our goal was to have you as our president. >> and happening now at 6:00 in the charlottesville murder trial, how a self-described neo-nazi tried on sway the jury. in and m maryland forward. the school's new c footballch on repairing a reputation marred by the death of jordan mcnair. every decision will put the health and welfare of the students first. >> today, a private burial cemony at president bush's museum. >> the bush family going through this one more time after an emotional week of memorials.

today thousands of amecan service members and civilians lined up to say goodbye. just moments ago, the flyover. 21 fighter jets at one l tribute to a former navy pilot. jay gray joins us live from university. jay? >> reporter: that wflyover unbelievable and unparalleled in ae history of our nation. it has bee very special, very emotional day beginning in houston with family and friends and ending here if college station. at the president's final reffing place. today's service was private and personal. >> today we are gathered to celebrate the life mf a that we allad ed.

>> his oldest grand child and name sake, honoring him. >> george herbert walker bush was the most gracious, most decent, most humble man that i will ever know. >> his best friend andcr former ary of state jim baker struggling to say goodbye. >> our glory was to have y as president and as such, a friend. >> long before passing, george had askedis favorite group, the oak ridge boys, to sing. ♪ bright shining as the sun >> another favorite, reba mcintyre. ♪ for thine is the kingdom ♪ >> brought george w. bush to tears. as his flag draped casket left

for thsalast time. ths lined the streets and the train tracks as a locomotive bearing his name carried the 41st president back to the place he always felt most comfortable. at hissi wife'. >> the family and friends leaving t location. after almost 70 years sharing him with a nation, the bush family finally getting their chance to grieve and remember privately here at this final ceremony. >> some beautiful iges there. as the laid president is laid to rest, a man who once served as his attorney general is said to be the lding contender for thor current job opening. his name is william barr. he served as attorney general from 1991 to 1993. the r "washington posorts

president trump has told advisers, he plans to nominate barr, although the decision is not final until it is announced. in the meantime, the attorney general matthew whittaker remains in charge. closing arguments a just about over at the charlottesville murder trial of james fields he is accused of driving into a crowd of demonstrors, killing one and injuring more. there is no dispute that he is driving the car. is this a case ofdi preted first-degree murder? the closing arguments,ay prosecutors there's no question of that. as proof they point to the fact that fields sat in his car a couple blocks away fro the demonstrators, watching, just idling until he stepped on th gas.

>> prosecutors say james fields was angry. it was after all the violent clashes that the self-described neo-nazi drove his dodge charger into a you had confront counter demonstrators, killing heather h heyer and hurting many others. the question ist manner in whi drives it into the crowd is the same as a deadly weapon. the prosecutors point out there action as he backed his car up s first to get more running room. but in closing arguments the defense attorney says he acted in self-defense in fearful saying the whole weekend was tense and uncertain. and his attorneys reminded jurors of his sorrow after his

arrests when police say heather heyer had died, he broke into tears saying i'm sorry. closingre arguments expected to wrap up with not the hour and they believe the jury will begin tomorrow moing. they have ten charges in all to consider. the most important thingem for to decide. is it first or second-degree murder or a case of manslaughter?ng tur to our weather, all eyes are on the forecast for what promises to be a major winter stormate this weekend and early next week. >> of course, the question is, will that storm get anywhere near us? >> yeah. near us, yes. is it going to hit the d.c. metroarea? we don't think so. evenun a fredericksburg. you have a better chance seeing the storm coming u on sunday.

today, take look at the hig temperatures. you know it has been on the cool side. we're at 45 today. 36 toward pittsburgh. the temperature dropped fairly quickly. n, will feel a lot cooler. once ag just south of d.c. what is the latest on this? no matter where you live, we'll break it down for you coming up over the next hour. >> and just into the deadly shooting, police stay gunman on eastern avenue was a special police officer with a permit to carry a they say he was in plain clothes with his badge and g visible e h confronted her. this whole thing is still under

investigation. after a tragic few months, tonight, a new start for the university of maryland football team. the school introduced the brand new head coach today. tracee wilkins isive in college park with his message to the team and the university. has at we heard is that he an intimate love affair with the university of maryland. considering thisbe his dream job. it was coach locksley who helped recruit jordan mcnair. the player who died on the field during summer practice. >> this is a dream come true for me. >> he talk about accepting his dream job. he took a moment to thank marty air. mcnair's son jordan is the student who died after suffering a heat stroke during summer practice. >> our relationship goes back a

long way. our kids went to schoolto ther. we've tragically lost our kids. >> his own son was shot and killed last year. >> wave commonbond, man. when you lose a child, the circle of life isn't buried. >>today, he said locksley's return has given him hope that umd can come back from tragedy. >> i am so happy that coachck ey is home. he almost brought me to tears. his hume it, his caring for students. we will begin to heal and will begin to regain the confidence of the whole community. and he will be leadi that

effort. i every decisio make with these kids will be made as if they were md. own ch and that's not anything i've taken lightly. >> locksley was an assistant coach at the university of he knows how to recruit. something they're excited >> we know him intimately. they'll be safe and he'll do a great job. >> you know the comment by the local coach saying, want he wants to know his players are safe, he said he plans on heavily recruiting locally in this area. >> n he said he had comment other than to say he servedas a the pe of the board of regents. > d.c. police settl a lawsuit with the man who claimed

an officer sexually assaued him while frisking him and searching his pants. someone recorded theincident. it shows theffer touching his crotch and rear end. it call for financico ensation but no admission of wrongdoing by d.c. and remember the d.c. council overturned a measure known as initiative 77. now supporters are starting a new fight. >> it is a debate many thought was behind us. >> enough is enough. i don't think it is good for the city. >> first votersro appved initiative 77 requiring employers to pay tipped employees the same minimum wage .c e ry otherworker.

then the. council repealed it before it ever took effect.w hey're back on the streets fathering signatures. if they can collect 25,000 ballca signatures, then repeal the repeal. >> ts voter have the last say. >> according to people on both oides, it wouldn't even have to be voted on t challenge the ctw. if supporters col the 25,000 signatures and get certified to be on the ballot, would it notl force the first phase to take effect. it would require the district t hold a special election early next year. but there's a catch. thoe they only have six daysheo collect signatures. >> we are hopeful we can get there. >> pl meantelson who led the initiative to overturn 77 fears if they are successful, it will create confusion for emplers. >> it is not good for beiness

to hhe instability. >> yes, there might be a special election and there might be uncertainty but in that time tip workers willee they could get an increase to $4.50, $6 an hour and they'll see that the sky isn't falling. when we come back, only -- a serious problem for the parents of new infants. plus, the newsetting worse for redskins quarterback alex smith. a complication for his broken leg. leg. and santa showedp early

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there are new reports that have a lot of redskins fans concerned. not just for alex smith's return to the field but his overall health sherree joins us tonight with saying.e team is >> there's concern for redskins fans considering the health of alex smith according to multiple reports. dealing with infection after having multiple surgeries on a

broken leg. an injury that could be career threatening. today, reiterating the smith privacy. desire for according to the report, he is still in the hospital. he suffered that a injury threeost weeks ago. we are certainly sending best wishes to the smith family. we'll hear more about it.ws sports. a mother in d.c. says she's havi g a problemting something for her newborn that most of us take for granted, a social security number. tonight, an apology from the d.c.epartment of health.y >> bai hunter has everything a news.rn ne a loving mom, protective big sister and a lot of toys. what the 2-month-old doesn't have is the one thing she'll need the rest of her high of.

a social security number >> it is not just the social security card. it is not what do you at the e of your life. it is identification for everybody. >> she said after she gave birth at the hospital, she filleth ou necessary paper work and waited for the number and the card to come in. the same thing she did when she had quin week went by and another and another. somethingwras g. >> did it get lost in the mail? i'm thinng, didomeone steal it? do i need on get life lock? >> after more than a month, she called the social security administration. they said wasn't their problem. so she called the hospital and she said the problem was here in the records office. in a statement, the d.c. health department admitted as such saying the vital records was first made aware that ssa was not receiving enumeration of birth files inovember and immediately notified medical facilities. they've been work to trouble-shoot the issue.

what normally takes about two weeks to get a card is now about two months. >> the hospital ed more than 750 babies have been affected by the ba issue in the last two months. of all the things to worry about, this isn't one of them. but with a face like that looking back ought, it hard to get too upset. d fire and ems are no longer taking patients to d.c. providence hospital. they said they are s taking walk-in patients at the emergency department. the hospital is on the verge of shuttering but it is trying to keep the er open through end of april. the ma rt jo of patients are on medica medicaid. the hospital has lost millions of dollars in each of the last three years. well, christmas of course, still a few weeksway but santa came to town a bit early for some boys and girls at enova ch

dren's hospital. mer christmas to you. >> it is not a visit from santa unless you get to learn about a. sant say hi to the elves. >> merry christmas! and of akurse, te out the perfect presents. >> i heard you've beengouper this year. >> one patient knows his christmas wishful. >> what's theor most int thing you want f christmas? >> he was diagnosed with leukemia in second grade. >> i can't go to school. >> through it all, mason wants everyone to know he's kept up with schsl and alway made the honor roll. >> my kid is amazing.

i'll be honest. he is awesome, my hero. >> i needto do w i need to do. i need to let the doctors hp me. >> and today, santa's helpers are pitching in to make sure mason and all the other boys and girls. are just as amazing as they are. >>r did you bethan me. >> i love doing this. my greatest joy is knowing that i can bring anyon a smile or a little bit of joy. news4.o, >> that fire helmet was bigger than the kid. >> that looked like real santa. >> special to see mason there. >>next, tracking a winter storm that will be a bigroblem for that will be a bigroblem for some people this ekend.

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>> there you go. that's the lighting of the capitol christmas tree for the 2018 season. it will be one of the last official acts of paul ryan. he is retiring. that tree down there at the ellipse, do i that every year. i want something bigger. anyway. >> you want something bger at the capitol? >> no. at the ellipse.he just drape lights on there.. i don't kn >> you know, they've been doing this for dozens and dozens of years. >> absolutely. the last tree fell down because of the wind storm and i know it is not quite as big as y would like. i get it.

>> you're going to hear about this. i warn you. >> on theold sid for sure. a cold night. 43 degrees now. already 39 gaithersburg, 39, 38, manassas. we won't dro l quite as as we did last we've got a cold front. and it writes us some snow and some rain. this is way up in the wemosphere. ave cloud cover across the area because of the front. this will be a dry front when it moves on through. it will bring in someir cooler and rather breezy continues on our friday. so frida c will bell yiflt

saturday, cold. and we get to sunday and that's wher this storm comes in. bringing them a lot of rain and floodi flooding. eed rain but not the mud slides. upwards of 20 inches. look where this is. fredericksburg, williamstown, that's it. and for us, nothing, nada, zilce more cold air. if this moves up 30 miles, yeah, maybe. n i expecting much in the d.c. area. it mayorake aern jog here but as i've said fhe lastew days, i think it stays south.

staying on the cold side all the way through the middle of next week. all right, thank you. a child says he's been bullied at an afterschool program. news4 is looking into the abuse claims and talking to the boy's pas. >> reporter: you know that big shutdown that closed the yellow line brie for a few weeks? e'll look at why it was all necessary. that's coming up. and this is the time of year we see so manyoy homes des we see so manyoy homes des by fires that are preventable.

z339qz z16fz y339qy y16fy this afternoon a father feels betrayed by the people he chose the care for his son. t >>he boy came home from afterschool care in tears. he claims the students beat him up and the adults didpp wheot n to contact the facility >> this is his livelihood. >> i have my own dog walking and training business. >>e walks dogs in d.c.

he moved to waldorf, maryland, so he could be closer to his 7-year-old ayden. >> that's what i most enjoy, spending time with my son and my dogs. >> he paid for his son to attend skills unlimited. a sports focused facility that cares for kids before and after school. he says ayden was happy there. but last month, that changed. >> after a little while, he stopped crying and said two kids beat him up and theed punim in the face and the head. >> he had a concussion and told his dad that he told the supervisor and she didn't do anything. ayden also said in another incident that h same woman him with a-f fliplop. so he went to the charles county partment who confirmed that they have opened two invtigations into the allegations. but they couldn't comment any further.

skills unlimited just applied for a childcare license and they didn't have the proper pmit from the county to operate their business. ow the county hasowaunched theiinvestigation. we tried reaching out to the owner several times today. his business was closed and he didn't return our calls for comment. >> we feel betrayed. >> he is encouraging other parents to do extensive resforch trusting anyone with their chil >> in charles county, news4. by this time next year, hundreds of arlington county's young students may be adjusting to new school communities. the school board is preparing to vote on redistricting proposal. as david culver showed us, a surge of passionate responses. >> reporter: third graders, full

of energy. he is chaneling it into a plea. >> i would like to stay re >> he doesn't want to be separated fromisclassmates. >> to tear him away from his friends. after spending 47% of hisife there. that's a crime. the entire school was planning to stay together but to accommodate growth, they have pre pro-posed a restricting to move him to another school. >> we met parents who are frustrated. >> my children were walking to school and now there's no way that can enha >> some feeling misled by the leaders. >> i feelnt like the c should have done a better job communicating. >> irng it is challenging. >> he says this involves eight

elementary schools in all. and some 500 students. keep in mind there are more than 27,000 students in arlington schools. the average, 800 a year. they have to make room. >> we have to make sure withhe number of seats available and we're filling the seats. >> which makes diricting necessary and complicated. >> i am not against change. but it has to be supported a justified. right now they're speaking in front of soolboard. he said he homes whatever ppens, that it will lead to the creation of a newer,er stro community wherever they end up. news4. >> and back for a final look at the last phase of the farewell

to president george h.w. bush. >> it has just ended. the late president wil be buried next to his wife barbad their daughter robin who died when she was 3. >> earlier y,ton a funeral service in houston, the late president's long time friend and colleague jim baker paid tribute to what he called a life nobly lived. >> he phesessed classic virtues of our civilization. >> his decency, boundless kindness and consideration of others, his determination always to do the right thing, t same virtueshahat express is really best about this country. these sam ideals were known to and shared by our founding fathers. >> we have appreciated the pageantry and precision thi.

we were also struck today by the countles people lining the route of the train tha carried the late president's casket from houston to college station on a rainy thursday afternoon, peoplt opped what they were doing to pa their respects. >> quite a sendoff for the former prt. still to come. he ordered some shirts. he got a f boxl of other people's medical records. getting new response to a bizarre mix-up in maryland. some of us could see some snow. snow. most of

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christmas tree fires account for anrage of ten deaths everyyear. a dramatic demonstration your whole famy should see. >> in me whous take turns on who waters the christmas tree. that lasts for about a being. then we forget. soundfamiliar? if it does, watch this. on the left of your screen is a well watered christmas tree. on the right, a very dry tree. fire safety experts with the consumer product safety commission lit each one. ine dry tree is engulfed in flames. ess than a minute, a massive flashover happens. it demonstrates this live burn

each year to remind all of us how hids can turn tragic. >> the holidays come every year. it is time to take a a pause say to yourself, make sure you're extra reful. >> make sure your other candles are far away from curtains. if you are buying live tree this christmas, if you're touching the needles and they come off weasy,h just the slightest of touch, it is time go get rid of it. if you are buy a fake tree, make sure you buy one that is fire resistant. u can see more on our nbc 4 facebook page. thank you. ibuprofen for infants is being recalled because it could leadea toh problems including reason failure. the concern is a higher

concentration of ibuprofen than what is actually listed on the package. here's a look at the brands affected. equate infants, cvs health infants and family health yfants. ifou want more information, go to our app. and metro shutdown causing ripple effects. up next, only news4 takes you on to the tracks to see why it is needed. and doug is back with t full forecast

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every time metro shuts down a part of its lines, it is felt. >> the yellow line has been shuw down almost tks now. >> adamuss got a first hand look at the repairs. >> what we found wasn't pretty. crumbling cracking concrete just about everywhere. >> the rail starts moving. you have warning. it won't just fail. you start seeing it move. >> reporter: do you see this? look what's happening.te lilly crumbling. i can take them apart with my hands. they had to pour new concrete to make sure the rails in good

shape. ito bad in recent years trains have had to slow down cross the bridge and the workn' t easy. even on a sunny day, the wind is biting up here >> with the winter weather? there is a chance of snow this weekend. there is a need on inspect work and the team have been called into question recently. those who falsified reports are back on the job west asked about it. >> we're going to ask that everyone takes the classes. by the way, another major shut down happens this sum where the platforms will have to be rebuilt. on the yellow line bridge. adam tuss. news4. there is an update tonight to a story you saw first on

news4. a man ordered somere shirts from joseph a bank but got something he wasn't expecting. pages and pages of medical records. it was in connection to maryland physicians care. they'll update us when they have more informatden. it inc home addresses, dates of birth, bei.d. n and medical history. >> crazy to think, if this happened here, did this happen multiple times? are others getting packages like his? it isscarey. >> he tur them over to the police for safekeeping. doug is back and he is here to talk about an improvement.

>> that is the nional christmas tree. that should be the nicest christmas tree we have. to show you what we have o there, we're dealing with the cloud cover, some cool conditions, it's been on the cool sid the last couple days and guess what? we'll stay that way right through the weekend. 43 right now. the win out of the southwest at 8-miles-per-hour. with that wind, we won't cool a lot. cold atures not quite as as they were last night. still chilly. i left here at and we had frost. a lot of frost early this morning. 36 in winchester, 40n culpeper. still quite cold by the time you wake up. snow.in no, a very dry atmosphere. it is a cold front. it will move through with

another dry cold front. it will help the winds pick up. that will put windchills nocent 20s and 30s all day. another cold day even though we will see some sunshine tomorrow. and then we focus on this guy. this is the storm right this is a very potent storm. giving a lot of rain. southern california, around san diego. rain in through phoenix. this is the kind of storm el nino, this storm like so many, t exhis year, will come across the south and make its way toward the gulf of mexico. once it does that, iticksp a lot of moisture. you have a storm in texas and the southeast will gea a wallopin look how closee e to the storm.

in boone, north carolina, 16 to 20 inches. in our area,be this wil a little bit of a mix but mostly snow sunday night. look whe it is. fredericksburg. this is all very light around the fredericksburg area. it is heavier toward richmond. all this storm would have to do is shift to the north about 100 miles.th do that k will happen? probably not. am i completely writing this one off? no.nc what are the c of big time snow in the d.c. area? 2.6%. that's what i'm looking at. so you're telling me there is a chance. a very small chance. watching southern zones and rain/snow late sunday, early monday. if you're travelingi-95 early monday morning, it could be an

issue. tomorrow morni at the bus stop, it is chilly and it will stay that way all day. saturday, 42 degrees. 39 on sunday. with that broad chance of snow. >> all righ thank you. coming up, repor of a career threatening injuryex for al smith. what his teammates say about paying him a recent visit. first, here's lester holt with a look ahead to nightly news. the latest on the search for ve u.s. service members. ve u.s. service members. and a mother's plea for her 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, and kidney donation didn'tmal actcost jane a penny.few ds. i'm james brown. meet my friends jane and maurice. jane didn't know maurice, she just wanted to help someone in need and you can too.

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it just breaks your heart. alex smith's broken leg. it is threatening his return to football. we're learning smith is still in the hospil after breaking his wgs almost three weeks ago. smith dealingh an infection after having multiple surgeries. the reporter reports there is concern the injury could be careerdi ng. the redskins traded for smith this off-season. in a statement, the smith family thanks concerns and prayers and asking for privacy. time teammates have taken on see alex but they have this update. >> i was asked by alex's wife, his dad, his mom, not to reay go into any detailn this process. privacy. respect of i think when the time is right, alex will address the media and we'll go fro there. >> i will continue to pray for

him. >> you're not in the know with you they're still thinking about dou. >> this was the day of practice with the first teamers. how can he get a winith his first start sen 2015? ink we have to do moving forward in the offensive side to make sure that we're sucssful enough to be able to sustain drives and even be productive at all? >> it more important, where you want to be. you have all these plays in your head and you know they work with you your quarterback has been here two weeks. what's the best way for the redskins win? they need to put sanchez in, t peterson, i want to see more and let's run the ball. let's win se ugly games.

>> the football program is looking to move forward with the new head coach. ofck head coach ey took time to acknowledge marty mcnair, the father of the student who died this spring. they actually graduated in the same class in the same high school and they've been clo for years. coach locksley lost a child who was killed las year. with everything that has gone on at maryland over the last six months, locksley said he wants to bring the right cultural environment. locksley is a d.c. kid who grew up rooting for maryland. a place he coached for two different se what this sleeping giant looks like when it is up and running with a my threers you said the coach. >> we heard about all your

accomplishments. so we know we can expect that. your an you learn from experience as a head coach now? >> the consistency that he brings every day. it starts with the leadership. i feel really comfortable with all the meetings here. that we're all pulling in the samen. direct we'll get the program back to where our fans c be oud. >> it has been a very rocky time. no one really knew how maryland would move forward. i know that maryland got it right hiring coach locksley and i think it is onl up from here. >> for s aecond time this season, the komts will be without tom wilson. not suspension this time. he suffered a cou that cushion on tuesday in a loss to the vegas golden knights. it looked like his face kind of bounced off the ice. washingt lost the last two games there in arizona. they're goingis to tom wilson.

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. >> tonight, wild ride on wall street. whipla as the market plunges over 700 points after clawing back up as a chinese tech executive is rested. is trump's trade war truce falling apart. a midair col off the coast of japan. > the final farewell for george h.w. bush, a 21-jet flyover, thousands lining the tracks as his casket travels by train to the president's final resting place one last emotional funeral service. mudslides shutting down a major hide wagwaygwayhw. a plane skidding off a wet runway