were exiting the garage right here at the time and police are trying to find them. a lot of those folks called 911 and they're trying to find the word who exchanged words and basically this investigation is ongoing. in a nutshell, police are saying this is possibly a road rage incident. live in arlington, shomari stone, news 4. >> now to woodbridge where they're planning a vigil for a popular softball player. she was shot and killed by her boyfriend. the boyfriend charged with involuntary manslaughter. julie carey joins us where people are expected to gather. jules? >> reporter: the victim's friends expect hundreds may join them tomorrow night at the vigil out there at second base. that's where 25-year-old brittany castro played during

the softball season and she played many nights a week and on many prince william county teams. they are also keeping a very close eye on the ongoing investigation into her death. whether it was an adult softball league game or playing volleyball. brittany koster was the one who lifted spirits on the team. >> always upbeat. always smiling. she is always there for somebody. >> our motto is all team, all family. >> they got word something terrible had happened. koster had been shot and killed by her boyfriend at her rappahannock home. he is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he thought the gun was empty when he pointed it at koster and pulled the trigger. >> how she passed is very hard for everybody to understand. you don't ever pick up a gun and point it at anybody.

>> koster's friends say they are skeptical of the boyfriend's story. they hope investigators continue to dig into the couple's relationship. close friend samantha dodson said koster was trying to break things off. >> i do think that he tried to scare her into staying with him. >> now these friends just hope tomorrow night's vigil will show brittany koster's family how much she meant. >> she was the most selfless person i think i've ever met in my whole entire life, and i want everyone to know how many people she touched how many hearts that she touched. >> reporter: friends say days before brittany koster died she was texting them with excitement about a brand new job. she was also on the verge of graduating from george mason university. when i join you at 6:00, the charges they hope will be coming in the future in this case and the role they may play in that. back to you now in the studio. >> thanks, julie.

what started as a dispute in an apology ended up with a bus driver being stabbed. the driver said a guy got on to the bus and bumped him with the stroller. when the guy pointed it out the rider told him he just got out of jail and didn't care about going back. police say the passenger spit on the tire and pulled out a tile cutter. the driver ended up needing stitches after he got cut and officers were able to track down and arrest tosberg. gun fire at a play growth fund. prince george's county police are investigating a triple shooting in kentland. bureau chief, tracee wilkins is live there with the latest. >> reporter: this was a shootout on the playground and two guns involved. so far police say they have recovered neither, but they have three people who have been shot and are recovering from gunshot wounds and they're trying to figure out what happened here. >> it sounded like maybe four or five different shots. i didn't think they were shots

at first. >> reporter: this woman who did not want to be identified was standing outside the community center when shots were fired and a group of men took off running. i was outside on the phone, and i saw two guys and i didn't know -- i didn't know what was going on. >> turns out there was an exchange of gun fire on the playground just steps away from this rec center and nothing, you know, happened while they were here. >> maryland park police are trying to figure out what sparked the shooting and what prompted one of the gunshot victims to run two blocks away from the home in the 6700 block of hawthorne where he got help. he was transported to the prince george's county, and shortly after that victim made it to the hospital two more gunshot victims from the same incident showed up and they drove themselves there. they believe one of the three is the suspect. they are still trying to figure out a motive. there was a lot happening here

when the shooting occurred. upstairs, they were preparing for a parks and rec christmas party. whatever went on between that group of young men shook a lot of people here today. >> it's kind of shocking to hear that something like that happens and you're actually standing outside and this is going on while you're right there. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we spoke to one of the workers inside of this rec center. she will explain why she ran toward the gun shots while everyone else was running away. we'll have that report coming up on news 4 at 6:00. in kentland, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> a student brought brownies to school in montgomery county and those brownies were laced with marijuana. >> reporter: the school resource officer here at montgomery blair high school was alerted that two female students got sick and went to the nurse's office after

each ate a brownie suspected of containing marijuana. it happened on november 25th at 9:00 in the morning. the students were taken to an area hospital and the resource officer investigated and 18-year-old william kesar who is a senior at blair now faces two felonies. >> he was charged with distribution of a controlled and dangerous substance and distribution of a controlled and dangerous substance on school property. >> the was selling it for $15. >> and you know that how? >> because i was a part of the -- one of the girl -- both of the girls who fell sick were my friends. >> reporter: i contacted the school system and this afternoon a spokesman sent me an email with this statement. this matter was immediately referred to police who investigated and charged the student. we've also addressed it as a disciplinary matter with the students involved. william case ar's lawyer tells

me he's never been in trouble with the law before. this is the first time he's even faced accusations of this nature. >> how is he and his family handling on this. focusing on william and focusing on his future. >> reporter: how montgomery police programs are trying to cut down on drugs at schools. chris gordon, news 4. >> oh, it is chilly across our area. tonight will be the coldest and it will feel like the coldest and winds gusting upward of 20 miles per hour and 41, d.c. and 36 in hagerstown and 29 in morgan tou morgantown with snow falling. ? snow back to the west and this evening, dropping to 38 degrees by 6:00 and 39 by ten and if you're heading out tonight, make sure you have the coats because it will be a very cold night and another cold day tomorrow and colder for some and windchills will be in the 20s early tomorrow morning and we go from

the coldest we've saeb so far this season to record high temperatures just before christmas and i'll see you back here in ten minutes. we've learned that it's led to assault and be on struck charges. two female career firefighters from landover said christopher kelly and, kelly is also a d.c. police officer. he's been charged along with miller. they're both volunteer firefighters with west lanham hills and the fight was some sort of turf war. news 4 spoke to miller's attorney who said he's innocent of those charges and cooperating with the state's attorney's office. >> a woman found pushing a swing with the lifeless body of her toddler will be back in court this months. romechia sims was found in wills

memorial park in may. they say she'd been there two days. simms 3-year-old son died from dehydration and hypothermia. right now mental evaluations are under way. president obama says he's never been more optimistic about the year ahead than he is right now. during his year-end news conference at the white house, he defended his record and tried to diffuse the lame duck label for the rest of his term saying there's still much more to be done. >> the longest streak of private sector job growth on record. the unemployment rate has been cut in half and the rate of the uninsured below 10% for the first time since records were kept on that. last week in paris, nearly 200 nations forged an historic agreement that was only possible because of american leadership. marriage equality became a reality in all 50 states. as i insisted, invests in our military and our middle class. a criminal justice system that

is just more fair, more even handed and more proportionate. assad is going to have to leave in order for the country to stop the bloodthing. we'll defeat isis and we'll do so by systematically squeezing them, cutting off their finances and taking out their leadership. i think we will have a strong democratic nominee and i think that democratic nominee will win. >> the froms says criminal justice reform is something he'll tackle during the remai d remainder of his term and he commuted 95 o fenders and most had convictions for nonviolent drug offenses. five of them from virginia and two from the district. the president pardoned two women, one who was convicted of bank fraud. >> a sn.e.a.l. was laid to rest

with full military honors and why today's ceremony was so unique. a local college student close to graduating was killed. what happened to the driver that caused this head-on collision? ♪ ♪ >> the dark side. ♪ ♪ >> yes, it looks like "star wars" will be one for the record books. ♪

kim holden was a highly decorated navy s.e.a.l. and an avid cyclist. >> he was killed earlier this year and hit by a car while biking near his home in bethesda. hundreds of cyclists in our area took one last somber ride to escort his hearse to arlington national cemetery. news 4 has more on how he is being remembered. >> reporter: when a veteran lives a life time, it can be harder to say good-bye. timothy holden, a decorated war hero and persian gulf war veteran was laid to rest with full military honors. hundreds of family members

looked on. he died less than a mile away from home in august. holden was hit by a car while cycling on massachusetts avenue in bethesda. he was heading to meet his daughter for coffee. >> tim's younger brother ray says the last several months haven't been easy and waiting for the funeral has been especially difficult. >> it's been four months since the accident. it's a long time to wait for burial. >> reporter: but he says this moment was worth the wait. >> during the traditional flag folding ceremony, tim's wife and five daughters were presented with the american flag. arlington national cemetery officials say typically only the veteran's spouse received the flag, but they granted a waiver. officials say this is rare. the holden family says they're grateful for this gesture. for ray, it was closure. ♪ ♪ >> a chance to properly say

thank you and good-bye. reporting in arlington, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> one of the most celebrated religious figures of the 20th century will become a saint. today the vatican officially attributed a second miracle to mother teresa. that clears the way for the catholic church to canonize her. the miracles attributed to her happened after her death in 1997 and both involve the otherwise unexplained healing of people who had deadly diseases after prayers were made to mother teresa. the nun also won the nobel peace prize and global acclaim for her work with the sick and the poor throughout her lifetime. no word yet on when her canonization will be celebrating. the diocese of arlington released a statement calling her an example of gentle strength and unwavering commitment to uphold the dignity of every human person. >> she certainly left her mark.

the phone call came out of the blue and it landed a former basketball star in an unexpected place. now he's a coach at gallaudet university. he's doingas much learning as he is teaching. >> that's better. >> as a player, was there nothing unfamiliar about the basketball court for lawrence moaten. a star at archbishop carol high school. he was recruited by maryland and georgetown before heading north. he's still the all-time leading scorer in program history. >> energy, energy, and now he's sharing his basketball knowledge with players at gallaudet university. >> i always wanted to teach. >> good! good defense! >> coaching is something i love to do. >> he's an assistant coach for the bison, a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. half the team communicates through american sign language, and he doesn't. >> i know certain things, you know, as far as basketball terminology which helps me out, you know, defense, you know, how

to trap. it's my job and learning their coach also and i take it as a strong talent. we're here to get better, baby. >> i thought that was a perfect concept of how he could really fit in here. so we are another country, but we have a different language and we have a different culture and it's turning out to be a great fit for everyone. >> we all know that he just got to gallaudet and we know it takes time to learn the process of asl. >> it's a strong challenge and even walking around campus. i just don't want to be here as a coach. i want to be here as a teacher and learn from them. >> jason pugh, news 4 sports. ♪ ♪ >> the stories about what happened. >> they're true. all of it.

>> with an estimated $57 million for its premiere night the force is most definitely with "star wars" that totally eclipses the record set by the harry potter film. should the trend continue the force awakens could also beat jurassic world for the biggest ever domestic debut. the force is also strong with the massachusetts couple following the birth of their son. the baby will enter the world just hours before the debut before the star wars movie. i'll bet you can see where this is going. the proud couple, huge fans of the movie named him ryker jedi. he came into the universe weighing 11 pound, 7 ounces. if you use the starbucks app there may be concern about the safety of your credit card information. a fire in northern virginia could have been prevented just by completing one simple chore. we will introduce you to the local woman who is behind the white house christmas car

as we take a live look at washington, that view is getting one step closer to getting greener. mayor muriel bowser and the park service announced a commitment to planting 1,000 trees in the district with the ultimate goal to have 3,000 new trees growing by the end of the year. it will increase air quality and prevent pollution.

it is the final weekend before the holiday, before christmas so a lot of people will be out this weekend, doug. >> yeah. traffic is already a mess in some looks and american legion bridge around tyson's corner is always a mess and it's a big mess out there right now. one of the areas that's also slow around the mormon temple as you're coming around that curve on the beltway and it's also a great place to go to check out the lights. look at that christmas display going on down there. one of the better displays in our region and it is just phenomenal and that's just live from chopper 4. i want to thank the guys for getting that shot for us and now it feels like the holidays with the temperature that has been falling. 41 degrees now. winds out of the northwest at 14 miles per hour and puts the windchills in the 30s and that's where the temperature is, too. 37 gaithersburg and 38 in culpeper and here are the current windchills and only 35. the windchill right now and

martinsburg, 33 d.c. and you know if you're going out tonight it is going to be a very cold night and there's no rain out there and no snow. however, the snow is not too far behind us. there goes yesterday's rain coming through the mountains of west virginia and maybe a flurry over in martinsburg earlier today and that's just a little system and it is not going to come our way and the wider view here as far as travel goes over the next couple of days if you're flying anywhere there's not much going on. breezy, cold and dry. quiet all around in our interstates and 95, 81, 70 and the only place that will have a problem, they've been having problems there for weeks up towards seattle and portland, oregon. that's it. if you're going there, maybe some issues and around here no problem at all. 41 in gaithersburg and 42 in manassas and rather breezy during the day tomorrow and we will be seeing the windchills on the cold side and that's why

she's got the right idea. it's the coats and the hats and we've not use those very often so far this season and we will need them for sure during the day tomorrow and even with plenty of sunshine and that means i have a low to moderate impact and we're want just cold. we're cold and breezy so that windchill will be a factor. let's take a look at those windchills between 7:00 and noon. 20 to 25 degrees starting off on your saturday. windchill from 37 to 32. so very cold indeed as we head on toward the next day or so, but after that the cold is out of here and the warm weather comes right back. back to 46 and sill chilly and not a bad day on sunday, and 38 degrees for your monday morning and by tuesday we're talking about a high temperature of 60 degrees and we're warming up and not only are we warming we'll

continue to do so and we're forecasting it is warmest christmas eve in our region ever. veronica will have that coming up at 5:45. well that's a gift. now at 5:00, $32,000. a discovery at applebee's. i'm darcy spencer in upper marlboro where we're learning more about a crash that claimed the life of a young colle

>> we have some breaking news in a story that news 4 has been tracking since october. a 21-year-old man is now charged in a home invasion and a rape that shook the district's hill east neighborhood. >> his name is antoine pitts and for the past two months he's been held in prince george's county on an unrelated charge. we have the latest from d.c. superior court. >> reporter: chris, antoine pifts was supposed to be in jail. he was supposed to be in jail. news 4 has learned that pitt, the man now charge in the brutal rape that happened in the 1800 block of 18 southeast, the hill east area should have been on gps ankle monitor probation at that time for a 2013 armed robbery, but he had apparently cut off the device weeks beforehand. in court today antoine pitt's attorney asked he be released on

bond, claiming there was no evidence linking him to the october rain and she found it unlikely that there were two people that fit the description of the attackattacker, 6'5", 24 pounds. the judge ordered him held without bond until his next court appearance. i was in court today and i will tell you the chilling words that the attacker in this case spoke to the victim. live at d.c. superior court, jackie bensen, news 4. wendy, back to you. >>. >> a horrific crash has claimed the life of a college student as he was driving home from a friend's house. tonight we're hearing from someone who knew that young man killed in the crash. this was in route 2024 not far from old largo road and that's where we find darcy spencer this evening.

darcy? >> reporter: wendy, this family was too distraught to speak to us on camera and they are grieving and in a state of shock over the loss of their son, but a family friend does confirm that this young man was a student at morgan state university and he was here for driving on route 202 last night when he was killed. that victim is abedire ososanya. he was a junior at morgan state. he was driving around 10:30 last night when the driver of a cadillac lost control of his car and struck him head-on. he died at the scene. he was a short distance away from his parent's house. again, they are grieving today. melissa green knew this young man through her daughter. they both attended largo high school and she said he was like a son to her. >> i don't have a son and it feels like my son has passed. he has touched so many lives and i'm just hurting.

we're just shocked. he was just a sweet, awesome child just doing wonderful things. >> morgan state did issue a statement that says in part on a day when so many of our students are celebrating their grade situation and the start of a new chapter in their lives we find ourselves in a state of shock saddened by the loss of a member of our family. we'll have more on the other driver and what's next in this investigation. back to you. >> a good reminder to always clean out the lint in your dryer. fire investigators in manassas think too much lint in the clothes dryer may have sparked this fire on maury lane. on wednesday that fire spread to three other town homes and caused thousand says in damages. a prominent d.c. attorney, ken feinberg will handle financial claims whose cars were

involved in the emissions cheating scandal. the automaker says it will develop a fast and fair process for resolving those claims. volkswagen admits it installed software in hundreds of thousands of cars to cheat government pollution tests. feinberg handled these sort of claims from bp after the oil spill andee did the same sort of work during the jeb pral motgen ignition switch. >> what if the information isn't yours? >> erika gonzalez is looking into some odd occurrence. >> one of our colleagues came to the consumer watch when he noticed hear starbucks app had somebody else's credit card information in it. he was trying to upload a gift card, but had some trouble. he started clicking around in the app until he wound up in the stored payment information area where he found this, somebody else's credit card information, an amex account from someone in new york and we know that because it listed the person's

name, their address and their phone number. so we started making some calls. starbucks told us, in part, security of its customers is incredibly important and this is isolated to one customer, not widespread. starbucks says a colleague's starbucks password was stolen and it's not an app issue. it went on to say that the credit card information stored on his phone was also stolen and added to his account, but when crooks tried to use it, starbucks declined the card and the new yorker whose credit card information was on our colleague's phone. we called and spoke to her spouse who hung up on us thinking we were a telemarketer. there you go. as you're using your apps and mobile payments this season, please be careful and change your password often and double-check that the information is in there is yours and keep a watchful eye on your. stays, as i'm erika

gonzalez. metro announced free rides on a night when you don't want to be driving. it will stay open and all rides will be free between midnight and 3:00 a.m. miller coors is picking up the tab for that. metro will reopen you in yore's day and all trains and busses will be running on sunday schedules. the chesapeake bay bridge is one of the busiest spans on the east coast and tonight there's some encouraging news on its health. results of a two-year study shows the bridge is in good shape. with regular maintenance and repairs, the existing structure should be able to handle traffic safely for another 50 years. >> one person wound up in a hospital after their vehicle crashed into a building in fairfax. this happened early this morning along fairfax boulevard right near main avenue. the driver of the suv wound up hitting the foundation that houses a t-mobile shop. investigators aren't sure what led up to this crash. this isn't the first time

someone hit that same building. about two years ago the man died after the car smashed into the same t-mobile outlet. the driver lost control and wound up crossing three lanes of travenlg before he hit the building. the chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times. his lawyers have a new request that could shake up this case. some local elementary school parents are getting a new playing field. they're happy about that, but it's materials th

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and other select models. new protests broke out in chicago as the officer charged with shooting a teenager went back to school. protesters gathered as van dyke faced a judge. police released video of van dyke shooting mcdonald multiple times and that touched off days of protests from chicago leaders. that's why he's pushing to have this trial pushed to another city. >> you know, we intend to seek a change of venue and, quite frankly, exhibit a will be the mayor and his comments. >> protesters are calling for mayor rahm emanuel to resign in response to that shooting which is also under federal investigation. a young woman from our area is being remembered after she was hit and killed near her

college in pennsylvania. michelle buck is from herndon, virginia. she attended urinas college just outside of philadelphia. she was in her sophomore year at that school and police say someone hit her near the campus. one professor is remembering her as a quiet, unassuming, diligent and respectful student. she was on the dean's list and also played in the string ensemble. chipotle is not commenting after a new lawsuit was filed against them today. "the boston globe" reports a mom is suing after her 16-year-old son ate at chipotle and contracted the norovirus. boston college students got sick after eating at a restaurant there recently. chipotle updated its food safety procedures and hasn't been able to track down the source of the virus. >> it's cold and breezy. look at the capitol wheel there with some of the bright christmas lights. it will be a cold one if you'll be on the wheel tomorrow, in the

20s all day and 70s return in the forecast and i'll show you when coming up. plus an envelope of cash left at an applebee's. we'll hear from the customer who made a terrible mistake. our heart dropped when we realized we didn't h

>> concerns about potential dangers on a local football field and have nothing to do with the sport itself. why some parents are very worried about the chemicals in the new turf that's going in at

a fairfax county school. >> reporter: there's a new wing that's been added and with it there is a new field coming out back. parents, especially those involved with the pta have been pleased with the improvements and they've also been vigilant about them. >> we've looked at adhesive and paint. >> reporter: it's what's going in the field that has them worried. >> the field that will have an artificial turf will have a crumb rubber substance. >> ground up car tires. >> reporter: they've only heard about it being used here for a short time and they cite a yale university study and they say they've come across some troubling terms associated with the substance. >> it's noxious gasses, carcinogens and tarodogens. >> reporter: they've taken their concerns to the fairfax county school system and asked them to delay the installation for a few months. they're aware of the parents' concerns and will conduct

frequent air quality checks within the school and share these results with the community, but they say the plans are to go ahead with putting down the crumb rubber and that, quote, the current available information has concluded that the use of synthetic turf in athletic fields remain safe with no findings showing a link between crumb rubber and any health riskses. that's done little to calm the. ta members' concerns about what soon may be covering the field. >> so 157 1/2 tons of chemicals that you would not allow cows to graze upon. >> reporter: kon production is well under way. that material is going down any day now. parents hope that this field of dreaming doesn't turn intho a field of nightmares for their children. >> instead of dreaming of a white christmas maybe it's time we all just enjoy the fact that we may be seeing the warmest christmas eve in our life time. you know, winter officially

arrives on tuesday, but in a lot of areas in the country, the heavy coats and mittens are still in the winter box up on a shelf somewhere. believe it or not, last year buffalo was digging out of snow and people are walking around in t-shirts and shorts. >> i think they'll be digging around in the box in the next couple of days. >> we'll get a chance to make out on the sales there for january and february when it does get cold. right now, what we're seeing the wind is still winning out there and they're still gusting 20 miles per hour and i'll take you through early tomorrow morning and your travel weather and we'll look forward to when you will see the next big change take place here in my forecast. >> there's that wind out there and the highest right now, springs at 26 miles per hour and the wind stays up overnight and early day tomorrow.

right through the arch and through the daylight hour. so a frigid start to the day with our temperature, 28 to 36. again, it will be breezy. meanwhile, we're also tracking some snow and the white that you see in west virginia as we get into the early morning hour and still a little bit of snow and there's 9:00 p.m. and the snow will accumulate half an inch to petersburg and maybe even a few flakes for frostburg and it begins to die out early tomorrow morning and here we stay in the clear, but again, the west to northwesterly winds and if you'll be traveling, keep that in mind and it will be breezy and cold and roads will be dry if you're driving locally and i-95, i-81 and i-70. any problems if you're getting on the plane and going west and that's the pacific northwest with the next system that's coming in. throughout the ohio valley down south tomorrow and maybe they'll be going to see grandma and 47 the temperature in atlanta and east coast through the ohio

valley and the northern mid atlantic and northeast. high temperature tomorrow and here inside the beltway and 42 manassas and around herndon and la plata waldorf, the high 43 and petersburg. look at that, highs in the upper 30s tomorrow and it's all about the wind still and it's a stiff wind throughout the day. you're going to need a couple of layers, 20 to 25 degrees at 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime and 27 to 32 and we start getting above freezing by the afternoon hours and that's the next setup for the next change and we lose that wind and our temperatures will be rising out of the 30s and heading toward the 40s on sunday, so there's cthat change 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. and you'll see what i mean in just a moment and cold weekend for saturday and the coldest and the coldest it's been since last february. there's your santa claus going through for christmas eve. 53 on monday, and tuesday, wednesday and yet, it's looking

like wet weather for wednesday and thursday. we're not going to get a lot of rain out of this system and it gets breezy and we feel more like october wednesday and christmas eve than it does late december. your forecast here for friday, the high temperature of 55 degrees on christmas day, your hourly forecast, 48 at 7:00 a.m. and 50 degrees by lunchtime and 55 degrees with a bit of wind for christmas day right now. >> so we'll see those temperatures warm up again all through next week and we're looking at getting some record warmth coming our way for christmas eve. guys? >> all right. troubling news from the federal government tonight. deaths from drug overdoses hit an all-time high last year. the cdc saying that most of the 47,000 drug deaths were related to heroin and prescription painkillers, oxycodone and hydrocodone were involved in more overdose death than any

other opioid painkiller. the number of heroin overdoses has tripled just since 2010. this increase involves both men and women and of all ages and all races. >> minors are banned from using them in the district. restrictions exist in maryland and virginia, but now the food and drug administration could impose unprecedented rules about who can use tanning beds and nbc's erica edwards explains the concern. >> reporter: more than 1 million kids and teenagers under age 18 visit tanning salons each year in the u.s. all of them would be banned from doing so under the new food and drug administration. >> the radiation you get in a tanning bed is 10 to 15 times stronger than you get from the actual sunlight. that's why you tan faster in a tanning bed. >> reporter: and harm skin faster according to doctors. the effects of uv radiation accumulate over time so children and teens who tan often are more likely to have skin damage later in life. the american academy of

dermatology says the rick of developing the deadly form of skin cancer melanoma rises after a visit to the tanning salon. it has risen from the 1970s. >> we're commonly seeing women in their 20s of melanoma and almost every one of those young women have spent extensive time in a tanning bed. >> the fda plan would have adults sign forms acknowledging the health risks before using a tanning bed. salon owners will have 90 days to comment on the proposed rules. erica edwards, nbc news. loyola university has banned hoverboards on all campuses until further notice and that goes into effect tomorrow december 19th. it's due to the safety concerns about the lithium batteries used in the boards. the consumer product safety commission is investigating into these devices after 12 specific

incidents have occurred where the hoverboards catch fire. time is running out to take advantage of free shipping friday. more than 1,000 online retailers are offering free shipping on anything in stock today with guaranteed delivery by christmas eve and no minimum, but it will all end at midnight and it will be a busy weekend, as well for brick and mortar stores and tomorrow is the last saturday before christmas and now they're calling it super saturday. retailers are offering big discounts to reel in last-minute shoppers. >> i came back today and it came back today and got even more. >> probably the second biggest day of the year for us. i feel really, really good about the potential that lies ahead. >> and to help you manage your shopping trips, we posted all of the holiday hours for the most popular stores and malls in our area. just head to washington.com and search shopping hours. a display has people asking

what would you do in this situation. finding $32,000 cash in an envelope. a woman and her mother accidentally left that cash in a restaurant booth in fresno and before they were about to put it in a safe deposit box at their bank. fortunately a server at the restaurant saw it and told the restaurant manager about it who then called the police. i think she thought i was kidding and that much cash? are you sure? >> i am so glad they found it. i really appreciate it. >> the server who found the cash didn't want to be identified. the good news is that cash is now in the bank. >> a local art teacher is still talking about her visit to the white house and the chance to meet and talk with president oba obama. erin stroshine won an annual white house card competition. her husband is a gunnery sergeant. the card represents the

squadron's relationship with the president. last week the couple presented it to mr. obama and received a framed copy. a lot of thought went into her work. i knew i wanted to have the white house be part of it and the helicopter, obviously. so then i added the helicopter pulling santa's sleigh instead of the reindeer and added a marine silhouette saluting santa. stroshine says her husband has already talked to her about competing again next year. >> a little girl becomes ill at a day care and pennsylvania officials say the staff didn't pay extra attention and didn't call 911 when they realized she needed help. we'll find out what they did do instead to get her to the hospital. i'm scott macfarlane, coming up on news 4 at 6:00 and only on 4:00, a different kind of bank heist. heist. a bank manager gets a million

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the first responders from ground zero, they spent weeks cleaning up at ground zero after the attacks from september 11th. heartbreak for the family of a little girl who died after getting sick at a day care in philadelphia. investigators say they didn't call 911 when she got sick and

instead the staff walked her to the emergency room. this day care has a history of violations. >> reporter: the metal door is down over the entrance to the sisters child care 2. it's where dozens of children used to play and it can pose a danger to the kids who go here. >> sheldon ferguson's granddaughters came here until it was closed. >> i think the school was great and i'm surprised it happened with the child here. >> the little girl became ill that day and the staff didn't pay extra attention and didn't call 911 when they realized they needed help instead walking her to the emergency room. >> a report from the department of human services lays out violations including no emergency contact info for the child on siand no one on site w cpr training. it had had an issue before which

had a history of violations. no emergency contact and lack of cpr training. also a dirty bathroom and staffers working without the proper background clearance records. state officials say the recent violations constitute gross incompetence and negligence. shots fired outside the pentagon city hall as shopping is in full swing and the suspect led police on a high-speed chase. shomari stone is live with details of this arrest. >> good evening. first to let you know that everything is clear here at pentagon city mall. people are going in and out during their holiday shopping. let me move right out of the way. i'm here at the 15th street entrance where this whole thing started at 3:00 today. a man was trying to exit the parking garage. he stepped out of the car and

asked the driver behind him to back up. words were exchanged and a passenger in the other car pulled out a gun andvvu fired ss in the air and the driver took off. a police officer found the suspect's car and then there was a chase northbound on 395 into d.c. bless s police say the driver threw the gun out of the window. the pursuit ended at third and f street northwest. the driver and passenger jumped out of the car and tried to run away and investigators say police caught them and back out here live and they found they found the gun thrown out of the car. if you planned on coming here after work today and after picking up your kids after day care you're welcome to go in and everything is fine, but right now police are also looking for the witnesses that were here and some of them called 911 after hearing those shots fired and also police are looking for the driver who was trying to use his credit card and got into the