As lawmakers seek to approve a sweeping tax form. Including what it means to your bottom line. A rodent could be to blame for the power outage that has some airlines scrambling. Not a good night in atlanta for folks. The problem is, this time of the year, theres so few seats available. All the flights they have to reschedule. Some wont make it. I grew up in atlanta. When you live there, thats the worlds best airport. The moment theres trouble at hartsfield forget it. Its the critical cog in the wheel. Weve been watching the travel weather. Hopefully, as we get closer to the weekend, not too bad. One day to enjoy it . Yes. The last great day of 2017. No complaining allowed today. Sunshine, temperatures near 60 degrees. It will turn colder tomorrow and stay on the chilly side for most of the rest of the week. Nothing too terrib far as cold is concerned until the day after christmas. Know this. Santa is going to really deliver the cold shot early next week. Right now, 30s and 40s across the metro area. Highs today, upper 50s and low 60s. Get outside and enjoy sunshine today. The good weather cant last forever. Its time to hear from melissa mollet. Travel troubles, anything youre worried about yet . A little slow southbound 95 before stafford because of a work zone blocking the right lane. It does clear out quickly. Nothing to worry about, too too much this morning. Taking a lock at 95 from 32 down to the beltway. Youre on time. No problems 95 in maryland as you approach the beltway or as youre heading away from it. Inner loop after 4, the two lanes getting by. The rest of the beltway looks good. Thank you, melissa. Its 5 02. We have breaking news. Were working to learn more about how this car ended up crashing into take a look at the video. Right through the front of that house. What we know is that the home located along carrie place in Upper Marlboro. No word on if anyone has been injured. Stay with us for updates. Were staying on top of another story. The deadly amtrak derailment south of seattle have been a ripple effect. 5 near dupont is shut down for investigation. Chris lawrence is at the live desk for the latest. Chris . Eun, aaron, a few hours ago the ntsb revealed that the train was traveling 80 miles an hour in a 30 miles an hour zone. It was traveling from seattle to portland along a highspeed route. Some trains collapsed on the interstate highway. Others dangled in the air. Three people were killed and paramedics had to rush more than 70 others to the hospital. One couple describes what happened from their hospital bed. Tossing rattling in the train. Kind of got dark. And found myself on the floor. Count your blessings. Yeah. Try to live daytoday. Keep out of trouble. Basically theyre both going to be okay. That couple out of hospital this morning. Ntsb investigators havent interviewed the engineer yet. Its unclear if the crew knew it was a 30 mile an hour limit around that curve. Back to you, aaron. Chris, thank you. The news 4 iteam did digging on recent train accidents. Take a look. They found there were 65 total accidents involving amtrak trains last year. 26 of those were derailments. This year that number is down by 20 . Were going to post any updates on yesterdays amtrak derailment in the nbc washington app. Its 5 04. Were following a developing story in southeast d. C. Right now, d. C. Police are searching for the gunman who killed a teenager at a Community Center basketball court. On bruce place southeast at the Frederick DouglassCommunity Center. People there told news 4 the teen was on the court when someone robbed and then shot him. He died at the scene. The victims name has not been released. This morning, a d. C. Woman is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries from a fire. It started inside a first floor apartment last night. A second woman and a firefighter were also taken to the hospital. Theyre expected to be okay. Firefighters also rescued a puppy. No word on how the fire started. The remnants of this brushfire in gaithersburg are still burning. Chopper 4 flew over the scene near lay tonsville road last night. See all the flames there. Firefighters doused the fire and contained it as much as they could. They expect it to continue burning for hours. No word yet on what caused it. The Washington Redskins safety sua cravens is threatening to sue the loudoun he says he was racially profiled and roughed up during a local stop. The Sheriffs Office says it was by the book. Justin finch has more. Reporter hey there, aaron. Cravens is fired up on what he says played out in this plaza behind us here. This is Ashburn Village boulevard not far from a middle school where the Sheriffs Office was carrying out a Traffic Safety patrol. Theyre saying on that day their laser reader locked in on cravens car going 39 Miles Per Hour in a 25 mile per hour school zone. But on twitter, cravens says that he was stopped, handcuffed and had his car searched for drugs because he was being racially profiled. Your car ran up on me. What . Pulled me off the car and started pushing me up against the this man opened my door. Was he saying i smelled heres the Sheriffs Office side. Statement reading in part, they say the deputy initiated a traffic stop and the driver pulled over into a shopping center. Cravens was issued a virginia uniform summons for speeding and a second summons for illegal window tint. We can tell you his court date will be january 26th and hes also said as you mentioned that hes threatening to sue for what happened here back on november 29th. Live here in ash ford, justin finch, news 4. Back to you. 5 07 right now. Things are getting back to normal for air travelers. Take a look. This is a live look at flight awares misery map. You can see that the Atlanta HartsfieldJackson Airport is finally green after being red since that massive power outage created a travel nightmare on sunday. It was purple on the map. Not sure what that means. The blackout lasts more than ten hours but the ripple effects were felt all day on monday. More than 4 canceled yesterday, 1100 on sunday. A fire inside an airport tunnel is to blame for the blackout. These new images show the damage there. Airport Officials Say a switch caught fire and then burned through seven critical lines knocking out the power system and the backup power system. Equipment failed. But our focus and our responsibility for this airport is to ensure reliability is 100 . It failed. Now we have to respond and make sure it doesnt happen again. Apparently, one of the wires leading to the switch was frayed. Airport officials believe a rat may have gnawed on that wire. That sparked the fire. Its 5 08. A live look at the u. S. Capitol. Later today, lawmakers plan to begin voting on the republican tax bill. The house is scheduled to start voting around 1 30 this afternoon. The legislation will head to the senate for passage there. The bill cuts the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 21 . It does away with p deductions. It also eliminates obamacares ma mandatory Insurance Coverage by 2019. Meagan fitzgerald is live in Upper Marlboro with a look at what the ceo of a school is planning for today. Meagan, good morning. Reporter good morning eun and aaron. Dr. Kevin maxwell has agreed to sit down with us on a oneonone interview to explain how he plans to fix this problem in the School District. You recall Governor Hogan has ln critical of the scandal, calling it incompetence or corruption. The argument is that they changed grades kept for records and reveals little oversight from the district. Heres perspective for you. In 2016, at that graduating class, this audit found that more than 20 of students had they could walk across the stage and receive a diploma. In 2017, that figure was more than 14 . Back out here live. Dr. Maxwell, again, agreed to sit down with us to discuss indepth his plan. He will also present that to the school board, to parents in a public meeting. Back to you. All right. Meagan fitzgerald live in Upper Marlboro. Tonight on nbc4, one of the finalists, one of the four will be crowned on the voice. You were almost there, aaron. Almost got caught butchering that song. Season 13 finalists gave it their all on part one of the finale. It is now up to america to vote. O holy night is so hard to sing. Very few people. I love that song. The twohour finale begins tonight at 9 00 on were off to a warm start. Only nicer as the day goes on. Youre welcome, eun and aaron. Look at the temperatures across the area. We have 52 degrees in frederick. Then we also have spots down around freezing in parts of virginia. Some 30s on the map there. Either way, its going to be a mild afternoon today. I think youre going to like it. We have big changes coming heading into the weekend and especially as we head into next week. Well talk more about that coming up. The weather could soon help firefighters gain the upper hand on that Massive Wildfire in southern california. When they hope things will start turning around in the fire line. We continue to follow breaking news in Washington State where just a short time ago, the ntsb said that the amtrak train that derailed just outside of seattle was going 50 Miles Per Hour above the speed limit. A closer look at that and Minneapolis Police shot a man inside city hall after he took out a weapon and started to hurt himself. The man was left alone in an Interview Room yesterday. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. The officers involved have been put on adminiat the Surveillance Video from that room will be turned over to state investigators. An increase in humidity and decreased wind speeds are helping firefighters battling the thomas fire in southern california. At last check, cal fire is reporting that the fire is 50 contained. Thats a slight improvement from yesterday. More than 100,000 im sorry. 1,000 structures have been destroyed there, including the home where the eagles recorded their hit, hotel california. I mean, you know youre really good when you get not one but two jersey numbers retired. Last night the lakers retired both numbers kobe bryant wore during his basketball career. Look at his face. Hes like yeah, i did that. He is the first player in any professional sport to have two numbers retired. The 18time allstar played 20 five championships. I mean, that is a feat. You deserve a jersey. Can i have two . Start with one. Kareem abdul jabbar, shaquille oneal, Magic Johnson all there as the pair of iconic numbers were immortalized in basketball history. Ko kobe was a big part of lakers history. It turns out our first snowfall this season on december 9th was not recordbreaking. According to the washington post, the Weather Observers at Reagan National airport gave the wrong snow total to the National Weather service. Instead of 2 inches of snow, the actual amount was 1. 5 inches much that is slightly below the 2005 record of 1. 6 inches of snow. Breaking news this morning in that deadly Train Derailment in Washington State. Federal investigators now say deadly crash. Were joined live from dupont washington where the train careened off the tracks. Curt, good morning to you. Reporter aaron and eun, good morning to both of you. Thats right. We had a News Conference overnight with ntsb investigators. They told us the train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour. This is only a 30 mile per hour zone. Theyre trying to determine exactly why that was happening. It happened in the morning rush hour. This was the inaugural run of a highspeed service meant to connect the portland and the seattle areas. This is a popular route not only for commuters but expected to get a lot of use in the upcoming Holiday Travel period. There were about 80 passengers and crew members on board the train at the time. Now, were told that there were three people on board the train that were killed. Nearly 100 that were injured. Local fire officials are telling critical. As we take a live look at the scene, you can see that crane is here. Heavy duty machinery and workers are trying to clean everything off the runway. Officials have told us that they dont expect this portion of southbound interstate 5 to reopen in time for the morning commute. Theyre hoping to make progress. Also, in terms of progress with the investigation, later today investigators are hoping to talk to members of the crew to determine exactly what happened. They say that they will remain in this area for the next ten days or so. It could take up to a year before we know the cause of the crash. Now, back to you. Kirk hawkins live in dupont washington for us. Weve been watching and you guys talking about this weather system sweeping in from canada across the whole country. I love when he does the meteorologist thing. Uses the hand motions and everything. What are they forecasting, 1 below in minneapolis. For a high temperature. High temperatures below zero. The finest that area. I dont know how they survive it. I dont know. A lot of them have scandinavian last names. That probably hems out quite a bit. Its in the bloodstream. Meanwhile, im cold now. Either that or they eat a lot of swedish meatballs. What . Yeah. Remember the swedish chef . Yes christmases past in washington, frt warmest we had 1964, that was a 72degree christmas day. The coldest, 3 above zero 1983. I was living in atlanta for that one. Atlanta dropped to 0 Christmas Morning in 1983. Our snow is falling wont be a White Christmas but likely to be a wet christmas. Temperatures upper 40s and low 50s. Near the freezing mark. Planning out your day today, plan on a wonderful outdoor weather day. Highs near 60 degrees. 60 in washington. 57 frederick. 62 in fredericksburg today. Were under the influence of a southern jet. That will keep us relatively warm but relatively wet through most of the weekend. Eventually the polar takes over. Its going to get brutally cold. Afternoon highs likely in the 20s starting the day after christm christmas. Theres the next five days. 60 today with the sunshine. 40s and clouds the next couple of days. Cloudy back to the 50s on friday. Rain with 60 degrees coming up on saturday. Sheena has the tenday in the next half hour. Its traffic time. That means melissa mollet. The bottom of the beltway, well get a camp rah on it in a second. Heres the report this morning. Inner loop at the eisenhower connector, all lanes stopped right if youre coming from the connector, you wont be affected. This is stopped for right now. 66, 95, no major problems there. Southbound bw parkway after 193, left side blocked by the crash. Also southbound new york avenue a crash in the left lane there. Guys . Melissa, thanks. The clock is ticking down to buy holiday gifts. Im aimee cho hitting the stores to find out what cool gifts you can buy coming up. A reminder to tune in later today for the Ellen Degeneres show. Ellen airs here at 3 00 followed by news 4 at 4 00. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. If fur trying to get all your packages out today. Aimee cho has tips to check off the last minutei the stores this Holiday Season, first of all, have no fear, you are not alone. I just literally started today in person. We took a trip to walmart to check out lastminute gifts. Were ready for the Holiday Season. The store manager showed us options. For the little ones x Action Figures and sporting goods, always a classic. For the little kids, you cant go wrong with a nerf set. He says pajamas and slippers make good gifts. For adults, the high tech toy like a drone or video game. The hottest new gift again, the nintendo switch. This is an awesome item that everybody is loving. According to hill, some of the best gifts dont have to be the fanciest. The traditional, the board games and apparel. Just walking into the store can be a little overwhelming. Thats why walmart suggests using their app to create a Shopping List ahead of time. That way, you get to the store and youll have a plan of attack. Before you know it, youll be ready to year of successful shopping. How far along are you in your shopping . Probably like two days in. Theyre a little hectic. Hopefully today is the last day and i can relax after that. In northeast, aimee cho, news 4. It is 5 26 right now. Fedex scam. Were working for you on an important consumer alert. The email you want to avoid and the action you should take right away. Stranger danger. A 3yearold sent home from school with a man she didnt know. How this could happen. What a local School District is doing about it now. I think youll need a jacket this morning. Its still a little chilly out there. Look at the temperature difference as you go from frederick, 52 degrees to fredericksburg at 33 degrees. So, yeah, i think you will need that jacket in many spots this morning. Wait until you see the afternoon temperatures. Holy night sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace deadly derailment. Searching for answers this morning and the New Discovery overnight as a train tragedy and the crucial clue that could reveal what went wrong. Sexual misconduct in hollywoho hollywo hollywood. An nbc news exclusive reveals what they say happened off screen. On thin ice, a local officer just took a new turn. It is 5 30 right now. Good morning everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Take a look at these temperatures in december. Mild start to your tuesday. Its going to get even warmer today. We have your news4 today team up early to get your day started. Sheena parveen may not mind being on the weather deck today. We begin with breaking news in your first 4 traffic. Melissa mollet has the latest. Whats going on, melissa . Big problem. Bottom of the beltway. Were shut down. A 2. 5mile backup. Inner loop at eisenhower connector. Traffic stopped because of a crash. Police just arriving on the scene when we called. We dont have too many details. Heres a live picture. Seems like folks can get off at the ramp. Inner loop at the connector. Were shut down in the main lanes. Greenbelt. Southbound bw parkway after 193. Had the left side blocked by a crash. Same situation in bladensburg. Avenue and 50. As far as metro goes, delays on yellow and blue line to largo and mt. Vernon square because of a track issue. Well talk more about the breaking news in a couple of minutes. Sheena parveen on the weather deck. Doesnt feel that bad today. No, it does not feel that bad at all, melissa. Its a good thing we dont have weather to deal with on your drive. Except maybe a little sun glare out there. I think youll need a jacket this morning. Not your heaviest winter coat but in the district at 42 degrees right now. So really not too bad. Just a little bit chilly where im standing. Look at these numbers. South of d. C. , we have temperatures in the 30s. Because we have clearer skies. If you head up north near frederick and martinsburg, the low 50s, we have the cloud cover that tends to keep the temperatures warmer at night. Martinsburg, 52. Winchest winchester, 39. We have temperature differences across the area this morning. Heres a look at your tuesday commute. Things will look nice youre out and about today. Whether youre finishing up Christmas Shopping or headed to work and home, temperatures around 60 degrees for an afternoon high. Thats about 15 degrees above normal. Its not going to last. Well take a closer look at the weekend. Rain moves in and really cold temperatures next week. Thats all coming up. Thank you, sheena. Heres a look at your top story this morning. Federal safety investigators now say the amtrak train that derailed in Washington State was going more than twice the speed limit. The ntsb says it was traveling 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30 mile per hour zone. Three people were killed. More than 70 others are injured. Prince georges County School ceo Kevin Maxwell set to unveil his plan to fix grade tampering. A state audit revealed that school staff changed grades after cutoff dates and received little oversight from the district. Dr. Maxwell will sit down with our bureau chief, Tracee Wilkins and talk about his report. Lawmakeeg among key provisions, it cuts the Corporate Tax rate and eliminates obamacares mandatory health Insurance Coverage by 2019. Edward lawrence will dissect the bill coming up in 15 minutes. It will be a sad Holiday Season for the family of a doctor and his daughter who died in a single engine plane crash. They were killed on the way to frederick, maryland, after their plane crashed in indiana over the weekend. D the doctor picked up his daughter in kansas and was headed back home. The crash also killed one dog on board, a second dog survived. He taught at uniform Services University of Health Sciences in bethesda. Both because he was a young man and sudden and the tragic nature of it and knowing that his daughter died with him and what this meant to his the doctors daughter was studying to earn both her m. D. And ph. D. Like her father. Authorities say the plane had instrument problems which caused it to go down. We now know how virginias governor plans to help fund metro. The governor wants to raise taxes on real estate, hotels and gasoline. He says that would bring in an additional 65 million a year for metro. Republican lawmakers have already come out against that idea. D. C. Has its own idea about how to raise money for metro. The district wants to raise the sales tax by a penny. The increase would happen if virginia and maryland did the same or came up with similar plans. Marylands governor, larry hogan, offered metro 500 million over four years if d. C. , virginia and the federal government do the same. That plan has been criticized for falling short of what metro needs. Prince georges county police say theyve arrested a trio of serial cell phone robbers. The suspects, van earl eubanks, robinson were arrested after they robbed a Cell Phone Store in capital heights. Look at the surveillance pictures. They showed the men robbing a store last week. They robbed a third store in District Heights earlier this month. You talk about a real grinch. Somebody stole a mans car over the weekend in Prince Georges County as he was out doing holiday shopping. The good news is that his mercedes was actually found. Its now sitting in a tow lot in landover. They found it somewhere in southeast d. C. On saturday, it was snatched from the mall. The mall at prince georges in hyattsville. The owner said he had no plans to press charges against the thief. Even if they would have caught the guy, i wouldnt have pressed charges. I wouldnt have done that. Why not . Its the holidays. I dont want to be in jail and i dont want to see nobody else in jail. The owner had some Christmas Gifts in the trunk and hes not sure if theyre still there. He thinks he may have dropped news 4 is working for you with steps you can take to keep your car safe. Police say there are common sense things you can do. First, never leave your keys in your car. You want to keep your vehicle turned off when you arent near it. Hide any valuables and try to park in a welllit area. According to the National Insurance crime bureau, your car is most likely to be stolen on new years day. You can find more tips on the nbc washington app. We turn to the search for the owners of a dog in the middle of an animal cruelty case. Take a look at this dog. These pictures were posted on social media. The dog was found in the area of Chatham Colony Court and moorings drive in weston. As you can see, the dog was barely recognizable as a dog because it had two pounds of matted hair covering his little face and body. If you know who owns the dog, call animal services. Imagine if a strange man school. The scary incident that has one mother changing her routine. Government shutdown. A looming deadline, the Sticking Points that could over the weekend, we showed you this dramatic puppy in Prince Georges County. The dog was found in an icecovered culvert shivering. We have a happy update. One of the firefighters who helped rescue the dog plans to adopt him if the owners cant be found. Look at him. Crews did not find a collar on him or a microchip. Lucky dog right there. Now to a story only on news 4. A d. C. Mother says shes still shaken up after school staff sent her 3yearold daughter home with the wrong person. Really bizarre. This happened at Cleveland Elementary School in the shaw neighborhood on friday. A man returned the girl to the school safely. She was unharmed. After an hour. He originally picked up his niece who has a similar name. The girl responded to his nieces name. The girl owes mother who didnt want to show her face doesnt feel comfortable sending her daughter back to school yet. Im like, oh, my god, what happened to my daughter . Who was she wih . Situation. D. C. Public schools says they are looking into the situation. This is not the first time that theres been trouble at cleveland elementary. Last month a teacher was arrested and charged for assaulting a student in october. The former head of the Afterschool Program was also accused of assaulting a student. Both are on administrative leave. Protests and pushback. The first vote on the tax bill, why this could be a historic day and how the changes will hit your bottom line. An nfl star and the Loudoun CountySheriffs Office squaring off over what played out on november 29th on this stretch of road. Im justin finch. Well break it all down in a live report. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Skies, depending where you live, cloudy to to the north. Temperatures near 50. Clearer to the south where its on the colder side. This will be the last best day of chilly days and chances for rain are increasing as we get closer to christmas weekend. Bitter cold next week, melissa. Breaking news in first 4 traffic. Inner loop at eisenhower avenue connector. Traffic stop with a big backup on the beltway. Three crashes on another main z2m7fz z16fz y2m7fy y16fy pullover controversy. A redskins player lays out his case on social media. Fedex fraud. A warning that will help you save time and avoid a lot of trouble. Outside this morning, temperatures are mostly in the 30s and 40s through the d. C. Metro area. A little milder up to the north. A nice enough day. Medium coat and sweater and your sunglasses later on. Aplus weather today. High near 60 degrees. Dont get used to it. It wont last. Sheena has the tenday coming right up. This is video showing the dramatic moments protesters occupied the u. S. Capitol last night. Theyre upset about the vote on the gop tax plan the protesters called the bill a scam. Several people were arrested there. Despite the pushback, Congressional Republicans hope to have a tax bill on thements desk as soon as tomorrow. The households a final vote today with the senate soon to follow. This isnt the only legislative battle for lawmakers before the new year. They also need to pass a new budget or face a government shutdown. To help break down these issues that affect husband directly, lets turn to Edward Lawrence on capitol hill this morning. Good morning. Good morning, aaron. Lets talk about the taxes first. Its going to be a skeptical public that lawmakers have to convince that this is a good tax plan. New polls out show 47 of American People now disapprove of this tax plan that they are looking at, in fact half of the americans in t show that they believe their taxes will actually increase because deductions are removed from this. For example, the state deduction, you can deduct off federal taxes has been reduced to 10,000. That can hurt people who live in areas with high cost of living like the dmv. Edward, the next battle is a government shutdown. The government could run out of money on friday. Whats the main Sticking Point . On this one, they need democrats to come on board in order to pass a budget on this. Democrats are holding firm that immigration is a big issue for them. Specifically daca. The program that protects kids who are brought to the country by their parents, undocumented workers there. Democrats are digging their heels in on this one to get movement on daca to protect the kids. Well see what happened in the next 48, 72 hours. Edward lawrence on the hill this morning. Edward, thank you. Well the gop tax bill. Be sure to download the nbc washington app. Well send out updates as soon as we get them. A jury has convicted a former metro transit officer of trying to help isis. That verdict came down yesterday. Prosecutors say Nicholas Young tried to provide Financial Support to the terror group through gift cards. Young was arrested last year after giving the cards to an undercover fbi agent. He will be sentenced in february and faces up to 60 years in prison. As the Holiday Season kicks into high gear, Maryland State Police want to make sure you are celebrating responsibly. They say dui crashes increase around the holidays. Since last friday, maryland state troopers have responded to 18 crashes involving alcohol across the state. Thats up from last year. Additional troopers will be working overtime this Holiday Season to make sure everyone stays safe on the roads. 5 48 now. Washington redskins safety sua cravens is threatening the Loudoun CountySheriffs Office. He says he was racially profiled and roughed up during a traffic stop. He was pulled over near the farm well Station Middle School. He was recently cleared to resume football activities after suffering a post concussion syndrome. News 4s justin finch live where cravens was pulled over with the Sheriffs Office side of the story. Justin . Reporter hey there, aaron. This all happened about three weeks ago at this plaza here behind us. The Sheriffs Office says they were conducting a Traffic Safety enforcement in this area, not too far from farmwell Station Middle School where they locked in on his car going 35 Miles Per Hour in a 25 Miles Per Hour school zone. Cravens on his twitter page says he was racially profiled, roughed up and handcuffed because of how he looks. I say, what . Pulled me out of the car and said calm down. Started pushing me up against the was saying that i smelled like weed. And that video taken during his stop there by him. Heres the Sheriffs Office side in a statement reading in part here, they say the deputy initiated a traffic stop and the driver, cravens, pulled over into a shopping center. Cravens was issued a virginia uniform summons for speeding and a second summons for illegal window tint. Cravens next step in this case will be in court. His date is set for january 26th. Back in to you guys. Justin finch live for us in ashburn, thank you. Im Chris Lawrence here at the live desk. I just retweeted breaking news from our sister station in new york where a man has been shot in the head inside a popular bar in times square. This happened were going to take you to live pictures right now. This happened at the tonic killed. All this happened about 4 00 in the morning at tonic bar. The shooting happened after some sort of dispute. Paramedics rushed a man to the hospital where he was killed. No arrests have been made. But part of 7th avenue there around 48th street has been blocked off while police investigate. Back to you. Very busy section of new york city. Always busy. Thank you, chris. 5 51 our time right now. Were at 42 degrees on our way up, right . Yes. Theres a big difference across the area. Some areas in the low 50s right now. Then we have others around freezing. Its all because of some cloud cover. This afternoon is going to be absolutely fantastic. Get outside. Enjoy it. Its going to be mild. The bus stop, though, the kids will still want a jacket this morning. A little chilly in many locations. Your morning drive, nice and drive. We have sun glare out there this morning. Sunshine through the afternoon. Mild and dry for recess. That will be nice today. If yre well, just fantastic. You want to take advantage of it today. We have mild weather for the weekend, too. Thats going to come with rain. Today is the day you really want to get out and enjoy the 60degree temperatures. Heres what its like right now. 42 in district. 50 degrees frederick. 52 martinsburg where we have the clourk. Warmer overnight. Clear skies south of that. Thats where we have the temperatures around freezing. 36 quantico. Fredericksburg down to 31. 37 degrees in clinton right now. 40 annapolis. There you see on satellite and radar, no rain in the forecast today. So nice and dry, especially if youre walking your dog. If you have a warm place in your heart to adopt a dog for this Holiday Season. This is missy available through lucky dog animal rescue. You can head to their website and find out how to adopt her. Great day to be outside with your dog. Ly lunchtime, 55 degrees. The normal high is 46 degrees above that. Take a look at future air masses as we go into the weekend. The mild air will be here saturday. It comes with rain and then that arctic air spills in. Right around christmas afternoon or evening. We could be looking at a freeze. Heres the weekend forecast. The mild air saturday, 60 degrees. Sunday, were cooler. Into monday, there is 60 on monday. But for christmas day, the rain will quickly move over to that cold air. Again, we could be looking at freezing issues late in the day and much colder after that. We have breaking news in traffic. Lets head to melissa. Good morning. Good morning. Breaking news in first 4 traffic. Take a look right hereme. Inner loop, a fivemile backup this morning. Very, very slow. This is a live picture. Everything is shut down. Were going to send chopper to that in a second. Southbound bw parkway after 193. Fivemile backup there as well. Right now, you cleared out of the way. Hyattsville, southbound bw parkway at 202. Crash in the center line. Bladensburg, southbound at new york avenue. Has the left side blocked by a crash on the shoulder this morning. On metro, yellow and blue line delays to largo and mt. Vernon square here. Taking a look at the travel times, no major problems there. This is where youll see the slow downs. 66 inbound is okay. Quantico to the beltway is fine as well. Listen to wtop 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car today. Melissa, thank you. Five women accuse Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconducmisc three of the women sat down with Cynthia Mcfadden in an nbc news exclusive. She credits hoffman with giving her the chance to star in death of a salesman. She claims he repeatedly groped and harassed her. People go, how was it to work i tell the half truth. As an actor working with him, i owe him everything. I learned so much. Then i would stop. And i would get a snknot in my stomach. He was abusive and a bully. Weve reached out to hoffmans lawyers. The lawyers previously called claims by other women defamatory falsehoo falsehoods. Important consumer alert as you wait for the holiday packages to arrive at your home. There is an email scam that could infect your computer. This is the email. It has the subject line fedex delivery problems. Inside the email it has a note that says, quote, our companys courier couldnt make the delivery. Theres a link inside the email that says delivery manager. Do not click this link. 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Almost january now. First, were tracking breaking news in first 4 traffic. Melissa. Breaking news in first 4 traffic, guys. We have chopper 4 on the way to the problem at eisenhower avenue. We have two lanes that just reopened. Traffic had been stopped here. You can see almost a 7mile backup on the inner loop and a 4mile backup on the outer loop. A mess as we try to get this out of way and cleared up on an already bit of a busy tuesday morning. Hyattsville southbound bw parkway at 202. Crash still in the center lane. Well have more on that problem bottom of the beltway coming up in a minute. Hi, chuck. Good morning. Yes indeed. A tuesday off to a pleasant enough start. Depending where you live, we have a big range of temperatures th