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 dealing ith that. waters will start to recede d

throughout t today and the good news is no rain. right now we're looking dry. we'll continue to be dry. that system tt passed through our area up to the north and east right now. temperatures out there, not too bad. we're in the mid 40s. that's actually where we should be for this time of t year in terms of daytime highs. we'll be a little above that for today. l talk about how warm it's going to getod for tay and show ndu your christmas eve christmas day forecast. that's on the ten day. that's coming up in a few minutes, but'sfirst, l talk to jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning, we'll start with chopper 4 looking over the beltway. volume still looking light. white's ferry closed again this morning. also south of 410. you'll find new crashes on 108. they're headed to the scene.

>> jack, thank you. >> 6:. right n billions of packages are making their way through the u.s. postal ysystem. to kicks off the busiest mailing, shipping, and delivery week of the year. o makere working for you sure that your packages arrive by christmas. postn finch is live at t office in gaithersburg with more on the shipping deadlines. runninti out of , justin. >> yeah, you are really running out of time. that's absolutely right. it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of sorting is going on here. you can see lots of big boxes, smaller boxes, mail that needs to go all acro the count this week. this will be aro cd theck

effort. ramping up this week because this is going to be the biggest shippingson of the year. hundreds of millions of packages included in that as well. i wa you to come close and take a look on your screen. december 20th. that's your deadline for first class priority mail. that's going to include your cards and pkages aswell. if you don't make that deadline for some reason, you still have two days ofushion here, december 22nd. that's your deadline for priority mail prexess. and as you look around right'r now, you looking at just the beginnin of what will be an even busier week as we roll down these next few days, expect this to get busier and a big reasonhy it's still busy right now and for years past and the futu, you might imagine, one word, amazon, two more, free

shipping. back to you in the studio. >> justin live for us this morning, thank you. also happening today, a change in metro rail service on the red for will feel like a gif some commuters. nicole is live with a look at the new schedule nicole, good morning. they aredding a layer of relief to that and it's all surrounding the shady grove station here. they're a duallybling the red line rush hour services. and here's exactly how they're able to do that. typically every other rhour red line train would turn back toward downtown. they're eliminating that turnaround and starting today, all trains will start and end here at shady grove. taking a live look, you can see just how busy this station is.

they're hoping that this added service will alleviate all the the long atforms and wait times and perhaps even have more t commuters use metro. back to you. >> all right. nicole jacobs, nicole, thank you. it's now 6:05. we have an update to a deadly pedestrian crash from last week in montgomery county. police say the 87-year-old was killed in that crash. the driver ofhe car who hit her was a 21-year-old from gaithersburg. anyone with information on the crash was asked to call montgomery county police. >> new information about a deadly plane crash early friday morning. virginia state police identified ase man thatied in the crash.

the plane caught by wind as it turned which forced it to crash. he was the onl person o board and later died at the hospital. >> there are more recalls temming from that romaine lettuce e. coli outbreak. it's from red and green leaf lettuce and cauliflower. it may hav come int contact with contaminated reservoir wa tr. so farre have been no reported illnesses. you can look for more information o this recall in our nbc washington app. >> 6:06 and more uncertainty about the future of d.c.'s providen spital. d.c. attorney general sued the hospital to keep it fromcaling back. the hospital violated the terms of its newly renewed licen for the city. the department, the emergency department and the services that

support it will stay open through the end of april to combat flu season. >> family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of the 10-year-old that was shotn front of home about five months ago. her mother says it's a way to keep her memory iv >> it's been very overwhelming, but i try to keepverything positive and keep her name and her legacy going. she takes some comfort in knowing police charged 7 people in her daughter's murder. >> the clock is ticking as a partial government shutdown looms. ae white house is demanding $5 million to buildall along the u.-mexico border. the president doesn't have the votes from the republican controlled congress. democrats are standing firm against fun bng theder wall.

if lawmakers do not pass the by ining spending bills friday, thousands of federal workers in our area could be without a paycheck during the holidays. >> we are learning more about the death of a 7-year-old t migraine girt died in u.s. custody. olcommunication barrier may have played a in her death. her fatherne sigd a document in english saying his daughter was in, gote,d health. however his native tongue is a mayan language. the girl vomited and was not breathing. about 90se minutes p before she received medical attention. >> a local church is all that stands between a woman being deported and a future with her mily here in the u.s. she knows lives at the cedar lane universalist church. she was ordered todeparort back to her native el salvador but

church leaders opened their doors to her after patriciriton agreedo give her sanctuary. >> our commitment is to give her the space s and time needs in order for her to receive the due process that she deserves. >> she plans to stay at the church until a judge reviews her case. >> holiday visitors to the national mall lt night didn't get to see much thanks to a power outage. and take a look at what drivers were up against as they tried to navigate the memorial bridge. the problem was a faulty underground cable. the lights came back on around 10:30 last night. 6:10 almost now and the losing thded for the redskins. how about . they hit the field in jacksonville on sunday with it's

4th new starting quarterback. >> in as many wes. >> josh johnson. >> alex smith, colt mccoy, mark sanchez. >> a new name to remember. >> this time the team was able to pull off a win and somehow stay in the nfc playoff picture. >> today the first victory monday in over a month for the redskins ignites a spark for a team pushing for the playoffs. >> trailing most of t games in the 4th quarter, joshoh jnson connects to tie the gaan. d then washington with the ballou back, fr ticks left one clock. dustin hopkins, 36 yard fieldgoal is good. the redskins 4-game losing streak snapped. >> we need to get out of a funk by any means necessary. one points or two points, we guess what, we got the w. it's like the little engine that

could. just chugging along. just chuloingng the whole time and no matter what happens, we have to keep going that way. get that monkey up off your ba . >> don't write off this redskins team. after their 16-13 win against jacksonville 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 o nbc 4. from jacksonville, news 4 sports. >> a massive eenlosion s dozens of people to the hospital and leaves flames shooting into the night's sky. more on what happened. >> plus a convicted s offender tried to grab a young girltrff toe seet but a stranger was there to what could have been a terrible crime. more details on news 4 toy. >> temperatures in the mid 40s and we'll drop a little bit as we go through the 7:00 a.m. hour. it will become win h as wed

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>> 6:15 right now. more than 40 people are hurt after an explosion and fire in northern japan. take a look at the flames here ming out of this two story building. you can also see in the distance firefighters battling displays. a japanese news agency reports eyewitnesses smell gas in that area following the plosion. >> a patient hijacked an ambulance and lead police on a wild chase inrn cali. the man was being transported in the ambulance when he broke out of his restraint. he forced the paramedics out and took off.

sepolice cha the ambulance for about 90 minutes. the man eventually jumped out of the vehicle while it was still movingnd tried to make a run for it. he didn't get very far beforete police arr him. >> this morning, an 11-year-old girl is safe after a good samaritan stopped a convicted sex offender from kidnapping her. red partance video cap of this incident in new york aeirl was walking to city. weekend school saturday morning. the good samaritan heard her screaming and jumped int action. listen to how he described what happened. >> i heard herng screa help, help, help. when i told him to get off of her het yelled back me and said who are you? d superhero? >> that g samaritan held the suspect until police arrived. arrestedid he had been more than a dozen times. >> we need those super heros to do the rightthing. >> 6:16 now. construction is under way on a new park along thealexandria

waterfront. they voted unanimously to combine the areas around the park and the existing waterfront park. the area was previously called fitsgerald square but there's been debate over his past as a slave owner. the first phase of the park will open sometime. next ye >> well, the rain didn't keep thousands ofm volunteers f honoring the sacrifice of our veterans this weekend. they f ned outacross arlington national cemetery, laying wreaths at the headre stones t on saturday. volunteers put down more than 200,000 wreaths. the event took place at cemeteries across the u.s. and around the world. the goal here is to place a aveath on every single american veteran's no matter where their final resting place is. >> do you remember two years ago

and there was freezing rain sleet and 90,000 people showed up. we had a lot of rain. >> we did. >> broke the record. >> now the wettest year. i don't know if we celebrate thatind of thing. listen, the wettest year in our lifetime this year. we broke a record from 1889 and only that but on saturday we also broke a record for the daily rainfall rate. we have 2.5 inches. and now the sunshine. clear eskies. un coming up at 7:21 is the official sunrise time. today a little onhereezy side. winds will start to pick up as a dry cold front works it's way through. so you head out the door this igmorning, a wind. head out the door to come home,

it's going to be breezy tomorrow as well. much cooler tomorrow. sunny skies and light wind on wednesday and the thursday more rain and more flooding. we're dry right now. the system tha passed through is now off to the north and east spinning around. thp's pushing and out of our area. we're looking better around here with high pressure building in. current temperatures in the 30s. and 45 here in the district as we go over the next couple of da, we'redry. monday, tuesday, wednesday, but second half of thursday we have ragh and then thrhe day on fridayhe that's we could see some flooding issues. we'll see the wds pickp after 9:00 or 10:00 and it will stay breezy overnight tonhrht andgh the day tomorrow breezy as well. tomorrow temperatures in the low to mid 40s but we'll have plenty of sunshine. now you can see we have cloud cover out there rightow

and, i'm sorry, we have clear skies out there right now. we'll have clouds moving in on a wednesday night. this isur next transition. thursday morning will be dry. if you're planning on traveling, just keep that in mine. however, second half of thursday, thursday afternoon or thursday evening the rain moves in. still difficult to tell at this point. just the second hyf of thurs could be wet but all day on friday we'll sweat. that's been advertised all through theweekend. we'll have wet weather on friday. it gets out of here e ly on saturday morning. a little bit of snow at the higher elevations which is good. tuesday we have some sunshine. wednesday we have some sunshine. we have rain chances leading into saturday morning. sunday. the weekend not bad and then christmas eve, christmasday, fantastic. all right. howdsre the r out there? are they looking just as fantastic? >> well, unfortunately in some areas, yes, but i only speak of

the gative, unfortunately, 108 up in ashton is effected by a crash in tucker lane. a fevehicle went into a po. we had some accident activity with that near long view drive. 95 over toward georgia avenue.he seereak lights ease a bit once you get past georgia and connecticut avenue, thankfully. beach drilo stilld unfortunately. between stony brook drive and connecticut avenue also just south of 410. back in to you. >> there's always some pressure to findthe right g for your loved one. sometimes the best gifts come served on a plate. served on a plate. the tough task to

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by now, most o you have your holiday shopping finished. maybe a few peopl left on your list. family, close friends and those people with taste that are harp to s for. >> the people that have everything and it's hard to shop for them. >> give up. >> thisweek, we're helping you cross their names off your list, starting with the foodie in your life. here's news 4's justin finch. >> the foodie, everyone one of these types. they're always talking about some great thing they just d. some restaurant you never even heard of and the diehards are known to pay people to wait in line at the latest and greatest

newpots around town. chances are you have one of these types on your shopping lists this holiday. we're here working for you. >> up early, try call your mother. getrning, the line here can pretty long. your foodie is willing to wait bagel.t right bite of if you want a nice dinner, try coming here to masseria. fine italian fair that has the blessing of the magazine. and ice cream jubilee. they're known for their inventive flavors plus feature non-dairy options. what if you're dealing with a foodie that likes to cook as much as they like tot? well, we have something for you

too. plate of spicy shrimp. the next one could be yours. prices vary and he knows when the chef is in kitchen. >> they like very particular dishes and ask more about they like. >> and the chef draws on his years of restaurant expertise t feed your foodie even more knowledge. >> i start teaching techniques. how to do cuts. how to handle food theroper way. perfect. that is great. >> fun and food for the holidays. justin finch,ews 4. >> justin looks like he knows how to cook. i like a of those options. >> i was thinking about the food he left for us totry. >> right. there's some garlic i think. >> one of the things he found out. >> they're very nice. >> i'll try it.

>> okay. i'm told that i make a face whe eat food on tv that makes it seem like i don't like it but do like it. >> we have more to read. >> te6:27. >> wr you buy, ship it soon, your days for delivery are numbered. up, we're live at the post office to break down the deadlines you need to know to get the gifts under the tree. lauren take it away. >> i love you guys. we're talking about mild temperatures today. orour average temperature this time of the year, mid to upper 40s, low 50s toda pl we'll have that in the sky. sunshine, how long that's going to last, we'll talk about it and we'll talk about christmas eve and chrisas day forecasttm a

>> it's 6:30 as we take a live look outside on this monday morning. >>think there's some clearing, aaron. yes, off in the distance. >> finally maybe we'll get some dry weather chl. >> get your holiday errands

finished in the next few days because the rain is coming back. lauren is i for chuck this morning with details on that. we'll get a look at the commute here in just a second. lauren. >> yes. we have sunshine. up>> sun comin at 7:20. 7:21 actually and we are going to have some sunshut there today. finally have some sunshine and we deservet because we have had rain all weekend. temperatures right now not too bad. the's areas down below the freezing mark. there could be icy spots out there. becareful. bridges, ramps and overpasses. as far as the planning is concerned,she temperatun the low to mid 50s for daytime highs today. plenty of sunshine and gorgeous out there. flood warnings on going from the rain we had overnd the wee but let's talk to jack taylor and talk about how that's going to impact your commute. >> this could be better, that's for su we have accidents now, 3:55.

we have the reported crash.r chop is on the bottom end eading down toward the lane divide just working your way toward the outer loop of the beltway.he you can see's a lot of volume and there's all the buses being turned on before they head out with all of their flashing lights. we have a crh, beach drive. close to kensington. we haveedhat flo out. that one broken down. the mainline reported to be in the left lane and causing an early slow down. back into you. >> thanks. >> take a look at the potomac virginia, great falls the river and others around our area are still rising. >> heavy rain caused big problems in prince george's county this weekend as well. there wereanitary sewer overflows at a waste water

pumping station in fort washington at a thfacility. e overflows are not effecting the drinking water. to happening y, a major change in s metro railvice that will hopefully ease rush hours. a >> a look the new red line schedule. nicole,ood morning. good morning to you eun and aaron. metro officials believe this could be the answer to alleviate the crowded platforms and long wait times here at the red line andt's all surrounding the shady grove metro station. they're doubling the l rede rush hour services and here's how they plan to do that. typically, every other rush hour red linerain would turn back toward downtown where they're eliminating the turnaround all together andrt sg today all trains would start and end here

at shady grove. another live look here, it's been just this busng all mor long and of course we know how busy and how gruelinghat rush hour commute can be. perhaps this is a layer ofli . >> thank you. >> new this morning, baltimore county police made an arrest in ait-and-run that killed a gaithersburg high school graduate who attended the university in maryland. on decembe 9th. he hit him while he was crossg a street. he was hit by a second car after he was knocked to the grrnd. that dri stayed on the scene and calle 911. he later died at the hospital. the suspect is in jail facing several charges. >> 6:34. here's a lookt our other top stories this morning, a partial govern shutdown looms with a friday deadline. president trump is demanding $5

million to build al border w along the us.-mexico border. however he does not have the votes from the republican controlled congress. we'll check in with kristen welker to get look at what she's working on for the "today" show. >> today kicks off the busiestg mail shipping, and delivery week for the year. they expect to deliver 3 billion pieces of mail. justin finch will have the shipping deadlines to make sure that your packages arrive by christmas. you may have slept through a thin's rival pulling off a major upset. eagles tied up their season record when they beat the rams in los angeles overnight. >> the game came down to the final play, phly held on to win 30-23. the eagles half a game out of the nfc wildcard spot. we'll have a closer look at the big win yesterday and what the players are saying about that too. >> it's now 6:35.ng cop, news 4 today to the nutcracker. how i ended up on t stage.

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>> what would christmas season be without the tcracker? >> i can't imagine it. >> and i can't imagine the nutcracker without eun yang. it's a tradition here in th c. area. >> this is the 15th anniversary of the washington ballet's performances and lt night i had a chance to take part in the tradition. take a look. i don't know if you recognize me, but that's me in the middle he stage. scene with ved that you on a regular basis. eun throws something, i'm right there to pick it up. >> i feel like i could h e added more drama, but that's me playing the merrywidow.

leon harris as the ambassador, as guest roles in the nutcracker for last evening' performance. this is a tradition and i have so much more appreciation f all the dancers and the technical crew behind the scenes to putn that spectacular performance night after night. >>du a big proction. >> sometimes two performances in one day. >> a well oiled machine. >> for sure. it really was a thrill thank to the washington ballet. the artistic director. >> give them a swirl. look at you. >> look at me. does it look believable? okay. >> it does. don't quit your day job. >> i can't bel mve they let do this. performances continue through next friday december 28th.le there'sy of times and days to go enjoy the show with your whole family. >> now here is your cnbc morsing ss report. >> good morning, i'm kate rogers of cnbcqu heers. facebook coming under fire once again. the social network disclosingke over the w it had exposed private photos of millions of

users without their permission. it recently allowed third party app developers to accessphotos users may not have publicly shared. 7 million users cld be impacted by the bug that ran for 12 days in september. this is just the latest in series of privacy mishaps facing the company this yearlu ing a september security breach effecting 50 million accounts and a political scandal with cambridge analytica. >> we're looking a dry conditions over the next several days. today, tomorrow, wednesday, dry. rain returns on thursday and through the day on friday. could have more flooding issues at thesnd of t work week and into this next weekend. the holiday weekend coming up. we'll talk about that. christmas eve and christmas day on the ten day weforecast. l show you coming up after the break. >> a closure aloe. beach dr a couple of spots unfortunately

still blocked between stony brook drive and connecticut avenue also.it all because of lauren's wet weather. break. ontinue after the >> it is just about a week before christmas, do you know are?e our packages hopefully they're at the post office or soon on their way or they just mig miss the holiday. we are live working for you with the shipping deadlines that you need to know before you send tht packages o. that's coming up o that's coming up o n

the holidays make il look forward to chick honestly. every year we have an ugly sweater party. i like the manatee. that one is cute. i love this. we cater it with chick-fil-a. the crowd pleaser.

scott's always so helpful. while the food's coming out as quickly as we can, since she usually has a small child with her, we want t make sure we help ththeir car. it takes the stress out of the holidays. we're going to help no matter what. scott, here's a esent. it's my own ugly sweater! it's dinos! you'd win the prize. you think i win? you win the prize!

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10:30 last night. >> meanwhile, there's more trouble inside the white house. president trump and his attorney are unleashing a new series of attacks against special counsel robert mueller and his special counsel team. >> they use twitter and sunday morning shows to question the special counse integrity while ruling out the possibility of aresidential interview. kristen is live at the white house with more. good morning. president trump is coming out swinging this weekend. nine tweets inll blasting the mueller probe as a witch hunt hoax. saying it has nothing to do with collliion. also calng his former person attorney michael cohen a rat and accusing them of intimidating cohen into making false accusations about him. he dispatched rudy giuliani. he also argued the illegal hush money statements were merely

personal expenses not a crime. and that a in person interview between trump and mueller would happen over his dead body. that comes as an nbc washington journal poll reveals 62% of americans say mr. trump has not been honest or truthfulbout the russia investigation with rly alicans making up n quarter of that group. we'll have more on all of this when we see youn today. back to you. >> we'll see you then. kristen welker at the white >> here at the live desk, breaking news in new york city. at least nine people have been hurt after a fire in harlem. here's a look at the aftermath. you can see the glass from shattered windows along thede lk. take a listen as one resident describes what happened. >> yeah, get out, get out. we get out very quickly. >> three new york city police

officers are among those hurt. onef them seriously injuries. in addition, two kids, a 5-year-old and 16-year-old were injured as well. >> it's 6:48. right now the post office is gearing up for its busiest d of the year. this week alone, the postal service expects to deliver nearly 3 billion pieces of mail. that's a lot of work. >> it is. justin finch is live at the stal facility in gaithersburg with more on what everybody needs to know to make sure that thei packages arrive by christmas. >> time is ticking but the good news is, you still have time around us right now, a bunch of packages and mail that will make it to their destitions by christmas. there's been movementbs autely all around us. mail coming off of trucks, going totrucks. this of course is theig holiday dance to make sure that

what you bu what you ship, what you send makes it to where it's supposed to be by christmas day. tom, i imagine that what's happening right now is just the beginning of what will ben even busier week to come. >> absolutely. this is the kick off of our busiest week of the year. we prepare for this all year around and we're ready. this week along, we'retalking abou packages. we're expected to deliver 900 million packages between thanksgivingnd new year's day. >> if you want yours included in that, two big dates to know about here.

and of course if that doesn't work, we still always have december 22nd. that's priority mail express. >> all right, tom, thank you so much. so of course, as you heard there, there is time b not much left. do not procrastinate and make sure that you have your stuffsh ped out by the 20th or the 22nd. back in to you. >> justin finch for us in gaithersburg, thank you, justin. >> if you're shipping with fedex or ups, those deadlines are past approaching as well. today is your last day to ship with fedex ground if you want it yder the tree christmas. procrastinators have until thursday for fedex and two-y delivery. even if you pay for the priciest next day delivery, friday will be the last day to get the packages in before the holiday deadline. you'll likely face long lines and crowded post offices but get e packages in the mail today. >> 6:51. today arlington residents will be able to voice their opinions about azon's planned move to

crystal city. there's a meeting at 7:00 tonight in the cafeteria. this is the first of two meetings. night officials will reveal what they promised amazon to help lure the company to thisea >> there's more recalls stemming from the romainece let e. coli outbreak. it's for red and green ef lettuce and cauliflower. it was distributed to ten states including maryland. so far there's been no reported illnesses. you can look for more information on the recall in the nbc washington app. >> your washington redskinshe enir four game losing streak last ght. >> yes. >> this was a crazy game. they beathe jacksonville jaguars. josh johnson is the team's 4th starting quarterback ts

season. the skins won 16-14. the defense won their job too. >> by any means necessary. we didn't ca. it's like the lintlee that could, you know? just chugging along. >> yeah, josh. norm >> what is he -- >> he ise' sayingre going to chug it all the way to the playoffs. >> okay. the redskins taken the titans on . saturd >> as the rain moves on, check this out. howard countyn had the unusual emergency this weekend. they had to help the owner of this llama bring the animal to safety. it's pasture was flooded. >> i didn't know there were a

lot of pasture's there. >> there were ropes andth gs. >> and such. >> they took some of that, i'm sure. we havunshine out there today. that's going to be good as we head through the day today. finally. getting in on the sunshine. breezy side out there not only today but also tomorrow we'll be dealing with winds. next big change thuday ternoon and thursday night. you make your wayisut the door orning. the winds will pick up as a dry frontal system works it's way throughi so by afternoon you'll feel the winds increase and then by the time you head on home io s going brisk and breezy into your tuesday as well. northwest winds at0 to 20 miles per hour so winds are the big story today and tomorrow. temperatures will be mild out there today.

we'll top out in the 50s. u can already see we're pretty mild out there right now. our average temperature,, i me it is cold, but our average temperature for this time of the year is we're only at 45. we'll drop a little bit and come right back up. here's the flood warnings outer we'll talk to jack taylor and talk about any roads that are shutdown. there's still some shutdown until these waters recede. we'll talk to t him abot but again, still some flooded roadways because of the rain that we got. nothing happening on the radarn right the storm system that made it through the area, it's going to continue to push up and out of the area. temperatures low 50s. going to be on the breezy side. tomorrow low to mid 40s. breezy as well. sunshine on wednesday. wednesday night, more clouds. ursday increasing clouds and increasing rain chances as we

head throughon the afternd evening. friday may have to be dealing with flooding concer. ain, rain all day on friday and we'll be in the upper 50s so all rain. maybe a fewnow showers early saturday beforehis gets out of here. higher elevations, west of 91 saturday night dry. good for everybody traveling. saturday and sunday looking good. monday, tuesday, wednesday, christmas eve, christmas day and the start of quza is beautiful. >> here's chopper 4. moving well if you have to get to the mall and do the last day of shopping. i switched out from flooding to accidents. left lane is closed in the mainline. a delay now. northbound 95 just before the prince william parkway.we

lso have activity on route 108. we have a vehicle a involved in crash that brought down a power poll. traffic being roed to the area you are under. that's not a great morning but at least maybe some of lauren's water will begin to recede soon. >> here's fouro things know. a marshall government shutdown looms. president trumps demanding $5 million to build a wall along the u.-mexico border. he does not have the votes from congress. >> there's outrage following the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl that died in custody. they were detained. gabe gutierrez has the latest on the investigation com on the "today" show. >> a major change coming to metro's red line. in the past trains coming out of d.c. stopped and turned around and went back downtown. today alll trains wilo all the

station.e shady grove state and local officials plan to celebrate the change. more on that story. >> and if you're mailing out christmas gifts this year, don'n procrae on heading to the post office, wednesday december 20th is the deadline to mail first class priority mail and holiday cards to beelivered by christmas, december 22nd is the last day for priority mail express. for shipping deadlines with other carriers, che out the nbc washington app. >> lauren is such a trooper. thank you for being here. we know you're not feeli ll. >> thank you. >> we appreciate you filling in. >> don't come in tomorrow though. >> that is the news for today. >> the "today" show is

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