>> 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

into the low to mid-40s aroun town. it will be a cold day to be outside today. highs in your hometown today, 43. 41 degrees in let's go to melissa mollet, find out how that commute is coming along. >> good morning. first 4 traffic alert because on this issue bowie. we're talking about a water main break and very low temperatures that could tur some of this into ice. here's what is partially shut down. annapolis road near enterprise road, a single lane the only thing getting by in each direction. let'sno look elsewher 66 inbound after 123, still very slow because of an earlier crash. e inbound lanes are slow. outbound, westbound, no major issues there. inner loop l outerp of the beltway, nice and clear. no problems there. everything is green and rolling along. we did have earlier roadwork that's out of the way. 14 northwest, another closure here. street near randolph, all lanes blocked because of fire department activity.l weave a live picture and live report from the scene of that water main break inco bowi ng up in a little bit.

chris? >> thank you, melissa. this morning we're working to learn more about this fire on 14th street in northwest d.c. flames sparked inside a barbershop, and firefighters were able to quickly put them out. h no one wast. happening today, one final good-bye to the 1tion'sst president george h.w. bush. a private funerals being held this morning at the president's home church, st. main's episcopal in houston. he was flown there yesterday after his state funeral here in d.c.gh over he laid in repose. hundreds of mournersiled into the church to pay their respects. after this morning's service, presiden b bush will be taken train to college station. that is where his presidential library is located. he'll be buried there, alongside his wife barbara and daughter robin. before thisva morning's p funeral, the navy will honor him with a special flyover. the 21-ghter jet missing man flyover is scheduled to take place over the george h.w. bush

library and museum inexas. th aircraft departed the virginia naval air stationda yest you can watch it all here on nbc 4 beginning at 11:00 this morning. and president bush's funeral here in washington was aal me filled with both laughter and tears. >> nearly 3,000 people the national cathedral. among them, the president's family, friendeads of state, and leaders from around the world. several people stoodo speak about president bush, offering powerful words to describeim not only as a leader but a man as well. perhaps no moment more powerful than when his son, formeren prest george w. bush, delivered his father's eulogy. >> so through our tears, let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man. e best father a son or daughter could have. and in our grief, let us sle knowing that dad is hugging

robin and holding mom's hand again. >> other speakers included former senator alan simpson, who called the 41st president a class act from birth to death. bush's biographer jon meacham described him as a loving man with an all-enveloping heart, who was the first to comfort you in moments of defeat and there with you to savor in your success. there were so many memorable moments. toor see from the service and other events honoring president george h.w. sh, head over to the nbc washingtoapp. your time is now 5:04. we're following breaking news io il this morning. two people were killed overnight when a bus carrying a jv high school girl's basketball team crashed into a semi truc this happened not far from bloomington. troopers say the truck was going in the wrong direction and hit the bus head on. the driver of the truck and an adult on the bus were killed.

all ofhe students are expected to be okay. this morning, details on a odd delivery for one montgomery county man when he opened up box of shirts he had ordered online. he found both his orded stacks of private medica occords. he told news 4 theents had the kind of information that only doctors should have. home addresses, birthdays, and medical history. >> crazy to think if it happened here, like, did this happen multiple times?r are otople getting packages like this? which is just scary. >> the cover pages indicate the files mahave been created for patients through the maryland physicians care manage care organization.it still not clear how those papers could have ended up in that box of shirts. news 4 reached out to the organization for commed we've not heard back. >>es luckily an h man was the one who hopopened that bo police say a store manager shot and killed a suspected shoplifter.

police were called to a convenience store ofern avenue near the d.c. city line around 2:15 wednesday. .hen they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot he later died at the hospital. police say the suspected shoplifter was shot during a fight with the store manager. seat pleasant police say they're looking over the evidence to et determine whr that shooting was justified. investigators are expected to give an update sometime today. some scary moments for people eating at a wendy's inbu gaithe this week. a man started threatening them with a knife. that happened at the location on grand street monday afternoon. police say the man was asked to leave the restaurant refused. when he wouldn't drop the knife, and ers had to tase h took him into custody. fortunately, no one was hurt. happening today, general -- a new era university of maryland football team. megan mcgrath is on campus ahead of that press conference. we know they're going to announce the new coach today,

but is h completely done with his old job?r: >> repor not quite yet, but he's going to be coming after he aps things up with his current team. the university of maryland has chosen michael locksley as the new head football coach. he's currently the offensive coordinator with alabama. he's going tohe finish up, finish up the playoffs before o coming here t maryland. the name mayo sound familiar maryland fans. he was the offensiveoo cinator from 2012 to 2015 here at maryland. he was also just named top assistant coach in the country. he served as interim head coach before d.j. durkinook over here. at maryland now, durkin, of course, was ultimately fired following the death of player jordan mcnair. locksley and durkin did not work pgether here at maryland. the universitysident fired coach durkin, going against the recommendation of the board of . regent lowe at that time announced he wo id retiren june, but in a

new development, several lawmakers on capitol hill have voiced their support if president lowe deces to stay on as president. again, the big announcement about theootball program and the new head coach, that's happening in a matter of hours. back to you. >> all right. we got high hopes for a new era. thanks,an m happening today, general motors ceo mary barr aa will ben the hot seat on capitol hill for the second straight day.pl the issue, gm' to cut nearly 15,000 jobs. gm will close four plants in the u.s., possibly one in maryland as well. this comes months after gm benefitted from president trump's corporate tax cuts and eight years after american er taxpfunded a $13 billion bailout of the auto industry. we'll have more from capitol hill coming up in our next half ur. today the united states w surgeon generl address america's ongoing opioid crisis

during a speech in boston. dr. jerome adams will explain how new police tactics are being used to fight the epidemic. his speech is part of a law enforcement summit organized specifically to deal with drug addiction. meanwhile, new reports suggest that creating supervised heroin injection sites may reduce the risk of overdos for people addicted to the drug. ofis comes from the rand corporation, a non thsearch institute. the report claims at safe heroin injection sites have beeo a success er countries and should be tried here in the u.s. the facilies provide a sterile environment to consumer medical grade heroin under the eyes of traff. a proposal to overhaul the u.s. postal service may wind up costing you. president trump created atask force is now recommending the postal service raise prices for sending nonessential mail. that's just one solution being offered to help recoup billions of dollars in losses. the recommendation could also raise costs for amazon and other

businesses that use the postal service to supplement their deliveryptns. well, some of you may have seen a few flurries ilowing arouour area. >> but nothing you may have seen compares to the storm that hit new jersey. look. yesterday an early snowstorm moved through atlantic city. some parts of south jersey saw up to 6 inches. the winter storm warning was in effect until the late evening. all of thatnow caught some residents off guard. they were originally looking at maybe half an inch of snow. what a surprise. things quickly changed overnight. it impacted the roads. you can see cars there on the side. there were some crashes, but no one was hurt. a >> not good day for the meteorologists up there. >> no, half an inch. >> get half a foot. >> weather is tricky. that's tough job. all right. the nativity scene at a massachusetts church is causing some controversy. coming up, we'll show it to you. plus, who doesn't like giving their pet a treat? this morning, a new warningom about potentially dangerous

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officials want to send a message about the country's ongog immigration debate and how those at the border are being treated. not everyone likes it, but the church says that's the point. it creates at the very least a >> they're making a statement. that's for sure. the holiday season is in full swing, and we were just counting down the days until christmas. no doubt you're enjoying some favorite christmas cookies, pumpkin pie. >> and if you're like me, you like to share those treats with your dogs as well. i do, and he laps them up, but you have to be careful. some of these are made outside the u.s., and they may be toxic to your dog. veterinarians say some of those foods may contain harmful ingredients you normally find in glue and even weed killer. even raw hides cannot only chip your dog's teeth but can contain formaldehyde. look for two things. make sure it was made in the ak u.s., ae a look at the ingredients that are included.

>> raw hides, chickenje ey, the sweet potato and yam treats, all o them, avoid, period. >> a minder this holiday season, vets say be sure not to give your dogs grapes, raisins, or macadamia nuts. also, always avoid giving them rtain sweets like chocolate. well, there seems to be an app for eherything. now's an app to help track down missing pets. it's called finding rover. re's how it works. if your pet goes missing, upload a photo of it and create a ofile. the app then cross references your pet'sre fea with animals already in e system to find a match. over the last few weeks, the app has helped dozens of animals reunite with their families. >> kind of a backup to the chip system. have you received your flu shot? researchers from the university of chicago found out 41% of people do not plan on getting vaccinated. lot of them are concerned about potential side effects from the shot and say the simply never get the flu.

the cdc recommendsve everyone 6 months of age receive a flu shot every year. when a man in missouri fnd his uncle's journal, he made a remarkable tdiscovery. uncle served in the navy during world war ii. the journal doc ented the rescue of a fellow sailor who would one day be the president of the united s that president, george h.w. bush. the journal is the only thing the man has left of his uncle. he says he knew his uncle william served in world war ii, but like so many who wore the uniform back then, hesp never e about what he saw. instead, he wrote it down. what he wrote became american history. >> well, if he hadn't saved ook at bush that day, how history would have been >> remarkable footage on board the submarine shows the rescue. little did uncle william know at the time one of those men would become the commander in chief. just an incredible story and a piece of history. thank goodness he wrote those

stories down. e greatest generation. >> they didn't talk much, but they wrote. >> they did write a lot. it was rlly sweet t hear president bush wrote so many handwritten noteds handwritten notes to thousands of people through his life. >> what a gift. >> plucked him out of the .ter. kennedy was also rescued b after hist went down in the war. all right. around here, here's what we need to know. it's a cold start. nothing too surprising in that. it is december, afterall. herds will be around this cloudy and cold weather will hang around for quite sfe periodtime. we have been keeping a close eye on that sunday/monday storm chance. th still a chance, but the snow chances look a little less today than they did yesterday. so we've lowered our expectations a little bit for that sunday/monday storm. maybe ifd we pret it's not going to happen at all, we'll get a surprise snowstorm and everybody would blame w. as long get the snow, i don't really care. your forecast for today,loudy and cold. cold weather is the real pattern

we're stuck in hereor quite some time to come. our average high now is 50 bdegrees. we'l in the low to mid-40s today. tomorrow, highsver the ekend, it would be more than cold enough to have a snowstorm, but it looks like the moisture is going to miss us to the south. if you're traveling this weekend south of richmond, especially towards north carolina or southwestern virginia, those snow chances are stillthere. could have maybe 6 inches or more in southwestern virginia. for us, though, we're off to a cold and dry start. again, thate storm cha for sunday into monday looks a little less andwi les passing time. today your hour-by-hour planner, eran on cold and a lot of clouds around five-day forecast looks this way. dry for today, tomorrow, and saturday. e's still a chance for a little snow or perhaps a littlei rain/snow ction sunday into monday. unfortunately, melissa, it looks like most othe moisture will be going off the coast andut to sea. >> all right. thank you, chuck.ig taking a look now in

bowie. 450 there, annapolis road near enterprise road, still have thin water mreak hanging around. a single lane getting by each direction. this is tough, of course. it's a cut through f a lot of people trying to avoid 50. it's going to be a little slow through tha m area thisning. then we have the cold weather adding to that painng as t start to freeze. northwest, 14th street near randolph, all lanes blocked there. fire department activity. eastbound 66 after 123, we're still seeing some delays inbound this morning. that's an earlier crash that has been hanging around for about an hour. >> thank you, melissa. coming up, call it a cellular crackdown. rying to getnia is its drivers to stop looking at their phones and pay more .attention to the roa be sure to catch "ellen" today k. 3:00 here on nbc 4. we'll be right b hey, batter, batter, batter, batter.

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okay. so be honest. how often do you check your phone while you're driving? hopefully not while you're actually driving. > often, but only at red lights. virginia leaders say it's happening way too often, and they're now launching a campa dn to getvers to focus. >> transportation reporter adam tuss went to g a better picture of what drivers are aceing on the roads. >> reporter: distrted driving, we see it over and over again. drivers constantly taking their eyes off the road and then rolling along without looking. >> terrible. horrible. >> reporter: driver alson crane says she sees people on the phone all the time. as for her, her cell phone stays

in her back. >> it's like a t. i have one, but it's in here t until home. >> reporter: virginia roadway fatalities are up 20%, and the state sa it's had enough of distraction. >> the governor has tasked us wi a vital mission, reducing highway deaths. >> reporter: state transportation secretary shannon valentine making an announcement on facebook that the state's launching a new initiativeo improve safety on the roads. here's a big reason why. last year the number of fatalities on virginia's roads was 843, 208 of those were directly attributed to distracted driving. the state says the number of distracted drivi deaths is likely even higher, they just were never reported. now, with a story like this, you have to ask yourself, how many times are you checking your phone when you're behind the wheel? >> i feel like there's always a ed to check your phone. it lights up, and i feel like even if you stop the notifications, that st doesn't stop. oh, did the person respond? did i get a notification on this

or that? i feel like it's going to be ans ongoing probleong as people are hooked up on their phone. r >> reporter:inder that texting and driving is illegal in virginia and carries a fine of 125 bucks for a first offense. adam tuss, news 4. >> it's best sometim to put it away completely so you don't see nky notifications, don't t about it. put it away in your bag. >> the only time your kids talk to you is in your car. got to put the phone away. >> this is the time when i have to get the dirt, the info. coming up, traffic trouble. an anniversary promotion that created chaos around a local cheesecake factory. plus, he wasn'tir the f choice or even the secd. but this morning we're hearing from the redskins new starting quarterback about his hvies for sa the season. good morning, nothing today. off to school across the area for the kids.

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5:29 is your time right now. as you wake up on a thursday morng, a beautiful look at theee capital it is cold and cloudy out there. pp you're waking up in bowie, you could see sy conditions after a water main break. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. we'll have team coverage on that traffic issue in a moment. first, to chuck on how chilly it's goinghi to ts morning. >> it's cold e that water main break to freeze up on the roads.

limea ssd justin will help get you out the door and to school and work safely. skies are mostlyloudy. it's a typical december morning. winds will be out of the west and southwest today. usually you would think that would lead to a nowarmup. so much today because of extra clouds. many of the suburbs are below freezing this morning. 28 in manassas. 31 in gaithersburg. a cold start to the day. as you're planning out the day, time to hit the road. plan on temperatures at or below freezing in many spots this morning. if it looks wet, it may very well be a ltleicy. be careful out there. sun's not up until 12 minutes after 7:00 today and down just before 5:00. the cold weather is sticking around. more about that sunday snow chance coming up. melissa mollet, good morning. >> good morning to you. first 4 traffic alert this morning in bowie t here problem. take a look here. we have water on the roadway. we're talking about westbound and eastbound 450 annapolis road

near enterprise. just a single lane getting by in each direction this point. so causing some problems. we'll check in with justin finc in a second. eastbound 66 after 123, delays headed inbound this morning. also, 295 southbound before east capital, right lane blocked by a disabled vehicle. ltway jeef beltway overall looking good. earlier roadwork out of the way. ni, light volume as we hit 5:30 this morning. here's an issue that we are going to be dealingith for a while.ne 45 enterprise road with that water main break. here's 50. a lot of people use this route into town and out ofown to avoid 50. out there right now is justin finch live on the scene. what are you seeing at this point? reporter: melissa, right here at that choke point along annapolis ,ro you can see work crews are now here on the scene. they have the cones set. as t cars are passing by, you might see that sheen on the road. that's that water that has been spilling on to the roadway.

the temperature here just around freezing. it does nothoppear that roads have any slick spots just yet, but that could be a hazard to lk out for this morning. i want to take you to some video from earlihis morning, showing you that water bubbling up on to the surface here in this area of bowie. annapolis road between roughly glendale road andntprise road. as you mentioned, we are seeing one lane getting by in each direction. of course, a lot of people live and work in this are a the morning commute ramps up, this could be a problem spot for those looking to get into town. as we look back live out here again, the work crews are on the scene, but as the morningears on, you might imagine that once they begin their heavy work, they want to have some dayligh underground and begin work on whatever the issue is here. soould see this choke point out here for some time during the morning. back in to you.

it's now 5:33. this morning, the nation continues remembering george h.w. bush. right now his body lies in repose at his home church in houston, texas. these are live pictures this morning. since arriving last nigh a steady stream of mourners made their way inside to pay their respects. thisorning family and frien of the 41st president will say their final good-byes. >> a privateakuneral will place at st. martin's episcopal church in houston. following that service, president bush will be buried in his presidential libraryll in e station, along with his wife barbara and daughter robin, who died as a child. >> we're told 3,000 people attended yesterday's state funeral here in d.c former president george w. bush gave a powerful and moving tribute during his eulogy. he called his father the best father a s or daughter could have. >> so well said. we wil have live coverage of

this morning's events here on nbc 4. a special report anchored by nbc's lester holt begins around 11:00 this morning. today, the murder trial of a man accused in a c deadlysh during a demonstration in charlottesville could wrap up. james fields' defense team i expected to rest its case. tosecutors claim fields to ally nite the right planning for violence. ntwoman was killed when he drove his caro a group of counrprotesters who were rallying against white nationalists. fields claims he was acting in self-defense. closing argumentsing ce as early as this afternoon. then it will be up to a jury to decide his fate. new details this morning on a fire that killed a woman in d.c. this is what firefighters found when they were called to north capital street tuesday nleht. smoke f the skies as they tried to contain the fire. inside firefighters found annie maiden on the first floor. paramedics gotero the hospital, but she later died from her injuries. this was the house on wednesday,

some windows boarded up. i fireestigators say there were no smoke alarms inside. maiden is the fourth person to die in a fire in d.c. this year. a maryland middle school is trying to finef out who a threatening note in the building. the note was stuck to a bathroom stale and said there would a shooting at west lake middle school in waldorf on the 17th. a student reported the note and the school took it to the charles county sheriff'soffice. then another student reported she was sent a text message about animilar threat a different day. the school says there is nothing to indicate that these were credible threats, and children are safe at school. a company wants to build thl biggest farm on the east coast in spotsylvania county. a prettyt there was tense board meeting on whether to build that solarpr farm. onents argue it will be good for the county. opponents say it will cruty propalues and deplete the water supply. the 6,000-acre farm would be o locate three sites in western spotsylvania. right now the planning commission is reviewing that

project. it's now 5:35. an teup this morning on the plan to reduce the punishment for people who skip out on their metro fares. d.c. mayor muriel bowser's of 4ce tells news the mayor does not plan to veto this bill. police would still be able to stop people who jump or snero h the gates without paying, but they can no longer make a criminal arrest or bring charges. the news 4 i-team investigatid fohere 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. ould only apply to fare evaders in the district, not t.ryland or virginia. all ri it is now 5:36. coming up, are they bankrupt or just oiding blame? why team usa's bankruptcy filing may be hurting the victims of recent sex scandals. plus, more on thech secake factory fiasco. how the promise of a free slice of cake led to a police response and arrest. stay with us. we'll be right back. in

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welcome back at 'r5:40. learning new details about usa gymnastics' bankruptc filing. the leaders claim the organization has no money left to pay for the 100 lawsuits filed against it in th wake of the larry nassar scandal. a ttorney represents more than 180 of the nassar victims tells a different story. he says the bankruptcy filing suspends the lawsuits and the victims' efforts to discover the truth about what the organization knew about nassar's criminal conduct. usa gymnastics says the viims' claims will be covered by insurance. well, the final quarter of the skins' season probably won't look like anything from the first part of the season. remember that? >> a lot aftof that is because the man taking the snaps. mark sanchez in the middle of

his first full week as the skins quarterback. he's the team signed another veteran, a guy most of us have never heard of, a guy named josh johnson. i can't even get it right. josh johnson. the t has lost two quarterbacks in theast two weeks. while sanch knows it's going to be a challeng he's thankful for the opportunity. >> you work for something, you pray for something, then it finally appens. you don't care what the pyrcumstances are. you're just hap to get a shot. you want to pm.y well for t >> a lot of folks will be pulling for you, mark sanchez. the next game is sunday at fedex field against the giants. and the other quarterback, josh johnson, 2011 was the last time he started. i mean, come on, chuck. >> chuck was a young man. >> ias a lot younger, that's for sure. if only there was a quarterback

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the man behind the-p highered offense at alabama is to take over at the university of maryland. mike locksley will be introduced the new head coach later today. news 4's megs mcgrath on the campus at college park with more ahead of today's announcement. >> and gan, this is sort of a homecoming foroa locksley. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. he's worked here before. he's a familiar name and face here on the maryland campus. as you just said, university of maryland picking mhael locksley as their new head football coach. now, he's going to be introduced later on today, but first he's going to have to finish up with his old job.

he's currently the offensive coordinator at alaba he's going to finish up with the college football playoff there is before coming here to the university of maryland. now, t name may sound familiar to maryland. fans coordinatorffensive here from 2012 to 2015. he was just named the top assistant coach in the country. he also served as interim head coach before d.j. durkin took over the program. durkin was ultimately firedhe following teath of player jordan mcnair.lo sley and durkin did not work together here at maryland. now, also in the news this morning, university president wallace loh. loh fired coach durkin, going against the recommendation of the board ofregents. loh announced he would retire in june. in a new development, several lawmakers on capitol hill have voiced their support for loh if he should choose to remain as president here at maryland. so that's a new development there. a lot happening on the campus. we are expecting to learn more about the program, the new head

coach during that introdhtion, whappens in just a couple hours. back to you. >> all right. gotes high h he can turn that team around. thank you, megan. >> alabama magic coming to la ma. today general motors ceo mary barra is set to testify again on capitol hill. >> she's going to be on the hot seat for the second straight day, talki about gm's plan to cut nearly 15,000 jobs. that could affect workers here in our area. news 4'sxa blayne aer is live from capitol hill with more details. this is not sitting well with lawmakers. >> yeah, good morning to you both. lawmakers are n being too forgiving on this. in fact, they're already looking at ways to punish the company and take away possible tax breaks for moving jobs asover so let's break down exactly what's going on. gm has annou ted a plany'll close a number of plants across the country. that would jeopardize or essentially end the jobs of some 15,000 american workers. now, the company is saying that this was a tough decision but one that had to be made, that

the interest in sedans just isn't there anymore. they're going to stop that production and focus on electric cars. move production of trucks and suvs down to mexico. well, lawmakers are not rgiving about that, especially considering the fact that gm is benefitting this year from president trump's new tax cuts, and it comes after a bailout eight years ago. xpayers shelling out $13 billion to help gm out of the hole. so lawmakers are looking at ways for punishment, but there's already one congressman who's pushing back on that idea, saying, look,want to keep gm profitable. that's what's best foeramerican wo and saying that introducing any sort of punishment to the coany would be counterintuitive to that. guys? a all right. blaynexander live from capitol hill. thanks so much. it's now 5:48. montgomery count schools want to increase its budget by $55 million. this is all part of a budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year. some of the p

plan include expanding career and technical programs, hiring expanding, and programs that allow students to get their associates degree while stilln high school. the board will discuss the budget on december 18th. well, a school's name and evokeical connection c a range of emotion. this week, arlington county school board will receive some op ons to name a new middl school and rename an existing one. the new middle school is under construction, going up now at the site of stratford junior high. the name comes from the plantation that was owned by the onfederate general robert e. lee. the school board already voted to have lee removed from washington lee high school. they're considering washington heloving to honor virginia couple a court case tha allowed interracial marriage. as for the new middle school, the committee is considering two options, both with the word stratford.

when it comes to free food, people get downright serious. this morning we're learning an offer for a free slice of cheesecake forced the police to be called to the clarendon location. the rycheesecake fac partnered with the door dash app to give away these free slices. you can imagine they were inundated. it created af lot traffic trouble for delivery drivers outside of the restaurant. meanwhile inside, it caused a fight. police tell us when they tried o break up the, one man struggled with police. he was arrested for disorrly nduct. the promotion was for yesterday only in honor of cheesecake factory's 4th anniversary. do not try to go today and ask for free cheesecake. >> i was looking to see if i re recognized anybody in that video. th there are social media reports the promotion created problems op other locations as well. >> pe were up in arms.

wasn't enough cheesecake to go around. are yourepared for possible snow? virginia's department of transportation is getting the roads ready just in case. pretreatment of i-95 near fredericksburg will start this morning. other major roads will be treated tomorrow. they'll decide tomorrow where the plows and other equipment will be neededost throughout e state. the commonwealth has already ent about $45 million this year on transportation, cleanup, and road repairs due to some of the damage from the hurricanes. all right. our local jurisdictions have to get ready. winters coming. you keep saying we're going to have maybe more sw this season. >> we'll definitely hefe more sne the whole season is over. no doubt about that. >> more thanhe last season? >> with 100% certainty. >> we'll get more snow between e now and the of winter. >> you sure? >> yes. and i think we'll get more than last year two. a little anemic last year around here. for the year, washington has really been all about the rainfall.

so far we're still in thi place f wettest year on record. we are less than an inch away from the all-time record. just a deliver behind the second placefinisher, 2003. in addition to the rain, it's also been warm. for the yearnow, we're about a degree and a half warmer than average year to date. w novemb one of the rare outliers that was colder than average. ght now, 36 in washington. temperatures are below freezing across many of the suburbs. 28 in manassas. 31 in gaithersburg. your planner for you thursday, no rain or snow to worry about today. it will be a partly toy mos cloudy day. the clouds will keep much of a warmup from happening. highs today only in the low 40s at best. the weekend storm, that y sunday/monnow chance, it's still out there, but it looks like a little less of a chance to get snowed on now. there's where the storm is. over the next couple days, march its way across the country. here's our future weather nationwide. this is tomorrow afternoon.to the really starting to get organized across texas.

it starts tapping the colder air. snow across oklahoma, kansas, missouri, and arkansas. en that snow chance will gradually work its way towards, i think,we mostly sou virginia and the north carolina mountains. the storm for now appears like it's taking too far of a southern track to bring us much in the way of snow. maybe still a chance. we'll keep a clo eye on it. there's your ten-day forecast. every day for the next ten days, colder than average. >> all right. giving me the chills here. first 4 look here, traffic alert. annapolis road near enterprise road in bowie. still have one lane getti each direction. we are seeing slowdowns here. this is a water main break, causayg some d and also some slick spots. that'slt goodnate for folks on 50. not going to work so well today chopper 4 ovbw parkway near the beltway. los od. eastbound 66 after 123, still see some delays headed inbound. this is kind ofro hungover an

earlier crash there that was blocking the left lane. tysons, leesburg pike at gallows, looking okay right now. metro, red line, delays to glenmont because of an issue. 95 northbound, quantico to the beltway, 40 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> christmas came early for some kids in our area courtesy of local police officers. >> d.c.'s police chief says the experience helps build positive relationships in the community. the d.c. officers and metro transit officers took about 100 kids toget. they each came away with their arms full of presents. the brother of the 10-year-old girl who was killed after a shooting outside of her home shopped with the cef himself. >> he's very concerned about his mom and the rest of his famima, ng sure he takes care of them. that seems to be a theme with

m. so if we can do anything humanly possible to make his h iday a little bit happier, i'm happy to do it. >> metro transit polic lunteered to help with the shopping trip because so many d.c. officers were helping withl the funer of former president bush. good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc he headquarters. americans are forecasted to spend about $1,000 on holiday gifts this year. but h are couples spending their cash? a survey finds 70% agree on holiday spending limits. ble if -- cperts sayples who fail to make those limit say they wish their significant other had spent more on them. with your cnbc business and apparently relationship report, frank holland. back to you. a local teacher and school ec beingnized for their work getting students involved in son.e.m. educa

>> molette green is working for you this morning. >> reporter: good morning. i am here with all of these engineering students here at flowers. ok at all of these guys. hey, guys. >> hey! >> reporter: they are part of the project lead the way program, a program that has won an award two years i a row. we're here with their exciting projects. e principal, victoria leer -- the teacher victoria lee. and we have a special representative here to talk about the award they've won two years in a row. all that and more coming up in oe 6:00 hour news 4 today. >> awesome. thanks. still ahead on news 4 today, continuing coverage of president george h.w. bush's journey home and one final good-bye to our 41st president. and talk about a mix-up that's almost hard to believe.

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good morning, everyone. just about 6:00 a.m. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. it is thursday, and boy, oh, boy, we're lookit another chilly day. >> yes, we are. melissa mollet is standing by with a che on your commute. we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. how cold is it going to be? >> temperatures will stay about

5 to 10 degreesolder than average this afternoon. even cold by december standards. most everybody at or near the freezing mark this morning. 28 now in manassas. 30 degrees in columbia, maryland, today. below freezing in the suburbs. this morni a lot of clouds today. afternoon highs only inching their way io the low and mid-how. there's more cold weather to come. ll give you the five-day forecast coming up in about 20 minutes. melissa mollet, good morning. >> good morning to you. taking a look right now, first 4 traffic alert inow. that's because of a water main break. we'll have a live report coming up in a second. we're talking about annapolis road at enterprise road, single lane getting by in each direction. justin finch is out there for us. chopper 4 at the top of the beltway near 95 in maryland. inner loop, outer loop, no worries. outer loop there taillights as folks are headed around the