Information on both of those. Edsall between van dorn and south reynolds a problem. Tom . Cold and dry on this wednesday morning. Temperatures down in the 30s and 40s. We have sunshine. This time tomorrow morning, rain begins to move in. Hour by hour timing. By 11 00 tomorrow, thats when the bulk of the rain begins to move in. All the areas in the dark greens and yellows. Moderate to heavy downpours. By noon to 1 00, rain moving in. Moderate to heavy downpours by 3 00 p. M. Into the afternoon commute during the day on thursday. Then well dry out on thursday night. Well look at the next 12 hours when the temperature change is on the way hour by hour coming up at 6 11. Right now, a big step toward getting street cars running again in northeast d. C. D. Dot started its safety certification to eventually carry passengers. News 4s Kristin Wright is live along h street. Kristin, are you there . Reporter yeah, good morning. Things are happening. I want you to take a look down h street here. A street car. Weve seen really in the past few minutes a few street cars moving along h street. Basically test runs for now without passengers officially starting now at 6 00. This is the final step in the long delayedtreet car project. Theyre running hours day and night on h and benny road, Simulated Service will continue for at least three weeks and then d. Dot says a state Safety Oversight Group will take a close look to make sure service is safe. Its the last step for d dot to get the proper safety certification to carry passengers on the street cars. So the hours for this testing phase. Monday through thursday from 6 00 a. M. Until midnight. Friday from 6 00 a. M. To 2 00 a. M. Saturday from 8 00 a. M. To 2 00 a. M. Holidays from 8 00 in the morning until 10 00 in the evening and no service on christmas. No firm date yet as to when passengers will be aible to get on the streetcars, but it certainly looks like thats going to be soon. Back to you. Kristin wright live for us in northeast. Thanks. Learning about hundreds of safety issues on metro and a new directive to fix them all. The federal Transit Administration just ordered metro to fix more than 200 safety issues in the system. According to the Washington Post several date back years. Metro has po days 30 days to respond to the directive. The jury is deadlocked in baltimore today. Porter faces a number of charges including Involuntary Manslaughter and assault in the death of freddie gray back in april. After jurors told the judge they were deadlocked in this case, the judge instructed them to keep trying yesterday. We will send an alert to the nbc washington app if a verdict comes down or we learn there was a mistrial. We will also watch for any protests that could happen in response. Arlington county police say that an inmate found unconscious in a jail cell died of natural causes. Officers found 53yearold edward strong unresponsive on october 10th. He had been arrested for public intoxication. He had an extensive history of medical issues. He was the second inmate to die in months. The front line isnt against iraq and syria, its also in Kennedy Airport and the rio grand. Border security is National Security. National security and fears of terrorism are dominating the race for the white house. Last nights Republican Debate in las vegas was the first since the terror attacks in paris and san bernardino. It was a first since donald trump proposed a ban on muslims entering the country. Trump defended his stance saying its about safety not religion. He took heat from almost everyone for that suggestion. Hes a chaos candidate and hed be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need. Trump dismissed bushs attacks saying about his campaign, nobody cares. The question of who would be the best commander in chief sparked a series of back and forths. Ted cruz and marco rubio tangled over nsa security. The director of Homeland Security will be in washington today. Jay johns son jeh johnson i fee ma headquarters. The announcement is happening at 11 00 a. M. Right now National Terror alerts have two levels of elevated alerts. It means theres a credible Terror Threat to the country. Imminent alert means there is a credible, specific, and impending threat. 6 05. Two controversial topics on the table tonight in Prince William county. The school board will discuss starting classes next fall before labor day. A few weeks ago Fairfax County Public Schools made the decision to start before the holiday. Also on tonights agenda, where to put a new high school. It will be the 13th one the county has added in five years. The county is growing by an average of 800 students every year. The Arlington County school board has approved a new school site in south arlington. The board will use a portion of Thomas Jefferson middle school and Community Center for the new campus. That portion of the old school is currently being used as a parking lot. Not the place you want your flight to end up. The frightening moments for southwest passengers after their plane goes barrelling off the runway. Cigarette use among teens may be at an alltime low. Well show you the newest trend to watch out for. Two new problems right now. One on the outer loop and another on the b. W. Were following a developing story out of california. L. A. Schools will reopen this morning just one day after a threat closed the entire system. Hundreds of thousands of students and personnel were side lined tuesday. That reaction is getting some tough criticism out of new york. New york city received the same anonymous email threat but did not close schools. New yorks Police Commissioner bill grate ton who was once l. A. s Police Commissioner said l. A. Overreacted to the hoax. Southwest Airlines Plane rolled right off the runway while it was taxiing to a gate. This happened in nashville at the international airport. You can see the nose of that plane on the ground. Passengers and crew of course got off safely. Investigators trying to figure out how this happened. Now heres storm team 4 forecast. Feeling like winter again. Were down near freezing in the Shenandoah Valley and out in the mountains this morning. Closer to washington. Nearby suburbs mid to upper 30s. Near 40 degrees around the beltway. Inside the beltway and downtown in the mid 40s. Bay waters, low 40s. Partly cloudy, mostly clear sky. Remaining cool through noontime. A light wind during the afternoon as we hover into the mid 50s. Late afternoon back down into the mid 50s. So overall a very nice day. Big changes coming for the weekend. Look at that cold plunge. Thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 21. Melissa, problem on the beltway. Top of the beltway, chopper 4 looking for a crash were hearing about right now. Talking about the outer loop between university boulevard and university avenue. Looks like we might have a vehicle turned around in the wrong direction. That could be the problem right there. Were seeing a two mile slow downhalf of the beltway. They just came upon that this morning. Northbound b. W. Parkway at the beltway, take a look at that. Northbound b. W. Parkway as youre approaching the beltway. Red line, still single tracking between Medical Center and Friendship Heights because of the arcing insulator. 270 looks good. Top of the beltway starting to get slow because of the problem we saw there. 95 over to 270. Going to take you 15 minutes. 66 in bound dont have any problems. 95 northbound behaving itself as well. Im back in ten minutes. Thanks, melissa. Leave your smart trip card at home. The company that wants to make sure you can get a free ride home this new years. And a developing situation right now just outside of phoenix after a medical helicopter goes down overnight with three people on board. Im angie goff. The new inform breaking news right now at 6 15. This is out of manassas. More than a dozen people are without a home this morning after a fire spread through several townhouses. This happened this morning. There is no word on the cause of the fire. No one was hurt. Eun, were also following breaking news out of arizona where we just learned that two people died in a medical Helicopter Crash. A third crew member is safe. Now the chopper went down in a rugged terrain area just east of phoenix. Details very limited right now. We continue to work out to find out what caused the crash. Angie, thank you. The department of justice will start an investigation into the Chicago Police department. This after alder men grilled the human safety committees about the 2014 Police Shooting of laquan mcdonald. Mcdonald was shot 16 times. Police recently released dash cam video which sparked widespread protests. Officer Jason Van Dyk facing charges in mcdonalds death. The mother of a 27yearold man who died at an apartment complex in d. C. Wants to see the Surveillance Video from outside the Apartment Building where this happened. Alonzo smith was in the custody of private guards when he died. D. C. Police officers performed cpr on smith when they arrived at the apartment. Smiths mother says she was shes upset with the way the guards treated her son. What about the video that was on the outside of the building that was working during the time my son was running through the apartment saying, help, help, theyre trying to kill me. Now smith wants to know why police didnt release the video sooner. Theyre investigating this as a homicide. No charges have been filed. A man tasked with keeping children safe may have actually been exploiting them. David abbott killed himself yesterday morning when Manassas City Police tried to serve warrants at his home. He was accused of molesting two boys he met while coaching youth hockey in Prince William county. Defect tifs are trying to figure out whether abbott had any other victims. And you may remember detective abbott received National Attention in a local teen sexting case. He filed a search warrant asking that police take pictures of a young mans private parts as evidence. The Commonwealth Attorney said no other police ever asked for explicit photos in the case. Abbott sued the teens attorney. Thee called what he wanted crazy. You may notice changes at the Loudoun County sheriffs office. Several deputies will not be joining him. According to the loudoun times mirror at least five deputies have received notice that they will not be resworn as Law Enforcement officers. Virginia law does allow the sheriff to fire people at will. Lawmakers agree on a plas sie massive tax spending bill. Here are some of the details of the bill that will most affect you. The government will not shut down thanks to shortterm deal expected to pass today. The full spending bill is expected to pass next week. It will shield middle class workers from tax increases and if you have a Generous Health plan it will not be taxed. A man built himself an underground home. Police arrested 25yearold jose rios after he dug a 12 foot cave inside a park. Inside Police Found Evidence that he was trying to learn english. Many of you felt for this man. One connecticut woman started a go fund me page. I felt so badly for this guy. He clearly was trying to take care of himself. Absolutely pulled at my heart strings. Rios was arrested and charged with destruction of property. If you want be to help him, there is a link to the app on our page. It is 6 19. Researchers say after testing 93,000 women, those who smoked heavily started menopause earlier. Researchers say smoking is linked to an increased risk of fertility problems. New this morning, teens smoking cigarettes is at an all time low, but that could be the result of teens favor verg electronic cigarettes. Among eighth graders 9 reported using ecigarettes while 4 reported using regular cigarettes. Ecigarettes dont contain tobacco or carcinogens or have smoke. 6 20 your time now. How about some snow . Plenty of it out in denver. Flights are slowly getting back to normal after record snowfall. Almost 500 Flights Canceled yesterday. Eight inches of snow hit that region. Hundreds of miles of slippery and snow covered highways were shut down there. It was a white out as wind gusts of 60 miles an hour slammed the metro denver area. The area will get a break from snow today as the storm moves into the midwest. Keep it there. Certainly used to it out there. All that snow actually turned into kind of a heartwarming holiday story. A sailor planned to surprise his kids at the zoo but decided he could use the airport instead. Looks like your dad. Daddy oh. Oh. Is there anything better than a military reunion . It gets me every time. That is navy chief warrant officer robert long heading home for the first time in 15 months. His kids all had the day off for school for snow. They were at the airport. Mom told them they had to come to wait for her boss at the airport. What a wonderful surprise. Love that reaction, right . Yes. Welcome home. 6 21 our time right now. No snow to talk about around here, but that cold air is moving in. You can feel it. Tom kierein, whats this all about . Furnaces are rumbling to life after theyve been off for the last couple of days. Saving money on our heating bills. We need the heat going this morning. That storm system in denver that gave them the snow is going to turn to rain by the time it comes our way tomorrow. Bus stop forecast this morning. Youll need a warm coat between 7 00 and 8 00 a. M. Will be in the upper 30s. Then between 8 00 to 9 00, jump into the mid 40s. Still a chill in the air. Lots of sunshine. Youll be happy you had a warm coat. Need a light jacket. Sunglasses handy. First light of dawn showing up there. Live view from the tower camera. Sunrise at 7 20. Then later this afternoon well be reaching the mid to upper 50s. Then tomorrow is a weather alert day. Well likely get some moderate to maybe even heavy rain from time to time and over a inch of rain is expected. We have ponding of water. Looks like the main problem midday and for the afternoon commute on thursday. Then it dries out thursday night. Then the chill arrives. Some of the cold air from the rockies. Blustery wind will stay in the 40s. Getting increasing sunshine. Saturday, freezing temperatures in the morning. Afternoon highs in the low and mid 40s. Plans to be out and about on saturday. Talking wind chills on saturday but theyll settle down. Sunday morning near or below freezing. Are upper highs in the 40s. Could get rain as it gets a bit milder first part of the week on monday and tuesday. Maybe a little bit of light rain, sprinkles with highs reaching the 50s. Maine slays has breaking news. Breaking news on the roads. Northbound bw parkway we have a 2 1 2 mile backup as youre approaching the beltway. The right side is blocked out because of an accident. Just got over the scene here. You can see the response here. We dont typically see that slowdown b. W. Parkway this time of day. Outer loop between New Hampshire and university, the right side is blocked with a vehicle turned the wrong way. Chopper over that problem now. Threemile backup there. Top of the beltway. Red line still single tracking. Medical center and we have travel times coming up in a couple of minutes. Melissa, thank you. 6 24. Headlines, former d. C. Mayor vincent gray asking for an apology from prosecutors. He told them with the first interview. It ended without charges against him. However, gray believes the investigation cost him his reelection as mayor and destroyed his political reputation. Prosecutors ended the probe but did not specifically exonerate gray. Owe me an apology and the people of the District Of Columbia an apology. Now gray is hinting he will run for the d. C. Council either for an at large or ward 7 seat that he once held. 6 24. Mayor Muriel Bowser will share her plans to keep you safe on the d. C. Streets. Vision zero. The goal is to end all deadly accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists by 2024. The city plans to do that by improving Street Safety and better monitoring hazardous street conditions. Residents already reported 4500 dangerous spots to city officials. Next the city will map them out and compare them with past crashes to see whether changes need to be made. In Northern Virginia you can tell metros gm directly how you think the Transit Agency can improve. The first of two forums today at Wakefield High School in arlington. There will be another one at the wiehlereston east school. The new metro chief will be there personally. If youre planning to ride metro on new years eve, you might end up riding for free. The beer Company Miller coors is offering 165,000 to metro to cover rides that evening from midnight until 3 00 a. M. This is according to our News Partners at wpop. They report the metro board will vote on the proposal tomorrow. Development is moving across our area. The next big up and coming city is tiysons. Metro and the silver line are considered the catalyst for the building boom in that area. Transportation Officials Say building around transit is smart growth and commuters we spoke with welcome the growth. Definitely up and coming and it is nice to have a metro right by the mall. Theres lots going on around here. Yeah, its developing really, really fast. Every time i come here theres a new building going up. Officials hope to add more housing around the metro station in order to cut down on the bad traffic. Security cameras rolling as thieves busted through a wall to get into a business. What they were looking for that had them going to such Great Lengths to get inside. A cool start to your morning as you take a live look at the national harbor. Theres the capitol wheel. Trouble is on the horizon. What you need to know about tomorrows weather alert day. One of the four things at 6 31. Fire damages several town homes in manassas overnight. Live picture from the scene. News 4s derrick w we have breaking news right now out of manassas. More than a dozen people out of a home because of a fire there. At least four townhouses were there. News 4s derrick ward is live from manassas with the latest. Derrick. Reporter they are in the cleanup on the 9800 block in manassas. About 3 00 a. M. When someone first noticed smoke and flames. Fire very quickly as were police on the scene. Now were at the front of these townhouses but a lot of the fire seems to be concentrated on the rear. Now there were two firefighters trapped for a brief period on the second floor of one of these townhouses. They were both able to get out without injury. Three families with 15 people were displaced by this. Folks are still waiting to get back in. It seems to have been concentrated on these three units here. One brick and one of them seems to be wood framed. The families were depressed. Theyre sheltered for the next few days while they determine whether these houses can be repaired. Good news is no one injured in this fire. Cause still under investigation. Live in manassas, derrick ward. Breaking news right now on the roads and the rails. First of all, we have a red line issue. Still single tracking there through the bethesda area. Outbound trains are bypassing bethesda. He have to use an in bound train to reduce some congestion. In bound train to get to bethesda. Northbound bw parkway right side is blocked. Take a look at that nastiness. We dont normally see that this time of day or pretty much any time of day. Right now chopper 4 over the problem. Top of the beltway outer loop between New Hampshire and University Still has the right side blocked and a three mile backup. Maple syrup pancake sunrise. Were all hungry. Starting off just a few clouds around on this wednesday morning. 4 things to know. Were going to have a cool change today, then a weather alert day tomorrow. Frequent storm team 4 updates due to heavy rain likely to move through. We could have ponding on area roads and they slow the afternoon commute during the day tomorrow. Right now it is cold. Need a warm coat . Were in the 30s. Suburbs and rural areas. Right around the beltway. Low to mid 40s around the bay. Shenandoah valley around the mountains. Many places near freezing on this december morning. A look at your drive time forekats for the day ahead. Next weather and traffic at 6 41. Tom, thank you. 6 32. Today catching drunk drivers was the cause that officer noah leota was passionate about. One day after his funeral they will honor his sacrifice. Tonight his department will conduct a dui checkpoint in his honor. The 24yearold officer died after being hit by a suspected drunk driver. Leota was working a dui checkpoint the night he was hit. D. C. Police are trying to identify children who may have been victimized by a third grade teacher. This after they arrested the teacher for assaulting an 8yearold. Cameron lewis teaching at turner elementary in southeast washington. Court documents say he 3u8d a boy out of a classroom squeezing his arm so hard that it left a mark. Another trial in the chandra levy case is happening in march. Theyre asking for all charges against the man convicted of murder. There was questionable testimony from the key witness. They failed to share crucial information during the first trial and that the murder charges should be dismissed instead. Police say the man is expected to be released from the hospital soon. We know what caused the fire. Frederick county fire marshals say an extension cord that was hooked up to Christmas Lights was damaged by a chair. The damaged cord sparked a fire that event be actually sparked the fire. The fire chief in prince gorges county says if there are anymore fights among firefighters, people will be fired. News 4 broke the story last week. Career and volunteer firefighters were involved in the pushing and shoving on the front porch of a house that was on fire. Were told a fight began with an argument about who was in charge. Four firefighters were involved in the altercation. They are all on desk duty pending an internal investigation. New video in from iraq where defense secretary ash carter is making a surprise visit. Take a look. The defense secretary was greeted by the lieutenant general, general mcfarland, and others. Now during his visit carter will meet with the commanders and with iraqi leaders. We just found out on the docket meeting with the israeli prime minister. They plan to talk about beefing up support in this fight against isis. That includes the addition of more u. S. Military helicopters over the area. Aaron . Angie, thank you. 6 35 right now. We expect a new budget plan from Virginia Governor terry mcca mcauliffe. He will announce plans to boost the states Financial Aid for undergrads by 48 million. The governor will also propose 100,000 for a sex assault study. That will decide whether the state should investigate sexual assaults on college campuses. In maryland theyll walk parents through disappointing test scores. Park scores came out in prince gorges county. 15 of students got math scores that put them on track for college. You can go to Capitol Heights if you want to be part of the conversation. A live look at the panda cam at the national zoo. Lets check in. Theyre missing theyre not missing. Theyre in there sleeping somewhere. We will get our first facetoface meeting with bei bei for a media preview. Well bring you a preview as soon as we can get it. You can get your first meeting with bei bei in january. D. Dot is trying to get the citys h street street car line up and running. The milestone reached in the last 40 minutes and the changes youll notice along that line. Breaking news along the roads and rails. Red line single tracking and bypassing bethesda. Problem on bw parkway and the top of the beltway. Details coming up. Also, fed Interest Rates set to rise for the first time in years. Years. The impact it could have on your who coined the term side bread . Because theres nothing side about this bread. It may look like the moon. But its the star of the show. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Unleash the power of dough. Give it a pop. Discover unexpected treasures, for the people who least expect it. Find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday at t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. In Central Oregon police are looking for two people who stole from a medical marijuana dispense sari. You can see the men breaking through the wall. They then appeared to be looking for pot but the shelves are empty. Strict guidelines require marijuana to be stored in a safe overnight. Police say the suspects took about 2,000 worth of other products instead. Youll still be able to spend an evening with comedian mel brooks at the Kennedy Center. Really comic genius, mel brooks i should say. On february 6th. There will be a screening of blazing saddles. Brooks will have a q a about his life and career and so many grit movies. Brooks is one of 12 people to ever win emmy, grammy, oscar, and tony awards. He also became a Kennedy Center honor rein 2009. He is all of that. Breaking news on the road. Outer loop approaching New Hampshire avenue. A 3 1 2 mile backup jammed also 95 southbound coming onto the outer loop. Northbound on the beltway had the beltway blocked. Another 3 1 2 mile backup. Red line single tracking through bethesda. Outbound trains bypassing. Use inbound trains instead to get through there. Trying to get more information on that one. Tom, it has been kind of chilly. Tell me its going to end now. Yeah, were going to warm up a little bit. It is cold now. Weve got temperatures below freezing. Well have dry roads for the morning rush hour. In the low 40s. Afternoon rush hour should be in the mid 50s. Lots of sunshine for the day ahead. Cold plunge for the weekend. A look at that coming up at 6 51 you we will build a wall that works and ill get donald trump to pay for it. Plenty of one liners as republican president ial hopefuls set the stage in las vegas. Breaking news in manassas after flames force a number of people from their homes overnight. Heres a live look. The steps some homeowners took to sav vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Breaking news right now. Big backups top of the beltway. Outer loop. Chopper 4 as you approach New Hampshire after. 3 1 2 mile backup because of an earlier problem. It is slow. Also northbound bw parkway. Another 3 1 2 mile backup. That is something you definitely do not see this time of the day, tom . A cold and dry start this morning. Puffy coat morning. Tomorrow youll need an umbrella. Rain in the midwest now will be getting closer to us by this time tomorrow morning. Thanks, tom. We are 45 minutes into d dots latest test of the street car program. Just to give you an idea of what its taking to get here. Track work for the street cars started in 2009. The project has cost the district 200 million and the street cars have never even transported a single passenger. News 4s Kristin Wright is live in northeast with what is happening today. Kristin, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning. Yes, it has been a long road, if you will. Take a look up the road here on h street. You see one of the street cars making its way in our direction. For the next three weeks street cars will run at a full schedule but without passengers. The street cars started moving along h just before 6 00 this morning so within the past hour. To get proper safety certification to carry passengers, d dot is telling us a state Safety Oversight Group will take a close look to make sure the system is safe. So here you go. Heres one of the street cars coming. No exact date though. Thats the question that people want the answer to. No exact date at this point on whether when we, passengers can right street cars. D dot tells us that is next. Back to you. 6 47. Metro is addressing hundreds of safety issues. The federal Transit Administration told metro to fix more than 200 issues in the system. It gave the agency 30 days to respond. Metro is already making changes. According to the Washington Post some of the issues date back seven years but have not been addressed. Arlington county police say an inmate found unconscious in a jail cell died of natural causes. Officers found 53yearold edward strong unresponsive on october 10th. He had been arrested for public intoxication. He had an extensive history of medical issues. Strong was the second inmate to die at the detention facility in months. All eyes are on baltimore for the third day of deliberations for the trial of Police Officer william porter. Porter faces a number of charges including manslaughter and sought in connection with the death of freddie gray. Jurors were deadlocked in the case. The judge instructed them to continue deliberating. Depending on the verdict if they give one we could see protests in baltimore today. There could be controversy at tonights School Board Meeting in Prince William county. First, the board is discussing a proposal. Theyll figure out where to build a new high school. Itill be the 13th new school in the county in the past five years. The Arlington County school board has approved a new school site in south arlington. Theyll use a portion of Thomas Jefferson middle school for the new campus. That portion of the old school is currently being used for a parking lot. Today changes are coming to the National Terror tletd warning system. The director of Homeland Security jeh johnson will unveil a new way for the agency to alert the country about Terror Threats. Right now National Terror alerts have two levels, an elevated alert means there is a credible Terror Threat to the country and an imminent alert means there is a credible specific and impending threat. Also today vermont senator Bernie Sanders says he is standing up to antimuslim rhetoric. Hell be in washington. He plans to be part of an interfaith roundtable at the mosque in northwest washington. Services begin at 3 this afternoon. Senator cruz, thank you. He campaigned in florida. Ted, do you think does ted cruz support legalized he campaigns promising that back and forth over immigration just one of four sort offa sort of tussles between them. Youre waking up to facebook reactions full. Nbcs tracie potts joining us live. Everybody looking for more leverage out of the debates. Five debates in, anybody get it . Reporter ted cruz, marco rubio, you saw how they got into it. Both of them seemed to get the one up on key points on immigration and National Security and building up the military. Marco rubio went into this trying to get some leverage. He may have done just that. Ted cruz went in essentially as a growing number two in the party. Donald trump still on top of the overnight polls that were seeing. Jeb bush had one of the stronger performances that were seeing. His numbers are so low well see how far that actually moves him. Tracie, very busy night on social media. Who were people talking about this morning . Reporter no question about that. Weve been monitoring that this morning. The most personal talked about on google, facebook, twitter, donald trump. The number one topic on facebook was islam followed by terrorism and so people are concerned about security. Interesting, the largest follow lower group on twitter is bernie sande sanders. He picked up the most followers while that debate was happening. There were a few people on the podium who didnt make much of inroads. Whats next for them . Reporter Chris Christie had some strong points. He could be in it again for the next one along with carly fiorina. John kasich a ban toned the angry youre not coming to me and this time he did speak very substantively about things he has done in ohio. He ended saying, you know what, ive already won ohio and you cant get to the presidency without winning ohio. That seems to be his theme. It doesnt seem to be moving his numbers. Great consensus there. Tracie potts, thank you. Breaking news right now on the roads. Take a look here. Chopper 4 over the beltway. Pretty slow because of an earlier problem at New Hampshire avenue. Outer loop approaching New Hampshire. Three mile backup and then again still slow here northbound bw parkway. Red line single tracking through bethes bethesda. Outbound trains bypassing utbod to get through. Eastbound toll road at wiehle avenue. A pedestrian struck. Well tweet about that and let you know at 7 27. Eastbound constitution avenue at 23 rd street. Right side blocked causing delays on the roosevelt bridge because of that zpoenlt. 66 and 95 looking good. No incidents. In bound going 10 miles per hour. That is pretty typical for that section of indian head as youre approaching the beltway there. 270 at montrose road, volume there looking pretty light. Tom . We have a peaches and cream dawn sky. Live from the storm team 4 tower cam. Thats 28 minutes away at 7 20 this morning. Definitely need a warm coat for the morning. Youll be happy with a light jacket for the afternoon. Need the sunglasses as well. Quite a bit of sunshine through outthe day. Temperatures cold. 30s in the nearby suburbs. Hovering near 40. Near 40 around the bay. 30ed to near freezing Shenandoah Valley. Cold start at the bus stop this morning. In the 30s between 7 00 and 8 00, 8 00 to 9 00 jumping into the mid 40s. Maybe just a few gentle breezes. Great day to get out and get your Holiday Gift Shopping in. By 10 00 the stores are opening. Around 50 degrees. By noon the mid 50s. For your lunch hour and then during the afternoon should be hovering in the upper 50s. A nice day to get out. Back down to the mid 50s. Post your pictures like this one yesterdays sunrise, there is signal knob. This photo taken from strausburg, virginia. Love that. Share that on facebook and instagram when youre out taking pictures. This area in green is the zone that could get 1 2 inch to an inch of rain. More for the southern suburbs. The rain moves through on thursday. Weather alert day tomorrow. Well have moderate to heavy rain from time to time. Frequent storm team 4 updates. Over an inch expected. Breezy and chilly on friday. Saturday will be cold in the morning. Near freezing. Afternoon highs in the mid 40s. Sunday still cold in the mornings but afternoon highs around 50. Quite a change for the weekend. Then maybe some rain on monday tuesday with highs in the 50s. Back to you. Thank you, tom. Breaking news right now out of manassas. Several families without a home right now after a fire spread through several townhouses. News 4s derrick ward joins us live with more on the investigation. Derrick . Reporter were looking at the aftermath of the fire in the 9800 block of marey lane. The fire broke out about 3 00 a. M. When one of the neighbors, one of the people who lived in this block good morning, im landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. Wall street is on fed watch. The central bank will announce whether its decided to raise Interest Rates for the first time in nearly a decade. If the fed does pull the trigger it could have a Ripple Effect across the county. F fannie mae says the market has priced it in and rates wouldnt go up. And it wont deter home buyers. Rates on car loans could go up. With low gas prices and rising income putting more cash in their pockets consumers will still likely continue buying cars and trucks. Banks could raise rates on credit cards and home equity rates. That means your lender will likely pass on their higher borrowing costs to you. A fed hike could encourage investors to return to money market funds which has seen lower returns after the fed took rates down to zero during the recession. Cnbc morning business report, im landon dowdy. Thanks, landon. 6 56. Here are four things to know before you head out the door. First up close look at bei bei in just a few hours. Well bring you new video of the panda coverage as soon as we get it. You can see your first chance at bei bei in january. In arizona, investigators are heading to a Helicopter Crash site. Theyre working to find out why a medical chopper went down overnight killing two of the three people on board. In just a few minutes hear from the head of the Republican Party on the today show after last nights debate. Nbc political analysts say that donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio had the most boost. Today you will see more street cars operating on h street in northeast washington. D dot conducting a safety certification to carry passengers on the street cars. Take a look at this. Chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. Problem outer loop as youre approaching New Hampshire avenue. Adding to the normal volume that we see on that part of the beltway in the morning. 3 1 2 mile backup. Northbound right side is blocked again. Not something we typically see. Remember red line single tracking those outbound train bypasses in bethesda. Use in bound trains. We just talked to metro. Sounds like it will wrap up. That is the news for this morning. Thanks for waking up with us. Ed today show is next. Weather, traffic, any breaking news. See you then. Have a great day. Have a great wednesday, everybody. Good morning. Doubling down. Jeb bush and donald trump go at it on the las vegas strip. Youre never going to be president of the united states. Youre real tough, jeb. Insulting your way to the presidency. Youre at 3 and im at 42. Doesnt matter. Im doing better. You started off over here, youre moving further and further. Pretty soon youll be off the end. How trump want to shut off the internet. Flight of fear. A southwest Airlines Plane suddenly skids off the runway after landing in nashville. 100 Passengers Evacuated and at least eight of them taken to the hospital
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