stephen tschida has the story from lothian. stephen: it started at playground at the boone mobile home park sunday afternoon. 12 and 13-year-old boys pulled a knife on an 8-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother. >> no way! >> that is crazy. >> witnesses tell them that the 12 and the 14-year-old took the two smaller children at knifepoint through the woods along a foot path until they got to a barn away from the mobile home park. >> we have had the problems with the teenagers. people are and have losing, stuff like that. nothing like this, though. this is new. >> inside the barn deep in the woods, police say the older children tied up the boy and the girl and taunted them with a knife. tried to set them on fire. >> threatening to burn them alive. i can't even, i can't even process this. >> other children apparently at the playground followed the alleged abductors. they alerted an adult near the barn. when the adult approached with the other children the2 and the 14-year-olds ran off. >> the boy and the girl were checked out a

two children are safe tonight after a terrifying experience in lothian, maryland. police say the culprits are 12 and 14-year-old brothers. investigators say that the two brothers used a knife to threaten an 8-year-old girl and her 9-year-old brother on a playground at the brooms mobile home park yesterday. the children were forced to a nearby barn and tied up. >> threatening to burn them alive. >> the older boy ran off when they heard the voice of the adult looking for the children. other children asked for help after seeing the victims led away. the 12 and the 14-year-old boys are in custody tonight. leon: there are charges in a horrific crash that killed two walt whitman high school students against a student. not only against the student but a parent who hosted a party where the teenagers had access to alcohol. brianne carter has the latest on the case. what have you learned? brianne: we have learned that 19-year-old sam ellis facing charges in connection with the crash that happened last june. ellis was the driver killing 18-year-old calvin li and 18-year-old a

this happened sunday in lothian. the victims say the brothers tied up their hands and feet and threatened to burn them. the brothers ran away they heard other kids nearby. the two were arrested and now face kidnapping, arson, assault, burglary, and trespassing charges. >>> good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc. target unveils black friday deals and there are a lot of apple products on the list. you can get a target gift card of up to $250. bates he beats headphones are on sale. target will be open at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day with more deals on tap for 7:00 a.m. on black friday. i'm landon dowdy. >>> gender identity is at the center of controversy in fairfax county. a school board member tweeted a link to an article claiming this is not the correct video for the story, but in fairfax county school board member tweeted a link to an article claiming that transgener transgender men are struggling with mental illness. >> i thought how in the world are my kids going to take this. what are the students going to think