but right now, let's talk to jack taylor. >> good morning, water street, shocking, flooded out. u'll find it blocked for now. it's closed. route 450 is also blocked. you'll i find the ro leesburg closed. it'slosed this morning from high water. back into you. >> it's 4:32 today. a change in metro service. this time it means more options for riders instead of fewer. they'reed doubling r line service to and from shady grove. in the past, during the morning and afternoon rush hours, trains coming out of d.c. stopped at the metro station and turoud and went back downtown. but starting today all trains will go all the way to the shady grove station. montgomery county s leaders the change would alleviate crowding and longer wait times. the new schedule begins at 10:30 this morning. we'll have more on toming t in our 5:00 hour. >> check out potomac river after all the rain. lauren will have much moren the flood warnings that are still in place. >> also this morning, all the cinsed two sanitary sewers to overflow. >> they'reha warning people live around the fort washington plant to avoid

that's coming up in a few minutes, but'sfirst, l talk to jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning, we'll start with chopper 4 looking over the beltway. volume still looking light. white's ferry closed again this morning. also south of 410. you'll find new crashes on 108. they're headed to the scene. >> jack, thank you. >> 6:. right n billions of packages are making their way through the u.s. postal ysystem. to kicks off the busiest mailing, shipping, and delivery week of the year. o makere working for you sure that your packages arrive by christmas. postn finch is live at t office in gaithersburg with more on the shipping deadlines. runninti out of , justin. >> yeah, you are really running out of time. that's absolutely right. it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of sorting is going on here. you can see lots of big boxes, smaller boxes, mail that needs to go all acro the count this week. this will be aro cd theck effort. ramping up this week because this is going to be the biggest shippingson of the year. hundreds of millions of packages includ

jack taylor i in for melissa this morning. >> first, lauren has more. what's your name? >> rickets. >> more on our forecast this morning. >> we're talking about clear ies thisrning. we're talking about very chilly conditions this morning as well. temperatures are in the 30s and low 40s at this moment. so again, here ind. , we dropped a degree. i expect us tdbe aro 38 degrees as we head through the 7:00 a.m. hour. temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s just in the greater washington area. as we continue over t course of the afternoon, plenty of sunshines and temperatures in the mid 40s. out the door today, wednesday you'll also need the sunglasses d then by thursday, grab that umbrella because we have rain on the wayngnd that's g to be with us for thursday night into friday. we'll time it out for you becaus a lot ofeople are traveling then but we also have a big warm up on the way asll . things are going to gettt p mild around here. we'll talk about that coming up, but first let's talk about traffic with jack taylor. >> short sleeve weather. all right. i don't know if i

. >> it may have been raining still last night when some of you went to jack taylor is in for melissa this morning to tell us about the mondaydrorning e. >> but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets with more sunshine in the forecast. we hope we warm u a bit too. >> those temperatures will be a little above normal today. so i think we can warm for a one day special. it's going to be a beautiful morning out there. plenty of sunshine once the sun comes up at 20 minutes after 7:00 thisrning. nothing happening on the radar. haven't been able to say that all weeken but nothiappening on the radar right now. we're looking good and dry as you make your way out the door this morning. now those temperatures, still mild, our average daytime high for this time of the year, 47 degrees. om finally sunshine out there today. a little on the breezy side as well out e.th not only today but also tomorrow. the next big change comes on thursday night. we have some rain. we'll talk about that coming up minutes. but let's first talk about traffic with jack.in good mo jack. >> good morning.

let's turn now to wtop's jack taylor in for melissa this morning. of e's a lot of trains out new carrolton. new word on impact of service at this point? >> thankfully, what we can report so far is normal service will be on tap this morning. as of yet, not effecting service on tro. now we have a crash, but it's in virginia. the incident is along the right side of the roadway. causing a till light big delay. we'll start on the inner loop, maryland, you have the right lane getting by. two work zones on the outer loop of the beltway. and on theuter loop i virginia. two left lanes will get you by and light volume not causing a big slow down. >> thank. >> we tur now to the forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist laur rickets is in again for chuck bell. >> hey there guys. al fairly c morning especially compared to yesterday. temperatures in the 30s to d around 40rees right now here in the d.c. area. we'll probably take a fde ees off of those as we head through the morning before daybreak. sun coming up about 7:15. 7:22 isct the e sunrise. nothing is going on

the way so we'll talk about those forecasts coming up in a few minutes, but first let's talk to jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning. eastbound prince william parkway we have continuedy activ around the crash on the right side of the roadway. traffic is a little bit heavy am yoe through the area. two lanes to the left are getting so. oute 9, traffic had been temporarily stopped wit tow truck on scene now. white's ferry closed today due to the high water on the potomac. ack into you. >> it's5:03. now a developing story from chicago where officials say two police officers were hit and killed by a train. this happened last night while the officers were chasing the shooting suspect. s official both officers leave behind young children. >>ouost two men. both fathers. young families. this holiday will never be the same. >> both officers had been on the force for just over two years. >> we are staying onop of story that you saw first on news 4. two prince george's c police officers were hurt following an accident al shooting at a holiday party over the weekend. they were off duty at th

right now let's check on the morning commute with wtop's jack taylor. hey, jack. >> good morning.left street bridge. at one point one lane getting by. that has justne o 295 at eastern avenue a crash in the left lane. kirby hill road,inally the crash cleared. it will be a while before the delays ease. approaching university boulevar under policdirection, a vehicle overturned. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we will have a look at your ckforecast when we come ba stay with us. s thanks. it'ke a smart thing. what's the weather? [cowza device] sunny, perfect chicken eating weather. how'd you get in here? [cowza device] it's time for chicken. what's the traffic like? [cowza device] rerouting you to chicken. okay. hey cowza, order pizza. [cowza device] ordering chicken. no, pizza. [cowza device] chicken. moooo okay, chicken it is. it's chick-fil-a catering season. [cowza device] now that's smart. >>> good morning everybody. if you are looking for some dim sun thisth morninge it is. 100% chance of rain later today. temperatures mostly in the 30s now, 50 for a high today. 50s and rain tomor

jack taylor. good morning. >> good morning. off to a rough start i will.a, manassas, 56 headed in the eastbound direction. right lane is blocked. down on i-95 in the southboundc din our accident activity has been moved over to the left shoulder now and sou flashing lights may cause a little delay but the volume is still so light it's not causing a slow down. right now out on route 9, all traffic temporarily stopped. accident activity with tow trucks on scene in order to get in there and it will be across the so hopefully they'll have that open by the time you get on the road. >> tonight is theight to see th -- this season's champion of the voice will be crowned. >> one of the most talked about finalists is13-year-old kennedy. here's her performance from last night. >> also tonight- >> how is she 13? all of tt talent. >> kids these days. she didn't look 13ei er. >> also tonight, cher, halsey, e john , and miley cyrus will perform. you can watch it at 8:00 tonight nbc4. >> more reasons to tune in. christmas came early last night for one of katie ledecky's bi

jack taylor is tracking what's happening on the roads for our monday morning drive. >> but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets andoping we'll see some sunshine. >> i think we'll be able to get some sunshe and that's going to be good news for everybody because we are all due for a ttle sunshine after that soggy weekend we had. the south winds will help push the temperatures into the 50sda so it is a nice, mild morning out there right now. our average temperature for this time of the year is 47 degrees. so we're already close to that. so it's going to be a warm day as the temperatures rise into the 50s. not a lot happening on the radar. you can see that we are dry. that storm system moved up to the north and east and you can still see the spin on it. that's the area of lowbu pressu continues to move up and out of here. we're drying right now so we're looking good as we continue through the day. plenty of flood warnings out there. be careful as you make your way across the road because of the high standing waters and on going flood issues. i know somebody that might be a

let's turn now to wtop's jack taylor in for melissa this morning.new carrolton. new word on impact of service at this point? >> thankfully, what we can report so far is normal service will be on tap this morning. as of yet, not effecting service on

jack taylor is tracking what's happening on the roads for our monday morning drive. >> but we begin with lauren rickets andoping we'll see some sunshine. >> i think we'll be able to get some sunshe and that's going to be good news for everybody because we are all due for a ttle sunshine after that soggy weekend we had. the south winds will help push the temperatures into the 50sda so it is a nice, mild morning

happy birthday to jack taylor. >> thank you. >>> we will get a check of the forecast when we come back

right now we have a check on your commute with jack taylor in your first 4 traffic.montgomery between tucker lane and mk hollow road. you'll be turned around at the scene. we have flooding. beach drive is closed between kentucky avenue and stoney brooke and beach to b410ause of flooding. l check your forecast when we co here's to the stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, and the positive thinkers. here's to you all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way. >>> we're timely lookingt sunshine out there today. it will be on the breezy side, especially by it afternoon with wind gusts up to 25 miles an hour. next chae on thursday. could have rain by thursday night, friday. we're in the 30s and 40s with no rain. that's how it will look over the next three days. plenty ofin sun up until wednesday, increasing clouds on thursday. and then we do have som rain for friday, saturday, christ

right now we want to check on your commute with wtop's jack taylor. >> thanks.ng. good morning.he crash on main avenue has the right side of e roadw getting by. the left side is blocked off. crash in arlington on 110 northbound near marshall drive. right side, ng the staying left to get past. >> thank you. >>> we will take a break now. we will check your forecast next. next. . next. . you have a lot of deadlines in your business, right? we miss deadlines, we don't get paid. what if you lost your network connection? you gotta be kidding me. chaotic. our gig-speed network lets you download files up to 20 times faster. and we go beyond fast with 4g lte backup for complete reliability. so, if you lose your network connection... ♪ ♪ you won't miss the deadlines. having the confidence of something that's never gonna go down would be priceless. one more way we go beyond. call today and pay just $49.95 a month for fast, reliable internet. comcast business. beyond fast. >>> i'meo mlogist lauryn ricketts. a beautiful morning out there right now. plenty of sunshine, blukies. that is the wa

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. >> the taylor whitney show up scholarship heard about the deed and awarded jake or jack $500 there. it turns out that the woman that he helped just paid for someone else's groceries. >> oh my goodness, talking about paying it forward. >>> all right, a police officer in northern colorado spread some christmas cheer purchasing gifts for a little girl whose presents were stolen. 5-year-old layla perkins had a merry christmas because that officer brought her and her sister a doll. the perkins home was burglarized earlier this month and the thieves made off with all the presents wrapped under the tree. an officer filed that burglary report and then showed up at their home with gifts for the children. that will renew your faith. >> it is. >>> napa police officers are giving back to their community as well. >> dispatchers heard about one family who moved into their empty, new home so they decided to spread christmas cheer by doing this, the dispatchers bought the family all sorts of appliances and presents. you can see the officers delivering the gifts here. the family got a new washer and

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