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 their respects in what we are

told is a highly emotional this family says they feel fortunate. they were in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol where george h.w. bush lies in state. all of a sudden they saw sully, the president's service dog. ccllompa nied by the wounded warriors. >> it was truly moving. i teared up little bit. having never met president bush, i didn't expect myself to be so moved but he was a great man and did many, manyhings forur country until his death. >> reporter: this picture of sully went viral when it was posted sunday on twitter by jim mcgrath, the bush family spokesperson, with the headline, mission complete. he hold a speci place in the hearts of many of the veterans coming here to the capitol to honor his memory.

>> a disabled vet. principles and character matter to me as mll as to friends who died for this country. >> reporter: this man w rs a navy cap from the aircraft carrier named for president george h.w. bush. >> a great human ing, great president, a terrific family man. >> reporter: this family of immigrants came to pay their almosts. the mother from guatemala met her father. >> she had asylum. that's how she came here so she was very appreciative. >> reporter: george herbert walker bush wanted his presidency to be remembered as , kind gentler time. that's a look at the u.s. capitol. >> thank you.

>> it will be another emotional day tomorrow with the ceremony at national cathedral tomorrow. we'lbe starting at 10:00 a.m. as president bush's body will leave the capitol and head to the national cathedravi the sce is set to begin a 11:00. it's a lot colder out there. doug is talking snow in the ten-day forecast. and i hear we can see some snow tomorrow? >> a chance of flakes tomorrow.g not a deal at all across the region. although if you're in the western zones, those of you west of the blue ridge,rsperg, west virginia, you do have a chance of seeing some accumulating 41 degrees. the current temperature. a high of 62. we're now close to 20 degrees

colder than yesterday. 34 in hagerstown. the cold air isn place and it is not going anywhere any time soon. saw a lot of clouds across the area. the clouds are finally getting out of here. some snow around st. louis, kentucky, west virginia, that moves in during the day. we see chance of it and then a muchigger storm. what does that mea i'll talk more about that inn about 15 minutes. all right. thank yo >> they are applauding but many on wall street didn't find much to clap for. the dow jones industrial average closed with a loss of nearly 800 points. the s&p 500 dropped 3.2%. the trigger?

concerns that the u.s. china trade truce was not all it was backed up to be. there's concern that could it lead to a slowdown in the world economy. we're expecting a new court filing at any moment in the russia investigatn. it could shed light on what michael flynn has been telling the special counsel for the past year. and there's concern about jamal khashoggi. senators are angry about what they learned in a cia briefing today. ayne alexander will break it all down for us. >> reporter: the craft director was on the hill today after her absence from a briefingast week was criticized. they are even more convinced they have to act. >> reporter: a briefin from

gina haskell. for some, only further confirmation that the saudi government is to blame. >> i will now more convinced than i was before. >> reporter: that echoed even by a fender. criticizing the decision to stand with the ally. >> not a smoking gun. i find it difficult to do business. i think he is crazy. i think he is dangerous. he has put the relationship at risk. >> reporter: it comes amid anotherio vex for the white house.rt roueller ramping up his russia investigation. >> he poe essentially knows an awful lot about sanctions.

>> reporter: the latest in a string of developments with more on t wa friday, filing is expected for paul manafort. next week, sentencing for cohen.l the president's one-time lawyer and comfort dan. allmer members of president trump's inner circle. >> reporter: and his team says they are zrapg plea dealecause he lied to investigators. and erika, weould be learnin more about that alleged behavior friday. >> thank you. a big step forward into local lawsuits. theawsuit accuses mr. trump of profiting off the presidency. the subpoenas focus on answering three questions. which foreign governments are paying the trump hehotel, is the money going, and how the hotel is affecting the

hospitality industry in our area. because mr. trump never released his tax returns, it could provide the first look into the finances of hispi . this time of year, we all see leaves piled u in theyard. some of lust use leaf blowers bu today d.c. council banned gas-powered leaf blowers. rakes may be making a comeback. >>.che council isn't looking to ban leaf blowers entirely. it is the gas-powered blowers that will be banned in d.c. those gas-powered leaf blowers are a common sight this time year. the problem with them, they're too loud. >> the essence of the ill was to deal with noise. they're much noisier. as a byproduct, we will also be the beneficiaes of a better

violent because those particular machines throw out an awful lot of pollution. >> he says if they are forced to use battery powered leaf blowers -- >> that would really slow the process down substantially. >> the new law not only bans the use of s-gapowered blowers but stores would be banned as well. the gas-powered leaf blower ban wouldn't take effect until 2022. and there is always another option. the old-fashioned way.tr g push back to plans to build the biggest solarthlan on east coast. it would be in three sides in

western spotsylvania county. julie carey spoke to points and supporters before an important meeting tomorrownight. >> michael has lived in his rural spotsylvania county home for threeyears. only now, the trees and at his property line. those on the line clear cut to make way for the proposed panel facility. >> you cut offllhe trees. there's nothing but barren land. >> they want to build a massive solar power plant. >> this would be the fifth largest sol plant in the united states. the other four are in the desert southwest. all ten of these are nowhere near a residential area. >> reporter: they've joined forc to join concerned citizens of spotsylvania county.

>> it's just not right. >> reporter: they're worried about a heat effect. property damage and looking at this. but others welcome the new neighbor. he thinks thousands of sar panels will be an improvement. blessing. we can get some peace and quiet out here. >> reporter: charlie payne says the company plans to block out any view of the panels with berms and new vegetation. he says it is good for spotsylvania. elevating its status. >> this is our future. look who it is. i'm hook forward to seeing it happen. >> it will go before the board

of spoofrs. can it get much worse? >> coach gruden gave a report on colt mccoy's broken bone. a debate about a single parking space. one single space caused a big dust up in a local community. and former president george h.w. bush. the cov here.ontinues right

another tough break for the ns as another quarterback gets hurt. >> what are the odds of that g? happen while the timing couldn't be worse, the injury is not as bad as firstfeared. more on what we're learning about colt mccoy's first return or possible return. of redskins nation breathing the slightest sig relief that history is not completely repeating itsf for the redskins. colt mccoy originally thought to

be done for the season could possibly be back for the regular season game. maybe even the playoffs. although the playoff hopes will likely bemi dned by then. during today' conference call, coach gruds said there i a possible return. mark sanchez who signed two weds ago and h thrown a pass in the nfl in two years before last night. gruden did say they discussed bringing in colin kaepernick who hasn't played since the 2016 season. more on that later in sports. just a few weeks left i what has been a deadly year in the strict. th murders are up 40% from last

year. many of those remn unsolved. there is a new push from d.c. police to catch those responsible. >> reporter: four different murder ifsuspects, fourrent cases. police have their names and their pictures and they want them off the stree. >> it's a holiday season which is particularly difficult. let's bring the families some closure. if you know where they are, let us know so we can come get them. >> reporter: two of these guys wanted in two separate murders in the same bloody block. the 20-year-old wante for a broad daylight shooting death of a 20-year-old man back on november 26th. cameras caught him on camera but

he is sll out and about. and another onemi in . he, too, caught on camera. he too is still at large. and 48-year-old xavier done more and 28-year-old marcus whittaker, a suspect in a murder last sum order fourth street southeast. these murder victims didn't just drop inhe from sky. they have ties here, andhey can help the cops close these cases of murder. a panel will recommend no major changes deste several instances of bullets hitting homes. residents a some elected leaders became alarmed last may

when an outdoor shooting range hit several homes. the working group said studying the rules would be too difficult to enforce. there is a battle over parking in vienna, the argument to take away parking spaces so more bikes can park. >> reporter: 5 and, it has charm. character. it has traffic. lots of traffic heading to the shots here.

it has controversy about ting away a single street parking space to put in a bik rack. >> to take away parking is not fair to our businesses. >> repter: these bike racks seem to bese being for there different purposes more thanor bikes. >> every parking space mat orders church st as much as we want people to bike and to wall and that cuts down on traffic,eople drive. >> reporter: now this was theac al space where the bike corral was. you can see it is not that much space. for such a small area, it causeg some controversy. >> and a lot of people bikes in is area. >> reporter: he is a councilmember who believes taking away a parking space is justified. >> in my mind, still a question of how do you serveer the most nuf people? >> reporter: he argued while one

car takes up o spac using that same parking space for bikes allows a dozen or so cyclists to come to the same location. eut drivers don't seem to want the new bik area. >> not to take parking spe. >> yes. >> we need to be able to park our bikes and be convenient. >> reporter: so it has peen on hold until the town can figure out how many wheels they can accommodate. >> you'll to have see how that shakes up. >> it seems like a lot of fs over one parking space. the news4 team has been working this for months. and doug is tracking possible possible

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i'm doing my happy dance. >> some people not so excited when we talk about snowfall. i love snow. now the winter forecast, i said not much of snow in the way of de kmber. i'md of on the fence here, which one i really want. i'm still thinking it may stay to the south. out there now, just on the cold side. 41 degrees. down to about 36 degrees by 11:00. it will be a little on the bree side. we'll just see the chilly numbers. already, 36 in rockville. night.l be a cold a cold morning really. close to the average low. in the 30s in the city, after an averag high. we weren't even close to that. at least during afternoon hours. we saw a high in the afternoon. you can see, it got some snow associated with it. around st. louis and parts of illinois, indiana,kentucky,

toward virginia and west virginia. we're talking about some flurry activity around d.c. but back to the west winchester, areas like martinsburg. kack to the west, and i'm talking way b to the west. a big storm system making i way. it will really come onshore oves all and then it the way down toward the gulf. where will it be sunday into monday? that's what we're watching for. cold air is staying in here. watching that potential for a storm sunday into monday. as i mentioned, i thi it will stay a little farther to the south. more on what i'm expecting at 6:45. >> i guess we'll have to stay tuned once again.

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the d.c. council is vote to vote on decriminalizing cheating. a controversial plan but i has triggered fierce debate down to the wire. >> scott has the update. >> the plan is expected tod pas overwhelmingly within the ur. buthere does remain some strong disagreement about between d.c. leaders and the metro. who run >> reporter: fare cheating is rampant in the system. at just one location, police ha stopped more than 1,300 people for evading the fare this year.on the buses, nearly 50,00 passengers ride but fail to pay.

with this change, fare evaders would n longer face jail time but a fine and only in the district. >> people understood that criminalizing a small infraction like a $2 riden the train station was a bit too much. we're not saying that everyone should ride t train and go for free. but we are seeing locking people up is a bit too much. >> iwill create charges. >> reporter: and there are other criminal offenses. >> hundreds of times in the district alone and some of those warrants are for first-degree murder, sexually related of nses. >> reporter: the transit system said taxpayers lose millions of

dollars. cheaters are not limited to the district. >> i see people in maryland getting stopped for not paying their fare. >> the d.c. council expected to vote this within the hour. we'll have the results on news4 and on the nbc washington app. news4. >> thank you. jay gray is live on capitol hill documeghto jay? >> reporter: you're right. the lines are really starting to buil

we're seeing the lines and the people. thousands gathering t say one final job well done. thousands bracing against a cold washington brze. >> just look at the lines and e families here. >> reporter: some waiting hours to say gooye to president george h.w. bush. >> they were a remarkable family and itit started him. >> reporter: circling the flag-dwrapd coffin. those who worked with him. others never met him. all drawn here. >> he was a great role motel. >> rep joined this afternoon by his beloved service dog, ushering wheel chairs and visitors. in this moving remember the you'd, an old friend, bob dole, helped from his wheelchairor

one final salute. tomorrow, leaders from around j the world wiln president trump and the four living presidents to pay their respects. >> the biographer will be one of the speakers. geor w. bush, everything was chosen by thepresident's family. jay gray, nbc news, washington. switching gears, police are looking for two men after a woman was abducted from a metro stop and sexually resaulted. a look at one of those men. you can keep an eye out. monday morning, she wasat cked, helt held at gunpoint, assaulted in a car. she laterap e in d.c.

police are still searching for them tonight and they are peful these images that you're arrests.ad to some jurors in the charlottesville murder trial of mes fields are hearing and seeing his reaction just after he w arrested. the self-describ neo-nazi plowed his car intoup a g of demonstrators, killing heather hiier and woundingal sev others. he reatedly said he was sorry and didn't wantur tot anyone. todayrosecution rested its . case and the system getting credit sincehe grading schedule and snow trying to move our

way. a chance for flurry activity tomorrow. more on what could be a bigger storm through the weekend. take a look at this. the fire engine parade in vi roe going on for hannukkah. a cold night for it but everybody outhere enjoying it. much more on w

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>> more work to do. the progress that has been made is carly identifiable. it revealed that more than5,000 students graduated in 2017 without proof that they met the dwrad wags requirements. they left monitoring and procedure policy. a second audit was ordered and recommendations for improvement were made. it turns out, the school system has made progress. >> lotf good news here but it is clear there are some things that i would like to see clarified further. >> we took the recommendations from the audit seriously. >> reporter: according to the school interim ysceo, them has a new process for monitoring excessives grade cha and excessive absences. stricter controls on access. technology upgraded

and communication with staff and parents. >> our team worked extremely hard. in six months to implement 38 out of 40 recommendations. and i appreciate them acknowledging the work that our team has to do but we won't stop until we have 100%. system ter: the schoo will have an opportunity to respond to this report during next on's board of education meeting. in baltimore. tracee wilkins, news4. they promise toouelp y in an emergency. upxt ne, see what happened when the emergency alert buttons were put to the test. >> we found in most cases, they hindered getting help. and storm team 4 tracking snow.tl a l bit tomorrow and potentially a bit more in the ten-y forecast. da

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>> what if something happened and no one is there to help? she's considering buying an emergency alert device to help her keep her independence. >> if should just fall, i will push the buttonnd they will send help. >> but help may not come as quickly as she thinks. >> with the help of arlington county emergency communicationst , washington consumers checkbook recently tested 11 devices. only one ut tested can directly connect you. >> connecting your call to the support center. >> for the rest pressing the

button puts knew contact with the call center. >> is everything okay? >> the operator talks to you through the device to determine whether calling911 is necessary. they are consuming precious time. >> kit take up to three minutes. it is a response that youd nee right away. >> the medical deviceall centers weren't calling 911. instead they dialed a ten-digit number for fire and rescue, causing even longer delays. >> it will be in a lower prrity. any 911 call will take priority over them. >> location is another problem. the devices were tested in nineo

different sts including high s rises,gle story homes and outside in a park. most of the "medil alert" companies had trouble derrelling where our calls were coming from. >> we're in the 1,000block. we're a block or so off. they didn't really know where he was. >>n one case -- >> they're having difficulty. >> they couldn't even put us on a map. >> so i am now outside. >> it is still notclear. >> the checkbook says because of these issues, it simply cannot recommend most of the devices tested. >> when we started this. we home it would be useful but we found, it is a huge problem if you have a medanal emergency that's what they're advertising. >> this is my flip phone which i enjoy. >> and she may already have the

best option. in the palm of her hand. e. the obvious alternative is a cell ph if you can use your cell phone, they're far preferable. >> these companies always suest calling 911 as quick as possible. one company said that nine times out of ten when people press the button, they really don't need 911. they just want the company to call someone else such as a family member. in that case, these devices are a great option. so if you want to see all the options, we have link for you in our nbc app. pretty surprising. >> time to get grandma a cell phone. >> yes, thank you. >> we are taking you live back

to the capitol rotunda. that's jena bush haguer and her husband, henry hager. there's george w. bush in his role as a son this week and not so much a former enpres thanking people who have waited in line to pay their respects to his late father. >> and you're seeing barbara bush and her husband. stay with news4. presidenth. georg bush's funeral tomorrow, you can see it righ here on our nbc 4 app. itounds like we could have

some weather later in the day tomoow. >> it will be cold enough for some snow. snow showe t back fartherthe north and west. back along the blue ridge and poin to the west. let's look at how it is shaping up. 41 degrees no winds out of the west at eight milean hour. it doesn't sound like a lot but look at the windchill. downo 29. manassas, 36. even with the five to ten-mile-an-hour winds. it is just that windng blo your body heat away. the radar, nothing tohow currently. it is all during the day tomorrow from a system to the west. you can see b itk bringing some snow toward issues and parts of kentucky. again, i want to mention. not much from the i-95 corridor.

some snowfall in shenandoah. and toward the blue ridge, yeah, i think you might see little in the way of accumulating snowfall. at least a coating. maybe as as far as frederick. mof it remains to the west. down toward culpeper county. not a big it won't be a big deal at all. if you're hoping for sn, don't get your hopes up. a chance of flurries in the afternoon. the a temperatureund 40 degrees. a high of 40. enthat's degrees below average. 39 on saturday. we've got a couple of really cold days. friday, aittle breezy, too. then we get to the weekend. sunday into monday.

and so ny things going on with the system. we've got the cold air in place. two different jet streams. the polar jet. and we've got s thethern branch that drives storms toward the gulf of mexico. they're able to pick up moisture. if they phase, that means come together, that area of low essure can ride up along the coast. we're talking nor'easter. possible blizzard conditions and majorthsnow. won't happen with this. the nk the storm systems, jet streams are not able to come together. thisill be a southern slider. what does that mean? take a look at the moisture. way to the south. richmond, raleigh. ato big for them. the mountains of virginia, west virginia, you want to go skiing in boone? it will be cold enough, too. next tuesday, wednesday and thursday. if you made your ski reservations, you were really

smart this time of year. >> i feel like we're talking baseball terminology with the southern slider coming our way. >> thank you. c ing up, colin kaepernick n may be the quarterback

the redskins still felt confident colt mccoy could lead th to the playoffs. as he favorite of jay gruden's. with the final postseason push, it might be hard to have that same confidence. gecoy underwent sry on hison fractured cnue la this morning. in the conference call this morning, jay gruden sai return for mccoy in two to three weeks is possible but it is likely wishful thinking. mark sanchez who signed just two weeks ago, the emergency

quarterback, tight end jordan reed. so as the team looks to keep the playoffs hope alive, sunday's game will be sahez' first start sinceovember of 2015. sanchez went 13 of 21 for 100 yards. no touchdowns and one interception. for a guy who signed just a couple weeks ago, he may not know his teammates' names yet. >> i can't tell you how much i respecthose guys i can't name all of meem, who cap to me. not just because i'm new but all the guys who came up to me, hey, man, nang this. we understand, we know you're a vet but we understand. you'll do greatwe next . for a new guy on the team, that feels good. the first dayf high school where do i sit at lunch kind of thing. we have to put our head down and work hard and challenge each and go play our best.

>> with more on where the redskins go from here, here's brian mitchell. >> after losing smith, theen redskinsto mccoy. now you have mark sanchez. yeah, a lot of rumors and ughter going on with mark sanchez because of the butt fumble. he threw an interception. you know what? t threw 21 times. jayden has to understand, canngforward, mark sanchez throw football. run the football. use adrian peterson. if you don't, you'll have problems. >> with just one quarterback on the roster, the question is who will be t back-up? and colin kaepernhtk was bro up. he hasn't played since taking a never during the national anthem

protesting racial injustice. >> if writ week one, it would be a greater possibility. but at this point, to useso one with colin kaepernick's skill set, you're talking about a whole new group of formations and concepts. not a lot of time to get new quarterback and a new system taught and practiced. even talked about anddiscussed. probably go a different direction. >> so despite all the controversy, they did discuss bringing them in sayingou it be a nice fit for him. alex smith played a simil style. as you heard, kaepernick will not be brought in to r camp. i want to mention the caps playing in davis for the time since winning the stanley cup. that's later tonight. before we leave you, we want to take another look at some

video. this is actually a live picture. the formerresident george w. the formerresident george w. bush and his family justeft l al right, everyone. santa will e right back, but i just got to say, if you're going to ask him for tech this year, you got to ask for fios too. sorry, why is that? because fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. don't you guys want all of the tech on your wish list to work as awesomely as you dreamed? i'm back! and he's back. 100% fiber-optic network. 100% phenomenal. switch to fios gigabit connection, plus tv and phone with a 2-year agreement and get a year of amazon prime on us. james: this is jane. she's a busy consultant with an active lifestyle. jane is also a kidney donor. after donating her kidney to maurice, jane was back to her normal activities in just a few days. dn and kidney donation cost jane a penny. i'm james brown. meet my friends jane and maurice. jane didn't know maurice, she just wanteanto help someone in neeyou can too. to learn more about kidney donation

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