ahead. if you're joining us from bowie, you could see some slippery conditions after a water main break. u.od morning to i'm eun yang. >> and i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. melissa will have more on the warnings on the road because of that break. first, let's get to chuck on how cold it's going to be today. >> yes, indeed. our average high temperature now for december 6th is 50 degrees. we're going to fall about 5o 8 degrees short of average today. right now it is in the 20s most of the suburbs. prince william county, culpepper, all in the upper 20s this morning. a big pt of a northern montgomery county below freezing this morning. right at o abovereezing for arlington because of the heat island of the city and the warm ters of the potomac. relatively warm, not warm enough to swim in. rit at the freezing mark there in annapolis. chool day forecast for t kids, plan on a cold start. more clouds thanenything e today. afternoon temperatures climbing

into the low and mid-40s. probably need that winter coat and your scarf thisin mo probably won't need the sunglasses with all those extra midday c tuds. and wit temperatures staying below average, that is our daily grade today. melissa mollet, how are you doing on a thursday? >> i'm okay. thank you, chuck bell. looking now in bowie. look at that water main break. lots o wer on the roadway there. this is annapolis road at enterprise road. right now a single lane is getting by in each direction. ke a look here at eastbound 66 after 123. still hav that crash through the area. we're still seeingslowdowns inbound towards 123. on the map, we don't see anything really slowing, but you can tell on c thatera it's not a normal speed. 270 southboundredricko the spur, 67 miles per hour going to get you there in 27 minutes. >> melissa, thank you. this morning the nation continues to remember george h.w. bus n righ his body lies in repose at his home church in

houston, texas. since arriving last night, a steady stream ofer mou has made their way in to pay their respects. this morning family and friends of the 41st president will say theirinal good-byes. >> yeah, private funeral will take place in st. martin's episcopa church in houston. following the service, president bush will be buried in his presidential library in colle station, along with his wife barbara and daughter robin, who passed away as a child. >> we're told 3,000 attended yesterday's state funeral here in washington. former president george w. bush gave a powerful tribute during his eulogy. he called his father, quote, the best father aon or daughter could have. >> we'll have live coverage of all this morning's events right re on nbc 4. a special report anchored by nbc's lester holt begins around 11:00 this morning. it's now 4:32. today the murder trial of a man arrested in a deadly crash during an demonstration charlottesville could wrap up.

james fields' defense team ispe cted to rest its case. prosecutors claim fields went to thhe unite right rally planning for violenc a woman was killed when he dve his car into a group of co unterprotesters. fields claims he was acting in e self-defen. closing arguments could come as early as this afternoon. then it will be up to a jury to decide his fate. wre getting new details this morning on a fire that killed a woman in d.c. this is what firefighters fy nd when tre called to north capitol street tuesday night. smoke fkiled the as they worked to contain the fire inside. firefighters fnd annie maiden on the first floor. she's 96 years old. they got her out of there, but she later died at the hospital. this was the house wednesday, some windows boarded up. investigators say tsmre were no e alarms inside. she is the fourth person to die srom a fire-related cause in d.c. t year. a maryland middle school is trying to find out who left a threatening note in the

building. the ne was stuck to a bathroom stall and said there would be a shooting at west lakee mid school in waldorf on the 17th. a student reported the note,ch d thel took it to the charles county sheriff's office. then anothernt stu reported she was sent a text message about a similar threat o a different day. the school says there is nothing to indicate that these were credible threats and that children are safe at that school. .>> okay. it's 4: time for a check on your top stories. a store manager killed asu ected shoplifter in prince george's county. it happened at the discount mart of eastern avenue. police say the accused shoplifter got into a fight with the manager, and a shotas fired. de man was rushed to the hospital but lateried. police are investigating to see ifghat shootas justified. in just a few hours, general motors' ceo mary barra will be on the hot seat c initol hill for a second day. just weeks ago, she announcedny the com will close four plants in the u.s.

that possibly includes its maryland plant. much for live from capitol hill in a few moments. a man in montgomery county opened a box and got quitehe surprise. he says stacks of other people's medical records were in a box of shirts he ordered from joseph a. bank. the records contain sensitive information that only a doctor should see. the records appear to be from the maryland physicians care manage care organization. a comny wants to build the biggest solar farm on the ent coastspotsylvania county. proponents argue it will be good for spotsylvania county. opponents say it will crush property values and deplete the water supply. thear 6,000-acre would be located on three sites in western spotsylvania. right now the planning commission isreviewing the project. it will go in front of supervisors next march. montgomery county wants to increase its a budget ut $55

million, all part of a proposal for the 2020 fiscal year. some of the priorities in the plan include expanding career and technical programs, hiring more staff, axpanding programs that allow students to get their associate's degree while they're still in high school. on december 18th, the board will discuss the budt in more detail and mak a final recommendation. an update this morning on the plan to reduceni the ment for people who skip out on their metro fares. d.c. mayor muriel bowser's office sayiors the m does not plan to veto the bill. te d.c. council approved the plan earliers week. police would still be able to stop people who jump or sneak through the ges without paying, but they can no longer make a criminalrrest or bring charges. the news 4 i-team investigation found there are more than 50,000 fare cheats a day, costing metro millions each year. if the law is approved, it would

take effect next year. it would only apply to fare evaders in the district, not maryland or virginia. all right. h 4:36. coming up, are they bankrupt or just avoiding blame? why team usa's bankruptcy filing victims of ting the the sex scandal. plus, more on that cheesecake factory fiasco. how the promise of a free slice of cheesecake led to a police respse and arrest.

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welcome back at 4:45. we're learnin new details about usa gymnastics' bankruptcy filing.im the leaders che organization has no money left to pay for the 100 lawsuitsfi d against it in the wake of the larry nassar scandal. an attor ryresents more than 180 of the nassar victims tells a different story. he says the bankruptcy filing suspends the lawsuits and the victims' efforts to truth about what the organization knew about nassar's criminal conduct.

usa gymnastics says the victims' claims will be covered by insurance. today generalotors ceo mary barra is set to testify against on capitol hill. >> she's going to be in the hot seat for a second, straight d talking about gm's plan to cut nearly 15,000 jobs, and that plan could affect workers here in our area. blaine alexander is live from capitol hill. gm isownsizing not sitting well with lawmakers. >> chris and eun, you're absolutely right. gm really is under fire. that's why mary barra is coming to the hill for a second straight day, to try and meet f with lawmakee to face and to send the company's plan. what ty're doing is closing four plants in the u.s., another one in canada. that would result in theoss of some 15,000 jobs. now, gm says that it's a tough decision, of course, and they're focused on their workers, but they st it's one tha had to be made. the sedans just aren't garnering the interesthey used to, so they're shutting down production there. they're focusing on electric cars and moving the production

of a number of suvs and trucks to mexico. well, lawmakers are not so forgiving about all of this, especially when you look at the timing. it comes during the same year that gm receid tax benefits from the president's tax plan and also comes eight years after, of course, taxpayers shelled out some $13 billion for e auto bailout for gm only. now, keep in mind that this isi some that, you know, she's been really trying to defend. she's going to meet with lawmakers again today. lawmakers are already looking at ways to punish the company for taking jobs overseas. >> all right. of course, gm obviously has to answer to its shareholders as well. thank you very much blayne. right now polic in montgomery county need your help catching a thiefcvargeting stores. police say the man is a creature of habit, wearing the same clothes, strikn the same day of the week, even sometimes the samef time day. sundays right before the store closes. police also say h makes an excuse to get into the store's

office, pulls a gun, and then takes money from the safe. rtheberies took place in wheaton and fourrs corne. a reward is being offered to anyone who can help catch this y. an update to the shooting at a warehouse inaltimore. police say one employee was shot during an attempted robbery at the restauran depot. they think two men got into the building and shot the employee. that person was taken to theit ho and is expected to survive. right now police are searching for the twos. suspe it's unclear how many people were inside at the time of that shooting. today the arlington county school board willr consiew names for two of its schools. >> the one is being renamed, the other is just being built. as news 4's northern virginia reporter david kculvert explain, aming them can be more complicated than you think. >> reporter: they are making progress on the new arlington middle school but can the name that will eventually go on this

building reflect society's progress? >> we don'tant that to be forgotten. >> reporter: levelellen smith i principal of a school yet to be name ld. >> this was the first building in the commonwealth of virginia to desegregate. >> reporte at the time, it was strath ford junior high. the name comes from the plantation oed by the family of confederate general robert e. lee. thechool board already voted to have lee removed from washington lee high school. they're considering washington loving to honor the virginia couple who allowed for interracial marriage. the proposed renaming has some of you comments on our n washington facebook page. one writing, this would be a very beautiful thing, #virginiaisforlovers another concerned saying, my personal issue is simply the nst when there are other pressing financids. >> and i actually see this as part of my mission aspa prin to help kids understand the work of the community. >> reporter: ellen's school is different in that it's choosing

a new name, not renaming. the committee considering two options,oth with the word stratford, despite the connection. they believe it's what many associate with succeful integration. >> so the most important thing for me is how can we keep that history alive. so when it comes to free food, people get really serious. this morning we're learning an offer of a free slice of cheesecake forced the police to be called out to the clarendon location. the cheesecake factory partnered with door dash app to give away free slices. all the extra orders created a lot of traffic troub for delivery drivers outside of the rent. meanwhile, inside it caused a fight. police say when they tried to break it up, one man struggled with them. he was arrested for disorderly the promotion was for yesterday only in honor of cheesecake factory's 40th anniversary. apparently the delivery people were thererying to get their cheesecake for their orders, the

people on the apps couldn't get their free tcheesecake andy were upset. so they were trying to do a fun thing, and it didn't workout. i was looking at a video to in if i recognized anyone there. never know. there's some social media reportshe promotion created problems at other locations around the coury. not jus for us. are you guys preparing for possible snow? got to say the word. virginia's department of trapgs -- transportation is getting the roads ready just in case. pretreatment of i-95 will start this morning. other major roads will be treated tomorrow. they'll decide where the plo and other equipment will be needed most throughout the state. he commonweaas already spent about $45 million this year on transportation cleanup and road repairs due to the damage from the hurricanes. >> our jurisdictions have to be ready. i c put my hea in the sand and hope it blows over.

>> i wish i had better news, but it looks like this weekend's storm is tending to stay a little farther to the south. t>> get ready go to school, kids. >> keep in mind, if you're driving i-95 south of fredericksrg near richmond or the north carolina border, those areas still notf oute woods from a snow perspective. the big winters in the commonwealth of virginia areli ly to be southwest. right now skies are still partly cloudy. it's a typically cold start to thisngecember mor light breeze out of the southwest. normally that southwest wind would provide a bit of a warmup. unfortunately, extra clouds moving in along with that soutest wind, the warmup will be very minimal at best. most areas are in the upper 20s to around 30 degrees ts morning. afternoon temperatures will only peak in the upper 30s to around 40. your hit the road forecast, sun's up at 12inutes after 7:00. temperatures mostly below

freezing for the ride in to word school. noontime temperatures around 40. 6:00, on the way home, back in the upper 30sga once. the storm that we've been talking about for the last couple days is fgally com onshore in southern califora. he southernto ride branch of the jet stream across texas and head for the gulf coast. that's when we need to stach really wg it. as of now, it looks like the track of that stormo will into north carolina and out to sea. snow lovers aroun here, w all know we need it to get off the coast and hook back towards the d.c. area. that does not appear to be what is going t happen. still plenty of time to watch it, but each computer run isha taking storm a little farther and farther down to our south. here's your ten-day forecast. fcold and kind cloudy today. cold but at least the sun's back for friday and saturday. our storm chances for sunday and monday have been lowered from o 40% 30%. sorry about that, melissa. >> it's all ght. i want 100% of a lot. how aboutoohat. taking a now in bowie.

water main breaknnapolis road at enterprise road. some delays through the area. we have one lane getting by each direction. it is so cold through that area, chuck and i were just talking about this, and it could be a situation where we're dealing with some ice on the road there as well. just a little while from now. taking a live look eastbound, 66 afterti123, have these delays inbound because of an earlier crash. that's slower than normal, especially for 5:00 in the morning. 14th street and northwest near randolph, lanes blocked for fire department activity there. the beltway, inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. >> thank you, melissa.> t's 4:54. for people who can afford it, it will be a major andelme change. today cuba's state telephone company wil allow mobile phone customers to use the internet via a new 3g network. until now, they've only been able to get state-run e-mail accounts on cell phones. it's one of the las nations in the world to open access.

internet in homes was only launched last year. the cost of internet access could pose a problem, though. 600 megabytes of data will cost $7. more than half of cuba's population lives on just $100 or less per month. 500 megabytes of data is about 100 songs or a thousande- ils. you're not getting a whole lot. and we don't even think about it. think about all the songs we have on apple music, theth e-mas stack up. christmas came early for nsome kids our area courtesy of local police officers. >> ed.c.'s polhief says thepe exence helps build positive relationships in the community. the d.c. officer and metro transit officers took about a hundred children to target. they each came away with their arms full of preernts. the bro of a 10-year-old killed outside of her home shopped with the chief>> himsel. e's very concerned about his mom and the rest of hisil f

making sure he takes care of them. that seems to be a theme with him. if we can do anything humanly possible to make his holiday a little happier, i'm happy to do it. >> metro transit police volunteered to help with the shopping trip because so many d.c. police officers were helping with the funeral of former president>> bush. he officers all kind of pitch in and help each other. those dna ancestry kits may be a hot holiday gift idea this , but one woman found her mother. she was adopted, and last christmas she receivea dna kit fr ancestry.com. >> some of these incredible reunionsngou keep hea about. the kit helped connect her to her long-lost motherho's now living in a florida nursing home. on monday, the two women hugged for the firste.

>> an amazing story. still ahead on news 4 today, continuing coverage of president george h.w. bush's journey home and one finalo good-bye t our 41st and talk about a mix-up in the mail. it's almost hard to beeve. wlocalman's order of shirts arrives, but alongh it, hundreds of pages of medical records. records. we

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>> melissa mollet is standing by with a check on your commute. we bin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and this -- all right, i won't say brutal. how about very cold? >> fairenough. you can call it cold, very cold if you want. brutal, we have to save a few of those stronger adjectives for when temperatures are below 20 degree or heaven forbid we get below zero. ou'll have to break out the thesaurus, eun. a lot of people yesterday tweeted me videos of their snowflakes. thank youy v much. still watching that chance for snow sunday into monday. those chances are lower than they were yesterday. sorry about that, kids. looks like you're going to school next monda 31 now in gaithersburg. 32 inuaico. hourly temperatures today, only