and new at 5:00, a judge imposes life in prison plus 16 years for the louden county ceo convicted in the murder of his estranged wife. castillo broke into michelle castillo's home, smothered her and hung her body in the shower to make it look like she killed herself. the two were in the middle of a bitter divorce. the sentence was recommended by the jury that convicted him, and it followed testimony from some of his children. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey was in the courtroom today. she has more on that in a few minutes. >> a man from frederick county has admitted to sexually exploiting a toddler. he has pleaded guilty to a federal crime. prosecutors say steinhouse took illicit photos of a 2-year-old and share them with dozens of peek on the kik instant messages app. details of the case will reveal last year in an investigation by the news 4 report showed a spike in child exploitation cases in maryland last year. steinhouse faces three years in prison when he's sentenced in february. >> it's being called an institutional conspiracy of an unprecedented scale. new deta

it happened at dee and louden streets. no one was hurt in that. >>> crews making final preparations. the first show starts at 6:00 in the evening so the timing is perfect if you want to bring the wids to ring in this new year. >>> new york city is making final preparations for their celebrations. >> it includes an increase in security there. it is the latest to keep them safe in time square and in other parts of country. this morning new york city is getting ready for its annual bash. ringing in the new year with noise makers, confetti and massive security. >> we have reached the new level of patrol for the nypd. >> a record 7,000 uniformed and under cover including hundreds of heavily armed police officers. law enforcement is bringing in other vehicle to block off streets. fences and concrete barricades in boston and chicago. >> it is sad we have to do this type of stuff. it is reality of what's happening now in the world. >> in california police have their thanes full. with the rose parade on monday forcing them to come

louden county times report some board members are going beyond state and federal laws. one board member spoke against labeling people, prompting another to suggest getting rid of all labels in the employment policy, such as gender, religion on and race. a speaker for the naacp says he doesn't want to see that happen. >>> and we have a gray sky, now after a little sunshine mid-afternoon, the clouds have rolled back in. there is a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera overlooking washington on this tuesday afternoon. and now we're just, about 11 minutes away from sun set. and temperatures are in the 40s, all the way national, 45 degrees. it will hold steady in the low 40s, and then drop back down into the 30s by late tonight. storm team 4 radar, showing some moisture coming in, a few sprinkles in the central valley near lou ray, that's tracking off north and east. we may get wet pavement around 8:00, 9:00 tonight and then cold plunge comes our way. a look at that, in detail and a wintry mix in a few minutes. >> thanks, tom. >>> the results are in. which are the bes

. >>> in louden county parents in sterling said their kids building is not safe because it has no sprinkler system. hundreds of peoples have a change.org petition. peggy fox has the story. >> the parents who started this me petition said they loveme -- this petition said they love the staff here but they need renovations. >> we were approved and that was taken away from us. hallways and no sprinkler system. >> we have a limited amount of doors for the children to get out. if there is a fire the -- there is no suppression system to be able to take that foo -- fire out. >> the school practice s fire drills once a month and had one this morning said assistant principal ana purdy. >> all the class rooms are close to an exit and the students proceed to the closest exit. we have secondary exits ready just in case there's an exit that blocked. >> meadow land is o sprinklers said the louden school spokesman. >> unless you renovate it if it met the building codes at the time it's good. we are grandfathered. now we have renovated the mechanical system here so it's up to grade. the majority of the sch

look at the latest snow coming on in here, in toward louden county. i'm going to zoom in here, around the radar site. snowing pretty good snow shower around just south of leesburg, around ashburn, coming down towards the airport. you're going to see this, centreville, chantilly, you'll see it as well. this is all courtesy of the great lakes. yes, this is great the area, and we're going to continue to watch it and you and you can watch it yourself. download the nbc 4 app. you can check out the latest radar and make weather your home page. it's mine. >> all right, thanks, doug. >> well, 2017 is almost here. we know you're getting ready to ring in the new year. we have a number of family friendly options for you. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is in old town where the new year's eve preparations are in full swing. >> many of us think of new year's eve, we think of times square. those of us who are local and choose to stay local for the celebration, local places like matchbox brewing company here in falls church are accommodating some of t

the production impacted louden down. they use the west and east metro station. normal bus stations will pick up wednesday. >>> in the district it's not whether workers should have more paid family leave. it's how the city will pay for it that would turn a vote into a battle. tomorrow d.c. counsellors will consider two options. one, tax on city businesses would create a new government agency. that agency in turn would provide up to eight weeks of paid leave. some businesses say they don't want that extra level. they prefer option two. one that would require companies to provide the leave without imposing tax. >>> the manufacturers recalling a popular bag of chips. snyder berlin says some of its buffalo cooked potato chips may contain salmonella. >>> hundreds come out to honor our local olympians who competed in rio. >> we'll talk to swimmer since the alleged night robbery. >>> who are the better doctors? men or women? >> why experts saw your doctors gender could have major life or death impact on your treatment. >>> a flight touches down hours late nc >>> they al

he set off a chain reaction among strangers in louden county.ed they filled an entire car with donations. >> it's a simple decision. i knew the moment she presented this, that this was the right place. the only place i wanted this to go like it's still >> i think we get wrapped up in christmas and buying for ourselves, sometimes there's other people who aren't as fortunate and lucky to have a good year as we have, it was a good way for them to participate >> the community tells us this will not be last time they come together to pull off a christmas surprise. they plan to make this an annual tradition. >> that's such a great idea. >> everybody involved and feels like they're adding something to it >> there are other people out there that are not having as good of a christmas >> absolutely. >> so i think that's wonderland idea. >> what are we doing tonight >> well, clear skies tonight, it's tomorrow morning, steady rain when you wake up and if you have to head to work just be prepared to be a slower commute and if your far north and west, frederk

. >>> we just checked on the investigation into a louden county accident that you saw from major backups during the evening rush. the sheriff's office telling us now that one person was killed when this box truck and another vehicle collided. deputies had to shut down all westbound lanes of route 7 near yellow schoolhouse road. >>> right now there is a search for this missing montgomery county man. 55-year-old carl tubbs junior. he lives in a group home in silver springs. they say he suffers from skritsphrenia and dementia and was last seen leaving for an appointment yesterday morning. we're also posting this picture to our nbc washington facebook page. >>> many of you are waking up and cranking those furnaces. and while you do that there is a family that wants you to hear their warning about a silent danger. on sunday morning his family turned up the furnace. he said suddenly they all became daughter even fainted. it turned out their furnace broke and leaked carbon monoxide which is an odorless, colorless gas. >> they detected it as soon as they hit the front porch before they came in t

. >>> we just checked on the investigation into a louden county accident that you saw from

at d and louden streets. both the car and front side of the home were pretty badly damaged. police tell us the driver ran away from the scene but they did catch him a few blocks away and he is now in custody. >>> the countedown to the few year is on. >> what would new year's eve be without fireworks. >> nbc 10 is giving you a front row seat to the action. pamela osbourne live at the blue cross river rink with the details. fill us in. >> good morning. the good news is this is a family-friendly event. those fireworks are going to start at 6:00 right over here. you can bring the kids out with you. you can really take in the new year with an incredible display of fireworks. family-friendly event. this is file video you're watching from last year's fireworks. the best spot to watch them is down here at the waterfront. there's going to be food, music, entertainment. if you would like you can ice skate as well. visit philly expecting a sellout on hotels and restaurants in the area and if you're looking to stay out late we've got you covered there too. there will be a second firewor

joining me now is heat street political director gillian melcher and gina louden. gillian, what could obama do to keep this thing alive? >> it will be a tough thing to do. david: how? >> i will be interested to follow the details. the republicans' biggest political risk is they could repeal it within 100 days, but what comes next. if they repeal it and it takes months or years for the fix to kick in, they will lose on that. david: president obama put up some roadblocks and that's what he's intents on doing. the democrats are clever about constructing these roadblocks. mitch mcconnell has been around for a while. paul ryan, people will say he has been fooled on budget issues before. but isn't it possible they will be aware of a tricky thing to get them to dismantle obamacare? >> this can be summed up with a lame duck 2-minute drill. this cities just another trick, another flow by the president to try to influence beyond his term. david: do you know what that ploy is going to be? is it going to be several different measures? >> i think that the republicans need to ma

federal workers in louden, staint mary's and charles counties have to work that day. >> when a casino says it will boost the economy and put local my cancer started as ovarian cancer and it kept coming back in different places. cancer treatment centers of america gave me treatment options i didn't know about before. >>> in case you're just joining us we'll mention the mgm casino at national harbor opens tonight at 11:00. that's tonight. we all know casinos make a difference in every community they are in. >> chris lawrence went to michigan to see the impact that mgm grand detroit is making on his hometown. chris joins us now with that. >> yesterday we told you about jobs and some of the opportunities to advance. tonight we are going to show you how one woman parlayed a job at the mgm grand detroit into an at-large seat on the city council. she's fresh off a win. nearly doubling her opponent last month in the election. >> i'm thankful. i'm a working person like everybody else. speak for 600,000 people. >> reporter: her mom was a teacher. her dad, a college grad who got addicted to drug

short ride on the rails ending, phase two going an additional 11 miles, dulles airport and into law louden county. he stressed the importance of federal funding, when it comes to creating a smoother, more reliable ride. >> we want to make sure we keep the money coming in. >> the management of metro has been going into a positive direction, a huge number of issues, app then issues are on our shoulders in congress to make sure we provide the financial support necessary to keep metro running. >> the senator's tour continuing on an airport authority bus. as he passed a growing infrastructure that will bring phase two to life. along the silver >>> we've posted a map of the future silver line stations on the app, search "silver line" to check it out during the break. >>> sources tell news 4 the inspector general is conducting its own investigation of alleged contracting irregularities in the district. a d.c. council committee is already looking into the same issue. >> the two probes involve city contracting to clear land for a soccer stadium in southwest, and a $60 million whizards practice fiel

gina louden and mr. bo deal. your thoughts on this.st this guy. >> first of all, stop knocking jetblue. there is no first class to frorfror florida. it's a great flight, i fly it all of the time and that's not the issue here. áyork and i know, i know them ew very well. beautiful kids. this is so wrong. they're taking this in new york too. we got to stop it already. the election is over. we've got to respect the president of the united states whether you're a democrat like me or a republican. you've got to respect donald trump. he's going to be our president and pence is going to be our vice president and we've got to start accepting it. and the trump family is one of the nicest family. and those kids, i know every one of them. how wrong is that for those little kids to be put in that position. >> i'm going to my other panel members here. dr. gina, what's the psychology of this? >> don't you just wish that we had loving peaceful tolerant types like this couple running our country instead of this trumps? what a class act first of all on

only place i wanted this to >> his decision set off a chain reaction of kind acts among strangers in louden county >> i was touched by the story, what else can we do? that's when i started getting a chest together and started filling it >> the only connection is they're part of the same facebook marketplace >> we get so wrapped up in christmas and buying for ourselves, sometimes there's other people who aren't as fortunate and as lucky to have a good year as we had, it was a good way for them to participate. >> reporter: their family filled an entire car with donations. >> batman toys and star wars. >> reporter: that's how total strangers created a little christmas magic for 7-year-old makala and 6-year-old luke. >> reporter: he everyone th they say they want to find someone special to help every christmas moving forward. jeff even says he'll build more carriages. >> this is probably been the best christmas of my life having -- being part of what just happened for these kids. >> there's a tiara. >> reporter: they will surely help makala and luke live happily ever after in their new virginia

. >> attorney general loretta lynch will visit a mosque in louden county next week to address the spike in hate crimes targeting muslims. she's center. hate crimes spiked 67% last year to the highest number since the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. >> a major smartphone maker is about to do something it's never done before. how it is about to literally turn some of its troubled phones into paperweights. >> major retailers are in hot water just in time for the holidays. we'll tell you why they're accused of deceiving shoppers >>> beautiful day out there today. but even if you are looking outside, it looks cold out there. definitely on the breezy side, but beautiful. that sun is just going down. over the next hour or so. 38 is our temperature right now. you know it doesn't feel like that, especially when we have a wind. at about 15 miles per hour. you get those windchills when you factor in that and the actual air temperature. this is what it feels like outside. this is the number we come up with. baltimore, 25 in gaithersburg. this is the windchill factor out there. so th

. >> and some parents in louden county are lobbying for a calendar change of their own. they want the kids to have a day off so they can attend president-elect donald trump's inauguration on january 21st, that's a friday. the school board is taking up the issue after requests from some parents. they say they prefer to hold classes as usual that day. in 2008, the school board did vote to cancel school for terrorist walked into a holiday christmas party and killed 14 of his colleagues. >> we may never know why he did it, but today, the victims are honored with a ride to remember. >> body camera footage has emerged showing the moment a maryland police officer shot an unarmed man in the back. >>> well, it's going to be two more years before you can go to the top of the washington monument. 2019, that's when the elevator issues will be fixed. today, the national park service announced it's getting the money to fix it once and for all. the park service says philanthropist david rubenstein is donating the money to fix the mechanical, electrical, and computer issues. in 2011 aft

>>> attorney general loretta lynch will be visiting a mosque in louden county next week to address the spike in hate crimes targeting muslims. on monday, lynch will visit the all dulles area muslim society center in sterling. the fbi says hate crimes against muslims spiked 67% last year. the highest number since the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. >> as many as a million people could be making their way to d.c. for the presidential inaugurati airbnb expects 10,000 people to book through their site. in arlington county, that could coincide with new regulations the county board will vote on tomorrow. david culver explains. >> looking to stay in arlington's cherry dale neighborhood for a few nights? the murphys think their porch might attract you. terry in her mid-60s, andy in his mid-70s. part of our region's fastest growing demographic in home sharing. seepiers. >> we just haven't had any bad experiences, surprisingly. >> thee years ago, they began listing their home. it helped them supplement their lost savings. >> we lost about half of our investment, retirement ne

moving in from the south starting to change over to just plain rain in areas like prince william, louden county as well. by 11:00 a.m., just some showers starting to wind down. otherwise, cloudy skies. temperatures at 11:00 a.m. above freezing aeverywhere, and notic the map at 3:00 p.m., a lle temperatures in the 40s tomorrow afternoon. traveling tomorrow evening looking good, looking dry, and we continue to warm tomorrow around 8:00 p.m. we're going to be around 52 degrees. again, really just tomorrow morning where you want to stay home, stay indoors, and wait for better weather to move back in. so kids sports tomorrow, a lot of activities potentially canceled. we have wreaths across america as well. it will be nice for the afternoon hours. outdoor exercise, icy and wet in the morning hours. ifio rr getting the christmas tree this weekend, go tomorrow afternoon. it's going to be rainy on sunday. look at your sunday planner. rain in the morning hours between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. 57 degrees at that point. raining around lunch time, but look at the temperatures. 63. we go from about 26, 27 r

the accident happened around 1:00 this morning at d and louden streets. see from our video both the car and front of the home are pretty badly damaged. police tell us the driver ran away from the scene but caught him a few blocks away and this morning he's in custody. >>> 6:03. less than a week after an elderly store owner in south philadelphia was killed, a suspect is in jail, charged with her murder. >> that's right. police arrested maurice green, they say he gunned down marie buck at her grocery store on christmas eve. green allegedly told police that buck's grandson stole a necklace from him worth $5,000 to $10,000. according to investigators, they said green went to the store expecting to see the grandson but wasn't there. last night friends and family filed into the funeral home for buck's viewing. >>> today president-elect donald trump plans to keep working on his inaugural address at his mara lag ga estate in south florida. observers say he's likely to huddle with his advisors and talk about russia. mr. trump reacted yesterday to president obama's

to louden county and in libraries and community centers. programs for children and for teens and for poetry lovers. so it, we try to reach everybody. but we really do need everybody to make this happen. we've founded, we've formed a friends of fall for the book, and some of you are familiar with friends groups. and what that group does is help to raise some of the funds that keep this festival going along with the corporate funds and the organizational funds. you know, when you hear -- we watch pbs and they say and viewers like you, you know? that's you. and readers like you. there's a pamphlet outside if you go out, when you go out for the book signing and all that tells you about the friends of fall for the book, and it tells you about some of the benefits to you which include invitations if you join us, invitations next year to the receptions for some of the authors. this year you could have, you could have joined us just recently, just a few minutes ago at a very lovely reception with sandra sisser -- cisneros. so the receptions are inv

know meghan mooney has been flying all around the dmv but today we literally watch her fly at ifly loudeneat day washington. (upbeat music) and good morning, friends my name is chris leary. and i'm markette sheppard. and i'm meghan mooney. guys, we've certainly had our share of some superstars right on our couch, and one very memorable group, of course, for you guys, was the cast of barbershop: the next cut. yeah, before they even made it into our studios i got a chance to hang out with ice cube, cedric the entertainer and regina hall on the red carpet at their dc screening. and then we had a quasi rap battle here in studio, you have to see that on my facebook but before that, they told us about their film let's take a look. well good morning and welcome to great day washington tgif i'm marquette shepard, this is chris leary and we had a great week, didn't we? yes, we did. as a matter of fact, wednesday night, i actually hung out with some of the cast of barber shop: the next cut which is the third installment of the barbershop series. we had ice cube. yep, we had cedric the entertainer d

. >>> and some lake eecow impacting our area including northern louden and parts of city.omentarily little or no accumulation but heads up aside from the metro area plenty of sunshine throughout the day today. a high of 43 but with the wind feeling more like 30 this afternoon. >> don't forget you can catch the 128th tournament of roses parade here on nbc starting 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific on nbc. your truly and ms. hoda kotb hosting the coverage. >> what's going on? >> we are talking about this house in the episode of friends. saying we are pointing it out. look out the window by joey and you see the house with the wreath. they tell me to look -- >> it it's by the door. when you first look by the door. >> before you zoom in. it's on the other side by the door. >> it's the little skinny window by the door. that's the house. we are looking at the wrong house. >> you were looking at the wrong thing. al says in the skinny window. that is what al is saying and al roker is legend. >> there is the house. that's it. i give up. >> al roker we'll be watching you and hoda

some of the higher elevations, western louden county as well as the skyline drive elevations. all this advancing to the north and east coming in out of the south and west. heavier rains moving in this afternoon. sun back tomorrow. much. look, our elf has made her way over here. olivia kopo is a style expert and former miss universe. how are you? >> i'm good. how do you guys feel? you can feel the holiday spirit around here and it's not that cold. >> where are you going to be for the holidays? >> rhode island with my family, yeah. >> i lived there for a long time. it's a wonderful state. >> i agree. i love it there. >> what have you really enjoyed about the holiday season this year? >> well, that was really fun. obviously, it's the spirit of giving around the holidays and getting gifts for friends and friends and secret santa. >> four years since you were miss usa and miss universe. >> yeah. >> and you really made the most of opportunities since then. what have you enjoyed the most? >> i have enjoyed everything so much. i would have to say traveling, lot, too. but paris fashion

gina louden and democratic strategy dplp good stein. >>> i want to start with you. this republican congressman missing the fact that people were harmed here. the democratic national committee was hacked. john podesta had his e-mail hacked. that seems to get lost in some of the comments. >> i think it's important to note that john podesta had his e-mail phished. meaning their own security blocks or protocol did not preclude him from actually giving up his own password -- >> sure, but his e-mail was stolen. regardless of how it was done, his e-mails were stolen. we'll get to the substance of the e-mail. but they were taken. >> they were. but this is the thing. no one is denying that they're true. no one is saying that anything wafs released is untrue. you have to consider too, ed, that there are other sources that collude with the fact that there was a lot of corruption going on within the democratic party. there was a james o'keefe tapes, of course. there was quid pro quo -- why can none of us say that. that fox uncovered. there was a lot of instances that said there