first, we go right to storm team 4. a lot of us under a severe thunderstorm warning this afternoon. >> that changed just minutes ago, and storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is tracking it all. >> right, guys. warnings early. severe thunderstorm warning or anne arundel and prince george's county until 4:00 issued because of high winds come through with the line. another warning out for caroline county, and moderate and heavy rain in this very short, narrow line. so it's going to be brief when it comes through your area. right now ready to cross over 50, and we've seen lightning with that and even lightning out west with this cell here, about ready to make its way right down 66, and also 50 there into northern foaulkner county. temperature 59 with stronger gusts coming through. get ready for the big

temperature drop from mild today. talking about artic air that's going to move in, and it will stick around this time for a pretty long stretch. show you that, and talk about it later. >> thanks, v.j. breaking news, a judge ruled a mother accused of kidnapping her children is not competent. >> telling family members she would take police to her children missing now nearly two months. news 4 pat collins is live covering the case since the start, outside the courthouse in rockville. pat? >> reporter: jim, a bold move today by prosecutor john mccarthy. get a judge to sign and order to have katherine hoggle go out with police to help them find her missing children. 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah. katherine hoggle's children have been missing now nearly two months. police believe she's responsible for their disappearance. today prosecutor john mccarthy

asked a judge to sign an order to allow katherine hoggle to go out with sheriffs to show them where she put her children. katherine hoggle's family members says she told them last week she wanted to help police find her kids. >> she said she wanted to show the police where the kids were. i asked her how come she doesn't show me, i'm their father, i can pick them up. she said it wouldn't do anything for her to show me. that she immediated eneeded to police hert. >> reporter: in court kath rain hoggle didn't want to do that. she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. now, the judge said he didn't think katherine hoggle was competent to participate in such a search. order denied. now, coming up at 5:00, an interesting exchange between the judge and katherine hoggle.

and some parting words for katherine hoggle from the children's father, as she was led out of the courtroom. i'll see you at 5:00. live in rockville, pat collins, news 4. there are new questions right now as a woman who survived a harrowing abduction heads home to the safety of her family. >> we have team coverage tonight looking at the maryland and virginia connections to this case, but we begin with jay gray, live in philadelphia. jay? >> reporter: hey there, good evening, jim and pat. look, friend and family call it an answer to prayers, a miracle, even veteran police officers call the outcome here "amazing." a young woman brutally attacked, kidnapped, three days later back at home reunited with her family. neighbors peer out from their doors and windows here but they're no longer looking for carlesha freelened gamer. held captive three days, she finally came home. >> our family is so, so happy.

>> reporter: after almost 72 hours on edge, it started sunday night along a wet-lit philadelphia street where security cameras captured the violent attack, carried out investigators say by 37-year-old delvin barnes. >> they didn't know one another beforehand. could be a chance encounter. >> reporter: federal, state and local police launched an intense manhunt covering five states. surveillance cameras at a bank and grocery store showed him using carlesha's atm car. a gps device in the suspect's vehicle when he bought it led police to barnes. a string of earlier violent crimes in virginia. >> attempted murder, abduction. aggravated assault. i mean, a variety of charges. he was convicted of rape here in philadelphia. back in 2005. he has a very extensive criminal history, a violent predator. >> reporter: as a hearing this morning barnes waived his extradition and will face those

charges in virginia. charges in gaither's abduction, filed in the coming days. >> i was just elated. very happy that they's found my granddaughter alive. >> reporter: alive and well and now finally home. now, gaither did spaend few hours in the hospital right after being rescued treated for minor scrapes and bruises. her family worried the emotional scars may take much longer to heal. live in philadelphia, jay gray, news 4. news 4's david culver is, would go the virginia angle of this story. he's been in touch with our richmond affiliate which is reporting disturbing accusations connected to barnes. >> reporter: you heard jay say it there. barnes is in the process of being extradited back to virginia, likely arrive in day or so and face several felony charges involving another young woman. deputies in charles city-county, virginia, between richmond, abducted and raped and burned

the clothes of a 16-year-old. the girl managed to escape two day afrs going missing but is still recovering. virginia authorities say they connected barnes to the philadelphia abduction through his car. our nbc affiliate in richmond went to barnes' last known address, what you're looking at there. a man claiming to be pes father answered the door. haepd at 5:00, what he had to say about his son including a message to the victims' families and i mention there's a news conference going on now in charles city-county in virginia. we'll monitor that and i'll head back to the newsroom and bring you any updates from the news conference when i see you again at 5:00. >> thanks, david. and barbara harrison has news about two buses colliding in the district. barbara? >> reporter: yeah, pat. to metrobus just hit each other a few minutes ago on north capital street. right near the h street bridge. we're told one bus rear-ended the other. 11 expla 1 complaining of injur.

none appear to be serious. could affect the commute. keep an eye on it and get back to you there there are problems. back to you. following a developing story now out of montgomery county will police are looking for a gunman who shot two people during an attempted robbery. one victim is a 75-year-old woman. chopper 4 over the scene this afternoon shortly after that shooting inside sweeney building services here. news 4 kristen wright talked to a man who works nearby who help ptds the woman struck. we'll hear from him tonight at 5:00. first at 4, the concerns about the spread letting up. we'll let you now how kearns oesh the deadly virus climbed big time just within the last few days. the video everybody is talking about and now new details about what happens next for the driver behind this wild crash. it may not be

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a warning from police this afternoon. be extra careful when using atms in prince george county. two armed robberies in bowie in the past two weeks both happened near shopping centers just a few miles apart. on halloween night a man with a knife robbed an atm customer and droeb off in a white pickup truck. the other incident, a man with a gun tried to rob a customer at a drive-thru atm. that victim in that case managed to drive away. the number of people being actively montered for ebola symptoms in new york tripled between monday and wednesday of this week. the vast majority on the list traveled from west africa within the past 291 d1 days. others include health care workers treating dr. spencer and the crew that at that timed him to bellevue hospital last month. spencer's condition is improving and he is the only american now

with an ctive ebola infection. health officials say no one monitored has shown any symptoms. and ebola survivor amber vinson wants to set the record straight. she's one of two nurses who contracted ebola while treating patient thomas duncan in the intensive care unit at texas presbyterian hospital. she came under fire for traveling while being monitored for ebola. >> no, i was never told that i couldn't travel. and i talked to management in person and they said that the cdc said it was okay to go. >> in an exclusive interview on "today," amber vinson also said the staff at her hospital was not trained to handle ebola, and the first time she ever put on a protective suit she said was just before she walked into thomas duncan's room to treat him. from football field to the witness stand. we're keeping a close eye on a

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first at 4, new surveillance pictures of a man thought to be linked to robberies across virginia. the pictures are from a cvs store taken back in july where oxycodone was taken. the same guy are connected to other robberies, police say. trouble this afternoon for a

united airlines flight bound for washington that began in london but diverted to dublin, i.r.re . the plane landed safely, no injuries. the flight carried 140 people onboard including that crew. we are keeping an eye on developments in the ray rice case. the baltimore ravens star and his wife janae arrived at a new york city courthouse for the second day of his appeal hearing to get his job back. both are expected to testify. rice was suspended indefinitely by the nfl and was fired by the ravens after that video surfaced showing him slugging janae, his fiancee at the tile. rice argued he's being punished twice for the same offense, because he was already suspended two games. now an arbitrate lettwill decid >> is ray rice telling the truth, or is the commissioner tell thing the truth when he says ray rice lied to him?

>> the nfl commissioner testified yesterday. this could be the last day of testimony. new developments in the case of an fbi agent today accused of trying to sell an use drugs, seized as evidence in the district. special agent matthew lowry is under investigation for tampering with evidence in 28 cases. prosecutors are asking those cases to be thrown out in light of the misconduct allegations. late this afternoon, one judge did dismiss two cases. deftness four other cases were also in court today, but another judge said he needed more information before dismissing those cases. now to some video that has people debating on our facebook page. how these things happen. a crash that came danger ourselfly close to tragedy caught on camera. we now now a woman in her 60s is not charged for the melee that she called a freak accident. here's nbc's report. >> reporter: dozens of people enjoying their lunch at demasi's mediterranean buffet when

suddenly an suv plowed through the grass window. >> sounds like an airplane, hit the restaurant. >> reporter: notice the men sitting by the window. the suv goes straight through the restaurant, pushing several customers across the restaurant and into the buffet line. >> all the tables was all over the floor. customers was laying down on the ground. >> reporter: several other customers scramble away. the suv misses them by inches. bottom right, you can see the arm of a man pinned as the suv begins to reverse. >> i was very thankful that no one get killed. >> reporter: but just seconds later, the suv is once again thrown into drive, and once again heads towards the buffet line and the man pinned beneath it. >> did she go back, and hit him again. >> reporter: with the help of customers, amazingly that man was helped to his feet. >> his arm, his eye was bleeding. his ear bleeding. >> reporter: in all we're told nine people were taken to the hospital mostly for minor

injuries. the describer, however, seen here in the denim jacket was not among them. >> she told me she was trying to push the brake and pushed the gas instead of the brake. she feels very sorry and was really, really feeling bad thatted. and she was shocked, herself. we've seen a little sunshine, and a little rain today. so what's next? >> well, the sunshine helping to kind of trigger even a little thunder out there. what's next for us, cold. right. temperatures drop and the wipd picks up. tomorrow morning, a nice, warm jacket, first thing out the door. take a look. storm team 4 tracking it for you throughout the day. from early this morning. tom kierein and myself, for the afternoon angd evening. hitting that rain now, crossroads. wyoming, the next couple of minutes. this is the strongest part of the line coming through our area. d.c. now quiet, but more rain set to move in leesburg to warrenton saw late ning earlier.

not now. that will track just to the north at 66 skirting by 29. impact forecast, driving for this evening, again, rain coming to an end before long. temperatures in the mid-50s, but the roads tomorrow morning will be dry, a little bit of wind, though. the winds, in fact, will be picking up throughout the day. so, again, weren't of those days where year out on the open road, you'll get pushed around a little bit. temperature, coming down too. 59 degrees d.c. 57 in gaithersburg, down to the south, 60, 62 warrenton around fredericksburg and stafford and quantico. these are a look at the feel-like temperatures. the windchills for this evening and tomorrow morning. i stop it at 6:45 right before 7:00 to show you that we are talking about temperatures in the 30s what it will feel like, from montgomery to frederick to fallner, prince william and into areas of culpeper county. a bit better getting around 8:30 to 9:00. again, a windy day coming our way for friday.

so breezy and cool, your impact tomorrow, though, low. unless it's maybe trash day for you. your cans will get blown around a bit. future weather, clearing out early tomorrow morning. yes, some sunshine, but keep in mind, those winds start to pick up. by the afternoon, call it partly sunny across the area. temperatures in the mid-50s, and then saturday we get a chance to do it all over again. partly sunny to mostly cloudy day. these will be high clouds and thoed those moving in very late in the day. so lots of sunshine tomorrow. your ranging temperature, 49 to 55 for sure, yes, i know what you're thinking. temperatures running a bit below average for this time of year. your average is 62. we get back there early part of next week. we've got 56 degrees right now and saturday 58 degrees on sunday, and temperatures, though, early saturday morning expected to be in the 30s across the area. from 33 gaithersburg, 32 frederick. 33 in leesburg to manassas. a cold start, too, saturday.

by early saturday morning a bit less wind around. right now on veterans day, the high temperature, 66. could not be better. that'she way it's looking right now. i think we'll have fine conditions, comfortable by november standards. a little later in the newscast when i return a more detailed look at the weekend, and how the wind if it carries over, could impact your outdoor activities. >> news 4's david culver live at the live desk with more breaking news on an abandoned baby. >> right, jim, coming from prince george's county police telling us they've located that child's mother. they say the person who actlly called 911 yesterday to report the baby in beltsville happened to be the child's mother saying she gave birth inside a home in, and called detectives saying she had just become overwhelmed. the mother is currently ree lly receiving medical attention. we talked to the lady who found the baby on the ground. >> i heard a baby crying, then a bigger cry, and i stepped off my

porch and saw her right here. and i immediately just got up, got her, and washed her. >> we're told the baby is in good condition at the hospital. police also saying criminal charges are mot going to be filed in this case at this time. the story we'll continue to follow throughout our newscast. back to you. drastic measures we'll tell you about the unprecedented move from the post office that will affect whether your holiday packages arrive on time. the clock is ticking. tell you why it's more important this year to finalize the travel plans for thanksgiving.

right now, concern is growing for a missing gaithersburg girl. take a look. montgomery county police just released a picture of 16-year-old tatiana moore missing two weeks now. there have been sightings of her recently in germantown in and around the millstone apartments there. police tell us her family is worried about her emotional and physical well-being. if you know anything, you're urged to contact police. get ready to see more police out in full force around the region to help keep pedestrians safe. today arlington county police were posted at two intersections in rosslyn ready to hand out tickets to jaywalkers and to drivers who don't yield to people in the crosswalk. so for the next few weeks they'll target lee highway and lynn street and down the road on

wilton boulevard, also known at the intersection of doom. police say it's an all-out effort to make the roadways safer. >> we're trying to get the word out to people to drive more responsibly, to be more cog in a sant of driving behaviors and conscious and alert of the people around them. >> the ramped up effort will run through november 24ble. thanksgiving air travel is expected to be up 1.5% this year from last year. that translates to about 25 million passengers on u.s. airlines. during the 12-day thanksgiving period. think of it this way. on any given day that you fly in that period, you'll be surrounded by 31,000 more passengers than last year. oh, boy. the figures from an industry group called airlines for america, they expect the sunday after thanksgiving to be, of course, the busiest travel day. well, as you head out for thanksgiving you certainly don't plan to travel with a loaded gun incarry-on.

you might be surprised by the number of people caught with guns in their bags. in the first ten moss of the year tsa agents found 1,855 guns in carry-on bags and more than 1,400 were loaded. tsa says most people forget they're carried band items but about 20% of the fines lead to arrests. drinking on the job. you'll see what the news 4 i team uncovered about government workers going too far. >> stormeam 4 keeping a close eye on the radar and are tos just moved through. that's not all they're watching. first at 4.

first now at 4:30, should a man on death row be executed even though maryland abolished the death penalty? that's the question and the state's attorney general says, no. douglas gantzler held a press conference arg gug the death sentence for jody lynn miles is illegal. maryland repealed the dent penalty in 2013 but miles faces it for a 1997 murder arpd robbery conviction. gantzler arg gurs this is wrong and instead asking for a life sentence without parole. >> we no longer have the death sentence. life without parole is the highest -- people should understand life without pa vol a death sentence. you are dying in jail. you're coming out in a box.

it might not be -- as soon as it otherwise would be if you had the death penaltiants gantzler's brief only i plies to miles case but leaves the door open. three others also sentenced to die before maryland revoked the law. one person died after a serious car crash in brandy wbr this morning. two sweeks collided around soevin. one driver remains in serious condition. no word what caused 9 crash. and using the silver line. ridership is already 60% of the way to the anticipated first year projection. and the resting stati is already out pacing its first year ridership. the silver line has only been opened about three months now and work copts on phase two of the project near dulles airport. drivers are warned to be on the lookout for lane changes and detours because of roadwork. the second phase of the silver

line will go to the dulles international airport and thoen loudoun county, expected to open in 2018. pat? government employee. s drinking and driving on the job. and this afternoon the news 4 i team has the video to prove it. there's aren't any government workers, because beer is their business. >> reporter: with their distinctive blue trucks it's hard to miss the guys who deliver the beer in county. every beer you drink in the county comes from a government-controlled warehouse. for weeks the news 4 i team followed the truck as part of a different story, but then we discovered something even we didn't expect. >> 81, here we go. >> reporter: we couldn't help but notice how the guys in truck 81 take a lot of breaks, to eat, sleep, even go inside a private home while their truck sits

unattended on the side of the road. and then we spotted the styrofoam cups. they bought them almost every day we watched them. why should you care about a couple of up cups? after an early morning delivery to a county owned liquor store we saw the helper walk out way long bottle in a brown bag. later that morning, during another delivery, our cameras caught him pouring the contents of that bottle into his cup, and stirring. a few minutes later, the driver does the same thing, before getting back on the road. days later, same truck, same driver, but a different helper, who throws away this white plastic bag into a dumpster at the end of their route and before they drive back to the warehouse. we pulled the bag out of the dumpster and found two empty wine bottles. and on yet another day we watched them walk out of a privately owned store with four bottles in a small box. when we went inside, we found this same box full of white wine.

hi, there. i'm with the news 4 i team and i wanted to talk to you for a second. i wanted to know why the two of you have been drinking while you're in a government vehicle? >> he's been drinking. no me. >> he says you've been drinking in a government vehicle and not him? >> who's been drinking? >> you have. >> no. >> we have video of the two of you pouring alcohol into fire foem cups. >> no, you think it's me? >> say again? >> you think it's me? >> want to see the video. i've got video of you taking a bottle of alcohol and then pouring it into a styrofoam cup? >> he? where's this video irngts have it right here. come ober here. >> reporter: instead of watching the video the two men went inside only to come out for a few seconds to grab that styrofoam cup. >> you got every pi bottles in there? >> no, we don't. >> reporter: we never saw the cup again. can i show you the video? can i show you what we've seen over the last couple weeks. >> reporter: instead, they packed up. >> sir, you don't have anything to say? >> nope. >> reporter: and drove away.

>> and their job is to deliver it, not consume it. >> reporter: george griffin is director of montgomery county liquor control. >> it appears from this that two of our, two county employees are consuming alcohol while they're operating a county vehicle. which is obviously against all the administrative procedures in the county. i mean, that's a slam dunk. >> reporter: griffin says he immediately pulled both men off the street and put them on administrative leave pending an investigation and says why he cannot comment specifically on personnel actions against specific employees, he did tell us that drinking on the job is "widely seen as grounds for dismissal without fail." now, this is jut one of several stories in our beer bust investigation where we've uncovered a complicated scheme top hide stolen cases of beer from the county. we made a special website to show you how it goes down. you can see it by going to the investigations tab on

nbcwashington.com. and while you're there, let us though if you have a tip for the i-team by clicking on our tips link and the reason we say that, is because this story came from someone who sent something to the tip line's we really honestly want to hear from you, because this is how we do these stories. >> great work, tisha. good stuff. >> thank you. >> thanks. michael phelps trial for a dui charge is postponed a month. the trial for phelps was initially scheduled on november 19th. it's now december 19th at request of his lawyer. phelps was charged last month, you remember, with did ywi, and crossing excessive lanes and a bloo a1.4. in convicted phelps faces to up to about a year in jail. and many pedestrians and cyclists are hit by cars and trucks in the city. now a new move to make it easier for victims to get compensation

from insurance companies. i'll have the story, coming up. and the postal service gets ready to do something it's never done before. why it's supposed to make sure your holiday plans go a little more smoothly. veronica? >> guy, still a little wet out there. rain moving through the area, but it will be ending this evening, and chance for us to take a breather of the cold air. very cold air, that's on the way and it's going to be sticking around. all the details when news 4 at 4:00 returns.

we want to hear about the big stories of the day. like us on twitter and follow us on facebook. just in time for holiday shopping, a big announcement today from the u.s. postal service. consumer reporter erika gonzalez here to tell us about it. rare coming from them. >> reporter: it is. actually very big news. neither snow, rain nor seven days a week can stop the postal service. it announced it will deliver pack of as seven days a week, jim, during the busy holiday season saying that demand is up because of online shopping, and it expects a 12% increase in package deliveries over last year. important to noted, the postal service will only deliver seven day as week in high-volume areas and major cities and tells news 4 it will likely include our area.

the post master general says postal workers will be busier than ever this year. >> you almost have to be out seven day as week in many cases delivering these packages from 6:00 in the morning until 6:00 and 7:00 at night nap kind of an increase just to keep the system flowing. you can't take a day off this time of year. >> reporter: busy indeed. the extended service starts the week of november 17th and ends on christmas day, jim. >> and old school on us. when it comes to gifts, erika, you don't need to sent in the mail. egifts. why choose this over the traditional? >> the person has everything, stuck what do you get them? electronic gift cards are gaining popularity for one big reason's bankrate.com says most stores and merchants that offer gift cards offer an electronic version, which are typically sent through e-mail. bankright says nearly half of millennials admit to losing a gift card.

a problem you don't have to worry about if you get it in your e-mail and it's electronic. >> we've all been there. a safety warning at 5:00? >> we do. brand new ratings out from the institutes of highway safetier on beasters seats. much or on that coming up at 5:00 tonight, and if you've got a tip or idea for the consumer watch, please, send it to us. tisha was telling you, some of our greatest stories come from you. consumerwatch @nbcwashington.com . and the phone number. >> bring her up. seep you at 5:00. and disagreement osier a flag. why confusion over who owns the land means the controversial symbol could keep right on flying. on and off showers today. we've had them, but nothing compares to what's ahead for us. a little down the road. and president obama honors a war hero, 151 years after a stunning act of valor on the battlefield.

and welcome back. we're working for you. first at 4:00. >> from the big changes we're about to feel in the weather to an unsolved murder's reporters and anchors standing by with team coverage. >> first up, v.j., cold on the way. >> first a little cold.

for tomorrow morning temperatures drop. we get wind. another little brief cold for early part of the weekend, but then the real cold with staying power hits later in the week. take a look at things now. storm team 4 radar you see showers moving through. in terms of the heaviest rain that is now sitting well east of the area. it's an area of like dover and delaware and moving away. if i can get, doug, help me there, and advance it through. there we go. we've got shower activity still left around bowie, annapolis and leesburg and more off to the west, too. this is lasting for a little bit, up until 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. this evening. nothing too heavy anymore. we've seen lightning with it, but doubt we see that with the rest of what's left here especially getting into the evening hours and sunset. exercise impact forecast, we drop from the low to mid-60s to the upper 50s, that rain ending around, again, 8:00 p.m. roads a little slick for a while especiallial in the wind picks

up. a lot of folks wondering, though, with all the rain we've gotten, how about now? canny a wash my car now? yes, the answer for sure. you can. talk about the next couple of days being dry. walking forecast for tomorrow morning, at 45 degrees. it's going to feel cold again with that wind. so 45 might not seem like a low temperature. your windchills in the 30s. high 55. chilly by afternoon standards there. so again, a nice, warm jacket for tomorrow. temperatures, we're into the mid-50s, in around's d.c. 52 around frederick and gaithersburg. leesburg, too, and waldorf, 56, high temperature. meanwhile, getting into the weekend, it will be breezy at times onsaturday. so it okay to rake the leaves? i would wait a day. mid-50s, still comfortable, then as we get into sunday. sunday a bet irday to rake the leaves or if you have the leaf blower, better day. the wind will be much more less blowing around out there. temperature close to 60 degrees.

but, again, it's cold for early saturday morning. what follows next week, temperatures that will be very much below average, and, doug, you've been looking at that. the staying power with the next round of cold. >> not just one day. i mean, this saturday coming up, a very cold start to the day on saturday. then a little better sunday, monday, tuesday. on the warm side. then wednesday, start to see air from the north. that air is canadian air that's moving in. that cold air he up towards the canadian border towards alaska finally moving down our way and as it does so, it's going to move right on in during the day on wednesday. temperatures most likely falling during the late afternoon. into the day on thursday, and this is the coldest air we've seen yet. talking about potential for a freeze maybe even the d.c. metro area. a couple of the computer models, even try to put out a little snow with this system. that's not something we're talking about just yet, v.j., but tell you, something we'll watch for the next couple of days. >> for sure. again, tomorrow, much better

day. dry conditions. high temperatures in the mid-50s. not as mild add today. breezy. wind carries into the first part of your weekend. nice for monday. the high 62. warmest day of ow the next seven, veterans day now, high temperature of 66 degrees, and then wednesday, 52. doug, again, referring to that 46-degree high temperature on thursday. after that, a couple of days where temperatures will be like this. mid-40s to around 50 degrees. at best, we'll have a lot more on this cold pattern coming up in news 4, guys, at 5:00. >> already, vu v.j. dirty deeds done cheap. a discussion about the drummer for the rock group ac/dc accused of trying to arrange two murder. under arrest in new zealand, the arrest comes as the group is about to release in new album. >> reporter: ac/dc, a legendary hard rock band way wild

reputation and this morning woke to find their drummer allegedly looking for a dirty deed, done cheap. attempting to secure murder and possession of drugs. his waterfront home's in new zealand raided by police. he was driven to court, appearing without shoes. accused of hiring a hitman to kill two people. the drug charges are possession of methamphetamine and cannabis. reportedly he refused to comment as he left court. ac/dc have always refused to retire, but these stunning accusations could impact their immediate plans. they have a new record set for release thater this month. don't be surprised even after this ac/dc continues to rock on. phil has already been noticeably absent from the promotional material for that forthcoming album. namt of that record, "rock or bust." back to you. just a short time ago we heard from the australian rock

band ac/dc. the band says the arrest of its drummer won't affect the upcoming tour or album release. rudd has been a member of the band on and off nearly three decades now. absentee ballots may resolve the tight race in maryland's sixth congressional district. john delany claimed victory. republican challenger dan bongeno has not conceded the race. separated by about 2,100 votes. more than 4,800 ballot left to count. most from montgomery county where delany got majority of the vote on election day. addressing a flag flap in virginia. tonight the danville city council will can removing a confederate flag hangs outside the museum of the art there. it's been there for years. there is discussion now about moving the nag in to the museum as part of an educational display, but questions about who actually owns the flag. the city or the state?

first at 4:00, a family looking for answers tonight after a loved oneas murdered outside his apartment. news 4's darcy spencer has the story. >> reporter: the flyer is still here at the building will hollis johnson was shot and killed as he walked into his apartment here after watching a monday night football game. his father tells me he is still struggling to understand why his son was killed as he prepares for his funeral. >> he touched a lot of people. wherever -- whoever he came in contact with. you know? he just was loved. >> reporter: hollis johnson was actually on his cell phone as he walked into the condo building. a person on the other end of the line heard what was perhaps his last words. i'll tell you what they were coming up in my report on news 4 at 5:00. safety on the streets. it's easier said than done. but some big changes could be coming to the way the describers

and cyclists share the road. we'll tell you how it could impact your money. two people are shot in an attempted robbery at their workplace in gaithersburg. employees say they another big scare just a few months ago. i'll explain tonight on news 4.

an american hero who gave his life during a crucial civil war battle received the medal of hopper today. family members of alonds other cushing at the white house to accept the medal on his behalf. honored for gallant rip on the last day of the battle of gettysburg. grafbly wounded but refused to evacuate to the rear. instead, he and his small band of forces held off enough to allow the confederate forces to take control of the battlefield. >> i'm mindful i might not be standing here today as president had it not been for those sacrifices are those soldiers. >> he was killed in action two years after enrolling, he was 22 years old. remaining a itch ssue in ou areas. activists trying to change a

city law making it difficult f vehicle and motor cyclists to cash in. we have the explanation. >> reporter: the d.c. population boom includes thousands more bikes and bike lanes. [ siren ] and more troubling incidents of pedestrians and cyclists hit by vehicles. native washingtonian traity lowe is one of those cyclists. she was rear-ended by a minivan at connecticut avenue northwest. >> thrown over 20 feet in the air from my bicycle, even though i was clipped into the pedals, the impact was so strong it separated me from the bike. i found out later my pelvis was broken in three places and back sprained. >> reporter: like other places, it didn't require the insurance company to cover thousands in medical costeds. she had to sue. >> current legal standard is clearly totally outdated. >> reporter: lowe spoke today as a press conference on a d.c.

council bill that would clarify clex insurance law to assure coverage for pedestrians and cyclists, similar to most other states, and without costly lawsuits. but insurance companies say the bill would increase consumer rates, have had major changes since it was introduced and needs further review. >> we think there's a better way to do what they want to do, which is getting bicyclists and other vulnerables users compensated but in a way that doesn't increase costs to the district and to businesses. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. a courtroom bombshell today. right now at 5:00, why prosecutors want the mother accused in the disappearance of her two kids to be allowed out of a mental institute. there are showers lingering out there, but the bigger story is the change coming in the morning. doug shows it to us. and a teenage girl carjacked and gunpoint in a local suburb. now we're hearing some women are already making changes to their daily routines.

we begin with breaking news on story shared over and over again on our facebook page. we're talking about the abandoned baby in prince george's county and a twist this afternoon. news 4 david culver is on the live desk. >> right, pam. telling us tonight they've tracked downed the baby's mother and it happened during an interview with the woman who called 911. police telling us that women admitted to being the mom. investigators say she told them she had had the baby in her home and became overwhelmed. doctors are treating the mother now. the little girl found outside yesterday morning near a home in beltsville and a neighbor heard the baby crying. here's what was witnessed. >> i stepped outside, and i heard a baby crying. she was cold. she was really cold. it was crazy. then i heard a bigger cry and i stepped off my porch and saw her right here. and i immediately just got up, got her, and washed her. >> we can tell you, that baby

girl is in good condition tonight. child protective services taking care of her right now. police say as of now they don't plan to file any criminal charges again the mother. we want to remind you, there are options for mothers of newborns who make likewise feel overwhelmed. called the safe haven law. go to nbcwashington.com and search safe haven. back to you. >> another big story. the mother of two knows where the children are right now, but catherine hoggle won't be allowed to help prosecutors find them and news 4 pat collins joins us in rockville where hoggle went before a judge today. pat? >> reporter: jim, they tried and tried to get a judge to have catherine hoggle go out and show the cops what she did with her missing children. they tried -- but a judge said, no. the last time we saw pictures of catherine hoggle it came from security cameras as she was on the run hanging out in