shootings. >> you said in your executive action it wouldn't have solved either one of these. >> no, i didn't say that. didn't say that it would solve one. >> what would it have solved? >> none of the guns were purchased from nonlicensed dealers. >> now, the back and forth was more heated outside last night's town hall in fairfax. mark barton was there. his 7-year-old son was killed in the sandy hook elementary shooting. >> we're here to try to save other families from living this pain. >> joe lothrop says the president is overextending his power and only congress has the power to pass laws. it's a little cooler. >> "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell is here with more.

>> it's a drizzly day. drizzle me this, drizzle me that. it's going to be going on all day long. sunday, speaking of that day, it looks like it's going to be a windy day for the playoffs and then big ups and big downs in the temperatures especially sunday into monday. temperatures right now in the upper 30s to around the city. upper 20s and low 30s to the shenandoah valley. as you plan out your day, not much. all cloud cover all day. a lot of fog, mist, and drizzle around. we'll have a light rain chance around 6:00, 7:00. what to wear? an umbrella, warm coat just to keep the mist off. melissa mollet. she looks a great in a bonnet. >> the last time i wore a bonnet was probably when i was a year and a half old, but my mom did used to make me bonnets. a big look at the beltway,

no problems. everything is just fine. 5 and quantico, that's going to take you 18 minutes. a little bit of traffic there. southbound, just a little bit of a slowdown through a couple of different work zones that should be wrapped up in a couple of minutes. nothing much to be too concerned about. 395 southbound at seminary, again,have those two left lanes. the only thing getting by and then south of that, only the left lane get big a work zone, slowing things a tad. you can see a bit of yellow. 66, into up to, out of town, you're fine. i'll see you in 30 minutes. >> thanks, melissa. the police are investigating a crash in maryland. police say a car crashed into the tow truck while the driver was working. the drooisher is in the hospital with serious injuries. the other driver is expected to be okay. a former officer could spend

45 years in prison. the case stems from something that happened in may of 20140 14. >> buoy. one man was dropping off his cousin when santiago told them they were illegally parked. he would not let them leave and pointed a gun at them. santaiago will be sentenced at 9:00 this morning. >> the regulations would significantly raise the fines for a number of traffic offenses and introduce a series of new traffic offenses. the goal of vision zero is to end all accidents of pedestrians and bicyclists. calls for more money. the budget begins in fairfax county where teachers and parents held a rally last night. we reported yesterday how the district is facing a budget deficit that will require major cuts in programs and fee

increases for student activities. for the past nine years the district has had to scale back on spending. at a meeting, the ninth district superintendent says she's done cutting. she says it's nonany goatable. >> karen garza says it will be tragic if it's not passed. a federal court decided the third and fourth congressional districts should be redrawn before the 2016 election. the third district now stretches from richmond to the tidewater area. the decision comes after lemg laters decided they illegally packed voters in. the district could throw out the ruling. >> another rough day for chinese

stocks. just not as bad as yesterday. trading in chinese stocks came to a halt after just 30 minutes yesterday. other asian markets have rebounded after a plunge rattled global markets. the dow lost nearly 400 points. eun? >> erika gonzalez, thank you. today, the woman known as the affluenza mother heads to court in texas. tonya couch helped her son flee to mexico while he was under investigation for a possible probation violation. ethan couch is serving ten years' probation after killing four people while driving drunk. couch claims he did not know right from wrong due to his affluent upbringing. bond for tonya couch is a $1 million.

hogan says the state expect as $3 million surplus and is in better financial standing after eight years under former governor martin o'malley. let's all dream for a minute. what would you do with $1 billion. >> it's so hard to wrap your head around. go to a grocery store -- if no one wins saturday's drawing, that's how high the drawing could get. $1 billion with a "b." saturday's drawing is worth $700 million. you could buy 7 million lattes or a couple of the franchises. it's the largest prize in lottery history according to a spokesperson. it could grow to $900 million. if that rolls over, next wednesday's drawing should easily exceed the $1 billion

mark. >> which would be just -- i can't even wrap my brain around it it's so far out there. >> easier to dream than to win. today we're kicking off our nbc 4 health fit ps. it starts at the washington convention center in northwest. this is video from last year's fair. before you stop by, make sure you register in the nbc washington app. search "hiring our heros." you'll get a break if you're going to redskins game sunday. it's ending work on the orange, blue, and silver lines. before that time you can expect waits starting tonight. trains will also be single tracking between the smithsonian and mcphearson square stations. there's single tracking between forest glen. if you're one of the lucky ones going to the skins game, we want to see how you're ready.

you can send your best fan photo or tweet or instagram poechlt make sure you use the #skinsfan. a plane heading from chicago to new york did not make it the first time. from inside the plane. we'll explain why. where people spotted a coyote in the area. >> chuck bell says get re

new cell phone video this morning of a woman being cared off a united airlines fliechlt people cheered this. the woman attacked several passengers after the flight took off from new york. the plane made an emergency landing in detroit. the flight continued without the unruly passenger making it safely to chicago o'hare last night. there are reports the woman may have mental issues. we want to talk about coyote sightings in prince george's county. two were seen. they're reminding people to keep their trash and things picks up and keep your puppy on a leash. they might think they're prey. >> what you need to know.

>> real coyotes are scary but i love the cartoon, wiley e. coyote. there's the flog in northwest washington. thicker fog out by the bay. it's about as cold and west as it can be. fog, mist, and temperatures in the upper 30s. we're going to give recess an "f." downright gloomy. you may want to have the umbrella or rain slicker to play it on the safe side. most of the sun moves in after the rain goes out. we have a little bit of fog hanging around the beltway and branch avenue this morning. not slowing things right now though. you can see nice and clear. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. up top, b.w. parkway, route 1,

everything is nice and fine. don't have to worry about anything there. from 270 to the spur, going to take you 27 minutes. nice and on time. nice and green. southbound, southbound also clear. don't have any issues. remember we still have this issue and work on southbound seminary and duke street as well. see you in a few minutes. >> melissa, thank you. new speed limits in parts of montgomery county. so why are police saying you won't get a ticket if you don't follow them. and a scary linch between

welcome back at 4:4r5. in the latest to the race to the white house donald trump is looking for support in vermont, bernie sanders country. he tried to put a positive spin on the protesters who turned out to greet him. nbc's edward lawrence joining us

live from capitol hill with more on why this could be dafrmgs for the democratic kaechblt this could be very dangerous. good morning. >> reporter: it could be very dangerous. he gave 20u9,000 tickets to a venue that can only support 1,400 people. this is an area that is supposed to build bernie sanders, but this is the kind of momentum that the front-runner wants. donald trump went on the defensive with the protesters at a rally in vermont. he said he would love to run against sanders who trailing hillary clinton on the democratic side. still trump says he's focused o;

eun? >> thank you, edward. we now know the fire that burned a home, it was ashes thrown into a trash bag. the family only had time to get out with the clothes on their backs. some small pets did not make it out. a maryland lawmaker says it's time to crack down on illegal atv rides like this one. governor jaywalker says he was walking when a pack of av and dirt bike riders flew down the street. it was the same day riders took over a portion of the beltway in prince george's county. both of these are what started him looking into meeting with the police to look for

solutions. >> there's a new warning about carjackings. there's been a recent crime surge across the borders in d.c. and prince george's county. anti-theft systems on cars are not helping the situation. the chief says newer cars are harder to steal, though crooks are trying to take directly from drivers. they're working with the d.c. police and prince george's county police to crack down on this crime. drivers are getting confused over a new sign. the sign is on wisconsin avenue and it reads 15 miles an hour. the new england sign between chevy chase in bethesda shows the usual 35-mile-an-hour. they say it's not a county sign, so they're not enforcing it. they say the signs make them feel safer. >> our priority is safety first. they've got throw down especially in this area. some are coming out of the work

zone and they're over 35 or so. >> that's good common sense. the pipeline company doing the work did not respond to our messages about the sign. 41 months in prison that. is a sentence handed down to a former federal employee after he admitted to making meth in a federal lab. chris bartley worked as the federal police chief at the national institute of standards and technology in gaithersburg. he caused an explosion on the campus while trying to cook meth last year. he told the judge he made a serious lapse in judgment. trial dates for sergeant alicia white and officer garrett miller have been pushed back. white's trial is now rescheduled for february. miller's trial is now moved to march.

it's a no for the group of protester. they told the sheriff they're not leaving. the sheriff asked them to leave peacefully and offered a safe escort out. they agreed to disagree by shaking hands. bundy says the protesters are, quote, being ignored again. 4:50 your time now. scary research is linking breast implants to cancer. lymphoma can develop around the scar tissue. it's especially scary for women who had breast cancer once and then had breast reconstruction. they say only 1 in 1,000 have developed it worldwide. a special beer is brewing in northern virginia for a young woman battle stomach cancer. it's called curry's cure. she gave birth.

she learned she had cancer during pregnancy and her son lance was born earl. her husband who own as brewery joined 18 local brewers for a fund-raiser yesterday. >> there's so many good people here. it really does make you feel like everybody's on your side. >> the money raised from selling curry's kur will help pay for rose's medical bills. all right. so you know this is the time of year everyone is making resolutions. almost always on the top of the list, getting fit, getting healthy, eating right. we put together several panels to help you with these resolutions. come join the experts to talk about managing your weight and stress and handle bullying. you'll hear from the hiring manager how to get a job in the health care industry. you can find a complete list of all the topics we're talking about on nbcwashington.com. our nbc 4 health & fitness expo

is free. it's saturday and sunday at the washington con vevention center from 9:00 to 5:00. we'll see you there. the pandas are back. they'll be staying there while permanent digs are prepared along the asia trail. rusty, who was infamous for escaping made headlines back in 2013. he still lives there. a live look at the panda cam. a different kind of began this morning. pretty quiet. >> that's bei bei. >> an exciting day for the zoo crew. they'll get and exclusive ichb peek of bei bei. the rest of us will have to wait until he makes his debut january 16th. mark your calendar. bei bei was born back in august. >> so stinking cute. >> i can't wait to get my hands

on him. >> a reminder he'll scratch your eyes out. >> he's a bear. >> aaron and i agree on that. >> all four will be there at different times. >> i'll be there from 10:00 to 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. >> i'm doing a cooking demo at 2:00. >> i'll stick around for that. >> cawley flower. >> nobody's sticking around. >> a tasting way. >> you can't do anything to make it better. it's impossible oop. you can't even different in cheese and make it better. the cawley flower people will be against me. fog and drizzle in abundance. a little light rain this evening. temperatures don't move a whole lot. upper 30s. low 40s for much of the afternoon. here's what it looks like. a lot of low clouds and low visibility out there.

no dense fog advisory just yet but low beams and speeds for you. half mile visibility or less in parts of the shenandoah valley. so it's not pea soup fog. keep that in mind. a little rise in temperatures. up into the low or mid-40s by later on today. high, 45 in leesburg. a little bit milder in southern maryland. "storm team 4" radar, nothing showing up. that's the thing about mist and drizzle. not really much of a display there. there's the rain chance that's coming our way for the weekend. best chance for heavy rain this weekend is late saturday night into the early, early morning hours of sunday morning. here's future weather. 2:00 today, all fog all the time. chances of drizzle changing over to light rain. about 5:00 to 9:00 this afternoon into the evening. tapering off a bit and staying cloudy. into tomorrow we go.

rain likely. here's saturday night at 10:00 p.m. heaviest rain probably around midnight, saturday into sunday. coming up i'll break down the big changes that occurred on sunday. here's your whole seven-day for now. near 60 for a time on sunday but the bottom falls out and we're into the cold pattern for early next week. snow lover, no chance for snow just yet. stay tuned. melissa mollet. >> a bit of fog. taking a look. northbound, southbounding you're not having any issues but you can see that fog there just kind of hanging around for us this morning. 66 into town, you're fine. out of town, no problems. fairfax county parkway, it's going take you nine minutes. remember to listen to your friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. 95 going northbound, 71 miles an

hour. . perhaps a little bit over the speed limit. southbound, nice and green, no problems in prince george's county. i'll see you back at 5:01 with a live look at 66. all right. thank you. she lifted a car off her father and saved her family from a fire. she's not even old enough to ♪ ♪

there will soon be a new person in charge of d.c.'s 911 and 311 call center. muriel bowser appointed karina holmes yesterday. she hopes that holmes can fix the problems. right now holmes runs the 911 center that covers the suburbs of dallas. a soft-spoken teenager found incredible strength and heroism when her family needed it most. erics heel myer was pinned under his truck. he smelling fire. his 19 daughter came running barefoot. hopped in the passenger side and gunning the truck out of the garage on three wheels. >> thank you for coming so quick and saving the house. i didn't dough anything, you

guys. thanks for coming so fast. >> she was given the fairfax citizen award. she suffered burns to her feet. >> good for her. she probably wasn't even thinking. >> hmm-mm. legal students in virginia. what we're learning was found written on the bathroom walls. >> protecting you on metro. they don't work for the agency, but one group is taking safety into their own hands this morning. it is 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we need to get your forecast. chilly and misty and not very nice. >> it's not looking nice outside. the next changerr