holiday season in the d.c. area. >> news 4 today is working for you to make sure your holiday trips get off to a gard good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchoust. even ife not one of the millions taking a trip today, you'll still have to deal with traffic.y melissa mollet is tracking road conditions for our commute this morning. but let's start withll chuck it is a weather alert day, chuck. >> you bet it is. it'snd all cold a quiet and cloudy outside here early this morning, but our weather is going to go downhill fast as we get into the later parts of the afternoon. crazy wind and rain mov in after the sun goes down tonight. so storm team 4 weaer alert. the flood watches have already been issued. they go into effect at this evening and last through tomorrow. on average, a sol inches of rain is coming. localized amounts could be three ches or more. heaviest of the rain from sundown tonight until srise morrow. in fact, temperatures are actually going to go up after the sun goes down. flying today, good luck with

that. atlanta, sharl -- charlotte, raleigh, all likely to be impacted by bad weather before it hits here.oo watches up for all of the news 4 nation this morning. if you're not in downtown or next to the chesapeake bay, you're in th upper 20s to near 30.'l be near 60 degrees by midnight tonight. we'll be in the low 60s by this time tomorrow. so crazy weather. re about t rest of the weekend coming up. morning. good >> good morning to you, chuck. taking a look at arlington, northbound 95ear washington boulevard, left lane is the only thing getting by the work zone there. uct really seeing too of a delay. that is the good news. alexandria, oer loop, the ramp there to van dorn street, tiny slowdown. getting by th

crash. doesn't seem to be having too much of an impact. through prince george's no worries here this morning. and the beltway overall looking quite good. aaron? >> all right, melissa. thank you. it is i5:02. toda expected to be the worst travel day of the holiday season for our area. >> remember that rain that chuck was talking about? it's not going to help at all. more people thanrever before a hitting the roadways, runways, and rails this year.nc chris law is live off i-95 in springfield with the best times to leave today. chris, that's probably soon. >> reporter: yeah, eun, if i had any advice, i'd say if you're trying to get out of here today, open up the nbc washington app, start watching u on yourphone, and try to get out of here this morning. so look, bottom line,wa if you to get away early, here's what you need to know. millions of people are going to be traveling today. in fact, about 112 million across the country. that works out to about one in three americans on the road.

for us, the worst traff going to come between 1:00 and 2:15 this afternoon. that's also around the same time e rain will start falling. boy, oh, boy, is it going to be bad around that it could take four times as long to get where you're going if you're leaving around that time. best advice, leave earlier. that's probably going t best bet. so why are so many people traveling? well, gas prices dropped in early december. that's makinghe trip more affordable. and here in our area, president trump gave federal workers christmas eve off. so that probably m some folks at least adjust their holiday travel plans. we know a we get tremendous amount of accidents during this time of year, especially when you start getting se of that bad weather. in fact, aaa expects to rescue nely a million motorists during the holiday season. you get dead batteries, flat tires. remember, before you hit the g road an oil change, get

your car checked out. back here live along 95, i've been experimenting with this new app called drive weather. basically, i show you exactly how the weather is going to be all along your route. u can adjust the times. i'm going to try it out a little more and get bac to you athe bottom of the hour with more tips on how to make your drive safe and as fast as possible. reporting live along i-95, chris lawrence, news 4. >> chs, thank you. 5:04ight now. middlebrook road is back open in germantown this morning after a car hit a pedestrian there. this happened right at the intersection with ridge crest drive off i-270. it was around 8:00 last night. chopper 4 was over the scene. that 50-year-old woman was h rushed to thepital with life-threatening injuries. the 20-year-old driver was also taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. in the districtwo pedestrians were hit near the national archives. as you can see, d.c. police roped off an area around the tour bus here on pennsylvania avenue northwest. police say the people were hit

by that tour bus. they were both seriously hurt. it's unclear if the pedestrians were crossing in the crosswalk or the middle of the street. we are staying on top of a developing story. a plan to keep the government open is in the wor. the u.s. house is expected to vote on a bill to keep the government running through the holidays and into next year. last night the senate passed a short-term snding bill to keep the remaining federal agencies open through february 8th. the bill does not include president trump's request for $5 billion to build a wall on the u.s./mexico border. >> we can make sure we don't end this year the way we began it, with another governmendown pcause of democrats' allergy to sensible immigratiicies. >> people do remember that president trump as a candidate said that mexico, not the american taxpayers, were going to have to foot the bill. so it's wasteful spending to have to bud a big, big wall for the entire border. >> the bill does not pay for raises for civilian employees despite attempts by senate democrats.e

use must pass the bill and the president must sign it befo avoid a partial government shthdown for the third time year. president trump declared victory in the fight against isis. with that, he says u.s. troops will return home from syria.ga >> we have wonst isis. so our boys, our young women, our men, they're all coming back. and they're coming back now. we won, and that's the way we want it and that's the way theyi want >> a u.s. official tells nbc news this decision came quickly and, quote, right from the very p. it caught many gop lawmakers and military leaders off guard. the pentagon released a statement saying the campaign against isis is not over. several of the president's strongest supporters said the decision will lead to devastating consequences for our nation and throughout the world. the administrationas not released a timetable for withdrawal. happening today, former film

producer harvey weinstein is due back in court in new york city. a judge is expected to decide whether his sexual assault case will move forward. prosecutors say there is enough evidence for trial. three charges against weinstein stem from allegations he woman in 2013. two other charges date back to 2006. lty to thepled not g sex crime charges earlier this year. look for more verage on this coming up on "today." seven minutes after the hour right now. we're learning more about a violent attack in the district. rightar now police are ing for two persons of interest who robbed a woman from behind in logan circle. news 4's megan mcgrath is liven to expl what happened here. >> reporter: well, good morning. this hapned back on december the 13th on rhode island the 1400 block. police are looking for some help identifying the suspects here because this crime was caught on videotape. take airook at the video of the robbery itself. a woman walks into the courtyard

an apartment building here on rhode island avenue. she's carrying bags. this is a little after 9:00 at night. she's being followed by two men into that courtyard. they hit h from behind, steal her bag, and then they make their getaway on foot. now, take a look at suspect number one. he is wearing what appears to be a down coat and blue jeans, a dark down coat and jeans. now, suspect number two is wearing a light-colored, knee-length coat. he also has his hood up during the robbery itself. at this point, no arrestse h been made. police are hoping that people will recognize the suspects that you saw in that surveillance video and givehem a call. back to you. >> megan mcgrath for us in logan circle. thank you. and today a jury will begin deliberations in the tical of a horrttack in prince y. george's cou laquin phillips is accused of setting his girlfriend on fire

while she was pregnant with their child.ly burns cover ne0% of her body. she survived the attack and gave birth seven weeks early. yesterday inourt, the state said phillips did not want his child with her and was dating another woman. new details in a murder-suicide thateft a mother decide in northern virginia on tuesday. katherine martell was struck by an suv and shot outside of her fallshurch apartment. police say her ex-boyfriend, christopher brooks, killed her and then shot himself. the two were together for eight years and haa 3-year-old daughter. her family says recently she wat abget away from brooks. her mother says she constantly lived in fear because of his threats. >> the child protective services showed up. i think the first time he threatened to shoot the social worker. he threatened to shoot the child protective services social worker. >> martell's familsays it would like to start a foundation to bring awareness to victims who are caught in abusive relationships.

news 4 is committed to raising awareness about domestir violencegh our safe at home initiative. we have a list of local resources on the nbc washington app. search safe at home. two childre helped metro transit police track down a flasher. police arrested william dino for flashing ter children a asking them for sex. this happened on a redline train bo tuesday. th kids are just 12 years old. a major setback for the silver line extension to dulles airport. nearly 300 cracks have formed in buildings at the new facility to house rail cars. metro tel news 4t will not be able to run trains on the new silver line segment without that area being operational. along with construction and contract issues, the completion timeline may have to be re-evaluated. metro says more than half of its tunnels are now wired f cellular and data service. that includes three new sections of track that just became wireless ready.

here they are. the orange and silver lines between rosslyn and ballston, the green line between college park and fort totten. metro hopes to make all 100 miles of track wireless by mid-2020. >> 11 minutes after the hour right now. of all the hazards that drivers will have to face today, people in a virginia town may have the strangest. 'll tell you how cats are causing a mor problem for commuters. and a f surprise visitm former president obamanough to brighten anyone's spirits this holiday season. more on heartwarming trip to d.c.'s children's hospital is straight ahead on news 4 today. good morning. flood watches have been issued. storm team 4 is ineather alert mode. some crazy rain and wind, potentially flooding isayoming ourfter the sun goes down tonight. complete check of the next five days just mites away. it's not the holidays until...

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an intersection in danville, virginia, has been named a hazard because it's eenoverrun with abandoned cats. the city's humane society saysh more 100 cats live near that intersection. the area has apparently been au dumping g for cats for years. the humane society has been setting traps there forde de but the population continues to outpace the traps. >> yikes. well, one ofsa a's helpers made his way to d.c.'s children's hospital. that i fmer president barack obama delivering toys. >> he donned a santa hat during yesterdayse visit the former president showed up tth a bag full of presents and plenty of cheer go around. ♪ and a happy new year>> wherever the family is, wherever the people you love are, that's christmas. that's the whole thing. the former president spent 90 minutes visiting children, their

parents, and the staff at the hospital. >> he last visited children's hospital four years ago. all right. 5:16 right now. >> s.yes, it >> chuck bell is back. >> you're talking about not a little rain. he's talking about industrial strength. that's a big word, >> just crazy. the year of the rainfall, no doubt about it. we've alreadyet the record for bwi and washington. i think this next 24 hours, dulles airport's anncol rainfall will also be broken, making a complete trifecta of rain around the area. bwi probably going to end up with close to 70 inches of for the year. that'll be 30 inches above the avere. right n it's still dry, but it is cold. 36 in washingto a bit of an east to northeast wind this morning has windchills down near 3 in town. and temperatures are below freezing in the suburbs. so windchills are in the low to mid-20s now. put your puffy coat on. it's a cold and dry start to the

day. don't leave home without that umbrella. the clouds will lower and thicken. showers are possible as early as lunchtime. showers turn into steady rain after the sun goes down this evenine most of ay will be cloudy and cold. only in the low 40s for most of the daylight hours today. temperatures will go up after the sun goes down. we'll be near 60 degrees by dnight tonight. a big jump, some 1n degree jumpmperatures from sundown to midnight. travel weath today, severe weather likely down across parts of georgia and flori'l. th affect air travel in a big way. all that unsettled weather is coming for us tonight into early tomorrow. so maybe a sliver of sunshine at sunrise today. then quickly becoming cloudy, a chance for showers in southern maryland as early as lunchtime today. here comes the heavy rain, though. this rolls ine h after about 6:00 this evening. the rain could really be comg wn in buckets from about 9:00

tonight up to about 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow morning. temperaturesill be in the low 60s this time tomorrow. so when you'r above 60 degrees at 5:00 in the morning in mb de, that's crazy. there could even be winds gusting near 50 miles per hour late tonight. another shot of moderate rain comes in tomorrow afternoon. finally, quieter weather moves weekend.e today, cloudy, cold, rain moving in. heaviest rain and the worst of the weather is late tonight into the predawn tomorrow. showers lingering through the day tomorrow. sty northwest wind brings sunshine and dry weather in place just for the weekend. ssat continues on into christmas eve. memollet, let's have good news from first 4 traffic. >> pretty good news here.bl nothing ter right now. rough pavement reported here. this is the same problem we've been seeing for the past couple weeks. southbou 295 at pennsylvania avenue. re as theyneven t try to make some repairs. inner loop and outer loop,

everything is clear. outer loo near van dorn, that ramp situation is now gone.ng arn, northbound 395 near washington boulevard, left lane gets by the work zone. everytoong looks inbound and outbound on 395 as far as any dels. 66, no issues. 95 southbound appaching aquia, a little slow there. no reason for it. >> melissa, thank you. just a few daysay aw from christmas now. even if you haven't started your holiday shopping, ourn jus finch has tips on how to get your shopping down cheaply and quickly before tuesday. and stay with nbc 4 this afternoon for "ellen" starting at 3:00 follod by news 4 at 4:00. elle season sitting down with sandra bullock before leon and pat catch you up with al

s here's a holiday challenge for you last-minute shoppers. find presents for four friends in one hour and stay within a hundred bucks. >> you have suc expense i taste. i don't know how this happened. >> i don't know why you think that. >> justdd g. aaron always says he's a simple man, a hum ne man. >> oldy or banana republic. >> oh, whatever. so we put our justin finch to she test. he's been busy t holiday season. he wen on a shopping spree for us as we get readyy.or the holi >> reporter: the challenge has been accepain. i'm taking it on. four anchors, $100 limit, one

hour's time. we're here at the leesburg corner premium outlet store, ma ger jim gonzalez here. u're my eyes, my ears, my guide. do you think we can meet the challenge? >> i think we can do it. >> reporter: first t first, set the time. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: off we went to the yoga apparel store lululemon. i'm looking for like $25, $30 range. that got me to something i think would work for one of the four t on my lithis versatile scarf. >> you can wear this like seven different ways. just put them through here, snap it, and now -- >> reporter: oh, that is cool. and in budget. couldn't you see eun in one of these after one of her solid core workouts? looking at socks, i have a reason why i'm doinghis.

we're recording for news 4. i'm sorry. here's where i'm going.ou maybee seen these ankles on social media, something of a sock-off, i guess, beten chuck and aaron. i thought i'd pitch in and pick up a few new pairs for them at joseph abank.ar these like glasses that kind of look like chuck. these hats, though, kind of look like aaron, i suppose, right? give me a nod, camera, if you agree. yeah, i think so. and just like that. uge more to go, melissa. her social media sgests she might like something christmasy so we checked out francescas. >> i think i like those better. >> reporter: so if you were wondering about time, we killed it. 29 minutes.pl enty of time to maybe even buy

something else, but now the harder part is going to be did i stay in budget. i've got cash left or. >> well done, justin finchy >> you're kind of shopper. >> to finish that in under an hour was accomplishment one. to also come in under budget complishment two. >> pretty impressive. >> i want to say as well, we were at the leesburg outlets. one thing i learned there is sometimes the discounts are evea deeper than you realize that are posted on the windows. if you go to the re, just ask. say, is there any way we can take maybe 10% off, 20% off? is there something else we can do? and that really stretched my dollar. >> aaron is like, do you know who i am? >> the outlets. go for it, aaron. >> where's the stuff? >> when you see me i think in the 6:00 a.m. hour, i'll have the goodsith me. i'll explain my methodology. you saw some of it there. join us at about 6:25 and wbrll

eak it all down. >> all right. justiu then, thanks. hey, google, turn down the temperature 2 degrees. >> home alone again. coming , we'll show you the new spin google it putting on a classi christmas movie. and the million-dollar question, or the $16.89 question is what happened to test of the hundred bucks we gave justin? that's what i'd like to alknow. right. your wake-up weather, it's cold and dry this morning. most areas below freezing. you're going out for your morning jog, get it done this running after dark will be wet. running after dark will be wet. n-day forecast cominteg

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it is 5:29 as we take a live look outside right nown what is shaping up to be a busy thursday morning. not only will the roads be more congested as the holiday travel rush begins, a i big storm also heading our way andhreatening plans for thousands trying to get out of town.

el're working for you. we're here to you get there it. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. melissa mollet is here with everything you need to know abou the morning commute. first, let's turn to the forecast. it is a weather alert day here with storm tetm 4eorologist chuck bell. >> that's right. weather alert because flood watches have already bee issued for the overnight hours tonight. rainfall amounts could be copious, indeed. storm team 4 weather alert, the reason is for the potential for flooding duringhe overnigh hours tonight. remember all that rain we got over the weekend? over 3 inches of rain. we could get another 1 o 2 inches on average. some spots might get another 3 inches ofain over the next 36 hours. heaviest of the rain will come from sundown tonightntil sunrise tomorrow. so late night a early hour travel plans tomorrow will be most impacted. nothing happeni this morning. it's cold, quiet, and dry. in the upper 20s ine most of suburbs to around 30 downtown. temperatures will barely be in the low to mid-40s for most of

the day with clouds quickly thickening up and rain chances going up to 100% later on in the day today. that's with a northeast wind. winds will turn to the southeast this evening as this big storm comes on in. our tperature will go from maybe 40 to 45 at 5:00his afternoon to near 60 degrees by midnight tonight as all this rain and windomes in our direction. could have winds over 50 miles per hour tonight with all this storm. we'll give you all the timing on that and a look at the weekend forecast in the ten day coming up in a few minutes. for now, let's go to melissa mollet. >> good morning, mr. bell. merrifield, inner loop, right side blocked by debris. rest of the beltway looks okay. brand new univsity p brooublleemvard at a road, dark traffic lights. treat that as a four-way in washington, southbound 295 at pnnsylvania avenue, still those complaints of rouement here. that's been going on for the past couple of weeks. and arlington, tals is f

cleared. northbound 395 at washington boulevard, left lane was getting by the work zone. now everything is open. >> thank you, melissa. that storm chuck mentioned is headed our way as the holiday travel rush kicks off. 112 million people are expected to travel sewhere to see family and friends between christmas a new year's. that storm will impact travel hubs such as atlanta, new york, and boston. those airports will see heavy rain and possibly flooding, which will impact travel nationwide. >> as for our area, today will be all about traffic. news 4'snc chris law has what you need to know before you hit the road. he's along i-95. >> reporter: hey, aaron. yeah, i'm going to be hitting the road with my w e andkids, heading back to the midwest to see our families. i've been playing around with this app called drive weather to get me there safely. i'll show you how it works in a second. first, here'ic the b of what you need to know. there are going to be millions of people on the road over the

next day or so. in fa, here in our area, the worst time to leave is gng to between 1:00 and 2:15 this afternoon. keep in mind if you wait too much longerer a that, you're going to start running into the really bad weather that chuck mentioned. but if you leave during that time, you can expect it's going to t take upo four times as long to get where you're going. so about that app, it's called drive weather.ou i know yan get it on the iphone. you basically put your route in, and it's going to give you the weather along your entire route. raining, where it's snowing, where it's clear. you can hit the button and see theind conditions. you can even pull up radar to see what may be moving your way. you can adjust your drive based on that. ether you need to stop and take a break, whether maybe you want to take ali stly southern route or northern route to avoid that weather. you can even drag it out seven days. so you have some flexibility, you can see, iwell, maybet's better to leave on saturday rather than friday.

so a great app to have. back here now live, you're looking out on 9 not bad at all right now. in you can, hey, maybe open up the app, start watus on your phone, and get out sometime this morning if it's at all nssible. live springfield, chris lawrence, news 4. >> chris, thank you. 5:34 right now. we're staying on top of a developing story from capitol hill. w lawmakers areking on a plan to avoid a partial government shutdown. last nht the senate passed a short-term spending bill to keep the government running until th.ruary 8 the bill does not include president trump's demand for $5 llion to build a wall on the u.s./mexico border. the house still has to pass tlls and there's no indication about whether president trump will sign that bill into law. the deadline i tomorrow night to avoid the third shutdown of the year. in a few minutes, we'll check in with tracie potts forat thet on this from capitol hill. christmas eve will be paid federal holiday.

the presidentn signed executive order closing most federal agencies and excusing employees from wk on monday. certain people with jobs connected to national security, defee, or other public needs will still have to report to work. this is not an unusual executive order for time when is christmam eve falls on aonday or friday. president bush and president obama signed similar orders. president trump i sayss has been defeated in syria, and u.s. troops will return home. edout 2,000 troops have he get rid of isis in syria. however, the pentagon says the work is not done, and it will transition to the next phase of the campaign. middlebrook road is back open in germantown this morning after a car hit a pedestrian. this happened right at the intersection with ridge crest maive off i-270 around 8:00 p.m. the 50-year-old wowas rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. now to the distrt, where two pedestrians were hit and seriously hurt near the national archives. police say that tour bus hit those people on pennsylvania avenue northwest last night.

well, we hope you didn't procrastinate and that you shipped your holiday packagehi earlier week. for everyone who didn't, the deadline has arrived. today is the last day you can mail first class and priority yil for delivy christmas. saturday is your last day for priority mail express. for other carriers, today is the last day for fedex and u.p.s. two-day delivery. even if you pay for the priciest next-day delivery, tomorrow will be the last day to get those packages in before the deadline. >> and if you're mailing it tomorrow, you're believing it's to get there monday. i'd get nervous about that. >> because somebody's going to return the gift gf its there tuesday, wednesday? people will be fine. the caps' five-game winning streak has officially come to an end. >> lashe night caps fell to our arch rivals, the pittsburgh penguins. the game was neck and neck until this goal that gave the p.guins the w many fans this morning areta ing about this fight with tom wilson. things started to get physical.

theaps are back at home tomorrow night. they take on b theuffalo sabres. sosten, tom wiln says basically, that's hockey. >> get your money's worth. 5:37 rig now. coming up, you probably have seen this vio of a 5-year-old caught stealing a package from a maryland home. this morning anupdate and an arrest warrant. but first, trading his sleigh for aide car. the important stop santa maden our area before the bigay. stit w d

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santa made a special stop in the district last night. he and several police officers brought some ely cheer tohe benning road area. >> they handed out gifts, hot chocolate, and candy canes to kids in the neighborhood. it's aeighborhood often

plagued byiolence. >> every still has love in their heart, and we have love in the community, even in benning courts. >> neighbors say they appreciate the earlyose of christmas cheer. look at those kids' smiles. >> love this time of year, chuck bell. >> absolutely right. job well done. there's a little all of us this time of year. that's time well spent there. four things you need to know about the next coupleays. rain coming our way today. mild, in the 60s, tomorrow, with rain around. fortunately, dry weather moves for t big weekend leading into christmas. i'll show you the ten-day forecast, which incdes the christmas day outlook. stay with us. us, a christmas class wick a modern spin. recognize that face? that

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>> 5:44 rightnow. the clock is ticking on the possibility of a partial government the senate passed a short-term spending bill last night, but we are not in the clear just >> that bill now goes to the house for its consideration. ed appr on to the

president. the deadline to come up with a deal is tomorrow at midnight. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tell us about the short-term spending deal here. >> sure. well, it'eb only throughary 8th. it includes no new spending for this chunk of the governmret that the trying to deal with. and it includes no money for that border wall. one way to look at it, it's about a third done. the senate okayed it. the house takes it up today. the big question, will the esident sign it? he signaled through the white house he's willing to compromise that $5 billion he'd been demanding for the wall. some republicans here say they've gotten word that tt presidenealizes this is a reality, and instead of shutting down the government, he is willing to sign. but that's still a wild card. we don't know. it could land on his desk asy eas today, averting that shutdown and tomorrow's midnight deadline. >> all right. tracie potts live on capitol hill. tracie, thank you. just about 14 before the hour. thning d.c. police are searching for two people who

robbed a woman from behind near loga circle. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is live along rhode islvenue to explain what happened.ll >> reporter: guys, we're seeing new video this morning, videof the suspects involved as well as the crime itself. it was captured on surveillance video. police are hoping s eone recognizes the people in this video. let's take a look at that first. this isideo of the robbery itself. this happened back on december 13th here00 in the block of rhode island avenue. it was just a little after 9:00. a woman walks into the courtyard of an apartment building. she's carrying bags. e's followed by two men. they hit her from behind, steal her bag, and then runaway. they're still on the loose. take a look at suspect number one. he is wearing what appears to be a down coat, a dark-colored down co and blue jeans. the second suspect is wearing a light-colored, knee-length coat. that suspect has his hood up during the cri here.

now, police are still looking for these twothndividuals. 're hoping that somebody recognizes them from the surveillance video and gives them a call. back to. >> megan mcgrath live in logan circle. thank you. i think we're having trouble with justin ice microphone. there was acare at georgetown university overnigh fire and ems were dispatched to the student center just before 1:00. we'll have pictures from the scene. again, this information was from twitter accouats. an evan was called as fire crews responded. ere was a -- drier fire in the laundry room. the sprinklers wereed activ no reports of injuries.

there you . all right. so it's now 5:47. more bad news for skins safety montae nicholson. take a look here. nicholson is the man in the red sweatshirt apparently. the video shows him pushing and punching, knocking a man outsidr of a in loudoun county earlier this week. nicholson and a woman he was with were both arrested and charged with assault and battery. skins coach jay gruden said he's says he this video and will take a look at it. nicholson will not take the field with thehe team when play the tennessee titans on is at 4:30 right here on nbc our coverage begins at 3:00 with the pregame report. an te to a story we told you about last week. for as now a warrant out maryland man accused of making his 5-year-old steal a package for him.

gary smiths accused of coercing his 5-year-old daughter into stealing a package for him. you can see a little girl looking back, apparently looking at someone who's instructing her, before running up to the porch and grabbing the package.n he ran away. smith apparently blamed t theft on his daughter. once he's caught, he'll face several charges. it's really not christmas without the holiday classic "home alone." >> nrly 30 years old, making a comeback. get ready to be transporte t bak e with a twist. take a look. >> someone's at the front door. >> what do i owe you? >> looks lik you paid online. >> keep the change, ya filthy animal. >> l.ay, c >> hey, google, turn down the temperature 2 degrees. >> that's kevin mcallister all grown up, still living at home, alone. this time, he has google home to keep him company. th's not the only update.

remember when he used the michael jordan cut-out? that's k.d., kevin durant. he's kevin mcallister. it's fun to see. do you know what i mean? i don't know. that movie is still funny after all these years. >> on a related note, if you go to my facebook page, there's a video. the porch pirates met their match. device ngineer built a that when they got it in their car would cover them with glitter and have fart spray to stink up their car. it is genius. you'll love this video. go to my facebook page and watch it. >> i'm going to have to share it, okay. >> storm team 4 weather alert. the year of the unendingor rain continues. it is not raining now. get ouyand en the last few dry hours while they're here. it is going to rain and hard later today and tonight. 37 degrees right now skies haven't gone completely overcast yet. it's likely to be a pretty sunrise. 7:22 is when the sun comes up.

it'll be a cloudy and cold day today. flood watch issued for tonight into tomorrow for the entirety of the news 4on na rainfall amounts, at least an inch to an inch and a half of rain, localized amounts of 3 inches or more are possible. so keep in minds the heaviest of the rain is going to be tonigin. trav late tonight or early tomorrow morning, not recommended. this morning we're below freezing outside. with the clouds coming in, it was clear just long enough overnight to gs temperatu below freezing. with the clouds coming in, we're going to be stuck in the upper 30s to aroun 40 for the first half to three-quarters of the day. rain moves in d the afternoon. once the rain moves in, complete opposite of the summertime when e temperature goes down when the rain moves in. tonight the temperatures will g up aft the rain starts because it's coming up from the south with a gusty south wind. temperaturea will be 60 degrees by midnight tonight. this time tomorrow morning,

we're likely to be in the low to mid-60s around here. mid-60s before the sun is up in december, you know that's a weird weather setup for sure. here comes the heavy rain. sprinkles in southern maryland as early as lunchtime. heavy rain coming in during the evenin and overnight hours tonight. could have isolated wind gusts neares0 mil per hour in the predawn hours tomorrow morning. the morning commute tomorrow will be a wreck. some midday drying, loomto mid-60srow afternoon, before another shot of rain, maybe even a rumbl or t of thunder early tomorrow evening. everything settles down for the weekend. dry weather for sunday and christmas eve.y, christmas partly to mostly cloudy and chilly, but dry. oranother chance f rain late next week. let' go to melissa mollet and first 4 traffic. >> good morning. brand new problem here. hyattstown, 109 at 270, a crash reported. trying to get more information. 270 as you're approaching 85, a

little slow. just that normal volume. college park, university boulevard at adelphi, dark traffic lights. careful through that intersection. inner loop before 66, right side blocked by debris there. and in northwest, kansas avenue shut downadetween mon and longfellow. that's closed for a water main break. they say this is goingno be shut d through the morning commute. as we zooout her frank tippett road near 309, crash repoeled there. tr times in maryland, 66 miles per hour on 270. looking quite o good. tothe beltway, 58 miles per hour. on the outer loop, inbound on 66 d 95 northbound, both rolling quite well. rememberop to listen to 103.5 fm when youop in your car. >> thank you. now to two major oovelopments regarding fac and your privacy. one involves a lawsuit filed by d.c. attorney general carl racine. he says facebook failed to

protect the data of millions of users. he focused specifically on the cambridge analytica scandal.he that's a third-party personality quiz took user data before the 2016 >> almost half were340,000 residents, had their user information compromised. >> facebook gave partners, including micrahoft and! more access to your data than previously thought. facebook has denied the report. it's called one of the most magical times of the year. we're talking aboutheoliday in the park at six flags america. >> this morning our molett green is working for you with another option to enjoy the sights and sounds of the season. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. i'm here with some great kids out of baltimore who are joining me this morning at candy cane lane. this is an option over the holidays. if you have the kids at home and they want to get out, ifve you

ha the out of town th're opeesn season. look how decked out it is. y'all want to look at thes christmaree? we're going to talk about some of the rides and attractions that you can enjoy this holiday season as we take in the beautiful colors and lights here at six flags throughout the 6:00 hour of news 4 today. >> very nice. >> see you in a little b. thanks. tomorrow we are going in the community to bring you the christmas spirit. >> there is a special sing along at first baptist church in prince george's county. >> i'med excit you can hear them right here on news 4 today tomorrow morning. it's going to be s good.

> [ inaudible ] >> a little tuble there with frank's microphone. we're going to try to get that for you later in the newscast. 5:56 right now. you know what, it is the busiest travel day of the holiday season for the d.c. area. we are out live this morning with more on therowds that are tting the roads and what time you should try to steer clear of all theorraffic. problems for major projects aimed at expanding metro. we've toldut you ahat bad concrete and potentially dangerous track park. the latest problem for the silver line, that's next on news 4 today. re

to the stair takers, re breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, and the positive tnkers. here's to you all that see every day as an opportunitye to thrur way.

you are waking up to the busiest travel day of the holiday season. millions are expected to hit the road and and take to the skies. a late-nightarin in the senate might be the move that keeps the government open past friday, but there's still a big sticking point between congress white house. and the movie mogul at the center of the me too movement is set to answer for some of the most serious allegations agast hi amid allegations the charges could be thrown out. soak it inks f this is likely the most peaceful

view of any road you're going to see tay. aaaays today is going to be the busiest travel day of the .c. day season for the area. >> but news 4 today is working for you to make sure your holiday trips get off to a good start. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us on a thursday. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it is 6:00 a.m. now. f you're not one of the millions of people taking a trip today, you still have to deal with the heavy traffic. melissa mollet is here to help. track condition for the commute this morning. we want to start, though, with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. he's not being very helpful right now. >> he's just doing his job. >> don't kill the messenger. >>erlisten, that wea alert, that music gets us. we know something bad is coming. >> absolutely. another hard hit of rain coming thr way from mother nature later today. morning, it's still dry. dry pavement for all of your activities, but it's cold. most areas are down below freezing this morning in the upper 20s and low 30s. school kids, i know these are some of th toughest days with christmas bre