this is adding to the evening commute. >> reporter: a very had he gone particular afternoon. things are back to normal in the building across the street behind me. that was evacuated. people have been allowed to get back into their cars to go home. let's show what you the scene looked like. you have police tape around the building. employees for to stand out in the cold. h witnessee been out here since about 2:30 waiting to get back inside. e heard from d.c. police who ave us some back ground on how these threats were rceived. to their knowledge, no one complied with the demands. take a listen to one man who was in the office. >> we heard a fire alarm go off the building. we heard it was an emergency.

after about ten mites, the cops came. >> reporter: this was taking place across the district. a little farther from where we are but a similarcene playing out. people forced to stand outside waiting for the all-clear. a lot of disruption. no one wants to see their workday end like this. for now, let's send it you in the studio. >> thank you. get back to us as soon as youn le something new. in the meantime, police are trying to figure out what a horrific crash. a woman hit by a dump truck. >> she was crossing the street at lee highway and ft. myer

drive. moments before, her actions were heroic. >> live in rosslyn where several people rush in the to help. tell us about it. >> roorter: according witnesses, there were multiple good samaritan that's stoppedng everythey were doing in the middle of the morning rush hour. some of them getting out of their cars lee highway to blocktraffic. otheer trying to treat and take care of herba . >> very hard to even describe it. just sheer my thought was, i hope she's not dead.n >> intersect lee highway and ft. myer drive. >> we heard aumber of screams which we thought were tires al sqg. we knew someone was hit.

>> reporter: you decided to go out there. why? >> my colleague and i decided to geels to stop the lead withing. >> reporter: when she got to th woman, she said several others were trying to help. she looked up and noticed the stroller empty. strangers taking turns holding the baby boy. >> it was great to see people get there. just hold the babe lik it was their own. >> the crash happened just before 9:30. the woman was pushing the stroller acrs the street. they realized she shoved the stroller ahead of her. >> she was abl to push it away from the crash. >> she actually pushed the strourer. did thatise you? >> no. i think it shows the power of maternal instinct. you'll protect your child even p if its yourself in harm's way. >> reporter: traffic across the key bridge police trying to figure out what caused the crash.

>> we're going to look atny evidence. we want to talk to any witnesses and all of that will determine whether not charges are sought. >> a horrificio situ >> people stopped whatever they could and made sure she's okay. we're told that arlington police are working ste police elp with the inspection of that truck. as far as the woman in the case, li her injuries are considered serious but she isd expecte to survive. school officialsel areng as you bus driver error may have led to a student ending up in baltimore by mistake. thetudent has autism and may be nonverbal. they stay student was supposed to be dropped off in silver spring but they said the driver was a six institute and may not

have been familiar with the child's stop. the drir discovered the child was still on the bus when he got to the child did safely make it home safely. nbc news reports a story first confirmed by the "wall street journal." that donald trump was in the room with his attorney and the national e"national enquirer" f meeting in which they discussed. this was when he was a candidate r president. the "national enquirer" followed atate of facts as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors that they would not charged. $150,000 payment to someone in 2015. nbc news cites the person familiar with it saying that third person was trump himself.

michael cohn sentenced yesterday for campaign finanio viol. the president said he has never directed michael cohen to break le a young woman i accused of trying to affect american politics. mariaas butina pled guilty to trying to infiltrate plerful politiroups like the nra. >> reporter: prosecutors revealed that her mission in washington was r to helpsia influence the 2016 u.s. presidential election. it is important to note this case is separate from rob mueller's investigation. 30-year-old maria butina pleaded

guilty to conspiracy to act as annregistered foreign agent. she is held in solitary em conft. before taking the plea, the judge revealed that she mad a phone call from jail to a reporter.as the judge w concerned if she may have been passing information from her lawyer to the media. possibly violating a gag order. the judge appointed the federal public defender aj kramer to speak with butina to find out if she was coerced by anyone into making a guilty plea. >> what i said to the that she was satisfied with her lawyers and made the decision voluntarily. >> she operated in plain sight.h was a graduate student at american university. she participated in socialhl an ic activities in northwest washington.cu the pror telling the judge, she sought to establish

offficial lines communication with influential people. for benefit of the russian federation. the prosecutors said sd wor with an american boyfriend to build ways to the nra andco ervative republicans. now she has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. the judge asked, has anyone made any proses to you wit regard to what sentence i would impose? >> she said no. what do you want to plead? guilty. the judge, are you pleadingse guilty becou are guilty? >> yes. >> the judge has not yet set a date for sentencing. she could face a maximum up to five i years prison followed by deportation to russia or she could get a muc lighter sentence depending on her

cooperation with investigators. that's the latest. all right. we'll turn tower weather. >> doug kammerer calling it a weather alert day. >> we've got rain coming this rain will be heavy at times. we'll show you where the rain is right now. already in texas, where y can see rain, as ll as upper level snow. the rain ahead of it. >> t first area of low pressure comes in tomorrow. that gives us the rain friday night. >> on saturday into sunday. makingun saturday andy on the west side, too. that's why they've issd a

flood watch. it will be a very wet day. we'll talk much more about the timing of this. i'll see you back he in with 15 minutes. >> all right. new information on a story we first td you about yesterday. a woman from el salvador forced to seeka sanctuary i local church to avoid being separated from her family. now we're hearing herstory. cedar lane church isnny different. >> we are a physical sanctuary congregation. this congregation voted overwhelmingly. >> we believe in the worth of everyone. welcome her we are a welcoming congregation.

>> that means people like rosa gutierrez lopez is trying to be deported to el salvador is welcome, too. the senior pastor. she can live here as long as she needs to stay. we spoke with rosa with the help of our partners. >> the reason i left is because i'm here for my life. >> she settled in northern virginia where she had three children. one has specialneeds. she said she checked in with immigration officials last weekh 's when she was told to leave. >> i've been doing checkins and i have an aunch ever ankle monitor. they pressured me to buy a plane ticket for december 10th. i decided to stay. >> reporter: so this is her new home now. it is a place where immigration and customs enforcement offers don't typically enter because it is considered a sensitive location a place rosa said she feels

safe. >> i feel otected. at the same time, i miss my children. i'm going to stay here so i can plead my case. leaguchools cutting back on required science and social studies classes. >> is that short-sighted? >> well, yes. it certainly is. coming up ne, a i-team investigation. what schools are doing to make up the lost time. plus, d.c. pushe for more metro service on the weekends. why metro says cutting back the hours has been a good thin

reading, writing, arithmetic. not enough for these d.c. middle schoolers. >> scott reveals d.c. public schools areir breaking t own rules and cutting bac on the required classes. >> it is the end of the day at the middle school. after hours of sittingnclass, for most studentsre some subjects were not in the lesson plan. >> very disappointed and upset. >> her daughter said more kids are getting short changed. a d.c. decision that has

cts.ling ef >> it makes school a less joyful experience. >> d.c. public policy requires abt 45 minutes per day of science and social studies. but a news4 investigation found some middle schoolers are receiving far less. including entire grade levels of kids at elliott-hine and others ols. > d.c. public schools acknowledge, middle schoolers, your daughter's school, are not getting enough time in social is that a problem? >> yes. it bothers me tremendously. a school district memo acknowledg the schedule is not adequate and cites specific constraints. one d.c. official cites budgetary short fls and potential difficulty hiring science teachers. and they said instead they're getting more math and english courses in an effort to boost

st scores. >> there's just, the schools are under intense pressure. >> the cuts are happening in some of the district's poorest schools. we've learned top officials have questioned whethero it is fair the children. >> is that short-sighted? >> yes. it certainly is. >> michael cohen is a former education policy maker during the clinton administration. >> if we are giving short shrift to science, we're really oducing students who are neither scientifically literate nor just reay having a deep understanding of the world around them. >> they declined the request for an interview, instead issuing a written statement in which they confirmed the findings. they say they'll take steps with field trims, hands on days and science only school day to make upos for theof time.

until then, they worry aboutge what mest is sending. >> you can't take a break from science and then come yoback. can't take a break from education and really come back to it. >> w checked. virginia requires about 45 minutes a day many all major subjects including sciee e. th no minimum in maryland law so we district, frederick county, and we found every middle school offers at least 45 minutes of science every daflt they said the extra science intensive days will get students closer to the requir minimums and they expect to get them in thdu sc next year. >> so this is not just a money issue. >> it is a staffing issue and a urces issue. >> with the threat of a government shutdown leaving people in limbo, they hope the president will have ahange of

heart. it came up during a roundtable moderated by our very own julie carey. they're hopinghere can be compromise. >> those who would be affected a few day before christmas, that iuld be wrong. the lastue is this border security issue and there's two different bipartisan proposals on the table. >> congress has until next friday toeach a deal to prevent a possible shutdown. we'll see what happens. >> it's been a rainy year in sh gton. and believe it or not, we are actually right now in our drieso stretcweather in all of 2018. >> theem is that dry tretch only about 11 days, without measurable rain. we won't make it to the 12th.

zy>> c to think the 11th day in a row without measurable rain makes it the longest stretch this year. today we focus on how our rain stacks up to other cities that re think of asy rainy. so far this year we've measured just under 61 inches of rain. our average coming in at about es.in so first seattle. rain, clou,anually seattle only sees about 37 inches of rain which isy actua below our norm west palm beach and new orleans. cities that get a lot of rainfall west palm beach with 62 inches annually and new orleans at 65. so check it out. we are close to west palm and new orleans with ourrainfall. the rainiest city in the united states, i learned something new. mobile, alabama, with 67 inches

of rain. we'rey o about six inches away from that. and we'll pick up one to twoin es over the weekend. an i love this. if all the rain we had this year fell as snow, guys, we would have 51 feet of snow. >> holy moly! >> take that, buffalo! >> i used to work there. we're going to be tracking the rain. the timing coming up. doug will have a full forecast. >> no snow, no snow. >> settl down still ahead, coming up at 5:30, d.c.'s push to keep metro open later. open later. >> a firefighter

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we're still tripping out hearing that all the rain would equal feet of snow. half the buildings here are 50 feet tall. >> so true. >> it's been so soy.

we'll really notice the impacth of rain. >>p k the umbrellas handy. it'ser been weekend a weekend. i think i kounlts five dry weekends between now and april. it feels like summer was a waste. a lot of ski resorts trying to open up. tue current tempe now on the mild side compared to where we've been. tell in the low 50s earlier. no 30s in our region. we're expecting a lot of .ra

a flood watch for creeks and streams. rivers as well. this is a long weekend event. not a flash flood watchful remember, it happens in a flash. very, very quickly. all of this.g the surface low to the east. we'll be watching both of these systems. with the rain comin down alo the i-95 corridor, heavy at times. then that moves out. we're tracking the upper level area of low pressure. that continues toeep us in the shower variety. more owers, that means off and on rain.

if you have date night, if it is a first date night, bring the umbrellas. no problem for dinner or lunch. theh is fien but here comes rain 4:00 tomorrow night. many o russ leaving to get home from working. it looks like it is coming dow pretty heavy. saturday, more showers during the day just about all week. starting tomorrow morning, 54 degrees. we're in the 50s. that's the only pcef good news. of course, that com with the rain. >> if it is a first date,n you et under the big umbrella. >> there you go. >> all right.

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a look now at some of our top stories. scores of bomb threats affecting businesses all over the country. the mayor says the threats have all been by e-mail and have had a bitcoin raom. > a mother pushed her baby out of the way when a dump truck hit her on lee highway. the baby is okay. the mother was seriously injured but expected to survive. people credit her maternal instinc instincts. and the suspect in the strassbourg attack in strans is dead. the market attack killed they have people and left several more injured.

battlewn lines have been d at metro. >> this has to do with how long the trains should be running a night. some want to return to late night service. some say that takes away from valuable maintenance time. >> hive on this back and forth. >> reporter: this is d.c leaders saying to metro leaders that they want to see more service on the tracks but metro is saying not fast. should metro bring late night service back? or should they keep the hours shorter so workers have more time to fix and maintain the system? >> current hours are 5:00 tomb 11:30. we would le to go back to 5:00 to tomb, 5:00 a.m to midnight.

the position is do we restore wethe hours as the two years ago? >> reporte d.c. never wanted to cut the hours which led to some tense motels at the bored meetings. >> we believe we'veco romised. >> reporter: but the extra time to f and maintain the system is leading to fewer track fires and delays. he says he understands the concern. we won't do it at the expense of keeping the system safe. >> reporter: s they are studying ways to maintain the system and bring back longer hours. that seems like a tough task. putting that report togetr is expected to begin immediely. > at one point, the suggestion was made that metro stop in the middle of the day tong start d maintenance but that idea was shot down pretty quickly.

>> fire cruz are working to find out whatd cause a townhome to go up in flames. we're told when the crews got there, they found flames at every level of the ilding. neighbor does try on rush to freeome pets. >> it seemed like maybe somebody was smoking a cig at the window and then it started rolling out within a few seconds. i said they have two dogs in this and there aree.wo we need to get the dogs out. >> reporter: the firefighters took about an hour to get everything under control. firefighters expect it to be okay. apple won't be adding a major foot print in our area. they said they will build a new $1 bamlions in north

austin, texas. northern virginia just landed amazon. apple has several stores in our region. the y'comp new texas campus is expected to house and support between 000 and15,000 workers. meanwhile, worshippers will be able to hold s theirvices again. it was voted to ease ittrictions on the mosque so could extend its hours. we told you in september how neighbors tried on stop the mosque from expanding its hours. the mosque leadership believes it was an effort to clamp own on their religious expression. we have sn the redskins organization give back throughout the year. last night one matter i particular took it upon himself to hit the streets all on his

own. >> it started with the redskinsu arterback. i asked, what are you going to for your birthday? it falls on saturday. for a star football player, you might expect a big party. he said no. >> what are you giving out today? >> what's going on? >> do you want a blanket? yeah, man, yeah. shoot. you can have two if you want it. here you go. you're welcome. you're welcome. >> what can i do for something else? what can i give? you want a blanket in i don't really he a need for that. what's the next best they know? giving to it someone else. >> a lot of people giving the

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this will be heaviest tomorrow night. we'll be seeing it, o. the heaviest moving in overnight. the heaviest moves out. we're not done. this is when we get t biggest snowstorms. you get the upper level low a it keeps t snow here for days. in this case,t is keeping the showers here for days. we'll be in the low it is all about the rain maker. we're talking a lot of rain in the next 48 to 72 hours. we're forecasting one to two inches. that's why everybody i under a flood watchful going through saturday as we look to the weekend and your forecast, 54 degrees. that will be the day you're

under the flood watch. on sunday, around 50 with occasionalshowers. the best chance will be friday night and saturday night. we'll see some on and off showers during the daytimeours well. both saturday and sunday. that being said, dry time in the forecast as well. we're working onin hg onin on that. because of the rain, the weather having moderat to high levels. a great weekend to get shopping done but to and from the store, you'll be dealing with wet roads. skiing and snow boarding opening up this weekend with unfortunately, rain. that's not the way to go down the hell on yours sr snow board. it's a we wettest year on recori we're forec one to two to

ree inches. all the way back to 1889. weeed over half aninch. tomorrow, another wet weekend. starting off friday into saturday. high ttemperatures, next couple days. at least a mild rain. but weather alert day. and look at next week. leading up to the weekend before christmas. >> i'm out of time right now. i have to go. coming up next -- >> some big name retailers getting ready to movein.

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small businesses serving the anacostia neighborhood for years? >> anacostia, it's a gold mine. a gem. >> reporter: he's part of the anacostia business community for threedecade he's excited that three big retailers are getting toward open. starbucks will anchor this new apartment complex. chase bank opens friday in this high profile corner location. and the first base east river. smack dab in the middle of the big name businesses,air creation. she's been there for five years. i asked if she's worried the big name retailers will force her out. >> no. i have faiful it is a perfect opportunity to enhance the area as well as more job opportunities for people that have to work.

i think it will bring moreve e to the area. er, eporter: around the co grubs pharmacy. she's happy to see the big names coming the anacostia but hom they will take his advice. >> youeed the big names coming in. they need to support the community. they need on hire from the community. and they need to support and train folks. tonight, new clues emerge as a wave of bomb threats sweep the country. >> we know some of the threats included a demand for bitcoin ransom. the messages targeted businesses, schools and hospitals. >> a threat to evacuate the offices.

cory? >> reporter: well, things areac now to normal. the restaurant in the bottom floor of 16thnd i street, drinks are flowing. it is good fodder for conversation. but they were no laughing matter. ese incidents swept across the region today. >> reporter: for workers across the area, e workday ended in disruption. from the district to arlington. crystal city to boston. bomb threats forced the evacuation across the country. tonight multiple law enforce nt agencies areaying the e-mails were sent across the country with demands for bitcoin. richard said someone in hishe office got e-mail and related it to the manager. >> we heard the fire alarm go off. we heard it was an emergency. everybody started walking outside. after about ten minute the cops came. heard it wa