their respects. >> good morning. 4:00 a.m. now and so far thousands of people have passed through capitol rotunda. some comin from outf state. all to pay tribute to the 41st president. >> he'll continue to lie inay state tnd in a few moments we'll have a look at the memorial service that was held for him last night. we do want to begin with a check your forecast. >> let's start with chuck bell and chill. >> yes, indeed, a noticeable chill out there. this morning, 43, but that's probably also during the afternoon. curtesy of northwest wind with wind chills down in the mid 30s. if you're to be outside for any certain period of timea today your warm coat on. not a lot of moisture to worry

aboutther than a few passing clouds. maybe a little better chance at passing flurry coming our way for tomorrow. you'll be going t school all week. temperatures mostly in the 30s to around 40 degrees along i-95 and eastbound to the bay. y herer hour by hour forecast and notice, not much of a warm up this afternoon.'l be around 40 degrees with that gusty northwest wind. so i will be a very chilly day. more about how long the cold is going to hang around coming up. >> good morning. taking a look at the beltway right now. two right lanes get by the work zonend distric heights inner loop after pennsylvania avenue, the right lane is blocked by a work zone. northbound 270, local lanes near 370. right lane gets by the work zone. alexandria, southbound 2 t --

295. we'll hear about that in just a minute. >> president bush will lie int state the u.s. capitol this morning through tomorrow the building has been open all night and a steadea s of mourners filed past his casket paying their respect. he sai it was a place for americans to gather as friends andor neig >> before he arrived at the capitol hundreds of people lined the streets outside. his casket was brought in as his family andnd lawmakers members of the military watched. >> you can see former president george w. bush and the rest of his family here.

rang out over the district. after the casket was taken inside, many peopl braved the cooler temperatures forchhe ce to pay their respects.am some even c from out of state. many appreciated bush's record of public service which ascended three quarters of a ecentury. >>as a beloved person. i'm from alabama, and i am ally just here to see him. >> this will be a great opportunity. >> president bush will lie in state at the capitol for public visitation through tomorrow morning. >> lawmakers attended a memorial rvice in the capitol. it began with a rendition of america the bul sung by the u.s. naval academy glee club. ♪ oh beautiful for spaciousie ♪ >> the majority and minority

leads of both houses of congress layed wreaths at his casket. they stood in front of the sket for a few moments before the president saluted the casket. vice presidente m pence spoke celebrating bush's service to the country. >> i'm told as has preparing to become vice president he once joked about the job saying there was quote, nothing substantive to do at all, but as history records, during those years he set the standard. >> flags on all public buildings are flying at half staff for 30 days out of respect. >> last night the city of houston paid tribute to thefo er president. the mayor asked everyone to come wearing colorful sock former president bush was known for his love of brightly colored fun socks.nt vors also collected new

pairs of socks to be given out for holiday gifts at meals on wheels events. >> world leaders will attend his funeral and george w. bush will eulogize his father. president trump and the first lady will attend along with ever living former president. estimated 3,000 people have been invited to attend the ceremony at washington national cathedral. it will be a traditional funeral. the bush family chose all the hymns, scriptures, and readings. president trump declared wednesday a national day of stay news 4 for continuing iturning. coverage for the memorl to president george h.w. bush. events continue through thursday. >> thes time 4:05, a major set

back for the washington last night when the team faced the philadelphia eagles,ac quarte colt mccoy broke his leg while scrambling on the final play of the firstquarter. this was just his second start of the season. this is the second quarterback the team has lost in this season with an injury. ba at the game and what happens xt. >>f that wasn't enough, they lost another quarterback. end of the firstquarter, quarterback colt mccoyrunning, slides, his shin collides with an eagles fender. mccoy out with a broken leg. a 9 yard touchdown run, the longest o his career and in rekins history. this, the lone redskins highlight. seconder quadarren sproles

starts an eaglesll y. >> it's a tough thing. colt finally gets hisden opportunity and he gets kicked in the leg andres it. >> for a new guy on the team that feels good because it's like the first day of high he school, w do i sit at lunch kind of thing. >> everyone wanting to sit a the table with sanchez with four weeks remaining and the team trying to come together to keep their playoff hopes alive. now they' looking for their third back up quarterback. >> 4:07 right now, a woman was held at gun point and sexually assaulted in a car. police are looking for the two men that attacked two strangers forced her into the car. police say both men sexually

assaulted the woman and drove eround for about 45 minutes before forci out of the car in southeast d.c. >> she was terrorized for an hour so w want t do our best by her and get these guys off the street immediately. we don't want them to hurt anyone else. >> one of the men was caughtn camera using the victim's atm card. cameras alsd captu the car they were driving. >> also in prince george's county a man wasound dead in the parking lot of a strip mallh found the victim dead at the scene. there are no suspects at this time. ofhappening today, the first two major roads over the future of legalized sports betting in d.c. and what council member plans to add an amenent. he wants to give minorities and women a better chance to profit from the new gambling business. it would a allow limited number of operators to run mobile

sports betting andequire at least 35% of contracted work to go to minority owned and women owned local businesses. council members will take a final vote befe the end of the year. >> there's a new leader at the helm for d.c. public schools. he named the new chancellor of d.c. public school system. he served as the superintendent of indianapolis public schools. if confiiled he take over full time at the end of january. today we may learn new details about robert mueller's russia investigation. he's expected to file a memo discussing the upcoming sentencing for former national security adviser michael flynn. he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contact with russian officials during the weeks that president trump took office. si he then,s been cooperating with mueller's team. he was eected to detail what information flynn may have

offered. >> 10 minutes after the,ho president trump lashed out at his former attorney michael cohen. >> he pled guilty to lying toss cong about a trump real estate project in russia and has beenooperating with special counsel robert mueller. he's trying to avoid a prison sentence. he tweetedho cohend have a full and complete sentence. some queionhether that tweet siounts to witness tampering. >> his public twitter account to try to influen witnesses or people that pled guilty within the mueller pre. >> in the same twitter rant, president trump praised ally roger stone. stone said he will never testify tagainst president. president trump said nice to know that some people still have guts. cohen ichuled to be sentenced next week. >> the ritz carrolton hotel found a way to give bk to children whose parents are deployed for the holidays.ur

theyd it into a holiday fun fest. the organization offered all sorts of activities for the children including dinner, cookie decorating stations presents and a visit from santa. as i mention, the wife of former vice president joe biden along with former washington skins player attended last night's event. looks like a whole lot of fun. still ahead, america's diabetics are using less insulin but not for the reason you may think. ts a tragedy for the u.s. navy. one of top commanders found dead inside his home. >> it's day three of hanukke. ild way one man decided to celebrate the holidays and the help he was given to make his hockey stick minora a reality. that's the spirit, chuck. >> it is. llwind c down into the 20s

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his legacy is perfected. his memory will belong to glory. god bless the 41st president of the united states. >> another moment from y' yester memorial for president george h.w. bush. speaker of the house paul ryan speaking before the bush family. long time staffers and former administrationofficials. president bush's body will lie in state until tomorrowmorning. thousands of mourners are expected to file past his casket today to pay their respects. >> this morning,u. the navy is investigating the death of one of its ow the vice admiral commanded the navy's fifth fleet a served as the top commander in the middle east. he was found dead from what appears to be a suicide. the naval criminal investigation service is reviewing his death. he helped coordinate strikesai agnst isis and the taliban.

old. 58 years >> it's 4:15. news for your health this morning, more diabeticsre lowering their insulin dosages to keep up with the rising price. a quarter of diabetic patients they surveyed have been using smaller insulin doses to me their supply last longer. going too long for some diabetics could cause blindness, loss of limbsr even death. more than a third said they do not tell the doctors about using smaller doses. according to the cdc, about one in ten americans live with some form of diabetes. new cases of a mysterious polio-like illness is declining. the number of new cases of acute flaccid myitis seemed to have peaked for the year. 134ed confi cases this year in 33 states.

six cases haveeen diagnosed locally. three in maryland and three in virginia. asm attacks the service system and can cause paralysis. a local boy battling leukemia has been given an earnd gift a special honor. the gift that y is getting attention this morning, but the way it was given. >> ethan's hometownoame out t cheer him on as he was sworn in as an honorary police officer. they used social media to spread the t message and town really came through for ethan. he was also given a basket of treats, a new blanket, and weeks vacation for the family at a beach house. >> very nice. >> forsure. >> glad to hear he's making a recovery. >> the guy in the red suit there. >> that's right. that time of the year, chuck. >> it was cold yesterday evening after such a nice day. >> it started out really warhe

and boom. >> i took the dog for a walk. only about a 30 minute walk or so down to the u.s. capitol. to see the motorcade arrive yesterday afternoon. yesterday afternoon sunny but by about 4:30 and 5:00 though, the wind had turned to the northwest and you could tell we were not going to be anywhere near that again any timesoon. 43 now at national airport. northwest wind still averaging almost 15 p mil hour. that's the cold front down to our south. so it's going to be a dry day today. a mix of clouds and sunshine from time to kime. you're l at on future weather and you can tell not much of a weaer impact today other than the breeze and the

chill. later on in the day today, clouds wl start to thicken up and there could be a couple of flurries later on in thevening hours way out to the west and south. that will return here to the d.c. metro area for tomorrow. i took this picture yesterday afternoon with the flag at half staff. here toll be going down pay your respects today, plan on bundling up. those lines could get a little bit long. temperatur in the 30s this morning and notice not really that far above 40 degrees during the day so plan on wind chill the 30s today. high temperature this afternoon, right around 45es deg here's the five day outlook and a chance of flurries off and on throughout the day. temperatures near 40 mean it's o cold enough flurry but not held enough to accumulate and staying cold all way through the week. sunday and monday, still watching a chance for winter storminess. more about that in the next half

hour. meliss good morning. >> good morning to you. in northwest, westbound massachusetts avenue here at white haven street, we have a crash with a pole and wires tbwn. just one end lane getting by. hopefully they get that out of the way soon. southbound 270, left side is blocked by a csh there. we were seeing a tiny delay here on the map but not seeing it as much anymore. right side blocked by a crash and inner loop and outer loop of the belt way no major problems. >> still ahead thi morning, hockey and hanukkah. >> one man'sl success quest to combine his favorite sport with the holiday. how about that? be sure to check out ellen at be sure to check out ellen at 3:00 here on (alex treb) $8,000. over $8,000.

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today is the third day of hanukkah. it'sid a h of praise and giving thanks. >> this year two hockey fans decided they wanted toei includ favorite sport into their holiday celebration. as justin finch reports, they were given a pretty incredible assist from the capitols themselves. >> long before they finally claimed thep, he had a vision. >>g the playoffs i was sitting there with my wife, and this is it.

they teamed up reaching out to the caps to see if they had a fewre to s to bring dan's vision to life. it turns out they wereappy to help. >> these hockey sticks. >> you'll see the personal touches. >> acttilly saw thes and the pucks and to see these theers names, especiall middle one here, scored the game winning goal in the stanley cup game, to see that is pretty unbelievable their kindness was overming allowing him tout p a special hockey twist on this celebrationkah while still including the holiday stand byes.

good-looking at that. >> the afmenship there. >> it's fantastic. >> it will tell a sty, right? well, the former capitol and team mascot were onand for the ceremony as well. >> the celebration conthnues a fire truck parade. >> well, the gift of giving is just getting started just because the big sales days are over doesn't mean you can't score some deals. coming up at 4:30, the apps that will help make sure that you're saving while shopping. >> temperatures after a nice 62 yesterday which was 12 degrees w be average. we're going to stayr col than average here through the rest of the week. >> plusoo a deed turned deadly. a maryland man speaks up with a wa after his wife was killed trying to help another woman. >> we'll take y bac to the capitol where a tribute to former president george h.w. bush is still underway.

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rig now at 4:29, a live look at a tribute to forme president bush. his body lying in state here in washington. >> people have been paying their spects through the night at the capitol. others eped up first we want to check in with chuck and melissa for a look at the day ahead. >> boy, we can feel it this morning. ck to the cold. >> sure is. a very interesting little bit of information i gearned. ge herbert, the name sake of the 41st president was a poet and priest that lived in england in the late 15 and early 1600s

it is cold thisin mo a cold start. you factor in the winds. wind chillsre down closer to the freezing mark and very little recovery today. the daily grade below average. a chance of snow flakes bomorrow. more that coming up. >> all right. i'll get my microscope out i think. do have the westbound lanes shutdown right now, eastbound is getting by in just one lane. this is an accident and then a pole came down and they're trying to get t