or powerful cough relief. this was the scene overnight at the metro rail and amtrak station. >> we're working to learne m about what happened there overnight. justin is live now with the latest. what have you learned? >> well, as you saw in the video, some kind oen inc took place here overnight. we're now working to confirm from authorities what exactly took place. first showing you what we saw overnight. a multiagency police response here at the new carrolton metro

and amtrak stations. we saw police and also from prince george's, their crime aene investigation team pulled up here well overnight. now what we found was another scene. a closed stairwell her at the amtrak side. appearing to be the stairwell connecting to the amtrak station. what we saw up close and we're not going to sho you i some kind of blood spatter on t scene. a heafa ic. perhaps a coat fabric or denim fabric ripped or cut there. now back out live. have calls to amtrak to find out what exactly took place here we're hearing several things. nothing yet confirmed, though, but we haveearned that amtrak says their service will not be impacted this morning and wil esume at 4:45 a.m. in a few

minutes. back in to you. k> looks like metro's system. we'll check b in with you justice, thanks. 4:32. we want to turn to the forecast and the rest of the commute this morning. >> we're going to check in with jack tayr for more in a moment but first, lauren rickets and more on our forecast. a little bit colder today, lauren. >>ityeah. ae bit chillier today. the temperatures starting under clear skies in the 30s and 40s now. 41 at reagan international airport and we'll take the temperates only into theid 40s today. that is it. a little warmer yesterday but so we had the winds yesterday. a little bit of a breeze out there today. sun coming up 7:22. if you're traveling, look at this, nothing happening. even around our area nothing happening. and back off to the midwest looking dry. looking good next to high pressure. what do you need to wear as you walk out the door?

sunglasses and then umbrella. specifically thursday afternoon and thursday night and all t rain gear you have for friday. we have another soaker coming our way for fr'lay. wel let you know who is going to expect the heaviest rain. a lot of people traveling on friday. we'll show you that coming up let's g to jeff. >> hey, lauren, thanks. good morning. just that reminder. metro service is not effected. no word as to any kind of disruption. what we had working in virginia was our crash on 66 out in manass manassas. crews remain on scene taking away aingle right lane of four. crews still working on the beltway. two leftanes get by that work zone and white's ferry is closed today. back to you. >> thank you.

it's 4:33. new updn the crisis effecting the catholic church. >> we now know 13 priests with ties to local schools are accused ofbusing children. they released the names of the priests. 13 men on tpe list time at gonzaga high school in d.c. both schoolsgi apod for trauma caused by the priests. some of the allegations date back to the 1950s. theyreleasedhe list in an effort to be transparent and prevent further cases of abuse. the statement said we are sorry for the harm we caused the victims and their families. we also apologize for participating in the harm that abuse has done to our church. >> it's now 4:34.re the other top stories that we're following this morning. two chicago police officers are dead fter being struck by a train. this happened last night while the officers were chasing a suspect in a shooting. officials say both oicers leave behind young childr s.

eral big votes for the d.c. council. first they'll hold the final itte on a red flag gun safety law. ill allow family members, health professionals and police to seize gun from someonehat poses an immediate danger. today'vote could also cover a bump stock ban andarsher penalties for high capacity magazines. the council also plans to vote on a plan that will lalize gambling for sports in d.c. >> today president trump'ser foational security adviser will be sentenced for lying to the fbi. michael flynnte adm he made false statements about his communications with the russian ambassador to the u.s. at the time. robert mueller recommended thatt flynn gete to no jail time for cooperating with the russia investigation. more on this coming up in a few minutes. >> we are three days away from a partialovernment shutdown and the white house and congress, congressional democrats are at a stalemate. the dhedline to fund

government is friday. president trump refuses to sign a spendinoe bill that not include $5 billion for his border wall. democrats are offering less money for border security. er the shutdown does happen thousands of fedal workers will be effected right before the christmas holiday. >> a budget increase of more than $55 million. that's what is on the table fort montgomery c schools and tonight is your chance to find out more. the proposal 2020 fiscal ysr budget $2.65 billion. that's a more than 2% raisever the 2019 budget. the majority of the added expenses lookingaror s adjustments and the cost of larger enrollment. where will the money come from? the school district is asking them to contrute 29 million more than required by law. you don't have to leave home to learn more about tonight. the virtual conversation will be held on the school district's website where you can weigh in with questions.

the county argues charging to park on theeet discourages driving somewhat. it also y means can't leave your car on the street for a long time. it would also free up parking spaces in crowded areas. if approved they could take years.in the next two >> a parking scheme. aluable dc. spaces occupied full time by food trucks. how our investigations sparked a major change. major change. >> and katie ledecky helped

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the mayor presented her with a $10,000 check for winning the award. >> it's huge. today wasike aday, right? it reinvigorated me to finish out the rest of 2018 really strong to ensure that we're doing and doing right by our students and famies. she'll be honored at the annual standing ovations gala next year. >> big congratulations to her. well deserved. >> well, speaking of cool, as you get the kidsea for school today, it's going to be chilly at the bus stop. temperatures in the 30s. a slight breeze out at recess but not quite as warm as yesterday.y temperatures o topping out in the 40s today but plenty of sunshine. of course big changesn the way. we'll talk about that coming up after the break. >> early travel in manassas on 66. single right lane is blocked. you also have access to the exit butor now

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today president trump's former national security adviser will be sentenced for lying to the fbi. according to newly released notes, michaelal flynn madese statements about communications with the russian ambassador to the u.s.t thetime. it happened right before d.esident trump was inaugurate >> how much time is flynn expected to face? >> he may notet a l at all. they're recommending little or no jail time. the last 24 hours we saw why he is going to court at all. the notes from thefbi interview where the government says he lied about his contact with the russian ambassador in the weeks leading up to th inauguration. remember, flynn was national security adviser after president trump took office but before he was an adviser on the campaign and apparently he had this conversation with the russian ambassador about the sanctions placed on russia. he told the fbi he didn'ttalk abthat.

he later admitted that he did and that is why he initially g introuble. that's why he ended up working with the mueller team. but he provided substantial amounts of information. about what, we.on't kn he has been cooperating and as a result when he sees the federal dirict judge today, flynn may end up with no jail time at all. >> they ao note his military service there. we're still looking at the budget issue coming up this week. any sign of a compromise about this government partialdo sh? >> not at all. there's 1.6 million from border security and four days away and lots of nervous federal workers this area.

>> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. ake a look at this mural in northeast d.c. the street artist is partnering with the toms shoe company to call for an end to gun violence. e ceo recently announced the company would donate $5 million in an effort to curb gun violence. that includes the cation of murals in the district and other major cities. tomss a company where if you buy a pair of shoes, it donates a pair to the children in need. >> the d.c. council is expected to pass new legislation today because of a investigation. they revealed a scheme by food truck operators at a take perm nan --ermanent hold of rea estate. it's now spread and some leaders want to put a sto toit. >> here with all the federal office cplexes and federal workers, food trucks do big business but what you see me is not what it appears.

here's what happens just before lunch. a news 4 i team investigation reveals the truck operators have an elaborate plan to nab these parking spots each day. they park at public meter spaces and they swap in clds to hold the spaces overnight and then they bring the food trucks back the nexay to swap back in for lunchtime. city parking officials tell the iteam it's technically legal and eap. it's a $30 fine each day. easily recooped withhe sale of a new helu today they're expected to allow parking officials to tow the cars or the trucks. >> when we know the game they're playing is time to get in the game and make sure that we're getting them ticketed, booted, or off the street. >> they're forced to do this because they say there aren't engh food truck zones in the

district. coming up tonight on news 4 at 5:00, hear if there's any protests as d.c. council debates this new law to change the parking rules. also find out where this has spread in recent weeks. >> well, you may notic the trashiest bar in d.c., but they're going for that. >> it's a new pop up bar called the garbage barge. they're going all out to highlight the issues in the ocean and how trash impacts underwater creatures. >> as the district ditches plastic draws this bar will embrace them but for a decorative purpose only. jelly fish mad out of coffee filters. they're working to find new alternatives because january 1st plastic straws will be outlawed in c. >> you can try a paperstraw. at the end we want to take aw stoll and see what people

like the best and we'll move on from there. >> this pop upnear o last night. if you'd like to check it out, head over to 9th street in shaw. >> this is bananas, right? holiday music combinedith an epic light show at somebody's house. you have probably seen a few of the viral videos. this one is right in northern virginia. he ramirez family from springfield set up this very impressive display for the holidays. tonight doug will be out there checking out the lights up closl and persos he brings you the storm team 4 forecast. his live reports begin at news 4 at 4:00. if you know of another great lightou display, know, something really cool, or maybe even something reallyetgaudy, us know about it. use the #doug's holiday lights.

the music coordinated with the lights, that's a lot of t work. t's a lot of work. >> i got my tree up and my one little wreath. >> there you go. >> what do you have? >> i have aup tree >> shocking. >> yeah. i will turn the lights on at some point. >> i'll buy you some cnaments. >>ler today. cooler. >> weather, weather. listen, it is going to be a little wet as we have our travel away forch stmas. friday a lot of people heading out to town considering that christmas eve i on monday. we have some rain; we have a lot of rain headed o wa very similar to what we saw on saturday. although i don't think we're going to see as much rain as we

had. wednesday we have sunny skies and the rain arriving as we get into thursday night and rain on the way through friday. 41 here in washington. 37 in leesburg right now. a lot of us starting with a slight breeze early this morning. it's about 10 miles an hour. it's not going to be too bad out there today but as you can see sthe temperatuop out in the mid 40s today. but sunny skies, nothing to worry as you walk out the door, maybe grab the extra layers and sunglasses. leave that umbrella at home and save that for thursday. temperatures will be in the low 40s by the time we get to that hour. we do have a system up to the new england area, andilhat's bringing snow. that's part of our system that brought us a whole bunch of we have a lot of rain over on the western seaboard here. we have a lot of big swells out there too.ay you see pictures. i posted them on the facebook

page. we have a massive storm. there's big sur of competitions now out by san francisco. todas our temperature for a little on the breezy side and as we go to the next several da w daysnesday temperatures back up sinto the 50s. and let's see how the roads look with mr. jack taylor. good morning. >> good morning. off to a rough start i will. virginia, manassas, 56 headed in the eastbound direction. right lane is blocked. down on i-95 in the southboundc din our accident activity has been moved over to the left shoulder now and sou flashing lights may cause a little delay but the volume is still so light it's not causing a slow down. right now out on route 9, all

traffic temporarily stopped. accident activity with tow trucks on scene in order to get in there and it will be across the so hopefully they'll have that open by the time you get on the road. >> tonight is theight to see th -- this season's champion of the voice will be crowned. >> one of the most talked about finalists is13-year-old kennedy. here's her performance from last night. >> also tonight- >> how is she 13? all of tt talent. >> kids these days. she didn't look 13ei er. >> also tonight, cher, halsey, e john , and miley cyrus will perform. you can watch it at 8:00 tonight nbc4. >> more reasons to tune in. christmas came early last night

for one of katie ledecky's biggest fans. >> he met the swimming star at an annualoliday event in bethb bethesda. estplayed santa while the of the crew spent the dayhe spreading christmas joy. arhe took himself after getting a big hug from local swimming star. she says the annual event is thh ght of her holiday season. >> yeah. i think i have been doing this se last 20 years. it's always funee my neighbors and see santa g andet everyone into the christmas spirit. >> it's great to see her home.e she's homrom break, from stanford. santa told her he willo try bring more gold medals and good grades. i don't think she needs any help with that. amazing. >> next at 5:00, another update on the breaking news. overnight accident inside a maryland amtrak station. we'll take you there leor an

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we're working to learn more about what happened there overnight. justins live withhe latest. >> aaron, workingo learn exactly what took place here overnight because it is clear that something substantial happened based on the very large police response we saw here overnight. and we also saw crime scene investigators arriving on the scene bringingith them equipment which we often see for serious injury as well as death investigations. i want to show you also what we saw here the scene as well. it closed here so far with what we could make out as well, heavy fabric caught in the