we're looking at a break in other temperatures. >> but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> last fridayyas the o friday out of the last six weeks and it didn't have rain was freezing cold. so no surprise that it's tgif and here come the rain chances again. unusual to see even thunderstorms in southern west virginia here in the predawn hours. we're not going to get any rain today, but we're also not going to get much of anything in the suhine. a few sprinkles overnight and i couldn't rule out theas onal pellet or two as temperatures are down in the mid 30s.

but the weekend will turn milder. i'mtill very optimistic about the afternoon. >> a wor zone with the left lane blocked here this morning. also take a look atthis, west and eastbound between centreville road. work zone th one lane getting by there. inbound south capitol street, work zone with a left lane worked. a little slow here. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. it's 4:01. this morning, the people that lived near the bethesda intersection where a woman was hit and killed by a car is calling it dangerous. >> this is where we're talking about she was hit on old georgetown road near the intersection with long oak drive between the beltway and

democracy boulevard. the 74-year-old tried to a cros the height of rush hour. a portion of the road had to be closed ssh investigators could work. they arrived a short time later. she may have been trying to get to a metro bus stop. >> this is not a good place. people cross here all the time. cars are trying to come out. there's another road, a side road, an access road over there. it's a tough area. >> t 1re's been deadly pedestrian accidents in montgomery county so far this year. in 2017, thereere 11. >> today family and friends will say their final good-bye to hunter edwards. he died last friday while he he lost control of his control car and ran into a tree. the police department is

encouraging community members to show their respect for officer edwards by lining the pecession ro following the funeral. >> a heads up for anyone that uses thehov lanes. if you're caught breaking the rules, you'll be fined 250 for a second offense. if there's two or more people in the car you can use thees l for free during rush hour. you just have to switch your easy pass tohov mode. >> yesterday for the first time, witnesses tk the stand to testify against james fields.s surviv described the moment that feels a self-profeed

neo nazi drove his car into them. this happened at the ignite the right rally. prosecutors say field went to charlottesville with a plan to kill. they posted two pictures showing cars rammingnto crowds of people but field's lawyers say he only drove into the crowd because he saw a gun andd fea for his life. today, a clothing store in downto d.c.ill replace it's glass door for the second time in a little over a month. this while police tried to track down the robber thathrashed throit. this is the surveillance video work withors had to right now. this was taken on monday morning 14th street northwest. the robber smashed the door, ran inside, grabbed an arm full of clothing and took off running. a similar crime happened at the same time of day on october 23rd. it's not clear whether these two

crimes are connected. >> 4:05 right now. an advisory neighborhood commission voted to rename new hampshire avenue in front of the saudi arabia juan industry jamal khashoggi way. some say the vote should not go foard because of a law that prohibits the road being renamef r someone that had not been dead for at least two years. but they point to 2010 and 201 when the council voted to rename it. both men were alive at the time. >> president donald trump and fit lady melania trump touched down last night. he is in argentina for the g-20. summ shortly after take off he announced he would not be meeting with president vladimir putin. the president says if russia

returns the ships, perhaps another c meeti be scheduled. the president will have no shortage of workt thisyear's g-20. the u.s. trade war with china and the murder ofal j khashoggi will be discussed and may lead to tensent mo saudi arabia will be among the 20 countries attending the summit. while the president attends the- , the russia investigation h heating up back here at home. >> has now pled guilty to lying to lawmakers but the news was first to report that he was in direct contact with vladimir putin. he offered pin a $508 million penthouse in the tower. he pled guilty to lying to congress about the time line of the negotiations. he originallhe said were over in january of 2016.

it turns out they lasted well into the 2016. camp the president that previouslysa id he had nothing to do with russia now says he did nothing wrong. >> when i un forpresident, that doesn't mean i'm not allowed to do business. i was dng a lot of different things when i was running. after i won, obviously, i don't do business. >> cohen says he lied to congress out of loyalty to the esident and to align with mr. trump's politicalg. messag >> meanwhile, fbi director james comey filed a lawsuit to s a subpoena from house republicans. that calls on him to testify about the fbi's investigation on hillary n's e-mails and meddling.lection he's not against testifying, but he wants it to be public and not behind closed doors. he says republicans like to leak information from closed door hearingshat pushes their political narrative. >> breaking news at 4:08, san

diego border patrol agents are investigating a crash. chris lawrence is at the live desk >> they werhasing a pick up truck north of the border when it flipped over and crashed. three people were killed, 8 others were injured.ay agentshey ordered the driver to stop yesterday afternoon and when he dith't, deployed the spike strips. the driver hit the spikes and overturned and crashed into an embankment. at one point it was going more than 100 miles per hour with nine people crammed into the uncovered truck bed. agents arrested the driver who s believed to be a u.s. citizen. >> chris, thank you. >> two unlikely suspects arrested for allegedly setting fire to a restaurant in vienna. they were enagers. this happened october 14th. new surillance video shows the 13 and 14-year-old suspects near the scene you can see the two go into the empty building that used to be

e marcopolo restaurant. when they come out, first there's smoke and then flames. they worried that thee f would spread. >> rightt n to the store right here, the trees. no customers could come into the store and it was kind of scary. >> theee teens have bn charged with arson in this case. they have also been charged with causing damage in the area. >> this morning the owners of a popular d.c. restaurant that went up in flames this week are unsure if they can rebuild. fire ripped through the restaurant on wednesday night. firefighters were able to put the flames out but the damage had already been opdone. that live in the area tell news 4th thae's no place like there. >> he would introduce them to the culture by sitting them down anmshaving all the i that they provide and allow you to do

a taste test so you canee what you like and what you didn't like. they treat you like family. >> no word on what caused that fire. >> new this mo ing, areminder that no matter where you are, you better look both ways before crossing train tracks. take look a what happened to a cyclist in the netherlands. he's on the far sidef the rain tracks as one train passes. he starts to cross the tracks and doesn't notice the other train in the opposite direction. in this case he was abl toet across the tracks just in the nick of time. >> that is -- >> this is why i don't walk down the street with head phones or any of stuff because you can't hear things. >> if i do jog, i try to the music low. if i don't have any music, i won't make it veryfar. it's a motivator. >> not even d.c. traffic could

stop aelivery for a local family. >> she found herself stuck in rush hour traffic in labor. it went from an annoyance to a full orgency when she learned the baby couldn't wait. what is the g motherng to do? she delivered the baby herself. right on 17th street in northwest d.c. firefighters say the man with th woman called 911. first responders say the baby behem to the scene by just a few minutes. the mom and baby are doing just fine. you know, way to go. can you imagine how calm you have to beel toer your own baby. >> no, completely outside of thn realm of any that i understand. >> still ahead this morning, the fda ss it's located the source of the romaine lettuce e.coli outbreak. >> we'll tell you whe and what's being done to make sure that you can safely start eating

the lettuce again. and amazon is coming to town. what happens when a major rporation arrives? smaller businesses are told to move out. a look at who is packing up. how about our weathe chuck? >> clouds thickening up overnight and rainow chances to the west and the south. promises to have at least some impact on your friday and another chance for rain coming up

welcome back at4:15. amazon's arrival in northern virginia will force smaller mpanies to vacate their crystal city space. one of the organizations that has to locate a beloved theater. a group of local performers now looking for a new home. >> amazon's our rival to crystal

city or national landing forcing some companies that have been here to several years already calling this place home to move out. one of th s, thece we're in right now. this is one of those spaces that eventually will be taken over by amazon. life expectancy is down for the third straight year. rising numbers of drug overdoses and suicide are largely to

blame. the national center for health statistics reports more than 70,000 people died of an overdose in 2017. that's ay nearl 10% rise from the year before. the last time was in the middle of world war ii. >> if you like avocados you may have a hard time. finding th growers are fighting over pay with companies that pack and distribute the uit. lasted 16 days and effected mexico's largest avocado producing state. experts say the supply should return to normal by the end of december. >> i hear people like that.

>> no avocado at all. >> do you like it? >> i do. >> new details following the e.coli outbreak of lettuce. >> it'sinked to the central, coastal and northern region. now they'll have to start labeling romaine lettuce with specific harvest locations and dates.t the agency says it is okay to eat romaine a lettucelong as it did not come from that area. now you know. >> now you know. i still feel like i'm going to have to wait a little bit and chew other leafy greens. >> just wash it. >> i got the scrub brush and the dish soap. >> not on your tttuce. >> nhing you know, it's salad. >> can you imagine? >> i w watching and i noticed the flag was completely still but it was cold though. >> well, yeah, that is correct. it is very close to that.

the winds with way less of an impact today. so we'll shave abo four or five degrees t area wids morning. 40 degrees by the way and li anna a little breeze out there. feels like numbers in the mid 30s this morning. yo you're commute, s cloudyes start to finish today. not looking for a lot of rain, but there could be a sprinkle or two, especially duringhe ddle part of the day and with th thick cloud cover in place, temperatures won't jump much either. a push of milder g air isng to try to get in here for the

second half of the weekend. today we'll b stuck with the clouds and the northeast breeze. most of this rain will be across the southern half of the news 4a on. a little chance of light rain farther south and west of the city take your umbrella with you. here's your future weather for today. you can see there it doesn't give us a lot in the way of ant accumu rainfall today. for tomorrow the rn chance comes in saturday afternoon and evening and melissa, look, still hoping for 66un ony afternoon with a little sunshine. >> i do like that, thank you, chuck. okay, reston, eastbound tollro , work zone with one right lane getting by. as we zoom out and look at the beltway, earlier road work has cleared out of the way. you don't have to worry about that anymore. do have lays inbound here on

395 because of a work zone. inbound delays even though the work zone is aually outbound this morning. otherwise, everything is looking good. >> thank you. throw a holiday party without going overbudget and without feeling overwhelmed. >> sounds like ahristmas miracle. coming up, we're going to show you how. >> then be sure toatch ellen today on nbc 4 at 3:00 and then stick aroundor news f4

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>> even though there's a chance for a sprinkle or two, there's .ot going to be a serious winter weather thre you can see a fe sprirnnkles ino western maryland. there's a little bit of sleet mixing in. t that's all rain. that's coming toward our area but most of our rain today very, ry light. if you're going to have more than drizzle or sprinkles,e you'll ho go down to the southern part of our viewing area. dog wking forecast time here, kola is available for adoption. a nice little dog that's also a ol dog. almost ten years old. she would love to join you at ur house for the holiday season. forecast, cloudy and cold this morning. drizzle and sprinklesuring the midday hours and mainly dry for your friday evening walking plans. more about saturday coming up in a couple of minutes. >> good morning. taking a