Passed us here on the parkway. See what they were doing as they were using the northbound lanes to go southbound, because of that big sinkhole problem on the southbound lanes of the gw parkway. But before he got here, he passed the beltway at river road. And caused a big closure there. All of the motorcade going through there. And before that, the motorcade passing by old georgetown road, and, of course, that caused a problem in that area. Some of the roads around here shut down for more than a half hour during the heart of rush hour. I understand how motorcades work. I understand the need for them. But that seemed a bit excessive and probably could have been planned better and probably has a lot to do with this, whats going on over here. What we have been telling you about all day. The southbound lanes of the George Washington parkway where work is still continuing to fix that big sinkhole that opened up not long ago. And that work is expected to wrapup later on tonight. The good news on this side of the parkway, you should be able to use this side of the parkway to get to work tomorrow, southbound lanes should be open. But man, oh, man. What a rush hour tonight, guys, one well be talking about for a while. Send it back to you. Thanks, adam. Our other big story tonight, of course, the weather. You might want to get ready for another round of rain. Sleet. And bitter cold. Sad, but true. Its moving through the recently right now, creating a mess on our roads. Doug is tracking it all from storm center 4. Doug . Oh, you might as well just add in bad weather to bad traffic. The two go handinhand, exactly what were seeing now. The rain across our region, drizzle, parts of the area seeing sleet. You can see it on storm team 4 radar. Not much around the d. C. Metro area. This is all just sleet or rather drizzle here. Not showing up on radar. But its there. Its been there all day. Back to the west, notice these areas of yellow and orange. Those are areas of ice in the radar showing that, trying to see if we have confirmation towards winchester and martinsburg, seeing if its seeing sleet there. We have that Winter Weather advisory that continues, and were just now getting into this next wave of moisture as it moves on through. So were in for a rather wet night. That Winter Weather advisory continues until 1 00 a. M. Frederick county maryland, frederick county, virginia, the panhandle of West Virginia down i81. Hell be back later on to talk about how this round of Winter Weather we told you it wouldnt be much, but the next round, ill talk about that, too. Whats happening next. Ive got your forecast. Thanks, doug. A georgetown law student says her university should have done more to protect her from a rabbi who worked there. He is accused of secretly videotaping women during a ritual bath, and now she has filed a class action lawsuit. And as the news4 iteams Tisha Thompson reports, that lawsuit names both the university and the georgetown synagogue. Reporter that is where rabbi Barry Freundel is accused of illegally videotaping women as they undressed and went into a ritual bath known as a mikvah. As a professor at georgetowns law school, he encouraged the student to write a term paper on the ritual bath and told her to research it by immersing herself on two different occasions. The suit says she is one of at least 100 women who might have been videotaped, and says the school and the synagogue should have done more to protect the women from the rabbi, because according to court records, he had a longstanding reputation for being, coat, creepy, and encouraging young, attractive women to repeatedly use the bath. The lawsuit says one synagogue staffer is even quoted as saying the rabbi treated the mikvah like a car wash, every sunday, six students at a time. The lawsuit says the student got the highest grade in the class because of that paper but now feels she was lured to the bath by the rabbi so he could sexually exploit her. Tisha thompson, news4 iteam. The synagogue has not responded to our request for comment but a representative from Georgetown University emailed the statement, and i quote, we are horrified by the behavior reported to have taken place at the mikvah. The university is cooperating fully with Law Enforcement authorities on their investigation, as well as conducting our own investigation of rabbi africanel freundels conduct. Tonight we have learned it was a repairman who found the woman stabbed in her home. She lived at white flint station old georgetown road in rockville. Jackie bensen joins us representative from the scene. Reporter the victims name has not yet been released by police, and at this hour, detectives are talking to her roommate. Police cruisers and homicide detectives are an unaccustomed sight here and that has neighbors concerned. Very scary, very uncharacteristic of this neighborhood. Like i was saying, this is a very residential, very familyoriented neighborhood. I know lots of families with Young Children that live here. Reporter montgom Police Officers responded to a 911 call from the white flint station condo complex on old georgetown road just east of Rockville Pike around 10 00 a. M. Sources tell news4, one of the complexs maintenance workers told police he discovered the womans body when he came to the unit to make a repair, and found the door ajar. Sources say the victim had been stabbed in the upper body. The First Arriving officers also encountered the victims roommate. Were interviewing a roommate, and identified as a female in her 50s. She was present when police arrived. Reporter the complex, a stones throw from Rockville Pike, is a fairly recent addition to the area. Its pretty bizarre. Pretty bizarre. You know, im sure theyll make some sense of it here. Reporter now, this section of old georgetown road is a newly residential area. The condo complex lists its address as north bethesda. Live in montgomery county, jackie bensen, news4. Thanks, jackie. Yet another arrest in connection to the fallout in ferguson, missouri. A man in Washington State is facing federal charges for threatening a Ferguson Police the officer on the receiving end of that threat is believed to be darren wilson, according to our sister station in seattle. Wilson resigned from the Ferguson Police force days after a grand jury decided not to indict him for killing michael brown. Here at home, students at George WashingtonUniversity Held a demonstration to protest the ferguson decision. And to promote better Race Relations on the campus there. In the meantime, the coach of the st. Louis rams is refusing demands for an apology for several players who made a handsup, dont shoot gesture before the game sunday. The next defense secretary nominee is likely to be ashton carter. Nbc news has learned an announcement is expected this week, maybe as soon as tomorrow. Carter formally served as second in command at the pentagon. He was in the running to succeed leon panetta in the office. President obama ultimately chose chuck hagel, who resigned under pressure last week. Two years after a scandal forced cia director David Petraeus to resign, there is a new call for an investigation. A letter was sent expressing concern about leaks in the case, and leaving petraeus open to blackmail. Petraeus resigned over an extramarital affair. Mccain also questioned whether the investigation is being handled in a fair manner, since attorney general eric holder has commented publicly on the case. A battle over president obamas executive action on Immigration Reform is front and center again. Republicans are determined to express their frustration over the president s unilateral action. Some of them have threatened it shut down the government. But House Speaker john boehner may have come up with an opinion that with an option, that is, that uses a scalpel rather than an ax. Steve handelsman is in capitol hill with more. Reporter Republican Leaders insist they will not shut down government but say they do want to try to use the power of the purse to counter what they see as an unconstitutional move by the president. To try to block president obamas executive order, to grant work permits to 4 to 5 Million Immigrants in the u. S. Without proper paper, republicans say they will refuse to fully fund the department of homelandy that runs immigration programs, while fully funding the fence and Everything Else through next september. Tea Party Members want to vote on that now. To bring a stop to the action that the president wants. Reporter but Speaker John Boehner warned republicans, he wont try that until next year. I think they understand, its going to be difficult to take meaningful action, as long as weve got democratic control in the senate. Reporter still, republicans are furious now. Key we keep talking about the illegal immigrant and making it easier for them. How does this help the American Worker who cant find work and cant provide for his family. Reporter republicans earlier clips of the president saying he cannot alter immigration policy on his own. Thats not how our democracy functions. Reporter president obama has clearly exceeded his constitutional authority. The secretary of home land secured argued the opposite. This type of action has existed in one form or another, going back decades. Reporter and because he issued the executive order, the gallup poll finds, its up ten points to 68 . But republicans are encouraged by polls that find about half of American VotersWant Congress to do more to try to roll back those obama executive orders. Im steve handelsman, news4. Were learning more about a potential blow to the terror group, isis. The Lebanese Army has arrested one of the three wives of the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. She and a small child were detained as they tried to speaker lebanon with forged identification panls. The woman may know a great deal about isis, and its inner workings. Lebanese Security Officials tell nbc news, she was detained nine days ago and is still being interrogated. Coming up, messages of hate at three separate locations. And tonight, neighbors are talking about the damage as police try to find the vandals. His recovery is nothing short of a miracle. How a local rugby coach defend the odds and walked again, despite suffering a serious injury on the field. An historic moment. 356 years in the making. Well report how one local community is working to improve Race Relations between police and the public. Today marked an historic moment for Law Enforcement and Race Relations in Charles County, maryland. Our chris gordon was in attendance for the swearing in of that countys first black sheriff. His name is troy barry. According to the constitutional laws of this state according to the constitution and the laws of this state. Congratulations, sheriff barry. Best wishes to you. Reporter history is made as troy barry becomes the first africanamerican sheriff here. There is a single reason why i entered the political race to be sheriff of Charles County, maryland. I was not trying to make history. I was trying to make a difference. Sheriff barry, hugging family members, crediting his wife for helping him decide to run. And i told him, i felt he was the right man at the right time for the right job. Reporter at a time when Race Relations and demonstrations focusing on ferguson, missouri, dominate news headlines, i asked sheriff barry how that will influence his thinking as he runs the Charles CountySheriffs Office. I think a Law Enforcement entity should be reflective of the community, not specifically black officers. We are underserved in the areas of hispanic officers. Hispanic population is growing here in Charles County. Reporter ten years ago, Charles County was the scene of one of the largest residential arson cases in marylands history. One of the five white men tried in the case said the houses were chosen because many of the home buyers were africanamericans. Charles county leaders say times have changed. I think weve got a pretty good job in bridging the divide and well continue to do that and troy will do a great job of doing that. Reporter 600 officers were sworn in today along with the sheriff, who is asking them to join him, working for positive change. Charles county, chris gordon, news4. A followup to a news4 iteam investigation into marylands beefed up towing law. The state is fighting a judges ruling that said parts of the law are unconstitutional. The owner of g g towing went to court, challenging the law, which includes rules about socalled towspotters. Those are workers who watch for unauthorized vehicles on private properties. The judge sided with the tow company. Maryland has filed an appeal. Arguments are expected early next year. Doug, its just been a perfectly dreadful day out there. Not snow would be later than this icycold rain. I would agree i love weather. There is one type of weather i hate. And that is code rain. And thats what we have seen all day today. Unless youre inside, unless you can sleep it off, today was a little bit of a miserable day. A lot of people would say yuk. And thats what were dealing with toward reston town center. Look at that camera, shows the rain there, the fog around the area. Same deal down at the airport. Visibility starting to get lower. Still around a mile. But yeah, we are losing visibility. Still, though, not a horrible day. Not bad enough to cancel the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. That took place earlier today. The Lighting Ceremony took place within the last hour down at the capitol. All right. Yep. Thats a prey looking tree. A 10yearold maryland boy helped Speaker John Boehner with the honors. The tree will be lit from dusk until 11 00 every night right now through january 1st. Great tree. And, of course, the white house down at the white house, well do that christmas tree, thats coming up on thursday night. Well be live down there, as well. I will be there for that one, and the weather will be the best its been in four years for that one. So im excited about that. Temperature right now, 37. Its raing across the area. The drizzle, the cold air. Yeah, definitely on the chilly side. Not the best day. 32 in gaithersburg. 33 in hagerstown. The good news is, just about everybody all of the reporting stations are above freezing. But you notice here, around thethe catoctin some freezing rain, a report south of smithburg right around the hagerstown area, west of frederick, report of freezing rain in that area. Watch out. You could see some pockets of freezing rain and sleet. But the rain just now starting to move into the d. C. Metro area. I81, starting to come down pretty good, maybe mixing wi sleet at times and some areas of freezing rain. To the north, in through parts of pennsylvania, it is snow and sleet. And freezing rain. Theyre dealing with a bigger mess than we are. Our temperatures, though, because they are just above freezing, we should stay on the better side of things. And look what happens tonight around 8 00. Thats when it really moves into the d. C. Metro area, right around the i95 corridor. It moves out. Thats the next wave that moves out. Clearing skies around 11 00. Maybe still dealing with drizzle at that time. More showers developing overnight, around 5 00, 6 00 in the morning and then those get out of here. By 8 00 tomorrow morning, i think well be okay. Dealing with clearing or rather cloudy skies. But it wasnt be as cold. Temperatures tonight will t ris tomorrow morning when you step out the door. 58 by tomorrow afternoon. So a big temperature change there. 70 yesterday. 35 today. 58 tomorrow. What about the next few days . Back down to 46 on thursday. 48 degrees on friday. And then we get rather unsettled. Chance of a few showers on friday. But then the washout of the day comes on saturday, i think, with a high of 47 degrees. 46 on sunday, still a chance for some showers. But i think the most rain from this system will come on saturday. Could even linger into the day on monday. High temperatures only in the 40s after tomorrows 58. So enjoy that. All right. We will. Thank you, doug. Tackling Domestic Violence off the football field. The Emotional Exchange that brought an nfl executive to tears. Also, a first for Prince Georges County. The leader that could spark change in the classroom. Ray rice won his appeal against the nfl, but says he would give up his football career for his family. Rice was a running back, a star for the baltimore ravens. He spoke on the today show with his wife and her parents by his side. He talked about how that video of his punching his now wife janay has had an impact on more than his own family. I want my wife, my daughter, my family, to we all just want our lives back. You know, you know, i realize football was one thing. But now i realize that the amount of people we have affected, the amount of families we have affected, that, you know, Domestic Violence is a real issue in society, you know. We could take our one bad night that just happened to be on video, but we are truly sorry for the people really going through it. If i never play football again, ill be honest with you, i would sacrifice more so she could have a better future. Ray rice also denied ever hitting his wife before that assault in the elevator that was on tape. He said he is still hoping for another nfl team to give him a Second Chance to play. Weve been asking viewers if they think rice should get a Second Chance. After they watched todays interview. So far a majority are saying yes he should. Another nfl player also fighting to get his job. Adrian peterson appeared in court in new york today to appeal his seasonlong suspension after he pled no contest to child abuse allegations. He injured his 4yearold son with a wooden switch. The hearing ended late this afternoon and will continue thursday. An nfl executive and former washington redskin brought to tears today on capitol hill. It happened at a hearing this afternoon. Addressing Domestic Violence in professional sports. Dianna russini is here with more. Right now, representatives from the nfl and all of pro sports are looking to find ways to promote awareness and develop correct punishment for Domestic Abusers in pro sports. Executive Vice President of Football Operations troy sin vent testified, and shared his very personal experience with abuse. Domestic violence was a way of life for my brother and i growing up. My brother and i watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was beaten and knocked unconscious as we dialed 911. We saw how she struggled to seek help and find the courage to say no more. I relate to the 20 million victims, survivors of Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse in every Community Across our nation. We believe that wearing a uniform of an nfl player is a privilege. It is not a right. Emotional testimony. Vincent also outlined what the league is doing to improve their response to incidents of Domestic Violence, child abuse and sexual assault, review of personal conduct policy. Implementing a mandatory Education Program for all nfl employees, training Critical Response teams, medical, legal and Financial Support and supporting leading Domestic Violence and sex assault prevention and awareness groups, along with raising awareness. The nfl p. A. , which is the nfl players union, says it is also establishing a commission to advise the nfl on Domestic Violence prevention and puni. Next the holiday mood has been, danned by spray painting vandals. A gamechanger for Virginia State laws in response to uv as campus controversy. See the latest response to the schools alleged rape culture. Plus, a local rugby coach inspiring others with his story, the devastating injury playing the sport he loves, and how his remarkable recovery will help other patients with similar injuries. Next. Messages of hate, spray painted on the cars and homes. Well hear from those targeted as police step up their search for the people who did it. Driver beware. More speed cameras are going up. Well pinpoint the exact location. And well tell you how a youth rugby coach is turning his pain into something positive. Its in hopes of helping others with spinal cord injuries. Updating breaking news now from the top of the show, president obama is back at home at the white house after his motorcade from the National Institutes of health caused road closures. The gw parkway was closed in both directions, key bridge closed in both directions. The outer loop of the beltway was closed from Rockville Pike all the way into virginia. All of those closures happening in the middle of an already wet and slow rush hour. Traffic is now moving again. President obama was at nih to tour its the Research Center and to get the latest on the fight against ebola. He congratulated the researchers on the early results on a new vaccine they have developed. Its the first of its kind and will be tested soon in west africa. The president noted the fight against ebola is far from over, and he urged congress to approve his 6. 2 billion funding request. Now to our weather. A wintry mix still moving through the region. Doug lets us know when is it going to move out. Doug . It will move out overnight towards tomorrow morning. I dont think well be dealing with this for the rush hour tomorrow. But were dealing with it right now. Tonights rush hour a wet one. We have seen the drizzle all day. The rain really coming in through montgomery county, moving through fairfax county, down through prince william, fauquier and places to the west. Notice the areas in yellow and orange, pink. That is some mixing taking place. We have heard some reports of sleet and freezing rain in parts of the region. I want to show you temperatures. Future temperatures tonight in the 30s. Watch what happens overnight into early tomorrow morning. We move into the 40s by 8 00 a. M. So temperatures will rise tonight on a southwesterly wind. We could see some fog before that starts to happen tomorrow afternoon going up into the 50s, even around 60 degrees. So boy, what a difference a day makes from yesterday to today. What a difference a day makes between today and tomorrow. Ive got your complete forecast coming up in a minute. Thanks, doug. Homes and vehicles damaged with messages of hate. About a dozen families in Loudoun County are dealing with the vandalism darkening their holiday. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey joins us live from sterling with reaction from residents. Julie . Reporter the thanksgiving holiday just coming to a close when residents on this block and two others had a rude awakening on sunday and monday morning. A spray painted mess on some of their homes and vehicles. Angela bowers told her friend it would be safe to leave his car, but monday morning, neighbors in sterling woke up to find that car and another vandalized with spray paint. On one, the driver side mirror blocked out. On the other, a failed attempt at a swastika. It put a damper on the end of the thanksgiving holiday. Makes it sad after everything is supposed to be happy and family and friends and then you come outside and see something that could be meant as hurtful and you can take it hurtful and its kind of how i took it, a little personal. Reporter this was one of three sterling blocks hit by vandals over the weekend. Angelas neighbor says the graffiti attack is troubling and potentially costly to victims. It is a nuisance, filing an insurance claim, et cetera, et cetera. And around this time, so much going on. But it is unsettling. You know, we feel this is a fairly safe neighborhood, and, you know, things like this kind of jolt you. Reporter this walking path could be the link tweebetween t areas. Chelims ford, eight cars parked there spray painted. Damage on this road and Stafford Court discovered first thing monday morning. Casper quickly painted over the graffiti on his garage door. He couldnt make out what was written but investigators think some of the words may have been an ethnic slur. I tried to see if i could see something into it, but i couldnt see anything that would indicate that it was something. The police came back and asked if they wanted to know if i was jewish or something, because some of the signs, i guess, were along that line. But i said no, i wasnt. Reporter and a spokesman of the Loudoun CountySheriffs Office tells me along with the obvious case of vandalism, they are looking at this too as a potential hate crime. Reporting live from sterling, virginia, julie carey, news4. The latest response to the campus rape controversy at the university of virginia could change state law. Theres new legislation of virginias general assembly. It would force police to report any campus sex assaults to local prosecutors within 48 hours. Delegate eileen fellacorn is outraged. Uva has been accused of not doingnough to investigate rape accusations. Details in Rolling Stone magazine last month. The fallout at uva is impacting another virginia school, the university of Mary Washington in fredericksburg announced a moratorium on fraternities and sororities. The school does not have a greek life system. The schools president sent an email yesterday saying now is not the time to establish one. The president also acknowledged rape incidents are not limited to fraternities and announced a new task force to address sex assaults on that campus. The Prince Georges County school board has never had any latino members until now. Two women are making history tonight by becoming the first loits latinas on the board. These appointments will make a big difference. Reporter jocelyn is a senior at park Dale High School in Prince Georges County. And as the daughter of parents from el sal dor, she knows the struggles immigrant kids are facing. A lot of our parents, while they want to support their child, dont have the resources for it. They say how am i going to pay for college . How is my child going further . Reporter she is hopeful that having latinas affected to the Prince Georges County school board will mean more immigrant kids will get the help and resources needed to go to college. To me, the Board Members show anything is possible. Were not a statistic. And we are going to see these results of people going more towards jobs that they might consider out of reach now. Reporter these two women, lupi grady and Nora Hernandez are the first two latinas elected to the board. Hernandez is the daughter of immigrants from el salvador. She attended county schools from kindergarten to graduation. I had parents who didnt know the system, came from a different kind of educational background in their home country, and got to go through the system and excel. Lupi grady went to school in d. C. , but when she and her husband were starting a family, they chose Prince Georges County schools. They came to the u. S. From el salvador when she was 7. It helped shape who i am as far as keeping it in perspective. You see the sacrifices your family makes around, you know, just wanting to give you an opportunity, education was definitely part of that. Reporter latinos make up 26 of the student population here, and its a growing number. Its really good there is latino reputation. It shows diverse, and they can work as a team. Reporter in upper marlboro, darcy spencer, news4. Marylands governorelect, larry hogan, is preparing for his biggest event since winning the election. He will meet with president obama friday afternoon at the white house. The president is meeting with newly elected governors from six states. Coming up, air bags are supposed to keep i safe in a crash, but thats not always the case. Coming up, well tell you about the ebbs expanding call for a recall. Consider yourself more and more speed cameras are up and ticketing in d. C. What you need to know bef a table loaded with heroin, cocaine, guns and cash, all the result of a largescale drug bust in frederick county, maryland. The Sheriffs Office there believes it has arrested a major dealer in that area. At one location, they found a shotgun and 63,000 in cash, some heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana. In all, investigators have arrested six people so far in that case. The air bag maker takata seems to be on a collision course with the government over that massive recall. Today was the deadline the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration had given takata, demanding it issue a nationwide air bag recall. It has not responded to that request. The air bags can shoot shrapnel upon impact. Meanwhile, subaru and mitsubishi are expanding the air bag recall in their vehicles to include more cars in high humidity areas like mississippi and alabama. Drivers are going to have to slow down or risk getting a ticket in more parts of the distct now. The 30day warning period is over for six new speed cameras in northeast d. C. Two stop sign cameras, as well, in northwest. Heres a look where they are on a map. Stop sign violation fines will be 50. Speeding fines range from 50 to 300. Depends how fast youre going the people have spoken, but the question is will metro agree. Survey results show riders want the future route 772 metro station the silver line to be named ashburn. And the route 606 stop, they want to be named broad run. Loudoun county supervisors will vote on the names tomorrow, and forward them to the washington metropolitan transportatio the stations are not scheduled to open for another three years. Tonight a new push to increase the minimum wage in virginia. Senator dave marsden, a democrat from frfax county, is behind the bill. He wants to raise the minimum wage from 7. 25 to 10. 10 an hour by 2017. He says the move would help the poor and promote spending that would help state businesses. Similar legislation failed to pass the gopcontrolled house during this years legislative session. Coming up, Major Construction project got the green light. Well report what it will take to get a new soccer stadium in d. C. Doctors werent sure if gary would be able to walk again. But today a year after his accident, hes doing that and more. Im david culver in mclean, coming up, the story behind his remarkable recovery. It now appears that the d. C. United soccer team will, in fact, get a new stadium in the district. The d. C. Council today gave preliminary approval to a 300 million Sports Complex near nats ballpark. Some financing details still need to be worked out, but city will pay about 150 million for the land. The team will pay about 150 million to build the 20,000seat stadium. Mayor elect Muriel Bowser and other city leaders have said they would also like to get washingtons Football Team to return to the city. Which would mean all the local professional sports teams then would make d. C. Their home. A Northern Virginia rugby player is turning his tragedy on the field into a way of giving back. Heres news4s david culver with the story behind one remarkable recovery. Really emphasize that. Reporter from the treadmill think about that. Reporter to the balance bars. For the past year, this has been garys fulltime job. But to fully appreciate garys progress, you need only go back a year into the sport that he loves. Rugby kind of helped shape my life, if you like. Reporter born and raised in south africa, gary has played rugby since he was 5. His only injury in those 45 years happened last november. It was a freak accident and something that never really happens in rugby. Reporter gary broke his neck, couldnt move and wasnt expected to walk again. The injury, obviously, didnt sever my spinal cord, all right. Thats if i had, i wouldnt be here. Reporte but with his wife teresa by his side, they focused on the positive. I just knew he needed to know i was there, and he had support. Reporter that support and garys determination led to this. Teresa recorded just about every step of garys progress. This was gary needing the help of several therapists to move his legs. Here he is working his shoulders and perfecting his grip. Hes back to being independent. Repor gary is now using his sport to help others with spinal cord injuries. He just hosted his First Charity tournament with his great falls youth rugby players and is planning more to spread his message of resilience. Dont give up. Do as much as you can for yourself. Reporte in mclean, im david culver, news4. Wow. That is quite the story. Were glad he is sharing. For sure. So little improvement tomorrow . A lot improvement tomorrow. I mean, its not quite as you know, nice as yesterday. Yesterday, 70 degrees. Today at 35 with drizzle and rain. Va vance, you sum it up best when you say i have to be careful here. Yucky, nasty, funky kind of day, all right . Does that get there . I was looking for one word, but you got there just fine. Your evening planner tonight, temperatures on the cold side. You know that. Look at the rain coming down at the airport. 37 degrees with rain falling. Rain around 7 00. Rain around 8 00, 9 00 and then we see that rain getting out of here and chilly around 11 00. Temperatures around the 35 degree mark. Thats where we are in rockville. 34 in the gaithersburg area. 33 36 in reston. 37 in ft. Belvoir. 5 degrees, thats all it takes and we would be freezing and talking about a mess. But we told you yesterday this would be all rain as we would stay above freezing so some very good news there. Back to the west, some areas of sleet and freezing rain, but not a lot. Most is still on the warm side, at least in the upper levels of the atmosphere. So this is all falling as rain in most of the region. You can see that rain now coming through the d. C. Metro area back through fairfax county, montgomery county, as we move with the map on down over towards frederick. You can see a little bit of a mix and some freezing rain arou around catoctin mountains and blue ridge. Heads up in those areas, the Winter Weather advisory in effect until 1 00 in the morning. The rain moving on out of here, you can see whats behind it. A little bit more in the way of moisture. But southwesterly winds and thats going to help us. By tomorrow morning, look at this. Not as cold. 42 degrees. So our temperatures will rise overnight tonight. By tomorrow afternoon, a whole lot better. Were talking 58 degrees for that evening commute, no problem at all. Nice and mild tomorrow afternoon. Theres the forecast, mostly cloudy, nice and mild again after yesterdays nice, mild temperatures. 55 to 61 degrees. Thats the roller coaster we have been on. Down today, we go back up tomorrow. Back down a little bit on thursday. 46 degrees on thursday. 48 on friday. Then we get a little unsettled. The rain moves in late friday into saturday. Saturday could be a washout. If youve got plans on saturday, yeah, you might want to rethink that. Sunday right now looks like just the chance for some shower activity. Not a lot of rain. But well be watching this weekend forecast for you and continue to keep you updated right here from the storm center. Guys . Thank you. A milestone tonight on nbc nightly news as Brian Williams celebrates ten years as anchor and managing editor. A look now at what brians work looks like. Coming up tonight, who turned out the lights in detroit as the Investigation Continues into a major failure of the power grid there. Our investigation into artificial playing surfaces continues tonight. With new questions about playgrounds for children. And with gas prices continuing to plummet, well take you to a place where they may dip below 2 a gallon. That and more when we join you tonight. Dianna is out well, no, shes not. Im here. Shes here. But the caps at the verizon center. The winter classic is less than a month away. Tonight hoping to kickstart a december against one of the best in the west. Plus, the whiz starting to look like the elite. Why dont they believe it . Sports is next. Stay here. This is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. So caps are playing again tonight and want to hit the reset button. They do, but were talking about the wizards first. To the caps, all right. The wizards last night. Vince lombardi said if you want to have faith in yourself and discipline when youre the best, what youve got to have is faith and discipline when youre not. From what it sounds like right now, this is a Washington Wizards mentality. They admit, they are playing as the underdogs in the nba right now. Even if they really arent. We play with a chip on our shoulder. We have a lot to prove, and were not satisfied with where were at, we want to continue to get better each and every game. This start, we got off to has been good, because we have just been playing, moving the ball, and playing great defense. Our defense really on top of everything won us our games. Are we there yet, i dont know, i cant answer that. But were growing. I think thats part of maturity. Continuity, guys together. The experiences of going through that. And, you know, are learning from it. Stay the underdogs, it works. Something basketball fans have been waiting for all season, the reigning nba mvp kevin durant with the pelicans. He fractured his foot and underwent surgery. Kd expected to play 30 minutes tonight. Thunder are 512 this season without him. Just come to d. C. , just come here. So the winter classic which will air here on nbc 4 on new years day is less than a month away. The caps play tonight at the verizon center, and one thing needs to happen with this team. They need to find something that works this month. It all starts tonight. Barry trotz and the caps have seen this Vancouver Team once this season. Falling to the canucks on the road in october. Things havent been good lately for the caps, losing three of their last four games, even though it thoroughly team is at tenth in the east and things have got to start turning around. Were not in the playoff picture. We start today i dont know if were sitting around thinking were kings, but were not. It a very good hockey team. They are a very good hockey team. Its going to be a hardfought game. I think we cant stress enough, its time to win hockey games. Just got to get back on the horse. Cant lose two in a row at this time of year. Got to get back on and cant afford to take a break. Theyre a good team and its just cant afford anything else in this league. Got to take that wizards attitude. The underdog attitude maybe will help them a little bit. I like that theyre thinking playoffs. I would consider thinking you dont like that . New years day. Right . All right. Jim. Capscanucks at 7 00 on Comcast Sports net. Tiger woods hasnt played competitive golf since the pga championship in august and took off the last few months with a nagging back injury. Feel like he has been going through this forever. But now woods is returning for this weekends hero golf challenge, an event his foundation sponsors. And today he talked about how he is feeling. Feels great. It feels fantastic. Ive done the proper rehab, ive gotten stronger. Ive gotten more explosive. Ive gotten faster. All things are now now i just need to hit more balls. But the body is good. I dont have the sharp pain like i used to the beginning of the year. I dont have tha i still have some aches and pains, just like anybody else who is my age and older. I said you. Lets hope he can stay healthy. Coach of the year after leading united to the top of the eastern conference, goalkeeper bill aimmediate and bobby boss well named to the mls best 11. And finally, redskins spending their day off at the library. Well, helping renovate the library. The Elementary School in southwest. Alfred morris, of course, also taking some time to read with the kids, and my favorite guy ever, Doug Williams on hand for the ribboncutting ceremony to cap the special day off. And vance, Doug Williams says hi. He tells me every sunday, make sure you tell vance hi. Hes the man. Hes the only person who gets two syllables out of my name. I love that. Nbc nightly news is next. Well see you at 11 00. Have a good evening. On our broadcast tonight, knocked out. Who turned out the lights in detroit . A huge power grid suddenly goes dark. A citywide emergency focuses attention on a crumbling infrastructure nationwide. Mandatory evacuations in california as the nasty and sprawling storm moves on shore. Too much rain way too fast and in a droughtstricn region that now means floods. Sounding the alarm about whats in the cargo hold on commercial flights. Tonight the product that could bring down a plane. Also our nbc news investigation on a potential health risk in certain playgrounds. Why some doctors warn against it, some parents wont let their kids near it. And plunge at the pump. Gas prices continue to dive, and well learn where they might be about