down. you're talking about it. >> the last time, chuck, you . shut it do >> no, no, no. >> drawing the budget battle nes. an oval office negotiation turned into a shouting match between the president and top democrats allhile the clock quickly ticked towards another partial government shutdo. good morning, everyone, on what is already a very busy wednesday. i'm eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. 4:30 right now. we want to kick things off wheh a on your forecast and your commute. with a mollet standing by a check on your roads. >> we start with chuck bell. decemberlly cold for a morning. nowhere near as cold as it was for most places yesterday morning. n four things yd to know about the next couple of days. a freezing cold start for most here this morning. no rain today. chillyry and staying through tomorrow as well but by friday afternoon on into saturday our rain chances are u near 100%. this morning though under mostly clear skies, 32n arlington, 29 for gaithersburg, 36 in

winchester. by the bay near 43 degrees. in the teens out across north central virginia.p sun's at 7:17. kids will need to jog in place at the bus stops early this morning to stay warm. afternoon temperatures, outdoor recess. degrees at noontime. 44 for a high temperature this afternoon. you're probably going to need that scarf and sunglasses this mornin melissa mollet, it's december and it will be frigid and raining. >> an a plus. >> a plus. little aggressive is that eun saying a plus? not sure about that. i give it an >> south arlington ridgeroad, we have all lanes shut bown thereause of a water main break. it's not scheduled to be done until about00 this afternoon which could mean some major delays for folks heading over to 395 this morning. we'll keep an eye on that and let you know once things start to back up there.it rsburg after shady grove

road, we had two left lanes. glean belt,la two lefs get by the work zone there. eun? >> melissa, thank you. 4:32. nine days to go until the u.s. government will partially shut down. lawmakers and the president can fevent it but only they're able to reach a budget compromise. >> thousands of workers will be impacted by a shutdown and it appears that president trump is willing to i let happen if he isn't given money for a border wall. >> if we don't get what we want, one way or the other, whether ny's through you, through military, throughing you want to call, i will shut down the government. >> okay, fair enough. >> and amproud. >> we disagree. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. nt>> the presi is asking for $5 billion to fund construction of his borde wall. democrats nancy pelosi and chuck schumer say they already have resolutions which will pass the house and senate but the president sayse won't sign unless he gets the funding he

wants. our coverage of the bget battle continues in just a few minutes. we're looking at what happens next. new this morning, virginia governor ralph northam wants to ay boost hers a 5% next year. the governor outlined parts of his upcoming pay. northam says pay in virginia is lagging thera national a and making it harder to recruit and retain quality teachers. this will have to pass the republican general assembly. northam will introduce his detailed budget plan next today virginia lawmakers will introduce a plan. oolls on the dulles toll road are scheduled increase more than a dollar. lawmakers say eliminating the jet fuel tax break in virginia. that money will be used to fund phase 2 of the silver line. right now much of that project is funded by commuters who pay

tolls on the dulles toll road. >> $1.5 billion. that's how much money the department of transportation is givingut to help fun nearly 100 construction projects across the country. three of them are in our area. $20 million will go towards the reconstrucon of seven d.c. metro platforms. the same amount will help pay for a new bridge over i-95 in cecil county, maryland.ll fi 15 million will go towards renovations at virginia inland port in front royal to help ease traffic. it is 4:34. now to a developing story in the french city of strasburg. >> threee people heen killed near that city's popular christs market. chris lawrence is following developments. >> reporter: nbc news leaed e of those victims was a tourist from thailand. show you where this happened in strasburg. a man opened fire in three areas of the city and aigh ranking french official says he may have

escaped into german here's video of the person opening shooting. three people have died. five people are retained for questioning. police did shoot and wound the attacker but he got away in taxi. this is an extremely popular with tourist area. aaron? chris, thank you. 4:35 now. here's a look at our other tops ories this morning.s james f has been asntenced -- a jury recommended a sentence of life in prison plus 419 years.s he i the white nationalist who drove his car into a crowd of counter protestors during unite the right rally in charlottesville last year. heather higher was killed there. ter the sentence her mother ays hate has no place in charlottesville. a man is found stabbed

outside of a mall. the victim is expected to survive. just last month someone crashed into the front of dick's sporting goods at the same mall after a shooting in the parking elot. peo in the aspen hill area of montgomery county are waking up ins their homes t morning. residents around lay hill and nd nd hill area. there was a gas leak yesterday. the diner has been sold and many want it to become part of maryland's main street program aimed at revitalizing downtown laurel. that's a historic buildi, sting diner. it's unclear what will happen to the diner if the board upholds last night's vote. 4:36. rescuers are in a race against ee people nd t trapped in a mine in west

virginia. >> they've been down there for three days. two men and two women went into that mine near clear creek this weekend to look for copper wire. onean safel emerged from underground monday night and told rescuers where to find the others. the problem is that oxygen levels a too low for first responders to try t reach the group. families they can help get to their loved ones in time. >> they've been in that mine for over 80 hrs and he's still under there. >> to deal with the oxygensu crews are pumping out water and pumping in llair. s ahead, america's opioid addiction problem by the ldmbers. p> wouou sell access to your mailbox to hel the u.s. postal service? service? it's being floated as

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involved in fatal overdoses. deaths involving m heroine than tripled during this time period as did those linked to methamphetamines. >> the health care costs of injuries caused by animals tops $1 billion a year. researchers from university say nearly half of animal injuries were caused by nonvenomous injuries and 1/4 were caused by dog bites. >> you know what i'm thinking? >> what? >> no pandas in that study? >> you know me. >> start lo you'll find one. >> i was just curious about that. >> usually not an injury involved with pandas. done. >> 4:41. it is a federal offense to get into anyone else'smailbox, but a new suggestion may change that law slightly. >>er new gent report suggests the united postal service could increase revenue by convincing people to sell access to their mailbox. ok t. so access would be sold to

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disgraceful dust up in the oval office. the conversation about the budget between democrats and the president devolved into sults. both sides need to come up with a budget solution by next friday. yesterday's oval office argument was any indication, finding ail compromisebe no easy task. news 4's tracie potts joins us fr capitol hill. the issue was funding for the border wall. where do the talks go from here? >> reporter: it's not clear where it goes from here. good question. with nine days to go until this latest budget deadline for a partial government shutdown. when w saypartial, we're talking about several government agencies that would close, talking aboutundreds of thousands of federal workers with their paychecks in jeopardy st before the holiday. now we saw that this devold into really a bitter partisan fight with the cameras rolling tyesterday with presidemp

insisting on 5 billion for the border wall. democrats offering nothing for the wall. 1/3 of that for border security and calling him on some facts that weren't quite accurate about the amount of money that's already been spent and how much of the wall is a up. so it seems like there's a stalemate at this point with just dayso go. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. tracie, thank you. president trump's former attorney m chaelohen will be back in court today. he will be sentenced on campaign finance and tax evasion crimes. hen says the president told him to pay off two women who claimed they had affairs with him. cohen also admitted to lying to congress on thepresident's behalf. also appearing in court today, maria ti. she's accused of acting as a area.an agent in the d.c. she's charged with conspiracy and failing to register as a foreign agent. guilty.ntly pleaded not she is expected to change that plea to guilty today. this "orning theday" show will have the exclusiveh

interview w nikki haley. ofhailie was a critical part the administration's handling of issues abroad. today she'sss disg how she used president trump's style to her advantage. >> we kind of partnered in that. he would like rachet up the rhetoric and then i'd go back to the aassadors and say, he's pretty upset. i can't promise you what he's going to do or not, but i can tell you if we do these fromions, it will keep h going too far. >> so you were playing good cop/bad cop. >> i was trying to get the job done. >> craig melvin's excsive interview airs this morning on the "today" show right after "news 4 today." breaking news, british pri minister theresa may is facing n nodence vote. >> aaron, they're upset with may over hows sh handled brexit or the u.k.'s removal from the

european union. 48 letters were voted no comment. >> a change of leadership in the conservative party now will put our country's future at risk and create uncertaintyhen we can least afford it. a new leader wouldn't be in place by january 21st deadne. >> if she wins she can't be challenged for one year. eun? >> very special standing o ation college graduation is much more than just a degree. take a look.>> he is a quadriplegic.

on monday he walked across stage to accept his engineering degree atri f university using an exing an exoxoskeleton. he suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident. he says hend his family is grateful he's alive. the will toight and that spirit. so inspirational. >> you think about the technology that's out there these days that can help with this sort of thing, but the will to do it is so much. >> right. >> if you have that, you have to have accomplishments. >> absolutely. robo cop. >> oh, mygo sh. incredible. have a christmas celebration at their place. >> it is going to be a veryt. chilly st >> sure is, chuck. >> there's more rain coming.y the vast thing we needed in 2018 is more rain, but i think

this rain coming up friday and saturdayillinally benough to push us over the top. we are only about1/2 inch behind the all-time record fors rainear in washington. i see a solid inch to maybe in some places two ihes of rain coming with this next storm system for the year. still a degree and a half warmer than average even though the last four or five weeks have actually been colder than average. right now, chilly 32 in washington. not much of a wind. whenever the winds are light ans skre clear like we've had overnight, there's usually a big range of temperatures. mid and upper teens from culpeppe warrington, manassas. mid 30s in the shenandoah valley. these temperatures are all milder than yesterday. five to tene or m degrees now than it was yesterday. martinsburg, you're srting out

22 degrees warmer than yesterday. here's yourap planner c. for today, most areas at or below freezing for the next uple of hours. there will be a decent amount of sunshine especially in the first ha of the y. temperatures into the 40s. here you can see on satellited dar, not any precipitation coming our way. you can see the deck of cloud cover across west virginia. the second half of the day probably not as sunny as the first half. here's futur weather. clear skies through noon and into the afternoon there's that little batch of cloud there. no rain. late tonight, around midnight or so there could be a flurry up across n thernmaryland. this won't be a big deal for tonight. the big deal will be the friday, saturday rain chance a solid inch likely on saturdayl st a lot of work and we'll see if w can get them dried out by sunday afternoon. >> that would be good. south arlington ridge road betwn 23rd and 395, lanes

blocked for the water main break. right now not seeing much of an impact. that will be different once the morning commute kicks into here. it's not supposed to be complete until 3:00 p.m. keep our fingers crossed things get done a little bit earlier. inner loop and outer loop of th, beltwao problems. 270 fredericks son to the spur gets you there in 2 minutes. local families in need will soon get some extra help. the non-profit martha's table is teaming up with lyft to help families get better access to fresh food. th families in ward seven and eight and one market in southeast washington. each family will be allowed up to 50 flips six months. >> distracted we were hoping to reduce it.

there is a reason why they're not often shopping or getting to ths grocery store as often as they would like. >> rsht now this i only a pilot program with 0 families participating. martha's table says it hopes to expand the grocery store service to all families living in ward 7 and 8 by summer. martha's table has so much to bring food to the food desserts? should they move back stay in maryland or across the river. that is the debate for the washington redskins. governor h larryan is talking about an idea to keep the in prince gorges county. the state is working to acqui oxen cove park. it's a 300 achor property that he called the gateway to maryland and the county. >> can yougine the redskins stadium on a monday night football with all of the

monuments reflecting into the potomac river. 300 acres to develop. >>overnor hogan points out that it's stillar e and nothing has been finalized. the football team is currently committed to playing 59 fedex field since 2011. >> there are a lot of things the team has to workon. let's talk about the caps. huge night for caps fans. >> whew. >> they crushed the detroit red, wi6-2. >> this goal right here for alex ovechkin that earned his 21st career hat trick. this is the most in frahise history. t.j. oshie also g scored aoal after playing his first game in a month. the caps are back on the road and play the carolina hurricanes this friday. you know how hard it is to score

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while shopps are taking care of their a holiday list a maryland mall, a man was stabbed and left bleeding in the parking lot. >> a terror suspect left at a tourist area shot. the president's former personal attordy is e to find out how long he'll spend behind bars after striking a plea deal for campaign finance crimes. "news 4 today" starts right now. just about 5:00 a.m.od morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. thanks fornoining us this wednesday morning. no snow chances today. that might be the only ood news. there are two school systems still dealing with the snow though. classes have bee canceled in spotsylvania county because not enoughnow melted and schools in king george county are on two-hour delay. >> for everybody else, we're

tracking what you need to know. eye on mollet has her the roads and your commute. >> but we begin withis meteorol chuck bell and the forecast. i know you think it's sunny but if it can't be 70 degrees -- >> you gave it an a. >> record high temperatures are in the upper 60s. h recoh is 60. >> you have to make the most with what you get and maximize your outdoor opportunities becausey.t will be it will be just about average. i'm forecasting 45 for aigh today. average high temperature for december 12th, 47. that's about as good as you can on average expect around re. at least it will be dry. that's not the case for friday afternoon and saturday. much of your weekend could be interrupted by rain drops. this ryrning,