hospital on irving street northwest. a d.c. police department report say he and the guards were outside the hospital when mr. mcbride, quote, became noncompliant and a struggle ensued. mr. mcgried was taken to the ground between two officers and two utilized hand controls to restrain him. this afternoon, the hospital released a statement that said in part, as a result of our reviews, we have integrated several new initiatives including enhanced commune kagds with all care teams and security officers and we identified a unique, multidisciplinary team to respond to certain high-risk situations. in addition, it goes on to say we continue to cooperate with the investigation being conducted by the u.s. attorney's office and we are told that the two of the security officers involved in this no longer wok here. live in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. >> a significant twist in the story that captured worldwide

attention on social media. you might remember this scene. a dog standing guard at its owner's side after the woman was hurt in a house fire. well, today we're learning there's a lot more to this story. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is in landover hills with details. >> reporter: we are now learning, doreen, that that woman being protected by her pet is now facing charges for starting a fire here at this house. it is the story no one expected to see unfold behind that picture. >> the dog, precious, guarding the dog's owner was seen around the world. >> it was a sweet picture. a dog standing by its injured owner. the story of the dog being displaced because of a pit bull fan in prince george's county pulled our heart strings everywhere. >> little did we know when that picture was taken that the female the dog was guarding would be charge with arson. >> the woman beneath the

waffleful eye of her pet is 34-year-old april newell and she is charged with five charges including first and second-degree felony arson. >> as they went an investigation of both areas of origin and determined very quickly that there was evidence of this being an arson. >> reporter: just hours before the early morning fire where newell was discovered in the front yard. she'd gotten into an argument with her son and according to court documents set some of his clothes on fire inside of his bedroom. the fire was extinguished before it could spread. he spoke with us the day of the fire. not about what his mom did, but about losing the family's pet. >> it's sad. i loved that dog. i wish i could get her back, but right now we've got bigger fish to fry. >> reporter: newell is charged with setting her son's clothes on fire and not for the fire that destroyed the home hours later. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. her elderly and legally blind father escaped that fire with burns to his face. neighbors who know the family say this is a complete shock.

>> we've been neighbors about eight, nine years or so and you know, they're good people, you know? it just doesn't make sense right now. >> investigators have a lot of questions about what happened here including why she was lying in front of the home after this fire happened. we'll have more on that coming up at 6:00 and also more details of what unfolded inside of this house in between these two fires. reporting live in landover hills, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> a small group of demonstrators gathered here outside the white house today pushing for action on gun legislation. they're calling for president obama to make changes to background checks. expanded background checks are expected to be part of a series of initiatives that president obama plans to roll out in the coming days. news 4's chris lawrence is here now with details for us. >> the president says his initiatives will make a difference with what he calls the scourge of gun violence in our country and they don't require any action from

ongress. mr. obama spoke briefly after meeting with the attorney general and director of the fbi. he says the focus is keeping firearms out of the hand of criminals and the mentally ill who could hurt themselves or others. he did not specify what his executive orders may include, but says they will not violate the second amendment. we have to be very clear that this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country. it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal. it will potentially save lives in this country. critics are calling this a calculated political move this afternoon and the president's executive orders will not do anything to make anything safer. he will reveal his full plan during the final state of the union address next week. >> chris lawrence, thank you. the president is expected to talk about his gun law changes

during a town hall at mason university later this week. that's where we find northern virginia bureau reporter, david culver. you've been talking to people on both sides of this debate, right? >> reporter: that's right. we spoke to gun control activists who see this as a potential big step forward, however some local gun owners we spoke with see this as an attack on their rights and some pointing to this past weekend as an expression of their fears. the lines outside the dulles expo this weekend stretched on and on and thousands packing the nation's gun show. >> biggest one i've ever been to. they've got everything you need. >> reporter: even expanding for more vendors this year. those attending say the president's planned action may explain the crowds. >> has it had an impact? i think it probably has had a pretty big impact on the sales. >> i go to all of the gun shows around the area and i don't think what's going to happen is going to affect us with what mr.

obama's trying to do. they can't do that to us. >> we can't get congress to cooperate with them and he can't get anything in congress to do what he wants to do, he acts like a petulant dictator. >> all it does is keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people who should not have them. it does not infringe on any law-abiding citizen's second amendment right. >> reporter: martina spent the last 16 years pushing for tougher gun control laws and she supports any presidential, but hopes for more. >> is it enough? it's not enough. it will clearly help. it will reduce gun violence plaguing this country. ultimately, though, we need congress to do their job and pass meaningful reform. >> reporter: some local gun owners telling me they may not get very far in trying to stop the president from performing his executive action however they do plan to take their fight to another governing body and

i'll share that with you when i see you in the next hour. >> thank you. newly released figures show the commonwealth had one of the biggest years ever with gun sales with 444,000 background checks performed. that is the second highest and a 10% jump from the year before. last month alone, background checks jumped 46%. experts say that's likely a response to the mass shootings in san bernardino. well, a lot of you saw some light snow for the first time this winder from fairfax to herndon. viewers were tweeting us pictures of the dusting across the region this morning. >> it was fun to see, but the real story is the cold. if you think it's cold out there now, doug says wait until tomorrow. what's the story, doug? >> i'll tell you, the story is of course, the cold. we have not seen much at all as we made our way through the next couple of weeks and not through december as december was the warmest december ever on record in our area and today the cold his finally arrived. take a look at the high

temperatures in the 30s. for the first time this season, 34 hagerstown and 38 in d.c. and it warrant the temperatusn't tht was the windchill, down to 19 and 15 in hagerstown and 31 in kull pepper and 23 degrees. an incredibly cold afternoon, but again tonight, it gets much, much colder. coldest day of the season yet still moving in and it won't be cold for long. i'll show you how temperatures tart to rebound toward the weekend and i'll see rain chances, and i'll have that for you. one person is recovering after a shooting that included crime scenes three miles apart. it started betwewith a shooting between two cars. they found someone shot in the arm between georgia and new hampshire avenue. they think the victim may have been shot at the first location. that person is expected to be okay. a d.c. man charged with dui

after a new year's crash just a block away from that shooting. malik lloyd drove a car on to the sidewalk here and hit several people celebrating new year's at bar code on 17th street. we are told he traveled about 100 feet on that sidewalk before hitting a light pole. a passenger in the car told police both she and lloyd had been at bar code before and that she let him drive her car. d.c. police have identified the man involved in a standoff that lasted for several hours in chevy chase. allen johnson is charged with assault. police say he threatened someone with a gun and barricaded himself in his home on windale street northwest. that's right, and that's the d.c., maryland line and jonathan surrendered after several hours. we now know the massive fire that destroyed a home cost $1.5 million in damage. check out the scene from above chopper 4 over jamie's way as firefighters work to bring the flames under control. the smoke could be seen as far

away as the wilson bridge. one man who lived there described the dramatic moments after he discovered his house was on fire. >> i just got up and there was some smoke going off, and i went and checked and there was just flames coming from the back of the house from the basement. everything that was lost can be replaced. >> fire crew his a tough time fighting the flames because the nearest hydrant was a half mile away. it could be a slow ride home if you need to go through alexandria this evening. an eight-inch water main break forcing crews to close down duke street. only one lane getting past carriage house circle. virginia american water says crews found the break and restored water. no word on when the road will be able to fully reopen. 66 dogs taken from a rockville home. the woman who says she helped police break this case explains why it's been a painful road to find out where these dogs came from. oh, my gosh, there's 20 or

30 of them and they're weaving in and out of the traffic. extremely aggressive. plus, the wild ride on the beltway and hear from the driver who called for help when the swarm of atv and motorcycle riders took over the beltway. i'm carol maloney out at redskins park. burgundy and gold prepping for the playoffs. he's

this was a few short months ago. playoff football is back for washington. >> here we go, folks, tickets for this sunday's matchup against the packers selling out in just 13 minutes this morning. we have redskins team coverage for you tonight. pat collins with the fans who will do just about anything to get a seat to the game on sunday. >> but we start with carol maloney with the team at redskins park where the head coach spoke this afternoon. carol, we're learning about developments involving the future of fedex field. you've got a lot of stuff to cover tonight. >> yeah. it's a very busy monday out here and everyone is so excited and jay gruden today saying that his approach won't change and who could blame him? the redskins, winners of four straight. meantime, their opponent, the green bay packers have lost six of the last ten and it's the skins who are rolling at the

right time. kirk cousins in the record book and he set the franchise record in the win over dallas and this is a guy who wasn't even supposed to start this season, just one example of jay gruden making the right moves and he gives us inside today on how he's gotten to this point. >> number one, the one thing i have to do is surround myself with good people, good coaches and good player. our coaches have gotten better and the players have gotten better. all of us have gotten better together and scott has been a big help. i think this organization has grown not just myself so it's been a good thing. >> reporter: jay gruden sharing the credit for the turnaround. >> meantime, we have some injury news and these are names you might not have heard of, but very important to the team especially on special teams and we'll start with the good. desean phillips and he was the guy carted off and had to go to the hospital last night, but he'll be okay. he might even practice on wednesday.

kysean jaret. he had helmet to helmet hit and he has nerve issues on his right arm, and he'll have tests and otherwise the team is pretty wealthy which is amazing for this time of year. >> there were nervous moments during that game yesterday. what's this about fedex field's future, carol? >> reporter: the broadcasters for the game chris meyers, he tweeted and reignited the story and talk about that they're close to unveiling the plans to the new stadium. now this is nothing new, dan snyder talked to a csn mid atlantic interview last year about how the architect was working on this and it was just something else that we have to look forward to here in january with the redskins, back to you. >> nice to share some good news. thanks, carol. as we mentioned the tickets are sold out and you'll want to dig deep into that wallet. you want to go to the game. standing room only spots are going for $130.

our pat collins caught up with redskins fans and asked them what they would do to be at fedex field this week. pat? >> jim, what happens. we get the green bay packers and all of a sudden, all of a sudden, the frozen tundra comes to our town. the redskins put the playoff tickets on sale and less than 15 minutes, all gone. what would you do to go to the big game? quick, to the souvenir store! >> at the redskins store they have the playoff pennant and the playoff t-shirts and the playoff hoodies and playoff tickets. well, you're on your own there. what would you do to get a ticket to that playoff game. >> man, i would do anything. i would run buck naked around this stage one time. doing it big! you like that! you like that! you like that! >> that's my man, cousin, that's what he do, right? >> reporter: what would you do to get a playoff ticket?

>> i would wear this outfit all day long outside. outside, today. >> reporter: just one of my ensembles. >> just one of my ensembles. that's the latest one. >> reporter: forget the playoff stuff for a minute. you know they're selling the actual stools the players use in the locker rooms and they're autographed this is pierre garcon's. it's $400. now this is a seat you can take with you. >> are you going to the game? >> yes. >> where are they? >> section 112. >> are you taking somebody? >> yes. >> who? >> my brother. >> do you like him? >> yes. >> you like him better than me? >> yes. >> if he can't make it will you call me? >> yes. >> joy, my new best friend. did you realize that living amongst us in our city are

scores and scores of green bay fans secretly milling about? well, today i went under cover to draw them out. you might just call this bait. discount double-check coming up at 6:00. now back to you guys. >> all right. we're looking forward to that. thank you, pat. who knew pat could rock a cheesehead. here at the live desk we're seeing a new tactic from hillary clinton putting her husband on the stump as the primaries draw near. you're looking live at a rally at exitor where president bill clinton is campaigning for his wife and it's his first solo appearance this campaign season. the former president is spending his time in new hampshire so hillary clinton can focus on iowa. again, jim, iowa holds its caucuses in just four weeks. back to you. on the republican side, current front-runner donald trump's first campaign ad is set

to hit the airwaves tomorrow in iowa and new hampshire. theiticians can pretend it's something else, but donald trump calls it radical islamic terrorism. >> he calls on the proposals including the temporary ban of muslims entering the u.s. and the wall atted border. so far trump has spent $200,000 in radio spots compared to millions spent by some of his rivals. trump plans to raf s ts to ramp to $2 million per week. volkswagen is facing a lawsuit over the emissions. last year, volkswagen admitted to rigging its diesel cars with the device that tricked emissions test. more than a half million cars have the device and the allegations carry penalties that could cost volkswagen billions of dollars.

the sheriff's office is looking for the driver who hit and killed a cyclist. that cyclist's name is darryl frederick weatherly and this happened before 6:00 last night on three notch road and mercedes drive in california, maryland. the driver is believed to have been driving a hyundai santa fe. it would have damage to the front, possibly the bumper, hood and the side mirror. >> a political fight breaks out amid growing concerns over the rise and the murders in the district. find out who is pointing the finger now at the mayor and what she has to say about progress in crime fighting around the city. and as students return to winter break, local college campuses are telling people to leave their hoverboards at home and we'll tell you about a change in

>> oh, it is cold and it's going to be a very cold night. the coldest night we've seen so far after last night's coldest night we've seen so far. let's take a look and show you what's happening across our area. we did see plenty of sunshine. earlier this morning we saw snow flurries come down and even a quick snow shower through parts of fairfax county and now it's just cold and temperatures at 32 degrees and look at the wind, gusting winds out of the north at 24 miles an hour and we've seen gusts to 32 over the last couple of hours and that makes it feel so much colder and look

at the windchill down to 19 and 16 baltimore and 16 in hagerstown and 21 in culpeper. if you'll be out tonight make sure you bundle up and it will be a very cold night and cold day tomorrow. notice snow showers back through the west toward winchester and back through front royal and do not be surprised to see snowflakes coming down around your area and stafford county, also seeing that and it's not going to amount to anything and you may see it blowing along the road and you may see it blowing along the back porch and no accumulation expected from the system and that's all it is a little system making its way down from the great lakes as the cold air moves into the area. we are seeing some snow showers developing and those will most likely get out of here as we move on through the overnight hours, but look at the flow coming straight out of the north from north to south and that's why we're so cold and that's why we'll stay cold right on through the day tomorrow and so here's what to expect and it is cold tomorrow morning and blustery and cold, breezy early winds 10

to 15 miles per hour and with those winds and the very cold temperatures, windchills will be ten degrees and could be in the single digits in many areas and we could have a windchill between 5 and 15 degrees tomorrow because these is where the actual temperatures will be. down to the low teens and 15 in culpeper and in the city around 22 and eaven in the city and yo will need to bundle up tomorrow and high temperatures only in the 30s and the coldest day that we've seen in quite some time since last march and each with plenty of sunshine we're not going to see temperatures up and that's yet impact is on the moderate side because just walking outdoors tomorrow especially in the city with the shade through the buildings there, breezy and cold, bundle up again. you will definitely need to do that. the next couple of days, we'll start to moderate and another cold start on wednesday and back to 41 on wednesday and temperatures go back above average thursday and friday and

a chance of showers on friday and that's about it. veronica is back in just a few minutes and she's got the seven-day forecast. i'm darcy spencer in rockville and this is a house where 66 dogs were seized on new year's day. coming up on news 4, you'll hear from the woman who was allegedly bit by one of those dogs in this investigation. >> oh, my god. i've never been bit by by a dog before. when it comes to getting around d.c., timing is everything and some signals haven't been retimed in 30 years and find out how that's about to change to help more than just drivers. armed activists take over a federal government building and the fbi is calling for a

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right now at 5:30, a crazy scene on the beltway. >> oh, my gosh, there's 20 or 30 of them and they're weaving in and out of the traffic extremely aggressive and scary. >> we're hearing more about what it was like for drivers when large groups of bikers weave dangerously through traffic. >> fighting words over fighting crime. >> i think the council just hasn't acted. a new elf well of frustration as d.c.'s mayor sets a target on the city council. how low can they go. what the experts say about the amount of money we'll save when filling up this year. first, a woman is undergoing a seary of rabies shots after she was bitten by a dog during an adoption event.

it may have been one of the 66 dogs found in a montgomery county house over the weekend g setting off charges against the owner. darcy spencer with a story you will see only on news 4. >> reporter: the woman is expected to come here to animal services later today to try to identify the dog that bit her. in the meantime, like you said, she is undergoing these very painful rabies vaccinations. she is trying to look on the positive side. because she was bitten this case was exposed and those dogs were rescued. one of its teeth went in right on the side and kind of went in and down and ripped the skin up. >> reporter: alicia kleinman is going through rabies treatment after she says she was bitten by a dog at the petvalu adoption event in potomac. >> i had, like, severe fatigue. >> reporter: she says she reached down to pet the dog when she was bitten on the finger.

>> what did you initially think when this first happened? >> um, oh, my god. a dog bit me. i've never been bit by a dog before. it just happened so quick. >> reporter: she as well as montgomery county tried to get documentation that the dog had been vaccinated and she said the owner would not cooperate so she started getting the painful rabies shots. >> i had the three-day window and in those three days we tried to get the documentation on the dog and no one was willing to cooperate or provide documentation on the dog. >> reporter: kleinman later found out that the bite investigation led to a raid at this house on glen mill road in rockville on new year's day where 66 dogs were seized. >> we went to the home because that's where our investigation pointed us to to get to that property. so that's where we saw the dog was out. >> reporter: investigators are trying to determine the owner's connection to that adoption

event held at the mall. investigators are also trying to figure out if the dog who bit kleinman was one of the rescued animals. >> i'm happy it wasn't one of my kids. i'm happy that animals can maybe get a better life. >> reporter: i did receive an email from annie's orphans a short time ago. it says they work with many rescues in the area. they do not know the facts in this case, but they believe the kind-hearted people in rescue can often get overwhelmed, but their heart is in the right place. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we'll hear from a neighbor in rockville saying he reported seeing more than a dozen dogs escaping from that house about six months ago. back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you. the man accused in a deadly stabbing in a religious retreat is back in court. song sue kim is accused of stabbing a man from south korea during a retreat last summer. he's charged with first-degree murder. he was ordered to undergo a

mental health evaluation after he pleaded that he wasn't criminally responsible for that stabbing. we are still waiting to hear the outcome of today's hearing. a new initiative to reduce violence in prince george's county. a group of community leaders joined with police and politicians to announce a stop the violence march and forum. it will be held on the martin luther king holiday and they're the first event in what the leaders hope will be a year's long movement. >> we can save lives and make a difference in our community and that we can be the models of safety for our nation and our world. >> reporter: the action comes in the wake of a spike in homicides in the county. there were 77 in 2015 compared to 54 the year before. efforts to keep you and your family safe in d.c. are turning political. today mayor muriel bowser criticized the d.c. council for not acting more quickly to make the district safer. as news 4's tom sherwood reports there's new criticism directed

at the mayor, too. >> we're looking at minor characteristics like these. >> the mayor was checking out crime lab fingerprints and seeing cars taken as evidence in all sorts of crimes and looking over hundreds of weapons being tested pinning multiple crimes together, but today the real target was the d.c. council. >> i think the council hasn't acted and we're calling on them to act on the public safety legislation. >> the mayor used a tour and other events to complain that council has yet to act on a comprehensive crime bill. she first proposed it back in august. it includes tougher enforcement for repeat offenders and waivers to retired cops and crimes committed on mass transit and security cameras. >> there has aren't been robust discussion among the council following the september hearing and we're in january. >> reporter: those comments infuriate council judiciary

chairman kenyan mcduffy. he said the bowser administration has been slow to follow-up with real data to backup the proposals. he rejected her public criticism today. >> i'm not going to get into the finger pointing and i'll continue to work hard. we cannot be reactionary and we can't make policy based on one crime or one event. >> reporter: council member mcduffy said the police chief has aren't met with him in months and has yet to respond to four requests last fall for important crime data. whatever happens to the crime fighting plans, many say the real issue is the clash between the mayor and the council and doreen, this is an election year. there will be six of the 13 council seats up for election this summer so crime will be a big issue in those elections. >> it's a clash we're pretty familiar with. >> yes, we are. >> thank you, tom sherwood. >> tonight the city of alexandria will have its first new mayor in less than a decade. >> allison silberberg will be at

high school. she by the the incumbent. he's served as mayor since 2003. she was elected to the city council in 2012. pretty nice paying less than $2 a gallon for gasoline lately. find out yet prices may drop even lower. plus the workers in san bernardino, california, return for the first time since the mass shooting and they found some changes when they came back. we'll be right

four days after he disappeared, rescue crews have suspended a search for a man who fell off his sail boat in annapolis. stephen matthews went overboard on new year's eve just north of sandy point state park. a woman also on that sail boat at the time was able to call for help, but reynolds never resurfaced. he apparently was not wearing a life vest. a tiny town in oregon is on edge tonight as fbi agents try to peacefully end a standoff with armed anti-government protesters. ammon bundy is the leader of the group occupying a federal wild life refuge near burns. the anger from bundy's group stems from a long dispute over public land and was inflamed by the judge's decision to send two ranchers back to prifrp for setting a fire on federal property.

>> because we've allowed the government to step outside the bounds of the constitution they've come down on the people and are prosecuting now directly. >> reporter: the hammonds plan to report to prison today and will seek clemency from president obama. they have said the protest group does not speak on their behalf. here at the live desk we are watching tensions rise in the middle east as more countries cut diplomatic ties with iran. kuwait, bahrain and sudan have all joined their ally saudi arabia and cut ties with iran. the tensions flared again on sunday when demonstrators stormed saudi arabia's embassy in tehran. protesters took over the post for executing a prominent shiite cleric. iran's president has condemned it. russia and turkey are urging the two nations to stay calm. doreen?

>> chris lawrence, atvs and motorcycles shut down the beltway. up, in, we'll hear from the drivers who were stuck in the middle of this chaos on the road. some traffic signals in the district haven't retimed in 30 years, but that's changing. i'm adam tuss. coming up, i'll give you a progress report on the retiming effort. it's cold now, but tomorrow morning will feel even colder, and then temperatures go right back up again. how much warming will we see this time? i'll show you

we're learning more now about what it was like for the drivers who were on the beltway when a big group of dirt bikers brought traffic to a standstill. the 911 calls have been released now from the incident that happened on this sunday between christmas and new year's. news 4's scott macfarlane has more on how it played out for drivers in prince george's county. >> reporter: a group of 50 to 100 people drove dirt bikes, atvs and motorcycles, they were caught doing tricks and going the wrong way on the road in suburban maryland and virginia. listen to the 911 calls from three of the people caught in the mess in prince george's county. >> what's your emergency? >> yes, sir. i'm on the beltway headed north on the opposite direction right around route 4, there is a group of about i would say 30 to 50 if not more motorcycle riders popping wheelies and riding

unsafely and it looks like they're deliberately slowing down safely. >> i'm in the passenger seat. >> i'm on the beltway just past exit 13. there's about 30 atvs, sports bikes, motor bikes on the highway blocking traffic, and doing tricks in the highways and holding up traffic. one almost hit another vehicle. >> the owner of a bike business in suitland posted on instagram the group had no plans to disrupt traffic and according to our partners at wtop bike life said the bikers simply wanted to enjoy the nice weather. they say they've been getting backlash ever since the video was posted online. jim? >> all right. scott macfarlane, thank you, scott. do you ever feel like you get from one red light just to get the next one just ahead. ere is a certain art required with proper signal timing and in the district it's been tough tore make it happen. transportation reporter adam tuss joins us now live from

freedom plaza with a closer look with the city's plans to get you up to speed. adam? >> reporter: jim, this is a big effort, but think about this. some traffic lights in the city haven't been retimed in 30 years. now, there is a herculean effort under way to retime the lights here and this will affect you whether you drive in d.c. or if you're from maryland or virginia. >> even on a biting cold day like today you'll find a lot of this in the district. >> and even on a bitter cold day like today you'll find plenty of this in d.c. and, well, you'll always find this in the district. now the plan is to make this and this work together better by taking better care of this. >> and there are over 1600 traffic signals in d.c. radja is a traffic signal

manager with ddot and he explains why this is such a critical project. >> we are not widening roadways anymore and we have little capacity to push the amount of traffic that we've got. >> reporter: in short, getting traffic timing right matters. 60% of the city's signals have had some sort of retiming and the upside is tangible in terms of time, fuel and the environment. >> the annual benefit itself came out to close to $100 million in savings. >> reporter: and it matters. it matters for drivers. >> i have a lot of work to do. the lights aren't -- they don't match at all. >> reporter: it matters for pedestrians. >> i can just say that progressing over time it's been getting worse before it got better. >> reporter: it matters for cyclists who want to stay safer. >> i don't ride a lot in the rush hour. i ride in the middle of the day. >> reporter: ddot changing the lights on time helps out with all commuters. >> reporter: as the city goes through this effort, there are certain quarters where the bus is getting priority over everybody else. coming up at 6:00, i'll tell you

where those corridors are and what you can expect. doreen, back to you. >> sounds good. thank you, adam. drivers could see some savings in 2016. the price of filling up your gas tank is expected to drop even more this year. the national average for a gallon of gas is about $2 right now and that's about a quarter less than it was this time last year. according to gasbuddy.com, the average price in virginia is $1.80 a gallon and in d.c., $2.17, gas is expected to drop 15 cents more this year. >> even when prices go up as they always do in the first quarter, we don't expect them to reach the heights that we had seen in 2015. we have far more fuel than we have demand right now. the savings could add up to hundreds a year for people who drive every day. we're following some breaking news right now involving a standoff in georgetown. a manholed up in an office

building and our shomari stone is on the scene where he tells us the s.w.a.t. team has just arrived and we'll have his live report at the top of the hour and you'll want to stay with us for that. >> veronica is here with the story on our weather. quite a should being this morning. the flurries. >> it is one thing when we tell you about it. it's another thing when it hits and you're, like, oh, my! storm team 4, we predicted the cold and told you where it would get here and they can better predict severe weather in the area and they're now online. barbara mcyou will ski helps us secure it, and these guys are named luna and hearns and they're in the weather center right down the road. the computers will help save lives and property. >> this will be able to, number one, predict it earlier so

you'll know earlier in the week. it will predict it faster and it will also be able to pinpoint it with greater accuracy. >> and those two computers will improve their ability to detect everything from neighborhood flooding to hurricane forecasts and of course, storm team 4 will also get a chance to utilize the information giving you a better forecast. i'll take a look at the temperatures this evening if you'll be out walking the dog and low 20s and our windchills in the teens under a mostly clear sky with very brisk conditions and we'll hang on to that going into tomorrow morning and probably up until midday when they start easing up and the actual air temperature for early tomorrow morning and now here you'll be shocked again and the early low numbers for early tomorrow morning and 7:00 a.m. and 5 to 15 degrees what it will feel like, 15 to 20 degrees by lunchtime it's 20 to 30 and once again, another day when it will feel like we're under the freezing mark which means you've

got -- all of our lives were taken up here except for the umbrella and you will not need that tomorrow, but hats, scarf, gloves and heavy coat for sure and it will be a cold and brisk day bringing our impact to moderate for tomorrow because of the weather and the breezy conditions and the cold and it will be an inside recess day for tomorrow for the very young kids and for wednesday, thursday, a better day, we'll give it a b because we have sunshine and the return of milder air that will be stepping in. so here are the numbers for tomorrow. 11:00 a.m., 28 degrees and we hit the freezing mark and just after lunchtime and we'll stay in the 30s, the air temperature and cold where it will feel like we're in the teens throughout the day. the next change for us again is wednesday about lunchtime until 1:00 why? because for about a 60-hour time period from coming out of this week end after midnight through today and through tomorrow our temperatures have been in the

30s and it's not until wednesday when we get above 40 degrees and we'll get above 40 degrees and stay there for just a couple of hours. a chance of rain at the end of the week and maybe some flurries on thursday, better chance of rain friday and then again on sunday, but we're not going to get a lot of rain out of these systems coming through. for are for tomorrow, there's your cold, 41 on wednesday. a day with some pretty sunshine, at least and we have cloud cover moving in for the end of the week and partly sunny and the high temperature 46 and we're 47 on friday and we move into the low 50s this upcoming weekend and so there's your rain, and a little bit for friday and some more for sunday and then temperatures go right back down again. doug has more on the weekend rain chances coming and of course, we'll take a look at how much we'll get with that system on friday coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. >> well, if you're one of the millions looking to get healthy in the new year, we have just the ticket, folks.

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a chain link fence wrapped in a green tarp and officersec coming everyone who approached. that was the scene today as workers returned to their offices at the san bernardino campus where 14 people were killed last year. here's our report from california. >> reporter: monday morning at the inland regional center, the start of a workweek, but for employees here, a continuation of the healing process. >> most of us are relieved to be back at work. we want to continue with the normalcy and we miss each other very much. >> reporter: over 500 staffers returned to their offices nearly five weeks after having survived

the terror attack where 14 of their coworkers were shot and killed and dozens others injured. today, among the caravan of cars, multiple patrol units as well as beefed up security around the complex and workers lining up showing their i.d.s before being allowed inside. >> in recognizing what we went through on december 2 rnd our buildings arej safe. everything inside looks as it did at the time that we left it. nothing has changed. >> reporter: employees drove by avoiding all contact with the media. melvin anderson who transports disabled clients to the center says the shooting has also left him with some trauma and anxiety. he was at the center just a day prior to the attack. >> we just all have to pull for them and hope that they can get through this. >> reporter: a community of coworkers forever united by tragedy and while they continue to cope in grief indoors,

outside their clients and the community they serve is sending them all of their support. >> we live the ric. >> the building where the shooting occurred remains closed and no word on when the building will reopen. news 4 at 6:00, begins with breaking news. there is a tense situation unfolding right now near the georgetown waterfront. a man has barricaded himself inside an office building there and police say they may have to evacuate people nearby because of the potential threat. it's happening on k street, literally just steps from the waterfront. police say the man has been locked in an office for a bit more than an hour now. it is unclear whether he's armed. shomari stone is on the scene and he'll bring us more as it becomes available. reaction pouring in over president obama's plan to tighten the nation's gun laws. he says it's well within his powers and will save lives. critics already are making

their voices heard. we have team coverage including on how local gun owners plan to fight the president's plans. we begin with snbs's brian mooar and he's on capitol hill. >> the president is trying to build on his legacy while at the same time staying on the right side of public opinion and the constitution. taking action, he says, congress won't. president obama announced he'll use his executive powers to tighten america's gun laws. >> it's not going to prevent every mass shooting. it's not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal. it will potentially save lives in this country. >> reporter: the president didn't spell out what he'll be doing in coming days though the order is expected to include stronger background checks to keep guns away from criminals and terrorists. he promises the actions will be constitutional and supported by a majority of americans, that does not include the gop