as long as the sun is out, that's not bad. the rain comes back tomorrow. a solid inch to may in some places two inches of rain combine for thursday and friday. the weekend is looking dry. temperatures are looking in the 20ed and 30s. mid 20s in the suburbs, 30s around town. 10 to 15 degrees colder this morning than it was day so don't step out the door with that same filmsy fleece on this u'rning. yoll need your puffy coat. temperatures will climb into the upper 40ed to 50 degrees today courtesy of a light south wind. southerly breezes will bring back msture and rain chances. we'll time out the return of the rain drops. for now let's go over to melissa mollet. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look through prince gorges county. into town a out of town. in nortast, west virginia

avenue all lanes blocked by police activity. 270 northbound/southbound nice and clear there. taking a look at 66, hopefully there's a road somewhere.ou fairfaxy parkway to the beltway, nice and clear here from faiax county to the beltway. 65 miles per hour gets you there in nine minutes. 01 libraries are supposed to be a safe space for learning. >> this morning montgomery county police are trying to track down a man who pr inriately touched a girl at the rockville memorial library. news 4' f justinch is live at the library to explain what happened.in ju very disturbing. >> reporter: yeah, very scary story indeed. montgomeryeounty police h their special investigations division working this case. they, of course, are looking for the suspect as well as anyone else who was here at the rockville memorial library last

inturday ev that would be december 15th, close to closing time they say.i t around 6:00 p.m. or so. a man, they say, approached a ar 5-ld girl. he then pulled down her pants and touched her inappropriately. they say that girl screamed and ran overo her panicked parents who were able to call 911. this was a chilling story for one mother we met here at the library who says when she brings her son here she always keeps an extra eye o him. >> when i do bring my son to the library, i do not allow him to go to the restroom on his own, right? i'm always right outside the door waiting for him. just because the world in which we live in right now. >> reporter: you can bet more moms and dads are going to do just that keep your children closer at the library and other spaces as ll. police also say they have surveillance video in the area

of the kids section. they're looking for more parents, more people to hopefully work out detai regarding this investigation. we're live here in rockville. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you.'s 5:03. now to breaking news in d.c. there waot a deadly sg overnight. chris lawrence is at the live desk. >> reporter: i want to get you the ight to video fro scene. we can see what appears to be roe blood stained clothing on the street in of people's homes. police say this happened around midndht. we're t a man was shot on west virginia avenue a few blocks from gallaudet university. unfortunately the man died at the hospital and now police are searching for his killer. if you think you have heard this story f too many times in the last 12 months, you're right. the homicide rate is up 43%. 5:04.

greenbelt police identified the victim in late night shooting. they say 18-year-old abdul kareem thoma was shot and killed inside an apartment. chopper 4 flew or the scene. they were called there for reports of gunshots. no word yet on a possible suspect. today the suspect accused of killing a d.c. teen will be inu co 16-year-old malik holston was arrested yesterday. police say holston chased and shot gerald watson inside an apartment on knox place southeast. they spent yesterday searching holston's apartment for evidence. 's where he was shot. a surprise twist at the sentencing hearing for former national security advisor michael flynn. a federal judgeelayed sentencing for 90 days but not before lighting into their r marine corps general. the judge told flynn, quote, you sold your coury out.

at one point they asked the prosecutor if flynn could have been charged withso trea they all agreed flynn should ve niency. however, the judge said he couldn't guarantee flynn no jail time. the fight is over funding for a wall long the u.s. and mexican border. two days remaining. the president wants $ more than billion. the white house isignaling it wants to avoid a government shutdown saying the white house wants to shu down the border from illegal immigration but democrats have rejected the test offer. darcy spencer is live on capitol hill. >> how areederal workers going to be impacted by the partial shutdown? reporter: well, we a talking about the possibility of 400,000 federal government

workers being furloughed so you can imagineoe have many here in the d.c. metro area. there is going to be a hugey impact not o for those workers but for their families. many are telling us this couldn't happen at a worst time, right at the holiday time. they rely on these jobs to make ends meet. they're hoping a compromise can be reached avo a shutdown to keep them working. essential workers, military, mail, social security checks, all ofhat would not be affected, but hundreds of thousands of workers could be ld to stay home. >> it affects my whole family. i'm the only one that works iny my fam so i'm the sole supporter. so definitely, i tmean, will make things even more harder than they are already. >> would it affect -- >> reporter: so this is a real impa the federal government workers and their families. this could impact tourism as

well. people considering coming to washington, oh, wow, the museume will closed, midnight friday night. happenope it back to you. >> a lot of people are counting on it. thank you. the u.s. house could soon take up a sweeping criminal justice bill. the senate passed the bill ast it gives judges more discretion when sentencing drug offenders. it reduces the life sentence for some drug offenders with three convictions to 25 years.im prism c victory on twitter. house speaker paul ryan said tho house forward to passing this bill and sending it to the president to be siayed. it soon be easier to find a parking spot in the districtehanks to news 4 team.

>> the i-team uncovered the scheme in southwest d.c. operators were parking their personal cars in the spot overnight andhewapping in trucks the next morning. food truck operators say they haveo do this. >> that wasn't the only law passed by the d.c. counsel yesterday. ave the green light for sports betting in the district. the legislation wld maked.c. the first jurisdiction to allow ing through sports venues and online apps. tonight the capitals arch rivals are comingo town. they are taking on thegh pittsbur penguins, rrrr. it just comes out. >> you sound vicious. >> yes. this is t trd time this season they meet. you may remember we won the last match-up on our home icen november. the penguins won the first face-off back in thoctober. caps are coming in strong

fresh off a five game winning streak. and captain alex ovechkin is on fire. best hockey. i didn't think i was rocking the red. i'm going to claim it now. 09. nbc's "the voice" has crowned a new winner. >> this seas's champion is once again a teenager. >> clevel shepherd! you are the winner! >> there she is. 16-year-old chevel shepherd took the crown. her win also makes it the secont viy in a row for coach kelly clarkson. second place ended up going to chris froze. country singer curt jay came in third and fourth place is 13 years old.

>> long career ahead of her. new this gmorning, ampse into the future of travel. maybe? a first look at the tunnel elon musk claims will revolutionize the way we travel. and good morning, everybody. skies are clear temperatures are lowhis morning. down into the 20s into thesu rbs around route 20 from the beltway to the bay but we will have sunshine today. itill not lastor long. i'll share the five day forecast with you coming right up. > plus, a serious health warning from the nation's top doctor. the tre amongst teensnd

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it's now 5:13. take a loo at the cell phone video from fort orchard, washington. a swollen and large tornado can be seen circling over a walmart. do you see it there? the tornado touched down yesterday. no injuries have been reported. the next video, the tornado ripped off roofs and tore down trees. l >> the natio weather service will conduct a survey today. if it'sed confi to be an ef-2 tornado then it will be the strongest tornado to rip through washington state in 32 years. the u.s. surgeon general says the nation needs an all stop on deck approach to kids from smoking ecigarettes. vaping has skyrocketed over the past few years. a report found among high schoolers, ecigarette use went up 75% in one year. hey contain highly addictive nicotine. jerome adams says it's clear the devices are getting a new generation hooked on nicotine.

>> nicotine is uniquely, uniquely harmful to the adolescent and developing brain. we know that it can affect learning,nd attention a memory and it can prime the brain towardsur fut addiction. >> adams says only 3% of adults use ecigarettes as compared to 20% of high schoolers. family, friendsan and are remembering penny marshall this morning. in hlywood a bouquet of flowers sits onrs mall's hollywood walk of fame star. marshall died yesterday from complications from diabetes. she is well known foreing the laverne in laverne and shirley as wl a being a trail blazing director. she has directed incredible films including "the preacher's wife." "big." "a league of their own." tom hanks tweeted, good-bye, penny. man, did we laugh a lot. wish we still could.

love you. rosie o'donnell said she's absolutely heabroken. she tweeted a picture and video clip of her and marshall from a 1996f episode "saturday night live." penny marshal was 75 years old. we a getting our first look at what could be a way to beatraffic in our area. >> tech giant elon musk unveiled s first underground transportation tunnel in los angeles and new this morning, we have the big reveal of that 1.4 mile tunnel that runs beneath the streets of l.a. under the spacex headquarters. thee demo r ran for 40 miles an hour. the future system will run on speeds up to 150 miles an hour. musk owns tesla and spacex. the company plans tui twin tunnels from the district to e. baltim it will take passengers beten the two stops in about 15 minutes. it's now 5:16. lo want to turn back to storm team 4 meteost chuck bell for a look at our wednesday forecast and the holiday weekend that is ahead, chuck.

>> yes, indeed m very optimistic about the weekend. that's the good news. the bad news is i'm very confident that we are going to get another super so he canne of rain around here tomorrow afternoon and evening. potentially another 1 to 2 inches of rain thursda afternoon into early friday. that's the.ad ne good news is at least it will be sunny and dry. currently, winds are out, fairly ligh not much o a wind chill. temperature 32 at national airport but as soonves you l arlington county, temperatures fall into the mid 20s from alexandria and fairfax out to loudoun county, all through the shenandoah valley. suburban maryland, not anymi er than that 267891 now in gaithersburg. 25 in prince gorges coty. ur wednesday planner, sunshine start to finish today. sun is not up until 7:20 down before 5:00.

up persontoday,oak in the sunshine. the next time you get to see su will bturday. this aa is in texas. it's a pacific-based orm. that's a key difference. instead of coming from canada with cold air, this is coming from the pacific with a load of moisture. by this time tomorrow clouds will be moving in ve, very quickly. could have a few sinkles or rain showers before lunch tomorrow but most of the rain chance comes in tomorrow afternoon and evening. areas of moderate to brieflyai heavy thursday evening between 5:00 a 34id night tomorrow. that's i think when the heaviest of the rain will be here. heavy rain continuing up until 5:00 or 6:00 friday morning. friday, still n sunshine but wayarm er. in the 60s it will . rain heavy at times in the afternoon. here's the five-day forecastut

how a 64 degrees even with full cloud cover and showers off and on through the day. 64. that's nothing to sneez at. and then as we get into the weekend, blustery on saturday with theunshine back and chilly on sunday. a look at the christmas eve and christmas day forecast for next up. coming now let's go over to melissa mollet tracking flubl fr bconia. >>tway looks okay. brand-new crash reported there.s as soon we have more information on that one, we let you know what's going on. northeast, west virginia avenue, still have all of those lanes blocked by the police activity. that's from overnight. rightow top of the beltway looks evgood. erything here into town and out of town is fine including 95 in marand northbound and southbound. 95 in virginia. antico to the beltway. a little slow around the bend at woodridge and southbound after quantico, just a tiny delay there. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:20 right now. coming , you've heard of speed

cameras. red light cameras, t nowhere is a new way to get ticketed. we'll tell you where you could be caught on video the next time you roll thrgh a stop sign. plus, count down to christmas. six days to go. we're looking for unique idea to stuff t stockings. we'll be right back.

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today." welcome back. at 5:22 here's a loo at the white house's official 2018 christmas photo. the photo t of presidemp and first lady melania trump was taken in the cross hall of the residence. it is decorated with multiple christmas trees and lights. this is the trump family second chstmas at the whitehouse. in a tweet first lady melania trump thas staff a volunteers for helping decorate the white house in christmas cheer. it t lot of work every year. >> she wil wear a white dress. >> that dress is gorgeous. >> looking good in that picture. >> we are just days away from christmasnd many of youay have finished your holiday shopping already. >> but before you start wrapp presents, don't forget about t stocking stuffers. news 4's justin finch has last-minute ideas to help you this holiday season. >> reporter: it comes when you leastsuspect. once the tree's already trimmed, those stockings hungre with oh, no, stockings.

yup, you've still got holiday shopping to do. now it could be foramy or friends, but more likely for those office or schoo parties. you know, the stocking stuffers. good thing here, not as much pressure to impress so try going for euseful, lik a phone charging cable, maybe even with a car adapter. they're easy to find in a pinch, you won't break a bank and will get used. maybe you're shopping for a coffee con know sawyero s get a select bag of beans starting at $8 a month. wine fans, similar services, the more.es cost how about kids? pass on candy and anymore screens and lean instead into low tech, crayons,marker colored pencils. cost effective andbe let your ks reativcreative. but if you're still finding yourself in a downir to the w stocking stuffer mission

impossible, there is still kohl's. they're keeping round the clock hours starting friday up until christmas eve. i'm justin finch, news 4. good luck >> we're going to need it. the stocking stuffers es themse >> that's what i hear. >> you have to fit it into the stocking, you don't want touc spend too money. >> never in my life stuffed a stocking. maybe a sock with a b foot, that's about it. >> you know what, i feel like i need to get you a stocking. all week long we're working for you with ideas forhose last-minute gifts. >> tomorrow -- >> with a foot? >> i wear. th tomorrow justin will be shopping for us apparently, for the anchor team her at "news 4 today." he had one hour and $100 to buy presents for eu chuck, melissa and me. tune in tomorrow w to seet he came up with. >> i bet you're the hardest person to shop for. >> not at all. >> with you, if you need it you get it. with me, there are so many things i need. >> 5:26.

good news for last-minut shoppers, too. amazon is extending the free shipping with no min um purchafer. today is the new deadline. also, prime members can shop 2 until decemberd or christmas eve with prime free same day and one-day delivery. >> oh. >> you got that? >> yeah. >> members have to pla their orders by 9:30 a.m. in order to make all of that happen. >> good luck. >> good luck to you. 5:26. coming up, a christmas surprise strangers. the facebook has the woman receive favorit gifts. dog walking forecast today bay is available for adoption. dog walking forecast, it is a cold one this morning. temperatures in the mid 20s. everybody's going to need to put their jacket on today. bright sunshine for your afternoon walk. it will be chilly and dry this evening but it won't be dry tomorrow.

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"news 4 today" starts now. 5:30 your time now as we take a live look outside to kick off thi wednesday morning. we are a ways away from sunrise now, but once up, enjoy the sun while you can. the wet weather is coming back for th weekend. >> this is still 2018 so i'm hoping that's partf the whole weather pattern we're having and 2019 will be a clean stodt. morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here. before weit check inh melissa mollet, chuck, when is the rain coming? >> the good news is we have 24 more dry hours i front of us. that is excellent news. but it is going to rain and it'g go to rain hard here tomorrow afternoon and evening into the first part of friday. potentially another inch or more of rain so the weather service will be issuing a flood watch for thursda evening into friday. enjoy the weather while we have

it. storm team 4 radar is nothing of any rainfall. temperatures are in the low to mid 20s in the suburbs. about 10 to 15 degrees colder this morning than it was yesterday. so yourr commu forecast, dry roads from the sky. now melissa mollet is cing up in a second. she has a lot of ice on the roads. it didn't come from the sky dows so i not the weather department's fault. temperatures are in the 20s here thismorning. sunshine and near 50 degre for a high temperature today. you'll need the seat heaters on. you might need the ice for frostiness. a nice day coming up today. rain is back potentially a lot of it tomorrow.l we'lave more of that coming up in a few. for now, melissa, what is all of this ice on the road. >> a lot of different reports. in franconia, that crash is hanging around ther we have slick roadways through the area. same situation here. arlington southbound d.w. parkway, icy conditions reported

there and as we zoom back out, 66, 95 looking okay but c ash in woodbridge old bridge road tiar oakland drive. accokeek, slows there as well. we'll check back in, aaron. >> melissa, thank you. 5:32. montgomery county police and tha parents o little girl are looking for some help in solving a disturbingcrime. >> someone touched her inappropriately. live at the rockville memorial library. justin? >> well, eun, aaron, you know families often feel safe at the library. in fact, they feel safe in thi area in rockville which is pretty family friendly if you know it. take a look at this map here. you'll see the rock land and it hak an ice and christmas tree upright, but flashing back to darker times. just last satur around 6:00 or so, montgomery

county police say a man approached a5-year-old girl here in the library. he pulled down her pants and touched her inappropriately. she screamed police say and ran over to her parents who called 911. at this time they have surveillance video police are trying to see if that is their suspect. that's ahy they'reing for people who are in that library last saturday to come forward. ve here i rockville. justin finch. >> justin, thank you. >> details of 'skins player arrested and the girl he was with charged with assault and battery. >> they were involved wh

another couple in a fight outside the bar. nicholsonhe assaulted man and the lady hit the woman with a bottle and assaulted the man as well. the redskins released a statement saying, quote, we are gath more information and will not comment until we have further details. right now nicholson's status for saturday's game against the titans is unknown. it's 5:34. we're learning more about a murder/suicide in northern virginia. police say a mother is dead after bng run down by a car and shot by the fatherfer child. katheryn martell was struck yesterday just before noon atth woodlake towers condos in falls church. police say she was in the parking lot when a white nissan suv rammed into poher. ce say christopher brooks s driving the suv. he is also accused of shooting marte martell. he then turned the gun on himself. the child was not i parking lot at the time and s is nowe with other family. we're working to learn more about a threat thatre forced

mills high school to cancel all after-school activiti. the st. mary's county sheriff department said that threat was phoned into the school just before 3:00. the schoolniated a lockout and called off all activities. student his year one was killed when a classmate opened fire. the sheriff's department is investigating this threat. the trump administrysion changing gun laws won't make schools safer bip says dine is the key. yesterday the president held a roundtable discussion to consider a report he after the school massacre in parkland, florida. the federal commission on school safety suggest some students oen't being disciplined because under presidentma schools were ordered to reduce racial disparities and punishments. he trump administration argues violent students are slipping through the cracks. democrats say the administration is really trying to roll back student's civil rights. the nra applauded the approach

arguing the culture. it's 5:36. a d.c. policre searching for a il suspect who kled a man overnight. this is video of the scene in the 1700 block of west virginia avenue northeast. the victim was shot around midnight. > the d.c. council has passed a red flag law. it allows a police to a a judge for permission to seize legal drugs if they pose a threat to themselves or someone else. the mayor is expected to sign it. the tasmp administration banned the use of bump stocks. the devices allow semi-automatic ns to fire faster, almost like an automatic weapon. the asgunman in the l vegas shooting massacre used bump stocks. owners have 30 days to destroy or turn in the devices. a partial government shutdown looms on midnight friday. it would rather shut down the

border. it's around $5 billion to build a wall along the u.s./mexican border. unless a deal is reached, 400,000 federal workers would have to report to duty without getting paid before the holidays. > 5:37. coming up, jimmy fallon and for lateobama team up night shenanigans. you how the ndrprised unsuspecting fans their fans. the cameras you think areec prng their families. prng their families. the

the holidays make me look forward to chick-fil-a honestly. every yearpae have an ugly sweatey. i ke the manatee. at one is cute. i love this. we cater it with chick-fil-a. the crowd pleaser. scott's always so helpful. while thfood's coming out asic, 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.h her, we're going to help no matter what.

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month old son. the camer are set up in the nursery and the parents can watch and listen in. one night they were terrified to hear a s voice coming from the ombaby's >> sexual expletives were being said in his room. so we throw on the light in our room a turn that camera on and i said, turn off the lights. then said i'm going to kid p yourbaby. i'm in the baby's >>room. the baby was fine. they shut down the nest camera and called the police. they're blamit on poor password security. they're suggesting they set up two factor authentication. boy, you don't have to be a parent. that is scary. y.all right, everyb as you're getting kids ready to go out and face the world today for another day of school, winter coats, hats, gloves, sunglasses. no umbrella but know wher

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the clock isticking. we are two days away now from a partial government the drama is growing from the capitol to the white house. the fight is overor funding a wall along the u.s./mexic border. the president wants more than $5 billion. the white house is signaling it wants to avoid a government shutdown saying he wants to shut down the border from illegal immigration instead. the democrats have rejected the late i offerthe republican controlled congress. >> darcy spencer is live on capitol hill this morning. darcy, what's at stake for federal workers? >> reporter: you know, this could have a majt imp here in the d.c. metro area. we're talking about the possibility of 400,000 federal government workers facing furlough and t you're saying that this is not good. this is not going to make for a very happy holiday season. the federal workers are facing a lot of uncertainty right now. of course they hope it

happen, but they have to plan and prepare just in case it does. the politicians and the president, they're going back and forth as the clock is ticking. many hoping for som sort of compromise to avoid the shutdown. now essential workers and the military will not bect affe. senior citizens, they'll still get their social security checks. people will still get their mail, but those facing furlough say this couldn't happen at a worst time. >> affects my whole family.he i'm only one that works in my family so i'm a sole supporter. definitely, it will make things even more harder than they are already. >> would it affect your holiday? >> yes, it would. wouldn't be so happy or merry. >> reporter: and you h from that woman, it wouldn't be so happy or merry. facing the holiday season while being furloughed. there stillime to get things worked out. this wouldn't go into effect until midnight friday night. back taryou. >> spencer, thank you. 5:47 now. the house is expected to take up

a sweeping criminal justice reform bill. last night the senate passed the first step act wh bipartisan support. tracie potts is live on capitol hill. good morning. what are the key points of this bill >> reporter: first of all, low level drug and non-violent offender without criminal history would not be subject to mandatory minimum thsentences. in words, people who didn't do a lot wouldn't get a lot of time behind bars. those already in federal prisons under some ofyp those of charges would be eligible for release. they've also built in some assistance to help people who get out of federal prison transition back into society. back into it. this is a sweeping cminal justice. then there was objection and we thought that it was too leni wt. itld put too many people out on the streets who were

dangerous. on the other hand, it passed overwhelmingly in the senate and could go to the house before thy holibreak. >> tracie, whoashi suppo hsed w sentenced yesterouy. this hearing didn't turn out like everybody expected. >> no, because the defense and prosecution -- questioni h lying about the meeting with the russian ambassador, whether they talked about sanctions. the judge said, you have sol out your country and was ready to throw him behind bars and he hit the pause button and now he'll be sentenced on mar 13. >> tracie potts, thank you. 5:48. new this morning, the insurance institute for highway safety is out with the top safety picks r 2019. this year's list has 57 models

earning either the top safety pick or the top safety pick plus award. subaru leads the seven top safety pick winners. the chrysler pacific a and honda odyssey. alld of them earne good ratings five crash tests and they are ranked advanced osuperior. they scored well in tests which evaluates passenger safety and headlight performance. head over to the nbc washington app f a complete list. and tonight onews 4t 5:00. suognan wil take you behind the scenes at the lab. see what it takes to put one of these crash tests together and fi out what researchers are really looking for in the aftermath. the answer may surprise you. stop sign cameras in d.c. are costing drivers big money. according to aaa, more than 53,000 drivers were ticketed in 2018. that brought in more than $2.5 million for the the district has nine stop sign cameras spanned out t across

city. they're meant for safety to reduce crashes and fatalities. right now d.c. is the only place that h stop sign cameras in this area. maryland law only light and speed cameras. recently the town of glen echo allowed them to put one near the glen echo park. so far not much movement on tt issue. in virginia they allow local jurisdictis to allow red light cameras only. all it took was a simple facebook post to restore the joy for one local family. meet lacey milner. she's 22rs y old and suffers from cerebral palsy. newspapers are like medicine for lacey. her mom says this is part of a morning routine. all she wants is more newspapers t she tookthe internet and said the respons was outstanding. >> i had a friend say, you know, it would be kind of cool if yo could g papers from other areas. i thought it would be my local

have.ds or relatives we ld go as think it w near as far. >> that is from one single facebook post. newspapers came in from all over the country. lacey's mom stored the newspapers on the very special newstand. she can go back and look at them. >> suchth simple g. be acost of a newspaper, m little shipping and look at the smil on her face. >> right. it's the gesture and what it means to te that small effort to make someone's life brighter. that's what the holiday spirit is all about. ck> 5:51 right now. meteorologist cell has been keeping an eye on the deep freeze. >> yeah.ry old this morning. no doubt about that. skies have been clear overnight. temperatures have been falling very rapidly through the overnight hours. good news is we'll be dry again for today but another soakings f rain coming tomorrow. we've already broken the record here in washington for the rainiest year and we are going to pad the lead.

64 r inches ofn so far this year. that is more than 25 1/2 inche above average. bwi marshall has a chance to cross 70 inchesf rain this calendar year because the rain coming here tomorrow and evening into early friday morning will probably be another one to maybe two inches of rain in spots. it will be all rain, lovers. wemperatures way below fre sezi this mornin if only we could marry the moisture and the cold, this one would have been a lambaster of a snowstorm. instead, just rain. 30 degrees in arlington, 21 montgomery county. your planner for today,nt p of sunshine. temperatures will get into the upper 40s to nea 50 degrees today. that's nice. 48 for a high in gaithersburg. 40 in frederick maryland. there's the storm and it came off of the pacific and not

canada. a lot of moisture but not much if any in wayf cold air to work with. here's the way the future weather works with. all of the sunshine all the way through thefternoon hours. overnight skies will start to turn mostly cloudy. it will be cloudy pretty much start to finish tomorrow. might get a peek of sun very early tomorrow morning. steady rain moves in here tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night into early friday it's going to rain and rainhard. again, one to two inches of rain likely. dood watches will be pos so we're probably going to end up in weather alert mode fth sday and potentially into early friday as well. the good news, melissa, we get al that rain out of here for the weekend. we get blown dry on saturday and it should be clear sailing for santa on christmas eve. >> that is very,po very ant. you know that, chuck. he needs nothing in hisway, just rudolph's nose lighting the way. >> sounds like we have ice on

the roads there causing issues there. ice in greenbelt, cheriwood. south vandrne, all lanesre blocked both directions there s.cause of a crash and ice on the ro silver springs, outer loop near colesville. no word on what caused that. it is the right side and t startio see some delay. arlington, southbound gw parkway. 66, 95, no major issues.ge woodbr old bridge road an accident there as well. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:54 right now. "forbes" magazine has listed the 2018 richestit celes. george lucas worth $5.4 billion thanks to "star wars." >> still amazing. >> i know, right? then w have steven spielberg, oprah winfrey, michael jordand reality star kiley jenner. >> you're scratching your head --

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t "newsay" starts now. just about 6:00 a.m. as we take a live look outside right now. we've made it halfway to wednesday and we're getting closer to the holiday weend. is a cold start, too. 32 degrees out there. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. the whole news 4 team backth to again in varying degrees of wellness. >> we're glad toou see for sure. >> brought wipes. lots of wipes. >> keep everything clean. . we'll get a check with melissa on the roads. let's start with chuck bell

how cold is it? >> w iring lie sol this morni morning. it's cold and flu season, everybyy. take it e out there. make sure you wipe down all those shared surfaces at the office, otherwise, you'l suffer the same fate melissa and i did. enjoy the sunshine becau i the ra coming back tomorrow and it could be a lot of it. maybe an inch orutwo we'll get here in time for the weekend. righ now it is a chilly 21 in gaithersburg, 28 in quantico, 20 in manassas, 26 in upper marlboin this mo these temperatures are almost 10 to 15 degrees colder than yesterday. so wayolder thismorning. put your big, puffy coat on. temperatures will c upper 40s to near0degrees. that's good news. you will need the seat