alerts on nbc washington app every time there's been a major development in this case. news 4's chris gordon is live right now in baltimore where tension remains high outside the courthouse. chris? >> reporter: well, i've come here from the courtroom. this all happened within the past half hour. the judge summoned the jury back in. the lawyers were present. judge barry williams said, you've given me a note indicating that you are deadlocked, you must try to reach a verdict, it's your duty to try to reach a unanimous verdict, you must consider the judgment of all of you, you must consult with each other, do not hesitate to reexamine your own views and discuss them. now, judge barry williams has used what they call the exploding charge, trying to break a log jam. there is no indication how the seven women and five men of this jury are divided. there are four different

charges. manslaughter, assault, misconduct, and reckless endangerment, and they appear to have reached a unanimous verdict on none of those charges. now, it depends, if it is close, if it's 11-1 or 10-2, perhaps this exploding charge will break the log jam, but if it's 6-6, there doesn't seem to be much chance. the judge sent the jury back in to deliberations. no word right now how long they will be allowed to or urgedork . pat? back to you. >> chris, what if they can't reach a verdict? if they can't agree on the exploding charge, what if they can't agree on anything? what happens? >> reporter: it's called a hung jury. it is called a mistrial. a hung jury. and the prosecution has the discretion or the right to bring the case back to another jury, another trial, at another time. it's up to the prosecutor in this case.

but if it's a hung jury, there is no verdict. officer william porter will go free. the next trial of the van driver in this case is scheduled for january 6th. back to you. >> all right. chris gordon reporting live in baltimore. thank you, chris. developing first at 4:00, any minute now d.c. officials will hold a news conference where they're going to release a video showing the confrontation that led to a local man's death. >> alonzo smith's death was ruled a homicide yesterday. he died after special security officers took him into custody at a southeast apartment building. the officers were armed and licensed by the city. >> this is the first police body cam video that will be released in the district. our mark segraves is at that news conference. he's going to bring you new details as soon as he gets them. we got more breaking news town in prince william county where a manassas city police officer took his own life right in the middle of a child sex investigation. david abbott was a member of the internet crimes against children task force, and a coach at a

youth hockey league. during the course of a year-long investigation, detectives discovered he had inappropriate contact with two boys. one was 11. the other was 13 years old. detectives were executing search and arrest warrants at his house when he shot himself. northern virginia bureau chief jewelry ca julie carey is working this story. she's going to join us live on news 4 at 5:00. a final farewell for noah leotta, a police officer who died last week after being hit by a suspected drunk driver on rockville pike. chopper 4 flaw overhead as officers saluted overhead today before a service at a church at gaithersburg and later as his hearse passed under a giant american flag. news 4's meagan fitzgerald will join us with the emotional farewells across the county in about ten minutes. now to that developing story involving los angeles schools where officials abruptly shut down more than 1,000 schools because of what they call a credible threat. our team coverage starts at the

live desk with wendy rieger. hi, wendy. >> hi there. we just learned from a ranking member of the house intelligence committee who says that l.a. school threat is believed now to be a hoax. but still, the l.a. school officials were not taking any chances today. nbc sources say the e-mail wases initially sent to the city school board early this morning threatening the public schools and after consulting with law enforcement, the superintendent decided to close all of the schools. the los angeles school district has 640,000 students and 1,000 schools. so all the schools are being searched. this afternoon, the schools' police chief said the schools will not be re-opened until they are deemed safe. >> and until it is deemed safe by law enforcement and concurred with our district officials, which we believe will be able to occur by the end of this day, we will keep those schools closed. >> also today on the east coast,

new york city received a threat this morning for its schools, but unlike l.a., the new york police commissioner, bill bratton, said that threat seemed too, quote, generic and outlandish. he said whoever sent that e-mail must have been a fan of the show, "homeland." back to you. >> all right. thanks, wendy. tonight, prince george's county fire department has put a new protocol in place after two female firefighters accused two male volunteer firefighters of assaulting them on the job. the fire lieutenant says she was thrown off a porch of a home that was burning last tuesday. another woman said she was shoved. it's believed the incident may have been a turf battle over which station was in charge at the scene of the fire. chi the chief established new rules he says are going to be strictly enforced. >> any deviations from this directive will result in the immediate operational removal of the personnel involved.

i will not tolerate verbal or physical altercations or violence in the workplace of any kind. >> the chief says he wants the community to know they can count on the department and that their response is going to be timely and professional from here on out. former d.c. mayor vincent gray is talking for the first time since prosecutors announced they won't charge him in connection of the 2010 shadow campaign. he told our tom sherwood he's angry of how he was treated during the years-long investigation. prosecutors announced an end to the investigation last week. on wamu radio, gray blamed them for killing his chance for re-election by sewing doubt about his ethics. >> i believe there was voter suppression. they thought i was going to get indicted and said look, i don't want to vote for one of these other people so i'll stay home. >> gray is actively looking at running for the d.c. council next year in order it rebuild his political life.

that story coming up in our next hour. all right. let's get to the storm center. doug, i mean, you told us that these winds were on the way, but man, i was walking in this afternoon, they were pretty strong. >> yeah, they were. upwards of 25 to even 35 miles an hour. though we're on the mild side, still felt a lot cooler today than it has over the last few days but, yeah, we are still extremely mild. take a look at the numbers right now. 60, d.c. 67 in roanoke. 66 in richmond. 60 all the way toward new york. just behind the mountains here, we're much cooler. 45, pittsburgh. 46 in morgantown. 44 in elken. that's going to be cooler air that will make its way in over the next 24 to 48 hours. this is what we've got. one more great day. tomorrow, even though it will be cooler, will be another great day. then we see areas of heavy rain move in. the rain moves in on thursday and then it gets cold for the first time this month. we've got windchills coming up in the 30s all day. we'll talk about that and we'll talk about the weekend forecast. i'll see you back here in about ten minutes. well, his story has struck a

nerve. a local homeless man arrested for digging a cave to live in. new today, the police respond to those who criticize their decision to charge him.

we're just hours away from the last republican presidential debate of the year and donald trump is opening up his largest lead yet. a new "washington post"/abc news poll shows trump getting the support of 38% of registered republicans and independent voters who lean that way. senator ted cruz has surged into second place. senator marco rubio and dr. ben carson are tied for third. trump held a rally last night in las vegas and things got ugly. protesters from the black lives matter movement interrupted him several times which caused trump

supporters to scream insults and even threaten to hurt some of the hecklers. the security guards removed one protest protester, a man in the crowd yelled a nazi salute. the man who heads the prince william county board of supervisors will not head the trump campaign in virginia. corey stewart is best known for his tough stance on undocumented immigrants. he helped push through a county law requiring police to verify the immigration status of everyone they arrest. prince william is expected to be one of the big battlegrounds in virginia in 2016. tears and tributes for a fallen local officer. hundreds mourn the death of a young police officer killed in a suspected drunk driving crash. and how a local police department is defending its decision to arrest a homeless man.

we're working several developing stories right now at 4:15. including an unusual one in fairfax county. there's been an outpouring of support for the homeless man who was arrested for living in a cave. news 4 was first to break this story. coming up in two minutes, we'll show you how police are responding to people who criticized their decision to charge him. plus, we're still on verdict watch in baltimore where a jury is deadlocked over the case of a police officer charged in freddie gray's death. as soon as they reach a decision, we'll bring it to you on news 4 and the nbchingt app. a procession of mourning today in tribute to a fallen officer. hundreds gathered to say their good-byes to noah leotta, the

24-year-old montgomery county police officer who died last week after being hit by a suspected drunk driver. news 4's meagan fitzgerald has more now on how he was honored today by his brothers and sisters in blue. >> reporter: one by one, hundreds of officers came pouring in. some knew officer noah leotta. many didn't. but that didn't matter. >> we're a special kind of name. we're not just police officers. >> reporter: they're brothers and sisters in blue. and today they were here to honor this 24-year-old public servant who died in the line of duty. during the funeral service, family members described noah as the kindest person they knew. he cared about his family and protecting his community. that's why family members say he chose to become a police officer. >> he was absolutely dedicated to being a good person, compassionate. he would charge somebody, but he wouldn't judge that person. >> reporter: so today officers from near and far came here to

say thank you one last time. reporting in gaithersburg -- >> attention! >> reporter: -- meagan fitzgerald. news 4. >> and in virginia police say they have had a number of calls and e-mails, one as far away as california, all to help a homeless man accused of building an elaborate cave in a park. yosue rios is accused of digging a cave in van dyck park. police have filled in that structure and they're defending their charges against rios say someone could have fallen into the cave. they also tell us because rios faces charges in both fairfax and arlington, they don't have release date for anyone interested in helping him. a lawsuit challenging the district's strict gun law is still being considered, but now it looks like another judge will oversee the case. last spring a federal judge from new york halted enforcement of the district's gun ban.

today, an appeals court ruled that judge did not have the jurisdiction or authority to make a decision on this case. today's move has no effect on the current state of gun laws in the city. it just means the long-running legal challenge continues. well, we want to give you a heads-up out in accokeek. the waste water treatment plant experienced a sanitary sewer overflow for an hour. there was a malfunctioning valve on a filter and caused the water to overflow its capacity. they estimate 24,000 gallons of diluted waste water reached a storm drain and some of that may have reached paskataway creek this morning. so far the drinking water system is not affected. now your storm team 4 forecast. >> we saw a little wind and while it's not quite 70 like we were yesterday, still quite nice. temperatures in the upper 50s to around 6 0 degr0 degrees.

we do have the wind. great shot of union station. the flag blowing in the wind. we've seen the winds calm just a bit. gusts upwards of 30 to 35 miles per hour. right now winds out of the west at 13. gusting upwards 20 to 25. 55, frederick. 55 lees bur sleesburg. it is nice everywhere. and it's going to stay that way for one more day. no rain to talk about today. no rain tomorrow. we're tracking two storm systems. one of which came through yesterday. that one bringing some big-time snows up toward areas like maine. the other one brings snows to places like colorado, around the denver area. some locations there picking up 6 to 12 inches. my old house picking up 17 inches of snow. i kind of wish i was there today. that storm moving up toward the north and east. what it will bring us is a chance for rain out of the gulf of mexico. that win corain comes in on thu. future weather. we're going to start this around 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. no problems tomorrow at all. we'll see sunshine. nice day.

temperatures in the 50s. then on thursday, here we go around 7:00 a.m. and notice for that morning rush on saturday, rather on thursday, we do have some shower activity coming in. heaviest rain coming through early on thursday morning. right on into the early afternoon. here we are around noon. so you will need to take a little bit of extra time on your thursday. so here's what to expect for rain coming up on thursday, periods of rain, some of it will be heavy at times. we do think it will have a big enough impact we're calling thursday a weather alert day on nbc 4. watch out for that. rain upwards of a half inch to possibly as much as an inch down toward southern maryland. thursday, high temperature of 56. 38 on friday. 30% chance of a shower early in the day. saturday a high of 43. windchills on saturday, though, only in the low to mid 30s. saturday a very cold day. veronica has much more on that and the rest of the weekend at 4:45. president obama welcomed the nation's newest citizens today at a naturalization ceremony at the national archives. surrounded by the nation's founding documents, the 31

candidates from 25 countries took the oath of citizenship. the president strongly defended immigrants and refugees in his remarks. >> it's our generation's chance to follow their example in this journey. to keep building an america where no matter who we are or what we look like, or who we love or what we believe, we can make of our lives what we will. health officials are taking steps to stop some deadly drug overdoses in maryland. the health department freed up access to a medicine that can stop a patient overdosing on opioids like heroin. thousands of people have been trained and certified in the state's overdose program and now they can go to a pharmacy and get eloczone without a prescription. the health department is trying to make sure pharmacies get a copy of this new order soon. a russian space capsule carrying three astronauts from the u.s., britain and russia

blasted off today for the international space station. >> and liftoff. liftoff of tim koper, uri, and timmy peak on their way to the international space station. >> the capsule lifted off from the russian-manned space launch facility on the steps of kazakhstan. the launch went off with no reported problems. the astronauts' mission is to spend six months aboard the space station. social media is lighting up with an overwhelmingly positive response to the new "star wars" movie from those who got ha chance to attend last night's premiere in l.a. there was a huge demand to see "the force awakens" and the red carpet was four times longer than the one they use for the academy awards. >> i feel surprisingly relaxed. i mean, an environment i feel like is loving enough and the "star wars" fans pay homage to a film i really respect. >> never done anything like this, i don't think, because there was no internet. you know, we did "empire" and

"jet tie" it was a different world. >> it opens nationwide on friday. a lot of shows this weekend already sold out. #thankyouwillard is trending today on twitter. after 65 years with nbc, our friend and colleague willard scott retired today. his sendoff as zany as he is. >> i said, i'm expiring, not retiring. i said, you better change your locks on that door. i've retired twice before, you know. >> willard said one of his favorite moments is when former first lady barbara bush broke away from the inaugural parade in 1989 and gave him a great big smooch. al roker spent this morning with scott on his farm in virginia. it was part of a "today" show tribute that featured a lot of reminiscing and praise from his current and former colleagues. >> i love you. >> thank you. >> you have been my second dad. >> yeah. >> and i could not -- i would not be here without you. i love you so much. >> well, i appreciate that.

you going to buy me dinner? >> i'm going to buy you dinner. >> you may remember willard was our weatherman here in washington for many years. he worked alongside vance back in the 1970s. and coming up on news 4 at 6:00 tonight, vance's special tribute to willard. >> wow, that's going to be something to see. holiday deliveries are taking a bit longer this year. we're going to tell you why. and we continue to follow the developing story in los angeles. a threat canceled classes at all schools. we're getting new information from investigators. and we have a live report ahead. this is the best block of all.

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the skies, roads and rails will be especially crowded through the holidays. that's a live look at reagan national airport. we're getting new numbers from aaa. the agency predicts the number of holiday travelers will top 100 million people for the first time. nearly one in three americans will travel at least 50 miles from home which is a slight increase over last year. experts say the uptick in holiday travel is due in part to a healthier job market, rising incomes and gas prices that haven't been this low in years. if you ordered gifts online this holiday, you may have noticed package deliveries are taking a little longer this year. industry analysts say deliveries are running about 20% slower this year than last. and they blame that on the increase in holiday shopping. an estimated 1 billion packages

are expected to be delivered across the country. today, by the way, is the deadline for orders with basic delivery from the post office. after today, you're going to pay more. we continue to work several developing stories including verdict watch in the trial of an officer charged in freddie gr gray's death. we're live in baltimore with the look at the security already in place and how some local agencies are helping. and a local police officer kills himself just moments before he's charged in a child sex investigation. our live coverage continues ahead.

a manassas city police officer took his own life today as detectives were executing arrest and search warrants against him at his home. david abbott jr. of gainesville was the focus of a child sex investigation. during the course of a year-long investigation, detectives discovered he had inappropriate contact with two boys ages 11 and 13. northern virginia bureau chief jewelry caulie carey joins us a of the hour with the latest. investigators from 13 agencies are searching more than 1,000 public and charter schools in los angeles. the superintendent abruptly shut them all down today after what he called a credible threat against the district. late this afternoon, a ranking member of the house intelligence committee says the threat looks like a hoax and officials hope to have all these schools cleared by the end of the school day. the verdict watch in baltimore now spans some 11 hours and today the jury is having trouble reaching a

verdict. we're live at the courthouse waiting for a decision in the william porter trial. the first officer charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. the jury announced it's deadlocked. the judge sent the jury back to continue deliberating. as soon as a verdict is reached you'll see it right here on news 4 and in the nbc washington app. tracee wilkins is live in baltimore getting reaction from residents there as they wait for the decision to come down. tracee? >> reporter: pat, we're here at pennsylvania avenue and west northmont. this was the heart of the demonstrations and riots that happened after the death of freddie gray and now what we're finding in this area is calm. folks here in baltimore getting back to the way things used to be, but still paying very close attention to what's happening with that jury. as we traveled through the streets of baltimore today, we revisited that track that the police van took with freddie gray in the back of it. what we found at some of the stop points that have been documented is now there are

murals there engraved, murals capturing what the city felt like during the riots and after. we talked with one resident asking what is he thinking as they wait with anticipation what this jury is going to find? >> we around here coming from around here, we just trying to uphold one another. we're still praying for justice to be served. it's -- life goes on, though. life goes on, and there's a god, you know? >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 5:00, eager anticipation here in the streets of baltimore. i'm tracee wilkins reporting live. back it you all in the studio. >> all right, tracee wilkins. thank you, tracee. we just received word the jury said it will deliberate until 5:30 this evening. if there's no verdict, it will -- the jury will resume deliberations tomorrow. we get some new developments in one of last night's murders in prince george's county. police just tweeted the man who was shot and killed was a man

named lewis montigue, 53 years ae old and lived on 53rd place where he lived. we report from the scene of another homicide, this one later last night in glendale. >> reporter: i'm mollett green in glendale. a man died after a shooting here in the 9900 block of good luck road. police say at this point, it was not random and neighbors tell me they are shaken. >> bullet holes. >> reporter: possible damage left after a deadly shooting inside this apartment community. near the pool area where a man spent the final moments of his life. neighbors say they heard the shots. >> everybody was shaken up. my daughter was scared. she slept in my room last night. >> i never heard no loud shooting like that. i didn't even know what it was. so it's a little scary now. >> was just rapid, rapid gunfire. and i told my kids to get in the hall and get down.

it was terrifying. >> reporter: this hit too close to home and right along a popular spot where so many here like to walk their dogs. prince george's county police arrived shortly after 9:00 p.m. they got a report of gunfire and found a man wounded. he later died at a hospital. residents say they fear this dog-friendly community is changing for the worst. >> after my lease, i'm gone, i guess. this is it for me. >> while lately we've had an influx of new people come in and it's kind of changed the dynamics of the neighborhood, so that could be it. >> reporter: no motive or suspect information. prince george's county police offering a reward of up to $25,000. give crimesolvers a call if you know anything about this case. in glendale, maryland, news 4. a little boy died in a septic tank, and now the mother

is trying to get the trial moved out of the area. she is supposed to stand trial in february. her lawyer claims she can't get a fair trial in pulaski. the little boy's body was found in a nearby septic tank. the judge will rule on a change of venue requested next month. a d.c. teacher has been arrested. 29-year-old cameron lewis of turner elementary in the district grab a third grader so hard he left a red hand print on his arm. he became angry when the boy wouldn't stop talking and wouldn't go to his next class as directed. lewis has been charged with assault and attempted second-degree child cruelty and he's no longer teaching at that school. fairfax county police recently arrested three people in separate shopping incidents. a manassas man is accused of forging credit cards with stolen numbers and buying more than $18,000 worth of stuff with gift cards. police arrested janelle brown at the springfield town center last

thursday. two women from brooklyn were arrested in the tyson's corner area. police say they allegedly stole items at a department store in the mall. investigators found several thousand dollars in stolen merchandise in a nearby hotel room. not a bad day at all today. sure, it's been on the breezy, windy side. our winds today gusting as high as just over 30. upwards, 35 miles per hour for a brief period of time today. now that the wind is settling down, take a look. i think by the time we get to late evening we're going to see fairly light winds across the area. graphic here showing light winds by the time we get to 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. this evening, so they'll continue to drop. it's still going to be mild across the area, so your recreational impact if you're heading outside down to the low 50s. not too bad by 8:00. and under a mostly clear sky. but it is that mostly clear sky, temperatures drop. early tomorrow morning, 36 to 45 degrees. so you're likely to need nice, warm jacket heading out the door

and then a coat for the weekend. as the coldest air of december is set to move in, that's what you're going to notice the most. 11:00 early saturday morning, after 11:00 p.m. friday, we'll have more details on the weekend cold coming our way in just a few minutes. anyone who drives around in washington has noticed its transformation over recent years but the change is really apparent when you look at the before and after photos. that's what rent cafe blog did. check this out. this is 901 massachusetts avenue near the convention center before and then after. the new marriott marquee was built. now this is an area at florida and new york avenues known as noma. before and after the construction of the elevation apartments. capitol hill is close by and this is the area known as square 54 at 2200 pennsylvania avenue. it's now a complex of three buildings and a home for hundreds of students who attend nearby george washington university. a wild scene in new york's

center. why a group of people try to climb the famous christmas tree. and a touching gift for the heartbroken handler of a canine killed in the paris terr

several people were arrested last night during a demonstration outside rockefeller center in new york. there was a scuffle with police when at least three people tried to get close to the rockefeller christmas tree.

officers say the demonstrators were going to try to scale the massive evergreen. before the incident, there were peaceful demonstrations over the shooting death of laquan mcdonald and the handling of the case by the chicago police department. i want to share a touching gesture and show of solidarity following last month's terror attacks in paris. you may have heard the story of a french police dog killed in a raid. today we learned a non-profit group in texas is donating a trained police dog to french officials in diesel's memory. the seven-year-old shepard died when officers got in a shootout with the terrorists suspected of organizing those attacks. diesel's death set off on outpouring of tributes on social media. disappointing news from treasure hunters searching poland for a buried train filled with gold. it doesn't exist. the hunt has been going on for months in a rural area. signs of a tunnel were found but no train was found. local folklore had the train

entering that tunnel in 1945 and never coming out. in a couple hours, the republican presidential candidates will take the debate stage in vegas. we're going live to the strip to find out who's going to flash the winning hand. and tainted watering

the next republican debate is just hours away, and the iowa

caucuses about six weeks down the road. donald trump still leads in most polls, ted cruz is surging. and that is setting up a potential grudge match tonight for the hearts and minds of conservative voters. steve handelsman is live in vegas with the latest. what are you hearing, steve? >> reporter: hey, chris. cage match is what ted cruz calls it. always saying he won't take part. this is the spin room at the venetian las vegas. short time ago, former front-runner tied for front-runner, second place polling republican, ted -- pardon me, ben carson, was here. caused a bit of a stir. but all eyes tonight will be on the fiery republican front-runner and his new top challenger. ted cruz comes to las vegas leading in iowa polls and closing in on donald trump in national republican surveys. is the truce between the texas senator and the billionaire front-runner over? at the debate tonight, in this hall in the venetian hotel at center stage, trump and cruz

will stand side by side and cruz expects attacks as a senior aide. >> i think he'll get time tonight. people will come after him. >> reporter: trump showed his temper last night when his rally was interrupted. >> get them out. >> reporter: trump supporters cursed, one with a nazi salute. gop insider says the odds are trump attacks the texan tonight. >> ted cruz is the outsider, flavor of the month, the guy with the momentum. >> reporter: cruz could tangle with marco rubio. polls the best of any of the 14 republicans. in a matchup with democrat hillary clinton. >> not a single one of them is being investigated by the fbi. >> reporter: donald trump claims he's heard everyone will go after him. >> they're saying, man, this is like crazy. who's going to attack trump first? >> reporter: in a debate that comes on the same day that los angeles went on alert, the focus is sure to be on the dangers of

terrorist attacks on america. republican insiders say cruz sees a political danger and openly criticizing and attacking donald trump whose supporters cruz figures he needs to win over. live from las vegas, steve handelsman, news 4. >> thanks, steve. and you can get ready for tonight's debate by getting caught up on where the candidates stand on things like the economy, terrorism, and immigration. just open up the nbc washington app and search "on the issues." people in the city of flint, michigan, are codealing with a water crisis, gotten so bad the mayor declared a state of emergency. the problem started last year when the city stopped using its own water and started using water from the flint river. since then residents complained the water was cloudy and smelly. and more children are turning up at hospitals with high levels of lead in their blood. >> and so far what we've had is band-aid fixes. we have the filter program, we

have talked about diets for lead exposure, and don't get me wrong, we want these things to continue, we need all of that. >> now the city switched back to using its own water in october, but it still needs money to deal with the fallout. and now your storm team forecast. >> and once again, it was a pretty mild day for us. in fact, we've only had two days this month where the high temperature has been either at average or just below. if you want some of that cold weather, we're going to have it this weekend. so a lot of folks weren't necessarily thinking about the cold today, but we encourage them to come down and think about what's to come to help participate in our share the warmth coat drive. they were donating those gently worn coats in alexandria, virginia. i had fun down there everybody meeting and greeting this morning. for you, maybe you'll go through the closets this weekend. take out your kids' gently worn coats or maybe yours, your husband's. anybody's. they want those coats at the

burken herbert locations. that runs through december 19th. so, hey, something to help out with during the holidays. 7:00 a.m., tomorrow under a clear sky. 47 degrees. 49 at 9:00. we'll call that cool for tomorrow. temperatures cooler from where they've been. like the fact we get sunshine for tomorrow. it's not going to stay that way at all because we're talking about some rain before the cold comes in for the weekend. tomorrow's highs anywhere from about 55, 56 degrees up to our north, gaithersburg, germantown, mt. airy, down south to quantc y quantico, la plait plata. see that on our day planner sky cast. by the time we get to 5:00, we're into the mid 50s. 50 degrees at 8:00. still a very nice day for us so it gets the grade of "a." "a"-plus perhaps for tomorrow. thursday the "c" type of day,

weather alert day because of the rain and fog and the impact on one of our rush hours. friday, "b"-type weather with clouds around. here's a look at thursday. early morning. 8:00 a.m. there's your showers. your rain. warrenton, d.c., fredericksburg and fog, too, because it's not going to be until the afternoon the wind picks up. see pockets of moderate rain, too, coming through our area. again, roads due to be impacted. moderate to heavy. our biggest impact comes midday. a little later during the newscast, we'll talk about which day or which area for thursday will be impacted the greatest. 50 degrees on sunday. less wind. still some high clouds. but really our best day out of the weekend will be sunday. there's a look as we go through sunday. early part of next week. back up to 60 degrees early part of the week. that's not it. it could warm even more. we'll talk about that on news 4 at 5:00. >> thanks, veronica. hundreds of local children won't miss christmas this year thanks to local groups that got together to buy 3,000 toys and a

bunch of clothes to give away. recipients are from about 70 schools, preschools, daycare centers, shelters and non-profits. >> once they pick up a toy, they get to go over and pet the dog from the organization, sit means sit, then they get to visit with santa prior to getting back on the bus going back to the schools. these kids come from preschools and daycares where their parents are living at the poverty line or below the poverty line. >> those same groups got together to give warm coats to kids just a few weeks ago. well, when it comes to christmas, are you a real tree person or artificial tree person? >> we got a dog and toddlers, so the needles give us some problems so we go artificial. there's a lot of conversation in our newsroom about that. we asked some of the news 4 team which way they go. there's tom kierein right there. follow nbc washington on snapchat. check it out. and we are working several developing stories in our newsroom. d.c. leaders right now releasing

new video in connection with the death of alonzo smith. smith died after special security officers took him into custody at a southeast apartment building last month. the chief medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. our mark segraves is at a news conference right now and will bring you the video in the next ten minutes. i'm adam tuss in tyson's corner where every time you come here, hey, guess what's going up, you got another building that's being built in tyson's corner. and now some transportation groups like the northern virginia transportation commission say tyson's corner is on pace to be a place like seattle. how about even houston. that may be a bit of a stretch, but certainly a lot of people are saying with all the boom that's going on here with retail, with residential, with office buildings, that something big is happening in tyson's. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, more on this. plus are more people moving to tysons? back to you. when continue to follow a

developing story out of southern california. a threat closes all public schools in los angeles. what the police chief says about those criticizing the district's decision. and a disgruntled hotel guest takes his beef to a whole new level.

some pretty stunning surveillance video shows how one man settled a dispute over his hotel bill. he smashed his pickup truck into the hotel lobby and barely

missed two women miworking at t front desk. a comfort inn in oklahoma. the man got angry about his credit card was declined twice. now he's in jail facing a long list of charges. a potential terrorist threat forced more than 600,000 students to stay home from school in the nation's second largest school district. >> yeah, but a similar threat across the country was deemed a hoax. nbc's jennifer bjorklund has the latest from los angeles. >> reporter: chris, pat, it was an abundance of caution. that's what closed about 900 los angeles schools today and sent 750,000 students home. just after 7:00 a.m., parents started getting notifications to keep their kids home. the immediate concern, terrorism. >> we're wondering if this is actually real, so right now i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one that's afraid. >> reporter: a threat which law enforcement confirmed appeared to come from overseas was credible enough for the superintendent to shut the

district down and send s.w.a.t. teams to some schools. >> based on past circumstances, i could not take the chance as it relates to one student or our staff that serve our students. >> reporter: another threat sent from the same i.p. address and on t containing some of the same wording also was sent to new york city schools. new york police commissioner, bill bratton, the former los angeles chief of police says his department is investigating the e-mail as a hoax. a vastly different reaction than his cross-country counterpart. >> this is not a credible threat. it is not something that we're concerned with. what we would be concerned with is overreacting. >> it's also very easy to criticize a decision when you have no responsibility for the outcome of that decision. >> reporter: lapd chief charlie beck defends the decision to leave hundreds of thousands of potentially unsupersized students out of school. >> southern california has been through a lot in the recent

weeks. should we risk putting our children through the same? >> there's been a lot of school shootings and i was just worried about my brother. >> reporter: and happy to be holding loved ones just a little bit closer. the e-mail threat mentioned explosive devices and weapons and appears to have originated in frankfort, germany, but authorities say that location could have been masked or bounced and they suspect it came from much more close by. live in los angeles, i'm jennifer bjorklund, news 4. news 4 at 5:00 begins with breaking news. >> right now at 5:00, several big stories breaking right now. d.c. police just released their first body camera footage yet. check it out. showing a man who died in the custody of a special security guard. plus a local police officer kills himself just as the police are moving in to arrest him on child sex abuse charges.

but first to that breaking news in the freddie gray case. so many of you are watching this week. jury members just told the judge that will deliberate for the next 30 minutes and if there's no agreement, they'll resume tomorrow. >> that is a big change from just one hour ago when the jury said it was deadlocked on all the charges against officer william porter. chris gordon, a lot of activity out there. what does it all mean? >> reporter: well, that's true. at 3:30 this afternoon the jury sent the judge a note indicating they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in this trial of baltimore police officer william porter charged in the death of freddie gray. the jury sent a note to the judge with a question. they were brought into the courtroom this afternoon after deliberating about nine hours over the past two days. judge barry williams read the note saying the jury was deadlocked, and he sent them back into the jury room.

with instruction on how to proceed. >> go back and talk over this case and review the evidence and come back with a unanimous verdict but do not change your opinion if it's a matter of conscience and if you believe you are following the law. >> reporter: i asked professor culburt what else the judge can do. >> the judge's option is to keep the jury deciding and deliberating and discussing the case and through that process often jurors will come to a decision. >> reporter: now we expect that judge barry williams will bring the jury back in in a half hour at 5:30 and ask if they've been able to reach a verdict on any of the four charges against officer porter. if they haven't, it appears they will return tomorrow to resume deliberations, but what if they cannot reach a verdict? i'll have the alternatives facing the judge. what will happen next