>> 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 welcome you in on

december 23, 2018. good morning, i'm david culver for adam tuss. >> i'm molette green.sa ths of workers in our area don't know when they'll be able to return to work. proved deemed essential to be unfruitful. without a resolution. the stalemate hinges of president trump's $5 billion demand for his signature campaign promise. of course, that southern border wall. the president refuses to sign a onal that does not fund it and democrats who willol the house soon say they will not under any circumstance pay for the wall. yesterday in a tweet, president down couldals the sh last for a while but later peared to soften his stance saying he fay accept fundi a steel barrier instead of one made out of concrete. some tousts and the sights they hope to see are affected by the shutdown.

>> reporter: good morning. you can see the trees but the brouhaha going on in washington means you can't get closer. usually you can stroll among the 50 state trees but because of the lapse in federal appropriations, the national kmat tr christmas tree site is closed foryhe saff visitors and park resours. i saw some kids here that were a little disappointed and whining beouuse theyn't get up close to see the other trees but we also talked to a person here from france and he says it doesn't make sense this going on. look at what we heard from this

tourist. >> no, it's not very good for tourism, you know? you're here for only a few days and you expect a good view of your country and it's not a good thing to put money on this u.s. wall i think. >> reporter: we've heard from people t saying thaty will only be here for a couple days. go to our app and you can find out what is affected. most of tsmithsonian institutios will be open but then they will be closed on christmas. there are hopehere is will be resolution before the beginning of next year. meanwhile, if you're coming down to the national christmas tee, this is as close as you want to get.

live on the ellipse, derrick ward, news 4. >> derrick, thank you so much. federal workersy affected the government going dark will be able to get a free lunch everyday of the shutdown thanks to celebrity chef jose andres. yesterday beefsteak in tenleytown handed out free burgers. andres said each ohis d.c. restaurants will give out free sandwiches until people get paid again. people just have to show a government idea. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will be with us with much more on this government shutdown catch "meet the press" later this morning right after news 4 today, that starts less than 30 minutes from now a 10:30 on nbc 4. let's switch gears on this christmaeve eve. we'll talk about the cold tempatures this sunday morning but not as cold as we'll get. >> not as chilly as what we are going to see. feeling more like christmas for turistmas eve and christmas day

as tempes slip a little below normal for thisime of year. and our average temperature 45 degrees. a beautiful morning out there right now. lookt that sky. clear skies, we have the sun t shining, will be a beautiful morning. clouds rolling on later this afternoon and we have rain chances to deal with later on tonight. 45 degrees, southwest winds at the miles an hour. we'll keep a lighter windut there as well sohursday dry and more rain as we head into next weekend. we'll show you d that ande into details with christmas in just a few minutes. >> lauryn, see you then. developing this morning, a deadly tsunami has killed at least 222 peoe in indonesia.

this happened at the capital of jakarta where n the sunda stras that connecte 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 mor than 800 people in that country. a community is devastated hiter a gunman killed a young father steps frohome in northeast d.c. donald louis was holding his newborn son in his hds while he was shot on west virginia avenue earlier this week. last night, family and friends e gathered tmember him. they believe he was taeted and nt justice. >> i sold drugs, used drugs for years. i nally get my life togeth and somebody murders my son. that really hurt me. >> lewis' family says his funel will be held thursday.

the redskins playoff hopes dwindling thanks to a tough losi against the tans. the game was close. quarter back josh johnson through the intercepten with minute to go. just one more game left for the burgundy andgold. >> push through the pain. they'll be back home and playing the philadelphia eagles. it wasn't all that bad of a night. it was a big night for the wizards. bradley first triple double. congratulations to him. today they're on the road th playing e indiana pacers. >> outside on the sunday morning, look at this, a beautiful start t your sunday, but it's cold out there.

licic lauryntts is tracking the temperature. >> it's a pretty picture. th storm team 4e

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first responders in prince george's county played santa. >> it was all for the annual toys for tots give away. 13,000hildren picked out toys, met santa thanks to generous donations co ng from the local first responders, volunteers and the community. organizers and the officers rot high prizethat jolly old elf himself. >> he makes it happen. so personnel and people who volunteer, the officers, a lot of officers come in on their nd days offe makes sure that everybody is in the right place at the rightime so kids can get rewarded.

>> when you talk about all these kids, in all the department gave out about 45,000 toys. i >> that a lot of presents. 10:11 on sunday.'s chilly start. lauryn ricketts is tracking what we can expect for christmas eve and christmas day.

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we arebo learning more trouble along the silver line.rt transpoion reporter adam tuss has the story on news 4. >> hundreds of crack rf concrete inl yard that is critical to this project. adam tuss has the story you'll see only on 4. >> reporter: crackinrete along the silver line. you heard that before, but now more problems have surfaced in the rail yard being built along the next phase. and this raid yard will be critical to the entire silver line being able to operate. ararles stark, the man in of the project, detailing all of this for news 4. what goes through your head when you see something like that? >> contractor needs to fix it. orter: when it comes to the cracking in these buildings, just come here to take a look. this is the main building at the rail yard. there are cracks all over the place. it's gotten so bad in some spots that they've put these sight lines here to see if the building is actually moving. if anything shakes here, that

sight line will go off. remember, while metro will eventually take over the silver linethe project is beinguilt by the airport authority. >> adam tuss reporting there. if you're willing to drive for more christmas cheer, here's a good one, the miracle o 34th t reet. >> but probably e one that comes to mind first. >> winter feels warmer on 34th street in baltimore. it has for more than 25 years. this time of year families withstand the cold, just stand beneath the lights. >> i like t onebehind us. >> reporter: row houses dripping with decoration, each its own ornament hanging on the 700th block. >> to see these little ones and their faces.in they herwe. >> reporter: darlene and bob are the elves behind it. it started when bob strung lights between a few neigh19rs' houses i. turns out the spirit was contagious. i like decorating at christmas, whether all these people show up or not, doesn't matter. i'd still do it.

>> reporter: from hub cap christmas trees to ilatable s,eidels to festive flamin eyes of all ages gaze in wonder. >> it doesn't feel like christmas until you come s 3 the miracle h street. >> it makes you feel jolly and happy. >> seeing these lights turn on is total christmas cheer. >> reporter: a gift to the community but one for those who live here. >> just to see those smiles and know you made somebody happy for a few minutes is worth it. >> reporter: catie beck, nbc news >> merry christmas! >>oe could go baltimore and see. >> that you'll drive, sflienchts i would, yes. it's been another wild week, david, in washington. >> it sure has and several things to cover. here to help us break it down, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. let's start with what folks in our area are dealing with -- the question of if their employer

will open back up th here is thi partial shutdown we're dealing with, senate, notu rising, couldn't come to an agreement yesterday. where do we go now? >> the disputes between now senate democrats and the resident and in fact basically the senateublicans have washed their hands. that's why mitch mcconnell adjourned the senate and i think he's sending his own message to the president -- you're on your own, we're not helping you with this. we got a compromise with you you said you'dn sen suld esuddenly you wouldn't. dick durbin is on the show today. he said unequivocallyou they offer the president more money to border security, they'll give m all $5 billion as long as nu none o money goes to the wall. so my gut is the president loses leverage by the day. democrats take over h theouse on january 1. h takes this leap or he does it when nancy pelosi the speaker's gavel.

my guess is someone will tell him better off to cave whe republicans are in charge. it's more humiliating to nancy pelosi. >> either way he'll cave in. >> or the government stays closed. about a third of it -- the government that's closed. but yeah, then it woul stay closed if he continue this is but i assume he doesn't. he usually doesn have the patience to keep this up. >> all right. along with that, we have the announcement from james mattis that he's out. >> it's how he did it. i think it had a huge imeact. you can it, republican senator pat toomey onheay and he's so upset about it he said i won't support a secretary of defense if the president nominates somebody that share his world view and doesn't share jim mattis' world view because it way mattis resigned. nt basically said this presi does not agree with what has been largely consensus american foreign policy going back to

harry truman. that is what is alarming to some of these senate republicans so you have that plus him suddenly trying to figure out if he n fire the fed chair, the erratic behavior, it's been an issue for many republicans for a long time and they've compartmentalized it. it's getting harder and harder for them to do that and you can t we in the interview dwoiews t this morning. >> anything else that stands out? >> i will promise you one thing --fe have one the most fantastic montages of the president and the wall you'llia appr. you have to watch it all. it's a good treat. good easter egg. >> ahead of christmas. >> perfect hutiming. >> todd, we appreciate it. you can catch that treat at 10:30. >> after 11:20. [ laughter ] >> if you're back timing it, my little treat for you there is 11:20.

>> just hang in there. >> we'll stick around for >> lauryn has a treat when it comes to today. if you haveuto getde for last-minute shopping. >> it's going to be beautiful. okay, see you later, chuck. it will be beaut tul outre today. i've seen some people say on facebook they were at the mal right now. like what are you doing? any good deals? >> probably packed. >> it's going to be packed but nos weather conce at all for people headed out and about today and traveling, u.s., no big storms. we have a small chance of rain showers later tonight after about 8:00 p.m. and i think it will be a shock to the system for people because we haven't talked aboutt so much and it's happening later tonight but since people have off tomorrow, 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. w isn we see those showers but other than, that it doesn't look like it will rain. beautiful, clear skies, blue skies.

absolutely gorgeous conditions. just knocked over my water. it's absolutely great conditions out there right now and, we're going to have a few clouds this afternoon but as i said that rain moves in after 8:00 m. tonight and then behind that rain, we get fairly breezy. wind up to 25 miles an hour throughout the day tomorrow. we will have some sunshine.ne suns continues on christmas. sunshine continues on wednesday and then s we have anothtem towards the end of this week. that really could impact us for those traveling to get away for new year's eve and new year's day. current temperatures across the area, we'ng war quickly. mid-30s to mid-40s is our range and t upper 40 near 50 degrees today. yesterday we were 593. wasn't too bad yterday but w had the winds. no winds today, just chances of showers scooting through the area. but nothing showing up on theig radar now. and you can see across the united states we're looking dry. this i the little system that will bring us some rain showers later on tonight so that w sweep up into our area and, again, just rain. if you're north of d.c., north

of the mason/dixon line into pennsylvania and west virginia, that's where they can have snow, light snowe but snow. so if you're headed to , pennsylvanucky you. you may have snow early tomorrow morning. otherwise temperatures for us, mid to upper 40.s increasing cloud cover later tonight and the rain showers moving in. thenth here comecloud and rain. midnight we have rain showers and then it's gone in time for the daybreak on christmas eve morning. christmas e lookinggood. behind that we get breezy. temperatures will be cooler, too. we get a shot of air coming for us for christmas eve and christmas day. temperatur t will be in low 40s. tomorrow with that wind it will feel like the 30s throughout the day but no rain, no snow. christmas morning we climb into the 20s and into the 40s. a i know a lot of neighborhoods do aluminum paris in, if you're doingmi ries, put them out

later than earlie winds willettle down by 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night and mnight services, know it will be chilly. wednesday looking good, thursdal more ds, we have rain chances on friday and some small in chancesext week. nwe

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roughly a third of the in rnment continues to be the dark this morning. the shutdown is expected to last past christmas. lawmakers and president trump cannot reach angreement on funding for his border wall moreoverage on this on "meet the press." a community wants justice after agunman killed a young father steps from his home in northeast d. lastnight, family and friends gathered to remember donald lewis. they say he was holding his newborn son while he was shot on west virginia avenue earlier this week. at least222 people are dead after a massive tsunami hit indonesia. nearly 850 people have been injured. dons more are missing. scientists say it's possible a volcano eruption caused an undersea landslide. any redskins fans hoping for playoffs? i don't think not after that tough loss inse tennes yesterday. they fell to the titans 25-16. the burgundy and gold bk home next weekend against adam tuss' eagles. >> i know. lauryn, sorry about your

redskinsthere. >> i know. well, we still have a chance. e> that was confident. hopefully youore confident in the forecast. >> yes, i am very confident in the forecast. listen, we have a slight chance of showers betwe 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. >> chances of snow coming are higher. >> listen, we have to goo pennsylvania to find snow if you want to find some nt. christmas eve and christmas day beautiful but windchills in the 30s tomorrow. >> bundle up. that will do it for news 4 today. you and i are bac tomorrow. you'reoff. >> i 'm

this sunday, a presidency in crisis. the shutdown. much of the government closes its doors as president trump insists oor ar wall. >> now it's up to the senate and it's really up to the democrats because we need their >> after getting pressured from his right wing. >> the wall, the wall, the wall has to be built. >> democrats say, no way. >>resident trump, you will not get your wall. >> the resignation. president trump announces a withdrawal from syria denounced by fellow republicans. >> this is akin to surrendering. >> and praised by vladimir putin. james mattis resigns in protest. >> if i can do anything to help him reconsider, i would do it. >>ck the smarket.