right now at 11:00, kids playing with a gun leads to a toddler getting shot in the district. >> we will speak our children's names and make sure that they're not forgotten. >> mothers in our area come together to help each h

toughest times of the year. and president trump says the gop tax bill is a christmas gift. but even some republicans say it may really be just a lump of coal. we know a lot more about a story that we brought you as breaking news first at 6:00. kids were playing with a gun when it went off, injuring a toddler. good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. i'm ericka gonzalez. police tell us the bullet pierced the little girl in the leg. the shooting was inside an apartment building on pomroy street in southeast d.c. the girl is expected to recover. detectives are interviewi ining everyone who was around at the time. no word if there will be charges filed. new at 11:00, this time of year can be difficult for families coping with the loss of a loved one. tonight a group of local mothers are getting together to lift each other up after devastating losses. news4'scy

prince george's county with their powerful stories. a lot of times we don't even want to wake up. we're not suicidal. we have to face another day without our babies. >> reporter: gina best is surrounded by women who share a common bond. they're all moms -- moms who have lost a child in a shooting. >> how could anyone divorce themselves and pull the trigger and snuff out another person's life? >> reporter: best's daughter india died in a police-involved shooting in 2015. she's here for a potluck dinner with a coalition of concerned mothers. they're getting together to uplift each other as the holidays approach. >> as it gets closer to christmas or any holiday, that sadness is still there. if it's only four, five, six hours today, i want them to walk away with we had a great time. >> oh. >> reporter: and that's what they did, sharing hugs, laughter, and some food and drinks. it's a time to relax, to take their minds off their loss.

presence of other mothers who have had similar tragedies as ours. >> i am so glad -- >> reporter: a safe place to share with others who can relate. >> people say "rest in peace" or "they're in a better place." i beg to differ. the better place is here with us. >> reporter: tonight they have each other. a few hours to enjoy the friendship of other moms and to try to forget the painful past. in upper marlboro, darcy spencer, news4. hello, everybody. happy saturday night. hope you're enjoying your weekend out there so far. not a bad day on our saturday. tonight, a little bit on the cool side, but not too bad. temperatures in the mid 20s in the coldest suburbs. manassas toward warrenton, 25 manassas, 37 reston. college park at 28.

again tomorrow. not a bad day. we have clear skies now, but notice what's coming our way. we've got a storm system down to the south. a lot of rain now around dallas, toward little rock. the whole system moves our way. it's not the rain that this storm will help bring our way. i've got the complete forecast, updated forecast, including the latest thoughts on, you know, that little christmas holiday coming up. see you back here in a minute. >> thanks, doug. see you then. we've got new details tonight on a death investigation that we brought you as breaking news at 6:00. montgomery county police say a death in germantown is being investigated as a homicide. police found the man dead late this afternoon at an apartment on falling water circle. detectives say he was shot. police are looking for the shooter and a possible motive in this case. the gop could be just days away from approving a massive overhaul to our taxes. there's a lot of disagreement on capitol hill over how much the plan will help the middle class. as nbc's kelly o'donnell shows

passage will give president trump his first big legislative win. >> reporter: an eager defense of the $1.5 trillion tax cut bill as the president headed to camp david today. >> mr. president, many americans believe that the tax cuts will benefit the wealthy more than the middle class. >> no, this really will mostly benefit the middle class and jobs. companies -- companies are coming in, pouring into the country. they've already started. this will be great for jobs. >> reporter: jobs is white house code for helping middle-class families. even with unemployment at a 14-year low, the wages are stagnant. under the gop tax cut plan, a family of four with an income of $73,000 could save roughly $2,000. the standard deduction most tax filers claim would double. the child tax credit also goes up. for parents, those 529 college plans would

tuition saving for k-12. answering the bill's critics today, the president played santa. >> this is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of this country that they've ever gotten for christmas. >> reporter: wealthy families and corporations could see the biggest gains. the corporate tax rate drops to 21%. the estate tax exemption would allow koumcouples to pass on tw as much, $22,000 with no inheritance tax. the alternative minimum tax would kick in at a higher level, $1 million for couples. the amt ends completely for businesses. political analysts say public reaction has been wary. >> i think the american people are -- have already sized this thing up to realize that they're not going to be the direct beneficiaries of any tax reform, but rather very large special corporate

>> that was kelly o'donnell reporting. for many people, wreaths this time of year represent the warmth of the holidays. today at arlington national cemetery, the wreaths represented the spirit of remembering, of honoring, and of teaching. hundreds lined up in their cars early this morning for the annual wreaths across america. people applauded as semi-trucks filled with evergreen wreaths arrived. volunteers placed a wreath at every grave marker except for those bearing the star of david. >> i'm here to help people who serve us and their families. >> we're from troop 156 in flanders, new jersey. we came to honor the men and women who paid the ultimate price to help our country. >> volunteers from across the country placed wreaths on more than 200,000 gravesites in a little more than an hour. the event depends heavily on donations. volunteers honored all the interred veterans by reading their payments that

national recognition for a virginia state trooper gunned down at a bus station last year. find out how he's being honored. and we want to show you a live look at 30 rock. kevin hart hosting a new "snl." wait until you see the hillary clinton tattoo that one of the

new at 11:00, a nationwide billboard will honor a virginia state trooper gunned down last year. trooper chad durmeyer was shot and killed at a richmond greyhound bus station. wtvr, range tv station, reports an advertising company will post billboards nationwide b

enforcement for their service and will remember the trooper. new at 11:00, marriott international will keep 3,500 jobs in bethesda. according to our business partners at wtop, headquarters will be built at the bethesda station near wisconsin and norfolk. the current location is near i-270 and the beltway. montgomery county approved the measure this week and gave marriott $60 million as an incentive not to leave. marriott hopes to start building next year with a movin date set for july of 2022. a fisherman who won nearly $3 million at a tournament near ocean city but haensn't seen a dime is continuing his legal fight. phil hessly caught the winning fish last year but was denied the purse because he and his crew failed lie detector tests about whether they followed tournament rules or not. a federal judge ruled against him in june.

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a young woman near richmond, virginia, went to walk her dogs this week but never returned home. the sheriff says her own dogs mauled her to

affiliate in richmond explains, friends say the idea of her dogs killing her just doesn't make any sense. it appears she was taken to the ground, lost consciousness, and the dogs mauled her to death. >> reporter: there's sheriff james agnew. he says 22-year-old bethany stevens' dogs fatally attacked her while she was walking them. >> there were no strangulation marks. the victim had puncture wounds in the skull, and this was not a homicide. >> reporter: steven's friends say that does not add up. >> they would not attack her. they would kill with kisses. >> reporter: it started when stevens' father called 911 saying he hadn't seen his daughter in nearly two days. he went to look for her in the woods where she often walked her dogs. that's where he found her, not yet knowing he had stumbled upon the gruesome scene of her tragic death. we're told stevens weighed about 120 pounds, and each of her dogs did, too. that's a

twice her size. >> in my 40 years of law enforcement, i've never seen anything quite like it. hope i never see anything like it again. >> reporter: barbara norris says she's one of stevens' good friends. >> the only time they got aggressive is if they thought there was a threat going toward her. the wounds on her hands and possibly her face and throat were probably trying to get her away from whatever was attacking her. >> reporter: she says she's going to did whatever it takes to make sure investigators have exhausted all possibilities. >> when we went to the kennels, the kennels was like they had been broken open, like the dogs saw something going on and went for -- went to help her. >> a friend of the victim says the dogs even slept in bed with her at night. the medical examiner says the attack appeared to be initiated by the dogs. apparently somebody in san francisco just had this bazooka lying around the house. they decided to do the right thing and turn it in

officers showed the anti-tank weapon to tv cameras during this gun buyback program. somebody also turned in a cannonball. as for what that person was doing with a bazooka, cops have no idea. folks get to turn in their weapons no questions asked. and look what turned up under the hood during a routine oil change. >> who? >> nicely done. mechanics at pep boys in new hampshire found this boy chilling under the hood yesterday. they nicknamed the guy shaz am. it's an eastern screech owl that was probably trying to get warm. they took him to a local wildlife rehab center. "saturday night live" funny man pete davidson just got inked again. he says it's his christmas gift to hillary clinton. davidson will forever have this image of the former president's candidate on his leg. he showed off his new tattoo on instagram friday. clinton joked that this is less

tattoo of him for years, too. no, not really. all right. time for meteorologist doug cr kamerer with a look at the forecast and everybody zeroing in on christmas eve, christmas day, what it will look like. it's looking tricky now. >> it's a very, very tricky forecast. we're still about a week away. and that much of a week -- that much of a time period away. there's a lot that could change with the forecast. obviously stay tuned. right now, looks like it's going to be a -- could be a little bit of a mess. we'll take a look outside. not a mess this evening. a little bit on the chilly side. not bad at all. temperature right now downtown, sitting at 37 degrees. winds out of the southwest at three miles per hour. around the rest of the area, under clear skies, we've cooled nicely. 29 right now in gaithersburg. 26 at culpeper. 25 in manassas. you know, we've got a very cool night. that's going to set up for a very cool start to the day tomorrow. but that's around the average for this time of year.

30 in the beltway suburbs. warm coat for sure when you wake up tomorrow. 32 degrees by 8:00 a.m. waking up or getting up around 9:00, temperature around 35. on the chilly side. i have my alarm set at 9:30. my son's football game, 10:30. in case anybody wanted to take a look. here's what's going on with radar -- nothing. no rain, no snow across the region. that's not going to change a lot. there is a slight chance of a shower tomorrow. and if you look at this right here, we've got clear skies. down to the south, we're tracking a storm system, looks like a big storm, a lot of rain, and it is. as it moves off toward the east, it's going to dry out easily. because of that, we'll just see cloud cover. maybe an isolated shower. spotty, north and west. fredericksburg, upper montgomery county, toward martinsburg and hagerstown, the best chances of shower activity. i don't think you'll need the umbrella. temperatures around 49. if you are shopping around the outlets, clarksburg, not a bad idea to take the umbrella. again, most o

dry. we've got the coats the last few days. you can put the coats away for the next couple. monday, high of 54. tuesday, high of 60. really looking nice those two days. more clouds on tuesday. can't rule out an isolated shower then either. behind the system, we actually get cool again. back to 48. the coats come back out. breezy and cool on wednesday. high temperature of 48. windchills in the 30s. thursday, cool, temperature around 44. a little below average. we see a chance of showers on friday. just plain rain on saturday. warmer rain with temperatures in the low 50s -- gets me all choked up talking about and monday. take a look at that forecast. christmas eve right now looking okay. but if you go to grandma's house on monday, that's something to watch out for. christmas day right now calling for what could be a mix, rain and snow, depending where you live. again, a lot of time to watch the system. to the north, all rain. to the south -- >> i know. exactly right. we're hoping we get the snow.

yes! all of a sudden, the caps are one of the hottest teams in hockey. what? see if they could tally another win with the ducks in town.

let's see. if it's saturday, it must be d.c. it's been that kind of week for the washington capitals. can't tell whether they're coming. monday in brooklyn in that stinker. back on the road thursday, grabbed a win in boston. home tonight against anaheim. that's six days, four games, three cities. a win over the ducks would make a nice exclamation mark before four straight

first having to take care of work at home where the capitals have won four straight. didn't start well. derek grant a two-on-one, as they say in hockey an odd-man rush, one after ducks. then protected hockey -- ovechkin a shot back. ducks lead. few minutes later, jacob rana -- he's going to score five holes. game goes to overtime tied at two. two minutes into overtime, who you gonna call? alex ovechkin. the winner. they've won six of seven overall and lead the metropolitan division. that is getting it done. college basketball. first real test for georgetown. patrick ewing against syracuse. can change conference but not intensity. the dunk put the hoyas up 57-47. he got it done. this is how it works. the defense getting tighter. frank howard the swipe. then the

georgetown turkeys go into overtime, imagine that. unfortunately, hoyas in deep trouble. battle from deep. syracuse survives. first loss for patrick ewing as a head coach. to charlottesville, virginia and hosting davidson. go for a better shot -- nigel johnson lay-up ties it at 18. cavaliers looking to take off from there and able to do that. they found devin hall. how about that -- three. puts uva up by ten. and more from distance. this time the other corner. kyle guy, three late. that puts uva up 17. virginia deeds davidson 80-60. the journey continues for head coach mike houston and the james madison dukes at home at south dakota state. the semifinals second half. marcus marshall, 65-yard run. where is he going? >> to the

you got it right, doug. advance to bonus round. madison jumps on the jack rabbits, 28-10. next drive, marcus marshall, 87 yards. where is if going to go? >> somebody else's house? >> somebody else -- still the same house. 203 yards, two scores. that you might call is the marshall plan. a history lesson. jmu wins 51-16. they'll take on north dakota state in championship on january 6th. way to go, dukes. at the wesley convention center, nationals' winter fest, scherzer ready to play ball with fans. the day was all about having a good time, simple smiles and joy, scherzer's already looking forward to pitching for new manager dave martinez. used to work against him when he was with the cubs. >> this is just a new opportunity to learn from a different set of eyes. somebody who's been across the diamond from me, playing against me, can share with me what i do have, tics i do have. so

lose your manager and part of your coaching staff, you also have to look at it as a glass half full and a chance to get better. and dustin hopkins for the redskins, that's the way it's been, even the kicker was hurt. we recommend doug's son's football game tomorrow. that's what you go for. >> might be better. >> i think so. >> we play the cardinals too, actually. >> there you go. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you for joining us.

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and now, a special christmas message from the white house. >> hello, everyone. >> and merry christmas. >> that's right, we can finally say that again because the war on christmas is over.

it will soon be replaced with the war on north korea. we have a cozy fire this the fireplace. it's burning all natural all american coal. it's coming back in a big, big way. i had an absolutely amazing first year in office. a lot of people are saying it was a greatest year in the history of america. maybe even the entire planet earth. >> rest in peace. >> and just in time for christmas we are about to give americans the biggest fattest thut -- tax cut they have ever seen. it's such a big tax cut it might make me a billionaire. it's my biggest achieve men. now i can sit down and be super president, that is until don lemon says something mean about me and i tweet out is actual n word. >> maybe we should focus on trimming the tree. >> you are right, medical an yeah. it's christmastime, soon white santa will be comingm