vanishes. >> so help me god. so help me good. >> making it official, a changing of the guard. >> big changes in our weather. good afternoon. >> a winter weather advisory will soon take effect for some of us and it's arriving just in time for your weekend. >> storm team 4 has been tracking this area of rain all part of the big storm that right rains to california snows there too. ap a winter weather advisory for hagerstown. it starts at ak a.m. right when the rain starts to step into the area. and with temperatures low enough we will be seeing some pockets of sleet that could lead

to only icy conditions. the areas in purple could see a hent of an inch of ice as we get into the late morning hours. these are the areas where you'll need to use caution. morning sleet, there will be some mixing in with the rain. chance for us around d.c. just to the west in louden county and prince wil yamliam county. those temperatures drop to right down to freezing. frederick around 30 degrees. 30 in martinsmartinsburg. you'll really want to see those temperatures of that coming up. >> now to breaking news involving a local yoga instructor missing in mexico just a short time ago

authorities in that country confirmed they found the body of hari simran. he vanished four days ago while hiking south of mexico city. >> reporter: information from mexican authorities down there who say the searchers did find the body in one of the narrow narrow narrow georges or ra vinesveens. he was down in mexico city for a yoga ka vengs with hisconvention with his wife. he sent a text message saying that he was at a different mountain but would be back soon. mexican authorities saying four days after he disappeared that they have now found the body. friend who know him locally, lives in leesburg va va withirginia

with his wife. david's going to have an update coming up. >> there is new leadership today in the district. >> news4's tom sherwood was there for the big event. >> so help me good. >> bouser the district's 7th elected mayor since modern home rule began in the 1970s, sworn in at the convention center. >> it is the greatest day of my life to be sworn in as mayor of my hometown. >> she was the highlight of an hour-long ceremony for her. sworn in as the city's first

elected attorney general. newly elected ward three member took time to chide president obama for displaying the d.c. auto tag but not doing much more. >> i do thank him for that. but really? is that it? is that really it? >>. >> reporter: but mostly it was a party atmosphere of good feeling as bouser now leads the city. >> good bless the district of colombia. as tom mentioned one of the other big moments of the day was when the district sworn in the attorney general. voters decided to make it an

elected position. he grew up here in the district and once served as associate counsel for president bill clinton. >> developing right now, it is the most successful day for search teams looking for the victims of air asia. the us is playing a big role in the operation. and most of the bodies found today for spotwere spotted by a u.s. navy ship. waves up to 13 feet high are expected for sunday. >> a party at an alexandria turned violent over like korquor. several of the party goers have

been charged with under age drinking. >> a thief possibly wearing a fake beard robbed a bank of america branch this morning in mcclain, virginia. fairfax police say into the bank and demanded money from the teller. he then got into a vehicle driven by another suspect and they took off. >> first at four the us is tightening sanctions on north korea today. the sanctions are in retaliation for the cyber attacks on sony. the movie the interview depicted the functional assassination of kim jong un. among those sanctions are groups that support north korea's defense. >> senator hairy reed is recovering today after broken exercise equipment sent him to the hospital. he was using a resistance band

in his ne vad davada home. his office says they do expect him to make a full recovery. >> first at four, a would be presidential as asassinassassin. investigators try to figure out how a local boy died hundreds of miles from home.

. we are working to learn the name of the man who was hit and killed by a csx train.

it happened at the germantown station. it's unclear why he was on the tracks. trains were delayed while police conducted their investigation. >> we have new details in the case of the maryland toddler found dead in ohio. the death has now been ruled a homicide. the autopsy results are back. he was killed from blunt force trauma to his chest and stomach. a relative of his father is now raising money to pay for his funeral. cameron's mother is charged with child endangerment. >> two firefighterers erers ers are recovering after their truck came upon an icy road this morning. the truck slid off the road and into that ditch.

both firefighters are expected to be okay. >> now to a story we broke this morning. the man who shot president ronald reagan will not face new charged in the death of james brady. brady was one of four people injured in that 1981 assassination attempt. he died back in august. the case was reopened after they announced brady's death a homicide. he has been committed to a psychiatric hospital for the past 32 years. >> a worning that could impact your pet. what might be in your home that could hurt your four-legged friend. >> winter brings more big problems all over the country. >> and how much of it could affect us? storm team will be back with the forecast that includes some wild

weather swings.

. i am standing! >> triumphant steps made by this survivor of the boston marathon bombings. she's learning to walk again for the first time since having her leg amputated. she was just a few feet from the

finish line when the bombs went off. the case against the man accused in the boston marathon bombing is set to get underway. >> as nbc reports, many in the city of boston hope the trial will help bring closure to the tragedy. >> reporter: for more than a year and a half federal prosecutors have been building their cass.e. the 21-year-old faces the death penalty for setting off the two bombs with the help of his brother, an attack that left three people dead and injured 260 others. he is also charged with the killing of a police officer in the days following the attack. his brother was killed in a shoot-out with police during the pair's attempted escape from the area. many in boston hope the upcoming trial will bring closure to the painful memories. >> i think people want to move

on. >> reporter: moving on like the victims of the at thethe attack. >> for me to be that close to something that could have destroyed me and it only allowed me to be stronger. >> r hometown of houston, texas, she took her first steps on her new leg, small steps moving forward. while the city of boston hopes this long-awaited trial will help them to do the same. the city of cleveland wants an outside agency to handle the investigation into the deadly police shooting of a 12-year-old boy. cleveland's safety director has been holding talks about handing the case over to the local sheriff's office as well as any future deadly police enter counters. he was shot at a playground in

cleveland. caught on surveillance video. the boy was carrying a pellet gun. the police officer didn't know it was a toy. the dangerous winter weather is continuing to cause problems for drivers in parts of the country, several accidents blamed on icy roads. warning is in effect until tomorrow morning. the drivers are warned to take it slowly. in north texas a police cruiser was hit while responding to another accident. luckily no one was seriously hurt. >> just a little bit of ice there in our far western counties western maryland, far areas of west virginia. a look at the moisture. that's some of the moisture coming again the east of oak oakek oklahoma there, around arkansas.

primarily it's western texas. headed this way all part of that same system that brought that snow to southern california. we've got some very light rain showers around the northern neck. let me take you through future weather. clouds will be on the increase throughout the overnight period. we're going to be pretty cold by morning. it is again off to frostburg, hagers hagerstown especially the northern arias of i-81 there could be some morning areas of sleet. it's going to stay out in this area until about midday tomorrow. we've got a good chance of seeing some pockets of sleet there. the rain does continue around

1:00 and up until about 5:00 to 6:00 tomorrow evening. so we are expecting some light to moderate rains a times throughout the day. and then again between about 1:00 and 4:00 during the average. so sunday is looking like i think, the best day out of the weekend with just a brief period of some showers, not lasting very long. you could see our high temperaturings a temperaturings across the areas tomorrow that puts us very close to average. but not on sunday. here it is saturday your outdoor impact forecast. that rain starts early, i think by 7:00 we've got some showers moving in. it is saturday night when i expect to see some rising

temperatures. there shouldn't be any issues saturday night, sunday morning on road surfaces. there could be some fog on sunday morning. a brief afternoon shower coming our way. now, let me show you the four day forecast here. we go from mild with a high of 66 with temperatures early part of the next week from 41 to 35. that 35 degree high temperature, nothing like what we're going to see starting on wednesday. in just a couple of minutes i'll take you through your wednesday, thursday friday and the trend going into january coming up. tomorrow a local high school senior will be in the world's spotlight at a bowl game. >> dylan kate will be among an elite group of musicians around the country performing at halftime at the u.s. army all

american bowl in san antonio. kate plays in the band at fairfax high school. he'll be playing for a crowd of some 40,000 people and millions around the world watching. are you nervous? >> i'm nervous for any show. i always try to make as few mistakes as possible so it's always nerve wracking. >> kate will join about six other students from our area who were also selected to personal at halftime. congratulations. >> yeah. sounds like dylan can handle the pressure. >> he's got the pipes. >> first at four now the recall you need to hear about to make sure your pets stay healthy. >> plus get ready. a big project is set to get underway at a metro station. how it could affect so many of you getting ready to go back to

work. >> plus one phone call that could put your identity in the wrong hands. >> we want to know when you plan to take down your tree. >> is it down already perhaps? vote by texting or calling the number on your screen. you can also vote on the nbc washington facebook as a small business

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. head up if you've got some treats for your dog and if you got them over the holidays. >> they may be contaminated. a florida company called jump your bones is recalling its treats. the treats were sold nationwide. so far no illnesses have been reported from this product. you have the dog treats at your house stop feeding them to your dog immediately and return them to where you bought them. >> phones are ringing across our region with the promise of money in the form of a government grant. >> it's a scam. find out how to stop these callers in their tracks. >> fairfax, virginia recently spent an entire day answering his phone. >> i got eight more calls that

day, roughly half an hour apart, all day long from the same people about the same thing. >> reporter: the callers all climb claiming his government grant has been approved. the catch, he had never applied for a government grant. >> they were trying to express that they were representatives of the government. >> more than 5,000 calls for received about an imposter grant. scammers might ask for a checking account number or ask that you pay a processing fee so if you get a ring from someone claiming your grant has been approved the better business bureau says hang up. but we warebe ware callers can be per persistent persistent.

never give any financial information over the phone and now you'll never have to make a payment in advance in order to receive a real government grant. finally, report the call to the federal trade commission and the attorney general's office in your state. >> that's only way this stuff is going to get stopped. >> coal did report those calls. coming up we'll have more on those scam phone calls and how you can protect yourself. >> you can call the consumer watch tip line. >> first at four today taking a class on a classic comedy. >> the college course that has students talking about nothing. plus news for your health. is the secret to staying healthy

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. we are following all the big headlines this afternoon. >> here's what's happening. 4:30 now it is official muriel bauser took the oath of office this morning. >> the northern virginia yoga

instructor's body was discovered four days after he disappeared. >> chris lawrence is tracking the latest details from our live desk. >> reporter: i want to take you out to new hampshire where we have getting news of a massive pile up. this is the scene in the northbound lanes of i-93. fast-moving snow squalls caused two acceptseparate pile-ups. one of the calls involved a tractor trailer that caught fire after a vehicle went underneath it. the good thing is none of the injuries are considered to be life-threatening. all lanes have now been reopened. it's heading our way as many

folks are heading back home from the holidays. >> just in time. >> that area of new hampshire that you just saw, they will be getting more messy weather in the form of snowshowers. for us it's mostly rain. but early tomorrow morning we could be seeing some sleet, pockets of sleet very close to us. we've got that winter weather advisory in effect with the freezing rain advisory in the areas of hot pink. it's icy conditions into pennsylvania even northern new york with snow back in the forecast for new hampshire, vermont where they could see three to six inches of snow. this is a snapshot of 7:00 p.m. on saturday. most of our messy weather is going to be early in the day on saturday up until late afternoon. so a break from the rain then. but as temperatures warm we could see some fog late. saturday night.

temperatures tomorrow night around the mid 40s and rising as we go into sunday morning. we've got rain more likely to get back into the forecast after midnight early sunday morning. all that after some real brutal cold steps in. we'll talk about how low the temperatures will be in a few minutes. now to a developing story involving thers in west virginia. both could soon get out of the hospital. they were wearing bulletproof vets vests when their were shot. the father and sunon from texas were pulled off after finding they had stolen tags. they found the bodies in the back of the trunk. the move for seeking the death penalty for a deadly shooting inside an airport.

the man had plead not guilty to shooting the employee and wounding the gotwo others. a 19-year-old says he was ambushed christmas eve and her attackers posted pictures of the assault for all the world to see. her then-boyfriend took her to a cincinnati area mall and pulled her out of the car. several women jumped her, cut her hair wrote on her face and then robbed her. in these photos on facebook police records indicate that the boyfriend and another woman were charged with robbery, but so far no arrests. rallied in protestsupport of the st. louis police. that new year's eve rally was

similar to others held around the country including this one in milwaukee. people hearsay what they call anti-police protests are taking an expensive toll on police departments everywhere. they say they want the men and women in blue to know they have their backs ap. all of these follow the execution of two new york city police officers. you might have to wait longer to catch a metro train this weekend. there will be a 24-minute wait on the trains on the orange silver and blue line. they westbound fixing emergency call boxes and putting in new rails. check train times before you leave. and you could get a lot more exercise using one of the red line station this is week. the woodley park station is doing escalator work. the stairs will likely be a lot more crowded.

the repair project is expected to take about three years. crews have already replaced the escalators at dupont circle and they're working on the escalators in bethesda. >> a mario cuomo is being remembered today as a political giant and a dedicated public servant. cuomo was elected back in 1978 and became governor four years later. he delivered the keynote speech at the democratic national convention in 1984. he never ran for the white house. he died the same day his son andrew was sworn in for his second term as governor of new york. he spoke about his dad before he passed away. >> his inspiration and his legacy and his experience is what has brought this state to this point.

>> after leaveing politics cuomo worked for a prestigious law firm firm-he was 82 years old. >> sworn in for a second four year term yesterday. according to the white house ttwo leaders talked about the strategic importance of a relationship between the two countries. seinfeld might have been a show about nothing, but his characters sure made it interesting. a rutgers professor is using the show to teach psychiatric disorders. students discuss the characters' behavior. the students say it's a lot more fun than reading about disorders in taexa textbook. coming up worse than anyone

thought, we'll tell you what one of the biggest musicians in the world is revealing about a recent injury and how it could make the music go silent. >> and a medical mystery decades

. bono is telling his fans that he is concerned he may never be able to rock out on the guitar again. the rocker revealed new details

of a horrible bicycle accident from last november. he says his broke his hand shoulder elbow and a bone in his face when he crashed trying to avoid another cyclist. bono wrote that his recovery has been much harder than he thought. and added that it is not clear that i will ever play guitar again. he wrote that he will have to concentrate hard to be fit to play. an entire town is getting to see a new blockbuster movie for free. the movie sellma oprah winfrey says she's proud to share this powerful film with the city the movie recreates the march to selma. the number of online music

down loads has dropped dramatically in 2014. music loves in the u.s. downloaded fewer songs in 2014 than in 2013. at the same time the use of streaming services grew sharply. a 54% increase in 2014. and the biggest album of the year by the way, taylor swift's 1989 which sold more than 3.6 million copies. and here's one for you. we just learned that hugging friends and family can help you fight off infections. about 400 healthy adults were studied. we searchers surveyed the number of hugs they received over a two-week period then exposed them to the common cold. the adult who is had larger numbers of hugs were lis likeess likely to get sick. a race against time despite incredible odds what we are now

learning about the mission to find a missing plane and what investigators are now trying to figure out after a big new discovery. i told you about rain in the forecast for the weekend, but look at sunday's temperatures. into the 60s, 20 degrees above average. and then our coldest air in just about a year.

. and welcome back. the wild weather coming our way to changes at the white house. we have reporters and anchors standing by with new stories first at 4:00. that weekend on the way. >> and we are going to start it off with some wet weather, i think primarily rain showers for us. there should be some pockets of sleet towards western maryland and if you're headed out i-81. the leading edge here down around the northern neck light rain showers and it is i think on the other side of 5:00 a.m. where we're going to see our best chance of having that rain move into our area. that winter weather advisory doesn't start until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. carol county frederick county.

kra virginia. we're saying to use caution on any of the on ramps, the off ramps as well as any bridges overpasses and of course sidewalks out in that area too. chilly this evening if you're going out. it's going to be dry. your temperature 44 degrees by 9:00. our average high tomorrow 43. we're right there tomorrow a typical kind of early january day for us. 38 in frederick. leesburg too a bit on the cold side. we've got you at a moderate level for traveling. it's going to havebe tough to get any outdoor exercising.

in terms of spenceintensity of the rain you'll just need the umbrella. we're talking about light to moderate rains move tlughrough especially the mid afternoon hours. low 40s for a high temperature tomorrow. a messy day, but nothing compared to what's moving in. and i don't think folks are going to like it. >> we're talking about temperatures next week that could be 20 degrees below average. and we saw that a lot last winter and looks like we're about to see thit winterd this winter too. the arctic air is moving in. minus 40 during parts of the canadian territories. for us that cold air moves in around tuesday and linger into wednesday, thursday and friday. and not just talking about the coldest air yet. we're talking about temperatures in the the20s. low temperatures could be in the

single digits and the windchills near zero the the coldest air this winter for sure. and the coldest air we've seen in about a year. looks like it could stick around for a year. >> we're going to talk more about what to do to prepare and some of the impacts the cold will have on this area. it lingers for friday. the core of the cold air wednesday and thursday. your high temperature 29 21 degrees on thursday. real quick look at your seven day forecast here. 41 on monday. and then boom we are down again. after nearly a week searchers have recovered 21 more bodies from that air asia crash in the java sea. many of the bodies were recovered by u.s. navy ship. in indonesia bad weather is preventing search crews from

exploring where they believe the main body of the jet is located. >> reporter: the searching continues late into the night here in indonesia. the search crews have been dealing with difficult weather conditions yet again. it is monsoon season here. there are heavy rains. storms can come on very suddenly. and also difficult seas. waves as high as 13 feet which make it tough to spot debris on the surface and retrieve it and move it from ship to ship and eventually back to land. despite all these difficulties searchers were able to recover 21 bodies today. ten of them have been brought to this identification center in sur ra-- a teacher in her late 40s, a young flight attendant, a

kbrung young man and an 11-year-old boy, all of them indonesian. in terms of looking for the wreckage and the main body of the plane, which searchers believe is at the bottom of the java sea, not much progress today. they were not even able to deploy the equipment they used to listen for those pings. the weather was simply too rough. they'll try again tomorrow. back to you. today italian firefighters and investigators boarded the chars remains of the burned out ferry. they're trying to determine what caused the deadly blaze and whether there are anymore bodies on board. the ferry caught fire during a trip to greece. 19 are now still unaccounted for. stories we're working on.

it's a bizarre crash that triggered huge back ups on the beltway. why the victim's coworkers want you to pay attention to one particular law. you've heard about tsa agents finding guns at airplanes. that's not the only weapons they're finding and they could surprise you. first at four looking for answers two years after her husband was dwuned down on a d.c. street. >> reporter: in northeast washington with the widow of a man shot and killed height here two years ago is speaking about that tragic night for the very first time. she says she is still seeking justice for her husband raymond harris he was 44 years old. it was december 2 27bd2nd of 2012. d.c. police detectives would later show up at her home with

the news that her husband has been killed in a double homicide. coming up on news4 at 5:00 we'll tell you more about who raymond harris was and his widow shares some information that she hopes may help find out who killed her husband. at the live desk a facelift in front of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. key meetings are underway to change the security fence aren't the white house. talks have been on between the secret service and two lesser known government agencies to approve the raising of the fence. details only on four coming up in just a few minutes. a strange souvenir half a century later. decades after surviving a crash,

one man learns he didn't exactly emerge unscathed. the discovery that lead to a strange surgical procedure. police say there was under aged drinking at a priefrtvate party

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imagine seeing this on your way to work. it was a scary scene for drivers

passing this massive truck fire this morning. 18- 18- 18-wheel er 18- -- no one was hurt in the wreck. an illinois man won't be setting off anymore metal detectors. a turn signal was unknowingly embedded in his arm after a car crash and was removed in surgery this week. it started 51 years ago. >> reporter: at a time of year when most are taking care of holiday business art has been taking care of unfinished business from back in 1963. >> it was an awful accident and it was notbable that somebody would come through something like that. >> art was drive handguning in his t-bird. he hydro planed into a semi. >> glass in four arm, four or

five ribs hip busted out in the backside. >> reporter: art spent six weeks in a body cast. art and betty met six months later. >> he was pathetically thin and had this very bad limp. >> reporter: because of all his injuries doctors didn't notice the metal turn signal had embedded in his arm. 15 years ago art discovered there was something in his arm because of a medal detector. then in early december it started to be a problem. doctors remooufved the sevened edseven-inch rod. >> it's almost got all the chrome off of it. >> reporter: and now that it's out -- >> i thought i was going to make a key chain out of it. as awful as it looks, i don't

know. tragic in mexico. right now at 5:00 the first reaction from family and prend after learning that a hiker from northern virginia fell to his death. winter weather advisory tonight. get ready for a dramatic matmatic change. a new mayor. and a blast from the past speaking about our changing city. within the hour we learned that a memorial vigil will be held for a hiker who fell to his death in mexico. >> a search team found the man's lifeless body in the rugtdged mountains. our david culver spent much of the day with the couple's

friends. >> reporter: this is a story that has changed rapidly. within a day of hari simran's disappearance, they were pleading for search resources. within the past 30 minutes we refreshed that page and friends posted we love you hari simran. followed by a message confirming his death. hari simran lived in leesburg and along with his wife taught yoga in sterling. they were in mexico as part of a yoga retreat. the 25-year-old had with him just a liter of water and a handful of trail mix. now, he texted his wife a couple of times suggesting he may be lost. it's been three days of searching since. the family had to rely on donations because government resources for scarce in that search. they'd