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 beltway.

tysons, leesburg pike at zbgalls road, crash reported. rest othe beltway looks okay. back to bowie, annapolis road and enterprise road. still have this wer main break hanging around. justin finch is live on the scene to show us what things are looking like. >> reporter: hey there, melissa. we're on the webb side of annapolis road watching traffic go by. you can see that slowdown opoi, th lane of traffic getting by. the splash of tt water underneath those wheels as cars are going by. we c take you to video from earlier, showing that water shing up as a result of that water main break overnight. this is happening closer to enterprise road, a major that are -- thoroughfare for lots of as we're looking right now, crews are here on the scene preparing to get toorkn the issue here. as you might imagine, this is going to take some time. they need daylight to really

underground and get a sense of where this problem is and how best to attack it. expect to s this for most of your morning ride. eun, intoou. >> justin finch live in bowie. thank you. it's 6:02. one finaltoday, good-bye to the nation's 41st president, george h.w. bush. a private funeral is being held this morni at the president's home church. he was flown there yesterday after fis stateeral here in d.c. erernight, he laid in repose. hundreds of mou filed int the church to pay their respects. aftethis morning's service, president bush will be taken by train to college station. that is wheredeis preial library is located. he will be buried there gs ale his wife barbara and daughterobin. nbc's jay gray joins us live from college station with more vice.day's s jay, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. it's been a very public four days. now it transitions to a private

final good-bye as you talk about. the president'sti final r place here in college station, just behind hisnt presil library. as far as the service in houston, about00 friends of the family will be there, including countryusic stars reba mcintyre, who will sing the lord's prayer, which was a favorite of president bush, and the oakridge boys, who will sing a rendition of "amazing grace." we expect to hear from former secretary of state james bake who was at his side the day he passed in houston. and his grandson, george prescott bush, who's the landon commis here in texas, also expectedo eulogize his andfather before they make that 70-mile train ride to college station. then a procession will carry the flag-draped coffin just a short five minutes or so up barbara bush way, where he'll be laid to rest alongside the love of his life, barbara bush, married for

73 years, and their daughter robin, who died of leukemia when she was just 3 years old. >> jay, he wasn't a native born texan, but the cerinly has certainly become iconic in that state. thank you. >> thanks, jay. president bush's funeral here in d.c. was a memorial filled with both laughter and >> nearly 3,000 people packed the national cathedral. among them, family, friends, heads ofat and leaders from around the world. several people stood up to speak about president bush, offering powerful words to describe him not only aea ar but a man. perhaps no moment was more powerful than when his son, former president george w. bush, delivered his form elather's eu. >> through our tears, let us know t blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and ble man. the best father a son or daughter could have. us smile grief, let

knowing that dad is hugging robin and holding mom' hand again. >> that moment gotyo m of us choked up. other speakers included former senator alan simpson, who called the 41stresident a class act from birth to's death. buiographer jon meacham described him as a loving man with a all enveloping heart. there were so many memorableme s. to see more from the service and other eventsin hon president george h.w. bush, head over to the nbc washington app. this morning, we're working to learn more aeut this f on 14th stree in northwest d.c. flames sparked inside a barbershop, and firefighters were able to quickly put them y,out. fortunato one was hurt. we're following breaking news in illinois this morning. two people were killed overnight when a bus carryin a high school girl's basketball team

crashed into a semi truck. it happened not far from bloomington. troopers say the truck was going the wrong direction and hit the bus hd on. the driver of the truck and an adult on the bus were killed. all of the students are expected to be okay. this morning, details on a truly odd delivery from one montgomery county man. when he opened up a box of shirts he's ordered eonline, found both his order and stacks ofte medical records. he told news 4 the documents hki th of information that only doctors should have. home addresses, birthdays, and i l history. >> crazy to think if it happened here, like, did this happen muiple times? are other people getting packages like this? which is just scary. >> the cover pages indicate the files may have been created for patients through the maryland physicians care manage care organization.

it's still not clear how those papers could have ended up in that box of shirts. o news 4 reachut to the f organizati comment, and we've not heard back. >> good thing it was an hans -- honest mant who got tx. police say a store manager shot and killed a suspected shoplifter. police were called to a convenience store off eastern y.enue near the d.c. city line around 2:15 wednes when they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. he later died at the hpital. police say the suspected shoplifter was shot during a t fight wi store manager. seat pleasant poce say they're looking over the evidence to determine whether that shooting was justifie investigators are expected to give an date sometime today. some scary moments for people eating at a wendy's in gateri -- gaithersburg this week. a man started threatening them heth a knife. that happened atocation on grand street monday afternoon.

police say the man was asked to leave the restaurant but refused. when he wouldn't drop the knife, officers hado tase him and took him into custody. fortunately, no one was hurt. happening today, general motors ceo mary barra will be on the hot seat o capitol hill for a second straight day. the issue, gm's plan to cut nearly 15,000 jobs. gm will close four plants in the lau.s., possibly one in ma as well. this comes months after gm benefitted from pres trump's corporate tax cuts and eight years after american taxpayers funded a $13 billion omilout of the auto industry. we'll have more apitol hill coming up in our next half hour. it's 6:08. toesy the united st surgeon general will 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 enforcemt summit organized specifically to deal with drug addiction.

meanwhile, new reports suedest that creating superv heroin injection sites may reduce the risk of overdoses f people addicted to the drug. this comes from the rand corporation, a nonprofit research institute. the report claims that safe heroin injection sites have been a success in other countries and should be tried here in the u.si the faes provide a sterile environment to consumer medical grade heroin under the eyes of t trainef. the former head of cbs might lose o on a $120 million severance package after claims he lied to investigators and destyed evidence of his alleged sexual misconduct. >> yeah, that's according to a bombshell report from "the new york times" detailing claims of misconduct from more than a dozen women. les moonves denies those accusations. "the times" obtained a leak draft investigation at says the former cbs chairman was evasive and untruthful to investigators and deliberately

lied. the report also says moonves engaged inultiple acts of serious nonconsensual sexual misconductnvolving 17 women, including at least four oy emplees at cbs. "theimes" article said moonv deleted text messages and gave investigators his son's ipad instead of his own. now we're hearing storom alleged victims dating back decades, like this woman, who says moonves tried to kiss her before his time at cbs. >> i was really ocked, and it was gross. it was very unappealing. >> cbs released esstatement wey saying in part their work is still in progress. the board is s to meet with investigators next week. an attorney for moonves says he denies having any nonconsensualr sexualations, and he's cooperated fully with investigators. d.c. has 75,000 street lights, and the district department of transportation h a plan to change all of them, but it wants to hear from you first. the d-dot will hold the first of

several public meetings night on its smart lighting project. the plan is to convert the street lights to l.e. lights. the district hopes to obtain private funding to foot the bill. we're told it would hire a mp private y to make the changes and maintain those lights. tonight's meeting is at 6:30. from the streetlights to the speed cames this morning, n arsovestigators are trying ig toe out whether a d.c. speed camera malfunctioned or was vandalized. someone saw the camera burning and called police. officers saw flames and smoke coming from the camera and had erto use a fire extinguisho put it out. we're getting new details from that massive data breach at marriott international. there's now a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the hotel chain, which is based here in bethesda. more than 100 people are part of the suit after nrly 500 million people had their information stolen.ck the s could have all kinds of information, including customers' credit card numbers, e-mails, a passport information.

marriott is taking steps to make things right. the compy will pay for new passports for everyone affected by the breach. over 300 million passports are believed to have been exposed. each one costs more than $100 to replace. if you think you have been akfected, we have some steps you can t right now toyorotect self over on the nbc washington app. just open it up and search data breach. a proposal to overhaul the u.s. postal service may wind upo costing president trump created a task force, and it's now recommending the postal service raise prices for sending nonessential mail. that's just one solution being f red to help recoup billions of dollars in losses for usps. the recommendation could also raise costs for amazon and other stbusinesses that use the service to supplement their deliveries. it's 6:12 now. a nativity scene at a massachusetts church is causing controversy. >> coming up, we'll show it to you and explain what the fuss is about. chuck?

>> still keeping a close eye on the second half of the weekend. still a chance we coave a winter storm around here sunday night into monday. those chances are a little today than they were yesterday. i'll show you the forecast coming up. got a bunch of creative minds in this engineering class. project t lead way, winning a s.t.e.m. award two years in aw. ro from robotics to learning how to design a t app build a house to tsh recycling and composite sign. these students are doing it all. these students are doing it all. we're going

the holidays make me look forward to chick-fil-a honestly. every year we have an ugly sweater party. like the manatee. we cater it with cil-a. the crowd pleaser. that one is cute. i love this.ck scott's always so helpful.e while thod's coming out as quickly as we can, since she usually has a small child with her, we want to make sure we help them to their car. it takes the stress out of the holidays. we're going to help no matter what. scott, here's a present. it's my own ugly sweater!atter what. it's dinos! you'd win the prize. you think i win? you win the prize!

welcome back. it's 6:16. a nativity scene in massachusetts is causing some christmas controversy. it shows the baby jesus inside a

cage. take a look here. the three wise men arear sed from mary and joseph by a fence-like barrier.on the re church officials say they wanted to send a message about the country's ongoing immigration debate and how thosr at ther are being treated. esnot everyone lik it, as you can imagine, but the churc that's the point. causing some discussion there. >> certainly making statement. well, a local teacher and school are beize recog for their work getting students involved in s.t.e.m. education. >> let's check back in with molette green. she's working for you this morning at flowers high school.e ay bright idea, molette. >> reporter: and these students are excited to be up this morning talking about their passion, engineering, s.t.e.m. right here, this young man is working on designing an app to build ahouse. they have so much going on in this class. we're talking th through 12th grade. winning a s.t.e.m. award two

years in a row, led by their teacher, victoria lee, and other teachers in the school building, and of course principal brown cheers them on every time they win an award or make a major accomplishont. i want t bring in our student first, brittany, to talk about what you're working o >> thiss my compound machine. it's composed of five different mechanisms, which are simple machines. they've lever, gear, chain and spr sprocket, and pulley. >> reporter: i love the young women are just as t excited as young man. victoria lee is the teacher who cheers them on in the engineering program. project lead the way is what it's called. what's your goal? >> to excite all students, girls and boys, about s.t.e.m. education. anybody can do it. >> reporter: she's proving that. for the second year in a row, this school, this class has won a bright ideas award from bge.

we're going to talk to them later on in tht hour about w that means. and the signal it sends about heir accomplishments in this clas right, guys? they're excited. that's the latest live from flowers high school. working on these projects throughout the morning here. back in to >>you. very cool, molette. thanks so much. 6:19, let's check in wit storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to get an idea of how we should get ready forhe day ahead. >> bundle up. that's the first step to success on your thursday. it is a cold start on this winter morning. 36 now at national airport. not a big wind to deal with today, but just enough of a breeze to put the feels-like factors below freezing. a cold start to the day. most of the shenandoah valley at th freezing mark. suburbs of northern virginia are mostly in the upp 20s. right around 32 across most of montgomery couny. 32 now prince george's county. high temperatures this afternoon, 45 downtown, but most of the ying areas here just barely into the low 40s. there will be a fair amount of

cloud cover during the course of the afternoon. no rain today. no snow flurriesoday. the temperature trend remains colder than average through the weekend. the storm which will be bringing us at least a chance forte w weather sunday into monday finally now coming on to the coast of california. here's the the computer models develop this storm. it's still a long way out. almost anything could happen. as of now, by friday afternorm that ss getting going in texas. by saturday morning, snow in oklahoma, snow moving into parts of northern arkansas. that means the air is cold enough. it'll be more than cold enough to have snow here, but i think st of the deep moisture will stay just to our south. we might be on the northern periphery of any real snow chance around here. 30% foreep it around sunday into monday. but it looks like less of a chance now than it did sterday. the trend is for that storm to be staying even further to the south. come on, snow lovers. we can pull it up her if we try

hard enough. >> we can hope all we want. i'm not sur annapolis road near enterprise road in bowie, we ha water main break hanging around. one lane each direction is getting by. ves slow through t area. a lot of people use that as the alternate to 50. ca springs, a crash there this morning. outer loop before allentown a roadrand new accident. chopper 4 is on the way. tysons, leesburg pike at gallows, crash reporkd. taking a l here, eastbound 66 after 123, some real delays as we're head.d inbo more news, weather, and traffic n d more othat problem on the

welcome back. it's 6:24. honest, howften do you check your phone while you're driving? >> often, but only at d >> okay, good. >> virginia leaders say it's happening way too they're now launching a campaign to get drivers to focus. >> transportationeporter adam tuss went to get a better picture of what drivers are seeing out theren the roads. >> reporter: distracted driving, we see it over and over again. drivs constantly taking thei eyes off the road and then rolling along without looking. >> terrible. horrible. reporter: driver allison 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 toy. i have one, but it's in he until i get home. 20 reporter: virginia roadway fatalities are u and the state says it's had enough of distraction. >> the governor has tasked us

with a vital mission, reducing highway deaths >> reporter: state transportation secretary shannon valentine making an announcement on facebook that the state's un ing a new initiative to improve safety on the roads. he'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 driving deaths is likely even higher, they just were never reported. now, with a story like this, you have to ask yourse, how many times are you checking your phone when you're behind the wheel? >> i feel like there's always a need to check your phone. it lights upand i feel like even if you stop the notifications, that still doesn't stop. oh, dithe person respond? did i get a notification on this or that? i feel like it's going to be an ongoing problem as long as people are hooked up on thei phone. >> reporter: a reminder that texting and driving is ill in virginia and carries a fine of 125 bucks for a first

offense. adam tuss, news 4. coming up, traffic trouble. a restaurant fight and an arrest. an anniversary promotion that created chaos around a local cheesecake factory. chuck? time for the dog-walking forecast. a cold one for the puppies this morning. nino here available for adoption the humane rescue alliance. he'd love to join you for the holidays and stay in a forever homenl highs in the low 40s though. bundle up. a final day of tributes to president george h.w. bush. in body now lying in repose his church in houston before a funeral there in his home state. we're back with much more at 6:30.

it's 6:29. as you wake up on this thursdayn g, 36 degrees outside of our studios. a beautiful look at the capital wheel. it is cold and cloudy though. if you're joining us from bowie, you could see slippery conditions after a water main break there. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang.

>> and i'm chris lawrence in for aaron ts mornin we'll have team coverage on that in a moment. o rst, let's get to chuck find out how cold it's going to be. >> cold enough for ice out there. if it looks wet, it's probably slippery this morning. be very, very careful here in prince george's county inbound. melissa will get you around that potential mess in a second. live view from our city camera this morning. still plenty dark outside. sun is not up untiles 12 min after 7:00 today. it's 33 at dulles airport. gaithersburg. 32 now in upper marlboro, maryland. aboold start, no doubt it. here's your hour-by-hour planner. a lot of clouds. probably not any flow flurries like yesterday. rest a cloudy one today with afternoon tempera getting up to low 40s at most, maybe 45 downrewn. a lighte out of the southwest today. in spite of that still not much of a warmup. an update on the winte storm chances coming up. for now, melissa mollet, any there?iness out >> we have some problems here

kius of beingd along by this water main break. we have slick roads in this area. that's because of ts water on the roadway. annapolis road near enterprise road in bowie, be careful through this area. have had reports of ice through there. right now one lane getting by in each direction. chopper 4 just arrived here, outer loop before allentown road right now t left side of the roadway is blocked. inner loop through that area lookskay. you're starting to see some delays here on the beltway. top of the beltway, uter loop approaching georgia is another slow spot right now. leesburg pike at gallows croad thsh still hanging around there. >> ymelissa, thank. this morning, the nation continues to remember grge h.w. bush. right now his body is lying in repose aom his church in houston, texas. these are live pictures. since arriving last night, a steady stream of mourners made their way inside to pay their yespects. this morning, famnd friends of the 41st president will say their final good-byes. >> a private funeral will take

place at st. martin's episcopal church inouston. following that service, he'll be buried at his presidential ge library in colstation, alongside his wife barbara and daughter robin, whoied as a child. >> we're told 3,000 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 dad, quote, the best father a son or daughter could have. >> it's worth going back and oking at that again. we'll have live coverage of all this morning's events here on nbc 4. a special report anchored by lester holt begins around 11:00 this morning. today the murder tri of a man accused in a deadly crash during a demonstration in chlottesville could wrap up. james fields' defense team is expected to rest its case. prosecutors claim fieent to the unite the right rally planni planning for violence. a woman was killed when he drove his into a group of counterprotesters who were rallying against whiteon

naalists. fields claims he was acting in self-defense. closing arguments could comes early as this afternoon. then it wl be up to a jury to decide his fate. a high school in maryland is trying to find out who left a threatening note on e building. the note was stuck to a bathroom stall that said there would be a eshooting at west l high school in waldorf on december 17th. a s dent reported thenote, and the school took it to the charles county sheriff's office. then anoth student reported she was sent a text message about a similar threatn but a different day. the school says there's notng to indicate these were credible, and students at the school are safe. an update this morning on the plan to reducehe nishment for people who skip out on their metro fares. d.c. mayor muriel bowser's office tells news 4 the mayor does not plan to veto thatbill. the d.c. council approved the plan earlier this week. police woubl still be to or sneak e who jump through gates without paying. but they can no longer make criminal arrest or bring charges.

a 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 applyo fare evaders in the district, not marynd or virginia. the man behind a high-powered offenset alabama is set to take over at the university of maryland. mike locksley will bece intro as the new head coach later today. news 4 megan mcgrath is on camp with more. >> sort of a home coming in a way. >> reporter: absolutely, it is. he's a familiar a familiar face here on campus. so it is kind of a homecoming. the university ofaryland choosing michael locksley as the new head football coach. as you mentioned, he's currently th offensive coordinator at alabama. he needs to finish up there first with the college playoffs before coming tory mand. the name may sound familiar to maryland fans. he was the offensive coordinator from 2012 to 2015.

ee was just named the top assistant coach i country. interimserved as the head coach before d.j. durkin took over therogram here. durkin was f ultimatelyed ollowing the death of playe jordan mcnair. a locksley durkin did not work together at maryland. also in e news today, this morning is university president wallace loh. loh, you may recall, fired rkin against the recommendation of the board of regents. he also announced at that time he would be retiring in june. in a new development, some lawmakers on capitol hill say they would be supportive if loh decided not to retire and stay on. so a lot happening on campus today. th introduction happening in a matter of hours. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. the final quarter of the skins' season probably won't look anything lik the first part of the season. seems like a distant memory. >> going to be harder to identify the players with the names changes so much, m especially t taking the snaps. mark sanchez is in the middle of

his first full week as the redskins starting quarterback. he's not alonemo any. the team signed another veteran, apl guy most peoe have never heard of. a guy named josh johnson. lae teamas lost two quarterbacks in thst if few weeks. nows it's going to be tough to lead this team back to the playoffs, he's thankful for the opportunity. >> you worth for sog, you pray for something, and then it finally happens. you don't care what the circumstances are. you're just happy to get a shot, st for you and the guys i've just metro that i've gwn close to in a few daysla you want toy well for them. >> we hope you can, mark. the team's next game is sunday, fedex field against the giants. >> good luck. coming up, molette green is working for you this morning in upper marlboro. >> reporter: that's right. i just sat down with these tenth graders who are goingo mak this weight lifter machine move. four things t you needknow about this amazing project lead ae way program her flowers high school, when we come back .

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when it comes to free food, some people go bonkers. it can be a scene. well, an offer for a free slice of cheesecake forced the police to be calle o to a clarendon restaurant. >> the cheesecake factory partnered with door dash app to give away some free slices. all the extra orders created a lot of traffic trouble. you had the delivery drivers backing up outside the restaurant. inside, a fight broke out. police tell us when they tried to break it up, onean ruggled with them. he was arrested for disorderly the promotion was only for yesterday. don't try to go there today and get a free slice of cheesecake. >> there were a lot of people up in armec about thisse they ran out so quickly. there were some social media reports that the promotion created problems around other locations as well. >> the got their share of crazy people too out there.

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back to that breaking news right now that could impact your commute this morning. a water main break is slowing down drives in bowie. this isoln ann road near glendale road. >> justin finch j ans us for update. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: seeing a lot more cars making their way through these choke points. as you can see, traffic down to one lane open on both sides here. cars now having to negotiate that as well. if you look down low, you will see the road is wet here. that is a result of that water main bre here covernight. wsws are on the scene and plan to get to work later this morning. we wanto show you this video from earlier. you can see that water beginning to wash up on the roadways out here and begin to cause those problems. as of right now, we're not seeing any icy patches on the road. good news for drivers, but stiit

smart to plaafe while you make your way through this area. of course, a very popular route for riders out here who live here and make their way into the city every day for work and school. as of right now, we can tell you work will begin out here soon. the crews are in place. bear in mind that they need daylight to do most of their work. so you may see a lot of this choking going on here along annapolis into theer l part of the morning here as well. we're live here in bowie, justin finch, news 4. >> all right. thank you, justin. coming up,ews 4' melissa mollet will have more on that and the other problems on the roads. mrners are saying their final good-byes to the nation's 41st president today. this is video from houstonhere george h.w. bush lies in repose at his home >> a steady stream of people have been coming in and out of the churc since president bush's body arrived last night. his private funeral is set just a few hours from now. jay gray is live in college station, where the president

will be laid to rest. good morning, jay. >> reporter: gd morning, chris. good morning, eun. there were more than a thousand people lined up before the doors opened to the family church there in houston to just get one last chance to say job well done. i was in washingern ear in the week. amazing the turnout there as well. after all ofhese public memorials and tributes, today turns private. the familyaying their fin good-bye. there will be a service there in houston, about 1200 family members and friends expected to take part, including country music stars reba mcintyre there to sing the lord's ayer, one of the president's favorites, and the oakridge boys will sing "amazing grace," sometqung he ted before his passing, that he wanted his favorite group to sing one of his favorite songs there. jim baker, his former secretary of state, and the man who was with him when he passed away will deliv one of the eulogies then george prescott bush, his grandson, who's the texas land

commissioner, will deliver a eulogy as well. then a 70-mile train trip here to college station. only the family will be a part of tt internm here. his body in the flag-draped casket will take a short trip, just ae- fnute drive from the train station, up barbara bu road, to the presidential library here, where he willte laid to ralongside his beloved wife of 73 years and their daughter robin, who passed away from leukemia at the age of 3. should be a very yspecial, v emotional day again for the bush family. >> indeed. jay gray live at college station. jay, thank you. and president bush's funeral here in d.c. wasor a ml filled with both laughter and tears.ly ne 3,000 people packed the national cathedral yesterday. >> among them, lyfa friends, heads of state, and leaders from around the world. several people spoke about president bush at the service, offering powerfulo words describe him not only as a

leader but a man. perhs no moment was more powerful than when president bush's son, former president george w. bush, delivered his father's eulogy. >> so through our tears, letkn the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man, the best father a son ore.aughter could h and in our grief, let us smile knowing that dad is hugging robin and holding mom's hand again. >> a son horing his father. other speakers included former senator alan simpn, who called the 41st president a class act from birth to death. bush's biographer jon meacham described him as a loving man withn all-enveloping heart, who was the first to comfort you in moments of defeat and there with you to savor in your success. to see more from that service and other events honoring george

h.w. bush, head to t washington app. it's now 6:50. now to a developing story in prince george's county. police say a store manager shot and killed a suspected shoplifter. this happened at the discount mart in seat pleasant. officers say the suspected shoplifter was sho during a ght with the store managor. investigats are looking over evidence to determine whether the shooting was justified. this morning, details are -- on a delivery for one montgomery county man. >> he opened up af shirts he ordered online. he found his order and stacks of private medical records. he told news 4 the documents had the kind of information only doctors should have, home addresses, birthdays, even medical history. >> crazy to think ift happened here, like, did this happen multiple times? are other people getting packages like this? which is just scary. was od thing an honest man the one who opened that box. the files may have been created

from patients through the maryland physicians care manage stre organization. ill not clear how those papers could have ended up in a box of shirts. news 4 reached out to the organization for comment but haven't yet heard back. it's now 6:51. chuck bell is here to give us a look at our forecast today. cold out there, chuck. >> very, very cold morning. no doubt about that. for the ye though, it's actually been not only a much wetter than average year, nearly the ecall-timed. currently we're in third place. third wettest year on baltimore has already won their first place for the year. dulles airport may notave a number one finisher, but national airport is less than an inch away from the tial record. the year as a whole has been 1.5 degrees warmer than average. that doesn't do you any good on a thursday morning. many of the suburbs below freezing this morning. highs tod will be below average. our average is 50. today's high temperatures in the low to mid-40s.f

a lot clouds around for today. the temperature trend is for it y very cold through the weekend into sunday and monday. plenty of cold air in place if we c gld just the moisture and the come air married up together, we'd have snow. t there' storm we'll be watching for the sunday/monday time frame. y will be develop fairl slowly over the next 24 t 48 hours. tomorrow, getting going across the state of texas. by saturday morning, snow innd oklahomay saturday night, snow in arkansas and tennessee. this will eventually try andn comeur direction. the problem is the storm track is a littl today than it looked yesterday. that lowers our chances for having significant snow around here. if you're traveling this weekend to blacksburg or western north carolina, more likely to have snow athere. you caays use our nbc washington app to stay ahead of the latest storm team 4 forecast. here's your ten-datl k now. 40s today and tomorrow. 30s over the weekend.ai n, we've lowered our chances for snow sunday iuto monday, b there's still a chance. >> so you're saying there's a chance. all right. first 4 traffic alert in bowie.

annapolis road nr enterprise road, only one lane open each direction to get past this wer main break. because of the cold temperatures, we're also hearing about ice through the area. just be careful. also, bowie, westbound 50 t 197, left side blocked by a crash there near collington road. at's brand new. also, this crash on the outer loop before leown. inner loop is looking okay. rest of the beltway looks pretty typical forhis time of day. no big worries. eastund 66 slow inbound aft 123. that's an earlier crash causing that delay. eastbound 66 travel times. 37 miles per hour. per outhbound, 36 mil hour. and the top of the beltway, outer loop going about 20 miles per hour. going to takeou 27 minutes. remember to listen to wtop3. fm when you hop in your car. it's 6:53. this week the white house

announced a plan thatrges educators to make s.t.e.m. more meaningful and inspiring. this morning we're stlights a local teacher and school already doing just that. >> news 4's molette green is working for you at the flowers high school in upper marlboro. what are the kids up to? >> reporter: these young engineers have projects on their minds fro this weightlifting machine project over here to engineering work they've been doing over here, to learning about better wayto recycle over here. all of that coming down to what they areearning in this class, project lead the way is them. prog an award-winning program. we have some dynamic girls here who are excited about whae theyoing in class. let me bring in teacher victoria lee who has inspired these young people, along with the other teachers and the parent supporters here, to learn about engineerinre so many dif levels from 9th through 12th grade, right? >> yes. the project givesl students r

world applications, and grants like this allow us to feed the pipeli a for engineering close the gap for minorities. >> reporter: we love that. you actually have two senior groups, some graduates who are working on some patent projects right now, trying to get it done. we can't know anything about it yet. all right. i want to bring in bge. you've won that program two years in a row. tell me about the bright ideas from bge. >> this is a great opportunity for bge to partner with and students that focus on s.t.e.m. and innovation with the ultimate goal of hiring every one of these very talented students to work for bge. congratulations to all of you. two years in a row, bright idea award from bge. and what do you want to say about your program? >> it's amazing. >> reporter: project lead the way. bright idea awd winner.

nd it is amazing, as he just said. >> thank you, molette. 6:56. four things to know. james fields' attorneys are excted to rest their cas today. he's the man accused of driving into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in charlottesville, killing a woman. prosors say he did it on purpose. fields claims he was acting in f selfse. general motors ceo mary barra will testify on capitol hill for a secondatay. issue, gm's plan to cut nearly 15,000 jobs. she announced the company will close fourlants in theu.s., possibly including the one ine. baltimor we'll have coverage on her testimony on thebc washington app. the university of maryland will introduce the new head footba coach today. mike locksley is t current toffensive coordinator alabama but will take over the terps after the college football playoffs. locksley was interim coach in 2015 before d.j. durkin was fired. today's press conference is set to start at 11:00. a final farewellpr for ident george h.w. bush is happening today in texas.

keep it here on nbc 4 for complete coverage of today's events. a special report anchored by lester holt begins aroundre1:00. t your five-day outlook. cold and cloudy today. cold and sunny tomorrow and saturday. still keeping a close eye on the sunday/monday snowserm chance. th chances are melting a bit. >> just a bit. taking a look here at traffic alert. annapolis road near enterprise road in bowie. etill have this water main break. ane getting by each direction. outer loop before allentown road, slowdowns on the outer loop because of an earlier t.ash. >> all ri thank you, melissa. bundle up out there today. another cold one. >> the "today" sho next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. have a great day

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