tonight another investigation of a d.c. police officer. sources tell me police served a search warrant at the officer's home today and allegedly removed several cellphones, marijuana, and a laptop computer. a missing 15-year-old girl was also found with the officer after they tracked her cellphone here. police sources tell me they're looking for inappropriate images on the seized devices. neighbors are stunned. >> did you ever think that there was something suspicious? >> i mean, yeah, everybody does you look at him, by him being the age he is and the women he brought in there look a little young. >> in an unrelated case just yesterday a d.c. police officer was arrested and charged with production of child pornography while on duty. >> now, the officer in this latest case has not been charged but he has been taken off the streets while this investigation continues. he is a 24-year veteran. now, we knocked on his door tonight and no one answered. live here in southeast d.c., i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> tonight new details following a deadl

within the d.c. police force and how much of it can you speak tribute to bad apples or bad actors that might exist in any police force. i think the problem is that there are undoubtedly bad apples and bad actors in you know in anywhere you go but if they're not held to account for misbehavior then it becomes an institutional problem and in d.c. this problem was exposed in two thousand and eight where it was discovered as part of a lawsuit that half the time people were complaining about sexual assault cases police wouldn't even bother writing that down supposedly the police change their practices but my research took place three years afterwards and i found that still a lot of cases were being classified as office information cases or they weren't they weren't even being considered rapes and investigated at all they were just closed at the time the victim reported given what you've learned about the d.c. police force on this issue is it reasonable to assume other police forces around the country have simila

the d.c. police chief says she's proud of the other officers who worked tirelessly to bring those charges. still tonight, there are those who question the investigation. for more than one week now, d.c. police have been investigating two of their own involving officers accused of inappropriate conduct with juveniles. some residents are skeptical about the out of him. >> i don't trust them to investigate themselves. who watches the watchers? marce body of officer washington was pulled out of the water. he was just released in home detention after being charged of making child porn. the veteran officer made his first court appearance. underageith camping girls. police began their investigation a week ago after getting a tip an underage girl was in his home. many we spoke to were divided over whether the current scandal has made them lose faith in the department. >> it's never just one person. it's the people who cover. branch dismiss a whole that protects and it's kind of silly. >> you have to wonder w

a d.c. policeect shot tonight on queens street in northeast, both of them in the hospital. officers from the gun recovery unit were out on queens street just after 9:00 tonight. a shootout started with the suspect. it's not clear what led to the gunfire. police are not releasing the officer's condition but they say he is conscious and breathing. the suspect's condition is not known. >>> police hope this cellphone video will lead to an arrest after a black friday brawl here at the annapolis mall. 17-year-old girl says a woman approached her at the victoria's secret store and accused her of assault and the suspect started throwing punches. another person joined in knocking the teen to the ground and hitting her in the head. the victim says she's never seen the two women before. >>> it's a controversial tactic used by some stores to prevent shoplifting, suspected shoplifters held inside the store and then asked to pay a fine to avoid getting sued. lots of stores do it and it's perfectly legal. a woman

. >>> right now more problems for the d.c. police department as another one of its officers finds himself under investigation. the accusations he now faces. >>> plus, another day of lunch tame disruptions ahead as fast food workers walk off the job. the local restaurants being targeted by protesters. good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thus, december 5, 2013. 4:26 outside our studios. 56 degrees. pretty warm out there. hi, amelia. >>> good morning, richard and eun. dealing with some fog this morning. everybody will likely be dealing with a little bit throughout the morning hours but some dense fog right now reported over the eastern shore, annapolis and areas back to the west like martinsburg. areas of fog and drizzle l will be around until about 10:00, 11:00 a.m. as eun noted, it is a mild start that will be a warm day. the warmest day in about ten it's. and temperatures will soar, i guess you could say, on into the mid-60s for highs. right now we're in the low 50s. 53 in washing

d.c. police officer accused of wrongdoing tonight and this time it's a 5th district officer charged with trying to kill his wife. >> 45-year-old d.c. police officer samson lawrence is charged with beating his wife with a metal lamp post in the head so badly they have a he was trying to kill her. -- they say he was trying to kill her. it was the sunday before thanksgiving and a fight over missing screws to hang a tv turned vicious and violent. prince george's county attorney spokesperson says the 23 year veteran of the force sprayed lysol in his wife's face and challenged her. say one more expletive word i dare you. you know you are scared. she escaped to another part of the house when lawrence allegedly picked up the lamp and hit her five or six times. court papers say he said this. i'm going to finish it right now. d.c. police say lawrence was hired back in 1990 when they allegedly had lowered standards to get a lot of people hired quickly at that time. also in that class was officer linwood bar

. >>> in the meantime that d.c. police officer charged in that shocking child pornography case has been ordered released to electronically monitored home detention, but that hour has been stayed for 20 hour hours so prosecutors can appeal. >> the search warrant was issued today to scour the cell phone and police officer of 7th district police officer marc washington who was charged monday with allegedly using his police powers to coerce a 15- year-old run-away girl to submit to sexually explicit photographs. washington apparently told the girl he needed the pictures to identify her if she ever left home again. prosecutors say there is evidence that at least three other girls may have been abused in similar fashion. >>> right now police are investigating a second officer for possible sexual misconduct. >> federal documents unsealed in court today revealed d.c. police are investigating that other officer who is accused of running a prostitution ring out of his southeast d.c. apartment. they searched that part. but have yet t

d.c. police department. >> two trophies up for grabs. >> a double dose of championship high school football in both maryland and the district. >>> a live look outside right now, the cold rain has been falling all night, but in about 36 hours it's going to be a whole other story. >> first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us from the weather center. sounds like if you want to get out and about, saturday is the day. >> that is indeed the day. we've got a winter storm watch for the entire area for sunday and sunday night primarily for sleet and freezing rain. the exception for the watch would be calvert and st. mary's county and the northern neck, although i think you'll see a brief period of sleet and freezing rain. don't be lulled into a false sense of security because we were 69 yesterday and fairly warm today. we've seen it throughout the midwest and southern plains states. ice storms can follow very warm temperatures especially with this kind of arctic air. showers right now and rain

there have been reports it may be connected to the investigation of a d.c. police officer. police could not confirm that. the body of an adult male, serious condition pulled from the body this evening. >> if we get any new information during the newscast, we will bring that to you. >>> also tonight no more snow. just get ready for the arctic blast. >> that's right of first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is in the weather center with a check on schools tomorrow morning. >> everything that melted today is pretty much a sheet of ice tonight. let's start with the computer and temperatures. most folks are below freezing. in fact, we have some 20s, 26 in martinsburg, 27 in frederick, 30 in gaithersburg and downtown we're flirting with 32, 33 and 21 toward manassas. that may be a little bit low. here's the deal. it's just going to be very cold tonight, 23 in rockville, 24 bethesda, 21 fairfax, 22 sterling. not only do you have to be careful driving when the roads look wet because they're frozen, that's black ice, you got to slow down, but you have to be careful walking gett

sources say other officers may be investigated, including his roommate who is also a d.c. police officer. now as far mark washington, we are waiting on the medical examiner for cause of manner and death. police have not said how he has died. as for barnhill, he will spend if next few nights in jail. his attorney ask he be kept separated from the general population at the jail until that court date. reporting live, mark segraves, news 4. and it will be february before we hear anything about a case that involving a missing teenager from virginia. 17-year-old alexis murphy. she disappeared in august in the charlottesville area. and today the judge approved a gag order request from the prosecutor in the trial of randy taylor who is charged in connection with her abduction. the prosecutor said he did that to ensure a fair trial. taylor is set to stand trial in february. authorities still haven't found alexis murphy. >>> there is new video now. this comes as the national transportation safety board holds a one day hearing into that crash that left three passengers dead and 200 others i

sources sell abc 7 news it is connected to the investigation of the d.c. policeccused of taking nude pictures of teen girls. cathy lanier is talking to the media about this. a comment onhave too many details right now. we do not know what we have. what we know is that there was a 911 call. it was an unattended vehicle .eft are on the scene we think they were related. at this point we are just trying to find out who the person is , and when we have more information, -- but now that is all we have. [inaudible] there is a lot of speculation. there was a 911 call. probably someone who is associated with the police army. all i can confirm is that we have a body in the water. we cannot confirm the identity. cannot confirm-- the identity of the car. we have to have time to sort out what we have. be a couple ofl hours before we have anything. >> two people recognize the person? person wast recovered within minutes of the response here. >> they are to him of the fact that police have searched the area tonight, pulling a man out of the water. she is there because sources a

two cops, two cases, hurtful to the image and confidence of the d.c. police department. >> so many police officers come to work every day and put their life on the line for absolute strangers and never give it a second thought. one action like this tarnishes all of us. itis devastating for all of us. >> reporter: the stanton road apartment case. according to court documents, a 16-year-old girl said a cop here took naked photos of her, gave her the prostitution nickname juicy and arranged for her to engage in sexual attacks. the cop that lives here has not been charged. investigators are trying to verify the teenagers story. this is what neighbors are saying. have you ever seen the young girls coming and going from that apartment? >> sometimes. >> reporter: were you suspicious? >> he said it was his nieces. >> i was like whoa, the police are the ones that hurt the kids. >> reporter: now to district court and police officer mark washington. he's charged with taking pictures of that 15-year-old girl. on his camera, the prosecutors say they found naked pictures o

d.c. police have identified the man killed in a shootout. a police officer was wounded last night in the shooting on queen street northeast. investigators say when officers with the department was gotten recovery unit tried to stop darius murphy, he pulled out a handgun, shooting an officer. police returned fire, killing murphy. the wind officer has been released from the hospital. >> a big move today by pepco asking maryland regulators for a rate increase. the powerrovide company with nearly 43 point $5 million. if granted, the average bill would increase by five dollars a month. pepco says it needs the money to add to its infrastructure and reliability. last year, the request for a rate in kris was rejected. >> no need to turn up the heat high today. >> mild temperatures about to get even warmer. doug hill has your first check on the forecast. >> very warm and very cold with maybe some ice between over the weekend. 54 now with cloudy skies and 55 down the river at reagan national. the air is not terribly damp or humid and the wind is calm.

he's a school resource officer and does join the growing list of d.c. police officers accused of doing just the unthinkable. >> near very serious charges. >> reporter: over -- they're very serious charges. >> reporter: over a very serious assault, a fight on sunday when some missing screws to hang a tv turned vicious and violent. the 23 year veteran of the force then sprayed lysol in his wife's face and challenged her. say one more expletive word i dare you. you know you are scared. she escaped to another part of the house when lawrence allegedly picked up the lamp and hit her five or six times. court papers say he said this. i'm going to finish it right now. >> when you look at her injuries which were a pretty large gash in the back of her head that required five staples as well as hairline fractures in one of her wrists and both hands, certainly it seems like a very serious incident. >> reporter: police say the violence didn't stop there. the d.c. cop then held kitchen knives against his wife's throat. lawrence was arrested on assault, post bond and walked f

officer marc washington can be -- that accused d.c. police officer marc washington can be released for electronic monitoring once he puts up the deed to his home for security. >>> police say two men approached a woman at front door of her house on varnum drive november 25th and forced their way inside. at that point the men held the woman and her husband at gunpoint and stole some property, a cadillac that was stolen later recovered. >>> right now we want to give you a live look to the ellipse where president obama and the first family are about to flip the switch on the national christmas tree, kind of looks like a snow globe there. of course, they're having a few challenges because of the weather, but on stage right now we believe could be train. >> i think we've got train that should be coming up any moment now. they are part of the headliners of this fantastic show that we have put on every year around this time of year about a message of peace and hope. they're getting it going there. >> the ceremony dates back to 1923. so this is the 91

back to you. >> the arrest comes hours after a d.c. police officer died after being pulled from the water overnight. mark washington was rescued before 9:00 last night and dieda the a local report. washington had just been releas released on bond after taking pictures of a teen girl while on duty. a rental car was found with court do you means that belonged to washington. >> three men are in the hospital after a robbery and stabbing. prince georges county police say that someone at this apartment tower stabbed the men. right now one of the three is in critical condition. officers were investigating the case and do not have a description of people responsible. >> despite the threat of black ice, road conditions are pretty good. here's a live look at the beltway. maryland and virginia pretreated the roads. wet roadings could refreeze overnight. from the roads to the sky, air travel is getting back to normal today. woo are seeing a few delays and cancellations. two at dulles and none at bwi. they report more than 150 flights were canceled after

. >> reporter: d.c. policerived by the dozen, saturating the campus. >> people get concerned. >> reporter: going building to building searching for what they believed was an armed man on campus. any students they saw walking outside were ordered to go inside to a safe building. now, we have since learned that that off-duty officer is a cop with the d.c. police department. back to you. >> i got a question. about the picture that was released. we didn't show it this time but earlier, campus police released that picture. you can see that off-duty officer clearly. could identify him also his date. why did they release that picture? >> reporter: before they knew it was an off-duty police officer, when the search here on campus was still active, they were pursuing what they believed was a gunman on campus. so it was precautionary as they -- as they pursued that gunman but since then we've learned that -- that he was innocent and committed no crimes. so that's the reason why we chose to blur that because of his innoce

following a deadly shooting involving d.c. police. investigators identified the victim. they say 19-year-old darius murphy shot them last night on queen street. they returned fire and killed him. police say it happened after a chase down the road. murphy's grandmother lives on the block. she says he was in and out of trouble with the law for some time. >>> to prince george's county where a woman remains hospitalized after a police-involved shooting. authorities were called to this home in hyattsville for mental health welfare check. they tell us the woman inside refused to take her hands out of her pockets and threatened officers with a knife. police say they deployed a stun gun but it didn't work because she had on several layers of clothing. an officer then opened fire hitting her in the chest. >>> turning to our weather now. a fierce winter storm is coming through the country and bringing heavy snow and cold temperatures. 30 million people in 25 states are effected. some mountain areas are brace

d.c. policefficers with weapons drawn made their way inside gray hall on nebraska avenue as students throughout american universities northwest d.c. campus were told to shelter in place and keep the door closed. they tweeted a photo of a couple taken by the student who made the report of man he had seen on the shuttle bus. >> yeah, it's scary. everyone is in their room. the ras came through and told us to be quiet, lock the doors, shut the blinds. so everyone is doing that. everyone is doing what they should. and it was really easy for them to get the message out. >> after almost two hours the all clear was given and d.c. police were able to clear up the confusion. turns out the man with the gun holster was an off-duty cop who was on the shuttle as a guest of the au student. >> i did a subsequent investigation and learned that it was not any kind of threat, there were no gunshots. there were no injuries. and no threats to anyone. the person saw what we believe to be an off-duty officer. >> report

dozens of d.c. police officers including a crime scene investigation unit and several high-ranking officials including chief kathy lanier have responded to the scene here. >> there's a lot of speculation. i mean, we got the same information that everybody else has gotten. we've gotten information that, you know, this 911 call, who the 911 call came from, whether this was an 911 call associated with the met pro to tan police department or not, we don't know. >> reporter: the victim was taken to a local hospital. chief lanier who could only give very, very basic information says it's will be hours before the identification can be confirmed and be released through the department. jackie bensen, news4. >> now the latest on the drama for washington's football team. there's still no comment from redskins head coach mike shanahan but sources tell news4 the controversial actually centers and his son who is the offensive coordinator for the redskins. diana broke the news on news4 at 4:00. >> good morning, doreen. t

if you reck naz the attacker in the surveillance video call d.c. police before trying to get in touch with smith. >>> this morning police are trying to figure out what led to a suspicious death outside of a kansas city chiefs game. investigators say this happened outside arrow head stadium in a parking lot during the game. they believe the man went to his car only to find a stranger inside. that led to a fight. it's not clear how the man died although police are treating it as a homicide. at least three people are being questioned but no one is under arrest. >>> d.c. police are looking to identify two men who broke into a salvation army building. those thieves took off with more than $10,000 in red kettle donations. take a look at the mess left behind at the solomon brown community center on martin luther king center. they broke glass to get through one door and then used a screwdriver to break into another one. they eventually made it to the safe. >> i don't know why anyone would do that. >> a security guard confronted one robber. he had a knife. he got

washington has been with d.c. police since 2006.ark segraves will have the latest on this story ahead at 5:00. >>> looks like a bill to raise d.c.s minimum wage is on the way. preliminary approval to a measure that will increase it from $8.25 an hour to $11.50 an hour by 2015. they need to send it to mayor vincent gray's desk. >>> two water main breaks are open this afternoon. south arlington mill drive between taylor and south randolph streets were closed this morning. there was a second break on south monroe street. >>> new battles over the affordable care act. president obama is launching a campaign to reframe the debate. now that healthcare.gov is out of intensive care, they hope to shift the foe cause to health care reform. steve handelsman is live at the white house. >> reporter: thanks. out of intensive care. republicans don't believe it. asked, what else are they hiding? here at the white house was a defiant president obama. he said he's learned not to make what he called wild promises about obama care, but he checks every d

>>> plus, why a the water rescue in the potomac river could be tied into an investigation of a d.c. police officer. >>> and the snow may be gone, but weigh are still dealing with the impact of that strong winter storm this morning. bitter cold temperatures have moved in now turning that snow into slush and black ice around the d.c. area. that could make getting to work dangerous. we've several school delays and closings to tell you about as well. >> fairfax, loudoun, stafford, spotsylvania and culpeper county schools will open two hours late as well as page and win chchest. >> warren and shenandoah schools are closed today. a complete list at the bottom of your screen and on nbcwashington.com. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with more on the icy conditions that are l e likely leading to these delays, tom. >>> yeah, we did get some drying overnight. so some of the roadways are dry. the main roads are dry but, yeah, many of the side roads, sidewalks, and front steps are icy this morning because temperatures are down below freezing all around the region. we're in the 20s no

he is the d.c. police officer accused of producing child pornography. robbery was the motive for a triple stabbing in hyattsville. officers found three men was stabbed one that an apartment building on hillcrest road. one of the victims is in critical condition. a memorial service set for nelson mandela at the washington national cathedral. joe biden will deliver remarks there. that service begins at 11:00 a.m. >> a hearing is scheduled for the former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his girlfriend. he is appealing his second- degree murder conviction. he was convicted last february. out of montgomery county, a man tasked with educating teens is accused of sexually abusing one of them. in thesirotkin work bethesda and potomac areas for year. -- years. bonilla says that daniel sirotkin was a substitute teacher during his junior and senior years at the bethesda- chevy chase high school. cool, butreally people were saying he was kind of flores -- flirtatious. ofiel sirotkin was accused abusing a teenage girl he was tutoring. it was

anyone with information about her should call d.c. police. theolice and the fbi saying same man has robbed three banks in alexandria in the last week and a half. the most recent happened this the bb&t on -- at branch. d.c. police are searching for the thieves who hit a radioshack in the middle of the night. ased -- they pulled up security gate. police have not said what they got away with. find out ifying to this burglary could be linked to another one that happened less than a mile away. thieves struck a t-mobile shop on washington place northeast. they broke and at 3:00 a.m. as in the radioshack burglary. >> coming up at six, steve martin steps into some controversy. the racial joke that now has him apologizing. >> a senator air his grievances. why ran paul is complaining about everything from d.c. parking rules to the food on capitol hill. happy that ireally called you guys. you guys are what you say. 7 on your side. >> a local mother with a severely disabled child reaches out. see her emoti [ male announcer ] orfor every late night, every

we are live from d.c. police headquarters. >> these are very disturbing allegations about someone we trust to uphold the law. we asked about if this is the tip of the iceberg. apartment, the authorities suspect a police officer may have been running a prostitution ring. involving underage girls. they found a missing 16-year-old girl here. the disturbing details were laid i d.c.this document -- police officer shot naked photos of this girl wearing high heels, and he said her nickname would be juicy and set up a date for her with an older man who would pay her $80. she could keep $60. she said she had met six other girls who said they were working as prostitutes. advertisee would their services on backpage.com. officers were carting out bags of evidence, and they found a large number of condoms and h igh-heel shoes, and a large mirror, which had on it, the name of the girls who worked as prostitutes. this is what councilwoman anita bonds had to say. >> we have to be aware as a government and do what we can to root

and now live in south africa. >> d.c. policeson who shot a teenage boy in southeast. it happened just after 3:00 this afternoon. we are told the tenets conscious and breathing at the scene. it is unclear what led up to the shooting. a man is recovering in falls church after he was shot at a fast food restaurant. the shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. the victim was found lying next to a car at a taco bell caught -- talk about parking lot -- taco bell parking lot. shoppers at westfield wheaton plaza were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out at a restaurant there. the blazes started at a crisp and juicy restaurant. no one was hurt and the mullahs couple of hours and it reopened. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the fire that prompted all that smoke you see there. new information on the shooting that damaged a memorial. up on abc 7 news at 11:00 -- what museum officials are saying about the repair efforts. more than one million americans are forced to find another source of income after the unemployment

the victim was not physically hurt. >> d.c. policeom a school robbery. hope information will lead to an arrest. it happened at the excel academy school i martin luther king avenue. this is one of 16 school burglaries in the district since classes began in august. >> we're following developments from overseas in south sudan. conditions in the war-torn country are continuing to deteriorate. about 15 americans were evacuating today here. as it is under siege as rebels continue to fight the government's military. president obama may send more u.s. troops to the region. are lashing out at surveillance program. they want the u.s. and britain to stop spying on israel. eavesdroppingthe was done at a facility in england. the reports are based on documents leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden. indicates e-mails of some of the isreali former top leaders were intercepted. >> new details following anti- gay and racial comments made by a "duck dynasty" star. has reversed its decision to pull items off of shelves. it was announced on its f

. -- new at 11:00, d.c. police release videos of a and is early sunday morning. fences andd two broke into a third-floor terrace. in addition to stealing $10,000, the criminals caused damage. you are asked to contact the d.c. police. now, developing news on the next mayor. for a second term. a cloud hangs over his last campaign and has the competition speaking out tonight. we are live. we caught up with the mayor at a public meeting and he said there's not much to talk about. he may not want to talk about the present campaign and he may not want to talk about the federal investigation. they loom over his initial campaign. a lot of other people are talking about it. >> i love the city. >> the d.c. board of election victim a petition that was signed him and he qualified to run. it will include four council members. he was asked repeatedly why he waited so long to announce his intentions. he is referring to the federal investigation that alleges that a campaign helped elect him in 2010. for people associated with the campaign like guilty to felonies. they wasted no

. >> so far d.c. police do not have any leads. if you reck naz the attacker call d.c. police. >>> the long holiday weekend ends on a sour note for redskins fans. check it out with about two minutes left in the game and the redskins trailing the giants by just seven points, rg3 makes a pass that many think should have been a first down. instead will hill strips the ball from pierre garcon and it ends in confusion. >> no explanation, no measurement. >> really played a great game. we just couldn't finish it. >> the redskins are 3-9 for the season. they host the kansas city chiefs next sunday. >> it's been one of those seasons. maybe we'll just look forward to next season. >>> let's check the forecast. so far so good, chuck. >> a couple of things you'll notice. that's really crowdy. do i need the umbrella? you don't. you don't need that at all. it's not that cold outside. temperatures now had mid to upper 30s in the suburbs. 39 degrees in falls church this morning. your you monday morning looks this way. temperatures in the 30s now, into the low 40s by 8:00. mid-40s by 10:0

it broke overnight and d.c. police are telling us that the repairs could last until 10:00 this morning. for everything you need to know about how to get around the mess, let's head over to amanda meadows. >> we have the water main break. that is going to be the main thing on the radar this morning. we don't have any other incidents or accidents to report on major highways. this is the live shot at the main break. you can see it has the roadway covered. very slick conditions there as well. for now, here's what you need to know. you have michigan street northeast closed down, that is just east of capital. that will be between franklin and irving. he prepared for detailed -- d towards around that area. around that area. no problems at the bay bridge. no window warnings in effect. 95 is moving along nicely in both directions. for now, i will send it back to jummy and autria. for the a one-day break holiday, stores are trying to entice reluctant shoppers. areome of those stores opening as early as 5:00 this morning. most of

d.c. and u.s. park police are directing traffic away from 15th and 17th street around the white house as well as a small stretch of 18th street and more than 30 metro bus routes could be delayed or detoured this evening. a dozen bus stops will be closed during the lighting ceremony. >>> a powerful storm swept through arkansas today. icy conditions forced fayetteville to shut down roads, close schools and businesses. the governor declared a state of emergency. they helped drivers stuck in the heavy snow. a live report from the heart of the wintry weather is in the midwest. it's coming to you at 4:45. >> we are our own nasty weather to deal with. >> slick roads for a different reason. today, it's all about the rain. so many leaves down make for slick conditions in some lanes. the lanes near the curb. meanwhile, this weekend we are talking freezing rain and icy conditions. out there right now, rain. just plain old rain and fog. the visibility is dropping throughout the area. let me show you what's going on in sto

. >> d.c. police department seeing its popularity with the public way in. grades released today shows the department only have a c plus score, they lowest of any agency and a far cry from the a minus they received as recently as april. they are compiled by resident and visitor websites. >> meanwhile, d.c. police searching for a man who exposed himself to parents and students on the way to school. it happened about 8:30 a.m. and northwest. investigators are working with a limited description of the suspect and anyone with information is asked called d.c. police. >> the world is paying tribute to a man who broke down barriers to united nation. tonight, we are learning a state funeral will be held december 15 for nelson mandela who died last night at the age of 95 setting off a global day of mourning while celebrating his life. mast outsidet half of the african embassy at the base of the recently dedicated statute to nelson mandela, flowers and attribute has grown in the last 24 hours since his death. he was a great man. >> inside the embassy, a steady stream

d.c. police it happened during rush hour. the man hit by the car was air lifted to a nearby hospital. doctors say his injuries are life threatening. >>> d.c. police have issued another safety warning near gallaudet university after a woman was sexually assaulted and robbed over the weekend. d.c. police officers tell news 4 two men attacked the woman on west virginia avenue northeast over the weekend. that woman was walking alone around 2:00 in the morning on saturday when the men approached her from behind with a knife and forced her into a nearby alley where they assaulted her. since the woman was attacked from behind, she was not able to give police a good description of the attackers. extra police patrols have been sent to that area. >>> well, today is your last chance to enroll in the health care plan if you want to be covered at the start of next year. the white house extended the deadline to enroll by a day. this is for anyone who tried to sign up yesterday but had trouble with healthcare.g

we'll talk about that and the forecast for the redski >>> d.c. policeified a pedestrian hit and killed by a porsche as it pulled out of a parking garage. the victim was 90-year-old francis parsons, a former art history instructor at galludet university. parsons was deaf. police say she was walking with her guide dog yesterday when she was hit along the access ramp to an underground parking garage off seventh street in southwest. the driver did remain on the scene. >>> let's get you up to speed on the world's most bizarre bromance, former nba star dennis rodman and his buddy north korean leader kim jong un. tonight rodman is back in north korea working on plans to bring other former nba players there for some sort of exhibition game next month all part of a big birthday batch for the north korean leader. rodney says he knows all about kim having his uncle executed recently on the grounds of a plotted takeover, but rodman says he's not interested in that stuff. he has no plans to talk to kim about human rights either. >> if it happens that he wants to tal

. >> the d.c. police officers behind bars. the charge, reducing child pornography. he is mark washington, 32 years old, and he was just in court accused of taking explicit photos of a 15-year-old girl in her bedroom while on duty. now according to the court documents, that girl had just come back home after being reported missing. and washington said he needed to take the pictures as part of police procedure. that girl later told her mother about the whole thing, washington was arrested in just hours. investigators are worried there may be other possible victims out there. according to the court documents, washington's camera held similar pictures of other girls. >> and, this is the woman a father says caused his autistic son's agony after he was allegedly abused sexually by his own teacher. >> i'm bruce leshan at montgomery county police headquarters. police here are on the hunt for a teacher who has apparently fled to hong kong after allegedly sexually abusing a 15- year-old autistic boy in her care. minister, ronald harding bravely stepped to the microphone with

sam explains.c -- >> tommy wells is trying to buy the endorsement from the d.c. police and fire unions by offering unprecedented pay raises. police and firefighters haven't had a raise in six years, unable to agree with city negotiators. the bill would guarantee future raises tied to the cost-of- living regardless of whether they have reached a contract with the city. the mayor's office calls it pandering to unions. >> it is a campaign ploy. what do you think. it undermines our collective bargaining apparatus. >> there is more to union contracts than wages. d.c.'s police men and have not had a raise in 6-7 years. the administration is going to stall beyond this year, and not raise, keephters a them home. >> there are no other unions being offered such a deal. most others have reached agreements with the city. wells is one of five members in addition to mayor gray who were seeking the mayor's office next year. another council member has joined wells in introducing the measure. >> thank you. >> sam didn't look too cold out there. this was a breezy day. >> a lot of sunshin

two cops two cases, hurtful to the image and confidence of the d.c. policeany police officers come to work every day and put their life on the line for absolute strangers and never give it a second thought. one action like this tarnishes all of us. it's devastating for all of us. >> reporter: the stanton road apartment case. according to documents a 16-year-old girl said a cop here took naked photos of her, gave her the prostitution anymore nak juicy and arranged for her to engage in sexual acts. the cop who lives in this apartment has not been charged. investigators are trying to verify the teenagers story. this is what neighbors are saying. have you ever seen the young girls coming and going from that apartment there? >> sometimes. >> reporter: were you suspicious? >> he said it was nieces. >> hey, listen go to the police. i was like whoa the police are the one that is hurt the kids. >> reporter: now to district court and police officer mark washington. he's charged with taking pictures of that 15-year-old girl and on his camera the prosecutors say they fo

thompson is charged with felony credit card theft and fraud. >>> and this morning d.c. policere asking for your help in finding the men who broke into a radio shack. take a look at this surveillance video. police tell us two men broke into the store along brentwood road in north d.c. last thursday morning. it's not clear how much money or goods the men got away with. >>> the new head of prince gorges county schools has hired some help to improve student's performance in the classroom. kevin maxwell added four new executive level positions. they cost the school system $1.5 million. the new positions will help make the school system more organized. >>> 6:34 your time now. you know, he doesn't even know the families that he's helped this christmas quietly paying off their lay away debt. >> but one secret santa hopes his actions will inspire you. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver has the story from sterling. >> reporter: when you see stories with a shadowy figure like this, it's often because the person is scared to speak out, but this man, who we'll call nick, isn't

. >> reporter: two d.c. police officers are off the street and another behind bars in allegations officers were having inappropriate contact with underage girls. it was two days ago when a d.c. police officer was charged with taking nude pictures of a 15-year-old girl. multiple sources say another officer is being charged for his actions after the mother called the police. the second officer is not charged with wrong doing but placed on desk duty pending the investigation. he tried to alert officer washington that he was about to be arrested. another officer has been placed on desk duty as his allegations are being investigated. a judge ordered him held until a future court date. he did not enter a plea. coming up at 5:00, see what happens when we try to talk to the officer whose home was searched. mark segraves, news 4. >>> one of the world's richest women won't have to serve jail time for causing a deadly crash. 74-year-old jacqueline mars is co-owner of the mars candy company. she pled guilty to reckless driving

this report comes a day after another d.c. policeaking explicit photos of a 15-year-old girl. mark washington who you just saw is going to be in court this morning for a bail hearing. police say he took pictures of the girl while he was on duty telling the girl those photos were part of a, quote, police procedure. the girl told her parents after washington left the home. >>> a police officer is on leave after shooting a woman in hyattsville. the incident happened yesterday morning on 43rd avenue when officers responded to a call from a man seeking help for a mental health issue with his wife. police say at some point the woknife fearing for his safety the officer fired a taser but it didn't work because the woman was wearing several layers of clothing. that's when the the officer fired his gun. he will rain on leave while the investigation continues. >>> some young ballerinas planning a holiday performance are being upstaged by the president. >> so not fair. a last-minute scheduling conflict at american university forced the local ba

. >> a d.c. police spokeswoman insists that internal affairs immediately began investing that tip two years ago that officer barnhill was pimping women out of his apartment, but an internal affairs agent testified in court today that it took 10 months to set up surveillance on his home and at this point investigators failed to find anything. you don't think he's a danger to the community or flight risk? >> no, no. the judge has made his decision, so we'll continue the case. >> reporter: barnhill's lawyer tried unsuccessfully to get him out of jail at a hearing in superior court. the prosecutor pointed out issues with the cop going back years. an anonymous caller over two years ago on may 17th, 2011 said the officer was smoking weed and running prostitutes out of his apartment on stanton road southeast. then on december 18th, 2012, he accidentally shot himself with his service weapon in his own bedroom. finally this month investigators arrested the cop who has now been on the force for nearly a quarter c

problems with the police have come to the nation's capital on tuesday night the body of a d.c. police officer was pulled from the frigid waters around haines point park in southwest d.c. he was identified as thirty two year old officer mark washington and washington was on house arrest at the time wearing a g.p.s. tracker on his ankle after he was arrested last week on child porn charges washington was accused of ordering a teenage girl to remove her clothing so that he could take pictures of possible bruising to be used as evidence search of washington's camera though found that he had hundreds of similar photos of young women dating all the way back to two thousand and eleven and in unrelated incident another d.c. officer forty seven year old linwood barnhill was arrested today and linked to a child prostitution ring after authorities found a missing sixteen year old girl in his apartment d.c. police are now looking into the possibility of more victims. and new york governor andrew cuomo recently released the commission to investigate public corruption this report calls out hypocrit

. >>> a d.c. police officer out of the hospital tonight after a shootout with a man near gallaudet university. it happened last night in the 1300 block of queen street northeast. that's in the trinidad neighborhood. police say they tried to stop 19-year-old darius jamal murphy. murphy they say pulled out a gun and started shooting at officers hitting one of them. the cops returned fire hitting and killing murphy. >>> new information tonight on the background of the d.c. police officer charged with coercing a reluctant 15-year- old girl into taking a naked photo. scott broom is in waldorf tonight where seven year veteran marc washington lives, scott? >> reporter: well according to the neighbors who live here with washington in this waldorf townhome neighborhood, they say he lives in the townhome here. he's single. and he lives with his father. the neighbors describe him as a pleasant guy and a familiar face. but it's a face now seen in a mug shot after 32-year-old d.c. police officer marc washington was c

concertiday benefit ended with a police investigation. thieves targeted a d.c. choir that helped raise money for people in need. this happened in the basement of a church while the group was performing upstairs. >> it was their holiday benefit conference at st. paul's lutheran church. were the singers performing, thieves sneaked into their warm-up room and stole 15 credit cards and several ids. gillian was walking home when her credit card company called. >> they said do you authorize us purchase a $400 in a random supermarket. upthe thieves racked thousands of dollars in charges in just minutes. >> it is incredibly disruptive to have to cancel your bank accounts and wait for new cards to issue. it puts your holiday shopping on hold. the irony of the whole thing, this concert that we were singing at was intended to raise money for people in need. a church is supposed to be a safe place. >> the sexson says this is not the first time that this church has been hit. >> it is a sad state of the way things are. >> we don't know if a well dressed couple is connected to

that.an't match first a look at some video showing the people d.c. policeites stole $40,000 worth of equipment from it old dutch element or school. also, at community slams the brakes on red light cameras. we will tell you who refuse to bites these this machines. also, a u.s. senator releases a report. $30 billion of stupid. that is a lot of stupid. [laughter] that is all coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 p.m. >> thank you. let's check in with doug and find out what is going on with the weather. rain showers and some snow showers moving to the area. a little bit later tonight some colder air comes in, but they will be of little consequence. as long as the dodgers remain above freezing -- the temperatures remain above freezing. most precipitation will stay south of us, and it will be temporary. puterf our comm models has some snow, but it moves very quickly out of the picture. we're talking about highs in only the upper 30's. saudi, breezy weather tomorrow. 58 on friday. it will be a warm weekend, but there may be some rain. this --er stole so solstice arrives

that stole the show. >> murder, allegations of child abuse, arrests of police officers every other week, is something wrong with d.c.'s police department? i'm bruce leshan, this story coming up. >>> here's a live rook right now outside, the south african embassy here in the united states, actually this is a live look outside his home where you can see the folks gathered where nelson mandela passed away at >>> the holidays have arrived at the white house. first lady michelle obama welcomed children of military members yesterday for a first look at this year's decorations. as always, the first family's dogs bo and sonny are prominently featured in the displays. there are two life size replicas of the portuguese waterdogs made of satin ribbons and these chocolate miniatures of the white house pets in the gingerbread house and it couldn't be a white house celebration without a louvre appearance of the first dogs themselves -- a live appearance of the first dogs, but it was the younger of the two who stole the spotlight with a 2- year-old girl. major garrett has the story from the white house of. >> reporter: it was an

the ntsb plans to interview the engineer and conductor of the train either today or tomorrow. >> d.c. police are enforcing new parking rules of the street car line. you must park inside the white lines along the curb on h street between union station and benning road. police are ticketing violators up to $1 help helped. crews are testing the wires and tracks, but not everything is going smoothly. it took about an hour for the test truck to travel five blocks because cars were parked blocking the way. d.c. police are looking through surveillance to identify two men who broke into an army building. they took off with $10,000 in red kettle donations. look at the mess left behind at the community center on martin luther king,jr. avenue in southeast. the robbers opened the safe and took the money. >> no words. i don't know why anyone would do that from the salvation army of all places. >> they said a security guard confronted one robber and had a knife and got away. no one was injured. the white house said healthcare.gov is working better and faster. coming up, the concerns that still exist. righ

. >>> d.c. police are identifying the man shot and killed by officers in the trinidad neighborhood last night. his name is darius murphy and he's 19 years old. both the officer and murphy went to the hospital where murphy later died. the officer was released this morning. >>> police in prince george's county are still looking for the gunman who fired shots near the day care center in capitol heights. one person was wounded. a bullet grazed the driver sitting inside the day care's marked van. he's expected to be okay. police say no children were in the van or outside the day care center at the time. this all happened around 6:00 last night at shell street and arcadia avenue. >>> new developments now. the charity says today they have received three massive donations to make up for what was stolen this weekend. we first showed you the video. they stole days worth of red kettle collections and made off with more than $10,000. wal-mart wrote a check today for $15,000 to make up for the losses. a local attor