Developing this morning, a major power outage brought the worlds Busiest Airport to a standstill. You can literally hear the cheers the moments the lights came back on at atlantas Hartsfield Jackson airport. The power outage came at the start of the busy travel season. Passengers were stuck in the dark for 11 hours. One person described it as pandemonium. You can hear it there. People literally had to yell to find each other because they couldnt see. Georgia power says a fire in an underground electrical facility may have caused the outage. Over the next few days, its likely to impact your Holiday Travel plans no matter where youre flying. Justin finch is live with the number of delays were seeing this morning. Hey, justin . Reporter hey there, good morning. [ inaudible ] reporter very slow moving line. I can tell you as well this morning, i have been watching the board as well. We have flights in from atlanta due to arrive. The first at 9 00 a. M. And a couple others at 10 00 a. M. In terms of flights departing from atlanta here, were seeing one flight so far at 7 00 a. M. [ inaudible ] a lot of people found out their flights were going to be canceled yesterday afternoon. Imagine the frustration they are now feeling knowing now they may still have to wait. I did see a mother of an 8monthold baby girl who tells me shes now completely stressed out. Her child so far has held up pretty well. But you can imagine traveling with a baby on a day like today has got to be frustrating. Take a listen. Diapers. Stressful. Beyond stressful. I just want to get home. Thats it. I want to get home. Want to get her home. Reporter so their plan now is to go back to the home of their family, wait this out and hopefully make a flight today, maybe tomorrow on a time like now, you have to have a backup plan. Carriers advising you to check your flight before you leave home. Also bear in mind, theres a flight change fee being waived if you have changed your flight. Anything else, check in with your carriers. Harrowing day for travelers across the country. I am just finn continue finch. Certainly feeling for those passengers, especially that poor mom. Thank you so much. Planes across the country. The Atlanta Airport actually stayed open all nigh delayed throughout the day. Make sure you check your flight as justin said before you leave. Were expected to learn more today about a homicide in Upper Marlboro over the weekend. In prince georges county, a homicide across the road from Six Flags America had detectives busy. They spent parts of the overnight hours searching for a person who killed a man late friday night. Police found the victim at a condominium complex. Its 6 04. Were following the latest on the wildfires in southern california. Chris lawrence is at the live desk. Chris . Aaron, right now the thomas fire now the Third Largest wildfire in californias history. Right now, firefighters as you see right there, firefighters, just take a look at the damage. It is continuing to spread throughout Santa Barbara and ventura coin. Its been two weeks since the fire bro contained. They dont think theyre going to have a funnel handle on this jl january 7th. That means a lot of kids, hundreds, thousands of them across southern california, not going to be waking up on christmas morning. All right, chris. Thank you. The sendoff a hero deserved. They lined a procession route for cory iverson. He died last week battling the fire in ventura county. Police escort drove him to san diego where he lived. Iverson is survived by his pregnant wife and their 2yearold daughter. Its now 6 05 today. Deliberations are set to resume in the first trial involving Inauguration Day protesters. There are six defendants in this case. All were arrested january 20th. Those defendants argued prosecutors are overreaching by charging each with rioting. Prosecutors admittedly two the people did not actually break windows or cause damage. They claim that because the defendants encouraged others to damage property that they too were guilty of rioting. Attorneys for the defendants say this is an attack on free speech. A verdict could come as soon as today in the case. Senator john mccain is home this morning. He 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. His daughter meg hahn tweeted this out on sunday. She thanked everyone for their support during this difficult time. President trump told reporters that he soak with mccains wife and wished them well. 2008 has been long as at times. Its been very, very difficult. The owner of the panthers has decided to sell the team after being accused misconduct. Jerry richardson made sex uly suggestive comments to women and directed a racial slur to one employee. Some received settlements due to the inappropriate workplace comments. Richardson said the selling process will not begin until this season is over. Look at all that celebration. The crowd at fedex field went wild after the touchdown for the skins as the team was able to eventually beat the Arizona Cardinals. Not the prettiest game but end of the season. We want to end on a high note. Carol maloney was there for all of the action. She has a look at the best plays of the game. 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 squad, running back making a name for himself. Scores a 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. The redskins take on the Denver Broncos next sunday, christmas eve. The game is at home, fedex field starting a of the voice. Here it is. Thats right. The competition has come down to the final four contestants. Brook simpson and coach miley cyrus are up against team blakes red marleau and chloe cohan ski and addison agen of team adam. The voice finale begins at 8 00 right here on nbc4. Lot of talent. Controversy. Lebron james makes a show stopping move. The statement that had nothing to do with his skills on the court. Murder mystery. A billionaire and his wife discovered dead. The crucial clue that made police suspicious. Im storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Its going to be a relatively mild way to get the week starred. In fact, new week, new feel around here. Cold air is in retreat for now. It will be back here probably maybe more than a week away. Weather on think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo get zero percent financing for 63 months on select models, plus well donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. bell rings so, what are you in for . Well, according to this discipline slip, i was allegedly talking during quiet time again. But, there were no witnesses except the teachers pet. Oh, really . Her testimony shouldnt be admissible. So, im here to appeal the decision. door opens [tuition monster] oh. whistling [narrator] tame the tuition monster. Well, ill see you in law school, kid. laughs [narrator] contribute by december 31st good morning everybody. Cant change the fact that its a monday morning. Heres something to smile about. Sunshine and temperatures 10 degrees warmer than average by later on in the afternoon. Most everybody in the low to mid50s. Even milder tomorrow. Sheena has the temperature trend and the fiveday coming right up. Now it is time to hear from Melissa Mollet. I have a problem from above. Right now, eastwest highway near riggs road in hyattsville. Chopper 4 over this water main break. Just one lane getting by. Getting by both directions. But just one lane is being Everything Else happening coming up. Melissa, thank you. Its the death of one of canadas richest men is now being investigated by homicide detectives. Billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife honey were nd sell on friday. Police classified the deaths as suspicious after the autopsy found evidence that the couple could have been strangled to death. Sherman founded one of canadas biggest drug companies. Im Chris Lawrence at the live desk. Just repeat tweeted new information about this breaking news in brooklyn. Devastating fire up in new york. We have now learned that a woman and three children have been killed there. The children are 11, 7 and 3 years old. The woman may be their mother. Fire started early this morning on the second floor. It spread to the attic. Ten other people were hurt, including five firefighters. Theyre still trying to figure out how this started. Again, weve now confirmed four people dead, three of them children. Well be following developments and will update you all morning as we learn more about this. Aaron, back to you. Chris, thank you. Home fires sparku study of insurance quotes. 12. 9 Million People experience a fire during the holiday caused by a cooking accident. 9 Million People burnt their houses down because of a candle. More than 6 Million People had a fire started by their christmas tree. Most of the fires start when people are distracted. If you plan to ship your Holiday Gifts today, you are not alone. The u. S. Postal service says december 18th is its busiest day with 7 Million People expected to visit a post office today. If you want your packages to get to your loved ones by christmas, heres what you need to know. Tomorrow is the final day to ship by first class mail. Wednesday by Priority Mail service and friday by Priority Mail express. So here we are. The last week before christmas. So many of us still have so much shopping to do. Fear not, though. American retailers are coming to the rescue with santa deliver even on christmas eve. Wow. Sunday too. Walmart for example is offering free pickup in store until 6 00 p. M. On christmas eve. Brick and Mortar Stores are gearing up for last minute rushes. If, however, you find yourself in need of a last minute gift, gift cards might deliver the joy youre trying to spread. There you go. Even if you didnt see the new star wars film, you probably know someone who did. Everyone was at the movie theater. The last jedi earned the top prize at the box office this weekend. The latest film came in wum aun and earned 220 million for its opening weekend. That makes this the second best opening for a movie ever. The first one went to the force awakens, the the second one. Ive seen force awakens many times. Did you know its illegal to curse in virginia, at least in public . I did not know that. Growing nup virginia. Theres a delegate from Fauquier County who wants to repeal that law. Michael weber says his goal is to protect free speech. It carries a 250 fine. Can you imagine how much youve paid over your lifetime. This state law dates back to the 1860s. You were fined 1 per offense then. A lot of people say it every other word. I had no idea. Somewhere in the Virginia Beach area, a woman couldnt leave the house without a corset on. How long ago was that . This was a long time ago. Those are things that i dont think they make corsets anymore. It stayed on the books. It wasnt it was still there. Weird stuff. We need to do trivia about old laws and other things. Be careful. Dont forget your corset. Its going to be good this afternoon. Wait until you see tomorrows forecast. Its fantastic as well. Chilly this morning. The nonessential still need the jacket, unblooen e. Seasonably mild afternoon. We have rain in the forecast it into the yeek wend. Ill show you that in a second. 41 degrees in washington. Dulles below freezing. 29 warrenton. 36 lorton. Leesburg and clinton, 36. If youre walking the dog, we have prince available for a dongs at the humane rescue. Find out how to give him a home. Otherwise, through the day today, temperatures in the mid 50s. Maybe a long dog walk. Get outside, ci it will stay nice and dry. Were nice and dry on radar. Tomorrow, 60 degrees for a daytime high. The normal high is 46. Wednesday well get cooler. 38 degrees by thursday. Were back at normal for this time of the year. If you want the above normal, enjoy today and tomorrow. The weather forecast, if youre at the local airports to fly out of town. Weather looks good thursday and most of friday. We just have a late chance of rain. The chance mostly is going to be friday night. Thats our next chance for rain. The above normal temperatures dropping to normal. By friday, back around 50 degrees with the late showers. It is monday and the commute is starting all over once again. Lets see how the theyre trying to fix this 12inch water main. It could take until about noon today to get that totally done. Its shut down between chillum manor and riggs road. One westbound lane is taking the twoway traffic. Beltway, you can see looks pretty good. As far as your travel times, looks okay on 270. Top of the beltway starting to get slow on the outer loop of the beltway. Inner loop is fine. 66 inpound and listen to 103. 5 fm when you hop in your car today. Drug dropoff. Cvs flips the script. A place your normally your jers ziefrp the new tech theek that could help the city with a pest problem. Some major star power on ellen today. Laura derrin will be the guest starting at 3 00 p. M. At college inn we craft a because every detail matters. We select allnatural chicken and flavorful herbs and spices. College inn broth helps you make every meal delicious. College inn, delicious is in the details. This group of native americans gathered outside of fedex field in protest yesterday. They feel the name of the redskins is oaf offensive. They wachbt the redhawks. The group formed about a year ago. Every day since i was a little kid. I would see this mascot, a caricature of my community and my people that was really deeply offensive. Many the protesters say the term redskins is as offensive as the nword. This morning, the wizards game against the Cleveland Cavaliers is making a lot of headlines but nothing to do with the cool or the game. Lebron james sent a message to President Trump with his shoes. He wore one black shoe, one white shoe. He said were never going to let one person dictate how beautiful and how powerful we are. James has been outspoken critic of the president since he took office. A lot of cheers were Pittsburgh Steelers saw injured linebacker. Ryan shazier hes in the hospital since he was injured. Doctors let him out to watch the team play the patriots. Bullets flying. A toddler shot. New details on how it happened in a moment before the gun went off. This mess at eastwest highway in hyattsville expected to last for hours after a 12inch water main break. The thanks for joining us this morning. Im eun yang. Im aaron gilchrist. News4 today working for you to help you plan your day, of course. Melissa is monitoring your commute in first 4 traffic is your workweek. Meteorologist chuck bell is on the weather deck to explain what we can expect. How is it feeling out there, chuck . Not bad at all. No scarf or mittens required this morning. Its seasonably chilly. Most everybody in the upper 30s to 40 degrees. Four things to know about the next couple of days on the mild side today. Into the 50s for most. Close to 60 degrees tomorrow. Kind of a cloudy and chilly day on wednesday. Chilly but dry weather coming back on thursday. Theres your planner. Waiting for the buses this morning, temperatures in the upper 30s between now and 7 00, 7 30 this morning. 50 degrees at lunchtime. 52 on the ride home. It is aplus weather today with a high near 55 degrees. Nothing to complain about there. All we need now is a smooth ride in and for that lets go over to Melissa Mollet. Find out the details. Good morning, chuck. Taking a look at this problem in hyattsville. Eastwest highway near riggs road. Chopper 4 showing handle this water main break. Whats closed right now . Between chillum manor and riggs road, the east lanes blocked and one westbound lane taking twoway traffic. Molette green is on the ground for us. Theyre telling you it could be a while, huh . Reporter yeah. Many, many hours this morning to get this fixed up. Take a look at the scene behind me. Its quite a mess with this big hole in the ground. The wssc works to repair a 12inch main. They say it could take hours. Six to seven hours they told me about an hour ago. Crews tell me only three homes impacted by this in terms of water issues. We are at eastwest highway at chillum manor road. Well go back to Melissa Mollet in first four traffic as we see the cars using one lane westbound there. Back to you. Thank you, molette. Elsewhere, a couple of things happening. An incident in the seeing delays there. Northbound 28, just before compton road, the right lane is blocked. We are slow there headed into town. Inner loop and outer loocht beltway are okay. At brown road, a crash in the northbound lane. Aaron . Melissa, thank you. Its 6 31 much heres a look at the top stories. Expect crowded airports today as airlines recover from that massive power outage in atlanta. Nearly 11hour outage brought one of the Busiest Airports to a standstill. Near a thousand flights were delayed or canceled. Georgia power says a fire may have caused the outage. The redskins might not be going to the playoffs this year but they were happy to get a win yesterday. It happened at fedex field. The final was 221