. tonight a teenager loses her life wile on the phone with her

mother and the accident happened just minutes after she escaped injury in a car crash. she was a beautiful and smart teenager who wanted to be a physician. >> the girl had just called her mother after saying she was okay after a fender bender in spotsylvania county and then a pickup truck approached. >> where did you stop the car? [ inaudible ] >> a wooded area you can't go past -- >> okay. >> it seems that we have the wrong video here. we'll try to get that story back for you in a second. we want to tell you that we are waiting to hear the identity of a man who was shot and killed by police -- this shooting happened at 2:00 this afternoon when police pulled over a car in the triangle area. the men inside were suspected of

an armed burglary this morning. the driver was arrested and the passenger took off running after being found police say he walked toward officers with a gun and didn't drop it. now to a $1 million death penalty for pepco. a lot of people in maryland are not satisfied with the fine and it comes as the utility company is trying to raise rates. jackie bensen joins us live from silver spring. this neighborhood has been frustrated with inconsistent service. >> reporter: it has been and montgomery county executives have heard plenty of complaints about pepco. >> the million dollars may seem like a lot but it really isn't when you think about the tens of millions of dollars that people lost while they suffered through the horrendous power outages. >> reporter: a county executive reacts to news that pepco has been fined $1 million for

inadequate service to customers from the late '90s through the blizzard of 2010. the problems were poor communication with customers to inconsistent tree trimming policies and most significant it could affect future rate hikes like the increase proposed by pope co. >> that might be significant in this ruling. it may mean tens of millions of dollars they might otherwise get from the rate payers. >> reporter: pepco said we have received the order and are in the process of reviewing it. we will comment upon completion of our assessment. in the forest glenn area power outages are a common occurrence. >> it was good. i was happy but surprised. >> you have to cut back the trees during the summer time. maybe they will learn. . >> well i guess they had it coming. >> reporter: there is late word that pepco does not plan to

appeal that $1 million fine. back to you. >> thank you. now we are ready with our top story tonight. that teenaged girl killed in a terrible car accident in spotsylvania county while on the phone with her mother. here's shomari stone. >> reporter: lucy and her husband are filled with pain and agony. their only daughter selina died in a horrible car accident in spotsylvania. >> was very nice. very nice. >> reporter: she wasn't only nice a quiet good student who dreamed of becoming a medical doctor. >> she was very nice to everybody very friendly. she was a good person. >> reporter: her life was cut too short on tuesday evening at 6:30. she got in a fender bender with another car and stepped out of her car to investigate. >> she's okay. and the guy said oh, yeah i'm

okay. >> reporter: once she knew the driver was okay she called her mother and police say a pickup truck hit her car and pinned her between the cars. her mother knew something was wrong when the phone went sigh lent. but police say the pickup driver tried to avoid the cars. the driver stayed at the scene while police continued to investigate this family continues to grieve over this tragic loss. police say the pickup driver is cooperating with the investigation. he has not been charged. they say that alcohol and speed don't appear to be factors in this accident. in spotsylvania i'm shomari stone. back to you. metro will continue to inspect 5,000 series rail cars through the end of this week. yesterday a friction ring came off a blue line train and it stranded passengers up to two hours underground. metro officials say why it came off is under investigation.

but so far it could be a possible failure of the husband that holds the ring in place. 16 other cars have been pulled from service. a hit and run caught on tape has police looking for a minivan driver. it happened in sterling, virginia near south cottage and fox roads. the van hit a man on a motorcycle and drove off. they believe it was a burgundy toyota sienna. the motorcyclist is expected to be okay. there is a $1,000 reward in this case. newt gingrich trying to rally support this virginia during an event in roslyn tonight as he rushes to get on the ballot in the commonwealth. a poll out today has him ahead in virginia. he has 30% of republican support compared to mitt romney's 25% but it's gingrich does not fare as well as romney when head to head against the president. but he said he is not worried about the g.o.p. field.

>> i have one opponent that is barack obama. >> gingrich will take his campaign to richmond tomorrow. he is set to deliver the 10,000 signatures needed to get on the primary ballot. the deadline is tomorrow. a congressman from wisconsin is on the defensive after comments about the first lady's body. he was overheard at reagan national airport talking about a conversation he had with a woman about michelle obama. he said that she should practice what she preaches when it comes to eating and referred to her large pose tear area. he doesn't think that the government should tell americans what to eat. the story set the social media world on fire. our facebook page is overflowing with responses.

glen ferguson said that the floatists should challenge him to a fitness test. she would own him. jerry masse writes the era of political correctness has steered the country in the wrong direction. president obama was doing shopping today just after 2:00 this afternoon. he went to a pet smart store to buy things for beau and then he stopped at best buy and shook hands with customers and bought the game just dance 3 and joked about playing with the girls. >> the girls beat me every time on these various dance games. you guys will never get a picture of me doing it. i get graded f every time. >> after shopping the president picked up three pizzas from

pizzeria delray. only in miami, no in d.c. too it feels like we could have miami going in december tonight. chuck bell has a look at the conditions outside. >> i don't know if it feels like miami but we are only at 60 degrees but it is 72 in miami be. you this is crazy warm for us. the average high temperature is 45 degrees. so we are 15 degrees above that at 11:00 at night. so mild weather out there for the remainder of the overnight. not much left on the radar. the rest of the showers are drifting off the coastline. we will be dry for the rest of the night and a mild day coming. more on that coming up. the navy's traditional homecoming kiss was a first in virginia beach today. a petty officer kissed her girlfriend after being selected in a raffle to get the coveted first kiss. it's the first time since the

repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy. >> is it nice to be able to be myself. it's been a long time coming. this is very recent that the change has come into effect. it's been nothing but positive. >> she bought 50 raffle tickets at $1 a piece but claims it is far fewer than her peers. all the money went to a christmas party for the children of the sailors. 100 dogs are recovering at the washington animal rescue league. they were found living in poor condition. the dogs are being given medical and behavioral care in d.c. the owner of the puppy mill they came from has been charged with three counts of animal cruelty. still ahead why this driver was trying to outrun police before a violate crash that sent dogs jumping out of one vehicle. the middle of d.c.'s

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a violent send to a high-speed chase in orlando today. it started after noon when two home burglary suspects zigzagged through traffic. they topped 80 miles per hour before they crashed into an suv. five people including the suspects were hospitalized. no word on their conditions tonight. two dogs in the jeep that was hit ran away from the scene. they were later found and weren't hurt. the news4 i-team takes us into a food fight.

the battle between food trucks and parking enforcement in the district. are they being unfairly targeted? the city is trying to encourage turnover at meters. whose side you are on depends on where you eat. >> reporter: long before lunch lines begin. >> they are the best. we love them. >> reporter: the food trucks scope out spots in d.c. >> the manicotti or the there ulf? >> reporter: location is critical but comes at a price. >> no matter how much you feed the meter they are always eager to give tickets. >> reporter: brian runs basil time. he thinks he is being targeted. he's not the only one. every food vendor says they are getting tickets daly mainly for parking at meters for more than two hours. >> being a small business is a

struggle on its own. the last thing that we need is $1,000 a month. it's a lot of money. >> reporter: the department of public works declined to go on camera but confirmed it started a two-person unit in october to address the increased presence of food trucks that violate parking regulations. >> there are cars parked in front of me with a meeter expired but they ticket us. >> reporter: josh targeted an officer writing his truck a ticket as he was getting ready to leave. >> she is going to skip everything else. >> reporter: in metro center station we caught the same officer writing tickets. >> the red truck, the black truck, the silver truck, they all got tickets every truck on this block. but check this out. this is an illegal parking space. this is our car.

we didn't get a ticket. neither did the cars parked on the same block even though they had expired meters. dpw says the unit is charged with ticketing all vehicles not just food trucks and the other cars might have paid by cell phone. >> regulations need to be enforced. >> reporter: andrew klein with the city's restaurant association says that food trucks are taking spaces from customers who would visit traditional food establishments. >> right now the food trucks are operating under a fiction where they park at parking spots. two hours does not make a lot of sense for them and doesn't take into account the competing uses of public space. >> reporter: both sides say that the city needs to do something. it's a food fight getting ready to boilt over in the heart of d.c. at metro center, tisha thompson,

news4. >> whose side are you on? go to the news4 i-team facebook page and tell us what you think. look at this guy. this is not the publicity that fedex wants to get. a youtube video posted on monday shows a delivery guy tossing a computer monitor over the gate. the worker is being punished. the company reached a satisfactory resolution with the customer. in two days more than 3 million people have watched that video and they hope that guy is not delivering to their house. >> too bad fedex cannot get rid of that video. >> it is marked fragile. >> don't know what that says from "a christmas story". >> i think that says fragile. >> and the fedex guy was wearing shorts. >> might as well.

no doubt. unbelievably mild weather out there. not quite a record but still mild weather by december standards and we get to keep it around for 24 hours or so but we know it can't last forever in december. cloudy skies for the most part but a few breaks in the clouds and we might see a sliver or two of sunshine before more rain comes back our way. right now at reagan national airport look at that. 60 degrees at 11:00 at night in the middle of december? that's mild. 57 is the dew point. the breezes out of the southwest at 8 miles per hour and all metro temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. these are rivaling the high temperatures for the day. annapolis 65 degrees even though the bay water temperatures are in the 40s. that is an off shore breeze in annapolis. winchester, 50 degrees. charlottesville is mild at 60

degrees. our official high is 61. the winter solstice is an hour away. tomorrow we will have 9 hours and 26 days of daylight. in alaska they will get three hours and 41 minutes of daylight. that is a long climb to summer time for them. the last showers are off the jersey coastline. the next batch of rain is in the mid south. that comes in late tomorrow night about this time tomorrow night the rains return once again. the clouds are pulling out of here for now. a dry period for the remainder of the overnight. enjoy the dry start tomorrow it won't last forever. by 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon one or two breaks of sunshine fading behind the cloud deck. the warm front comes back through. late tomorrow night into the early morning hours of friday morning another soaker headed our way. and behind that one finally a

colder pattern moves in for the weekend. so limited clearing. a balmy overnight start off temperatures will be above average in the 50s. sunny breaks tomorrow but the clouds return. warm again. rain returning after sun down. will the generally be dry. here's the seven-day forecast. 60 tomorrow. 56 with a rain ending early friday. saturday chilly sunday just a rain drop or a snowflake. our white christmas chances. the odds of a single flake is 15%. if you want an inch of snow, less than 1%. don't count on it. >> but we insist on knowing the chances. the biggest trend in holiday parties and will the cost you. >> george mason's 18-game home win streak is in jeopardy. dan's up next. season's greetings. i'm brian new berry.

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no time to rest on a win. time to get ready for the next game. >> got momentum. >> they are face-to-faced. >> they are. >> when is the last time that happened? >> i wish i had the answer. only one ore time this season. they are favored by a touchdown over the vikings. and a chance to win two games in a row for the second time all

season. a few weeks ago this game was the donovan mcnabb game. now he is gone and it is a battle of his former teams. both teams searching for consistent offense. they have been doing that much of the season. lately the redskins have found it. kyle shanahan's offense ranked 16th in yards per game and in the last two games the skips have scored a combined 50 points. i know it doesn't sound like a ton but for a team that went through three games failing to score more than 11 points this season, this is an offensive bonanza. >> this is a work in progress and something that we constantly are evaluating. the hardest thing is not having an off season to work and develop things. but you are excited when you can do stuff with guys and you have draft picks and feel like you can improve the overall talent and have time where we will have an off season this year to work

with guys to fine tune them. baseball nationals making moves. mlb.com reporting they are pursuing gio gonzalez and the nats are interested in power hitting first baseman prince fielder for the right price. the nats signed mark derosa. college hoops, george mason and duquesne tonight. santa claus playing the sous phone. >> the patriots not playing well. >> it's behind his head. >> you ever seen that before? >> no. >> have you ever seen this before? yes. is it a dunk. more commonly known as a jam not a sous phone. second half mason gefting defensive. mike morrisson with the block. anderson going the other way. it's a five-point ball game. fans liking it. later on the bottom of the

screen. vonns pokes it free. gets the pilfer and the bucket. duquesne beats george mason. let's go to the great northwest. virginia taking on seattle. tony bennett and his guys playing well early on first half on the inbounds joe harris throwing it down. nice move right there by joe. 7 points in the first half. later it ask going to be mike scott grabbing the offensive rebound staying with it. spin move in the lane up and off the glass. he went for 19 in the first half. seattle beating virginia 43-41 early in the second. up a level in the nba florida a key state in the

championship race. they are having fun in orlando. magic hosting the heat. it's pre-season. a couple of missed dunks and lebron cleans up the mess. the magic down by as many as 22 points in this game. nelson for the magic out to richardson. look who's there. dwight howard just throwing it down. the magic come back to beat the heat tonight. and the nba regular season starts on chri

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