big part of the new york tradition. >> police say the man responsible for this crash that lled three children may have been drunk at the wheel. this morning he is walking free while the kids parents remain in critical condition. the year starts with the federal government still shutdown. but democrats say they're ready pass a spending plan when they take over the house this week. getting the president to sign it still seems like high hopes. gomd morning. weto the new year. i'm chris laurence. >> i'm mette green. happy new year. we're glad you're starting 2019 with us today. a calm art. look at that picture there. we are thankful to be done with the wettest year of the d.c. area has ever seen. >> yeah. here's to some der weather in the year to come. hot's check on the forecast with amelia. is it looking out there so far? >> we need a break.

i did wear myts rain b into work just in case. >> you did not need to rare them in. not only is dry out there, but it is mils well. i am tracking breezy winds. it will be breezy throughout the day. here's the latest check of the radar. utall of the rain of the area. this pushing off to the east. n'll be dry today for the first day of the year. happy new year. check out our temperature right now. hard to ss. 63 degrees right now. those winds outf the southwest 14 miles per hour helping to pum p in that milder air. we'll have slowly falling temperatures today, all inll it looks like a mild tuesday. generally temperatures hanging out where they're currently at in your neighborhood, that's around 50 to 60 degrees. i'm tracking plenty of clouds out there now, but we'll haveng increa sunshine as the day wears on. the winds, we'll see them0 at to 25 miles per hour throughout

the day. so it's breezy out there. again, tperatures will be near 70 i'm tracking rain thursday, friday and saturday. i'll have more on the timing coming up. thank you very much. ♪ >>atook at . isn't that great? out with the old, in with the new. the rain did not stop the partty in new york tens of thousands of people from all over the world showed up in times square to ring in the new year.wo firerks lit up the sky. au lang syne played. security was tight. everything went off without a hitch. >> commuters are starting the new year with increased tolls. starting today it will cost you more at the main toll plaza and rampsn the dulles toll road.

amy has more on the price hike. good morning. happy new year. >> good morning. yeah. starting today, if you plan on changing dulles toll road your wallet will feel lighter. the main toll plaza is going up by 75 cents. the ramps are going up by 50 cents, so you're looking at an extra $1.25 each way or 2.50 round trip that money will go towards maintenance on dulles toll road and building the silver line extension ofat metr as been a controversial toll hike. r lot of drivers say they don't think it's fai they have to fund the sver line. some people held a protest saying they think airlines should have toay some of the burden but the toll hikes are here to stay. this is the first time the tolls have gone up since 2014, and highwa officials hope not t raise the tolls again until 2023. thank you very much. today kicks off inauguration

events for muriel bowser. this morning at 9:00, there will be a 5k run. look at this map here. the race will begin on new jersey avenue between "m" street and tingey street. there will be several road closures and parking restrictions. tomorrow morning bowser will be sworn in for am second t at 9:30 at the washington convention center. for those yf who need to get out this morning. metro service will start at 8:0d un through 11:00 tonight. trains and busre on a sunday schedule. off peak fares are in fect. parking is free. there is no scheduled track work today. st all metrions are set to be open today after a hazmat scare at eastern market. metro police suspended service yesterday after a man sprinkd a mysterious white powder on some of the benches. three stations were shut down until tests showed the substance was harmless. the man was entified as thomas greene.

police picked him up a few hou later. starting today jeffersons daighway will be named richmond highway in alexandria. the city council voted 6-0o rename that portion of road. the city alexandria created an advisory group in 2015 to look into confederate memorials and street names. in the pasthour, police reopened the fairfax county parkway after aeadly cident. this crash happened last night between roberts road in burke. one person died on the scene of that two-car crash. three other people had to be to the hospital. no word on what caused the crash or the extent of the other peoples injuries. we have an update on a crash that killed three children suay night. the children were siblings. 5-year-old twins and their 1-year-old baby brother. >> we're also learning the crash may have been caused bay drunk driver. alexis and juanita mejia a

stable conditions. their twins, rosalie and alexander and babyi isaac all died. policenre waiting toxicology results to come back to determine if the driver will be charged. friends started a gofundme page to help the mejia's recover. > in japan, at least eight people were hurt when a minivan crashed into a new year's party ft tokyo it happened a few minutes the clock struck mid night on a street closed to traffic. police believe that man intentional drove into theow no word on a possible terror connection. a man yelled during a stabbing attack in england. a producer for the bbc shot this cell phone video it happened at a train platform in manchester, england. three ople were hurt including a police officer. at this point, investigators are not calling this a

terror-related incident. new this morning, police need some help finding this armed robber. this is video from friday in a store in the 3100 block of rhode island avenue in the northeast. you can see the man covered witg a hoodie point at the cashier and take the entire cash drawer. he points the gun again before running away.in if you havformation about the case, please call d.c. police. here's a look at the crime stats in the district. d.c. police say overall violent crime is down, however there were 160 homicides and that's up 38% from 2017. ea we areng into the 11th day of the partial government shutdown, and it looks like president trump is willing to negotiate with democratic leaders, but he's not backing down on his demands to fund a wall. derrick ward is live on capitol hill with the latest. good morning. good yomorning. know what? at least now people are talk at

each other again or they will be soon. whether that will make a difference remains to be seen later this week. presumptive incomg speaker of the house nancy pelosi huddled with chuck schumer. la night theyame up with a series of stop gap measures that would fund shuttered agencies and homeland security through february 8th. the democrats want to separate the wall debate from this whole ing the government. the president characterized that proposal as somhing cute. he said democrats were likely to come up with something that gave away ething but provided nothing for the wall. the senate leader already said the senate would not support a bill that the president did not support. >> i'm here. i'm ready to go. it's very important to a lot of people. they're looking to get their paycheck. so i'm ready to go any time they want. we're not giving up.

we have to have border security. the wall is a big part of border security. the biggest part. >> reporter: on thursday, that's when these series of proposals will go before congress. meanwhile, tay could be the last day for the smithsonian and the z to remain open. they run out of funding or they will run out of funding after today. they say they will have tout r their doors tomorrow if the shutdown is not resolved. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. one of the senate's most prominent democrats looks to be on her way to announcing a run for president in 2020. senator elizabeth warren nounced she's forming an exploratory committee. this is the first majos step towardlaunching a presidential campaign. in the video, warren promised to fight for the middle class and take on corruption and greed. she's been a vocal critic and common target of president trump. she is joining what is expected to bwd a c democratic field in 2020. ers who have

started the ro social security of running, john delaney, richard ojeda and julian castro. the local man who says cardinal mccarrick abused him is tellingtois before a vatican representative. this is the first time he's going on the recor and showing his face. >> i believe that he could do anything. i believed as an a alt he would thing to me to make sure his life doesn't change. >> mccarrick's attorney says his client looks forward to his right to due process. coming up, grein tells news 4 what he wants from mccarrick and the church. a major shakeup in the communications department at the vatican. former fox news reporter greg burke resigned as vatican spokesman.

his deputy also resigned. rke resignations are effective today. tweeted out that at this time the transition is happening and we think it's best the holy father is co pletely freesemble a new team. the vatican is in the middle of a fallout of a sex abuse scandal that is rocking the catholic church. t >> look the new years celebration, it was just as big in north korea as it was in the re the repressive country's leader ended 201 saying if north kea should not be the only country getting rid of nuclear weapons. and amazon shook up the grocery world last year, now they're looking on expanding. more on those plans right now we're at a balmy 63 degrees. we'll stay mild but breezy throughout the day today. tomorrow it is colder butdry. reach for the umbrellas

thursday, friday and saturday with rain in the forecast. i'll have details of what you can expect including your temperature forecast hour by hour coming up

♪ in north korea thousands of ople packed a square in central pyongyang to celebrate the new year. >> it was one of the more impressive displays we saw. it happened near a river that cuts through t center of the ty. north korea's leader, kim jong-un offered to meet with president trumpuring his annual new year's eve speech, but he warned about making demands about denuclearization. >> in his address kim says his resolve for complete denuclearizatian remains und.

he says he may have to seek a new path if the u.s. connues to demand unilateral action from north korea. >> kim is warning the u.s. against miscalculating north korea's patience. he didn't say what north korea would do if north korea does not ppop with sanctions. wall street the miserable year on a positive note on monday, but stocks still closed out 2018 with their worst showing in a decade. you've probably been feeling it in your 401(k). for the year, the dow was down about 5%. the s&p was down 6%. nasdaq down about 4%. the stock market reopens tomorrow. louie c.k. is back in the limelight and back in hot water after some audio surfaced from his act.th audio showed up on youtube this week but was quickly taken

down. it has not been verified by nbc news in the clip the comedian makes fun of the younger generation for being too politically correct. he appeared to mock survivors of the parkland school shooting and those who idenfy as nonbinary. the comedian has started to appear at small comedy clubs after going dark for months because of sexual misconduct allegations. actor kevin spacey is in baltimore before next week's arraignment on sexual assault charges. a photographer spotted him and tracked him to a mansion outside the city. he reportedly bought the paparazzi pizza and wished th a happy new year. he's been out of the spotlight after being accused of sexual assault by multiple men. last week he posted a video where he appeared to be in his "house of cards" character telling viewers "you want me back." president trump sign into law a new nationwide alert system for missing adults.s this law named for asanti

billy. she fdisappearedm virginia in 2017. two weeks s found later in north carolina. she was 19 years old making her too oldor anmber alert, too young for a silver alt. mark warner was a principal sponsor of t act it will empower police to notify radio and tv stations and put information on highway electronic signs. less than a week after burglars ransacked the anacostia playhouse, the gofundme page has reached $22,000, 2,000 more than needed for repairs. the money is enough to fix the damage and then so d. on christm someone broke in and vandalized the play house getting away with laptops, credit cards and a few hundred bucks in cash. police have not caught anyone yet. justhat we need, more grocery options in 2019. amazon is planning to open more whole foods locations across the country. according to the "wall street journal," the goal is to make sure customers can have

groceries delivered within two hours. amazon prime services can also be used at who foods stores so you can order groceries online and pick them up within 30 minutes. ll0, $70, $80 later. >> i can s only afford one bag ofroceries. >> and that's like $60. >> no kidding. alexa helped people with y their holidashopping lists. the number of voice activated orders via alexa tripled during the christmas season compared to e year before. alexa was also used to help people find cocktail recipes for eggnog and moscow mules being at the top of the list. happening today on nbc 4, the tournament of roses para starts at 11:00 this morning. >> that's righ very exciting time. this is the 130the year for new year's day tradition. preparations have been under way for weeks in southern california.

the massive floats will start the 5 1/2 mile course in matter of hours. marching bands and equestrian units will also be part of this show. it's all before the rose bowl game this afternoon between ohio ste and washington university. >> the big ten and the pac-10 getting it on. >> i woke up, and it doesn feel like the first day of january. >> we deserve it after this wet 2018. >> we blew the rainfall record out of the water for 2018 by about 5 inches from therevious wettest year on records which dates back to like 1889. >> incredible. >> crazy. >> yeah. it was a wet year. it's aild start t this year. currently temperatures are all over the place. 48 in frederick to 63 in washington. check outfr ericksburg, 64 degrees. kw quantico at 65. today we'll have falling er teures. where you're coming in on the map, expect a similar

temperature as we headowds lunch time, afternoon and early afternoon hours. here's youry hou planner for the d.c. metro area. add on a few degrees. if you're south of the metro add a few degrees.es temperatround 60 with plenty of clouds out there. we have increasing b sunshine, you'll notice the winds today from start to nish. they don't subside until about 6:00 p.m. by noon, temperatures around 68. we keep it completely dry out ere today. 4:00 p.m., temperature of about 56 degrees. by 7:00 in the evening, colder air is finally starting t move into the area with temperatures at that point in the 40s. for the most part the weather l havi impact on your day today. travel looking great, but it will be greasy, eve breezy, eve times. the outdoor iceinks so popular this time of year, it's a mild

day for that. i think n ae day for that not really cold out there at all. outdoor exercise, it's mil but breezy if you're trying to start yourso new year's tion of more exercise. tomorrow, it's colder. high.grees for a we'll keep it dry. we have plenty of clouds in the forecast tomorrow on your wednesday. thursday some showers out there during the morning hours. dry for the second of the day. rain moves in friday night. showers looking likely on saturday. then we keep our sunday dry. >> all right. those tempera are amazing. 2019 is looking to be a

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>> it didn't take long, just eks after a news 4 iteam investigation showed virginia agencies failing take proper steps to revoke teaching licenses of teachers aused of sexual misconduct, allowing educators to return to the classroom in other communities. the virginia legislator took action passing two bills. one requires child protective service agencies to noti school districts if they find a former teacher abused children. >> for families and the students this is important. n d to make sure we're learning from these loopholes. >> the other law requires o agenciestify state vecensing officials. >> we would not earned that if nbc 4 had not done the investigative reporting that the g channel is so used to dod good at. >> the measure passes. >> d.c. council closed a afloophole in a housing lar the iteam exposed how some renters were using it to extort

money from their land lor sland hold up home sales. >> it felt like she had me hostage. >> this buyer lost her sale the night before closing, another told us her sale went through when the renter moved back ate said she wto buy the house. an attorney called this practice a $100 million a year industry in the district. but no more. >> happy. very happy. it goes to show when you share your story, there sometimes are others who are experiencing the same thing. >> reporter: the council held hearings follong our series of stories. home owners and realtors showed up pleading for relief. saying renters were demanding tens of thousands of dollars to leave. >> it's a tool for extortion. and it is awful. >> n the tenant opportunity to purchase act no longer appes to singl family homes. >> when you shine a light on something, that's what happens. >> later in the hour, the iteam will break down a new law that ulanges how and where you

park in d.c. we all have that aissue. and law that could change how much money is spent to pay for your water bills. a lot of changes coming up. you can look for all of the iteam investigations from this past year on our app and search investigations. still ahead on news 4 today, ending the government shutdown. >> incoming house democrats say they have a plan to do just that. l show you how this woul work. and the redskins 2018 season is over. as of today head coach jay gruden still has a job. what he says he plans on doing to help the team in the coming wes. amelia? >> 2018 went down as the wettest year on record by almost a good five inches. check it out. we're starting off january 1st completely dry o there today. rain is moving in thursday and friday. i'll haveore on the timing and i'll haveore on the timing and impact comingp aft uer

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in times square along with a fair bit of rain. people look pretty soaked out there. plf celebrations up and down the east coast. in our area families took to the streets in alexandria to welcome in the new year. no matter where you celebrated, thank you for waking up with us on the first day of 2019. >> happy new year.. i'm molette green. it's nice to start off the new year with a nice, calm morning. it's a holiday. we're still here. >> we want to begin with the forecast and our amelia draper forecast.g us with a look at the happy new year. >> happy new year. ball my balmy is the wor describe the temperatures. 63 in washington. rockville coming in at 58. 57 out there in dulles.

not only will be mild out there with falling temperatures, but ry as well. you will notice the winds today, but a nice start to the new year. cold air moves in tonight and it's colder out there tomorrow on your wednday. noticeably colder. we're dry tomorrow but there's rain in the forecast thursday, friday and saturday.wh the forecast is lacking a chance for snow. i'll have more on the rain chances for thursday, friday and saturday coming up at y5:45. >> tha very much. the partial government shutdown entered its 11th day and the new year. there's talk on endin the gridlock on capitol hill bute neither sideem willing to concede. >> the house and senate will be wing back tok this week and there will be new faces in the

house. house speaker leader nancy losi is rumored to be discussing a thursday vote to end the shutdown which may force senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to do the same. s use democrats would vote on a bill that fully fue government through next year except the department of homeland security. dhs would be funded through february with a little over a billion dollars. none of that earmarked for a wall. president trump said he woulli to see the shutdown end but maintains a border wall is est. essential to his border security plan. new year, new tolls. aimee cho has how much more you'll be paying. good morning. >> good morning.ay starting tf you plan to take dulles toll road your wallet will fee lighter. the main toll plaza is going up by 75 cents. the ramps are going up by 50 cents. you're looking at an extra 1.25 each way or 2.50 round trip. that money will go towards maintenance on dulles toll road

d also on building the silver line extension of metro. this has been a controversi toll hike. a lot of drivers saying they don't think it's fair they have to fund the silver line. some people held a protest a couple weeks agoth saying they k airlines should have to pay some of the burden. the toll hikes are here to stay. this is the flsst time the t have been raised since 2014. highway officials say they hope not to t rai tolls again until at least 2023. aimee cho, news 4. this morning news 4 continues to learn some information about several crashes in our area. >> one of them claimed a life last night in fairfax county. it happene on fairfax county parkway in burke. two vehicles collided there sending three people to the hospital. we're still working to learn the extent of the injuries. that d on what caus crash. at least one person was killed after a car crash in charles county, maryland. two other people who wine also he car involved are recovering from critical

injuries. police say this was the only ccr involved in h on st. charles parkway. this is near st. marks drive in waldorf. it is believed these are young adults. the crash remains under investigation. it's 5:35. here's a look at the top stories we're following. news 4 has learned three children killed sunday night in a crash were all siblings. two 5-year-old twins, their 1-year-old baby brother were all killed. police think a drunk driver plowed into the car. the parents were with them in the car at the time. both are i condition.ut stable all metro stations will be open today after a hazt scare at the eastern market station.po metrce suspended service yesterday after a main sprinklei a mysterious powder on some benches.re stations were shut down until tests showed the substance was safe. the man, thomas green, was arrested in connection to the scare a few hours later.

>> polic need help finding this armed robber in northeast d.c. this is video from friday from st rhode island avenue. you can see the man covered with a hoodie point a gun at the cashier and draw.e entire cash he points the gun one more time before running away. if you have information about this case, call e d.c. police. for the die-hard redskins fan out there, afterea then you just suffered through, you would be forgiven for possibly iping for a change leadership. but black monday as they call it in the nfl came and went. so far jay gruden remains the head coach. the name refers to the day after the regular season finale when coaches e usually handed pink slips. gruden and his staff remain in place but changes may be coming over the nexfew days. at redskins park, signs of the season ending too soon are everywhere. >> every guy in this locker room

felt like this would be that e year where wt over that first round of the playoff hump. we had a good enough team to be able to do some good things this year. but it just didn't happen that way. >> coach gruden says he does expect tal to take place in the coming days. he says he is excited about new players joining the team. if you are looking for a to great watart the new year, we may have an answer for you. >> today $425 million up for grabs in a new year's day mega millions drawie . if you take cash option, that's what i would take, you'll end up with a quarten of a milliocks. that's enough to buy more than 2800 cartier diamond bracelets. or purchase a porsche for 800 of your closest frien. maybe a new home is on your wish list. if you win, you could afford this mansion, the most expensive

home on the market liste for 2$245 million. >> we could spare a couple bucks for that. >> student loans. >> pay off my current house, probably buy some more. >> you might be feeling lucky. the mega millions jackpot been growing since october the odds of winning are 1 in 302 million.>> i love plague the gamying the a lost wedding r tgns up in the oddest of places. and some flu cases are on the rise here in the area. a look at the numbers and new warnings from the cdc. as we head to break,ew look at theear's eve celebrations in dubai. we'll be right back. as

>>e look out to the state of washington, talk about a ch stmas miracle. a woman was reunited with her missing wedding ring and it was caught on video. joy johnson lost her wedding ring when she was out shopping in october. a total stranger fouin her brand-new instant pot. she posted it on facebook, and the women actually met up on christmas. for johnson this christmas was already a miracle. four years w ago she diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. doctors said she only had eight nths to live. she certainly has beat the odds. now a story out of indiana. a family was able to recover a lost heirloom thanked to a fisherman. josh king lost a medallion while on a rafting trip three years ago. d.e trinket honored his dead son who died of s.i.s. ten years ago.

years later dustin found it while fishing and kept it, certain he would never find the owner. his wife told him post it on facebook and it went viral. in a matter of hours josh and dustin found each other. we'llead to break with another check of the forecast with draper >> we'll be dry today and tomorrow. on thursday i have scattered showers in the forecas during the morning hours. the chance for some rain friday during the day. really rain moves into the area friday night. i'm tracking widespread showers on saturday. right now we're at 63 degrees.e i'll h more on these mild temperatures to start 2019 coming up after the break. also ahead, new laws taking effect in the disict what it means for parking, yourpo cketbook and where you eat. as we head to break, a look at new year celebration in paris. ♪

♪ >> beautiful images there when big ben struck midnight. the night sky over l adon lit up wiimpressive fireworks display. the new year show was put on over the eye of london. hundreds of thousands came out to enjoy the show.

now that the new year is upon us, a series of new laws. e taking effect right he in the district. >> you know, some of them arin the result ostigations by the news 4 iteam. scott and jodie show us how these la will impact parking and your pocketbook. >> restaurt owner becky woo says a new d.c. law passed at the end of the year may save her business. >> for lunch hour, more than 50% down. >> a news4 i-team investigation revealed a parking scheme in her neighborhood, executed by food naucks. outsid headquarters, a group of trucks have been squatting on public parking spaces for nearly two years, swapping personal cars at night to held to spot until the hext day whenswap back in the food trucks. the truck operators said they need to do this because of a shortage of foodruck zones in d.c., but woo says it crippled her business by eliminating parking for her business.

after seeing our investigation, c. council members approved new law to boost thees for the truck operators involved. >> local media was fic. nbc 4 in particular helped highlight what the problem was. helped us work toward solutions so i'm grateful for that. >> the need was great when cemeteries told the team they could have to cut programs or shut down because they couldn'ta a skyrocketing water fee. >> it's hard.ea it'sy hard on us. >> we investigated how that fee was lculated and questioned the fairness of using a property's square footage that could create runoffs while government-owned roads, alleys and sidewalks were exempt. >> that is unfair that has to be fixed. wa after months of hearing the district and d.cr budgeted $13 million for bill relief. religious institutions and other nonprofits can get up to 90% of their fees paid for. low and moderate income residents will also get help.

>> i think your reporting made a bi wdifference. re working on stories that will impact you in 2019. >> if you have a story for the i-team, visit our app and send us a tip. all right. for a look at all our investigations from the past year, just go to our nbc washington app and search investigations. someone could be held responble for the most destructive wildfires in california's history. the state attorney general says a utility company, pg&d face murder charges if found liable.su multiple ls blame the company for not maintaining its equipment but investigators still have not deterthe cause of the camp fire. in a statement pg&e says it is committed to public safety and c prng customers from the threat of wildfires. if found responsible the company could face massive fines. this morning we're learnin more about 22-year-old alexandra black, she was the intern killed

by a lion while working in north carolina. she was killed over the weekend. e lion managed to break through during a routine cleaning of his enclosure. the lion was shot and killed after efforts to tranquilize the animal failed. officials say they are reviewing how this tragedy hapa ned. black waaduate of indiana university and started working e as an inrn there just ten days before the attacks. there are new safety inspections following the jet bridge collapse at bwiall airport. chopper 4 flew over what's left of the scene saturday night. you can see part of it dangling. the collapse left some travelers thinking twice. >> when you're standing there, you can't really do anything, right? >> my thought fr about our iend we just put on a plane here to travel. i hope he's going to be safe. >> they found out that al defective meacket caused that collapse. the maryland department of transportation says metal brackets are being replaced on five other jet bridges made by the same manufacturer.

reagan national and dulles are reaching out to leaders of bwi to see if they have similar equipment on site. bwi leaders say they regularly maintain and inspect those jet bridges. >>an explosive allegation from a local man made against ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> james grein said he was abused for yea by the former archbishop. >> reporter: on the cover of james grein's testimony, a childhood photo of himnd sg next to ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> when you look at the cover sh what -- what goes through your mind? >> i was an innocent boy then. i had probably already been abused three times.oo if youat my eyes there, i'm t too happy there. a little awkward. my hands are going straight down

and his are going around me. to tell you the truth, i am quite grossed out. >> grein says mccarrick was a close family friend. he and his six siblings called m uncle ted. he said he started abusing him in new jersey when grein was just 11.on he says itnued for years. >> he told me he was my pathway to god. that i needed to trust him. >> now 60, he first shared his story after an altar boyccused mccarrick of abuse back in june. that prompted the pope to strip him of his cardinal title in july, and ordered him to a life of penan and praye as the church investigated. >> i would like the see mccarrick get up in front of us in front oa room where it's just him, a single microphone and he can lean into the microphone and say, i'm sorry, hemmy. because that's whalways called me.

>> you want him to apologize. >> yes.o >>u think he would ever apologize? >> no. rgrein's story is heading to the vatican, but his focus remains here at home. draf clergy.pen letter to >> you make your decision today. do you believe in the institution and being ho to your superior or you're going to be -- have your faith in jesus christ? >> despite the years of agony he says he remains determined to see changes made to the catholic church. >> i wanted my church back. >> as for mccarrick, he is currently living in dereligious ree in kansas. last week his attorney said mccarrick looks forward to his right to due process. the newsroom, david culver, news 4. >> to hear more about james' story, head to our website, that's nbcwashington.com. if you want to find more coverage, you can find it in the nbc washington app.

we kick off the new year on a mild note. right now at 55 degrees in gaithersburg. 63 in washington. 60 in manassas.ty plf clouds out there right now. clouds will give wayng to increaunshine today. here's your future temperatures. 8:00 a.m. around 60re d still. as we head throughout the day, we'll have near steady temperatures around lunch time, 11:00 a.m., noon, still in the mid to upper 50s. still comfortable out there. the cold air starts to move in tonight. tonight at 6:00, the suburbs i the 40s. manassas in the 50s. tomorrow chilly start, temperatures in the 30s and 40st ill be cooler tomorrow, but looking at the ten-day forecast, which you'll s in a moment,

most every day running above normal. normal n 44 degrees this time of year. here's the latest check on storm team 4 rada no rain out there. yesterday's rain off to the east. we started off this year as the wettest yn record. we'll be dry out there today and tomorrow. plenty of clouds in the on your wednesday. a high temperature tomorrow around 47 degrees. tracking a big temperature drop. 47, more seasonable for this time of year. on thuday we'll have some showers out there. during the morning hours, with e wave of rain, the best chance for rain on thursday during the morning hours i going to be around washington and areas to the south. everybody is looking dry thursday afternoon and evening with the high temperature around 50 degrees. on friday, the day is looking dry, but friday night we have another round of rain that moves into the area. a temperature on friday of 51. showers are looking likely on saturday.

there's the chance for rain, pretty much the entire day. the high around 50. b we'reezy on sunday, looking nice with plenty of sunshine and high in the mid 50s. >> i like that. >> me, too. i >> love it. okay. so this is the first day of 2019. if you we out on the town last night, you might be waking up feeling worse for the wear. >> we're talking about hangovers. seems like everybody has their own stock market pystem to pren cure them. there's a growing trend to get something called iv therapy. a company called hydro fuse in annapolis offers the service. it reinfuses your boith the necessary nutrients and fluids. >> alcohol is a diuretic. so you have to go to the restroom more and you're not drinking your water during the time. en that happens you have dehydration and vitamins and minerals being depleted so we fix that problem. >> the treatment takes about an-hour.

it costs about $150 to $200. the best way to oid a hangover, drink lightly, stay hydrated. drink a glass of water between each drink. >> just don't drink at all.>> that's fool proof. >> it is. i've tried it. comint up 6:00, a busy stretch of road in northern virgia is shedding a nfederate general's name. the new name for the jefferson davis highway. and the announcement wasn't so much of a surprise to a lot of folk now senator elizabeth warren is making a clearer picture of the next race for the white house. we'll look ahead to 2020 when newstoday at 6:00starts.

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♪ >> the new year is here. massive crowds packed times square to ring in 2019 with a huge party. but if you were watching last night, you might have missed one big part of the new york tradition. >> police say the man responsible for this crash that y killed three children mahave

been drunk behind the wheel. this morning he is walking free while the kids parents remain in critical condition. >> we start off the new year with the still shutdown.ment but democrats say they're ready to pass a spending plan when they take over the house this week. gettg the president to sign still seems like high hopes. good morning. happy new year. i'm chris laurence. >> i'm molette green. happy new year. we're gl you're starting 2019 with us today. a calm start. a little windy out there.l we're thank to be done with the wettest year the d.c. area has ever seen. >> yeah. i have to tell you, when you walk out the door this morning, you might not believe it's the 1st o day january. >> the temperatures today are 61. >> i know, i w lovehen we have these mild mornis i