So you have to be careful if you come out on the roadways. Now, we are stuck in traffic and people are moving rather slowly as they go home. On the sidewalks we do see some snow, a little accumulation, but not much. Again, the main focus tonight is to be careful if youre out on the roads due to the refreeze. Back to you, doug. Yeah, thats all this is right now, shomari, as we continue to move on through. Thank you very much. Stay safe out there driving. It shouldnt be too bad if youre heading out friday night. Watch out for the sidewalks. Other than that, i have your weekend forecast and christmas forecast as well. As i mentioned, that one well talk about that in a few minutes. Only ten days away, doug. Thank you. Tonight a father is sharing his story after his son was shot by mistake. Hes only 11 years old and his recovery has been remarkable. This is video of the victim as he heels from the physical wounds of that shooting. We are hearing about the emotional toll it has t his family and the decorated war veteran who accidentally shot him as he was putting his gun away. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins has the story youll only see on news4. He walk into the hospital with him in his hands. Reporter whats the reaction when you accidentally shoot someone you love . He was traumatized. Because to him, they are like best friends. Reporter 11yearold caleb harry likes basketball and spending time at the home of his neighbor, his dads good friend in suitland. That is why mark harry was surprised by the call he received december 5th. My good buddy, my neighbor picked up the phone and said, hey, man, i accidentally shot caleb and im taking him to the hospital. Reporter outside Childrens National medical center, mark talked about how his 33yearold friend, a vet and purple heart recipient, quickly jumped into action. He just did everything he could possibly do from a military mind frame and got him to got him to andrews. Po lung and neurosurgeries and multiple hospitals. And now at childrens. Caleb is doing better and ready to work on healing the relationship with the man he loves. The family friend who accidentally shot him. They had a little chat, you know, talked about the injury, talked about where to go from here on. My son and him are so close that, you know, my son cried. He cried. Reporter its a talk mark says his friend desperately needed. Hes actually taking therapy for what happened because ptsd kicked in after all of this. And i couldnt lose both a friend and my son at the same time. Reporter caleb is expected to be released from Childrens Hospital in a week, but the road to recovery is going to continue to be a long and expensive one. If youre interested in helping, go to nbc washington and search help caleb. In northwest, im Tracee Wilkins, news4. Bethesda teenager. We sent you a breaking news alert after the medical examiner revealed navid sepehri died from acute alcohol poisoning, complicated by drowning and hypothermia. The 17yearold Walt Whitman High School senior went missing after a house party. His father pulled him from a nearby creek the next day. Montgomery county has been trying to crackdown on under age liquor sales. Records obtained by the news4 iteam show the county has not been able to eliminate those sales. Scott macfarlane is in our newsroom to explain. Scott . Yeah, jim, good evening. Montgomery county conducts regular compliance checks at its own governmentrun Liquor Stores and at the dozens of beer and wine restaurants and shops in the county. The news4 iteam joined along for some pliens checks using a teenage volunteer attempting to make the alcohol purchases. We watched as staff at some of those businesses failed to a county records obtained by the iteam and requests showed 22 of businesses that were checked in 2017 failed the compliance checks. 16 failed last year, 21 failed in 2015. The county calls those numbers stable. No large fluctuations year to year, but the news4 iteam review of records shows at least one business is about to lose its license for three months because of sales to underage buyers. Jim, back to you. Scott macfarlane on top of this story for us. Scott, thank you. Police in Prince Georges County are looking for two men they say took money from two armored truck employees who were loading up an atm. It happened at a bank of america in beltsville where Darcy Spencer is live for us tonight. Darcy, police say they havent seen a robbery like this one in a long time. Reporter thats right. Police are saying that this was a very brazen robbery, like you said, it happened right here at this bank of america location. It is very busy here, along arrests. And we begin a report tonight with a woman who nearly came face to face with these robbers. This is close. Reporter debbie lee shows how she stood against a cabinet in her office frightened as suspects who just pulled off an armored car heist at the bank of america across the street passed by her window. She took a picture showing how they parked their purple get away van right in front of her. So, you were nervous watching all this. Yeah, yeah. Reporter what were you thinking was happening . I dont know. I just thought guns right away. Reporter at least two armed suspects robbed the dunbar armor car guard at 2 30 in the morning. The bank is in a busy route in beltsville. The guards were loading cash in an atm when they were held up at gun point. Sources say they got away with thousands of dollars. Police say it was planned out and well orchestrate the. Theyre confident theyll catch the robbers. Our detectives are working hand in hand with the fbi as we do in all of these cases, but they have a 75 closure rate. These detectives close cases. These suspects need to know that. And it would be best for them to just go ahead and turn themselves in. Reporter multiple witnesses tell me the men got into another car that was parked on the street behind the building and got away at least for now. Debbies coworker carol cooper saw them carry something to a car parked up the hill. I didnt see money. I saw a black something, like a coat covering whatever they had. Reporter police had the van towed so it could be processed for evidence. They are reviewing Surveillance Video from the bank, hoping to identify the robbers, and catch them before they can pull off another heist. Back out live, you can see that there are a number of surveillance cameras outside the bank. Again, police are reviewing that video. We ask, will you relesion some of the pictures . They say it is possible they can do that as part of this investigation. If they do that, well be sure to share that in the nbc washington app. Jim, back to you. Darcy, thank you. New fallout on capitol hill over allegations of Sexual Misconduct. This time a legislative aide has come forward to identify a virginia congressman who she said destroyed her career. Erika gonzalez has her story from the live desk. Hi, ahn. She made the allegation in front of a packed room. Her name is m. Reese everson. She claims bobby scott touched her inappropriately in 2013 and she claims he flirted with her constantly. Ever son who is also an attorney said after she complained, she was fired. And i was black balled or blacklisted, whatever the appropriate term is. I was prevented attempted to run from a situation that was sexually inappropriate where i had been propositioned to have a sexual relationship with my boss that i did not want. Congressman scott immediately released a statement denying the allegations. We should also note here scott was quick to react when congressman john conyers announced that he would retire from Congress Following his own Sexual Misconduct allegations in a written statement. Scott said, quote, as we continue this Important National discussion about sexual harassment, we must ensure that everyone is held accountable for credible allegations, end quote. Ahn, jim, back to you in the studio. Erika, thank you. Tennessee senator bob corker says he will support the republican tax plan that will affect every american. This as senator marco rubio overcomes a lastminute objection. Yesterday rubio said hed vote against the bill unless negotiations expanded the Child Tax Credit for they boosted it by 300. With rubio and corker in the yes column, now the bills chance of passage improves. House and Senate Leaders hope to pass the plan next week before they head home for the holidays. Meanwhile, President Trump is renewing his attack on the fbi tonight. 12 days after tweeting the agencys reputation is in, quote, tatters, he slammed the fbi on his way to visit their Training Facility today. Its a shame whats happened with the fbi, but were going to rebuild the fbi. It will be bigger and better than ever, but it is very sad when you look at those documents. The president appears to be referring to Text Messages between the top fbi agent and an fbi lawyers on the russia investigation. They frequently called mr. Trump an idiot during the president ial campaign. When special counsel robert muell muell mueller found a messages, he removed them from the team. The lawyer already left the investigation. Now to a scandal at ballou high school. They just wrapped up as officials try to get to the bottom of allegations that some students received diplomas last year even though they shouldnt have. News4s derrick ward has reaction from teachers, students and parents who testified. Reporter it was a major accomplish. For Ballou Senior High School in southeast. The entire june 2017 senior class graduated. But a report done by public Radio Station wamu and National Public radio last month says that many of those who graduated shouldnt have because of too many absences. Education chair david grasso says its tragic, but its not just about ballou. Ballou High Schools Community did not create their present day dilemma. It operates in an inherited Public Education system steeped in segregation in the dock and the entire country. Ballou 11th grader says now from the negative perception, thoughts the school had overcome. I take offense, first of all, that the accusations that were made were from former teachers and that a lot of people claimed that its all about the students, but they didnt take into account what students had to say until after the damage was done. Reporter two investigation s are Going Forward into what happened at ballou and what is happening throughout the public d. C. School systems and d. C. s School Chancellor Antoine Wilson said fund amount 58 questions have to be answered. Eight are we doing enough to respond to the needs of students on the threshold of drop out and failure . Particularly those who are chronically absent or carry multiple failing grades. All of these questions and especially the last touch on the question that matters most to me. Are we giving our students what they need to succeed. Reporter derrick ward, news4. New information tonight about the investigation into Russian Election meddling. Nbcs chuck todd joins us next reviechrevives his attack on the fbi and counsel. Fire in the heart of georgetown that caused major delays for a lot of you this morning. Plus convicted then compensated. Why a local jury went out of their way to help a housekeeper a live look storm team4 radar. The snow is gone, but it is still really cold out there. The big concern now is ice and the refreeze overnight. Doug is back with a check on the conditions in just ten minutes. Time now for a deeper look at some of the weeks top political stories. Tonight we are talking russia, russia, and russia. There is unsettling news from the Washington Post, report about the president ial Daily Briefing that cia briefers dont mention russias interference in the president ial election for fear of angering mr. Trump. Questions are raised after public flattery from Vladimir Putin leez troubad president tr give him a call. They are doubling down. The moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Welcome to the evening. Very confusing. Were here all the time. Right. I work, too. In congress raising the media on the criticism of the russia investigation. Are they gaining traction, truck . I think they are with the president s base. The fact is this is led by house republicans, i think, had sort of at least mainstreamed this issue within the republican media circles. I mean, certainly you see more conservative Media Outlets driving the focus on the investigators rather than on the investigation. Focusing on not the facts that have been found, but on who is in charge of finding the facts. Look, bill clintons white house did this to ken starr. It is certainly a political tactic you do. You do your best, somebody is investigating you, walls are closing in, partisan ship, partisan ship, partisan ship. It is an obvious political decision and political tactic. The question, though, is this piling on the fbi, collectively and this broad stroke staking an example of two agents and trying to extrapolate debilitating is that to the rule of law, right . What kind of damage does that do longterm . I had an former fbi agent on my cable show earlier today saying, an fbi agent goes into, say, a trump supporting area, will this person cooperate . They look at the fbi and say, i dont believe you guys. It is a Troubling Development if were not careful. What does it do for morale at the fbi. Thats why the president went there today because i think someone sent a message that more morale is down. I dont think he did anything to help morale because he beat them up again. Chuck, lets get back to the report the president is ignoring russian intelligence. Is this impacting National Security . Some are arguing that it is, that we have let russia, there should be more of a collective concern internationally at trying to curtail russias attempts to get involved in democracies around the world. We noah apparently evidence they have been playing with the mexican elections, trying to get the most antiamerican candidate, help them the most, create more tension for us here. The point is that they are continuing to do this and the concern is our Intelligence Community is raising alarm bells and the president i think looks at anything russia and says, if he somehow confirms, yeah, there are bad actors, it makes him look guilty, he cannot separate russia from himself. And thats a problem. Hes got to somehow separate the issue from himself and i think right now because of the investigation hes let it cloud his judgment. Vladimir putin yesterday praised the president and within hours the president called him to thank him for the compliment. Given all the attention around russia and the investigation, is this normal, outside of the norm . Yeah, you would think when youre being investigated for having too close a ties with the head of russia, you wouldnt want to showcase your with the leader of russia. So, but what would normally be conventional or common political sense isnt always the route that this president takes as hes demonstrated throughout. Throughout his presidency so far. All right. All right, chuck todd, thanks so much for coming in. We appreciate and were looking forward to meet the press. Your sunday morning. Maybe ill see you sunday morning. That would be breaking news, huh . You know shell be up. We watch. Thank you, check. Meet the price right he m press here 10 30 on nbc4. A new record high along i66. You probably dont recognize those flags, but some residents in this vienna neighborhood did, and were alarmed to see them flying here. Coming up, why they want the flags Doug Kammerer is here with the check on the forecast. Snow is out. Snow is out. Out, done. Cold air is here. Cold air is getting out. What else is nothing, nothing, everything hopefully youre getting out tonight. Its a beautiful night. You have some holiday festivities to attend, maybe holiday parties. It will be on the cold side. Look at the High Temperatures today. The high in d. C. Only 31 degrees, oh, 27 in gaithersburg. 33 in quantico. 29 in clinton. This is a very cold day out there on your friday. Remember, our average High Temperature should be about 15 degrees warmer than this. So, very cold day. Thats why we had the snow. Snow coming to an end. This is the way it was earlier today coming through the area. Just about everybody saw some snow, but the real big areas were north and east. Nothing going on now, the region is completely dry. Take a look to the northeast. There goes the storm really developed right ton top of us today and is moving up towards new england, new york, the boston area. Theyll see a little in the way of snow. Not much in boston per se, but new york got it. Philadelphia got a pretty good amount. As a matter of fact, their roads are just shut down around philp shut down the roads. Some locations picking up 2, 2 1 2 inches around philly. For us the biggest snow fall half an inch into portions of howard county. For what well be dealing with the rest of the night, it is just going to be the cold. Temperatures right now 29 degrees. Winds out of the west at 5 miles an hour. A little bit of a wind chill, but not all that bad. Its just freedsing. 29 degrees, thats cold. And the temperature not going down all that much. Temperatures around the rest of the region, 25 in leesburg, 21 in frederick. 21 in culpepper. If youre going to be out, youre going to run into some ice somewhere. Especially walking. I dont think the roads will be too bad in most locations. Secondary roads in the northeastern zones, annapolis, howard county, frederick and northern montgomery county. Those are the areas of concern for tonight on the roadways. But everybody has some concern as far as the sidewalks go. Now, look at the air flow. Coming out of canada, right on down. This is a jet stream coming across ou well stay on the cool side tonight. It is not until the next couple days we start to see things shift and they shift in a much better way. Temperatures tomorrow 46. Plenty of sun. Breezy and cool. I think the wind chill tomorrow will stay in the 30s all day. Going to be a fairly chilly saturday. Not all a that bad. The sun is going to help. Sun more in the way of cloud cover. Late day sprinkle. High of 49 degrees, up to 54 on monday. Monday is looking good. Breezy on tuesday with a High Temperature of 60. And then we see a little funnel boundary move through. Isolated sprinkle on tuesday, but behind it, the bigger deal is the cooler weather. I say cooler, not colder because its not going to be anywhere it was today. Closer to average, 46 on wednesday, breezy thursday. We get to the christmas holiday. This is a complex system setting up nine to ten days from now. We have a lot of time to figure it out, but right now it looks like we could be in for a bit of a mix Christmas Eve and christmas. Something well continue to watch for you. Like i said, lots of time. Im not doing anything the next nine days. Ill be watching out for you. All on Christmas Eve. Doug, thank you. A neighborhood feud over flags. Take a look. Some people say theyre racist and offensive, but we tracked down the man who put them up who says theres more to his message than meets the eye. Jurors helping a woman who they found guilty of a felony by paying her court fine. What if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . And more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. The case seemed clearcut. The housekeeper confesses to stealing from a fairfax family on the job. Jurors convict her, but struggle with a fair sentence. As news4s david culver reports tonight, they ended up delivering justice in the form of compassion. We met Sandra Mendez ortega at her falls church apartment. Her son benjamin by her side. [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter i worked as a housekeeper. She took these rings from a home of a fairfax family. We had no other option than to find her guilty. Reporter the jury foreperson in the trial this summer said some of the jurors struggled convicting her of the felony, but ultimately acknowledged she broke the law. They had the option to sentence sandra to 20 years in prison. Jeff and the other jurors saw a young single mom boys who struggled. And i could see in her that she was a good person, that made a mistake. Reporter instead of prison the jury decided on a 60 fine, the same daily amount sandra made working as a maid. But after the trial the jurors wanted to do more. One of the female jurors pulled out a 20 bill and said, i want to help pay for her fine. I dont know if it was everybody, but the vast majority of jurors did the same thing, including me. Reporter together they collected 80, 20 more than the cost of the fine. But the jurors generosity isnt sitting well with everyone in this case, especially the victim, the family from whom sandra stole. They told the Washington Post who first reported this that sandra hasnt fully accepted responsibility. I just pray the jurors are never in my shoes, the victim told the post. He read the article and feels good about what he and ohe they werent out anything. They got back their property. They got justice. Reporter as for sandra, she tells me shes relieved, happy. [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter overwhelmed by the compassion of strangers. In fairfax, david culver, news4. You dont hear that every day from jurors. No, exactly. Other top stories on this friday evening, police in maryland looking for two men who robbed an armored truck. They took cash as employees loaded up an atm at a bank of America Today in beltsville. Hes had heart problems, multiple strokes and a blood clot in his brain. But tonight an 11yearold boy is on the mend after a family friend accidentally shot him while babysitting. Caleb harrys father says they have compassion for the shooter who is also a purple heart recipient. A virginia lawmaker is in the spotlight for alleged Sexual Misconduct. Reese ever son came forward today accusing bobby scott of touching her inappropriately and the former staffer claims after she complained, she was fired. Congressman scott denies the allegations. Take a look. Do you recognize these flags . Most people probably dont, but some people in a vienna neighborhood say they represent hate. Bureau chief julie carey who talked to his neighbors said they have it all wrong. Reporter it is a flag embraced by some in the altright movement and carried in charlottesville. They are alarmed to see it in front of a neighbors home. Thats derek rice, the flag owner. This is his capitalism flag, and this the flag represents the fictional country of kakistann some see it as an adaptation of the nazi war plan, but some say the nazi altright has high jacked the flag. It is playing on the fact that people in the modern day, they are very obsessed about ra in egalitarianism and race equality. Reporter the woman who called about the flag said she sees these differently. She didnt want to be identified, but she found the flag offensive, even hurtful in this diverse community. My concern is there is somebody that ascribes to those beliefs in our neighborhood, we really we dont really agree with that and we want everybody to feel welcome and we dont want to perpetuate hate. Reporter a few neighbors have responded by putting hate has no home here signs in their yard. Rice invites them to come knock on his door and talk to him instead about his political philosophy and what he thinks the flags convey. Peace, nonviolence. If you went ahead and researched the capitalist flag, then you would have come across the nonaggression principle. Reporter the hoa president tells me shes not happy about the flags either, but says they dont violate the rules here. In vienna, im julie carey, commute, the new record high set on the toll lanes of i66. We told you about the fire this morning as flames gutted a business in georgetown. Now dramatic new video taken moments after it happened and why it led to delays for dliefrz a drivers all wait into virginia. Doug . A cold one tonight. Look at these numbers, down to 27 right now, 23 hagerstown. Weve got some really cold air overnight tonight. But not going to last all that cell phone video shows how fast the fire grew in the heart of georgetown this morning. Look at those flames. Firefighters were on the scene for hours at a building on wisconsin avenue just north of m street. The flames ripped through the second and third floors. They were contained to that one building, though. One firefighter had minor injuries. Road closures led to delays into rosslyn during the morning commute. Wow. Commuters are crying highway lanes on i66 set a new record high. Get this, a driver snapped this photo of a 44 toll during this mornings commute yesterday. Well, it only lasted a few minutes and appeared to be caused by drivers trying to escape an accident on i395. The high prices especially in the morning have caused many commuters and lawmakers to call for changes, but vdot tells us the lanes are working as expect and had they stress that car poolers dont have to pay a dime to use the road during rush hour. That was the whole point, right . Exactly. Start those car pools. Now to a story that has everybody talking. Its not about traffic or the weather. It is the royal wedding. We have a date. Prince hair and i Meghan Markle have set the date for spring. The wedding will take place on may 19th at Saint Georges chapel in windsor castle. The Couple Holding the wedding on a saturday. They are usually held during the week. The may date will give kate a chance to have her third child. I cant wait to pick mine out. Youll rock it. The snow has moved out but the cold air is still here. Doug is back with a look at whats ahead for your weekend. Plus the incredible voices of young d. C. Students as they get set to hit the stage and mark a milestone inside their newly renovated taj mahal of the school, you wont want to miss them. Theyve got some talent. Santa claus is if you love holiday music, i certainly do. Its not too late to take an Opening Night at the Duke Ellington theater. It is a performance by 29 talented young singers who youre likely to see some day performing on broadway. Theyre that good. Were going to have great songs in our head after this. It includes everything from classic mow town to classic opera all with a christmas niemi. Allnew at 6 00 tonight, Barbara Harris is here with a preview of whats on tap this eked at twee the Duke Ellington school of the arts. It is great. When you hear them sing and watch them dance on the stage, you might be surprised to realize theyre not professionals, at least not yet. The level of professionalism is impressive, for some of them this is the first time theyll be singing for a live audience. For all of them and the audience as well, thisl performance ever in the brandnew 700seat Duke Ellington theater. At washingtons newly renovated Duke Ellington school of the arts, sounds of the season are about to play out on stage. The show choir gearing up for a weekend of holiday entertainment. A very special christmas the director of the group dr. Monique holmes is a graduate of Duke Ellington and a former member of the show choir. This is the Duke Ellington school of the arts show choir, voices in motion. They are a group of young singers who enjoy the aspects of singing, dancing and acting simultaneously. The holiday show includes performances in two very different vocal styles. Giving students ape chance chaw off their versatility. The detroit sound like that of the jackson 5. Lets have the beginning of santa claus is coming to town. A motown christmas is oldies but goodies. The temptations. Youll get to is he sinsee t turner. All singing classic holiday tunes we love and adore. On the classical side the show choir will perform the christmas opera, amal and the night visitors. This particular production is special to us because its a revival of sorts of a tradition that we had a long time ago and because were in this new building we wanted to visitors back to our home space. Duke Ellington School of the arts will showcase the many talents of its students through this event. This is something they choose to participate in, and its a lot of work. I think thats what makes it so much fun, is that its something you love to do and youre working hard at it. You dantoni miont mind bei . No. Its going to be blood sweat and tears, but its amazing. Whatever they dream of becoming some day, these students hope people will leave the show as excited about their futures as they are. Perfect. Thank you. And that was my camera man telling them how great they were. They were fantastic. Tonights performance at 7 30 is the first of three shows this weekend. There is another one tomorrow the show choir will perform one last time at 4 00 sunday afternoon. Tickets are 25 and certainly worth it. Just amazing. My goodness. They have that kind of talent. It is incredible. Like broadway. You didnt see them in costume. I saw them getting ready for that and they are amazing. Its hard to believe theyre just and theyre just kids. Theyre so poised and confident. Its amazing. A talent. They have a very high academic standard, very high to get into that school and to that particular ensemble, too. Got a brandnew stage for it, too, this year. Amazing. Thanks for sharing, barbara. How do you top that, Doug Kammerer . Just try. You know what . Doug has a secret hidden talent and sings opera. Did you know that . Doug kammerer . Dont even i dont think theyd want to hear that, doug. You didnt know that. People are home eating. [ laughter ] in the shower. Thats right, yes, in the one of these days were going to get you to sing, doug. Okay, one day. Well see how that goes. I want to show you whats happening outside now, guys. We had snow a little earlier. Right now most of the roads doing okay. This is the burtonsville area. Earlier we saw this bumper to bumper, but things are starting to get better. We are concerned about some refreeze overnight tonight. A lot of ice on the sidewalks, especially, but thats about it. Now, how about this. You know weve been doing lights. How about this one down towards sunoco station in yates corner area. In alexandria, they went all out and did holiday lights. Im on holiday lights all winter long, at least the next week or so. Not all winter long. Next week. I have two, one much which ill be out at zoo lights next tuesday, thursday doing holiday lights as well. I might be in Prince Georges County. You can see where the snow is towards the delaware area. Thats it. The th flakes through loudoun county. Light snow, another system moves just to our north. We may see a couple more flakes tonight but thats about it. The main storm system is moving out. It was a weak storm, but it doesnt take a lot to produce a lot of problems. And just north of d. C. , baltimore area, right over towards wilmington and philadelphia shut down. I mean, really just a mess of things. Just about one to 2 inches of snow fall because the temperatures were so cold. Speaking of cold, 29, temperatures not going anywhere fast. 28 degrees by 9 00, 27 degrees by 11 00. It will be chilly if youre going to be out and about. Down to 28 gaithersburg, 21 in frederick, 22 in culpepper. Some extreme cold. Its going to be a very cold night tonight. We may actually see temperatures warm a little bit early tomorrow morning, but still a cold start to the day. But getting out there, doing a little running. Not a bad day for it. Coat at 7 00 a. M. , temperature around 30 degrees. By noon, yeah, you can get outside, sunshine out there. Breezy conditions. Wind chills will be in 20s and 30 temperature tomorrow of 46. It will be a cold one, but really no excuse as far as the getting outside to do a little running and playing a little tennis, jim handly. You want to do that . You can do that as well if youre thinking about doing that. Just letting you know. 49 degrees, maybe a late day sprichk sprinkle sunday. 60 degrees on tuesday. Mostly cloudy skies. Cant rule out a stray shower on tuesday, but looking a lot better as we head in towards late next week as the colder air starts to come back in. Not bad. Breezy 48 degrees. When i say a lot better a lot better than we had this week. Cold this week, not nearly as cold next week. Chance of showers early thursday with a high of 46. 52 on your friday. And then were going to be watching, of course, everybody is going to be watching Christmas Eve and christmas. Right now a chance of a mix both days. The pattern is ripe for a storm in that region. What does it mean for us . Well just have to wait and see. 9 to 10 days out, so, this is when well be tracking for you very lo tomorrow, storm team4 tracking winter. Our special coming on i think its 9 00 a. M. Thats right, it is 9 00. Big. Jim, youre part of it this year. Im glad youre [ laughter ] me and my graupel. All right, thank you, doug. The holidays, of course, are here and people are celebrating in style. Its that time of the year again to see who has the tacky est wardrobe. Certainly not you. Heres one. Today is National Ugly christmas sweater day. Tons of you have already shared your pictures. Keep sharing them. Check them out. Apparently the more accoutrement the better. Bells and sprinkles. Blinking lights. And everything, the more the better. Pile it on. Weather its storm your own creations, you guys did deliver today. Not too late to share your pics of your ugly sweaters with us. Be sure to tag nbc washington. Get the dog in on the action, too. That dog does not look happy. Shamed. Well, the wizards are set to take on the clippers for the second time this week. Well recap last saturdays crazy finish. And get you set for tonight coming up in sports. But first heres lester holt with a look at whats ahead on nbc nightly news. Jim and ahn, as republicans prepare to pass a tax overhaul that will cut some taxes, charities are bracing for a potential big cut in donations. Well explain why. Plus, Horrible College hazing rituals revealed as a grand jury accuses penn state of shocking apathy in the wake of a [orchestr uning up] take on your retirement, medicare supplemental plan from carefirst medplus, the name you know and trust. Here for today, and whatever comes next. Medicare supplemental plans from carefirst medplus. Live fearless. Find a medicare plan for you at carefirst. Com gomedplus announcer this is the xfinity sports desk. Wizards host the clippers. Chris miles joins us now in the nbc sports washington studios to help us get ready for the game. Thats right, chris, looks like an easy win for the home team. Lets hope. Sometimes looks can be a little deceiving. Familiar faces not taking the that will play for los angeles is deandre jordan. Patrick beverley, Austin Rivers and milos are all sit thing one out. However, the wizards faced this same depleted Clippers Team last saturday and lost. It is a game where Bradley Beale scored 25 points, but lou williams out shined beale with 28 included what ended up being the game winner. There was a controversial play at the end. Beales first attempt at a buzzer beater, it got called back because of a clock issue. They got a second shot, and that was no good. Beale says tonight should not come down to that one final play. We should be tired of coming in here and saying on to the next one, on to the next one. You run out of games eventually. We continue to drop, like these games matter. We play them two times in the year, but these games still matter on your record so these are important games and games we need to win and we should have won. Its hours at the capital one arena. Georgetown will host syracuse at 12 s 12 30 tomorrow afternoon. The two teams combined 16 and 1. The orange has been challenged a few times this season. This is the first real test for the hoyas who remain undefeated. They know what the coach brings to the table. It was a great rivalry, and, you know, its something that, you know, were going to continue. Hes an outstanding coach. Most schools have great legacy and something that we want to continue. The caps are tied for second in the eastern conference after last nights 53 win over the bruins. They are getting contributions from everybody these days. Alex is on the 4th team since 2012 and his 5th goal of the year gave the caps a 31 lead in the third and he wasnt done lighting the minutes later the boston power play and scores at the other end. Caps have won eight of ten. The head coach likes what he saw from number 39. I thought, you know, it was a big performance obviously from chase on the shorthanded goal, it was massive in the sense if they score one there, that last few minutes would be a little more hectic. But that was real key for us, too. Skins have been eliminated from the playoffs, but that doesnt amoe doesnt mean there arent questions to be answered. Is jay gruden safe . What changes need to be made . More importantly who is to blame . 58 record was clearly not the plan before the season began. Former redskins running back Clinton Portis will be part of the showtime on sunday. Here is a preview of what he had to say about the state of the burgundy and gold. You look at sean mcbailey. Then you look at losing dee jay. O for us because it didnt pan out for them where they went to. You bring in prior. It didnt work out. You cant miss in free agency. You cant miss on the guys you bring in after losing studs like d. Jack and pierre. Some great points there. You can check out portis, Carol Maloney and redskins showtime sunday at 11 30. Guys, back to you. Big show. Chris miles, thanks so much, chris. Final check of the weather with doug before we head out. Thank you for coming in. Youre normally a morning person. I wanted to start off you guys make it easy. Well, thank you. Im glad we can make it easy for you. Thats because we want you here. You got whatever you needed. You need coffee in the morning . No problem. Temperatures 30 degrees at the start of the day. Sunrise at 7 20. The weekend outlook looking pretty good. Holiday parties, i have one tonight. Looking pretty good. Dont worry, handly. Diet cokes for me. Breezy tomorrow so watch out about getting out there. Right now interesting. This is outside our studios. We dont know whats happening. Were going breaking news tonight on your taxes. Republicans appear to have the votes to pass their sweeping plan. A once in a generation change that affects every american. And we now know the tax brackets, what youll pay depending on how much you make. Is President Trump dangling the possibility of a pardon for Michael Flynn who is cooperating with the Mueller Investigation . I dont want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet. Well see what happens. Lets see. What did he mean by yet . Shocking apathy at penn state. A scathing report after the hazing death of a young fraternity pledge. A mysterious disappearance in north korea. Did kim jongun have his righthand man executed . A woman who accuses matt lauer of using his position to pressure her into a sexual relationship