>>@tom sherwood. >> thank you, tom, for everything. >> well, we hope yulin dullou'l us and head to tomrwood and the search bar, all of the stories he's done recently. let's leave that one up. you can take a walk back in time with him. tom, we thank you again for your service. >> i couldn't find my big glasses. [ laughter ] >> that's a great shot. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang! ok, i gotta run. hey, wait, there's something i need to tell you- dang. dang! dang! dang. dang. see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first month's payment. tonight's holiday lights. >> doug is live in clinton bringing us the sights and sounds of the season and your christmas forecast. you've got quite a scene there, doug. >> we really do, doreen. i mean, this is jus

tom sherwood, we are now going to have to suffer through your opinions. >> yes. instead of saying some people think you're a fool, i will say you're a fool. >> how do you think mayor bowser is doing? >> i think she's doing well. mayor gray should not run for mayor again. mayor bowser is doing a good enough job. >> looking back over your career here -- >> thank you, pat. >> the stories that had the most impact to you? >> listen, marion barry used to say, i made you, sherwood, i used to say, thank you very much, mayor. it was extraordinary covering his era over the city and then the rebound wh broke. we now have 20 years of balanced budgets, it's been an extraordinary change. a lot of it good, some bad. the gentrification and the displacement of african-americans in this city. 70% were african-americans and now it's under 50%. the city is growing but the size of the african-american community in this hometown of washington, d.c. that we all love is shrinking. it's got to be done -- more has to be done for housing, middle class workhorse housing to keep people in th

tom sherwood has decided to leave his job here at news 4. >> he has been your face for all things about local politics. anybody who lived here for a number of years knows tom. >> inside and out. >> especially when it comes to district politics. >> i'm tom sherwood in the district. here in the nation's capitol, there's a lot do to get ready for friday's inaugural. >> and tom has been with us for the last 28 years. 28 years. now he did not want any gushy tribu tribute, so we won't be doing that this morning. he plans to refocus on local contribute to the politics hour on wamu radio. >> always loved that couple times when pat muse would be out and i got a chance to do reporter's note boork. wh brook. >> when you get to talk to tom and his insights on what's happening in d.c. with the perspective of someone who has seen it over decades. >> eats and breathes this stuff. he really does. covering stories on the streets with him was a learning experience for me in the city. >> you -- >> especially with mayrrow owe. >> thank you, tomorrow for your incredible work. >>> the washington city paper h

. >>> i'm tom sherwood on capitol hill.ws rats are a big problem in urban areas like this. coming up, i'll tell you about tough new >>> i've been teasing this one all even we know rats are a huge problem in many urban areas. >> here in the district there's a new push to force the restaurants and trash companies to clean up all of the waste that many of the rats are feeding on. >> and that turns out to be good news for one district resident who calls herself a weary rat warrior. say that three times fast. tom sherwood has her story. >> rats are running all over the place. >> reporter: long-time capitol hill resident susan fights a daily battle with rats. >> this has a page for each one of our residents. when the rat police come, i've been calling it that, i will report what they find. >> reporter: and as this home video shows, what they find are rats, rats and more rats. >> this is why you call yourself exhausted? >> yes. it's disgusting. for a new law. it would force restaurant and food service businesses to tightly contain

the one and only tom sherwood. he has covered this city and our region for decades, folks, and he knows politics inside and out. on a reporters notebook tom addressed a question many have wondered, would he ever run. >> for 20 something years, 30ers yahoo! people said, sherwood, why don't you run. you know the city, you know all that. you're well known. tv has given you a lot of exposure. i have thought about campaigns. i said i would not run against any incumbent because that would be against my ethic a journalist. i'm not sure i want to take on the rigors of a campaign. including what i'm going to have for dinner tonight, i never want to rule anything out. >> spoken like a true politician. you can see more of tom on the reporters notebook this sunday morning and, wow, are we going to miss him here at news4. >> right. but as you [ inaudible ]. and he's going to be doing politics for him as he still does now. he'll be doing a little more of it. we are certainly going to miss him in the newsroom because he is quite a

news4's tom sherwood will have that part of the story coming up. >> but let's start with blayne alexander. she's at the white house with the growing debate over what the president posted on social media. blayne? >> reporter: well, doreen, as you know, president trump spent much of the day away from washington today. he's right now headed back from utah where he was talking about federal land use. but he found himself once again facing a number of questions over a weekend tweet. >>> president trump greeting supporters as he arrived in utah, but before leaving washington, showing his own support f national security advisor he fired and who has now pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. >> i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life. >> reporter: mr. trump's team playing clean-up after this tweet from the president's account, saying one reason he fired flynn was for lying to the fbi about russia. the president's personal attorney saying he's the one who wrote that tweet, calling it poorly worded. so, why does it matter? if president trump knew flynn had lied t

in rockville, tom sherwood, news4. >> well, the wait is finally over, folks. d.c.'rst wawa is officially open, serving up coffee and hoagies. opening to a big crowd this morning. and more than 9,000 square feet, this is not your standard wawa. if you're in the area wawa says it will be giving out free coffee through the weekend. the company plans to open up ten more locations in our area in the next couple of years. >>> next up, a wawa in georgetown. i can walk to that. >> all right. coming up, they lost their home to hurricane harvey and had to move into a two-bedroom apartment. >> now this couple is facing an even bigger challenge. what happened after they learned they're now pregnant with kwa group lets? >> and doug out in north potomac for holiday lights. all right, doug, how is the weather? can you hear us, bud? >> i hear you now. i hear you just fine. it is a beautiful night. yes, it's on the cold side, but not all that bad at all. we're going to talk more about the temperatures and the chance for some snow tomorrow in some locations. are you guys ready for mo

news4's tom sherwood has more on what the mayor is ordering, all 30,000 d.c.ent workers, to do. >> hi. >> reporter: mayor muriel bowser attending meetings at the city's emergency management offices in southeast after her mayor's order, directing all city government workers take anti-sexual harassment classes and beefing up action on any complaints. >> we are going to appoint at every agency eeo or hr director that knows how to immediately investigate an incident. >> reporter: the nation has seen an increasing number of sexual harassment cases involving the famous and not so famous. >> i think that the national conversation is appropriate. it's called everybody's attention. >> reporter: seems to be a watershed moment going forward. >> that certainly appears to be the case and i think it' already has a zero tolerance policy, but social media and other forms of communication are expanding harassment incidents. >> certainly we wanted to look at all of our rules and regulations and policies, make sure they were up to date, current, and effective. >> i'm hopeful tha

in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> from high and dry to wet and chilly. storm team4 tracking some changes moving in. >> lets get the latest from amelia draper. going to see something we haven't seen in a bit. >> a rainy day in the forecast tomorrow. thankfully we're dry this evening. right now we're down to 52 degrees. we'll have cloudy skies and temperatures once we hit 7:00 p.m. hanging out in the 40s. by 11:00 p.m. we're 48 degrees. i am tracking rain moving in. i'll let you know when it arrives and it impacts more the evening or morning commute coming up in my full forecast. >> see you in a bit, then. flu season is here and this year nothing to sneeze at. >> doreen is going to join us with a closer loo being k at wh year could be especially troublesome. >> three weeks to go until the big day. do you know how to get those holiday gifts ed in the mail and get them to your loved ones on time? we'll show you ho you to to that this year. >> if you missed out on the beautiful moon this weekend, don't worry, your next super moon is coming again, not once, bu

news4's tom sherwood has our story. >> reporter: amplified street music blairs in chinatown near thebucket it is too much for a sophomore at george washington university. they moved downtown to gallery place to enjoy the vibrancy of the city. not to endure endless music that invades their upper floor home >> the noise is so significant that our daughter cannot use her software voice over programs to complete her homework and perform other tasks of daily living. >> reporter: emma mitchell said she sometimes stays at school because at home is too loud. >> it allows me to write papers via dictation and without the computer and my iphone, i wouldn't be able to interact with the world. >> reporter: the mitchells are part of a loud crowd of downtown businesses and residents urging the city to enforce noise laws or pass tougher ones. >> this is an especially sensitive issue in areas like downtown where all matters of sound is constantly being created. >> reporter: or to councilmember jack evans who represents downtown. he said nearly 10,000 people live there now with lots of intrusive noise

in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> it's a crime many of us won't soon forget.eral years later, the lululemon store on bethesda row is on the move, and so is the tribute for the young murder victim. we have the story you'll see only on news4. >> plus, a blast of cold air moves in. some of us could even see some snow this weekend. doug is tracking our chances what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console, he'll be like whaaaaaattt. so get fios. now just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. hello there friend! hi! hey there. you're going through a lot right now and i know you're scared. but you're stronger than you know. but look, we'll get through this together. and remember... we at the imaginary friends society always have your back! >>> time to check on our weather now. and tonight's ins

law enforcement and drugstores are supporting drop boxes as news4's tom sherwood reports, no questions one in, no way out. >> reporter: d.c. attorney general carl inspecting a drug drop box installed at the cvs on dupont circle. now at 24 place to drop off unwanted drugs especially opioids. it is one of five such boxes in the city, three cvs two walgreens. >> i'm a proponent of more. there is no doubt about it. i give them credit for the first step. i'd like to see more throughout the city. >> reporter: opioid overdose deaths have risen from '83 in 2014 to 216 so far this year. >> the abuse of opioids and the increase in fatal overdoses we are experiencing here in the district pose a serious public health threat. >> reporter: cvs says the drop box will help get drugs off the street so they can't be stolen 0 or resold. the drop offs are planned for md ed in and virginia next year, but 200 region wide. >> what we are doing today is but o s unnecessary deaths, to ensure that unnecessary supply of opioids don't fall into the wrong hands. >> reporter: passers by today liked the drop box ide

but as tom sherwood reports, police warn it could become an expensive burden. >> reporter: at the d.c quick tutorial on stopping an overdose. >> this is a really simple nasal spray. it is a plunger and it is like one spritz up and that's it. >> reporter: antidrug activists like shea la say narcan is a lifesaving drug for several types of overdoses. >> overdoses on painkillers, overdoses on heroin, and fentanyl which is what a lot of folks are worried about now. >> reporter: council man allen says opioid abuse is growing. >> sometimes we don't think it is in our ownac is. and we have seen it more than doubling, 14,000, 16. >> reporter: the council is considering legislation requiring better health insurance coverage for opioid abuse and to require for the first time all police patrols to carry the quick acting antidotes. >> last year overdoses killed more people than guns or car accidents and are doing so at a pace faster than the hiv epidemic. >> reporter: d.c. attorney general carl racine. >> i support both bills. >> reporter: and howard university health officials endorse using poli

news 4's tom sherwood spoke with susan sedgwick today. sedgwick calls herself an exhausted rat warrior. she went before the council to share her story. >> last night i'm driving in my alley about 9:30 and rats were in the restaurant storage area, others were scurrying down the alley >> the witnesses complain that there's only four health and rat inspectors who cover the entire city. four. >>> a northern virginia bride's wedding worries are over. three weeks before the ceremony, mishlg abbotty finally received her wedding dress today after weeks of battling with u.p.s. she bought the dress in california and according to u.p.s. tracking it kept getting sent back and forth and ended up in illinois. they made sure it was tlifr del today. >> she's got the be thrilled over the moon for that. >> i bet the groom's happy, too. the whole family is probably breathing a big old sigh of relief. >> absolutely. >> looks like u.p.s. also brought illinois weather with them. >> that cold air is coming in. tomorrow will be kind of like what it was this afte

chris lawrence joined with scott macfarlane and tom sherwood. tom, for those of us who have lived in the district, doesn't matter pretty much where you live, you've dealt with the rat problem. i remember my apartment, nice place, but you saw rats outside. >> no matter what you do, there are rats. >> there are rats in d.c., but now it looks like the district is trying to say we've got to get the restaurants involved, that they seem to be saying the restaurants are a prime source of the problem. >> the food service industry. >> yeah. >> and to be fair to the district, there are all rats in the areas, norway rats. and people told me this past week, they're as big as cats in some places, and people are really sick of them. i talked to a woman on capitol hill who was a she lived up there for 20, 30 years. she carried the clipboard through her alley with the names of all her residents and indicates wherever a rat has been seen and what's been done, and the health department has been sending crews in to eradicate the rats. it's not working. there are so

. >>> cookies, egg nog, tom sherwood's candy spice pecan and no time to exercise. >> we've got you coverede ways to be festive and fit this year. >>> plus, why were all of these santas marching [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang! ok, i gotta run. hey, wait, there's something i need to tell you- dang. dang! dang! dang. dang. see zero in a whole new way. and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. z2m7fz z16fz y2m7fy y16fy >>> we all know it's easy to have a second glass of wine or dessert during this time of year. >> and it's easy to skip the ex in with a trainer who says you can still enjoy the season and stay healthy. >> reporter: the holidays have a way of making it hard to get to the gym and keep up those healthy habits. but when you mess up, don't worry. >> don't go crazy. you can have a cheat meal but don't make it a cheat day. >> reporter: while watching what you eat, work in simple exercises to subfor your gym routine. >> the first exercise is a body weight squat. she's standing on her heels. >> reporter: next, a classic or modified

. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in the district. here in the nation's capital there is a lot to do to get ready for friday inaugural. >> he says he plans to refocus, not retire, on local politics and continue to contribute to the politics hour on wamu radio. >> and i urge you to watch reporte reporters notebook on sunday. >> crihristmas eve in the morni. >> yeah. folks heading out or welcoming families in. >> we have a roller coaster in temperatures, right? >> we do. we will be approaching the 60s for saturday. then the chill really begins to set in as we head through the holiday week. so let's talk those temps. right now walking outside in the district we are in 44 degrees. this is live picture so you can see a lot of cloud cover rage out there. maybe walking outside saying is it going to rain? no, the rain will hold off until later tonight. cloud cover rage for now. 44 degrees right now in washington d.c. a lot of us now moving out of the 30s and low 40s. and headed to the low to mid fifth as 50s heading through friday. not bad. i

. >> i'm tom sherwood in the district. re in the nation's capitol there's a lot to do to get ready for friday's inaugural. >> tom, oh, my goodness, he's been with us for the haas 28 years. he plans to refocus on local politic and will continue to contribute to the politics hour on wamu radio. he has told us not to say he's retiring. he's refocusing. >> going to have a new chapter in his life. >> stay tuned for that. >>> if you are heading out of town or you've got family coming into town to visit, today is not a bad day at all. >> do you want to hear how nice i am? the two of you >> i don't think so. did she say yes? >> this is your christmas present. i flew to belgium. >> you did? >> i made chocolate for you guys and then i -- >> sheena and i share this. i saved some shells. >> the right aid on wisconsin avenue, a view at 4:30 this morning. where did that come from? >> the video proof shows that i was here at 4:30. >> which one should i try? >> any one. they all taste the same. >> i didn't hand make them but i should have

as news4's tom sherwood reports, how this new law will put more people at risk this winter. >> reporterstrict has aggressively removed pop-up sidewalk shelters while providing more stable homes for better run temporary shelters for men and women. >> i'm calling to order this meeting >> reporter: but the d.c. council gave approval to a law that requires the homeless to prove they truly are homeless, nowhere to go, and that they didn't just come into the district for its legally required right to shelter services. they set up homeless advocates and people like edith who worry people will be literally left out in the cold. >> how are you going to prove it if you're burned out or put out? how are you going to prove you're homeless? >> reporter: she's a widow. she lives at this home on good home southeast because her daughter had no room for her. >> i didn't want to be on the street and be in there and take anything from my grand kids. >> reporter: mayor bowser says stays in shelters should be short term. >> we know some people will need, again, shelter for a short period of time, but it's n

. >> i'm tom sherwood in the district. the d.c. government, more than 30,000 employees.f jobs, occupations and responsibilities, and now all about to get updated training against sexual harassment in the workplace. >> certainly we wanted to look at all of our rules and regulations and policies, make sure they were up to date, current, and effective. >> reporter: for example, social media is increasingly harassment prone. it won't just be rank and file employees learning. the mayor says all 1500 government supervisors will get extra training on how to handle complaints. >> they need to know if they are approached with an issue, how each and every employee should be treated. >> reporter: the mayor's decision, in part, sparked by increasing reports of sexual harassment across the nation. >> i think that the national conversation is appropriate. it's called everybody's attention. >> reporter: the mayor's move is embraced. >> it comes from every level. the fact they are going to start making the people who allow this to happen accountable is a great thing. >> i et if ed ral g

tom sherwood, news4. >> which cars have the best safety features for you and your family?ty experts are putting them to the test fashion. we're going to tell you whether they're up to the challenge. >> and doug joins us from one of the most festive neighborhoods we've seen. he's got a look at the changes ♪ ♪ >>> as the theme song cheer, doug. he's live in burke where an entire neighborhood is shining brightly tonight. hey, doug. >> uh-huh. yeah, hey, doreen. really a great night out here. it's not too cold, is it, guys? >> no. >> not at all. we are -- i want to show you first, i want to take a mass camera shot. this is such a great shot. our truck is at the top of the hill here. and take a look at what we've got. just a beautiful neighborhood. there are seven houses, every single one of them lit up. i have rich with me right now. rich, what's your last name? >> kavanagh. >> rich, they moved in 3 1/2 years ago. when they moved in, you put up some lights. >> i put up one strand, maybe two. >> and the neighbors said? >> you better step it up. >> yeah. and that's exactly what

. >> we're talking about tom sherwood and carol maloney. we're going to be sending them must-see storm team4 forecast traveling for christmas could be a little tricky and those of us staying put could see a little bit of everything. team coverage ly on news4.on >>> right now at 5:00, tracking the travel crunch, and a tricky holiday forecast. >> i'm doug kammerer live in prince george's county tonight tracking the chance for rain. warm temperatures, cold temperatures and snow for the holiday weekend. >> plus, a survivor story. >> i'm not going to say i was counted out. >> a mother to be set on fire in an apparent case of domestic violence. tonight she is sharing her story only with news4. >> nobody expected me to be home so soon or able to do the things that i'm doing. >> her message to others as she recovers from a horrific attack. >> and a victory verdict. >> this isn't about the six of us. it's about the 188 people left to trials for inauguration day rioting end in acquittals? >> but we start at 5:00 with some breaking news on capitol hil