injured, and prince ge county police are investating. >> we do have two injured rs offi we need to know how that gun went off. >> reporr: they'reooking into it. >> 11offficers uty inside that house at the time. that's why 11 offduty police officers have been suspended at this time oil we get down to how that gun discharged. it belongs to officers who were offduty. police are calling this an accidental shooting say it is ao unintel discharge. >> it would be like any other investigation that we conduct. we have to look at evidence, take statements and then we'll reach our conclusion. >> one officer was sho in the

hand. >> it was a personal handgun and not a department issued weapon. police don't know ifre they consuming alcohol at the time. >> it was a holiday party. i won't be naive but we know whether or not there was alcohol involved. it is part of the investigation. >> reporter: this is an elite team. prince george's county police saying with them being taken off the street, it will not impact public safety. as they investigate, if they can put more officers back on the street, they will. back to you in the studio. nflt thank you. we're also following breeing news in istrict where a man hos been shot multiple times. this latesting in southeast in the congress heights neighborhood. it comes less than a week after the murder of a 15-year-old boy.

pat collins is on the scene. pat? >> reporter: you know i've covered a lot of shootings in our city. i've never seen anything quite like this. brand newumper cables here. they have a tag on them and an evidence marker on dothem. the street is a vehicle with its hood up like it was getting its battery jumped. now i'm not saying that this or that has anything to do with what happened here. but it is odd. daytime violence in the southeast section of our city is out of control. more daylight gunfire in our city. a m shot three times.

stomach, leg, back side. police moved in to seal off the area. when he was taken from thesc e, they say he was conscious. a scary sight for residents here. pam jordan is not happy with what's happeninghere. >> it is scary knowing that criminals have those weapons in their nds. we're just completely unable to stop the crime. >> reporte but there's more. fourth and savannah streets southeast. a man in this car, shot in the leg. there was a woman and a baby in the carti at the . they were unharmeunharm. t in the meantime, cops continue or look f the kill here's hunt

down 15-year-ol gerald watson, shot and killed him in the stair well of an apartment near his home insoutheast. today the mayor pleading for help to solve this case of murder. >> we need help. we need to know who really targeted this child. and killed him. and closey his home. and we know that somebody can health usve s this crime. >> reporter: a vigil is scheduled tonight near gerald's home thank you, pat. priests with ties to local schools haveapologized. while some of the allegations, they go back for decade cory smith explains why we are just now learning about the sackizations. maryland t t

ovprce tf s a oeiothnsociety o of more than a dozen priests creditably accused of sexually abusing children. 13 priests with ties to d.c. and maryland are name in the report. the allegations stretch back to 1950 with the most rent one coming in 2002. in a statement, the organization.e, que are deeply sorry for the harm we have caused to victims and their families. we also apologize for participating in thm that abuse has done to our church. the listlu is four jesuits with ties to the high school. in a statement, they apologized for the actions of the accused clergymen saying even though i know words are completely inadequate tofully person whobe ha harmed in any way by the society of jesus, i extend my most sincere and heart felt apology. no person should ever haveo experience abuse. it is inexcusable. the school's president a presenti letter saying i cannot express strongly enough

on behalf of this institutid n the society of jesus, my deepest apology and contrition to those whom we failed. i am grateful to those who came forward. it is an extraordinarily difficult task. on so manyve. moral, spiritual and psychological. all the clergy r have beenoved from ministry. they release the list for transparency purposes and show it was committed to preventing abuse. o >>lethe priests on the list have passed away. but there are still five. a firefighter saw smoke coming from a straurestaurant t and knocked it down before there was any damage. this is what itooked like. that rtaurant in the glen mont shopping center was closed. the fire started in the kitchen and spread through roof. several nearby businesses had to

be evacuated. investigators are trying to figure out how it all started. >> so how nice was it to see the storm this morning after the wet, wet weekend? a we going to get a break? >> from the rain, yeah. we'll have plenty of sunshine and bright blue skies again tomorrow. probably wednesday before the next storm system. 52 degrees. that's the current windchill. the colder air making its way down through our region. en we turn o attention to later this week. here comes another soaker, making its way through thursday into friday. much more on this and the pote yial travel for into the weekend, too. we have the forecast. see you back here.

doug, thank you. the former fbi director jim comey says tonight, the president is lying about the bureau and attacking the rule of law in our country. those comments after comey f ed questions from the gop-controlled house and judiciary committees. he said he faced more questions that the clinton e-mail investigati investigation, michael flynn and the steeledossier. speaking after he called ndpublican lawmakers to s up. >> republicans used to understand, the actions of a president matter. the words of a president matter. the rule of law matters and the truth matters. >> do you seeon a coming up? >> not yet i hope they'll overcome that and explain to their grandchildren what they did today.

>> his testimony in a closed door session. >> there are growing calls for an investigation into the death of the little girl who diede wh in custody. she died from wt appears to have been sepsis. she had a temperature above 10 degrees. the little girl and her father both me a mayan languageke they are p up as they crossed illegal when i a group into new mexico. it is unclear h how much father understood when he signed a form that said his daughter was in good health. in the meantime about, half the troops have now returned to their home bases. there are still about 3,100 troops at the border assisting

the ag the president ordered them are in response to that caravan frol centmerica which included mostly families seeking asylum. the remaining troops could be there as long as the end of next month. the house doesn't fully return until the end of next week and they'll have to move quickly to come the some kind of agreement before the a quarter of government agencies could shut down at midnight friday if there's no spending resoluthon. president and lawmaker have been at odds about funding for the wall. he wan $5 billion. democratic leaders say they gave himwo options for border security funding. both significantly less. a shutdown friday is not going to affect your pac dges beinivered but postal workers could probably enjoy a nice word or two because this is th biest week for shipping. the u. postal service expects to process nearly 3 billion pieces of mail this week.

this week alone. 3 billion. so here a the two big deadlines you need to be aware of to make sureif the arrive before the 25 ths. the first is december 20th for first class mail and priority mail. you have two more days of cushion for priority mail express. but you have to ship them by december 22nd. we know the distric has a loveffair with food trucks. but the cost of doing business with them can affect you when you're looking for a place to park. some are using the whole prize spots a what lawmakers want to do to sp it. the day and time you might be more likely to have aeart be more likely to have aeart atta hck

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she justd to help someone in need and you can too. to learn more about kidney donationvi t the gw ron and joy paul kidney center at gwkidney.org or call 1-833-kidney3. a food fight on the s deets . might soon be broken up. you'll recall how we showed you how food truck operators are squatting on some of the most prizedquting spaces. the scheme is spreading and d.c. leaders think what theam i- found requires a change in lawe to fre up parking spotsor you.

>> no matter if you live, visit or work in d.c. finding an open sparking spot feels l we trying to the lottery. if so, it might appear this car and this guy hit the jackpot. day after day. he didn't want to tell how. us's not lucky. they lined the block with customers. n this is one of d.c.'s ten designated zones. spare parked at public meters which they s is fine. it is not in and of itsell ille for a food truck to park at a meter. >> but here's where it gets interesting. when lch time ends, the truck pulls out. how do they land the sam prime real estate every day? our cameras caught it. they line u old cars to swap into the parking spaces. they remain in the spots all

night until lunch te next day when they swap back in the food trucks. meaning you can never park here. >> a heck of scheme. >> it is. it is a fraudulen prelanned td sophisticated execution arrangement thaty have as their business model. said say they payhem remotely. even if they hedon't,ost of the ticket is about $30. less than the cost of a few lunches served. >> it is just a shellgame. they're just flying them around it is a racket. >> not just during the lunch hour. >> meet becky woo, at her rise and shine cafe across the street is gettingburned. >> i started with 14 employees and now i have 9. >> she said her customers can find parking. are you worried about your business' future?

>> of course. >> one this person said they're hurting, too. they have no choice but to monopolize the meters because there aren't enough food truck zones. >> i don't have any other place to park.e >> now found the food truck shuffle has spread. a group of trucks taking over meet orders 12th street southwest near u.s. immigration headquarters they,too, use place holder cars to save the spots at ght. e business owners say they want them to tow the trucks or the car to breakp the operation. under current law, district officials say they wn't. >>know it is a challenge and we are continuing to send our officers. >> they say the place holder cars have racked up dozen of tickets. each time it costs the same. >> you put a ticket on one of those singula cars, is it the same cost the fifth time and sixth time?

>> right now, yes. that is right. >> that could change. they draed new legislatio hype the cost of repeat parking violations in certain sections of d.c. >> when we know the game they're playing, it is time get in the game is makesure the car are getting ticted and booted off the >> it turns out he is their help execute the parking mescheme. ing for him the cost lunch might soon get a bit more pricey. news4 team. >> by the way, they're v expect toe on it tomorrow. the i-team will have the results for us right here on news4. it is prett commono have to pay when you park on the d.c. streets andth da. fairfax county may soon be joining that charge as we. there is no demand for parkin they say let's charge to park.

that will maybe push people to use metro or people won't park for an e oend period time. the scenarios bring up the spifes. his plan is approved, new parking changes will take eff tt next two years. the future of d.c.'s providence hospital is unclear. the "washington journal" reports, the attorney general is suing the hospital to keep it from scaling back. they said the hospital violated its renewed license without city dproval. the emergencyartment and the services that support it will tay open through the end of april. get this. in sweden, they said heart attacks are more likely to

happen at 10:00 at night on christmas eve. they found risk goes up nearly 40% on december 24th. the study was published. it doesn't look at the reasons for the increased risk. researcher suspect the added emotional stress, i love this part, seeing family members. i don't know why. eating andrinking too much also, and traveling. long ding all of those could play a role. just seeing your family members. and a man named william congre conklin is the a hitect that helped put penn quarter on the map. he passed away last nth. he was 95. that navy memorial was dedicated in 1987. became a center piece for the reminder of that stretch.

he asked president obama to stop at that memorialur ding the parade of the inauguratio to honor them and don't you know it, he did. just beautiful. aretty place to have lunch. and coming up, doug b isk with another big storm on the way.

we said lastweek, one to two inches. maybe three to four and i thought that was too high. no.th e and a half. three to four inches fell in parts of our area just so much rain friday night into saturda and sunday, too west saw some sunshine across the area. the temperatus starting fall. we're sitting at 52.

the average high is 46. we are ten degrees above average. the winds will start to make i feel colder. the windchills in the 30s already to thth north. cold air will move to the north. the cold front moved through but it didn't bring us any snow. right there, bringing in that colder air to the south. now,older airomorrow but still some sunshine into the day wednesday. and then we track wednesday. eryet ano storm system. i made this graphic last week for last week's storm and it is almo the same. t rainrsday night into friday,

exactly. i don't think we'll see three or four inches. this time i'm calling for an inch and a half. this is thursday. this is friday. if you're traveling thursday and friday, yeah, the roadways could be a little bit of a mess. it does move out by saturday. heavy rn again. another inch to an inch an a travel issues, for sure. maybe even some flight. dela i know we had quite a bit during the day friday. last week wh that storm system, we could have it again this week. tomorrow, breezy and chilly. 46. most of you staying in the 30s for the windchill tomorrow. it will be very chilly. still, rather breezy. late day rain thursday. this is when the rain moves in and overnight into the day friday. more shower activity on friday. but it doe mov out.

colder, breezy conditions on saturday and sunday. l atst we have it dry through traveling here through the holiday. christmas eve monday. christmas, right now, both looking dry. the temperature temperatures around average at friction degrees. just ahead, clearly a surprise this is a local principal, that surprise led to a 10,000 check in her pocket. plus, a new report gives an in-depth lookant how rus tried to influence the elections. the key group they targeted and the scope to which the succeeded. >> and the danger to thon seas the rise in dui related

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d a man hel kidnap and sexually assault a woman who was walking hole from her metro stop earlier this month. he was arrested in winston, salem. he's been on the run since then. two weeks ago, police said they drove victim around while they sexually assaulted and robbed her. then they left her i southeast d.c. a lounld county mother is accusedf driving drunk and crashing her car with her two children in the vehicle. >> what has been a dangerous weekend. there were seven crashes. >> this is the woman behind the whee the eriff's office said her

two young children were not in car seats or buckled up. this man whom we've agreed n to identify heard the crash and ran out to find his car smashed up. the standi wngoman next to the disa vehicle. >> they were just standing there. both were intoxicated. they wreaked of alcohol. >> eman ambulance came to get the children. both suspects face charges. this couple was driving around drunk with two little ones in the car. not even in seatbelts. what do you think of that? >> irresponsible. completely emphatically irresponsible. but it is not the first time neighbors living here have witnessed a crash. this new fence markshe spot year ago, a drunk driver flew

down the street. >> went through the house's back ready i can't, hit the house, and the person on the passenger's side flew out of the car and the car crushed him. i think he passed away. >> that car came to rest in this grassy area. the passenger was killed. the driver charged with involuntary manslaughter. cyber security experts suggest the russian efforts have been more widespread than previously thought. >> the researchers say it involved tapping into majorue social i and targeting particular voters. j this it fascinating. they were going after frican-american voters durin the 2016 election. can you give us an idea how they were doing it? was it effective? did it work?

>> it appears it did. these were russians posing as americans across our social media platt forms. facebook, twitter. we've heard about this. we didn't understand the sent to which they were targeti african-americans to suppress the black vote. they were undermining confidence in hillary clinton and encouraging voter for third party candidates o saying don't have any part in the election. nd they were playing on concerns about police violence and other issues in the black community. w look don't know if it worked. we know that the underperformed key states in michigan, a wisconsi pennsylvania. >> you mentioned they actually recruited americans to do this.

>> yes. they that i have h they that i have had to the mueller investigation. and they' still on social media to this day. it is an ongoing problem. >> what do they gain from this? i'm sure they enjoy disrupting us but what does putin gain worldwide? she said the this agency cheer lay preference for donald trump. they can't gotten sanctions but they've gottenhaos, a president who has undermined nato and they want to divide our society. they are playing on the worst impulses of american politics and they're using the crown jewels of social media, facebook

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students went christmas shopping day. each student got to pick out toys and books, met santa claus and spent time with therapy dogs as well. dozens of volunteers made it all come together. a d.c. principal got the surprise of her career today. one that was well deserved. mark segraves was there as she was named princip of the year. >> students and teachers were told today's assembly was about perfect attgodance als. that was just a trick to get the

principal there for the real >>announcement. nd this year is your principal who will be the principal of the year for d.c. >> she's been a middle school teacher for 20 wars. he's a principal andle of her students are considered at risk. yet their test scores hav exceeded expectations three years in a row. >> i love her. she motivates us. i want to be like her when i grow up. >> you're an excellent role model. i would love for my son and one of my kids to be just like you. >> this is just one year after th who inspired her career passed away. >> i actually grew up in a family of ucators. my dad was antr instor at the community college.

in addition to all the love, the principal of the year gets a $10,000 check. >> the most important question it?what will you do with >> i'm going to save it because i'm fiscally responsible but i i'll goe to travel so somewhere i've never been re befo. >> the principal will be honor at a teacher of the year. from reading and writing, a spellingnd geography. children learn a lot. how kids are becoming financially savvy. >> back and forth about whether or not metrod sho run more service. i'll tell but the debate

so this is called tush hour promise. metro is feeling so good about its performance that it is going to cut the amount of time from 15 minutes late to ten minutes late. >> well, this is basically, metro betting on itself saying its servi is improve. if you're now just ten minutes late, you'll get your money back. st ten minutes late during rush hour on metro and you can bt a refund. >> thet thing ever. whoon doesn't want their back? >> reporter: so what does it mean? from the time they tap in t to time they tap out during rush hour, if it exceeds ten minutes, the money goes right back on your smart trip. and remember, it has to be

registered. >> iish they had it when i was catching the train more. >> during a reason one-on-one sitdown, he told news4 about how metro planned to keep improving. ustomers are the saying we're good. >> what will it be next year? is there another slogan coming out? >> we have to be better than good. >> betterhan od. to just ten minutes late starting january 1st. >> reporter: metro says it has given out roughly $1 million back. now they're on the hook a bit more to make sure you get where you need to go on time.

adam tuss, news4. >> and for a bus reform, you have to fill out a form. >> right now,ar the eliminating it during rush hour. every red line train headion into momery county will go all way to shady grove. it is essentially doubling service. meaning more frequen trains and hopefully less crowded trains during peak travelimes. four buses will make fourre rn runs in the evening. >> especially the commuter lot is to move more people. not more rsca

about 70 people took advice the first day. adulting the hard. just ask 12,000 middleer scho they're learning to pay bills, raise a family and even buy a car. how these children are getting a jump start in the real >>world. when the school bell rings. >> reporter: it's time for these seventh graders to play grown up. >> 27 years old. >> 31 years old,. sing >> i'm 30, i have a kid. >> they learned pretty quickly that being an adult isn't easy. >> there is a lot to do. you have need to have a lot of insurance, clothing and savings. >> throughout the year, every seventh grader in montgomery don't public schools spends the day here.

the junior achievement finance park located iide the edison school of technology in silver the goal is to get kid to understand what matters. >> the kids visit store fronts where they learn about it. if they're lucky, they'll have money left over for vacatis. >> you should know that the average cost for a person for vacation is $1180. >> ana was disappointed to learn her vacation plans were voided because she forgot to budget in ycare. the kids now have a better understanding of the decisions their paren make. >> it's hard. there's so much work putt to take care of. >> the biggest takeaway,

adulting is justla hard. >> all the bills that you have to pa >> there are other program similar to this throughout the d.c. neregion. thehing they all have in common, it is a true reality check. >> start them early. i love that program. >> i'm trying to wrap my head around using the word adulting. >> i told them, he feel your painful sorry, mom and dad. i don't need that new bicycle. >> i don't thinkso. we've got rain coming. this is what we've been talking about. almo c abon copy of what we saw with some sunshine in the

ddle of the week and then rain. let's show youhi hows are .haping we have clear skies. dropping into the 40s.gh right thr 9:00, 10:00 and then it gets chilly. most of you will be in the 30s. we're already there for the windchill. currently, 45 in gaithersburg. 51oward manassas. we saw a high in the mid 50s. plenty of a really nice day. by tomorrow, it will feel about 20 degrees colder. the current wind gusts, upwards of 2 20 to miles an hour. a little less in some locations. that is the colder air moving in. and something else we continue to watchful the floodingd tow d.c., around georgetown and the shenandoah valley. take a look at this.

the water is all the way up toward the buildings there. of course this will be closed during the day tomorrow. around our region, th coastal flood warning is probably through tomorrow. the storm stlem once again start to the south. this will move our w and bring up a ton of moisture, thursday night into friday. a lot of people are traveling thursday and friday. all the way back toward the west. an all-rain event. if you're travelingfr ay, expect more rain up and down i-95. if you're traveling, even taking

a plane. we have more heavy rain in the making. tomorrow, nora . windchills in the 30s all day. a very chilly day tomorrow compared to today. we've got late dane thursday. it gets fai iy heavyo the overnight hours. it will be a warm here comes the colder air. we're still in the 40s. an 46 is average.s christ 46 and sunshine. his photos gave americans a real snap shot into the lives of

others. up next, a look at the life and work of gordon parks. >> he's been called one of the best photographers of the 20th century.

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today there was a call fora end to gun violence in northeast. the ceo of tom's recently announced the company would be donating $5 million in an effort to curb gun violence. that includes t creation of murals here in the district and other major cities. >> he was one of the most influential photographers in the 20th century. gordon partial. a civil rightsap photor who really captured that era in our area, including here in the district. an exhibit at the natiol gllery of art is now honoring parks. inside this exhibit. >> i think the holy grail of parks is right here. >> she has a resigned expressonn

er face. and a young family at home. these are the people he lik to feature. every day americans facing everyday issues. >> instead of the violence we see, he used the camera a his tool against racism and poverty. >> he was self-taught andften spent days with the people he photographed, getting to know them. >> it is that empathy that he's able to cree thatakes it important. he is a fantastic role model today. >> young people like ashley she's a law student and arrived right when the doors opened today. >> i thi it is incredible. just looking back at a time to whenlack people didn't have that much opportunity. he was able to use his mat form and really shine a light. first as t african-american to be hired as hoa staffgrapher at "life" magazine. one of the biggest publications of that time.

you can flip through the pagese and how he made history. >> you see people coming here first. ib the e will be open through middle of february, honoring an ico and making sure it lives on. >> it examines his work with the government early on and his work with others. people who helped shape his ground breaking style. definitely worth a look. welcomet to news400. shutdown in sight.lu

even more changes for th weather. tracking another big storm. the news4 i-team uncovers an elaborate pla making it harder for to you park and it is completely legal. i>>is a fraudulent plan and sophisticated execution arrangement that they have as their business >> what is dealing done to shut it down thanks to our first on 4:00, two offduty at a officers shot holiday get together. 11 prince george's police officers there at the time. that is why 11 have been suspended. tracee wilkins with new details on how it happened. >> our top story. 11 highly traiced os off the job after one of their guns goes ool at aay party. >> now the question is how it

happened. our burefu c tracee wilkins broke the story on twitter. >> what do we knowow about this happened? >>well, prince george's police are trying to figure it out. surely when the group ofrs offiot together for their christmas party, they didn't expect two of them to be transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. that's what happened. now the police department is st inating. >> we do have two injured officers at a holiday party west need to o figure why the gun went off. arerince george's police trying to figure out how a handgun was discharged durin the private party of 11 in the house at the time. that's why 11 offdutys officer have been suspended at the time while we get to the bottom of how that gun discharged. >> this is the they responded to after the report of a gun firing. the home bloks to theer off