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mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? this morning spacex scrubbe the launch of the rocket nine. ere was something wrong with the liquid oxygen temperatures. it will try to launch tomorrow for the country's first national security mission. and the president signed a on page memorandum today authorizing thetm dept of defense to create the new command. the goal is to set up a space command to oversee and

dd asset space. >> a shutdown stalemate. there's no word on whether congress will come up with a budget to avoid a partirn gont shutdown by friday. we're hearing president trump is willing to work with lawmakers to april vert a possible government shutdown but tha wasn't t message yesterday as tracie potts report. >> reporter: the shutdown deadline is friday night and neither side isin bu >> we need to make a substantial investment in the iregrity of ou bored eder and the safety ofr families. eporter: democrats have offered about a third of that for border security, nothing for the wall. >> his temper it atantrum will get him a wall. >> reporter: no guidance on what >> we're waiting on instructions from the white house. >> reporter: last word from

president trump. >> i am proud to should down the government for border security. >> reporter: a partial shutdown would affect more than a dozen government agencies, using, transportation, justice, the state department, homeland security, leaving 400,000 working without pay and nearly that my could see their checks delayed. >> reporter: now, there are itical services like air traffic control that won't be affected so you can fly safely, you'll get your mail, social security checks, but lots of government agencies and services and programs could shut down or slow dn into january. ws, ie potts, nbc washington. >> today some members of the congressional hispanic caus are demanding answers about the death of a 7-year-old guatemalan girl who died in u.s. custody. yesterday demonstrator gathered outside the department of customs a border protection to protest. she died of apparent accept sse

shock. they both speak a mayan language. it's unclear how much the father understood when he signed a form saying his daughter was in good health. and active duty troops are back at their home bases. there are still about 3,100 trps stationedthere. the president made the order in response tthe caravan seeking asylum. >> the country's top doctor spas nts, teachers and doctors need to take aggressive steps to curb teen use of e-cigarettes.f millionseens are getting hooked on these. he says one thing they need to do a better job with, sigma t z significa

st use for you people. >> cigarettes are not cool and not safe but the think e-cigarettes are cool and safe. they're not safe, they're not cool and they can cause long-ter problems inerms of learning, attention, memory and priming the brain toward addiction. >> dr. aadamslso says the main reason the teens try the e-cigarettes is because they're flavored. last month the fda took steps to restrict the sale of flared pods. >> transportation tops the list of concerns among arlingtons reside when amazon moves into northern virginia. they want to know how much thep the estimated 25,000 additional jobs will have on an area already struggling with traffic. people voiced their concerns. officials say amazon would be obligated to create one parking spot nfor every six employees.

me questioned whether that would cause some people toark on residential street. >> they'll try to park for cars in our neighborhood where it's zoned parking. >> we want to get all of those employees or as many as pop riding transd -- possible ride be transit to minimize traffic on roads. we're going to follow through th metro and the state and or partners. >> residents are also concerned whether there will be enough affordable housing for everyone. a popular dance from the 90s is at the center of a lawsuit against somery popular video games. >> the "fresh principles of be " stars suing the "fortnite"

game for his dance. >> he says they used his dance move without his permission ori giving credit. they say he's in the middle of copy righting the dance. ♪ >> isn't that the cutest ndition of "the star spangled banner" you'vever seen? he had the honorf singing the national anthem at the game and is the youngest to sing the anthem inside the carrier dome. and on key. important information for holiday shopping procrastinators, when free shipping offers will run out. >> and the weather could delay your packages ahead of christmas. we'll tell you about that.

crowds gathered in london. they were able to s megan markle's burgeoning breaking ball bump. she waved as brsworthhous it houng she retirees from the entertainment industry. mark before marrying prince harry, she s an actress here in the

u.s. today is the last day for free shipping with no minimum purchase offer. if you place your order today,t amazon says will get there by christmas. with more than 100 million people expected to start traveling this week for the holiday, all eyes on the sky. >>re tom costello has more on t storms that could threaten your travel plan. >> is already started. high surf and heavy rains sounding the pacific coast, the first of several s this week. >> notice that widespread rain starts to push in during the evening commute. >> just as 110 million americans start the holid getaway, more rain wl dilrench the eastern highways. onhe highways, heavy rain

could make for a slow crawl on nearly all arteries running east, west, north and south with snow expected in the upper midwest. and now the nation's shippers in an all-out push toeliver those holiday packag. touarantee a christmas arrival, the big three say give it to them noater than friday. >> there are a lot of at procrasts. 53% of people are expected to wait until saturday to try to ship their christmas packages. in los angeles the crush is now. >> we hire bunch of people, we hire hundredur of people ding the holiday season just to compensate for that extra volume. >> huge volume and a home mother nature doehe't get in way. tom costello, nbc news, bethesda, maryland. >> we are constantly keeping an eye on the weather and everybody is worried about not just what's happening in other placesghut here at home in the days leading up to that. >> that same store system has some saying that is goingo

impact us as well, a big chunk of it. i mean ursday, friday we're going to have some delays around our area. let's go ahead our maps right now and show you guys what is going on out there. we are looking at some friday travel concerns. definitely all e around thet coast, i'm talking about from maine going all the way down to reorida. that's where weoing to see some conditions that could be troublesome for some area ofel trs. now, saturday and sunday looking good. so if there's a way to put off that weekend travel to maybe go to grandmother's house until turday or sunday might be the way to do it. we've got a lot of rain coming our way. not today. look at it. beautiful out there. blue skies out there. current temperatures are in the 30s and 40s at this moment, under those blue skies. so it's looking good across the area. and nothing popping up. look at this, this is trying to pop up. i'm not sure what that is. that's not even hitting the ground if it is anything, maybe

er orinkle or ortwe.o ov cross they pretty much united states. that system that moved through over the weekend still up to the stunned ar sww england area. in fact, last week some surf aficionados say we need a competition in sanfrancisco. they had to cancel it yesterday because the waves were too darn big. so they've got a big system they're dealing with on the west coast and we've got calm conditions here. plenty of sunshine today, mid 40s. that wind will come down ase head into the overnight. still plenty of su thine. norsday morning we are dry, an and area of low pressure will crawl out of t deep south. you can see. look at this rain thursday night. back to o'har in chicago, back to st. louis, ought the way down th florida and up to new york city. is only going to continue

to move up the eastern sea board. friday morning, loo the whole entire eastern half of the united states wet. that continues on friday. now mostly the northeastn part of the united states wet. so it is goingo cause some travel troubles. temperatureshese we're just thinking rain. temperatures are going to be at 50 degrees on thursday, second f half the day wet. friday all day wet but l60s and saturday and sunday we dry out. and we get a little cooler christmas day and christmas eve lookingdry. >> a federal courthouse here in the district is a busy place this morning. take a look, michael flynn, the form a former national curity adviser inside the courthouse here being sentenced for lying to the fbi.a >> and toys everywhere. the toys bound for children everywhere. how your donations made .is

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we are waiting to hear what's happening right i now federal court here in the district. president trump's former national security adviser is beingentenced for lying to the fbi. michael flynn's hearing ista ng place here in washington, d.c. the judge is takingmr flynn's attorney through theng

sentenmemo. we have information from partially redacted notes released yesterday. a flynn liut his communications with the russian ambassador to the u.s. in the week that president trump was inaugurated in 2017. ecial counsel mueller has recommended flynn get little to no jail time because he is cooperating with the russia investigation. we wl update thi story as we learn new information. former cbs ceoes moonves will not receive a $120 million severance package. cbs said it fired him with cause. >> a costly move against the man who was once the country's most powerful media executive. >> cbs announced its findings into the investigation of former ceo les moonves and deced it will not pay him $120 m severance package.

the company issued a statement ying, quote, we have determined that there are grounds to terminate for cause, citing a breach of his employment contract as well as his faire to cooperate fully. a draft report said moonves misled investigators, said he was evasive, untruthful and deliberately lied. it detailed a pattern of sexual m misconduct and a elaborate verup. june says she had an encounter with moonves wwale h worked for 20th century fox. >> i was really shocked andwa i s gross. it was very unappealing. >> reporter: moonves's lawyer says he denie the allegations sand cooperating fully with the investigation. two catholic schools are

apologizing after 13 catholic preeces wi s with ties to the school are accused of abusingso studen. of the allegations date ba to the 1950s. the jesuits s they released the list to be transparent and prevent furtherases of abuse. it said "we are deeply sorry for the har we have caused to victims and their families. we also apologize for participating in t harm that abuse has done to our church." good news for those who drive i-66. a new commuter lot has 230 parking spaces andsu it pports car bos.pooling and bus ri

no charge for bus rides through february. >> the d.c. council is expected to pass new legislation today after news4 i-team investigation. scott mcfarland revealed a schemey food truck to matake space. >> what it appears behind me is not what it appears. nois i a designated food truck zone. look what happensust before lunch. the truck operators have an elaborat plan to nab these precious parking spots every day. here on e street they park a public meter spaces and each day they swap in old car to hold the spaces overnight and then they bring the food trucks back the next day to swap back in for

lunch tooil. it -- lunchtime. it's a parking scheme that's been going on here for two years. they say it's technically legal and cheap. even if they get parking tickets, it's a $30 fine each day, easily recouped with af couple lunches. n >> when we know the game they're playing, it's time for to uset in the game and get the cars ticketed, booted and off the street. >> reporter: the food truck operators say they'reorced to do this because there aren't enough food truck zones in the district. coming up tonight at 5:00 hear if there are any protests as d.c. lawkers debate whether to change the rules and find out where this a scheme spread in recent weeks. >> and to fairfax county where ficials are considering to follow in d.c.'s foot steps and charging you to park on the rgstreet. they it discourages

driving someone and could push would to metro, which free up traffic. it also means you can't just leave your car on the street for a lon time. that will also free up parking spaces in crowded aas like tyson's. if approved, the n parking changes could take effect in the next two years. >> a major construction project is coming t union station. amtrak plans to install a new track and rebuild a platform on level.er it's currently a storageac a federal grant will pay for this project. it will allow more people travel through union station. the new track is set to open in 2020. >> ll, we're just a week away from christmas now. the salvation army's angel tree program is helping thousands of children in need in the region. >> organizers held a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning in blatansberg and mette green talked to volunteers who are sharing the christmas spirit. >> reporter: hundreds and hundreds of bikes, around 1,500,

i belie. we're ready to give these away. it's angle tree pick up day here at the salvation armywa house. kathy is one of about the 100 volunteers that will come in. they're trying to get families in and out to pick up all of t thess going across the dmv. look wns is joining us, redski superstar santana moss. thank you for joining your 89 ways to giveio found with the salvation army this year. >> it's a great way to give. a bunch of my friend are going to come come out and help. i adopted ten angels. i'o ecstatic t see them all. we're all holding toys, a lot of them bagged behind us, tagged and ready to go.

major chip hall haand major lis excited.so >> it gives us a chance to participate in doing something great for someo l else. e the fact that every one of these toys has a name on its that repres a child in need. it's great.ep >>ter: 12,000 items collected. 6,000 for d.c. and prince george's today. let's give these toys away. right, guys? atat is thet from the salvation army warehouse. >>t's going to be a very merry christmas for a lot of kids. it' a non-dairy milk with a huge following. a look at what is pushing up the price of oat milk. >> and the sun is out for a second day in a row. lauryn lets us know how many rain-free days are in our forecast.

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ho, ho, ho - yeah! the holidays make me look forward to chick-fil-a 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 to make sure we help them to their car. it takes the stress out of the holidays. we're going to help no matter what. scott, here's a present. it's my own ugly sweater! it's dinos! you'd win the prize. you think i win? you win the prize!

♪ holidayneusic com with an epic light show. you've probably seen a few of these viral videos, but this one is from northern virginia. tonight dog kammerer will be out there checking out the lights as he bngs you the storm team 4 forecast. and if you know ofat another g light display, we want to know. let us know usinghe #doug's holiday lights. so many options for holiday lights but how about this, natural light today. >> it's a little different. >> unfortunately mor rain? >> tons of rains heade towards our area. >> today? >> no, we're looking good today.

today's looking good. today nothing to worry about, today is going to be great, tomorrow is going to be great andda then thu and friday -- i have to tell you as we heed into thend and through the holiday, things are looking up. let's show you what's where out there. tuesday, today, sunglasses. definitely need them.ea the same tomorrow, we're going to have blue skies around. really all not that bad. now thursday umbrella. eshacially for the secon of the day. friday bring all that rain gear. you're going to need all of we got a lot of raineaded our way. maybe not as much as we saw on saturday. no rain out there right now. you canee up and down the united states looking goodot we gotng out there right now. current temperatures 43 in washington, in fredericksburg, 42 in baltimore right now, head over into the shenandoah valley, those

t mperatures are in the 30s this point. as far as the next 12 hours, sunny describes, a littleee . that could be the main thing you're going to complain about today. it's rlly not even tha gusty out there. but temperatures will make it into the mid 40s, obviously feeling cooler than that, with that wind, thatetille down later on tonight. we've got all that sunshine out there today and tomorrow more of the same. lighter wind, temperatures right around 50 degrees. tomorrow.o worry about thursday morning we're going to we dry. dn teshudarsyda nyight morning things to do, the commute looking dry. but after lunchtime that's when we start to see rain moving in and that rain is going to be with us through the evening commute, through thursday night, through friday afternoon, tapering off friday night. there could be still lingering showers as we get into your saturday. this might scare a couple people. that's snow. that's staying off to west virginia, helping out the ski

resorts. for us we're going to see a few spotty showers. we'll show you the ten-day forecast including christmas eve, christmas day, coming up in st about tenminutes. >> thanks, lauryn. >> a taste of real life for some legal middle schoolers. we'll show you how they deal with having a family and paying bills. >> you have looked in the refrigerator lately? >> high and low tech options. ou. yes! ...oh, yeah! bring on the holidays! that's yes for less. everything you need to prep, cook and serve up the season. it feels even better when you find it for less-at ross. yes for less.

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. pay close attention to this video. fairfax county officials need your help tracking down this burglary suspect. the homeowner was able tocare him off before he could steal anything.kt zc this story is a good reminder about homeecurity tholiday season. >> the majority of americans are concerned about the security oe their hver the holidays. nbc's luz iz mclaughlin shows u how to use smart devices to ward off home intruders. >> you don't need cardboard cutouts to utilize some of the ctics in "home ale." >> alexa, playun the r away

mode. >> honey, it's me. >> reporter: to make it seemke omeone is home even when they're not. >> you have looked in the refrigerator latelma >> reporter: bulbs can create the illusion of occupants. >> you can set up routines so the lights go on at certain times, different lights in different rooms come on and off. >> reporter: law enforcement sausay these measures can prevent your harm from being targeted. web-enabled cameras can also add peace of mind. the ring hste c wick-hileup away from home. >> they have motion sensors. if something moves in the home, can you set it up to get an alert. a >> reporter: and if you're using amazon's echo show, can you can see what's going on through the

camera. >> show me the nursery. we are working for you with more tips t secure your home. >> they might see obvious but they are good reminders. they recommend that you stop mail or nspaper deliveries or have them regularly picked up bay neighb a ecneighbor. co any hidden spare keys, dot make giveaway status updates and make sure all of your doors and a windo locked. >> adulting is hard. just ask 12,000 local middle schoolers who are learning how to pay bis, raise a family or buy a car. we'll show you how the kids are gettin jump start on managing money in the real world. >> reporter: when the school bell rings -- >> communication. >> reporter: it's time for these

montgomery county seventh graders to play grown up. >> i 27 years old. i have a spouse. >> 31 years old, single, one kid. >> i'm 30 years old a. sing i have a kid. >> reporter: they learn quickly that being an adult isn't. ea >> there's a lot to do. you need to have a lot of insuran insuranc clothing and savings. >> reporter: throughout the ar, every seventh grader in montgomery public schools willt ge send the day at the junior achievement technology park in silver springs. it's one o the coolest playgrounds that teach these kids allut money. >> junior achievement and greater washington's main goal is to get kidssto undand what matters and how to act on that so they get where they want to be. >> reporter: the kids visit store front where theyrn l to budget items such as car loans, a mortgage. >> reporter: where is the money from vacation going to come

from? >> if they're lucky, they'll even hefe month over for vacation. >> reporter: you should know that the average cost per person is $1, 180. >> reporter: anna's plans were a groundeder she forgot to budget in vacation. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: the biggest takeaway of the day, adulting is just plainrd. >> all the bills you have to pay, it sounds like taxes, electrical and plumbing and stuff. but there'sike way more. >> reporter: the kids' trip to the junior achievement finance pa is the culmination of a four-week classroom program. the one thing they all have in common, though, is a true reality check. back to you guys. >> reporter: nothing like a few real life lessons. >> learn the value of a dollar

early. it do you good later on. how much would you payo get your hand on a breakfast item you can't go without? >> sellers on amazon are hiking the price of oat milk. cases are goingorthan $200, which is nearly $20 per carton. there's a shortage of oat milk and it'sri causing gouging. people say it makes for a creamier tasting latte. >> ah, it's the latte people. >> "the voice" champn will be crowned tonight. >> and you may have seen this video, a couple spending their wedding night at target more on the holiday cheer they're spreading.

♪ ♪ tonht is the night this season's champion of "the voice" ll be crowned. among the four contestants is the young woman you see here, 13-year-old kennedy holmes. she is one of the most talked about finalists this season of course. also tonight cher, halsey, john legend and miley cyrus will purr

fo -- perform. you can watch the, si excitemen righe tonight on nbc. >> d.c.'s trashiest bar isopen. >> it's called the garbage bar. >> as the district ditches plastic straws, this bar will embrace them for decorative purposon . you'll see jelly fish made out of coffee filters. they're working to find new alternatives because january st, plastic straws will be outlawed in d.c. >> you can t a paper or hay straw. we have to use up the last of our plastic straws and at the end we'll take a straw poll and see what people like best. >> head over to 9trtht and shaw. you've got until december 30th to swing by and see it. it's a tradition for a bde

and groom to receive grififts o their special day. >> one couple took their guests somewhere unexpected for a surprise shopping spree. >> reporter: at most weddings -- >> you may kiss your beautif bride. >> reporter: -- the invited guests gift the bride and groom gifts, but this weekend brad and jessica bond flipped that script. 80 guests, some from as far away from the philippines handed red envelopes. inside, $10 gift certificates. everyone, including jessica in her wedding dress and brad in his tux went to target to buy gifts for toys for tots. >> we brought our whole wedding party here. we're excited. it's really something that has been a tradition for >>us. store managers got a heads up and were happy to host this unusual wed reegceptiding recep.

the ritual started on their first date. brad took jessica to t targeo buy toys for tots. >> it's such a great organization and great causee this t of year. >> reporter: with only seven days until christmas, a walk down two b aisleh memorable. kerry sanders, nbc news. >> a beautiful wedding and a beautiful gesture. >> just the greatest. >> let's get you one more look at our forecast before we head out this morning. relauryn. >> w looking at temperatures in the 40s for daytime highs toy. ear skies and a little bit of a breeze as well. we're dry today and dry tomorrow. ave rain arriving as we get into your thursday. widespread rain on friday and saturday it's out of here. you can see thursday morning we're dry. this is early morning, 6. a by noon we'll start to see this rain push in here. it goes all b the wayk down to louisiana on thursday afternoon. plentyf flight delays by the

time we get into thursday and friday. look at this, ittretches all the way maine to florida, back to memphis a st. louis. we'll continue to see rain pushing through all through the day on friday. we can get another one to two inores of rain b this system is said and done. so we aren't going to have to worry about more flooding concerns. but it will be out of here by saturday morning, saturday afternoon looking fantastic, fantastic,king christmas eve looking wonderful, christmas day looking wonderful and even the start of kwanza looking absolutely beautiful. guys? >> thanks, lauryn.ou and thanksor joining us. that's "news4 midday." we are back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >>an you get the news any time on the nbc washington p. have a great day, everybody. we'll see you later.

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