what are you hearing? >> good evening. this movement to eliminate or extend the statute of limitations on sex assaults started when penn state coach jerry sandusky was charged and it gained momentum after allegations about bill cosby began to surface. there was a law to eliminate the statute for criminal cases. a separate bill would do it for civil cases. but the man in charge of ri >> reporter: charlotte fox. the chair of the judiciary committee who met with fox and her attorney today declined to hold a hearing on the legislation.

committee. it should become law. >> reporter: despite the bill being introduced over a year ago the committee has been too busy to hold a hearing. >> i have had close to 300 pieces of legislation. >> reporter: council member david grosso introduced legislation appreciates mcduffie chairs a busy committee. >> i wish he could have at least held a hearing. >> reporter: the years the archdiocese has supported efforts to eliminate the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of perpetrators of sexual abuse in the district of colombia. it opposes the bill on civil cases. >> the church is afraid they will have to be held accountable for the actions of the priests they kept hidden for so long. >> reporter: legislation dies at the end of this year. both say they will reintroduce bills.

>> we'll see what happens. i pressed the council member several times on whether he supported the legislation. he said he wants to ensure the rights of everyone involved in the cases are protected. coming up at 6:00, what the cosby accuser thinks of the mural. back to you. >> thank you very much. despite the up ins mark brought us in d.c. a criminal sexual assault case against bill cosby is moving a former employee at temple university says he drugged and molested her at his home in 2004. cosby said it was consensual. if convicted he could be sentenced up to ten years in prison. dozens of women have accused him of sexual assault going back decades. he's deied all the accusations. >> we are six hours away from the opening of the mgm national

from inside, outside and the impact on traffic. let's begin with tracy wilkins. >> we are standing inside the casino here. if you take a look here, folks are starting to make their way in. >> we live in the neighborhood. >> reporter: after years of anticipation, highs and lows, mgm national harbor is here. >> i found this place to be absolutely fabulous. >> residents are taking it all in. so are the people who fought to make the casino resort a reality. >> they have under promised and over delivered.

phenomenal. >> this says the businesses. it really is the place to be in the economic engine. it is expected to be awe draw for prince georges county but the state of maryland. >> we'll bring money in from virginia and d.c. >> maryland and bringing more people in to spend their time and dollars here. >> reporter: mgm's ceo jim muran fought battles to get mgm national harbor here. he has this to say about the five other casinos operating in maryland. >> that will be the most successful resort in the state of maryland. >> reporter: that's a competitive man right there.

we'll be back at 6:00 p.m. and also for 11:00 news. we'll attend the party and take you inside that. we'll let you know what it looks like as well. now i'll toss it to my colleague who was up in the sky in chopper four. taking a look at the traffic. >> reporter: we have been telling people all week what getting under way now. let's see what's happening. here's the whole casino complex. this is why it's an issue. right next to the casino you have the outer loop of the belt way and the inner loop of the belt way. they both look good. this is the area people are focused on. we'll give you a look at what's going on there.

the wilson bridge. stop there and look at this traffic. this is 295 coming out of the district. that's heavy. this is why we have been saying this could be such an issue. you have so many roads, major roads coming together in one spot that it will be hard to keep everyone moving whether you are on the beltway, a place like oxenhill road. police have a tough task ahead. we talk to the police cef >> what we are looking for tonight is motion. each of the intersections has to behave in a certain way. you want to get to the end of the merge area. we'll have officers facilitating that. >> so once again taking a live look here at mgm national harbor. there is also an oval that goes around the casino here. this is where a lot of local

this particular area is the 5,000-space parking garage where a lot of people will be driving to. not many metro stations are close at all. there are a couple of bus lines. we'll watch the traffic all night for you. point out any problems as anyone comes down to this area. chris, back to you. >> stunning views from up there, adam. just amazing. the mgm national harbor doesn't bill itself just as a casino but a full fledged resort. out to look at what else the casino has to offer. here's a look at what we are working on for 5:30 for you. >> reporter: my assignment was to find the wow factor here at mgm national harbor. it's so easy because it is all around. just look at this conservatory. i'm told that there are 150,000 live flowers and 2400 plants here.

restaurants. there is retail row with sarah jessica parker's shoe store and a resort. i will be covering reaction from the real people ahead. >> people in georgetown are nervous tonight. police have released a sketch of a man they say sexually assaulted a woman at waterfront park. there have been several women targeted in the area. kristen wright is there live with reaction from folks who live there. what are you hearing? but really ugly things have been happening here lately. people who live around here got together just last night for a big community crime meeting. interim police chief peter newshom was there. the meetings aren't usually that many people there. last night it was a full house. georgetown's waterfront park, a place where women jog and take

place where police say this man sexually assaulted a woman on october 19. police are just now releasing the sketch. word of another sex crime in georgetown has many worried like georgetown university sophomore kalen kochs. >> it's been concerning to students because a lot of students walk in the area. >> reporter: the water front park assault is the first incident like this reported in georgetown since august. on knife grabbed a. wo, covered her mouth and threw her down. she scared him off. a few blocks away a man exposed himself to a woman. on potomac a man touched a woman on the steps of a home. >> one sexual assault is troubling. when you have three or four it is a concern. >> reporter: commissioner solomon helped set up a community crime meeting with police last night. he said police are stepping up

>> patrols are becoming more visible. we are getting more for the christmas season as well. >> reporter: council man jack evans was at the meeting. he says sexual assault in georgetown has gone up since last year. >> they are up 100% from last year. now they went from five to ten. i don't want to alarm everybody that they are out of control. but ten instead of five is a significant increase. >> reporter: police hope someone recognizes this face so those numbers don't keep on nothing will happen. i guess it's not the case. >> reporter: police say they are just releasing the sketch now. almost two months after the sexual assault. doing so any earlier, in their words, would have compromised the investigation. coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00 council member evans talks more about ways you can protect

crimes like this. back to you. >> all right. thank you, kristen. an arctic blast has temperatures plunging. cost to coast, heavy snow falling around the great lakes region. parts of the northeast could see up to two feet of snow. here in the district, the temperatures will start to fall tonight and the bitter cold will be coming in time for the weekend. doug is in the storm center with a first look at our forecast. doug? >> that's right. you notice the flag blowing to 30 miles per hour now. that's bringing in the cold. that gives us the wind chill. take a look at this. this is a shot from chopper 4. you saw adam in chopper 4 now. look at that shot! that's just spectacular right now. of course, chopper 4 over the mgm, the grand opening tonight looking over the potomac out to the west. absolutely gorgeous. look at the numbers.

16 in pittsburgh. that's the wind chill. the wind chill is continuing to cool overnight. wind chills in the teens by tomorrow morning. cold through sunday. rain on monday. another round of cold and the next one could be even colder. much more about that. we'll see you back here at 5:25. >> still ahead, he served his country in war and peace. holding office and headed into we'll look at how he earned hero status around the world. >> ever gotten towed in arlington? it can be frustrating, to say the least. now the county board is proposing changes when it comes to those towing operators. ahead at 5:00 we walk you through proposed restrictions. >> workers are constructing the stage where donald trump will take the oath of office in front of more than a quarter million people next month. we'll show you the progress.

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some changes could be coming to arlington county. >> the board is preparing for a vote for what towing companies can and cannot do. looking into how the new policy might be affecting you. david? >> reporter: hey, wendy and chris. a lot of folks felt the feeling. you run in somewhere, do some errands, get something to eat. you look for the car and realize it's goep. guidelines and restrictions on how companies can tow your vehicle. matt spent several months becoming a towing expert of sorts. it's a role he assumed after parking illegally in april. matt returned to find the suv gone. >> i went to pick up the car and

the tow company disputed his damage claims. the whole experience motivated matt to get more involved. >> whether you have been towed or not this legislation is important to consumers in order to protect them if they get towed in the future. >> reporter: he's now a nonvoting member of the board. >> the problem is they require us to have an equal number of towers, equal number of police and only one the board thinks the board should have more voting residents on it. currently it is mostly made up of police and towing companies. >> i believe we are out of whack now and we need consumer protection. >> reporter: at the november meeting the group pushed back against certain towing restrictions including a proposal for more photographic evidence. >> the requirement for four pictures, one from each corner

condition of the car at the time of the tow. >> reporter: the companies are against what's known as second signature when a business owner has to sign off for each on-site tow. i did speak by phone and over e-mail with several owners of local tow truck companies. they weren't able to go on camera. they say for them it's a concern of safety. they worry the new restrictions being proposed could keep tow truck operators on site longer, cause emotions from the are no longer there, erupt into conflict. that's the biggest fear. one of the companies said they have 12 assaults on drivers, something they are hoping to avoid in years to come. coming up we walk you through the timeline on when some of the proposed restrictions could be happening. chris? >> more complicated than it looks. we have learned the trump cabinet is starting to come together. the president-elect is expected

department. he runs the parent company that owns hardee's, carl's jr. and other chains. there is no official announcement but mr. trump will reportedly choose retired general john kelly to lead the department of homeland security. the key position still out there is secretary of state. mr. trump said to expect an announcement next week and that mitt romney is not out of the running. the president-elect is in columbus now meeting with sur survivors of ohio state university. 11 people were injured when a legal immigrant plowed a car into a crowd and got out stabbing people. he was shot and killed by the police. after the attack trump tweeted the suspect should not have been in the country. trump heads to iowa tonight. >> the house passed a spending bill to keep the federal government running past friday's midnight deadline. that measure would fund ration

it would speed up the process for confirming president-elect donald trump's choice for defense secretary. retired general james mattis. the fate of the bill in the senate, not certain. crews are making progress on the inaugural platform outside the u.s. capitol, the structure on the west front lawn will hold about 1600 guests incluing former presidents, supreme court justices and members of congress. construction began in september. it is expected to they can begin dress rehearsals. >> we lost an american icon today. john glenn was the first american to orbit the earth. >> he made history again decades later becoming the oldest person to fly on the shuttle. mark barger has more on glenn's

1962 blasting into space aboard friendship 7. glenn became the first american to orbit the earth circling three times before his capsule came down in the atlantic ocean. he returned to a hero's welcome including a ticker tape parade in new york city. glenn wanted to fly again but president kennedy grounded him, not wanting to risk the life of a new space hero. glenn retired from nasa in life serving four terms as a democratic senator from ohio. in 1984 glenn ran unsuccessfully for president. at 77, nasa gave glenn another opportunity, a chance to become the first senior citizen to go into space. >> i always wanted to go up again. i never thought age would become an advantage. >> reporter: glenn went through a battery of physical tests and then in october, 1998 --

crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. >> reporter: glenn spent almost nine days in space conducting more than 80 experiments on weightlessness and aging. also reflect on his experience. >> i don't think you could be here and look out the window at this creation out here and not believe in god. >> reporter: in 2012 president obama presented glenn with the nation's highest civilian honor the medal of freedom. throughout his life called himself a very lucky man. >> god speed, john glenn. >> reporter: mark barger, nbc news. >> he was in the makeup room outside about 15 years ago. i walked by like, oh, my god. i went in there and made such a fuss. i said i have to touch you. i have to shake your hand. i have to hug you. it was great. i was 6 when he went into space. that was the first hero i knew as a child.

constantly. he lived a beautiful life. >> astronauts were the american heroes. they were the superheroes of their day. there was nobody bigger than john glenn. >> there never was. john glenn is the mountain top. >> yeah. doug, i know you are a big fan of following the space program and everything else. i know that hits you just as hard as it did us. >> most definitely. that came out today. i'm glad he got to goac space again. temperatures cool. look at the wind gusts now upwards of 20, 25 miles per hour and some up to 30. much more about the wind, cold

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i have one word for you i will say three times. cold, d, that's what we have settling in across the area. you walk outside now. a different atmosphere than what we saw earlier this afternoon. it was cold this afternoon. now it's just getting downright chilly. winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. gusting over 20. factor in the wind. these are the current wind chills. here we are at 5:30. wind chill down to 25. 38 in the district.

here. that's the kind of cold that's coming it's dropping through 350 dgd by midnight. everybody going below the freezing mark. wait until i show you wind chills. it would be snow and there is the snow. lake effect snow around buffalo, we are seeing the cold air coming across the lakes making its way all the way down to the region. you notice where it is. 45 d.c. on the other side of the mountains, 28 pittsburgh, 24 in columbus. these are temperatures, not wind chills. the wind chills are near 10 degrees back towards the area. it is moving our way. we'll show you the wind chills through the night tonight. by 8:00 down to 19 in winchester. 11:00 tonight everybody below

tomorrow morning, most areas below 20. a wind chill of 14. 18 in leesburg. 20 in culpepper. you think you will need the coat, hats, glove? most definitely. that's what we need. a frigid friday. look at tomorrow night if you are headed out. if you have plans, then you have a big party to go to. a very frigid start to the day on satu. i'm thinking less wind but very cold. high temperatures tomorrow. cold, cold, cold. i think you have heard it enough out of this forecast. through the next couple of days we continue to see the cold through the day on sunday. we are calling tomorrow and saturday weather alert days because of the cold. not used to it yet this time of year. 54 on monday. a chance of rain and even more cold coming late next week.

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at the mgm national harbor grand opening, we are just hours from the facility opening its doors. casino brass and the state's top leaders are betting on this being a huge success. >> we'll bring a lot of money for virginia and d.c. >> this is about growing gaming revenue in maryland and bringing more people into maryland. >> reporter: now we are counting

ready to roll. >> huge crowds are expected at tonight's grand opening. you don't get crowds without traffic. transportation reporter adam tuss is giving us stunning views. he's live in chopper 4. what are you seeing now? >> i have another stunning view for you now. look at the view we have of the casino right now. here is the new mgm casino. that's the washington monument absolutely unbelievable. gives you a skewed perspective at how close they are together but they are in the same general vicinity. this is 210, the traffic building down. these are people that want nothing to do with the casino. they are trying to get away with it. these people headed in the other direction. they are going toward the casino. i want to zoom in on the intersections here. the police department has been

you can see at this intersection there are a number of police. you keep going up and key more police officers who have kind of staffed and manned certain key intersections to make sure everybody keeps moving. of course 210 looks like this most nights. for now i can't tell you that we have a traffic ka tost tast fe there. taking a broad look at things. you can see this is 295 cng out of the district. you have traffic coming from here. that's not unusual. you have the wilson bridge here. traffic is moving well on the inner and outer loops now. sometimes we warn people and they stay away. we still have a long way to go before the casino opens and what's going on inside there now. it's a private type event. not a huge crush of people but

the parking garage. we'll monitor the situation and tell you what we see here. back to you. >> brilliant shots from above. maybe you are sitting home thinking i don't gamble. why should i go to the casino? mgm is promising the national harbor resort will be more than gambling. chris is here with a look at the >> you remember just a few years ago prince georges county had a hard time attracting any high end scores or businesses. well, tonight, it will be unveiling glitz and glamour with the grand opening of mgm national harbor. if you are looking for the wow

the conservatory celebrate it is winter holiday season. it's filled with 150,000 fresh flowers. live flowers and 2400 plants here. there are all kinds of restaurants. >> it's amazing. you come in here and brought first thing they say is wow. >> today this woman got a treat to see sarah jessica parker. >> she was all about shoes when she was carrie from "sex and the city." that's exciting. >> reporter: is that what brought you here? >> actually it's one of the reasons. what woman doesn't love shoes? yeah. >> reporter: there are a variety of restaurants with food

jose andres whose restaurant is fish. >> this is the way i will do seafood my way. . that's what you will be getting. american seafood, maryland and virginia seafood jose's way. >> reporter: made jose's way. behind me cars are already arriving. tonight there is a vip party. that's the latest at mgm national harb >> we have lots of new images. a look inside the hotel rooms and the restaurants. open the app and search mgm. take a look at some of the great photos. >> nbc 4 responds to a couple's heartbreak over a cancelled cruise when unexpected illness caused them to cancel they were relieved to have travel

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of holiday spirit? tom sherwood is taking us to the annual senior citizen party at the d.c. armory and says volunteers helped 3,000 seniors enjoy a hot lunch, entertainment and escape the loneliness many of them too often feel. ?? >> reporter: that's right. 3,000 seniors getting into the holiday spirit. >> reporter: mayor bouzer was there greeting people and posing. there was old style dancing. a nod to psychedelics, and sing alongs. ? uptown funk you up ? >> reporter: we joined three friends for the complimentary photo shoot. next year i promise to smile. i promise.

you've got stories to tell. >> i do. >> reporter: you're not going to tell? >> i won't. >> reporter: this party includes medical guidance for seniors and addresses a serious problem -- loneliness. >> getting together is just so refreshing to meet people and to be around people. >> some of them don't have families. >> reporter: people weren't lonely today. ? hurry down the chimney tonight ? tom sherwood, news 4. >> okay. that's officially the happiest place in the world. we have to go next year. okay. major changes coming to a bethesda intersection where a cyclist was struck and killed by a car a few months ago. >> if you would like the best and safest car, truck or suv out there, there is a new list out. there, there is a new list out. fios is not ca we're wired differently. there, there is a new list out. ble.

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these are chopper 4 live pictures. there it is. that's the mgm national harbor. it will be opening in a few hours. and we are expecting a lot of traffic to be a problem there in the area in the coming days. we'll see. it is certainly au >> right now we are just probably looking at a normal rush hour. as we get closer to the 11:00 hour you will see all the people descending on the area for the big opening. casinos make a big difference in every community they are in. i went back to my hometown of detroit to see the impact mgm grand detroit is making in that city. i met a city council woman. she started as a cashier at the

parlayed that into a council job. sort of a big opportunity coming along. >> being active there allowed me to become the political director. >> i have a degree in political science. but during that time it was not really any open doors. no pathways to get here. become involved and knowing what was going on created a pathway for me to be here. >> some folks say casinos helped keep detroit treading water after the economy crashed and the motor city went bankrupt. at 6:00 find out the message for folks in maryland. >> new details in the case of a wealthy ceo accused of killing his wife in virginia.

set aside the verdict against castillo. a jury recommended a life sentence and 16 years. 2014, police say he broke into his estranged wife's home, suffocated her and hung her body in the shower to make it appear she committed suicide. sentencing is tomorrow. it is scheduled for 1:00. traffic changes coming to a busy road in bethesda after a deadly 81-year-old ned gaylin was hit and killed in october when he was riding his bike on the capital crescent trail. officials plan to change the road's traffic so it will merge to one lane in each direction at that intersection. the speed limit will be reduced from 35 miles per hour to 25. >> it's chilly out there. the wind is blowing. we are starting to look ahead to the big weather alert day

we're just going through december. we have january and february next. >> yeah. >> tomorrow will feel like the start of it. those winds tomorrow. they are already amping up and they will continue to pick up throughout the day tomorrow. temperatures are dropping this evening. some areas just to the west, i will show you in a minute. already in the 30s. tomorrow morning, brisk, blustery, whatever adjective you want to use. it will be very cold. lighter. still chilly with temperatures below normal but we won't have the wind. current temperatures out there now, areas to the west in the 30s. here in d.c. we are in the 40s at this point. this is what it feels like outside. feels like 38 in the district. feels like the 20s in the valley. everybody will feel like the teens tonight.

factor in the wind, get this number. k3wi7 a.m. on friday morning as you head out to work. this is how it will feel. you step outside the beltway feeling like the teens. i think it will be 22 for a wind chill here at 7:00 a.m. we'll keep it going until noon. maybe you want to stroll out for lunch. bring the parka. it will feel like 30 degrees. wind chills through the day tomorrow stay at or below hello, winter. we are not officially there yet but temperatures tomorrow in the upper 30s. our average temperature should be in the upper 40s. tomorrow is a weather alert day. we want to alert you to the wind. it will feel dangerously cold. this evening breezy. tomorrow, wind gusts up over 25 miles per hour. then we go back to saturday. i don't think the winds will be an issue. if you are headed out to the army navy game, okay.

of course holiday parties, i know you want to wear a dress. tonight and tomorrow brisk. saturday night, much better. it will be chilly on saturday. plenty of sunshine. a little bit warmer on sunday with an increase in cloud cover. temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s. in either day this weekend fine. army-navy game, no precipitation. it will be a touch warmer on sunday with the temperatures around 41 degrees. we love up to 54 on monday. we'll have rain. mix possible on wednesday cooling to the end of next week. another system could come through next saturday. >> police are releasing details about a woman who died after she was set on fire last month in fairfax county. delores williams told people who pulled her from the flames he

police are filing a warrant to search lewis reader's car. he allegedly got into a fight with williams on november 19. police say he set her on fire. the warrant says he got into the car with burns on his hands and drove south on 95. police catching up with him in the richmond area. williams died two weeks after that fire. >> if you are in the market for a new car, this may help you narrow down your choices. a list of the safest cars hitting the road in 2017. here is chris clackham with what you need to know. >> reporter: after putting dozens of 2017 cars through the batteries of crash tests the insurance institute for highway safety released comforting numbers plus an encouraging message. >> you don't have to buy luxury for safety. nearly every vehicle size and price class is represented.

manufacturer in the country. 82 vehicles got the top safety pick. some pick plus led by toyota with nine of the models and five from honda. declared among the safest for 2017. >> the auto industry responded well. >> reporter: institute president adrian lund says they are rewarding car makers for automatic emergency braking systems standa >> it can keep you out of the front to rear crashes which are so easy to happen in commuter traffic. >> reporter: now the safety group is moving on to safer headlights. he says not all are. >> when we look we see there is a wide range of how well headlights are working in the real world. >> reporter: in the real world proper headlights illuminate the road for drivers without blinding everybody else which

chris clackham, nbc news. just in, a second police officer has now died after that attack in georgia. what we are learning about the gunman and the outpouring of

we have just learned a second officer has died from his injuries in georgia in the

>> sarah rosario reports on how police were able to find him. >> reporter: an intense scene on the streets of america's georgia as swat teams armed with semi-automatic rifles scoured the area for accused police killer minquell limbbrick. police heard a gunshot before using a robot to get inside, finding him dead. >> they found a suspect inside deceased from what appeared to wound. >> reporter: he's accused of shooting two comes, nicholas smart who died and critically injuring officer jody smith. the two responded to a domestic violence call wednesday at an apartment complex when shots were fired and the man took off. more than 200 officers from different agencies joined to track him down. raising the award for the known criminal's arrest to $70,000.

with a criminal history of 32 pages. >> reporter: the nightmare of finding him is over but mourning for the officers continues. >> they have been friends since high school. >> reporter: the two had many things in common, even upcoming weddings. as officer jody smith still fights for his life, the police chief honored him for loyalty. >> he heard the call over the radio and took it upon himself to respond and back up his friend. >> reporter: two officers and their families' sarah rosario, nbc news. now at 6:00, ready to roll, the big moment is almost here. mgm national harbor just hours from the dig bay buy. >> i'm excited about the product we are rolling out. >> it's so much more than just a hotel or casino. >> amazing. beyond words. >> reporter: we are live for what's sure to be an opening rush from traffic to security to

that you might not expect. special coverage on news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> years of planning and construction and more than a billion dollars. now the mgm national harbor is only five hours from opening its doors. >> good evening. the anticipation is building. it's the first casino to open so close to the nation's capital. it's probably going to impact are going. >> chris gordon has a look at what there is to see for those who don't gamble. >> we begin with tracy wilkins. she's been covering the casino since the beginning. what a beginning this is tonight. >> i was just thinking when we talk about this being a $1.4 billion casino we are not talking about the more than 40 million mgm spent to try to make it happen through ads and the political work that had to be