right now at 6:00, friends and loved ones come together to say good-bye to a teen who was ambushed and killed. widespread devastation after a series of tornadoes tear through texas. you'll hear from people who fear they've lost everything. and we're working two big sports stories. the redskins clinched the division and a top nationals player caught up in an alleged cheating scandal. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. a week ago today, a d.c. teen was found dead in a petworth park tonight. family and friends are mourning his death and celebrating his short life. the teen was stabbed after arranging to meet a girl. news 4's darcy spencer is live in northwest with tonight's vigil. darcy? >> reporter: erika, that vigil

taking place at public charter school. if you take a look behind me, you can see there are still a few people from the vigil, but he was remembered as a good friend, a good student and someone who believes in justice and in peace. dozens of friends and family members walked in a procession from jose ochoa's home to the school where he attended in the last four years. he also went by the name alex. we are told education was the 17-year-old's priority and he had an accepted into a couple of colleges. hinns principal and teachers spoke highly of him and he did volunteer work, he played football and was very peaceful. he was stabbed to death after making plans to meet a girl at a park one week ago. >> you can tell this was one of the students who felt this was his home. he was one of the good ones and he was the student of all things you would never think that he would lap to one of those types,

reserved, but very humble and mature. >> very sad. jose was a great young man that was loved by so many of us. he loved to volunteer. he loved to help. he had a great spirit and so today i just want to honor his memory and the best way that we can. >> reporter: and so far, d.c. police have made no arrest in this case and one woman said that they came here today seeking answers that they know they may never get in this case. >> erika, back to you. thanks so much. a 40-mile stretch of texas ravaged by a string of tornadoes. the storm destroyed hundreds of homes, mangled vehicles and took down power lines and toppled trees. today we've getting a look at the full extent of the damage, at least 11 people have died. four counties have been declared emergency disaster areas. heavy rain and wind today hampering the clean up effort. residents in hard-hit rowlett say nothing looks the same. >> it looks like godzilla or

something came through and ripped everything apart. it's crazy to think that just yesterday i drove through here and everything was fine and nothing out of place and today nothing looks the same. >> rising waters will continue to be a problem over the next couple of days and at least 12 people died in floodwaters during strong storms in the midwest. that same system slamming texas and not bringing severe weather weather, but it will bring rain this evening and amelia joins us with the latest timing of all of this. >> erika, here is the latest. notice showers pushing into montgomery county and areas of rain impacting frederick county and winchester seeing rain as we head to graphics right now. any rain we're tracking this evening will generally be light to moderate in nature and maybe an isolated downpour or two, but for the most part, showers moving through the area and here is the timing. 7:00 p.m. and a lot of the rain

in montgomery and after 7:00 p.m. and it quickly pushes into the district and all of the d.c. metro area seeing rain still tracking showers at 10:00 and as we work our way toward midnight we do start to dry out. this rain has a major impact on our temperatures tomorrow so much so that parts of southwestern maryland and the panhandle of virginia could see freezing rain and i'll have more on that coming up in ten minutes. >> the redskins capped a huge night for d.c. sports with a big win over the eagles and jason pugh joins us with what's next for the division champs, jason? >> jay greweden and these players are looking forward to closing out the season on a positive note with the victory against the cowboys and getting ready with the playoffs, but as of now, this team is celebrating this division title. >> you've got to earn it, baby. we got it. >> yes!

>> the celebration continued at redskins park and the team bus pulled into redskins park and they were chanting you like that surrounding kirk cousins' car. eventually kirk did get out of there and for the players that had gone through hard times, this is what it's all about. >> it never waivered. they're there every sunday and cheering us on. you know, the chants and you like that chants and whatever, the fan base is the best in the league, hands down and you know, they definitely give us the motivation every sunday to go out there and try to make them proud. >> trent williams thanking the fans there. he was so excited and he was handing out hugs in the locker room. it didn't matter if you wanted one or not and for now big news coming out of the nfl and the super bowl-winning quarterback peyton manning of the denver broncos was linked to performance-enhancing drugs and this all coming from an undercover probe from the al jazeera network. he was given hcg, human growth

hormone. today the 39-year-old strongly denied those reports saying he felt disgusted and sickened by them. there were also several other high-profile players in this report. one of them is a current member of the nationals. we'll have more on that including the team's reaction. >> thank you so very much. a maryland man lost control of a car killing his mother who was in the car with him. the baltimore washington parkway and the baltimore beltway merged and police say brian barnshaw is recovering and his mother miriam died at the scene. nobody on the bus was injured and the crash is still under investigation. a man is facing dui charges after sending four people to the hospital in the district. freddy hearndon crashed on 34th

and northeast. police arrested him at the scene. a man, a woman and two children had to be taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >> it is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. you're taking a live look at reagan national airport and many are going home after the christmas break. where do we get our help? >> and loved ones of the two people shot and killed by chicago police sharing their

a man, khussed of shooting his wife on christmas morning in the bronx is now behind bars in prince george's county. rafael herrera was taken into custody yesterday. herrera is accused of shooting his wife twice while his kids were asleep in an upstairs room. his wife was taken to the hospital, but is expected to be okay. the kids ages 8 and 10 years old were not injured. friends, family and colleagues gathered today to remember two people who were shot and killed by police in chicago. a teen and a 55-year-old woman were shot yesterday morning after officers responded to a domestic disturbance call. the chicago police department, the shooting of 55-year-old betty jones was an accident. police say the teen was combative towards them when they arrived. >> call for help. the police are supposed to serve and protect us and yet they take

the life. what's wrong with that picture? >> an independent police review authority is now trying to figure out exactly what happened. >> take a look at this. people broke out the t-shirts and the shorts and the volleyballs and the bathing suits in the northwest today. will we finally see a pattern change to cooler, more seasonable temperatures in 2016? amelia is up next. careful. you're in a no-fly zone. i'll tell you what this sign

some big changes on the way for radio-controlled aircraft enthusiasts in the nation's capital and interpretation of what is in an aircraft has temporarily grounded thousands of radio control flyers and it's not just drone flyers and news 4's derek ward has the latest. >> he can fly a team flag outside his alexandria home and he can't fly this or any of these between manassas and southern baltimore without breaking the law, even at the dozen or so designated rc fields in the area. >> we're not allowed to fly anywhere within 30 miles of reagan national airport. >> reporter: the report comes

from ama, the academy of modern aeronautics and they've gotten the word from the faa. >> it's somewhat limited as is his legal airspace and that holds true for thousand was radio controlled flyers in the d.c. area. technology is outpacing regulation. >> the government is trying to figure out how to integrate that into society. >> it seems well integrated and from the shipwrecks of the bay to the marine corps memorial and the fa abroadened its definition of aircraft to include drones and rc planes and that's not doable. >> if this band is only temporary. how temporary? that's still up in the air. >> the faa is upgrading its radar systems to be able to detect the unmanned plans in the d.c. area. estimates say that can be done between january and july. meanwhile, the ama filed a suit

to responsible flyers and flyers like cyrus phillips say that's not the enemy. >> we don't want to fight with the faa. we don't want to be outlaws. >> we are waiting for a response. i want to show you a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. traffic doesn't look like it's piling up too, too bad. today is one of the busiest travel days of the year as you head home after the holidays. you may want to give yourself extra time if you're on the roads or taking to the skies. unbelievable weather from shorts and t-shirts to tomorrow, jackets, puffy coats and take your pick. >> yes. temperatures tomorrow will be in the 40s throughout date and our high today will be 70 degrees and it will be quite the shock to the system and that will be the first weather headline and tracking another night of rain tomorrow night into tuesday and then 2016, finally, more seasonable temperatures in the forecast. wait until you see the seven-day

and also something to note as we ring in the new year. we're not talking about a lot of sunshine as we close out 2015. the first week of 2016, plenty of sun and tomorrow, the weather having a low to moderate day and we'll be tracking showers later in the day and mainly during the evening and overnight hours and i want to show you the potential, 7:00 a.m., limited sunshine during the early morning hours and notice how we're still mainly dry at 3:00. if you're traveling tomorrow, good news there. 6:00 p.m. we start to track scattered showers across the area and notice areas of pink here showing up in parts of washington county and areas of far western maryland and the panhandle of west virginia and that's the potential for freezing rain. 0% chance here in washington that we're seeing freezing rain material, but there is a freezing rain advisory for garrett county and more information on that on my facebook and twitter pages. >> as we move into tomorrow

night heavy rain moving into the area and that continues during the first half of the day. >> right now it's balmy outside. temperatures around 70 degrees still in washington and manassas and leesburg and down to 66 degrees and as this rain moves through it will pull cooler air with it. tomorrow you're greeted with a temperature around 48 degrees and you will see the exact temperature tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. and headed to my facebook and twitter pages and that's kind of where we hang out on into the afternoon hours and breezy tomorrow, as well and that will add an additional chill and by 7:00 scattered showers and the temperature around 43. on tuesday we're tracking rain during the first half of the day with the high around 60. warmer on tuesday and notice the future weather, 9:00, 10:00, tracking showers across the area as we head into the afternoon hours and limited sunshine is possible and then wednesday another round of rain moves in and later in the day a high of

59 and new year's eve day, mostly cloudy skies and maybe a shower very early if you'll be out to ring in the new year. there we go, the temperature around 40 degrees so quite chilly there. friday, partly sunny skies and a temperature of 47 and saturday and sunday, plenty of sun in the forecast and temperatures in the low to mid-40s and here is another trek of storm team 4 radar and moving in to washington between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. >> still ahead, the redskins gave their fans the best gift of all. we want

fans have brought in the big w for the redskins and apparently they were good boys this year. what a great win and what a great season it's been for this entire team and if you doubted the redskins as to how good this team really is, last night should have turned you into a believer. playoffs on the line and the skins stepped up big time. nobody expected worst to first,

but this team has turned the corner and jay gruden was all smiles up in philadelphia and what a game, jordan reed continued his dominant season and he caught nine passes for 129 yards, two touchdowns and the eagle his no answer for number 86 and the redskins defense, they also came to play and how about the veteran safety and deangelo hall making a big-time play and recovering that fumble and scoring the touchdown and breaking open this game and captain kirk showing no signs of cooling off. 365 yards passing and four touchdowns. it was a good night to be a red skins fan. >> ups and downs throughout the season, but they stuck together and that's the most thing i'm most proud of. >> good god. >> get them away from me and there was all of those young guys and it was all in and we're here, and at the same time we're

not done yet and words can't describe the way we feel. >> everybody understood what our desire was was to win the division. >> we have a long way to go, no doubt about it and we're doing all right. >> we checked off the nfc east and checked off the list to bring these half home to the city and the fans deserve it and we need that thing rocking and the playoff game. >> all right. moving on now, some games elsewhere and carolina trying to stay perfect on the nfl season, but julio jones of the atlanta falcons had something to say about that today and here in the third quarter, it's a 10-7 game. matt ryan, look at this catch. julio jones, atlanta takes a 14-10 lead and later on in the fourth quarter, just over a minute to play and cam newton trying to get the panthers back in this game, down 7, but cam is stripped of the football and the falcons recover. atlanta wins 20-13 ending

carolina's bid at perfection on this season. all right. moving on now. we told you earlier about a story of an undercover probe from the al jazeera tv network linking several athletes to performance-enhancing drugs and peyton manning the most notable player. ryan zimmerman, according to the report a pharmacist at the clinic at the center of this investigation says the clinic mailed hgh to several athletes including zimmerman as well as ryan howard of the phillies. the two have the same lawyer and they released a statement saying, quote, the extraordinarily reckless claims made against our clients in this report are completely false and rely on a source who has already recanted his claims. the nationals also released a statement backing that ryan zimmer han had nothing to do with this. it says in part we do not find the al jazeera report which has already been recanted by their

source to be credible. >> a move on the couch, basketball, the terps hosting marshall. a nice little layup there and 15 points for carter and maryland's up ten and they were on the break here. the transfer from georgia tech showing off all aspects of his game and maryland go on to beat marshall easy 87-60. >> thank you, jason. >> a military hospital in afghanistan had some fun this christmas holiday. they want to take a listen to their rendition of the 12 days of christmas. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is the 459th air force

reserve unit out of joint base andrews. it looks like even with those trauma calls they really enjoyed themselves. if you want to see the whole thing you can see the nbc washington app and search military christmas. thank you to our men and women in service. >> we want to get one final check of the weather because a drastic change, something like a 30-degree difference today and tomorrow. i'm tracking rain moving into the area and it will be this rain that pulls in the cooler air and it will greet you tomorrow morning and right now you can see it moving in to montgomery county and it will move in between 7:00 and the 8:00 hour and tomorrow big changes, 49 degrees for the high and that's sharing breakfast by the time we're in the afternoon and evening hours and temperatures are in the low to mid 40s. we can have limited sunshine around and it's blustery, too,

and we'll be tracking periods of rain for the first half of the day and temperatures are up around 60 and right now new year's eve night it will be dry with the temperatures in the 30s and 40s. >> finally starting to look like winter and we had to wait until january 1st. >> oh, my goodness. that is the news for now, nightly news is coming up next and we will see you again after sunday night football. good night, everybody.

on this sunday night, path of destruction. at least 11 people killed as tornadoes ripped through texas and flooding in missouri kills six. it's not over. tonight, 50 million people are under some sort of rain, wind or blizzard warning. accidental shooting. chicago police under scrutiny after an officer accidentally shoots and kills a mother of five. fighting back. nfl quarterback peyton manning says he's disgusted and sickened by a documentary, claiming he used performance-enhancing drugs. tonight, his strong denial. and new yearer eear's resolutions. why you may want to give your list a second look. exercise could help you fight off