if you're going to be out for the entire day today, you may want to have the umbrella ready go. you're probably not going to ser rain until a:00 or 7:00 this evening. it's all about the precautionary tale of not gautingt without it just in case. temperatures this morning, mid-20s in the shenandoah valley. closer to 30 in most of fairfax county. low 30s around washington. low to mid-30sy the chesapeake bay. your dog walking forecast for today, this is red. a red isilable for adoption at the humane rescue alliance. got a good looking sweater there l. w a little festivity there for red. temperatures today will climb into the mid and upper 40s. again, rain not likely before 6:00 this evening, but after that our rain chances do start to go up a bit. morebout that a the weekend outlook coming up. for now, time to go to dave. >> let's talk interstates. good morning, chuck. on i-295, a work zone. one right lane getting by both ways. actually, going to stay right. left side is blocked.

this is near malcolm x avenue. work zones are few and far between. in virginia, all is clear on i-95 from stafford to springfield and north on 395. interstate 66 inside and out the capitol beltway, volumes are still low, traffic is still light. elsewhere on27 the hike southbound from fredrick through upper montgomery county, full speed ahead. you don't see any red on that p. no travel troubles and no delays. traffic moving quite well this morning. we'll see if that holds true. it'll be interesting to see if we have any semblance of a morning rush hour this morning. back over to you. >>ave, thank you. 4:31 now. happening today, members of congress will return to capitol hill following ahristmas recess. this comes as we enter day six of the partial government shutdown. >> and there is no end in sight. theepublican controlled congress has not been able to

come up with an agreement that president trump will sign. the president$5 is demanding billion to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. >> the house s andate both passed separate spending bills. the house version includes funding for that wall. the senate version does not. meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of federal w do not know when they will get their next paycheck. >> preside to arrive at joint base andrews any minute now following a quick trip toraq. the president and first lady visited the troops. the president defended his decision to remove forces from syria. reason i'm here today is to personally thank you and every service member throughout this region for the near elimination of the isis territorial caliphate in iraq and in syria. two years agon w i became president, they were a very dominant group. they were very dominant.

today they're not soin dt anymore. >> this is president trump's first trip to a combat zone in his two-year presidency. democratic lawmakersre calling for congressional hearings after the deaths of two migrant children detained here in the u.s. some lawmakers are working on legislation requiring health standards for immigrati agencies. the medical screenings would include a questionnaire, a review of any symptoms, medic history, and a check o the migrant's vital signs. an update now to a tragic kennel fire on christmas eve. flames ripped through a dog kennel at middletown valley i beagle fredrick county, maryland. once people saw the kennel was on fire, neighbors and first responders were rushing to the area to save the dogs. were trapped inside. the veterinarian said when he arrived, erybody was doi their best to keep the animals

alive. >> there was probably 15 dogs in the house being held by multiple members of the kids from 14 to adults that are 70 trying to car for them unt i got there. >> six dogs died in the three more had to be euthanized because their injuries were so auvere. the c of the fire remains under investigation. warnings about house fires continue this morning. we told you yesterday the american red cross pro to more than 20 people displaced by flames since christmas in the d.c. region. meanwhile, a family news 4 profiled just a few days a is cleaning up their home after a fire broke out there. barbara harsonntroduced you to rob and reese sheer and their four adopted kids on friday. just two dayslater, their house caught fire. they were home enjoyi the family time there when they noticed an unusual flame by the fireplace. >> all the sudden i saw a little smokeoming out of th mantle.

my son grayson was asleep upstairs and he woke up with the room with smoke and had a panic attack. all the sudden his house was on fire. >> everyone was able to escape th their pets. >> glad they're okay. >> and by now, you probably have opened all of your holiday presents. >> but before you throw out any of the boxes, police have a warning that may prevent you from being a target for thieves. montgomery county police say do not put any of those big boxes on the curb. the police say that thieves are driving around to see what kind of items people received over thes. holid >> you get any big ticket items, whether it be a large s eentv, computer system, gaming system, if you put the boxes on the curb for recycling or trash, you're basically advertising what's in your home. >> police recommend you break down the box and put it in the b recyclingin. maybe turn it inside out too. >> or wait until you know iors timehat stuff to be picked up and get it out there at the

last minute. we hope you reconnected with your new york relatives over the holiday. that's where the only winning ticket in last night's powerball drawing was sold. the ticket with the numbers 5, 25, 38, 52, 67, and a powerball of 24.th ticket is worth more than $298 million. >> oh, s got. some family in new york. >> got to call somebody, right? ithat's about $180 milli the winners opts for the cash. powerball hasd not sere in new york the ticket was sold. if you have a few dollars left over for the holidays, you might want to consider buying a megamillions ticke too. tomorrow's draw is worth $348 million. >> just fun to eam. >> it is. what would you do, right? what wouldn't you do? time right now, 4:36. coming up, a 600% spike in sales just in the last month. the local communityom where hes are flying off the market and why. first, though, it's a video that's gone viral. a teen forced tis cut hair

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you probably remember this image. a high school wrestler in new ce jersey being f to have his haircut or forfeit a match last week. the wrestler had a cover for his dreadlocks, but the referee said that wasn't good enough. now the school says the wrestling team will not compete in any event with that particular referee. >> last night parents filed into an emergency school boardin me and they were discussing what had happened. many say the referee's actions were racially biased. a maloney will not serve as ref until an investigation is complete. he also faces a civil rhts investigation. the school board met with the coach and trainers privately before that meeting. the wrestler, through an

ftorney, said those coaches are not to blame the incident. >> andrew and the famy are supportive of the coaching staff,ci scally george maxwell, and mrs. fields, the trainer who was thereutting hisair. the blame here is on the referee. >> the young man there is a sitting o meet scheduled for later today. his attorney said it was because he was overwhelmed by the nationwide media attention. he does plan to return to the team soois to f out the season. >> hang in there. all right. we rot anotherny friday coming our way. rainfall amounts could be over an inch tomorrow. at least half an inch to three-quarters for most of the ar i. coming upl give you the ten-day forecast, which includes your new year's eve and new year's day outlook.

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down slightlyfter a major rally on wall street. the market rebounded after monday's brutal selloff. the dow jones posted its l gest daily point gain in history, closing more than a thousand points higher yesterday. retailers were among the best performers with shares of wayfair, kohl's, and dollar general all rising by more than 7%. 15 before the hour right now. the president returns from surprise trip to iraq today, but there is still no deal to get the government back open. >> scott macfarlane is live on a capitol hill. before we talk about the president's trip, is there any indication lawmakers have a plan to get federal workers back on the job or for those to know get theirre going to next paycheck? >> yeah, good morning. absolutely no indication this impasse is going end. this is day six of the partial government shutdown. it seems certain there will be a day seven and day eight as well. the u.s. hou has already canceled any votes for today. they'll give 24 urs' notice

before having a vote. during his trip to iraq, the president restated his demand for $5 billion for border fencing. house democratic leader nancy pelosi countered, s president got himself into this shutdown and seems unable to get oumself all the while, hundreds of thousands of federal workers off the job. federal buildings, national parks closed in many parts of our country, and the are about a half million federal workers deemed essential. they're sting wor including so many from our area, but the timing of their pchecks is uncertain. >> scott, you mentioned the president making that trip to iraq. he stopped in germany too. tell us more about this, his first trip to a combat his presidency. >> yeah, two years into the presidency, his first trip to a combat zone. of course, president's george w. bush and barack obama travelled to iraq as well. the president had a rally with troops. a of smiling, a lot of selfies and autograph sessions. oncee spoke with reporters,

they really pinned him down on other things, talking about syria, talking about the shutdown, also about the future for the peseagon. of co the defense secretary job ends at the end of the year. there will be acting secretary of defense. the president told reporters no timetable for naming a permanent back to you. >> all right. scott macfarlane on the hill for us this mornin thank you. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is out ospthe al this morning. she underwent cancer surgery last week. doctors removed can hr from left lung. the cancer was discovered after theke justice ber ribs in a fall at the supreme court last month. this is the third time the ed-year-old has been tre for cancer. despite her health probms, ginsburg has never missed arguments. the court is set to meet january 7th. local this morning, a nonprofit is hoping the community can help them get back on their feet after a christmas day burglary. this is what employees found yesterday when they showed up at

work at the anactia play house in southeast. they took several blank checks and credit. car the gofundme page said charges were racked up on the credit cards. they're hoping to earn enough to put a security system in the building. okay, the hq2 announcement has made some homes in our area a hot commodity. i think we all knew this was coming. acrding to a real estate website, the zip code that includes what will be known as national landing, saw 22 hom receive offers from potential buyers in november. if you compare that witht w they saw this time last year, it was just three. that's a whopping 633% increase. on realtor experienced the huge increase firsthand. >> we had at least two listings that had been sitting. they were priced appropriately,t

but they were getting much traction or any offers for more than a month. within days of the amazon announcement, they both had multiple offers and both sold at or above list price. >> we'll take it. don't do anything to it. just get out. she says amazon will impact the entire region. prince willm, loudoun, stafford counties all expecting a bump in housing markets. and amazon says more items were ordered thisoliday season than ever before. they don't usually provide detailed numbers but said that more than 1 billion items shipped for free this holiday thanks to its prime deals. when it comes to procrastinators, a local city topped the list for last-minute prime now deliveries. springfield, virginia. not a city, but a local area, among the top five for most christmas eve deliveries. so many of us have horror stories about traveling during the holidays. >> but an ohio man says he experienced a special kind of christmas cheeraboard a christmas eve flight.

he sat next to a dad who took several flights so that he could spend time with his daughter who was working as a flight attendant. the dad booked six flights, one for each of the planes his daughter had to work. it was the only way t that two could spend christmas together because she had to work over the holiday. my daddy would do that for me. i love it. today marks the second day of qukwanza celebrations. an event was held marking the start of kwanza last night in northwest washington. 4:50 is your toe. we turn the weather. i hope that you got out and enjoyed some beautiful weather yesterday. it's not going to be that way aound here for the next couple days. today is not a bad day to be outside, but tomorrow is a lost cause. it's going to rain on friday, and it could be a lot of rain around here. somelacesing g more than an

inch of rain. dulles airport, our only locals airport tha not yet set its all-time rainiest year on record, is likely to have that record broken sometime tomorrow. right now skies are mostly clear. a couple of fair weather clouds, but no rain anywhere close by to get your thursday morning started. that southwest wind will increase later in the day today. current temperatures, most of the suburbs are in th mid to upper0s. a cold and dry start to the day. plenty of sunshine coming our way, especially through about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. sun is down just before 5:00. that's when the clouds will thicken up just a bit. rain chances will hold off until after sunset this evening. high today, close to 50 degrees. rain most likely to move in closer to 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. tomorrow, look how mild it's going to be, even with the rain

around here. temperatures will be near 60 degrees. that's 15 degrees w mer than average for high temperatures at this time of the year. this is a big time storm as well. a lot of energy with it. cold enough only really across the dakotas and minnesota for snow. all rain from iowa to the gulf coast. if you're traveling today, could be some significant flight delays in places like houston and new orleans and memphis and st. louis, even chicago could be affected by that. ma pack your patience. not much in the way of any rain close to us early this morning. there's the beginning of that increase inigh cloudiness across southern virginia. we'll be dry today. after 5:00, maybe a coupleow s breaking out. this is now 9:00 p.m. on future weather. hit and miss drops there from the blue ridge east to about i-95. for tomorrow, likely to be a burst of heavy rain during the morning and potentially even a rumble or two of thunder tomorrow mid to lateve afternoo.

unusual for december, to say the very least. on saturday, dry weather returns. a little breezy, but temperatures still running about 10 degrees or more aboveer e. another chance for unsettled weather sunday, new and unfortunately new year's day. 2019 might start off a wet one. we reallygood because need the rain. i keep using that joke. no one gets it. anyway. >> we got it, dave. >> so dry lately. good thing it's happeni on a friday too. timore washington parkway this morning looking good. that's the case all around the region. a couple work zones here or there. they're not causing any delays. we've hadom late afternoon rush hours, but the mornings have been pretty qet. d.c., 295, long-term work zone at pennsylvania avenue. all lanes open, but it's a bumpy ride. 66 a surprise work zone eastbound, east of manassas.

watch out for the crews in those yellow reflectiv vests. it's cold out there this morning. they're getting the job done. tat's the very lat from the wtop traffic center. >> that's okay, dave. you tell your jokes to us. we'll laugh. all right. 4:54 right now. the wizards just can't catch a break after another brutal loss on the road. they were topped by the detroit pistons 106-95. the wizards now have 16 road losses this season, the most in the nba. things could turn around as the team's next three games are back at home. the first one at capital one arena tips off tomorrow night against the chicago bulls. rightow the redskins have a few more practices before their final game of the season. they square off against their division rivals, the philadelphia eagles. this morning we're hearing from d.j. swearinger after h release from the redskins. he was let go after publicly criticizing the coaching staff after last weekend's tgh loss in tennessee. the forr redskin tells us he did not think his lead to this.ld

wouldefinitely tnk it cost my job. i'm a very passionate player. i put my heart in this face t the camera in my after we lose a game, i may say some things i shouldn't say. i got to control that and be better at that. his earinger is back with former team, the arizona cardinals. the redskins will play their final game of the season without him on sunday. serena williams has bee named the associated press female athlete of the year. this is her fifth time winning theui title. her return to tennis after a health scare following the birth of her daughter helpe win her 93 votes and the title. gymnast extraordinary simonam biles in second. notre dame basketball player arike onbowale followed in third andhe kim. bethesda native katie ledecky rounded out the top five.

okay. so the "home alone" star macaulays culkin is changing name. >> and he let the public choose what it would be on his website. he said he was tired of his carson.ame he took a pull. culkin talked about changing his nameast month on "the tonight show." now he's vowing to change h legal name t . mean, welcome book to t-- back to the spotlight, dude. still ahead, metro h a haan. >> what s just been installed to make you feel more at ease. plus, if you're among the millns of america hoping to return holiday gifts this week, there are a few things you'll want to know before youead to the store. news 4 today will be right back.

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>> just about 5:00 a.m. now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yg. thekies may be clear now, but rain is on the way and plenty of >> let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and the rain that'seaded our w later on. >> yeah,ood news is we got a dry commute for everybody this morning. not everybody has to go to work, but if you'retuck going to work today, it'll be dry for the ride in.

for most of you, it'll be dry for the ride home as well. four things you need to know about the weather, it's nice for no d and will be for much of the day. rain moves in during the second half of theni e. it'll be very mild and very rainy tomorrow. maybe an inch or more of rain on the way for yr friday. but your thursday morning is dry and cold. mid-20s now in montgomery county. 27 in prince george's county. 27 in columbia, maryland. forecast for your commute here in the morning hours, temperatures hovering in the 20s to around 30. mid-40s by noontime. mid-40s by early this evening. clouds thickening up quickly after about 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon. torrow near 60 degrees but pouring down rain, especially during the midfe parts your friday afternoon. a closer look at the weeke coming up. dave, good morning. >> good morning.ad to go. sometimes they come in bursts in the traffic center here, the