jonathan: when the clarksburg let's open on black friday, they were packed. >> a couple gave me $20 to park here. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local ed jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. michelle: in the month that it has been open, there has been one concert at the outlet mall in clarksburg -- traffic. is not just getting to the shops, shoppers are parking on nearby streets and people who live there are frustrated. >> our commute now instead of just seconds to 270 can be 15, 20 minutes on saturday. >> on our doors, can we give you $20 to park here? michelle: the outlet said they are working with the police and the county to ease congestion, especially around the holidays. jonathan: 7 on your side with a consumer alert. fiat chrysler says that its new minivan will get the equival

it is best to avoid clarksburg road right now. not a terrible work it. if you are traveling on 270, the northbound stretch looks great near father hurley all of our. toward father hurley boulevard. the northbound stretch of traffic, very heavy because we have the left lane blocked getting into d.c. or getting on the gw parkway. announcer: you are watching "abc 7 news at noon," on your side. abide byeryone has to the law, even santa claus. that is not sitting well with a few parents. santa was riding in the back of a fire truck in virginia when it was pulled over. there were complaints about the use of sirens. police said they had to use the siren -- they had to stop with the sirens, which ended the event, which angered some parents. >> it was two hours after a saturday evening, the weekend before christmas. was it that bad? jummy: santa's try versus the event had been planned for months, and the ad is still on the website. closer to home, the washington, d.c., firefighters association hosted a coats for kids event. brian van de graaff was there. in north

from clarksburg, john henry wusa9. >>> some walls in the area had extended hours this week in clarksburg premium outlets are open until 9:00 tonight. >>> a little more than three weeks until generation -- inauguration day president- elect donald trump looking to resolve conflicts of interest. he will spend the weekend is mar-a-lago country club in florida where he's been meeting with advisers finalizing staff picks and working to separate his business interests from his upcoming presidency. the president-elect said he would shut down his trump foundation but legally he can't dissolve it because the charity is under investigation byew japanese prime minister shih tzu maybe arrived in honolulu today and tomorrow he will join barack obama for an unprecedented ceremony at pearl harbor. he's the first sitting japanese leader to visit the site of the surprise attack that killed more than 2000 americans on december 7, 1941. is not expected to apologize but rather pay his countries respects to the victims. >>> president obama sending best wishes to those celebrating kwanzaa. the holiday starts t

he accidentally hit someone in clarksburg. i'm on my way back to the clarksburg site. i did not know if somebody called it in. my son was speeding and the person was jumping -- they jumped in front of the car. >> where's your son now? >> he's in germantown? >> mcdaniel was the music producer and the telling was a senseless death that should have been resolve contractually. >> it's official donald trump formally wins the presidency. they cast ballots today despite a small anti-trump backlash. ronica cleary is live in northwest with the story on this. hi, ronica. >> hey, jim, yes, it is normally uneventful day the day the electoral college cast their vote. but like you said a small group of people tried to make it a little more than that. now it started with a group of celebrities. they launched this #unite for america. now in it what they wanted to do is wanted to have electors not vote for trump those that needed to cast ballot for trump. i'll tell you a little background. give you information about this. basically when elector doesn't vote for the candidate they need

delays are from clarksburg to spur and frederick on down you're in for an hour delay simply because of very heavy volume. have patience there. we'll switch it over from a show what you you're up again. now a fatal crash involving tractor-trailer and multiple vehicles it's closing 70 eastbound it's closing off ramp 70 eastbound to 270 southbound. one lane 70 eastbound gets by the scene your best bet to get to 270 southbound this morning so many folks take 70 eastbound to 270 take 5 hook back to 270. look at backup 7 0 eastbound north of 40. huge slow downs you need well over hour toat out are loop jammed. delays back past 95 to route 1 now. two earlier crashes georgia and coalsdale. they're blocking shoulder now. it's a 35 minute delay and bw parkway southbound side jammed well north of boulder mill road to inside the beltway to 50. we had earlier crash by 410 blocking shoulder and as you head out to demascus 27 ridge way crash involveing a downed overturned in field causing huge delays both dreks 27. here's a look at 95 southbound crashing jammed back to 198 and then westbound for penn

. >> 5:0 gary right now volume picking up as you come down through clarksburg passing maryland 109, 270 southbound, 730 to clarksburg no delays to report and because of all that increased volume we may start to see slow downs. i'll keep you updated on that one. nobody side deep creek looking good. forwarding cameras. this a little pedal right here and i almost tripped and it's wednesday and i deposit i'll consider that a win. 95 to beltway to 14 street bridge great shape freeway east and westbound is also moving along lo bridge problem free in oxon hill coming from prince george county into vir vr i like what i'm seeing in terms of volume it's light and quiet. largo is problem free outer loop to bw parkway and inbound 410 to bladeensburg road it's quiteet. all the second aires looking good. we're problem free as you make your way outside the beltway looking good inside the beltway silver spring and 66 as you cruise to nutly street at speed metro on time except for safe track. back to you maureen and holly. >> time 5 o 08 a solemn day in connecticut. >> four years in fact since one of th

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he hit someone in clarksburg. shone here in the pink scarf. she called 911 telling dispatchers that her son had been in an accident. but prosecutors say it didn't happen that way. that he ran down the victim on purpose after a heated argument. >> e he never once, not once did he apologize to the family. >> a judge sentenced him to serve 18 yoorz in prison for second-degree murder. e he ran over william mcdaniel, a music producer and aspiring police officer with his car during a a dispute over music cds in clarksburg. then drove home without call in for help. >> reporter: prosecutor asked for a 30-year sentence. he's 23 years old and doesn't have a a prior record. she alsoa convinced that he meant to kill mcdaniels. barbara angelo is the grandmother. she's outraged he will be eligible for parole in nine years. >> 30 years and they are taking 18 away and that makes no sense. >> reporter: he didn't mean to kill his friend. he was having problems around the time of the murder and he was sorry. he said i hope and pray one day the mcdaniel family wi

. >>> chop canner 4 was up over a crash on clarksburg road near 270. a car drove off the road and flipped on to a corn field. pole figure out how that accident happened. the driver was not injured. . >>> police tell us they have nabbed some christmas grinchs who stole all these holiday packages. the packages snatched from the people's front porches. now officers are playing santa's helpers returning the gifts to the rightful owners. 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 th

he accidentally hit someone in clarksburg. i'm on my way back to the clarksburg site. i didn't know in somebody called it in. and my son was speeding and the person was -- they jumped in front of the card. >> where's your son now? >> he's in german town. >> prosecutors called the killing a senseless death that should have been resolved through a contract dispute. >> "fox5" is investigating the use of z.c. police body cameras for months now and tonight new footage is released and only after months of our persistence. so why is not the video made public. >> and talk about a last ditch efforts today is final chance for democrats to block donald trump's ascend answer to the white house. will it happen? no. back to you. >> that's for sure. we have to get you ready for the fact another thing that will happen and it will be a cold night tonight. we're already seeing temperatures in the 20s and 30s and we'll head for the teens late tonight. so that means if you are heading out to fedex wherein three hours and 20 minutes they'll kickoff against carolina panthers you want to be

i just got a phone call from my son, he accidentally hit someone in clarksburg. i'm ' on way back to the clarksburg site. i didn't know if somebody called it in. my son was speeding and the person -- they jumped in front of the car. where is your son now.. >> he's in germantown.ntow > prosecutors called the death a senseless situation over a contract dispute that shouldshou have been resolved pleasefully. fox5 in frederick county with the school syst students that went there between 2005 and 2006 may have had their personal information breached. fcps say it's hard to identify the source since the breachreac happened so long ago.happ if youen think you may have been expected we have more w information on our website fox5dc.com to help you out. d.c. mayor muriel bowser made some appointments today. chunk for health and human services and brenda mcdonald. the appointments will help her achieve an important goal to approve the health and the safety of the people of the district of columbia. how we use all of our strategies in the agencies of government to end homeles

through clarksburg we drop into the 30's but quickly recover as you get past that. jummy: coming up, and urgent warning for a holiday staple. a massive millions of food processors. gas prices are on the rise yet again. why the price increase and just how much it will cost you four a gallon. after a mild monday, temperatures are going to drop. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon on your side. jummy: return to a major recall involving a popular kitchen item , probably one you have right now. cuisinartes on some food processors can break apart and end david curley has the details. the maker of cuisinart announcing a major recall of more than 8 million food processors. >> these are in millions of american homes including my own. they are urging consumers to immediately stop using the blades, seeniveted here working properly and the infomercial. but those blades can crack over time, sending small metal pieces into your processed food. imagine having broken bit of a metal blade in your food and in your mouth. there are dozens of incidents of cuts to the mouth and broke

that moving over to a look onn clarksburg road that is alsod th closed due to fallen powerlen pe cables between frederick and lewis road.s freeway a crash at the case thec let's move over to somethingr to happy. the national tree lighting.ight the pageant of peace ceremony taking place today at 5:00.:0 we have several road closuresres in place to that kick in ask in early as 2:30 in the afternoonnn and our own shinily star annie n yu is out there with the very latest on the festivities this evening. >> reporter: good morning erin. good morning, everybody. it's just an exciting time in orter: thge nation's capornian excitg. we look forward to this eachac and every year. it's been going on for 94 9 tradition and we can't wait.d wt >>> it goes down at 5 o'clock tonight here on the ellipse atsa the president's park and this ai is a ticketed event so if youou don't have a ticket, you cant, u watch it on tv. we're going to stream it live lv on air and online. fox5dc.com is our web site andit of course fox5 news at 5:00 is i when you'll be able to see the flipping of the switch where this beau

issue here, not just because of the tunnels and all of that, but water has always been the issue in clarksburg. >> reporter: the california department of water resources and the u.s. bureau of reclamation released the report today. those who support water fix see this as an important step. we spoke to robin swanson with californians for water security via skpe. >> this is a [ indiscernible ] study called the grand compromise because there have been more than 600 public meetings, more than 40,000 comments, and more than 10 years of public study and review. >> reporter: governor jerry brown released this statement. quote, this project has been subjected to 10 years of detailed analysis and more environmental review than any other project in the history of the world." it is absolutely essential if california is to maintain a reliable water supply." the $15 billion proposed project would take water from the sacramento river as it enters the north delta and then divert it through two tunnels under the delta to government pumping plants. the report looks at the impact of the process. although the do

the clarksburg leesburg and potomac mills outlet close at 6:00. pentagon, fair oaks, all planning to close at 6:00. >> thouz sosand of american airs stewardesses say uniforms are making them sick, eye swelling, headaches, vertigo since uniforms issued in september. the our yunion president wants to stopper u eissuing. they have done three rounds of testing on packaging. and will do a fourth test. amelia back with more about our weather. everybody has plan for the weekend. we all want the exact timing of, when the rain is going to happen. what the temperatures are going to be like. all that. >> yeah, good news, talking about this earlier. if the temperatures stay above freezing, and it's looked like that all along. that continues to be the case. i say that, we don't want to be dealing with freezing rain over the holiday weekend. temperatures now coming in around 40 degrees. we're looking at near steady temperatures, overnight tonight. so as the the rain moves in. only dealing with showers. they'll arrive, 3:00, 5:00 a.m. they'll be over. pretty 11:

look at the new clarksburg premium outlet shopping center montgomery county one of many malls where shoppersng busy. many spent the day making returns and using gift cards they got for christmas and also taking advantage of great postholiday sales.>> i'm just out here like everyone else trying to find a deal and christmas specials and brought the grandkids with us and they've done some >> national retail federation said it expects more people to shop for the after christmas sales this year than last year. if you're looking to recycled gifts you know you won't use amazon wants to help you. the online retailer is partnering with goodwill to help you donate christmas gifts you don't want. all you have to do is find an empty box and fill it with clothing or things you want to donate, download and print a shipping label and drop it off at the post office. amazon will deliver it to the nearest goodwill for free. >>> we have an article on that with the information on our wusa9 app. >>> today is one year since a string of deadly tornadoes went through north texas and the ef4 twister slammed into a b

there's been one constant at the new outlet mall in clarksburg -- traffic. and it's not just issue. shoppers are parking on nearby streets -- and people who live there, are frustrated. in a statement, the outlet said it's working with police and the county to ease congestion, especially during the holidays. ring in the hol washington is giving away tickets to six flags holiday in the park. watch to win - coming up at 6:41 this morning. again - that call in time is 6:41. it's 5: and time for first of december - dry & cool for national christmas tree lighting tonight - chilly weekend ahead - next best chance for rain comes tuesday today: partly cloudy to mostly sunny. cooler & breezy. highs: 53-56 winds: w 10-15 g 25 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. cold. lows: 30-38 winds: w 5-10 mph highs: 48-53 winds: w 5-15 mph it was homecoming last night for wizards head coach of the christmas tree in rockefeller center. mayor bill de blasio did the honors, lighting up the 94-foot norway spruce with more than 50-thousand lights! the 84th annual ceremony included performacnes by neil d

there's been one constant at the new outlet mall in clarksburg -- traffic. and it's not just getting to the oulet shops that's an issue. shoppers are also parking on nearby residential streets. the people who live there, are getting very frustrated and the holiday shopping season is not helping. in a statement, the outlet said it's working with police and the county to ease congestion, especially during the holidays. if you are planning to go a little overboard this holiday season-- then this is something you need to know. according to the 33rd annual pnc wealth management christmas price index-- the items from the 12 days of christmas will cost you a little more this year. what does that mean? well-- if you were to actually buy..... 12 ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking.. seven swans a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, 5 golden rings...... 4 calling birds, 3 french hens.. 2 turtle doves.. plus a partridge and a pair tree (which must be bought separately)... it would cost you more than 156-thousand dollars. and experts say thats more than 11-hundred dollars m

this happened on i-270 near the clarksburg outlets earlier this month. it all started out as a routine traffic stop. 53-year-old steve tosey was driving a minivan doing 66 in a 55. >> the officer who made the arrest said when he stopped tosey, he smelled marijuana. later tosey admitted to hauling the marijuana. >> he was pretty straightforward about how much he had in the car. documents, tosey said he was coming from pittsburgh and was headed to virginia beach. he says he really doesn't have an address. he finds different places to live for weeks at a time. >>> 4:57 now. everything should be back to normal on the southwest airlines website and app. the airline's 30-year-old reservation system went dark yesterday morning. according to "the wall street journal," the airline is allowing people to fly through today to change plans if needed without a penalty. this was a second outage for southwest since july. >>> and u.s. safety regulators are looking at dozens of claims from drivers who say their vehicles are rolling away after they're parked. the investiga

this happened on december 5th during a traffic stop on i-270 south near clarksburg. a 15-year veteran cop pulling over the driver of a black minivan and right away smelled pot. >> once i opened that up, it was breathtaking, and i have never seen that much before. i have seen it in pictures, but never in person. >> the officer quickly arrested the van's driver. 53-year-old stephen tosey from los angeles. he hopped from one airb another. he said he was taking this batch of weed from pittsburgh to virginia beach. he's been charged with possession with the intent to distribute. >>> more than 75 firefighters were on the scene of a house fire in rockville tonight, and everyone got out okay, but look at the flames. with retold this was a house on pasture brookway, and crews found heavy fire spreading through the house. it's out now, and investigators are trying to figure out what started it. >>> in prince george's county, central high school is created a student advisory team to deal with conflicts after a fight was caught on camera. >>> the december 16th incident pitted th

anotheroh case and that happened back on december 13th.mb two 17-year-olds were arrestedd near clarksburg high school. soo they were a stolen car and had also been snagging packages from home a third juvenile whoew was driving is also expected exc to be charged in that case.as police invited victims to come claim that of some of theseat oe stolen items today. o they range in pricing af ndthstd size.ze there was large care evenn expensive ugg boots. boots we spoke main wh pair of snow boots at thef sn station and aow woman who w retrieved a wallet she had s h purchased for her husband for christmas.stma they were very relieved to get g their stuff back in time for the holiday.oliday >> amazon told me it had been delivered.de i checked on monday i'm thought it was a mistake until i got a call fromas t ahe police department saying they hadeyad recovered some stuff and i wasme really excited that i was able to get iting.to get iting. >> i was surprised and very andy happy because i believe ourel o police officers have done aon awesome job because it'se b be really quick, yeah, it was --as- it

truc heading downk to the spur to s get onto the beltway from 70 fm past the truck scales into clarksburgcohandveitions, no congestion yt slowing us down and we'rende' crash free. f northbound traffic just as quiet. quiet. as we look at our maps we'll show was else you're facing.ein quiet through cheverly no, problems in the district. new york avenue lookingms i gn g in northwest we're quiet.re qui we'll keep you updated on your r commute and let you know if i metro pops up with any delays. . back to you maureen reason wisdom. >> a murder investigation under way after manurder was fs dead early this morning. mornin. >> let's get right to annie yu live for us at t the details. what can you tell us? can >> reporter: good morning wisdom and maureen.orter:reen well, we know that policeole we're get something newt information, we thought thatn, w the police had got a callal shortly after 2 o'clock forlockf the shooting but we're nowre hearing from the pio that theyt actually came across the bodyy shortly after 2 o'clock here'cle at the 2700 block of cole of col brook drive in temple hillsempl

the victim in this case william mcdaniel in clarksburg and the two men got in an argument over cds and the argument ended with him hitting mcdaniel with his car and driving away.>>> we know the names of two of the people who died in that 67 vehicle pileup that happened on i-95 in baltim ore. they are alfredo a 38-year-old man from mount rainier and a 54- year-old from edgewood. during the pileup a tanker truck went off a bridge during the wintry weather saturday morning and the driver of the truck died in the crash. that person has not yet been identified. >>> same-day passes were snatched up in a few minutes this morning at the national museum of african history and culture. >> last week the museum announced it was changing its same-day policy to avoiding people having to line up in the cold to get into the museum. it's offering a limited number of walk-up visitor tickets after 1:00 monday depending on the crowd. >>> just getting started on wusa9 news at 5:00. questions and criticism tonight over the deputy who shot and killed a man outside a fairfax hospital.>>> frigid temperatures c

by the time you hit the clarksburg area, everything is nice and clear. southbound. northbound has a little bit of a delay, kind of near mon troes. nothing being reported. again, we're going to update you on that problem, 95 southbound tom, i've got to tell you, it helps that the rain is out of the way it's still wet. it's going take a while for things to dry out as we see rain pulling to the east of the bay. we have lingering sprinkles breaking up as we're heading south and east and clouds breaking as well. that's going to help to dry the pavement. it's still going to be damp. at least the sidewalks and many of the roads for another couple of hours. to climb into the low 50s by mid afternoon. your four things to know for the workweek ahead. sunshine later today, more rain tomorrow could get up to an inch tomorrow and colder weather moves in by friday. your bus stop forecast, that's coming up in about ten minutes. >> 5:32. michigan will begin its recount. a federal judge issued an order late last night to delay the hand counting of about donald trump defeated hillary

inner loop and outer loop, you there's also a problem at clarksburg road. otherwise no major issues right now. i am seeing a problem on the green line. they've broken down a work unit. did you do that, chuck bell? >> no. >> i need a little help this morning. >> not taking the heat at all. if it was weather related, maybe. i otherwis responsibility, hopefully you got at least some of the rain fall needed in your backyard. 60s to 70s. rainfalls varied wildly. meanwhile dulles airport, almost an inch and a third. that was the daily rainfall. here's radar. north and west. the colder air is still lagging a good bit behind. the cold front itself has already gone by. the winds have turned out to the west and northwest, but the colder air itself is going to wait until we get into the daylight hours before it starts to filter in. by 10:00 this morning, skies mostly sunny around here. maybe a few extra clouds out toward frostburg and morgantown. mid-50s around the city right now. there are 40s in the shenandoah valley. afternoon temperatures even with sunshine, strug

. >> that's 39 beds for nearly 4,000 inmates processed at clarksburg last year who had mental health concerns. >> the beds are just woefully inadequate. we don't want to maintain these people in the jail. >> reporter: to get them out of the jail and prevent individuals with mental health issues from becong montgomery county is joining hundreds of courts au cross the country by launch mental health court to focus those who routinely break the law and wind up before a judge who until now had few options. the options are prison or jail. release into the community but with a strong support system. instead of reporting to a probation officer, they will report back to the judge. >> probation agents respect psychiatrists or heavy case loads. >> there are courts in our area that have been used in the model. coming up at 6:00, how the mental health court will work and who will qualify for it. from inside the new mental health court, i'm mark segraves, news 4. >>> baltimore released body camera footage of a shooting from black friday. this video shows the officer's perspective as they respond

earlier this month near clarksburg, police stopped a man with 250 pounds of marijuana in his van. he was headed from pittsburgh to virginia, investigator says. >> in this part of the country in the northeast, drugs typically run north to south. interstate 95, north to south. >> former trooper and transit officer neil franklin. >> the cartels and other major organizations, crime they know this so they ship a little more knowing it's going to be intercepted and what they want to arrive in new york or miami or baltimore city or philadelphia, it arrives. >> reporter: if i-95 and highways are a hot spot for drug trafficking they are growing hotter. a e review of state records by news 4 shows the number of drug arrests by u state police troopers has jumped by hundreds just this year. >> those things that a human can't. >> the agency's canine unit including brian herb are part of a large number of those busts. >> it's in every county. it's everywhere. >> canines are an important tool for fighting a crime that's difficult to see through the windshield. when state police placed a small bag

clarksburg, 8 miles per hour out of the northwest. the feel like factor in haymarket virginia is 18. 6 is what it feels like right now. this is all live data currently coming in. we are bringing in the latest information. betweeneratures riding 28 and 38, the actual air temperature. with all the blustery conditions, it is feeling much colder and more intense. you will need to cover up throughout the day that by 6:00, the temperature drops to 24 degrees. the windchill will go from the teens in the afternoon to single-digit easily during the late afternoon and evening. temperature 27 degrees. comparable temperature, but with less wind, not quite the bite that we will have to deal with today at high temperature on saturday, going up to 54 that is an umbrella because it looks like there will be somewhat weather. with early rain and the forecast, that system comes in, temperatures will be rising in the upper 20's to low 30's. between friday night and saturday morning is when there could be some icy conditions. we will talk more about this

for stealing these items which were left in packages at homes in german town and clarksburg. police notified the residents who had packages stolen and today invited them to come to the germantown station to have their gifts personally delivered. >> i really appreciate it. >> this is the first time we lost a package. >> this man had ordered winter boots and wondered why they didn't arrive. >> we have a new development to report. two more juveniles were arrested this afternoon. when they were observed by a montgomery county police officer allegedly stealing packages from three homes here in the germantown area. that's the latest live from montgomery county. 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

police found one man driving 250 pounds of marijuana on i-270 near clarksburg. they found it in his van after a traffic stop. a big bust but not a state troopers found all 347 pounds of marijuana stuffed inside a box truck headed north on i-95 and 20 kilos and $30,000 cash on i-70 in howard county. people trying to move them. >> it's a billion dollar industry. they are spending all day every day trying to find ways to defeat police officers on the road that e we can't locate it. the region's heroin epidemic could be fueling the increase. but isn't doing so alone. >> they are also a drug of choice throughout the state of maryland. we do seize a lot of marijuana. >> reporter: police records show an arrest on highways in the long time transit officer and neil franklin says the increases are an indication more drugs are eventually making it into local neighborhoods. >> the resources that we put on our system in this state were still only intercepting a very, very small percentage of the drugs that are being transported on the highways. >> reporter: law enforcement i

the ramp, southbound's to let speed looks great, coming from frederick, continuing back into from clarksburging great, pushing north towards woodbridge. the 58 minute commute is great southboundontinuing , only a 5995 split minute commute headed to the south. planning on heading out of town for the holiday? now is the time to go. metro is checking in this morning with delays on the orange, blue, and so the line. that was due to some earlier police investigation it capitol south. that's the cap -- that's the traffic watch. jummy? autria: thank you so much. a manhunt over the genetic and for the international search for a truck attack in berlin. >> m scott taylor, look at what you have in front of you if you townave -- heading out of this weekend. wow, it gets bigger and bigger. mymy cookie exchangeripled. is super competitive. mine too. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. that's my giant. >> now, "good morning washington," on your side. we beg

got at least ave quiet start, but clarksburg, 36 degrees right now.the cooler conduct -- cooler places. herndon, a few high clouds holding, 40, 46, temple hills, .oming in it 42 barely very light winds currently out of the west and northwesbe from the 60's yesterday to 20 degrees lower today, 45 to 46 with sunshine here throughout the day. this time tomorrow we will be tracking some rain and your best chances between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m., that is the bar going way up. even a moderate chance of showers after 2 a.m. tomorrow morning. in those early morning hours there might be some other wet spots. we will get some wind tomorrow. over 35 mileay, winds, strong winds going lower, really bringing down the windchill values. coldness to wap up work week. we will talk about that and the look of the weekend, hey, we're going to ring in the new year. jummy: breaking overnight, a wisconsin mall evacuated after a shooting threat. reports of a gunman but no one was ever found. the in country. police say that they do not believe the incidents are connected. larry: an

the scene, i-270 southbound just past the clarksburg outlet. the pulls over a guy. driving a mini van. the guy is doing 66 in a 55. now normally you might be able to talk your way out of that one. but as the officer gets close to the van, he smells marijuana. the driver says he just smoked a joint and the joint was in the ashtray. that it leads to more questions. and some revealing answers. >> did you ask him if you have more marijuana that question? >> initially, he said a little bit. i said what does that mean, and he said about a pound or two or maybe more. when he said more, i asked what that means. and he responded about 100 pounds. >> reporter: it wasn't just 100 pounds of pot. turns out it was about 250 pounds of pot with a street value of hundreds of thousands of dollars. charged in the case, 53-year-old steve tosi. so where was this guy from? where was he headed? and where does he live? more on that, coming up at 6:00. back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. >>> a serious breach of trust is how the principal is describing the arrest of a school employee. a

that is typical. 270 through clarksburg a slow-go as you head northbound. a cold day but not terrible out there today. doug: not at all. the temperatures in the 40's. but the time we get to thursday it will feel like the middle of winter. in minnesota. >> that is what it will feel like here. we have snow over western p.a. the next five or six hours the western zone could see a flake or two. we will see the clearing before sunrise. partly sunny tomorrow. 29 in germantown. 31 in manassas. 34 in largo. through the day tomorrow it's breezy early but the wind of the day with the clouds and the sun. clouds will become a little lower and thicker tomorrow evening ahead of the polar front. here is the temperature scheme across the eastern part of the country. look at washington. 43, 26, 27 for a high. areas north and west are colder. then we factor in the wind chills for the next few days. get this. the wind chill tomorrow is 38. 7 for thursday afternoon and warming to 30 on friday. we'll have more in the 6:00 hour. alison: thank you. a year ago a photo of an afghan

a black minivan sped by the cruiser along i-270 in clarksburg. stopped the van.d the wheel. the odor of pot potent. >> it blew my mind. >> he searched the van and found 250 pounds of pot vacuum sealed and bundled. the estimated street value $13 million. >> once i opened it up, it was breath-taking. i had never seen that much. >> steven tosi lives in "l," he admit -- he lives in los angeles he admitted to picking it up in pittsburgh. he was headed to virginia beach where he planned to drop off the drugs at an unknown address. tosi is divorced and claims to be self-employed as a medical distributor making $30,000 a year. >> when we cot back to the station, there was a small celebration given. i don't think anyone had seen that much marijuana personally. >> he is locked up here because the judge denied him bond. the alleged drug trafficker is facing up to 30 years in prison. >> uber is going uh-oh and apologizing for $28,000 pricing error. a philadelphia's woman blocked an attempt to pay the charge for a ride and uber is admitting it made a mistake. uber has enginee

this is a low ride h 270 southbound from delays from german town to 121 in clarksburg. the travel lanes are open. we are slow to make a trip to the frederick corridor. no reports of issues. no issues now on the i-95 if you are making a ride southbound besides delays. travel on the road. delays southbound to newington to the fairfax county parkway to stafford county. northbound delay for folks from 610 to the fairfax county parkway as well. folks traveling here to college park is an inner loop delay from 195 to take you around to richie marlboro road. 395, we had an earlier stall southbound near the camera shot. we are moving at the speed. northbound and southbound. but the sun glare is slowing folks down south to the beltway. back to you in the studio. q: all right. well, 7 is on storm watch. a man in north dakota is having fun with the snow in front of his house. look at this. he decided to see how far he could go in the snow drift. pretty far. the state is hammered with 16 inches of snow to leave thousands of people without power. i am so happy we haven't seen that. m

she is in clarksburg with that part of the story. >> brian: it has been 48 hours of hard work for road crews across the region. focusing along 270. the preparation is underway. at the premium outlet salt slathered across parking spaces as the last-minute shoppers try to get out ahead of mother nature. the road crews have been busy. crews have been pretreating for two days to lay down a salt brine mixture on the already cold roads. salty streets noticeable on the beltway today. in virginia, more than 5,000 lane miles pretreated and 1,100 pieces of equipment will be out on the >> snow, we plow out of the way. something we are good at. the operators know how to do well. the ice gets tricky. brianne: the head of the d.c. department of public works says the cold temperatures in the last two days means anything that falls will likely stick so the city will deploy 200 trucks from midnight until noon tomorrow to wipe away the winter weather. >> give the crews some space. don't crowd the plow. brianne: what we have heard from the jurisdictions is that. you don't have to be out on the roads betw

tocci was pulled over for speeding in 70 clarksburg t occi is charged with possession of drug trafficking>> opportunity to give the get of life a blood drive held in honor of officer noah liotta. he was killed last year. the drive will be held montgomery county public safety headquarters in game rzburg that will happen today 8:00 to:00 this afternoon. and give the gift of life at the officer noah lee at amemorial blood drive on december 21. >> -- c. mayor muriel bowser will break ground to honor one of gaithersburg son's. >> it will have a playground, basketball court and park. >> suburban chicago man is suing mcdonald's snrawnts two illinois counties. he claims the cheese burger extra value meals are actually more expensive than when the items are purchased separately. the manziel bundling two cheeseburgers medium french fries and drink is 4 more than buying them individually. he says the lawsuit is about principle. >> or you could just not go to mcdonald's. >> or buy them individually. >> or just move on with your life. that's one of the sillest things i ever heard. >> wasting time real

abc7's transportation reporter brianne carter in clarksburg, maryland. they have had a busy day out there. brianne: yeah. you can see here from behind us, a bit of a packed par this is what we have noticed. they have the salt down here on the parking lot already. so across the parking spaces. as you mentioned, it's because the folks will try to do this. hit the roads. here along 270 early tomorrow morning. to try to get out. that is exactly what the department of the transportation all across our region are urging folks not to do. they have been pretreating the roads for the past two days. wi expect to see a lot of crews out as early as 9:00 tonight, prestaging ahead of what mother nature brings. in maryland, the state highway administration is pretreating with brine, the cold temperatures. that works best. not the rock salt on the roads. the brine on the roads, you may have seen it along the beltway. they will be prepared as they move the crews in this evening. a similar situation in virginia and in the district. where today we talk with the department

it happened on december 5 in clarksburg. police pull over 57 year old steven toss i for speeding. officer who made the arrest asked us not to show his face. once i approached the vehicle i can detect the odor of freshf marijuana emanating from it.g fr i asked the sole occupant to exit. he admitted to having approximately 100 pounds ofimat marijuana insideel the vehicle. once we got it out thereere actually ended up being closer to 250 pounds of marijuana inside. > toss i is being held withoutt bond. florida could soon be out of af job because he shot and killed a would be robber. it happened sunday morning. a dodge caravan cut off the uber driver near a mall.l. the driver got with a gun and tried to rob the uber drive, the uber driver had his own gun and a permit toermi carry so he defended himself. the uber driver had a firearm of his own. he fired off four rounds and hit subject who was pronounced deceased at the scene. police questioned both the uber driver and the passenger.pass the driver is not expected topet face charges. however, he did violate uber's gun policy by having

. >> that was near clarksburg. this 15 year veteran of the force set up a speed trap, he pulled over the driver of a black mini van and right away smelled pot. >> once i opened that up it was breathtaking. i've never seen that much before. >> these bundles make up a million dollars of marijuana. these are the pictures just released by police. >> this was my officer. >> the officer arrested the van's driver. he is steven tony of los angeles. he hops from one airbnb to another. tony told detectives he was taking this batch from pittsburgh to virginia beach. >> it was brazen for him to think he'd be able to drive around such a far distance and not get pulled over the whole time. >> police will not say if 270 has become a new drug corridor. all of this is still under investigation. >> tony has been charged with possession with intent to distribute as well as a bunch of other charges. this is a felony, he will be prosecuted locally. >>> a 25-year-old suitland man is charged with posses distributing child pornography. in

it happened along 270 in clarksburg. here's how it went down.own. the police pulled the man overth for speeding. they smelled marijuana.arij they searched the vehicle and ended up finding 250 pounds of marijuana. he is charged with possession and drug trafficking. city council members in the district voted to approve a bill that offers the most generous family paid leave in the country. it gives ate weeks of paid leave,si sick parent. the bill calls for d.c..c. businesses to pay a new tax too accommodate the benefits. that tax did not pass. did we don't want to giveaway the whole legislative package yetaca but there will be a lot of things to focus on and we're going to try to stop bad things from happening in the legislature. larry hogan keeping things clost to the vest. he did open up where he sees an opportunity to work closely with the in coming trim administration.ad ronica, a lot to talk about. >>reporter: governor agents called it the road kill bill. its controversial legs that hogan is set to repeal in 2017.0 according to hoag than a, the bi

the september 2015 fight left william mcdaniel dead outside of his clarksburg home.ty reporter kevin lewis explains why mcdaniel's family is so upset. >> he took my grandson. he was supposed to become a police officer. kevin: standing in court, guilty of breaking a key commandment, christian rapper ryan "ry money" salandy claimed stress and anxiety plowed him to plow down his -- anxiety caused him to plow down his music producer. >> not once did he apologize to the family. >> mcd jobs including private security dreamed of becoming a k7 police officer. >> he is gone forever. he can't get married. he can't have a girl. hi will have no babies. nothing. kevin: on the fateful day, salandy hit the gas. 45-mile-per-hour. no brakes. no swerving. just impact. the damage to his saab hood, roof and windshield convey the deadly consequence. >> he hunted him down that day. kevin: mcdaniel's dad believes that salandy intended to kill his son. a text sent one day before the murder reading, "i'm going to blank you up when i see you." >> one of our plans was to go to west virginia. t

>>> just weeks ago police say they found one man driving 250 pounds of marijuana on i-270 near clarksburg, they said they found it in his van. a big bust, but not a rare one. leonard thompson pled guilty and was o trafficking drug in prince george's county. cops say they found six kilos in his pickup. >> 470 pounds of marijuana in a truck and -- >> people trying to move them are creative. >> the narcotics industry, they're spending all day every day trying to find ways to defeat the police officers on the road. that we can't locate it. >> maryland state police corporal brian hirsh and his canine are part of the team that stops drug haulers and have arrested hundreds more people for drugs this year than in 2015 and hirsch said the region's heroin epidemic could be fueling the increase. >> marijuana is a drug of choice throughout the state of maryland and we do seize a lot of marijuana. >> news4's view of virginia state police records shows a an increase of drug highways in the commonwealth. neil franklin says the increases are an indication that more drugs could get into local neighborhood

beltway blocked with reports of crash take a look there and as you make your way out 270 volume 70 to clarksburgline normal service on the raildz and keep you posted on commuter on dmv. back to you guys. >> moving 'shakeing in one d.c. naind and melanie alnwick has that next. >> literally shaking right and on strike a push for higher wages. this is the scene at reagan national airport now where workers plan to gather any minute now. 6:27. once again, this wondrous thing called "luck" shines on a new day. where will it shine today? who will feel its embrace? no one knows for sure. its arrival is as inevitable as dawn. ♪♪ >> welcome back. a live look at the white house. maybe it's a late night at the white house. not sure. nonetheless that's what's going on in our area dmv is it 35 degrees, 35? tuck? 8 degrees. tongueer and erin will be along shortly with weather and traffic. welcome back to fox news morning. first right now at 6:30 breaking news to tell you about right now. just in the last couple minutes donald trump transit

clarksburg, leesburg, potomac mills outlet stores close at 6:00, and pentagon city, westfield montgomery, and pharaoh's malls all closing at 6:00 tomorrow. we have a lot more information about shopping hours on our nbc washington app. >> all right, so have you ever dup this, borrow a book from the library and forget to return it on time? mark segraves has a story of what happened when a man returned a couple books to a local library that were decades overdue. >> it was here at the twin brook library in the early 1970s, john kramer's parents checked out two books. the new way of the wilderness, and 365 meatless main dishes. last month, kramer found those books in his parents' ontario home. he calculated the late fees at 5 days, and sent the twin brook library a letter with a check for $1,552.30. >> this was so unique because such a period of time passed. and what was so wonderful about it was they didn't really need to do this. >> by phone, kramer told news 4 the books hold special meaning for his family because the wilderness book is part of the reason his family bought a home in the isl

this happened on i-270 near the clarksburg outl e routine traffic stop. 53-year-old steve tosey was driving a minivan doing about 66 miles an hour in a 55 zone. officer rob sheehan made the arrest. when he topped tosey he smelled marijuana. after questioning him, tosey admitted to hauling that pot. >> he was calm, surprisingly. he was straightforward with us on the stop about how much he had in the car. >> now according to court documents, tosey said he was coming from pittsburgh and headed to virginia beach. he says he really doesn't have an address. he finds different places to live for weeks at a time. >>> and this is a scary story for anybody with children. deputies in indiana said they discovered a little girl was regularly locked up inside a box. >> it's horrific. take a look at the size of the box there. look how small it is. it was lined only with a dirty blanket and a pad. the sheriff's office was kept inside for evenings and extended periods of time. sometimes she was even locked inside that box. >> what kind of health issues are my grandkids going to have later in the future beca

northbound side backed up allbad the way passed clarksburg road.. hop off at 121.n if you're taking 355 or 270 north give yourself 30 extre minutes to get through inghn clarksburg rotor passed 80.d 80. southbound side little bit off rubberneck delay passed opens up from 121 on down. dow rest of your morning commuteng m very quiet delay free on the rails as well.rail back to you. >> 8:37 is the time. tennis star serena williams wlim making a big announcement onn social immediate y did you heare about it. >> must see movies 2016.01 fox5's kevin mccarthy has the list in the box beat. b back after this.ck aft this. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ yup. a lot of people coming♪ to this area to see this mural on momma ayesha's restaurant.urt. >> 2009 they put it up.t u they definitely have room to ado somebody else to the mural. but -- but -- >> started with eisenhower.rtedi president obama.. but no president-elect donald trump apparently. they're saying it's not in thei. budget much that'sng t ihet' ofl party line but, yeah, i see a little space right there. >> want to have six people oneoo bot

another back on december 13th, 213, 17-year-olds were arrested aes near clarksburg high school.oo they were a stolen car and had been snagging packages from homes. a third juvenile who wase w driving is also expected to betb charged in that case. cas police have been working toorkit return the items which flanchhic pricing and size. there waspr a large chair chair expensive ugg boots.expe we spoke with man who pickedh mc up a pair of boots at the at station here today and a womanon who retrieved a wallet thatallet she had purchased fohe husband for christmas. christma. they were quite relieved toelie get their stuff back.ack >> told me that it had been hadb delivered and i checked on i chd monday and i thought it was a mistake until i got a call a c from a police department.epartmn i was glad i was able to get t iting. >> i was surprised and very happy because ias sur believe oe police officers have done an awesome job because it'som really quick, yeah, it was --as- it happened like two days agos o and they got it already. alrdy >> there's a couple thingspl t that you can do. you can h

northbound i 270 from earlier truck fire in clarksburg but once we get past that smooth sailing and norths you head to germantown and gaithersburg on i 270 towards capital beltway. noysh use through montgomery and fair fair ach on the beltway and finally cleared crash on inner loop at pennsylvania avenue. lane have been reopened and those delays are getting bette better. suzanne, back to you. >> thanks, angela, you can get more traffic, news and weather updates on news channel. have a great weekend oh, how waso good!en house? look. 800 square feet, 1 bedroom, hardwood floors, 15 minute ride to work. dude! dude! i know! your credit score must be amazing. my credit score? how do i check? credit karma. it's free. that's great! that's super easy. um hm. that's a credit score. just whip bam boom, it's done. check out credit karma today. credit karma. give yourself some credit. eyes over there, dude. this apartment's hers. mine... thank you. ♪ just want to make you feel good ♪ [ applause ] ♪ >>> this friday morning, are you ready to count down to the new year? >> yes, of co