we'll have more information shortly. >>> i'm eun yang, back to you. >> we're back in 60 seconds. >>> weekend ahead. it's gorgeous out there now. temperatures will continue to go up and up. good news is after those last couple of days, rain chances are low. we could have a few showers as we get into thursday. that's diminishing. maybe a few sprinkles on monday. nothing for tomorrow. nothing for sunday. looking good. temperatures rise into the mid to upper 50s throughout the weekend. we stay in the 50s for much of next week. >>> that's it for news4 midday. we appreciate you joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> you can get your news and weather updates any time on nbc washington app. we hope you have a great weekend. we look forward to seeing you on monday. >> announcer: today on the meredith vieira show. everyone is talk about this charlie sheen interview on the today show including a woman who lived with him during the time he was diagnosed being hiv positive. and people magazine reveals the sexyist man alive. timbaland, revealing what it was like it work

. >>> i'm eun yang, here are some stories lighting up social media today. the birth of his first child has put mark zuckerberg in a generous mood. he announced on facebook that he and his wife would give away 99% of their facebook shares over their lifetime. the shares are worth about $45 billion. they said they want to fund various charities to help make the world a better place. >>> facebook also lighting up with the next story. is the elf on the shelf coming to your house? born from a 2005 children's picture book, the elf on a shelf served as a spy for santa. he seems to be propping inpopp interesting places, though i'm not sure hiding in a kettle is a smart idea. people come up with some interesting places to hide the elf. >>> the next story is getting mixed reaction on social media. apple is looking at ideas to make the next new iphone even thinner. they may get rid of the head phone jack. you can imagine that? according to billboard.com, if that happens, you will need an adapter to use your headphones. more things to buy. apple keeping tight-lipped ab

. >> and i'm eun yang. >> good morning. getting some showers here in the midwest. here is the new hour-by-hour timing coming in by around 3:00 p.m. the main area of showers still going to be out in the pant of west virginia and coming into the shenandoah valley. it will be between 4:00 and that it will be getting closer to us. by 6:00 p.m. it will be. cog into the metro area. all the roads will be wet for the latter part of the afternoon. then that tracks off farther to the east. just a few lingering sprinkles after that into the latter part of the evening. most of this ending by tonight. next look at weather and traffic on the ones and now melissa mollet is looking at a couple of problems in prince george's county. >> let's take a look right now at my map. you can see one of the problems right here. fair mount heights at addison road, your alternate is going to be eastern avenue. this is the problem there with that vehicle into the house. ft. washington with a road shut down, palmer. the beltway, we deal that in a couple of minutes. everything look good on the mai

you don't want eun yang mad at you because she don't play. >> i know where you live, doug. >> that's right. >>> coming up in sports, they'll talk football. we're going to talk football. >>> carol's out at the park. are they going to win out in order to make playoffs? what do you think? >> no, i don't. i think they win the division with two more wins. wouldn't that be crazy? a 7 and 9 division winner is possible, vance? it's possible, vance. it's possible and you know the division winner hosts the game and that would be crazier, but basically a lot of folks think that the skins with the four games remaining have a favorable schedule, but they're winless on the road and three of the four on the road so you say forget about it, but honestly the next one in chicago, guess what? the bears only have one win at home. so you have to like those odds. meantime, the burgundy and gold moving on from monday's loss and the key is to stay focused and stay positive and they're still in it, still in the playoff hunt and the skins for the division lead and it is up for grabs and we'll see what kind of

. >> i'm eun yang. we want to check our weather as well. mild weather pattern in our area continues. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with your forecast. >> near 70 yesterday. we held in some of the warmth overnight, even with the rain passing through. most of it is gone. we're getting some lingering sprinkles here, panhandle of west virginia near martensburg and over to near frederick, showing up as little glip blip green in the radar. look at toour temperatures, dropping back to the 50s, panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley. low 60s to our south and around the chesapeake bay. county by county, highs today should be hovering in the low to mid-60s in the metro area. northern virginia. maybe in the low to mid-60s there as well. further to the south and east, also going to be a mild day and partly cloudy, blustery wind. melissa, what's going on the roads. >> issue with the stalled vehicle here, 395 northbound at edsal road. stalled vehicle to the right side. we have that here this morning with that right shoulder blo

you i'm eun yang with a look at what's trending.arah palin is finally getting her revenge on nineteen faye. >> she's a tv writer who left a small town for the big city. >> no snowflakes? >> palin reversed roles playing fey in a spoof of the hit nbc show "30 rock." did you recognize that? the conservative independent journal is behind this production. >>> and a new look. take a look at this. japan has a fresh design for the home of the 2020 olympics. the minister in charge of the 2020 games told nbc news the wood lattice structure was in harmony with the surrounding environment and exhibited japaneseness. tokyo dished the first design back in july. it cost nearly double the original estimate taking it to $2.1 billion. wow, that is a big price tag. this next story gives a whole new meaning to the saying going dutch. we found it on cnn. ministers in the netherlands say, yes, it is legal to pay for driving lessons with sex just as long as both parties are 18 or older. quite a lesson. that's what's trending. back to you. >> very interest

back to you. >> excited to see eun yang in the afternoon shows. i didn't even know she was in the building. we're dealing with nice conditions as far as some sunshine is concerned. yes, it's been on the cool side, and i just posted on my facebook page, are you happy that was sunny or were you upset it was too windy? we needed it. we've seen so much in the way of rain. welcome, 48 degrees and because of the wind, the windchill down to 42 and it's definitely on the chilly side and the winds have been gusting upward of 40 miles per hour and 44 the current temperature in kull pepper and 47 toward annapolis and the school bus forecast, headed out the door and it will be a chilly start and this is inside the beltway here and many areas in the suburbs will be cooler down around the freezing mark and you'll start off on the cool side and 52 degrees by tomorrow afternoon and a little less wind tomorrow afternoon, too. we're talking about a very nice friday afternoon, but again, it is going to be a cool start and no rain to talk about, and as i told you yes

. >> i'm eun yang. 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

. >> and i'm eun yang. >> good morning. getting some showers here in the midwest.ere is the new hour-by-hour timing coming in by around 3:00 p.m. the main area of showers still going to be out in the pant of west virginia andin

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome. we want to get to chuck bell to find out more about what we can expect in the weather in the day ahead. good morning to you, chuck. >> thanks and good morning, you guys. weather alert day for the impacts the rain will have on the morning commute. could slow things down. we'll keep you ahead of the weather by putting extra social media postings out and extra push alerts out on the websites and nbc washington app. get those downloaded. weather headlines for today, slow going this morning. rain should ease up a little bit later this afternoon, but we're not done yet. more rain coming our way tomorrow. storm team 4 radar this morning, yellows and oranges down here near charlottesville that's all lifting in our direction. so the morning wet roads are already wet. the moderate rain is on the way. it should be arriving in the next hour or two. rainfall amounts with this event over the next 24 hours or so should be an inch or more. so have your umbrellas ready to go for today, tonight and on

. >> i'm eun yang. first, let's check back on a developing story with angie goff at the live desk. >> 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

. >> and i'm eun yang. most of you are waking up to cooler conditions. you can feel the difference. >> storm team 4's tom kierein has the difference. >> put the flip-flops away. it has turned chillier. no rain, no snow certainly. it's been certainly way too mild for that. dry pavement starting off, but during the day tomorrow big change moving in. by mid to late morning we'll have rain coming our way. all this area in the green and yellows is coming down a little bit harder. hour by hour. by 11:00 it may pick up a little bit. more moderate to heavy showers move in. then for the afternoon commute tomorrow between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. we'll likely get some of that heaviest rain. then it crosses the bay and moves east. then we'll begin to dry out on thursday evening. next weather and traffic on the 1s, look at hour-by-hour changes. now melissa is looking at a smooth commute. >> i can thank you for dry roads. if you

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 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 eun yang. we want to check our weather as well. mild weather pattern in our area continues. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with your forecast. >> near 70 yesterday. we held in some of the warmth overnight, even with the rain passing through. most of it is gone. we're getting some lingering sprinkles here, panhandle of west virginia near martensburg and over to neare

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 eun yang. we spotted this story. eating at home is becoming a cheaper options. the price of eggs and a fewer other groceries have soared in 2015. prices for many grocery staples, including milk, coffee, beets, ham, and chicken have fallin. restaurants reported a price increase of 3%. while eating out incurs more than the cost of food for restaurants overall. it may now be cheaper to eat at home and probably healthier. >>> christmas came early for people in ohio. how would you feel if someone paid off your lay kaway deal? according to yahoo!.com, he paid off more than $100,000 in shopper's layaways at two walmart stores. he told employees at the store that he liked to do something nice each year on his birthday. he also made him promise they would not reveal his identity. way to pay it forward. >> you now may be able to book your uber ride using the facebook messenger app. your conversation will not be interrupted. the person you are messaging will be able to see that you have ordered a ride. according to time.com, facebook is testing this new service with select

. >>> and i'm eun yang. heading home after a tense few days in paris, president obama gets ready to return to washington, his strong message that he hopes lasts even when he is no long irpresident. >>> a painstaking process right now. right now the search for those who want to handle the baltimore police officer trial. that's coming up. "news4" midday starts right now. >> look at those low clouds. that's a view from our tower camera. we've got it pointed down. if we point it any further up, it will be in the thick of the fog. it's damp from the morning rain we've had. look, we've got more on the way. conveyer belt of rain coming out of the southwest from tennessee valley. a little bit of a break in southwestern virginia. we may get a bit of a respite by later on this afternoon. all of this is tracking off, sweeping across virginia, into the district and into maryland. off and on showers throughout the rest of the afternoon. this little patch of yellow, there's some moderate rain in prince george's county. da

i'm eun yang. >> good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist coming up on 5:30. we have four things we want you to know about your forecast. >> "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck t. bell with more. hey, chuck. >> off to a cold start this monday morning. dry now but rain chances are coming on later this afternoon. they'll feel like april showers here in the middle of winter. near record-high temperatures and a potential to be up close to 70 degrees christmas even and maybe christmas day as well. there are rain chances sneaking back in our direction. cold and dry this morn in the 30s. showers moving in early this afternoon. could be in the metro area. we'll give you the hometown highs coming up in a few minutes. >>> we have a crash in prince george's county. near the greenbelt metro, you can see it. be careful. it could affect your travels accessing the beltway from the north and southbound. a car facing the wrong direction on that ramp. it's off on the right side. it's atacting a little bit of traffic. things are moving along quite nicely on all lines so far. >>>

police departments are using them to solve >>> i'm eun yang, here some of the stories lighting up social media. darth vader is a tattooed 43-year-old former marine and lives in new york. a man has officially changed his name to darth vader. he said he chose the name because the movie character carries an aura of leadership and toughness. he is using his new image to raise money online for a bone marrow transplant. he was diagnosed with leukemia several years ago. >>> a dating app helped police in louisiana catch a man accused of stealing a phone at gun point. the lafayette police department arrested the 27-year-old yesterday. officers posed as a woman on a dating app to set up the meeting and nab the alleged crook. the victim accessed his phone activity online and found a selfie that the robber took on the phone. interesting police work there. >>> teresa giudice was released from prison yesterday. giudice served a year for bankruptcy fraud and conspiracy. she will spend christmas eve at her brother's house with her husband and daughters. joe giudice is expected to start his 41-month sent

. >>> i'm eun yang, here's some stories lighting up social media this morning. nothing like the social media and some royal baby photos. the duke and duchess have just released an extremely cute photograph. what a good looking family. the photo was taken at the family's london residence, kensington palace, back in october. it's the first photo of the entire young royal family of four since princess charlotte's christianing in july. she's quite the cute baby. look at that. >>> are you looking for relaxation this busy holiday season? britney johnson has some fun ideas. >> if you're one of those who has already finished their christmas shopping, check out some spectacular light displays in our area, search holiday lights in our app and tag us in your christmas decoration photos. you can tweet or instagra instagram @nbcwashington. >>> a big congratulations to the cleveland cavaliers guard iman shumpert and his fiancee. they had their first baby in their own bathroom. taylor gave birth to a baby girl at home and shumpert helped with the sudden birth using the cord of

in 60 seconds, the unexpected and unwan >>> i'm eun yang with what's trending. going viral. watch what happened when the projector broke in los angeles. >> no! no! no! >> can you blame him? that was a big moment. that is trending on nbcwashington.com. apparently this movie just blasted the weekend record. it took in a solid 238 million just in the united states breaking all kinds of records. >>> this next story also trending. hermime will look different in the next series of the harry potter series. this is in a new london play featuring harry as an adult. j.k. rowling says she's good with this. th she said brown eyes, frizzy hair and clever, white skin was never specified. rowling loves the new hermime. >>> and google with all the stories that have been trending this past year in 2015 and on facebook. topping the list, lamar odom. caitlyn jenner, the paris attacks, and that argument-inspiring dress. gold or black and blue? do you remember that? a key takeaway is people are >>> breaking news into the live desk. prince george's county police have made an arrest i

i'm eun yang, news4 midday starts right now. >>> this is chris gordon live at the baltimore courthouse with an update on jury deliberations they are on day three, they have not communicated with the court or judge by note or in any other manner. you could say people here are waiting anxiously. that includes baltimore state's attorney marilyn mosby whose announcement that six baltimore police officers were charged helped to quiet riots in baltimore last april. now baltimore police and other agencies are staging in areas around the city including west baltimore where the riots were last april. officer porter is charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment for not seat belting mr. gray in the seat and not calling a medic. yesterday the jury said they were deadlocked. the judge asked for them to continue to deliberate. we'll continue to update you. i'll be back on news4 midday if events wash. look for updates on our nbc washington app and social media. that's the latest live in baltimore. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. >>> right now, d-dot is testing the streetcar program in wa

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm adam goss. >> chuck, what do you say? >> i say bring an extra layer. it's as warm now as it ooh going to be throughout the course of the day. the cold is a coming, everybody. gusty and blustery weather for later this afternoon and one weekend of winter finally into the picture. how about 70 for santa. that's coming up in the seven-day forecast at 5:51. for now temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s across the region. in fact, check it out. temperatures falling during the late morning and into the afternoon today, so you will need it for sure. most of us will be dry. could get a couple of sprinkles into parts of southern maryland. we'll tell you mow layers those kids will lead. that's coming up in ten minutes. back over to melissa with traffic. >> we got over to molette green as she was on air a couple of minutes ago. she said the lanes are now open. >> they're all open on 202. in fairfax that intersection. the camp washington intersection, they still have one lane on main street, a ryan rite lane blocked the morning. 66 and 95, we don't have any issu

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. >> "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell with good news. >> finally we get to see that golden disk in the sky after being without it. sunshine is back. breezy to blustery to windy at times today feeling a lot more like december. but finally a dry pattern has returned. check out the current wind gusts. they're gusting between 30 and 35 miles an hour already this morning. that has windchills back down below freezing in the shenandoah valley and 30s for windchills in most of the metro area. we've got sunshine coming our way. planning out your day hour by hour. it will be breezy. highs near 50 degrees today. it will be a good day today. we'll talk about the school day forecast and give you the national forecast for the lighting of the national christmas tree. good morning. >> good morning, chuck. you will find normal vacuums of heavy trachlk if you're traveling in virginia, be careful. we've got dark traffic lights. please should be on the scene to direct you through the area. if you're traveling the marc brunswick line, we had technical diffic

eun yang is with "storm team 4" chuck bell in the weather center keeping an eye on all this.ey, guys. >> hi. >> what should people be looking out for to be prepared. >> rain moving in for the morning commute, out for the second half of the evening. lunch hour, your lunch day plans could really be messed up today. it's a heavy rain day at nbc "storm team 4." we'll have extra postings on our media pages and on our app. so download the nbc washington app and have it ready to go. four things you need to no. weather alert, rain moving in fast. don't be fooled. take the umbrella. how much rain? up to an-inch of rain. lighter amounts out across the panhandles of w and parts of southern maryland. it's about 2, 2 1/2 hours from making it into the metro. that puts it downtown before 9:00 a.m. this morning. there's your 24-hour focus. rain moving in in the 40s this morning. rising later on. showers will be in even around 7:00 tonight and by 7:00 a.m. the rain will be gone but the northwest winds will be back. that brings in much colder air for the weekend. >>> sounds good. brand-new pro

>> hi there, eun yang. you can see the regional center is fenced in at this point. investigators are working inside and outside the crime scene. as you talk about getting new information apparently from witnesses who say that syed farook talked about some type of plot three years before the attack here, that he discussed it with someone else did not go through with it. that's something that they continue to follow here. we also know that he talked with his future wife tashfeen malik in 2013 and they were discussing jihad and they were discussing attacks and they were discussing radical islam according to sources close to the investigation. so this had been talked about before they were ever engaged and before they moved back to this country from saudi arabia. that's an angle that agents obviously want to the know a lot more about. we also know they'd been training for a year at gun ranges in the area and they'd perhaps planned this attack for a full year and that there are people that witnesses say were going in and out of their garage, what officials called a bomb

. >> and i'm eun yang. most of you are waking up to cooler conditions. you can feel the difference. >> storm team 4's tom kierein has the difference. >> put the flip-flops away. it has turned chillier. no rain, no snow certainly. it's been certainly way too mild for that. dry pavement starting off, but during the day tomorrow big change moving in. by mid to late morning we'll have rain coming our way. all this area in the green and yellows is coming down a little bit harder. hour by hour. by 11:00 it may pick up a little bit. more moderate to heavy showers move in. then for the afternoon commute tomorrow between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m. we'll likely get some of that heaviest rain. then it crosses the bay and moves east. then we'll begin to dry out on thursday evening. next weather and traffic on the 1s, look at hour-by-hour changes. now melissa is looking at a smooth commute. >> i can thank you for dry roads. if you have to take a bunch of junk for snow and stuff like that, tom, i have to give you credit when it's nice out. part of the road, inner loop and out

good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.rm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with the 4 things to know in the forecast. >> that's right, guys. we are stuck in the muck early this morning. rain and fog all over the region today. it will really slow things down. four things you need to know. weather alert this morning. leave early or be late, that's the way things are going to shape up. rain and fog throughout the morning hours. quite rainy throughout the afternoon. the most important thing you need to know, sunshine is back tomorrow, everybody. after four socked in days in a row. visibility is down to 1/4 mile across most of the metro area cross the metro line. it's only an hour away. by 7:30 the heaviest of the rain on i-95 south of town. 81 and 270 are already socked in with the rain drops. temperatures will go to 60 degrees. slow going on the roads. travel at the airports check in 10 minutes. for now the 270 ride is an ugly one. >>> it is an ugly one. breaking news on 270 a five mile backup southbound out of frederick.

. >>> good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. this is a storm team 4 weather update. chuck bell to explain the 4 things to know about your weather. >> the weather not cooperating with all of the travel plans. that means more postings on all of our social media platforms. dense fog advisory. periods of moderate rain coming for the daylight hours today. and then record high temperatures coming not just for tomorrow but maybe for christmas day as well. view at national harbor can still see the capitol wheel there. there's thicker fog out in the shenandoah valley. i-81, 70, 68, those will be more impacted by the fog first thing this morning. rain chances, heaviest rain is in southern maryland. there's a lot more where that came from, everybody. take your umbrella. leave the winter coat at home. temperatures mid to upper 60s. we'll talk more about that record high coming our way tomorrow in a few more minutes. here's melissa. >>> breaking news on the rales. talking about orange, blue, silver line. single tracking in two different spot

. >> 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