Afternoon. Still damp and chilly by the end of the evening. Ive got new hour by hour timing on this rain. Thats coming up in about ten minutes. Melissa has breaking news. This is the problem. Eastbound at 28 on the right side of the roadway, we are blocked with this crash. A fourmile backup. Slow here, as well, nobody for woodbridge. All the green there on your screen, that is radar showing rain falling across the area. 95 in maryland southbound from 32 down to the beltway. You can see you are on time. Same thing northbound. Northbound bw parkway at 50, still have an accident being reported there as well. Earlier problem on 295 as cleared out of the way. Travel times in ten and we are following breaking news. D. C. Police say a man rammed into several parked cars along the route you see here. Justin, whats going on . Good morning. Police want to be very careful here. They say this driver of this mercedes suv was not under pursuit. They say police themselves noticed this car driving erratically on the 1700 block of eight street about 1 00 or so this morning. That is where the video show show you several parked cars were struck. A prince gornlgs detail was struck responding to this scene. Reports that a d. C. Police marked vehicle may have been struck in all of this, as well. This all ends over here at the corner of 17th and benning road northeast here. A pole and police apprehending the driver on the scene right over there. It is unclear at this time if that driver stole thatter car, if the car was stolen or if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. And, of course, people who live on that block have their cars packed over there have a rough morning ahead. 6 03. And today, the 115th congress will be sworn in and they plan to waste no time getting to work. Their agenda resolves around dismantling president obamas Affordable Care act. In. Just 17 days for the first time in had a decade, the gop will have control of the house, the senate and the white house. Among lawmakers being sworn in today are democrats Anthony Brown and jamie ras kifks from maryland. The two incoming congressmen spoke to news 4 brown and raskin expect fights over Corporate Tax cuts, environmental regulations and the Affordable Care act. I think the president will help us get that message out there. Well have to put strong pressure on remember minutes of congress who represent tuns of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people who depend upon these programs. Repeal and replace is not the answer. Thats obviously going to be on the table. Both congressmen elect say they are looking forward to the challenges and are prepared to fight for marylanders. And on the senate side, a smile stone. After 30 years, retired senator Barbara Mcculsky will she filled. In the senate, joe biten will administer the oath of office today. Represents are expected to speaker and he will adminster the oath to Everything Else there. Republicans will hold a large 291194 majority in the house. In the senate, they will have a 5248 seat advantage. Today, d. C. s mayor will call on the new congress to give congresswoman eleanor homes norton some voting rights. The mayor will urge a change in rules the to allow norton to vote on amendments on the house floor. House rules have allowed the congresswoman to vote during three congresses. Some new developments in turkey this morning after the new years eve terror attack. Lets check in with angie goff at the live desk. Right now this morning, remembering the victims. Nato just posted this video on twitter. Investigators continue searching for this man, the man sfd of released a selfie video just days before he went into that turkish nice club and killed 39 people. Isis has claims responsibility for this attack. The examine there are new concerns that the gunman could slip back into syria. Authorities say they are making progress in identifying the suspect. Well stay on top of this developing story. Angie, thank you. It is 6 06. The u. S. Customs and Border Protection agency is back up and running. A fourhour long system outage caused long lines yesterday in miami. At least two people passed out while waiting in line. The agency says people arriving from outside the u. S. Were rossed by hand. We spoke to travelers at dulles who say theyre frustrated. It. It seems like if you have passports and you have scan, look at you and move it on through. Some the process is broken. It is unclear what caused the outage, but customs does not believe the outage was malicious. Youre looking at new video this morning from alabama where a toronto touched down. That storm killed four people in a stinl home. In florida, someone died from heavy rain and flooding. The weather here is calm compared to other parts of the country. Tom kierein is fine tuning your hour by hour forecast and will let us know when we might see a break in the rain. And talk about a bad day at work. The baggage handler who found himself locked in had a cargo area on a flight to d. C. If you happen kids, you know child care is not chooel cheap. And its the story that will have you washing your sheets. Maybe multiple times. Where we rank when it fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. 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 different versions of the perfect song. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Hurry offer ends january 21st. Only from fios. Breaking news. Melissa is following some mashlg backups on 66. Whats going on . Were talking about a fourmile backup inbound at 28. Problems on the right side of the roadway. Some of it has just gone away. Hoping this can get better quickly because right now have been we very slow through there. 95 northbound at 123, brand new crash. In the left lanes. Travel times overall dont look so horrible. 66 inbound is okay from Fairfax County to the beltway. 95 quantityco to the beltway. 270 south is okay and top of the beltway, no major problems. Listen to wtop hop in your car. Tom, tell me this rain is going to slow. Well unfortunately, it will probably start coming down heavier, melissa, and unfortunately we will probably see more spinouts and accidents with our wet roads. The heavier rain you see this these pockets of yellow are generally light rain coming into Northern Virginia, West Virginia, vapsing off to the north and east. There is a lot more to come here through the rest of the morning and into the afternoon. Right now, the pavement is wet all around the entire metro area. Temperatures are hovering in the low the to mitt 40s right now. Going forward hour by hour, thats when were going to see mott rat rain coming through. Maybe a heavy, brief down poor around noon time and passing north and east of the metro area by early afternoon. Beg changes on the way for the end of the week. Maybe a little bit of snow and a frigid pattern for the thank you, tom. Tomorrow, the South Carolina shooter he dylann roof will try to convince a jury that he should not be put to death. Yesterday, a judge ruled that roof is competent to serve as his own attorney. The penalty phase will begin tomorrow. Last month, the same jury convicted roof on 33 chargeser for the 2015 massacre that left nine people dead. The jury will decide between life in prison or the death penalty. A queen ann county deputy is improving after a shooting last week. He was involved in a call of a domestic dispute. He is now able to stand up with help and he is scheduled for another surgery this week. 6 13 our time right now. A the latest push to get crime out of one d. C. Nature. She was telling people about about the private Security Camera incentive program. It will reimburse homeowners up to 500 to put up Security Cameras. Some people tell us, though, that cameras wont stop the crime. Do you think peoples packages stop getting stolen when they see cameras on the porch . They put a mask on, what is a camera going to do . Just yesterday morning, Police Say Two masks people shot and robbed a man on north 21st street. That is man is okay. It right now, it is still not clear how a baggage hammer ended up getting locked in the cargo hold. Prior to an investigation by the tsa, there were concerns about whether he was a baggage handler or a stowaway. He had on a work even though they had wont be taking part in the playoffs, the red skin res doing some good with they are gear. 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Northbound 5 at shortcut road, crash on the left lane there and as we look at the beltway, it is wet all over the place. Remember, this green means we have rain falling so were going to have to work those windshield wipers this morning. But the beltway is pretty much behavioring itself right now. I love how you can sooerch superimpose the radar on melissas map now. So cool. And you said the rain is the ravens has arrived and will be with us for much of the day ahead. Waiting at the metro and for the but the bus this morning, youll be happy you have an umbrella. Right now, pockets of heavier downpours. Right now, those areas of yelling coming down into southern and central parts of virginia. Along 91 from near lou ray up towards winchester. The rest of Northern Virginia and the district and into married. West virginia, as well, is getting rain and temperatures are all above freezing there. How much rain will we get by the time this ends this evening . Maybe up to an inch. All this area in blue is anywhere from three quarters of an inch to an inch. Right now, were in the low 40s in washington. Mid forty around the bay. Shenandoah valley is in the upper 30s near 40. I rain coming through. Well have the rain tapering off by 6 00 p. M. By 10 00 tonight, damp and championship chilly. Might have lingering dressel tonight. Nice change on wednesday. Morning clouds giving away to afternoon sun. Ought to make it into the low to mid 50s tomorrow and plunge to the 20s by dawn on thursday. Lies. Only low 40s on thursday with increasing clouds and then some light snow may be moving in late thursday night into early friday morning. A few snow showers. Little accumulation mainly on grassy areas. Likely the pavement will be above freezing. Then here comes the polar plunge for the weekend into monday. Each day, highs only near freezing and morning lows in the low to mid 20s. And it will stay dry, though. As we get into next week, a bit of a warming trend. 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Two problems still hanging around there on 95 near 123 northbound, crash on the right side and 95 northbound after lorton, crash in the left lane. New problem in northwest and tom kierein, tell me this rain is not going to get worst. It is probably going to get heavier. Your best friend today will probably be your umbrella as we will have rain continuing to fall throughout much of the day. Right now, getting some pockets of heavy ir rain. A couple of other pockets of derate to heavy downpours now, southern maryland, st. Marys county, the Northern Neck. This is advancing to the north and east. Right now, suburbs, the district and Northern Virginia. Some of this had more moderate rain is going to move on in towards the next half hour or so. Late in the morning, were going to have moderate downpours by mid to late morning. No freezing issues and no ice. Four things to know for the week ahead, wet tuesday, colder on thursday, light snow thursday night into friday morning. Mainly on grassy areas. Have an update on that this half hour and a look at that cold plunge this weekend. Tom, thank you. Breaking nut right now in northeast washington. Police arrested a man they say drove into several cars. It started on eighth street northeast just after 1 00 and ended on benning road. A live report before the man who was driving coming up at 6 45. Petro Transit Police officers not letting riders skip paying those fares. There is a crackdown under way to catch people wh adam is live now with a look at metros newest crime stats. Good morning. Good morning and happy new year to you. This has been a problem all across the metro system. People who simply dont pay to enter the metro rail system. That is a big problem. A lot of people will jump over the fair gates. Some will go through the swing gates without paying and thats something that results in millions of dollars lost every year for metro. But a new Enforcement Effort could be working. Acoring to metros most recent statistics, theyve had over 6100