. i'm meteorologist lauryn ricketts and we are weath alert. we have a lot r ofain moving from the south to the north. and we have a wet weekend in store. we'll talk about it coming up. police say a 15-year-old was targeted and murderec. in his classmates and parents in shock this morning. we have newn reacto the brutal crime. money nt trump knew hush payments were wrong. that's according to michael cohen. s former personal lawyer is talking jus days after being sentenced to three years in

good morning. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm molette green. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. rain is moving into parts of oug viewrea right now but d.c. remains dry for the time being. >> but for how long. lauryn is tracking this large storm system and joins us with more on what we can expect. hey, lauryn. >> a lot of rain headed our way as we contie through you friday. rain chances only increasing. we do have a flood watch. that begins at 6 p.m. and goes until 6 p.m. on saturday. we're going to have a good dose rain headed tr way. lot of that hitting the ground. maybe a few sprinkles but of course that's going to fill in because all of this is going to be headed our way. f again, we are going to have rain, especiall the second part of your friday. it's a cool rain, too. the temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. we're headed into the upper 40s

outhere today. as you plan out this afternoon, rain starts to move in during the early afternoon but expected all the way through this evening. we'll talk about how much rain and when it can finally be outo here. that's all coming up in a few minutes. guys? >> we've got breaking news to tell you about. the virginia state police are respding to a small plane crash near the shannon airport. the plane landed on federal property and federal investigators are looking into the crash. >> in the district the search is on to found the masked gun man who shot and killed an anacostia high school student. >> that student just 15 years old.me n mcgrath is live with reaction from parents. megan? >> reporter:well, a sad day for students at anacostia high school. they returned to school this morning without a clas 15-year-old gerald watson is tha

st young person to die in d.c. police are still looking for the two gunmen responsible. an emotional hug outside anacostia high school a this mornin they mourn the loss watson.ear-old gerald parents offered sympathy to the young man's family. >> ik would be s inside if something happened to my son. out to the goes parents of the child that got killed. chasedrter: watson was down by two masked gunmen and fatally shot in thest rwell of an apartment building on knox place southeast. it happened just after 3:30 thursday afternoon. police believe he was targeted. it's a violent crime that happened in the neighborhood about a mile and a half from the high school but the impact is being felt by watson's friends at school today. grief counselors are ono hand help students and teachers. >> very, very sad.

very sad. but just, guys, don't judge the school from what happens outside. the inside of this school is great. it's wonderful. nothing like what goes on in the area inside of those walls. they care so much.te >> rep 13 juveniles, we're talking about kids underhe a of 18, have been murdered in d.c. so far this year. back t yo >> megan mcgrath, thank you. we go to a develming story f the city of frederick, maryland. a woman is recoverheg after was robbed and shot while working at an exxon station late last night. it's right across from prospect plaza shopping center. police are looking for two suspects in the case. the woman called from help from nearby cvs. she's expected to be okay. aip fire thatd through a building in prince george's county has been ruled arson.

officials say damage is estimated to be about a qrter of amillion. we're told the flames broke out just before 2:00 in the morning on rhode island avenu and college park. officials say the fire was put out qukly and no one was injured. one person is in custody. nearly a dozen bomb threats in our area believed t be part of a nationwide hoax. one threat was sent university of maryland yesterday along with schools and government buildings and businesses have been targeted from coast to coast. most locations received an e-mail saying a bomb was in the building. they warned the only way to prevent an explosion was to pay a ransomn bit coins. the w buildine evacuated. we spoke to workers directly hfected. >> werd a fire alarm go off in the ngbuilwe heard it was an emergency. everybody in the building started walking outside. after about ten minutes theops

came and they cordod everything off and after that we heard it was a bob mueller threat. >> more now on the threat from nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: this morning communities across the country are on edge following a wave of bomb threats that prompted schools, binesses and hospitals to evacuate. the search for explosives turng up empty in at least 21 stalg states and the district of columbia. it appears t be a widesprea hoax. some threats coming by phone. others in e-mails danding $20,000. the scary message reading "transfer it to me in bit coins and the bombs will not detonate but d try to deceive me." the mention of bit coin piquing the interest of investigators. >> someone across the globe

maybe suffered a setback in bit coin and think they can mine, extort across the u.s. >> reporter: any threats today ously. still be taken se call police. >> e-mail threats were also received iva ouver, ottawa and toronto, canada. > providence hospital i northwest d.c. is closing several departments today, basically any department that does support the emergency care center will b closed. the emergency departments that do support it will remain open until april. thisan look for more on story in our nbc washington app. it is friday and we are working for you with a look at how to avoid delays on the roads and on metro. >> plus, a new interview with

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to unposted photos. all of toms after a security breach in september and allowedaccess to about 50 million acco>>ts. federal prosecutors have launched another investigation related toresident trump, this time involving his inauguration committee. >> nbc news has confirmed that president trump knew much more about the hush money fiempaymeno women he originally said he did not know about. >> io solemnly swear -- >> reporter: now under investigation by u.s. aorneys in new york whether the trump inaugural committee of the $10 7 -- 1 -- $107

million it raised. multi-sources say he's worried about impeachment. mr. trump on fox. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong.e whateverid he did on his own. he's a lawyer. >> reporter: cohen disputed that on "good morning america." >> he directed me to make the yments. >> a he knew it was wrong? >> of course. he was very concerned about how this would affecthe election. >> reporter: a source confirms president trump was in the room when cohen discussed the "national enquirer" paying off karen mcdougal. >> he shouldn't be concerned only about impeachment. he could b facing criminal charges from bob mueller. >> reporter: president trump will soon be dealing with the russia investigation without a chief of staff. h four people reportedly turned down the job. aboutal legal issue here

the hush money payments is why they were done. if it was to prevent candidate trump or his family from being embarrassed, that's not illegal. but if it was to influence the e outc of the election, that is. the militar is investigating the death of a u.s. service member in rfghanistan. that service memas assigned to a nato-led mission that trains afghan security officials. we expect to learn more after the family is inotified. >> it the end of an era? next year could be the last time we hear the sounds of thousands of motorcycle engines roar through the district on memorial day weekend. talking about rolling thunder, when bikers come to the nation's capital to honor military veterans and those missing in action. news4 spoke with the group's p visident who said costs

for p tular demonstration have skyrocketed, reaching $200,000 last year. he expects 2019 to be theast g demonstration. >> our supports and sponsorships have been able to sustain us. as the costs grew, our sponsorships didn't. >> reporter: a spokesper fn the pentagon said d.o.d. is prepared to support the ride in 2019 but after that rolling thunder will ask eac of the 90 chapters to organize regional rides instead. hundreds of thousands of wreaths will arrived for ouren fa heroes. wreaths across america have been doing this to honor veterans every year since 1992. this is o video volunteers t assemblinghe wreaths earlier this week in maine. there are several roadsu cs around arlington national cemetery today as tractor trailers carrying those wreaths pull in.

tomorrow volunteers will begin plati placing them at the foot of every grave staing a the 8 a. -- at 8 a.m. i'm melissa molette with a look at your first 4 traffic. use rosalyn or pentagon station, it might be easier for your trip. regular saturdaychedule on the blue line, green, orange and silv with a regular weekend schedule and on the red line running every nine to 18 minutes. have a great weekend. i' see you monday morning for "news4 today." thet' million dollar view. it's the edge of space. >> maybe it's a billion dollar

view? >> that's better said. >> it's marking aajor milestone for space tourism. >> reporter: takeff o from the desert and virgin galactic 2 was on its way to the mothership. then release. in a sudden free fall, they fired their rocket accelerating to nearly three times the speed of sound, within three seconds climbing to 54.4 miles, climbing beyond what is called the edgef space. >> million dollar view. >> reporter: a stunning view that future space tourists may enjoy. then a perfect landing back on rth where richard branson promised the first of 7 million customers who paid a o quarter a billion dollars could start flying in months.

any can't think of experience that people can have in their life than going to space. >> a new space race takes off. tom costello, nbc news. >> you going >> organizatih, yeah, next week. >> epi was just checking, you know. >> we all have the cash to do that. >> today we're getting a first look at the royals. >> the first one shows the duke and duchess of cambridge, william and kate wit their children. the photo was taken at their vacation home in norfolk, england. it's probablyorfolk there, not like our norfolk. and this is the duke and duchess of sussex.

their first i child due in the spring. >> what do you think about that? >> i like that one. >> i want to see their faces. >> it ve's very tistic. >> reporter: kids are making all sorts of robots fords liz mclaughlin goes over the hot holiday robots that will be under trees this holiday season. >> reporter: last year, the craze was finger robots. this year they're prehistoric monsters. >> reporter: it's a budget buy at $17. for a steeper $250, you can trainau a dinwith mattels

inju jurassic world's blue. >> reporter: it can learn to mimic movements, react and protect its trainer. >> it almost feels like you're playing a video game. >> reporter: this might be the 2018 version of gifting a puppy. th vtor robot offers more than companionship. it has artificial intelligence that gives it a personality. it got a lot of features, almost look a smart speaker. you can ask it questions, something like what'she weather? >> it's sunny. >> reporter: and there's a $400 horse robot that you can ride, drive and eve danceth. >> this has sensors that can tell when you're petting it and eding it. >> reporter: thanks to robotics, you can have yourwn pony without all the work.

liz mclaughlin, nbcnews. >> what is old is new again. remember those nano pets and you had to feed it or it would die on you? at was just on a key chain. >> i'm so glad my kids are out of this age. >> it's free shipping day, a look at some of the deals being offered today. >> i know you love that. >> add to the cart, add to the

today is free shipping day. on this shopping holiday, many retailers offer free shipping with no minimum order and guaranteed delivery by cistmas day. that's important because with christmas just ten days away, shopping deadlines could b a problem. today's the last day to use regular ground shipping to pt yourkages by the holiday. so we've got more information about shipping deadlines if you need to know about them. you can find them in our nbc washington app. the redskins play the jaguar this weekend but wre focused on what one player is doing off the field. we're focusing on whatos norman is doing for his special ca >> want a blanket? yeah, man, here. shoot, can you have t if you want. here you go.

you're welcome. you're welcome. i was like what can i do somebody else? what can i give? >> you want a blanket? i don't really have a need or a want for anything so what's the next best thing? giving to someone else. >> a lot of people have given the kiredsns and the team a lot of sla overhe last couple things. when you do things like this, does that go away when you see people's faces when they get the so socks and the blankets, thing you take for granted? >> absolutely. it's impactful. what you do in life, not those other things, they come and they go. this right here, these moments ime -- >> here you go, man. >> you got to cherish them. that makes it all worthwhile in

the end. >> that shot gets me. >> i like josh eanorman, iy do. >> today's a great day to stay inors, do the movie night, order takeout. it's going to be nasty. >> oh, heavy rain later on this afternoon. i am worried about it tomorrow because we have the rain in the forecast. temperatures aoing to be rather warm. but we've got rain coming in day on, through the saturday heavy at times and then scattered showers on sunday,ut this i not the best weekend possibly to get things done, ut last-m preparations. monday and tuesday were dry. we're just blustery l and atle cold. but you can see the flood watch, begins on friday and continues until 6 p.m. on saturday. it's fou our entire area. we see the rain pushing in from the south to the north and we head to the afternoon. a few spotty sprinkles possible

as we go over the next couple hours. but then as we head into the afternoon and evening, all of this is moving our way. an area of low pssuren the deep south will continue to push towards our region as we gonto tomorrow. waves of heavy rain possible. and it's cool outside. it's not bad. it's cool. temperatures are in the mid 40s right now. we'll take it to near 50 degrees today, maybe getting over that 50 degree mark. again, that rain pushing in throughout the afternoon and evening. it going to stay cloudy and cool throughout the day today ady cl and rainy throughout the day tomorrow with temperatures a little on the warmer side. we've got the clouds, we've got otty sprinkles off to the west. watch as that rain starts to move in here through the evening commute, everybody's wet by p.m. if you have holiday parties later on today. just know the cuteeels probably not a go, only because of heavy rain. tomorrow morning you wake up, want to head to the farmers market, want to go shopping,

still areas of heavy but some models are suggesting as an area of low pressure intenti intensifies off the coast, the rain could pick up. now by sunday morning, just a hefew showers out as well. but again, we are looking at a wet weekend ahead but a mild weekend. upper 40s by sunday and we're a ttle breezy as w get into monday and tuesday. we'll talk about the rest of your ten-day forecast. we'll let you kno if we have >>y snow coming up in about 15 minutes. we've got new information on market in france. at a christmas >> plus an undocumented mother of three is seeking sanctuary inside of

we have an update for you on the france chrtmas market attack. a man killed in strasbourg in a shoot-out with police as been identified as the main suspect inhe attack. >> four people were killed and 13 people were hurt in the rampage. police had been searching for him since tuesday night's attack.im isis has c the suspect as one of its own, but there is no indition the group directed

m.hi reeopthened this morning daysfter that deadly attack. the "washingtonost" is reporting a -year-old girl from afterala died last week crossing into the united states from mexico with her father. the report says the girl began having seizures after more than eight hours inde b patrol custody. she had a high fever and apparently went days without eating or drinking. the child wlown to a hospital but doctors believe she diedrom septic shock, fever and dehydration. the bor sr patrols it is investigating to make sure the appropriate policies were ed foll we also have new information in a story we first told you about earlier this week. a woman from el salvador forced to seek sanctuary at a local church to avoid being deported or separated from her family. now we are hearing her story. megan fitzgerald reports.

>> reporter: cedar lane church in bethesda i unique. >> we are a physical sanctuary congregation. >> weelieve in the inherent dignity of every person. so we are a welcoming congregation and everyone is mlcome here. >> reporter: thans people like rosa gutieez lopez, who is trying to avoid being deportedo el salvador, is welcome, too. the senior pastor says she can live here as long as she needs to stay. we spoke with rosa with the help of our ptners at telemundo. >> translator: the reason i left is because i feared for my life. >> shee came h in 2005 and

checked in with immigration officials last week and that's when she was told to leave. >> translator: i've been doing check-ins and i have an ale monitor. they pressured me to buy a plane ticket for december 10th, but i decided to stay. >> reporter: so this is rosa's new home now. it's a place where immigration and customs enforcement officers n't typically enter. rosa said she feels safe. stayslator: i'm going to here and fight my case but i miss my children. >> reporte researchers fm stanford therapy y say physical may lessen the effects ofpioid use. they found those who had physical therapy shortly after being diagnosed with pain in the

shoulders, neck, lower back or knees were less likely to use opioids. for tse who did take the medication, they used aless. right. this is interesting. >> tack a look at this individu -- take a look at this video. it's a reminder to keep a closer watch on those holiday deliveries. >> walking is hard with stolen goods. no matter how big or small, stealing can behard. this person saw a large screen tv and this person had trouble getting thishe into car. it looks like he finally got some of it most of it, i don't know. finally he was able to drive away. >> with part of it hanging out of thecar. >> real discrete. >> after the break, a school

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well, everyone is different and that's okay. that is the message of national inclusive week and its i care campaign.he i had delight of spending time at west breyer elementary in vrenna this morning w the kids there showed off their spirit to embrace eryone. >> reporter: well, here atest breyer elementary in vienna, no

one is left out because -- >> i care! >> reporter: that is tt campaign, part of national inclusive week. p.t.a. mom jenna promoted this. what is crazy hair all about? >> we wted to celebrate what is unique. that's w the kid came with the crazy hair. thursday weromoted standing up for others, what is bullying and what to do when you see. >> reporr: i'm going toring in samantha, who y is 8rs old to tell us you're representing the students. what did you learn in this whole campaign? >> i learned that being different is okay. >> reporter: being different is okay, right? i want to thank everybody here at west breyer elementary in ienna, the principal, the vpa

principal and her husband for bringing us on board with this campaign. from west breyer elementary school, you what? >> i care! >> we're not getting anything do today in school. i love that. fantastic story. >> lauryn, you're talking rain. almostin moving do we have a couple minutes to go grab lunch outside? >> do you want to go outside for lunch? you want to eat outside? you want to do that? >> i mean if we want to go get something to eat, are you going to get wet? do you need to takeour umbrella? >> you don't need your umbrella yet. >> good

>> i don't eat outside, not in the winter. >> listenf you want to go outside right now and grab some lynch, it's not that bad but -- >> don't eat tse. >> don't eat outside. >> that's not what i meant. >> you're not going to want t eat dinner outside because it's going to be rainihe by time it gets to dinnertime. rain is moving from the south to the north from 2:00 to about 5:00, i'm sure it will be here in d.c. as we get to the evening commute. saturday rain throughout the day, showers by sunday and monday and tuesday are going to be dry but they're going to be blustery out there. today, tomorrow night, if you have holiday parties, take that umbrella,otake the if you're hosting a holiday party, make sure you have an umbrella stand andomewhere for guests to put their shoes. it's going to be muddy.

and reach across america, unfortunately we got rain through saturday and showers on sunday. even a few showers trying to hit the ground out therenow. for the most part, it'slight, a few sprinkles. there an area of low pdossure the deep south and that's going to bring rain into our area later on throughout the evening. we do have a flood watch tonight. at goes until tomorrow night for everybody. it's cool out there. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. we are headedea to 50 degrees today but of course we have that rain moving into the forecast ar. so again, rain throughout the evening. let's go ahead and time it out for you. again, by8:00, 9:00, everybody's going to have it, even all theay up through baltimore. we continue with heavy rain tomorrow morning and maybe few showers throughout the day tomorrow. heavy rain tomorrow night into sunday morning and then just a few showers on sundayut sunday will still be on the wet side. e're going to show you that

ten-day forecast. that's coming up in just about ten minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. your pet's health is at risk when you fail to take a simple step. we'll tell what you that is. and your favorite magical nanny is back in "mary poppins." a look at wheth it iser t

mary poppins, the world's greatest nny is back in a sequel to the original 1964 film. jason fraley, are we glad she's back? >> i'm glad she's back and i like your little impression there of skrjulie andrews. you can do the part next time. >> you can do th. >> get her an umbrella. it's decades later. michael is all grown up, three kids of his own, trying to avoid home disclosure and our family nanny drops in to save the day. and emily blount, huge shoes to

fill there. she does a really nice job of it. she's got that same stern, yet mischievous qualities to her. i hope she gets nominated for an oscar for "a silent place." and her co-star does a little burping songs. there's so many songs. all in all for holidays, it's a good family outing. i think they actually did a nice job of this. i wasri pleasantly sud. >> i'm so excited to see it. i'm there, i'm there.

also a holiday favorite, the "nutcracker" is playing. >> it's the 15th anniversary of the washington ballet's "nutcracker." we talked about why it's so d.c. centric. >> reporter: why is this such an annualtradition, perfect for the holidays and what makes it so d.c. centric? >> we're thrilled to celebratet webary areweber's 15thsa anniv "nutcracker." the rat king is king george, we have revolutionary soldiers and cherry blossoms. there are lots to see that you'll feel yourself at home.

>>oo it does beautiful. >> finally another seasona favorite, "a christmascarole." you caught up with the stars? >> yes. we talked about why thiss so timely, not only every year but especially now. >> but why should we come if it's an annual tradition, why should we come? >> it'st' fast, funny, it's joyous and it reminds us tha mankind is all business. >> this year the business is going a to be charity every year we help out. y.e whole theme is giving back to the commun who are we helping this year? >> this year, which mks the ten years we've been raising funds for a local charity, in fact or $765,000 to date. this year's recipient is the homeless children's playtime

project. >> come out and see tiny tim, and you'll also see some celebrity guests. i think vernon davis was even there are the redskins this year. way they've been playing, probably should stick to balletn >> i think anybody would disagree with you. entertainment editor jason fraley, thank you very much. have a good weekend. > healthy pets are happy pets. >> re's chuck bell. >>r. joshua woolsey is here this morning with more on preventing heart worm disease. this is a very tricky disease to manage once it's been taken on. >> it's very, very serious when dogs or cats becomeinfected. it really is difficult and

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so we got to get the latest onhis rain headed our way. >> hey, lauryn. >> hey, guys. it's a chilly rain, 47 degrees. the rain moving in probably around d.c. through the middle part of the afternoon and early mmute. starts to move in 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. by 8:00, everyone will have that rain. it's going to be heavy at times through saturday morning, a few onshowers saturday after and heavy rain possible saturday night and then showers through the day on sunday g it ing to be a wet weekend ahead. one to two inches of rain what we're expecting. holiday parties tonight or tomorrow, make sure you have that umbrella and make sure i you're hosting those you have the umbrella stand and shoe stand because a lotf wet feet are going to be tracking through

your house. two ihes ofain possible to tack on to a very wet year already. and agaioi it is to be a lot of rain. it's going to be very well through sunday. a flood watch through 6 p.m tonight through tomorrow. it's going to be mild but it' going to be wet. monday and tuesday we've got some breezy conditionski wednesday l good and then more rain chances, of course we're talkiig about rain now, rain chances as we get into your thursday and friday of next week. guys? >> lauryn, thank you. that's it for"news4 midday." thank you for joining us. updatesan get news and with the nbc washington app. have a great day and great weekend despite that rain. >> try and stay dry.

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