erika gonzalez is following the breaking developments. >> police zeroing ion a nearly 50-year-old cold case. muel little, a serial killer behind a string of murders across bhe country hn linked to a case in our region. in 1972 the remains of a were found in beltsville. people are hoping to identify her with new information from thison fessed killer. he cold police he was a 19 or 20-year-old divorcee from massachusetts and had blondish red hair. cording to polic he raped and strangled the woman to death. her body found in a wooded area by a hunter. police say they have got the killer. now they are trying to i.d. the victim. >> in the 20, almost 25 years that i have beenomnide, i have sat across countless killers, and i can truly say that samuel little is a tru monster. he is every woman's ultimate nightmare. >> news4's corey smith is working the story.is look for reports ahead. from the live desk, erika gonzalez. >>> now to a brutal kling that sparked outrage within the local muslim community. today t young victim's father says they have at last gotten etirtri forra irfax. >> reporter:

. > i'm erika gonzalez. breaking right now, the associated press critesing a -- critesing citing a law enforcement official that michael avenatti s been arrested for domestic violence. here is what be know ti know. aven was busted after his he is changed wif fil a report. law enforcement says that there was some kind of confrontation at an apartment building in los angeles yesterday. tmz says avenatti's wife's face was swollen and bruised. they have been married since 2011. and he filed for divorce last year. avenatti has been a high profile critic of president trump and of course as we mentioned, he is the attorney for the adult film star who says that s had a sexual encounter with the aiesident. the democrat has that he may run for president in 2020. back to you guys. >>> and doug,atching those wild fire, we have seen so much kichblg of th coverage, but tans is beyond hing we've seen. >> and it just continues. you talk to some of people that live out there and i interviewed some people that i go out there

erika gonzalez has the number one story on theas nbngton.com site. >> oh, it is there. it is there on the map. dr. gavin clarkson and his soon to be bride went to get their marriage license but when gavin handed over his new mexico i.d., he says that the clerk told himt they didn't acntinternational driver's licenses and he needed to show a passport. and the room started to fill very quickly in laughter. >> once they recognized that it was a state, they we very apologetic. and yes, your english is good. do you speak spanish? of course. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: the story is that much better because he is that much of a character. after about 20 minutes, dwr clarks -- dr. clarkson who actually ran for new mexico secretary of state got their license and they got married and they had a good laugh. you can read and share this story by searching new mexico in our nbc washington app. they even told him his english was really good. >> they were messing with the wrong man there. >>> well, snapping selfs, doing pushups, even flossing just a few of the good luck efforts i

from the live sk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. now at s take a look other top stories this afternoon. in northern virginia facing a sexual assault ch christopher semera is accused of hinappropriate contact w female inmate at the adult detention center last month. he was working as nurse with the community service there at the time. hes no longer employed by them. >>> a former high-ranking montgomery county employee pleat guilty tod embezzling nearly $7 million from the county. now per bang could be spending the next 20 years in federal prison. agreement,o his plea he stole the money over the course of six years while serving as the chief operating officer for the department of economic development.nd direct funds.bution of he was only caught after the irs noticed he was spending a lot of money o gambling, but hadn't reported all of his income. >>> a d.c. judge is easing the strictions on john hinckley, the man who shot president reagan in an aassination attempt. news4's scott macfarlane tweeted out thi new development. the judge a

erika gonzalez js now with some of the more surprising admissions from the former first lady.s deeply personal and political for mrs. obama, through excerpts obtained bywa "the ington post" and the associated press, the forr first lady writes about her time in the white house and her shock at becoming the first black first lady. mrs. obama also shares thoughts donald trump saying she thought he was just grand standing when he announced his run for office, adding that she feels he endangered her family with the whole birther conspiracy writing, quote, it was dangerous, deliberately meant to stir up the wing nuts. what if somebody with an unstable mind loaded aun and drove to washington. what if that person went looking for ourgirls? donald trump with his loud and reckless innuendos wasutting family's safety at risk, and for this i'd never forgive him she says. we said this memoir was also very personal. mrs. obama shares for the first time that she had trouble getting pregnant and even miscarriage and says both daughters, sasha and malia were conceived through ivf. "becoming" w

from the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez.>> news4 working for your health tonight with the alarming new dangers of alcohol. according to new analysis by the university of washington, the number of alcohol deaths has insecrd by 35% in the last ca.de more concerning, deaths among women are up 67%.tu the also found that the district of columbia had the highest rate of death from alcohol in the entire country. some good news here. teen alcohol deaths are down 16%. >>> news4 is committed to raising awareness about mental health through our changing minds initiative. today we're looking at a new app, helping people in the black communit get the help they need. the app was created by henry-health. hel connect patients with culturally responsive therapists. just 3% of the therapists in the u.s. are minorities. doctors say patients people more comfortable when they can talk to somebody who looks like them. >> what w this app everything says we're here for you because we understand whatou're going through as black man. >> henry health

erika gonzalez is following the new developments. she's at our live >> reporter: president trump now blaming mental illness for this latest mass shooting. on wednesday night 28-year-old marine corps veteran ian david long walked into the borderline bar and grill and unleashed a hail of bullets into the crowd. when it was over 13 people were dead including the gunman. law enforcement says long posted a message on social media during the time of the shooting saying th he was bored but sane and that he believed his mental state would beebated for years. speaking to reporters today, president trump said long, who served a tour in afghanistan, was never the same when he came back. >> it's a mental health probm. he is very sick puppy. it was a very, very sick guy, not too many people knew about it, but now that they're starting to see he had a will the of problems, a lot of trouble. >> reporter: the president went ondm to say hisistration is looking into laws and funding for mental health. investigators, meanwhile, have not commented on a

from the live sk, i'm erika gonzalez. back to you guys in the studio. >> now at 6:30, disturbing new details about the death of fairfax county teenager, jholie moussa was just 16 when her ex-boyfriend allegedly kled her. prosecutors presented key evidence to a judge today. >> bureau chief julie carey reports and included a description of the teen spect's full confession. >> reporter: detectives say nebu ebrahim tried to cover up his crime, tried to cover up what happened in woodlawn park last he told them he took the victim's cell phone from her lifeless body, removing the sim car, putting it in a weighted bag and tossing it into thi pond. he didn't want anyone to know the two had been on snapchat the night she disappeared. the 16-year-old's body was found two weeks allater. especily him was a suspect from the beginningau bec he had assaulted his girlfriend befoes. he was arrted for her murder in august after he finishe erving time for the earlier assault. in a preliminary hearing today, a fairfax county detective confess

i'm erika gonzalez. the all clear given after terrifying moments in falls church. suspect accused of walking into a starbucks and claiming that he had a bomb. our cameras capturing the dramatic take down. news4's corey smith was just feet away from where was going down. you had a front row seat to there.t tell us w you've learned tonight. >> reporter: erica, we found out exactly what happened in the encounter between that suspect and the emp here at the starbucks before they came running outside. as you can see behind me, the businesses have closed fortnight. everyone has gone home. police left around 9:00 havinge arreheir suspect after a lengthy negotiation that all began with that bomb threat. this was the climactic end to a stand i don't find that just before 4:00 this evening. police say this man was intoxicated when he walked into thstarbucks. he told employees he had a bomb in his bag. two hours later he emerged from the back of the store and surrendered to officers. >> i don't come over here this happens. just crazy. >> reporter: erika had just arrived to gr

i'm erika gonzalez.e shot a spect aft getting reports of somebody threatening the neighborhood. developingtonigh news4's darcy spencer in germantown with new reactionnd dramatic video of the scene. >> oh my god. >> cell phone video taken by a ws4 viewe shows chaotic moments. officers running at the scene of a police-involved shooting, and the suspect shot andoued by police loaded into an ambulance. he was taken to the hospital in serious condition. three cars were towed from the , sc quiet cul-de-sac in ghermantown. you could see shattered glass, some bullet holes as they rode past our 'scamera. unclearer who caused the damage. montgomery county police shot the armed man after being called here for someone threatening the neighborhood with a handgun. >> during the encounter with the officer, the male was shot. officers provided first aid until fire rescue personnel arrived on the scene. >> reporter: one neighbor who has known the suspect for years described him as troubled. she is concernedld that cn wer

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. >> someone hand database from arwood properties and they have collected the data ofore than half a billion customers. >> let's go live to megan mcgrath. >> reporter: it really is a massive breach. marriott and starwood merged two years ago and starwood operates hotels under a number of names including the westin we're talking about very high-profile properties here. let's take a look at the specifics. the breach was confirmed on november the 19th. the unauthorized access, though, dates back to 2014. this involves reservations made through the starwood guest registry and it includes preferre guest accounts for starwood. now, 500 million guests cou be affected. now for 327 million of those people, the personal information compromised includes a combination of name, date of rth, phone numbers and addresses. it is unclear at this point if some of the payment card information waspr cised or not. apparently marriott uses two forms of encryption. it's unclear whether both forms were taken in this breach. we've been talking to starwood guests. here's their take o

i'm erika gonzalez.edskins willlay in four days without quarterback alex smith after one of theso most gr injuries we have seen on a football field. we have team coverage, incacding reon from teammates and from bns, but wein this evening with kerry chow who is live atd the . kerry, talk to me. if smith is out for the season, where d the redskins go from here? >> erika, what's next is mcessentially coly is now the starting quarterback for the first place .redski because washington only had two quarterbacks on heirroster, they need to find a backup quarterback immediately. but as you said, it was a gruesome injury that willake for challenging road toco rery for the 34-year-old smith, a 13-year veteran. smith led theo redskins a 6-3 record in his first year with he team, but that season is over. third quarter, kareem jackson and j.j. watt take smith down. we're not gng to show you a close-up of the injury. head coach jay gruden confirming that smith suffered a broken fibula and tibb la in his right leg ande

welcome to "news4 midday i'm erika gonzalez. >> a i'm chris lawrence megan hardman is accused of muering her mother and cyst ter last year in mclean. originally the police thought the c of a murder/suicide. officials plan to hold aews conference this afternoon. >>> now we turn to this week's deadly shooting rampage inside a california country music dance bar. >> there is so much groief and sorrow across the nation. we take you to the emotional vigil that was held overnight. >> the healing takes time. >> reporter: unimaginable grief for a small southern california community ripped to its core. ♪ amazing grace how swe the sound ♪ >> reporter: the latest victims of another mass shooting. 28-year-old marine corps veteran ian daviditlong, armed a legally purchased glock 21 like this one walked into college night at the borderline bar & grill and without a word unleashed a hail of bullets into the crowd. >> we have multiple people down. we need a lot of ambulances. >> reporter: when the gunfire ended, 12 were dead, including sergeant ron helus, a 29-year veteran, months from retirement. >> he

. >> good imorning,'m erika gonzalez. >> i'm pat lawson muse.in we're b with a weather alert. we're dealing with a wind advisory. we haveee already gusts of 40 miles per hour. the strong winds making it feel evr colhan it is. >> let's check in withn lau ricketts. how long do the winds stick around? paw do you c today to yesterday if. >> today it's a lot colder than it wasda yest today right around 40 degrees and we have stronger winds so that wind chill feel-like factor is going to be a little lower. it is absolutely gorgeous out there this morning. it's going to be gorgeous as we ntinue throu the day, although a few os saw snow showers out there. wind advisory until 4 p.m., gustso 40 50 miles per hour, we could have power outages. stained winds at 23 miles an hour, gusts up to 50 miles an hour. we'll talk about any more snow chances and when these winds finally die down. we'll give you that coming up in 15 minutes. >> thank you. the man charged with raping and killing a muslim entered a guilty plea in court. this was back in june of 2018. he allegedly caught the gi 17-year-ol

erika gonzalez joins with us details from the line sk >> captain john graziano is from elkridge maryland he was 28 years old. officials say captain graziano who was an instructor pilot was one of two pilots inside the th38 when it crashed tuesday night. other pilot was left injured but survived. there are a lot of people. both here and in texas who are grieving the loss of captain graziano. >> this morning, what happened to captain graziano, isked each and every one of them to look each other in the eye every single day is that ask, how are you doing? because i know there are people out there hurting just like i am. >> captain graziano leaves p behind hisarents and his siblings. >>> the fir danger is starting to subside in northern california right now. and the attention is turned to the more than 100 peopl still missing. forensic teams are out combing through rubble for human remains. communication is possible in the devastated town of paradise. leaving survilyrs anxious waiting to find o if their loved ones made itut alive. 56 people have died. >>> new warnings that a salmonella outbre

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. cohen admits t lying about the eting in trump tower. today cohen admitted in court in new rk that he didalk to the kremlin and conversations about the deal continued, at least until the middle of 2016. you'll recall during the presidential campaign president trump reatedly said he had no deals in russia. just now on the white house lawn the president called cohen a weak person and said that he lying to get a reduced sentence. the president acknowl ged the deal has been in the works -- or had been in the works, i should say, but said he decided not to go through with it because he was focusing on running for president. president trump made those comments before leaving for the g20 summit in argentina. >> saturday night will is a working dinner with chinese president xi jinping. the tcu will d trade. that's not only high-stakes sitdown haening this weekend. here's tracie potts with the other meeting. >> is paying attention to. >> reporter: as psident trump flies to the summit in argentina this morning, back here his former campaign chair

news4's erika gonzalez is tracking the latest formation. >> nypd detectives say all the signs point to something other than a crime. they tell us 22-year-old rotana and 16-year-old tala were seen playing near the river the day their bodies were discoveredful they reported abuse at home but police couldn'tte corrobo those allegations. after reporting the abuse, the sters lived in a shelter of sorts in virginia. and they hadt seenheir parents since last year when they ran away from their fairfax county they disappeared this past august. an electronic per trail puts the girls in new york cynic early september. they were staying in high end hotels and had been orderg food. police say the money was running out and perhaps the biggest piece of the puzzle yet, a witness claims to have seen the praying aloudhe day their bodnds were fou duct taped together. >> it is entely credible the girls entered the water alive. we have sources that the detectives have developed from the investigation thus far. statements made that they would rather inflict harm on themselves and commit suicide than return

. > i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. police have just released surveillance video of the suspect they say gunned down a 68-year-old gas station clerk. this video just came in a short time ago and it shows the suspect walking around the valero gas station saturday morning. he shot and killed a man. he grabs the cash box here but somehow couldn't find his way out of the front door because it was locked. he shoots his way out and then gets waway. polit anyone with information to give them a call. >>> today students across the country are having steam day. >> girl strong! >> these self-proclaimed are in high school and college. they're working on the light-up project using physics to empower girls to get involved in science and technology. >> this is all about understanding h to use stem skills, phics, chemistry, coming together g for socialood and making an impact on a global level. >> and they're doing it. this girl up project has its owa initve with the u.n. foundation. >> it looks like a lot of fun. >> can we take itouts

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez >> lauryn ricketts starts our team coverage. laur lauryn, what's next? >> we've got rain that's next, guys, once that transition from the wtry mix takes place, we have rain. look at this this transition beginning to take place. areas to the south and east of i i-95 are seeingra that . all of that snow and warm air is now being transitioned tod plai rain. yellow shows you where it's heavy in spots. we're seein possibly isolated events of flooding. this is going to continue all afternoon. you go on the western side of i-95, we've got snow. we've got sleet mixed in in somt but this warm air will start to ift to the north and west with areas alongi-81 the last to see that transition. and look at this, those temperatures supportive of the snow. temperatures are in the upper 20s here in d.c., we have a temperature of 34, down through southern maryland, in the mid to upper 30s. we do have a winter weather advisory for those areas in purple, winter storm warning for the areas in pink and we have a flood watch that begins at noon. i had much -95 to the south and

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. >> we go live to justin finch, who has been talking to student leaders ahead of a demonstration. >> reporter: t student body president tells me it's been a very emotional 36 hours here in college park, the last 24 houin perhaps the most emotional, yesterday when they t word that perhaps coach durkin was going to be reinstat reinstated, they said they were ready to take to the campus and rally. and hours after that, they got word that he would part. no that head coach d.j. durkin is not returning, sometudent leaders are pushing for another big exit from the very top of the board of regents. >> the chairman should resign as head of the board of regents. he failed the city and more importantly the student body. >> reporter: they say theynd many believe durkin's departure should have cometh months ago. was one of the main points raised in their wednesday meeting. >> i told them as a fearless leader, that is something that you must do inrder to regain the confidence of the student body. >> reporter: the students say these past month and past few days have been turb

erika gonzalez is at our live desk. >> anda this was major earthquake, but into reports of any deaths or serious injuries. but the damage is extensive. you can see roadways are buckled and collapsed and we also know that some bridges and buildings have been severely damaged and closed tonight. governor bill walker issuing a disaster declaration.declarat we spoke with a homeowner. > there was broken glass and bottles of beet juice and, you know, canned goods and just glass everywhere. and all the cabinetsere open. >> the epicenter was about 8 miles north of anchorage. and the quake was so pullerfuow it was felt 350 miles away and aftershocks will continue for weeks even. but earthquakes in alaska are not unusual. amelia draperontinues our coverage with that part of the story. >> yeah, absolutely. so this earthquake was unusual because it happened so close it anchorage and it did register as a magnitude 7 which is a maj earthquake be. but check out this map i put together. s all of the earthquakes that happened around alaska over the last week, all those little blue dots, the yell will

erika gonzalez in thehaewsroom with story. >> wendy, this new guilty plea for the speci unsel's office comes days after they accused the former campaign chair, paul manafort of lying and violati his agreement. michael cohendmitting in court that he misled the house and committees. efforts to bring a tower to moscow. among the lies, cohen says talks of the towernd e in january, before the iowa caucuses. but efforts actually lasted into 2016.of a month before the conventico. n also said that he agreed to travel to russia and suggested mr. trump d thesame. he now also says he discussed the project with russian officials and briefed mr. trump multiple times. the president today tried to down play the plea, lodging ersonal attacks at one of his former closest allies. >> he's a weak person and what he trying to do is get a reduced sentence. he's lying about a project tha everybody knew about. we were very open with it. we were thinking aboutiluilding a ng. i guess we had an option or a form, i don't know what you call it. i decidedo ultimately not do it. >> the esident's current attorney, ru

. >>> i'm erika gonzalez here at the live desk. we have got an absolute mess on the i roads tonight virginia. so a few things have come together to kind of make the perfect storm on this friday night rush ur, and its not what we want to hear. we've got track work that was scheduled foren this we you've got the rain and a holiday weekend on top of all of that, so metroti closed ss at reagan national airport and crystal city, and we are hear reports that people have been standing in line like this. this is i believe at pentagon city mall, hundreds of people stan to get to the airport. we have crews that are trying to make their way to the scmse, but they tves are also stuck in traffic. jackie bensen reporting seeing people fleeing or running out of eir cars and running to the gates to try to make their flights this evening. the maps here showing gridlock expected for hours. so stay with us, a developing story, but a very nasty night to be out on the roads. back over you. >>> thank you. a woman is in custody now charged with killing h

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