>> the preliminary investigation shows the incident was domestically related. and is a murder-suicide. >> reporter: their focus, this home on a peaceful lot. a horse roaming nearby. but inside, turmoil. dep sis arrived to find four people killed. >> ages are a 35-year-old male, 30-year-old female, a 5-year-old female and female. >> reporter: investigators stressing the deadly incident is contained to the home. neighbors who passed by each day struggling to process this tragedy. >> just stumbled on to it and was in complete shock. still can't figure out what's

those involved. nor how they died. ruth says hearing gunshots isn't unusual around here. >> we're really close to quantity co. >> this started just before 9:00. you can see over my shoulder even into this late hour, it's of questions. questions that how the victims were related. and why. it's something that darcy spencer is looking into and will continue following this story and bring you updates on news 4 at 11:00. live in stafford, back to you. >> david culver, thank you. to politics now and another surprise of sorts from trump tower. >> a new leak from the transition team suggests there's

fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> mitt is a failed candidate. he failed. >> that was then. but this is now. donald trump will meet with mitt romney on sunday to talk about the secretary of state job. but the field is getting crowded. the south carolina governor also met with trump and long-time trump supporter rudy giuliani made no secret of his ambition >> team coverage tonight as the president-elect continues to assemble his cabinet. we begin with steve handlesman on capitol hill. >> mitt romney, a a huge surprise just to get invited to trump tower. unlike secretary of state, the president-elect's pick to be his national security adviser a at the white house does not require senate confirmation. which in the case could have

again. . donald trump's close aid reportedly his pick for national security adviser. the retired three star general is controversial, appearing on russian tv and with vladimir putin. also in trump tower today, trump aids confirmed with south carolina governor hailey. as a source reports trump will talk this weekend to mitt romney about that jury roomny's angela merkel urging that nato not be weakened after trump questioned if the u.s. would defend allies against russia. trump and flynn making the former head of u.s. intelligence nervous. >> our nato commitment has to be reenforced. >> the current intel chief quit today as planned. >> it felt pretty good. i got 64 days left. . >> on capitol hill, vp elect

our economy. >> reporter: trump promisd to rebuild highways and bridges to put people to work. democrats like the sound of that. >> we hope we can have the big, most robust infrastructure legislation. >> reporter: but a request for big spending could wipe the smiles off republicans faces. d.c. area federal workers, you can relax for a few weeks. gop leaders plan another one of those stopgap spending bills to keep theer shutting down. republicans think they have a a shot at the deep spending and tax cuts they dream about. live from capitol hill, steve handlesman, news 4. as the new president's cabinet begins to take shape, planning is underway for the inauguration, which is a huge undertaking. meagan fitzgerald has a

all this. >> reporter: military officials tell us that they spend years trying to plan this inauguration making sure that everything runs smoothly because, as you mentioned, there's a lot they need to look at. but they took us behind the scenes today to show us how they u plan on pulling this off. inauguration day, the moment the world watches the peaceful transition power. but these events are challenging for the 6,000 servicemen and >> we'll have 1500 service members lining the route. they have been planning this event since before president obama was sworn in in 2013. >> it's a lot of logistical

rustling. the sound of bags frighten horses. he jumps at it a little bit. he uses bags and other tools to simulate what the horses can expect on january 20th. >> i don't want him to be scared of having a flag above his head like this. >> reporter: it's a long process to get ready for the day. but military leaders say they it will be ready.

the driver accused of hitting a secret service agent on bike patrol is facing charges tonight. that agent was hit this morning along 17th street and new york avenue near the white house. police say the driver is from upper marlboro and has been charged with driving without a license. his name hat not yet been released. the agent on a bicycle is in serious condition at a hospital, but he's expected to breaking news on the rails. metro removing their rail cars from service because of the safety concern. the problem is with the automatic train control system. the next several days you might notice fewer eight car trains in service. next week will mark one year since metro's general manager took control of the transit

can sid assessment of the system. adam tuss is at metro headquarters. >> basically the general manager saying not a comforting thing at all. the system is in such bad shape that safetrack should have started much, much long ago. >> an honest assessment about what metro is dealing >> november 30th, if i knew then what i knew now, i would start november 30th. >> what the general manager says he does know now is that metro has been in bad shape for some time. for example, a lot of those beat up wooden rail ties that hold the track together should never have been allowed in service. >> since we were running service over that was not acceptable to me. >> reporter: there's still not

costs may go up. >> some of us are in college. it's bad enough we are already in debt and we can't pay our dues, our rent, we can't get to work. that's an iss doing a really good job of managing a sinking ship. and i really think we're starting to see the results of a transit system in trouble. >> metro doesn't work in this region, nothing works. the streets are jammed. the congestion is unbelievable.

continues. now metro leaders continue to call for a dedicated source of funding. . . something like a sales tax to pay for metro fixes. adam tuss, news 4. we're following some breaking news in montgomery county. we just got hold of a letter sent by an elementary school prince. pal to parents today. the principal of cloverly elementary in silver spring says that it one man is facing new sex abuse charges. the charges are separate from his arrest for alleged sex offenses with children. it appears that more students have now come forward. he taught at cloverly elementary from 2000 to just this year. he's now in custody. tomorrow the school is going to bring in some psychologists to provide support for the students. here at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4. a woman is recovering after

it happened about 9:30 last night at a home in middletown near frederick. the victim unknowingly walked up on the bear and her cubs in the dark. >> the cub ran in the tree and grandma got between the cub and the bear. and the bear went after her. and broke her arm and scratched her up really bad. >> that woman punched the bear a couple times before playing dead. that ended the attack. she has 78 stit a arm. the mother bear was tracked down overnight and euthanized. officials say her three cubs are old enough to survive on their own. the i-team going undercover as police set out the bait. how thieves are driving a dangerous new trend in our area. i'm julie carey at lake ann. this is what's left of the car that plunged into the water last night. a a father and 7-year-old daughter inside.

plus donald trump under fire after slipping away from the press pool in new york. tonight a closer look at why it matters. and i'm meteorologist doug kammerer live at national harbor on a beautiful night. it's about to get cold. we're going into ice coming up in just a minute e we brought the storm team 4 by 4. it's 9 degrees inside.

her swimming lessons paid off yesterday after her father's car plunged into a lake in reston. she owes her life to a good samaritan who came to the rescue.

>> reporter: he pulled his daughter from the backseat and pushed her out the window. she was the calm one. >> how afraid were you? >> not too much. just a little. >> why were you not very afraid? >> because i took swim lessons and i'm not scared of the water. >> reporter: on the shoreline, a good samaritan. a woman witnessed the crash and raced to help jumping into the water. she grabbed the girl first. then she went back for her father. >> he was having a hard time staying up and did look panicked a the that point. >> a boy had also entered the water and together they pulled the man to safety. as police officers congratulated her, he rejected any notion her actions were heroic. >> you're supposed to help people. i certainly would hope in the same situation somebody would be

>> reporter: she remembers how she felt once she reached shore. >> i was all safe and i didn't have to worry about anything. >> thank you very much for saving my life. she was there at the right time. >> reporter: i'm julie carey, news 4. emotional moments when hillary clinton was honored for her work with the children's defense fund. she talked about her mother's >> abandoned by her parents when she was just 8 years old. they put her on a train to california all by herself in charge of her little sister. i dream of going up to her and sitting next to her and taking her in my arms and saying, look, as hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter will grow up u to be a united states senator, represent our country

president of the united states. >> that was her first public appearance since conceding the election last week. we have learned what's next for her running mate tim kaine. he's ruling out a run for the white house in 2020. his office says he will run for his virginia senate seat in 2018 and if virginia voters reelect him, he says he ll a closer look now at a president's protective pool and why it matters. donald trump slipped the press pool and went to a restaurant. some wonder why reporters were making such a big deal of that. here's why. trump is about to take the most powerful office in the world. he is accountable to the american people. it is the function of the press to keep government figures

the president is at all times in case of an emergency. it is the protective pool that provided most of those sering images from the assassination of president kennedy back in 1963. in 1981 the press pool was outside the washington hilton hotel when john hinckley tried to kill president reagan. we have images and an historic record of that day because the press corps recorded the oo sprang into action. and when the nation was attacked on september 11th, 2001, george w. bush was visiting a school in florida. if a press pool had not traveled with him, we may not know as much about the extraordinary steps taken to protect president bush on that day. the protective pool is not the entire white house press corps. it involves a mix of about 12 reporters from wire services,

with everyone. the press cool is kept at a respectful distance, but they stay close by in case something happens that the american people should know about. coming up, new clues into what sparked this food truck fire as people come together to help the victims recover. a murder mystery in prince georges county. police looking for clues in the death of a fight for justice one month after that shooting. the new frederick high school opens next school year. tonight on news 4 at 6:00, how a

z. a full evening right before it starts to get cold. doug has found a way to get cold.

maybe not as cold as we'll get later on. we're down here at national harbor. and again, we are seeing some extremely cold temperatures in the tent over there. thgs one of the coolest things. they have so many great things down here. you can see what they have. they have a build a bear shot. that's what i did. so i'll bring that back for you. we'll be inside ice. you're welcome. anything i can do for you, i was going to make one for jim, but i ran out of time. let's show you what's happening. before we head into the 9 degree temperatures, we'll e show you

look back to the west. no rain. no rain any time soon. the next chance of rain comes with the storm system that right now is all the way back towards colorado. look at this wider view. notice what's going on in denver. denver, 80 degrees today. then 30s and snow. that's the same system that will make its way our way. that's when the cold air notice the warm air. 78 in st. louis. they were at 80 earlier. and those are the warm temperatures moving our way for the day tomorrow. but it will be short lived tomorrow and saturday. the two warmest days. high temperature of 70 degrees. more sunshine. very warm tomorrow. . and once again temperatures around the region will be just as warm just about everywhere. highs around 3:00 in the afternoon. noon, 61. so even then looking pretty

through. the warm temperatures tomorrow and here comes the front. behind it we get cold. let's look at the ten-day forecast. the cold air comes in quickly. a high of 67 on saturday. but only 47 on sunday. that coming with some wind. monday we're talking about 46 degrees. as we move through next week, temperatures going to be only in the 50s. so we'll talk more about ice in a second. breakfast with charlie brown. and friends. snoopy is coming too. i'm going inside. 9 degrees. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up, she was a college student with a promising future. now looking for the killer. how you can help. also tonight giving students more freedom improve their education. a closer look at a plan to let

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was shot and killed in prince georges county. >> tonight there are no leads, no suspects, no offerings of help from the public. that child's mother is desperate for answers. she talked to tracee wilkins, who was in largo at the scene of the crime. >> reporter: the mother tells me her daughter has been on honor roll since elementary school. she's received awards from the white house and also around the state help to find who killed her daughter. >> i do believe that it goes on in the dark will come to light. >> it's been a month since her daughter was shot and killed. >> the community lost a diamond when they took her from us. >> it happened october 19th just before 2:00 a.m. alyssa was sitting in a car with

police say for reasons unknown, both of them were shot. she died. her friend survived. >> i have to believe someone knows what happened. someone in this community has information. we need that person to come forward. . >> reporter: the victim is fully cooperating, but there's no leads and no motives in this murder. they need the public's help. >> there's no lead that's too sm. that was scene out of place or does not belong in that area, just we're asking for the public to help. >> reporter: she grang waited last year an honor roll student who was president of the fga. she was attending prince georges community college with a focus in the medical field. she was learning to save lives when her own was taken. >> i want the public to help us

not let my baby be just a statistic, another statistic. >> prince georges county police have the sign up reminding people they are offering a $25,000 reward for information that could lead to an arrest in this case. the number to call is 866-411-tips. reporting live, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. new details about a food truck fire that injured three workers. fire was sparked by an improperly fuelled generator. it happened yesterday afternoon on the george washington university campus. city officials tell us the truck was current on all inspections. students started a gofundme page for the victims. you can find a link in the nbc washington app. >> they come and go as they

of an open school concept coming to maryland. >> the new frederick high school opens in 2017 with new walls and a new way of doing things. >> the principal explains how this is no the school is committed to this new approach to high school for the long haul and so is she. >> 35 years in and i would normally be thinking about retiring, but i'm not because this is too energizing to think about stopping. >> students will be the first to try links or linking youth to new experiences. >> we want to make sure that it we can bring personalized learning to a large

we can deliver that right here in the neighborhood school. >> links also means flexible schedules like college. internships for credit, mentors, student teacher advocates and personalized plans for success. frederick high school's graduation rate of 93% is less than the county average. will links raise the numbers? >> it's all open here. you can look down the courtyard. >> i think it looks nice. they will have to give the stit information like test scores and data and surveys about links to evaluate whether the program is working. kristin wright, news 4. uber is threatening to leave maryland if the state requires drivers to be fingerprinted. drivers and supporters rallied in baltimore today at three days of hearings on the matter got underway.

ridesharing companies will be required to use fingerprints and background checks. uber argues its background check process is more comprehensive and accurate than the fingerprinting check. a decision is expected next month. d.c. police officers surprised a mother of a fallen officer today. as she went shopping for a holiday dinner that she's been serving every year in her son's walked in the costco. she is preparing for the final dinner for area law enforcement. she's hosted it since a man shot and killed her son back in 1997. >> the thought that this many people care as much as they do is has been one of the most rewarding things that's ever

brian. >> she says this will be her last holiday dinner because it's gotten too big for her. hundreds of officers are expected to attend once again. still to come tonight, another name added to the list of performers to appear at mgm. plus a rare rock on public display. the security measures in place as people flock to see this huge diamond in the district. we're talking cold for the weekend, but not this cold. temperatures 9 degrees where i u am right now. i'll update you on the weekend

sglrvelgs three weeks until the mgm opens its doors in national harbor. restaurants are starting to accept reservations. today they also announced that ricky martin will perform next may.

boys ii men will be performing next month. a big donation today. lebron james is giving $2.5 million to support the the museum and its exhibit on muhammad ali. the exhibit tells the story to his commitment to challenging racial barriers. every professional athlete regardless of race or we have posted a list of donors. you can serge museum donors if you'd like to check that out. move over hope diamond. there's an even bigger rock in town now. the smithsonian museum of natural history put the fox fire on display today at a whopping 187 karats. that's the largest known uncut gem quality diamond ever mined

year. this is the first time it's been made available for the public to see. it's more than three times the size of the hope diamond. it's so rare its owners won't even reveal what it's worth. >> smithsonian has top security. so we are not worried. >> the diamond will be on display until february. caught in the act. still ahead, the that shows how quickly thieves

dirt bikes are fast and darg. so are the people who steal them. a a rising number of those high speed bikes are being lifted. scott macfarlane and the i-team go undercover to catch the

>> reporter: high speed, high flying, at the buzz creek motto cross track, john kernan has fallen in love with racing. >> it gets in your blood. >> reporter: it's an expensive hobby. this is probably $11,000. >> and crooks know it. that's why he's storing them in his crooks broke sbo his garage and stole $25,000 worth of bike. >> they are professionals. what they are doing is they come to where they know we ride. >> reporter: other crooks are going straight for the dealerships. video shows them smashing into the front door of a yamaha dealer north of the pennsylvania state line. they walk the bikes out, run back in for more and make their getaway. an i-team review of police records show at least 3,000

untraditional motor vehicles each year since 2012. in baltimore police seize ask. store stolen dirt bikes. >> our detectives will run the vin number and find out who the owner is and contact the owner. our priority is to get people's property back. >> reporter: christopher warren leads a new task force to stop dirt bike thefrt. >> city wide, 109 dirt bikes in two months. >> reporter: police in hagerstown are deploying date dirt bikes. >> the minute it's moved, it's tracked. the i-team went undercover with the unit equipping the bikes with tracking devices. >> within 15 seconds, we're tracking live. >> the officers loaded one on a truck and brought it across town. the gps monitored its every move. the officers place it near the

of thefts. >> we're specific about where we're targeting. we'll use crime trends. sglur our camera recorded the drop. it turns out the thieves didn't strike in a few days. they struck in a few hours. two teens were caught in the act. a closer look shows you it was placed warning about the security cameras here. and right beneath the security camera itself. yet it was taken. one of them is charged as an adult with theft and pled guilty. police say the crooks often are fast to disgoiz or remove the serial number to cover their tracks but the worst part when they resell stolen bikes, criminals only get pen nis on the dollar in return. >> sometimes the thefts turn

endangering drivers on our busiest local roads. that part of our investigation tonight on news 4 after football. >> we're looking forward to that. back to national harbor. let's get an update on the weather. cold it looks like. >> reporter: it's cold. it is cold. it is cold for sure. this year's theme is christmas around the world. and this is one of the coolest things. i love this. this is the two-story slide that they have here. one of the most awesome things they have. so cool because there's no line today. which is just fantastic for me. always the best. always a big hit here. this is one of the coolest things in our area this time of year. so many great things happening down here at national harbor.

this year's theme is christmas around the world. tell me about this ice itself. it takes a month to do this. >> a lot of love and labor. it take 12s hours a day to start working on everything. we have 6,000 blocks of ice they have to bring in. they each weigh around 400 pounds. that's crazy to you have to think of the bricks almost. but much heavier. so they come in and they do the detail work. they do everything. it takes them 30 days to complete the attraction. we're really excited to be showcasing christmas around the world. >> reporter: you can see some of the world sites here. tell us about what we have here. >> so in this room in particular, we are highlighting a couple of the different countries christmas celebrations. we have ethiopia, netherlands,

things. and they all kind of highlight something special about those countries. it's really fun. >> 9 degrees in here. they give me the extra parkas. let's take a lock at the temperatures. it's cold in here. but outside it is 50 degrees warmer right now. 59 degrees the current temperature. winds out of the west at 7 miles here's an weather underground numbers. 50 just down the river here in mount vernon. we're all clear. we're not going to see much in the way of rain. that weekend outlook is on the

the 20s and 30s. if it you're going to the game, you'll need a parka. same u thing for the kids sports on sunday. bundle up. the next ten days, kind of shows the transition from where we have been. so warm over the last couple days. and we are going to be extremely warm tomorrow and saturday. that's the wrong ten-day forecast. tomorrow is 70. this weekend we see the change. 48 degrees on sunday. we're going for a high of 47 at the airport. and again, we're talking about some ext then cold next week too.

we have sports now. jason out at the park. i guess the last thing anybody would want to do was even though the packers aren't what they used to be, you don't want to take them for granted. >> reporter: that's right. especialhe you know that he can win a football game at any point. forget who is around him. aaron rodgers can get it done. that's the reason why they are not taking this team lightly. and they haven't performed well in prime time games. they are trying to change that this weekend. the burgundy and gold were back on the practice field today getting set for the green bay packers. a team that has struggled this season. a 4-5 record. but still their quarterback will try to take advantage of this

including last sunday when they allowed 20 points to tings this. defense knows they need to figure it out and quickly. >> we have to get back to this week. he'll be walking out here doing the discount double check. we have to be hall of fame defense. >> when you go against a guy like number 12, you have t he demands that type of perfection because if you slip, he's going to make you pay or it. you can't have lapses. not against a guy like this. >> the redskins are 0-7 in prime time games at fedex field. we'll see if they can change that this weekend. kickoff at 8:30. you can watch the game on nbc 4. moving on to basketball now. the wizards may have hit rock

consistency. >> tired of having a team that show glimpses here and there. we don't have all the weapons. we don't have all that. we have to play as a team. we're going to have these problems. >> it's still early. i'm not down, but i want some urgency. we have to find guys that will do that each time when we put them in the game or whoever starts the game.

murphy falling short in the mvp votes. murphy losing to chicago's kris bryant. .347 batting average and 25 home runs, 104 rbis, mike trout takes home the mvp in the american league. back to football for one moment. a few notes on the redskins. longpp with an injured back. he injured himself in the weight room. we'll keep an eye on him to see how he fairs throughout the course of this week. speaking of special teams, receiver steve smith not a fan of special teams. today he listed activities he would rather do than watch kickers go out and kick. >> i would rather go. to a circus, a carnival, a fair,

watch cotton candy be made before i watch justin tucker and the other guy practice kicking before pregame to see the evolution of kicking. sorry. >> don't know how many people dislike kicking as much as steve smith, but i hope there's not too many more. >> no respect. thanks, jason.

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for everything from your credit card bills to your mortgage might be about to go up. fire and ice. dozens burning across the south as the first blizzard of the season's about to hit. caught on camera, outrage as video shows an officer punching a woman in the face. what police are saying about it tonight. and thanksgiving text message mixup. how a grandmother's mistake is bringing strangers together for dinner.