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 were so close.

we we best ds. we were each other's confidants. >> she says her daughter was terrified of her former boy fr t e friend. they were together eight years and had a ldthree-year daughter. her mother said she moved into the condominiums with a friend. now a memorial marks the spot where she was killed. her family says brooks showed signs of being dangerous for some time now. p> when child protect iive services showed i think the first time he threatened to oot the social worker. he threatened to shoot the child protective services worker. it was by sayingl heia was soc t father. >> on tuesday police say christopher brooks drove up to striking of the condos her with a loaner suv he w

driving. he got out, shot her and shot hips. police say it is a murder-suicide. their child was not here at the time. she isaf with family. katherine's brother tells many she had turned her life around. >> the past few weeks she was able to get away from chris and really live her life and experience what being a person is like.r: >> reporhe family of katherine tells me they would like to start an foundato bring awareness to the victims stuck in abuse iiveelationships. back to you. >> thank you. we have resources. if you or someone you know is effe by domestic violence search safe at home in our nbc only on news 4 our consumer

investigate i investigative team uncovered new details. a little boy died after he was crushed by a motorized partician. >> we filed a public records request weeks ago and weust received then. details shedding more light on this tragedy. nine-year-old wesley died last may after getting stuck between a motorized partician and wall. attorneys sent this letter to fairfax county stating their intent to sue. according to the documents there were two teachers and one after school employee in the gym the afternoon he was killed. it is believed one of those teachers asked for wesley's help closing the motorized n.partic

they say they were negligent for a number of reasons among them allowing him to attempt to operat the wall a train operationand the safe of the wall. schools did revise policies after wesley's death. motorized particians are in the lowed to be operated when students are in the room or near the walls. only employees are the only ones with access to the operating key. back to you. >> thank you. our consumer team did reach out to every school district in the d.c region to find out who has these particians and what es poli if any, are in place. you can check out our app and seechxactly w schools have these powerful walls.

just search particians. a powerful rainstorm set to hammerhe east coast. storm team shows the systems moving our way to make all of this happen. doug is here tracking what it all means for us, doug. >> this storm is g into parts of texas and mississippi and louisiana. down around frida they will experience severe weather. tomorrow during the day thest really begins to ramp up. it is coming together now. once it does we'll see it move way. look how much is impacted from this storm. from chicago all the way down a line of very strong thunderstorms and then all the way up towards new york. this is moving into ourio r we could see strong winds here as well. if you're traveling tomorrow i hfr 95 southward back to the west along i-70, a little more on what it means to our

immediate area, we'll take you back there.. >> all rig see you then. we'll help you g readyor this storm. wake up with chuckt 4:00 on the a.m. side. get up live up to the minute forecasts any time on ourbc washington app. there was a late afternoon announcemet sent wall street into yet another tail spin even though it was pected. the federal reserve. it is on short-term interest rates bringing them up to 2.5%. that is de fite operationm the president. the dow had been in positive nerritory up around 380 but quickly dove d closing out the day down more than 350 points. here in washington law make rs appear closer to punting the b budgettle and avoiding a government shutdown.

they introced a temporary funding measure. that measuret does nclude the $5 billion that president trump is demanding for border wall. it's not clear if he will support it if it does passd it co set ua new battle with democrats who are set to take control of the house next month. the district is suing facebook accusing the companyover failing to protect user data. the lawsuit says facebook operates lax oversite and uses misleading privacy settings. they say it allows third parties to steal information of thousands of users. >> how much of an issue is this? >> it is a significant issue. it has approximately 700,000 people. almost half or 340,000 d.c. residents had user information

compromised. >> the lawsuit accuses facebook of failing too make sure users knew that someni com can override privacy settings. facebook has been sharing your me bages with tech companies for cash. we are in our news room with the explosive new reporting by the new york times that isin m some people drop the social platform. this is big. >> it is huge. >> this is off of more than 270 pages and interviews with more than 50 former employees. facebook denies so called were able to suse data. what it is not saying is whether or n it gave broader access than prooeeviously reporting. it is not a good year for

facebook. facebook knowledged that it had breached users trust and mark zuckerberg himself said people have complete control oerr hing they share. this new reporting may suggest otherwise. they find 44% of u.s. facebook users between the ages of 18 and 29 deleted the app from their phone. >> all right. a verct could come at any time. accused of a local man of setting his pregnant girlfriend on fire. both mothernd child survivored that horrific attack. it occurredal in cap heights last year. right now a jury deciding the fate of the accused attacker. tracy is live with the latest from court, tracy. >> reporter: that jury istill deliberating. they had a seven day trial and they have a decision to make.

>> this is what andrea's bathroom looked lik after her boyfriend set her on fire while she was carrying his baby. a jury deciding if phillips committed the crime. he is facing charges for attempted murder and aon. she delivered her baby girl ematurely. >> am blessed she was able to survive. >> today in court they that phillips did not want his child with hernd was dating another woman and texted her saying that's not my kid it's nothing, believe maine i mean business this time. they argued tha perhaps andrea set herself on fire an >> the tim line is inconsistent

with the evidence we have been able to uncover thus far. >> she is still revering from 70% of s that covered her body. she offered words of encouragement. >> be able to leave the situation before it gets as bad as mine. you know, aost lost my life. >> the attorney in this case went as far as saying she could make a lotf money a that could be part of the ren she set oerself on fire. we'll have wait and see if he jury believes the argument here. back to you. >> thank you. when we come right back, new video still to c fe of theht that has a washington redskins player in big trouble. we are live next. she has breaking new reaction from the team. also theritical tips that helped police lock up a teenager in connection with another

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flooding. >> making a surprise visit just a short time ago. bringing chris mtmas gifts. he reported a short message. president obama last visited in 2014. >> he is rocking that hat. now.re breaking news the redskins just announcing he won't play again. it is him allegedly knocking anher man. o utsay? >> reporter: well, the team not saying too much about it he told

us nicholson will be out on saturday. the team says he is doneor the season a video of that incidents re. this video obtained by tmz. nicholson pushing and throwing punches one of them knocking out someone in th fight. the coaches andeammates staying pretty tight lipped about this development. >> we'll take a look at the video of whatever is out there d obviously the police and go from there. >> it's one of those things you to let it take its course and see what happens.st >> it's what it is. i don't know full details, anything else. >> we'll figure it all out. >> you can add this list of

distractions the redskins have been dealing with. so this team dealing with issues off the field trying to figure out the last two wes for a playoff push. news 4 sports. >> yeah. drama it the l thing they need. thank you. there are some disturbg new details in the murder of a 15-year-old boy in the district. is evening we ar learning about a critical tip that lead lice to another teenager that is charged in this deadly

shooting. a crime surveillancideo helped police close the murder case of watson, the 15-year-old shot and killed in a stairwell near his home. accoing to court documents ob 4ined by news a witness told police one of theurder suspects, 16-year-old, is the gunm pictured in this crime amera video circulated by police this happened around march 28th. you can see a young plman fing off a gun. the witness told police ts man is holston. we blurred the suspect's face because we were unable to independently confirm that

witness's statement. it was last thursdafternoon they chased him down in the stairwell near a home. he was shot numerous times. according to court documents a number of witnesses told police that malik was involved inhat murder. they say he was known to carry a gun. he goes by the nickname leek. writte on the wall, explative leek, explative spread gang. they are looatng into t is some howling linked to this mur case. he is being held pending further court action. they still say the motive here is some sort of dispute between two neighborhoo groups. police, they are still looking for a second suspect.

the city could see the deadliest year in a decade. as of todayen 158 homicide cases. that is a spike of 44% from this time last year and it is nearing 2015 levels when we h 162 killings. big changes in the horecast. e the latest update ton monster thunderstorm and if it will get out in time for you to get out inime for the holiday. >> what makes the monster, right? >> behind the scenes, an exclusive look where they decide which cars and sufvs will keep your family the mossafe. your family the mossafe. we tt ak

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a saturday sunday are dry. just dealing with wind. last friday a storm. this friday a big storm. next friday another big storm. they seem to be coming on fridays and ctimg the weekend. this one coming a little earlier than last week. ht i thursday and friday.

out there r now looking pretty nice. high of0 degrees earlier. it was a chilly start. a lot of -- this will be tomorrow afternoon as we watch this area of low pressure making its waytan. it is justing to get its act together here. one in the southern branch andn onee northern branch. this is moving north to south. they are fading. >> they are and that means a

very warm and very wet and very windy. that is something we are watching too. rain.omes the there is the first area of low pressure. see the yellows? that iy not o heavy rain but also what's called convection or higher cloud tops there. is is 40 to0 miles per hour. this is i-95 eastward. watch what happens. everybody is seeing the rain. its g here i haavy at times. if you're traveling tomorrow evening it will be a w go of things. a little bit of a break between the lower area of low pressure and upper level low coming on through. watch what happens. we start to see another band of showers potential to see more heavy rain coming through.

the whole area is under a flood watch thursday into the day on friday. 1 to 1.5 inches of rain. is is in effect into t d on friday as well. temperatures getting a little bit better. it is 65 degrees. i'll talk about christm coming up at 5:45. >> all right. and we have pert advice on how to read these crazy wild swings in the stock market. >> and the impact the ai uncerty is having on your 401k. we have a day story of the academic variety. we'll show you the big surprise next. new problems for the silver

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>> th the family of a murdered victim says her family wasna y turned around after

leaving an abusive boyfriend. they say her ex ran her down and shot her to death before turning the gun on himself. the couple had a child who is safe with family now. >> a jury deciding the fate of this man accused ofis setting pregnant girlfriend on fire her baby was delivered seven weeks earl they say the suspect didn't want that child. his attorney suggested that the woman set herselfn fire. >> on capitol hill the deadline fast approaching. lawmakers plan to have a temporary budget plan that would have the government open for the holidays. they are looking at a stop gab that wound fund until february. ra money ot include e for a border wall. no word if the president would sign it if it passes. >> we'll have a story you'll

only see here. there are more problems along the silver line extension. >> what does this mean for that extension now adam? >> reporter: unbelievable. we have en talking about concrete problems. what this mean is a very rea o possibilit a delay far project tt is alrea delayed for over a year. if you have been waiting t catch metro train you'll probably be waiting a bit longer. >> this building has cracks. >> cracking concrete along the silver line. now more problems have surfaced

in the rail yard. this rail yard will be critical to the entire silver line bei able to operate. the man in charge detailing all of this for news 4. >> what goes through your head? >> needs to fix it. >> all right. when it comes to the cracking in these buildings all you have to do is come here and take a look. you can see there are cracks all over the place. it h gotten so bad in some spots they have put these to see if theuilding is actually moving. if anything shakes here thate site lill go off. platforms need safety changes and there's a buy america issue.

>> we have had a change of 115 day delay. >> they tell us it will not accept the projegt without the rail yarac in t and operational. while metro will we veeventualle overt is being bui by the airport authority. >> you know, it's like what is going on with metro and the c concrete? isn't that the same as what'sre happeninghe transit center? >> you know, if you had asked me th question a year ago i would say no. they are not similar. now they are starting to pile up. they say they will not accept it until all of those are made and the public sits and waits wthle

want to use this rail line just like they wanted to use the trsit center and they sit and wait until it all gets fixed. let's hope they sorted it all out. >> thank. y we are taking a closer look at the roller coaster that has t been wall str and what the big gains big losses mean for you and your a investments. e market seeing a big drop late this afternoon after t air announced a new hike in interest rates. joining us with incite on what it means for all of us is cnbc shar shar sharon epperson. when you laer it is having the worst december since the gat depression what does it mean for someone that is close to retiring to someone thats

years away? >> it is hard to stay a on invest on. if you're 60 or older now is aa time to a look and make oure you at least two years of cash on hand so can retire when you want to. you don't want to cash out completely but make sure you're not overinvested. if you're in your 20s you're just starting out. you need to focus on how much you're investing. make sure you're saving as much as you can and put it into the retirement a into themarket. if you're in between in your 40s and 50s this ie the t to rebalance what you have. not aime the panic baa time to take stock of where you are. inkwewhat is the real effect o the averageso p

interest rates are going occupy. they plan on raising interes rates further. if you need the savorings i was talking about making sure eou haugh cash on hand. check around and make sure you get the highest savings rate that you can. you want an account going to give you 2% or higher. it is a lot more tha average. online banks will give you the best deal there. >> and real quick, the stock market started rhot. the dow crossing over the 26,000 mark. it is off significantly from this point. what should youo if you're thinking about investing? have we seen totm in all of this? >> you can't time it. no one can. you need to be invested. most people are already retired and are going to need a lot of money on hand a i have grow. they will have to stay in the

market. get in, stay in and just make su you know what you're vested in. >> all right. much.you so >> my pleasure. next, a d.c. mother of seven who used to be homeless, today she got a five bathroom house for life. we'lle explain and shr reaction. out there tomorrow we are lking rain and a lot of it. we'll see that through the day onwe friday. ave that coming up. but first meet the young woman just surprised with a full ride to college. ride to college. >> i was like oh my go

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fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, and the positive thinkers. here's tyou all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way. we were in prince georgesty cohere one student's dreechl of going to college became a reality. she had no idea it was beginning to happen. >> today is priceless. this is what education is all about. >> her life is about to change. there is the look. in walks the surprise and wt for it. there.

the nervous laughter ista undeable. how would you react to seeing your name on a check this big? it is a check that means everything to your future. towe would like to award you a scholarship valued at 12. $129,000 >> i was like oh my gosh. is this real? >> it is is very reay she actuallad to win this at a competition. sharing this moment wi her classmates and her family made today that much sweeter. i have been praying rea y hard. i know we have very high expectations. >> every day for last four years has made her one proud papa. >>. >> i'm o on topthe world. >> her teach rs know there have been tears along the way and lots of stress. no doubt college will bring more. they know their prized pupil can

bring it. >> she has the potential, work ethic, that drive. >> all of them have this far. she is excited to see what the future holds. >> so that's great. >> ile love the s on the dad. >> >> she looks like her dad. e is really sweet. not so sweet is what's heading our way. we are tracking a major rainmaker. doug says we couldet gusti windst thaare powerful enough to do some damage. we'll take to expect hour by hour. first a news 4 consumeriv

excl we have a behind the scenes tour wherehey do the vehicle crash tests, what researchers are looking

the redskins player that way arrestterday won't play again this season at all. washington plays safetyn the reserve nonfootball injury list today. that announcement came after tmz obtained this video of the alleged fight that lead to the arrest outside of world beer. we will l have anothe report coming your way at 6:00.

we bring you the test results but these crash tests aren't just about ale to how vehicles perform. they are leading to changes in the way cars are actually built. >> it is a close look at a test that is being run to keep you safe in these crashes. >> let me tell you. if you think this is dramatic o you should s in person. it was so loud. thepa shook us to the core. it makes you realize how serious it can be even at 40 miles p hour. these are designed to protect you and your family in a crash. >> it is crash test day athe insurance instite for highway safety final touches are being

put on the crash test dummy. this brand new 2018 nissan titan is minutes away from being totalled. the inside of the truck rigged with cameras and sensors sory record eveecond of the action. when the lights come on it's go time.s researchwoop in to get aer clos look snapping photos and taking notes. >> this i o newest crash test. it ban testing last year. >> a senor research ingengineer. only for drivers. we decide today rate vehicles and promote proction for passengers. >> while the aftermath may look bad to you and me -- >> there is a lot of destruction that you see. l it wasd and exciting.

we don't care what's happening up here. nobody is sitting up here. as much damage as possible can damagehere as long as no is where you're sitting in the car. >> they say they are looking for three things. >> from any intruding pieces of metal. the next thing is that air bags and seat belts have don their job. they have deployed and in time to protect occupants inside. the third thing isnjury measures from the dummy so they can tell us whether the person would have had injuries or waked away. >> the iihs says it is already seeing safety improvements from manufacturers since it started this tassenger sizet one year ago. >> maybe a couple more dollars to add it into every single vehicle on yr assembly line.

at the end othe day it could mean the difference of life and death for the person sitting in that car. >> crazy, right? the institute runs crash tests every tuesday and thursday. the results from the titan crash along with other pickups will e releas released earlier. we have a link on ourpp. search top safety picks. they should tell tickets and have bleachers. >> guess who goes there? nsurance, nissan representatives were there as well. >> i'm sure. >> 40 miles per hour for that kind of crash. >> that's sobering. >> it is. ng> we want to turn to the weather and somete'll be talking about until at least saturday morning. we have something coming in, don't we? >> yeah. it is another big storm out here. you say what constitutes a

monoter storm? is most of the eastern half of the nation. this will be from chicago to florida all the way up. this is a big storm just like the last one that we saw in here last week. i don't think it will bring quite as much rain but it will be slose. let'w you what's happening today. pretty nice day. high of 59 degrees. it is really nice afternoon. we see clouds starting to move in temperatures dropping but all in all it will not be a cold night. i have three cools here. this is what w are watching now. storms down towards the south around new orleans will be a big thunderstorm maker tomorrow and into our area as wl. this i tomorrow night at 9:00. i think this is when weee some of the heaviest rain. it is right on towards 12:00 or 1: a.m. with that line it's not just

rain. we could see strong winds associated with this too if storms are strong enough. that is something we'll be ltching. the upperel low moves in. it will bring in warmer air on friday and maybe another round on friday night. let's talk about the wind a litt bit. you know the wind will be a big factor. give yourself some extra time. around:00 a.m. notice west of washington i'm not worried about the winds at all. it i from i-95 to the east here. it is near 40 miles per hour winds. we could see winds gusting on early friday morning. this is thursday night into friday morning. by 7:00 a.m. that systemoves it. we have 20 miles per hour winds. these are coming out of the outhwest giving us a nice mild air which could bump the winds

up on theid bac on saturday. it would bring in much cooler winds. temperatures really fl from ere they will be on friday. so rain by the evening rush tomorrow. remember that. heavy rain and wind a possibility. we could see 30, 40, maybe even 50 miles per hour winds. southern marylan i'm looking at you folks for the best chance of that. a w cdylly saturday. we get to 50 tomorrow and 65 on friday. weather alert because of a flood watch for everybody. we go from 65 to 19 withwi chill of about 40. feeling about 25 degrees cooler and then 50 on sunday. christmas eve looks great. i have this here. i think we have am little sys moving through. if it moves through the north we get a little shower activity. if it is to the south of us a little colr andaybe some snow out of of it. i'm not saying we will wake up to any snow but it's something

i'll be watching for later on christmas day. how about next friday? what do y think? >> great. >> it's another friday with raio and tha too. it looks like another big storm. >> all right. thank you. now you can drink a beer and do charityey work. ust released amber ail. some will benefit the vit loudoun foundation. >> the better the beer does the more money that will go to that. if we keep this thing going and it is really going very well then it is only going to compete as it grows. 2018 ha already been big for the high school football progra the team's head coach has something else to celebrate.h

u.s.a. today hhool sports has already named randy trivers u.s.a. cch of the year. >> congrats. wearing a lot of hat susan with breaking news. a child killed b a motorized partician that divides classrooms. a success story for a d.c. seven. of she was once homeless. she was once homeless. todayhe got the keys to h ser

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family.ecial day for a >> a mother and her children receive add new key to that i mean new home y. >> this is part of the home for the holidays campaign. >> mark washere today whe the kids got to see their new bedrooms. >> for single mom and her seven children signing a lease today and getting the keys to a new home represents more than getting a place to live. for her oldest children it will be the first time they have their own bedrooms. for her youngest it will be the

first time in his life he isn't going to sleep in a shelter. >> we are happy and excited to be here. >> because they qualify for a permanent voucher they will never have to worry about having a place to call hom again. it comes as good news after living in the homeless shelter. they were one of the last falies to lea before the mayor chained the building shut for good. >> it makes me happy. i'm glad they are. hap >> pointed out it is tough finding landlords that will rent findingess families but homes that can accommodate larger families is harder she wants to hear from landlords across the city. >> listening to o landlords to see what they need so that they are more willing to open up

their property to residents. >> the family got more than just a house today. there were plent of christmas gifts waiting for them when they arrive. waiting to find their home for the holidays. news 4. now at 6:00 some big stories you'll only' on news 4 getting ready file a lawsuit. before he was pinned against a wall. >> how could that have happened? >> also the familyf a woman killed in a murder suici speaking out about possible motives for her long-time boyfriend and father of her child. a new problem on metro's silver line, why it could lead

to more delays. we'll start tonight looking iday travelbig h day. it looks like it could be a mess. >> tracking a that's just starting to form in the south. by the time it gets here it promises to give heavy rain and strong wind. it could have a big impact on flights up and down t east coast. it comes on what aaa says will be the worst day ford.c. traffic this holidee wnd. >> how about that? bad timing for bad weather. everything ready for us to give a look at what's happening here. you kw what they say, deja vu all overin a another storm coming at us on thursday and friday. lats week it was friday, turday and sunday. this week it is thursday and friday. friday being the