we're sounding like brok record. verybody saw over a half inch of rainfall today. most of us in the d.c.etro area seeing over an inch. that brings the yeay abou 66 inches. almost double the normal amount. now, right now, i'm still tracking the steady rain down through northckn you can see it around calvert beach, leonard town and down through ntrose. this is slowly moving out of the area. most of us notck tg or dealing with any rain. some patchy fog and midwestyiz e will continue until about 7:00, 8:00 tonight. after that, everybody moves tot.

on monday, the last day of the year, i'll have more on the timing and the impact of the n years eve rain coming up around 6:15. >> all right. we'll see you then. ow to breaking news in northeast washington,e jac bensen is at the scene of a double shooting today. >> what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, we are ld we are hearing, that the young man fighting for his life at h thisr may be as young as 16 years old. here's what we know. poce tell us that an officer who was in the area, the general area the 200th block northeast around 2:30 this afternoon. he heard the sound of gunshots. responding officers located the source of the sounds and found just a terrible scene. two people in an suv. both had been shot

one whose injuries are described as nonlife threatening. the other is a juvenile and his areries to the head described as critical and life threatening. the d.c. police chief was asked if investi have been able to determine who was the target of the many gunshots that were fired. >> looks like both were inside the vehicle that was target. it would be hard to say which of the folks inside was actually targeted. >> reporter: we are just two short city blocks where 10-year-old macaya was shot. news4.

and a 22-year-old killed by a stray bullet a he drove home from work. mark segraves joins with us the deils of an arrest in this case. olice just heard from chief peter newsom about two hours ago. he called this murder senseless. he said it happens all too often. innocent bystanders injured or killed because of stray buets. this was about 6:00 in the evening in october. shots rangut which shot roger marmet. police have charged 22-year-old barry marable with the murder. news4 spoke to him about his son. >> there was a spirit and a light in him that is lost.

there was something inside tom f thatm a very early age, wanted to help lepe to guide people. >> today, chief peter newsom explained what happened. >> the suspect in the case was shooting at someone else. ended up striking roger a killing. he was apparently on his way home from work. >> another murder in i16 which that victim was also an innocent bystander on her w home. >> you discharge a weapon in this ar. you never know where it will land. it isse sss to see th. >> tom marmet's father issued a statement saying it is surreal to have a name and a face attached to th killing.

b they do not believe there are any other suspects in the o t eermu. >> uncertainty and anxiety for hundreds of housands of federal workers today. today marks one week since the shutdown began andex it is cted to drag into the new 84. the president threatened a shutdown. it triggered a shutdown. and as jennifer johnson reports, we'll likely see no movement until next week when theew congress is seated. >> reporter: president trump raising the stakes on the border wall fight. the series of tweets promising to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats who do not give us money to shut the wall. good luck with that. >> i don't think the taxpayers

have anticipated that. that they deserve that. >> the white house saying it has less to do with giv tg republicans $5 billion for the wall and more about nancy pelosi becoming speaker. we're in this for the long haul. and 800,000 workersut go wit paychecks. in the latest poll, % blame the president. >> the white house told us they were open to it and then they changed their mind the next day. >> reporte the border wall fight had an impasse. jennifer johnson, nbc news,

washington. >> tonight contractors are also facing furloughs. but this is hting people whereth it hurts e most. >> reporter: for 21 year lylea johnson has cleaned toilets to put food on the table. she' lived through multiple shutdowns but this is the first time she'll have to go without one of her paycheck. >> i need to go back to work so i can earn money to put with money i have coming in to pay these bills. >> reporter: she is among the more than 3 million contractors working for the government. her part time custodial job supplements her social security income. she would have more than enough to get by if it was justher.

but she's also got two growing boys to feed. the fear is coupled with the embarrassment that comes with having to tell the utility companies her payment may bela all.f it comes at she says this is no way to retu return. grilledsteady diet of cheese sandwiches for them. but she is counting her blessings. >> some positive conclusion will come out corey smith, news4. just one of many. the smithsonian is running out of money and they'll be forced to cse the museums and galleries starting january 2nd.

so who takes care of the animals at the zoo while the shutdown lingers? we'll have that part of the story at 6:30. f district heigh had to call in maryland state police to help remove the police chief out of his office. >> reporter: city leaders had just voted to place the police chief on pai administrative leave. when they told him, officials said he refusan to over his guns and leave the building. they said there were no threats during this stand-off of sorts but we could hear plenty of yelling. he saide never expected all of these officers to respond. >> i just thought it was a shock. > reporter: it started with a closed door emergency meeting friday to discuss police personnel issues. the resultf a state training

personnel unit that found deficiencies. the news4 i-team confirmed that state police are investigating as well. they decided to hire an independent counsel to instigate the hiring of two people who were deed not hirable. the city leaders voted t place the chief on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of that investigation. >> well, he was not a happy camper. he surprised everybody by h actions. >> the city calledar inand state trooperers to take away his guns and remove him. it took about an hour and eventually he left on his own. >> do you have anything to say? >> he defended the hires saying

ayl three good officers. the says they'll be put on desk duty until the cases are reviewed in january. >> we will continue to follow this story. if you have a tip for our team, to go our app and search investigations. a murde mystery is, first responders tried on save man's life but he died at the hospital. it is believed the shooter targeted the victim. this is the third homicide in seat pleasant this year. w> when come back, the night sky turns electric blue. >> now newha clues about w led to this unusual scene in new york city. closer to home, a break-in

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well, we are in weather alert mode as we look at soggy and foggy. amelia joins us in a few to tell us when the rain will end and what's in store for tha long holiday weekend coming our way. now we turn to a bare naked break-in and a home in staffordo ty. a drunk intruder smashed his way in. the couple inside grabbing their newborn baby and barricading themselves in a bedroom. the sheriff's office says thed 16-year-tarted banging on the door and yelling to be let inside. theusband and wife tried to tell him to go away. the husband even got and gun fired a warning shot into thegr nd. that didn't stop the young suspect who shattered a window and climbed into the basendnt. >> that's when he was found

by deputies asleep on the couch wearing no clothes. >> sources tellhi us teen lives with his parents in a home nearby. he has been crged with unlawful entry, vandalism and alcohol .possessi a strange light show that we told with you last ght. the skyline leading to panic and confusion. it plunged laguardia airport into total darkness and se took to social media to talk about alien .invade chris glory yosso explains what was behind these flashes of light. >> w ot's going in the sky? >> reporter: you are listening to a new jersey 911 caller as she watched the spectacular electrical light shom the other side of the hudson rive 16 hours after the bizarre blast, governor cuomo toured the substation where it all unfolded. a spokesman said an electrical

fault on a section of 138,000 volt equipment caused a transmission disturbance and sustained an electrical arc flash. that sparked the blue lighthat people witnessed from miles away. >> thercing of that electricity was basically a man de lightning bolt. >> dark know, ,darkne fire. >> reporter: thousands of people in astoria could see the arc flash with their own eyes. it went viraln social media with some trying to make sense and others makingfun. one person wrote, these gender reveal parties are out of hand. another said, somebody call ghost busters. >> we did find one piece of evidence that was peculiar. this was on the site which has raised some questions. i'm told it is a piece of safety equipment for workers. >> reporter: that's governor

andrew cuomo having some fun with the situation. one utility worker did suffer some eyeit iion after looking at that bright flash. >> closer to home, a tough firefight in the heart of alexandria to a news4 viewer sharing this video with us. a vak an apartment building went up ines . there are no injuries and no y wordet on what sparked the fire >> the rain is moving in on new years eve into new years day. i'm showing you the visibility out there. i am hearing reports of some patchy fogrecross the including in parts of fairfax county and also, up around ur

martin right around a quarter of a mile. so some fog to contend with. everybody dry tomorrow with a high of 53 degrees. will be a bit breezy.ut more clouds there on sunday but overall, not that bad. both dayski are l completely dry from start to finish. then we head into monday. it is a dry start to the day. we hit the lunch time hours.

noon. rain is in the area. if you're heading out, you'll want the umbrella. keep in mind which sho you're wearing. it is looking pretty soggy and damp. ote good news is the temperatures are that bad. we look to 6:00 a.m. tuesday. january 1st. we're pretty much completely dry. a high around 60 degrees. here's the high. more sun tomorrowut a bit breezy a hig of 47. on monday, 80% chance of rain. i think we can almost up that to 100% i'm goinge to have on the ten-day forecast coming up at 6:50.

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a live picture of the capitol building. u can see it looks normal on the outside. not so much on the inside. today marks s days of the government shutdown. >> if it lasts into the new year, smithsonian plans to close its museums, research centers and our national zoo on january .nd that news is already causing a lot of folks to change their plans. they talked about it on social media today. one man says he and his were planning to visit the museums for their niversary. mom says her son wanted to visit the museums for his birth day but they're making other plans now. >> going into t panic modeing to figure out how to pay the bills. the officef personnel management tweeted out advice

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life line for sears. eddie lampert hased off to buy sears. in last different effort to keep the cin going, sears said it will close another 80 locations. othat's on topthe 182 stores that liquidated after filin for bankruptcy back in october. the government shutdown may have an impact on your weekend plans. >> here's amy cho with a look at what's next. >> reporter: i'm here at the national zoo. how they plan toake care of the animals. plus, the rain is moving out. but it'sot quite done with us

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the record that we're talking about, the 24th day thi' year, seen an inch or more of rainfall. the old record dating back to 1878 where we had 21 days with around an inch orore of rainfall. down throughf art oe northern neck. areas of fog t across region. we'll continue to see some mist and drizzle until 8:00, 9:00 p.m. tonight. most of us are seeing around an inch or more.

even back around the i-81 corridor, all the rainfall amounts there. over half an inch. we'll be dry but more rain on monday. now to the government shutdown. one weekend and no end in sightn prestrump dug in threatening to cut off the southern border and aid to theme l likely see no movement on a deal until after the new congress is seated and the democrats officially take control of the house. the shutdown is also impacting of some our area's most pop hard attractions. the smithsonian says itill be forced to close its museums,

galleries, even the national zoo.ni t we have team coverage of the impact with something you might want to check out this weekend. but let's begin with amy cho with reaction from locals and tourists tonight. >> the zoe have enough funding to keep the popular zoo lights on through end of the holidays. that's a relief. families braving the rain, they tell as you dreary day at the zoo is better aythan no at all. >> it is world famous. >> and as far as the animals -- >> they'll still get to eat and go outside. >> reporter: zoo keepers say they won't get paid.e'

>> passionate about it. we love it. we love the animals. we love nature. we love the educational experiences. >> reporter: and throughout the city, as the rain comes downn washington, time is almost up. families from out of town telling us they don't mind waiting in the long lines while they still can. >> last time i came here i was 8. i was happyhe to share good feelings and everything i had with them. i was thankful that was open. >> it's heart breaking to see that these monuments will be closed. >> they're trying to keep an open mind. the natnal z panda cam will be shutting down. so unfortunately, you won't be able to see uibeiil the shutdown ends.

>>aybe they want the privacy. out andight want to get go see some gallery exhibits. >> like the self ortrait show at the national portrait ll gaery. barbara harrison checked it out and she said it is a great way to see how t idea of the selfie is around long before the cell phone. >> that's right. ere was an ad the other day with a wonderful picture of nat king col reminding us that there are a lot of unforgettable people in th walls of the smithsonian museum. i checked out the newport rat gallery show and i had a personal tour from its and i learned that there is more to the selfie than meets the eye. you might be asking yourself if you stop at the national portrait gallery for a new show

with a clever title, eye to >> we're really focusing on the 20th century. so 1900 onward. >> we learned that the artist aduated from harvard in 1909. as an african-american, he was recognizedor his art in paris before here in his own country. are we not supposed to judge it? >> the question is, do you find something that you didn't know or are you finding something that they want to you discover? and how truthful is it? >> want ms tell you a little something different about tves in their self-portrait. kansasist who hales from city painted himself a shirtless adonis at the beach. >> he was trying chanel all

sorts of other dreams and desires in his self-portrait. this is how he would like to us e him. then there are some who can this self-portrait. >> many a woman will say i love her. it makes me feel so much more secure aboutmyself. >> how does a gallery decide what they'll tell but the artist? in the case of the artist, one of the most celebrated contemporary portrait art i haves, his biography included this. in 2017 w severalen chaed him of sexual harassment charges. he denies the charges but it raises and cog issue. should the art be judged separately from the artist? especially when you're talking self-portraits. >> we are about not trying to judge someone.

the criteria we were given by congress in19, is to collect men and women who have made an impact on american history and culture. so we had john wilks booth, f example. we have the president and the flais. >> and so you don't miss the full picture, stand the you can use a special app to capture it all. take all the time you want to figure out trying to tell but themselves in their eye to eye. the show's art history time line, you get everything from pastels, photography, even sculpture and even selfies. it closes in august and presumably the shutdown will be over long before then.

very interesting. >> i like the app. you can takeh it wyou. >> the artist would want to you experience that. >> you have to figure out what they want to tell you. that's was taught. >> allright. we'll have much more coming up at the to have of the hour on "nbc nightly news." when we come back, the homeland security secretary travels to the border as we learn new clues about a young boy's death while in custody. >

>>he dhs secretary will be headed to the bosher. is expected to talk about the deaths of the two children from guatemala. meantime we're learning more about philippe gomez alonzo. the second child who dieft being detained. a medical investigator said the 8-year-old testediv pos for the flu. he was detained a week and a half ago after crossing thrd er illegally with his father. the boy's family in guatemala said they fled to escape poverty this. the border agent said they elfare more than a dozen checks and they noticed the boy became ill christmas eve. the vatican is expanding the

investigation into sex abuse allegations against the former archbishop of washington. yesterday a man from o area told the vatican representative his story. james gryan spoke about the abuse he that he suffered as a teenager at the hands of the theodore mccrick. he came forward after another man accused a church leader earlier this year. he spoke exclusively to david culver about the abuse that still haunts him today. >> i was raised to trust the catholic church.wa raised to trust mccarrick. i could not feel any emotion. i could never have intimacy.er i could n fall love with anybody. >> mccarr sic accused of having sex with adult seminarians. the pope banned him from ministry earlier this year. he is living in a kansas

religious residence while the churchs investiga allegations against him. coming up, something much more heartening. a reunion more than 50 years in the making. tonight, hear one mas emotional journey. and the rain is moving out. what's ahead

a woman has been sbbed to death.

she was found dead. all life saving efforts on the victim failed. news4 has multiple crews head there'd so make sure you look for tes. >> now to the moment a local man has waited 50rs y for. it is almost here. in a matter of days, he plans to meet his long lost daughter. he is preparing for that very emotional reunion and he is talking to news4's meagan fitzgerald. >> i put tse up s they can see the family. >> reporter: ron rudy is like any other proudther. he has images of his children is that grand kids on display all around his home. >> m that's younger son. my son-in-law, my daughter.

>> reporter: if you didn't know any better, you would think rudy's daughter has been creating memories with the family for years. >> we just sort of kept it sacred amongurselves. >> reporter: when rudy was in college, his then girlfriend goa pr. they weren't able to care for the baby so the child was given up foradoption. >> i did not tell a single soul. a sin soul about her. >> reporter: but for years there was a void in hisheart. so last spring he decided to try ancestry.comnking it was his only hope to find his daughter. all of sudden, i looked. >> it said this could be your child. and i said you're my daughter.

>> reporter: he wanted to make sure she formed a bond with his other children hefirst. >> such a good daughter. >> reporter: in the coming days for the first time, rudy will get a chance to meet his long lost daughter. it is a union that he said will be more like dream come true. >> god help me. because i really love her. >> reporter: in manassas, news4. >> is that beautiful or what? >> it's nice to see that they're all hap about it. you see the reunion stories where they don't wk out that well. >> he said his adopted family just had an emergency sohey mayot get to plea this ekend. when they do meet, we'll there be to capture it. it loo like a grand baby there, too.

i am seeing some drizzle across the area. so that will be a concern until 9:00 p.m. drier air continues to move in. the fog won't be concerned out there past 9:00 p.m. tomorrow morning, some sunshine out there withra temre in the 40s. typically we fear 50s bill when there's no issue at 10 miles. manassas reporting visibility at just over an hour. the same with gaithersburg. a heads up if you're out traveling tonight. you m encoun customer areas of foginess. in addition, some improvements. the nationalth w service canceling alerts. the area is no longer under that flood watch despite the inch of

rainfall that fell across the area. so we'll be completely dry out there tomorrow and sunday. more rain isack on monday. what the't forecast doe have, any snow that's our average high. a high of 53 degrees. on sunday, more clouds but we lose the wind. it will be a bit cooler. a high of 47 degrees. despite that, it's dry. it's looking good for that. and then the redskins game just

after the 4:00 p.m. it is hook dry out there at dex field. not the case monday. rain moved in around the midday hours and then continues into the evening hours. we'll see around a half inch on monday wit a high of 52. the chance for showers very early tuesday. most of jkiuary 1st l dry and comfortable. then another round of rain on friday. ♪

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we'll have more of that for you because we have shomari stone ma wng his there. right now, you're talking wizards. >> do we have to? >> bhat cou a good thing. >> we know the wizards can't be on road right now. so coming home is a good thing. 9-6 in the friendly confives of capia.l one ar there's good news, bad news. good news, the 9-26 bulls are in town. the bad news, injuries piling up. out with a heel, inju john wall will be out. theecond tim he's been held out due to the heel. markieff morris tht. bulls and wizards tip it at

7:00 on nbcpos washington. exactly one year ago we were in the same situation. r theskins needed a win to salvage the 8-8 season. they'll point to a few plays throughout the season and ath selves what if in the eagles will not repeat as super bowl chps. the phillies need to beat the skin to secure playoff spot. so a win will knock them out of the playoffs. the skins are embracing the role. >> they're going into the break at a plruoff we want to be there but we can't. that's just what we we being

handed right now. play a spoiler alert. the team cominin . >> the game at home. the divisional rival me. maryland has gone 3-3 since starting 6-0. mark turgeon not happy with the early struggles but knows it >>mes with an inexperienced group. we have a young basketball team and guys in different roles. it is a long season. weaven't got it done. everybody is talking aut how good they are. hopefully we're doing it.

>> on the ice, the cams, one of the hottest teamsn hockey. they've won 15 of the last 18 including the 3-1 win over the hurricanes. the citals first with 49 poin. alex ovechkin's nextun will give him 31 seasons with 30 or more. >> the past couple games, we've executed a lot better in our angame s. a lot less, little mistakes. on guy is doing the right thing and the next guy was ndbe i feel like we've been in sync. it shows the success we've had. >> 24 players on injury reserve. >> back tog our breakws.

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