georges county and he will then serve as head of public safety for the country. and then the home of byrd stadium to maryland stadium. some say byrd had racist views. it's sentencing day for a woman that empwezled money. she plead guilty earlier this year, and she spent the cash on casinos and shopping. the sentencing could include jail time and financial penalties. outrage and sadness after the death of a montgomery county police officer. a lot of you have been sharing your condolences on the facebook

page. he was on patrol looking for impaired drivers. the police chief partly blamed the state of maryland for the young officer's death. >> he was killed by a man that had been arrested twice before for drunk driving. >> in a statement, the county's state's attorney said i understand chief manger's frustration with repeat drunk driving offenders who are not adequately punished under the law. good morning. you guys, a very nice day to be outside today. less fog, more warmth and a perfect day to get outside and the weekend is looking amazing. visibilities right now, still a little fog around this morning and not quite as bad as it has been, and most of the fog is on the river crossings and by the chesapeake bay, and later on

that will not be a weather worry at all, much warmer weather comes our way. a little morning chill, it's december after all, and 43, and we'll be up to nearly 20 degrees above average later today, and might even get close to record high temperatures over the weekend. i will let you know how great that weekend is looking and how many -- i give up, how many layers the kids will need. >> i know what you meant. i know what you meant. how many layers we need to put on those kids. we don't have any major problems here on the beltway through prince georges county and elsewhere taking a look elsewhere right now, big look at the beltway. no major problems right now, nice and green and everything rolling along this morning, and no big problems, 270 at falls road, still a car blocking the road but not slowing anything

down, and everything else looking good, and we'll see you back here in ten minutes. a scare at arkansas state university after an armed man drove on to campus causing a lockdown there. the 47-year-old posted on social media that he was both homicidal and suicidal before this incident. he had a 12-gauge shotgun, and police were able to take him in without any shots being fired. he was a former student at asu's campuses. and the government flew refugees at toronto. the canadian prime minister greeted them. the canadian government plans to resettle 25,000 refugees over the next few months. we are following the latest in december decision 2016.

while accepting the support, trump said one of his first actions as president is to sign a proposal for the death penalty for anybody that kills the cop. trump has the support of 35% of gop voters, more than double for cruz, and 42% of republicans support his plan to ban muslims from entering the u.s. tracie potts will join us with how the rest of the country is taking that idea. the development in the fight over gun control this morning, as well. it's something president obama called for in his address to the nation sunday night. governor mal hrfpl oy made the

announcement yesterday, and chris van hollen is hoping to take similar action in that state. some county citizens were upset over relocating a mosque in fredericksburg. a meeting last month turned hostile. one man repeatedly interrupted the presentation, the islamic center of fredericksburg will lead tonight's meeting, and that starts at 7:00 in the auditor m auditorium. and we spoke with muslims in our area and they told us they are experiencing anti-muslim backlash and children are even getting bullied at school. one woman told us she is worried about her son. >> he feels quite march july

nullized. people at school are naming him isis. the prince georges county school chief wants more money. this year he is asking for more. he proposed a $2 billion budget to the county school board to the state of the school's address last night, and he wants smaller class sizes for kindergarten through second grade and expand specialized programs and raising teachers' salaries. a second man in custody accused of the murder of the recent grad. he was hit by a stray bullet by the shaw metro station in august. dudley was arrested yesterday and is charged with second-degree murder. police named him days after the shooting, and marcus king also charged in that murder.

no new clues in the disappearance of rudd. rudd was 8 years old when she disappeared in march of 2014, and the man she was last seen with committed suicide weeks later. a commuter train takes off blowing through several stops with passengers onboard. hue crews got it to stop and when they realized there was not a driver. new details about the substance that shut down muslim groups offices in d.c. and a live look outside as we enjoy a warmer december. how much longer will this last? chuck's

4:40 your time now and human error may be to blame for a commuter train that took off without a driver. employees quickly realized that six-car train was going without a driver and they turned off the power. none of the passengers were hurt but the train operator was hit. he's a 28-year veteran. he's expected to recover. an awful stench led to dozens of snakes. 66 to be exact. they came in all different sizes. get this one. one over 10 feet long. >> why?

>> i don't know. >> a lot of them extremely sick. animal experts worked last night to work them back to health. the national animal and care halter said they've taken in more but not this many. they hope to find them all permanent homes. >> all right. 4:40. let's move on. that's hard to look at. 4:40. "weather & traffic on the 1s." it's time to get the kids to school. >> that's right. aaron is not interesting in fostering a snake until it's back to health. 42 here this morning. a-plus for recess today. temperatures near 60 by lunchtime and dismissal temperatures in the 60s. don't even need your winter coat. no more than a sweater and jeans. your sunglasses and looking cool as well. weather and your weekend.

shopping. no need to bundle up if you're running around doing errands this weekend. back into the shorts. was in my shorts out running yesterday afternoon. you'll need to be in yours other the weekend. how long is it expected to last? 4:51. quiet down the road. >> try to keep it this way. eastbound, westbound, no problems. it should be a nice commute especially if you're headed out early. southbound, northbound had that earlier issue at falls road. it looks like it could be hang around. just a disabled vehicle if you're headed northbound. we have a stalled car there. you can see we're moving just fine. prince george's county overall no issues here. we'll see you back in ten minutes with a live look at 2750. >> thank you.

donald trump is standing his ground but is his plan to ban muslims affecting the polls? outrang in chicago. what hundreds are

15 before the hour. gop front-runner donald trump is standing his ground after proposing a ban come into the u.s. while republican voters seem to be siding with him. nbc's tracie potts here to break it all down for us.

hey, tracie. >> we've got a couple of polls. they're giving us a mixed bag and how they support him and what they think of his new ideas. overall 57% of americans oppose this ban. 25% agree and they it's a good idea. for a poll of this size, large percentage remains undecided, which is 15% for this type of poll. do people find him insulting? a plurality said yes. a quarter think he's bringing up important issues and less think he's got the right approach. he's got 35% higher support than ted cruz. in our nbc poll it was 2-1. the bottom line is while people

think that donald trump is bringing up important issues and not all are offended by his approach, they're still quite undecided by the solutions he's proposing to those issues. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you, tracie. george pataki will not be on the ballot. he did not try to qualify for yesterday's deadline. 13 of the 14 still left in the race met the state's requirement. awe three democratic candidates will be on the ballot. the primary is super tuesday, march 1st. it could take up to a week to learn exactly what caused the evacuation of the head caquarte. a letter was sent with white matter. it was harmless. today former governor martin o'malley will be in virginia.

the presidential candidate is visiting the mochlkt he's speak out. adams is the biggest mosque in our area and the second biggest in the country. >> incredible. a factory just blown up in syria. two rebel groups are blaming responsibility. it demolished the factory you see there. take a look at the orange dust in the air. the groups say the site was used to make chemical weapons for the syrian government. a heightened alert in switzerland. police are hunting for four people they say are linked to isis. police believe the suspects were planning an attack. they're warning u.s. citizens to have a personal security plan and be extra vigilant. 4:48. a former police officer could be sentenced to more than 260 years

behind bars. they found daniel guilty of 260. they convicted him of both rape and battery. for the first time we'll hear from the family of a chicago teen killed by a police officer. you may remember the dash cam showing the officer firing at laquan mcdonald as many as 16 times. today they're going to call for the resignation of the state's attorney. officer van dyke faces murder charges for the killing. zackous blending pled guilty to shooting a friend and setting him on fire in an alley back in june. a former teacher gets indicted on child porn charges.

tom tommy stantsel charged him. he sent explicit pictures of himself and developed a relationship with a girl who was younger than 15 at the time. stantsel has pled not guilty. the defense could call a key witness in the trial of boston officer porter. investigators say gray died after his injuries he received in the back of a police van back in april. porter's lawyers could call the other prisoner the back of the van. u.s. commandos say women have no place in special operations jobs. in a recent voluntary survey carried out by the rand corporation, more than 7,000 men and u.s. forces say combat is not the place for women. they say allowing women to serve in the navy s.e.a.l.s, delta

force, or other command o'units could hurt their effectiveness and force the standards. leaders say they expect the challenges can be overcome with time and training. >> today, a new effort to keep drunk drivers off the roads in montgomery county. it's called be my designated driver. stores will be giving away $20 gift cards. the program will be officially announced in gaithersburg. 52 outside of studios. >> that's crazy warm. >> crazy warm. >> chuck said shorts in his forecast. >> you bet you. flip-flops for the weekend. >> don't go back. >> seriously. i don't even like flip-flops, but i might wear them. crazy is the one word to describe it. warm. temperatures up close to the record. not just today, not just

tomorrow, sunday, maybe even monday. that's how nice it's going to be. warm. a little bit of fog. other than the last couple of months, even more sunshine for all of us and getting up close to 70 degrees. here's the way the next four days look. keep in mind our average high, 47. today, 66. tomorrow, 69. sunday, 70. monday, 69 degrees. wow is all you can say about temperatures that mild here in the month of december and there's no cooldown in sight as we get into next week as well. the next big change in the weather arrives a little sunday into monday. clouds rolling in sunday afternoon. temperatures will still be 62 degrees by monday night. by monday, showers moving in. a mild start. temperatures in the 50s. by lunchtime, that's when rain will be most likely impacting the things you want to do. this morning, though, it's a nice start. 30s and 40s in most of the areas. if you're headed out for a walk,

no coat needed today. here's our fog forecast by 7:00 this morning. still plenty of patchy areas of fog around. look how quickly it burns away by 9:00. back to sunshine we go. temperatures today, upper 60s to near 70s. all good all the time all weekend long. call out sick to work today if you can get away with it. i'll be back at the top of the hour with a plan on how the weather's going to impact your plans this weekend. here's melissa mollet now with first 4 traf snook gofitraffic. we had a report that the water main break would last. we had the westbound lanes of eisenhower avenue shut down at telegraph road. if it's gone, you don't have to worry about it. if it's still there, you can

still get through. 95 north at 234, we have some debris as you're headed northbound through dum frees. right now on 66 from fairfax to the beltway, it's going to take you nine minutes. rb f at glebe we still have that stalled car there and overall 95 is look pretty good. back in a few minutes. major airlines make a big change. the new rules for what's expected to be one of the most popular gifts of the year. and the first lady spinning rounds and calling for change.

you know, christmas trees are not unusual this time of year, but this one is a little different. 3,600 people make up the tree. it set a world record wednesday. the largest human christmas tree in the world. very cool. >> pretty nice, yeah. well, virginia's new budget plan could put more money in your wallet. governor terry mcauliffe revealed part of the plan yesterday. the virginia education commission says it's disappoi disappointdisappoin disappointed that the proposed increase is not higher than 2%. you can donate to the

salvation army's angel tree right now. the salvation army says it still needs another 500 toys for needy children in our area. as of this morning it has one week to collect and deliver them by christmas. wondering what to expect this weekend at the washington nationals winterfest? today we'll get a look behind the scenes. win tellfest starts tomorrow and runs through sunday at the washington con vejs center. fans could hear about an off-season changes. third basemen yunel escobar was traded yesterday morning. >> this sort of segway thing, hybrid, whatever you want to call them, one o the hottest gifts. you can't bring them on the plane. they show them bursting into flames and in some cases they spontaneously overheat and catch

fire. >> my nephew wants one for his birthday. i told my sister no. >> almost a million of you have watched the first lady wrap on youtube. >> yeah. michelle obama a-- ♪ if you want to fly go to college fill your head with knowledge. the video is the sendup to celebrity culture that the first lady wants to turn on its head to get more american kids to think about higher education. >> she's just amazinamazing. i don't know if there will ever be another first lady like her. >> pretty cool. some breaking news this morning out of southern california where four people are dead after a helicopter crash. this was a medical chopper. we just got this new picture of

what it looked like. it is not clear why the chopper went down. the company that owns it said the pilot along with the nurse, the medic, and their patient all died in that crash. police are working to get in touch with their families right now. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. a mild morning. looks like it's going to stay that way. >> let's check in with "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning, everyone. coming up on 5:01. it will be close to record-high temperatures. if you're driving around, dry roads and clear skies. if you're going out to exercise, you can get away with the shorts for outdoor plans. first thing, though, pockets of fog. four miles in gaithersburg. be on the lookout for a little fog this morning. most of the fog is over rib crossings and by the bay.