at giant, it's the little things that make mealtime easy, so you have more time with the people you love. a gruesome discovery outside a church in rockville turned into the city's latest homicide investigation. this morning theeah is on for a killer. >> two months after a stray bullet killed a d.c. man in his car, police haved arres a possible shooter. with no signs of the government shutdown ending soon, the president is bnging more bad news about federalorker pay. this is the last weekend in

2018. we appreciate you being with us. we want to start off with your forecast. lauryn rickets is with us as we wrap up 2018. welcome to a new year. it's pretty mild. >> it's not t we have a lot of fog out there. a lot of dense fog in ourre on. nsain, we are looking at some not too bad conditut there as we continue through your weekend. >> a dense fog advisory that goes until 7:00 a.m. we'll watch that fog lift. they may have this extend it. the fog is thick. currently the temperatures in the low to mid 40s a this point. again, it's mild. this should be our arverage temperature for this time of we picked up over an inch of rain yesterday. but right now we are dry. we'll continue to have dry

conditions through the weekend. more rain returns right on t for another holiday. we'll talk about that coming up in a little bit. >> all right. lauryn, we'll check inith you then. at 5:32 we continue to follow aeveloping story. a sacred place turned into a crime sc this happened in rockville. we're told a woman was found stabbed to death steps from the front door of a catholic church. the woman's body was found las night around 6:00. they were processing the scene. they're at the church. there was another scene at a park a few blocks away. right now the victim has not beenidentified. investigators hope killer left behind some clues. >>ske would residents in the area if they see anything suspicious or see anybody acting suspicious in the neighborhood tol us. >> the archdiocese releasing a statement. the ins debit does not appear to be related to the perish or

school. the perish staff who were on site have beenpeaking with the police. we extend our prayers to the individual's family. this morning we're working to find out if a teenager fighting for his life will survive after being shot in the head in the district. it happened yesterday afternoon in certheast. poay the teen was riding inn suv when someone shot at it several times. it was near the corner of 54th and lane streets. an officer patrolling near the area made e gruesome discovery. an adult man in the vehicle was shot but is expected to be okay. we're told a silveras car seen speeding from that area, but information is limited. t o family a young man killed by a stray bullet tells us they're thankful the d.c.er detectives able to make an arrest. tom marmet was driving home after a day of volunteering.

he was shot in his jeep in october. now the father says the arrest makes sure he can s helping other victims. >> the future for us is going to be dedicated to trying to help other victims of crime in the city and trying to help stem the flow of guns ontour streets. >>.c. police say that plot looking for any other suspects in this case. only on news 4. police s inside a local department as the city of district heights had to call in maryla state police to help remove the police chief from his office. city leaders hadus voted to place the administrator on leave. he refused to hand ove his gun

and leave. an independent counsel will investigate the hiringve of ral district heights police officers. we'll have more on that story from the news i team later this morning. at 5:35 a writer for the federalist and a frequent fst news g died suddenly on friday. -year-old brie peyton died in san diego after being diagnosed with swine flu. a friend found her conscious and took her to the hospital. she could not be saved. she joid the federalist after fraughting from college in 2015. in a tweet the daughter of late john mccain called her a wonderful, fearless, intelligent, vibrant you woman. we're learning more about the second child to die afterg be detain add the mexican border. the eight-year-old tested positive for influn za b. the child was detained with his father on deceieer 18th and

just before midnight on christmas eve. a 7-year-old girl died two days after she was taken to an immigration detention center. this morninghe vatican is expanding their investigation into sex abusellations against the former archibishop of washington. on thursday a man from our area told a vatican representative his story. james grune spoke about the abuse he said he suffered as a teen at the hands of theodore m ccaric. earlier i spoke with him exclusively about the abuse that still haunts him. >> i was raised to t tst catholic church. i wasse r to trust mccare in. i could not feel any emotion, never have intimacy. i could never fall in love with anybody. as you canell at that time he

asked for his identity to be withheld. he has since come forward with his name. mccarran is also banned from public ministry elier this year. he's living in kansas at a religious residence while the church investigates the allegations against him. all new ts morning on top of the current partial federal government, many worke in our area may not see an increase of pay next year. last night the white house issuing the executive order stating there will be no pay raise for civilian federal lows next year. in the summer president trump said he wanted l toit pay increases. the pay raise will not affect those in our military. while many federal employees will struggle with the late paychecks, contractors facing furloughs may n see a paycheck at all. for the last two decades lila johnson has scrubbed toilets to put food on her table.

this is the first time she'll have to go without a paycheck with bills piling up after the o days. she would have more than enough to get by if it was just r, but she has two grandsons to feed. >> it truly hurts me bad to look at these kids and maybe not say to them, well, t look atse kids when they ask me grandma, can we do this or that, to say we don't have the money right now. miss johnson says she wants lawmakers to do their job so s can get back to doing her. they are working to provide financial assistance for many of the workers from nonprofits you c find out more by searching "shutdown" if our app. the office of personnel management, there giving advice on how federal worker ks navigate around during this period, especially when it comes to paying bills. erika gonzalez has more. >> reporter: opm is offering up

a guide, a sample letr of what you might share with a creditor or landlord when it's time to make payments. opm sent out three sample letters. one more a mortgage company, another to a landlord and another to creditors. utey cannot give personal legal advice they ask federal workers to consider speaking with creditors personally. this one i readsly keep touch with you to keep you informed about my income status and i would like wo discussh you the possibility of trading my services to perform maintenance like painting or carpet ri work in exchange for partial rent payments. opm says anybody l needingal advice should consultant their personal attorney. something that mane peo on twitter said they simply couldn't afford. you can find the sample letters in our nbc washington app by searching "sample letter". back over to you. erika gonzalez rorting in our news room. if you're a federal worker, you

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>> reporter: but for years there was a void iis heart. so last spring he decided to try ancestry.com thinking it was his only hope to find his daughter. >> all of a sudden i looked, looked again. ye very first line it said this could ber child. >> reporter: it was her. >> and i said you arey daughter. >> reporter: rudy wanted to make sure his dghter formed a bond with his sons first. >> she's sh a good daughter. she listens to me. >> reporter: in the coming days, for the first time, rudy will get a chance to meet his long lost daughter. it's a reunion that he says will be more like a dream come true. >> god help me, because i really ve her. >> reporter: in manassas, meghan fitzgerald. >> an incredibly emotional story

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lelebration. pelan to celebrate it at home. made 5% of people ha plans. 2 % of folks said they were not celebrating at all. just going to go to bed. something tohink about. the average hourly rate for a babysitter on new year's eve is just under $18 an. hour that's 20% higherhan any other time of the year. you'll want to kno about some of the drink trends going into the new year. tommy mcfly working hard to learn about those for you. take a look. >> reporter:t's pretty confusing. no new mexico is getting into the bubbly game. i'm here with the owner of grape intentions. they deliver wines to tastes to your door. he's going to break down the bubbles. >> cava is spain's version of

champagne. it's made in the exact same style. this is a region just north o barcelona that's producing some of the largest quantities of sparkling wine in the aworld. bu a fraction of the price. second fermentation happens in the bottle. they age it 18 months to three years fornonvintage. it has more atmosphere. it has a bit more structure to it than some other sparkling wines. >> you were seeing prosec koe is a little different than all of them. >> it's in a class of its thown. 's the name of the grape, the style. you hear completely different wunds. >> the go. >> it's a party around here. >> he's eager. >> but n youice that sound was not as loud as we had in the cava. that's because we have let's atmoheric pressure. that's how they make the wine. >> champagne is called champagne because it's from champagne, but is it alwayshe best and does

it always have to t the m expensive. because of the soil which is chalk. supply and demand is a big cathing. e of the way it's regulated, not any way to grow the ecregion, sose of the limited quantities, you see the price tend to go up.io it is del and wonderful. >> you were telling me the champagne of america is albuquerque. what's with new mexico bubbles? >> just outside of albuquerque is a place called truth or consequences. they make wine in the same style as champagne. they've been doing it since the 80s.e it's s of the best for the price point you'll get in this country. >> how trendy will y be to say i brought this new mexico champagne. if you're celebrating, do it responsibly. tommy, thank you.

if you want to learnore about things going on, mhead over to ". app and search "2019 lauryn rickets joining us from the weather center.mm mcfly with a tough assignment going through the local options for alcohol. i hope he's hydrated this morning. >> i hope so as kll. w big plans for new year's eve not only for him but as well. els i'm wondering how i didn't get that assignment. >> i know. we have to work on that. >> definitely, david. let's talk about rain chances for us. les bring it home. we've had rain yesterday. imean, it was relentless yesterday. over an inch of rain. again, perpetuating the whole wettest year of 2018. no rain on the radar right now. we are dry at this point. re n widening this out, w dry. you can see nothing in the mid

atlantic as high pressure builds in. a few rain showers in the south. for the most part, we're dry. no chances of rain this weekend. rain chances return monday. and that is new year's eve. new year's day we also have a small chance for rain showers as well. but for today, dense fog, especially for this morning. it will start to burn off. then we'll continue to be dry through the weekend. more raine on way for the new year's eve. the visibility down quite a bitn especially a the greater washington area, i was coming in, and it was bad. definitely coming in. and this isen a fog advisory until 7:00 a.m. we'll have to see if they expand that, especially forre in the south andst ea. temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 50s. as you makeour plans this morning dealing with the dense fog, everybody will be in the low 50s as we continue through the mid-morning and low 50s by

this afternoon with sunshine. mild. a nice day for our saturday. not that bad for sunday. temperatures in the mid 40s and partly sunny. nice and dry. we cloud up sundaynight, and then as we head through the day on monday we start so see rai move in. this is your new year's eve. if you have dinner plans at 00, rain showers. by midnight rain showers. we're only expecting anywher from about a faequarter of an i to a half inch of rain on the high side. lingering showers. if you have plans through the day, lookinggood. we start to dry out. it will be muddy. for the most part, not too bad. again, ha80%e of rain on monday. showers. lingering showers on your year's day. look at the temperature. mild. temperatures around 60. thenrt we s to cool down. next chance of rain on iday. next chance of rain on iday. fr

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meal time easy, so you have more time with the people you love. welcome back. if you received social security, you may notice a few extra dollars in your checkn 2019. social security benefits will rise about 3% because of a cost of living adjustment announcede back in th fall. for the average retired worker that will mea about $39 more each month. this will impact about 67 million recipients. >> it is huge dish to ring in the new year. it's in short supply.

collard greens are sparse this year becausesf the hurrica this fall that hit georgia. the popular green represents prosperity if eaten on new year's day. if you cannot find coard's, find black eyed peas. they're believed to bring prosperity if eaten on january 1st. a live look at the u.s. capital. a little bit of fog lying low in our area. lauryn rickets tracking when it will move out. she's alshe looking to your 2019 forecast. we'll check in with her just after this.

a body found outside a search in rockville has police looking for a killer. police hoping they m cane quick work to the latest homicide. an emergency closed door meeting over the districts heights police department. it ends with state police having to come in and the police chief being put on leave. we're breaking it down this morning. a telecom joint keeping folks from getting ahold of 9-1-1 around the country. now more than a few federal agencies are looking into it and wanto know what exactly happened. at 6:00 on this saturday

morning, good morning to you. the 29th of december, 2018, i'm david culver. we have lauryn rickets standing by in the storm team 4 weather center. tii ed this coming across the bridge. visibility low. >> it's crazy. i was coming across the memorial bridge. i could not see just about ten feet in front of me. i couldn't even see the monuments when i was coming bridge this morial morning. that's not a far distance. again, be very, very careful. i thought all the lights were out. that's how bad the fog is. especiallyround the d.c. area. then you step outside the beltway and we have dense fog advisories out there. you can see they go down through northern virginia and out through southern maryland. be careful as you make your way out the door especially with deernd wild animals. you're dealing with visibilities less than half a mile. i think in some local spots, less than that. dense fog. lit lift through the morning. 45 degrees right now.

we're warming into the low 50s for daytime highs. today is not a bad day. have a lot of rain on the way once again. broken record. we'll talk about that heading into new year's eve. that's coming up in a little bit. >> joy. more rain. >> i know. >> we want to continueupo te you on the developing story. this is out of montgomery county. sred place turned into a crime scene in rockville. a woman was foundtabbed to death steps from the front door of st. raphael catholic church. woman's body was found around 6:00 near a flag pole. theyg ere processe scene at that church and another scene a couple blocks awayrb at a n park. right now the victim has not been identified. investigators are hoping the killing left behind some clues. >> a public pce at a busy time in the evening. it's very concerning. >> we would ask residents in the area if they see anything suspicious or see anybody acting suspicious, call us.

police are also looking through some camera footage inside and outside that church. e're learning new information this morning about a murder. this is in prince george's county investigators say several witnesses are being questioned right now in the shooting death of a man. it happened friday morning on 68th place. the victim was shot several times and died at thesp al. police say this was not a random killing. they believe there was some sort of fight between the victim and the shooter. fiworks inside a local police station and only news 4'w camerae there to capture this. the city of district heights called in maryland state police to help remove their police .chief from offi city leaders voted to place the chief on leave. when they told him, officials say he refused to hand over his gun and leave. there were no threats, but the news 4 team heard plenty of yelling.

>> reporter: the district heig ss mayors he never expected to need all of these state and county officers to city's polics department. >> i thought it was a shock. >> reporter: it started with a closed door emergency meeting friday to discuss police issuese the result of a state training commission audit that found deficiencies in the hiring and offi r trainingrecords. the news 4 team confirmed maryland state police are he investigatingepartment as well. >> the only way to fix it to to the bottom of it. >> reporter: they voted to hire an pendent counsel to investigate the hiring of two police officers who were notre mmended after a psychologist's evaluation and a thirofficer who admitted using marijuana during the hiring process according to state report. leaders that voted to place the chief on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. a >> he wasn't happy camper. actually, he surprised everybody by his actions, the waye acted.

hollering and screaming and stuff. >> reporter: he says when the chief refused leave, they called in maryland sta troopers to take away his guns and remove him. it took about an hour a eventually chief gibson left the building on his own. >> do you have anyth to say. >> not at this time. >> reporter: he defended the hires saying a three are good officers. the mayor says they'll be put on desk duty until their case is reviewed. we are going to continue to foow this story for you. if we've got any updates, we'll put tm in our nbc washington app. if you have a tip, go to the app and search investigations. at 6:05, a writeritor the news the federalist and a frequent guest on fox news died suddenly on friday. brie peyton passed away in san diego shortly after bng diagnosed with swine flu. unconsciousund her and took her to the hospital. doctors could not join her. she joined the paper after co

fraughting froege in 2015. in a tweet meghan mccain called peyton a wonderful, fearless, vibrant, intelligent young woman. right now there is anat investn underway into a nationwide 9-1-1 service outage. this was connected to telec communications company centurylink. it affected fks across the country. it started on thursday. it continued into friday. authorities say when people called emergency services, they got a businessy signal. centurylink officials revealed in a series of tweets that their engineers identif a network element and that the problem would be restored. hours later the company said the technicians were still working on it. fcc officials say the outage is completely unacceptable. all new this morning on top of the current partial government shutdown, mfey ral workers in our area may not see an increase of pay next ye last night the white house issuing an executive order stating there will be no pay

raise for civilian federal employees next year. back in the summe president trump said he wanted to limit pay increases to better manage the government'sbudget. the pay freeze will not effect those in the u.s. military. it is possible for congress to step in and pass a pay raise as part of a bill that would entually reopen the government. 2019 is going to be a big year for someone because there was no winner for last finight' l megamillions drawing of 2018. no one matched all the winning numbers for the $370 million jackpot. that prize is going up this morning to $415 million. the drawing f that happens tuesday night. but s yuld still check your tickets. if you didn't win the jackpot, it doesn't meanhe numbers are worthless. 9, 10, 25, 27, 28 with a mega ball of 21 are the numbers. lottery officials say six one million dollar winners from last

night's drawing are still out there this morning. news 4 working forou and your resolutions as you get ready to ring in the new year. some of e top goals for 2019, losing weight, saving money, and it seems there are some gadgets to help along with that. for getting healthy, try a new fit bit. the latest models track your heart rat andalorie burn. they even offer some coaching.zed some motivation there. for those of you feeling the holiday spending hangover, ere's an app for that, too. >> goals change every year. and so one of thehis i like about working with apps in terms ofinancial goal setting is your data saved. you can keep using it year after year. >> apps like nerd wallet, acorn and mint provide easy tools to set a budget and track spending. there's also apps to see how much time you're spending on apps. screen time on ios and digital

rack time on a devices help you set goals to cut back. it's a new way to think about a selfie. the national portrait gallery open the next coupl of days. but you wl not want to wait to see these works up close and rsonal. barbara harrison gets a sneak peek next on news 4 today.

museums close january 1st if the federalti government is shutdown. before that you might want to see gallery exhibits like these self-portrait show. barbara harrison checked it out. she says it's a great way to see ho the idea of the selfie was around long before camera phones. >> reporter: take a look at these orselftraits. how are you supposed to judge how good they are?

does it have anything to do with how close it comes to the artist it orrtrays? there's a new show with aclever title eye to eye. >> we focus on the twenty-first century. i love this portrait of lee simonson done in 1912.te >> rep from the written description next to the painting we learn the artist graduated from harvard in 1909. as an african american he was cognized for his art in parris before here in his own country. but standing w here, don't really know how close this captures what he looked so are we not supposed to judge the portrait by how much it resembles the artist? she says it'sot about that. >> the question is do you find knowhing that you didn't or are you finding something that they want you to discover, thand how trul is it? >> reporter: she says artists often want to tell you something

different about themselves in their self-portrait. artist thomas heart benton from kansas city painted himself a shortless adonis at the beach. >> he was trying to channel dreams and desires in his self-portrait. remember, this is how he would li us to see him. >> reporter: and then there are some artists like alice neil who did this self-portrait at 80 bearing all, leaving littlth to e imagination, except how she became such a free spirit. >> many will say i love rher. orter: how does the gallery decide what they're going to telyou about the artist? in the case of chuck close his brief bio included this. in 2017 several women accused chuck close of sexual harassment. though no charges were brought against him. chuck close denied the accusations. buhe situation raises aou confing issue for art

galleries. should the art be judged sepately from the artist? especially when you're talki self-portraits. >> we're about not trying to judge soone. the criteria we were given by congress in 1962 is to collect en and women who have made an impact on american history and culture. we have john wilks booth, he killed lincoln. we have al capone. we have the presidents, the first ladies. >> reporter: so you don't miss the fl picture of any of the artist's self-portraits. >> scan the image. >> reporter: you can use this app to capture it all. take it home with you and take all the time you need to tell you what the artists are trying to tell you about themsel s in their eye to i moment in time. >> a lot to see there.on barbara harrreporting. it spans from 1901 upth t current day. you get a little of everything from oil on canvas, pastels,

drawing, photography. 6:15 is your time on this saturday. let's giveou a live look outside. reagan national airport. you can see the traffic moving through. a o lot fog around our area. hopefully it will be lifting up for lot of the folks who have to continue some of their holiday travel. rywe have lrickets tracking that coming up. ♪ whoa! the mercedes-benz winter event is back and you won't want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho! lease the c 300 sport sedan for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

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as 2018 comes to a close, we take a moment to pause and remember those we'ver lost o the past year. many well known individuals have left a mark on our lives. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> thank you, frazier, for, well, you know.

>> the true gift is in your head and in your heart, and in your soul. >> it's no fun reading about somebody who's perfect. you wantuto read a people you can identify with. we've all got problems and we're all flawed. >> far better america, for an

end lease enduring dream and a thousand points of light. >> i've kind of banned the use of the l word, legacy word. think history will point out some of the things we've done wrong and some of the things we've done right. >> i wish all of you great adventures, good company, and lives as lucky as mine. remembering a lot of familiar faces there. it's 6:20hin saturday morning. returning things to lauryn rickets for folks making their way out and about, they may encounter heavy fog. it's tough to see coming over the bridges. >> it was bad as we weakg our way into work. now we continue to watch that fog stick around our area. it's a good thing there's no

rain. yesterday we pked up a inch of rain. once again f the millionth time this year. dca picked up over an inch of rain. we may he one mor chance before we slip right into 2019 toick up some more rain and add to that 2018 total of the wettest year we've ever had in the d.c. area. rain showerso the south and east. right now we're drying out as high pressure builds in. if you're traveling around the mid atlantic, lking good. dense fog advisory, you can see it up and down the i-95 corridor. visibility is low. even low vibilities in the shenandoah valley. concentrated along the area.ve

we will partly sunny sky once the fog burns and bmioming into the afternoon. and at least we're dry today. we slip a little bit hrough the damorrow. and then the temperatures start to go up on new year's eve. by new year's day the temperatures are back to around 60 degrees. but, of course, tomorrow 46. partly sunny. still nice. still dry tomorrow. in on n clouds fill sunday night. and then rain fills in by monday rning. new year's eve morning, showers throughout the day. dinner time we still have rain. headed out for new year's eve night,hr rain showersgh midnight. and then we'll continue to see a fewng linge showers on new year's eve day. they'll start to taper through the middle part of the day. for your new year's eve night forecast, look a this. it's going to be mild out there. unfortunately we do have rain

out there. we'll probably have some f the time we head into your new year's day morning. wednesday is dry.mp atures slip back into the 40s. we're dry on thursd c. rainnces on friday. the models could go either way. it looks like dry through next weekend of hey, batter, batter, batter, batter. [ crowd cheers ] like everyone, i lead a busy life. but i know the importance of having time to do what you love. at comcast we know our customers' time is valuable. that's why we have 2-hour appointment windows, including nights and weekends. so you can do more of what you love. my name is tito, and i'm a tech ops manager at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome.

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se. when it's time far new one, you're going to be faced with a lot of choices in the store. san hogan is helping you make the rightecision for your home. >> reporter: valerie uses her mgless vacuu twice a week to clean up afterwo her t young children and a shedding dog. seeing the dirt in the bin makes her clean it more often. >> i empty the canister immediately. i just don't like to have the dirt there. i need to get it out of sight. >> reporter: should you go fore r or bagless? consumerorts tested both types. to see how easy they are to maneuver and howfo they perrm on different types of flooring. you may think bagless are easier to maintain and with no bags they're cheaper to own. bagless machines have more filters to clean and replace than bagged models.

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bagged kenmore. susan hogan reporting there. a live look outside at 6:28 on this saturday. a fog start to your weekend. lauryn rickets tracking when that will lif t

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hope you're enjoying this last saturday of 201. as you headou outside,l encounter mild temperatures. lauryn rickets, really it's the fog that's going to be encountering mostfolks. coming over the key bridge, it was tough to see a few cars ahead of me. >> mem,ial brid same deal. the fog is really bad out there right now. an that's why the national weather service has placed dense fog advisories across the region. maybe a slow ride. with the fog you're like whatever. i definitely slowedown early this morning because i couldn't see as david was saying, a few cars in front of you. dense fog out there this morning. it will lift. the dense fogy advis is until 7:00. low visibilities out there. itthey may extend fog through the morning. dryer through this weekend. and we have more rain on the way, unfortunately for new year's eve. here's a look at the dense fog advisory. those are the counties impacted the most.

that goesntil 7:00. we'll see if they extend that. we have visibility down to about 8 miles in d.c. again, don't take this for gospel. there.bad o we'll talk about the rest of the weekend for your sunday forecast and new year's eve in detail. a lot of rain. could be wet. e at's coming up in a lit bit. more rain to talk about. we'll check in with you then. we're continuing to follow a developing story. this coming us out of montgomery county. a sacred place turned into a crime scene. a woman was found t stabb today steps from the st. raphael police were processing the scene at the church and another crime scene a csple block away at a nearby park. the victim has not been identified. investigators are hoping the killer left bend ues. >> we would ask residents in the area if they see anything

suspicious or see anybody acting suspicious in the neighborhood to call us tasnmplt a reads the incident does not appear to be related to the perishr the school. the perish staff on site have ooen speaking with the police and arerating with the investigation. we extend our heart felt prayers of the individual's family. this morning we're working to find out if a teenager fighting for his life will suive after being shot in the head in the district. it happened yesterday afternoon in northeast. he was riding in an suv when someone shot a it several times. police responded. an officer patrollinr n the area made the discovery. an adult man also in the vehicle was shot but is expected to be okay. we are a told silver car was yeen speeding from that area. the famf a young man killed by a stray bullet tells us they're tnkful for the d.c.

detectives who made an arrest in their son's case. tommarm was driving home after a day of volunteering. the aspiring social worker was shot in his jeep in northeast back in october. this morning police say barry marble is charged. marmet's father says it means he can start helping other victims. >> the future for us io going be dedicated to trying to help otr victims of crime in the city, and trying tote help the flow of guns onto our streets. >> reporter: marble is charged with first degree murder. police are not looki for any other suspects in this case. fireworks inside a local police station on friday. the city of district heights had to call in maryland state police to help remove the police chief from his office. city leade had just voted to

place the chief on administrative leave. when they told h him, refused to hand over his gun own leave the building. an audit found deficiencies in the hiring and officer training records. independent counsel will investigate the hiring of severalistrict heights police officers. we'll have more from our team on this story. a writer for the news site the federalis and a frequent guest on fox news died suddenly on friday. 26-year-old brie peyton died shortly after being diagnosed with s a friend found her unconscious thursday morning, took her tal the hosp doctors could not save her. peyton joined the federalist after fraught cg fromlege in 2015. in a tweet meghan mccainalled peyton, quote, a wonderful, fearle, vibrant, intelligent young woman. we're learning about the second child to die after being detained after the mexican

border. getting more details. the investigator in new mexico says the eight-year-old testedp tive for influn za b. the child was detained with his fa on december 18th and died just before midnight on christmas eve. a 7-year-old girl died two days after being taken to an immigration detention center. the vatican eanding the investigation into sex abuse allegations against a formeris archp of washington. on thursday a man from our area told aatican representative his side of the stor james stoke about the abuse he says het suffered the hands of theodore mccarran. he came forward. i spoke with him exclusively about the abuse that still haunts him. >> i was raised to trust the catholic church. i was raised to trust mccarran.

i could not feel any emotion. i could never have dtimacy. i coever fall in love with anybody. >>teain to feel lisn to. mccarran is also accused of having sex with adult seminarians. he was banned from public service. he's living in a kansas religious residents chiel the allegations are researched. on top of the currentl partia shutdown, many federal workers in our area may not see an increase of pay nextyear. last night the white house issuing an executive order stating there will be no pay aise for federal civilian employees next year. back in the summer president trump said he wanted to limit pay increases to management the budget. it will not affect those who serve in the u.s. military. while many federal employees struggle with late paychecks,nt ctors with furloughs may not see one at all.

li ghlisa has lived throu shutdowns before, but this is the first time the great grandmother will have to go without a paycheck as those holiday bills are piling up. she'd have more than enough to get by it was just her but she has two grandsons to feed. >> it truly hurts me bad to look at these kids and maybe not s to them well, look at these kids when they ask me grandma, can we do this to say we don have t money right now. >> she goes onto say she wantss lawmako do their job so she can get back to doing hers. no crofits and privatepanies are working to provide financial assistance for many federal workers. go to our app and search "shutdown" to learn mo. the office of personnel management giving advice for how federalul workers sho try to navigate paying bills.

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next. let's take you up to new york right now and see what they're working on. good morning. >> good morning. coming up on a saturday morning here on "today." the latest on a deadly winter storm that's movinn this weekend. as onelstorm r out, another is movingin. we'll have the forecast. >> also ahead, a surprise year in entertainment from huge box office hits to the stars of the small screen and the breakout musicians and music videos from 20. >> and wha a year it's been both behind the scenes and on the set here at saturday "today" from practical jokes to some god old fashioned fun. we have great look back. >> not always just business. >> not always. >> those stories and much more when we get started on a saturday morning here on "today." >> those recaps are always fun. we're going from you guys to a drinking story about n ar's in fact perfect timing. >> fitting. >> we'll see you in about 15. if you'rein plato go out to cap off 2018, you'll want to

be up to daten your drink trends heading into the new year. tommy mcfly working hard this morning. he's got you covered. >> reporr: it's pretty confusing. now new mexico is getting into the bubmey i'm here with brett, the owner of grape intentions. he's going to break down the bubbles for you like cava. how is that different than the others? >> cava is spain's version of chamgne. it's made in the exact same style. what you have hear is a region north of barcelona that's producing some of the largest quantities of sparkling wine in the world. but at a fraction of the price. so secondermentation happens in the bottle. it's aged 18 months to three years for nonvintage. we have great vintage as well. it has more atmospheres. it has a bit more struure to it than some other sparkling

wines. >> a good popping champagne sound. >> prosec koe is in a class of its own. that's the name of the grape. that's the style. you hear completely different sounds. >> it's a part >> he's eager. but you notice that soundas w not as loud as we had in the cava. that's because we have less atmospheric pressure. that's how they make the wine. >> champagne is from champagne, but is it always the best and doesavt always to be the most expensiv >> champagne, a wonderful ar, famous in part because of the soil which is chalk. and supply and demand is a big thing. there's just -- because the way it's regulated, not any way to grow theor region to have grapes to make champagne. of the limited quantities you see the price tend to go up. it's limitednd wonderfu >> you were telling me the champagne of america is albuquerque. new mexico bubbles.

>> just outside of albuquerque is grua. they make main in the same sty as champagne. i think today it's some of the best sparkling wine for the price point that you'll get in the country. >> how great do you sound when you say i brought a new mexico champagne. if you're celebrating, do so responsibl j thank you fning us. >> if you're trying to figure out what to do this new year's, we have some o things going on across the area. go io our nbc washington app and search "2019 ". lauryn rkets istanding by. i think we should pitch a story about going out to the and have cocktails? >> i'm down for that. let's do that. i got free te next week. maybe we should try that before we even pitch the storyo we can do it twice. >> you're right. you want to be prepared to pit

that. >> of course. tommy did what story, didn't get picked for that. listen, if you're planning your new year's eve, we have rain on the way. not today. look at this gorgeous sky out there. the sun is coming up. just at 7:26. a little while before the suns coup. you can see the sunshine. i'll tweet that picture out. beautiful. d no rain today. we had over an inch of rain yesterday. no raintooday or rrow. rain on monday. new year's eve. lingering showers. for the most part we'll dry out then. you c see no rainut there right now. we have rain down to the south and east. for the most part, dry as high pressure begins to build in. any weekend activities you need to get done, traveling, a lot of people traveling as they maker th plans. quiet weather. a system with snow in the pacific northwest. and down by theulf of mexico, rain. that arrives for us on monday.

temperatures looking good. redskins game, hopefully we beat philly andeep them of the playoffs. not too bad. temperatures in the mid 40s. th next four days today we're drying out. mild. tomorrow we're mild as well. partly sunny skies. and then warm monday/tuesday. we have rain on monday. lingering showers tuesday morning. right now we've got some ngering fog that won't go anywhere. visibility is down. this fog advisory goes until 7:00 a.m. be careful as you make your way out and about. temperatures mild from the mid 30s to low 50s out in the enandoah valley. it's fairly mild out there right now. we'll continue that mildco itions today. average temperatures is mid 40s. we're topping out in the low 50s today. again, sunshine out there as well. at least we'll be dry.o we're ary tomorrow. cooler tomorrow. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. still nicere out t for your sunday. clouds pile in as we head

through sunday night. most of sunday dry. but then rain starts to arrive through the mornifg on monday. ou're working on new year's eve, expect a wet morning commut especially the tail end. we'll have a wet afternoon. en if you're headed out to dinner or coming home for the commute, it's going to be a littor on the wet side that as well. and then by midnight still shower actity on new year's eve night. those lingering until about ayybreak on tue morning but get out of here as we head through the day on tuesday. we'll have clouds around on tuesday as well. temperures on tuesdayill be in the warm sector. we'll be warm. we'll start the night w om new year's eve night with temperatures around 50 degrees. and then we'll take the day ratures on new year's to around 60. so again, not bad. we'll have clouds but at least we'll be dry. dnesday good. temperatures in the low to mid 40s. mid 40s on thursday. next chance of rainn iday. the jury is out on that. a couple models are saying we'll berdry. ot models saying we'll have a

soaker. again, we'll take a look at y tt for friday. just know we could have rain for that. next weekend looks gooand dry d fo

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hey, a beautiful sun rise coming up behind us. we were talking about coming in, itas like a blanket of fog over the key bridge. you think itft will >> it will lift soon. look at that sky out there.

>> stunning. >> it is beautiful. >> yeah. the sun officially coming u a little while. we have about 30 minutes before it rises. temperatures are in the low 50s for daytime highs. sunshine. l be dry. dry tomorrow. temperatures mid to upper 40s. a few m ae cloudsund tomorrow. again, dry. then as we head into nday, new year's eve, rain on the way. that fills i through monday morning. i will not leave until tuesday morning and through the dayyn tuese're dryer. new year's eve plans? >> to be in bed by 9:00. that's my plan t that's goido it for news 4 day.

or goodning. holiday weend havoc. the midwest recovering from a christmas week storm that dumped up to a foot and a half of snow snarling traffic. while in the south, heavy rains and high winds caused widespread flooding during the busy travel week. while this storm is heading out, anotr is set to move in. that means your new year's eve could be a very wet one. ready to compromise? newsig ove that president trump might be willing to take half of what he wasll origi asking for when it comes to funding the border wall. is as the partial government shutdown enters the second week with no end in sight. we are live at the white house.