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 d optional

here comes the rain for tonight. it gets heavy after the evening rush. that's when most of us starting to leave for the holiday season. we soom on i the heaviest rain down i-95 and the darker greens here, look at thelo y. severe weather. this area moves in b 9:00 brings us potential to strong winds. if you're traveling 81 up to the north or soube it wil a big miss no matter what you're doing or even by rain. it is late thursday into the day too.riday it is much more and when it moves out and what comes up next for your weekend. >> okay. thank you. now to breaking news that you'll only see on news 4 our team uncovered new details in the deathf a fairfax county

third grar. >> she was stuck between a motorized partician. >> documents show the family plans to sue. investigative reporter has been following this from theery beginning. she was here with more on this major development. >> we filed a public records weeks from the county ago. we just received she. they say it the school allowed him to operate the wall atdespi here were two other adults in the gym at the time. >> he was a dear sweet little boy, the kind of kid tt wanted to help and wanted to do the right thick. >> she spent a lotov of years teaching. wesley's death left her with a questions

attorneys sent this last month stating they intent to sue not just the schoolic dis but any employees present at the time of wesley's death. the documents claim there were two teachers and one after e schoolloyee in the gym the afternoon wesley was killed. it is believed one of those asked for wesley's help closing the motorized partician failing ton properly traine wall. >> you must have training. children are dying. >>athywns the company that makes the device called safe

pah. it uses motion sensors and will stop a partician if something gets in its path. the are nearly 500 in schools in the d.c. region. >> i'm trying tca e and you have the right to know about it and you have the right to demand action. >> calling on every school district nationwide to require training for thesels w >> i'm trying to prevent a death. i'm willingo work for free within the partner of education, listen.one who will >> they tell us it costs between 5 and $6,000 to install per

wall. fairfax county has no current plans to install the devices, a story we broke earlier this year. il when you say you don't really realize it u it happens to you, don't let this happen to someone you bknow. it c stopped. >> fairfax county schools revised policies after wesley's death. motorized particians are not allowed to be in the room or any where near the walls. back to you. >> thank you. >> d.c.'s attorne general is going after facebook. it says facebo failed to protect the data of millions of users. a third party personal quiz

harvested user data before the 2016 election. e says he takes this seriously because so many were impacted. >> the district of columbia has approximately 700,0 people. almost half were 340,000 d.c. residents had their user formation compromised. >> the lawsuit calls forok faceo change privacy practices and seek restitution for consumers. this lawsuit ces at the same time as an explosive report. it saysacebook gave partners like microsoft and yahoo! far greater information than previously thought. facebook is denying that it has done anyth.g wro >> siting 270 pages the new york

times reports facebook shared for more ofour private information with companies like microsoft and spotify than previously admitted. they could read private messages and see friends lists and obtain cont >> if a friend of yours had information and a friend chose to see your information on a different platform if it is spotify or other places i was okay for facebook to hand your data over because your friendea could a see it.ni explai that the sharing was intended to help users do things like recommends a s favor ritg or mover i have. >> the problem is that you hadd no which companies were

getting your information and no opportunity to specifically consent to it or opt out of it. >> they are distancing f themselvm the controversy. netflix said at no time did we access peopl private messages or ask for the abili to do so. mo prooef ivacy concerns. nbc news, new york. now to the last minute efforts to prevent a government shutdown lateriday night. immigration hard liners pushing to hammered out on capitol hill. storye that >> proposing a short-term spending bill that would keep the governmenut open only

through february 8th. both senate and house democrats are on boardut it's not all peace and harmony. >> we can make sure we don't end it the way we began it with another government shutdown to sensible immigration policies. >> president trump telling democrats last week. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border >> since softening his stance but not giving up promising one way or the other we will win on the wall. will he sign this bill toeep the government open? >> he will take a look at that certainly. >> a new congress with democrats taking house control in january the president's wall could face an even tougher road setting the

stage for another shutdown showdown weeks from now. and that change in house ctrol how some house republicans are against this deal many consider it president trump's ast best chance to get it through congres they are urging him in their words to nok down. >> thank you. >> in a tweet today he ensz shlly declared mission accomplished in the. count officials say the u.s. will withdraw a significant number of troops. right now there are 503 u.s. service membe in syria. at times there were more than 2000. >> was this decision made with the advice in the military or counter to the advice in the military? >> dramatically less than. move.an obama-like

>> we have basically turned the country over to russia andiran. >> there are also concerns about abandoning a partner on the groud. they are well regarded by military commanders. tonight m yland officials are taking steps to cut ties with one of their elections contractors after federal investigators revealedmp the coany is financed. investigative reporter is live in our news room withs deta and a proposal that could help prevent this in the future. >> it's noy surprise t wanted after hearing about the company's russia connection earlier this year. they found no evidence of tamp rerg but the elections board says it is committed toosaving the secured leks system possible. in july state officials revealed the fbi found a connection it

was already too close to switch companies which is why that work is starting now. ke spoerson told us the company continues to cooperate lly with allfficial inquiries. >> it's a frightening situation. they are devastating as far as the infiltrationsf e country and election system. >> marylandn theoard that over drps sees and has introduced to release accountability. all contracts over 20 # thousand dollars would be reviewed by the board of public works. right now there's an as part of

a larger group. he sse is hopeful reviewing the ownership of thoountries will be part of th increased scrutiny. >> we ld you about the charges now astmz video. a redskins player in a fouht ide a bar early tuesday morning. coming up we are live at redskins park with the latest on nichn. nichol a young mother killed in a murder-suicide. her mom says there were warning signs. >> he was threatening to kill not just katherine, me and any others who upset him. >> coming up next we have an interview you'll only see here on news 4. >> and another news 4. exclusi new problems that could mean delays for metro's silver line. it's not the holidays until...

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spoke withe abouthe death of her daugerer. she says long-time boyfriend made threats against mother and daashter. >> he threatening to not just katherine, me, any others who ups him. >> she said her daughter washr terrified oftopher brooks. they were together eight years and have a three-year-old . daught she says katherine broke off the relationship with brooks two months ago movin into the wood lakes towers condominium. now a memorialsmarks the spot where she was killed. her family says she showed signs of beingangerous for some time now. >> when the child protective services showed up i think the first time he threatened to shoot the social worker. he threatened to shoot child protect ifrce ser social

worker. >> he drovep striking her with the loaner suv he was driving. he got out, shot her and shot hi himself. place say it was a murder-suicide. their child was in the here at the time. she is safe with family. urtherine's brother tells me she hadd her life around. >> the past few weeks, the past month she w t able get away from chris and to really like live her life and to really experience what being a normal person is like. >> katherine's family tells me they would sike tort a foundation to bring awareness to victims who are stuck in abusi relationships. reporting from virginia news 4. >> now, this is new coming in in the last hour. nicholson wil not play for the redskins. we are learning more abouthe fight that lead to the redskins

safety arrest. you have this video that everybody has been talking about this afternoon. >> repter: yeah. that video came out while the redskins were practicing. all of us in the media were huddled around the computerhi wa this video multiple times trying to figure out what we were watching and trying to understand. take a look. it was released and obtained by tmz. it was a brutal attack. nichol nicholson getting into physical altercation eventually delivering a punch that knocks a man out. we learned in the last hour that he will not play the rest of th. season earlier head coach saying that nicholson will not play on the game on saturdayut that was around 1:30 this afternoon. that was before he said that he himselfo nicholson

he he spoke to him we went to get players opinions. that's coming up latern sports. news 4 sports. >> thank you. some disturbing new deils in the murder of a 15-year-old boy here in the district. in court today prosecutors revealed that wson had been shot 17 times at close range. today we also learned thatus prevrime surveillance video lead investigators to ack down one of the suspects. they say a witness is the young man firing the gun and running back and forth in this video from march. police think this case stemmed from a neighborhood dispute. they are still looking for a second shooter. >> new details tonight on a mysterious raid in virginia. this was the scene more than a year ago a federalagents swooped into a home if your

honor -- furnishing store. the shop owner is facinea yso in pri >> it's been more than a year since they spent hrs raiding the outpost in a quiet and charming town of middleburg. it was quite to shock to neighbor and community leaders. >> it isery unusual for us. >> today we are learning the extent of theriminal activity takes place inside the store. keith foster, the man with the oulder bag and his attorney walking into federal court this morning whered he fle guilty to smuggling a selling up to $500,000 worth of products made using endangered species and other wildlife. many of those were boxed and submitted as evidence in the case. according to court documents he

had ael wasng things like saw fish, turtle shells, zebra hide and endangered birds. this suitcase was one item featuredren his s web site. prosecutors say he knew h actions were illegal even telling a customer i'm the only fool in the state that probably was to risk it. one of those customers was an undercover fish and wildlife agent. foster told theudge that he and his company broke the law. foster is expected to be o sentence march 8th. he facesp to five years in prison. news 4. still to come tonight, are tunnels the key to ending nightmare traffic? it's not just the rain but also the wind that cou cause problems for

doug is back with more about our weather and he will help us plan our strategy for traveling the next few days. >> stay home. have people come to you.

i really think saturday and sunday traveling will not be an issue. if you're traveling on friday i thinl see problems on the roadway. yes. it w a little bit of a slow travel to grandma's house. all in all i think we'll be okay. if you're traveling tomorrow it could be an issue. ife you flying out late during the day on friday we could see issues there too. heads up there. it will be a littlf bit a bumpy ride. winds out of the south at 6 h miles per. cloud cover. i'm not expecting numbers to go any wrere. we seeing 38 in martinsburg. so yeah. it will be chilly b not the cew to mid-20s like we saw last night. the clouds come in it will keep a cap on the flood watch in effect for thursday and friday. it is tomorrow afterno all day friday. inch to an inch and a half of

rain we saw 3 to 4 inches of rain. not expecting quite as mump as this one. nothing now. it is all down north, south and west. look at the system really starting to come together here you notice the northern branch coming together. not an area that will give us all of that rainfall. it is moving in by around 5:00 tomorrow afternoonnd getting heavy at times. tomorrow night traveling i think will be the heaviest rain especially from d.c. southward from i-95. traveling to the north you'll be dealing with rain there. it won't be qui as heavy if 7:0leave around 6:00 or so heavy rain and wind. wind could be a big factor tomorrow night. we could see winds gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour around midnight or 1:00, 2:00 a.m. windy and chilly on saturday. could be another area on friday night and then on saturday i'm

going breezy. temperature around 20 degrees cooler. we are in weather alert mode. right now the weekend will be dry. sunday though looking like the betteray of travel. we'll talk about this and the christmas forecast. on ttle something going on christmas day. we'll talk about that. next at 6:30, possible delays for the silver laine extension, now c one particular part of this project. aasof a man accused of setting his pregnant girlfriend on fire, what his defense team arg arg argued

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news 4 learned about ndredsove hundreds of cracks that is critical to the project. >> adam broke the.tory tod he joins us live. adam, is this going to delayhe opening of the silver line extension? >> well, we know for sure that the rail yard is delayed. metro says the silver line can't operate witho that rail yard. in essence most likely looking at delay. riders will have to wait to use a transportation project that is

flawed and needs to be fixed. >> the building has cracks. warehouse building and some on the transportation police building. >> cracking concrete along the silver line. even more problems have in the rail yard along the next phase. charles, the man in c etailing all of this for news 4. >> what goes through your head? >> contractor needs to fix it. >> all right. all you have to do is come here and take a look. you can see there are cracks all over the it is so bad there some places that they put the site lines to see if anything moves. if it shakes that will go off. >> the contracto dputes this

saying it is meeting quality control requirements these aren't the only concerns. pavement is crumbling and failing in spots. platforms nee safety changes and there's a buy america issue with the number of cranes being used becausee to some of parts were made in germany. they say this rail yard will not be opening on time. >> it will not. we he had a change ithe opening date so farf 115 day delay. >>lahat dey is significant because metro tells us it will not accept whis projecthout the rail yard in tact and operational. remember, while metro will eventually take or the project is being build by the airport's authority. here is the thing. so much of the money being used to pay for this is coming for things like special taxesst cts that have been set up along the silver line here and

tolls. so even ifou donlan on using this project you're likely still paying for it. back to you. >> it's getting discouraging some of the problems. thank you, adam. >> we are awaiting a verdict in the case of a young woman that survivored a horrible attack. her boyfriend accused of setting her on fire while she w pregnant with their child. she was delivered seven weeks ea early and the mom is still recovering. we have ndetails about what happened in court today. >> reporter: herovery has been hard and amazing. this is what her bathrdm loo like after police say her then boy friend set her on fire while she was carrying his baby. a jury is deciding if phillips committed the crime. nd is facing charges for ater t attempted murderrson. she was forced to deliver her baby early. today in court the state said

phillips did not want her child and was dating another woman who he texted saying that's not my kid first of all. you want me to take care of it? it's nothing. believe me. i talk l aot but let me show you, i mean busine this time. phillips attorney argued perhaps she snd herself on fire that the state did not adequately prove fip hils guilt dpts y. >> the time line is inconsistent with the evidence we have been able to uncover thus father. overing a is still r from the burns. she sayse was abusive. she offered words of encouragement to women like her. >> leave the situation before it gets as bad as m i almost lost my life. >> reporter: sheay was there t along with her daughter, journey, by her side. news 4. the man accused of kidnapping and muridering a tee

could face the death penalty. he was indicted on the charge of kidnapping resulting in the death of ahanti billie. he is accused of abducting her. her body was found 11 day rs later in north carolina. the senate voted for ashanti alertds. she was 19 years old and it's too old for an amber a alert too young for a silver alert. itould expand alerts across the country. >> there are concerns about a medical device used by doctors across the country. it is called the da vinci. it performed 700,000 surgeries last hear fromrt valves to

hysterectomies. there are risks. more than 20,000 reports of adverse eventss such burns have been filed in the last ten years. the results of an nbc news investigation ahead onbc ghtly news with lester holt right after this newscast. he wants to build a tunnel to take you from d.c. to new york. musk is showing off for a similar project in l.a. president obama seading so holiday cheer. see where he brought some smiles today. a tunnel woulds help with travel as we make our way through the next couple of days. we don have that. we have the highways. they will have rainfall. i'll break itown forou and show wow when it moves in and when it moves out and what to expect for christmas. i' tramck

>> check it out. unveiling the new underground transportati transportation tunnel.ry musk's cous trying to build one here on the east coast connecting d.c. to new york. already r a hyper loo has the support of maryland's governor. speang today muskays he sees a big future for tunnel travel. >> this system is desned to do over 150 miles per hour through thnel and i mean it would be incredible if youavould around l.a., new york, d.c., any where at 170 miles per hour. today's demo was only about 40 miles per hour and reporters

bumpy.was a little he says it is a test to prove that it works and could one day cure traff f. theeral reserve raised of rest points by a quart a point. this is the fourth rateike it means it costs more money for us toey borrow m or use our credit cards now. they confirmed the central bank will continue raisi rates next year but at a lower pace. the market finished at the lowest level since september of 2017. > coming up a big surprise far local high school student that still has big things ahead of her. >> i don't even think thes sky the limit for her. i think she can go really reall far. >> coming up we'll show you the moment when the studentouound

she got a full ride to college. doug is back the rest of the christmas weekend.

the family of a nine-year-old boy that was crushed bay -- by a partician will sue the schooleristrict. lawy say thathe county and employees failed toollow proper policies for the operation. transportationto opera

breaking the news that nearly 300 cracks have formed at the new facility. metro tells news 4 it is not be able to run trains on the new railr line without the yard being operational. hile local athletes are getting a bulk of the attention since it is national signing day. >> w t love see it happen. >> we were there wherene student's dream became a reality today. >> today, this is what education is all about. >> her life is about to change. there is the look. in walks a surprise and wait for it, there. the nervous laughter is tnderstandable. how would you to seeing your name on a check this big, a check that m ns everything to

your future. >> we would like to award you to a full tuition scholarship valued at $129,000. >> i was like is this real? i didn't think it was real. >> she had to win this at a scholarship compe sharing this moment with her family made today that much sweeter. >> i have been praying about this. i have been praying really hard. i know my parents have high expectations for me and all i want is the best. >> it made him one proud papa. >> i'm on t of the world. it shows i'm a real father. >> his dghter was all smiles her teefrp achers there have be tie ti tears along the way. they now s can handle it. >> whatever dreams and goals she achievewill definitely

those. >> she admits she had her doubts she would ever get here. >> i think i could go into college and i have been working hard on this. i'm happy for this opportunity. >> wile >> aer today it is obvious shet does need luck. news 4. >> she is not going to stop smiling for weeks. >> ila wouldn't her. >> me either. >> we heard about another surprise. let's drop by childrens hospital to spread holiday chair. >> our former president barack obama was there. >> i want to say thank you to all of you guys. >> president obama carried a big bag of gifts and wore a santa hat and wore a big smile. it included glittery nail polish. he was thanking the staff for all of their hard work and sharing a lot of hugs. he last visited childrens in

2014. >> i guess it wouldn't be propriate to give copies of his wife's book. >> yeah. probably not. >> yeah. >> there we go. >> or the remote control cars. >> absolutely. >> we don't have much choice about the weath comin our way tomorrow do we? >> no. we don't. itbeill noth aer storms. normally we i geto patterns that smaller storms come through. when it's big stos likehis they come every five to seven days. sit a long-wave pattern storm. it moves all the way from calirnia all the way over to our area and makes a lot of damage. you saw the damage yesterday towards washington state. a tornado in washington state. it is a rare occurrence. that storm system is interacting and it will make its w to our area tomorrow. another big storm system moving our itway. is nice.

dropping through the 40s. cloud cover aeady in the 30s in some locations. we do have clouds. they are ver high clouds. we are able to radiate a little bit. they able to cool a little bit. not ll be a cool night but a frigid night like it was last night. no rain out there now. we are dry. we'll stay that way. we'll get to our storm. agai b here is the storm to the south. it is in the southern branch. >> all o that rain especially tomorrow night into the day on friday. the area of low pressure, the heaviest rain moves out. it will bring more showers on friday and a heavy rain even a thunderstorm or two on friday night. that's where i'm watching.to

rrow night 8:00 a.m. degetting to work will be llne. the rainould start as early as 1:00. it is a quick shower. we goet to 5:00. everybody gets hit by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. this is alsoe when could see strong winds between 11:00 and 3:00 in the morning. we could see gusting 40 to 50 mile watch out in those regions east of i-95. it is not nearly as big of ahe concer. it is a flood watch in effect for everybody. noon on friday a few showers a more cloud cover around the area. 6:00 a few more showers watchpe what h on friday night into saturday. here we are at midnight. another roundov of heavy rain. this is 40 to 50 miles per hour into saturday. he is some of the wind gusts. wind gusts 51 miles per hour.

a flood watch in effect for everybody abdomen nd the weathe. >> christmas right now and shower activity. >> comingp t redskins shut down after an ugl inciden we are up next to tell us what the team had t about the situation.

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chris is here in the studio with her. >> pretty serious stuff out there now, sherree. >> reporter: yes. issues continuing today.

nicholson's season is over after video of an alleged incident being released. tmz obtaining and releasing this video today. he is in the red sweatshirt pushing, punching and knocking a man out. he was arrested and been placed on the reserved noninj list. teammates not wanng to say too much without knowing all of the derils. >> whate the situation is i think we'll respect that. i don't really know the details. ne>> it is of those things you let it take its course. we are all praying for him. we want the best for our guys. that's all you can hope and wish for and hope that evething

goes well. >> well, another off the field issue to deal with. he has to get his season focused for saturday. hoping to keep theirplayoff chances alive. johnson won the first career as a starter and getting to know since he was picke up two weeks ago. from his couch to the driver's seat in the redskins playoff run johnson not fling the pressure, just thankful for the student. >> it's reallyot pressure. i'm enjoying the moment of being on the faeld angield and pla wi these guys. this is what you live for you live for these opportunities toet out there and the field and playing the game. >> i like the way he is. he has a great demeanor.s it not always going to be perft. he is goi to rally and make something happen. it will be a challenge but most important thing is make plays when he has to. >> you can watch more of our one on one with josh johnson this

saturday at 3:00. set forkickoffetween the redskins and titans followed by the post game report all right here on nbc 4 on saturday. the players in the locke saying this is the most important game to keep their playoff hopes alive. we fly out on friday. they get ready for a red hot national team. i will findatnal hot chicken just to make sure we are keeping the vibes all going. >> have a safe trip. good job, a sherree. >> eyes will be on them. the pen dwguins are 7 points bed washington. crby, ovechkin have split their last two meetings. caps hoping to stay red hot.

on of the biggest rivalries on the ice. things are never nice when these two meet. >> they don't like us. we don't like them. there is your quote. we are not oblivious to it. that'shat makes hockey great. no one wants to see two teams liking each other. you want to see battles and hockey. that's what it is every time you play pittsburgh. i don't expect anything els >> the thing about a rivalry is both teams are into it. either team can win. wizards play the rocketsil we not call that a rivalry. it.ar from >> far from it. >> we wouldn't want hugs. ht's get out. >> you think is promising some of this? >> some hugs going on >> yeah. >> and then he will hit you with maybe a i daggerthe back. >> he will literally beat the

pens. >> thank for joining us. nightly news starts in 60 seconds. >> have a great evening. james: this is jane. she's a busy consultant with an active lifestyle. jane is also a kidney donor. after donating her kidney to maurice, janeacas back to her normal vities in just a few days. and kidney donation didn't cost jane a penny. i'm james brown. meet my friends jane and maurice. jane didn't know maurice, she just wanted to help someone in need and you cae too. to learn mout kidney donation visit the gw ron and joy paul kidney cent at gwkidney.org or call 1-833-kidney3.

hr> tonight, a massive storm beforetmas set to snarl travel for millions of families on the move. airportsel bracing fors from north to south. al roker is here with the latest forecast. a bombshellntrom pre trump suddenly declaring victory over isis and ordering u.s. troops to withdraw from syioa. the dec causing confusion at the pentagon, and a major backlash in congress. the cliff-hanger over a government shutdown. 48 hours until the deadline, and still no deal. we'll look at where both sides stand. the growing firestorm over o re that facebook gave companies accs to read your private messages. users angry, #delete facebook trending. our nbc news investigation into popular robotics surgery. more people are choosing it for