right now on midday, dropping out. lindsey graham calling it quits in his run for the white house. why the republican candidate says his time is up. a person killed, others mowed down as a person plows her car into pedestrians on the las vegas strip. she had a toddler in the back. why police say she did it on purpose. we have a chilly start out there this morning. mild right now. we have the forecast for the holiday work week coming up. the first runner up is colombi colombia. >> a crowning mistake. the unbelievable disaster that

played out in front of a worldwide audience. news4 midday starts right now. just in, senator lindsey graham is dropping out of the presidential race. he posted a video today, just while ago saying he's proud of his campaign, but that this is just not his time. graham stayed at the bottom of the polls. today is the deadline to be removed from the gop primary ballot in senator graham's homestate of south carolina. also developing now, this man, francisco trujillo is charged with homicide in damascus. he shot another man inside a home. the victim had been invited to that home earlier in the day. the suspect is charged with first degree murder in the case. in landover, prince george's county police are looking for the gunman in a deadly shooting. a man was shot in an apartment

complex on brightseat road last night. a $20,000 reward is being offered on information on a suspect. grief counselors were at lake broaddock this morning to help with the loss of a student. he was celebrating the start of the holiday break with some friends. >> one second we're driving home. the next second we're pulled over, a car smashed. >> fairfax county police tell us another teen was in the car and was hurt. he should recover. developing at this hour a conference to address discrimination concerns. several muslim organizations are at national press club right now, talking about islamphobia, which they say has increased since the paris attacks. derrick ward there. he will go in-depth with what the groups are saying coming up later this hour.

well, we've got some mild conditions out there right now. it was a chilly start this morning. we are warming up nicely as we continue through this monday. in fact we'll warm it up nicely as we continue through the rest of this week. th holiday week. we have a warm week ahead of us. we do have some rain chances each day, including today. maybe a few showers this afternoon. you will want to keep that umbrella with you. right now i have christmas dry, there's a chance we could have showers around christmas day. we know it will be mild out there. current temperatures now, up to 50 degrees in d.c. we only go up from there. we have the seven-day forecast coming up. today the man federal investigators say helped the san bernardino shooters will be in federal court. enrique marquez has a bail hearing today. he's charged with aiding and abetting terrorist activities. prosecutors say marquez brought the two assault rifles used in

the attack. you may have been stuck in this morning's traffic. a dump struck caught fire. the on-ramp to i-95 was shut down. crews towed the truck away at 9:30 this morning. no one was seriously hurt. in the newsroom now, following a developing situation out in las vegas. a woman plowed into a crowded sidewalk on the strip killing someone. the new thing now, is that the woman is charged. she's charged with murder and child abuse. a 3-year-old was in her car. police say the woman repeatedly drove up on to the sidewalk near the paris, las vegas and planet hollywood hotels. we don't know anything quite yet about the person who was killed. 26 people, though, hurt. right now three of them are in critical condition. barbara? thank you. nasa astronauts took a walk in space today. two american astronauts went outside the international space

station to fix a jammed railcar. look closer here. you can see the guy floating, that's what happens when you're in space. they need the railcar for a cargo shipment that arrives on wednesday. one astronaut was scott kelly. the other was american tim coprow who arrived last week. even though gas prices are falling now. you could end up paying more at the pump in virginia. vre wants a minimum gas tax in the budget plan. the gas tax is already factored into the price that you pay at the pump. this would ensure a certain amount of money is paid to the state that money funds roads, highways and mass transit. the chinese capital, beij g beijing, can dealing with a wave of smog. it settled over beijing on saturday and will last until tomorrow.

many people wore masks as they went outside. the smog is largely blaned on coal burning power plants, industrial pollution and the booming number of cars they have. pope francis is making new year's resolutions for the catholic church. the two major reforms he plans to go through with.

u.s. marshals are focusing on the mother in the search for 18-year-oldetten couch. he's the same teen some say got off easy with probation after a drunk driving crash that killed four people and hurt nine others back in 2013. officials in texas think couch's running because of this video. it doesn't show him drinking, doing so, though, would be a violation of his probation. they think his mother may be helping. >> he doesn't have a lot of life

experience, he's not a career criminal. for him to survive as a fugitive is probably going to be short-lived. >> u.s. marshals listed couch's mother as a missing person. that means her face will appear on police databases across the nation. hopefully making the pair easier to catch if they are together. pope francis has told vatican administrators today that he will go ahead with reforms to make the church's bureaucracy more efficient and honest in traditional christmas greetings with close advisers, he made a reference to the current trial in the vatican where five people are charged with theft of confidential papal documents. in a separate address, the pope asked for forgiveness for the scandals. american soldiers are among those killed in an attack on nato troops. what we're finding out about it and how it was carried out and

well, we've got those clouds moving in. they continue to pile on all throughout our area as we go through your monday. we're seeing that rain get pretty close. however it looks like a lot of that rain will dissipate as it continues to travel east. i'm keeping a few chances for sprinkles in the forecast for this afternoon. fairly mild. i know we just had a woman call in saying it's not that mild out there. i'm comparing it to yesterday. especially this weekend when it was chilly. temperatures are above normal. we should be in the mid to upper 40s, we'll be in the low 50s. could have some passing showers continue into the afternoon. we will keep that cloud cover around. we will keep some rain around as well tuesday morning and through the day on wednesday. christmas eve looks a little bit on the warm side, mid 70s. guys? >> thank you. prince george's county 911 dispatch system is back to normal. the center's director tells us the computer aided dispatch system wasn't working for about three hours on sunday.

dispatchers handled the calls manually on paper. the director tells us no calls were missed and no services were interrupted. the system is now being replaced. a new survey says a lot of people are disappointed in their kids. at least compared to you. the new pew social trends survey found two-thirds of the public say older americans have better moral values. they also think older americans have a strong work ethic and more respect than their kids. a "usa today" report says baby boomers parents felt the same way and that the cycle keeps repeating as health and education improve over time. thousands of packages, so little time. we go inside one of the busiest placeses to be as workers do everything they can to get your everything they can to get your presents d

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evening. then some heavy rain coming up through wednesday. if you're traveling on ok wednesday, keep an eye on the forecast we could have moderate showers, maybe an inch of rain. we'll taájw3 about your thursda and friday christmas eve and we now knowe1 more about a suicideok bomb attack in afghanistan. american soldiers are among thei dead. u1q attack happened near bagram airfield today. that's a large u.s. military baset( north of kabul. the suicide bomber detonated the afghan and western forces. siv( nato troops were killed. three of them -- three others were wounded. we d q know how americans. the taliban right now is }á&aiming responsibility for th attack. also developing in belgium right now, several people are in policew3 custody inñi connectio the paris terror kattacks. belgium police arrested five people after two days of raids. two of the suspects areq brothers. police say they doñ2h'oti] -- d

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to eat. another common mistake people make is to ,dgve food out for too long. perishable food, if it's left out for more than two hours, that bacteria starts to multiply on the food. store leftovers within two hours. what steps can people take ahead of time to be safe during the holidays with food? >> it's easy, whençó you're at e grocery e1store, planning for yr menu, make sure you pick up the things to plan for food safety as well. makee1 sure you pick up the foo thermometer, make sure you have t/ob separate cutting boards, s you can separate rawe1 meats fr breads. u food hot on the buffe line. make sure you pick up ice as ctp+ailable monday through frid. 1-888-mphotli

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. the colossal miscrowning of miss universe is dominating what's trending today. steve harvey initially gave the crown to miss colombia and realized his mistake. >> i have to apologize. the first runner up is colombia. >> the real winner, miss philippines. steve harvey tweeted an apology to miss philippines but miss

spelled it. he said it was a terrible mistake. social media had a field day with this. look at all these memes. this one, happy friday. wait, sorry, it's monday. they're getting a lot of attention on this. trending on buzzfeed as well. the "washington post" says the moment was a little too perfect. the newspaper said the moment was made to go viral, perhaps. one tv anchor posted to facebook, he's not buying it you guy biasing this? sounds like a big publicity stunt to talk about miss universe when normally nobody would be talking about miss universe. what do you think? could it be something done on purpose? i'm not sure. the look on his face says it all. >> starting to feel bad for him. just nshin, bmw gets slappe with a big fine. with a big fine.

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just in now to the live desk, bmw has been slapped with a $40 million fine. the national highway traffic safety administration says bmw did not issue timely recalls to car owners and failed to provide accurate information about recalls to transportation officials. it is the second such fine for bmw for similar violations in the past three years. we continue to see some rain just to the west of us. if you are traveling out there today, just some cloud cover. a few showers may creep over the mountains. most of that activity will dissipate. just some light showers in the forecast for this afternoon. you will need that small umbrella due to some of those passing showers. as we get into the rest of this week, christmas eve records, look at these. those records are in the mid to

upper 60s. by christmas eve, i think we'll be in the mid 70s. we do have a rain chance each and every day this week. that christmas forecast coming up. all public schools are closed in part of new hampshire today because of a specific threat towards students. this is happening in nasua. the superintendent says they're working with the police department to see if the threat is credible. they expect to reopen schools tomorrow. metro here in our area dealing with a major problem this morning. why some are having an issue getting money on their cards and getting money on their cards and the temporary solution they're

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washington. we just finished a news conference from a group called the u.s. council of muslim organizations. they held a conference this weekend in northern virginia. it was aimed at fighting a wave of islamphobia and violence in the nation this comes on the heels of the attacks in france and also in san bernardino. there is some serious concern that they're seeing a ramp up of this in the days following the attacks. they announced they will launch a one america campaign, including a voter drive. trying to get 1 million voters registered. they'll have a national open

mosque day and reach out to interfaith, social justice and minority groups to sort of combat all of this that we're seeing lately. mainly big part of what they plan do is reach out to young people in the muslim community before the radicals can get to them. in the days following 911, there were similar efforts, they say, and they have been doing this for a while, but this time the scenery has changed. >> today, unfortunately, we feel that there is a division in the nation. we feel that we have a political decision, and the anti-muslim hate speech is usually two, three months before the elections, but to start a year before elections is harmful. we feel the heat, we feel it in the unprecedented number of hate crimes against muslims.

>> there's an emergency preparedness aspect to all of this. they say what's happening now presents a real and present danger to muslims. thank you. developing in the district, we're working to learn the name of the man killed. the man was stabbed several times on 8th street near upshur street last night. there will be a wake tonight for 19-year-old paul mcginness. he's the virginia man found dead in an alley last thursday afternoon. he was at a bar in d.c.'s adam morgan neighborhood to celebrate his cousin's birthday the night before. police are not calling his death a homicide at this point. his funeral will be tomorrow in reston. a man who held up a gas station in prince william county is on the loose. the robbery happened after 2:00 this morning at the exxon in manassas. police searched the area with canines and a helicopter but did

not find the suspect. some metro customers are having trouble with fare machines. people using credit cards to upload fares on $20 car back of her car repeatedly plows cards could not use the machines. it's not known how long before things will return to normal. temperatures are in the 50s. that's where we will stay as you pick the kids up from the bus stop as they head into the holiday break. maybe a few sprinkles, a lot of clouds out there. you will want to bring an umbrella, passing showers, passing showers later for holiday lights. if you're traveling south and west, we have some pretty heavy rain moving through the area, just showers for us. we'll continue to see showers not only through this afternoon but also through tomorrow morning as well. plan ahead. rain through wednesday. we have that seven-day coming up. terrorists could be targeting our electric power

grid, according to an associated press investigation. hackers stole passwords and blueprints to dozens of u.s. power plants over the last ten years. power plants have not been targets so far but intelligence experts are worried terrorists could strike at any time. turning to decision 2016. lindsey graham, the south carolina republican is bowing out of the race saying this is not his time. that leaves nine presidential hopefuls. tracie potts is on capitol hill with more on the new feud between the front-runners. >> she lies like crazy about everything. >> reporter: that's donald trump's reaction to what hillary clinton said about isis in saturday's debate. >> they're going to people, showing videos of donald trump, insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical

gee h jihadists. >> nobody has been able to back that up. it's nonsense. >> reporter: trump agrees with berme my sanders on dealing with isis and syria's president. >> assad, i want to see him go. that's a secondary issue compared to the destruction of isis. >> they're not going to take assad out. the syrian people will take assad out. >> bush saying trump is not a serious candidate. >> he said isis is not a threat. >> reporter: ted cruz is taking aim at president obama on global warming. >> what kind of numskull thinks the suv in your driveway is a bigger threat to security than a bunch of lunatics that want to kill us. >> reporter: the first caucuses and primaries are a month away. at least six candidates will be in new hampshire today. looking at the latest numbers from new hampshire, donald trump has a 16-point lead over ted cruz. tracie potts, nbc news,

spacex is launching a satellite into space today. however there is an even more important thing going on during launch. the company will try to land the rocket boosters on the ground unharmed. if they do, they can reuse them which spacex says would save materials, money and time. a developing story in florida. administrators of florida atlantic university are deciding whether to fire a professor for his controversial comments. professor james tracy says the sandy hook massacre was a hoax. tracy wrote a book called "nobody died at sandy hook." he also wrote a letter to one of the grieving families asking for proof of their relationship to their son. montgomery county leaders are pushing for greater gun

control. ike legitt and chris van hollen were at this rally for families who lost children to gun violence. they asked for background checks and fewer sales of high capacity magazine magazines. >> when i hear folks say how can we possibly do gun registration? how can we not have gun registration. a gun rights group said it was not against keeping firearms out of the hands of people with mental health problems, however it was against preventing people from buying guns without due process. tragedy hits south china the difficult conditions rescuers are digging through right now as they search for survivors from a

temperatures are staying in the mid 50s today. so a little bit warmer than

yesterday when we only topped out in the mid to upper 40s. plenty of clouds, maybe a passing shower going into the afternoon and early evening. otherwise we have rain chanceses through much of this week with rising temperatures. tomorrow around 60 degrees. showers for the first part of the day. on wednesday, showers throughout much of the day. could be heavy at times, especially if you're traveling. christmas eve, a chance for showers. dry on christmas day for now. that could change with a few showers, but keeping things dry before we head to the weekend. that warm up by christmas eve. right now, first responders are looking for as many as 85 people after a landslide in china. that's down from 91 earlier this morning. chinese officials did not explain the change in the number. they think a pile of construction waste piled up against a hill may have triggered the landslide. it hit the town yesterday, the city near hong kong known for manufacturing. the pharmaceutical executive that some call the most hated

man in america is not staying quiet. martin shkreli is tweeting and live streaming from his apartment in new york city. he is accused of a ponzi-type scheme that stole millions. you may remember him as the man who raised the price of a drug 5,000 percent in september. >> doctors and patients groups saying they can't access this drug. you are going to change the price? >> no. >> shkreli says someone hacked his twitter account over the weekend tweeting he was giving away money. if convicted he faces 20 years in prison. shkreli's next court appearance is planned for january. the rush is on, especially if you haven't done any holiday shopping yet. the surprising amount of people who say they still have

new details in a classroom stabbing. baltimore police say the teenager who was attacked last month died overnight. the 17-year-old arrested could face severe charges, more charges by the end of the day. police say it's not clear what prompted the stabbing at remembnaissance academy high sc. a resource officer said he was aware of confrontations between the two teens in the past. president jimmy carter and his wife are in mourning. their grandson died the other night.

he died after laying down for the night. the 91-year-old shared his personal tragedy during sunday school in georgia. >> he was full of life. from the time he was a little boy, he was a special child to us. >> the death comes two weeks after carter revealed his own battle with brain cancer had been successful. accusation of sexual misconduct are forcing a top official in israel to resign. the interior minister and deputy prime minister said in a statement yesterday he's stepping down. at least seven women claim he sexually harassed them. he denied any wrong doing. temperatures in the 50s now. plenty of clouds around. no rain in our area. we will see passing light showers possible as we continue into the afternoon. so you might want to have a small umbrella with you or a raincoat. it will be fairly mild due to the cloud cover. it will be fairly mild over this week. temperatures will only be going up. around 60 degrees for tuesday.

wednesday, low to mid 60s. if you're traveling on wednesday, there could be some pockets of moderate rain. it looks not only to be in our area but around the east coast. we'll time that out coming up and we'll show that you christmas forecast one more time in a few minutes. it's five days away, but we already know that it will be an intense game between the redskins and eagles. if the skins win, they secure first place and a spot in the playoffs. if they lose, the teams are tied. former eagle la sean jackson says he's not worried, just excited. >> we control our own destiny. the guys in this locker rooms, guys who came from other teams, playing in big games, we're just excited about this opportunity. >> the skins are on the road the next two weeks if they make the playoffs, they could play one more game at fedex field. a consumer alert. giant is recalling zataran's red

beans and rice. the product may contain creamy parmesan mix and not have the dairy mix on the ingredients list. today marks 27 years since the lockerbie scotland bombing. this afternoon there will be a memorial service for victims at arlington memorial cemetery. 270 people died when terrorists blew up pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. before you head out on the holiday road trip. gas prices are way down. we have not seen prices like these since april of 2009 in d.c. you're paying an average of $2.20 a gallon. in maryland, it will cost you $2.01 a gallon to fill the tank. in virginia, you're paying less than $2 a gallon. gas is $1.83 a gallon on average. in west virginia, gas is $1.98.

you have just a few more days to do your holiday shopping. retail experts say 92% of people still have something to buy. that means big crowds at the stores now, also big discounts in person because it's pretty much too late to buy something onlin online. >> you're out of luck in terms of making it there in time. >> not only will you see lots and lots of people in the stores, experts are predicting more than 100 million people to head home for the holidays. prepare for plenty of traffic on the roads as well. starting today, all drones are required to be registered with the faa. the deadline is later than the february 19th deadline before anyone who purchases a drone after today, that drone must be registered before the first flight outdoors. a wild scene in california on a runway after two southwest

planes clipped rings on sunday. the flight was scheduled to fly to oakland when it's wing touched the wing of a parked plane heading to denver. both aircraft were pulled out of service for inspections. no one was injured. canada's immigration minister says canada may double its acceptance of syrian refugees in 2016 to 270,000. the immigration minister visited an immigration processing center at airport in jordan on sunday. the first flight out had 197 people on it. today fifa made a move in a scandal. a committee banned the fifa president for the next eight years. sep bladder said he will appeal that decision.

he was also fined over $50,000. a boy scout leader is lucky to be alive after surviving a bear attack in a new jersey forrest. he walked into a cave and came face-to-face with a bear on sunday. the black bear bit his leg and his shoulder and scratched his scalp. he was able to hit the bear in the head with a rock hammer and crawled into a fetal position yelling for nearby scouts to get help. the bear eventually walked away. the scout leader is expected to survive. we are just now getting this in from the associated press. the fda has lifted its formal ban on blood donations from gay men. in may the fda issued a recommendation, guidance along these lines, now that recommendation is official. the fda lifting its formal ban on blood donations from gay men. the new policy requires a year of abstinence. aaron? >> thank you.

it was a record breaking weekend for the new "star wars" movie. in 60 seconds, the unexpected and unwan

i'm eun yang with what's trending. a tough moment for one "star wars" fan is going viral. watch what happened when the projector broke in los angeles. >> no! no! no! >> can you blame him? that was a big moment. that is trending on nbcwashington.com. apparently this movie just blasted the weekend record. it took in a solid 238 million just in the united states breaking all kinds of records. this next story also trending. hermime will look different in the next series of the harry potter series. this is in a new london play featuring harry as an adult. j.k. rowling says she's good

with this. th she said brown eyes, frizzy hair and clever, white skin was never specified. rowling loves the new hermime. and google with all the stories that have been trending this past year in 2015 and on facebook. topping the list, lamar odom. caitlyn jenner, the paris attacks, and that argument-inspiring dress. gold or black and blue? do you remember that? a key takeaway is people are

breaking news into the live desk. prince george's county police have made an arrest in a homicide that just happened yesterday in landover.

this is the suspect, james norr norris iii. blake acquaintances and got into an argument. norris is in jail right now. no bond. a florida family will have a happy christmas thanks to a last-minute surge of help from the community. thieves stole all of their presents last week. even their dog, mickey. the four children were devastated. over the weekend, though, a neighbor recognized their dog from flyers and returned him to the family. motorcyclists in santa suits also surprised the children. a miami area harley davidson dealer replaced all of the stolen gifts. it's still about "star wars: the force awakens." the latest installment broke in $238 million making it the biggest north american movie debut of all time. "star wars" destroyed the record that was set by jurassic world a

few months back that film took in $208 million. we could have a few sprinkles out there as we continue through the afternoon and into the evening. again, just light showers passing through the region. then tomorrow morning we also could have a few showers in the forecast. those will continue into the early afternoon. and then start to dissipate. we're keeping the cloud cover by tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. if you're traveling wednesday, heavy rain possible. just be aware of that. i do also have a few showers in for christmas eve. look at that temperature on christmas eve, mid 70s. in the 60s on christmas day. keeping christmas day dry for now but that could change if the frontal system gets stalled out. we will see rain showers for the weekend as well. >> thank you. that's it for news4 midday. thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. you can get news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. we hope you'll have a great day.

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