Keeping a close eye on the radar. Aaron is working on his pointing skills. I like that. The radar showing some clouds coming in. But the leading edge of that rain is to the southwest of virginia and around roanoke and over toward in the North Carolina border, but the heaviest rains are here in central tennessee. Thats going to be arriving here but not until later this afternoon. First raindrops may be arriving 9 00 or 10 00 commute. Reagan national is at 43 degrees. Hour by hour will hold steady all the way through much of the rest of the morning and start climbing into the low 40s as the rain does arrive. Ive got new hourbyhour times when it starts and when it ends. Now, melissa, whats going on on the roads. We have this situation on 270, but it is, again hi, after the beltway crash there. Its on the left shoulder. You dont have to worry about that too much. 66, live look as promised on cedar lane, no worries. 95 to quantico and the beltway, youre looking fine. More coming up in a couple of minutes. Eun . Thank you, melissa. Later this week a North Carolina man accused of shooting a gun inside a pizza restaurant ll it has to do with a fake online conspiracy. Justin finch is live with new information on the man charged in this case. Justin, good morning. Reporter hey, there, good morning. Drug possession and drinking and driving. Thats the past of edgar welch. Hes making headlines after the reported shooting at comet ping pong on sunday. Taking you to some new video, dates back to 2007. His history involves possession of marijuana and drinking and driving and he has posts of him holding guns. He entered no plea and though welch is said to have fired three shots inside that busy restaurant no injuries are reported. Police say welch drove to the shop looking for child sex selfinvestigate. Thats a link to the president ial campaign. Reports show he shot three shots with an air 15 shot and found no signs of child slaves and after 40 minutes with the police he did surrender. Hes back on thursday and the pizza shop will be open today later on. All right, justin. Thank you. The u. S. Capitol during the state of the union will spent the next three days in prison. Prosecutors say the ohio man wanted to carry out the terror attack in the name of isis. Cornell admitted he did research on building bombs and the capitol layout and purchased two semiautomatic rifles with ammunition. Police in Prince Georges County are investigating two shottings that happened minutes apart. The most recent curtis drive. At last check the victim was in Critical Condition. No arrest has been made in either shooting. Its 5 04. President elect donald trump will meet with mayor muriel bowser. Bowser requested the meeting. Bowser said the growing economy is on her list of talking points. Statehood or la suit against d. C. Mark segraves will be on. You can follow him. Trump will hold a campaignstyle rally later on. His choice for defense secretary is expected to join the president elect in that heavy area. Hell hold rallies iowa and grand rapids later this week. Donald trump hasnt been sworn in yet and people are looking a hid to the next election. In fact, Vice President joe bidens name seems to be coming up for 2020. He told reporters he was running for president. He said it with a smile and backed off the comment when they questioned him further. Youre looking at video here. Surprised biden by renaming a portion of the 21st century cures bill after his son beau who died of cancer last year. In honor of swhound be proud of the presiding officer today and thats his son beau. Now, the medical curse legislation which includes 1. 8 billion for bidens cancer moonshot is expected to pass the senate this week. The community is coming together to remember the 36 people who died int warehouse fire in oakland, california. Youre looking at new video of a candlelight video of all of the victims. Investigators say they identified 22 of them including a 17yearold. That i say theyre making progress on naming everyone, but a few of the bodies can only be identified with dna. The warehouse went up in flames during a dance party last week. Alameda is now considering criminal charges including crews had to fill a singer hole. This opened up in the 700 block. Police had to shut down that road in both directions between e and 8 street because of precaution. Look at this. A nasty crash on northbound 270 in rockville had traffic backed up as crews tried to clean this up. It was about 6 30 last night. Tell us two cars slammed into each other, but ebb is okay. Its 5 07. Later well hear more about the traffic plan for mgm casino in national har boor that opens in just days. There will be a meeting this afternoon with Prince Georges County police and mgm representatives. Theyll focus on where the worst bottlenecks may pop up on the beltway. Officials expect the number of cars in that area to double from giving you a sneak peek at this 1. 4 billion facility. When you walk into the front door, the atrium is similar to the mgm bellagio in las vegas. The glass ceilings give you a clear view of the 24story hotel. It has more than 2,400 sweets. Bob dylan has personal cult table games and world renowned chefs. They all have restaurants where you can eat. When it opens, the mgm on the National Harbor will attract gamblers but possibly cheaters too. They reveal over 200 people have been booted from maryland casinos since 2010 for cheating at games. They wont reveal it but they found a common cheat is past posting. Are favorable. People do still try to cheat. They do. They do. Theyll think that they have quick hands and they can scoot an extra chip into say a black jack hand if they know theyre going to win. The rocky gap casino, they told news4 video they blanket the floor to watch for and deter possible cheaters. Are upset about their leadership and want to vote out their president. They dont want jackie jeter in charge. They accuse her of putting herself ahead of them. They claim she rigged so she could stay in office. Jeter was not available for any comment. Today the d. C. Council will it would pay for 12 weeks of leave. The measure would be funded by a new business pay troll tax. If passed it would only apply to workers in d. C. , not government workers. The National Christmas tree was already lit and now its time for the u. S. Capital Christmas Tree to take the spotlight tonight. Its going to be decked out tonight at 5 00 p. M will officially like that 80foot spruce. Last week the tree arrived in d. C. After a 2,000mile journey its going to be adorned with ornaments by idaho people who live there. Tom kierein is tracking your hourbyhour forecast with how you can avoid getting soaked today. Car, what a new study is angie goff here at the live desk with breaking news as we take a live look at the seattle airport. Low visibility, very hazy. The reason were taking you here is we just got word that dozens of flights were canceled. They were grounded, the planes were, because of the Winter Weather in the area. According to flightaware, cancellations. There are several dlagss as well. This involves an airliner that flies in and out of the washington area. All right, angie. Thank you. This morning were dealing with rain. Our neighbors to the north are dealing with snow. Take a look at this. Snow caused a nasty pileup in downtown montreal. Do you see that . Right there. And the bus in front of it. Two transit buses. Look. A snow plow. Several cars just spinning out and smashing into each other. Look at this. Youre in a bad way. Look. The Police Officer responding to the crash and losing control. No one was hurt. See, this is what i reference when people talk about that. Why i dont like the snow. Im just saying. Tom kierein, what about the rain today . Thats why we tell everybody stay home when we have snow. Just the rain coming in later. Were all dry. Maybe a few sprinkles in southern maryland. The leading edge of the rain. Its south of richmond, roanoke, and Tennessee Valley. Here ooh is the new hour by hour timing. By 9 00 the rain gets closer to the metro area. Then the heavier rain. Thats all this area in the yellows and orange coming in around 4 00 to 5 00 p. M. It quickly exits the region, pulls off and dries up. Cold plunge at the end of the week. Whats going on . We just got this report. Outer loop, the single vehicle crash on the right. I think its what were seeing roadway. So it doesnt seem to be slowing things too much, but theres no response there either. 270 north after the beltway, that crash is on the left shoulder. Did some property damage. Bottom of the beltway Prince Georges County rolling along just fine. Back in a couple of minutes with more on this problem on the beltway. New this morning, aaa releasing a new warning about the dangers of drowsy a new Study Reveals that drives who get less than seven hours of sleep nearly double their risk for a crash and less than five hours is comparable to someone driving drunk. Nearly one in three admitted they had recently driven while struggling to keep their eyes open. We need to get more sleep, aaron. We have to. How would you like to travel between baltimore and washington proposed highspeed train between the two cities. Starting this saturday, the federal Railroad Administration and Maryland Department of transportation will hold open houses on this program. It will include an intermediate stop at b. W. I marshall airport. I would do that. The georgetown improvement diswants to put a gondola to transport a model gondola was on display outside of the Wilson Building to spark some interest. The proposal is still in the working stages at this point. An alarming story. A shooting at a christmas parade. Two people were shot. One is 16, the other is 18 and is in Critical Condition right orlando will not be sold. Shes not ready to part with it. The city was ready to buy it for more than 2 million and their plans to turn it into a memorial to remember the 49 people that were killed last june in what was the worst mass shooting in modern history. The gunman omar mateen was killed by police after a threehour standoff. Right now Food Supplies are running low for more than 200,000 people in eastern aleppo thats according to the United Nations chief of humanitarian affairs. This comes after their government advanced. Rebel groups have reiterated for the doors to be reopened for food, medicine, and evacuation of the wounded. There is now a list of the top cities for singles who do not want kids. Yikes. Match. Com paired up to create this list. The top city is queens, new york. Its where i was born. Rounding out the top five are portland, oregon, kirkland in washington state, pasadena, california, and ft. Collins, colorado. The companies looked at the Real Estate Market for onebedroom homes in each of those cities and they identified which city has the highest percentage of singles that dont have children. You cant move. Im not going anywhere. Theres your list if looking for something. Lets check your forecast. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein telling us when the heavier rains are going to come. Tom . Good morning. Checking here now with the latest look at our temperatures. We have it rather chilly this morning. Were hovering around the low to mid30s in the nearby suburbs and right in town were in the low 40s this morning. 40s throughout much of the day ahead. Updating the radar here, we have a few sprinkles showing up in far southern area. The main area is south of richmond, all of this coming from the Tennessee Valley and out of kentucky. Thats going to be arriving here later this morning. It looks like the first raindrops are right into the metro area. Roads are going to start getting wet by then. Well be in the low 40s. Well hold steady in the low 40s afternoon. The rain may pick up and get heavy at time, especially starting at 2 00 or 3 00 and into the metro area. Looks like that will be our heaviest rainfall. Then the rain tapers off by 10 00. Then light rain by this evening and most of it is going to be henlding by 10 00 or midnight. And during the day tomorrow, near 40, sunshine back, well be in the low 50s on wednesday afternoon. Then on thursday, the upper 30s theres a small chance of rain midday. Getting windy. Temperatures only in the upper 30s. Windchills just in the 20s during the day on friday. Cold weekend coming up. Afternoon highs on saturday may only be in the upper 30s with morning lows in the 20s. December cold on the way for the weekend. Now, melissa, whats happening this morning. Still have this problem here at outer loop between old side of the roadway. The cameras in that area just went down. Well find another. Taking a look at the top of the beltway and all of those in town and out of town, everything just fine this morning. 270 your yall looking good. Seeing a little bit of a slowdown looking typical. 66 and 95. Right now, knock on wood, no worries. Eun sf. Thank you. 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. 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Thats the power of your small change added to others. All thats the power of one. Sign up today at novec. Com. Its 5 29. We have cold weather on the way. Well get you ready. Bowser plans to meet with donald trump. The growing economy is on her list of talking points. The North Carolina man accused of firing a gun inside of comet pingpong in northwest d. C. Will be back in court on thursday. Has a history dating back to 2007. Investigators will hold a News Conference on the deadly warehouse fire in california. 36 people were killed in that fire. 22 have been identified so far. Prosecutor says they may file criminal charges in this case. Good morning, everyone. Im eun yang. And im aaron gilchrist. Lots get right to the coverage. Melissa mollet is watching the roads. First, good morning, tom. Going to be moving in here later this morning. Right now storm team 4 radar showing the areas. Coming into far southern maryland, maryland county, a few sprinkles there. The main rain, the steadier rain is in the southwest area of virginia into roanoke and Tennessee Valley. Thats advancing off to the north and east and coming into temperatures will be flat lining. Theyll be staying. May briefly get into the low 40s during the afternoon as the rain pushes on through and gets heavier at times. Rain by about 9 00, 10 00 this morning. Heavier during the afternoon. Up to an inch of rain by the time it tapers off an inch and a big change coming in by the end of the week, turning colder on friday. Now melissa is checking in on the roads. Whats going on . Problems. It looks like the crash is on the shoulder. We dont have to worry about that anymore. That would be good. Looking at the bottom of the beltway, all of the routes into and out of town, everything is rolling along just fine. 95 northbound and southbound is good as well. Slow spot to woodbridge. Thats totally typical for 5 30 on a weekday. Very normal. Going to take you nine minutes. All right, melissa. Thank you. Coming up at 5 32. A republican lobbyist is increasing an award for information on who shot a dnc staffer. Its now up to 130,000 and is believed to be the largest reward in dnc history. Rich was shot and killed over the summer while he was walking home in the blooming dale neighborhood. Last month his parents made an emotional plea to come forward. Investigators say it was a brutal murder at a gas station in spogts vain speaking out. She said they would have celebrated their 12th anniversary next week. Their anniversary is going to be next week. Its going to be hard. Its hard to accept it. 50yearold david washington is now charged in the clerks death. He beat the clerk with wood before stealing money from the a womans family who was killed. She was hit at mount vernon and west leeb road. Cruz was walking home from the delray neighborhood where she was a beloved employee at three restaurants. Customers say she gave the best hugs and was the light in the community. She leaves behind four children and a husband and they are heartbroken. What you see is what you get. Shes natural, shes generous, and e she loves all of her children. The driver was charged for failure to yield to a pedestrian. Next week you can help the family by eating at three delray restaurants. You can find out more information about that in the nbc washington app. We are learning more about the sheen. It started to appear. Now the Environmental Protection agency says it came from nrg maryland. They provide about 70 of the drinking water. Were told that the oil has not negatively affected the drinking water. 4 34, our time right now. Bill cosbys statements about giving women drugs can be used in his criminal Sexual Assault trial. Cosby made the statement during an accusers lawsuit. In 2006 he admitted he gave young women drugs or alcohol before sexual encounters. He cosbys attorneys testified he only testified after he promised he would not be charged in the case. The judge says he never had a promise from prosecutors. Im angie goff at the live desk where we just got some new video in of some dramatic flooding in thailand. Take a look at this. We have these floods out here, which we have just confirmed have killed at least 14 people. Shut down in one part of the country. The dry season there is just getting under way. Thats the latest from the live desk. Eun, back to you. Thank you. 5 35. An update on a story weve been following since july. A woman has been granted bail. Shes wearing the blue dress in this picture. She was sentenced to three years in jail for her alleged antigovernment protest in gambia. Her father says shes innocent. Shes due back in court on thursday. Her husband tells us her charges could be dropped on that day. Burbridge will be the fourth. Hell succeed 7 fyearold paolo catholics. Good news, bei bei is once again receiving visitors. It closed the day after thanksgiving when bei bei had to undergo emergency surgery. The 15monthold cub suffered intestinal blockage after eating too much bamboo. Sometimes you cant slow down. You have to go in after the chocolate cake. They say he ee recovering well interest the surgery. Cake in public like that. What do we have . Three pandas . Yes. Bei bei, baba, and 5 36. Its the storm team 4 weather alert. Looking clear but that wont be the case. Rain is coming along with chilly temperatures. Plus, biden 2020, the hash tag trending wide after his commenting about a future in the white house. Just two days now until the mgm casino opens here around National Harbor. Do you have your transportation were talking about a weather alert day here today. Tom, what do we need to know . Yeah. Rain coming in later today. Could be heavy at times. The morning commute traveling smoothly in and out of the bridges in washington. Heres our live view. Well have a morning. By noontime the roads will be wet. Temperatures in the low 40s. Moderate and heavy rain. Could have ponding by later this afternoon. Still hovering in the low 40s. So the afternoon commute could be problematic. Showing a leading edge of rain coming in near richmond and the southwest of virginia. Heaviest rain right now is in tennessee. Thats going to be getting up our way by later this afternoon. Then a cold plunge for the weekend. Well have look at that coming roads now . Its out of the way, so we dont have any worries. Everything looks good at the top of the beltway. Restoriling along nicely as well. No big complaints this morning. Youre on time. Top of the beltway, nine minutes. Isnt that nice we had big delays yesterday. That looks pretty darn good. 66 inbound, fairfax coun to quantico, nothing there in your way. Remember to listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car today. This could be real. It could be a hoax, but we must remain calm and vigilant. Developing this morning, one of americas biggest cities on high alert after a threat to the transit system. That warning from authorities in l. A. Plus, you can ride metro and how the technology is being rolling out on the rails. And amazon making it easier to grocery shop by helping you to grocery shop by helping you avoid to grocery shop by helping you avoid at t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods, weve always believed the holidays should be about joy. Where days are filled with magic, not madness. Storm team 4 weather alert day. Were preparing for you for really cold temperatures that no rain in the area now. That wont be the case for now. Tom . Locally were all dry. Heading up our way later today. Ive about got the new hour by hour times coming up. And taking a look right now at 66, the ramp to northbound 28, a brandnew crash reporting that could start causing some slowdowns here this morning over the top of the belt way, theyre going to show us exactly whats going on. Plus, dcs mayor making a trip to trump tower. Agenda. And a northwest washington pizza restaurant reopening after an armed man talked about his political path and his mission. With all the excitement about the casino opening, there are some big concerns about traffic. Officials expect the number of cars in that area to week. Adam, good morning. Good morning, eun. Were talking about a big change to the network in this part of the area. Take a look at the casino here and what is expected. That right there. That is the parking garage of the casino. To know. There will be a meeting today to talk about the traffic plan here around the casino. A lot of people are simply going to drive here to the casino as their best alternative. Metrobuses do come here to the casino but the closest metro rail stations. Youre talking king street in alexandria and branch avenue on the green line. Really not a ton of great Transportation Options other than driving to this point. Of course, ridesharing will be a big thing. Well see how it plays out and what officials have to say more about traffic later on today. Back to you. Adam tuss live. Thank you. Now moving inside were giving you a sneak peek of what this 1. 4 billion facility has to offer. And suites. Bob dylans sculpture encompasses the entrance. You can gamble on more than 3,000 slot machines and 124 table games if thats your thing. After gambling, you might work up an appetite. Weve posted a lit of new restaurants in the app search. You can now use your cell phone while on a metro train. They have launch service between the potomac avenue and about a mile stretch there. This is the first step and section in rolling out Service Across the entire rail system. Some metro workers are upset and now they want to vote out the president. Members of the Largest Union dont want jackie jeter in charge. They accuse her of putting her interest ahead of the union. Some claim she has rigged the elections to stay in office. The department of labor is now investigating those claims but the union is saying there is no comment. Developing a specific imminent threat against a Los Angeles Public transit system. The fbi said someone call them and said the red line by the Universal Studios would be attacked today. Federal agents and undercover officers are taking part in stepping up security on the rails. Theyre finding out whether the threat is really credible. Were learning about two court cases that captured national attention. A mismontreal was declared yesterday in Michael Slagers trial. He shot and killed walter scott after a traffic stop last year. Prosecutors say it was more and they plan to retry slager. The defendant said he feared for his life. The video seems to show scott running away as slager shot him in the bag. In georgia ju tin ross harris has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Son cooper in an suv during a sweltering hot day in june 2014. The judge handed down the maximum sentence and said the court found harris intentionally inflicted severe and mental pain on his son. Christopher cornell was sentenced to 30 years behind bars for the 2015 plot. Prosecutors say the ohio man wanted to carry out the terror cornell admitted he searched building bombs, capitol layout, and purchased two semiautomatic rifles with ammunition. Its 5 50. The future first lady of missouri was robbed at gunpoint around 6 15 last night. Police say sheena grit is in was sitting in her car in a parking lot when her car door was opened demanded she turn over her phone and computer. They say were grateful for the men and women of law enforcement. Their response was swift and skill and we thank god for their presence tonight. 5 51, president elect donald trump will meet with mayor more ideal bowser in d. C. Well have more on that. First, tracie potts live on that search at this point . So tillson, the head of exxonmobil seems to be on the list. Where on the list . We dont know. We can tell you based on the sources of the team have been considered. Some other, David Petraeus and ambassador not now being seriously considered. But that secretary of state job, which is a big one, still unannounced. Although mike pence did said the Vice President elect did say they made some decisions that they have yet to announce. Tracie, lets turn to trumps call with taiwans president last week. Sources saying to nbc news that bob dole helped set up the call. What more do you know about that conversation . Yes, bob dole did. He w and he helped broker that phone call happening. You know, mr. Trump has said repeatedly, it was one of many congratulatory phone calls from world leaders, but that one we learned from a highlevel source is something they have been talking about for months after the election whether or not they plan to open that door and have direct conversation with the president of taiwan, which is something that we have not done the United States hasnt done even keel. All right. Tracie potts on the hill for us. Thank you. It is now time to check our forecast on this storm team 4 weather alert day. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on what we can expect. Hey, tom. Hey, heavy alert day coming in later this afternoon. Right now were off to a cold start, but its all above freezing. Just about everywhere. Reagan national at 43 degrees. Storm team 4 radar, were all dry the leading edge of rain coming in. Just south of fredericksburg. Actually a little bit of freezing rain and sleet in the higher elevations. The main area of the heavier rain is in tennessee. Thats going to be arriving here later this afternoon. Heres the new hourbyhour times. By 9 00 this morning that rain starts to get into phuoc year county and stafford county. The pink zone had freezing rain around 10 00, 11 00. Thats going to be around 3 00 or 4 00 continuing into the early evening hours. Then quickly after 7 00 p. M. Moves off to our east over toward the eastern shore. We dry out quickly tonight by 11 00. Most of the rain is gone and moves away. We could pick up an inch of rain. Heavier rain during the temperatures Holding Steady and light rain during the evening hours and all ending by 11 00 tonight. Then tomorrow well get sunshine back. Highs, low 50s. 40s on thursday. Maybe a sprinkle. Another alert day on friday. Cold into the weekend. A little bit milder on sunday. Now melissa has an issue on 66. So this problem on 66, the ramp there, we were starting to get a bit slow. This problem is actually they northbound 28 over 66, their crash blocking two lanes this morning. On 270 southbound near 85, they have two different reports of crashes. Were not sure. One of them, a crash in the left lane. Another in the median to really cause some delays there. Southbound, choerp 4 over the beltway, headlights, i believe, are the outer loop of the beltway near New Hampshire avenue. Overalloo looking normal as well. Well see you in a few minutes. Eun . Thank you. Aaa is warning you drunk drivers may not be the only dangerous drivers on the road. A new Study Reveals drivers who get less than seven hours of sleep nearly double their risk for a crash and sleeping less than five hours had a crash risk of the dangerous. Nooerm one in three have admitted they have driven while struggling to keep their eyes open. Good morning. Im landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. The quarter is on pace to be the best ever for the device. Cook was responding to an email from reuters following a report from Research Firm ibc estimating apple watches are down though cook would not give specific sales figures for the watch. For cnbc business report, im landon dowdy. Amazon is getting closer to rolling out its physical store app. Heres how it would go. Customers would shop and everything is automatically added to your virtual cart. The first store is located in seattle and its scheduled to open in early 2017. Im telling you, this would be a problem in my life. I would be buying. Youd be, i need this, i need this. All of a sudden peanut m ms, continue balls. When you go to the grocery store, youve got to check yourself or wreck yourself. Thanks for the advice. Comments sparking a nationwide trend on twitter, what hes saying about a possible future in the white house. Plus, new details about the criminal history of a man accused of firing a rifle inside a d. C. Restaurant. News4 is there as comet ping pong prepares to reopen. An outrage where santas helper has decided to set up shop. Why parents say its inappropriate for kids. Its a weather alert day on news4 today. Cold and rainy day ahead. Good morning. Im aaron gilchrist. Rain on the way, well take a look at the roads. But first tom kierein with look at the forecast. Tom . Good morning. Were starting off rather cold but we are dry. Looking at storm team 4 radar, were seeing the leading edge of the rain coming into far southern maryland, st. Marys county getting a few sprinkles in the northern neck. The main area is richmond over toward charlottesville getting wet snow and sleet and maybe a little freezing rain in some of the higher west virginia. The main area is way south and west of us. Way down here in tennessee. But thats going to be arriving here later this afternoon. Temperatures right now are hovering in the mid and upper 30s, low to mid40s right around washington and the chesapeake bay. For the bus stop, by 7 00, still hovering in the low 40s. By 9 00 we might be getting a