judge, shaking his head back and h as prosecutors asked her to keep him behind bars until his next court hearing, because of the vio nature of the charges. and the judge agreed. it was just before 1:00 yesterday afternoon. according to court records, rj capheim approac a guard at the white house, saying he had an appointment with the said the president had called him directly and invited him to visit. made secret service agents suspicious. asked if they could search his car and capheim said yes, telling them he had a gun inside. they found a 3030 rifle fully loaded in the back seat with an additional 36 rounds of ammunition, a at that point, he was placed under arrest. the 43-year-old capheim told police he drove to d.c. from his home in davenport, iowa, where he reportedly works as an inventor. one was hurt during the incident yesterday. and there is no indication c

m ever made any threats. capheim is due back before another judge tomorrow morning at 9:00. right now he's only charged with one count of carrying a rifle, but more charges could be added tomorrow. l also have a chance then to explain what his intentions were. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you what iowa court records tell us about h reporting live from d.c. superior court, mark segraves, news4. i think you were told. i -- i don't want to compromise your integrity. but we don't -- i don't talk about it. and i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. >> i hear you. i will tell that to my editors. and i think they will -- >> well, i think if you want to consider yours to be serious

that it will not appear an. >> that was bill cosby, talking with an associated press reporter earlier this month. he declined to answer questions about standup comic hannibal buress, referri to cosby as a rapist. and cosby also asked the reporter not to use his nonanswer. this happened before several of cosby's accusers went public for the fourth time this mower hearing from another woman who is accusing the comedian of assault. >> the latest says she met him back in the '70s when she was just a teenager. she says he invited her to a vegas after party and gave her pills. >> didn't know what they were. didn't even ask. i just was intimidated, i guess. and i took them. then my next memory is feeling drugged and him having sex with me. >> that woman was part of a civil suit brought against cosby, a case later settled out of c. here in washington, bill cosby has been known for decades

as the most famous customer of ben's chili bowl on u-street. >> his name helped make that a d.c. landmark. news4's tom sherwood went there toy to talk about how customers are feeli about all of these allegations. >> bill cosby! >> reporte comedian bill cosby is ben's chili bowl. >> just walk around and enjoy. >>te recently, the center of attention at the 55th anniversy of the u street institutio with a sidewall mural right next to preside >> cash only? >> cash only, yeah. >> rep at ben's today for lunch, a staffer was on duty guiding insid the latest overflow crowd of tourists. some knew the cosby connection here, some didn't. but all had an opinion of cosby's suddenly damaged reputati from wholesome american dad to more than a dozen allegations of sexual abuse and even rape of women over many years. >> my thing of it is, bring the proof. somebody did something to

you, i mean, we are quick to judge people without proof. if you've got something against them, bring the proof. >> from what we've seen on tv, he was known to be funny, family man. and, you know, if the allegatis are true or if we do know is that people ng do crazy things. >> i think it's a sad situation, ei way. if he did do it, it's a sad situation. he's falsely accused sad situation. i feel heartbroken, because bill cosby was a hero as a kid growing up. and i hope he comes out of it, positive or negative. the truth shod come out. >> reporte cosby has helped celebratn expansions to a half dozen other locations. matriarch virginia ali and her sons say he's always welcome after his decades of support. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> and it will be one of his

first public appearances since this controversy. cosby is still scheduled to do a stand-up comedy routine in melbourne, florida, tomorrow > a man in jail after an alleged rape on a virginia college campus. a student reported she was raped earlier this month by three men at old dominion university in norfolk. today they charged denzel dell with rape. he is a resident but not a student. po are looking for two other men in the case. meanwhile tonight, the universif vira reacting to an article in which several current and former students make serious allegations about rapes on campus. chris lawrence working the story from our live desk. >> reporter: tonight charlotte police have had to increase their patrols around the campus. early this morning, people smashed the windows and spray painted the frat house at the center of this article. it's where a student identified s jackie says she was gang raped by her date and his pledge

brothers. jackie tells "rolling stone" she reported this rape to campus officials, there was little action taken although she did wait months be rep it. this is just e examp of many. "rolling stone" details stories from others who say they too were raped at fraternities. the article goes further accusing the university of doing little to nothing to protect its female students and sweeping assault investigations the regular. uva officials say they're limited in terms of what they can say. but president teresa sullivan put out a statement saying, quote, the university takes seriously the issue of sexual misconduct. a significant problem that colleges a unive grapplin with across the nation. r goal is to provide an environm safe as possible for our students and the entire co sullivan says the article reveals a lot of new details the university didn't know. specifical jackie's case, which, again, she herself

reported at th end of the school year. now the school has asked the charlotte police to investigat julie carey will have more comi up in ten minutes. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. > a local nurse is ac sexually abusing patients and was apparently fired multiple times before charged. documents show that jared kline told the maryland nursing board he had bn terminated from four facilities for complaints that were related to inappropriate touching. the board suspended his license earlier this week. those hospita inclu gw, washington hospital center, united medical and the facility in about three hours from now, president o will tell the country e executive actions he plans to take on immigration reform. side-steppg congress. his plan is to allow as many as 5 million undocumend immigran to stay in the u.s. immigratio activists are cheering, but they are also bracing for the blowback. republicans warned president

obama that taking action on his own would, in their words, poison the well for future cooperatn on this issue and many others. a program note. nbc will carry president obama's address live tonight. our coverage begins this evening at 8:00 are, right here on nbc 4. a tennessee congressman suggd this week one way to protect the white house from jumpers is to build a moat. during a judiciary committee hearing, he suggested to the acting secret service director a moat could help slow down potential jumpers. he later clarified, rather than a moat surrounding the entire white house, perhaps a water barrier behind the pennsylvania av fence line. the guy who made it into the white hoe in sep managed to scale the fence in just about two second well, it's not a moat, but it is a water problem. right now repair work is under wa fix a broken water main in prince george county, and it could mean traffic problems. currently all eastbound lanes of silver hill road in the area of

suitland high rn closed. it's a 14-inch main that broke last night. crews say a gas main nearby, that needed work before the repairs could start. news4's pat collins joins us live at the scene with the latest. >> reporte indeed, wendy. hey, welcome to winter. this is the 60th water main break the wssc has been working on since just last monday. now take a look around down the stre. you see those pipes on that trailer? are what the replacement pipes look like for this project. w let's go up. this is where the action is. take a look at the hole in that street. this is where a 71-year-old pipe, a 14-inch, 71-year-old water pipe, burst open last night 8:00. it split like a half smoke. it sent water gushing all over the place. dirt and gravel pushed up from beneath the pavement. all of this pavement is going to have to be replaced once they

fix the pipe. now, silver hill road is detoured here. that is likely to continue on for some time. there are abo a half dozen businesses a couple homes that don't have wa but let's find out what's really going on right up to the minute. we bring in now jerry irvine with the wssc. first of all, when will people get their water back, jerry. >> we put the replacement pipe in. within the next half hour, we'll charge the main which means putting water through the pipe. we're looking at about 45 minutes to an hour. >> r and then about rush hour tomorrow morning. >> well, i just talked to the behavio n the size of the pavement and size of the job, probably more like evening rush tomorrow. so this will be closed, th section of silver hill road near suitland high school, will closed during the morning rush. >> that's right, unfortunately. i know it's a traffic snarl, but this is a big piece of pavement and looks like it will take longer to get done. >> rep thank you very much.

what a the people who have been affected by this? you'll hear from them coming up at 6:00. live in prince george's county, pat collins, news4. no doubt some of those water mains breaking because of the cold temperatus we've seen the last couple days. not cold today, though. 54 d r now. but take a look at this map. back to the west, 27 columbus. 26 in pittsburgh. we've got cold air that will move back in overnight tonight. so look for a very chilly night and very chilly start to tomorrow morning. what are we going to be seeing? temperatur this evening dropping fairl quickly and the wind starting to pick up too. breezy, 45 degrees at 7:00. dropping to about 38 degrees by 11:00. a very cold night, many of you back into the teens or lower 20s as we make our way through. now, nothing like what they have seen up towards buffalo. we have shown some pictures, upwards of five, six and now a new report of 7 feet of snow around that area. we're going to have much more on that coming up later, including what the buffalo bills may be doing with their game. for us, though, i'm talking

about our winter. the rest, your winter weather outlook at 5:00. that's at 5:45. tune in. now at 5:00, a change in policy at prince george's y college. the school's response to a shooting scare near campus. safety upgrades put on the fast track. a virginia community takes after the killing of a teenager. > a illness that sent students home a local high school. wi it keep them

two investigations under way right now at the university of virginia. one involving sex assaults detailed in a "rolling stone" article. an abo vandalism. julie carey is live in fairfax county with more on the impact across the commonwealth. julie? >> reporte well, nationally, the issue of campus sex assault was already in the spotlight, made a focus by president obama. here in virginia, a governor's campus s task force is under way, examini the issue. and that "rolling stone" article only adds to the conc at the university of virginia, the immediate fallout from the "rolling stone" article, vandalism at fray named as the scene of an alleged gang rape. a sign was spray-painted and windows broken out. but some students there welcome the spotlight, no matter how harsh, on the question of whether vic are discouraged from reporting sexual assaults. >> i think it does pass a

negative light on the fraternity culture, and, you know, a lot of the people that i know and have been friends with, i think it is for the best that the article was written and that people, have to really face sort of the harsh reality of what is going on. >> when i was raped, i died. >> rep cath run russell is one of the vic mentioned in the story. she was attacked in 2004 when she was a uva student. news4 interviewed russell four years ago as the virginia general cond requiring campus police take sex assault cases to prosecutors. her concern then and still now. >> i think the fact that i had to go three times to report it, i had to work with the school repeated to get them to go forward. and i was dissuaded at every turn. >> reportee kirkland oversees sex assault services for northern virginia community college. she just testified yesterday befo the governor's task force, and offered guidance on how to improve campus response to sexual assaults. she says students need to be

able to repor initially to a confidenti adv on campus who can lay out the options. >> sometimes don't know what process they want to get into, whether it's the police process or student contact process or now the title 9 process. going to someone who is a confiden suppo person to get all the options explained makes it easier for the person then to . >> reporte coming up on news4 at 6:00, more reaction coming from charlottesville. we'll show what happened aa rape awareness rally staged there today, and also i'll tell you about the directive from governor terry mcauliffe to the university administration. reportg live from fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news4. a prince george's county man has been charged with shooting his mother. it's a story we brought you first on news4 yesterday. darcy spencer was there when omari brown was arrested across from prince george's community college. now charged with attempted murder and assault.

police say he shot his mother during an argument over money, and she is in critical condition. pgcc students complained to news4, they didn't receive a sex alert about that shooting. the college says it is changing protocols abo notifying students about off-campus incides tha could affect them. a waiting for doug's winter outlook forecast coming up later. right now, we've got a definite cold night again. >> that winter outlook coming up in half an hour. 5:45, we're talking about the upcoming winter and what we can expect there. tonight, it is going to be the very cold temperatures. temper today got into the 50s across the area. and i was talking earlier today to some kids at mory elementary school, these are third graders. ta a look. that was my good buddy kevin waiting too wea himself. these kids really smart about the weather. we were talking about just how cold things have been and just how cold t . and, of course, they were asking all about that snow up in buffalo. currt temperature, 54 degrees. winds out of the west at 7 miles

per hour. we continue to see temperat to the east, cold to the west. cumberland, 38 in hagerstown. that's the cold air moving our way now. and tomorrow we're going to be about 20 degrees colder than where we we durg the day today. if we' at 55, 56 today, we'll be at 36 tomorrow. yeah, much colder. storm team 4 radar clear in our area but take a look at the wider version. we are seeing the westerly flow bringing in the cold air. up to the north, lake erie, yeah, buffalo still sg more snow. this is a repeat of what happ just a couple days ago. 5 feet and now some of the same area seeing another 2 to 3 feet. the latest observation in hamburg, buffalo, just out of the south of buffalo, 80 inches of snow, and that is very close, very close to where the buffalo bills play football. their game, hmmm, what's that looking like this weekend? dianna russini has breaking news on how the buffalo bills and jets may be playing this weekend? >> yeah, here we go. the nfl has made it official. the buffalo bills and the new

york jets will not play their game in orchard park, new york, on sunday, due to snow. sources tell us tonight that the game will be played monday night in detroit. this is what ralph wilson stadium looks like today. the snow waist-deep there. the game was moved because of concerns for public safety. now fedexfield was an option for the game, but the nfl has decided that that game will be played in detroit on monday night. the nhl also announced the postpone of tomorrow's game between the newk rangers and the buffalo sabres because of weather. snow a problem everywhere up there. >> wow. absolutely amazing. for us, it's not the snow. it's the cold. 28 degrees overnight tonight. 21 in leesburg. 19 in winchester. we're talking cold temperat again. but again, it's not just the temperatur. it's the wind. temperatur 33 to 38 for a high tomorrow. but wind chills all day in the mid 20s. so a very cold thursday afternoon and then a very cold friday. friday, very cold friday

afternoon. impt forecast for your friday is going to be on the moderate side. once again, we're going to be needing the coats, gloves, hats. you didn't need the gloves today, you will need them tomorrow. a look at the forecast, though. go in the right direction. 45 on saturday. 56 on sunday. now that will come with some rain. but i think the rain will come in late after sunset around 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. some rain could be on the heavr side. then a couple showers monday. look at monday. 69 degrees. so we're near 70. some of you will get to around 70 degrees. tuesday, wednesday and thursday, a little turkey guy, 47 degrees on thanksgiving. right now thanksgiving looking okay before our next round of really cold air. guys, see you at 5:45 with that winter outlook. >> all right. looking forward to it. in the last half hour, a man who confessed to burning down a home faced a judge. new at 5:00 tonight, what his ow sister said about what made him do it. and shots fired inside a hospital. a fatr took his child to the e.r., but now police explain why

they opened fire on him. and a school principa is supposed to know everything going on in a school, right? but there was one big secret that caught one d.

he con to a news a man accused of starting a fire that destroyed this home in rockville is bei charged with arson. court documen say 27-year-old

carlos peralta lived with several roommates. three were in the home when the blaze began. peralta's sister told police her brother suffe from schizopha is an alcoholic. say he has confessed to officers. he is being held without bond on three counts of dangerous endanger and arson. tonight we're changing minds when it comes to migraines. >> doreen gentzler is here with more on how some people are using therapy to help with their head pain. >> hi, wendy, jim. migraine h can be debilitati. e havg one every day for two years. tonight we'll meet a woman who suffered for a very long time before she found a unique treatment that word for her. sonja suffere from chronic migraines, seve headaches every day. it left her feeling really helpless. she saw doctor after doctor, and nobody cou fin a cause for her headaches or even a medicati that would hel

>> i felt completely out of control. i felt like a victim. i felt just, you know -- i don't kn if i got fully depressed, but definitel very sad. >> eventually, there came a time when she stopped seeing so many doctors and she found a treatment tha really helped her in counseling with a therapist. tonight on news4 at 11:00, learn how talking through her pain gave her relief she needed. and this is a story not just about migraine pain but managing pain of any kind. you can learn a lot more about mental illness by going to our special changing minds page on nbcwashing wendy? >> thank you, doreen. new at 5:00 tonight, police have just released this sketch of a man wanted in a carjacking and kidnapping at a metro station. investigats say this man approach a woman at the vienna metro station last wednesday. forced her to drive him to several places at gunpoint. had her withdraw cash and make several purchases.

the woman was not hurt. police believe the man may also have been involved in a carjacki on nuttily street in fairfax earlier this month. it was supposed to help save lives. >> right now at 5:00 tonight, the air bags that turned out to be deadly, but the fight to expand the recall is actually center stage here in washington today. as the families of victims tell thei >> the air bag is what killed my > plus, a health scare leads to a school walkout. why parents were sent scrambling to pick up their kids, even though school wasn't closed. and it was a dark cut through used by many students but now after the murder of a teenager, we're learning about change in light of this trage.

you're watching news4 at 5:00. some big stories developing right he tonight at 5:30. >> we have team coverage. we all want to know how much snow we're going to be seeing this winter. doug has got some answers for you. plus, the mother of a murdered north virginia teenager is encouraged about a change ir community. > and holiday travel is getting more crowded on the roads. meanwhile shall parents and studentse action amid a tv scare at school. we start out with that. in prince george's county where that confirmed case of tb at potomac high school has a lot of students and families worried and afraid. so afraid, some students left school early today. news4's darcy spencer joins us

live from oxon hill with more on that, and what health officials are saying about it now. darcy? >> reporte well, jim, when we t to the high school just after 11:00 this morning, we saw a number of students walking out of school. we saw parents coming and picking up their students, truly concerned about their health. now health officials are trying to assure people, assure the students and parents, that everythi is safe here and the students are okay. there is no out i see you have your business suit on. you left work today? >> are yes, i did. >> reporte tina leech left a business meeting to pick up her daughter, because of fears of tubercul at potomac high scho in oxon hill. news4 was there as countless other students walked out before lunch. >> there are several kids i saw at the t of th hill that had already left out of the school. because the kids are scared. the parentsre scared. and they're not giving any info

>> reporte some scad to the point they' covg their faces so they don't contract the disease. why do you have those scarves on? >> because, you know, we have got information that it was airborne and, you know -- we've got a lot of different stories. you don't know what to believe. >> there is not an outbreak going on in school. >> health officials say there has only been one confirm case of tuberculosis at th school. it's a bacterial infection contracted prolonged close contact. those who are at risk are getting skin tested, and some of those tests were positive, so they're getting further screening. >> you have a positive test, it does not necessarily mean you a rumor mill and . misunderst of how it is spread has fueled a virtual panic. michelle hawkins says she is going to get tested. >> it's scary. i'm gone. i'm going home. and i have a daughter at home. >> reporte what do you think the school shod do? >> close it down. clean it. >> reporte but health

officials say that's not nece should kids be afraid to be at school? >> >> and just tonight after more than 100 parents turned out to express conce over a vicious beating at a prince george's county school, another meeting is being held at a different school tonight about more discipline problems. in about an hour, parents and school officials will discuss concerns at eisenhower middle school in laurel. the head of the school's pta issued a scathing report at a board meeting last week. the pta president said the school has had five principals in the past two years and said that discipline problems are rampant inside t. the school district says there has been a high turn-around of leadership and it be addressed in tonight's meeting. an alterna lea center is also opening next month inside the middle school to better handle these discipline newly released survei video could be the key to tracking down a murder suspect

in maryland. investigate this is the person who shot and killed a man at an apartment building in chillum. yon see they drove off in a light-colod sedan. this happened late last month along chillum road. police don't think the suspect and victim, hollis johnson, knew one another. a local teenager's murder is now giving way to an effort to shed some light on a troubled outdoor area. brendan wilson was gunned down last week near woodbridge high school, along a path that's known as "the cut." news4's kristin wright is there, live tonight to tell us about the changes now coming to that area. >> reporte the path is complete dark rig now. the only lights you see out here are candles left for brendan and my photographer's light. people in this neighborhood wee the addition of lights and say "the cut" has been a problem long before brendan was ki. a memorial tonight in woodbridge where 16-year-old brendan wilson was shot and killed november 10.

the tribute to brendan is along a shortcut path to woodbridge highl known as "the cut." neighbors tell me they have long complained about illegal activity here. we have learned that new lights will be added to the path to hopefully deter crime. still, in a lot of pain, brendan's mot hopes it really happens. >> i hope it will help other kids feel safe going to sc. if they want to do other stuff, take it somewhere else. but at least let the other kids just go to school in peace. >> several dominion virginia power flags are on the ground right now. the board of supervisors says it is working with the power company to fast track the installa of a light along the path. woodbridge sophomore lindsey cullbecker uses "the cut" every day. her mother ped for lighting. >> sketchy really bad. like walking through in the morning, it's like drugs, sex, everything. >> r you have seen that. >> yeah. >> reporte county officials say a large streetlight will go in at the path right at oakwood

drive. it won't bring back her son, but brendan's motr hopes there is change. >> but the innoct kids that just walk to school and back just to get to the cars and back, hopefully it will make a differen for those kids. and hopefully brendan will help -- his loss will help those kids fee. >> reporte the county board of supervisors says they are talking with woodbridge high scho about the addition of a third light near the school's parking lot. live in woodbridge, kristin wright, news4. now at 5:00 tonight, a deadly shooting inside a hospital. family says the video doesn't match the story they heard fr pol >> it was a hospital. they were not supposed to kill him. expect more company. transporta reporter adam tuss will tell you why. and snow. how much can you expect in your area this winter? i've got the complete winter outlook from storm team 4, coming up in just a minu. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman,

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attorneys for metro tonight have asked a court to dismiss part of a $10 million lawsuit filed against the transit system. harold ingram was killed back in october of 2013. his estate filed suit last week. it alleges metro was negligent in how it trained workers. in response filed in federal

court, lawyers say the transit system is immune from lawsuits alleging negligent training or supervis metro's investigation back in 2013 found a fire near the work site caused a 40-foot section of rail to move and strike the worker. well, the cheaper gas prices are putting more people in their cars this thanksgiving. in fact, aaa is predicting more people will travel over thanksgi weekend than any year since about one in five in our area will be going out of town, and more than 1 million plan news4 transportation reporter adam tuss live in maryfield with more on this. adam. >> r i wonder if some of the drivers on the beltway tonight are getting an early jump on the thanksgiving traffic. when they hit the gas station, they'll be greeted by at lot of 2s on the board. when it comes to gas prices right now, a lot of us are doing the math. ten cents here, twenty cents there. drivers putting numbers

together. >> i have three cars in my household. saving this much, my house hold can save $1200 a year. >> reporte she right. say each driver is saving 30 bucks a month. that's a total of about 100 bucks a month. and the savings of $1200 a year. aaa spelling it all out. >> the lowest gas prices since december of 2010, and we expect the lowest thanksgiving gas prices since 2009. >> rep the natiol e right now, $2.85 compared to $3.21 a year ago. in d.c., $3.07 today. in maryland, $2.86 versus $3.30 and in virginia $2.67. the reason for the low price, a lot of production. and the savings could lead to a mini stimulus package in other parts of the economy. >> i'll go to tj maxx. >> reporte you want to buy clothes and that kind of stuff.

>> yes. and presents for my family. yes. >> reporte we certainly wish her fun shopping. back here now live along the beltway. coming up in my next report at 6:00, how low could gas prices go? and how long will they stay that way? reporting live in maryfield, adam tuss, news4. we e minutes away from doug's winter weather outlook. find out just how much snow is coming your way, next. also, the families that have suffered the most from the deadly air bag recalls come to washingt with a message from more tha.

we're learning more now about the man who opened fire on the campus of florida state university. ch lawree at the live desk with new details. chris? >> reporte myron may was an fsu alum and an attorney, and police say he thought the government was targeting him. now may is accused of taking a gun and firing shots inside one of florida state's libraries. it was just after midnight, but between 4 and 500 students were in there studying at the time. three were hit. one of them still in critical condition. police say may's facebook page features posts about conspiracy theories and links about the governme reading people's minds. th also found some of his journals and videos. may himself was killed after being confronted by police outside that library. and university officials con celled cancelled classes today.

at the live desk, i'm chris airbag maker, takata, face-to- with lawmakers over the recalled airbags that can spray shrapnel upon impact. >> reporte deeply sorry. that's what a senior vice prest for takata told the commerce committee today. takata showing remorse, but still not giving in to a national recall. the millions of takata air bags being recalled, and if the governme has its way, millions more will follow. but today in washington, it wasn't about numbers. but a family, that of charlene cough much. >> the air bag is what killed my sister. she says her 24-year-old sister charlene was living in phoenix, arizona, 11 years ago when she was a passenger in a horrible accident. e died from severe head trauma. >> the doctors kept asking us, what had hit her in the head. something had to have hit her hard enough to cause significant

damage. takata airbags are unde fire, because experts say they can spray shrapnel upon impact. today, a senior vice president r takata told the commerce committee, there is no need for a national recall like the one the national highway traffic safety administration is calling for. >> and the recalls should remain the specific regions of height and humidity. kim said the accident that killed her sister didn't happen in a humid area. >> research on the subaru recall site shows that the car she was a passenger in has yet to be re. >> reporte there have been at least four deaths and numerous injuries repord in connection with the takata air bags. >> our sincerest condolences to those who were in accidents and thr families. takata vows it will be trans with the government. coming up on news4 at 6:00, hear how lawmakers are reacting to the victim's stories and takata's response. >> thank you, erika.

are you ready to find out what weather winter is going to be like? how much snow we're going to get? what to brace for there, doug? >> that is the big question. are you ready up there towards the buffalo area? yeah, they have seen it a little earlier, and so have we. we have been on the cold side over the last week or so, and looks like that cold air is going to last right through early next week into and around the thanksgiving time period. but what about the rest of the winter? well, here's our first thought two words. cold a those were the two words that crippled our region from january to march last winter. it was a winter that seemed as if it would never end. the big question is, will this year be as bad as last year? the answer, i think it may just be worse. last winter was cold, although it didn't start off that way. the cold set in january, and we

are talking arctic cold. that cold lasted all the way through march, and so did the snow. on average, d.c. gets about 15 inches a year, but last year we raked up over 30 inches. while areas to the west like dulles saw over 50 inches and a bit farther west, an incredible nearly 80 inches of snow. so what am i expecting this year? well, once again, we looked toward the el nino southern oscillatio year, however, it's a minor factor in the overall pattern. the biggest factor, a very warm north pacific ocean from just north of hawaii all the way towards alaska. something else we look at, snow cover in siberia. yep, siberia. there is a direct correlation between the snow cover in that part of russia and our cold winter. this year at record levels. combine that with the warm water in the nor pacif and you get very cold air forced to move in from the arctic across north america. would be a bit below average and that increases our chances for a white christmas.

but the real cold looks to set in janua. february also looks below average. bu shod be closer to normal. as for snowfall, i expect that to be well above avera. i expect d.c. to receive between 18 and 25 inches of snow. but that may be on the low side. we will see less to the southeast and more farther west, .here 25 to 50 inches could so get ready. if the cold from this week didn't get you thinking of winter, mother has a lot more where that came fr. oh, and if a couple storms are a little on the larger side, yeah, those snow totals could go up. one good thing to note here, last time in march we saw a foot of snow in march this past season. expect that, and i do expect march to be above maybe we get into a good spring. s hope so. current temperature, 54 degrees in d.c. 41 gaithersburg. 52 down towards ft. belvoir. nothing around our region. and, again, not much around the mid atlantic. the only area of snow right up towards buffalo where they continue to see that lake-effect

pummeling that region. the cold will start to get us tonight. 27, feels-like temperature around 11:00, right around the -- right around 11:00. 19 in winchester. 28 in fredericksburg. waking up to the teens back to the west. so a very cold start to your friday. tomorrow afternoon, look at this. high temperatures nearly 20 degrees colder than where they were today. 34 gaithersburg. 37 in the washington, d.c. area. so bundle up during your day tomorrow, bec you will need the coat for sure. 45 on saturday. 56 on sunday. so we're moving in the right direction. be rain late sunday, so most of the day will be on the dry side. that rain moves in on sunday. we get to 69 on monday. chance of a shower on monday. and then we cool as we head towas thanksgiving. but thanksgiving looking pretty good before, guys, what i think could be aft thanksgiving, th weekend, maybe even co. >> all rig. thank you, doug. a local principal got a big surprise today turned out she's been named principal of the year in th. news4's zachary kiesch was at powell elementary for the big reve.

>> i did get a big surprise. >> as far as secrets go, this one was well-kept. principy she got set up. the secret, d.c.ps principal of the year. >> you will not believe what i thought. joi by mary like muriel bowser, kia henderson, in a classroom of cheering first graders, it was an emotional day. known for increased enrollment, improved test scores and building relat with the communit it does mean a lot to me, because i thi this work is about civil rights and about social justice. >> reporter: the work she has done outside of the school has been equally impressive. she has earned a reputation for going door to door, making parents feel a part of the process, and bringing them in at a time where many children are headin the charter schools. >> people were fleeing this neighborho school and now people are clamoring to it.

over 450 families up from 200 families, just three short years ago. some might say it's come with perseverance. th a word they talk a lot about around here. nathaniel is a first-grader. >> you never give up, and you try your best. >> rep this bilingual school in the changing pet worth neighborho has its challenges but today a win that even includ >> i don't know. what's importa is our school got recognized for all of the good things you're doing. >> i'm not much for surprises, but this one was pretty good. reporting in northwest d.c., zachary kies, news4. starting next summer, you may have an easier time parking in downtown d.c. d-dot is going to be rolling out a new smart parking pilot program in the pen quarter and chinatown neighborhood. it would i demand priced parking. g cameras and sensors would determine when vehicles

are parked in certain spots and prices w based on availability. d-dot says you'll also be able to see in real-time where those spots are through an app and a website. > the president's preparing now for a major speech on immigratn in just a couple hours. >> reporter: the president acts without congress on immigration. this is chris gordon. we'll have local reaction for and against immigration ref ahead. and a father is shot and killed at a hospital, and police say the suspect had a gun. but the victim's family says that's not the whole story. that

a family is demanding answers now after a deadly police shooting inside an emergency room. >> they say surveillance video shows police were not justified when they opened fire. nesita kwan reports from highland park, illinois. >> reporte nine shots in less than two seconds. and what preceded those shots is also caught on surveillance video and 911 tapes. >> hi, this is highland park hospital. >> yep. >> and we have somebody with a gun in our emergency room. doctors and nurses flee a room in the e.r. at north shore highlan park hospital. police offs approach with guns drawn. witnesses say they demand the 27-year-old chr andn put do the gun that medical staff say he pulled after arguing with them. then the shots that killed chris

anderson. we were told he went into the room and got irate, and he pulled guns -- pulled a gun out and he was shot. it definitely didn't happen that way. they said they tried to tell him for 45 seconds, put the gun down, put the gun down. we listened to the audio tape. >> r appearance's family say they have looked at and heard the video and audio types. they held a news conference to question the account police given them. >> it was a hospital. they could h tasered him. >> r anderso came to the e.r. in the early morning hours of november 3 with his 9-year-old daughter. they were pass in a car involved in an accident. and both have been slightly injured. some point, hospital staff say he became agitated and aggressi over the girl's care and that's when things escalated. anderson's family said that's not what they saw. >> he was a victim in a car wreck being taken to the -- transpord to the hospital. and then all of a su he ends up dea

>> police and prosecutors say the officers did follow protocol. and they also say that handgun the man had was stolen and he was intoxicated at th. now at 6:00, explosive new detas aft a man's arrested with a loaded rifle outside the white house. we're investigating his past in iowa as we learn what brought him to the nation's capital. > new questions tonight about a nurse who was allowed to keep working, despite allegations of sexual abuse at several local hospitals. vandals strike as the universi gets pushed into the national spotlight. some say the school isn't doing enough to protect rape victims. tonight we have a team of reporters gathering new information o today's top stories. we begin with new det following an arrest near the whit investigats now say that a loaded gun, dozens of rounds of ammuniti and a knife were found in the trunk of the suspect's and that man

remains in custody now. we're learning more about his past in iowa. mark segraves now with the developm from d.c. superior court. mark? >> r that's right, jim. today we learn that capheim told a guard at the white house he had driven from iowa to visit president obama. and then told secret service he had had a gun. and today we learn that two years ago in iowa, he changed his . secret service agents were searching rj capheim's car outside of the whi at the same time the new head of the secret service was testifyi on capitol hill about recent security breaches at the according to court records, rj capheim approd a guard at the white hous saying he had an appointment with the president. said the president hd him directly and invited him to visit. th made secret service agents suspicious. asked if they could search his car and capheim said yes, telling tm