building this morning at 10:00. mayor muriel bowser has launched an investigation into the allegations. 4:30 now. developing this morning, the gop is scrambling to get its tax plan passed. the president wants to sign the bill by christmas but republicans may not have the votes. meagan fitzgerald is in the newsroom with more on how this tax plan is hanging by a thread at this point. >> aaron and eun, what a difference a few days makes, right? last week it looked like president trump was on track to get his first legislative win of the yeefrmt that's in jeopardy now. marco rubio is threatening to vote no unless there's a child tax credit. mike lee is undecided. tennessee governor bob corker doesn't support the plan. republicans can only afford to lose two votes. but president trump thinks rubio will come around. supportive. i think that senator rubio will be there. >> republicans are also concerned about mississippi senator thad cochran who missed votes due to health reasons and arizona senator, john mccain, also could miss those since he's still in the hospital. eun? >> meagan fitzgerald from the newsroom. thank you. the latest member to exit the trump administration isn't going quietly. omarosa manigault newman sat down with nightline to explain why she resigned. the former reality star was the only african-american woman in the senior staff white house. she was troubled by president trump's handling of the violence in charlottesville. >> and we all were shocked and repulsed by what we saw, yet the president said there were fine people in that crowd and bad folks on either side. does that concern you? >> absolutely. >> ses pushed out by chief of staff john kelly and had to be escorted off the white house grounds. she says that's not true. omarosa says there are other issues she had with the white house, but she will not go into detail until her job officially ends next month. i've seen this only once before. >> fans of -- >> oh, my gosh. >> the force is strong with this one. showings across the country today. folks overseas came out in droves to see the early screenings in mumbai and bolivia where some of the scenes were shot. expect to see a lot of fans dressed as movie characters out and about today. i mean, grown men dress as characters. >> they dressed up more than the children. >> i'm telling you. >> you know what? >> what. >> if i see as an ewok, i support that. as i did as a child. this is the final star wars film that will feature carrie fisher. she died earlier this year. >> if you don't have tickets for today, you could be out of luck. a lot of theaters selling out. that's the way it's going to be. >> i'm going to wait and go on a wednesday at noon. >> yeah. i can't wait. 4:34. another check on weather and traffic. >> a look at your friday morning drive with melissa. first, let's turn to sheena parveen for more on this little snow you're talking about, sheena. >> aaron, i thought you in a harry potter movie dressed up. >> uh-oh. >> i thought the cape covered me. >> i saw you. we are talking about snow aside from that. maybe a cape this afternoon. we're going to have snowfall late through part of the area. not everybody, though. we have a weather alert for d.c. and maryland. this is not everybody. we'll be seeing snow falling mainly after noon today probably not going to see it around lunchtime. you might see signs of flurries developing. once the snow starts falling off after noon, low visibility. it will move through quickly. future weather, not too much. then this thing develops practically out of nowhere. there's 3:00 p.m., the clipper gets closer to the atlantic. it pulls in moisture from the atlantic. that's why the best chance will be around the d.c. metro and maryland all the way up to new york. we'll take a closer look at the timing and what expect coming up. let's check the roads, melissa. >> nice and dry right now. i appreciate that. taking a look at the beltway, inner loop after route 1, two lanes getting by. that's the normal work zone most every weekday morning. prince george's county, northbound and southbound, everything is looking good headed into town and out. in 59 in beltway, nothing in your way there. aaron? melissa, thank you. some people call it highway robbery. the new record toll on the i-66 express lanes. to say her family has a lot to be thankful for this season is an understatement. how tina frost's father says the las vegas shooting victim is doing days after being released from the hospital. we're working for you. what you can likely score for free today if you shop online. home for the holidays has a new meaning for one local family. >> tina frost is back home in crofton finally. you might remember she was shot in the head during the massacre in las vegas in october. she still has a long way to go in her rerecovery, but the fact she survived is nothing short of a miracle. her father spoke at a pizza fund ra raiser for his daughter. they are taking it one day at a time. >> it's a struggle. it's an adjustment. she has to get used to life and not ready to be in public. >> tina frost was at johns hopkins hospital for about months. you see her here doing physical therapy. she'll continue to receive outpatient care now. 4:40 is the time right now. the tolls for solo drivers keep going up on i-66. >> yesterday morning's commute hit a new record since the express lanes opened. wtop reports that tolls topped out at $44 just before 8:30 yesterday morning. the previous record was set at about $40 last week. v dot spokesperson says it was because of extra traffic, a bridge backup and an accident. area leaders have been demanding action to lower toll prices or shorten the hours of 66 for the express lanes. >> transportation officials say if you don't want to pay, you can carpool with somebody else or find another route. >> that's the goal. to push people -- >> off the highway. >> money will do that to you. >> yep. depending on where you live, you could see a dusting of snow by the time you get we do have snow in the forecast. not now, not for the morning commute. don't worry about that. we're putting out a weather alert for part of the area for part of your friday. as you head outside, temperatures below freezing. we have a lot of 20s on the map. you will want the very warm jacket this morning. later on today, though, barely above freezing in areas. we'll show you the timing of the snow and who can expect it. >> it's drawing praise and outrage. the banner one woman hopes to fight with that's creating more. just about everybody who uses the internet. what the recent vote on net neutrality means for you and your family. good friday morning. temperatures below freezing when you walk outside. take a look at your commute forecast. it's later on this afternoon where part of the area, not everybody, but part of you will be seeing the snow falling for your afternoon drive. we're mainly talking about d.c. metro and maryland. we'll be showing you a closer look at the timing and what to expect with it. your weekend forecast too. chuck up in a few minutes. sheena, thank you. 4:44 now. we turn to decision 2017. one of the results of one of the recounts in the race for virginia's house of delegates. the republican still holds a seat here. hugo beat tanner by 99 votes. recounts in three other races are still going on. let them go! >> today the trial of six people accused of rioting on president trump's inauguration day is set to go to a jury. they are the first ofor you might remember these scenes that played out in downtown d.c. in january. because of the protesters wearing masks, the defense attorneys argue it's hard to prove their clients are the ones who caused the damage. each faces decades in prison if convicted on all the charges. the man accused of ramming a car into a crowd and killing a woman will be charged with first degree murder. >> that video is still hard to watch. james fields jr. killed heather hier. given how violent the august clashes became, police did not take any chances yesterday. they set up barricades, had officers in tactical gear at the courthouse and choppers patrolling overhead. fields faces 40 years in prison if convicted. around halloween, we recruitment flyers left in loudoun county neighborhoods. one woman was fed up and decided to fight back. she put up a sign. take a look. it said no trump, no kkk. no fascist, racist usa. it was torn down and she put it back up. she's surprised by the criticism she's receiving online. >> i'm just saying that those are things that i don't think are good for america. i don't personally believe president trump is good for america. >> some who criticized rosemary lawler online said that president trump's denounced the kkk and should not be named on the sign. she says for now, she has plans to keep it up. the republican dream of tax reform hangs by a thread as multiple gop senators remain undecided right now. >> republicans karnt can't afford too many noes. they're racing again t to pass something before the end of the year. tracie potts has more on this. >> here's where things stand as of this morning. republicans can lose no more than two votes. but there are five in question, including utah and marco rubio of florida. they're undecided if they don't boot the child tax credit benefits for low and middle income families. then bob corker of tennessee, he has problems with it adding to the deficit and thad cochran of mississippi and john mccain of arizona, they've been ill. they've missed votes. it's not clear if they'll be here for the votes. five in question. they can't lose more than two. >> tracie, how might democrats taking control of that senate seat in alabama impact the tax bill? >> well, that's interesting. because it's why they've been push to go dee late vote until doug jones gets here. if enough republicans defect and doug jones is added to the democratic t topple this approval in the senate of the tax plan. but delaying that vote for a democrat is' d a decision the republican leadership would have to make. >> tracie potts on capitol hill, thank you. she faces murder charges after admitting shaking her newborn daughter. her baby died three days later. she called 9-1-1 in february and said her daughter was unresponsive. authorities transported the baby to the hospital. she died from blunt force injuries. her mother confessed to abusing the baby. officers arrested her on wednesday. they were heroes dedicated to serving until their last moments. those words were spoken by governor larry hogan as he praised the two fallen heroes thursday. the first responders traveled from as far away asou pay respects for deputy state fire marshal sander cohen. he was helping carlos wolff when both men were hit and killed but another driver. wolff was also laid to rest on thursday in gaithersburg. this morning, more than 3 dozen people have been left treerl ho temporarily homeless after a fire ripped through their apartment. we talked with a man who helped a neighbor in a wheelchair. >> then i seen him. i was like all right, let me help him out, get him out of building. >> helped me to rescue him. i put him in ambulance. >> nothing special. just something anybody would do. >> the good news is that no one was hurt in the fire. we're told for some residents it could be several weeks before they're able to get back in. it's what grandma's closets are made out of, apparently. it's national ugly christmas sweat obnoxious christmas sweater, put that on. there are promotions to celebrate. alaska airlines is running a one-day promotion where passengers wearing ugly christmas jumpers get to board the plane 15 minutes early. >> i think i'm going to have to invest in one of these things. i really don't have one. >> me neither. >> with all the decorative, a truly ugly christmas sweater. not one you wear during christmastime. send the pictures. send the #nbc4 holidays. do you have one, chuck bell? >> i do not. >> you don't have one either? >> no. >> we need matching "news4 today" ugly christmas sweaters. >> why did you open that door? >> yours is going to be the ugliest, i just decided. >> connie is on it right now. >> we live in 800 square feet. welcome to d.c. living. there's no room for an ugly sweater. >> i keep all my winter clothes in the plastic containers and swap >> we have the space bag under the bed. life on the other side of the moat is different. i need space to roam. >> i've seen aaron's sweaters. he says he doesn't have one -- >> wait a minute. >> all that room. all right. we have a little chance for snow showers coming our way during the afternoon today. it's plenty cold enough to support snow. most of the suburbs are well into the 20s this morning. 23 leesburg. 22 gaithersburg. 29 in annapolis by the bay. here's what you need to know. a snow chance is coming. but it's somewhere between slim and none. slim chances for maryland and almost no chance for virginia today. half an inch to maybe an inch in some spots. here's the favorite zone here. montgomery county, prince george's county, howard, anne arund arundel, cou the farther north and east you drive, the better the snow chances will be. friends and neighbors toward the blue ridge don't need to worry much at all. here's your planner for the day today. increasing clouds this morning. a chance for light snow and snow showers around primarily during the early and middle parts of the afternoon. you can always follow the latest on the forecast and use our interactive radar feature on the nbc washington app. we'll be tweeting it out as well on the social media platforms. there's the clipper there. it is moisture starved at this point in time. as it comes closer to the ocean and the bay, should be able to draw up enough moisture to bring out a snow chance. 1:00 in the afternoon and then boom, between 1:00 and 4:00, as it gets closer to the bay and the ocean, better chances for moisture and snow. that's 4:00 in the afternoon. basically along and east of the corridor, it's all but done around here. we'll clear it out thereafter. here's the ten-day forecast now. there you can see, not so bad 45 tomorrow, 47 on sunday. back into the 50s for monday and tuesday. any small precip chances that come our way will be raindrops, not snowflakes early next week. another chance for rain friday into saturday. that, of course, is leading to sunday. which is christmas eve of all things. who knew? >> melissa, let's go over to you. see how things are coming along in first 4 traffic. >> taking a look at waldorf. 301 northbound, as you're approaching 5. we have lanes blocked there. traffic getting by to the right only here as far as how you can get around. tow truck on the way to the scene to get things out of the way there. prince george's county looking quite good overall. no major problems into or out of town. 355 closed at the monocacy river bridge. that could last for the next couple of months because of that bridge structure that was through. >> on the beltway, we had this situation. inner loop after route 1 with two left lanes getting by the work zone. that is now gone. take a look at 95, route 1, 29, bw parkway, everything looking good. when it comes to saving money, what you can score for free if you have holiday shopping to do. >> it won't change what you see online but it could affect how much you pay for the internet, too. what we're learning about the new net neutrality vote. tfcc repealed most net neutrality. how it might impact your internet bill. you could pay more for services you use. internet service providers may slow ak tess to content like netflix if the company doesn't pay for faster service. you could be forced to pay higher prices based on how much you use the web. critics say lawsuits could follow yesterday's repeal. news 4 is the only news station in town to talk to meryl streep. 94.7 tommy mcfly caught up with her. tom hanks, you see t world premiere of of the post. it's about the post's decision to publish the pentagon papers and the unlikely partnership between the editor and the publisher. >> i was grateful to be able to portray her. but i also felt, what's the word, humble. because she really was an extraordinary person. >> she might be the best living actress right now, meryl streep. she can do anything. we'll have more about this upcoming movie later today on news 4. tommy interviewed others, the man who leaked the pentagon papers to the press as wellment. >> we'll have that interview here on news 4. today is free shipping day. hundreds of retailers are participating. they're promising free delivery by christmas with no minimum spending limits. some of the retailers include amazon, for a, target and toys-r-us. for the full list, head to free shipping day.com. this is a good day to get some holiday shopping done if you have the time. >> still don't know what to get your mom for christmas. take a look at this. it's a wine dispensing purse. it's called the party in a purse. looks like a regular handbag, but this is where fashion meets function. there's a secret partment with a wine dispensers. you put the wine in the dispenser and then in the flap. >> byo at any restaurant. >> any restaurant. school board meetings. >> school board meetings? >> i'm kidding. >> parent-teacher conferences. >> aaron, you know what to get us now. now on "news4 today," metro delays all week. now we're learning the cause is similar to the reason for a deadly crash. why metro says your safety isn't necessarily at risk. >> $44 to drive on 66. the new record toll for the express lanes. what's being blamed for this price hike. first, snow. we said it again. >> oh, man. >> how much you could see your live by the end of the day today. we went into weather alert mode here. metro delays could be the problem -- maybe it won't. i don't know. good morning. how about we say good morning. it's 5:00 somewhere. >> right here. >> oh, that's right. >> where is that purse when you need it? >> don't worry. it's not happening while we're actually working. >> it looks like it. >> so yes, we are talking about the snow. we'll talk about that. melissa will talk about the metro area in a second i'm sure. weather

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