here's a look at the radar right now. we could still see up to another inch of rain on our already soaked roader s nowhere for the rain to go anymore. i was driving to work and i saw huge pools of wateridn the of the road. it can be dangerous. so watch out this morning and good morni to you. >> we're also tracking some trouble out of union station here in d.c. this morning. chris lawrence with the latest. >> this is impacting folks trying to make their way home for christmas.

nimal power h been restored and trains are starting to resume service, but we have learned that one train thatrv es bwi is still experiencing some issues. in fact, a lot of peoe have en taking to twitter to express their frustratn. look, dozens of passengers spenu hours on a train right outside union station. an nbc producer shot this video on board the train. the passengers could see union station and the platforms, but they were not allowed to get off.ne another o of those passengers was anne thompson. she posted updates throughout the ordeal. >> it's 1:11:00 a.m. it's still raining and we're still stuck. >> i'm told we are just five minutes from union station. but so far we have beenaiting n hour and 15 minutes to get there. >> she wouldn't get there until almost 3:00 in the morning. take a lookhere. anne tweeted this out.

freed a 2:52 a.m. amtrak is saying poweras knocked out after 11:00 last night. we are seeing a problem with one of the trains that services dwi marshall. we'll update you as we learn more. >> we'll get more updates in a moment from dave who is in for melissa this morning. >> but first to chuck bell. we're in the weather alert mode again here. ide now.tty warm ou >> man, oh, man, you'd never guess that the winter solstice is an hour from now.ha tomorrows good news. but for right now flood watches or most of the area this mornin it is all moving in our direction. you'll absolutely positively need your umbrella today.

rain likely to continue off and on in spits and starts betwe now a midnight tonight. a huge range of temperatures. mid 30s in the west virginia mountains. mid 60s in souther maryland this morning. so a wide range. plan on a mild and rainyay today. temperatures in the low 60s for most of the d.c. metro area all afutrnoon. more ahe chilly changes for the weekend coming up. good morning. >> good morning. an the result o all of that rain, spin outs onramps. northbound 39 west of duke street. can't see it in this picture, but back y off ofr speed this morning. out over the chesapeake, gusty winds but the winds subsided just enough that it's wind warnings and no longer restrictions. eastbound 66, the crash is still blocking the right side and we'll takeo you montgomery coun, that crash also in play. the traffic should be getting by unde police direction. that's the very latest. we'll keep you posted on this

soggy morning rush for now, back over to you guys. >> thank you. all of this rain is making i terrible day for millions of holiday travellers. >> showers are making things messy. the wet weather is expected to coblinue, pos through very late tonight into tomorrow morning. they couldn't come at a worst time though. yesterday we know was one of the vesiest t days of the holiday season. aaa says almost 102 million people are expected to travel on the roads. >> we are just hours awa now from a partial government shutdown if lawmakers and the president do not agree on ang spendi bill. yesterday the house passed a stop gap measure to fund the government that includes the t' presiden$5 billion to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border. now theenate hasntil midnight to consider the house bill which is different from thn clean versi senators passed on wednesday. majority leader mitch mcconnell

signalled to members to be ready for a possible vote at noon, but many senators left fd.c. the holidays already. we have an update from tracie btts standing on capitol hill. >> if the government does our down you'll still get mail. the u.s. postal service will remain open as it tries to t deliver a presents in time for christmas. if you're flying to your holidan deion, your travel plans should not be effected either. air traffics controllers and t -- tsa agents will be on the job. >> a mother and daughter that travel to d.c. to celebrate the holidays died after being hit by a tour bus. 61-year-old monica carlson and her 85-year-old mother cora adams were hit crossing pennsylvania avenue on wednesday night. the two spent the day viting monica's son buried at arlington national cemetery and then seeing the white house christmas decorations. she was the mayor of scagway,

alaska. >> they were avid lovers of washington d.c. the nation's capitol was a place they loved to visit. they lea very large shoes to fill in a very small town. >> two wen were hit and killed at the same intersection by a metro bus. montgomery county police identified the woman hit and killed by a car in germantown joyce brown was hit on wednesday night. she died at the hospital. the driver that also went to the hospital is expectedayo be >> right now, police are searching for at least two people after a man was shot during a carjacking in montgomery county. thisay happened yeste afternoon in the aspen hill area. officers say two people were threatened with a gun on pear tree rainff of connecticutav ue. one of the victims was shot in the lower body. the suspects then stole then' car and fled the scene. e victim is expected to be

okay. >> 4:37 right now. here's a look at our other top strsies. the uniity of maryland released new video from football player jordanal mcnair's f practice in mait two univers police officers were arriving at the field. when the ambulance arrived, it was at the wrong entrance. the ambulance left for the hospital at nearly 40 minutes after the 911 call. the 19-year-old died two weeks later in the hospital. >> a prince george's county jury found a man not guilty of trying to kill his girlfriend a unborn child. laquinn phillips was charged while tting her on fire she was pregnant with their child last year. yesterday a jury found him guilty on all charges including attempted murder. she says she was stunned by the verdict. the aefenseued she set herself on fire. defense secretary james mattis is quitting. president trump announced his departure on twitter writing he will be retiring with distinction at the end of february. in a letter of resignation

mattis said he is stepping down becasie the pnt has the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with his own. >> in our next hour, we'll help you get into the christmas spirit. >> the first baptist churc will sing for us with some very special guests. ♪ >> oh, they sound sogood. it's just the choir sounds so good. you can hear them right here on news 4 today in about an hour. heay with us for that. >> coming up, redskins are getting ready for a saturday match up. a look at how they're preparing for the game that could break their playoff chances. >> still ahead, library assault. new video of the man police say new video of the man police say went onhe

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all eyes are on the senate. >> earlier this week, they passed their own version of the stop gap measure. tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. what's theifference between these two bills? >> it's simple. one has $5 billion for the president's border wall. that's the house bill that just passed last ght, and o doesn't. the senate bill. so when the senate considers the houseversion, it's believed they're not going to approve it because to do so they need 60 eed a which means they hand full of democrats to go along and democratic leadership said ty won't do that. now, there could be a mass lobbying effort of a few t democrat try to get this on to the president's desk, but if at doesn't work within a matter of hours, we're looking at a shutdown by midnight tonight. president trump said he sign off without that border wall money. so they are al a r stalemate here with the paychecks of hundreds of thousands of federal workers hanging in the balance.

>> watching that clock. tracy, thanks so much. >> this morning, deputies west virginia are looking for one of four peoe that entered an inactive coal mine later this month. they're looking for the man that got out of the mineown hisn. officials say they illegally entered that mine that's been inactive. the mother of one of the people says she believe they were in the mine to steal copper. >> a look at weinstein leaving court yesterday. the judge also setid as the defense argument that police acted improperly in the investigation. three charges against weinstein stem from allegations that he raped a woman in 2013. o other charges date back to 2006. weinstein pled not guilty to the sex crime charges earlier this his next court date is set for march. >> it's 4:48 now to the 5-year-old girl that

was groped at the rockville memorial libry. ntgomery county police are not releasing these photos of a man they're callingn a per of interest. her pents sayhis past saturday a man came up to their daughter in the childrnd's section pulled down her pants and inappropriately touched her. she screamed a ran away. there is a norovirus outbak at oakton elementary school in fairfax county. 60 children missed class with vomiting and diarrhea. a letter went reminding children to keep their children home 24 hours after the symptomi ppear. >> 4:49 and the arlington county school board is moving forward with it's new nam for washington lee high school. in june they voted to drop lee iato disass with the former general's confederate ties. stents, alumni and parents are

venting theirns conc what's in a name? the answer for washington-lee high school i complex and envolkswagee invokes responses. >> man were concerned it would erase the legacy. i think it enhances dit. 't take away the name and lose a unique vibrant history. >> susan cox telling the board in october she fears the money spent to changehe name is not worth it. >> and not just monetary cost but a loss of name recognition andhistory, stability, a sense of pride. she likes t change, eager to reflect it. >>ua i'm ay really honored to be the first class to graduate with that name. >> they recommend to honor the virginia couple whose resulted in a landmark ruling. >> they had a significant impact on the aistory of of us in the country. >> the school board will vote on the new nameanuary 10th.

>> on wednesday a judge struck down changing the name. they'll have a chance to refile for their base case on the day e the school brd votes. the daily times reports al fedeudge upheld the ordinance for now. 5 women sued saying they had . >> it's 61 degrees outside. >> i know. let's talk about bathing suits. >> yeah. nice and mild today.

perhaps. >> nothing. >> all right. now this seems wildlyin propriate to have warm and wet up there for your forecast for today. dry and blustery for tomorrow. push the p button,h the button, push the button. temperatures way above averages here t morning. especially across the i-95 corridor and pois east. a little colder where temperatures are starting out in the low 40s. plan on needing the umbrella at any taye during the today. not going to be a downpour from start to finish but off a on periods of light to moderate rain are likely today. rainll amounts not as extreme as we have originally feared. that's good news. flood watches remain in place and even areas ofigh water across central virginia. radar shows a little break in the action around the city. more pocke of moderate rain down toward culpepper and green

county and more heavy rain toward north georgia and the carolinas. that's the laste real cha of moderate to heavy rain around here. most will be along and east of i-95. so the east side is where the heavy rain potential remains off an on. by the tim tomorrow, things will be drying out and it will turn blustery and colder. temperatures back to about average. so mid 60s with the rain today. a gusty northwest wind,in chillr he 40s tomorrow. no rain tomorrow. partly to mostly cloudy on ea sunday up 50 degrees. dry weather for christmas eve. smooth sailing for santa christmas eve night. christmas day looks nice and unsettled weather arrives late next week.r let's go o for a check on traffic now. >> good moliing. smooth s this morning. eastbound 66, the crash headed to arlington. they're getting by to the left. eastbound 66 after washington boulevard crash almost clear.

ramps are very slick geiven all the rain. we realize now traffic has been stopped on the ramp to the eastbound parkway because of a spin out on that mp. understand that drivers are taking it bupon themselves to turn around illegally. a little bit confusing. we'll all get there in one piece. >> another data breach. this time from warby parker. the prescription glasses company is notifying 200,0 customers about this breach. apparently unauthorized parties gre able to user names and passwords from september to november of this yeare they may h allowed them to place orders on customers profily. however tay there's no evidence that they could see all of your sensitive information. the compa has set passwords for the affected accounts. >> there's so many compani that have these breaches. you get nervous about using a credit card or giving any

permission online. >> the redskins enter another crucial weekend of football. >> the burgundy and gd will be the first nfl team to take the field this weekend when they face the tenee titans. n the team isot giving up harterback j johnson. he's lookiis for second career win as an nfl starter. we'll s if hean lead the burgundy and gold to victory. the game kicks off aaturday 4:30 right here on nbc 4. pregame coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. and be sure to stick around for the game, the ski postgame report. all of that, pregame, game, . post there is a new power couple in e district. check this out. the skins recently signed long snapper andrew east and his wife is an olympic gold medallist. recognize that face? sean johnson east is a decorated gymnas that won gold and three silver medals in 2008 beijing

olympics. she later won dancing with the stars. her husband jned the skins last week and has already proven himself. he snapped the ball that lead to last weekend's game winning field goal against the jaguars. >> it w aream come true and everything i hoped it would be. obviously i shared the mom mt with wife first. she was the person i talked to first, but my mom and dad were there and my little brother and everybody tha supported me through the last 4.5 years were there at the game. >> a family affair. this was andrew east's first game. welcome to d.c. the caps are back at home for another exciting. atch >> before the game, one star player spent some time helping those in need jus before christmas. >> you made them cry.

>>what? the kids are saying that. devante smith-pelly. yesterday he helped handout several coats across the district. it's part of the coat for kids program. run by the children's charity foundation. 's the 7th year. gu he is such a good all right. a local effort is underwayor a way to honor the victims. >> and shock in the courtroom. the man accused of setting his enegnant girlfrid on fire walks away walks away moree.

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>> thousands of workers and a paycheck for christmas. >> shock in thecourtroom, a jury hands down a verdict that surprises many for a man accused of setting his pregnant girlfriend on fire. >> 5:00 on the dot. good morning, everybody. >> thanks for joining us on this friday. friday before christs. >> are y ready? >> i'm ready. >> that's what i like to hear. this is a picture of