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stations across the country. >> glad to be here, glad to be inside today. >> it is kind of rough out there. >> here is some video driving through arlington this morning. you can see it is tough to see the line on the road lately that anything is going to stick. make sure you are safe out there. lets get to the radar. i want to show you who's
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montgomery and frederick, you guys are still under the weather advisory. for the rest of us about a trace of half an inch so far. we should start to see this wrap up. we are heading to mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon. the cold settles in. i will have the details just a moment. >> somara, we'll keep close to you. before you head out this morning, you may want to break out your snow shoveling. >> absolutely. we are seeing early morning flurries. news 4, mark segraves, how is it looking out there? >> reporter: it is going to look like about half an inch of the entire area.
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he told me around 2:00 a.m., they started treating the roads. they are full appointments of trucks going out. they switch from brines. there are no parking restrictions in effect because of the weather right now. you cannot park on the major roads. what they are asking if you do see these trucks out on the road, stay out of their way and let them put down the treatments they needed. they'll be out until 2:00 in the afternoon. it is also a winter weather alert in the districts. cold weather alert and that means the warm and shelters are opened. if you see someone in distress on the streets, you would call 311 and get that person help. that's the latest here in the district. mark segraves, news 4. >> we love having you here on
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saturday. >> reporter: i love being with you guys. dozens of residents are displaced from their home, more than 100 firefighters got to the scene earlier today at gaithersburg. all people are evacuated and they are staying at the elementary school. the bulk of the fire have been knocked down but there are still some hot spots. no injuries have been reported. the cause of the fire is still unclear. meanwhile, a 70 years old man was injured after a fire broke out in minneapolis suburbs. the man was inside the department building just before 11:30 last night. this happens on southern hill drive. police say a firefighter was taken to the hospital with a
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police adodon't know where theye this morning. the officer flown to the hospital just as a precaution. we are told it is non-life threatening. a candlelight vigil is held honoring those who were lost in the deadly fire. this was the scene last night after 24 hours after fiven $w children and serven adults were killed. this is the deadliest fire in new york city. the mayor of the city is warning that death toll could only increase as more people are still fighting for their lives. anne thompson has more on what officials believed cause that fire. >> reporter: it was horrific. >> it was crazy. >> reporter: it was sparked by a three-year-old boy playing with the stove burners in
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good morning, lets take a look at your latest weather. maryland, you are still under a weather advisory. that expires at noon. for us in the dc metro area, our snow is starting to whine down. we got a little inhabited in a lot of areas. i will let you know how long it is going to stick around and as well as the cold is moving in. >> see you soon. >> we'll see you then cssomara. >> you cover the white house, right? >> yes, the president had a busy trip this year. >> for now, nbc cal perry takes a look back at the highlight os of the president's trips. >> some of themo
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president's trip, his trip in saudi arabia. heavily engaged of yemen and as well as their own crack down and political reformulating there, the president visited the western wall and the prime minister and we had the recent decision to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. the president also met with the pope and the body language was not great in that visit because the president and the pope disagreed on climate change and immigration, just to name a few issues. the nato summit in brussels, another highlight of the year. we saw odd handshakes there between donald trump and emanuel macron. his asia trip round out the year, we saw the strong peach in south korea at the national sli
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he sends a message to korea. >> do not try us. >> he closed the trade deal. how will china deal with north korea. will they prevent the north continuing to carry out missile tests. everyone is looking forward to next year. it seems as though that's being heard back to what they are calling a work visit where the president will open a new embassy. >> cal perry. you can bet tomorrow on "meet the press." chuck todd is going to have a look ahead on 2018, everything from what to expect from president trump to the 2018 political landscape as democrats try to take back. nbc 4 starts at 10:30. >> it is been just over 100 days since hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico. experts say it can take at least
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right now just over half of the nearly 1.5 million customers, that's the first time the government has released that statistic. the u.s. army foreign engineer says all power should be restored by may. you may remember this touching story during hurricane harvey. this powerful video went viral. the man playing with his piano. eric harding and his family lost the piano. nearly four months later, he tried to replace what was destr destroyed. vanessa carleton saw the story and sent him a brand new piano. the
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happened. >> we have seen so much hardian family going through. >> it is always good to see the happy outcome. >> she's far from here though. >> hopefully, with better weather than we are having here. >> definitely. we saw snow this morning. if you thought it was cold today. >> we did. >> just wait. it is getting colder out there. we are in for another arctic blast as we ring in the new year 2018. we still have some snow falling out there. i want to show you, we did have a good chunk of the snow came through earlier this morning. right now you can see the washington metro area and surrounding counties not
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light snow and flurries there. as well as towards winchester. norther maryland is still under a winter advisory until noon. this system that's moving through, you guys get more snow than the rest of us. that could really put some issues on the road. and the same for us, too. >> none the less, this is going to helicopter to pull out here as we head through the rest of the morning. 1:00 p.m., future cast, kind of whines it down. that'll be nice and some sun. in the afternoon and evening, the cold front passes through. the atmosphere may pushes through one or two snow passing showers. here is a look at some totals so far. you can see not much. these came in around 6:05 a.m. i am going to get the updated number pretty soon here. this is the next major headli
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23 in leesburg. if you got new year's plans. make shiure you are dressed appropriately. highs in the low to mid-30s. temperatures are going to be in the mid-20s. it is going to be breezy and blustery that it is going to feel in the teens. by monday, ringing in the new year's. temperatures in the low 20s. but, mostly sunny skies out here. your ten days outlook. finishing off your saturday again in the mid-30s. forecast for next year, i have been dying to say that, it is going to be frigid starting on monday. we stay in 20s and low 30s all the way through next week. we got some really quiet conditions and we are rolookingt a good amount of sunshine.
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welcome back in on this saturday morning, i am david culver. >> i am blayne alexander here. >> this morning, we saw some snow coming down. kevin on our facebook live is saying not enough to bring out the snow sticks. >> i am conflicted by that. 70 degrees if i have my choice. not feeling that way this morning.
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cold this morning. >> yeah, that cold comes in with a vengeance, it is going to be cold for the new year's. we have some snow falling in some area. you can see in northern maryland. that's the area that was expected to see the most snow in all of this. not a major event. we are going to see at least an inch over frederick. that's why they are still under the weather advisory. flurries lingering as we head through the afternoon and maybe a passing showers and some flurries. we are expecting to see temperatures peeking. now, that cold air we talked about, i got to details coming you. you got to stick around for that. >> david. >> somara. i will check in with you then. >> we are seeing some flurries moving out. the snow is still standing behind. we'll take a look at it right now. >> look who happens to be up with us this morning, mark
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segraves joining us from the northwest. >> reporter: good morning. let me give you a look up in the northwest. this is how your side streets are looking like. i talk todd ted to the director morning, he got the entire city, streets were retreated and now trucks are out spreading salts. lets take a look down connecticut avenue and giving you an idea of what the main roads are looking like. you can park on the major roads. don't have to worry about getti getting towed today. because of the cold weather that the warm stations in the districts are opened and hierp hyperthermias are out. the district officials are not asking you to stay off
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