ou'll need the seat heaters cranked up and folks may need the ice scraper this morning. a little frost on my windshield. tomorrow increase in clouds and you know what'soming next .riday, here comes another shot of rain we'll time out the arrival and departure in a bit. good morning, dave dilldine. you're the last person in the world who doesn't have seat heaters. in virginia, the coast is clear on 66. no early morning tieups. travel times are good into the beltway. this is a normal rush hour even though a lot of people are sti on holiday. chopper 4 is flying into boyd. the remains of a structure o 121 north of little seneca lake. no injuries but a l of structural damage and a lot more

cleanup to do. 270 is quiet this morning. aaron andac erica, over to you. >> dave, thank you. 6:01. eveloping this morning, we're working to learn more about a serious overnight crash in rockville. this happened after midnight, just after midnight on rockville pike near rollins avenue. it appears at least two cars ed were invo you can see both were badly damaged. wo know four people were hurt and at least of them were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. several fires arod the area kept firefighters busy on christmas day. >> one of them left nine people without a home. s live s justin finch near the scene with what is left of the home.? just >> reporter: erica, the cause of the fire is not yet known. good news, the house dmoets appear to have a lot of fire damage. perhaps chrtmas can b held here again soon but as for right now, the family tt lives re, they are now displaced as are many others across our region this rning. seven adults and two children

able to make it from theade street home unharmed. this fire breaking out close to 4:00 on christmasday. fire officials say the fire feems to have broken out on the first level this home and trigger some heavy smoke with it as well. we spoke with the next door neighbe who says saw that fire and the smoke and quickly went over to help. >> we noticed all the flames and smoke coming from the house so we immediately ran out the house andan over to see if we could be of any assistance. we noticed a guy still in the house. we assist him out thewindow. >> reporter: some good news there. just a few hours ago weaw this here in northwest. this is 6100 blk, fourth street. two-story home there caught fire. firefighterst responded to t fire and getting four adults out. they are now a displaced well. the red cross of the national

capitol region said they responded to some seven fires on christmas day and are working to assist more than 20 people who were impacted. ve here in capitol heights. i'm justin finch, news >> justin, thank you. while the investigations into the causes of those fires hav not been completed, the national fire protection association does haveev warning for yone with a christmas tree this morning. over, many oliday is people begin to neglect tir live trees. if you don't keep it watered, it can become dry and run the risk of catching fire. a o good rulef thumb, when that tree starts dropping a lot of needles, that is theest time for it to go. time to recycle it. threees after 6:00. the partialen gover shutdown enters day five. there hasn't been any progress to get the government back open. they're not sure where their p nextcheck is going to be coming from.

nir:le? >> repor erica, that's a sad situation for so many. of course, the christmas holiday is over but the partial shutdown is t. fact, it's entering day five and thiss expected to be an incredibly busy travel day. here at ragan, tsa agents and others all over the country are working without getting paid. hundreds of thousands of workers are working andver the holiday trump told reporters he heard from many federal workers who have told him theyant funding for the wall. he says he's even willing to call itls something as long as in the end he gets that wall but until some sort of agreement is reached, services like trash pickup on the national mall are not handled by federal workers. in fact, dc mayor muriel bowsera coordinated t trash pickup by

d.c. workers. the big question no one really tknows the answer is how long the shutdown will last. again, a bit of a lull as you take a live look at ragan. the tsa wor ars will be hard work. they'll continue to be until the shutdown is over. i can tell you lawmakers return from their christmas break tomorrow and the big hope is that there is some sort of a coromise to end the shutdown. back to you. >> nicole jacobs at ragan national. thank you. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the dogovernment sh. we have an article online explaining, search shutdown in the nbc washington app. we are following a development this rning. an 8-year-old boy from guatemala died on monday. the young boy d wasained along with his father since last week. a border agent noticed a child

appeared to be sick. he was taken to a hospital in new mexico where he was diagnosed with a fever. he was given medicine, released only to return a few hours later after he began vomiting and later died at the hospital. we have some new information about the two men who were stabbed near t dupont circle area early yesterday morning. the trouble started with a fight inside the rose bar lounge on connecticut avenue northwest. the men have been identified as james stewart of waldorf and michael brown of capitol heights. so far no word of any arrest joos police are investigating a shooting near the capitol heights metro station. the victim's name has not been releed and no arrests have been made. a somber christmas holiday in indonesia as residents held mass yesterday days after a deadly tsunami slammed the region. more than 420 people are dead an another 1400 are injured. troops and volunteers desperately searching along a60

mile stretch java's coast are hoping for any survivors. tense moments for the survivors after they heard another tsunami was about to hit indonesia. hundreds of people trying to race to higher ground as they were screaming tha water was coming. 30 minutes later it was declared a false alarm. residents are beingta told to away from it. italy's mount etna continued spewing lava. two peopleere hurt and buildings were damaged in a 4.8 magnitude earthquake in sicily. it's 11,000 feet high and shoots

lava several times a year. a mexican governor died in e christmasrash of a erlicopter just days aft taking office. martha erica alonzo had just been sworn in as the new governor of the mexican state of puebla. her husband who was a was also killed in the crash. the chopper went down ten minutes afterof ta investigators say the helicopter had a mechanical failure of some sort. this morning thousands of peoplen new jersey are undergoing hiv testing after poxpibly beinged to the virus. it happened at a surgery center in saddle brook not far outside of new york city. the center is urging everybody wh had procedures over a nine-month period to get tested. while thes health department s the risk is low, the center is providing blood tests to make sure nobody contracted hiv, hetitis b or c. in news for your health, you may have holiday parties on your schedule.

you're being warned not to spreaderms in process. flu activity is picking up. it hasn't been there. as a reminder, youave time to get the flu shot. all right. so nobody won last night's mega millions jackpot. >> no, have to go back to work. it also means that the prize is going to keep growing. the jackpot now stands at $348 next drawing is set for friday. since the games started in 2002 there have only been fours christma day, christmas night drawings like last night. eping up with the tradition, nobody won the jackpot on christmas. >> i'll spend a couple of bucks on a dream and see how it goes. >> why not? still ahead, a new effort to >elp our nation's veterans is up. plus, a mystery 200 milese abhe earth. what happened ts year on the

international space station that may spark a criminal investigation. good morning, chuck. it is a wednesday morning. starts the downhill slide towards the weekend and saturday and sunday wl not be anywhere near as cold as it is this morning. and most of youreend will be uninterrupted by rain drops. i can't say the same abo your>>

chopper 4 live over clarksburg road montgomery county as firefighters work on a house fire. you can sll seehe house smoldering a bit. good news the damage is pretty extensive. we're being told it took 75 firefighters to get the flames under control. ais is a heavily wooded area as

you may bee to tell. this house is at the end of a half mile long driveway. no hydrants readily available in the area. that combined witthe cold weather created some obstacles forrefighters. two people who live there were able to get out. clarksville road is still closed. more coverage throughout the hour. ♪ oh, come let us adore him >> cardinal donald wuerl leading yesterday's mass here in d.c. he spoke about the importance oa lies coming together and renewing a commitment to kindness a mpassion. meanwhile, compassion on full display in the basilica's dining room. meals were served to those who otherwise would have gone without. all of this while hundreds of people were hand delivered a holiday meal y. a group of volunteers

helping those in need. franklined hundreds at square in northwest lines formed as soon as the sun came up. this was a day of hearty meals and fellowship that meant so much to those in needs. >> great. they've givout, taken their time on christmas and helping the community. those that need it. just feels good. >> a lot of love out here, you know what i'm saying? santa claus is here today. thankful. >> dunkir baptist church in maryland has been providing this service on christmas day for the past ten years. now to aew tool for veterans going through a crisis. >> a hotline is up and running for veterans who need help witho everything fm having no heat to a health care question. it's called the white house va hotline. it's staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in shepardstown,

virginia. almost all of the people are veterans or family members of veterans. >> the people that call are ten ing for someone to l to. >> they have answered 130,000 trlls. presidenp promised he would set up a hotline when he was on the campaign trail. the number is 1-855-948-2311. happening this morning, a mystery under kregsor than 200 miles above the earth. >> earlier this year a hole was discovered on the side of the international space station. as nbc's k ry sandersreports, a criminal investigation may soon be underway to find out what caused it. ter: it sounds like a plot line from the deep space movie. a soyuz capsule losing cabin pressure. at first they expect a meteor strike opened a hole discovered under external inspection.

>> a good unobstructed view of the black spot and that's the hole on the external hull. >> reporter: but now a sinister plot twist. cosmonauts discover the holeilas d from inside the capsule. a criminal investigation ruled t. did someo access the capsule while on the ground. they thought it may be to get a sick astronaut home. they deny it. they hope a simple explanation can resolve a mystery 220 miles above earth. kerry sanders. >> sitting here kicking around questions. a lot of mysteries involved with . >> yes. >> it's an odd thing to have drilled from the inside out. makes y wonder if it was there all along? how could that be? time.7 is your

chuck is here to talk about if you were headed out to the store to make returns. after that, guess what, more rain. >> just what weed . rain continuously, especially the last couple of months here, we were very dry through much of 2017 and early 18, the pickett has never turned off. over 4.3 inches of rain. nearly a two inch surplus for this month. annual surplus aroun 25 inches of rain. we have managed to break out of the cold stretch. stretch ass a cold well as december. we've gone 13 days in a row with tempatures warmer than average. a cold start thiatmorning. tempes in the low 20s. high is 45 degrees.

around 45 to 48 degrees today. look at all of that sunshine.ay a fine to be outside. no threat of rain today. tomorrow another seasonably cold start in the g.morn clouds will gradually be on the increase during the day tomorrow and we could see rain drops as early as tomorrow evening. you can also follow the latest forecast with the nbc washington app. here's the next storm coming and i just retweeted an imagef the reunion tower getting hit by lightning. that rain andtorminess in the mid part of the southern plains, that's all coming our way for tomorrow here's future weather. nothing weather wise to worry about for today. little bubble of high pressure sitting right on top of us. light winds and all s shine today. clear skies overnight and plenty of sunshine early. but clouds will move in here by

tomorrow afternoon. rain is t likely come in tomorrow eveni start to finish. not very december like at all. the rain gets out of here for most of theek d. saturday looks dry, in the mid 50s. cooler on sunday, a lite rain te in the day. that might mix with a owflake. dave dilldine, that looks like less, not more snow >> okay all right. we'll take it. snow lovers, hang tight. chopper 4 flying high above upper montgomery county and, boy, ts is what remains of the house fire, early morning house fire off of 121clarksburg road. still smoldering. luckily no injuries. significant damage.1 s still blocked by the reservoir. this is at non-hydrant area. they had to truck in wat using

tankers. there are icy spots around. otherwise, traffic is fine. 6:21. changes to tax p law may more money in your pocket but not everyone is cheering. >> we'll explain why. make sure to check out ellen. you can stickround

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more than half of those surveyed say they have received call in the past week. >> jennie-o turkey is recalling more than 164,000 pounds of ground turkey due to salmonella concerns. it has a use bybeate of nov 12th and 13th. it includes plain groundurkey and turkey with taco or italian there are concerns that contaminated turkeys may be in people's the recall follows a similar one in november. that one made more than 200 people sick there several st ies. more thaormation on the recall you can go to our nbc washington app and search turkey. big changes to the 2018 tax law could put more money in your pocket. >> charities are the ones that could be taking a big hit. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with what you need to know about filing your taxes this year. >> reporter: remember as we get

closer to the end of the year we rummage through o closets to try to find clothes or other things to donate to charity for that big tax writeoff. that's going to change for and estimate21li m americans. doing good is its own rewart. tax deductions does help shave money off of our tax bills if we itemize instead of taking the standardct deduion, but under the new tax cuts and jobs act that threshold is tough to clear. that's because the standard deduction has nearl doubled. >> standard deduction has gone up for a married coupl that's $24,000 for 2018. for an individual it's $12,000. >> so come tax time if you don't have more than that to write f, you're better off taking the standard deduction, and it makes lifeut easier wit having to hold on to all of those >> reporter: now of course you still can donate to a charity without getting ak. tax br you still reap the rewards of

knowing you've done something. really good back to you. 6:26 is our time rig now. coming up, you shopped, you wrapped, you gave -- >> and now it's time to return it all. what to know abouthe get best tore your buck on the gifts that you didn't like so much. good morning, chuck. mo> good ing, everybody. temperatures down below freezing this morning. you'll need your puffy coat for today. no doubt about t. good news is it will be bright and sunny.

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"news 4 today"s sta now. 6:29 now as we take a live lookutside on this wednesday morning. not a lot going on out there. the sun won't be up for an hour or so, but you get to eoy some sunshine as the day goes on. that will be nice for us. >> ye a >> get out play with those toys. >> yes. and it's nice because you actually have room. it seems like the city is so ch quieter. >> nice day for sure. i'm aaron >> i'm erica gonzalez in for eun yang. we're glad you're with us. we are working for you getting you back nto the swing of

things if you are heading back to work.op 's dave dilldine is in for melissa mollet checking the roads. >> first, let'surn to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what else do you uchave, >> i have a lot of good news. it is a cold start but perfect day to get outside if you're a lucky kid and you have new toys. you can play with thosi o this afternoon. pots and pance. pans. temperatures 5 to 10 degrees. colder than yesterday morning. you'll need your winter coat today. 30 in washington and 20 in gaithersburg and martinsburg. 21 in faulkier county. your hour by hour planner, look at all of those clear skies today. afternoon highs will be in the mid t0 uppers across the area. no chance for rain. in fact, youn may not e see a cloud today. ndouds will be sneaking back in here for tomorrow rain is

looking very lining ikely on fr. let's go dave dilldine. >> weather wise, travel wise making good time in area of roads. virginia majors in fine shap 66, 95, 395. 66 we can take you on the tour from fairfax county parkway inside the beltway. artifacts clean and green. we have to take you to maryland, upper montgomery county i boyd. that is where an early morning house fire has displaced two. last report blocked,aryland 121, clarks road north of the reseoir. we have better perspective for you. chopper 4 is hovering live above the scene. brad,u what can ll us? >> we're getting our first view of the breaking news, chopper 4 with the only vie of the fire in clarksburg. let's take a closer look at the house. you can see a gaping hole in the roof.

the call came in at 3:20 a.m. here on the 21,000 block. pete with the montgomery county fire said 75ht firefs were on scene to get this under control. they're putting out hot spots, you can see that with the bucket truck just above the roof. as we pull out, w can see parts of clarksburg road remain closed. that's because they weing to truck in water using tanker trucks. you can see that house is pretty far from the main road there. parts of clarksburg road are going to remain closed while scene.ork the your best bet and your best options are going to be 117 klopper road and west old baltimore .ro >> brad in chopper 4. thank you. now to another fire that ruined family's christmas day. this one left nine people without a home in capital heights. >> news 4's justin finch is live at theome with how everybody made it out safely which is the important thi n toe here, joichbt.

>> reporter: absolutely, erica. you're absolutely right. so much can change from one moment to the next. one, you're celebrating christmas with your family and you're running for your life from the fire. if you look at the house, you can see the front door is scorched after the fire here yesterday. this fire did break out and they responded and found f out thee broke out on the lower level, first level of the home here. that family, 7 adults and twodr ch with just now time toca here. a neighr ran ove and helped a man out of a window to escape this fe literally just in time here. the cause of this fire at this time remains under investigation but the red cross saying this is one of seven fires they responded to on christmas day. they're working to assist more

than 20 pele, nine of them live in this house behind me. the good news is the injuries they'r reporting do not appear to be serious. however, you can only imagine th heart break of being pushed out of your home due to fire on christmas d of all days. we're live here in capitol heights, justin finch, news 4. >> 6:34 now. the christmas tragedy in frederick county, maryland, after a kennel filled with pets went up in flames. crews in mdletown said they were called around 11:30 christmas eve for a fire on marker road. when they arrived the building was completely engulfe in flames. several other dogs we so severely burned they had to be put down. no one was rt. now we are staying on top of a developing story. today is day five of thi partial government shutdown. there's been no real progress nce congress doesn't come back from christmas break until tomorrow. president trump stayed at the whe house over the christmas holiday. he spent the day tweeting, most

of the weekend as a matter of fact. he talked about new sections of the border wall that he says he's given out a contract thfor. president is insisting on $5 billion to build the wall on the u.s./mexico border. however, he does not have the votes in the republican controlled congress. that's leaving huneds of thousands of federal workers furloughed or working without pay. u coming at 6:45, news 4's nicole jacobs wl have a report of how this is affecting furloughed workers. the u.s. board jer ordered checks on every child detained. an 8-year-old boy from guatemala died. we'll have more on when and how the authorities found theboy. pope francis hopes his message of unity will remai that christmas has come and gone. tens of thousands attended the

outdoor mass yesterday in st. peter's square. the pope urged people of all faiths and races to come together. beautiful shot there. today begins another winter holiday celebration. kwanzaa kicks off and it runs through the firste of year. >> kwanzaa is a pan african holiday. to all who celebrate, happy kwanzaa. ti> coming up, the season for the gift giving and the gift returning. what to know bore you start shopping those after christmas day sales. plus, gift cards galore. what to know about those monetary gifts you were given, monetary gifts you were given, especially ♪ ro monetary gifts you were given, especially not long ago, a started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab.

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you're watching "news 4 day." welcome back. it's 6:39. did you get what you wante for christmas? >> i,the answer is no you may be ready to do o some return those unwanted gifts. g we'veot some tips before you hit the stores today. make sure that you have thatec

giftpt and do not assume that you have all the time in the world to do this.rd nostrom has no time limits on returning products. they're maamazing. amazon gives you 30 days to send something back. >> the national retail deration says nearly 20% of consumers will return or exchange an g unwantedift this year. now chere's yourc morning business report. >> reporter: good morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. for the 12th straight year gift cards are one of the most requested gifts. here are aip few on how best to use them. read the terms and conditions as some cards are only redeemable at a certain store or location. cards can be registered as ait crard which can protect them as. th i'm frank holland. thank you, frank. 6:40 now. nothing beats a handwritten note. now that all the gifts are open,

how about writing a thank you te. today i national thank you note day. if your kids can't wte yet, write one for them. and good morning, everybody. dogre walking st time. here's johnny. johnny available fordoption at the humane rescue. i always wanted to be ed mcm on. know. people of a certain age remember beat. temperatures wiln the 40s today with nothing but sunshine on tracking some friday rain drops though. that forecast coming right up. and here's chopper 4 flying high above boyd's, maryland. the house fire mostly knocked down but the fire response

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75 firefighters he been fighting fire since then. >> with rhatponse part of the road is closed down. wtop dave dilldine is in for melissamollet. the good news is the two people wthat were inside the home able to get out uninjured. president trump spent christmas at the white house talking with memberse military and tweeting about the government shutdown. p theresident said congress needs to include 5 billion for a trder wall between united states and mexico. >> however, he does not have the votes in the republican ntrolled coop and that leaves hundreds of thousands oer f workers in limbo. they do not know when they will get their next paycheck. >> news 4's nicole jacobs is live where federal agents are on the jobuthey're not being paid. nicole, good morning. g >> reported morning to you,aaron.

federal workers have seen shutdowns but they believe this cod be one of the longest as it's expected to last well into january. you can see behine tsa agents hard at work as many are all over theuntry. they're working without getting paid. they won't see tse paychecks until president trump and lawmakers end the dispute over funding for border wall. over theid holay trump told reporters he heard from many federal workers who say they want a border wall w tht the funding for that wall. says he's willing to call it something different if that helps get it approved and funding for it, but as we e day five and an agreement beems e pretty distant,s servi like trash pickup on the national mall are not beingha led by federal workers. d.c. mayor muriel bowser coordinated that by d.c. workers.

tsa agents, hundreds of thousands oforkers all over the country working without getting paid and among many who are affected by this partial shutdown. on this day, one of the busiest avel days of the holiday season, these workers are here and not getting paid. congress does head back tomorrow. the hope, of course, that there will be some sort of agreement so that the shutdown will end. >> nico, thank you very much. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of the partial government shutdowe. have an article online explaining because a lot of people have had questions what's open, what's closed. just search shutdown in thebc washington app. 6:47. another developing story this morning. u.s. customs and border protection hasered medical checks on every child in its custody after a second child died while detained this month. an 8-year-old boy from gua omala di monday. authorities say the young boy was detained along with his father since last week.ol

the border pagent noticed the child appeared to be sick. he was taken to a local hospiel twic before he died. you can get the latest on the investigation coming up on the "today" show. a somber christmas holiday in indonesia as residen held mass yesterday days after a deadly tsunami slammed into that country. more than 420 people are dead and 1400 people are injured. troops and volunteers are desperately searching along the coast of java. it hit without warning saturday night smashing hom and eeping people out to sea. developing this morning, we are working to learn more ut information a serious crash that happened overnight in ro rockville. it happened on rollins avenue. it appears two carsvo were ed here. that damage is extenoive. wew four people were hurt, two of them had to be rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. now we go to aot shog investigation in the district.

at person was s near the capitol heights metro staon yesterday. it happened on southeast at 3:00 in the afternoon. police are not releasing any information about what led up to that shooting. a dozen ws more tha shots fired. you can see the evidence markers right there. the victim is in the hospitaler with sious injuries. no word yet on a suspect. former redskins safety d.j. swearinger has a new home. he's heading back to play for the arizona cardinals. he broke the news and he was released days afterub helicly criticized the staff. thebu burgundy and gold will pl without him this week. lebron jes will be spending the day withdo ors. he's suffering from a groin injury after last night's game between the lakers and the lden statewarriors. james reportedly told team officials that he heard

something pop b he was taken to the locker room to be evaluated. it's not clear if b he'lle able to play again on thursday. this puts his streak of playing in 116 straight games in jeopardy. in other news this morning, nobody won last night's mega millions jackpot. >> that means the prize contin.s to gr the jackpot now stands at $348 million. friday. drawing is on since this game started in 2002 drawings have only been held on ristmas day four times. keeping up with the tradition also, nobody won the jkpot on christmas. hoping everybody had a very nice christmas hopefully wh family and friends. we're back here getting everacody -- >> to work. >> a lot of people have to get back to their offices today. you'llave good weatheror it. >> if we had to be here, you need to be there. yeah. easy day to get back into the swing of things if youave to go to work today or even if you have the day off. the weather will play a little slow pitch with us today. insunshine. no to worry about weather wise for today. more rain coming our way, of se co because it's still 2018

which means it's the year of rain drops. average temperature for the month of december, we're almost three degrees warmerhan average for the month as a whole and the last 13 days in a row have all been warmer than average.ll rainlready well above average for the month and more rain coming our way on friday. likely to get half anh inc to an inch of rain on friday. clearnd cold. not much of a breeze out there. wind chills aren't the issue out there this morning. it's just cold. 20 in the panhandle of westrg ray.6789 in la 26 in clinton, maryland. planner, bright, sunny, nice day to be outside. teeratures in the mid 40s this afternoon. 48 in culpepper. 44 f h ah in winchester today and tomorrow also we'll start out cold and sunny. most of theushed burbs down below freezing. we'll be stuck in the 40s. clouds will increase later on in

the day and showers are any time after 8:00 tomorrow. the bulk of the rain will be here on friday. you can always track the rain coming in. they give me a follow and a like on social media i'm usually tweeting out tidbits for the weather. rain across the plain states now. thill bring us our next rain chance. future weather keepi us clear all throughout the day and night.ds cl on the increase. chance for a few showers. especially down across central virginia tomorrow about the time the sun is going down. most of us though, it's a rain on friday issue. but it will be all rain temperature near 60 degrees even with the rain. that is very unusual in most december. it will ne our third of these in a row here in this particular december. anotherhance for rain arriving late sunday. maybe a little innow mix on new year's eve morning. we should be drying out by new

year's day afternoon. dave dilldine, good morning. >> it is really good use of the rain. we're dry especially on friday. clarksburg road still blocked between west oldmo bal road and klopper road. route 1 21 at the scene of this fire. you can see as we pan out, 121 is still blocked byhe apparatus. some iciness on the roadway. can't fwlam from the rain. they had to cart in water. no hydrants nearby. on the interstates, not too bad. 270 included. 121 blocked in virginia. on the beltway, smooth ride. 123 ox road in fairfax station that is blocked northbound likely to remain so as crash renstruction commences 1678923 north at fairfax county parkway. that's the very latest. back over to you. ♪ ♪

>> a festive visit at the presidius dialysis center in waldorf, maryland. they sang to patients who have to receive dialysis no matter what day it is. >> news 4's amy cho brings us the story from southern maryland. >> reporter: this christmas for people who have to spend the holida at the clinic, they want toake their day brighter even if just for a moment. sherron started the s group ashe patientst gift bags to on dialysis. >> we hav blankets. >> reporter: she knows just what they're going through. kidney disease forced her to go on f dialysis three hours at a time three times a week for almost three years. >> it's not f a goodling all the time. sometimes it can be kind of lonely because it's you and your machine. i vowed once i got well i would come back and help other people in situations likemine.

>> reporter: thanks to a kidney from her sister, she was able to keep her promise. >> she was my donor. i used to come to this facility. >> wow. >> reporter: patient james spent so much time on dialysis, he said it's like a part-time job. ethey're hoping to m the job easier. >> i'm surprised. it's really nice. really, really nice. i love it. >> to let themou know y're thought of. you're not jusn the chair by yourself. you're really warriors. >> reporter: and the carhelers say hope to make this a holiday tradition and do this every year for years to come. in waldorf, amy cho, news 4. it is ig6:55 now. here are four things to know this morning. right now firefighters a still working this fire montgomery county. chopher 4 was above scene for us this morning. it's been burning since a little after 3:00 this morning at a home in boyd's, maryland.

we kw that cold weather and no fire hydrants are making things difficult. one family displac here. the american red cross national capitaegion says it has provided aide to more than 20 residents since christmas morning. with the christmas holiday winding down, many pple forget to keep the christmas tree watered. that can create a fire hazard. the national fire protection association says a dry christmas tree can burn faster than newspaper. good rule of thumb is when the treepi starts dr needles, that's the best time to recycle it. on the fth day of the partial government shutdown, there doesn't seem to be an end in sit. coming up on the "today" the latest on the shutdown. n> and malls i our area will be jam packed today. if you plan to make a holiday return, make sure you have the gift receipt.so me stores like nordstrom have t ime limits but amazon, for

instance, has 30 days to send someth ag back. >> a peek of that five-day forecast. enjoy the sunshine for today. we'll bery for todnd most of tomorrow. friday will be a rainout.ut saturday mild kind of cloudy. the risk of rain drops late in saturday. most of your weekend will not be impacted by rain. >> always good to hear. >> you and i won't be here. >> but i will. all right. so thanks, chuck. >> thank you, chuck. orthat is the news today. >> the "today" show is coming up next. >> we'll be back in about 25 minutes with all of your weather, traffic and local news. >> in the meantime, make it a great wednesday, everybody. .

good morning. controversy at the border. a migrant child dies in u.s. scustody, theecond in week. medicalhecks being ordered for all children in the vernment's care. in washington president trump vowing the shutdown will go on until he gets funding for a border wall. >> i can tell i yous not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whater they'd like to call it. holiday travel troubles. a major snowstorm set to sweep into theidwest all of it expecting t disrupt the holiday plans of million of >>americans > a record-breaking christmas season. etailers gearing up for the post-holiday rush. sh