i'm chris gordon.as it an act >>> developing right now at 5:30, a woman is dead after a fire destroyed her basement in northwest. >>> a menorah suddenly reappears. >>> the enrollment deadline approaches. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked fires at two homes last night. the houses were destroyed. one of them is in capital heights. the other is on rolling meadows road in upper marlboro. it took an hour to get the flames under control. two people were displaced by the fire, but no one was hurt. fire crews were battling flames in capital heights. 911 calls indicated someone may have been trapped inside. firefighters didn't find anyone. no cause has been determined in either fire. they are not believed to be connected. >>> a developing story, investigators are looking into a deadly fire. firefighters were called to a gated community this afternoon. there, they found a fire in the basement of a home and found someone inside, dead. kristen wright joins us from the scene with details. what

chris gordon joins us live from connecticut avenue with the latest. chris? >> reporter: good evening, the sidewalk has been closed all day. crew members from d.c. water are putting the finishing touches on what has been a giant hole they had to dig up to get to the 12-inch water main that broke. this has been the problem all day. traffic. the southbound connecticut lanes, there are three of them. earlier this morning, they were completely blocked, drivers detoured. now, only one lane is open. going south into d.c. is a slow go. the commute out is not so bad. let's take a look at what we have been dealing with all day. water, water everywhere. it began just after midnight. a 12-inch water main break, basically it split its sides and water started gushing out over the sidewalk, down connecticut avenue, 18th street, taking heavy debris and mud into the m street section, clogging intersection. members who helped businesses in the area helped keep the area beautiful and passable and helped the businesses had to shovel and dig out and they are working all day long

. >> news 4's chris gordon is live. >> reporter: good evening. police urammed down his door an then he spent the rest of the day watching police go through the rest of his belongings. the police removing the senate aide from his home this afternoon. he was in handcuffs as he was taken into custody by police. loaded into an unmarked police car and taken away. they rammed open his front door and started collecting evidence. >> this morning just a little bit before 7:00 i heard pounding on the door and somebody saying "police open up"! . i was like what is going on? i opened up the window and looked out and it was surrounded with unmarked cop car ls. >> reporter: the u.s. postal inspection service says all documents are currently under seal. the team of investigation tors removed more than half a dozen bags and seized ryan loskarn's home computer as evidence. the u.s. senator released a statement saying i was just informed that the law enforcement agents are conducting a search of the personal residence of ryan loskarn regarding allegations of child

in brandy wine, maryland, chris gordon, news 4. >>> bulk shopping took a big step in the district with opening of two brand new wal-mart stores. thousands of people have already checked out the new stores on georgia avenue in the northwest. the grand openings included a color guard and the cheetos guy. not everybody is welcoming the stores into the district. there's a big debate about low wages. >> low prices today means low wages every day. >> reporter: these stores going up and down georgia avenue, they will be going away. >> the new stores are expected to employ 600 people together. both will stay open until midnight, seven days a week. >>> we are about to go on a wild ride with our weather. >> we are. and the admission for this is free. a lot of people are saying the cold, the snow, are you ready for it? you have to be. that's what is coming this season. 55 degrees. the numbers at washington national. 52 towards bowie, annapolis at 49 degrees. very mild afternoon and it will stay that way through the night tonight. if you're along the mall, the temperatures look like this. around 5

chris gordon, news 4. >>> all throughout the area and across the country, you will find lines le these of people hoping to win tonight's mega millions jackpot. the total soared to $636 million. it's the second highest lottery jackpot ever. thanks to changes of the game, your odds of winning are worse than ever. 1 in 259 million. later on, we'll look at the odds and why you have a better chance of death by vending machine. >>> a pediatrician who pled gill toy child important was sentenced to 18 months in prison. the 74-year-old entered a guilty plea anddmitted he downloaded and views sexual images of children. he treated children for more than 40 years. prosecutors say there is no evidence he abused any of his patients. >>> congressman frank wolf says he is retiring next year. the republican from virginia served 17 terms. david culver joins us now to explain why the congressman is not running for re-election. >> barbara, here is what's interesting about this. all of virginia's political leaders work together pushing the relocation of fbi headquarters to springfield. we happened to be th

. >> i'm chris gordon. first, a flood watch will be in effect for the washington region overnight. we're expecting more rain and a cooldown to start the holiday week. amelia segal is tracking it all now. >> well, a flood watch will go into effect at midnight for the d.c. metro area, southern maryland, and the northern neck. all of the areas in green as we head to graphics. again, this flood watch goes into effect midnight and it will run through tomorrow afternoon. during this time period, expect 1 to 3 inches of rain if you live in the watch area. yaareas in the west will be expected up to an inch. throughout tonight and the day tomorrow, you want to be careful for hydroplaning, water collecting on roads. we could see flooding near streams and creeks in the watch area and reduced visibilities as well. starting future weather off at 11:00 p.m. because for the rest of the evening hours, just scattered showers, but activity becomes wide spread around 11:00 p.m. or midnight. most areas seeing rain. look what happens at 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., heavy rain in the watch area. you're on the

chris gordon is following the story. he'll have the latest for us ahead at 5:00. >>> a d.c. police officer linked to a prostitution ring made his first court appearance this afternoon. and we learned he's accused of trying to lure at least two teenagers into that operation. 47-year-old linwood barnhill was arrested and charged with two counts of pandering a miner. the arrest comes one week after authorities raided his apartment and found a 16-year-old girl who had been reported missing. she told police barnhill forced her into prostitution. and during today's hearing we learned a second young girl has also come guard saying he did the same thing to her. his lawyer ask he be sequestered from the rest of the jail population. mark segraves was in the courtroom. coming up, he will explain how barnhill allegedly operated this prostitution ring. and we're waiting to learn the official cause of death of the d.c. police officer accused of child pornography. 32-year-old mark washington died after being pulled from the washington channel in southwest washington near. he was arrested a

ahead on news 4 at 5:00, chris gordon sits down with the menorah owner to see how it was returned. >>> a busy shopping day at malls across the region. >> what it was like as many head out to give back, take back the holiday gifts. >>> dramatic rescue on a california freeway. how an officer helped save a man. developments in a kargt credit card breach. the hacking that exposed their >>> a dramatic rescue christmas day when several good samaritans pulled them in from a burning car. it happened on a southern california highway after he crashed his mercedes-benz into a divider. they had ten to 15 seconds to act. the driver survived and was taken to the hospital with minor burns. >>> a burst of snowfall across pennsylvania is blamed for two bad pile ups today. these are aerials where at least two semis were involved in an accident. eastbound lanes closed and traffic rerouted. a short distance away, a similar accident on the pennsylvania turnpike forced the road to shut down while crews cleared the scene. several people were injured in the crash. >>> letters littered parts of i-270 after a

let's start with christ gordon in montgomery county. chris? >> reporter: well, good evening. it is cold out here. i can see my breath. we are starting to see icy conditions on the road. now, we came here to find snow, three inches in germantown, clarksburg, damascus, but we wanted more, more i say. so we decided to take a road trip. we drove north on 270 in search of the deepest snowfall in our area. in frederick county we found an abandoned car that slid off the road near christopher's crossing which county officials here tell us got six inches. that's enough snow to weigh down branches, bending and breaking them. >> we get pretty fierce winds coming off the mountains. i think probably the trunk was compromised and snow was so heavy, it just brought half of it down. maybe we won't lose the whole thing, i'm hoping. >> reporter: parking lots at churches and businesses had to be dug out. snowblowers were used on sidewalks. snowplows are finally getting to the problem areas, residential roads that are among the last to be cleared. in the city of frederick, the best place for sle

other celebrities who made the list, bradley cooper, joseph gordon-levitt and chris pine. >>> despiteing of summertime flops hollywood is expected to have a banner year at the box office coming in just shy of $11 billion. this is the largest annual take ever. but because of higher ticket prices actual attendance at theaters remain flat after a decade of decline. high profile flops such as the lone ranger, after earth and "turbo" offset by mega hits like "fast and furious 6" and ironman, a strong fall and holiday slate -- strong fall in holiday slated movies -- >>> no good deed goes unpunished but a cabdriver in sin city has now discovered that he can be highly rewarded for doing the right thing. gerardo gamboa made headlines when he returned a paper bag filled with $300,000 cash that was left behind in his cab. the money belonged to a forgotful professional -- forgetful professional poker player and now that player given him a $10,000 as a thank you and his employer also gave him a reward, $1000, a steak dinner for two, four paid days off and most importantly, title of driver of the y

other celebrities on the esquire list, bradley cooper, joseph gordon levitt and chris pine. >>> well, found and returned $300,000 has just gotten a little small fortune for his good deed. the taxi company released this photo of gerardo gamboa with a $10,000 stack of cash. gamboa made headlines when he returned a paper bag filled with $300,000 that was left behind in his back seat. the poker player who forgot all the money, how could you forget, has given gamboa $10,000 for his troubles. the cabbie says he appreciates the money, but adds he was just doing what his parents taught him to do as a child. >>> well, many restaurants say they will stop adding automatic tips on large groups. starting next wednesday, the irs will start considering those service charges, and that means restaurants have to pay tax on it. the company that owns red lobster and olive garden has already eliminated its automatic charge for groups of eight or more customers. >>> a new study shows san francisco's most common health problems result from the city being located between two busy freeways. researchers at mit

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