government shutdown. the president wants billions for a border wall or there could be a shutdown at ohe end the week. >> the busiest week of the year for mail cawsiers. has tips to make sure that your holiday preacceptabilities show u on ti -- presents show up on time. >> thanks for joining us. the wettest year we have ever seen in the d.c. area. we broke the record. >> probably still raining for some of you when you went to bed lanight. jack taylor is tracking what's happening on the roads for our monday morning drive. >> but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets andoping we'll see some sunshine. >> i think we'll be able to get some sunshe and that's going to be good news for everybody because we are all due for a ttle sunshine after that soggy weekend we had. the south winds will help push the temperatures into the 50sda so it is a nice, mild morning out there right now.

our average temperature for this time of the year is 47 degrees. so we're already close to that. so it's going to be a warm day as the temperatures rise into the 50s. not a lot happening on the radar. you can see that we are dry. that storm system moved up to the north and east and you can still see the spin on it. that's the area of lowbu pressu continues to move up and out of here. we're drying right now so we're looking good as we continue through the day. plenty of flood warnings out there. be careful as you make your way across the road because of the high standing waters and on going flood issues. i know somebody that might be able to tell us about .th an that's u jpdate on your affic. >> w have one work zone hanging in the district. work zone in directions. you'll find one right lane getting by but most of i what was talking about early this morning has been flooding beach drive wasd out. in a

stretch south of 410. you'll find we also have activity along water street. shockingly, water street washed out between mainstreet and route 4 to street flooding, waiting for a number of these g areas when y the lanes open as we get into this morning's rush. back in to you. >> thank you. 4:02 now andoday a change in metro service and it means more ons for riders instead of metr is doubling red line service to and from shady grove. in the past, trains coming out of d.c. stopped at the station and turned around and went back. downtown but starting today, allwi train go all the way to the shady grove station. the change will eliminate times.g and longer wait the new schedule begins at 10:30 this morning. >> we have an update from a deadly crash last week in montgomery county. this is video from the scene in

darnestown. 87-year-old nancy gene was killed in the crash. anyone with informaon on t crash is asked to call montgomery county police. >> new infmation about a deadly plane crash early friday morning. virginia state police identified the m that died in the crash. they say shortly after take off the single engine plane wasca ht by the wind as it turned which forced it to crash. he was the only person on board and later died at the hospital. >> there's more recalls stemming from the romaine lettuce e.coli outbreak. it's for red and green leavef lettuce and cauliflower.

so faro reported illnesses. you can look for more information on this recall in the nbc washington app. >> more uncertainty about d.c.'s providence hospital. the d.c. attorney general sued the hospital to keep it from scaling back. he filed the lawsuit on friday. he saipi the hl violated the terms of the newly renewed license with the city. money troubles forced theal hospo close several departments last week. the emergency department and the services that support it will stay open through the end of april to combat flu seasnd. >> family friends gathered last night to celebrate the life of 10-year-old wils. she was shot in front of her home five months ago. the memorial has now transformed into a holiday display. several family members ands reside the ecurtyard where sheed wasat sho last july. r mother says it's a way to keep her memory alive as the holidays approach. >> it's been very ovtwhelming,

try to keep everything positive andp her name, her legacy going. >> her mother says she finds comfort in knowing police have charged seven people in her daughter's murder. >> it' 4:05. now the clock is ticking as a partial government shutdown looms. the white house is demanding $5 million to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border, but the president doesn't have the votes from the republin controlled congrede. crats are standing against funding the border wall. if they don't pass the remaining spending bills by friday, thousands of federal workers in our areaould be without a paycheck during the holidays. >> we are learning more about the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl in u.s. custody. a communication barrier may have played a role in her death. the father signed a document in english saying his daughter was in, quote, good health. however his native tongue is a

mayanlanguage. they crossed the u.s. border illegally into new mexico. she vomited and was not in brea about 90 minutes went by before she receive medical attention. >> a local church is all that's standing between a woman being deported and her family here in the u.s. she is now living athe iversalist church. backas ordered to deport to el salvador but crch leaders opened their doors to her after partioners agreed to give her sanctuary. >> our commitment is to give her safe and time that she neen order for her to receive the due process that she deserves. she plans to stay at the church until a judge can review

her >>case. oliday visitors to the national mall last night didn't get to see much thanks to a power outage. you can barely make out the shape of any of the monumts here. it was totally dark. look at what drivers were up against as toy tried navigate the memorial bridge. lights on the bridge and surrounding streets all went out too. the pblem was a faulty underground cable. the lightsk came on at 10:30 last night. >> it's already confusing. today kicks off the busiest iling, shipping, and delivery week of the year. we're just 8 days away from christmas and that means the post office will be tsped t week. wednesday december 20th is the deadline toail first class priority mail and holiday cards to be delivered by christmas. december 22nd is the last day for priority mail express. this week alone the postal service expects to deliver nearly 3 billion pieces of mail. a lot of work.

>> josh johnson. there's a name for you. >> who knew josh johnson. alex smitht, colt mccoy out, mark sanchez out. >> the losing f ended the redskins. the team hit the field in jacksonville lastight with it's fourth new starting quarterback in as many weeks. >> this time though they were ble to pull out a win and somehow stay in the nfc playofft e. sheree is in florida with the latest on the win. >> the first victory in over a month for the redskins ignites a spark for a team pushing for the playoffs. josh johnson connects with sprinkle to t the game. then washington with the ball back. four ticks left on the clk. hopkins 36 yard field goal is good. the redskins four game losing streak snapdd. >> we n to get out of the funk, by any means necessary. one points, two points, we

didn't care. we got thew. >> it's like the little engine that could, you know, just chugging along the whole time and no matter what happens we have to keep going that way. >> don't write off ts redskins team after their 16-13 win against cksonville, they're still very much in the hunt for the post season and their playoff push continues next on saturday against the titans. you can watch that right here on nbc 4. from jacksonville sherree burress, news sports. >> well, the skins first string quarterback is finally home from the hospital alex white's wife posted this sunday.f him on he broke two bones in his leg on november 18th. sincehen he had several surgeries to fix the original injuries and then reports surfaced of an infecti complicating his recovery and possibly putting his footballtu in jeopardy. this is his first season in

washington after coming over om kansas city. wishing him a speedy recovery and hope he's back on the field soon. >> but hats off still to josh johnson for making an effortst his f professional win in the nfl. a good night for josh. >> and the defe te, i have say, the defense did it's job. >> all right. a massive explosion sends dozens of peoplee hospital and leaves flames shootinggh into t s sky. more about what happened here. >> plus a convicted sexde off tried to grab a young girl off the streets. a stranger was there to stop what could have been a terrible crime. more details next on news 4 today. >> and temperatures out there,le lin the mild side right now. however, we have changes on the of course. but we do have some sunshine out there today. we'll talk about when we could e some rain and also talk about your christmas eve and about your christmas eve and chstmas day.ri

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a japanese news agency repos eyewitnesses smelled gas in that area after the explosion. a patient hijacked an ambulance and lead police on a wild chase in california. the man was being transported in the ambulance when he broke out or his restraints. hed paramedics out and then took off. police chased the ambulance for nearly 90 minutes. the man eventually jumped out of the vehiclehile it was still moving and tried to make a run for it. you see it there. he didn't get very f before police arrested him. >> this morning, an 11-year-old girl is safe after a good

samaritan stopped a convicted sex offder from kidnapping her. surveillance video captured part of this incident in new york city. the girl was walkingoo to sl on saturday morning when this happened. the good samaritan heard the girl screaming and jumped into action listen to how he described what happened. >> i heard her screaming, lp, help, help. and when i told him to get off of her, he yelled back at me and said wu? are a superhero. >> he held the suspect until police arrived. police say he has been arrested more than a dozen mes. thank god that super hero was there. >> thank goodness someone had the mind to say something whena they something suspicious. >> a report released yesterday suggts the state has bounced back from the great recession. the great reason for that, the crease in federal government spending. it's helped as amazon's plan to build a i headquaters northern

virnl virginia but there virginia but the report warns of increasing deficit that could lead to spending cuts and federal tax increases. >> is a new car at the top o your holiday wish list? it should be. >> it should be. >> experts say now is the time you can save big bucks. buyers have more bargaining power. december is the month dealers arerying to get rid of their slowest selling vehicles, but some great prices can be found on the most popular models as well. >> i have an old car and aaron m suggests itht be time to bite thebullet. >> construction is underway on a new park in the waterfront. here's a look at what it will look like.

the area was previously called fitzgerald square but there's been debate over his past as a slave owner. the first phasef the park will openometime next year. >> why is colonel spelled that way? it's so nfusing. since we're going there on a monday. that's all. they are showing s tns of health of rock creek could be in trouble. ee have been citsighted and the have come fromhe north atlantic ocean. scientists say there's other issues including run off and erosion. a lot of the run off flows into the cek and kills off nutrients and comes out just as harmful as sewer outflows. >> as you see over here,t's a great, big storm drain, they all come out into our cre s which is why they're running as high

as they are right now. they are helping with the >> rain didn't stop thousands of volunteers from honoring the sacrifices of our veterans this weekend. they stand out across arlington national cemetery laying wreaths there on turday. volunteers lay down more than 200,000 wreaths. the events took placet cemeteries across the u.s. and around the world. >> a beautiful sight. >> i was driving by that on saturday going home from work and it was so inspiring. strollers, toddlers in tow, i couldn't believe how many families were there walking in the pouring rain. it was incredible.

>> a sign of respect and teaching kids early the meaning of wha it means, the sacrifice that people have made. >> yeah. >> and the rising waters. every time we drive-thru rock creek it's nuts. >> not only did we break a record for that but also for daily rainfall rates. 2.5 inches of rain on saturd. that broke a record from 1901. that wettest year record. no records out there today. we just have some sunshine finally. weo have som winds. those are pick up after 9:00 or 10:00. zy tomorrow as well. much cooler tomorrow. it's mild right now but i think it will be cooler even where the temperature is right now for tomorrow's daytimes. hi

wednesday and thursday. wednesday we have sunshine and thursday we'll havesi incr chances of rain moving our way. so we'll have to watch for rain as we get into thursday and tuiday. current tempes out there right now. you can see we're in the 30s and 40s across thearea. we'll take those temperatures into the 50s today. but we still hav flood warnings out there. so those are on gog. high pressure in charge right now but we're in charge mo tuesday, wednesday. high chance of rain on thursday night and into friday. temperatures today,ow 50s. let's time-out our next weather change. wednesday will be fine. suhine and maybe a few clouds by the evening but as we get

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