>> 6:00 on this sunday morning and we are in weather alert mode. good morning and tha ws for beinh us. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff ralph northam declares of a state of emergency as the snow moves into our area. >> we've been tracking this storm all morning long.la yn ricketts is with us as you see snowplows gettingready. what should we be prered for? >> a couple inches of possible snow. not everybody will see it but we have the cnce toee it across our area. so some snow chances later today. let's show you what is going on.

we have a winter weather advisory, but in pink we have a weather warning for the areas in pink. butcharlotte's county, staffordg county g down to southern fauquier county and back off towards the southwestern portions of virginia we ha a warning. but the snow line is starting to reach portions of central virginia. you can see t sharpcutoff right here. we'll havore talking about the snow in just a bit. guys. in the meantime, i want to woman's about a young life cut short at 20 years old. now her family is left to wonder what she may have become and why her life was taken. diamond moore's family may learn

more about the circumstances leading up to her death now that alexandria police h e made a quick arrest. darcy spencer has the story. >>eporter: this is diamond moore in her cap and ground on her graduationay at tc williams' family in analia. the family thought she was full of limitless possibilities, but now they're trying to ihegine life without her. >> do i want to talk? yeah i want to talk. i'm real mad. i'm mad because this would not have have haened. >> reporter: diamond was shot at holmes run parkway ifdr alex. police have made an arrest but haven't released details about what led uto the shooting. >> we want some answers. we want somebody to tell us w she's gone. why. why she's gone. what was it about? >> reporter: diamond's family believes the killing had to do with aispute she had with another female recently. was over aunt says i something silly and it should have never led to violence.

police haven't twhd u they think lead to the shooting. police have charged a 32-year-old man from prince jorn george's county with the killing. his name is william leighton. he's not only charged with murder, he's charged with possessing a fearm while being a violent felon. diamond's family says she survived a violent car crash several months ago. >> the devil came and stole diamond from us. your help is needed to find a missing 13-year-old girl. there is growing concern for her safety. take a look at your screen if you have a moment. this is colleen cummins, sometimes she goes by cat. she was reported missing at 3:30 friday morning. she's known to visit the bowie town center. police are concerned becau she is very young. authorities are urging everyone to come forward if they have

information. i'll put this up on social media so we can share it. right now police in prince chorjs cou george's county trying to figure out what led an apartment building to become a crime scene. a man was shot at atwood heights two days ago. another resignation fm the trump administration by the end of the year.s president trum chief of staff john kelly will be out. soces say there was a falling out between kelly, president trump and the west wing staff. a senior white house official confirmins 36-year-old nick aye will take the position. meantime, house republicans released the transcript of friday's closed door hearing with friday's fbiam director comey. >> and as people williams explains, comey said heak would have on two key fbi agents

off the hillary clinton e-mail investigation if he'd known they exchanged text messages disparaging president trump. >> reporter: james comey agreed to speak only if a transcript wa released. james comey said no one would dare aske or anybody else at the fbi that because they know the reaction which would be not only no but hell no. asked about peter strzok and lawyer lisa page who were fired for exchanging anti-trump texts, comey said if he had known about that, quote, i would not have in them playing any role connection with that investigation. and comey said statements about the investigation by rudy giuliani during the campaign made him worry that someone in the fbi's new y office was leaking information but he said he never found out the results a laek investigation.

as for how robert mueller is handing the russia investigation, com reporters it's moving quickly and professionally. >> the most important indhaation t is you don't know anything about it except when he files something in court and that'st where t wayould be. in just a few minutes,r moderahuck todd will join us to talk about the progress of the mueller investigation and he'll take a deep dive into what's next for the probe. a reminder that you can s "meet the press" here after news 4 today starting at :30. we are tracking a winter storm in the state ofni vir under a state of emergency. lauryn ricketts will be here to break everything down and talk tabout the imp we expect to see inhe immediate area. t

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>> the red skins are back home

today. they take on the giants at 1:00 so expect typical game day trfic on the beltway. it's mark mnchez's ter to lead the field as quarterback. this is the qb as alex smithnd colt mccoy are out with broken legs. the redskins have fall on the thd in thedivision. >> it's been a tough couple weeks for the home team for sure. > millions of people across the southeast are bracing for a winter blast, w asve been telling you, the storm has already dumped sevchal several of snow in parts of texas and caused flooding inn. hous >> as chris pollone reports, virginia and north carolina are under states of emergency. >> reporter: in north carolina shop owners can't even get their shipment of snow shovels into the store. >> they were waiting on the tr ik when got here. we couldn't even get it off the truck before it was sold. >> reporter: the governor declared a state ofnc emer warning half a million people could lose power. predictions of more than 20

inches of snowfall inco places true. >> this weekend is the time to head out to see some winter wonderland, stay safe where you are. getting out o dangerous roads could put your life at risk. >> reporter: virginia is also under a state of emergency and crews in south carolina have dumped 156,000 gallons of brine on roads in the western part of the state i to keep from building up as long as possible. >> like i said, we're preparing for the worst so, yeah, we will aygo mo tuesday, wednesday if we have to. >> reporter: the weather system dumped record rain in california before bringing a rare 10 inches of snow to lubbock, texas. in houston, afalf foot rain caused flash flooding in low-lying areas. e system drenched the deep south saturday.or further n it was ice and snow. airlines have canceled and delayed hundrs of plane. shpers have cleaned off store shelves in the areas to be hit next. >>rom our standpoint, we are

cautioning on the side of the worst so we are prepared for whatever comes our way and which ever mother nature decides to put on. >>eporter: ready or not, for millions of americans, winter is uly here. chris pollone, nbc news. all eyes locallyri won when the snow might arrive in the area. there's a sharp line with this snowstorm for sure so we have tc with lauryn to see what she's saying about her forecast. you look a our area, things are calm but we'll be watching that precipitation as it moves in. >> they were saying parts of northern virginia could see as much as four inches of snow sunday >> whoa. bring it over here. way. bring it over this >> let's update the nbc washington app. >> what are you looking at angie? >> you've been crunching t numbers. >> let's hold off. i'll talk on totals in a second but we have virginia, not

northern virginia. we have temperatures out there cold enough to support snow. we have temperatures in the 20s and 30s at this moment so it on the cool side out there, cold you have no support there as temperngures are sta below the freezing mark. now, we have a winter weather f adviso portions of our area. we're talking charles county through st. mary's county, fauquier county, spotsylnia county. so this storm has nudged just a bit to the north and we're seeing this towards the central shenandoah valley. we have warnings just to the south and there is going to be as adam was saying a very sharp cuff line who have wilcitse citoals and who won't. north of d.c.; you won't see anything. s northern north carolina is

getting record snow but this energy is going to scoot off the coast and leave us dry in d.c. what are we expecting? we're expecting flurries around the d.c. area. one to three inches to the south of us, fredericksburg, charlottesville is on the cus with respect they could have four upo six but the further south you go the better chances you do have of seeing more snowfall. so again this line gets right near us cutting off through central virginia, expect it to move into the middle part of tho ing, moving out later this evening by 9:00. we're dry as we continue into your monday. so over the next several days we will have m sunshine so we have to get through snow first then we have rain chances for friday a saturday. >> lauryn, we have to keep an eye on that as it progresses through t day day. >> absolutely. "reporters notebook" ig com up next. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more top stories. g, good morn i'm pat lawson muse. a new beginning in prince george's county as a new leader

with a new vision takes the helm. she's the first woman to serve. tracee wilkins and the news 4 i-team's scott macfarlane are here with us. it's a new era and a historic moment. >> it is a historic moment and angela brooks was the former states attorney for prince george's county. she say she doesn't want it about being her t first woman. but during her inauguration you could feel the hope and hap happiness and it was a positive moving forward in a new direction. she spoke about countypr e. she made that comment we are not

d.c.'s ward nine, we are an individual place with great assets, reminding that county so often because it's in such a wealthy and a prosperousa that the county looks to the left and the right but looks at itself to see what it's hieved. that it's monumental. so it was an idea of reminding everyone this is who we are but we have to take credit for where we are. >> how do you expect her leadership to be different from rushern s?bake >> she said she wants to focus on human development. we can all agree that without question rushernaker was the executive who brought in a lot p -- billions of dollars of development intonce george's county. so now we're looking at a county executive who's sayg i believe developing human beings so she'll taken a interest in what's going on in the health department and social services. these are thing she is has a background in so she'll pay close attention to the development of these areas and

to make sure -- you know, when i talked with a former county executive, rushern baker, he says he wishes he could have done more for lower income residents in princegeorge's county. that he wishes he could have paid as much attenon to that community as he did to the middle-class and angela alsobrooks is saying she wants to do that. >> and dr. alvinto tho takes the reins as chair. thornton is a retired howard university professor and nohe stranger to school system. he's held this job before. >> in the '80s and 's he was there with wayne curry fighting the battle for prince george's county to end bussing for students in theco ty. and a number of other issues. what's interesting is we know there have been issues with the prince george'snt c school system and the board. they had a number of scandals they hadgho work t under the leadership of kevin maxwell and also under different board leadership aki i was t to him about this and all of the

problems they have on the school board and heaid that's child's play compared to what we dealt with in the '80s and '90s. to bring tolannin the board of education is stability and history and o remind fol where the county has been and where it is now and he's the guy who came up with the formula for how maryland schools were funded to mak sure there was equity for all students with the thornton plan. so he's the guy who they believe can go down to annapolis, getce prgeorge's county more mon money. >> the countyxecutive ought t hope that because the county executive will be judged on the performance of the school district. we have new county executives in montgomery county, baltimore county, howard county. but in all four of those counties they will be judged first and foremost on how thesc ols perform. >> there are many who would say that rushern baker lost his bid

for governor because of his attempts to turn that school system around were so flawed that it didn't go the way h wanted it togo. a steppingstone, but not as great as it could have been and it was difficult for to move forward. >> we'll beatching in d.c. to see what happens with sports betting. it could soon be lel. the city council is considering a bill to make d.c. one of the first places in our region to offer online tting. the bill's sponsor estimates it could produce tens of millions in revenue eut notryone is betting this will be or would be good for the city. so, scott, eight state dare alreadng this, d.c. wants to be the first in our region to do it. how much ds the city stand to gain from regulated gaming? >> they believe the snd to gain millions of dollars pretty fast. west virginia has it, new jersey has it, virginia has expressed an interest,yl md will express an interest. d.c. thinks they have an edge. d.c. is in session right now, the d.c. council last week did the first round of approvals on

a billo set u sports betting in the district. the december 18 if the mayor doesn't veto it it could happen soon. the difference beten d.c. and maryland, maryland has a place for sports betting, they have casinos, d.c. doesn't. where do you set it up? tricky in the district because there's federal land, too, and no approval of sports betting on federal spaces so maybe the rfk stadium would be a tricky place to get it. omething at ed for rfk but there's federal oversight of those grounds so the question is where inhe strict but the why is pretty self-explanatory -- lots of mone orts betting is a lucrative field. there's no way to lose money if you have sports betting in your municipality. >> there are a lot of questions and a lot of t logisti work out. d.c. could be the first. virginia according to polls very much favors gaming. is that a surprise? >> it feels like a competition, a race, feels like a sport in

itself. who will get it like that casinos. we have to insulate ourselves from ourbo neing jurisdiction getting it so we get the money and the district is cnizant of that. if maryland and virginia are interest interested, let's beat them to th punch. >> what about federal oversight? is there more interest in regulation? >> no. they're deferring to the states to adjudicat this. the supreme court ruling opened the door fore this puts responsibility on the states. maryland's not as easy as it seems. the legislature comes in in january, but there's no clear path of getting it through even if the district has its, if west virginia has it, it r pressure on maryland to make something happen because if your 'lighboring jurisdictions have something, y be late to the party. we'll take a break and continue our talk right after this. stay with us hey, batter, batter, batter, batter.

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it'sertainly not a lie stones cheat, but the d.c. council approved a bill to decriminalized fare cheating on metro. the bill's sponsor called the aggressive prosecutionsirun transit police say many fare cheaters are getting away with other offenses. z scott, what did you and the i-team learn? >> this dominated d.c. government in the past week. this bill that would decriminalize fare cheating passed 11-2 in the d.c. council and the mayor's office says there is no plan farce veto. what we found was a sense of how frequent this is. we found in the bus system they tally as many as 50,000 fair evasions, fare cheats each weekday, an average. on the rail system, a little more difficult but at one station,allery place chinatown where anecdotally we heard of a

lot of fare evasion, 1300 people stopped so fare cheating is a systemic problem and a rampant problem according to metro and the transit police department. metro and thee transit pol department lobbied heavily against this. they want capacity and ability to make arrests. they say -- for a couple reasons, theygue. they want to make sure the people who cheat the fare aren'r also at to the system in other ways, that they aren't wanted for other things, don't have outstanding warrants, firearms. they want to be sure and i think losing criminality makes them less able to stop people who can be a threat to the system. but also they believe it's they believe it's systemic and they believe decriminalizing it sends a bad message to the public that it's okay to come i and jumover, we'll just hit you with a fine if we catch hyo. >> how ms this costing met slow in. >> they'll argue $25 million a year. the proponents would debate things metro is saying, including the dollar amount. but it doesn't cost the $25 million a year costs the

municipalities. that's money that goes to the strict, to maryland, to virginia. but to be clear, it remains a criminal offense in virginia and in maryland. so what's metro going to do about it? > we asked the transit police chief, so what do you do? if this is going to incenrvize peopleake the problem worse, what do you do and there wasn't a lot of answers. they have 400, 500 transit police officers. they can't put one at every fare gate 24/7 and they acknowledge at. they canreconfigure the fare gates for lots of reason. the look of metro is important but you immediate the feds to approve changes to your land stap t scape in the ct. it has to go through several rounds of approval in other agencies. and they don m want toe it look like a prison. they don't want to put fencing and wiring up so i think at this point the sutions they have in mind are invisible to me if not invisiblthem. >> it's interesting to wait and

see at the rest of the jurisdictions do because d.c. has done this. normally when the district does something that can impact t rest of the area, the rest of the area follows eventually just so that there is an even playing ground and there's not confusion so this is a major deal. getting back to prince george's county for a moment a second independent audit of the school system showed progress but is recommending more. last year the audit found graduation grading scandal and controversial pay raises and other management issues. what did thisne show? >> this one showed t george's county school system has come a long way in six months. when we were in baltimore listening to the maryland state board of education talk about the improvements they've seen, it was dramatic. therwere 40 recommendations made and i think the county has either completely reached the goal and/or are working to reach the goal in 38 of the

recommendations. the audit opened the eyes to people with what was gng on, questions with the system and how it was in large part taking nere of its records and how open it was to som taking advantage of those vulnerabilities so they've shored up those things, they've changed their attendance policy, they're using more technology as opposed to handwriting grades, they've limited who can have access to changing grades, they are stricter about the deadlinea for whens can be changed. the principals will have more work to do, the counselors are the workore time to do they need to do. these are save it is system wasn't paying attention toarnd now the paying close attention to so the ceo saying that while it was a difficult time, they feel like they have a better school system because of the state comg in to pay attention to what they're doing and they have someone watching o make l of the time sure this stuff is taken care of. >> and a deference to the school district, these are not problems that are unique to prince

george's county public school. the problem ofrade correction, attendance policies, they exist elsewhere. the s marylandte jurisdiction has to monor those. >> and that was another conversation the state board of education had. they have a long list of questions they're asking all of the jurisdictions to answer and give back to them. so it's not just about prince george's unty, now because of governor hogan and the bill he's passed, there's oversight for the entire state result of the focus thatti ied with prince george's county. so a lot of work for a lot of juriictions to do. >> and residents will be watching and hoping. prin what did you think about he bipartisrewell we saw this week in washington for formeid prt george h.w. bush? >> was it powerful or what on wednesday morning watching that trvice at cathedral. just powerful imagery.

the faces, the voices. what stuck with me most was the eulogies. the eulogies referenced not polingcal lea or political positions or accomplishments of a presidency but accomplishments of a person. it was -- it reminds people that washington, d.c. is still city filled with human beings who have families and personal virtues and just underline -- our presidents like the our government are normal people like us. i tell you, what i'm not sure victim given my father's eulogy. i would haven't made it through the first 30 seconds. that was powerful. >> it was powerful farewell. tracy and scott, thank you. that's reporters notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. news 4 tod continues. >>

nnouncer: news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather als t. thaght. we are in weather alert mode because we are tracking a snowstorm that ioh, so close to our region. some of us will see ow, but for the immediate metro -- >> yeah, but be prepared. >> totally, state of emergency in virginia. >> and ralph northam declared that as the snow moved t parts of the south this morning but it looks like north carolina is going to take the brunt of this? >> absolutely. all the way through t deep south, lots of rain that changed over to snow inof portion north carolina all the way to raleigh right now getting pounded with snow and that has bled into virginia at this point. we're seeing snow as far north as now if you are south of d.c. notice the snow showers likely south of

d.c. if you are north, youay have a flurry but for the most part this will be south of d.c. throovhout the afternoong through the middle part of the morning. temperatures cold enough to support snow. we're in the 20snd low 30s. everybody below that freezing mark. now this isn't hting the ground over there by g harrissonbut look at this line. a schorp cutoff in this line w wherhave dry air fighting with high pressure over the pennsylvania area and all of this moisture that is streaming from the gulf coast over georgia that will continue to scoot out the sea. we have charles county, st. mary's county through fauquier, stafrd, spotsylvania, culpepper. this starts at 9:00 p. and

goes to midnight for accumulation. we'll talk about totals and you can expect timing by timing in a few minutes. >> lauryn, thank you very much. keeping a close eye on that. millions of people sross ththeast bracing for the winter blast. the storm has already dumped several inche of snow in parts of texas and caused further flooding in houston. >> and chris pollone ports, now virginia and north carolina are under the emergency. in north carolina, shop owners can't get their shipment of snow shovels int the ore. >> they were waiting on the truck when it got here. we couldn' even get off the truck before it was ld >> reporter: the governor declared a state of emergency warning half a million people could lose wer. predictions of more than 20 inches of snowfall in some places. >> this weekend is the time to head out to sea some winter wonderland. stay safe where youare. getting out on dangerous roads could putou yr life at risk.

>> virginia is also under a state of emergency and crews in south carolina have dumped 156,000 gallons of brine on roads in the western part of the state to keep ice from building up. >> like i said we'or preparing f the worst. we will go monday, tuesday, wednesday if we have to. >> the weather system dumped record rain in californi bringing a rare 10 inches of snow to lubbock, texas.m the sys drenched theeep south saturday. further north it was ice and snow. airlines have canceled and delayed hundreds ofts fli from the southern plains to the mid-atlantic. shoppers expecting to beinside have cleaned off store shelves in the areas to be hit >> from our standpoint we are cautioning on the side of the worst so we are prepared for whatever comes our way and which ever mother nature decides to put on. >> reporter: ready or not, for millions of americans winter is here. chris pollone, n news.

a group fiercely opposed to the redskins nickname is lashi out over a plan to build a new stadium in the district. the "washington post" says owner dannyr is working with officials to add a provision to a congressional spendingbill. that provision could pave the way for the team to build a new stadium at the rfk site.er snyder and gent leaders are concerned the democratic takeover of the house could sack plans to secure the rfk site. in a statement, the group "change the mascot" said "it's very telling the washington team is trying to slip their stadium prision into a complex bill when no one is looking because their racist team name is indefensible and the team met strong resistance to a move bk into t district." high schoolers in montgomery county are learning a new skill you can benefit from. they're refurbishingehicles while making them affordable for you to buyment they showcased and sold the cars for a couple

thousand bucks at bathe egaithe high school. >> i love this i think the skill is amazing. just that they know how to work on cars themselves, they're very professional when they're here. >> it'samazing. you get hands on experience and knowledge youkeed to w on cars. >> reporter: the money from today is going tok go bac into fixing up more cars in the future. there were also laptops for sale today that the students also repaired. >> very nice. time is 6:35. the memoria bridge are reopen tomorrow morning just in time for your commute to work. cars, cyclists andca pedestrian begin using it at 5:00 in the morning. it's been closed all weekend while crews cirtinue to re the bridge there. also tomorrow, the metro yellow line bridge over the potomac are reopen. we got a look at the cracking

and crumbling concrete on top promptg the closure and overhaul. that stretch of track is described as being one of the worst in the metro system. >> in news for your health, a new study says having excess belly fat could put yk at ris for heart disease. researchers in europe studied 3,000 people,early two-thirds of them were more likely to have heart disease and stroke. those not taking any medication had higher blood pressure and d cholesterol. experts said they should advise their patienthey see factors for heart disease. according to a new study by german researchers, women part of ayl life- intervention like exercising and eating healthy lost weight and were 50% more likely to remain breast cancer-free. adical experts say a cancer tumor's biolore some of the biggest factors that may determine if it does return. >> you have to exercise r sure.

a million wreaths are headed to hallowed ground to honor the graves of our fallen heroes at arlington national cemetery. wreaths across america capturing this ceremony at columa falls, maine. volunteers have loaded the wreaths on tractor-trailers cnd thevoy of trucks is making the 740 mile journey to arlington. ill arrive next saturday. such a cool event. bringing in holiday cheer to kids who have experienced major loss. 12 charter flights made stops in more than 20 cities, all packed with kids heading to where else? walt disney world, it's part of thesnowball express. one of thosets fligheft reagan national airport yesterday. derrick ward was there explaining the annual trip is for military children whose parents have died while on active duty. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪

>> reporter: gate 34 at reagan w national airpo particularly festive. the reason that brought them together more sobering. >> children of fallenie so. have the kids have a good time but then the adults get to share our common experience and remember our loved ones. fun.t's about having >> and celebration, stuff with your family. >> reporter: and some of those who have been to thi ent, there's a chance to help new younger induees into i try to cheer them up. i do my best. >> reporter: there's a lot of cheering up. the gary sinise foundation is the main spons behind this event. am airlines, uso and up groups team up at christmas and there's a reason ty're at the airport. these kids are southbound, headed to orlandoas for chris at disney world. so as you can guess, this won't be your ordinary flight. but then again, this is no ordinary cause and these are no

ordinary kids. >> it's incredible to see these kids smile after what they've been through.wa derrick , news 4. >> special. >> wonderful thing they do for those kids. 6:39 right now good morning. rise and shine. have more coffee. >> time to get up sleepy heads. >> we have lauryn ricketts who will join us on the winter storm warning. and some ideas for holiday shopng, you need to do that? still doing that? >> i haven't done any ofit. >> we'll show you the best in tech gifts after news 4 today continues.

another staff the works for the trump administration. >> the president confirmed his chief of staff john kelly will

be leaving by the end of the ar. here to make sense of this, moderator of "meet the ress," chuctodd. chuck, another busy week in washington with the bushnd remembrancesverything and then we get this. but the writing was on the wall here, was it not? we've been hearing this about kelly for some time. >> pretty much the day the job. it was always an awkward fit. he was brought in to bring discipline which is usually code for other people wanted john kell as chief of staff, not the president. he was never the president's kind of guy. if you -- aeneric president in this point of his term, this would be a natural time to change chief offs st except this is not his second, this is his third, butreou'rering for reelect, john kelly has very little political experience. he's much more -- spent most of his time in t military so it makes sense to have a chief of taff with a more politic acumen like the person they're considering, nick ayers, who's the chief of staff to theic v

president. but does a chief of staff work in trump's orbit? that's been the question. there have been some that recommended don't go with aie of staff. at the end of the day he prefers everybody to com to him anyway. john kelly hasn't been an effective chief of staff. not because he hasn't wantedo be. the president doesn't let him. >> it's interesting to hear wret tillerson had to say this past week and that back and fort forth. >> those things are never surprising yet still shocking when they come out. rex ayllersong the president doesn't read, doesn't do this, doesn't do that. he's not the first person to level these charges. of course the president got angry and tweeted right back. >> and we heard from the president yesterday in regards to the court filin and the manafort and the cohen cases. he maintain this is shows no collusion between the 2016 election and russia. >> he obviously didn't read the sentencingts documf that's

his conclusion. is is -- the president h never been in more legal peril. they've said he's committed one crim crime. any other person accused by the government of doing what president did, coordinating and directing somebody to make an illegal payment,hich is what is said in these court documents, that person would be indicted. a sitting president, the justice department doesn't believe in that indictment so you have that issue. then you have a will the more with the russia contact and i think the biggestatllegation asn't gotten enough attention, that michael cohen is claiming that in the testimony that he gave to congress that he now is admitting was false, that he got that prepared testimony circulated and approved by others i trump's orbit. so somebody in the trump white house knew in advance that michael cohen was going to lie to >>congress.

just want to touch on bush 41. it was a busy week f nerve washington. i had a friend who came down from new york to cover it and he said top shelf all the w and it was. it was probably some of the classiest stuff we'veeen in a long time. >> it's interesting in many ways this is bush41 in autshell. karen tumulty of the "washington post" regal for what it should be but at the same time humble and the thing about this is george h.w. bush i would argue the last president that made sure the presidency was bigger than the individual sitting in the office. you could make an argument that hatever reason we in the public, we need n theinmedia, g back to clinton, all of them, in some ways we've made the person bigger than the president and perhaps that aki shibushould be lesson. >> he struggled using the word

i. >> a good struggle. i had problems but w had successes. >> got the chills watching that. that was amazing. so you'll be talking about that on the show and a reminder you can see "meet the press" every sunday at 10:30 after news 4 today. chuck, thankou so much for dropping by. >> all right. right now we know folks to the southf us are dealing with a l right now. this is in asheville, north carolina. you cann see snow the roads out there. crews treated the roads ahead of the storm bre people urged to remain mdoors asuch as possible. the same storm is expected to move through the deepsouth. you can't help but feel for the people in north carolina as they dealt with september and now they're gting hit with this. >> a lot of snow heading towards north calina. 's been like that all night. >> they usually -- they don't usually see this kind of stuff.

right? >> especially of this magnitude. i mean, they a get inch here and there, especially in western north carolina. they're in the highe elevations, they have ski aresorts. as f going into raleigh and southern north carolina into south carolina and seeing snow. we're early in the season. we are jt in the beginning of december so, again, they're seeing snow early for this time of year and we are going to see snow early for this time of year. will we see it? no. it will be areas to the south however i want to caution you to pay attention to our news partners at wtop. we'll be giv forecasts throughout the day. keep it here on our social media pages because oneittle shift in this track -- and we've seen this happen throughout the week -- could have major implications on our forecast. the movenorth,hey, d.c., we

may get an inch or two. f it moves south, fredericksburg you may not see anything. small t accumulations t south. could the track change? yes. could we have problems tomorrow morning? yeah, i believe it will be not only tomorrow morning but tomorrow afternoon it will be slick. the s comes up little less than 30 minutes from now. we'll have- not a lot of sunshine out there today. temperatures in the low 30s will have clouds. snow moves in through the middle part of tmorning. temperatures out there, it's chilly. we're staying in the 30ros hout the day so don't expect temperatures to come up too much. nothing happening up and down 95. we're seeing snow hitting the ground in the central shenandoah valley around harrisonburg but look at this. we've got snow, heavy snow, down towards raleigh and charlotte, off towards asheville. lots of heavy snow. you can see the wilmington area

and alon the coa they have the influence of the warm air so they're getting more rain. but snow reaches into portions of richmond and back towards roanoke. if you're cser to the north carolina border, the betchr ce you have to see more snow and that's why the national h weather servi set up warnings in pink where they can get a significant snowfall. we he a winter weather advisory for areas in purple for the southern tier of our area, charles county, st. mary's county, defrecksburg. from fredericksburg to d.c., flurries. just north of frede d.c. flurries but around fredericksburg you are going to be the cutoff point.bu frederic, culpepper, that will be the cutoff point. syou g are right on the edge of whether you'll see nothing or an inch two but you'll be lucky if you seelurries to the north. to the south, look at this sharp cutoff line. four to six. it will be interesting who gets a lot and who gets nothing.

so in terms of what we're lookin at, you can expect it to move into some portions of our area through the m the morning. watch how close it gets to fredericksburg. this is when i expect the hefaiest snow to . it tries to move north but gets pulled back to the south. o should be out here by 9:00, maybe ending with a light mix but dry as we head into monday morning. temperatures for today again in the 30s. we're quiet monday, tuesday, dn day, even into thursday. we have plenty of sunshine and we have another chance of rain, just rain, coming back for friday and satday. more nurew

what shaped 2018 in food? that's an interesting question. according to grub hub, bean burritos tooop the spot. going vegan is very in right now. as the food t gaini most

popularity, chicken-based dishes made up their top ten list but red meat didn't make the cut. get this -- >> shame. shame. >> avocado toast. >> that's delicious. >> once very popular, that didnt make the l and plant-based foods are on the rise. i can tell you in my house the do r day i today annabell you want a cheeseburger? e said "i'm a vegetarian." think eight-year-old who said th. >> is she more likes a flexatarian? >> maybe for like a flexatarian. is your caror ready the winter season? experts say it's a smart move to invest in winter tires. they say the tires have deeper grooves to channel snow and keep more of the tire in contact with the road in bad weather. many of you are searching for the best holiday deals. we're on course to spend a recoon amount of this year, especially on tech gifts. liz mclaughlin shows us the

hottest products on the market right now. >> top new phones from google, apple and samsung have something missing -- a headphone jack. >> things are changing. >> reporter: that's driving sales ofireless head phones. >> bose and sony, the noise-cancelling head phones, are very high in demand. >> reporter: many of those models are pricey, up to $300. but withore manufacturers entering the market, you don't have to pay an arm and a leg. >> you can get a really nice wireless set of headphones from monster or a lotre of dif makers for as low as $50. nintendo is having a happy holiday with record sales of its switch console. >> one of the interesting trends we're seeing this year is the miniature retro console. >> reporter: gamers are fuelling sales of the nintendo snes classic and the playstion classic. toy-like versions of old school consoles with vintage games included. but the top trend in tech this year, all tngs smart home.

>> there's been an incroasing push famazon and google. >> reporter: google has a home hub a there's an update from amazon on its entire alexa line. >> i wouldn't be surprised if almost every person in the country get aztec-related gift this year. >> reporter: with tech topping the holiday wish list, santa mamay have a gift-wrapping robot on his. >> i'm goi to dig up my old game boy. >> the power pad maybe. >> see if kids love that. this big. >> test those skills. 6:57. much more ahead on news 4 >> that includes an hour by houa fore with

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7:00 on this seasoned morning and we are in weather alert mode. welcome in as w prepare for what could be snowfall around re the aa. i'm adam tuss. goff. i'm angie >> ralph northam has declared a state of emergency asnow moves morning.south this we have a hip othermia alert in the district. lauryn, even though we may not

see snow, it's cold enough. >> you're absolutely right. temperatures in the 20s and 30s and they'll move t the upper 30s, that's it. so 30s across the board and that's what we'll experience throughout the day. you can see red banners, we are weather alert for today because of the chance of some snow and accumulating snow. i didn't want to show you this uck ist, hey, my bad your good fortune because look at, this i was just working on this. the reason i this is going to be to the south. we've got this area of low pressure that's in georgia that will continue toe off the coast of the carolinas. look athe snow totals down to the south. roanoke, lynchburg, richmond eight inches so this is one of our models. but it does bri this sha cutoff line. you're you, culpepper, nothing while fredericksburg is almost two inches so it will be a sharp cutoffine to s who gets snow and who doesn't.

temperatures today will top out in the 40s.he here'snow we're looking at line.that sharp cutoff a lot will be moving to the north but then stopping pretty sharply so we'll be watching th. sn we'll talk about what you can expect in d.c. i don't believe we're scot-free just yet. guys. >> we have to watch all day long. a young woman's life cut short at 20 years old and her family is left to wonder what she may have become and why her life was so cruelly taken. diamond ymoore's fam may learn more about the circumstances leading up to her death now that alexandria police have a quick arrest. darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: this is diamond ore in her cap and gown on graduation day. the 20-year-old's family thought her future was full of limitless possibilities but now they're trying to imagine the future without her. >> do i want to? ta

yeah, i want to talk because i'm mad. i'm real mad. i'm mad because this should not have happenedia >> reporter:nd was found shot here on holmes run parkway alexandria. police have made an arrest but they haven't released details about what led up to the shooting. >> we want sswe s. we want somebody to tell us why gone. why. why she's gone. what was it all about? >> reporter:d' diam family believes the killing had something to do with a dispute she hno wither female recently. over d's aunt says it was something silly and that they should have never lead to violence. police have not told us what they think led to the shooting.e police h charged a 32-year-old man from prince george's count in connection with the killing. his name is williams leighton he's not only charged with murder, he's charged with possessing firearm while being a violent felon. diamond's aunt say spaered her life when she survived a car

crash six mones ago. >> allowed her to come back into our life that she might infectith us the lov she had but the devil came and stole diamond from us. >> darcy spencer, news 4. n right your help is needed to find this missing 13-year-old girl.e' th growing concern for her safety this morning. if you can take a second to look at your screen right now, her name is colleen cummins, sometime she is goes by the nam cat. police say she was reported missing at 3:30 in the morning friday. she's known to visit the bowie town center. police say they're concernede becahe is so young. authorities are urging anyone to come forward with information abt where she could be. police in prince george's county are trying to figureut what led up to an apartment building becoming a crime scene. we're told a man was shot and killed on atwood street in district heights yesterday around 5:30 in the afternoon. as of thismorning, the name of the victim hadn't been released. another resignation from the

trump administration. by the end of the year, hisf chief staff john kelly will be out. president trump confirming this to reporters yesterday and sources tell nbc news there was a falling out between kelly, president trump and west wing staff. a senior white house official confirms to nbc news as well that 36-year-old nick ayers will take that position. ayers has served as chief of staff to vice president mike pence. house republicans released a transcript of friday's closed-door hearing with former fbi director james comey. >> and asnb s justice correspondent pete williams explains, comey said he would ve tak two key fbi agents off the hillary clinton i mail investigation if he had known they exchanged text messages disparaging president ump. >> reporter: james comey agreed to appear only if a transcript was released. he said he knew of no move of the obama administration to spy on the trump mpaign, something president trump claimed happened. comey said no one would dare ask

me or anybody else at the fbi that because they know to reaction which would be not only no but hell no. asked about fbi agent peter strzok and lawyer lisa page who worked on the investigationhif llary clinton's e-mails and were laterired for exchanging anti-trump texts, comey said if he knew about that i would not have had them playing any role in w connectionh that investigation. comey said statements made him worry that someone in the fbi's new york oice was information but he said he never found out the results. as for how robert mueller is handlinghe russia investigation, comey told reporters it's moving quickly and professionally. >> the most important information about that is you don't know anything about that until he files something in court. later chuck todd will take a deep dive into what's next for the russia prob you can s "meet the pre" here aft news 4 today starting at 10:30.

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this story. su hsaogans working for you with this important alert. >> reporter: when gladys dean lost her husband, she lost something else. >> the biggest challenge y could put there is being lonely. he reporter: that challenge also comes with fear of what if? what if something happens and no one is there to help? >> connecting your callo the support center. >> reporter: gladys, like so many seniors, is considering buying an emergency alert device to help her keep her independenceld >> if i shouall you can just press the button and then they will send chelp. >>all in progress. >> meporter: but help not come as quickly as gladysin . >> we found that in most cases, they hinder getting care to you. >> where is your emergency? >> reporter: with the help of arlington county's emergency communications center, washingtonme con checkbook recently tested 11 devices.

only one unit tested -- great call -- can directly connect you to 911. for the rest, pressing e alert button puts you in contact with a company call icenter. >>s everything okay?ou >> do need a paramedic? >> reporter: the operator talks to you thr t deviceo determine whether calling 911 is escessary. tasks consuming precious time. >> if it's taking them more than a mute to pick up your call, upo three minutesr more, they've for sure delayed response you need right away. >> another problem discovered during testing -- >> cl in progress. >> reporter: the medical discall centers wer't calling 911. instead they dialed a 10-digit non-emergency number for arlington fire and rescue, causing even longer delays. >> it won't have the same priority as if they call us on 911. it will be a lower priority and mixed in with the other non-emergency calls and any 911

calls will take precedent. >> reporter: location is another problem. the devices were tested in nine different sps, including high-rises, ngsile-story homes and outside in a park. most of the medical art companies had trouble determining where our calls were coming from. >> we're in the thous d block, this is the two thousand block so we're a block or so off but they dn't really know where he was. >> reporter: in one case -- >> we're having difficulty ficaing your tion. puts orter: they couldn't on a map. >> so i'm outside. does it show something else? >> that's very strange. .t's not giving me anythi i'm not getting a signal. >> reporter: checkbook says because of these issues it can not recommend most of the devices tested? >> when we started this project we hoped the devices would beef us. we found overall most of them delay response and that'le a hue probm if you have a medical

emergency and that's what these companies are advertising. >> this is my flip phone which i really enjoy. >> reporter: gladys oy have the beion to emergency response in the palm of her hand. >> the obvious alternative are cell phones. if you can use a cell phone, they're far preferable. >> connecting your call to the support center. >> now theseompanies suggest calling 911 directly and acknowledge the delays. one company said nine times out of ten they don't need 911, they want the company to call someone else such as a family member and that these devices are a great eetion. if you want tohe devices checkbook tested and their results, we have a link in our nbchington app. just search medical alert. i wrote some things down here. james madison university, uva, berty, all ofhose guys

should get ready to go -- wer you just writing all the olleges? southwesternvirginia. >> you know how excited you were in college. >> i was e-mailing my college friend yesterday -- >>hn no dos. >> i was texting saying -- because i went to school in richmond. it just seems like -- i won't tell you. but it seems like a day they won't have to do too much school work. >> that's exactly how it cam out. >> but hopefully everybody finished their home rk. >> george washington university not so much. >> g.w. georgetown, areas to the north, d.c., maryland, college park,on't bank on not having school. do your home work, study for exams because 's probably that time. anybody fm college isn't up right now. >> they're just getting in. >> they haven'ted gone to yet. >> exactly. let 's the talk about the snow

chances today. we are going to see these to the south. south of d.c. with that being said, this storm could change and it's not an exact path. we've been teethering back a rth whether it will come north or stay south all iek. think the best way to describe this is very much like a hurricane. where it will make landfall. where will the storm exit off the coast? i if goes north, d.c. we could get an inch or two. somethinge'll have to watch all day but we think there's at least a likely chance south of d.c., about a 75% chae of seeing snow so north of d.c. heaying dry, we will have a few flurries around greater washington area and south of d.c. i believe there wil tbe slicvel but small amounts of snow. current temperatures,poou have no s snow right now. look at this sharp cutoff line. we have rain towards norfolk down through the outer banks into wilmington, north carolina.

but this sharp cutoff line from theh area ofpressure to the north is kind of batting badge and forth but there will be a sharp cutoff line fort areas t see and don't see sno sohe snow is already falling and this is what our models are already predicting. 1.8 in fredericksburg, 9 in charlottesville. the further south you go, a better chance you have of seeing snow. a foot in roanoke. here in our area we have the winter weather advisories in purposing. it begins at 9:00 and expires at midnight. 7:00 m., we're not seeing anything. 9:00 a.m., we'll see p ith towards fredericksburg. by this afternoon we'll see some flakes here and wecht have

flurries around the greater washington area. look at this line, it's like somebody took scissors and cut through it. then it will go north. maybe a mix trying to work i way in here. tomorrow is looking good but i believe it will be on thede sli t times. temperatures in the 30s today. sunny skies for monday, tuesday, wednesday.sd th temperatures in the low 40s. we may have a flurryn act on thursday. rain chances return friday into saturday. we have mo news ght after th hey, batter, batter, batter, batter. [ crowd cheers ] like everyone, i lead a busy life. but i know the importance of having time to do what you love. at comcast we know our customers' time is valuable. that's why we have 2-hour appointment windows, including nights and weekends. so you can do more of what you love. my name is tito, and i'm a tech ops manager at comcast.

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georgie pup ambassador to help light the tree at crystal gardens. santa was there. kids got to visit and takepi ures with st. nick. they also got a chance to see the. santa sui the suite is open 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. children can get photos taken, get a bunch of holiday treats. it's so ch fun. >> how many trees have you lit around the area? >> the kids won't let me say no. >> it's fun to see so very cool. let' look outside on this sunday morning as we could be tracking snowflakes around the area. the arther south you go more snow you're likely to see. lauryn will tell you why this

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lot of news's but a weather alert day. >> ralph northam has declared a state of emergency as snow moves into parts of the south. also a hypothermia alert in the district whi tells you that it's cold outside. cold.is temperatures are in the 20s and 30s, cold enough to support snow. how much snow? well, let me break it down. not everybody will see it. we have a huge area to forecast for. if you are norf d.c. you're going to see cloud cover and that's what we're seethg out e right now. south of d.c. you have better chances of seeing snow we're already seeing snow showers through richmond back towards the shenandoah valley, roanoke could pick up a foot of snow. but look at this line, i've been showing this all morning, a very sharpcutoff line who have will see snow and who won't and that ill continue through muchthf day. it cuts off through charlottesville and up through fredericksburg.

now we have a chance to see small accumulations across the area. i'm thinking that will be south of d.c. where we have thevi ries, we have warnings in pink, that's well to the south and through western north carolina but we ha advisory areas through southern maryland through fredericksburg, southern fauquier county. those areas could pick up an inch or two, maybe three inches of snow. 32 degrees right ngh. clouds thrt the day will ontinue to fall into the low 30s. we're only in the mid to upper 30s throughout the day today. we'll tk about totals, exactfulexactly in what location. we'll know what to expect where you live in 15 minutes. >> lauryn, thank you very much. t i want l you that the mem i can't imagine bridge will reopen in time for your commute to work cars sier s and cyclis begin using it again.

also the yellow line bridge ovep theomac will reopen. it's been closed for two weeks for repairs. g we an exclusive look at the cracking and crumbling concrete. that stretch of track is described as being one of the worst in the mstro sy. a million wreaths are headed to hallowed ground to honor the graves of our fallen heroes at arlington national cemetery. wreaths across america capturing this video of ay cerem yesterday in columbia falls, maine. volunteers have loaded the eaths on toractor-trailers nd the convoy of trucks is making the 740 mile journey south to arlington. they're expected to aive next saturday. >> wonderful gesture. bringing holiday cheer to ids who have experienced major loss. 12 charter flights made stops in more than 20ti , all packed with children headed to walt disney world. this is part of the snowball express. one of the flights left reagan

ational airport yesterday explains, therd trip is for military children whose parents have died while on active duty. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ >> reporter: it was a special day at reagan national airport. gate 34 was particularly festive but the reason they brought them sergeant to more sobering. >> children of fallen soldiers. >> the kids have a good time and adults get tom share cmon experiences and remember our loved ones. >> it's about having fun. >> and celebration with your family. >> and for some of those who have been through this event before, it's a chance to hel younger inductees into a sad society. >> if they'read i try cheer them up. i do my best.r: >> repor the gary sinise foundation is the mainponsor behind this event.er aman esrlin, the uso and

other groups try to team help it up at christmas and there's a reason at the air. >> snowball express, we're waiting for you. >> these kids are heading southbound, disney world. so this won't be your ordinary flight. but this is no ordinary cause and theseo are n ordinary kids. >> it's incredible to see these kids smile after what they've been through. >> reporter: at reagan national airport, derrick ward, news 4. hhchoolers in montgomery county are learning a new skill that you can benefit from they're refurbishing vehicles while making them affordable for you to buy. yesterday they sold the cars for a couple thousand bucks at g ss gaithersburg high school.ng those shoppi for an inexpen inexpensive vehicle say this program brings them back year after year. >> i love llit. the ss amazing. they know how to work on cars

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companies introducing or exornding paid leave options new dads. why? research shows paternity leave is good for business. >>t helps t bottom line because it helps us to retain associates and helps associates to be more engaged. >> reporter: top companies offer 11 weeks pai time off. some men are reluctant, fearing it could de their careers, concerns familiar many working moms. aorkplace survey finding more than a third of men believe taking leave would jeopardize their position. companies are trying to change that and at american express, a company-bide poster campaign promotes the message "don't miss a moment." at twitter, father's gather for td lunches to trade paternity leavest and a redhat -- did you worry about your career? >> my manager did that twice with two kids now. i think i makes me feel more loyal to them because they're willing to work wh me >> reporter: andrew is a software developer at redhat, expecting his first child in

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hersburg. if y're just joining us overnight last night and through yesterday eveni that snow started to inch farther to the north. now, with that being said, if you're north of d.c. as the foreca stands it looks like you will be dry. around the greater washington area maybe a few flakes but that it's it. south of d.c. we could have slick spots and issues through the middle part of the morning and into the earlyhe part of evening so we will time out the snow coming our reway, it down for you in a few minutes. >>hank you,lauryn. the holidays are synonymous utth traveling and who wants to leave home wit their furry

friends? chuck bell is working for you withips for traveling with your pets. >> it's the busy traveleason and if you plan to take your pet with you, it's important to plan ahead. alexandra dilley with the humane rescue alliance is here with vice but firs tell us about mr. carlin here. >> this is carlin, he eight years old, a poodle mix and he is in foster with the humane rescue alliance looking for a home. he's very sweet, he's housed traind he's crate trained and he's very sweet and>> calm. o he's eight, that means he'll be a little more low key? >> hyes. >> andse trained and crate trained are two big steps. >> really nice and he loves sweaters. >> he looks great with his christmas tartan.ha i like you got the one with the white fleece that matches his fur. and perfect for somebody who doesn't want a high energypet. >> exactly. >> he looks like the perfectle

liap dog. >>less. >> i hope we have no trouble getting carlin. low energymaller and is easier to adopt out. >> very >> good luck, he'd make a fine addition to anybods family if you are traveling with pets you have, what are the easy and don'ts. a get them used to the crate. you're almostays going to need to have some kind of travel carrier to transport your pets whether by car, train or airplane so you don't want to t just put them crate when you first get to the airport because they will be r lly freaked out by the whole treats,n so give them get them used to it, give them their food, get them comfy bedding for the crate so they sleep in their there normally and when you're ready to travel they'll be more ready to . >> people think crate training, how cruel, you lock your dog. it's

i never had to crate train a dog but when i had a bigger dog, i thoughs dog can eat the house so it needs to be trained to be in a crate. they love their crate. >> and if you're taking themo families' house they can hang and they ha crate somewhere familiar to be instead of just in a foreign room. >> and also it would be best to bring theit own food them as well? >> absolutely. >> don't want to be switching up the diet. any medications or anything lik if you're going to be flying? should you give your dog a r? doggie dow >> they don't recommend that. i don't think they allow it because if anything happens and your dog is in cargo nobody can get to them help them so it's more stress to feel travel with your dog in cargo which is would suggest not doing it. i would only travel with a smald dog try to set up pet sitting or a kennel for a larger

dog. with a smaller dog you can put them in a carer andut it under your seat and most airlines allow that if you pay extra. >> awesome. that's very important advice for sure. thank you for coming in and bringing mr. carlin along with you. he's practically gone to sleep. thank you for coming in and travel safe with your pet us ther the holiday season and you can find out to adopt carlin by going to their web site humanerescuealliance.org. >> that might be my favorite dog ever. >> i just said thatsog a whole mood. >> just chilling. that's it. cool, are we on tv? >> a that's how i b feltore my coffee. >> look, i'm trying to have snowflakes on my tie. >> that's if most we'll rie, t? >> that's it. >> but i'm trying but this mig ll we see. >> all t flakes on adam's tie

is what we'll see in d.c. nailed it. you're going to class and you're going to work tomorrow. >> unless -- listen, i've got a teacher friend in stafford county, i'm sure she's watching me. >> and producer luan, you better make it to work in bledericksburg. >> they're pro watching on every channel to make sure which teacher has thet m snow? it's a crap shot because how you want to interpret this storm. this storm track has changed. it's been to the north, to the south. over the last week, we saw this last weekend. over the course of this week we t maybe it had head to the south. yesterday in true d.c. fashion started to head to the north. that means we could have snow in our area. now this is not set in stone. it could still change through the day. e area of low pressure off the coast, it's around southwestern georgia right now, right around florida and it will continueo

move up toward the carolinas today. it could scoot further north and we could get snow in d.c. so, again this will be something y have to wat throughout the day. so the way the forecast is right now we won't a see snow.ot so looking like much snow if you are north of d.c. do we have any aqume administration? yes, south of d.c. one tohree inches possible. so if it changes and heads north, d.c. we may get an inch. if it goes south, i don't go for our area so whave to watch the track but of course with the way it looks we have issues not only this afternoon but also possibly tomorrow morning south of d.c. mperatures cold enough to support snow. we're staying in the 30s for

daytime highs. if you are headed to t redskins game taking on the giants, nfc st big game, temperatures will be -- see, i couldn't they with a straight face. i'm goi to this game. nobody cares about the cowboys and eagles. g the will be cold and cloudy, maybe flurries but i'm not thinking the weather will impact that at all. there's a sharp cutoff line of who will see snow a who won't. this is a monster of a system binging moisture from the gulf into our area. so frries to the north, possibly one to three inches to the central shenandoah valley and another sharp cutoff line with charlottesville and area to the south getting four to six inches, that's where we have a wint weather advisory for our

ar area. so it will start moving in around 10:00 but south of fredericksburg, here it is. does it get to frederksburg? for little bit, then it moves away so a far theernoon snow showers to the south, that's where we could pick up tne to three inch bus if this continues to trend to the south we may see knock out there. you won't see anything for winchendon or hagers town, you're looking dry with. that temperatures will be in the mid to upper 30s monday, tuesday, wednesday. plenty of sunshine, low to mid-40

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