now at 11:00. prosecutors take position. find out how long the wife of former governor bob mcdonnell could spend behind bars. accused of improorperly touching a young student. >> i was on the floor. all i remember was, boom boom.

>> a high school basketball player relives the terrifying moments of a double shooting. 18 months. that's how long prosecutors say the wife of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell should spend behind bars. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. that recommended sentence stells from maureen mcdonnell's conviction on corruption charges. our chris lawrence reports, the defense team has other ideas. >> reporter: we got the court documents showing prosecutors asking for the 18 months but her defense team does not want maureen mcdonnell to serve even a single day. mcdonnell's attorneys argues they should be put on probation and do 4,000 hours of community service. if a sentence is handed down maureen is requesting a split term. prison and home confinement. this calls for virginia's former

first lady to serve five to six years in prison. based on the 24 months her husband bob mcdonnell received they feel a year and a half is fair. even though was her husband who sold his office she eagerly participated in the conspiracy. "mrs. mcdonnell benefited from the bribery scheme personally receiving as 20ds,000 shopping free and participating in multiple expensive dinners and vacations, and as she did so she was at times exuberant." prosecutors also say she will be sentenced two weeks from today, and if she gets prison time, the judge wi allow her to remain free on bond while she appeals her conviction just like her husband is doing r. in the newsroom chris lawrence news 4. >> thanks. we have placed more information from the sentencing guideline documents on our website. nbcwashington.com. after some of the coldest air of the season we could be

enjoying some of the warmest. chief motor doug kammerer joins us with how the weekend is shaping up. how's it look? >> good to seep the flag by union station not moving at all. last night, windchill 9 degrees at this time. still cold tonight, not nearly as cold. look at numbers across our area. 32 in d.c. the rest of the region 19 in map manassas. 29 annapolis. a very cold night tonight and the cold start to the day tomorrow. then talking abo sto all week. it makes its way our way bringing snow to the northeast. for you mild air, some of the warmest air seen so far this season. from some of the coldest to some of the warmest. then whats? could it get even colder again? i've got the forecast. >> thank you, doug. following a couple of developing stories tonight. six u.s. residents have been indicted on terrorism charges involving isis. federal prosecutors accuse the

group of sending firearms accessories and military equipment in the mail to turkey then sent to syria. all six are natives of bosnia who immigrated to the united states. meanwhile, still no proof that an american aid worker held by isis was killed today in syria. the terror group claimed 26-year-old kayla jean mueller died in a jordanian air strike but the terror group has not provided any evidence of tha a decent crowd turned out at frederick high school for a basketball game tonight, two days after a double shooting at that school. our shomari stone reports now that some people are still struggling to shake the memory of the mayhem on wednesday ni >> really an emotional game. >> reporter: chris sambola is a point guard on the jv basketball team and tonight recalls wednesday's chaos when someone shot two teens outside the gym in the middle of a game against rival thomas johnson high. >> i was on the floor.

all i remember was -- boom boom. somebody security guard running in. they're shooting and then everybody started running out. >> reporter: officers locked down the school and searched for the shooter and didn't find the suspect. the two victims were not students at frederick high. one remainsed hospitalized. the coach says his team hid in the locker room. >> protect my kids. protect the kids first, fans second. >> reporter: police believe the victims were targeted and the shooting is possibly gang related or a beef between the two rival schools. >> wednesday night, really bad. we didn't want that to affect our game play. our play isn't going to be affected by that. we wanted to prove that tonight and we did. >> reporter: the first game since the shots rang out, frederick beat the opposing team 56-55, both teams going home with concerned harts. >> >> hearts. >> praise go out to the victims.

>> reporter: people are definitely keeping the victims in their prayer and tweeting out messages of support. search sfh strong. even made t-shirt people wore with a #sfsstrong. in frederick, shomari stone, news 4. following a developing story out of adelphi. police arrested 54-year-old rudolph phelps connection tore a murder earlier today. called to edwards way about 11:30 this morning for a welfare check and found a woman unresponsive inside a condo who died a short time later. investigators say phelps recently got into an argument with the vick tham escalated to murder. he's charged with first-degree murder. a d.c. elementary school charged with violating trust of the special education students in thi his care. the sickening allegations involve a 9-year-old child. how the accusations came to

light. >> reporter: the accused is a special education teacher at this school in northeast washington. the alleged victim, just 9 years old. court documents say the teacher, 33-year-old leroy damien ware came to the attention of d.c. police after a 9-year-old student at miner elementary in northeast washington told his mother the teacher touched him in his private place. the boy said the alleged incident happened in a classroom during recess. sometime between thanksgiving and christmas. the court documents indicate that when asked about the incident ware told detectives he's found the child sitting at computer with his hands down his pants and made contact trying to remove the boy's hands. ware was released with a stay-away order until his next court appearance. in northeast washington jackie bensen news 4. a nail technician in dupont circle facing sex abuse allegations from kucht mers at the salon. hung nguyen works at the color

salon and spa on p street northwest. he touched three women inappropriately while giving them pedicures. one of nguyen's colleagues says the allegations are not true. >> i think he didn't do it. i don't believe that he does. >> i've been going to him to do my nail, and i'd never thought that really in him. >> investigators say the alleged incidents happened between november of 2013 and last august. police initially arrested nguyen back in december. he's facing even additional sex abuse charges from a court appearance earlier this week. in woodbridge virginia tonight, five people had to be taken to the hospital after either a gas leak or a carbon monoxide buildup inside laundromat. crew still on the scene trying to determine what caused the leak. d.c.'s interim fire chief

says every one of his firefighters will be trained to handle emergencies on metro. more than half of the district's firefighters have never received that special training. a smoke incident at the dupont circle station highlighted that need again today. the brakes on a car caught fire and filled the station with smoke. d.c.'s fire union wants to be given old metro cars in order to train for those situations. the mayor says she'll look into that. incredible video of fire on the water. tonight in glen burnie a power boat ignited at the marine flaa and spread to two sailboats. one eventually sank. no word what started this. new at 11:00, iced over ponds are dangerous to more than just humans of course. fairfax rescue crews pull add dog through the pond after it fell through thin ice. you can barely see the dog's head in that earlier picture. the owner tried to reach the dog

but was unable to. crews were able to pull the dog a black lab, back to land. the president's top drug official says congress needs to butt out of d.c.'s fight to leaguize pot. find out why. fewer drunk drivers are sharing the roads with us but another kind of driver could be putting you at risk. millennial movement. i'll give you an inside look what the hotel industry is doing to accommodate this new generation.

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to undergo a major makeover. big-time hotel chains are creatoring new brands to lure today's customers. news 4 erika gonzalez takes you inside the millennial movement re-inventing hotel comfort and leisure. >> reporter: you're on your smartphone use your laptop the ditch imtal world does not intimidate you. >> fast and free wi-fi. keyless entry. >> reporter: the millennial movement is here at hotels want a piece of it. >> the time is now. >> reporter: tina edmondson is the global officer for marriott hotels. >> not anymore about a good night's sleep and hot shower. yes they want that but they want more. >> reporter: marriott recently announced a new brand called moxie. until now only in europe. >> moxie is a brand defined by its attitude. it's fun. it's youthful. it's speefrted. it's very thoughtful. okay? design is really at the forefront of this brand. >> reporter: this is what moxie

looks like overseas and will be replicated in the states including him. a bare chested and tattooed man serious about ironing. at least that's what the wall art depicts. ironing rooms are available on every floor with high-grade irons, because the iron is why you're in the room. right? >> this is a brand that will truly be destructive in its space. >> reporter: you can say that again. marriott already has three other brands geared towards today's generation and other major hotels have also jumped onboard with the boutique look and names you might not recognize. hayat's added its an daz brand and hilton canopy. more than two decades analysts at mmgy global portrait of american travelers have been tracking travelers categorizing as 18 to 35 years old and find they represent 27% of all active leisure travelers who took at least one overnight trip 75 miles from home in the last year. >> what is it you look for when

you book a hotel? >> location is everything. >> sort of nice and simple looking. >> reporter: are we getting a moxie? >> you are getting a moxie. >> reporter: you won't have to wait much longer to see the moxie brand for yourself. marriott confirmed it will open its moxie doors in d.c. as early as 2016. r erika gonzalez, news 4. the director of white house drug policy office says d.c. should be able to legalize marijuana without a federal government getting in the way. michael boot chelli says the district should be allowed to govern itself. last november d.c. residents voted to legalize small amounts of pot but congress moved to block that the d.c. council is not giving up sending the initiative to congress which has 30 day to review the measure's if congress does not act it is likely the decriminalization law likely will take effect. there's a new report out

saying the number of people driving drunk is going down but the number of people driving while drugged is on the increase. since 2007 the number of people getting behind the wheel with alcohol in their system has fallen by one-third. but the survey finds that one in four drivers, 25%, admit to driving while drugged with some substance or another. the national highway traffic safety administration conducted that survey as part of its effort to find trends in america's driving habits. california is getting drenched in rain. nevada is coated with dust. look at this. check out the dust storms kicked up by strong winds near reen pope can't even really see anything in reno. low visibility led to several accidents. >> and they 90 mile-an-hour winds today in carson city just to the south of reno today. tahoe gets all the rain and snow. they get the dust in the desert. >> looks nasty. >> the good news san francisco, four inches of rain and they

need that in drought-stricken areas of california. i could go on and on about california. never been there. take a look. show you what's going on. maybe twice, two days. outside now our area not bad at all. temperatures on the cold side. yeah. 32. notice the windchill, also 32. for the first time in about 48 hours we're not talking windchill tonight. we're not seeing any wind out there. calm winds. that's very good news nap is allowing temperatures however to fall quickly. 19 in manassas. 25 gaithersburg and 27 in leesburg. it doesn't feel like the single digits like it did last night. we're already starting our warm-up. storm team 4 radar is all clear and one thing you notice here we don't have many clouds around our area this evening. there are more clouds back towards the west and i think we'll see some of these develop and make their way our way during the day tomorrow. one thing to note. we've been talking about a storm the last couple of days. it's going to bring just rain. towards boston a winter storm watch and could see between 8 and 12 inches.

one computer model gives them 15 inches by monday. amazing. well over five feet of snow over the past couple of months. phenomenal for them. for us we've been on the snow drought. a lot of you happy about that. if you are, you're happier about this. 52 tomorrow for a high. 49 in gaithersburg. 54 towards fredericksburg. these numbers in areas may be a little too low if we get that warming and some sunshine during the day. so your saturday, travel no problems. exercise best exercise day in a while, i think even better sunday. out and about, yeah enjoy it. it's goings to be that nice. your biking forecast take a look. 34 degrees at 9:00 a.m. if you like it cool. 49 by 1:00. 52 by 5:00. if you want to get out on the bike you bicyclists would appreciate this forecast. you bikers too, get out there on the hog and ride. temperatures here on the great lakes. mild weather to the south. the next storm mentioned will bring that mild air up for both saturday and sunday giving us

all rain for the day on monday. once again, though giving new england more snow. behind i we get cold and i mean really cold towards the end of next week and it looks like it could be prolonged cold. this last snap really only one day, maybe a day and a half. the next one could be a little longer. take a look at the temperatures next few days. 52 on saturday. 59 on sunday. still 53 on monday but showers will be likely. not talking all-day rain here but you'll need the umbrella during the day. 42 tuesday. 47 wednesday. we moderate a bit but look at next thursday and friday. that's the cold air that really starts to come in here. 35 on thursday. a high of 25 on friday. and if that holds, that could be the coldest day we've seen so far this season and it looks like the weekend right now, which does i valentine's day -- >> no. the weekend ahead? >> i have to know that. doreen trust me. >> a week to plan for valentine's day.

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team now. second period his ducks up 1-0. anaheim can't get the puck out. aperture as great chance and cashing in. this play made by troy braugher though dives to keep the puck in the zone. you see here creating the break and helping net the fifth goal. great teamwork. third period still tide at one. caps keep it in again. this time shawn carlson finding the bask threat. his sixth goal of the season. caps take a 2-1 lead. here come the ducks. perry behind the net. can't get his first one a go but puts in his second. perry goes off the skate of philip philip philip only up for this game and he comes up huge. stops ryan kessler to preserve the win for washington. caps take it 3-2.

so if you haven't witness add game down at the smith center now is the time. george washington men's basketball team on fire at home undefeated 10-0. tonight fans storm the court in this their spectacular victory over dayton. look at redskins head coach jay gruden in the house. his son plays. overtime tied at 56. and lays it in. gw take as two-point lead. leader in o.t. under 30 seconds left. pass-around, kyle davis. knocks down the three. 13 points for him tonight. flyers up by one. 6.6 sec colonials down one. time ticking. drives -- shot blocked. joe mcdonald -- beat at the buzzer. mcdonald comes up huge for gw. 19 points an amazing finish.

gw improves to 10-0 at home this season. winning it 65-64. look at fans. >> all right. >> incentive to take to the rim. one of my best attributes offensive rebounds. just in case if he did miss it. we had confidence but if he did i wanted to be in the right position. >> and excitement towards the end. what did that feel like to put that away? >> amazing. i was telling myself try and make a play. no matter try and make a play late. >> wow. >> come up for air there. asked the coach, how exciting is friday night smith center undefeated? i'm aging. he says the games are aging me. a great one.

ah those belgians they've come up way new way to get your chocolate fixer came up with a chocolate shooter that let's you -- look at his eyes. is he okay? >> there's a catapult like device that launches cocoa powder mixed with mint and either ginger or raspberry into the air for the cu to snort. >> what? >> the packaging warrants against excessive sniffing. >> yeah might be. >> but the inventor insists it is safer. can we see it again. whoa! >> does it make you feel a certain way? >> sells for about $50 --

>> shooting chocolate powder into your nose? that is weird. >> bought 1,100 of his own things. >> there are so many things you can say about this now. >> quality control, i guess is what you call it. >> i'm with you, doreen. >> one more time about this fabulous weekend weather? >> how great is this? 52 tomorrow. 59 sunday. sunday would be the second warmest day we've seen so far this year. i've got to tell you, looking pretty good for the weekend. a little rain on monday but don't worry too much about that. the only thit next thursday and friday. it gets really really cold again. >> when you say really cold do you mean down towards single digits? >> 25 a high. single digits fon windchills and could last in towards valentin's day. if that does that you got -- >> any moisture coming with it? >> no. >> see? then what good is it? >> i agree. >> "tonight show" coming up next.

. . . >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jennifer lopez anthony mackie co