here at syneticre theater taking the move. survivalan after as shot in the heart by his lneighbor. ife is worth living for. at the end of the road, there is a light. you are looking t a live picture of a busy commuter route with breaking news. a person hit b a vehicle off old georgetown road at lone oak drive in v bethesda. thtim was critically injured and has been rushed to the ital. northbound, old georgetown road at kingwood road has been closed off as police investigate. traffic cannot exit the beltway to northboun old georgetown road because of this accident. again, a pedestriann critical condition. you should expect backups you're traveling through this part of bethesda. also breaking tonight. plosive revelations for president trump's former xer,

michael cohen. >> he enters a guilty plea directly connect to the investigation. he admitted he lied to congress about the trump project in mo ow. his plea establishes potential business ties between the trump organization and the highest levels of the russian government. >> this as mr. tru claimed repeatedly that he had nothing to do with russia. blayne alexander is tracking the story for us. blayne? >> doreen, all of this is truly noteworthy, because you'll remember, mierk al cohen is the man who oe famously declared he would take a bullet for president trump. now we know that he has spent more than 70 hours in interviews witherpecial counsel r mueller. >> today, michael cohen, president trump's former attorney andlo -time fixer pleading gui cy in federalourt to lying to congress. something cohen admits he did out of loyalty to his boss. >> he's a weak person and wha he's tryin to do is get a reduced sentence. so he's lying about a project

that everybody knew about. >> that project announced a deal to build a trump tower in russia.d cohen lie to congress about the timing of those discussions with russia telling the senate intelligence committee last year ithat talks ended january 2016, when in reality they went into the summer and i wello the 2016 campaign. >> when i run for president, that doesn't mean i'm not allowed to do busiss. i was doing a lot of different things when i was running. after i won, obviously, i don't do business. >> the topraon the senate intelligence committee, mark warner says the plea shows an. patt >> folks affiliated with trump, dealing with the russians, then lying about it to the fbi or to senate and house committees. >> froms the presiden defenders - >> i'd have to see dieted for colluding with the russians. >> president trump ho argentina for the g20 summit and

a planned mting with russian president vladimir putin. on board air force 1 president trump canceled that meeting on twitter citing russian aggression towards ukraine. today's development also brings increased scrutiny to president trump's familyau that's b michael cohen revealedhe thariefed president trump's family members about the now scratched project with russia. all of this isy amid a flu of activity on capitol hill committee members saying that in light of theew developments, they're now going to go back and comb through transcripts of previous testimony.? dore >> blayne alexander, thank you. michael cohen said he lied to minimize links between the moscow deal and his boss. as mr. trump's presidential bid was well under way during the project. here's what mr. trump said after phe election. >> haven't made e call to russia in years. don't speak to people from russia. not that i wouldn't. i justave nobody to speak to. i have nothing to do with

russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. >> it's not clear why mr. trump never mentioned the trump tower deal as we all try to understand this, it's worth stepping back to note we're in the midst of a singular moment in american history. a president under investigation for potential coordination with a hostile foreign power that interfered with a u.s. no matter how the investigation concludes, we're in uncharted territory that will be mapped by historians in e years head. rs prosecu reveal incriminating new evithnce statin a man who drove his car into a crowd of demonstrators may have planned it. he hit and killed heather heyer. julie carey joins us with the emotional testimy from the victims. >> reporter: leon, one of the victims who testified day, a woman from northern virginia. she told n her store toys 4 in

august, around the one-year anniversary of that terribleen here. she says she remembers being in a crowd of counterto demonst celebrating the fact that the white nationalists were clearing out of charlottesville when she began to hear the screams. >> she was identified in cou only as lisa q. as she told me, she wants to protect her identity to keep white supremacists from finding her. this is the pho introduced as evidence showing wha hhappened whdrove his car into a crowd. she was flipped upside down.ra her feet ht up in the air. here's how she described the moment to us and again today to jurors. >> in the whole confusion of it, it felt like i was being swept into a i tornado. d no idea i was hit by a car at that time. i was spinning in the air. >> jurors then saw photos of the injuries. injuries that mean lasting damage. her wrist ander both of legs were broken. james fields' defense tm

suggested in opening statements that he gunned his car down the street because he was scared. he saw a guyith a gun, that he feared for his safety. prosecutors presented new incriminating evidence that suggests fields came to charlottesville with a plan tll just kweex before the unite the night rally, hed poste two photos on his account showing cars ramming into gros of people. prosecutors revealed this text exchange between fields and his mom when learned he was going to the rally. she wrote, be careful. he texted back, we're not the ones who need to be careful. witness testimony counters the idea that he was reacting out of fear. michael webster said he initially saw the car driving slowly down fourth street. no one around him. heard alater, he roaring engine as fields sped past him. said webster,ed my immte reaction was, oh, my god, he's going for the crowd.

prosecutors also played for jurors a videotape of the chilling scene that day with the audio. you could hear the screams, the shouts, t echoioughout the courtroom. the defendant, james fields, expression. ewsroom.you in the >> all right. thank you, julie carey. chopper 4 ove a police clas that ended in a crash involving several vehiclesn prince william county. police were pursuing the blue vehicle. four other vehicles were damaged. d a police suv. two suspects wanted for a shooting in manassas. they're in custody now. a dispute over a car accident escalated into a brazen murder and tonight police say they have a suspect in custody. forestsay george bell of heights shot and killed another man outside his home on woodla drive this past sunday. investigators say that shooting into ed after the two g an argument over the accident. lots of us are looking for

deals on holiday gifts this time of year. some unlucky bargain hunters on craigslist and offer upended up being robbed of their shopping money at gunpoint. there have been at least six armed robberies on altamont place southeast. news 4's mark segraves reports police stations are opening up theiroors to help keep you safe. >> reporter: with christmas shopping in full swing, police in the distric are seeing a spike in armed robberies where the victims meet the s through an online marketplace. likeff craig list,er up or let go. >> in my district, it's gotten so d. >> they arrange a meeting place and the seller tells the buyer to bring cash.he usually t item being sold is a car or a cell phone. so far, there have been at least six of these armed robberies just in this one location. >> several of tes c the victims show up on altamont opace off good road. they call the seller. within seconds, someone is pointing a gun in tir face. >> police across our region,

d.c., maryland and virginia are now offering safe exchange zones where buyers and sellers can meet without fear at your local ce station. and police say t re are some warning signs to look out for when shopping on these virtualr places. >> when the buy is too great. like when you're getting something that is just a great steal. that's too good to be true. if they tellt you to do at after dark. >> many of the websites and aofs r tips on ways to stay safe. in southeast mark segraves, news 4. police in d.c. t'vl us that thmade one arrest in connection to some of those robberies. the suspect isen a juve male and they're looking for more suspects out there. turning to our weaer now. the wind is dying down. but our chance for rain i increasing. >> that's the tradeoff we always seem to have. one orhe other. amelia is standing by in storm center 4 with a look at what's coming our way.

>> since scattered showers are in the forecast tomorrow, plentf dry time, in fact most of your day tomorrow is looking mainly dry. rain iy likel for everybody on saturday. take a right now outside. the winds generally calm across the area. on out of the west at about six miles an hour at reagan national with a temperature around 39 degrees. so it's chilly out there for sure with partly cloudy skies. we'll see temperatures tonight in the 20s to low 30s in the suburbs. 36 for i a lwashington. we do keep it completely dry out there tonight. by tomorrow morning,atome red showers are in the forecast. so check out your road conditions. wet roads out there for the morning commute. for the evening commute, though, it is looking dry. coming up, i'm going to have more on the timing of rain not only tomorrow but saturday and sunday at 6:25. thanks, amelia. ppoming up next, a crystal city business aears to be one of the first casualties of amazon's arrival. owy they'reearching for a new home. it's one of the most commonlygn diaed disorders among children o why your sr daughter's

birthday might putr hem at risk misdiagnosis. a former "washington post" employee shot in the chest by his neighbor lived to tell his miracuus story of survival. >> i was in a coma for probably like tenda. my heart stopped for four minutes. >> coming up, his advice to anyone facing an uphill battle. as we go to break, here's anotherive picture from chopper 4. this is the breaking news in bethesda we're watching. a person struck and critically injured by a vehicle off georgetown road at lone oak drive. northbound old georgetown road at kingwood has been closed off and traffic froeltheay knt exit on to northbound old georgetown road.

a show in crystal city. amazon arrives to the area, but in creing this new national landing, they need to push people out tfre. among them, a group of local performers looking for a new news 4's david culvetakes us center stage where the show will go on for now. >> she can start to move it. >> since graduating vcu in 201 is 1, dore i has made this theater her home. she's now directing onena of th

performances that will take to the stage. >> the thought of going somewherelse is a bit scary. kind of like you're getting pushed out of nest so to atspea. not necessarily a bad thing. we have to think of it in a positive way. >>mazon is the reason for the mover. >> what will happen with a small innovati arts organization when a global huge corporation moves in, in your home? tbd so to speak. optimistic. >> it is persona of for t georg. he founded this theater. today, they runultiple shows a year. >> there's also education outside of teamon produc summer camps, you name it. >> before the curta closes here, they have several more performances to put on well into the summer o 2019. while they know they have to say good-bye to crystal city, they're hoping to move back to national landing. in the meantime, his current

landlord, jbg smith, is helemng find a temporary home. arts and cultural organizations are keys compone to a thriving mixed use community and we continue to opportunities for the theater to relocate within national landing. even envisioning it as part of the future amazon campus. >> i hope they'll keep in mind the theater space and maybe in a few years we'll be back. >> a hopeful return to what will be a very different landscape. in darlington,id culver, news 4. crystal city's business improvement is helping with the relocation, determined to keep the cultural arts foalive. a closer look at how crystal city will be transformed, go to our app and search amazon. >> we may have new insights into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. adhd. turns out that birth month could contribute to a sdgnosis.

a harvard study found the youngest children in a class are mor likely than their older classmates d to gnosed with adhd. researchers looked at records for 400,000 students i districts with a september 1st cutoff date. august were born in the ones with the highest rates of adhd. scientists say it's le that some of the youngest children simply haven't had time to illegal, unacceptable and shocking. that's how chinese officials describe research to genetically alter babies. today they put a stop to it. but the researchers behind the work claims he's altering a baby genes to make a child more resistant to aids. he claims to have performed it on a set of twins who have been born. we learned that another genetically editedbe baby coul born soon. now we turn to a pretty incredible story of rvival. >>ormer "washington post"

employee shot in the heart by a neighbor. a year later, he's talkingbout his miraculous recovery alongside other trauma survivors in gw hospital. news 4's meagan fitzgerald talked with him and the doctor who helped sa his life. a >> motorcycle or a gunshot or fall from a roof deck. >> trauma surgeons see all kinds of injies. they're working quickly to fix the problem and save lives. that's why time is the difference between life and death. >> i think that we're lucky d.c. fire and rescue delivered him to us as quickly as they did. >> on octobe 20t last year, duane brown came rushing through the doors of the gw hospital and on to this doctor's operating bl >> as i was washing my car, i was wiping it and i leaned up and heard this loud noise. i looked a my chest right here. had been shot right in the heart. >> brown was in his d.c. jones

window over a trivial dispute about cleaning up his grass on his sidewalk. >> the vast majority of overwhelming majority of people will die. i'll never know they existed. >> brown spent ten days in a coma and quickly proved he's not the majority of patients. today, alongside otherrauma survivors, brown shared his story with the first respoers and staff at the very hospital that saved his life. >> you need something, you know where to find us. >> his message was simple. no matr howleak things may look, keep fighting. >> life is worth living. there is light at the end of the road. i encourage everyone to not give up. >> meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> he'so lucky alive. >> he sure is. the suspect, the shooter, steven jones, he pled guilty last december and currently he's in jail still awaiting sentencing. a popular restaurant

gutted tonight. new clues about what fed the flames as customers wonder if they're going to reaiild. returns for the weekend. amelia is tracking the timing and the impact. pping for statehoosid.

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well, we had nice sunshine today. little less wind. i think we're in for a change. >> we'veot rain coming back in. amelia, can you find a way to squeeze one or ayo good in here for us? >> no picture perfect days in the forecast, leon. but we'll have plenty of dry time into the weekend. check it out. here are weather headlines. showers ntomorrow, b everybody is going to be seeing rain. about a 30 to 40%t chance t you're dealing with rain on your friday. a good chance that you're dealing with rain ove the weekend, especially saturday night. temperatures are w right now, though, it's chilly outside. 39 degrees with winds out of west at six miles an hour. so the winds finally calm out there. but, again, as the winds calm wn, our rain chances going up. have there ua handy tomorrow just in case. you might not need to use.

saturday a sunday as well. if you're going out to dinner, have a holiday party saturg,y even pretty good chance you're dealing with some showers. thnykfully, nothing too hef the forecast. i want to mention this. not a huge concern that i'm seeing. i nt to let you know i'm seeing a small chance for light freezing rain in parts of uquier, prince william. western fairfax, loudoun and frederick county in maryotnd. it's going to cause delays, cancellations, anything like that. a slightisk of that mainly around 8:00 a.m. so light and quick thatsh it ld have very little impact. if it does materialize. then as we look to weekend, it's not going to be a washout. with rain moving in later saturday and moving out very early sunday morning. tracking a nice warmup for your sunday afternoon withn temperaturese 60s. mid-60s for a high. here's your rain outlook. scattered showers out there tomorrow. mainly during the morning and middays. ho widespread rain in the forecast on saturday. on sunday, we have showers that look to be over by

8:00, 9:00 a.m. monday and tuesday, we keep it dry and that freezing rain chance, remember chuck is in tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m. he'll have the latest check of radar. morrow is a great day to have the nbc washington app. if you see any pink out there, that's freezing rain in your neighborhood. green, just plain rain. here's the four-day forecast. the ten-day coming up at 6:50. 45 for a high tomorrow. we're 5 to 10 degrees below normal. highs near 50sa on rday. 70% chance for rain during the afternoon and evening hours. on sunday, some showers early, 66 and monday notng loo too shabby either. 58 degrees with partly sunny skies. i'm als going to have future weather at 6:50. doreen and leon. >> we'll watch for the pink on the weathermap. arrested for arson. new reaction as police charge two teenagers with theelp of this surveillance video. the fbi maps out a serial

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breaking news over the scene in bethesda. a person was struck and critically injured by a vehicle off old georgetown road at lone oak drive in bethesda.

northbound old georgetown road at kingwood road has been closed off as police investigate and we'reha told traffic cannot exit the beltway to northbound old georgetown road. a pedestrian is in critical condition. if you're traveling thu this busy commuteroute in bethesda, expect and prepare for backups. two teenagers arreste for allegedly setting fire to a restaurant in vienna. >> just 13 and 14 years old. tonight, new surveillance video reportedly shows the suspects nearhe scene. >> chris gordon is also talking to people whose businesses were in danger of going up in flames >> this surveillance camera video shows two people riding bikes on the top of your screen. they enterhe building. when they leave, smoke can be seen coming out of a window followed by flames. it was sunday, october 14th. rick lousiian was -- he ran

outside. taking theseictures of the growing blaze that destroyed the empty buildin that had formerly been the marco polo restaurant. he wasoncerned tha the fire would spread to his store. >> up here next to my store right here, the trees, ias raid that the trees were going to catch. so the police started roping off the area, no customers could come into the store. it was kind of scary. ha >> police ced a 14-year-old who lives in vienna and a 13-yr-old from reston with arson and vandalismid this shows vandals breaking windows on buses behind the same building a month before the arson here. people who work in the area hope thathe arrests bring to an end the crimes committed here. >> i'm very happy that it's brought this to a closure. we don't have to be ase concernd aswere. >> police say the teens are also sing several c thousands of dollars in damage to two historic gngernment

buil in the area. porting from vienna, virginia, chris gordon, news 4. it's going to be a long road to recovery f a family-run institution in the shaw neighborhood. this fire riepd through a west african restaurant last night. thers heavy damage on the roof there of the structure. debris litters the sithwalk. fire spread quickly thanks to propane tanks and the windin fag the flames. customers say there was simply no place like sumah's. >> he was introduced people to the culture by sitting them down and having all of thet items t they provide and just allow you to do a taste test so you can see what you like, what you didn't like. he treats you like family. a customer we've met says that she spoke with theowner wh told her that work was being done on the restaurant. it's not clear what caused the fire or ifhe owners are going to rebuild on that site.

>> rng this match of the open cases samuel little is .inked including one in prince george's county. the tally, murders in 16 states. 37 cities and more than 90 killings between 1970 and 2005. one of them was a murder of a woman in beltsville back in 1972. that victim has never been she's described as a white woman in her 20s. possibly visit from massachusetts. polig are hopin that little's confession helps them to figure outas who she maryland's highest court heard opening arguments today in the case of odd man syed. his convictio was chronicled on the hit serial podcast. a panel of judges is deciding whether the conviction which was thrown out by a lower court, should be reinstated. syed was found guilty in 2000 for the kill of his high school

iend. in 2016, a baltimore judge vacated that conviction. call an alibi witness. >> the state argued the witness testimonwas unneeded. because the defense attorney knew that the witness account was not consistent with syed's account of what ppened. >> former personal attorney and f fixer entered a new guilty plea in court today. he admits he lied to congress about the effort to brio owe he told the senate. the primaries in 2016. ow he admits that proje lasted beyond the point where

donald trump clinched the nomination for president. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is working the stor >> at this point there aren't any obvious immediate the president. but there may be legal implications for other people who testified before congress. what cohen admitted today was lying to congress in two ways. a letter he sent the house and senate intelligence committees and then his testimony before the senateom intelligencettee last year. now we know committee staff ist goinugh what other people have said and are referring possible t lies prosecutors. so it could mean trouble for other people if theyied to these congressionalve igations. he's got more on the story on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt coming up after this newscast. >> the incoming county executive is hoping for smooth transition into office. something her predecessor

rushern baker did not have. bureau chief tracee wilkinshe looks at county's evolution in leadership. >> you know what i heard loud and lear from the people w live here, they did not want business as usual. >> incoming prince george's county executive is preparing to take office in a couple of days. the county she'll soon lead is very different from what her predecessor inherited eight years ago. >> no conversation they didn't start with crime. it dominated every conversation. crime and corruption. >> the investigation a andrrests of former executive on public corruption charges hurt the dcounty's reputation an tainted the beginning of baker's administration in 2010. >> people did not trust the . governme and they didn't trust me. the fact that my name wasru ern baker and i was new, they were like, you're the county executive, we don't trust you. >> h worked to gain the trust. creating strong economic b development ang more transparent. >> i think the real legacy is

getting people to believe in prin george's county again. >> prince george's is the crown jewel ofma land. when we're done with it, we want other people to feel the same and know what we ow. >> she won by a landslide and plans to move the county forward, fresh faces and new leadership in county departmente working to improve the education system, that will be among her top priorities. >> human development is most important. how you have invested in people, what have we done not only for children but f their parents. how have we created a workforce. how have weat c opportunities for families to succeed. every family without respect to the zip code. >> b alsooks takes over on monday. she's turned over eveos leadershipion with the exception of those heading public safety. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. coming up next, new technology, our first look at the future of airport check-ins

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country going to total biometric screening. you come to the airport, you check in with facial recognition. it compares your face against your passport photo, you're checked in. then you check yourags for facial recognition. get your tsa checkpoint with it andll event board the plane itself with facial recognition. could this be the future o air travel for doe mess particular travel as well. a behind-the-scenes look on "nbc nightly news." male birth control may be one step closer to a reality. it may be thanks to research from the national institutes of health. more than 400 couples are participating in a study to test a maleonaceptive gel. in the study, the men will apply the gelo their back and shoulders every day until their sperm count falls to a safe level. at that point, their partners would be able to stop taking their own birth control. a local winery hopes their new product will encourage

discussions about more than just taste. city winery is out with a new line called the 51. that includes statehood sauvignon and statehood syrah. th% o profits to groups trying toat get represen for congress for the 700,000 residents. >> we feel like this is the right time for d.c. to be represented as a state. >> taxation without representation, doesn't make sense. it kind of goes against what the country is kind of based >> there may be 700,000 folks who would drink to that, too. >> just off new yorkvenue in northeast. they're telling us they're hoping to expand this new line in the future. >> okay then. still ead, remembering romo. the heartwarming story of d.c.'s vorite dog who defied the odds up until the very end.

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a new guilty pa from michael cohen. today coh admittede lied to congress about the trump tower project in moscow. the plea establishes potentine busi ties between the trump organization and the kremlin. president trump called cohen a weak person and l aiar. emotional testimonyhet charlottesville trial of the mag accused of dri into a crowd of demsstrators. jaields is charged with

killing heather heyer in august of 2017. prosecutors say it was premeditat premeditated. efense say it was self-defense. rendering show what crystal cityoo could l like once amazonr rives. in creating this, they need to push some people out. among them a group of local performers looking for a new home tonight the theater's current landlord is helping t theater find a w spot but they hope to stay in crystal city. now to a friendly face that so many people in d.c. are remembering tonight. >> yeah, tking about romo the famous adam more gone dog. this pup could always be found perched like this sitting in his window. >> as corey smi shows us, romo may be gone, but his not forgotten. >> for several years, the king of adams morgan sat perched in n thisw. this weekend, his reign came to

an end. tonight we say good-bye t romo. >> he made a lot of people happy beyond me and my mily. >> this is how many of us will remember romo. carelessly perched on hisin favoritew enjoying the sights and smells of the adamsa moneighborhood. >> i swear that dog was smiling. >> this is the romo his family got tosee. >> endless drool everywhere in the house. >> why did you do that? >> chewing up and tearing up every pillow he couldet in his mouth. >> sadly, that droopy face and the english drool that ce with it is gone. last saturday, the cancer and heart failure that romo outlasted for nearly a year secame too much to bear. >> his presence definitely oldest has asked where he is. you know, my heart just kind of broke a little bit. but also, it was full of joy that they got to experience romo for the time that at the did. >> many of you do, too. he was a bit of viral sensation. a 150-pound mastiff p bull mix

was internet gold. when you saw him, it brought you joy. >> he's really special. he was able to do that. >> the last few days have been difficult for her. but it brings comfort. the outside world that romo looked out upon looked back at him with love. >> he liked to look down on what's happening. i hope he's still doing that up in heaven. >> reporter: if you'd like to takene more stroll down memory lane, his facebook page is still open. we have a p number oftos on nbc washing toon.com. in adams morgan. >> i was looking at the pictures. aww. >> i'm disappointed. hi never got to see in person. >> well, to visit facebook page. >> i will do that. >> such a fantastic story. dogs are the best, aren't they? >> man's best friend for sure. rai on the way. >> are we talking about rain for the weekend again? >> i know.

we're in that pattern. i know friday -- >> we're at like ten out of 12 fridays with rain. >> it's up there. yeah, you're thinking, another weekend with rain, not unusual at this point. but the good news, the weekend is not going a washout. we'll have dry time mainly saturday morning. for the secondralf of y sunday, it's not earlier. currently, though, temperatures are in the 30s. areawide. we'll stay in the 30s in washington. a lot of the suburbs falling into the 20s to maybe low 30lds. a tart tomorrow morning. the good news, tomorrow on your friday, the winds not an issue. finally with the winds calming down. the rain chances increase. 45 degrees for a high temperature on your friday. a 30 to 40% chance you're dealing with a shower. mainly during the morning and midday hours. plenty of clouds from start to finish. here's future weather at 7:00 a.m. notice the white. the showers back to the west out around lieu ray in charlottesvie. 00 a.m., scattered showers

mainly in northern virginia. notice the pink here. this is a small chance for a quick shot of light freezing rain. this risk mainly in uquier, fairfax and into frederick county, maryland. i'm not thaconcerned about it. i think it would be quick hitting. we're not going to see any delays because of again, chuck is going to be in tomorrow morning updating the forecast. i want to mention it so you're aware there's a small possibility. >> 9:00 a.m., tracking some scattered showers across the area. otherwise, mostly cloudy skies around lunchtime. showers, future weather wants them mainly north of washington. they could be anywhere. st of us are mainly dry. by 3:00 p.m., everybody is completely dry out there. that trend continues into your friday night and saturday morning until about 11:00 a.m. notice the showers moving in between 11:00 a.m. andnoon. we'll track rain at times for your saturday afterevon and ing with the steadiest rain overnight saturday into early sunday. check itout.

8:00 a.m. sunday morning, that rain already out of here. notice the clearing back to the west. getn on some sunshine for the midday and afternoon hours here on sunday. if you're getting the tree this weekend o h hanging theiday lights, i recommend early saturday or late sunday. the walk to end hiv saturday morning with chuck and eun is looking dry. winterfest at nats park saturday andesunday. better day will be sunday where it's warmer and we're only tracking that chance of rain until 8:00,:00 a.m. here's your storm team 4 ten-day forecast. 49 for a high on saturday. 66 on sunday. so a huge temperature warmup fromaturday to sunday. monday not looking that bad. leon, you're talking about in weekend next saturday, more rain. >> what? >> i know. maybe a wintry mix too. >> heree go again. >> this has been going on for a long time. >> sunday afterno looks pretty good. thanks amelia. news 4 is working for you in

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i'm beginning to becomed convin redskins are glut ens for punish. they're getting scorche over this decision. >> i wonder if it's worth it. time will tell. the redskins front office still answering questions after the addition of reuben foster. for the first time we're hearing from dougam wil after his statement release on the linebacker. rwilliams, for washington quarterback and senior vice president of player personn defending the decision to doc walker. >> i sat down and i can say this. him and i look a each other and i told him, i read that you are a con artist. i say, i'm telling you this because that's what people believe. i just want to know if you're a con artt, do i have to find out for myself? that's a chance you got to take sometimes. this might be his last rodeo. i think that's the most important thing to let him know.

get things straight and hopefully, things is not as bad as been reported. you know, like i say, everything got an investigation. we got to justd wait an see where the shoe falls. we'll keep you updated on that. on to the field, redsk at practice today getting ready her a huge monday night football matchup against t eagles. colt mccoy getting a third pr ttice this week as starter. those reps going to be keyince mccoy h had the opportunity to practice all season. jamison crowder could be back in line to play for the first time since october 8th. .j. swearinger calling out his teammates' effort on a radio show. some took as a slight. his teammates supportive for t most part. >> there's so many different ways, social media and aradio ad

twitter and newspapers. you got to be careful. as far as leadership goes, you can't coach leadership. you either have it or you don't. you can't force it. >> he has an opinion. he wants things to pick up, he put in enough work. he's done enough on his teamwork. you should respect it. just try to come out and improve on monday. i talked to th guys, i felt like you know, you need up your game. me finding ways to get responses and g guys to work up to a certain level so we're all on the same page. week do tt on monday. >> never one to shy away from words. the capitals in their group and looking to t even better with firepower back. tomorrow the caps play their first game since monday hosting the new jersey devils. a little time to get the injurec players bk on the ice and a smile on the face of head coach todd reirden. evgeni kuznetsov and not wearing a no contact jersey.

a s been out since taking high hit against winnipeg. out wither an u body injury. capitalsng hos the devils tomorrow he looks like he should be able to go which would be big for an already red hot caps team. > after practice, several of the guys bringing sles to kids undergoing chemotherapy. along with smiles. nicholas back stram, brooks orpik. signing autographs at the fight cancer clinic. we'r not sure out there who maybe had the biggest smile today, oshie or tse young fans. t.j. catching up with his old friend add i. their friendship started years ago when she was a make a wish kid who got to visit caps atraice while she was declared cancer-free back in june. so it's a special day for all. a lot ofhose guys there, who captured these, they're dads themselves. it's really special always to see them giving back. >> you got to find a way to

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tonight michael cohen's new guilty plea. president trump's form lawyer and fixer admits to lying in the russia investigation about dealings during the ai ca for a trump tower in moscow. the president now lashing out. >> he's a weak person, and what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence. >> tonight, trump's business arrangements with russia during the hecampaign now under microscope. also tonight, the president suddenly cancels a ate meeting withutin at a high-stakes summit. breaking right now, a flash flood emergency in the ar wildfire scare of california.