now -- those first responders will be recognized by the alexandria city council. proclamation will be read -- honoring u-s capitol police, alexandria police, fire and sheriff's office -- and virginia state police. the city's deputy police chief says -- today's proclimation is special for a few reasons. five people were shooting, including representative steve scalise and two capitol police officers. the city council meeting begins tonight at seven. 5:xx - and new details this morning about construction plans at reagan national airport. john gonzalez is live with the traffic changes on the way. trt 0:18 out ... only going to get worse. new developments this morning in the battle in the battle between metro and the archdiocese of washington. the church is now appealing a federal judge's decision to block its christmas ad from being posted on the sides of metrobuses. the ads featured featured shephards and sheep. metro says the ads violate its guidelines to promote religion. ride sharing services uber and lyft are under fire this morning for surging prices in manhatt

. >> the gym space is owned by alexandria. city leaders want to turn it into a facility that hosts adult fitness classes only open to city residents. >>> that light snow that blew through the area this afternoon that left roads pretty wet in the city, but it did stick to the pavement in some areas like in this neighborhood on the south side of bowie. you might wake up to some slick spots heading out to the mailbox to get those christmas cards. beware. this was, however, enough snow to turn the evening commute into a uniquely d.c. experience and twitter, we can always count on you. you came through again. jeremy posted, "i love you d.c., but stop freaking out over some snow dust on the ground. it just makes us seem silly." jeremy, laura is with you. "d.c., events get canceled due to five minutes of light snow that doesn't even stick." yeah, i agree, but we know how people drive, so can you really blame them for cancelling. "the only thing that terrifies d.c. residents more than nuclear war is snow. i will never stop being amused by

at 7:00, alexandria city council will read a proclamation honoring the u.s. xandria police, fire and sheriff's office as well as virginia state police. we are learning more details now about the tragic death of a local high school student. dozens gather last night for a vigil in bethesda. police are still trying to figure out how did the die but he said foul place does not top be involved here. the night he went mission, police were called to his house, not too far from where his body was eventually found. >> caller is anonymous. there's an underage drinking party at this address. it is loud. there's a bonfire in the backyard. adrianna: about 15 minutes later, police say several kids ran off when they arrived. officers wer suspicious teen drivers in the area because they could be drunk. police say one possible scenario is that in a veed while trying to walk home from the party snell the woods and died of exposure. his home is about two miles from where he was found. a consumer alert. before you fill up at the pump. triple-a says if your car is designed for pre

in alexandria city councilman will read a proclamation.ndria police, fire, and sheriffs officers as well as virginia state police will be honored. >> the details for anyone who flies in or out of reagan national airport. things are about to get messy. john gonzalez live this morning with what is changing. johnny g, break the bad news. john: good morning. this time of year at the airport, we are talking about curbside check-in scum of security lines inside, and the ticket counters. we want to alert our viewers, some major traffic backups on the roads get you to the airlines, starting shortly after new year's day. it is a construction overh into july 2019. new details call for significant impacts to traffic starting next month while crews on your build checkpoints,chec crossovers, and a commuter concourse that will eventually replace shuttle buses over gates 35f. >> you are giving me news. i did not know construction was coming. right now, i breezed in from the alexandria side. john: it will be a major traffic impact on a day when you will t

. >>> a former student is taking the reins as the new superintendent of alexandria city public schools board selected dr. gregory hutchings jr. as the next top educator. he graduated in 1995 at tc williams. he spent the past five years as a superintendent at shaker high schools out of cleveland. among his priorities, closing the achievement gap, making sure k access to the resources they need. >>> now to decision 2017. we have the results of one. recounts in races for the virginia house of delegates. the republicans still hold the seat. the recount finds tim hugo beat donte tanner by 99 votes. the district straddles freairfa and prince williams county. >>> i've seen this once before. >> star wars mania. watch out for yodas and chewbaccas. if you see an ewok, let me know. it's a movie da debut and fans are dressed for e occasion. th (bell rings) - so, what are you in for? - well, according to this discipline slip, i was allegedly talking during quiet time again. but, there were no witnesses except the teacher's pet. - oh, really? - her testimony shouldn't be admissible. so, i'm here to

alexandria city marina or the new wharf in d.c.night all the boats will be lit with holiday lights. if you're at the wharf you get to enjoy a fireworks finale. >>> and in silver spring, maryland, another holiday celebration is happening today. the vendor village on veterans plaza is hosting its annual christmas in silver spring from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. you can enjoy and crafts live music and pictures with santa. all proceeds from the shoppers will help provide a wish toy for children in need. >>> finally here's a really cool event. macy's a partnering with the newseum for a special reading of yes, virginia there is a santa claus which is an editorial written in 1897 to a young girl about believing in santa. kids 18 and younger get free admission into the newseum. they'll have a letters box to santa and for every letter macy's will donate one dollar to the make-a-wish foundation. that sounds like a lot of fun. >>> coming up on the other side of the break celebrating the holidays with your co-workers. there's a fine line between h

. >> a former student is now taking the reigns as the new superintendent of alexandria city public schoolse school board selected dr. gregory hutchings as their next top educator. he graduated from tc williams high school back in 1995. dr. hutchings has spent the past five years as the superintendent at shaker heights schools outside cleveland. among his priorities, closing the achievement gap and making sure kids of all backgrounds have access to resources they need. june, but eight democrats vying to be the next maryland governor got up early this morning to push their canndidacies. they talked politics and talked in front of huge crowds in front of crucial montgomery county. news4's tom sherwood was there. >> reporter: montgomery college trumpets drawing in 900 community and business leaders. the north bethesda conference center, eight democrats searching for support in montgomery county, but a county different from its popular image. >> big mansions in potomac and bethesda and nothing else. that's the reputation. the reality is, guess what, you have 55,000 students in your public schoo

. >>> a recent spike in overdose deaths nearby has the city of alexandria on alert. six people died from overdoses in fairfax county during the first week of december. five of those deaths are believed to be caused by a batch of heroin laced with fentanyl. residents can receive free narcan, the drug that can reverse an overdose at the alexandria health department. >> caught on camera in maryland a crash sends a pickup truck through part of a building. this happened in the 1000 block of eagle wood road in annapolis. the annapolis fire department says the driver was able to get himself out. a second patient had to be rescued by first responders from the wreckage. they were taken t hospital with life-threatening injuries. we don't know what caused that crash. >> still ahead, the wait is that finally over. the first ever wawa in d.c. is now opened and i do understand how big of a deal this is. >> yeah, a lot of people have been counting down to this >> i know. >> of course fox5 cameras are there for the excitement. it's a hoagie store but it's much more. we're back after

alexandria have a new tool. smart 911 gives them instant access to a caller's profile with important, potential live life-saving information. >> 911. >> the city of alexandria is encouraging residents to sign up for smart 911 to create online profile linked to a phone number. in this mobile era, even just an address associated with the phone number can be critical information. residents can share as much as they want. emergency contact, car model and the plate number, medical history. >> if you have problems walking or if you had a previous heart a want the responder to know. >> smart 911 is free. and it's already in use in d.c. and some other local cities. when necessary, profiles can be shared between the jurisdictions. businesses are encouraged to sign up and upflood the floor plan. >> they help the fire department know where things are. like where is a shutoff valve, apartment complex if they have gate, they can download the gate code or if the officers get in there faster. >> they have been distributing the flyers promoting smart 911. in three months 500 phone numbers have been registered with the program and many include details about de

the presents will go to deserving youngsters throughout fairfax county and the city of alexandria. nearly 300 children will be selecting toys and books for the holiday season. the kids will also have a chance to visit with santa and pet a few dogs from caring angels therapy dogs. and we invite you to join us and our partners at children's national to help get toys to children who are going to be spending the holidays in the hospital. now here's the easy part. you can do everything all online. visit wusa9.com/givehope. that takes you to an amazon wish list and you can choose a gift and check out like normal at amazon and we'll work with children's national to get the toys wrap asked delivers to -- wrapped and delivered to where they're needed. again that's wusa9.com/givehope and we thank you in advance for your help in giving the gift of hope this year, thanks to your generosity we've collected more than 150 gifts so far. so easy to make a difference in a child's life. >> it is and we really simplified the process for you. >> i know anytime you can just order and somebody else will

. >>> another shooting tonight this one in the city of alexandria near queen street here at north henry street. you can see more than a dozen shell casings marked by orange cones here. we've learned one person is injured. we're told the ujz are not serious. police are looking for two people who ran from this scene. they say one of those people knew the victim. >>> turning to our weather now and a big burst of cold air is headed straight for us. starting tomorrow. >> you're calling tomorrow a weather alert day. what's in store for us? >> it's going to be a huge change. overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning it's not bad at all right now. as a matter of fact, temperatures still on the mild side. take a look at the numbers. all around the mid-atlantic. 41 d.c., 37 richmond, 42. that's one of the warmer spots in hagerstown. that's because we've got cloud cover across the area. that cloud cover coming cousy of the same system that is going to drop our temperatures dramatically. not a lot of snow with this. that's not the issue. it's going to be the cold air that's behind this storm. a

alexandria continue to honor the lives of those who risked their lives. michelle: proclamation will be read at the beginning of the city council meeting tomorrow including the u.s. capitol police, alexandria police, alexandria fire and sheriff office. this is special for a few reasons. >> it is important for the officers, the troopers and the 911 center employees to be reminded that people out there appreciate what they do. we hear the negative thing about the law enforcement and public service. the city council meeting begins at 7:00. alison: switch gears to talk about the weather. >> it will make the weekend look balmy. you have the winds kicking up. alison: tes? maybe even single digits. there is a beautiful night. 44 is the temperature. we are not far off the normal. the nowhere hall high is 48. we got to 49. let's talk about the snow. it was significant for a couple of reasons. this is at reagan and it broke the record for the day. we talk about the specific two-inch snowfall we got. the last time we had more than two inches of snow, it was in 2007. it has been ten year since a snowfall this much. not a ton. for m

. >>> to virginia is now police busted a drug trafficking network between new york city and alexandria. samuel lebron and ep squevrry montia were arrested after a two year investigation. they seized heroin, cocaine, $3,000 cash and two luxury vehicles and both men are held without bond. >> six wildfires rage across california they're larger than new york city and boss stob combined. strong winds and lack of rain continue to make the battle tough and firefighters say they're in it recovery phase in some areas trying to make it safe for people to head become home. >> we're entering recovery phase now and trying to help the people affected by the fires to get back on their feet. they're going through some of the hardest time they've ever gone through. >> and several celebrities threatened homes to "oprah", ellen and rob lowe. >> a new report shows pollution is causing brain damage in millions of babies worldwide. un children's agency reports more than 12 million babies under age of one are lliving in areas with pollution six times higher than safe levels. unicef said it can damage brain t

nicole and jessica back to you >> as you know it is snowing at the jersey shore, alexandria hoff is live for us in ocean city with a look at the conditions there. alex? >> reporter: we're here in west huff in ocean city and still dealing with a mys rich snowfall so it's really not sticking to a whole lot as of right now officials across south jersey are prepared for accumulation and residents are getting prepared, we stopped into hammonton going on in lots and sidewalks and like many others and the reaction to the snowfall is well mixed. >> reporter: what's your favorites thing to do in the snow >> >> grandmom better bundle up. while we were driving down we saw the faint lines, that means it's been pretreated with brine. a de-icing technique, they're still talking precautions on the roadway, we were talking about accumulation and we found some, this is what we found so far here so i'll there we go, first one of the season, we're reporting live in ocean city, we will send it back to you. >> thanks so much. let's go down to natasha brown with snow preparations in the city and suburbs. >> reporter: no sign of s

nicole and jessica back to you >> as you know it is snowing at the jersey shore, alexandria hoff is live for us in ocean city with a look at the conditions there. alex? >> reporter: we're here in west huff in ocean city and still dealing with a mys rich snowfall so it's really not sticking to a whole lot as of right now officials across south jersey are prepared for accumulation and residents are getting prepared, we stopped into hammonton going on in lots and sidewalks and like many others and the reaction to the snowfall is well mixed. >> reporter: what's your favorites thing to do in the snow >> >> grandmom better bundle up. while we were driving down we saw the faint lines, that means it's been pretreated with brine. a de-icing technique, they're still talking precautions on the roadway, we were talking about accumulation and we found some, this is what we found so far here so i'll there we go, first one of the season, we're reporting live in ocean city, we will send it back to you. >> thanks so much. let's go down to natasha brown with snow preparations in the city and suburbs. >> reporter: no sign of s

how about this live look at center city on this cold and windy night. alexandriacasey will tell us how long the frigid temperatures will last and when we could see some snow. that's police are searching for the person who fired more than a dozen bullets into a delaware county home this morning. that happened on the 200 block of north ninth street in darby burrow. three residents were inside at the home at the time. two of them are elderly. they also say it's a miracle no one was hurt. police believe this shooting may be in retaliation for a shooting that left a man dead in the borrow on friday. there were multiple rounds shot in the front and back of this building. my mentality is now me and my department know and we're coming after you and we ain't going to stop until we get you. the home belonged to the family of this man, raised tonight san over ton. police say he'sbuv&pc a person f interest in connection with friday's deadly hooting. fire damaged a home in south jersey. crews responding to this came just before noon. luckily officials say no injuries were repo

i was illegally jailed and tortured and held until 5:00 on election day in the city of alexandria.our press ignores what's going on with people who don't have money and who the hierarchy is just covering up. but it started back then. i mean, they started -- whistleblowers started speaking up and talking bakken then. and we're just disenfranchised. but our government did give those people attorneys and did empower them where today we are jailed. >> you didn't get an attorney? >> can't afford one anymore. i've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on attorneys. i can't afford one anymore. >> they don't give you one? >> no. no. so we need to somehow expose our judges, because our judges are our issue right now. they're hiding in their chambers, and lawyers are empowering them because they're not exposing -- >> okay. >> -- corruption. >> i appreciate it. i definitely can do that, and the edward snowden thing brought the whole whistleblower thing to fruition. could he have done it in a better way besides giving up our nation's secrets and going to hong kong and russia, i think that's d

how about this live look at center city on this cold and windy night. alexandriacasey will tell us how long the frigid temperatures will last and when we could see some snow. that's police are searching for the person who fired more than a dozen bullets into a delaware county home this morning. that happened on the 200 block of north ninth street in darby burrow. three residents were inside at the home at the time. two of them are elderly. they also say it's a miracle no one was hurt. police believe this shooting may be in retaliation for a shooting that left a man dead in the borrow on friday. there were multiple rounds shot in the front and back of this building. my mentality is now me and my department know and we're coming after you and we ain't going to stop until we get you. the home belonged to the family of this man, raised tonight san over ton. police say he'sbuv&pc a person f interest in connection with friday's deadly hooting. fire damaged a home in south jersey. crews responding to this came just before noon. luckily officials say no injuries were repo

. >> that's also with the city council from alexandria. i was at the christmas lighting.ount down. it was pretty cool. i got a selfie with santa. >> love it. cute. >> i was super pumped about it. so again, thank you for everybody in delray letting me come out and be part of their christmas lighting ceremony. yeah, we're getting down to the season! we're already in december, my goodness. it's coming really quick. so, again, thank you. there's a lot of christmas events that went on yesterday. and the weather cooperated, thank goodness. it was a little on the cool side. temperatures were in the 50s and i think we're going to be a little warmer today. now, we had some sprinkles out there earlier this morning. temperatures are gradually warming up and then we've got a big cooldown. you can see the sprinkle aels a light rain showers that rolled through this morning. some of it wasn't hitting the ground, but a lot of it actually started to saturate the dry air at the surface, especially around the d.c. area early this morning. so if you were heading out to get a christmas tree t

word of mouth pete came to us and said this is a perfect opportunity to create hype for the city of alexandria off the holiday sweaters available pop up program in itself this is you mentioned it's not just the holidays but this is really a growing trend in retail right now. >> exactly. >> to just have temporary shops. >> correct. >> in different parts of the area. are you looking for people to come forward with ideas? how does that work if somebody has an idea. >> we actually have website it's call grow lax/pop up and both lndlords and businesses can go on the site and actually apply and we play matchmaker. >> we've had success so far. >> we have pete. >> we're getting started. >> we're getting started. >> and we do have about four or five of them that are open right now. >> very cool. there you go. so pete, you're doing the holiday sweaters. first of sweaters we don't like to use the wore ugly except when it comes to things like this. it's acceptable in this case. >> rec correct. >> where you located we 115 south union street old town alexandria. >> right down by the water. >> bakely the end

city courthouse and surveillance video records it all. that attorney is filing a lawsuit against the officers. alexandria hoff is at the criminal justice center to tell you more about it. >> reporter: earlier this year a new rule went into effect in allows visitors to bring their phones inside after they've been secured inside of a locked power outage so they can't be used. a local attorney explained to us that was at starting point what she calls a violent encounter >> if it could happen to him, a white man in a suit and tie, in front of cameras, who among sis safe? >> that's attorney patricia appears. back in august, she said haines was a client and had forgotten had his card meaning he had to enter into general security >> he realized that he had ledge the phone on. >> when he approached the sheriff's deputy to unlock the power outage to silence the phone, she said her client felt he was spoken to rudely and he said to the deputy, looking you know, that was really rude. you really shouldn't be talking to members of the public like that. >> reporter: video shows the deputy pushed haines everything else

city courthouse and surveillance video records it all. that attorney is filing a lawsuit against the officers. alexandria hoff is at the criminal justice center to tell you more about it. >> reporter: earlier this year a new rule went into effect in allows visitors to bring their phones inside after they've been secured inside of a locked power outage so they can't be used. a local attorney explained to us that was at starting point what she calls a violent encounter >> if it could happen to him, a white man in a suit and tie, in front of cameras, who among sis safe? >> that's attorney patricia appears. back in august, she said haines was a client and had forgotten had his card meaning he had to enter into general security >> he realized that he had ledge the phone on. >> when he approached the sheriff's deputy to unlock the power outage to silence the phone, she said her client felt he was spoken to rudely and he said to the deputy, looking you know, that was really rude. you really shouldn't be talking to members of the public like that. >> reporter: video shows the deputy pushed haines everything else

alexandria. bonilla's family says he has no known enemies. >>> the city of baltimore is getting $5 million to helpy new york billionaire baltimore's mayor says it will use the money to add more surveillance cameras mobile license plate reader and more gunshot protection coverage. the rollout of new equipment is expected to occur early next year. >>> nine minutes before 6 o'clock right now. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging the most with this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker. >> maureen umeh joins us now with what's trending. >> good morning both of you. cvs says it will buy health insurer aetna for $69 billion. this could mean lower costs for consumers and more services at the drugstore. cvs plans to use its low cost clinics to provide medical services to aetna's roughly 23 million medical members. the deal still needs approval by shareholders and regulators. >>> former access hollywood host billy bush is breaking his silence. he wrote an op-ed for the new york times and the headline reads, yes, donald trump, you said that. the piece is published last night. bu

city. the christian community decreased. however, iraq recently declare could victory over isis >> christmas came early for hundreds of children in alexandriad not have a present under their tree, about 500 kids gather to do the samuel tucker elementary and had the chance to pick out two toys they liked. the fairfax county fire and rescue battalion chief helpeding or organize the event. >> i think christmas is for kids. >> i'm heading out tomorrow, and hoping for good weather. >> it shouldn't be too bad coming from here, matt, i know you're going south, so far things aren't looking too bad, we'll have rain in the later part of the day tomorrow. the later you're heading out, well, you might have a few more challenges. but if you leave early, it doesn't look like it will be too bad. we're getting rid of rain moving out that we had earlier. some of it is finally moving its way off and so we're being left with a few clouds, different story off to the northeast where this is actually turned into a little bit of wintery mix and some snow but that looks like it's improving also, we should see pretty ok conditions until we get into the later part a

not get a tax deduction because neither fairfax county nor fairfax city has billed real estate taxes for 2018. arlington and alexandria say deductions will not be allowed. however, alexandria is planning to refund the money that it's collected in prepaid taxes. >>> now, alexandria says the refunds will take about six weeks to process, and we have just learned in the past half hour that fairfax county is planning to also make refunds if you e-mail them at refunds at fairfax county.government. that's refundfa moving parts. so, we are keeping on top of it and we will keep you updated on our nbc washington app. all you have to do is search "property tax." >> but the district will let you -- they've already assessed us. >> correct. and they're the only ones that have already billed for 2018. therefore, you can prepay. >> okay, so, it's clear there for d.c. residents. >> very clear in d.c. >> we have one day. we have to do it by tomorrow. >> or online, or by mail in d.c. >> until december 31st. >> we can even do it over the weekend. >> if it's postmarked by december 31st. >> okay, all right. >> thank you, chris. >> there yo

alexandria hoff, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> authorities are trying to piece together what led an immigrant from bangladesh to carry out an attempted terrorist attack this morning in new york citythe explosion sparked chaos during rush hour. >> this grainy transit surveillance video shows the moment the bomb went off inside a subway walkway connecting port authorized to times square. >> people were running all over the place. at that point i was really scared. >> police say the low-tech bomb was strapped to an immigrant from bangladesh. he made the device himself and was inspired by isis to carry out the attack. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. >> port authority police officers grabbed him and successfully removed the explosives. at least five others sustained minor injuries. as part of their investigation, authorities are combing footage from thousands of security cameras to trace the suspect's footsteps in the moments leading up to the attack. earlier in the day police swarmed the apartment building where he lived. members of new york's bangladeshi community came together to denounce his actions. >> this

city the parade will be taking place as expected on new year's day. but, again, that final decision will be coming saturday afternoon. reporting live along fwrood street, alexandria hoff. cbs eyewitness news. >> thanks you, alex. >> and we're following breaking news out of the spring garden section of philadelphia a man is dead following a shooting on the 200 block of brandywine street and officers were called to apartment shortly before 9:00 tonight and the 39-year-old victim was dead from a gun shot wound to the jaw. no arrests were made. >> and breaking news tonight out of the bronx a fire in apartment building there has killed twelve people including a baby. the fire broke out in five story building located a block from the bronx zoo. 170 firefighters worked in bitter cold to rescue people from the flames. there's no word on the cause of that fire. >> and well we're hearing tonight for those who knew a 15-year-old gunned down in phoenixville. james ortiz cameron was shot in front of the dunkin' donut donuts. they're saying it's a drug related homicide and that victim and others planned to commit robbery in middle of marijuana deal. investigators say the drive

alexandria hoff, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> authorities are trying to piece together what led an immigrant from bangladesh to carry out an attempted terrorist attack this morning in new york city. the explosion sparked chaos during rush hour. >> this grainy transit surveillance video shows the moment the bomb went off inside a subway walkway connecting port authorized to times square. >> people were running all over the place. at that point i was really scared. >> police say the low-tech bomb was strapped to an immigrant from bangladesh. he made the device himself and was inspired by isis to carry out the attack. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. >> port authority police officers grabbed him and successfully removed the explosives. at least five others sustained minor injuries. as part of their investigation, authorities are combing footage from thousands of security cameras to trace the suspect's footsteps in the moments leading up to the attack. earlier in the day police swarmed the apartment building where he lived. members of new york's bangladeshi community came together to denounce his actions. >> thi

alexandria, 50 in springfield. clinton holding in the upper 40s. can you find the cold front? there it is, right in the heart of the nation across the midwest. it's 29 in kansas city, but st. louis is 42. check out international falls, 8 degrees, great falls 9. this arctic air is it's heading towards the eastern seaboard. so get ready. and i'll show you how cold it's expected to become in the seven- day forecast. snow showers to our north, a few rain showers just to our south and east, but most of the steady rain is pushing into tennessee, kentucky right now some steady rain. and this will slowly head towards our region over the next few hours. so grab the umbrella if you do have any plans late tonight after dark and even into tomorrow. but today we're fairly dry through the rest of today. a mainly cloudy day. mid-50s. i know a lot of us are still in the upper 40s currently, but these temperatures will slowly go up through the day. tonight mild. last night we dropped into the 20s to near freezing. tonight, though, well above freezing with scattered showers. some of us might not even drop out of the 50s tonight. so very, very mild for overnight lows. so here's a lo

city the parade will be taking place as expected on new year's day. but, again, that final decision will be coming saturday afternoon. reporting live along fwrood street, alexandria hoff. cbs eyewitness news. >> thanks you, alex. >> and we're following breaking news out of the spring garden section of philadelphia a man is dead following a shooting on the 200 block of brandywine street and officers were called to apartment shortly before 9:00 tonight and the 39-year-old victim was dead from a gun shot wound to the jaw. no arrests were made. >> and breaking news tonight out of the bronx a fire in apartment building there has killed twelve people including a baby. the fire broke out in five story building located a block from the bronx zoo. 170 firefighters worked in bitter cold to rescue people from the flames. there's no word on the cause of that fire. >> and well we're hearing tonight for those who knew a 15-year-old gunned down in phoenixville. james ortiz cameron was shot in front of the dunkin' donut donuts. they're saying it's a drug related homicide and that victim and others planned to commit robbery in middle of marijuana deal. investigators say the drive

spring, chevy chase, potomac, mclean looking out in arlington, old town alexandria as well as fredericksburg. looking good in dale citylike when i can just name towns and areas and places because there's nothing slowing you down. back to you. >> nice to so all that green behind you this morning. >> best last day of 2017. >> i like it. >> weekday. >> friday. >> back to the news headlines right now extreme danger to the community how judge described the teenager a arrested and charged the 17-year-old jew marry. he was shot while driving in fox5 kristyn leone has the latest in this developing story. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday d.c. police announced the arrest of 18-year-old james mayfield involved in three separate homicides. now keep in mind, mayfield has been on the run since october. so for dc police, this arrest comes as a major victory for them. now mayfield is charged in the murders of 17-year-old jamarhi sydnor on august 10th 2017. 38-year-old jermaine bowens on december 6th, 2017 and 21-year-old elijah henry on december 27th, 2017. now, police say the same 40 caliber pistol was used in all shootings. syd

city are the hand painted holiday windows along mt. vernon avenue. this is in the dell ray area of alexandria.ht artist patrick kerr win in the act paninting the town. you're going to find the 12 days of christmas at an auto dealer, the nut cracker, and the christmas carol. those are some of the scenes you'll see in t we have a cool time lapsed video of him doing the scene. search delray windows in the app. >> do it while you're sipping your coco. a news4 investigation. >> it exposed popular cars suddenly stalling. there is progress from stopping it from happening to you thanks to our reporting. >> also team usa is heading to south korea pretty soon. they'll have no shortage of delicious food there, but they're not going to find it in restaurants. we went on an adventure. >> the first snow fall of the season, right now it is only in southern maryland out through fredericksburg. when does it head north and how much will you get in your neighborhoo we'll bed? when you're clocking out. i'm the one clocking in... sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly com

brown: when the members of the alexandria, egypt ceremonial band arrive in israel for a performance, it was immediately clear something is wrong. they were expected in the citykva-- with a "p." >> ♪ that's petah tikva with a "p"! ♪ >> brown: but through a mistranslation, have come to the sleepy desert town of bet hatikva, with a "b." where dina, owner of the one tiny cafe, lets them know there's not a lot going on. >> ♪ welcome to nowhere >> brown: the new musical "the band's visit," set in 1996, is about missed opportunities. crossed signals. little and big things, like love, that do and, more often, don't happen. and it's connecting with audiences and critics alike. the "new york times" called it a "musical for grownups." ♪ ♪ at sardi's restaurant in times square, we talked with members of the production team, including actress katrina lenk, who stars as dina. >> i think it's about loneliness, and our choice to remain lonely or to not be lonely when an opportunity comes around. it's about taking little risks. and it's also about how music, and art, are bigger connectors than just language alone. >> brown: the story unfolds in one night, as the hapless band

city council voted unanimously to remove two controversial statues. the second is of confederate president jefferson davis. >> a man wanted for a deadly stabbing in alexandriaarrested. endless taylor is accused of robbing and stabbing luis bonilla near the meadow woods apartment in the alexandria section of fairfax. detectives received a tip that taylor was in new england. officers there helped track him down in hudson, new hampshire. >> more devastating news for the island of puerto rico. officials now say the u.s. territory won't be fully up and running with power until may. eight months after hurricane maria ripped through the caribbean. puerto rico's governor had initially pledged to have power restored to 95 percent of the island by december. >> california's thomas fire might become the largest fire in state history. officials say it's contained and its growth has slowed. crews caught a break in weather conditions this week but winds are expected to pick up today. over a thousand structures have been destroyed with another 18,000 still at risk. >> a federal judge has declared a mistrial in the criminal case of nevada rancher bundy. bundy led an armed s

city looking good through quantico. no issues on route one as you make your way across the 14th street bridge. also quiet on all of your andúsn and alexandriaght now. no issues as you make your way out in chinatown. keep in mind caps game so watch out for crowded metro. >> roy moore taking his case to court. he wants to block the state of alabama from officially declaring democrat doug jones as the winner of the u.s. senate seat. more filed the law about 14 hours before a state meeting to certify jones. jones defeated moore by 20,000 fraud investigation and eventually a new election. >> taxpayers in a hurry to file their property tax before a new law goes in effect. some have questions on whether or not they can do so in time. the i.r.s. now with a break down of the tax law. kristen. >> reporter: good morning, steve. under the new tax law the cap will now be set at $10,000. so that means in this case looks like your d.c. property -- if you're a homeowner in this case, if you pay $40,000 in property taxes you can only fully deduct $10,000 avenue your claim. starting after the new year so as you can imagine, people in this area as well as vir

look at 5 headed to city there's a crash right now which you you can see right in the middle of your screen blocking september are lanes. this is gleeb road so coming up in the alexandria.c.. just a heads up 395 northbound now i'll check in with erin with more details in a minute. >> in the meantime,al, i snow you're a fan of manatees. check out this clever group of manatees in central florida what they did to keep warm. made to hot ving and huddled together in hot spring. reason why temperatures in florida were quite cold t troping owe to 30s in some area quite chilly for sunshine state. those manatees found warm water and are sticking together. >> that's cute. >> we probably same thing right. >> huddle together. >> yeah. >> you like it cold though. >> well maybe. >> maybe on the outside of >> what a cute children's book right tuck with the manatee like jonathan segal he's the one that goes off. >> i'm more than happy to have a manatee. >> i'll write the book you'll be famous. >> cool temperatures on the way around here. manatee steve? >> not will having chesapeake today. >> too cold. >> too cold. >> didn't we have a manatee make it up -- i feel like it was a whale. 4