from the couple's redlands' home and there was evidence that farook had been talking to people in the u.s. and overseas during the past year who showed an interest in radical jihad. >> what i'm ready to confirm is there are some telephonic connections between these two individuals and at least one of these individuals and other subjects of our investigation. >> reporter: but nbc news has learned the couple tried to cover their digital footprint, destroying computer hard drives and cell phones prior to carrying out the mass shooting, and as investigators try to understand why, so does farook's family. his brother-in-law sat down overnight with nbc's lester holt. >> did somebody brain wash him? something snap him? >> reporter: and why would the couple choose to carry out this attack and leave behind their 6-month-old daughter? questions and grief that still fill this tight-knit community. jay gray, nbc news, san bernardino, california. here at the live desk, a

news conference is going to start in a matter of moments. we are going to be hearing from the attorney who represents syed farook's family and this is coming just hours after the media got an extraordinary look inside the house where the shooters were living. nbc news reporter kerry saunders toured the townhouse where the shooters lived with their 6-month-old daughter. in one room there was a crib, computer desk, toys, diapers along with a trash bin full of shredded documents. on the morning of the shooting syed farook and tashfeen malik left the baby with a relative. let's hear now from the couple's landlord. >> reporter: what were they like as renters? >> very good. they paid their bills. paid their bill right on time. >> reporter: when you hear there was a bomb making factory in the garage. did you ever see any evidence of that? >> no. >> reporter: did you ever see anything suspicious? >> no. >> reporter: you know what they're accused of doing? does it match up? >> no.

>> reporter: because? >> i don't know. it just doesn't make sense. they didn't seem like that type of people. >> didn't seem like it. the fbi has been inside that townhouse and wrapped up the investigation and agents released the property back to the owner. >> as members of congress react to the california shootings being called an act of terror, some local members went to a mosque here and northern virginia reporter david culver joins us live from falls church. david? >> jim, for christians it's often sunday. for jews, it's tomorrow, but for muslims it's today, it's their day for prayer and today inside the dhar al hid ra mosque they had some influential company. the call for prayer inside the mosque, flocked together devout muslims from our area, standing and on their knees in deep meditation, the imam preaching

that islam is peace. among those gathered today, a group of local leaders including congressman don bier of northern virginia and eleanor holmes nordegren. >> we have to coming it as a community of pol rance, respect and inclusion. after prayers they addressed a large crowd standing outside the mosque all agents. many carried out by so-called muslim extremists and increasing threats from isis. these leaders saying it's not representative of islam. >> this much we can do. we can come today to say that we stand in total solidarity with you and we represent millions more. >> reporter: it just happens that right now we are in an era where it's associated with people who say they are muslim. >> imam jahari tells me it's incumbent upon other muslims to

help correct misinformation and ignorance in his words. >> we have to extend our hand to our neighbors so that they know the difference between us and isis. >> reporter: we were inside the mosque during that prayer and it was interesting because one of the imams pointed to young people in particular. young muslims wanting to reach out to them. coming up at 6:00, i'll share what they have to say about the temptation to radical islam. jim, back to you. >> david culver, thank you. we'll have much more of lester holt's sitdown interview with the shooter's family and take a look at what we're now learning about the lives of those lost in this terror attack. that's coming up a bit later in this hour. a police officer who devotes his time to stopping drunk drivers is in the hospital right now. ironically, he was hit by a man who had allegedly been drirnging. police say noah leotta was critically hurt during a traffic stop in montgomery county. news 4's darcy spencer is live

with more on the story. >> i'm told this officer's injuries are considered to be life-threatening. if you look behind me you can see all of the montgomery county police cruisers lined up here along georgetown road and many more. family and friends, all hoping this young officer will pull through. officer noah leotta shown in this photo. he's in critical condition after being struck and critically injured by a man who may have been under the influence of alcohol and drugs. >> major and significant trauma. these are life-threatening injuries and chief major said he is fighting for his life right now. >> reporter: this is the scene on rockville pike in rockville last night. the officer was out of his cruiser making a traffic stop when he was hit by a small suv. police say 47-year-old luis rell uz cowas behind the wheel. this woman heard the crash. >> i heard a big bang and i came

outside on to the balcony and within seconds they were swarmed with police officers and we came downstairs and he was laying in the street. >> reluzco was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, but he has not been charged. >> we have to get all of the evidence together away from that analysis from his blood and then present everything to the state's attorneys office to determine, what if any, charges are appropriate. >> lie oata is 24 years old and an officer in the county since 2013. he was working the holiday alcohol task force focusing on pulling over the type of driver who allegedly hit him. before becoming an officer leotta worked as an intern for the department where he also focused on impaired drivers. this woman lived near the crash scene. >> that's when i looked at the car and we all knew it was the cop that got hurt and it was sad just before the holidays.

>> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 5:00, i'll tell you what happened at the scene last night that forced police to take this driver into custody and what happens next with the investigation. back to you. another officer in maryland is in the hospital tonight. police tell us jason easton a ten-year veteran of the police force is recovering after being shot in the face. he responded to a report of suspicious activity in someone's backyard overnight and that's where someone shot officer easton. the gunman took off which prompted the man hunt and shut down nearby schools for the day. police tracked the suspect identified as tyler testerman to a house here about ten miles away. he's charged with attempted murder. developing right now, a murder victim just identified in alexandria. this is the second time in a month a park there turned into a crime scene. >> here's where they found that murder victim, four mile-run park. a place where kids play soccer and baseball.

news 4's tracee wilkins is there live with details that just came in. >> reporter: alexandria police identified the body found here at the creek bed of the young man who had been missing since last saturday. let me show you that young man's picture. he is edward on almendara, a 22-year-old who had been missing since november 28th. that was the last time he was seen here at four-mile run park. here's what he looked like shortly after hissed abo body w found. alexandria city police were here searching the park as a normal part of the search process because this was the last place that he was seen. they came back and they were going through the park when the discovery was made and he was found in the creek bed inside the park and we talked to a number of people who were shocked to find that this happened here. coming up on news 4 at 6:00,

again, this is the second time in almost a month that a body has been found inside of an alexandria city park under eerily similar circumstances. i'll have more on that coming up on news 4 at 6:00. reporting live in alexandria, i'm tracee wilkins. wilson high school in the district stepped up security after the discovery of a gun in the student's backpack. the student sent a letter home saying it has increased the number of officers monitoring school entrances which will be locked every morning until 8:00 and an adult will have to accompany any student needing to get inside before then and there will be security sweeps twice a day. it's still not clear how that student charged in the case got a semiautomatic gun through school security at wilson on tuesday. a lawsuit by the university of virginia dean over a rolling stone article will be moving back toward a charlottesville court. >> at a hearing today, an alexandria judge said it was better suited because that judge is more familiar with the case.

that'sa, cording to a report by the news partners wtop radio. nicole aramo is suing for $7.5 million. she saided 2014 article hurt her reputation. it accused her of covering up a rape by fraternity brothers. a police investigation later determined no rape occurred. a man parked his car in this garage and was headed to the metro when he was assaulted and carjacked in broad daylight. >> it's terrifying that someone would do this. >> reporter: coming up at 5:30, hear from the victim and why he said a split-second decision changed his life. i'm julie carey in manassas. at a time when law enforcement are under fire, officers and deputies in prince william county are getting special crisis intervention training and they hope to give the public a different view of policing. coming up, i'll show you a special skill they're learning. >> plus the chipotle e. coli outbreak has hit our region and

there are new details on where the people got sick and how the restaurant has changed in light of the outbreak. >> i know you like today. coming up, a stretch of unseasonably mild condition, but can we hang on to the dry conditions? i'll take you hour by hour through the weekend and even the early part of

the brother-in-law of the man suspected in the san bernardino shootings says the syed farook he knew was not radical. >> he says farook might have been brain washed. that brother-in-law sat down for an exclusive and extensive interview with nbc's lester holt. here's some of what he revealed about farook and the future of the shooting couple's 6-month-old child. >> was he a very political person? >> no. not at all. >> strongly religious person? >> he was a good religious person, yeah. just like a normal, anybody would be. but nothing -- nothing that i can see that he could do that. >> nothing that would fit the term radicalized as we heard. >> no. not that i can think. not the person i know. he was not radical. i mean, i don't know. the only way i see is, you know,

i am -- it's my crazy act and what's the outcome? you left your 6-month-old daughter, you know, in this life. some people cannot have kids. god give you a gift of a daughter and you left that kid behind. what did you achieve? i don't know what message they would have left. >> are you angry at your brother-in-law for doing this? >> yeah. absolutely. very angry. very upset and angry. >> and for leaving his daughter? >> yeah. every few hours that mack make angry. >> and what becomes of her? right now she's in protective custody. do you know what becomes of their daughter? >> well, we are working, my attorneys are working and hopefully we can go through the process that we can adopt her.

i mean, that's the plan. >> investigators are also wondering if syed farook's wife may have been the more radical of the pair. tashfeen malik pledged to the leader of isis just before the attack. justice correspondent pete williams tells us more about that facebook post. >> she said it to a facebook page that was not in her name, but it was run as an alias on her name and what we've been told now is that it was sent from a cell phone so it might have been as they were heading to the shooting scene and then shortly after that taken down, but the -- what we are told is that this was not meant to be seen by anybody looking at that face book page. it was an essence a dear diary posting. it was using the personal messaging function of facebook where you can, in essence, send a message that's to be seen only by someone else. so it's not clear if she was

just mailing this to herself, but she wasn't posting it for all the world to see and indeed it was taken down shortly after it was posted and it was discovered as the fbi goes back through looking for electronic footprints that these two may have left. it doesn't say that this was directed by isis. it doesn't even say that isis was even aware of this, but it certainly strongly suggests that at least tashfeen malik was heavily influenced by isis propaganda and it further suggests that she may have been the radicalizing influence on that couple. >> as america comes to grips with the terror in california, there's a sign of healing in paris three weeks after the attacks there. one restaurant targeted by the terrorists has reopened. la bonne biere cafe was repainted and redecorated. the manager said she wanted to erase signs of the nightmare. tributes of flowers and cards helped with the grief. five people died at that cafe

and another three people injured and they're still recovering. >> three dozen officers and deputies in prince william county head back to the streets with a new understanding about how to deal with mentally ill people. they are the latest graduates of the crisis intervention team training program. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey was invited inside the classroom for some of the challenging and emotional lessons. >> it's a tiny pin that represents a week of intense training. these officers and deputies are learning a new way to approach some of the most emotionally charged situations they'll find out on the street. in this role playing exercise a woman learns her roommate's involved with her boyfriend. >> obviously, you're upset. >> yeah, i'm upset. i'm upset. i can't believe sheould do this. >> officers test out skills designed to calm the situation and gather information that will help the person in crisis. often someone with a mental health issue. >> i can see you've got some cuts on your wrist. >> yeah.

yeah, yeah. -- it's what i do to cope. >> how long have you been doing that? >> i would say a couple of years. >> have you talked to anybody about that? >> he is a cit trainer. here's how he used to approach encounters. >> i have to tell you and then i make you. and you can start to find that there is a different way. >> an active listener is fully attending what the person is saying and not just thinking of what they'll say next and they can identify the feelings behind someone's story. >> i see that you're upset that your brother broke her nose. >> eric who is a trained negotiator says cit training changes policing techniques. >> you can slow down instead of just going, i need the facts one right after another and you basically just talk to people like people and have a conversation instead of just demanding answers. >> reporter: prince william county police and deputies have

a new place besides the jail and hospital to take people when are in a mental health crisis. coming up at 6:00, i'll take you inside the brand new assessment center. in manassas, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> a community in loudoun county will try to help a family struggling with a health crisis in the past few months. both gina ruben and her 7-year-old daughter were diagnosed with cancer. while their outlook is good, their medical bills are mounting and they're hoping that tomorrow's fund-raiser at coach's corner restaurant will help. >> when you have all of the support that we have from our community, it makes that a little bit easier and not as tough. >> the restaurant's donating 15% of its proceeds tomorrow and there will be a silent auction and raffle. among the auction items a washington redskins football, tickets and an american girl gift basket. >> the trial of the officer

accused in the freddie gray case continues and for the first time the interrogation tapes are revealed in court. what he said about the first time he saw freddie gray. sex, drugs, even weapons at work and these federal workers kept their jobs while some whistle blowers didn't. a news 4 i-team investigation straight ahead. i was told that, you know, i'

now your storm team 4 forecast. going out this evening, that warm jacket that you've had for most of the day today. you're going to be able to just hang onto it. i don't think we'll need the coats until early tomorrow morning and our temperatures will be falling off from the 50s to the 40s, but it's a light wind this evening and i remember yesterday we had the wind and it was still breezy and a calm wind this evening and just on the

chilly side as we drop to the 40s. meanwhile, the only thing we're looking up to is the night sky because in just about an hour from now the southwestern skies, we make that move to the southwest and up above, we'll be able to see the international space station. it's going to be very bright and high in the sky, something that we don't see too often around here when it's that high, but for three minutes we'll be able to see the right object fade into the south-southeastern sky. i've posted more on my facebook page and how you can catch it pretty much any time of the year. 33 to 45 and a cold start for early tomorrow morning and still a light wind and we're still under that clear sky. so if you're going to be heading out with the kiddos early tomorrow morning and they'll need a coat and even a scarf or a hat out the door and we will be warming up again into the 50s and po50 degrees. the hourly forecast and we hit that temperature at noon time

and we stay in the 50s for several hours. a good chunk of the day tomorrow will be very comfortable and even a little higher and those temperatures, the second half of the weekend on sunday. but sunday the high clouds will start moving in. they've made the move to the west and you can see the clouds increasing and i-81 area and 66 and very late sunday just before the sun sets. the clouds will start to roll in and then we'll have a fair amount of cloud cover around for late sunday and for even part of the day on monday and especially, especially the end of next week, but will we get the rain? we'll see in just a moment and that changes as the clouds move in. the cloud cover will keep us from dropping too low by the time we get to early monday morning, but for the midday and the afternoon hours on sunday, or even on saturday, still, you've got the green light if we're going out and picking out the perfect christmas tree. >> here we go for the weekend, 53 degree, 55 on sunday and still dry and still dry even in the early part of next week with

the temperature of 52. on monday, of course, it's a big game as the redskins take on the cowboys and amelia segal has the hourly forecast for game time coming up for monday and a look at next week and a little peek at next weekend, but that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. >> now at 5:00, a tag team duo caught stealing from shoppers and a look at what we can all learn from the tactics from thieves caught on video. >> a father of six was among the victims killed in that california shooting. we'll take a look at some of the loved ones killed in what's now being called a terror attack. ahead, you'll hear the strongest evidence so far in the holiday season's just far in the like football season...

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welcome back at 5:30. we'll get to the very latest out of california in a moment. >> first to the strongest evidence yet in the trial of the baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray, william porter. things wrapped up for the week. chris culvkul gordon in today'sg testimony. >> today focused on what he did not do. he did not call for medical assistance when he realized that freddie gray was injured in april and although he's been given the opportunity he has not

explained why. >> the jury watched officer ilwilliam porter. freddie gray was already arrested and being loaded into a police van when he arrived. the van driver later called for backup at druid hill and dauphin. he opened the door of the van and he saw freddie gray face down on the floor lethargic saying help me up. porter said what's wrong? you need a medic or something? gray responded, yes, i need a medic. porter pulled freddie gray up to a bench, but didn't put him in a seat belt or called for a medic at that point. the van was later called to pick up another man who had been arrested at north and penn. on the video, porter tells investigators i opened the door, gray is unresponsive and on his knees up against the bench. he was completely passed out. by the time the van arrived at

the police station freddie gray was unconscious. they tried to revive him, called a medic and had him taken to a hospital. >> whenever you obtain statements from the defendant, those statements are going to be given a great deal of weight from the jury and will become a centerpiece of the prosecution's closing argument. ahead at 6:00, what freddie gray's autopsy reveals about who may be responsible for his death. that's the latest live in baltimore, doreen back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. a stream of new information is coming out of california tonight where the fbi is now investigating the san bernardino shooting as an act of terror. the investigators say tashfeen malik used an alias to pledge her allegiance to the leader of isis on facebook as wednesday's deadly attack was beginning. the couple also tried to destroy evidence at their home including computer hard drives and cell phones. the fbi is also looking for a

friend of syed farook who purchased the rifles used in the massacre. new details of the friends and families left grieving from san bernardino. >> chris lawrence joins us with some of their stories. >> some of them worked for the health department in san bernardino county including a man named michael wetzel. he was an inspector and more importantly, a father of kicks kids. they're close to reaching their goal of raising a quarter of a million dollars. his 27-year-old colleague was also killed and yvette velasco's family said she was an intelligent, motivated and beautiful young woman who was full of life and loved by all who knew her. robert adams married his high school sweetheart and family members remember him as a loving son, brother, husband and dad toe savannah, his baby girl

who is 20 months old. those are three stories of 14 victims and the large community sharing the same pain. we invite you to learn more about them and how they left their imprint on the world. just go to the nbc washington app and search shooting victims. doreen? >> a reminder that nbc nightly news would have more coverage from lester holt from san bernardino. the coverage includes how the latest shooting would have an impact on gun control in america and that's right after news 4 at 6:00. in the district, dramatic video shows a fire that's displaced several people from an apartment building on busy u street in the corridor there and this is on u and 12th street northwest. the blaze began on the first floor balcony late this morning and spread up four floors. fire officials tell us the balconies are made with a combustible material that likely helped fuel those flames. more than $3 million in new life-saving equipment rolled out at prince george's county today and the fire ems department unveiled the goods this week and every fire station would get

new, automatic, external defibrillators or aeds. for the first time they can be used on children, as well. this new equipment also includes devices which provide continuous chest compressions. >> the fire chief tells us the technology ensures county residents are getting the highest quality in medical care. >> d.c. mayor muriel bowser is moving. she's not helloing her home in northeast, but she just closed on a new home in the northwest neighborhood of colonial village. >> and buying a home is the way most washingtonians build wealth. that's the way i build wealth and i bought a little house in a great neighborhood and i thought i would live there a couple of years and i've lived there 15 years and it's allowed me to get a bigger house and that's kind of the american dream. >> public records show the mayor took out a $100,000 home equity home on her house in northeast. she kicked off her campaign for

mayor on the steps of that house and bowser says she will own it forever. both homes are in ward 4, the ward she represented on the d.c. council. maryland just added to states hit by the chipotle e. coli outbreak. the restaurant is taking new steps tonight to make sure the food is safe to eat. a santa who embraced the holiday spirit and what

>> now to a developing story with e. coli. maryland is one of states of people who ate at the mexican chain. maryland health officials would only tell us that the one person infected is in the central part of the state. meanwhile, chipotle now has stricter rules in place for food

safety. they will begin testing all produce in smaller batches and enhanced food handling training. they still don't know which ingredient triggered the outbreak. we are hearing from the parents of a little boy with autism whose holiday photo has gone viral. they brought braden to see santa at their local mall in charlotte, but he just did not want to sit on santa's lap. so santa surprised the family by deciding to get on the floor with braden. he laid down on the florida to play with him, giving the chance to get the christmas photo that they weren't sure they'd have otherwise. >> social situations get very difficult for him. so having the ability for us to come in, set an appointment and give him an experience of a typical child is huge for him and huge for us as parents. >> the organization, autism speaks organized that caring santa event to let families and children with autism get someone on one time with santa every year. >> how sweet. a homeowner in michigan found a unique way to deal with

the elaborate holiday lights display next door instead of trying to compete, she put up a big ditto sign. check it out. she says she loves getting into the holiday spirit without all of the effort and she says her ditto sign in the yard gets just as much attention as her neighbor's decoration. take that! some have told her seeing it brings a smile to their face and that makes her day. if you can't compete with that light display join them, right? >> exactly. >> a metro rider carjacked in broad daylight. the one thing that the person did differently that day that changed their fate. and sex, drugs, even weapons at work and these federal workers kept their jobs. why some whistle blowers didn't. a news 4 i-team investigation next. and a good time to get the car washed this weekend as we track dry days ahead. coming up in my full forecast, we find out just how warm we

a major agency and a local employer accused of trying to silence its critics. it's the latest scrutiny for the u.s. department of veterans affairs. an investigation by the news 4

i-team's scott macfarlane raises questions about whether the agency is punishing whistle blowers while going too easy on some of the people causing problems. >> dr. richard hill didn't expect to have free time at this point in his career. >> this one was just a little twig. >> reporter: pruning trees in his backyard in frederick. >> i have more time to do things and seeing more of my family and all that. >> because dr. hill says he chose to retire from his job at the u.s. department of veterans affairs clinic shortly after he was officially reprimanded by agency fishls. >> they just said conduct unbecoming. >> he was being retaliated against by bosses after writing saying the clinic didn't have clinical staff and that error s were because of it. >> i was told i was bringing up things i shouldn't bring up. upon. >> richard hill isn't the on one saying that. our review looks into

retaliation against government whistle blowers shows more than 1400 complaints filed by va employees just since january. more than any other agency government wide and that the office has since ordered relief for dozens of them. a financial settlement orormal acknowledge to those workers confirming they were unfairly treated, richard hill included. the agency helped hill and the va reach a deal to withdraw this reprimand. these complaints come at a time when the va is reeling from a scandal in which other hospitals cooked their books to mask long wait times. the agency secretary resigned and now in the months since one by one, former whistle blowers tell congress they felt retaliated against. >> retaliation exists because it's a culture. >> unfortunately, my experience is not unique at va. >> the va responding to those whistle-blower complaints told the news 4 i-team says retaliation is unacceptable and

all employees are notified by bhifl blower protections. >> reporter: the u.s. department of veterans affairs declined a sitdown interview to discuss richard hill's case. in the time since we found another issue, workers committing health and safety violations kept their jobs with what one congressman called slaps on the wrist. only three agency administrators have actually been fired for that major wait time scandal says the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee. >> these are people that have blatantly caused problems within the va. >> reporter: he says many more should be fired for that and for other bad behavior. >> the i-team found other misconduct by internal misconduct reports. >> if they really want to win, they've got to cut the players that aren't performing. workers who had sex at the hospital in martinsburg and others sleeping on duty. another under the influence of alcohol at the d.c. medical center. another in martinsburg busted on

the job for distributing heroin and a seven-year employee there who brought a loaded gun and knife on the grounds. none of them fired. >> the worker with the gun showed remorse, the agency told us. congressman miller says it's not acceptable. >> absolutely not. we're talking about people's lives that are being endangered. >> the va in a statement says where performance and conduct issues were removal. the agency takes action to terminate employment. we found that was the result in 20% of misconduct cases in 2013 and 2014. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. to watch the i team's previous reports on problems inside the va and also to send them a tip, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigation. >> now to a local man talking about a decision most of us make every day, where to park. his choice led to a group of carjackers targeting him in a busy garage. news 4's meagan fitzgerald

shares the story tonight and has details about who police are looking for now, meagan? >> jim, that victim did not want to be identified and asked that we call him cooper. he tells us that he drove his car to the parking garage which was behind us here and he parked his car and walking to metro when he was assaulted by four suspects and he tells us it was a split-second decision that changed his life. >> thousands of people commute by metro every day. >> and cooper is one of them. >> i work at the library of congress. >> but he doesn't usually drive and typically, he uses the rockville station instead of wheaton, but on november 13th, he was rushing and drove here instead. >> at 10:00 in the morning i parked my car near the pedestrian walkway. >> as he approached the walkway he was confronted by four suspects who demanded his keys, wallet and cell phone before stealing his car.

>> i know it seems very surreal that my -- i was being assaulted in broad daylight in a parking garage. montgomery county police say before the suspects left the garage, one of them was caught on video by a surveillance camera. they're asking the public to take a good look. investigators are trying to find this man along with three others before they harm anyone else. >> this just proves that people should be more cognizant of their surroundings. >> cooper's vehicle was recovered hours after that incident in southeast d.c. montgomery county police is asking anyone who knows the suspects to contact the department right away. hear from cooper and why he says he's not allowing that incident to make him live his life in fear. meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >> the era of paper, metro fare cards is officially over. the last ticket has been sold. all metro machines are upgraded

and they will only dispense plastic smart trip cards. the final stations to be upgraded are anacostia. they created more waste than the plastic card and they cause mechanical problem which is often took fare gates out of service and it costs $1 less than with a paper card. . >> clouds moving in and we're tracking rains and that rain should hold off until monday. that sounds like veronica, but here's amelia. >> double. you get double the forecast. >> we're all over the place and as we head on into the weekend, we are looking at really nice weather. sunny skies both days with just more cloud cover around on sunday and get this. it's the first weekend in december and we're tracking temperatures in the 50s and some spots will hit the upper 50s. great weekend weather and that's the first weather headline and little rain chances not only for

the weekend, but for the rest of the seven-day and mild for december and overall this month. the climate prediction center says it should continue to run for the most part above average and right now we're at 49 degrees and clear skies in place and we'll drop quickly tonight and much of the same so heading out this evening and you'll need a warm coat or a scarf, but you don't have to worry about the umbrella and tomorrow the weather having a low impact. great sunshine and a nice, calm wind and for the most part it's not an issue, and not blustery like it was yesterday. >> 7:00 a.m., waking up to a cold 38 degrees and by lunchtime we were already around 50 degrees and 53 will hit at 3:00 p.m. and that will be the high temperature for the day and whether you're getting the christmas tree and hanging the holiday lights and going to the holiday party, the weather looking good and during the

evenings, you can expect temperatures in the 40s and the warmer coat at night. your planner for sunday, the high temperature of 55 so even a touch warmer and breakfast and temperatures in the low 40s and not too bad. the temperature around 51 degrees and by dinner time and that's when we're starting to track cloudiness in the area. on monday, being troising plenty of clouds and mostly cloudy skies and the high temperature of 52 and we had the cowboys taking on the redskins and you will want to bundle up and tracking dry conditions and partly cloudy skies and the temperature around 44 and the temperature of 42 degrees on tuesday and partly sunny and a high of 50 and wednesday, thursday and friday keeping it dry and look at our temperatures near 60 degrees on thursday and friday and even as we look to next weekend the weather is still looking great and mild. right now veronica and i are forecasting temperatures around 60 to about 65 degrees.

it is being looking dry saturday and sunday and it does look like it will hold off for ten days of now and a nice long dry stretch of weather we're tracking. >> we deserve it. >> we do. >> they distract choppers and almost made a clean getaway. how half of this duo was caught stealing right under the noses of shoppers. and turning a convicted murderer into a

>> as you're out looking for the perfect holiday gift, beware, thieves could be targeting you. in new jersey a couple is accused of carrying out a big purse snatching scheme. as ted greenberg reports store surveillance shows what you need to look out for wherever you shop. >> reporter: authorities say they pick their targets and deploy a plan to steal from shoppers, mostly senior citizens. >> they want to go to the path of least resistance and that's why they target the old people. >> reporter: township police say this surveillance video from j.r.'s fresh market clearly shows a man giving directions to a female accomplice to distract a couple so he can swipe the victim's purse sitting in her shopping cart. >> they're actually in the store shopping for victims. >> detectives are still trying to track down the woman who they say was working with 48-year-old vincent saxon of pleasantville. he was arrested at this shop

rite a day after allegedly being caught on surveillance video stealing a woman's purse at the same store. police say in the past month, saxon committed similar crimes at five businesses in atlantic city. >> i take credit cards which is always in my pocket. that's all i take. >> police are urging shoppers to remain aware of their surroundings and to not put pocketbooks or purses in shopping carts. >> stay vigilant and just a low-level of vigilance will prevent these thefts. >> if i see it in the basket i'll tell the person don't turn your back. >> they have been previously convicted of theft and just got out of prison in september. >> there's always people that are more desperate than we are, i suppose. >> saxon is now back behind bars, but police say that's no reason to let your guard down this holiday shopping season as other crooks are no doubt also trying to distract and steal.

>> now police warn shoppers to be on guard especially during the busy holiday season and this is also a good remind tore keep your purse in plain view and never leave it unattended. investigating an act of terror. now at 6:00, a decisive turn in the shooting in san bernardino. new revelations about the shooters and how they tried to cover their tracks and the facebook posts mentioning isis. the park in alexandria turned into a crime scene and it's the second time in a month that a body turned up in an area filled with kids. a police officer assigned to keep people safe during the holidays clipped by a suspected drunk driver. >> our reporters are working new leads for some of the biggest stories tonight and none bigger than california and those developing new developments from the investigation in san bernardino. >> the fbi director said the two shooters showed signs of radicalization and not on the fbi's radar screen at all before

wednesday and right before she went on the shooting spree the woman apparently went on facebook to pledge allegiance to isis. jinah kim starts us off in california. >> reporter: just two days after the mass shooting that took the lives of 14 people, investigators are zeroing in on the couple's motivation behind the attack. >> we are now investigating these horrific acts as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: federal officials say tashfeen malik, the female suspect, pledged her allegiance to isis on social media. malik allegedly made the post on facebook under a different name and then deleted it, but investigators were able to recover it. >> i'm aware of it and we're looking into it. >> the fbi does not believe isis had direct involvement with either her or her husband, syed rizwan farook. officials don't know if other attacks were planned, but are concerned the couple was flying under the radar. >> it just doesn't make sense. they didn't seem like the