>> a little bit. >> we traded one thing we didn't like for something else we did. no more rain for the next couple ofdays. finally a little chance to dry out and c get t washed and get all the leaves out the underside of it andab i don't kw t your car, but mine, the little vents under the hood there, packed with. leav right now, temperatures are in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. the winds have already picked up. it will be a very blustery day to be outside today. a warm coat and a hat with tie downs and hold on to your hats and hairpieces today. and the sun will be able to shine from time to time. we will go from the 30s and 4 this morning, but we'll only rise into the low and mid 40s r afternoon highs today. wind chills will be in the 30s all day today and windhills ll be down into the teens by tomorrow morning. more about that in your ten day forecast coming up. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. >> northbound 295 before malcolm

x, right lane getting by that workzone. your on time here. it's going to take you nine minuteea as you'reng in and out of town. no problems either, it's still nice andthreen e. that's not any big worry. alexandria, between king and duke street. we do have two left lanes getting by. that work zone as far as the ltway goes. no problems inner loop or outer loop. we'll take a lookt that coming up in just a minute. >> it's 4:31 and developg now murders in the district are up almost 40% this year compared tt >> today the mayor will talk with residents about the violence d ping alic safety walk this afternoon. the walk comes after a violent day in the district. a man was stabbed to death inside his apartment in the shaw neighborhood last night. a neighsr told n 4 he heard a fight coming from the apartmentey on new je avenue northwest around 7:00 p.m.. d.c. police have not yet released the victim's name.

>> i northeast, a fight over a girl may have lead to the death of a young man. -year-old randall francis was shot after getting into an argument with a woman inside of a store yesterday afternoon. he was a valedictorian and recent graduate from high school. ianother man was shot b expected to recover. >> a man was shot on taylor street northeast. d.c. police are searching for a ng that mmer seen lea area just after the shooting. >> a 14-year-old girl was stabbed on a metro bus outside of the minnesota avenue station yesterday. the girl and two others were arguin the girls know each other. the victim here is expected to be okay. >> it's 4:32. there are new cases of a dangerous virusfi ced on the university of maryland campus. the adenovirus is partly responsible for a student's death earlier this month. none of the new cases are asne serious and f the effected

students had to go to the hospital. there's no obvious link between the virus and the mold found in the storm. ve died from complications with thisus a few weeks ago. year. s in her freshman >> four 15-year-old boys accused of raping a fellow football player in montgomery county are back at home this morning. the teens were released on bond. according to court documents the boys assaultedour teammates with a broomstick inside the school'selcomer room o halloween. they tarted their smallest teammates they thought would not fight back. the victims were alleged stomped on, laughed at and sexually assaulted. process cue to prosecutors plan to try them as adults. >> i'm offended by the term hazing. th is nothazing. these are crimes. ob he's never had any disciplinary m. he's been anxcellent student.

>> over the weekend someone nd near brooms to on the campus. the principle called it extremely upsetting since brooms were used in the locker room attempt. >> president trump defends the use of tear gas on migrant defending to cross the southern border. he said no one is coming to the u.s. illegally. right now, hundreds of migrants are camped out near the border and unable to cross. u.s. customs officials say they arrested nearly 70 people. all of whom were allegedly trying to enter the country ill lee dp -- illegally. tracie potts will have more on this coming . >> here are the other stories making headlines this morning, a majornt developme in the robert mueller stinveation. the special counsel office accusing paul manafort of lying to federal authorities in the russia probe. >> general motors executives

were cutti 15,000 jobs across north america and that could mean 300 people nearalmore could be out of work. the cuts are part of a restructuring plan that focuses on electric and self-driving vehicles. >> the greater wasngton partnership is meeting today to discuss ways to ease yourco ute. one suggestion calls for you to pay a congestion tax to drive it s of downtown d.c. chris lawrence will be live with the otherst sugns to limit your traffic troubles. that's coming up at 5:00 a.m. >> thecaps are coming off a big night. they added another win to their streak at the expense of a coach that lead them to a stanley cup win. ings beforeed their the game. it's the first time the caps played the new york islanders and the caps dominated. washington won 4-1. that's better than they had all

last season. and you know how that season went. they won the stanley cup. the caps are bk home on friday hosting the new jersey devils. >> could you imagine if we repeat? >> wouldn't that be something. >> hockey all summer. 4:36 and coming up an update on the romaine lettuce recall. what to know if you want to sthat addingt lettuce back into your lunch. >> but first, making way for medical marijuana. the fight to

>> there's a fight to keep a slice of history alive in laurel. that iconic diner is one of a small number of diners lee standing h the u.s. >> the new owners say it will

require incapsulating the structure to make it look moref like ane building. not everyone is ond. bo community leaders are asking cityders to find a way to remove and repurpose the building. >> we want to salvage the physical piece of it. the 1951 din t thatre are only two of left in this entire country. >> i don't know what it will cost to move it, but i'm going to tell you, i don't have enough money. the city doesn't have the money. >>laurel was designated as part of the main street program aimed at revitalizing downtown. many would like to see the diner incorporated into that plan. it would be a shame to lose that iconic building. how about the weather. >> dog walkingas for time, he's available for rescue here at the humane rescue alliance. looks like he has a little bit of basket hound in him there. he would probably be a fan of going outside this morning. if youe goingo take your puppy dog out for a walk, cold

and blustery. 10-day forecast coming up.

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u.s. customs official arrested people trying to into the country ill lee dpegai. >> news4's tracie potts joins us from capitol hill now. president trump is defending the use of the tear gas there. >> he , aaron. he says, number one parents should not have taken their kid intoen aarea where there were tear gas. the border patrol eagents w being attacked with rocks and had to do something to get the crowd back and keep them from crossing the border. he also insists they did nothing wrong and that there are criminals mixed in with that caravan. he has said that repeatedly, but no evidence to prove it. >> a new development in the mueller probe. they're accusing paul manafort of lying again. >> right. the russia special counsel says

that the plea deal he made meant he had to tell the truth to the fbihe and t special counsel's office b that he has not. they told the judge they need to move forward with sentencing. manafort was -- that plea deal included two counts of conspiracy but also he had previously been convicted on 8 counts of tax fraud and taxn evasot related to the campaign. none of it at all. but they are trying t get information from him about any possible ties with the trump campaign andss . now he could be looking at at least ten years behind bars and a half million dollar fine if it's found that he violated that agreement. >> tracie potts on this hill this morning, thank you. >> we're hearing fromif the of a vvirginia police officer killed over the he was responding to a call when he lost control of his patrol car and slammed into a tree. he was a newly wed in the

process of adopting his wife's young son. >> he didn't have to be asked to do that.lw he woulds be there to help go above and beyond. he was a good man. and a good dad. >> officer edward's funeral was scheduled for friday morning. you can find details in the nbc washington app. >> they were hit by the driver of a mini van here to take a closer look at the scene from late last night. the driver was a 70-year-ol man. somehow lost control while trying to parallel park. the mayor says the whonypd underway. ion is

>> thank you, in chicago a search is underway now for the driver thatt l a box truck dangling over the chicago river. th found the empty truck on the side of a bridge late last night. surveillance vid shows the driver run agoway from the snowy scene there. he's not been found at this point. >> there's a new identification program to keep children safe an charles county high school. students will now be required to wear photo i.d. badges. she shows us how it will work and how school officials hope it ll keep students safe. >> students at three schools are now required to wear these i.d. badges. high school.ata one of the schools in ileot program. there's more than00 1 students here. they'll help keep track of who is supposedo be here a who is not. >> just looking forward to getting the feedback from the students and the teachers and the parents toake sure that

we're doing what i'm paid to do which is keep them in a safe environment. >> the i.d. program will be implemented school system wide arting next year. in la plata, darcy spencer, news 4. >> we checked in with other districts in our region, d.c. ne card have the d.c. which offers access to government facilities and programs. fairfaxnd montgomery county don't have the i.d.s. i don't think all of them requireids to actually have them on their person. >> health officials say it's now okay to eat some romaine lettuci ag just check the label. the fda says the romaine linked to the e.coli outbak appears to be from the california central coast region. from anywhere else it's okay to eat. check the labels and regions before buying the lettuce. people should not eat romaine that does not have the label information. >> good luck. >> i'm going to be extra

careful. a little kale. >> kale. there's no pie recall out there. i'm just saying. >> all the pie at o house are gone. >> we ate them all. >> i ate what maybe one of my lasturkey dinners yesterday. almost done with the leftovers. they're good. years.ton's wettest we keep talking about it because we keep inching our way closer thd closer t top of the list. yesterday we picked up almost another half an inc of rain putting us officially in third place for wettest year on record. now just und half an inch away from second place which was set 15 years ago in 2003 and now less than an inch away from the all time record. i think we have this record in the bag. another one we already set yesterday, we broke theecord for wettest november. 7.5 inches of rain here in the mont of novembe at national airport. 42 degrees now and here's some good i news,s not going to

rain today. it's not going to rain tomorrow, an it's not goi to rain on thursday. unfortunately, the weekend, well, let's talkn about that a second. right now, though, 42 degrees. winds out of the west at 13 miles per hour this jmorning. t know thatt will be very bl very blustery today.34 in quantico.es temperatill get back only into the low and mid 40s across much of the. ar but all the storminess is headed upnto parts of northern new england. dry weather for us. you can get the car washed and dry f at least t next three days. rain chances come right back on it just in time for on into the weekend. i think sunday will be the warmer and the drier half of the weekend. blustery today and down right windy tomorrow. tomorrow winds out of the northwest, 25 to 30 miles per

hour. but winds could gust over 40ho miles pe. >> sunshine and a little less wind on thursday. elrain is l friday afternoon and night. rain again saturday evening. dry for most of. your sund melissa, highs in the 60s on sunday afternoon. >> unbelievable. i love that. thank you, thank you, uck. no yellow line service reminder here through december 9th. is is because of repairs one the bridgver the potomac. your alternate is going to be the blue line but that service is still cut in half. 95 in virgia, quantico to the beltway. don't have any complaints with 95 right now. looking quite 17 minutes, 67 miles per hour. southbound is also just fine. in the district, 295 northbound before malcolm x in southwest, right lane is sll getti by that work zone.

overall the beltwayal rolling g just fine. >> it's 4:59 now and georgetown residents say the smell of natural gas has them nervous. they also claim they're being kept in the dark about gas leaks. a rep with washington gas says the underground gas lines old and need replacing, which is exactly what they're doing. >> 5lockadius of where we're standing i haveocumented at least 54 separate gas leaks or repairs. >> safety is our foremost priority at washington so far we replaced about 16 miles of pipeline in d.c. >> some residents say they're frustrated because washington gas reports leaks to the d.c. government but not to the public. mayor bowser is going to have the public svice commission look into the reporting requirements. >> montgomery county hit a new milestone with it's revitalization project. four levels of below ground parking have been completed. a 14 story building is going up here. montgomery county executive

toured that area yesterday. the project will expand the city's central business toin ude a government office ilding, below ground parking garage and town square.tr cotion will finish in 2020. >> oprah winfrey's mother has he was 83 years old. the family spokesperso says vernita lee died at her home on. thanksgiving the funeral was private and no other details were provided. oprah has been open about her rocky relationship with her mother. this is video of her appearance on the oprah winfrey show in the 90s. she tweeted this picture of her family. she thanked her fs for their condolences saying her mother lived a good tlife. white house is ready for christmas. melania y first lady trump unveiled this year's decorations. take a look. the theme is american treasures in honor of the heritage of america. there's several rooms with special decorations throughou

the white house including the gold star family tree whias decorated by families and relatives killed in combat a lot of trees in there. the white house will host more than 100 open houses and many receptions throughout december. more than 30,000 visitors will get to see the holiday decor up close and persal. >> and the christmas spirit is alive and well at the capitol. the 35-year-old noble fur arrived yesterday. it made it's way from oregon to its new home on the west of the u.s. capitol. there it is. it will be decorat with 10,000 ornaments from the people of oregon. you can see t thee light up on december 5th and it is a student, a youngro girl oregon that is going to do the honors. >> nice. lookrward to that. it felt a lot like christmas came early in houston this weekend. an atm glitch caused a machine in the bank of america branch to give out bigger t billsn people asked for.

$100 bills were dispensed instea of 10sor about two hours on sunday night. when one customer noticed the mistake, he posted about it on social media. our affiliate says a crowd quickly formed and fights broke out. imagine that. officers were called in to break up tigs and you can see her now guarding the machine there. bank of america say the error was caused by a vendor that loaded the wrong bills into the $10 slot. it sayshose that received extra money can keep it. how many t clari people benefitted from that mistake. me.his never happens to i never -- i get the money. my money would be jammed into the machine, oh, i'm sorry, user error and i would be out of money. >> somebody would lose a job. >> yeah. >> loaded the wrong i moneyo the wrong slot. >> accidentally loaded. maybe he thought it's christmas coming up. >> yright. >> tan keep it. that's nice. >> there's been a change in charges facing actor alec

baldwin. he's accused of hitting a man during an argument over a rking spot earlier this month. in courtyesterday, prosecutors downgraded charges against him to attempted assault and harassment. his lawye says there's video evidence that b dwin never punched the other driver. that man was taken to the hospital complainiaw of j pain and redness around his ineck. not saying that alec baldwin. there's no justutication. >> it happened. >> still ahead, on news 4 today, new laws changing the tax breaks you receive after making a charitable donation. >> we're talking to one local organization about the impact those laws may have on them. and this morning, we're tracking the investigations launched after a violent day in the district. ast night, a man was stabbed in his apartment. where it happened and what police are saying this morning. news 4 today will be right back. stay with us, your time right now is 4:56.

>> good morning, everytdy. it's alm 5:00 a.m. now. i'm aaron gilcrest. >> we're starting out with drier conditions than we have seen the past few days. >> we want to show you video too. remember the rain we saw over the weekend? that caused this mess at the vienna metro station. >> that's >> this video is from sunday.

we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it's starting to rain indoors. >> no >> i don't know what else -- >> we have the rainiest november in place now. yesterday, almost half an inch of so more than 7.5 inches of rain here for the month of novembern that's all time record and with yesterday's rain, we're now in third place for rainiest year on record. all right. tower camera here. the u.s. marine corps war memorial as it's officially called. not a bad looking day tse, but it is chilly, and it is windy. temperatures are in the 30s to like downbut it feels to about the 28 to 30 degrees mark. plan on a cold and blustery day with highs only in the low to mid 40s and even windier weather coming our way forow tomo that and a closer l