Northern fauquier county, 66 toward the front royal area, la ray seeing thunderstorm activity. Lets zoom on into this area. What you see there is that rain, heavy rain moving toward leeburg. Loudoun county, frederick county, youre going to be zealing with the rain. The wider view talking about the line of storms making its way in toward the southeast. All with a frontal boundary thats coming in. This is the same storm system that the southeast and is now bringing Severe Weather toward parts of georgia and parts of south carolina. Nothing severe for us, but we could see some lightning and a little bit of thunder out of this, not to mention that heavy rain. Much more on this. Amelia draper a and i in all afternoon. Remember, download the nbc washington app now, if youre ever away from your phone or television, great way to take a look at the latest forecast and the radar. All right. Thank you, doug. Community and continue to cause a big threat. Today, we learned one more person has died raising the death toll there to four. About four dozen people were injured in the fires. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, thousands were forced to evacuate. Today, some neighbors were able to return home to see the damage left behind. This couple was devastated yet grateful. My mom and grandmothers Wedding Dress, and our pictures. Yes, we lost everything. Were devastated, but our familys safe. Were all together. I have a 9yearold girl and my dad lives with us and we all got out safe. In the end, thats all that matters. The wildfires began monday and spread quickly from strong winds. While overnight, rain brought some relief, firefighters say theyre bracing for another round of lightning and high winds later tonight. There are four finalists now for secretary of state. President elect Donald Trump Former general David Petraeus and senator bob corker are all being considered. However, trump is not expected to make a decision any time soon. Meanwhile, his pick for treasury secretary says the nations infrastructure is a big priority. Steve mnuchin says the administration will work with congress to figure out how to pay for the effort. Trumps team is working on a plan to roll back pieces of the industry. Many experts say it stopped banks from lending to Small Businesses. The president elect plans to explain how he will step aside from his businesses at a News Conference next month. Early today, donald trump tweeted that legal documents were being crafted to take him completely out of business operations. Many say he would expose himself to serious conflicts of interest if he kept a role in the company. Some say handing over his business to his children doesnt go far enough. New details about a charged with drunk driving. Maryland state police tell us mel franklin crashed a countyowned vehicle into another car last week sending two people to the hospital. News 4s Tracee Wilkins got her hands on the Police Report today. Shes live in Upper Marlboro with a look at what it reveals about the crash and what franklin did next. Tracee . Reporter well, we tried talking with the Council Member. He did not return my phone documents that weve been able to collect. First of all, let me explain to you that mel franklin is the district 9 Council Member and has been since 2010. He was elected chair in 2013, served in that position of chair of the council for two years and is an attorney. But according to Maryland State Police documents, on november 21st on pennsylvania avenue at dower house road around midnight, he slams into the back of a vehicle and then for some reason were still not clear about ran into sometime later. Now, they gave him a breathalyzer and he tested positive for having alcohol in his system. Testing at a. 10 level. Now, his attorney released a statement saying on november 21st, 2016 my client mel franklin was involved in a Motor Vehicle accident. As you are aware, this is a legal matter and these issues will be addressed in court. Now we have reached out to all parties involved who we can also the spokeperson for the county council, a number Council Members as well. No one is speaking on the record at this point. We dont have statements on the council from exactly whats going to happen here, what, if anything, could happen to his seat as he deals with these charges. He was taken into custody. Reporting live in Upper Marlboro, Tracee Wilkins. Coming up on news 4 at 5 00, this is not the first time the Council Member has crashed a county vehicle. Tracee wilkins, thank you, this just into news 4, the man accused in the attack at Ohio State University was in d. C. Last week. Law enforcement Officials SayAbdul Razak Ali artan bought a knife at a Home Depot Store on rhode island avenue northeast late last week. He also bought a knife at a walmart in columbus monday morning. Investigators arent sure which knife was used during the attack at the university. They say they are not sure why he was here in washington. Today the fbi said artan appears al awlaki and by isis. Right now, the death of a man in Prince Georges County is being investigated as a homicide. The victim was found around 7 00 this morning here in hyattsville. Police arrived and discovered the victim lying in the street. Theyre working to find a suspect and a motive in this murder. A small blue sports car was towed away from the block. Well, coming up, h lastminute details are coming together for the lighting of the White House Christmas tree. Whos going to be there and why this could cause headaches even if youre not going. For many people, they are a common cure. This time of year. But they may not do you as much and now your storm team 4 forecast. The latest check of storm team 4 radar, rain moving back into the front and tracking pockets of heavy rain. Were not picking up lightning but cant rule out a few rumbles of thunder this evening. The bright colors on storm team 4 radar moving toward the front royal area and eventually continuing to move up toward marshall as well. Tracking heavy rain around middleburg moving toward leesburg. Right now im going to put the timing on and track this out for you. This is what we can expect for steady rain moving into your area. Fairfax, 5 00. The district, 5 30. In less than ten minutes doug is going to track your day tomorrow. What you can expect hour by hour. Its all about cooling temperatures, guys. All right. Thanks, amelia. New developments on a deadly charter plane crash in colombia. Investigators say flight recordings suggest the plane ran ut of fuel. It crashed near the city of medellin yesterday. 70 people died including several players on a local soccer team. Investigators suspected a fuel evidence of fire at a crash site. Three players, two crew members and one journalist managed to survive. 24 hours from now, the white house will be surrounded by scenes of holiday cheer. Oh, boy. The time has arrived. The 94th annual National ChristmasTree Lighting ceremony. Youre looking at the white house. Its the final time the obamas will light the tree as first family and its a starstudded lineup. Anthony, garth brooks and Trisha Yearwood will also be there, too. So will olympic Gold Medalist simone manuel. It all begins at 5 00. Well be there live for all of the festivities. And heres what you need to know about street closures and will impact the evening rush even if you dont plan to go to the ceremonies. Streets will start to close at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon. Constitution aavenue, part will by 7 00. Shes a popular first lady, but does Michelle Obama also have a future in politics . What the president says about the first ladys prospects after the white house. Plus our david culver in cuba as millions pay their respects to fidel castro but not everyone is mourning castros death, of course. First at 4, we stronger is blasting her tumors. Without risking her bones. Stronger is less pain, new hope, r, and everything in ours. Because we dont just want kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. And with your support, they will. Right now in cuba of fidel castro across the island to a mausoleum. David culver is live in havana this afternoon with the latest. A big gathering there last night. How are things looking today . Reporter jim, a massive gathering was held right here in revolution square. As you can see behind me, they got it all cleaned up. You had tens of thousands of for a final tribute in havana. Theres a caravan carrying the remains of fidel castro Cross Country over the course of three days. A procession of military vehicles escorting the cremated remains of fidel castro. Cubans lining the street to catch a glimpse. It was a solemn act this woman telling me and very difficult for all cubans. If brought me a lot of sadness to see the remains. We really werent prepared for go to work late but then on state transportation. The procession will continue Cross Country, a threeday journey. A reversal of the path that fidel took back in 1959. But at first glance, you might see the crowds and think of an adoring public. But those living in havana opposed to the castro regime say many had no choice. President of the ladies in white says they face repercussions if happens to those who choose not to show up for the tributes. Youre going to hear what she has to say ahead on news 4 at 5 00. Well bring that for you live from havana. Back to you. Well look forward to it then. Great reporting down there, david culver. Thanks so much, david. New at 4 00, d. C. Mayor muri lerks el bowser is headed to mexico this week. One of several big city mayors to attend the summit and be one of the she plans to explain the challenges that local government leaders face here and around the world when it comes to solutions for climate change. How different the challenge may be for d. C. Leaders when president elect trump takes office. Well hear from the mayor and her director of the environment, tommy wells, coming up in our next two hours. Well, our climate today warm and wet and the rain is not done with us yet by any means, huh . No, thats right, guys. This morning, that combined with the fog made for one messy, messy rush hour. It was brutal out there. I think this evenings rush could be as bad because we have rain moving in in the worst possible time. Right now, no rain currently in the d. C. Metro area. Theres shower activity but the heavy rain off to the west. Current temperature, mild, 66 degrees. We are going to see the rain move in around 7 00, 8 00 in the district and stick around through 10 00, 69 lorton. 71 fredericksburg. 54 in winchester. The reason, thats where we have the rain. Again, we have cooler air with the rain moving in. Some of the rain has been heavy at times. This has been over the last three, four hours. Notice the line here, most of this west of i95 and it will stay here for the next hour or two. So if youre back toward areas of leesburg, frederick, back towards winchester, la ray, youll see rounds of rain after rounds of rain. Lets zoom into this area back front royal. Very heavy rain right there making its way up toward northern fauquier and loudoun. Around the leesburg area, zoom into this area, see that around leesburg, 15 here between leesburg and poolesville moving across the river in toward upper Montgomery County. Going to be a very wet night for you folks as well. Wider view, the whole storm system. Its one big line with Severe Weather down to the south. We continue so see Severe Weather down there toward atlaa, florida area. One round, destine, a little bit earlier today. That whole system moves through overnight tonight. Lets take you through it on future weather. 7 00, notice i95 westward is the best chance for rain. Here comes the rain around 9 00 coming into Montgomery County, fairfax, in through the district, moving out after a few more showers around midnight. After midnight, notice how the clouds get out of here and we have the cooler air thats going to settle on in. Today. 51 by 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow. 54 by noon. Dropping as we move on through the rest of the day. Rather breezy tomorrow, too. Its going to be a chilly thursday out there for sure. Next couple of days we stay on the cool side. Only in the 40s for the weekend. Saturday, 49 degrees. 47 degrees on sunday. Maybe an isolated shower chance way late in the day. Most of sunday remains dry. If youre getting out this weekend for any of the activities this weekend, 5k on sunday looking pretty good downtown. Then on saturday, ma problem. Just dress warm. The next best chance for rain coming up, 46 degrees on tuesday. And remember, weve got Amelia Draper now working on the forecast. Shes going to have the latest for you. Shes tracking that timing. Shell show you what it means through the rest of the night tonight and that morning commute. Shes back up in about 15 minutes. All right. Thanks, doug. Sneezes, sniffles and trips to the doctor. Yep, its that time of year. A common remedy may not be what you need. The holidays can be a fun they can also be stressful. What you can do about domestic its the season of coughs and sniffles. The time of year when a lot of teem want antibiotics. But beware of those. In news 4 your health, how to tell when you need and dont asthma care in gaithersburg, is here to help us out. Unfortunately, many of us will soon be getting sick and too many will either take or want antibiotics. What do we need to know about the problem of resistance . So that it exists. Half of all antibiotics are completely unnecessary and what happens is we end up getting resistant bugs. That means the drugs dont work and it makes it harder to treat the infection. Okay. So we know about resistance. Lets talk about when we really do need these drugs and one of them the other sinus infections then ear infections. Lets talk about the respiratory problems. Right. Respiratory, when you get the flu and coldlike symptoms and most of those, again, are viral. Dont be using antibiotics. Heres when you need the antibiotics. If the cough doesnt get better in 14 days or if you have a diagnosed strep throat. Then be sure to get the antibiotics. Not every sore throat needs an antibiotic. I know a lot of people mistake head colds for sinus antibiotics for that . Again, this is mostly viral and will go away on their own, these symptoms. Its more severe than a cold. Even if you get a circus nus infection which is a stuffed up nose, pain in the face, thats going to go away on its own. Heres where you need the antibiotics. If youve had it ten days or have a high fever with lots of thick mucus for at least days. How about the ears . Most of those go away on their own and 6 months of age or kids over 2 that have really severe and significant pain. What do you say to patients who think they can take just about any antibiotic, even someone elses . I know antibiotics have side effects, dont they . Thats right. Lets not when sharing our antibiotics. Youre going to once again increase the resistance. I dont know why youre taking the antibiotic. Maybe its viral. Rip your tendons or could be allergic. We dont want you to have that problem. We recently learned 50 million of us think were allergic to penicillin but were not. Yes, this is the big news is less than 10 of people who think that theyre allergic actually are. And the problem with this and resistance is they end up going to get an antibiotic, they need to get a stronger antibiotic than they would have otherwise because were not able to use these penicillin, amoxicillin kind of medications. So heres the simple thing to go get tested. Its a very easy twostep process. We do it in the office. Were able to confirm with you right then and there that you are part of a the 9 o that dont have it or grew out of it. We give you actually some penicillin in the office to make sure that everything is fine. And then the next time when you really do need antibiotics, youll be able to get the appropriate antibiotic, not use the big guns, not end up with resistance. I advise people to really go get this testing done now. Its kind of covered by your insurance. Go figure this out so you can do your part not to add to the increased resistance. All right. Dr. Jackie. 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