now at 11, hateful graffiti on elementary school walls, discovered by third graders. >> the safety and security of our students is our top priority. >> tonight, the school taking heat for how long it took to tell parents.

the loss of three young children. >> it's so painful. >> teachers, family, and friends share their memories tonight as the children's mother fights for her life. and team trump taking shape. new reports tonight about who could be filling some of the country's top jobs in january. us in 4 at 11:00 starts now. good evening. first up tonight, hateful graffiti found in a local school bathroom. montgomery county school in just a week. >> it actually happened last thursday, but parents at sligo creek elementary school say they are just now finding out about it. news4's shomari stone is live there with reaction. >> reporter: good evening. those parents tell me they are very upset. a montgomery county public school spokesperson tells me the principal at the elementary

racist graffiti today after parents called. how did the parents find out about sit in some students last thursday found the racist graffiti in the bathroom, told the parents, and the parents responded today. >> it's disturbing. >> reporter: shawn is upset. tonight his daughter gave him this letter from the principal of sligo creek elementary school in silver spring explaining a racial incident that happened at the school last thursday. a student reported seeing a ra boy's bathroom. source tell news4 it was a threat against african-americans. >> it's really disappointing. i expect better from the people in my neighborhood, from the people in my country. >> reporter: tonight parents are outraged because a classroom teacher failed to report on thursday to the main office. instead, a building service worker saw and it removed it. >> we should have known about this sooner. >> it is shock. the teachers should have reported and it the kids you

school waited four days to tell parents. >> we understand their concern and we want to make sure they know now that their starnts are safe. >> reporter: but what about that day? >> i can't speak to the rationale of why we didn't alert them sooner. >> reporter: the principal in that letter states this is offensive and will not be tolerated here at the school. cowl counsellors are available for students if they need it and happened. well, montgomery county public school officials say this school is safe. students tell me they plan on coming back tomorrow. live from silver spring, news4. tonight, police offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest ever whoever spray painted a racist message at a church in silver spring. it happened saturday night. someone wrote the phrase, quote,

garden at episcopal church of our savior. a student walkout at montgomery blare high school stopped traffic in silver spring today. administrators were allowing students to demonstrate on the football field but the students told news4 they didn't think that made enough of a statement so they took to the streets. student from northwood and einstein high schools also joined in. police say it was peaceful and nobody was from school excused with a note from a parent. two people arrested tonight in what began as a student protest in seattle. the two men arrested were not students. they allegedly assaulted police officers during an otherwise peaceful protest involving more than 5,000 middle and high school students who walked out of class this afternoon. we got word tonight from donald trump's transition team

making more high level announcements. in fact, mike spence going to come to trump tower tomorrow with a meeting with the president-elect. the associated press is reporting former mayor rudy giuliani has now emerged as the favorite for secretary of state. and lorie i think gram the leading contenter for press secretary. president-elect trump has asked about getting security clearances for his kids and son-in-law, indicating they too may be high level today president obama described his talk with trump about filling out his team. >> probably the most important point that i made was that how you staff, particularly your chief of staff, your national security adviser, your white house counsel, that that's something that has to be attended to right away. >> reporter: until fact the president says it's imperative

and weigh his options. mr. obama indicated he will be spending more time with his successor in the coming weeks. the moon is putting on quite a show tonight at least for most of the world. it's closer to earth than it has been in almost 70 years, appearing 30% brighter up in the sky and 14% larger than it does at its farthest distance from the earth. >> it would be great if video was from washington but the clouds and is rain got in the way tonight. >> yeah, the clouds and the rain definitely in the way for the super moon. next we'll see it in 2034. this close, that is. let's take a look and show you what is happening outside right now. the rain definitely made its way into parts of the district, prince george's, arun del finally getting in on the rain.

southern and northern virginia. and finally moving into the dc ret metro area. more rain to come. but the main system is farther off to the east. that means by tomorrow morning the rain is just about out of here. i'll show you what that means for morning commute. out wait until you see the forecast in the next ten days. we have got big changes. developing now an amber alert in the search for a 4-year-old virginia girl. state police tell us tonight she is in extreme be traveling up i-95. annabel research sond was seen south and east of lynchberg. police believe her father dillon richardson, took her and that his mother might be with them. he does not have custody. he may be driving a burgundy chevy van, vmg 2332 virginia license plate. they could be headed up 95 toward new jersey. if you see them you are urged to call 911.

cut short, including three children, the young siblings died in a car crash in south carolina but they were all students at arcola elementary school in silver spring. jackie bensen talked to friends and family trying to make sense of the tragedy ? ? this little light of mine ?? >> reporter: how do you comfort to those who have had the lights of their lives extinguished. >> many people praying for them. >> reporter: students, teachers and parents stood in front of arcola elementary school to & raised candles to remember devon, 7, his brother nicolas, 6, and sisterlia, just 5, lost friday in a violent crash on jirk 95 in south carolina. the family was headed to a

passenger seat when the car had trouble. they were attempting to pull over when the vehicle was struck by a tractor trailer. everyone in the back seat, the three kids and a family friend was killed. family members say the husband is expected to survive but his wife is fighting for her life. >> they beneath need strength and prayers. it's really hard to keep yourself together. but you have to. >> reporter: this teacher had lea in her class. >> the whole family was just as she was. they were the kindest gentlest souls. they never had a bad word to say to anyone or a harsh word to say to anyone. >> reporter: in addition to tonight's vigil the school communities that started a fund-raising effort to help the family with funeral expenses, expenses they never ever expected to pay at this point in

lichs. in silver springs, jackie bensen, news4. tonight, residents of lands down learned one of their neighbors will face charges for hitting and killing an infant as the baby's mother pushed her stroller in a crosswalk. mindy schultz and her son tristan were rossing riverside parkway when the driver hit them back in august. witnesses say john miller was looking at his cell phone before the crash and then picked up speed to try the be intersection. he is facing many charges including voluntary manslaughter, he is due in court tomorrow. one woman's ride was over when she threw hot soup on a metro bus driver. he is okay. there was a plexiglass shield around him. tonight dc police are looking for suspect. they say this woman got on bus at the benning road station yesterday, cussed at the driver, and threatened to spit on him when he asked her to pay the fare. police say the driver let her ride anyway, and then she threw

metro says assaults on bus drivers are actually down nearly 15% this year. tributes are still coming in tonight for journalist gwynn eye fell. she died of cancer today. >> she was moderator of washington week and coanchor and managing editor of pbs news hour. her co-host, judy woodruff tweeted tonight, the news hour's heart is broken. a former when she became a correspond end here at nbc news. she was a standard bearer for courage and integrity. she was 61 years old. next at 11:00, going undercover to show you what some car sellers don't want you to see. >> is that legal.

exposes secrets, and shows you how to keep from getting ripped off. >> you could be paying more

we've all heard the warnings. buying used cars from online class united states could be risky. >> nbc 4 responds discovered a number of private sellers who are not disclosing potentially dangerous defects. consumer reporter susan hogan shows you how they are doing it. >> reporter: if you were thinking about buying a used car we have something you need to see first. nbc 4 responds goes undercover.

buy your next car from. >> it was just one owner. are you the owner. >> reporter: an inside nbc 4 responds undercover investigation reveals something disturbing. >> i am a dealer but -- >> is that legal? >> >> reporter: if you are not careful it could cost you more than just a ton of cash. you are reporting this car up for s.e.a.l. sale with a clean title. >> uh-huh. >> but technically, this is a salvaged title. >> unfortunately. not everybody is up front and honest about the vehicles they are representing especially on line. >> reporter: we wanted to see for ourselves. on craig's list there are a ton of cars that sound great, clean title, one owner, wuns runs great, no accidents. not so fast. using the vin or license plate number from the ad we looked up the vehicle's history report on

motor vehicle title information system. remember this guy? his ad claims his hyundai had one owner. when we pressed him we learned more. >> one owner but i'm not the owner. >> who is the owner. >> i'm kind of dealer. >> oh, you are kind of a dealer? >> yes snoosh the seller tells moo he bought the car at auction and he can give me a real good dealing buying it directly from him at this random parking will not virginia. >> it's common to see peo are actually illegal dealers selling vehicles at a parking lot in a restaurant or shopping center that they are bringing you to and selling cars that shhh have hidden problems. >> reporter: this seller's advertisement left one important deal out. according to the vehicle history report it was involved in an accident, which he did admit to us in person. i'm sue son hogan from channel 4.

license but once he realized we weren't buying the car he had no time for us. it's illegal for a licensed dealer to sell cars anywhere other than a dealership. with that being said the dmv tells us it is now investigating the seller of that hyundai. czech out this seller's ad. it claims this toyota celica has a clean title. >> clean. >> but the h the car is a salvaged vehicle that has been rebuilt. this chevy tahoe says truck in great condition, clean title. but the title report tells a different story. dc requires sellers to disclose salvaged or rebuilt vehicles be disclosed n writing.

>> it could impact safety and value of the car. you could be paying more money than that car is worth. >> reporter: bottom line, sellers posting on sites like craig's list aren't regulated. buyer beware. if you buy a used car from a private seller it will most likely be on an as-is basis. if you see a really cheap car, you might be getting >> got to be careful. we've had spritzy kinds of rain today. is it going to get heavier? >> not much. it's getting steadier but not all that heavy. we need to see the rain. we are so dry around our region. five inches below our average since september 1st. we do need to see some rain. storm team radar lit up in green. no yellows. that means most of this is on the lighter side.

district down to the south. here's the only area of to, south of culpepper. may try to make its way through fredericksburg. prince george's bethesda, heavyr whichy chase, mcclain seeing some of that rain. out towards 66 we have seen rain the last couple of hours. warren ton, marshal all seeing light rain. that's all it is. just light. as we look at the here you see what is happening, heavier rain off the coast. upper level lows spinning around our region. this is going to move through and transfer off to the east as it does. we will see drying conditions by early tomorrow morning. temperaturewise we've callen down to 51, wind out of the north at 7 miles per hour with that rain falling. temperatures cooler where we've seen the rain w. the rain and the clouds the temperatures won't go down all that much.

degrees. waking up tony it will be cool but this morning we were in the 20s in some areas. that won't be the case tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning, rain coming down along i-95 at 2 a.m. same thing at 4:00 or 5:00. around 7:00 just scattered showers. give yourself extra time. we'll see clouds. and then breaks in the clouds during the afternoon. all in all, a nice tuesday. watch out for the clouds, maybe a shower early at 7:00. 56 by still on cool side. very nice. 4:00 going for a temperature of 60 degrees. all in all, not a bad tuesday. this is the overall picture. clouds early but clearing at night. with that high around 60. look at this. here's the next ten days. here we have got beautiful weather. wednesday, thursday, and friday temperatures in the mids 60s. thursday and friday really nice. saturday is a day of transition. ahead of a frontal boundary. big front. 67 on saturday.

sunday we drop by 20 degrees. the winds pick up to 30, 40 i were in. and it gets cold. only in the 40s. we were talking about this earlier today thinking we could see a couple of snowflakes on sunday if we get a little colder -- especially to the north. could almost be like lake effect snow coming down. it would be a quick burst, that's all it would be. no accumulations. don't worry about anything. it >> you just can't wait for the first chance to talk about snowe. >> you are coming in on sunday, ifity there is flakes you are working it. >> i'm working the redskins game. coming up, maryland and georgetown get set to renew their rivalry on the court. plus the skins coming off a much needed win. why their head coach says the nfl didn't doing his team any favors.

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. l we like these mondays. >> yes, we do. >> redskins, i should tell you, are early favorites again. that's two weeks in a row they are favored to win the game. of course this is still victory monday. so we are basking in the win over the vikings. but the storyline today centers on next sunday. skids and the packers on sunday night football, emphasis on night. that means the game will be aired here on nbc. and it also means it will cut

a much needed win against the vikings. now they are about to start their toughest threat of the season, two games in five days. sunday night football against the angry green bay packers team, losers of three straight. and then just four days later a thanksgiving date with the nfl's best team, the dallas cowboys. the boys with late game heroics last night to win their eighth game in a row that five-day stretch for the redskins, they could be in a much better place in the standings. for redskins could be an overthought. head coach gray gruden admits he has a lot to worry about in a short amount of time. >> the schedule makers did us no favors playing a night game on sunday and leaving wednesday to play a game on thursday. after the game sunday night we'll talk about the schedule

way to get the work in to play dallas. right now it's about figuring out how to bead green bay. another game to look forward to at the verizon center hardwood tomorrow night. maryland and georgetown. the rematch. first scheduled meeting since 1993. tomorrow night is round two. you don't need to remind the players how big a matchup this is. >> they know. this isn't -- you know, this another game. our guys know and understand that. but then we have to not let our emotions get too carried away. if you can't get emotional or worked up for this enthen you should be doing something else. >> we expect the verizon center to be terrific. hopefully maryland fans got tickets and will sneak in there. their players and our players know what this game means to the fans around here. our guys get it.

>> 6:30 continue tomorrow. college hoops tonight, marquette hosting howard byson. james miller steals, throws it down, puts howard up 5 early. miller with eight points in the game. later in the half, howard down nine. free ball, corner pocket. he got it it. howard down six. marquette was too much in second. johnson with a steal. finishes with an easy two. marquette beats howard 81-49. howard and georgetown will do battle in under two weeks.

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