but the train went off the tracks at an overpass that goes over interstate 5 in dupont, washington. this is a newly upgraded rail line. at this point we're told at least six people have been killed. when the train went off that overpass. more than a dozen of the railcars derailed, some of them landing on the road below. we are also told that five vehicles, two semis were involved. and just a short time ago we heard from a passenger on that train. this was a retired amtrak worker who wanted to be part of this first day on this new rail service. >> things just started to tip over and as it was going around, and all of a sudden just ended up on side, everything went dark and stuff started flying around, that was it, it stopped. one guy pushed out the window, i helped him get down, i got down, we crawled

in the other part. by that time the ambulance was coming. >> he does not believe the train was speeding at the time it derailed. speed is often a factor the ntsb looks into as it determines a cause. in the coming days, we will continue to keep you posted with updates from washington state throughout this evening. >> incredible, so many people walked away from that. now to a story you'll see first on 4:00 here. a tragedy involving a local doctor and his family days before christmas. we learned that doctor and his daughter were killed in a plane crash over the weekend in indiana. pat collins is live for us in bethesda with that story. pat? >> reporter: jim, for more than two decades, he was a top doctor at this prestigious medical school. he researched drugs to determine which ones might harm us and which ones might make us better.

to be better doctors. and now with his sudden death, a great sense of sorrow here. dr. louis cana lina, he had both an m.d. and ph.d. and pilot's license. he was a top professor at the uniform service university of health sciences, and at this very special medical school, today they are mourning his loss. >> going to miss him. >> he always had this little twinkle, this little, this little look in the corner of his eye, like have you got what i said yet? really smart guy. >> reporter: dr. cantalena, died in a plane crash flying his daughter home from med school in kansas. it was the same place he went to school and amy wanted to be an m.d., ph.d. like her dad.

>> the losses are deep. he had to be very proud of his daughter. i would imagine. >> reporter: to want to be a doctor and ph.d. just like her dad. that would make any man proud. >> i think so. and i imagine his joy in picking her up. >> reporter: that cessna plane went down saturday night in franklin county, indiana. it had just stopped to refuel and had taken off, and then, then came the crash. killed the doctor, his daughter amy and a man described as a pilot friend. amy had two dogs on board. one jumped out before impact and survived. back at the uniformed services university, they will not soon forget dr. cantalena. good doctor? >> yes. >> reporter: good teacher, good dad, good friend. >> yes.

>> reporter: dr. louis cantalena, he lived in potomac. he was the father of four children. wendy, back to you. >> tragic story. pat collins. a jury convicts a former metro transit officer of trying to help isis. prosecutors said nicolas young tried to provide financial support to the terrorist group in the form of digital gift cards. isis is known to yuzuse encrypt apps. some of those apps charge fees. he was arrested after he apparently gave the cards to an fbi source. young's lawyers call this a case of entrapment. he is facing 60 years when sentenced in february. >> what a day to fly through atlanta. thousands of people are still waiting to get out of atlanta's hartsfield after power is back on. a collective sigh of relief when the lights were turned back on. now it is an intense game of tc

in 2017 a power outage could cripple the world's busiest airport for 11 hours. the short answer is that an electrical fire in a tunnel beneath the airport ruined the main power system and its back up. the fallout stretched into today with at least 400 flights canceled. and it stretched into d.c. as well. news4's justin finch caught up with passengers here anxious to get in the air. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: at its delta check-in counter just as frustrations teeter towards crescendo -- ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the sound of strings, a man with his bow and violin breaking into christmas carols to bring a smile to someone he saw could use one. >> one of my fellow passengers starting to cry because their flight was canceled yesterday and they had to go back on hold. they were on hold for four rs

do. >> reporter: many in this long line at reagan's delta bags drop off and this one snaking in front of check-in are passengers whose flight status this morning were in limbo. >> my son actually is flying to atlanta, or was or i don't know, it's so confusing. >> reporter: sunday's power black out at atlanta's airport, the nation's busiest, forced delta to ground 300 flights today, many early flights. >> with were trying to start a family vacation and we have to deal with this. >> reporter: what's this been like? >> stressful, beyond stressful. i just want to get home. >> reporter: tara and her 8 month old baby girl were supposed to be back in the atlanta area by now, but it could be closer to tomorrow. add to that she's down to a few bottles and diapers and as for who has thrown the most tantrums thus far. >> definitely the mom. definitely me. >> reporter: as the day wore on, more flights got off the ground to and from atlanta, but

black out backlog could take days, which means this guy might need a call back. ♪ ♪ >> keep calm, everyone. that's justin finch reporting. follow your airline on social media. they'll usually post-up dates there first or check your flight status the old-fashioned way. just pickup the phone and call. >> well, for months virginia's governor has been promising a plan to help fund metro. today he delivered. the governor wants to raise taxes on real estate on hotels and on gasoline. he says that would bring in an additional $65 million a year for metro. but republican lawmakers are already saying, not so fast. bureau chief julie carey is live from the springfield metro station with details on this. hey, jules. >> reporter: wendy, you've been hearing the general manager for months cuts could come as early as n m

and virginia don't come with a way to add another $500 million a year in dedicated funding to revenue. today governor mcauliffe became the first to layout the specifics. [ applause ] >> reporter: it's tradition to applaud the governor as he prepares to deliver his budget plan. but republican lawmakers not clapping for his metro funding proposal. >> i think we really need to look at some of these reforms before anybody ever talks about a tax increase. >> reporter: governor mcauliffe's plan would fuel metro with an added $150 million a year. some would come from funds already marked for northern virginia transportation. but the rest comes from tax hikes on hotels, real estate transfers, and on the wholesale gas tax. something that would likely add about 2 cents a gallon at the pumps. >> everybody has to step up to the plate. we have stepped up to the plate. >> reporter: mcauliffe points out that taxes were previously approved by the general assembly as part of the 2013 landmark transportation funding plan. but then governor mcdonald rolled them back. >> the tax increase

assembly already voted for so it's sort of a no-brainer. >> reporter: republican lawmakers says the governor has it backwards. metro reforms must come first. >> i don't see anything there to really say we're going to fix the problems whether it be on the tensions, whether it be on the spending whether it be on the cost. really what we're saying, what the governor is saying is give me the money first, maybe we'll fix it later. >> reporter: and some northern virginia commuters agree. metro needs to tighten up before asking drivers to pay up. >> they have the means to take care of this metro on their own. versus having to make us tax pairs having to pay payers havio fix it up. it is not our responsibility. >> reporter: he has a few more weeks left in office. it will be up to the democratic successor to keep tpressure on the general assembly. the spokeswoman said he supports the funding mechanisms that have been approved. once before he wants those to be

>> stay tuned. thanks, julie carey. a nominee who fumbled over basic questions during a congressional hearing is now withdrawing his name from consideration. matthew peterson received widespread criticism after he couldn't define basic legal terms and admitted that he'd never tried a case. >> have you ever tried a jury trial? >> i have not. >> civil? >> no. >> criminal? >> no. >> bench? >> no. >> state or federal court? >> i have not. >> wow, peterson is currently a commissioner on the federal election commission. the white house says president trump accepted his withdrawal. peterson is the third judicial pick to withdraw in just the past week after criticism of their qualifications. it's a mistake that had a local mother just terrified today and now she's seeking answers as to how her daughter was given to the wrong person during an after school pickup.

happened to my daughter? what if something happened to her. who is she with? >> her story, only on news4 tonight. >> and no longer feeling safe, the conditions inside a place that is supposed to be a haven for victims of domestic abuse. it has those victims feeling victimized all over again. >> we are learning how to wrap with the best here at pentagon city. >> a snapchat? i have to figure out how you did that, handly. looking pretty good there. we're going to talk much more about those temperatures you have in your area coming up in just a minutement

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her? who is she with? who came to pick her up because i had no idea what was going on. i was really devastated. i'm still kind of traumatized bit situation. >> reporter: the girl's mother did not want to be identified. she said this is her daughter's first year at cleveland elementary school and things had been going great until friday whether she showed up and her daughter wasn't here. >> where's my daughter? that's when we realized somebody -- they had put her in the wrong car, somebody else had took her from school. >> reporter: here's what we know about what happened here last friday. about 3:15 school was dismissed. that's when kids are transferred into after care. at about 5:00, a man came here and picked up the wrong child. about 5:30, the mom arrived and called police. about an hour later, the man returned with the child who was unharmed. when the man did return to the school with the woman's daughter he said he didn't notice that he had picked up the wrong child because the young girl had answered to the name of his

was okay, but it's gist tjust tt she was gone with a complete stranger for how long, it was really bothering me. anything could have happened. >> reporter: in a statement d.c. public schools tells news4 we are looking into the incident on friday at leacleveland elementa school. d.c. public schools is committed to fostering a learning environment where students are safe and secure. this mom is more than happy to have her daughter home safe and sound and knows it was a mistake, but still wants some answers. >> it was a mistake, but how could you even make that mistake is my, you know, what i'm asking the school. >> reporter: so, you may recall that we were in front of this school just last month when a teacher here was arrested and charged with assaulting a student. now, what we have also learned is that the teacher who runs the after care program, she was also placed on administrative leave earlier this year in an unrelated incident when she was

another student. parents tell us that ever since then, the school, particularly the after care program here at cleveland elementary school has been just in complete disarray. that parent whose child was given to the wrong person said she has not return her daughter to school here until she gets answers from the principal. that is the very latest. jim, back to you in the studio. >> can't blame her, mark. thanks so much. >> we're in for another sprint to the finish on capitol hill as lawmakers face two big jobs that they have to get done before they leave town for the holidays. at some point this week we expect to see votes from the house and senate on the finalized version of the republican tax plan. and start the count down clock because lawmakers also have to pass a new spending bill were a deadline of friday to keep the government funded and open. let's take a closer look at what the president had to say and what we can expect from lawmakers on the hill. joining us now is nbc senior political edit

good to see you again. >> hey, wendy. >> the president called out china and russia. what was your take away as he did his america first speech? >> my take away was his program on the national security strategy in a lot of ways kind of followed the previous administration from barack obama and george w. bush. but what really differed was the rhetoric that's involved and we're going to be hearing a whole lot of campaign rhetoric that he gave in 2016 in words like america first, clamping down on the border were very big. he talked a lot about trade. but when you looked at the actual national security strategy, particularly as it relates to combatting international terrorism, in a lot of ways that could have been read as a george w. bush or barack obama document. at least 90, 95%. but again, the big difference was on the rhetoric and a lot of trump's campaign rhetoric. >> okay. let's look at this vote on the tax bill coming up. we know that the senate is goi

to be missing senator john mccain because he's back home because of his brain cancer. >> uh-huh. >> is that going to make a difference? >> i don't think it's going to make a difference at all. you ended up today having susan collins, the republican senator of maine saying that she was for the legislation. bob corker, the republican from tennessee, says he's for it after opposing it earlier. so, even with john mccain's absence it looks like this is going to pass the senate as well as the house this week. >> okay. and they're not going to close the government before christmas? >> hopefully not. that would not be a christmas gift to a lot of people. wendy, the expectation is they'll temporarily fund it through january and then i think we will have that big fight and showdown over government spending after the new year. >> yes, which is just washington as we know it. thank you, mark. >> thanks, wendy. >> easy access to prescription drugs is blamed for the growing issues with abuse and overdoses. just ahead, the new program launching in the district that is looking to

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all right. doug joins us now. what a spectacular day out there. >> and it's going to get better tomorrow. >> yeah. >> and we kind of deserve it. it's been on the cold side. >> a nice break. >> little bit of a break, we've seen some snow the past two saturdays, we've seen a little bit in the way of snow. really temperatures have been quite cold over the last couple of days, but today nothing like that at all. high temperature mid 50s. look at that shot. that is just gorgeous. it really is nice. you look off towards the west it is actually tysons corner off in the distance. the clouds continuing to make their way in tonight so we're going to see partly cloud toy mostly cloudy. temperatures 51, winds out of the south 5 miles an hour. southerly component coue

keep us on the mild side. 60 in charlottesville, a little cooler to the west, 60 in luray. it will be a cool night tonight but we are going to be well above average overnight tonight. one thing you will not need, the umbrellas. you're not going to need those any time soon. our chances of rain will start to increase as we make our way to the end of the week, but for most of the week we're on the dry side. here's the pattern. a lot of cloud cover trying to move in through the overnight hours. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies at night. rain to the north. you can see how warm we are. we're warm all the way up to the north, even north of buffalo seeing some rain around the area this time of year normally some snow up there, but right now just a little in the way of rain. temperature wise on the mild side for this time of year. 59 in richmond, 51 d.c., 37 the cold spot in state college, pennsylvania. that's it. the rest of the region on the mild side and the warm air going to continue to come in during the day tomorrow. another very warm day. let's take you tro

nice numbers. 41 degrees at 7:00 a.m., our average low this time of year, freezing. our average low right around 32. sunrise tomorrow at 7:22, so nice to start out the day good for the kids at the bus stop. good for you heading out the front door. 54 degrees at noon, get lunch outside, looking good. there was sunshine, mild 60 near 4:00, dropping into the upper 40s by 7:00 tonight it will be cooled but not cold at all this time of year. 60 degrees tomorrow. fredericksburg toward southern maryland, northern neck best chance for rain on wednesday. we get clear skies on thursday. sunshine, but cooler weather. high of 44, which is actually about average for this time of year. back to 52 on friday and 60 on saturday. good chance of rain on saturday. but mostly just a shower variety. same thing christmas eve, good chance for showers on christmas eve but not a wash out high in the 40s. another storm system comes through to our west and that bumps the temp

right now we're going to the mid 60s on christmas day with a chance for shower activity. much colder on tuesday, the arctic air moves back in after christmas. most likely. this is the situation we're going to be watching closely. amelia joins me at 5 being 45. we're going to break this down for you a little more. we'll see you then. >> victims of abusive relationships now say they are not being heard by the folks who are supposed to help protect them. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, these women are describing terrible living conditions inside of one of prince george's county's shelters. >> we continue to follow the breaking news, a search for answers after a train plunges off the tracks and onto the

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no heat, mold on the food, mice on the floor. women who escaped abusive relationships say the place of refuge is making them victims all over again. >> this is pretty unbelievable. our bureau chief tracee wilkins talked to some of the women about the conditions inside the family crisis center in prince george's county. what did they tell you, tracee? >> reporter: they want to know what's going to be done about their living conditions. but i just spoke with the executive director of the program and she says there isn't a problem. >> being punched in the face, slapped in the face, dragged down the hall in front of my kids.

their kids are domestic violence survivors. they've been through hell. >> i decided enough is enough, it's time to move on. >> reporter: that's why they turned to the family crisis center in prince george's county a large profit largely funded with county grant money. women we spoke with say their situations got worse because of the conditions inside the shelter. >> you notice little things in the beginning and you don't say too much because you're grateful for getting out of the situation you left from, just having to know that you don't have to wake up to the abuser. >> there's mice popping out of couches. it's mold everywhere. >> reporter: the women shared pictures of mold in the kitchen and in the bathroom. >> i have asthma, me and my daughter, and i'm very scary. in the night it's really, really cold. >> reporter: it's cold because the women say many of the rooms don't have heat. >> i have four kids. i cannot let my kids sleep in the room because it's so cold. >> reporter: and then there's the moldy food. >> me and my children are getting sick often. me and my children have a

it was because of the food or the mold that's in there. >> reporter: when we showed the pictures to the program's executive director sophie ford, she couldn't confirm it was from the inside of her shelter. does that look like the inside of the facility? >> it looks like the inside of a room. should >> reporter: she maintains the food is fine. the food is fine, the room is fine, there isn't a mold issue is what you're saying? >> that is what i'm saying. >> reporter: the spokesperson from the county executive office released this statement which reads in part, the women and children whose life situation forced them to go to the shelter we must make sure they are in a safe clean pleasant environment. any substandard environment is unacceptable. they sent officials to look at the health department to look at the shelter. as it stands, the director is saying there is no problem. reporting live i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> all right, tracee, thank you. back now with the latest on a

that derailed today, killing people and injuring dozens. >> that stretch of track where this happened had actually just been upgraded and had undergone a lot of testing. let's get to leon harris at the live desk in the newsroom. >> that was the inaugural trip for this train. now, as you mentioned, the testing took place earlier this year on the tracks along this new cascade line. this is in dupont, washington, south of seattle and tacoma. now, from above you can see this mangled mess of metal. more than a dozen railcars went off the tracks at the height of the morning commute. some of them actually landing in the highway. now, at this point we don't know an official number of how many people have died in this incident. investigators are still going through the cars. they are searching for possible survivors inside. one survivor who was on the train at the time said that he did not believe the train was speeding. there is a factor that the ntsb is going to be looking into as well as anything the train may have hit on those tracks. jim, back to you. >> leon, thank you. what a scene

traffic flowing again on east/west highway in hyattsville. crews were on the scene for hours to repair a busted water main. you can see it was quite a mess today. it closed parts of the busy roadway during the morning rush hour. two eastbound lanes and a westbound lane were shut down near adelphi road. crews worked to patch things up. >> news out of puerto rico today, the governor has announced he is calling for a recount of the death toll from hurricane maria. the official count has been 64 but some media estimates that it is much higher than that. doreen gentzler was in puerto rico just after the hurricane had hit and she has an update. >> hi, wendy. the "the new york times" looked closely at the death statistics in puerto rico and their analysis shows the hurricane maria death count is more like a thousand, not 64. there have been questions about the low numbers in puerto rico since wep went down there in early october right around the

time the us ns comfort went down there. the team played a significant role responding to the health crisis there. >> we had the sickest people being taken care of by the department of defense in the largest volume of any of the department of defense medical treatment facilities worldwide. >> at times the usns comfort crew was treating more very sick people than any other u.s. military hospital anywhere while the island territory struggled to restore power and communication and travel. the medical professionals on board the ship focused on critical medical needs. >> the broad goals were to keep people as close to home as possible when that was possible. where the hospitals in which they were being cared for were no longer capable of taking care of them because they were lacking oxygen, power, or some other issue -- >> personnel? >> personnel, then they would make assessments and decide whether they could send them to another hospital on the island

>> in fact, in one emergency the ship actually absorbed one hospital's entire intensive care unit. >> that had had a catastrophic power generator failure. >> the comfort is a high-level hospital at sea, capable of almost everything a top hospital on land can handle and then some. >> we dealt with children, we helped people die with dignity who had unrecoverable illnesses. we provided surgeries for people who were having major soft tissue infections as a secondary consequence of diabetes. we even performed an open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. all of them were successful because we -- that hospital ship is -- was based on the concept that we would be able to do anything. >> that's a procedure that had never been done on a hospital ship before. the ship stayed there in puerto rico for almost two months. they got off to a slow start at the very beginning. there were problems with communications and other issues, but eventuly

full resources were put to the test. the ship's personnel treated about 1900 patients from puerto rico including those two babies they delivered on board. wendy, jim? >> great story. doreen, thank you. this evening sexual harassment allegations have brought down two additional prominepro prominent figures in the legal and sports arenas. alex kaszynski retired as a judge on the 9th circuit court of appeals. the washington post first reported more than a dozen women have accused kaszynski of inappropriate sexual behavior. at least one of the women says he groped her in a statement kaszynski apologized for, quote, candid comments that he said made people unscott macfarlane for theable. meanwhile, jerry richardson, owner of the karolina pan authorizes says he'll sell the team at the end of this season. sports illustrated reported that at least four panthers employees received monetary settlements. he's also accuse of using a

allegations, but said he felt it's time for new ownership. >> doctors say they are link today some dangerous side effects and at least ten deaths. now the fda is cracking down its new stance on homeopathic medicine. >> plus, not a merry christmas really for a local man out christmas shopping. someone steals his car with all his presents inside. how often does this happen every year? we have at least one story. his response to the gift grinch when we come back on news4 at 5:00. >> and another mild day in the forecast tomorrow, but as arctic air moves into much of the country as we look to the holiday weekend, how does that impact us here in the mid-lantic? datou

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like him, of fauquier county wants to get rid of the rule from 1800s that for bids cursing. the republican introduced a bill a few times in the past but it has always died in committee. it's not known how many people are charged each year because the same state law covers public intoxication. well, the fine is 250 bucks. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer. a car stolen from a parking lot has been recovered. what about all the christmas presents the owner said he had stashed in the trunk? i'll have the story ahead. >> speaking of presents, i learned how to wrap my first ever in my life. i am blooding and bandaged after this hand at the handly folks. we'll show you how it was done or maybe you don't want to watch how it was done. >> your first present? >> that was it. i had two extra hands. it is phetic. preattt

well, i would be fined for cussing if this happened to me. you do some holiday shopping at the mall, you stash the gifts in the car and you go back in the mall for more shopping. what is stamp what a local plan did. only to have his car and presents all stolen. news4's darcy spencer explains he doesn't want the thief to get in trouble. >> my car wasn't there. i didn't see anything. it was just an empty spot. >> steven hawks inchins said he shopping at the prince george's county mall when his mercedes was stolen off the lot with christmas presents in the trunk. >> i started stressing, started str stressing. not panicking but worried. >> reporter: he must have lost his keys and thieves

to steal the car using the remote. he said the car was found in d.c., but hasn't been able to get it yet. he believes everything will be retrieved. the cara peered to be in good shape. it was toed to young's towing in landover. he's going to get his car back but he's out quite a bit of money, $450 to make a new mercedes key, another $150 to get the car off the lost. hawkins said he's scrambling to recover christmas for his family but he hasn't lost the holiday spirit. >> i wouldn't have pressed charges. >> reporter: why not? >> it's the holidays. i don't want to see anybody in jail. >> reporter: it is key to be aware of your surrounding and what can happen. >> we're out driving around. getting on foot, walking the mall, walking the parking lots,

being seen with just kind of to keep people safe. >> reporter: hawkins says he'll make sure he pays close attention to where his keys are from now on and invest in a spare. >> in landover, darcy spencer, news4. >> well, as we head into the final stretch for holiday shopping, something weighs over some of us, often gifters who are men, how do we wrap those darn packages, presents, gifts? i learned from the experts in pentagon city and there is definitely a lot of skill and practice involved. >> i have never in my life wrapped a package. >> i'm a really good teacher. so, the first thing you need to do is cut the paper. i'm going to let you pick it. let's pick the paper. >> all right. boy, they are handy. that's 35 pounds. >> it's a workout. roll it out like this. so, we're going to put this upside down. always crease the edge so it's a

straight line. fold that crease. >> fold that crease, all right. >> so, we put a couple pieces of tape to secure. >> that didn't look good. this is the tricky part for me. >> press the corners in. >> okay. >> and crease it. >> and crease it. >> the crease is essential. >> this is what i never learned. >> this is the professional part. >> okay, fold in. my crease is not as good as yours was. fold this way in, this goes under. >> uh-huh. >> how much tape do you use? the key is not too much? >> you don't want to use too much because we have a lot of gifts to wrap. >> nice. >> this trips people up. >> now the curling part. here we go. now i have some curls. look at that curl. this bow is bouncing. all right. >> that's good, i think it's good. it's good. >> it's acceptable. all right. look at this. so, this would come to you and you look at it and say, what am

this is a challenge. problem solving. okay. >> we have to measure. wrap that around. >> how do you do this? >> it's not a perfect science, but you have to figure it out, you know? >> boy, it's looking good. now, that's a serious curl. >> so, the more you have, the more tape you need. >> too much tape. i'll go smaller next one. we're doing a lot of hiding today. with me. >> for the customer, right? i just want to get out of this without cutting off one of your fingers. folding in, crease there. fold this over it. well, it's not a straight line. it's wrapped with love. you would not put this under your tree. go ahead and admit it. >> i wouldn't pay $6 for that. [ laughter ] >>

just remember it's what's inside that counts. okay? >> no paper cuts, no serious injuries. my thanks to shelby hardy who didn't judge too harshly and our friends from the fashion center at pentagon city. by the way, the proceeds go to the wounded warriors. if you have an idea or challenge you'd like me to take on, head to my facebook page and let me know. oddly enough, that was one of the tougher ones. at >> at least we don't have to worry about losing him to nasa. rocket scientist he is not. oh, my goodness. >> i find stores and i buy boxes and i take them to different stores to add wrapping. i spend half my time finding a place to learn how to wrap if i just learned this. >> he's donated a lot to wounded warriors the last couple of years. >> i have. it's the gift that keeps giving. >> there you go. you asked if i wrap. >> you wrapped my ph

seconds. i tell you what, the weekend before, there are nothing but men wrapped around that mall they tell me. >> true. i'm not alone. >> there you were. let's show you what's going on outside. we have a pretty nice forecast for you. you're going to be trying to do some holiday wrapping any time soon, don't hand it to handly. all right, out there now, this is what we're going to be talking about the next couple of days. it's the warm weather. high today in the mid 50s, even around 60 down to the south. 51 right now, temperatures dropping to the 40s. 48 degrees by 7:00. i have to change this. this is not cold. this is cool, cool and cool. as we move on through, 45 by 11:00, 54 degrees right now in rockville, 54 fort belvoir, 56 degrees right now in manassas. it is a very nice night. going to stay that way and we have some nice weather here the next few days. nothing on the radar. storm team4 radar is drying, going to continue to be. as we move on through the next day or so, tomorrow, another great day for the kids at the bus stop, for you at work, whether it's recess or lunch, 41 degre

recess time, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 hour. 59 by the time you're picking up the kids. we're going or a high tomorrow of 60, but we have even warmer temperatures in the forecast for christmas day. yeah, temperatures could even be close to record levels if the pattern holds. and this pattern, a very tough one. amelia and i have been taking a look at this. not only today, but we've been watching this pattern, amelia, the better part of a week, week-and-a-half. is it it's still on the edge of a very warm and very cold air. >> it's all about what air mass wins out. are we dealing with arctic air or extremely mild. santa would need a wagon more so than a sleigh. i want to quickly go through the travel outlook. thursday, friday, no problems during the day. rain moves in friday night and light rain showers are possible throughout the day on saturday. but here is the pattern that doug and i are talking about. what's going to happen is high pressure comes down from canada. the air is arctic blafrt cold. it is extremely cold, but notice

it goes all the way down through texas. but warm air is in our area because we have a front, a cold front draped just back to our west that blocks that cold air from getting in and that is going to be on saturday. now, throughout the weekend, sunday on into monday we're going to see that warm and cold air battle out. just to our west, even back into west virginia, and ohio, you can see here is christmas evening. we are still talking about pretty warm air. and we will be a little bit unseldled with a chance for some rain at times, saturday, sunday and monday. and of course once christmas comes to an end, that is when the cold air moves in on tuesday. christmas we're going for a high temperature of 66 degrees. plenty of crowds with the chance for some not looking like a wash out on christmas,

tuesday. a big temperature drop as the arctic air moves on in. -- much more on this and we are going to stay all on top of this forecast because it's a little bit tricky as we head into the holiday weekend. guys? >> boy, it looks it. doug, thank you. tonight a local nonprofit is celebrating an award for putting homeless families into homes. >> i love it. i love it. >> precious is so excited about her new digs. she was once homeless, but thanks to alexandria's community lodgings, she's got a place that she and her two children can call home. community lodgings brought together four home builders who normally compete to renovate several units. interspersed in the community.

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the fda says it wants to keep your family safe so it plans to regulate homeopathic drugs. today's announcement reverses a 1998 did he decision not to oversee these products. the fda says ten people have died in the last year from side effects linked to homeopathic drugs. a final policy decision will be made in three months. three days, experts say that's all it takes to become addicted to prescription painkillers. as the nation battles the yoip crisis, the district is taking a new approach to fight the epidemic. law enforcement and drugstores are supporting drop boxes as news4's tom sherwood reports, no questions will be asked. >> reporter: one

in, no way out. >> reporter: d.c. attorney general carl inspecting a drug drop box installed at the cvs on dupont circle. now at 24 place to drop off unwanted drugs especially opioids. it is one of five such boxes in the city, three cvs two walgreens. >> i'm a proponent of more. there is no doubt about it. i give them credit for the first step. i'd like to see more throughout the city. >> reporter: opioid overdose deaths have risen from '83 in 2014 to 216 so far this year. >> the abuse of opioids and the increase in fatal overdoses we are experiencing here in the district pose a serious public health threat. >> reporter: cvs says the drop box will help get drugs off the street so they can't be stolen 0 or resold. the drop offs are planned for md ed in and virginia next year, but 200 region wide. >> what we are doing today is but o s

unnecessary deaths, to ensure that unnecessary supply of opioids don't fall into the wrong hands. >> reporter: passers by today liked the drop box idea. >> i think it's a great idea because opioids is a big issue in the country. >> i guess it's no different than turning guns in. >> reporter: the d.c. council is also considering a plan to require all opioid prescriptions to be electronic to cut down on fakes and frauds. the chief requires police to carry antidoets an expensive distraction from police work. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> now at 6:00. >> when you see the pictures it's pretty horrific. >> tragedy as a passenger train snaps in half, tumbling onto the interstate highway below unleashing chaos during the morning commute. >> when we got to the scene, it was obvious that there were some fatalities. >> hours later, what caused

>> mangled metal and new clues about what went wrong. what we know about the moments before this plane crash that killed a prominent doctor and his daughter. >> plus, a mother talking only to news4 after a stranger picked up her 3-year-old from school. >> oh, my god, what happened to my daughter? what if something happened to her, who is she with. >> turns out it's not the first troubling case to make headlines here. first to that breaking nutz in washington state, an amtrak train derails, falling off the tracks onto the interstate highway below. >> almost eight hours since that accident unfolded, crews are nowhere near cleaning up this mess. interstate 5 near tacoma could be closed for days. >> if you are just joining us, here's what we know right now. at least six people died in this derailment. all of the victims were on the train. dozens more were injured. what is not clear, what caused all this. investigators say it's too early to say whether speed was a