i'll show you when that moves in. first this afternoon, new details on a murder on a school playground. >> one man is dead, one man in custody in a case that appears to be ran donl. this man went up to a young man sitting on a basketball court bench and stabbed him to death. >> this unfolded on the grounds of gaywood element ary school in lan ham. let's get to pat collins who just spoke to the victim's family. pat? >> reporter: the scene, this playground, the victim, disabled. defenseless. he was just sitting on that bench over there when a guy comes up, pulls out a knife, and stabs him to death. this is home video of the murder victim. 24-year-old douglas reyes. it was taken the day before he was stabbed to death on this bench at the playground of the gaywood elementary school. do you think someone took advantage of him? >> they did take advantage of him because he can't defend

himself at all. >> reporter: that's michael reyes, the victim's brother. he said douglas was a man with disabilities resulting from car accident when he was 5 years old. it affected the way he walked and the way he moved. so if i saw him, i could recognize immediately he was disabled. >> yeah, you could recognize it immediately. >> reporter: and so for someone to go after him, in his condition -- >> it's heartless. he has no sympathy. he's an animal. >> reporter: charged in the murder 31-year-old alex james jones. police say he was arrested a short time after the murder. close by the murder scene. coming up at 5:00, we're going to talk to the suspect's mother. she says she's in shock. wait until you see what she has to say. chris, back to you. >> all right, thanks so much, pat. a developing story in northern virginia this afternoon where police have two suspects

in custody accused in dozens of robberies that have been targeting businesses. kilan sana and leah culbreth are accused of robbing businesses in loudoun, stafford and fairfax counties and leesburg, manassas and fredericksburg. most cases the suspects broke into the businesses and stole money and otherme police connected the pair to more than 20 burglaries so far. more arrests and charges could be coming. emotions are running high among friends of frank towers who was killed last night while riding his bike in montgomery county. the 19-year-old was riding home from work on his new bike last night around 7:30 when he was struck by a vehicle on viers mills road near turkey branch parkway. the driver was not injured. news 4's chris gordon just finished up speaking with the victim's house mate. he'll join us live at 5:00 with the latest on the investigation into the cause of this crash.

some breaking news in missouri where one town is hours away from being completely underwater. a rare winter flood already submerged hundreds of homes, shut down two interstates and spilled sewage onto the roads. torrential rains have been hammering missouri over the past several days. by thursday the missouri river is expected to be 15 feet above flood stage. it's going to be the worst flooding in the state since a storm in the '90s destroyed 100,000 homes. a winter storm system that ripped through the central part of the country is now right over new england. they'll be dealing with a slippery commute tonight and tomorrow morning thanks to the freezing temperatures and this messy mix of freezing rain and sleet is still impacting air travel. thousands of flights delayed or canceled. doug, that's probably people back here calling in saying what's this going to mean for us because this weather has been all over the place. >> it really has. it's affected a lot of the country but for us, we just have not gotten in on the big storms just yet. now we did see some rain, some of it heavy at times overnight

last night into early this morning but now that rain is out of here. we have not seen the swings in temperatures. we have not seen the heavy amounts of rain with the flooding. we have not seen the wintery precipitation, either. we're not going to see any of that. right now most of that system is well off into the atlantic. see behind us, we're dealing with clear skies as far as the radar is concerned but we've seen the cloud cover today. temperatures definitely cooler than where we thought they'd be. we thought we'd be in the 60s. take a look. 53, d.c. 66 in roanoke. 79 down toward virginia beach. some of this warmer air try to make its way in. the cold air, though, staying in place. 41 degrees up toward state college. cool to the north. very warm if not hot for this time of year down to the south. so tonight's headlines, tracking more showers. that will be during the day tomorrow. we'll talk about the need for the umbrellas. who will have the best chance of that rain. then mild for now but it doesn't stay mild. cold as we head into the new year. 2016 wants to start off on a cold note. we'll talk about those colder temperatures coming up in my full forecast in a few minutes.

>> thank you, doug. right now authorities in texas and mexico are working to return a mother and son back to the states today ending the search for the so-called affluenza teenager. the two had been on the run for several weeks. ethan couch and his mother were pick picked up last night in the port city of porto viarta. during his trial his attorneys argued he suffered from affluenza suggesting he was too healthy and spoiled to know the difference between right and wrong. couch and his mother disappeared after a video emerged. we'll have more on that in the next half hour and charges his mother could be facing now. the chicago police officer who shot a teenager 16 times pleaded not guilty and the r request is in to allow those to see his trial. jason van dyke has been charged with first-degree murder for killing a teenager last year. dashcam video appears to show

laquan mcdonald walking away from officers when van dyke shoots. mcdonald's family wants his trial televised gavel to gavel. meanwhile the city of cleveland plans to launch an administrative review of the shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice though a grand jury has decided not to indict the two officers involved. that review could come with punishments. rice was holding what turned out to be a pellet gun when he was shot and killed by an officer outside a rec center. this is new enhanced dashcam video of the encounter last november. yesterday a grand jury concluded the boy's death was a mistake and the two officers should not face criminal charges. today the attorney for the officer who shot rice says the officer's actions were intended to keep the community safe. this afternoon the pentagon confirms another key isis leader has been killed. officials say he was planning to attack targets in the west and had ties to the mastermind of the attacks on paris.

the isis member was killed in a christmas eve air strike in syria and he's the tenth isis leader to killed this month. first at 4:00 d.c. police are looking for this man in a burglary investigation. surveillance video captured him in a back room of the griffin restaurant on connecticut avenue northwest about 11:30 last night -- on christmas eve, that is. it's a room where liquor is stored. if you recognize him, please call d.c. police. a drone was caught hovering over the presidential motorcade. what the pilot told secret service agents. new threats in battle over gun control in virginia. why some republicans think the democratic governor should l

and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> well, the showers moved out

here a little early but it's taking some time for temperatures to come up. we've been in the 40, upper 40s to around 50 degrees. look at the radar. storm team 4 radar showing you showers moving on out. most of them off the coast. yep, that's snow. very light snow left lingering there in areas of eastern upstate new york and areas up through northern new england. picked up about 1 to 2 inches of light snow during the morning rush. your temperatures in the 50s by tomorrow morning. 41 to 48. not so cool. doug has a look at when the temperatures will really come down and it's going to feel more like winter. that's in a few. >> knew it had to happen sooner or later. thanks, v.j. a pilot flew his drone way too close to president obama in hawaii. we learned he will not face criminal charges. the president just wrapped up a round of golf last night and was headed toward the first family's fay investigation home. the secret service spotted the drone hovering car high close to the motorcade. officials say the pilot had no idea the president was in the area and as soon as he found out, he grounded his drone. the motorcade did not have to

stop or slow down. a response by virginia's governor this afternoon in the battle over gun control. terry mcauliffe is calling a state senator's threat to pull his security team a temper tantrum. republican bill kariko of southwest virginia told the "bristol herald courier" if the governor is afraid of guns he'll try to take away money for his security deal. an executive order banning open carry of firearms in state buildings used be the executive branch. are we about to lose hundreds of parking spaces because of tourists? i'm adam tuss on the national mall. i'll tell you why it could happen coming up. say it ain't so. this next question had people cracking up in the newsroom. when is it worth to spend $400 to get into a new year's eve party at an olive garden?

here's some of the stories we're working on at 4:15. donald trump stepping up the attacks on the clintons. why he calls bill clinton's past sexual misconduct fair game. hoverboard. they were the year's hottest christmas gift. new numbers in this afternoon on how many people were sent to the hospital because of them. i'm scott macfarlane.

it was two years ago a u.s. postal worker, letter carrier was shot and killed on the job on reid street? cheverly. there have been concerns expr s expressed u.s. postal carriers are delivering too much mail in too many parts of our area after dark. news 4 learned tonight reinforcements, help are on the way. dozens of new post l service employees just hired including those being trained today at the brentwood postal facility. union leaders say this will reduce the need for letter carriers to be out after dark. >> a lot of carriers were, you know, apprehensive about being out in the dark. you know, fearing for their safety. just wasn't a good mix. >> reporter: but where are police and the feds in their investigation of this homicide? we give you a look tonight on news 4 at 5:00. for now in cheverly, scott macfarlane, news 4. sometimes there are more tour buses than monuments around the national mall. a lot of times they end up taking up very precious spaces. but officials are talking about

dramatic changes to solve that problem. transportation reporter adam tuss is live on the mall with a look at what's being considered. adam, we hear some parking could be going away? >> reporter: yeah, not just some parking, chris, we're talking about hundreds of parking spaces around the national mall so that all these tour buses can have a place to stay when they get here inside the city. let me show you some of the spaces that we're actually talking about. we're talking about along jefferson and madison drives. you know the three-hour parking spaces you can come down, park your car for free, stay there for a wile. we're also talking about parking spaces on independence and constitution avenues. the reason is pretty simple. we just simply have too many tour buses coming into the city on a daily basis. the national park service is looking at a way to manage all the demand down here and say over 1,200 tour buses per day are now entering the city. think about this, guys. these are more numbers from the park service. we get about 25 million visitors a year down here to the national

mall. of that 25 million, a third of them are coming here by tour bus. we have to find a way to make it all work. that's part of this whole proposal. >> adam, it seems like they're sort of considering taking away spaces that maybe folks who live here would use to give them to tourists. is this permanent? would this be permanent? >> reporter: it's not a permanent thing that's being talked about right now. would be more of a seasonal adjustment. when they did implement anything, it would be a pilot program. they'd have to see how it works first then make adjustments as necessary. to start, we'd certainly be talking about months like april, june, july at the height of tourist season, you know, cherry blossom time and the summer season. so they would test it out during that time period to see if it works. >> all right. something to look forward to. i got to tell you, you've been down there, you know those tour buses are are everywhere when you look around during those months. >> reporter: absolutely. >> all right. thanks, adam. on the campaign trail, iowa is in the spotlight and marco

rubio is under attack. republican rivals criticize rubio's experience, but he gained an influential new supporter. nbc's brian mooar joins us from capitol hill with more on that. high, brian. >> reporter: hi, barbara. mark your calendar. the iowa caucus coming up on february 1st and the republican candidates are bringing out the big guns. in iowa, a heavyweight endorsement straight from the u.s. capitol. >> i found my candidate. marco rubio. >> reporter: the support of trey gowdy is a boost for rubio's campaign. >> this is a time for action. that's why i chose to run for president rshl. >> reporter: rubio also found himself under attack as he and chris christie crisscross the ha hawkeye state in a series of dualing town halls. >> don't want another president who sits in the chair in the oval office the first day and spins around and says gee whiz, it's great to be president. >> reporter: the subject of a

new tv attack ad by jeb bush supporters. >> over the last three years, rubio missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. >> reporter: donald trump bragging on twitter his campaign's under budget says he's about to join the air war. >> we're going to spend a lot of money over the next four weeks and we're going to just -- we just want to not wait to take any chances. we're too close. >> reporter: close on the calendar, too, with the iowa caucuses just over four weeks away. iowa is shaping up as a conservative showdown between ted cruz and donald trump. leaving the other republicans to set their sights on the next big prize, new hampshire. live on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> definitely been a little cooler than we expected across our region. i was definitely expecting temperatures to be at leaster in 60 in the d.c. metro area. we've been stuck in the 50s. 53 in d.c. right now. at 48 degrees in gaithersburg.

much warmer to the south. here's where the warmer air is. 58 in fredericksburg. look at this. 67 stanton right now. we hit 80 in virginia beach. so the warm air just could not make it up. once again, it was the wedge that always gets us. we talked about the cold air wedges. they seem to sit around our region. with the clouds today, it wasn't able to get in here. so temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than what i thought they'd be for sure. on the radar not expecting much in the way of rain. not expecting another chance of rain until tomorrow. the one system moving out. we're timely seeing the clearing, by the way. here's the storm making its way to the north. snow up there toward northern portions of new england. the rest of the country fairly quiet after what has been a wild couple of days weather wise. snow, sleet, tornadoes. i mean, it has really been brutal. the next storm system, it's making its way up through dallas and little rock. that will come our way during the day tomorrow. i'm not expecting much from it. here's your forecast overnight tonight. future hour taking you hour by hour. tomorrow morning, no problems

but the clouds will remain. we have not seen much in the way of sunshine for the last week or so. not going to see any sunshine tomorrow for the most part. during the afternoon, we're still on the dry side. i don't think you'll need the umbrellas during the day tomorrow but tomorrow evening, around 7:00, we start to see some showers developing. notice where they are, though. all of them south and east of i-95 in through southern maryland down around the neck. morning rush, overcast, temperatures around 47. no rain for the morning rush. the evening rush, late evening rush we could see showers once again, i-95 south and east. temperatures into the mid 50s. so, again, not worried too much about tomorrow. here's your forecast temperatures tomorrow. 50 degrees martinsburg. 57 down toward fredericksburg. just about everybody back into the 50s. as we move on through the next couple days we stay relatively warm wednesday and thursday. even friday for the first day of the new year, we're above average, but we're down to 49 degrees. a little bit on the breezy side. saturday for the first weekend day of the new year at 45. windchills in the 30s.

we'll have much more on this forecast including seven-day. a major city slams justin bieber. why attorneys are aggressively going after the pop star. and how the investigative reporter involved in the documentary that linked

san francisco is telling justin bieber to clean up his act. bieber eegs record company is promoting his album with spray painted ads around san francisco and several other cities including washington. officials in san francisco call it graffiti and want the record company to pay up to clean up. >> it's sending a message to exactly the demographic we don't want to be communicating that graffiti is okay. >> here in washington, a mural on rhode island avenue northeast has a special message to all bielebers. it reveals the feeling, the name of one of the songs on his new album. no bargain breadsticks, unlimited pasta new year's eve. times square olive garden is charging $400 a head this thursday night. of course what you're really paying for is the proximity to the view. squeeze a tiny look out the window and you're right there in times square. guests will have access to a buffet, open bar, a dancing area

and perhaps most importantly a bathroom. that counts when you're squeezed in at times square. we checked a short time ago and tickets are still available. we are following several developing stories right now. the affluenza teen and mother captured in mexico. the shocking thing they allegedly did before making a run for it. we're counting down the days to the new year and trying to make sure you're set financially with the four things you should to with your money. plus, how you can score cash with those unwanted holiday gif

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right now at 4:30, police are investigating a deadly stabbing on an elementary school playground and say right now it looks to be random. prince george's county police say douglas reyes was killed yesterday near gaywood element a ry school. police arrested a man named alex jones and looks like this attack was unprovoked. a live report at the top of the hour. friends of frank towers are are mourning him as police investigate the circumstances of his death. towers was hit by a car while riding his bike home from work in montgomery county. chris gordon spoke with his house mate and joins us live in about a half hour. rain, sleet, flooding, right now we've got a team tracking the winter weather that's impacting parts of the nation. >> we start with nbc's chris pilone live in new york's laguardia airport with the latest on the travel delays. chris? >> reporter: yeah, hey there, chris and barbara.

this is really the first real puchb punch of winter weather to hit the northeast and led to delays and cancelations for many after-christmas travelers. no snow today in new york city, but sleet, fog and rain were enough to cause cancelations and delays at the city's three major airports. >> just frustrating, but i've been in new york for 12 years now, and i hate to say it, but it's kind of par for the course every time there's bad weather. >> reporter: a long system moving across the north and of the caused a ripple effect for air travelers throughout the country. places like boston, chicago, and new york leading the list of cancelations and delays. >> been a very tedious process. it's been stressful. >> reporter: the snow and ice in the northeast come from the same system which tore through the nation's midsection over the weekend. spawning tornadoes and floods. leaving at least 43 people dead. it made driving treacherous in upstate new york and throughout new england and dumped the first snow of the season on massachusetts just days after it

saw record high temperatures. >> last week, come outside, beautiful, good for the holidays then all of a sudden, big change. i think winter's here finally. >> reporter: last winter saw the most snow ever recorded in bostbos boston leaving people there wondering if a repeat is ahead. to put things into perspective, yesterday, alone, there were more than 2,900 flights canceled across the u.s. today we're only at about 1,000 so for. on a average travel day that number is usually 200 flights canceled. live in new york city, let's go to veronica johnson in the storm center. >> thanks a lot, chris. a lot of folks still traveling over the next couple days with time off until the new year comes in. let's check on the flight status right now. just seeing it improve. new york city, around jfk. we're still looking at delays in philadelphia. about an hour and a half to two hours there. we got the green planes from d.c., of course right around here, atlanta as well.

chicago o'hare. that system is kicked on out. there will be a new system moving in. this is a look at the travel map for wednesday. new system developing down south making its way to the north and east toward areas of mid-atlantic, yes, toward d.c. as well. so there will be a lot of rain around atlanta, georgia, raleigh, north carolina. our temperatures here stay in the 50s. we don't get the rain until late. when we do, it's not going to be a lot of rain. traveling, maybe morning fog. we have the green light for travel. exercise, too, for tomorrow. it's going to be mainly dry until late. you're going to need the umbrella late. out and about, we'll be just fine. we'll have a look at your hourly forecast, what you can expect temperature wise throughout the day tomorrow and even a look at new year's eve. >> ah, okay, thank you, ver vn ka. the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty is up this year. 124 officers have died in 2015 according to a preliminary number from the national law enforcement officer's memorial fund. traffic-related incidents were the leading cause of officer fatalities with 52.

d.c. and 17 states did not lose an officer this year, but maryland and virginia did. >> in maryland, there were three law enforcement fatalities and unfortunately that was a rather significant increase over the one officer fatality they experienced in 2014. virginia this year just one officer fatality compared to three last year. >> to see the numbers of police fatalities across the country, open up the nbc washington app and search "police fatalities." this is the time of year a lot of folks resolve to get their financial act in order. we want to help you do just that. janelle marte is a business reporter at the "washington post." if we have to boil it down to four tips, what's the most important thing we can do for financial health? >> this may seem a little basic, but actually one of the easiest things you can do is pay your bills on time and the reason for that is that payment history is

the number-one factor that goes into determining your fico score and basically if you pay your credit card bills, your mortgage, your car loans on time every month, that can boost your score pretty easily and then lower the borrowing cost for loans going forward. >> if you go to buy that car, it's going to cost you a lot less. >> exactly. >> if your score is better. you suggest building an energy fund. i know people get really freaked out because they think six months of salary, that's impossible. >> it is intimidating, right so ideally you have enough casual on hand to pay for three months or even six months of living expenses but if you're not there, you want to start small. maybe you start with $1,000 and build on that. every month add $ 50 or add $100, whatever it is you determine you can save and thenalthen little by little you'll get there f there. it's helpful to have the cash on hand if you're paying down debt, otherwise when emergencies

happen you rely on the credit cards again and you have this cycle. >> think about it, a lot of times those emergencies are like a $500 car repair bill. they're not always that huge. most of us can't go into our boss' office and say, you know, i need a 20% pay raise. so if we can't get our income to go up, you know, what can we do to sort of increase that cash flow? >> so think about it, you know, so often when we hear about saving, people start to talk about cutting out the latte, let's be realistic, that's not going to make a huge difference. the bills eating up your paycheck every month, it's probably things like your rent or car payment or debt payments overall. so finding a way to cut those down significantly, you know, maybe you save $200 a month or $300 or more, that's really the best way to free up cash. right? so maybe this is the year that you move to that less expensive apartment, take on a roommate,

or if you're having trouble with your car payment, trade it in for something a little bit more affordable. it defends on the person, what your situation is. try to find way to cut down one of your big bills. >> concentrate on the big ones. finally, this is something i wish i heard when i was, like, 21 years old about retirement because it's amazing how little you have to save if you start early enough. >> i know. it's something we hear about all the time, but now that it's the beginning of the year, end of the year if you're thinking about it, take a look at what you spent, how much you can save, and boost your retirement savings. you know, aim for 15% or a lot more if you can afford it. >> yeah. all right. janelle marte, read her columns in the "washington post." i put a link to her page on my facebook page. it's really great stuff. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> barbara? as their popularity soars, so does the number of hoverboards catching fire across the country. the most recent happened yesterday inside a shopping mall in texas.

it caught fire at a kiosk that was selling those scooters. consumer product safety commission says it's now investigating 22 reports of hoverboard fires in 17 states. and it's received 70 reports of hoverboard-related injuries that required a trip to the emergency room. most of those injuries were due to falls and collisions. if you experience problems with your hoverboard, you really should contact the cpsc. the affluenza teen capture in mexico. what we're learning about this alleged escape plan. plus, asthma may increase a child's risk for itchy and painful problems.

take a look outside right now, not a bad day. temperatures in the upper 40s to the north. mid 50s in the d.c. region. 60s just down to our south and west. they never did quite make it in here across our region today. we were a little cooler than expected but still not bad. tomorrow we're going be right back into the 50s. we're not expecting things to warm too much but temperatures will still be close to 10 degrees above average. cool to start. 47 degrees. lots of cloud cover. we can't seem to get sunshine around our region. 54 by 1:00. 55 by 4:00. notice the day looks dry but tomorrow night we have a chance for shower activity, even tomorrow evening. veronica is back in couple minutes. she'll break down when you'll need the umbrellas. >> thanks, doug. a study out this afternoon from mayo clinic reveals a connection between shingles, a

painful skin rash, and asthma. researchers compare the medical records of about 400 older adults treated for shingles. they found that patients who had asthma were 70% more likely to get shingles than their peers without asthma. people with eczema, another skin disease, were also more likely to develop shingles. experts believe asthma weakens the immune system leaving people more vulnerable to the virus that causes shingles. tonight we're hearing from the al jazeera reporter who claimed peyton manning's wife was getting human growth hormones. pharmacist charlie sly said when he worked at the gyer institute it was shipped to ashley manning. now he's recounting his story. the reporter says the report never directly accused peyton manning of using the drugs. >> do you have specific evidence peyton manning, himself, has ever taken hgh? >> we've never said that in the program. >> you're not alleging peyton manning took these? >> the only allegation in the program from charlie shy is it

was sent repeatedly from the gyer to ashley manning in florida. >> davies says manning has not denied the claims his wife received those shipments. the star quarterback is considering suing al jazeera over those allegations. a plan to disappear. new details emerging about the alleged escape of the affluenza teen and what he did with his mother before heading to mexico. plus you can turn those unwanted gift cards into cold, hard cash.

now to one of the most share storied on the nbc washington facebook page. the so-called affluenza teenage er and his mother sitting in a mexican jail awaiting to be returned to america after weeks on the run. the new trouble they're in and what they did before they took off. >> reporter: with his blond hair dyed black ethan couch was taken into custody in mexico monday along with his mother 48-year-old tonya couch. texas authorities confirmed tuesday they had leads the two had fled there nearly three weeks ago after ethan's apparent probation violation. >> we followed those leads and eventually led to puerto vallarta, mexico, where they were taken into custody. >> reporter: couch's case gained worldwide attention after he

killed four people while driving drunk in 2013. during sentencing his attorney claimed the teen did not understand the consequences of his actions because of his affluent upbringing. a judge agreed and gave him ten years' probation. sparking widespread anger. anger that reignited earlier this month when cell phone video surfaced that law enforcement says shows couch at a party though not seen drinking alcohol use would violate his probation. they say that's what led his mother to load her son in their pickup and flee. >> probably drove to the border and crossed over. >> reporter: but before crossing over into mexico -- >> they even had something that was almost akin to a going away party before they left town. >> reporter: texas officials can't say when the couches will be returned to the u.s. and unlike his vehicular homicide case, he'll likely face jail time for this and so will his mother. chris clackum, nbc news. a third day of searching and

still no signs of a missing country singer in oklahoma. craig strickland and his friend, chase moreland, went on a duck hunting trip last saturday in the middle of a dangerous winter storm. officials started searching for them sunday. when they didn't return. moreland's body was found in a lake yesterday. a dog they had with them was found alive. strickland is the lead singer of the country rock band back road anthem. heavy rains causing major flooding and mudslides across the southeast and people who live near the flint river in southern georgia have now been forced out of their homes as the water rises. in arkansas, one home was it destroyed by a mudslide, although no one was home at the time. a riverfront park in montgomery, alabama, is now underwater. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson has been tracking the very latest on this storm. >> yeah, a new system, in fact, also developing down to the south will bring us more rain chances this week. that's really the system around

areas of florida and georgia, they have gotten quite a bit of rain, too, over the last couple of months. right now storm team 4 radar is quiet. it's going to remain quiet i think until about this time tomorrow when we'll start to see some sprinkles and light showers start to show up. that system, again, developing down through areas of the deep south. our temperatures already a wide range today from 48 degrees around germantown and oldtown, to nearly 58 in fredericksburg. the warm air right down here. look at la ray at 64. we're 53 right now inside of the beltway. that warm air is going to try to push a little more to the north. by tomorrow morning, we're not going to be in the 6 0s but it's not going to be that cold at all. 41 to 48 degrees. we're overcast. there could be patchy fog around the area. first thing out of the door you're not going to need to use the umbrella but make sure you take it because late in the day we go from the sprinkles to spotty showers to really more showers moving in right after the sun sets. you will need a jacket. it will be still on the cool side. temperatures are going to be more like november really than

late december. here's a look at future weather. overcast sky throughout the day on wednesday. there's your showers. fredericksburg, leonardtown, right into d.c., arundel county, prince george's county. that's the best chance of us seeing that rain. we showed you this yesterday. it hasn't changed much. annapolis to fredericksburg down 301, down 95 where roads could be wet tomorrow. maybe a little slick late in the day. but we stay in the 50s for much of the day tomorrow. 50 at 9:00 a.m. and still in the 50s by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m. tomorrow as we get more rain moving through during the afternoon hours. some of the warmer higher temperatures, fredericksburg at 57, 56 around charlottesville. 49, little cooler in hagerstown and around frederick, maryland. the next big change for us when the cold air moves in, that will be right as 2016 comes in. this is a look at friday morning. looking overcast now. instead of clearing out, 40 degrees, it's going to be cold, a little breezy, too. a little bit of wind at 40, it

will feel more like we're in the 30s. as our temperatures are expected to take a dip, they stay on the lower side and more seasonable. the weekend, right into the early part of next week. here are the numbers for you. 56 tomorrow. 53 degrees thursday. 40s for the end of the week. right through the weekend. look at all the sunshine, folks, for the first couple days of 2016. 45, 44 degrees. we'll have a look at how much rain we'll get from tomorrow's weather system coming up on news 4 at 5:00. >> thank, v.j. health officials say the ebola outbreak is over in guinea. the country was ground zero for the virus. more than 2,500 people died there over the past 2 years. the world het organization says today is a huge milestone in its fight to stop the spread of the disease. another 9,000 people died in neighboring sierra leone and liberia. an investigation into how much whole foods is charging its customers is ending. that's because the grocery store chain says it's going to pay half a million dollars to settle

claims that it improperly labeled food. new york city investigators say they found 80 different items labeled with the wrong weight and that added up to higher costs for customers. in addition to the settlele, whole foods says it's adding audits to make sure this doesn't happen again. gift cards have ballooned into a $32 billion a year business with about half of the shoppers we hear from say that they plan to buy one this year. according to a consumer report survey. but what if you get a gift card that you don't want? erica gonzalez tells us how to get rid of them. >> reporter: you can buy store gift cards almost anywhere, but not everybody likes to get them. >> i got a gift card to this clothing store i had no interest in so i gave it to my little sister. >> reporter: a another way to get rid of gift cards, trade them for cash at one of the many gift card exchange websites out there. consumer reports' todd marks looked at four of them. >> these websites buy your cards less than face value then resell them. that means you get less, sometimes a lot less than

they're worth at the store. >> reporter: for example a $100 toys "r" us gift card gets $80.50 at giftcards.com but shrinks to $50 at monstergiftcard.com. >> we looked at 13 different store gift cards and found that giftcards.com gave us the most money back. but it still pays to shop around because paybacks differ from site to site and from card to card. >> reporter: you'll generally get more cash back for gift cards from popular retailers with walmart a $100 gift card gets you around $90 at all the site the consumer reports checked. another option, get cash right away at coin store kiosks found at stores around the country but may not get as much money back as you would on the websites. this $100 walmart card gets only $71 here. giving a bank gift card makes it easier for the person who get ts. >> bank gift cards are easier to redeem than store gift cards. if they carry the logo of mastercard, visa, american

express or discover, they can be redeemed at any merchant that accepts those cars. >> reporter: erica gonzalez, news 4. we're working several developing stories in the newsroom right now. starting friday, styrofoam-style food containers are going to be illegal in the district and montgomery county. causing a big change to the restaurant industry, but leaders say it will help clean up the environment and rivers. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, we'll have a closer look at how this new rule will impact you. my scout master went into a cave and the bear is in the cave with him. >> newly released 911 calls show how some brave boy scouts saved their

dry times in oregon yield a startling discovery. detroit lake it at its lowest level in nearly five decades and it exposed a 19th century town. a utility wagon was found perfectly preserved. >> even in the winter when it's hit its lowest, it hasn't been this low before. >> the town of about 200 people is abandoned and flooded in the 1850s when the dam was built at detroit lake. >> pretty amazing. >> isn't that incredible? now to a story that has a lot of folks saying, wow, for the first time we're hearing the 911 calls after a group of boy scouts witnessed a bear mauling their scoutmaster. >> this happened last week. as nbc's brian thompson reports, the kids are 12, 14 years old but handled the situation better than most adults would have.

>> my scoutmaster went into a cave and a bear is in the cave with him. >> he can't get out because of where the bear is or is he too injured to get out? >> i think the bear's on top of him. >> reporter: alone deep in the woods scoutmaster, chris, tells his boys to lure the bear out. >> my scoutmaster just suggested that we get food to put the bear away. he's still okay. >> are you still okay? >> reporter: then those scouts have an idea. >> do you want us to make a signal fire? >> reporter: yeameanwhile after getting out from under the bear, he calls 911. >> 911 where's the emergency? >> i was mauled by a bear. >> reporter: where are you bleeding, leg, arm? >> left arm, left leg, neck. and head. i'm getting cold pretty quick. >> reporter: they knew searchers were somewhere out here. >> guy, on three, on three, everyone's going to yell hello, can you hear us? >> can you hear us?

>> i see the helicopter. >> all right. he sees the helicopter. >> we'll make it out of this alive. i love you guys. >> we see them. we're over here. >> we got the kids that were walking. >> reporter: at the same time he sees them, rescue. >> over here! >> you see my guys or anybody out there right now? >> i see them. they're walking toward me. >> wow. what story. the scoutmaster crawled into that cave not knowing a bear was in there. he apologized to the 9 11 dispatchers for causing so much trouble. >> no need. calm under pressure. news 4 at 5:00 starts now. now at 5:00, i'm pat collins. this is a playground in lanham. yesterday it was a murder scene. the victim, 24 years old. he was disabled. he couldn't defend himself. he was stabbed several times.

the story coming up. i'm adam tuss in the district. hundreds of parking spaces you might use every single day could be going away. the reason might surprise you. i'm jim hanley. a young montgomery county man hit and killed riding his bike that he got for christmas. >> and i just collapsed on the kitchen floor, start eed wailin because it was really unreal, you know? that's what everyone is saying, it's just so unreal. but first, a heartless crime. good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger. that is how the brother of a man who was randomly attacked is describing his murder in prince george's county. the victim, a young man with challenging disabilities. and he was stabbed to death on an elementary school playground. news 4's pat collins is in lanham tonight where he talked to relatives of the victim and the suspect. pat? >> reporter: wendy, just about everyone around here knew and loved douglas reyes. they say he was kind, he was

engaging. no one can understand why someone could end his life this way. we begin our story now with some words from the victim's brother. >> even though he was in this condition, he was more happier than any normal person in the world. he was more happier than i am. >> reporter: by all accounts, douglas reyes was a happy, friendly young man. everybody on his street knew him. >> he was a wonderful guy. real wonderful. he didn't mess with nobody. he was always speaking to everybody. a wonderful guy. >> reporter: douglas reyes liked to go to the playground at the gaywood elementary school. he would walk his dog, sparky, and sit on the bench here. yesterday that walk cost him his life. 24-year-old douglas reyes stabbed to death on this bench on that playground in broad daylight yesterday afternoon. dos