rayshand kotscotton found behine rec scenter here. he'd been shot. according to documents he was scantily closed and badly burned primarily on his lower extremities. the intersection of rollins avenue and rollins lane in capitol heights, that's where murder suspect aiken and his 16-year-old accomplice were arrested yesterday by police. arrested as they were sitting in the murder victim's suv. this is what police are saying about the case. >> it appears that aiken and the victim were some sort of acquaintan acquaintances. >> what's the motive? >> the motive seems to be right now robbery. the preliminary motive. >> reporter: according to court documents murder suspect aiken lives about two miles from the murder ne

house today. aiken has been charged as an adult. he's been held without bond. at the scene right now is the murder victim's uncle. we're going to hear from him coming up at 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins. several people injured in prince george's county today. a dump truck hit two vehicles and then slammed into someone's home. the truck driver says another driver caused that crash. not everyone's buying that story. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins in oxen hill with the story. tracee? >> reporter: well, right now they've got the house closed off here so no one can enter. the family cannot live here until they're able to take care of all the construction work. the good news is no one was home at the time, and as you mentioned, the driver of the dump truck crashed into the house, gave a good reason for why it happened. now police are going to have to figure out if that reason is

>> i heard this bang, great sound like an earthquake or something. >> reporter: it was an accident that shook an entire block. >> i came out and saw that the dump truck into my neighbor's house. >> reporter: luckily, there was no one inside the house in the 900 block of owens road in oxen hill when it happened but there were two separate vehicles also struck by the dump truck with people inside. two of them kids. >> both of them crying and then the driver of the car, he was trying to console them. then i saw the little boy was bleeding. i went back in and got some paper towels to kind of absorb the blood. >> i feel bad for them because nothing ever happens like this as far as i've been around. i've been driving trucks since i was 16. i'm 62 now. >> reporter: the driver said he was coming down this road when a box truck passed him on the right-hand side, clipping him and locking his right wheel. he said he lost control, slammed into one vehicle then hit another vehicle in the opposite lane before running into that house. >> kept on going. i think

>> reporter: prince george's county police are investigating the driver's story. workers at a nearby construction zone say the dump truck was going too fast. and they never saw another vehicle strike the truck. >> we'll determine if there was another vehicle involved, determine what took place, how the drivers of the dump truck was operating his vehicle. that's part of the investigation. >> reporter: maryland state police now have the dump truck and going to investigate it to see if it looks like there could have been an accident beforehand or what was wrong with the vehicle. as it stands, the driver's not facing any charges. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, hear from the homeowner. in oxen hill, tracee wilkins, news 4. back to you in the studio, jim. >> all right. thank you, tracee. a violent crash in d.c. sent to t two people from the hospital. these pictures show the aftermath of this crash in northwest d.c. a car and truck collided. the two people in the car were injured. the truck driver is okay.

a popular mantra at donald trump's campaign rallies. well, now one of his former campaign managers is starting a political consulting firm. just a block from the white house. corey lewandowski announced he and ben carson's former campaign manager are starting something called avenue strategies. lewandowski tweeted he remains trump's biggest supporter. he hopes his new venture will help trump achieve his agenda. we're learning new details tonight about the inaugural events that will unfold in and around washington for trump as he takes office. news 4's pat lawson muse now with a look at what we can expect. hi, pat. >> hi, jim. the presidential inaugural committee announced its official events planned for before and after the swearing ceremony. everything kicks off on thursday january 19th. president-elect donald trump and vice president-elect mike pence will lay a wreath at arlington national cemetery. later that day, there will be a concert on the mall near the lincoln memorial with an

appearance by trump and pence. no word yet on who's going to be performing. and then on friday the 20th, trump takes the oath of office at the capitol. that happens around noon. that's followed by the parade down pennsylvania avenue. and later in the evening, the inaugural ball. and you'll need a ticket to attend the ball or be at any special viewing areas for the other events. everything wraps up on saturday with a prayer service at the national cathedral. and we have a special section at our nbc washington app. dedicated to the inauguration and the transfer of power. you can check it out, just search "transition." jim? >> thank you, pat. metro's now selling one-day passes for the inauguration. you can buy them for 10 bucks. they're good for unlimited rides on inauguration day. metro's service will begin at 4:00 a.m. that day and more trains will run through the system until 9:00 in the evening. metro is urging you to buy the passes in advance and avoid the possibility of long lines at station vending machines. the change of

policies, new souvenirs, new hats, t-shirts, mugs, all of them have to be updated. news 4's kristin wright has more on this. kristin? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. new stuff. yuan, here we're at the washington welcome center, it's a souvenir shop in northwest. here they've got a table full of trump t-shirts, a whole wall of trump magnets. you won't find a whole lot of obama stuff because a lot of it has sold out. they're moving on to the new president. one of the more popular items, the bobble head, this is the trump bobble head. the obama one is sold out. less than a month away from the presidential inauguration, the stage is being set at the white house. blocks away at washington welcome center souvenir shop, the transition of power is playing out in the form of

america great again" hats. assistant manager, michelle, last name, washington, says the trump stuff is going quick. >> we have tons of it. so it's flying off the shelf. we're still getting shipment in day by day. >> reporter: they're still getting in obama shipments, too. people near and far still want it. >> so we have, like, one small section of obama stuff where you still have a lot of customers call in and still would like us to ship obama stuff to them. >> reporter: she says it's the sentimental value. >> do you have anything with obama on it? i didn't get nothing from four years ago. i'm like, it's about to be going out. >> reporter: tourists are getting in on it, too. >> that's one of the great things about our country is the peaceful handing over of power. so i think that's a good thing. >> reporter: and there are a few, a few hillary clinton items still left here and, jim, they're half off. they're $5.48 for this mug. >> stocking stuffers. >> idea. >> here we go. >> thank you,

hundreds of thousands of dollars in a counterfeit handbag scheme is going to prison she was sentenced to 30 months for running a multi-year scheme to rip off department stores all over the country. as our i-team first reported back in june, she bought expensive bags then returned cheap knockoffs for refunds and sold the real ones online. as part of her punishment, she must repay the department stores the same amount of money she stole from them. yesterday our highs were in the 30s. today, big improvements. we were in the 40s and right now we're at 46 degrees. now if you're heading out to get some holiday shopping done, or the kids have activities tonight, the weather, it's cooperating. definitely chilly out there. we'd expect that this time of year. we're keeping it dry. some good news there. by 9:

the upper 30s. mostly cloudy skies overnight tonight. by 11:00 p.m., we're around 37. again, we're in the 40s right now. 46 in whaashington. 7:00 p.m., down to 42. really nice sunset over reagan tonight. bustling with holiday travelers out there. and as we look to tomorrow, you want the warm coat and the sunglasses as well. but a day you can leave the gloves, hat and scarf at home. i'll be walking you through your thursday hour by hour and also have timing on rain in the forecast on saturday. just a short time ago, d.c. mayor muriel bowser and other d.c. leaders broke ground on a new state of the art rec facility in ward 7 on banks place in the marshall heights neighborhood will include community and fitness rooms with areas for teams and for seniors as well as a computer lab and a teaching kitchen. we're told there will also be two high school-sized basketball courts -- and a new nba-sized court outside.

when we come back tonight on news 4 at 5:00, danger inside a government office. the details of a case you'll see only on news 4. plus a fire forced dozens of people from their homes just days before christmas. how a young woman prevented this scene from turning worse. and a big request surrounding driverless cars. where you might soon be sharing the road with one of them. new developments from mexico. where an explosion ripped through a fireworks market turninit into a mass graveg .

a contractor with the d.c. government now under arrest after he threatened to kill three of his co-workers in a workplace shooting. the man from northern virginia taken into custody during a police raid at his home. news 4's mark segraves broke this story on twitter. mark has more on what the man allegedly said to a colleague before heading off to work. >> reporter: his co-workers say they liked him, considered him one of the most accomplished employees in the building. edwin melton worked as a contractor for the d.c. chief technology office for years and never had any problems until the morning of december 7th. according to charging documents, melton called a

8:30 that morning complaining that his contract was not going to be renewed. that's when he said he was planning to come to work and kill someone. "there might be a mass shooting at 200 i. street" he told his co-worker on the phone going on to say he would "put slugs in the chest" of three co-workers. after making the call melton did show up at work and had a meeting with one of his supervisors but he didn't have a gun and made no threats in person. at some point that day, the co-worker who melton called alerted police who then notified the agency. the building was put on lockdown, but melton couldn't be found. he was arrested the next morning at his home in virginia. police did not find any guns in his home. melton's attorney declined to comment beyond saying melton denies the charges. in southeast, mark segraves, news 4. news 4's i-team scott macfarlane was first to report on twitter the businessman at the center

of jail today. jeffrey thompson admitted that he set up a $660,000 slush fund that helped vincent gray in the mayor's race. thompson spent three months in federal prison in kentucky. now he'll have three months' confinement at his washington home. he was also fined $10,000. several others who worked on gray's campaign pled guilty to felonies. gray was never charged. developing now in mexico, a bird's-eye view of that fireworks market just a short time after it exploded. now 31 people are known dead. 12 are missing. dozens injured. several children are among the victims. authorities have not yet said what may have caused the explosion that also damaged nearby homes. today, workers were combing through the debris. deadly fireworks explosions are not that uncommon in mexico. this is the third explosion at that market in just the past 11

shortly afterwards. the city is known as the fireworks capital of mexico. the explosives are an important part of the local economy. there is an urgent manhunt under way overseas in connection with that deadly truck attack at a christmas market in berlin. this is the man german authorities are trying to track down. he's apparently from tunisia, but he has used different aliases and different nationalities. germany rejected an asylum request from the man this summer. and he had apparently been on authority's radar for several months. president-elect donald trump commented on the attack from his mar-a-lago resort today. >> an attack on humanity, that's what it is, an attack on humanity. and it's got to be stopped. >> in the wake of that attack in berlin, cities across our country are on alert with an apparent claim from isis. there are concerns that the terror group wants to inspire s

nbc's edward lawrence with the details. >> reporter: a special nypd police team patrols times square. shoppers holding bags at another area in the city mingle l with officers holding assault rifles. this same scene in philadelphia. >> we don't want to alarm people unnecessarily but we'll be out there. >> i'm not going to let it steal my christmas joy. >> reporter: chicago, a christmas market similar to the one outside berlin, germany, shoppers say they won't live in fear. the same feeling for angela benson at a christmas market in washington, d.c. >> you have to go on. we can't stop living and just be aware of what's around us. >> reporter: last november, the state department issued a warning for americans traveling overseas highlighting the potential of a truck attack. >> we wanted americans to really be vigilant if they were going to travel over the holiday season. >> reporter: isis claimed responsibility for the attack outside of berlin that killed 12 people. >> got to rely only law enforcement in the intelligence services to utilize intelligence, to try and identy

attackers before they can bring harm to innocent civilians. there's no easy answer here. >> reporter: edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. big news for parents, the details of a new study that could change the ways you treat a child who's suffering from an ear infection. a local woman says a car dealership took advantage of her brother who is deaf. nbc 4 responds to her plea for help. >> a lot of papeork being rwt

welcome back. and happy winter solstice. winter officially began this morning at awe 5:44. we're going to start to see our day lengths get longer each day. a welcome sight for me and i'm sure for you as well. a gorgeous sunset this evening. i posted that on facebook and twitter pages. tom took a great sunrise photo this morning. i have that behind my planner for tomorrow. i'll point it out to you in just a moment. first, to amazing weather video. this shot today and there's little doubt about the christmas wish at this home along cambridge road in fairfax. the bright lights spell out as you can see right there "peace on earth to taall who pass by." if you'd like to share some, send them to isenb

and i want to thank photojournalist, jack, for taking that wonderful video. holiday spirit out there in full swing. and as we get you your travel forecast, well, the travel weather looking good tomorrow and friday. dry conditions in the forecast. there's going to be some rain on saturday during the morning hours, so you will be dealing with wet road during that time period. thankfully unlike this past saturday, no freezing rain in the forecast. so good news there. here are your weather headlines. that's the first weather headline, you can see some rain around saturday morning. by the afternoon, we're dry. highs through monday for the most part around 50 degrees. a little bit above normal. normal now 45 degrees. as we look forward to new year's eve, it's looking dry right now. no rain in the forecast if you're going it be out ringing in the new year. currently temperatures in the 40s. 43 in frederick. 45 in leesburg. and then tomorrow, we start off at 35. here's the picture of the sunrise tom took this morning. by lunchtime, we're near 50 degrees. a h

afternoon, but all in all, a really nice day. the weather having a low impact on your thursday. at the bus stop, of course, the kids want the warm coat. we're in the 30s. travel tomorrow looking good. outdoor exercise, looking pleasant for winter. you want the long sleeves. getting that holiday shopping done, dry, but chilly out there. as we look to the next ten days, here's what you can expect. on friday, kind of chilly. 45. but when we said highs around 50, notice saturday 53, sunday 49. and monday 52. so saturday, christmas eve day, a high of 53. i want to get more into the timing on the rain saturday. and when we talk about rain on saturday, it's looking like a 70% chance, pretty high likelihood we're dealing with some showers in the area. let's break out saturday and show you your hourly planner. 7:00 a.m., the rain starts to move in, around 41. lunchtime, we're in the mid 40s and still tracking some showers. showers move out by the early afternoon hours and maybe some

christmas eve day. 53 degrees at 3:00. as we look to 8:00 p.m., it's going to be nice. 44. as you head out, maybe to church for christmas night or the hanukkah festivities get under way, the weather looking good. looking chilly. nice night for a fire. on christmas day, a high temperature of 49 degrees. and then for monday, a high of 52. mostly cloudy skies. tuesday, there's the chance of some showers, but look at the high temperature on tuesday. i know a lot of us have off the week between christmas and new year's. so although there's a chance of a shower, look at the high, 61. when it's not raining, it will be nice. and then as we look to new year's eve day, here you see a high of 41 degrees. partly sunny skies, jim. >> thanks, amelia. a maryland home goes up in flames. a family forced into the cold. the mistake they made that led to the fire and how you can avoid something similar. taxi fid

saying mandatory regulations is one issue that's cutting into their bottom line. coming up, we'll show you some of the changes they're making to try to attract more business. the "west wing" ones of the finds from investigators as they break a suspected dvd bootlegging operation linked to an address on capitol hill.

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right now at 5:30, reiest from lawmakers to put driverless cars on maryland's highways. when and where you could be driving next to one of them. and more than two years after their disappearance, in gn new clue that the family of jacob and sarah hoggle hopes leads to a development in the case. the largest taxi company in montgomery county has filed for bankruptcy. barwood cab says it's taken a hit from these ride-sharing companies like uber but says it wants to stay in business. news 4's meagan fitzgerald just spoke to the company's ceo. she's is in kensington with that story. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, wendy, i can tell you drivers tell us it's been rough. they say over the last couple of years they've taken a significant financial hit. now, the ceo of barwood tells us it all has to do with government regulations. he says it's essentially tieing their hands, making it difficult for them to compete. for mth

barwood taxi has been operating in montgomery county. proudly taking customers from place to place. >> my dad was a taxi driver and so when i was a small child, i rode with him. >> reporter: lee barnes is the ceo. his dad started the company 56 years ago but times have drastically changed. >> there's been this imbalance and specifically on fares, secondly on entry into the market, driver licensing, criminal background checks. >> reporter: barnes is talking about ride-share company like uber and lyft. he says they're not regulated like taxi companies so they're able to lower their prices making it harder for cab companies to compete. so on tuesday, he was forced to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy. >> we filed a plan for reorganization so that we could work on changing our business model. >> reporter: barnes says the cabs will be painted black and tablets will replace the old way of paying. >> it's quick. it's affordable. it's seamless. there's no exchange of your credit card.

new changes will help them compete. and coming up at 6:30, we'll tell you why the ceo says he is determined to keep his business alive. back to you. >> meagan, thank you. maryland transportation officials want to be near the front of the line when it comes to testing driverless vehicles. the state announced today it has asked the department of transportation to use autonomous vehicles along the i-95 corridor. federal officials are looking for several areas to test driverless cars. maryland wants to test between college park and abedin proving ground. if approved, we could see those vehicles in 2018. in prince george's county, more than two dozen people have been forced out of their homes just days before christmas. a fire ripped through the upper levels of this condo complex along hanover parkway in green belt overnight. one man tells us his daughter smelled something burning in her room and woke him up as the fire

>> looked up into her room, i saw flame coming out through the vent. >> we're told the fire centered mainly on the second and third floors but those below have water damage. no word when people will be able to get back in or how that fire began. well, in montgomery county, fireplace ashes discarded incorrectly caused this house fire in rockville. look at these photographs. montgomery county fire and rescue posted these pictures from the scene overnight. this is pasture brook way. the fire did cause damage and of course you never want to have a fire in your home ever, ever, ever, and joining me now to sort of help you do the right thing, is montgomery county fire chief scott goldstein. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i would think this is kind of a no

with this? >> the mistake is a paper bag, a plastic grocery bag. the mistake is anything that's combustible. when someone takes fireplace ashes, maybe it's been a week since the fire, they think they're cold, they're to the. a little bit of agitation creates heat. little bit of air flow creates heat. these embers build back up and fires happen. this is the third event this month that we've had. >> with fireplace -- >> with fireplace ashes. >> wow. >> three significant fires. all related to fireplace ashes. the only way, and the safest way, to properly relocate those ashes is to take a metal can, sealed lid, metal can. take it outside then take it at least ten feet away from the house. people who take this metal can and put it right next to their house are making a good move by the metal can, but you're still putting that heat source, potential heat source, right next to their siding, right next to their propane grill. >

rid of our fireplace ashes? is there anything wrong with leaving them in the fireplace? >> a good base of ashes actually produces a good fire because of the way it works in the insulate value of your fireplace. over time, you do get a buildup. that needs to be cleaned. also people who have pits, ash pits in their fireplace, little box that opens and the ashes fall down, those, too, have to be cleaned in a certain interval. when you clean the fireplace ashes, don't vacuum them. people use their vacuums, pick them up then put the vacuum back in the closet. don't use a paper bag, don't use a cardboard box. take them, put them in a noncombustible can, ideally wet them down, spray them with a little bit of water, put that lid on tightly, and then carry it outside. at least ten feet away from anything combustible. and then let those sit for a period of time. >> so always just assume they're dangerous, no matter how long they've been sitting there. just don't take the chance. >> ten feet away from the house in a noncombustible ai

>> thank you. >> chief scott goldstein. thank you. hanley? >> thank you, both. now to a story you saw first on your phone. the news 4 i-team scott macfarlane breaking the news today about a suspected dvd bootlegging operation linked to a capitol hill address. 3 the investigation involved pirated copies of the "west wing." they were worth about $$2,800, imported from hong kong. one suspect involved in the bootlegging operation lives on the hill. federal agents found more 1,900 dvds at the man's house, 300 were determined to be fake. they also found thousands of dollars worth of the "big bang theory" and "twilight zone" box sets. it has now been two years with no answers since jacob and sarah hoggle

>> but a father isn't giving up hope of finding them. up next, the new clue that he hopes will lead to their discovery. news 4 your health tonight, doctors say foods like bacon and cold cuts can be increasing the risof asthma.k

more than two years after their disappearance, new information tonight in the search for two missing children from montgomery county. 2-year-old jacob and 3-year-old sarah

haven't been seen since september of 2014. police believe their mother, catherine hoggle, is responsible for their disappearance. she was charged with misdemeanor child neglect, abduction and hindering law enforcement, but mental health professionals repeatedly found her not competent to stand trial. now the national center for missing and exploited children created age-progression images here of what the two children might look like today. hoggle had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before the children disappeared. she remains in jail without bond. in news 4 your health, if you have asthma, you may want to skip the bacon, the ham and the other processed meats. a study in france finds people with asthma who consumed those foods were 76% more likely to have elevated symptoms than the counterparts who didn't eat the foods. it's the nitrates in proce

asthma patients who ate four or more servings of these processed meats were impacted the most. your kids are taking antibiotics for an ear infection, you'd much rather do a five-day treatment than a ten but a study released finds the five-day course is not as effective and the shorter treatment does nothing to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistan resistance. >> i found in my own clinical practice when i do choose to treat an ear infection with antibiotics when i really feel a child needs oral antibiotics to clear up an ear infection, they usually need the ten-day course. >> if you want to learn how to tell if your child needs antibiotics watch nbc nightly news at 7:00 tonight. how's the old scale looking when you get on it these days? if your goal is to get healthy or lose weight in the new year, we can point you in the right direction. r

8th at the washington convention center. this is the 24th year for this event. we have lots of health, medical and wellness exhibits screenings and it's all free. you'll be hearing more about this in the next few weeks and all the information if you want to look ahead is at nbcwashington.com. a woman says a local car dealership took advantage of her brother who's deaf and took his entire life savings. up next, what happened after they contacted our susan hogan. i'm tom sherwood. the physical face of the nation's capital is changing and so are the faces of the people who live here. new federal census figures chart the change. the story coming up. and a warming trend as we get into the holiday weekend. chance of some rain as well. we'll look at that and all the way towa

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nbc 4 responds to a sister's request for help. her older brother is deaf. she says he was taken advantage of at a local car dealership and when she couldn't get him out of a very expensive

hogan for help. >> well, buying a car is hard enough, but imagine trying to do this if you are deaf and can't speak. the only means of communication is sign language and a pen and paper. lisa from manassas is very protective of her brother who is deaf. although he didn't want to share his experience with us on camera, lisa wanted to be his voice. >> he has a hearing impairment so he either writes or he uses sign language, but american sign language is his language. >> reporter: so when her brother recently came home and told her he had just purchased a truck, she was shocked and she says he was beside himself about what he just did. >> i was a little bit alarmed that he had signed paperwork without telling me. >> reporter: even more alarmed when she saw what the dealership sold him, a $45,000 truck, a $6,300 vehicle protection plan,

service contract, and there's more. the deposit, his entire life savings, $10,000. and an 84-month loan at an interest rate of 6%. the entire transaction communicated on a piece of paper. >> i couldn't sleep. it was so upsetting. >> reporter: lisa admits her brother did go on his own to the dealership but she strongly believes the finance and sales manager took advantage of him because of his disability. >> a lot of paperwork being thrown at him to sign and i think that they should have, you know, let him go, let him think about it, give him what his options were. >> reporter: lisa insists that's not what happened. >> they said they wanted him to sign the paperwork that evening. >> reporter: an attempt to ask the dealership to allow her brother out of the vehicle he couldn't afford was refused. >> i had gone in person to the dealership and asked to speak to someone and no one would speak

we contacted the owner of the dealership by phone and e-mail, although we never heard back from him, lisa and her brother did. >> if i had not called you, i don't think we would have been able to walk out of that situation. >> reporter: the dealership returned her brother's $10,000 deposit and even allowed him out of the contract. relieving him of more than $60,000. >> i -- i think it's -- i want to thank you for helping me and my brother. >> you're welcome. and according to the americans with disability act, it's a businesses responsibility to provide a sign language or oral interpreter if the customer requests it. in this case they say the customer did not. as you may have noticed, we opted not to name the dealership in this story. we really did struggle with this, although what the dealership did may be interpreted as unethical, it didn't do anything

had a situation like this and they learned from it as well. ultimately, our goal is to make the customer whole and in the end, the dealership did. jim? >> great work. susan hogan. susan, thanks so much. hey, if you walk the streets of delray, you may be inspired to do something nice. spread kindness, build community signs are popping up all over the alexandria neighborhood. they're inspired by a neighbor trying to bring a sense of peace during these divided times. >> i think when people are walking by the sign, they look at it, they look up, they say "spread kindness" and maybe they think about something they can do to help someone else. >> just a reminder to think of others as well as yourself, but what can you do for other people? >> if you want to find out how to get a sign for yourself, search "kindness" in our nbc washington app. d.c. is growing rapidly. if you spend time around the city, you probably already know that. new census figures say more than

the highest population in 40 years. the new data also shows the district's demographics are also changing. news 4's tom sherwood takes a look at the trends behind those numbers. >> reporter: the physical face of washington changing, everyone sees it. this old 1920s laundry cleaning company, apartments by late next year. and many more people, new census figures show 681,000 residents, up 40% since the 1970s. the city's demographics are changing fast, too. historic african-american numbers dramatically dropping. whites now account for 44% of the city, up nearly 6% just since 2010. african-americans, 48%, down 2.5% since 2010. 48% now, but in 2000, they were 60%. and in 1970,

a major cause, gentrification and change sweeping the city. last year, "governing" magazine chronicled changes here and in 50 urban areas. here, local residents see or feel it daily. >> this neighborhood has definitely become a lot younger. more people my age are moving in, more professionals. still -- still up and coming, though. >> reporter: but many worries, older, poorer african-americans priced out. >> i don't care about people moving into the community but what i do care about are the fact that older people that have been there for years can't afford to stay there. >> reporter: d.c. mayor muriel bowser praises the city's growth and trying to ease gentrification impacts. >> we're adding 1,000 people every month, businesses and all over the city, places where there haven't been businesses before. >> reporter: in the ticket, tom sherwood, news 4. maryland officials considered sanctioning the producers of the popular se

included. you may remember the story about the baltimore-area murder from the '90s involving two teenagers. the "baltimore sun" reports officials considered holding the serial producers in contempt for broadcasting courtroom audio, something against state law. they declined to move forward after the producer explained her team had received incorrect legal advice. we have the holidays fast approaching. and it's going to get a little bit warmer, a little bit? yeah. >> happy solstice. >> yes, it is solstice. yes. >> winter came in like a lamb. like a soft little cuddly lamb. >> nice. >> just like wendy. just a little -- >> that is. >> soft and cuddly. >> very snugly. oh. >> and look around the region, we've got a very pleasant evening under way. here is the view from our storm team 4 tower camera. looking down oneb

and the pavement's dry. everybody moving along. the skies lit up with all the holiday lights. and the temperatures are still fairly pleasant around the region now. your pictures, post them on facebook, twitter and instagram. i took this picture of this horse who knew how to dress on the first day of winter. had a good sense to put on a coat. that was taken in northern montgomery county. share your pictures, twitter, facebook, instagram. there is the national cathedral and we'll have temperatures if you're kbroigoing to be shoppin tonight hovering around the low 40s the 6:00 hour, 8:00 hour, near 40. late shoppers, under a partly cloudy sky, back down to the upper 30s by late tonight. right now, though, still fairly pleasant in the low and mid 40s. dipping to the 30s in the shenandoah valley. along the bay, mid 40s. nice evening under way. storm team 4 radar scanning the sky. don't have any rain or snow anywhere in our region. good travel

down to the upper 30s by 11:00. above freezing by 8:00 tomorrow morning then lots of sun tomorrow. getting warmer. you'll notice it quickly warming by late morning tomorrow, jumping into the 40s. so the commute tomorrow, dry in the morning. we'll have it in the upper 40s, near 50 from noontime and during the afternoon. and heading back home, it will be hovering right around 50 degrees. storm team 4 ten-day outlook. friday, a bit cooler with increasing clouds. afternoon highs into the mid 40s. then on saturday, in the morning, we'll be in the upper 30s. we'll likely get some rain showers in the morning. and then by noontime, the mid 40s. by then, the rain will likely be tapering off and ending. then during the afternoon, some clearing on saturday afternoon into christmas eve. hanukkah begins as well. we'll be back down into the mid 40s by mid evening. by dawn on christmas day, the upper 30s. during the day on christmas day, nice. good for traveling around the region. heading on over to grandmother's condominium, we'll be up right

afternoon. then on monday, still fairly pleasant. we'll be in the mid 30s in the morning. afternoon highs, low 50s with just some clouds in and out. then maybe some showers on tuesday morning. as we get into next week. look at this mild pattern. near 60 degrees on tuesday, midday. then it drops back down into the upper 30s tuesday evening. then winter starting to act like a winter month -- december, i should say, like a winter month, by the end. as we get into new year's eve, it will be chilly but dry. maybe a few sprinkles around on thursday. by next saturday, that following saturday, new year's eve, near 40 in the afternoon. that's the way it looks. >> thank you, tom. old faithful, ah, look it go. temperatures near zero. hot steam from the geyser is sending up this giant cloud. isn't that something? each eruption averages about 150 feet high. it lasts about three minutes. little history for you, old faithful was discovered in 1870.

eruptions. it erupts faithfully which number more than a million since yellowstone became the world's first national park in 1872. >> that is impressive. >> isn't that something? >> yeah. coming up new tonight, federal investigators raising questions about the deadly accidents on i-95 in baltimore while families of those killed speak about their loss. you know, most folks think about holiday decorations and it becomes overwhelming. stressful even. that's just for one home. imagine helping decorate an entire neighborhood. that's what richard stone's been doing for the past 20 years. grown to some 20 homes here. and ahead on news 4, you're going to meet

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96 chickens found on a property here near leesburg, now a loudoun county woman faces animal cruelty and neglect charges. >> it goes beyond that. animal control also found dogs, rabbits, geese, ducks, pot belly pigs. all owned by kaitlyn lezer, faces 24 years in jail and thousands in fines if convicted on all these cruelty charges. federal investigators are now asking questions about that deadly pileup. and other crashes that have happened in baltimore in the past weekend's icy weather. >> this evening the families of those who died are talking about their loss. as they wait for more information. >> adam may from our bmo

>> reporter: the family of 54-year-old hazik still waiting for me details on exactly what happened on interstate 95 near intern avenue saturday morning during the ice storm. >> i couldn't get a hold of him. i called his phone about 50 times. >> reporter: he jumped in his car and drove up and down interstate 95 for hours thinking his father could be near his workplace. soon after, police came to the door announcing his father was dead. >> he exited his vehicle for unknown reasons, trying to avoid being struck by another vehicle coming toward him, he fell over the jersey barrier to the roadway -- to the railroad tracks below. >> reporter: he was one of three killed and dozens injured in severe auto accidents saturday morning including the 60-plus-car pileup on interstate 9d 95 avenue. the national transportation safety board was called with questions about the investigation. >> until i get the police report from the state troop, i don

happened. >> reporter: hodzik moved to the united states in 2001 after fleeing war-torn bosnia where he was held in a concentration camp, refugee resettled in america. >> it's hard to find somebody even close to him in this world. you know, he was a man of a good heart, a great heart. open to everybody. always willing to help. >> reporter: the family now living in edgewood says they have come to terms with the loss. >> we have strong faith in god and, you know, everything happens for a reason. even tell my mom, if my father was to go down there in a tank, he couldn't get out, once the angel of death comes for your soul, that's it. now at 6:00, the search intensifies for the terrorist behind a deadly christmas market attack in berlin. all this as president-elect donald trump focuses on security fears here at home. a dump truck swiped two cars and slammed into a house in maryla maryland. tonight there are con friflicti accounts of what happened in moments before that crash. >>

man arrested for threatening to shoot up his co-workers inside a government office building in d.c. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> we begin tonight with a manhunt all over europe for a terror suspect on a deadly attack. >> investigators are looking for this man, anis amrin connection to monday's truck attack that killed 12 people at a christmas market in berlin. police have already questioned his family in tunisia. we also know amri has been under surveillance for several months this year, but there was no evidence that he was planning a terror attack. nbc's ann thompson has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the manhunt is intensifying, as the person responsible for driving a truck at 40 miles per hour through a christmas market near memorial search is still at large. police warning people here to be particularly vigilant. as christmas markets are cautiously re-opened. it comes after an embarrassing day for