we are in weather alert mode. good morng, i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm an give gogie goff. this rain hasd.ot stop >> it's really annoying. >> and record breaking. >> didn'te break a record for the wetst day. >> for yesterday? i'll have to double check on that. i knt -- >> it's in the top 10. straightur facts >> i saw it. it's been an insane amount of rain. >> i know we set a record yesterday for as many days as

we've had that we've gotten above an inch of rain. i have t look at the daily record for yesterday to see if we did break it. it wouldn't surprise me. we had so much rain that moved through the area yesterday. plenty of flood warnings as well. we have a few showers out there. it won't be as wet but we are still a weather alert. we have a bunch of warnings. a lot of road closures and high-standing water. this system is moving up and out of her and will push through the area through the morning, but flood wnings are still o there. all of the areas you see in een, so, again, please be careful as you make your way out the door on this sunday morning. as far as current temperatures are concerned, temperatures are sn the 40s, we continue to see those temperatu drop through the day so we will talk about more rain chances for this

weeke weekend. i have christmas on the ten-day forecast. >> all the soaking rain leading to dangerous conditions for drivers. first responders in maryland and virginia making a number of water rescues after people got stuck in tircars. news 4's darzi spencer has the story. >> reporter: floodin d shutn roads but it didn't stop people from driving through. the same thing happened at burke lake road where motorists mad a splash as they took the chance to make it through high water. fortunately, no one got stuck here, but others weren't so lucky. these photos from fairfax county fire show one of four rescues. one person has to be pulled from a car stuck in high water. and take a look at these photos from montgomery county fire. road,re there brighton dam an area that has flooded many times before. six t people hadbe rescued

when their cars were stranded in the floodwaters. rainontinued to pour across the region throughout the day making driving conditions dangerous and some roads impassable. fire and rescue departments are asking drivers to heed the warnings and signs. if the road is closed, find another way to go. itu're looking at the flood marker. hows the water is a foot high and it is deceiving. en you look at it, it doesn't look that deep. that's why fire rffcueials are warning people not to drive through the standing water because you don't know h high it is and you could end up having to beescued aswell. darcy spencer, news 4 today. developing this morning, d.c. officials say a pipe burst underneath a ground and seriously hurt aonstruction worker. the explosion rocked the corner of pennsylvania avenue and third street nearat thenal gallery of art and the u.s. district courthouse. he worker is expected to survive. it's unclear what caused th explosion who are thee emp

works for. a man is fighting for his life after a shooting in the district. and that happened yesterday evening on the 1100 bck of first street in northwest. just blocks from ithe noma metr station. >> the deadline to sign up for obamacare has come and gone and the future is in limbo. late friday night a texas federal judge ruled the ac affordable car is no longer legal because of a change congress made to tax laws last year. that 55-page ruling declared the key requirement to buyealth insurance aunconstitutial after lawmakers eliminated the mand e mandates tax penalty last year. president trump tked about the decision for the first time yesterday after visiting arlington national cemetery. >> we'll sit down with the democrats and we will get great

health care for our>> people. s you can imagine, the ruling threatens many popular provisions like protection for - isting conditions, free preventative scare skecreenings and young adults covered on their parents plan until they're old.ears another opening in the trump white house. interior secretary ryaninke is stepping down but he's doing it defiantly. he blames vicious and politically motivated attacks for his signation. president trump tweeted the news of zinke's departure yesterday and deite his cla he's facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest. > alsooming up on "meet the press," moderator chuck todd will join us to talk about the developments from the white house t overhe past week.

it comes up at 10:30 after news 4 today. the pouring rain didn't keep thousands of volunteers from monitoring the sacrifice of our veterans. they fanned out across arlington national cemetery laying wreaths at each of the headstones yesterday the wreaths across america event is taking place at cemeteries across the nation a around the world the goal is to oplace a wreath every veterans' grave no matter where their resting place the president made his way out to arlington national yesterday because ofhis annual tradition. a somber one at that but also one that we celebrate and remember. assed by yesterday. it's an incredible sight to seee tre signs that the health of rock creek could be in trouble. >> she one of signs has been slithering -- slithering -- rough the waters. eels have been sited recently.

ecologists say they've come fron theth atlantic ocean. they scientists sa there are other issues that pose concerns including runoff and erosion. a lot of the runoff flore into the and nutrients and comes out just as harmful as raw >> they all come out into our creeks, which is why they're running as high as they are right >>now. well, scientis do point to the fact that efforts by d.c. leaders to divert storm water, plantedon areasnd growth that helps filter the water is making things better but i don't know if you've ever driven rock cree but this thing is huge. speaking of nature, it isn't letting up. the rain coming down early on

this sunday morning. 48 degrees so a little colder than it was yesterday when we star d thingsoff. where are we going from here? tn't worry, lauryn richts is here let us know. >> plus the king is in town. king james. >> the hardwood. >> yes, king james' showdownom will tonht andig

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anupdate. redsns' quarterback alex smith's season ending injury,e was released from the hospital. this comes fromts rep that he was dealing with a bad infection after multiple surgeries on his g. a return to football isn't guaranteed. right now he'll focus on returning to full health. today the burgundy and gold head down south p tolay the jacksonville jaguars and are in

third place as we are weeks away from the playoffs. >> hard to believe the season has come and gone. nice to see so many people rea out to alex smith after he was hurt. king james and the lakers take on the wizards after a historic night for l.a.th bo lebron james and lonzo ball had a triple-double in last night's gameec theyame the first lakers to do in the the same game since magind johnson a kaj, karee abdul-jabbar. this is the eighth time this happened in nba history, that's it. >> that was in dream team years, in pistons/lakerers. >> pre-dream teamers. today's game against king james tips off 6 at0 downtown so that's cool. >> and you know what? inside watching the game is probably -- >> the way to go. >> or watching a movie. it's one of those kind of

weekends, lauryn richt >> did you look up my factoid? >> i did. dca got 2.55 inches of rain today. >> that's a lot. >> and we shattered the record, the daily rain rate record was about an inch and -- old on, i have these numbers, it was 1.3 inches and we beat that from 1901. so1901 record we bet that with two and a half inches ofain. and around the area this is the rain amounts that other people got. let's show that so you can see. gaithersburg got over three inches of rain. a lot ofe rain c down yesterday, that's why we had flooding and why we continue to havelongoinging this morning. will we see that heavy rain snowed no. occasional showers out there today. any winter precipitation? i thought maybe s we could a few wet snowflakes as the system moves up and out of her but it's gotten its act sergeant to i don't think that will be an issue. but we could have isolated

ots, problems tomorrow morning not only because of flooding and roads shut dow but maybe a few icy spots on bridges and ov passes as temperatures drop tonight. any more rain this week? yes, we have more rain on thursday and into friday and saturday. wenow, occasional light s throughout the day today but this system, you can see the rotation onhis system working itself counterclockwise. it will continue to move up towards t new england area. but still ongoing flood warnings will be with us through the mornings until the rivers recede the high water recedes so expect that through the morningr teures, though, not bad. but those temperatures will drop, actually, tough the day, in fact, we'll be in the low 40s for much of the day today with light showers out there. 46 will be your temperaturh that's as h as we'll get. right now we're as high as we'll get s occasional showers throughout the day today and we'll have clearing as we continue into the evening and even more into the overnight but

expect sunshine through the day tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow will be in the low 50s and we'll have sunshine but breezy conditions out there. in fact, we'll keep the breezy and blustery conditions through your monday and tuesday. plenty of sunshine. next chance of rain thursday into friday. we do have rain chances holding on for saturday and look, christmas eve and christmas day there could be a hint on the radar thatve we system come through. that will be something we're watching. >> white christmas? she's talng white christmas. >> a snowy system. >> we'll see. >> she'sissing key words. flakes right? >> it was so interesting that we had to just cut lauryn off. >> she doesn't want to get o hopes up high. we have to go. reporters notebook isomg up next. >> we ear back in 15 minutes with more of the top stories. d.c. students getting shortchanged in science and social studies.

news 4 i-team investigation found d.c. public schools violating its o requirements and failing to give middle school students the class time they need in those very important subjects. joining us now, stt mcfarland of the i-team and david culver. welcome, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> scott, this is your investigation. tell us more about what you found. >> we can say d.c. public schools is promising to fix this problem but they acknowledge there's an issue he f. atr of the middle schools in d.c. public schools, four of their large middleschools, kids aren't getting the required amounts of science and social studies. these are not elective. these are not artsy musical classes. is science and social studies that are invaluable to children. the issues aremultitude. they have budget problems. they have an issue getting teachers hired to teach the eo subject bus mr parents are telling us and school officials we spoke with are telling us that there is an issue with testing. we have to get math and ading, english language arts scores up

soiv they'reg them extra math and extra english language t which iseans science and social stud drese moving to a back burner and being taut on what's called an a-day/b-day schedu schedule. when we were i school those subjects got equal billing. >> anou argument be made they got more important now. >> what are other area school system requirements? >> virginia has requirements on the number of minutes you need to be in the classroom in the core subjects, math, english, science and social studies. it averages to 45 minutes a da the district requires 45 minutes a day on average. we just found these schools are violating that rule and we need to make up fore lost t next

semester. maryland law doesn't require a minimum number of minutes. they leave it up to the school districts to do that so the i-team checked. we surveyed one major maryland school district, frederick county, and found every one of their middle sools is doing at least 45 minutes of social studies and science everyday as district policy. >> so d.c. plans to fix this, not this semester but >> they have to make it up next semester. they have to get through the cu iculum, whether they do it through deep dive days where they spend the entire day doing science a few days next semester or ty do more field trips or hands-on experiences. lose to try to come what they require the kids to get but it appears they won't get the >>requirement. oving around the beltway and sticking with schools, more money foryl schools in md and virginia. governor northam wantso add 2% more to the 3% raise teachers are scheduled to get next july. in maryland, governor hogan's focus is fixing and building schools. he's planning to create a $3.5

billion fund for construction. both governors are making f educatiod ago priority heading into this new legislative session. >> we're tking $260 million governor northam is putting forward. $90 million would go towards raises and having done several stories over the past several years, in northern virginia in particular, teacher a raises are big issue. in recent years they've been getting step which isco have be of living increases. they've been pushing for more raises,ta mostly to competitive so they don't lose teachers to surroundingju sdictions and states, so this raises something that the question comes up, how do you pay? the governor is pointing to a few thing. he's saying lottery proceeds, we've seen big jackpots going up. he says tho are higher than they've been. he's hoping to yumtize the online sales and get taxes from there to then put into this pot to help generate money.

thege gop folks within thral assembly have a lot of concerns on that. >> and there's money from those income tax deductis that people got before tax reform. so will it be an easy sell in richmo? >> the question will be how much opposition will the gop put forward? certainly teachernis will be pushing hard for because the teachers will tell you they feel they're overworked and underpaid and they'll stress that and yet they'll say 's also vocational and passion. if they can convince these gop law makers that this is t somethint will ultimately make them more competitive, perhaps will sway. scott, schools are big issues and they're going to be for these legislative sessions. in ryland, the governor is talking about the building opportunity fund. >> they want to build new buildings and no more important .han it is here school buildings are so overcrowded. there's a need for newuc conson and newportables,

there's a need for new land and space in which so buildool buildings. this is a critical issue. virginia politics are interesting. they want to give teacher raises and the governor has to get legislative support for it but that's a tnscendent issue. it's important in northern virginia where teachers have to live in hes that cost a half million dollars and southwest virginia where it's difficult to recruit young to move to those areas, to take teaching jobs. so it's not just a northern virgia issu it impacts the entire commonwealth. inry nd, school construction is an acute issue in the most populous counties. i wonder if school construction fund is as big a priority in western maryland and souther maryland. >> we'll see, the legislative sessions start in january. development.o if you travel through thai sorn or you shop there, we have news of relief for you. it's called scott's crossing, a

new bridge to be built over what you nownow as jones branch drive. this will be a new link across the beltway and should mean a quicker commute that allows you to avoid the main roads. this is a big deal, a game changer, commute changer? >> yes, adam tuss was above in chopper showing us that would would relf andf you look at how to get from one side of tyson' to the other, you get back on the beltway and add to that congestion, now y can bypass. the folks loving this, i've met with a lot of capitalne folks as they've opened up their tallest occupied building in region, they can see that right out their window. they have offices on the other side of the beltway so those employeesill be able to shuttle back and forth. >> and if you watch the drawing that adam used to illustrate this, it ties tyson's corner

together. >> that's the whole idea, especially capital one. you cannot down play the importance of capital e. this is about creating unity so to have it separate bad by a massive i beltway important. >> livable walkable communities. >> in certain areas, it's a requirement. if you're going to build new housing, new reil, you have to build new transit or walkable areas to go along with it. it's called smart growth. it's a progressive plan communities are adoptin it's also a challenge. u have to get everybody on board. municipal leaders, construction teams, it's quiteballet. some people would argue it slows down new improvements but it makes them more efficient. >> and this is about building a community -- capital one wants to make this a neighborhood

campus. they want people to come in from surrounding neighborhoods. >> pedestrian walkways, bake lanes

about 14 miles from the capitol one building zillion is empty for years but not much longer. the old landmark will be demolished to make way for a walkable urban village. it's ant develophat has been years for the making. this was a story only on 4. you got a peek at the plans. >> we got to go inside. this place -- it's spooky to be inside an empty mall that has the store fronts and no one else in it. the folks in this community are saying when you going to build? howard hugs corporations, which the current corporate owner of the mall are explaining what was bend the delay. it was about acquiring nearby sites. they had t get other anchor

stores ino unison they could demolish and rebuild what will be this mixed-use town center village complex we've seen, landmark opened in 1965 as an open-air mall as the indoor/out door space. in '89 they put a roof on it s because that the trend. we're going back to the 1965 era where they want to open things and let the fresh air come in for shoppers. >> that sounds good to me. scottit's a tough time to be a mall in america with the competitio online and from online retailers and box zblost. >> and the competition from urbanism areas. some town centers are working. some are not and arein strug to stay afloat and trying to reinvent themselves. when push comes to need to have a brick-and-mortar place people want to go to because they have other

alternatives to buy online so i'll be fascinated to see the complexion of this place and how it works becauseto som centers work and some don't. >> what's the timeline? >> it ties into thef concern whether or not it will work. so howard hughes corporation flew in from texas andovhey talk abousaturation but they're putting this on the community saying we need your help. there will be two more meetings in january and february where they want folks tot say w they would utilize and in april the city council in alexandria wiln weigh in this. they're not laying out a timeline as ton demolitr designs and construction. >> so the elephant may stand there for while longer. >> it will be there ford a goo while, yes. a jury this past week sentenced james fields to life plus 419 years fming his car into a crowd of

counterprotesters at the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, lt year, killing heather heyer and injuring dozens of others. he showed know motions. heyer's motherays she doesn't hate him but she is scarred by the pain from this. we were the onlyocal station to cover this trial, the case, the sent ncing. this a only scarred heather higher heyer's family b scarred the city. >> our bureau chief there focusing on this. you'll notice if you go down through civil a folks in the northern virginia area have ties to the charlottesville community, whether they be uva alumni or they want to pass through the town to go to nearby wineries and they have teal hearts on that say c-ville on a lot of store itfronts. comm owners will tell you

what happened here is not from here. james field was from ohio. people who brought in the confrontation were from out of the charlottesville they're hoping we have some resolution, a sentencing, 419 years ps a life sentence that folks cant begin t process of healing. >> what's next? >> the federal prosecution still has t happen as well. often when you have federal prosecutors and local prosecutors charging the same t crimy often yield to the other, often they yield to the feds. but in the u.s. district court for the western district of virginia there's a proseadtion to beecause he committed federal crimes according to the u.s. attorney. >> many people who look at the pictures, we looked at them again, sounded very difficult to believe that kin of hat has emerged and seems to be so open now. >> one of the victims spoke with

julieho carryly after the sentencing and she said let's call this what it is, he is a terrorist. he may not look like the typical terrorist but she pointed to 9/11 she said they used planes, in this case he used a car was one of his victims. >> they pointed out there's some mental health t issuere. >> that is ongoing buthe reality is they believed he was kpe don'competent to go forward sentencing and served his time. >> scott and david, thank you both. that's "reporters notebook." i'm pat lawson .muse news 4 tone todday continues. , 6:30 on sunday morning. just a little bit of precipitation over the last couple days. not being draw matic >> i wish.

but it was messy and cold. last night we were both out at parties. >> holiday parties. you had to take your shoes off when you went into the holiday party. isn't that right, lauryn? >> it was nasty out there. >> oh, hold on, all the rain yesterday did lead to dangerous conditions. dangerou conditions for drivers, first responders in maryland and virginia had to make water rescues after people got stuck in their cars. me people had to be pulled from their cars in fairfax and montgomery counties. officials say if the road is closed find another way around and don't drive through standing dter. how many times we tell people that is the case? >> but on the way to this even we had a wave come over us o the gw parkway. lauryn and id tal about it. we kind of anticipated this because we knew people would be t and out. i made the mistake of trying to go to the store, i saw an

accident happen in the parking lot in front ofme >> it was bad yesterday. and we still have ongoing water rescues out there right now. one in prince william county at this moment. once you get in your car, tune into our news partners at wtop, 10 3.5. they w te talking about water rescues. one still ongoing right now. crews headed to the scene. so a lot of flooding, we havein on flood warnings, b careful, temperatures are in the 40s. you won't have to worry aboutk sl spots however temperatus will be falling. we'll be in the 30s and 40s for much of the afternoon with breedy liconditions. shougt, continuing to see occasional light showers through we day today. we'll talk abon we see sunshine and i have christmas

eve and christmas day o that ten day forecast. that's coming up 15 minutes. thousands gathered in paris for a fifth consecutive weekend of overnment protests. police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons in confrontations withs. prote despite some clashes, p mtests weree peaceful but police did make more than 140 arrests. british prime mina ter thery is in the political battle of her life as she transition hearse nion out of e european union. the deal i breaker is inland around what to do with the border. there are fears brexit could reignite tension there is. nbc's bill neely reports. >> reporter: angry and humili theresa may confronting european leaders after failing to win a deal she canel at home, a

brexit deal to take britain out of europe. the deal here isd, irelan what will be the new land border between the uk and en.opean unio once it was a battleground, until peace in northern ireland made it open and free. the violence clear claimed 3500 lives and there is a here in a chaotic british exit from the european union could rekindle it.ai they're a of a hard boarder, militarized by britain with. checkpoin >> you put up physical infrastructure that people can protest a or god forbid somebody can attack, the genie gets out of the bottle very quickly. >> reporter: the genie of violence? >> yes. >>eporter: the border is invisible. i'm now crossing from ireland into the uk, easy. at's the way people here want it to stay. >> i've been across five tim

today. >> reporter: and that's perfectly normal? >> perfectlynormal. >> reporter: reimposing it t wod gh with churches in the uk, the graveyards in ireland. in one border village where dead gunmen are memorialized a threat if britain forces a hard border. >> i would say let's go back to war.or >> reporter:ow brexit means one thing -- >> a mess. total mess. >> reporter: a mess from here to britain and its beleaguered prime minister. ll neely, nbc news on the irish border. a grieving father is demanding answers after his little girl died while in custody of u.s. border patrol. border agents arrested seven-year-old jacqueline call and her father on december 6 after they crossed the u.s. illegall immigration officials say the girl's father told officials s nbc news reports the child did not receive medical care forou 90 minutes.

medics revoo s rs s rs revooi s twice. >> the el paso county medical examiner's office which conducted jacqueline's autopsy has made no public statement death. ng her cause of the u.s. government says the child didn't have any medical problems until several hours afr she and her father were taken into custody. now lawmakers are outraged as cal perry reports, some are trying to pressure the trump administration to change its policy. >> i am shocked and outraged by what i saw in there. >> reporter: congresswoman judy chu is part of a delegation of democratic lawmakers in the tour of a camp which holds 2700 children. >> we need to shut it down. >> congressman beto o'rourke is part of the delegation.

what do these places say? >> yesterday we were in juarez where people who tried to lawfully petition for asy our ports of entry are turned away with a number and permanena er written on their wrists. we're turning our backs not on these people but our best traditions. >> reporter: the trump administration's policy forces migrts to wait in mexico before their applications for asylum can be started. >>here's a number written on her wrist. >> reporter: officials say they will likely wait at ast a week before they take a short ride to the border, their long journey towards refuge in america remaininging uncertain. . l perry, nbc news, or thunewss an ancient tomb was found in egypt thas 4,400 years old. it's a rare find, they say, because the statues are in near-perfect conditions.

officis expect more discoveries as they exk excavate site. >> indiana jes stuff. taking a live look outside, the doom and gloom isn't over. 47 degrees, are we going to have more clouds and rain? well i d't know. frhat it looks like, yes, but lauryn ricketts is here to tell u when everything will wrap up and a blustery week ahead. stay with us. >> and a wegmans in the sstrict. folk saying yes, please. we'll give you a sneak peek of the new development soon to be known as city ♪

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a big bw for the affordable care act and a feisty exchange between top capital leaders and the president at the white house. >> y t, another busy week i nation's capital when it comes

to politics and here to break it down, moderat of "meet the press" chuck todd is joining us in studio. let's talk about the affordable care act because this texas judge ruled it's unconstitutional, what happens next? especially for people who have enrolled and registered? >> well, the federal government, center for medicare aedicaid committee put out a note and says nothing changes for 2019, everything sta the sam and all of that is the same. i assume this just get tossed pretty quickly. ruled the supreme court that the mandate was trugszal unr congress's taxing authority. just because something is taxed at zero percent, doesn't mean it's not a taxhi so i t this gets thrown out quickly. it will be interesting to see, doough, how do democrats appeal this? hey appeal the entire thing or -- the mandate has bee the

least popular of the parts of the -- or do they just argue to sa shouldn't be able to throw the whole law out so to watch how democrats push back, we'll find out how tuch they wa defend this law and how much do they want to say you know what? forget it, let's go medicare for all and double down on that. republicans, though, have been trying to kill this law for almost a decade. they finally get their moment and what ppens? e law is now popular. it's at a moment when it's the last thing that the public wants them to do so they've got premselves a lem. >> we showed the post that former president obama put out to encourage people to enroll. i want to sask you about t interesting exchange between the president and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. what's your takeaway? >> this is how trump likes to go. what's funny is that this is one of those moments where both parties' political bases felt

good about tex change. trump supporters love it when he has these moments but there were people that were impressed with how nancy pelosi handled the situation. i have chuck schumer on the show this rning. will they be more prepared for moments like this? i think the president likes these moments. he thinks they're good for him. >> he was fired up. >> it was a little close for comfort. >> i have to say, though, it's -- it was good for nancy pelosi. th'v is -- not seen the party -- the officials rally around her in a t way liket in a long time. >> and the picture of her walking out her white house putting on her sun glasses. >> generationally -- she and trump are from the same generation. she's close to my mother's age and my mother would say having to dea with a certain type of man of that era, of that generation, she may be just uniquely qualified to handle

him. maybe wouldn't have been the best person for any other president, but she may be uniquely qualified to be a foil to him. >> and michael cohen. more revelations and michael cohen gets the sentence. >> and he'se alking. >> we up to six different investigations of the president or his family or his busineshi r foundation or his inaugural committee. you seehe t point here. this is becoming -- think of the metaphor if each investigation represent askar on a bet of ice. whh one is going to crack? oneover these i going to crack and collapse. >> interesting. we'll see how it shakes out. looking forward to yourte iew with schumer. thank you, chuck. you ca see "meet the press" at 10:30 after news 4 today. chuck,mu thanks s. a name change could be in the worksor los angeles's

famous airport. the city council of west proposing irport is l.a.x. be named in honor of former president obama. the resolution states besides him being the first african-american president, he was a pivotal figure in american history. construction has begunn a new community in upper northwest d.c. the centerpiece of the neighbhood will be the district's first wegmans grocery store. >> not far from here and mark seagraves takes us on a tour of at's being called city ridge. >> reporter: city ridge will take the place of the old fannie mae headquarters on wisconsin avenue near teniallyto tenleyto. he historic fannie mae building is going to stay where it i the wegmans is going to go right underneath. >> reporter: eight new builds will go up around the original building. when it's completed, city ridge will boast 687 residential unit,

162,, throw square feet of office space, 153,000 square feet of retail space and more than1300 underground parking space spaces. one of the concerns neighborhoods have lld is how he delivery trucks get toing to wegmans? well, they're going build a tunnel. on top of that will be a sloping that i will has a cafe builtt into i that overlooks the public wegmans is expected to open in 2022. in the district, mark seagraves, news 4. we are monitoring breaking news. water rescues are happening around the area. we are getting reports that one in prince william county atd fleetwnd hazelwood drive. >> and another near ellicott city. we'll gather details as weet more to report but coming in early we had to drive extra slow

because where they don't have barriers already up, there arei puddles, water. i have a bigger car but even with that it's like the splashover -- it's scary stuff. >> ongoing water rescues. we got that fro our news partners at wtop. mary and i have been talking back and forth, swift water rescue going on rightnd now in prince william county. these are avgoing. we'reg flooding issues but we're not seeing steady rain we were seeing as we went through the day yesterday so we will continue to have flooding issues until the waters recede and i don't see them doing that perhaps until we get into tomorrow so again we could be dealing with roads that are down for some time. we got two and a half inches of rain yesterday just here in d.c., portions of montgomery county got over three inches and todaye' tack on to that but

maybe another quarter of an inch. so expect occasional showers out there today. as wehr gogh your monday winds will pick up. we'll have a little bit of a wind out there today but it will be breezy as we get into your bnday afternoon and tuesday also a little on the breezy side but for these three days we ve sunshine. thank goodness. we have sunshine monday, tuesday, and wednesday. not today, though, plenty of clouds around. temperatures will drop. look at this. will fall with those ures as we continue through the day with passing showers out there. anything we do see will be on the light side. current temperatures out there right now in the 40s bututhis is just a as warm as it will get as a lot of places end up in the 30s by this afternoon. a few light passing showers. we'll continue to see thoseou me of here as the system pushes up and out of here. my first thought maybe i might end with snow butoo it like this system is getting its act wgether so itl mainly be

rain. but you can see these floodwa rnings are a lot for the rivers and we have air i can't go flood warnings as well so don't drive across flooded hroadways. e water rescues. f you're headed out to church services, know we have flooded roads. shopping, light passing showers, you'll be dealing with that. i put in the iellow because feel like shopping will be a nightmare today. the parking lotz will be a nightmare andecorating we have some wet conditions out there so be careful, please. today's forecast in the mid-40s. temperatures falling throughout the day so showers will work their way through here, we'll keep a chance of showers throughout the day after 5:00, 6:00 tonight everythingill be t of here. we'll clear out later tonight into the portion of the overnight. tomorrow low 50s with sunshine. those will pick up through the morning.

by tomorrow afternoon it will be breezy and we'll stick with winds on tuesday as well. thursdayces return night through friday and saturday however look at this.s christe and christmas day we have sunshine temperatures. keep your fingers crossed but keep your fingers crossed but for the motio part we're

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now companies are making robots for kids and kids at heart. we go over the hot holiday robots that will be under the tree this season. >> last year the craze was over robotic monkeys called fingerlings. now there's a new iteration called untamed. >> instead of being cute cuddly little creatures they are ferocious prehistoric monsters. >> the beasts reacts to pets and taps with different action and sounds. a budget buy at just $17. for a steeper $250, you can train a dinosaur with mattel's jurassic world alpha training blue. >> you train it like chris pratt's character in the movies. >> the dino can learn to mimic movements, react and protect its trainer. >> it almost feels like playing a video game. >> reporter: vector might be the

2018 version of gift ago puppy. for about $180, this adorable robot offers more than companionship. >> this little robot has artificial intelligence tha i give a personality and it has features like a smart speaker. you can ask questions,omething like what's the weather? >> 59 degrees and nny. >> or go out with thesc rideabl out a $400 horse robot that you can ride, walk, even dance with. >> this is a drivable pony that has sensors that can tell when you're petting it and feeding it. >> reporter: thanks to robotics you can have your own pony without the work. liz mclaughlin, nbc ws. >> wow. >> how about it? >> i know. good gift ideas. have you done your shopping? >> you know i don't do the shopping in my house. takes forever. you'll find out christmas morning. 6:56.

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werare in wea alert mode because of the rain. i want to welcome you in as we approach the 7:00 hour. i'm adam tuss. and i angie goff. police are working an active water rescue in prince william county. they say one person is stuck in a jeep at fleetwood and hazelwood drive. >> andhe units are on way to that area. we'll stay on top and report the washington nbc as well. a weather alert y. two days in a row and this rain is just relentless, >> it really is. we'll continue to have some occasional showers out there today. maybe tack on another quarter inch of rain. the heavy rain is donean with u thank goodness but we have two and a half inches rain yesterday in d.c. aor little for areas outside the beltway so, of course, ongoing floodinnd issues fog issues this morning so we're dealing with some pretty low visibilities out across the area. pretty much our entire viewinge dealing with low visibility

sol be careful as you make your way outside early onhis sunday morning. you can see from our tower camera, look at the fog right there. sun comg up in 15 minutes. 47 is our temperature right now. temperatures wilho fall thro the day. by this afternoon, a lot of us will be in the 30 eyes aew a passing showers but that's it out there. we're seeing a few passing showers out there right now. the system is to the north of us, pulling away from o area and pushing the showers out of our region with it. so we'llut talk a when the timing of when this rain ends, and we have christmas and christmas eve on our ten-day forecast. we'llalk about that coming up. guys? >> i like how she snuck that in. >> teases you. we talked about the soaking rain saturday. it led to dangerous conditions for many drivers. firstn responders maryland and virginia had to make water a rescueer people got stuck

in their cars. darzi spencer has the story. >> reporter: flooding shut down the roads but you can see it didn't stop people from driving through. moto tsts took chance to make it through high water. no one got stuck here, but others weren't so lucky. these photos from fairfax county fire sho f one ofr rescues. this happened at chapel and cold point roads in clifton.n one peras to be pulled from a car stuck in high water and look at theses phoom montgomery county fire they're from brighton dam road, an area that has flood misdemeanor times before. six people had to be rescue misdemeanor times before when theirs c got flooded. rain conditions made driving conditions dangerous and some roads impassable. fire and rescue departments are asking drivers to heed the

warnings and signs. if the road iscl ed, find another way to go. you're looking at the flood marker that shows the water is a foot high and i can tell you it's deceiving. when you look at it, it doesn't look like it's that deep. that's why fire officials are warning people not toro drive h that standing water because you don't know how high it is and you could end up having to be rescued as well. darcy sspencer, n 4 today. >> a pipe burst underground and seriouy injured a constructio worker. it rocked the corner of pennsylvania avenue and 3rd street near the u.s district courthouse and the gallery of art. the worker iste expecd to survive. w's unclearhat what caused the explosion or who the employee works for. a man is fighting foris life after a shooting in the district. it happened just blocks from the noma metro station.

police found the man outside homes. he was rushed to the hospianl no word on who shot him or why. time is 7:04. the deadline toign up for obamacare has come and gone and now the future of it is in limbo a bit. a tex federal judge reported the affordable care act is no longerelegal. 55-page ruling declared the key requirement to buy healthnc insu unconstitutional after lawmakers eliminated the mandate's tax penalty lastyear. without it, the judge ruled the entire law is now essentially invalid. president trump talked about the decision for the first time lesterday after visiting arlington natio cemetery. >> we'll sit down with the democrats if the supreme court upholds. we'll sit down with the democrats and we'll get great health kcare.

>> the ruling is for prix preventative care screenings alt young a covered on their parents plans and this decision won't affect those getting verage through next year so important to remember that. another opening in the trump white house. interior secretary ryan zinke i stepping down but he's doing it defiantly. he blames vicious and politicay motivatedttacks for his resignation. despite his claims, he's facing political i his travel and conflicts of interest. the president says zinke's announcement will be announced this week. later this morning nbc political direc oregoor chuck t will have an interview with chuck schumer. you can watch "meethe press" after news 4 today. the pouring rain didn't keep thousandof volunteers fro honoring the sacrifice of ourns vete they laid wreaths at the headstones yesterday.

volunteers laid down more than 200,000 wreaths there. the goal is tolace a wreath on every single american veterans' grave nohe matter where t final resting place is. there's signs that the health of rock creek can be in trouble. >> one of those signs has been slithering through the waters. eels have been sited recently. ecologists say they've come from the north atlantic oan but scientists say there are other issues that pose concerns, including runoff and erosion. runoff flows into the creek, it kills o nutrients and comes off as harmful as sewer oulow. >> it a comes out as a great bi storm drain which is why they're running as high as they are right now. >> scientists point to the fact that efforts by d.c. leaders to divert storm water, bioretention

areas, implanted growth that helps filter water, those are helping. 7:07. just turned 7:07 on this weather alert day. more rain on the way. it's a soggy weekend,au ln ricketts and the outlook ahead. plus, details on lebron james' showdown with the wizards james' showdown with the wizards en we come back on newwhs

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city area to bid on behalf of the country for the future winter olympic games. salt lake city hosted the games 16 years ago, they beat out denver, colorado,reno, tahoe dropped out of the running recently. >> other countries are still in the running. japan, kazakhstan -- i was thinking borat. isn't that where borat is from? >> yes, the fictional character. >> still. >> stay on track. >> the international olympic committee will choose the 2030 host city, but not until 2023. >> i wonder if chick-fil-a will be a sponsor. >> oh, my lord. inside joke. an update to asx smith' season-endingw.njury no multiple reports saying that smith has been released from the hospital and this comes about a week after repor said he was dealing with a serious infec on after having several surgeries on hisleg. a return to football wasn't guarante

guaranteed. smith will focus ofu returning o ll health. down south playing the ill head jacksonville jaguars, go redskins. they're i third place in the division as we're weeks away from the playoffs. >> sending our best wishes to alex smith for sure. today on the hard wood, king james and the lakers are going to take on the wizards and this comes after a historic night for l.a. lebron james and lonzo ball, boom, each scored a triple-double in last night's games and they became the first in as teammates to do this game since magic johnson and reem abdul-jabbar did it. today's game tips off at 6:00 tonight. let's open up the window, take a live look at reagan national airport where it'son by his sunday morning we have been telling you about traffic but you have to deal with the rain and fog and drizzle. give yourself extra time if

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finding a different kind of lunch buddy in police officers. julie carey takes a look at the program aimed at building relationship and trust that grows with the children. >> it's easy forta c owens to strike up a conversation with kids. he has two of his own and their elementary school had a program that invit adds dads in to serve as role models and mentors so he thought why not try in the his police district withrs offi >> i thought it was a great opportunity to say, hey, we are here at hench. >>olice at lunch in schools, or pals program, was born. officers park their parole car and take a seat in the cafeteria. >> is this spicy? >> reporter: the kids will say it used to when they saw police they sometimes thought -- >> something bad is going to happen. >> now they see officers as a friendly face willing to answer theirquestion ss. >> mine is a police car but it's blue. >> and the abundant supply of

stickers doesn't hurt though with officer marvin goodly, you have to ear them with good deeds.ea >> i would r a book to younger zblids you read a book toounger kids? >> reporter: his goal in coming here issimple. >>it's a good way to develop positiveiprelationsh you can never have too many positive relationships. >> reporter: these officers he it's building a foundation for future interactions in and out of school. >> first and foremost if one of the children needs help i want uniform.ecognize the >> the captain says when they first started visiting the kids werest doffish, now they embrace the special attention. >> i think police are fun in my opinion. >>'m like a big fan, yeah. >> reporter: the conversations and stickers aren't the only thing kids are after -- no one knows quite y, but they started collecting the officers' tographs, too. napkins.cafeteria in the mt. vernon area, i'm

julie care news 4. >> so cute. >> great program but the only take away from it with lauryn pizza. are pete sanchts izz square pizza and stake subs, not the kind in philly. >> ieg had cheese steaks for lunch. it was so good. >> and my parents wouldn't let me buy anything. >> you would just sneak the quarters. >> i would steal the quarters for the iceam and i saved them and -- >> making money, i like it. today is a tomato soup. light, fi watch football, do the crock pot. boom. >> i like it. >> coming over? >> you probably have a kid's birthday party to go to. >> yesterday wasin soup of day definitely and i know we had ch stmas partiesyesterday.

a lot of people headed onhe roads. we are before christmas getting in the swing right now. we have lot of flooded roadways but not a lot of heavy rain so that is good. light occasional showers yes. any winter precip tiay? hink this rain will be moving ly. of here so quick l not to say we couldn't have wet flakes but for most part we're talking about rain. i thought yesterday we'd have a little bitut doesn't look like that is the case. do we have problems tomorrow s morning? te flooding? yes. in terms of maybe icy ramps, yes.es temperatill drop through the day today. so around that freezing mark or below it. any more rain. we do after thursday but monday, tuesday, wednesday dry. fog out there is problematic. take a look.li

visies are low across our entire viewing area so be careful. you tack on that and tack on the flooding around the rion so you can make for disastrous travel decisions later onro hout the morning so please, please follow all detour signs. that's howt will be throughout the day today. we'll keep the clouds, keep the gray skies. a little breeze running northwest at about 10 miles an hour and we'll keep some flood warnin until these waters recreed which may not be until this work week b flood warnings across the area in the greater washington area. temperatures o there in t 40s. this is about as good as it will get today. temperatures staying in the low 40s to the 30s into this evening. we're timing it out. rain shors moving out. just light stuff tacking on another quarter inch of rain but

for we dry out and into the 50overnight. lofor tomorrow 5, 3 will be the daytime high. and the winds will pick up after 10:00, 11:00 and we'll have breezy conditions. northwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. so throughout your day icy spots tomorrow morning then we warm up into the low 50s throughout the day. wednesday will be the nicest cause we'll be breezy into monday and tuesday. winds settle down on and temperatures go back up buts we have shout there today. you get into thursday night, friday looks all day rain andrd sa morning. it just looks like rain because look at those temperatures out there. sunday is dry so traveling into the weekend. monday and tuesday look dry. i mayave to drop temperatures.

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night's "snl" spoofed it's a"it' wonderful life". last night's host was matt damon and the musical guests were miley cyrus and mark ron sonsso toys are getting more and more highh t each year. >> companies are making all sorts of robots fordo k and kids at heart. liz mclaughlin goes over the hot holiday robots that will be under the tree is this season. >> reporter: last year the craze was over robotic monkeys called. fingerli now there's a new iteration called untamed. >> this year instead of being cute cuddly little creatures they are ferocious prehistoric monsters. >> reporter: the beasts react ta pend taps. a budget buy at just $17. for a steeper $250, you can train a dinosaur. with mattel's jurassic world alpha. raining bl >> this is a vessel los rhav ve.

>> reporter: it can react and protect its traine the vector might be the 2018 version of gifting a puppy. for $180, this aboarae robot offers more than companionship. >> this robot has artificialte igence that gives it a personality and it has features like a smart speaker. you can ask etquestions, sng like, what's the weather? >> 59 degrees and sunny. >> reporter: or go all out with the rideable scout. a $400 horse/robot that you can ride, walk, everybody dance with. >> this is a drivae pony that has sensors that can tell when you're petting it and feeding it. >> reporter: thanks to robotics, you can have your own pony without the work. lizclaughlin, nbc news.

>> thesehings are cool but i don't think anything beats the big wheels. remember big wheels? >> those are awesome. especially if you can ride them around your cul-de-sac. >> and race them. we used to race those things. i swear i had sparks on my wheels i was going so fast. but that is cool. the only problem is i'm lazy when it comes to batteries. >> oh, you know what i got -- >> it's a decision maker. when i'm at the store and i'm like s cool. >> yesterday we were doing an early christmas thing and dea n deacon, my son, got a hess truck but the already come with the batteries. that's the most beautiful thing in the world. >> but it has been played 30 times and then it will die in 30 days. >> i like the hess truck. >> i just say it's bren. >> happy shopping day to everybody out there. meantime, if you're going outside., look this is what you will be dealing with. it was all rain yesterday but it's slowing down a bit a you might catch dry periods but --

needless to say it won't be and l.a. k of day in d.c. >> no plus this is a cool story. an instrument that inspired a hollywood movie. the story when news 4 today contins.ue

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t of the aftermath of the storm that passed through yesterday. there's water rescues going john? we have this shot of union station but transportation police are working on an active water rescue in prince william county as wespeak. one person is stuck in a jeep at floodwood and hazelwood drive. >> and we're hearing about another rescue neart ellic city. units are on the way to that ar area. we'll report the latest on t nbc washington app. >> and we're dealing with thef remnantse rain we've seen over the week end. >> record breaking, lauryn? >> not only because as of 6:26 yesterday mornin 2018, for washington, d.c. it's been ther weltette y ever. not only did we break a record om 1889, we broke a record from 1901.

we broke a record of over an inch of rain for a daily rain rate. but look at this. three inches in montgomery count y. tune into our news partner 3.5 wtop, they'll give you an idea of what roads will be closed. visibility is down. not only doe have the fog out there but we have the flooded road. 47 our temperature. we'll talk about when this rain ge out of here. that's coming up in a few

minutes. thousands gathered in paris for a fifth consetive weekend of anti-government protests. police fired tear gas and deployed water cannons in confrontations with protesters. protests were more peaceful thae nt weeks but police made more than 140 arrests. british prime minister theresa may is in the political battle of her life as she transition o her nation out the union. the deal breaker is in ireland and what to do with the once-volatile border. there are fearsrexit could reignite tensions there. bill neely reports. >> reporter: angry and humiliated. prime minister frame confronting ropean leade after failing to win a deal she can sell at home, a brexiteal to take britain out of europe. the deal breaker is here in ireland, what will be the but in

land border between the uk and european union. once it was a battleground, until peace ian northern ir made it open and free. the violence leer claimed 3,500 lives and there is a fear that a chaotic exit from the european union could rekindle conflict. they're afraid of a so-call haboard, militarized by britain cithckpoints. >> you put up physical infrastructure that people can protest at or god forbid somebody can attack, the geniet ut of the bottle very quick. >> the genie of violence. >> yes. >> reporter: the border here is invisible. i'm now croing from ireland into the uk. easy. and that's the way people here want i to stay. >> today i've been across the border five times. >> five times today? >> yes. >> reporter: reimposing it would

be tough. there's churches in the gu.k., theveyards are in ireland. inne border villagehere dead gunmen are memorialized, a threat if britain forces a hard border. >> i would say let's gback to war. >> reporter: for now, brexit means one thing. >> it's a total mess. >> reporter: a mess from here to britain and its beleaguered prime minister. bill neely, nbc news on the irh border. a grieving father is demanding answers after his little girl died while in the custody of u.s. borr patrol agents arrested seven-year-old jacqueline call and her father on december six. nbc news reports the child did not receiveedical care for 90 minut

minutes. >> the el paso county officer of the medicalexaminer's office which conducted jacqueline's autopsy has made no publi statement regarding her cause of death i. >> the u.s. government say girl didn't have medical problems until several hours after she and her father were taken into custody. now lawmakers are outraged. cal perry reports some are trying to prussure the administration to change its policies. >> i am shocked and outraged by what i saw in there. we need to shut tornillo wn [ applause ] >> reporter: congressman beto o'rourke is part of the delegaheon. what do places say about the way the children are treated. >> yesterday we were where people were lawfuy trying to

petition for ports of asylum. they are turned away with number and permanent marker on their wrists. we're turning our backs on these people and our best traditions. >> reporter: the poly forces migrants to wait in mexico before their applications for asylum can be started. officials say they'll likely wait a week before they take a short rideo the border, their long journey towards refuge in america remaining uncertain. l perry, nbc news, or the nekn tornillo, texas. a one of a kind find in egypt. an t ancient tombt is 4400 years olds. it's so well eypreserved. ay this is a rare find because the statues are in ar erfect can't and nothing like this has been discovered in decades.

>> call dr. jones. >> right? >> indiana jones. >> ie l indiana jones. a rare musical treat for a group of local students. >> yes. they had a chance to play with an instrument so famous, get this, that it not only inspired an award-winning film but it travels with a bodyguard. >> reporter: nowng in northern virginia an instrument famous it inspired an oscar-winning film. >> the star o the night, the so-called red violin. w whol start us off? >> reporter: the 1998 "the red violin" followed the journey of the prized red stradivarius, believed to have been lost for nearly 200 years and the series journey continues to with this renown violinist. >> this particular violinates back to 1720 when it was made by

antonio have had a vary stradiv. >> reporter: almost 300 years old, you can see the original red rnish. history in her hands, a gift from her grandfather in 1909 when he bought it at auction for $1.7 million. considered one of the mostsu trd instruments in the world, she says the sound is unmatched. >> it can be heard over a symphony orchestra. >> reporter: a rare reach students at spring hill elementary got to experience when pitcairn performed a concert. >> the children were so into t why were doing. we played vivaldi, brach,

beethoven, brahms. my arm was tired at the end. i said we played a lot. they were li, yeah. >> reporter: all playing their hearts out with history by their sides. [ applause ] and at spring hill elementary joining the orchestra is part of the curriculum starting in t third grade. pitcairn says she hopes to see a lot of the a students her camp and i no doubt think she will. 300 kids ins t orchestra. third, fourth, fifth grade. >> what history with that violin. >> it's amazing and in a story like that we can only squeeze so much into two minutes. but the story behind the story is more fascinating. look behind us. look at the national harbor capital wheel. you canarely see it. >> good thing it's lit up. >> i know l

of people will be heading out and about today. it's a weather alert d and we are dealing with flood watches in some parts of our region. what to expect later today in

so a name change could be in the works for los angeles's ncmous airport. the city c of west hollywood is proposing l.a.x. be named honor of former president obama. the resolution state bes sides him being the first african-american president, he was a pivotal figure inst amerin histo history. >> interesting. we have the wreath behind uc and trat reagan national airport. it's a weather alert day because we are dealing with flooding conditions, we have water conditions, we have water rescues going on in maryland and

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welcome back. petthy pets are happy >> and here's chuck bell with a key to keeping them that way. >> reporter: heartworm disease in dogs is easy to prevent but difficult and costly to cure. dr. joshua woolsey from the humane rescue alliance is here with more o preventing heartworm disease. you're right, this is a trickyan disease toe one it's been taken on. >> it's very serious when ds

or cats, we're recognizing now as well become infected. it's difficult about expensive to cure and it can beus dange but prevention is easy. >> a monthly pill, that's what both of my dogs are on. >> most dogs will be on a monthly medication, there are pills, tical medications, we strongly recommend periodic testing once the dog is over six months of age, they should be tested yearly. >> and what does aeaworm do if they get infected with it? >> it's spread by mosquitos. the mosquito bites the animal, the heartworm or the baby heartworms basically get into the animal and they grow and develop in their system, in their blos, vesshey migrate to their heart and cause problems for the heart. >> i'm glad there's an easy prevention. who is your bouddy.

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one light goes out? the whole thing is out. the second half of the wreath. you have to get bulb, you have to check all of them. >> i can't imagine. >> it's such a pain. >> kind of looksike that yin and yang. >> let's see if they have t fixed by the end of the show. >> zero chance. >> i think they will. >>. i bet they will. >> are they watching us rightno >> well, if anybody else is doing decoration zblshs i still only have two bushes. >> well, you gotus a done. >> it's too messy to get out there. >> i got this done when we had a 60 degree day. >> that's whatdi gosh, angie. >> i'm slacker, i know. it will be wet but we got two and a half inches of rain. >> it's time tot. dry >> it is. >> and we'll dry out monday,

tuesday and wednesday. more rain returns on thursday and friday and we could have another bout of hntvy rain friday. you can see behind us look at that. so gross. so we're looking at fog and low bisibility. vity keeps coming down so you'll be dealing with this fog throughout the morning so be careful with the flooded roadogys. tack on around low visibility, you get flooded roadways. just abide by all detour signs. we have ongoing water rescues, it's not even raining that hardd and tuesday and wednesday it will be blustery but quiet on wednesday. the flood warning, they will keep pushing these back as long as we haer high standing w

so the national weather service issues those. we may deal with tm all day today. you caneeaybe a little -- spotty shower, more moderate downpours but just light stuff. we'll encounter that today. temperatures out there, 40s. this is as goods as it will get because temperatures will come down as we head through the afternoon so as far as yr weekend outlook, if you're headed to church services know we have floodedroadways. be careful. you can tune into our newset partners tohe latest on traffic. ar fs a shopping is concerned, orght passing showers shopping and decorating as i was talking about. it will be wet out there and soggy, 46 will be our daytime high today. temperatures will be inhe t 30s by this afternoon. 'll keep them in all day. maybe a quarter inch willick

up. we'll see clearing as we head to the other nigh tomorrow, sunny skies and temperatures mild. low 50s for daytime highs tomorrow and sunshine for tuesday and wednesday as well. an then as we get into thursday night we'll see more rain. heavy rai friday, moving out through the day on saturday and christmas eve and christmas day, temperatures for the 40s. partly

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