temperatures running about 5 to 7 degrees colder than average. wind chills this morning, not much o a breeze but what little breeze there is has the wind chill down near or below freezing across much of the area. so you'll need your warm coat today. dogalking forecast time, an 8-year-o little dog available for the humane rescue. he is prepared to come home there's your dog walking forecast. sun is up at 7:13 this morning. so dark between now and then and cold too. plenty of sunshine today but it will stay on the chillier side. there's still a chance that someone in the news 4 nation will see snoefr the weekend. i'll let you know who, when, and wher good morning. >> i know those kids are listening. thank you. westboundbraddock road. lanes shutdown there because of a downed poll. this is a crash from overnit. police a directing you around

this to get back on to brad dock road but the westbound lanes are shutdown. inneroop and outerloop at the belt way, no big issues. southbound, 395, right side still blockedy a disabled vehicle there and 95 in maryland, from 32 down to the wa be it's only going to take you about 10 minutes. there, niceorthbound and clear as well. aaron. >> thank you. a pedestrian is fighting for his life after being hit by a montgomery county pol e officer laght. the accident happened near blue ridge avenue around 9:30. that man was rushed to the w hospith life threatening injuries. >> also a man was seriously wounded in a double shooting late lais night in southeast. just before 9:00, officers were called to the tersection of

martin luther king jr. and avenues. two people were shot. police have not identified the victim. >> the end of an emotional week for the bush family. presidh.t george bush now in hisinal resting place.am hisy and friends gathered for a funeral. >> he was buried alongis side wife barbara and daughter robin at his library. thousands of mou ters lin streets to pay their final respects as his casket wasgh carried thrhe streets of houston by train. it was painted to resemble air force one. >> former president george h.w. bush enlisted in the navy months after the attack on pearl harbor. as we continue to remember the

war hero this week, we also acmember the ak that happened 77 yrs ago today. this afternoon those that died in the attack will be remembered at the world war ii memorial here in washington. as part of the, ceremo 20 world war ii verans and survivors will place wreaths at we freedom wall. 2,400 americae killed in that attack. >> 4:33ight now. amber alerts for missing children and silver alert for missing seniors. they voted unanimously to create alert system for missing adults. it would use tv and radio broadcasts to share critical information with the public. the house takes up this bill. it's named for t prince george's county native. she was 19 years old when she vanished last year.

she was too old for an amber alert and too young for a silver alert. after 11 days her body was found. >> a former school principal has been arrested for raping two girls decad ago. police say there could be more victims. he is charged wh multiple counts of rape and sex offenses. two years ago, she says he exually assaulted her in the 1960s. she was 14 years old at the time. another womanlso came forward accusing isaac of the same crime. >> today jurors wl begin deliberating the case of the mad accu of driving his car into group of counter protestors last year. investigators say james fields was one of the white nationalists protesting the remol of the statue of

confederate general robert e. ae inust of last year. he allegedly rammed his car into the crowd. he cld face life in prison. >> a d.c. man settles with the policeartment after this frisk he calls unjustified. c heimed the officer's body cavity serge w unjustified. d.c. police are not admitting to doing anything wrong. the police department began the process to fire the officer. he is employed in a position where he does not have with the public while he aeals the decision. >> police didn't find anything after a bomb threat was c tled ino cnn's new yorkffices lastnight. there were five bombs in the building. the same building was evacuated in october when a pipeomb was delivered there. >> it's 4:35.

the arlington school board voted unanimously in favor of the superintendent school redistricting plan. how are parents feeling about that? >> they're aittle heated. bottom line, hundreds of kids will be moving to a new school. as you said, they voted unanimously to accept the plan. it changes the boundary of 8 elentary schools in arlington and effects students. the district is growing by about 800 students a year. >> we're going to challen and vote the board out. that's what we decided to do. 2019 is a soft year for

elections. we are going to vote him out. >> the county is not done a abouozen schools could see their boundaries changed in the next round of c adjustmentsing year after next. >> all right. chris lawrence in the newsroom. chris, thank you. happening tonight, memorls -- the memorial bridge is shutting down. it will be totally closed this weekend. that means no drivers, cyclist or pedestrians. it stas at9:00 tonight and will stay closed until monday morning at 5:00. crews are installing a temporaru ort structure under the middle arch of the bridge and they'll begin to remove from the center span of the bridge as well. how a man that was wrongfully convicted is turning his whole life around. >> plus sdents sent scrambling >> plus sdents sent scrambling wh theiren

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>> and with that the capital christmas treeas lit. it's one of the last official acts of house speaker paul ryan. >> he's going to retire and democrats will control the gavel starting in january. take a look at this dramatic video, it's a reminder of how dangerous a dry christmas tree can be. the one on the left is wel watered. the one on the right, not so much. they set up this demonstration to remind you about fire dangers surrounding the holidays and don't forget to also watch those menors and candles.

>> and unplug the lights every night.> >> we adopted more than 100 angel tree children to make sure that their christmass extra special. plus they'll get coats and pajamas and clothes as well. a lot ofer children will be happy this christmas. thanks to the salvation arm for putting this together every year. >> four things you need to know about the next fourys it's all about the cold, really. cold and dry today.ld nd quite tomorrow. still watching that big weekend storm. there's a chance that the sofhern parts our viewing sofhern parts our viewing area might have a littlesnow. ge

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>> it is a race against time as the search continues off the coast of japan forin five mi marines. marines disappeared in the ocean. 2 have been rescued but one of them has since died. the military says the crash happened while the aircraft were training during a mission. >> today a major deadline in the robert mueller russia >>vestigation. e could learn more about what president trump's formertt personalney and former campaign chairman have been telling federal investigators. blaine analr is live near capitol hill with the important documents that the spesal counsel expected to file. >> good morning to you both. certainly going to be looking for those documents. we're looking for three filings expected today that could shed some light on to what degree the president's former associate have been cooperating with the special counsel. so let's start with the esident's former campaign

chairman, pau manafort. he served during the 2016 campaign and we know that mueller's team said they wantet scratch the plea deal they had with manafort because theye said was lying to investigators. we know some of these filings will be redacted bute do expect him to shed some light on manafort'sha behavior lead to the end of the plea deal. now the other document we're looking for and the othererson that's concerning is michael cohen. of course the president's one time confidant and his former attorney, the man that once said he would take a b trumident we know if the pan the past few he's signalled he is cooperating with robert mueller and provide hours of testimony and we expect we could get moret insi into what exactly he has been telling mueller during the hours of conversation. and guys, if thatug isn't e for one day, after the president

submitted his written answers to mueller, we now know that his legal team is once again in communication with mueller's back to you. >> a lot coming out of that blayne, thank you. >> 4:48 now and you're going to keep hearing about the battle to raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers here in ther di. the fight that appeared to be over now has another twist in it. thisll centers around initiative 77. the billhat would have quired employers to pay tipped workers the same as others. they approved it in june and then repealed it before it could ever take effect. now the original sporters of the bill introduced referendum 8. if they can collect 25,000 signatures they'll be able to repeal the repeal. gathering enough signatures would allow the first phase of the pay raise to gff intot and require a special election next year and possibly cau more confusion. >> it's not good for business to have this instability and there is enormous uncertainty.

>> it mightpe cause aal election and yes there might be some uncertainty but in thatd time tip workers will see they could get potentially an increase to $4.50 or $6.00 an hour fm theurrent $3.89 and see the sky isn't falling. >> some have been against the raise over f that staff would be cut toom accmodate the changes in pay. all 25,000 signatures must be collected by next wednesday. we'll kee you updated. >> it's 4:49. only on news 4, parents in d.c. tell us they're having an issue getting social security numbers for theirwb ns. yesterday afternoon the d.c. department of health apologized. corey s smithpoke with parents about the ripple effects of this issue. >> bailey hunter has everything a newborn needs, a loving mom, protective big sister and a lot of toys. whathe two month old doesn't have is the one thing she'll

fneed for the rest her life. after she gave birth to bailey, she filled out the necessary beperwork and waited for the social security n and card to come in. same thing she did when she had quinn. a week went by and another and another. something was wrong. >> i'm starting to think if it got lost in the mail did someone steal it? do i need to get life lock? >> after a month of frustration, she called theec sociality administration. they told her it wasn't her problem. so she called the hospital and they told her the problem was here in the vital records office of the d.c. health department. they admitted as much seying ere first made aware that ssa was not receiving enumeration of birth files in november and immediately identified medical facilities. d.c. vital records has been working to troubleshoot the issue. more than 750 bies born in the last two months have been effected by the issue. all it can do is wait for vital

records. >> d.c. health notifies the social security administration a curtesyo new parents but you can also apply directly with the social security administration. the agency says it's sorry for any inconvenience. this morning, thousands of stents are upset, frustrated, and shocked after learning their college was closing. educationra cooon of america is closing 70 campuses today because i lost it's accreditation. this private for profit college offices medical assistant and t computerechnology degrees. it's known as brightwood college andirnia college in virginia. stranded students may qualify to have their student loans cancel or be reimbursed. they can transfer to anoth t scho finish their degree and also be eligible for other imbursements for costs paid to the school. a d.c. man that was once ongfully convicted of murder has been awarded ars schop.

since being released he helped locals that served time behind bars to getack on their feet. now he has the opportunity to study at the university of oxford. chris gordon reports. >> unfortunately, i was gfongfully accused and ultimately wronly convicted of a homicide that i had nothing to do with and no knowledge of. >> brian ferguson served 11 years in prison for killing aow feollege student. he was released after a top notch legal team working free got his life sentence vacated. ferguson learned hard it is to get your life back after prison. two years ago, muriel bowser appointed him director of the office of returning citizens affairs. he hped recently released prisoners at this reentry resource center >> i lost everything. my condo, my car, and my kids. awardedntly ferguson was a scholarship allowing him to attend the university of oxford. >> we, in this office and the mayor's office in general, are

setting the trend and setting the example for what reentry can look like all across t country. >> ferguson says he's dedicating his life to helping people overcome the stigma of serving time behind chris gordon, news 4. congratulations to him. well deserved. >> absolutely. >> chuck bell. >> oh, chuck bell. >> it's cold. and at least one person onhis desk is happy that our sunday snow chances are going to be a le not more. see what i'm talking about? this is the kind of lackf support that i'm getting around here. i'm i don't know your side. wish we were going to have more and as much as i want it to happen, i don't think it's going to happen. there's a chance, especially the southern and south western arner of the news 4 nation could get little snow sunday afternoon and evening. it's a mostly clear sky and i cs ad start to your friday morning.ur temperat mostly in the 30s. there's upper 20s on the map.

33 in gaithersburg. 37 in frederick, maryland. so your planner for today, plenty of sunshine. it will be a bright and prett day. it's just not going to be warm. temperatures will struggle to get above 4 degrees. most of the suburbs at about 40 degrees. heres theinter orm. this is what is going to have a big impact on the weather this weekend. for us, not much, unfortunately but there will be a chance for light snow later in the day on sunday. could have a lot of flight delays, dallas, houston, and atlanta. this is satury afternoon at 3:00 and here comes the snow chance into northwester north carolina and parts of south western virginia. notice how the snow never gets that far to the north. fredericksburg, culpepper, maybe a chance for an inch of snow but don't be planning it and don't spend all day trying to dream up snow man names either. other than that, most of the 7

days will be cold and dry, meliss >> all right. thank you, chuck. taking a look at the roads, here's an issueor you. westbound braddock still have all lanes blocked the westbound because of a downed poll because of a crash from so that could be some time. right now they're directing you around that to keep back on to braddock road. right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. be way looksgood. innerloop and outer loop. northbound and southbound, issues there. >> all right, melissa, thank you. 4:55 now. wee getting a preview of the first permanent lrgalatino gall space. that 4,500 square foot space will be dedated to celebrating the experiences and history of latinos in this country. it will feature stories in both english and spanish. the gallery t is set open inside the national museum of american history in 2021.

re srts ofgery complications are fuelling rumors that alex smith may never play football n. agai >> reports say smith is dealing with an infection after multiple surgeries on his broken leur the injy happened on november 18th. smith broke his tibia and fibula in his right leg. after reports of the infection broke yesterday the team ed releas statement on smith's g behalf askino respect their request for privacy. the team has not provided any specific information on smith's current condition. i hope he can recoverth from . still ahead on news 4 today, get through the holidays without going is that possible? >> it's the hope.av you h to work on it. >> ps under construction. we're talking about the yellow line. news 4 transrtation reporter adam tuss takes us on to the adam tuss takes us on to the workite to s

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trelegy and the power of 1-3. ♪ trelegy 1-2-3 save at trelegy.com. good morning, everybody. we do want to start this morning of course with a check on your commute and the friday forecast. >> i melissas standing by with a look at thes roads morning but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and his coldforecast. not too bad today. >> not so bad. it is winter after all. the fact that it's cold is not a complete surprise. here's four things you need to know about the forecast. cold but sunshine for today. the wind won't be an issue. winds will be light. dry weather today and tomorrow. there's still a small chance that part of ouriewing area could get a little snow onsu

ay. but that's looking like less and not more. cold enough to get a snow flake but not cold enough to get anything to accumulate. your forecast for today then, your hit the road forecast, near freezing this morning. afternn highstoday, low maybe mid 40s for a lucky few but melissa, the sun will be shining. >> i do like that. i have to admit. take a look here above the beltway. in to town, out of town, no issues in the way. so that's good. still hanging around in the district, southbound 395. right side is still blocked by that disa edvehicle. not causing much of an issue but it will if they don't get itof t the way, of course. annandale all westboundes