avenue. >> the first one over here, maybe five or six people over here fighting or gearing up to fight, you know, putting their arms up, having words with one another. >> reporter: round two, on the east side of connecticut avenue. >> people were punching each other. some people ended up lying down in the street, getting back up, starting the fight again. >> reporter: round three. the intersection of connecticut avenue and jefferson place. here she says it got more violent. here she says it got real scary. >> i saw a guy knocked to the ground, not moving. and then someone came up and stomped on his head multiple times. >> reporter: did you see a woman with a taser? >> there was a woman with a taser. she was tasing over here in the second round, and she came over with the crowd and continued to takes people, and taunt people with the taser in the air. >> reporter: there's a point when the camera goes off. that's when bri said she thought it was time to leave the scene.

>> because i had never seen anything like that happen in this area. >> reporter: scary? >> definitely scary! >> reporter: now three people were taken to the hospital as a result. a teenager was charged in connection with the fight. you'll get a chance to meet her coming up 6:00. live in superior court, pat collins, news4. >> thank you, pat. now to the big event. already impacting the commute ahead of veterans day, tomorrow's concert for valor celebration. we'll bring the big stars out and big crowds to our national mall. our team coverage is tracking everything you need to know about this concert, beginning with news4 transportation reporter, adam tuss. he's live near the stage tonight. adam? >> reporter: jim, a lot is going on right now. you can hear it behind me. the kids tell me this is jesse jay, and she rocks. we're going to listen for a second here as the sound checks continue on the national mall.

♪ setting up for the big show and the transportation picture could be a rough one. >> tough getting in, tough getting out. i don't do that anymore. >> reporter: ben joyce is from falls church, he works here along the national mall and says tomorrow, well, he's not even thinking of coming here. >> i'll be watching hbo on tv. >> reporter: good to remember this concert is free on hbo, even if you don't have hbo, your cable provider will turn it on for the show. but yes, getting here. take a look at the road closures, which will be in effect. basically nothing open right around the mall. and metro cautioning that a lot of people could show up. >> we're preparing for up to 800,000. and, you know, to dimension that, for a typical 4th of july celebration, we have 200,000 people off the mall at the end of the fireworks. so if it's more than -- and that 200,000 takes us two hours to clear. so if it's more than that, you can expect that it's going to take us some time to accommodate all those riders. >> reporter: now, nine metro stations around the mall will

remain open past midnight tomorrow, if necessary. but you have to be in line at midnight to catch a train. and back here live on the national mall as the setup continues. remember, all blue lines on metro are suspended. yellow line trains will take their place. in my next report at 6:00, who is paying for all of this, and how much is it going to cost? guys, i think i can hear now. send it back into you guys. >> okay. that's a wonderful place to be right now. we have mentioned large crowds are expected on that national mall, and that means getting in and out of that area is going to be difficult, especially if you're in any kind of moving vehicle. jackie bensen is live with our team coverage continuing. what can we expect, jackie? >> reporter: we have an expert. i'm joined by mike litters from the national park service. mike, what do people know, if they're planning to come down here for this event, what do they need to know? >> like so many other events that d.c. is used to,

inaugurations and 4th of july, they're going to find some street closures in place, pretty much from third street down to self 17th street between constitution and independence, will be closed starting at 6:00 in the morning. >> reporter: all right. are there entrance points into this, and where are they? how many are there, where are they? >> there are ten entrance points between fourth street and 17th street. spread out every black or two. on both sides of the mall. so -- >> reporter: and it's fenced. so those are the only places you can get in. >> those are the only places you're going to be able to get in. expect a bag search so leave yourself some extra time to get through. if you're lucky enough to have a ticket, and you're coming in by the stage, there will be magnetomete magnetometers. just plan accordingly and leave yourself plenty of time. >> reporter: we did hear you say that, bag search and in some cases magnet to himter. is there anything you can't bring? >> usual items. no alcohol certainly. no weapons. but some things people might not think about. there are no chairs, no tables. so if you're coming for the day,

you know, bring a blanket or something to sit on, but you won't be allowed to bring a chair in, and no hard-shell coolers. you can bring a soft cooler, bring plenty of water, it's going to be warm tomorrow, but bri leave the hard cooler at home. >> reporter: you heard him say important things. if you don't pay attention, it could ruin what promises to be a beautiful day here tomorrow live on the national mall, jackie bensen, news4. >> you can find everything you need to know about this concert if you or your kids plan to go from road closures, metro changes, what will be confiscated by security. go to nbcwashington.com and search concert for valor. his job is to counsel children through difficult situations but tonight a virginia therapist is accused of an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy. our northern virginia bureau broke this story online and on twitter this afternoon. we have information detailed in a search warrant. >> police telling me tonight gary han kins will soon be

booked in jail. he was indicted on six counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, with a teen he had been counseling. we found this picture online at counseling and forensic services, he's a licensed clinical social worker. his bio has since been pulled off that site. julie carrie uncovered this. the teen claims he and han kins had sexual intercourse during a therapy session. the affidavit goes on to state he sent a naked picture along with text messages. detectives say they have been working on this case for months. >> we always take any allegations where the suspect is in a position of authority to the victim very seriously. >> police say if there are more victims, they want to hear from them. and i did put a call into hankins' last known employer. they did not immediately respond for comment. in the meantime, it was the boy's mother who learned of the

alleged relationship through her son's text messages. i'm going to share what she noticed and who she reported it to ahead at 6:00. wendy? >> all right, david culver. the man arrested in maryland for that high-profile abduction on the street in philadelphia is se to be transferred to federal custody. a federal judge ordered delvin barnes be taken from a jail in central virginia and placed in the custody of the fbi. barnes is accused of kidnapping, raping, trying to kill a teenager near richmond. he is also charged with grabbing that philadelphia woman and taking her to maryland, where the two were found last week. we are told that barnes will face charges in pennsylvania and maryland before facing charges in virginia. a georgiatown university student says he has learned his lesson after bringing ricin to his dorm room. he was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison. police arrested him back in march, you'll recall, after finding the deadly toxin in his dorm room. prosecutors say he was inspired

by the movie "breaking bad," that show, and planned to use it to hurt others. his attorneys say he was depressed and never intended to use the ricin on anyone else. his family wants to put this all behind them. >> danny made a very serious error. he has served enough time to realize that he needs to get on with his life. >> militantsman has served more than seven months in jail and could be eligible to move to a halfway house by early january. still, no word on what caused a small plane to go down in virginia, killing one man and wounding another. police tell us the plane began in frederick, maryland, and went down to west virginia and then winchester, virginia. air traffic controllers had contact with the pilot saturday evening, but the plane went down sometime later in the george washington national forest. no one found the wreckage until sunday morning. the pilot died.

police identified him as bernard charlmain of frederick. he is 9 years old and fighting every day to recover after he was hit by a stray bullet. jaden got caught in the cross fire during a shooting in northeast d.c. last month. he was hit in the head. the bullet lodged in his skull. at first his mother says doctors told her that jaden had less than an hour to live. but as she says they prayed over him, he started to move his hand. >> he showed them that i have fight in me. and he pulled away from the minister praying over him, blessing his body, sending him up to god. but no, jaden wasn't ready to go. i was scared. i was scared. i thought i was going to lose my son. my youngest son. >> jaden remains in the hospital. his mother says she is concerned about going home, because no one has been arrested for this shooting. tonight on news4 at 11:00, chris lawrence will have much more on

jaden's road to recovery, and the incredible work of the doctors who saved him. late this afternoon, news4 learned a workplace dispute appears to be at the center of a home invasion that ended with two people stabbed in mclean. this happened last night here at home near the beltway. a man and woman in their 60s are now fighting for their lives in a hospital tonight. a man in woman in their 30s in custody. we're told it all stemmed from trouble between two lawyers. darcy spencer will join us with more on this bizarre case coming up right here at 5:30. now at 5:00, sewage backup, and more than a dozen homes. and why it's taking so long to clean it up and for the homeowners to get answers. >> so i was dressed going to work, and she asked me, do you have? and i said no. she said you better check. and a rare sitdown with the u.s. secret service tonight.

erika gonzales shows us how criminals steal your credit card information and how you can protect yourself. >> reporter: plans to build a wizards training facility on this park has neighbors outraged. why they say it's more than just a park, next. and we've got a great day tomorrow, but that arctic outbreak that storm team 4 has been tracking, it's set to move our way before the end of the week. i'll tell you how cold it's going to get, how long it's going to last when

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more tonight on a story you saw here first an 4. a possible $40 million training facility for the washington wizards has neighbors worried what it could cost them. >> it could go near the shah metro station. mark segraves has details on why the neighbors think it will take away their park and a new school. >> it could be a real loss for the school, a real loss for the neighborhood if all this space is taken away. >> reporter: the city has budgeted $54 million to build the new school on the site of the old shaw middle school, now vacant. >> right now this neighborhood has no middle school. >> reporter: news that district officials were negotiating with wizards' owner ted low owns as i say to build a 5,000 seat venue here that would serve as a training facility for the wizards and washington mystics has neighbors worried about the future of the school and the parks that occupy the land now.

>> even the 3 and 4-year-olds are using the skate park and basketball courts and everybody uses the dog park. >> i'm not a fan of taking away public space people use for their dogs and kids they could put farther out in the city. so -- and it's also expensive. so i'm not a big fan of the idea. and neither is my dog. >> reporter: council member jack evans tells news4 the negotiations are in the preliminary stages, and the school would still be built in time for the 2021 school year. evans says while the wizards' facility would take up some green space, he's committed to preserving both the dog park and skate park. a spokesman tells news4, currently the shah replacement is in the capital improvement plan for 2018 and 2020. it's expected if either of these projects move forward, there will be considerable community input. neighbors say they're open to the idea of a training facility, but not at the cost of losing their parks. >> the idea the facility could be incorporated into the neighborhood i think is interesting. but i think you need to come in

and talk to the community and talk to the neighbors. >> reporter: in the district, mark segraves, news4. >> this new wizards facility would be paid for by an increase on taxes. for tickets and concessions. construction will bring traffic along parts of i-66 to a complete halt. we're talking about the stretch between route 29 and centerville and the beltwa those closures will be between midnight and 2:00 a.m. with shutdowns lasting up to a half hour. v-dot tells us crews are installing a new automated traffic management system to display travel times and accident warnings. work will be done sunday through thursday nights. more drama for virginia drivers if you're using the dulles toll road this evening. crews are working on the eastbound lanes at the main toll plaza tonight. this is the latest place where they are changing the exact change lanes over to ezpass only lanes. there will still be full service lanes which will accept the extra change. it's part of a months-long

project to convert all of the exact change lanes into ezpass only along that toll road. it's been a fixture on u street during both good times and bad. now the industrial bank is celebrating its 80th year as a community bank owned and operated by african-americans. it's the seventh largest minority-owned bank in the country, its first location opened at 11th and u in 1934 in the midst of the great depression and it is still operating today. industrial offers business, family and residential loans and banking to a wide array of customers. >> all right, veronica joins us now. we've got some spectacular ba backdro backdrops. >> we were just commenting over our shoulder. wee got the capitol there, where they're doing a little bit of restoration. gorgeous sunset. meanwhile, we're tracking the first -- look at that shot. isn't that pretty? we just have a few high clouds streaming through the area. but we are also tracking the

first major cold of the city, impacting a good portion of the u.s. the first major storm for the northern plains. reynolds wolf from the weather channel in rapid city, south dakota, with more. >> reporter: well, from rapid city, south dakota, it has been a brutal, brutal mix of what we have had. it's been not only the wind, it's also been the snow. 2 to 3 to maybe as much as 5 inches of snow falling here since the early morning. we do expect the snow by late afternoon to begin to taper off, but the wind, my goodness, the wind anywhere from 20 to 30 miles per hour, some stronger gusts. it's going to be coupled with air that's going to be coming straight in from parts of the north, right across the u.s.-canadian border. single digits to near zero. but when you bring in that wind, it's going to feel colder. if you'll notice, though, the snow, we do expect that to end. but still plenty on the roadways, anywhere from 2 to 4 to maybe as much as 5. the roads in rapid city have been treated by salt trucks. they have had plows that have come through. problem is, we still have plenty on the interstate. parts of i-90, overpasses,

bridges. we could have some really slick spots there. and ice could remain locked in place for a lot of places, as temperatures remain locked in right in the freezing zone, if not colder, over the next several days. get this, we don't expect it to warm back up into the 20s until next saturday. i'm reynolds wolf for news4. >> it's crazy. this cold will be lasting a while. remember last week? when storm team 4 was telling you about the cold dropping down from up here. the yukon area, northwest temperatures. temperatures in the single digits and around 0 degrees there now. 20s in northern plains. by the time we get to wednesday, we'll still have temperatures here in the 50s and around 60 degrees. but then on friday, that cold hits, and it too will be sticking around for days. meanwhile, our weather around here has been absolutely gorgeous. just tracking high clouds around southeastern virginia, north carolina, and some of these clouds will be skirting into our area tomorrow. i think mainly east and along

i-95 for tomorrow. and then we'll -- might see a little sprinkle or light shower across southern maryland. 61 degrees, our temperature now. 59 in leesburg. exercise impact forecast for this evening will cool to the low 50s by 8:00. and stay steady by the time we get to 9:00 and 10:00. so a bit of a gentle drop with our temperatures this evening. and boy, i'm just going to love the next couple days compared to what's coming. early tomorrow morning, we've got, again, some clouds that will start rolling in. there is your i-95 corridor, where the clouds will be setting up. and i think you'll remember tomorrow as a partly sunny day. any showers should stay east and to our south and east. meanwhile, wednesday, we start with some clouds, but we get sunshine for the afternoon. sunshine and windy conditions. we could have gusts around here to 20 and 25 miles per hour. so if you're going to be heading to the concert tomorrow when the gates open around 10:00 a.m., your temperature, 47, 48 degrees. we hit the mid 60s by 2:00. again, partly sunny sky. and then for the evening hours, it's 60 to 55 degrees.

temperatures very comfortable by november standards. very easy to take. here's a look at your storm team four-day forecast from 68 tomorrow to 50 degrees on thursday. again, partly sunny. there's your cold at the end of the week. that high temperature of 43 degrees. your weekend right now, we're looking at sunshine with a chance for showers on sunday. i think lots of sunshine, but a cold weekend. again, feeling a lot like january, as we advance it forward. those showers will come late in the day. then as we get into the early part of next week, still 40-degree temperatures. we'll talk about how long that trend could stick around a little later in the newscast. guys? >> vj, thanks. today the white house is honoring some of the best programs in the country for creative young minds. first lady michelle obama presented the national arts and humanities youth programs to 12 after school programs today. they include outstanding theatre, music, dance and journalism programs for kids. the 12 winners receive a $10,000

grant and a full year of support to make their program stronger. it was a deadly wild fire. nearly 20 firefighters killed. now we have a rare look inside those fire lines where communication fell apart. plus, ebola in america. we'll tell why you may not know about future patients who may be infected here in maryland until much, much later. >> reporter: references to the jewish high holidays, will they be removed from the montgomery county school calendar next year? this is chris gordon with a possible new approach to the jewish and muslim holid

breaking news right now. police are investigating a homicide near woodbridge high school. aaron gilchrist at the live desk with new details. >> hey, jim. we're just learning about this in the lake ridge area of prince william county and woodbridge. police now investigating a homicide in that enabled. i want to show a photo that one of our viewers tweeted a little bit ago of the police scene that is developing on oak wood drive near woodbridge high school. there are a couple schools in that area, but really this is very close to woodbridge high school. you can see the flashing lights there. the person who tweeted this saying there was a shooting near wood bridge high school. we have been at this point able to confirm there is, in fact, a homicide investigation going on in that enabled. we don't know from police

whether there was a shooting scene they're looking into. but there was a cut-through from this neighborhood right to woodbridge high school. we have put some calls in to see if this is impacting school or if there are after-school activities going on. we also had chopper 4 and shomari stone headed to the scene. as soon as we get more information, we'll bring it to you. >> thanks. weeks after texas news nina was treated, they will no longer release details of patients being monitored for ebola symptoms. unless they it actually test positive for that virus. the health department says the new policy is in the interest of patient privacy. two teenagers are charged with trying to steal boxes of cookies from girl scouts. >> police arrested 18-year-old gabriel smith in anne arundel county over the weekend. they tell us he and a younger accomplice snatched a wagon full of girl scout cookies from two girls and just drove off. a neighborhood heard the girls

yelling and followed that car. officers caught up with the suspects at a gas station and charged both with theft. a couple of attorneys are involved in a violent home invasion. >> this had nothing to do with a case that they were trying. we're going to tell you new details about the motive behind this robbery and stabbing in mclean. toilets running over, raw sewage spilling into homes. how one community is living in this filth. >> and rosh hashana and yom kippur could be wiped from the

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right now at 5:30, deadly wildfire. >> watching power lines? >> yeah. >> yeah, i don't want to go in there. >> new video just released of that blaze that killed 19 hot shot firefighters. it's a rare glimpse inside a disaster response and what went wrong. shopping safely and securely. i'm erika gonzales. i'll tell you what the secret service has to say about the one thing you need to do before you go holiday shopping and the one thing you need to do immediately after. and talk about a survival story. a man was run over by a train, not only was he not hurt, he didn't even spill his drink. but first tonight at 5:30, a violent home invasion in a quiet and upscale neighborhood in virginia. >> and this evening, two people

are in life-threatening condition and two others in custody. >> and we've now learned those involved not only knew one another, but all are lawyers. news4's darcy spencer live in mclean with details. darcy? >> reporter: that's right, jim. we're live along spencer road right across the street from where this all happened. you can see crime scene investigators are still here outside of the house. they have been here the last couple hours collecting evidence. we have learned that this stemmed from a very bizarre set of circumstances where a woman, a lawyer, lost her job. crime scene investigators back at the house on spencer road, where a man and a woman both in their 60s were stabbed in a home invasion robbery. we're told the stabbing was targeted. it stemmed from a workplace dispute and everyone involved is a lawyer. it was 10:00 sunday night when the male victim answered a knock at the door, and was stabbed by the male suspect. when the woman who lives in the home came to see what was happening, she was also stabbed. a law enforcement source tells

news4, the victims and the suspects are lawyers, and this stemmed from the female suspect recently being released from her job. one of the victims was able to activate an alarm, and that brought police to their home. they were able to provide enough information about the suspects for police to broadcast a lookout for their car. they were pulled over a short time later. those two suspects were told they're taken into custody. the victims mostly stayed to themselves. >> there's kids around here, always play around and another nothing happens. i've worked here for eight years. already. in this enablneighborhood. and i've never seen that. >> reporter: so far, police have not released the name or charges that these suspects are facing. we did reach out to an area law firm that we believe the victim in this case works at, listed as working there. he's listed as heading up the recruitment efforts for attorneys. that law firm had no comment.

reporting live from the mclean area, fairfax county, darcy spencer, news4. an alexandria neighborhood is still cleaning up four days after raw sewage poured into their homes. >> it's nasty there. it was the result of a water main break along south jordan street, not far from landmark mall, just off duke street. northern virginia bureau chief jaul juliearey joins us live with a look at this big mess. >> reporter: that dumpster across the street from me piled high with residents' belongings. in there, couches, chairs, rugs, all soaked with sewer water in the residents' backyard, similar piles of damaged property. the water company brought in a cleanup company right away to bail out, clean basements and start the reconstruction process. it has taken quite a while because there is so much damage. >> i don't know what i am going to do. look at my computer here. see? water.

and the water is just pouring out. i have no idea what i can do. i can't stop it. >> reporter: this was the scene last thursday morning. it was the rudest awakening as sewage-contaminated water gushed into the lower levels of 14 homes. he documented the damage and what was his finished lower level. his home video shows the water pouring out of the toilet. and leaking through the back door. >> i just opened that door and i looked down here and i said oh, my god. i screamed. i said, we have a flood. huge flood in the basement. >> reporter: the trouble started with the break of a six-inch water main, just up the street. the rush of water from the break was so strong, it backed up the sewer pipes, flooding homes. most of these basements are finished, many have bedrooms downstairs. his niece had positive wade out of bed. >> the water was almost here, so i came in to wake her up, and

said you better get up before we have more trouble. >> the furniture is brand new. >> reporter: across the street, willie brown had had just bought all new furniture for his den. now it is soaking, stacked up in the backyard. virginia american water brought servepro in to start the cleanup, but it wasn't until today brown's soggy carpet was ripped up. but his biggest worry is not his property. >> if you see those guys going in and out of here with these uniforms on, there's got to be some kind of health risk. >> reporter: so what about their health? that is what the residents wonder. i posed those questions, both to the water company and to the alexandria city government. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i'll tell you about their answers. reporting live from alexandria, julie carey, news4. road repairs still under way in montgomery county after an early morning water break there. well, the break this morning, that water main break shut down the ramp from southbound georgia avenue to southbound connecticut avenue in aspen hill.

repair work to the pipe itself has been completed and water is back up and running. the ramp remains closed. no word on when it might reopen. a new memorial just in time for veterans day. it's a new memorial plaza, and eternal flame dedicated today. at the montgomery county government complex in rockville, it features a water fountain, new benches, plaques, part of an effort to renovate the county's judicial center. a veteran of vietnam was on hand for the ceremony. >> really demonstrates the high regard that the citizens of this county have for those who become men and women, who have gone to serve. >> montgomery county is home to more than 40,000 veterans. news4 keeping your money safe and secure this week. erika gonzales goes right to the secret service for some

important tips before you start your holiday shopping. plus, a new cyber attack on the postal service. what's at risk, and how a local congressman is getting involved now. and she defied her quarantine while being monitored for ebola. now that nurse in maine is now that nurse in maine is making plans for tonight when

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welcome back to news4 at 5:00, i'm dianna russini live at redskins park. the last time the team was here practicing was about a week ago. they were getting ready for their bye week, and what we didn't know at the time, wide receiver desean jackson, who is normally a very quiet player, stood up in a team meeting and said, enough with all the drama surrounding rg3. it's time for this team to back their quarterback. >> i just feel, you know, it's needed. >> reporter: he's known to lead the team on the field. but the redskins may now have a new vocal leader in the locker room. >> deshawn doesn't say a lot. usually sits with his hood on, and you know -- but it's good. he started opening up a little bit and people have a lot of respect for him as a football player, obviously, for what he does. when the lights are on. but now that he's starting to be a little more vocal behind the scenes, it's good to see.

>> we're in this locker room together, you know, we compete, do all sorts of great things, but everybody is not on one page. it's really hard to go out and get the benefit of what we're trying to get across in winning games. and just having everybody believe in eac other. >> reporter: jackson felt he needed to step up, tell his teammates, rg3 needs everyone's support. >> for him sometimes to have a lot of pressure on himself, try to go out there and, you know, do a little more than what he's, you know, asked to do. but, you know, in reality, just need him to be himself. can't have the world on your shoulders. you have to have people around you to help you and make it easier. >> reporter: with the air cleared, it's back to work. >> i do feel fresh. today felt weird on the field today. i don't want to say off field. it was a good mental break and guys got away and did some things that put themselves with their family to take their minds off what's been going on with the drama or whatever else.

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this holiday season, news4 wants to help you protect your money. >> security breaches at popular retailers may have you feeling a little skittish when it comes to using your credit card. consumer reporter erika gonzales has a whole bunch of ways that will help you protect your credit cards with information from our highest's authorities. >> this entire week, we are going to help you stay safe and secure when it comes to holiday shopping. tonight we break down security breaches in a rare sitdown with the united states secret service. an inside look at how criminals crack the system and how you can protect yourself. >> i love target. >> reporter: audrey of rockville, maryland, says she shops to target up to three times a week. we first met with her at the height of last year's target breach. she found more than $1,000 of fraudulent charges on her bill. >> i have one pair of men's

pants and five gift cards for $200 each. >> reporter: the number of data breaches jumped 54%. there were 691 breach investigations. we got that number from the united states secret service and this year's trust wave global security report. >> it's a fraud. and so what the criminals are trying to get is your or my financial information. >> reporter: according to that report, the retail industry has been compromised more than any other. cyber criminals constantly looking for flaws in their systems. >> if the companies put in a security feature, they will try to find a way to overcome that security feature. >> reporter: the secret service says security breaches can also occur when businesses don't change a default user name and password after a vendor installs payment equipment. just last week, home depot blamed its breach on criminals who got ahold of third party user names and passwords. they said in addition to the payment card data stolen,

separate files containing about 53 million e-mail addresses were also taken during that breach. >> again, trying to make it look like -- >> reporter: special agent cathy showed us some of the devices criminals have bought online to steal debit and credit card information. this device is used to create fake credit cards using a stolen number. in one case, the secret service seized this box of fraudulent cards. then there is this skimmer, a device criminals attach to an atm machine or gas pump to steal debit and credit card numbers. at this cheesecake factory, three servers used a skimmer on customers' credit cards in 2010. they stole 90 numbers. a separate and even bigger case, a waiter stole 600 numbers within a month. >> once you swipe it, it can transmit to the criminal who may be sitting two blocks away in his car or her car, and therefore you don't ever see them. >> reporter: via bluetooth technology. or it can be downloaded to a

security or sent around the world. then it's sold in underground criminal chat rooms. she says each stolen card can sell anywhere from 3 to $40, depending on the credit card. so 600 stolen numbers can sell for up to $24,000. so what can you do to protect yourself? for starters, use only one credit card over the holidays. >> but at least then you can quickly monitor your statement and all your transactions that you know you've done are in one place. >> reporter: next, contact your credit card company and set up alerts. >> so if it's a transaction that's done online, i want an alert sent to my phone. >> reporter: and change your passwords now. then again immediately after the holiday season. >> there's no 100% way for any of us to be safe. nowadays. but what you can do is try to manage your risk. >> and tomorrow, we sit down with a former cyber czar to show you how to shop safe and secure online.

but right now, i'm on facebook, and i'll be taking your questions on holiday shopping. then on friday, i'll answer the most frequently asked questions. so look for me on the consumer watch facebook page or you can tweet me using the hash tag safe and secure. so whether a question about this particular story or it's just something in general about how day shopping, if you wanted that answered, you can go to our facebook page and write in your question and we'll try to answer that friday. >> she had some great tips. >> really d. >> on setting up alerts. >> very simple. and as the team, we've tried to make sure all of that is taken care of for ourselves and our family members before we head out for the holiday shopping season. >> see you on facebook >> see you on facebook. congress wants answers from the postal service about its recent cyber attack. today elijah cummings sent a letter to the postmaster general. he's asking for details about what exactly happened. the postal service says employee information, including social security numbers, may have been

compromised in this recent attack. and also a warning that the news4 consumer team has been talking about for years now. it's the dangers of those little laundry detergent pods. new research suggests since the pods hit the market, one baby has died and more than 750 children hospitalized from exposure. the issue is that the pods have highly concentrated amounts of these strong chemicals and to a toddler, because of the colors, it's so colorful and small, it looks like candy. manufacturers say they are concerned, and they are making changes. they are improving the warning labels, and they are switching the packaging from clear to opaque. montgomery county schools close for jewish high holidays, but not for muslim observances. next year they could consider wiping out all references to religious holidays on the calendar because two important holidays from both religions fall on the same day. we have more on the calendar change debate. >> reporter: the muslim holiday

of eid coincides with yom kippur next school year. for more than 20 years, hussein has been advocated for the muslim holy days to be recognized in montgomery county. >> to have our children go to school and the day that we are supposed to be celebrating and thanking god for what he has given us, it's really creating a lot of problems in the family. >> reporter: montgomery county public schools have been closing for the jewish high holidays since the 1970s. not for religious reasons, but because the large jewish population would create high absenteeism for students and teachers, making a school day almost impossible. >> high absenteeism is the main reason. the absent rate on the eid holidays when they fall on the school holidays hasn't been considerably higher or lower than any other given day. >> reporter: joshua star sent

this recommendation to the board of education, which eliminates the reference to roche hash anna and yom kippur on the 2015 and 2016 school year holiday. but muslim groups say they don't think the jewish holidays should be removed. >> what we're asking for is a second option, which is to also have the -- have both the jewish holiday and the muslim holiday both be recognized on the school calendar. >> reporter: the montgomery county school board will vote tomorrow on next year's school calendar. coming up tonight on news4 at 6:00, montgomery county executive ike leg get shares his views on whether the jewish high holidays and muslim holidays should be included on that calendar. montgomery county, chris gordon, news4. >> within secretaries of putting up our nbc washington survey, folks began weighing in. we asked if montgomery county schools should remove references to religious holidays from the calendar for next year. most people want the calendar to stay as it is.

tell us what you think. weigh in on twitter or facebook. text or call 202-601-3444. we have a couple of beautiful days and then some cold canadian air coming on in here. veronica? >> yeah, we're going to step it down each day from 70 to 60s, 50 s and 40s after tomorrow. let's talk about that weather for tomorrow, veteran's day. look at that, gorgeous. we will have lots of sunshine. we'll start with conditions being in the green. nice clear sky. caution mark for most of the day, a-okay. there will be some clouds moving in. but comfortable for november standards. i do mean just a few clouds. look at the temperatures for tomorrow. by noontime, we're at 60 degrees. then mid 60s to upper 60s after 1:00. and we'll stay there for a good part of the late afternoon and evening hours. your weekend, mostly sunny, a crisp afternoon. already in the 40s after we get that on friday. 42 on sunday. more clouds. and we're talking about some rain now that could hit late and carry over into the early part

of next week. so our average day of our first freeze is typically around november 17th. that would put it around this weekend. or actually around the early part of next week on monday. but right now, we're looking for our first freeze, possibly early saturday morning. so here it is. a look at your storm team seven-day forecast from 68 tomorrow. again, stepping it down almost 10 degrees each day. 62 wednesday. 50 thursday. 43 friday. we stay into the 40s not only the early part of next week, but i think much of next week, maybe even the weekend after, guys. hot shots. they were the firefighting team engulfed by that wildfire out west almost a year ago. now we are getting our first look at some new video and audio of what really went wrong when more than a dozen men were lost. and we're following breaking news tonight in northern virginia. a deadly shooting near woodbridge high school. we're back in two minute

19 firefighters lost their lives battling a wildfire in arizona last year, and the events that led up to their deaths. >> tonight we are getting a better insight into the dangerous and changing conditions with some newly released recordings. joe dana has that story. >> reporter: it's a rare glimpse inside a chaotic afternoon as firefighters attempt to make their way through the down of yarnell as it burns. >> watch these power lines? >> yeah.

>> yeah, i don't want to go in there right now. >> reporter: in one video, crews have retreated from the forest. then an unsettling question. >> so is granite mountain in there? >> reporter: the granite mountain 19 is trapped. >> come on, granite. let's hear you talk here. >> long time. >> especially -- >> reporter: they request an air attack to their location but as another video shows, air commanders don't know exactly where to go. >> do we have any firm location on where they are at? >> no, i can't, other than i would say the southeast corner. >> reporter: since the tragedy, some experts have unsuccessfully urged the state to equip all hot shot crews with gps locators for emergencies. there have also been questions about communications and planning on the fire. another video shows a firefighter trying to contact an operations sections chief. >> i have his old number, but i don't have his new number. can you text it to me? please. i really needt bad right about now. >> reporter: a small moment among many, but perhaps not insignificant to the fact that

state labor safety investigators concluded that planning was inadequate. one firefighter can be heard telling another how his crew attempted to look for the team and their leader, eric marsh, while driving out. >> eric said they were -- >> eric decided -- a trail that kind of follows that ridge. that lookout was down below and i went in to go find eric. and that is when it picked up. i just happened to stumble upon the lookout. >> the brookout was brendan mcdonough, the lone survivor realization hits. >> 18 confirmed. >> let's go ahead, and obviously secure the area. and we'll go from there. >> a veteran fire boss says because some of the videos appear he haddedited, he wonder there is more the fire service

has not released. >> a forestry spokeswoman did not respond to multiple requests for comments about that footage. right now at 6:00, a lot to clean up. not a lot of answers, though. frustrated homeowners talking to news4, four days after raw sewage poured into their homes. plus, some major changes now happening to help thousands of veterans get the health care they need. and video you saw first on news4 this evening. new at 6:00, we hear from a woman charged in a stun gun attack near dupont circle. >> reporter: alicia, tell me about what happened. >> no. >> reporter: did you have a taser? >> no! we begin tonight with breaking news. police investigating a homicide near woodbridge high school. aaron gilchrist at our live desk now with details. >> all right, vance. i'm reading over new information we're getting from the school system in