the areas in purple will cause decent accumulation. i'm going to time this out for you. i'll take you hour by hour. this is going to be a quick little hitting system. i'll show you who has the best chance to see any snow and if it accumulates where you live, i'm back in 10 to 15 minutes. >> no matter where you are, you can get it on your phone. all right. new details surrounding this shocking scene? >> this is not what you see every day on the highway. this is in fairfax county and 24 hours later, this is still the top story in our app. >> david culver is live and, david, police know who this suspect is but haven't charged him yet?

because he's still in the hospital. he caused a wild rampage, one which was caught on many cell phones of drivers. this is a much calmer rush hour tonight. how does a crash turn into this? chaos. >> get away from us. >> reporter: police say the man behind it of sterling -- we facetimed with allen who is back at work and back on the road. notice his passenger seat sits empty. his doug is usually by his side. when you know that he locked eyes with you, what was going through your mind at that point? >> to get out of there. >> reporter: tuesday night

noticed a man driving the driver of the dumptruck and saw the man strip down and then turned his attention to him. emma got uneasy. >> he looked at me and she started barking. he hopped up on the passenger side and tried to open the door and when he couldn't get in, he punched the window and shattered it with his fists. >> reporter: glass was cut around this dog's eye. you can see the man hanging there on the door is naked. he was on the side of adam's 18-wheeler. >> i got up to 30 miles an hour before he let go. >> pounding this flatbed as the crews ultimately found gonzalez-flores in a ditch. adam is still shocked by the rush hour rampage. assault and battery, felony hit-and-run, throwing an object at a moving vehie,

exposure are just some of the long list of charges that gonzales flores faces tonight. as far as the obvious question, was he on something, that's what police are looking into. they don't know if drugs were involved or an emergency after the initial accident. >> maybe hypothermia? any other injuries that you know of? >> reporter: when you think of the temperatures that we're dealing with this time yesterday, we know that he had some bleeding out of his hands. one guy, you heard him there, he used his bare fists to bunch through that passenger side window. so no doubt several injuries are in repair right now. >> david culver on the scene 24 hours later, thank you. erika? for the first time this evening we're hearing from the father of a bethesda teenager

wooded area. the medical examiner is trying to figure out how he died. his father says he's upset with police and how they handled the case. >> reporter: a senior found dead lying in a pool of water in a wooded area near the bannocburn swim club. he was found by his father. there was a party on elgin lane and drimpginking and police brot up. some other teens left on food and he was missing for 18 hours before

woods and his father says police did little to help. >> reporter: police say they were out and nearby when farshefa farsheed found his son. >> the police heard his father proclaim he found his son. >> reporter: he went to the police station and talked to an officer about his missing son. he says the cop told him to wait. >> she told me that this happened. just wait until tomorrow morning. >> reporter: police say they are reviewing this case. >> so the book is not

>> police believe it was a tragic accident. in bethesda, pat collins, news4. >> we could soon see a plan to overhaul our tax system as early as next week. gop leaders in the house and senate reached a preliminary deal. if you're in the top tax bracket, your rate would go down to 37%. you'd be able to deduct mortgage interest on loans up to $750,000 and the corporate rate would be slashed. some could see lower taxes as soon as february. >> doug jones pulling off an upset wind against roy moore, thanks in large part

by african-american voters. moore did not receive the same support. the president said he does not believe it will impact his agenda. >> doug jones' win is a string of wins for democrats. how did he pull off this win in a very red state and what does it mean moving forward to next year's midterms? joining me now is mark murray. is this a flawed candidate issue here? >> i think it was a one-two punch, in some ways a historically flawed candidate with so many allegations and baggage surrounding him. and for the democrat doug jones to be able to wi

what we also saw in combination with those allegations and all of the flaws that roy moore had was a tremendous amount of democratic turnout. huge african-american turnout in alabama. huge turnout among women benefiting what we ended up seeing in the suburban areas a month ago, we saw almost the same thing and sane dynamic play out in alabama where the birminghams and the mobiles were very rich places to carry the democratic candidate across the finish line. >> chuck schumer wants to delay it until jones are seated. is there a slight possibility of that or, if not, what kind of impact will jones have when he comes to town? >> it's full speed ahead. republicans want to get this past as soon as

>> nbc's mark murray, thank you so much. we invite you to keep it here ahead on nightly news with lester holt after news4 at 6:00. one of president trump's black supporters is leaving the white house. omarosa resigned to pursue, quote, other opportunities. but there are reports that she had to be escorted off white house grounds. omarosa has served in the office of public liasons. jewelry clothing and an unusual jewelry spree gets the attention of area police. why the big clue is a church

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weather coming our way? >> yes. you notice in union station, it's a windchill and it's snow out there right now. going to make for an interesting night tonight. derrick ward, one of the most interesting men in the world. derrick? >> reporter: it's cold down here. it's a bit chilly. all over the area, folks were out. some because they had to be. midday, during the warmest part of the day, still below freezing. that's the kind of day it's been. while it is december, cold weather should come as no surprise. this blast of arctic air is a bit more than people are ready for right now. 's

gary wolf says he was homeless but after years on the streets, he's gotten his life together and winters on the streets are just a cold memory. this cold weather out here, oh, man, you have to be under the influence in order to get through it. >> reporter: life goes on under the warmest clothing. he can recommend what to buy, a staple of his native beirut. >> i stay out here all day. >> reporter: she comes from a warmer place. >> you just wear lots of clothes. >> reporter: good advice whether

national harbor or, you know, down by the water. and usually it's not a crowd but you see more people down here. we're tracking snow on storm team 4 radar. there's not much. it's going to be a pretty conversational for an hour or two and in the winchester area, it's very, very light. we still have a lot to go through here. we're watching the storm system and it's a very potent storm system back around the detroit area. they are going to see accumulating snowfall. for us, it's a quick hitter. it's not going to do a lot. notice, winchester around the 5:00,

most of us will have quick-hitting, not going to miss a lot and the impact of this little system that she have for us, let's go over to amelia. >> we were noticing and getting a lot of calls, people wondering why are the crews out treating the roads? it's because of a quick shot of snow that we're dealing with. right now, the roads are fine. you saw the timing on future weather. some slick spots, not necessarily on main roads but certainly secondary wrote north and west of washington. areas like fred lierick and loudoun. by tomorrow morning, dry roads are in the forecast. no need to worry about the snow for tonight or tomorrow morning's commute out there. the focus, once again, is

windchills in the single digits but it's still the warm jacket and hat and gloves type of weather. temperatures below freezing and we see the winds pick up as we move toward the 8:00 a.m. hour. plenty of sunshine in the forecast. because of the cold and breezy conditions persisting, as you look for exercise forecast, once again, it's likely better indoors. yes, conversational snow out there. ten-day forecast, maybe a few flurry chances but it's really as we head into the beginning of the weekend. >> of course, staying cold tonight and this picture says it all. we have clouds above us. this is the snow out to the west. you can see it all the way out there. the clouds had the snow associated with it. 34 degrees, the clouds

temperaturewise, 23 in gaithersburg. 26 in downtown and 27 right now in manassas. very cold air is coming in here. tomorrow morning, waking up to very cold numbers. once again, windchills in the 20s as we step out the front door. not a lot of wind tomorrow morning. winds pick up tomorrow afternoon. high of 42 but feels like 30s all day. flurries possible on friday. saturday and sunday, back into the 40s. rather cool. sundays are better now. a chance of a storm and i think it's later sunday into monday. sunday, dry. monday, a high of 53 with a chance of showers. that continues into the day on tuesday with cooler weather in the middle of next week. we're monitoring this, a snow chance for you, hour by hour coming up in a few minutes. >> doug, thank you. it was one of the most high-profile shootings in our area. t terrance sterling was killed by the police. the officer says he felt

endangered after sterling rammed his vehicle with a motorcycle. they ruled that the officer's use of force was unjustified. for officers making a decision to fire their weapon is often made in a second. today, news4's chris gordon got a look at how difficult the decision can be. >> reporter: as a reporter, i'm i invited to experience what it is like behind the badge. i feel nervous and i'm playing the role of an officer during a traffic stop in the disritrict. >> i'd like to see your license, registration. >> mathis is my proof of insurance. >> did you stop me because i'm black? >> no, sir, i am not. i am stopping you because you went through the red light. >> i don't have my license. it's in my other pants. >> i returned to my cruiser to get a background check as i see

he reaches behind his back and i don't know if he's drawing a gun. >> you want my license? huh? i've got my license. >> okay. >> what you reaching for your gun for? >> sir, sir -- >> you asked me for my license. >> i would ask you to step back to your car now. >> i was able to get him back to the car without incident but afterwards during a debriefing i was told i made a serious mistake. >> you are in the kill zone. >> i'm too far forward? >> i'm too far forward. >> i should have worked with him from just behind? >> absolutely. >> reporter: police turning the table on the reporters to offer a new perspective on the split-second decisions facing officers every day. reporting from the metropolitan police training academy, chris gordon, news4. you've seen the stories about thieves stealing car tires. there's a new

your car doors right off your vehicle and how you can protect yourself. and questionable text messages and allegations of insider bias. he man overseeing therussia

on capitol hill, rod rosenstein faced a number

questions today about anti-trump text messages by the fbi officials involved in the russia probe. the messages disclosed in a report hundreds of exchanges between an fbi counter intel agent and fbi lawyer. they refer to the then-candidate donald trump as an idiot. the agent involved was removed from robert mueller's team over the summer. rosenstein is the only person who can shut down robert mueller's investigation of russian interference in the 2016 elections. he says the investigation is appropriate and not a witch hunt. as scott macfarlane reports, rosenstein was also asked about a recent interview he conducted with news4. scott? >> good evening. among those questioning rod rosenstein today, u.s. house republicans, critical of the mueller investigatio

key members of the campaign, he says that the probe is too broad and some are biased against the president. he said, "i'm not going to discuss my communications with the president but i can tell you no one has communicated to me a desire to remove robert mueller. shortly after it was asked about rosenstein's recent interview with news4 in which he says he was satisfied with mueller's management of the probe. >> you indicated that you were satisfied with how the special counsel's investigation is proceeding. why, after you've heard all of the concerns, are you satisfied with the course of the investigation? >> i'm satisfied, congressman, because, based on what i know, which is different from what here in the media, based on what i know, i believe director muer

and conducting himself appropriately. >> rosenstein was a powerful local figure before taking over as the number two official at the justice department and the long-time federal prosecutor in maryland and overseas mueller because his boss jeff sessions recused himself. erika? >> scott macfarlane in the newsroom for us, thank you. it seems like your typical crime spree. targeting stores, jewelry, clothes, the clue is what they hope will lead them to an arrest. guess what thieves are targeting now. you've likely heard of cars being stolen and rims and tires, too. the latest item that criminals are tar et going and what police say you can do to protect your vehicle. and doug is tracking snow on the radar. the timing for when you'll see flakes in y

storm team 4 doug kammerer here. we have snow moving in but it's a very dry atmosphere. a lot of it not hitting the ground. if it is, very light snow around the winchester area. same thing for the d.c.

area. tonight, it's not going to be a lot. we're not anticipating much. you notice the areas in purple. philadelphia, state college, garret county, that's where we have the winter weather advisory. we're not expecting much in the way of accumulating snowfall. we'll show you who will see a dusting of an inch in some locations. >> doug, thank you. we're working breaking news. d.c. police have identified a suspect in a ride share attack. police are looking for this man, 32-year-old selvin chccoou. the woman was a

he was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries. if you've seen this man, contact police immediately. thieves stealing tires and airbags. >> have you heard about thieves going after car doors? this happened at least twice in our area since october. >> news4's meagan fitzgerald will show you how to protect your vehicle. >> reporter: for the last several years, he parked here without any problems until a few weeks ago. >> reporter: i walked my doug and noticed my car had the passenger side doors, the front and back doors removed. >> reporter: arlington police say a suspect or suspects smashed one of his windows and managed to get away with his side doors. it's a crime they are calling unusual. >> i have never heard of it

easier. >> but it's not just happening in arlington, virginia. i spoke with baltimore resident ann carmony over the phone. both of her doors were missing, too. >> the officer said it probably didn't take more than five minutes for the whole thing. >> ray moxley is part of the shop in arlington. >> i took it in high school in 1975. >> he's seen a lot. >> somebody is putting an order in that to someone. >> in his experience, criminals are likely to hire specific parts for other people's cars. >> two men working together probably five minutes per door. >> reporter: lock your doors, install surveillance cameras around your property, if you can, and report suspicious

activity. because at this point, the thieves who stole these car doors are still on the run. meagan fitzgerald, news4. d.c. police are trying to track down a group of burglars who they think may be connected to as many as seven different cases. take a look at the vehicle they are using. it appears to be a church van. surveillance video shows three guys getting out and going into a door at the high-end city center and walk out with clothing. another man smashed a window in downtown d.c. before sliding in and grabbing items from a display case. into meanwhile, in montgomery county, back-to-back robberies at pharmacy this is afternoon. this one, first one right around lunchtime at the knoll's in kensington. it's unclear if the guy got anything in that case. just about a half hour later, someone hit the pharmacy on new hampshire avenue in white

that time, we're told a man jumped over-the-counter and took medicine. in both cases, the robber got away in a dark-colored suv. today, the d.c. mayor mare ye muriel bowser honored seniors at a celebration and it was just a handful in the world to receive an award from the world health organization as an age-friendly city. an 81-year-old holocaust survivor from our area is considering running in his 12th, 12th marathon. >> news4's barbara harrison shows us how he stays in shape. this is an incredible story. >> it is. this man runs six miles a day, six days a week, rain or shine, a

he was 65 years old. now at 81 years old, he completed his eighth marine corps marathon. when he's not running -- he's at the holocaust museum. >> i said, yes, i was there, i heard an individual speak about the holocaust. and that gives me a good reason to say i did my part. >> he says it gives a real voice to the atrocities of the holocaust and whyç he likes wo

he's one of the youngest victims still living and it means a lot to those for the voice who are gone. >> how nice to see him there face-to-face. >> we can't wait to see him run the marathon. >> absolutely. i think he's done marine corps like eight times and boston three. it's incredible. >> indeed. >> thank you, barbara. >> you're welcome. how far would you go? doreen gentzler speaks to a local man who had his stomach removed to stave off a disease. and slower speeds and higher bills. susan hogan explains. but first, we've got a recap of some of our other top stories. jose gonzalez flores with a naked rampage yesterday here on route 128. he faces several charges, including felony hit-and-run,

exposure. the father of a bethesda teenager found dead says police didn't do enough to help find his missing son. he was found in an area of water. he disappeared from a party that officers broke up for drinking. and a vote on the republican plan to overhaul our country's tax system as early as next week. gop leaders in the house and senate reached a preliminary deal. the president claims if the bill is signed before christmas, some could see lower taxes as s

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early christmas presents came early to nine servers at an arizona diner. that's when a secret santa tipped them $2,000. this happened last saturday out by phoenix. the server couldn't believe it. they divided the $2,000 tip which averages out to a little over $200 per server. the man who left the tip didn't leave his name but the servers hope he comes back so they can thank him. >> come back any time you want. >> exactly. >> coffee's on us. >> how amazing to be that generous, to just blow somebody's mind some day. >> and not want any credit. >> no. that's the best part of the story. you're right. a radical action as a man tries to stop cancer. >> he decided to have his stmach removed ino

all right. doug is here with another check of the weather and the snow flurries that may be making their way in. a brief moment that they are here? >> really quick. this is a situation where if you're looking for it, you may not even see it. as you're not looking for it, you turn on the lights and let the dog out. it's snowing. what is going on here? let's check at what is happening. beautiful december 13th. do you remember what happened in 2003? >> tell us, doug kammerer, what happened? >> i got married. happy, anniversary, honey. happy anniversary. i'm not going to show a picture. she'd get really mad at me. temperatures are 33 degrees by

some snow showers coming through. 26 in washington. right now down towards fredericksburg. it's still cold. the winds have subsided a bit. back to the west, fredericksburg, hager town, they are starting to see the snow coming down. if you're in winchester, you may see flurries there. leesburg, it's going to take a while for the atmosphere to get saturated before we see that coming on in. notice to the west, we're looking at more and this is going to be making its way in here. notice back to our west starting to fill in and in that area of low pressure back to the west will move over the area. it will move to the north if this thing was able to dig down and move across our

three inches of snowfall and that's what they'll see from philadelphia to new york. for us, a little bit of snow. maybe a dusting at the most in our region. again, here it comes. back to the west and making our way. fredericksburg, probably won't see anything at all. if you're down towards frederick, you may see a dusting. tomorrow morning, anything should be out of the way as far as roads are concerned. 29 degrees, your bust stop forecast and then breezy at recess. windchills are going to be an issue so thursday outlook feels like the 20s. recess most likely indoors again tomorrow. pets, make sure you do the quick walk out there and exercise forecast, better indoors. good day for p90x. do it inside. 34 on your tuesday. 26 on friday and flurries possible. 45 on satda

sunday, a little better. i'm thinking sunday storm is really later into monday. a chance of showers on monday and tuesday. so looking better but still talking winter. it is december. >> that's right. thank you, sir. just how far would you go to cut down on your odds of cancer? >> we've heard about women undergoing mastectomies but there are other preventive surgeries. >> doreen gentzler has the details. doreen? >> some people are having their stomach removed to prevent stomach cancer and they say it's the best decision they've ever made. >> i drew the short straw. >> so did i, congratulations. >> they may have just momented moments ago but

fact that they both chose to have their stomachs removed after testing positive for a gene which have a much greater risk of getting stomach or gastric cancer and it's a cancer that can be hard to treat. >> so if you carry this particular gene, your risk of stomach cancer over a lifetime is around 60 to 70s%. >> reporter: this doctor is heading autopsy clinical trial at the national institutes of health studying the effects of stomach removal for patients who have a risk of stomach cancer. >> patients like david are uncommon but they are at greater risk for stomach cancer. >> reporter: he lives with his wife and two young sons. when he tested positive for the gene mutation last year at age 40, he knew he had to do something. he had watched his beloved aunt die from stomach cancer. >>

with my family, i knew if there was a way to nip that in the bud and not have to deal with it, it was a bit of a no-brainer decision. >> reporter: he found out about the clinical trial and reached out to dr. david who agreed to perform a complete gastrectomy. >> he had his stomach removed in october. >> i was really at peace with the decision. i was really calm. >> reporter: once taken out, the esophagus is connected to the small intestine. afterwards, adjusting your diet is the challenging part. >> i eat things like smoothies, which are great. i eat yogurt, avocados. >> he's already lost 14 p

hungry so he sets the alarm on his watch to remind himself to eat six small meals a day. >> i've been 2 1/2 years now and everyone says once you get to two years, you almost forget what it's like to have a stomach and it's so true. >> reporter: we shared her story right after she had the stomach removal surgery a couple of years ago and now she works with no stomach for cancer, a group that raises awareness about the disease. at our request, she agreed to meet with david at his coffee shop. >> you know what you can eat and what you can't. you get your energy back. i've gained weight and i've sustained where i am right now for almost a year now. >> super. >> so i ran a 5k. >> you look marvelous. >> thank you. thank you. >> with this long-term study, doctors at nih say they will be able to see how people with

year's time. and perhaps they can do things that are less drastic than had he moving the stomach. >> absolutely. has he lost a lot of weight since having the procedure and is he going to have to stick to that type of a diet for a long hall? >> he's -- as i said in the piece, he's lost about 16 pounds. it's a little more like 20 pounds since we did that interview so he's losing weight and he's not hungry but, no, your diet is more restrictive at the beginning and it's a gradual process as your body gets used to it. >> incorporate salad foods in there? >> absolutely. >> incredible. >> it's exciting that that is an option that is working for people. >> doreen, thank you. >> sure. how can you spark student

technology and engineering and math? well, one way is to put them on a jet to teach them. some people got that chance at a center in chan tilly. they sponsor the live live 30 minute broadcast each month. >> our job is to get kids excited and we do that by allowing them to follow along on something that they are not able to do. experiences that kids may never get. >> so cool. the program is broadcast live online on the air and space museum website if you want to see it. >> it's peaking tonight and we'll be able to see it right here in our own backyard. that is, if the weather cooperates. here's storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper

>> it's a million dollar question. the meteor shower peaks tonight. you can set your alarm really early or get up early for work, 1:00 a.m. until 4:00 a.m. is the best viewing conditions in our area and this isn't only the best meteor shower because of how bright they are but because of how frequent they are. we can see up to 120 an hour or two a minute. they can be seen anywhere as long as the clouds cooperate but you want to look towards the east. earlier today, i spoke with nasa astro physicist of where we should go to look at them. >> they originate from part of the sky that is the constellation gemini. that's just above the famous con seç

st constellation of orein. >> that's generally looking east in the night sky. you can see clouds over our area and some of these snow showers moving in. looking back to the west, there is some clearing. hopefully that moves in. after midnight tonight, especially in northern virginia, go out and try to catch the meteor shower. we could see 120 an hour. >> that's big-time. thanks. you probably take fast internet speeds for granted. >> but tomorrow it could impact how you surf the web. why it might al cost morsoe

a new push to appeal net neutrality. 18 attorneys general including those from d.c., maryland and virginia, are asking the commission to hold off on the decision as they and slower service and higher bills for some of you but what exactly is net neutrality and how does it impact you? consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you and breaking it down for us tonight. it's something a lot of us take for granted. there could be major changes after a vote by the fcc. so what exactly is net neutrality? well, it's a set of

for internet service providers for information that is treated equally. the rules prohibit providers from slowing them down. the fcc is expected to overturn these regulations in a thursday vote. here's what it means for you. they will be able to prioritize the speed of page loads and prioritize sites and create service packages similar to cable tv, meaning you could end up paying extra to make sure that netflix is streaming fast enough to watch a movie. supporters of net neutrality are worried that the lack of regulations will give major companies like google and facebook even more of an advantage because they will be allowed to p

their content. the federal government should not be, quote, micromanaging the internet. back to you guys. now at 6:00, we told you it was coming. people bundled up in layers as temperatures dropped across our region. >> factor in the wind and it was just miserable out there. we're tracking the potential for some snow showers tonight. >> let's go to doug. he's watching it all from storm center 4. is it going to warm up soon, doug? >> no. temperatures will not go down that much. the winds are subsided just a bit. we're also watching snow breaking out across the e

region. and the atmosphere is still very, very dry and we'll continue to watch this come through the next couple of hours and the low pressure coming through this band right back to the west, you see it forming right in there and as a matter of fact we're not under an advisory. and well to our north and areas like philadelphia. but we're going to live there. and you can download the nbc washington app if you want to take a look at the radar on your phone, ipad, laptop, you can do that yourself. download the nbc washington app