shoppers might be greeted with a different holiday exrience this season. first at 4 an inkonlicoming rainmaker. >> could throw a wrench into heir cans heading to christmas destination. >> it brings potential fordi floong near major travel problems. >> what can we expect? >> we can expect pretty much a carbon copy of what we saw. that means problems on the road and the airways. the storm starting to g it back together. as we look through the next couple of days what does this do? the area of low pressureoving away and the rain moving in. if you're traveling tomorrow take a look at this. we'll szoom on in. it starts to get heavy around that 5:00 hour. look what's coming.

if you're goingown towards i-95 all of this moving in around 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow night. tomorrow evening will be a mess out there on t road ais. it continues into the day on friday. ore on the flood watch. yes, another flood watch in effect. i'll have that coming up in a w minutes. all right. and that weather alert beginning at 4:00 a.m. as the morni commute gets underway. now the latest on t controversy with nickel son. weearned he won't play this weekend against the titans. it flows his arrest early yesterday morning. now there's a video out showing awl he was allegedly a part of. >> we heard about this attack but this video shows how brutal

this brawl was. tmz obtained thisop video. trying to pull him back or restrain him. he starts on this guy in the denim jacket. punch afterpunch and he even kicks him. one big punch and this guy is laid out. this happened outside world of beer. this is a short ride from redskins training facility. he and the woman she was with were charged with assault and battery. redskins head coach said that he will not play. we'll have new reaction from the team coming up. >> thankou. tough stuff to watch there. >> a big announcement today from d.c.'s attorney general. he says he is suing facebook. the lawsuit filed today says the social media giant failed to protect the data of millions of

users. it is specifically on the cambrid cambridge scandal. it is ahead of the 2016 presidential election. he says facebook's actions vie littled t vielated tvie -- violated the consumer protection. said it is pocredibly imrtant to him. it calls f facebook to seek restitution for consumers. now, to a explosive report from the new york times. the times reviewed hundred ofrs internal documents and they say that t social media giant gave partners far greater access to yourn data t first thought. facebook is responding to that report today. some say they are not going far enough. >> siting 270 pages of internal company documents and inewrviews the nork times reports facebook shared far more of youf

privatemation with companies like microsoft and sp spotify than prooefr usely admitted. they could read private messages, see their frebds list and obtain contact information. >> if a friend of yrs had access to your information and friend chose to see your information o different platform, if it's ospotify other places it was okay for facebook to hand youa d over since your friend could already see i >> they said most of the partnerships in question have already been shut down. to be clear nonef these partnerships or features gave companies access to information thout peoples permission. explaining that the sharing was intended to help do things like recommend a favorite song or movie. >> you had no idea which companies were getting yourio inform and no opportunity to specifically consent to it or

opt out of it. >> facebook partners are distancing themselves from the controversy. in a statement netflix said at no time did we access peoples o iv pr eability to do so. more privacy surgeons that facebook se users are finding hard to like. nbc news, new york. police are trying to track down a man who sexually assaulted a five-year-old at a he kli ary just before closing time. he said the man pulled her panlts down and touched her inappropriately. the she ran and the man was able to get away. police arein h someone saw this and will come forward and hopes they can find the man responsible. jurors deciding the fate of a man accused of setting his pregnant girlfriend on fir yo may remember the horrific attack. >> the victim burned over

her body. her unborn child barely surviving. she started her long road to covery last year. >> he try today take my life and my daughter's life. >> i'm happy and blessed she was able to survive. >> a verdict could come attiny now. tracy is outside the courthouse with the very latest, tracy. >> this was a sev day trial. the jury just got this a couple of hours ago. we we are t waiting hear what they are going to dece. >> phillips is facing attempted murder and arson charges after he set the mother of his child on fire. sh dlifrd her babyprematurely and survivored. >> i'm happy and lessed that she was able to survivor. >> today in court phillips attorney trguedt perhaps she

set herself on fire. that did not adequately prover philli guilty. >> the time line is inconsistent that we have been able to uncover. >> she is recovering to burns to some 70% of her body. she saidhillips was abusive in their relationship. she offered words of encouragement to women like herl ve the situation before it is as bad as mine. i almost lost my life. >> she was here with a lot of support. she filled the entire side of the courtroom and also by her side, her daughter, journey. >> thank you, tracy. right now weould be closer to avoiding a government shutdown. the senateebing a compromise by mcconnell.

it would not give president trump the money for the border wallde ielt this compromise he accusedemocrats of being hypocritesskecurity. >> let's not pretend there is some bright line of pthncipal separates the billions of ea dollars our coes were willing and eager to spend on border security in the recent past. and the resources now quested by the president and hisea tm. >> it boils down to border .wa rity versusorhi bsdellr measure. she already getting serious pressure to not sign this because it doesn't wall of funding in it. paul ryan gave his far well add dr address today. he said this year es house has been one of the most productive in recent history.

he also stel brated tcelebrated overhaul. >> it is something i worked on literally my entire adult life andomething tha will help improve the lives of peoplo t unfinished itemn the house is reform of federal benefit programs like medicaid and social security. you have seen the memes that are all over the inter st? itms like it is the time to be nancy pelosi. she stopped by to check out the pelos-tree. it has 9,000 lights and a patriotic ornaments on it with names of newly elected female members of congress. president trump is making

sure federal workers can spend some time with their families on christmas eve. the presidenn signed executive order excusing federal workers from work next monday. certain jobs kconnected will open.be those offices will be open and those workers will have to rop re. president bush and president obama signed similar orders. >> this is just coming in here now. not many of us can retire at 23. missy franklin announcing her retirement today. she sited chronic shoulder pain that's been with her theo past years. at 17 years old she was he first to win four gold medals in

a zing l olympics in any sport. >> retiring at 23. of her hole life ahead now. >> she won't spend the whole thing in a pool. good for her. good for her. >> you send your child to school and y expect your child to be safe. >> surprising revelations in the case of a local third grader that died in his local school gym. breaking y developments'll only see here. prices plunge and early christmas gifts for those hitting the roads this holiday season. she's a four legged celebrity. sully the service

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storm team 4 is timing the rain out for tus. w breaking news only on news 4. >> nine-year-old died last may after getting stuck between a motorized por tigs and a wall today we learned the parents intend to sue thechoolri

di. >> these gokmentes from the county and they just received them. it is despite reports there were two other adults in the gym at the time. >> he was a dear sweet little boy, the kind of kidhat wanted to help, wanted to do the rig thing. >> carroll is friends with his grandmother. she also spent a lot of time teaching. it left her with a lot ofon ques >> how could that have happened? >> now these documents obtained by news 4 are shedding more light on their tragedy. attorneys for his parents sent this letter stating their intent sue not just the school

district but any employees present at the time of wesley's death. the documents claim there were two teachs and one after school program employee in the was the afternoon wesle killed. it is believed one of those teachers asked for his help closed the motorized portician. negligent forwere a number of reasons allowing wesley to aempt to operate the wall, failing to follow proper procedures, failing to properly train employees in the safe operation of the wall. >> you must havedr training. ch are dying. >> kathy owns the company that makes the device called safe path. it uses motion sensors and will stop it from moving if something getting in its path. they found there are nearly00

motorized particians and only one has a safety device like safe path. >> i'mg tryo educate the public. there are some dangers lurking out there in your school gym. you the right no knoabout it and p the right to demand action. >> he is calling overy school district to require training for these walls. >> i'm trying to prevent a death. i'm willing to work for free, you know, with the united fstates, partner education, with anyone who willn. lis >> they say it costs between 5 and $6,000 to install per wall. they note that despite an annual budget of 2.8 million they have no current plans to install the devices, a sto we broke earlier this year and the attorneys included in this letter to the county.

>> don't let this happen to someone you know. it can be stopped >> fairfax counties did revive the policies. motorized particians are not lowed to operate when students are near the those designated employees are the only ones with access to the operating key now. >> thank you, susan. >> our consumer team reached out to every school district in the d.c. region to find out what policies, if any, are in place there. check out the app and youe can ich schools have these powerful walls. search particians. good news about gas prices. prices are dropping. it an early christmas gift. it is thanksoi to fallin prices. many are charging less than $2 a

gallon. the average price around the district is $2.63. at some locations it's just over $2. the national averages around 25 cents cheaper than a month ago. those aren't the only numbers heading in the right direction, to so are our temperatures >> today was pretty nice. >> around 50. lighteind. any t we get that warm you know we have a storm system. right now it is quite nice out there. weave sunshine. clouds starting to move in. winds out of the south at 8 miles per hour. that southerly wind givinger miir. average high is 46. you can see just about anybody above that number. nothing on the radar now. we a dry and we'll stay that

way right on through about 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow. i'll take you hour by hour but where is the storm now? mid-to high level clouds streaming on through. you can a see this spin. this storm right here interactin with another storm. you can see this moving down from the south. always this cold air behind it. it will create a monster of a storm. this is by 9:00. another area of low pressure. the upper low haso move on through. it will continue to bring us rain on friday. let's break it down y for. we'll take it hour by hour for you on future weather. here is tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. we are dry. out on the ads, no problems. just cloud cover. watch what happens. starts to see showers along and east of95 that is moving out ahead of this other system. by 4:00 or 5:00 you start to see the rain moving in.

watch what happens. everybody gets in on the action. look at this rain to the south. it comes through around 10:00,0 11:00, 12: tomorrow. if you're traveling through i will be a mess of things as far as wet roadways go. just shower activitypp watch what s during the day. we see another band forming of potentially heavy rain. we could see tnder here. wind is another factor tomorrow night and into the day on friday. we could see winds gusting over 40 miles per hour and maybe higher especially if we wereo able get any convection east of i-95. that is something we will be watching here. shower activity on friday. look at overnight friday night. we could see potential for thunderstorms in 50 miles per hour winds. looking at winds thursday nht and friday night and during the day on saturday. by saturday morning it is all gone. thinking about skiing? yes. not looking too bad.

natural snow back towards the west. this is thursday into the day on friday. it is 50 on aysunday. sus looking pretty good. i'm tracking christmas. we'll talk about it. thanks. with holiday season in full swing it is so eas to get overwhelmed. >> that's right. we are working for you all week long with last minute gift ide s ideas. coming up next we have suggestions for those of you that have notet com stocking stuffing adjustments. the

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million dollars question and knob knows. remember, nothing is final until pen is on paper. certainly lawmakers agree on one thing. had two government shutdowns this year. >> it appears to be winding down at least for now. >> shutting down the government over christmas is aerrible idea. >> senate republicans proposing a short-term spending bill that would the government open but only through february 8th. both senate and house democrats are on board but it' notll peace and harmony. >> we can make sure we don't end this year the way we begin it, withnother governmentshutdown because of immigration policies. >> the bill does not include the

$5 billion president trump emanded for the border wall which during the campaign he promised mexico would pay for. the president telling democrats. >> i am proud to shuthe gomeow d foror br security. >> promising today we will win on the wall. oneig question. will president trump sign the bill to keep the government open? >> he will take a look at that, artainly. >> night to the new year and a new congress with democrats taking house control in january the president's wall could face an even tougher road setting t stageor another shutdown showdown just weeks fromnow. as always, timing is a real factor here. it means i would have to get through and signed by the prident before then. >> okay. we'll see what happens. thank you. now the looming shutdown the dmvssa big impact all

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battery. facebook taking nt after a bomb shell article in the new york times. it says it allowed partner companies access toore users date that than first thought. facebook denied that any of the data was misused. for the first time in four decades it topped 700,000. that's according to a new u.s. census data out tot. it'opulation has grown eyeariy s adding residents. back to you guys in the studio. >> all right. it's a growing city. >> thank you. good news for those of you that want to buy safe and affordable car for the holidaysc insu institute for highway safety is out for the top safety picks for 2019 and there are a lot. susan has the results. >> that's right. this year's list has 57 models earning either the top safety

pickr top safety pick plus award. >> so all of the vehicles earn good i ratings five crash tests. they have automatic emergency braking systems that rate advaed or superior. head over to our nbc washington app for a complete list. subaru leads. tonight at 5:00 i'll be taking youbehind the scenes at the lab where theyest all of iis. see whatt takes and find out if they are looking for in the aftermath of all of that. the answer will surprise you. >> that's nice. >> that was fun. here is something else you

may lieke to see as well. curiosity killinghristmas decorations. this bear going up to someone door in florida. this bear sniffing out the holiday decor, stomps on the snowman. the family dog answered. the dog s barking. the homeowners started shouting for the bear to go away. >> bear, go away. >> bear, go away. >> couldn't make thatup, could you? >> no. >> there's nothing uglier than ime on snowman crime this of year. >> he must smell food through thatheoor. >> maybewere burning one of those kfc logs. that's wha brought that guy out. so look into your ball and tell us how much rain. >> it's not a snow globe it's a rain globe. that's what i'm aracking.

that we have is rain coming in. we have rain coming in tomorrow to a on friday and then we have the weekend. the weekend is looking dry. less wind me far nic afternoon. it is 49 right now. it will keep temperatuovs well where they were last night. dropping to the 4 by 11:00 tonight. here is the storm. you s can the spin here bringing upoiure and could see severe storms into the eastern part of florida during the day tomorrow. that's what we are watching. it is all about this rain and low pressure that moves in tomorrow and stays around the heaviest rain tomorrow night. artgetwond r ly ma on friday. it will give us more rain on ay night. could also see some wind.

i do think winds could be a big utctor. notice by a 1:00 a.m. around midnight and 2:00 a.m. we'll have a branc come throu that could bring in higher wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour in d.c. it is 50 it does allow for thunderstorms to come >> a little bit west back to the west. through fridavening not bad. tch what happens on saturday. this is as the colder air is coming in. stepping out the front door. 32 miles per hour wind

i'm going 65 for a high on gus. friday. saturday it f willl a lot colder by 20 to 30 degrees. here is what to expect. rain by evening rush tomorrow night. heavy rain and win tomorrow night and possibly friday night. could also see a big increase in the wind friday night. back to 49 frm, breezy and chiln sunday. sunshine high aroun 50. look at this. christmas eve 49. p noblem. look at christmas. a small chance. what do i have her a we have little system coming through. it will pass through the north or toth the s of us. if it passes to the north of us this is rain. temperaturesitre a little higher here. if it passes to the south of us may get know out of this on

tuesday night. still to come, shopping can be exhausting especially when the checkout line feels like it is 10 miles long. >> which stores are considering cutting out the cashiers so you can simply scan and go. first a look at what they are planning on news 4 at >> we are working a number of exclusive developing stories. >> we will break major news about a setback on the silver line. then a young woman surprised with a full ride to college today. >> we were there tapture the big moment.

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. dramatic crashes that are keeping your familie safe on the road next on news 4 at 5:00. maybe you noticed something different while you're out buying your christmasts g when it's time to check out there's no cashier. >> it's a new trend becoming more common at retail rs across exe country. we ain why so many places are making the switch. >> time is running srt to finish your shopping. a store with no true check out may make yournc exper this new sam's club now is a store and technology lab in one. e retailer can test different technologies before deciding

which to go with. >> scan and go has been available as one o checkoution for a couple of years. it's the only way to check out here. there are noeg risters. sam's club says it hasn't ju eliminated job repositioned what they do. >> it helps sign up with the app for the fir time. it takes about two minutes. they are ready to shop. you scan items as you go. you scan a qr code on your phone. >> we have had great member feedback with scan and go. it is one of the rare ones wheru people tell they love the product. they love the time it saves them. the ratgs are high. the reusage rates are high. it is overus 40%t over a year ago. >> shoppers don't have tocan e products, just scan and shop normally and walk out. cameras and sensors detect the

items and charge you once you leave. like all technologies there are bugs and it's not perfect. sam's club says it's part of the reason foresting at this one unique store. i'm courtney in dallas, texas m coming up, several droppi developing stories you'll see here. >> a major setback on the silver line. en > news 4 at 35k5:00 startht now. another storm could be another record n breaker. video of a brutal beatdown. the fight that's left aon washin red skin in hot water. we are live with new reaction from the team. first a young mother murdered. today her famil is talking to news 4 about what they really thought of her exboyfriend. >> he is threatening to kill not

just katherine, me, any others thatpset him. >> those repeated threats we now know were all too real. >> tonight rel tifatives are shg more about this relationship that trapped this young mother. we are at the scene of thi attack. chris, what have you learned about what lead up to this killing? >> reporter: well, we havene le quite a lot. i spoke with jane. she is the mother of the victim he murder-suicide that occurred here in front of these condos in falls church yesterday. jane martel shook with sadness as she spoke of her 30-year-old daughter katherine who was kill affidav after she shepent years caught an abusive relationship. >> we