the presiding officer: the senator from maryland is recognized. mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. i'm going to -- when i conclude my comments, i'm going to ask consent that i can allow senator van hollen to speak, and i will speak after him for the purposes of a unanimous consent request. madam president, there is no such thing as a good shut down, and i certainly was encouraged to hear the progress we made, i guess about a half an hour ago, when the majority leader and the democratic leader talked about discussions that are taking place. we hope that later this evening we will have an agreement that can pass the senate and the house and be signed by the president. but i want to make this clear. any government shut down is unacceptable. it costs the taxpayers money, it inconveniences the public, and it's certainly not fair to our federal workforce. this particular shut down would affect 800,000 of our employees, our federal workforce. about half would be asked to work but would not get a paycheck. about half would be furloughed without compensat

the maryland men's basketball team off to a 7-2 start. they have madome noise jumping up to the top 25 early. afollowed by a close los home to fourth ranked virginia. then dropping their first game of the yea earlier this week by two to purdue. today in baltimore against last year's cinderella, loyola of georgia and sister jean. she didn't make the trip though. terps and ramblers i playing baltimore. terps by two. coming away with the turnover. aiello drops it back. and maryland by four. later in the firstny ant coen hits the three. eight point maryland lead led by four at the break. seco half, terps by eight. niceack door feed to anthony coen. led the way with 17. terps with a 15-point lead. the big fellow bruno fernando showing off his range. maryland wins it 55-41. >>> georgetown and syracuse bringing back some memories of the old big east. picking up, a minute and a half left. syracuse by two. hoyas respond. govan, three out of 22. and 12 seconds to go, mosley called for the charge. hoyas one point lead. can't extend it.ra syse one la

in>>> and m maryland forward. the school's new c footballch on repairing a reputation marred by the death of jordan mcnair. every decision will put the health and welfare of the students first. >> today, a private burial cemony at president bush's museum. >> the bush family going through this one more time after an emotional week of memorials. today thousands of amecan service members and civilians lined up to say goodbye. >>> just moments ago, the flyover. 21 fighter jets at one l tribute to a former navy pilot. jay gray joins us live from university. jay? >> reporter: that wflyover unbelievable and unparalleled in ae history of our nation. it has bee very special, very emotional day beginning in houston with family and friends and ending here if college station. at the president's final reffing place. today's service was private and personal. >> today we are gathered to celebrate the life mf a that we allad ed. >> his oldest grand child and name sake, honoring him. >> george herbert walker bush was the most grac

the name mayo sound familiar maryland fans. he was the offensiveoo cinator from 2012 to 2015 here at maryland. he was also just named top assistant coach in the country. he served as interim head coach before d.j. durkinook over here. at maryland now, durkin, of course, was ultimately fired following the death of player jordan mcnair. locksley and durkin did not work pgether here at maryland. the universitysident fired coach durkin, going against the recommendation of the board of . regent lowe at that time announced he wo id retiren june, but in a new development, several lawmakers on capitol hill have voiced their support if president lowe deces to stay on as president. again, the big announcement about theootball program and the new head coach, that's happening in a matter of hours. back to you. >> all right. we got high hopes for a new era. thanks,an m >>> happening today, general motors ceo mary barr aa will ben the hot seat on capitol hill for the second straight day.pl the issue, gm' to cut nearly 15,000 jobs. gm will cl

they're all closed. >> in maryland, calvet and st. mary's are closed today. we have it scrling at the bottom of your screen and the nbc washington app. roads became slick our team coverage of the storm a it's impact continue this morning. justin finch and nicole jacobs will join us live with look at conditions and missa has a check on the commute. >> we want to begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking the latest on t weather. chuck. >> that's right. snow just barely south of t d.c. metro area but it added up. anywhere from 3 to 6 inches across st. mary's county and charles county, a few spots cn charlenty picking up three or four inches. meanwhile, if you came north of the prince william county parkway on i-95, hardly anything more than a conversational flake and today if you're traveling, today if you're flying and plane is changing in charlotte oral lee, be on the look out. temperatures are below freezing. assume that i is ice and take it easy out there this morning. a fair amount of sunshine coming our way for today. look at those i

, my maryland." after crossing the potomac, lee's first stop is frederick, maryland. the confederate army will gather there. lee does not get support a maryland. will these next few quotes explain why the citizens did not run to join the army. an unnamed citizen. "i have never seen a mess of such filthy strong smelling men. three and a room would make it unbearable. when marching along the streets, the smell was most offensive. that pervades them is most lockable. they have no uniforms. they are well armed and equipped." they have no uniforms bu well armed and equipped and become the hardships they care little for the compass of -- the comforts of civilization. the sanitary commission. more unsavory set of human beings never strolled through this town." another observer said they are as lean and hungry as a set of wolves. lee's army has moving to frederick and that means there is a crisis in washington, d.c. our nation is at war. for the northerners they have lost much of the action in the east and n

maryland does not make a field goal in the final four m4:20. they fall 62-6g >>> movin over to the football lode. mike sley introduced as the new head coach of the maryland football team today. it's a return home for the d.c. native. he was an assistant at maryland and also knows a thing or two about win ig, working at the top ranked alabama crimson tide the last three years under nick saban. one of the best in the ga you don't know. but when the chance to come to college park came up, it was a no brainer for locksley. >> this is the job that i got into coaching that i coveted. this job has meanthe world to from the time i got into coaching, i've obviously spent ten years of my coaching career here at maryland and i've beele abo see what this sleeping giant looks like when it's up and runnin with my threeea y under coach and the success we had. so, the opportunity and timing met a it's just been a great opportunity for me. >>> all right, to arizona. caps and some of fans visiting the coyotes. second period, caps down 1-0. evgeny kuznetsov. jaco

the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: i'm pleased to join and proud to join my colleagues in considering h.r. 7293 which would designate the facility of the united states postal service as the lou weeze and bob slaughter post office. she was a ground-breaking member of this body whose energetic service on the rules committee changed the culture of the house of representatives and served here for 31 years and first woman to chair the rules committee. i now yield to my colleague, representative for a further brief statement on her life and career. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you to my friend and colleague for yielding me this time. i rise today to recognize someone we all know well, a true american patriot, the honorable louise m. slaughter and it is a privilege to have introduced this bill to honor louise and bob slaughter and particularly to do so in the 115th congress that so many colleagues who worked side by side. louise loved monroe county and through her dedi

it is agreed. >> thank you. >> if i could just think my colleague from maryland. urge the house of representatives to take this up immediately. this is now past the united states senate. they now have an opportunity to pass this over in the house and i would urge them to do it this evening or as soon as possible. so we can provide the certainty and confidence to hard-working federal employees. want to w avoid.but we need to provide an assurance policy in the event that it doesn't. but it does shutdown. thank you. >> congressional reporter for bloomberg news and he has details on the funding. eric, what happened in the

i want to think m my colleaguen from maryland. for his leadership on this issue among many others and start by agreeing withh him that first ad foremost, we should avoid a government shutdown. that's exactly what this tenet did on a bipartisan basis is a few days ago. we passed an agreement, none of us left it but we all recognized it was a better alternative than shutting down the government. that went over to the house and we know what happened to it there. i hope we will continue to work together to avoid the government shutdown. the proposal that we are putting forward is simple. federal employees should not be punished by the shutdown. they have nothing to do with the dysfunction that would cause the government shutdown and they should not be the ones to bear the burden and penalty of something totally beyond their control. a government shutdown. that's what this is about. it often after shutdowns are over, the congress and white house to the right thing and we provide retroactive compensation. it's not guaranteed. it always

. >> senator from maryland is recognized. >> thank you. when i conclude my comments are less consent that i lost senator van holland to speak. . . . sident, there is no such thing as a good shut down, and i certainly was encouraged to hear the progress we made, i guess about a half an hour ago, when the majority leader and the democratic leader talked about discussions that are taking place. we hope that later this evening we will have an agreement that can pass the senate and the can pass the senate and the >> i want to make this clear any government shutdown is unacceptable costing taxpayers money, and certainly it isn't fair to the federal workforce. this particular shutdown would affect 800,000 employees of the federal workforce. half would not get a paycheck. madam president i am very proud of the federal workforce from the state of maryland but my colleagues should recognize that they live and work outside the dc area. also over 30 percent of the federal workforce are veterans and are now serving the country. let me tell what you are

the clip was shared on twitter from the university of maryland basketball team. soon everyone was sharing it. look at him. he puts his hood over his head. even kelly clarkson took notice. the singer noted, this is my kind of mama. mine too. i put it on facebook and twitter yesterday after i saw the video because it justickled me so much. she went all in. at first it was a little bit. as soon as she saw her son was a little embarrassed, oh, i'm going to show you. >> full on. you got to watch the whole clip. >> it's on my facebooki page. ream of the day that i can do this to my kids. >> you c rightow. >> i know. remember when i hugged him at the olympics? that was good >>oor kid. >>> all right. a bus stop mistake ended with a montgomery county student getting a trip to baltimore.de a s was supposed to be dropped off in silver spring. now police want to know how the ndchild up in an entirely different city. more on that bizarre sto coming up. >>> plus,e've known for months about some serious problems with metro silver line, butow we're learning more about new proble

maryland advances to the cup.av they won three national championships in history. next week, the championship at uc-santa barbara. >> that's worth fighting for the championship. >> ucsb is known for turning out really intellectual iaduates, liredible al. liredible al. um here's to the stair takers, liredible al. um breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, and the positive thinkers. here's to you all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way. >>> iwell,s friday. another week in the books. >> thank goodness. >> have a great weekend. "the tonight show" is comin you have a lot of deadlines in your business, mght? s deadlines, we don't get paid. what if you lost your network connection? you gotta be kidding me. chaotic. our gig-speed network lets you download files up to 20 times faster. and we go beyond fast with 4g lte backup for complete reliability. so, if you lose your network connection... â™

a locksley durkin did not work together at maryland. also in e news today, this morning is university president wallace loh. loh, you may recall, fired rkin against the recommendation of the board of regents. he also announced at that time he would be retiring in june. in a new development, some lawmakers on capitol hill say they would be supportive if loh decided not to retire and stay on. so a lot happening on campus today. th introduction happening in a matter of hours. >> megan mcgrath, thank you. >>> the final quarter of the skins' season probably won't look anything lik the first part of the season. seems like a distant memory. >> going to be harder to identify the players with the names changes so much, m especially t taking the snaps. mark sanchez is in the middle of his first full week as the redskins starting quarterback. he's not alonemo any. the team signed another veteran, apl guy most peoe have never heard of. a guy named josh johnson. lae teamas lost two quarterbacks in thst if few weeks. nows it's going to be tough to le

click, call or visit a store today. >>> last month, maryland voters passed a bill. toy, the governor says it will bring schools into the 21 centuryyocusing on upgrades and construction and repair >> we have schools that are 40 and 50 years old. it is a constant process of maintenance. >> reporter: maintaining school buildingsoss the state has been a challenge. it was just three months ago that the county dismissed students two hours earlier because the air conditioning system was not working. >> if you head to the back where my classroom is located, you will immediately feel as if you are heading into a sauna. >> reporter: there's a $3.7 billion backlog for repairs across maryland. today, governor larry hogan announced a plano address concerns. >> next month at the start of the legislative session, we will introduce the building opportunity act of 2019. >> reporter: he says after maryland residents voted last month for state casino revenue f to go education, he's created a bill that will allocate $2 billion of that money to fixing and building new schools in the sta

. >>> a new era f the university of maryland football program. coach,ps have a new head and it's a familiar face to area. news4's corey smith is live on the university of maryland campus in college bark the excitement for the hiring of michae loxley. what are they saying about him today? >> reporter: when it comes to his on-the-field resume, students and players are excited t thi about this pick. locksley is the mastermind behind the country's top offense at the university of alabama. more portantly, locksley is a homegrown talent from the d.c. area, h playedh school ball at duluth and coached at maryland on two separate occasio he'll be tasked with rebuilding a team struggling to produce wins on the a field and program that's been mired in controversy following the death ofn mcnair. we spoke with the students who led protests following dj dur n durkin's rein said the maryland terrapins made the right pick. >> oru thing that isal is to have someone who understands what happens so we can properly move forward. given h ties to the university of mar

stay i maryland or even venture across the river? that's a debate surrounding the washington redskins few years.st maryland's governor is talking about a team- the state is working to provide this. the 300 acre parcel that he called the gateway to maryland and prince gorges county. >> can you emergency the redskins facility. 300 acres to develop around there forntertainment or other restaurants. whatever wede de. >> governor hoganoints out that it's still early and nothing has been finalized. the football team is currently committed to playing at fedex field through 2027. >> ito would have look like a different team to even think about the new stadium. t.>> ri >> there's so much we have to work out as a team i can't eve go that far. >> let's hope it turns thiseam around. >>> huge night for caps fans an6-2. >> m are talking about the major milestone for alex ovechkin. there you go. earned his 21st career h trick. the most in franchise history. the caps are back on the road and play the carolina hurricanes thfriday. just earning the ti

warrenton at the freezing mark in western maryland. it's still 43 in anapolis and there were a few sprinkles overnight. as you look out at the cars, that's were that all c from. that's moving up quickly though. dry weather for day. 30s and 40s now. mid 40s. plenty of sunshine. late night services, 11:00, temperatures in the mid 30s so temperatures in the 20s to ite willold and then for your christmas day. starting off with sunday and mostly cloudy afternoon but no chance of rain today orto rrow. >> we're staying on top of a developing story, this is out of prince williamty co one person is dead and several others injured in a single vehicle crash this prehaped before 11 clock last night. this is in bristow. authorities tell us five people were in the car. one person died at the scene. three others were thrown from the vehicle. they had to be flown to the hospital with serious injuries. the fifth person was taken by ambulance. right now there's no word on what's causing the crash. >> they're going to have a reality check if they visit s

that possibly includes its maryland plant. much for live from capitol hill in a few moments. >>> a man in montgomery county opened a box and got quitehe surprise. he says stacks of other people's medical records were in a box of shirts he ordered from joseph a. bank. the records contain sensitive information that only a doctor should see. the records appear to be from the maryland physicians care manage care organization. >>> a comny wants to build the biggest solar farm on the ent coastspotsylvania county. proponents argue it will be good for spotsylvania county. opponents say it will crush property values and deplete the water supply. thear 6,000-acre would be located on three sites in western spotsylvania. right now the planning commission isreviewing the project. it will go in front of supervisors next march. >>> montgomery county wants to increase its a budget ut $55 million, all part of a proposal for the 2020 fiscal year. some of the priorities in the plan include expanding career and technical programs, hiring more sta

one university of maryland d student alread from a rare virus. now more tha 2 dozen stude are infected. see what the school is doing to fight the outbreak >> plus, package thieves are not hard to find this time of the year but a camera caught a child stealing off of f someone'nt porch. now police are trying to track down the adults that may have en pulling the strings. more on that coming up on news 4 today at 6:00 a.m. stay with us. >>> more cases of a potentially deadly virus popping up in maryland. now they have a plan to hopefully end the outbreak. >> good morning, almost 8:00 a.m. right now. s> thanks for joining us on t tuesday. we have school closings and delays to tell you about thismo ing. spotsylvania schools are closed today. all of these closings and delays are in the nbc washington app. >> melissa is keeping an eye on the roads and the rails morning as you head out the door. >> but we begin with chuck bell tracking a vy cold morning. >> it's going to be another very cold day today. basically if you can look outside your window and se

in>>> and m maryland forward. the school's new c footballch on repairing a reputation marred by the death of jordan mcnair. every decision will put the health and welfare of the students first. >> today, a private burial cemony at president bush's museum. >> the bush family going through this one more time after an emotiona w

leesburg in frederick maryland. still 40 by the bay there and down in maryland this morning. sun's not u until 7:13 and down at just about a quarter to five this tevening. big jump today. only going to get into the low 40s across most of the area. the big winter storm, we have been watching it for days and days and days. doing everything we can to try to drop farther north. the weather pattern is not favorable here. watc how the sto evolves through the day today. this is now 5:00 saturday morning. notice how it stays way to our south. there i enough col air in place where there will be significant snows across parts of the southern palachian. this is going saturday night into sunday morning. more likely to get an ih of snow in charlotte than here. that's hth far s this storm is going. it could throw maybe as much as an inch ofnow potentially as ar north fredericksburg or culpepperbaut that's py way outside where it's going to end up. we'll keep a close eye on it. that one inch snow chance a little farther to the north but as of now, this is more of a miss than a hit. >> good

maryland attorney general added that the ruling could have a devastating impact on maryland families. >>> the number of people who have been fired or resigned in the trump administration is growing. president trum saysnterior secretary ryan zinke will leave at the end of the siar. the pnt tweeting the announcement today. zinke played a leading part in the president's efforts to roll back environmental regulations. he's also facing federalat investns into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest. mr. trump says zinke's replacement will be announced next week. that news after the president announced that mick mulvaney will be the acting white house i chief of staff. right now he's budget director. it's unclear why the president referred tos mulvaney s"acting" in hn to be new job. >>> virginia state police say a shannonok off from airport in fredericksburg yesterday morning. investigators say he banked left when the wind caught the single engine plane and forced the plane to crash. the pilot died at the hospital. he was the only person on board. >>> a small crea

. >> reporter: maryland governor larry hogan was moved by the service. >> it was an incredible ceremony for a wonderful man, a true i couldn't have been more moved by the service. it was incredible, a great way send him off. a true american patriot. >> reporter: in its history, the national cathedral has hosted four state funerals, presidents eisenhower, reagan, ford, and today predent george herbert walker bush. that's the latest live at the national cathedral. ck to you. >> thank you, chris. >>> and again, that rare sight that blayne alexander mentioned of having all of the living presidents and first ladies together in one pla d propt what some are considering an awkward moment. president trump and first lady melania trump when they arrived, the first lady exchanged greetingsheith allther couples, but mr. trump only shook hands with the amas. and his former political rival, hillary clinton, d not speak or make any eye contact. he has as you knowepeatedly called for her incarceration. the moment was a strong contrast to the themes that emerged during this service. >> lincoln and bush

we have to take you to maryland, upper montgomery county i boyd. that is where an early morning house fire has displaced two. last report blocked,aryland 121, clarks road north of the reseoir. we have better perspective for you. chopper 4 is hovering live above the scene. brad,u what can ll us? >> we're getting our first view of the breaking news, chopper 4 with the only vie of the fire in clarksburg. let's take a closer look at the house. you can see a gaping hole in the roof. the call came in at 3:20 a.m. here on the 21,000 block. pete with the montgomery county fire said 75ht firefs were on scene to get this under control. they're putting out hot spots, you can see that with the bucket truck just above the roof. as we pull out, w can see parts of clarksburg road remain closed. that's because they weing to truck in water using tanker trucks. you can see that house is pretty far from the main road there. parts of clarksburg road are going to remain closed while scene.ork the your best bet and your best options are going to be 117 klopper road and

t maryland, it's old bay all thee. now there is a new spice on e rack that has the makers of the maryland staple headed to c brt. ol is suing the makers of a spice called new bae. the company's tag line even says, out o with the and in with the new. the nerve. >> you're going to get it. >> old bay takes issuethith . the lawsuit says new bae's maker acknowledges its name is a nod to the classic. i have to taste it to see what the difference is. >> it's not old bay is what the difference is. >> nothing i old bay. >> take that back to wherevert you got from. >> so erica is doing an instagram post of us. we put bae on i didn't even know what that meant. i had to ask on social media. >> oh, chuck. >> what is it? our boo like >> what do the letters stand for? >> oh, that. >> what is it? before everything else. >> before anyone else. you didn't even know. >> no, i did. >> but you didn't know it. we just gave youui the pop on it and you failed. i had to loot up and actually reach out and get help. so i didn't know it either. a

maryland, calvert county and st. mary's county schools are closeo ow. we've got the full list of scosings scrolling at the bottom of your en, and you can also find those in the nbc app. what is prompting t closures and what folks in the areas are seeing in terms of total. >> it's azing. you look at county likes that, prince william and stanford county fairfax count we had a trace of snow there. nothing in washington, d.c. if you live north of 66, you really didn't see any snow at all. res and t school clo we've got people that are going to wake up tomorrow with nothing. >> feast or famine. >> incredible, incredible totals. take a look. we've got this storm coming on through the area. this did cause some damage around the danville area. all across parts of north carolina and into parts of virginia as well, where not only was the sw lling, but also some sleet and freezing rain, freesat caused a lot of and a lot of power lines to come down. pas of north carolina aswell. here is the storm. over the last 12 hours, and you notice, this look at the leading edg

and john mcincnara will have a seat dedicated to him at the maryland center. chris gordon, news4. >> we have a look back at all the "time's" people of the year honorees. you can search person of the year. this is cdest last night since february. >> yeah. down to 26 degrees in the city and into the teens inthe suburb. today withhe sunshin we were able to get into the mid 40no the sun is going down. arting to getcold. i have the gloves and tear must haves. i want to introduce lynn. this is such a huge event for you. theiggest event you put on all year. >> yes. it is my favorite time of year. the zoo islet up. you've seen it top to bottom with a half million slights and displays and music and entertainment. it is fantastic. pepco has sponsored this for years now. you have something else going on. we've got a carousel going on, a train, and we now have these reindeer games. malls and spinning rides. fun fordults and the kids. is there a weight limit? i wanted to make 'rsure. up going to do that coming a little later. we're going to stay on this cool pattern. all w

locksley spentwo instance wit maryland and was their interim head coach. he signed future nfl stars to the terp. he turns down a program that's riddled with controversies and have not had a win since 2014. >>> to the redskins. the team is bringing in josh johnson to backup mark sanchez. he has not thrown a pass since 2011. the team discussed bringing in colin kaepernick who had not played since 2016 but the team ultimately decided again it. >> maybe a greater possibility but since it is week 13 and four games to gond in order to utilize somebody like colin kaepernick's skillstaet. you are lking about a whole new group and not a lot of time to get a new quarterback and a couple of days of practice.ee he has talking abou about -- frankly different direction. >>> college hoops now, american hosting st. francis earliergh to this was the sophomore from the get-go. eagles up 17 at that point. easy jamthere, a big game against howard this saturday for american.e some aori, american cruises at 95-82. they improve to 5 and 2. >>> for many people when you visit lasv

number 24 maryland opening up big ten play against penn state. reeves.slowly josh 17 points in the first half. but here comes maryland. bruno fernando, jaylen smith, easy two. that caps a 16-9 run to startth e half. under five minutes to play. darrell morsel, the lob to smh, the fresh from baltimore led all terps with 16 points. when they needed it late cowen delivering. shot clock winding down from deep. cowen 15 pints maryland wins 66-59. >>> college football, the s.e.c. championship betweenumber one alabama and georgia. 7.chl down bip the front runner would be helped off the field. in comes jaylen hurt went 22 and 6 as a starter before tou replaced him last year coincidentally against georgia. and hertz so good. find jerry judy. georgia failed a fake hunt and hertz over a minute remaining with a chance to win. out the the end zone. alabama survives 35-28 number one seed in the college football playoffs. >>> high school football playoffs in virginia. freedom bringing the hammer against westedfield. second quarter the 34 yards out, tied at 7. fr

it comes north in fredericksburg and into extreme southern maryland and movesout. by 9:00 everything is dry and we start rapid clearing. so let's go zone to zone, neigorhood by neighborhood. down i-81, my friends in winchend winchester, flurries sunshine. not expecting much unless you're in t central shenandoah valley. for our friends in urbana, leesburgut some flurries mainly cloudy in those areas. further to the south you're eel likely see snow. a few flries. i don't think coerns. mechanicsville, stafford and fredericksburg where we have the -- need totand on this side where we have those winter weather advisories, that'sbe th chance of snow. that's where we can see one to three inches. slick spots there through the afternoon and tomorrow morning. any snow will melt through the nsy tomorrow. ne through thursday. if your travels take you south of richmond or charlottesville, keep an eye on the forecast. we've got more news on the other we've got more news on the other alsiright, everyone. santa wille right back, but i just got to say, if you're going to ask him fo

everybody goes to maryland, everybody eats maryland crabs. but this year they were missing about 40% of their workforce. >> the american crab picker is gone by the wside. the old ladies have died off, and the younger ladies now want a full-me job. we only offer eight months out of the year. 're seasonal, so they want something that they can count on year round with benefits, and we don't offer that. >> reporter: like others in the area, harry phillips has thtten around the shortage of american workers a migrant workforce, hired season after season, and brought legally to the u.s. on h-2b visas., in the pase visas were issued on a first-come, first-served basis, but the department of homeland security switched to a lottery system. which means if i'm crab compa "x," a laura is crab company "y," we apply. and if i'm selected in the lottery, i'm able to get all of my visas. if laura is not selected she gets non of her visas. >> sreenivasan: got it. >> so there were a number of crab housesn hoopers island who of who had no workers at the height of

maryland would rally. fernando has the trip to tie a e game 26. second half all maryland. this time gives up to fernando. for the slam. he was tremendous. 19 points and 12 rebounds. maryland pulls t away f 78-64 win. >>> all right. now to the other capital one arena tenant. the washington capitals playing some of thef best hockeye season getting contributions from everyone, winners of their last three and 15 of their last 18 going into tonight's game with ottawa. alex ovechkin and company all smiles north of the border this evening. why not? first period is, evgeni kuznetsov for the tap-in. caps jump on the board first, 1-0. later in the period, the laser from tyler leungton his first nach had goal. him.ratulations to he makes it 2- then in the second, still 2-0. madison his turn to tally his first nhl goal. capitals jumping out to a 3- lead and hang on for the 3-2 win. their fourth in a row. >>> and college football playoffs clemsonpinto the chship game dismantling noter dim -3 alabama late in the fourth up against oklahoma. >> thank you so vermuch thank you for joining u

in july, maryland announced it would replace nearly 1,000 x-lite is in the state. news4 was told work would start immediately. fives later we've learned the project is still in the contract phase. the state says it's working through the process as quickly as possible and expects the removals to begin after the new year. virginia started replacing x-lites more than two years ago as part of a bigger project to replace all guard rails tt n't meet crash standards and told us they removed0 x-litesos far and have fewer than 500 remaining and expect to have them replaced by the end of 2019. >> my goal is a national recall. >> reporter: since his daughter's death two years ago, he hasho met with all around the country pushing to have the guard rails removed. he says he won't give up until replacinge commits to the x-lites. >> i don't wodt som on my right arm next year. i don't want somebody to be here. unfortunately, there will be until we get them off the road.b >> and grief, i stand with steve and whatever he needs or whatever he needs to do make that happen, make that p

., southern maryland dry, washington, d.c. dry and keeps the rain and snow farther south and pulls out monday morning. i will say i'm not in full agreement with thatmodel. i think the chance for snow farther north is there. by monda morning, i do believe it will be out of here and we should see sunshine. as far as snow totals subject to change. i think symptom flurries possible in the d.c. metro area. farther south les than an inch into parts of southern maryland. the farther south yout'go, t where we pick up a lot of higher numbers that was in the winter weather advisory. planning out your sunday at this point, dry for a lot of us. temperatures in the mid 30s, very coe. if you headed to the game, bundle up. that snow chance staying south of the district. your ten-day outlook after the syst is out of here, we're talking sunshine, temperatures in the 40s. we couldven hit the low 50s by next weekend. next weekend our bes chance for rain. we have another system heading into the forecast. i think temperatures will be a littleit t

reporter: the speeches and honors resonate with maryland gornor larry hogan. >> an incredible ceremony for a wonderful man, a true patriot and i couldn't have been more moved by the service. i thought it wasust incredible, a great way to send him off. a true american patriot. >> reporter: former senator allan simpson ended his yueulog to president george herbert walker bush by s saying ll always carry his memory in our hearts. back to you. >> the words will li ove on. chris gordon, thank you so much >>> righnow, the presidential plane that has been temporarily irnamed special mission 41 in honor of the 41st president is taking president george h.w. bush back to texas for the final time. in about an hour, an arrival ceremony will be held in houston. thepresident's casket will be take on the his home church, st. martin's cathedral, where he'll lie in repose tonight, funeral serviceso be held there tomorrow. president bush's final resting place will be by his wife's side in college station, texas. and tomorrow this train will carry the president's casket 70 miles from houston t his presid

michael in maryland, pasadena, maryland. a supporter of the -- a shutdown. go ahead. caller: good morning. i support a hybrid-style shutdown. there needs to be some sort of accountability, whether that be that the shutdown actually comes to holding congressman and senators themselves accountable by the rest of the supporting agencies, there has got to be a method in play that they get themselves into the session and they are not allowed to leave and go home until they focus on america's priority. the other part that is very interesting to me is this seems to be a matter of statistics and data. i retired from 20 years of service and specifically dealt with anti-terrorism and counter .errorism when you look at the potential for somebody to be harmed, i.e. a border patrol officer, what is their life worth? in comparison to putting up a means that to turner's -- deters those trying to enter our country. then you look at what is the dollar amount each person costs over a 25 year strategic outlook versus what it costs for us to put up a deterrent to keep those individuals o

should they move back stay in maryland or across the river. that is the debate for the washington redskins. governor h larryan is talking about an idea to keep the in prince gorges county. the state is working to acqui oxen cove park. it's a 300 achor property that he called the gateway to maryland and the county. >> can yougine the redskins stadium on a monday night football with all of the monuments reflecting into the potomac river. 300 acres to develop. >>overnor hogan points out that it's stillar e and nothing has been finalized. the football team is currently committed to playing 59 fedex field since 2011. >> there are a lot of things the team has to workon. >>> let's talk about the caps. huge night for caps fans. >> whew. >> they crushed the detroit red, wi6-2. >> this goal right here for alex ovechkin that earned his 21st career hat trick. this is the most in frahise history. t.j. oshie also g scored aoal after playing his first game in a month. the caps are back on the road and play the carolina hurricanes this friday. you know how ha

maryland beating akron in yesterday's final. the team's first title in ten years, fourth in school history. so, a huge congratu ltions. got te that hardware being back in college park. >> absolutely. celebrate that te. >> by theway, no one wants to see doug dance. >> it kindf caught my eye and i tried to -- >> he's still learning the floss. >> we'lle right back. b hi. i'm monday. i know, people don't like me. that's fine, i'm not really wild about people. oh hey, monday! ugh. but lately, they've been dragging me to places that are way too much fun. look at this place, like people are winning and laughing. and doing that. i... no. it's five in the afternoon, for pete's sake. monday! up top! no! what's wrong with you? (music throughout) you have a lot of deadlines in your business, right? we miss deadlines, we don't get paid. what if you lost your network connection? you gotta be kidding me. chaotic. our gig-speed network lets you download files up to 20 times faster. and we go beyond fast with 4g lte backup for complete reliabili

and maryland, maryland has a place for sports betting, they have casinos, d.c. doesn't. where do you set it up? tricky in the district because there's federal land, too, and no approval of sports betting on federal spaces so maybe the rfk stadium would be a tricky place to get it. omething at ed for rfk but there's federal oversight of those grounds so the question is where inhe strict but the why is pretty self-explanatory -- lots of mone orts betting is a lucrative field. there's no way to lose money if you have sports betting in your municipality. >> there are a lot of questions and a lot of t logisti work out. d.c. could be the first. virginia according to polls very much favors gaming. is that a surprise? >> it feels like a competition, a race, feels like a sport in itself. who will get it like that casinos. we have to insulate ourselves from ourbo neing jurisdiction getting it so we get the money and the district is cnizant of that. if maryland and virginia are interest interested, let's beat them to th punch. >> what about federal oversight? is there more interest

we're seeing police body c video from jordan mcnair's final football practice at the university of maryland. he collapsed ad later dof heat stroke. >>> news 4 begins with storm team 4 weather alert. >> oh,ake a look at storm team 4 radar. it not pretty, folks. the rn and the wind are really beginning to kick up for some of you. >> yeah, and we're watching t potential now for flooding through tomorrow night. we've gote leam coverage for you this evening. we begin with storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. it's been a prettyht nasty n out there, doug. >> ah, yeah, it really has, and it's jus going to continue. we've got this rainmaking its way our way. that rain is starting to pick up in somelocations. it's been on the light to moderate side with some heavier bursts, but take a look outside right now. we've got interesting things going on in the atmosphere. right now, you c see on storm team 4 radar, we have the rain. you can seedd im heavier rain into parts of montgomery county, down to the south around warrenton, but notice down to e south, not much happening around fredericksburg

. >>> the university of maryland today confirmed more cases ofir aden on campus. to keep more people from getting sick, the school says itill expand efforts to disinfect student dorm rooms over winter s break, and of tonight, the school lists 35 confirmed cases of adenovirus. one case was deadly. a student died of complications last month. the centers for disease control says adenovirus is common and is rarely fatal. it presents with a wide range of symptoms that mimic over illnesses like cold symptoms. for more information about those symptoms and the cases a the university of maryland, go to our nbc washington app and search virus. >>> news at 11:00, nancy pelosi is poised to be elected house speaker for the second time, after string a deal toimit how long she'll serve. the california democrat says that if she elected speaker, she'll step down after two terms. moments after that statement by her, seven democrats who had opposed pelosi said they would now support her. and that paved the way for her election to speaker next a small group of unhappy democrats have

. , its not just any newspaper is the maryland gazette. , it is the maryland gazette. and he actually was the editor of the maryland gazette. this was a time when everyone got their news from many different types of newspapers that spring up overnight. it was a major way to find that news about the war of independence. despite the fact they had 14 children, she managed to run the paper. she didn't just run it, she got it out of the red. her husband was not a very good businessman, had run the business into debt. family,only raised the she got the paper out of debt. recognizing her achievement as a woman of courage and extraordinary distinction. they decided very carefully to separate church and state. they knew people would be coming around from different fates -- others came willingly and others ,.d not arabic and was a practicing muslim. he was enslaved in the plantation of maryland until he was the age of 60. he went to work as a handyman in buildtown where he helped rooms and fix fences and aren't enough money for his retirement and actually having a savings accoun

we're keeping a close eye on that. 61 degrees in southern maryland. that's the mild air that's around and it was here yesterday but without any sunshine we weren't able to warm up much. manassas, the lone col spot. that is why, the temperature has really fallen there in princeia wi county. so your forecast for today, fogginess around this morning and we'll be back into the 40s as we get into the evening hours. prably 5:00 or 6:00 this evening. the 5 day forecast looks this way. turning breezy today but not a bad one at all. 58. tomorrow, dry. 43 degre for a high tomorrow. so a little bit below today and noticeably below average for the rest of the week. cold. temperatures only around 40 degrees and i could rule out midday flurries on wednesdaythut temperatures close to 40 degrees, that's cold enough to get a snow flake o two but not cold enough to accumulate anything and another shot of cold, dry a ler on in the week. more about that sunday-monday time frame and any real opportunity for snow coming up. let's go over toa, meli good morning. >> good mor

that's good for the ski resorts in west virginia and western maryland. unr us we're dry and will clear out toine as we continue through the day. not looking too bad for your saturday. and even if you're traveling for today, not looking too bad at all. then we get into your sunday, and monday. of course, christmas eve, christmas day we have the chance of rain showers passing through late tomorrow night, clearing out on time for christmas eve. christmas eve looking good. temperatures low 40s. it's breezy. tuesday, christmas day, looking fantastic. low next chance of rain on thursday night into friday. and then we could havw as we head into the end of next weekd. we havene ♪ whoa! the mercedes-benz winter event is back, and you won't want to stop for anything else. lease the gla 250 for $359 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> it is a christmas tradition like no other, wring letters to santa. the words "dear santa" written countless times. where do your letters go before word reaches the north pole? >> repor

on maryland, the rampo the southbound baltimore washington parkway. someone hit the deck and spun out on thatramp. ramps are slick around the region. give yourself some extra stopping room as you head out the door and hit the that's the latest. back over to you. >> thank you, dave. >> well, theedins enter another crucial weekend of football. >> the burgundy and gold will be theirst team to take the field this weekend when they face the tesee titans. their nexteds to w two games if they want to make it to th playoffs. crossing our fingers. injuries continue to be this season. up team is not givin though. josh johnson is looking for a second win as an nfl starter. pregame coverage starts at 3:00 p.m.. >> are you still trying to find that perfect last minute gift? well you are certainly not alone. a survey by the national retail federation finds a quarter of americans say they will finish their christmas shopping this weekend. about 7% will still be shopping on christmas eve and 4% say the final gifts won't be bought until after christmas. for those that

that goes for the beltway in maryland and virginia. no signs of any volume issues to be concerned with. in general, we're holiday light as we head into our thursday morning. we'll keep you posted. that's t traffic center.e back to you. >> all right, dave. thank you. >>> happening day, congress will get another crack at ending the partial government shutdown now entering its sixth day. lawmakers from the house and nate return to t capitol later this afternoon. >> if you're hoping to see a compromise, you may not wt to ld your breath. news 4's nicole jacobs is live on the national ml withore on the shutdown and how it's impacting the district proper. >> reporter: good mornin to you. there's a reason we're t standi nethese port-a-potties. we'll tell you that in a second. but d.c.ri ts don't typically plan their vacations around a government shutdown, but those who areer in the city are definitely getting a dose of what it means to vacation in the middle of one. we're live here on the national mall this morning. one of the many locations n

also in maryland, a different type of rescue, a llama was let out of a flooded pasture and to higher ground. while the mid-atlantic is soaked, there is high surf in the pacific. the maverick surf contest near half moon bay, california, was delayed because the waves are too big and conditions too dangerous. authorities are warning people to stay away from the shoreline. >> avoid the area altogether because the waves could hit to the sea wall. and if anyone is even stepping foot on the sand, these waves could creep up onto their chest, take them into the pacific ocea contest organizers hope surfers will be riding the waves later this week. dan schenamen, nbc news. >>> in texas, the family of a 7-year-old guatemalan girl who died in the custody of u.s. border agents is now disputing what officials have said about her death. border patrol officials said she hadn't had food or water for days. her family, seen here in guatemala, says that isn't true and that the girl appeared to be in good health as she traveled through mexico with her father. on cbs' "face the nation," white house senior