Second. Just since i started talking, 45 acres, gone. Back to you. That is staggering. 4 31. A man charged with shooting at a Montgomery County church twice is in jail. Police arrested Peter Banfield on wednesday after getting a tip from someone who attends new life seventh day add ven tis church. They say he shot into the church in batgaithersburg twice last month. The shooting of an unarticled d. C. Man is being called unjustified after they found out brian trainer violated the policy. The d. C. Review board says the officer should be fired. Police were chasing sterling in september of 2016. Officers say sterlings motorcycle ran into a cruiser. Thats when trainer fired two shots killing transparent about this. He has 55 Business Days to either accept the recommendation he be fired or challenge it by requesting a hearing. A major u. S. Foreign policy change sh developing this morning. Today President Trump is expected to recognize jerusalem as israeli capital. Israel already recognizes jerusalem as its capital city, however, the International Community does not because palestinians also claim jerusalem as their capital. This also means the u. S. Embassy in tel aviv could be moved to jerusalem, but that could take several years. U. S. Allies in europe, including france, oppose the change in policy and believe the decision will hurt relations with muslim countries. Today donald trump jr. Will be on the hot seat on capitol hill. Hell appear to answer questions about his direct contacts with people connected to the kremlin. The committee is looking into russia and the Trump Campaign during the 2016 election. D. R. E. A. M. Ers will protest outside the capitol. They daca protects more than 700,000 young people brought to this country as children without proper documentation. Without a new bill, d. R. E. A. M. Ers will start losing protection from deportation on march 25th. To the new express lanes inside the beltway. Many are surprised at how expensive these tolls are. We were talking about 30 1k3 up to 40 yesterday. As a matter of fact, it was 6 00 a. M. Yesterday when actually, about 8 00 a. M. When it hit 40 for individual drivers come into d. C. The tolls are keeping the traffic moving, not everyone is on board. Theres a Loudoun County supervisor whos drafting a resolution to shri back to four hours. We have more on who is using these lanes and paying the tolz. Later tonight we get to celebrate another annual holiday tradition in the district, the capitols Christmas Tree lighting. Around 5 00, speaker of the house paul ryan will light the tree on the capitol lawn. Its nearly 80 feet tall and came all the way from montana. Well show you that lighting live tonight during news4 at 5 00. Are all the lees lit around the area . The wharf tree you did at Capitol Center d. C. , the national, the capitol, rockefeller right. Were all lit. 4 34 in the morning. Well check on your weather and traffic once again. Another look at the cold weather moving in in just a second. First, though, we to want go to melissa and breaking news in first traffic. Breaking news in Montgomery County. Take a look at this video we just got into the news ro again, two vehicles that looks involved in this crash in aspen hill. Let me tell you what is closed because it could be shut down for a while. Take a look at the map. Were talking about Georgia Avenue shut down both ways between aspen hill road and ripling brook drive. It occurred in the area of hewitt avenue if youre familiar with that area in silver springs. Happened around 2 00 a. M. Could be in place for some time. Spill way looking okay here, inner loop and outer loop, everything moving along fine. No major problems and no construction or anything like that. Right now, 270 southbound, 70 to the spur, you are on time, same thing headed northbound. Good morning, chuck and sheena. Good morning. Looking at a cold front moving through the area right now, which is why the rain i was about to walk away. Did you like that move . Very subtle, but im actually just stretching. Going to do some weather ill lung over to the wall. Here i go. Well, this morning rain has already moved through. This is part of the cold front. We height have a few sprinkles left over if youre farther south and east of the district but a lot of this rain will continue to move away. Eventually it will take the clouds with it. Theres that cold front. Our winds have switched so the cooler air will be moving in. For now, though, were just going to stay dry with more clouds around when you wake up and walk outside. Still chilly this morning, about the mid40s and breezy. The winds are up out there, too, but were really not going to be warming up today. Once we see temperatures, temperatures will be struggling to rise and colder into the weekend. Lets jump into the weekend forecast. Good morning. Yes, indeed, everyone is getting excited about the chance of a snowflake being spotted here. Even our smiling lumberjack. I have a present for you, how about a chance for snow showers. Its not like well be measuring snow. This will be conversational amounts just a snow fury or snow shower, no major accumulations possible with temperatures up near 40 degrees. 40 is cold enough to support snow as it comes down out of the sky. Just not cold enough to stick to the ground. On sunday, colder still. We get the sunshine back but highs on sunday will probably stay in the mid30s. Quite a cold weekend coming. The cold pattern continues into next week as well. Well show you the tenday coming up in a few more minutes. Back to the news. Thank you. Disturbing new information about a story we first brought you as breaking news. What were learning about the victim found inside a burning home in the district. It was supposed to be her dream day but one bride says her Wedding Dress is turning into a nightmare. The dress drama that left her chasing a shipment across a country for a month. There are a lot of scary things that cause a flight to make an Emergency Landing. The unusual reason a crosscountry flight h to makead when you got to go, you got to go. Everyone has had those emergency moments. When you need to find a bathroom quickly, parents, it seems to happen right after you ask the kids if they need to make a pit stop. Every time. When its crowded and a long line at the bathroom. Today were learning a crosscountry flight made an Emergency Landing for a bathroom break. Stop it. A de to washington had to stop in montana. Turned out the planes toilets filled up and passengers couldnt hold it any longer. Delta said there wasnt a gate available. Ground cruise had to roll a stairway so passengers could get off, devote, disembark to relieve builtup pressures. Imagine the alternative if the plane hadnt stopped and no bathroom to use. Hold it. All of those were going to hold it . Like i said, imagine the alternative. That would be ugly. Whos cleaning that up . A local woman staying hopeful that later today shell finally have her Wedding Dress delivered. Her wedding is 3 1 2 weeks away. We told you about this last night. She purchased her Wedding Dress in california, then had it shipped to her home in Northern Virginia a month ago. U. P. S. Tracking said the dress was out for delivery for weeks. Across the country. When i asked why, im told that its been sent to the wrong center, maam. But theres absolutely no explanation for why. That happened to me. No explanation with amazon. After spending hours on the phone with u. P. S. And getting nowhere, she heard positive news yesterday. The bride will be reunited with her dress later today. Can you imagine . The stress and panic trying to track down your wedding gown. This is not just your any old dress. Socks and underwear you order from amazon this is the address. The dress. That youll wear one time and shove in the back of your closet for all of eternity. Im glad she found her dress and everything will be okay. Rain moving out, cold moving in. What do you have . Pretty much. The cold front is moving through. Well see those changes on today. Heres a live k. Not locally, thats for sure. Well take a closer look at your forecast and what to expect for the weekend coming up. Were also following a developing story right now as President Trump gets ready to break from a longstanding u. S. Policy. Major announcement expected in just a few hours when we go live to capitol hi. Ll z2m7ez z16fz y2m7ey y16fy snud we continue to follow breaking news in Montgomery County where a major route is shut on down after a major accident. Justin finch is headed to the scene. Follow him on twitter for updates as well as your first 4 traffic. Fired up for and against roy moore. Whos coming to the embattled candidates side and whos willing to get out his checkbook for someone in the opposite party . And the c just take a look at the temperatures. A lot of people are waking up to this morning. People need to bundle up, really bundle up, the first time in a few days here. Oh, wait until you see the weekend forecast. We have a couple of snow flurry chances in there, too, depending on where you live. This morning when you walk outside, youll notice the wet roads, the bus stop temperatures in the mid40s and youll notice they wont be rising much today. Well take a closer look at the colder air following all of this coming up. Thank you. To the new express lanes on i66 inside the beltway. A Loudoun County supervisor who describes it as inappropriate and says only mega millionaires can afford it. Despite the high prices, the tolls have traffic moving at a good pace on 66. News 4 Meagan Fitzgerald is in vienna with more on the numbers and reaction. Good morning. Reporter d fairfax who has choice words but he calls the hike in tolls unacceptable because were talking some 40 to travel along the i66 corridor. Its unexpected and extremely high cost for a lot of folks to get to work. According to vdot, the prices during the morning rush open up around 11 and close at 15. 75. A trip along that ninemile corridor range from 3. 75 at 5 40 in the morning all the way to 40 bucks a couple of hours later at 8 06 a. M. Heres what supporters of the tolls are pointing to. The average speed was 54 Miles Per Hour compared to 37 Miles Per Hour just last year this time. That certainly suggests traffic is moving along, along the i66 corridor during rush hour. Thats the goal but folks like representative hugo upwards of 40 to travel on this toll here is unacceptable and thats why he says he is working on drafting legislation to try and change that. Back to you. Meagan fitzgerald, thank you. A major u. S. Foerp policy change is developing this will morning. This morning President Trump is expected to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. Tracie potts is live on capitol hill to explain why this is such a controversial decision. Good morning. Reporter good morning. It would change longstanding u. S. Policy. Were hearing from nato allies, jordan, turkey, saudi arabia, there could be fallout, demonstrations and even violent protests because not only does israel consider jerusalem the capital, so does palestine. The embassy currently in tel aviv would move but not immediately. Fulfilling a Campaign Promise to move the embassy to jerusalem, but were being told that could take several years as they try to figure out where the site is going to be, construction. So, that part the president is expected today wont happen immediately. Back to you. Tracie potts on the hill this morning, thank you. Im Chris Lawrence at the live desk. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to speak at annual jerusalem conference and coming on the same day donald trump is expected to recognize jerusalem as the capital of jerusalem. The president plans to instruct the state department to begin the process of moving the American Embassy to tel aviv to the holy city, at that could take several years. The decision was made despite intense opposition from arab, muslim and some european nations as well. The white house schedule shows President Trump is expected to make the statement on jerusalem at 1 00 this afternoon. Well be following this for you back to you. Thank you, chris. Its 4 49. Former white house adviser steve bannon is unleashing attacks on democrats and republicans. He was fired up at a rally for Alabama Senate candidate roy moore last night. Several women have accused moore of inappropriate sexual behavior. Moore denies those allegations. Last night bannon took aim at moores democratic challenger doug jones and former gop president ial candidate mitt romney. Judge roy moore has more honor and integrity in his pinkie finger than your whole family does in their dna. Jones says men who hurt little girls should go to jail and not the United States senate. Arizona senator jeff flake caused a social media buzz when he tweeted this 100 check made out to Jones Campaign with, country over party. Firefighters rushed to the scene of this house in an explosion. This shows you whats left on the woodlawn homes. Adjacent homes were also damaged. Authorities say there were no reported injuries, though. No word on what caused the explosion and fire. New details about a suspicious fire and the man found hurt inside. D. C. Fire crews found the man on the floor of the third street home last night with his arms restrained behind him and severe injuries to his face. Police believe someone beat him and then set the place on fire around 7 00 p. M. The victim was taken to the hospital and remains in critical condition. 4 51. This next story is something that is devastating, especially during a holiday season. We brought you this as breaking news. Hundreds of u. P. S. Packages were destroyed or waterlogged at a facility in fredericksburg late were also damaged in the fire. No word on how the fire started. U. P. S. Is contacting effected customers. If youre waiting on a box from u. P. S. , you might want to check the tracking number and find out more about it. Remember the couple who says their religion gives them the right to take over any property they wish . A judge is now adding fraud to the charges against them. Antonio bay and mia caldwell were caught on camera. The couple was in court yesterday. Prosecutors told a judge they are likely to try a third time and asked for them to stay in jail until their trial. Jt let them go because neither has criminal records. President trump is arguably twitters most highprofile users. According to stats, none of his tweets made the wendys for free chicken nuggets. They said okay if he could get 18 million retweets. He didnt quite get to that but he got the most retweets, surpassing ellens famous selfie i think wendys should have given them to him. President obama had the top third. And his farewell and well wishes to john mccain. One top ten involved President Trump but it was lebron james with a response after mr. Trump rescinded steph currys invitation to the white house. 5 53. Back to breaking news on the roads. Were following an accident on a very busy road for commuters. What happened . We just found out from was a fatal crash before 2 00 a. M. This morning. A couple hours ago. This means Georgia Avenue and aspen hill still shut down. Lets take a live look if we can right now. So you can see this in the distance. That closure a little closer to the intersection as well. Georgia avenue shut down both ways between aspen hill roads and ripring hills drive. Well bring you a live report coming up. Thank you. Its going to be a mess for people driving through that area. Keep an eye on that. In the meantime, i saw the thermometer in my car go up this morning. Yes. I would not be surprised. This will be the warmest it will be all day. On our High Temperature for the day is in the rearview mirror. It happened just after midnight. The cooler air will settle in. It wont be bitter cold during the day today but the colder air keeps getting more and more reinforcing shots. Take a look back. Weve not m years. Last year we had to wait until january 30th to get our first inch of snow in what was a snowchallenged winter. The 201415 winter we had to wait until january 22nd for the first inch but that turned into 24 inches of snow with the big blizzard. Back in march of back in 2013, we had to wait all the way until the end of march before we got our first inch of snow. So, it has been tough to get snow around here the last couple of years in the month of december. Right now it is 51 degrees. Thats above our average High Temperature already. But northwest winds will bring colder air in during the course of the day. Mid40s now in Montgomery County. Near 40 in frederick, maryland. Upper 30s across the shenandoah valley. Temperatures pretty much hovering where they are or trending downward. Well get sunshine back later on. The rain chances are coming to an end very quickly. Still a few lingering drops in Southern Maryland early this morning. But that also will not last t cloudy and mild now. Well turn into sunny, breezy and chilly later in the day. Heres your tenday forecast, keeping in mind 50 is average. Tomorrow, mid to upper 40s. Highs barely above 40 degrees for friday and saturday with snow showers possible. Not likely to get our first inch. Heres a shot of snow chances coming in tuesday but that doesnt look like an inch just yet. So average, thats not bad. Thank you. 4 56. The closures that have some people downright outraged. The area shut down of several five guys restaurants and its not because of health or safety reasons. A local couple hopes when they walk out to their car this morning the tires are still on it. The recent rash of burglaries yeah, i just saved a whole lot of money by swhuh. Ing to geico. We should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico insures way more than cars. Boats, motorcycles. Even rvs geico insures rvs . Whats an rv . Uh, the thing weve been stuck on for five years wait, im not a real moose . . Weve been over this, jeff. Were stickers im not a real moose . Give him some space. Deep breaths, jeff. Whats a sticker . . Take a closer look at geico. This next story might impact your dinner plans. Three locations of the five guys restaurant chain are shut down because the owners allegedly failed to pay 530,000 in sales taxes. The restaurants are on i street in northwest, Second Street in southeast and the owners say it was forced to cancel the sales tax certificates, which are required to operate. Imagine walking out the door this morning and finding your car sitting on concrete tires. Were hearing from one adelphi couple who says it happened to them twice in one week. It happened and then they replaced the tires and bought a top of the line alarm system. The alarm went off but the thieves still managed to pull the job off. Prince georges county police say these type of crimes are on the rise. That breaking news, a Traffic Alert as you start your wednesday morning. Busy Georgia Avenue closed after a deadly crash. We have Team Coverage to get you around this situation. And developing now, shot by a babysitter, a child hospitalized after a gun goes off inside a home. Plus, Major International news. President trump preparing for an announcement on israel thats already causing an uproar overseas
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