. >>> tonight her sweet friends try to save her by hosting a donor drive in clarksburg, maryland. dozens showed up to see if they're a match. >> we are just so thankful for everyone who has come out to help because you never know that one swab, that one person, it's just a cheek swab, could be the match. >> natasha wasn't able to come to the drive tonight because her mother says she has a weak immune system. she hasn't been able to attend sixth grade and rarely ableú#p see her friends. >> i think she deserves this and i really just want to help the best i can. >> lisa patterson troke hopes someone has the match but if they don't, she's relieved the drive can help others. >> for every 100 swabs we do, there will be one match for someone in the world who needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant. >> it's not too late to help natasha. go to the church 10:30 in the morning on saturday. we'll post the address on our nbc washington app. in clarksburg, i'm she mare stone, news4. >> hundreds of women are claiming a popular hair product line is causing their hair fall out. the class actio

you reach the clarksburg area here because of a disabled vehicle. you can see that problem here on the right side of your screen as well. westbound 340 at frederick, still have the westbound lanes. eastbound open. maryland 32 before 29. just got a report of a crash. prince gorges county looking pretty dry. branch avenue 27 miles per hour. travel times in ten minutes. >>> developing this morning out of prince gorges county, a fire overnight hurt two people, one of them a father. you can see a dog next to one of the possible victims here. this is kristen wright joining us live from 66 place in landover hills. kristen? >> reporter: this fire tore through the entire house on 66 place. the two people who live here did get out on time but apparently their dog made it hard for fort worthers to physically get to them to help. we want you to take a look at this video here we have of the dog. you see the animal, possibly a pit bull, standing over the man really not letting anybody near him. so the man here just lying on the ground, but his son does tell us he

toward frederick or hagerstown, it will take you about 20 minutes run the capital way closer to clarksburg. there are no crashes to report. 270, 95 are stretches to travel out of the city if you're heading out of town. they have the most volume. it's nothing i would consider major problem. there are no problems a 95 you have to catch a flight area --. you are clear on the way. jumi: thank you. right now, a major headache for parents and school officials in charles county. they are trying to figure out how to get some students home from school after bus drivers announced the strike. jeannette reyes is live. there could be delays were students coming home. jeannette reyes: that's right. he told you about this possibility earlier this morning. now we are getting reports that drivers have been calling sick. some told students earlier this morning we will see you next year. they were not going to see them this afternoon. we saw some of those bus drivers lineup dropping off students this morning. what is happening now is some of the substitute drivers are going to have to start filing into caps

northern fauquier county tracking toward dickerson, clarksburg then this other area of rain showers that i'm watching charles town through inwood, toward hancock toward hagerstown and northern frederick county. fog could be an issue later on. right now we have some drizzle, lower visibilities but the only place with the real fog is in oakland quarter mile. i'll come back in a few minutes with the seven-day forecast. we have record potential tomorrow on the high side but looks like winter may be coming back next weekend. >>> coming up on wusa9 the pope with a special message for a crowd in s >>> tens of thousands of people gathered in speed square near the vatican today -- st. peter's square near the vatican for the feast of st. stephen. pope francis told the crowd about the importance of forgiveness saying the first catholic martyr was camable of forgiving his persecutors. the pope said forgiveness is the key to beating evil. >>> in the jerusalem, police used stun grenades and rubber bullets today to disperse dozens of protestors who gathered to demand that israel hand over the bodies of

montgomery county and then along i 81 and 70 from just south to the middle area and then down to clarksburg we're reporting the rain. we will see the shower activity in the same location over the next few hours. we have seen the showers trying to move on here and down to the south and we have a lot more rain. now most of this very heavy to the south and it does weaken as it goes our way. we will get the storm system coming up on wednesday. that's going to bring the heaviest rain. here is 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. notice right dur the morning rush is 66 and 95 will be a problem out there. take the umbrella with you if you're going to be out. by 11:00 most o to haof the raid just to the county the rest of us is going to dry out. the more sun that we get the warmer that we get. then on wednesday it's the fog rolling in and look at wednesday it's 7:00 a.m. and watch this. we see the heavier rain around noon and then during the afternoon maybe some thunderstorm activity and we will see if we get the storm but we can see the bands of heavier rain for sure. it will be the day that you need the umbrella

children will work a donor drive to try to help her from 4:00 to 7:00 at rocky hill middle school in clarksburg. there will be another drive on saturday. >>> a new york girl survived a fire that killed her family is going to the happiest place on earth for christmas. 8-year-old sapphire terry received a disney world trip through a nonprofit called memories for kids. santa delivered the exciting news last night. that fire killed terry's father and three siblings. >>> brazilian police say they have broken up a wing issuing fake birth certificates to dozens of syrians. they were used to secure valid documents like passports and national i.d. cards. some of the passport holders traveled to the u.s. and europe. the fraud happened from 2012 to 2014. >>> later today, we will get a firsthand look at the heroin epidemic in virginia. attorney general mark herring will present a documentary tonight in arlington called heroin, the hardest hit, includes stories of addiction from users, testimony from parents who lost a child to an overdose and insights from law enforcement and public health officials. >>> 4

heading north on 270 will take 40 minutes from the capital beltway to clarksburg. we have a lot of slowing. no crashes on the interstate. minor issues that we are working with the action on some of the secondary roads. again, nothing to really need to avoid. that is a look at traffic. back to you. autria: coming up tonight at 6:00 we are going to las vegas as we see an interesting g.o.p. debate. plus we know what started a deadly fire in frederick county, maryland. we'll have an update on the d.c. streetcar project. with refinally close to a start date? the answer coming up tonight at 6:00. what is going on in the weather? doug: not much. this is spotsylvania, virginia. the same sky conditions that people saw across the region today with the broken deck and the preg mantes of clouds coming through. the highest temperature occurred between midnight and 1:00, 2:00. the temperatures fell a bit. we are so far above average it this is not funny. we kept this day after day. 57 is a cool reading. hagerstown is 50 degrees. sustained wind speeds. 12, 13, 14 miles per hour.

>> this is in clarksburg, i-270 at 121.ing southbound from frederick to the beltway, you will see the fog. take it easy. >> huh. >> cbs this morning is coming up next. we head into the big part of the campaign season, and they are fact checking captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. december 30th, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> historic flooding threatens 18 million people in the midwest and the mississippi river could swell to its highest level in more than 20 years. >> donald trump announces he'll spend millions for a final push on a primary vote. >> will guns and roses make a final push? we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> a lot of disaster. a lot of people hurt right now. >> we expect mostiv rers to crest in the next few days. >> flood fears rise in more than a dozen states. >> 18

most of the rain 70 to 70 and clarksburg, germantown, montgomery village and while today has been mildr temperatures take a real dip on friday and for the weekend, but it's not going to stay that cold. doug's got more on what you can expect with a roller coaster ride in just a few minutes. >>> who will become america's next president? there is a bit of a shift right now? a new nbc news wall street journal poll in a head to head matchup. surprisingly, the democratic front-runner would lose to marco rubio or ben carson. according to this poll, carson could win by a single point, rubio by three. >> the last republican presidential debate of the year is tomorrow night on the las vegas strip. cnn is hosting and you're going to see nine candidates on the main debate stage at the venetian hotel. those include donald trump, ben carson, ted cruz, marco rubio, carly fiorina, jeb bush, john kasich, rand paul and chris christie. the rest will partake in a separate debate earlier in the night. >>> in the newsroom, gas prices are dropping fast. what's the reason and why is there such a difference be

route 1 colesville hitting the beltway. 270 at clarksburg road, northbound and southbound rolling along well as well. i'll see you in ten minutes. >>> melissa, thank you. the next phase of the d.c. street car saga rolls out. in less than an hour. what all drivers need to know so you don't get a ticket. >>> believe it or not, a driver survived this incident. look at that. he's now talking about it including what he didn't do during that w >>> absolutely i would go to union station, ride the street car. it's a street car. who rides a street car? that's so awesome! >> some excitement as d.c. gets closer do loading up the h street street cars with passengers. at 6:00 a.m. d dot begins the certification. news 4's kristen wright is live with more on what we're going to see today. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: hey, good morning. right, this is the final step in the long delayed d.c. street car process. in about 45 minutes street cars will be moving along the h street to basically test run, test run the system to make sure the system is safe. it's going to be a weighted service without pa

taking some time to get out of the way. 66 and 95 don't have any problems roadway wise. 270 at clarksburg road, nice fog kind of just hanging in the air there this morning. beltway at kenl worth avenue just fine. i'll see you back here in ten minutes. >>> winter flooding in missouri wreaking havoc on people and their homes. neighbors are trying to sand bag the houses that aren't already underwater. people being rescued from their rooftops even. flood waters are threatening to close major highways. and if you can wrap your mind around this one, another eight feet of water still expected to spill into that area. back to you. >>> 6:25 now. learning some new details about an alaskan plane crash. the pilot that crashed into a downtown building was not authorized to fly that aircraft. doug demerritt crashed that plane. the civil air patrol does volunteer search and rescue missions. he joined in 2010. no one was hurt. >>> seaworld is continuing the practice at its facility in san diego. the lawsuit filed tuesday says the california commission's ruling was outside of its authority. back in octobe

they will work a donor drive to try to help her from 4:00 to 7:00 at rocky hill middle school in clarksburg. >>> we have been spoiled with the warm weather lately. but can the higher temperatures last much longer? tom is updating his hour by hour forecast. >>> new "star wars" movie had the big premiere, what you may not be able to bring when it opens to everyone later this week. >>> and right now, a community is getting ready to stay good-bye to a dedicated police officer. the preparations and the traffic impact for the funeral of noah leotta. >>> "star wars" is nearly here. the #starwarspremiere is trending. it made its debut at the famous chinese theater in hollywood last night. we won't see any official review s until wednesday. they're not allowed out until then. i know people are talking about it. >>> showings start this thursday. many are already sold out, so if you're going, you should also know a lot of theaters are banning costumes and props. masks are off limits for security concerns. >> face paint, and lightsabers, leave them at home. too bad, i could put my hair up in the prince

four mile backup heading into clarksburg. this is because of some sort of debris on the roadway. take a look at 109 old hundred. that is not a normal thing for this time of day. northbound austin ridge road at mine road also has that problem still hanging around. back in ten minutes. >>> thank you, melissa. we continue to follow a developing story in maryland this morning where a short time ago we confirmed two people were injured in an early morning fire. why a dog may be to blame when news 4's kristen wright is on the scene. >>> a major milestone in the pepco and exsalon merger. >>> and outrage after high levels of radon are found montgomery county classrooms. how the school district >>> welcome back. 5:16. a tragic scene in landover, maryland. two people are hurt after an early morning fire. here you can see the dog standing guard over one of the possible victims. news 4's kristen wright is on county. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you. a man and his daughter live in this house. we just talked to the man's son. he said that his father is in the hospit

the people were denied their rights by some kid in front of a computer in clarksburg, west virginia. where's the drue process? who are these criminals that they stopped? we don't even know and they're out running free trying to buy guns and they want another background check. they should spend some of that billion dollars that they want for another background check on dealing with the criminals they say they found who don't know what they're charged with who weren't given a trial and we don't know anything about them. it's a fraud and the people posing as reporters aren't asking these questions of any of the presidential candidates. that's what we face in the media. it's not media it's propaganda and the trapdoor's going to open in a moment here. well, they've got a guy running who's a socialist. socialism is the archenemy of us and capitalism and they're practically promoting him. we stand for the creation of wealth. they stand for the confiscate of wealth and redistribution of it to people who didn't earn it and they're promoting the guy instead of challenging him. why isn't the la