police raided the windows and then located and arrested 18-year-old dylan in baltimore. >> thank you to the community for coming forward and giving us those puzzle pieces. >> they know family. >> they're verynice. they're a little leery with their kids. >> he was shot at about 5:00 p.m. his cell phone and laptop were stolen. within about a half-hour, the

suspec suspect, his girlfriend tells me, that when she sawhe home screen, she was terribly upset. >> iot a feeling. there was a picture of a woman and two kids on the phone. as a home screen. i looked up steve wilson. i hoogd up his facebook. and i saw his family. and i compared the pictures on my android on the iphone. it was his phone. >> they said we are incredibly grateful to the experts who have worked nonstop to find the person who killed steven wilson. reporting from hanover, >> and a go fund me page has been started for stevewilson's family. they said they hope to use the money to pay to educate his two young, young children. now to a developing story in

alexandria. where a young woman who was shot this morningasas died. thisnly the fourth murder of the year. jackie bensen joins us. >> reporter: pole say the woman who shot is just 20 years d. she lives here in alexandria. shefs found just before 1a.00 she died a short time later at the hospital. a popular park with the recreation trail and homes run creek are on the other side. you'll remember it was pretty cold this morning. it is not clear if there are any

witnesses. we don't know how long the victim was here before she was located. we don't know who found her. >> we are keeping a close eye on the mid-atlantic as parts of the mid-atlantic brace for a storm. crewsre pre treating the roads. me hoe indications could see a foot of snow. >> tell us what we can expect in the v. >> we may see the storm get a little snow for areas south of washington. for the most part, l itks to stay. i'll have more of our future weatheup coming currently our temperatures are in the mid 30so low 40s. 36 in frederick right now. it was a cold day out ther

our official high, 44degrees. we're running 5 to 10 degrees below normal. our average high now at 49 degrees.a similar forecast monday and tuesday. temperatures only warming into the l 40s. this is where it is in texas. i'm going to be walking you through the weekend hr that hour. lettingan you know what you expect. lotsf breaking news coming in in the case against michael cohen. president trump's long time personal attorney. prosecutors in the southern district of new york are recommending substantial prison

time for coh after his guilty plea to a number of federal charaxs including evasion, making false charges to a financial institution and ils.gal campaign contribu they say in their memo to th judge, after cheating thers for years, ing, he is pleading guilty rather tn seeking a pardon does not make him a hero. there's also a separate part. we'reg tryo get information on that. the haste information from the prosecutors new york city. they want a substantial prison senten for michael cohen. meanwhile in charlottesville, jurors have reached a verdict that james

fields is guilty of driving into a crowd. julie carey is in that courtroom and monitoring. stay right here. a local high school is on edge after someone posted threatening messages. flying over north point high. the principal calling the threats disturbing. school administrators work the igate.f's office to inve and a group of middle school students walked to school after two schoo buses collided. after the aftermath, this is clinton. 32 studentsere on the buses. 19ent to the hospital to be checked out. none of the injuries is considered to be life threatening. well, you're probably

familiar with the stars system used to a rate hotel restaurants. now d.c. is using the same method to rate public schools. why it works and how critics claim it isfa . >> reporter: d.c. public school students get record cards and now t schools get them, too. it is like a yelp report. >> tools that our familie use as they make decisions abouh wh school or schools are best for their children. >> woodrow wilson high school in northwest toward the higher he said with four stars. >> we see schools earning four ings in every ward of our city. >> but ctics say the number of stars doesn't netly reflect how

good a school is. that it doesn't take into effect a socioeconomic fact. doesn't tell you how good the school is. >> it does take into account imovement and even the critics stay informion, like extracurricular activities andt her experience are helpful factors. and they can show what needs to improve. >> i don't want t leave the impression that it will close. >> and saturday they'll be >> to find out more about how individual schools rated this system, just open up the app and search report card.

a staff shake-up coming soon to the white house. chief of staff john kelly is expected to resign in thein c days. his departure has long been rumored. thing-year-old nick ayers, the chief to mike pence,id is consed the front-runner to replace kelly and tonight two others on their way in. >> reporter: president trumping his count. dethe pre says he will nominate william barr. a graduate of george washington university hospital got hist stn the 1970s working for the cia. he went on to serve as aunorney generar president george h.w. bush. six leaving the bush administration, he returned to private practiceor wking for a decade as the general counsel

for the president. and then trump is selecng heather nauert. she was an anchor at foxnews. she received her masters in journalism from chum university. with less than two years of government experience, critics are alreadyueioning her experience. both no, ma'minations will be l. one of the nation's most chilling, unsolved .crimes a woman described as a free spirit found strangled to death in her apartment. a stretch of proceeded hasa frus drivers for decades. could relief finally be on the way. the free surgery that's

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james fields guilty on all ten charges dwengs him including the most serious o charge first-degree murder. first-degree murder for driving his car into demonstrators after the unite the rightrally. killing heather heyer and injuring others. the jury said he had the intent to kill. that means they rected the defense's could not jection that he was so shaken by some of the the daha fdvi ctolesla lifshe e anderarli he acted in self-defe. thatrime also shootering the charlottesville community. t througs trial, there have been a lot of community activists for this decision. seated on one side, th mother of heather heyer. as you know, the 21-year-old

james fields was a lf escribed neo-nazi. he drove overnight to attend the unite the right rall it was after the clashes of the he ing had died down tha drove into that crowd killing heyer, injuring dozens of others. prosecutors said he came intending to harmful there was that meme we showed you that he showed a carng into protesters and also a text he wrote to his momd when she sai to be careful and he wrote, we are not the ones who need to be careful. an to it he attached aing that of aid. oner hi with you it was the fact that he sat alone in his car. watching the protestersback up for a momentum before h drove down the street and into the crowd. so guilty on all counts on

first-degree murder. i'm guessing the penalty phase monday.art on and that's carrying up to life in prison. >> and we're likely to hear froe he heyer's mother in. >> we will likely hear from her mothth and from mor a half cosmetic victims, including that woman from northern virginiaho had both legs broken by james fields' car. they'll all be ging impact statements. she was using her best life when someone killed her. she had a second cncet life. it is now been nine years since her murder and sti n arrests. news4's erika gonzalez has more on cold case that police are putting back in the

spotlight. for carlos, it hurts. >> the understanding someone telling you she is dead, doesn't really register. but it has registered now. >> his beloved sister murdered. it was 2009. they co-owned a restaurant. atmosphere as soon as you walk in the doors. she was a fixture there. her spirit as vibrant as her spirit. she had overcome some health issues and was determined to live life to the fullest. so she set out for som fun. ht she hadtho visited a couple locations, parties, et cetera, that day. >> she eventually made it home. this secity toage shows her walking into her apartment how

soon. it was the last time anyone would see her alive. carlos went to check on his sister. she had been murdered. strangled. police recovered dna from the scene. they've interviewed people. some multiple times b they keep coming up ort. >> imagine how good she or she is. there is ar murde out there. >> she said she feels the case has lost police say the murde remain an ongoinginstigation.

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are we confident now? >> maybe a few flurriesunday night but it won't amount to anything. i'm still keeping an eye back through fredericksburg. take a look at the test watches and warnings. you see purple, pink and blue. those are winter st fm warnings get for a good portion of western north carolina. the areas in green are flood concerns from the storm system as well. so the southeastealingith a set. it is so c to us. the computer models in agreement that we will be dry. and tomorrow, completely dry. 42 degrees with increasing clouds throughout the day.

watching southern maryland, you might see light snow late sunday into early morning. notice chances are pretty low to start out. 20%, 30%, extreme southern maryland. a 30% chance of light snow. maybe flurries flying in parts of charles county southern prince charles county. if you're north of 66, you are completely dry out s thereday night into nday. this is justne computer model. sunday evening at 7:00 p.m., down into charles county, staying completely dry.

some heavy snow is possible down toward richmond. we look to miss out with highs in the low 40s. i'll have more on the ten-day forecast. if you've ever driven south on 95, you know what i'm talking about. one of the worst bottlenecks in our area. officials are trying to fix that problem that has been plaguin you drivers for decades. we've grown accustomed to ambe alerts. a billamed in n people aren't talking about how giant's delicious nature's promise turkey is free from antibiotics. they're not talking about our easy grab and go chicken wing trays.

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hour. two parents are hoping it will be saving the lives of others. this afternoon a majorfo st rward for a new law to protect missing people. such as ashanti. tracee wilkins has new reaction. >> she find ofl through the cracks in our system. >> today, virginia's u.s. senator mark warner explains that hanti fel between the amber and silver alert systems and off the grug. night the u.s. senate unanimously passed an alert system for victim a shan'ti. >> we could do something to prevent this. >> she was abducted from naval base in hampton roads, virginia,

in 2017. her family who lived in prince george's county had to depend on social media to get the word out. >> their daughter is missing and they have to kd of on their own post messages, walk thehb nehood. >> her body was discovered weeks fter she went missing the t church. this act is designed to help adults between 19 and 55 a who taken against their will. her mom discusseshat it means. >> every time we see it, it will be like a hug coming fromo her us. it will be like hey, mom, dad, i'm okay. i'm still helping people likwh i was here. >> the ashantly ti act needs to

back to the senate. >> it is alreadyn the law virginia but this legislation would expand this program to the entire country. a d.c. comkidnapped from their own home. we have new video that's the puck is following the couple into a convenience store and washing while they get cash. more on theirgh fning night that began in their own bedroomr ang to the victim, the couple were asleep in their bed in northeast d.c. about 3:00 in the morning. allf audden they noticed the lights went on and their dogst ted barking. they looked up and saw a man

wanting cash. they gotnto their car and drove him to an atm. the man and woman drove he suspect a few blocks away tonu florida a looking for an atm. when they couldn't find one there,hey turnedaround. >> they came to this gas station. looking for an m. when they got here, they found that the atm was broken. so they went to a third location across the street. surveillance video from the store showed the victim walk into the store, followed by theu ect, wearing the backpack. once inside the store, the suspect follo c theple and watches as they withdraw $200 from the >> after the suspect gave the victims back their belongings, he tookff down this alley. the victims got in the car and went home where they discovered he hadansacked the downstairs of their home before going upstairs to their droom. thatackpack was filled with their belongings. mark segraves, news4.

he said gop lawkers focused a whole lot on clinton'l e- he said a transcript of the six-hour interview will bore you. republicans say comey is that other justice deparsent officiere biased against donald trump for investigating his campaign ties w hrussia. and clearing clinton for using a private e-mail server. moments ago the president tw ted thatthis. he called comey lincoln jes comey and claims the department told the fbi director not t answer important questions. comey said he'll be back at the capitol for another closed door interview later this month.

covering prince william county where a deal is in the works to fix one of the area's worst bottlenecks. if you've driven on i-95 south, you know it well. it creates massive back-ups. the problem started when the new express haines were built. becaus of the state's contract, no changes can be made on i-95 that could hurt the toll revenue. according to inside nova, lawmakers have negotiated a plan to addene lan in each ourection. an announcement come as early as next month. curiosity sfarparks the neeo explore. why a science sitter is this week's harris's hereo. and we're already down to 39 degrs after a high today of

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redskins running back bikap s is supporting his home town of chicago. he is shining a light on gun violence. >> i'll do my best in my lifetime to help keep that light there and everybody will rally together and help with this violence going on in our city. >> his charity of choice provides school supplies. some young journalists in our area are helping. this is the inaugural scholars. for many years, jim vance paid to tuition for students in that school. now a select group of dedicated young journalist there's get a full four-year tuition scholarship. we spoke to one of the fou

students chosen. >> it is the only thing i want to do with my life. >> we wan to make sure all the students in the dmv have the opportunity to learn in the tradition of jim vance, to make sure his legacy tips. >> there are 11 vance scholars in this inaugural next spring the school breaks ground on a new media center with a brodicast s and equipment to hp scholars learn our craft. when we come back, a gd medal recipient, a veteran of three wars and an air force record holder. now at 99, this tuskegee airman is returning to the skies. we'll have his story straight ahead. generally when you have police and firefighters showing up at soone's house, it suggests an emergency. tonight, here in arlington, these first responders entering

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flags are flying atff half-scross the country to mark the occasion. ey are laying wreaths to honor the servi members and civilians who were killed. nonof these people were there en it happened but they say emembering the day is important. >> you have to commemorate the fallen guys. you have to take care of those guys. >> the first pearl harbor remembrance day was observed in 1994.

>> and one year after that attack in pearl harbor, a local air force pilot was called to service of the he later became one of the tuskegee airmen. today is his birthday.s thisharles mcgee. >> when you are 99 years old like charles mcgee -- >> i was born in 1919. >> and you observed a sregated society, you've earned the right to say life isn always easy. >> fortunately, the integrated portion overrode segregation. >> whenhe odds are against you and you're facing adversity, he will tell you, perseverance and hard work will always get you through. in 1942, and during the height of world war ii -- >> this is my picture at graduation. >> mcgee was called to serve. >> the policy at that time, they

were saying they couldn't use any black pilots. >> but he e took pilotsm and passed. a few months later he was sent to training in tuskegee, where black pilots were trained. little did he know he was about to be called a tuskegee it was called the u.s. army air corps. >> the 332nd fire group. they escorted our bombers. >>we they re fighter and bomber jet pilots who would fly more than,0 1500 individual attacks during world war ii. theirerformance was so impressiveth it led to e integration of the u.s. armed forces. >> his talent was undeniable. he became a colonel and he served in the korean and vietnam war completing more than 409 missions. he is living proof that even through adversity, you can ee

su >> always doing your best. >> he is kind of amazing. to celebrate his 99th birthday, he'll be flying in a state-of-the-art jet tomorrow heading to hampton roads for celebratory lunch before goio back bethesda. one of the best ways to get ildren interested in had science andh m and engineering, they're doing just that. inspiring a love of learning. >> would you believe the next generation of scientists are right here in fairfax? it is called the children's science center.

the people who rin pmise to make sings sun. >> we have a fieldf trip elementary school students. and they are having a ton of sun in science and engineering. they're doing experiments, tinkering and they're exploring. students rotate among several exhibit rooms like this lab where fourth gngders are se the science they read tout in textbooks document life. y're having a great time. lots of laughter. i think it gives them the freedom, not having to be sitting in a classroom listening. >> they can even tie. if they e, what happens? exactly. > we might be learning about speck tomettory, and the wind amnnel. >> it out good. >> the kids aren't the only one learning. >> this is great. i'm even enjoying and learning

things. >> i came here first as a chaperone with my son's olass a field trip. somebody asked him later on, hey, do you think when you grow up, would you want to work here? and he said may be. and i was standing behind him thinking, yeah, it's just a fun place. >> the central takes experiments on the road. >> it is really critical to make sure we expose all children to the wonders of >> and the students really do find it wonderful. >> we've already asked if we can come as a family. >> good job, good job. >> it's notch justl field trips. anyone can stop by and visit the facility. you can check out our nbc washington app and search harrison's eshe

amelia draper is here to tell us, what's coming? >> we'll be dry in the d.c. metro area. n you're southern maryland, spotsylvania, culpeper, you might see aite light snow. you'ring who at four different computer models. notice how all of them are in od agreement that washington stays cpletely dry. we head further to theeast. norfolk, some rain out that way and some of them you can see, inging a little snow and a wintry mix to the most e reme parts of southern maryland. even this where a snowstorm is looking at a long shot. at 2 to 30%.

really low at about 10%. the chill is in the air. as you'r heading out and about, have the pep ermt latte. it will be really cold out there. d 29rees with moips skies. clouds increase throughout the day as the storm system starts to move the area. into parts of the southeast and the mid-atlantic. some sunshine is posstle. we start 30 degrees and a hight 40. and notice i'm keeping the entire weekend dry. there is there is a 20 to 30% ance of snow. if it does ldhappen, it we a low to moderate impact. notice areas like stafford,

fredericksburg, king george, la plata, down toward the leonardtown area.u' want to pay close attention to the forecast. we're looking at a high likely hoodf this being a low impact event. if you're getting the tree it will be cold but dr for sunday, want the warm jackets. f and thenex field sunday afternoon. temperatures only in the 30s. that's cold. definitely the warm jacket.y event high is running below normal. on monday we have increasing suhine as the storm system pulls away from the area. still chilly with highs in the mid 40s. next freeway, and next saturday,

there's anc c of rain. it will be the wetst year ever. >> we' continuing to follow the breaking news. the verdict in the charlottesville murder trial. more to come at the top of the hour. >> plus, a local veteran went all out to celebrate the holidays. after his death, his family stopped celebrating. and a reminder, arlington memorial bridge shut down this weekend for somesi int repairs and work. here's what will happen. the entire bridge is blocked from 9:00 p.m. friy until monday morning. sunday, redskins versus giants. 1:00 p.m. there at fedex field. no yellow line service this weekend because of the repairs

on the bridge. normal service resumes monday. regular intervals on the red line. blue line trains every 16 to 20e minu minu ands. i had life-treatening bleeding in my brain. but thanks to the virtual reality technology at gw hospital, my surgeons were able to look inside my brain and plan for a successful surgery. it's remarkable that i woke up and ran five miles this morning. i would tell gw hospital thank you for giving me new life. for life's defining moments the george washington univeristy hospital defining medicine.

first responders are noter to put out a fire or investigate a crime. as david culver says, they're there to say thank you for your service. the family home is getting all decked out for the liys. william vaughn started the decorating. his ten children checking >> it just brings us all closer together. >> his wife fondly remembering the mess >> everything around, the lights and all that in the yard. yes. >> married to william more than 40 years, they went through a lot. the earl sent him to vietnam twice. he was injured but still loved the adition. >> he was an amazing man. >> the last time he decorated the house was 20 years ago. just before he passed away. it has been too much work for the family to do without until now. >> so this is just in memory of

him. just bringing back a lot of good tmories. >> stepping up deliver the warm memories, volunteers with decorate a vet. strangers wanting to honor his sacrifice. >> i love it. >> i'm shocked. >> off camera,te her dau had to plane is why all these folks showed up. my head is turning this way and this way. i wanted to know what was going on. they love me. >> a community's gratitude for a service to nation. shown through christmas cheed da culver. news4. breaking at 6:00.

guilty of first-degree murder. t inhe last hour, a unanimous verdict in the jury in the charlottesville murder trial. white house shake-up. president trump announces major administration posts as we get neio revel from robert mueller's court filings. and the model home murder. police connect the dots between a deadly shooting and a stolen cell phone. >> we would not have gotten this done i 31 hours without you. news4 begin with breaking news. >> a lot of breaking news to get to. right o of th gate at 6:00. big developments. t first, verdict in charlottesville. the jury took most of the day to find james alex fields guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of heather heyer last year. they returned the verdict aut an hour ago. julie careyn charlottesville

with reaction. >> reporter: thiis the verdict the friends and family had hoped for after a crime that rocked this community. with theiron deci jurors have found that james fields had an intent to kill. it has been a verynimotional t at the courthouse. take a look at some video. this is his mother leaving the court. she declined comment. james shields faces up to life in prison. a self-described nam-nazie from his them to charlottesville