maybe more today. >> yeah. a little rain last night. lingering drops down acrosshe northern neck. they will be grazing across st. mary's jucounty. a couple of rain drops here. that's it. everywhere along i-95 and points wrth and west already dried out. l be dry until after the sun goes down this evening when another chance of passing showers comes our way. the evening shower chance, that's a cold front that will bring a significante to the weather. the 30s, a lot of spots above 40 deees here this morning. seasonably mild here early today. hit the road forecast, the seat heatow to medium at most. later on today, open up the sunroof and enjoy it. it will be a pleasant day to be outside. afrnoon temperatures, 5s to near 60. 40% chance of a few showers afte 6:00 this evening, as way colder air blows in tomorrow ans for the of the week. there's a chance for snow this weekend. more on that in the half-hour. let's go over to jack taylor.

>> thank you. good morning. we'll sta with ourig story in virginia, loudon county, on 15. both directionsffted between lucketts and point of rocks. there was a crash last night, southbound trafficvees at st. clair road. loudon county authorities hoping to haven things oy 7:00 this morning. a crash inside the beltry north n202. along the right side of the roadway. we should find no big bedelay use of it. 210 northbound. chopper is head towards the scene. wilson bridge drive, word of an accident. there's a slight delay building. this may be in the roadway, baunfortunately. to you. 6:01 now. tonight, wall-eyl be on the oval office and president trump. bout resident will talk the 18-day-old government shutdown and what he calls the humanitarian and national security crisis at the southern

border. >> t presidentrump may declare a national state of emergency at th that could allow him to take money allocated for thed militay se it instead to build a wall. the move may set offer as of legal challenges and lead to a bitter fight with democrats. b this will the president's first address from the oval office. you can watch the address live here onbc 4 at 9:00 p.m. each day the government shutnswn m another day without pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers in our area. >> justin finch is live on capitol hill with more on how serious the impact could become. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good mornin for weeks without woing, the bills are mounting and savings are being tapped, as federal a worker hanging in limbo. they're eager to get back to work. they have options here, which include unemployment. bear in mind, it can take two to three weeks to get that firstch

k. you might recall, they have not been paid since just before the benefits here range between $50 to $400 depending on where they work and how much they typically earn.bu that money must be repaid when the shutdown ends. , for federal workers and their families, some very tough choices have to be made during the tough times, including filing for unemployment. >> i'm saddened to see people but reat to know there's 'sming in. co army of people ready to help. >> reporter: d.cting 2,000 unemployment claims filed so far. that number could rise as we head into day 18. workers on track to not get paid on friday, the 11th, which is a scheduled payday. back into you. >> justin finch, thank you. if the shutdown has not

ended by friday, hundreds of people will be without a paycheck. many of the people have children and face a frightening reality. in an effort to help furloughed workers, a prince george's county school board member is pushing for free school meals for children o federal workers. some parents talking to news 4, they agree. >> the kids don't deserve, you know, to suffer. i think, you know, i guess we have to find the money somewhere. but it's money well spent oo take car the kids. >> the proposal for free meals will go on as long a the shutdown does. school leaders will consider at proposal on thursday. four major d.c. area courthouses are expected to scale back operations one week from friday because of the government shutdown. the united states court system says the district courts o ty have fundiremain fully operational through january 18th. that includes the courthouses in d.c., greenbelt, alexandria and baltimore. because of the shutdown, the courts have been using court fees to pay the bills. on friday, staffing levels will

drop further. you can watch the president's address tonight live on n 4. you can stream it live on the nbc washington app. while you're there, check out our extended coverage of the shutdown and the resoutoes availablorkers who have been furloughed. seven homicides in seven days. that's what d.c. police are dealing with one week into 2019. the latest incident happened on "v" street in northwest last night, just a few blocks away from howard university.ea 25-yr-old damon dukes was shot. many residents say they are concerned about the growing violence in their communities. >> fear, worry, anxiety. i wish the police would stay out here permanently. i see them in the field. i wish they would juy there. ea there is a $25,000 reward for information that to arrest and conviction. new details this morning about a navy corpsman accused of murder. navy hospital corpsman thi

class collin potter stabbed a man to death inrt an ant building along wisconsin avenue sunday morning. potter enlisted in the navy in 2010 and is statiod in quantico. no word to what led the attack. we have an update on a story we brought you as breaking news. d.c. police say yesterday's shooting on i-95 was a road rage attack. a woman in the passenger seat was shot three times early monday morning. the woman told police the driver was speeding before r cut her car off. the driver shroud down and began shooting. the victim is pected to be okay. a dozen high school students in new jersey are recovering after an accident involving their school bus and a tractor-trailer. this is video of the crash.

it happened yesterday afternoon in south harrison township. the bus made a left turn, causing the truck to veer off of the road and into trees. the iver may have actually saved lives by veering off of the road. everyone is expected to be okay. today, friends and family will say good-bye to a family killed by a wrongwayriver. the michigan family of five wasn retug from vacation on sunday. a shspected drunk driver cra into their suv in kentucky. the family will be buried in michigan. an update on a disturbing voyeur case out of fairfax county. detectives say so many calls are coming in. they've added new ways for potential victims to contact them. this man is accused of secretly recording women in fairoaks mall springfield town center, tyson's corner center and fair lakes promenade in december. he is a former bartender. fairfax county police say victims can now e-mail and text. we put the information on the ilc washington app, search fair oak, for more de

for the fit time in more thanwo decades, justice ruth bader ginsburg missed oral arguments athe supreme court. the jurist is recovering from surgery where doctors turemoved twrs from her left lung. a court spokesperson says ginsburg will work from home as she recuperates. this morning, a new bombshell years after a case in virginia. the former governor has filed for divorce from his wife, maureen. details in the court records were immediately sealed after being filed in november. they were convicted of corruption charges in 2014. their defense focused on blaming maureen for agreements with the thelement salesman who gave family tens of thousands of dollars in cash, gifts and trips. during the trl, the mcdonalds said they were no longein livg together. both were cleared of all charges after a ruling by the u.s. supreme court.

polls are open in virginia for a special election. it is to fill a state senain seat in vi's 33rd district, that covers parts of fairfax and loudon counties. jennifer boysko is the democratic candidate she is challenging republican joe may, a former delegate who has served for general assembly. the winner will replace jennifer wexton. she represents the 10th district. polls close at 7:00 tonight. today marks 50 yince two fbi special agents were ki ed by an escaped federal prisoner in southeast d.c. a memorial service for edwin th woodriffe and y palmisano will be held at the washington field office. a the twonts were shot and killed be a southeast apartment building by billie austin bryant. bryant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. still ahead, union station is about to get a makeovg . we're givu a peek of what the finished product will look like. plus,dna testinger kits we

opular presents during the holidays. if you received one, we have a warning before we send out for the results. it's a tuesday morning. talking about mild weather. this may beiv represent of what's coming this weekend. our snow chances for saturday morning to sunday have gone up a bit. ng stronger is blasti her. without risking her bones. go it's training her cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope...

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staying on top of breaking news overseas. three people areer dead a two trains collided in south loo a is new video. itrica shows train cars derailed. this happened in pretoria, the capital of south africa. emergencyfficials are reporting 200 people have been injured. you can see a lot of them being treated there, right outside the crash scene on youen sc no word on what may have caused the trains to collide. we'll be updates you as soon as

we learn more. eun, back to you. >> thank you. this morning, we're getting a look planned upgrade to union station. this is whathe concourse may look like. the changes will hopefully alleviate congesti and increase the number of people the area can hold. construction will begin this year.ou ifive in maryland and are among the thousands of commuters who use the marc train and travel two-to-and from d.c., have news for you. >> the safety system is not done and may not be for a few months. nee news 4 i-team has lear that marc is 1 of 33 railway systems hoping for an exnsion to finish installing positive train control, technology that slows or stops trains to avoid crashes. marc ss the safety system is on its camdon and brunswick lines. testing. still going through the system should be operational by this spring.

hours after appearing in a courtroom in connection to a felo assault charge, kevin spacey was pulled over for speeding in the d.c. area. officers pulled spacey over on the g.w. parkway outside of n reagational airport. he was given a verbal warning, not a ticket. spacey began the day by pleading not guilty to the assault charge. this is the first criminal case for spacey who faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. kevin spacey isn the only celebrity, facing legal jeopardy over claims of misconduct. r. kelly is the subject of a docu-series, highlights allegations of relationships with teenagers and accusations from women who say kelly mentally and physicalled em. the series details the 2008 child pornography trial for

which he was acquitted. those close to r. kelly says he is disgusted about the allegations. if you or anyone you know needs help with abuse, you can call 800-656-hope. the number ion the bottom of your screen and available on our website, nbcwashington.com.> in news 4 "your health," a new study suggests it's not only the quality of care that pretere babies r but where they are cared for that help them. 5,000 preterm babies were involved in the study. those cared for any pr isom, there was less of a risk to developing seps.th 's compared to those treated in open neonatal units. if you want to live a long life, the secret may include what you do with your time. a new british study found seor citizens involved in worthwhile and meaningful activities, were in better physical and mental health. the report suggests they had

stronger personal relationships and were less likely to feel lonely and depressed. this morning, a warning for anybody who received a dna testing kit as a present during the holidays.he >> some ofata may be wrong. dr. joshua clayton, a radiologist in texas said he was given a he filled out the information and sent it away, paying extra money for the company to test for diseases. it tested positive for a genic disorder that can lead to potentially deadly ccers at an early age. >> it was scary to think i might have something i have to act on the rest of my life. it proms all of these questions. do i have a low level of cancer now that i don't know about? >> dr. clayton went to get a test with a medical specialist. the result came back negative. if you are curious about your genetic risk for disease, you should see a genetic counselor. for busy consumers there are a slew of new tech products

about to debut, designed to make your life easier. the consumer technology show es featroducts from 4,000 companies, like a touchscreen oven and a fresh bread vending machine. there are robots to help the elderly. >> artificial intelligence is the ingredient of thshow, the future, because that allows products to be smart and more responsive a predictive of needs of consumers. >> like with everything connected to the internet, there's privacy concerns and co with all of the technology that's phasing us out. >> i know. you're worried about the rise of the machines. >> yeah. it's "terminator" stuff. >> the will smith movie with the robots?

it's been a long stretch of warmer than average weather. it's been 26 days in a row now. tomorrow will make 27. if we make it tomorrow, it will be 28. that will be it. thursday and friday, rmperatures will be col than average, for sure. and with cold air in place, frid into the ekend, our chances for a little weekend snow b have increased a littl since this time yesterday. we'll be keeping a close on. will be using our app to get a forecast for your zip code. right now, it is 42 in washington. the average high for january the 8th, 43. th is, indeed, a mild beginning to the morning. chilly if you're going to be standing outside in shorts. mild by january standards. 32 in frederick, maryland. 40 in ntitcoquantico. high temperatures will be around

60 degrees. you havehell of daylight hours, late morning through the afternoon, to enjoy the dry and the mild conditions. that's the storm that will bring all of this to a crashing end, as we get into the day tomorrow. you can see on these time l of storm team 4 radar. had quite a bit of rain last ght into earhis morning. there's a chance of a little bit of rain across far southern nd mary everywhere else is starting to dry out. ce and mild today. cold, cold and cold, for wednesday, thursday and friday. one's friday at 6:00 p.m. future weather. a little developing storm across the middle parts of the mississippi and ohio river valley. saturday morning, we will start out cold and dry. saturday afternoon, briefly into the mid and uppers.0 just in time for the sun to go own and temperatures to fall again. there will be a chance for snow across the area, saturday night into the first half of the day on sunday. so, way too early to promise how much in the overall scheme of things.

it does look like a couple of inch inches of snow is a possibility. sunday afternoon, temperatures cane back above freezing. that can reduce the risk of hoolelays next monday. needless to say, we'll be watching this carefully. in themeantime, mild this afternoon and windy and colder for the rest of the week. jack will stay on top of that sa.rday snow chance for you chuck, as you're dealing with chopper 4 flyin over 210. we lad a crash nearilson bridge drive. the accident has been cleared and now it's a matter o volume as you're on 210ar headed t the beltway. we have our closure outside of leesburg on 15. everything has reopened in the vicinity of lucketts. there was a crash last night. all of t travel lanes are open. outer loop of the beltway in virginia, leaving springfield,

as you head toward eisenhower avenue. new accident reported in the middle of the roadway. one to the left and one to the right getting by. is could be a minor crash and everything could get moved over to the shoulder quickly. back to you. >> thank you. your ill ahead, news f health, fighting the flu. what you need to know about the flu shot and the flu mist. golden globe winner, mahershala ali stops by the "ellen" show and shows off his dance himoves. >>is for you, brother. ♪ >> there you go. why he shortened his rea name >> y

> you're watching news 4 today. >> it's 6:24. flu season is you have no doubt heard countless warnings abouteing prepared. >> the flu shot isn't the only option to ward off the illness. we have the latest findings in news 4 "your health."or >> rr: flu season is here. when it comes to vaccinating your children and e'urself, thers two options, the flu shot or the nasal spray version a study shows sal spray was not as effective as the shot

among children. data from 2013 to 2016, it shows that flu mist was 20% effective against two strains of the s, viompare that to the flu shot, which was 67% effective. flu season is in full swing and the virus is spreading across the country.th look a map. 19 states, including virginia, all highlighted in red, reporting widespread flu activity right now.ca there's minimas so far in maryland and low activity in the district. peak season hits in late january or february. we can expect to see more cases over the next few weeks, with the worst poibly still ahead for us. if you haven't gotten your flu sh yet, what are you waiti for? it's not too late. it may not be 100% effective. getting vaccinated can help lessen the severity of the flu symptoms if you get it. it may make the duration shorter, of the flu. kaiser permanente and walgreens drugs will be offering flu shots

at this year's health and fitness expo. don't forget, that is this weekend, january 12th and 13th at the washington convention center. and it's free for you and your family. we hope to see you there. 6:26 now. coming up, classroom cutbacks. students missing out on science because o staffing shortages. plus, running low on gas? a new company will fill you up while you sleep. how it works andhat it will cost to avoid this chore. dog walking forecast time. radar here is available for adoption at the humane alliance. a great name and a great-looking dog there. good weather for dog walking today. it is not all that cold this morning. it will be nice and mild this afternoon. a risk of showers moving back in

news 4 today starts now. >> just about 6:30. we're taking a live look outside this morning. theit capital wheelng on the potomac river. we have a nice day in store

before real winter temperatures move in. going to fill you in on the it is day 18 of the government shutdown. we are working for you through it all. we'll fill you in on the president's primetime address tonight and how to get extralp if you're one in our area. ousands of workers that are getting paid. that's ahead. first, good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i aarongilchrist. we want to start with a check on weather and traffic. jack taylor is in for melissa. we begin with chuck bell and your forecast. >> good morning, eseverybody. y off to a very nice start. still dealing with a little bit of rain across the northern ne. that's moving across southern maryland right now, on the eastern shore. most of the d.c. metro arew. is dry it's all dry through the shan doe r adoa valley. the rest of us get a nice, dry day today and mild to boot. 37 in winchester.

36, leesburg. 39, manassas. your school day forecast, kids, outdr recess today and outdoor play time this afternoon, with temperatures um near 60 degrees. sun is not done until 5:03 today. you want to have a precautionary umbrella for kids in southern maryland this morning. if you're not a home untiler 6:00, you want to carry the umbrella. most of the day will be dry. sunglasses n and a coat for the morning areas. a cold northwest wind toreturns rrow and sets us up in the deep freeze before the weekend. more of that coming up. traffic.r about the >> chuck, the problem will be coming out of the springfield e interchan the outer loop. before you get to the conntor atti izeisenhower, you see the lumn of twos to the left. we had a crash, one to the left and one tohe right were getting by. we have a delay that is getting back toward the springfield

interchange by the time you hit the road. st be careful. traffic had been temporarily stopped. the crash had the right lane getting by. as the tow trucky arrived, t stopped traffic. that's the rubbler necking delay toward the beltway, headed south on the parkway. outer loop, we'reearing of a new crash on 355, towards 270. maryland authorities are hceded to the right now. hopefully this is a minor crh. hopefully. >> thank you. 6:32. we begin day 18 of the government shutdown. the nation isng prepaor a big speech from the president. in just a matter of hours, trums will add the nation from the oval office for the first time. he may declare a national state of emergency at the southern border in ordee to sec money to build the wall. >> that move may set off a series ofgeegal chall and make the fight with democrats worse. you can watch the address tonight at 9:00, right here on

nbc 4. meanwhile, there are emptyb hs and tables where federal workers once gathered. usually bustling tables sit empt the same is true at mosaic cafe. this shutdown is having a big impact on small businesses all over our area. federal employees worried about when they will see the next paycheck, ning out is the first thing to go. >> people come in during lunch, dinner, around our bars. right now, you see, all emy. so far, we had three customers. usually we have a lot more than that. >> coming up, justin finch will have more on how the shutdown is impacting federal workers and the abili to pay bills. fairfax are beefing uppests o find a man going after sisters. e of the girls was groped. the other fought the suspect

off. saturday's incident happened just blocks from braddock elementary schoo police say the girls did everything right to stop the tack from going any further. >> if somebody is approaching you or touch you or grab you, ye, scream, call for help, run away. in this instance, the girls were o do that and the suspect got scared and ran away. >> right now, police are trying to develop a sketch of the suspect in this incident. > we're learning information about a crash that killed a church volunteer in lo county. zachary fry admitted he was drunk when he ran into a woman, killing her. ekuren mcdarby was walking in lovettsville last hen she was hit. the crash was near the church wh e she volunteered for more than a decade. the driver is being held without bond. a double-homicide remains under investigation in southeast d.c. the victims were found inside a burning home once eli p

saturday morning. the victims were beaten and choked todeath. news 4's pat collins spoke with one of the vicm's brother by phone. >> he was a good guy. he never hurt anybody. he was minding his own go out every now and then. just go and hang out. that's a he ever did. >> investigators believe the fire was set to cover up the crime. new efforts to force clergy to report child sex abuse and ec ne neglect. lawmakers want to close a dangerous loophole. doctors, nurses, social workers and teachers are mandated to report abuse.is but clergot required to do the same.op while the ed legislation would make clergy mandatory reporters, there would be one exception, disclosures during confessions. it could soon be easier to vote in virginia if governor ralph northam gets his way.

he wants t allow absentee ballotsor any reason. right now, voters have to have a qualifying reason. d.c. andaryland allow early voting. maryland and virginia's general assembly sessions begin tomorr. d.c. public schools says it is taking action to make sure middle schoolers receive science instruction. this comes weeks after an i-team investigation. it revealed that four middle schools were not providing enough science instruction.dd those schools include eliot-hein, brookland, kelly miller and cardoza. there were several reasons why, includinbudget shortfalls, the school district tells the i-team it is attempting to make up for shortfalls with a series of science-only days this semester. the clemson tigers beat alabama in the title game and are the national champions. the fans celebrated along with the team all night long.

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>> my early 20s were rough. good morning. i'm frank lland at cnbc headquarters. the going out of business signs could soon go up at your local sears. soces say the company is preparing for a possible cuquidation because there's doubts about a rplan put forth by a hedge fund billionaire who is the chairman and largest sharolder. a decision could come this moing. liquidation would put up to at 68,000 jobisk at sears and kmart stores, making the once-mighty company one of the largest casualties of the online shopping revolution. i'm frank holland. four things you need to know about the nex couple days, enjoy today's mild weather. we'll be near 60 today. windy and cold, breezy and cold, sunny and cold. you get the idea. cold weather as we go into the weekend. maybe an increasing cha.e for sn ten-day forecast coming up. outloop, before you get to eisenhower avenue, tow trucks

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the president's address tonight will focus on the wall and border security. if he dlares a national emergency, he can get that money from the pentagon,rom oth existing funds. in other words, he doesn't have to go through congress to get the money. but that could set up a big legal challenge, will likely set up a legal challenge, if he tries to do an end run around congress and declare an emergency. the q wstion being,hat is the emergency and what are the numbers that support it? inhefact, administration has said 4,000 known anduscted terrorists were stopped at the border. homeland security numbers provided to congress showed only st41 in the fir half of last year. only six of those were immigrants. our team coverage continuesw noh the impact on federal workers in our area. every day the shutdown continues, paychecks remain in jeopardy.us >>n finch is on capitol hill to talk about how workers are feeling about t furlough.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for the past 18 days, federal workers have beensooping for kind of return to normal, back to work and back to earning. e but withh passing day, that quick return to normal is looking mor andore out of reach. take a look here. it's been a grueling few weeks for these workers and their families. the shutdownec beginningber 22nd at the end of a pay period. so, workers were paid for that. it appears they won't be for the period december 23rd to january 5th. th brings u to january 11th, the first time the wbekers will noaid during the partial government shutdown. theke w have said we have been making sacrifices for weeks. it's time for lawmakers to do the same and reopen the government. >> this is now, unfortunately, the norm of the federal government. i feel that federal employees are being held hostage.

>> reporter: we can tell you here in d.c., they areounting 2,000 unemployment claims being made so far. that money will not be coming quick here. it can take as long as three weeks to get those first checks. a long wait. we've been waiting for weekso get paid. live here on capitol hill. it's 6:47. if theshutdown has not ended by friday, hundreds of thousands of people will be without a paycheck. many of the people have children and face a frightening reality, making sure there'food on the table. in an effort to help furloughed workers, a prince george's member is pushing for free meals for children of government workers. the proposal of free meals for students will go on as long as the shutdown does. you can watch the president's address tonight on nbc 4. you can stream it live on the n nbc washingtoapp. in the app, you can find

resources for federal workers during the shutdown. we're following breaking news overseas. north korean leader kim jong-un has now arrived in china.ac rding to reuters, xi jingping invited him. this shows kim jong-un arriving on monday. south korean officials say they're hopel the visit to china will contribute to the denuclearization of the pensula. in the u.s., this visit could lay the groundwork for a second summit between kim and president trump. aaron? >> chris, thank you. polls are opened in virginia for a special election. it is to fill a senate seat in the state's 33rd district.is jennifer boyskhe democratic delegate on the

ballot. she is challenging joe may who served in sembly for years. the winner will replace jennifer wexton who represents the 10th district. the polls close at 7:00 tonight. seven homicides in seven days that's what d.c. police are dealg with one week into 201 the latest incident happened on "v" street in northwest last night. 25-year-old damon dukes was shot. police are offering a reward for information leat ng to arr and conviction in the case. new details this morning about a navy corpsman accused of murder. navy hospital corpsman third class collin potter stabbed a man to death sunday mornind potter enlis the navy in 2010 and is stationed in quantico. no word on what led to that attack.

new word on a voyeur case in fairfax county. an update on a durturbing voye case out of fairfax county. aiis man is accused of secretly recording women inaks mall and other stars in december. he is a former bartender. police say ve-tims can now il and text them. we put the information on the in nbc waon app, search fair oak, for more details. vir revisit the so-called king s dominion law. it would have classes begin after labor day. according to our partners at wt, one proposal on the table would repeal the law entirely. another pposal would repeal the law requiring most school systems to start after labor day for only northern virginia. the hou of delegates passed the repeal last year but it stopped there.in viia's short session begins tomorrow and ends in late february

6:51 right now. we want to check in with chuck for more on the forecast. what do you see? >> darkness outside this morning. but on different visions of our cameras around the area, i see clearing skies. am very optimistic you a going to be able to enjoy quality time in the great outdoors, late morning to the afternoon. 42 in washington. the average high for january is 43. this is a mild start for a january morning. the upper 30s and low 40s across all of northern virg lia, atle colder in maryland now. 32 in frederick. parts of northern frederick county, washington county, into the panhandle of west virginia, there might be one or two patches of ice. that won't last too much longer. temperatures with enough sunshine to ph temperatures in the upper 5s to near 60 today. if we get into the eveningho s, there will be a 40% chance of a line of showers going through. right now, it's dry around the

d.c. metro area. there are rain drops across the northern neck and southern parts 'sof st. mary county. that rain will not be lasting too muchlonger. even southern maryland will get a drier and milder day today. this area of storminess in the behind it, it is unlocking the cold air. and tomorrow will be a very different weather d here.nd temperatures will be in the upper 30s and low 40s all day. a northwest wind at 20 tomi 30 s per hour tomorrow, will keep windchills down near freezing all day. as we get into the weekend, things could be mor interesting. saturday morning starts dry. there's an cincreasince for snow here. saturday night into sunday could to at leaso add up a couple of inches. we'll keep a close eye on that. there's your foten-day cast. today is the last mild day for a while. we'll be windy and cold theest the week. staying colder than average through most of next week. >> thank you, chuck. we need to get you to first 4 traffic alert. some major backups on the

beltway. >> this ism the view f chopper 4 this morning. our team coverage starts with brad in the sky. brad? >> it's a tough ride on 95 northbound out of right now.ld one of the reasons is this right here. the outer loop, two right lanck remain blo with huge delays from the mixing bowl. we zoom out and look at those. that brings us t our other delay. this is on the inner loop towarr dock road. that's due to a tractor h f trailer that's disabled along the right side and drawing plenty of attention from the mixing bowl, as well. northbound e95, youn for a long haul, no matter which way you go. there's something going on in e vienna. >> it sounds tough, brad. we have an issue leaving the beltway going westbound on the dulles toll road toward wolf trap. a tractor-trler on its sid with only the left lane getting by. if you're going to the airport, use the accessroad.

if you're going normal, it will cost you time. wolf trap with a tractor-ailer overturned. topside of the beltway is a mess, moving from 95 all the way to the accident that had been reported on the ramp to go north on 270, unclear what the lane bloc age is. lo that delay. on our worst day when it's dry, this is not good. plan ahead forhis delay. outer loop, solid from 95 to 270. back to you. >> thank you, jack. it's 6:54. many are saying bah humbug this morning as the christmas season officially comes to an end. look at the new video at the rockefeller center tree. it went darkast night. the tree will be given to atbitat for humanity to build homes. a great way to repurpose that tree. the 70-foot norway spruce wasco ted in five miles of multicolored l.e.d. lights and topped with900-pound crystal star. the crystal you can put in your living room as a chandelier.

if you're into that kind of thing. >> might be bit much. looking to begin your career or start a new one, "u.s. news and world reports" list of the top jobs of 2019 is out. >> the top job is softwar developer. rounding out the top five are hy statistician,cian assista assistant, dentist and orthodontist. the magazine says there are several factors that go into t choosi best jobs. stress level, median salary and emplhement rate are some of factors. >> to view a complete list of the best jobs go to our website or visit our nbc washingtonapp. it's 6:55. here's four things to know.le the cmson tigers take on the national college footbal championship. they won, big-time. alabama didn't stand a chance. clemson won 44-16. you can see me of last night's celebrations on the oday" show. hours after pleading not guilty to a sex assault charge yesterday, kevin spacey was pulled over on the g.w. parkway

for speeding. he was letit go wh a verbal warning. eck out the "today" show with a live report on this case. n polls are o in virginia for a special election to fill a state senate seat in virginia's 33rd district. jennifer ys is the democratic challenger. e is challenging joe may.po lls close at 7:00 tonight. stay with newhe 4 forre sults. tonight, president trump will address the nation from fhe oval offic the first time. he will discuss what he is calling the hanitarian and national security crisis at the southern border. you can watch the address tonight at 9:00, right here on nbc 4. and the ten-day recast, a mild one today. some showers move back in for your late evening plans. then, windy and cold weather for wednesday, thursday and friday. we are keeping a very close e on saturday night into sunday morning, which could be more measurable amounts of snow. >> making me nervous, chuck.

another look at the traffic backup on the beltway. live chopper 4. look at the lights. chopper 4 over alexandria. this isheuter loop at eisenhower avenue. two lanes are getting by. but the backups will beou stickg for a while. there's also some trouble nearby on the inner loop. follow first 4 traffic on twitter for all of the updates out the sor. >> tha the news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. >> make it a gre tuesday, atev xfinity xfi. a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, enhanced coverage,

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. good morning. prime time pitch.st in his f oval office address to the nation, president trump set to make h case for a border wall as the government shutdown enters its 18th da democrats fighting back saying the speech will be nothing but malice and misinformation. so what's next in the battle that has the nation and hundreds of thousands of federal workers hanging in the balance? we'llsk a vice president mike pence. blast of winter. snow and ice sweeping into the northeast this morning and there's second potential storm to watch that could target this weekend. al is tracking all of it. smine.noring funeral services being held for the 7-year-old houston girl murdered in her