hello to that new year. >> closer and cloher to new year, the heavy rain is moving out. >> looking le right n outside of our northwest washington studios. a little breeze, still thick in the air. claye anderson joins us with what to expect into 2019. >> it sure is. as we showed you the rain showered moving outf the area just on time as we take a look at the radar showing that particularly to the east of the area we're showing rain lingering. if you're planning to drive across highway 50 you're looking at showered, in the belt way we are drying out. the rain showers are ending but where the rain ended we have visibility concerns across the area. we will keep an eye on that. visility down to half a mile,

a quarter tmile, so forecast is just around the corner, guys? >> a local family tornapart, three siblings killed in a crash, their parents critically injured. >> the 5-year-olds were twins. >> this cra here in prince george's county happened on one of the mantrous stretches of highway in our area. >> the coup's friends and family here in this neighborhood are devastated by this. it is almost physically painful to look r at thient picture of the family of alexis and the beautiful children knowing they're gone. 5-year-old twins and baby isaac just 1-year-old died when a drunk driver area ended them.

>> i have nightmares about those three children that died. it is terrible. >> in the last twoar 12 people have died in nine fatal accidents. these children were the third, fourth, and fifth fatalities this year. for debra williams, speed being a factor may notave been surprising despite warning signs and speed cameras. she says drivers still don't obey the law andomething needs to change sdplp there needs police hiding in a corner or something where. >> they have started a go fund me page.cc the aent remains underin stigation by police. new at 11:00 a person died after two vehicles collided in fai factiox county.

police say the victims died there at the scene. no word on the cause of the crash or the extent of the other people's injuries. >> a -year-old boy killed during a hit and run in fair faction county and tonight family is planning his funeral. he wasth crossing sou lakes drive here towards castle rock square his fame has set up a makeshift memorial. >> changing gears now, something a little more heartenning, the weather threatened to paut aer on things, but families are about toe ring in new

year there. >> the fireworks are a go. a light rain here, if you look behind me you can see it is not stopping people have coming out. >> first night alexandria celebratin 24 years of family friendly entertainment. >> if you make a turn you have to hit your laser. >> dozens o aivities are throughout the area, that is good for those trying to get out of t rain on this soggy new year's eve. >> it is great for our family, a lot of good connecting with othe viindividuals. >> the first night takes a lmeg o plan. >> i think it is a wonderful idea to have a place for t everyone i city to come and

enjoy themselves. it is reasonable, fun filled,ap they're so and it is just fun to watch them smile and have fun and enjoy. >> from face painting to playing corn hole. to jumping, no shortage ofth gs to do here. >> jumping around, eating popcorn, and havin fun wit my friends. >> okay, who is the next challenger. >> this is marsha's second year as a >> the stage is being set for outdoor entertainment and there are for fireorks at midnight as long as the rain holds off. maryland patersons the new executive director. >> our biggest desire is to have a family friendly safe alternate to traditional new years evecelebrations. >> that is exactly what they're doing here tonight. the fire works will go off at

midnight as planned. we're getting just a little rain here. if you don't have pns you can still come out and it is free. just about half an hour ago a uple got engaged here. you can see it on my twitter page. >> congrats to them. good turn out. >> hundreds of thousands are packing into times square right up to one million people are expected to watch that ball drop in less than an our. >> we have seen our share of rain today all day long but that same system has been soaks new york. >> that's right nbc mark barker has been trying to say dry. we arestearingates up to 1.5 million coming out there tonight, has the rain cut down on the size of the crowdf you n tell? >> well i'm going to have to tell you this is my first timec ring the times square new years eve ball drop, so i don't

have past history to rely on, but talking to my producer who has done this for about 20 years, it is definitely smaller than in past years, thatai there is still hundreds of thousands of people out there, maybe justot quite as tightly squeezed in as theysuly are. the rain started about 1:30 and it connued all nig long. it will go right through midnight when the ball drops. >> we have been seeing you s in the slicker since about 4:00 or 5:00 this evening. we understand that police have strict rules aboutmbrellas out there, too, is that right? >>hat's right. basically to get in here to see the action you to seteened like you would for a sporting event or a concert. hey check you for alcohol, backpacks, or umbrellas, you could not bring anll umbrea in, you to have something like what i'm wearing or a poncho and you

ha to tough it out. >> let's combine those two topics, security and the rain, we heard that the nypd would be using drones in the air for surveillance but the weather shut that plan down, do you know about other security measure they're using instead of that? >> well they have not told u about any other changes that have been necessitated because in the they told us tha7,000 nypd officers would be out tonight, entire about 20% of the force. it is a very visibleresence here along with k 9 crews. they also he detectives in the hotels that ring the area in se we had a situation like las vegas. >> mark one more question, we'll let you go, what has been the most memorable moment you have

seen far? any proposals yet? >> have not seen any proposal but i have to give credit to the performers tonight, they were out here thearsing in the rains afternoon and they have come back out tonight and all of the performances so far have come off without a hitch. we haven't seen anyone fall on their butt because these stages are slick. >> thank youo much, happy new year to you, we appreciate it. >> we t wereking about one of the big challenges in the bathroom. they were talking about there is a lot of port a potties and a lot of drinking. >> a story you will not see anywhere else, a local man shares his story of abuse. >> he was my pathway to god.

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a former archbishop is vcused of abusing someone for years. story that you will only se here on news 4. >> a child photo next to the ex-cardinal. >> you look at the cov sheet, that photo, what goes through your mind >> i was an innocent boy that had probay already been abused three times. if you look at my eyes i'm no appy there, it is awkward. hands are going straight down and his are around me. i am quite grossed out.

>> he says that he was a close family friend, they called him uncle ted, he was being abused in the family home when he was just 11. it continued for years. >> he told me that he was my pathway to god. and that i needed to trust him. >> now 60, he first shared hiss y after a former alter boy accus accused the priest of abuse. >> what i wouldo like see is him up in front of all of us in a room witjust him, and a microphone, and he can lane in and say sorry, jimmy. that is whate always called me.

>> his focus remains onhe church heret home, drafting this open letter to clergy. >> you believe isn't the institution, you believe in a superior, you have your faith in jesus christ. >> he says he has endured and want to see changes to the catholic church. >> he is currently living in a religious residence in kansas. he looks forward to his right to due process. david culver, news 4. >> we're ten days into the partial government shut down and weill end t new year that way. some lawmakers may be moving their way toward a bill. they will vote on thursday to fund all of the departments

through the end of next year except for homeland security. they will be funded through february none of that money is targeted for the border wall that president trump says he wants. tonight he told fox news that his administration is not giving up on that demand. >> i'm ready to go. it is very important. a lot of people are looking to get their paycheck. i'm ready to go any time they want. no, we're not giving up, we have have border security and the wall is a big par of border security. >> storm will be the last day you can visit the smithsonian museum and the zoo until t government reopens. >> the bigger newveyear's party. about a million people expected to flood times square again. as we get closer and closer to the ringing in of the new year, we have crowds also o in the elements here as well. >> those elements are worse up there it looks like. >> downpours in new york city.n

we're d to isolated rain showers across the area. also we have se fog to contend with and we'll talk about that right now, goo evening, everyone. as we close out 2018 we have areas where visibility is a concern. if you're leaving holiday parties, traveling, driving, it depends on where you are, baltimore to the northeand , visibility is less than a mile, but the visibility getsan bette better, they improve to our south and west and that is because we're starting to see the remnants of that move away from the area. showers after midnight and new years day it will be warm and windy. the current temperatures outside right now noting64 degrees. that warm surge of air moving into our area. moisture out to our west as well. it continues to dry out interstate 66, interstate 81.

if you're traveling to baltimore the rain will linger and it will be shut down during the overnight acrossur area. total rainfall today w mapicked up about half an inch ofan rain this is the updated 66.2 inches of rain for the year of 2018 in ourarea. future weather in motion. the clouds will continue and the rain showers will continue to move out of our area and it shows after midnight we will have cloudiness and starting to see some clearing skies across the region,nd it looks like we can talk about 2019. here is forecast for tuesday. it will be middle, normally our temperatures are about 44 degrees for a high. 66 for a high te they switch over to the northwest and as they do temperatures will cool down thursday a friday. a chance for rain showers and temperatures aga in the 50s. really not too bad when you think about the tperature that

normally 44 or 30 for your highs, but we'll have nice temperatures as we start the new year. other than thursday and friday, extended period of rain free weather. so far s good. >> tomorrow night it should be a good night. one more night at the zoo. >> it should be a great night with a light >>jacket. enjoy it while we still have it. >> coming up, the capitals say goodbye to what was a pre

in is the xfinity sports desk. >> the redskins season ends with a 7-9 record. >> stop. >> today was the day tot clean heir lockers say say goodbye to teammates after at season t started with such promise. it is now time to look bk and wonder what could have been. >> we are starting to feel something different that i have

not felt. >> i have been here for five years and when we were 6-3 and had everything rolling, we would go into the games, we may go down for a second but it felt like we were going to win and it was a cool feeling to be part of and hopefully we can get it going out again f nextyear. >> we started out hot, and i would have loved to see what we could have done. thinking aut it for a moment, 6-3, and guys -- two games already won in our pocket. we would have been talking about playoffs itead of lockers. >> that was the definitely the theme. 2018 was a great year for th caps. they brought home the stanley cup championship, and one of the hottest teams in the league right now. one more to go, before the

calendar turns. not only did it bring alex ovechkin a stanley cup, but h first born son. jon karlsson, he scores, a beautiful pass. 12th of the season, the caps off of 2-0 lead. a long pass ahead to devonte smith. holtby gets a secondary assist with the pass and stevens finishes off with a break way . aw later in the period nashville ties and they take the lead. the preds take the lead and they scored five unanswered goals. >> to annapolis squaring off.

michael warn w pushing his in for the rdeight- go ahead. 166 yards and two touch downs for cincinnati wins the 20 military bowl 35-31. the hoakies finish 6-7. virnia hosting marshall. a big night for one guy, kyle guy. guy knocks down the three, a degree high 30 points for him and tony bennet gets win number 300. cavaliers take it

and for all of us at news 4, happy new year to you. the news, the big ball coming up, it is dropping stortly. up with us. thank you for watching us. hopefuy we willee you in 2019, but before we go, spectacular fireworks displays spectacular fireworks displays from around the world.

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ot> our regularing scheduled programming wil be seen, so we can bring you a very special new year's celebration. >> happy new year's eve! super excited to host with chrissy teigen. it's going to be lit, flame emoji opinion that's so lame, carson, do kids even say lit any more. >> the new year's eve ball has been stolen. >> oh, my god, somebody stole the new year's eve ball. >> we have 30 minutes, we have to get it back. >> that's why i rounded up all the suspects of 2018 to see who