officers have filed against then department in george's county. last dance. in a rare interview, talk show host ellen degeneres says she's considering ending her hugely successful daytime talk show. it is 4:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. before we getstarted, we want to let you know spotsylvania county schools are on a two-hour delay. they were hit hard by snow earlier in thee' week. now worrying about rain once again. >> typical around here. melissa mollet is keeping an eye on early morning traffic conditions. >> butfirst, let's check in with chuck bell for a look at your forecast. >> eun bright and yellow, sunnyt dispn over there this morning. it's going to be not a bad day mday. but tod be the last dry day for a little while,

unfortunately. current temperature now 40 at naonal airport wit a light wind out of the south. most of the suburbs are in the w tomid-30s here this morning. yes, it's cold, but it'sowre near as cold as we've been the last couple mornings. as you're getting you and your kids ready today, sunglasses perhaps for the ride in. it will get more and more cloudy later in the day. no rain today. temperatures in the upper 40s. yes indeed it's 2018, in the over yet, so that means it will be raining this entire weekend. how much rain is expected, coming up. >> thank you, chuck. good morning. looking at roadwork this morning. inner loop between arena drive and ritchie-marlboro road, two left lanes getting by. gaithersburg, northbound 270 after shady grove zone, two lanes getting by there.

66 outside the beltway, 95 north and south looking good there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:02 today met reads a -- metro lead are set to square off on an issue that affects how late people get around. >> they want metro to run until 3:00 a.m. right now it closes at 1:00 a.my on fridand saturday nights. people say it doesn't give people enough time to get home from sporting events or concerts. the transit agency says closing early leaves more time for track maintenance. news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss will be at today's meeting and tweet out any breaking news. be sure to folw him on twitter. tamat the same time, we're getting a new look at problems on the silver line. firsteported about concrete flaws along the second phase of th project. now we've learned hundreds of

concrete rail ties could be ulty. "the washington post" reports the tiles could be out of alignment at key crossover rpoints. chop flew over the tracks to get a bird's eye view. project leaders say these kinds of problems do crop up, and they're addressing the issue. they say everything is still on track to open in 2020. 4:03it's now a montgomery county family is thankful their child is back home a safe after hours of panic. police say the child isd autistc ossibly nonverbal. a montgomery county school bus picked up the student yesterday afternoont rockvil high school. the student was supposed to get off in silver spring. bstead, the child was discovered on th at the inner harbor in baltimore. scho officials are still trying to figure out how this happened. they say montgomery county schools bus some students in y.om baltimore c when the rockville student o didn't get on the right stop, the bus continued on to

baltimore. this morning,ar.c. police searching for a man they say kidnapped and raped a woman at gunpoint. this is 29-year-d mark blue. police say he and nick savoie kidnapped a woman earlier this month. they drove around for 45 minutes and sexually assaulted her before forcing her out of the car. savoie turned himself into police on tuesday. four minutes after the hour righwe now. e following the latest in a federal lawsuit filed against the princeou george'sy police department. >> 13 officers accuse department leadership of discrimination and retaliation. the officers say there is discrimination between white and black officers, unfair scipline, and trmminations. oer and current officers say the racial divide within the police department makes it difficult for them to be effective. they're calling for new leadership, saying the that have existed have become much worse. we spoke to officers as well as the newly elected countybo executive this lawsuit.

>> we have so much racial divide within the police department that we can't be effective and efficient. e>> i appreci their advocacy, and i'll take a look at it and take whatever act we believe is necessary. >> prince george's county police say they can't com because of the pending litigation. the department is also being b investigated the u.s. justice department on similar claims. happening toda hyattsville will swear in its police chief. she is the first woman and first african-american to lead the department. well, it looks lik voters will not get another chance to neigh in on how much tipped workers are paid d.c. a judge ruled the city's board of elections failed to properly noti the public of a hearing last month. at that meeting, the board approved language for a proposed referendum and started collecting signatures in favor of another vote on initiative 77. you may remember voters approved

the initiative, which raised the minimum wage for tipped workers, but councilmembers later overruled it. >> the people of d.c. are being punished again. the voters.c of are having their voices and their pressed again because of an error that was out of our rontrol. irez says she and other supporters will continue fighting to increase the tipped minimum wage in d.c. five more cas of adenovirus have been reported at the university of maryland. 35 students arow sick. yesterday we reported the school plans to combat the problem by disinfecting all residence halls over the winter break. last month a student died from complications from adenovirus. the cdc says that virus can cause symptoms ranging from a mild cusd to more ser complications. for more information about those symptoms and the cases at university of maryland, go to the nbc washington app a search virus. some breaking news now as we approach 4:07. there has been a deadly train

crash in turkey. chris lawrence is at the live desk. >> yeah, aaron. officials arepl saying nine p are dead and dozens of others have been injured. let's show you just how bad this crash is. this happenedni this m just outside the capital of ankara. a high-speed train hit a railway engine then crashed into a pedestrian bridge. the high-speed train is not supposed to stop there, but a railway engineer was checkin the track when the train slammed into it. at least two cs derailed. parts of the overpass collapsed on to the train. obviously we're keeping an eye on this. we will update you throughout the morning. >> all right, chris. thank you. it 4:07 now. we're learning new information about the suspected shooter who oped fire on a christmas market in france. police say cherif chekatt is a

career criminal bornn france. he has 27 convictions for theft and violence. police say he became radicalized in prison and was on a terrorist watch list before tuesday's shooting. two people died, nine others were hurt when he opened fire in the strasbourg christmas market. investigators believe he was inspired by isis. today, accused russian agent maria butina is expected to plead guilty in a d.c. federal courtroom. you're looking at a previous courtroom sketch. she's accused of infiltrating conservative based groups in der to bolster russian interest in u.s. politics. butina came to the u.s. on a student visa. it's 4:08 now. president donald trump's former lawyer and fixer michaelcohen will serve three years in prison. the sentence was handed down yesterday in new york. cohenhaold the judge t he had a blind loyalty to trump and that loyalty led him to cover up the president's, quote, dirty deeds.

therimes include the illegal payment of hushoney to women, lying to cgress about the president's business dealings with russia, and failing to report millions of dollars in income. cohen must turn himself in to start serving his sentence by march 6th. federal prosecutors are immunity to the publishing company american media incorporated. that the company that publishes "the national aenquirer." thit to paying $150,000 to karen ml.cdou she's a former playboy model and mistress of donald trump. the white house has denie the affair. the immunity deal was signed back in september but not disclosed until yesterday. congresswoman nancyelosi is poised to be elected house speaker for the second time after striking a t deal limit how long she will serve. the california democrat says if elected speaker, she will step down aft terms. her statement satisfied seven of her opponents and paved the way for h election t speaker next

month. a small group of unhappy democrats have lobbied for new party leadership. pelosi was speaker from 2006 to 2010. and you can watch her every day before news 4. esnow ellen degens showing a different side of herself in an interview with "the new york times." the talk show host and comedia says she has consistently thought of leaving the talk show because, quote, in a way she feels boxed in creatively. ellen says, i wanted to show all of me. the talk show is me,ut i'm so playing a little character of a talk-show host. there is a tiny,it tiny of difference. ellen is releasing a new stand-up special on netflix called "relatable" next week. she fnuses how her celebrity has made her less relatable than shesed to be and may seem on her show. ellen is signed on to doer talk show at least through the summer of 2020. i think that's a gift though. she still seems relatable.

>> think so? don't know. filthy rich is filthy rich to me. i think money changes you. >> she's very charitable though. >> yeah, but still. the early alarm might be hurting your child's performance in the classroom. ame new practices are helping kids in ourrea by letting them stay in bed. a man was trapped in greece for two days. not the country, the substance. firefighters we finally able to free him from a vent, but police have some questions about why he was there in the first place. >> yikes. all right. four things you need to know about the next couple days. b chilly toda at least it won't be raining. i can't say that about the next three days aer today. i'll show you the five-day forecast coming righup. t

welcome back. at 4:15, an imptant recall to tell you about this morning. there is a defek in a popular brand tampons. some women report u by kotex teek tampons unraveled and came apart, forcingm to get help from a doctor. the defective products were made between oct oer 7th 2017 and october 16th o 2018. an experiment proves what teme hers, parents, and teenagers alreadyngnow. starti school later is good for students. two seattled high schools pushe back the start of class by 55 minutes. students in both schools reported sleeping longer and being less tired in class. their grades also went up andte ance improved. over the last few years, some districts in our area have moved their start times. fairfax county high schoolers begin class 10 m and 20utes later than they used to. in the city ofhe manassas,

bell rings 50 later. and montgchery countyls shifted start times by about 20 minutes.n it's bn months since the tragic high school shooting in parkland, florida. now a judge is refusing to dismiss a negligence lawsuit filed against a former school ur re officer. scngt peterson is b sued by a father who lost his daughter in that shooting. ne father said petersoad a duty to confront the gunman but didn't. a peterson'sorney argues he was not required to do so. he was heavily criticized after surveillaneo shows him staying outside the school during the shooting. the judge ruled against peterson, and the case will mov. forw delta airlines is placing more restrictions on emotional support animals. starting december 18th, the airline will no longer allow suppor animals on flights longer than eight hours. puppies under 4 months old will also be banned from flying. there are some exceptions. passengers who he requested to travel with a pet before the ban

takes place will be aowed to fly as originally ticketed. after february 1st, the rule does not apply. mobile phone carriers now have more power over blocking your text messages. fcthe voted to approve a ckasure that allows wireless carriers to blounwanted text messages. the commission says the decision addresses both messaging and es not affect individual messages like the ones you would get from friends the move has received criticism from some democrats who call this a slippery s slope. th carrieri could easily block messages they find controversial. authories in northern california rescued a man trapped inside a greasy vent for two days. this guy was found by firefighters inside a chinese restaurant. crews were initially called by a nearby restaurant to report somebody yelling inside the restaurant. >> when they arrived, they found the man stuck in the duct system right above the stove of the restaurant.

apparently there was too much, greasee couldn't get out. the rescue took about 30 minutes. the would-be burglar was taken into police custody, also to the hospital for a mental evaluation. because why would you be so stupid? is that the question? >> that's the only part of the story that makes sense. >> note to santa, watch out for the chinese restaurant. of course, santa doesn't havem those pro he's not stealing anything. >> no, no. he just dumps the stuff down. >> i looked, and at national airport, there's been ten days in a row. today will make 11. >> that's a good stretch. >> even with the snow we had not at national airport on sunday bto monday, officially here in washington, it'een a long, dry stretch. >> well, coming to an end. hope you enjoyed it. last time we had a stretch of ten days in a row was the end of september into early octob. it has literally been two months since we've had a stretch of weather that dry for that length of time. of course, our friends and neighbors to the south are like, what good does that do us?he

right now skies are partly to at times mostly cloudy. it's nowhere near a cold this morning as it has been. a light breeze and those extra clouds have helped hold nly above es m freezing this morning. a far cry from the single numbers andeens the las couple mornings. mostly above freezing now. 36, leesburg. dulles airport, 36. manassas, 33. 37 in bowie, maryland. temperatures 5 to 15 degrees warmer now than the same time yesterday. so your wake-up weather as you're heading outside to take your jog or your walk with the dog early this morning, temperatures in the u ter 30s near 40 degrees. we'll have a decent amount of sunshine today. sort of in and out at times, but at least you'll see the s. hi temperature today near 49 degrees. that won't be the c as this area of rain across parts of the ohio and tennessee river valleys is moving into far southwt'tern virginia now, stay away from us for today. you can see by 5:00 this afternoon, a gradual increase in

clouds around here. skies go mostly cloudy overnight. i guess technically there's a chance you could see a tiny peek of sun very, very early tomorrow. by noontim it's thick overcast. by the time you're coming home from work and school, the rain will be moving in. heaviest and steadiest of the rain comes from about sun down on friday evening to aut sunrise on saturday morning. there still won't be any sunshine on saturday, buthe steady rain should be over before lunchtime on saturday. so your saturday afternoon plans, t augh cloudy damp with a shower chance, it won't continuously be raining the whole time.ay you can a use our nbc washington app to stay ahead of the forecast. here's your five-day outlook. today, 49. tomorrow, nr 50 with a 100% chance for rain. a 100% chance for rain at least through the first part of the daynd saturday. , also, we've taken any chance for sunshine out and left a lingering rainhance at 70% through your sunday afternoon. >> good weekend totay in.

thank you, chuck. taking a look here, beltway still hanging around inner loop between ana drive and ritchie-marlboro road. 270 north and southbound, ne and clear here. earlier work in the northbound lanes is now out of the way. same situation top of the beltway. bw parkway northbound and southbound and through prince george's county also looking good. >> melissa, thank you. the beauty business is a multibillion-dollar industry. but taking care of your skin is about much more than justlo oking good. more on the antisgeing ben next on news 4 today. (gasps) for real cold and flu protection. with lysol, you can help protect them from a real cold. lysol disinfectant spray kills the #1 cause wof the cold and clorox wipes pdon't. them from a real cold. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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christmas is about two weeks away, a little less than that. santa claus made a rare daytime appece. chopper 4 was over montgomery coun w when spotted santa sporting a harley instead of a sleigh. this is all part of a montgomery county police effort. they collect gifts and donations from local groups them to the children's i at the national institutes of health. it prodes a free place for families to stay with ill children. >> he's so busy this time of the year. that poor santa. all the onder he needs milk and cookies. i mean, seriously.>> hat's fuel for the hard work. >> and we're not even there yet. all these appearances he has to make a crying babies to hold. it's a lot. >> that's enough. 4:26 right now. the presidential election is more than a year and a half aw, but another democra appears poised to throw his hat into the ring and take on presidentrump. >> we' let you in on who that is. plus, saved in the nick of

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