big question is lingering over this mad dash. are we in for some serious winter weather? thanks for joining us. i'm laura evans. >> and i'm wisdom martin. all week long we've had our eye on the storm system out west and the threat it could pose to your holiday plans. fox 5's gary mcgrady is looking at the latest numbers to come into the weather center. >> good to see so far the newest stuff that's coming in tonight has not really changed our thinking from earlier on this. let me start with true view because this kind of sets the stage. you see some snow up there from minneapolis all the way down through kansas city kind of running the line of getting a mixture. that's not necessarily the storm that will be moving in our direction, but if you look down to new mexico there around albuquerque up towards denver, it is putting down a lot of snow now in the upper elevations there, the higher elevations where colorado and for the northern mountains of new mexico there. now this will all swing through and it looks like it will swing farther to the south. it will move into the gulf of mexico, come across florida. let me show you now what the latest infoous this track. it looks like as this -- info is on this track. it looks like as this low pressure comes out of the atlantic it begins to get fairly strong. it will be a little too far to the east for a big snow here up and down the i-95 corridor. remember last night one of the snow models was suggesting there would be a big snow up and down the i-95 corridor. even that-month-old has shifted this snow out to the east. -- that model has shifted this snow out to the east. what you're seeing now out to the delmarva maybe and right up towards new york, looks like boston will get a big area of this storm coming in on monday, but as far as we're concerned right now, it looks like the shift is to the east and that's taking us out of this big winter storm threat that maybe we were thinking we might find ourselves in yesterday. more info wanted full forecast coming up. -- info in the full forecast coming up. we may dodge the bullet here but still dealing with the aftermath of that powerful storm that's now heading east it. is no longer raining there, but local streams and rivers are flooded and piles of mud have been left behind. this was the scene earlier in highland, mud trapping some cars. so far the storm has not had a major impact on air travel, but with snow in the forecast that could change. fox 5's roby chavez is live at reagan international airport with more. >> reporter: surprisingly it is incredibly calm here. things have slowed down, in fact, in the last few hours. we've watched the board all day and seen a lot of on time flights but not seen many delayed or canceled flights and for holiday travelers that's good news. in a matter of hours it went from chaos to quiet getting from point a to point b usually the last thing on the list. this little reindeer is almost to the finish line. you got all the presents bought. >> yes, i do. >> reporter: now you're waiting for your family members? >> my mother, yes. >> reporter: plane arrived on time? >> no. it's late. it will be here in half an hour. >> reporter: this mother had enough time to make sign. her son was stuck in europe until today. >> he was supposed to arrive on sunday and then everything was canceled and then he tried to get on different flights, but there was no way. so he was stranded. >> reporter: for some a christmas miracle, no lines, no wait and no rush hour in the crunch to get here. >> not too bad. there wasn't too much traffic like i thought there was going to be, so pretty good. >> reporter: others like those heading out west to where weather is already affecting flights it was about packing patience, not presents. >> i went to american first. they canceled their flight or i couldn't make the connection so, now they've transferred me over to delta. i'll see how that works. >> reporter: for some it works better with a reindeer hat. >> well, got this many years ago in a shop in marshall a, minnesota in the clearance bin for $2. i get a lot of use out of it. everybody likes the horns. >> reporter: got to love that hat. we just checked the boards a short time ago for the morning flights. there's only one flight canceled, a 7:55 flight to miami on delta. that flight has been canceled. all the rest are expected to leave on time. one other insider tip for you, there are a lot of shops here at reagan national. the after christmas sale actually starts tomorrow on christmas eve. we hear some of the shops have up to 40% off and there's some pretty good shops here. you know that. >> i do. i enjoy it very much when i have to fly out of there. i should go there even if i'm not flying. taking to the roads now, driving to see family is going to cost you more with rising gas prices. for the first time in more than two years the cost of crude is up over 90 bucks a barrel. so best advice? goo d easy on the gas, easy on the brake and keep the luggage off the roof. the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.01 and if the trend continues, brace yourself for $3.75 by spring. but if you need to hop in the car and head out to do last minute shopping, you'll have some help from the stores. it's a procrastinator's dream out there, retailers open 24 hours so you can get your shopping done last minute. fox 5's roz plater is in the fair lakes shopping area with some of those last minute shoppers. how's it going? >> reporter: pretty well, wisdom. i'm at toys r us and they're calling this an 88 hour event. since tuesday these doors have been open 24 hours and will stay open until late christmas eve. turns out it's probably a win/win both for the retailers and for the parents. in some circles this has been a dubbed father's day, the time it starts to sink in, wow, it's two days before christmas, i got to go shopping. fortunately for nose dads toys r us is open round -- those dads toys r us is open round the clock. >> yeah. it's not too crowded, not crazy, so you can breathe while you're shopping. >> it's our jobs, working late so you can get off work and still go christmas shopping. it's great. >> reporter: those last minute shoppers are a retailer's dream. the manager tells us sales are brisk and way up over last year. with crowds spread out over a 24 hour period shoppers seem less stressed. ] laughter ] >> reporter: we found most know exactly what they're looking for. ted kim got his kids' wish list straight from the source sort of. >> he wrote a letter to santa, so we had it all mailed out. he addressed it to the north pole and then my wife and i opened it up. so we had to come in here. she's standing in line right now actually trying to buy the telescope. >> reporter: sasha is going old school with an actual list in her hand. >> i was kind of late in shopping and my nephew sent me a list. so i'm trying to find stuff off the list and it's a little difficult. >> reporter: but julie vasquez's kids 9 and 12 went hi- tech. they told dad there's an app for that. >> they both went in there and they just chose the toys they want and put on the wish list and from there then they told me hey, dad, it's already loaded in the app. they used the app to guide me to what they wanted basically. >> reporter: pretty good. at least you know what to get, right? >> yeah, definitely. pictures and everything. >> reporter: last minute shopping just ain't what it used to be. now if you've got some last minute toys to buy, we're told the doors will be open here until about 10:00 tomorrow night. one tip there, has been a lull here from about 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. all bets are off now that everybody pretty much is off work. >> i know you've got some nieces and nephews and you're on the clock, but i'm sure you had time to at least if you got all your shopping done or didn't to, look at some of the gifts down there for your nieces and nephews? >> reporter: seriously, i went out at midnight last night, did it all within an hour. >> impressive, nice. need to hire you next year for me. thank you very much for that report. >> wow, roz, i'm impressed. way to go, girl. down here in the web center now talking about how many people are avoiding those parking lots and in-store lines and instead they're going online this year. there's a surge in online shopping. online purchases are up actually 15% over last year. that trend rates to more than $36 billion that the malls don't get. what are the biggest sellers? clothing and electronics. danielle douglas is with us tonight, the capital business writer for the washington post. thank you for being here. what does this tell you, that there's a surge in online shopping? is this a trend that you think will continue? >> i think there are a couple of factors. i think this time around there wasn't the issue with the weather. last year we had that awful blizzard and a lot of people were kind of stuck at home. sales were trending a little further down than they were in 2008. this time around i think people are also feeling a lot more comfortable about the economy so, they're willing to spend a little bit more and we're already seeing total retail sales for the holiday season up at least 3% this year. >> so this does translate into good news for the economy? >> it does. >> i noticed there was a lot of free shipping that companies were offering this year i think to sweet the pot. do you think that lured a lot of people to go online? >> oh, certainly. a lot of companies this time around extended free shipping days. most of them just ended yesterday for a lot of retailers and they had the free shipping day which was the 17th and i think a lot of companies it really well. for most retailers the last 10 days before the holiday season is when they make about 30% of their total holiday sales. so it's a big push for them and a lot of them are extending their deadlines. they're also offering extra deductions that they normally didn't last year. >> do consumers tend to spend more when they go online as opposed to when they're in the store and they're actually feeling their money? >> yeah. >> they've got the credit card, they can just type in the number online. it's much easier. >> it is and it does translate into a bit more sales sometimes for online, at least in the last couple years. >> but again do you think more businesses will be going online to kind of take advantage of this trend? >> oh, definitely. what we're noticing was just kind of interesting that there are a lot of electronics gift cards where you can get a gift card if you miss the last couple days of shopping mailed straight to your e-mail account or facebook account and you can just redeem it through the store online instead of having to even go to the store. >> that's the other big question very quickly, if you order something tonight, can you still get a gift by christmas? >> not exactly. unfortunately those deadlines cut off earlier in the week. however, the electronic gift card is an option. it's easier for a lot of people. it's not the great feel of opening a present, but it's something, yeah. >> danielle douglas, thanks very much. wisdom, back to you. well, d.c. has taken one step forward, but now it's two steps back, why delegate eleanor holmes norton is about to lose her limited voting ability on the house floor. plus no love lost between the caps and the pens, the hard hitting test run for the anticipated winter classic is next. i'm laura evans down in the satellite center now with sports director dave feldman and feldy, it must have been crazy with the caps and the penguins tonight at the verizon center. >> it's a great place to be because it's a great rivalry in hockey and they're building up for the first of four meetings and let's be honest, it's sidney crosby and alex ovechkin, the two superstars in the game like burt and magic back in our day. >> and necessity have a streak going. >> listen -- they have a streak going. >> listen, they've each one two games. a week ago the caps a were in an eight-game losing streak and shocking news about bruce boudreau being on the hot seat which was ridiculous. let's go to verizon center, 1st period 10 strikes first. guess who, sidney crosby deflects it past michal neuvirth, his 23rd straight game with a point ends up 1 -0. caps finally get on the board with the power play. it's mike green, the blue liner, sixth of the season, his first since november 14th. tied at one. to the 3rd pens on the power play with the 2-1 lead but the caps on the attack. mike knuble beats mark andrew fleury tied at two, more goals against -- mark andrew fleury tied at two, more goals. the caps are looking good, but he'd be the only only cap to score. in the seventh round the pens get the game winning goal. pittsburgh wins 3-2. the caps get one point, but they lose to their dreaded rival. this is just, of course, the first of four meetings and they will do it again. there are a lot of pittsburgh fans out there. whenever pittsburgh comes to town just like with the steelers when they'd go to fedex, a lot of pittsburgh fans at verizon tonight, but look, this is a great game and it's just one because in nine days they'll do it again on heinz field in a football field in pittsburgh. >> i got to ask you about these guys being followed so closely 24-7. did the players say anything about this to you tonight? >> before the game i asked mike knuble are you watching it and he said we're all watching it. he said we like watching the part about the penguins. he goes it's weird watching the stuff about us because it just feels too close to it home. i'll see something i don't remember saying or doing. hbo has all access. so there are mics on everybody and they can show whatever they want and the only way that the caps or pens can veto something getting on hbo is if they feel it gives the opponent an advantage, but if you say something that's just dumb or embarrassing and go hey, edit that out, no, it's going on. >> that's going to be interesting to watch. >> like a real live show. >> thanks very much, feldy. switching gears to politics now, when the new congress returns in january, we will see a lot of changes, but one in particular is not sitting well with a lot of residents here in d.c. congressional delegate eleanor holmes norton is expected to lose her ability to vote on the house floor. fox 5's john henrehan explains. >> reporter: d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is not happy about what's coming in the house of representatives. >> about the worst way to begin a new congress is to have your vote stripped away. >> reporter: when democrats controlled the house, norton convinced them to expand the voting powers of delegates such as herself from just committee votes to the floor of the house as long as the chamber was meeting as a committee of the whole. a lot of business gets done that way, but when republicans became the majority in 1995, they rescinded that limited floor voting power. when democrats swept back into the majority in recent years, norton got her floor vote back. with republicans taking control of the house in january, their leadership has public learned rules which specifically forbid congressional delegates from voting when the house meets as a committee of the whole. >> it's hard enough not to have the vote, but to have a vote that the courts said you're entitled to is especially hard and an insult to the people in the city who pay federal taxes. >> reporter: but the courts found the majority in the house can set its own rule on floor votes. d.c. residents who don't get a representative with a full vote in congress do pay full federal taxes. the other u.s. territories with delegates like guam and puerto rico, their residents do not pay federal income taxes. do you care? >> i do care. i do and i mean it goes back to the whole taxation without representation argument. i'm a firm believer that because we do pay taxes here in the district that we should indeed have a vote on the floor. >> reporter: a group called d.c. votes is asking people to bombard congress with phone calls on tuesday, january 4th, phone calls to lobby for floor voting rights for delegates. january 4th is one day before both houses of congress come back into session. john henrehan, fox 5 news. we are continuing to follow a developing story overseas tonight. tensions are rising between north and south korea. plus santa claus taking on the mob, details behind this unusual arrest next. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks. making them faster, smarter, and more secure. connecting small businesses to markets across the country, and around the world. we invest now, because we know it will pay off... with new jobs, new growth, from a new generation, putting their belief in the future on the line. now is the time for investment and innovation. the future is waiting. and the future has always the future is waiting. and the future has always been our business. at&t. just when it appeared that relations between north and south korea were getting less heated tensions rose again today with both sides ramping up their rhetoric. fox news' jennifer griffin has been following the day's developments. >> reporter: less than 20 miles from the border with north korea not far from the demilitarized zone there were live fire military exercises testing the apparent restraint shown by the north koreans last weekend when they backed down from earlier threats to punish the south koreans. farther north there was little evidence of restraint as the communist party celebrated 19 years since kim jong il took power and a top north korean defense official threatened a nuclear holy war. >> the revolutionary armed forces are getting fully prepared to launch a sacred war of justice korean style using the nuclear deterrent. >> reporter: new mexico governor bill richardson just back from his private peace mission to pyongyang spoke to fox news. >> the north koreans always put out this warlike rhetoric to get everybody ginned up and it's common for them. the reality is last time they put out all this rhetoric, but they didn't react mill tearily. >> reporter: few think that a -- militarily. >> reporter: few think that a nuclear war is not possible. >> they never attack at a time of high tension because they know that we're prepared. what they have done in the past, though, is they have gone against south korea when south koreans let their guard down. >> reporter: but governor richardson said he found north korea to be very different than his previous leadership. >> there seems to be a new leadership in the foreign ministry and the military that was more frag mattic. they were ready to listen -- pragmatic. they were ready to listen more. they listened more when i said don't react by the military. do something about allowing inspectors into the military sites and sell your fuel rods to south korea. >> reporter: the white house has not yet debriefed governor richardson about his trip and while stressing this was a private visit he also told me the white house told him twice before to turn down invitations from pyongyang. it's not clear why he was given the green light this time. at the pentagon jennifer griffin, fox news. did you see it? santa claus goingcover nabbing a suspected mob -- going undercover nabbing a suspected mob member in italy. the shopkeeper said he was forced to pay the suspect about 340 bucks a month for the past 10 years. when the man walked out, santa was there to greet him with a shiny new pair of handcuffs. a special group of visitors making it home just in time for the holidays. >> a lot of people are traveling this holiday weekend, but how many are coming home from a war zone? i'm bob barnard at bwi thurgood marshall airport with operation welcome home, troops returning from iraq and afghanistan. hi. my name's jana cavanaugh. i want to wish amy, my mom, scott, happy holidays in waldorf, maryland, love you and miss you. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me. yeah, i got carried away. happens to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. you're watching fox 5 news at 10:00. being home for the holidays is air very special time of year, especially -- a very special time of year, especially for military families welcoming home loved ones. today some service members returned to a warm welcome at bwi thurgood marshall airport. fox 5's -- at bwi thurgood marshall airport, fox 5's bob barnard reports. >> reporter: you know that old refrain there's no place like home for the holidays? that takes on a special significance when you're coming from a war zone. ♪ you better watch out ♪ ♪ you better not cry >> reporter: that's why so many mostly complete strangers have come out to international arrivals at bwi this evening. >> when's the last time they saw somebody cheer for them, you know? they're over there lonely, missing their family and so when they come out here, look at all these people. >> reporter: nicole perez is here with her baby daughter. they drove in from ocean city. nicole's husband rigo is coming back from a six month deployment from iraq. >> it's going to be great he's home for christmas. it's his second deployment, but this is harder because of her. he left when she was a month old. >> reporter: volunteers with a program called operation welcome home have put together snack bags for the troops. the majority of these men and women are just passing through. >> they'll maybe see our face. they'll hear us and they'll go on and go to california, texas, wherever they are to be with their families and i just admire the people who organized this here in maryland. >> reporter: this flight from germany arrived just after 3:00 bringing home 260 passengers, many of them just out of iraq and afghanistan. ted pendrick went to war in the late '60s. >> coming back from vietnam we really didn't feel welcomed back. it was an unpopular war. to see people welcome them home, we never had that. >> reporter: sadly nicole won't have that either. her christmas wish has been dashed. husband rigo missed the flight. >> probably he caught bad weather before he left kuwait. he's probably on the next flight or will be coming in tomorrow. we'll go home and wait for the call. >> reporter: bob barnard, fox 5 news. the holidays traditionally are a time for giving, but with the struggling economy local charities are feeling the pinch this year, but is still not to late to donate. joining us now is ken forsyth with the salvation army's local chapter here in d.c. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, wisdom. >> we know the economy is tough. people are rushing around. how are you able to try to get people to come over? are you employing strategy to be more aggressive? how do you do that in this economy? >> right now we are pushing the notion of our online giving. we have an online red kettle program that the salvation army has been using a number of years. we are now embracing it here in the national capital area. also we have text giving. our text giving has seen some response. so at this point we'd like everyone to remember that we actually have lots of kettles still out there and we still have the online giving at cellarmydc.org as well as the text giving texting the word give to 85944. >> tell people why it's still important even as you're rushing around to give to charities and to take time out from your busy schedule to help people out. >> sure. well, at this time of year when everyone is out shopping around, it's kind of easy to get into your own mode and not particularly remember that there are those that are less fortunate at this time of year. for instance, we just distributed about i would say somewhere around 60 or so thousand toys to just about 13,400 children within the last week right here in the greater washington area. so what we'd like to do is to remind everyone with the red kettles out there that there are those that are less fortunate and that they have just a few coins, dollar bills, some loose change, all of it will help. >> there is definitely a big need. what has been the response from the people who have been out running around shopping whether it's when you run into them and you employ these new tactics or online? >> well, you know, just the other day i was actually out ringing the kettle myself in northwest and a woman came to me and said oh, i don't have any change and i very quickly said you could always give online. so when we see shoppers out and about, we greet everyone by saying merry christmas and sometimes we will say will you give to help someone less fortunate? that's what we're asking for right now. >> ken, thank you for coming in and talking with us tonight. best of luck to you and merry christmas to you as well. >> to you as well, wisdom. well, it is crunch time. not only are there last minute shoppers out there, there are last minute shippers. you know who you are. late this evening folks crowded the friendship heights post office in northwest. fox 5's photojournalist duane watkins with this inside look. >> last one is to get the packages home by christmas. >> it's an assortment of gifts for the whole family. >> christmas cards, gifts. >> i'm mailing some surprises to my cousins. >> they've been going all week long. >> i'm a last minute shopper. >> i'm sort of known for being at the last minute. >> just dropping off last minute letters. >> i just have the last one. >> anything fragile, liquid, perishable or potentially hazardous? >> the post office has never failed me. >> well, i'm really hoping they will. put it that way. >> i decided to miss the christmas rush and send it late. >> i know the local ones may get there before christmas. a lot of them are more holiday cards like christmas cards. >> i guess at least by new year's. >> yeah. open it with her champagne. >> i was two minutes late. they broke all sorts of rules to get me get this out. don't want to get anyone in trouble. >> we'll make sure you have it by christmas, okay? >> the post is reliable. >> we're told to get these packages home. >> i have faith in the u.s. postal service because they will deliver their mail on time. >> a little procrastinating, but not as many as i thought a. maybe it's just me. >> that was fox 5's photojournalist duane watkins reporting. coming up next the police switching things up to curb crime in one local area. some of the technique they're using to stop the rise of burglary. this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life heroically. @y@yúyúyqi police tonight still looking for the gunman who killed a northeast shop owner. family and friends gathered in clinton, maryland, this morning to say a final good-bye to raj patel. two men broke into patel's shop the newton's food market saturday. they robbed the store and then shot and killed patel. he was well known in the community. he'd owned the shop for years. an alarming surge in burglaries throughout the district, more than 4,000 so far this year. that's 500 more than usual. so how do you keep from becoming the next victim? one obvious answer, lock your doors and windows. you might think it's only important when you're not home, but thieves will get in even when you're there. if you have an alarm system, make it obvious that your home is protected and use the alarm every day. for their part the d.c. police are trying to focus their energy on stopping burglaries. >> one of the things the chief decided to do was a redivert her resources as relates to the auto theft units in each of seventh police districts and give the sole focus on burglaries. >> in the last two months police have made 76 burglary arrests. tonight on the news edge the repeal of don't ask don't tell not necessarily an invitation for gay service members to come out of the closet right now. tonight a warning from the defense department on why the measure isn't quite ready. and the future of d.c.'s bike share program, will it be extended under mayor gray? new details just ahead at 11:00. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. when all that running around is finally done, what really matters is being home for the holidays, happy, healthy and together with family. that idea means even more to one family that fox 5's beth parker met today. >> reporter: a typical 11-year- old girl getting ready for christmas, here are a few of her favorite things, books about princesses, music, especially -- >> rihanna, lady gaga. >> reporter: she is also crazy about snow. >> i like to go out in the snow. >> reporter: however, it is not a white christmas, but a home christmas she wants most. grace wisleed is in the hospital with chrohn's disease. it's painful. >> it can be very scary. >> reporter: her body is not absorbing the nutrients she needs to grow like her classmates. >> i think i'm the shortest. >> reporter: at night the tube in her nose is a slow drip into her digestive system. >> they feed me every night. >> reporter: she is here at children's national medical center with her dad math shoe. >> hey, sweetie. >> he -- matthew. >> hey, sweetie. >> he makes sure that i'm always prepared for things and he'll help me through things. >> reporter: the rest of the family is back home two hours away. >> when i'm home with the rest of the kids, there isn't that parent one on one time you would have with one child. >> reporter: so this time together with his daughter even when she's sick. >> it's a godsend to me. >> reporter: just a few floors away, another godsend, the holiday toy shop at children's. parents can shop for sick kids, but here there's no cash register. these gifts were donated. >> they haven't been able to shop because they're in the hospital and have other kids at home. >> reporter: volunteers even wrap the gifts and load them into wagons to head up to the children's room. back upstairs the time is ticking by and christmas is growing closer. some kids will have to stay. >> i always tell kids look down the hallway. there are so many kids in the same situation as you. >> reporter: there is a good chance grace will get to go home christmas eve. >> very happy a. >> reporter: the whole family together is especially sweet. grace's dad will leave for afghanistan in a few weeks. >> i've actually with 18 years in the navy haven't missed a christmas ever with my family. >> reporter: a holiday tradition they'd like to continue. at children's national medical center beth parker, fox 5 news. ♪ rocking around the christmas tree at the christmas party hop ♪ >> you see that? that is a flash mob caught on camera at the columbia mall in howard county. several hundred amateur performers broke into song and danced at the food court last night. crowds of last minute shoppers stopped to watch them. hoko mojo posted this video of the show. >> how do they do that? maybe it's organized on facebook? >> i guess, but it is interesting that they're all in tune. that's a large crowd of people all in tune. >> yeah. >> dancing to the same song. >> isn't that cool? >> that's nice. look how large that is. that's impressive. >> it really is. why weren't our cameras there? that looks like it was captured by video. >> good question. i can't answer that. >> they were prepared to do the dancing but not prepared enough to call us. call us next time. >> we can get it on and have some better video, more video. >> yes. >> do a big story on it. >> everybody in the holiday spirit especially with this cold out there? >> apparently the mall is doing a snow dance, a little white christmas. >> sure is it going to help? >> we may see some snow for christmas. we may see some snow for christmas. >> but it won't stick. >> it doesn't look like it's going to stick. the trend keeps that we'll see a little bit, but nothing at this point accumulating. you have to have an inch to technically have a white christmas, but it would be festive to see a little bit falling from the sky, nonetheless. anyway listen. here is your christmas forecast. since laura asked, it's been a cold night. the winds have been blowing. for saturday we're still calling for a little bit of white snow, again not going to be a white christmas, temperatures 36 to 38 degrees. we have may see a little bit of sunshine. guidance came in tonight suggesting that again no accumulation for christmas, so that forecast continues to verify, but there may be a snow shower or two coming across the mountains. what we've dealt with today and i don't have to tell you this i know, wind. it has been 30 to 40 miles per hour with an occasional gust up over 40 miles per hour and that has continued tonight, too, under fair skies. so it has been very, very cold. we have this area of low pressure way up to the northeast. it's very strong and then we have a pretty strong area of high pressure trying to move in and when you get these weather systems, one trying to push another out of the way, you get a tight squeeze on the pressure gradient. that's what creates the wind and it looks like overnight tonight and then right on through the day tomorrow we're going to continue to be windy. by tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, christmas eve, we should be breezy. the winds will calm down a little and we're not talking 30 to 35 mile-per-hour wind gusts, but the wind chill out there definitely cold tonight, lower 20s here in town, pretty much the same story all across the region. very uniform temperatures, too. any time the wind is blowing, it tends to keep the atmosphere mixed up. so temperatures out there tonight are staying again fairly uniform in the 30s and upper 20s. wind gusts, this is what we have now, 26 miles per hour here in town, quantico 22, manassas 26, a little better back up to the northwest. they've come off the highs of the 35 and the 40 that we've had for most of the day, but it's still very, very windy out there. it will remain so overnight tonight. still gusting 28 for a low here in town, winds up to 20, maybe a bit over that at times. blustery tomorrow but lots of sunshine, okay? a few clouds in the day, but a very nice day to do last minute shopping. you should have no weather worries winds out of the northwest 10 to 20. futurecast is breezy tomorrow it. here's what we see saturday, christmas day, earlier we were seeing a little bit of snow coming across, doesn't look like it's going to do it. we may get a flurry or two or shower and this is sunday morning. see the big storm coming up the east coast? very close just offshore. it has some snow. that's a little close for comfort because if this storm moves a little bit more to the west, we could find some of that heavier snow moving back out towards the bay. right now all the heavier accumulation is down through the carolinas up through the dell marv and possibly even southern maryland getting in -- delmarva and possibly even southern maryland getting in on the act. there's very little snow here forecast for sunday. here's your fox five-day forecast, 39 tomorrow, breezy, light snow possibly on christmas. don't it take that one to the bank. some light snow on sunday as that storm, looks like it wants to pass us by to the east. >> very good. thank you. >> thanks, gary. let's talk about animals like that animal right there. china is now allowing the pandas at the national zoo to stay in the district until a longer deal is complete. china granted an extension of its lease of the two giant pandas. both animals are in d.c. on a 10 year $10 million loan from china. the national zoo is trying to negotiate a new agreement for the panda breeding and research program. it expects an agreement next month. know your opponent brought to you by mcdonald's. >> oh, one of our favorite parts of the week. >> i look forward to it. >> each week at this time feldy quizzes a certain redskin about the upcoming city and opponent. >> this week the skins are in jacksonville. so which floridian did you test? >> i couldn't find a floridian, but close enough. i found linebacker rocky mcintosh from the south, but you need to watch, wisdom, because you and laura are going head to head in a little thing we like to call know your opponent. >> it's time for another exciting episode of know your opponent. now here's your host dave feldman. >> reporter: know if know your opponent with rocky mc-- know your opponent with rocky mcintosh who went to miami and was a double major, so we're expecting big things. >> i hope. so. >> reporter: who was the first coach of the jacksonville jaguars? i'll give you a clue if you want one. >> yeah. could i have it? >> reporter: the first coach currently coaches in the nfl now, a head coach and last week really screamed at his punter because he didn't like where his punter punted the ball. >> oh, really? man, tom coughlin. >> reporter: tom coughlin, there you go, 1-1. you liked that clue, didn't you? >> yes. >> reporter: the jaguar is part of the panther family meaning a large cat. which one of these is not, not part of the panther family, lions, tigers, leopards or siamese cats? >> siamese cats. >> reporter: correct. am i making these two easy for a double major? >> no. these are pretty hard. >> reporter: i think doc walker will accuse me of makes these two easy. every year the last weekend of october florida and georgia play in a football game in jacksonville. the game and the accompanying celebration is called what? the world's? largest -- >> game. >> reporter: outdoor cocktail party. [ buzzer ] >> reporter: all right. you missed one. what professional sports franchise has its headquarters in nearby ponte vedra beach, florida? so right outside jacksonville. is it the nba, the ncaa or the pga, professional golfers of america? >> i'm going with the pga. >> reporter: that's correct. >> hopefully i'll play this well sunday. >> reporter: jacksonville is a, the jackson five, b, andrew jackson, the first military governor of florida and the seventh president of the united states, or c, samuel l. jackson, the actor and star of pulp fiction. >> andrew jackson. >> reporter: were these too easy? >> i might have to go back to school, tune it up a bit, got me on a couple. >> reporter: 4-5, thanks for playing know your opponent. >> no problem. >> they were more intellectual questions. >> i hear some wah, wah because the tallies are in. wisdom won 4-5. laura went 1-5. i gave you a good one, the one about the jackson five. that was a good one. >> i know. i got it wrong. >> sam jackson. >> i did not get that one wrong. >> so some were tiered toward someone who plays sports and football. >> someone who wrote a book about football. >> i've been accused of making them too soft and martin sometimes says i make them too hard. >> feldy, you just can't please everyone, can you? >> the final game is against the giants, but maybe we'll do questions about laura evans and maraga, california. it's right in her wheelhouse. >> now that's fair. my hometown. >> i know. >> nice job today. >> thanks. >> great job. let's go to break now. we'll be right back. >> today's five-day forecast is brought to you by your local dodge jeep and chrysler dealer. the news