lee branch of the clan of maryland.been busy burning crosses, making pipe bojz, making threats to people like martin luther king's he was charged and convicted for burning the cross on the butler's lawn and supposed to paid them $23,000 for the civil suit damages. the next time they heard about him was when he became a priest and his clan past became exposed. the parish in arlington would eventually write a letter apologizing to them for what he did to them. for barbara butler, the apology rings hollow. >> you're not sorry. you're sorry you got caught. >> reporter: this year he paid the damages from the civil suit. the attorney said that took so long other costs have accrued which haven't been settled and he's seeking that money from atchison's attorney. >> we believe that there is about $65,000 or more in interest owed to butlers. >> reporter: set almost is one thing, but the butlers say the money won't erase the hurt they felt, the cross burned on the lawn of their then dream home. >> there are some things you can, yo

there could be more across southern maryland.ryland also has a little bit of a boom bust potential. there could be a rain/snow mix later in the day, cutting snow totals significantly. a cold wind shows up for tomorrow. there's the last ripple of the atmosphere that will ride up over us late afternoon to the early parts of the evening. that area of upper level energy, that's what i think may get the snow fall rate to go up high enough where we could overcome the fact we're not below freezing. light snow in southern maryland where the ground is already covered in white. future weather. periods of light to moderate snow, mid to late this morning. 3:00 in the afternoon. the steadiest of the snow expected to be in parts of southern maryland. 6:00, things winding down in the shenandoah valley. by 9:00 or down off the i-95 corridor. this is a rain/snow mix across parts of the bay. if it gets to southern maryland, it'll cut back on the amount. everything is over by midnight tonight or shortly thereafter. then skies clear. temperatures wi

those in southern maryland. what you need to think about tomorrow, let's go to amelia. >> so, doug, i have our shovel out here on the storm team4 weather deck. i think i need a new shovel. it's broken in half. we'll be doing shoveling tomorrow. those of you in ser tonight. and then twice tomorrow. so, take a look. here's how the weather is going to impact your saturday. again, shoveling once or twice, power outages, heads up, guys n southern maryland. make sure you charge your phones and get ready for a potential power outage because the leaves are still on some of the trees so any snow really weighs down those branches and that of course can lead to power outages. but great snow for making snow men or having a snowball fight. so you can plan for some fun with the kids tomorrow. here's your road outlook. the main road tomorrow i think are going to be just fine. they've been treated. temperatures will hover just above the freezing point. as we look to secondary roads, slick if they're not treated. i think my grap

, cross over into other parts of southern maryland, son st.unty and even into virginia the northern neck including just south of fredericksburg. so where it is snowing, it is already snowing heavily. mixing, as you see this green, poking in right here around st. george island, will be an issue during the course of the event tonight and into tomorrow. so temperatures are marginal there. but that is still where we're expect to go see the highest snowfall accumulations because it is already snowing there, of course. temperatures 41 in washington, 41 in annapolis, still way above freezing for most of us. except for where it is snowing. that's a good thing about snow, once temperatures can drop pretty quickly and create environment favorable for the snow to pile up. thirty-two leonardtown, 32 cambridge. i want to stress for tonight, in the dc metro, no snow expected, so if you are headed out on your friday night, it is cloudy and chill which temperatures in the 30's. but not going to have any travel issues. really the snow doesn't want to get into

this is interstate 68 in western maryland. snowing and the big question now, will it be heading our way? >> let's check back in with sue palka and find out what we can expect. sue? >> you know what shawn and marina, it's easier on forecaster when we can see it coming on radar and it is out there, we've been tracking what is a clipper system and it is going to produce evening snow showers and by evening, i mean within western suburbs. let me show you radar, we have seen this crossing interstate 81 darker purple indicates some light to moderate snow. this is not going to be as much as we saw on saturday but the change is it's a whole lot colder and this snow is going to stick to untreated surfaces. we're watching this approach places likes jefferson county gainsville you may get in on this in the next 45 minutes and a question look at the entire system, this clipper will mainly pass to the north but far enough south that we'll see it even in dc, winter weather advisory is not in effect for our area but may get two to four inches

a new crash inner loop approaching 95 in maryland. northbound 95 in virginia, after prince william parkway, crash in the left lane. travel times right now, really not terrible here this morning in maryland or virginia. overall, not that bad. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm. you can check back in with jack taylor when you're in your car. sheena? >> good morning, melissa. good news, though. at least it's not as frigid this morning as yesterday morning. we are however, still mentioning slick spots on the road. mainly for northern maryland. as we go throu not as frigid as yesterday. the weekend looks pretty good. here's a live look at satellite and radar. we're looking mostly at snowflakes falling around clarksburg. frederick could be seeing flurries near 270 as well and even flurries possible close to manassas. basically northern virginia. we'll take a wide view. this was the past 12 hours. a few snow showers north of d.c. from this clipper that is now falling apart. we could see a few slick spots this morning. the feels-like tempera

>> reporter: we're just outside hollywood, maryland. what we're seeing right now are wet road surfaces. now, there was some accumulation on the side of the road. definitely had some snow. once it hits this pavement, temperature is probably high enough that it is going to melt and give you wet pavement. along the grassy areas, we're seeing some white. that's some of what happened last night. it's getting a little more significant as we move south along route 235. right now, wipers are going to do it for you if you are in this area. again, with this time frame you have, things will come down later here in southern we' >> bundled up and ready to check in with you throughout the morning. >>> meantime, we're working for you this morning. you saw derrick there. we have a good number of folks in for us on this saturday, working for you and letting you know where the trouble spots may be. >> we want to continue with news 4's justin finch, live outside of the beltway. good morning. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: good morning. we're

airie, maryland. ironically, in the spring of 1864, he wrote a letter to his sister telling her he was guarding the railroad and there were no rebels in sight and probably never would be, and this was just a month or two before the famous battle of monocacy. as you see in this scene, we try to make things as lifelike as possible. here, we have private reck at camp. in the backdrop, we installed what is my favorite civil war railroad photograph. it's actually city point, virginia, but the story is the same. you see the soldiers so closely camped out by the tracks, you can imagine what it must have been like as the locomotives whizzed through there day and night, belching steam and the clank of the cars interchanging and locking up. here, we're posed in front of a davis camel, built 1869 shortly after the war. it represents the style of locomotive that was built here on site before and during the civil war known as a lyman camel. the locomotive was called a camel because the cab for the locomotive engin

this is with the maryland highway state, they told me they're basically on stand by. getting an early start, they have not treated any roads this morning, now, v dot said they started treating roads with salt and sand for potential icy roads. any light snow that does fall can obviously cause many roads to quickly turn icy because of the cold pavement temperatures, again, we're talking about 32 degrees, it's been cold this past week, so the big concern if it does fall is icy conditionings so crews sort of looking at it like that and we definitely know with snow, you have traction for your wheels, but or tires but with all the ice, it gets a little tricky, we're talking possibly accidents, delays and things like that, you know the drilling leave yourselves extra time. if not, stay indoors because it is very cold out here. we'll keep an eye to the skies this morning and send it back into you for now >> 503. new developments in the virginia house rate that could decide party control. this is over the seat for the 9th district in newspaper news. it's a controversial tie be

heard from people in d.c., maryland and virginia. the center of the earthquake of course in delaware, but over here in our region people were impacted as well. it was it subtle enough that plenty of people did not feel it. i was on the road at the time. i did not feel anything. i'm told that people here at the station did not feel anything. i talked to some women who lived just down the street who said they did feel their house shake. you can hear from them and a few other people about what they experienced. i was listening to the news and then i dosed off and then i felt the bed go and it did like this. the first time i've been scared in a long time. it caught me off card guard. it's the regrouping from the day. the whole house was shaking. we were about to start the lesson and then we felt a shake and miss town had to stop she started texting people and she just kept coming in from door to door and they told us then i felt it again. and then here comes sue palka to save the day to say that we've had an earthquake. all the kids in m

into columbia, maryland and up towards baltimore. most of the immediate d.c. metro area not going to see a opportunity for some light snow from leesburg, fredericksburg, gaithersburg, columbia. carol, northern baltimore counties as well. the weather service does have a winter weather advisory until 11:00 a.m. this morning. it's a low impact event. the roads are cold enough where anything that does come down will have no trouble sticking at all. right at 32 lehere in washingto. most of the real deep moisture is way down to our south. we're sort of on the northern periphery here of any real chances for wintry weather. again, just taking it a little bit on the cautious side. there's the ribbon of snowflakes from charlestown, up into northern maryland and top end of the 270 corridor. storm team 4 locally here. frederick, maryland, the best chance. if you live up that way be sure to send me a picture of it. future weather cares light snow and really 7:30, 8:00 in the morning, thereafter things should start to improve. the advisory, i susp

he was stationed at a town called mount airy, and maryland. ironically in 1864, he wrote a letter to his sister telling her he was guarding the railroad but there were no rebels anywhere in sight. and they probably never would be. this was one month or two before the famous battle. as you see in our scene, we try to make things as lifelike as possible. here, we have him at camp. in the backdrop we have , installed my favorite civil war railroad photograph. it is actually city point, virginia. the story is the same. you see the soldiers so closely camped out by the tracks. you can imagine what it was like as the locomotives whizzed through day and night belching steam and tooting their clankingand the cars and locking up. here we are posed in front of a davis campbell. built in 1869. shortly after the war. it represents the style of locomotive that was built here on site before and during the civil war. it was known as the camel. the locomotive was called a camel because the cab is on top of the boiler, not behind it. the idea was that the more

pretty steady sense we got to southern maryland here. let's look at roadways and whater we're seeing from the dashcam ra footage and we see nruryes aon and off. and quite heavy as we continue down this main thoroughfare here. people we talk to say they experienced rods aeasy. there's been a light duging or 1 or 2" from the ground on cars and roofs and that sort of things from california, maryland, southward. i talked to folks in the area about this season's first snowfall. hear what they had to say. >> it's nice i work on the water an it's pretty. >> it's not too bad. >> it's not. >> i've been to a lot of places and snow a lot more than this it's pretty good. >> do we look foolish dressed up because we have a lot of layers tonight >> i was driving earlier and saw de icing trucks out. i felt safe going out and it's not too cold or heavy at all. the roads have been great. >> that's been the case with other people we talked to as well. they say they seen the ucrews out and we know maryland crews are out in full effect and d.c. crews plan to

we will track flurries in southern maryland. weekend that will warm to 48 degrees with rain after 5:00. great weather for the redskins game that will be played at 1:00 in the afternoon. julie: a the roads right now, we are looking at the accident involving the overturned truck headed towards crystal city. it is been with us for over an hour. the truck is now back on its wheels, but 25 minutes out of southeast across the 11th street bridge to the freeway. use pennsylvania avenue up to independents and south out of the my street tunnel. and 395e mess on 295 here checking for the crash on 29 colesville rd at university boulevard. we are seeing the delays out of white oak. the lanes are open on the beltway between college park and c-70. larry: we have four tickets for six flags' holiday in the park. color 7 is getting in --caller 7 is getting in for free. good luck. winding down. it helps children's national medical center. autria: how are things going this morning? kidd: we have a very special guest. this is karsten who is diagnose

we are in leonardtown, maryland. amy aubert, abc 7 news. what we are experiencing is a little more than a dusting, not much compared to what million saw across the south. talking about record amounts of snow, power outages, and flight delays. ryan clark takes a closer look. brian: kids across the start ours -- across the south are frolicking in the snow. while the children are having fun, some drivers faced potential nightmares. >> some folks in southwest louisiana are not used to driving on ice. brian: officials telling drivers to stay off the roads. treacherous conditions in alabama made worse by down power lines, causing traffic to be diverted. parts of alabama got as much as 10 inches of snow. freak accident. in mobile, alabama, five snowboarders were injured when propane tanks stalled in hot water opened up. >> it was a flash fire. it ignites the vapors. brian: snow covering much of the south, from northern florida to virginia. the wintry conditions wreaking havoc at airports. winter snow moving up the eastern seaboard, downed power li

it is already coming down in parts of maryland.e pictures from the southern part of the state, california. >> storm team4 radar shows how massive it is. doug is back after the break with the snow totals and the timing on our first snow of the ( ♪ ) when it comes to holiday shopping, my wife loves style, my son is all about technology and my daughter? she just loves horses. don't you just love one-stop shopping? i do. ring in the holidays with buick. get up to 20% below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. that's over $7,100 on this buick envision essence. experience the new buick this holiday season. experience the new buick z2m7ez z16fz y2m7ey y16fy >>> now at 5:00, weather alert. >> it's coming, the first snow of the season. we're in weather alert mode right now. >> we're tracking this huge east coast storm. the latest time line and how much you can expect in your neighborhood. >> many of you in advisory and winter storm warnings. we have the latest. >> school

northern maryland could see slick spots. that's going to be in your thursday commute forecast for the morning hours. again, this is mainly northern maryland. dry roads through the afternoon with temperatures back in the 40s. low 40s today. a chance much flurries tomorrow. little colder tomorrow. you'll notice the upper 30s. little bit of a change in the weekend, though. forecast showing 53 next monday. i'm looking forward to it, melissa mollet. but this morning, still dealing with the cold and the breeze. >> i'm looking forward to that as well. taking a look at a couple of new problems that popped up, sheena. we're talking about metro. on the orange line, single tracking between new carrollton and cheverly because of the late clearing track work. the yellow line, a delay here on the yellow line to mt. vernon square outside of beltway. taking a look at 95 in virginia. quantico to the beltway, going 60 miles per hour. that trip would take you about 19 minutes. now it's a little slow into woodbridge. normal of course for this t

metro area and in maryland. we'll take a closer look at the timing of it and again, who can expect it coming up. let's check the roads. they're dry right now, melissa. >> they are dry. >>> taking a look at waldorf, northbound 301 near 5 there, the traffic is getting on the right shoulder right now. we do have some closures there because of that crash and a tow truck getting things out of the way. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems there. when we take a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, going to take you 26 minutes. on time there as you head southbound. as you head out of town up to 70, sometimes this morning, looking good here. right now, at 66 and 95, no major complaints. guys? >> thank you, melissa. >>> it is 5:02, we're following a developing story in charles county this morning. sheriffs deputies are searching for a gunman at a shooting in waldorf. a man was killed at holly avenue at spruce street last night. >> chopper 4 was over the scene as they collected evidence. the gunman took o

they're saying new style maryland tags. if you're a maryland driver you probably recognize these. we'll show these to you right now. it's the tag that has the maryland flag across the bottom. ignore this where it says maryland proud. that's the example available on the mva web site. the new tag that has the yellow black and red maryland flag across the bottom. that's what they're looking for. city of gaithersburg police tell us this was a secured apartment building so they just again want to remind people tt open your door for anyone that you don't know and again, still a very active search at this point for the car and those suspects. live in gaithersburg, i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> 6:03 now. also developing overnight in maryland over 50 firefighters worked to put out flames at a hotel. this is in jessup. crews responded to the red roof inn on washington boulevard just after midnight. the fire was under control in about 10 minutes. there were no injuries reported. that investigation is ongoing. >> later this morning, you might run into some road closures along 95 in

here's a live look outside right now in maryland, southern maryland where they half inches of snow already >> ♪ there are those of us who like to venture to the unexplored. those of us who go out there with a sense of wonder. if you're one of us, and you want to explore more of this great planet, we're ready to take you there. widen your world. turkish airlines >> ♪ >> welcome back. your time now 8:12. president trump finished up the work week with a campaign style rally in pensacola florida. the president touched on a number of issues including tax reform immigration healthcare as well as climate change. then the president turned his attention to next week's controversial senate race in alabama. he urged people in alabama to vote for republican candidate roy moore who has been under scrutiny for sexual misconduct allegations. >> we need somebody in that senate seat who will vote for our make america great again agenda. [cheers and applause] >>> which involves..., which involves tough on crime, strong on borders, strong on immigration. we want great people coming into our country. building

i think the areas you stereo watch out for are north through central maryland. it's not going to be an everybody sees there's a radar, you see the little thin strike that of snow starting to fire up in areas north of town, very light and the air is very dry. what starts to fall will evaporate before hitting the ground. it will be cold enough overnight at location that is could see a little bit of stick itch. there's a i want wide area under a winter weather advisory north. it will be patchy me there. whoever gets stuck under that little band that see eagles the accumulating snows. we are not under a winter weather advisory and i don't think the beltway will see major problems because i think most of the snow stays north, 32 reagan, dulles is at 30, bwi 30, your planner, snow showers and flurries until about 10:00 this morning, but even by then, i think the really wrapping up, 29 degrees, 1:00 clearing skies, 32, cold sticking around, you'll see them in the seven-day in a few more minutes, first you need traffic and for that, erin we turn to you. >>> good things

cop that playing good cop through the state of maryland. robert e. lee gave specific instructions to his field theanders -- do not harm b&o railroad. we wanted for ourselves. things then turned around and the b&o railroad became a continuous target. but no railroad, because of its geographic position -- the only one that serves the nation's capital -- no railroad was more important then the b&o railroad. these information panels give technical information about the rail cars. they introduce you to the personalities that were the operating personnel. each of these people have been documented. they actually existed during we have eight of these lifelike mannequins. seven of which have personalities. three of them have the actual faces of the characters we are portraying. this is john somer. he worked in the realm word. -- he worked in the rail yard. he was a german interest. the workforce of the b and o railroad was heavily laden with german and irish immigrants. yard man, he had the most dangerous job on the railroad. at that time, there was a lincoln

frederick, maryland, not expect to see a lot. temperatures outside right now -- we do want to show you what it looks like on storm watch 7 satellite and radar. to the south across leonardtown, not amounting to a lot. temperatures are well above freezing. not looking for anything to stick to the ground or have a big impact as they move into this afternoon and this evening. we will talk about the start time for the snow inside the beltway and southern maryland, and another blast of much colder air on the way. arrives, aof this great time to download your stormwatch 7 weather app. more on the outlook in just a few minutes. adrianna: as you heard steve say, download the stormwatch 7 weather app for free updates on conditions in our area. right now the search resumes for the body of pamela butler nearly a decade after her ex-boyfriend killed her. now he has agreed to tell police where to find her body. q mccray is in stafford county where the search continues for her. q: we are going northbound on i-95. i have to show you the traffic.

that's maryland 179. cape saint claire. gets by on the eastbound side because there's a pretty big eastbound scene as well. you can see that line of red on the map. as you get off the bay bridge into annapolis you'll hit a big slow down. you can see all those parked brake lights leading to that detour point. we'll bring you more updates. any questions about getting around that mess at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we are quiet in the district right now. as we move things along to a look at 95, quantico to dale city we are at speed looking great through woodbridge. no problems on 395. also looking really nice across the wilson bridge. key bridge from rosslyn into georgetown at speed. not seeing any beltway issues yet. 66 quiet out in manassas and 270 at speed as well as you make your way down into gaithersburg. red line delays for this ongoing capitol improvement project when they pick up service at 5:00 a.m. more traffic in a few. >> ♪ >> that's westbound, right? >> yes. >> reporter: i'm annie new live in annapolis where we ha

now -- about tina frost -- the maryland woman who was shot about tina frost -- the maryland woman who was shot during the las vegas massacre. she's spending the holidays at home, and her father is speaking out for the first time. john gonzalez live in the newsroom with what he's saying. doctors will tell you gunshot wounds to the head, only have a five percent survive rate and three only have a five percent survive rate and three have a good quality of life. it would appear maryland native tina frost who was shot during the las vegas attack back in october is going to beat those odds. her father now calling it a christmas miracle. able to walk out of rehab- she is now home for the holidays. the 28-year-old receiving outpatient care at the family's home in home in anne arundel county. she was among the more than 500 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history, 58 people were killed. doctors had to remove a bullet, which was lodged into her right eye. frost has been practicing throwing and kicking a rubber ball. even baking cookies and painting her eye patch. happening

frost bugger, maryland got an inch. that doesn't sound like a lot, but when you have temperatures as cold as they are tonight they can become icy spots tomorrow morning. the roads were snow covered out there, it wasn't a lot, about a half inch but sometimes that's all it takes to make some slick spots. here's another picture as it was covering the sidewalks also in howard county and then we had a couple of reports from folks out in west virginia, including al van who told us that or jennifer al ban is what i think she goes by there. we have about a half inch on the ground in hedgeville , west virginia. roads are awful and very icy. so for most of us tomorrow morning i think the impact is going to be pretty minuter, but if you're looking at your window right now and you see snow on the ground i anywhere overnight. watch your steps on the sidewalk, anything that was untreated it's been a spotty dusting as mentioned and i believe that the impact for most of you tomorrow morning is going to be on the low side, but again, if

near the university of maryland college park.th of d.c. how people are handling the arctic blast. i'm annie yu and i'll have that coming up. >>> and new year, new you. the countdown is on to 2018. we're talking resolutions this morning with in tips to make the new year your best one yet. >>> plus, beauty blunders. celebrity make up artist kym lee is live in the loft with all the popular looks that should be left behind in 2017. good day at 9a starts right now. ♪

in fact, in maryland and virginia, the cdc calls it widespread. the cdc breaks down flu levels into five categories. no activity, sporadic, local, that's where d.c. is, regional and widespread. maryland and virginia are among 23 states reporting widespread flu. >> they haven't had the flu forever. my daughter tells me i'm too old. >> is the shot helping keep the flu at bay? a specialist in infectious diseases -- >> we highly recommend that everyone gets influenza vaccines. i received the vaccine several weeks ago and then developed flu-like complaints myself. >> there's already been more than 7,000 confirmed cases of the flu across the u.s. double the amount this time last year. the cdc recommends everyone over the age of 6 months get a flu shot, especially the elderly and children. >>> from being under the weather to being so over the weather -- >> so over it indeed. if you hate cold, you need to start looking for discount flight down to somewhere warmer, because it's not only going to be cold today thrks weekend and cold for new year's, probably

in hartford county, maryland scott wusa 9. >> the proposal needs the approval of maryland's general assembly and the governor. >>> this video was captured yesterday when a man broke into a jewelry store. we are learning his one of three men wanted for several burglaries in the last two weeks in d.c. and maryland. in one of the robberies the suspect used a stolen church van as a get away vehicle. leaders of the church spoke with us today. >> it has been a big impact. we have not had the transportation we need for our members. to hear our van was stolen and put stolen goods in our van was awful. >> five of the seven robberies happened at cell phones stores or clothing and jewelry store have been hit. if you recognize these guys on the re >>> some of us could see snowflakes tomorrow. topper is out on the weather terrace. >> if you are east of i-95 i give you a good chance of seeing snow showers and light snow tomorrow. temperatures will be around freezing. that's noon on future cast. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> tonight arizona senator john mccain remains in walter reed medical center

flying maybe garrett county and allegheny washington counties in maryland there in the maryland panhandlebe aware of this. this isn't going to drop too much. unlike last night temperatures warmed a little bit overn going to stick. we may have -- you can see last couple loops here a couple more trying to pop up a little farther south. we may have a passing flurry here in d.c. a little later on this morning but again, at this point it's not going to be a big deal. 36 at reagan national. dulles 31, maybe a coating there but bwi 35 degrees. so, again, not going to have the same problems that it did if you were out traveling late last night when many areas off to the north were able to put down a quick coating to a half inch. 39 degrees at 10:00 a.m. we keep flurries in the forecast. after that clipper is out of here. by 1 o'clock turning windy again and sun comes out just a little bit, 43 degrees. by 4:00 p.m. breezy and more sunshine, 44 degrees. going for a high in washington not so bad about 45 degrees so a little below normal but compared to yesterday's 37, not bad at all. that's weather.

oakland, maryland. 6.1 inches.ome areas got hit really hard by some of the stronger bands, and germantown 5.5 inches. damascus 5.2. at dulles, byi and reagan, all three of our airports were actually daily record breakers set back in 2005. we got a good amount of snow today to start us off for this winter season. right now looking at the radar. a few flurries lingering. d.c. metro area dry at this point. we have fog being reported at reagan. you want to be careful on the here's a look at future cast. 1:00 a.m. notice how we're dry at this point. all the snow is pushed north and east. looking back west, that is not going to be impacting us. that's going to stay back toward areas west of the blue ridge. they are still under a winter weather advisory right now. for the rest of us, not only do we dry out, but we also clear out. we're losing clouds. the temperatures are really going to begin to fall. then we head into sunday afternoon. you see plenty of sunshine. but is it doing much of anything? temperatures feeling lik

in federal court to misusing a social security number to obtain a fraudulent medical license in maryland. akoda was also licensed to practice medicine in virginia. >> i don't believe they did a thorough background check because if they did, they would have found out who he was. >> reporter: so does the maryland board of physicians verify if social security numbers are valid for people who want medical licenses? they told us the board has not been conferred with explicit statutory authority to verify the validity of social security numbers but says they do use social security numbers for identification of applicants and licensees and what about virginia? we asked them if they independently verified his the state says they accept primary source verification of identification from official documents such as transcripts from a u.s. medical school or residency program. tinsley's torn says it's clear the -- attorney says it's clear the background check laws need to change. >> everyone is saying how is it possible, yet it happened. this is one of the most severe cases that i've seen. >> we file

in a tiny maryland town you can find the strangest new year's tradition ever.n found that's where a rodent will rule over 2018. >> reporter: he is furry, fashionable and about to fly once again into the new year. [ cheering and applause ] >> at midnight lots of kind of old hat. >> reporter: so mundane that modest princess anne, maryland, went for a mammal, marshall p. muskrat ready for his death defying dive. carrie samas is the rodent's representative. >> people cannot wait to get their pictures taken with him, to get video of him. it's spectacular. >> reporter: how this started is fuzzy. musk rats have made mischief in marshy maryland for millennia, but six years ago a stuffed specimen was set to sail above the avenue, once a nuisance, now a celebrity. >> he definitely loves the attention. there's no doubt. look at him. you can see the enthusiasm. >> reporter: maryland's must see muskrat making his way into 2018. pete muntean, wusa9. >>> hey, smiles all around tonight down at capital one arena as the wizards got a good team. so, of course, they would play we

then the very next day another cell phone store was hit this time in maryland.wo suspects entered the store, forced victims to the back and made off with more phones. finally that brings us to just yesterday yet another store was once again it's all on video. the suspect smashed the front door of a jewelry store with bricks and kicked away at the jewelry boxes before he made off with all he could get. seven sites in less than i do not weeks and the suspects on the run. evan coslove wusa 9. >> in some of these it was one suspect and others it was two or three so clearly they all didn't do all of the crimes however thieves appear to be connected and they need your help tracking these guys down. >>> a new campaign begins today to make all forms of marijuana legal in maryland. it's led by marijuana reform group and maryland state delegate carlos sanchez. the goal is to get recreational pot legalized by the end of next year. medical marijuana sales a few weeks ago with a lot of success in maryland. >>> if you want help through the affordable care act tomorrow is the

the ceo of behavior collagen southern maryland heard i am also the president of the maryland addictive disorders does counsel. morning, vice president for medical affairs at the maryland hospital. >> sheriff tim cameron, thank you. >> st. mary's county health department. >> gerald, emergency management. >> attorney of calvert county. >> calvert county health department. >> president and ceo of calvert health. ofcandace txt, coordinator the substance abuse, a local nonprofit. >> i am the division chief emergency management. sergeant with the sheriff's office to provide the narcotics unit. the local director of health authority in charge county. >> superintendent charles county public schools. >> director of emergency services charles county. >> coordinator for charles county. ofi'm the director correction and prince georges county. >> that takes care of them. was adams. >> chief of police franois county. group,ave a very diverse of all of all the district i represent. these five counties and southern relative. a number of uniformed officers here, thank you for being here. a lot of other

five maryland players scoringed.hey had 14 points, nine rebounds, they improve to 8-2. >>> fcs playoffs, top defeated james madison, just over two minutes to go. that's right where they want to be, ryan shore to riley stap stapleton. they get the back back in the final minutes with a chance to your game winner. 31-28 the final. and not good for the redskins. sac brown is questionable. three other players ruled out. jordan reis the most note able on that list. he has not played since october. on pace for career lows. at this point jay gruden has adjusted to not having one of his most talented pass catchers. >> what do you want me to say. it is just unfortunate that jordan is a big time player for us and when he is not out there it has a big impact on what we do. >> both the wizards and the redskins in l.a. this weekend. they take the court at 3:30 tomorrow and the redskins take the field at 4 guys, back to you. >> sports to watch whilee're w ♪ because everyone likes easy. sure do. because everyone is on the