When you have bad traffic, its hard to stay sane for too long. The next light is already red usually. Then you have to wait at the next one. People speed past you and have to stop at the light. Were all here together now. The forecast is looking good, especially if you like the mild weather. 41 degrees right now in washington. Almost everybody is above 50 except manassas. Theyve dropped to 30 degrees. Still chilly. You want a jacket. You might want to shed the jacket in the afternoon. 39 degrees right now clinton. 40 quantico. 35 gaithersburg. 41 in leesburg. As you are leaving the house, nice dry roads. No rain in the forecast today. But we have nice mild temperatures. Were going to be back in the 50s. Look at the radar. Were nice and dry. We dont have rain in the forecast for quite a while. Not until we approach the weekend. A closer look at that forecast coming up and milder temperatures ahead. Letec hopefully not too bad. Not too bad. A couple of things happening. Shady grove road, a crash this morning. Eastbound, eastwest highway between chillum manor and riggs road in hiyatthyattsville. Molette green will be there soon. We have people that come to our area to work in the morning. 70 near 615, traffic is stopped in both directions. A bad crash. You have to go south to get to west virginia. 95 north quantico to the beltway, on time there. 66 Miles Per Hour. Going to take you 18 minutes up to the beltway. Guys. Thank you, melissa. Developing this morning, a major power outage brought the worlds Busiest Airport to a standstill. You could hear the cheers the moment the lights came back on at Hartsfield Jackson international in atlantaest yesterday. It came at the start of this busy travel season. Passengers were stuck in the one person described it as pandemonium. You heard that. People yelling to find each other because they couldnt see. This impacted every aspect of how the airport works, computers didnt have flight information, restaurants closed. Even the vending machines didnt work. Georgia power says a fire in an underground electrical facility may have caused this outage. Over the next few days the outage in atlanta will impact your Holiday Travel plans no matter where youre flying. Airlines have o reschedule more than a thousand flights that were delayed or canceled yesterday. News 4s justin finch is live with update on the number of delays this morning. Hey, justin. Reporter hey there, aaron. So far a smooth start to the monday morning travel season here at reagan. Lines are moving at a pretty good clip. That could be due in part to the cancellation that were seeing of flights from atlanta to our area. Also going in the area as well. Take a look on the board. Were seeing so far five canceled flights out of reagan going to atlanta. Only one leaving on time. That southwest flight at 6 10. We can tell you that 3 flights are due to arrive. They had to cancel some 300 flights so far. Theyre hoping to get back online in some way or form by the afternoon today. We did speak with a woman who found out sunday here at reagan that her flight was going to be canceled. Of course, you can imagine she was not happy to hear that. It was all because of, as you mentioned, that power blackout in atlanta. I do have a dog thats boarded. Its going to be an extra day of cost with the boarding and extra day of cost with the parking. I had a doctors appointment. Thats going to be fun to try to reschedule. Other than tha wont hit me with a no show fee. I couldnt help it. Reporter as you heard there, its going to cost her a bit more. The relief is that delta and other carriers are waiving that travel change fee for your ticket. At least between sunday and monday if youre traveling. You also want to make sure that you check with your carrier before getting to the airport. Though it may not be canceled for you today, it could be affected by the network of cancellations and delays were seeing across the country because of that power outage down in atlanta. Were live here at reagan, im justin finch. News 4. Back to you. Justin, thank you. Take a look at live radar of planes across the country this morning. This is from flight aware. The Atlanta Airport stayed open all night accepting incoming flights. Make sure you check your flight status before you head to the airport. Well keep you updated in the nbc washington app. President trump is back in to camp david. A top lawyer for his Transition Team accused a Government Agency of unlawfully turning over thousands of emails to special Counsel Robert Mueller. This is part of the russia election meddling investigation. President trump says he does not plan to fire mueller. No, im not. No. What else . Are you surprised . President trump cannot technically fire mueller. He could order for his dismis l dismissal. The only person who could fire mueller would be deputy u. S. Attorney general rob rosenstein. He told the iteam that hes satisfied with the special counsels work. Republican senator john mccain is at home in arizona. The 81yearold was recently treated for a viral infection at the National Cancer institute in bethesda. Doctors say he is responding positively to his treatment for brain cancer. Senator mccains daughter tweeted this on sunday. Meghan thanked everyone for President Trump spoke with mccains wife and wished them well. He will not be in washington to vote on the tax bill. But republicans say they have enough votes to pass the bill. Its 5 07. Were following breaking news now. Chris lawrence at the live desk with the latest. Chris, whats going on here . Yeah. House fire, really awful house fire in brooklyn. Four people have been killed, ten others injured. This house fire broke out early this morning in brooklyn, new york. Fire officials telling us that five of those injured are firefighters. There you go. Youre looking at live pictures right now. You can see they havent completely got it under control right now. The fire started on the second floor, an attic to the house. Theyre still not sure how. Were continuing to follow developments and will update you as soon as we learn more. Eun, back to you. Chris, thanks so much. Terrible situation there. 5 07 today. If youre caught speeding ro expect to get a ticket in the mail. Enforcement on the southbound side starts today. Up until now, violators were getting warnings. This is the 7th red light camera in the city of fairfax. Msnbcs Chris Matthews was accused of inappropriate behavior by a Woman Working on his show in 1999. The daily caller first reported matthews made inappropriate jokes and comments about a female employee who was an assistant producers. Msnbc released a statement saying the matter was investigated at the time and matthews received a formal reprimand. The investigation found the comments were not a proposition. The woman received a payout to leave the company. The owner of the Carolina Panthers decided to sell the team after he was accused of sexual misconduct. Sports illustrated says he made sexually explicit comments to women. Four former employees received settle ams due to his inappropriate workplace comments. Selling it wont begin until the season is over. Still going. Touchdown theres a celebration. The crowd at fedex field went wild after that touchdown for the redskins. The team was able to eventually beat the Arizona Cardinals. Not always a pretty game. No. But were playing for the love of the game now. There you go. Youre getting this, aaron. I read that somewhere. Carol maloney was there for the action. She has a lock at some of the best plays of the game. Reporter no playoffs this year but plenty of pride for the redskins this sunday. A battle with the Arizona Cardinals here at fedex field ends with a 2015 skins victory. Right out of the gate, unlikely standout, first drive anthony lanier, a sack and a fumble. Then Jamison Crowder into the end zone. Fresh off the practice running back making a name for himself. Scores he touchdown in his first game with the team. Defensive fight to the finish ends with skins staving off the cards. Im going to disneyland. Winning makes you feel on top of the world. Losing is the other extreme. Theres no in between. Thats what makes it a roller coaster. The final result is what its all about at the end of the day. So glad to have that win this week. Two games to go, the next one here at home. While sitting at 68, a winning record is not possible. Avoiding a losing one is. At fedex field, carol maloney, news 4 sports. There you go. We could have an even record and go into the offseason with high note. Call ourselves the redskins take on the broncos next sunday, christmas eve. They take the field at 1 00 p. M. Keep it going. December, off to a mild start this week, chuck. If you want, theres room on the sooner schooner. You can come on over and cheer for a winning team. I cheer for them just because of you, chuck. Fair enough. Youre right, were off o a mild start this morning. Most everybody is above the freezing mark. The lone exception being manassas at 30 degrees at the train station. It will be a nice monday to go back to work and school. Temperatures up into the low and mid50s. Sheena tells me it might be warmer than that tomorrow. Shes got the forecast coming up. Getting rid of rats once and for all. Putting an end to this pesky problem. It wasnt just a fashion statement but a political statement. What king james wore during the cavs game against the wizards that still that is twitter talking this morning. Live look right now in hyattsville. Take a look at this water main break. Work under way this morning. Were talking about a closure on eastwest z2i1zz z16fz y2i1zy y16fy look at an area to avoid. Eastwest highway in hyattsville this morning. Molette green has a lo water main cleanup happening. Whats the latest there . Reporter want you to take a look now and see for yourself. There are the workers here from wssc working on a 12inch water main break here. They tell me just a few minutes ago, its going to take about six or seven hours to get it all done. Both eastbound lanes closed here at eastwest highway and chillum manor road. Now, cars in both directions are using one lane each westbound. There are like five work trucks here on the scene. Well keep a close eye on things. Not a problem for traffic because its still very early in the morning rush. Back to you guys inside. Molette green for us in hyattsville. Thank you. Its 5 15. The death of one of canadas richest men is being investigated by homicide detectives. Billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife honey were found dead in a home they were trying to suspicious after there was evidence found that the couple could have been strangled to death. He founded one of canadas biggest drug companies. The game against the Cleveland Cavaliers is making headlines. Lebron james sent a message to President Trump with his shoes. One black and one white shoe with the word equality in capital gold letters. After the game, james told reporters quote, well never let one person dictate how beautiful and powerful we are. James as been an outspoken critic of the president since he took office. This group of native americans gathered outside fedex field yesterday. They feel the redskins name is offensive. They want it to be changed to the redhawks. Theyre called the Rising Hearts Coalition formed about a year ago. Every day, since i was a little kid, i would see this mascot my people that was really deeply offensive. Many of the protesters say to them the term redskins is as offensive as the n word. A lot of cheers when Pittsburgh Steelers fans saw ryan shazier watching the game from a luxury suite there. He suffered a scary back injury two weeks ago that initially left him without feeling in his lower body. He hurt himself while trying to tackle another player. Hes been in the hospital since then and had spinal fusion surgery. Doctors let him out for a few hours yesterday so he could watch his team play the patriots. What a game that was. Not the ending he wanted. Im Chris Lawrence here at the live desk with the latest on the fires in southern california. The thomas fire, now the Third Largest in california history. Fire monster. It continues to spread throughout Santa Barbara and ventura county. We just checked with cal fire. They say theyve now got a 45 contained. They dont think it will be fully contained until january 7th. That means hundreds of thousands of kids will not be waking up at home on christmas morning. Aaron . Chris lawrence at the live desk. Chris, thanks. So sad. 5 18 right now. New kinds of neighborhoods are popping up across the country aimed at appealing to the millennial generation. The new communities are called agrihoods. There are more than a hundred of these planned areas across the country. Theyre nestled on farmland and trails and water. Families are able to get food harvested in their community. I work in health care. All i saw was sickness and disease and understanding how important food was to Overall Health and the sustainability appeals to many millennials. Families pay up to 1,000 to get access to the food in their communities. Its all grown there. The idea is pesticides, chemicals, you know what youre eating and you know what the source of the food is. Thats going to make you healthier and stave off disease. Apparently it pays for a years worth of organic produce according to the folks. It staves off disease. Thats what i said. Yes. That killed my grandparents, right . I know where youre going. The chicken was okay. Regular old chicken. Hundreds of thousands of hungry children around the world will have something to eat thanks to help from our area. On sunday, more than a thousand volunteers gathered to pack meals for nicaragua and haiti. Volunteers hope it makes it easier for kids education. Theres been a connection between nutritious meals and academic success. Then now and then a piece of cake wont hurt you. Or a full days worth of cake. Its the holidays. Ive gone off the deep end. Talk to me in january. We have the new years resolution. Get it out of your system. January 1st, the gyms are packed with people with the new memberships. Then it fades like a month later. Or drops off. I think the new years resolution should be to keep going to the gym after you start on january 1st. Dont stop after a month. Anyway, this morning, we have a chilly start. Still jacket weather but not as cold outside. Unseasonably mild temperatures though through this afternoon and even into tomorrow. We do have our next round of rain into the weekend. 41 degrees in washington. 35 dulles. 35 gaithersburg. 41 leesburg. Only spot at freezing is warrenton. Thelo at 30 degrees. Everyone else is above that. Clinton is 39 degrees. Quantico, 37. As you wake up and walk outside, temperatures in the low 40s for most of the area. As we go shortly after sunrise here. Nice and dry on radar. Nothing to worry about as you make your way to your commute. If youre exercising, by lunchtime, 50 degrees. Through the afternoon, 55. Feeling really nice. But if you think today is going to be nice. Look at tomorrow. 60 for a high. Normal highs 46. So we do drop back around normal by wednesday and thursday. Looking pretty good this week. Next chance of rain is friday. Its actually going to last into the weekend. Mild today and tomorrow. Looking pretty good. Especially weatherwise. The roads look pretty good melissa. Good morning. Good morning. Were okay overall. We have this problem that molette told us about. This is near riggs road. Had the water main break. As you can see, theyre trying to get this out of until noonish before this is competely done. Eastwest highway at chillum manor and riggs road. You can get through. Its just slow. Northbound 95 after 610, garrisonville, crash on the shoulder this morning. Northbound 270, just before shady grove road, still the crash reported as well. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. 5 22 now. Its been the law of the land in virginia since the 1800s. But one lawmaker wants to change that. The push hes trying to make for potty mouth. Remember to join us later for the ellen welcome back at 5 25. Did you know its illegal to curse in virginia in public . I did know of course you did. A delegate in Fauquier County wants to repeal this law. Michael weber says his goal is to protect free speech and shrink a code. Swearing is a class 4 misdemeanor. 250 fine for that. How much have you paid . Paid nothing. Just checking. The law dates back to the 1860s. The fine was a dollar per offense then. There are all sorts of weird laws. A woman couldnt leave the house without a corset. Against the law. I dont think thats on the books anymore. Lets hope that. Since most of us dont own one. Its the holiday season. Road trips to visit your family and friends. If youre stuck in the car, heres a play list of favorite holiday songs to singalong to in the car. Mari mariah careys, all i want for christmas is you. Santa claus is coming to town. Michael buble and nat king coles, the christmas song. My Favorite Song is o holy night. Its not a singalong. Joy to the world is a fun one. All the pentatonix songs are singalong. All good songs. Whats your favorite . This christmas. I have to tell you what your favorite is . Yes. Work wife, yes, you do. Hes like oh, yeah. 5 27 our time right now. Americas Busiest Airport is slowly returning to normal. The power outage problem and what you can expect at local airports in our top stories. Ufos and pentagon secrets. A military investigation exposed. Some people in arlington may have explaining to do. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Outside on the weather deck this morning. Its a chilly start. But its anything but cold. No earmuffs or gloves required for today. Check of the bullets flying. A toddler shot. New details in the moments before the gun went off. Chris matthews controversy. Nbc paid a woman to the story behind the accusation and why its coming out now. Hitting a high note. A local choir breaks on to the billboard charts. The new honor added to the impressive resume. 5 31 right now. Im Aaron Gilchrist im eun yang. Were working for you on this monday morning to help you plan out your day. Melissa mollet is monitoring your commute in your first 4