the scene in the kent land area. >> and he's learned the driver left behind a pretty critical clue. is that right, pat? >> reporter: indeed, the driver did. you know it was a hit and run. the striking vehicle was the car. the victim here, an apartment building. but what makes this interesting is that the car didn't get stuck in the building. the car left the scene of the crash. now, just a few minutes ago, we got security camera video of what happened here. it shows a white or silver nissan pulling into a parking space here at the king square apartment. as the car pulls into the parking space, it appears to accelerate, and then smashes into a brick wall of one of the apartments here on the ground floor. the car stays against the wall for sometime, and then slowly backs away. if you look careful,

see some smoke coming out of the front of the car. a short time later, that car takes off. now, you can see some of the damage that was done here. the brick facing along the side wall here has been pushed in. the building has buckled somewhat. most of the people who live in this apartment were evacuated as a precautionary measure until building inspectors could come out and make sure things were safe here. one of the victims here was joan thomas. i talked to her. >> i'm cold. i'm hungry. i'm going to go to bed. try to sleep. that's all i know. >> reporter: you were inside. >> i was on the ground floor. i didn't know what was going on. i didn't see nothing. so, whoever sees something, i don't know. >> reporter: but you were inside when it happened. >> yes. >> reporter: did they knock on your door and say get out? >> vacate, that's all they said, vacate. >> reporter: now, you can see

are trying to sure things up here, patch things up. in the end here, two families will have to spend the night elsewhere. everybody else will be allowed to go back in. you know, i just talked to two brothers. they live in this apartment right above the crash. they were inside. they were inside when the car hit the building. we're going to hear from them coming up at 5:00. in the meantime, i should tell you, that car, that car is still at large. oh, and that tell tale clue, it was the grill, the grill of the nissan that was left behind on the scene. more on that coming up at 5:00 as well. now back to you. >> all right, pat collins live at the scene there. thank you, pat. we have more breaking news this afternoon. new accusations against alabama senate candidate roy moore. a new victim says the republican assaulted her when she was just 16. >> he said, you're

attorney of the county. and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you. >> scott macfarlane is in our newsroom now to tell us more about the new victim. scott, what will you learned? >> her name is beverley young nelson. she said she was a 16-year-old waitress when she met the man who is running for alabama's open senate seat. that's roy moore. he was district attorney at the time. he frequented the restaurant at which she worked. he offered her a ride home. instead of taking her home, she says he drove behind the restaurant. i want to warn you, some of what nelson said happened to her next was difficult to hear. >> mr. moore reached over and began groping me and putting his hands on my breast. i tried to open my car door to leave, but he reached over and he locked it so i could not get out. he began squeezing my neck, at

his crotch. i thought that he was going to rape me. i was twisting and i was struggling and i was begging him to stop. >> nelson says eventually moore gave up. she also said she didn't go public sooner because moore is a powerful man and that she was afraid. allegations against moore first surfaced last week in the washington post. he continues to deny the accusations and is threatening to sue the post. today the senate majority leader said he believes moore's accusers ask said moore should, quote, step aside. >> all right, thank you, scott. election coming up december 12. we'll see how it plays out. in the meantime our weather, puffy coats out in full force this weekend. doug tracking slightly warmer air before another cool down. >> that's right. temperatures staying well below average through most of the week with the exception of thursday. temperatures out there now in the 50s. we had some rain out there morning now some

storm team4 radar not showing rain that was out there. it is well up to the north and easttion and continues to move up areas like boston, areas like parts of new england. right now reporting some snow fall. you can see that storm brought us the rain early, right on through parts of the ocean city over towards the del mar. here's the snow up around the boston area. rain and snow in parts of that region. for us clearing skies and cool temperatures for the most part. 51 now in d.c., 48 martinsburg. it is still a cool air mass. it will continue to be through the next couple days. we will warm up as we mention on thursday, but then we go right back down as we head toward your weekend. much more on that. see you back here in a few minutes. >> all right, thank you, doug. only on news4, a trip to the gym turns into a dangerous situation. >> a guy says that he was heading to the planet fitness in hyattsville when a man held him up at gunpoint then got in his car and took off. bureau chief tracee wilkins has been working all day to put this story together for us. she talked with the victim about the terrifying encounter.

>> reporter: leon, the way he describes it, he says he got out of his car, closed the door like this, locked it, then a gun right in his face. he was standing right outside of this planet fitness in this parking lot. this is the planet fitness that is just across 202 from the old landover mall site. he said the guy who had the gun demanded his wallet, his cell phone, and took his car. here's how he describes the incident. >> when that happens to you, it makes you be concerned about other people. and i'm basically wanted this message to get out so people know what goes on in that parking lot at night. people come to this gym and workout at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. they don't want to walk into that. who wants a gun this their face? >> reporter: now, that man's car has been recovered. because the suspect is not in custody, we are not showing his face. coming up on news4 at

spent the day talking to people who use this gym, finding out if they had similar incidents. i can tell you many of them had no idea this had happened. reporting live in hyattsville, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> all right, they know now. pretty frightening. thank you, tracee. the man behind the wheel of a food truck involved in an awful crash in virginia has been charged with manslaughter. a grand jury in loudoun county is also indicted tony dane for reckless driving and driving without insurance. back in september dane was driving a large bus converted into a food truck. it t-boned a car on evergreen mills road killing erin kaplan and seriously injuring her teenage son. >> a love triangle uncovered as police investigate a woman's murder. dania mendez de guerra was found dead friday night next to a dumpster in whaent. her husband reported her missing but now the alleged boyfriend is charged with her murder. news4's darcy spencer live where the body was

darcy, you have new information on the suspected killer, what have you learned? >> reporter: that's right, leon, we are near where the body was discovered. one of these dumpsters on the backside of a shopping center. her body was discovered friday. apparently it had been here for days, you have to wonder how was no one found her before then. we learned through the charging documents her body was partially covered over with trash. now, we want to show you photos of the victim and the suspect. 21-year-old dania mendez de guerra and her 47-year-old coworker at the nearby kfc, elmer campos-martinez, police say they were involved in a romantic relationship and he killed her as she walked home from work because she wanted to break off that relationship. de guerra was married and had a 4-year-old son. her husband reported her miss whg she did not return home from work. let's hear from a spokesperson at the montgomery county states' attorney's office. >> he may not have taken the

it is hard to articulate exactly his motivations at this point nor could we. we will do that in due course. but it does look like they were romantically involved and per the charcandrickiging documents statements in open court, that may have been why he did what he did. >> reporter: now, the suspect did appear in court earlier today in rockville. a judge ordered him held without bond. she says that he is a flight risk and a danger to the community. we also learned that i.c.e. has a detainer against him. he could end up getting deported out of the united states. pat, back to you. >> darcy spencer. thank you, darcy. new at 4:00, jurors are now deciding the fate of a young virginia man accused of in gruesome gang-related murder. 21-year-old which will mer sanchez serrano is accused of stabbing her to death in a wood area in springfield. prosecutors say the murder was revenge for the part reyes d

gang killing. we'll be staying in the courtroom throughout the afternoon and once we have any updates about this, we'll bring them to you here. president trump is nearing the end of his 12-day tour of asia. the president has been attending a summit and doing one on ones with other world leaders in the philippines. that includes a meeting with the host country's controversial president duterte who has been charged in thousands of extra judicial killings related to the country's war on drugs. it is unclear if the president brought up human rights abuses during that meeting. the balance of power in the virginia house of delegates is still up in the air this afternoon with new moves today to sort the whole thing out. >> the electoral board in stafford county is asking for a legal decision on counting a stack of absentee ballots found in the post office a day after the election. provisional ballots are also a sticking point. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is going to join us at 4:30. she'll have a

all right. the district is full of rats. the problem isn't new, but d.c. leaders have a new strategy to keep the city's rodent population in check. >> a dozen more members of a penn state fraternity charged in the death of one of its pledges. newly recovered surveillance video in this case showing just how many drinks the sophomore had before falling down a flight of stairs. >> and holiday shopping isn't what it used to be. how the retail industry is working to get you out of the house and back into the stores this season.

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rats, the four-legged kind. they used to be a problem we had to deal with in the spring and summer months before. >> never seen a two-legged rat. now these rodents are a nuisance year round. the mayor highlighted the problem and what is being done about it. >> mark segraves off 17th street northwest. mark, what's the plan? whatever the plan is so far, looks like the rats are winning. >> reporter: well, i'll tell you what, leon, that's right. the mayor was out walking the streets and we went out this morning with the district's top inspector for rat control. he took us through alleys like this one showing us the do's and don'ts. something like this is good to see. clean trash cans with tight lids. they have a rat

this is across the alley, this is one of the things causing all the problems. overflowing trash cans, garbage in the street. this can get a resident a $50 fine or business $5,000 fine. the complaints in the district has more than doubled in the past two years. rats. they prowl the streets at night and during the day. and right behind all of those rats are teams like this one from the d.c. department of health, trying to control the rodent population. one group that sprays in their underground hiding places, and another group of inspectors who fi fine businesses and homeowners who don't keep a lid on their trash. one program they launched earlier this year to fight the rat problem were grants for small businesses so they could afford trash compacters like these that keep the trash in and the rats out. and that's exactly what mayor bowser would like to see more of, trash

one that, again, they say keeps rats from smelling knowing there is any food waste around to feed off of. we have a break down of how many rat complaints there have been in the past year city wide and it it's broken down neighborhood by neighborhood. you want to see how many rat complaints in your neighborhood, go to the nbc washington app and search rats. we're live in northwest, mark segraves, news4. >> all right, mark, let's hope the city's strategy works. you may have to adjust your commute a bit if you ride metro. one of the entrances at the judiciary square station will be closed for the next ten months. we're talking about the entrance at 4th street and indiana avenue by the u.s. and d.c. courthouses. you'll have to use the other entrance and exit near the building museum. crews are replacing a pair of escalators at judiciary. it is part of metro's ambitious plan to replace more than 100 escalators across the system in the next decade. >> who doesn't love

book? a group of young advocates you see walking the halls of congress, they use a childhood favorite of theirs. lorax they use to send a message to lawmakers. the lorax story examines the 0 plight of the environment. earlier this afternoon the children delivered 60 copies to those on capitol hill. they traveled from pennsylvania hoping to convince congress to save our planet and rejoin the paris climate accords. >> i think it's fun to help the earth because if you can have -- because if you didn't have any trees, you wouldn't be alive because only -- because if there was only one tree in the world, only three people would be alive. >> as they say, out of the mouths of babes, huh? each book includes a americanal handwritten message for the lawmakers to read. each of them written by the school children. >> well, can you write a warmer story for us? >> i'm trying. the only warm

up, a chance of cloud cover and windy condition. even though it's warmer still not that nice. >> doesn't sound too inviting. >> temperatures below 60. we're at 59 degrees, average high temperature. we weren't close to that today. highs in the low 50s. some of the you stayed in the 40s. take you outside and show you what we're dealing with now. you see the sunshine across the area. notice all the brown trees. yeah, we've been through the peak of the foliage season. 51 right now, winds out of the northwest at 10. so that makes things a little bit cooler. notice the numbers, 50 degrees right now in leesburg, we're at 48 in gaithersburg, 49 down towards honeytown, 52 in fredericksburg area. at least we're not in the 30s and 40s like over the weekend. we've moderated a little bit. that's about it, each day is going to get slightly warmer a degree or two. the radar has nothing to show now. wider picture showing the storm system well to our north and east. came through our area earlier this morning but is now pushing off the coast. you can actually see that with you are

move through the night tonight. as we move through -- make sure. here we go. temperatures tomorrow. now, cloudy early, you know what, this is just the wrong stuff. i did this earlier and i just have to make sure i update all of this because -- this happens to me all the time. this sometimes, guys, i tell you. temperatures tomorrow will be in the low 50s -- there's the right one. 50 degrees, 54 degrees tomorrow. isn't that better? that's so much better. three degrees warmer. you have more sunshine tomorrow. still a chilly start, temperatures will be in the 30s for the most part. a nice afternoon, cool but not bad as long as you're dressed for it. i think it should be okay tomorrow. as we move on through the next couple of days, this is where our temperatures will be during the day tomorrow. high temperatures 54 tomorrow, notice a little warmer as we head into the day on wednesday and thursday. there it is 55, see, it's warmer. this is the day we're watching. this is a frontal boundary that s

day. once again, it's not going to feel that much cooler. behind the system we get pretty cold again. 52 degrees on friday, 36 for an overnight low. that puts many of you in the suburbs back into the 20s. on saturday, 58 degrees. that's with a pretty strong storm. we're not going to see a lot of rain from it. we'll get two batches, one shower activity in the morning another in the evening as the cold front comes through. look at this, windy on saturday, into sunday, sunday high of 45. wind chill will be in the 30s. 20s all afternoon. sunday looking like a very cold day. same deal on monday, high temperature 46, another chance of rain on tuesday. notice thanksgiving in the ten-day forecast, a little bit on the cool side, too, as we head into the holidays. there you go, guys. there's that forecast. i want to make sure my system is back and running. all that good stuff. >> probably a little chilly. >> you're right, pat. >> well, it is getting cold, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the outdoors. w

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all right. now to a story you'll see only on news4. >> a maryland woman said she wanted to treat herself at the salon, no problem. instead she ended up with her eyes partially glued shut. >> that's right, she's trying to get that salon to cover her medical bills and make sure this doesn't happen again. she spoke with news4's shomari

whole situation. >> reporter: monica reid tells me her vision is blurry after a trip to a salon to get eyelash extension. >> i was afraid i was going to lose my sight. and so i'm still pretty much traumatized by it. >> reporter: she drove to sky nails and spa in crofton, maryland five months ago. >> i just started a new job, treated myself. >> reporter: a beautician damaged her eyes and didn't have an emergency kit to treat her. >> you have to tape part of your eyelid down. she took the tape off, i blinked, the edges of my eye blashes were glued shut. >> reporter: she had to use her fingers to force them open. she drove to a hospital and doctors flushed out her eyes. her medical bills came to more than $1700. we reached out to sky nails and spa directly. an attorney representing the salon said he's reviewing the case and won't comment. in an e-mail to monica, the salon's insurance carrier, the

out of pocket costs and a thousand dollars for pain and suffering. they're working with monica and her attorney to resolve her concerns. meanwhile, monica is concerned because in the state of maryland, beauticians are not required to have a license to provide eyelash extensions. >> there should be some kind of law and notice to clients that this could lead to some kind of danger. >> reporter: monica hopes to settle her claim. in crofton, maryland, shomari stone, news4. >> she's pretty lucky. >> yes, she is. my goodness. >> that was pretty awful. >> all right. there's controversy swirling in virginia nearly a week after those big democratic wins there. can the electoral board count the 55 absentee ballots found at the post office the day after election day there? >> shopping has been made much easier in the past decade with online shopping, of course. now malls are reinventing retails to get you out from behind thatom

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>> including what the president did and did not say in the philippines today. >> and in virginia, elections officials are counting provisional ballots and the results could change which political party controls the state house of delegates. >> let's start right there in stafford with northern virginia bureau chief julie carey. it's actually julie carey, we'll get to her in just a moment. but in the meantime, president trump is on the final stop of his asia trip making headlines for what he did and did not say. blayne alexander has more on that for us. >> reporter: well, you know, leon, this is something we've been watching very closely over the past 12 days. the president overseas, his final hours included some singing and a somewhat awkward group handshake. but today the focus is on what he did and didn't say with conversations between two controversial world leaders. >> is one, two -- >> reporter: president trump in manila on stage during the asian nation summit seemingly stumped by the traditional handshake. but a smoother ra

philippine president rodrigo duterte, casually referring to him by his first name. >> rodrigo, i would like to commend you on your success as asean chair. >> reporter: and duterte, more than friendly. ♪ ♪ serenading the president with lyrics you are the light of my world. this from the controversial leader accused of killing thousands in a philippine war on drugs. the white house says president trump did bring up human rights violations, though briefly. duterte's spokesperson said that conversation never happened. >> the former u.s. presidents had used that power and influence to promote human rights in due process and that is not what president trump did. >> reporter: president trump also facing criticism for appearing to take vladimir putin's word that russia did not interfere in the 2016 elections instead of believing the intelligence community. president trump nowki

back. >> i believe that president putin really feels, and he feels strongly, that he did not meddle in our election. as to whether i believe it or not, i'm with our agencies. >> reporter: and trying to look forward at what he says the u.s. and russia can accomplish together. and president trump will now head back to washington. he's expected to make a trade announcement this wednesday and give a summary of his 12 days in asia. live on capitol hill, blayne alexander, news4. >> some significant decisions made here today and they come after days of controversy over two issues, over provisional ballots and 55 absentee ballots. some of them cast by military service members. >> we want every vote, every voice, every vote. >> reporter: that was the scene outside elections office this morning a

urging that the 55 ballots be counted even though they didn't make it into the registrar's office in time. they were found at a post office down the street the morning after the election. now, in the house of delegates race here, one that could decide the balance of power in richmond, there is just an 84-vote margin. so, the stakes are high. today the electoral board addressed concerns over those absentee ballots and they voted in a closed session to seek a legal opinion about whether those ballots can be considered counted. >> the court will make the final decision as to whether these 55 ballots will be counted. >> reporter: now, the other big issue, provisional ballots, initially the electoral board voted not to make the names of those voters public. but they reversed course on that. i'll tell you more about that coming up on news4 at 5:00. for now reporting live from stafford, julie carey,

well, you want to get into shape but you don't have a lot of time to do that, you might want to try this. the electronic body suit workout, this special outfit delivers currents to different muscles in your body making them contract at the same time. a short 20-minute session is said to be the equivalent of a conventional 90-minute workout. and you don't have to do this every day. just one to three times a week will burn enough calories and build enough muscle to keep you looking good. the sessions are usually carried out by personal trainer and the equipment is now fda approved, but here's the catch. sessions in the new york city gym where this is now available start at $145. >> really? >> which is why the rich and the famous are hooked on this. >> okay. >> some hollywood types. >> so, it's actually even -- it's more affordable to just take your behind outside and just go walk. get some exercise. >> or go to the gym and sweat without it. >> there you go, there

delectable dishes they are now being served in fancy restaurants. no, this food is being made by fire fighters being served in a firehouse. >> sure looks good. the culinary challenge one group of virginia fire fighters is serving up along with some pretty big flavors. >> and another chilly day out there with highs about 5 to 10 degrees below normal. it looks like we stay on the cool side, but what about any rain chances and how will the weather impact your tuesday? i'll be breaking that down and doug is going to take an early look ahead to thanksgiving coming up. looks like you found a better way to do this, dad. organic, non-gmo feed. 100% veggie diet. if i can raise you two, i can raise anything. perdue. raising more organic chickens than anyone in america. the old man's still got it.

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>> reporter: bragging rights at stake. this cook off has kicked off in manassas, engine company number one. these guys have been in the kitchen since 2:30 this morning. dusty and justin cooking it up. let's bring on some of the more, the final plates and show you what they have here. brazed short ribs, that is the entree with broccoli, mashed potatoes and the shrimp scampi over there. we dug in already. >> it needs to be 6 >> reporter: it used to be 6, rizotto right there. just delicious. master chef kevin schaeffer is here. it's a challenge. >> because it's a challenge we're not going to lose. even though we were first, we thought for a hot second we'd go against somebody else, we thought we'd go against p.g. county. we wrote it down, it's not p.g. county. we went with montgomery county and we thought about montgomery county. no, but we had to

we're going for 13 engine, and we're going or 10 truck. we're coming for you tomorrow. tomorrow. we'll see you tomorrow. >> reporter: that's the challenge there before you. d.c., you're next. all right, i'm molette green, news4 out here in wonderful manassas. eating it up. let's eat. let's eat. >> watch your back, watch your back molette. i know kevin. i know kevin. he talks a good game. >> fire fighters are shaking in their aprons. >> all right. they get to do one of those heartburn commercials afterwards. now, this is the year you're going to get all of your holiday shopping done early. >> oh, really? and we're working to try to make that happen for you. ahead, how stores and malls are reinventing retail, pulling out all the stops to get you in the door. >> their little girl ended up with an ice rink on top of the watergate hotel. i'm tommy mcfly. we have it

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remember the days when your social life revolved around a trip to the mall? >> that's right now. fast forward, can you even remember the last time you went to a mall? it's been a while if you're not alone. >> you have to think about it. just here in our area, we've seen 13 malls close over the past year. lan mark in alexandria sits empty. sky line mall in falls church now a target and office spaces. white flint mall in rockville, gone. >> demolished. it is an important season for some malls, for retailers it's do or die. tonight consumer reporter susan hogan shows us how area malls are reinventing retail to win you back indoors. susan? >> that's right. check this out. what you see here, this is graffiti, not graffiti on city streets. the d.j. spitting records, he's not in the local bar. these are actually inside of a local mall. it is the

reinvent the way we shop. it's all about the experience. it's all about changing why we go to the mall. the west field wheaton mall in montgomery county is banking on this to bring us back and it's working. >> today this is what brought me in. >> the last time she stepped inside as mall was four months ago. on this day she left d.c. to come all the way out to the suburbs not to shop, but to check out the event. >> i love art. >> we're at a renaissance right now for malls. >> he consults with malls and stores around the country helping them reinvent retail. >> we are looking for attractions as opposed to anchors being the focus why people come to the mall. >> park and rose in walk ville and the old laurel mall. today it's a town center.

springfield mall became the springfield town center after a $250 million renovation. it hosted its inaugural taste of springfield over the summer with local food frienders from all around the area. speaking of food, it's another experience. the food court at west field montgomery mall has been replaced with a dining terrace. >> i come here a lot during lunch solely because i like the selection of restaurants they have here. >> additional cheese, italian meat, vegetable. >> gusto offers gluten-free options like cauliflower pizza crust. >> that's what people are demanding now so i think you're seeing the healthy casual restaurants the ones doing well. >> the demand for change is sweeping across the country. this is a gallery mall in dallas, texas. it hosts a holiday spectacle. center stage

skating rink, surrounding by retailers. >> meet those moments that are going to connect with the consumer and create brand experiences. >> moments, michael says, means something to millennials. >> we are finding the millennial generation has really not a desire for products as much as they have for experiences and service. >> now, all this week we are taking an in-depth look at how the industry really is reinventing retail. tomorrow on news4 today and 4:00 p.m., we're going to take a closer look inside the stores once the mall has you, what are the retailers doing to get you inside. there are some innovative ideas out there. shopping will not be the same. you know, santa claus, the fireworks, that's what they're trying to do, to get you in with the experience. once you're in, then you have to go to those. >> that would get me. if you told me santa claus's feet were on fire and he was on icy would go. >> i love the art exhibit at the mall. love it.

>> new guidelines out today about what defines high blood pressure. >> jim handly is in the newsroom with more about this. jim. >> yeah, guys, this is big news. a big announcement in the news just a few minutes ago, the american heart association just released those new guidelines. but what will they mean for you and your family? doreen gentzler will join me at 5:00 tonight with more on the impact and who those guidelines will affect the most. and it's another edition of hand it to handly. tonight i'm walking with the beagle brigade there. they're going to walk me as dogs do. we are keeping all the stuff that comes in to dulles international airports around the country. we're making sure all those items like agriculture, pets, animals, too, are safe things that can enter our country. tens of billions of dollars are at stake for our economy, and these dogs do a big part. it's all in their nose, pat and leon. and i've got a beagle so i can tell you exactly how

we'll have a hand at the handly coming up in about an hour. >> can't wait to see that. >> we love your dog, jim. >> he's a good one. >> he is. turning now to the weather, i pulled out all of my thermals. how long am i going to need them? >> i don't know, you may not. doug was saying it's going to get warmer the next couple days, right, doug? >> you pulled them out for a reason. we're moving into winter. those temperatures will be on the cold side the next couple days. we're not talking frigid. warming a little bit each and every day. temperatures will go up just a little bit. all in all, yeah, staying on the cool side for sure. out there right now, well, still a lot of sunshine, but the sun going down in about six minutes. the sunset tonight 4:56. currently ten degrees dropping down to 43 by 11:00. it puts most of you in the suburbs at 30. 49 in rockville, 38 leesburg, manassas coming in 50 degrees. next hour with the sun going down, these temperatures will drop pretty quickly here with these clear skies that we have. no rain to speak

storm team4 radar is clear. you probably saw rain this morning. woke up to wet roadways. that was it. most of the rain pushed off. these are the temperatures ewing r you'll wake up to. mid 30s tomorrow. frederick, you'll need the thermals on overnight tonight into the day tomorrow. 35 in manassas, 38 la plata, and d.c. coming in around 39 degrees. so a cold start, chilly start. kind of close to average. a little bit below average. tomorrow afternoon right around 5 degrees below average. 54 for a high tomorrow with sunshine. not a bad afternoon, but a cool one. 55 degrees on wednesday. 59 on thursday. 59 is the average so you're thinking things are looking good. but we have more clouds and rather breezy conditions during the day on thursday. winds can gust upwards of 20, 25 miles per hour as the storm system moves through. 53 on thursday. we cool again to the mid 30s on friday and as we move into the next couple of days here, look at this. the weekend is the one to watch. another big storm coming up on saturday, very windy late saturday into sunday, sunday wind chills could be in the 20s 3

so, a cold weekend out there. right now looking like it's going to be on the chilly side. as we look forward to thanksgiving, ten days away, that's right. thanksgiving. time to get the thing here, the turkey going on. the cold weather helps set the mood for ice skating and there is a new rink in town for this year. tommy mcfly joined us today to check it out. >> yeah, glad you mentioned that because tommy is sitting here right now to tell us about this, taking ice skating to new heights. >> it's the first rooftop rink in d.c.? >> yep, the very first one. it's on top of the watergate hotel. and this rink is only the first watergate -- first hotel on top of the watergate, quite the journey to get to the banks of the potomac. check this out. >> it was pretty serendipity. my owners saw this happening in places like dubai and israel and parallel forces of nature, we had a gentleman by the name of mark cohen who established something called mel's rink in honor of his steau

passed away. he made a rink in poolesville, maryland for the community. >> and you and the water gate had collaboration to make that possible? >> yes, we're fund-raising so we can open up our own facility at some point. i mean, you have everything from the pentagon to the kennedy center to the d.c. memorial, all the way 360 to georgetown and the potomac river and also the key bridge. so, it's just nothing like it. >> starting thursday you can support mel's rink and take in the d.c. views with no breakthrough zambonis. the watergate ice rink is synthetic. >> certified nhl practice rink, you know, so basically it's a very slippery wax. it's not cold when you fall down on it. and it's actually a little bit -- it gives a little bit when you do fall. so it just makes it a little bit of a better experience. >> and they're offering up all kinds of tasty treats. you're seeing live images

beverages, fire pit, blankets. they're saying during the weekday, weekend time it's more of a family friendly atmosphere. >> wait a second, where was the obje obligatory tommy mcfly skate? we don't see you falling. >> looks really cool and waxy. thank you. coming up an onslaught of new charges filed against members of a penn state fraternity after one of the pledges died falling down a flight of stairs. >> new disturbing information released on the number of drinks

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there are new charges being brought following the hazing death of a penn state fraternity pledge. >> pennsylvania police say they discovered graphic new evidence as nbc news's jay gray explains, it's just the latest in a number

college greek systems across the country. >> the commonwealth is prepared today to announce new charges. >> reporter: including involuntary manslaughter and hazing in the death of penn state fraternity pledge tim fiaza who investigators say he was force fed at least 18 drinks in an hour and a half. >> he was ineastbound rated in the video. >> reporter: officers were inside their house. >> the video was, in fact, recovered and it was, in fact, brought back to life. >> reporter: 12 new defendants were named this afternoon joining 14 fraternity members already charged in fiaza's death. >> we are making holiday plans without our son tim because of your actions. hazing needs to stop. there is just no place for it. the statement needs to be made. >> reporter: calls for justice now echo across the country. 18-year-old freshman pledge maximum well gruber died after a drinking game at an lsu fraternity. ten of his brothers face charges.

pledge at florida state died after an off campus fraternity party. fsu president has suspended all greek activity indefinitely in the wake of the tragedy. more than three dozen students at the university of michigan were rushed to area hospitals. a student-led council has suspended activity amid allegations of hazing and sexual misconduct. >> i hope that these recent cases are messages to students and schools as well that clearly something needs to change. >> reporter: change that many believe could be the difference between life and death. jay gray, nbc news. >> now at 5:00 tonight, families forced from their homes after someone crashes a car into their building. then takes off. >> new accusations, the growing calls for senate candidate roy moore to step aside as another woman comes forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. >> plus robbed and car jacked at gunpoint, the crico

victim sharing his ordeal. >> announcer: news4 at 5:00 starts now. >> we begin with that unusual hit and run in prince george's county. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler in tonight for wendy. >> i'm jim handly. surveillance video shows the car driving in the parking lot and hitting the king square apartment complex here this afternoon. >> now two people from two units will have to find another place to stay. news4's pat collins talked with witnesses and pat is at the scene with more on how this happened. pat? >> reporter: doreen, let me start by saying nobody was injured here today. two families displaced, and as you can see behind me, workmen continue to try and patch things up at this apartment building. a most unusual hit and run. normally when a car goes into a building, well, the car stays in the building. but

away. this is security camera video of a car crashing into an apartment building. it moves into a parking space, and then keeps ongoing right into the building. slowly it backs away. and then moves away from the scene of the crash, leaving behind this tell tail piece of evidence, a grill from a nissan car. the impact caused the building's brick wall to buckle, caused fire fighters to evacuate that building, and caused the brothers to get out fast. you see, they were inside right above the place where that car crashed. >> it's like a vibration, i was thinking somebody downstairs, like, did something. >> i saw the guy and the guy was like he had a -- i was scared. really? thank god nobody was right there. i always sit there in the evening, with