what police are saying about the incident. temperatures today in the 50s and 60s. the next kcouple days we could enter the 70s. we're tracking heavy rain as well. i've got your forecast. we start with the death of the local airman staff sergeant peter taub one of the confirmed victims in the suicide bombing that occurred near bagram airfield in afghanistan. his mother owns a restaurant in the dupont area and lives in falls church. news 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us just outside of that restaurant. meagan? >> reporter: wendy, we had an opportunity to speak with staff sergeant peter taub's mother, arlene today. she says he leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter and a wife who is pregnant with their second child. as you can imagine, the family is absolutely devastated tonight. they've owned this restaurant behind us here, it's called bush and pops, arlene owns it with her husband who's pete's step dad and his brother as well. they've owned it for the last three years. they built a loyal clientele,

many of whom read about this devastating news on facebook. so as soon as they heard, they came here, they dropped off flowers and cards to express their condolences. the news of what happened to 30-year-old staff sergeant peter taub quickly traveled. on facebook, pete's mom, arlene, wrote, "my son, chef jon's brother, staff sergeant peter taub, was one of six killed yesterday in afghanistan." and on door on their shop, an american flag is posted above a note which says the same. it mentions that the restaurant will be closed while the family mourns this horrible loss. customers came by throughout the day, some learning about the tragedy for the first time. >> the good people in america care about you and your son. your loss is our loss. >> reporter: now, gofund me page has been created. the family says the funds will go to help out pete's wife and his daughter. if you're interested in learning more, go to our website,

nbcwashington.com, or download the nbc washington app and search "airman fund." coming up at 5:00, arlene talks about her son, intimate details. she also describes why he got into the air force in the first place. back to you. >> all right. meagan fitzgerald. we know the names of four other victims who were killed in that attack. one of them is a woman, she was identified as adrianna vorderbruggen. chester mcbride, louis bonacas and joseph lemm were also killed. we're expecting to learn the name of the sixth victim lay later tonight. more questions than answers, figures trying to figure out why an suv crashed into the anacostia river. when crews arrived the man was dead inside. the suv was pulled out this morning. no word yet on who he is or how he crashed. i'm darcy spencer in rockville where a woman is still

recovering after being hit by gunfire while she was driving her car right here on martins lane last night. a bullet went through the door of her suv and hit her in both legs. now police are still searching for the gunman. the witnesses tell police they heard six or seven shots about 8:00 last night coming from the area of the wood line very close to a school in the montgomery county board of education office. police searched those areas last night as well as this morning and didn't find anything. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, i'll tell you why police believe that she was not targeted in this shooting. back to you. >> all right. and let's go to the storm center and chief meteorologist doug kammerer. we have warm temperatures out there this afternoon. it's lovely and we're seeing record-setting territory heading our way. >> it really is going to get ama amazing,e+s2c wendy. as warm as it is today we could be 15 to 20 degrees warmer than where we are now coming up on

the day thursday. first off, we had rain early this morning. that rain is out f here. we're seeing dry conditions now. a lot of cloud cover around the area. we have an area of low pressure to the south. we're going to continue to see clouds and continue to see the warm air. look at the numbers. 58 d.c. 61 in new york city. 68 in virginia beach. incredibly warm for this time of year. but as i mentioned we're going to get a heck of a lot warmer than this over the next couple of days. now, a lot to talk about. that's what -- this is why tomorrow is a weather alert day here on nbc 4. dense fog. we definitely expect to see that early tomorrow. then we're going to see rain, some heavy. it's a big travel day. rain is going to have a big impact on the travel. we're talking record warmth. we mentioned it thursday. of course, christmas eve. even on christmas day we could be talking a top five warmest christmas. guys, we've got the whole forecast for you coming up. there are a lot of angry parents here in charles county because bus drivers have decided that today, the last day before

winter break, will be the day that they do not pick kids up and bring them home. this is all a part of a protest happening here. bus drivers saying they wranlt to organize and start a union. want higher pay, better benefits and saying the charles county school democrat and contractors who hire them are not doing the right thing by their workers. this morning bus drivers brought the kids to school but the plan is to not pick them up from school and bring them home. so far, only 19 drivers have called in sick, but i'm told by the man who organized all of this there are a lot of drives who are not going to be bring kids home today. >> the drivers in charles county deserve a better life because they give their heart, they give so much to make this thing happen perfectly. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 5:00, we hear from parents who have to take off of work to come and pick up their kids. they weren't happy about it. in laplata, tracee wilkins, news 4. we're working to learn more

about a teenager who was stabbed to death in northwest d.c. hosea charle was found unconscious yesterday on 8th street near the rec center. he'd been texting with a girl and planned to meet her near a park. he died at the hospital. there are no suspects in custody. the american soldier capt e captured by the taliban after he left his post in afghanistan still has not decided whether he wants to face a jury. sergeant bowe bergdahl was arraigned today in ft. bragg on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. he deferred entering a plea. if convicted in this court-martial, he could get life in prison. bergdahl was released in a prisoner swap last year. he was held by the taliban for five years. just ahead, how a popular podcast could impact the future of this case. now to the race for the white house. a new poll finds a lot of americans would be embarrassed by president donald trump. of the people who were polled by

quinnipiac university only 23% would be proud to have trump as commander in chief. 50% say they'd be embarrassed. there are a lot of potential voters who support mr. trump, and he leads the republican race with 28%. hillary clinton has the support of 60% of the democrats polled and holds a 47%-40% advantage over trump when all the voters are weighed in. things appear to be getting personal between the party front-runners. during that campaign rally last night, trump mocked clinton for taking a bathroom break during the democratic debate on saturday night. and they then described her defeat to barack obama in the 2008 primary with a vulgar yiddish term used for the male anatomy. >> she was going to beat obama. i don't know who'd be worse. i don't know. how does it get worse? but she was going to be -- she was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. she lost. >> the clinton campaign did not issue a direct response to trump, but did tweet afterwards

that his language was degrading and humiliating to women. a change in gun policy. why virginia is altering its conceal handgun permit rules. and sticking the landing. why this spectacular launch could one day mean a city on mars.

and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. no travel problems now. no rain across the region. however, there will likely be travel problems during the day tomorrow. in the morning we'll likely have dense fog. this area in the green and the yellows and oranges, that's a moderate to heavy rain that's going to be affecting travel up and down the 95 corridor from new england all the way down to

the carolinas. as well as the midwest. could be flight delays around chicago and perhaps indianapolis and atlanta during the day tomorrow. that's the way it looks. a history-making night for private company spacex. the company launched a rocket last night on a resupply mission to the space station and then returned its booster rocket safely to earth using a vertical landing that everyone's talking about. it's never been done before and this technology could drastically cut the cost of space flight. spacex ceo eelon musk says this paves the way for one day building a city on mars. >> pretty ambitious. the woman suspected of intentionally ramming a car into pedestrians on the las vegas strip is likely to be arraigned tomorrow. one person died. more than 30 were injured. today prosecutors filed a murder charge against lakeisha holloway. she's also charged with child

abuse and leaving the scene of an accident. right now she's being held without bond. 3-year-old daughter was in the back seat during this crash. she has now been placed in protective custody. new at 4:00, what a haul in northern virginia. we're going to tell you about the drug bust, netted nearly $1 million worth of marijuana. and msnbc's chris matthhewss going to join us live this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now during the ford holiday sales event get 0% financing

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here are some of the stories we're working on right now at 4:15. virginia's attorney general delivers a blow to gun rights supporters. we're going to explain the new concealed gun policy. coming up. and why a man from maryland is back in court at this hour charged with attempting to help isis. so this presidential election is unlike any other. the leading democratic candidate is a woman, and leading republican is donald trump. >> yeah, chris matthews is host of "hardball" on msnbc. tonight he's premiering a documentary on donald trump. so obviously this guy has not had to spend barely a dime to get the publicity he needs. a lot of people are going to ask, does he need more? why do a documentary? >> first of all, he's the leading republican candidate for president in a year there's an open presidential seat. he has potentially a 50/50 shot at this job. people don't -- mostly what we cover in the news is what we said ten minutes ago. it's always about this thing he said about whatever. all that stuff. it's always awful.

but i wanted to talk about why we know the brand. how come we know who the guy is, how come he's a figure in everybody's head? and he's 70 years old bracketicallbracket ical practically. i wanted to show the good, bad the ugly. there's an ethic piece what he does, the way he goes after obama, all the stuff he says about him being from africa. no doubt a racial piece to that. there's a class thing going on with the working guy out there. this guy's like a sinatra of real estate. the guy has the girls, he has the flash. the good lifestyle. the big buildings. the gold. he's got everything the average guy out there would like to have. so he's a figure. but it's a lot of this, bankruptcies, lots of them. stuff about the serial marriages, we all know about that. the best sex i ever had kind of headlines. all that stuff. crazy. but there's also the successes in business. they wanted to show was bottom line, he deals with a mob in new york probably, because i've heard you have to. he deals with the labor unions in new york, deals with the local politicians and gets buildings put up.

he gets it done. time after time after time, he gets it done, the job. he is worth billions. >> you're saying this guy is a brand, of course, and an iconoclast. any insights or anything that's going to surprise us in this documentary? >> the sense of the skepticism i hear from both of you, i think it's very appropriate about this guy, it's been part of his story from the beginning. does he really have that kind of money? we get into that. does he really? is he really going to succeed? constantly asking is this guy for real? >> right. >> so the questions we have -- he's almost like a cartoon character. a comic book figure meaning, like, if you had an old superman comic book, there would be a guy in there with a khaki trench coat downtown development er do trump with the hair and everything. he'd be a character in that. i call this "citizen trump" because it's like "citizen cane" the movie. a big guy with lots of flaws. >> when you were digging into this doing this documentary, did you get a sense this persona,

this brand of trump sort of came about or is this something donald trump tried to go out and build? >> he put that name, he stamped it on every building. a lot of people in new york like to go to nightclubs, where do you live, i live in trump tower, trump plaza, trump international. they like that name. remember it used to be the shuttle coming back and forth to new york. i think people like, i guess you'd call it in a sinatra way, class. it's class. it's not really class, but it's class. >> it's vegas class. >> it's vegas -- exactly, wendy. to a lot of people that have worked hard to get money, it's new money for them. i'm sure the old money people look down on him. to most people it's like, hey, you know, if i had billions of dollars i'd have melania as my wife maybe and i'd have hotels and all this gold. it's a story of mixed everything. you can come out of this tonight after an hour of this and go, that guy's a skunk or come out saying, you know what, he is pretty impressive. or i really don't know.

>> yeah. >> i think you're going to know -- i say to people, you come out of this tonight you're going do be able to get in every barroom argument and know more than the other guy. you'll know more about trump than anybody else knows. >> "citizen trump" with chris matthews. >> by the way, i'm waiting to hear what he says. ten minutes in we'll get the first tweet. i don't know. >> if it lasts 15, i'd be shocked. >> you think he'll get in early, huh? >> that's at 7:00. thank you, chris. >> thank you, wendy rieger. >> yeah, tonight's documentary, "citizen trump" airs at 7:00 right here on msnbc. all right. first at 4:00, a drug bust in loudoun county. police pulled over a rental truck near old rock route in sterling yesterday morning. found 186 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $1 million. the driver's name is brian a.ni he's being held without bond. he had just picked up the package of drugs before the bust. the dea and loudoun county sheriff's tactical enforcement unit worked together to try to

initiate that traffic stop. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> as you know that forecast a very warm forecast, a very wet forecast, and maybe a very foggy forecast as well. let's take a look outside right now. no rain but the clouds, they have stuck with us all day and normally on a cloudy day in the wentinter the first day of wint you're thinking the clouds will make things kind of cold. that's not the case. 58 degrees. the reason? the south wind. they continue. look to the temperatures down to the south and west. 63 winchester. 66 in stanton, virginia. so some very warm temperatures out here. this is, of course, the first day of winter. that's why we have amelia siegel out in the storm team 4 silver springs what do you do on the first day of winter? you go ice skating. amelia? >> reporter: exactly, doug, but on this first day of winter you go ice skate in sweatshirt or maybe a t-shirt. as you can see the downtown ice rink here in silver spring behind us people enjoying this first day of winter.

very mild. storm team 4 x 4 reporting a temperature of 58 degrees. we've been here at an hour now. the temperature has held at that. come out tonight and say hi here. we're going to be right here all night. we're handing out lots of goodies. first day of winter, we think atle so point you're going to need this this winter. if not, you'll be using it next winter. come here, say hi. we're here in the downtown area. very festive feeling out here. people not even weari ining jac right now. my photographer in a t shirt. i had to go with a sweat shirt, doug. we're talk about potentially record warmth. top five warmest christmas on record as we look to the end of this week, right? >> yeah, it really is amazing, not just one but two days in the 70s. if the ice stays frozen, not a bad time to go ice skating. thanks, amelia. no rain to talk about. we're not going to see rain. not going to need the ice scrapers any time soon. the rain we saw earlier pushing off to the north and east.

we'll see more from the south and west. by tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., notice the rain across parts of the region. not only the rain, though, fog is going to be a major issue tomorrow morning in some locations. maybe some dense fog. the rain from frederick down toward culpeper, down toward orange. around 11:00, see heavier showers moving on through. we may get a little break but then the even heavier rain moves through around 4:00, 5:00. back to the west and then in the metro region around 6:00, 6:30 tomorrow afternoon's rush is going to be a problem. that's why we have tomorrow as a weather alert day here at storm team 4. we do expect tomorrow to have a major impact on your day weather wise and this is really the reason why. 5:00 to 8:00 a.m. it's the fog. temperatures around 56 degrees. not only that, we could see rain moving in. heavy rain between 4:00 and 7:00. temperatures, though, look a those numbers into the mid 60s. we talk about those numbers. we mentioned the fact that we're talking about some records. 75 degrees on your thursday. 75 would shatter the old record of 69 degrees. on friday, we're close to a record. the record high is 72 degrees.

we're going to be near 68. top five warmest christmases of all-time for sure. maybe a chance of a shower on friday but not expecting a lot. we're back to near 70 on saturday. wait until you see sunday's forecast. tom kierein has the rest of the se seven day in 20 minutes. it may be hard to smile at the dmv but virginia officials are are letting you know it's okay. changes coming to the concealed handgun policy in the old dominion.

a big change is coming to the commonwealth. starting in folk the state of virginia will not honor concealed carry permits from gun owners in more than two dozen states. the attorney general say those states don't meet virginia's standards in permits and will prevent gun violence. the next time you're in a virginia dmv office, you can lose the poker face. the state dmv is lifting its ban on smiling when you take your driver's license photo. it had a neutral expression policy in effect since 2009 because it was easier to match that image with the image verification software. but the new technology is not

necessary now. so if you don't like your current picture, you can go to any virginia dmv office and pose and change it. just beware there is a $20 fee. we continue to follow several developing stories. a maryland man charged with attempting to help isis appearing in court. what a homeland security analyst is telling news 4 about this case. and a wild weather ride in christmas. storm team 4 tracking what could a record-setting week. our team coverage cont

right now at 4:30, we have confirmed the son of a d.c. restaurant owner was killed while deployed in afghanistan. family of air force staff sergeant peter taub says the 30-year-old was one of the 6 victims in the suicide attack yesterday near bagram airfield. his mother owns bush and pops restaurant in the dupont circle area. and his brother, jon taub, is the chef there. and police in montgomery county are back in the neighborhood where a woman was driving down the road was hit by gunshots last night. the woman was on martins lane in rockville when she was shot in both legs. police canvassed the entire area today but didn't find new evidence of suspects. still don't know the identity of the man found inside an suv that crashed into the anacostia river last night. the hummer was found upsidedown in the water when the crews arrived. not clear what caused the man to crash. right now at 4:30 a man from maryland is accused of helping isis.

a federal judge is about to decide whether he should stay in prison. he's from hartford county. prosecutors tell news 4 they're about to ask the judge to keep him locked up as they prepare their case. scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team broke this story last week. >> muhammad elshinawy is facing the judge in baltimore. the judge will decide whether or not to free elshinawy on bond before the prosecution. the fbi sought to raid his home in edgewood earlier this month. they said he pledged allegiance to isis and accepted money from isis operatives with the understanding he was to cause destruction in the u.s. they connected him with thousands of dollars from known isis operatives. and elshinawy the fbi says that he wanted to die a martyr. they didn't link any specific attacks or plots to elshinawy but homeland security analysts tell us isis is aggressive he recruiting throughout the u.s. >> remember, it's not the number of attacks that count. it's not how many people they

kill that counts. it's isis showing that it is powerful and it is attacking the united states. that's what counts. >> as soon as the judge decides whether or not to order elshinawy held in prison until he's prosecuted, we'll find that out in a few minutes and update you as soon as it come in. back to you. >> all right. now to that shooting inside a mall in new york. gunfire eruinterrupting holiday shopping in a mall on long island. police say a worker in a rolex store was shot during a robbery at the roosevelt field mall in nassau county. that shooter is in custody. the victim is in serious).#ñ5bu stable condition. no shoppers injured and the mall is back open. big weather changes coming over the next several days. right now all is calm and tranquil and quiet. here's a live view of capitol hill under a cloudy sky on this tuesday afternoon. and it is balmy. this is -- cue the twilight zone music. this is like an out of body experience. an out of month experience.

december should be ashamed of itself. look at these temperatures. it's around 60 degrees. much of the metro area around the bay. look at the shenandoah valley. they had sun there late this afternoon. it's in the low 60s there now. what to wear? well, you can forget the warm coat and the gloves. will need the sunglasses. you need a light jacket this evening. have an umbrella ready. holiday shopping, you're going to be hitting the stores, good shopping weather for the afternoon hours. we'll be hovering near 60 degrees then through the evening dropping back down into the 50s. coming up just a few minutes, a look at that big change on the way for christmas day and the weekend. and solstice greetings to everybody on this first full day of winter. it doesn't feel like it here, but other parts of the country, heavy snow, the threat of hail, and even tornadoes out there. leeann gregg takes look. >> reporter: at this tahoe resort, just what skiers ordered, more than 150 inches of snow so far from a series of

winter storms across the northwest. >> this is fantastic. great. hasn't been like this in four years. >> reporter: especially good news for this drought-stricken region. >> this is great. california needs it. >> reporter: driven by el nino, different extremes in the east. from new york to chicago, more like spring than the first week of winter. >> it's nice when you have a white christmas. >> not going to have that this year. >> no, we're not. we're not going to have a white christmas but a merry one. >> reporter: snow-related businesses struggling because of the weather. >> this ridge in the jet stream will bring unprecedent eed warm through christmas. high temperatures 30 degrees above record. dozens of records will be crushed for half the country. >> reporter: the south and ohio valley, this week brings the threat of destructive thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes and large hail. heavy rains could cause flash flooding. snow, possible tornadoes, and record highs. an eventful beginning to winter.

leeann gregg, nbc news. >> boy oh boy, that looks frosty. bill cosby says one of his most high-profile accusers is a liar and suing former supermodel beverly johnson. the defamation lawsuit says johnson lied when she said cosby druggedually assaulted her in the '80s. he says she made it up to rekindle his career. he's suing zeseven other women o publicly accused him of sexual assault. president obama and jerry seinfeld in a corvette, 1963 corvette. it happened. see it on seinfeld's web series. the website, crackle, released this photo. the president will be the guest for the comedians in cars getting coffee premiere. the season premiere. the episode airing on december 30th showing both seinfeld and the president taking a spin in that '63 sting ray. on the south lawn. there's no word if politics were mentioned but crackle says the two talked about life in the

white house. lot of americans think the holidays are a great time to get together with friends, family, and make some truly special memories, but for those with food allergies, it can be a very difficult time. nbc's erica edwards is looking into it. >> reporter: 11-year-old zach churchill has severe peanut allergies and like most people with allergies he's become an expert on reading food labels. >> i have to, like, read everything, dig through the trash and be, like, oh is this okay? dumpster diving for ingredients and all that to see if it's okay. >> reporter: the holiday season can be problematic for those with food allergies because it's hard to know the source of food at parties and get togethers. if you're the host, hold onto food labels so your guests with food allergies can double check the ingredient list. >> even a small amount of an allergenic food if that gets in something unexpectedly could potentially cause a reaction. >> reporter: and beware of cross contamination. all utensils and services should be scrubbed with soap and water and wiped clean. if you're the guest, experts

recommend making the guest aware of food restrictions you might have as soon as possible. don't dive into any unknown party dip without a backup plan. >> if you don't have your epi pen, you shouldn't be eating because you never know what's going to be in something. >> reporter: you could always host the party, yourself. having your guests provide non-food items like drinks and utensils. that way you're sure to prepare foods that are safe. erica edwards, nbc news. stealing stacks of cash from the bank then posting the whole thing on instagram. why he thinks he's innocent even though he's pleading guilty. mcdonald's a testing a new happy meal. you get to decide, thumbs up or thumbs down.

and we're here live in downtown silver spring. i got my ice skates out. we're out on the ice. it's humid out here. it's balmy. this is the first day of winter. we have so many kids out here enjoying the temperatures. having a skate on the ice. temperature with the storm team 4 x 4 coming in at 59 degrees. now it's dry right now but as we move into the overnight hours and tomorrow, we're going to be tracking rain. it's going to be a storm team 4 weather alert day. doug and tom have more on that. for now, guys, what are we doing? are you having fun? >> yeah! >> reporter: we're going to enjoy this first day of winter and nice mild temperatures for tonight. >> sounds good. an appliance found in tens

of thousands of kitchens is being recalled for a potentially dangerous defect. the company, brevelle, is voluntarily pulling its fast slow cookers because of a risk of burns. electric pressure cookers have a faulty ceiling gasket. five reports of injuries so far. some of them are second-degree burns. they were sold from september 2012 to october of this year. if you have one, stop using it, contact the company, and you'll get a new part. mcdonalds's may be adding a new item to its menu that may appeal to kids and adults. mac and cheese. the fast food chain is trying out the popular comfort food at some locations in ohio and according to the company it's made with real cheese. pair it with a burger for an additional price or as an alternative for fries in a happy meal. mcdonald's has been trying out several new menu items in recent months to try to boost sales. accused army deserter bowe bergdahl appears in court. what happens next. talk about a harsh critic.

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sergeant bowe bergdahl has had his first court appearance. the former taliban prisoner faced a military judge at an arraignment hearing today in ft. bragg, but he did not enter a plea. nbc takes a look at why a podcast could play a role in the future of his case. >> reporter: good evening. it was a subdued and brief appearance for sergeant bowe

bergdahl lasting no more than 15 minutes. >> the judge explains sergeant bergdahl's right to be tried before a panel or a military judge. the judge also inquired if sergeant bergdahl wished to enter any motions or a plea at this time. sergeant bergdahl deferred all of these decisions to a later hearing. >> reporter: next appearance will be january 12th here at ft. bragg. now as we move forward, his attorneys may push to have this case moved to texas. bergdahl has been on desk duty at ft. sam houston in san antonio, texas, since he was released by taliban forces last year as part of a prisoner exchange. his case is in the spotlight right now not only because the court case is moving forward but also because of the podcast in which bergdahl tells interviewers he willingly left his post as part of an attempt to draw attention to perceived leadership issues with his unit. in ft. bragg, north carolina,

nbc news. special prosecutor in the sandra bland case says he wants to meet with her family and answer every question they have. yesterday, a grand jury annou e announced it would not be handing up an indictment at bland's death. the woman was found dead in a texas jail cell earlier this year. authorities ruled her death a suicide. the prosecutor says this case isn't done. the grand jury is going to meet again in january, possibly to consider charges related to claims the officer who arrested her used excessive force. the damage from the fire at the annapolis yacht club is likely to exceed $9 million. that word from fire investigators who say the whole thing started because of an electrical problem with an artificial christmas tree. fire officials say it's a reminder people need to check their holiday trees and lights for wear and tear. replace them if they are showing signs of fraying. they also say if you have a real tree, keep it watered. don't let it dry out. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is

looking at new ways to help deal with the issues of hunger and homelessness in the district. a report by the u.s. conference of mayors finds an increase in both in washington, d.c., but one of the more troubling statistics is related to hunger. the report finds one in three kids in d.c. live in a household that struggles with hunger and that children in ward 7 and 8 are impacted the most. the mayor says the city is working with non-profit groups to expand the joyful food markets program. >> we have a very exciting partnership now with martha's table who are going to focus on schools east of the river. >> the capital area food bank is also involved in this partnership. bowser says the program has never been done on such a large scale. well, everyone's a critic these days. the new "star wars" movie may be a hit with american audiences but getting harsh criticism from the catholic church media. a review in the vatican newspaper says the movie fails in its representation of evil. it says "the force awakens"

overdoes the darkness. don't even know what's happening. make sure you never overdo the darkness. it calls the supreme leader the most serious defect. in contrast, it says darth vader from the earlier films was one of the most effective villains in american sci-fi cinema. the paper says pope francis, fyi, doesn't watch these movies. >> they're not speaking for him. >> there we go. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> you won't need your furry chewbacca slippers, that's for sure. we're going to be mild here for the rest of the afternoon and this evening. right now around the region, just a cloudy sky. we're beginning to dry out. and still, a few showers now moving through new england. maybe some minor travel problems there and perhaps in northern florida. otherwise eastern half of the country is looking great. our storm team 4 local radar not showing anymore rain for now. more on the way tomorrow. temperatures are mild. shenandoah valley, low 60s. offering in low 60s in the metro

area. the chesapeake bay in the upper 50s. the next 12 hours, cloudy through 7:00 p.m. the upper 50s by then. 11:00 tonight, mid to upper 50s. then dense fog forming by dawn tomorrow. much of the region, we could have some visibilities down at or below a quarter of a mile starting off early tomorrow morning at the bus stop and waiting for the metro, it will be in the mid 50s with that dense fog between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. much of the fog should be dissipating by mid-morning, though, tomorrow. showers likely moving in. by then, we'll be up around 60 degrees. storm team 4 four-day forecast, then overnight on wednesday night, we'll see a rain off and on ending by late in the evening. it's a weather alert day tomorrow. we'll have frequent storm team 4 updates. we'll get moderate to heavy downpours during the afternoon commute on wednesday. then by dawn thursday, down near 60 degrees. partly sunny during the day on mass e

christmas eve day. unbelievable. into the 70s. christmas day, itself, in the 6 0s mainly in the morning. we're going to have the warmer temperatures. slight chance of a sprinkle or passing shower. lot of crowds around christmas day. by the evening hour, back down to near 60 degrees. overall looks like a pretty good day on christmas day. then into the weekend stays mild on saturday. up near 70 degrees. it may even hit the low 70s again on sunday. partly sunny now for the weekend. clouds around on monday. just a slight chance of a shower and cooler up near 50 for a high. and then mild again on tuesday with a chance of more rain moving in with temperatures in the low 60s. up and down we go into the weekend. >> boy. tom, that's like a roller coaster out there. thanks. we know some of you still plan to squeeze in some last-minute shopping but how much time do you have? we put up a map on nbcwashington.com that shows you the shopping hours for the region's most popular stores and malls through christmas day. take a look by heading to our website and searching "shopping

hours." we're working several developing stories in the newsroom right now. a local family is mourning the death of air force staff sergeant peter taub. the 30-year-old was killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan yesterday. ahead in the next ten minutes, taub's mother shares new details about her son's life. explains why he joined the air force. in hundreds of local parents scramble to pick up their kids from school this afternoon. several charles county bus drivers decided not to make their afternoon runs as they try to unionize for better pay and benefits. tracee wilkins talked to some very angry parents and she's going to have a live report on news 4 at 5:00. when we first introduced you to lauren and her family, she's a little over zeseven months pregnant. now she's had her baby, a little over 4 months old now. she's still waiting for her home to be repaired. it was gutted after a flood. a sprinkler system exploded after a water main break.

we took you inside, we showed you the damage. that damage still not repaired. and it's five months later. coming up, we're going to tell you what the town of leesburg has to say and when she can finally move back in. that's ahead on news 4 at 5:00. and a virginia man robs a bank then puts the whole thing on instagram. he explains his actions next. d.c. central kitchen basically never sleeps and today they got a very special shipment and it's right behind that door. i'm kristen wright. tonight on news 4 i'll show you what it is and explain what it's going to mean to so many people.

a virginia ethics panel just released its final recommendations and they include creating an independent ethics review commission. another is having public funding for, to cover their transition expenses for newly elected governors. tighter rules on gifts to public officials from fenriends. state officials have been trying to figure out how to fix the state's lax gifting rules after bob mcdonnell and his wife. officials are are investigating chipotle restaurants in kansas and

oklahoma in connection to a new outbreak of e. coli. five more people got sick after eating at restaurants in those states. the e. coli outbreak started in november and is linked to 6 0 illnesses across 10 states. the cdc is still trying to determine which food is responsible and chipotle says it's working to put programs in place to increase food safety. talk about the grinch that stole christmas. a home security camera captured two women stealing decorations off a front lawn in southern california. they took some candy canes and other christmas decorations. worth about $300. but the homeowner says it's not about the money. >> it's, you know, special. it's for all my nieces, nephews, the people that stop by. and come and take pictures. >> sad dna disappointed in people for doing this. >> the homeowner says she's had seven holiday thefts in the past ten years, but she's going to keep on doing it because she

just loves christmas. the virginia beach man who passed a bank teller a note and asked, please, for his money, pleaded guilty today. we first told you about him back in may. that's when he robbed a townecenter bank and posted video on his instagram page. jason marks spoke to him today. he has more. >> it wasn't my intention to rob the bank. >> reporter: 27-year-old dominyk alfonseca says he knows what he did in may was wrong, he should have never robbed the bank. >> i feel bad for what i did. i repent. i wish i wouldn't have done it. it was something real stupid. >> reporter: he went into the towne bank on constitution drive in early may, handed the teller a note asking nicely for the money. he even used the word, please. he wrote, don't hit the alarm until i'm gone. today, alfonseca pleaded guilty to the crime. >> i didn't see no way i could prove my innocence, like the way i did what i did i couldn't -- i couldn't get out of it. >> reporter: a crime he thought wasn't one because he says he

asked for permission for the money and the teller just handed it over. >> it wasn't my intentions to rob the bank. if you really think about it, if i would have wanted to rob the bank, i would have had at least something disguising my face. i wouldn't have put it on my instagram. >> reporter: after the crime alfonseca posted this video he shot in the bank and the note he gave the teller. police found him with $11,000 in a gym bag. he says he chose not to fight the charge. >> i gave them all the evidence i could give them, you know what i mean? like, there's no way of getting around it. >> reporter: alfonseca could serve years in prison. he told me he's not happy with it but he got himself into this mess. >> whatever i get, i'm going to have to deal with it, you know what i mean, because i did something that was against the law. news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. >> now at 5:00, a quowoman in t

wrong place at the wrong time. new details about the random gunfire that hit a driver in rockville. frustrated parents can't rely on school buses for the last day of class before the holiday break. why this issue still isn't resolved. and it's going to be a very tough next 24 hours. we've got fog, we've got rain, sloppy holiday travel for sure. and also record high temperatures. but first at 5:00, the local -- >> the local pain tonight from a suicide bombing targeting americans overseas. >> staff sergeant peter taub was now confirmed as one of the six people who were killed in afghanistan yesterday. a father of a 3-year-old girl, and he's a husband to an expecting wife. his mother lives in falls church and owns a restaurant in the dupont area. >> news 4's meagan fitzgerald is learning more now about the airman who told his family he was actually in saudi arabia, so they wouldn't worry about it. meagan? >> reporter: and jim, that's the type of person arlene, his mother, says he was. always caring about other people.

putting other people first. in fact, arlene and pete's brother own this shop behind us here, bush and pop's. they tell us they were here when they heard the news. arlene says when she rushed home, she was met by air force officials waiting at her door. staff sergeant peter taub was just 30 years old. his family says he joined the air force eight years ago. he was inspired by his grandfather impassioned to serve and protect his country. pete's mom, arlene, his step dad, alan, and older brother, jonathan, own bush and pop's. it's a popular sandwich shop in dupont circle. many of their customers never met pete but say they know his character because they know his family. >> this isn't just a place i go for lunch a couple of times a week. they've made me feel like femamy from the fair day i walked in. >> reporter: it's also devastating for customers. arlene first posted the news to the restaurant's facebook page. a note was also posted on the door to their shop telling