it feels even better when you find it for less-at ross. yes for less. frigid temperatures are ke uing user a hype therm ya alert. afternoon rain could create icy driving conditions. >> emergency crews cutting five people out of a mangled car overnight. we'll take you to montgomery nunty. >> it' just a big weekend for shopping. holiday activities are getting into fullswing. we have a look at some holiday fun in the region. look at that spirit. >> yeah. loing on on what is the weekend after afternoon as we welcome you into news 4oday on this saturday morning. you stuffed? >> still stuffed. the spanx fee extra tight. >> that's tmi, but okay, great. >> should have worn the stretchy pants.

>> the 24th ofve er, 2018. good morning to you. i'm david culver. >> it's 5:30 in the borning. is watching. let's be honest. >> yes, they are. >> on a serious note, a place.rmia alert in this is important >> absolutely. we are weather alert not only because of that. but also becausee've got some rain and freezing rain on the way to our area. let'so ahead to the maps. i want to show you what's going on. this freezing rain south and west of the area right now. you can see it moving in. it's going to continu toloat through the washington d.c. area as we hud morning. a weather alert day out there today. if you're shopping or doing things early this morning, just a fewhat there could be slick spots out there with this freezing rain. again, temratures are low enough where this could create some problems. we're talking aboutge br overpasses, ramps. even your sidewalks, decks.

this could really be a little treacherous travel as we continue through the morning. eventu rly it changes ton as the temperatures go up. temperatures alongi-95 are above freezing. we may drop before the a.m. hour. along i-81, the temperatures are along the freezing mark. onter weather advisory until noon becau rain and sleet. it will turn to rain as the temperatures go up around the lunch hour. treacherous travel until then. we'll time it out. heavy rainn the way. once we get through noon, it's not over yet. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. we continu to follow breaking news out of prince george's county. a woman rushed to a hospital after a single vehicle ntacci it happened around 2:45 in the morning. police say they found the suv on it side like this.

and it was on fire when they arrived. we're told the woman is in critical condition. in prince george's county in laurel, more than 30 people forced out of their homes overnight when a fire started at this apartment building. w firefightee called to k court around 1:00 in the morning. they checked the roof for hot spots asmoke was still pouring into the night sky. right now we're told no one was hurt b 26 adults and six children were not allowed btok heir home. think how could it is out there. and as the temperatures dip, homeless shelters will be busy trng to keep peopl out of the cold. >> a lot of the shelters are always open.hy pothermia vans will check on those outside. everyone needs to pay attention when it's cold and wet. >> youho see someone appears not to have a safe place to go,

you can call the hypothermia hot line. we ask that you have the time, location, and give a description of the person. >> we've put that information on our nbc washington app. hypothermia can occur when temperatures are above 40, you often do not know even when it's actually happening. it can affect your ability to think clearly and move. montgomery county police are ying to piece together what caused a crash sending several people to the hospital. it happene last night in rockville around 7:00 near west bury road. authorities say a ford focus and ford van collided as thean was trying to make a left turn. the focus hit a brick sign on the side of the roadway. fourteens and one woman in the to the us the were taken hospital with critical injuries. the driver of the van is expected to be ok. > this morning a mystery surrounding the death of an elderly couple found in their

gaithersburg couple. they were found in their home around 10:30 yesterday rnmoing. the husband was 94. his wife was 85. montgomery county police are investigating. they say there is no wider threat to the community. there will be a fundraiser for victims of gun violence at roofer's union in adam ps morgan this weekend. the owner's son is one of them. 22-year-old tom was killed by rand gunfire last month. he was a social worker and the son of roferofer's union roger moffit. this can be frustrating. a warning when you're filling up your gas tank as you head home or maybel you want to c loved ones traveling by road, there's a rise inca s at gas stations. there are skimmers hidden inside

the pump. they steal your credit card information. they can access the informatn. texas and florida are hot sts r the crimes. police recommend you pay with cash or pay inside with your credit card or use the pump osest to the clerk. federal health officials are closer to tracking down the urce of the e. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce. california.me from health officials are warning you to throw away all romaine lettuce and clean any surfaces it may have touched. the fda is working to resupp stocks. ee> as you prepare for the ahead, another big metro rail closure. the yellow line shutting down for two weeks starting monday. repairs were goi to be happening on the bridge over the

po to mac river. the blue line will speak riders to a from a the franconia station. the cold temperatures did not force everybody o stay inside last night. >> many folks were out enjoying events like skzoo lights, mirac on 7th stre i. >> happy. >> reporter: ror ri is visiting d.c. from new jersey. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: she ice skates on the roof at the water gate hotel th chilly holiday weekend. >> i'm not that happy about the coldness, but i'm happy i can see my cousi >> reporter: there's a lot for rori and her family to do this weekend up until the new year. the smithsonian national zoo launched zoo nigh

. there's more than 500,00 environmentally friendly ded lights transforming the zoo into dark.ter wonderland after >> for the new things, a ginger bread village. we have trees that dance and react to songs down at the great meadow andid as play zone. >>eporter: and for the adults who want to get out. look at the miracle onth street popup bar decked out for ason.oliday >> i'm just here having a great time. >> reporter: and people are also gifts a great time buying for family and friends at the holiday market. are you proud of me? >> yeah. >> reporter: thank you. rori says she's gted on the ice, and she gives me tips. >> just start gliding. >> reporter: how am i doing in. >> good. >> reporter: she beat me. my friend, give me some. yeah. isn't shecute?

right now i'm here at the water gate hotelalking into one of the cozy iglves. they have f them. it's the perfect place to rest and have food and wine and you could also have ane time. they also have ice skating here on the rooftop. there are a lot of events thi liday weekend if you want to find more information, go to our nbcp. washington at the water gate hotel, i i'm w -- e hope you already got you fill of the big malls and box stores. today theittle guys. we're going to introduce you to some of the boldest people in the business world on one of theirigst days of the year.

local store owners stocking up for a day critical for their r survival. today is small business saturday >> i was able to get a look at small businesses invi inia. >> reporter: a popup bookstore, a dream comg to life in the place she grew up. alexandria. >> i thought 2019 was when i was going to open. and then all of a sudden six weeksater i have bookstore. >> reporter: thanks to the city economic ria's development folks, cold town books is debuting this saturday. >> af lot o people think they're on the decline, but more and more bookstores are opening every year. >> reporter: allie saying thias ore than a traditional store. >> totally. my whole vision for the store is that it's a retail store, but it's an event space. >> reporter: we've noticedocal shops have been using their physical space as a community gathering of sorts.

but they're also using the ding tall space as a place where they can connect with otherlocals. their neighbors. thread leaf's owner cultivating her following on instagram, showcasing unique fashion. >> a lot of my designers are not on amazon. they don't sell online. a lot of them aren't even available in the states. >> reporter: she left her high powered white house job and pursued sustain >> yes.ion. although my hours are probably just as long. >> reporter: hard work, but it's passion that's got local support. >> we have a reay good base of shops here. it's nice to be able to know the folks that own the store. you maybe see them all over the plnd they connect with you. >> reporter: more than 80% of the shops in old town are locally owned. they hope you consider small business saturday n as a way to buy cheap, but buy meaningful. >> people like to come to the local businesses. it's a dipolay of s for people like me who have grown up here and are going out on a limb d investing my life savings in

this >>project. eporter: an investment in one's neighboring adding to the holiday spirit. >> great story, david cuer. thank you. 36 degrees right now. and a winter weather advisory. we're deang with hypothermia alerts today on this weather alert day. stay withla us stay withla us yn as . th (slurping, kiss) (crunch) a lot happens in a day. outlast happens once. outlast all-day lipcolor with 24-hour stay power. from covergirl. during the holidays you

celebrate and give thanks for many things but family is always near the top of the list. it's fitting that november is national adoption month. >> a tradition is celebrating at d.c. superiorur it's for years included barbara harrison. ♪ love me tender love me sweet ♪ep >>ter: a love song set the tone in the atrium of the superior courthouse. it wasilled with families who are herena for the nat adoption day in the district of colombia. there were performances by wonderfulen hometown t and, of course, the whole team of judges of the family court were ther help make this day official for all the new adopting families. i was once again given the honor of presenting each of the children to the judges who signed their decrees of

adoption. first up, three-year-old dewan. then three-year-old mackenzy, nnd darnel made it three three-year-olds i row. a smiling one-yearld, am, was up next with his new family. here comes aprincess. oh, she looks beautiful. this inaveah. she was being adopted by her grandparents. hakeem was next. and then -- >> she wrote her own petition of adoption t her judge. please, if anything, let me stay. >> i'm getting adopted today. >> reporter: next up two-year-old boy andirl twins. followed by anotheruc l family leaving with two, five-year-old ronald and three-year-old angel. then came adira, the adorableye

tw-old being adopted by her loving grandmother. and they were accompanied by the grea andmother. their presiding judge was ready. kristina all dressed up for her daughter ofomes the her paternal out aunt, and then joined by her old brothers, sakara is ready to go to her forever home. like a four-year-old and six-year-old that were next, their dads were very proud to become their new parents. next, fe siblings. heaven, chanel, hakeen, hayden and jeremiah. all being adopted by their own aunt and uncle. then twins. den was anxious to leave his chair to say -- >> thank you. >> reporter: and right behind them, the lovely viviani with her two parents. then came cory who loves to

travel with his new cods. is five years old and loves legos, unicorns, cars, dinosrs and dragons. more twins on tap next. the two-year-os are being adopted by their maternal aunt who is thrilled to become their forever mom. then there was aerial who joins a mom, sad, and big sister. st to come forward, a familiar face i c., the mayor who said she always knew she wanted to be a mom someday. >> i dedicated much of my adulthood to being a public servant and somehow i issed getting around to having a family, but i didn't thinkha it was too late. and i certainly knew that i had room in my life, in my heart, to pour into a little one. >> reporter: she introduced her new daughter, miranda, who got a round of applause.

>> barbara harrison there. barbara wanted toe make s that every child got to see stemselves and hear their name mentioned in thaty, and she did just that. >> she did. some were nervous. some were very outgoing m weht have some future presidents in that crowd. but for all of them whold are enough to remember, this will be a day to look back on. it's something v their lives, something they won't forget, and true last week we work very, very early in the morning. barbara walked in. she h her hat on. she was coming to put the finishing touches on the storye y in the morning that was going to air later that night. she pours her h -rt really in >> it's personal for her. >> absolutely. hats off to her for all that she well.s >> and we're just buying time ahead of lauryn rickets to get it together. she's standing by at the weather center. it was a tou story to watch. it was sweet. >> i was standing over here in myself wching this story. i love barbara. all right. not all of us love this rain

that we're about to see out of here moving in from the southwest. it's going to be pushing to the north and east.le s go ahead and break it down, what you're going to see. the rain iscoming. freezing rain possible through the morning. there's going to be little sleet mixed in before noon in a lot of ths. regi the shelters valleys, higher elevation. some of it could slip to the eastern side of the blue ridge mountains. ramps, bridges, sidewalks, decks slick. be careful. mall parking lots, be careful. slick spots are to be throughout the region. all throughout the region before noon. and ten once head to noon and this changes to plain rain after we warm up, we're still going to have heavy rain this afternoon. the big picre right now, an area of low pressure moving up the eastern seaboard. all this pink is that but mainly freezing rainith a little bit of sleet mixed in. hey rain back toward west

virginia. let me go ahead and zero in on this. yousan see i just getting ready to move into portions ofo warreny through winchester. slick spots starting there. and even throughhe south, we could see some slick spots as this advances to the north and east. temperatures right now holding at that freezing mark in the shenandoah valley. all around the i-95 corridor, we're abovefr zing. i don't think there's going to be as many widespread issues around the district andi-95 corridor as there is going to be to the west. are still going to have areas around here spotty areas, that are going to be on th slick side. winter weather advisory up for almost everybody east of -- i'mf sorry, west i-95. freezing rain and sleet that goes until nton y. let's break it down for you. we'll start this at 5:30. already havehe mix off to the west as we advance this we go through some rain here in d.c. with spotty areas of slickness and

then we do have the freezing rain and sleet off to the west holding tha cold air. then by noon everybody should change over. however, we do haveome winter storm warnings up through western maryland and the eastern panhandle. that's where they hold on to the cold air the we'll have to watch toward hagerstown to hold on to the cold air. as we go through the day, some heavy rain possible throughout the afternoon. this should be out of here. 7:00, 8:00, christmas tree lightings later. we are going to be watching that out.e start to dry we'll be drying tomorrow. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. mid to 7 upper -- i wish. mid to upper 50s. rain on monday morning. look at nexweek. we are dry. could have some rain toward the enek of next d. right now it's out of the forecast. we have more news on the other side of

welcome back. we are dealing with a winter weather alert. >> it's an alert for good reason. it's cold out there. in fact, lauryn rickets is tracking what could be some pretty messytoeather later y. >> yes, messy weather and dicey at that. you're going to want to take a listen and maybe download the msnbc washington app. >> the app will keep y up to date throughout the day. we'll be back with much more news 4 tay right after this. >> stay with us. waiting for a liver transplant..

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on this saturday morning, welcome in to news 4 today. i'm david culver. >> i'm angiegoff. we are dealing with a weather alert day today. >> it's a coldone. we c