headed oay way this d because we have things to do. >> absolutely. a lot of errand running, last minute trips to the grocery store. or christmas turke christmas roast. it's going to be an easy day to get out and about and enjoyour last few hours before christmas day arrives. f rain in theecast for today and no rain tomorrow. there's the us. capitol building this morning under a clearing sky. four things you need to know about the forecast, sunshine today after overnight sprinkles. clear skies tonight for 'lnta. have a little bit more cloud cover around here for christmas day but notyxpecting rain. our next chance for rain rolls in late thursday night on into friday. your monday morning, 37 now in winchester. 33 in warrenton, 36 in columbia maryland. wel call it seasonably chilly. our average temperature this time of the year is 45 degrees. righ about average today. it will be breezy at times. kids, if you have at a day off, hat kite out of the garage.

a good kite flying day, no doubt about that. more coming up in a few.he >> we'll in with you then. 5:01, we're staying on top of a loping story. this out of prince william county. one person is dead, several jured in a single vehicle crash. this happened just before 11:00 st night at the intersection of bristow and millford road. authorities tell us five people were in the car. one person died on the scene and thre others were thrown from the car and had to be flown to the hospital with serious injuries. the fifth person was taken by ambulance. right now there's no word on what caused that crash. now to our other sopries this morning, the government shutdown. right now, we are two days into the shutdown. >> yeah. there are some visible signs of theartialhutdown throughout the district. most notably around the monuments on the national mall. tourists hoping to get a close look at the natnal christmas tree. they can't get any further than that perimeter fence.

the information kiosks are unstaffed. most of the open air monuments are open. and park rangers are furloughed. how can it happen in washington. in the usa. it's difficult for me to understand that. it's not verood for tourists. you're here for only a few days and youoo expect a view of your untry. >> they also limited emergency and rescue services becse of the shutdown. >> over the weekendwi oner jose andres announcing each of his dc. restaurants will be giving outre sandwiches until workers get paid again. we have a list of all of his

restaurants participating. today z-burger is also helping by giving out free burgers at the location on w between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.. you can get a free burger. you justave to show your government i.d. in 2013, they gave o over 15,000 burgers during that shutdown. while most of the national mall was adutdown, liberty in new york is still welcoming visitors. the sta is chipping in $50,000 a day to keep the statue of liberty and ellis island open. it generates about a dollars a day for the local economy. >> this partial government ecutdown is ed to linger well into the new year. stay with us. we'll bring yonnuing coverage of this. also in our app, we're sharing what is open and what is closed during this partial shutdoav. all you to do is search shutdown. >> right now at 5:03, there's a scramble to get out of the house this morning because the clock

isck g. holiday shoppers, some of youe may behind on the gifts. >> there is some time for those of you that are procrastinating. she has more of what you can expect today. >> good morng. it'samazing. when they told me i was going to be doing this live hit, i washo like is going to be out at 5:00 in the morning but kohl's since last friday has been open 24/7 and it will be open until 6:00 tonight and then this really handsome gentleman came barrelling through the door and said am i the first customer. and here he . ray. you weren't here on your own volition were you?,

>> my wife got me out of bed. she said it's 4:00, let's go to kohl's and i said, hey, iov lood at the clock, i said it's just 4:00 in the morning. sh said but y said last night we were going to go. i said well get me to 5:00. so i thought about it and i did er i would come out with her so i got up and came on down. >> you havet minute shopping or she has and you're just here for moral support. i have a couple of things i need to buy too. so i wanted to come down. we're doing some last minute shopping. >> why wait until literally very last minute? was it for fun or no, we forgot about susan? >> i kind o finished up everything and then i remembered that i had two more this i had to buy. so i couldn't leave tm out. ale kohl's is having a day. >> thanks for chatting with us

and happy shopping. now go find a deal. so with kohl's if you're wahing at home as well, they have instore pick up. you can go online and go on the app aswell. that's until 3:00 p.m.. yter 3:00 you can't do it anymore but can shop until 3:00 and come here and pick it up as well. all of the kohl's in our area are open. coming up later, i'll tell you what stores are open until what time today g so you can your last minute shopping done as well. back to you. >> you found the best guy. in the middle of the night, your wife whispers ineaour hey, honey, let's go to kohl's. >> i. know, rig >> hopefully ray will get you a present too. >> thank you. so kind. >> let's check in with you a little bit lat this morning. there's some new efforts to

improveedestrian safety across the district. by the end of the month, vdot wi complete installing hardened left turns at the locations right here. th're designe to prevent cars from cutting across traffic. starting in february,v-dot will install no right turn on red signs at 100 intersections across d.c. investigators say this fire started as a result of work being done onof the take a look here. a home decked out in holiday decorations. it went up in flames. smoke and ames. the fire started at the home on ridge road around 5:45 last night. one person ended up in the hospital but is expected to be ok. no word o how the fire started. >> we want to update folks on the deadly tsunami in indonesia. 280 people have died. 1,000 people are hurt.

those numbers expected to rise. right now crews aretill searching the rubble for survivors. on saturday night, a volcano erupted triggering a tsunami. huge waves destroyed several homes, businesses, ca,trucks, boats and ship a crash in d.c. killed one person and left three others in the hospital. it happened early yesterday morning around 12:30. two vehicles slammed into each other an hit a tree. this happened on constitution avenue and 19tht str in northwest. one person died at the hospital and a second person suf critical injuries. two other people were also injured but are expected to be okay. it's not clear how the crash happened. for the first time, we're t hearing fro family of a university of maryland student that died from the she died last month. the symptoms of the virus are similar to the common doctors say for the most part it is treatable but can become se deadly for tho people with a

weakened immune system. his daughter suffered from crohn' disease that likely put her at a greater risk. >> she is just a free spirited, kind girl. weus watched hert get weaker and weaker. >> aleast 40 university of maryland students tested positive for the virus. one student is i currentlythe hospital. officials there at the school say they will disinfect dorm rooms andther areas during the winter break. >> a long time winning high school football coach in montgomery county has bn let go. he was informed that he would no longer be head coach for sena valley high school after police looked into accusations ofzi among members of the football team in september. some players described it as unwanted sexual touching from other players. m said he reported the incident as soon as he heard about it. he also said his job as a physical education teacher was not affected. he hadni 14 w seasons with

the school and brought two state championships. >> so firsts responder in montgomery county had to get creative to free a 2,000 pound horse trapped neck deep in a the animal somehow fell into a collapsed cistern at a farm yesterday. they eveually coaxe the horse out of the newly dug trench. other than a muddy coat, the animal appeared to be fine. good for him. ou and some fun for your kids on this christmas eve, take the stress off a little bit. >> yeah. you can go watch the water sklang santa on the potomac river. he's going to catch the waves in alexandria. you're looking at last year's ride. the best place to watch it along the waterfront is king street.

saa's elves and frosty and the grinch may also be out there. >> find out why this pilot says he n choice but to put his ple down right there on the freeway. >> and the holid season cou last forever if your lucky numbers come up tomorrow. we'll tell you about the record jackpot up for grabs when newsy4 to on this christmas eve continues. >> good morning, everybody. 5:11 now on your monday morning. sunny and easye in mid 40s. it will be a cold one for sure and then on christmas day, not bad. a few more clouds around on christmas avenue. christmas avenue. coming up, i'll share the whole

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>> british police released a man and woman that were arrested in connection with drones flying inside the perimeter of gatwick airport. the two are no longer considered suspects. flights were suspended for more than 36 hours when a drone was first spotted near the runway wednesday night. officers arrested the couple friday before they were released. flights at the airport are operating normally and no other arrests have been made. >> caught on camera, a small plane joining travellers on an interstate. this is in alabama. ppened over the weekend in talladega. cell phone video capturing it in the middle of the highway. brought the plaep done downwan road the pilot says he was out of options. couldn't make it to a nearby airport. he pulled over there to the shoulder. >> lucky guy.

okay. new jersey state leaders now opened a civil rights investigation after a told a wrestler to cut his match.cks or forfeit the it comes after a high school ew jersey.match in the referee told andrew j nson that hdreadlocks and head gear broke the rules. he told t johnson trim his hair or he couldn't compete. in front of the crowd, johnson had his locks cutoff. the incident is causing national attention.wr estling champ and olymp gold medallist jordan burrough shared his response. >> you're growing and developing and establishing y who are, i know as a young black man how much my hair meant to ame. >>inistrators at the school said the referee will no longer be permitted to officiate any school sporting events for its athletes. as for the match, johnson won. this next story is one you're going to see pop up on your social media feeds today.

take a double take on that one. it's a holiday robbery a woman dressed up as rudolph. apparently breaking into the store to steal several items. this woman dressed as the red rosed reindeer broke into the store. she then proceeds to stuff it all into her backpack. police are now asking the public to helphe identify >> how do we know it's a woman? >> they must have seen her put that costume on. there it is. it comes off. see that, you have to watch a little longer. see that was her mistake. >> i know. >> tn with won'tknow. >> now that we have that figured out, a group of carollers brought unsuspected cheer to a group ofho shoppers at foods in pennsylvania. ♪ >> i really want this to happen my grocerystore. the musical surprise happened in

lancaster county. the flash mob performs at different places in that area every year. this was their 8th year singing songs of the season. check this out. filled with piles and piles of toys in the annual toys for tots give away. organizers and officers got high praise from a familiar face. >> he makes it happen so personnelnd people that volunteer, a lot of officers come inn their days off and he makes sure that everybody is in the right place at t right time so all these kids can get rewarded. >> in all, the department gave

out about 45,000 toys yesterday. >> that's incredible. that pile of toys makes you happy. >> it does. do you know what is incredible, though? this jackpot. a few hundred million that's quite a stocking stuffer. >> i know, right? the largest mega millions jackpot ever offered on christmas day on tap for tomorr. since the game began, they have only been heldour times. so far the christmas drawings have not yet pduced a jackpot winner. could happen. >> yeah. >> to lower your chances of having to share the jackpot, pick numbers above 31. most people use birthdays so you're statistically less likely to have to share it if you have numbers higher than 31. >> have you been using the rategy? >> for all the good it's doing me. i'm still working on christmas

eve. >> life is enough of gamble as it is. temperatures will be on the chilly side foris your cas eve activities. we have hadolder christmass in the past. no doubt about it. a few clouds heover. it's 42 at national airport. those northwest w windsl increase up to about 15 to 25 miles per hour this afternoon. we'll all that seasonabl chilly. our average wake up temperature is 31. a couple of degrees warmer than average. the only knock on the day, a little breezy at times.

a little bit of rain and showers, those are pulling out of here. we'll go back to high pressure and sunshine for your christmas evening. ew lingering snow showers there in the mountains of west virginia, but not big impact at all.y weather now all the way until after the sun goes down on thursday. ate thursday night then on into friday. rain coming our way and just like the last couple o storms, this one comes from the pacific and not from canada, so it wl be all rai with temperatures once again flirting with 60 degrees on friday

>> it gets speci when it comes to the decor. >> from the pillars along the naive, the garlands along the

pulpit, there are morn tha 64 different locations that wl be decorated each a little differently throughout the many chapels and passage ways of this massive gothic style structure. work is still underway in many areas a the lady in charge, director of the floweguild. >> i have been here over 53 years. >> and her guild is always busy decorating for one event or r. anot at christmas they try to do something special. a little different each >>year. ho makes the decisions of what you're going to do here? >> i do for thepaost . in terms of flowers that is. >> she says she gives each group of volunteers a recipe, as she calls it, with the greens and flowers and additional decorations waiting for themy when t arrive. then they get to use their ow l own talents to put it all together. >> what's in here?

>> here is children's chapel. we're going right by the children's tree. she shared her secret for the light touch of sw on the pine cones. >> i have to stop on my way home. >> some are simple. some or nate. each meant to invite you to pause and reflect on the majesty on the season. and does she have a favorite among all of them? a small single golden dove that you'll see as you leave the cathedral. it says simply, peace. still ahead, america in the middle of a shutdown sho down. >> how thousands of workers are now impacted and the chaes you can expect to see in our region. plus we'll take you to indonesia

where a situation involving a deadly weekend tsunami has gone

aive look outside. if you were hoping for a aceful holiday weather-wise, you may have gotten yr wish. in hopes for a christmas d compromi not appear to be in the cards. >> aaron and eun have the morning off. we're following the latest on what the partial government shutdown means for you. we want to start you off with a check of your christmas eve and christmas day forecast. chuck bell is here with that. >> hey,chuck. >> good morning. good morning,everybody. it not cold this morning.

no one is below freezing in the d.c. metro area 39 i prince george's county. so no weatherce cs at all. plenty of sunshine today. if you're looking for something to m coplacomplain about, it wi little breezy today. high today is expected toeach 48 degrees. our average is 45. so that's warmer than average y but bre at times. so you'll need that. if you're going out to late nightrv es, temperatures will be down below freezing across mostf northern virginia and it will still be a bit of a breeze. if you're going out to late evening services, layerep becaind chills will be in the 20s. more about the christmas day forecast and the next ten days as well coming up in a chbit. >> k, thank you. we are staying on top of a developing story out of prince .william county one person is dead, several injured in a single vehicle crash. 11 happened just before

clst la1 this happened just before 11 clst la11:00 last night. ve people were in the car and one person died on the scene. the fifth person was driven there. right now no word on what caused the accident. >> the government may not be open until next year. >> acting chief of staff mulvaney saidhe shutdown could continue into the next congressional session in january. he made the comments on fox news yesterday. democrats will take control of the house come january. on saturday, negotiations between the house and lawmakers reached a stalemate over president trump's demand for w bordl funding. the president wants $5 billion for the wall. democrats are only willing to offer 1.3 million for border security despite campaign promises. then mexico would pay for the

wall. >> none of that is mexico paying for the wall. it cannot work. ike th >> you may have spotted some of the signs of the shutdown over the weekend. you are not able to get close to the national christmas tree and the information kiosks there are unstaffed. some rtrooms at monument sites are also closed and park rangers are notaround. the national park service also said they are forced to limitnd emergency rescue services on hiking trails. at 5:33,ag our cov of the shutdown continues on air and online this morning. in just a few minutes, we'll give you r liveort on capitol hill. in the meantime, you can check out in the nbc washington app a fo full list of what's open and what's closed. all you have to do is search shutdown. we're stayingn top o a developing story this morning. crews are searching for survivors following a deadly tsunami in indonesia.

the natural disaster killed at least 281 peop. it hurt more than 1,000 others. there could be more victims trapped under the rubble. there was no warning when the tsunami hit saturday. authorities believe it was triggered by an undersea landslideolwing a volcanic eruption. >> it tk about ten minutes to hit the coast to the west. it took about an hour to hit to theea , but even so, there's still very little time to get a warning out. there's no ear warnings in this particular area. >> it ripped up and down the coast. it damaged several homes, boats.ngs, cars and >> 5:34 is your time now. here's the top stories this mornrag. a weekend in d.c. turned deadly when two cars crashed into each other and then hit a tree. it happened on constitution avenue and 19th street in northwest. one person died at the hospital. fecond person sd critical

injuries. >> five people are without a home after their riggsoadhouse caught fire just before 6:00 last night. it was the home's holid decorations that caused the fire. oneerson had to go to the hospital but is expected to be okay. >> give it up for the first responders who had to get creative to free a 2,000 pours trapped neck deep in a hole. that horse somehow fell into a collapsed cistern at a farm. rescuers used a bulldozer to clear away massive amounts of rt and mu other than a muddy coat, the horse appears to be fine. >> defense secretary james mattis will be out at the end of the year. he will be replaced by patrick shanahan on january 1st. mattis re-signed last thursda saying he would stay until february 28th. sources tell nbc newspr the ident was not happy with how announcement the that came shortly after it was announced that u.s. troops would pull out of syria.

>> big news for redskins fans about their upcoming game against the eagles. tothey're still not going make the >> it has now been moved to 4:25 p.m.. this comes aft a tough weekend loss against the titans, but many are still talking about josh norman getting into it with the titans. norman was upset after the titan's minemanked his bow and arrow celebration on the field and jay gruden said his player had every right to defend himself. the team now prepares for their last game of the season and will not be in theyo pffs this year. it's not happenio thankse eagles big win yesterday. >> adam tuss is already tweeting about . >> he's celebrating. >> i know. i have to work with him next sunday. still ahead on this christmas eve, the holidays have rived. there may be plenty of cooking going on in your home. >> i want tont do p of

eating. but if any of those cipes call foavocado, what if fda says you should do before you use them. plus our coverage of the shutdown continues. we're looking at what a potential deal might as thousands of local workers wonder when the shutdownill wd.

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them before you eat them. in a study, 18% tested positive for listeria. >> we head to break with another look at the christmasve forecast. >> dry weather for everybody that's going to get outside and make the las t drive grandma's house or dare you go to the mall the day before christmas? chances are ramping up as we get toward the end of the weekend

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>> the house and senat may have adjourned but that doesn't mean lawmakers finished the year's business. if you're hoping for a to the gridlock, don't hold your breath. one of the president's top advisers says this may linger on

for days, maybe even into the new year. susan joins us live from capitol hill this morning. she has details on what needs to happen next here susan. >> it's supposed to be the moste wonderful t of the year but ay not be for 800,000 federal workers working right now without pay or not working at all. it's christm eve, washington o closer to solving the impasse over thepresident's border wall. the big debate still going on. on sunday morning we learned each side blaming the other. the president was demanding about $5 billion for a physical structure at southern border. the incoming white house chief of staff said they did make an offer that was less than the 5 billion but nowhere near the rejected offer of 1.3 billion that the democrats had been offering whichs for border security but does exclude a wall. so we have democrats blami republicans saying it is in the president's hands to reopen the. governme the republicans saying it's in

democratic hands to make this deal. this appears to be more of a political battle than any real rettle for a wall. some believe thedent is using it for a campaign issue. one republican senator saying the president just wants to look like he's fighting. the senate does meet on thursday but its look like for now that this shutdown could move into the new year. that's when a democratic coress takes over the house. so we could have a different picture of things then. back to youguys. >> live on capitol hill, thank s you,. stay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for continuing coverage ofhis big story. we have an article in the app that explains what is what is closed during a partial government shutdown. shutdownch >> well, your time now is 5:47. today is your last day to get out there and buy those esents befo christmas. >> it's not too late to score some of the great holiday deals.

san is live a the kohl's where she has been doing last minute shoppinghroughout the morning. she got there at 2:00 a.m. >> what did you buy us, susan. >> lies, all lies. it's so funny because- so yes i did do my last minute shopping yesterday. you know when you wai t forhe last minute you find yourself just buying just to buy, well, th was me. so if you are out here buying, like she is right now, you end up kind of thinking i need this, i need this, right? well, kohl's is open24/7 and it was since friday night and it closes tonight at 6:00. so for those of you also kind of looking for those last minute gifts and what to do, we have some last minute ideas. let's take a look. so amazon, of course amazon always comes through for so of us. they do right now have same day delivery but you have to be a t prime membe get that. so it might be a good idea to sign up for that prime

membership finally to get that amazon same dayay delivery t and 10,000 cities and towns in our area do offer t same day. i did put in a couple of our zip codes around this area. e-gift cards. this is another great idon. if you have time to go out, go online. you can get an e-gift rd. it will simply be e-mailed to you. print it out. put itn a stocking stuffer and you have the e-gift card. retailers ae said earlier, they're open until about 6:00 p.m.. mostntre open 6:00 p.m. so you still have some time and then of course you can always regift. don't tell anyone i gave youid that . work.onestly, it does if you have an extra wine bottle or two, cover them up with pretty wrapping paper or send that off to a frien or me. i'll take wine. there's so many things that you can do. i'm just saying. i'll be happy with that.

but it is a good idea. seriously. there's so many great ideas that you can actually and great to bargains y. stores want to get rid of this merchandise. so if you're loong for that last minute bargain, even if or's not for a gift but it's yourself, this is the time to do it. >> note to self, the susan gives you a gift, ask around and find outho gave it to her. ple in there the p store right now? i'm trying to fin some folks. >> come here, let's see. >> don't call them out. there may be about6 15 or -- actually the first guy ray that we had, we had him paged over the intercom system to bring hit ovo us. >> i love that. >> o there's 15r 20 people. there's a couplef shy folks over there at the cash register, now,ng away from us right but they have been here for quite somime this morning. but there's a lot of people out here. tst trickling in

>> we're going switch gears here and bring you up to speed on a deloping storyhere. nine workers have died after an underground fire at a mine in russia. the fire broke out in a sec ton mine that was under construction over the weekend. rescue workers were doing their best tre ver the 11 bodies -- the bod 1,100 feet into the mine. the government has opened the criminal investigation to see if possible safety violations lead to this disaster. four people were hurt after aba ony collapsed in miami. take a loo here. you can see the balcony destroyed the car. no one was in the car when the structure came down, thankfully. the four people on the bdcony o be taken to the hospital. they are expected to be okay. officials are inspecting the buildings structural iegrity to find out what caused that incident. >> 5:51 on this cistmas eve.

an early christmas present for holiday travellers it seems. gas prices continuing to drop. that is according to the survey. the national average for a gallon of gas is$2.43. th's down 8 cents from two weeks agou if y're traveling with kids for christmas, a reminder that could save theirli s. pediatricians say not all homes are child proofed. so there saying i you're traveling to a relative's house, for example, keep an eye out for locked cabinets, stairways or hot radiators. they advise parents to keep phone numbers for youror do fire departments, poison control all nearby in case of an ti emergency and to your child's routine. >> make sure that you take some time for yourselfs well. try to take a nap. >> oh. >> what is that? a nap? many adults say they don get a good night's sleep. that's me. the problem is so bad in a survey they find that many people would pay about $290 for

a night's sleep. that translates into almost $106,000 over a year's time period. this survey found that those that regularly sleep on their bas reported having the best quality of sleep and those that curl up with tir pet, they also slept better. we can ask chuck bell about that. >> yeah. isabella and- >> do you bring the dogs in the bed? they're kind of bed? >> they are big and they almost always end up on the bed at somo t. >> do you find you have a restful night. >> it depends. the puppy not so much. he likes to sleep like this with his legs straight all the way >> it's cute. >> it's real cute until it's poking you in the de. no warm spot goes unstolen in our house. myoelarm off at 1:30 and i'm out of bed about 1:32 or and by 1:35 it's all curled up in

the warm spot that i left behind. 42, that's the current temperature at national airport. winds are out of the northwest at 7 miles per ho. those winds are going to increase a bit and it will be breezy or blustery. most areas are in the mid to upper 30s across the are there. there's polka dot lou right there. if you'd like to mdd aber to your family, go to humane rescue alliance.org. i lo't up for adoption, but there's plenty of tomes i'd love ee him to somebody else. low 40s at noontime and then low 40s again by 6:00. afternoon highs will peak in the mid to upper 40s. 48 here in washington. but we'll be breezy at times. there you c see the unsettled weather. the showers that we had late last night all moving a away it will be dry traveling if you're traveling 70 west intoni west vir and ohio or 95 and 85 down to our south, quite

weather pretty much everywhere you can reach within a day's drive of here and clear weather for the most part east of the rockies. good weather for holiday flyers as well. we will be partl to mostly cloudy around here tomorrow. rain chances hold o into thursday night and into friday. it will be rain and close to 60 degrees. >> christmas tree salesre up this year all thanks to millennials. sales are up about 10%ersus 2017. that's according to square based on sellers that use tha company's payment technology. the national christmas tree association says millennials a helping to keep that industry alive. elat's because that generation is more l to buy a tree instead of an artificial one, a real one, that is, as they tend to be more environmentally conscious. millennials also value real experiences. >> just ahead on news 4 today,

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