>> 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

hosting the party for members of the s.w.a.t. team. according to c sourcesse to the investigation. police are calling this an accidental shooting. they are classifying thi as an unintentional discharge. >> we are using the word unintentional for a reason. we haven't arrived at the appointment where we're saying accidental. >> one officer was shot in the hand. another shot in the thhip. gun that fired was a personal handgun and not art dent issued weapon. police could not confirm if the officers were drinking at the time. >> it was a holiday party. i won't be naive and assume they weren't. it was a holiday party. whether or not there was alcohol involved is definitely part of the investigation. >> the president of the police union is calling this a serious investigation. >> their trusted to have firearms on them and to use them and to be in control of those firearms at all times. to ensure the safety of themselves and the general

public >> reporter: some of these officers are specifically part of the unit during the prince george's county, an important part of thisforce. they need to be in the field. prince george's police say as they investigate, if it looks like some of them can be taken off suspension, they will. ifkinot, they're l at serious punishment for what happened here. back to you in the studio. >> all right. thank you. we'rewi also fol breaking news in d.c. where h lice have been dealing w spike in violent crime. today, two separate shootings. both during the day about a mill apart. this comes less than a week after the murder of a 50-year-old boy.t collins joins us hive from congress heights inoutheast d.c. >> another daylight shooting in our city. it happened in the afternoon. the investigation continues into the night. >> reporter: there's an odd

deece of ee in play here. when is the last time you saw jumper cables as evidence at ai scene? there they are with the crime tag nearby. and down the reet, aar with a hood raise w like itas start.g a jump here on 13th place southeast. police say a man shot and wounded around 3:00 this afternoon. hit in the stomac leg and back side. when the victim was transported from the scene, they say he was conscious. pam jordan lives nearby >> i had about five shots. it had to be b a firearm. people knew what it the thing about it, people continued to walk as if it was nothing. ople walking wherever they were walking. >> reporter: it has become sort of ordinary. >> yes. >> reporter: there's even more. fourth and savanh streets

southeast. a man shot in e leg. there was a woman and a baby in the car at the time. they were untirmed. cops ced to look for the kill here's hunted down 15-year-old gerald watson. shot and kille him in the stair well of an apartment near his home o knotts place southeast. today the mayor is pleading for help to solve this case of murder. 'll find tha it is someone he probably knew. we need to bring the violent female justice. >> reporter: there's a $25,000 reward in the gerald watson

murder case back to you. >> it was anotherough day on wall street. all the endissharply down turned. the dow closing down with the fourth bigge decline this month alone. the dow is now at its lowest level. down about 7%. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 sharply lower. the s&p is at its lowest level since october of last year. here we go again. another shutdown showdown. if president t mp can't reach some kind of agreement, 25% of the federal government will go into a shutdown three days before christmas. the major sticking points the president is demanding $5 billion in funding from congress to bull thatr bor wall. democrats are offering less money for broader security improvements. in our next half-hour, we'll dig

into which government agencies and services would be affected by a shutdown. > to the extraordinary comments from fbi director jim comey. the house republican s ipoena powe running out. they called temperature him for his second interview this month. he emerged several hours later with scathing criticism and a challenge. the president of the united states is lying about the fbi, attacking the fbi, and attacking the rule of law in this country. republicans used to understand the actions of a president mattered. at some point, fear of fox news, fear of their base, mean tweets, stand up to the values of this country andpe the truth.ar >>er this year, he said he thought the republican party had

lost its way and heo longer wanted to be associated with it. two new reports suggest the russian use of a sophisticated propaganda strategy to interfere in our election. the effort w more extensive than previously known and it is still underway. details on all this. this is scary. >> reporter: yeah. certainly some stubbing findings we're talking about facebook, instagram, twitter, down togo le and even pinlterrest. now there's proof that russians used all of tho and more to try to manipulate your vote. today, two new reports commissioned lay out the stunning steps taken by russians to influence the 2016 election. a plan much m eratehanore initiallyug t. aiming to stop the votes of specifically african-americans. >> the russians took adv ttage

information to buy adds to specifically target you for what they think would be the right message. >> it describes messaging that benefit ought to republican party and specifically, donald trump. it is the workf the russia based firm run by a close ally of vladimir putin. the group created 30 facebook messages and bght a specifically targeting african-americans. other posts spreading negative and false images of hilla clinto all told, ranking up millions of engagements on platforms beyond facebook and twitter. they have some sophisticated platforms like pinterest and others. >> and the efforts have not ttopped. >> the m shared post about donald trump happened after he was elected president.

it got 300,000 shares on facebook. >> now,ti both p scrambling for a solution with the 2020 election just around the corner. today there is a renewed push for congress to have more oversight over the social media companies. now democrats are just weeks away from controlling the house. we can expect to see morens investigat coming soon. >> thanks so much. the death of a guatemalan child at the border led to public protestsere in washington. people came together around the offices of custom they say they want justice for the girl who died and they're asking the government to put more resources into solving claims. the girl was air lifted to the hospital but she died the next morning. after a rainy, nasty

weekend, let's get a first check on the recast. >> the wind is picking up ase look live. feiinally some sun. it's amazing how warm we are but look what's coming. look. only halfhat toward state college. 25, these. the winds starting to die a little bit. it will pick up when the up is comes back up tomorrow. then our next big rain maker. this will be another soak per will move in thursday into friday. once again, some big time rain up and down the corridor. if you're traveling thursday or friday, we'll talk much more

out this when it moves in, when it moves out and what it means to the rest of the holiday traffic. wouldn't it be different if we didn't have anything to talk about? >> thank yo stay ahead of the weak storm by downloading our app. you can see doug's hour by hour forecast and you'll be among the first t get weather alerts right from the storm rcenter. esults of a new i-team investigation changing the law. the parking ots, h it works, how it affects people and what can be did not to stop it. plus, the sex abuse crisis in the catholic church. we have reaction from the schools right at the center. >> we're not goingo do that at the expense of keeping the

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we've got breaking news coming in. the distressed ceo of ceo will not be getting his $120 million package. a short time ag they complete the investigation of the made.tions the board of directors says he has failed to cooperate fully with their investigation. he was forced out afterl sex dwagss surfaced. he said that he has cooperated extensively with investigator he walks away now without $120 million in hispocket. >> thank you. pay to park your car on the street. now fairfax county says it may be changing its parking rules to charge drivers. reactionre t has been less positive.

>> my car is my life. >> reporter: he is smiling now. as a realtor in his carll the time, he's not thrill with having to pay more to park in what is office on the street. >> i don't think anyone here is okay with it. >> it is growing fast. very, very fast >> reporter: in places like tyson's, there sbl that much street parking yet. with all the brand new buildings going up, the demand will be here. that's whyhihey'reing about charging. charging to park on the street drivers. discourages could it free up traffic. it means you can't just heave your car for a long time and that frees uparng spaces. >> it is bad for the people who

to pay. >> reporter: you may remember the pushback whe reston town center put the hourly charges in place. >> a lot of people have used that. >> reporter: new parking changes could take effect in the next two years. adam tuss. news4. maryland commute here's use metro's red line have more trains headed home. today, they eliminated the turn-around. that means every train will go all the way to shady grove. commuters say they're already noticing a difference. >> it's quicker. before i had to wait seven to ten minutes and now it is just five. >> it will make it more convenient. >> this change only applies during rush hour. its meant to reduce crowding. a second man has beenst ar after police say he

help kidnap and sexually assault aoman whoas walking home from her metro stop. marshall blue was arrested today in winston-salem, n.th caroli prince george's police say he hes been on the run since attack two weeks ago now. police say blue and the other suspect drove the victim around whehey sexually assaulted and robbed her. then they left her in southeast d.c. as the holidays approach, we always hear warnings to be especily carefuln road. >> we do. consider what happened in loudtyn co the charlotte reports going out seven drunk driving crashes. >> in a story you will only see on news4, some witnesses were horrified to see two young children inside one vehicle. their mom was behind the wheel. >> this is the car the mother

wasn in w she side swiped and blew out her tirgs to she was going down east maple avenue along with a passenger. her two young children in the vehicle. neither one in a car seat. >> irresponsible. emphatically responsible. he this is the man who owns car that was struck. we agreed to protect his aientity. he he heard the crash and came running out of the house. >> they wereta justing there. both were intoxicated. they wreaked of alcohol. >> reporter: emnot a aulance came to get children. she and her passenger bothe f charges. >> very alarming. ng when ld not be dri you're intoxicated in the first. pl to have kids not in seatbelts and buckled in. that very irresponsible. >> reporter: this neighbor said it is that the first time

eetnesses have the danger caused by driver. this newxpense marks a year ago where a driver hit cars and more. the passenger side was thrown out of the car. the car crushed him. i thin he passed away. of the seven drunk driving accidents over the weekend, at love smashed up cars but no serious injuries. the two little ones from here are recovering. in sterling, virginia. news4. when we come back, get ready for some big changes ahead in the forecast. another late week soaker. could it snarl traffic as people rush out of town for the holidays. first, the brutal difference you'll feel when you wake up tomorrow morning as you walk out the door. >> and a consumer alert.

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the annual rainfall record. we didn't just break it. we blew it away. >> absolutely. r theord was over 61 inches. we're now at 64 inches for the ye w andhave another inch or two coming later this week. we've got anoth one thursday and friday. we saw a beautiful day for the high it was giving us some cooler numbers. and windchills are in the low to mid 30s. currentlynly 42 degrees in hagerstown. colder air moving in acrs our region and that will continue through night tonight. when youom wake uprow morning, i expect it to be in the low to mid 20s. it will be cold start. nothing on the radar across the region. here's the cold front. you can clearly see as it makes its way south. we'll wait for the next storm which once again will start

toward the gulf of mexico. picking up all this moisture and bringi it all our way. and look at thursday night. rain from new tork a way down toward florida. back toward chicago. if younge trave thursday and friday, by car, you're going to runo some problems. we'll have a lot of problems. another soaker moving rough. even if you're flying, i would expect some flight delays. because of the last storm friday, my night was delayed five hours. so you can see that again. what to expect. hey rain. travel issues along the east coast. we'll be talking about it all week. tomorrow, much cooler. it will feel more like 36. breezy and chilly mostly sunny skies. 50 wednesday. a little breeze but not as bad. prfty nice this time year.

late day rain moves into overnight rain and then the rain fralay. we'll much more about that. real quick, i can't miss this. 63. 63. at least it is a warm rain this time ound. >> thank you. nex time, we're looking at a possible government shutdown looming closer. theews4 i-team catches food trucks snatching up prime parking spots. it is making it tougher for you it is making it tougher for you to

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a vigilunderway for a 15-year-old boy who was chased and gunned down e just spoke with the victim's grandmother. now live at thevigil. >> reporter: we're here at the vil in southeast d.c. behind me, it wrapped up a short time ago. lice released balloons into the air to pay tribute to this

15-year-old named jerome watson. he is an anacostia high school student. and some of the people tell me s he was getting his grades together. he hadheis whole life of him. his life was cut short last thursday. here at his vigil, his mom and andma were here. he thld me he enjoyed dancing. at times it was hard for them to speak because they were trying.e two chased him into a stairwell where this vigil is going on. they shot him multiple times and he died in spital. rescuers told me theha night tt i covered this last thursday, they heard at least 13 shots. i spokeith his grandmotr. i forgive who did this to my baby. i want them to know.

you can run but you can hide. what is hidden in the dark will come to light. >> gald watson is the 13th juvenile to be killed in the district of columbia ts year alone. many people tell me they've been to several vigils for teens who are killed. he's the 13th. they hope that someone can crack this case. i talk to police about 20 minutes ago. they tell me this case is still under regs. they are continuing to locate the people responsible for king theife of 15-year-oldra watson. live in d.c., i'll have more at 11:00. shomari stone, ne4. >> do we know if police have any suspects yet? >> no. from what, right now they're etty tightipped with the

investigation. they have not told me they identified anysuspects. they have not released a composite sketch. peter told that the two shutters, it originated right here. s d then it went around t building into a stairwell. these two shooters dided determo make sure this 15-year-old was killed. that they fired again at least 16 shots. this case is under investigation. i'll bring you the latest details as they come along. live in southeast. back to you. >> all right. very hard to understand. two schools inur area are apologizing for employing priests accused of sexually abusing children. the jesuit priests peered a new list today.

some of the allegations go back to the 1950s. >> reporter: page after page detail the abuse. in all, 13 priestsied t maryland and d.c. have been name. it comes from an apology. in a staxt the organization said, we are teachly sorry for the harme caused from victims and their families fest apologiz participating in the harm done by the church. one was in georgetown university. in maryland, five priests were once associated with police are on the list including at the center of a 2002 allegation. both schools issued letters hav apology. following the release, thesu ivor's network of those abused by priests, known as snap, weigh in.

saying we'red in a they're taking the first step toward transparency and healing. it is crucial. toic encouragems who may be suffering in silence to come forward and to deter future cover-ups. all the priests named in the report were removed from ministry. if something doesn't change by the of this week, we're heading for another government . shutdo funning runs out on friday for the agencies not y funded. that's about 1/4 of the government. the stiging point is homeland security. >> just minutes ago, told nbc news they don't know the next steps to come. t we know with republicans about to lose control of the white house and some conservative allies are seeing this as their last best chance

for president trump to fulfill a campaign promise to build a border wall. so he is demanding $5 billi t build the wa. now here is what is at stake. according to senate democrats, if congress allows funding to expire this week,ly rou 800,000 employ yoes would be affected. more than 380,000employees would be furloughed but more than 400,000 others would be forced to work without being pale. and whe workers would like you get pay afterhe shutdown, there is no guarante and it takes a while to get it organized. the furloughed workers would not be able to schedule leave and it would be canceled for essential work ees who have to through the shutdown.

you might think lawmakers would be rourke around the clock to come one a compromise. turns out most are not manning to come back until wednesday. >> all right. thank you. coming up, an alarming health trend for young people. what could be behind the big jump in teenagers using the ecigarettes. that's the colder air in there tomorrow. so breezey and cold tomorrow. heavy rain again late week.

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no matter if you live or work in d.c. finding a parking spot feels like winning the lottery. >> reporter: i'm scott with channel 4. he finds a parking spot day after day but he didn't want to tell us how. this is not one of d.c.'s ten designated food truck zones. the trucks are parked at public meters. >> it is not in itself illegal for a food truck on park at a meter. >> when lunch time ends, the trucks pull out. how do they land the same prime real estate everythay is is our cameras caught it. they line up old cars.

they remain there all night when the trucks swap back in meaning you can never park here. >> it is a fraudulent thing. >> they said the cost of the ticket is about $30. less than the cost of a few lunches served. >> it is just a shell game. racket. >> for lunch hour, more than % down. >> i started with 14 employees. now i have nine employees. >> you went from 14 workers to nine? >> yes. she said her customers can't find rkg.

>> are you worried? >> of course. >> they said they have no choice but to monopolize the meters because there aren't enough foot truck zones for all thetrucks. >> i don't have anywhere else to go.r: >> repore found this food trk shuffle has spread. it is taking over near immigration headquarters. they, too, use place holder cars to save the spots at night. they want d.c. plic works to tow the trucks or the cars. district officials say they can't. >> we ow it is a challenge. >> reporter: they show the place holder cars have racked up dozens of tickets here. each time i costs the city. >> is it the same cost as the fifth and six time they're

ticketed? >> yes. >> reporter: that could change. the d.c. councilmembers have new legislation for repeat i violatio certain sections of d.c. >> when we know the game they're playing, it is time for us to get involved. >> remember this guy? urns out he's part of it. it's worth the costf lunch. >> the.c d. council is expected to vote on thattomorrow. if you have a tip the i-team should check out, go to our app and click on investigation. today was a day for hitting the food trucks. we haven't enough of them.

after all the rainene've we've finally got some shin. we don't need any more rain. how many times have s wewn a picture like this. the >> referee: just overflowing. coastal flood zones. areas that normally flood will see it agaiid we dry out a little bit. look at this. the high temperatures 58 in d.c. with sunshine, it was beautiful outere. a little earlier this afternoon. tomorrow we'llee the winds. the temperatures dropping rather breezy conditions. it is going to feel a lot

colder. that colder air moving in from the north. it will be a cold start. we have wds gusti 20 to 25 miles an hour. most winds, 10 to 15 miles an hour. we're onl in the 30s. 34 for the winch in leesburg. we didn't rust break theord by a little bit. we smashed it by close to three inches. over three and a half inches. i saw some locations picking up three inches. an incredibly wet weekend but also a very cool weekend. this willth pass t west and it ushers in a lot warmer air.

this is i-95. here's friday. a t mixard the west. mostly just showers here. a big problem if you're traveling b car or by rain.mo ow, much cooler. 25 at the busstop. 44 by the time we pick up the kids tomorro night. still breezy, a little better. tomorrow, a wm rain. 63. that's close to a record high temperature. the week dry but cool. we'll take a country to weekend if we can get it. >> no matter how cd iis. thank you.

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the redskins. they bring us right back in. two games left. just one game behind. the redskins first win in a month. wasn't pretty. but against saturday's game against the titans, the urgency of a playoff game. they use their fourth starting quarterback of the season. josh johnson came int su sunday, e winless in his ten-day career. th season has new life and another friendly bounce. make sure they didn't get a chance to the party. break it all down. the offense is horrible. you have to look at them and

onsay, josh j carrying the i ink he played lights out. the entire team. i think being on the ffturnover erential was a big help. whenou lookback, the games that we were rolling. we dominated in that category. ha said this is my last chance. who knowshappens tomorrow? i have to lay everything on the line. you thin he put himself io that position. >> i j tt thinkhis guy is auditioning. to me for the first two h auditions, showed that he could play in this league and play on that i'level.

m hoping to see more grow from him. >> you can see them fight to keep the sson aliv kickoff at 4:30 followed by the redskins report. with all the pressure, alex ovechkin having one of the best seasons of his hall of fame ghreer. 14 str games, 29 goals this year, leads the nhl, the capsco havered at least four goals. all those are wins. the gre 8 recorded for his great play. not a bad choice considering t back to back hat tricks last

week. that's only one away from his career high. some holiday cheer today at med star community hospital. the teamepending tim with patients at the hospital. john carlson overseeing the ginger bread house construction. members of the team taking part in flashes of hope. >> good for they wilvem. >> ween all our athletes. >> i know where i'llgoing. nobody else es. it's going to a lot of

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