ready to tell all after the russian probe ends. >> cohenpe will time behind bars for a series of crimes that included arrange iing the payme of hush money to two women. he said that cash was paid at the direction of mr. trump and the scandal could damage trump's presidency. the judge said that cohen deserves some cre for his decision over the summe to ed admit guilt and cooperl e in a fedevestigation into russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential lx. moments before learning his fate, he told the court h blamed himself for the conduct that brought him ere. pete williams broke down what happenedod in court. >> these pence report recommended something just shy of four years, so the judge is on the low end o the sentencing guidelines here, three years in prison. cohen spoke to the court today saying that he lost his way,

that his blind loyalty to trump led him to choose can darkness overdnight. >> ko goes to prison march 6th. tonight we have more breaking news involving the president and the women who claim to have had sexual encounters with him. the company that publishes the inational inquirer admitt paid $150,000 in hush money to silence then presidential candidate donald trump prior to the 20 election. they will avoid prosecution by stipulating it workedith trump's campaign to buy the silence of two women ahead of the vote two years ago. the practice known as catch and kill paid women for the ive rights to their stor with the intention of never actually publishing them. at the live desk, erika o gonzalez, backu guys. >> thank you. congress has nine days left to avoid aossible government shutdown and the president is no closer to coming to any kind of agreement with democrats the major sticking point.

that border wall. afte yesterday's testy oval the meeting, the president refuses to back off his request for $5 billion for a wall. demoanats are offering less th a third of that for border security and no wall. the president says he would be proud to shut down the government if he doesn't get wall funding. president trump appears to beye usingerday's attack in france as leverage to build his wall here. the president kalled it a very bad attack and said it was reason to strengthen our borders even more. france raised its security threat level to the highest alert level today and it's also strengthening its own border controls as the search for the man accused of carrying out the shooting that killed two people at the christmas market. the country says the suspect is known to intelligence agencies and did exchange fire with police before escaping. n a to stinging lawsuit filed tod against the prince

georges county police department. 13 officers have come forward accu ng department leadershi of discrimination and retaliation. the minority officers say they were punished tr reporting othea officers behavior. the bureau chief has been ahead of the the story. >> some of the folks that like to have the jobs atrein, they are asking for new leadership and oversight here in the police department. today there was a press conference shortly after this suit was filed in federal court. we sat down to talk to a number of the officers who were included in the complaint. here's what they had to say about what's going on in the department. >> this complaint started with the community. and what i mean by that is that we witnessed some offoiers

things to the the community and then we spoke out. >> these currentme and f prince georg county police officer police officers received preferential treatment. part of a civil suit filed in court today. they are among 13 officers nam t suit. >> we have so much racial divide within the police department thatee can't effective and efficient. we really can't. >> i think the morale is probably at the low nest my 20 years. >> it' discrimination from the leadership thatel shows i in ransfers under discipline terminations and they say it's so bad some officers choose not tot rep wrong doing by white officers >> in fear of going out there and not having backup because once you speak up, there's no backup. >> these officers are calling for new leadership saying the problems that existed have gotten much worse.

newly elected executiv who supports the chief in large pare his to say about the suit today. >> i appreciate him bringing yoncerns to our attention. they did it way of a lawsuit. i haven't had a chance to read it. i appreciate their advocacy and i will take a look at it and take whatever action we believe is necessary. >> reporter:he prince georges county police department spokesperson says unfortunately they cannot comment because of the pending litigation, but did hear as et we saw from the county executive this comes as the u.s. department of justice is conti into similar accusations made by officers here. there are nearly 120 officers signed on to that complaint. reportinglive, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. allegations against a priest already charged with sexuallyab ing a child. claims he sexually touched a

9-year-old and a woman. the new claims come a month after the 46-year-old was charged with child sexual abuse. the washington arch diocese has removed him from the position. the d.c. church is one of the largest predominantly latino parishes. among those who died in a training acciden off the coast of japan. he's one of five service members declared dead after two military planes collided during a training exercise last week. herseman was 38 and leaves behi a wife and three children. herman attended hilton hig school and h parents live in stafford. chopper 4 over the scene of a big truck fire earlier today inlargo. the truck was fully engaged in flames in a parking lot not far from the commuty college. firefighters got to the scene and quickly knocked the fire down. no one was in the truck now not ly and right clear exactly how that fire

started.to now we tur scare for d.c. first responders. firefighters called out to a home in northwest to find dangerous levels of carbon monoxide there. >> there was no detector in the house, but if somethi w firefightee wearing that may have saved them and a man inside. >> dar spencer spetell us about this life-saving tool. >> reporter: d.c. battalion chief saysf oneese devices potentially saved the lives of a fsident andirefighters last night.or it's a pble carbon monoxide detect carried by firefighte firefighters. it the unit sounded as soon as medics walked sba the houst in northwc. alerting them there were dangerous levels of the odorless gas in the home. the original call was fo fa man down unknown reasons. they found the victim unconscious and took him to the hospital. >> we carry a carbon monoxide et detector on all units. ju in case, when we walk in,

petarted to alarm and notified them that thion may be carbocious because of monoxide. >> the detectors save lives who get an early warning. in this case, there were potentially fatal levels of co in the home caused by a faulty furnace. >> 200 parts per million. >> he sev is that? >> over a long period of time, it will cause death. in the short-term, it causes headaches, nausea,tivo. >> adam lives nearby. his house had to be ventilated because levels were elevated there too. he said this experience has him aking action today. >> the departmened if we have a carbon monoxide sensor and we never thoug about it before. i'm going to get two this morning. that's why i'm already out here. >> reporter: the good news is the man traported here last night is expected to be okay. firefighters say this is is a warning to everyone you need to have a worng co detector in

your home. darcy spencer, news 4. >> yill soon pay more if you take the toll road. $1.25 increaseill begin january 1st. state officials say it's needed to pay for phase 2 of the silver line, but some lawmakers aren't idea.on the they will hold the protest at 5:00 at the dulles airport. they want airlines to shoulder a bigger tax burden. they are proposing ending the fuel tax break and directing that money towards the silver line project. ahead at 5:00 chris gordon explains how the proposal would work. let's talk about the weather now. we had something of a urrmal tempertoday. but we have a bit of a break from the cold. and from the rain, but that's about to change. >> back to that. let's go now to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer who is tracking what's coming at thend of theweek. >> tolls goingp on the toll

road again. and rain again. we have that coming in too across the area. a look at the numbers right now, age high is 48 degrees. so we're just below that. and it wasn't quite as cold this morning, but it was pretty . chil that brings the rain on friday i and right now does look like the weekend will also have rain associated with it too. we're going to talk more about dry today and tomorrow rain chances friday and into the weekend. and likely becoming the wettest year on record. oing toi say if we're break some records, let's break some records. more on this coming up. >> no half stepping here. >> thank you. coming up next at 4:00, crime concerns at a local mall. >> what police want you to know a day after a shocking crime

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a live l at the city there. you see the washington monument on the sm een there. stam 4 is tracking a system that's bringing a lot of rain to our area. doug is back with us in three minutes with a lock at how long the quiet swl going to last before we get soaked again. new information about a stabbing in westfield mall that left a man critically jurd. police are now bee up security. >> meagan fitzgerald joins us mall.rom the she has a look at the changes being put in place. >> reporter: police say they have increased the number of police officers patrolling inside and outside of the mall. that includes undercover ofcers because crime here has become a concern. it's one of th busiest times of the year where folks are out and about d trying to get their holiday shopping done. >> a little bit of holiday

shopping. just trying to go to the macy's er here. >> reporter: but safety is a big concern and for good reason. it's pretty frightenin >> reporter: tuesday evening just before 5:00 a man was stabbed just outside of a stfre in the wld shopping center. then last month there was a shooting in the parking lot. police say in both cases the suspects knew the victim, but even still, som shoppers say they don't feel safe. >> ihink with should all shop don't be out late. pray you're not in the middle of something. >> police say the suspect is is still on the run. that victim is in criticalt. season toni back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. new at, 4: you watch her every day before news 4. now ellenegeres is showing a different side of herself in an interview with the "new york times." he's alk show host says

consistently thought of leaving the talk show because in a way aye she feels boxed in creati crea svely. she sa wanted to show all of me. the talk show is me but i'm also playing acharacter. there's a a tiny, tiny bit. of difference. earth ellen released a new series o netflix called "relatable" how her celebrity has made her less relatable and how she may seemn her show. she's signed on through the summer of 2020. if that change, we'll let you know. >> fascinating. it's a show that brings so much happiness so you hope. she's thinking about that, but that would be a tough one if she waat to get away from >> i wonder what would she do next. >> we wdt to f out about the

weather. >> if we're going to break some records, let's do it. need half an inch to break the wettest record. let's break it by aninch. let's suffer some more. we have the cloud cover across the area a onin a cooler than average da right now at 45 degrees. winds out of the south at 8ho miles pe. we're going to continue to see the clouds on through the rest of the night. 44 in kul bicculpepper. we're not talking about a real cold day, it's just on the cooler side today. relatively speaking. we have a system that's making its way through. you can see it has brought some flurry activity. t a lot. i was looking at west virginia.w bun't even snowing there. this is a fairly dry front. behind it we see warmer air. tomorrow we'll see some warmer air moving in. it is going to bring in milder air tomorrow.

so beggars can't be choosers. take look at what we've got. we have cloud cover here, but we're watching this storm back to the west. t makes its way and brings us rain it's going to be a mess we think for dinner and late night getting out of the movies. the rain will be coming down. at least half an inch to upwards of an inch on friday night. and then on saturday, we watch this areaf low pressure. i talked to you about this yesterday. it's saying a lot ofom ctepur models had this moving to the south meaning a drier weekend. now most of them have it coming across our region. we haven't seen much in the way of drier weekends. as five wettest years, 2018 of right now is third wettest. thes wettest 1889.

we're going to see temperatures tomorrow right around thate averigh of 49 degrees. most areas will be okay. i think we see a little sun t.morrow. but not a whole rain on friday. 48 degrees there. and then 52 on saturday. i at least we' the 50s. back to 46 on sunday. 100% chance of rain. 70% chance of rain.e 60% cha of showers. saturday and sunday will be fairly light. heaviest will be friday night into saturday. what to expect, we have that u comiat 4:45. >> i80 do remember the. abe lincoln went to high school after me. i'm man muffo admit it. coming up, a sign of the mes. >> only on news 4, a look at a once popular. shopping mall being completelye transfed.

felicity jones tells us wha it was like playing ruth bader nsburg. we have that coming up on news 4 at 4:00.

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the stars moments after they met the notorious rbg. >> by the timehe stars came down the red carpet, they had just met rh bader begins burg and had the moment. she went against tax law discrimination and we asked felicity jones what rbg thought of her portrayal. >> i don't want to toot my own horn, but she said she can't imagine anyone else playing the role. we look up to her because she's had such integrity and someone who lives by her principles from the beginning. > she gives opinions for a living. so does her opinion make you more confident? >> clearly the supreme court has

vod. he was checkinin with her. >> what was it like having a supreme court justice chime in on your film? >> she read the screen play. she would go through it. like page one you have me wearing heels. but in those days i walked to school to her credit, she never gave me a note thatame from a place of ego. she never said i stomaumble her. you make maslook bad. itlways she wanted the law to be right. she wanted the way the law is practiced to be right and my uncle martin to be right. >> did she have any decision about uncle martin being army hammer? >> she loved the fact her husband is army hammer. >> i heard that she was a little impressed you were playi >> that's nice to hear.

it's better than the alternative. >> you can rest easy. rbg liked the movie. comes out on christmasday. it's neat because so many millennials ve ab idea of her as this superhero, but to learn about her earlier life and what put her on that path is really something. t could be something ver inspirational in a way because it sort of demythology jazs r and she turns into a human being that could beul ed. >> last night they said she's in good health and he was there. in her own part of th archive so you didn't get to meet her, but she's doing well after her recentealth scare. >> he's a tough lady. >> can't wait to see that. new c up, old bay and bay. the seasoning situation set to spice up a courtroom. how happy are yout work?

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campaign finance violations and crimes. and he's blaming president trump. >> cohen's downfall is going t be a dramatic chapter in the books in american history. and it's not over yet. >> cohen asked for no jail time, but the judge determined level of cooperation with prosecutors was not enough to wipe the slate clean. once president trump's personal attorney and fixer, today michael cohen is a convicted felon facing three years in a federal prison. the charges bank and tax fraud, lying to congress about a project and campaign finance violations for paying two women before the 2016 election to keep silent about alleged affairs with the president. cohen who said he would take a bullet for the president told the judge he felt it was his duty to cover up the dirt deeds of president trump, he said

to d loyalty chose him choose darkness. cohen said the president directed him to make the hush money payment to keep the affairs from hurting his election prospects. tpresident trump contends payments were private transactions and not subject to campaign finance laws. cohen is the latest person once in the intercircle to be indicted or plead guilty in special counsel robert mueller's investigation in the tampering in the election. >> any time former lawyer of yours j goes l is probably not a good day. i have yet to see evidence of collusion. that's what started the mueller investigation to begin with. >> as for cohen, his attorney says he looks forward to an kpropriate time when he will reveal all hews about president trump. and cohen has to surrender by march 6 to start serving his

sentence. >> thank you. breaking news, more cas of a potentially dangerous virus reported at the university of maryland. >> our partners are breaking this nestory. 4 just confirmed the number of student who is tted positive up to 35 now.at an increase of 5 over the last week. ie 18-year-old freshman from howard county d from complications back in november. yesterday the school said it bes going to spending the holiday week disinfecting the entire campus. > right now at 4:00, a woman from our area is being forcedeko sanctuary. she came to the u.s. with her family more than a decade ago, but recently faced deportation. now a church inethesda is stepping up to help our sister station was there during a ceremony to help pray for her and her family. >> reporter: she's staying here at cedar lane church in a last

effort to avoid being separated from her children. today members of the member and faith leaders held a ceremony for rosa. she faces atdepon, which could separate from her three children who are 11, 9 and 6 years old. the youngest of which has downs syndrome and all three are american citizens. rosa fled evalue savl doer seeking asylum. she's been checking into and everyn every yea two weeks since last year. but on monday she was ordered to buy a plane ticket to else savl doernd orselfsalvador a self-de.

>> reporter: she says she will stay here at this church until a judge will review her case once again. >> the federal government has taken a tumble this year. a survey released shows jobsf satiaction fell at 60% of the agencies across the federal government. >> much of that nose dive is attributed to president trump and his often combattive stance towards bureaucracy. some were at the education department, protection bureau and at the state department. >> who around here is not familiar with old day spice? >> if you eat crabs, you are. old bay goes hand in hand. but now there's a new kid on the block that's shaking things up. >> it's called new bay.

we have the story. >> the short of the lg is it's not going so launched in 2017 organic seasoning great for crabs, bloody marys, french fries. its maker thought it wasaying homage to the mccormick giant old babysing the play on words. mccormick was notd.flatte the daily record reports it's suing the maker of new bae. it uses tag lines like out with thld and in with the new to capitalize on old bay's fame. primal pal let has not responded for comment. >> a little too cute. they hadn't gone b that far. >> thanks. ayhe hol shopping rush is in full swing ahead of the holidays.

>> one place doesn't get much business. an inside look at what's planned for the old landmark mall. we're talking aboutan more just a renovation there. >> i got to admit i didn't know what ba meant. changes coming across the area. 45 degrees in d.c. 39 in richmond.e now cover is still down there. what about our chances for any rain or snow the next couple days? i have that forecast coming up xt. ne

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early this morning. apparently sending vibrations as far away as atlanta. >> from the hurricane florence and michael and then they hade looding followed by the eaowstorm, the latest is an earthquake in sou tennessee. this registered as a 4.4

earthquake. it was felt all the way down in atlanta, which is about 125 miles south. thishe was second strongest earthquake ever registered in eastern tennesse and it was the strongest magnitude 4.0 earthquake or higher since 1980. again, we got reports of a lot of shaking and rattling. but thankfully only minor damage from this quake. but it felt as far away as enlanta. it. ha early this morning waking a lot of folks up in that area. and then right after it, an dtershock that registet 3.3 in magnitude. theing into the weeken south is dealing with more rain. the same system that's going to bring us rurord breaking rainfall. we are going to be having the lawsuitest on the timing and heimpacts of rain here for the weekend coming up in about five minutes. >> thank you. you pass it along 395. a sprling sight fit zitting there empty.

the landmark mall has been closed for few years now. today only on 4, northern virginia bureau reporter explains what's to come. there's one place they are not come ing ing to. it's been this way for snoeral years landmark mall. as you look around it's desolate. the structure still looks pretty good. but the stores are but for the first time, we're getting an idea as to what the future may look like for landmark and really well beyond it. the surrounding area. we caught up with the current owners of landmark and they explained some of their vision. >> that vision is to create this master plan walkable urban village. >> for a vibrant active mmunity space and not an interior space. >> the developers of this massive project want your opinion as they want the

community to weigh in on this and feel somesh own in it. the first of many meetings here in the city. reporting inside landmark mall, a dark place, i'm david culver, news 4. >> not for long. >> changes a coming. >> the weather is pretty nice today, but. the forecast is look ing a lot different for the end of the week. storm team 4 is back i'm in chopper 4 to give you a look at this tonight. a new connection and it goes right above the beltway and that right above the beltway and that could change yourcommute.

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him. expert care for every new beginning. >> if you're justoining us, let's get you caught up on these thinghou need to know. michael cohen is going to prison for three years. a judge sentenced cohen for

several crimes includingvo his inlvement in paying hush money to trump's alleged mistresses. 13 current and former prince georges county police officers are stew suing the department. they sayrieadership dinated against. female and minority officers for reporting the bad behavior wf theite colleagues. prince georges county police say they are not commenting on the accusations while the litigation is pending.nt mery county police increasing patrols. a day after a man wasbe stab and critically injured. the extra security includes s officers, crimes on mall property are raising concern. investigators tell us the crimes were the result of personal ansputes and notm attacks. and first lady melania trump taking a trip to virginia to visit troops at joint base. lankily.sh thanked them for their service. many of the service members recently returned home from deployment. back to you. >> thank you.

quicker commute without all the traffic on the main ad sounds pretty good. >> but a major newgeommuting chs about to take shape in northern virginia. i adam tus high above in chopper 4 to explain. >> there really iso better way to tell this story than to be up here in chopr 4 and give you a bird's eye view of what's going on. this is the crossing we're talking about here. the new bridge is called scott's crossing. right next to the brand new capital one build iing. what this is going to do is allow you to get from one sith of tyson tnext side. without having to either go on the beltway, which is right here if you see to the left, you can see route 123, which is a major cut through. but instead of having to go all the way up here past thecoall and the over this direction to et get to that side of tyson, you can now just jump across the bridge and here you go. you're bypassing all that

traffic and making a scoaight nnection. officials expected to take a significant amount of traffic 23off of and they expect it to knit tyson together, which really is a bigger part of the granreslam we talked to v dot about all of it. >> people are going to haore direct route as to where they are going without sitting in more traffic cycles and clogging certain points when they can just go directly where they want to go. >> back here abo scott's crossing, you can see the work is taking place now. all of this expecte to open ine the nextand there will be new express lane connection thos that come to this point. and in the future, there's going to be pedestrians walkw and also the transit connections available to the bridge. there will be changes coming to this section of the beltway and this section of tysonn the next week. adam tuss, news 4. >>hat's going to be a nice

improveme improvement. >> that's what they are calling that one? >> as long as it's by us. we're going to be okay. >> we're look iing at sunshine d no cloud cover. we have clouds. we have some rain on the way. but not tonight and not tomorrow. we're going to stay dry. but look at that. a dreary day. temperature wise 45 degrees. not nearly as cold as it's been the last couple nights.

43 as well. we're going to cool again tonight, but because of the clouds, we're going to have the clouds most of the day tomorrow. we'll see a high of 49 with that wind out of the southwest tomorrow. 36 tomorrow at the bus stop. chilly for the kids, but picking them up. we're going toee a pretty okay day tomorrow before the rain moves back in w and thatl be friday night. saturday and sunday could add an inch depending on how the storm plays out. one outbreak some records.e >> we so close to becoming the wettest year on record. and in our forecast friday, saturday and sunday, check it out. here's how much rain we're arecasting. about an inch aalf to two inches of rain. so as it stands now for the third it wettestn year record to tie for the second wettest year.

we only need .05 of an inch. so that's easily attainable unfortunately it is over the weekend. check it out. saturday a high of su52. ay a high of 46. so that's kind of chilly as it is. you add i the rain and i kind of get. s to the be chilling feel tside. especially on saturday. we're tracking showers for the majority of the day. the most rain falling during the morning and midday hours. a few occasional showers on sunday. it's perfect weather for grilled cheese andomato soup. another weekend when we're dealing with rain. so the weather definitely having n impact your weekend for the holiday parties. friday and saturday night have the umbrellaha y. no suede in the forecast.

we're hearing that opening not great weather to go skiing or snowboarding. at least we havegheen cold enhere it resorts to make a lot of snow. >> sorry about theshoes. i was going to wear the blue suede shoes. >> 50 monday, tuesday, not d. breezy and cooleder on o wednesday and thursday. another storm system headsur way.ug >> thanks, new video of the man suspected in a burglary spree. >> he forced the couple to wi withdraw money from an atm at knife point. hear from a neighbor who told news 4 he tried it with him too.

>> erika gonzalez is in the newsroom. >> we're watching a devepmenting story. lice expected to provide an update in the whse of a woman was abducted and raped while on her way home from a metro station. plus a teengi out j hit by a car. knocked off a bridge. his family talks to news 4 about therc s for a hit-and-run driver. plus you want a device to track your steps, but do you opt for the more expensive smart watch or fitness tracker? y have tips to hel make the right choice. we'll see you soon with those stories and so much more. >> it's not the holidays until...

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burglaries all over d.c. in the past two weeks. only on news 4, jackie bensen spoke to some of e roommates who came face to face with the suspect as he held a screwdriver. >> this security camera video shows a man who police say is 33-year-old dante watson, after he jumped over the locked gate behind the house and entered through an unlocked sliding glass door sunday night. rd somebody open the door and turned around and there was. kind of walked up slowly, didn't really say anything. >> this man says he and his roommate kept calm and focused soning and doing what it took to et get the man to leave. >> they stood up and took out $5 from his wallet, handed it to him and was like please leave. you're on camera. >> police believe watson is t same man seen in security camera

video leave iing leading two of their neighbs around at knife point. he made them withdraw cash at a nearby circle 7 convenience store. police say he had climbed through a window of the home around 3:00 a.m. lt thursday, ransacking and waking them in their bedrooms. when they said they had no cash, t forced them to drive iir car to get cash from an atm. he ran out of the store. theay roommates s they are grateful to be safe and plan to be even more securityio con in the future. thatfinitely making sure is great. >> police say they have tied this man to a total oix burglaries in that neighborhood. >> thanks. news 4t 5:00 starts right now. right now at 5:00, cohen in court. the president's fixered s for a series os c motivated

by ged and ambition. >> his blind loyalty to trump led him to choose darkness over light. >> pete williams joins us live to break down what it all means forte the wouse. plus allegations of misconduct, cover ups and retaliation. >> this complaint started with the community. we witnessed some officers doinn to the community and then we spoke out. >> the lawsuit pitting some against the department their work for and the changes they want to see. >> we start this hour with br k breaking news. an attack that stretched into the distri. >> let's get right to scott macfarlane, who is working the story for us ahe live desk. >> investigators are about to hold a news conference at police one person is in custody and one

at large in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman. the victim was abducted near the metro station inpl t hill last week. the pair drove her around, sexually assaulted her, robbed her and lest her in d.c. policedi h a news conference to annouone the arrest o suspect in the search for another. jackie bensen is will. >> keep us posted. a former current prince georges county police officers are break their silence. >> those officers are suing the department saying leaders retaliated when they reported wrong doing by colleagues. >> when we have spoken out, we have been met with intimidation, retaliation, transfers, and fermetermination. >> 13 officers are part of this lawsuit. but they say more officers have been prince georges county bureau chief has been out ahead of the story. she's here with a closer look at what is in