Is actually on the righthand side and the tow truck is leaving at the moment. Hopefully that will be cleared up shortly. Not chopper 4 but at massachusetts avenue and macomb street. Reports of high standing water there. Be careful as you move through the area. And if you are traveling out of Southern Maryland or on 50 into or out of the beltway area, youll find there is a lot of rain out there. Keep your speeds down. It is going to be a tricky morning, especially with slick roadways. Right now, millions of people are waking up to Winter Weather advisories. Nasty weather now hitting the northeast. Look at what people in illinois and iowa dealt with last night, part of the same system that flooded missouri and caused tornados in texas. It could drop up to a foot of snow in some places in the northeast. You can imagine the travel impact. Erika gonzalez is monitoring that from the live desk. Good morning, angie. Chuck has been talking about the nasty weather this morning. That means a nasty travel day for a lot of folks trying to get back home. Lets talk about the airport chicago, the worst hit city more than 50 cancellations already today. Four new ones in the last hour. There have been more than 40 flights canceled. Thousands of flights didnt take off across the country. Frustrating travelers today. And coming up, david culver joins us live with a look at the impact at Reagan National airport. It will be a while before some texas families are back in their homes. More than 1400 homes are damaged after this weekends storms. Nine twisters hit the dallas area on saturday. The tornado that hit garland, tex texas, was the worst. It was an ef4. The storm killed three others including a baby and a toddler. A dozen homes are underwater in the northeastern part of the state. Rescue teams used boats to get people to safety. About 400 roads are closed across the state now. The governor declared a state of emergency. A developing story this morning, were working to find out the identity of a body found on a playground in Prince Georges County. One family is worried that their loved one could be the victim. The man was found stabbed to death behind gaywood elementary school. Douglas reyes showed up at the scene last knight worried it may be his disabled son who isnt answering his phone. Some people might want to steal something, think he has money or cell phone or something. He has cell phone. Hes not answering. Tonight, the reyes family will hold a candlelight vigil at the park. Developing this morning, ethan couch and his mother are in custody in mexico. Couch is the man who said he had affluenza. He said he was too wealthy to tell right from wrong when he killed four people in a drunk driving crash two years ago. Texas sheriffs were searching for the 18yearold after he missed a meeting with his probation offer a few weeks ago. They believe a twitter video showing couch playing beer pong prompted he and his mother to run. The Glenmont Metro station is back open after a smoke emergency. Were going to learn what caused that track fire last night. Metro says the fire erupted on the track between the station and the railyard. Smoke filled the station forcing passengers to evacuate the platform. The station had to be shut down for about an hour. Metros new gm is scrambling to secure funding for a position designed to keep you safe. The firefighter job within metro is meant to improve communication. Communication between the agency and fire crew s responding to an emergency was created after january deadly smoke emergency near lanfant plaza. Next month, metro and fire officials will meet to discuss how to come up with the money. Did you leave anything behind on your Holiday Travels this year . The tsa says it recovered a large amount of lost valuables from checkpoints at local airports. We have seen everything from coats and belts to Laptop Computers. Somebody even forgot an unwrapped drone. Look at that. Some of you told news 4 you realized you left stuff behind, but time is working against you. Dont have time to go back, get back on the train, go through security, come back through security again with my watch. Wouldnt have made it. Tsa records show this year alone the agency recovered 500 Laptop Computers at Dulles International from lost items to Airport Security. Edward lawrence joins us in a little later in the broadcast with big changes to Airport Security by the tsa. Im Erika Gonzalez at the live desk. A terror attack thwarted. Were getting word two people were arrested over the last couple of days in belgium in connection to a terror plot that could have happened on new years. Attacks targeting popular spots in brussels. Isis propaganda recovered and is now being looked into. We should make clear this is in no way connected to the paris attacks. At the live desk, Erika Gonzalez. Want to show you a look at your commute this morning. Chuck is tracking the impact you can plan for. Other parts of the country dealing with major damage from heavy snowfall. The places expected to get hit even harder today. And take over on the beltway. How police are responding to a large number of atvs and dirt large number of atvs and dirt bikes that got in t its the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. So hurry and get verizon fios. Only fios has the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. And right now, for only 79. 99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus, with a 2year agreement, fios gives you 400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. So go online or call now for this great offer. Get out of the past. Get fios. Welcome back. Check this out. New video in of that major mess on the beltway you may have been stuck in yourself. A group of at least 100 dirt bikes and atv riders took over the highway during the busy Holiday Travel weekend. The disruptions were on the inner loop in Prince Georges County, i295 and u. S. 50. Motorcyclists drove the wrong way and even brought traffic to a stand still sunday afternoon. Maryland state police say they have this video and theyre looking into it. Amazing video tracking Severe Weather for you all morning long. Want to show you what it did in wisconsin. Citgo gas station collapsed there. The canopy fell on to two cars. It destroyed one of them, no one was hurt according to police. They say heavy snow and ice on the canopy brought it down. The gas station is closed today. Ten minutes after the hour, up to speed on the forecast, if youre off to work this morning. Chuck bell, what do you say . I say if youre traveling up to the northeast corridor, towards philly, new york or boston, you better really pack your patience as all the heavy rain we have been dealing with overnight is running into colder and colder air. Winter weather advisories for new york city, hartford and boston and snow across northern new england. For us, the first batch of moderate rain is moving out, a wave of moisture to our south. Were not done with the rain chances just yet. Traveling conditions, Rainy Weather for the morning commute, that will slow things down for sure. I95, north and south, rain from new york city to the carolinas. Delays easing a bit for air travel, call your carrier. Planning out your day, steady rain through 7 00 or 8 00 this morning. Most rain done by noon time. Few peeks of sunshine in the 60s. That will feel nice for sure. And the mild weather lingers for most of the rest of the year. But i think youll find the first weekend of 2016 to be a cold one. Sevenday forecast in ten minutes. Kim mccormick with traffic. If youre traveling on the beltway, looking live at the beltway in georgetown pike. Taillights inner loop to the American Legion bridge, which means headlights are the outer loop headed toward the dulles. Things moving along nicely here. We have wet roadways and that will cause some problems. In the form of hydroplaning and high standing water reported at massachusetts avenue and macomb street. Be careful. High standing water all over the area. If youre traveling out of frederick on the southbound 270, down to the beltway, still moving at posted speeds, but be careful, slick roadways and high speeds do not mix very well at all. Especially on the on and off ramps. When you walk out your door and get in your car, tune into wtop on your radio and you can get traffic updates on the 8s. 5 12 now. Controversial decision in cleveland, reaction and the explanation to why an officer wont see charges in the shooting death of a 12yearold boy. How flights are affected in storms are moving through and you can expect some rain as youre heading out. Chuck is tracking when the showers will be in your neighborhood. Right now, all that rain and snow are canceling and delaying flights in our area. You want to check yours. News 4s david culver is live. Reporter the trouble in the skies just depends where youre headed to this morning. We have seen a few folks walk up to the departure screen, walk up and have disappointing looks on their faces. I want to point your attention to one screen in particular, the second screen. If you look at it, youll notice what really is the trouble spot this morning. Chicago. Four out of the five flights headed to chicago this morning before 8 00, theyre either canceled or delayed. All of this comes after what was just a mess of a day yesterday. Flight aware. Com reporting several delays really thousands, 3,000 flights were canceled altogether. Another 5,000 delayed. Chicago and dallas, two major hubs, those were the problems there and we have been checking around with other local airports. Here at Reagan National, about nine cancellations this morning. Bwi, marshall, dealing with nine. Dulles not too bad, a couple of delays. Take the advice of checking your phone, making sure you got the apps with the flight information on it ahead of coming to the airport. Well save you time and trouble looking at whats behind me. David culver, thank you so much. 5 17, today the maryland man convicted of stabbing two people near a metro station in Montgomery County will be sentenced. Reginald cooper faces up to 60 years in prison. Cooper attacked two men at a bus stop outside the rockville station last december. Both victims described. A close call in hawaii, a man questioned by the secret service after his drone flew past president obamas motorcade. He said he had no idea the motorcade moved on. He had no idea about it and moved on. The motorcade did. The man was not arrested or charged with anything. If you got a drone for christmas, dont forget you have to register it now with the faa. Today is the wake for one of the six u. S. Soldiers who died at a suicide bombing last week. Joseph lemm was a detective with the nypd before he deployed. His body was returned yesterday. Five other people died including Staff Sergeant pete r toves. The victim of an attempted sex assault used in neighborhood blog to warn people about her attack. The victim says the attacker tried to steal her purse last tuesday. He pushed her into a stairway and tried to take off her shirt. He ran off when she started screaming f you have any information, call dc police. D. C. Police investigating a deadly shooting in southeast. No suspect information was released. This isnt first murder on that block. Another man was shot and killed back in march and an arrest in that case has been made. A busy intersection in ro rockville after a deadly accide accident has been reopened. The bike is stuck under the suv. The driver is okay. Montgomery county police say 19yearold frank powers was on the bike. He died at the hospital. Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, the stakes and miscommunication by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. No charges for the officers involved in the death of 12yearold tamir rice. He is the cleveland boy who police shot after mistaking his pellet gun for a deadly weapon. A grand jury says there is indisputable evidence that the boy was drawing what looked like a pistol from his waistband before officers opened fire. Tamirs family says it is sad but not surprised by the decision. They did ask anyone who was disappointed to express themselves peacefully. New details in the atv crash that killed a man and hurt his stepdaughter. Jerome odom died when his suv when an suv hit his atv sunday night. Neither he nor his stepdaughter was wearing a helmet. It is illegal to ride atvs on county maintained roads. A big rescue effort under way to save 17 miners stuck for days underground. The mine collapsed in china on christmas day. One person died. Rescue teams say theyre using ropes to send food and letters to the miners who are still trapped in that mine. Coming up 5 21 now on this tuesday morning. If you can hear us, it is probably raining where you are. Thats right. It looks like our commute is going to stay a wet one, right, chuck . Im not listening. I dont want the rain to affect me. Outside this morning, it has been raining pretty steadily all night and there is a lot of deep puddles on the sides of the roads this morning. Extra careful if youre walking or biking to work this morning. And if youre driving, slow down, take it easy out there, steady rain likely here through about 7 00 or 8 00 this morning. A lot of puddles out there. Take it easy, pedestrians and bikers out there. Travel delays are likely. Ill be tweeting out updated radar images on instagram and twitter accounts. Twitter or follow us on our Facebook Page and have our nbc washington app ready to go. Well be sending out push alerts should the weather start to slow things down. Weather on your plans today. Red lights this morning, rain slowly coming to an end. It will be a slow travel into work today. But by lunch time, and there after, back to very nice weather. We should get a little sunshine back today. Temperatures back into the 60s. Keep in mind, 44 is an average high. So another day with temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above average. If youre traveling today, northeast into the northeastern corridor, be on the lookout, rain along i85 and 95 down to our south. Most of the rain in the metro, the first little wave is pushing out. Another batch of rain down to our south and west. That could impact us between can 6 00 and 8 00 this morning. Rain and fog, visibility down just a touch. Here is our High Resolution model. This is updated hourly. As we go over the next little bit, here goes first wave pushing out between 5 00 and 6 00. Next wave between 7 00 and 9 00. Thats going to be our last best chance for some moderate rains to come on through. Things will start to clear out a bit there after. It will be a very mild afternoon. Peek or two of sunshine, in the 60s today. Start off cloudy and dry tomorrow. Another chance for rain tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. Not as much as we had today. New years eve looks good. New years day looks nice as well. Sunny conditions, even though it will be seasonably back down to cold levels, highs near 40 and lows back down near 30. Sunshine coming back for first weekend of 2016. Traffic time now. Here is kim mccormick. Massachusetts avenue, macomb, theyre headed out to another area in the district. Thats going to be the suitland parkway and i295. There is reports of high standing water there. Be careful as you make your way into and out of the district right down by the douglas bri. Bridge. Powder mill road, things moving along nicely. Wet roadways are go to cause some problems for you. It is going to slow things down. Just Pay Attention and keep in mind the ponding on the roadways cause s hydroplaning and be careful on the slippery on and off ramps. The bear is in the cave with him. Cant get out because of where the bear is or too injured . I think the bear is on top of him. So dramatic. For the first time we are hearing the terrifying moments. Boy scouts realized their leader was attacked by a bear. We told you how christopher came face to face with the bear in a new jersey forest last week. The scouts ran out of the cave and called 911. They then used food to lure the bear out. He managed to call 911 from inside the cave. 911, where is the emergency . Split rock reservoir blue trail. Are you bleeding . Left arm, left leg, neck and head. Im getting cold pretty quick. The scouts also made a fire to alert First Responders to the location, so smart. The scout leader was treated for bites and scratches but is going to be okay. 5 24. The secoretary of Homeland Security will speak in new york city. He expects to congratulate almost 1,000 graduates. Could higher speeding fines in the district lead to lower taxs . Lawmakers in d. C. Want higher fines for drivers who exceed the posted speed limit by more than 25 miles per hour. Or regulators want that. The d. C. Council passed a schedule of cuts that would go into effect as revenue climbed. The Administration Proposed the fines as part of the vision zero plan to eliminate pedestrian deaths in the nations capital. The new hikes would increase some fines significantly including from 300 to 1,000 for some driving offenses. In news 4 your health, a new drug may help those suffering with the serious head injury. First responders in texas are testing a new drug called txa. The plan is to use it on patients suffering with serious head trauma, suches atho s as t involved in bad car accidents. This drug hopefully will allow us to get ahead of the game as far as the bleeding in the brain. Doctors say the drug stabilizes the blood clot in cases of trauma. They say the drug has little or no side effects. I feel like i want to wake up and have my mom, but i cant, shes gone, she was murdered. Thats all that sits in my heart. This morning we are hearing from the children of the 55yearold chicago woman accidentally killed by police in a shooting. Betty jones kids say they never imagined their mom would die opening her front door. And were also learning the father of the other man killed in the shooting has sued the city. Antonio legrier filed a wrongful death suit. On saturday, police shot and killed 19yearold Quintonio Legrier as they responded to a domestic situation. The f