27 at marine base quantico. all sunshine all the time. sun is not up until 7:25 this morning. still a couple more hrs for that. all sunshine this afternoon. daytime highs today, mid to upper 40s. nothing to complain about there. 47 in leesburg. 45 in culp i'll let you know when the rain is most likely to arrive and how long w into thekend it's going to hang around. good morning, dave dilldine. >> good morning, chuck. easy commute. no beltway issues in maryland and virginia. southbound d.c. 295. the work zone at pennsvania ovechkin, bumpy ride. all lanes getting through and moving well. expect ely morning delays.0, 95, baltimore washington parkway incident and delay free. reminder this morning, it may

fe like a holiday to mebody. it is a normal morning. very latest, erica and aaron. back over>> to you. 4:31. developing this morning, we're working to learn more about a erious overnight crash in rockville. this happened just after midnight onil roc pike in rollinsville. you can see how badly damaged s both c were. four people were hurt, at least two were rushed to the hospital in serious condition. prince gorges county family's chrtmas was interrupted in the worst kind of way when theome caught fire. this happened at 4:30 yesterday. they noticed thick smoke coming from the second floor of that building. or they ran next door help. the fire was burning so fast that it spread to both floors of the single family home in minutes. in all nine people made it out

safelyith the familydog. no word on what caused that fire. in the district, a family with seven children escaped a row fire southeast. that fire startedn 17th place inhe sot. thepartment was destroyed. everybody made it out safely. no word yet on how the fire started. at least one person was splaced after a fire broke out inside an apartment on pennsylvania avenue no this started around noon yesterday. it started on the second floor ans firefight managed to get it under control before it spread anywhere else. still no word on what caused the fire. is mass christmas tragedy after a kennel filled with pets went up in flames. crews in middletown say they were called around 11:3 on christmas eve for a fire on marker road. when they arrived t building was completely engulfed in flames.

four dogs were seriously burned and four wnge killed a with a couple of rabbits. a deadly plane crash in onuth dakota. person was killed. several houses were damaged in sioux falls last night. officials say a small plane crashed b ween twohomes. some families were forced to find someplace else topend christmas evening. witnesses say the crash shook the whole neighborhood. 4:33 right now. staying on top of two developing stories. this one, today being day five partial government shutdown. no real progress since congress did not comeack from christmas break until thursday. president trump stayed at the white house for christmas. he talked about new section of the border wall that he says he has given out a contractth for. president is insisting on a $5 billion budget to build a wall along the u./mexico border however, he does not have

the votes in th republican controlled congress leaving hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed or working without pay. 4:34. taking a a lookyour top stories. . sms. customs and border protection orders medical checks on children.8- ar-old boy from guatemala dyed on monday. theorder agent noticed the child was sick and they were taken to hospital twice before that child died. a person was shot near the capital heights metro station yesterday. happened on east capital street around 3 p.m. a poli not releasing any information on what may have led up to that shooting more that be a dozen shots were fired. the victim is in the hospital withinerious ries. no word yet on a suspect. more than 420 people are dead after a massive tsunami slams the beaches of indonesia.

420 people are hurt. several are still missing. ews are desperately searching along java's west coast. themi tsu struck without warning saturday night. it's official, d.j. swearinger has a new home. heading back to play for one of his former teams, the arizona cardinals. this comesft dayer the redskins released him. swearinger first broke the news on social media. the redskins released him days after he publicly criticized the coaching staff l after thes against tennessee. pope francis hopes his mess same of unity will remain. tens of thousands attended the utdoor mass yesterday in st. pete tersesquare. the pope urged all people of different faith and races to come gether. today begins another holiday

celebratio kwanzaa kicks off today. holiday.a pan african those who celebrate, happy kwanzaa. 4:36. 'tis the season foraniving gifts returning all the ones you didn't like. what to know before you start shopng those after christmas sales as well. plus, some tips for those electronic gifts the kids will be playing with today and then not playing with tomorrow. >> true. it's so true. y the parental controlsou'll y the parental controlsou'll (heavy rain)

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carollers wan to make their lives a little brighter even if just for a minute. ed this. a >> we have blankets. >> she knows just what they're going through. kidney disease forced her to go on dialysis for three hours at a time for threeays a week for almost three years. >> it's lonely because i and your machine. i vowed once i got well i would come back and help other >>peop. hanks to a kidney from her sister, she was able to stop dialysis. >> she was my donor. >> james spent so much time on dialysis, he says it's like a part-time job. >> i'm surprised. it's really nice. really, really nice. i love it. >> let them know that they're thought of. you're not in here by yourself.

people are praying for you. they're rooting a for you you're really warriors. >> reporter: and the carollers say they hope to make this a holiday tradition and do this every year years to come. in waldorf, news 4, amy cho. >> great piec i love that. >>o dialysis can bebilita debilitati debilitating. so long, so often. a little bit a smile on your face. >> that's right. they understand it. they understand the perspective. beautiful story. 4:41. let's turn to chuck bell. >> time to get yourself out of bed and get your day going. wakeup weather will be cold. your ride into work. temperatures below freezing for the next couple of hours. you're going to love the way the afternoon is shaping up. more abouthat and check on the ten day forecast coming up. a quiet morning rush hour. i'm dave dilldine from th wtop traffic center. a lot of space between the

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you're watching "news 4 today." american service members celebrated christmas overseas far from home. nbc news caught up with some soldiers in poland trying to get in holiday spirit with a christmas spot near their base. america's military i stationed in more than 150 countries around the world. b 15ore the hour right now. today is the fifth day of a partial government shutdown. >> congress returns to on tomorrow. they've been away for christmas break. news 4's scott mcfarla is live on capitol hill. scott, has there been any move on the budget negotiations? what can you tell us about the president's tweets? >> reporter: the fifth day is the most impactful because it's the first day back at work and would have been for so many

people after the four-day holiday weekend. the u.s. senate is not back in town. th're not back until tomorrow afternoon. the only negotiator in washingtonnd talking is president trump. heke to members of the military and spoke about a lot of things, the federal reserve, the mueller investigation, mostly about border security and the there must be a wall before he yields, before the governmentop s. that wall will be 30 feet high. >> now there may be the o case an olympic champion who can get over the wall, but for the mos part it's -- you're not able to do it. very high. 30 feet o much it is 30 feet high. some of it's lower but in some ars we have an entire 30 feet. that's like a three story building. >> reporter: among other things the president says it is federal workers with whom he's spoken they're supportive of the wall and the shutdown.

meantime the national treasury employee's union counters that saying they he surveyed 1600 members of their union and that 80% of them say they're fearf n being able to pay the rent, mortgage, basic household expenses. >> nancy posi doesn't see an end in sight. all of that raises concerns markets will soked when they reopen in four hours and raising the possibility none of this ends until next thursday when the new congress is sworn in. that's the latest live at capitol hill. i'm scott mcfar land. erica a aaron, thank you. >> thanks for being with us this morning. 13 before the hour. right now gound me says it has returned all of the donations made on its website to a fake fund-raiser for a homeless veteran. this all started a with video

online appearing to show a homeless man giving his last $20. turns out it was all a rouse. the story unraveled when bobbitd the couple saying they kept most of the money for themselves. now all three freing criminal charges. now that christmas is ov -- >> some of you may be returning all of those unwanted presents. before youurstart, make you have that gift receipt and don't assume you have time either. nordstrom i think has -- >> they're the best, ye. >> they have no time limit on returning products. macy's shoppers have 180 days to ke returns. amazon is only going to give you 30 days to send something back. the national retail federation says 20% ofl consumers w return or exchange an unwanted gift this year.

>> you playing? >> yes. >> the kids probably haven't come up for air since opening all of the new tech devices. >> before they take them back to school, there's somethinnoyou need to before taking them to school. >> it's a phone! >> reporter: this holiday season santa delivered more phones and ever s to kids than before. now parents have the task of settinghem . >> celebrate the excitement but have the important talk. >> reporter: start with a consequences and online safety., according tool parental con app bark, the average age of sexual harassment and cyber bullyi is 13. >> over 50% of children with accounts like bark have issues flagged. we know this is really happening. >> reporter: for about ten bucks

a month bar can monitor the social media accounts, texts and apps. there arl c service providers and built in on mostdevices. >> both android and i0s have great par.tal contro you can even set things like the amount of screen time for various types of tasks. >> reporter: be sure to protect any new accounts with passwords. asw pd manager like remembear can help you. nd >> reporter: a before this happens, protect the device itself with a screen protector and shock proof case. just a few ways to keep kids and their devices safe. liz mclaughlin, nbc ws. 4:50 is your time this morning. we turn to the weather. going to havne good day. this rain that we've been

talking about -- >> maybeen we can it back. >> i wish. wouldn't that be a nice return service. ra the very last thing we need is in. unfortunately, moreain comin and another pacific-based storm so it's coming with a load ofng moisture a with it and milder air. snow lovers, in addition toge ing more rain that we don't want or need, we're not going to have a chance with any snow. rainfall numbers, wow, what a year. almost 65 inches of rain at national airport. that'sll time wettest year in washington. bwi marshall, over 70ncs of rain this year. that's the record. dullesll airport s hasn't broken their annual rainfall record. the most amazing rain stat i've seen on the east coast, wilmington, north carolina, has had 101 inches of rain this year. that inches above average. most of the -- of that 2 foot

surpl surplus, big surplus dpram hurrice michael earlier in the year. that left them with 24 inches of rain in a five-day stretch. they would have had the rainiest year on recordha even without tt hurricane. that's the most amazing part. it's dry this morning and it is cold. you'll need yourt winter coa here this morning. i frederick, maryland. 23 in front royal. y as're planning out your day today, fnjoy it. sunnm start to finish. un is up at 7:25. down at 4:526789 days are already starting to get a little bit longer. 12 seconds more daylight tod than yesterday. tomorrow 15 seconds, 18 seconds, days keep getting longer and longer over the next few weeks. sun is not down until just after phi. there's this next big stem getting its act together out across parts ofoklahoma, texas,

canada. that will be bringing us an abundance of rain. saturday mainly dry. sunday mostly dry. chance of some showers late in the day atsunday. ould be mixed with a wet snowflake or two early monday trning. ring i new year with temperatures above average. good morning, dave. >> good morning, chuck. sleepy morning rush hours. not much of anything to bring you to a stop or even slow you wn on the roads this morning. beltway traffic is just fine through greenville, college park. traffic is moving along briskly at speed. no issues in virginia between edericksburg, stafford. springfield. 395. keep in mind a lot of people still on holiday. not a federalli y. all hov restrictions in effect. normal metro service. bre on. schedu 270 running well between frederick and montgomeryun . still have 121 blocked from the earlier structure fire.

news 4 has crew on their way to the scen we'll keep you posted. that'she very latest from the trafficer ce. back over to you. dave, 454 now. lebron james will be spending the day with doctors. the nba star is suffering from a groin injury in last night's game between the lakers and golden state warriors. james heard something pop before he was taken to the locker om. it's not sure if he will be able to play on thursday. so we may bearp this morning, thankfully most of us here at news 4 hadnc c to spend the christmas holiday with our families. >> now we would like to share with you our station's annual christmas poem. take a look. >> twast the night before christmas and -- you animals!

>> there was coco in the >> sweets on the set. >> chocolate treats in the chopper and all the sugar you could get. >> and storm team 4 was wide awake and full of cheer because we were tracking a whitehaired man and eight tiny reindeer. >> we know what you're thinking, why didn't we use our app. >> and that's how kids are following along the dmv withne tap. >> we were working for you and with the help of storm ranger we can pinpointt. nick's every move. >> on twitter, on facebook, on instagram too. #working4you. s elsewhere in the newsroom everyone wasn't cheery. in fact, two familiar faces were downright dreary. >> the grinch hated christmas. now please don't ask why. no one quite knows the reason. >> it could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.

it could be perhaps that h t shoes were tight but i think the most likely reason of all. >> might have been that his car was two sizes too small. 'tis the season of givie. time to share joy. >> helping our neighbors who are hungry. giving childn in need new toys. >> traditions we share together and hold so dear. >> >> why we spend holidays together year afterar. >> so before you shut your eyes. >> and again at sunrise. >> and the whole season through. >> know that nbc 4 is rightere and we're working 4 you. not bad. that was fun to see. >> very nice. >> merry christmas. we hope tt you had a lovely time with your family. still ahead on 4 "ne today," a change in tax law may mean you end up with more cash in your pocket. while that may be good news for you, it's not forev ybody.

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chuck bell is here to tell us about the calmefore the storm. another storm. weekend means storm,right? >> yes. more rain coming our way. the last thing we needed for sure. rain and a lot of it. even with the rain we'll be near degrees again. ight now though skies are clear. the winds are calm and temperatures are below freezing for most of the area this morning. mid 20s, 25 in leesburg. 32 at national airport. waters ofe unfrozen the potomac. dog walking forecast, johnny is owailable for adoption. temperatures b freezing for the next couple of hours.