. >> chris gordon is live in alexandria with the latest on this story. chris? >> reporter: pat and jim, this is the latest target of the 7-eleven serial robber, it's in a posh section of alexandria surrounded by residences, restaurants and offices. these 7-eleven robberies are strikingly similar to a string of crimes that prompted an fbi investigation just last year. in september of 2015, we reported on the fbi investigation into serial armed robbers striking 7-eleven stores in northern virginia, maryland and the district. as many as four individuals entered the stores, one was armed with a long gun. the fbi worked that case in cooperation with local police. now another string of 7-eleven robberies is plaguing our area. six convenience stores have been robbed in prince george's county since december 21st. a single gunman is believed responsible. police sent us this video of the man wearing a mask and black

news 4's chris gordon is live in arlington. tell us what's happening there, chris. >> as you see behind me, lot of people on the streets but we're at the metro station so occasionally people do come up to street level and they brace getting to the cold and the occasional gusts of wind. i have this laser pointer which measures the temperature and i've just been taking it against my body. i saw 18 degrees just a minute ago. 24 degrees now and you see when the wind whips up, that wind chill factor that doug just mentioned, brutal. also, the virginia department of transportation has spent the last two and a half days preparing the roads. there you go. now you've seen the blasts of wind. the virginia department of transportation has spent the last 2 1/2 days preparing roads for icy conditions and possible snow. p dot trucks spraying a brian solution on 5,000 lane miles of roads in northern virginia. tell me they finished the antiicing operation by midday which was just in time because the temperature got so cold. >> this truck has es

. >>> this is chris gordon at national harbor. how new technology and these security cameras are helping police avoid traffic tie-ups and stronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. stronger is less pain, new hope, more fight. it's doing everything in your power, and everything in ours. because we don't just want kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. they will. mgm casino's grand opening is on. >> that casino is expecting more than 9,000 vehicles on opening means you'll probably get stuck in traffic. the national hor bore is getting some high-tech help to ease all that congestion. chris gordon takes us inside the traffic command center. >> police are expecting more than 30,000 visitors are the very first day. and they're using these monitors to keep traffic moving for the mgm grand opening. in this command center, video screens will allow the team here police officers and supervisors will be out on the roads to make sure vehicles keep moving and don't back up onto the highway. >> the key for us is mo

chris gordon is out in those elements. we're going to begin inside with doug in the storm center. >> it's all about the cold. the cold temperatures moved in very quickly. earlier this morning just after midnight we are at 39 degrees. then we continue to fall all day. with the winds gusting 30 to 40 miles an hour, it has been brutal out there. take a look at this. you needed the coat. around the upper marlboro. you didn't have the gloves. the pockets were what you were using even putting the hands back in the coats, the gloves and the pockets. i'll tell ya. this is the coldest air flow you've seen in quite some time. 7 the current wind chill. zero at hagerstown. 4 below in state college, pennsylvania. extreme cold for sure. look at the winds. we've seen winds gusting upwards of 30 to 40 miles per hour. now coming down a little bit. still 30 in martinsburg. that's why we have the wind chill. that will continue through the night. the national weather servicas effect tomorrow night and saturday. now this will not become a wint

. >> coming up at 4:30 chris gordon takes a look at people who are not interested in gambling. later this hour, hear from the man who created the theater which booked an impressive list of stars to perform. then there is the food, lots of food. we'll have some of the best dining options. we have a special interactive casino section on the nbc washington app. search mgm. >> i tell you the casino tonight better bring the heavy coat. you can't see from the picture how cold it is. >> and how cold it will get. doug, we are wrapping it up. >> winds will pick up. wait for tomorrow. it will be brutal. this picture shows it well. look at the numbers. these are the current wind around the midatlantic. 42 in d.c. that's not bad. 39 in philadelphia. 22 in morgan town. 17 in pittsburgh. 12 the current wind chill in columbus. that's the cold air moving in across the region. we are in for a brutal day. wind chills will fall into the teens in many locations by early tomorrow. cold all the way through the day on sunday. the weekend, coldest weekend we have seen since last winter. rain on monday

back to you. >> all right, chris gordon. thank you. behind the scenes, maryland state regulators are making it easier for the casinos to win your money. the i-team's review of state recent months. scott mac far land has details. >> reporter: maryland allows players to hit on the soft 17. players know soft 17 is when the dealer shows an ace and a six and previously dealers had to stand on that hand which increased the player's odds of winning. now the dealer can hit which gives the house the advantage. the opening of mgm national harbor raised concerns about dwindling other five casinos. black jack earnings in particular dropped over the course of the year even with the new advantage for casinos. players speaking with the iteam noticed a difference. unclear how it will affect the high rollers which are critical must court aggressively. >> who can bring in the highest paying gamblers, the high rollers or the biggest ones are the whales in the parlance. you offer free hotel rooms or other amenities. >> they will have 17 state inspectors t

chris gordon, news 4. >>> next at 6:30, virginia looking at putting new tougher laws for those who use cell phones while driving and what's on the books now is not enough. >>> and another maryland state patrol car hit on the side of a highway. this time while the trooper was responding to another crash. >>> take a look at the temperatures tonight. temperatures rising right around through 1:00 a.m. up to 51 degrees by that time. warmer by the time you wake up. we'll talk about the numbers tomorrow. and we'll mention a little bit evout new year's e. >>> police on the road as you're traveling around. on christmas eve, maryland state police are investigating a part of the road was closed during the investigation. a pickup truck drove through, hit two vehicles and hit an investigator who was working the crash. they were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. police believe the driver was using alcohol and other substances. >>> the number of troopers hit this year has seen an enormous spike. 40 troopers have either been injured or killed in traffic stops it in 2016. >>> there's a new p

chris gordon has the story. >> reporter: these came to the white house to support president obama. they say israeli settlements, the cause of bloodshed and unrest. they feel the obama administration made the right decision to abstain from the u.n. security council vote to condemn settlements. >> we hope that this resolution is a step towards peace, a step towards ending the suffering of an entire people. >> reporter: condemn iing israe settlements. a past president of the washington board of rabbis. something tha do. >> the rabbis demonstrating the at the white house blame israel for the lack of negotiations. >> killing, oppressing and occupying is totally forbidden. >> early in the obama administration israeli prime minister responded to the request to stop developing new settlements and none were built. >> the problem is that the palestinians have not been willing to discuss these issues. at the end of the day, they are more interested in continuing the conflict than to ending it. >> that was chris gordon reporting. a man is dead and a deputy is in serious condition this evening

reporting from northwest washington, chris gordon, news 4. >>> you can call it a christmas miracle.fter weeks of silence and 20 nights in the hospital, a husband hears his wife say she loves him on christmas day. she's been in the icu in west virginia for most of this month. she's recovering from surgery and she's been with her the entire time. i want to be as close as i can to her. >> the couple expects donna won't be able to leave for another month. that's okay. the staff has a new iphone. >> this one for a family in pennsylvania. >> two it days stranded in snow. and we'll show you how they were able to survive being lost in a blizzard. >>> and remembering pop star george michael. a a look at the tributes after his suddeneath from heart d (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. ♪ >> that takehouse back. fans of george michael are streaming by u his home in london to pay t

chris gordon, news4. >> to clarify, one dayd hours and 30 minutes. we've posted a lot of images as well as a first look at main of the restaurants inside. be sure to open the nbc washington app and search mgm. they are expecting thousands of people, tens of thousands on that first day. >> yeah. and probably more than that. >>> i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. barbara mikulski is preparing to maryland. mikulski is 80 years old and is retiring after 45 years in public office. she's the longest serving woman in the history of congress and was first elected back in 1976. she announced the decision last year not to seek the term again smeel be >>> for those with social anxiety disorder, the holiday season can be pretty tough with parties and social gatherings, this is a particularly challenging time of year for them. dr. joshua weiner joins us with advice on making it through stressful events. first of all, how can someone know if they have social anxiety as opposed to just being shy? >> they are very similar. there are slight differences. somebody wh

chris gordon, news 4. >>> boy, we look at the numbers. 67 the high today in d.c. 65 in quantico. even 70 in wlo ray. now down to 57 at the airport. fall itting temperatures through the rest of the night. a nice wednesday even though we're going to be 15 to 20 degrees colder tomorrow. it's going to be a nice day. and then we're looking at a few shower chances in the forecast. and i'm tracking your new year's forecast as well. i have that number coming up in about ten minutes. >>> reading e-mails and scanning the news is about to get easier jrnd ground. the time line for e free public wifi inside metro's underground station. . >>> as the world reacts to carrie fisher's death, more information about the final days of pop star george michael. eaw we're h >>> metro wants to make sure you stay connected underground. paul wheeltfield is installing free wifi at all underground stations. metro has been testing free wifi at six major stations for several months now. the ex. pangs is expected to begin next summer. most stations will have why u fie installed by the end of 2017. the entire pr

back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. have you ever had a package stolen? it's our nbc washington flash survey question this evening. the majority of you are saying no, you have been lucky so far. but a handful say they have had stuff stolen from their ho >> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk with an update on a confrontation between a jet blue passenger and ivanka trump. a passenger who was sitting in front of trump in the coat section saw it all go down. >> he walked out. if i was security i wouldn't take the chance either. he didn't yell. none of that mattered. he didn't say anything too her. >> the passenger who was talking that way was removed from the flight. sitting coach on a commercial flight. the entire family has been placed under secret service protection. i'm chris lawrence, back to you. >>> absentee voting begins tomorrow in fairfax city in a special election for may u your. three city u council members are kmeeting for the job. he was in his third and served with the council of governments. he was in his fifth term. he's co-author about the

chris gordon talked with people who know the victim and e he joins us live u from the scene tonight. >> reporter: the fatal hit-and-run happened here at this intersection on 14th street in northwest washington. the driver not only took a life, but may have broken a number of other laws by leaving the scene of the accident. motorcyclist this suv didn't stop and was caught fleeing after hitting a 54-year-old this morning. she was crossing 14th street. witnesses say she was dragged by the suv. the driver could be charged with manslaughter and face additional charges for failing to stop and check on the make an emergency call to report the accident and failing to stay on the scene. >> he should have stopped and maybe she would have survived. >> reporter: they closed two blocks of 14th street for a few hours to investigate the fatal had hit-and-run. jackie lived a few block was where neighbors are trying to raise money to help bury her. >> she was a tweet, young girl. everyone knew her. she had her way. she was always smiling when i saw her. >> reporter: cole was deaf and couldn't speak,

. >> chris gordon is at the scene where this happened. bring us up to speed. >> she lived here at hubbard place. people here knew her. they didn't know her by name necessarily. they said she was a sweet woman. she was in her 40s, african-american. they say she was deaf. she was walk this morning down 14th street. we're in the 3500 block of 14th street. about two blocks north of here she was walking in the crosswalk when she was hit by a dark-colored suv. metropolitan police department has indicated they'll put out a picture of the dark-colored suv. they believe it has damage to a right headlight or to headlight. some people who saw it told me it seemed to speed up and continued on. d.c. police are asking for the public's help in finding a dark-colored suv with damage to a front headlight. so that they can try to find the driver and figure out what happened. for a couple hours, 14th street was closed while this was investigated. that's the latest from the scene at otis place and 14th street. chris gordon, back to you. >> thank you. >>> new

reporting from arundel mills, maryland, chris gordon, news 4. >> and tomorrow's grand opening of the mgm national harbor was nearly five years in the making. news 4's tracee wilkins has been following these developments and controversies since the beginning. she will be joining us in a few minutesth journey. >>> not a bad day out there today. doug, we had some nice sunshine. what's coming ahead? >> reporter: oh, what a day. i mean, a day after yesterday with all the rain that we saw, today plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies. what comes next, unfortunately, is just plain cold. you're going to need the gloves. maybe the national zoo gloves. they're pretty cool. wait until i show you what these do a little later. live, this is what's going on, we have the lights behind us. tair finally looking pretty good now that the sun is making its way down. a half a million lights coming in. this is anna, she came in from loudoun county then awe my tweet that we were down here and just showed up with her grandkids as well. they come down to zoo lights every year. so excited to be down here. let'

news 4's chris gordon is live along i-95 in springfield. chris, based on what you're seeing out there, did aaa get it right? >> oh, yeah. take a look behind me. what you're seeing are brake lights, cars coming to a complete stop. these cars trying to merge onto 95 south here in springfield. now, local drivers are used to this scene, but holiday travelers may experience a surprising slowdown. traffic on i-95 in northern virginia is stop and go. this >> we didn't see accidents or anything like that. just being congested. >> aaa mid-atlantic explains the reason traffic is so heavy. >> people who are commuting from work. people who are heading out of town, and you're going to toss into this wintry mix people that are doing some last-minute christmas shopping. so this is an absolute recipe for gridlock. >> at the dale city rest stop, we found this couple walking the dog and walking the cat that they're taking on their trip from philadelphia to florida. >> i have rarely seen a cat on a leash. >> this is his first time. >> you're doing it because -

good evening, i'm chris gordon, in for erika tonight.istmas eve services are under way right now around our area. news 4's justin finch is at st. matthew's cathedral in northwest washington. >> reporter: good evening. that mass is under way and to the national mall and cathedral, people say it's about their loved ones, their faith, and their traditions. with cardinal's blessing of the christmas mass at st. matthew cathedral began. the blessing of that display, marking the birth of jesus christ. still inspiring believers at the late-night christmas eve thing is for me anyway, is open. >> reporter: a light fog fell on the national mall. those hazy red lights, not santa, nor rudolph, but only a washington site that brings the this family back every christmas. >> the monuments gorgeous, the capitol. >> it's decorated so beautifully, it puts you into the christmas spirit. >> reporter: to some, it's not just about the cascading red, white and blue lights or the village or the trains circling. >> for the last 25 years we've gathered the nationa

chris gordon is in bethesda with the message prosecutors want parents and especially young drivers to hear. chris. >> well, we're reporting tonight from the scene of the fatal accident. river road, turning on to pyle road. and the message prosecutors want this 12-year sentence to be sent to the community is that parents need to take responsibility. this young driver had a record of speeding violations and arrests. and they say despite his recklessness, he always was given the family car keys. prosecutors say he was driving his father's turbo charges bmw at 115 miles per hour just seconds before the crash. 21-year-old smashed into the side of the chevy volt crossing river to pyle road, with a family heading to walt whitman high school on a saturday evening in february. >> i think the message is to parents, be a parent. you know, and take the -- make the tough decision. i think that the weapon of choice, this was a bullet. this was a missile going down the street. >> michael and alessandra were killed on the scene along with their 18-year-old son thomas. only 16-year-old helena survived

. >> amelia draper is tracking the weather, but we start with chris gordon along i-95 in springfield, with more on the big getaway. hi, chris. >> hi, doreen and david. behind me, you see vehicles merging onto i-95 sou springfield. and we can tell you that traffic is moving better now than it was just an hour ago. but make no mistake, this has been a very difficult travel day. we found the heaviest traffic on i-95 between the woodrow wilson bridge and dumbfries. this family traveling through new jersey to ft. lauderdale, says it had no choice but to drive. >> looking at 54 minutes in traffic. >> how do you know? >> we checked it on google maps. >> we didn't have a choice. prices of flights were over the roof. >> aaa mid-atlantic said the travel is especially heavy this holiday season. >> because people are commuting from work, they're heading out of town, and also they're going to be christmas shopping. it's going to be a very, very tough evening. >> at the rest stop along i-95 north in laurel, we found this family taking their three dogs on d pennsylvania. >> with three dogs, you thou

chris gordon has more from high point high school in beltsville. >> high point high school was on high alert. students and staff shelters in place. 20-year-old alejandro avilae posted a report saying i will bring an ak-47 with two pistols to the stadium. i'm also armed with bonds. his lawyer said he had no weapons but he meant to scare students at the school. >> there was going to be a protest or a demonstration because donald trump had won the election. at the school. and ironically, he being the son of immigrants, mexican parents there, was in favor of donald trump having won the election. >> he told detectives he 2014. today, he pleaded guilty to making a threat of mass violence. he was given a three-year suspended sentence, two years supervised probation, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. >> he said immediately that it was meant to be a joke and that he didn't mean to harm anyone. and that he was sorry for what he did. i think that certainly helped play into how quickly we were able to move this through the court system and get the guilty plea today. >> ahead a

reporting from prince george's county, chris gordon, news 4. >> a family left homeless just days before christmas. the homeowner tried to put out the fire, but it was too much to handle. tonight, investigators tell us it was intentionally set. news 4's meagan fitzgerald broke the news on twitter that the family's 19-year-old daughter has now been charged with arson. she has the story from silver spring. >> reporter: this is what's left of a home on sea island court in silver spring. restoration crews worked quickly, boarding up windows and cleaning up des. hours earlier, at around 1:00 a.m., it was firefighters who were rushing to get the blaze under control. >> firefighters arrived, pretty heavy fire kilsh conditions. >> pete is with montgomery county fire and rescue. investigators determined the blaze was started in an upstairs room by the homeowner's 19-year-old daughter. >> i don't think there was any intent to burn down the whole house, necessarily, but materials at hand and it just got away from them. >> we spoke with the homeowner who didn't want to go on camera but says he ran i

i'm chris gordon. if for erica tonight. pro procrastinators, time is just about up. lots of people making that last minute dash to the is it store. springfield town center, where the clock just ran out for shoppers. justin. >> reporter: hey there, right now inside the mall some shops have turned out the lights and shoppers are now making their way out from the mall with those last minute buys. the malls are finally closing ahead of christmas. on christmas eve the clock was ticking at the springfield town center where many shoppers were abuzz, focused on bagging bargains before closing time. 6:00 p.m. >> i guess people who were busy, you know, just forgot. get something quick. >> last minute, like me. >> because after this i'm done. >> reporter: stopping for a full service treatment having his week's worth of gifts wrapped up before his family gets home. >> everybody else in the family is outside shopping. so basically yeah, i'm keeping it low key is pretty much the main thing right now. >> fresh from florida, this dad back home to virginia where christmas eve shoppin

that's the latest live in alexandria, chris gordon, news 4. back to you, susan. >> okay. thanks, chris. >>> a former youth soccer coach is under arrest following sex abuse allegations in maryland. anne arundel county police say this man, 55-year-old eris murray turned himself in last week, accused of sexually assaulting a former player on eight years ago. the victim came forward in october. murray coached the maryland city mustangs. he's charged with multiple counts of sex abuse, assault and sodomy. >>> we have new video tonight of a terrifying few minutes at a fairfax county hotel. take a look. two masked men walked into the quality inn on richmond highway, one jumps over the counter there. another points what looks like a gun at the person behind it. fairfax county police tell us this happened back on december 15th just before 11:00 in the evening. there's no word on what these guys got away with, but police want to find them. >>> a man who had to be restrained by air marshals on a christmas eve flight has now pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. >> that man has lear

. >> chris gordon, thank you. >>> tonight the public gets to hear plans for a new homeless shelter in favor fax county. the cross roads community shelter will be located near the to build a a temporary shelter but people also voiced opposition. the new shelter will have 50 beds, 15 personal living quarters. >>> federal officials just wrapped up a meeting about a new taller fence around the white house. raise the fence to about 11 feet. that includes a new stone base and spikes to keep people from climbing over the thing. >> the commission still needs to approve any changes before that fence can be adjusted. >>> the reds reds is have a big game against the card card. they have a big personality on the team. >> josh norman is becoming one of the most polarizing players in the entire nfl. territory of being one of the best. you have probably heard about the dust up in dallas a week ago today. it was just the latest incident when norman's emotions got the best of him. whether he's celebrating big plays, there's no doubting norman is a troerl even though they don't mind heckling the heck o

chris gordon has details on the latest brash of vandalism. >> reporter: a swastika was discovered inside this high but we begin in burtonsville with the most recent act of hate vandalism. in burtonsville wednesday morning, a family found their cars spray painted with a swastika and the words "trump" and "racist." tuesday a swastika was drawn in a high school. >> swastika being the symbol of hate, murder. >> reporter: the leader of the jewish community relations swastikas raises fears. >> no matter where it is, whether it is placed in a a school or again for it to represent a condemnation of a person upholding, it's equally upsetting and should be rejected by anybody. >> the high school was targeted with hate-based vandalism in october. when a swastika was chemically burned into the football field. in november just days after the presidential election, a middle school. >> first of all, it's wrong. if you understand the level of really inappropriate, terrible action you have taken, don't do it. if you don't understand, don't do it. >> a church sign was painted with trump nation whites only

chris gordon has been looking at the impact of all of that cold weather. chris is bundled up in boston metro station in arlington. chris? >> reporter: well, jim, i've been using this laser gun to measure the temperature all day throughout the it is 15.4 degrees, and that does not account for the wind chill factor. what we have found is that people are using different strategies to cope with the cold. at the pentagon row outdoor skating rink there was only one skater on the ice. the temperature gun says it's just about 21 degrees. >> it's a thing with the wind feels a lot colder than that. >> reporter: yet you took today to skate and you skate how often? >> this is my first time. >> reporter: despite the cold, dogs have to be walked. bella is seven years old. >> it is a bit more of a struggle. she hates her sweater. she definitely needs it. today's not her favorite day. >> reporter: we wouldn't welcome it. i just think i can make it. it's not going to be that i don't believe the weather sometimes until it hits me. >> reporter: has it hit you? >> yes. yes, it

. >> chris gordon has a look at what there is to see for those who don't gamble. >> we begin with tracy wilkins. she's been covering the casino since the beginning. what a beginning this is tonight. >> i was just thinking when we talk about this being a $1.4 billion casino we are not talking about the more than 40 million mgm spent to try to make it happen through ads and the political work that had to be

chris gordon, news 4. >>> turning to the weather, we're in for a cold, windy u night. >> that's for sure. dealing with some snow to our west as we make our way through the next 24 hours or so. we'll talk about that snow in just a bit. this morning we saw snow in our the north and east. behind it we're getting the wind and the cold. would not be surprised to see more in our forecast tomorrow. but with the real deal, it's going to be the colder numbers. the windchill down to 41 in d.c. 29 in hagerstown. that's the wind and the cold combined. that's the way it's going to feel all day tomorrow. during the day on your friday, we'll talk about the frigid friday and the new year's eve forecast as well. i have that for you back here in ten minutes. >>> d.c. police are hoping that this newly released surveillance video will help them identify the driver in a deadly hit-and-run crash. an suv hit and killed jacqueline cole as she crossed the street earlier this week. it happened on 14th street in columbia height apartment complex nearby. she was in a crosswalk. >>> state police asking for your help

. >> chris gordon is live where police are playing santa's helpers. >> reporter: hi, pat and chris. month fwom ri county police tell us the number of holiday packages stolen from homes has increased dramatically this year. today here at fifth s town, they put on display holiday items they have been able to recover. >> it's the time of the season when packages with holiday merchandise purchased online get delivered to our doorstep when no one is home to receive them, some of the packages disappear. police put out this display at the german town district station. 42 items recovered, 4 suspects have been arrested in the past two weeks for stealing these items, which were left in packages at homes in german town. >> none of this would have been possible without somebody seeing what happened and calling police to let us know what occurred. there was a ups driver. as a result of that and some good police work following them up, we were able to make the apprehension. >> who had packages stolen and today invited them to come to the police station to have their gifts personally delivered. an

chris gordon outside the police station in germantown where there's a lot of holiday cheer tonight. >> reporter: there are smiles here, but there's also the grim reallization that this recent string of crimes involves juveniles. last week two juveniles stole a car and then used it to drive around taking a packages from in front of homes in clarksburg and here in germantown. we drove for less than 20 minutes through this neighborhood and spotted four packages delivered to doorsteps waiting to be picked up. montgomery county police say the dramatically this holiday season. today in northwest washington, d.c. police tell us this surveillance camera caught a a thief taking a a package on park road. montgomery county police showed us how they have recovered 42 holiday items stolen from homes in the past week. >> it was a fantastic feeling to be able to recover this holiday gifts that people had stolen from property. >> reporter: police notified victims they could come and claim stolen merchandise. this couple is grateful. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate it. >> we never lost a pac

. >> chris gordon has the story from culpepper, virginia. we live right down the road. >> the shots rang out just after 6:00 last night at this house on woodland church road. this afternoon, no one was home when we stopped by. culpepper county sheriff's investigators say 21-year-old delonte jones from prince george's county and 18-year-old amber eli of orange, virginia, knocked on the door asking for help with their car. the resident refused. >> as he attempted to shut t into the residence. and struck the homeowner with a weapon. a struggle ensued. and the homeowner was able to take control of the weapon and discharge one round. >> jones was hit in the stomach and died at the hospital. neighbors tell me they heard multiple gunshots. >> i heard like nine, seven, eight, nine gunshots, and that's

chris gordon in the courtroom now and he'll have reaction. two consecutive life sentences, just handed down. i'm scott mcfarland. back to you. >>> a home ransacked, first at 4:00, what the suspected crook said to the people inside that led them to believe nothing was wrong. >>> only been open for a few months, but the smithsonian museum mingak zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >>> in prince georges county, we're learning details about a frightening home invasion. several people posing as police officers, made their way inside a home on franklin avenue. once they were inside, police say they ransacked the place. >> bureau chief, tracee wilkins report, still searching for the suspect. >> reporter: they are looking for several suspects, five to six, at least two of them armed after a home invasion happened. this happened, just before 1:00 a.m., and the 940

chris gordon is out in springfield. he's keeping aian on the big get away. how does it look where you are? >> not so good here. behind me, what you see, chris and pat, is a live shot of slow traffic, trying to merge onto 95 south, and it is a slow go. well past dumbfries to stafford, and we know because we drove up and down 95 here in virginia and up in maryland today to see what holiday travelers are facing. we hit our first backup on the beltway at the exit ramp to irk-95 north. at the first rest stop, we met these sisters traveling to new jersey to spend the holiday with family. >> the roads and traffic is horrible. all backed up. taking forever. >> we then drove south on 95 into virginia where drivers the brakes in low traffic that sometime came to a stop. we met barbara, riding with her sons to visit their grand parents in georgia. >> we hit delaware, it was a stand still for a little bit because of an accident. cleared up when we got to it, can a little coming in from 495 on to 95, a stand still. >> aaa mid-atlantic expects the heaviest traffic this eve

chris gordon is live from the crash scene with more on today's sentencing. chris. standing beside pile road leading up to wittman. this is where the fatal accident occurred in february. three members of a family died, only their teenage daughter survived. now, in august, the young driver who hit their car pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter, and today, he was sentenced to prison. the defense lawyer called it a horrible tragedy, saying that this was the reckless, careless act of a young man who thought he was invincible. prosecutors say 21-year-old was driving his father's turbo charged bmw like a bullet. >> he was traveling at 115 miles per hour. only seconds before this crash. >> the evening of saturday, february 27th, the bmw plowed into the side of the chevy volt that was crossing river road to pyle. the family inside was heading to a school. the driver michael and his wife alasandra were killed on the scene along with their son, thomas, who had just celebrated his 18th birthday the day before. only 16-year-old helena survived the crash, and she suffered se

chris gordon is live at reagan national airport with details of the discrimination lawsuit. chris? >> reporter: well, doreen, reverend william barber is nationally known. in mid-april, he flew into washington, d.c., to deliver a speech intending to return home that night to raleigh, north carolina, but he tells me what happed airport when he boarded his americanairlines flight was embarrassing and humiliating. reverend dr. william barber is a minister and civil rights leader. he's the president of the north carolina naacp. he spoke at the democratic national convention the night hillary clinton accepted the presidential nomination. today, reverend barber's lawyers filed this federal lawsuit against americanairlines for discriminating on the basis of race when it removed him from a flight from reagan national airport to raleigh, north carolina, the night of april 15th. >> and there were some persons behind me talking very loud, sounding as if they were intoxicated and i just asked if they could just bring it down some. asked the stewardess would she ask them to bring it down? >> rep

chris gordon has details of the dramatic takedown. >> woodland church road is a rural area, where gunshots are heard often. neighbors say it's usually people shooting squirrels, but last night, just after sounded unusual. >> pop, pop, pop. then stop. heard it again, pop, pop, pop, pop. >> the culpepper county sheriff's office says the resident of this house shot and killed an intruder. >> it's too early to say if the homeowner will be charged. at this point, we're still investigating. >> here's how it happened. investigators say 21-year-old delonte jones from prince george's county and 18-year-old amber elli of orange virginia the resident told them to leave, but jones then forced his way in. >> then mr. jones struck the homeowner in the head. with a firearm. at which point a struggle ensued. between the homeowner and mr. jones. mr. jones was then struck in the abdomen. >> investigators say the resident had taken control of the gun. neighbors don't really know they say he just moved in with his wife and child weeks ago. >> crazy. this is a very, very nice neighborhood. i have lived here si

news4's chris gordon joins us inside this state-of-the-art traffic command center. >> you're looking at behind me is a wall of monitors, including this one, which says december 8th through december 11th, expect heavy traffic. now, police are hoping to use this new technology to avoid traffic tie-ups for the mgm opening. prince georges county police meeting today in the command center at national harbor. they are planning for 9,000 vehicl national harbor's grand opening. >> i am also honest in saying we're going to see con gregs. we're not always going to see traffic moving at the posted speed limit. we'll keep those backups off the interstates because we don't want high-speed traffic navigating around stopped vehicles. >> reporter: the chief says there are safety valves. $10 million has been invested in road improvements and signage. police will be on patrols on the highways and roads around the casino. >> what's really going to be the opens and two weeks later or three weeks later, whatever, is the customer's familiarity with the project and the road systems and the infrastructure a

shot and killed delonte jones here be facing any criminal reporting from culpepper, virginia, chris gordon, news 4. >> breaking news that our mark segraves reported on twitter. there's been an arrest in the murder of a man in a parking lot in a shopping center in manassas. plooes arrested roberta brandern. she's accused in the death in cordray jackson on tuesday. police tell us the victim was involved in a fight with the suspect and another man. out of a job following sex abuse allegations. archbishop carol high school in northwest d.c. said it fired jimmy agustin. d.c. police arrested him yesterday, saying he engaged with sexual contact with a female add the school at least two separate times in recent months. he was listed at head athletic trainer and science teacher on the school's website. in a statement, they said agustin previously background check and after learning of thealigations, they immediately removed him from work and terminated his employment. >> members of congress took aim at the leadership of metro after allegations that metro employees ignored safety problems and falsif

news 4's chris gordon has the reaction to this. >> this is the case of extremely swift justice, and a man who just a month ago made a threat against a prince george's county public school. the threat was made against high point high school in maryland. e alejandro avelar pleaded guilty to making a threat. on november 15th, he tweeted i will be bringing an ak-47 with two pistols to the stadium. i'm also armed with bombs. it turns out he didn't have any of those weapons. >> any time there's a threat of violence, we have to respond accordingly and treat everything as if it's going to be real and people can be hurt. >> avalaur was given a three-year suspended sentence, two years of probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. ahead at 5:00, what his motive was for making the threat against high point high school. that's the latest from prince george' county. back to you. >> a hero to so many, how astronaut john glenn is remembered now in his hometown of columbus, ohio. >> but first, young women. >>> listen to this. the obama administration's council on women and girls

news 4's chris gordon is in prince george's county with the story. >> reporter: this is the 7-eleven in lanham, maryland. it is the first of six convenience stores that have been hit by an armed robber since december 21st. he demands cigarettes and cash. prince george's county police put out this picture of him wearing a mask and black pants with white stripes down the side. asking for your help to stop him. >> he definitely is threatening the victims inside of the businesses within a very short time period of him entering. he displaying it very openly to everybody inside of the business. >> reporter: ahead, how this serial convenience store robber has become a problem not only in prince george's county, but a threat to our entire area. back to you. >>> take a look at these pictures from prince william county. a car crashed into a home on horner road near jefferson davis highway in woodbridge. it happened just after midnight. luckily there were no reported injuries. once the fire department dislodged the car from the house, the scene was turned over to the building inspector. the peo

gordon, will be sentenced next week. patrick: looking ahead the u.s. , housing secretary will be in milwaukee tomorrow to tour the rebuilding effort in sherman park. julian castro will join county executive chris abele. they'll be looking at the adult build program. it's designed to address unemployment and lack of training skills with the fixing up of foreclosed properties. sherman park was the scene of violent protests this summer, cars parked in a tow lot in waukesha county go up in flames. it happened overnight at a.m. towing on national avenue in big bend. several cars were on fire. we're still working to find out what sparked the flames. toya: a first of its kind initiative to end drug abuse kicked off today, right here in southeast wisconsin. it's called the drug mail back program. the city of milwaukee teamed up with cvs pharmacy and the milwaukee metropolitan sewerage district on this effort. now through the program, you can simply pick up a tamper proof postage already paid, pre-addressed to the local police department. >> anything we can do to try to prevent unwanted or unneeded medication getting in the hands of people that have addiction or starting a new addiction is critical to

chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn tim feature the flames broke out about 8:00 o'clock last night. fortunately no one was hurt but now begins the process of picking up the pieces. fox 29's bruce gordon is in allentown tonight with more on the devastating fire and the effect it's had on so many. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, dawn, fire investigators believe they know where this blaze ignited. they're still trying to figure out why. what started it as the expert do's their work, those who lost nearly everything are indeed trying to pick up the pieces. on this day after renovation crews were hard at work safeguarding what was left of the 400 block of north fulton street, eight row homes seven of them badly scorched by fire. the only place spared, the home jason mellow shares with his roommate an pet bull python. mellow watched the fire rage throughout night. >> see like a scary like a fire move back draft or something. yo, i never in my 30 -- i'm 30. i never seen a fire like that in my life. >> reporter: blaze was mid block around 8:00 thursday night and spread quickly outward in both directions from the third floor and roof area. the only casualty was a pet dog but nearly two dozen people