Inside the complex. Leslie, how is it looking out there . Reporter you know, theres a lot of activity out here, bruce and deb. If you listen closely you can hear the music. Im standing in the observatory. Theres a lot of activity as People Get Ready for this party for vips at 8 00. If you go downstairs and take picture what s and ornaments reflect your picture in it. This cost 1. 4 billion to build. It has restaurants, a theater and the casino. We had an opportunity to kind of drive around the entire casino on the way here. It is massive. 1. 7 million square feet. Sky 9 has a view right now of what youre going to see when you come out perspective on just how big this complex is. Also weve been talking about traffic. It took us about an hour and 20 minutes in northwest washington to get here. The struggle is real. We will tell you what you can expect inside and the traffic expect ed to go scott broom is checking in with people in the resort. Reporter lots of last minute preparations. The very first of the people lining up for that 11 00 opening tonight after, leslie, you get to go to the great vip preparty that starts early. Its been a Long Time Coming for this. Almostly exactly four years since the Maryland Gaming Commission gave the thumbs up go ahead to the mgm at this location. As you to the public at 11 00 this evening. Welcome to the mgm. 3600 eager work ers ready to go, gusts already arriving and blown out of the water. Just walking in and seeing, you know, the splender and how extravagant and beautiful this casino is and everything there is around it, i mean, its just phenomenal. So exciting. Outside there are finishing touches on this 1. 4 billion construction job going in. The crew laying out the green carpet trying to get the turf down by deadline time. Its down to the wire but under control. Prince georges county police are here in force to manage traffic and just the newness of the thing. Shoppers at the near by Tanger Outlets feeling the buzz. I think its awesome for the revenue. I want to see the shops, eat, the gambling, everything. Its rubbing off on the Prince Georges County executive who first opposed gambling here in prince georges and then changed his mind if it came where a major resort Development Like this. And this is what is going to happen if you, you know, set the standards high. Reporter the promised delivery on all of this to our community and region, 3,600 jobs, at least 50 of them g t county here. About 35 to 40 million in direct revenue annually, half of that will be earmarked to schools. It all depends on people showing up indeed people have been showing up today. You saw the lady from detroit. Theres people from around the world here this evening. Ive seen people from Asian Countries and south american countries coming to this opening tonight. People to keep oncoming into the region to this attraction is looking pretty good. Reporting live at the mgm resort and casino, scott broom, wusa 9. Reporter a lot of High Expectations for this phase here. Scott, thank you so much. And todays festivities kicked off with a rousing performance earlier today. An electric violinist here it was amazing. It occurred here. . . [ music ] . . Reporter all right. So we got a number of things to anticipate here today. Of course as you saw the electric violinist. All sorts of events Delia Gonclaves has been here all week long giving us the inside look at what we can anticipate. She got a chance to see things that we have not seen yet. Hes outside of the casino tonight to bring us that part of the story. Hey, delia. Reporter hey, less lie leslie, not a bad gig inside or outside. The place is pretty impressive. This hotel tower, 24 stories, all glass on the outside. It sits on prime real estate here at the National Harbor. In fact, it was selling point mgm executives said. Once they came up on this site that was just a gravel plot at this time they knew they were sitting on gold. A lot of the hotel rooms have views of the capitol and the Washington Monument and even though Opening Weekend is booked i have your sneak peak. I used to play in the fields thats now National Harbor. Now austin homemade is selling what was once a dream. Shows off her new dig, the grand ballroom and her 1200 seat meeting space. Its the focal point of the property. They were conducting touring for county leaders raentd r residents. Im xooit ed county leaders and residents. Im excited about it. It features 30 0 roops with views. Rooms with views. It has art from local square feet in the state of the union in the suite. Therest a spa is a spa also. The signal this sends to businesses is this is really the place to be. For us its very personal and exciting. I think for everyone that im talking to other than what the traffic will be, which will be bananas for a few weeks and then the new norm and then we go on. That summed up the traffic, it will be bananas for a little bit and then well adjust and get used to the new norm. The fire chief, who i saw earlier today, said this is just like a high priority big event that is happening every single day. So coming up at 6 00 more on the jobs and some of the local folks who are working here including some former First Responders who leslie. Reporter thats right, delia. They want Prince Georges County residents to have a big part of this. Thank you so much. Well see you at 6 00. If gambling is not your thin theres something to do here at the mgm National Harbor. Theres a 27,000 foot spa and salon filled with all kinds of the conservatory its 15,000 square feet with a floral attraction with 150,000 flowers. It will change with the seasons. Theres an inhouse art Program Featuring more than 70 local and National Artists and one of those is singer bob dylan with his first perm gnat dis the rs now back to topper to tell you how to dress tonight out here. The cold est air of the season is here. 41 tomorrow. Monday we go back into the mid 50s with some showers rolling in after the cold weekend. Tuesday back in the upper 40s and dry. Okay. This is what we want to talk about, the wind chills. At 8 00 tonight already wind chills in the 20s in the suburbs. Its going to feel like its 24 in even downtown it will feel like the low 30s. Look what happens by the morning. This is 6 00 a. M. Early time at the bus stop, feelings like 14 in gaithersburg, 17 in leesburg, 15 in hagerstown and 17 in cumberland. Doesnt get much better. By lunchtime never gets out of the 20s in the northern and western suburbs. Only about 30 downtown. So, again, dress in layers and dress for the wind chills tomorrow. A coat, gloves, hat and scarf kind of day. And clouds approaching on sunday. What that could mean to your monday morning commute. Thank you, topper. Surveillance cameras in northeast dc capture a brutal attack on tape. Wusas janice park tells us that police are still looking for the three suspects who left a man for dead on the street. Im standing just a few blocks from union market. This video shows a man being repeatedly punched and kicked in the head. Tonight dc police attackers. Moore street is quiet today, in sharp contrast to november 26th. Now they have beaten him up. Its hard to watch. Surveillance video shows an Armed Robbery that happened around 3 00 a. M. Three suspects are seen pulling the victim to the ground. Police say they used a gun to demand money. The victim is hit over and over again in the head. The attack doesnt stop there. The suspects kick and punch again before retreating to their car. Scary because its close there was three people jumping an innocent person. Jeff works near by and said this area during the day is busy with customers looking for items. At night the land scrape scape changes drasly. Drasly changes drastically. At night it changes. After 4 00 everybody goes a way. Its quiet. Dc police are still looking for three persons of interest phone, debit card and passport who sped away in this car. Its video footage that those working around here wont soon forget. Its hard for me to comprehend how another human can hurt another human. If you have any information you are asked to call dc police. There is a 10,000 reward. Near union market, janice park, wusa 9. Its tough to watch. The condition of the victim is unknown at this hour. The countrysst driver and shes speaking out about it now on social media. Minnesota representative omar said the driver called her isis and threatened to remove her hijab. It happened after a white house meeting on criminal justice reform. She said the cabbie doesnt touch her but shes still shaken about the incident. Omar won the minnesota house this fall and will be sworn into office next month. We are just Getting Started here on wusa 9 news at 5 00. With the best routes to avoid while visiting the mgm resort tonight. Plus a look at musical acts thats we can expect over the next few weeks. Plus, new details about an 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. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cbs news has learned that president elect donald trump will nominate andrew pusner of secretary of labor. He runs hardies and carls junior restaurants. Hes been a vocal critic of running the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour. Tonight trump will attend rally in ohio for his latest stop in the thank you tour. Police officer and wound another in georgia has taken his own life. The officers were responding to a Domestic Violence call in americas, georgia. A man who fired shouting inside the comet pingpong in northwest dc will be back in court next tuesday. A judge delayed a hearing for 28yearold Edgar Madison welsh to his attorney can review the case. He said he drove to basement. He was prompted by a fake news story. More snow and bitter temperatures for parts of the midwest. Heavy snow hit denver over night. Near whiteout conditions led to crashes. North dakota looks like a frozen tundra. This bismark man has been trapped for days. We get dumped on a lot but not like this. This is unusual for us. Have you been able to leave your house . There . Yes, we do. We are okay sglchls this. This woman tried to scale a wall of snow at her front door before rethinking her decision. Yeah. I dont know. She didnt get very far. Is that enough snow for you . Thats a lot of snow, especially for them. You know, places like the dakotas get a lot of snow. They get a lot of 3 to 5 inches but not a whole lot of foot to 2 feet storms. Its cold and more snow is heading their way actually. I hate to say that. More sno actually, its the truth. Now as far as we are concerned, the coldest air is here kind of seeping into the metro area right now. Wind chills are falling. Thats the key to the forecast tomorrow and the key to your comfort. Dress for the wind chills tomorrow. Lets talk about the 3 degree guarantee. I thought that we would see more sun today. The clouds hung tough through the afternoon. We knew it would be cloudy in the morning but i thought more sun in the afternoon. We went for 50 for a high. Ill let you know how we did tonight at 11 00. I think 45 right now. Remember the dew point yesterday in the mid 30s . Now its in the mid teens. Thats a dry air mass and winds gusting out of the northwest at 23 miles per hour. Here comes our cold air. Wind chills right now not bad downtown. It feels like 38. North and west it feels like 26 in hagerstown, feels like 25 in winchester. Again, this is the temperature and the wind combined. It feels like 10 in oakland and 10 in davis in the valle wind chills in 20s by 8 00. Wind chills tomorrow morning mainly in the teens to start. So keep that in mind. Do the battle with the kids tonight before tomorrow morning, lay out the gloves and sweatshirts and scarves. Tomorrow morning all day the wind chill is not above freezing. 25 to 32. Then wind chills tomorrow night if you have plans will be in the 20s again. So winds are going to be the future cast, i hesitate to show this. Dont Pay Attention to the temperatures because dress for the wind chills. Tomorrow morning 25 in gaithersburg, 31 downtown. By 9 00 we are in the low to mid 30s. Yeah, youre seeing a lot of snow west of the divide out towards oak lapd. By lapd oakland. By 1 00 at 41. Dont let that deceive you. Maybe 35 in Silver Spring, even 34 as i want to focus on the wind chills. So at 6 00 tomorrow morning its going to feel like its 17 in leesburg and 14 to 15 in gaithersburg. By lunchtime only 32 downtown. So that 41 is a deceiving number. Focus on the 32. Look at the 20s to the north and the west. Then by about this time tomorrow night its going to feel like its 24 in frederick, 24 in manassas and even 26 in fredericksburg and even 26 down the day planner goes like this, clear as a bell, the low 30s to start. 37 by 11 00 and then we pop up to 41. That northwest wind at 18 will make it feel like its about 30. Now, very cold on saturday. The good news, not much wind. 40. So very cold for the army and navy game in baltimore. Afternoon clouds on sunday, 44 degrees. Next 7 days. I suppose we could have a flake on sunday night but i think mainly its a rain event. Temperatures dive again. Next wednesday in the upper 30s. Burrr. Now to Prince Georges County for the grand opening of the mgm casino and resort. Leslie foster is heading upthe coverage out there inside the complex. Hey, leslie. Reporter hey, there. The doors open for vip and county leaders and everybody associated with this grand place will be here for a party starting at traffic could make it really, really messy and really interesting. County leaders have been warning about that for weeks. Our wusa 9 traffic anchor ellen brian has some advice to get around it all. Today we are having the opening of mgm National Harbor. You know this is an area that especially during the holidays is already congested with a lot of traffic. Not only do we have the National Harbor but the outlet mall. So at so a lot of and 95. Especially 210. The inner loop of the beltway congested. 295 heading into dc also congested. If your plan is to get to mgm for Opening Weekend, 395 southbound is your best bet from dc. Take it to 295 south, take exit 1b, National Harbor boulevard. Coming from virginia, 495 eastbound is the best bet for you. Exit 2a or 2b. Park underneath mgm. Its going to be a circle all the way. Theres also Valet Parking and four entrances. When i sat down with mgm they said think outside of the box, maybe take metro today to king street or branch avenue. You can take metro bus. If youre coming from maryland take nh1 and coming from virginia take nh2. Travel for several weeks so be careful out there. Reporter to help you get around this weekend Prince Georges County is going to send out alerts. Its called alert prince georges. You sign up for it online. It will tell you about traffic and everything that you need to know. You can sign up for that on our wusa 9. Lets talk about music now. Everybody wants to know about who is going to be out here performing. Where he reported we reported on the big acts coming to the mgm. Boys ii men one week from today and then bruno mars, cher and ricky martin are schedule today . . . . . Tonight we are learning more about a sexual attack at the Water Front Park in georgetown. We have a composite sketch tonight. The man grabbed his victim he was able to get away. This happened on october 19th. U. S. Park police are just telling us about this today. The suspect is in his early 20s. Call police if you think that you can help. A rockville man was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for raping a f passed out. Prosecutors say 22yearold Richard Morris was out drink with three friends. After they wept they went back to one of the friends home. The female victim got sick, vomited and she was placed in a guests bed fully clothed. She said she woke up to him raping her twice he to 5 years probation and 5 years in prison. A follow up to a story we first brought you yesterday about a homeless woman living in her car in northern virginia. He was putting the safety and well being of her elderly dog before her own need. Leslie fields could not secure a job because she didnt want to leave her 12 and a halfyearold dog penny home in the car alone. We received an out pouring of support for leslie. She has job offers tonight. One viewer is putting her up in a she cant wait to sleep in a warm bed and take a hot bath. You can help too. We have a link to her go fund me account on our wusa news app. Generosity. This mornings raw weather did not stop hundreds of people from trying to get Affordable Housing in dc. Right after the break we are back live at National Harbor for the grand opening of the new mgm casino and resort in Prince Georges County. We are going to have reporter all right. So heres the capitol wheel all lit up in its splender and glory outside of the National Harbor. So much to see here. Of course when you come inside where i am at the mgm National Harbor theres a ton to see in here. The casino of course is the center piece of it all. There is so much more here including art. Reporter hi, less lie. We are actually below leslie and we have been standing here all day long looking at these beautiful sculptures here. Theres im told 150,000 flowers here which is just incredible to think about. Its absolutely gorgeous. This is called the winder wonderland reflection. Im told this is the Perfect Place to take selfies. I