winter. it's cloudy, it's cold and it's about to get a whole lot colder. temperatures this weekend going below freezing for everyone. i've got your forecast. and breaking at 4:00, an arrest in the murder of a 19-year-old prince georges can the. >> the retired navy veteran is now in custody in connection with the death of a chauncey billy. >> announced in the last 30 minutes. erica gonzalez is at the desk working through the charging documents. >> almost two months after she disappeared, police have made the arrest in the death of miller. he's been charged with kidnapping billy. his name is eric brown, he's 45 years old. the family spokesperson confirmed there had been an arrest earlier today in the case. we got the charging documents a few minutes ago, soo we're stil going through them. but the fbiys

brown driving billy's car the day that she disappeared. they also have dna. brown was initially arrested for soliciting a prostitute and nearby witnesses brought them to this stage in the investigation. billy was reported missing when she didn't show up to work. a sandwich shop at a naval base in norfolk. this was in mid-september. a few days later her phone was found a few miles away from that location. more than a week later, her body was found even further. some 300 miles away near a church in north carolina. her parents, who live in maryland, spoke to reporters. this is also back in september. and said that their daughter was with god. and that they were okay with that. again, still going through these documents. as soon as we get a few more details we'll have them for you from the live desk. >> get back to us in just a bit, okay? first at 4:00, we're waiting to hear a response from kevin spacey after newal

sexual assault came out today. former tv news anchor in massachusetts said the actor sexually abused her 18-year-old son last year. heather said her son was too young to drink when he met spacey at a bar in nantucket. her son told the actor he could legally drunk. spacey got him drunk and sexually assaulted him. >> spacey stuck his hands inside my son's pants and grand his genitals. it was completely unexpected. my son's efforts to shift his body to remove spacey's happened were momentarily successful. the violation continued. >> hard to imagine being a parent in that position there. she said her son did not report the crime at the time because he was too embarrassed. but he's now filed a police report. to decision 2017 and the virginia governor's race. no time to rest just yet.

governor-elect. >> analysts say they believe he got a big boost from the current governor mcauliffe. the two families getting together at the governor's mansion, welcoming the northerns to their new home. >> david has just gotten back from richmond. you spent the morning with governor-elect northham who met the man he's soon to replace. >> i can tell you, no time to rest. that ties right into this. he started early after what was a late night. we got back about 15 minutes ago. i can tell you, pat and leon, northam will be in their new home in january. the lieutenant governor and close to the mcauliffes, made for a relaxed post-election lunch at the mansion. bu h

conference all to lay out his agenda. among his top priorities, what brought many of you to the polls yesterday, health care. >> no individual, no family, should be one medical illness away from financial demise. so i am very intent and motivated to make sure that all virginians have access to affordable and quality health care. >> now, northam is governor-elect now, the state is purple, not blue. what did he say on his plans about working with president trump going forward? >> he actually told all of us gathered there, that with some of the ideas trump has come forward with, he will agree with, such as building up military. such as the travel ban that he is very much against, he said he will fight very hard against the president from that perspective. >> what does he feel was the message sent last night, after what was a hard-fought contest that got really close, a

>> after being with serl of the voters yesterday, the one thing they agreed on, that they're happy the ads are over. why? because they were so negative. according to current governor-elect northam, he said it's the divisiveness that they're tired of. >> welcome back. >> good to be back. thank you, david. the first transgender candidate elected to a u.s. state house says she's already making policies to fulfill one of her biggest campaign promises, to fix route 28. danica rome is promising to serve all of her constituents including bob marshall, the republican incumbent she defeated at the polls. >> you feel the constituents -- you make the constituents feel bad about themselves. you can

house is making national headlines today. chris hurst, former tv news anchor, whose girlfriend was shot during a live broadcast takes the blacksburg area seat. he talked about the emotional impact of winning on msnbc. >> it's really very bittersweet. obviously i wish that i was still with allison, still a journalist working at the television station, that we worked at together. but that wasn't the plan. that god had intended for me and for her. so i thought about trying to forge a new path, and create a new plan. >> although he's a gun control proponent, hurst set his campaign focus on education, hoelt care and the environment. there are four delegate races too call right now, that could go to recount. republicans have slight leads in allth

will have a 51-49 majority in the chamber. we'll be updating those in the nbc washington app, just search election results. checking in with chief meteorologist standing by here. we've got the little chill, but the big chill's coming, is that the word now? >> yeah, absolutely. we were talking about cold temperatures. not just that, the first freeze in many areas so far this year, as we continue to get colder and colder over the next couple of days. today on the cold side. we've had cloud cover across our region. that cloud cover helped keep us on the cool side. even a couple of showers in our southern zones, in northern virginia, but remaining on the dry side. only in the 40s. 49 d.c., 49 in hagerstown. 44 down towards richmond right now. temperatures the next couple of days, how about these numbers, going from the mid-40s today, look where we are by saturday afternoon, yeah, hello 30s. we'll talk much m

long the cold air sticks around. i've got all that coming up in about the next ten. >> thank you, doug. witnesses recalled the texas church gunman targeting children. the list of victims' names released today includes babies, children and teens. as the country learns the victims' names, vice president pence will visit with their families. he and his wife landed in texas moments ago. sarah is also in sutherland springs, texas. you learned the gunman had been to the church the week before the shooting. >> reporter: sunday wasn't his first time there, pat. he was there for a fall festival last week, bringing along with him his children. vice president pence arrived in texas at randolph air force base to meet with law enforcement officials, and families struggling with the incomprehensible. >> i don't know if you can really wrap your head around it. it's just so much tragedy and so much loss,

>> reporter: an emt rebekah metcalf was off-duty sunday morning but rushed to the scene to find her mother injured and her father killed. >> there's so many people in that church who are gone now. it wasn't a big church to begin with. and now so many of them are gone. >> reporter: first responders themselves struggling to come to grips with the rampage. >> trying to get the horror out of my mind. but you can't unsee what you already saw. >> reporter: as investigators seek to understand what drove the gunman, parishioners tell nbc news devin kelley showed up with his kids five days before the shooting. five years ago, months after assaulting his first wife and infast stepson at an air force base in new mexico, an employee said kelley was attempted to carry out death threats against superior officers. kelli later pleaded guilty to

year and given a bad conduct discharge. now, investigators at quantico trying to unlock his cell phone, looking for clues. meanwhile, families of the 26 killed now planning funerals. suffering an unimaginable loss. donations continue to pour into the community, the southern baptist convention, for example, has offered to cover the cost for all of the funerals. pat? >> thank you, sarah. all week long, we are getting you ready for winter. >> that's right. road crews out in the area, already gearing up. we'll take you out there behind the scenes. we're showing you the new addition to the fleet that could make a big difference this year. chilling new details about a story we brought you yesterday. a neighborhood watch, a woman's murder and her fiance confesses to the whole thing. president obama reporting for duty, jury duty. did he make the cut? >> nobody gets left out.

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all this week, news 4 is helping you get ready for winter. not that we're counting, but the first day of winter just about six weeks away. >> can't wait. commuting around here is tough enough on a day without snow. this afternoon, we're getting an idea of how some of our local crews are getting ready, and it involves brand-new tool that could help a whole lot of you. team coverage for you this afternoon in a moment. doug will join us with a forecast that like it or not will remind some of you of winter. >> oh, yeah. but first let's get to the road crews. kristen wright joins us now with a look at the final preps under way out there.

>> reporter: hey there. we're standing in front of what montgomery county leaders say is the biggest salt dome on the east coast. now, that's our friend, john, up there. he's showing us how he loads up his salt truck. he's going to be doing some of that pretty soon here. montgomery county says that they just now did a practice run, where they simulated a six-inch snowstorm, and they tell me it was a success. it's been a while, but get ready. winter is, oh, so close. who knows exactly when it will hit, but believe you me, it's coming. montgomery county d.o.t. and their trucks are gearing up. sidewalk plows are brand-new to the fleet this winter. >> it has a salt spreader, and it holds a few hundred pounds of salt that we can spread on these paths and sidewalks. >> reporter: and hopefully it means faster cleanup. >

walk-behind snow blowers. so the process was a lot slower. but this year we expect to improve our efficiency in the snow removal process. >> this is incredible. this is the largest barn that we have in our system. >> reporter: it holds 27,000 tons of salt that comes all the way from south america, and the middle east. right to our roads, to our neighborhoods. >> in montgomery county, quality of life is important. this is why clearing the sidewalks, this is why clearing the roads as quickly as possible is important. people have high expectations in montgomery county. >> reporter: there's john. he's still going here. he said he loves what he does. so we'll see how much he's going to be doing this winter. so about those sidewalks, montgomery county did a survey where they figured out which sidewalks in the county are their responsibility. so they have a map

show you, and pat and leon, it is important to know which sidewalks are yours and which sidewalks are theirs, before that big first snowstorm hits. back to you. >> that's right. just one of the things we've got to do to get ready. thanks, kristin. it looks like the crews are getting ready. but do you know what you need to do on your end? in addition to checking out the sidewalk situation, susan hogan will be here to walk us through the four simple things you need to do with your car before winter gets here. you can to all of them from your home. >> get your car ready, know the rules for shoveling your sidewalks. >> yeah. >> call those road crews, they're ready. are we going to need all that? how much of that are we going to need? >> very good question. you'll have to wait until tomorrow, tomorrow my winter forecast comes out. i really just finished it today. so that comes up tomorrow. but yes, i do think we will need the snow shovels this year. didn't need them a lot last year. get them ready now. get out the coats. you'll need those,

haven't already used them, you'll need those starting on friday right on into the weekend. we've got really cold air coming in here. temperature-wise right now, 49 degrees. look at that wind, though, north at 10. that puts our windchill in the low to mid-40s. very cold afternoon. 46 right now leesburg. so the average high temperature is in the low 60s. we're about 15 degrees colder than average right now. we're going to go way below that as we move into this friday and your weekend. saturday, the big day for the cold. radar, nothing to show. we do have a couple of showers trying to move through the area here. this is something we've been watching. but notice, most of this really not even hitting the ground. you see plenty of cloud cover from showers trying to move in. don't be surprised if you're in the southern viewing area, you may see a couple of sprinkles, but that's going to be about it. behind the system, not much going on here. this is kind of the scenario we'll be in during the day tomorrow, too. i expect more cloud cover tomorrow.

still have -- we're still socked in with the clouds. there are a few showers, maybe some areas of drizzle tomorrow. notice around noon, shower activity back toward the blue ridge. look what happens during the afternoon, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, coming over the i-95 corridor. again, just drizzle or light showers, that's it. high temperature tomorrow 53, if we can even get there. cloudy and cool for sure. speaking of cool, look at this. 42 on friday. friday is the weather alert day because of the cold. not just 42, and 20-mile-an-hour winds. windchills in the upper 20s to low 30s late in the day friday afternoon. saturday going for a low of 29 degrees. that's 29 in the city. look at the suburbs. 22 frederick, 19 in winchester, 21 in manassas. these aren't windchills, these are the actual temperatures saturday morning. winds should stay fairly calm here, so i'ot

getting much colder than this for windchills, but that's cold enough. 42 for a high saturday. 51 sunday. monday, right now we've got a chance of showers. but i'm tracking what could be a very large storm monday into tuesday. again, we're going to have much more information on this. we'll see you back here about 4:45. amelia joins me then. >> all right. >> maryland football game this weekend. might be a little brutal out there. >> yeah. folks, you're either feeling it for yourself, or you know someone who is. it's the wheezing season. >> not all the coughs are the same. what causes them and what you need to watch out for. ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪

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. you may be doing a lot of it lately, or you may be hearing a lot of it lately. we're talking about coughing. 'tis the season for it. do you know what your cough means, or what to do about it? dr. jackie is here to help us out. you say coughing is the number one reason for visits to urgent care? >> that's right. >> what's the most common type of cough? >> it's that wet cough, where it sounds like a percolator. you've got the post-na

the mucous runs down your throat and you particularly notice it when you lay down at night. a lot of chest congestion, usually due to a sinus infection or bronchial infection. that's compared to a dry cough, that's more of an irritant. you're just having the staccato cough, due to cigarette smoke or pollen. >> and produces nothing. >> that's right. >> you have the barking, whooping, wheezing cough. >> three different sounds on that one. variable orchestra of coughs. the barking is usually due to kroup or viral infection. whooping cough is cough cough, and you take a huge whoop. last one is wheezing. oftentimes that means you've got the beginnings of asthma. >> most of us figure we're either getting a bit of a cold or sinuses or allergies, so we run to the drugstore and get a cough syrup. but you don't know which one. >> the number one over-the-counter medication is cough medication. so you've got to be able to know what's in it.

makes you stop coughing. literally turns off the cough from your brain. and decongestant helps you dry up the cough. and they can help you sleep. lastly is the prescription cough medications. that has stuff like codeine, which is, of course, a narcotic. it's never actually been proved to be more effective than over-the-counter, and it's risk yu because it is a narcotic. >> decongestant should be actually be an ex peck torant. >> like muse i next. >> who really cares, or needs to care about coughing, because a lot of people, you know, a lot of us cough until it passes. >> that's right. the people who particularly need to be worried are the asthmatics. that may be the first sign of uncontrolled az mass is the cough. second are diabetics. all that cough medication is

sugary sweet, it could cause a problem with your diabetes. third is people with high blood pressure if they use a decongestant, it makes their blood pressure go up. and parents, kids especially young kids will cough like crazy and then vomit. so jump out of the way. >> one thing i found really interesting is that coughs don't always come from your chest. they don't always have to do with your lungs. >> right. i spend literally all day long working this problem with patients, is where is the cough coming from. first it may actually be coming from the gut. what we're worried about there is re flux. you have it after meals, and particularly again when you lay down. second one is coming from your head. by that i mean it's dripping down from your sinuses. that post-nasal drip. use a sinus rinse to clear that one out. and lastly, is that dreaded tickle in the back of your throat. you've got that little bit of that tickle, the more you feel it the more you're going to cough. >> all righty. dr. jackie, thank you. >> be careful with t

>> all righty. >> thank you, ladies. chilling new details about a story we first brought you yesterday. a shocking phone call, a stunning confession, and a tragic discovery. did a local man murder his fiancee over money? ahead you'll meet the claw sen brothers of maryland. they're here at the potomac curling club, training together. ahead we'll hear how much dedication it takes to fulfill their dream of winter olympic gold. >> but first, we're still looking for a lucky winner to go to new york city to get into the holiday spirit. one lucky winner is going to be able to take a guest to new york to get two tickets for the "tonight show" with jimmy fallon, two tickets to the rockefeller christmas tree lighting and two vip "today" show plaza tickets. we'll take care of your train ticket and hotel while you're in new york city. just keep watching news4 at 4:00 coming up right here in a few

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we continue to update you on breaking news. police have made an arrest in the murder of shante billy, a retired navy veteran has

eric brown is 45 years old. and 21-year navy veteran. we've got the charging documents a few minutes ago. still going through them. here's what we're learning. brown was a day laborer on the base. he apparently actually helped build the sandwich shop where billy worked. authorities believe he was homeless. billy's co-workers say this man was no stranger to their shop. in fact, he was in there all the time, they say, and on numerous occasions made passes at and crude comments toward billy. the fbi says they have video evidence of what appears to be brown driving billy's car the day she disappeared. they also have dna. brown was initially arrested for a trespassing and a soliciting a prostitute charge. questioning and nearby witnesses actually brought them to this part of the investigation. more than a week after her disappearance, billy's body was found in north carolina. the fbi believes they have

some history on brown's cell phone. we'll get to that the next time i see you. back over to you guys in the studio. >> unbelievable. thauj, erica. first at 4:30 now, murdered over money. disturbing and graphic new details about a man accused of killing his fiancee in montgomery county. >> in court today, prosecutors say he confessed to the whole thing. a 911 dispatcher said he admitted strangling and suffocating his girlfriend days before her birthday because she spent all his money. a look at what we're learning about both the suspect and the victim. megan? >> reporter: yeah, pat and leon, this is definitely a disturbing case. the judge denied bond to anthony strong, saying he is a danger to the community. prosecutors said he murdered his fiancee inside their home on monday night, then waited hours before calling 911 to confess.

>> reporter: it's a confection that montgomery county prosecutors believe will help them send anthony strong to prison for the rest of his life. >> it was the money. they had shared accounts, and it seems that, you know, his fiancee had been taking moneys from his accounts. >> reporter: court documents say strong and his fiancee, shania blackwell, got into an argument about money on monday night and he snapped. prosecutors told the montgomery county judge that strong strangled blackwell before suffocating her with a pillow until she died. at 6:48 the next morning, he called 911. >> anytime someone kills another with their bare hands, it's really -- it's blood curdling information. >> reporter: now, strong does have a criminal record. prosecutors say he was convicted

he is due back in court on december 1st. pat? >> megan, what a sad story. just sad. just awful. thank you so much. news4 is committed to raising awareness and offering resources for people living with domestic violence. we call it safe at home. to learn more, head to the nbc washington app and search safe at home. now we turn to new developments and local reaction to the shooting rampage in that texas church. as we reported moments ago, authorities released an official listing of those who were killed. s the eight male victims and 17 female victims range in age from 1 to 77 years old. the list also includes the unborn child of one of the women who died. the people shot to death sunday in sutherland springs, eight of them were children and teenagers. like so many times before, this tragedy, fueling conversation about gun control. troy johnson here with the talk around town on that. >> one groupus

political change when it comes to guns, mothers of the movement. we understand that your radio listeners support that effort. >> they really do, because they feel like there are too many guns across this country, too many guns in our cities, and they were telling me that they're upset because they don't feel like lawmakers are taking enough of an effort to seriously take on this issue. especially after these tragedies that we've seen just over the last few weeks. the women that we're talking about, the women of the mothers movement, women like sabrina, the mother of trayvon martin, and the mother of kevin garner, they're applauding their efforts, after a tragedy they've already suffered in their own families. and they're saying that they feel like they're making a powerful statement by stepping out and talking about gun control, and they also are addressing police reform with their efforts. >> watching some of the national coverage, and some of the local

security measures at their churches. is that happening here? are people talking about doing the same thing here? >> as a matter of fact, they are. it's important, a lot of people wondering about the security situation at churches, people going to church. they think it's one of the safest places you can be on a sunday. just coming to fellowship with their friends and family. and you'd think that you're in a safe space, but clearly, we can't make those kinds of assumptions miami. i spoke to pastor king of forward church in prince georges county, and he tells me that armed security is part of several safety measures he uses at his church. he says 17 years of ministry have taught him to be prepared. >> not that we anticipate something happening, but i'm a believer of you watch as well as pray. shootings like this, people have a tendency to say, well, i don't think i should go to church, or i'm afraid to go to church. number one, you shouldn't be id

we still go to movies and malls and still go shopping. but as a pastor, there's a sense of obligation and urgency because of these events to make sure our parishioners feel safe. >> pastor king said we're living in a world of uncertainty, but he's hopeful that situations like the shooting in sutherland springs, or even mother emmanuel in charleston back in 2015, dylan rooff left four people dead there. whether inor outside of church, if you see something suspicious, you definitely should say something. >> as you said, that should be the last place to be concerned about your safety. >> but again, they're taking safety measures in concern to make sure that people are safe when they're worshipping. >> thank you. >> good common sense. thank you. all right. just ahead, former president, just like us, what happened when barack obama showed up to court to serve jury duty.

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you know winter can be really hard on your car. road salt, freezing temperatures can cause major hassles. >> that's right. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with four simple maintenance tips you can do on your own to weather any storm. >> reporter: with the gritty sounds of winter, comes the familiar scrape, the dead battery. winter is right around the corner. that means, we have 50 days to get our vehicles in shape.

car -- >> reporter: phillip hogan owns a number of repair shops and with more than 30 years in the business, he knows a thing or two about winterizing our cars. >> normally, you think about them when it starts raining or when it's snowing. >> reporter: starting here. >> you look here. if you move the end of that blade, it's torn on the end. >> reporter: torn or cracking wipers can really be dangerous, and repairing thome is super easy, and cheap. just about $20. i just pull it? >> bull that. >> reporter: a warning when replacing your wiper blades. >> you want to be careful, because there's tension on this, and if you let go of that, that will snap the windshield. >> reporter: let's check under the hood. another winter essential, antifreeze. >> it's recommended to check every year because you want your engine to be protected. if the al ki lynn ti is off, it can cause damage to the inside of the engine. >> reporter: keeping your tires at the right inflation is essential. open up your car door, look

what the proper inflation should be. >> you want to check the tires when they're cold as a general rule of thumb. >> reporter: keep your battery in good shape because at zero degrees, your battery has about half the cranking power it has at 80 degrees. you can have it professionally checked or check your owner's manual and follow the steps to ensure it's charged and ready to face this. susan hogan, news4. >> yes, bring it on, baby! >> do we need to do this before the weekend? >> normally there's at least one person who will want snow and one person who doesn't. >> you're on your own. >> i'm outnumbered, man. >> can we say that? we're snow haters. >> my winter forecast coming up during the day tomorrow. >> you changed your mind. >> from when? >> from when we talked a few weeks ago. >> what did i say then? >> it's okay. >> no, no, i'm saying the

thing. >> i thought i remember you telling me off air that, you know, we were probably going to have a mild winter. >> oh, it will still be fairly mild. we'll get to all that tomorrow. >> compared to what? >> compared to last year. let's show you what's going on out there. >> you're happy for us right now. >> out there right now, this is what we're dealing with, winter already showing its face here. temperatures right now only in the 40s. that's the high temperature so far today, 49. that's where we are right now. temperatures dropping 47 by 7:00 down to 43 by 11:00. our average low is 43 degrees. we'll be a little bit below that tonight. but the cold air really comes in this weekend. radar not showing much, but picking up a couple of showers. and i say showers, they're sprinkles. if you think about heading out to the grocery store real quick, you might have to turn the windshield wipers on once or twice, that's it. temperatures in the 40s today. but watch what happens here. yeah, winter making its presence

look at these numbers. 30 degrees d.c. and some areas will be a lot colder than that. as a matter of fact, let's take you on our four-zone forecast. we're going to take you on a tour around the area. >> hey, doug, in the d.c. metro zone, a weather alert day on friday, on into saturday morning. because of how cold it's going to feel. feeling like the coldest day so far this season. starting you off in the metro area, prince georges, montgomery and alexandria. throughout the day it's cold. but friday night, keep this in mind if you're heading to the football games, high school football games. we have a lot of great ones around the area. feeling like the temperatures are in the low to mid-20s. bring the gloves and hat as well to the football games on friday night. on average, in washington, our average first freeze, november 8th. we're right on track with that. but as we head back to our western zones, take a look here. the average first freeze coming in around october 15th. so in

latest freezes on record. and take a look at how it's going to feel friday morning as the kids are at the bus stop, feeling like 30 degrees when you factor in the winds. then it gets worse on saturday morning, feeling like 20 degrees out there. as we head out to our mountain zone, this is the windchill temperature saturday morning. you're starting off the weekend in hagerstown with a temperature feeling like it's 18 degrees with breezy conditions. front royal about 17, cumberland a windchill of 16. that's saturday morning. as we head to our eastern zones, areas east of 95 down through parts of the northern neck, again, cold and blustery not just there, but everywhere on friday. and doug, with the temperatures we're forecasting friday night into saturday, we're going to see the growing season across the area come to an end. >> we'll probably see a freeze warning coming up during the day on thursday, into the day on friday. so heads-up for that. we'll be tracking 53 degrees on your thursday. tomorrow, the winter weather outlook, coming at you at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. we'll be talking all about how we made the winter forecast,

what kind of snowfall we're predicting. cold on friday, cold on saturday. and the winds gusting 20 miles an hour or more. watch the big system. monday could become a weather alert day, too. we'll track that right now. i've got a chance for rain in the forecast but that's something we'll continue to watch right now. i'll send it back to you. that's a fairly chilly ten-day. >> all right. >> yes, sir. >> thank you, doug. amazon's new inhome delivery service started today, called amazon key. >> this is for those of you who don't like waiting around for a delivery, or if you're worried about stolen packages, this might be for you. this allows the delivery driver to enter your home and leave a package by. it's available to prime members in 37 cities, including the d.c. metro area. you need the amazon cloud cam which is an indoor security camera, and also a compatible smart lock. the entire kit costs about 250 bucks. and sketchy as this looks, it looks like

check online is there was only one left in stock on amazon's website. >> already. they are two brothers with big dreams. you can probably bet they're looking forward to winter. >> that's right. you'll meet two guys dreaming of a career in curling. a lot of them hope it will lead them right to so ut

the excitement is building. we're only three months from the start of the winter games. for one local man, measuring his olympic future is a matter of inches. >> he's trying out for the u.s. olympic curling team. as news4's chris gordon learned, it may look like shuffle board, but looks can be deceiving. >> reporter: hunter clawson and his brother caleb share a dream, olympic gold. 21-year-old hunter gets his chance next week at the olympic trials in omaha, nebraska. >> to make team usa and have that come to fruition and to be representative of curling from er

extremely important to me. >> reporter: 20-year-old caleb will compete in the junior national curling championships. some day he hopes to join his brother, trying to make team usa. >> in curling, i saw an opportunity where it was an achievable goal for me to make the olympics. and so as soon as i saw that goal was achievable, i never looked back. >> reporter: the clawsons started curling when they were little kids. they say curling is a sport for every age. it combines the skills of shuffle board, the strategy of chess, and a broom. >> it helps make shots be more precise. >> reporter: the brothers invited me to try curling. it looks easy. it's not. i didn't make it. next i asked them to hand me a broom to sweep. those are words my wife has never heard from me. caleb is throwing the rock. it's coming toward me. my job w

that makes the rock go straighter and farther toward the target. which is called the house. so we're entering -- let's get it all the way in. to within a foot of the button. which is the bull's-eye. i come away with a new appreciation for curling. and admiration for the clawson brothers. they say they hope to represent the usa in the winter olympics for many years to come. we'll be watching. chris gordon, news4. >> clearly more of a workout as well. >> he's a great sweeper. he picked that up right away. >> that's why he called in sick today, he's got curler's knee. >> great work, chris. that's our news. it continues now with jim and wendy.

5:00. justice for ashante. an arrest in the murder of the prince georges county woman who disappeared from a naval base in virginia. what we're learning about the suspect. plus, close races. and big gains. from a wave of women, to an openly transgender lawmaker. we're going to break down the impact of the vote in virginia's elections. of course, right now, all eyes are on the temperatures over the next couple of days. cold through friday. but then the real cold moves in. we're going to be seeing temperatures well below freezing and windchills could even be in the teens. we're going to begin with the breaking news about the murder of a prince georges county woman. >> the fbi says the suspect is now in custody in the case of ashanti billy. she disappeared almost two months ago from joint base little creek in virginia beach. >> her body was found weeks later, hundreds of miles away in north carolina. erica gonzalez is at the live desk, and you just

reading through those charging documents. what are they saying? >> 45-year-old eric brown, a navy veteran, currently homeless, and taking jobs as a day laborer is being charged with kidnapping ashanti billy. i've been combing through the charging documents the last hour or so. the fbi thinks it not only has video evidence, but phone records and dna linking this man to the case. interestingly enough, brown was actually busted on charges of trespassing, and soliciting a prostitute, something unrelated to this case. through a tip, and some extensive questioning, agents have arrived to this point in the case. the young woman's colleagues say brown was no stranger to their shop. he was there a lot, they say. he hit on billy, would make crude comments towards her. billy was reported missing mid-september. ten days later, her body was discovered 300 miles away in north carolina. authorities say