. >>> the day after voters located a new mayor in the city of fairfax. the former appeared in court on drug charges. facing if he think charges >> alexandria limon was at the hear and live with the case and future of the city under new leadership. alex? >> reporter: today in court, scott silver thorn went right to a preliminary hearing. his attorney told me they don't have a plea deal on the table at the moment but are expecting one, he says he does not expect this case will go to trial. >> scott silver thorn appeared wednesday for drug charges after the former fairfax city mayor was busted in an undercover sting. he's accused of trading meth for sex. >> i've known scott since he was 16 years old. his parents were neighbors of ours on our street. scott is a spent his lifetime serving the city and was a very dedicated and with respect to the city council and community. it's a sad situation and we wish scott personally the very best. >> reporter: in addition to being his lifelong friend, david myer was a fairfax city councilman when he was mayor and they el

want to prepare for months of construction and detours at a one of the busiest intersections in fairfax city. northbound route 123, chain bridge road at fairfax issing to the to be closed until late december while the rerepairs are made to the road. southbound lanes of route 123 will get through, but the left lane is closed. once the work is done, the road is going to be widerer we are told, and it will not flood after it sometimes does, and it should improve pedestrian safety. >> a warning now whether you are splitting the dinner bill or paying for the babysitter or paying for something with your phone has never been easier. >> and apps like venmo allow you the receive and send money in secondut said it is popular with thieves. and now, we explain how u one d.c. man was ripped off. >> reporter: you are have likely heard of or soon will hear of the vinmo app to allow users to send or receive payments with a few swipes. alice will bubur was trying to his car, and he met up with the buyer. >> i signed the title over and i went to the apartment to help him to replace the tag, and drove off. but

fairfax city councilmember david meyer will be sworn mayor today. voters elected meyer in a special election last week. he replaces former mayor scott silverthorne who was arrested last year in a meth for sex sting operation. a swearing-in ceremony is set for seven o'clock tonight at fairfax city hall. the trump cabinet has two new members this morning. last night, the senate voted to confirm steven mnuchin as treasury secretary. west virginia senator joe manchin was the only democrat to vote in favor of mnuchin. also approved - david shulkin to head the department of veterans affairs. he was confirmed unanimously. the voting is set to continue this morning, when linda mcmahon will likely be confirmed as head of the small business administration. the position is not formally part of a presidential cabinet, but is often elevated to cabinet-level status. to recieve bi-partisan support. d.c.'s "death with dignity" law appears to be on life support. d.c. leaders overwhelmingly passed the law last year. it allows a terminally ill, mentally competent adul

. >>> as the newly elected mayor takes over in fairfax city, the city's former lead ser preparing for a plea. scott silverthorn is expected to take a plea on march 13th. he resigned last year after police arrested him on a sex for drugs scheme. silverthorn gave an undercover detective two grams of methamphetamine pp outside of a hotel. he will likely be sentenced in april or may. >>> there is a battle brewing between the congr church. members are trying to conon vince the folks behind the redevelopment plan for the west bart shopping center to preserve the open the space that used to be the church's cemetery. montgomery county residents have asked to be certain of what is underground before any construction approvals are considered in a few weeks. >>> we showed you that superstar capitals fan. remember her? fatath is on the hockey team for the united arab emirates. she is here and will drop the puck tonight. look at her go. the she has some skills there. yesterday she had an opportunity to the practice with the team. she's so happy to be on the ice in arlington. she was especially exc

fairfax city councilman meyer came out on top in a special election with 42% of the vote. meyer turned away two challengers. he's lived in fairfax since 1981. let's fix the audio. >> hopefully we can get that cut off. >>> we're learning more about a man who was stabbed to death. it happened right across the street metro station. the victim's name is jamal barnes. barnes was stabbed during a fight. $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. >> sorry about that. we're having audio issues. we're trying to work on those right now. >>> police are looking for the driver whose car crashed into a house in prince george's county. they tried to stop the vehicle in addison road. reportedly took off and police did not follow it. the heart crashed into a home just a few blocks away. the people in the vehicle took off. there were no injuries and so far no arrests. >>> maybe they are fans of the bachelor tv show? >> staff at shady grove hospital left a rose on the cruiser of a police officer last night. we're told they did that to thank you. >>> we are just gett

tomorrow, a special vote for a fairfax city mayor after the former mayor, scott silverthorne, was arrested in asex for meth sting operation. steve: grab the umbrella and the sunglasses tomorrow. a mild day on the way, starting with temperatures of 50 degrees and a few showers, just in time for the early morning rush-hour commute. by the afternoon, highs in the middle to upper 60's. we are talking about record-breaking warmth, coming up. a pilot recovering after his aircraft went down in fort washington. the airplane had a hard landing on the grassy area of indianhead highway and old fort road. view ofa rare, raw crime in southeast. a mother of six telling us about a terrifying ordeal, a flurry of bullets crashing through window at 3 a.m. in the morning for stops you want to the rental office and said she did not feel safe. they told her there was nothing they could do. >> actually woke up somebody else. alison: she spotted the gun man and a worker told her to tell authorities and she could be moved, but she declined, fearing that would endanger her children more. alison: new developments i

alison: voters in fairfax city elected david meyer as their new mayor. silverthornecott resigned last august in his arrest for a sex for meth sting. silverthorne is due back in court tomorrow. jonathan: the police have tracked down two people behind a multistate murder rampage. a man killed himself as the police were closing in on s they think was his accomplice was arrested. the police say they killed three women and left one fighting for her life. the connection to the victims is not clear. alison: an unfolding mystery at a penn state frat house. a sophomore found unconscious at the foot of a staircase, 12 hours after he was believed to have fallen. the student later died. the all caps he revealed the death was likely accidental, why did nobody call for help? a new abortion law in arkansas raising eyebrows tonight. allowing a husband to sue a doctor for letting his wife to get an abortion, even true in the cases of spousal rape. the law goes into effect later this year. jonathan: every year, the dictionary adds a few words. this year they are adding a

voters in fairfax city have elected david meyer as their new mayor.eyer defeated two other candidates in yesterday's special election. meyer replaces scott silverthorne who resigned last august following his arrest in a sex-for-meth sting. since then, the mayor's position has been filled on an interim basis. silverthorne is due back in court today for a preliminary hearing. also happening today - sentencing is set for an arlington man who killed his estranged wife. david black was found guilty in the murder of bonnine black back in november. the jury recommended two life sentences for black. court records say he broke into bonnie's home and stabbed her. the couple had been going through a difficult divorce. sentencing is set for 1:30 this afternoon. d-c police have a warning for you. callersar account information. this is a scam. if you're unsure- call pepco's service number and check. do not give out personal information. if you think you're the victim of a scam- call and report it to police. a major milestone for one local school district this morni

. > we now know who is going to be the next mayor of fairfax city. voters went to the polls today in a special election. the winner david meyer. he won 42 percent of the vote. meyer beat fellow council members eleanor schmidt and michael demarco. it was called after richard silverthorne was resigned last month. he was charged in drugs for the city council appointed stieve stomach brace as interim mare. he will stay in the job until meyer is sworn in. a federal appeals court is expected to rule in days on whether president trump's ban on immigrants is constitutional. they heard arguments from the justice department and from lawyers with washington state who challenged the order. the appeals court will decide whether to up hold or up hold the ban. in an unusual's move tonight's' hearing was conducted by phone. it took an historic move by vice-president mike pence to break a tie to confirm betsy devos as the next secretary of education. the vote came down to 54 and 50 against. pence cast his vote in favor of devos and tabled the motion to reconsider the

. >> fairfax city elected a new mayor as the old one prepares for his day in court. david myers was selected to take over as mayor. he steps into the role after the former mayor resigned last year. authorities accused him of participating in a meth for sex scheme. he's scheduled to appear in a fairfax county court in connection to that case. >> an elementary school student stuck home the past two days will start classes tomorrow in southeast d.c. the boy has been shutdown due to bedbugs. he'll have to undergo inspection after an emergency overhaul. therapy hope is now ready to take in the students, busses will run between the two schools, the tomorrow morning at 7:50. >> it's definitely bittersweet. >> remember the pit bull left out for days in the freezing cold last month. >> today the fight saw a win. stephanie ramirez says d.c. council passed mama's law. >> she sat there shaking in this cell phone video from last month. this is mama, the pitbull neighbors said was left out in sub freezing temperatures for days. police confronted the owner and they unsuccessfully t

a special electon for fairfax city mayor.s - after former mayor scott silverthorne was arrested in a sex-for-meth sting operation. the race is between council members michael demarco, david meyer and eleanor schmidt. polls open in about 15 minutes at six a-m. they close at seven o'clock tonight. students at savoy elementary school are staying home for a second straight day. this-- as cleaning crews get to work inside their school building. the school is closed indefinitely as the building is being cleaned because of bedbug and rat infestations. all rugs and blankets have to be thrown out and replaced. students will attend classes at ferebee hope elementary school starting tomorrow. the wizards 17 game home winning streak is over.. it was snapped by the defending champion cleveland cavaliers in an overtime thriller! here we go..with the wizards down three in the fourth quarter bradley beal ties it with a three. he poured in a game high 41 points. now just a few possessions later with the wizards up by three. kevin love with th

right now fairfax city voters are picking a new mayor as the stands accused in a drug case.ave an update on who could >>> we are doing a heart health phone bank. call, mber to {703}236-92 {703}236-9220. have assembled experts. tell me they're seeing people not complying with their medications leading to heart attacks. surgeon is telling me more women are report aring the needs others before their own. symptoms loss of function. it in case you think doesn't apply to you, they're young as 20.n as >>> how your smart phone could be skyrocketing your phone bill you have no idea. >> the phone definitely uses ata when you're sleeping and not using the phone. >> the data drain warning. that's tonight at 11:00 o'clock. a consumer alert that's going to save you some money. residents are today.g a new mayor you might remember scott silverthorn stepped down after accused of selling sex for meth. >>reporter: it is a special election that less than a year voters in the city of fairfax likely never mayor. >> shocked. saddened. >> upsetting. july he was ast busted in an undercover county n

also happening today- a special election for fairfax city mayor.fter former mayor scott silverthorne was arrested in a meth-for-sex sting operation. the race for his successor is between council members michael demarco, david meyer and eleanor schmidt. students at savoy elementary school are staying home for a second straight day. this-- as cleaning crews get to work in building. the school is closed indefinitely as the building is beingclbecause of bedbug and rat infestations. all rugs and blankets have to be thrown out and replaced. starting on wednesday, students will attend classes at ferebee hope elementary school. covering metro-- the transit company is saying "so long" to some of it's cars. the 4-thousand series will be taken out of service beginning next week. right now -- there's about 82 of those cars still in service. the goal is to get them all replaced by the end of the year. a heart-stopping rescue effort at a train station in china. it's all caught on video, and before we show it to you-- we want to tell you that the girl is safe. wa

his swearing in ceremony is set for 7:00 tonight at fairfax city hall. larry: happy valentine's day for everyone now, for the lovers out there. we have a great forecast for you, coming up. we have more on the kind of 6:39, dinnerght, plans for you tonight? autria: no. [laughter] i will be staying at home, but for the folks that get to go out, it will be nice weather, ?ight vj veronica: tracking some moisture and snowflakes that could be reaching the surface, right over areas of 81 towards woodstock, right into the d.c. area, starting at 8 a.m. this the possibility of seeing a flake or a flurry coming through the area, maybe a sprinkle, you can see the hour-by-hour forecast here. even lunchtime, temperatures pushing from the low-to-mid 30's and 5040's by 11:00 a.m. degrees for the afternoon hours. a pretty nice evening for us. tracking a warm-up for the end of the work week, 40's for a high on friday. 50's for the upcoming weekend, which is looking nice and dry. that is the change for us. you can see that we had plotted it out here, just what percentage o

this morning the formerormer fairfax city mayor is facing fag felony charges for allegedlylley trading. s. yesterday scott silverthorne appeared that are a fairfaxai courtroom. prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges agains him.t silverthorne waived his righte a to a preliminary hearing but but his attorney doesn't expect doee the case to go to trialral indicating silverthorne may may enter a plea next month.a next . >> metro and its largest unionat have reportedly reached are aea new agreement aboutw agreemt abt discipline. the policy addresses safetyafty violations and sleeping on theen job. in a memo sent out to metromeo workers on monday it says the se new discipline program willram begin on february 12th.ruary the memo says there are alsore e ways for workers to earn positive performance points as well. >>> coming up on fox5 news morning a new report suggests the federal government underl go stated orvern simply missed the drinking water risk associatedas with oily sheen floating on the potomac river last year. yr. >> and regulators green lightort the expansion project plannedio f

. >>> as the newly elected mayor takes over in fairfax city, the city's former leader is preparing for a plea. scott is expected to take a plea on march 15th, but his defense attorney did not specify what that plea would be. he resigned last year after police arrested him in a sex for drugs scheme. police say silverthorn gave an undercover detective two grams of methamphetamine outside of a tysons hotel. silverthorn will likely be sentenced in april or may. >>> 5:52 right now. senator jeff sessions will become officially the attorney general. >> democrats could not stop his confirmation. what's their plan going forward? >> for democrats, it's delay, delay, delay. coming up today is expected to be health and h s discussion. and we could expect another 24-hour talk-a-thon to try and delay this out. republicans are saying that if this continues to delay on all of the candidates coming up, then it would go into the weekend. the republicans are saying they're willing to go into the weekend in order to get the cabinet approved. >> and edward, president trump defended his immigration executiv

. >>> just a few minutes left to vote in the special election for mayor of fairfax city. the race is between three current city council members. a win by one of them would set up a special election to fill the vacant council seat. >>> new push back from the white house on the intended target of a raid in yemen. >>> split second decision on a metro platform after a >>> such a spectacular february day. i heard we didn't just break a record, we smashed it. >> right through the window. i mean, 100% shattering a record. i mean, you normally break a record by a degree here or a degree there. today we prosecubroke the recor nearly 10 degrees. that is unheard of. temperatures today well above average. and they're going to continue to be right on through tomorrow too. then we see the changes come in. right now temperatures have already dropped about ten degrees, down to 64. winds still out of the south at 16 miles an hour. it's still 70 in frederick. why are we so much cooler in d.c.? it's the river. temperatures, 73 today. we're going 62 for a high tomorrow. and then 30s on thurs

. >>> folks in downtown fairfax city are feeling the love thanks for the temporary display of the love at the square, and the love sculpture was in place in the chocolate festival last year, and it is part of the city's evident to promote art around the city, and it is popular around the town's social media, and a way to offer some fun and winter wihimwhimsy. >>> and coming up, we will afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >>> am meal yelia,what is the te of the changes. >> between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. and you can still dine al fresco tonight, and take the dog for a long walk, and we will see the rain changing over to snow midnight. and then it will all wind down but i 9:00 a.m. what we know for sure, the main roads will be wet. they were so warm from two days the of record warmth, and we are not going to be seeing the air move in quickly enough or be around long enough to support the slush on

organizers say lawmakers are interfering with the district's >>> tonight fairfax city's new mayer, david meyer will be sworn in. he was elected during a special election last week. former mayor resigned last year after being arrested in a sex for drugs sting. tonight's ceremonial swearing in will be held at 7:00 right before the city council meeting. >>> it's 6:06 now. a 15-year-old is dead and fairfax county police are trying to track down her killer. this is damaris reys rivas who was found in springfield over the weekend. she was missing for the last two months. >>> justin finch is live in springfield now with a concerning factor that police are still looking into. >> reporter: that's right. the question now is could gang activity have played a role in the death of damaris reys rivas? that is being settled as we speak. we do know at this time that fairfax county police are going through several leads at this time and they are not ruling that one out. reys rivas was found on saturday on the 7100 block. now, the office of the chief medical examiner ruled damaris reys rivas' death a homi

fairfax city, 43. montclair, 45. for the rest of the area, here's what it looks like. we have a few 30s. 38 in manassas. 33 in warrington. those are the exceptions to the mild air. it will stay mild all day today. and we mentioned the unseasonably warm tra earlier this week. chuck will have a look at that coming up. let's check the commute forecast. >> right now we have this situation in alexandria. they are working on this problem, blocked each way there but of water main repairs. north howard street at north jordan street here. so a warning for you there. beltway inner loop and outer loop rolling along just fine. 95 north after 3, work zone is out of the way. you don't have to worry about anything on 95 northbound and southbound. on metro, 5:00 a.m. to midnight, operating on a saturday schedule for the holiday. >>> it's 5:02. today we are all getting ready to say good-bye to bao bao. this is a live look at the national zoo panda cam. she's resting or sleeping peacefully. she's got a huge journey in front of her. our 3 1/2-year-old panda cub is moving to china tomorro

. >>> takes over in fairfax city, that former leader is preparing for a plea. scott silverthrone walked into the fairfax courthouse where he appeared. he is charged with operating a dagt website to exchange drugs for zx. they say that he did give an undercover policeman meth outside of a hoe the tel-- hote. and now, brian drummond, with what comes next? >> that is going to the cop cyst of a plea. >> reporter: guilty plea or how? >> well, we are tri tying to dee exactly what to be at the time. >> he is going to be sentenced in april or may, and news4 at 66:00 is going the talk to the new mayor about how the city plans the plans to move past the crash. >> and now, deputies detailing their rescue of a man from flames before it was too late. >>> and now, the mudder of a local college student as they return to the place where he was attacked. >> and now, there was an incident in the circus that sent five performers to the hospital. >>> and montgomery county has just lost one of the biggest child safety advocates, and a look at her legacy nex new year, time to get ri

and you are looking live at ae a polling station in fairfax city where voter today's are electinn a new special election. ele you might recall they needed to replace the previous mayor whoho resigned last summer over a ove scandal. sc now the polls in fairfax cityity are open until 7:00 o'clockoc tonight.tonit >>> all right. first though coming up on 7:30 7 we track metro this morning thee agency will cut 200 more jobs jb this year.is y the positions including managers will be em limb 98ed next monthh another 300 boston railway system up shake. >> we first heard about hisabo ise , what, w is the solut transportationrtat and fox5 contributor martintin dicaro joins us live from one oe those homes affected thisffte morning. goodsir. morning, sir >> reporter: good morning,orng everybody. here in southwest waterfronteron neighborhood between theod bweet southwest station and navy yardd ballpark on the green line. shannon vaughn of theof the condominium association end litt ski of anc60. shannon, you live here.ive her we've been following the trainss all morning on the d.c. metro hero app. ho

fairfax city, 47 degrees. for today, the winds will pick up. it will be a dry day, though, mostly cloudy. i think some areas will be in the upper 40s, possibly the low 50s and colder tonight. more on that forecast, coming up. let's check the roadways. >> chopper 4 over the inner loop at central avenue. the roadway, take a look at these backups. right now, it's about a mile and a half and it is growing quickly. this is a tractor-trailer that lost some fuel. had a spill there. that's the problem and why that right lane is blocked. branch avenue, we have that situation hanging around there. 66 is fine. 95 is fine. no big worries. taking a look at 270, you can see you're slow here from the clarksburg area about down to germantown or through germantown, i should say. rockville then gets pretty clear this morning. we'll take a look at travel times, coming up. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it is 6:02. and we're following breaking news right now in dmrar. two employees held hostage at a prison. we're looking at live pictures from the james t. vaughn corre

. >> the special mayoral election in fairfax city is tomorrow. >> also, monday the court-martial for army sergeant beau bergdahl begins. >>> plus, next week marks one year to go to the winter games in south korea. >> get ready. >> no. >> it's almost time to say bye-bye to bao-bao. the panda is headed to china soon. >>> and don't forget to follow us on twitter, instagram, and facebook. >> we'll be tweeting super bowl night. "news 4 today." >> thank you, guys. >>> aside from the game, the commercials might be the biggest part of super bowl sunday. >> that's right. a lot of the ads are already online. let's take a look at a couple of them. >> you don't look like you're from around here. >> this one is from budweiser. we actually mentioned it earlier because it's been stirring up some controversy. it shows how the company's founder emigrated from germany. budweiser said the ad has been in the works for a year. >> ahhh! >> this is one of the funny ones. it's a little shocking when you see melissa mccarthy basically get thrown into a ship. here apparently she's going timber. a psa saying i

z29ksz zstz y29ksy ysty > voters in fairfax city have f spoken. the pollsai today to choose a new mare in a special election.elec the winner is david meyer. city council member won 42 percent of the vote. he beat fellow council members eleanor demarco. the meeting was called after the previous mayor resigned. silver torn stepped aside ande they appointeded steven stomachs brace as interim mayor. he will stay in the job until meyer is sworn in. so if you buy and sell things online, a word of caution, thieves are shopping around on the offer up app looking for opportunities to steal your stuff. d.c. police have seen a string of these kind of robberies in recent weeks with people who are using that app. sarah simmons joins us with more. it is offer up. it is a very popular app with people looking to buy and sell stuff with others in their general area. you can find just about everything on here. it's sort of like craigslist and similar crimes are happeningimes with this as well. a victim who lives a long a very busy rigs road in northeast d.c. though

fairfax city, 37 degrees. it is a chilly start in some sports. 44 in the district right now. many areas are in the upper 30s, but low 40s, as well. we're going to stay pretty decent. winds will start to increase. look at our temperature chart. as we go through the middle of the day, mid to upper 40s. tonight, temperatures dropping into the 20s. iwi let's take a look at the roads on this morning. >> good morning. new problem here on the beltway, actually. we're talking about the inner loop. now we've got inner loop at the ramp. 198 near 95. crash reported there, as well. don't quite have a direction yet this morning. inner loop at central avenue, this is blocking the side of the roadway. that clean up under way in the right lane is blocked this morning. also on 95, southbound, the ramp to dale city, still have that crash blocking the lane. red line here, single track in between union station and judiciary square. travel times in ten minutes. >> in case you're just waking up, we want to get you up to minute on a developing story. >> some employees being held hoel hostage at a p

. > live in fairfax county, paul wagner, fox5 local news. > voters in the city of fairfax are casting ballots in a special election. they're choosing a new mayor.yo this was called after former mayor richard silver contain s resigned last august after he wasast au charged in a sex asken answered case. theses will be open until 7:00 p.m. > it took an historic move by vice-president mike pence to break a tie devos as the next secretary off education. the vote came down to a 50/50 tie. pence cast his vote in favor of devos and tabled the motion to reconsider the vote. democrats spent 24 hours urging republicans to vote against devos. only two gop senators voted no. soon after the hearing devosos went on twitter to thank everyone for the confirmation. the white house is arguing in court on the ban.. the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco willl decide whether the ban can be reinstated or remain on old. thd ban was halted on friday by a a federal judge from seattle. they argue the ban is within president trump's constitutionai powers. fox5 is irritation for politics. do you sup

. >>> and the former mayor of city of fairfax was in court to face drug charges. scott silverthorne waived his right to a preliminary nary hearing. his attorney does not expect the case to go to trial. alexander limone complains why. >> scott silverthorn appeared in court for drug charges after former fair tax city mayor was busted in undercover sting. he's aus kood of trading meming for sex. >> i've known scott since 16 years old and his parents were neighbors of ours on our street scott sppt a lifetime serving and capable led leader with respect to city council and community. and it's a sad situation. we wish scott personally the very best in addition to scott silverthorne life long friend david meier was fairfax councilman when he was mayor and they elected meyer to be unofficial results show him as winner with 42% of vote. >> i'm hoping my election will help us recapture our self confidence and help us to focus on o or future and move us forward. >> on wednesday silverthorn showed one ebb terage of people support he's of the man that served for more than two d

meanwhile former fairfax city mayor scott silverthorne is due in court today and he's facing felony drug charges after prosecutors say he agreed to give an undercover officer two grams of crystal meth in exchange for sexual favors. he was in dmort october and the case was delayed until today. >> all right. time to check the forecast 7:0 5. we'll take good news first. >> yes. >> make it like yesterday. >> 60s today like yesterday. >> thank you. >> iad >> thank you. >> mild day, 52. dulles 54, 56 wbi marshall. let's goat it. developing storm system. today we're in good shape. cold front you can barely see there in central pennsylvania will drop down later this afternoon and that's step one of the storm system for tomorrow morning. later tonight the reason i have it circled and showing you an arrow that will be pam of storm later tonight a period of rain around here and if colder air works in it's going to transition to snow. just in time for the morning commute tomorrow morning. so much of the night will be rain. and by early tomorrow morning we'll see transition of snow. temperatures marg

. >>> in fairfax city former frmer mayor scott silverthornevertorne hearing on felony drug charges accused of agreeing to give an undercover officer 2 grams of gf crystal meth in exchange forge r certainly favors.ce in the meantime the city's newrt mayor david meyer who haswho known silverthorne for many mny years says he's helping toing to move the city past that scandal. >> scott has spent hiscott h spe lifetime serving this citynt any was a very dedicated and capable leader with respect torh the city resp council and thethe community. co it's a sad situation and we we wish scott personally the veryy best. >> new mayor was a member of a council before elevated to theoe position. posit silverthorne is due back in court next month, the former o mayor. yor. >>> 95-year-old d.c. woman in wn serious condition after a firee broke out in southeast d.c.t d.. >> firefighters rescuedscued virginia haskel yesterdayay after she was trapped inside aie second floor bedroom at a home on xenia street.street it started in the kitchenkiten while the woman's son wasn s cooking. he did make it out o unharme

. >>> by tonight the city of fairfax will have a new mayer. polls open at 6:00 this morning for a special election to replace the former mayor. he was arrested in a sex undercover police bust. you have until 7:00 tonight to vote at any of the city's six polling locations. >>> there's a new effort to force the redskins to change their name. those behind that they are fighting anini an effort to have d.c., maryland and virginia all agree to with hold public funding for a new stadium if the name doesn't change. but other d.c. officials would welcome and return to the site of the stadium. >>> lebron, and got it. >> did you see that shot? i guess that's why they call him king james. the wizards and the cavs into overtime last night. an amazing three-pointer with seconds to go. the wizards loss their first loss at home in exactly two months. now, going into the game it wasn't clear whether it would be as important for the cavaliers. they are the reigning champions but these teams fought really hard. a lot of people saying this looked like the finals

. >>> new red light cameras are being installed at four locations in the city of fairfax. the cameras will go into spring at the main street and woodland drive. lee highway, fairfax boulevard. traffic signs will be put up when the cameras are activated. >>> now 4:50. we have breaking news coming into the live desk. >> erika. >> let mel has played out within the last couple of minutes. this is in southeast d.c. calvert street and calvert terrace. we understand park police were in that area just a few minutes ago trying to make a traffic stop when the driver of that vehicle rammed into the officer's car. we understand the officer was injured. fired his weapon and that vehicle, the driver in that vehicle, made off. we're not sure if that suspect was hit by the officer firing off his weapon. but that scene remains at large. there's no closures in the area. about 4:00 in the morning. the park police officer trying to make a traffic stop and that person behind the wheel rammed into this officer. erika, thank you. >>> 4:51 right now. >> chuck, you know what? >> yes? >> i love war

ashburn.arlestown and 55 degrees in 57 in the city. fairfax. satellite and radar show cloud cover. a fair amount of rain to the west. his is actually the northern fringes of this whole storm tornado hat has caused in louisiana. could comese showers through the area tomorrow but a ot of it is just going to dissipate. sunshine and mild temperatures tomorrow but as we get through and evening hours, a cold front passes through the area. winds turn to the northwest. colder air fills in. at the same time, a storm system develops to the south. between those two, the stage is set for precipitation. and ratures on the surface overhead determine what type and right now we have -- in fact we think rain will move in, in predawn hours of thursday. snow to the north. temperatures remaining above to about nd we get 5:00 o'clock and see it turn over to snow and snow for a while through the morning. bit butures will fall a i think with warmth around and warmer than freezing temperatures, most of it should melt off the roadways. accumulation is well to the metro areaest of the in higher elevations.

fairfax city's new mayor sworn in tonight.r police arrested him in a sex for drugs sting. >>> here is your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen. hey, sheena. >> a few flurries reported south of the district near fredericksburg. a few sprinkles and light snowfall most likely over the higher elevations. for the rest of today it will be a cloudy day. 39 right now in the district. we are starting to warm up a little bit. 35 dulles. 37 degrees quantico. for the rest of the day today, expect mostly cloudy skies. happy hour, low 50s. dinner upper 40s. thursday will be the coldest day and warmer for the weekends. >> thank you. get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app. join us for news4 midday at 11:00. >>> from nbc news, this is "today." with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. booze day tuesday, february 14th. that means it's also happy valentine's day. hoda is off. dean cain is filling in. i am delighted. you were a huge hit yester

. >> it was a story that put the city of fairfax in the national spotlight for all of the wrong reasons. the city's former mayor was arrested in a sex for drugs bust. today he's in court. richard scott silverthorne was arrested last year after police say he tried to trade meth for sex with an undercover detective. he resigned shortly after that arrest. news 4's david culver is in the hearing. >> that hearing comes just after voters in fairfax elected a new mayoth elections is reporting council member david meyer won the special election with 42% of the vote. he beat out two other council members. meyers is planning to focus on establishing a citizens commission to come up with recommendations on ways to meet local housing needs. >> police are hoping a cash reward will help find a person with a local college student. a $20,000 reward was released for nchings on the stabbing death of marcus edward. dektds say the morgan state university student who dreamed of becoming a police officer was stabbed in september while walking about a mile off campus. d.c. police department named edwards who

. >>> by tonight the city of fairfax will have a new mayor.ve until 7:00 to cast a ballot. the -- should one of them win, that could set up another special election to replace a vacant council seat. >>> virginia gubernatorial hopeful corey stuart ewart is a the trump administration to get tougher. he says some 7500 have been arrested in the county since feds, only to be released. stewart says 14% of those people were then rearrested for additional crimes. >>> two very busy metro stations could be in for a big change. metro is looking at development deals that would change the grovesner and college park stations. >> reporter: when you think about metro, you might not think about real estate. but make no mistake about it, the transit agency has a lot of real estate that it owns like here at the groveser in station. and here at college park, metro is looking at making land deals. turning surface parking into livable, usable space. these are just some of the concepts for the stations. a way for cash strapped metro to get revenue and these communit

edward >>> by tonight the city of fairfax will have a new mayor. polls are now open for a special election to replace former mayor scott silverthorn. he resigned after he was arrested in a meth for sex police bust. three people are on the ballot. you have until 7:00 tonight to vote at any of the city's polling stations. >>> police are looking for this 12-year-old boy in frederick, maryland. they say michael white was last seen at his home on can field terrace last night. take a look at his photo here. call frederick police if you think you may have seen him. >>> today the d.c. council votes on an emergency bill to increase the d.c. police force. about 200 people protested the hiring plan last night outside of the wilson building. the bill would increase the force from 3700 officers to 4200 officers. councilman vincent gray says new recruits are not keeping up with the pace of retirement and the police department is at a ten-year shortage. supported by the council because it really is in desperate need to take advantage of the opportunity to infuse

. >>> it was a story that put the city of fairfax in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. the former mayor was arrested for a meth for sex bust. he was arrested last year after police say he tried to trade meth for sex with an undercover detective. he resigned shortly after that arrest. >>> that hearing comes just after voters in fairfax elected a new mayor. the department of elections is reporting that council member david meyer won the election. he says he plans to focus on local housing needs. >>> it is 5:06 now and we have a sad update to a story that we covered last month. 7-year-old elijah young lost his battle with stage 4 brain cancer yesterday. that's according to the elijah's fight f he served as an honorary prince george's police officer last month. his mother said he always wanted to be a police officer. >>> it is now 5:07 in the district. it's moving day for some state of the unions in southeast. today savoy elementary students will start classes inside their new temporary school at the ferebee hope campus. this is all because their school is being cleaned for

. >>> it was a story that put the city of fairfax in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. the former mayor was arrested in a sex for drugs bust. today he's in court. richard scott silverthorne was arrested when he tried to trade meth for sex to an undercover detective. he resigned shortly after that arrest. >> the department of elections is reporting that david meyer won the special election with 42% of the vote. meyers says he plans to focus on establishing a citizen's commission to come up with recommendations for local housing needs. >> all right. if you're about to head out to start your commute you want to check in with first 4 traffic. >> good morning. so taking a look at a brand new problem we just found here. boulevard there at dennis avenue. we just have the right side of the roadway getting by. southbound is unaffected by this and the earlier problem on northbound new hampshire avenue ramp to the inner loop, that has cleared out of the way. 93 north with the right side of the roadway blocked. 66 is just fine, inbound 95, no worries there. eastbound at the 9th st

delaware joe biden will chair the biden institute folk youing on public policy and special election city of fairfax voted to elect david meyer as new mayor he was 42% of vote and beat eleanor schmidt and michael demarco. meanwhile scott silverthorne is due in court today facing felony drug channels after prosecutors said he agreed to give officer two grams of chris it will meth in skaing for sexual favors. his case was delayed until today. >> more that be 1,000 new words added to the dictionary you have time too give more than 1,000 guesses. >> we'll break it down and make it easier. we'll head to break wednesday morning. great start to the day today. today actually should be pretty good. "weather and traffic on the 5s fios is not cable. we're wired differently. which means we can deliver equal uploads and downloads. lcome to 8 and a half maple reet. it'half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have