right now on "news4 this week," the united states elects its new president and several members of congress. but are the people who work in congress as diverse as they should be? the news4 i-team takes a look. the 6 for 66. tuss looks at the plans to add roads to the most congested area. and introducing you to the wife and one of the youngest sons of the president-elect. >> announcer: welcome to "news4 this week." >> hi, everyone. i'm carol maloney. this week, the people spoke and elected a new president of the united states. real estate mogul donald trump who will become the 45th

he beat democrat hillary clinton with an improbable comeback victory. trump says he wants the nation to come together and heal after a contentious come pain. so we have a new president and several new members of congress and with those members of congress, hundreds of new staffers are going to come with them. the news4 i-team review finds congress isn't falling its own laws on ensuring diversity in the workforce. scott macfarlane looks at the rules that apply for every that represent you on the hill. >> reporter: lobbyist attorney literally wrote the book on how the federal government works. >> it really took lessons learned during my career and making them more available to people who want to access the federal government. >> reporter: but as a congressional staffer, she didn't see many people who looked like her in higher positions.

government to be representative of the people who live in thissing nation. >> reporter: and congress requires through the civil service reform and equal employment opportunity acts but the lawmakers don't have to follow the laws. when the i-team looked for records on numbers on how well congressional staffers reflected gender and racial makeup of the states their lawmakers represent, we discovered there aren't any. no one is required to keep track of minority hiring in the >> there's a collective body of congress not leading by example. >> reporter: the i-team obtained this report on minority federal workers. opm must submit it to congress every year. the latest numbers is a slight overall increase in the previous year, nearly half a percent of minorities in the federal workforce. but the picture of how congress is doing hiring minorities is much less clear. we put the same questions to all 29 local members of congress

women, as lgbtq and every ethnic breakdown. the seven that responded had a higher rate of ethnicity. six offices refused to answer our questions. 16 others didn't respond despite our repeated requests. >> we believe in a democracy that you need all points of view and that's what congressman steny hoyer's office among the seven offices that responded and he's proud of increasing diversity but says there's room for improvement. >> we have the most diverse caucus in our history but we're still not necessarily representative of the american mix. >> reporter: brad fitch runs the nonprofit congressional management which helps congress improve operations and money is a big part of the issue.

shooting itself in the foot. it's very hard for a congressional office to create a pipeline of diverse applicants if it has no resources to do it. >> reporter: kelly lovelace started his career on the hill, too, and is in charge of engaging african-american voters with the gop. lovelacies the bench marks as a key in the way way that other agencies need to report. >> there needs to be a mechanism to keep track. this will be a way to help encourage officers t need to make these efforts to diverse their staff. >> kelly lovelace and the others didn't know that there were groups on promoting diversity. go to our nbc washington app and search on diversity. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> thank you, scott. it's going to get worse before it gets better.

the beltway. construction will take place as existing traffic rolls by and it will last four years. adam tuss took a ride in chopper 4 to explain how this project will work. >> four years. yes. four years of construction along i-66 and take a look at where this construction is going to be taking place. right here along what is arguably the most congested corridor in our entire region, from the beltway up to gainese. each side of 66, which is going to push the road out a little bit. it's going to get tough. 66, there is the unpredictability. >> 66 is hit or miss. >> reporter: others simply dread the road. >> it's all hours of the day. it's not just rush hour. any time of the day you can get caught in traffic there. >> reporter: and that's why transportation leaders say something needs to be done. well, something is being done.

running from the beltway to gainesville. the new lanes are right alongside three regular lanes. >> it's a lot of construction. $2 billion, roughly. >> reporter: susan with v-dot says once construction starts, it's four years worth of intense work and private properties along the corridor will be lost. >> there are some totals anticipated with the project. we did minimize that to 11 what we showed in our plans last year. >> reporter: the concept for the lanes is the same as other networks. three or more people in the car, you can use them for free. that's a polarizing issue. >> there's a way around it to get to work earlier. >> you shouldn't have to pay to get through it. >> reporter: transit improvement is being planned along the corridor as part of the project.

that is interesting, the state is contracting with a private company which will build, operate and maintain this facility at no cost to taxpayers. but guess what, they get to keep the tolls on this facility for the next 50 years. back to you. >> thanks, adam. still ahead, the united states has a new president-elect. we get to meet his family. we are going to introduce you to donald trump's wife melania and his youngest son barron.

well, now that he's the president-elect, donald trump will be immoralized in wax. there is gas to be a wax statue of trump set to be complete before the election. a team of 20 artists working around the clock hoping to get it all done. we're told the six-month process

when completed, donald trump will be the only one who already had a wax statue of him. here are a few tidbits about the next first lady. melania trump is 46 years old, the third wife of the president-elects, the former model grew up in communist slovenia and has said she was inspired by ronald reagan and later followed her dreams to become an american. by the way, the only oth lady born outside the u.s. was john quincy adam's wife. she's described as a dedicated wife and mother. speaking of family, son barron trump is their only child together, the youngest of donald trump's five children. he was on stage with his dad tuesday night. barron is 10 years old and apparently speaks fluent in slovenia. when he was a baby, barron was a calm little boy and did not cry much. and get this, the last young boy

years ago. it's one of the most violent crimes in our area. when we come back, the news4 i-team talks to detectives asking for your help to reignite the investigation into this cold case. and later, the historic radio station that played the

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fairfax county police say it's one of the most crimes they've seen but they've run into a deadend trying to solve a 6-year-old murder. tisha thompson tells you why detectives need your help identifying the murder weapon and piecing together the clues left behind from this dr. wash murder. ?? >> footsteps of a killer leading detectives straight to their motive but the secrets hidden in

continues to go unsolved. this woman and her husband were born in south korea but did not meet until after he arrived in the united states with just $300 in his pocket. >> he was wonderful. he is very handsome. >> she says they first fell in love and then saved enough money to buy a car wash. >> we make good money there. then we buy another business, a car wash again. >> there dr. wash in turned into the american dream they longed for until everything went wrong six years ago. >> this is the most violent scene i have seen. >> the detective says jong was supposed to be home on october 7th, 2010, not her husband. but when his friends canceled their regular golf game, she went to the store and he stayed home. >> it's quite possible that whoever went there that day didn't expect him to be there, they were surprised. that's possibly why they used

never before shown to the public, police showed us the two knives used to stab him for than a dozen times. >> someone with emotion or anger to break the knife in the middle of a fight. >> moore says jong was a black belt, fought for his life, hitting back so hard, he broke bones in his hands. but wonders what made these vertical marks on his head. in these puncture wounds, you can see in this it's possible it's more than one person attacking him. and then there are the two bloody sock prints found next to his body. >> when you go into somebody's house, you take your shoes off. >> it leads us in the direction of whether the person there was familiar with our victim, whether it was a cultural thing is why they had their shoes off, whether the victim knew who was there. >> the sock print at first

police sprayed a chemical called luminol on the garage floor and then blue sock prints suddenly lit up the floor leading police up the steps and straight to a secret hiding place where they hid a large amount of cash. stolen along with their suv. only the suv reappeared four days later about ten miles away on knows something about this crime. >> moore says this is the only case she has never solved. >> we haven't gotten many tips. >> she's trying to explain that police officers are here to assist to help. they provide information they would not be harmed and returned. >> this police is working to

english. >> i miss him every day. >> she's now begging her neighbors to tell police if they know anything about the crime that destroyed her american dream by killing the man she loved. in fairfax county, tisha thompson, news4 i-team. >> if you know anything about young's murder, call crime photos on our nbc washington app. when we come back, a radio station that ruled the airwaves many decades ago. how it brought some of the greatest musicians to life.

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y25emy y17vy the 2016 election season so stressful that therapy dogs were brought to capitol hill after it

and a beagle mix met with staffers. it was a great way for workers to blow off steam, especially for those whose bosses may have lost re-election bids. >> it's frustrating, disheartening, we know we did the best we can and this brings joy and puts a smile on my face this morning so definitely needed that and thankful for all of the dogs being here. >> finally this week, a look at the radio station that moved airwaves many years ago. in the '60s, the station had a wide-open format that played music reflecting the political, social and political upheaval of those heavy days and brought some of our greatest musicians to life. now you can relive it. there is a documentary in the works that will take us back to a golden time when radio resonated. ??

the vietnam war, baby boomers were ditching their parents' american dream for something cat clismic and this was the carpet ride to the revolution. no playlist. the deejays reigned capturing the rumble, the music that would forever herald this generation's >> there were no rules. it was very freewheeling. >> it was sort of a secret code between us and our listeners. they knew what we were saying. >> they became a beacon for musicians unknown at the time who came to the station to get their music played. >> it might have been bruce springsteen, might have been

linda rondstat but they were not famous yet. >> about to perform live on the air in 1975, neil young at a concert wearing the whfs bumper sticker on his pants. ?? the documentary "feast your ears," the story of wfhs, 103.2, captures the years u from atop the triangle tower in bethesda was the epicenter for progressive music, social media before social media. >> because they had a vegetarian cookbook, a ride board, a housing board. >> he got the idea for the documentary when he saw the original deejay gather for a reunion. >> i just reacted out loud, oh, my god, they are all not dead yet. somebody needs to tell the

golden years should resonate with a new generation, the millennials. >> they are a lot like we were. they are rallying against corporateization and problems with our government. >> and for boomers, it will be a feast of music and memories, a chance to wade once again into the sweet nectar of our youth. >> well, the story of whfs, 103.2, is going to hit the festival circuit this they are still fundraising. we have a link on our nbc washington app. just search whfs if you want more information. and that's it for "news4 this week." i'm carol maloney. thank you so much for joining us

?? ?? welcome to "redskins chronicles." i'm larry michael. each week we take an in-depth look at a piece of this team's storied legacy. today we focus on some of the great wide receivers to ever wear the burgdy and gold. the team now has some pretty good wideouts. garcon, crowder, jackson, just to name a few. the history of this football