live in tyson's corner, kristin wright, news 4. >> that it does. yeah. >> thank you, kristin. >>> young voices are leading the charge in reaction to the grand jury decision in ferguson. >> right now at 5:00, campus outcry. we're going to show how protesters at the university of maryland linked up and quickly decided to have a change of plans. >>> and caught on camera. it was the last stop for a convicted drunk driver before a tragedy in the streets. we have the new video, next. >>> and lines at fedex. but this was not to get into a game. more on a popular thanksgiving tradition. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. start your new orleans holiday at followyournola.com. >>> right now at 5:30, new video where a convicted driver was caught on camera in college park. >>> plus, inferno in ferguson. we have team coverage with nbc news on how the decision was made to not charge a police officer in the shooting death of michael brown. >>> and a father's tribute to a beautiful life. ♪ how he's honoring his daughter, who was k

kristin wright, news4. >> thank you. >>> on top of the concert, there will be big crowds headed to thes game tonight as well. it starts at the same time as the concert. you may want to leave extra early to make sure you get to the verizon center in time. >>> time for a final check on the forecast. >> uh-huh. the concert planners have so won the day with picking today of all days for this concert. the weather just lined up perfectly for outdoor activities. >> can you imagine. >> in november, they picked it because it's veterans day and you wouldn't have had any real opportunity to change it. yikes. it will feel like it's in the 50s. after that, the bottom falls out and highs only in the upper 30s and low 40s friday, saturday and the second of your weekend. >> luck counts. i like that. >>> and we want to send you off with this image on veterans day. right now, this man is posed just like this on his horse to honor those who have served and fallen for our country. he'll be there all day today. we're told he does this every september 11th and veterans day. >>> that's news4 midday for today

our kristin wright is there now to show us what the plan calls for. kristin?porte the path is pitch-black right now without our lights. you wouldn't be able to see a thin a short-cut path to woodbridge highl known as "the cut" is now a tribute to 16-year-old brendan wilson, shot and killed here november 10th. neighbors tel me they have long complained about illegal on the path. they have fought for lights to deter crime. and now they may just get them. brendan's mother is hoping. >> but i haven't seen any lights as of yet. and until i see them up, i don't bee it until it's done. >> rep sever dominion virginia power flags on in the ground on "the cut" right now. the board of supervisors is fa tracking the installation of lights along the path. woodbridge sophomore lindsey uses "the cut" every day. her mother ped petitioned for lighting. >> it's like drug, sex, everything. >> you have se that. >> yeah. >> rep county officials say a large streetlight will go in at oakwood drive. it won't bring back her son, but brendan's motr hopes there is change. >> the prince

live in college park, kristin wright, news4. >> thanks, kristin. >>> take another look at our weather now. and doug, we've got some serious cold coming our way, huh? >> that's exactly right, jim. we're talking about this cold air making it's way in from the west. and wind chills now in the single digits. that cold is moving in right now. as we look towards the east, that's where the rain has been. we saw a lot of that rain earlier today. that's all moving out. here's the snow shower activity. parts of buffalo, new york, could pick up 2 to 3 feet of snow from this. for us, 52 is the way it feels. that's the current wind chill here back to the west, 5. yeah, hello. cold air moving in overnight. i'll show what you can wake up to tomorrow morning. >> thank you, doug. >>> right now, more than half the country being hit by another round of winter weather. dangerous ice, bitter cold and snow piling up. nbc's jay gray in st. louis where temperatures are dropping fast. hi, jay. >> reporter: yay, doreen, they really are. as the sun goes down, so does the temperature here. 3 inches of snow aroun

news 4's kristin wright has more on how one after changed his life forever. >> i never did get a lookhim. because it was attacked with -- a brick. just hit me in the back of the head. >> jeff alvarez doesn't remember the attack that almost took his life. it happened in rockville. >> they were telling me, he's not going to make it. his vocal cords were damaged from the breathing tube. doctors told themselves to prepare themselves. >> he signed up as an organ donor. we needed to do that as soon as possible. >> june 17th, alvarez walked out of work just before 4:00 in the afternoon. in this parking lot, his life suddenly changed and almost ended. >> i remember the day. it was a regular, typical day. i had no knowledge as to anyone out there. >> so you just woke up wondering why you were there? >> uh-huh. >> clayton mullenhof has been charged with attempted murder. he's under evaluation to see if he's competent to stand trial. mullenhoff has a record of mental illness. >> do you remember seeing him? >> no. >> alvarez suffered a traumatic brain injury. >> i have so much more time to be abl

kristin wright is in gaithersburg tonight where parents are outraged about this. kristin? >> reporter: new criminal charges tonight against jose pineda. now a total of four alleged victims have come forward. one of them says it happened to her ten years ago. >> i think it's very alarming to have something like this happen. >> reporter: former montgomery county substitute teacher, jose pineda, is in jail tonight on new charges of touching students. a 23-year-old woman says he touched her inappropriately when she was a 7th grader at forest oak middle school. court documents say pineda put his hand on her thigh while she was seated at her desk and she and her mother reported it to the then principal ten years ago. a district spokesman says the principal retired, and they don't have information on whether he reported the alleged incident to police. pineda continued to teach in montgomery county. now a decade later, three more girls have come forward. >> mr. pineda today was charged with three more counts of a third degree sex offense and sexual abuse of a minor. >> reporter: a

news4's kristin wright is in clarksburg tonight to tell us how police plan to keep this a top priority. kristin? >> reporter: doreen, sarah and jacob hoggle used to play at aurora hills park over the summer. now it's starting to feel like winter and they still haven't been found. police say the case is still high priority. >> this is still in the forefront of our office and will remain in the forefront of our office, because honestly, the investigators don't want to let go. >> reporter: police, determined to find sarah and jacob hoggle. they're going back to places they searched before. now that the leaves have fallen, they hope to find something. police want people to do the same at home. >> the terrain on their properties has changed. we would like them to go out and check and look for things that are suspicious, things that are out of place. >> reporter: sarah's 4th birthday is one week from today. the children's mother, catherine hoggle, still hasn't said where they could be and a judge won't allow her to go with police to show them. >> my job as my children's father is to believe

news4's kristin wright is there, live tonight to tell us about the changes now coming to that area. >> reporte the path is complete dark rig now. the only lights you see out here are candles left for brendan and my photographer's light. people in this neighborhood wee the addition of lights and say "the cut" has been a problem long before brendan was ki. a memorial tonight in woodbridge where 16-year-old brendan wilson was shot and killed november 10. the tribute to brendan is along a shortcut path to woodbridge highl known as "the cut." neighbors tell me they have long complained about illegal activity here. we have learned that new lights will be added to the path to hopefully deter crime. still, in a lot of pain, brendan's mot hopes it really happens. >> i hope it will help other kids feel safe going to sc. if they want to do other stuff, take it somewhere else. but at least let the other kids just go to school in peace. >> several dominion virginia power flags are on the ground right now. the board of supervisors says it is working with the power company to fast track the installa

kristin wright is live in clarksburg with the latest. kristin? >> reporter: sarah and jacob hoggle used to play at aurora hills park over the summer. now it's fall, soon to be winter and they have not been back. >> my job as my children's father is to believe in my kids, believe in myself and find them, period. >> reporter: a father, still determined to find his two children. today troy turner announced a reward fund with the nonprofit, victims rights foundation. >> it gives us more organization. it gives us a greater base to pool volunteers from. >> reporter: sarah and jacob hoggle have been missing since september. today new information on the search from montgomery county police captain darren frank. >> with the colder weather, leaves have fallen off the trees, it's changed terrain of areas we have already searched. we're going to be searching those areas again. >> reporter: sarah's 4th birthday is one week from today. a day turner says could be the hardest so far. the children's mother, kathryn hoggle, still hasn't said where they could be. a

news4's kristin wright explains how. >> this is the -- an original.y. >> reporter: the six nations and the united states forged the land agreement in 1794. >> the english name is handsome lake, a very famous leader. >> reporter: the treaty has never been on display before now. >> the george washington signature is right there. >> reporter: the new exhibit, nation to nation, is a major shift at the smithsonian's national museum of the american indian. now the museum is focused on teaching the history of native americans, rather than presenting simply cultural artifacts. museum director kevin govar. >> w wee decided we're going to focus on history. we wanted to focus on teaching and learning institution. >> reporter: attendance is lower than at most other smithsonian museums. the american indian museum is reinventing itself as it marks ten years on the mall. govar is a citizen of the pawnee tribe. >> native american history isn't just for native americans. it's not just about native americans. it about america, the united states. the western hemisphere.

news4's kristin wright has the story of a local veteran who takes great pride in being honored for his>> it brings us back to many bad feelings, you know. >> reporter: but in honor of veterans day, alfonso coals ii agreed to meet us at the world war ii memorial in washington, aware of the quickly dwindling number of vets from that war left to tell their story. kohls is 94. he was 22 then. >> i was drafted in the army. that was before pearl harbor was bombed. >> reporter: originally from virginia, kohls and his son, alfonso kohls iii, live in d.c. with every veterans day, the younger kohls learns more about his father, the army staff sergeant. >> that's why i have him talk about it more, because that's the only way i'm going to get pieces of the story. pieces of the puzzle, which is that period of his life that was a big mystery. >> reporter: bus loads of veterans come here, honor flights of brave troops still marching on. >> what are you doing? >> it's fabulous. >> reporter: on d-day, a major and bloodied turning point of the war. kohls was on the beaches of normandy, and remembers tha

kristin wright has our report. >> reporter: andrew schmuhl stays in jail tonight. his defense attorney tried unsuccessful to get him out today. schmuhl and his wife, alicia, both lawyers from springfield, are charged in a violent home invasion and stabbing in mclean. torture the couple who live there. novemb 14th, we learn schmuhl is accused of tasing, handcuffing, stabbing and torturing the couple while his life, alicia, waited outside. and today andrew's attorney told the judge his client is disabled. used a walker in court. the prosecutors showed a picture of andrew schmuhl at a kick ball tourname in august. the judge denied bond. in court today, we also found out the female victim played dead and hit a panic alarm, setting off a loud siren. prosecutors say the alarm sent schmuhl running from the home. alicia smooul worked with the male victim and was recently fired. she is in jail tonight, also without bond. no word at this point on how the two victims ar doreen? >> kristin wright, thank you. >>> medical examiners have ruled the death of university of virginia

at the national cathedral, kristin wright, news4. >> we asked you to weigh in on this subject.he question for our viewers, do you support the national cathedral's symbolic gesture to host a national prayer service. 60% say yes, you do support it. 40% say no. >>> an elderly driver has been blamed for a close call, narrowly missing shoppers inside a store that his car crashed through. tonight, some new numbers reveal what could be part of a bigger problem in the area. >>> new fallout after the i-team uncovered a government worker drinking and driving before a deadly accident. >>> and plans to charge public school students to ride the bus, despite complaints of the school board i ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. start your new orleans holiday at followyournola.com. >>> you're watching news4 at 6:00. >>> a 92-year-old man charged with negligent driving after barreling his vehicle into a store in gaithersburg. it was a minivan he was driving. we're now taking a closer look at just how often that really happens. the news4 i-team has learned the p

news4's kristin wright joins us from college park with new information just released about suspect. kristin? >> reporter: well, jim, he tried to deduct t f this street here. >> i'm a grad student and work, so i have to to do what i have to do. i can't, you know, not go to my car at 6:30 a.m. >> reporter: university of maryland graduate student, kendra smith, lives across the street from where a young woman was attacked. >> i park on the street as close to my apartment as possible. that's really all i can do. >> reporter: this student got out of her car on hartwick road near route 1 off campus sunday morning at 6:00. a man with a knife grabbed her around the neck from behind, and said she was coming with him. she got away. tonight, police are still looking for the man. campus police increased patrols and sent out an alert, warning students about the attempted kidnapping. >> to be smart, be safe. we operate 24-hour walking escort service. >> repor sunday's attack is the third off-campus this month. november 10th, a man tried to rob a woman walking and groped her. november 6th, a woman

news4's kristin wright is live in gaithersburg where parents were outraged to hear these accusations re separated by a decade and the teacher worked at schools in between. kristin. >> reporter: the n allegations against jose pineda are from a student and a former student here in gaithersburg. now that makes the total of four alleged victims. new criminal charges against former montgomery county substitute teacher jose pineda. a 23-year-old woman who went to forest oak middle school says pineda touched her inappropriately ten years ago. court documents say pineda put his hand on her thigh while she was seated at her desk, and that she and her mother reported it to the principal then. pineda continued to teach in montgomery county. now a decade later, two more girls have come forward. >> i think it's alarming to have something like this happen. and i really don't know what administrators can do, because, you know, they can't be with people, with teachers, staff, all of the time. >> reporter: a sixth grader at ridge view middle school says pineda brushed up against her back side and put

in the district, kristin wright, news4. >> we have asked you to weigh in.o you support the national cathedral's symbolic gesture to host a muslim prayer service? your vote on social media and by phone. here's a look at the results of our poll so far. 59% say they do support it. >>> now at 5:00 tonight, parents sound off. a local school district wants an exception to state law so it can ch the school bus ride. why the district says it's justified. >>> and is writing a check safer than swiping your credit car consumer reporter erika gonzales answers your questions about safe and secure holiday shopping. next. >>> all this week, we have been showing ways to stay safe and secure while you holiday shop from online sites to the front lines inside the stores. >> consumer reporter erika gonzales joins us to answer your lingering questions. >> to black friday bargains, we have shown all week how to shop smart for the holidays. and you have responded through facebook, through twitter, e-mail and over the phone. so here are four of the most asked questions, with answe

news4s kristin wright joins us with more on the hearing. >> andrew schmuhl stays in jail. his defense attorney tried unsuccessful to get him out today. schmuhl and his wife, both lawyers, are charged in a violent home invasion and stabbing in mclean. andrew's attorney told the judge his client is disabled. he used a walker in court. prosecutors showed a picture of andrew schmuhl at a kick ball tourname in august. prosecutors say he was kicking the ball and running the bases. the judge denied bond. in court today, we also found out that the female victim played dead and hit a panic alarm, setting off a loud siren. prosecutors say the alarm sent schmuhl running from the home. police say schmuhl posed as a law enforcemt officer, accused of co torturing the couple while his wife waited outside. we are told the wife worked with the victim and was recently fired from the law firm where they worked. she is in jail tonight also without bond. the victims were hurt badly. no update tonight on their condition. at 6:00, i look at how this bizarre case played out over the last week. kr

live in carlington, kristin wright, news4. >>> starting this week you're about to see brand new ads aimed at getting you interested in adopting children. >>> our wednesday's child has been around for decades and we honor the success of the adopt a kid campaign. barbara harrison has more. >> when i was in foster care i never knew when i would have to move and i always had my suitcase packed. then i wasadopted. >> reporter: this is one of several ads encouraging you to adopt u.s. kids. the chairman shared it with us. >> the television ad campaign has been extremely successful. we get about 25,000 calls a year inquiring how to adopt from families and since then 23,000 children photo listed on our website have been adopted. >> reporter: adopt u.s. kids's purpose is to raise awareness about the need for foster and adoptive families in this country. the aim is to find children most challenging to place, particular older kids and this year's special feature, sibling groups that need to be placed 100% of the children we work with a in foster care through no fault of their own. >> reporter: many o

news 4 kristin wright spoke with the family's pastor. she joins us outside of our lady of mercy where a funeral wl be hold. >> reporter: after the crash, the driver showed signs of impairment. we asked why she hasn't been charged. we have that answer from police and from the state attorney's office and also what their family pastor has to say. >> it's always sad when someone young goes before us. but at the same time, we have to console ourselves with our faith. >> as the lord reminds us, tragedy happens to both the good and the bad. dominik was a great kid. >> reporter: the gonzaga senior was killed saturday on a crash on the beltway. he was in the back seat of the car pulled over on the shoulder after running out of gas. a 24-year-old woman plowed into the vehicle of five teenagers. she has not been charged. the state police accident reconstruction report could take six weeks. then the prosecutors will decide whether to file charges against the driver. meantime, the father prepares to deliver dominik's fooneral mass saturday. >> we acc

in northeast, kristin wright, news 4. >>> right now, european spacecraft is landing on a comet. let's check in with news 4 at the live desk. >> it literally just happened within the last minute and a half or so. huge celebration right now going on. as we take you live and show you what's going on at mission control in germany. we saw a lot of anxiety building up to this moment. and what we just witnessed was everyone jumping up in the room. throwing high fives all over the place. right now, they are taking a look at what the spacecraft looks like as it landed on this icy comet. now, this is history that was just made. for the first time, a spacecraft getting ready to land on that speeding comet. it took place. what you're looking at is an animation of what that image looked like. the spacecraft. scientists have been using it to chase the 2 1/2 mile wide comet for the last decade. millions of miles from earth. it safely landed. that unmanned rosetta probe now will take on the task of gathering a bunch of gases and chemicals. things are going to help us understand the origin of li

news4's kristin wright tweeted today that a protester briefly interrupted the service.vent is controversial to many. >>> we want to know what you think. do you support the national cathedral's symbolic gesture to host a muslim prayer service? weigh in on our poll today. text or call 202-601-3444, or vote on facebook, twitter or on our website. we'll have results coming up on news4 at 5:00. >>> a fistful of stolen rolex watches could land a local man behind bars for 15 years. there were scary moments during this armed jewelry store robbery last year in frederick, maryland. alonzo meadows was convicted yesterday for the smash and grab during the daytime. he and two other men were accused -- are accused of stealing $200,000 worth of watches. after forcing store workers and patrons on the ground at gun point. prosecutors are asking for a 15-year sentence. police never caught the other two involved in the robbery. >>> out in space, still a race against the clock for the history-making comet lander to collect data. the european space probe started drilling into the surface of

kristin wright joins us with the latest from charlottesville. >> reporter: a uva board will discuss the sexual assault policies, procedures and recent allegations at a meeting tomorrow. and uva's president is now asking for a police investigation. students are protesting sexual violence on campus, and say the university has tried to sweep the problem under the rug. the outrage comes after a "rolling stone" article detailing the alleged gang rape of a young woman at the ph phi kappa si fraternity house in 2012. uva's president suspended every fraternity and sorority until january 9th. today the president of greek life talked about this article. >> it makes me personally sick to my stomach to think about what happened that one night in that specific fraternity house. and it disorients my understanding of what community is. but what is the most empowering feeling is the amount of energy behind this issue right now. >> last wednesday, "rolling stone" magazine delivered this university a wake-up call. sexual assault is a problem that needs our undivideded attention. now. there are atrocities