years per count. it is also probationable. we anticipate mr. kelly will appear in bondourt tomorrow afternoon. >> kelly is 52. he's been accused of miscduct before if you'll remember in 2008 he was acquitted of 21 counts of child pornography. in january, a lifime dock cuseries entitled surviving r. kelly had stories of women to have survived abuse by r. kelly. republicans say they're no longer waitior an investigation into lieutenant governor justin fairfax. they're inviting the key witnesses totestify, and one has already accepted. julie carey reports tonight their decision comes over the objection of democrats. >> reporter: it's been exactly two weeks since the second of

two women came forward to accuse the lieutenant governor of sex assault, alleged incidents that took place in 2000 and 2004. incidents lieutenant governor justin fairfax says were consensual rsencoun both women, va nessa tyson and meredith watson say they want to tell their t storiesthe assembly. and now they'll get the chance, along with the lieutenant governor. >> the justice committee will ti schedule a m where we'll invite dr. tyson and ms. watson totestif we'll also invite lieutenant governor fairfax to testify. >> reporte but house mocratic leaders blasted the gop announcement. they say the criminal justice system is the right place for an inquiry. >> what i know is that the th seriousness o allegations that have been me public in this case should not be turned into a political game. >> reporter: many african-american leaders are concerned that a general

assembly investigation could never provide fairness. this naacp leader spoke to us via skype. n >>he m issue is due procs, having people look at their accusers p under aitical scenario, who's going to question is? is justin's advocates going to be allow to question them, i don't think so. >> reporter: they say it's an exercise in political theater, the path to finding truth a justice should be left to the work of law enforcement professionals. the lieutenant vernor is confident the truth will exonerate him. meredith watson's attorney said she's accepted the invitation to testify but she also said she does not plan to take her complaint to police orut pross in north carolina. the attorney for vanessa tyson c said herent is willing to speak to the prosecutor in

boston where that alleged assault took place. in spite of this announce of invitations and acceptance of one, they've not been issued yet, invitations have just been spokabout. an interesting discussion about race happening in the virginia stan housee wake of all that's happening with governor ralph northam, who admitted toeang blackface in his past. jay jonespoke powerfully about issues of race and the as m between black and white residents in virginia. >> for many of us in the chamber and around the country, the events that gripped virginia weren't n, abstractthey're not a unit in a history book. to me and many people likeme, these events are a window into a struggle that defin daily life for black americans from the day we are born until the day we die. >> jones spoke about playing with other children at a general assemblygathering, and the

experience of a white parentin te her daughter to stop playing with him because he was washington app, search jay jones. turning to the forecast and big changes, fkseaded our way just in time for your weekend. ntug kammerer joins us from the storm . >> we're tracking that rain as it makes its way in here during the dayrr to. tonight, no problem. tomorrow morning no problem. then getashe umbre ready. you'll need them in the afternoon. anothe big storm system making its way our way. you can see the rain down to the south around roanoke, rts of north carolina. temperatures wise we're still on the cool side of things. 48 right now. i hagerstown, a little bit colder tomorrow. so it's a chilly rain. but a e nicening tonight, yes, you need the jacket but a nice gvening tonight. rain mov in tomorrow, some of it heavy at times.

windy and warmsunday. even a high wind watch for some areas onsu ay. and temperatures close to 70. what a difference over the next 48 hour a nice roller coaster we have going on. i hope you bought your ticket. >> thank you, doug. the owner of the new england patriots is charged with paying for sex at a florida massage parlor. robert kraft is among more than two dozen who he been charged in a human trafficking investigation that stretched frna c to florida. kraft is accused of soliciting prostitution. his charges are not related to human trafficking by the wa investigators say they have video of kraft inside t.e establishm they say the patriots owner, who is worth more than $6 billn, is a regular at this spa in a statemenaft's attorneys say he had not -- has not been involved in any illegal actity. er maryland gr larry

hogan is creating buzz this weca. some repub want him to take on president trump in the presidential primary. hogan isn't ready to jump into the race just yet. he tells news4do chris gor the president's campaign team is scared of some competition. >> reporter: maryland governor larry hogan said he's aware of the speculation that he's considered running for president. he's a pope lair republican. here at the national rngove's association winter meeting in washington, hogan is criticizing the trump reelection campaign he says it's pressuring the republican national committee to shield trump from primary ch lengers. >> it didn't seem the right thing to do to be saying we're going to shut down all debate. we may eliminate primaries and do erything wean to skew the process. it sounds like something you would hear about in north korea

rather than the united states of america. >> reporter: this summer hogan will become the chairman of th national governor's association, he'll be traveling to iowa and has an invitation to go to new hampshire, anoer early primary state. >> coming up to speak to a group called politics and eggs. and i know that my -- our office is talking about the after our legislative session is over we may consider going up. i talked with governor chris sununu we might stop by and s him. >> that's usually an invitation reservedbl for pos presidential candidates. >> not always. they invited folks that want to come up and talk about politics and the direction of the country and share some concerns and solutions. i think ty reached out because they liked some of the things i was focussing on. i understand the speculation. >> ranorter: governor h tells me a group of people asked

him to run for president. i'll have his answer for you ahead tonight on news4 at 6:00. that's the latest live tonight from the national vernor's associated meetings here in northwest washington. wendy, back to you. a school project to teach black hisry has lot of students and parents upset becauset involves student from a d.c. charter school performing a skit depicting slaves being whipped by a slave owner. mark segraves has reaction from the parents and the scho founder. >> reporter: the assignment for fifth graders here at elsee whitlow was to put on a skit to illustrate what they learned about slavery and the civil war. >> apparently there was co confederate flag. >> reporter: she loves the school but her son came home upset about the skits. >> two of the african-american boys portraying a scene of slavery being beaten by a white

child. unacceptable. >>eporter: in a letter sent home to parents a schtol administ said it was regrettable the teacher did not stop the skits. i spoke by phone to linda moore, the founder of the ho. she said there is more to focus on here. >> it's the difficulty as a nation we are having and have always had coming to grips with our history around slavery and racism. i feel very strongly we should not ignore our history, there are many waysea to children. >> reporter: parents agree it's a tough topic for teachers and t ents. >> we have a difficult history. the country has a difficult history. i don't know when the exact best time is to go about talking about those situations. but our kids are going to learn about >> reporter: school officials cannot say whether a teacher or confederateght the flag to school. in the district mark segraves, news4. school officials say they

are using this opportunity to have open discussions about students concerning race as well as training for the teachers and staff. more outrage this evening over a history lesson at an elementary school in loudon county. it involved splitting the children io groups in p.e. class and taking part in a obstacle course, the goal to give a lesson on the underground railroad.l parents, schfficials and members of the community all voiced their coreern. >> we hocked it was a dinner table conversation, what did you do in p. e. classtoday, this is what we did. i looked at my husband, he looked back at me, and i said, you did what?le peie shoul ddn't be the subject of a game. >> in a letter sent home to parents, the principal vowed to work with concerned parties.

>> a deadly head-on crash in airfax county, a car was going the wrong way. chopper 4 on the scene at route 28. is is at westfield's boulevard. two people taken hospital, one of them died there. not clear why one of the vehicles was goinghe wro way. police have identified the two people killed in a separate crash just off route 28 last week. they died when their vehicle went off the roadway and up an embankment. it won't up striking a utility poleere near the mcclaren road exol. with the pe crashing down and sparking a fire there. both victims are in their late 20s. less than 24 hours after his arrest for allegedly faking a ha attack, new information for jussie smollett. plus a-team investigation, police stepping up raids of pop up pot parties.

>> our goal is to make arrests when p ple break thelaw. that's what we've done. the i-team found tonight most of the cases go atnowhere. wh they

some say it's a gray area in d.c.'s marijuana law. venders gifting drugs to customers. >> with the pot parties poppingp upice have been cracking down. >> the news4 i-team found those arrests rarely lead to convictions. >> jody is here to tell us what the police and attorneys had to say about that. >> we dug t hundreds of arrest records and court case files toind prosecutors dismissed 80% of them. many of the police raids take hours and dozens of officers. we asked what'she point and is this a case of wasted resources? ♪

>> you can find them i every corner of the district, o every night of the week. the news4 i-team went undercover to show you pot parties popping up inside businesses, warehouses, and even homes. the strict's marijuana law moys you can grow it, smoke it, and gift small ats to others, you can't buy or sell it. creating an entire industry that exchanges cash for stickers, ts t-sh even socks that come with marijuana products as a giee. >> i don't problem with it. >> he says he doesn't frequent or host pop up parties but last month he got arrested while standing outside of one at a building he owns and rents out for events. >> 20, 25 police officers that stormed the building, guns drawn,t was terrifying. police also arrested the two women inside setting up for the party but prosecutors have already dropped those cases.

that's not uncommon. we tracked down records for more than two dozen pop up events out of 255 people charged, the i-team found three have gone to trial. >> marijuana prosecutions in the city have always been very lenient. >> reporter: police chief knew newsham said he wasn't surprised. >> when 80% of the arrests get dismissed, that's got to be frustrating. >> in this arena it's not. not with regards to the marijuana, i've grown accustomed to that. >> we asked the question, why officer to have spending their time raiding the parties. >> if you're gifting it on a large sca n tobers of people under the guise of you're givin themomething else, that's distribution, i don't think tat's gray. >> reporter: i-team found even when three dozen people accepted plea dells it was for

possession not distribution. >> is it possible that they see this as a gray area, that's why theyot taking these cases to trial. >> that would be a question for. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney's office refused to answer t question, in a statement they said ty fully support law enforcement's efforts.a >> ig problem and a waste of time. >> reporter: he said officers shouldn't be focussed on forcing a law toge ch he's introduced legislation to allow marijuana to be bought, sold and taxed. should beaying people s le to operate in the busin without the consequence of being arre arrested. >> reporter: herbert owns a mobile massage business. >> it goes into the skin. >> he infuses it into lotions

and salves. >> they tied it into the pop up party. it'sterazy. >> rep his is one of 22 cases prosecutors haven't dropped. the chief says pop up raids often organize nate with complaints from neighbors upset about noise and traffic. and cash oy sales make those parties suspect to crimes. we've seen robberies associated with the pop up parties. we have seen one homicide. >> he agrees safety is important but sees the gifting as gray. it makes me rethink how i'm going to do it. i don't want the police coming in ragain. orter: the u.s. attorney spokesman told the i-team prosecutors have a responsibility to pursue cases

they believe can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. that they moved forward with the iastop up cases aend p v prosecute any that involve weapons or violence. >> to learn more about the crack down on pot parties and where police have c rductedds log on to nbcwashington.com and click on he was supposed to be helping small businesses but was busted for helping himself to millions of taxpayer dollars and then gambling it away. we're wetth and windy i days ahead. doug will be here to break down our weend weather. we invite you to join us for the news4 blackistory mon special. >> it's calle "she thrives" and black women iout the dmv. >> tune in this weekend, saturday at 5:30 iortheng or sunday righteafr "meet the press."

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hold on y tor hats that wind is going to be whipping. what happens this weekend? >> we have a roller coaster ride. temperatures tomorrow in the 40s with the rain on sunday, about 40, 50 mile an hour winds with temperatures near 70.

ather whiplash, for sure. right now, not too bad. nice night. we're at 48 winds out of the northwest at 8:00 miles an hour. 43 martinsburg, 45 leaesburg, it's cool. after yesterday's high of 6da yest it was beautiful. two days ago we're looking at freezing leet and rain. tomorrow it's back to the rain and colder temperatures. we have showers to the south. there is a winter weather advisory for parts of the sen doe waere watch out in that area you could see freezing rain overnight. re's the system making its way in. look at the wider picture. all this moisture streaming out ahead of the next storm system. the same sto that's bringing rain to oklahoma, that's the one that brought the sw to las vegas. that brought 3 feet of snow in one day to flag staff, arizona.

that's a new record for them. again that moisre is moving our way. we'll see not tomorrow morning if you have plans or want to get stuff done, do it tomorrow morning. notice by 1:00 seeing the rain encroachingren the here. we are going to see the rain tomorrowno aft. rain area wide, 6:00 tomorrow night. dinner timeee you'll the umbrella for sure. high temperatures tomorrow only in the low 40s some stay in the 30s to the north. showers through 11:00. we dry out a little bit, swer activity early sunday morning. this is 6:00 a.m. on sunday. sunday i am not expecting rain during the most of the day. showers possibl but most of us stay dry throughout the afternoon. the big thing on sunday ise goig tohe wind. let's talk about the weekend. rain heavy at times tomorrow afternoon, have the umbrellas. rain ending sunday morniwe. here's whae worried about

sunday, windy conditions. 40 to 50 mile anour winds. amelia is going to have more on that in about 20 minutes. much warmer sunday afternoon. high temperatures sunday, look at this, i have a high of 68 after 44 and rain we go to 68 and wind. 50 on monday, on tuesday, a couple nice normal days, ave days on monday and tuesday. then we get a chance forfl ries on wednesday. high of only 37. staying t cool nextrsday and friday. then we move into march. the first ek, week and a half of march, looking chilly and . stor >> coming in like a lio kind of thing. >> coming in like a lion for sure. >> thanks, nearly $7 million of taayer money was embezzle into a personal bank account and then gambled away. the sentence for this former >> ahead at 5:00, an american borne isis bride hoping to return to her family in alabama

gives her first interview to nbc news.

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 5:00. a look now at some of our top stories thisni eveng at 5:30, r&b star r. kelly facing 10 charges of sexual abuse. the allegations go back nearl a decade including three victims

under 17. he's expected to appear in bond court tomorrow. robert kraft owner of the new england patriots related to charges of a prostitution ring. police say they have video of kraft soliciting prostitution at a day spa where they say he frequent it numerous times. kraft who's worth more thans $6 billion among more than 2 dozen arrested in connection with a human trafficking investigation but he's not accused in that part of it. e republicans in virginia house are opening an investigation into the sexual assault allegations against lieutenant governor justin fairfax, both accusers asked for the general assembly to do that. but democrats say law enforcement should be doing it. co a montgomerty employee who admitted to steelingns millf your dollars is headed to prison. >> as derrick ward reports, that's not the only punishment for peter bang.

>> reporter: he's responsible for theargest case of fraudmen montgory county history. today peter bang was sentenced to four years in prison and four s probation. he was chief operating officer in the economic development department, he pled guilty to stealing some $6.millio >> he was entrusted with county resources to help the government continue to prosper and grow. unfortunately he chose to betray that trust. >> reporter: they s he did it by diverting money from a business incubator. prosecutors say h diverted millions to accounts which had cess to. he would visit casinos made o-- with checko made out t fictitious companies.

>> ty should prove worthy of the trust. >> reporter: he told the judge today he hasn't set foot in a casino since 2016. that's now part of his probation he'll be back in the courthouse e' a week to determine how pay back what he can of the money taken. he's likely t start serving his sentence in april but he has more charges in montgomery county, whaver he gets on those charges he'll serve concurrent to what he got today. at the federal court in gre greenbelt, derrick ward. prosecutors sought the max up. 20 years, but the judge said she struck a balance of the good work did for the county before the embezzlement. the arrest of a coast guard officer has captured the nation's attention. christopher hasson is accused of targeting top democrats in office. t macfarlane join us in the

news om. tw other people are also expected to be back in court so ? >> last fall the news4 i-team reported the case of marcara man, he's charged with e-mailing threat to the federal communication commission. mann has pleaded guilty, faces up to 10 year in prison. and court filings showen that cing has been delayed as the feds sought additional time to get more psychological evaluations. and alagun in new york pled guilty of violating a restra restraining order against kristen simera. he's awaiting sentencing in u.s. district court in d.c.

our reporting last year showed threats are becoming a way of life for the nation's elected leaders, u.s. capitol police pursued 950 cases of threats in the first half of 2017 alone. in t news room, scott macfarlane news4. todayha on would have been george washington's 287th birthday, dozens of people became new american citizens at the mount vernon estate. 78 people from 39 countries taking part in the naturalization ceremony at mount vernon. well, all week long we wve beenking for you with tips on how to clear the clutter from your life. today it was my turn. take a look. >> this was honey, but it's not moving. yea from the olympics six ago. that's kind of random. i do t not rememberse glasses.

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aldi. shop differentli. jussie smollett character on "empire" will be cut from the final two episodes thi season. smollett's accused of stagingci , antigay attack on himself in chicago last month. police say the actor planned the hoax to help promote his career d earn higher salary. in a statement today the producs of "empire" called the allegation disturbing. smollett maintains he is innocent. ahollywood'srd season comes to a crescendo on sunday with the academy awards where "roma" a foreign film may upse all the popular american contenders, and a great amerin actress may get her osca i talked to jason fraylee about the talent that is glen ose. >> it fits the moment, the year

of me too. you should go see it, the idea of a wife that doesn't get the credit, has to go along as the husband gets a nobel prize. >> because of the gender issues of the 50s and '60s. t is a master class in acting thanks to ms. close. you cannot look at that scene at the awards ceremony of the -- it's about a husband getting a nobel prize for literature, where she's sitting in the audience and you watch and the camera -- that seen is just on -her. nothing >> close up for close. >> close up. and she gris from to sorrow to rage. >> envy to>> rage. it's just -- it just melts across her face stunning. glen close takes it to a level that she outstreeps streep over

the years. >> streep was the one that won the three best actresses close would come close but no cigar. she should have won for "fatal attraction" in '76. she lost cher to "moon struck". >> even the interplay with jonathan price, who plays her husband. i think it's a perfect little movie and she elevas it into the -- strike thastratosphere. >> you believe them as aincoupl. onee bickering over infidelities. then they get a call from their son they're going to be grandparents, immediately -- >> g on the other phone. >> you just believe them. >>ny time -- an actor's job is

to create a shreality. and jonathan price created such a beautiful dance together of a marriageot there was one false note in that entire movie. >> it's a great master class in an understated nuance performance. you don't need to go big. layda gaga's was big, this was the nuanced watch what's happening in her face. >> goet them glen. >> it's her year. >> i do want her to win. >> i do, too. sometimes less is more. >> i think it's harder to do what she di >> exactly. we were both huge fans of "damages". ou>> did all watch "damages"? >> go back and watchit. >> she was riveting. i never seen her do anything that you couldn't take your eyes off her. as a 71-year-old actress, there may not be a lot of gusty parts for her in the future because of the way it works for women.

>> i saw her at the kennedy center, i ran up to meet her, people watching said she flinched, thinking i was going to attack her. >> wouldn't you? that was my glen close me mont. >> talk about needing som subt subtly. >> from 70 to 7. coming up, she's full of big ideas, and one of them has gone global. ahead at 5:00 we'll meet this week's harris' hero.>> i'm cory smith at dulles international airport where we are getting behind the scenes look at customs and border

a young woman who left our country to join isis now wants to return. and the family is suing the trump administration so she can. she's currently an refugee camp that's been reserved for isis families. drshe's among hs of women

and children. she left alabama in 2014 to join the terror hegroup. no says she regrets it and claims she had been brainshed online. >> do you want to go to the united states? -- prefer that to oth than anywhere else, yeah. >> what do you want to do, if you wen back to th states? what do you think will happen to you if you were allowed to go back? >> of course, i'd be given jail time. >> sry of state, mike pompeo said yesterday that she is not a u.s. citizen. the government says her father, ar diplomat from yemen had been a active foreign officer when she was born here. so in 2016 the obama administration notified her family that they were going to revoke her passport. it was shipped under the guise of green tea but customs officials said it turned o to be an illegal stimulant. customs and border patrol agents

uncovered more than 700 poundsover it. p itt of a series of busts we've seen this month iluding a couple this week international airport. cory smith has details. you sk at this, what do chocolate? this one, tea. to customs and border proteion officers there are red flags everywhere. >> it looks like it' been tampered. let's take a sample test and you do it's narcotic substance. >> that huge shipment of what you thought was tea. >> upon inspection we found cot. >> it illustrates theength people will go to smuggle coraband into the country. >> shrunken heads. >> reporter: dulles is among th country'0 ports of international try, every day

they find something. >> sometimes it's ignorance and sometimes they figure the law of averages will play on their side. >> reporter: as soon as the flight lands the agency getswo from the basement. >> they put it in the cts off the plane, have a handler come -- >> >> reporter: to baggage claim and before passengers hit the exit. > they figure they can get through. but eventually we do get them. >> rep ster: while twozures of this size close together is uncommon, stopping them is in a day's work. >> getting that stuff off the streets of northern virginia, it's huge. >> reporter: cory smith, news4. the woman whose bag had the hash in it is an iranian citizen and permant u.s.resident. we're told she was handed over to the airport authority police who charged her with possession of a controlled substance. one of many big busts we have

seen all month long here. let's get forecast. it's friday, folks. the weekend is upon us and we have a roller coast coming this way. >> it really is kind of amazing what we've got in hours. today is kind of okay. we'll call it an okay you were able to get outside, didn't have to have the heavy coat con,uds came in, temperatures below where they day, still right around average. we'll take average this time of year. out there right now we have the cloud cover, 48 with those 7:00 41.on heading outht you need the jacket but not the heavy coat, not the umbrellas, the gloves or hats. not bat for your friday night. 44 annapolis. what are we going to be seeing? we have showers, not in the d.c. metr area, down to the south, much of it not hitting the ground. we have winter weatherfo adviso parts of the blue ridge

there, watch out the higher peaks down that way. look terrain moving our way. we have another system its way our way that's going to bring us all this rain tomorrow butt's not all day. if you have something to do tomorrow do it early. i think here we are a noon, notice we're all dry for the most hepart, exception down south, notice as i mentioned down towards the ridge stops, the blueridge, right along the skyline drive area, may freezing rain there, but the rest of us high and dry through noon. cby 3:00 herees the rain. say you're painting inside the house tomoow, go out get the stuff you need early, stay insi and paint the res of the day. i don't know why i said painting. i don't know wg.t you're do next couple days -- hi, amelia. >> hi doug. >> looking terrain around 8:00 p.m. saturday night. after thisig time changes. aielia is going to tell us about it.

>>ing in your plans this weekend? >> what's that? >> do you have painting in your plans thiweekend? >> i have to paint some things, yes. >> okay. all right. anyways, as we talk about sunday it's all about the winds out there. they're going to be gusting at to 50 miles per hour. but potentially higher in the highest elevations in the blue ridge up to frederick county, washington county, back to the panhandle of west virginia, the onal weather service has issued a high wind watch for these areas froma. 1:0 sunday till 10:00 p.m. monday. power outages are possible. for most of us on sunday we're tracking wind gusts that will make the tes sway, blow the garbage around. but maybe a few power oages in the higher elevations sunday. breezy on monday, gusts up to 4 mi hour, with winds that trong you're still seeing leaves andsh getting blown around. if it's trash day on monday,

keep that innd. the weather having an impact on your weekend plan. outdoor exercise is fine and dry saturday morning or maybe heading to the paint store, going to be nice and clear for that. or later in the day on sunday, it's going to be windy but mild. best chance to hit the slopes, sund saturday morning. get the car washed sunday evening. our temperatures, 68 degrees, doing some outdoor paintings, that's going to be good to get the paint nice and dry. i think a lanother thing a lot of us a going to be doing, taxes. >> ah. >> 68 on sunday. 50 on monday and tuesday. so average days here, but with some sunshine, tha time of year. back into the cold weather on wednesday with a high of 37. chance of flurries there, watching a system coming through, a couple of bigger

eestems possibly next weekend and into the first of march. first week of march looking more wintery than spring like as we head in to march coming in like ali . employers looking to fill hundreds of spots at the nbc 4 telemundo 44 job fair this morning. we were working f you in the community to match up businesses and people looki to make big moves in their careers. molette green hosted the event. most kids spent their weekends focussing on their hobbies, sports games. not the seventh grader u're about to meet. she spends a lote of free t helping others. leon is here ws'h harhero. >> makayla west has always wanted to help people. now her small ideaelfng the homeless has gone international. makayl west and bundles of love

are thisweek's harris' heros. >> makayla west is pretty shy until it comes to doing things for others. >> reporter: where did this idea come from? >> when i was 3 i always wanted to help the homeless by giving them mone i and wondered why no one everave them anything. >> reporter: she came up with love ea for bundles of when she was just 8 years old. her birthday is close to christmas, and she felt like she was receiving too many gifts. >> instead of my parents giving me gifts a my friends giving me gifts, i asked for stuff for the homeless. and then wet bundled into boxes. >> i said don't worry about what's in there. the most imptant thing is the love you're givingth them she said i'm going to call them bundles of love. >> that turn into a sma afterschool club. how many did you have join you the first time. >> five or six. >> the next time aer that? >> 20. >> the next time after that?

>> 44. reporter: now there are 15 chapters all over the country and two in canada. we asked her to bridge a couple friends to show us how the bundling works, she brought the entire school. it starts with socks, soap and tooth paste. students addn hand made cards and wrap it into a blanket. >> they enjoy going out and with their families delivering the bundles. my daughter is part of it. >> reporter: tell me wt you el like when do you that, when you put yourself in their position and give them a bundle. >> i feel sad for them but at the same time i feel like i know that people love them. >> reporter: this program has always had a big impact on the ults in makayla's life. >> when weer del on christmas day that first year. we got in the car and her dad and i thanked h because she gave us the opportunity to see what christmas was about. >> reporter: all this goodness,

all this aving, because one little girl's birthday was too close to christmas. w ma ka la is going to be graduating next year and she said shehe hopes bundles of love group continues in her school. we hopeo too. >> she is a love. >> she just takes >> i think she's an old soul. she is. thnot a bed.

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things a person can do, give the gift of life. today the hospital held a cereanny to people who have given up one of their kidneys for others. aimee cho takes us there. >> reporter: thi is a story about what it means to give a gift with no strings attached. >> i'm so happy, no sorrow inside. >> reporter: the people gathered here at inova fairfax hospital know about that. >> w would like to thank each and every one of you forme doin ing amazing. >> reporter: that something amazing, giving a kidney in need. take phil and ann, when phil learned he had cysts on his kidneys, ann give h one of

hers. >> she must want me around. >> i do. >> no word can describe that gestur of love she showed me. >> reporter: no words needed at the ceremony today, everyone here has given or received the gift of a second chance. bernice donated heridney to her neez samantha. >> she's prepp for her surgery. >> it's beenrewarding. i can't explain how happy i to be able to do that. >> reporter: as they share stories and smiles, each one painting the picture s of aond chance and putting other people first. >> it feels like she's mtte me a person as a result of that. >> you stole my line. . >> thank you so much for coming today. >> reporter: in fairfax, aimo cho, news4. it's been a friday full of breaking news and there's more come tonight. good evening i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim handly. now at 6:00 tonight, singer r. kelly facing 10 felony counts of

sex abuse. most of them involving teenage girls. we'll break down the charges before kelly appears in court tomorrow. the owner of the super bowl champion patriots busted in a massiv prostitution sting in florida. robert kraft denies doing anything wrong. police say there's video. >> the next court filing from robert mueller expected tonight. why the special counsel's investigation may not be done as soon as we think. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. the investigation spurred by a shocking tv documentary series has singer r. kelly facing charges of sexual assault. >> the allegations span decades, some of the accusers were young teenagers at the time. >> erika gonzalez is following the story for us, she has new details on the possible evidence against kelly. >> attorney michaeli avena says he has video evidence