all new at 0,11 a young girl sexually assaulted in a local library. the suspect allegedly lurking in the children's section.ne now polic help to find him. breaking tonight, a rareto ado just miles from seattle, washington.

homes damed and people o the ground in shock. >> tornado in western washington. never. maybe more rare bipartisanshipn the sena. sweeping changes coming to our criminal justice system. and a christmas surprise. a mother's facebook post and the overwhelming response to support her daughter. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> first tonight, police and the parents of a little girl are looking for help in a solving disturbing crime. >> she says someone touched herp opriately at a public library. it was just this past saturdayt nit the rockville memorial library, right in the middle of lle town square. that's where we find news 4's jackie bensenli with detail tonight. jackie? >> reporter: well, jim, this is a very disturbing allegation. police say it happened saturday, just before the rkville

library's 6:00 p.m. closing time. a pressrelease says man walked up to a little girl in the children's section, pulled down her pants and touched her inappropriately. she screamed and ran to her parents. they calpod ce. news of the incident alarmed eugene ya palmer, who was at the library with her son. >>tou exp to have solace and, you know, be able to concentrate and be safe in the library. at least. to a certain extent. and not worry about your surroundings. this is the last place that you should actually have to worry about anything like that. >> reporter: and here's where the police need the pu help. they have some security camera video from inside the library showing a man lingering around the children's section about 30, 40 minutes before this happened, t they're not sure if this is the suspect they're looking for. so, anyone with information, anyone who has seen anything suspicious here, particularly sa trday night, asked call montgomery county police. live in rockville, jacki.

bensen, news l n harris here with breaking news outside of seattle in port inorchard, waon. a rare tornado touched down there today, ripping off rooftops and tearing down trees. so far, no reports of any injuries. people got an up close look at this twister, as, check this out, video here, you can see in video, this thing is spinning behind a walmart. witnesses tell us the high winds shook entire buildings. now, you can see it really did some damage to homes out there the area. again, ripping off roofs and uprootsrees all over the national weather service will conduct a tornado survey tomorrow, but they're saying right now this looks like it was an e ff-2, making it the strongt tornad in washington staten 32 years. jim, doreen, back tow. . >> thankllyou. a much calmer night back at home. a little chilly out there, but r great night doug's holly lights, earlieronht in

spri springfield. there they are from chopper 4. >> you had some fun with the ramirez family out there. they have quite the setup, synchronized to the music. >> i thought that was the coolest thing. synchronize the radio t 98.1 and you can hear the music playing and see the lightsac ally shifting with the music. a lot of fu d loveng the holiday lights. thanks for having me out there earlier today. right now, it's on the cold side., temperature, d.c., 33 in hagerstown. many locations already in the 20s, even manassas. very chillynight. all eyes on the next storm system. here's tomorrow, nothing going on. tomorrow, a nice afternhen. there's rainmaking its way in here for thursday and friday. we're goingho talk m more about this, when it moves in, when it moves out and how much more you can expect. i'll see you here in ten minutes. on the scene of a homicide in green belt. chopper 4t flew over

edmondston road. police officers were called here for reports of gunshots. they found s mant inside an apartment building. the victim died at the scene. we saw i one man handcuffs here, but police aren't releasing any information yet out a possible gunman. we're learning more tonight abouthe circumstances surrounding the arrest of a washington redskins player. a witness says montae nicholson was calm before a fight outside an ashburn bar early this shomari but as news 4's stone reports, things got heated quickly in the parking lot. >> reporter: 23-year-old washington redskins safety mo a montae nichols and his 24-year-old friend, sidney maggiore, arrested tuesday ss morning forlt and battery outside the world of beer restaurant in bar. at the oneho loudoning center. it's located just five minutes, around two miles from redskins park in ashburn.

a witness at the restaurant told me nicholson was calm, nice and inside, butear drunk that maggiore was, quote, causing trouble. the witness told me nicholson exited the building in a good od. a fight broke out outside the restaurant. a man and woman told deputies thaticholson and maggiore started honking at them. nicholson allegedly assaulted the man. the alleged victims were taken to aospital for serious but nonlife threatening injuries. a dskins spokesman released a statement, saying, quote, we are gathering more information and will not comment until we have further details. nicholson's status for saturday's game against the titans is uncertain. also for nicholson's contract, well, again, he is a second-yean player the washington redskins, he's a safety, and his contract is worth more than $3 millioas in urn, shomari stone, news 4.>>

shomari, thank you. police say a father shot and killed the mother of his child today after hitting her with a car. then, he took his own life. katherine martell wasatun down he woodlake towers condos in falls church. police say she was in the parking lot when a white nissan suv hit her. our cameras were there whenor investigats towed that suv away from theen sc detectives say christopher brooks was the they tell us he shot martell and rned the gun on himself. their child was not in the parking lot when all of this happened and is now safe with family. aht arrest tonn the shooting death of a 15-year-old from d.c. now homicide detectives want to find a second person involved. today, delawatectives arrested k hols on the. hols on the and that second person chased then shot gerald watson several tim inside an apartment here on knox place southeast last week.

officers spent part of today churching hols on the's apartment for evidence. j it'st a block or two from where watson was shot, and where familyel members ha vigil last night. leon harris here back at the live desk with even more breaking news. s tonight, theate passes a major criminal justice reform bill. this had overwhelming bipartisan support from activists and president trump. all that pushed senators in favor of the first step act. the final vote, 87-12. now, president trump was quick to jump on twitter and claim victory, saying this provides a second chance to nose who earn it. speaker paul ryan says the houss loorward to passing this bill and sending it onto the president to sign. once this becomes law, itill give judges more leeway. it won't force them to iss strict mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. the house passed a similar bill

in may, and a final version of it should be on the president's desk before the end of the week. jim, doreen, back to you. the trump administration says discipline is the key to making american schools ansafer not ng gun laws. today, the president held a roundtab discussion to consider a report he ordered after the school massacre in parknd, florida. the federal commission on school safety suggests some students aren't being disciplined because, under president obama, schools were ordered to reduce racial disparities and punishments. the trump administration argues violent students are slippugg th the cracks. the father of one parkland victim agrees. >> okay that's what you do, you look at the facts, what it led upo february 14th and you look to change things. and that's what this administration d. >> democrats say the administration is really trying to roll back student civil rights. the national rifle association applauded the approach, arguing

it targets the increasing violence in american culture. > the nra is not happy about the administration's move today to ban those bump stocks. the devices allow semiautomatic guns to fire faster, almostik an automatic weapon. the gunman in the las vegas shoong massacre last year used bump stocks. owners now have 90 day to destroy or turn in the devices. the nra ss it is disappointed people who already own bump stocks won'te grandfathered . today, the d.c. council voted on a new gun law, including a bump stock ban. the law always tripleslt the pe for owning high capacity magazines. bull the most notable portion is what's called the red flag law. it allows police to ask a judge for permission to sei legal guns if a loved one or health professional warns that the gun owner is a danger. even if the gun owner never committed a crime. >> the family member who knows that someone's expressed ade

re to harm themselves or others, they have a firearm, we want to be able to act. 13 states, including maryland, already have red flag laws. mayor muriel bowser is expected to sign itnd it cou take effect early next year. dramatic crash tests help keep you and your family safe on the road. tomorrow on news 4 at 4:00, consumer reporter susan hogan reveals the topic safety for 2019. and then, at a:00, she'll take you behind the scenes, from the crash test dummies to all those cameras and sensors. see what it takes to put one of these crash tests together, and find out what researchers are really looking for in the aftermath. the answer might surprise you. that's tomorrow, right here on news 4. next at 11:00, total strangers fulfill a young woisn's christmas w >> it just shows you there's stl a lot of good in people. >> why a huge stack of newspapers meansuc so m to

lacey milner and her mother. she gave us la verne, and so much mo. tonight, friends and fans share tributes to actor/director penny marshall. and after news 4, don't miss former first lady michelle obama and jimmy fallo together. "the tonight

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"laverne & shirley" bringing smiles tonight t fans of penny marshall. the costar of that hit show and acaimed comic actress and director died today from complications of diabetes. her friend tom hanks tweeted, "good-bye, penny. d ma we laugh a lot. wish we still could. love you." marshall directed hanks in two hi movies, "big" and "a league of their own." another star of that movie, rosie o'donnell, said tonight e's absolutely heartbroken. she tweeted a picture and video clip of her and marshall from 1996 episode of "saturday night live." in hollywood tonight, a bouquet of flowers sits on marshall's hollywood walk of fame star, where people are coming to pay their respects. both "big" and"a league of their own" grossed more than $100 million at the box office. a first for a female director. >> these old stereotypes still exist that women h don't know to create a movie for a mass

audience, they don't know how to do comedy for men. and penny was able to show none of that really mattered. >> marshall's brother,an produc director gary marshall, died two years ago. penny marshall was 75. missed by lot of people. it was a simple facebook post toet a b surprise for a local young woman wither is ball palsy this christmas. it turned into more than a mother would askfor. news 4's cory smith explains how total strangers came through to deliver the news to lacey. >> reporter: this is a story about a girl and her newspaper.a cey milner loves the sight, sound and feel of having the morning paper i herhand. she gets it from her dad, according to her mom. >> he would sit here with her in the morning while she had her a mi go through the page, so, it was a learned behavior. >> reporter: lacey is 22 and ffering from er cerebral palsy. she's not too keen on the front

page or the comic section, for that matter. it's the ads she loves. >> we kind of fight over the i got t get in there first or oads. it's goi to be totally taken apart. >> reporter: teresa milner knows what's at the top of lacey's wish list. but she wand to do something really special for her daughter. >> well, i had a friend say, you know, it could be cool if you could get papers from other ar ts. >> reportet led to a facebook post, which led to the unexpected. >> i thought it would be local friends and relatives in other starts. i didn't tnk it would go this far. ers cameter: the newsp in from all over. >> california, oranchorage, n carolina, south carolina, pennsylvania, just says merry christmas from long island new york. i don't know who they are and they stillet sent her so many papers. >> reporter: it all the ads lacey could ever want. but where to put them? that was easy. where newspapers normally go. >> she might get a little overwhelmed, to have thatany papers at her disposal, but she's going to love it.

reporter: for mom,it's a simple gesture from total strangers that will me this christmas unforgettable. >> still shows you there's still urlot of good in people. >> reporter: andg this holiday season, that is truly some good news. cory smith, news 4. >> what a great story. >> that's a wonderful story. pretty on, moms going to have to put a facebook post, okay, we got enough of the newspapers now. that's a wonderful response. >> that's prettyamazing. >> nice sunshine out there today. >> yeah. ou pretty cold, . >> it was definitely on the cold side. wind chills in the 30s. real quick, we mentioned that tornado i parts of washington. last time they had one like that was19l86. that is also my analog year for this winder. something else thapened in '86, a big rainstorm around christmas and no snow in- decemberhat does that all lead to? remember what we talked about? a pretty snowyjanuary. so, if you're waiting for it -- just saying. now, are coming together and it does look like right around the turn of the new year, things are going to start to get

colder and, yeah, could get a little stormy,too. just -- >> okay. >> throwing that out there, everybody. if you're a snow lover likeme, you've been waiting to hear it. january looking pretty good. out there right now, what are w dealing with? well, we're dealing with some pretty cool conditions. out there currently at the airport, current temperature in the 30s. right now, we're sitting at 37 degrees -- hold on. this isn't working. hold on. something's going on. let's mak sure and see what's happening here. let's do this from here, because this is not going to erwork. it is, 37 degrees, winds out of the south at five miles per hour. 24 degrees in manassas right now. that's the really cold spot. so, yeah, it's a lot colder in the suburbs. going to be a very cold night. temperatures in the 20s, just know that stepping out the front door. you do not need the umb.lla tomorrow and tomorrow's sunshine is eel nice.ing to i think it's going to be a great day, we'll see sun and milder w temperaturesh less wind. look at this.

look at this spin down towards texas now, this what's amazing about this. we talked about the tornado in washington state, that's way up here. thtem comes down and meets up with this system to give us another b rain maker along the east coast. same thing happened last week. we're seeing it again this week. watch what happened here. rain around here. this is coming from washington.e two storms in the middle and yeah, we got a big rainstorm coming on thursday. most lely arting, could seal showers in the morning, but most of this during the evening rush into the over on thursday. all up and down i-95. so, if you're traveling i-95, you really want to think about that,aybe leave a little earlier and give yourself a little bit of extra time. from d.c. to the west, you might run into a mix in 70 and up to 80, if you're traveling up to cleveland or traveling into rts of ohio back to chicago. and that storm system movesn through, thursday and friday with the wet days. the weekend looking better. what to expect? heavy rain again. we know that. another inch to an inch a hatch, some locations upwards of two inches and travel issuesd u

own the east coast. not just from cars, but flight delays, as well. f had quite a of them last week. we might have more on friday. here's tomorrow, though. pretty nice. more mild. still sunny and dry. a high around 50. there's the rain thursday and friday. looking friday's high. 67 degrs. that is a very warm rain, so, heah, even though it's raining, it is onarm side. temperatures this weekend, cool a little bit. and right ndnow, monday tuesday, christmas eve and christmas, looking pretty ce. not too bad this time of year. >> all right, thank you,doug. coming up, some redskins punching their tickets to thebo player including one thking some team history.

hey, it's me, sday. look, i never wanted to be the popular day. hey look, it's thursday! but in this place, it's just getting out of hand! hey thursday! popularity has always been friday's thing, and if friday finds out about this whole scene, trust me there's going to be drama! so, let's just keep all of this between us, hmm? thursday. friday! what's happening here?

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> all right, sherree, starting ofh basketball. wizards, huh? >> we're notug latng at the wizards. >> no, that was no laughing matter. they looked really gd for some of it. the wizards making it a close game, but the hawks soaring past washington. new addition trevor ariza making his debut again for the wiz. ariza last pla for the wizards back in e 14 and back in lineup tonight. skipping ahead, third quarter, wizards down one. ariza to markieff morris ove to bradley beal in the corner, knocking down the tres. beal with a game-high 29 pointsa s up by two. but in the fourth, business arounds down five. over to ariza, step back and just, oh, it looks good here. ariza had 19 points. but the hawks just too much in ore fourth quarter. alley-oop f kent bazemore. he had .

hawks up by seven. jeremy lin also doing work in the fourth. s lincoring 12 of his 16 points off the bench in the quarter.e wizards los to the hawks, 118-110. now,l,own a leve patrick ewing and the georgetoyn has hosting appalachian state. the hoyas led by their freshmanc tonight,d half, pass ahead to mack mcclung. somehow getting this to go. 14 points for hi georgetown up four. later, thou, app state leads, .icking it o to james akino, knocking it down putting the hoyas back on top. a few plays later, georgetown with one-point lead, and he takes this one all by himself. lead the hoyas with 17. points georgetown beats appalachian state, 83-73 and they are now 8-3 on the season. american universy also in action tonight. they're hosting mt. st. mary's. skipping ahead, final minutes of the game. eagles down three. sayeedck nelson, q mooufl ave a

finish. au within one. and under two minutes to play, looking to close this one out. off the miss, malik jefferson ints the rebound and put-back. 12 , 20 rebounds for jefferson. mt. st. mary's wins 56-55. redskins off today, but a few of them have some trips to book in january. ryan kerrigan named a starter for the nfc in this year's pro bowl. he leads the team with 11 sacks, died for eighth in the nfc. ryan's third straight selection, fourth of his career. and tackle trent williams knows a thing or two about bowl.o he's headed to his seventh straight. not as a receiver. trent will be a serve. joshnorman, d.j. swearinger,ri adan peterson, jordan reed, dustin hopkins and tress way all named alternates. the pro bowl will be played in orlando on january7th. but before the fun in florida, a playoff push for the redskins that continues saturday

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