science from george washington university. friends say he made his living driving people around in his blue nissan versa car. similar to the one pictured here. and indeed, it was inside that blue nissan car that his body was found. early monday morn the scene, a residential section of anne arundel county. this is a airi aerial view whee it happened. some 45 miles away from ba's condo home here in gaithersburg. they say his car was parked in an awkward way along an anne arundel road. ba was behind the wheel. the motor was still running. at first they thought it was a medical emer but then when the ambulance arrived at the scene, the medic soon learned that this was a case of murder. >> it's a tragedy that happened over there. this is a murder investigation. and we are just trying to piece

together exactly what occurred and trying to get some witnesses who might have seen something. >> r alex ba lived in a ground floor apartmt here in gaithersburg. divided up his condo into four bedrooms, and rented them out. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from one of his roommates. live in gaithersburg, pat collins. > tur to an attack on a synagogue in israel and the impact at home. a gro of worshippers dead in one of the most violent attacks in the city of jerusalem. pat lawson muse is live at the news desk with details. >> reporter: jim, we just learned in the past ten minutes a fifth person has died after that attack. we know the first four men killed were rabbis and three were americans with dual israeli citizenship. they were praying when two palestinian men armed with a meat cleaver and gun burst into the synagogue. police shot and killed the attackers. israel's prime minister said the country would respond with

force. police have already raided the men's homes and arrested some family members. the attack is thought to be retaliation for the death of a palestinian man over the weekend. he was found dead and hanging in a bus. while palestinians call it a murder, israelis say it was a suicide. one of the victims graduated from a hebrew academy in kansas city and the nephew in the faculty at the same school. >> all right. president obama says there can be no justification for attacks against innocent civilians. speaking earlier about the sin gone attack, he said now more than ever is time for israelis and palestinians to work to lower tensions. >> the murder and these outrageous attacks represent extremism that threatens to bring all of the middle east into a kind of spiral from which it's very difficult to emerge.

>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas also condemned the attack, the first time since a recent spike in deadly violence. in response to today's attack in israel, local synagogues on high alert, joining synagogues in new york. coming up at 5:00, chris gordon spoke to jewish leaders to see how they're working with the local police. a virginia woman accused of posting support for isis is now facing charges for allegedly lying to the fbi. heather kauffman went before a federal judge. investigators say she met with an undercover fbi agent offering to pay for a man she knows to join up with isis in syria. kauffman is from the richmond area. at this point, only charged with lying to investigators. s another hearing set for tomorrow. well, yikes! storm team 4 tracking this dramatic temperature plunge. the winds still churnint there. >> and hold on. doug says we're talking record cold for tonight. is that right?

>> yeah, that's exactly right. you notice those flags still blowing in the wind. it's not just the cold, it's the wind and the wind chill. and those wind chills right now are in the teens in some locations. look at the winds still gusting over 20 miles per hour. 26-mile-an-hour win gusts in d.c. 24 at camp springs. 24 back towards martinsburg. a little lower than the 30 to 35-mile-an-hou earlier. win starting to die just a little bit.t with the temperatue 20s and 30s, we still have those wind chi teens and lo 20s. 32 right now in d.c. a wind chill of 22. 25 currently in martinsburg. i do expect to see record-breaking tem tonight. i'll show where i think those records might fall and just how long this cold air will stick around. it triggered an angry response. d.c.'s mayor was asked to comment today on the new report he turned down a plea deal in that long-running probe of his 2010 campaign. as news4's tom sherwood reports, prosecutors have begun final interviews and the next step, possibly chargin

>> reporter: mayor gray stuck to his public schedule today here supporting the community summit at saint elizabeth's hospital in so but when the mayor was done, he turned left and right, trying to avoid a scrum of reporters and cameras. they were asking about a new "washington post" report that in september gray turned down an offer to plead guilty in the long-running investigation into the shadow campaign of 2010. gray would not stop. >> mr. mayor, could you stop and talk to us? >> if you have questions, dr. bob bennett. >> did you turn down a deal, sir? >> if you want to talk about -- if you want to talk about this continuing investigation, which has gone on for almost four years, talk to bob bennett, my attorney. bob bennett, his lawyer since the probe began three years ago, was out of town and did not return nbc's phone call. sources tell news4 that gray has spurned possible plea bargain talks and they say u.s. attorney

ronald machin has reinterviewed more than a half dozen witnesses. they all have pleaded guilty in the probe and could testify against gray. last march, businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty to financing the $668,000 shadow campaign for gray. prosecutors said in court, gray knew about it. gray told news4 back then, it was all lies. >> these are lies. >> reporter: but today gray was brushing aside reporters. >> come on, man! come on, please! please. please, please, please. >> reporter: a spokesman declined comment, but said the investigation is continuing. and jim, one of the big questions is, if they don't do a plea bargain, do prosecutors have enough evidence to charge mayor gray to take him to trial. >> what's your guess? will they let him serve out his term?

>> he's only got six or seven weeks left in august. will they wait to charge him? >> ronald machin has said consistently throu the th years, we don't play games for the politil calendar. if we have the information, we go forward. >> stay tuned. tom sherwood, thank you. well, another political scandal in our neck of the woods. it's the day that changed politics in prince george coun and brought down the most powerful couple in that county. four years ago this week, fbi agents took former county executive, jack johnson and his wife leslie, who had been elected as a council member into custody. the pair were charged in connection to a sweeping corruption investigation. tonight in our second half hour at 5:30, for the first time, the fbi lead case agent had take us through how it all went down. wendy? well, now to reaction to a story first reported on news4. wizards' owner makes his first public comments about a deal to build a new training facility for the team. news4 was first to report that the team was in preliminary negotiations with d.c. officials. th plan was to build the $40

million faci in the shaw neighborhood. as taxes increase on wizards' tickets, or a tax increase on wizards tickets would pay for it. talks are under way. residents in shaw expressed outrage. the district would consider putting this buildg on the site of a popular dog park and skating park. w he says shaw is not his preferred location. >> we're looking at multiple places, developers are reaching out to us. communities are reaching out to us. >> could be in maryland, could be in virginia, could be in d.c. >> he says his vision is for a 1500-seat venue. the capitals' training facility in boston. news4's mark segraves spoke to him today. we'll have more on his interview on news4 at 6:00. a stunning announcement in arlington county tonight. the board has ended funding for its planned street car project

along columbia pike. for years, county leaders have embraced the idea, but after this month's election, they have reversed course. julie carey broke this news on twitter today. she joins us live from columbia pike. julie? >> rep well, this nearly million-dollar bus stop is something that the opponents have used in example of the escalating costs that could be ahead with the street car line. today the results of the november 4th election convinced two arlington county board members to withdraw their support of the project. as you mentioned, on a 4-1 vote this afternoon. they decided to end funding for both the columbia pike street car project and the crystal city for nearly a decade, arlington county has worked on a plan to replace buses on columbia pike with a $333 million street car system. today, the project came to a screeching halt as the board chairman announced a majority would vote to scrap the project

in the face of continuing commun. >> that the only way to move forward together, to rebuild the civility and the consensus that have been the hall marks of our civic life is to discontinue the street car project. >> reporter: jay passette has been one of the strongest supporters but says a november 4th election sent a clear message. the centerpiece of his campaign was opposition to the street car line. >> this was not a formal referendum, but i believe it served as a proxy. >> libby garvey was the first board member to oppose the project, in part because of its high cost. compared to that of bus rapid transit. >> i became convinced it was a huge mistake. i frankly think this is a scam, a nationwide . >> reporter: along columbia pike, new high-rises and businesses are already in place, some locating in anticipation of th street car. the executive director of the

columbia pike revitalization orga calls the board decision stunning. he predicts growth here could stall until a plan b for transit is developed. >> if you invest in arlington, yo supposed to know what happen. so for us right now, we lack a narrative that tells us what happens next. >> reporter: now, fairfax county was also a partner of this street car project that would have extended on to bailey's cross road. the chairwoman issued a statement today saying she is saddened and disappointed with arlington's decision. on news4 at 6:00, the role d.c.'s struggling street carolyn might have played in the decision here. reporting live from arlington, julie carey, news4. at 5:00, parents are talking about security and bullying at a local high school. how that school is responding to video of a violent fight in the hallways that shattered one teenager's jaw. >> are you feeling cold?

tonight we're goi into the fire. our own mark segraves gets a taste of what local first responders sign up for every day. >> reporter: the zookeeper attacked by a zebra last year reunites with the doctors that helped to save his l what he has to say about his recovery and he shows you the injuries, coming up next.

just in from authorities in virginia. a med examiner has ruled hannah grahas dea a homicide.

grah was the uva student from fairfax county who disappeared back in september. her body was found six weeks later on abandoned property in albemarle county. jesse matthew is the last person seen with her. he's being held in connection with her abduction. no additional information was given out this evening. for the first time today, a zookeeper talked about the animal that attacked him at the national zoo. >> he says he used to work with tigers and cheetahs, but it was a zebra who turned o him. news4's richard jordan has a look at the injuries he suffered. >> reporter: the zebra seen her bit a zoo keeper. he entered a holding yard at the national zoo and then kicked him and bit him. >> basically the first thing i remember was he bit my ear off. >> repor that ear, saved by doctors, but not completely. milner went to george washington hospital. zebra bites aren't like dog bites. the animal ripped his flesh. the bites marked the end of his 20-year career at the zoo. >> well, it bit my ear first and

then i think it bit me here, probably put my hand up and he bit this. which took out the tendon in my finger. and they actually put this tendon with this tendon so that these two fingers go together now. >> reporter: milner survived, but a young gazelle in an exhibit nearby was spooked and died. treating a zebra bite was by far one of the most unusual cases for the medical staff. >> we have these spots drilled to make sure we're prepared. and i thought the guys were pulling one over on me by saying it's a zebra attack. i really did. >> i'm very lucky to have gotten out. and i don't hold any grudges against gamu. he was just doing his thing. i was in his area. he just wanted to -- let's play, you know. >> reporter: milner says he accepts full responsibility for what happened wit the zebra. he left a gate open that he shouldn't have. coming up, all new at 6:00, why there was added pressure in the operating room the day milner came in for treat we'll tell you all about that in

an hour. at the national zoo, richard jordan, news4. >> doug is here to answer the question, is it cold enough for you ou >> i've got to tell you, i'm so surprised so many people on my facebook and twitter pages are saying, oh, this is great. i love the cold. bring more. >> really? >> yeah. >> no, wasn't me. wasn't me, honey. yeah, wasn't me either. i'll tell you, it is a freezing cold day across the area. one of the coldest november days we've seen in a while. though last year we did have a couple in the 30s. the wind has been blowing all day, upwards of 30 to 40 miles per hour. now only in the 20s. but we're still dealing with some wind chill across the area. but it's nothing quite like this. look at this. this is buffalo, new york. you see what's happening right that is lake-effect snow coming right off the lake. actually see that vertical motion. that is the clouds rising off the 54-degree lake, making its way inward. as it does so, it starts to drop a ton of snow. and when i say a ton, guys, wait

until you see this. stephanie abrams in hamburg, new york, where they are setting record-breaking snowfall across that area. stephanie abrams from the weather channe >> we are in hamburg, new york, just south of buffalo area, where we have been getting crushed by snow since last night when all is said and done, we are thinking 5 to 6 feet. this will be record-setting. this will be historic for some people. the visibility has been a major issue. i told my cameraman, i want to show everyone what's going on. he said, abrams, we're not going to be able to see you. i said that's the point. i'm going to show how bad the visibility is and i'm going to walk not far from the camera, just across the st here and show you that you cannot see. whiteout conditions. we actually were concerned about getting to our live shot, because of the whiteout e doi the best they the roads. they pretreated, got the plows. we have seen them all day long. but when you're getting snowfall rates at 4 inches an hour, the wind blowing, it's hard to keep

up with that. and then again, the visibility is just nonexistent. so this is turning into a very critical situation. lots of roads are shut down. of course, schools, businesses, ev shut down. everyone is just waiting for this to end. unfortunately, it's going to continue as head into tomorrow morning and then we have another system and more lake effect after that. the good news is, i have a feeling in nine months we're going to have a lot of new babies coming into the world. i'm meteorologist stephanie abrams from the weather channel. back to you. the. >> i'll tell you one thing that's not closing, the sabres. the buffalo sabres, their game on right now. just three miles north of buffalo, 3 inches of snow three miles south. upwards of 4 feet of snow. that's what you get from these lake-effect bands. this is lake erie here, and that wind comes across the lake and just conti to bring that moisture right across portions of the buffalo area. they continue to see that through tonight. biggest location, 51 inches of snow right now. that is over 4 feet of snow. for us, no problems. we're not dealing with anything

like that here. it is just the cold. and man, is it cold. 32 degrees, winds at 15 miles per hour. you put that together with the temperature, and you get a wind chill of 22 degrees. it feels like 14 in gaithersburg. in winchester. 12 towards martinsburg. so some very cold wind chills. and it's going to stay that way through the night tonight and right through tomorrow morning. take a look. here is your feel-like temperature fos a we move through the 11:00 hour. down to 17 in d.c. 12 in gaithersburg. 11 in martinsburg. that's about as cold as it gets. i do think the winds will die down over the next couple hours. very good news here. but we're talking about record low temperatures here. 24 in d.c. that's not a record. but 16 back towards leesburg and dulles. 21 towards fredericksburg. 17 in martinsburg. 22 in baltimore. look at these records. the record lows possible, yeah. reagan national, 18. set back in 1894. again, we're going to be around 24 degrees. i don't think we'll get there. but dulles airport, i think we'll beat this record by at least 3 to 4 degrees.

the record set in 1990. bwi marshal also 20 degrees set back in 1936. i think we'll break that record as well. so we're talking record-breaking low temperatures as we move through the night tonight. tomorrow, clouds on the increase, breezy and cold. but not quite as cold. we get to 33 to 38 degrees. how about that? yeah, much more like january than the middle of november. but that's what we're going to be seeing. the umbrella, the hat, warm gloves, coat, scarves, you need it all, except the umbrella when you take the kids out tomorrow. make sure they have those gloves on. hopefully -- i put gloves on my kids today. hopefully you get the gloves back from school later on in the afternoon. of wednesday, your impact forecast, on the moderate side. that's what you need when you step out the door. all clothes that go on, take them off. a little more of an impact day as far as weath is concerned with those breezy and cold conditions. it does warm on thursday. a high of 47. but still rather chilly with rather windy conditions. back down to who 40 on friday. most of you in the 30s. 45 on saturday. so we're still quite chilly. and then look at sunday and

monday. hey! we get into the 60s. at least for a little time. there is a good chance of rain, maybe heavy rain sunday afternoon into sunday night. another chance of showers and maybe a are you positive rumble of thunder monday before we start to cool once again. >> thank you, doug. a close look at the u.s. capitol today, surrounded by miles of steel beams and scaffolding. >> it's time for the restoration work to really begin. >> the architect of the project provided an update while standing at the base of the cast iron dome. this is a huge project. more than 1,000 cracks have opened up on this dome. it is coated in 14 layers of paint. workers have to seal off the area, because of all the lead paint concerns. this work is on schedule and should be done by next fall. a virginia school official is caught in the middle of a controversy because of a racially charged tweet that was posted online. we'll explain how a simple prom picture led to outrage.

we're awaiting word on whether a ferguson police offir will be charged in the shooting death of an unarmed teen. find out how protesters are getting ready to react. how the family of

new twist tonight in an already bizarre case in mclean, virginia. an attorney accused of stabbing two other attorneys denied bond but not before presenting an interesting defense. news4s kristin wright joins us with more on the hearing. >> andrew schmuhl stays in jail. his defense attorney tried unsuccessful to get him out today. schmuhl and his wife, both lawyers, are charged in a violent home invasion and stabbing in mclean. andrew's attorney told the judge his client is disabled. he used a walker in court. prosecutors showed a picture of andrew schmuhl at a kick ball tourname in august. prosecutors say he was kicking the ball and running the bases. the judge denied bond. in court today, we also found out that the female victim played dead and hit a panic alarm, setting off a loud siren. prosecutors say the alarm sent schmuhl running from the home. police say schmuhl posed as a

law enforcemt officer, accused of co torturing the couple while his wife waited outside. we are told the wife worked with the victim and was recently fired from the law firm where they worked. she is in jail tonight also without bond. the victims were hurt badly. no update tonight on their condition. at 6:00, i look at how this bizarre case played out over the last week. kristin wright, thank you. parents are demanding answers. >> and right now at 5:00, may finally get results. they want to know what's being done about the violence at a local school. e going to have a live report on what's being done after a student was beaten so badly, he had to be hospitalized. >> and he's going into the fire on purpose. why we sent one of our own into a

right now at 5:30, inside the corruption takedown involving one of the most powerful couples in prince george county. >> he was shocked. >> for the first time, the fbi reveals its tactics in busting the former county executive and his wife in a pay-for-play scheme. > plus, arsenic in your food. you may have heard about it being in rice. new testing shows the possible danger to children. and running into a burning building. a first-hand look at what it's

like being on the front lines in the district. some big stories developing tonight at 5:30. >> and we have a team of reporters working on them. we have some late-breaking developments on that massive air bag recall. >> plus, what's next after this cold weather snap, and another child abuse case involving a professional. first tonight at 5:30, to those new developments right now in that at that cata air bag recall. erika gonzales is working the story from the live desk. >> yeah, jim, this just in. the department of transpo has announced that it is calling on takata to issue a nationwide recall on its air bags on the driver's side in certain vehicles. now you may remember that there was a regional recall based on high temperature and humid state. the recall was first initiated because air bags could deploy and spray shrapnel. ntsa says it is investigating whether a chemical composition mix may be a cause or contributing factor in the air bag ruptures.

initially, we were talking about ten automakers. but now there is no telling how grand the scope of this investigation will go and whether or n this will encompass more automakers. ntsa has not yet determined how many vehicles are affected with this nationwide . but the last number that we had was 17 million worldwide. we'll be sure to bring you many more updates on this as they become available to us. at the live desk, erika gonzales. >> now to a school fight caught on tape that has parents now demanding answers. one student's hospitalized and we're just hours from a meeting in which the violence will be discussed. darcy spencer with our prince george county bureau joins us live outside suitland high school tonight. darcy? >> repor jim, it's important to note that the families of the two teens who were attacked want us to share this video, to show what is happening inside the walls of the school. and like you said, the family is going to be here tonight as the principal addresses the pta. the video is disturbing.

>> videotaping like this, shooting a movie. >> rep t mother of that suitland high scho 11th grader, slammed to the floor in the hallway of her own school. it's a video she says parents need to see. >> i watched in horror as tears strolled down my face. >> rep her daughter, who was attacked on her 16th birthday, is okay. but her boyfriend is still in the hospital with a broken jaw. after jumping in to break up that fight. >> no teachers, no security. no administration. no anyone. just a whole slew of children on the loose. >> reporter: she says her daughter has been bullied. she did everything she could, filed a bullying complaint, talked to staff, talked to school security. >> they failed. they fell asleep on the job. >> reporte the school principal will addre the pta about the incident in a meeting at the school tonight. the families of both students

who were attacked plan to be there. >> it's a shame when our children think that, you know, going to school and kids being beat up is the norm. that is not the norm. >> reporter: it certainly is not the norm. now, the families say again they will be here tonight as the pta listens to what the principal has to say. so far, we're told one person is facing charges in connection wi these attacks. the families say that is not good enough. they want more people to be held accountable. how are other students feeling about their safety here? you're going to hear from one student and why he feels safe, coming up on news4 at 6:00. reporting live from forestville, darcy spencer, news4. a maryland couple will not be facing any charges in connection with an alleged underage drinking party. police arrested george and cathy magazinis at their home in january of this year. the "washington post" reported earlier this week that

prosecutors dr two dozen charges. a judge ruled the officers had improperly gone into their backyard, so t observations they made would not be allowed as evidence in court. tonight an investigation into a locker room incident at brook point high school is closed. the stafford county sheriff's office says no charges will be filed against a student who choked another student in the football team's locker room last month. authors worked with the victim's family before deciding whether those charges would be filed. offended and outraged. that's how a group of virginia high school stude say they feel after their assistant prin tweeted out a controversial prom picture. amy strickland is the assistant prl at booker t. washington high sc in norfolk. she recently retweeted a photo that showed a group of couples going to prom. the boys are all black, the girls all white. the caption, every white girl's father's worst nightmare.

students were so upset, they walked out of class monday. >> it really touched me, because i could have been one of any one of the boys in the picture. and i really don't see myself, like i said earlier, as anyone's worst nightmar >> the students are now demanding that the principal take some action. the school says this is a personnel matter, and they are taking it seriously. the remains of doctor martin salia are now turned over to his family. he was cremated, according to officials at nebraska medical center. that's where dr. salia died yesterday after contracting ebola while he was working as a surgeon in sier dr. salia's family lives in maryland and he splits his time between his work in west africa and printy two army reserve units from maryland are being mobilized now to help tackle the ebola outbreak in we it's part of the pentagon's effort to extend its humanitarian mission there into next year. the military has deployed about

2,200 troops to the region since se we're talking about the coldest night so far this season, and we're talking about record-breaking tempe tonight, too. take a look outside right now. those current temperatures sitting around the freezing mark, and below. 32 in d.c. 25 gaithersburg. 32 manassas. 28 leesburg. i do think we will set records out at dulles national or dulles international air towar bwi, as well. expecting a record there. look at the winds. still gusting over 20 miles per hour in most of the region. wind chills right now in the teens. i'll show what you wake up to and more importantly, when we'll start to see warmer weather move in. it does affect part of your weekend. i've got that in just a minute. the crew of nbc's hit drama "chicago fire" will be responding to a challenging disaster in tonight's episode. a massive helicopter explosion in a densely populated area. they will also have to deal with an emergency when one of their own appears to get trapped inside a burning

>> it's pitch-black in there. >> dawson, report. >> lie >> it's not her. >> i can't breathe >> what happened? >> the firefighter who gave me the mask, she fell. >> the situations, while exaggerated for teln for the drama, they are types of real-life scenarios that firefighter have to actually train for. news4's mark segraves had a chance to experience what it's like being a first responder for one day. >> good to go? >> oh, yeah. that's g. wow. that was intense. >> r going into a burning building isn't somethi most of us would do unless we had to. and cutting apart a car sounds like fun, but it's an easy way to lose a finger. or worse. d.c. fire and ems recently gave a group of council members and

doctors a firsthand experience of being a first responder. >> it's great for people who have to make decisions. >> my job is to get this door open. >> r one of the toughest simulations was entering a collapsed building and retrieving a vic first, we broke down the door. which itself is dangerous, because firefight have no idea what's on the other side of that door. >> swung the hatchet, knocked me out. turned into a barricade situation. ended up getting shot and killed by police. >> repor and then on our hands and knees into the dark maze. complete darkness. inside the maze, seems like nothing but dead end. it's tighter the further you go. once i made it out of the maze, i barely had enough energy to get the victim to safety. >> that was tough. >> reporter: coming up at 11:00, you'll feel the heat as we go inside a burning

in the district, mark segraves, news4. i'm jason pugh with two huge stories in the sports world tonight involving players and child abuse allegations. the nfl players association says it will appeal the season-long suspension without pay for adrian peterson. peterson has been on paid leave since mid september. he pleaded no contest earlier this month to misdemeanor reckless assault for injuries to his 4-year-old son he was disciplin the league informed petn he will not be reconsidered for restatement until next april at the earliest. that decision will be based on the results of a counseling and treatment pr over in the nba, houston rockets' all-star center dwight howard, he's now being investigated by the cobb county police in georgia for child abuse. howard told authorities he hit his 6-year-old son with a belt but says he didn't know it was wrong because he was hit as a kid according to tmz sports. the case against hour was

initially closed, but reopened after additional informatn available within the last 48 hours. although authorities are not saying what that is. we'll continue to follow these stories. jim, wendy, back to you. >> jason pugh, thanks. now at 5:00 tonight, the scandal that took down the first couple of prince george's county. four years later, an inside look with the fbi agent who worked this notorious corruption case. new recommendations are out today. why you should limit the amount of rice that your child is eating. and the news4 i-team is uncovering some most dangerous spot pedestrians. why they're getting attention from police this time of

it was the phone call heard around the country. bringing down the most powerful couple in prince george's county. but that day in november four years ago was the cullim nation of a sweeping five year corruption investigation. for the first time we sat down with the fbi's case agent to find out how it went down and change to a county embroiled in skap dahl. >> what do you want me to do with this money? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> it's a desperate call between the county executive and his wife, a county council member. but in the early morning hour leading up to it, the lead fbi agent, wendy hassette is in laurel, conducting video surveillance right next to an office where jack johnson would take a $15,000 cash bribe. it was one of scores of federal surveillance recordings over

months around the county cracking a pay for play scheme with developers, friends and county officials. hassette confronts jack johnson and the rest of the morning was put in motion. >> he was shocked. i remember i could see his heart beating. we took back the bribe payment. and looked through his phone. >> reporter: jack johnson is allowed to leave with the phone and that's when he gets a call from his mitchelville home. it's his wife. >> she told mr. johnson there are won knocking at the door and as soon as he heard that, he told her not to answer the door, and he used his emergency lights to get home as fast as he could. >> there's a little box and tear it up or chew it up. >> reporter: listenin on the line, the fbi with a federal wiretap, up with of thousands of hours recorded around the county over a year. outside the johnson house, fbi agents bang on the front door. the phone call lets them know exactly what's going on inside.

>> we knew she was destroying evidence. >> she looks for stacks of $100 bills. unbeknownst to either johnson, their conversation is monitored for almost ten anxious minutes. >> she was flushing and padding herself with the cash. >> initially, mr. johnson was trying to tell her where to locate a check. it was a $100,000 check. and eventually flushed it down the toilet. and you could hear the toilet flushing. it was great evidence of their obstruction. >> reporte agents say she tries to leave through the garage. they have to bust open a window to enter the house. on instruction from her husband, she tries to hide almost $80,000 in cash on her person. >> you can hear in the recorded phone call, you can hear her reaction as the agents break the window to enter her house. and she was scared. >> reporter: the phone call dramatically changed how this day was planned.

regardless of whether or not this call had taken place, we were going to go execute search warrants. we were going to go and interview numerous people. so our case would have been out in the open. we didn't plan to arrest jack and leslie on that day. >> reporter: 150 agents foanned across the county with search warrants but it was the wiretaps and surveillance that made for an air-tight case. >> corruption cases are hard to work. they take a long time. you have to actually prove what that official's intention was when they took the money. and the best way to do that is through recorded conversations where you can hear in their own words what they were promising. >> leslie johnson is done serving her time. jack johnson still serving out his seven-year sentence. since their arrest, a lot has changed in prince george's county. there's now an office of ethics and accountability where people can report wrongdoing. and the maryland legislature made it possible to remove

elected officials from office at the point when they plead guilty. let's get a check of our forecast and see how long this cold weather will be frosting us. doug? >> it will be right through the day tomorrow, and really right on through the weekend. however, not quite as cold as it was today. take a look outside right now. we talk about how cold it is right now. 25. that's the current number in gaithersburg and in rockville, 28 in bowie. 30 towards huntingtown. you add in the wind, you get the wind chill. look at the wind chills, 13 in gaithersburg. camp springs at 17 degrees. a very cold night and evening if you've got to go out and about this evening, yeah, you want to make sure you bundle up. especially around the city. the wind still blowing through some buildings. temperatures falling very quickly, 29 and 7. 26 at 11:00. that's in the city. wind chills will be in the teens at this time. so once again, bundle up for sure. the hats, gloves, whatever it takes. storm team 4 radar all clear. if we had any moisture, yes, it would be some snow. all that snow right now is up

towards the buffalo area. and we're talking about 2 to 4 feet of snow up there towards the buffalo region. for us, though, it's just the cold. overnight low temperatures, 18. hagerstown. 18 in frederick. 17 in martinsburg. that is just plain cold and that's what we'akll wup to early tomorrow morning. around northern virginia, we're taking about some record low temperatures, i think, around manassas at 17. dulles going for a temperature of 16, would break the old record of 20. i think we'll get there no problem. fredericksburg at 21 degrees. high temperatures tomorrow, warmer than today but not much. 33 in gaithersburg. 35 manassas. 38 towards la plata. a breezy and cold day. tomorrow, temperatures in the teens, at least wind chills, that's the way it will feel. by 6:00, mid 20s. all day tomorrow. 47 on your thursday. speaking of thursday, thursday is the day i take a look at the 2014-2015 winter. our winter weather outlook coming up. news4 at 5:00, thursday, if you

want to know how much we're expecting thur in at 5:00. then we get cold again. friday, saturday, before warming, yes, warming sunday and into monday. we've got some showers making their way >> if you look at where these collisions occur, the majority of them are in retail shopping centers. and when you drove out even further and look at how these things occur, over 80% -- or about 80% of the time, it's the driver's fault. >> one year ago, montgomery police warned drivers and pedestrians to be more careful in parking lots. saying that the number of people being hit and injured in local garages and lots was soaring. well in the year since that news4 i-team, scott macfarlane has been looking into that danger, sifting through reports and into where and when those accidents are m. he joins us with some of those details, especially important as those garages fill with holiday shoppers.

>> reporter: our review of montgomery county's accident report shows nearly 500 pedestrians have been hit while walking in parking lots or parking garages in the past five years. the map you're about to see shows where these are most frequent, where the incidents and injuries are most frequent. at the shopping centers in major parking lots along the 270 corridor, just north of south of the beltway and along 355, north and south. we found the largest number of incidents happening in gaithersburg. n 60 in the past few years. you see wheaton and rockville also rather frequent. and the roadways in question, parking lots near a shady grove road nr the rockville pike and university boulevard, especially near georgia avenue. time of day most frequent, the lunch hour, between noon and 1:00 p.m. and just after work between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. county safety officials tell us this is the especially dangerous season. it's dark early, there's holiday crowds on the roadways and parking lots. but the awareness program that began last year seems to have

had help, slight decrease in incidents in the past 12 months, officials say. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. new guidelines issued today on just how much rice you should eat, because it can contain arsenic. consumer reporter erika gonzales has more on this new safety concern at the dinner and breakf >> reporter: rice comes in lots of varieties and it's a common ingredient many packaged foods. consumer reports analyzed food and drugn data on more than 600 foods that contain rice, and found some with worrisome levels of inorganic arsenic. >> we found that hot rice cereal and pasta can have much more arsenic than we saw in previous tests. we now recommend that children real eat these foods, which means not more than twice per month. and "consumer reports" recommend children under 5 limit rice drinks, cakes and cereals. >> levels of arsenic vary. we base our recommendations based on the higher levels to

offer consumers the best as for rice itself, lab tests in 2012 found high levels in white rice and higher levels in brown rice. >> arsenic in our food is a real public health problem. and we think it's important to eat less. >> reporter: consumer reports has tested other types of rice and other grains and has found several alternatives, with much lower levels of inorganic arsenic. some good choices, sushi rice from the u.s. and white bass mat erase from california, india and pakistan. the found half the amount of arsenic. >> reporter: but options, bull gar, barley and farrow and buck wheat, milllet and quinoa. the rice industry responded to this report. the usa rice federation says studies show that including white or brown rice in the diet provides measurable health benefits that outweigh the potential risks associated with

exposure to trace levels of arsenic. the fda says an ongoing assessment of arsenic in rice remains a priority for the agency. it plans to release an assessment of potential health risks. back to you. ahead tonight, new information about security at synagogues in our area following that attack overs plus, a plane crashed into this house and everyone inside that house survived. learn what happen to the pilot and what went terribly wrong in the skies over a busy neighbor.

a food safety warning tonight. there is a recall of some smoked salmon products, because the fish may be contaminated with listeria. git food tells us it's recalling four-ounce packs of acme smoked fish sold at giant stores. no illnesses reported. if you have this product, bring it to the store or throw it away and contact acme for a refund. terrifying moments for people who live near an airport outside chicago after a small plane crashed in their neighborhood. >> the pilot was killed, but no one on the ground was hurt. and that includes an elderly couple who just came within inches of getting hit. susan carlson spoke with people who live nearby. >> reporter: the elderly couple dodged a plane taking a nosedive into their front room and part of their basement. and they live to tell about it. in fact, they were a mere eight in from the wreckage and are

absolutely fine. >> they were in a bedroom next to the living room. and most of the plane is in the living room. they just are very lucky. >> rep it's amazing no one on the ground was hurt when this twin engine aero commander 500 plummeted shortly after taking off from midway. >> the light in my room shook and the whole floor vibrated so i found my mom. >> repor the cargo plane was en route to ohio state university in columbus when it suffer engine trouble. here is the audio from air traffic control.net. >> 10031. i would like to come back and land. i'm having trouble with the left engine. the pilot was attempting to ret to midway when it crashed a quarter mile from the runway at about 2:45 this morning. people who live on this block were horrified at the sight out their window. >> a plane was crashed, you know, tail-up, into this home. and i -- we were kind of just like -- what just happened?

>> you think about that all of the time, because we live so close. and these planes come by so low. >> reporte federal investigators say it's too soon to tell exactly what went wrong. but they know the plane did not break up in flight. it appears the pilot lost control due to some mechanical problems. >> the ntsb plans to start removing that plane this evening. >> that pilot has been identified by family members as a 47-year-old man from ohio. first at 6:00, a police officer bec the fifth victim of a deadly attack inside a jerusalem synagogue. two palestinians armed with meat cleefrs and a gun storm the building during morning prayers, shooting and hacking at anyone in their path. four rabbis were also killed. thousands attended a funeral for the victims as world leaders join together to condemn the attack. israel's military has also taken action, demolishing the homes of the two assailants. in our area are on high alert in the wake of those attacks.

our chris gordon is in rockville right now to report what's being done to keep worshippers safe. >> repor good evening. security is always a top concern here at the jewish community center in rockville. but even more so today after the violent attacks in israel. young jewish students attended class. senior gathered for lunch conversation and cards. looking at this, you wouldn't know that security is tighter today at the jewish community center of greater washingto >> when i was coming here today, while i was driving, i thought about it. but i did feel safe enough to come. >> rep the jewish community center contacted police after hearing reports of the murders of three americans and a british worshipper at the synagogue. >> our campus security director has been in communication with local montgomer police,