do what we do...make it progresso. >> right now at 11:00, flames rip through more than a century of history at an area yacht club. find out if investigators are any closer to figuring out what started the fire. thieves target a local angel

tree headquarters but tonight the salvation army has a message for the crooks. and a big break tonight in the torching of a california mosque. the annapolis yacht club has been attracting boaters for nearly 130 years, but it only took hours for flames to nearly gut the building. news 4's darcy spencer spoke to people who are searching for answers tonight. >> reporter: the annapolis yacht club with a history dating back to the 1800s and a popular destination for the region's sailing community was virtually destroyed in a three-alarm fire. this couple has fond memories of attending functions at the club. >> there's a lot of history that was lost, i'm sure. a lot of historical documents and a lot of the models of old boats. but as long as no one got hurt, they'll replace the building, and we'll all be sailing again. >> reporter: the flames broke out about 2:15 in the afternoon.

heavy smoke could be seen billowing from the waterfront building. it took several hours for firefighters to fully put out the fire. a worker tells me employees were preparing for a large parade of lights party. the parade, which features boats decorated with holiday lights that cruise the harbor, was canceled because of the fire. >> parade of lights is a real significant part of annapolis, and a lot of the boat owners that put out so much effort for the parade, it was such down. so it's tragic timing. >> reporter: while fire investigators are still searching for the cause and where it started, they are investigating reports that it may have started around a christmas tree. club workers like natalia are concerned not only because of the devastation but also they're facing not having a job just a couple of weeks before christmas. >> the people i work with, they're really nice and like it's a good environment to be in. and now that i'm not going to be working for a while, it's going to be sad.

>> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. >> the yacht club has started a crowdrise account to help employees. you can open our washington app for details on how you can help. new details on a deadly house fire in sef ren. police tell us a woman who died in the fire wednesday was killed. investigators say diana knight had upper body injuries. a man was also found dead in the home, but it's still not clear how he died. police say the homicide does not appear to be random. new at 11:00, a bicyclist is fighting for his life after being hit by a car in rockville this evening. this happened on east guti drive. police investigators are looking for a cause. also new tonight, an arrest in a murder that we told you about in october. mohammed washington was shot in broad daylight on his way to a corner store on 42nd street in

northeast. police now say dion martin killed him. washington ran for half a block before collapsing, and on friday, a fugitive task force arrested martin. he's charged with first-degree murder. no word yet on a motive. donated toys meant to bring joy to kids on christmas morning stolen from a d.c. warehouse. now the salvation army is more determined than ever to keep their angel tree efforts going. employees discovered the break-in this morning at their warehouse in southeast. they found hundreds of bags ripped open and donated bikes, clothing, and electronics missing. >> to have this occur when we're helping so many is frustrating and disappointing, but we can't let it take away our christmas joy and spirit to help so many in this community. >> nbc 4 is a proud sponsor of the angel tree program in washington. police quickly took two people into custody.

workers spotted one person riding off on one of those stolen bikes. the salvation army is planning to distribute the toys this thursday. if you would like to help, you can open our nbc washington app and search angel tree. >> now, here's storm team 4 forecast. >> tomorrow morning, a comfortably cool start as low temperatures across the area only dip to around 50 degrees. here's your morning. first with sky cast 4. notice as the sun coming up, we are tracking some cloudyiness. moutly cloudiy skois throughout the day tomorrow and some patchy fog will be around tomorrow morning. i don't think it's going to be a huge issue, but just a heads um there. any fog burns off by about 9:00, 10:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m. we're already flirting with that 60 degree mark. temperatures tomorrow running well above average again. i'll let you now how warm it will be and when cooler air returns to the area. >> thanks.

a pair of would-be thieves in the district caught trying to pry away a woman's purse but she was not letting go. police released this video of the bold attempted robbery. you can see the suspect grabs the bag, but the victim just held on tight. after a struggle, the two suspects ran off empty handed. this happened tuesday afternoon. this was near 3rd and i streets in northwest. a california man in jail tonight facing charges of deliberately torching a mosque. the fire started friday afternoon at the islamic center of palm springs. fire investigators trying to pinpoint the exact cause but believe it was intentionally set. hours after it started, police arrested carl dahl jr. he's facing charges of arson, burglary and hate crime. the fire did not spread beyond the lobby, and nobody was injured. president obama calls it, quote, the best chance we have to save our planet. the president praised a massive climate pledge signed by nearly

200 countries today in paris. the paris agreement as it's being called aims to keep global temperatures from rising another degree celsius between now and 2100. the u.s. agreed to cut its overall emissions by 26% in the next 15 years. >> i imagine taking my grandkids, if i'm lucky enough to have some, to the park someday and holding their hands and hearing their laughter and watching a quiet sunset, all the while knowing that our work today prevented an alternate future that could have been grim. >> now, the deal still needs to be ratified by individual governments, and the president may have a fight in congress. some republicans say it will cost the u.s. jobs. the democratic presidential candidates weigh in on the climate change deal, plus a major shakeup at the top of the gop race. see who's up and down. and second amendment activists and students face off over gun-free zones.

the staged event that made the differences between the two sides crysta

>> after the massacres in paris and san bernardino, pro-gun activists -- advocates, i should say, say that it's gun-free zones, not guns themselves that should be banned. today in austin, advocates staged a mock mass shooting. some carried real guns, while others carried cardboard guns. they say guns on campus can stop

active shooters from doing more harm. but today some counterprotesters say the display was an insult. >> i'm just appalled that who does things like this? >> hoping to get the point across to people that gun-free zones are target-rich environments, and that they need to be banned. >> monday marks the third anniversary of the second worst mass shooting in u.s. history. the school massacre at sandy hook elementary school in new town, connecticut. lots of unwanted guns are off the streets in fredericksburg, virginia. police held a gun buy back today. a philanthropist is donating $100 for each firearm turned in. the money goes to local charities. police also handed out free gun locks. and new this year, some of the firearms will be donated to the virginia department of forensic science to help with research. a new poll shows senator ted cruz with a double-digit lead

over donald trump in iowa. the des moiness register bloomberg's politics poll released tonight shows cruz with 31%, trump with 21%, and ben carson with just 13%. senator marco rubio and jeb bush round out the top five. showers in the forecast monday. will the timing impact your commute? amelia is coming up next. zploo and a soldier and his canine companion's exploits overseas landed them both in a hospital. tonight these touching

>> splashed across social media right now, touching pictures of an injured soldier and his dog as they recover side by side. both are being treated in the same room at walter reed. army specialist andrew brown and his military working dog rocky were hurt when a roadside bomb went off in afghanistan this week. both are doing well, and somebody pinned a purple heart on rocky's collar. a record number of volunteers gave up their saturday to thank those who gave their lives for this country. thousands came out to arlington national cemetery to place a wreath on each of the 227,000 veterans' graves. the event is part of wreaths across america, which does the same thing at countless military cemeteries across the country. organizers started doing this back in 1992. well, this warmer weather brought an unexpected dash of color to the tidal basin today. the national park service

snapped this photo of blooming cherry blossoms. the buds sporadically blossom on a species of tree called the oug autumn flowering cherry. so while the rest of us were oh my gosh. they were like it does happen actually. >> i've been hearing so many reports of this saying, my azaleas are blooming. i've gotten a picture of a daf foe dill. this is weather is not common for this time of year. >> 74 the high tomorrow? definitely not common for december. >> temperatures tomorrow running a good 20 to 25 driegs above normal. that's the same case on monday. that's your first weather headline. then we will be dealing with some showers on monday, especially later in the day during the late afternoon and evening hours, maybe having an impact on the evening commute, but they're looking pretty light and meager in nature. next weekend in you want december temps, you'll get them. temperatures saturday and sunday staying in the 40s. current lie right now, 53 in washington.

55 in gaithersburg. 54 in annapolis. we're not going to fall too much from where we're at right now. the weather having a low impact on your sunday. if you didn't get outdoors to enjoy some fresh air today, you can do so tomorrow. some patchy morning fog until about 9:00, 10:00 a.m., and then it's all about the mild temperatures. look at how we warm up. 7:00 a.m., around 52. our normal sl 46 degrees. lunch time, have it outdoors, 66 degrees at that point. 3:00, we'll hit our high temperature of 70 degrees, and 6:00 p.m., a temperature of 65. you can fire up the grill for your sunday evening as you look at your christmas tree inside. i also want to mention air quality alert in effect for harold county. forecast for monday, fog is possible at the bus stop, but look at that temperature in the mid-fift mid-50s. kids don't need a jacket on monday but maybe want to have

the rain jacket when they get home from school. it's dry and a temperature of 64. that will be our high temperature for monday. i want to show you future weather on monday. tracking the rain moving in. we'll also have winds increasing throughout the day on monday. here we are, 7:00 a.m. it's cloudy, dry. the morning commute just fine as far as the weather is concerned. even lunch you can still take advantage of the nice mild temperatures. it's once we get into the afternoon and evening hours, here we are at 5:00 p.m. showers moving through the area. more showers during the later evening and overnight hours and then we'll dry out for tuesday with partly sunny skies. a high of 64. wednesday, mostly sunny. a high of 62. notice the trend here. tomorrow is the warmest day out of the next seven. then after that, temperatures fall a little bit each day. chance of showers on thursday as well as friday. friday we stay in the 40s. a high of 49. saturday, erica, a high of 45. and sunday, again, it's looking like temperatures will also be in the 40s. >> all right.

thank you, amelia. still to come, keenan reynolds will go down as one of the best mid-shipmen football players ever. how his record setting

>> this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. >> army-navy is one of the

biggest rivalries in sports. sebastian joins us. >> that's right, erica. it's the one football game all year where there really are no losers. army versus navy, a tradition as much about what these kids go on to do after the game as what they do during the game. even those it's one of the best rivals, it's been navy of late. they've won 13 straight against their archrivals. entered today with an impressive 9-2 game. a win in this game, a win in the bowl game, navy would have the best season in program history. the aforementioned keenan reynolds, as he's done for four years out in annapolis goes 58 yards to the house and makes it 7-3 midshipmen. skip ahead to the third quarter, 14-10 navy. chris carter airing it out for army. hitting edgar poe for the 39-yard strike. army back in front. but reynolds not going to lose

this game. finds a wide open gentleman mere tillman. he scam pers down the sideline and dives in for the go-ahead score. 21-17. two minutes left to play. army going deep into the play book. they throw it out to receiver deandre bell. intercepted. keenan reynolds because the first navy kwaub to go 4-0 against army. the mids will play pitt in the military bowl. from philly, we go to tampa. taking on the conference champion lightning. struggled to score a little bit but that changes two minutes in off the rebound. score from behind the goal line makes it 1-0. washington 13-1 scoring first this season. you're going to want to take another look at this. incredible. ben bishop is a good goalie.

so is this guy. 35 saves on the night. three points up on the rangers in the metropolitan division. the wizards taking on the mavericks down in dallas. no bradley bale for the next two weeks. has to step up and do what he does here, slicing through the defense. in the first quarter, right to the rim. the bifwizards were up two at halftime. otto porter, in the third quarter. 17 points in the third, a career-high 28 in the game. the wizards up 13. back come the mavs late. the steal. devin harris finishes at the rim, and suddenly a 21-point lead is down to three. three-point lead with four seconds left. the shot is well short. the wizards beat dallas for the first time, 114-111. college basketball.

had some trouble early but pull away after the half. mellow trimble gets wide open here. that's a recipe for trouble. he had a team-high 18 points. a little bit later in the half. rashid sulaimon. one of his ten assists. they win 77-56. now 9-1 on the season. georgetown taking on unc wilmington. a thompson family reunion at the verizon center despite the hoya royalty on hand, georgetown a little slow until rivera got going. he finished with 27 points. unc wilmington pulled within three late, but the hoyas had the answer, and it comes to l.j. peak. get out of his way. georgetown with their fifth straight. 87-82. all right. high school football. the virginia 6-a championship game. wild contest between west field and oscar smith. third overtime. timothy beard who had a monster game, 243 yards rushing. he scores.

so oscar wilde has to score to match. on fourth down, here they come. sean mitchell rolling to his right. the pass, incomplete. how about those kids from westfield. they get their first state title since 2007. congratulations. could coach simmons and company. finally the night, the streak comes to an end. it was 24 straight ends to open t the nba season. that streak comes to an end. the bucks beat the warriors 108-95. erica, a crazy night in sports. we didn't even get to the heisman trophy winner. incredible stuff as derrick henry takes it for alabama. we got redskins-bears tomorrow. what more do you want? >> big sports weekend. thank you sebastian. great to see you. every single person in this world can make a difference. even people who have had a tough time themselves. today homeless people who use area shelters paid it forward.

they visited the sick at howard university hospital and washington hospital center. part owner of the wizards haerl stafford organized the effort. >> really nice today tomorrow, and then big cool coming into the area. >> yes. so 70 degrees tomorrow. 68 on monday. and then you can see on the seven-day, we start to lose a few degrees each day. showers later in the day on monday. >> all right. that is our news for tonight. ""saturday night live"" is next. have a great one, everybody. thanks for joining us.

>> and now an announcement from the 43rd president of the united states. george w bush. [ cheers and applause ]