thousands of peopleave come t pay respects. later this morning the former president will be carried here to the natiothl ral. former and current heads of state will gather for his funeral and to honor m thean who gave decades of his life to public service. >> it is 6:00 a.m. now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and in the days since the death of president george h.w. ush, the country has been united in its grief and done its best to honor a man who meant so much to so many. yesterday the bush family thanked those who came to the rotunda to pay respects. youan see here former president george w. bush hugged supporters and list end as they spoke about his father. we've seen several days of powerful images but perhaps none so powerful as this one. former senator and world war ii ve bob dole being helped to his feet to salute george bush for the final time. le will be among those attending the funeral today and you.ve team coverage for >> news 4's justin finch and meagan fitzgerald will join us

live to walk us through the preparations under way for today's funeral. do want to begin with a check on your forecast and commute. >> let's get to storm team 4 meteor ogist chuck bell a loo at the weather. >> it is going to be cloudy. it is going to be cold. it it's going to have a lantle for snow flurries during the day to day. current temperatures mostly at or below freezing in the suburbs. just a tickez above fg along parts of the i-95 corridor. you factor in a lite hin of a northeast wind and wind chills are in the mid and upper 20s across most of the area. so it will be a cloudy and cold day to day. storm team 4 radar showing a few flurries along i-66 through about the pland gainesville, virginia, out towards front royal and warren county. the snowflakes are not going to add u to too much. there is a chance for some flurries off and off through the day to day. future weather brings that chance for a snowflake, maybe a rain drop oremwo asratures are just above freezing. but it should be mostly in the form of just some light snow flurries and snow showers during the middle parts of the afternoon. so if you're going to be along

the routerom the u.s. capitol all the way to the national cathedral this morning, clo y ancold. temperatures in the 30s. flurries a little bit more likely as you get closer to the noon time hour. today's high only chilly 40 degrees. that is co. taking a look at 270 southbound at montgomery village aefr. a lane is blocked here. seeing the tiniest slowdown. no maj b impactause of that crash. in lorton, northbound 95 before lorton, that crash is on the sterling, northbound 28, sterling boulevard crash on the right side. tbound 14th street bridge at gw parkway,le disabled veh blocking the right lane there. you can see no major issues. >> me lilissa, thank you. after a lifetime of plic service, the day has arrived. in a the maer of hours, he public and world leaders will gather s to their final good-byes tome forr president george h.w. bush. familys a veteran and a

man. he served as a congressman, the head of the cnd, a u.n. ambassador. all this before stepping into the vice-presidennd then the oval office. president trump hre dec today a national day of mourning and closed the federal government. >> the funeral begins at 11:00 this morning. at 10:00 a.m., president bush's body will taken to the national cathedral. more people are expected to visit the capitol to pay respects. they have less tha an hour n to do. am coverage n our teec th justin finch outside the national cathedral now. good morning. >> aaron, good morning. preparations still happening right nowith just hours left before that 11:00 a.m. service. behind us now, the cathedral, a high security area. security rolling in from all over at this point. we can tell you road closures now especially apparent along wiscsin avenue between mccomb and massachusetts avenue. aw lier this morning we sights like this, a long line of armored vehicles being led up

and down wisconsin by d.c. police cruisers going into thes spahead to have day's services today. also at the cathedral right no preps are under way as we speak right now with secret service and d.c. police leading that charge as they prepare for thousands of invited guests. the numbers said to close to 3,000 people invited to today's frvices. manythem, of course, are heads of state. the heads of state including prndident trump first lady milania trump. president and mrs. ama, president and mrs. clinton and chelsea clinton and a number of children of deceased presidents and looking now to my left, we're watching other parts of the ceremony come together inuding members of the press and others taking part in today's services. you can see right now wisconsin avenue is very much closed off. we prepare for the funeral for h.w.r president george bush today. set to begin at 11:00 this morning. wee live here in northwest, justin finch, news 4. back to you.

>> thank you. as justin mentione among those at the service today, president trump. he met with the bush family yesterday at blair house across from the white afhouse. r the meeting, former first lady laura bush toured the white house with milania trump to take in this year's christmas decorations. the trumps were not the only people to pay respects to the bush family. news 4's meagan fitzgerald picks m capitol erage f hill. >> aaron, good morning. people have been coming from all across the country and across the world to sayheir respects. we talked to people who extended their vacation. they wer in town but they didn't want to make the flight because they wanted to be here. you'll notice bind me here not a crowd of tpeople. no the lines that we have been seeing. although, there is a steady stre of peopl trickling inside trying to make their way inside the rotunda to say go-bye to preside bush. but we do want to show you video from just last night. gojust hours where people toll

us they h -- tolin us they waited in le for five hours brave rg the cold cmperatures to t -- braving theold temperatures to wait to get inside. we had a opportunity to talk to people at monday t since gates opens at 7:30. manufacture the reasons f soany of the reasons for being here were very pl. >> i say it's very important to honor the navy's heritage and to honor the forme president. he was the president who gave me my diploma. he spoke at our aapolis graduation in 1992. and so that's an extra special connection as well. >> yeah. certainly a moment that man will never forget. now again, the public viewing will g until 7:00 a.m. so folks have just under an hour to make their way here to say their final good-byes.ba to you. >> thank you. it's now 6:06. today following the state funeral the former president's casket will be taken to joint

base andrews. the presidential plane temporarily renamedir special mission 41 in honor of the 41st president. they'll return bush's body to texas. tonight mr. bush will will lie in repose at his home church in housto funeral services will be held there tomorrow. the former president will then be buried at his presidential library at texas a&m university. he will beaid to rest next to his wife barbara bush and their daughter who died at as a child. reminder today's funeral begins at 11:00. nbc 4 will will carry it live. you can watch it right here orh on tbc washington app. g some break news now. there is a the shooing at a warehouse in baltimore. chris lawrence is at the live desk. >> yeah. we just checked with our colleagues at the nbc affiliate there wbal tv. they're confirming that someone been shot in the face and now we're able to bring you some live pictures of that scene from chopper 4. wbal says the shooting happened

around an hour ago, around 5:00 in the morning at the restaurant depot. its a warehouse supply area. again, one person shot in the face. no suspect in custody. as can you see there, the s.w.a.t. teamas the pla surrounded. we're told medical teams, scene.ics also on the we have a team headed to the scene now. we'll be bringing you live pictures from chopper 4 throughout the morning. >> all right.ri thank you. le> also developing this morning, robert musays former national security adviser michael flynn should not serve any jail. ti mueller's team faced a deadline to recommend a sentence he said mueller has been extremely cooperative. he met with mueller's team 19 times and plead ghlt 2017 to lying to the fbi. he admitted did he have conversations with russian ambassador sergey kislyak in the weeks before trump took office. flynn is expected to be sentenced in two weeks. now on news 4, we are

hearing for the first time from one of thepe people who h a woman who had been sexually assaulted in prince george's county. woman told prince george's ounty detectives she was walking home from the metro station early monday morning in temple hills when the dark colored car here pulled up alongside her on curtis drive. she was held at gun point, forced insi c of that and sexually assaulted by two men. the woman was forced out of the car in southeast d.c a resident heard her knock on his door. >> no shoes or anything. they took everything from her. i had to get her oes, clothes, jacket and everything. i didn't think nothing of it. i mean, y n see somebodds help, you just do it. i mean, you don't second judge yourself. you just, you know, you help that person, especially a female knocking on your >> police released this image captured by a bank atm camera it southe.c. showing one >uspect using the victim's debit card.

his morning d.c.'s police chief blames the city soarier muate on illegal guns in the wrong hands. there have been 152 murders this year. that i up 40 from 2017. many of those cases remain unsolved and many of the victims are young men. d.c. police chief be there are three reasons why young people are carrying illegal firearms. >> one, they will will say it'si for prot. and i think, two, they carry it because it's glamorous and everything that they're seeing out there in the world. and then the last one is a lack. of consequence >> the chief says these four men are murder suspects still on t run. police need the community's help to find them and other suscts. the mayor's signature could put an end to gas powered leaf blowers in the district. >> the d.c. council already approved a measure to ban them.

council members say the problem with leaf blowers is the noise they make. the ban would stop people from using d selling them in d.c. electric leaf blowers would be allowed because they make less noioe and create less pollutn. if adopted, the ban wouldn't go into effect until 2022. all right. 6:11. still ahea new details about the on field descent that leacc the backup redskins quarterback off theel >> don't get your hopes up yet, kids. there is still at least a chance for some wintry weather late su oay into monday next week. saturday, just sunny and cold. i'll be back in a flash with the five day forecast. andnother live look from inside the capitol rotunda. this morning people are still coming byhe to pay respects to former president george bush. ahead of his feral today, our

continuing coverage when we return.

this morning we're covering the funeral of former president george h.w. bush. this is a live look outsith of national cathedral in northwestern washington. president bushill be brought here at 10:00 this morning ahead hf his funeral. the service begs at11:00. you can watch it live right here 4.nbc breaking news now. chris lawrence at the live desk with new information fm virginia voters on everything from amazon to sports betting. >> yeah, aaron, it seems voters of virginia are ready for change. the center f public policy just came out with the results of their new survey. they interviewed nearly 900 voters in virginia.

the majority of them who were surveyed support legalizing sports betting in casinos but they want the tax money that comes with that to support education across the state. 43% of those surveyed said they do worry that legalization will promote gambling diction. they also voters about amazon coming to virginia by well over two to one. they vastly approve of that deal as well. >> all right. chris, thank you. the skins saw another blow to their season m ndayht when quarterback colt mccoy went down with a broken leg. >> but now it seems that injury is not as bad as the team first thought. this happened at the end of the first quartern the monday night loss to the eagles. mccoy did break hisight fibula. but after surgery yesterday, doctors said he could be ready to play in two or three weeks to finish out theular season. redskins coach jay gruden said getting mccoy back on the field this year is wkihful thin. the team's only quarterback is mark sanchez who signed with the

team the day after alex smith broke his leg and lost for the season. ec another importantl seuld put your dog's health at risk. ral popular brands of dog food are recalled because they have toxic amounts of vitamin d. some of the brands tested had 70 times the safe level of vitamin d. too much vitamin d couause death. symptoms are vomiting, loss of appetite and excessive weigh. loss you can find the full list of recalled products in the app. , we we all wish we could sleep more, a lot more for my sake. but a new global study says that too much sleep can lead t heart problems. people who slept more than 6 to 8 hours a day had anncased risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. but experts say this does not mean too much sleep causes cardio vak cue lva cardul

cardiovascular disease. only one time where a study says too much sleep will cause problems, i won'tobave that m. it is usually the opposite. >> i'm going to take my chances. >> right. >> that's how i feel about that. >> give it a shot. >> i usually get about 6 1/2 hours a night. zbllt go >> good for you. >> that is almost enough. >> this one is of the mornings where it is har to get from out of bed. >> cold today. cloudy. maybe even a snow t flurry or later on in the day. a lot of places are going to be closed up to day bec of all the ceremonies taking place around the feral today. the federal government is closed. a lot of people have the opportunity to stay under t covers a little longer if that's what you're doing while watching us this morning. lucky you. it is a cold start outside now. cloudy as well. there will be a chance for a few snow flurries today. nothg major. if you get a picture of snowflakes, tweet the to me. i'dappy to give you retweet nove. better chance of sunday into monday. that is far from guaranteed. it is something we have t closely monitor. 34 now in washington under a cloudy sky.

32 in leesburg. 35 edericksburg, 27 now in poolesville, maryland. forecast for today, there is ouc bestnce for flurries. right during the course of the midday and early afternoon hours. but notice most areas today will will barely be able to get to the upper 30s and maybe touch 4e ees. the sunday-monday storm is just now starting to make its way on to the california coastline. it's likely to form an area opr losure over the gulf of mexico some time on saturday. d then potentially affecting us sunday and monday. long way to go between now and then. right now there are some snow showers out here across warren unty. a couple of snow flurries. nothing major. you can see on our future weather, it does bringanhat for a snow flurry, maybe a rain drop or two along with that during the middle of the day to day. the reason there could be a drop, temperatures will be above freezing. not much. but every little bit counts. there is your five day outlook. flurries today near 40. 43 and still mostlyloudy tomorrow. we will get more sunshine back friday and saturday. but staying way colder than average.

again that, sunday storm into monday still neeo be watched. the trend for it now, more likely to have more snow in southern virginia than northern virginia. melissa? >> all right. thank you, chuck. looking at a brand new problem here in the district. just look what d.c. police outbound 14th street bridge, a crash mid span that involves five vehicles here this morning. so we're going to keep an eye on sthat and how that develops. sterling northbound 28 at sterling boulevard, still have that crash on the right side here. 0 middlebrook southbound lanes, left side blocked. you're going to be slow approaching germantown and then open back up you're heading towards gaithersburg. inner loop and outer loop we don't have any issues there. travel time for virginia, 66 inbound looks good. so does 95 northbound. taking a look at 207 and the top -- 270 and the top of the belt sway pretty clear. aaron? >> all right. melissa, glad you exp the issue on the 14th street bridge. explains the flashing lights

behind us. live picture, folks. a parking space in one small town creates a big controversy. >> check out "ellen" at 3:00. the show is ronht her nbc 4. stick around for news 4 at 4:00. stay with us.

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comcast business. beyond fast. there is international outrage after a norwegian soccer superstar was askn a quest many say was shockingly sexist while receiving a historic award. on monday, she won the award for he best soccer player in the

worl then from the host she was asked a question that stunned the audience. she wassked, "do you twirk"? you hear it the. she says no. a firm no at that. the french host later apologized english foris poo what he said was a joke. she accepted his apology and later said she wants people to remember the controversial -- not remember the controversial question but that young girls should always believe inse thes. she handled herself very well and what a role model she is. >> brought it back to the s messag wanted people to take away. >> exactly. there is a battle over parking in the soun town of vie virginia. a the issue is staying away parking space so more bikes have a place to park. as we found out, that small town s some big opinions on the matter.

>> you see whave brick sidewalks. with very period lighting. >> reporter:t has character. has traffic. lots of traffic heading to the shops here. it also has controversy about taking away a single street parking space to put in a bike rack. >> parking space matters on church street. and as much of as we want people to bike and to walk and that cuts down on traffic, you know, people drive. >> douglas noble is a vienna town council member who believes taking away a space for bike parking is jusfied. >> it's still a question of how do we serve the most number of people? >> reporter: he argues one car takes up one space with one or , two people inssing the same parking space for dike allows a dozen or so cyclists to come to the same location. drivers don't seem to want the new bike area. >> no. >> not to ke the parking space? >> yeah.ep >>ter: and, of course, cyclists say they need more resources. >> we need to be able to park our bikes. >> reporter: so for now,

relocating that extra bike parking is put on hole until the town tries to figure out how many wheels they can accommodate. in vienna, news 4. it's 6:25. still ahead, after a season of scandal, the terps have a new head coach. ahead at 6:30, the familiar face returning to maryland football programs. chuck? >> all right. time for the dog walking forecast. spider here is available for rescue at the humane rcue alliance. website, can you go on there. spider already got hself a christmas toy. those things never last oat our house. midday flurries a real possibility. >> a live look now at the capitol rotunda. a few minutes left for this public tribute to former president george h.w. bus today his funeral will be held. we're back with more team coverage from across the district next.

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right now at 6:, final farewell to a former president. this is a live look insidehe capitol rotunda where president george h.w. bush's bod is lying in state. >> just m about 30 moutes

left for the public to pay its respects here at the capitol ahead to have day's funeral. with vy team coverage outside the capitol and the national cathedral this morning. it i 6:30. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> the entire nation is watching washington this morning. thousands will pay tribute to the 41st commander in chief including his family. they thanked the crowds that came out and former presiornt w. bush stopped for a few photos. you can see him there with the baby. >> unwf tone of the most touchi one.ts is this bob dole being helped out of his wheelchair to salute the casket of the former commandern chief. we will will have much more coverage ahead this morning. first, we want to check in with chuck bell who who is forecasting some flurrs. >> luckily no real impact from the flurries. you're right, that picture of former senator dole giving his respects to president 41 bu, wow, very, very touching for

sure. president bush the last united l states president that wll have ever heard the guns of world war ii. right now we're looking at hestly cloudy skies ov. not much across maryland just yet. current temperatures are on the cold side. winter weather advisory for roanoke, lynchburg and the southwestern corner of virginia, d here.sories aro but it will be a cold day. 31 now theat dulles. 33 in lorton and springfield, virginia. if you're ath lo t along the rou today. temperatures near the mid morning hours is only in the mid 30s. the most likely time to be seeing flurries is after the services get going around 11:00 up into the early parts of the afternoon. but no real weatherroblems today. afternoon highs, right around 40 degrees. more about that sunday and monday snow chance coming up in a few. right now, flashing lights on the 14th street bridge. >> there are. good morning. out bound 14th stree bridge. just spoke with d.c. police. it's a five vehicle accident

here this so very slow there outbound on the bridge. inbound doesn't look that bad. southbound 270 before old georgetown road. t we'll let you know the details once we have them. middlebrook, left side id blocere this morning. that is because of a crash that happened about 30 minutes ago. it looks like you'reetting by easily because most people or a lot of people i should say are off towey. ave closures today and will clout the day because of president george h.w.bush's funeral. wisconsin avenue between massachusetts and mccomb still shut downight now. it will be for several hours. alsoaslosed had, capital between second and first. and first between constitution and independence as you contihes to lie in state. 6:32. we return to our top story this morning. president george h.w. bush's funeral. we've seen several powerful images over the last few days as america says good-bye to the 41st president.

the current presidents, lawmakers and everyay people have gone to the u.s. capitol just to get a glimpse of his casket and to say good-bye. the public viewing will end at 7:00 this morning officially. that's about 30s minutes from now. >> later this morning there will be a ceremony and the president will leave the capitol for the final time. the funeral will happen at 11:00 a.m. coming up, we'll have more details about the ceremony and who is attending. our team coverage on the life and legacy of george h.w. bush continues now. we're going to head back to th capitol where thousands made their way inside the rotunda to pay their respects to the 41st >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live there at the capitol this morning. od morning to you. >> aaron, good mo yeah, we've been out here for several hours speaking with people who have come in from across the country. some folks even telling us that trip ave delayed their home. they were in town on vacation because they wanted to make their way inside the rotunda to

pay their respects. now we want to show you individual from yesterday. notae faces went t pay respects to president bush including gopbe m like condoleeza rice and former press be secretary for president trump sean spicer. as well asabinet member ben carson and many others. certainly one of the most memorable moments is when george bush'seervice dog c back for the second time laying below his casket to say good-bye for the last time. throughout the day we also saw some a prominentletes coming to say farewell. coming back out here live, you will notice that there is no line over theplast cou of days we've shown youli long nes. but you can see people are now able to go right in as aaron mentioned,e're just about 30 minutes away from th end ofhe public viewing. so folks are being able to go ht inside row to say good-bye

for the very last time. back to you. >> meagan fits jarrizgerald, th. after the funeral, the president's casket will return to texas aboard special air mi 4ion air force 1 has been temporarily redesignated to honor the 41st president. >> tonight president bush will lie in repose at his home church houston. funeral services will be held there tomorrow. the president's final resting place will be right by h wife's side in college station, texas. tomorrow this train will carry e president's casket 70 miles from houston to his presidential library. big crowds are expected aatng route. bush 4141 as the train has been deed was dedicated to the late president in 2005 by the union pacific railroad. it was painted te resemir force one. there will be glass sides installed there so people can see the casket as the train goes by. reminder, today is a federal day of mourning. we have o more information what that means and which offices and

roads will be closed i today the nbc washington app. >> you can also watch the procession and the funeral right on your smart phone and website. it's now 6:36. here is a lk at youther top stories this morning. a s.w.a.t. team is respoing to a shooting at a warehouse in baltimore. this is video from chopper 4. police confirm that one person was shot. according to our nbc affiliate in baltimore, police believe this may have been aned attem robbery and they're looking for two suspects. we're heading to the scene now. >> preside trump's former national security adviser michael flynn provided at much infon to the special counsel's russian investigation thor prosecuts say you shouldn't do prison time. he participated in 19 interviews. a woman died after pulled out of a burning home in northwest. two other people who were in the house on north cap ol street were not hurt. it is still notet clear y what

started that fire. a former maryland assistantt coach wille over the program when he is done with college football ayoffs. locksley is the offensive coordinator at alabama right now. ilsterday it was announced that he wl become the new head coach to replaced.j. dirken who was fired. he was the terps -- was with the terps in t t last seasonhey had a winning record in 2014. more news, weather, traffic, and tributes t former president bush when we come back. 6:37 now. (bell rings) - so, what are you in for? - well, accordinthis disci, i was allegedly talking during quiet time again. but, there were no witnesses except the teacher's pet.

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casinos and on the internet. the law approved by the d.c. uncil will funnel millions of dollars into the city. there is still debate going on about where that money could go. the mayor is expected to approve the bill and the council iso scheduled t hold a final vote on the 20th. that means online sports betting in the district could be a ality as soon as february. now to cnbc m for theorning ngsiness report. >> good mor volkswagen says they'll stop producing gas powered cars after 2026. the focus entirely on electric vehicles. 's a radical move for the best-selling passenger car brand in many parts of the world including europe and china.sw voen executives say the company is commied to taking eps to halt global warming. reports say v.w. is forming an alliance with ford to possibly used p idled fordnts to increase the u.s. production. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. >> good morning, everybody.

6:41. loo at the snow showers our west. they will be moving in ourio general diretoday. could rule out snow flurries around the washington area during the mid parts of theaf rnoon. any accumulating snow will be near roanoke, lynchburg and southwestern virginia. ten day forecast about ten minutes from now. plus a big problem in the out bound 14th street bridge. two lanes blocked. five vehicle descent.n withn issue on the beltway and a couple on 270. all that am coming up. plus, our team coverage of the tribute to former president george h.w. bush continues. this isiv ak looinside the capitol rotunda where his body is lying int state for j a few more minutes before his funeral. much more including what to know about the r cause when we come back.

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outside o the capitol. visitors center overnight we sas long ls mourners from all over the country converged on the capitol to pay their respects to the president. laters trning the president's casket will leave the capitol for the final time. several roads along the route are already closed. the journey ends at the national cathedral. the funeral service there is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. >>ustin finch is at the cathedral with more on what we can expect at today's service. justin? zbl >> aaron, watching preparations ramp up here throughout the morning here. wisconsin avenue shut down as de countn to the start of that 11:00 a.m. service. i want to show you now whats ppening to my left here. we have seen members of the air force beginrr toe. that line of buses is where they came out from today. they're joining a long line of press and other people taking part inonoday's cer today.

wisconsin avenue now shut down between mccomb street and massachusetts avenue. congestion will be a part of the day here well into the earlyaf rnoon. the funeral service itself begins again at 11:00 this morning. it will be a traditional service, we are told with hymns chosen by the bush family including "for all the saints" and "holy god we praise thy name." the hymns, scriptus and readings chosen by the bush family. among those giving eulogies is president george w. bush, the oldest son of president george h.w. bush as well as his biographer. and in the audience today, a lot ofes boldfaced n including president trump and first lady milania trump. the obamas,s clint, and chelsea clinton as well as formerredent carter and in the crowd today, estimates of close to 3,000 w people will be here for the president's service today. among them, many heads of state including german chancellorla anerkel as well as prince

charles. ceremony closing witut a 21-gun salute and many mourners expected to gather her as well along the streets to bid farewell to president georg h.w. bush. we're le on northwest, justin finch. >> thank you. s > reminder again toda funeral begins at 11:00 a.m. nbc 4 will will carcarry it liv. 6:48. the u.s. stock market is closed today out of respect for george w. bush's funs al. the markre hit hard by a selloff yesterday. the dow plunged nearly 800 points. as the biggest decline since october. there is concern among investors about a temporary trade truce between the u.s. and china. bank stockspand big comes that do business in china including apple were among the hardest hit yesterday. >> developing this morning, special counsel robert mueller says michael flynn should not serve any jail time. mueller's team faced a deadline

last night to file a recommended seence. mueller says flynn has been extremely cooperative. he met with mueller's team 19 times. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. he admitted did he have conversations with russian ambassador kislyak in the weeks before trump took office. flynnxpected to be sentenced in two weeks. nbc chief white house correspondent hallie jackson will will have more on the "today" show. >> live desk. top of the breaking news in baltimore. of a.t s.w.a. team is responding to a shooting in a warehouse there. take look. chopper 4 was on the scene at the restaurant depots. police are confirminthat one person has been shot. this happened about 5:00 in t i morninthe cherry hill neighborhood. take a look at this. this was theoment that the s.w.a.t. team went in. according to our nbc affilia in baltimore, police think this may have been aned attem robbery. at this point they're looking

for two suspects. we're there on the scene gathering the latest. we'll be updating you all morning. aaron? >> chris, thank you. 6:50. we're hearing from one of the people tha helped a woman after she was sexually saulted in prince george's county. the woman told detectiveive she was walking home monday morning from the metro station. this car pulled uper alongside on curtis drive. she was held at gun point, forced into the car and sually assaulted by two men. the woman was forced out of that car in southeast d.c. a resident hckrd her k onhi door. >> and she zrndidn't have shoes anything. he took everything. i had to get shs, clothes, jacket. i didn't think nothing of it. i mean if you see somebody needs help, you j u do it i mean you don't second judge yourself. you just, you know, you hen that person, especially a female knocking on your door. police released this image captured by a bank atm camera in southeast d.c. showing one of the suspects using the victim's

debit card. new this morning, a teenbe g charged as an adult for allegedly bringing a gun to aou montgomeryy school. staff at springbrook high school say they were told 17-year-old solomon henderson h a gun in the building. the school resource officer later found a handgunith no munition in henderson's gym bag. he was arrestegu possessions charges. that gun is registered to henderson's father. the defense team for the man accuse of crashinis car into a crowd of counter protesters il charlottesvillt year will will try to convince the jury that he did it to save h own life. layers for james fields began laying out their case after prosecutors rested theirs yesterday. his attorneys had tried to

suppress a text exchangendetween fieldsis mother before last year's rally. she writes, be careful. fields replies, we're not the ones who need to be careful. and he attached a photo of hitler. defense lawyers showed the jury police body cam video from fields' arree . fields canard saying i'm sorry and explaining that he thought he was being attacked by demonstrators. it is no longer a crime to cheat metro fare d.c. council overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize. that the debate had been intense between d.c. leaders and those who run metro. a news 4 i team review discovered rampant cheating on buses and metro trains. video captured people jumping faer or sliding through the gates. evaders no longer face a chinl charge. they face a fine and citation. of that is only the case in the district ofolbia though. congress must be given time to view this bill before it goes to the mayor's desk for signature. soound may disappear from the district. the d.c. council voted to ban the use and sale of gas powered

leaf blowers last night. council members say the main he make.m is t noise they electric leaf blowers are still allowed. if adopted, that ban wouldn't go into effect until 2022 and would the no stop gas powered leaf blowers being used on federal property. 6:53 right now. your wednesday forecast may include snow. chuc bell here with the full forecast. >> yes, indeed. very cloudy morning outside. possibility of seeing a few snowflakes today. but only in the form of snownd flurries the occasional snow shower out towards the blue ridge. not expecting an impact from the snowflakes. just the currents of seeing them. 34 now in washington. wio s are not going much of an issue today out of the northeast at less than 10 miles per hour. temperatures this morning are once again five to ten degrees or more colderre than we yesterday. and this cold pattern is here to stay. the storm we are watching for sunday night into monday is now finally starting to move into

parts of central and southern california. a long way to go. that aref low pressure will eventually turn into an organizing east coast storm o saturday along the gulf coast. as of now, it looks like that storm might hav a large impact for southern virginia and north caroli, especially southwestern virginia than here. we're still close enough to the track where we nee to watch this carefully. the chances of those getting an inch or more by about 20 to 30%. so it's not our chances for gettin some sno here are not zero. today, any snow chances are well down to o south and west. that's where the winter weather advisory is for today. future weather does show the thickening clouds and af possibility a rain drop or a snowflake or snow shower here uring the course of the afternoon. ten day forecast, it's a cold stretch of weather around here. only near 40 today. low 40s and clouds tomorrow. sunshine, 42 on friday. 38 with some sunshine on saturday. there is that sunday-monday storm chance we'll be continuing to watch. snow lovers keep your fingers

crossed. >> all right. i will. you know i like a lot of snow. not that dusting. out bound 14th street bridge still have this crash blocking two lanes. five vehicle crash here this morning. so might take ae while to get that out of the way. inbound doesn't look so bad. bethesda southbound 270 before old georgetown road. we had traffic stopped there temporarily. they may be reopening soon. middlebrook road. it is a little slow.rw ote, 270 looks good. southbound georgia avenue, we have arash in silver spring that just popped up. on the beltway, outer loop at university, left lane is blocked by a bad accident. taking a look a your travel times, 270 southbound looks good. er ea66 inbound in va vashgs no problem. remember to listen to wtop 103.5

fm when you hop in your car. >> thank you. e university of maryland has a new head coach. mike lo tsley will leadhe school's football program. he wit w the terps the last season they had a winning record in 2014. >> president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn s providemuch information to the sl'cial counses russia investigation that prosecutorsay he shouldn't do prison time. hallie jackson will have more o" the "todhow. >> here is another live look inside the capitol rotunda. thesere the final minutes mourners have to say good-bye to former president george h. bush. his body will lie in state until 7:00.m. the funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the national cathedral. 3,000 invited guests will cattend. we'lry that funeral live right here on nbc 4. more on the country's final good-bye to president bush coming you next on the "today" show. >> and there is your five day

forecast. cloudy skies. maybe a snow flurry or two. if you're along the route from e capitol to the cathedral, dress warmly. temperatures will be in the mid 30s. >> and we'll be tweeting about the rolli closures as well this morning. out bound 14th street bridge still have that five car accident on theight side of the road. and traffic is still stopped here. southbound270 before old georgetown, overturned vehicle. >> all right. thank you. sd that is the n 4 today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is nextwe l see new 25 minutes for news, weather, and traffic. again, full coverage of president george h.w. bush funeral live here on nbc 4 and in the app. make it a great wednesday, everybody. hey, batter, batter, batter, batter.

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good morning. final farewell. e nation pauses today to honor an extraordinary american life. president george herbert walker bush's family,ri digni from around the world and all former attend residents set to a memorial service at washington national cathedral. his granddaughters remembering him with laughter and tears. >> he wanted to make us laugh and feel like this fish bowl of a life was normal,nd we did. we felt that. >> ahead, the moving tributes, including this itredible mom fellow war hero and one-time political rival bob dole rise interesting his wheelchair for oneut finale. substantial cooperation. spl