they were illegally parked. the men said santiago wouldn't let them leave and santiago was found guilty last month. the man killed has been identified as lidle wood. he was shot during a confrontation and a parking loot on rooks head place. this happened around 2:00 in the afternoon about a mile from benjamin stoddert middle school and eva turner elementary. > . tonight president obama will head to fairfax for a town hall discussion on gun control. the event comes two days after his executive orders tightening the rules and as more lawmakers in our region announced they're

taking action, news 4's megan mcgrath is live at george mason university with new details for us. megan? >> the president is expected to arrive here in just a couple of hours since that town hall meeting is expected to get under way at 8:00 tonight. we had an opportunity to speak with a maryland delegate who tells us ever since a germantown woman was murdered by a felon who purchased the gun online. she decided to draft legislation to take things into her own hands. it's something that many gun owners say they strongly disagree with. >> seven months ago, sade adbay on was gunned down by her ex-boyfriend. according to john mccarthy, the state's attorney for montgomery county, bricker was still able to buy a gun online which he used to kill sade. >> he was not supposed to have a handgun however, replicas and

antique firearms are excluded under maryland law. >> reporter: on tuesday, president obama revealed executive actions on gun control. he said anyone selling guns even on the internet must be licensed and a background check must be conducted and it's a move supporters say could have prevented sade's death and kathleen demay is trying to take measures further. >> there will be legislation proposed by a montgomery county delegate to try to close the gap that currently exists in the law. >> reporter: not everyone believes more gun laws are the answer. >> we have guns in place that need to be enforced. if they're enforced they will work. >> reporter: earl curtis is the president of blue ridge arsenal in chantilly. he said president obama's executive order isn't the solution. >> the laws that he's putting place would not have prevented newtown and wouldn't have prevented aurora. >> reporter: curtis says he also wants to stop guns from getting into the wrong hands, but said criminals will always find a way. >> if a criminal really wants a

handgun he'll go, not to the store, he'll go to his buddy at the corner. >> reporter: demay materiels us that she expects to introduce that legislation some time toward the end of the month. >> coming up at 6:00, the challenges many gun sellers say they face in trying to prevent guns from landing in the wrong hands. wendy? >> all right. meagan fitzgerald. thanks so much. >> reporter: a former federal police chief is in court trying to avoid prison time. he admitted to trying to make methamphetamine in a federal building. >> news 4 i-team reporter scott macfarlane and has more from federal court in greenbelt, maryland. >> reporter: the former high-ranking federal law enforcement officer has admitted to the crime, but for eight hours today, defense attorneys and prosecutors have argued over the punishment and those arguments will continue well into the evening. >> prosecutors opened today's hearing saying chris bartly abused his position of trust. bartly admits he tried to make

meth while on duty inside the secure government facility he was supposed to be policing and he's pled guilty to a felony facing up to five years in prison and he did so with facilities holding a nuclear reactor and explosives on the campus. near i-270 in gaithersburg. prosecutors showed photos of the lab and showed a picture of drain owe he bought as part of the effort. a fellow officer and firefighters testified bartly lied to them when they arrived on the scene after an alarm was triggered by heat in the room. bartly claimed a butane lighter had explodeded. windows burst in the lab. bartly never endangered others and never succeeded in making meth and the lab was in a remote section of the government campus. he's asking for probation for bartly. we asked bartly why he did it, why he made meth on the job and he didn't answer. he is expected to take the stand here tonight and finally tell

his story. we're back here tonight for news 4 at 6:00. for now in greenbelt, scott macfarlane, news 4. developing right now, there is an effort on capitol hill to strip bill cosby of the nation's highest civilian honor. he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 2002. arizona republican announced he's introducing a bill to give president obama the right to take it away. over the past year more than 50 women have come forward, claiming cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. cosby was charged in one of those cases last week. >> revoking bill cosby's medal of freedom won't undo his actions or heal the wounds of his victims, but it will signal to the american people that we will not tolerate such rude behavior. >> cosby has consistently denied all allegations of sexual misconduct. after repeated problems of the distri

district's 911 call center, muriel bowser just named a new director of the agency. this move comes after 911 dispatchers sent firefighters to the wrong address for a burning building. news 4's mark segraves is in the newsroom for the latest details on this. since taking office last year, mayor muriel bowser has been making changes. the first move was to hire a new fire chief. in may, the head of the 911 call center moved down after failures by that agency. >> today bowser named karima holmes as the new head of the troubled agency. holmes is currently managing director of a 911 call center in southwest texas in a region with a much smaller population than washington, d.c. >> slow response times have become more common because of miscommunications in dispatching first responders. many were traced back to the 911 call center and most which they

acknowledge were understaffed and it had a huge spike in the number of 911 calls. over the past year, failed responses included a delay to a choking child who later died and the metro tunnel smoke incident last year and just last week, a 911 dispatcher sent firefighters to the wrong address. >> the call came in and a dispatcher dispatched 14th street northwest and turned out to be 40th street northwest and again, human error is going to happen. we're asking these men and women whether they're at the dispatch office or in fire trucks to make the right decision every time and occasionally they may make a wrong decision. that's what happened on this one. >> prior to mayor bowser taking office is it's been eight years since a new round of dispatchers was hired. >> i don't know why we hadn't been hiring for that period of time, but we are committed to

hiring two and catching that number up. so whatever the director has and will recommend, we will budget for. >> holmes takes over in two weeks. when she arrives she'll be in charge of an agency that residents want functioning properly right away. mayor bowser has promised to provide the call center with whatever funding it needs. >> mark segraves. fireplace ashes thrown in a trash bag are responsible for destroying a home in montgomery county. a teenage boy awoke to a smoke alarm on willow row drive in derwood. the family only got out with the clothes on their backs. it was a simple, yet common mistake. >> we know that they had a fire here and they removed the ashes and put them in a container and in this case, we believe a plastic bag and combustible bag and placed it on the back porch. >> you have tips on how you can dispose of those fire ashes

safely. it's in the nbc washington app. open it up and search ashes. the emissions test could be as easy as riding down the road and it's called rapid pass. adam tuss live near i-66 for us in falls church to explain just how it works. adam? >> that's right, jim. when you come out here you have to wear the yellow vest for safety and let me show you what's happening on the road. this is the new inspection test and it measures your emission and you drive through and it sends an infrared beam and it tells you if you pass the test on the spot. no more trip to the mechanic. hit the gas, drive through the green boxes and hopefully pass the test. >> this measures the emissions of a vehicle as it's driving down the road. >> reporter: jim sands is the preside president of opus inspection.

>> you can't get more accurate than measuring emissions on a vehicle that is in use. >> if you pass you will get a letter in the mail saying you pass and you have the option of paying emissions fee, and it's the same $28 that you would pay in a garage. matt was the first resident to get the letter. >> at first he didn't think it was real. i thought it was junk mail, but when i did open it and it appeared to be legit and i went online and sure enough it was a piece of cake. >> this is important. you may soon get one of these letters in the mail and the state wants you to know it is real. they held a press conference today to say so. you don't have to pay online if you don't want to and you can still go to the garage if you want to, but if you did pass the test, it's now as simple as hitting the gas and paying online. letters will not be sent out if your car does not pass e test.

officials do say they're not going to get every car in northern virginia with this program, but it will be moved around to get a large number of vehicles and coming up at 6:00, how do you make sure your emissions are where they need to be. i have tips for you. >> adam tuss. >> now to another change on the road. this one is a speed limit sign mystery. who posted a dramatic change caught a lot of drivers in maryland off guard. plus, by now we know, wendy, that we did not win the powerball. the largest jackpot in history is on the line right now and it could reach, get this, folks, $1 billion. watch out. can't you see i'm tailgating here? i can't wait for that playoff game on sunday. let's have it today. let's have it now. skins, packers, coming up news 4. >> i don't even know what that was, pat, but it looked good.

out there today, not too bad. we saw a lot of cloud cover in some area, but if you are tailgating, if you are, well, you have to see this forecast. i've got the

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tracking the fallout from another brutal day on wall street and concerns are growing about china's economy. take a look at these numbers. the dow dropped 392 points on the day. the nasdaq, 3%. the largest drop of any of the indexes. a lot of analysts are blaming the weakening currency in china with the stock market dropping 7% today. china has actually been letting its currency get weaker to stabilize its economy, but many say that strategy is not working. wall street has seen its worst first four day of trading since 1928. the good news oil prices dropped again which means the prices at the pump are likely to drop, as well. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence, news 4. ♪ ♪ i'm carol maloney out at redskins park. three days to go until kickoff and the playoff hopes are skyrocketing. the team's starri on offense sa

he is more ready than ever. >> he feels reenergized for this playoff run and points to chemistry in the locker room as the key reason for success. now, as the playoff veteran, sharing his advice for the young guys. >> the regular season is not fast and it's want as fast as the playoffs. so, you know, less mistakes as possible and try to take advantage of every opportunity you're given to make plays. >> reporter: jackson saying this team ready to win four more which would make everyone really happy. coming up later this hour. pot roast playing through pain and trying to help others despite the career risk of even talking about it. that story coming up. there are an awful lot of fans who just can't wait for the game this weekend so rather than wait they're playing it out madden style. >> news 4's pat collins is live in college park with his virtual game preview. patrick?

>> reporter: i can't wait for that playoff game sunday. i say let's play it today. let's play it now, not at fedex field, but at the pandora's cube and video game store in college park, playoffs madden style. >> so this is the way it's going to work. he's going to be the redskins. >> are you ready? >> and you'll be the green bay packers. go, pack. i had to wear that. get bzy. >> in the first minute the redskins score on a pick six by perry riley. [ cheering ] >> what a play! what a play! >> then comes a long drive capped off by an alfred morris sco

score! >> ooh! >> in the meantime, aaron rodgers has one incompleted pass after another. >> feeling a little nervous, are you? >> you misseded a big one there. >> defense! defense! another redskins score! touchdown! touchdown! touchdown! ooh! ooh! >> reporter: late, very late in the first half, a touchdown by the packers. he caught it! >> oh! how did he do that? how did he do that? it's a secret. a packer secret, is it? think you can come back? >> think i can. definitely. >> that's why they play four quarters, pat. they play four quarters. redskins, 24. green bay, 10.

i'll have the second half for you coming up at 6:00. now back to the studio. >> pat's little helmet's getting a big workout this week. it's going to be a large jackpot, the largest of any lottery game in history. an estimated $700 million this after there was no winning ticket in the powerball last night. the next drawing saturday, based on sales estimates, that jackpot could reach $1 billion. the previous record was a $656 million mega millions and that was won back in 2012. a first of its kind donation will improve life for some families in need in northern virginia. the barn is a transitional housing facility in the bristol area of prince william county and it offers temporary housing for families going through difficult times and an association saw the shelter's need and made free repairs to

the driveway and parking lot. >> if you've seen it before, and they come in there's a lot of rough road coming in. the parking lot had potholes and dips. for such a beautiful home and a beautiful existence and a reason why they existed, it was so beautiful that they should have something that could reflect that. >> this was the association's first donated project, and its next project is expected to be in fairfax county. charges have been dropped against a stafford county man who was accused of animal cruelty. prosecutors say travis evans had been suffering for too long. a court recently found him guilty and the charges were dropped on wednesday and the case has been dismissed. a man involved in a gang-related shooting in a high school basketball game is going to jail for a year. chandler davenport set up the confrontation last february. today he apologized before he

was sentenced to ten years with nine suspended and he will be serving three years' probation in louisiana after his release. davenport's co-defendant is currently serving ten years for assault. at a time when school districts are strapped for money, the school chief is making a controversial decision all because she says the county is getting a bad rap. after atv and motorcycle riders took over the beltway in prince georges county we are learning it's not the first time its happened and what's being done about it now. newly released video takes us to the battlefield in the fight against

and veronica johnson and i here in the storm center are taking a look at the fog that we could be seeing tonight. that fog most likely starting to formal ready and it's going to continue to form over the next couple of hours. that could be something that we're watching overnight and right into early tomorrow morning and we may see a dense fog advisory issued later on and just watch out for that. you can see the clouds and how low they are and they oare on te thick side, too. >> winds out of the northeast at 3 miles per hour and so as the conditions are right, a lot more moisture in the atmosphere today with light winds and conditions are right for that fog to form. down to 37 gaithersburg and 39 in winchester and 39 down to the culpeper area and down to 41. nothing to show and we're not going to see rain tonight and

the chance of rain increases tomorrow night right around this time. here's what's happening and look at the cloud cover that formed today and all across the i-95 corridor and look where it wasn't. back to the west of the blue ridge. that tells you these were low clouds and had some kind of an easterly component and that's why we saw all of the cloud cover east of the blue ridge. this is what we're watching later on. we've got this storm system making its way toward kansas city and it's also moving in our direction and we are going to see the storm come in here during the day tomorrow. most of us on the dry side and waking up tomorrow morning and we have the clouds and the fog. here we are, future weather friday at 7:00 a.m. if you're headed out tomorrow morning watch out for areas of fog. tomorrow night we start to see the showers moving in and right around the i-95 corridor and right around 7:00. if you're headed out to dinner tomorrow morning and got idod i to get the umbrella. we stay with the clouds.

we're not expecting as much fog and we will be seeing the clouds and then the rain. saturday night if you're going out saturday night, and friday night it's the small umbrella and saturday night, the big umbrella. the commuting forecast between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m., 36 degrees. tomorrow afternoon it's the isolated shower around 44 degrees. we'll stay on the cool side and not too bad for this time of year and high of 53 on your saturday. on sunday, this is a huge forecast. we've got a good chance of rain saturday night into the day on sunday, but it will be sunday morning and we really think by around noon the rain will be gone, but what will be here will be mild weather first, but very windy conditions and we could see winds gusting upward of 40 miles per hour on sunday. so if you're tailgating and it may blow out the plates, napkins and things like that away. 4:00 p.m. and rather windy and at 8:00 rather chilly. the temperatures will be falling and we'll start to see windchills as we make our way

through sunday night and much colder air and veronica has the rest of the forecast and the seven day coming up. high only in the mid-30s. here's a surprise for motorists used to going 35 miles an hour along wisconsin avenue toward bradley boulevard and work area speed limit 15. i'll tell you how fast you have to be going in order to get a ticket if caught by surprise on a speed camera. >> and the dramatic rescue of those miners who were trapped more than 800 feet underground. find out how they made it out alive after being stranded for hours. and the budget for the region's largest school system with a warning from its leader. i think it will be devastating and tragic if this

drivers are in for a shock when they drive through a busy corridor in montgomery county. suddenly the speed is down to 15 miles an hour and the sign went up overnight. >> and there is a camera to catch you if you speed. news 4 chris gordon is live to clear up the confusion. >> jim and wendy, here it is, the dreaded speed camera as we drive around the area, we all think about it, but this one -- this one's particularly confusing because here in chevy chase there are two separate

speed limits posted here along this section of wisconsin avenue. crews are installing gas services to homes on streets along wisconsin avenue from chevy chase to bradley boulevard in bethesda and sometimes trucks and workmen have to be on wisconsin itself. they tell us the speed limit 15 signs make them feel safer. >> people will fly down through here 1,000 miles per hour and sometimes they don't want to stop. >> i think it should be reduced from 35 to 15 especially when we're out on the corner like this and out on the main avenue. >> reporter: in the half hour we monitored this speed camera. we saw it flash four times. just saw a car go by at approximately what? 35, 40 miles an hour. that would have given them a ticket on the regular speed limit. >> reporter: this story came to our attention from a motorist used to traveling the speed limit of 35 miles an hour here along wisconsin avenue to bradley boulevard. last night she noticed this

sign, work area, speed limit 15 double fine and wondered if she had been caught by a speed camera if she would get a ticket and if so, for how much? >> in this situation for work zones the speed limit is 35 miles an hour and the camera is set for35 miles an hour issuing tickets at 47 miles an hour. >> reporter: if montgomery county police are not enforcing the 15 mile an hour speed limit why is it posted? and who posted it? we'll have some answers for you ahead on news 4 at 6:00. that's the latest live in montgomery county. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, chris. the cuts stop now. that's the message from the head of fairfax county public schools. her budget for the next school year aimed in part at enticing teachers and staff to stick around. our northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is live in mayfield just ahead of tonight's school board meeting. david? >> reporter: wendy, i have been

covering dr. david garza since she took over. her first year proposing a budget, $98 million in cuts. her second year, $65 million in cuts and she tells me she's tired of making cuts and says it's hurting not only the region's largest school system, but also the reputation of fairfax county. >> from the podium, a message rooted in frustration delivered with determination. >> i can no longer propose cuts because by doing so the implication is that i believe the cuts are appropriate and they are simply not. >> reporter: instead, fairfax county fairfax schools superintendent dr. karen garza making big promises, budgeting a raise for all employees, a salary step for teachers and a plan to lower elementary school class sizes and a $113 million price tag. >> i don't think that's asking for a lot. >> i don't. >> and you don't think they're getting hopes up or anything? >> i think we have to. i think we have to. after nine years of consecutive

cutting we're lagging in a lot of areas. >> is there any fear that the budget we're looking at here is just getting hopes up? >> i would hope it's getting fears up, david, because if they don't fund their schools now there will be cuts and these will impact children ultimately which should always be our primary focus. >> steve greenberg, as head of the federation of teachers for the past few years. he's now transitioned back into the classroom teaching third grade. >> the thing that bothers me the most, david, is i have colleagues who now have to make a choice between leaving the children that they love and want to teach and either surviving for their own families or actually getting out of the profession. >> reporter: districtwide, we've had about 200 vacancies starting the school year which we've never experienced before. >> reporter: the allure for teachers to move elsewhere is strong. >> they're looking for the highest salary in some of the neighboring jurisdiction. >> garza says it can't go on.

>> think it will be devastating and tragic if this budget is not completely funded. >> reporter: getting to that level of funding will ultimately depend on the county board of supervisors. coming up ahead on news 4 at 6:00, i'll introduce you to one student who says the student body has actually been noticing the impact of recent budget cuts and we'll show you how. plus, right now there is a school board meeting under way and we'll tell you why a group you have parents is gathering here and why they're holding a rally and what they're pushing for. >> thank you, david. a st. mary's county man is accused of abusing an infant. they ignored the cries of a 7-month-old infant. the day care provider sought medical assistance and the infant is now in critical condition with, quote, battered baby injuries. police in paris tonight are looking into whether the armed man who stormed a police station had terror connections. this comes as the city marks one year since those deadly attacks

on the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. today's attack happened just minutes after president francois hollande gave a speech to mark the anniversary. last year, two men killed 11 people inside the magazine headquarters. over the next two days an accomplice shot a policewoman and killed four people in a supermarket. france has been on high alert since the isis-related attacks back in november. this new video from the department of defense shows the u.s. military launching air strikes against isis targets in syria. it was one of 19 air strikes the u.s.-led coalition conducted on new year's day targeting isis sites on both iraq and syria. they destroyed vehicle, bunkers, equipment and even a bridge used by the militant group. a second state is suing to stop the resettling of syrian refugees in the united states. alabama's governor filed a lawsuit citing concerns he's not getting enough information.

robert bentley sent letters to the white house to find out more about refugees being placed in his state, but he has aren't gotten answers. the refugee act requires the governor to consult with the state before placing refugees within its borders. are you eating healthy? doreen gentzler will break down the nutritional guidelines. more coyotes showing

>> he's one of the biggest and strongest players on the redskins team, terence "pot roast," nighten. >> he has also been hiding a painful condition until this season. carol maloney has his story. >> reporter: you get a headache, you take an aspirin. for the redskins' terence knighten his condition so bad for so long he is risking his tough guy reputation to spread the word. i knew it wasn't a regular headache, but i never wanted to share that with people just because my dream was to make the nfl. i didn't want to have any red flags with that. >> reporter: terence knighton suffered silently, cluster headaches finally caused him to miss a game this season. >> it would wear on me. the pain, the frustration. >> we sat down with him after another sleepless night in november. >> this is just fatiguing me

mentally and physically. >> reporter: even talking about it is a risk. knighton is on a one-year deal with the redskins, but hopes shedding light on this little-known condition pays it forward. >> if me bringing awareness to it can help other people then that would be bigger than, you kn know, than winning the super bowl for me. >> he's completely healthy and the cluster headaches gone for now. >> it is always in the back of my mind just because it impacted me this season and the roller coaster ride i've been on with just playing throughout the season. >> reporter: a trip to johns hopkins and a change in medication put a smile back on his face and his mind at ease. >> i just appreciate the organization and helping me get the best support i can, and i also have a shout out for my girlfriend, lindsay, who stuck with me and it was her first time seeing me go through this, and i have a strong supporting cast and i can fight through it.

>> well, they spent nearly half a day stuck in an elevator, hundreds of feet under growth fund. >> this evening the 17 salt miners are back above ground and they're safe. it happened wednesday night in a salt mine south of syracuse. the elevator just stopped 800 feet below the surface trapping them for more than ten hours. the men said they had fresh air, but they were cold. they huddled together and they did what they could do to keep each other warm and keep each other's spirits up. >> the first responders went into action and the first miners to emerge waited until the last man had been rescued. a rep for the salt mine said it appears a steel beam broke inside the shaft. governor cuomo has ordered an investigation. it's happened at target and banks and the list goes on and on. security breaches are becoming more common and you'll have to do much more than just monitor your account to protect

a maryland lawmaker got a first hand look at the atv and dirt bike riders that nearly took over parts of the maryland harbor. from national harbor the delegate says it's time to put the brakes on these illegal rides. tracee? >> reporter: it's a conversation folks are having here in the county after those riders on the beltway caused a serious traffic jam there, a similar incident happened here at national harbor and he caught it all on tape.

>> and you just see them doing wheelies down the road and then this guy right here almost hit me. it was, like, you have to be kidding me and i was standing. >> reporter: the prince georges delegation chair dave walker was walking down national harbor with his wife when atv and dirt bike riders ripped through the quiet evening. >> you only saw half the pack and that was a lot. >> reporter: it happened last week and he caught it all on cell phone video. he said there were 75 to 100 riders and some of whom took to the sidewalk to avoid car traffic. >> i know i can move out of the way, but what if it would have been someone with the stroller? >> i heard a loud roaring and rumbling down the street. >> patricia heard and saw the ruckus that night. >> they were popping wheelies and weaving in between the cars which was very dangerous. >> reporter: it was the same week when atv riders took over a portion of the beltway in prince george's county. >> we need to come up with a comprehensive plan to stop and we're looking for legislation around the country to see what we're seeing in baltimore city

and i have some things that we're taking a look at and we need to see if we can bring the practice to brings george's county. >> reporter: it is banned completely unless used on private property with written consent. >> they have met with police on the matter. >> i'm not saying i have the answers. derek davis didn't say he had the answers. the police department said let's come together and work and let's figure out the answers. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00, prince george's county police respond to this particular incident and an incident like it. it explains why it is so difficult to police this problem. reporting live in national harbor, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> the tomorrow morning rush and we have big fog concerns right now. already seeing the visibility starting to drop in montgomery county around germantown and gaithersburg and we show you what you can expect as we move

forward to 8:00, 9:00 and they could start dropping under a while and all of that is just how wide spread it will be from hagerstown to charlottesville. we'll stop it at 10:00 p.m. and more fog and it is going to get rather thicker as we move into the early morning rush and hang on to the fog until as late as 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. the other thing for tomorrow morning, low temperatures, chilly, but not cold and you'll need the rain jacket and umbrella and the fact that we'll be misty and drizzly throughout the day tomorrow. 33 to 38 degrees again and cold enough, and a nice warm rain jacket for tomorrow and we give you a cautionary light for impacts tomorrow on the weather because of the morning fog for traveling and as far as exercising out and about. we have the green light and just fine. still damp for tomorrow. you're looking at the skycast and you can see the clouds hanging low as we make our way across the area tomorrow. as far as any showers go, our

next best chance of rain moving into the area will be 7:00 on saturday. so temperatures tomorrow into the low and mid 40s across the area and cool, drizzling again and rather damp and then saturday more cloud with an east to southeast early wind and after 7:00, that's when most of the rain comes in. in terms of amounts, look at this, about a half inch anywhere in the blue and from the mountains, there could be more than an inch there and about a third of an inch in st. mary's and calvert and on sunday it is going to be windy as that rain moves its way out of here and our gust could be as high as 45 miles per hour and even through the afternoon hours we're expecting some moderate winds and our temperatures on sunday will be pretty mild at 1:00. so at 59 degrees and even at 4:00, 56 degrees and very windy throughout the day and the winds will start to ease some as we

approach midnight, but i don't think our temperatures will start dropping until after midnight and when they do, look at monday morning, 35 degrees starting out and the high temperature on monday, just 38 and we're at 42 degrees on tuesday and it is going to be cold and we'll have a couple of mornings coming up once again with windchills in the single digits and teens next week and doug has that coming up at 6:00. >> v.j., thanks. we want to tell you about recent coyote sightings in prince william county. according to police two coyotes were spotted in the western part of the country and they're reminding people to keep their property free of trash and pet food. keep small pets on a leash as coyotes can see them as prey and larger dogs could be viewed as a threat. >> eat this not that. the government's new guidelines on healthy eating are now out there and there's controversy over this year's recommendations and doreen gentzler is here to explain. >> you might wonders why should

we care about the government's dietary guidelines and they affect a lot of things. school lunch menus for one thing and school nutrition labels and the core principiple of the die ear guidelines have staid the same, but for the first time the guidelines now include a limit to the amount of added sugar we should consume. the recommendation now just ten% of your caloric intake. for most people that's 12 teaspoons of sugar per day. you get that much sugar in just one 16-ounce soda and there's advice to cut back on salt and saturated fats and here's where it gets controversial. gone now are the longstanding limits on cholesterol. the recommendation now just eat as little dietary cholesterol as possible. despite recent advice by a government panel that all of us cut back on red and processed meat, well, these new guidelines

do not include that recommendation. the government now says people should focus on a healthy eating pattern. that includes healthy food options in combination with one another as opposed to just focusing on individual food groups and just focusing on what your intake is in one day. you can find out more about healthy eating at our health and fitness expo coming up this weekend. lots of information and we'll have healthy cooking demonstrations. wendy? jim? >> doreen, thanks. with so many security breaches and cooks gaining access to your personal and bank information, consumer groups are looking for ways to help. news 4's erika gonzalez takes a look at how monitoring your credit may want be enough and here's a report on how to keep your money safe and secure. >> reporter: it's called freezing your credit. it's not new, but when the public interest research group suggested consumers consider this as a way to protect their identities in this report, it

caught our attention. why would you only want to detect a new account being open in your name when there is a way to actually prevent it from happening in the first place. >> reporter: there are three main credit reporting agencies and we've told you for years how you can monitor your credit by getting a free credit report from them, but that may not stop somebody from opening up new, fraudulent accounts in your name. >> the only thing that credit monitoring does at its best i let you know after the fact whether somebody has opened a new account in your name. >> reporter: putting a freeze on your credit could last as long as you like and you won't get dinged with it. there is a cost associated with it depending on your state and it could be between $3 and $10 to freeze your credit and another $2 to $12 to unfreeze. say when you need a new line of credit or a loan for a house or car? credit reporting agency expeerian wants you to remember you've got to lift the freeze before you need the new line of credit. you don't need too much time,

though. >> the longest it could take is three days, but our experience and understanding is that it can happen online within 15 minutes. >> reporter: while a credit freeze won't stop bad guys from stealing your personal information that's already out there such as existing credit cards and accounts, it can stop criminals from opening a new account. erika gonzalez, news 4. >> there are options kind of thing. the troopers who pulled her over is being charged with perjury, but the victim's family says it does not answer their call for justi

new details tonight in the case of sandra bland, the woman found dead in a texas jail cell after a traffic stop. >> tonight bland's family says a perjury charge against a state trooper who stopped her is not justice. emily flores has our story. >> there is a big mess here. >> reporter: it's the pain she's living with every single day as she addressed the media about misdemeanor charges. >> the indictment has to be followed by a conviction, okay? that's what i want. all right. i want the process to really be handled the right way. >> trooper brian was indicted for perjury related to his traffic stop and arrest of sandra bland back in july. bland died three days later in jail. a jury indicted trooper with a

misdemeanor count admitting he lied about how he removed bland from the vehicle during the traffic stop. it carried a penalty of up to four years in jail. >> to charge this guy with a class a misdemeanor. your kidding me? >> you look at that dash cam and you see, there's no question he should have been charged with assault, when he pulled out that taser and said i'm going to light you up. they knew about that from the time they first looked at the video. >> reporter: last month the grand jury did not indict officials in bland's death. it was deemed a suicide. the family said they have yet to receive bland's belongings and still received news about their daughter's case only from the media. >> all of these promises were made and i received none of what i was told i was going to get. to this day i still don't have my daughter's belongings. to this day. that is very frustrating.

the texas department of safety says they will start the termination process for that trooper. and as for the bland family, they say this is a good step, but it's only one step in the marathon of action that they want to see take place. bland's mother has filed a wrongful death suit in federal court in houston. news 4 at 5:00 begins right now with jim and doreen. >> heated arguments inside a federal courtroom. why a former police supervisor is trying to avoid prison time even though he admits he tried to cook meth in a government research lab. donald trump stepping up his attack against ted cruz in the battle for iowa. >> is your car clean? i mean, really clean from an emissions standpoint? i'm adam tuss in northern virginia and this new road test will check emissions. coming up, i'll tell you how your emissions are right where they should be. >> reporter: the sign says 15, but it's not being enforced. the story behind this confusing message and who is behind it.

we start tonight with guns in america. it is an issue that has been front and center all week and in about an hour president obama will host a town hall meeting in fairfax on the issue. >> also tonight a local lawmaker is taking steps to tighten the rules in her state as gun shop owners react to the president's executive action. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live in fairfax with tonight's top story. hi, meagan. >> reporter: hey, doreen. when a german town woman, state delegate, kathleen delay said she was encouraged to draft legislation to keep that from happening again and we spoke with many gun dealers who say that's not the answer. they need to enforce the rules and laws that are already on the books and they say in doing so that can help prevent them from selling guns to the wrong people. there are many reasons why law-abiding citizens choose to buy guns. earl curtis hears about it every day. >> people are more afraid than anything