and tonight, investigative reporter scott mcfarland and the i-team show you just how it dohappens and what you ca about it. >> reporter: from d.c. to bethesda to silver spring, it's become a natural part of night life, among the bars, restaurants and nightclubs, an endless parade of uber cars waiting for passengers. >> i know it's not the safest thing to do. >> reporter: but in the suburbs, you'd be surprised who the news 4 i-team found calling for a pickup.ou how many ofave taken an uber late at night? all of you? yeah. >> yeah. >> reporter: meet eli sa, 13 years old, and her friends molly and eileen. why was it tempting to do it? >> every was doing it. >> reporter: these middle hhoolers say their friends sneak out of these after midnight and use uber to meet up with each other atpa ies, homes or unknown locations. were you nervous? >> yeah, a little bit. you're in some random person's car. >> reporter: a ownup. >> yeah. >> you're out in the middle of the night. even if it's not the uber that's the problem, it's where you're going. >> i think parents have no ea >> reporter: eli sa's

for now, scott mcfarland, news 4 team. >> amazon dropping the minimum orderneeded. typically amazon customers have to spend $25 for free shipping or they can p for a prime membership. it starts in time for christmas. target dropped it's minimum orderast week. with your business report i'm frank holland. >> still ahead, two violent shootings in one night. we're live with details on the police investigation now underway in prince william county. >> getting your car ready for winter. news 4 today continues. meet aime hoeber. self proclaimed mother of the chemical weapon corp where e referred to nerve gas seas just insecticider of the developed for people. eesomeone who's made a c cashing in on her government contacts- to defraud shareholders. her potion as a board member g and is now pursuumps agenda of defunding planned parenthood me and denyincal coverage to people with pre existing conditions. the more you know aimee hoeber, the less you want . i'm david trone, i approve this message. >>> mony morning is here and h monday wasn't bad enough, it appears toe brought in

for now scott mcfarland.t's news 4 i-team. >> nd50 now in montgomery county, the school superintendent is taking action to prevent hazing. news 4 has the story. >> five members of the damascus high school are under arrest and charged with sexually abusing fourf members the team using a broom in a hazing incident. as a sult, he notified all montgomery schools thatoaes and activity advisers are now required to meet with their students and teach awareness of the dangers of hazing. >> how t identify if they are being victimized and how to stop their friends if they think their friends are going to do something. >> no one that works here has been suspended or fired as a result of this hazing incident. thechool superintendent says he was to let police finish the investigation before he announces the action they'll take. >> officials say most o the kids were not vaccinated because of a religious emption allowed under state law. nearly 40 students have come down with ickenpox. all of them attend the same private scho

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news4's scott mcfarland has been following this race clely. scott?>> reporter: just weeks ago senator manchin made aot p vote, the only senate democrat to vote in favor of judge brett kavanaugh. >> what west virginia said loud and clear tonight, mr. president, we want our senator, not your senator. >> reporte senator manchin spent the day before the election trying to win voters on the eastern panhandle, including those d.c. area commuters who make the long drive or train commute from martinsburg. t bayou. >> thank you, scott. in montgomery county, democrat markelrich will be the new county executive. >> elrich took 65% of the vote in a race split three ways d.anks to nancy floreen's independent chris gordon joins us live. chris? >> reporter: there's a celebration going on mark elrich saying his opponent said he's anti-development and anti-business. he says he is not and he can lead. nancy floreen split withhim, challenged him as an independent race.ate running in this he said after a bruising primary, this victory is very, very sweet. >> going from

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scott mcfarland, news 4. >>> now to the news that has dominated this day, amazon choosing northern virginia for one of its two new headquarters. >> oh, it's big. the move cel brated not only leaders in the commonwealth, but also d.c.'s mayor and maryland's governor. also a win for our entire region. >> here's the promise. 25,000 new jobs with an average annual salary of $150,000. the cost to virginia taxpayers, up to $550 million, if amazon delivers on the promise of all those jobs. >> and it all takes over parts of crystal city. pentagon city. and potomac yard now renamed national landing. there were clues that amazon could pick lington, as far back as a year ago. news 4's jackie bensen is live with that piece of the story for us. jackie? >> reporter: well, take a look behind me. this fence, part of the land that is available for this soon to be renamed crystal city area that's goingo amazon. a relatively minor story about an environmental award helped a local online news organization become the first to report arlington wason in very s consideration. >> this is going to keep us really bus

for now, scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> you make technology to help kids get around safer, they will figure out a way to stretch the rules. >> what is an uber driver thinking? if some young child comes out in the mide of the night. movealong. >> teenagers, it could be hard to say they're not 18. >> i don't know if i'm ready for all of this. a localinger fighting his way to win nbc's the voice returned home for a performance at his alma mater.e >> visited duvall high school last week and take athook at . ♪ >> well, theeacher said she taught him a decade ago in the same classroom. last week he survived the knockout round toan a in the competition. ♪ he is killing it. you can track his progress tonight right here on nbc 4. it starts at 8:00. what a surprise. >> do you know what else is a surprise? that flag is still behind us. it's still going. that's the energizer bunny. >> it will continue to do so because we have a stiff northeast wind this morning and rain coming in. >> what a bad combo. >>ntomorrow it's pg the other direction. i don't think that will help lower your rain chances. i

for now, scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> let's turn to chuck now and check the forecast. >> your storm team 4 forecast, looking ver quite for travellers up and down much of the east coast for today. that's welcome news. a live picture there of reagan inteational airport. 55 is our average high temperature around this time of the year. last year,nk tiving day was 47. the year before that 57. 64 was our warmest thanksgiving in 2015 but thishasgiving will be a cold one. a lot colder than 2013 when we had a high of only 40 degrs. right now it's 49. so it's not cold yet but the cold air is on the way. 40 in martinsburg. your hour by hour planner today, temperatures into the low 50s by noontime. thch cooler w the next couple of days. flying today, chicago, st. louis, dallas ft. worth, atlanta, no major weatherob prms there. a few slow downs up toward new york city and boston with some slightly inclimate weather there. for us around here today, just a couple of early morning sprengespren sprinkles and by the time we get to o 9:00 10:00 this morning, all dry across the area. colderor tomorrow

state department, this is according to an internal inspection revealed by the news for i-team's scott mcfarlandency isin t heat for how it is treating its own >> that's right. bullying, harassing and retaliation inside the psport center which helps process the passports of 7 million americans each year. internal inspectors said they found a, quote, culture of and ropriate condu employees reported a threatening work environment that was condoned by management. the i-team read through the report and found several examples detailed by inspectors in which managers ridiculed employees, including byanding out hurt feeling reports that portrayed employees as whiners. another case by posting a walmart job application on a bulletin board with a note saying, unhappy emploes can instead apply at walmart. and another which said, workers were harassed when they reported managers were eavesdropping. the state department says it is taking correctiveaction bus o. the national passport center overseen by the u.s. state department in d.c. >>> news4 working for your health. a new study suggesting that women begin

asews 4 scott mcfarland reports and the i-teams, report even middle schoolers are doing it, sometes with noay to track them. >> late night near the bars and restaurants, it's not uncommon p see a line of uber cars ready to pickple up and bring them home. but far from the city, odathe streets, in the subdivisions and the suburbs, the news 4 i-team discovere some drivers were also picking up middle school kids. >> how many of you have taken an uber late at night? all of you? >>ye ah. >> uber policy requiresrs passene at least 18 years old and the company says it will investigate any complaints about drivers doing so. but these middle schoolers told the i-team their fsnends often k out of the house after midnight and use the roesharing appeet up with friends. >> i would say, most teenagers use i o to sneak and go other places and places they're not supposed to be. >> reporter: parents alerted the i-team about how it's >>happeni. mean,er what is an ry driver thinking as he pulls up into the driveway of a dark home at 2:00 in the morning and a omes out?rl >> reporter: and we saw for ourselves

. >> this morning, scott mcfarland why child -teamw safety advocates worry.t's because there's a dangerous double standard. >> a local music teacher and choir director is facing child sex charges tonight. >> repter: sadly, it's become almost weekly news. he's accused of sending ri inapprope pictures to children. >> reporte local teachers busted for inappropriate or abusive relationships with students. but that's not the whole story. the news 4 i-team will show you why there are more cases that never make it to the airwaves -- until now. is it aost always men? >> no, about 30% of the incidents are female teachers or staff members. >> reporter: virgimma wealth university professor cheryl shakeshaft has led studies on teacher sexual misconduct cases and says there's a double sendard when teacher is male. >> people are more likely to think that a male who sexuall abuses a female student is -- that that's more harmful than a female who sexually abuses a malestudent. >> reporter: when the i-team investigated the 20 most recent teachers whose licenses were canceled

atott mcfarland in the newsroom with an upde for us. scotthey canceled today's work detail and they promised afe review for future projects. at's the first step. a truck hit and killed a state priz inmate pickingp u trash yesterday morning. they are part of a work detail from the maryland correctional center in hagerstown. the state has u longd and long promoted its program for using prison inmates for roadwork saying it saves taxpayer money and allows the inmates to earn money and a reduced prinn sentencehe process. prison officials tell news4 they will review howws the road c operate in light of the crash. they will meet with state highway leaders t do so. the prison leaders say all safetyrecautions were in place, including a highway dump truck wshh fg lights near the workers. they will check if additional safety measures are needed in the future. frederick unty's prosecutors say they are investigating also. >>> late developarnts from ttesville at the murder trial of a white supremacist. james fields is accused driving into a crowd of demon