broke federal law in spending all that city money on himself. now, you can see a picture over here of fred cook, thomas' lawyer. he's coming out to speak to lawyers. we have to see what he's got to see. we haven't had any comment all day. the mayor has now told us in a statement that he supports the investigation and wants it done fully and as quickly as possible. we told you earlier about a meeting councilman brown was going to have with councilmembers to discuss what's happening here and what's going to happen to harry thomas. he cancelled that meeting. he's going to hold it now on monday. i'm tom sherwood here in northeast washington. back to you. >> tom, we'll be checking back. thank you. the investigation of councilmember thomas is just one of three that involves the u.s. attorney and the city officials. another involves mayor vincent gray and started with a question about whether his 2010 campaign secretly paid suleman-brown to

aggressively attack then-mayor adrian fente. that investigation has grown beyond brown to look into the large amounts of cash that were brought into the gray campaign. a third investigation involves kwame brown and his 2008 campaign for re-election as an at-large councilmember. that probe includes a trail of unreported contributions and expenses that total about $300,000. in that case, the u.s. attorney's office is reviewing the money trail. be sure to stay with news 4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage and for updates on this fbi raid of councilmember thomas' home. we will have new reaction from mayor gray tonight at 6:00. and we are following some breaking news out of montgomery county tonight where police are searching for a missing boater. these are live pictures from chopper 4. officials say the man was in a boat and never returned to shore. crews are searching for the man

on land, by boat, and with a state police helicopter. we'll continue to bring you more information on this search as it becomes available. herman cain plans to make a major announcement tomorrow. he's been reassessing his presidential campaign since monday when a georgia woman claims she had a 13-year affair with him. in an interview with a new hampshire newspaper yesterday, cain acknowledged ginger white sent him 70 text messages between october and november but insisted the messages contained nothing inappropriate. >> so her messages to me were relating to, you know, needing money for her rent or whatever the case may be. i don't remember all the specifics. >> it wasn't a love affair. it was a sexual affair. as hard as this is for me to say and as hard as it is for people to hear is, you know, it pretty much is what it is. >> cain did not have a chance to see his wife face to face until

today. he said he needed to talk to her before deciding his next step. meanwhile, a new poll out shows cain's support among iowa republicans has dropped from 23% in late october to just 8% this week. an electrician from leesberg, virginia, has pleaded guilty to terror charges. he was arrested following a government crackdown on people who use the internet to promote terrorism. jane is outside the u.s. district court in alexandria where this hearing has just wrapped up. jane. >> reporter: wendy, by pleading guilty less than an hour ago, 24-year-old jubair ahmad. it was his five-minute youtube video advocating violent jihad against enemies of islam that red to the arrest of jubair

ahmad. he pled guilty to aiding a terrorist group. >> the world is flat. the internet reaches the far corners of the globe. foreign terrorist organizations are using the internet to recruit and radicalize young people around the world. >> reporter: in an alexandria courtroom, jubair admitted he conspired with l.e.t. to produce the propaganda video. >> he's trying to show the army of western countries. >> reporter: this terrorism expert says it's a call to arms for muslim youth against the west. >> it will teach the young muslims who have thoughts to become radicals that the u.s. intelligence and fbi is careful and their eyes is open. it's very important. >> reporter: the terrorist group l.e.t. was blind the 2008

bombings in mumbai, india. jubair ahmad will be sentenced in april. back to you, wendy. >> all right. thank you, jane. turning now to the weather. plenty of sunshine today, but will it stick around for your weekend? >> let's get the latest from veronica johnson. >> hey, i can't give it all away, but let's say you're not going to be crying this weekend about the weather. as far as today goes a nice one today. we've got a clear sky out there right now. it is chilly, but it's like a calm chilly with a light wind that we've got. 54 degrees. got up to a high today at 55. look at the temperatures here for the evening. by 7:00, under a clear, starry sky. down into the mid-40s. 43 to about 41 degrees by 9:00. you're going to need the coat a little later. as far as the fast forward forecast goes, a starry night. this will be a very, very good

weekend for putting up the christmas lights. as we take a look forward with the seven-day forecast, i'll tell you how soon the real, real cold air will get here. it is, of course, meteorological winter. folks want to know, where is that cold air? is it coming any time soon? i'll tell you in a couple minutes. >> all right. thanks, veronica. cities along the west coast are cleaning up today from the strongest winds in more than a decade. the winds, some as strong as hurricane force, brought down trees, caused damage to homes and businesses. thousands are still without power. a lot of schools and businesses had to stay closed today. metro has a new way to crack down on crime. starting next week, you may see transit police on one of these. it's an enclosed golf cart known as a gator. the vehicles are part of a new program to increase security inside metro's parking garages. both employees and transit police will patrol different stations and rotate shifts looking out for suspicious or

illegal behavior. and if you plan on riding metro this weekend, give yourself some extra time. six stations on the red line will close at 10:00 tonight and won't reopen until monday morning. crews plan to install new rails and make safety upgrades. there will be free shuttle bus service between the closed stations. still ahead, a rockville man kidnapped in pakistan. tonight, al qaeda is claiming responsibility and issuing a list of demands in exchange for his release. we told you where medical marijuana is being grown in the district. now the news 4 i-team has a list of exactly where it could be sold. secret software found in millions of smart phones tracking your every move.

a legal setback tonight for the family of a former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of murder. a judge ruled today his family cannot testify on his behalf at any sentencing proceeding. if they are in the courtroom during his trial. under virginia law, family members who attend the sentencing phase are banned from testifying. but his attorney timed a motion to lift that ban. the judge said no.

he's charged with killing his ex-girlfriend after getting into a heated argument if her apartment in may of last year. four months ago, a rockville man working in pakistan was kidnapped, and there was no claim of responsibility. the investigation into his disappearance seemed to grow cold very quickly. well, now al qaeda is claiming responsibility and issuing a list of demands for his release. megan mcgrath has more. >> reporter: a yellow ribbon is tied around a tree in the yard of warren weinstein's rockville home. a symbol of hope for his safe release. now, an alarming development in the case. in a newly released tape, al qaeda leader said they have weinstein. it's the first time any group has been linked to the abduction. weinstein was taken at gunpoint from his home in pakistan back in august. no one claimed responsibility. weinstein is a former u.s. aid worker, and he was in pakistan

for j.e. austin associates, a u.s. firm that does work in countries with emerging and developing economies. his next door neighbor just doesn't understand why he would be a target. >> to us, you know, he's just an ordinary person. all he did was just do good work in helping people develop things in pakistan, you know, to make the people's lives happier and better off. >> reporter: in the tape, al zawahiri says weinstein will be released only if certain demands are met. those demands include the release of osama bin laden's family members. the u.s. must also stop air strikes in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, yemen, and gaza. and release three men linked to the bombing of the world trade center in 1993. while al qaeda claims to have weinstein in their custody, it's unclear who did the actual kidnapping, al qaeda or another group.

in rockville, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> sources tell news 4 that warren weinstein was kidnapped by the pakistani taliban. however, al zawahiri is responsible for any negotiations for his release. some local veterans are getting home makeovers just in time for the holidays. the second annual decorate a vet kicked off today in falls church. it's the brain child of a local businessman who owns a landscaping company and has family members who have served. volunteers are donating their time, and businesses are giving up supplies to help transform five homes. >> i want this place to look like santa's workshop. i want to see it from space. >> i appreciate all the companies doing what they do and their time. i've enjoyed having them. >> the work is being coordinated through the american legion post 130. for more information on the program and how you can help,

logn to our website, nbcwashington.com. what a wonderful program. >> so sweet. that's lovely. >> and they had some nice weather working out in the yard today. >> yes, they did. i'm tstarting to stress about this weekend's weather. >> stop. you are not. >> yes, because this always happens to me. when i see the forecast and that the weather is going to be nice, i start putting together this list that's way too long. >> too busy doing stuff. >> i am stressing big time. >> but it's a good list. >> i have one day. i'm doing a little bit of work with ladies' tea on sunday. trust me, folks, you'll want to get out this weekend. get the tree this weekend. hang those lights this weekend. mercury, by next weekend, not nearly as high. let's look outside and see what's been going on today. temperatures today in the mid 50s. we're at 54 degrees right now. we have a very light wind across the area. it really is pretty pleasant out

there for early december. we're down to 40 degrees by the time we get to 11:00 p.m. 42 to 40 degrees at 11:00. it's going to be cold by tomorrow morning. take a look at the satellite review of the last couple of hours. you can see some clouds coming right into the area. that is a weather front. there is some precipitation across areas of northeastern pennsylvania, around new york in the form of very, very light flurries. really drying up. that's the front that's going to be moving up through here. a high of around 55 degrees today. for the weekend, just a little lower. moisture down through the southwest all part of a weather system that's going to be driving eastward. ahead of that system, once again, we get the real warm air driving with a southwesterly wind. that warm air will stay with us

the early part of next week. then it's going to get pushed out by the end of the next week. wait until you see the temperatures. for tomorrow, high pressure still with us. that means sunshine and very delightful weather for early december. certainly nice. sunshine throughout the area. saturday's going to be the brightest day of the weekend. then we start getting some clouds around the area on sunday, especially by late sunday. overall, i think it will be a partly sunny day. a few more clouds. again, a touch warmer with that driving southwesterly wind. so your evening forecast, let's take you through it. we're clear. we're chilly. we have a starry sky. we have a quarter moon up there. it doesn't set until after about midnight. 40 to 47 degrees. your morning temperatures, 24 to 37. big range in temperatures from the northwest right to in town. again, not too bad with that light wind. sun's up tomorrow at 7:09. high temperature tomorrow, again, just a little lower than today. 48 to 51. a gorgeous winter day for

saturday. then cloud cover for sunday. 53 degrees. early part of next week, there's your warmth. 58, still dry weather on monday. 60 degrees the high temperature on tuesday. yeah, i guess you really could put your lights up on monday if you were off, which i'm not. 52 degrees on wednesday. a chance of rain too. that front moves out. mild air moves off the coast. we get cold air with overnight temperatures in the 20s to low 30s. highs only in the mid 40s at the end of next week. i'll tell you what. by the following weekend -- no, we're not going to see any warmups. again, this is going to be a very good weekend. >> do you have space on that list to do our lights on our houses? >> no way. >> can you paint dresser for me? >> i need to hire someone, right? >> that's the secret. >> don't we all? >> thank you, veronica. when we come back tonight on news 4 at 5:00, a maryland man's accused of exploiting the most

vulnerable of victims. and more options for locals who want to travel on the cheap.

how do you keep your christmas tree from becoming a fire hazard? are half-dollar coins still if circulation out there? is it too late to get your flu shot? we have the questions and the answers. liz crenshaw joins us once again with all of it for us. >> hi there. nice to see you again. >> our first question comes from a viewer who wants to know about christmas tree lots and farms. it's about safety, liz. how can you prevent your christmas tree from becoming a fire hazard in your home? >> we did check with the national christmas trees association for this answer. it says, first you simply keep your tree hydrated. place the tree in water as soon as possible. there should be one quart of water per inch of stem diameter in your christmas tree stand. check the water level often. some trees may have taken a lot

of waters especially within the first few days. also, keep your tree away from any sources of heat such as fireplaces, heating vents, direct sunlight, and turn off those tree lights when you're leaving the house or going to bed. remember that for the season. >> indirect sunlight. that's good to know. good tip. our next question comes through an e-mail from grover. are half-dollar coins still out there circulating? >> do you ever see them? the u.s. mint gave us this answer. it says, yes, the half-dollar coins are still in circulation. that same kennedy half-dollar that's been around since the '60s. however, it's important to remember there is no law that says a private business or person must accept certain currency or coins as payment. for example, a bus line could prohibit payment of fares in pennies or dollar bills or the half-dollar coins. just because you have one doesn't mean you can spend it. >> you don't want to get on the bus with 150 pennies.

our last question comes from eilene. she forgot to get a flu shot this fall. she wonders if it's too late to get vaccinated. >> the centers for disease control gave us this afternoon. even though we are officially in december, it's not too late to get a flu shot, although you may be better protected by getting the flu shot earlier in the season. a vaccine this winter will step help reduce your chances of getting the through. in fact, the cdc says the influenza disease usually peaks in january or february and can occur as late as may. it does take about two weeks after that vaccination for the ante bodies to develop and provide protection. it's not too late. if you have a question for us to consider, send it to askliz@nbcwashington.com. you can always find us on twitter and facebook. connect with me. let me know what you want to know about, whether it's holiday stuff or whatever.

>> all right. have a great and healthy weekend. >> you too. >> thank you, liz. wen dirks over to you. after the break, the news 4 i-team is going to show you where patients will be able to likely buy medical marijuana in washington, d.c. plus, a crack down on businesses busted for selling prescription drugs. and we retrace robyn

recapping our top story tonight, fbi and irs agents raid the home of d.c. councilman harry thomas jr. today. they also impounded his suv. >> thomas represents ward 5. he's being investigated for allegedly spending $300,000 from a youth program he started to buy an suv and pay for personal trips and other expenses. >> he's maintained his innocence even though he has agreed to settle a civil lawsuit with the d.c. attorney general and repay that $300,000. >> for the latest developments and reaction from d.c. councilmembers about this morning's raid, you can stay tuned to news 4 at 6:00. now let's fast forward to the weather. veronica. >> thanks a lot, guys. another dry day for us. another nice day for us. we got up to 55 degrees with sunshine throughout the area. right now, we've got a clear sky at 54 with a very calm wind. not bad at all out there right now. by tomorrow morning, we dip way

down. a big range in temperatures too. 35 to 36 right inside the beltway. look at some of the northern and suburbs. louden county down to 26. starting out around 25 degrees around prince william county. very, very cold to start the day tomorrow morning. little cooler than it wasound today. we've had four dry days. now at least four more dry days. that means some super weather as we take on the jets. that's right. 1:00 on sunday. partly sunny sky, between 50 and 53 degrees. our next chance of rain doesn't come until tuesday of next week. have a great weekend. >> great. thanks, veronica. now to medical marijuana. for sale in the district. >> tonight, the news 4 i-team has the list that shows where patients may be able to buy it. tisha thompson joins us now. >> reporter: when it comes to

medical marijuana, the d.c. government is handing out two different kinds of licenses. we've already shown you the proposed sites to grow medical marijuana. they're called cultivation centers. now we have a list of dispensary applications or where people will be able to go to buy medical marijuana. if you want medical marijuana in washington, d.c., you will need to get a prescription from a doctor and buy it from a licensed dispensary. the news 4 i-team has mapped out where 17 different dispensaries want to locate. neighborhoods like the pallasades and tacoma park. >> it's a facility to provide medication to patients. this isn't for some people to run out and get high. >> reporter: former talk show host montel williams wants to set up a dispensary. he's applied for two cultivation center licenses in this building on queens chapel road in northeast, which he says will create jobs and improve the neighborhood. >> we're looking at a facility

that, number one, is a blighted building. it's a building that was burned out. this building is now the perfect building to put together what we're proposing. that's a greenhouse that could be an urban farm. >> rehab the building for themself, yes. bring jobs, no. they're not required to hire in the city. >> reporter: 24 cultivation centers and three different dispensaries have applied to set up shop. by far the highest concentration in any one neighborhood. she says her neighbors all agree. they're worried about crime and don't want any of the facilities in their community. >> they don't want it. bottom line, they don't want it. why is it we're always considered the dumping ground? >> reporter: we have made a map of all the dispensary locations. they are the red spots. you can go to our website and take a look at them. when you go there, you're going to see the full setup of what

the applications say. if you click here, it will take you to the actual application itself. you can also take a look at our maps. this, i think, is one of the most interesting things. this is the ivy city area. these are the cultivation centers. this is a dispensary. it will give you an idea of the kind of perspective that these folks are looking at. the health department is in charge of determining who will actually get a license. it had announced it would start deciding who would get the ten cultivation licenses and five dispensary licenses within the next month. we've been told by sources that they've missed some of their internal deadlines, which may force the agency to push back their final decision. jim, wendy. >> all right. tisha, thank you. a 66-year-old virginia man is charged tonight with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing of his estranged wife in louden county today. that stabbing happened around 8:30 this morning in the 39000 block of route 50 in aldi,

virginia. investigators believe matthew parker went to the home of his 61-year-old estranged wife and attacked her with a knife. she's being treated for life-threatening injuries this evening. parker is being held without bond. fairfax county police have raided several businesses for selling prescription drugs that have been smuggled into the country and sold over the counter. the crackdown began when a woman became violently ill after taking the drugs a few months ago. julie carey is live with more. >> reporter: convenience store clerks playing the role of pharmacist. that's what fairfax county police found at this store and others across the county. stores they raided today. police say the customers buying these illegally dispensed drugs tended t eed to be poor, non-en speaking immigrants. the owner of this store defended the practice telling news 4 he occasionally sold antibiotics to customers out of the goodness of his heart. these are just some of the thousands of doses of drugs fairfax county police seized in

their raids. birth control, antibiotics, and painkillers. all smuggled in from central america, and all being sold from underneath the counter or in the back rooms of shops like this one. police began their undercover operation about a year ago when they learned of a woman who became severely ill after buying drugs from one of the shops. >> without a physician oversight and pharmacist properly dispensing this, it's extremely dangerous. it's potentially deadly. there's nobody regulating other than a clerk behind a counter. >> reporter: investigators say the back room drugs were being told to people who couldn't afford a regular doctor. in one case, the store clerk showed an undercover officer how to use this hypodermic needle. >> the clerks were dispensing physician advice to the undercover officer, instructing her to inject the medication into hour stomach as a birth control measure after she had her child. very, very dangerous stuff here. >> reporter: la placita was one

of the stores raided. the owner admitted he purchased smuggled antibiotics for personal use. he conceded he occasionally sells pills at cost to customers suffering from illness. >> i know it's against the law, but sometimes the law is not necessarily just or justice, you know. you have to sometimes look at your conscious and the morality. you give it to them just to help them. not really to make money out of the damn thing. >> because they're poor. >> because they are poor. they cannot go to see a doctor. they cannot go and buy the antibiotic. i do it out of good conscious. >> reporter: so far, no charges have been filed in connection with this investigation. no arrests have yet been made. fairfax county police say the real target as this investigation continues are those who smuggled the drugs into the country and then gave them to these store owners. reporting live from fairfax county, i'm julie carey. back to you. >> thank you, julie. jetblue will soon be flying out of reagan national airport. the discount carrier beat out

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for everyone. bread is vanishing in a lot of restaurants as patrons go low-carb. but one -- we're celebrating those who still have it. >> this is a question a lot of restaurants are asking themselves. for me as a diner, it's sad not to see this bread. i think a bread basket is the first impression after the telephone and the valet parker that you have of a restaurant. it's a welcome. it's a gracious kind of thing. a number of new restaurants are not offering the bread basket. sachs is a bread-free zone. originally it was conceived as a lounge. it evolved into a serious restaurant without the support

of a bread basket. the chef said, i love baking bread. he instead offers yukon gold potato chips sprinkled with a little truffle salt. he said he wanted to do something different. he also said cost was a consideration. i just want to say one of my favorite bread baskets in town is offered at vidalia. it's a charming southern restaurant in the west end. it's one of the reasons i love going to that restaurant. it opens with this warm, not-too-sweet cornbread. you have foccacia in there with onions on top and a little potato roll that happens to be the recipe of the co-owner's wife there. it cost 1 to $2 a table. it does add up when you think of

hundreds of people coming through your restaurant every week. >> you can catch tom's restaurant reviews every sunday in the "washington post" magazine. >> i'm one of those who asks for more bread. i want another basket. >> i love the bread basket. it's so exciting. >> but i have given up the butter. more oil. >> when it doesn't come, you say, can i have some bread? are you serving bread? >> more and more. here's a look at what's coming up next at 5:00 tonight. >> reporter: he targeted vulnerable adults from this residential community and got away with thousands. coming up next, the man police busted for what they say is financial exploitation. and in sports, going to rewind to a redskins, jets matchup

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what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. police say he financially l exploited adults with physical and mental disabilities. now he's behind bars. erica gonzalez is here with more. >> reporter: police say that it all goes back to the basic rule of thumb. if too good to be true, it probably is. >> i think it was just a look of easy prey. >> reporter: that's how edward jones describes the man who took him for nearly $700. jones is disabled and relies on social security to make ends

meet. montgomery county police say desean terry johnson met jones at the wheaton metro last may. he promised to get jones a job as a janitor, but he would need to shell out hundreds of dollars for things like equipment and a uniform. jones gave up the cash but not go job. he said he thought johnson was a friend. >> for him to take that money from him, it have d have a bit of an emotional impact on me. >> reporter: now he knows what a real friend looks like. >> i actually call him more of a guardian angel. >> oh, stop. now i'm going to get embarrassed. >> reporter: this officer says a concerned citizen told him residents at inwood house may have been exploited. sure enough, as a result of his visit, jones and two other victims emerged. now that johnson is in police custody, jokingly jones admits he's pleased. >> i'd be happy if he went to

jail because i know that the other prisoners would love this little guy. >> reporter: thus far, there have been four victims from the area. since 2010, johnson has swindled these vulnerable adults of at least $10,000. thus far, there have been four victims from the area police say. at least this young man could make some type of light of the situation. don't you think, jim and wendy? >> yeah, but it's just awful. >> just a tragic story. so your smart phone might be secretly spying on you. a computer analyst from connecticut says more than 140 million phones are loaded with data collection software. it can track where you are, even track what you're typing. the program is made by a company called carrier iq. at&t and sprint deny they're collecting any personal data.

the companies say they are using the information to improve their phones and customer service. senator al franken has fired off a letter to the company demanding to know exactly what data that software is collecting. here's veronica with a final check on your weekend forecast. >> very nice weekend forecast. let's start it right now. good friday evening. we're at 54 degrees. we don't have any weather issues at all, which means we can stay out a little longer. have a little extra fun this evening. we've got a calm wind, too, throughout the area. that light wind takes us into tomorrow morning. temperatures that will be starting out around 35 to 36 degrees inside the beltway. outside the beltway, in the 20s. nonetheless, this will be a fabulous weekend. lots going on this weekend. a lot of folks putting up the christmas lights. a lot of folks going to get that tree. how about heading to the annual christm christmas bazaar?

this one saturday 10:00 to 4:00. good location there to pick up some ornaments and anything else you night need for decorating. the high on saturday, 51. the high on sunday, 53. clouds for sunday. then we've got temperatures rising the early part of next week with wet weather for tuesday and wednesday. have a very, very good weekend. >> will do. thanks, veronica. turning now to sports, hakeem is here with a redskins rewind against the jets. >> hello, jim and wendy. the redskins will go for two in a row on sunday when the new york jets come to town. the last time the redskins played the jets was back in 2007, winning 23-20 in overtime. for a game that's even more memorable, dan takes us back to 1987 in this week's redskins rewind. >> reporter: october 25th, 1987.

back to work just in time. in the first game after a 24-day player strike, the defense showed little signs of rust. charles mann brought down ken o'brien three times. dave butts just out of the hospital after losing 20 pounds from the flu added another sack and inspiration. >> i was hoping that, you know, me showing up would -- you know, somewhere, somebody might have done something. tip the ball, made just a little more effort by having me here. that's the main reason i showed up. >> we knew we had to get after them. whatever it took was the type of day we knew we had to take. we discussed this earlier. whatever it took. every guy was willing to give 110%. we knew we had to do it. hey, when he a little good fortunate in there with it as well. >> reporter: not as much good fortunate on offense. in the second quarter, jay shrader hits garry clark for a 24-yard touchdown pass in a 7-0

lead. that quickly slipped away. the skins found penalties and mistakes would turn the fans against them. >> we knew if we got behind like we did that we were going to start hearing the boo birds. we just told ourselves to block it out. there's 45 guys on the team. we're pulling for each other. >> the fans have always been great. they're fans that know football. if you play like a goat, then you're going to get a goat reception. so we got booed. they want the scabs back. you know, by eight a minutes left, it hit home. if we're going to pull this out, it's going to be a long week. it's going to be tough. everybody's going to be on our back. >> reporter: down 16-7 in the fourth quarter, the redskins win back the fans and the game. shrader hits kelvin bryant from two yards out. it's still 16-14 jets.

next possession, shrader finds ricky sanders for a 39-yard pickup. that leaves it to chic. from 28 yards out, it's good. skins win 17-16. >> as a kicker, this is what you lay awake at night thinking about, the opportunity to come in when the game is on the line. you got to want these opportunities. fortunately, one came up that helped redeem for the miss i had earlier. >> i guess we had another chance coming off the strike. everybody was worrying how we were going to play. the fans, some of them yelling we want the scabs back. we had to perform. show them we are the scabs. >> of course, the redskins went on to win the super bowl that season, defeating the denver broncos in super bowl xxii. the redskins also set several super bowl records in that game, including five touchdowns in one quarter, in the second quarter.

that game lives for ages. >> those were the days, my friend. >> every redskins fan was hoarse for a week. never a quarter like that before. that was interesting. >> i loved hearing them talk about the scabs. that's great. >> they helped pave the way there. >> they did. >> yeah. >> well, vance is here now with a preview of what's coming up in a few minutes. coming up at 6:00 tonight, we continue to follow the latest developments after the federal raid at the home of councilman harry thomas jr. also, somebody poisoned a couple dogs. we'll tell you about the investigation into that crime. and honda has expanded its recall on vehicles as it continues to have serious safety concerns about air bags. also, we'll take on a special holiday tour inside homes at d.c.'s logan circle neighborhood. those stories and more coming up. >> all right. we'll look forward to it. thank you, vance. coming up next, more on that vacation in aruba that morphed into a mystery.

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fouronths ago when a case reminiscent of natalie holloway's disappearance, a maryland woman vanished while visiting aruba. >> police arrested her travel compani companion, gary giordano. >> now back in the states, giordano is talking to "dateline." josh mankiewicz has the story. >> reporter: in july, two days into a vacation in aruba, robyn gardner disappeared. gary giordano, her travel companion, said they were snorkeling, and robyn never made it back to shore. police were suspicious. >> it was a very calm day. >> reporter: two days later, police arrested giordano on suspicion of murder. he was at the airport waiting to board an earlier-than-scheduled

flight. >> he claimed that she took a later flight, which is of course odd. >> reporter: police were also suspicious when they learned gee j your da know had taken out an insurance policy on robyn gardner and he was the beneficia beneficiary. >> were there reports of a rough sea that day? >> it could be flat one moment. the wind can pick up, and it could be rough. >> reporter: as for giordano changing his flight to an earlier time. >> he had permission to leave. >> from? >> from law enforcement. >> reporter: and baez says giorda giordano, a successful businessman, routinely bought insurance. >> i think the circumstantial evidence in this case is very underwhelming. >> reporter: last week, a judge in aruba agreed, ruling that police have not found enough evidence to continue to hold giordano in prison while they investigate further.

he was released on wednesday. in an interview with "dateline," he again proclaimed his innocence. >> i want people to know i had nothing to do with anything to harm her or anybody in my life. >> you know you're being widely portrayed and regarded as someone who literally got away with murder. >> i am well aware of that. >> reporter: meanwhile, the investigation goes on. josh mankiewicz, dateline nbc. >> you can watch "missing in paradise" on "dateline" tonight at 10:00. gary giordano is back in the united states. he's not been seen at his home since he's come back. so that's to be continued. again, that's on "dateline" tonight. that's it for news 4 at 5:00 this week. thank you for joining us. >> stay right there. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now.

a federal raid at the home of d.c. councilmember harry thomas jr. he's accused of using more than a quarter of a million dollars from city grants for luxury items. new tapes from the indiana state fair reveal troubling flaws with the emergency response after a stage collapsed. the national unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years. the key reason for that change may not be good news. we begin tonight with the a federal raid at house of harry thomas jr. agents have finally left the home, but the investigation continues. good evening. i'm jim advance. >> the d.c. councilman ha has been accused of spending $300,000 of city grant funds to buy a luxury suv and lavish

trips. the money was allegedly earmarked for charity groups and youth sports in ward 5. this is one of three d.c. ethics cases being investigated by the u.s. attorney's office right now. tom sherwood begins our team coverage. he's in northeast washington with the latest. tom. >> reporter: dorene, just a short time ago, the agents who had been here all day packed up their cars and left. today has been a major development in the federal probe of councilmember harry thomas jr. just after dawn friday, federal agents raided councilmember harry "tommy" thomas' house on this cul-de-sac off 17th street in northeast washington. federal agents towed away an expensive motorcycle and thomas' new chevy tahoe. federal authorities confirmed they took action in an ongoing investigation, but they declined to even confirm it was thomas' house. federal authorities, including