pennsylvania but it's very fast moving and did leave a brief dusting far north and west of us. right now we are drying out as that system pulls away out of northeastern maryland into pennsylvania. temperatures are still cold, below freezing in the upper 20s in the nearby suburbs. reagan national right at 32, on the bay it's dlming into the low and mid 30s. hour by hour temperatures climbing into the mid 30s, another couple of hours, and they were hovering near 40 by midafternoon with a lot of cloudiness and then staying near 40 overnight tonight. some rain and maybe freezing rain moving in overnight. >>> thank you, tom. county don't have a home to go back to this morning after this fire tore through their apartment building on richmond highway. the red cross looking to find temporary housing for those who live at the woodlawn garden apartments in the alexandria section of the county. one man tells news 4 that his sister was taken to the hospital because the smoke was so bad. she is expected to be okay, but he describes what happened just the minutes after the fire broke out. >> the neighbor

wreaking havoc on the highways. pileups in ohio, michigan and pennsylvania. and with 25 million in the path of a winter storm today, it could go from bad to worse. dylan is tracking it all. >>> and a charlie brown christmas. a small tree might be in your future as those lush, green, full christmas trees might be harder to come by this year. >> they're all kind of short and not very full, so we had to really look hard to find a good one. >> the reason behind the tiny trees today, saturday, december 10th, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on this saturday mo i'm sheinelle jones. >> glad to have you with us, i'm craig melvin. dylan dreyer still here! >> still plugging along, but this -- i have been saying good-bye for the last week. this is my final show. >> here's the thing, because you're two days behind savannah. she and mike gave birth to baby charlie yesterday, of course. >> he's so adorable. >> since you're two days behind her, we decided to park an ambulance outside. just in case. >> so

from the north and west and up into western pennsylvania and into ohio as well. closer up this area in the gray zone showing light snow, howard, northern montgomery, frederick, panhandle of west virginia all of this tracking off to the north and east pulling away. it is a cold morning, our temperatures are down in the 20s. reagan national now at 31. our look at our next chance for some snow coming up in a few minutes. >>> dozens of people in fairfax go back to this morning after this fire tore through their apartment building on richmond highway. the red cross looking to find temporary housing for those who live at the woodlawn garden apartment. this is in the alexandria section of the county. one man tells news 4 his sister was taken to the hospital because the smoke was so bad. she is expected to be okay but he describes what happened moments after this started. >> the neighbors they were like -- i don't know what they were doing but they didn't notice it so i knocked on the door to get everyone out. >> a bus was brought in to help keep people warm. investigators are be looking in

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, northern virginia, eastern pennsylvania -- west virginia into eastern pennsylvania, most of maryland and the metro area it is starting to break up. we'll see it beginning to taper off. hour by hour for the rest of the day, by noon time maybe a lingering sprinkles of rain and then above freezing and then sunshine. the cloud cover breaks up and temperatures warm into the 40s so we'll see a lot of melting going on during the afternoon and then the evening hours partly cloudy to clear during the evening. temperatures are hovering near 30 degrees. we have a winter weather advisory in effect until noon time today. all around the region we'll have this slick road condition and icy glaze hanging in again until right around noon time. we'll be hovering near 50 in late afternoon and temperatures rise to 50 degrees and hover that way overnight. low 60s on sunday and rain showers likely sunday afternoon and then end by sunset. temperatures drop back into the upper 30s late sunday night. we might get a few sprinkles on thursday and christmas day next weekend. that's the way >>> a look at metro th

that is welcome news. there could still be a little patch or two of ice closer to the pennsylvania border, better chance you slippery spot or two. so be careful. big drop in temperatures arrives here late wednesday and chance for wintry weather as we get toward the weekend. so this is the week to have your nbc washington app downloaded. it's rain up and down the i-95 corrid corridor. temperatures are near 40 around town and will be in the upper 40s to maybe low 50s briefly this afternoon. maybe a peek or two of sunshine, but on the whole going to be a lot of cloud s around here. more about the polar plunge coming up. >>> taking a look at the situation 95 and the icc, again, we still have the wet roads all over the area. it will be this way as chuck has been saying through much of the morning commute. northbound 95 at 200 is where the crash is. in the service roadway. is out of the roadway. 66 looking pretty typical. 95 north through woodbridge is getting a little slow here this morning. looking at the beltway overall, inner loop and outer loop are okay. 66 inside the beltway, a bit

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. at least 50 vehicles involved in this pennsylvania pileup. in oregon, scary moments when this school bus lost control. unfortunately, no injuries. the brutal plast from the north sent wind chills plummeting. 17 below in chicago. 12 below in minneapolis. misery the half company. all 48 states below freezing somewhere. >> that was ron mott reporting. first, breaking news ahead, a police standoff with a lone gunman holding an unknown number of passengers i the suspect we understand is in custody. at least one officer has been shot in the head sapped in serious but stable condition. >> the veteran of the force was conscious and alert when flown to a medical center. we do know he was responding to calls of shots fired when he was immediately injured himself, just before the suspect took in a hostage or auburn hills. police say he is a violent offender, has been well known to authorities and may be streaming the entire incident on social media. dozens of shots had flash bangs ring out and police stormed in putting an end to a several hours long standoff. >>> this morning, president obama i

heading on up into pennsylvania, it's a very fast moving system. did leave a dusting in northern montgomery county, this was near damascus, other folks reporting in from frederick county maryland, hagerstown, as well as the panhandle of west virginia they, too, got that light dusting. this area you see in pink that's a freezing rain advisory from 10:00 p.m. tonight until 10:00 on monday morning. there could be some icing up to a tenth of an inch of ice there. watch out for that for the morning commute tomorrow. a look for our next chance for snow is coming up in a few minutes. >>> dozens of people in fairfax county don't have back to this morning after this fire tore through their apartment building. the red cross looking to find temporary housing for those who live at the woodlawn garden apartments in the alexandria section of the county. one man tells news 4 that his sister was taken to the hospital because the smoke was so bad. she is expected to be okay, but he describes what happened moments after the fire broke out. >> the neighbors they were like -- i don't know what they

closures with the heaviest snow still on the way. pennsylvania mother karen cline rescued after wandering 26 miles in the snow to get help when the family car got stuck in a forest road. >> she ended up in a very deep snow as much as 3 feet deep snow and was very bitten. >> reporter: christmas morning mud slides. four families evacuated when water started coming through the walls destroying this home. meanwhile, at the airport, flyers happy with holiday rates and less traffic. hoping to get 30,000 feet above any problems below. >> i'm going to guess we'll just go around them. >> reporter: parts of the country forced to deal with winter's wrath where the weatherer outside is frightful. >>> well today russia has declared a national day of warning for the 92 victims all believed to have been killed in a plane crash christmas day. was enroute to serious. this morning they're sing technical fault or pilot error is the most likely cause. >> reporter: the news sink in at first light. a christmas day the russian's scrambling helicopters and ships to scour the black sea, instead recovering bodies

pennsylvania. this is all rain in and around the city. not expecting any wintry weather in and around town today. the only spots where we could have a little glazing of ice will be up here from hagerstown done to martinsburg. but again most of the light rain has also come to an end briefly, so that will give temperatures a chance to recover just a bit. but four things to know, there could be a few slippery spots right along the pennsylvania border up towards martinsburg. be very careful this morning. it will be dry on the way home today. there is another big blast of super cold arctic air coming our way later this week and that could leave a little chance for snow as we get into the weekend. we'll have more about all that. melissa mollet. >>> we have a closure eastbound l street between 14th and 12th, all lanes belonged because of that investigation. and then 13th between mass and l street, also blocked. 270 looksing on, but again all of this green is rain falling around the area. so use the windshield wipers this morning. connecticut avenue and randolph road, you can see the n

across southwestern pennsylvania moves into the panhandle of west virginia. so again, this is all just rain along the i-95 corridor, but there could be on untreated surfaces from frederick to hagerstown to martinsburg, could be an icy spot or two. so be careful this morning. otherwise you're getting out for your workout, temperatures near 40 with the rain. still cloudy and damp through noontime. but later on today, things will start to dry out just a bit. and the weekend will start cold, might even have a little bit of a rain/snow wintry mix early i'll give you the complete five day forecast coming up. >>> a brand new closure in northwest. again, a police investigation. this is 32nd street at chestnut street shut down to traffic. this is between western avenue and oregon avenue. that section shut down. overall, beltway nice and green, but again, so is everything around it meaning we have rain falling all over the place. taking a look 270, slow headedo then it opens up. >>> it is 5:14. we have breaking news right now. gunshots in the middle of the night. d.c. police are investigati

. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, this driver had been trapped in the sufficient for 12 hours after skidding off of an icy highway and state police found and rescued him by pinging his cell phone. tracks, and see him over the embankment, and he said he was happy to see me. >> reporter: and for football fan fans it was 1 degree at kickoff for the kansas city chiefs and tying the record for the cold est game ever. >> and a usually the weather is more accommodating. >> we stayed in the car and had the coffee with the irish baileys. >> and 11 degrees for the chicago bears. >> he has the right idea. >> reporter: as they hosted the packers. >> this is football a weather at the finist. >> and minneapolis fans were so cold that they had to warm the be beers by the fire. with winter upon us, it felt like the north pole with this 5k in indy a lked ket . p michigan, where where this stunning drone ice. we wanted to show you the airport in denver when folks had the go back in to collect their baggage they had to sift through hundreds of their own after their flights were canceled and it took several hou

bracing for another messy morning commute. in pennsylvania, i-80 is back open after whiteout conditions led to this 59-car pileup thursday. in cleveland, demands to clear >> we pay our taxes. we deserve service. >> while in portland, oregon, already crippled by snow and ice, they're trying to thaw out. >> look out! >> after this school bus was sent sliding this week, kids used their snow day to take out sleds and slide past it. ♪ christmas is just over a week away, with more bad weather coming, shoppers in chicago are not deterred. >> what in the world are you thinking doing your christmas shopping tonight? >> it has to get done sometime and i won't sleep if i don't get something done, so it's panic. it's called panic. >> reporter: heating centers are open here in chicago this morning and you can see that snow on the ground behind me. we're about to get even more of it. temperatures will warm up just a bit later today. snow is going to fall before we dip back down for that second arctic punch. long story short, it's going to be a miserable weekend for a lot of the country.

, hoda. a pennsylvania family is praying for a christmas miracle, appealing to the president to help return their daughter and grandchildren who are being held captive by the taliban in afghanistan. this morning growing concern about a family being held hostage by the taliban. after the terror group released this propaganda video, showing american hostage caitlin coleman clearly under duress and her canadian husband, joshua boyle, and their two young boys born in captivity. >> my children have seen their mother defiled. >> reporter: a small-town girl, she was raised a devout catholic. she left home to explore the world four years holly otterbein saw her days before she left. >> everything seemed pretty normal. she was a little quieter than usual but other than that not that different. >> reporter: her secret, she was already pregnant with her first child. >> an american mom with two kids who have grown up under the taliban, who know nothing other than life under the taliban, if you can actually imagine how horrific that must be. >> reporter: now years later, she is transformed, gaunt

driing dangerous. in erie, pennsylvania, more than a dozen cars pulling up on interstate 90. at least 10 people taken to a hospital. in michigan, a massive crash turning deadly. >> a complete whiteout. >> reporter: three killed when >> i was lucky enough to see the taillights in front of the semi. you couldn't see it was kicking up that bad. >> reporter: blanketing parts of new york state more than a foot and even texas is digging out. the next section coming ashore, bringing snow and ice to seattle and portland, only the heartiest in for an american icon and hero. john glenn died at the age of 95. as an astronaut he made history and inspired the nation. as a u.s. senator, he was one of the most respected people on capitol hill. his life is being celebrated this morning. tom costello is at the national air and space museum. >> reporter: this crude aircraft in 1962, john glenn around the earth. it took tremendous courage. this was the soviet union space race, they were winning and the united states was determined to catch up. this unassuing fighter pilot from ohio came back an american he

traffic. >>> heavy snow in pennsylvania being blamed for a chain reaction crash. 15 to 20 vehicles, including tractor-trailers, collided. several folks went to the hospital but officials say the injuries are minor. >>> even the west coast is seeing snow. spokane, washington is coated in white and three inches are expected this afternoon. >>> in north dakota there are bitter chills. temperatures are expected to dip below zero and stay that way for several days. >>> the blast of cold will hit you the we have tom updating his forecast. >>> an unplanned landing on a high school football field, why stronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. stronger is less pain, new hope, more fight. it's doing everything in your power, and everything in ours. because we don't just want kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. and with your support, make a gift today at childrensnational.org/givenow oh, that's lovely...so graceful. the corkscrew spin, flawless... ...his

drizzle in parts of pennsylvania. so if you're driving that way, be careful. around here, not much showing up on radar. a little mist and drizzle from time to you plan it out. not much of a rain chance but there's a little chance of drizzle late this afternoon. maybe a little drying early this evening and another chance for rain coming our way for tomorrow, but tomorrow's rain chances mostly between 3:00 in the morning and lunchtime. just cloudy here in washington, temperatures up near 40 degrees. 41 in fredericksburg so we're in the upper 30s to near 40. . highs today upper 40s to near 50 with just a little drizzle around. rain chances in the front half of the day. a mild finish tomorrow afternoon. break out the short sleeves. up near 60 degrees. cold and breezy on wednesday. then friday, cold and dry once again. let's go over to wtop and talk to jack taylor and see how he's doing on a monday. >> good morning. it's beltsville it's a problem. southbound route 1 down near powder mill , trash truck and a car were involved in a crash. this may turn out to be with police direction poss

freezing. winter weather advisory for the metro area, winter storm watch in the pennsylvania border. more of the timing and results in a few more minutes. for now it's traffic time. >> brand new problem here, this is what we were talking about, northbound bw parkway. a second crash near 175. not sure if the two vehicles were involved initially and ended up separating. but you could see a slowdown with the police response if you're heading out soon. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway looking good this no big problems on the beltway. 95 northbound and southbound, no worries. we'll take a look at 66 when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> breaking news into the newsroom. >> a fire in silver spring. mollete green has more. >> this is on sea island court. take a look at that picture of the burned out house there. flames came through the roof, roared through the second floor of the home. it was pretty icy out there. that made it tough for the firefighters battling this. montgomery county fire and ems says the family tried to fight the flames themselves which delayed things a bit. four people in

, our second lady. she's 50. her birthday is today. she's from westchester, pennsylvania. she's been an occupational therapist for 25 years. she struggled with fashion and always asked her husband and kids for advice. when we asked her what she was excited about, he said mostly her hair, and makeup, and fashion. >> you're here with the whole family. mom got picked. she seems a little freaked out but you're okay. >> yeah, i'm really excited and it's her 50th birthday so we wanted to make it the best for her and we're really surprised she got picked. >> surprised but happy i hope? >> yes, i'm very happy. i always wanted to do my makeover and this was the best chance i can get. >> hooray, happy birthday. >> she's here with sanile, tushir and anutri. >> all right, let's take one last look. and bring out the new makeover! i love that. okay. oh! >> get ready. you ready, family? take them off. look at your family. >> oh, my god! oh, boy. >> wow. >> samile is very excited. >> into it. >> why don't you turn around and see, honey? right into the mirror. >> awesome! my dream came true! >> you l

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, pennsylvania. >>> a former ceo will learn whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. a jury recommended a life sentence plus 16 years for a killing. a suicide. >>> today is the funeral for murdered 16-year-old girl from d.c. brianna was shot and killed the day after thanksgiving. her family raised almost $10,000 to pay or the funeral. police identified a person of interest in the murder. police say evan was caught on video firing a gun around the time she was killed. so far, he's been charge with unlawful gun >>> police are increasing patrols after a string of sexual assault 37 weber is accused of sexually assaulting a woman. it's one of five similar reported incidents since host. they posted a foe with police to talk about ramping up patrols. >>> sexual assault laws are changing in several states. come strant but may u be in trouble. he has concerns about the legislation. >> supporters tell news 4 that the position is frustrating. >>> today you can grab some pizza and supportom neighbors are encouraged to visit the pizza place. you can share messages of support on social me

storm watches are up washington northbound to the pennsylvania border. it feels like three below in martinsburg. a balmy washington. more on the threat coming up in a few more minutes as well as your school day forecast. >>> taking a look right now at the top of the beltway, everything moving nicely as is 95. 270 we showed you the live picture northbound and southbound, everything rolling along nice and green. don't have any road work there to worry about. do have this road work, eastbound 66 before glebe. a reminder surge 1 is still under way until wednesday. >>> police are asking for your help to find a chevy chase man. 25-year-old david lewis walther is described as a hispanic male, 5'4", 140 pounds. he may be driving a blue dodge ram pickup truck with maryland tags. if you've got any information that could help find this man, please call police. >>> in 2010 he was led away from his home in handcuffs. this morning he's waking up in a halfway house. former prince george's county executive jack johnson was released from prison after doing time for a public corruption scandal. he pl

. here's nbc's kristen dolgren. >> reporter: another multi-vehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania shut down parts of interstate 90 and in upstate new york, a funnel cloud, along with proceeding snow and slippery roads. >> we had to drive really slow. >> reporter: even the professionals had trouble. some areas could see more than two feet of this lake effect snow. out west, places like salem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice, schools and city offices closed and flights cancelled. an arctic plast hitting hard wallia wallia washington 16 degrees, boulder dropped to 3. and casper, wyoming, a bone chiming 30 below, 44 degrees lower than normal. and it's far from over t. polar vortex could plunge temperatures even lower next week. our meteorologist bill karens is going to join us ahead with all the breaking details in a few moments. >>> this morning, a true the terms legend and trail playser may have been thrown out a lot. john glenn was one of those people t. astronaut businessman, senator and family man died at the age of 95 thursday. john glenn was many things, but abo

as her pennsylvania effort hits a roadblock with the green party dropping its statewide suit there, instead taking the matter to federal court. and reacting to the news, trump tweeted, quote, the green party just dropped its recount suit in in wisconsin recount. just a stein scam to raise money. >>> we now go to politics overseas where the trump phenomenon seems to have hit a bump in austria at least for the time being as the far right candidate there loses his fight to lead that country as a major shift in italy, as the prime minister in that country prepares to resign following a referendum. bill neely joins us now from vienna. what can you tell us about these two seismic political shifts in >> reporter: good morning, ayman. good morning, frances. italy's prime minister, matteo renzi, was known as demolition man, and he pledged to kick start italy's economy. well, he's been demolished in a referendum, and he's being kicked out. he'll resign this afternoon after losing a referendum, and not just losing it, but losing it by 60% to 40%. it was really a howl of protest from italian v

effect through today. >>> let's go to pennsylvania now, heavy know being blamed for a chain reaction crash. part of an interstate was shut down. several people went to the hospital but officials say their injuries are minor. seeing snow. in spokane, washington is coated in white and three inches are expected by this afternoon. in north dakota it's not snow, but bitter cold are giving people the chills. temperatures are expected to dip below zero for the next several days. >>> let's bring you closer to home. the blast of cold will hit you the moment you step outside. look at some of those temps. it is cold, below freezing. tom's updating his forecast with temperatures in your neighborhood. >>> we want to show you this unplaed landing on a high school football field. at t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods, we've always believed the holidays should be about joy. where days are filled with magic, not madness. it's why we have amazing prices on thoughtful gifts, everyday. let's bring back the holidays. >>> good morning. don't let the cold keep you from getting some exercise today, just laye

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drizzle up across southern pennsylvania. better rain chances for tomorrow with some milder air coming our way. we'll be up near 60 tomorrow. a complete check of the whole ten-day forecast coming up in ten minutes. >> all right. we're going to start off with a little bad news, unfortunately. it's in virginia on 95. it is south southbound. authorities on the scene of a crash. two right lanes are taken away. it's not causing a huge delay. the beltway itself otherwise looks good. the inner and outer loop, all lanes accessible. that ramp to 202, an earlier crash that had temporarily closed the ramp. that has now clear sod you've got all travel lanes available. back to you. >> it's 4:41. 25 days until donald trump takes the oath of administration as time runs thin. >>> the holiday shopping rush is far from over. why you may have a harder time retu sure, you could sit around all night why you may have a harder time retu waiting for a pizza to be delivered. but wouldn't making it yourself be a lot more fun? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbu