new year's day. right now they're calling it a death investigation, but they do believe it will turn into a homicide. right now they're working to determine who she was. >> there were signs of trauma. obviously, the medical examiner will have to give us the cause of death, but there were signs of trauma to her body and right now it's a death investigation. there appears it's a good chance there will be a homicide. >> reporter: police will likely hear from anyone who may have been back here on the trail last night or some time early this morning. they have reason to believe that someone may have seen something. you are asked to call either park or prince george's county police. back to you. >> it has been a dangerous start to the year for pedestrians in our area including a deadly hit and run. >> d.c. police investigate two major pedestrian accidents. in one case, seven people were

hospitaliz hospitalized. but first to the video you will see only on news 4. it is the surveillance video of a deadly hit and run in d.c. and now we know the victims' names. news 4's derrick ward is live at the 3400 block in minnesota avenue in southeast with this. derrick? >> reporter: well, what we can tell you is that this scene still bears the sign of an investigation and those orange marks and each one denotes the piece of evidence and they're numbered and more than a dozen and what you don't see here is a silent witness to what happened here at about 4:08 this morning. a surveillance camera mounted on the corner of that apartment building that may provide critical evidence as police investigate this hit and run incident. >> a surveillance camera from a nearby apartment complex show the victim stepped into the cross walk on minnesota avenue in c streets. in a few moments it will capture the impact as he was hit by a

southbound car. we won't show it. it's not pleasant to look at. cameras set up by a management to deter crime inadvertently recorded the last moments of a man's life. the victim is identified as ian jerome butts of d.c. residents weren't sure what happened. >> one of my tenants this morning said they thought it was a murder. >> reporter: durant says he let police know there were cameras that might have captured the crime scene. >> they all said there were no murders last night. >> the section of video only shows the aftermath when police had arrived and it was only later when it was learned that there was a hit and run that he took a broader look and showed what happened at the actual moment of impact. >> footage that showed clearly he was being lifted up off the ground off the hood of what liked like was an suv. >> reporter: investigators, likely physical clues that will put them on the trail and pieces of the vehicle. they're looking for a chevy

equinox, blue or black. a model between 2005 and 2007 and this is a 2005 model and the car they're looking for has damage likely to the front end and windshield. >> reporter: we want to stress that section of video is very brief. it is powerful and it is graphic, but again, it is brief and will only show a small part of the investigation and what went into this and metropolitan police want anyone who was out around 4:08 this morning and coming up we'll talk about enhancements in the intersection to keep this kind of thing from happening. >> jim, back to you. >> another pedestrian accident in the district this morning. this one sent seven people to a hospital. some guy was driving along, hit a car and then drove up on the sidewalk. it happened after 1:00 this morning in the 1600 block of l street northwest. our meagan fitzgerald is there

live with more. meagan? >> reporter: and jim, police have identified that drunk driver as 25-year-old malik lloyd. they tell us as soon as the accident happened he left the scene. if you take a look behind me this is what happened. you can still see crime scene here and it happened in front of this popular nightclub. we had an opportunity to speak with the manager here. he said at 1:30 this morning this area was packed with people still ringing in the new year. >> we want to show you some video that we shot shortly after it happened. police say lloyd struck another car before driving up on the sidewalk and crashing into a light pole. seven people were injured. one is in critical condition and another in serious and we're told, five others are expected to be okay. investigators say they found lloyd on the same block not far from where the crash happened. >> many people who were walking into the club tonight say this incident is a reminder of how important it is to drink

responsibly. >> the new year and what it brings. it brings a party atmosphere and it has everybody feeling like life is all fun and games, but people need to pay attention at the end of the day because there are other lives that do matter at the end of the day. >> reporter: police say at this point, lloyd has been charged with dui and leaving the scene of a collision. wendy, back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald. >> she, merged from her father's shadow with an iconic voice of her own. today the world is mourning the loss of natalie cole. news 4's chris lawrence joins us with reaction and reflection on her life. >> wendy, she was the daughter of one of the most popular jazz singers of all time, but natalie cole made a name for herself by becoming an r & b superstar and ultimately bringing the past and present together. ♪ unforgettable ♪ in every way ♪ in every way >> that, of course, is

unforgettable and what a song it was. it was a duet with her father nat king cole more than 20 years after he died. that album earned cole two of her nine grammy awards, but she's fought health problems and addiction over the years and received a kidney transplant back in 2009 after she developed hepatitis c. today fellow artists and celebrities are posting thoughts on social media. arsenio said i named my bass guitar natalie. she was all that in all ways. lenny kravitz on instagram said as the new year was ushered in an angelic instrument moved on. natalie cole's voice was perfection. what a lady. you will be missed, my dear. natalie cole was 65 years old. vance? >> thanks, chris. former ohio congressman mike oxley has died. he devoted much of his 25-year career to reshaping the nation's

anti-fraud legislation. oxley helped write a landmark law to follow the wave of corporate scandals that brought down the company. those businesses wiped out retirement accounts and cost investors billions of dollars. oxley's wife said he died in his sleep this morning in northern virginia. he was 71 years old. camille cosby will now have to testify in a defamation suit against her husband bill cosby. a massachusetts court has denied her motion to kwash her deposition order. seven women are suing bill cosby saying he drugged and sexually assaulted them. cosby is denying those allegations. he has even filed a counter lawsuit saying the allegations have hurt his career and reputation. on wednesday cosby was charged with sexually assaulting and drugging a woman more than a decade ago. she is not part of this defamation suit. this is the only criminal charge filed against cosby. a man fell off his sail boat in the chesapeake bay and 20 hours later they're still trying

to find him. the man's name is stephen reynolds. he's 48 years old and he fell overboard last night around 9:00. it happened just north of sandy point state park and the chesapeake bay bridge. he was not wearing a life vest. it's a new year tradition going back 127 years. the rose bowl parade kicking off under cloudless blue skies in pasadena. you saw it here on nbc 4. this year's theme, know your adventure. crowds enjoying the marching band, equestrian units and roses, carnations and other flowers. this year's grand marshall was ken burns. >> it ain't so warm out there now. >> doug kammerer with a shock to our system. >> we're talking about really cold air making its way in here to start off early next week. starting out 2016 on a colder note today did feel like winter and as the temperatures were only in the upper 30s to low 40s

and currently only 36 degrees and back toward the west and let's take a look at the maps and show you what we're dealing with and 36 martinsburg, and 37 in gaithersburg and 43 in d.c. and if you're heading out on this friday night, january 1st, the first day of the new year it will be a cool one and down by 39 and 38 degrees by 10:00, but that is nothing compared to where we'll go. a much colder start to 2016 after that warm december. the first arctic air mass of the season. one day next week, maybe two will have windchills in the teens. we'll talk much more about the cold air moving in and how long it sticks around and all of that in my forecast. many of you are enjoying this first day off of the year as a holiday, but lawmakers in arlington county actually go to work to get some things done. as northern virginia bureau reporter david culver shows us the leadership is already looking different for 2016. greeting each other with

handshakes and hugs, arlington residents filing into the county boardroom, not quite the post-new year's party theme we expect. this group starting off 2016 on the clock. >> all those in favor of the nomination of libby garvey for chair of the county board for 2016 please say aye. >> aye. >> opposed? 5-0. congratulations [ applause ] >> it began with an important seat swap. acting chair giving up his space to the new chairman libby garvey. the court clerk swapping the name tags. garvey takes the helm. making progress on the massive central complex and development of the mall, but you need to attract tenants. >> and not so much the large government organizations and the smaller start-ups. >> reporter: after scrapping plans for a street car. the board knows columbia pike is in desperate need of changes. >> it's frustrating that its taken so long when it's basic

what you need is bus service. >> reporter: katie crystal and christian dorsey, but garvey's place as chairman puts women in charge of most of northern virginia this year from fairfax to loudoun to alexandria and towns and agencies in between. this week loudoun's phyllis randall will be sworn in as chairman and even for women leaders. garvey likes that idea. >> are you on board with that? >> i sure would. i didn't know that. that's great. >> david culver, news 4. this seem all over this country are starting off the new year as millionaires. several of them, we don't know the exact number and all of the country won the million dollar powerball ticket, but the big one is still up for grabs. if you bought a powerball ticket on wednesday here are the winning numbers. 12, 36, 38, 56, 61 and the powerball number was 22. now a measly million is cool,

but the jackpot on saturday is the one you want. $334 million. well, it's the tradition to welcome the new year's babies. one local mother was proud to show off her growing family. a former police sergeant in trouble with the law now will report why a cop at the navy yard is accused of stealing from the u.s. government. >> and some controversial changes at the national zoo. what some people found when they went to get their early morning ex [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about.

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a woman in montgomery county became -- her baby was the first to be born in this new year. nathan long came into the world at 1:31 at rockville. he weighed 8 pounds and 12 ounces. he was a big boy. his due date wasn't supposed to be another week, but his mother decided to induce labor because she didn't want him to get any bigger. the family already has an 18-month-old son. >> what will be the challenges of having two boys at home. >> my house will be upside down. >> the hospital gave him a basket of gifts donated or made

by some of the nurses there. >> she needs to get in touch with eun yang. she can tell her about having a couple of boys at the same time. >> some folks didn't wait long to get started on one of their new year's resolutions. in d.c., more than 150 people rang in the new year in a race. it was called the fresh start 5k shut down some streets around the d.c. armory this morning. that race is part of muriel bowser's initiative called fit d.c. across all eight wards of the city. >> oh, the national zoo is a popular place for joggers and fitness walkers. some may have to switch out the workout routine because it's changing its morning and evening hours. news 4's megan mcgrath explains

why. >> reporter: dawn at the national zoo, but the gates, they're all locked. new hours went into effect today instead of opening at 6:00 a.m. the gates now open at 8:00 a.m. it's a big change for joggers and walkers who have enjoyed exercising among the animals early in the morning. dari used to hit the trails at 6:30. the later schedule means she will only be able to jog at the zoo in the weekends. i really like coming through the zoo and sometimes i can hear the animals which is a lot of fun. >> reporter: also affected are the evening hours. the zoo will now close at 5:00 p.m. in the winter and 7:00 in the warmer months. zoo officials say they've made the change for security reasons to limit foot and vehicle traffic during the darker morning and evening hours. it means will wilkins will have to change his morning routine a bit, but he's willing to do it. >> it's really worth it in that

it's great to walk. today i saw two pandas, two lions. two wolves, two bald eagles so it's a great spot to exercise. >> reporter: signs advertising the new hours have been outside the gates for some time so zoo regulars we spoke to weren't surprised. they already knew about the change kicking in today. from the national zoo, megan mcgrath, news 4. right now in times square you wouldn't even know there was a party out there last night. crews had that workplace cleaned up by 7:00 this morning. it started right after midnight while the crowds were still leaving. sanitation officials say more than 200 workers were out sweeping up and collecting the confetti, the hats, the streamers and all of the other trash. >> a lot of people rang in the new year with a glass of champagne and 2015, in fact, was a banner year for sales of champagne. estimates gathered by reuters news organization showed that

312 million bottles of champagne were dispatched in 2015. i guess that means drunk. that's up more than 2% from 2014. the increase attributed to solid demand from export markets, favorable currencies and stabilizing sales in france. that's the whole market for champagne and you knew that, of course. auto sales in the u.s. on the pace to break an industry record and sales in december alone are expected to be higher than at any month in the last ten years. eric king now explains the driving force behind the spike in year-end car sales. >> talk about a christmas to remember. >> i'm so excited. >> that's whitney mcgee. >> it is my first car. >> i am officially an owner of a kia, and i'm excited. i'm beyond excited. >> it's also a year to remember for jane seal. >> my business is up 17% year

over year and we're forecasting to have a 25% increase next year and it's just a tremendous growth right now. >> year-end car sales are on pace to break the industry record by more than 100,000 cars for a couple of reasons. first, all of the end of the year sales. secondly, consumer reports says the average life span of a car is about ten years and that's how long its been since we've seen the car sales like this. it's consumer confidence and the economy is doing real well. so break out the bows. >> i've done three deals already where they'll be giving gifts. it's a great present. >> there's never been a better time to score a ride. >> before today my mom had to drive me to work every day. so now i can drive myself to work. it was a wild chase from prince george's to montgomery county. now we're learning why a driver is accused of pointing a gun at another driver. somebody attacked a d.c. woman a week or so ago and even

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cold. we will finally see some cold make its way across our region. the next few days won't be too cold. it's really coming down the pike. take a look outside right now. a cold start to our 2016 for sure.

yesterday's high temperatures into the 50s. today we were only in the 40s and currently sitting at 42 degrees and winds out of the north at 7 miles per hour and we are seeing some gusts over 20. take a look at the windchill. we have not used that term so far this winter. down to 27 in hagerstown and 30 in gaithersburg and 39 in d.c. it will be a very chilly night and if you'll be out and about it is going to be quite cold and make sure you bundle up as you make your way out and about. storm team 4 radar will stay clear for the next seven days. the next chance would be rain and that will be seven days away. you see a little system scooting down to our south and shower activity down to the south and the wider view showing the cold air and look at all of the snow here and there is the potential for one to two feet of snow coming off lake ontario and more snow making its way down and this is the system that will bring another batch of colder air right on through our region

and it will help to clear us out and we'll see sunshine tomorrow and what to expect for the new year. 2016 starting off on the cold side for sure and arctic air coming up this week and i do mean arctic air. snow, it's coming, too. it will take its time. i think the first time that we could see some snow is really still about two weeks away and january 10th or 11th timeframe. not saying it's going to happen and just something i'm watching and 34 degrees and the morning low tomorrow and 27 in culpeper. these are some of the coldest lows that we've seen for a while and it's still above average as we move on through the day tomorrow and 40 in martinsburg and 45 in fredericksburg and a bit of a breeze and plenty of rain and a cold start. if you're thinking of doing some exercise and remember early it is going to be quite chilly and then rising numbers in the afternoon and not bad for the afternoon run. so the impact forecast. once again, the impact will be

quite low and more sunshine still on the chilly side and you don't have to worry too much about the weather during the day tomorrow. it's monday, tuesday and wednesday that we really start to see the cold air because most of the weekend, not bad. 48 for a high on sunday and some areas may be close to 50. it will be on the chilly side and then on monday. we see a storm system move through and this storm really cools things down. 38 degrees for a high, but look at the windchill. by noon, 20 to 25 degrees for a windchill and monday a very cold day. tuesday even colder than that. we'll show you how long the cold air sticks around. veronica johnson is in with me and she'll have the forecast for you coming up at 5:45. >> thanks, doug. if you're a federal wokker who commutes by metro there's good news for you in the new year. plus some are spending the holiday protesting and disrupting. we'll tell you why demonstrators are hitting the pavement. this is scott macfarlane.

coming up on news 4, a police sergeant here

a man worked as a police sergeant in a high-profile post, but now he's the one that's been arrested. >> a federal cop is accused of embezzling from the government. it's the latest in a series of cases against federal workers.

>> reporter: this sunoco gas station is the scene of the crime according to newly filed court records. the navy yard police sergeant is charged with imbez element using a payer funded government fleet car that's supposed to be used to fill a navy police chevy impala. they say he might have done so dozens of times, racking up thousands of dollars in illegal purchases and the feds raided their home in temple hill, a home where he was staying and today we found the home has since been vacated. they didn't immediately return request for comment and a recent i team investigation say this type of crime is more common than you think. >> this is not limited to the d.c. area. >> no, it's nationwide. >> reporter: the inspector general reveals three dozen federal workers investigated for gasoline fraud, misuse of government gas cards in 2015

alone. more than $300,000 in fuel tickets. >> taxpayer money and the cards are designed to be specific for one vehicle and fuel maintenance of one vehicle and not fuel and maintenance for a federal employee and his family. >> reporter: surveillance footage showed some of the crooks in the act including d.c. fire employee who has since been fired or quit. >> a police officer has requested a trial by jury in federal court in maryland. outside the navy yard, scott macfarlane, news 4. you can see government gas thefts on the nbc government app. just click on investigations. a wild car chase started over an argument over drugs. that's montgomery county police are saying about it. it started in prince george's county and ended when a car being chased drove the wrong way down new hampshire avenue and hit several other cars.

today police filed charges against a man named floyd thompson. they say he pointed a gun at another driver during the chase. he's facing traffic violations and charges for first-degree assault. it's a story reported first on news 4. a cold case has now come to a close because of investigators who gave up and citizens refused to look the other way and that's what kathy lanier had to say about a case from 2011 unsolved until yesterday. the suspect is now in jail charged in the death of mohammed muktar abdulselam. chief lanier says he was just 14 years old when he robbed the southeast washington store where abdul salem worked and shot him. >> we had information from this community that helped us get where we are today and we had forensic evidence and those two together allowed us to finally bring closure to this family.

>> abdulselam was one of several people killed in a 48-hour spasm of violence. >> last night we reported that president obama may go it alone when it comes to gun con terrell. he's expected to issue executive orders on background checks next week. chris lawrence in the newsroom now with a message the president is sending out today. chris? >> yeah, vance. the president released his weekly address a day early to reflect on the accomplishments in 2015, but says there is some unfinished business when it comes to gun control and he laid out some of what he'd like to do. >> we know we can't stop any act of violence, but what if congress did something, anything to protect our kids from gun violence? a few months ago i directed my team at the white house to look into any new actions i can take to help reduce gun violence and on monday i'll meet with our attorney general, loretta lynch to discuss our options because i

get too many letters from parents and teachers and kids to sit around and do nothing. i get letters from responsible gun owners who grieve with us every time these tragedies happen and who share my belief that we have the right to bear arms and we can keep that, while keeping the few from inflicting harm on a massive scale. >> he needs those who support gun control reform to be just as vocal as what he calls the loud and organized gun lobby. wendy? >> as federal workers return to their jobs next week they'll have something to look forward to. money for their commute. we told you the federal transit benefit has gone up by just about doubled in some cases. transportation reporter adam tuss breaks down what it could mean. >> reporter: in short, it means someone else is helping to pay for your commute. in this case, federal workers

are able to have their tripos transit paid for by their employers. here's the important part. last year federal employees had their transit benefit slashed almost by half to $130 a month. that means you were getting half as much per month to use a system by metro mark or vre. in a lot of cases commuters were running out of the money before the month was over and that would push people to their cars as an alternative. now the transit benefit has gone up to $255 a month and in essence, federal workers now get double the amount of money per month to take mass transit. metro says that will increase its ridership and mark and vre should also see increased ridership and that is good news for all commuters because it means more cars are off the road. in the district, adam tuss, news 4. a massive fire at a hotel in dubai just before the new year's fireworks there.

we'll find out what's being done to make sure there isn't another fire emergency.

we are learning more about the threat to germany that forced people to evacuate two train stations in munich. they got word a suicide attacker would strike at midnight.

they say it was specific about who the attackers were and who and when the attack would happen and they could not ignore it. state officials were praising last night's swift intelligence work. >> the fire is out, but the work is not done yet. investigators and firefighters are in dubai now looking to figure out what started a huge blaze there last night in the shadow of the world's tallest building. nbc's chapman bell spoke with some of the witnesses. >> reporter: dubai's civil defense department say cooling procedures are still under way in this skyscraper that was engulfed in flames yesterday just hours before dubai was set to bring in the new year. this skyscraper being very close to the burj khalifa, the world's tallest building that was the center point of the fireworks display in dubai. however the show did go on after authorities there were able to bring the fire under control. >> we were shocked because it

was burning right up the building all of the way and it came to see where we were going to be going and the lights were turned off and we went back to the flat. we were scared and there were explosions and we didn't know what was happening. >> reporter: authorities there saying 14 people suffering minor injuries and one person they described as being moderately injured and one person, they said, did suffer a heart attack and however, amazingly in this massive fire no fatalities. they do say an investigation is under way to ascertain what the cause of the fire was and they will publicly make that available as soon as their investigation is concluded. chapman bell, nbc news, london. >> the new year brings new fitness goals and now a new tool is out there to help people get there. find out how a new trend is helping shed those pounds. out from work, just steps from her front door a local woman is attacked. i'm mark segraves and tonight that woman is speaking out and

she wants to make sure the same thing won't happen to any of her neighbors. we have chilly air set for this beake enen enen enend week you'll need to get the heavy

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>> we are hearing tonight from a woman who lives in d.c. and was attacked just a few steps from her doorstep, about a bit more than a week ago. she's speaking out now to warn her neighbors and hopefully catch the guy who did it.

it happened in the bloomingdale section of d.c. our mark segraves has our report. >> i just want people to know that there is an attacker out there. >> reporter: she's been raising her family in the bloomingdale neighborhood for years. we'll call her kate. like most nights after work kate was walking home from the shaw metro station to her home about seven blocks away. it was just about 7:00 in the evening and her first sign of trouble came. >> i heard someone give a catcall and didn't even turn around to look at it. >> as kate got closer to her home, a man grabbed her from behind and she still didn't think she was in danger. >> this is crazy. this is a populated street and there were always people around. >> the man dragged her off of the sidewalk and tried to force her beneath the front porch of this house. >> i started to scream and yell and at which point me put me in a choke hold and said he had a

gun. >> reporter: fearing for her life she started giving in to the demands. >> he said i want you and he reached for my shirt and he tried to unbutton and rip off my shirt. >> reporter: just at that moment, another woman came running past. >> i started to yell and fight again and he was fighting with me, i think, until he realized that there was a person right there that was yelling, too. >> reporter: the suspect ultimately ran away, but he got away with kate's christmas cash and her credit cards and the keys to her home. police continue to search for a suspect. now in all the commotion of that evening, kate wasn't able to get the name or the number of the woman who she credits with saving her life that evening. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear her special message for that woman. reporting in bloomingdale, mark segraves, news 4. loudoun county makes history tomorrow for the first time in the county board's 250-year history. an african-american will be sworn in as its chairman.

voters elected phyllis randall to that position in november and joining her for the historic moment will be another newly elected african-american supervisor corinne sainz who will represent the sterling district. we are hearing about some accidents in upstate new york. lake-effect snow falling there right now as it often does at this time of year. take i look at the white-out conditions in buffalo. that area could get as much as a foot of snow in some areas and some people reported seeing thundersnow out there. happy new year to those people. yikes! changes are coming. >> and for us, of course, finally very cold air will start moving in and sht so much for the weekend and yes, it's going to be chilly and seasonable and for the early part of next week it will get cold and with the cold we'll have to deal with a lot of wind and we'll feel the windchill temperatures and what

it will feel like. if you'll be going out, yes, there is a breeze blowing right now and take a look, what to wear and you'll need the gloves and scarf and a nice warm coat and you had a hard time getting rid of today were those clouds and those clouds are slowly making their way out and it's going to be cold. 27 to 36 degrees. 27, yes. a lot of locations down below freezing. right now gaithersburg, only about 32 and early tomorrow morning and to leesburg down toward culpeper and even areas like reston and herndon below freezing to start early tomorrow morning and post-holiday conditions and you'll have to wear the gloves and it will be nippy out there especially if you plan on getting out in the early part of the day before lunchtime and just keep it moving and you have the green light for that, but washing the car, we're expecting sunshine, but it will be way chilly especially if you'll be spraying the water around and dipping your hands in the bucket yourself. early tomorrow morning and we

have the 40-degree mark about 11:00 a.m. and throughout the day tomorrow we do stay in the 40s through the oorn are afternoon hours and it will be a good-looking day better than today and on the breezy side especially early and chilly, but lots of sunshine and saturday is the best day out of the weekend and we'll have light winds out of the area and still sunshine and our temperatures higher by 3, 4 degrees and seasonal for us which is what uhled expect to see and that's the next big part of january and the next big change for us comes midnight stepping into early monday morning and it will be 30 degrees naturally. the locations in the 20s and windchills in, i think, the low 20s to single digits and teens early monday. here's a look at the weekend and you can notice the dry condition through the weekend and the early part of next week and the next chance of seeing rain come

through the area come next friday and look at the temperatures and 30s and 40s and right there there will be wet snowflakes that try to mix in and certainly again, we told you storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer and that starts the change, from january through february and the best chance of seeing snow with sustained cold through march and there's a look at the weekend and temperatures starting out in the 20s for a couple of days and those windchill temperatures on monday. 18 to 23 degrees. by noon, 20 to 25 degrees what it will feel like. again, dry for the most part over the next couple of days and just get the nice, warm, heavy coat out. you'll need it by monday. guys? >> thanks, veronica. hundreds of bicyclists started this new year with an annual tradition that's focused on fun and exercise. about 300 riders took part in an annual ride around haynes point in the district along the potomac river. a number of teams and individual

riders join in this ride every year on january 1st. if you're tracking your work out using fitbit or other wearable technologies then you are not alone in 2016. wearable devices are the hottest fitness trend for the year according to a report of the american college of sports medicine and it's the annual fitness trend forecast. researchers interviewed 2800 fitness professionals worldwide. wearable technology has overtaken such things as weight training and high-intensity workouts and if you are tracking your steps in 2016, did you know that that same technology can also track your brain? nbc's brian mooar has details on how fitness trackers are helping. >> millions of americans are hoping to wind down in 2016. >> meditation is becoming incredibly popular and you're seeing ceos meditate, athletes meditate. >> reporter: according to a creative research design study.

more han half of americans meditate or are interested in meditation and for good reason. >> there are over 1,000 published studies that meditation can improve your attention, improve your productivity and more. >> reporter: meditation may be an ancient practice, but modern technology can help you get started. >> rest your hands on your knees. >> reporter: popular apps like head space make meditation easier and similar to how wearables track your body, there is a device to track your brain. >> the muse actually has sensors on your forehead and behind your ears and sends your brain data to the smartphone or tablet. it gives realtime feedback. >> you are able to hear the sound of your own brain so that you can take it from that crazy, busy place t a place of clear, focused attention in a way that's easy to do every day. >> place your attention on your breath now.

>> finding your own personal calm within the storm. brian mooar, nbc news. if you're a foodie, you might be curious to know that food from north africa is expected to be all the rage next year. that is according to a new survey of the hottest foodie trends for 2016. the national restaurant association surveyed food trend setters. they created a list of the top 20 food trends for 2016. authentic cuisine and morocco and lebanon will be this year's big food trend. people want to know where and how their food is made. >> customers are craving more information about their food than ever before. they want to know where it was grown, who made it and how it was produced. >> other hot trends for 2016, sustainable seafood, healthier

kids meals, ancient grains and hyperlocal food sourcing. and a warning, before you go overboard on the whole healthy eating thing, researchers say eating too much of a single healthy food can blow your diet. three new studies show that people think the healthy food is less filling so they eat more than the recommended serving size. and more of you made it home safe from your new year's celebrations. 580 people in our area use that free taxi that came with the sober ride program last night according to the washington regional alcohol program and said the number was a 38% increase over last year. we are also told that nearly 1500 people used soberride since it started three weeks ago. more than just a black lives matter protest demonstrators made a statement today about more than just how police treat african-americans.

that story coming up. i'm scott macfarlane at the capitol. a new congressional investigation into the problems

new revelations could impact the case involving the baltimore officers on trial in freddie gray's death. investigators say -- have said that gray died from a spinal injury that he received in the back of a police van in april, but a new court filing claims

the 25-year-old complained of back trouble less than two weeks before his arrest in baltimore. a lawyer defending the officer charged with gray's murder filed that paperwork yesterday. officer cesar goodson goes to trial later this month and he's one of six officers facing charges. black lives matter demonstrators took to the streets of d.c. shutting down chinatown and calling for justice for tamir rice and sandra bland. today black lives matter protesters turned out at the annual mummer's parade in philadelphia and they promised demonstrations that the city could not ignore, but as mitch blatcher reports, the protesters have mostly shown up in small pockets. >> reporter: skyforce 10 captured the most dramatic moments as protesters pushed back, and police detained one protester. from the street, police told us there were a few protesters are

in small pockets. >> this has changed the conversation a lot. she's been in no less than 30 black lives matter and she's here for her black friends who are scared for their children. >> they feel it's open season for black boys in the country. >> reporter: it's how people treat african-american communities and the signs read. >> it's also refugee lives matter, veterans lives matter. >> reporter: there is a reason the protesters picked the mummers. it's more than disrupting a philadelphia tradition. it's more than all the people and the press. >> i was a mummer. i've been a mummer twice, and i love it, but at the same time there are things inside of it, systemic racism that go on that i'm just not okay with it. >> the protesters claim 1,000 people have been murdered by

police across the country. nbc 10 check those numbers in philly and found that police shootings have gone down every year since 2012. news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. a young woman's body found behind an elementary school and police are trying to figure out if it was a case of murder. >> darcy spencer joins us live from the scene in chillum. what are you hearing? >> police just wrapped up the scene a short time ago after being here since recally this morning. what you're seeing behind me here and this is rosa parks elementary school and 100 yards down the trail in prince george's county. a jogger found the woman's body along the most branch trail at 7:30 new year's morning. the scene behind rosa parks elementary school in the chillum area of prince george's county. police working to identify the victim who appeared to be in her

20s. >> from here we'll always look for witnesses to the incident if possible and we'll also try to contact the family members and people that might know her once we can try to make an identification. right now no identification is known and there's no i.d. on her body or anything of that nature so we'll have to try to determine who she is. >> rorter: police tell us her body was found just off the trail and detectives worked in the woods along the trail searching for woods and sources say evidence was collected from the scene. police say it appears she may have been killed new year's eve night or early new year's morning. there were signs of trauma. obviously the medical examiner will have to give us the cause of death and there were signs of trauma to her body and right now it's a death investigation and there appears it's a good chance it will be a homicide. >> police tell me they have reason to believe there may have been people in the area either last night or early this