wettest in the d.c. area. >> it may have been raining still last night when some of you went to jack taylor is in for melissa this morning to tell us about the mondaydrorning e. >> but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets with more sunshine in the forecast. we hope we warm u a bit too. >> those temperatures will be a little above normal today. so i think we can warm for a one day special. it's going to be a beautiful morning out there. plenty of sunshine once the sun comes up at 20 minutes after 7:00 thisrning. nothing happening on the radar. haven't been able to say that all weeken but nothiappening on the radar right now. we're looking good and dry as you make your way out the door this morning. now those temperatures, still mild, our average daytime high for this time of the year, 47

degrees. om finally sunshine out there today. a little on the breezy side as well out e.th not only today but also tomorrow. the next big change comes on thursday night. we have some rain. we'll talk about that coming up minutes. but let's first talk about traffic with jack.in good mo jack. >> good morning. we still have a lot of roads that are dealing with street flooding and vre is going to be a victim of this. piper lane is closed been 28 and observation road. use the airport entrance. beach drive, between stony brook drive and connecticut avenue. waterstreet is closed in upper marlboro and for those of you that like to use whites ferry, it's closed this morning due to high water once again this morning. it may be closed for a day or two. back to you.

>> thanks, jack. the vre is experiencing some ooding. piper lane is going to be closed due to the flooding. you can access the commuter line via the main airport entrance right there on prince william parkway. aaron. >> chris, thank you. 's 5:02 and billions of packages are making their way through the us.l pos service system. today kicks off the busiest mailing, shipping andekelivery f the year. >> we're working for you to make sure that your packages arrive by christmas. justin is live at the post office with more on the shippine dead we're running out of time, justin. >> hey there. you are absolutely right. if you're greeting cards and packages are packed up and ready to go right now, the smart thing to do would be to hurry and get them going to the postof fice. you can see they're hard at work crews getting your mail moviur.

yo window to get your packages and cars to where they're trying too by christmas right now is closing. right now, we're kicking o t busiest week for the post office here and billions of pieces of mail are beings handled holiday season. about 2 billion pieces of mail just this week alone. so you can tellhey're under pressure right now. so for you, if u have a box or a car thd that needs to get out don't get left out here. december 20th is your deadline to ship off your first class and priority mail. that includes your greeting card so take notef that. by december 22nd, that are your deadline for priority mail s. expres as you're looking live, justla pa after palate of boxes and mail coming in right now and being processed, this is not again ur peak date, december 20th, 22nd, iteally

starts to heat up and it gets even busier here. when we see you next a 5:30, other numbers to know and teadlines to know as well to make sure t your gift gets to where it's trying to go. back in to you. >> important info to have right now. justin live for us in gaithersburg. thanks. also happening today, a change in metro railrv e. nicole jacobs is live with the new red line schedule,hey, nicole. >> hello, we all know how grueling the rush hour commute can be here and now metro is om throwing inhing to try to bring some relief and it's all surrounding the shady grove station. you see this morning lots of buses and trains at work.el i can you it's all surrounding as well, the red line to and from shady grove. they're actually dbling t red line rush hour services. so here's how they're able to do all of that. typically every other rush hour red line train would turn back

toward downtown. they're eliminating that turnaround andtarting toda all of the trains wil start ad en here at shady grove. you can see trains ready to go, buses ready to go, and commuters ready to go as well. the hope is this will eliminate the long lines and the long waits and perhaps have more commuters use the metro. back to you. >> all right, nicole jacobs, nicole, thank you. we have an update now to a deadly pedestrian crash from last week in montgomery county. this is video from the scene on friday at ancient oak drive. police say 87-year-old nancy jean was killed in the crash. the driver of the car that hit her was aea 21old from gaithe wburg. anyoneh information on the crash is asked to call monmo

montgomery county police. >> new information on a deadly plane crash. they have identifiedhe man that died in the crash. they say shortly after takeoff a single engine plane was caught by wind as it turned which forced it to crash. he was the only person on board and later died at thehospital. >> there's more recalls stemming from that romaine lettuc e. lettuce e. coli outbreak. adam brothers farm in california says the produce was harvested at the endf november. it may have come into contact with contaminated reservoir water. it was distributed to ten stated ing maryland. so far there's been no reported illnesses. you can look for more information on this recall in our nbc washington app. >> more uncertainty about the future of d.c.'s providence holiday. the wasngton business journ reports the dc. attorney general sued the hospital to keep it from scaling back.

he filed the lawsuit on friday. vthe hospitallated the terms of its newly renewed license with the city. money troubles forced the hospital to close several departments last week. the emergency department and services that support it will stay open through the end of april to combat flu season. familynd friends gathered last night to celebrate the life of the 10-year-oldt was shot in front of her d.c. home five months ago. the memorial whe she was killed has now transf a holiday display. several family members and residents decorated the courtyd where sheas shot last july. her mother saysayt's a w to keep her memory ale as the holidays approach. >> it's been very overwhelming, but like i said, i try to keep herything positive and keep name, you know, her legacy going. >> her mother says she finds comfort in knowing that police have chargedeo sevene in her daughter's murder. >> it's 5:07. the clock is ticking as a

partial government shutdown looms. the white house is demanding $5 billion to build a wall along e us.-mexico border, but the president doesn't have the votes from the republican controlled congress. democrats are standing firm against funding the border wall. if lawmakers don't pass the spending bill by fridays thousand of federal workers in our area could be without a paycheck during the holidays. we're learning more abo d thth of a 7-year-old migraine girl in us. custody. mua ccation barrier may have played a role in her death. he sigd a document in english saying his daughter was in good hihealth. native tongue is a mayan language. they were arrested after they crossed the border illegally. the gir vomited and was not breathing. 90 minutes passed before she received medical attention. a local church is all that stands between a womaneing eeported and a future with her

family here in u.s. she now lives at the bethesda dar lane universalist church. h she american born children. she was ordered to deport bac to her native el salvador but partioner's agreed h to gi sanctuary. >> our commitment is to give her space and time sheeeds in order to receive the due process that she deserves. >> she plans t stay at the church until a judge reviews her case. >> holidayth visitors t 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 monumentshe . it's totally dark. look at what drivers were up against as they tried to navigate the memorial bridge. the problem was a faulty

underground cable. >> good thing there weren't a whole lot of accidents. that areaan be confusing. well, the losing ended for the redskins last night. the tm hit the field in jacksonville on sunday with it'g 4th new staruarterback in as many weeks. >> 4th. >> 21 was the last time >> yeah. >> this time though they were able to pull out a win and sohow stay in the nfc playoff picture. sherree is in florida with the latest onhe skin's win. >> today the first victory monday in over a month for the redskins ignites a spark for a teamushing for the playoffs. trailing most of t game in the 4th quarter, jos johnson con necks to tie the game. then washington with the ball

back and the field goal is good. >> by whatever means necessary. we didn't gre. the w. >> it's like the little engine that could, you know, just chugging along,ou kn just chugging along the whole time and no matter what happens we ve to keep goi that y. >> after their 16-13 win against jacksonville hey're still very much in the hunt for the post season and their playoff push continues next on saturday against the you can watch that right here on nbc 4. from jacksonville, sherree burress, news 4 sports. >> all right. it's 5: right now. massive explosion sends dozens of people to the hospital a leaves flames shooting into the night'sy. we'll tell you more about what happened. >> plus a convicted sex offender tried to grab a young girl. nere details now on 4 today.

i want to show you some of the video of the flames coming from thistwo-stor building. you can see firefighters there in the distance battling the blaze. a japanese news agency report eyewitnesses smelled gas in that area following the explosion. ijacked app ambulance and lead police on a chase in california. the man is being transported in the ambulance when he bro out of his restraints. he forced the paramedics out and took off. he chased the ambulance for 90

minutes. he jumped outas while it still moving and tried to make a run for it. he didn't get bery farore police arrested him. >> this morning, an 11-year-old girl is safe after a good is a ma -- samarit stopped a convicted sex offender from kidnapping her.l the giras walking to a weekend school on saturday morning. the good samarit heard the girl screaming and jumped into action. listen to how he described what happened. >> i heard heram sc help, help, help. and when i told him to get off of her, he yelled back at me. he goes, who are you? a super hero? he held the suspect until police police said he has been arrested more than a dozen times. there.nk god he was >> sure. >> and did what he did. good news when it comes to virginia's economy. a report released yesterday by old dominion university suggests the state has bounced back from the great recession. the big reason for that, the increase in federal government spending. litary funding is helped as

has amazon's plan to build a headquaters in northern virginia but there's a bit of banews. the report warns of the increasing federal deficit that could lead to federal tax ea incrses. >> is a new car at the top of ur holiday wish list? now is the time that you could save some big money. buyers have more bargaining power as dealers try to clear show rooms before the new year. december is the month try to get rid of their slowest selling vehicles but you can also get great prices o the most popular models as well. >> how deep is the discount, though? is it really worth buying a new car? construction is underway -- >> if youreear breaking down -- >> here's a lookt what the new waterfront park will look like. the alexandria city council voted unanimously to combine it into a single park. the areaas previously called fitzgerald square but there's

been debate over colonel john fitzgerald's past as a slave owner. the first phase of the park will open sometimes next year. >> the rain didn't keep thousandsf volunteers from honoring the sacrifices of our veterans this weekend. s thnd out laying wreaths at each head stone there on saturday. volunteers lay down more than 200,000 of them. this event took place atro cemeteries the us. and around the world. wreath ons to place a every single american veteran's grave no matter where their final resting place is. >> beautiful sight to see. >> i love it. >> 5:18 rightnow. lauren is in for chuck this morning. so chuck and melissa a both out sick. >> you're not feeling so hot. so we appreciate you beingom he. >>hing is going around. we're all going down. >> i'm not going. >> you're not goiwn >> aaron is going to be here by himself. >> he might have to be. he might be doing se weathe because we have nobody .le

listen, thank goodness this is an easy forecast for today. we're done with the g in. we're go get sunshine out there once the sun comes up about two hours from now. we're looking at car ski out there throughout the day today. and we will continue to have some sunshine for a good little chunk of this week. thankgoodness, we need it. temperatures in the 30s and 40s right now. 45 in the district. 39 in front royal. 40 in gaithersburg as we go through the morning. grab the sunglasses. you can leave the umbrell at home and the extra clothes you can leave at home as well. because tempehtures altho they'll dip a little bit before the sun comes up, once the sun comes up wk head bnto the 40s and low 50s for daytime highs average temperature for this time of the year, 47. we'll be doing better than that as far as rain is concerned, it's out of here. we are looking at some drying conditions thanks to high pressure in charges therhat system and you can still see the spin all he way outhere.

the spin on the system right there. that is the system that brought all the rain for u this weekend. it continues to push off the cape cod coast a we're dry here. still dealing with flood warnings. he'll tell you about toa that are shutdown because we still have high standing water out there because o the record rainfall on saturday. 2.5 inches here in d.c. that shattered the dailyain ra for us. 53 for a daytime high todand will pick up at 9:00 or 10:00. 20 or 25 miles perhoour thro the day today. breezy tomorrow as well. temperatures in the 40s. much coo.r tomorr wednesday will be beautiful. a few clouds building in on wednesday night and then by thursday anincrease in cloud cover. thursday morning, fine. if you're traveling, looking good, butnt as we getthe afternoon and evening we'll see rain pushing into the area. and it could be heavy at times through the day on friday. maybe a few wet snow flakes to the west of i-81 but for the most part this is outer of by friday. saturday and sunday looking

great. 48 on sunda and then look, christmas eve, christmas day, and tperatures will be in the 40s so plenty of sunshine. let's see how the roads are doing. jack taylor, good morning. >> good dmorning, you'll f whites ferry is still closed due to the high standing water. the potomac is flowing strong. you'll find them reopen. closed between 28 and observation road. you'll also fin 450 is closed up. it's blocked betweenep n's church road and huntwood drive is due to flooding condition. pay attention here. two spots, stonybrook drive and connecducut avenue. o unfortunate flooding. be aware as you head out. back into you. >> thank you, jack. there's a bit of pressure to find the right gift for your love ones. sometimes the best gifts come served on a plate. justin finch takes us on the tough task of finding gift ifoas

the foodie in your life. look at justin working hard. >> thie in afternoon for ellen at 3:00 here on nbc 4 and then news 4 at 4:00 with pat

we're helping you cross off names, starting with the foodie

in your life. here's justin finch. >> the efoodie,ryone knows one of these types. they're always talking about some great j thing theyt ate, some restaurant you never even heard of and the die hards, they're known to actually pay people to wait in line the latest and greatest new spots around town. chances ar you have one of these types on your shopping list this holiday and don'trr it's a tall task, i know, so we're here working for you. ckily you're in the d.c. area, home to some of the most buzzed about bars and restaurants. so why not choose one o two and treat your foodie. >> up early? try call your mother. a warning, theines here can get pretty long, but odds are your foodie is willing t wait for that right bite of bagel. if you want a nice dinner, try coming here to ermaia. fine italian fare that has the blessing of the magazine.

and ice cream jubilee are known for their inventives. flav they feature non-dairy options. what if you're dealing with a food that likes to cook as much as they like to eat? we have something for you o. a plate of spicy shrimp and garlic. and the next one could be yours. they offer one-on-one chef-lead cooking classes. prices vary and the chef says he ows when the foodie is in the kitchen. >> they like very particular dishnd they ask even more about whathey like. >> once class starts the chef draws on his years of restaurant expertise to feed your foodie even more knowledge. >> i teach techniques, how to do cuts, how to f handled the proper way. perfect. that is great. >> fun and food for the holidays. justin finch, news 4.

>> yum, i l oe all those options. >> have you been there? >> yes, ihave. love them all. >> foodie. 5:27. whatever you buy, ship it soon. coming up, we're live at post office to break down the deadlines you need to know to get thehe gifts under tree in time. >> and it's not going to feel like christmas season out there but at leastom we'll have sunshine out there today. temperatures will be a little above normal today. n coming up at 7:20. we're looking at plenty of sunshine. low w0s as youe up this morning. we'll talk about the rest of this work week and we even hav christmas and christmas eve on the ten-day forecast. that's all coming up in a little bit. >> plus from news 4 today to a

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now as we take a live look outside on this monday good news as we kick off the new work week. going to be dry out there. got to get that one wreath fixed at union station. >> it's pretty though.

>> this weekend's wet weather was nothi new. on saturday morning, 2018 became the wettest year on recordnd we still have two weeks to go. that's enough. we have broke the record. can we just give it a rest? we're showing off. now we're done. >> give it a rest. >> yeah. >> goorning. >> we'll have a few days that are dry around here to finish ua some holidayver you got to do. >> so much. >> people shopping and trees are still going up i saw some trees on top of cars. >> some people like to dorit t up near christmas. >> storm team meteorologist uren rickets is in for chuck with idetails. starting with the flood warnings and jack is going to talk about those as well. we have a lot of roads that are stillimpacted by all the rain that we have gotten. 2.5 inches of rain here i d.c. you have over three inches of rain just on satuay. flood warnings are still on going out there right now and you can see the flood warning throughout the potomac river and we're dealing with some road

closures out there this morning. jack is going to talk all about . it's a mild morning out there. temperatures aren't that bad and we have gotten the radar right now. we're looking good andry and temperatures out there in the 40s and 30s right now. we'ro headed i the 50s today but more rain before we end up this year. wel talk abouthat coming up in a few minutes but first let's talk to jack taylor about those roads. >> good morning. gambrills road is b closedween st. stephen's church road and huntwood drive. that's washedut also. beach drive south 410. whites ferry is closed again due to the high water and i believe the assumption is its also blocked due to the water that's also high.ck in to you. >> thank you, jack. >> take a look at the potomac river here inreat falls

virginia. that is a lot because of the rain we saw allweekend. the river and others around this area are still rising. >> it causes big problems in prince george county this weekend. there were overflows at a waste water pumpingtation inort washington and at a facility. the overflows are not effecting their drinking water. orght now, the post office is gearing up its busiest day of the year. this week alone, the postal service expects to deliver nearly 3 billion pieces of mail. that's a lot. >> yeah it is. justin finch is live at a postal facilityn gaithersburg with more on what everybody needs to kages o make sure that p arrive by christmas. that's the big deal. >> yeah. very critical detail there. very busy now. we have mail and movement as far as the eye f can seem end to

end. that's a loading dock right here rightow where a lot of your mail will go before it reaches you or on its way to reach you. right here, to my, left he we have them off loading a huge truck right here. huge boxes fl of mai and to my right here they're all loading more mail to go out. it's gng to be this way for much of the week, perhaps even busier because as you mentioned, the post office is set t reach a billion package milestone just this week one. i'm joined now by t here with the postal service. he will tell us more about what to expect a most importantly when to get your packages mailed out to get undertm the chr tree. so tom, right now, a very busy week ahead. >> absolutely. this is our busiest week of the whole year. this week alone we are expecting do 2 billion process deliver 2 billion mail pieces. 200 million packages alone just this week.

>> even more important, given that information, to get your mailhied out by two very important dates. >> that's right. imu still have to get your package to its destination in time for december 25th. soirst class mai recommended deadline is december 19th. if that doesn't work, you still have priority mail which is december 20th and last but not least, if none of that, you have december 22ndsor expr mail. >> let's say forn some reaso you can't make it to the post office, do you have options to get your package shipped out? >> go to usps.com. subscribe to have a package pick up, carri come and get it for you. you can even get your own postage online. >> thank you so much. so some advice there, there's still time. december 20th critical date. >> busy, busy, justinhank you.

if you're shipping with fedex or s, those deadlines are fast approaching as well. today is your last day to ship unth fedex g if you want it under the tree by christmas. thursday for fedexnd ups 2-day delivery. do you know wst that charge going to be and even if you pay for the priciest next day delive, friday will be the last day to get the packages in gfore the holiday deadline. so you'reng to face long lines and some big charges. you better get those packages in the mail today to avoid even more charge >> 5:36 now. a change in metro service on the rails on the red line will feel like a holiday gift for commuters. that change will give riders more options instead of fewer. how aboutthat? nicole jacobs is live with a ook at the new red line schedule. nicole, good morning. >> good morning to you, aaron.

metro officials found the answers to alleviate the crowded platforms and the long wait times on the red line andt's all surrounding the shady grove metro statioth 're actually doubling the red line rush hour services and here's exactly how theylan to do that. typically every other rush hour red line train would turn back around toward downtown. they're eliminating that turn around and starting today all the trains and all the bes will start to end -- start and end here at shady grove and hopefully this will be a little bit of relief for the very grueling rush hour commute here. ck to you. >> nicole jacobs live for us at the shady grove metro station. nicole thank you. > while you were sleeping, ask s rival pulled up a major upset. the eagles tide up their season record when they beat the rams in los angeles overnight. how did this happen?

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wi jn rayshun 'llamarr. th be at the first baptist church singing holonay sgs before christmas. that's going to be worth watching. please t >> well, we have kind of a mild start out there this morning. those temperatures rising out of the upper 30s and mid 40s. we're taking them into the low 50s for daytime highs today. plenty of sunshine out thereagut n not too bad as you make your way out the door this morning. fld warningsnd we'll tal k

>> u.s. military killed 62 somalia extremists. they carried out six airstrikes in a area over the weekend. officials tell the associated press the extremist are from the sal shabaab rebel group and

no civilians were killon. >>ess has four days to go nm reach a deal to prevent a partial govt shutdown. that could effect thousands of federal workers in our area right before christmas. tracie potts joins us live with more. t presidenmp said he will let the government shutdown if he doesn't get the funding for the border wall. is the republican-led congress working on a plan to keep the government open? >> not really. the white house is signaling there will be no compromise without $5 billion for theha border wall democrats refuse to give. so there's a lot of silence and wondering going on on capitol hill. the senate sbak todis back todae house isne back on way with really no plan in site other than sreopg en it when they're in charge of the house in january. >> we're also seeing this poll that says more than half the country believes the president is lying when it comes to the

russia investigation. what does this mean about the president's credibility at this point? >> at this point we're seeing50 half of americans also in that poll saying that they have questions about the presidency o as o r majority say that he's not being truthful, but nearly half, 46% say it's notut just a the people around the president. they think that the president himself did something wrong. today arlington residentse will be ablo voice their opinion about amazon's planned move to crystal city. the is the first of two. theyl reveal wha they promised amazon to help lure the company to the area. >> family, friends, and the tech world are mourning the loss of collin croyle. police went to his apartment for

a c welfareck on sunday and found him unconscious. they suspect the 34 oear-old di a drug overdose. >> new this morning, baltimore county police made an arrest in hit-and-run that killed a gaithersburg graduate. on december 9th, he hit him while he was crossing the street. he was hit by a second aarer he was knocked to the. grou that driver stayed on the scene and called 911. he later died at the hospital. thesuspect in jail facing several charges. >> new video into the newsroo s this morniwing the former manager of a chipotle being attacked by a co-worker. rabbed byee her being the neck and slammed into the food counter. this happened earlier this moh. now the manager says she had to lock herself in the office and call 911. when she later complained to her boss, she claims she was fired.

a spokesperson says the manager's departure was not related to this indent. themployee accused was arrested. the manager says this video is proof of a hostile work environment. >> just before new year's eve, people in the state of utah wilk have to d fewer, wine, beer, and spirits before they drive. utah has the strictest blood alcohol level of .05 which i lower than the national standard. a drunk driver that causes a death will be charged with an automobile homicide which is a felony. the law passed las yearnd goes into effect on december 30th. >> good news for thousands of students, the u.s. department of education will forgive $150 million in federal student loan debt. this covers about 15,000 former students that's f profit colleges closed before they could graduate. the loans are being forgiven under a policy that took effect after a federal jgeuled that

education secretary betsy devos was unlawfully delaying it. itould be 2020 before a new rule takes effect. >> police say aof universit maryland student's choice of how to dry his loathes caused the dorm to flood. the student hung his clothes on a sprinkler line in a campus laundry room yesterday. the weight of the clothes caused the sprinkler pipe to burst. authorities are investigating how many units were impacted here. a lot of students were alrea gone for winter break. >> the nutcracker is a christman tradition for families around the d.c. area. this year is the 15th hianniversary of the wton ballet's performances and last night, i had a chance to take part in this washington tradition. take a look. i think i could have been a little bit more dramatic maybe with my handkerief throw or

something. >> i know you could have. >> i played the guest role there. you see leon harris playing t o role the ambassador that evening. i have such appreciation for all the dancers and the technical crew that has to put on this amazing production. it's really an incredible sight to see fm behindhe scenes. thank you so much from the washington ballet. it was thrill. >> you did terrific. look at you. >> that dress is beautifu >> i had to -- you have to dive into it. how do you put thisad -- you to put a bustle thing on and corset thing. the performances continuet through nriday december 28th. and still plenty of time and tickets available. >> that's so cool. >> i want to show you another piece of video here. thiss from howard county where

some rescuers had the unusual task of rescuing a llama over the weekend. >> oh, no. >> the crews helped the ownerthf llama bring him to safety. the pasture flooded near the river. >> it's like pecan pie. >> and i said pecan pie. >> pecan pie. >> okay. >> get on board. does this mean we have to go to weather. oh, man. listenguys, we got some sunshine out there today. it is going to be a beautiful morning out there. that sun coming up at 7:20 this morning. listen, we still have flood warnings. these are on going fromda yest flood warnings still across the area. jack is going to tell you what

roads are shutdown. we still have things shutdown out there because of high standing water. flood warningsre going to continue to go until the waters start to re'lde. th recede as we head throughout the day today. good news is, nothing happening on radar right wenow. e dry and we're going to stay that way as we head through the day today. now theystemhat moved through over the weekend, you can see it here just off the coast of cape cod right now. look at that spin in the atmosphere. an area of low psssure and i going to continue to move up and out. brought a lot of rain. you were watching football yesterday, a lot of rain toward the giant's game yesterday. it's a mess up rrthere. t temperatures out there right now, 30s and 40s. 45 here in d.c. 32 in fredericksburg and with that temperature right there, there could be aew isolated icy spots. overpassesamps and from the rain that we got. so with the temperature in low lying areas b careful. grab the sunglasses on the way out the door this morning. you'll need wethem. have plenty of sunshine

throughout the day with temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s. we're topping out in the lower 50s for daytime highs today. the thing is winds start to pick up as we through the morning. i'd say after 9:00 or 10:00 we start to pick up. breezy tomorrow tookut l how our temperatures dropped. low to mid 40s tomorrow. sunshineor continues wednesday. next chance of rain will be thursday night all through the day on friday ending early saturday morning and then christmas eve and christmas day, fabulous right now. how are the roadslooking? are they looking fabulous? >> no, a few of them are still flooded out. you'll find beach drive unfortunately still closedbe een stonybrook drive and connecticut en. also south of 410 waiting for the waters to recede. whiteserry is closed. water street is also still closed between main street and pennsylvania avenue and once again this amorning, weeady have the delay building very quickly, riding in the district. southbound d.c.

those are the plates down near ania avenue. the delay itself is back almert east avenue. so plan for that delay again this week. back in to you. >> all right, jack. good morning, i'm kate rogers at cnbc headquaters. facebookoming undire once again. the social network disclosing over the weekend it had private photos of millions of users without their permission. they recently allowed third party app developers to access photos users may not have shared. they believe 7 million users could be impacted by the bug. this is just the latest in a inries of privacy mishaps facing the company incl a september security breach effecting 50 million accounts and a political scandal in which user information was used t influence the presidential election. >> new this morning, for one icago bears player,

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monday morning. the rain made 2018 the wettest year we've ever seen in the d.c. area. no surprise there. >> probably still raining when some of you went to bed last night. jack taylor is tracking the morning commute for . >> and w begin with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets. ,oping the sun returns today. >> ye we'll get some sunshine. we're due for some of that wet weekend that we had. 2. inches recorded on saturday. three inches in spots in montgomery county. here in d.c., bro a daily rain record from 1901. shattered it. and now we're still dealing with flooding concerns even after the rain. and road closures in a second but we're still deali