Need it next week. Cover my ears, chuck. Were following breaking news. Were loworking to learn more about how a car crashed into a home. The home is in upper marlboro. No word if anyone is injured. But were working this story hard. Stick with us for any updates. Lets go to another breaking story. Federal safety investigators say the train that derailed in Washington State was going more than twice the speed allowed around a curve. Ntsb says it was traveling 80 miles an hour in a 30 mile zone. The train was making its way from seattle to portland. Three people were killed. More than 70 others had to be rushed to the hospital including ten with serious injuries. One couple talked about what happened from their hospital bed. Tossing and squealing and ra kind of got dark. On the floor. Count your blessings. Try to live daytoday. Keep out of trouble. That couple has been discharged from the hospital with only minor injuries thankfully. Ntsb investigators are expected back on the street today to figure out what went wrong. Were also following a developing story in southeast d. C. Police are searching for the man who killed a teenager at a Community Center basketball court. That shooting happened last night on bruce place in the douglas Community Center. Folks in the community said the teenager was on the court when someone robbed him and shot him. He died at the scene. Police have not released the Young Persons name yet. This morning a woman from d. C. Is in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries from a fire. That started inside an apartment on the first floor of a rhode island avenue and northeast d. C. Firefighters rescued this puppy from the fire. Thankful thankfully. No word on how it started. This fire still burning. Chopper 4 flew over the scene last night. Firefighters doused the fire and contained in as much as they could. It continued burning for hours. No word yet on what caused it. Right now, things are getting back to normal for air travelers after that massive power outage at hartsfield jackson. The blackout lasted more than ten hours. But the ripple effects were felt all day monday for millions of travelers. Flights were canceled, on top of the 1100 canceled sunday. These new the damage. Airport officials in atlanta say a switch caught fire and burned through several critical lines knocking out the main and backup system. It failed. But our focus and our responsibility for this airport is to share the liabilities 100 . It failed. Now we have to respond and make sure it doesnt happen again. Parentally, one of the wires leading to the switch was frayed. A rat may have gnawed on that wire and that may have sparnked the fire. Heres a live look at the capitol. Later this morning, they start to vote. The house scheduled in the afternoon and then the legislation heads to the senate for passage there. It cuts the Corporate Tax rate and does away with popular tax deductions. It eliminates the mandatory Health Insurance coverage by 2019. Tonight on nbc, one of the winner of the voice. The season 13 finalists gave it their all in part one of the finale. Now for you to vote. The finale begins at 9 00 right here on nbc4. Okay. As you head out the door this morning, soak it all up. Right, chuck . Enjoy every second you can. Yes, indeed. It is one of those long lunchhour kind of a days. Dont go back after lunch. A lot of times thats what i do. Leave at 10 30 and dont come back. The trick is you come in at 3 00 in the morning. I dont know if thats a long lunchhour. Dont blow the secret. A beautiful day. Wait until you see the five and the tenday forecast. Old man winter isnt done with us yet. Focus on the positive. The clock is ticking d buy a holiday gift. Im all right. Fair warning here. If youre afraid of heights, slack lining is not for you. An 18yearold guy from france set a Guinness World record for the longest blindfold slack line it took him 20 minutes to walk with a rope, blindfold and safety harness. Its like walking a tightrope. But instead of a cable, the rope stretches and moves with you. Safety harness . Anyone can do it with a safety line on. All right. Are the holidays stressing you out right now . No. I never got that. I have like three people to buy a gift for. People stress around the holidays. I just dont do it. Christmas is less than a week away. Maybe youre thinking of what to serve for dinner. Bob evans did a survey and found out the biggest stress is getting the meal ready on time. I would agree. Dont like your gift . Too bad. The roast is undercooked . You want it to be nice and hot when everybody is ready to dig in. Cooking the main dish and making sure food. Thats accounting for allergies, Food Allergies it looks like a pack of hound dogs has gone through my kitchen by the time the meal is over. Theres nothing left but bones and fragments. I never heard anyone complain about a holiday meal. You put a plate of food in front of someone, a smile appears. A boy in mississippi was so worried the grinch was going to steal his Christmas Gifts, he called 911. The police had to show up and say the mean old green guy wasnt going to take his toys. That wasnt enough for him, so the officers arranged for the 5yearold to help arrest him. Volunteered to serve if the Department Needs him again. The call is pretty cool. Hes on the phone, youve got to watch out for the hes absolutely right. Ive been grinched more than a few times in my christmas past. Apparent apparently, i deserved it. Thats the word i was given at the time. Ive been very good this year, exceptionally good. For temperatures, nice, a Christmas Gift from santa come early. Dont miss this opportunity to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. Cannot lastit ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Minnesota police shot a man inside city hall after he took out a weapon and started to hurt himself. Police state man was left alone in an Interview Room yesterday. The man was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. The officers involved have now been put on administrative leave. The Surveillance Video from that room will be turned over to state investigators. This morning, an increase in humidity and decrease in wind speeds are helping firefighters fight that thomas fire in southern california. At last check, cal fire is reporting that the fire is 50 contained. Its a slight improvement from yesterday. More than 1,000 structures have been home where the eagles recorded their hit, hotel california. You know, youre really good when you get not one, but two jerseys retired. Last night the lakers retired both numbers kobe bryant wore during his basketball career, 8 and 24. Hes the first player in any professional sport to have two numbers retired. Kobe was an 18time allstar. Played 20 years with the lakers and won five championships. Kareem abduljabbar, shaq and Magic Johnson were all there. The pair of i conniiconic numbe were immortalized. Theres not a lot of time left to finish the holiday todo list. Aimee cho is working for you and has tips to check off the lastminute gift list. If you still need to get to the stores this holiday youre not alone. Just literally started today in person. We took a trip to walmart to check out lastminute gifts. Store manager paul hill showed us options for everyone. For the little ones, Action Figures and Sporting Goods are a classic. For the little goods, cant go wrong with a nerve set. Every little kid wants a nerf gun. For the older kids, a drone or a video game. The nintendo switch, this is an awesome item that everyone is loving. According to hill, some dont have to be the fansest. The traditional, board games and apparel. Walking through the store can be overwhelming. Walmart suggests using their app ahead of time. When you get to the store, youll have a plan of attack already. Before you know it, you will be ready to check out on another year of successful shopping. Ho probably two days in. Those two days are a little hectic. Hopefully, today is the last day and i can relax after that. In northeast, aimee cho, news 4. All right. Well, buying a gift is one thing, but if you want them to get to your loved ones by christmas, you may want to use simple wrapping and rush those gifts to the post office. Take a quick look at your screen. Today is the final day to ship by first class mail. Tomorrow, by Priority Mail service and friday, its the last day for it to get there using Priority Mail express. All right. Chuck, as people start heading out to the post office and wrapping up that Christmas Gift giving season, boy oh, boy, its amazing when you think about how warm its going to be today than what were in for. Perfect day to stand in line outside. Take your long lunch break, enjoy it everybody. Sunshi f boot. But the clouds come back in tomorrow, then we get typically chilly to finish out the week. Looks like a really high chance for rain this weekend. Particularly saturday and monday. Not looking like a pretty christmas. May not be that cold until the day after christmas. Right now, 42 in washington. Light wind out of the south, averaging 5 miles per hour. Most of the suburbs are back in the upper 30s to around 40. A big range of temperatures this morning. Variations in the amount of cloud cover has put a range out there. Its 30 in warrenton, virginia, but 50 in frederick, 50 in martinsburg and 41 in annapolis. A big range early this morning. But with the return of sunshine and a light south wind during the course of the day, afternoon temperatures should have no trouble getting close to 60 degrees in most neighborhoods. Frederick, maryland, 50 now, 60 not much of a stretch at highs in your hometown, 55 gaithersburg. 62 in culpepper today. Today a lot more cloud cover and a whole lot colder tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoons temperatures only in the mid40s. Not much in the way of sunshine coming your way tomorrow. Satellite and radar depiction here. Mainly clear skies coming our way for the afternoon. Most of the cloud cover is up across parts of pennsylvania. Thats where the tiniest rain chances close by to us is. Heres future weather. By noontime, the morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine and a pleasant day. Clouds will start to thicken up again late tonight into the early parts of tomorrow morning. Heres 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Partly to mostly cloudy across the area. More clouds to the south tomorrow. The clouds will gradually overspread the area. As we get into thursday, a little area of storminess passing down to our south. I dont think that the raindrops will get as far north as fredericksburg. Needless to say, well be keeping a the early peek at the weekend, both saturday and sunday, precious little in the way of sunshine. Mild on saturday with the rain. Cloudy and chilly on christmas eve. The Late Night Services likely to be on the cloudy and not all that pleasant side. Sheena is here and will bring you the tenday forecast in a minute. For now, back to the news. Thank you, chuck. For some women, its the only place to go to escape abuse. The conditions at one local shelter have some of them thinking about going home. Were staying on top of the breaking news in the state of washington after a deadly amtrak derailment. The neinformation comingw i what do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. The fda wants to keep your family safe and wants to it reverses a decision from 1998 not to ov the fda says ten people died in the past year from side effects linked to homeopathic drugs. A final decision will be made in about three months time. Imagine no heat in the building. Women who escaped abusive relationships say their place of refuge is making them victims all over again. Now theyre describing conditions inside the Family Crisis Center to our Prince Georges County bureau chief tracee wilkins. These women and their kids are Domestic Violence survivors. Punch in the face, slap in the face dragged down the hall in front of my kids. Theyve been through hell. I decided enough is enough. Thats why they turn to a nonprofit largely funded with county grant money. Women we spoke with say the situation has gotten worse because of the conditions inside the shelter. The Little Things in the beginning and you dont say too much because be grateful of getting out of the situation you left from, ju that you dont have to wake up to your abuser. Theres mice popping out of couches, mold everywhere. I have asthma and me and my daughter and its very scary. At night its really, really cold. Its cold because many of the rooms dont have heat. I have four kids. I cannot let my kids sleep in a room because of cold. Then theres the moldy food. My children are getting sick often. Me and my children have a stomachache. I wasnt sure if its because of the food oar mold in there. We showed the pictures to the director. She couldnt confirm the pictures were from the inside of her shelter . It looks like the inside of a room. You think that the food is fine, the Room Temperature is fine. There isnt a mold issue, thats what youre saying . That is what im saying. A the women and children lose life situations force them to use the shelter are already traumatized and we must ensure that they are sheltered in a safe, clean and pleasant environment. Any substandard conditions are unacceptabl unacceptable. The county sent over officials to find out whats going on inside the shelter. Its the only one in the county that accepts women and children. In brent worth, im tracee wilkins. News 4. News 4 is committed to helping families find help from Domestic Violence. We call it safe at home and we have a list of stories and resources that can help. Head to the nbc washington app and search safe at home. It is now coming up on 4 26. Im heading over to the live desk to bring you the latest on an amtrak derailment. News 4 continues right now with aaron and eun. That breaking news, new information surrounding a deadly amtrak derailment in the data recorder. On the brink of an overhaul. Were keeping an eye on congress as lawmakers are approving a sweeping tax reform, including what it means to your pockets. Rats, what it could mean for a im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. More reason to get those things. I dont doubt it. I was in a news truck and we had a fire in the engine. It was a rats nest. See . Im telling you. Thats not a lie either. I would have to run screaming from that area. Never come back. Oh, yeah. Next thing you know she was working in philly. I was. Couldnt have been a whole lot better there. One day to enjoy today. Welcome to the city. One day to enjoy. One day. Yes. Its going to be nice. This is 2017. You know, yesterday was really nice. Hopefully, you enjoyed it. Today is actually going to be a little bit nicer. Look at these temperatures right now. 42 degrees in the district. Normally, the low temperatures this time of the year should be 32 degrees. Were already about 10 degrees above that number. Some suburbs in the 30s. Look at frederick. 50 degrees right now. Martinsburg is 50. Hagerstown is 50. Pretty mild in those spots. It is 36 in lorton. 37 quantico and clinton. Quite the difference as you head from Northern Maryland to parts of northern virginia. Your wakeup weather as you walk outside, look at the numbers. You wont need the heavy coat. Just a light jacket. Make sure you have the layers. By this afternoon, a lot of people will be in short sleeves, melissa. I think thats why were wearing short sleeves. Our last chance we all have for the short sleeves, because we can today. The beltway after college park, two left lanes getting by that work zone. Fairfax county parkway has the left lane getting by. A little delay here northbound right now. Its not so bad. 66 is okay. Inner loop and outer loop overall, no major issues right now. Rest of the routes into and out of town look good. 270, 70 to the spur, you are on time. Thank you, melissa. Your time is 4 28. We have breaking news. Working to learn more about how this car ended up crashing into this home. Take a look at the video here. What we know right now is that the home is located along carrie place in upper marlboro. No word on if anybody is injured. Stay with us for updates. Were staying on top of another breaking story. Deadly amtrak derailment south of seattle is having a ripple effect. Part of interstate 5 near dupont is shut down for investigation. Lets check in with Chris Lawrence at the live desk for the latest. Chris . A few hours revealed that the train was traveling 80 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour zone. Were going to take you now and show you live pictures from that area and take a look there. I mean, look at that. Its snapped in half. The train was making its way from seattle to portland along the new highspeed route. Three people were killed. More than 70 others rushed to the hospital. One couple described what happened from their hospital bed. Tossing and squealing and rattling in the train and kind of got dark. I was on floor. Count your blessings. Yeah. Try to live daytoday. Keep out of trouble. Count your blessings. But sounds horrifying. That couple, thankfully, is out of the hospital. Governor has declared a state of emergency there. Well stay on top of the story as we learn what may have the iteam did some digging on recent train accidents. They found there were 65 total accidents involving amtrak last year. 26 were derailments. This year that number is down by 20 . Were going to post any updates on yesterdays derailment in the nbc washington app. Were following a developing story in southeast washington. Police are searching for the gunman who killed a teenager at a Community Center basketball court. The shooting happened last ni