The fog pretty much has maintained the same density, about a half mile to a quarter mile. I took this picture around dawn this morning when the dense fog was in Montgomery County. Wet roads and the fog still persists. Weather alert day today. Steadier rain moving in and continued fog and maybe some delays for later this afternoon. Well have updates and postings from storm team 4. Theres the radar showing this Conveyor Belt of rain that continues out of the southwest, out of the carolinas into virginia, now coming into the district and into maryland. We have this mostly light rain. We have a few pockets here where its coming down harder. The darker greens here, around takoma park, college park and south in southern Prince Georges County, northern charles. Off to the west getting moderate showers, western fairfax into Prince William county. Have the umbrella handy. New details about the death of former National Security adviser sandy berger. We are learning he died this morning after a long battle with cancer. Sandy berger was 70 years old. He served as National Security adviser under president bill clinton from 1997 to 2001. He made a name for himself, was a key figure in crafting president clintons Foreign Policy at the time. In 2005 he pled guilty to removing classified documents from the National Archives by stuffing some of those documents down his pants. There was never a clear reason as to why those documents were taken. He was sentenced to probation. A statement from the Consulting Firm he cofounded. We have new information about within a Early Morning fire and the dog getting a lot of attention on facebook. Prince georges county firefighters said they had to call in animal control because the dog was there, standing guard, next to the family that he lives with. The man was laying on the yard needing medical attention, and they needed to get to him. The man and woman were hurt in the house fire on 66th place in landover hills. The fire started in a bedroom around 3 00 this morning. They say there is more than 75,000 dollars worth of damage to the home. This is chris gordon reporting live from the baltimore courthouse in the trial of Baltimore Police officer William Porter. Porter is charged with manslaughter, misconduct, assault and Reckless Endangerment in the death of freddie gray last april during a police transport. 12 jurors are being seated and then both sides have four challenges to remove any jurors. Once 12 jurors are selected along with alternates, we will go to Opening Statements. Thats where each side presents their outline of the case, what the evidence will show most favorable to them. And that could be followed by the first witnesses in this case. So, well be updating you throughout the day on news 4, on our nbc washington app and on social media. Thats the latest live in baltimore, barbara, back to you. Thank you, chris. There will be added security checks for students at Woodrow Wilson high school. A student brought a gun to school yesterday. The student faces charges. More on the schools response in a live report in ten minutes. Today in decision 2016, donald trump will visit manassas. We expect a large crowd of supporters and protesters to greet the republican president ial front runner when he speaks tonight at the Prince William county fair grounds. You can go to trumps website for tickets to that event. Trump now has 37 of the vote, followed by marco rubio with 17 , carson is tied with cruz at 16 . Last month carson was polling at 23 . In a showdown between trump and hillary clinton, clinton comes out ahead. John kerry is in kosovo today after wrapping up a conference at nato headquarters. He spoke in belgium this morning saying he supports new action in the fight against isis. He didnt get into specifics, Britains Parliament is voting today on whether to begin air strikes against isis. Germany just approved sending forces for noncombat support roles in syria and iraq. And closer to home, we could learn whats next for a Prince Georges CountyPolice Officer today. He faces assault and misconduct charges. He is accused of pointing his Service Weapon at a may n in ma of 2014. The officers attorney said santiago is wrong but not a criminal. The final round of hearings in the propose the pepco marriager. What happens this morning could affect your utility costs. Representatives from both companies and opponents of the merger will testify. Opponents feel d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is forcing the merger through putting corporate q of citizens. A Community Sports complex could soon be allowed to sell beer and wine. And its a longhonored tradition to honor our nationsd veterans, but now that tradition is in trouble. A new law is in the works to let you buy alcohol. County lawmakers are drafting a bill to allow alcohol sales at the maryland soccerplex in germantown. The annual license to sell beer and wine would cost about 2,000. The bills sponsor says you could also buy drinks when the stadium host concerts and other events. New details this morning about a havent shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic. An exwife of the man charged in the killing of three people says that he targeted another reproductive clinic when they were married. She told nbc news that he put glue in the locks of another planned parenthood clinic when they were married. That happened about 20 years ago. And she says she has no doubt the shooting was directed at the center. A holiday tradition of honoring veterans may not happen this year. The organization that puts a wreath on every head stone at Arlington National cemetery says it doesnt have enough money. They posted on facebook saying they need help. It costs 15 to sponsor a wreath. He beat cancer and still led the state of maryland, now governor larry hogan wants to you sound off on what he does the fog beginning to lift a little bit, still some rather dense fog in parts of the region. The radar showing this. The Conveyor Belt of rain out of the carolinas coming our way. Not really heavy rain but enough to make everything damp. It continues to track off to the north and east, coming across virginia out of the carolinas and district and maryland. Well have this batch of rain coming through here for several more hours. And right now the storm team 4 radar showing one moderate shower near manassas. Dense fog advisory, the counties in gray, in effect until 2 00 this afternoon. Minimum visibility right now is up at bwi. Marshall is down to a tenth of a mile. Theres the capitol, the top of the dome, disappearing into the fog. Temperatures are chilly. Mid 50s now. May make it near 60 by mid afternoon. Right now several states in the midwest are under Winter Weather advisories. Snow is still falling out there in some places. Nine inches came down already. Look at how it seriously affected the roads. The snowfall is breaking records. The storm should finally clear out sometime later today. Marylands governor larry hogan wants to know what you think. She stick with the bald look now that his cancer is in remission . The governor posted the question on facebook. He posted he is looking forward to growing his hair back after finishing months of chemotherapy, but people told him they like him bald. He is inviting everyone to vote by hitting like for hair or share for bald. Keep it straight or youll vote the wrong way. So far it looks like hair is the clear favorite. You have to vote, barbara. I dont know. I liked him bald, too. Right now on news4 midday, concerned parents demanding answers. I take my daughter to School Every Day and i expect shell be safement. Why a neighborhood has concerns about a prominent local school. And a troubling trend for kids who have to go to the hospital. Were back in a moment. Right now storm team 4 radar left of your screen showing that area of green, thats mostly light rain moving through, on the right, the view from our storm team 4 weather deck cera looking at the front of our building. You can see the fog hanging in the air. The visibility has improved the last couple of hours, the rain does continue to fall, it breaks up in the carolinas. This one large batch of steady rain across virginia, the district and maryland will be with us for another two or three hours. By mid to Late Afternoon it will lighten up a bit. Do you need a rain jacket, long sleeves, long pants, rain boots and an umbrella here as you get into the middle part of the afternoon and heading out and running errands. Hour by hour, temperatures will be Holding Steady in the 50s as rain by 3 00, much of it pulls east of the bay. After that, a few lingering sprinkles. By 4 00, 5 00 p. M. , the western northern suburbs, patches of green, maybe a few sprinkles. By later this evening cloud cover breaks up. Breaking news come noo si s the live desk. A jury has been seated in the trial in the death of freddie grave. Four alternates have also been chosen. At this point we believe a recess has been called. We dont know whether opening arguments will happen today. You can see William Porter, the Baltimore CityPolice Officer arriving in court. The most serious charge against him a manslaughter charge in the death of freddie gray. We will hear more about when things will get started coming up. Thats the latest from the live desk. New this midday, indepth analysis of attacks on the u. S. Between 2001 and 2013. The secret Service Published the new report a couple hours ago. It analyzes 43 attacks in those 12 years. The report finds the incidents were largely by lone actors, involved firearms. Security talks today after another fence jumper at the white house. The incident happened last thursday. This afternoon d. C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes norton will discuss the breach with the director of the secret service. Shes expected to ask how the agency can secure the white house without keeping people away from the fence. The jumpers lawyer says his actions were a form of political protest. When the price of smoking goes up, fewer babies die. Rising cigarette taxes has been linked to a decline in infant deaths. An increase of 1 shows more than 700 fewer infant deaths. The study was carried out between 1999 and 2010. Some doctors call it the polio of our generation. More kids ending up in the emergency room for a reason you might not expect. Dr. Joshua weiner joins me this morning. We are talking about children taken to the er because of Mental Health problems, not physical ones. Theres a fascinating article in the las vegas sun, about a sharp increase in children and teens ending up in the er because of no other options. Is it the best place for them to be taken . No, absolutely not, and i think families realize that but they feel there are no options. The big problem here is there are not enough services and providers to handle the number of kids who need help. So, theres the problem is you have a lot of kids who maybe can be managed on an outpatient basis, seeing a person or psychologist on a weekly basis. And then those kids who are in such crisis, theyre suicidal or homicidal and they need to be hospitalized. But there are tons of kids in the gray range, theyre struggling, hurting themselves, having major problems but not serious enough to be put in the hospital, too serious to be handled on an outpatient basis. This jump in er visits, is this saying we are having more issues with Mental Health and children or is it parents more comfortable seeking help. I think its a combination. A lot of schools and parents are worried about their kid being on the cover of the news, worried their kid will go into school or somewhere else and hurt themselves or somebody else. This week, i had to see a patient who was a College Student who was sent home from college because he was expressing thought s abos about wanting to hurt a kid on campus in this case, i think this kid is fine, but again schools want to make sure they cover that i basis and make sure somebody is being seen. I think its lack of diet, poor sleep, all these things are contributing to the problems. All right. We have another subject we want to talk to you about, its an alarming uptick in the drug use of many people, not just teens. Back to you. All right. Thanks. Today the first family is getting ready to show off the White House Christmas tree. Michelle obama will show us the decorations later on today. Well get to see that decorated tree. The video shows last years christmas tree. You have to wait until later to see this years. Coming up, the little change that could be coming to the next generation of iphone that could be a big deal. It has a lot of people fired up. Im eun yang, here are some stories lighting up social media today. The birth of his first child has put Mark Zuckerberg in a generous mood. He announced on facebook that he and his wife would give away 99 of their facebook shares over their lifetime. The shares are worth about 45 billion. They said they want to fund various charities to help make the world a better place. Facebook also lighting up with the next story. Is the elf on the shelf coming to your house . Born from a 2005 childrens picture book, the elf on a shelf served as a spy for santa. He seems to be propping inpopp interesting places, though im not sure hiding in a kettle is a smart idea. People come up with some interesting places to hide the elf. The next story is getting mixed reaction on social media. Apple is looking at ideas to make the next new iphone even thinner. They may get rid of the head phone jack. You can imagine that . According to billboard. Com, if that happens, you will need an adapter to use your headphones. More things to buy. Apple keeping tightlipped about the steadiest rain will continue to fall around our region here for another two, three hours. By mid afternoon it will begin to taper off. Across northern virginia, maryland, the district we are getting that steady, mostly light rain. The darker greens, the area in yellows and the dark green is where its coming down the hardest. Its wet out 50 west to annapolis, down 95 north and south. Just enough to make the pavement wet. Storm team 4 fourday forecast, the weather alert into the afternoon rush shower because of the rain and fog. Near 60 mid afternoon. The low 40s by dawn on thursday. As we clear out and lo and behold the sun. Remember what that looks like . Maybe you dont. Well get lots of sunshine on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. Afternoon highs near 50. I was going to say the weird yellow dot what is that . Frnlg some highprofile chefs a new restaurant inside the Mgm National Harbor casino. It will feature seafood and a steakhouse. The mgm casino will open the second half of next year. A warning about what could happen to those great deals you got on cybermonday when theyre delivered to your house. Look at what happened this weekend. A man sees that no one else is around and stuffs a package into his jacket and drives away. The homeowner says he immediately posted video from his home surveillance cameras to facebook. I felt violated because of the fact we were home at the time this happened. The fact that someone would be that brazen to approach the house and just not think twice. Police in Oklahoma City say they already have a lead on a suspect in that case. As for whats inside the package, amazon says it will replace the 20 gun holster for free. Now on news4 midday a weather alert day. Tom has a closer look at the rain thats about to impact us all and how it will impact the drive home. And its beginning to look now on news4 midday, a storm team 4 weather alert day. Showers are moving across our area. Could have an impact well into your evening. Tom kierein is in the Weather Center with more on that evening commute. Hi, tom. It could be a problem for the afternoon commute, just with wet roads, as you well know. Thats all it takes to get fender benders. We may get more of those this afternoon. We have quite a bit of rain to come through our region. Not enough to cause flooding but enough to make the roadways wet. These pockets of yellow coming down harder, east of the blue rich and roanoke and lynchburg. Mostly light rain is falling. One pocket of moderate showers there. Another one here in far eastern and southern Prince Georges County, northern calvert getting wet as well. An area of light to moderate rain. Right now reagan and dulles and marshal, bwi, all reporting no delays. There are some minor delays at laguardia in new york city. Thank you, tom. Right now, a father and his daughter are recovering after an Early Morning fire in landover hills, maryland. Prince georges county firefighters say this dog, you see there, complicated their rescue efforts on 66th place. He would not let the First Responders get near the homeowner, who had inhaled too much smoke. Animal control had to help firefighters calm the dog down so they could get to the man. We just learned the jury has been seated in the first of the trials over freddie grays death. Baltimore Police OfficerWilliam Porter is facing manslaughter and assault charges. Lawyers could make their Opening Statements as soon as today. Im