julie carey will be in richmond. chris gordon from annapolis. that's starting tomorrow on news 4 at 4:00. >>> she lost her son to an especially addictive and deadly form of heroin. >> what addiction of an entire generation. >> next at 11:00, the news 4 i-team talks to this mother about the opioid crisis.

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let's start with northern virginia bureau chief julie carey.she's in richmond. >> reporter: the strong showing in the northern virginia delegation. just take a look at the front rows of the democratic side of the aisle and increased diversity. the first two latina delegates from prince william county including kathy tran who held her youngest child in her lap and first transgender woman from manassas. another history making newcomer. they will push for criminal gun reform. they promise cooperation on education and transportation. dedicated metro funding is a top priority. and as you can see, from the setup behind me, the next big day is saturday's inauguration when democrat ralph northam is sworn in as governor. julie carey, news4. >>> montgomery and prince george's are among the fastest growing counties in maryland. they are coming to the general assembly asking for the financial help. >> transportation on our roads. we have a growing school population, private roads and some assistance on transits. >> we'd like to see more operational funds g

in richmond, julie carey, news4. black retriever was found e many. -- ematiated and near death.the dog is happy and playful and very friendly. they found him in centreville. had he no collar. he's not available yet for adoption. we've posted pictures on our facebook page. hopefully somebody out there will recognize him and help find his owner. >>> tempted to buy a new smartphone? beware. nbc 4 responds to a man who says his buying experience is a total failure. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with information that you need to know before being ripped off. >> have you seen the prices of smartphones lately? 900, $1,000. if you can score a d what you're about to hear is why you shouldn't. our obsession with smartphones is alive and well and has no age limit. >> we desperately wanted to put an iphone into my mother's hands. >> reporter: so james decided to upgrade his iphone and give his mom his older one. >> i started looking for a deal. >> reporter: he searched craigslist for an iphone 8 and found a ton of deals. >> they were all less than a-month-old, still under

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey tells us how a celine bag shortage in parts of the u.s. making some changes during this busy flu season. >> reporter: to a sick patient an iv fluid back seems like a life line to recovery. at anova health systems, they use several thousand bags each day to replenish fluids and dispense medication. when they learned their main bag supplier baxter had been heart hid by hurricane maria, they acted quickly. >> how are we going to take care of the patients in the community conserve our supply. >> reporter: they centralized to keep better track. one step hospitals are doing is switching from dispensing medications through iv to tablet. >> it is an oral tablet instead of iv formulation. >> reporter: the spike in flu cases and dehydrated patients also putting a strain on the iv supply. >> drink some of this gatorade. >> reporter: at some hospitals like this one in the boston area, oral hydration with gatorade is replacing ivs in some cases. >> back in our region some are taking similar steps. in columbia and fairfax county, their iv supplies are f

news4's julie carey and our partner telemundo are the only stations there as prosecutors play cell phone video that showed the girl's torture and death. >> reporter: it seemed a joyful a missing 17-year-old girl returned to her mom in her fairfax county home. >> i love you, mama. >> minutes later, though, she was arrested, charged along with nine others in the gruesome gang killing of another teen girl, dameras alexandre ray he is. one year later she plead the guilty. >> some kids are prodigies at the violin. some kids are prodigies at violence. this is a prodigy at violence. >> reporter: the cell phone video played in court. the video shows her surrounded by gang members at the park forced her to remove her shirt and shoes on the frigid day. she shivers violently as they interrogate her. she blamed reyes for luring her boyfriend another gang member to his death just days earlier. in a final deadly assault, she cut off reyes' tattoo, stabbed her 13 times, and delivered a message. >> she tortured her and then she to and make sure the victim understood what her full name was. that's just t

bureau chief julie carey checked with health care providers here to see how they're adjusting. us now live outside anova fairfax hospital with the story. julie? >> reporter: hey, jim, at this hospital and health care providers across the country, flu cases are on the rise and so, too, is the demand for iv fluids. here at anova, they say they are not in a pinch. they saw that shortage coming right after the hurricane hit and they acted quickly. >>> iv bags used to dispense fluids and medication, the hospital goes through several thousand every day. their supplier baxter, it's puerto rico bag manufacturing plant left without power after hurricane maria. >> how are we going to take care of our patients in the cni and what are we going to need to do to start conserving our supply? >> reporter: the doctor is the pharmacy manager. he said they responded to the shortage by centralizing all their iv fluids to keep better track of them. they're conserving, switching to oral meds when it's an option. >> we were doing tablets instead of an iv. it is the same medication oral instead of iv.

julie carey will be in richmond. chris gordon from annapolis. that's starting tomorrow on news 4 at 4:00. >>> she lost her son to an especially addictive and deadly form of heroin. >> what addiction of an entire generation. >> next at 11:00, the news 4 i-team talks to this mother about the opioid crisis. digging into where the drug that killed her son is coming from and what's ing done to keep beit havertys furniture helps even when life isn't.t nice pick. pops, your pick. art monk! retired. i'll take him over these fools playing today. aw come on, man. that's not how this game works. art monk! i want to change my name to hot momma! lame. you're lame. no! i'm not writing down somebody who's retired! baby, i'm changing my name to hot momma. that's not how this works... [talking over each other] the new year savings event is on now at havertys. life looks good. >>> a new target in our area's battle against opioids and it

news4 working for coverage on it julie carey will be in richmond while chris in annapolis. >>> and while lawmakers head back, one is going after clogged roadways. >>> and delegate will force vdot to build more roads. >>> our transportation reporter adam tuss joins us along i-95 in springfield. good morning t adam. >> good morning erika, melissa. you know what a joy it can be. it seems like the ride against to get worse. but is adding more lanes really the answer? well, one state delegate says absolutely. what to do about the miserable ride that can be i-95? >> i try to avoid it at all costs. >> no avoiding it. once you locked up into that grade you are in it. >> reporter: take a look, a section of fredericksburg area slapped with the tag of toughest in the country. now say it's time to build our way out of the mess. >> what really needs to be done is to add additional lanes to the travel lanes. >> reporter: republican state delegate mark coal who represents pennsylvania working on wfta radio directing v dot to do more rains. unusual move from the general assembly. >> i'm frustrated. and

in richmond, virginia, julie carey, news4. >>> frigid temps turn parts of the potomac and the sea toe. some local firefighters show us actually falls through. >>> as you think about all of those diets your friends use, which ones do you want to use? if >>> take a look at this map right here. you can see most of the area is shaded in purple. that's a winter weather advisory. what does that mean for delays? i'll have that forecast and what you can expect on friday coming u >>> president trump's campaign manager paul manafort is suing the special counsel and robert mueller accusing the doj of overstepping its bounds by bringing charges against him that are not related to the probe into russia meddling in our election. manafort is facing a dozen charges and that includes allegations of money laundering and conspiracy. >>> still deciding what diet you're going to try this year? for the eighth year in a row, the d.a.s.h. diet is the best overall diet developed by the national institutes of health designed to lower blood pressure by focusing on vegetables, whole grains and low fat dairy. th

he sat down with julie carey for a one-on-one interview. right now, it's working out of a he says his win was fueled by anger for president trump. medicaid expansion is one of his top -- >> medicaid expansion is very important and i'll do everything i can to make that happen. >> northam, who is a doctor, says his agenda will include dedicated funding for metro and gun violence prevention. he'll be sworn in on january 13th in richmond. >>> it is a weather alert day with team coverage on the roads. all across the area. >> this is a look at the area in prince george's county, croom. you can see spots that look wet. probably ice. it's still cold out there. 25 degrees here. we'll check in with the crews to ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. ikea. small business, internet providers promise you a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. verizon doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network back

in richmond, virginia, julie carey, news4. >>> okay, what's on everybody's minds? mind. >> yeah, do you know what this is? >> yeah. >> you know it's cold out, right? despite the near record-breaking cold weather here, organizers promise the annual no-pants metro ride is on! and pants will come off, and it happens today. d.c. comedy group capitol improv organizes this have year. it kicks off this afternoon and runs from 3:00 to 5:00. while the sun is expected to come out, temperatures will still be a bit below freezing, so if you're going without pants, you might want to wear thermal undies. and watch out for frostbite. >> you couldn't pay me. you couldn't pay me! there is no way! >> we'll have to check recent history, but i'm not sure that the no pants ride has happened in this cold a weather. >> no! then you tal into the water, you know, annually? >> i do not recommend what they're doing today. i'll tell you that now. it's going to be cold. now, maybe if it's the end of the week where we're getting a little bit of a warm-up, that would be good, but -- >> right now

. >> our julie carey coming up at 5:00 tonight finds out how this shortage is impacting the treatmente who have the flu. >> you go to the doctor to seek the best advice and the best course of action to protect your health, but sometimes that's not good enough. >> no, it's not. you trust your own judgment, but what might make a difference? we'll find out. >> doreen gentzler has a look at the story of one woman's medical journey and her message. we'll have those stories coming up in just a few minutes on news4 at 5:00. >> all right. looking forward to it. see you in a bit. >> alrighty. we have spring like weather. storm team4 is tracking wild stuff headed our way, rain, thunder and the return of some serious cold. doug will be back to time it all out for you. >> music icon gloria estefan is in town. i'm tommy mcfly. fi out why she lovesnd >>> four things to know on this thursday. i'm erika gonzalez. we'll get you caught up this afternoon. the death toll in southern california jumped to and eight people are still missing in the devastating mudslides. family members haven't seen them sinc

virginia bureau chief julie carey reports on the killer's guilty plea. >> reporter: in 35 years, prosecuting dozens of murders, commonwealth attorney has seen as few as cold and brutal as the killing of 15-year-old dameries reyes. >> it staggers the imagination. >> reporter: the master mind, 17-year-old venus romero iraheta, our cameras were there v valentine's day what was a joyful moment. she was returned to her mom in fairfax county home. >> i love you, mama. >> reporter: minutes later, she was arrested a charged along with nine others in the gruesome gang killing. today on the one-year anniversary of the murder, she pleaded guilty. >> some kids are prodigies at the violin and some kids are prodigies at violence. >> reporter: the cell phone video played in court, the family wiping away tears. it shows her being forced to o she shivers violently as they interrogated her. she was blamed for helping to have her boyfriend killed. she cut off the tattoo and stabbed her 13 times. >> she tortured her and told her, i'll see you in hell. >> reporter: and that video created to send to ms13 leaders