join the conversation on our wusa 9 facebook page. exactly when weather will hit your neighborhood hours before it happens. wusa 9's first alert weather. >> no complaints from this department when it comes to the weather. it was a beautiful day. >> it was 56, above average. >> i was surprised when i went outside. it wasn't freezing cold. >> a year ago today, it was 71 for a record. not quite that nice, but nice enough, and the 60s are on the way. but don't let it -- you're going to fall into a false sense of security. temperature downtown, low 40s. it's fallen pretty quick. the clouds have stayed away a little bit longer, so 43 downtown. the dew point is still in the upper 30s so it's not going to fall below that. humidity 82%, winds are pretty much dead calm. widen out the radar. we have one system to the north of us and all of this shower activity and a little bit of snow in michigan, that faces north of us. this activity moving through raleigh right now will stay south and east. it could clip southern maryland early in the morning.

>>> coming up on wusa 9 news at 9. >>reporter: i'm deal deal. we're heading to e thmalls to check out the post-christmas sales and the deals coming up on wusa 9. >>> it was a dark christmas for thous sandof people without power. when their utilities could be restored. next. >>> olga. >> and it is breezy and cool this morning. we are getting some sunshine, yes, but our temperatures are still in the 30s. we're headed for the 40ss. there's a change in our forecast and i'll tell you >>> thanks for joining us i. i'm jessica doyle. >>> today retailers are hoping you will help burn off that holiday dibber by taking some -- dinnerly taking some laps around the mall. the day after christmas folks most often return those unwanted gifts. delia gonsalves tells us about another post-holiday tradition. >>reporter: the day after the holiday is traditionally a busy day for returns. but here at tyson's corner, we found a lot of people cashing in on post-christmas sales. tyson's corner was unusually slow this post-season christmas. john and james drove to the mal

. >>> only on wusa 9, it has happened again.man fighting a ticket in dc motor vehicle rned into administration years back. . andrew mcherren tells us t abouthe virg miniaan who struggled to clear his name and his credit report. >> when i was in in the military, you were given a code if you were captured by the yoemy. veu gi nothing but your name, rank, and serial number and nothing else. and that's the way i felt about this. >> army veteran keith roberts lives in rural west virginia. >> i'd never been to dc. >> reporter: but that didn't keep mpd from slapping roberts with a $200 speed camera violation. he says the agency refused to provide the photo. >> there's only two kinds of people that could be behind this. one, incompetent, or two, a scammer, and a thief. >> reporter: keith roberts isn't just fighting a simple ticket. he's waged a battle over tags he turned into the frederick maryland office in 1994. that's right, 1994. . >> i, william jefferson clinton. >> reporter: in 1994, bill clinton was president. a gallon of gas was

here's wusa 9's first alert weather. >> wow, okay, we started the morning show at, okay, i thought we were going to erica right there. texas, arkansas, oklahoma and other mid-southern states are being slammed by a storm. it's brought sleet, rain, ice. cars are slipping off the road. many of the affected areas are dealing with power outages because of all the freezing ice on power lines. and that storm is wreaking havoc on travel all around the united states right now. here at home in dc, we are under a yellow alert because some of that is coming this way. >> well, what we have is the initial front of this very, very large storm system. it's very complicated, but the first frontal boundary is moving through the dc metro right now. that's going to set the stage for that colder air, and if you drove into work and headed out for lunch or about to, you will feel the change. here's a one-hour doppler radar loop for you so you can see how this storm is progressing. we have the heavy rain moving through the beltway right now. you can see it outlined in the yellows and oranges. and just within

we'll have more for you tonight on wusa 9 at 11:00. back to you. >> that's going touch a lot of people. thanks, diane. >>> a pregnant woman who refused to get a flu shot due to her fear of miscarrying has been fired from her job with a healthcare company. brianna brieton worked as a nurse for verizon health services in pennsylvania. the company requires all personnel to get the flu vaccine. wheaten suffered two miscarriages earlier this year. >>> we had such a beautiful saturday. looks like it may be giving way to some showers. olga will have the real forecast, when we come back. . >>> olga, first, i want to say thank you, because it was beautiful today. >> love taking the credit for the good weather, but will you love me tomorrow? >> maybe not. [ laughter ] >> actually, if you love the rain, i think you'll like tomorrow. our gardens will be happy, you know, but i think those people who want to get around tomorrow might want to make other plans. it won't be a complete washout. we'll get quite of bit of rain. in the meantime, let's focu

. >>> there's still time to take part in the wusa give joy drive.to thank you for delivering toys. we're still taking donations for warm winter clothing. if we have one more day like yesterday, they will need the clothes. go to the website, wusa did -- 9.com/givejoy. kevin said, i'm 13 years old. i hope your gifts are a new bed, home, clothes. i wish i could meet you. i want to give you a big hug to show you i care about you and your family. family is the most important and treasured gift in the world. i wish you and your family a merry christmas and happy near yoo. near-- happy new year. >>> and topper spent time on the tight today. >> i did. if you go on, you want to give more than one gift, you can go back, click another gift and it will appear in the cart. that freaked me out earlier. >> the cold is what we have to worry about now. >> yeah, until saturday. saturday is interesting situation. nothing like last sunday. let's start with a live look outside. 43 today was the high and temperatures right now, not crazy cold but the arctic air is still

. >>> at the national zoo, surae chinn, wusa 9. >> such a cutie.miss bao bao's next milestone, you can download the zoo's smartphone app for $1.99 and watch little bao bao on the live panda cam on your phone all the time. >> you've already downloaded that, i take it. >> i'm working on it. >>> the washington redskins had yet another chance to impress on a national stage. five prime time games, winless coming into tonight. unfortunately, bruce, they're still winless. let's head out to fedexfield. dave owens is there. heart break for the redskins. >> reporter: yeah, you know what, guys, i wish i was on panda watch tonight. it would have been better than what i saw behind me on this gridiron. it was ugly. an ominous feeling here. about 15 minutes before the game a lot of empty seats here at fedexfield. now, it filled up, but, listen, i get it, it's a holiday season, late game two, teams with losing records. but it equaled a real small crowd here tonight. let's take a look at the video. it was not pretty if you're a burgundy and gold fan. redskins and g

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wusa 9 spoke to members of the lin family earlier this fall and she shared photos of the 150-year-old family cemetery. crews have excavated the cemetery to make way for a new high school. the lins say they are angry no one contacted them in advance. officials say they had no idea relatives of those buried in the site were still in the area. tonight's meeting at edward kelley leadership center is in manassas at 7:00. >>> one man is dead after a violent carjacking outside an upscale north carolina mall. police say the victim had just finished holiday shopping with his wife when the shots rang out. janel burrell has more. >> reporter: emergency crews seen rushing the victim out of the parking deck, fighting for his life after being shot in the head. the 30-year-old man would not make it, later dying at the hospital. the man gunned downright in front of his -- down, right in front of his wife at the mall. >> i didn't know what was going on. >> i heard a lady screaming at the top of her lungs. >> reporter: prosecutors say the couple was leading to the mall, heading to their range rover suv

i'm russ ptacek, wusa 9. >>> i just got a peek at new guides, and i'm getting more and more concerned for the ice storm. dc down to the district, you may not see temperatures above freezing until early monday morning. we will keep you posted and get back to it in a minute. the weather cam, it's 62. crazy warm outside. winds out of the south, southwest at 11. here's where the precipitation and storm are now. you can see the snow stretching over the narrow band. the ribbon of ice as well, and the rest is kentucky in through southern ohio and maryland and also west virginia. it's actually going to roll through here tonight in the form of rain and showers and continue tomorrow, and that's why we have a yellow alert for friday. wet commute going to work and coming home. nothing frozen tomorrow. don't worry about that, but be advised leaves on the road are slick this is the ice and the snow, and we will get into sunday, and right now, some slight showers across part of the metro area moving through. gaithersburg, and down to northwest dc, and more showers back to the west. again, it's going

and the game of the day, you saw right here on wusa, the iron bowl, the first time -- game tied.sitting right there waiting for it. never looked back. auburn, a team of destiny this season, knocks off top ranked alabama, headed to the sec championship game as we now know we'll play missouri. up a level, the weeks are flying by quickly, we are now in week 13 of the nfl and the washington redskins have yet another prime time game. their fifth and final one of the season. so far, the redskins are 0 for 4 on the national stage. and tomorrow night, they welcome the new york giants for the first time this season. now it's obvious the frustration is building in ashburn, but despite being out of the playoff picture, there's still pride on the line to play for. >> right now, we haven't played -- we have to get back to that and that's our focus in the next five weeks. >> take pride in yourself to approach these games with the same way you would approach, even though you know the season is going to end. but you know, still a lot of football left to play and you know, we can still turn the s