now at 11:00, the family of a woman killed nearly a decade ago responding to reports they could finally find her body. >> i want her. and that's the answer that i wan

>> also tonight, costly commutes on i-66. are those express lanes already changing habits for drivers after just a few days? and pressure to resign for democratic senator al franken. what we're hearing tonight about his big announcement for tomorrow. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. after almost nine years of questions, finally some answers for the family of pamela butler. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm leon harris. butler's boyfriend recently pled guilty to killing her back in 2009. today news 4 was first to report that he told police where to find her remains. butler's brother plans to be there when police start searching along i-95 in stafford county later this week. tonight he spoke with our derrick ward who is live with the latest. >> reporter: the butler family has indeed been there throughout this ordeal. and if this lead proves true, if her killer has indeed led authoti

family, it will close a chapter but not the wound. nearly nine years of not knowing for the family of 47-year-old pamela butler missing from just before valentine's day 2009. >> to be honest with you, i knew because she's my sister, i knew probably a week in that, you know, we weren't going to find her alive. >> reporter: it wasn't until her former boyfriend jose angel rodriguez cruz was arrested and admitted killing butler in october that he really sank in. he said he really liked rodriguez cruz when they first met. >> he seemed like a really nice guy, to turn out to be just a sick character. >> reporter: in an agreement with prosecutor, rodriguez cruz pled guilty to second degree murder. he killed butler after they argued in their home. sources tell news 4, they began searching a wooded median separatihe

virginia, a development they've waited years for is still bittersweet. >> the hardest part fof me was just looking at my mother and knowing that was what she wants to hear. >> reporter: the waiting could end, but not the sense of loss. >> i don't think you ever get closure with this, you know? it's different if somebody dice of a natural death, but for somebody to be snatched away from you, somebody to be killed, i don't think you get closure from that. >> reporter: derrick butler said he'd really like to know what precipitated his sister's murder. he doubts that he'll ever know for sure. but he does know the suspected search will begin this friday between that wooded median in stafford, virginia. leon, back to you. >> amazing. thank you, derrick. chopper 4 flying over a traffic mess in frederick county crashed today there caused some death to the

monocassie river. there's no timetable for when the work will be completed. it could last for days. in the meantime, traffic is being rerouted in beth directions which means fewer options for drivers trying to avoid i-70 during rush hour. $43. that's how high tolls have gotten for solo drivers on the i-66 express lanes inside the beltway this week. they've frustrated a lot of drivers, but there are signs that they're doing what they were designed to do, changing the way we commute. shomari stone is on i-66 with more tonight. hi, shomari. >> reporter: hi, how are you? well, i-66 express lanes, that's the topic tonight. and one man is determined to help drivers. there is no cost on how much this will cost, it could go up and down depending on the traffic. one man says he wants to help ease the financial burden. >> it's

outraged over the new i-66 express lanes in virginia. >> i'm really upset about tolling and how high it can go, and that is no limit or no input from the citizens. >> reporter: the i-66 toll prices can go up and down depending on how many people are using the express lanes. he says that's unfair. so he organized a slug line community for i-66 on twitter and facebook. carpoolers with two or more people can travel for free. how is slugging going to help the driver? >> so the driver, sometimes the driver cannot find a car pool rider. >> reporter: so they can become a slugger. drive up to the vienna metro station parking lot, stand by this sign that he made and pick up someone. that way the driver doesn't have to pay the tolls. >> it makes me feel much better because they share their ride with somebody else. that's good for the community, good for the environment. >> reporter: and it eases traffic.

commutes more manageable and consistent. charles shep hahard says the sl lines are a good idea because he hates traffic. >> if you're not in the hov, i'm in sales so i'm up and down in roads all the time. >> reporter: indeed, traffic is a nightmare. now, as for the i-66 express lanes, they are new. only about 60 people have signed up. and the facebook group is relatively small. but again, we're trying to help working for you and getting the word out so that you can use these slug lines. live here on the i-66 express lanes, shomari stone, news 4. >> thanks. a lot more where that came from heading our way in the next few days. >> doug has the first look at our forecast. >> not too bad over the next 24 hours. the amazing thing as of right now, if you take a look at the map behind me, we've got cool numbers. ag

notice d.c. at 44 degrees. that number has come up one degree. yeah, it's come up. the reason why, we've got a lot of cloud cover around this region. we've got clouds, 30s, we're dealing with clearing skies. that will lead to temperatures tomorrow morning that will be on the cool side. you'll wake up to cool numbers. the high today was actually 57, that coming after midnight, the cold air really moving in by friday, even colder air moving in for the weekend. yes, a few snow chances. we'll talk about that. we have new information right now. that's something that we'll continue to track. i'll have the latest for you in about ten minutes. >> as you know, there are folks across the country that might trade places easily with us tonight because we're on top of this breaking situation. massive wildfires out there. look at these scenes. these fires are still growing. tomorrow the california department of forestry and fire protection are going to do something that they've never done before. they're going to issue a

wind indks waex warning. winds today hit in the 80s. jay gray will show us the latest conditions on the ground. more than 30 of al franken's open democratic senate colleagues are calling for him to resign. he'll make an announcement tomorrow, but it's not clear what exactly he might say. his twitter account shot down a report from a minnesota radio station that said franken has decided to step down. another woman today joined others accusing him of unwanted physical contact. >> when we start having to talk about the differences between sexual assault and sexual harassment and unwanted groping, need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay. >> all this comes on the day that "time" magazine unveiled its person of the year on the "today" show. the magazine honored women who have shared their stories of sexual misconduct by high profile men. now, to a story you'll only

the man at the justice department who oversees special counsel robert mueller says that he is satisfied with the job that mueller's team is doing. rod rosenstein is deputy attorney general and because attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation, it is rosenstein who has oversight of things like mueller's budget. monday the news 4 i-team scott macfarlane asked rosenstein about mueller's progress so far. >> are you satisfied with what you've seen so far from the office of special counsel? >> yes. you know, when we conduct our investigations, as you know, just as is true in maryland, we don't talk about the investigations while they're ongoing. so what the american people will see is only if and when a case is charged. there have been several cases charged to date. we're not in a position to talk about anything else that may be going on. >> the management of the administration of the office you're satisfied with so far? >> yes, that's correct. >> now, in his reporting, scott also asked white house attorney ty cobb f

case. cobb said, as i have routinely said, i have great respect for robert mueller. we remain committed to working with him toward a speedy and appropriate resolution. rosenstein will testify before the house judiciary committee one week from today. president trump will huddle with congressional leaders tomorrow to iron out differences on the budget to avoid a government shutdown this weekend. the white house released a statement this afternoon praising senate minority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader nancy pelosi, but that statement came hours after the president himself caused a big stir by suggesting the democrats could force a federal closure over the issue of immigration. the government runs out of money friday at midnight. the plan to the pass a continuing resolution that would postpone that. he made a stir when he said that the u.s. would recognize

the capital of jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> we've finally reached the resolution that jerusalem is israel's capital. this is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. >> the president also ordered the state department to begin the process of moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. palestinians say this ruins any chance of peace in the region. today we reached out to jewish and palestinian communities here in washington to get their reaction. >> all are aware of the heightened level of tension as a result of the jerusalem announcement and all are taking appropriate actions and we're reassured. >> he's creating a major headline in the world today to distract people and public opinion here and abroad from russia probe. >> we have that disagreement here. here's the scene that we saw in israel. the u.s. and israeli flags projected on to the old city wall in jerusalem in support of today's announcement. tonight we're hearing from

who is in critical condition after what police are calling a terrible accident yesterday. the boy was at a neighbor's house when the man watching him accidentally shot him. the 33-year-old former military personnel said he was putting away his legally owned handgun when it went off hitting the boy in the upper body. he grabbed the child, took him home to his mother and then drove them both to the hospital. the boy's family released a statement tonight thanking everyone for their well wishes and asking for privacy and prayers for their son. next at 11:00, it's supposed to be their wet season. the strongest and longest santa ana winds of the season now fanning several fires burning around los angeles tonight. hundreds of square miles of flame right now, and it's only getting worse. closer to home, a new proposal to get rid of d.c.'s rat problem. how the district plans to force businesses to take action. just in time for a

take a look at this beauty. we want to show you this. this is stuff of nightmares. flames tearing through hills in and around los angeles tonight. >> this is video near the 405 freeway today. the fires shut that freeway down for several hours. and it may get even worse as nbc's jay gray reports now, the situation is expected to get worse. >> reporter: tonight flames continue to run wild across southern california. multiple wildfires burning out of control from los angeles through

ravaging hundreds of homes and buildings, hundreds of thousands of acres. the morning commute along the 405 framed by walls of fire. >> i can feel the heat. >> reporter: strike teams working to protect the getty center from the sky while on the ground firefighters and residents scramble to save neighborhoods. >> these trees are going to catch on fire. we got to wet them! >> reporter: tens of thousands of families have been evacuated. that number expected to climb. >> kind of devastated. it's overwhelming. >> reporter: some of those who initially rushed to safety now returning to their burned-out neighborhoods. >> that was our house. so it's gone. >> reporter: pictures, keepsakes, everything, gone. >> it impacts you pretty hard, you know. >> it's the things that you can't replace. >> reporter: it's an ominous warning for those in the potential path of this firestorm. and while there was a break in the winds earlier today, they

overnight making things even more difficult for firefighters on the front lines. lines that are shifting as the flames and concern here continues to grow. jay gray, nbc news, ventura, california. from a terrifying situation across the country now to a disgusting one here closer to home. there's a new push to deal with this problem of rats in the district. the d.c. council considering a law to force restaurants and other food service businesses to clean up their grease and food waste problems, and if they don't, the city could do it for them and issue some big fines. news 4's tom sherwood spoke with susan sedgwick today. sedgwick calls herself an exhausted rat warrior. she went before the council to share her story. >> last night i'm driving in my alley about 9:30 and rats were in the restaurant storage area, others were scurrying down the alley

>> the witnesses complain that there's only four health and rat inspectors who cover the entire city. four. a northern virginia bride's wedding worries are over. three weeks before the ceremony, mishlg abbotty finally received her wedding dress today after weeks of battling with u.p.s. she bought the dress in california and according to u.p.s. tracking it kept getting sent back and forth and ended up in illinois. they made sure it was tlifr del today. >> she's got the be thrilled over the moon for that. >> i bet the groom's happy, too. the whole family is probably breathing a big old sigh of relief. >> absolutely. >> looks like u.p.s. also brought illinois weather with them. >> that cold air is coming in. tomorrow will be kind of like what it was this afternoon. it really won't be all that bad

really begin to come in here. after that i think it stays cold maybe right on through the holiday. yeah, we're talking about really cold air, the coldest of the season by far. take a look outside, not bad at all. dealing with cloud cover. those clouds acting like a blanket. as i mentioned earlier, the temperature just went up a degree from $ 34 to 44 degrees. 37 in leesburg, 37 in gaithersburg. on the chilly side. but this is what you expect this time of year. clearer skies, we'd be a lot cooler. maybe by ten degrees. the d.c. temperature will be 35. and now the radar, nothing to show. we're clear once again. we aren't going to see any chance for rain or snow tonight. we have a storm system just off the coast. that's the same one that brought us the rain last night. this is part of a stationary front that's right now just sitting there. a lot of

we've got a couple of waves of energy coming from the north. normally a great scenario for a storm if they were able to meet up in the right place. that's not going to happen this time, though. we've gt the moisture down to the south. an area of low pressure coming out of canada. a nice little storm that will be making its way our way. you see all that moisture move back across the coast. but look what's happening by saturday morning. most of this stays way out to sea here. this has been the trend of the last few model runs here. that means less and less of a chance for us to see anything at all on saturday. it will be the upper level low on sunday that i think has the better chance to give us all some flakes, we'll call it some flakes, maybe flurries or a snow shower. tomorrow 49, not bad. seasonable. friday is the day that we see that colder air move in. 42. a little bit of a wind chill. most areas in the upper 30s. 43 on saturday. i've got a chance south and

during the day on saturday. flurries on sunday. but the most important thing on sunday that will really affect you is going to be the cold. 39 on sunday. wind chills in the 20s all day. 43 on monday. then i think a little bit of a better chance of storm both tuesday, then again on friday. but just like with this storm, i think even those start off or actually develop a little bit too late for us to get some big weather, but they still bring in cold air. next tuesday, wednesday and thursday, that's frigid. high of 32 next wednesday is what we're going for. >> feeling more like winter now. thank you, doug. >> let's get to the ice now. still ahead here, the caps top line dominating the black hawks. >> first, here's jimmy fallon. >> hey, guys, john cena is my guest tonight. music from beck. it is a great show.

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> for sure had me nervous because i heard her screaming earlier, ovi's down, ovi's down. >> he was down. they say he's invincible. knock on wood. i don't want to get in any trouble. he rebounds nicely. they're on a roll. capitals fans haven't seen this much production from the team since the beginning of the year. what night it was for this team when it came to scoring. alex ovechkin and the caps going for their third straight win. first period scoreless. backstrom scores, first score

this cuts a goalless drought. more from the top line off the face-off pass to wilson. he turns, shoots and scores. tom wilson put it on net and finds the back of the net. that puts the caps up 2-0. and still we're just in the first period. ovechkin's line again, wilson bringing it up. his shot is stopped, but the great eight is there to clean it up. lead leaguing 21st of the season for ovi. third period caps up, ovechkin with the puck. and he gets the back of the net. who had three goals -- he had a goal and three assists. the caps win it 6-2. their next game will be friday back at home. the playoffs pretty much out of reach for the redskins. the last two seasons the team has been able to accomplish

they're back to .500. the redskins back on the field at practice today. zach brown not participating. he's dealing with a hamstring and achilles injury. morgan moses also sitting it out with an ankle injury. but trent, one of the many redskins players battling through those nagging injuries. the left tackle probably should be shut down with that knee injury he's dealing with, but he's playing through it. something his quarterback respects. i talk about how i like the locker room, the culture, the resiliency. there's a little bit there in the way guys are responding to what we've been through and the way they want to continue to go out there and fight. >> i take pride in him. he's a good friend of mine. we played together for a long time. i know when he's standing upright, he's a really good quarterback. and i want to see him be successful. and if i can help him be successful, then that's what i will do. >> all right, let's take a look

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christmas came to the capitol tonigh a montana. >> three, two, one. >> pretty beautiful. this year's capitol christmas tree is massive. 79 feet. >> wow. >> shipped more than 3,000 miles from kootenai national forest in montana. it features thousands of hand-made ornaments made in montana. an 11-year-old from bozeman also made the trip to flip the switch with speaker paul ryan.

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