president trump and melania will both be attending tomorrow's stat funeral at the national cathedral. anwhile, in the rotunda, an emotional visit from bob dole, the 95-yr-old getting out of his wheelchair to salute the 41stpresiden both men served in world war ii. following the election in 1998, they made amends and dole becam a key ally for president bush in the senate. and i think those pictures show a lot about why they are called the greates generation. >> indeed it does. thank you. thousands of americans have wait in the cold to pay their respects to president bush. chris gordon continues coverage as he has been talking to folks from all over theda country toy. chris? >> reporter: this is the long

testimony line has been at the u.s. capitol all day. i spoke to a woman moments ago o said it took her three hours to get in to pay her almorespec inside the rotunda. for many, they say it was more emotional than they it was a memorable moment. a highlight of the day when sully who was trained as a service dog for president bush, was brought into the rotunda. sully was accomnied by wounded warriors and people helped by the americans with disabilitiea it was a moving experience for those lucky enough to be in the rotunda at thismoment. >> the dog came in. that was kind of emotional to see the changing of the guard. it was very, erybeautiful. even a somber environment. >> it was truly i teared up a little bit. having never met president bush. i didn't expect mf to become that emotional in the rotunda.

>> reporter: this ground troop used tor work toget on capitol hill. they've gone their separate ways but today found a reason to reunite. >> i have a great respect f formerer president wesh. came together to thank him for hisservice. >> reporter: and there are people who came great distances o remember political battles they fought for george bush. >> i came from des moines, iowa, rove in saturday, to pay my almosts to president bush, his family, campaigd for george bush and worked on his campaign in 1980 when he ran against ronald reagan and people may recall. he defeated reagan in iowa in 1980 and they won't to lose against presidentn reagan new hampshire. >> at the time, he said he would not agree to be his vice president. but he did. serving eight years. leading to his election as the nation's 41st president.

chris goon, news >> the video of sully paying a last visit to president bh is all over social media, as you ca imagine. and we did post on it our nbc washgton facebook page. that video has been shared hundreds of times. and here's sullyitting by the president's side even in the yellow lab will be going to walter reed where he will help other veterans and active duty person heel are recovering from injuries. > and president trump has declared a national day of mourning tomorrow. >> and mostederal employees will be getting an excused day off from work. >> george bush's eldest son, the foer president george bush, bell be giving the eulogy. >> it wil a traditional

episcopal funel. ere will be hymns, scriptures and readings all chose by the bush family. and president bush and every living former president will be in attendan. 500 to 3,000 people have been invited to the national cathedral. that includes the heir to the british throne, prince charles. >> remember to stay with news4 for the lifend legacy of george h.w. sh. we'll be streaming the full service on our nbc washington app. not a good night to look at your 401(k), folks. the dow took a nosedive. a bige. at one point it was down more than 800 points. the dow finisng 791 points down. one of the four biggest losses

ever. it does not crack t the 20 as far as perntage loss. people say it is over the trade tensions between the and u.s. china. let's get a first check on the forast with a big storm coming to the pacific coast right about now and you'll be watching that. you're talking about flurries. >> yesterday we saw a high of 62 and look where we are right now. evenly theegrees colder.y it is a vold evening after a cold day, too. youeally noticed it when you stepped out the door. we had some cloud cover. starting to get out of here. as we look toward the west, it is back around st. louis, making

it's way our way. some of you have a much bettere chanceg some snow. we'll talk about that. and yes, we're a talkiut the storm system. it will make its way onshore make its way across the country and affect us this weekend. it could be in a big wayor some areas. we'll talk much more about that. >> we' see you then. a raerm arrested in the murder of a maryland teenager. r 22-year-olert smith, also knowns millie has been charged in the death of nya howard reynolds. he was visiting a fend on 57th -- she was visiting a friend on 57th street when she was shot. according to smith,owhey did ach other. our coverage of the remembrances for former president george herbert walker bush ais just getting started.

and new findings on the "medical alert" devices. wh they aren't always the fastest way to get help. if you have a pet, also your wizard game bets. itpened the door f legalized states betting. not only in casinos but also online. jack evans is making d.c. one of the places to start. >> we have estimates from $20 nol $500 million.

the zbo he will to make some ney and allow residents to do it. evans wants it to go to early childhood education and the arts. there are more details to be worked out like who would operate online gaming. the d.c. lottery or online vendors? either way, people could bet right from their phones. sports convenient use are expected to partner with places like mgm. people we spoke with had mixed thoughts. >> i find that very dangerous. >> a good opportunity. sports is big now. especially sports betting. it is starting to be a big thing now. so i think it will be fine. >> reporter: if they get their way, you could be placing your bets by february oft n year.

>> as 2018 comes to an end, we are rounding out what has been a deadly year. >> what's beingone to curb the violence? we asked that question. >> reporter: jim, i had a candid conversation with the police chief today about guns, violence, and murder in our city. >> i believe the leading cause of death of young african-american men in our cit is homicide. >> that wouldn't surprise me either. and it is a sma we have young people losingivheir unnecessarily. >> reporter: so far this year, 152 murders in o city. 106. time last year, many of the victims, young men.

it is the gun carryg gangster life that drives up the murder rate in our city. so what's behin that? >> i think there are three real reasons why young people are carrying illegal firearms. one is they will say,or it is protection.y i think two, t carry because it is glamorous and everything they see throughoutn e world. and then the last one is a lack of consequences. and i think we have a responsibility tonsure there are consequences. >> reporter: take a good look at these young men. all four murder suspects. all four still at large. today these four, washington's most wanted. police have their names, their pictures, they want themff the street. s more aboute of washington's most wanted coming up at 6:00.

wendy, jim, back to you. >>ll right. thank you, pat. when we come back, kind of an interesting forecast between here and next my goodness. >> some people want snow. others not so muchay we mave a littl for e

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but sunday into monday in a big way. >> there are so many computer models. some are saying zero and some are saying two feet of snow. that's the potential it ha some could see a lot of snow. most likely, i think this will stay to the south. amelia and i spent all day forecasting wise. and then you go, what about tomorrow? a little flurry activity. 41 degrees right now, down to 38 next hour the temperatures should not fall all that much. we're notalking about 20s overnight. some cloud cover helping to keep it mild. it will still be cold but not dropping too much. 38 degrees. no snow currently. you can see the mountains of west virginia, toward kentucky. if you're a skier, this week

will be a great weekend in places like snow shoe, over toward white tale. they are trying to open up arou ski liberty and we've got another storm system that should give them some snow during the day tomorrow. chilly conditions tomorrow and chilly all week. just plain cold. then we get to the weekend. what are we seeing? 36 degrees on sunday. 38 on monday. and then staying on the cold side all next week. let's talk more about this. this is why wendy susd she is co. we've got the northern branch of the jet stream. the southern area is bringing us the two storms. what is it called?

phasing. as they phase, they' able to move up the coast. that's not going to happen this time. i don't think that happens. the storm most likely will stay in the southern branch. d.c., not much. roanoke, a pretty big storm. we'll talk about this over the next few days. we stay on the cold side. >> and it's not phasing wendy just yet. >> and if it comes north, down, what we call that? weeping. >> or jilation for some. our bureau chief tracees wilkill show us where changes are being made in school and what amazon'srrrival will will not do to our housing market. and we reflect on theac l

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rotunda wherepang their respect. >> they've been waiting out in the cold. also paying tribute today to president bush's beloved service dog sully. the labrador retriever saying one final farewell. >> these are live pictures ouide the capitol where people are lining up. the president will lie in state until tomorrow morning and then transported to the national cathedral for a state funeral service. >> the governing style of president bush seems to be the last in a bygone era. >> here to talk more about that and the president's legacy, nbc

news presidentialuthor a historian michael behloss. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you, too. >> we'll get your reaction after this. >> this is a moment where the country can come together and remembomebody who even when e had differences with people politicalissues, he understood that politics is best donehen people can act in a civil way. >> so what do you think? that resonates a bit in our current climate. >> that's what the founders ed inte they wanted members of congress and all of us to fight it out over policies and issues because they thought that's the way you get the best licies. at the same time, they wanted us to be able to negotiate and compromise. and those are the two things that have sadly gone out of fashion. >> i'm curious, your thoughts on tomorrow's funeral service at washington national cathedral.

we'll see all the living former presidents, hillary clinton who went up againsi pnt trump. are you looking for any awkward dyna cstomorrow? what do you expect to see and hear? >> i think we'll be surprised that they get along so well. we don't have, and especially in these times, we don't have many unifying ceremonies in this country. we're not a monarchy.on inaugura state funerals, not too many more than that. so i thinkll ofhose people will be very conscious of the positive impact it can have. >> will we likely hear from president trump, other than twitter, do you expect? >> he won't bet speakinge service tomorrow. i'm not sure if he'll be speaking in public about president bush. we should be thankful for the fact that at least for toerrrow, is a lot of healing and that's something our system can use. >> andeople have been talking about what a nice man and a dignified man president bush

was. what do you thgek his b accomplishment was? >> if he had not been there, the cold war wouldndot have when it did and how it did. that was a huge gift t country. >> and the world. thank you so much for sharing your per ectives onceagain. we appreciate it. and of course, be sure to stay tuned for a l closerk at president bush as the nation says goodbye this week. today prosecution rested its case of an ohio driving his car into a group of unter demonstrators. one person was killed. a self-described neo-nazi went to take part in a unite the right rally. today, jurors saw aext exchange between fields and his mother b that rally. she writes, be careful. fields replies, we're not the ones who need to be careful and

he attached a photo of hitler. jurors saw the police body camera. he can be heard saying i'm sorry and explaining that he thought he was being attacked by demonstrators. what are the odds t redskins lose another quarterback? the anjury isn't bad as first feared. >> a sliver of. colt mccoy underwentmi ssmurge his fractured fibula. thought to be done for the season, he could be back for the redskins' final regular season game. maybe even during the playoffs. after three straight losses, the chances for the post season are dwindling. during the conference call, jay '42en said a rurn in two to three weeks isbl pose but acknowledged it is wishful thinking. mark sanchez hadn't thrown a pass in two years before last

night but gruden has to look at the the team is still in the hunt for the playoffs, even if it is a long shot. >> we're still 6-6 and we have a lot to play for. nd is not like we're 0-12 we're playing for whatever. wee playing to try to get in the playoffs. possibly in the division. we still have a lot in front of him. right now m job is to challenge them and l them know we have enough talent to be successful. it might n be pretty. m it is job to get the team up and ready and make a positive performance. >> so sandal chez is the only quarterback on the roster. and the jay gruden even discussed bringing in colin kaepernick. now to amazon's arrival. new numbers showing t impact on housing as thousands of new employees flood into our region. here's a look at just part of

come.s to according to fullerics institute, amazon half hq 2dd will 100,000 jobs. where will they live? e largest share, 33%, expected to move to fairfax counli. ton will add about 33% and d.c. rounds out the tophree with 13%. ntey don't believe the influx will signifi affect housing supply in our area. but housing costs will likely emain some of the most expensive in the country. >> next, some disbelief at that local catholic school. as we told you, the money frubls left them on the brink of collapse and then massive donation that will kee ap the school afloat. what do we know about the person behind it?> second review of schools in prince george's county.

coming up, some good news andl st lot of questions. and it will look like a snow globe ouide. doug and i are trackin it on storm-team 4 and then a winter storm affecting us sunday into storm affecting us sunday into

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wary. what do we know that six to eight days out, we kn it is possible. we're tracking the pattern. four to five days out, that's right e range we're in now. we start to get a better idea. if it is looking like n you or so likely. scenarios g a lot of with this storm system. g is likely. the southeast wil something. is it in the mid-atlantic? that's the big question. as we get two to three days out, we continue to get a better idea. how should we plan? what's the timing? what are the impacts? are schools going to be timpacted? mi you be staying home from work? we then start to say,ow shoul you react? we're getting the details zone by zone. so four to five days out. what are we looking at behind the scenes? to give you an idea. here are two computer models. at 2:00 p.m., the top is the

european computer mod that he will keeps the system hundreds of mil to the south. the american model has it a little bit closer. especially for the amazon southern zips. we'll have mor o the potential impacts at 30. thank you. as winter weather approaches, wn te you to check out our app. you'll be one step ahead of any her coming our way. a maryland woman tries to helpomeone in need and now police are searching for her killer. what happened as the family was headed to a celebration? plus, a local schoo principal bought to tears by the kindness of a stranger. kindness of a stranger. we

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we have a follow-up on the grade tampering ihothe s. an audit that was released today shows things are getting better but there's more work to be done. tracee wilkins has our report. >> it is likely that there's more work tdo. the progress that has been made i think is clearly identifiable. >> reporter:today, board members had a o lot positive things to say about the prince george's county school system. a major change from what folks had to say last year.ar aand state audit done by the independent firm revealed that more than 5,000 students graduated in 2017 without proof they g metduation requirements. a second audit was ordered and commendations for improvements were made. it turns out the school system

has made progress. >> a lot of good news re. it is clear there are some things that i would like to see clarified further. >> whe took recommendations from the audits seriously. >> reporter: according to monica, they haveys newm for monitoring grade changes and excessive absences. monitori and stricter controls on student records. >>ea our worked extremely hard. and six months to implement 38 recommendations. i appreciate them acknowledging the work that our team has to we won't stop until we have 100%. >> reporter: the punnce george's school system will have an opportunity to respond to this report in january. they can expect board members to ask a lot of questions about what's going onuttingrades into the system and alsoiv exce absences. news4. >> the county school system

changeden its ance policy after the last audit. now instead of counting absences, students with an se unexcud absence will get a zero for the day. a cold day tomorrow and some people will see some flurries. is that right? >> yeah. that's all it will be. we get around the d.c. area, it may be okay out there. tomorr, i think the best chance will be toward the west. the blue ridge, shenandoah valley. maybe even a dusting. places like winchester. petersburg, youee might chance for a dusting out there. look at the planes. there they are, all lined up, coming in across our area. i hope they have the jacket. 41 degrees. winds out of the northwest. winds out of the 30s. w

tomorrow il be another chilly day. 31 degrees on start off. 38, more clouds again by noon tomorrow. clouds, maybe some sunshine. but flurry activity during the afternoon. eads up, it won't cause any problems in the d.c. metro area. i think it will be back to the best. i-81, m i-70 west. throughs system coming st. louis, look at all that snow all coming our way. most of this hits up against mountains and does not come across. we could see some flurry activity. the bestha ce will be toward west virginia. the western parts of west virginia and maryland. the other storm we're watching, it is already coming ashore. hello, snow, toward the sierra nevada. that storm will could have alls the way acr the country. amelia and i will be talking about this for days. sending texts back and forth. did you see that? hey, take a look at this.

>> yeah. we'reetting new information in. we'll have a much better idea on what will happen as we get closer. we'll get a really good idea by thursday. as t s stormtem continues to come onshore tomorrow, you see 7:00 a.m. and then it is over land. that information that fed into the computer install the details. first don't have as many monitoring devices. by friday evening, we see it in the south, around texas and new mexico. this is sunday morning. this is the storm system. i does stay south or move a little farther and move into our area sunday and monday?at the big question. maybe some snow or rain. the track now with the storm is still uncertain. the timing would be sunday into monday and how much of an impact will it have. we have so many different

scenarios. we have no impact at all. some computer models putting out snow. a foot of we'll get a much better idea thursday. the inf fmation is into our computer models. right now, the he is too metro area, we're wching our southern storms. sunday into monday. still a lot of questions with the storm system. a lot of cold in our forecast. >> i'm doing a facebook live. i'll have the forecast there. saturday.n there's our storm. the potential for a storm sunday into monday. if it drops a lot of snow, we've

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one check changed everything. >> in the name of the father, the son and hhey spirit -- >> reporter: there's an old catholic mihm says we walk b faith and not by k ght. >> we thu for the blessing of this school. >> reporter: they've tried live by those words. >> unless we raise a certain ououne of he said it was $200,000, wen't be able to stay open next year. >> reporter: that' when the donations started. as if the heavens opened -- >> i opened a letter and there was aheck from an anonymous donoor $200,000. >> the first thing we did was check, is it real?te >> rep it is much more than a blessing. it is a vote of confidence. >> as soon as someone found out about us, the gre things we' doing here. they were willing to be a part

of that vision. >> reporter: and having endured weeks of uncertainty, it brought michelle taylor to tears. >> we knee would be able to close the deficit. not this fast, but we are so grateful. so epateful. >>ter: everyone is. from parents -- >> this is a christmas miracle. >> reporter: to students. a eva young age, these kids understood the but they kept the faith and can now see a brighter future for themselves and those they love. news4. >> great to see thosees sm what an exciting day. next, a maryland c on the way to celebrate a daughter's birthday. reporter: i'm in an spotsy. some residents are fighting a

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here, things are not that good. a woman was stabbed to death after helped apanhandler. police are asking for help as they search for the killer. they're going door to door where it happened. >> reporter: as he mourns his wife jacqueline, keith smith returns to the murder scene in east baltimore. keith and his wifelo were a away from their daughter's house. about to block her off after celebrating her birthday. >> it was raining and my a wife fe need to give the person some money. >> reporter: the woman had a gn asking for help to feed her baby. his wife wanted to help. he reluctantly put down the car window. >> wn she did, some guy came over to thank her. as did he that, i'm not thinking

he would do what did he, he commits the stabbing of my fe. he snatched the necklace and the girl snatched pocket book from the seat and they both ran. >> reportemonday, police recruits canvassed the neighbor asking residents if they saw anything. >> a really heinous t. they're using this ruse as panhandlers to get attention of their would be victims. w and wet to caution the blic about engaging with paecandlers andnizing that not all of them have honest intent. >> there are some desperate people. they're trying tourt you. my wife didn't die in vain. personal condolences.

bob dole offers a salute. your 401(k)ook a hit today. what triggered it? and an update on metro fare cheaters. why the punishment is about to change. and a much colde day across our region. tomorrow we could see a couple snow fhekes outre but a much bigger storm for the weekend.mo in line aorhanc f to pay their respects. >> by this time tomorrow, president george h.w. bush will be back in his home state of texas.

these are hive pictures of the capitol rotunda. >> one of the most powerfulim es inside the rotunda was this salute from senator bob le to a fellow war veteran. in the last hour, we saw president and mrs. trump leave a face to face meeting wit the bush family. >> chris gordon is live with more on the crowds gathering to say their final farewells. >> the lines get longer and there is now a three-hour wait to get into the rotunda to pay