Poor. But there are thunderstorms here in charlottesville. The rate theyre going, theyre only about two hours or so from reaching into the west side and southwest side of the d. C. Metro area. So keep in mind that traveling conditions will be going down hill between now and about 7 00 this morning. Planning out the rest of the day, fog and rain. 56 at 8 00 in the morning. Then into the upper 60s to near 70s. Might get a sliver or two of sunshine today between the rain this morning and another chance for rain with thunderstorms afternoon. It is going to be an impactful day for sure. Keep your low beams on and your speed down. Thank you, chuck. We are taking a look at what this means for the morning commute, too. Justin finch is live on the roads with a check on what can you expect out there. How it is looking, justin . Hey there. Good morning. Looking at you right now, there is mist in my way. It is pretty heavy out here. 355. Perhaps you can see there is just a real heavy fog hanging here. Even the lights being blast as cross are hanging in that light. Also here, the roads are quite slick. Lets show you dash cam video we have coming in earlier this morning. This is maybe what you may be seeing. Can you see that soupy fog. Now on our way to 495 and going up river road, we did see lots of heavy fog made more treacherous because there is not reflective clothing or also Bright Clothing so drivers can see you out here on the dark and slick roads. Justin finch, thank you. That is a really good point. I saw somebody riding a bike early this morning. They had the flashing ensemble on. While it may be a little early, stay bright if you can, especially on a day like today. In northwest and fox hall, you can see a little haze. Not real heavy right now. B there Montgomery County in general, a lot of fog in that area right now. Inner loop and outer loop overall, no big problems and no road work here this morning. Well take a look at more cameras around the area, more fog coming up in just a minute. There is breaking news out of state of alabama with wr we learned three people are dead following a tornado that touched down in the northern part of the state. Take a look at what did it here. On the ground here. Hearing 15 to 20 structures were destroyed. A church and gas station we know wiped out. Roofs of houses just totally ripped off. Three people who died they were actually inside of a mobile home, officials say. Cleanup is starting as the storm son the move and headed east. Well continue to follow up on now back to you. Thank you. Developing this morning, were working to learn whether this man will be charged with murdering a 16yearold southeast watch washington girl. Dave evans turned himself in hours after police named him as a person of interest in the deadly shooting. Brianna mcmillan was killed last friday on i street southeast. Coming up, news 4s Erica Gonzalez will have more on how police zeroed in on their person of interest. A Montgomery County family is concerned about this missing dropped off at the lake forest mall on gaithersburg on monday morning and never came home. His family says theyre worried about his emotional and physical welfare. Call police if you see him. Today House Democrats will decide if they want to keep nancy pelosi as their leader in the next congress. They will hold leadership elections later this morning. Pelosi will face off against ohio congressman tim ryan. Ryan says its time f the losses of several Democratic Congressional seats over the past six years as a reason why. Pelosi expected to retain her post. Curry will remain in the senate. News 4s bureau chief spoke with curry last night. He said he is recinding his resignation. The p 79yearold originally sent a letter to the president last week saying he would resign next month. Curry served for 30 years in the president elect donald trump is expected to make formal announcements on new cabinet picks this morning. Trump is expected to name Steve Munchin as his treasury secretary. The president elect is also expected to name billionaire investor wilbur ross as commerce secretary. Trump is also dealing with a controversy this morning over this tweet yesterday declaring anyone who burns an American Flag should face consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. Him. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said he supported the supreme courts decision on the issue. It voted twice to uphold the right to burn flags in protest as freedom of speech protected in the first amendment. The court also ruled that american citizenship can only be given up voluntarily. Today in colombia, investigators hope to get information from the black boxes from the deadly plane crash. Six people survived. Today crews will work on recovering more of the victims remains from the planes wreckage before. That crash sh players posted videos on social media. One player had just learned he was going to be a father. Another after being rescued that player reportedly called his wife before he died at the hospital. The pilot reported an electrical problem just before that crash. New this morning, were learning a maryland man was arrested for making a bomb threat acc made the threat at the Motor Vehicle administration in beltsville. An employee said adams said he would return with a bomb and detonate it at the mva. A man from upstate new york this facing charges in Fairfax County after police say saulted a metro bus driver and then bit contained yesterday morning. Hes accused of also attacking a bus driver and Metro Security officers. He now faces assault and battery charges. Workers are calling for a higher minimum wage. They took the steps to the executive Office Building last night to urge law makers to pass a bill that raises it to 15 an hour by 2020. The county executive though questions whether it would put the county at disadvantage. The minimum wage set to increase to 11. 50 an hour in july. Lawmakers vote to on the increase to 15 next month. Minimum wage rallies broke out across the country. Dozens of people were arrested in protest from new york to los angeles. Workers called for an 15 an hour minimum wage. Airport employees and fast food workers were among protesters that blocked bidsy intersections and chanted outside airport term analyze. The epa is taking the lead to investigate that sheen in the potomac river. Take a look. The agency says it is coordinating a regional response. Investigators dont know whether the substance is actually oil or what caused it. The they say so far there has not been any issues with the drippinging water. New this morning, video showing a moment one Police Officer wont want to watch again. The fight that led to her shooting off her own finger. And, of course, were keepinyo storm team 4 weather alert day. Fog forecast throughout our area. Welcome back. Fog is this mornings big story. This is a live look from gaithersburg. Zbh as you head out the door, you know youll most likely run into conditions similar to this no matter where you are. Its going to be tough chuck bell is here now to tell us when it may get better. The fog wont be much of an issue after about 7 00 this morning. Well trade fog for rain drops. The rain will mix the fog away. There are thunderstorms near charlottesville, virginia. That storm holds together, it is two hours from being in arlington county. Know that its not going to be an easy commute in this morning. Visibility down under a mile here early this morning. Temperatures are crazy warm. Were already into the upper 50s around washington and 62 right now. The sun is not even up in fredericksburg. 100 chance for rain coming in this morning. May get a little easing up in the rain before lunch time before a Second Chance of rain with chances for thunder again comes in later on this afternoon. So just know that its a code red for your morning and your afternoon commutes today. Well have more sunshine the weekend. Five day forecast coming up. Good morning, melissa. Good morning. Right now taking a live look here. American legion bridge. You can see that fog hanging around in the sky. As chucks been saying, could last until 7 00, 8 00 this morning. 270 at falls road, youre seeing the fog no matter where you are there on 270. The beltway, that is not the beltway south 50. Let me see if i can fix that for you this morning. There we go. Morning. Were looking a little southwest of there around indian head highway earlier. That wasnt so bad either. Brunswick, two vehicle crash there in the intersection. That one hanging around. Well have more on all the fog and a look at 66 coming up. Thank you. 5 14. Our top stories, a man is dead after a shooting outside a virginia grocery store. Police still have not released names of the man that was shot outside that food lion last morning, its possible charges against a man for killing a d. C. Teenager. News 4s erica gone zal says live at d. C. Police headquarters with more on this person of interest in the Brianna Mcmillan murder. Erica . Absolutely reckless, aaron. Thats how police are describing the actions of a man they now have in custody. 30yearold evans turned himself in. Wanted for the unlawful d. C. Police day after thanks giving in broad daylight with a number of people outside was caught on camera firing a gun multiple times. It was just about that same time and in that nearby location that 16yearold Brianna Mcmillan was shot and killed. Whether or not evans fired that deadly shot is simply not clear. That happened on i street in southeast near the Potomac Gardens housing complex. Brianna was in town mom. Family members say everybody loved the teen they called bri. We can tell you this morning that evans is in custody and we could learn a lot more about his fate later today. Live outside d. C. Headquarters, Erica Gonzalez, back to you. Erica, thank you. 5 15 now. New this morning, one escaped inmate is back in custody but another is still on the run. The Santa Clara County sheriffs he and chavez cut through the bars and used bed sheets as ropes to escape from the jail last week. Detectives say that chavez is still out there and that both men will face new charges. D. C. Could soon change the way it handles the homeless. On tuesday, the mayor proposed emergency legislation that would allow the city to turn people away if their last place of residence cant be verified. Right now the citys main homeless shelter is full and the district is spending night on hotel rooms for families that have nowhere else to stay. He says the city cannot verify residency for 12 of people seeking shelter. She says emergency housing should be reserved for d. C. Residence who face true emergencies. Asking the taxpayers of washington, d. C. , to support residence of maryland and virginia is beyond the pale. The proposal must be approved about it d. C. Council. The mayor also plans to clear last year. We are hearing directly from dolly parton about her charity here in washington, d. C. It provides books and free other items for children under the age of 5 selected by dollys Imagination Library charity. 40 of the children in the district have signed up so far. When you ghet a position to help, you should. I think you should choose a charity that is near and dear to your heart. This one was based on, you know, real feelings for me. But smart, smart man. You can find out more about the books from birth Reading Program in the nbc washington app. Search dolly parton. Also tonight, you can watch partons new christmas of many colors movie. It is a sequel to last years coat manufacture colors. It airs after the Rockefeller Christmas tree light wrg parton will perform. Deserving soldiers at walter from president obama. Yesterday the president met with 13 Army Service Members at bethesdas hospital. There he also handed out 13 purple hearts. The president visited the hospital several times each year. It is likely to be an emotional christmas at the white house this season. That is because it is the final holiday there for the first family. First Lady Michelle obama showed off this years holiday deck races. This year theme is the gift of the holidays. But shedi talking about what this year means to her. So before i get choked up, let me officially kick off our final white House Holiday season. If you want to share the joy of giving with your friends and family, just head to our nbc washington Facebook Page where we just posted a special gallery of the white house decorations. How gorgeous does that look, those were very large decorations. Clubbing bell . Hes the real ching. Thing. You just have to be pretty. Its television, you know . But were in weather alert mode. It is a thick fog awaiting you outside this morning. There are two chances for moderate to heavy rain coming your way for the day. So just know that it is going to be rainy and mild. Could have a rumble or thunder early this morning. But its fog first thing that is the main issue. Visibility is now down under a mile for most of Montgomery County, fairfax, loudoun, Prince William, fog here. Out to the blue ridge and shenandoah. Temperatures are in the mild 50s. Temperatures about 20 degrees warmer than average on your way out the door this morning. And well be flirting with 70 degrees later on this afternoon. Whether or not we get to 70 depends on whether or not we can get an extra little peek or two of the sun. Commute. Thunderstorms are now lifting our direction. It will be raining before p 7 00 in everybodys backyard this morning. So already rain now from warrenton to luray. So here is future weather to help time it out. First wave of moderate rain on top of the beltway by 7 00 a. M. This morning. Then another chance for light to moderate rain through 9 00. Betw9 11 00 a. M. And 1 00 this afternoon. Might even get a little peek or two of sunshine. Then the cold front starts to move in. That will bring another chance for some rumbles of thunder between 2 00 and 5 00 this afternoon. And then occasional showers will linger on into the evening hours. So it is not going to be a pretty day. Here is your fiveday forecast. Highs up are of 0s to near 70s. Back to sunshine. Breezy and cooler for tomorrow. And there is a risk of a late day shower, maybe an evening shower. Most of your weekend, melissa, will be dry. That looks like 66 is moving slow. I know. All of this fog here this morning not so pretty. 66 and 29 there in centreville. Just hanging around all over the place today. Eastbound 66 at the exit to the outer loop have a ladder in the right lane. That is going to cause a slowdown there. Youre seeing a little bit of a yellow and orange color instead closed because of a crash. Sound like the car is off the roads. Eastbound 70. Ill see you back here in a few minutes. Sometimes it feels like there arent enough hours to get everything done. Sometimes . Right . Ahead, were going to tell you about some chores can you complete 24 hours a day. But first, a dangerous explosion destroys a home. Were learning now that children . . . . . . . . All the care your family needs. All connected for you. At t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods, weve always believed the holidays should be about joy. Where days are filled with magic, not madness. Its why we have amazing prices on thoughtful gifts, everyday. Imagine waiting for your children to get off the school bus and your hom bursts into flames. That unthinkable thing happened to one new jersey mother. Take a look at this scene here. There was nearly nothing left of that house in orange county, new jersey. All of the flames and smoke happened yesterday afternoon. The mom was inside the home when it exploded. But she managed to climb out of the rubble with i was worried about my kids. I know she was waiting for them to get off the bus. When we saw her with the dog and the kids were still on the bus and on their way home and rerouted to someone elses house. The mother only had cuts and bruises from the incident. The cause of that explosion is under investigation. A deputy in florida is no longer has her left ring finger. She shot it off. Well show you the video. Warning this may be a bit the deputy was defending herself against a pitbull. Can you hear it there. She said it lunged at her. She shot it and took her finger off at the same time. The dog owner says the dog was on a leash and was not dangerous although neighbors say it was. 5 26. It is a weather alert day. Fog advisory in effect across our area. We have Team Coverage to get youou chuck and melissa are back with what you need to know in minutes. Changes coming to the womens march o in washington. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Your top stories at 5 29. It is a weather alert day here. Fog making a tough for drivers all over our area. Chuck bell with the warnings you need to know about. T the death of a 16yearold d. C. Girl is now in police custody. Evans turned himself in last night. Evans was caught on Surveillance Video firing a gun multiple times about the time Brianna Mcmillan was killed. Prek donald trump expected to announce his newest cabinet nominations today. Steve munchin expected to be named treasure secretary and wilbur ross commerce secretary. And House Democrats will congress. Nancy pelosi is fighting to retain her post as the top democrat against ohio congressman tim ryan. 5 30 right now. We need to get right to our Team Coverage on this weather alert day. Take a look at all the fog outside right now. Storm team four meteorologist chuck bell tells whus we can see clearing, chuck. Yeah. The fog will be lifting here over about the next hour and a but we will replace the fog with rain drops whic