the trump shutdown. >> it's up to the democrats. it is the democrats shutdown. moveame and banter as we toward a shutdown. >> the lawmakers are not doing their job. what won change if the chock runs out. plus, ruth bared ginsburg. a doctor weighs in on her prognosis. >> right on cue, it is friday so we have some weather to start off with. >> so you declared a weather alert because of strongstorms? >> ye. we've got a little bit of a

respite. this areahe . more storms developing just to the east of charlottesville. this is making its way through. i'll be timing that out as well. and timing out? snow. not d.c. but off to the west. you have the best chance of snow toni t. after a 66-degree high. much cooler air moving in for the weekend. much more on all of that. year watching a in i had situation as we ee closer to the government shutdown. >> in less than six hour the funds will run out for about a quarter of federal agencies, putting hundreds of thousands across the country in limbo. just days before the holidays.

>> andn we've b keeping an eye on the senate as they hold a slow vote. >> this new version does include the$5 billion demanded by president trump for a southern border wall. the senate has just voted to extend the measure. aley say sev steps are still needed before this goes to a final vote. >> we have team coverage for you. looking at all parts of thisin latest spe spat. we want to begin with blayne alexander. she has the latest. >> reporter: bottom line, there has been some forward moment. ere is still not yet a deal to avoid the shutdown. so what was just agreed upon was a procedural vote that nothing else can come upnless it is agreed upon by the president and both parties in both chambers. of cour, time is a factor and it seems we are heading at least for a sart while towar

government shutdown. today t senate -- >> it's possible we'll have a shutdown. a very long shutdown warning unless they agree on $5 billion for the wall.ha a measure passed the house last night. >> i will be the one to shut it down. i won't blame you for it. >> reporter: the change of tone coming after days of pressure from leading conservative voices. this is what pushing back against the washingtonis estaent looks like.

>> i'm proud to vote for it. >> democraot budging. >> president trump, you will not get your wall. >> setting up a >> if we shut down this government, all of us have failed. >> with no time running out and nopr cise in sight. >> so whatever makes its way through there will have to go backo the house. but remember, they'll have to do the same thing. make sure they're here, ae to vote. in the meantime, president trump has said if there is a shutdown, he will cancel his travel plans to mar-a-lago and remain at the white house while it is being worked out. watching se, we'll be all night long. thank you. here at home, paychecks are on the line for tens of thousands of federal employees. tonight, those workers keeping a close eye capitol hill as they wait to see what happens.

a look at the local impact>> t's nerve-racking, unsettling. disappointing. that's what they're saying. they're going home. not knowing when they might return to work. >> federal employees are living in a state of uncertainty. they don't know if the governmentill shut down. it's always rough during the holidays. >> m kids are little older. i can tell them the truth. , wending on how long it may not have certain things in the holidays. >> reporter: the greater waington boardf trade says local businesses could lose hundreds of millions of dollars

if there is a government shutdown. >> the last time the government had a olged shutdown in 2013, the greater washington region lost about $400 milliony of activer week. >> the 2013 shutdown closed attractions on the mall and national parks across the country. >> the lincoln memorl will likely have the restrooms shut down as well as a visitor's center. so some of those sites. and par rangers will not be available. > reporter: if there is a shutdown, ford's theater will be closed but we are told the stage productions of a christmas carol will be presented to audiences. tourists here for the holidays are trying to do a much sight-seeing as they can in case there is a government shutdown. this familys visiting from germany. >> it is sad if you can't look at those things. would be disappointing. >> if the government sts down tomorrow, federal employees are telling me, they have no idea

how long it might last. that's the latest live in southwest washington. back to you. >> all right. thank you. the shutdown showdown has added another deep dive wall street. the closing bell signaling the worst week for the dow in ten years. >> in an effort to end all of this uncertainty, president trump was urging to use the nuclear option to passe legislatunding to fund the federal government but that's not nessarily an easy fix.e there 00 senators each with one vote. the nuclear option means a simple majority of 51 votes is needed to move an issue arfo under senate rules, most legislation requires 60 votes.

helled cloture. to change budget vote to the nuclear option, senators would have to vote to chang the senate rules. the senate has voted twice to change rhees on judicial nominees. they've never done that for a vote on legislation. and we'll be following the developments tonight minute by minute. and it will probably come tom. so join us to find outhe things stand. you can get updates on our app. ruth bader ginsburg is expected to spend the next few days in the hospital. she had two malignant growths removed this morning. doctors discovered they will last month after she fell and fractured her ribs.

>> recovery can occur because the rest lungs can compensate.e part of work-up prior to the surgery is making sure you can tolerate a surgery like that. >> she is the oldt of the supreme court justices but she's already hired clerks for the next two years, indicating she has no plans to retire. th supreme court has denied a trump administration request. that request to stop migrants who illegally cross t u.s.-mexico border from seeking asylum. president trump wanted the order enforced immediately. he cited the so-calledan car moving toward our southern bored. the justices are split. chief justice roberts joined four others to turn it down. justice kavanaugh and three others sided with the house.

there has been fallout in the rebuke of the president's policies from defense secretary mes mattis. lawmakers are concerned aboutt what comes n and the message it sends to our key allies. within thest admition, the director of national intelligence dan coats says mattis will be sorely missed, praising his experience and his judgme we'll have a closer look at what this resignation means moving forward in a fewinuteshen huck todd joins us in the studio. it has been 30 years since a confessed killer says he murdered a woman in laurel. but police have never been able to identhat victim. today they released a sketch of the victim, drawn by the killer himself. samuel little provided this sketch to police this week. he said he pick her up at a d.c. gray hounl station in 1972.

drove her to laurel and then killed her. little confessed to at least 90 homicides. he is serving three life terms in california. cc onceed of setting a pregnant woman on fire. he is sharing hf side oe story. what he's sheing about t trial and his future. a look at general mattis' retiment. and doug is coming back with who will see

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strong storms are starting to move out of our area and doug is tracking the storms moving in. we'll tellsou how long t back and forth will continue. on either end of pennsylvan avenue, chaos over the federal spending bill. >> with the shutdown looming and james mattis calling it quits, it's been hard to keep up with all the headlines coming ought. >> ryan there is out.

the battle over the wall. meanwhile the dhs secretary couldn't answer when asked how many have died at the southern border.ke >> law did manage to cross the criminal justice report this week. and a falling dow is now the northerly. we hadnother big dro today. we're looking at the working week in a decade and pple are comparing it to the great depression. >> and eller's report could be ready by february. >> all of tks for n mull eventy's first week as the presidens acting chief of staff. >> all of this for chuck todd.ta we have to with the government's efforts to keep the government up and running. >> they've at least come to ane agre on how to talk. the white house and senate democrats are now directi negotiating.

it is interesting, jared kushner is also iolved in these negotiations. he was involved with criminal justice reform. he's built some rapport with the senate democrats that no one in this white house has been capable of doing. so maybe that's a sign. the votes are not there for the $5 billion. the president won't get what he has dug his heels in on. rew it is all about orchestrating, we talking about this earlier. landing.ating the soft the white house knows it has to cave here. the question is, can they do it while saving a littleface? would he accept this deal? it doesn't appear that he would compared to his but i think that's the direction we're heading. >> let's talk about james mattis

resigning. people called him the only adult in the room. that he was the balance. so what now? >> had mattis just resigned but we didn't know, why we might sewell it was because of the syria decision. it would have been concerning to republicans on capitol hill. after you read his reaning for it, it goes from concerning to perhaps alarming. essentially he's saying you deserve a secretary of defenser that s your world view and then he laid out his own world view which is essentially thean ameroreign policy conventional view going back to fdr. that's what is so concerning. he's saying this president does not sharell the s d democratic

values that jim mattis does. and in comparison, by every president we've republican and democr alike. perhaps this is the down side, to borrow it, this is the moment. this is that moment with jim mattis leaving. >> talk about who is oupsetr this? some people are saying vladimir putin is the only one happy about it. i thusk we've had a to playing this about trump. sessed, 't properly okay, is there a cogent argument to withdraw or not? there is a lot of fatigue about n afghanistan. do you realize, next year, the

troops were born in2001. it was after a phone call with the president ofke t who warned the president, you need to pull your troops out. the kurds have been a'americs chief military ally in theon regior the 17 years that we've been fighting some form of al qaeda. they're saying you need on convinco ince ergan. >> what does he gain from that? >> you can look at itta and president is not much of an interventionist. the fact is, vladimir putin applauded. jim mattis resigned over this news in syria. that why you have some republican senators looking so

visibl shaken yesterday. >> what does that do for troop morale in. >> think about the larger picture for the president and his hold over the republican party. you now have an economy that isn't as strong. bill clinton hadoo a economy when he got impeached. richard nixon had a bad economy when he waimpeached. that matters. patm toomey f pretty much the most important state in president trump's coalitn, pennsylvania. toomey is one of those republicans that is that sense of the senate of where they are with trump. >> thank you. it could be a busy weekend. as you know. right here on nbc 4. coming up, an i-teamio

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here's to you all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way. can we have a moment to talk about balmy and beautiful? i just lov the balmy weather. >> and it was nice and balmy until about 4:, 5:00. winter gap at 5:23.he and m nature said we're not giving you that 66 anymore. wasn't it great? sunshine, it was beautiful across our arerl r. we told you yesterday that we would get the dry slot of storm and the sunshine. it was pretty nice early afternoon. then the storms would come back. and boy, did we see the trees down, howard county, carroll

county, all seeing areas of trees down. 40 to 50-mile-an-hour storms. those have moved out. but now i'm watching another set of storms. some showers developround the d.c. metro area. in through d.c. and you see it in you this culpeper. if you're heading downtown, i might as well get the bit to eat. there's the rain. >> another shower over alexandria. this wilome over northwest d.c.er s our station. a little rain over our station. and right over culpeper, no lightning wit this. we have seen some rain a little earlier. i would be surprised to see some 40-mile-an-hour winds. and it will do so quickly justk the last storms. you can see those right here moving toward parts of northern virginia. i think we will see more. watch this change from t rain

snow. that's the colder air coming in. and sev chog, 8:00, 9:00, more nothing too severe. 30, nd40-mile-an-hour it could be a rather wett. ni tomorrow, it is on the breezy side and we do have snow to the west. snow to the west after this. look at the 66 everywhere. 69 in waanton. 67 in patuxent >> referee:. 68 degrees. tomorrow,0 degrees becoming mostly sunny. breezy and cooler but not a bad it will be breezy and yes, a little chilly but not bad. excellent.

>> o coverage continues on what we're calling the shutdownn showdown capitol hill. time is running out. >> we've got a closer look at what's at stake that there is no compromise before the clock runs out at midnight. y, yesterhe man accused of setting his then pregnant girlfriend on fir while she was carrying his child has been carrying his child has been found

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insid the white house and up on capitol hill tonight, they are watching the chock tick down. funding for one-third o our government will be affected. he blame game is up and running. >> it will be all night and perhaps longer. scott, you're following more breaking news near the white house. >>yes. some new theatrics. we're told by the u.s. park police there is a man who has scaled the national christmas tree. the police have closed the pageant area around the tree. e man is in the tree now and negotiations are .underw d.c. police helping the park police on the south side of the white house. a man to keep the government

open -- and a plan to keep government open. a procedural vote to continue negotiatns over a continuing resolution to keep the government funded and operating. the president says they must find a way to keep the border secure. >> i hope senate democrats will work with the whi house on a agreement that can pass both houses of congress. 'sand receive the preside signature. so colleagues, when an agreement is reach, it will receive a vote the senate floor. >> the deadline for hundreds of thousands of workers is midnight. >> with the shutdown looming, we want to take a closer look at what this could mean for

hundreds of thousands of workers, many i our area. three quarters of the government has beenunded you this next step. butould it leave several agencies in limb about half of those would be sent home. the others would be forced to stay and work without pay. now, we have seen this play out before and therely usuack pay when theends. it would take a toll on scheduled leave because ldrloughed workers wot be allowed to use theirs. meanwhile, social security would keep issuing their checks andca me and medicaid should be able to pay out benefits as

well. >> look for all the lightest this ever evolving situation just ahead on nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. a man from maryland is sharingthis side o story after a jury found him not guilty of setting his ex-girlfriend on fire. even as qun phillips claims vindication, the woman burns on 70% of her body insists he is responsible. >> it feels great to have my freedom back. >> reporter: today after a year in jail, he is a free man.as heharged with setting andrea on fire while she was carrying thechild. their daughter was born pre maturely but is healthy.

a jury found him not guilty of all charges. i felt like the weight of world was lifted off my ld shs. i have some of my credibility back. there may be people who feel like there may be something to th story they don't know. >> the first order of business is to get the record and pungd. even though he was fnd not guilty, the arrest records will be expunged >> reporter: in court they said there was not enougde ee to convince phillips. >> evidence the suggests that perhaps she could have been burned by herself. she could have engaged in some reckless conduct. >> this imagine told me he loved me before he set me on fire. he's the devil. i wouldever have set myself on fire.

>> reporter: she sai she's worried about her safety and thy sa of their child. >> he'll never have a relationship. never. >> reporter: she said she's started process of filing a protect 87 order againstps philnd getting sole custody of their child. new york pole are investigating another death that involves deadlyic s injections. the news4 i-team has been tracking such cases for the next year. the death has been ruled a homicide. the philadelphia woman died of something called silicon embolism syndrome after getting injections into her buttocks and rrthighs. no aest yet. there is no cosmetic procedure by the way for injecting silicon. we've tracked other cases across the country where they died or

almost died. a mother's disappearance and io investig the clues that led investigators to that fiance. and the next round of strong storms. nothing too strong right now but if you live around culpeper or warrenton, heads up. .

the fiance of a missing colorado mother is in jail tonight charg with

first-degree murder. patrick frazee said he hasn't seen kelsey berreth since thanksgiving day. since then, investigators picked evidence. the couple didn't live together. berreth lived in idaho. i the fda issuing a new warning that possible safetyfr risk baby teething necklaces. this comes after an 18-month-old died after being strangled by his amber teething necklace. another child choked on the wooden beads. the fda says teething jewelry should not be given to children with special needs and it also recommends using the firm rubbeg teetrings. it's crunch time if you need to cross off a few gifts on your holiday list. if you've put off going to the mall, you're not alone.4

illion people will be out shopping tomorrow on what is being called panic saturday. many stores offering black friday-like deals. hoping to the last minute shoppers, me included. and jujudy is retiring. vowing to do not ng but read books and exercise for the first few months. you go, girl. and we do wish her godspeed in her lsure endeavors. judy taub has been a hard working woman. they refer to her as a one wom working machine. she was my boss. she has been the ballast an newsroom. not only did sherovide

journalistic balance but she could make room. she could get it on the air without any cussing or yelling and that's an accomplishment. >> s's a passenger in our car every morning. >> 35 years. so i'm really happy for her. and don, her husband, is retiring as well. they have raised two boyshend nowre going to relax. >> we've got a lot more ahead. on the tv, two local dads with a bigger family than they thought they would ever have. how they're using theirove to help kids in foster care.

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two breaking stories, if you're just now joining us. we are now about five hours away from the partial government shutdown we've been talking about all wee if the clock runsut on a compromise, hundreds of thousands of w workersld feel pinch right before the holidays. >> and t drama in the white house, if that's not enough, we have it outside. someone has scaled the national

christmas tree on the ellipse. refusing to come down. now the u.s.ol parke have a negotiator on the ene, tryin to talk person out of the christmas tree. we have a crew heading there. >> this is becoming one ofvo my te stories. >> tune in, folks. >> he is refusing to come down from the christmas tree. we have a wonderful story for you. two guys helping make life a whole lot brighter for children they documented from foster care. and for many others, still waiting. they started something they call comfort cases that ty send out to thousands of children who have yet to meet their forever families.

down at the farm in maryland. >> reporter: putting together a forever family takes tience. to make everyone know they have a place they fit in perfectly. with parents who have a lot of love to give them. and when did they decide to raise a lyfa >> since i was about 10, i knew i wanted to be a dad. i would say, i've always felt lying i was going to be adad. but i never thought through how th wasoing to come about. >> they've been together 14 years now. the children came into their lives before they were able to marry in the district of columbia. >> i rember running upstairs, i was like, do you want to get married? d he turnedt me -- >> not exaly what you think. >> he did. he turned around and said no. i'm changing diaper. and i said i don't mean now. >> they married as soon as it

became possible. but they were already family. amaya, and kay. had they planned on four? >> no. no. that was not the plan at all.we >> the expecting to get one but discovered there was a sibling. a sister. and they didn't want to separate them. >> daddy said when i first came to them, they said i didn't smile but i don't remember. >> she sai she can't remember not being part of a permanent family. >> what is forever? what does that mean? >> that you can stay with them forever. >> that people cbout me. >> having been a foster child himself, rob wand to give the children the love he'd miss in the his early years. something was lucky to grow up with. >> she's taller than you now. >> they all are. exceptta tr but i said the next time we see

him, he'll probably be above my ad also. >> cousins a stuff, girls. now i have three grandsons. >> the t calm comfort cases. it gives backpacks filled winh foster children often never have as they go from home to home. >> we go wh these cases. >> now their story is told if their new book, forever family. a story about the ups and downs and the amazing joy ofin cre a family through adoption. >> pretty soon, you won't be able to lift him up like that. >> she's probably sleeping in the barn. >> they're raising a menagerie of documented pets including goats and a pot belly pig. theyeaeing early the meaning of love that comes when

you're lucky enough to find your rever family. >> and the whole family helps make comfort cases a national charity with volunteers all over the untry. so far they've given out 44,000 comfort cases in 43 states and puerto rico a the district of columbia. >> that would be a good christmas present. >> three grand sons all at once. >> all right. let's talk about the holidays. if you're traveling and packing up the cartion think about whicy way're going. there are a couple of areas with pretty strong storms. one of those toward the culpeper area.

now our next storm syste moving in. right here through the culpeper area. a couple of showers through d.c. but nothing t strong. all along i-85, or i-81, rather. we could see 30 to 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts. we'll continueo watch. 17 as well. so heads up. you might want t wait a while before these move through. you can see the cold air, raining and then snowing.

even toward tennessee.no watch what happens around 9:00. rain moving through as we make our way in through ten clog. >> again, take your umbrella with you. it is all gone by midnight. just breezy and colder. 36 in pittsburgh. you can see the cold air and it is because of the upper level low. we'll see that tomorrow. 47 by noon. it is breezy and chilly but not all that bad. christmas is looking i do not anticipate any travel problems at all.

if you're traveling this weekend, no o problemthe roadways. they should all be dry tomorrow. into monday and tuesday, the next storm system. back to 60n and t we see a change. i think we grow colder and we have a better chance of storms. even a chance of rain and snow. 'll continue to watch that one for you. right now, let's get all the rain out of here so we can enjoy a better weekend. and let's take a closer look a ourg breaknews. someone has chimed the white house christmas tree and is house christmas tree and is threatening to turnhe lights t

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playoff line. >> we've got theassists. this is the playoff game. if we don't win this, i don't know. i think this is the one that counts for us the most. we'll see what happens. >> who isun ng. the redskins pre game reports. 3:00. i'll be her in the studio. we get to know the rally captain and kick off at 4:30 followed by our postgame report. see, we've got your saturday planned. all good things must come to an end. as the famou floss ferry anonymous oncesaid.

>> 14traight games on wednesday. tonight the cams on the ice against the sabres. the sabres have only won that will be on nbc sports washington. hey, kelly oub is back tomorrow. the suns playing the wizards. we have highlights coming up and ts of other stuff. >> that will do it for we. ontinue to keep our eye on the ellipse for you. >> there is a guy up in the tree right now. >> with sometng really christmassy, the sounds of the holiday sing-along for you featuring two local contestants on "the voice." e you at 11:00. ♪

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tonight, breaking news, countdown to shutdown, only hours to go but president trump refuses to support any deal withoufunding for his border wall. >> it's possible that we'll have a shutdown. would say the chances are probably very good. >> the uncertainty tanking stocks, the dow's worst week in a decade. shock waves in washington and around the globe after ar defense secr james mattis quits after clashes with the president. chaos inside the national security who can fill the void and how are americals lies reacting to the bombshell? new health scare for ruth bader ginsburg. the 85-year-olic hospitalized after cancer surgery. the netwist in a missing mom mystery,

her fiancee now under