well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. and great stories kept coming. like when the military came and built the boats to win the war. [warplane] some are tales told around crowded tables.... [streetcar rumble] and others are performances fit for the stage. stella! cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] now at 11:00. a teacher sentenced for sexually abusing students at school. >> i don't think he should be trusted ever again. >> tonight the emotion inside the courtroom as parents confronted him. friday bomb shell. michael flynn, the biggest

investigation into russia and the trump campaign. what it means and how it's going over at the white house? >> four words to describe everything today, very, very, very bad. and the local family's desperate search for a woman missing since the day before thanksgiving. announcer: news4 at 11:00, starts now. parents sob in the courtroom today as a local teacher heads to prison. good evening, everybody. i'm jim adley. >> i'm erika gonzalez. >> new tonight jackie talked to people who knew the victims. jackie? >> reporter: jim, the courtroom was packed and it was filled with emotion. eight years in prison, at least 25 years of supervisio

his release and lifetime sex offender registration. d.c. superior court judge sentenced former public teacher manual garcia to the maximum penalty available under his guilty plea. the courtroom was filled to overflowing with parents and others, many of whom wore green ribbons in a show of support for the young victims. >> it was extremely tense. pretty much the entire time the prosecution, people had given their statements. it was parents crying. so many tears. everybody was crying. >> reporter: garcia fernandez pleaded guilty to sexually abusing at least six elementary age students boys and girls at the northeast d.c. campus. prosecutors said he molested the children sometimes during games of hide and seek. his family some of whom traveled to the u.s. from spain pleaded for leniency. he apologized saying i'm

ashamed of myself and am truly sorry. the school board of directors sent home an e-mail this week telling parents about the dismissal of three top administrators here including the principal for failing to act on earlier miss givings about this teacher. live in northeast washington, jackie benson, news4. they found dozens of local teachers still on the job even after admitting misconduct with a student. we posted the entire slipping through the cracks investigation in our nbc washington app. new reaction to the bomb shell developments that take the russia probe inside the white house. >> a source with the trump administration tells nbc news the president in their words was blindsided by his former national security adviser's guilty plea. michael flynn says four days in to his job, he lied to the fbi. he denied after two separate conta w

ambassador, which he did. flynn is now obligated to tell anything he knows about potential collusion with the russians. we've learned he's already cooperating with investigators and there's a big incentive for him to keep talking. >> you're looking at five years in jail if he's not completely truthful and cooperative. if he fails to meet the requirements of the plea agreement, the prosecutors can pull that agreement and charge him with other crimes. >> in a statement flynn says his plea is quote, in the best interest of my family and of our country. some see today's plea as a turning point in the special counsel investigation into russian meddling. meet the press mediator chuck todd to talk about where this story goes next. >> to me the bigger news today isn't mike flynn that pled guilty it's that he's cooperating. mike flynn was probably the president's most frequent traveling companion that wasn't

being paid for through the campaign. he was with them when corey lieu wan do youski was there. at this point the reason why why there's a lot of nervousness in this white house today, there's not many more places above mike flynn to go. there's not much more dots to connect. the dots left are kushner, trump jr., trump. the reason bob mueller has a job is because the president was trying to get james comey to drop the investigation. clearly the president is nervous about what mike flynn knows. you read this plea deal and you realize that mike flynn got directions to talk sbangss. the vice president and the incoming chief-of-staff reince priebus both went on television shows, one of them was mine on sunday and said that mike flynn did not discuss sanctions in there. so either they lied or flynn and somebody else is keeping stuff om

and that's possible. there may be people that know stuff and people that kept out of the loop and if you're intentionally keeping people out of the loop you have a conspiracy. to keep you in the loop in this investigation, "meet the press" airs sunday morning at 10:30 on news4. breaking news now. any minute the senate is expected to vote on the massive republican tax plan. i want to show you a live look at the senate floor. bob corker is the only senator to say he will vote against the $1.4 trillion tax bill. this will temporarily cut individual tax rates. there are no guarantees that everybody in the middle class will see their taxes go down. it would slash the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% and add some tax breaks while eliminating other popular ones. earlier tonight democrats mocked the late delivery of this hefty

massachusetts senator elizabeth warren posted a video showing the nearly 500 printed pages with handwritten notes in the margins. >> this right. this is not how america should be making laws and shame on the republicans. >> the senate tax plan has some serious differences with the version the house passed. assuming the senate bill passes, the two will have to be reconciled before going to the president for his signature. well, the weekend's upon is us. another beautiful day out there today but we're starting to feel that chill in the air tonight. >> yes, we are. doug kammerer tracking a big change for us. >> it is a cold night tonight in some areas after what was a very nice friday afternoon. happy friday, the weekend starting right now for many of you. actually, first the highs today, notice where we are. 57 d.c. well above average. 60 richmond, 48 pittsburgh. there's no real cold air anye

going to be over the next couple days. what we are going to see is nights like this. cold nights, nice afternoon. 34. look at manassas. now next couple of days this is what i'm looking at. tracking your weekend. we'll talk about the weekend temperatures because it will be a cool saturday. warm early next week but then it gets just plain cold. we'll talk about it coming up. >> thanks, doug. switching gears. police have arrested and charged a man who allegedly recorded this video of a dangerous encounter between police and atv riders. he turned himself in this morning. police say wallace shot this video of officers pursuing him and others on atv riders down this corridor last weekend. at one point you saw the officer appears to try to jump and tackle one of the riders but wound up hitting the pavement. d.c. police tweeted about the arrest saying, it's no laughing matter using

ththe #wewillfindyou. some great news for one of our biggest bridges. virginia lawmakers announced a $227 million contract to fully repair the arlington memorial bridge. adam tuss has been covering these bridge problems for years now. the national park service approved the plan. it's working to make sure as many drivers as possible will continue to use the bridge during the rehab. >> during the construction work we anticipate that three lanes of traffic at a minimum will be open at all times. >> now construction's expected to begin next fall with most of the work done by 2021. the project is expected to give the bridge an extra 85 to 100 year life span. >> a big change is coming monday to rush hour on i-66. drivers will need an easy pass flex to travel on the express lanes. between the morning hours of 5:30 and 9:30 eastbound and in the evening between 3:00 and

beltway will operate as express lanes. if you drive alone, you will pay a toll. if you're car pooling with two or more people in the car, the tolls are flee. anybody can drive in these lanes on off-peak hours. we're going to have any problems covered for you come monday morning live on "news4 today." >> tonight we're talking to a d.c. family desperate for any one to help find their loved one. joanie rockingham hasn't been seen or heard from in nine days. shomari stone spoke with her family tonight and has of the latest on the search. new at 11:00. >> i'm empty. >> reporter: they're concerned about her mother, 53-year-old joanie rockingham. >> i can't put into words how i feel. i wouldn't wish on anybody. >> reporter: d.c. police put out this flier calling her a critical missing person. officers are searching. no leads. the family haven't seen or heard from jo

thanksgiving when she was helping her mother cook on the 3300 block of amy street northeast. >> reporter: did she seem upset or depressed? >> no. >> reporter: the family says that joanie rockingham was sitting on this end of the couch. she was in a good mood. no problems. she suddenly got up and walked right out of the front door. she didn't tell anybody where she was going and what makes this even more bizarre is that her family says she left her purse behind with her identification. >> i talked to my mom almost every single day, if she don't reach me she's leaving a voice mail on my phone saying why haven't you contact me. it's unlike her that we haven't seen her. >> her phone is now off. her mother doesn't drive or have a mental illness. >> reporter: if someone watching this knows where your mother is, what do you want them to do? >> call the police and if you want to remain anonymous that's the perfect place to call. >> reporter: meanwhile the rockingham

worry hoping police solve this mystery. in northeast d.c., i'm shomari stone, news4. next at 11:00, a line around the block today for maryland's first medical marijuana dis presencery now open for business. >> this weekend expect it to be the biggest of the year for christmas tree farms. while it must be tougher to get that tree you want this year. and prince harry and meghan markle make their firstublic p

the newly engaged royal couple has completed another official first, first proposal to support prince harry's beloved charities. we have highlights of the day. >> reporter: britain's prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle are making it clear that humanitarian and charitable work is a top priority for them. they chose nottingham england as the location of their first post proposal public engagement. on this world aids day they visited a charity aids fair in the central english city. there the couple spoke to hiv activist and several people living with the disease. >> you can clearly see that there's an immense amount of love and adation for each other. also for the work. >> reporter: harry's late mother, princess diana was instrumental during her life for breaking down the stigma attached to the disease. harry and now megan, plan to continue following closely in her foot steps. the royal couple also met students at not willingham academy and watched a rap performance as part of an antiviolence program. >> you canee

>> reporter: this was prince harry's third trip to nottingham since establishing the aids charities there in 2016. a fitting first stop for a royal couple kicking off what will be months of travel as markel learns more about the country she will soon call home. nbc news. maryland's first medical marijuana dispensary is now open and its busy. there was a line around the block today to get into it just off the road here. before patients can pain reduction and improve peoples' lives. >> this is for medical marijuana only. recreational use still illegal in maryland. at least six other medical marijuana dispensaries are slated to open in the state soon. you could pay for at the christmas tree farm this weekend. a nationwide stortage is driving prices up as much as 10%. growers blame the recession. fewer people bought trees in 2008 and that clogged up space to plant new ones that would be ready this season. we visited pine valley farms in maryland, the farm says it expects tomorrow to be its busy day of the year. >> takes a while to grow those things. >> whether or not you'll have good weather to get out there and get that big, beautiful tree. what do we got? thumbs up? >> thumbs up both days, saturday and sunday. if you want all day sunshine, you might want to pick sunday. i think we'll see more cloud cover during the day tomorrow. takes about ten years to grow

tomorrow. happy birthday. big day for him tomorrow. out there right now plenty of sunshine, no. we've got clear skies and those clear skies allowing for some cold numbers. at the airport not too bad. 43 degrees. winds are calm, so calm winds and clear skies allow the temperatures to cool very quickly and notice the suburbs. already down to 27 in manassas, 32 in fredericks. it's going to be a cold night tonight. cold start to your saturday. i still think a pretty nice saturday afternoon. we're not tracking any rain right now. no clouds in our immediate area, but as we widen out here. couple areas of clouds. another area down towards st. louis. these are the ones we'll watch come across our region during the day tomorrow and that's why we'll have more cloud cover during the afternoon. more clouds and sun. that will help keep temperatures down. 53 degrees tomorrow. some of you may stay in the

as long as you're dressed for it should be a-ok. going to get the tree this weekend, looking good. notice, green everywhere. decorating outside. i did a little bit of that outside today. the wind should not be a factor if you're hanging any of the ribbons or bows. take the coat once the sun goes down temperatures do cool very quickly this time of year. sunday? perfect day. 57 degrees, five degrees above average. very nice afternoon. 57 on monday. notice 62 on tuesday. nice, right? chance of showers but this is the day we start to see the transition and wednesday is the transition day. i've got a high of 50 with falling temperatures and rain, but not really going to be even 50 degrees. we'll start off in the upper 50s and get down into the 50s, 54 degree range by 8:00 a.m., windchills in the low 30s by 4:00. wednesday's

transition day with rain early and wind and cold coming in and the cold sticks around all next week. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, all the way into next monday and yes, a chance for some snow. i am still not seeing a chance for a lot of snow. we're talking about flurries if anything right now but it does look like we could see the first flakes of the season as we head into next friday and saturday. i'm excited. there's still a chance that we could see a storm during that time too. that's what i'll be watching for on the next couple of days. >> thanks, doug. the wizards back in action tonight hosting one of the eastern conferences best teams and the -- >> sports is next. queen la teefia is my desk.

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announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> wizards looking tough against the tough team. >> good test tonight and they showed up to play. good test for the wizards. pistons came to town. good first second in the eastern conference. washington coming off a lost in philadelphia. a game in which they felt bradley beal missed part of the game. the whole team had something to prove tonight. no doubt about it. bradley beal rocking the specs after taking that shot to the face. don't worry. glasses did not last long. first half, pistons leading. toe buyas harris, led by six.

beal gets the steal. wizards the lead. later wizards now up double digits. otto porter gets the circus shot. don't forget about thomas. finished his career high 17, he cleans up here. wizards dominate one of the eastern conferences best team, 109-91 the final. >> our defense created a lot of opportunities for us to get ten layups in that quarter. we are a good team when we defend and we create offense of our defense and then it just gives us that extra edge that we need. maryland opening up big ten play this evening hosting purdue. boiler makers up for most of this one. isaac gets the hook shot. perdue's lead kended to

anthony cowan hits the three. moments later to you wan again attacks and won. it's a three-point game. jared off the mark. perdue escapes with an 80-75 win. grant hill was inducted in the high school hall of fame before the boys basketball game. and he caught up with nbc sports washington christy winter scott before the

the first year when john oliver punches it in. 19-14 after a defense stop. it's oliver again scoring from 12 yards out. dominates the second half. wins their third straight state title. 38-20, the final. congratulations. >> yeah, nice job tonight. it took -- almost 25 years for grant hill to be in the hall of fame. >> he still has to prove himself. >> right, right. that's

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new at 11:00. a natural spectacle caught on camera. this is video of a large iceberg coming up, breaking from a glacier in southern chili. this is a huge block of ice, folks. it measures more than 1100 feet long by more than 1,200 feet wide. park officials say something like this hasn't happened in nearly 30 years. better head down there fast before it melts. that is something to see. >> fantastic. >> get one final check of the weather, doug. >> you ready for it to get cold? >> yes, i am. >> next week we'll see the cold air race in during the day on wednesday, wednesday a major pattern shift. and this shift will stick around for a while. turning much cooler, frequent storms and yes, we are tracking even a

we'll talk more about that next week. >> we hope your weekend's

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