>> the wettest year on record. tracking the road conditions for us this morning. >> we're going to have rain movingn between9:00 and 11:00 a.m. you can see it here on storm

team 4 radar and once the rain moves in occasional showers throughout the day. there will be dry time. when it'sng not rai though, clouds out there. check it out. dry.ly we're still i'm getting reports of isolated fog out there so a heads up if you' heading out early this morning but not a huge concern. here's future weather. this is 10:00 a.m. most of us still dry but pts northern virginia seeing rain as we move toward about 11:00 a.m. noon. we do seehocatteredrs going wide. this includes the entire d.c. metro area. we then still see rain in spots as we head into afternoon hours. notice a good part of northern y.rginia mainly maryland mainly getting in on the action at that point. we then sai more as we head into the evening hours and overnight tonight. january 1st looking pretty but any issues out there with the road.

>> yeah. sure. but one fewer, we are just getting into the traffic centera indian highway has just reopened. both directions south of wilson bridge driv as you heard it was a very, very serioust crash 2:10 in the overnight hours and the investigation took awhile butin an head highway just reopened moments ago. this investigation afar as the roadway goes and reconstruction on the road goes is wrapping up. in the district, west of connecticut avenue, the road is blocked because of downed wires. including on i-66. the work zone is going west through manassas and a couple of lanes are getting by moving quite well despite the work zone. that's the latest in the traffic center. back to you. >> me on the breaking news daf rast mentioned. ac crash in prince george's county. three children have die after a multicar accident on indian head highway.

ra three cars ced on the road last night around 10:00. take a look at these images. prince george's county fire says there's no words to describe this crash except to say it is a tragedy. kids anddu as became trapped inside the car after the crash. firefighters were eventually able to get the adults out of there and paramedics rushed them to the hospital. at this point we don't have any word on what caused the crash. >> idian h highway is known as one of the mostangerous roads in our region. more than 60 peopleied in crashes over the last 11 years. to address this issue, transportation leader installed a speed camer back in october. the scene of one of those deadle acs. >> investigators are trying to identify a hit-and-run driver in fairfaxcounty. a 16-year-old boy was trying to cross south lakesowrived castle rock square last night when he was hit andkilled. investigators are not sure about

the color of the car but say it would have heavy front end damage. you canaiall frfax county police if you have any information. >> happening today, metro is staying open later for new year's eve. it will remain open until 2:00 a.m. metro bus will operate on regular schedule and regular will bed parking fees in effect. tomorrow metro will operate fro 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on a sunday pschedule. ofk fares will be in effect and parking will be free. >> i know a lot of you folks looking for maybe a family friendly new year's celebration, you may find it in alexandria, virginia. itffers morehan 100 performances. they're going to cap off the ght with fireworks to ring in the new year. the fun beginst 2:00 this afternoon. you can go to our nbc washington app to find more new year's eve celebration.

>> i love those family friendly ones. my kids have been asking, what are we going to do mom? >> not stay up until midnight. crowds are expected to startli in around noon. there's two big concerns. the weather and security. police will be using drones for new year's eve. police are pairing the drones withhe more than 1,000 surveillance cameras city-wide. the drone will help monitor the crowd, the huge crowd that will squeeze into timesre sq >> with the drones, and they should feel safe too. o an of the safestvenues.

>> more on nb 4, lester holt will be part of a group of journalists to drop the ball at times square.il theybe special guests and seen by billions of people around the world in the minute fore the next year starts. >> now we'll move on to politics and surprising exit interview by the outgoing white house chief of staff john kelly. he says the president will not get his wall. kelly spoke with the l.a. times. he says that mr. trump abandoned the notion of a solid concrete wall early on in the administration. he proposed theall when h announced his candidacy back in 2015, but democrats remained committed to blocking the president's priority.ai kelly to be honest, it's not a wall. the president still saidwall, oftentimes, franklye'll say

barrier or fencing. now he's tended toward steel slats. kelly's last day is wednesday. today is the last d on the job for james mattis. he ended in his resignation after the president announced u.s. troops would be pulng out of syria. he planned to leave his post in february and help wit the transition but president trump said mattis would be gone by year's end. >> we're ending the week with the partial government shutdown there's no end in sight. more than 800,000 federals workon't know when they're going to get paid. you may not be able to visit your favorite smithsonian museums includingat the nional zoo. they'll run out of money on january 2nd and will be forced to close. keepers will show up to take care of the animals. people visiting there say it's obviously a disappointment. >> it's very unfortunate for everyone not having the

opportunity to visit basically u.s. history. >> president trump wants $ billion to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border.ic democr leaders have said that's not going to happen. on thursday, democrats will take control of the house. n> now to an update to a warehouse fire prince george's county. firefighters have been over the scene to put out any hotspots. flames shot through the roof on oldmarlboro pike. portions of the building did collapse causing $1.5 million in damage. no one was hurt. that cause still under investigation. >> no arrests in a deadly shooting in oxon hill. a man was found shot to death o outsid a home on mystic avenue last night. it's unclear if he lived inside the home. prince geor's countyolice are still working to establish a motive. >> changes are coming to the airport after people were hurt

from a brie collapse. they're replacing several oer bridges. yesterday crews inspected all the bridg that attached the errportminal to the plane. tive determined a def metal bracket was the cause of paramedics were responding to a rdsick passenger on bhe flight. the people that had minor injuries were released from the hospital. >> developing this morning, a man hunt is underway for a virginia man who escaped custody d stole a sheriff's vehicle. this happened in montgomery county, virginia. he was waiting to see a judge after being arrested for duiye erday. while sitting in the squad car he managed to slip out of his restrar restraints and steal the sheriff's vehicle. he'still on the loose and police believe he's armed and

dangerous. the suffering is finally open, the redskinhe ended season with an embarrassing shut out to the eagles. >> after yesterday's loss, it was pretty easy to say, the players were sharing their disappointment. >> yeah, let's get this over with. sherry has more now. >>ea redskinsn spinning out of control and with .mbarrassment at ho philly fans filled thetands as washington failed to score a single point. l thast pass from the eagle's back up quarterback. the redskins end the season with a -0 loss. a record of 7-9 and a really bad taste in their mouths. >> it's just tough for me in the end to feel like i let people down. >> we had intentions to be better than we are now.

we have to roll into the off season and every something to work on. >> all that's left on the schedule now is locker ream out today and a look at what could have been for a team that's won only one of their last seven. from fedex field, sheree burress, news 4 sports. >> injuries to sort out as well. redskins first round draft pick jonathan allen sen an optimistic tweet after the game. one day we'll look back at this season and think about how far we've come. lots learned this season. we'll be back. >> anni amal escape at aro nort na zoo turned deadly. how police were able to bring the situation to an end after a zoo intern was killed. >> changes are on the way to cocktail hour. bars have to change a pretty important part of your drink. >> right nowur temperature coming in at 39 degrees. winds out of the northeast at

out 7 pileser hour. we're still dry but i'm tracking showers

> investigatore looking into how a lion eaped a closure in north carolina and killed an intern. it killed 22-year-d alexandra

black. the recent college grad was cleaning the enclosure wn she was attacked yesterday. theion entered the area where the intern was and charged at her. >> i think it was instant. if i remember right, as soon as he got out the enclosure, he went straight toward her. >> sheriff deputies shot and killed the on. black worked at the conservator center for just two weeks. >> the community is mourning the loss of a family that w killed near st. louis, missouri. family and friendsd gathe remembering the lives of a grandmother, mother, and two children that were killed on night. police arrested richard emory after he fired at officers. he's the mom's boyfriend. he's charged with four counts of fi t-degree murder and he' also accused of stabbing a woman while trying to steal her car although she is expected to

survive. >> rescues are will try to find more tn a dozen coal miners. the water was too high for them in the mine. crews are using ten high pressure pumps to flush out all the water. authorities say it will take five days to drain the. mi the miners have been trapped more than two weeks now when the mine flooded. authorities say the mine was illegal and no one should have been in it. >> a hotel fired two employees after the workers told african american guests to leave. >> yeah, the hotel apologized for the incident after it went viral. he was in the hotel lobby abo a week ago talking on the phone with his mother. he recorded what happened and posted it on social media. a white security guard called in a safety threat and accused him trespassing. the guard kicked him out of the hotel and called poli. massey says he wants to know why he was asked to leavend so does his attorney.

>> now why did that guy think he had the prerogative to just start questioning my guy, to disbelove him, badger him, to throw him out, to call the police. >> the h says an outside part will conduct an investigation into the incident. >> as we ring in the new year tomorrow, straws are getting the boot in d.c. thest rict's plan to ban plastitraws goes into effect tomorrow. so bars and restaurants will now haveo giveut reusable straws. businessesill start basing fines for noncompliance starting in july. >> today is aaso your l day to buy a $2 frosty key tag at participating wendy's locations. the tag allows you to get a free junior frosty all day with any purchase. i never even heard of this. >> ithave . >> you have these tags? >> the proceeds go to the

foundation for adoption. the organization was established back in 1992. it helps find h foreveres for children in foster care. >> now you have an opportunity to get one and see what it looks like and contribute to a good cause. >> you know the christmas spirit is alive and well. a texas school bus driver is finding out the smallest gestures get the biggest responses. curtis jenkins drives the bus in dallas. he gave every one of his students a gift last week. a teacher posted a pick on facebook of all the gifts he handed out and it went viral. people set up a go fund me page in his name.ll he says h use the money to agnifya nonprofit called caring and change. isn't that nice? >> usually it's the kids getting the gift for their bus driver, ?u kn that's pretty cool to see. >> and going back to the frosty story. hot topic in my mind, what are we getting for breakfast?

frosty. you can't get them this early? is wendy's open this early? >> chick-fil-a. anyway, i hope you're having a great end to 2018. temperatures right now, well, they're not really frosty-type weather out there. it is frosty in the suburbs. temperatures just below freezing for a lot ofs north and west of washington. check it out. winchester coming in at 30. 30 degrees in gaithersburg. the district at 39. the good news is rain isn't going to move in for at least a few more hours, as early as 9:00 a.m. so it's going to give us time for these temperatures to warm up above freezing. we're not worried about icing out there. just rain t showersoughout the day today. not a lot of rain is going to fall i'm getti reports of fog and mist across the area. checking outvi bility, you can see right here this is in miles. all visibility is coming in at 5

miles of greater. so some good news there but i can't rule out isolated, dense fog especially in the more rural locations. here's the latest check. monitoring this all morning long as showers move in from the west but we'll be dry for a few more hours. if you're on top of your game today, the weather is c cooperating right now. thel suburbs w warming up 39 degrees. as we move toward ,no a high likelihood that we're dealing with widespread showers. 48 degrees at 4:00 p.m. 7:00 tonight we continue to warm. typically when the sun goes down,im sunset now at about 4:55. our temperatures start to cool off a little bit. not the case tonight. if you're heading out for new year's eve plans, it's not going to be all that cool outthere. temperatures around 50 degrees but scattered showers ng contin rain comes to an end very early tomorrow morning. lookingut the day it's

dry with partly to mostly cloudy skies and breezy but not all that bad. a high temperature near 60 degrees. so a nice mild start to kick off the new year. wednesday and thursday feature plenty of cloudse and the for more rain on friday and kfsaturday. thly the rain is not happening out there just yet. so at least we're dealing witho dry for the morning commute. >> absolutely. 60s to look forward to. in oxon hill if you're just joining us and just tuning in, 21 reopened. indian head highway. the overnightrash has been removed off the roadway and all lanes are open now on 210. in woodley park, downed wires marking woodley ward. raffic in the district is fairly light this morning. around the beltway, traffic is flowingwell. an easy northbound trip from quantico to the beltway.o heading tthe 14th street bridge. that's the latest. over to you.

>> thank you. we're sure plenty of you are looking to make a change in e newyear. >> i am.

today might be t last cheat day before starting that diet. >> there's always february.

>> no, we gott to get out of the way. >> i don't know. maybe you're making one big last purchase before getting your finances in order. nothing like going out and making one last big purchase and then trying toet your finances in order. >> i know. tomorrow is going to be a day of neweginnings and a lot of us making new year's resolutions. >> but of cose theardest part is sticking with the new goal, right? justin finch has some tips to make it work in 2019. >> you're not the only one that plans to start the new year off with a bang. crews in times square ready that ball drop so to make sure that your 2019 is also a success story, we asked around seeing not only what n people's year's resolutions are but how they plan to keep them. >> te it one d at the time. baby steps. if you're sitting on the couch and you haven't gotten up to exercise, say i'll do ten

minutes ait a little every day and pretty soon you'll be venning a 5k. >> if you bel you can achieve. >> inspiring words.s >> and for his 2019 resolutions. >> be a better person and to be better to tomankind. e more loving. >> my new year's resolution last year w to e healthier which i did and i was able to maintain that. >> losing weight, exercising rore, eating healthier, the same resolutions you h every year but you can also resolve smaller, using your smartphone less, going for more walks outside or perhaps reading a few more books this year. >> but before starting that new goal, some simple advice. >> you have to know how to make your brain calm and comfortable. >> knowing what makes you happy

and how that feels will help you land on that specific resolution whinher it's l weight or organizing your finances. >> every goal we choo, weave much more likely to achieve it if it's something that iseeply imbedded in our belief system as a good thing. >> specifically good for you. not a resolution that someone else thinks is good for you. break down the big goal intor smalle ones over a specific time. >> it's all mind over matter. you got to get your mind right. >> trying to startn new year's day is defeating. >> you want to start on january 30th. >> into february. still ahead, after a crushing loss to philly, redskins fans are trying to stay positive. >> we know that's onir new

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>> good morning and thank you for joining us. >> aaron and eun have the s morning off t morning. while you're making your final new year's eve preparations, so is the big apple. live look at new york ty's times square right now. in a few hours, this area is going to be pacd with hundreds of thousands of party goer hoping to see the ball drop ring in the new year. i admire people that can stand out thereor hourse