ghts yesterday at the foggy bottom station. are gency says the lights up to six times brighter and more energy efficient. foggy bottom is one of 15 ations that now has the new track bed lighting. you can see them on your screen here. metro hopes to have the l.e.d. lights at all stations within three years. >>> a new york city police officer is being called a hero this morning after fighting off five men. i want to show you some cell phone video that shows what happened at east broadway in lower manhattan this started when a woman said a group of guys sexually harassed her. the officer went to her defense look at this. the officer is being praised for helping that woman and not using hi gun. >> amazing. >> the police officer said to me that he didn't pull his firearm because he felt it would escalateol >> new yorke describe the men as homeless and drunk. releasede arrested and without being charged. >>> new york city is getting ready for its iconic new year's eve celebration in times square. more than a millione are expected to

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. >>> all ght, your new surprise costumes. okay.l, we're not done yet with the surprises thanks to the natialheri blossom festival folks. we've got more coming >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> 6:40 right now. you probably msed it last night. former first lady michelle obama stoppedy the "tonight show" starring michelle obama.as >> lt night did not disappoint. ♪ ♪ >> in a true surprise people were taking a tour of "30 rock." mrs. oma was on the road omoting "becoming." i love the reaction in the elevator. here's your cnbc morning business report. >>ood morning. i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. facebook may have shared mor of your personal information than it's admitted publicly. facebook gave companies such as microsoft, netflix, spotify and amazon extensive use of ser data including contact of friends and even the ability to read private messages. more than es150 compa were given access as recently this year following a series of privacy scandals. facebook said it implemented strictls privacy too and users havequote, c

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we'll have highlights or low ghts later.e nfc east last week, big day for quarterback dak prescott. this 19-yard score in the second quarter gives them the lead. on the other side ssday, ly eli manning's last go for the giants. saqu saqu saqu saquon barkley, that's a touchdown. 1:00 to go. dallas down 7. he's on the move. he findsim in the end zone. amazing catch by beaslell initiay called incomplete, but it's reverse ruled, touchdown. they decided to go for two and the win. dak rolls out. two-point conversion, that's good too. the cowys 36-35 and will host the playoff game next weekend. opponent to be determined. >> it's a great momentum.t this game, the ups and downs, the game shows the character of this team. some call this a meaningful game, but you just saw the intensity on our last drive.se important d on that. i love this team.i' m excited for what we got next. >>> tom brady, patriots hosting the jets. they might not want a win because tom brady is 41 years old looking like he's 25. 17-yard touchdown and the patriots

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. >> all ght,garry, the redskins can't seem to get it out away from>> this.re talking about reuben foster. when the redskins issue a statement saying why they wante to add reuben foster three days of he was arrested for domestic violence. apologizeding for his comments. dougli wams said of the reuben foster waiver e,aim, we have people in high, high, high places that have done far worse. if youti look at it realiscally they're thil ostill out there. this is smallpotatoes. >>. he apologized for the comments yesterday. >> i want to apologize to especially ther the ladies of this area, across the country, and like i said, i got big st-- six daughters. there's no way iould -- >> devils on a power play. tom wilson, though, finds the back of the net. shor shorthanded goal. seventh of the season in just nine games. good tom wilson, t meet bad wion. nails brett seney in the head. wasn't looking. called for five-minute match penalty. ejected. going to be hearing from the league office for that one. the caps still win, 6-3. wizards visiting the sixers and spler alert,

. >> making a huge impact, all ght. bob wittig of the catalog for philanthropy, thank you for what you do, and for making it easy for us to find wcothy causes to ribute to. your website? >> cfp-dc.org. for last-minute gifts print out an e-gift certificate to give to your loved ones or children and can experience giving during the holiday season. >> great holiday gift. if they can't remember the website, they can google "catalog for"philanthro which may be easier. thanks so much. >> thank you for having me, happy holidays. >> same to you. we encourage people to check out the catalog. there is so much there to choose from. >>> next,e we tlook at some of the nonprofits that you might not have heard of. be right back. >>> healthy mamas, healthymi es, healthy communities. that's the vision of mama toto village, a group devoted to crafting career pathways for women of cor who choose careers in public health and human services. briana green, director of operations for mama toto village. thanks for being with us. tell us about

. >> well, okay. [ ght laughter ] >> jimmy: do you have anything even remotely catchy?nowing on the elves it's snowing on the it's such a christmas miracle it's snowing on the elves ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you know what? i have to say, i don't hate that one. [ light laughter ] >> yeah? everybody -- ♪ it's snowing on the elves s 's snowing on the elves it's such a christracle it's snowing on the elves ♪ a [ chee applause ] ry jimmy: give it up for doug and nate west, edy. fantastic. nice to see you. >> thank you. [ applause ]go >> jimmy: oh m. which one was doug? >> steve: doug was the other one. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: oh. guys, this is going viral. over the weekend a man proposed in times square, but hwas so nervous he dropped the ring into a sidewalk grate. it is que a scene. someone was in distress and just like 50 spider-mans just stood there watching. [ laughter and applause ] that's right. entally dropped the ring into a sidewalk grate. he was terrified, while a rat underneath was like, "yes, yes,d a thouimes yes." [ laughter and applause ] the go

we're just talking about rain ght now. but again, especially east of i-95, heavy rain out there. we have a little bit of lull -- i shouldn't say dryness. we'll still have drizzle but not as steady rain as we get through the middle part of the morning. then more rain is moving up. we have several areas of low pressure in this monstrous it's going to continue to perpetuate rain chances around the area f the weekend. flood watch. this continues until sunday morning. as for the areasn shaded green, 1 to 2 inches of rain. temperatures today low to mid 50s. if you're along i-81, upper 40s. we could have rain that's heavy at times. let's time it out. c yo see we've got the rain that comes through. 5:, 7:00,8:00, even by early afternoon showers. we still haverain. could be heavy in spots. this is later this evening when i think we'll have another batch of heavy rain rolling through. and then it will start to become more showery through daybreak tomorrow morning. sh ters tomorrow throughou day. temperatures mid 40s. but look at this. this is what i wanted to show you earlier. this is tomo

she says the annual event is thh ght of her holiday season. >> yeah. i have been doing this se last 20 years. it's always funee my neighbors and see santa g andet everyone into the christmas spirit. >> it's great to see her home.e she's homrom break, from stanford. santa told her he willo try bring more gold medals and good grades. i don't think she needs any help with that. amazing. >> next at 5:00, another update on the breaking news. overnight accident inside a maryland amtrak station. we'll take you there leor an update. >> plus we all knowis amazon heading to our area, for theme first we're hearing how crystal city plans to handle the extra traffic. we're back with much more straight ahead. for a nasty cold, take new dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. whoa! and vaporize it with an intense rush of vicks vapors. ahhhhhhh! new dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. the daytime coughing, stuffy head, vapoze your cold, medicine. here at snowfest... for your worst sore throat pain try new vicks vapocool drops. it's not candy, it's powerful relief. ahhhhhh

i'm a little biased because i was ere serving at his ght hand as secretary of state. much of that was on the foreign policy side. he was anen credibly foreign policy president, but he had some domestic achieve. , as well, some raer big ones. >> woodruff: how did his loss affect him? >> o, devastating. he was devastated by that loss.n you know, i read a lot today comments, pundits and so forth saying, hcae lost se he broke his "no new taxes". pledge that's not why he lost. everybody ought to get that straight i ran that campaign and i saw it every dain the polling he lost from a little guy from texas called rhode island hospital -- ross perot he took two out of every three votes from us. you had two-thirds of 19 38 and we get 51. >> woodruff: but that loss, as tough as it was, he went on to be active for another 25, 26 yearof his life. >> yeah, 25 or 26, that's coect. >> woodruff: so it didn't slow him down. >> no, but it was devastating to him. you know, during that '92 campsome people said, well, his heart is not really in it. he doesn't really want it. uh-uh, most c

that's the house bill that just passed last ght, and o doesn't. the senate bill.he senate considers the houseversion, it's believed they're not going to approve it because to do so they need 60 eed a which means they hand full of democrats to go along and democratic leadership said ty won't do that. now, there could be a mass lobbying effort of a few t democrat try to get this on to the president's desk, but if at doesn't work within a matter of hours, we're looking at a shutdown by midnight tonight. president trump said he sign off without that border wall money. so they are al a r stalemate here with the paychecks of hundreds of thousands of federal workers hanging in the balance. >> watching that clock. tracy, thanks so much. >> this morning, deputies west virginia are looking for one of four peoe that entered an inactive coal mine later this month. they're looking for the man that got out of the mineown hisn. officials say they illegally entered that mine that's been inactive. the mother of one of the people says she believe they were in the mine to steal copp

tonight though it is going to get chilly out there and if you are outndbo tomorw ght to ring in 2019, it will be frigid across the region as winds usher in some colder air. live doppler 7 scanning the skies and we are dry tonight. it is just a gorgeous and faastic.s equallys a live look from the sutro tower showing you as the sun goes down it is quiet across the bay area. but that will be changing tomorrow as winds are about to pick up. earlier today, really comfortable out and about. a lot of spots made it into the 60s. right now we fallen back to about 54 in san francisco. we're about 56 in oakland. sme in san jose. fairfield still holding to about 61 degrees right now. winds are slowly starting to ramp up right along the coast. you could see san francisco right now gusting close to 30. san carlos about 21 that current gust. elsewhere away from the coast, we are quiet in terms of winds but over the next 12 hours those winds will be steadily increasing. so overnight tonight, what those winds actually do, they help to mix up the atmosphere so tonight not as cold as we were last next 1

they're going to cap off the ght with fireworks to ring in the new year. the fun beginst 2:00 this afternoon. you can go to our nbc washington app to find more new year's eve celebration. >> i love those family friendly ones. my kids have been asking, what are we going to do mom? >> not stay up until midnight. crowds are expected to startli in around noon. there's two big concerns. the weather and security. police will be using drones for new year's eve. police are pairing the drones withhe more than 1,000 surveillance cameras city-wide. the drone will help monitor the crowd, the huge crowd that will squeeze into timesre sq >> with the drones, and they should feel safe too. o an of the safestvenues. >> more on nb 4, lester holt will be part of a group of journalists to drop the ball at times square.il theybe special guests and seen by billions of people around the world in the minute fore the next year starts. >> now we'll move on to politics and surprising exit interview by the outgoing white house chief of staff john kelly. he says the president will not

officers threat was found after an inveigation into a bomb threat that was called int cnn late last ght. the caller said there were five bombs planted in the time warner building. aution evacuated as a pr and some live broadcts were interrupted. police searched the building and did not find anything. th same building was partially evacuated in october when a pipe bomb was delivered there. >> in the district, a man was seriously wounded in a double shooting late last night in southeast. just before 9:00, aufofficers w called. police have not identified the victim >> also, a man has life threatening injuries after being hit by a montgomery county police ofcer. >> the pedestrian was taken to the hospital. that is less than a mile away om the wheaton metro station and they say the pedestrian was not in therosswalk athe time of the crash. police say the officer was not hesponding to the call the person wasit. j georgia avenue was shutdown for hours last night. it's back open this morning. >> a man is settling with the police department. we should warn you, some may find this video disturbing

even cut this fender bender in abt ght inches of water thwater freeway and they told me they had a busy day. the pump, as well. it overheated a couple times with smoke coming out. here is a time-lapse video of them clearing up the water. they weren't done, more flooding on the same freeway a quarter of a mile ahead. and more pumping. caltrans finally reopened the stretch of northbound 101 after six apm -- 6 pm. trash had clogged the drainage in both locations. >> if you come across a flooded road, someone littered and plugged up a drain. >> reporter: while the rain may be fun for some, it's a nightmare for cleanup crews and the drivers stuck behind them. >> we saw traffic accident on the way over. some people must have gotten in a little trouble. >> reporter: officials say even on christmas eve, they have enough manpower to take care of all the flooding and reminding drivers to slow down if they th road. >>> cheers and tears tonight at the coliseum, as fans applauded a rare victory as they took on the broncos. it was bittersweet. betty yu says everyone is well aware the team may have ju

. >> what are the issues facing us today and how do we inorida >> that's ght. >> in 1899. and he became there are many things about his childhood e loved the ocean. he loved the darkness of the sky. he really loved nature. he 1936, he became copastor of the fellowship church in 1944 and then 1953 he became the first black man black person african american person to be deemed of a predominantly white theological seminary and that was boston university. >> that's right. >> so he was there 12 years before he was able -- so many things drama and church group dance and so on because berpses beg e my>> oh. >> so they always talk about that. >> john foster. >> yes. >> first minimums tar i worked with. he always talks about that time. he said that was so special. >> yes. >> and precious. >> yes, he. >> so that convocation is year. >> every year, the third sunday in october. >> october. and that's great to have that. >> right. >> and lift him up. why do you think he influenced well dr. martin luther king junior and so many people, but why him? >> i would say if you read dr. thurman

presidential election was more widespread than previouslyth ght -- that is the finding of two reportsred for the u.s. senate. it is the scale of the intervention that is staggering. through words. images. and videos from russian operatives targeted u.s. voters. c" facebook, pages with names like "being patriond "army of jesus" had a big impact. the posts on these pages were shared 31 million times and got more than 39 million likes. overall these pages reached 126 million people. i have been speaking to angela stent, a professor of russian foreign policy at georgetown university and author of the upcoming book "putin'world." what do you make of the scal iof this russiervention on social media? angela: i think we knew they had been doing this. the mueller report told us that itobably bigger than anyone expected. ofev course, they were iy corner of social media mobilizing groups on the right and the left. white nationalist groups, african-american groups, separatist groups in texas. it is bigger than anyone realized and we haveke up and realize we have to be much wmore adept at dealing

. >>> the shutdown showdown shows no end in ght, and now, the d.c. mayor is turning up the heat on president trump. >>> christmas is behind us, and santa delivered a brand new television. well, tonight, montgomery county police are issuing a warning, and they d't want you to put the box out on the curb. >>> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >>> and good evening. a local police force is under fire tonight. >> news 4 has obtained a scathing report that you won't see anywhere else. this audit retreating questionable hiring practices at dirict heights pd. >> jackie bensen joins us live from police headquarters. jackie? >> reporter: well, jim, people ask, why is this important? this department has just ten officers. the issueaddressed in this report are at the very heart of the trust relationship between police and the public. >> the report came back and it wasn't a good report. >> rorter: the district heights mayor talked about maryland's police and cessional training commission's report on the small police department ten officers and a chief, that provides sa

. >>> in san jose, police are looking for the gunman in a deadly shooting that happened black ght around 10:00 near mercedes outside a liquor store. he had at least one gunshot wound to the chest. he was rushed to the hospital but died there. police have yet to make an arrest or release a suspect description. >>> new at 5:00, more than 400 guns turned in at a gun buyback event in san mateo county as dozens of people turned in handguns, rifles, shotguns to law enforcement in redwood city. it was a no questions asked event where people received money for turning in their weapons. the sheriff says that the program is a safe way to get rid of unwanted firearms and do it anonymously. >> it's important because we're getting guns off the street harm themselves. e used in >> 26 assault rifles were turned in, and people with guns had to drive up with the unloaded weapons in their trunks. they weren't allowed to walk up with them. police will check to see if the gu guns were reported lost or stolen. >>> repairs almost complete. a water main break in union city is finally almost all shored up. it's

s best athles and the families hosted a holiday party in arlingtonto ght. best athletes. you try saying that. >> talking about the wizards, the franchise started the family program in 1996, for less families. and tonight, some capitals players, wizards wives and mystics play natasha cloud handedut gifts at the caps practice facility in arlington. face painting, street [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- natalie portman, dennis miller,

. >> it's all ght. i want 100% of a lot. how aboutoohat. taking a now in bowie. water main breaknnapolis road at enterprise road. some delays through the area. we have one lane getting by each direction. it is so cold through that area, chuck and i were just talking about this, and it could be a situation where we're dealing with some ice on the road there as well. just a little while from now. taking a live look eastbound, 66 afterti123, have these delays inbound because of an earlier crash. that's slower than normal, especially for 5:00 in the morning. 14th street and northwest near randolph, lanes blocked for fire department activity there. the beltway, inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. >> thank you, melissa.> t's 4:54. for people who can afford it, it will be a major andelme change. today cuba's state telephone company wil allow mobile phone customers to use the internet via a new 3g network. until now, they've only been able to get state-run e-mail accounts on cell phones. it's one of the las nations in the world to open access. internet in homes was

ght now only a quarter of the government is shut down and it does not seem to be much urgency on either side to deal with this for a couple more weeks. lucy: even though thousands and thousands of people are not getting paid during the shutdown. i wonder if, as that continues, whether things will get nasty because of it. matt: it could. obviously, most federal government workers are based in the northern virginia and d.c. area. i think we also know that most of them happen to be aligned with the democratic party, not that that should matter. you are going to have that concern, it is going to be geographically limited to one very narrow geographic area of the country, it is not going to affect most people, andme essential gove operations have continued through this period. i do think that because we have been on holiday and we have 'christmas and new year's, you hae a lot of members outsid washington. when they return to washington januy 3, you'll see round-the-clock, wall-to-wall coverage of this issue -- is government going to reopen, what is the deal, what is the white house doing, wh

ght the best outing for the terps.ooking ahead to tough sister jean and lola chicago next. but visiting purdue, trying to make it two straight big ten wins. second half, maryland turnsep th "d." bruno fernando with the block. terps heading the other way, anthonycowan for the slam. maryland up three. this was a back and forth game. later in the half, purdue down two. they go to the preseason big ten player of the year, carson edwards, draining the adgo three. boilermakers do not trail after that. final seconds, maryland down two. cowan for the game-winning three, but no. blocked. maryland does not make a field goal in the final four m4:20. they fall 62-6g >>> movin over to the football lode. mike sley introduced as the new head coach of the maryland football team today. it's a return home for the d.c. native. he was an assistant at maryland and also knows a thing or two about win ig, working at the top ranked alabama crimson tide the last three years under nick saban. one of the best in the ga you don't know. but when t

by tomorrow ght, between 11:00 and 2:00 a.m., we could see a ne move through that could give us the potentialor some very strong winds, maybe upwa40s of 50, even 60 miles per hour. much more on this impact and much more on what to expect from this storm andg how lt sticks around. i'm back in just a couple minutes. >> we'll see you then, doug. thank you. this isn't just bad news for us. everyone up and down the east coast, from florida all the way up to maine, is going to be suffering. >> and that means big travel hubs like atlanta, new york and boston will be feeling the impact. even before thisorecast took shape, aaa was warning drivers holiday traffic could make their trip four times longer than usual. >> and the storm comes on what aaa tells us whel be t worst day for washington traffic this holiday weekend. news 4's jackie bensen continues our team coverage tonight. she's live at the maryl d welcome center in laurel. >> jackie, are you sing people trying to leave early to dodge the storm? >> reporter: yes, definitely. and a lot of people we spoke to toniay they wanted to do anything to av

th've won seven of the last ght games. this get another cup year?hat's what i want for christmas.s ovechkin sure hoping so, leaving us with this gem. ♪ we we shall you a merry caps game ♪ snowfall the most wonderful time of the year ♪ playoffs can be frightful but the cup is so delightful ♪ ♪ baby put another cup on the tree ♪ ♪ hurry back to d.c. tonight ♪ do you wantui to bld a champion ♪ ♪ silver cup, silver cup ♪ it's christmas timen the city ♪ >> the trophy. you ca find that on the capitals twitter. they are just terrific. i thk weat needed they're telling me something is going on with the government, too.d >> that's g stuff. >> the first of the year is coming. >> all right. where's santa? >> scotlandal most here. clear skies,uiet conditions for his arrival. i think things will start to be looking up and he's here to give us all our gifts. >> stanley cup. that's what we want. t >>> tonight, mar plunge. stocks nose dive across the board. the dow on pace for its worst december since the grdet ession. how the administration's effort to try to calm

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. >> reporter: and ght, with robert mueller's investigation heating up, cohen's challenging the presidens statements about his relationships with russia. >> do you think president trump is telling thh about that? >> no. >> michael cohen doesn't report to prison unt march, and he could keep cooperating with mueller's team, but it's unlikely his sentence will be reduced and he hopes by coming clean he will go down history in his words, "for helping to bring this country back together." >> peter, thank you. >>> tonight, prada is under fire after the high-end fashion house displayed and items some called racially insensitive. stephanie gosk tonight on the controversy. >> reporter: prada calls them pradamalia, a "new family of mysterious creatures" but tonight there is backlash over a monkey-like character with big red lips that some are calling racist. >> it's rely messed up. >> reporter: the store ty in new york ci's soho neighborhood removed the characters from the window and lowered the blinds. >> the question is, who the hell approved this? >> reporter: on facebook, shinray easy compared

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. >> ght. >> and we have taken another run at it somewhat today back o.r i think that should be it. setting us up now for think ability in oil prices looking forward for the 2019 >> all right. keep an eye on thats well. thank you as always. coming up, for a long time technology led the stock market ender but the year did not well for that group. what can we expect in 2019? one expert weighs in. >>> it was day six of the partial government shutdown today andhe senate brieflily came back into session. at it still appears that negotiations at a stand still pup once again ylan mui joins from us washington with not much news, i guess. i mean it's -- how much longer do ynk the shutdown last sns what's the census there in washington. >> now it looks like the shutdown will almost certainly last into 2019. as youme ioned, the senate opened for business just briefly about four minutes andhen it adjourned until january 3rd before it will be in regular ga session. the same true for the house. what that means is no votes are expected until the newongress takes over. and so this is essentially th

ght now, a little on the cooler side. down to 54 degrees.iles an hour. the winds gusting at 20 to 30 miles an hour. bringing in the colder air. we were in the 50s to 60s. we're at 48. 45 in winchester. 56 toward fredericksburg. the colder air moving in. no rain or snow associated with this system. the frontal boundary. back to the west. we are rocking this system. it won't bring us anything except colder weather. tomorrow, about 15 to 20 degrees older. flurri wednesday. thursday and friday, tracking temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s. and 40s. tracking a storm, maybe a james: this is alana, a very busy mom. she and her husband reginald wanted to grow their family. but alana is one of thousands in the dc area with kidney disease. thanks to a kidney donation from reginald, alana is healthy and enjoying a full life. i'm james brown and meet my friends, alana and reginald - soon to be parents of two.ou to learn more kidney donation, visit the gw ron and joy paul kidney center at gw kidney.org or call 1-833-kidney3. >>> tonight, history unfold

so, no, like every shutdown ght before this, you get the sense that something will be worked out.uestion here, though, is, you know, is the president - his word ever going to be good? he said he would own it. you always have to leave open the window of possibility that he may do something unpredictable. but in this sense, right before christmas, don't think he wants to spoil christmas. >> i think that's right. this is a president who understands optics. he's a genius when it comes to that in many ways. d imagine the optics of a government shutdown. even if it's partial, on christmas day, that's going to be tough for president tmp politically. and i think one of the pressure points is they don't really have a plan b for reopening the government. when you talk to folks inside the white house and on capitol hi s and you, what if there is a government shutdown? well, it's likely going toro go h the new year. one republican said to me, if that happens, we could lose the suppor t of country. >> we'll have to leave it there tonight. thanks, everybody, for joining us. realreciate it. our

unlawful entry, vandalism and alcohol .possessi >>> a strange light show that we told with you last ght. the skyline leading to panic and confusion. it plunged laguardia airport into total darkness and se took to social media to talk about alien .invade chris glory yosso explains what was behind these flashes of light. >> w ot's going in the sky? >> reporter: you are listening to a new jersey 911 caller as she watched the spectacular electrical light shom the other side of the hudson rive 16 hours after the bizarre blast, governor cuomo toured the substation where it all unfolded. a spokesman said an electrical fault on a section of 138,000 volt equipment caused a transmission disturbance and sustained an electrical arc flash. that sparked the blue lighthat people witnessed from miles away. >> thercing of that electricity was basically a man de lightning bolt. >> dark know, ,darkne fire. >> reporter: thousands of people in astoria could see the arc flash with their own eyes. it went viraln social media with some trying to make sense and others makingfun. one person wrote, these gender r

. >> leaders from around the ghts the bush family today, president clinton said he will remember his friendship with mr. bush as one of life's greatest gifts. president obama called him a patriot and humble servant. the german chancellor offered words about the legacy mr. bush leaves behind. >> he is one of the fathers of -- we will never forget that. >> president george hw bush had the distinction of being one of three presidents to receive knighthood from queen elizabeth. the world family -- royal family expressed their condolences and called him a great friend and ally of the united kingdom. stomach citizens across the country mourn the loss of the 41st president. we are joined by lauren blanchard in washington with more on bush's legacy. >> reporter: we are outside the bush compound in houston, texas. the world is reflecting on the life and legacy of george hw bush. the former president passed away friday night at the age of 94 years old. the oldest president in american history. americans remembering bush as a dignified statement and >> he was a true renaissance man, great gentl

. >> all ght. everyone is getting two bears. >> reporter: as part of the students wanting to give back, the money came right from the students' own pockets. >> we're just a small part of someone's holiday. to think we could put a smile on some kid's face is awesome. >> it would be a great addition. >> as they stng,ndickut the s utch p perfect thoutfit. >> take the tags off. >> reporter: the months of manning has been well worth it. >>> a sweet story. >> it looks le fun. >>> cutting back on science and social school classes. >> is that short-sighted? >> yes, yes, it is. >> get the umbrella ready. snmpl reading and writing but not enough science orocial studies. our i-team reveals d.c. public schools are breaking their own rules and cutting back on required classes. >>> it is the end of the day in southeast. after hours of sitting in class, but for most students here, some subjecn were note lesson plan. >> very disappointed and very concerned. >> susan wells' daughter and hundreds more kids are getti

son and hhey spirit -- >> reporter: there's an old catholic mihm says we walk b faith and not by k ghtu for the blessing of this school. >> reporter: they've tried live by those words. >> unless we raise a certain ououne of he said it was $200,000, wen't be able to stay open next year. >> reporter: that' when the donations started. as if the heavens opened -- >> i opened a letter and there was aheck from an anonymous donoor $200,000. >> the first thing we did was check, is it real?te >> rep it is much more than a blessing. it is a vote of confidence. >> as soon as someone found out about us, the gre things we' doing here. they were willing to be a part of that vision. >> reporter: and having endured weeks of uncertainty, it brought michelle taylor to tears. >> we knee would be able to close the deficit. not this fast, but we are so grateful. so epateful. >>ter: everyone is. from parents -- >> this is a christmas miracle. >> reporter: to students. a eva young age, these kids understood the but they kept the faith and can now see a brighter future for themselves and those they love. news

ght now, we're 49 degrees and still dry out there. rs move scattered sho in about 9:00 p.m. temperatures as we move toward11:00 p.m., hanging out in the mid 40s. some heavy rain is in the forecast. that could lead to some flooding issues. and then more rain in thest foreor new years eve. i'll have more on that timing right around 6:50. >>> all right. tomorrow following the death of a second child in u.s. custody, neilsen is reportedly planning to visit three border sites. she told a con committee she didn't know how many people died in her 'sagen custody. ut following the deaths of two children, she called for review of cpps, medical programs, a said kids in their custody would receive more thorough assessments. one maryland county will no nger check the immigrati status of people held in the detention center. anne arundel county's new county ecutive, a democrat, is p ending theractice started under the prevus county executive who was a republic. the county executive says there's no proof the screenings made they any safer. make s claim they want to arundel a sanctuary he sa

>> barbaric, but the thing asking on ugly, the end result that saudi ghts ar saudis are wd iranians areyeah, the woul senate wot 6 hours, they would have seen a ceasefire was today, houthi coalition is losing and saudis are winning. pompeo could have called iran and said let's cut and run from both sides, but the fact that saudi have been indiscriminate, you are correct, using our weapons their money. kennedy: they bomb a school bus, full of children, who were coming back from a field trip and fro 41 of them died, it wasa lockheed-martin missile, last i check not made in saudi arabia. >> problem is if you stop immediately right now you just pro long the suffering, what better end it now, resolve it, saudis win, houthi coop from 5 years ago, the rock 'n roll houthi coop. that started whole thing, i worked in that part of the world, this is a long running yemeni issue. that the iranians injected themselves into and saudis don't want it on their border this is on saudi bored sneer bored bo . kennedy: there no way that united states wins any part of this, saudi arabia sells billions and bil

but tonight we have a really good ght. say hello to everybody. i love the fact that they get so much support from their community. this is megan and the daughter claire. you said you love this because it brings the community together. >> right. it does bring everyone togethera >> i was teacher here right around the corner for a long time and a lotoo of my s friends are here. shout out if you're here. we'll talk about this. a beautifulevening. we've got chopper 4 right up there. take a look. right by themoon, too. isn't that just perfect? let's show you what's happeni out here weatherwise. you can see from the chopper, 4 degrees. not bad. the winds out of the northwest at about 12 miles per hour. look at the current windch her to degrees. was that santa claus? santa, wait! oh, man! he knows what i want. i've been a good boy. all right. 38. look atwinchester. nothing on the radar. we'll stay on the dry sidet for the nouple days. no problem here tomorrow either. it's thursday when we start to e the rain pick up. this is all down to the southwest. th

immigration headquarters they,too, use place holder cars to save the spots at ght.ners say they want them to tow the trucks or the car to breakp the operation. under current law, district officials say they wn't. >>know it is a challenge and we are continuing to send our officers. >> they say the place holder cars have racked up dozen of tickets. each time it costs the same. >> you put a ticket on one of those singula cars, is it the same cost the fifth time and sixth time? >> right now, yes. that is right. >> that could change. they draed new legislatio hype the cost of repeat parking violations in certain sections of d.c. >> when we know the game they're playing, it is time get in the game is makesure the car are getting ticted and booted off the >> it turns out he is their help execute the parking mescheme. ing for him the cost lunch might soon get a bit more pricey. news4 team. >> by the way, they're v expect toe on it tomorrow. the i-team will have the results for us right here on news4. >>> it is prett commono have to pay when you park on the d.c. streets andt

an announcement came sunda ght on twitter. >> this is why they are having a rough go. slick roads made it hard for others to getwn some roads and even sidewalks didn't look much better. just walking down the sidewalk. i think it is fun for the kids. >> he considers this a sort of west christmas warm-up. >> you just have to do your part. some might we're in the clear. not so fast. the concern will be refreezing. crews have been working hour afterhour, today and tonight, to make sure they get a cap on it somehow. >> and again, 20 miles, 10 miles to the rt 32 in this kansas sprins. so we'll continue to fall below freezing. so heads up to those who saw the snow yesterda you will see a refreeze. we're tracking yet another storm. no snow with this one but we'll talk about when it moves in. >> were you part of this thi morning? a story many of y hbeen shg o you facebook page. shutting down hov lanes. live this evening, is it looking any better? >> i can tell you, the police were on the scene trying to investigate to figure out how it happens. i ca tell you, that it back to th

hot --inely missed ght items in the teaching of modern history. either you have a hard -- a harsh piece that opposes defeat. or you go for a piece of reconciliation, like the congress of vienna. it was too harsh to succeed as a peace of reconciliation, and too indeterminate and two dang -- and too gentle. >> in democracies, that required rearmament. that required the diversion of large financial resources from the domestic to sector -- domestic sector to the military sector. it's a tough time. we say depression, more like the great collapse of the global economy. inmployment level is 20% britain -- 22% in britain. 35% in germany. all over the world it seems like the wheels are coming off the economy. it's always easy to look back and say they should have been spending more money on arms. >> i would agree with all of that. i would add is a footnote one of the deepest ironies is the money spent on arms. that was not been spent as a deterrent, but -- >> gentleman to your left and front. >> interesting point about this warning. they kind of messed tha