60s. then we're colder christmas day. an early chance and colder. windy through the day. we'll take a closer look at your ten-day forecast coming up, guys. >> sheena, thank you so much. you learn so much about your co-workers. still thinking about that stuff, sheena. >> here's a look at what we're working on in the next half hour. e-mails from miss america's top executives allegedly leaked. >> we have more on the disturbing messages about its own contestant. >> plus, you cast your vote but now it's up to chance who wins. the unusual way a virginia race

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aly little boy in prince george's county has no ill will when he was shot by a family friend. >> caleb harry got an unexpected surprise from prince george's county police. county bureau chief tracee wilkins has the story. >> these prince george's county police officers are walking through this suitland neighborhood preparing for a nice surprise. >> for the boy. >> for caleb. he's playing playstation. but he can't wait to get back on the court. last week whe s

dad outside children's national medical center. >> my good buddy, my neighbor actually picked up the phone and says hey, man, i accidentally shot caleb and i'm taking him to the hospital. >> he was trying to figure out what caleb's future would look like after he was accidentally shot by a family friend. a 33-year-old purple heart recipient. that friend is like a second dad to caleb. >> he's a good friend. he didn't mean to do it. he got me the playstation. >> all forgiven. he talked about what happened after the gun went off. >> i remember falling to the ground. i closed my eyes and waking back up on the hospital bed. >> weeks later, he's home. >> are you doing okay? >> yeah. >> on the road to recovery, i understand. >> yeah. >> well, we were worried about you. >> he's got good company. >> merry christmas. >> for him to be actually walking around 17 days later, you kn

that. so it's a joy. >> jingle bells ♪ >> while caleb is feeling better, there's still a long road to recovery. if you're interested in helping, go to nbc washington, search caleb in suitland. that does it for "news4 today" at 4:00. but we have a lot more ahead starting now. right now at 4:26, time for holiday travel from the roads to the airports. we're working for you getting you where you need to go without the stress. >> cooling down for christmas. chilly temperatures starting off this friday. wait until you see the rest of the forecast. good morning everybody. i'm chris lawrence. thank you for waking up bright and early with us this morning. >> oh, yes. i'm molette green. eun and aaron have the morn

off. sheena parveen is here. she's going to fill us in on the weekend travel forecast. >> you know what, it looks good regardless of all the clouds you see today. it looks good for travel. we're still going to be dry. temperaturewise, could get away with a warm coat. a lot of spots not as cold as yesterday. yesterday we had 20s on the map. 39 in washington. in our suburbs, the mid-30s. as the kids step out at the bus stop this morning, clouds will be around, you'll notice that when the sun comes up. a warm coat to start your day, a warm hat. by the afternoon, comfortable. temperatures in the mid-50s by 3:00 p.m. here is much of the northeast, part of the mid-atlantic states. snow is moving into new england. i think boston may be having issues today with travel delays if you're headed in that direction. we'll keep an eye on it for you. we'll look at a closer look at what we expect locally and into the weekend. let's check the traffic on this finally friday with dave dildine. good morning. >> od

we're watching a nice and quiet traffic pattern all around the beltway. not a creature was stirring a few days before. that's a good thing. >> virginia, southbound, two left lanes getting by. no delay getting through it. 66 in good shape between gainesville and 495. in maryland, the majors are in good shape. 270 and the beltway included. nice and eats i. making good time on the beltway. that's the latest. back to you. we are following breaking news out of south korea this morning. 29 people dead after what's being called the deadliest fire in that country in almost a decade. a witness shot this cell phone video of those flames shooting out of that building early this morning. hundreds of firefighters rushed to the 8-story building to rescue people. some jumped on to inflatable mats below. 29 hurt. e

pass through this city today. but it was canceled. >> we're getting new video. two devastating house fires. this fire in springfield last night, it was so intense that part of the home collapsed. you can see dozens of firefighters responded to the scene, quickly put it out. no word on how it started. but most of that smoke seemed to be coming from the back of the house. we're working to learn if anyone was inside when it started. soon after chopper 4 was flying over this fire in germantown. >> it broke out on a section of brink road that didn't have fire hydrant access. when the firefighters arrived, the flames coming out of the roof, take a look at this, you can see that home. no one was home when the fire started. it's that time of year. we look forward to visiting family and friends through the holiday. we don't appreciate the holiday traffic on the roads. news 4's megan mgr

>> she's out at reagan national airport right now. somehow it looking out there this morning, megan? >> reporter: actually, it looks pretty good. you can see behind me here, it's early. only about 4:30 in the morning here. but you can see there are people lining up at the particular counter. american airlines very alive with activity this morning. a lot of their staff here directing people where to go to make sure everybody gets to their flights on time. a lot of folks, the strategy is to leave early, to beat the brunt of the rush today. it will be coming later on this afternoon. they're hoping to get out and miss all of that. take a look at the flight aware delay map here. you can get an idea for some of the delays around the country. only about 70 at this point. so while those folks won't be happy, it's not widespread, at least not at this point. that's good news for folks headed out. airlines have added about 90,000 seats to