event are going to be between 1 and 2 inches across most of the area. we're only about half an inch behind the all f time record year to date rainfall. so that record will likely fall if not todom thenrow for sure. there's the leading edge of the rain now movingar into south western virginia. it won't be a wet ride into wor and school but it's likely to be wet on the way home. so what to wear for ts k today. a warm coat. we're in the 20s and 30s this morning and your hat and don't leave home without your umbrella today. your umbrella has beeour best friend. that's not going to change any time soon but it is a chilly start this morning. at least it's dry but high temperatures today up close to 50 degrees with the rain moving in. we'll show you that weekend outlook coming up in a good morning. >> it's now blocking a here. way r loop after bw pa here. now it sounds like it's blocking a left lane as well.

you might see a little bit of a slow down if you're headed out any time so . branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, 210, everything is nice and clear right same situation over here, 66 and 95 in virginia. inbound, outbound, no worries. >> it's 5:01 now and developing this rning, ad.c. neighborhood is shocked and saddened after a 15-year-olsh ws and killed. >> d.c. police are now searching for the guan. stin finch is live at police headquaters with more on this tragicti sh, justin? >> well, right now d.c. police ar asking forips and they think they're going to get them because this happened at 3: o so yesterday afternoon, still 15-year-olden this boy was chased and shot and killed in southeast. d.c. policeve spread the 2,900 block in southeast sterday looking for clues in this case. this is just a few blocks north of their district he was later

cornered at this apartment whe he was shot several times and rushed to the hospital where he later died. athey say the crushed just days before the holidays. >> the most important thing with a caseisike you have a family, like i said, they're devastated by ling theirson, their grandson during the holiday season. if somebod saw mething, please give us a call. nom name for t.

they will release him in hopes of finding at least two men connected to the shooting. back to you. >> justin, thank you. >> nearly a dozen bomb threats in our area are believed to be part of a nationwide hoax. one of the threats was the university of maryland yesterday along with schools, government businesses and ildings have been targeted from coast-to-coast. most locations receive an e-mail claiming the bomb was planted in the building. the only way to prevent an explosion was to pay a ransom in bitcoin. locations in d.c. and montgomery county were evacuated. we spoke to woman standingers directly effected. >> we heard a fire alarm go off il the ng. we heard it was an emergency. everybody in the building started walking outside. after that weeard itas a bomb threat. >> the response to the threat tied up first responders and snarled traffic.

>> it's 5:03. a mother put her safety on the line to save her baby in northern virginia. she was pushing a stroller across an intersection when a dump truck hitur hereg the morning rush. this happenedni yesterday mor just before 9:30ish. police say it was because of the mother that the baby was unharmed. she was able to move the stroller away from the cross. >>as she conscious. she was able to talk and miraculously the baby can see fine. >> the mother was taken to the injuries.ith serious she is expected to be okay. the driver of the truck remains on the scene. it's not clear if any charges will be led. >> new this morning, providence hospital in northeast d.c. close several departments today. basically any department that does not support themergency ca center will be closed.

the emergency department and services that do support it o wl stn through the end of april. the hospital will continue to provide svices at its carol manor nursing and rehab you can look for more on the story on the nbc washington app. >> developing this morning, a fire ripped through a building in prince george's county. megan is live in college park withore on t damage. megan what happened? >> well, you can see that the fire is out but the damage here is extensive. and the folks that owned the building had a a conversatio little while ago and they're telling me that the business effeed here is an organization called on our own and it's absolutely been tted.

there's nothing salvagable inside this building here. an organization her working with the community in prince george's county, but obviously they'll have to figure out nother place to do that work because the damage is extensive. not sure the extent but i'm seeing water and smoke damageero the two o businesses as well. still waiting to get information about what may have caused this from officials in the fire department but certainly a terrible fire here that's going to impact an organization that serves the community. >> 5:06 is our time right now. day.y is free shipping >> many retailers offer free shipping with no minimum order and guaraiveed dy by

christmas day. that's important because with christmas now just ten days away, shipping deadlines could become a problem. todays the last day to get your packages delivered by the holiday. we have more shipping deadlines in the nbc washington app. >> the push to reinstate and expand metro's operating hours continuert they shoed the hours so crews could fit in more track maintenance. roc. leaders pushed for trains to rund 3:00 a.m. fridays and saturday nights but metro leaders say devoting extra time to maintenance is leading to fewer issues. >> it's to restore the hours as we thr t they were two years ago, but we're not going to do that at e expense of keeping the system safe. >> both sides agreed to study ways to keep maintaining the system and potentially bringing hourlonger >> a second person has now

reported being shocked at mgm national harbor. last week an employee reported feeling a static electri shock when he pushed a button on the elevator. the elevator w shutdown and no issues were found. on wednesday night the same employee rorted feeling static shock while moving a food warmer. he was taken to the hospital and has been released. this comes six months after oung girl felt a shock when she touched anoutdoor hand rail at mgm national harbor. her family filed a lawsuit against the resort. >> we have an update on the france christmas market attack. the man killed in a shoot out with police has been identified as the main suspect in the attack. three people were killed and 13 people were hurt in the rampage. police have been searching for him since tuesday ght's attack. tisis claimed suspect as one of its own but there's no indication that the group directedhim. >> a serialad killer p

guilty to another murder. he entered a guilty plea for strangli a womann 1994. he received an additional life sentence. he was already serving out his evious life sentences for t stranglingee women in the los angeles area in e late 80s. he's admitted to dozens of other murders across the country over a 40 year span that includes one case in maryland in 1972. a hunter found a woman's remains in a once wooded area o 197 and the dw parkway. he will have confessed to eelling 90 people at this point. authorities haveable to tie him to 36 cases. >> now a 30-year-old woman accused of being russian agent pled guilty to conspiracy. she mains in jail without bond. she is expected back in court in february for sentencing. she faces up to 5 years in prison andpo ation. yesterday, the former american university grad student pled guilty in federal court here in

d.c. as part of her plea deal she agreed toooperate with investigators. she admitted to trying to infiltrate the nra in order to push scow's agenda. >> 10 minutes after the hour now, more trouble this mornings for pnt trump. nbc news confirmed that he knew much more about the hush money payments to women than he originally said. august of 2015, candidate trump was in the room when his lawyer and the national enquirer discussed ways to quash stories. it never printed that story. cohen was sentenced this week for campaign finance violations in relation to the payments. the president maintains he did >> i made a mistake because what he did was all unrelated to me except for the two cnapaign e charges that are not criminal and shouldn't have been on there. they p that on to embarrass me. they put those two charges on ta

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defense is prepared to support the ride in 2019 but after that, officials will ask each of their chapters to organize regional rides instead. >> a sculpture swiped. the piece of art you may have walked byourself but it's vanished from a d.c. neighborhood. the victim has a clearer pick of what went down. >> and this package thief was not prepared to wor this hard to steal somebody's tv. ridiculous this theft. next on news 4 today. >> good morning, everybody. 5:12 on a friday morning. the bes news that i have for you is that it is friday.ou unfortunately, saturday and your sunday, there will be no sunshine at all and rain chances hover above 60, 70, 80% for most of td. week i'll give you the five day forecast and show

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apple will hire at least 5,000 new employees. they looked into bringing it into northern virginia that just landed amazon. >> hundredsf thousands of holiday wreaths for the graves of our fallen heros in arlington national cemetery will arrive in our area. wreaths across america h been doing this honor every year since 1992. this is video of them assembling the wreaths in maine. there will be several road closures around arlington national cemetery this morning. tomorrow,er volun will begin placing them at the foot of every grave starting at 8:00 a.m. >> for decades, a piece of art was a staple in a neighborhood and now it's gone.

he returned to his east capitol street home last saturday to find his sculpture called the ll taken off it's base. the piece was 6 feet tall and weighed about 50 pounds. he believed this was no random act. shs whoever stole it knew what they were doing. >> that's part of the beauty of ving inner city gardens that you can walk around and enjoy. not just me but people that walk around in the neighborhood. >> he is reason cornered the thieves will melt it down and sell it for scrap medal. it was one of only thr in the world. >> take a lookth a individual grvideo from fort washington. it's a reminder to kn eye on your holiday delivery. >> it doesn't matter how big the package is, it can be stolen. or there's an attempt there. someone saw it and wanted it for himself. >> he clearly had a lot of

trouble getting it into the car. >> it's huge. >> it'ssi le, you think this is too big, never mind. th thief did fit some of the tv in the onckseat. >> i know how it didn't fall out of the car. he got it in there and drove f. >> we don't know if it's arrived to its destination in one pce either. it's probably broken and it serves him right. >> absolutely >> people. >> i know. if you're going to steal anything, steal an umbrella. at least that you could use every day. crazy rain. >> you could hold the tv hver yod if you wanted to. >> quite before the storm. >> yes, indeed. it will tlhicken up and it will be wet for your friday evening plan and wet for all of your weekend activities as well. so the rainfall record here at national airport,e are 23 inches almost ahead of rainfall for the area and this amount,

60.78 is just a little more than half an inch below the all time record that record will in alla likelihood this weekend. it will rain most of tomorrow. off and on showers. thugh much of tay on sunday. monday is when we turn to the sunshine and blustrey northwest wind. we have your storm forecast in there for you. you can also follow and like me on social media to stay ahead of the weather and an interesting little tidbit of weather statiswacs. 38 in ington. but colder, 27 out across parts of north centralvirginia. right near the freezing mark. high today right around 49 or 50 degrees. a chance oftoain y, 100%. it's a chuck bell guarantee. you will get rain before the day ends today. it's a no misser. look at the heavy rain across georgia and south carolina. th's all being pushed in our

direction. so what will start out is the cloudy morning will turn into a showery afternoon and rainy evening. 6:00 this evening on future weather, rain could be moderate late tonight and into early tomorrow. showery weather tomorrow morning and here's noontime. a little break in the action. no sunshine but a break in the rain. itill be a soggy weekend for sure. there' your five day forecast. 100% chance for rain today and tomorrow and%n hanging out there on your sunday. monday and tuesday of course will be dry with a gusty north westerly wind around here. melissa, i wish we weren't going to break thatainfall record but we are. >> sounds like it. thank you, chuck. forest heights, inner loop, the through lanes, rightane is blocked. it doesn't seem to be slowing shings down too much. at least at thi point. in frederick, southbound 15, we do have a crash reported there. 270 looks good.

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for the entire area starting at own and continuing through at least the day tomorrow. it's dry now. t storm 4 radar scanning the skies. finding nothing to slow you down on the morning commute. it would be pockets of snow if it was here already. temperatures close to freezing.t clos 48 degrees downtown or by the bay. kids, pack that umbrella in the backor you. mid 30s this morning. temperatures near 50 and you won need the umbrella yet but you'll be the smartest kid in school tf you have umbrella ready to go for later on in the day today. i'll give you the 10 day out look coming up. >> reminding you about this situation in arlington. northbound glebe road near 5th. rains right now running two way trafficn the southbound. all lanes blocked by a crash there that we're jusri h out. and fairfax, before fairfax

county parkway, we have an accident there as well. just a tiny delay, notng major right now. we'll keep an eye on that and see how that develops. inner loop through 210. right lane is blocked there. >> we're following some breaking news right now.al a l woman is recovering after she was robbed and shot while working at aio gas st this happened late last night apparently at the exxon gas station in frederick, maryland. it sits across thetreet from prospect plaza shopping center. they're looking for two suspects in this case. the woman was able to callor help and she is expected to be okay. lso developing this morning, a d.c. family is devastated after their 15 wear-old son shot and killed. >> police are searching for the gunman that targete the high school student. justin finch is live at police headquaters with more on this tragic shooting. verysad, justin. >> very sad, indeed.

ight now neighbors are describing what they heard yesterday and saw as well. a very daunting scene they thsa. heard shot after shot being fired. one neighbor saying she heard as many as 16 shots and d.c. police now say a they appear to be aimed at one person. boy.15-year-old now they want to know why. their responding investigation swamped the 2,900 block in southeast yesterday. this is just a few blocks north of garfield elementary school. early signs are at least two masked men were following this teenn foot, chasing him and also t firingse shots as well close to 3:30 thursday afternoon. th teen was later ctre torhedne whe more shots were fired. he eventually was rushed to the hospital where he died he was shot several times. police do belie a nearby crime camera may have caught some of that video and they tell us those neighbors weren't the only

ones that heard the shots. >> my district commander heard the gunshots. ne was one of the first people on the the s with our officers. we couldn't do anything. >> police also say that teen boy has family in the area. of course they'reas dted by what happened yesterday. it's not yet been released and police say if more clues come together from that surveillance vide they'll share mor details with the public in hopes of finding those suspects. wee live here in northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. >> it's 5:34 now. close to a dozen bomb threats in our area are believed to be part of a nationwide hoax. one of the threa s wast to the university of maryland yesterday, along with schools, governme ildings, and businesses have also been targeted coast-to-coast. most locations received an e-mail claiming a bomb was planted in the building. the note warned the only way to

prevent an explosion was to pay a ransom in bitcoin. locations in d.c., mtgomery county, frederick and northern virginia were evacuated. theesponse tied up first responders and snarled traffic. the fbi say it is working with local police to find the sender. >> it's now 5:35 and here's a look at your other top stories we're following this morning. a local mother is recoveringom erious injuries after being hit by a car in arlington as she crossed lee highway. she was pushing her baby in a stroer and was able t push it out of the way before the impact. police say it was because of the mother that her baby was unharmed. >> apple decided againstil ng a new campus in northern virginia. it selectedas austin t instead. the tech company looked at our area as a potential site for a brand new, billion campus. >> today providence hospital in northeast d.c. will close

several of its departments. any part of the hospital that doesn't support the emergency care center will close. the emergency department will stay open through april. >> time is running out to get christmas presents in the mail. today is the last day that you can use rular ground shipping to get your packages delivered by the holiday. today is also free shipping day. that offer is exactly what it sounds like. about 1,000 businesses will allow you to send packages for free. shop with caution, though, some stores won't ship allms i for free. it's 5:36 and still ahead, pres oent trump already defense following the cohen sentencing now facing a new legalstruggle. >> while his inauguration committee is the subject of a criminal investigation. plus, free money. bills flew out of the back of a brinks truck leading to a wild ene on the highway. look at that. details when we come back. stay with us. 5:.

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that truck became stuck outside of a home in minnesota. two strong horses ce to a rescue. the truck started moving again. a tractor-trail later pushed itm fro behind to finish the >> tha impressive. sjob. look at the size o thattruck. >> those are strong horses though. >> i'm worried about the horses. >> we're not talking about 's pohere. >> i hope they're okay. look at this scene. chaos on the roads aft an armored truck accidentally spilled cash all over a busy new jersey highway. this happened yesterday morning on east rutherford. officials say a brinksru t

rear door malfunctioned leading to cash flying out of the ushicle. people stopped. that caused a lot of people. you can see a major mess for commuters. several drivers jumped out of their cars to grab the money which then lead to more accidents. >> if they say stop, don't take this. if somebody stops you, that's one thing. but it's just like picking up a road. on the side of the >> we're hearing from one o o red fmnf abandoned coal mine in wt virginia. >> the governor is calling it a christmas miracle. four people disappearedn a coal mine on saturday. they were trapped there for days. they have been found alive. rescue teams travelled some 4,000 feet into the mine. that's where they found the group includingcody beverly. we dropped to our knees and started thanking god. >> now the threeeople that were stuck in the mine after one

got out. that fourth person fis way out on monday and was able to tell searchers where to find his friends. mine oup entered the looking for copper wire they could sell. the sheriff's office says re irdless of thentent it is illegal and dangerous to enter a osed mine. >> it's 5:42. let's head to a break with another check onr forecast. weather alert. >> weather alert for you today. a lot of rain coming for the weekend. your dog walking forecast, now, i don't pick the names for the dogs. the peopleant the h rescue alliance named this little guy fat fat. fa fat would mak a lot of fun fun for your home for the holiday tseason. go their website and find out how to add fat fat t your home. close to 50 degrees today but be

the president slammed michael cohen ats rep that he ordered him to make hush money payments. those payments allegedly made to two women,ho both of claimed they had affairs with donald trump. now nbc ns confirmed that president trump was in the room when cow hhen and the plisher o the national enquirer discussed e payments. >> his inauguration committee is under criminal vestigation. tracie potts is on capitol hill for us this morning. let's start with michael cohen. what does this nowor mean the president? >> well, in terms of michael cohen, the issue here is that there were three people, according to court do rments, in thm when one of those hush money w paymen discussed. michael cohen that says it was e illegal becauhey were trying to influence the election, and

he's going to jail for that. andth also national enquirer publisher. he worked out ao deal avoid any sort of prosecution and now the third person that sources have now said was donald trump himself. so he was in the room while alls of this happening, but he's no making the argument that he did nothingga il the question is, is he going to have to make that argument at some point in court. >> let's talk about the wall street journal report that says the president'io inaugur committee is under criminal investigation. why isow that and does this complicate things for the investigation? >> sure. so they took in $107 million and according to the journal reports some of that money may have been to gainth access t new administration. there areut questions abo whether or not those funds were misuse questions that came up at the time by people who were working on the inside and that is of this new investigation. by the way, the evidence r that was tipped off

investigators was the information received when michael cohen's home was raided. >> tracy, thank you. >> in a break with president trump, the u.s. senate took a stand against saudi arabia. a r bipartisanolution recommended the u.s. stop helping the saudis fight in yemen. a second resolution blameshe saudi crowned prince for jamal khashoggi's president trump avoided directly blaming him for the killing an overnight fire swept through a building in prince george's county leaving extensive damage behind. >> man isive in college park right now. >> no injuries here this morning but as you say, a lot of damage. i'll step out of the way so that you can take a look for yourself. that's a center unit there. completely gutted. the fire ripped through the entire middle unit here. we're on the 10,000 block of rhode island avenue here in college park.

tnow the businessre that has been gutted, i am told that that is on our own of prince george's county. they offer hope, infoation, and resources and opportunities to those with mental health and substance abuse concerns. a community based or servingni ortion here and obviously they're going to have to find some other office space here because this fire has cpletely utted their part of the building. there's also been some on either side. still waiting to hear from the fire marshals and officials on the cause but a tremendous amount o damage for officials in this trstrip mall. we'r trying to hear about the impact and what they plan to do in lightf thedamage. >> megan, thank you. >> just about 5:50 and we know the name of a california farm

implicated in the romaine outbreak. coli >> it was found at the adam brother's farm in santa barbarah gh there's been no new cases since november, i s too soon to say the outbreak is over. the farm doesn't appear to be connected for all of the e.coli cases. didn't feel too bad outsidtl a lite sunshine. >> it was warmer than advertised. it was 54y. yester so anything within four we were happy with. >> we're fine. os>> and what's important is the sun was out as advertised and it wasontly probably the prettiest day of the week. it will not be a repeat performance today as clouds are on the way and we have a storm team 4 weather alert. potentially 1 to 2 more inches

of rain coming between this evening and the end of the weekend. more than another half an inch or so and 2018p will j into first place for rainiest year on record here in washington. ddition to being the wettest year, it's still also one of the warmeres even though yesterday was only the second day this month is warmer than average. a solid 1 to as mh as 2 inches of rain between the time the sun goes down today and the time it comes up on sunday morning. additional rain sunday afternoon could push theseotals even higher. a flood watch has been issued because the grounds not only saturated but partially frozen now. be on the look out for high standing water over the course d. the week temperatures this morning, a lot of the parts of northern virginia are below freezing this morning. low 30s in suburban maryland, upper 30s along route 50 from the city to thebay.

upper 40s to around 50. it's an absolute certainty. 100% chance for rn today. here's the leading edge of it now down across southern virginia. keeps us dry for the morning hoursut after 2:00 or 3:00, w, thick, overcast and showers moving on in. rain likely to be heaviestate tonight and early tomorrow. off and on periods of showers and rain during the day tomorrow and then tomorrow evening, another burst late saturday night into sday mornin it will be full cloud cover later today. have your umbrella which has been your best friend ever for 2018. you'll need it all weekend long. dry and blustery weather and nshine back for monday and tuesday. we'll just continue adding on to the re i'll show you today hour by hour coming up in the next half hour. good morning, melissa.

>> good morning, mr. bell. right now, inboundfairfax county parkway. it is not as delayed as it was. we still have slow downs to that area eastbound 66. arlington, water main break, a rewinder there, brdywine road, a crash reporteti right lane g by an accident there. forest heights inner loop, the through les near 210. travel times, 66 looks good. 95 northbound, no major problems in virginia. on 270 southbound, nice and clear. outer loop over to 270 going 56 les per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when y hop in your car today. >> good morning, facebook wants to get into the paid tv business. the social media giant is

talking to hbo, showtime, stars sd others about a plan to sell those companyeaming services on its site and stand alone app. you can watch them on facebook watch but also likely on other platforms like ku facebook has been trying to build up video content on its site. it began streaming old episode of buff fireworks the vampire slayer in a deal with 21st century fox. >> that's quality television right >> do you remember buffy? >> no, never watched single episode. one northern virginia school is showing others what it means to care. >> molette is live with details west briar elementary school wide campaign focused on inclusion. >> good morning. the goal here is that no one is out because -- >> i care. >> i capa. of national inclusive week.

there you have all the hands the students, the achers, everybody is on board, lead by one of the pta parents and of course the principal. talk here and ready to about this crazy hair that's part of the whole campaign.. ok so join me in the 6:00 hour of news 4 today. we're going to have much more. right, guys? back into you, now. >> those kids are wide awake and ready to go at 6:00 a.m. >> i can't wait to hear more about this. thank you. >> well, a major the works for westfield montgomery mall. it's expanding to include more space for high end shopping, a dining and park. living space will be added in addition to plans for a 12 story hotel. this is expected to be d four phases. the first phase finishing in a few years. it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. >> big changes are coming to

anacostia. major names are taking over prime real estate properties in that area. smalse busines say they're excited about the new customers they'll bring. they're also hoping that places including starbucks will hire people from the community as well. >> the hunt is on f the gunman that killed a d.c. teen. police are focussing on a critical clue that could help d them tran the killer. the latest on the investigation. >> will 2019 be the last time we hear the i thunder rollo d.c.? what could put an end to the loud and patriotic tradition. that's ahead at 6:00 when news 4 today continues. stay with us.

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>> thanks for joining us on this friday. a recordetting rain in just a few hours. >> melissa has an eye on your fridayte but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking thi record breaking finish in 2018. we had a whole lot of rain this year,chuck. we get throughidour , saturday, and sunday. most of your area would have picked up 1 to 2 inches of rain. we're more than half an inch away. i storm team 4 weather alert because not only it going to be raining and that will slow things down a little bit ground is saturated and partially frozen. the flood threat is increasing