23rd of december, s2018, thank for joining us, i'm david culver in for adam tuss. >> i'm molette green. it's 9:00 on the nose now.we re now 30 hours into a partial government shutdown. president trump is holding out for funding of hissi controv border wall but democrats say they won't grant it under any circumstance. s of workers in our area and throughout the country won't be paid until after this is resolved. as nbc's geoff benneorts, it's high drama with real-world impact. >> reporter: president trump holed up at the white house as the partial government shutdown drags on witin no deal in ght. the stalemate hinging on trump's $5 billion demand for his signature campaign promise -- a southe border wall. one he repeatedly said mexico would pay for. s the president who just do said he'd be proud to shut down the government order border

security -- >> i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down, i b wonme you for it. >> reporter: -- in a tweet signalled it could last a while with democrats dug in. >> i have never supported a border wall. >> reporter: mr. trump summoned top aides and allies to talk the president later appeared to soften his stance. in a tweet suggesting he might e funding for a steel barrier instead of one made of concrete. a senior administration official told nbc the president is willing to negotiate on the type of barrier so long as democrats agree to opart of any deal. nearly a dozen departments and agencies have run out of funding. roughly 25% of the federal government gone dark. that means 380,000 government employees are furloughed or forced to take unpaid leave until the shutdown end another $420,000 deemed peessential employees are ed to work without pay, that includes tsa agents who are on the job during one of the year's

busiest travel weekends ahead of the holidays. they'll be paid retroactively once the government reopens. geoff bennett at the white house. th meantime government shutdown extends to certain sights in the district. >> many tourist attractions a impacted by part of the government being dark. derrick ward is in northeast d.c. in one are thats missing some holiday cheer. derrick,ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're here at the national christmas tree where you can kind of see a sign of the times. take a look. the sign is on the gatere it says "because of a lapse in federal appropriations, theis national chras tree site is closed for the safety of visitors and park resources." so usually you could stroll among the 50 state trees there, but you can only take a look from this side of the fence today. indeed, a sign of the times. congress adjayrned yeste without any resolution to the issue of funding over the wall. so mhatns that we are

starting to see some of the first signs here in d.c. now, most of the smithsonian institution museums will be on eir normal schedule. they'll be closed christmas day. that's usually the day they close anyway. otherwise they will be open normally now. if this runs through january 1, they'll re-evaluate and you could see some affect there as well. but take a look now. we have a list of some of the agencies that are indeed affected. again, some 0800, federal employees may be affected, 0,000 of those deemed essential personnel may have to work with deferred pay. contractors are really up in the air, sometimes they don't get the pay back. that's been the case i past shutdown bs buthopefully this will be resolved soon. one gentleman said this put a damper on the christmas spirit not being able to stroll there. live on the ellipse, derrick ward, back to you.

"meet the press" moderator chuck todd will join with us much more on this government shutdown. you can catch "meethe press" 10:30 after news 4 today. but at 9:04, a lot of you preping for christmas and perhaps doing last-minute shopping, going to get out o e house. >> it looks pretty, lauryn, what's the latest on what we can expect >> it's a gorgeous day, you're right beautiful conditions out there. we have some sunshine out there, we even had a muchighter wind than we did yesterday, it will be a beautiful day out there.we r, we do have a few rain showers on the way believe it or not and i think it will catch people by surprise. we have a small chance of rain later tonight. not right now,lothough. at this. clear skies, absolutely beautiful conditions right now. degrees is the temperature. we're warming up into the mid t upper 40s. by this afternoon, that's when the clouds start to increase but no until then. we're dry right now and we'll

continue to stay dry through a good ption of the day. we'll talk about the timing on that rain because we will see some showers ae head into the afternoon so we'll talk about that -- well, head into the evening, let me say that.we l talk about the timing on that and talk about your christmas in detail coming up in just about 15 minutes. >> thank you so much, lauryn. developing, a deadly tsut mi has killedast 222 people in indonesia. this happened at the capital of jakarta where n the sunda strait that connects the java sea near the indian ocean. scientists say it's possible a volcano triggered an undersea landslide. back in september, a massive quake triggered a tsunami that killed more than 800 ouople in thatry. a community is devastated after a gunman killed a young father s northeast d.c.me in

here's the thing -- donald lewih wasding his newborn son at the time while he got shot. it was on earlier this week. last night, family and friends gathered to remember hel. they bve he was targeted and want justice.mi up at 9:30, darcy spencer will have emre from the otional vigil. the redskins is playoff hopes are now even slimmer after a iough lossn tennessee yesterday. the team fell to the titans 25-16. the game was close until the titans scored a touchdown. on top of that, quarterback josh johnson threw an interception with a minute and a half to gold. just one morele gam for the burgundy and gold. they're back at home against ths ea it was still a huge night for d.c. sports. the wizards shinedd n the court n in triple overtime. they beat the suns 149-146. guard bradley beal also earned

os first career triple-double today they're backthe road and play the indiana pacers. london's gatwick airport backpen after drones flying nearby created a holiday e two people arrested were released with no charges.n more tthousand flights had to be canceled or diverted. gatwick is the uk's second-busiest airport and says schedules are slowly returning to normal. th will take time. a controversy brewing over this viral video in where a wrestler was told to cut is locks or he could not compete. as nbc's kathy park explains, some are calling this action unfair and potentially racist. >> reporter: the crowd at wednesday's wrestling match watched andrewso jos dreadlocks drop to the ground. the new jersey high school wrestler reportedly had to choose -- trim the hair or forfeit the match. a decision handed by referee

alan maloney who said the athlete's hr length and head rules.roke the johnson won the match but response was, some calling the hair cut a case of racism. >> wrong, flat out wrong. >> very disrespectful and it's discrimination. >> reporter: social media quickly lll up as civil rights activist shaun king called it disgusting. the governor of new no student should have to choose betw his or her identity and playing sports. the referee, alan maloney, grabbed headlines before. in 2016 t "courier post" reported he was reported to have used a racial slur against a referee at another private gaering. malone apologized. wrestling championorn burrow talked about this. >> i know as a young black man how much my hair meant to me. >> reporter: high school

administrators issued a statement saying the referee will no longer be permitted to referee any more school sporting events for its the association that regulates nejersey athletics adding the ref will stay on the sidelines as state authorities complete their investigation. kathy park, nbc news. >> you can tell even though he won he's just emotionally defeated. >> he looked drained. >> 9:09 is your time on this nunday morning. >> lau says bundle up on your way to church this morning. we'll take a life look outside. beautiful-looking image of our nation, of washington. lauryn is back with a closer look at your forecast where you live when news 4 today continues.

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george's county, the tone is set for the day ahead. police headquarters fled with piles of toys yestery. 13,000 children met santa all o thanksnerous donations from local first responders, volunteers and the comnity. organizers and officers got high praise from santa himself. >> he makes it happen so personnel and people who volunteer, the officers, a lot of officers come in on their days off and he makes sure thats everybodn the right place at the right time so all these kids can get rewarded. >>omething weird about that stan hat, though. >> something about it? >> looks weird.al >> i the department gave tt about 45,000 toys. >>t's incredible. >> awesome. let's take you outside for a

live loo as we prepare for santa's arrival here. nice nday, shaping up to be sunny. ricketts tracking your christmas forecast just ahead. plus, a verypecial christmas surprise. the story behind a faceboo post and all of these newspapers when news 4 today continues.

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week ahead. maybe a break will help. u.s. markets closed early on monday and are shut all day tuesday in honor ofchristmas. stock market bulls will be looking for a rebound following three weeks of sharp decline. the stock indexes are on track for their worst month in ten years. wednesday is likely to be a busy day for retaers asresents get returned and bargain hunters look for post-christmas sales. there are no big earnings reports expected next week but there are a few reports on housing, including new and pending home sales and the s&p case-shiller housing price index. finay, who will t the nice list on the box office? "aquaman" has taken the early lead, despite "mary poppins" returns on wednesday. "aquaman" has grossed more than $260 million in nainternat markets, much of that in china. i'm kelly evans. get all of your business news on cnbc. hampton university excited about one of their incoming students, 2014 little league

world series breakout start mo'ne davis signed her letter of intent to play softball for hampton in the fall. davis was the first girl to throw a shutout in the little league baseball world series. she was named 2014 associated press female athlete of the year. >> she is awesome. the school says she plans to study journalism. she picked a good school but not the real hu. that's howard university. >> i think our producer wld say that's not accurate. >> the debate ranges on. >> i'll just say as a i referee won't get into that. it was a simple faceboo post to get a big surprise for a local young woman withy cerebra pahis christmas and it turned into more than a mother could ask for. news 4's corey smith explain how old total strangers came throw deliver the news to lacey. >> reporter: this is the story about a girl and her newspaper.

lacey millner loves the sifet, sound an of having the morning paper in her hand. she gets it from her dad, according to mom. >> she would sit here in the morning and he would go through the page. i think it wasind of a learned ihavior. >> reporter: lacey22 and suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy. on tough days, the newspaper is like medicine. >> you give her a paper, it's a pick me up. >> reporter: she's not keen on the front page or the comics section for that the that matter. it's the ads she loves. >> we have t find her the ads. i have to get in there first or it will be taken apt. >> reporter: with the holidays approaching, theresa millner knows what's at the top of lacey's wish list, but she wanted to do something special for her daughter. >> i had a friend say it would be cool if you could get papers from other areas. >> rep facebook post which led to the unexpected. >> i thought it would be my friends or relatives in other states. this is the box of papers so far. >> reporter: the newspaperl came in from er. >> california, anchorage, north carolina, south carolina, pennsylvania. just says merry christmas from long island, new york. i don't know who they are. >> reporter: all the ads ley

coulwant. where to put them that was easy -- where newspapers normally go. >> she might be overwhelmed to have that many papers at her disposal but she'll love it. >> reporter: for mom, it makes this christmas unforgettable. >> it just shows you there's still a lot of good in people. >> reporter: and during this holiday season, thatuly good news. corey smith, news 4. >> her smile lights up a room. ewsstande she has late there. >> adorable. gosh, i love that story. lauryn rickets on what is shaping up to be a beautiful sunday. >> it's cold. tomorrow and christmas day will be chillier and we ve aittle breeze coming back tomorrow as well. so no white christmas, though. that's okay. >> okay. >> we' not upset with you.

>> thank goodness. listen, we do have some snow to the north, pennsylvania, if yo yre traveling there'll get light snow overnight. it may not be on t ground for christmas day because it will be so quick andight but if you go to pennsylvania or west virginia, you'll find it there. look at this view. so gorgeou out there. blue sky, a few more clouds pushing in by this afternoon ana we're not breezy out there today compared to yesterday. i few light rain showers tonight. s saying this may take people by surprise but between about 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. we're seeing showers butfu beau for christmas eve and christmas day. current temperatures out there right now the 30s to low 40s. 42 in the d.c area. nothing showing up on the radar. even if i widen this out for the entire united states, we have one system downere bringing rain into portions of tennessee, a few lake-effect snow snow showers and then rain in the pacific northwest but that'sit. so looking good for travel

across the united states.av we'll some light passing showers moving through but expect sunshine all sunshine through the morning and then beautiful conditions with rain ving in this evening. you can see 4:00 we have clouds in place sohey start rolling in and the rain rolls in after 8:00. we could have a few rain showers, 11:00 and they'll scoot out about 3:00 a.m. we get another cd shot of air coming our way. it will be on the breezy side with winds about 25 miles an hour. but we will have sunshine by the time weheead into afternoon. low 40s for tomorrow. feeling like the 30s for much of the day and we get into christmas day, plenty of sunshine, temperatures around 40. so taking a look at theext ten days, your christmas day, absolutely gorgeous. even wednesday the 26th beautiful mid to upper 40s.

seasonalable for this time of year. some rain possiye late thurs night but rain showers through the day on friday and we're expecting rain becauseer teures will be into the mid-50s. 60 on saturday but we do he a small, small chance. this chance is dwindling for a little wrain, maybe s as we get into new year's eve and new year's day. i may have to take that out but we'll keep a small chance for now. >> carrie dann of nbc news. >> and i'm mark murray. 2018 was aeafull of consequential news stories. the midterms, mueller, brett there was and then lot of ridiculous stuff as well. >> like the time that a ngressional candidate pepper sprayed himself in the face in a campaign video. or the tim a brothel owner died but still won his election to the nevada >> there was the time a virginia congressional candidate was accused of having a fondness for drawings of big foot -- that were definitely not safe for work, and no i'm not kidding,

that happened. >> and who could forget kanye west in the oval office to talk about -- well, we're not sure. but he had a lot to say. >> it's been a chaotic and difficult year in washington and it doesn't look like things will get calmer in 201 but we guess we can thank politicians around the country for giving us laugh every hey, batter, batter, batter, batter. [ crowd cheers ] like everyone, i lead a busy life.

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>> google, a aftershave to my shopping list. google, remind me to clean these sheets later. >> okay, i'll remind you. in case you missed it, kevin mcalester from the classic holiday hithome alone" is ck. he's grown up still living at home in a new google ad, but this time he has google home to keep him company. >> this is a great comeback for him. that's not the only update to tell you about. remember when he used a michael jordan cutout to fool the burglars. this time he's listed another kevin -- nba champ kevin durant. >> that's great. >> i love it. we can keep wching that. >> taking another live look outside here. that have is the white house.

lauryn rickettraising the temperatures on this christmas eve eve. >> don't put the pressure on me. give me some time. also com up, i love this story. this lunch monitor is still going, she is in her '90s. you'll hear why she is sod. dedica when news 4 toy continues. da

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>> president trump, if you want to open the governmentu must abandon the wall. day two of the partial ndgovernment shutdown is uer war no cnd in sight. >> let's work together. let's be bipartisan. >> the halls of congress are dspty as hundreds of thous of federal workers wait in limbo. with just two days before christmas, many wonder how long will it last. news 4 is working for you. good sunday morning toyou, behind us, a live picture of the white house where president trump is spending th holiday. he was supposed to spend the holiday in florida, before the government shut down. workers nds of federal don't know when they'll return to work and many are working for free. the senate aourned until after christmas without a resolution. the stalemate hinges on president trump's $5 billion demand for h signature

campaign promise, the southern border wall. the president refuses to sign a deal that doesn't fund it and democrats who w tl control house soon say they will not under any circumstance pay for the wall. >> we arrived at this moment because president trump has been on a destructive two-week temper tantrum. >> they've refused to meet president trump halfway. >> yesterday in a tweet, president trump signaled the shutdown could lt a while, but later appeared to soften his stance tweeting in part he mayu acceding for a steel barrier inste of one made out of concrete. as always, we are working for you th continuing coverage o this partial government shutdown.me a lot more to n this. we'll keep you up to date with the latest in our nbc washington app and on nbcwashington.com. switching gears, people are still in the holidayspirit. they want to do their last-minute shopping gond to ay services. nice s shaping up to be a day albeit a cold one as you're tracking things from storm team 4 weathercenter, lauryn

ricketts. >> we don't have the wind out there that we did yesterday. much lighter wind today. plenty of sunshine butain on the way. unfortunately, let's look at those temperatures. 42 is our temperature in d.c. just shy of our average temperature for this time of year which is 45. we'll be warmer we have some 30s in the shenandoah valley. as wet continue to out the door this morning, you may want to grab that extra small umbrella if you're going to be out past 8:00 p.m. tonight. so if you won't pabe homeefore then, grab the umbrella. temperatures still in the l 40s, mid-40s by 11:00. topping out at 48 christmas eve low 40s so another blast of cold air coming our way we get into your christmas eve and christmas day beforee shoot back up above normal by wednesday. we'll talk about the rain chances tight and we'll talk

about christmas in detail and the ten-day forecast.e snow in at's in a few minutes. >> tha you, lauryn. yesterday the redskins fell to the titans the 25-16. ntil theywas close scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter. on top of that, josh johnson throws an interception with a minute and a hal to go. just one more game left this season for the burgundy and gold. next weekend they're back at home against the eagles. this is a store wriy you'lle online. te school district whes one woman works calls her the christmas gift that keeps on giving. lin has been a lunchroom

hostess at ever green elementary school in leesburg since the school opened. but as julie carey found out, flo is still hard at work into her '90sro >> reporter:the time flo conklin steps in the cafeteria door, she is on the move. on goes the apron, out goes a spray bottle clean the tables and once the kids arrive there more to do. and here is the amazing part. on christm day flo turns 96. >> i said why is everybody making such a big deal out of this?i guess i don't really think about it. i just come to work and go home, come to work and go home. >> reporter: flo fir went to work in the 40s, leaving her pennsylvania home for a job at the pentagon. once married, she staid home to raise her two kids. then a jolt to her life plan. in 1995, her husba passed away >> i said i've got to get a job. i was broke and i didn't know where or what at 7years old, what do you do? >> reporter: a friend suggested a job with loudoun county public schools as a hostess.fl to the kidis a grandmotherly figure.

these girls see her in the cafeteriand at sunday school where she teaches three-year-olds.l >> she wlp us out when we're little. >> she's like my grandy a little bit. y that's what makes me rea happy about her. >> reporter: to the ever green mills staff, flo is an in>>iration. he's such a motivation to everybody here on staff. >> reporter: flo is he everyday from 10:00 to 1:30 in the afternoon and when she get home? well, there's more to do. mo >> i'm always ng around. i paint a little bit. i crochet a little bit. i read a little bit. >> reporter: that painting? some is on christmas ornaments, sketching detailed birds perched on pines and flo insists there's no real secret to her energetic long'tity. >> i dit still very long. as a matter of fact, i have trouble getting up when i sit still. >> reporter: when scho opened last fal flo didn't think twice about returning as she approached 96. >> i just came back. nobody asked me and nobody

called me. >> reporter: she has a lifetime appointment here so she can keep coming back as often as she wants. >> reporter: how long will that be?ev >> i telybody until i drop. >> reporter: from the looks of it, flo, it won't be any time soon. >> julie carey reporting there. as you probably guess, somebody who does a lot of complaining. she says she's too busy but she do admit -- and this is something my dad agrees with -- sharing a birthdayith christmas or close with it is not ideal because you have to then get the combo gifts. this is a christmas and birthday present. >> it's not right. >> i love her. i think it's the idea of just keep moving. >> to keep it moving, and ass much joie it brings her to have something to do, what she does for those children, amazing. a lunchtime, lunchroom hostess. i love it. let's take you o outside this sunday morning, give you a live look.

we are tracking temperatures that are chilly starting throughout sunday and we have lauryn ricketts tracking what's ead for your christmas eve and christmas day. plus, a setback f the silverline, our transportation ayporter adam tuss will break it down when news 4 t continues. it's not the holidays until...

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>> as my sisters often poi out to me and molette shares with me, being a parent is a big job and the one folks take riously. >> when one local father found out his daughterad brain cancer he was by her side empowering her every sp of the way. leon harris has herstory. >> catch me, dad! >> reporter: right away you can tell julia alexander and her dad joe have a special relationship. >> go to the next one! >> reporter: they love hanging out together are the braving the obstacle courses this

loudoun park in county. >> keep walking, good job. >> but to see their joy noyo d have no idea what they've been through. >> my daughter has a 10 centimeter tumor and wasusd to emergency surgery. >> reporter: four years ago, julia was diagnosed with brain cancer. this army veteran who used to disarm bombs on a battlefield found himself confronting his biggest battle yet. >> when she came out of the surgery she wasn't talking and not moving a lot. >> reporter: for the next two years, joe was the only one working as mom took julia to at least three doctors appointments ay a week. deit into that, he never missed a surgery. >> they we in philadelphia for seven weeks, i'd train or fly on fridays, be there for treatments and come back sunday night and go to work monday morning.ep >>ter: joe's wife melissa says as a dad he's as good as it gets. >> father and mother are not titles, they're verbs and he puts his love into action ev yday.

>> reporter: julia's tu more so stab -- tumor is stabilized but she struggles. she lost fine motor skills with all the brain surgeries. >> reporter: that along with autism l to bullying at school but once again joe rallied for his little baby girl. >> he would always sneak a note in because he gets up earlier than us so p he'll her lunch in her book bag. >> on this day i wrote "you must learn and knowledge is power." and the notes are different everyday. sometimes just try hard i lov you. >> sweet. he alwngs does somet encouraging because school is really tough for me. >> reporter: for joe, you can tell today means so much more than a trip to an adventure park. it's a day spaking memories with the little girl he came so close to itlosing. >> probably the greatest ing her the world, h teach megastuff and me teaching her stuff. it'sceeally >> leon harris reporting there.

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we have a beautiful morni out there right now. plenty of sunshine, temperatures in theow 40s as we continue through the morning. temperatures moving up into the mid-40s this afternoon upper 40s with clouds pushing in later oo this afte rain showers push in later tonight. we'll talk about the timing of the rain i case you have to get out and about and we'll show you everything going on over the united states and if you're aveling today so we'll talk about that in five minutes. >> all right, see you in five, layn. 2018 was a turbulent year. >> and nbc's jay gray takes a look back at many headline-makg stories of the year. >> didn't expect that reaction but that's okay. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it's been a year oe the unexed, unpredictable and, in some cases, unbearable. wind. water and flames cut a devastating path across the country in 2018.

mudslides and fires out west, the camp blaze swallowinthe town of paradisedozens were killedn the deadliest wildfire in california history. >> extreme isn't the right adjective to use anymore, it's an understatement because fire is so explosive in california. >> a volcanic explosioon hawaii's big island fuelled rivers of lava that flowed for months. in missouri, summer storms sankb a dut, 17 tourists drowned in the accident. h deadricanes ripped across the southeast. >> this is something we have not seen before. >> reporter: florence stalling, flooding the carolinas. stchael surging to a category four storm, the rongest hurricanever to hit the panhandle. a storm of controversy continued to build in washington, from president trump's meetings with north korean president kim jong-un and russn leader

vladimir putin to trade battles with long-standing u.s. allies. another ally, saudi arabia, and its crown prince accused of ordering the murder journalist jamal khashoggi. e.esident trump accused of turning a blind while the political fight at e home was over congress, democratic party grabbing control of the house, republicans holding ontyo that majon the senate on a history of making night that saw ssre than 100 women, a record number, win congrenal seats. along the border, strict immigration enforcement separated families before the white house under mounting pressu >> the testimony you're about to give -- >> reporter: there wasn emotional showdown of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh, the administration celebrated ion and tual confirm what the white house called other important wins, including a restructured nafta trade deal, a strong market economy and unemployment numbers reaching 50-year lows.in washgton did set aside its

partisan bickering briefly to say a heart felt and emotional good-bye to former president george h.w. bush. the world cheered the olympic spirit and competition in south korea, but the biggest sports victory of theear came far from the playing field. trapped in a cave for more than a week with floodwaters rising, 12 players and the coach of a youth soccer team in thailand pulled to safety. kids were pulled into the reets of the nation's capital and cities across the country, mourning friends lost and demanding change. >> it's time for victims to be the change thawe need to see. >> reporter: as gunfire again ripped through schools across the country. 17 killed in parkland, florida,e 10 murd at a high school in santa fe, texas. shots rang out on more than two dozen campuses. and inside the tree of life e synagogu in pittsburgh where 11 worshippers were , 12

were gund down during college night at the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks, california, and five people were shot and killed working at a community newspaper annapolis, ndryland. >> they loved use love them. we're like a tight family in there. >> reporter: a family refusing to be cast as victims. the me too movement saw a once-beloved superstar convicted of sexual assault, while an actress took on a new historic role. american meghan markle marrying prince h the couple announcing fivent mo later the duchess is expecting as the world looks to the expectations of a new year. jay gray, nbc news. >> i will point out that it's a little sad that the happiest moment happened in the wuk the royal wedding. >> that was a tough year. >> we're going to go into the holiday with cold weather.

>> that puts a downer on things. anks. >> david downer. >> david downer over there. >> i'm sorry. >> listen, i'll bring it back up. we've got sunshine out there today, guys, sunny skies, going to gorgeous, love it. >> thank you. >> we have gorgeous conditions out there. we have a few rain showers later tonight and then we're scot-free so wngre loo better as we go into christmas eve and christmas hoy. but these rainrs will catch people be surprise. between 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 m., that's when we'll see them passing through. we'll have a 30% to 40% chance we'll see them where you are but otrwise looking like a great day. christmas eve will be breezy and another cold shot of air behind the rain showers so chr ctmas eve aistmas day will be in the low to mid-40s so chilly christmas eve when we have the wind.

wednesday all sunshine iwe're bao the mid to upper 40s. so your weekend activyies for tof you're traveling, quiet weather. i'll show you that on the united states radar. as far as spping is concerned, no weather concerns out there. ngu may be concerned with finding a par spot but that's about it. church services beautiful morning out the for that. in terms of temperatures right now, 30s and 40sacross t board and we will be warming up to the mid to upper 40s. will be our daytime high. average temperature is 45. increasing clouds thrt the afternoon but no rain until after 8:00 p.m. tonight. you can see we don't have rain right now. we are dry. this little system coming through tennessee right now what will bring us rain showers again later tonight, that will scoot in he. but other than that with atlanta getting a ltle rain and the pacific northwest getting rain, we're not seeing much, even up in new england dry. so travel cs not looking too bad. no major systems acrosshe ited states. in terms of what we're talking

about, let's start futurecast at 9:30. sunshine, sunshine, sunshine, clouds roll in and rain comes in after 8:00 p.m. tonight and gets out of here just in time, you wake up tomorrow morning. it will be dry and breezy and colder. we'll have plenty of sunshine aroundowor tomo specifically tomorrow afternoon. low 40s tomorrow but feeling like the 30s with that wind. winds settle down at0 7 p.m. tomorrow night so if you have midnight mass or chur services, you're looking good. cold with temperatures in the 20s so we willis start cas morning with the low 20s but highs in the 40s.ng wednesday loo beautiful, thursday notooking bad,aybe rain showers thursday night so we are going to have heavy rain. saturday would be good.e we could h small chances of rain and snow monday and tuesday. rightow a lot of guidance has

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well all of you, me, david, we have two more days to shop before christmas. >> the pressure on, you can f it. if you have not crossed everyone off your list, here's some last-bhigift ideas. it's down to the wire and almost half of americans are still scrambling for gifts.go

>> according tle shopping data we have, 42% of people wait until to last minute to buy their gifts so i'm part of that as well. >> give back to the environment with eco-friendly gifts such as bees wrap sustainable food storage. for the kids on your list, give the gift of learning with toys that teach such as the harry potter coding kit. >> having a stem toy doesn't mean it has to be a boring toy. if you make it harry potter, a and with teaches you how to ehogram. >> reporter: thisle kit lets kids build game accessories for nintendo switch, one of the holiday's hottest game consoles. >>ou might be spending time snapping together cardboard in different ways to make ael steering whe for a game you're driving around. >> tech accessories are a useful gift like a new phone or laptop. >> things like web cam covers which are great for privacy, extra long charging cables which are a personal favorite of mine. >> reporter: whilet may be temptingexperts say to skip the gift cd wrack.

>> don't get the stuck gift card, it's impersonal. it means i don't know you at all. >> reporter: instead, tickets to a concert, cooking class or a spa treatment may be morein meanul than a material gift, and you can get it quickly online, as late as christmas morning. liz mclaughlin, nbc news. >> reporter: how the shutdown ie affecting s- washington this holiday weekend. we'll tell you about it on news we'll tell you about it on news 4.

here's to the stair takers, we'll tell you about it on news 4. 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 thinkers. here's to you all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way.

>> pnt trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. day two of the partial government shutdown is under way with no clear end in sight. >> let's work together. let's be bipartisan. >> the halls of congress are empty as hundreds of thousands of federal workers wait in limbo. with just two days before ch stmas, many wonder how long will it last. news 4 is working for you. a live look this sunday morning at the white house. it's a different view this christmas for president donald trump. trading the south florida palm trees for the d.c. cll. he's spending the holiday at the white house as the government remains shut down this morning. we