Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. We have the rain coming down in the metro area and our temperatures are cold, above freezing, so you need to layer up if youre heading out. Need an umbrella. Getting light to moderate rain, this dark green zone, northwest washington into montgomery county, northernin county and moderate rain here just about to come into Fairfax County, into loudoun county, out of Prince William and in southern maryland, too, getting moderate rain. All of this advancing to the north. Heavy rain, this one band of yellow this is just right now near charlottesville on a track to get closer to the metro area later on this afternoon. Ive got new hourbyhour timing on when the heaviest rain will be arriving and when its going for the weekend in just a you few minutes. You thank you, tom. Right now d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is inside trump tower meeting with the president elect. Mark segraves is live. Good morning, mark. Reporter good morning, barbara. Mayor bowser asked for the meeting and the president elect said yes. Minutes ago mayor bowser came in you through the back door, avoided reporters, got on the elevator weve been watchi upstairs for her meeting with the president elect. We do know she wants to talk about infrastructure. Its the one thing she says she has Common Ground with the president elect. There was a surprise this morning, a very rare showing of donald trump in the lobby and he spoke to reporters. He was asked about his meeting with the mayor. Here is what he had to say. Well talk about a lot of things to a lot of people, we have a lot of people, a great group of people, doing very well. Of details about this meeting. Mayor bowsers played this close to the vest. She did say, of course, she wants to talk infrastructure and possibly statehood. Well be talking with the mayor after her meeting and get a full debriefing about what the two spoke about. They have a lot more they dont have in common particularly the fact the mayor has said d. C. Will remain a sanctuary city. Well have an update on all of this this evening at 4 00, 5 00, and 6 00. Follow me on twitter for updates throughout the day. Were live in new yorkut mark segraves, news 4. Thank you, mark. After his meeting with mayor bowser trump will hit the road to at this point his thank you tour holding a Campaign Style rally in fayetteville, North Carolina, where hes expected to unveil his choice for secretary of defense, retired general james mattis. Mad dog mattis. Reporter that unofficial announcement of his choice for defense secretary, retired general james mattis, followed trumps thank you rally in North Carolina. Its a great way to get out with the people and thats what the president elect loves most. Reporter his latest cabinet appointing, dr. Ben carson as hud secretary, is drawing praise and criticism from congress. A few weeks ago carson said he didnt have the experience to lead a federal department. The decisions will be made public in the days ahead. Manchin is being considered and mitt romney is back on top for secretary of state. Several candidates now out of the running including former China Ambassador jon huntsman who called mr. Trumps controversial phone call with tijuana smart move. It provides space and leverage in the overall u. S. china relationship. Discussed for months. And the date for the Electoral College is approaching quickly, now less than two weeks away and one texas republican said hes not voting for donald trump even though his state did. In a New York Times oped he explains why he thinks the president elect isnt qualified. Traie potts, nbc news, washington. President obama will head to flori service. He will deliver his last National Security speech. Mr. Obama is expected to highlight the gains the u. S. Has made against extremist organizations like isis and to promote what he sees as the most sustainable approach to defeating them. Now donald trump, of course, has not been sworn in yet and people are looking ahead to the next election. In fact, Vice President joe biden seems to be leaving his options open for 2020. He told reporters yesterday little bit when he was pressed on the subject. It came moments after an emotional bipartisan moment on the senate floor when Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell surprised biden by renaming a portion of the 21st century cures bill after his son beau who died of cancer last year. Its fitting to dedicate the cancer initiatives in honor of someone who would be proud of the presiding officer today, and thats his son, beau. That medicalur billion for bidens cancer moon shot, as he called it, is expected to pass the senate this it week. Comet pingpong is set to reopen today, two days after a man opened fire inside the popular d. C. Pizza restaurant. Now we are learning more about the man accused of firing off those shots. These photos are from edgar welchs facebook account. He went before a judge to face to the restaurant to selfinvestigate fake news linked to the clinton campaign. We have also learned that welch has a criminal history in North Carolina dating back to 2007 which includes Marijuana Possession and drinking while driving. Right now the d. C. Council is meeting and is set to vote on paid family leave. The proposal gives 11 weeks of paid leave for parents and eight weeks to care for a sick relate. New Business Payroll tax. If passed this would only apply to workers in d. C. Not government workers. Todays vote is the first of two votes on the bill. A vre train plowed into a car on the fredericksburg line causing a big headache during the morning commute today. Chopper 4 was over the scene around 7 30 this morning in brooke, virginia. No word on any injuries. Trains were delayed about two hours as crews worked to clear the scene. Under investigation. We are now two days away from that grand opening, the Mgm National Harbor is going to create a lot of businesses and a lot of traffic, too, of course. Adam tuss is live outside the building to talk about what you need to know to get ready. Adam . Thats right, barbara. The traffic anxiety is definitely start to go creep up here outside the casino. Take a look at it this morning and things are geg just a couple of days. Will this new casino come in like a lion, tangling up our commute. I think just the traffic is going to be the big thing. Reporter she drives through this area as part of a shortcut but now she doesnt know what to expect. I take 495 to 295 to avoid 395 coming in. And i think its going to be pretty interesting to see whats reporter the work still ongoing to get the new casino ready on the streets nearby like oxon hill road uncertainty about what will happen. Commuter troy wilfong is from baltimore where a new casino opened there not too long ago. It hasnt affected much in baltimore. This one is much bigger and it may be different. Reporter a transportation leader says this will be different. Driving here the main choice. Ride Share Services like uber will play a big part. Metro stations arent that close. Branch avenue and king street. There are some bus routes coming through here. But for now we wait and see what happens starting thursday. Now a new Shuttle Service was Just Announced for right here at National Harbor but, again, thats right here at National Harbor. When it comes to thursday and the opening of the casino, plan your commute accordingly, guys. Back to you. All right, thank you. Everybody getting ready for that. All right. We have more on the new mgm casino including a look at an well take a look at food options for people planning to visit the resort. There are a lot of choices from toprated restaurants to some casual ones, too. Im only here to say one thing, that i am incredibly sorry. And were going to hear from the manager of the warehouse fire in oakland where 36 people died after a weekend blaze. How hes responding to fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month threequarters of the warehouse that went up in oakland has been cleared out following a terrible fire last week. 26 people have been identified. People in the city are holding vigils and fundraisers to honor and help the families of everyone who was killed. The warehouse was an artist colony t this morning in an exclusive interview with the today show the buildings manager said hes sorry. Im a proud man. Im not going to answer questions. I would rather get on the floor and be trampled by the parents. I would rather let them tear at my flesh than answer these ridiculous questions. Im so sorry. Im incredibly sorry. What do you want me to say . I am sorry. Oakland prosecutors say theyre considering criminal charges against the buildings owner. A Terror Threat under investigation right now in los angeles. The fbi says someone told them the rail system would come under attack. Theyre calling it a specific eminent threat but its not clear if its a hoax or if its real. Several agencies increased security on the l. A. Rails this morning adding federal agents and unov and new this morning, a republican lobbyist is increasing the reward for information on who shot dnc staffer seth rich. Its now up to 130,000 and is believed to be the largest reward in d. C. History. Rich was shot and killed over the summer while he was walking home in the bloomingdale neighborhood. Last month his parents made an emotional plea for those responsible to come forward. This morning were learning more about two court cases that carolina could announce when they plan to retry a former Police Officer for murder. The mistrial was declared yesterday in michael slegrs trial. He shot and killed scott after a traffic stop last year. Prosecutors say it was murder and they plan to retry slegr. The defense says the former officer feared for his life. Video of the encounter seems to show scott running away as slegr shoots him in the back. In georgia Justin Ross Harris has been sentenced to life in on hes convicted of murder after leaving his 22monthold son cooper in a hot suv for seven hours on a sweltering day in june of 2014. The judge handed down the maximum sentence and said the court found harris had intentionally and unnecessarily inflicted severe physical and mental pain upon his son. Investigators say it was a brutal murder at a gas station in spotsylvania. Celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary next week. Its going to be kind of hard after that. Its hard to accept it. 50yearold david washington is now charged this in the clerks death. Police say he beat the clerk with a piece of wood before stealing money from a cash register. Arlington countys new bishop will be installed at 2 00 this afternoon. Hes promising to promote peace and this years president ial election. Bishop burbridge says its his job to tell parishioners were all brothers and sisters and despite our politics we need to treat each other with respect. Even when we disagree, even when we have different perspectives that we do not label, we do not dismiss one another, but truly listen and respectfully engage each other. He will be the fourth bishop to submit a letter of resignation at 75. The home is home to 6,000 catholics. Marylands newest casino opens in just days now, and its the fairly safe bet youll see large crowds there. The news 4 iteam found maryland has a list of players who are prohibited from entering some local casinos, but you cant see that list. As scott used to keep players from winning too much. Reporter joe is a pro. You see the same people everywhere you go on the circuit. Reporter hes from Silver Spring and plays in the major pro poker tournaments. You travel to different cities all the time. Youre mostly working seven days a week. Reporter he used to spend time at the blackjack tables in maryland, too, but hes no longer allowed inside horseshoe. It came out of the blue, like four guys in suits show up of them. Each casino has a list and maryland state officials have. But who was booted and for what . The state doesnt specify. The lists are kept private. Unlike in john. We found delaware, pennsylvania, and new jersey each post the names of gamblers booted by government gaming investigators and why. Some for cheating, stealing, others for fighting or brawling on the casino floor like these customers in dover downs casino in delaware. Casinos in other states are permitted to boot players for card counting even though its not illegal and those names are not released by the state. Still, we found hundreds of other evictions for rule break rg publicly listed which ensures state gaming officials are held accountable and that the evictions are justified. Maryland is getting there. Reporter james carmel says running the state lottery and expects a more transparent system will eventually be considered when the state needs more experience. Maryland is moving in the right direction, as far as bringing in casino experts, gaming experts, not just lottery people who are then taking on the casino. Reporter we asked the Gaming Control Agency for an interview to talk about its system for excluding players but they declined, instead giving us a written statement saying when the public disclosurean benefit to the state and our casinos they will do so. Those banned lists include decades old cases and to be helpful to our casino the lists need current and relevant. You need to have reporter he says hes appealed to the state. It financially impacts you. Its a crushing blow. Reporter so far has failed. Scott macfarlane. Reviewing lists of excluded players and will make a decision about the form and content of public distribution in the future. To see some of the most common cheating schemes in our area, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigation. It looks like a pretty good day to stay inside. Weve had heavy rain out there and we have more coming this afternoon. Tom will be back with when the cold, wet conditions will finally improve. And a lot of love this morning the grammy nominations were announced today. Shes leading the field. Well take a look at who she will be competing . . . . . . Half a Million People are being impacted by monster floods in it thailand. Take a look at this. 14 have died in the last week and the heavy rain just will not take a look at this video from the southern part of the country. Right now its supposed to be the dry season, the time when the most tourists come to visit the country, but even more rain is expected in the coming days. And you can see their houses are built for that kind of rain. Its been 75 years since the attack on pearl harbor. Now to mark the occasion the friends of the National World war ii memorial and the National Parks service will host a twoday event. The 5 00 tonight there will be a more than 2,400 men and women who were killed. A wreath laying ceremony is planned for tomorrow just before 1 00 p. M. Tom, tell us about our weather out there. That ceremony tomorrow, theyll have dry weather which is good news but not now. We have got moderate to heavy rain coming down around much of the region. We did start off with a little bit of sleet this morning. People are wondering whats going on . Its december and its a winter month, so it was cold enough for some that have with sleet but now its rain everywhere except the pink zones in the upper left of your screen there out on the high elevations of the mountains where they are getting a little bit of sleet and icing there. But locally all this area in green is rain and the darker green its coming down harder. Loudoun county, Fairfax County into charles county. Thats one little wave of some more moderate rain will come through the metro area and then another wave of somewhat heavier rain just to the west of couple of hours and more on the way behind that. Theres the hourbyhour timing, 3 00, 4 00, all in the yellow and orange. The moderate to heavy rain coming through. Pockets of moderate to heavy rain will continue until about 7 00. We start drying out, just some lingering sprinkles by late tonight. Total amounts of rain may be up to an inch or so, the metro area, maybe threequarters of an inch by the time its all done. Tomorrow morning well be down to 40 degrees and well get some sunshine back on wednesday. Afternoon highs tomorrow the low 50s. A lot of clouds thursday. A small chance with some sun back in the afternoon. Windy and cold on friday. Weather alert day, wind chills only in the 20s. Still cold on saturday with lighter winds and then on sunday into the mid40s. Maybe more rain the following monday. Thats the way it looks. We have some breaking news involving a road rage incident that left a former nfl player dead. A new report that will have you thinking twice getting behind the wheel when youre sleepy. The risk for you and other drivers when you do that. Gambling options are not the only attractions bringing people we have some breaking news in the patent dispute between samsung and apple. The Supreme Court has thrown out a multimillion dollar judgment for samsung. Today the court said because they copied only a tiny part of sam supg phones, the company may not have to pay all of the profits that it earned. A lower court will determine how much money samsung does have to pay. Also breaking right now out in louisiana the man accused of shooting and killing former nfl player joe mcknight was arrested and charged with man legislature. A News Conference is taking place right now. 54yearold Ronald Gasser was released shortly after the rage incident. Early to bed, early to rise can keep you out of a dangerous crash. Not getting enough sleep, really, we need it to be safe on the roads. What a difference an hour makes. Reporter watch these teens drifting off, some catching themselves the moment before impact, others not. Its not just teenaged drivers, a sleep deprived nation often asleep at the wheel. Aaa warns too many of us arent getting enough zs, even seven hours isnt enough. Significantly elevating the risk of a crash. The cdc says more than a third of us dont even get that much rest. Sleep just five to six hours a night and aaa says youre twice as likely to crash. Getting only four to five hours of sleep in a nice is the same as driving while legally drunk. Hours in a given 24hour period you are as impaired as if you were twice the legal limit. I did that a lot and thought it was because im a little a. D. D. Reporter it was her son who in 2010 veered off this interstate flipping his car four times. Witnesses said he never hit the brakes, so tired at 2 50 in the afternoon he didnt realize he was in the wrong state, illinois, not a graduating senior, tyler was hoping to walk on to his College Football team. Its hard because his friends are all starting to buy houses and get married and hes 18. Hes always going to be. Reporter tylers parents now on a crusade warnings others of the danger. Aaa says one hour less than your normal rest can raise the risk of a crash, four than four hours and your risk increases ten need sleep. Ill sleep when im dead. Unfortunately, it results the other way. You die because you dont sleep. Reporter an important wakeup call with so much riding on it. That was tom costello reporting. Experts say healthy adult should sleep between 79 hours a night. Anything less than five hours can be considered substantially impaired. We are learning more about this sheen on the potomac river. It started to appear back on november 27th. Now the Environmental ProtectionEnergy Power Plant in jefferson, maryland. The potomac provides about 70 of the Drinking Water for customers. Were told the oil has not negatively affected the Drinking Water. Weve been talking a lot about the opening this week of the Mgm National Harbor. Heres something you may not know already. Itll be home to the Worlds Largest chocolate fountain. 4,000 pounds of dark, white milk chocolate will flow from the resort and we are joined to talk about what foodies can expect out there. Now mgm seems to put a big premium on its food service, that part of it. Do they think thats whats going to get people in there to play those games . A big focus on the restaurants, the mgm, thats about to open is using local ingredients. So obviously we have at National Harbor ccess to a lot of great seafood in maryland. Wh seafood theyre playing that up. Theyre making a big deal about their chef driven restaurants. Theyre bringing in some pretty wellknown chefs to have opening restaurants, i guess these were not their first restaurants, but lets talk about fish. Who is the chef for that restaurant . Thats a local favorite, jose andreas, who picked up a few starts here locally recently and driven Seafood Restaurant on a patio in the season when its warmer outside, we can go outside and jose will be there doing crab boils and meeting the guest that is are there for the casino. Is he expected to actually hang out there at that restaurant . Yes, yes. This is a big deal for him. I think hes taking it very seriously. A lot of oysters on the half shell, an interesting one that juan . Thats marcus samuelsson. He brings some ideas from new york down here, but this is a new concept for him. And he has a big job because hes in charge of the inroom dining service, so that kitchen is also going to be making all the food that people that are staying at the hotel eat when they order for room service. Now will that be a fancy restaurant or a more casual . Its more casual and thats who he is as a chef and a its very family friendly. Theres a big grill in the center which is supposed to be a part of the theatrical experience, seeing all the food cooked in front of you, and then in the back theres sammys so thats more for the nightlife crowd named after sammy davis jr. From the rat pack and it will have a lot of old vegas feel to it, deejays and things like that. Lets quickly talk about the frederick, maryland, brothers. Th this is their first restaurant together, one is based in l. A. , and one is the out here in frederick and this is their first. Two top chefs. They went very far in the bravo it tv show. And this concept is probably one of the higher price points at the casino, some of the stakes are going to be around three figures. So you are looking at vegas prices there. A lot of sides. Here in frederick so theres a part that looks like a library and its very nice. So people are in there playing games and losing money and not ready to spend a lot of money on dinner are there some reasonably priced restaurants, too . Yes. This is a new concept for mgm, they have national market. Its a group of about 12 restaurants, only two chains. Shake shack is one. You can find boxes, pizza, crab cakes, so thats something every day until 1 00 a. M. Like a food court kind of thing . Yes. Are you going to be there for Opening Night . Which one will you go to first, which restaurant . I want to try them all. All in one night. Thank you so much for coming to join us. Back to you. Up next with todays rain we tonight the u. S. Capitol Christmas Tree will be glowing. At 5 00 p. M. Speaker of the house paul ryan will officially light the tree. The tree arrived 2,000mile journey. That is a heck of a drive. It certainly is. Will it be rained out . It may be tapering off a bit by then. Something i would like to remind people. The rain continues to fall now. Its generally light to moderate rain, everything is wet and all around the region were going to have this rain continuing. Theres a live view from our storm team 4 city camera by 1 00 well still just be hovering in the low 40s and then the rain may get heavier between around 4 00 to 5 00, to 6 00 p. M. And still some moderate showers in the low 40s and then finally drys out by 11 00 tonight and right now storm team 4 radar showing a couple of waves of moderate rain in the darker green color right into the metro area, all of this tracking off to the north and east will be with us here all the way into the evening hours. Right now getting some of the for the afternoon and evening commute, hour by hour by 3 00. The heavy downpours and at the same time the higher elevations, the pink color, there could be some icing there. After 7 00 you can see a lot of it is south and east of the by later this evening, lingering sprinkles tonight. Total amounts of rain, maybe up to an inch or so and by dawn we dry out. A small chance of a morning sprinkle, partly sunny. Another weather alert day. Cold on saturday as well. Milder on sunday. The grammy nominations were announced a few hours i cannot stay or linger anywhere. And a classic a Christmas Carol is playing now. How this production will spook . . Well, it wouldnt be Christmas Season without scrooge and the whole ghostly night from that holiday classic a Christmas Carol. It took Charles Dickens only weeks to write and 173 years later is still popular both as a book and on stages across the world. We know its popular here in our area because it keeps coming back and entertaining crowds every Holiday Season at the marley straight from ford theater. Great to have you with us. You were at the waldorf and when you were doing driving with miss daisy. How do you like saying humbug so many times . I love it. Its joyous. I get transformed. I dansby the end, though. This is your fifth year playing the ghost of marley. Whats his first name . Tale of the story. Its ebenezer scrooge who is a curmudgeonly guy and marley is a former partner, passed seven years ago to the night on christmas eve. He has a lot of tricks going is this spooky for children . Can people bring kids to see the show . Theres a few moments. But weve had several youngsters in the audience and theyve been okay with it. It is scary but i dont think its going to traumatize them. Does not sing and dance. Really a very special christmas show. And this is how many years theyve been doing it . Gosh, 35. A long time. Its been quite a while. The meaning of life or jacob marley is trying to help you find the meaning of life . I think world of darkness and learns to embrace life. And how do you see that, that youve helped him move through this tale of darkness . Hes the predecessor to scrooge and has been through the torture. The most that you had in a long time. Thats been great to put some more even more joyous energy in. And youll be there through christmas new years eve . The 31st. We have a little time to get tickets it to come and see you. Please do. Put everybody in the holiday spirit. Thank you both for coming. I know its a wonderful production. Ive seen it. Melissa, back to you. About that. . Hello, how are you . The nominations for the Grammy Awards are out and it is beyonce versus adele. While queen bee leads the pack with nine nominations she is facing off against the british songstress. Beyonces visual album is facing off against adeles. Theyre also competing for song of the year and record of the year. Drake, nominated for album of the year. See who is up for best new artist award. It seems moms and dads are constantly telling kids to get off their phones, turn the tv off. New Research Suggests kids may need tell their parents the same thing. Reporter exploring parents spend an average of 9 22 every day using media and technology mostly entertainment screen time not work. This is a shocking study. Reporter based on a nationally represented survey of 1,800 parents of tweens and teenagers. This study shows that while parents spend over nine hours a day with screen media, 78 of models for kids. Theres a big disconnect there. Reporter an apparent disconnect about how connected they really are. Experts say it creates subconscious habits. We may not be great at stepping back and recognizing oh, i was on facebook for an hour and a half today. Reporter to increase facetoface time common sense household rules like device free dinners, no phones, no tv, just conversation over a shared meal. Taking a closer look at our selfies may help bridge the Digital Divide in families. Erica edwards, nbc news. Well, if you you have trouble sleeping, we can help you. Online sleep therapy. You fall asleep everywhere. . . . . . . . . . . Muriel bowser after her meeting with the president the president elect, that is. Take a listen to what she said. So we had while i wont talk about specific things that the president elect and i discussed, i will say we had a wideranging conversation about things that are important to washingtonians. Who we are, how we function as a city, county and a state, how 680,000 people, how our citys economy is booming and we have Development Projects and exciting opportunity. Mark segraves is there in new york for us today. Hell have more on that this afternoon at 4 00 right here on news 4. If you have trouble sleeping at night, theres a new treatment that might help you get some rest and actually fall asleep. Kristen dahlgren tells us how can remember claire had trouble falling asleep. I tried warm baths, i tried warm milk, i tried antihistamines. Reporter the answer, it turns out, was right at her fingertips, an Online Program called shut eye one of many now available. Users keep a daily sleep diary. It uses that information to make custom suggestions. Claire started by pushing back her bedtimeto reflect how much she was actually sleeping, then she changed her behavior. I never, never take my phone to bed. Never take a tablet to bed. I never take a book to bed. Reporter and if she doesnt fall asleep in 15 minutes never lie awake in bed trying to fall asleep. Reporter a study published in the journal of the American Medical Association found it works. Customized Program Users saw improvement versus 27 who used generic sleep tips. We have good interventions. We just need to make them available and accessible. Reporter the lead researcher helped develop shuti and has a financial stake which costs 135 for 16 weeks. Money well spent for claire who is now sleeping two more hours per night, a big difference, just ask her husband. So im less irritable . Among other things, yes. Reporter a new tool that for some is putting insomnia to bed. Kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. Man dont lie in bed for more than 15 minutes trying to fall asleep. Get up and clean the house. I grab my phone. Its the worst thing can you do. Thats it for news 4 midday. Thanks so much for joining us. Were back on air this afternoon first at 4 00. Theyre going to light the capitol Christmas Tree tonight and hopefully there wont be any rain and also remember you can get your news and weather this is todd hardy. A fitness buff, youth baseball coachand lung cancer patient. The day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. The surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. I wanted to know what my other options were. And i found that at Cancer Treatment centers of america. At ctca, our experts examine a variety of therapies, treatments and technologies to identify a plan specifically for each patient. Doctor understood that who i am was just as important as what cancer i had. We talked about options. 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