No iciness. Storm team 4 radar wide view showing us rain in southern west virginia. It breaks up east of there around the southern blue ridge. A few spreuinkles in anne arund and Prince Georges County. A few scattered sprinkles this morning. Enough to make the roads wet. You know what that means. Fenderbender weather. Temperatures in the 30s now to near 40 degrees. We will stay this way through 8 00 with a chance of sprinkles. Rather cool but cloudy. The rain should be gone by then. The latter part of the afternoon, reaching upper 50s by 2 00, 3 00. It will drop to the mid50s for the afternoon commute. It will stay mild into early evening. More changes in the next 24 hours next traffic and 1s at 4 41. Melissa, do we have any of those fenderbende fenderbenders do have one. Car versus pole. Well talk about that in a second. Overall looking quite good. A good warning as tom is talking about this nasty weather. It was nasty coming down 270 this morning. East west highway shut down at montgomery. Well get more information and be back in 10 minutes. The rights of pregnant women in the workplace will be at the center of review by the nations highest court. Virginia resident launched a lawsuit against u. P. S. When she got pregnant she requested a temporary assignment because her doctors said she couldnt lift over 20 pounds. Instead, young was told not to come back to work. They told me, go home. We dont have anything you can do until youre no longer pregnant because youre a liability. She lost her pay, Health Insurance and couldnt receive unemployment. It is 4 33. New this morning, police are looking for two teen boys who abducted a man at gunpoint. The the victim escaped from the trunk of his own car when his abductors were involved in a crash. The victim was not hurt. D. C. Police want your help. They are looking for two persons of interest in connection with a stack at gallery place. They released this video overnight. You can see two women running through the station there. The stabbing happened one week ago today. At the time police said they were looking for two suspects, both women police are trying to figure out who stabbed a woman to death on old georgetown road. A Maintenance Worker told officers he discovered the womans body. He came into her unit to make a repair and found the door open. Neighbors say Violent Crime is rare in this area. I dont have any thoughts other than it is sad, tragic and scary. The womans roommate was home when they arrived. Tonight you can get a closer look at the plans to revamp the water front. They are holding a Community Open house on jefferson street at 6 00 tonight. Youll be able to review phase one of the project, which was approved by city council this summer. It calls for a new pedestrian plaza, a new boardwalk and measures to prevent flooding. The student claims rabbi frendel lured her to a ritual bath and filmed her without her knowledge. We think they are all victims in some way, shape or form. And theyre very affected by that. It is a devastating breach of trust. The university has released a statement saying, we are horrified by the behavior reported to have taken place at the mikvah. The university is cooperating fully Law Enforcement authorities on their investigation. An area desperate for rain. Now they are getting more of it. More on the situation on the west coast as six inches of rain pounds california. One persons efforts to get you to shop locally for Holiday Gifts this year. Keeping an eye on a roller forecast. Rain in parts of our area right now. Tom is back at 4 41 to tell us what to expect as we head welcome back. In the day ahead you can see the lighting of the Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree in new york city. The 85foot tall norway spruce is from pennsylvania. The Lighting Ceremony at 8 00 tonight. Watch it right here on nbc 4. Maryland is kicking off a campaign to shop local. The comptroller will tour five stores and restaurants throughout the day. His first at the big bad wolf starting at 1 30. Its always a great idea to support local businesses. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. A live look over the district. Cloudy skies and a little drizzle. Check in with storm kierein weather and traffic on the 1s. Good morning. Have an umbrella before you head out the door. Lingering sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar. The good news is, because of the southwesterly flow, we will eventually see chilly air exiting our region as the day progresses. Right now chilly light showers. Patches of green. All liquid. No wintry mix. Montgomery county, from north of lleytonsville, gaithersburg. Bethesda getting light sprinkles. Light rain in Prince Georges County from Fort Washington and clinton over to boe and laurel. Light rain there. East in anne arundel. A few scattered sprinkles in 95. All the roads are wet. 95, the beltway, 66, 57, 270, 95 and 29 in maryland too and 50 east. Its all wet this morning from the overnight sprinkles, even though it may not be raining there now. Temperatures thankfully all above freezing. Nearby suburbs in the mid and upper 30s to 40 in washington. Farther to our west, temperatures too are above freezing. In fact, some mild air in the shenandoah valley. 46 now. Oakland is normally a cold spot. Theyre at 46. Mild air is coming our way today. Youre going to need a light jacket this morning. Have an umbrella ready. Youll be able to shed your light jacket by later this afternoon. At the bus stop this morning, a chance of sprinkles with temperatures in the 30s between 7 00 and 8 00. 8 00 and 9 00, mid 40s. After that, reaching the upper 50s in the afternoon. As we get into 2 00, 3 00. By this time tomorrow morning, cold, in the 30s. Next chance of rain at 4 51. Melissa, how are the roads . Looking at 95 in virginia. Northbound, sound, pretty nice. Pretty good commute there. We have a couple things happening. Those will be out of the way of course in the next couple of minutes. 66 at the beltway is also looking quite good. No problems into and out of town. Construction is now out of the way. You dont have to worry about that at all. East west highway is shut down at montgomery avenue. Single vehicle into a pole. A tow truck on the way to get it out in the next couple of minutes for you. I am back at 4 51 with a live picture. New disturbing allegations against bill cosby. What a woman says happened four decades ago. Annual effort to control deer is under way in rock creek park. How it im angie goff at the live desk. Evacuations going on right now. Dozens leaving their homes in california because of flooding and mud flows due to heavy rain. This is northwest of l. A. , the the same area burned by wildfires recently. Aaron . Angie, thank you. 15 before the half. This morning the power is back on in detroit. A major cable failure at a power plant triggered a blackout for most of the day yesterday. Traffic lights were out. It affected courthouses, firestations and schools. Detroit is upgrading its major power grid. They will spend 200 million on that project. And investigating a bus crash that left two children and a teachers aide dead yesterday afternoon in knoxville. One bus made a sudden left, crossed the highway median and tboned the second bus, flipping it on its side. We just ask the community to pray for the loss of lives. Investigators are trying to figure out whether one bus may have had a mechanical problem. Bill cosby is facing a new lawsuit as a woman claims he molested her in 1974. She said she was 15 years old when cosby took her to the playboy mansion and forced her to touch him. The woman said she did not come to terms with what happened three years ago which allows her to file the suit under california law. 4 47. New this morning, house and Senate Leaders reached an agreement on funding for the military. It will provide 585 million in military funding. There was an additional request for 5. 1 billion to expand the mission to fight isis. The house is expected to vote on the bill this week. President obama could nominate his pick to leave the Defense Department today. Former Deputy Defense secretary Ashton Carter will likely be the candidate. Carter served to chuck hagel and leon panetta. Iraq launched air strikes in eastern iran has launched air strikes in eastern iraq. U. S. Officials say this may be the first time tehran has launched a manned aircraft from inside iran. They have no coordinated air strikes with eye rap, however, they are continue to go fly missions over iraq. Kentucky bourbon may not be on the agenda. They will likely discuss the yearend spending plan to avoid another government shutdown. Immigration may also be a topic of discussion as they question obamas executive actions. Takata Senior Vice President will testify before a congressional panel. They can explode and shoot shrapnel when deployed. So far 16 million vehicles worldwide are affected. An nfl executive and former Washington Redskins cried on capitol hill. Domestic violence was a way of life for my home growing you. My brother and i watched helplessly numerous times as my mother was beaten and knocked unconscious as we dial 911. We watched how she struggled to seek help. I relate to the 21 million victims of Domestic Violence, sexual abuse in every Community Across our great nation. It is establishing a commission to advise the league on Domestic Violence prevention and punishment. Some senators are demanding professional sports teams crack down on Domestic Violence five years since a maryland man was held in cuba. Gross was arrested in 2009 and accused of spying for the u. S. Government. He was there to set up Internet Services in jewish communities. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He is threatening to take his own life if he is not released by his birthday. This is a spoiler alert for you right now. You may want to step out of the room. Ryan sill was in the bottom three for the third week in a row. Lets see how he did last night. Merkin assistantly saved chris jameson, moving on. There you have it. The sterling native is med back home today. But this isnt the last time you will hear sill sing. He will be back in two weeks for the wild card round. You can watch the top five compete next monday, 8 00 right here on nbc 4. Tough competition. Ryan has made it so far in the top eight. Instantly saved twice. Hes a fan favorite. He is coming back to the station to visit. I will talk to him a little bit about his experience. 4 51. We got rid of some of the rain. The cold is still sticking around. It is. Yesterday one of my twitter followers said it was glarky. Glarky . What a great day. Is that a combination of words . I think so. Gloomy and dark. Here we are still glarky. Rain falling now. Light rain in the metro area. Its tomorrow to go track off to the north and east. A few scattered showers farther south and west across much of virginia. A closer view of the storm team 4 radar. All these areas in green. Light rain. Enough to make the roads all wet in montgomery, prince georges, the district, as well as much of fairfax county. Tuesday partly cloud y. Up near 50 both days the. Melissa looking at road conditions. We have already had a couple of accidents. Its only going to get worse. 395 southbound. Disable theed car. Not a crash. Right lane blocked. Disabled vehicle. We have help on the way. 95 southbound at triangle, left lane blocked. Should be out of the way in the next 30 minutes or so. Beltway at 95 in virginia, nobody out there. Prince georges county, that is looking quite good. Branch, indian head highway, everything running just fine. Beltway south at 50 here in maryland. A little bit of volume there. Nothing abnormal for this time of the morning. See you at 5 01. Angie goff at the live desk with breaking news out of leonard town, maryland. Spring Ridge Middle School is going to be closed because they are trying to fix a water line problem and they need to test it. Operation staff, report to springbRidge Middle School at noon. Food and nutrition still need to report at the high school at 7 30. The school should be reopened and everything should be fixed by tomorrow morning. Still ahead this morning, well tell you about the annual effort to control the deer population in d. C. How it could affect your drive home from work. When we may learn the names on the next phase of the silver line. At 5 00, disturbing new study on depression an welcome back at 4 57. A head up if you drivethrough rock creek park. They started their annual deer hunt. That means major road closures, including beach drive and piney branch highway. It will happen from 5 00 p. M. To 4 00 a. M. Now through march 2015. Sharp shooters are using to cut the deer population in half. Fairfax county is getting a 400 million federal loan to pay for the silver loan second phase. It will cover 45 of the countys 900 million share. The second will go to Dulles International airport and loudoun county, expected to open in 2018. The names that you voted on for the silver line will be voted on. A big majority voted to call 772 ashburn. Today you can check out the light up the village event. It is happening from 4 00 to 10 00 tonight. Also today, first Lady Michelle owe bam a ma will welcome military families to the white house to see the christmas decorations. Children of military members will take part in arts and crafts and make treats with the white house chef. Sounds like fun. Im sure the decorations are beautiful. Always a good time. Stay with us. News 4 continues right now at 5 00 a. M. News 4 starts now. The the rights of pregnant women in the Workplace Take Center Stage at the supreme court. A live look outside. The rain is moving out, but it is still chilly and cloudy. Tom will tell you whether you will need a coat on your way home today. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. 39 degrees, not so pretty. Tom kierein here with your weather headlines. Looking at the bright side, it is at least above freezing. We are getting a little light rain across virginia, southern west virginia. One band into the metro area. A few scattered sprinkles fauquier, Prince William county. The road is wet all the way up to springfield. West over towards maclaine, great falls, southern montgomery from bethesda. Laurel over to poey, across to the anne arundel. Farther south a fewtt