>> good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. >> we're so glad that you're wrapping up the year with news 4 today today. >> i'm almost glad those are off. >> look at this live picture, 2019 startin rightow in new zealand. >> yeah. this is a le look where the clock just struck midnight and the new year has begun. an exciting new year. >> beautiful color. >> it's pretty azing. we are ready for an exciting end to 2018, aren't we? i'm ready. >> tracking the road conditions this mornin but w want to start with amelia. it's still 2018 so that meanser yet ano day of rain. >> top thathot of new zealand. >> i can't but here's the shot

behind me. you can see it's very appropriate, right? rain all over the map and this rain is moving into our area. mainly by about 9:00 a.m. i still think we'll be dry for a few more hours ispeciallythe d.c. metro area but rain from southwest to northeast. showers down around charlottesville, sprinkles trying to approach the area but moregoing to take a few hours for this rain to make it into our region. here we are at 10:00 a.m. future weather still keeping the area dry,o however i think the showers will be farther to the north and east. regardless of that, notice future weather here at lunchtime.ry pretty much edy dealing with rain. nothing too heavy out there today. we get breaks in the action as avwell. we'll cloudy skies out there but if you have dinner plans out tonight to ringn 2019, you'll want the umbrella with some showers in spots. here's 11:00 p.m.. showers in the d.c. metro area up through frederick and around

hagerstown area. we're at 41 degrees and we'll have more with what you can expect throughout the day today. but for now we need to check the roads. >>htt's l traffic and dry roads and we'll take out a beltway tour real quick. look t at a space between the headlights. that's good news. the coast is clear between route 50 and the baltimore washington parkway. 270 making good time southbound through frederick county.t southboundhe southern end before the belt way, some activity on the left shoulder rbut no rub necking there. you need some traffic to generate a rubber necking delay. no slowing. light traffic this morning. open late.

that's the very latest. back over toyou. >> and back to the breaking news we have been following, tha tragic crash in prince george's county where three children have died. two adults hurt after a multicar crash. h yeah, three cars crashed on indiand highway around 10:00 last night. this road is known a one of the most dangerous in our area because of dozens of deadlyhe cr over the years. >> justin is live with more on how this tragedy unfolded. justin. >> well, molette, chris, the highway was closed for hours ou. he first for rescue and also too response. and then after that for cleanp as well. just trying to make sense of what happened here. this horrific crash that left three children dead just before the new year. fire officials say that those three children suffered fatal injuries. they were trapped inside of a vehicle. they were able to rescue and get to a tracea nter.

a lot of questions about how this could have happened in the first place. we know that three cars somehow collided on indian head highway near wilson bridge drivam the of the victims have not yet been released but back in october, just a few months ago, apeed camera was installed on indian head highway ne livingston road after the 24-year-old was struck and killed on her way to a job interview. this area heavily travelled and there's been dozens of deaths here over the past1 years. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> thank you for th. investigators are trying to identify a hit-and-run driver in fairfax county. a 16-year-old boy was trying to cross south lakes drive when he was hit and killed on saturday night. eenager and the kept on going. investigators are not sure about the color of the car but said th vehicle wou have heavy

front end damage. call police if you have any informatngn. >> happetoday, metro is extending out for those celebrating the new year. aimee is live this morning with what you need to know before heading out tonight. >> he molette, good morning, a lot of people getting ready for a big night ahead. if you're one of those people, good news for you, metro will be open late. they'll have trains running until 2:00 a.m. they'll be charging regular fares and parking fees. for ntomorrow, that's year's day. the trains will be running on a sunday schedule.th at's 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and they'lle charging off peakd fares ee parking. police will be stepping up their dui checkpoints tonight and githey're enc people to get home. that's where you can take a lyft up to $15 for free. that will run tonight a the promo code will be released at noon today. we posted a l k in thenbc washington app.

just search new year's eve. back into you. >> amy, thank you. now we wanak to a live look of new york's times square. people wdl be packe there tonight to watch the iconic ball drop and ring in just soak in the fact that you can actually see the streets right now. ae crowd are expected to start piling inund noontime. there's two big concerns though for tonight's celebration. the weather and security of ur . it's probably going to be raining at midnight and for the k city police y will be using drones for new yeareve. police are pairing those drones with the more than 1,000 surveillance cameras that are city wide. the droels will monitor the huge crowd that will squeeze into times square. >> it's just the first timeg hat we're go be using it at a large scale event and the bottom line is this, peoe will be safe on monday and they should feel safe too. it's going to be one of the most well policed, best protectedev ts at one of the safest

venues in the entire world. >> nework city police will have more than 200 patrol cars and sand trucks blocking the streets around times square. >> you can watch the ball drop right here on nbc 4. lester holt will be part of a group of journalists pushing the square.in times the group will be special guests at the event and will be seen by billions of people around the world in the minutes9 before 2 begins. >> now to politics and a sur advising exit interview by chief of staohn 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 sol concrete wall early on in the administration. he proposed the wall when he announced his candidacy back in 2015 b 2015. the president still says wall. often times he'll say barrier or fencing and now he is tended

toward steel slats. kelly's last day is wednesday. >> we're entering the second week of t partial government shutdown and wit the new congress gaveling in on thursday here's no definitive end in sight. more than 800,000 federal workers don't know when they'll get paid. you may not be able to visit your favorite smithsonian museums including the national zoo. theni smith museum is going to run out of money on january 2nd and will be cloforced to cl. zoo officials say the keepers will show up tf take care the animals but a lot of visitors say thisbe wil disappointment. for everyonetunate not have an opportunity to visit. >> he wanted $5 billion to build the wall and democrats say it's not going to happen. on thurs control of the house. now an update to a warehouse fire.

firefighters have been on the scene to put out anypo ho. flames shot through the roof of a warehouse at b and k rental in upper marlboro. portions of the building did collapse causing damage. ti one was hurt. the cause under investigation. no arrests in a deadly shooting in oxon hill. a man was found shot to death ts ouide of a home on mystic avenue last night. it was unclear if he lived inside the home. police are still working to establish a motive in that shooting. bwi hanges are coming to airport after six people were hurt from a bridge collapse. airport officials are replacing several metal brackets. crews inspected o allf the bridges. metal termined that the bracket prompted the incident on saturday night. now that bridge is being replaced. at the time the equipmented fa, paramedics were responding to a sick passenger on board a flight.

people had minor injuries but they were all released from the hospital sunday morning. >> developing this morning, a man hunt is underway for a virginia man thatsced custody and stole a sheriff's vehicle. this happened in montgomery countyirginia near roanoke. cody was waiting to see a judge after being arrested for dui yesterday. while sitting in the squad car, he man to slip out of his reraints and steal the sheriff's vehicle. he is still on the loose. police believe he is armed and dangerous. >> oh, the suffering at fedex field. at least it's it's over. the redskins season over with an embarrassing shut out to the eagles. i know. fans were already pretty disappointed with the injury plagued season but aftye erday's loss, it's easy to see the players pretty much feeling thesame. sher rer sheree has more. >> spinning out of control and

with embarrassment athome.s phillies fan filled the stands. a pair of touchdown passes. the las one from eaglesup back quarterback. e redski their season with a 24-0 loss. a record of 7- a and really bad taste in their mouths. >> it's just tough for me like in the end to basically feel like i let a lot of people down. >> nobody wants to leave the season like this. re had intentions to be better than we a right now. we have to roll into the off season. everybody pick something to work amountcome back with t of focus. >> all that's left on the schedule now is locker room clea out today and look at what could have been for a team that's won only one o last seven. from fedex field, news 4 >> well, the redskins first round pick jonathan allen tweeted out an optimistic

message aer the game. we'll quote, one day look back at this season and think about how far we've come. lots lrned thisseason. we'll be back. we'll see. >> an animal escape at a carolina zoo turned deadly. find out how police were able to bring the situation to an end after an intern there was killed.re staurants and bars will have to change a pretty important part of your drink. more ahead on news 4 today. >> right now we're at 41 degrees with cloudy skies and dry conditions but grab the umbrella as you head out today. rain moving in later this morning and then continuing at times later today. i'll let you know how today' rain s

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investigators are looking into how a lion escaped an enclosure and killed an intern. >> thation kill the recent colle grad cleaning the animal enclosure. the conservator center charged at her. >> i think it was instant. if i remember right, yeah, as soon as he got out the enclosure. he went straight toward her. >> sheriff's deputy shot and killed the lion. black worked at therv conor center only twoek >> family and friends gather for a-vil vigil last night remembera grandmother, mother and two children. police arrested richard emory after he fired at officers. he's the mom's boyfriend.

he's also accused of stabbing a woman while trying to steal her car although she is expected to ive. >> investigators try to find more than a dozen coal miners trapped in a mine in india. the water was too high for them in the mine. crews a using ten high wessure pumps to flush out the water. l take five days to drain the mine. the miners have been tra more than two weeks when the mine flooded. that mine was illegal and no one should have been in it. >> a hotel fired two after the workers told an african american guest >> yeah, the hotel in portland, oregon apologized forns the de -- incident after it went viral. he was ithe lobby talking with his mom on the phone. he recorded what happened andn posted it social media. a white security guard called it a safy threat and accused him

of trespassing even though he was a guest ther the guard kicked him out of hotel and called police. he wants to know why he was asked to lea and so does his attorney. >> why did that guy think he had the s prerogative tort questions my guy, to disbelieve him, to badger him,im to throw out, to call the police. >> the hotel says an party will come in and investigate this incident. >> as we ring in the new year straws are gettinghe boot in d.c. the district's ban goes into effect tomorrow. bars andil restauran have to give out reusable straws. businesses will start getting fined for conon-liance starting in july. other cities already banned straws in a movement to curve some of the plastic race. >> a texas d school busver finding out the smallest gesture could get the biggest responses. he gave every one of his students a gift last week.

ate teacher p the pictures of the gift on facebook and it went viral. people were so touched they set up a go fund me page in his name. jenkins sayse's going to use the money to start up a non-profit calledif ma caring and change. >> well, they're going to be a lot on the road tonight for new years eve. >> ioing to be wet. >> it's going to be wet. >> that's a good point toke if you're going to be out, you want to take it ey out there and midnight tonight too. worry about those drivers. i'm on high alert driving into e station. we'll be dealing with wet roads ut there tonight. widespreadain moving into the area later this morning between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. here's the thing. it's not a complete wash out. we'll get some break when it's not raining. we'll stillav plenty of cloud today. wait until you see the numbers

and more rain is possible friday on into saturday. no snow though with chance for rain today and friday saturday. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s starting to see them come u ail littlebit. that's good news. we'll be above freezing. we're not worriedbout any icing out there. just wet roads. 41 degrees in washington right now. 37 down in fredericksburg. by 8:00 a.m. around 39 degrees in the suburbs. a little bit warmer here in the rict with cloudy skies out there and patchy fog right now and then scattered showers at 4 and 7:00 p.m.. a temperature of 51 and actually warm ernight tonight a midnight. temperature around about 55 degrees. so if you're heading out and y want the umbrella but know it's not going to be all that cold and cck out yourigh

tomorrow, january 1st. it's a pretty mild start to the new year with i temperature the upper 50s to 60 degrees throughout the day. so thisou is wake up temperature tomorrow, and then we kind of see our tempenetures steady throughout the day. it's going to be breezy out there, though, with partly to mostly cloudy skies. here's a look at your storm team 4 ten-day forecast, wednesday and thursday, highs near 50 degrees. it's dry but we have plenty of there. out a chance for showers on friday and saturday with highs around 50 and then onay su we'll keep it dry with highs in the low 50s. any issues on the roads right now, dave? >> we're keeping it dry on the roads as well. all around the beltway, including virginia near the south side. we're not seeing much here but there isn't much to see farce traffic goes on the s of the beltway. that goes for the beltway all the way around. 270 south from frederick toward rockville. a free flow m inyland as well.

i think our graphics locked up a little bit. ere you go. the pace is good and route 85 near executive way and he frederick, is a report of disabled vehicle and broken woodchips and pallet crunched up. traffic getting by on route. all is clear on 66 and 95. in vginia tolls areineffect on 66 inbound. that's the latest. back over to you i don't. >> thank you. a lot of you are looking to make changes. we have helpful tips on howo stick to your resolution. >> nbc 4 for ellen at 3:00 lebron james and actor channing tatum join her today and stay tuned for news 4 at 4:00. wel be right back. 'l whose idea was this?!

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with a bang every year, crews in new york city's times square spend weeks readying for that new year ball drop. so to make sure that your 2019 is also a success story, we asked around. seeing not only what people's new years resolutions are but also how they plan to keep them. >> if you're sitting on the couch a you haven't gotten up to exercise, you say i'm going to go out for ten minutes and you'll be running the 5k. >> if you believe, you can achieve. >> inspiring words. and as for his 2019 resolutions. >> be a better person and to be better to mankind. be more loving. >> my new year's resolution last year was to eat healthier, which i did and i was able to maintain that. >> losing weight, exerc more, eating healthier, the same resolutions you hear every year. but you c also resolve

smaller. think using your smartphone less. going for more walks outside, or perhaps even reading a few more books this year. but befort starting t new goal, some simple advice. >> you have to know how to make, to bring your brain to happy. to calm. to comfortable. and only then your brain works he much better. >> says knowing what makes you happy and how that feels will help you land on the specific resolution that you can keep. whether it's losing weight or organizing your finances. >> every goal we choose, we're much more likely to achieve it, if it's something tha is deeply imbedded in our belief system as a good thing. >> and specifically good for you. not aut resn someone else thinks is good for you. from there, break down the big goal intomaller ones over specific times. say a year. that will help you battle back wagon you fall off the

while keeping yourself accountable. justin finch, news 4. >> still ahead, after a crushing loss to philly, redskins fans are trying to stay positive. >> but that 24-0 loss wasn't the only rough news for sports fans here. plus we he this coming up. sounds and explosions and a fiery aftermath. we're going to take you to the scene of a local church. it went up in flame just before sunday services. p 7:. and temperature around 51 degrees. by midnight wearaved to 55 with the chance for rain in the forecast tonight. grab the umbrella

good moing and thank you for waking up with us on this final morning of 2018. >> aaron and eun have the morning off. >> i bet you there sleepingn this morning. >> you know they are. and while many of you out there arer making y final new year's

eve preparations, so ishe big apple. we want you to check it out ut righ -- right now. just a few short hours. that area is going to beth pack hundreds of thousands of party goer. rop andto see that ball ring in the new year. >> we're taking a look at the big night and all the preparations underway but we want to start with a check of your forecast. we got to start with amelia and another chance of rain. >> good mo oing. >> it'y appropriate that we would finish off the wettest year on record with a littleit ofrain. check it out. here's storm team 4 radar. this system o pushing into area. now we're going to see showers with the warm front moving i in e next few hours and then, we'll see another round of rain dungng the eve hours. i think we're going to have two main rounds of rain today. the first one around lunchtime and the second one around dinner

time trying to move into parts of the valley.we till have a few more hours of dry time-out there but check it out. this is lunchtime today. at noon, most of us dealing with rain. now the good news is nothi too heavy in the forecast. we'll pick up maybe about a quarter to a half of an inch at moe. nothing lhe inch that we saw out there on friday but as we head on into the evening hours, you're heading into dinner on the and you have plans to ring in th new year. still dealing with rain in spots. this is future weather atp. 11:0. high temperature today of 53 and warmer tomorrow. i'll have more on january 1st coming up in about ten minutes, but for now here's dave with a check of the roads. >> a quick tour of cameras on the beltway, showing you nice,, eamooth sailing traffic. here we are at eisenhower avenue. free flowing traffic.

in frederick,ti exe way, disabled vehicle. some debris. getting by thoh under police direction. smooth sailing on 270 southbound heading for montgomerycounty. normal metro rail service this morning. open lately obvio for the late night revellers. expe reversible parkways to be operating in one way mode. that's the latest. back over to you. >> thank you. we're still following the breaking news this morning where three children have died and two adults are hurt after a multicar crash on indian head highway. >> prince george's county fire said there are no words to describe this crash except to say it i a tragedy. three cars cshed on indian head highway around 10:00 last night. take a look at these images. it looks as if one of the cars was it headon. the kids and adults were trapped inside the car. fireghters were able to pry the adults free as the paramedics rushed them to the

hospital. justin finch will be live in a few minutes with more on the search for what caused this crash. >> also developing morning, police in arlington county looking into a shooting. a man was found shot near south glebe and arlington roads around his wounds are being described as life threatening. >> we have entered day 10 of the partial government shutdown. nhile the impact of the shutdown is having our region continues to become clearer, an end to the gridlock isn't in sight. several local touotsmots such as the smithsonian and national zoo are running on back up funds. when those run ou they will likely, the areas will shutdown and you won't be able to visit the museum or the zoo. keepers will show up to make sure that the animals are cared for. you'll remember the budge impasse has everything to do with funding for a bordewall. the president wants $5 billion for it. the democrats are refusing it. now in an exit interview, the

outgoing chief of staff 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. trump started calling for a wall early as 2015 but democrats have remained committed tooc ng the president's priority. lly said to be honest it's not a wall. the president still says wall, often times, frankly he'll say barrier or fencing and now he's tendedd steel slats. kelly's last day is wednesda >> 6:35his morning. here's the top stories we're following. overnight in princegeorge's county. firefighters remain on the scene ed a warehouse fire. flames spa inside the b and k rentals yesterday. estimated $1.5 million in done there. investigators are still seching for a cause. >> work is underway oneveral bridges at bwiairport.

six people were hurt over then weekend w a jet bridge failed on saturday night. defective metal bracket was responsible. all six people had minorin ries and they're all released from the hospital. >> happening today, metro extending their hours for those celebrating the new year and you'll also notice tight security. >> aimee is life at dupont circle with what you need to know to stay safe and have a great time. good morning. >> hi guys, good morning. yeah, a lot of people headed out for a big night iftonight. you're one of those people heading out, good news for you, metro will be staying open late. they have trains running until 2:00 a.m. a they'll be charging regular fares and parking fees. as for rrow, trains will be running on a sunday schedule. peak fares and free parking.f police will be stepping up their i checkpoints tonight.

they're encouraging people to use the silver ride program to get home. that offers a free lyft ride up to th$15. promo code will be releas at noon today and we'll be posting a link in the nbc washington app. just search new year's eve. guys back into you. >> hopefully everybody stays safe out there tonight. thank you. new year's isn't only about celebrating. resolutions. ut >> oh, yeah. how to jump start your resolutions to be healthier in 2019. plus, fire sparked inside a local churchef juste sunday services. we'll take you to the scene and show you what happened and stepped up to help out. so you finally got fios, huh? yep, and wanna know what the best part about it is? gaming with less lag? nope.

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according to a washington post investigatio millions of students and teachers deal with the fear of violee in their schools. they responded with the extensivese of school lock downs. the investigation also found a lot of children suffer trauma, even when it's just a lockdown. >> it's very jarring to them. they don't kw it's coming. it's certainly very, very scary at the time. andhis leads to many childre and teens having reactions that include all forms of anxiety. >> according to the post. more than 4 million kids live through a lock down in the year. >> as people prepare for new year's eve parties, utah is taking a controversial stepst t drunk driving crashes for good. nationally, drivers are considered legally dru a at .08%. utah dropped that number to .05. thateans a woman weighing

about 120 pounds will reach that blood alcohol content with 12 o ounc beer or half an ounce of wine. that equals about tworinks for a 160 pound man. >>oping to s better decisions made on the front end of a night where somebody is choosing to consume alcoholic beverages. >> in the state of utah we take itio sly and if you're going to drink here, don't drive here. >> some critics s the state is going overboard. the american beverage institute calls it an attack on theus restauranttry and turns responsible diners into criminals. now here's your cnbc business report. >> good morning. i'm kate rogers. amazon plans to build and expand whole foods stores across the country. the wall street journal reports that push wou put more customers within range of azon's two hour delivery service. some could be about 45,000 square feet, sgeghtly b than the average whole foods. the chain is using that extra space to accommodate amazon delivery and online orders.

with your cnbc morning business report, i'm kate ggers. >> we'ng to head to break with another check of the forecast with amelia. >> well, achris, you step out this morning, grab the umbrella with showers at times andpatchy fog as well. now tomorrow, it's dry and it's noticeably warmer as we kick off ti2019 but more rain potenly impacting the area on friday and saturday. i'll have your complete forecast in less than ten minutes. >> still ahead, grab your party hats your 2019 glasses. it's new year's eve. we're taking you to times square for a check on all the work that's going on behind the 's nes to make the new ye crowds as safe as possible. we're going to be right back.

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the final morning of 2018 underway at times square. this will be the seen for the biggest n year's par in the world. in a matter of hours hundreds of thousands packing the streets to watch that ball drop and ring in the new year. >> happy new year. >> well, you know what they dos, t worry about the world ending, it's already tomorrow in new zealand. an it is check out the feworks display. hundreds of thousands of people enjoyed the show that started about5 minutes ago. >> beautiful scene there. so the party in times square going to be under some tight security. >> yeah. police officer and federal agents will be in the crowd and

also above it watching to make su that everyone is safe. weather is goi s to beome what of a concern. >> police are pairing the drones with more than 1,000 surveillance camas city wide. they'll help monitor the 100,000 people in times square. >> the bottom line is this. people will be safey on monda bed they should feel safe too. it's going to one of the most well policed, best protected events at one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> the nypd will have more than 200 patrol cars and sand trucks blocking streets around times square. you'll be able to watch theig festivities here on nbc 4. coverage starts at 8:00. >> 6:46 is your time. we continue to follow breaking e news, thildren have died

and two adults are hurt after a multi-car cra on indian head highway. >> three cars crashed on the indian head highway andso w bridge drive around 10:00 last night. justin fin is live there with more on how this tragedy unfolded. what are you hearing? ry well, this was an awful s ending with those three children losing their lives and also those two adults having to be extra ka ext extracated from the vehicle and afor hours here, lanes of indian head highway were closed from this area and only reopened a short time ago.ff fireials tell us the three children were trapped inside the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries as well. the two adults were removed from a car and then rushed from a trauma center. none of the victims have been identified and no word on the two conditions of the two adults here. now close to 10:00 p.m. somehow, officials say those three vehicles collided onia indn head

highway nearilson bridge drive. this is between two neighborhoods so a lot of concern about how this happened. back out live it was just in october a speed camera was installed near livingston roade here a a 24-year-old was struck and killed here on her way to a job interview. so no doubt a lot of concerns and questions about what happened here last night.ti i'm jusn finch, news 4. >> thank you very much, justin. investigators are also trying to identify a hit-and-run driver in fairfax county. a 16-year-old boy was trying to cross south lakes drive when he was hit and killed on saturday night. a sedan hit the teenager and kept on going. investigators are not sure about the color of the car but say it would haveretty heavy front end damage. >> a man was found shot to death

outside of a home on mystic avenue last ght. it's unclear if he lived thinsi home. police george's county police are still working to establish a shooting the and this morning, a local church is cleaning up. this comes after a fire sparked right before yesterday's sunday services. >> it happened in northwest d.ca and derek ward explains, members of cannan baptist church were able to get out safely. >> no what practithey expected wanted to see. police are investigating how the fire started eouts of the rear of the church's education center. the pastor says peoe were in the building when the fire started. >> so we evacuated quickly and the first responders came and did a marvelous job to make sure that everybody was srse. >> neigheard as many as four explosions. the fire appeared to beo contained an outer portion of the building near what had been a storage bin. whe damage wasminor, the

nearby church offers sanctuary to canaan members allowing them to join congregations f sunday services. >> we have resolve and we'll get through it. >> on this last day of 2018, have you made your new year's resolutions yet? not yet. you can start with a focus n yourhealth. the american medical association recommends knowing your blood pressure. if you have high blood pressure get it under control to reduce yo risk oeart attack or stroke. cut back on the processed foods andplhe dsh rf yo smo tryre to make next year the year finally quit. >> don't forget to exercise. theio american heart associatn recommends that you get at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week. you should also include weight training at least twice a week. even the lightest forms of exercise are better than sitting around. get moving. i know, right. >> a lot of folks going out

tonight for new veyear's and it could be a wet one out there. >> yeah. we'll be dealing wh showers in spots tonight. rain moves into e area between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. today. rain at times throughout the ra day. looks to wind down by 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. so widespread rain in the forecast today but not a total waout. we'll have dry time as well. skies will be cloudy outthere. check out your rain outlook for tomorrow, wednesday and thursday. we do keep it d and then on friday, the chance for rain showers returns to the forecast currently our temperatures are coming in largely at or above freezing and monitoring these closely because as the rain moves inan we to be above frzing. temperatures continue to warm with the rain moving in by 9:00 a.m. we'll be in th upper 30s to low 40s at that point. ow degrees is the current temperature right in washington. 32 in winchester and 36 in fredericknd gaithersburg..

8:00 and dry across the area. 46 degrees at noon. the showers out there. 4:00 p.m. tracking scattered showers and a temperature of 48. our sunset today rightround 4:55 and typically as the sun goes down, our temperatures would co g. nong to be the case tonight. we actually see our temperatures slowly continue to warm overnight tonight. 7:00 p.m.. at about 51 degree by midnight. we're around 55 and then tomorrow morning a high of 60. and you'repping out the door tomorrow morning with temperatures around60. we hang out in the 60s or i should say upper 50snd low 60s throughout the day. so it's a mild start to 2019. now weo are going have plenty of clouds out there tomorrow though. partly to mostly cloudy ski and it will be noticeably breezy but any rain is out of here verr early tw morning. so most of the day is going to be dry. so if you have plans outdoors

tomorrow, the weathers cooperating. wednesday and thursday, we start to get back into our normale routin and we'll do so with dry weather. more clouds than sunshine now with temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. ay, there's saturd that rain chance with highs around 50 degrees and then on sunday, we have plenty of sunshine in the forecast with the highemperature of 53. dave, how are the roads looking out there this morning? >> a new tienc up, p george's county on u.s. 50, for inbound drivers, they're slow now inside the beltway.sh the cs blocking the right side. it's only one lane to the left. getting by, heading for new york avenue wheree have the usual slow traffic beyond that point. in general, traffic is light. around the region. that goes for 395in uded. on the beltway through maryland and virginia, traffic is still at a free flow. keep in mind it feels like a holiday but it's not.

hov restriction are in effect inside the beltway and reversal parkways are now inbound. it's actually only three lanes inbound but you don't need the because traffic again is like this morning. except on d.c. 295. again, the usu slow down southbound toward pennsylvania avenue. that's not news. it's been slow and it's been a bumpy ride. 66, it's an easy ride eastbound toward 5. that's the latest. back over to you. >> thank you so much. a rough end to 2018 for the dskins. the season came to an end with that crushing 24-0 loss to thph adelphia eagles. they must have known what to expect. a sea o philly green at fedex field. the problem is the record is definitely taking a toll on the fans. >> that's going to hit him right in the pocketbook. according to thpo washington , regular season attendance was down 24% in game day revenue down by $18 million.

even an hour before the game there was still emp seats but even actually the redskins faithful started to trickle in and some wore buttons tt read thank you. >> i'm kind of indifferent. i'm still here to support the te and still hereo have fun but other than that, it's kind of normal. >> we n need ownership completely. a complete overhaul. >> well, the new york imes seems to agree. it's reporting dysfunction on an organizational level and expects the team will have dismissals, additions and plenty of trades. >> they are going to clean house. okay. a situation not better for the wizards. point guard john wall is out for the rest of the season. wall has decided to have a season ending surgery to address bone spu in h left heel. he had to miss two games earlier this month because of the issue. it's been plaguing him over the

cour of the p several seasons but he's stillgi aveng over 20 points. 8 aeists per g this season. despite playing in pain. that's pretty good. >> weon, hasn'te much for the wizards record. here's the four things to khiw. indian heaghway back open following that deadly crash. three children were killed. two adults were no word yet on what caused it. >> this is secretary of defense james aymattis's last d on the job. he announced his resignation after the president decided to pull u.s. troops out of syria. he originally said he would stay through february but the president asked him to leave earlier. be sure to check out more on his departure next on the "today" show. >> we have learned that metro ig staypen a bill later for new year's eve. in openins will re until 2:00 in the morning. you can findul the fl redown of the metro holiday schedule on nbc washington.com. >> if you're staying in this new

year's eve, watch the ball drop right here on nbc 4. nightly news anchor lester holt will be part of the group of journalist pushing the button and dropping the famous times square ball. coverage of new year's eve from times square begins at 8:00 p.mu >> if're going out tonight, be careful on t roads. >> we'll be dealing with rain. here's the latest on radar. showersg in between about 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. and times throughout the day. >> a right.ll

good morning. new year's eve soaker. powerful storm set to put a damper on celebratio across the country. tens of miions facing heavy rain, high winds and even snow, to usher in 2019.il whe police heighten security for tonight's countdown. al has the forecast so you can plan your night. let's make a deal? toth the government shutdown entering day tenp republican signals trump could be willing to compromi. >> he's very open-minded about combining wall funding with other things to make it a win-win for the country. >> so, what will it take to end the stalemate? 're live at the white house. horrific attack. a 22-year-old intern, killed by a lion at an animal park in