Well keep you updated on the story in the nbc washington app. 4 31 now. President trump is back in washington this morning after a weekend trip to camp david. Now a top lawyer for his Transition Team has accused a Government Agency of unlawfully turning over thousands of emails to special counsel, Robert Mueller. This is all part of the russia election meddling investigation. President trump says he doesnt plan to fire mueller. No, im not. What else . What are you, surprised . President trump cannot technically fire mueller. He could order for his dismissal. The only person who could fire mueller would be depply u. S. Attorney general rob rosenstein. He just told the iteam that hes satisfied with the special counsels work. Republican senator john mccain is home in arizona right now. The 81yearold was recently treated for a viral infection at the National Cancer institute in bethesda. Doctors say he is responding positively to his treatments for brain cancer. Senator mccains daughter meghan tweeted out. She thanked everyone for their thoughts. Were following breaking news right now. Chris lawrence has this at the live desk. Eun, aaron, we have new information about the water main break thats sure to affect the morning commute. This is on eastwest highway in hyattsville. Two eastbound lanes are closed. One of the westbound lanes is closed. You can still get by in the westbound but only through one lane. A crew is headed there now. Well keep you posted as we learn more. Eun, back to you. Chris, thank you. Today if youre caught speeding through the red light at lehigh way at germantown road, expect to get a ticket. Enforcement on t side starts today. This is the 7th red light camera in the city of fairfax. Chris matthews was accused of inappropriate behavior by a Woman Working on his show in 1999. The daily caller first reported matthews made inappropriate jokes and comments about a female employee who was an assistant producer. Msnbc released a statement saying the matter was investigated at the time and matthews received a formal reprimand. The investigation found the comments were not a proposition. The woman received a payout. The woman did not the woman did receive a payout to leave the company. The owner of the Carolina Panthers decided to sell the team after being accused of sexual misconduct. Jerry richardson made sexually suggestive comments to women and directed a racial slur at black employees. They also report four former financial settlements due to his inappropriate comments. The selling process wont begin until the season is over. Still going. Inside the 10. Touchdown there you go. The crowd at fedex field went wild after that touchdown for the redskins as the team was able to eventually beat the Arizona Cardinals. It wasnt the prettiest game but you know what, well take the win. For whatever its worth. End the seen on a high note. Carol maloney was there for all the action. She shows us the best plays of the game. Reporter no playoffs this year. Buff still plenty of pride for the redskins this sunday. A battle with the Arizona Cardinals here at fedex field ends with a 2015 skins victory. Right out of the gate, unlikely standout. First drive, anthony lanier. A sack and fumble. Jamison crowder, fresh off the practice squad, making a name for himself. He scored the touchdown in his first game with the team. Defensive fight to the finish ends with the skins staving off the cards. Im going to disneyland. Winning makes you feel like youre on top of the world. Theres no in between. That makes it a roller coaster. End of the day, glad to have the win at the end of this week. Two games to go. The next one here at home. While sitting at 68, a winning record is not possible. Avoiding a losing one is. At fedex field, carol maloney, news 4 sports. Theres something to play for, aaron. Absolutely. The redskins take on the broncos next sunday, christmas eve. It starts at 1 00. Another check on your weather and traffic right now. A look at the roads in a minute when we check back in with melissa. First to chuck and sheena and what we might face this morning when we step guys . No brutal chill to worry about. All the parkas and the heavy cold gear can be put away. You know what, i still needed a jacket. You need a little wrap. Thats all you needed. But i didnt need my comfy boots this morning. I was able to get away with the flats. Not the one that zips over your face. I didnt need that. Maybe next week i might. This week, our weather is looking pretty mild compared to what we had last week especially. Temperatures right now are above freezing for everybody except warrenton. We have a lot of 40s on the map. 41 leesburg. 43 in washington. A cool start. But we are nice and dry for your commute. Looks good weatherwise as we go throughout the morning. Look at this. Temperatures into the 40s pretty quickly after sunrise. Near 50 degrees at lunchtime. Lets see how warm it gets where you live. Good morning, chuck. Thanks, sheena. Very nice weather indeed. The daily grade, how about this one. Wve while. Sunshine later on this afternoon. Aplus weather indeed. Near 55 degrees for a high today with a light southwesterly wind. If youre not going to be in washington, heres highs in your hometown. Gaithersburg near 50 today. Hagerstown, 49. Manassas 55 degrees. 56 in fredericksburg. 49 by the bay in annapolis. Sometimes your friend in the summertime not always your friend in the winter. Someone who is always your friend, Melissa Mollet here to let you know if your monday will be a mess or not. I wish i could predict the future. Right now were okay. Do have one problem in hyattsville. This is a water main break eastbound eastwest highway between chillum manor and riggs road. Sounds like you might have a lane open right now. We have molette green on the wap a way and she w beltway, overall, looking okay. Eun . Thank you, melissa. Turning heartache into hopes for others. How the parents of a murdered teacher are helping victims of Domestic Violence before its too late. A push to end the opioid epidemic. Why cvs is getting involved in our area. Its something you might expect from a movie. What the pentagon sarah palins son has been hes charged with felony burglary, assault and causing property damage. The alleged incident happened on saturday. There arent many details about now. Palin was arrested in january of 2016 on Domestic Violence charges against his girlfriend. At the time, sarah palin suggested it stemmed from posttraumatic stress disorder. The parents of a woman whom police say was killed by her boyfriend are now trying to help other women. Outside of their church in Silver Spring yesterday, mark and glenn wallen collected donations for the county womens shelter. In september, their daughter laura was found murdered in damascus. Her boyfriend is char if we can channel our grief into something positive. The womens shelter of montgomery county, this is something thats worthwhile and worth doing. Just sort of eases the pain for us to do something positive. This will be the familys first christmas without laura. If you want to help or would like more resources about Domestic Violence, please head to the nbc washington app. We have resources for you or someone you know. Search safe at home. Now lets check in with sheena to see what youre facing today. Not a big chill. It makes it monday so easy to start your workweek with. 43 degrees in the district. A jacket this morning. But the afternoon temperatures will surprise you based on what we had last week. You might really like t well look at the numbers and the next chance for rain coming up. It could be his first legislative victory since taking tax overhaul that could land on President Trumps desk in a matter of days. And off the charts. Literally the local High School Choir getting a lot of attention for their gospel album. Well, good monday morning. Not as cold this morning. It feels pretty decent compared to some of the mornings last week. At the bus stop, the kids still need a jacket. This afternoon, though, were looking at milder temperatures. Were back in the 50s. Chuck is having a few minutes to look at everybodys high temperatures today and how it looks into the weekend. A toddler shot in the leg at a home in the district. How it happened and the warning for anyone with a gun same home as kids. Accusations against special counsel Robert Mueller. What theyre claiming now. Holidays in full swing. But as you leave christmas and family parties make sure you drive safely. If you have one drink, its safer to take a Ride Share Service or taxi. Framiliar a and friends of a person killed by a drunk driver. Ross was killed on saturday night less than half a mile from his home in rockville. He was at the intersection of Rockville Pike and congressional lane when the driver hit him and took off. Police arrested him and charged him with dui. People are suffering. Its not just the family. Its friends. It goes on and on and on. So just think, please think before you drink and put those keys in. Family and friends say that red letter was a popular server and bartender at a restaurant in bethesda. Hes described as a p could make anyone laugh and smile. Today deliberations are set to resume in the first trial involving Inauguration Day protesters. There are six defendants in this case. All were arrested on january 20th. Those defendants argued prosecutors are overreacting by charging each with rioting. Prosecutors admit at least two of the people did not actually break windows or cause any damage. However, they claim, because the defendants encouraged others to commit property damage, they are charged with rioting. The verdict could come as soon as today in the case. Putin called him yesterday to thank him for a cia tip that helped to foil bombings in st. Petersburg. Russia tracked down the suspect. The kremlin says russia will continue to give the u. S. Any information on potential threats here at the investigation into russias u. S. Election meddling and potential collusion with the trump campaign. An attorney is accusing Robert Mueller of illegally obtaining emails. Edward lawrence is live on capitol hill to explain what it all means. Edward . Aaron, what it means is that the special counsel is mulling over thousands of emails that could go directly to the question of who knew what when during the transition and maybe who they were coordinating with. The president s lawyer says that mueller obtained the emails illegally and some of them are covered under attorneyclient privilege. In a statement, Robert Muellers office says they obtained them through permission from the person who wrote the email or the legal criminal process. Edward, President Trump is on the verge of his first legislative victory with this tax bill this week. Do republicans have the votes they need to passhe it looks like it will pass the house easily much the senate is the problem. Theres 52 votes in senate. Senator john mccain has gone back to arizona for treatment for his cancer. That makes 51. Senator thad cochran also in the same issue, missed votes because of health issues. That is 50. Theres a narrow margin. Senator bob corker and senator marco rubio were on the fence. They ironed out their details or problems they had with the bill. Its a narrow margin where the Vice President may make the final vote in the senate. Edward lawrence on the hill for us this morning. Thank you. 4 49 now. Were learning new details about what happened the moments before a little girl was shot . The district. According to the police report, the toddler and another child were playing with a gun when it accidentally went off. This happened inside an apartment on pomeroy street in southeast saturday night. The bullet hit the girl in the leg. She is expected to be no word how the children got the gun or if anyone will be charged. Three people are dead after a plane went down. A single engine cessna crashed in indiana saturday night. The people on board were flying a crosscountry trip in kansas city to frederick. One dog also died. A second dog survived. Federal investigators are not sure what caused the plane to go down. By the looks of this, a family may need to find another place to stay. A fire gutted part of their georgetown apartment saturday night. One person was injured but will be okay. No word what caused the fire. Im Chris Lawrence at the live desk with breaking news. I just retweeted new information from our sister station in new york. Four people are dead, ten injured in a house fire in brooklyn. Fire Officials Say five of those injuries were second floor, an attic to the home. The exact cause is unknown. Were continuing to follow developments. Again, four people dead in this house fire. Well update you as soon as we learn more. Aaron . Chris, thank you. 4 51. Aliens and ufos make for great science fiction, but it looks like a secret Government Program is fact. It ended in 2012. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that the hush hush program was tasked with investigating sightings of unidentified flying objects. There are some logical explanations for some of the observations. Often a natural phenomenon that can be explained. But a considerable number, disturbingly large number are not explained or explainable at this point. Thats what science has to look into. You can expect the pentagon to get a lot of questions about this, this morning. Today show. I interviewed one of the other reporters who worked on it fort times. Its a bona fide thing and they say its a real concern. There are phenomena that occur my biggest concern, it ended in 2012. What about everything thats been flying around for the last, you know what i mean, five years . The funding ended in 2012. Maybe it kept going. The mystery goes on. Makes me nervous. Dont be nervous. A choir from a local high school got to perform holiday songs at one of the worlds premiere concert venues. This is so fun. Take a look. Last night the largo High School Choir performed rejoice at the kennedy center. With the students putting on a modern spin on a christmas classic, the choir has an album on the billboard gospel charts right now. Way to go. Love it. Green will be hanging out with the largo High School Choir. I want to hear them sing, right . You dont want to miss it. Pretty cool to get to the kennedy center. On the billboard chart. Job well done. Go largo. This is how people end up on the voice. And beyond. I guess we can put them on americas got talent. That would be really fun. Im full of ideas. You are. Good forecasting too. Good ideas and good news. Milder weather coming back into fashion for a couple of days. It will turn colder again before the winter is over. Dont worry. As we approach the shortest days of the year, the winter solstice is this week. As you know, winter started on december 1st. But the winter solstice, the astronomical beginning of the winter season is this week. It is a quiet start to the day today. Temperatures so far unusually so. We have actually below average for the wont last long. Well be back in plus territory. Last year, december ended up 2 degrees warmer than average. If you were here two years ago, that was of the warmest december on record. Temperatures 11. 5 degrees. It was 70 degrees the day after christmas two years ago. Right now, its going to be a mild enough day. Will be in the 50s for most areas. 43 at reagan national. 38 degrees at dulles. 38 in gaithersburg this morning. 40 degrees at base quantico. Not a joint anything, just marine corps. Heres your planner then for the day. A chill you start this morning. Not all that cold. Sheddable layers for your outerwear today. Into the mid50s this afternoon. You can always stay ahead of the weather with our nbc washington app. Look at that. Nice, high and dry weather around here the next couple of days. Enjoy t 55 with the sunshine tod tomorrow. Cold front coming through on wednesday. It makes it cloudy and cooler weather. Sunny and chilly for thursday. Milder weather for the weekend but a significantly higher chances for rain. Right now, Melissa Mollet, a White Christmas does not appear to be in the offing. That makes me very sad. I was looking forward to it. We were talking about it at our house last night. 270 at shady grove road, theres a crash there just reported. Keep your eye out there. Eastbound, eastwest highway between chillum manor and riggs road. Lanes blocked there. Molette green on the way to that one. Well see whats going on there. 70 in han, traffic stopped in both directions because of a bad crash overnight. Inner and outer loop of the beltway, no major issues. Eun . Heads up for anyone traveling today. The latest on the massive power outage that how some retailers are trying to help the procrastinators out there. Working to get the gifts under the tree. Hat you need to knowif youre today you can help keep your family safe and make sure no one gets your old set up environmentally safe ways to dispose of medicine. Since launching this program nationally, cvs and Law Enforcement have collected more than 100 metric tons of unused medication. Virginia is losing people to other states. A new report from the university of virginia says that since 2013, most people are leaving the commonwealth. Federal defense spending cuts are a big reason people are leaving apparently. However, new births are helping the state grow in population and turns out that Northern Virginia is not losing people. Actually attracting people. If you plan to ship your Holiday Gifts today, youre not alone. The u. S. Postal service says december 18th is the busiest day with 7 Million People expected to visit a post office today. If you want your packages to get to your loved ones by christmas, heres what you need to know. Tomorrow is the final day to ship by first class mail. Wednesday, by Priority Mail service and mail express. Now on news4 today, the night the lights went out in georgia. The massive power outage that crippled the worlds Busiest Airport and could still have impacts on you if youre traveling. Home for the holidays, senator john mccain is waking up in arizona this morning after being released from the hospital. What his return means for his health and the impending tax vote. Heads up for certain drivers in our area where youll want to be extra careful driving in to work this morning. Good morning everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. 5 00 a. M. Right now. Its monday. Speed cameras, red light cameras. Big brother watching. Or drive like a normal sane person and obey the speed limit and stop when the light turns red. Thats a little much, chuck. Youre asking a lot. Most people didnt learn to