Stream pumping all of this rain in. The rains in southern virginia, only eight hours away from here. That puts it in here early this afternoon. Hopefully by 9 00, 10 00 tonight the last of the rain drops will be down. That will do us no good. The morning and afternoon commutes will be impacted. Heading outside today, prepare to be wet. Umbrellas and rain boots and galoshes all required. Temperatures in the upper 40s. Well gradually get up to the 60s. It will be mild but it will be rain. Check into tomorrows forecast in ten minutes with the sunshine effect. Good morning, right now, not so hot. Westbound 340 after 15, we are shut down. Eastbound lanes are open but youre starting to see a little bit of red right here on my map shows those delays here this morning in the jefferson area. Were showing these kind of foggy cameras here around town this morning. So southbound here is moving okay. So is northbound. Dont have anything in your way aside from the fog. It will take you a little extra time. Inner loop and outer loop. Everything is flowing okay. A little bit of a slowdown 95 coming into 395. This is the only map showing that. I think its probably getting a little confused. I dont think theres any problem there. 95 from maryland headed from 32 to the beltway. 11 minutes northbound and southbound. Nothing in your way. Ill see you back here in ten minutes with a live look at 66. Two private security6bm offs involved in the controversial death of a man in a d. C. Apartment complex are off the job this morning. That information emerged last night during a vigil for 27yearold alonzo smith. Police were called to the march bury plaza apartments. They found smith in the custody of special Police Officers working there. He was unconscious and not breathing. Officers performed cpr but smith died a short time later at the hospital. My son had two black eyes, his neck broken, his shoulder appears to be broken, he had massive bruises on his neck, he had three round circle marks on his chest and he was bruised in his groin. D. C. Police initially classified the death as justifiable homicide which officials later said was an error. The case is now with the u. S. Attorneys office. A hidden gun and radioactive gas. Two big scares at schools and two groups of parents frustrated and concerned for their students welfare this morning. They will begin testing schools foray done this month. A report shows 28 schools have elevated levels of the odorless gas. Parents said the school knew for three years but havent done anything until now. Im outraged and im personally just very disappointed that you showed up so unprepared and that you showed up so unprepared for something that is incredibly serious. The School Administration says the high levels are the results of a mistake. They also say all schools will be in compliance with epa standards by the beginning of next year. There will be more security checks at Woodrow Wilson high school in the district. A student faces charges for bringing a gun to school. Pictures of the gun surfaced on snap chat and students alerted teachers yesterday. The officers are stationed at the doors of the school and students have to pass through metal detectors. How the gun went through security is under investigation. A maryland family is waking up without a home this morning after a fire tore through their house. This broke out about 5 30 last night on winter laurel drive in olney. They say gas from a car may have fueled it. Several pets, including ten dogs, were also in the home. The pets all made it out. No one was hurt. He was supposed to be on duty at the white house. Instead, police say they caught the man on an undercover sex sting. He will not be in court. 4 35. Today a demand for answers after another breach at the white house. You may remember joseph ka put tow jumped the fence last thursday. Eleanor Holmes Norton will discuss the event with the secret service. She expects to ask Joseph Clancy how people can secure the white house. Kaputo faces a misdemeanor charge. In the day ahead, a push for 16 weeks of paid leave in the district. Proponents will testify in front of d. C. Council this morning. The proposed law would be the most generous family leave in the country. Its getting some push back. A new tax of up to 1 to pay for that will strain small companies. D. C. Will flip the switch on the free lighting. It kicks off at 5 00. The tree is city set to be lit up at 5 00 p. M. Paul ryan will take part to help the district kick off the holiday season. In new york this morning, just a few hours the switch will flip on the Rockefeller Center tree. Always a gorgeous sight there. The today show team will kick off the celebration to light up the 45,000 l. E. D. Lights on that tree. Enjoy music from sting, james taylor, Carly Rae Jepsen and mary jane blige. You can see it on nbc 4 or streaming life. Mary jane will be on the whiz. Live look outside. Another one this morning. The fog blanketing our area. Normally you can see our tower in this picture. Not today. The fog isnt the only problem. Rain coming down. Chuck bell will let you know if the kids can expect recess outside. Not enough green. Why the tradition of placing a wreath at each grave stone at Arlington National cemetery may not happen this year. Tied up d. C. Police need your help solving a brazen armed robbery. Three men hemmed up the city beats shoe store on Martin Luther king avenue on black friday. The masked men chased several people at gun point while they robbed the place. You can see the people inside the store with their hands up. Call police if you think you know something. A holiday honor may not happen without your help. Wreaths across america has been putting a fresh balsam wreath on every head stone at Arlington National cemetery since 1992. This year the Organization Says it doesnt have the money to do it. The Organization Posted on facebook and twitter last week asking for help. As of yesterday morning, the organization needed money for 8,000 more wreaths. It costs 15 to sponsor each wreath. Coming up on 4 41 now on this wednesday morning. Its a wet morning and one thats going to be difficult to see outside. Thats right. Pretty foggy start out there. Chuck bell is tracking our forecast. What can we expe, chuck . You can expect to be wet and you should expect to have a hard time seeing things outside early this morning. Thick fog and moderate rain will have a big impact on moving out and about town today. A little light rain around the capital beltway. Steady showers around quantico, steadier showers from fort tobacco into southern Charles County and northern st. Marys county. Thats where the rain is. Dense fog advisory. Prince gorges, Montgomery County, areas areas north goes until 8 00. Gloomy day at the bus stop. Temperatures in the 40s. Near 60 today. All the rain gear you have is required for today. Sunshine is back tomorrow. More of that and a look in your weekend. Thats for ten minutes. Here is melissa mollet. Look at this fog. It is nasty and will cause problems this morning. 66 here at nutley. You can hardly see whats going on. Eastbound west bound totally clear. Braddock road at pleasant valley, a car off the road there. Westbound 340 there in Frederick County just after 15, all westbound lanes are still blocked because of a nasty crash from earlier this morning. Police tell us eastbound is open. Back in ten minutes with more. New details in the shooting of colorado planned parenthood. Who says the gunman previously targeted the organization. Is another federal Government Shutdown on the way . Government shutdown on the way . The deadline looming over that sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Its always worth remembering. That icing the Cinnamon Rolls is a privilege not a right. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Owe. Youre watching news 4 today. 74yearold man said he was tied up, threatened and had his credit cards stolen in his own home at the hands of a woman. He said he didnt want to be identified because hes afraid shell come back. The whole thing unfolded on lawrence avenue in kensington. This is the suspect who went by maria. Police Montgomery County say she used two accomplices to take out money from a bank account. If you tell the banks, the police, or anybody, well come back and well kill you. Do you think youll ever be at ease in your house . Yes, if they catch her. Police are hoping the Surveillance Video will help them catch maria. New news about a recent shooting at a planned parenthood clinic. The exwife said he targeted another reproductive clinic when they were married. She told nbc news that robert dear put glue in the locks of another planned parenthood clinic when they were rried. It happened 20 years ago. She said she had no doubt that the shooting was directed at the center. The Justice Department may investigate a maryland mans death. He died nine months after a Charles County corporal used a taser on him. The 32yearold was having a seizure back in march and lost control of his car. The Charles County corporal shocked him after he didnt comply with orders. Dorses family filed a formal complaint yesterday. Plans to outfit every d. C. Police officer with a body camera are on order. They approved that yesterday. A second vote would allow the law to take effect. They asked how soon all d. C. Police could be wearing the cameras . Were told as early as this coming arch. A College Student that was on a motor coach which crashed this weekend is expected to make a full recovery. Sunday a bus carrying 50 people crashed in the richmond area. The bus was taking students from Virginia Tech and Radford University back to their campuses after the thanksgiving weekend. Speed was a factor and the driver is facing reckless driving charges. New information after a raid at a pet store in chan tilly. They seized 46 puppies from dreamy puppy last week. They set up surveillance and found the animals were left alone for more than four hours that day. Once inside officer found several puppies needed immediate veterinary care. So far no criminal charges have been filed. We contacted the pet store owner but he has not provided a comment on these allegations. Were learning about a surprise move from d. C. Mayor, muriel bowser. She wants one of her former challengers to sit on an ethic board. She wants to appoint carol schwartz. She ran against bowser and david companya. The mayor always looks for the best and brightest and she Hopes Council will see the experience schwartz can bring. Congress will be on track to pass a transportation bill this week but the deadline is looming on the 2016 budget bill. The bill needs to be in place by the end of next week to avoid a Government Shutdown. Nbcs tracie potts joins us with the latest. Good morning. Reporter eun, good morning. December 11th is the deadline. Congress has known it for a few months. Here we are at the very end trying to figure out if theyre going to be able to work out this 1. 1 trillion budget. There are only three options. They can extend the current funding again, another temporary extension. They can come to an agreement on the budget or they can do nothing and were looking at a potential Government Shutdown which is what both sides want to avoid. There are some roadblocks in the way. Planned parenthood. This has been an issue for several months, particularly with conservatives in congress who want to defund planned parenthood, take those federal dollars out of planned parenthood because of the abortion issue. Even some who oppose planned parenthood dont think that will end up being the hangup for the budget but it can certainly be an issue. Obamacare, another vote to roll back obamacare. Thats likely to happen in the senate tomorrow although they could put things off for a day, it probably wont hold up the budget. Even the syrian refugee issue and whether or not to allow them into the united states. That could be added on to this budget. Not a lot of time that congress has to deal with this. As i said, less than two weeks and theres big incentive for both sides because no one wants to have a Government Shutdown at the holidays. Tracie potts live on capitol hill. Thank you, tracie. Theres a way to find out if your personal information was compromised in a massive data breach. The office of Personnel Management sent out 17 million letters. Some former workers are waiting to find out. Opm created a website but they want you to wait a week so they can finish mailing letters. You can now be part of the national panda story. Just what youve been waiting for. Merry christmas. They can see bei bei face to face and youll get a behind the scenes tour to the zoo keeper. Make a video saying why you want to be part of the panda story. Get your smart phones ready. Heres a live look now at what the pandas are doing. Not a whole lot. Bottom right. Under the 4. Under the 4. It is only 4 50. Theyre probably sleeping. You can check the nbc app to see only 25 instagramers. Making a video . I love bei bei so much. Please include me in the story. Id be a wonderful ambassador to talk about the national zoo and all the con be ser vags efforts. Youre at time. This is coming out of weather time. Is this going to have high production value. For the weather, what you need to know about today, be ready to be slowed down by Mother Nature again today. Perfect day to stay inside and work on your video, eun. Cloudy skies. Steady rain, fog. What i think will be building delays on the roads and in the skis for later today. Weather alert means there will be added pushes and postings. Download our nbc washington app and theyll push out visibility increasing and rain chances increasing. Follow me on twiter chuckbell 4 is my handle. Look at the push of moisture coming out of the southern appalachians. That puts it in here just at the tail end of the lunch hour. With any luck the rain will be easing up towards the tail end of the ride home. Then by then i think everyone will be annoyed with how long its taking to get around town. Heaviest rain quantico to fredericksberg. Everywhere is completely soaked with moisture this morning. Heres future weather. By 7 00 this morning, still light rain around the metro area. Here comes the next push of rain. 9 00 in the morning coming into the heart of the metro area. The tail end of the commute will be badly impacted by that. Another shot of moderate rain coming here. Right around lunchtime. 2 00, 3 00 the rain should start to taper off a bit. Heres 4 00 today, still raining. Little bit easier to get around by early this evening, 5 00, 6 00. Rain going back to scattered showers. The end of the rain, believe it or not there is an end of the rain. That arrives here late tonight. Road impacts, the big red light and yellow light for the evening drive. The next big change in the weather arrives tonight into tomorrow. That is when that big blazing yellow object in the sky will appear once again. So 61 with rain all day today. Sunshine back for tomorrow but it will be blustery and chilly. Great news for your weekend, melissa mollet. Sunshine both days. Highs in the 50s. Well be back at 6 01 to update the latest on the thick fog. That sounds good to me. Westbound 340 in the jefferson area shut down just after 15. All westbound lanes are closed. Right now the eastbound lanes are the only thing open there because of a crash this morning. Beltway at branch avenue, you can see it is quite foggy. Inner loop and outer loops are rolling just fine. 95 two disabled vehicles in virginia just a short time ago. They have cleared out of the way. You shouldnt have any problems with those here this morning. In fairfax, braddock road at pleasant valley, a car causing slowdowns. The top of the beltway clear. The rain is flanking here at bw parkway and 29 overall. No major problems. Good word, flanking. Shes so smart, that melissa mollet. Melissa, thank you. It is day three on the job for metros new general manager. Were getting a closer look at how he expects to fix issues joompt chances are you have a package or two for delivery. 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Chuck bell will let us know when both of these things will burn off. Thats at 5 01. 4 57. Metros brandnew manager is already making his mark. He sat down with news 4 with his first oneonone news interview. Weed fell wedefeld has to deal with the issues there. I want people to say, wow, thats a neat place to work. We have to regain that. You can watch the only oneonone news 4 interview on the news 4 washington app. He was the leader at the airport and the maryland transport administration. He says his door is wide open. A program to help you pay for your childrens College Costs is open in virginia. It lets you pay for tuition years in advance. Its called virginia 529. If you pay for a full semester now, you get one later. The Current Program starts the 1st through the end of march of next year. A program for preschoolers is kicking off today. Word expeditions workshop will help prek children learn vocabulary. It received a million grant. The Smithsonian Museum will host the workshops once a month. Theyre hosting a kickoff for that program today. Guns were popular on black friday. The fbi says it processed more than 185,000 firearm background checks. Roughly two per second. Thats 5 higher than last year. The highest on record since 2012. They conduct background checks for federally licensed dealers and permits to carry guns. A warning this morning about all those great deals you got on cyber monday. Police say thieves are snatching up your deliveries right from your front step. A new report out tuesday said it happened to 23 million americans. Some tips to keep that from happening to you . Track your package. Know when to expect it and require a signature so the box cant just be dropped off. Another idea, have your packages to delivered to your work. News 4 today starts now. Now at 5 00 a. M. It is a weather alert day. Take a look. Left side of your screen here, you can see the fog filling in the area. Storm team 4 radar here as well, and the rain is still coming down this morning. It is 5 00 a. M. Good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. First, lets check back on a developing story with angie goff at the live desk. Angie . Eun, we do have an update on the breaking news out of landover, maryland. We have confirmed two people were hurt where a dog was actually seen sitting by what appears to be one of the victims. Now this is in the 4800 block of 66th place. Firefighters telling us that they did have trouble getting to one of the victims because of