♪ news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. in fact, we're following two breaking news stories for you tonight. thin the last hour, medics have been called to help people hit by a car in maryland, and a bus in d.c. >> both cases appear to be very

serious. right now, in germantown, part of middlebrook road has been shut down after a woman was hit ar there. this is right at the intersection with ridgecrest drivpp >> c 4 flying over the scene earlier tonight, take a look. we know the woman was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. a second person was also rt, but it's unclear if they're the driver or another pedestrian. we're told the car did stay on the scene. now, to downtown d.c. 7th and pennsylvania avenue, where two pedestrians have been hit, this is n rightr the national archives building. >> ten years ago, two woment wee nd killed when they were walking in this same area. news 4'sne shomari s is there. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, right nw, i'm pennsylvania avenue between 7th street hwnot and 9th street northwest. i'm near the penn cor r metro station, across the street from

the natio archives building. you can see the bus here, and the crash unitrom d.c. police on the bus right now. 're hearing that two people were hit by this bus. now, we don't know if the were crossing the street, which is in the middle of the block, or at acr swalk. you have to see where the bus came to a stop, and that'sha exactly police are trying to determine right now. we know they were transported to a hospital. no word onir condition. we're hearing that their injuries are quite serious at this point. however, we do not have an official condition. policeave also nreleased their names. continuing hey are to details and we'll bring you them as soon as they become available on ournbc washington app. shomari stone, news 4. it's calm outhere now, but storm team 4 radar shows moving right for us. >> yeah, you can see a whole lot

of rain here, and thafls why d watches are up right now, but rain isn't the only concern. >> as the storm approaches, we're working for t you withm coverage. news 4's jackie bensen is looking ahead to the impa the storm could have on holiday travel. >> but we begin tonight with doug kammerer. it feels like we j t went through this. >> ah, we did just go through this. just a week ago, we were talking about a monster storm making its way in. and we have another one moving our way right now. ernight tonight, it is just going to be on the cold side. coght now, pretty much clear skies. enough that i think now tomorrow, most of the day tomorrow is going to bell r cold and dreary. not a good thursday out there at all. here's the rain. it isng g to take its time getting here. we could see showers at 9:00, 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, and very cold conditionse ain working its way in. and again, heavy rain tomorrow afternoon and evening. that means for the evening rush, i'm expecting heavy rain. by tomorrow ght, between 11:00 and 2:00 a.m., we could see a

ne move through that could give us the potential for some very strong winds, maybe upwa40s of 50, even 60 miles per hour. much more on this impact and much more on what to expect from this storm andg how lt sticks around. i'm back in just a couple minutes. >> we'll see you then, doug. thank you. this isn't just bad news for us. everyone up and down the east coast, from florida all the way up to maine, is going to be suffering. >> and that means big travel hubs like atlanta, new york and boston will be feeling the impact. even before thisorecast took shape, aaa was warning drivers holiday traffic could make their trip four times longer than usual. >> and the storm comes on what aaa tells us whel be t worst day for washington traffic this holiday weekend. news 4's jackie bensen continues our team coverage tonight. she's live at the maryl d welcome center in laurel. >> jackie, are you sing people trying to leave early to dodge the storm? >> reporter: yes, definitely. and a lot of people we spoke to

toniay they wanted to do anything to avoid making that long holiday drive in bad weather, even if it meant leaving a day early. >> so, i heard all about it. that's why we're on the road right now. >> reporter: jeanne brown and her sons are on their way from north carolina to new york to celebrate christmas. and the last thing she wanted was to make what b can a te dhour plusrive in the rain expected for thu.day and frid >> we have at least, i think, about four more hours until we reach our destination right now. >> reporter: ed and routh bacon e headed from florida to maine for the holiday. >> we were supposed to be home two weeks ago. and we botched the weather to find a window and this is the closest we could fd. >> reporter: kelly james has not checked thet forec before setting out from fredericksburg, virginia, heading for new

jersey, but she says she's idateful she left when she >> it took me, oh, just -- almost an hour and a half just to get o of virginia. and it's not normally like that. >> reporter: and you can see behindme, i-95, moving very steady. that isiky to change by this time tomorrow. live in laurel, jackie bensen, news 4. >> jackie, thank you. wake up first thing tomorrow with news 4 today and get the very latt on the timing of the storm and the traffic situation outthere. erin and the whole team are here for you starting at 4:00 a.m. new at 11:00 -- we've got some breaking news tonight. you're looking here at live pictures from capitol hie, whn the last hour, the senate has approved a temporary short-term spendingbill. now, this is the first step to avert aer partial f shutdown. it now moves to the house for a vote. senate republica drafted the

stop-gap funding bill this week and senate democrats agreed to it. this measure would keep the government running until early february. the government, by the way, has already shut down twice this year, so, we've been here before. the senate's bill version does not give president trump the $5 billion he d wasemanding to build a wall along the southern mexico border.>> oing to make sure we don't end this year the way we began it, with another government shoutdown, because of democrats' allergy to ssible immigration policies. >> people do remember that president trump as a candidate said that mexico, not the ooerican taxpayers, were going to have to the bill. so, it's wasteful spending to have to build a bigtiall for the border. >> now, up to this moment, presid ht trump not said anything publicly about signing a short-term an. the short-term government spending bill would have to get through congress and then go throh the reconciliation process and then it will be signed by the president and it has toye signed midnight

friday to avert a shutdown. we'll see what happens. >> a lot on the line for a lot of people here. leon, thank you. tonight, a man is under arrest, accused of flashing a group of juveniles. metro transit police tell us william deanno was on the red line around ig5:00 last when he approached the 12-year-old girl and boy and asked to have sex with them. he got off the train at gallery placend then exposed himself through the window. he's charged with performing lewd, indecent and obscene acts. dramatic video of an all-out brawl involving a washington redskins player. what the team is announcing about the status of montae nicholson. plus, only on news 4 tonight, a fairyx couhird grader killed by a motorized partition at school. >> how could that have happened? >> what a news 4 investigation has now uncovered, and howe you can find out if your child's school has these motor it's not the holidays until...

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a developing story that you'll only see on news 4 tonight. >> our consumer investigative team has uncovered new details in the tragic death of a fairfax county third grader. 9-year-old wesley dd lastay after he got stuck between a motorized partition and a wall at his elementary school. >> documents obtained by news 4 show the family plans to sue, and revealed newounformation the accident. consumer investigative reporter susan hogan has been following the story from t beginning, and has more on this major development.

>> reporter: we filed a public records request from the county a few weeks a thate just received it. now, inside, the documents cim that a teacher acrossed wesley wall rate this motorized despite reports that there were two other adults in the gym at the time. >> he was a dear, sweet little boy. the kind of did that wanted to help, wanted to do the right aiing, you know? >> reporter: caroly is friends with wesley's grandmother. she also spent a lot of times teaching in fairfax county schools. wesley's death left her with a lot of questions. >> how could that have orppened? >> rr: but now, these documents obtained by news 4 are shedding more lightn the traged attorneys for wesley's parents sent this letter to fairfax county last month stating their intent to sue, not just the school ctdist but any employees present at the time of wesley's death. the documents claim there were two teachers and one after

hool program employee in the itm the afternoon wesley was killed. believed one of those teachers asked for wesley's help closing the motorized partition for a dance laterhat evening. attorneys say the county and the employees were neg in wesley's death for a number of reasons, among them, allowing wesley to attempt to operate the wall. failing to follow proper procedures. failing to properly train he employees inafe operation of the wall. >> you must have traichng. dren are dying. >> reporter: kathy cole owns the company that makes a device called safe path. it usesotion sensors and will stop a partition from movingf someone or something gets in its path. a news 4 consumeres igation found there are nearly 500 motorized partions in schoo in the d.c. region and only one of them has an additional safety device like sith paafe inth.

>> i'm t to educate the public that there are some dangers lurking out there in yourchool gym andou have the right to know about it and you have the right to demand action. >> reporter: cole i calling on every school district nationwide to require training for these walls. >> i'm trying oprevent a death, i'm willing to work for free, youknow, with the united states department of education, with any -- >> reporter: anyone who will listen. >> anyone w will listen. >> reporter: cole tells us safe path costs $5,000 to $6,000 to instl per wall. attorneys note that despite an annual budget of approximate $2.8 billion, fairfax county has no current plansin to all the devices. a story we broke earlier this nd year,he attorneys included in their letter to the county. >> you know, s when you you don't really realize it until it happens to you? don't let this happen to sw,omee thfairfaoux county did revise its policies after

wesley's ath. motorized partitions, according to them now, are not allowed to be operated while students are in the room or anywhere near the walls. it als goes on to say that only specific staff may operate thet equipmnd those designated employees are the only ones with access to t operating key. back to you. >> susan hogan. our consumer team reached out to trevery school dt in the region to find out who has these partitions and what policies, if any, are in place. you can check out our interactive map on the nbc washington p to see which schools have these powerful walls, just search partitions. after a violent stretch in one d.c. neighborhood, police are bringing some much needed holiday cheer. news 4's shomari stone takes us to northeastashington tonight. >> reporter: the sound ofirens near benning road in northeast. some people tell me it's all too

common, but this time -- >> ho, ho, ho. >> reporter: -- police aren't responding to crime. >> mry christmas! >> reporter: santa claus h come to town. he teamed up withof cers. >> anybody want hot chocolate? >> reporter: dering holiday cheer. >> it's a blessing. means that everybody still has love in our heart and we have love in the community. >> reporter: santa -- >> come give me a hug. >> reporter: mrs. claus andlp ruh passed out early gi christmas s. >> thank you. >> you are so welcome. merry christmas. >> reporter: how does it feeleto santa claus? >> good. i'm warm-hearted, like -- >> reporter: warm-hearted? >> yeah, like, happy. >> reporter: these children live near benning road, where several thise were shot and killed year, such as randall francis, a valedictorian graduate of eastern high school. and walter baylor, a military veten, also gunned down. >> come on!

>> reporter: we're doi >> we're doing it because it makes us feel good. >> reporter: right y,w, there's nd the neighborhood appreciates it. >> thank you, santa. >> reporter: as you can see, those kids are ex ted, and santa is heading back to the north pole. he's going to sleep for a few days, because he's going to be incrediblyda busy m night, christmas ev deliverering gifts like this one right here.. christmas! >> reporter: in northeast d.c. ar benning road, shomari stone, news 4. >> i was thinking my presentsng weren't go show up -- >> nobody's wearing a helmet. they're not going anywhere. ey were just posing. but side car santa there is smart to get out tonight, huh? >> yeah, you know, a lot of people,se jackie b was talking about, people are leaving tonight because the rain is going to be quite heavy e tomorrowning into tomorrow night. and the wind could be a major factor, too. we could have some big problems tomorrow night. let's take a look first off, where we haven't seen any big

problems tonight. this is down along the nt storef georgetown. a great way to celebrate. get out there with some of the w festivedow displays down there around the georgetown area. you can walk right down there along m-street, wisconsin, as well. looking good this evening.we her-wise, it was chilly. not all that bad. right now, definitely on the tool side. we're sitting 41 degrees. mostly clear skies. winds out of the south right now at 6 miles per hour. i was expecting a few more clouds don't. we've seenostly clear skies. that's allowed temperatures to fall down into the 20s. 32 in leesburg, 35 in gaithersburg. it's going to be cold night tonight. and it's going to stay cold during the day tomorrow. you'll need the coats and the umbrellas. the amazing hething, where temperatures will be tomorrow night. by this time tomorrow night, we could be close to 60 degrees. but most of the day will be liks and temperatures are going to go quickly once the storm moves through. so,lood watchomorrow into the day friday. that is for everybody, an inch to annch and aalf of rain is expected. maybe upwards of two inches. thees hea rain along and east

of i-95. nothing on the radar right now. you have to go way down to the south. look at the skeclearing skies h. can you clearly see this igstor. a area of low pressure spinning. this is really going to trengthen. ans line is going to produce severe weather as far south as parts of florida and potentially into our areas, as well. here comes the storm.it and everywhere by 9:00 tomorrow night. so, if you are traveling tomorrow night, yeah, i really think i-95, 81, 70, all going to be a mess. rain, that's all it's going to be, but it could be v y heavy rain at that. so, tomorrow morning, taking you hour by hour with future weather, 7:00 a.m., nothing, just cloud cover. notice the showeriv ay along and east i-95 tomorrow morning. most of this will be light, but you might need the umbrella. tomorrow afternoon, 00, showers, 5:00, everybody sees the action here. and we see a lot of rain. 8:00, more heavy rain. watch this.

look at this t line aroun 11:00, midnight hour tomorrow. as this moves through, we could see 40 to 50, even 60-mile-an-hour winds with this. we could see some trees downd a lot more in the way of rainfall. what to expect, rain by the evening rush. steady rain. heavy rain and wind. windy and chilly on saturday. so, we've got a lot of wea ter ov next couple of days to get through. i've got a high temperature tomorrow of 50, but that will come after, say, about 5:00. it's going to be a cold start. weather alert day tomorrow. 49 on saturday. watching a little small chance of something on christmas day, but right now, not thinking too much of that. and another big storm, hypo, what do you know, next friday. >> but -- >> every friday. >> tomorrow night sounds like no joke. >> absolutely. that's why we're weather alert. mode chuck will have the latest tomorrow morning. >> thank you, doug. a surprise visitor today at children's national medical center. check it out. former president barack obama wearing the santa claus hat there, surprising children who couldn't believe it when the

former commander in chief showed up. insi ♪ and a happy n year >> where ever the people you love are, that's christma w that's thole thing. >> he spent 90 minutes visiting with the children, their parents and hospital staff, he last visited children's about four yrs ago. wonder what's in thatba best gift would be -- i bet there were a few selfies there, don't you know? >> oh, yeah. i know. it's a big weefor both obamas. she was surprising people on fallon last night. >> that's eright. sh sure was. hey, coming up, the caps and quiet night y a quiet night y a you know when you're at ross and you find their favorite hero at a price that makes you the hero?

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> i mean, they don't like us, we don't like em. curriculars,xtra we're handle it. at the end of the da that's hockey, so -- >> that's what they call that, extra curriculars? >> i like that. >> a few of those tonight. >> i think we know exact wly whe he stands and maybe he finished his career as heavyweight ampion of the world. penguins general manager jimrd rutherold "the pittsburgh gazette" that wilson was afraid of 6'7", 250 pound jamie oleksiak. it should be noted the caps enforcer missed the first two games this year against pittsburgh while serving a suspension and tonight was the first time he faced his rivals th season. and we're used to this game being about alexn ovechnd sidney crosby, but less than a minute into the game, wilson showing off those boxing skills,

agai who else, oleksiak. learned ins defenseman the lesson first-hand. he left and did not return. captain crosby and ovechkin, they exchanged words and not fists, though it looks like ovi fered to fight sid and sid did not take him up on that offer. thatas in the first. in the second, how about some scoring? penguins turnover and it's two-on-one, wilson over to lars eller. capitals take the lead. later in the period, after crosby tied it at one, penguins back on the attack. puck loose in front and they put it in. a sloppy goal f pittsburgh. caps almost kept it out. this one given to bryan rust, and that's the difference. caps fall to the penguins, 2-1, snapping their five-game win ak st. afterwards, tom wilson was asked about the big fight. >> i think both parties knew, you know, i read the stuff that's said after last season and leading up to it, so,th i k it probably had to be done sooner or later. he went a long way to make that

hit. when we looked at each other, it was on. and that's hockey. former rockets forward and newest wizard trevor ariza back with his old team. washington off to a good start. at's thomas bryant scored nine points in the first quarter. the rockets didn't miss many. set a new nba ,record 26 three-pointers. the most ever in a single game. yeah, you're not beating anybody when that happens. harden hit six of those, led all scorers wit 35. wizard, lose it 136-118. well, tmz released video which allegedly shows redskins safety montae nicholson, in the red sweatshirt, in the middle of it all, pushinch pg and knocking a man out. he was arrested, now has been placed on the nfl's reserve non-footba injury list, which means he will not play again thiseason. and fifth-ranked virginia beat south carolin69-52

tonight, just an easy night at the office for them. yeah, all right. no fighting there. >> and a rough night for the home teams. >> i know. >> i know. caps andds wizar both

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ne more checkith doug on the timing of when this nasty weather is coming in.ig >> the thing, it's going to be really cold to start the day and really all the way through early afternoon. around 4:00, 5:00, you'll notice the rain picking up. that rain becomes heavy between 5:00 and 8:00 and then after

8:00, we're watching a potential for a line of storms to develop that could produce 50 to 60-mile-per-hour winds, along and east of i-95 we're tracking that for you as we move through the day. flood watchn effect. chuck will have the latest for you tomorrow morning. >> thank you, doug. >> "tonight show" is coming up

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