calling her boo-boo. >> 2 days old, i picked her up and she looked like little boo-boo bear and it stuck. >> reporter: ever since, her parents, stacey and dennis, say she was the light of their life. always smiling. always happy. and full of life. >> she was a good girl. athletic. bubbly. did everything for everybody. >> reporter: her mother says on sunday evening at around 9:30, heather left the house to help a friend whose car broke down. >> she was going -- she goes, yeah, i'll be back tonight, i'll be back shortly. i said i love you, she goes, i love you, too, nom. >> reporter: that was the last time stacey would ever see her daughter alive. at around 11:00, spotsylvania county sheriffs deputies received a call on a suspicious car in this driveway on piney branch road. when they arrived, captain jeff pierce says investigators found heather in the front seat of her car. >> of course when they got there, they found miss ciccone in her vehicle and she had already succumbed to a gunshot wound to the upper body.

>> reporter: deputies are following up on leads trying to track down the person who killed this 21-year-old girl. while her parents are left wondering why anyone would. >> why would you take my little girl away from me? >> reporter: now, heather's family says that her friends and other people in the community have planned a walk for tomorrow morning in her memory. as far as this investigation is concerned, deputies say they are following up on several leads that have been coming in. coming up at 6:00, they explain just how critical that crime scene is in this investigation. back to you. >> thank you, meagan. now to san bernardino and tonight we are learning more about what happened in the days and weeks leading up to that terror attack. witnesses say the suspects spent hours at gun ranges just days before the shootings. their bank account is also in question with a recent deposit of nearly $28,000. meantime, agents are still questioning and running down information on the person who bought two of the weapons used

in the attack. as well as a number of people seen entering syed farook's garage in recent months. we'll go live to nbc's jay gray at the inland regional center in ten minutes. tonight donald trump is not backing down from those controversial comments about muslims in the wake of the attacks in california. even as many say he's gone too far. listen to one exchange today on msnbc's "morning joe" program with joe scarborough. >> well, it's not unconstitutional keeping people out, frankly, and until we get ahold of what's going on, joe. we are at war with radical islam. we are at war, joe. >> i agree with that. >> whether you like it or not. >> hold on. you got to let us ask questions. you can't just talk. nope, you got to let us actually ask questions. you're just talking. >> no, no, joe, i'm not just talking. >> donald, donald, donald, donald. >> i'm not just talking. i'm giving you the facts. >> we will go to break if you keep talking. we're going to ask you questions. go to break, everybody, go to break. >> you don't want to hear the

facts. >> tgo to break right now. >> trump also said he would send ground troops into syria to take on isis. his comments have become the talk of the country today. i'm mark segraves at dulles international airport where people are talking about donald trump's latest proposal to ban muslims from entering the kun y countku country. immigration tells news 4 currently they don't ask anyone entering the country about their religion. democrats and republicans blasted trump's proposal. here at the international gate, reaction was mixed. >> we need to protect our boarders until we can get security on whoever's in this country for sure and if that means stopping or putting a moratorium on it until such time that we know we can check people. i would say i'm all for that. >> i think that's un-american

for someone to come and say for me that i'm not american because i am a muslim. it's just simply not acceptable. >> we want to know if you think trump's comments about muslims will cost him potential voters. you've been voting on our nbc washington facebook page today. you can text your answer, too. so far, a little more than half of you say yes. we'll show you more results in our next hour. here at the live desk we're keeping an eye on capitol hill where lawmakers are debating a bill to tighten travel restrictions to the u.s. the bill came out of the terror attacks in farris aparis and ta at the visa waiver program which allows people from 38 countries to travel to the united states without getting a visa. the new bill singles out anyone from those countries who has visited areas with terrorist activity in the past year. syria and iraq. they would require visas. now, a vote has been delayed for

much of the afternoon as democrats try to push for a vote on gun control measures, but the white house supports this visa bill and it is expected to pass. some lawmakers are also talking about making changes to the finance visa program. that was used by the san bernardino shooters. >> chris lawrence. chris, thank you. on capitol hill today, democratic senators were joined by a coalition of national faith leaders from across the religious spectrum to urge congress to support refugees and allow them into this country. here's virginia senator tim kaine. >> an original idea of ours is you should be able to be in this country and worship as you please or not without being preferred or punished for the choice you make and for somebody to suggest that we would overturn that core american value which is our gift to the world that we would overturn that is very, very dangerous and i think good faith leaders need to call that out. >> while kaine believes the screening process to enter the state should be as tough as possible, he says any attempts

to keep refugees out is misguided. there is a sense of relief but also an enhanced police presence following a scare at catholic university overnight. students were warned to shelter many place after a report of a man with a weapon on campus. two buildings were evacuated and searched. some students say they were on edge before the all-clear around 3:00 a.m. >> i was a bit on edge. of course, like, there was so much unknown that it was hard to know how to react, but at the same time, i'm very grateful that we were safe. >> there were no scheduled classes at catholic today. now to a crime spree that stretches more than 100 miles from here in the district all the way to richmond. a guy accused of eight robberies in the middle of the day at gas stations and the fbi wants him off the streets as soon as possible. news 4's pat collins joins us live. he just got a look at surveillance video from one robbery on kentucky avenue.

pat? >> reporter: jim, he wears no mask. no gloves. he's bold, he's brash. he does his dirty business in the broad daylight. and now he's wanted by the fbi. the scene, this exxon gas station on connecticut avenue. it was the day after thanksgiving. it was around noon. now let's go to the security video. keep an eye on the man in the baseball cap. that cap could be an important lead. i'll get to that later. watch as the guy comes to the counter and buys a bottle of water. then he walks around the store waiting for other customers to leave. he comes back to buy a pack of cookies. when the clerk goes to make change, the man pulls out a gun, leans over the counter, grabs a tray of money, stuffs the cash down his pants, and then makes

his getaway on foot. in less than a month, he's robbed eight gas stations, one in caroline county, one in richmond, virginia, four in fairfax, one in arlington, and one here in d.c. the fbi is on the case. >> this is a violation of the statute and as a result, he's affecting interstate commerce and will be charged with a serious violation of federal law that's going to net him a ton of time in jail. >> reporter: now back to that cap. it has a logo that says "the jim mckay maryland million day october 1820, 2014, laurel park. the day of a big horse race at laurel. the cap a souvenir of that special day. so this guy may be a horseplayer. and he may have a sweet tooth. stick around. at 6:00, i'll show you some of the things he left behind. back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. a secret service officer

arrested in a sexting sting is being accused of destroying evidence. lee robert moore was in court today. prosecutors accuse him of destructing justice by destroying digital evidence that may link him to a crime. last month moore was charged with sending explicit messages and naked pictures of himself to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. an undercover officer was on the receiving end of the text. moore is being held in jail until his trial. a massive fire in frederick county, maryland, claims the life of another woman. she was one of three people rescued from the burning apartment building on main street in emmettsburg. the other woman announced dead yesterday. the man is still in critical condition at the university of maryland trauma center. new nationals manager dusty baker is under fire over comments he made this afternoon about one of his former players. that player is currently involved in a domestic violence case. here's what baker had to say when asked about the report.

>> who's to say allegations are are true, number one, and who's to say what you would have done or what caused the, you know, the problem. i got a buddy at home that's being abused by his wife. you know, so i think this policy needs to go further than the player. i think the policy should go to, you know, whoever's involved. sometime abusers, you know, don't always have pants on. >> now baker later went on mlb radio and said there is no way he would ever condone domestic violence. from the live desk, i'm jason pugh. >> thanks, jason. prosecutors rest their case in the manslaughter trial against a baltimore officer accused in the death of freddie gray. what their final witness revealed in court. plus, what happened to katelin? her luggage was tossed into a ditch and she never made her

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who are syed farook and tashfeen malik and what was their motivation? tonight there's a new trail for investigators. >> they're following the money and that includes thousands of dollars that showed up in the couple's bank account and the trail of people who were seen inside their garage. let's get to nbc's jay gray now live for us in san bernardino with more on this investigation. jay? >> reporter: hey there. you're absolutely right. those are new details in the investigation that continues here. the inland regional center still locked down right now. list, federal agents inside searching for any evidence that may help them understand why 14 people were killed. 21 wounded. in the attack here almost a week ago. talk about the money trail. a deposit in the weeks leading

into the attack. for more than $28,000. they want to know, investigators, that is, where that money came from, why it's in the account now. they say this couple didn't make enough money to have a deposit that large, but they said all along they wanted to know how they afforded the ammunition, the weapons, the materials to build pipe bombs that were found inside their home. they also have heard from neighbors that several people were coming and going from that garage that they labeled a bomb-making factory. they want to know who those people are. that's the investigation of the investigation right now. they also want to learn more from farook's mom who they say lived in the small house with them, had to know that something was happening. they want to press her for more information. it's an investigation they say that's going to take some time. they've already interviewed more than 400 people across the globe. this will continue, they say, but they do have confidence they will get to the bottom of how and why this attack took place. that's the latest live here in

san bernardino, i'm jay gray, back to you. >> thank you, jay. it was an emotional return to paris for the members of the american rock band that survived that massacre at a concert hall in paris. >> would you welcome the eagles of death metal? >> the eagles of death metal were the surprise guests at a u2 concert last night. it was their first trip to paris since terrorists killed 130 people last month. nearly 90 of the victims were attending the band's show at the bataclan concert hall. members of the group visited a memorial outside the venue. they laid a flower and spent about 15 minutes leaving the tributes left behind. right now on capitol hill congress is trying to avoid another government shutdown and all of it impacts you and your neighbors. federal agencies will run out of money at midnight on friday. house speaker paul ryan says the house will pass a short-term bill to prevent that.

right now negotiations on a long-term bill appear to be stalled. if you're in a car, you stop at the stop sign, but what if you were riding a bike? as tom sherwood report, some big law changes could be coming to the district, and they would allow people on two wheels to roll right through. >> reporter: it's city law. bikers like cars must come to a full stop at stop signs, but many bikedon't. now a proposed d.c. council bill would allow cyclists to legally slow up but not stop at stop signs as long as no pedestrians or other vehicles are present. >> i think that it's a slippery slope. >> reporter: at today's public hearing on several bike and vehicle law changes, d.c. police were to testify against rolling stops and one insurance official personally testified against them. >> we teach our children when the light is red, you stop. we teach them to see a sign that says stop, to stop.

now we're beginning to say, follow those rules except. >> reporter: supporters say the change recognizes ongoing behavior of cyclists. and clarifies the law for cyclists and for cars. >> when a pedestrian gets to an intersection with a stop sign, they don't have to stop and then go. they're allowed to look and keep going if it's clear. this would be a case treating cyclists treat them more like pedestrians than we do cars. >> reporter: everyone agrees to public education campaign would be needed if this change is made. the rolling stop is the most controversial of several bike vehicle changes. another would increase fines for blocking bicycle lanes from $65 per infraction to $150. the proposals also suggest lowering the city's 25 mile per hour default speed limit to miles per hour in some crowded neighborhoods and side streets. i'm tom sherwood. news 4.

here at the live desk we're getting a look at new video that shows chicago police tasing a man who died in their custody. we want to warn you, this video can be difficult to watch. police arrested phillip coleman three years ago for allegedly beating his mother. the surveillance video shows officers go into his jail cell, pull the mattress out from under him and what looks like wrap a sheet around his head. they use a taser on coleman and drag him down the hall. police say they had to use force because coleman became combative after their arrested him. he died at the hospital due to a lethal reaction to an antipsychotic drug but the autopsy showed he had 50 bruises and abrasions on his body. his father is a former police chief and said his son was having a mental breakdown and needed help. >> somebody in this city needs to be responsible for killing my son. and the chicago police are at the head of this table.

they broke every rule in the book. >> coleman's father says city officials didn't even tell the family they were going to release the video and they found out by watching the local news. jim? >> thank you, chris. they are the youngest victims of drug abuse that's surging in the state of virginia. our julie carey takes a look tonight at the special care needed for babies born from addiction. >> it has become one of the worst drug epidemics in virginia history. plus, testing troubles. some montgomery county schoolkids are not making the grade.

and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and that forecast, of course, has more warm weather associated with it. we're not just talking warm weather. we're talking extremely warm for this time of year. now, ne and mild today. high temperature so far from what i've seen, 55, 56 degrees. right now we've come down a little bit as expected after the sun went down. 51 currently. winds out of the east at 3 miles per hour. we're seeing some clouds but not a lot out there. temperature wise, cooler to the north. 45 frederick. 46 gaithersburg. 52 down toward charlottesville. it's going to be a very nice night tonight. and actually a very nice morning tomorrow when you compare it to where we should be. the average low temperature is now around 28, 29 in the

suburbs. 35, 36 in the city. we're going to be about 5 to 10 degrees warmer than that. 35 degrees in the coldest areas to 43 in the city. mostly cloudy. not as cold when you wake up tomorrow morning. not going to be a bad day at all. on the radar, we are dry. we continue to be dry. looks like we're going to continue to stay dry through the next couple days. we had one storm system yesterday pass on down to the south. that storm system moving up toward boston, a few showers up there toward the cape. that's about it. the rest of the nation, we're on the dry side here. the most part. one storm system moving toward the east. that's going to give us more cloud cover tomorrow. but that's really about it. clouds are going to be the only really significant weather other than the warm air. look at the pattern here. last year this was completely different. the cold air was over the east coast. now it's over the west coast. parts of the rockies for sure getting some snow. for us, it's very warm air making its way our way. that's going to help set the stage for what could be a record-breaking weekend as far as temperatures are concerned. at least i think we'll get close to some of those records as we head into saturday and sunday.

high temperatures tomorrow, temperatures in the 50s. well above average. by close to 10 degrees. 59 in d.c. 54 leesburg. 58 toward fredericksburg. we'll see cloud cover during the day tomorrow. that's something we expect to see especially from the blue ridge off to the east with a southeasterly wind. not quite as nice of a day as it was today. still, pretty nice for this time of year. clouds, some sun. still mild. starting off in the low 40s. warming to 50 degrees by 11:00 and into the mid 50s by between 1:00 and 3:00. if you're thinking about getting the afternoon run in, looking good for that. really can get outdoors any time of day tomorrow. it's going to be that nice. 6 2 on thursday. that's when the really nice weather moves in. still some cloud cover. we're going for mostly cloudy skies on thursday with a high of 62. 64 on friday. plenty of sunshine. we get to 67 on saturday. that is close to 20 degrees above average for this time of year. that's when we're talking about extreme cold. the interesting thing about it is on saturday, this happens to be the warm day, but also

happens to be the day that storm team 4 is tracking winter. you want to tune in saturday at 7:30. we're going to talk much more about the winter forecast coming up because as we talked about, winter really begins january into february. we'll talk much more about that coming up. right now we'll take you back and tom kierein coming up at 5:45 with the rest of the seven-day forecast. >> thank you, doug. your car goes through all those crash tests so you assume they're safe, right? we're going to explain why the five-star grading system is now changing. plus, she just vanished. police are trying to retrace the steps of a teen that went missing in northern virginia and they found a major clue in a ditch. this is chris gordon in baltimore. i'll tell you what the judge did when lawyers asked him to dismiss all criminal charges against the

you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a baltimore police officer rested their case and wanted to get one message across. >> they claim that officer william porter failed in his duty to ensure the safety of freddie gray. >> news 4's chris gordon joins us live from baltimore now with more on what their final witness has to say on the stand. chris? >> reporter: well, this trial began just over a week ago and has entered a critical phase for

the defendant, officer william porter, and for those here in the city of baltimore seeking justice for freddie gray. freddie gray was loaded into this police van on april 12th. when he was taken out, he was unconscious. suffering from a spinal injury that killed him a week later. prosecutors today rested their case against officer william porter after presenting evidence technicians that identified freddie gray's blood on the bench, seat belt, and wall of the van. the final prosecution witness, dr. michael liman, an expert in police practices, testified that the safety of an arrestee is a shared responsibility. he said officer porter violated police orders by failing to restrain freddie gray so he couldn't hurt himself or others. limen testified medical help for freddie gray should have been obtained at the nearest medical facility. >> i believe the jury will convict them, the day the prosecution -- the case was

strong. >> reporter: but we found a baltimore resident attending the trial with an opposite o pin whereon. >> i real will i don't think the state put on a case to the point where officer porter will be found guilty. >> reporter: after the prosecution rested its case, the jury was sent home for the day. defense lawyers representing officer porter moved for an acquittal asking judge barry williams to dismissed charges of manslaughter, assault, misconduct, and reckless endangerment against officer porter. >> judge's denial of the defense motion to dismiss indicates there's an excellent chance that this case will get to the jury and then from there, of course, the jury has to wrestle with some of the factual discrepancies. >> reporter: ahead, we'll tell you what some legal experts expect from police officer william porter as his defense begins here in baltimore. jim, back to you. >> chris gordon, chris, thank you. one of the candidates for

president got a firsthand look at the neighborhood torn apart by the violence after gray's death. chris lawrence joins us in the studio with details of the visit from bernie sande. chris? >> sanders acquitted the poverty he saw in one neighborhood of west baltimore to that of a third-world country. he spent 30 minutes walking the town in sandtown, winchester. he was met with community leaders and got a look at areas looted during the riots over the summer. a group of residents chanted gray's name as sanders walked by. he held a news conference after the tour and called for more affordable housing projects. he said they would provide not only shelter but jobs to millions of people in low-income areas around the country. >> 51% of young african-american kids in this country are unemployed or underemployed. that is a national tragedy. that has got to change and it's got to change for human reasons.

we don't want to see lives destroyed. >> sanders also talked about the need to give ex-convicts jobs in an effort to keep them from going back to prison and stressed that there is a need for better and more accessible education for low-income kids. >> thank you, chris. what happened to katelin? that is the question in northern virginia after the disappearance of a young woman visiting her parents. katelin akens was last seen saturday when her parents dropped her off to go to reagan national and catch a flight. they say she never made it back home to arizona where sne lived. her luggage was found in a drainage ditch near fredericksburg and clothes, cash and other personal attempt item missing. today marks one year since a plane crashed into a might beerhood in montgomery county. you you may recall that plane was coming in for a landing at the gaithersburg air park when it dropped into homes. several people on the plane

dried. so did marie gimmel and two young children trapped in their house by the resulting flames. her husband, ken, and another daughter were not home. he recently talked to us about how he's coping. >> the biggest blessing i have is just having my daughter around. you know, without her, it would have been just hard to move on. just knowing that everything i used to have is gone. at least i have her to kind of remind me of my wife and my other kids. >> three people on that plane also died. the ntsb says a final report on the cause of the crash isn't complete yet. police in maryland will be getting new awareness training in how to deal with people with disabilities. the change follows a 2013 death of robert saylor who had down syndrome. saylor suffocated as mall security officers tried to remove him from a movie theater in frederick. it governor's commission made the training changes. all police cadets and veteran officers will begin the new training next month. fewer than half of maryland

elementary and middle school students can pass tough new standardized tests according to the "baltimore sun." nearly 40% of students in third through eighth grades fail to meet the standards set for reading. only 30% met the standard in math. maryland school board can adjust the standards if members believe they're too high. the interim state school superintendent says the result should be viewed in combination with other measures assessing student progress. after nearly eight years of cuts, the man in charge of montgomery county public schools says it's time to reverse course. interim superintendent larry bowers presented his 2016 budget plan today. he says the system needs a $135 million increase just to keep up with growing costs. he's proposing nearly $23 million for rising enrollment, $27 million for growing health care and retirement costs and $55 million to pay for negotiated teachers and staff salary increases.

bower says the school system cannot get by on any less. >> what i am recommending in this budget is not nearly enough. this should be seen as a down payment on the investment that we need to make on the future of our students. >> the school board has public hearings scheduled for next month and will vote on the budget in february. she's been a fixture on public radio here for more than 30 years. today, we're learning longtime talk show host diane ream plans to step down late next year. she hosts the nationally syndicated diane rehm show on the radio. the station says she'll continue hosting through the 2016 election but assume unspecified projects after that. her show reaches almost 2.5 million on-air listeners every week. you may have heard of the new claims of an e. coli outbreak in boston connected to chipotle. well, we found out late this afternoon it may not be what it seems.

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that plays for this city lost last night. jason seems to think that it's d-jack's fault that they lost. >> it's -- the majority of it belongs to desean jackson. 80% to blame for that loss last night. you can't fumble the punt deep in dallas territory, the 15 yard line advance, about 90 seconds to play and go on to score a touchdown. that changed the complexion of this game, it changed the outcome. desean jackson, that fumble really confident this team that ball. >> how long is the football game in the nfl? an hour -- four quarters? >> doesn't matter, vance. >> four quarters. how many plays are they -- you're going to blame one play for the skins' loss? >> it's not the only reason but it's the main reason why they lost. >> i don't think it's even the main reason why they lost. no. how many touchdowns did they score last night? how many times did dallas not allow them to cross the goal line? >> the offense was bad. >> that matters, doesn't it? how about that long run back,

the special teams. >> special teams was -- listen, the kicker dustin hopkins blamed himself for the loss. he missed a field goal that could have put the team up 12-6 and in control of that game. he didn't kick the ball out of bounds on that kickoff. whitehead of dallas returned it to the cowboys' 46 yard line. only had to drive 20 yards to the game winning field goal. either way if desean jackson gets down, offense goes down the field, sets up a potential game-winning field goal. we're talking about a much different outcome. >> maybe offense goes down the fe field and maybe it doesn't. how much time was left when desean fumbled the ball? >> 1:44 left in the game. >> had a whole lot of time left in that game, right? >> yes. >> which does not guarantee that the offense would have scored. because the offense -- what were they, nine points at that point? >> nine points for the entire game. >> we're going to assume if desean hadn't fumbled the redskins are going to go down and win the game when they hadn't won the game up until that point. he had 57 minutes and hadn't won the game so you're going to see with two minutes left, it's

desean's fault they didn't win the game. >> yes. >> i don't think i've ever heard a coach say that one play, and one player -- >> what coach is going to say that, though? >> -- cost them the game. only time i know a player ever lost a game was that boy with the buffalo bills when he missed that field goal and i can't even think of his name now against who was it, new england, whatever the game was. and he has never lived that down. poor guy. i feel so sorry for him. >> scott norwood. >> i do not feel sorry for desean. desean jackson came back and scored after that, didn't he? >> i know he scored. >> made up for it. >> trust me, he's the main reason he lost. dustin hopkins, the defense didn't play well. nonetheless, it was a team loss. desean jackson is the biggest reason they lost. >> i don't think so. as a matter of fact, if you would please for me, call jason, let him know desean jackson's -- >> don't call me. >> -- fumble is not the reason they lost that game and that's all we got to say about that. you have something to say?

80%. can you imagine that? >> it seems high to me, jason, i'm just saying. >> we already got desean on the phone for withdrew. >> there you go. taking you out to dinner, man. >> right now. coming up, the five-star rating system to test the safety of your ride, it's changing, folks. >> find out how and what it means the next time you're in the market for a new car. i'm julie carey in winchester, virginia, where this hospital in the community is tackling a startling problem. newborns suffering from exposure to heroin and other opioids taken by their moms. coming up, a look at

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heroin doesn't care what your skin clr is, how smart you are, whether you're female or male. >> that's a new documentary created by virginia's office of attorney general. >> the documentary draws attention to the heroin epidemic. one of the worst drug epidemics in state history. >> only on news 4 tonight, northern virginia bureau chief julie carey visits one community where some victims of heroin are newborn babies. julie? >> well, winchester medical center started to see this troubling trend a few years ago as more expectant moms came in addicted to heroin and opioids like oxycontin. more babies were born from that addiction with serious problems. swaddled in this blanket one of the tiniest victims of the heroin and opioid epidemic. babies who go through withdrawal right after they're born. in winchester, doctors and nurses began to notice signs in

newborns, neonatal abstinence syndrome. at birth they experience withdrawal. >> the babies are very irritable, their muscle tone is increased. they're very jittery. they'reery difficult to console. they spend a lot of time and energy crying. >> reporter: feeding is also difficult. unless treated, the babies may fail to thrive. >> those babies need to get those symptoms captured pretty quickly or they're going to get into trouble. >> reporter: in the past two years winchester medical center has steadily ramped up its approach to helping the babies. they to a toxicology screen on all moms who come to deliver. if they know ahead of time a baby has been exposed to drugs, an umbilical cord sample is also taken. the most dramatic change came last month. every baby showing withdrawal symptoms now goes straight to the neonatal intensive care unit. they're dark, quiet, private rooms and help with treatment. so do the cuddlers like retired teacher cindy. she's part of a volunteer group

created to give the babies comforting they desperately need. >> it's just such a serious need because these babies are so precious and they just need someone to just come in and hold them. it's important for each baby to find the position that makes them comfortable. and this baby here, she enjoys j snuggling on your soldier. >> reporter: most days two and five infants in the nicu are being treated for withdrawal symptoms. the aggressive protocols are already showing results. in the past six months the length of the hospital stay for these babies has been cut nearly in half. but treating the babies is not enough to get a handle on the problem. when i join you at 6:00, a look at how the community is coming together to tackle the drug addiction issue on all fronts there. >> important story. julie carey, thank you. chipotle is taking issue with reports that e. coli is to blame for a health scare in boston. 80 boston college students became sick after eating at a chipotle near campus over the

weekend. chipotle officials now say they believe neurovirus is to blame for the outbreak. they say they believe this is an isolated incident. not a spread of the e. coli infections that closed 43 restaurants in the pacific northwest in october. the boston college students who became sick have been tested for neurovirus and e. coli. it will be another day or two before those test results are back. >> apologies if we ruined your dinner there. >> i know. okay. tom kierein and i are here at 5:00 p.m. for the 5:00 p.m. newscast. you feel different? >> you didn't oversleep. actually 5:49 p.m. sun won't come up for 13 hours. >> that's good to know. oh my goodness. >> good to see you. welcome, jim. good to see you, too. on our morning show here in the afternoon. as we're starting off this morning, hey, if you have plans on going out tonight, she's going to make me out for all you can eat lobster. >> whoa. >> and jim, too. >> oh my -- >> you're welcome. it's going it be a good night

for that, too. it will be rather chilly. it will be in the upper 40s here by late this evening by the time we're mopping up. and then by the time you get out into the latter part of the evening you're going to be comfortable. if you're wearing a warm coat and long pants. it is going to be quite chilly tonight. up and down we go. cold nights and mild afternoons. look at the city there now. a lot of traffic on the 14th street bridge. chilly evening coming up. cold wednesday morning. big headline, though, is that weekend warming trend. great evening to get your run in. after you eat all the lobster. we'll have temperatures down into the mid 40s by late this evening but a good night to get some exercise if you plan on heading out. we'll stay dry. look, already down into the mid 40s, northern, western suburbs. upper 40 s shenandoah valley. around the bay it's dipped to the mid 40s as well. look a this sunshine ri rise th morning standing at the lincoln memorial looking down to the

washington monument. tomorrow morning's sunrise is going to look like this one when you're waiting at the bus stop and metro, 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. it will be in the upper 30s. then mid 40s between 8:00 and 9:00 with bright sunshine. county by county, temperatures by dawn tomorrow, prince george's county upper 30s. montgomery county, mid to upper 30s as well as fairfax county. maybe a little scattered frost and some of the rural areas. average high this time of year is 49. we'll be above that on wednesday. quite a bit above on thursday. then way above as much as 20 degrees above the average high by the time we get into sunday afternoon. and staying mild on monday as well. so a dry pattern continues here. with a lot of clouds around on wednesday and thursday. highs upper 50s. tomorrow, thursday, the low 60s. then on friday, mid 60s with lots of sunshine. and then saturday and sunday, you're going to need to break out the tank tops and shorts. we'll have temperatures in the upper 60s, maybe near 70 for a brief time on sunday afternoon.

and then on monday, some clouds rolling in, into the mid 60s. could get a passing shower. and then it finally getting back down a little bit cooler on tuesday but still warmer than average with highs in the 50s. and that's the way it looks. >> thank you, thomas. the government announced a big change today in the way it gives out safety ratings to new vehicles. from new tests to new crash test dummies, it's an effort to keep us safer when we're on the roads. brian mooar is at the capital now with the story. >> reporter: for decades, tests like these have helped the government rate just how safe new vehicles are. it's a system largely unchanged despite dramatic advances in the sin science of auto safety until now. those tests in the five-star rating system are are getting a 21st century upgrade. >> we're going to raise the bar when it comes to protecting vehicle occupants. >> reporter: tests by the national highway traffic safety administration along with tests conducted by the private insurance institute for highway

safety are coveted by automakers and trusted by consumers who want to know just how safe makes and models of cars really are. the government's new test measure how well vehicles fair in crashes at different angles and how well people inside the car are protected. >> the end result will be tests that more accurately represent impacts on the human body, which will lead us to a more stringent rating system. >> reporter: the tests also determine how effective vehicles are at avoiding crashes to begin with. crash test dummies are getting an upgrade, too. they'll better gauge the types and severity of injuries occupants might suffer in a crash. next-generation tests designed to keep new generations of travelers safer than ever before. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. caught on camera. police have released a security camera image of a man putting a skimming device on an atm early last month. they say it's the same man seen placing a skimmer on an atm in

leesburg. news 4 reported last month how crooks are targeting atms and gas pumps which haven't transitioned to the chip card technology. if you have any information on the man in the security photo, contact fairfax county police. the long arm of the law didn't have to reach very far to nab a porch pirate in central florida, pilfering packages from neighbors as dana hager, the wife of a police officer and the neighbors, a police officer and his wife. the packages are holiday presents for their toddler. >> here's the word. we're watching the porch pirates. the cops' wives are watching the porch pirates. facebook's watching the porch pirates. we're going it put you in jail and you will spend christmas in our jail. you won't need any presents. >> the open packages were returned around 4:30 monday morning placed back on the porch. hager faces burglary charges.

she was booked into jail yesterday. confused about the plans for the future of i-6 6, you're not the only one. up next we have the facts and why you may not have to pay for the tolls after all.

if you'd like to learn more about the plan to put tolls on i-66 inside the beltway there's a meeting tonight at george mason high school in falls church. a lot of folks are still confused about exactly what this plan is and who will be impacted. here's our transportation reporter, adam tuss, with the

breakdown. >> reporter: well, there's been a lot of talk and miscommunication about tolls on 66 inside the beltway, but let's put the facts on the table about what's really happening. first and foremost, this plan only affects rush hours and you will never be required to pay a toll on the road unless you decide you want to. right now you can only use 66 inside the beltway during rush hours if you have two or more people in the car. you have to be a carpool. and that rule only applies to the eastbound direction in the morning, and the westbound direction in the afternoon. when the new plan kicks in, you'll still be able to use the road for free if you're a carpool in those rush hour directions, but you will also have the option to pay a toll if you are not a carpool. that's an option that you've never had before. now why would you want to pay a toll to use the road? you'll be promised a speedy trip of at least 55 miles per hour on the road during rush hour. something which is an absolute

luxury around here. this is the exact same concept of those express toll lanes on the beltway and on i-95 in virginia. after rush hour is over, the tolls go away and 66 will return back to normal. the tolls could be in place on that road in 2017. adam tuss, news 4. now at 6:00, donald trump defending his call to block all muslims from entering the u.s., drawing sharp criticism from people all over the world and politicians within the gop. it may be the most inflammatory controversy in a presidential campaign we've ever seen. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm in for doreen. here's what trump said last night and the white house response today that sparked a hash tag that is trending worldwide. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. until our country's

representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> what donald trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president. >> the #trumpisdisqualifiedparty has been tweeted 90,000 times already along with plenty of memes. political leaders who stay out of the fray are going on record tonight. steve handelsman live on capitol hill with that part of the story. >> reporter: you have to have a jolting proposal to spark bipartisan condemnation in our town but today the speaker of the house and secretary of homeland security, a republican and democrat who normally stay clear of the rough and tumble race for the white house weighed in on this both agreeing donald trump could be hurting the u.s. war on terror. even though he's got some support. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: the republican front-runner won applause last night for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. and he made clear he does not trust even american muslims. on t