you have to find the good parts of your life. >> reporter: angie goff, news 4. >> he says despite all that's happened, his daughter is excelling not only in school but also on the soccer field. >>> a virginia family was able to have a thanksgiving right at home thanks to the good timing by police. how a chopper crew saved their lives and their home. >>> and the christmas spirit is showing up on capitol hill with the arrival of one big massive tree. why it brought one tourist to tears. i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank. >>> the crew on board a local police helicopter may have saved the lives of a family. >> is that a house fire? it sure looks like it. >> the crew in fairfax 1 spotted smoke earlier this month while returning to base. it was 3:30 in the mornin

>> angie goff at the live desk. thank you. >>> police here at home are looking for a driver who left a serious crash in the southeast. take a look. you can see these cars hit each other pretty hard. we know two people are in serious condition. we're working to find out which driver left the scene before police arrived. >>> four teenagers are facing murder charges in montgomery county. a man was found stabbed to death at the a great seneca stream valley park back in august. police say a 19-year-old and three younger teens are now being charged with first-degree murder. two of those teens are also facing charges in a deadly shooting last month in gaithersburg. >>> that was when oscar or tell ga hernandez fired several shots from his car on constitutional avenue. at least seven bullets struck the upstairs residence of the white house. the first family was not at home at the time. now the inspector general says the secret service failed to do an after-action review of the shooting. he said the review is crucial to makin

i'm angie goff in for eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist.et's get to chuck bell with four things you need to know about your forecast. >>> we're dry right now but take the umbrella with you. wow, what a difference a day make. 20 to 30 degrees colder this afternoon. we make it up to 70. you're right. it will be a mild finish to 2015 before more seasonal temperatures arrive for the first weekend of the new year. 48 in manassas, 48 in virginia. you may want to take the umbrella to might same. rain chances will increase. weather will have a greater, greater impact on your plans. we get more of the details hour by hour. back to kim mccormick. >> good news on the baltimore wash parkway. getting a report that the crash has completely cleared. that's good news if you're headed to baltimore or bwi frmt there is a report of a crash on the george washington parkway. if you're headed down the parkway headed toward the key bridge. be careful. keep your eyes open. hopefully that will get cleared out for you rather quickly. other on the maryland side of th

i'm angie goff. >> i'm david culver. >> makeç no mistake of it, december is back. et's check in with tom. >> shut the barn door! did you shut the barn door, angie? i hope you did. >> first thing did i this morning, tom. >> or the door to your luxury penthouse. we're starting off early this morning with these winds that have been gusting to around 30 miles an hour. yes, we're talking wind chills down into the 20s. look at the temperatures right now, it's 28 at dulles. gaithersburg down to 28 degrees. clinton is at 3. reagan national 33. near freezing by the bay and west of it, it's just near 30 degrees. panhandle of west virginia into the shenandoah valley, way out in western maryland, only 19 degrees right now. that's not the wind chill. that's out in oakland, way out in garrett county. for today you'll need a warm coat, warm hat, sunglasses because of bright sunshine throughout the day. storm team 4 radar not showing any snow around. we did have a few snow flurries flying through the air late last night around the blueridge but they are long gone now. winter is bac

i'm molette green in for angie goff this morning. >>> tom kierein, what are you thinking? this is warmer than where we could be? >> it isç certainly typical fo this time of year to be down a little bit below freezing with frost around. later this afternoon we'll be getting above the average high for this time of year. a bit of a warming trend on the way. we'll have bright sunshine for the day ahead. there is the washington monument, jefferson memorial on this saturday morning, dry pavement under a clear sky. you can see the crescent moon above that. to the right is jupiter, to the right is venus this morning. cold morning. we'll stay below freezing for another two, three hours. a sunny cool afternoon. a dry pattern continues for much 6 the week ahead. storm team 4 radar not showing any rain. don't have snow anywhere in the haven't, anywhere around the region. temperatures, though, are at or below freezing, most of maryland, most of virginia, right around the beltway, right around 32. it's in the upper 30s on the bay waters. shenandoah valley mid-to-low 20s. a look at the

i'm angie goff at the live desk with this new video just in. docking of the russian progress cargo vehicle to the international space station was just confirmed. you are looking at video of it. now this follows a successful moon walk. the rocket was launched on monday brought 2.5 tons of cargo including dry cargo, water, as well as compressed oxygen. it's been a good week for space so far. guys? >> angie, thank you. >>> the holiday travel season is ramping up this morning. you can encounter some pblems as you head out the door. take a live look outside from one of our power cameras where you can barely even make out the light below. that is thick fog. also limiting visibility on some roads around our area right now. be careful out there. >>> christmas is friday, of course. christmas eve is tomorrow. a lot of you are taking your trip home today. in fact, the numbers are expected to break records. aaa predicts more than 100 million people will be traveling for the holiday. now that includes 2.5 million in our area alone. just over 40% of the peop

i'm angie goff. >> and i'm adam tuss. you see the fog out there and the reason you want the low beams, if you put the high beams on, it just i wiilluminates eve and makes it worse. >> darkness until 7:00 this morning, and fog, a lot of folks getting out this early this morning. four things you need to know about the weather, an eye out for the fog this morning. lots of clouds around today, but no real chance for rain during the daylight hours. the trend is our friend as winter promises to stay on vacation. average high now is 48. we'll be nearly ten degrees above average today and almost 20 degrees above average as we head toward saturday and sunday. outside this morning, watching out for the fog, temperatures are on the cold side in the 30s in most neighborhoods, but we'll have a nice warm-up, temperatures eventually with maybe a little bit of sunshine this afternoon getting up into the mid perhaps into the upper 50s. so it will be a fairly cloudy stretch here, but the weekend, that forecast coming up, amazing. >> and i'

. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk. as promised, we have an update at the track problem at the bethesda metro. this was firefighters responding to the bethesda metro station just within this hour. a montgomery fire just reporting that no fire, no smoke was found but a burnt insulator was discovered in a tunnel. the situation is under control. now we know this is impacting your early ride. red line single tracking still between medical center and friendship heights. we do, eun, have delays in both directions. >> angie goff from the live desk. thanks, angie. tonight a chance to ask questions after some disappointing scores on new standardized tests in maryland. in prince gorges county only 15% of students received scores in math that put them on track for college. state education officials will address parent concerns tonight. go to capital heights elementary at 6:30 if you'd like to be part of that conversation. >>> this morning in alexandria, virginia governor will make a major budget announcement. >>> 5:51. quite a bit

angie goff and her daughter were at the fairmont hotel in georgetown.sts sang along to holiday classics with santa and rudolph. you can't have a tradition without santa and the u.s. marines collected toys for the toys for tots program there. always a lovely site. >>> it is the season. >> it is. >> they're all coming. >> you lit a tree, i lit a tree. >> more tree lightings happening today. first we have to clear out some of this fog. boy, chuck, you almost needed the night vision coming in this morning. >> no kidding. that would not be a bad call. temperatures are not too bad. the rain and fog will impact your way out the door this morning and may slow most of your travels through the course of the day. as a result, it is a weather alert day for us. steady rain, fog, and delays likely for travel this afternoon. what does that mean? added pushes and postings on the storm team 4 facebook page. on our twitter handle and download the nfc 4 washington app. we'll send out more information as needed. delays likely because of reduced visibility. only 1/3 of a mi

first, let's check back on a developing story with angie goff at the live desk. angie? >> eun, we do have an update on the breaking news out of landover, maryland. we have confirmed two people were hurt where a dog was actually seen sitting by what appears to be one of the victims. now this is in the 4800 block of 66th place. firefighters telling us that they did have trouble getting to one of the victims because of the dog guarding them. hearing the man will be okay. kristen wright did speak with family members of the victim. we're going to hear from them in ten minutes. back to you. >>> good morning, everybody. wednesday starts the same way tuesday started, with a weather alert due to rain, fog, and what are likely to be building delays on the roads and potentially in the skies later on today. we'll keep you ahead of all of it by giving you added pushes to our apps and added postings to our social media pages. have our nbc washington app ready to go. follow me on twitter twitter, @chuckbell4. there's the capitol wheel hiding behind the thick fog. slow going this morni

i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. >> i think we're going to be close to 70 degrees, right, lauryn? >> yeah. so hard to believe. as we continue through the holidays a lit bit of rain, no exception. we've got cool temperature, warm temperatures. we even have a little mixed precipitation on there. yeah, we're going to be talking about that in just a few minutes. as for now, we're going to be talking about the fog bringing down the visibility. if you're traveling out to get back to the start of your workweek, you're going to run into fog. but as adam said, record highs possible for today. right around 70 degrees. we're going to be colder by the new year. we're going to talk about below normal temperatures, we haven't talked about much. you can see for the satellite the rain, but not much going on. more coming up. >>> thank you. four people are seriously hurt in this car crash. take a look at this damage here. we're told that two of the victims are young children. it happened just after midnight on benny road and 34th stre

i'm aaron gill krit. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang.e're monitoring the affluenza teen who could be extradited in minutes. >>> does this boat look familiar to you? why area authorities are not sure if they need to start a search in the potomac river. >> reporter: and a new chapter for d.c. police. i'm molette green. the latest on the sweeping legislation mayor muriel bowser is expected to sign into law in just a matter of hours. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> but first take a look at your tv screen. all the fog in the picture here. it's a live one. you're about to get into the car for work maybe, holiday travel. give yourself plenty of time. you are definitely going to want the low beams this morning. >>> that's right. our team is working for you to get you on your way this morning. we're going to check in with melissa mollet with the road conditions. first, the man of the hour, chuck bell who's here to tell us about some places. it's really thick out there. >> i win. man of the hour. good news. be ready, everybody. slow travel. the

i'm angie goff. eun has the day off. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it is 5:00 a.m. we want to get you up to speed. >> we want to check in with chuck bell and breaking it down over the next 24 hours. >> good morning, angie and eun -- eun. aaron. cloudy skies have returned. breezy and chilly on your way out the door and rain. cog your way for later, so grab your umbrella. there are winter weather advisories. your next 24 hours shape up this way. cloudy, breezy, chilly. 47 this morning. rain likely by 7:00 tonight in the low 50s and a steady rain. look farther down into the weekend in a few more minutes. for

first, let's check back on a developing story with angie goff at the live desk. angie?n, we do have an update on the breaking news out of landover, maryland. we have confirmed two people were hurt where a dog was actually seen sitting by what appears to be one of the victims. now this is in the 4800 block of 66th place. firefighters telling us that they did have trouble getting to one of the victims because of

i'm angie goff at the live desk with a scene unfolding in the philippin philippines. a typhoon is expected to slam into the island. flooding rains are a big concern. just think packing winds of up to 115 miles an hour. we're going to keep you posted and keep an eye on the situation. aaron and eun? >> angie, thank you. we want to get you up to speed with your "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> tom kierein with what we can expect today. hey, tom. >> good morning. cool and humid. "storm team 4" ray dard showing a swath of rain in the midwest. it's going to be getting closer but not until late this afternoon. grab your umbrella as you head out the door. as you're driving this morning, no travel problems. a caution light because we'll likely get some rain moving in. a lit bit of sunshine but the roads are damp from moisture and condensation. afternoon commute will be in the upper 60s as the rain moves on through. wet roads, likely delays. we've already got problems in prince george's county. melissa, what's going on with that? >> that's right. a couple of things. let's go t

. >> i'm angie goff. happy to be here in for eun yang. the weather, another chilly night. looking forward to a lot of sunshine today. >> i don't know if anybody is as sleepy as they are. mad and upset about the last second loss to the cowboys. clear skies overnight allowed most of the suburbs well back down to the freezing mark this morning. manassas, 30. gaithersburg, 30. milder at national airport at 32. temperatures over the next 24 hours, 7:00 a.m., temperature, 45. layer up. while at work, it will be sunny and mid-50s. by 7:00 tonight, mid-40s. tomorrow, cloudy and chilly. not all that cold. temperatures starting off near 40. a lot of great weather coming our way. the next big change arrives late wednesday into thursday as a warm front comes through. we'll go from the 50s today and tomorrow. well into the 60s towards thursday and the weekend. how warm in the weekend in that part of the forecast is coming up. here is kim mccormick. >> things are very nice out there on the roads for you. live look at 95 northbound headed from quantico across the bridge and up toward rou

. >> i'm angie goff. the rain getting an early workout, you could say.we have showers and a slow commute upon us. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with your weather headline. >> good morning to both of you. steady rain overnight will continue up through about 7:00 or 8:00 this morning for most of the immediate metro area. a lot of puddles out there on the roadways. hydroplaning an issue, slow down, keep your speeds down and travel delays headed up the northeast corridor, could be significant. rain since midnight, a quarter to half an inch of rain has come down. storm team 4 radar, route 50 to the bay bridge, also soaked in rain this morning. rain starting to break up a bit out towards the southern parts of the shenandoah valley. that drying will come toward the metro. future weather, hour by hour, last wave of rain coming through here, 7:00 and 8:00. by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, cloudy skies, drying out a bit. by later on today, a little nicer. need your umbrella and warm coat, only in the 40s now. i'll let you know how mild it will be later on an

i'm angie goff in for eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we're talking about the fog for the morning. a different weather story for the evening commute. chuck bell is tracking all of that in the 24 hour forecast ahead of us. chuck. >> good morning to you guys. good morning, everybody. thick, thick, thick fog across northern virginia, suburban maryland. inner harbor in baltimore now. quarter and a half mile visibility. low beams and low speeds this morning. temperatures, not cold by late december, early january standards. we're already above our average high. we're in the mid to upper 40s. fog moves out just in time for rain to move in. biggest impacts for rain will be across southern maryland into parts of northern virginia today. here's your 24 hour focus. thick fog. 47 this morning. cloudy and chilly at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning with temperatures once again in the mid 40s. those are, indeed, your weather headlines for the day from the fog to rain. our mild pattern is coming to an end and good news about the new year. montpelier are about

i'm angie goff. investigators are now looking into a threat to san bernardino valley college campus. it is closing for the day. the entire school is, we're told. a tweet was sent out asking students to leave the campus immediately. the college saying that a bomb threat was called in, and they are taking this very seriously. aaron, we'll continue to update you as we get more information. >> thank you. 4:32 now. a lawyer for maryland man accused of taking thousands of dollars from isis is asking the public to withhold judgment. a story we brought you on the nbc washington app. the fbi says mohammad elshinawy pretended to sell printers on ebay to conceal the payments. the feds searched his home looking for bomb-making materials. that man remains in jail this mo morning. >>> saudi arabia says it is forming a military alliance with dozens of other countries, all working together to fight terrorism. the alliance is made up entirely of countries with a majority muslim population. they include libya, egypt a

. >>> i'm angie goff back at the live desk where i'm learning about an officer involved shooting in atlanta. how a simple traffic stop turned deadly. >>> it is decision day for students in prince william county. what they must choose between in a matter of hours. >>> you may want to give yourself extra time, getting the kids to the bus stop, what they can can expect once they get there next. >>> developing out of atlanta, one person is dead after a shooting involving an officer. police say that the officer tried to pull a car over for a traffic stop. then a pursuit followed. after the car crashed, the passenger fled by foot, killed in a gunfight with police. officers said that afterwards they found guns and drugs inside and outside the vehicle. >> it is decision day for students in prince william county. current sophomores have to decide whether to stay at their school or go to the new hogan high school opening next year. hilton and osborne park high school are all impacted, all other stint students are divide enrollment boundaries. >>> weather alert day as we're socked in with clouds and r

. >> angie goff is here. and she's a nbc washington reporter. check out her family, she's the mother of two. >> great to see you, happy holidays. after christmas comes and goes, what stays with us? the kids who are home from school break, and to try to beat that cabin fever can be a challenge. coloring. kids love to color, but they get bored with it. so you probably i have a ton of wrapping paper. stuff that's cheap. >> you color on the back. >> use the whiteside of that. the tables on it literally. >> who's under there? >> that's what we have little sophia doing. this is the michelangelo style. >> like mike chelangelo on the sistine chapel. >> are we playing hopscotch? >> we are. we are taking an oldie but a goody and bringing it back in style. everybody has the blue painter's tape laying around. so you can create this on your own floor. if you want something you can whip out whenever you want it. i took this yoga map and used masking tape. >> great idea. >> their is beautiful kathryn. >> way to go, kathryn. >> and this is actually an idea that

i'm angie goff.ith a little patchy fog on the way in. >> i think we'll have a repeat of yesterday, right, tom? >> we had a standing ovation from yesterday, so people are demanding an encore. and we'll do it again today. a little fog in some of the rural areas especially and some of the visibilities are under a half mile. watch out for that this morning. temperatures up and down we go. nothing falling out of the sky. all clear on the storm team 4 radar. don't have any rain anywhere in the vicinitvicinity. rather chilly. into the mid-40s much of virginia, maryland and northern virginia generally upper 40s to around 50. reagan national is at 51. near 50 around the bay. to our west, it's in the mid-50s to 40s, shenandoah valley. it's another mild morning there. very similar to what it was yesterday morning. so what to wear today. you won't need the warm coat or rain boots or umbrella. you'll be comfortable in long sleeves and flip-flops and maybe short sleeves and shorts by the afternoon. a look at areaw

angie goff is off today. was being diverted between 17th extort west but everything is back open. that is good news. now we are finishing this weekend on a cold note. it's freezing just about everywhere. "storm team 4" meteorologist tom kierein here with us on this sunday morning. we need a big coat. >> yes, and your furry chewbacca slippers starting off early on this sunday morning. we've got sub freezing temperatures and the sun rises just about 20 minutes away. live view from the "storm team 4" tower camera looking over capitol hill this morning. you can see the pink glow behind the capital and a clear sky and it is cold right there on the potomac river. we have temperatures right near freezing. your weather head lines for this sunday. a cold imorning and warmer afternoon. temperatures are hovering in the 20s to 30s. and across shenandoah valley into the mountains it's jen lail in the mid-20s. "storm team 4" radar all dry here, all dry up and down the eastern seaboard. just a few flurries between here and

. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. >> a look at forecast with tom. >> we may be grilling instead chilling by the end of the week. right now it's feeling seasonably chilly. there's some splashed washington. live view from the "storm team 4" city camera on this morning. cold morning. your weather headlines warmer and wet coming in for much of the week ahead, but today you won't need the umbrella. quite glare off some of the roads an your dashboard if you're driving around and heading over to fedex field and tailgating. 30s. reagan national, 40 degrees. we're above freezing. upper 30s around the chesapeake bay. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> heat and hot water shut off due to a car accident. derrick ward has the latest from montgomery ville j. what do you know, derrick. >> reporter: they're working on a ruptured gas line. we're in the 18000 block. part of thisap

. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk. no word on the jet crash that killed all 221 on board. investigators in cairo releasing a statement this morning within the hour saying so far they have not found any indication of foul play. meanwhile russian officials say that an explosive device was placed on board. it exploded and that islamic extremists claimed responsibility. more to come on this report for sure throughout the day. eun, aaron? >> thank you, angie. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. it is 5:30. a warm start to this day. we're going to check your four things to know about the forecast. >> "storm team 4" meteorologist tom kierein. good morning, tom. >> another balmy day. temperatures hovering into the 50s. a cool and humid morning and a wet afternoon commute coming up. have your umbrella handy coming up for later today. make sure you've got it with you before you leave the house. turning much colder by the weekend. finally december acting like desolater. right now "storm team 4" radar not showing any rain locally. just getting a few sprinkle

. >>> i'm wendy rieger sitting in for angie goff. >> i'm david culver. >> it is kind of foggy and eee eerie, dare i say even a little sexy out there this morning, amelia? >> i agree with you, wendy. we are dragging areas of fog out in the shenandoah valley right now. it's damp from the rain we had yesterday. today's the day you want to keep that small umbrella handy, scattered showers possible, really at any point. it's only going to be light activity. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. most the area is dry. you can see light rain moving through far western maryland. this is continuing to advance up into pennsylvania. a wider look at the picture. you can see really no rain on the map track moving into the area. you will want to have an umbrella handy and jacket as well. it will be noticeably cooler with temperatures in the 50s throughout the day. 59 degrees is currently the temperature. as we work our way through the morning hours, temperatures will actually slowly fall. by 9:00 a.m., 56. 11:00 a.m., 55. david i'll have more on record warmth returning to the area coming up in m

. >>> one day on "news4" he was talking about a sting he helped >>> i'm angie goff. brussels authorities have arrested man involved in the paris shooting. here's what we know, the suspect was 30 years old, born in belgium, but they at this point are not giving their full name. apparently this is a man who had been in contact with the suspected ringleader's cousin. more as we get it. aaron? >> angie, thank you. >>> threats against the u.s. emt bacy in beijing has everybody on high aall right. we want to get the news to you. they wormed western shoppers about visiting popular shopping areas on or around christmas days. they're alerting toerch be aware of their surroundings at all time. the british and french embassies have also issued similar warnings. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell. pockets of moderate to heavy rain down toward fredericksburg and stafford and spotsylvania. rain will be increasing for the nearby suburbs here in the next little bit and our rain chances are likely to stay pretty high through about lunchtime. flas

. >>> i'm angie goff. gearing up for a different kind of test. where officials will be testing for radon in the classroom. and we are in for some sunshine today. but sprinkles are also in the forecast. we want to check in with you, chuck, for four things we need to know. i'm hearing december is going on vacation. >> is that what you're hearing? okay. i think you hear it right. temperatures are going to be on the mild side for sure. seasonably cold outside early this morning. we'll have your what to wear forecast in ten minutes. sunshine for all today. good news. a risk of a couple of sprinkles today or tomorrow, tomorrow night as a warm front comes through. that brings temperatures way above average, december on vacation starting on thursday and going into early next week. out the door this morning, 30 degrees now, 35 at 7:00, 43 by noon. 48 before lunch time. most of the afternoon sunny and mild, temperatures low to mid-50s. and if you're going out for dinner and movie, nothing to worry about. cool and dry, evening temperatures in the 40s. it is

i'm angie goff. the new inform >>> breaking news right now at 6:15. this is out of manassas. more than a dozen people are without a home this morning after a fire spread through several townhouses. this happened this morning. there is no word on the cause of the fire. no one was hurt. >>> eun, we're also following breaking news out of arizona where we just learned that two people died in a medical helicopter crash. a third crew member is safe. now the chopper went down in a rugged terrain area just east of phoenix. details very limited right now. we continue to work out to find out what caused the crash. >>> angie, thank you. the department of justice will start an investigation into the chicago police department. this after alder men grilled the human safety committees about the 2014 police shooting of laquan mcdonald. mcdonald was shot 16 times. police recently released dash cam video which sparked widespread protests. officer jason van dyk facing charges in mcdonald's death. >>> the mother of a 27-year-old man who died at an apartment complex in d.c. wants to see the surve

i'm angie goff. we'll have the launch for you from the live desk straight ahead. >>> bringing guns into the classroom, the school district that is weighing a plan to arm some of its teachers. >>> tom kierein is tracking conditions you'll see in your neighborhood this morning. >> still balmy, blustery wind now, and the cloud cover breaking up during the afternoon county by county. washington and falls church and arlington and alexandria, county by county across northern virginia as well there in the low and mid-60s for highs this afternoon with partly cloudy sky. blustery wind. southern maryland, all the counties reaching low to mid-60s. winds gust to around 25, 30 miles an hour. cooler, highs near 50s at the pennsylvania border. in the mountains, around 60 degrees for afternoon highs. 50s out of the mountains. weather and traffic on the 1s. drive time forecast, big problems. >> breaking news here, top of the beltway, look at this. this just happened choppers just over the problem now, a two mile back

. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk with this just in. some incredible video out of china. let's get straight to it. it's a rescuer at the huge landslide in the country, they are pulling out a man who was trapped in the dirt for 67 hours, buried alive. this is unbelievable. the man was dehydrated and he was hurt badly. he had some broken bones. tissue damage as well, we're told. he's 21 years old. was working inside an industrial park when he got trapped under a door. 74 others still missing after the massive landslide in china. >> incredible rescue. man accused of fatally shooting a guest in his montgomery county home heads to court. the shooting happened 5r7b9d midnight on monday on ridge road in damascus. he's charged with first degree murder. >>> damascus road montgomery county is back open after a deadly accident. police say 20-year-old david harris crashed into a utility poll. that happened around 6:30 last night. >>> it was easy for police to track down a thief in an arundle county as it was all caught on camera. michael leonard was waiting to renew his sex offender

angie goff will have her story tonight on news 4 at 11:00. >> a major milestone for britain's royal family. the future king is about to start nursery school. the news comes as are as kensington palace releases a new family photo which shows the duke and duchess outside their home in london with prince george and princess charlotte is. the princess was born in may and prince george is 2 years old now. starting in january he will attend west acre montessori school near the royal couple's country house. prince george is third in line to the british throne. >> a fight over a new athletic field and why parents are demanding that the project be postponed. >> it's a must-have toy, but one maryland campus is banning the >>> the last addition to a local football field has some parents raising concerns about a possible cancer risk for their children. news 4's derek ward explains the worries about the new turf that's going in at a fairfax county school and how the school district is responding. >>> the new field at westgate elementary school is almost complete, but it won't be finished until this is

i'm angie goff in for eun. chuck is standing by with four things you need to know. i want to know, chuck, when do we dry out? >> just in time for new year's eve. that is some welcome news for sure. weather alert mode for you this morning. a lot of wet roads and deep puddles out there early this morning. mild weather will last a little longer. we'll make it into the 60s today. more rain coming back into the picture for tomorrow and new year looks like it will start out dry but cold. right now, chilly and wet. temperatures in the 30s and 40s now. first little area of moderate rain pushed out of the area, but more rain down to our south and west from charlottesville to richmond and fredericksburg up i-95. not done with our rain chances just yet. rain will be coming to an end by 9:00 a.m. in the shenandoah valley. before 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 this morning, into the metro area and by early this afternoon, down to our south. that's not the only rain chance we have. but rain chances are diminishing as we head to new year's eve. that forecast in 20 minutes. here is kim mccormi

. >>> i'm angie goff. new numbers in on one of the hottest debates in america right now. abortion.t looks like support hits a new high in two years. 58% of americans now think abortion should be legal in most cases. support on the republican side inched up to 40%. that is up 5% since january. now, on the democratic side, 76% of respondents think abortion should be legal. the associated press poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4%. >>> happening today, embattled army sergeant and former p.o.w. bowe bergdahl will be in court for an open hearing. the army recently announced he would face a general court-martial. bergdahl was accused of leaving his post in afghanistan in 2009 and captured by the taliban. he was freed last year in a controversial exchange for five guantanamo bay prisoners. >>> now it a story you'll only see on news 4, our i-team learned an employee at the national institute of standards and technology is on an isis hit list. according to police records, the woman has been notified by the fbi. she was told agents would monitor the situation and give her extra p

. >>> i'm angie goff. right now, bracing for a big winter storm in the midwest. snow emergencies declared in some parts of minnesota and south dakota. today, as they get ready for a third heavy snowfall. eight inches of snow fell in sioux city, iowa. by the time the storm passes through, between 5 and 12 inches of snow are likely across the area. so far, one of the hardest hit, kansas, six people died over the holiday weekend on icy roads. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >>> it is now 5:24. a judge is pressing for a decision on whether the accused charleston church shooter should face the death penalty. 21-year-old dylann roof faces murder and dozens of federal charges including hate crimes. his attorneys are meeting again in court today. joey meeks also faces charges. prosecutors say he lied and knew about roof's plan. >>> lawyers for boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev are trying to get him a new trial. tsarnaev was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in that attack. his lawyers argue that a recent supreme court ruling that def

i'm angie goff. >> we're in for another sun-filled day.m one. >> if this is any indication behind us, we have a beautiful sunrise on our hand. but we're dealing with fog, right, tom? >> fog has reduced visibility about a quarter of a mile. especially in southern maryland around the bay. watch out for that this morning. look at that brassy sassy sunrise over the potomac. live view there from our city camera. in the foreground is reagan national airport where yesterday got to 68. so it missed the record there by six degrees. chilly morning, balmy afternoon and rain arrives monday afternoon. it's chilly. down to the 40s much of the region this morning. near 50 right by the bay. shenandoah valley and the mountains generally in the 50s and 40s there. a great day for some outdoor exercise. getting maybe a hike in, biking. just a terrific morning under way. temperatures will be near 60 by 9:00. by late morning into the mid-60s. and then by early to mid afternoon, hovering in the low 70s. clouts coming and going. we'll have a partly sunny sky for