daughter, had another baby on the way. news 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us with new reaction from his family. >> reporter: chris, peter taub's family, his mother and brother actually own this sandwich shop behind us here. they el us they were here yesterday when they got a call from his father saying that peter had died in an attack in afghanistan. they tell us it's news that they still don't want to believe. >> good natured. good soul. good father. >> reporter: there are so many ways to describe 30-year-old staff sergeant peter taub. he loved his family and adored his wife and 3-year-old little girl, penelope. his father, joel, who lives in pennsylvania says he couldn't be prouder of his son for enlisting in the air force eight years ago and couldn't be more devastated to learn he's gone. >> less than 24 hours and really haven't had time to reflect. >> reporter: saf sergeant peter

taub was one of six service members killed in afghanistan by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle. and back in d.c., at this restaurant owned by peter's mother, arlene and brother, jonathan -- >> i actually heard about it from a friend at work who saw it on facebook. >> reporter: customers learned of the tragic news as well. his mother posted on the restaurant's facebook page and taped a sign to the door with an american flag telling the public they're closed while they mourns lot of their hero. >> this isn't just a place i go for lunch a couple of times a week. it's -- they've made me feel like family from the first day i walked in. >> reporter: so customers are hoping peter's family feels their love and support when they walk back into their shop. many have never met the airman, but they're thankful for his sacrifice. >> i'm grateful to every one of them, every one of those men and women who are putting their lives on the line every day. >> reporter: now the family says taub's body will be flown back tomorrow. it will land at dover airport and they will be there to meet

and greet him when he lands. there's a gofund me page that's been started for the family. if you're interested in learn details about it, log onto nbcwashington.com or download our nbc washington app and search "airman fund." wendy? >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. we've learned the names of four other victims killed in the attack one of them a woman. she's been identified as adrianna vorderbruggen, one of first openly gay female service members to get married. chester mcbride. louis bonacas and joseph lemm. we're waiting on confirmation about the sixth victim so we are not reporting that name. and right now we're tracking what's going on across our region. storm team 4 radar had some rain associated with it a little earlier today but that rain moved out. what's moved in behind it, we have the clouds and warm temperatures. take a look.

here is the radar. you see that rain that we saw earlier moving up toward new york, boston, down to the south around raleigh still dealing with rain. for us, we're still in the mild section. the mild air is going to continue to come in. temperatures have gone up over the last couple of hours. we're now at 61 in d.c. 63 in ocean city. 67 in virginia beach. and they're going to continue to go up for the next couple of days. something that will be coming down, the visibility. dense fog could be a big issue tomorrow morning. and rain is going to be a big problem, too. that's why we're calling tomorrow a weather alert day here at channel 4. stay with us on this forecast. of course we've been talking about the record warmth coming up for almost a week now. i've got the latest forecast and let you know what you can expect tomorrow morning just a couple minutes. >> all right, thanks, doug. a local man is headed to prison for five years for executing a bold scheme at some local big box stores. he made monster profits by buying huge numbers of cigarettes and trafficking them illegally. scott macfarlane and the news i-team captured some of those buys on camera. >> yeah, chris, this is a big case we followed for some time.

a black market scheme operating in broad daylight. manmade the purchases midday in the checkout lanes in the popular warehouse stores. after the i-team uncovered it, federal prosecutors pounced. in just one trip to a warehouse store in fredericksburg, stephen chen bought about $70,000 in cigarettes and loaded them into this vehicle. our undercover cameras showed it happening. federal prosecutors say chen bought more than $13 million in cigarettes in a little more than a year and helped illegally traffic those cigarettes to the northeast where they could be resold for profit. the addresses of the businesses he listed when making those purchases including building in a nondescript office park, home in the suburbs and an abandoned lot in some woods near i-95. hey, mr. chen, i'm scott, news 4 i-team. chen pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge three months ago. today a judge sentenced chen to five years in federal prison. exactly the sentence federal prosecutors had recommended. and in making their case, those

prosecutors told the judge about the news 4 i-team investigation saying, "the defendant's activities have become the primary focus of an investigative tv journalist's expose of virginia-based contraband cigarette trafficking." paul kerry of the northern virginia cigarette tax board investigates snuggling of cigarettes and suspects at least 100 other people in the commonwealth have been trying similar schemes. >> as long as the taxes are as far apart as they are, we're going to have this problem. lower in virginia, higher elsewhere? >> higher elsewhere. >> reporter: he says investigators recently investigated d.c. tobacco retailers to ensure they weren't illegally selling virginia cigarettes. even used a trained canine to search for hidden closets or compartments in which illegal smokes would be stored. in court filings his lawyer says chen was nonviolent an used his profits to support his family and prop up legitimate businesses. to see the original news 4 i-team investigation including that undercover footage of big buys inside our local big box stores, go to our nbc washington

app and look for "investigation." dooreen? >> scott macfarlane, thank you. a bold criminal steals a secret service agent's gun and badge. the thief took a bag right out of the agent se car. in that bag, the agent's badge, a handgun, a radio and a flash drive and it all happened yesterday less than two blocks away from secret service headquarters downtown. the gun and badge have not yet been found. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is already looking ahead to 2018. and a possible matchup with former mayor vincent gray. in an interview set to air next month on dcw50 bowser told mark segraves she is going to run for re-election. >> have you thought act that scenario, about the possibility of maybe having to run against former mayor gray again? >> we'll be ready for whatever the field looks like in 2018. >> so does that mean you have decided you will run for re-election? >> absolutely. being mayor of the district of columbia, especially now, and

especially as a person who was born and raised here, is the best job in the world. >> mark also asked the mayor about the presidential race and if she's worried about losing staff to hillary clinton if clinton secures the democratic nomination. >> we've already -- one of my folks went to her early on and say so i take that as a compliment that we have hired a team that can work on a national stage. so if any of our folks go there, they will have my best wishes. >> as for the mayor, herself, possibly moving on to a cabinet position, mayor bowser says she loves local government and that's where she plans to stay. more strong attacks and controversial remarks from donald trump and they seem to be leading to higher poll numbers once again. however, some are asking if trump took things too far this time with democratic front-runner hillary clinton. nbc's edward lawrence joins us live with more on this from capitol hill. edward? >> reporter: good evening,

doreen. insiders actually say this is strategy by both. donald trump galvanizes his support with straight talk which is what his people want. hillary clinton wants trump to become the republican nominee. today in iowa, hillary clinton on the campaign trail. >> that's why it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. >> reporter: she didn't mention donald trump mocking her for returning late from a bathroom break during saturday's democratic debate. >> sorry. >> what happened to her? i'm watching the debate and she disappeared. i know where she went. this gusting. >> reporter: trump went on to use what some call vulgar language to describe how clinton lost to barack obama in twha200. republican strategist says this is trump uncensored and why he still leads all republican national polls. >> no one's going to sit here in front of you and tell you that

operatives or people involved in campaigns would say, oh, yeah, go out and use slang and profanity in talking about your potential opponent. >> reporter: but it has worked to lock up trump's front-runner sta futus in today's quinnipiac poll. the tactic also pushed other voters to senator ted cruz as he surges to second place. >> i think that he could easily end up being a two-man race. between donald trump and me. >> reporter: political insiders say clinton prods the war of words to elevate trump. >> yeah, i think clearly she'd rather run against donald trump. >> reporter: the quinnipiac poll shows clinton in a virtual dead heat in matchups with senator cruz and senator maurco rubio bt would beat trump by seven points if the election was held today. we will no doubt be hearing more from donald trump. he believes, going forward, that he can win this race and when he's verbally attacked he says, or usually ones up his response. reporting live in washington on

capitol hill, edward lawrence. back to you. >> thank you, edward. we're tracking what each of the candidates have said about important issues in this campaign in a special tool you can use online or on your phone. open up the nbc washington app and search "on the issues" to learn more. new at 6:00 police say the driver involved in a deadly head-on crash last week was drinking. maryland state police say james calaro crossed the center line of route 202 in upper marlboro and crashed into a morgan state student who had just come home from the holidays. news 4 has learned he's been charged with dui before and was represented in that case was maryland delegate. as chairman of the house judiciary committee, valario has been criticized for blocking attempts to strengthen drunk driving laws in maryland. the mother of a woman who died is calling by an independent investigation by the united nations. beverly smith said today she doesn't trust the d.c. police in charge of looking into alonzo

smith's death. the medical examiner ruled her son died of sudden heart failure while restrained and said cocaine in his system and compression to his torso both contributed. she said cathy lanier only showed her the body camera video of her son's death after it was shown to the public. >> we're asking the united nations to step in because we've lost faith in the ability of either the d.c. police or the federal government to deliver justice when it comes to the lives of black people in this country. >> beverly smith is also calling for a second autopsy. she believes marks on his body could only be caused by human hands and not by drugs. today sergeant bowe bergdahl faced a military judge for the first time since the u.s. army decided to go ahead with a trial. we'll tell you what happened. plus new data that shows d.c. is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation.

we're staying on top of developing news in new york where someone started shooting at a shopping mall on long island. police say a man tried to rob the rolex store in the roosevelt field mall and shot one of the employees. police took the robber into custody. no shoppers were injured. the victim is in serious condition and the mall is back open for business. $900,000 and 186 pounds of marijuana confiscated this morning in a very big drug bust in loudoun county. the drug enforcement administration told the sheriff's department that a shipment was coming into the county. sheriffs deputies stopped a rental truck this morning near old ox road and dulles greenway. bryant denison is charged now with drug possession. he's being held without bond. he's the subject of the new season the hit podcast "serial" and bowe bergdahl faced a military judge and court-martial. >> as nbc reports, we're still waiting to hear how the trial

will move forward. >> reporter: good evening. it was a subdued and brief appearance for sergeant bowe bergdahl lasting no more than 15 minutes. >> the judge explained 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. the woman suspected of intentionally ramming a car into pedestrians on the las vegas strip is expected to be arraigned tomorrow. one person was killed. more than 30 other people were injured. today prosecutors filed a murder charge against lakei shrsha holloway, also charged with child abuse and leaving the scene of an accident. she's being held without bond. her 3-year-old daughter was in the back seat when all this happened. she is now in protective custody. a man who loaned the convicted boston marathon bomber the gun he used to kill a police officer three days after the deadly attack in 2013, that man was released from prison today. a judge sentenced steven silva to time served for drug and firearms charges. he admitted to loaning a gun to the tsarnaev brothers who months before the bombings, but said he had no idea what they were planning. the streets of metro seem a bit crowded, you're right.

d.c.'s one of the fastest-growing places in country. new data from the census bureau ranks d.c. third among the fastest growing states over the last year. d.c. gained more than 12,000 people. almost a 2% increase over 2014. north dakota ranked first. colorado second. north carolina also became the ninth state to surpass 10 million residents. you may love them, you may hate them, but a new survey says a lot of people are satisfied with those express toll lanes in virginia. the company that runs the lanes has put out a new survey that shows three out of four drivers who use lanes are happy and a majority are in favor of extending the lanes on both 95 and 395. again, that's from the company that runs the toll lanes. a bullet comes out of nowhere and hits a woman in rockville. why police don't think she was targeted. and why parents in charles county were scrambling to get their kids home from school today.

and we're here live at the silver spring ice arena. it's the first day of winter but the temperature's still 55 degrees. i'll have more on why tomorro

and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> that forecast getting a little dicey over the next 24 hours. the potential for fog is there. the potential for heavy rain and theas we mentioned, some incredible, really incredible warmth that's going to be making its way our way, too. outside right now, a very nice picture down there toward union station. you can see the flag blowing aly l bit. that's wind coming out of the south. that southerly wind has actually helped us to bump our temperatures up. 61 degrees now. this isow the warmest part of the day. the sun went down. our temperatures went up. it's all because of the wind direction. take a look at the temperatures around the rest of the area. 59da$d leesburg. 60 in fredericksburg. 59 over toward easton. incredibly warm. what do you do when it's this warm this time of year? you go ice skatskating.

that's where we sent amelia segal. i saw you do an incredible stop. i don't know what kind of stop that is but if you could demonstrate for us, we'd appreciate it. >> reporter: we'll go ice skating one day. i've got my old skates out here. a lot of people asking me on facebook and twitter is ice hard when it's this -- oh, that wasn't a good stop. anyway, when it's this warm out. it's perfect in downtown silver spring. temperature in the storm team 4 x 4 still 59 degrees. winds down here not an issue at all. i found some skaters having a lot of fun before the christmas holiday. and we're talking about a weather alert day tomorrow. more on the timing of that rain, but it's not just rain tomorrow. it's also fog that could be an issue tomorrow morning. so while it's nice and mild right now, we're tracking a lot of changes in the weather, right? >> yeah, that's right. those changes are going to continue to come on through the next couple days. amazing to see people down there. i saw a couple behind you, amelia, people wearing t-shirts today. it's really going to be that warm over the next few days. the rain, don't want to see that

down at the ice rink but we're going to get it. not here now but we're watching a storm system, one of which made its way through our region today. one is down to the south and west. i want to show you where this is coming from. everybody's asking why it's so warm. well, track the clo cover. you move all the way down to the gulf, back ward the pacific, back toward hawaii, our air is coming out of hawaii, out of the on through the gulf of mexico, that'why we a on the warm n. sid that thanks to el nino. o see going to continue t e warm weather and the chance f rain. tomorrow morning i areas of fog and the rain activity. here comes some shwers. right around 7:00. so that early-morning rush is ing to be problem. around the 11: hour, notice some heavier showers coming through. so you'll need the big umbrellas tomorrow for sure. we may get a break around 3:00 or 4:00 around the district, but then more rain coming through during the evening hours. i wouldn't even be surprised to see a rumble of thunder or two. but the big thing is the roadways. if you're traveling tomorrow, going to be a little bit of a

problem especially between 5:00 and 8:00 with the fog. some of that could be very thick. temperatures around 56 degrees. then the rain, some heavy at times, 67 degrees at that time, too. so that's what we're going to be watching for then of course we're talking about those records. there goes santa claus, bringing us 75 degree heat on thursday. that will crush the old record of 69. 68 on friday. a top five warmest christmas ever. and then 69 on saturday. and we're not done with the heat just yet. we get back into the 70s later in the weekend. i got that extended forecast for you coming up at about 6:45. >> all right. thanks, doug. kudos to amelia out there on her ice skates. >> yeah. >> she is -- >> she's smooth, isn't she? >> pretty amazing. no way i could try that. you either love this weather or you hate it. right? hard to find a little ground. we wanted you to weigh in on our nbc washington flash survey. >> which would you prefer, a warm christmas or white christmas? call or text the number on your screen. also vote on the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. i'd rather have colder weather.

>> i'll take warm. any time. >> okay. well today the battle over who sells liquor in montgomery county is marching on. >> what a new report says will happen to the economy if those sales are privatized. it's a major convenience for parents and bus drivers in charles county say that's the point. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news,

you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> out of nowhere, bullets fly into a car hitting a woman just driving down the road near a local school. and a pickup problem just before the holiday break. why bus drivers went on strike and forced parents to figure out another way to get their kids home. also a very popular holiday item also one of the most dangerous. a local university now the latest to ban those hoverboards. but first, to the woman that doreen mention, that was shot in both legs while driving near a school in yn maryland. it looks like random gunfire. police have a theory about what happened. news 4's darcy spencer joins us with a big new development in the past few minutes. darcy? >> reporter: that's right, chris. we've been telling you the last hour and half the rockville police are back out here. they are aout here with flashlights and metal detecters. i'm told they did recover a piece of evidence in the area there, posbly a bullet right where they're standing. they are making some progress in

rockville police once again searching for shell casings in a shooting that left a wan wounde while she was driving her suv. they're searching around the rock terrace school and its athletic fields trying to figure out where else the bullets may have landed. while police aren't sure of the motive, one theory they're looking at, the possibility that the shooter may have been nting. deer roam in the wooded area where they believe shots may have been fired. >> wildlife does exist in the city, and it is illegal to ischarge any type of projectile weapon in the city limits and to hunt in the city. >> reporter: neighbors shaken at the idea that anyone would fire six or seven rounds this close to homes, this close to a school. >> there are children, there are sports teams. yeah, absolutely, it's not where anyone should be doing anything like that. >> reporter: this is where the bullet went into the door of e suv, striking a woman in both legs. she was driving here on martins

lane in rockville monday night when she was hit by the random gunfire. >> really surprising because this seems like a really safe neighborhood. i don't mind walking around here at night at all. >> reporter: the victim didn't realize at first that she'd been hit. sh drove to the rockville metro and picked up her adult son. when she saw the bullet wound, her son drove her to the rockville volunteer fire station. there she was taken to the hospital. police searched a wooded area behind the rock terrace school near the montgomery county board of education office in montgomery college campus. but so far they haven't found any shell casings. and the search for those shell casings continues at this hour. on the scene. hunting or perhaps doing something else, this is a wide-open investigation. we should also say the victim was expected to be released from the hospital. very close call for her. doreen? >> darcy spencer in rockville. thanks, darcy. more than a dozen scol bus

drivers stayed hope this afternoon leaving lots of parents in charles county scrambling to pick up their children. the drivers say they're fed up and they're looking to unionize. tracee wilkins is live in laplata with a look at what the drivers want and the impact that today's walkout had. tracee? >> reporter: they did not have as many drivers participate as they would have liked but they still had an impact. >> charles county drivers are are here to stay. we're not going nowhere. they got to resolve this issue. >> reporter: keith is helping to organize the nearly 300 bus drivers in charles county. he says they're fed up with working conditions and afraid. >> all these drivers are so fearful, they will not stand up and fight for their families because they have so much fear. >> reporter: which may explain why only 21 of them are believed to have participated in today's strike. the participating bus drivers took kids to school but didn't pick them up. it did impact service. >> it's terrible. i mean, they get paid and if you're going to put the kids in jeopardy, do a strike when the

kids aren't put in jeopardy. >> their bus didn't come. they have a replacement bus. i went the safe route. i came to get them myself. >> i saw online his bus was going to be impacted so we made arrangements for him to be picked up. >> reporter: he says most of the drivers say they want to join seiu, the union representing montgomery county school bus drivers. but school officials say they're not the ones to negotiate with the bus drivers. the private contractors who hire them are. in the meantime, the superintendent has been meeting with the bus drivers. >> interested in hearing and solving any issues that they may have, but that's not in notion. i mean, we're not their employer to negotiate with them. >> reporter: it makes for a messy situation that could get messier. >> pay out retirement plans, health plans, reprimand us, they evaluate , they do everything but they turn around and say we're not your boss. >> reporter: they're saying they want higher pay among other things. we tried contacting the

contractors whoork with these bus drivers and hire them, bull but most of those folks were behind the wheel today taking care of all of the routes. the school system only said they had 30-minute delays in the areas where they had delays and all of their routes were covered. reporting live in lapla, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. we'll keep you posted on this story with push alerts from nbc washington app. if you need more information, we've posted the hotline for families in our app, too. search "bus strike." george mason university is the latest school in our area to ban hoverboards from residence halls. officials sent a letter to students telling them not to bring hoverboards back to their dorms after the holiday break. the university is concerned about the hoverboards spontaneously catching fire. george mason is only banning them from the dorm, not the entire campus. last week loyola university banned hoverboards on all of its campuses in maryland. consumer product safety commission is investigating the recent hoverboard fires. maryland state comptroller

says getting out of the liquor business could boost montgomery county's economy. right now the county controls all alcohol sales. comptroller peter francho released an economic study this morning. it found that opening up alcohol sales to the private sector in montgomery county could possibly lead to more than 1,300 new jobs by 2020 and could lead to a $193 boost. >> this report shows what county consumers and small businesses have been saying. it's long overdue that we leave this prohibition-era system. >> but the county's liquor control agency says privatization would eliminate millions in profits for the county which could lead to an increase in property taxes. you can learn more about both sides of this debate on the nbc washington app. just search "i-team." next, virginia's attorney general just made a decision today that's going to impact more than 6 million people with guns. december, usually the busiest month for gun sales.

we'll tell you why this year the numbers are even bigger. and december normally a cold month in our region but it's been very warm. take a look at tomorrow. if you're traveling around the mid-atlantic, the northeast, even back toward chicago, if you're flying, could be some problems. you may want to call ahead tomorrow just to be sure. i've got much more on the forecast. record numbers, fog, rain, snow. snow's not here, but the rest of it coming up in just a bit.

virginia will no longer recognize concealed weapon permits for more than two dozen states. state attorney general mark herring says the 25 states do not have laws that are in his opinion tough enough. herring says many states allow felons, drug addicts, known alcoholics to carry guns and he doesn't think they should be allowed to in virginia. >> virginia law does not allow accepting the lower standards of other states and i'm going to make sure the law is enforced. >> on the other side, virginians will no longer be able to use their concealed handgun permits in florida, louisiana, south carolina, wyoming, north dakota, and pennsylvania. the change goes into effect february 1st. december is typically the busiest month for gun sales, but this year there's been an even bigger surge. firearms are topping a lot of folks' christmas lists. possibly due to fears of terrorism and concerns over possible changes to gun laws.

last month, the fbi ran more than 2 million background checks for potential buyers which is 24% more than november of last year. >> ever since the paris attacks, we've had a lot of customers coming in buying, you know, first guns, buying guns to protect their homes, their families and themselves. >> a lot of people just don't understand firearms and, you know, you don't understand something, it's easy to be afraid of it. >> generally it's okay to give a gun as a gift to someone in your own state, but in maryland, the person who receives the gun has to undergo a background check. virginia doesn't require that but the buyer cannot give a gun to someone who isn't legally allowed to own one. news 4 i-team is working on an investigation for 111::00 abt this year's hottest christmas gifts. your new drone could get you in hot water with the law. the i-team found a number of close calls between drones and police aircraft along with other life-saving emergency flights. more than 700,000 drones will be

sold this year. half of them during the holiday season. but the i-team report shows that drones have interfered even detoured planes fighting fires or patrolling local parks. >> we're not going to kill somebody over some improper use of a drone in that airspace. >> tonight at 11:00, the punishment for a local man who flew his drone too close to a police helicopter in great falls and other local close calls with drones. what you need to know if you unwrap one on christmas morning. well, christmas eve is just about 30 hours away. what you need to do right after our show to make sure any last-minute gifts arrive on time. just ahead on news 4 at 6:00, how a young girl's opening presents this christmas is going to change dramatically thanks to a 3-d

new at 6:00, a mother's christmas lesson to her two young daughters is a gift of a helping hand for a deserving teenager. northern virginia bureau

reporter david culver talked to everyone involved in making this special project come to life. >> reporter: a question with too many possibilities for a single answer. what do you want for christmas? >> a toy with toys in it. >> reporter: mom, jessica, is fine with her daughters making a request to santa, but she wants 6-year-old emma and 4-year-old eva to know there's more to the holiday. >> i really wanted to show them that christmas is about giving to others and not just receiving presents and buying presents. >> basically click print. >> reporter: which brings us to this doctor's three dimensional printing lab. >> the practice will come down through here. >> reporter: for two years he's been doing 3-d printing at mare mount university focusing on prosthet prosthetics. >> kids want something that looking interesting and cool and these two. >> reporter: the past few weeks his lab space has become santa's workshop of sorts. emma and eva his helpers. >> they got very involved, interested in seeing how the computer worked. >> reporter: their christmas

project, to build a prosthetic hand, not a present they would open, though. >> hi. >> reporter: instead it's to help another young girl. one they don't even know. becka jensen of south riding, virginia. they surprised the 13-year-old with the hand they made. >> wow. >> reporter: the doctor helped make some adjustments. >> what does it mean to get this today? >> pretty cool. >> reporter: becka's most eager to use it in the kitchen. >> stirring, cooking, just making things by myself. >> reporter: and she's thankful to these two little girls. >> they're so cute. >> reporter: becka's mom says insurance hasn't made it easy. she, too, grateful for this moment. >> it was thrilling to see her grab something with her right hand for the first time. >> a lot of emotions in this. >> yeah, actually, there is. pretty exciting. >> reporter: as for emma and eva, it seems they like this idea of giving. in arlington, david culver, news

4. george marshall high school in falls church has been using 3-d printing to create prosthetic hands including for child amputees in war zones. for that story, open up our nbc washington app and search "3-d printing." >> wow. doug is here with a look at our weather forecast that's just -- just crazy. >> i can't believe weather alert day. before the 70s. >> normally this time of year, weather alert day, you're going, we got ice, we got snow coming in. it's not rain and fog and temperatures in the 70s and that's exactly what we have over the next couple of days. tomorrow we're calling it a weather alert day because i do think it will have a significant impact on any travel that's going to be happening out there tomorrow. especially during the morning commute and even during the afternoon commute. out there right now, just cloud cover. temperatures have gone up 3 degrees since last hour. up after the sun went down. that doesn't happen often in december. 6 1 right now. down to about 60 at 7:00. we're not going to drop too much

tonight. down to about 58 by 11:00. that's when the fog is going to start to develop. some of that fog could get quite thick tonight. 57 gaithersburg. camp springs coming in at 60 degrees. we're mild everywhere. one thing we do not have, though, storm team 4 radar is clear of any rain. and i don't expect any rain to develop until early tomorrow morning, but this is where it is. down to the gulf of mexico. look at the moisture all the way down toward the gulf, but this is exactly what's going to be coming our way within the next 12 hours. so it is going to develop and it's going to develop fairly quickly. again, here's our travel tomorrow. rain all across the east coast. if you're driving up i-95 or down to the south along i-59 it's going to be a mess. if you're driving to maybe pittsburgh or flying to chicago, major hub, chicago, that could be a problem, too. call ahead if you're going to be traveling. now, as far as the weather's concerned tomorrow, your hour-by-hour forecast, 55 degrees at 7:00 a.m. with that fog. again, some dense fog. so you will need to give yourself extra time. then it's rain, rain, and more

rain. we'll see periods of rain. it will not be raining all day long, but take the umbrella. i do think you'll need it. again, some of that rain could be heavy at times. 75 on your thursday. thursday, of course, christmas eve. we're talking about record warmth. highs in the 70s. the record is actually 69. we're going to shatter that record. strong winds, too. we could see winds gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour. christmas day, yes, there is a chance for some rain showers, but that's really about it. i'm not expecting much. sprinkles possible at 7:00. maybe a shower possible. then notice temperatures falling during the afternoon as a front comes down. that front should move back to the north on saturday. if it does, we're right back to 69. who wants more 70s? >> not me. >> i do. >> okay. good. 73 on sunday. very rare to have 70s in the month of december. we've got two of them in the next seven days. >> wow. >> those cozy flannel pajamas i got people for christmas, yeah, they're not going to go over real well. >> a lot of people are going to have to switch up their christmas outfit i think. as doug mentioned it's the

first day of winter although it certainly doesn't feel like it, but some redskins already hoping to head to hawaii. first, though, here's lester holt with a look at what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> hi, chris and doreen. ahead on "nbc nightly news" the business of space flight just took one giant leap. i'll tell you more about the rocket that made history today not with its launch but its return. we continue our series "target cancer" with a look at sci-fi-like experiment that saved a little girl dying from leukemia. and our look at the extreme and our look at the extreme heat in the east

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this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. >> they haven't even clenched a playoff spot yet. some fans already thinking who are we going to play, who are we going to play? >> i've been saying if they make the playoffs all season long, what will happen? it's changing because before last week, it was going to be either green bay or the vikings and now do you even want to know? >> sure. yeah. >> seattle. >> seattle. >> oh, no. >> they've lost three postseason trips to seattle. the seahawks have ended it. and that's the matchup would be if it ended today.

>> that's when r.g. iii's career sort of started to go off the rails with that injury. >> yep. so we'll see. fingers crossed. they could clench a home playoff game this weekend with the win. believe you can and you're halfway there. that's the mantra for the redskins this year. beginning of the season the espn football power index gave them a 2.6% chance of winning the nfc east. 2.6%. not 26%. 2.6%. now they're just that one win away. why should fans believe? what gives you hope right now? most likely it's the continued growth of kirk cousins. his overall completion percentage leads the league at 69.7%. guess who was the last skins quarterback to lead the league in completion percentage? >> jason campbell. >> sunny jergenson. >> so it's been a while, then? >> been a while. i don't want to do math on live tv. that's one of the number of franchise records for cousins

with two games to play. he's a long shot for hawaii. nfl's pro bowl rosters announced later tonight. which redskins might be headed to hawaii. tight end jordan reed making a strong case for his first pro bowl nod. despite missing two games. most by any tight end in the nfc. left tackle trent williams looks like a lock to head to his ht pro bowl. a dark horse candidate on this redskins team is cornerback breeland. just two interceptions on the season, but breeland, shutdown corner he is. 74 tackles and 2 forced fumbles all while blanketing opposing teams' best receivers. meantime the wizards. injuries have derailed their projected starting lineup on a night-to-night basis. john wall willing himself to play through his ailments. there are many. he's got ankle, knee, and hip. that didn't stop him from putting on a show last night. a career high 19 assists to go with 12 points. that's the most assists for

wizards players since 1998. led the team to a win over the kings. a good time to be a d.c. sports fan. did leave the game in the final minute with a rib injury. true wall fashion, he says 's going to be ready to go tomorrow night when the grizzlies come to town. meantime the caps all smiles these days. wins in back-to-back nights. now six ws in a row for trotz's boys. not just guys like alex ovechkin. last night, chimer, the ice cheetah. i have to say it -- >> you got to love it. he's a cheetah. caps have a break before the next game against montreal on saturday. ♪ that's the stylings of gee wiz and slab shot, everyone. special day for the wizards and caps.

both teams taking part in the annual family-to-family gift delivery put on by the monumental sports foundation. the families were nominated by local schools and non-profit organizations. an emotional day for the parents, kids, coaches and players. >> it's awesome. you know, whenever we, you know, all our d.c. teams come together as one and be able to give back to the community and show our love and support for them and just wanting them to just enjoy this holiday season is awesome. >> for parents this is a joyous time with families. at the same time when things aren't going your way, for instance, it is sort of a terrifying time, too, and sometimes we can relieve that a little bit with bringing some joy to them. so hopefully the families that can use a little help we can give them and hopefully put some smiles back on their faces. >> a lot of smiles today. all i want for christmas is a new front tooth? atlantic hawks point guard dennis changing his list after last night. early in the fourth quarter, his mouth meets someone else's knee.

my favorite moment of this is when he picks up his tooth and decides to save it in his sock. professional athletes are not like us. >> no, they aren't. >> ow. >> save it for later. >> tough guy.

tonight, shock waves from donald trump's vulgar attack on hillary clinton. a sexually derogatory word and a crude comment about a bathroom break leaving many asking has he finally gone too far. the warmest christmas ever. records shattered. in the 70s where we usually see snow. and a major threat for last-minute travelers. 38 million at risk. historic landing, a spectacular feat for the future of space travel. and tonight the rocket man behind it dreaming of a city on mars. targeting cancer. a little girl becomes the first child of the world to receive a revolutionary treatment that saved her life and could save many more. and santa's little helper, the amazing dad who turned his son into elf on a shelf with the help of a