. we begin with breaking news in capital heights maryland, where a two-year-old was rescued

by police after being left alone for 24 hours. >> this is a disturbing case of alleged child abandonment. it started at 2:00 this amp when a frantic mother called prince george's county police and asked them to check on the welfare of her child here at 6900 walker mill road. the back story, the apartment manager tells us that the mother of this two-year-old girl was hospitalized on friday leaving the child with the girl's father. when the mother was ready to get out of the hospital she called the father to check on the two-year-old. the father led her to believe that the child had been on her own for 24 hours with no adult supervision in the apartment. that's when the mom called authorities and asked them to check on the girl's welfare. the apartment manager let the police into the apartment and the two-year-old girl was in a

bedroom, cold and hungry but thankfully she was okay. so prince george's county police have the father in custody. charges are pending. we are led to believe there may be more arrests in this disturbing case of child abandonment. but authorities were called in. the child was given to them this afternoon and when the mom was released from the hospital apparently the two-year-old girl and the mom have been reeunited a metro mishap left passengers stuck underground for hours. >> metro is planning to inspect all of its 5,000 series rail cars. a train lost a part of a wheel this morning. the metro system is safe and they expect no delays tomorrow morning. jackie bensen is all over this tonight. and i understand there were some clues that something was wrong

before the train left the plaza. >> reporter: that's right. a loud noise. a passenger tells news4 he heard a loud noise and he thought that the train would remain stopped. instead it continued on to a two-hour ordeal. >> i called the metro police. we just passed the plaza. >> reporter: concern is rising as morning commuters realize something bad is happening. ronald cunningham with with his six-year-old granddaughter. he believes that the two-hour wait in the dark and walk through the tunnel could have been avoided. the train should have been evacuated after hearing a loud and unusual sound as it pulled into the plaza station. >> it sounded like metal like something had come loose. i noticed that the metro guy was standing in the door. i could tell from his reactions

the way he responded to the sound, and what he did is when the door opened he leapt out of the train. >> the metro gm confirms that the agency is investigating reports that the passengers tried to heard the reports. >> those are the reports that we'll go over tomorrow morning and see what was said to whom and the time frames for it. >> reporter: the train with 300 people on board continued on only about 200 feet before being stuck in the tunnel. metro blames a friction ring that fell off a blue line train and struck the third rail. >> after today's experience with metro i have second thoughts about using the metro. >> reporter: we got a lot of complaints from passengers aboard the trains the three trains involved. metro department give the passengers enough information soon enough to let them know what was going on. >> thank you. >> for the second night in a row police arrested occupy d.c.

protesters outside the white house. seven people were arrested after refusing to leave the sidewalk. they were protesting parts of the defense appropriations bill which expands the military's power to detain terror suspects indefinitely. police are investing after a bodiwise found in an apartment complex in rusten. a foul smell led officers to gray wing square off rusten parkway. the cause of death and the person's i.d. have not been released yet. incredible video from prince george's county police showing two men who robbed an armored car back in april. the video shows them with high-powered guns ambushing a workers in a bank of america on old branch avenue in clinton. after that they took off in a white van. now look at what security agents in reagan national airport found inside carry on

airports, throwing daggers hidden in a hollowed out book last night. turns out the passenger had no ill intent here. he handed the knives over and was not charged. there are five nights left for last-minute christmas shoppers. and several stores are opening nonstop now. shomari stone is live at tyson's corner center. >> reporter: right now i'm standing outside macy's. it was busy in here tonight. it is expecting to open 24 hours tomorrow morning up until christmas. a lot of folks tell me they can't believe is it going to be open. >> i have will have some. >> reporter: darnice waited for the last minute. >> got busy. just got busy. >> reporter: she is now getting busy inside macy's inside tyson's corner.

it will be open around the clock from wednesday morning up until christmas eve. >> i can shop all night. >> reporter: people are taking their time at toys-r-us. >> it's a great thing. >> reporter: they are starting operating 24 hours and will stay up until 10:00 p.m. the night before christmas. folks are packing their trunks with toys. >> my dad can go shopping for presents at night secretly. >> reporter: it's not just macy's and toys-r-us, safeway stores are staying open continuously through christmas eve. >> i'm behind. >> thought i would get better deals. they are trying to get rid of stuff. so. >> reporter: now many stores still have discounts and with the extra hours you have plenty of time to check them out. live at tyson's corner i'm shomari stone. back to you. as we look outside a mild night but the rain is headed our

way. doug kammerer is taking a look. >> looking at very warm air out there right now. the temperatures are actually up a degree from last hour at least at the airport. the current temperature 50 degrees. the cold area is hagerstown at 39. still in the mid-40s across the area. it is not going to be the temperatures you need to worry about. i think we will be in the 60s tomorrow. will the be the rain and potentially a lot of it not just with this storm but another storm on thursday night and another storm on christmas weekend. i'll show you what to expect coming up. the water is back on for hundreds of customers in montgomery county. a 10-inch water main burst in gaithersburg. it took three hours for crews from the sanitary commission to fix the leak. now they are trying to repair the road. a virginia state trooper shot and killed a man in

rockbridge county today. the trooper pulled over a white chevy malibu that was reported stolen. the two got in a struggle. the driver pulled a gun and was shot by the trooper. the trooper was not hurt. the natural bridge was considered one of the seven wonders of the world. two college students trying to get out of town for the holidays were carjacked this morning. it happened in the ward circle. a 40-year-old jumped head first through the window of the car and sped off but slammed into a tree and tried to steal another car but that didn't work either. >> he got in a lady's car and tried to drive the car while sitting on her in the driver's seat and it was a stick shift. >> reporter: witnesses say a dump truck driver stopped in traffic grabbed the guy and held him. call it a capitol hill cluster. the standoff continues as

congress is deadlocked over a bill to extend payroll tax cuts. the senate rejected a bill that would extend the cuts by two months. the republicans want a full year extension and called on the senate to return from their holiday recess for talks. left blowing in the wind 150 million americans. the house shot down a resolution from donna edwards to publicly condemn statements by a republican member earlier this month who compared the democrat's political message to the work of nazi propaganda. he was responding to questions of blame directed at the g.o.p. the measure was voted down along party lines. two council members face federal criminal investigations. a bill would allow expulsion of any member who violates reasonable ethics. and reduces the amount of money

that can be privately raised by counsel members. still ahead on this busy tuesday night. what went wrong? san francisco's mayor wants to know for sure. the reason france will recommend that 30,000 women have their breast implants removed. not just a dangerous job on the clock. there is new research about there[ male announcer ]bout citibank's new app for ipad

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french officials are expected to order a massive recall of breast implants due to possible cancer risks. eight cases of cancer have been reported. a study out friday should reveal if there is any link. if one is found french officials will pay for the implants to be removed. the silicon is found in computers and cook ware. 300,000 women could be affected by this. a large number of police officers may run a rick for health problems and mistakes on the job because of sleep disorders. new research has been unveiled after a stud of 5,000 officers. one-third had sleep apnea or insomnia. the mayor of san francisco wants to know what happened at

candidate it stick park last night. the lights went out twice in the middle of monday night football. the mayor called it a national embarrassment. pacific gas and electric says it started with a downed power line a few blocks from the stadium. a hollywood block buster may provide a lifeline for the lincoln theater in washington. the city is trying to keep the doors open. tomorrow will the begin a four-week showing of the movie = "the girl with the dragon tattoo." it's a plan to make the lincoln a financially viable business. and the national menorah shining brightly was lit on a ledge this evening. hon k hanukkah is the jewish festival of lights.

>> looks like a nice party. fantastic wateather for it. tomorrow we could get to 17 degrees above average. just did the math real quick. it will be a warm day tomorrow. i think most areas will be in the 60s. some of you maybe the low to mid-60s. here we are coming up on christmas. let's show you what is happening right now. nice out there right now with the temperatures around the 50 degree mark. we have not seen the temperatures dip down all that much from where they were earlier today. the low this morning, 45 degrees. that is the average high this time of year. and 70% of the month of december has been at or above average. it has been very, very warm and it looks like that trend is only going to continue. last hour it was 49 degrees. now we are up to 50 degrees based on calm winds and cloud cover out there.

the combination of the cloud cover and the wind which i think will shift out of the south is going to make things warmer when you wake up tomorrow morning. in the south the numbers creep up. 46 in fredericksburg. 46 in manassas and the our friends in the eastern shore are around 46 degrees. storm 4 doppler radar. a couple of showers showing up here but not really reaching the ground. but what is reaching the ground is the rain back to pittsburgh and back to the west. seeing shower activity now. but watch what happens when we widen out this is the rain through south carolina and georgia and alabama and mississippi. all of that rain is going to make its way our way as the area of low pressure does the same. that gives us shower activity tomorrow. and we could see a rumble of thunder or two. nothing severe and not expecting a lot of rain tomorrow. will the not be a complete

washout. but we could see moderate downpours from time to time. there is a frontal boundary across the area. mild to the south and cooler to the north. and the front moves back to the north tomorrow. we see the warm air move in and a chance for showers with a chance for a thunderstorm or two. best chance of that is south and east of the washington, d.c. area. and the front comes through. memorially we have colder air. that is not the case this time around. an thursday we get to near 60 degrees and watch another system move up from the south. this will start to bring rain back into the area. and then the potential here for upwards of a half inch to an inch of rain thursday night into friday morning. i think this is the storm that could bring us the most rain. that storm gets out of here and we have another storm coming just in time for the holiday weekend. the forecast tomorrow more clouds, a mild start, a possible shower early but after 9:00. 40 in the coldest areas to 49 in

the city. the numbers could warm up a bit. tomorrow afternoon, showers likely. light to moderate for the most part. but a brief heavy downpour can't be ruled out. winds gusting to 20 to 25 miles per hour tomorrow. 60 on thursday with the late-day rain. friday dry for now. 53 degrees. 48 on saturday. calling saturday dry. but going to have to wait to see how the next system approaches us. it will give us rain potentially on christmas day and it could be a big storm. the stronger the storm the colder the air is behind the storm. 38 degrees on monday which would be the first day with a high in the 30s. >> about time. we'll take it. >> one present i guess that you get. >> thank you, doug. still to come tonight a big surprise for area kids as a car dealership gives away new wheels. the caps make number 1,000 a special one for a team leader.

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dan's back from verizon center. a big hockey match out there tonight. >> it was rocking the entire game tonight. not often that the capitals get on the board early but that is what they did tonight. they got on the board first and kept the lead throughout and got goals from each of the big

three. ovechkin, semin and backstrom for the first time since october 30th. tonight the big 1,000 for mike knuble. he picks up nice hardware from the general manager. as for the game it started as scripted. ovechkin by his lonesome with his 11th goal of the season. tonight the crowd in the game from the beginning to the end. the capitals with the lead. later in the period, backstrom collects the puck and check out this wrap around goal. this is sweet. powers through the defender and slithers past the goalie into the net. ovechkin loving it too. 2-1 caps on top. johannesen in attack mode drops it off for semin.

his seventh of the year. on a new line and all the changes worked tonight. the big three score for the first time since 2010 in the same game. the capitals win 4-1 giving knuble a w for 1,000. >> the guys all chipped in and got a seadoo. that will be fun in summer time. it was a great day. >> it was a big night. they were ready to go and they wanted to win the game for him. >> a seadoo in case you are wondering is a jet ski. our producer asked. >> thank you for clarifying. >> i just wanted to make sure. they give him a certificate. >> he can pick it out for himself. >> a big one for him and another

for his wife. >> the whole family will fit. tonight was the night for the wizards, the last chance to get the game right before the regular season starts the day after christmas. the wizards showed fortitude coming back to take the lead late in the game after a terrible start but it didn't result in a win. cut and paste that last line for future scripts later in the season. flip saunders remember this picture for weeks to come. it's not even right. time winding down, john wall going to work. the clock not his enemy here. wall with 8 points on friday night had 17 tonight. nick young spotting up in the corner. drains the three. young 3 of 10 from the field. later in the quarter taking a trip on the javale-vator.

>> did you just invent that? >> i probably stole it from somebody. the wizards had the lead but botched it in the end. the sixers win it going on an 8-0 run. when it was all said and down, saunders saw improvement but not enough in the loss. >> wanted to play the young guys down the stretch to see how they would react. i was pleased that, one, we didn't throw it in early and hung in there and came back and were solid defensively most of the night. and our main group, those guys played well at times. overall i was pretty happy. >> will the be interesting. they have to play 66 games in 130 days. >> have a little hope. >> i'm just being realistic. i'm

somebody's in the money. a winning power ball ticket was sold in d.c. but no one has come forward. that ticket is worth $200,000. it was sold on south dakota avenue northeast. here are the numbers, 13, 28, 49, 51 and 59. the power ball number was 33.

the next power ball drawing is tomorrow. and the jackpot $104 million. a local car dealer brought early christmas cheer to deserving kids tonight. sport chevrolet invited 120 killeds to a party where they were surprised with brand new bicycles. the big guy delivered the bikes to the boys and girls. this is the third year hosting the event. the employees wanted to do something difficult than the traditional holiday party. >> see you tomorro

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