today. all of these closings and delays are in the nbc washington app. >> melissa is keeping an eye on the roads and the rails morning as you head out the door. >> but we begin with chuck bell tracking a vy cold morning. >> it's going to be another very cold day today. basically if you can look outside your window and see snow on the ground, you're most kely to be the folks that have to deal with the icyness early this morning. a sunny day today and dry too. a lot more melting taking place. weekend rain chances are going up and not down. that's never a good thing. i can't can't we get rain on tuesday and wednesday. right now it is a 16 degree start in maryland. 26 in quantico, virginia.

22 in prince george's county. so the school day forecast very. co kids have your winter jacket on first thing this morning. a closer look at tomorrow and the weekend rain chances are coming up. let's hear from melissa. >> taking a look now, chopper 4 at parkland drive. capitalheights, inner loop, right side blocked by a stalled semi. lawyer before 197. disabled vehicle there. sounds like someone trying to change their tire. just careful whenever you have to do that for sure. >> thank you. 6:02. orning an this

investigation between a crash involving an amtrak train and semitruck in west virginia. the train was traveling to chicago when it crashed into the truck near harper's ferry. the truck stalled on the track as i wascrossing. this is video from the scene. 108 passengers and crew members on board there. the deadly adeno virus outbreak is gettingworse. >> justin finch is live in college park now with more on what the university plans to do about this. justin, good morning. >> so whis stude are away the university is going to have cleaning crews here ons cam in dorms like this one wiping downg disinfecdorms, apartments, suites and this comes after they confirmed

some 30 cases, student casesf adenovirus, the cases linked to students that live a inleast 9 on campus dorms as well as off campus housing. itas just last month that an 18-year-old freshman died of adenovirus complications. however the spread of that virus is not linked to mold found in dorms a the virus as some have pected. however they're concerned with cold and flu season in full ing. it's linked to the common cold and can cause more serious illness in those with weakened immunes systemsll as asthma and diabetes. again they are very concerned abt containing this and hoping to get an advantage over the winter break. >> justin, thank you. 60ap andning this morning at 11:00 a.m. a group of

registered nurses plans to protest the shutdown of several departments a d.c.'s providencit ho. d.c. fire and ems stopped taking emergency rotations to that hospital and this friday any partment that does not support the emergency care center will be closed. the emergency department andt services to support it will stay open through the end of aprilpo h patients through the flu season. the hospital says it will continue to provide a service its nursing and rehabilitation center. >> jurors will continue deliberating how much timeames fields will spend in prison. the self-proclaimed neo-nazi was convicted of driving his car into a crowd of counter protestors in charlottesvill lastyear. heather was killed and dozens of others were injured. other victims also.

>> montgomery county police say brandon billingsly caused a crash last month. he was off duty and driving an unmarked vehicle at the time. no one was seriously hurt. >> we have an update to a deadly shooting yesterday in southeast washington. police identified the victim as richard dudley. the shooting happened in the o midd the afternoon. more than a dozen shots were fired. some shattered car windows. she is dmother told us fed up with the violence happening right outside of her door. >> you heard the gunfire? >> of course mygrandbabies with me. that could have bee the day i could have come outside of something. i don't like the situation. >> 154 people have been in d.c. this year. that's up 43% from last year. >> the man charged with killing the real estate agent will

remain i h jail until trial. yesterday a judge order 18-year-old dylan to be held without bond. he was charged with shooting steven wilson last week inside of a model home in maland. the attack was part of a random robbery. it was revealed in court that he has mental health issues and is in a special part of the jail. >> it's now 6:06. tragic muse fro the u.s. marine corps. it released a statement overnight sing that t five marines missing off the coast of japan for nearly a week have been declared dead. military officials say the marines were aboard a refuelling ducting and c regularly scheduled training when it crashed on wednesday. this happened off the southern coast of japan. militaryfficials are looking into what may have gone wrong. >> today president trump will hold a high stakes meeting with democratic leaders in the oval office. what happens could effect thousands of federal workers in our area. the deadline for a deal to stop

a partia government shutdown is ten days away. the president wants $5 million for a wall along the u.s.-mexico border. democrats say they will not agree to that. last night the minority leaders said it's in the republican' wer to keep the government open. >> president trump is expected to roll back major environmental protections. the epa is revising t clean water rule that preserves thousands of waterways and wetlands from pollutants. more onhese developments later in the hour. >> two people from the same area in ohio are charged with plotting terror attacks. 23-year-old elizabeth was planning a mts murder a bar. hey say she corresponded with charleston church shooter dylan roof and visited columbine high school. he was inspired by thegh pittsbynagogue shooter and was deciding between two targets for an attack there appears to be no

connection between the suspect. >> public routrage o a video showing a police officer grabbing a 1-year-old baby from her mother's ms one of the officers forcefully took b they from her. the single mother said she had been standing for hours and ere was nowhere to sit. brooklyn's borough president said police shouldav not reacted in this way. >> that was not an emergency. it was not a violent crime. it was about a conversation. it was about let's find this woman a chair.ta to her. she is a human being going through trauma. >> she was charged withhild endangerment, resisting arrest, andg. trespass the nypd called the video troubling and says the encounter

is under review. >> package thieves do become a nuisance this time of the year bus not often that you see someone put a child up to the task. this is homeil surnce video from last friday at a house in bel air,aryland in harper county. the sheriff's office there thinks the child you see here is about 8 years old. he or she seemed to look back for directions before taking the package. >> it's just atrocious violation of someone's trust during this time of the year. it's always bad c tomit such an act but to have a child do it for you, just steps it up another notch. >> investigators hope this video will help track down the adult responsib responsible. two cases before the u.s. supreme court turned into big wins for planned trenthood. hoy were able to win the long fight over funding. >> there's a prickly fight over these little guys. they may look cute but hedgehogs are illegal in d.c. and northern

virginia. find out why some say that ban should be overturned. >> and good morning, everybody. i'm storm team 4 chuck bell.ist our rain chances are down near zero for today and tomorrow wnd drther really for most of the week, but of course, just as we get closer to frida and the weekend, those rain chances are going up but so wl theil

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from any qualified facility. the supreme court in effectup ld that ruling. a 16-year-old father to be says heis killed pregnant girlfriend because neither of them wanted the baby. rae body of the 17-year-old was found in a container behind a restaurant north of indianapolis on sunday. she was stabbed and strangled. he told detectives it was too late to terminate the pregnancy so he, quote, took action and took her life. he charged with murder. >> there's still word on what caused that a massivertment fire in philadelphia. this is the aheermath of 5 alarm fire at the city's apartment. nearly 200 firefighters spent hours battling both fire and ice as dozens of people were sent out into the sub preezing temperatures. at least 50 people are

without homes. no other injuries have beenpo ed. >> today google's ceo will testify on capitol hill about how the cpany handles your data. lawmakers are expected to ask about data collection, transparency and accountability. president trump claims google's search engine favors media coverage that he believes distributes fake news. >> new figures from the u.s. census bureau suggests northern virginia is home to fivhe of wealthiest communities in the country. >> the city of fairfax was at tnumber 10 ont list with a median household income of $107,000. arlington county in the number 5 spot here. the city of falls church is 4th. fairfax county hashe second highest earners in the country with the median income and loudon county claims the top spot with $130,000 per household. >> a lot of concentration as well in n thernvirginia. >> sure. >> a prickly issue developing

over owning littleeh hes. they are illegal to have as in d.c. and fairfax county but there's a new push to change a d.c. couple took their complaint to charles allen. they say people don't know how to care fors exotic p and many of them end up in shelters. >> most people buy them as anim lse purchase and they do pose a different scenario for people choosing petsecause they are nocturnalon and want to be handled during the day. none of the major pet reilers in our area sell hedgehogs. >> what a odd thing to fight for. hedgehogs. >> some people are passionate

about their pets. >> that lady at a took her s emotionalport squirrel on a plane. >> your flamingos. there has to be limitations somewhere. >> but a panda, there's some exceptions for that. >> sure. as long as you're willing to take your l into your own hands. >> and everybody else on the plane. >> killer bear on the loose. >> i could buy a whole seat for him. >> a wholela it is a very strong shade of code thig morn and if you had snow the other day, you had to be very much on alert for patchy areas early this morning things will start to improveather nicely. it will be a chilly start to the day. just asow we headd friday and the weekend, the rain chances start going back up but temperatures will climb as ll.

16 in montgomery county. 15 in manassas. and stanton virginia now has fallen to 1 below zero. that's not the wind chill. that's the actual temperature. that cold air settling right t down int valley. so your planner then for today, a cold and dry start. clear skies now all the way to that glakes. that storm down across north carolina going to start to move away fm the coastline and leave us with dry weather the next couple of days. milder air will get back in here. here's wednesday morning. here'sow 7:00. a little snow flurry or two up across the northern parts of

northern maryland. that's late wednesday ening to the overnight hours into the predawn part of thursday morning. not much of a chance but i couldn't rule out a flurry or two so we'll keep you posted on that as you get closer. today sunny aco . tomorrow sunny and cold.ne 60 on saturday but probably a solid inch of rain on way. >> stafford county schools are closed erday. they on a two hour delay. just letting you know stafford county closedtoday. do a snow dance, guys. parkland drive, a pedestrian was st ock. should by transported from the scene and we just have that one lane now ocd.

right side blocked by a stalled semi. new problems, southbound great seneca highway, right lane getting by that crash and woodbridge southbound 95. 66 looks okay. 95 northbound, 37 miles per ur. 270 south, 56 miles per hour and top of the beltway, outer loop, 29 miles per hour between 95 and 27 >> thank you. b yourody may not be ready for the unique demands of the holiday season. tips to make sure that all of the holiday cheer doesn't get you hurt. >> and special help for the 12 days of giveaways. ashton kucher co-hosts the h ashton kucher co-hosts the h entire hour w this holiday, no matter who's on your list,

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decorationy >> especiat the top of the christmas tree, between that and shoveling snow, there's pley of hazards to watch out for this time of the year. chris lawrence has more on how make ito spring in one piece. >> thee holidays can hazardous if you're not careful. >> it's always important to be cautious. he says even the most mundane task can be dangerous. >> a close friend of ours was putting up lights at h home just last week and slipped and t fell off stool and had a bad fracture. >> breaks are one thing. >> bad sprains are another. your body isn't used to hauling christmas trees around. >> some of the muscles that you use toarry thatree may not have been used forf couple months. it won't be long before you'll need the muscles. >> let's do be ao super her within a couple of hours after

the first heavy snow fall. >> bend your ees, push the snow instead of trying to lift it and clear the area in small sections. >> don't try to fill the shovel with each movement take hal a shovel. >> he says if you do hurt yourself, don't over compensate, hunching over, favoring one leg over the other. >> the way we're twitching and turning trying to get relief from theha pain, can trigger other issues. >> you want to get diagnosed by a docakr before you a simple injury worse. so might have started as a ha muscle proheem could tn evolve into another problem. >> that could effect you well into the new year. chris lawrence, news 4. >> take it easy out there. stillahead, in court and fighting back. >> how the president's former n campaign chair plans to respond to allegations that he broke his plea deal bylying. plus speaking out following the

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the stafford county school district will not open today. melissa is standing by aisha look at the roads. watch out herern this g. the stairs from your front door to your drive way. and wow is it cold this morning. 15 degrees inas ms now. 15 degrees in gaithersburg. only 21 in annapolis. but stanton has dropped all the way to zero this morning. that is super cold. as you'reetting ready to hit the cold, seat heaters on highest seatings today. temperatures though with plenty of sunshinetoday. we'll get into the low 40s for afternoon high temperatures.

only 9.5 hours of sunshine today, melissa. >> that's depressing, thank you, chuck. good morning, odever you can see the left side is blocked and you're getting by os the rige of the roadway. two different things on the beltway right now. south of the vehicle into the guard rail. that's what police are telling us. right side blocked by a stalled semo. here's a real delay this morning. we had some lane closures because of this earlier crash and you're still seeing the delays here. as you look southbound it' aboutne mile back up right now. it's cleared out of the way so ethopefully it better pretty quickly. >> melissa, thank you. >> this morning there's an investigation into amtrak crash in west virginia. >> the train left union station

here in d.c.yesterday. it was traveling to chicago when it crashed into a semitruck near harper's ferry. chris lawrence is at the live desk with more. >> real quick,e want to let you know that because of that crash, it's going to leave from brunswick today instead of martinsburg. you can see the gate there. the semi stalled out as it was crossing the train tracks. this is video from harpers virry, west inia. they were delayed about 3 to 4 hours. more than 100ng pass were on board. fortunately none of them were in red. >> thau, later this week, access to medical treatment in northeast d.c. willake a hit. >> providence hospital plans to close several of its departments. darcy spencer is live outside of the hospital with more. what's goingn.

>> the nurses are saying that services are being cut to a dangerous level here in this community. they're going to have a rally and protest to try to save this hospital in northeawa ington. they plan to cut services that do not revolve around emergency care in three days. this is scheduled to happen on friday. they'll remain open until april. we preously reportedhat the facility lost more than $20 million each year for the last couple of years. ench >> you want to invest in the hospital, then don't close it. fix it. >> the nurses want this hospital to remain open and to remain

fully functioning in this community. they plan to gatndr here it's continuing to stay open. they're going to gather here for that rally. back to you. >> thank you, darcy. >> it's 6:34. new details about the murder of a r-old girl in washington. ve months after her death, her mother says there's still moments when she feels overwhelmed. one of them was last friday when d.c. police announced a 7th arrest in her murder. the little girl was shot and killed in july while on her way out for ice cream in northeast. this video showed the moment the gunmanf jumped out the car and started shooting in all directions. detectives say more arrests are possible. >> i'm very happy for that, it's just overwhelming knowing that these people can be so heartless and careless to do this to a

10-year-old child. >> he makes it a point to go to every court hearing in her daughter's case. >> 6:35. here's our other top stories. a virginia fire captain on leave this morning after b charged with driving under the influence. he crashed last month in he was off duty and nobody was hurt. >> a judge ordered him to remain in jail without bond. he's accused of killing a real estate agent inside a modelme detectives say steven wilson was killed during a random trobber driver that hit and illed robert marshall was drunk. he was a d.c. firefighter and off duty at the time and changing a fire on the side of the road mshall is a 20 year vetera of the d.c. fire department.

>> d.c. has gone to the dogs, at least at citol hill. members of congress came together to celebrate and show off their adorable poochs. some of the animals even dressed up in holiday gear. >> it's a nice way to lighten the mood, bring people together, show that we do have some common interests here on the hill and can get along. >> he actually lost re-election last month but he hopes this tradition remas something that happens even after his departure. >> dogs can bring p together. >> good fun, right? 6:36 and still ahead, today marks two weeks until christmas, your e-mail inbox is probably full of coupons and offers. >> running out of time. be aware, there is a new scam we want to tell you about. plus say it ain't so. the cdc says stay away fm eating raw cookie dough. it's not only the raw eggs that sick.get you

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>> new details on how the university of maryland is beefing up it's efforts to battle an outbreak of adenovirus. one woman already died from complications from the virus. >> but first, a white houn edge. president trump continues his search for his third chief of staff i two years. robert mueller is said to be nearing the end of his russia instigation and now budget battle. in a matter of hours, president trump will meet wh top democrats in hopes of hammering out a deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown. >> the clock is ticking. next friday is the deadline. kristen has more o all that faces president trump this

morning. >> good morning to you. coming up on today, president trump and democratic leaders uck schumer and nancy pelosi are set to meet with president trum h at the whise today to discuss the way to keep the government open with the shutdown deadline looming for the 21stf this month. the biggest sticking point continues to be border wall funding. he won $50 million f his border wall. there's no indication that democrats willive him anywhere near that. it comes as he announced that chief of staff john kelly is out and people are lining up t replace him. nick ayers had been expected tn take the role temporarily. now the president is scrambling for a b. multiple courses tell nbc news e controversial acting attorney general matt whitaker along with the budget director and conservative freedom caucus mondayn that said on serving in that role would be an incredible honor. whoever it is, will fac looming legal and political challenges.

all of that and more coming up on today. hundreds of students packed the halls demanding a select committee on climate change solutions beestablished. arrested. ors were >> paul manafort is expected in court today. special counse are berrobert mus team argued he broke his plea agreement. today his legal team is expected to file a former response. he told multiple discernable lies. he denies that team. >> a major development in a criminal case with links to russia. buti isxpected to change her plea at a hearing on wednesday. she's charged with being an unregistered foreign agen she is and a russian official

conspired to infiltrate the national rifle association and other conservative groups in order to push the agenda. she is expected to change her plea from not guilty to guilty although it's not car that she plans to cooperate with prosecutors. >> it appears the fig over initiative 77 is heating up.rs vore receiving robo calls trying to disade them from signing a petition to reinstate initiative 77. you'll remember voters approved that measure that calls for tipped workers to earn minimum wage but d.c. council voted t repeal it: supporters are trying to c5,lect0 signatures on a petition that will stop the repeal. some say the robo calls urge district residts to justay no to signing the petition. d ishe university of maryl taking new steps to contain the adenovirus outbreak. >> justin is live with more on what the university plans to do

. good morning this comes after they confirmed 30 cases of adeno virus, being tracen to campus dorms, at least 9. as well as off campus housing al this came as they were already working to clean up so-called high touch surfaces around the campus and that came weeks after an 18-year-old freshman died of complications here. so there's been some concern that this could be spread b

mold found in dorms. there's no connection between that mold and this adenovirus. justin finch news 4. >> 6:50 and jurors will continue deliberating howuch time james fields will spend in prison. he was convicted dfving his car into a crowd of counter protestors at a whiteon naist rally in charlottesville last year. dozens o people were injured. yesterday her mother cried as she told the jury about the impact of her daughter's death. others described the physical and psychological impact of h being by her car. clean up will continue alonghe southeast following this weekend's blast of winter weather. >> while some enjoy a day off school, adults spent the day shoveling and salting. electric companies had to remove tree branches and repair power lines. for some, the snows a haas sell. others are keeping a positive

outlook saying it helps them get into the holiday spirit. page, culpeper county schools with edericksburg public city schools are opening 2 hours late. all of thosend closings delays are on the nbc washington app. >> it's going to be a beautiful looking day. >> stay on the sunny side of the stre no doubt about it. they were below zero two hours ago. is it the mostly clear sky? and pretty sunrise in the nation's capitol.

just enough of a breeze where it feels colr than i is. when you see these temperatures, shave off 5 or 8 degrees. there's stanton down to 1 above this morng. 22 in prince george's county. so your tuesday planner, a cold and dry day today but 100%da sunshine sun is down at 4:46 this afternoon. highs in the upper 30s and low 40s. the clearing line of clo toward virginia beach. and sunny and dry around here today. here's 00 tomorrow morning.y a paroudy day. that's warmer air trying to come

back into the picture for the later parts of the week. it might be able to ring out a snow flurry or two. that's late wednesday evening. it's a minor chance but it's out there so i wante to let you know. but you want to look. thought i was bng pessimistic. a sunset tomorrow. one minute later than toda we're still losing more daylight at the beginning of the day.s therour forecast. cloudy skies on thursday. rain likely on friday. this will a rain maker too. that will set it tthe number

one spot for wettest year on record here in washington with over 61 inches of rain. that's a crazy amount of rain. i still can't promi you any sunshine. >> we'll have to make our own. outer loop before river road. delays this morning. brand new problem outer loop, chopper is going to head that way and show us what's happening up at the top of the beltway as well. the rest of the beltway is o lookiny right now. silver sprin southbound new mpshire avenue. we have a crash that was just reported ther as you take a look there, you can see those delays. that's the new issue. southbound 95 at the rest area. right side now blocked by a crash. that's what you were seeing on

that camera a moment ago. travel times 66 inbod, 38 miles per hour. 95 northbound here. quantico to e belt way, 34 miles per hour. remember to listen to 103.5 fm when you hop inr y car today. >> a big day for time magazine. the magazine will announce it's 2018 person of the year. >> now the person of the year is said to be the perso that influenced the most news. yesterday the magazine revealed it's list of nominees. among them, meghan markle, the american actress that became british royalty. she and prince harry are expecting their first child in the spring. >> also dr. ristine blasey ford who accused brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a pahen they were in high school. >> a group of students that survived the parkland high school shooting made the list as

well. they started the movement and big march against gun violence here in the u.s. and around the world. >> the announcement will happen this morning on the "today" show.e oday" show is next on nbc 4. >> here's four things to know. all the rooms and residents halls at the university of maryland will undergo cleaning during the winter break. this comes after more students became sick with the .adenovir >> a group of registered nurses enans to protest the shutdown of several depar at d.c.'s providence hospital. rgy department that does not support the emecy care center will be closed on friday. >> paul manaf etected in court today. his legaleam is expected to file a formal response to robert mueller's argument that he broke his plea agreement by lying. manafort's teamt denied t claim. >> in a matter of hours, top democrats will meet with

president trump in the oval office. they'll try to hammer out a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown. funding for the border wall may become a major issue. the deadline is december 21st. >> he's the tenay forecast. a very cold start this morning. be on the look out. there could b areas o black ice in the rural sections where you had some melting. if you could see snow on your lawn, you could have ice on the road this morning. >> a lot of crashes today. delays, top of the belt way. this is outerloop. the slow down there as well. >> thank you, melissa. that is the news for today. we appreci ue you waking with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with all of yourweather, traffic, and laloc

good morning. chief of staff scramble. president trump stepping up his search for a replacement for john kelly. hyis morning, so much is eyding on the president's pick for the white house role. digging out. cities across the south struggling to clean up from that massive winter storm. schools stilllod. power still out to tens of thousands. we are there live. outrage. controversy erupts at baylor university after a former fraternity president indicted for sexual assault avoids serving any jail time. hiser acc not mincing words, saying she is devastated no those