scott macfarlane is at the live desk, what are you hearing? >> they happened within 30 minutes of each other. here is the mug shot begot from police. in october, he robbed two women in a wooded area. he's accused of sexually assaulting one of them. he went on to rob three northwestern high school students. one of them were sexually assaulted. tracee wilkins is is there and we'll have a latest on how police got the break. back to you. >> the head of the d.c. parks and recreation. several women, including two underage teens said two employees at the wilson aquatic center took them to the pool after hours and assaulted them. today, councilmembers held a meeting on the matter. the director was called in to testify. the parks and rec employees charged with monitoring it went without authorization, but they did nothing about it and did not report the discrepancy to her. >> if they knew that, what is their obligation to do something about it? >> their obligation is to report it to upper management. >> who would that be? >> the management above the ma

scott macfarlane working the story at the live desk. scott? >> we just learned about a reward fund being set up to solve the iran kirby murder case. kirby was found shot dead in his home. the award is several thousand dollars. the goal, to get more tips. he was the planning expert. investigators try to widen the scope of the search and get the extra tips. tonight at 5:00, we'll hear from his widow. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> crews replaced a section of a 12-inch water main that broke along connecticut avenue. traffic is moving again. only one lane is open. there's still delays through that area. the sidewalk remains closed to pedestrians. >>> frank wolf, the long-time republican congressman from virginia is not seeking re-election. he represented the tenth district for 34 years now. he says future focus is human rights and religious freedom domestic and international as well as matters of the culture and the american family. >>> have you gotten your mega millions ticket yet? the jackpot soared to $636 million. it's the second

scott macfarlane has more from the live desk. scott?year of uncertainty, mayor gray made it official. the story broke by news 4s tom sherwood. you are looking at video shot by tom as the mayor got the proper petitions to begin his re-election campaign. there will be a more formal kick off next year. when asked about his decision, mayor gray says he deserves another term. when asked about the federal investigation with his 2010 campaign, he said i'm looking to the future and he has done nothing wrong. tom sherwood breaking the news a few minutes ago. d.c. mayor, vincent gray after a year of uncertainty making certain his decision to run for re-election. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> the travel technology that admitted to infecting people to hepatitis c hansen tensed to 39 years in prison. earlier, he pled guilty to steal ing and tainted them with his blood. 47 people contracted the virus. seven people sick in maryland. prosecutors asked for 40 years in jail saying he caused a public health crisis. >>> do you trust the clerk

at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> i'm looking at these three colors of red. you think red comes in one color, you are wrong. >> on a nice warm day. >> kind of a warm red, a warmer red and the warmest. this is the temperature trend, right? >> that's it. >> record warmth in the forecast for sunday, if you can believe it. high temperatures in the low 70s. wait until you see the seven day. it will tie the record high temperature if we hit what we are forecasting right now. look outside. just high, thin clouds in the sky, filtered sunshine. it's mostly sunny. more importantly, the temperatures, look at where we are at right now. 61 in washington. 60 in college park. 59 in rockville and 58 in gaithersburg. temperatures tonight inside the beltway by the water will not get that cool. only in the low 40s. pretty comfortably have to walk the dog late tonight or early tomorrow morning or the early morning run. it will not feel too bad outside by any means. the suburbs, you get cool because the air is so dry, the temperatures can drop. in the suburbs, low temperatures ar

right now, scott macfarlane is at the live desk with more. >> new details. a high school shooting suspect is dead. at least one student at this school has been hospitalized. we just learn a suspect was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the school happening at arapahoe high school in centennial high school. itis about ten miles from columbine high school. we are going to try to get you video from 30 minutes ago as hundreds of students were evacuated from the school. students were running out, arms in the air. some students patted down as police went looking through the school for potential shooters. now, the danger is over. the student suspect is dead of a self-inflicted wound. more details and images as we get them. for now, at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> right now, residual delays on the inner belt after a box overturned and spilled its load. it happened near the bridge and caused major back ups happening now during the rush. crews are working to clear the debris. all lanes are back open, we understand. no word on what caused the

scott macfarlane broke the story on www.nbcwashington.com just a few moments ago and joins us now. scott? >> the overhaul of building 197 begins january 31st. they expect to finish in early 2015. the building was so badly damaged in the shooting spree that killed 12 people, the navy secretary deciding to refurbish the building. they will not demolish it. it will include a new cafeteria. it was packed the morning of the shooting. so many people there when the gunshots first started. a new visitor's entrance will be built and a so-called remembrance area will be constructed for a memorial of the victims. aaron alexis killed 12 before he was shot and killed. a large number of the 3,000 employees who worked inside, the headquarters of the command had been relocated to a federal facility at buzzard point. nearly all are in place by the first week of january. wendy and barbara? >> thank you, scott. >>> we are talking more snow and rain around here, starting tonight. >> let's find out if it's going to be conversational or nothing to fret about. >> we are going to see snow and rainmaking it

scott macfarlane at the live desk with details. scott? >> the d.c. medical examiner releasing details on the death of 7-year-old michael kingsbury. he died of hypotherm that and it was an accidental death. he wondered from his d.c. home. his body found in a hot car 40 yards from the house. police believe temperatures from that car reached 120 degrees. many people passed by the car when searching but never opened the doors. the medical examiner said there was no sign of trauma. they are calling it an accidental death. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> right now, police are looking for suspects in an assault in an annapolis mall. it happened on black friday at the victoria's secret store. a 17-year-old says two women approached her, one accused her of assault, knocked her to the ground. she told police she has never seen the women before. >>> the woman accused of splattering green paint at the national cathedral is required to get a further mental evaluation at st. elizabeth's hospital. she was charged in july for defacing the cathedral. she'

scott macfarlane is at the live desk with more. >> it happened friday. police released surveillance video of a person of interest. look at your screen. police want to talk to this woman seen leaving a star. they want to talk to her in connection with the rape in silver spring. a woman was grabbed by a man while taking out the trash, then sexually assaulted. it's not clear what she has to do with the rape case but they want to talk to her as soon as possible. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> get ready for company on the roads if you are traveling for christmas. this could be the busiest travel season ever. the roads will be more crowded. chris shows us one gift to expect if you are driving home for the holidays. >> reporter: even if there's a repeat of the horrible weather around thanksgiving. aaa is predicting 94 million people will head out for the holidays. >> the fifth year in a row of increases. the most people ever traveling for the holidays. >> reporter: what the weather will be a week from now is unknown. the travel club says recent win

i'm scott macfarlane. >>> we are tracking a strange incident at the white house today. uniformed secret service officers cleared the north lawn, closed the guard shock, evacuated the park and shut down pennsylvania avenue. the secret service says the man was arrested for throwing a package to the north end squad. >> right now two lanes are blocked by crews working on a water main break. this problem is near the intersection with gorman street. crews are installing valves of an 8-inch main so waterservice can be restored to customers. >> right now we are ready for bizarre winter weather. veronica johnson is tracking it all. that's right. we have a lot of changes that we're going through in the weather. outside today, well, we've got an overcast sky across the area. it stretches far and wide. let's take a look. our temperatures today under the overcast sky. as we look right over the potomac, temperatures today in the 50s across the area. even 60 degrees for you folks around fredricksburg. stafford at 57 today. 57 around waldorf, maryland. but tomorrow temperatures will be

as scott macfarlane noticed, colleges are facing an up hill battle trying to get emergency warnings to students. >> reporter: at howard university, it happened on a summer morning. report of a sex assault. >> people have to be careful. >> reporter: students told news 4 they haven't hrd about it even though they sent out this alert by e-mail. >> i think they are effective as long as you check your e-mail. >> reporter: the university of texas arlington e-mails students after sex assaulted. >> you are on a college campus and want to feel safe. >> reporter: the same in 2012. >> terrifying. >> reporter: one official told the news 4 i-team, college kids don't check e-mails anymore. college campuses are a text message territory. >> you have 1 million alerts coming to you. >> reporter: a review finds several local universities have text message alert systems. nearly all of them are voluntary. students must opt in, sign up. in some cases, we found only a fraction of students are enrolled in the text message systems. many are opt out. howard is considering switching to opt out, too. alert them i

let's go to scott macfarlane at the live desk. >> this is powerful video.he person involved is not seriously hurt. san diego, a san diego sheriff squad making a left turn and slamming into that woman on a mobility scooter. the woman's bag knocked to the ground. fortunately, she's expected to be fine. witnesses tell our sister station in san diego the woman had the right of way. the deputy didn't see her until it was too late. the deputy will not face criminal charges, but an internal investigation is under way. back to you. >> thank you, scott. >>> a wintry blast of snow and ice is crippling areas right now. winter storm warnings are in effect from texas to ohio tonight. jay gray joins us live from little rock, arkansas where thousands are dealing with the wintry mess. jay? >> reporter: hey, there, barbara. you are right, the middle of the country taking beating now. high winds, ice and snow cause zing major problems. it could get worse as we move into the weekend. a blanket of white covers the plains right now, snow and ice recking communities from texas t

i'm scott macfarlane at the live desk. >>> here we go again. another round of winter weather going to hit us. >> we could see everything, snow, rain, sleet, saturday. we have details to help you plan the weekend and a time line of when the storm will be moving in. >> meteorologist veronica johnson is here to break it down for us. v.j.? >> it moves in for us it's a minor impact. for some, minor impact on area roads. we are going to look at the advisory that is came in today. the counties shaded in purple, winter weather advisory. this area will see some snow tomorrow. it's montgomery county, howard county, northern fauquier to frederick county through page county and warren county. these are the counties, again, in purple, to the north of d.c. some snow. it's 8:00 a.m. saturday to 1:00 a.m. sunday. for these counties behind me in bright pink that border pennsylvania. this is where the snow will come down and accumulate and where there could be issues on area roads by late saturday, early sunday morning. you can see the radar is quiet across the

scott macfarlane is at the live desk with new details. good morning or good afternoon. >> we are just learning about the arrest of an officer named mark washington. we have sketches from the first court appearance. washington produced a pornographic image of a juvenile while on duty. they investigated the claims. the officer was arrested hours later on monday. washington has been with the d.c. police department since 2006. the chief police, called the allegations shocking and disturbing. we are fortunate someone came forward to alert us to ensure we prevent future victims. mark segraves is working the story and we'll have more in the report at 5:00 p.m. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> a bill that could change a lot of lives in the district cleared a big hurdle. the d.c. council gave approval to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 by the year 2016. local workers rallied to push for the bill today. earlier this year, the mayor vetoed another minimum wage hike after walmart threatened to keep the stores out of d.c. the counci

scott macfarlane has more reaction still coming in. scott? >> spent a lot of time covering capitol hill. they were honoring nelson mandela as the health failed. honoring his 95th birthday, july 18th. there was legislation introduced by civil rights leader, john lewis acknowledging, u.s. acknowledgement of mandela international day and senators that showed up when they screamed mandela long walk to freedom, a documentary. congress was, indeed, ratcheting up the honors of mandela as his health failed. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >> thank you. we are joined by former senator, chris dodd of connecticut. you neuman della personally. what are your thoughts on his passing this evening? >> i met him a number of times. i don't want to sound like it was more intimate than it was. i was on the senate foreign relations committee years ago when we took strong positions and opposition to south africa along with senator kennedy and many others who led the fight of john lewis and the house. there were so many people involved. the united states al

our scott macfarlane is on the storm team 4 weather patio with the results. >> reporter: even in the mile weather of 2012 we found communities spending seven figures on snow removal. in montgomery county alone we found they spent a million dollars an inch. >>> on this snow day the news 4 i team got inside the highway operations center. >> are you pleased with how this looks? >> yeah, at this time in the storm, we have three lanes that are wet. >> reporter: they prepared for about five inches of snow. they worry by night the wet pavement freezes. they'll burn through mountains of salt and chemicals. >> there's really nothing inexpensive and easy about snow removal to start with. it's all a challenge. mother nature seldom pitches you the same storm twice. >> reporter: mem bows show the county ran over budget despite getting just six inches last winter because while some of the events didn't result in plowing, both county and contractual personnel were required to report and/or be on standby. the winter of 2012-2013 when roads were rarely any worse than they were today, when snow was so

for now, scott macfarlane, news 4. >>> let's take a look at the weather. >> here is veronica johnson.the next couple days, we are going to see a warming trend and a chance for us to get outside before the next cold wave moves in, which is going to be right around the turn of the year. take a look around the area now. what you can't see is the clear sky and i like the fact that the wind isn't blowing that strong out there because as temperatures start to drop fast under the clear sky the next couple hours, we are not going to have to contend with windchill readings. we'll zoom in and show you the temperatures over the next couple hours or hourly forecast. for 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 p.m., we keep it clear. it is going to be chilly. 37 degrees around 7:00 p.m. and closer to freezing by 11:00 p.m. and midnight. the high pressure is moving in. the weather is going to be quiet for two days. tomorrow is looking like day one of a really nice, warm stretch for us. 19 degrees for us. 19 around culpeper. 19 in leesburg to germantown. yes, we are going start out cold. storm team 4 radar, it's scann

scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> and if you see see something the news team should investigate, callr e-mail tips in. >>> right now a rare late fall wildfire in california is only 20% contained. more than 800 firefighters on the ground battling the flames. 100 residents living in and around the big sur region have been forced out of their homes because of the flames. some icy patch on the roads made for a messy and dangerous commute. between the beltway and 301 split. at some locations police had to stop traffic. that caused major delays. there are several accidents on the northbound and southbound delays on route 1. the sun did come out in a big way today. >> yeah, it was blustery. so we were dealing with windchills in the 20s and 30s throughout the day. tomorrow we are going to be warmer. and we are going to lose the wind. here's the time lapse right now. clouds moving in and out through the afternoon hours. the afternoon hours. it's going temperatures really plummet overnight tonight. 44 is the temperature in washington right now. 38 in rockville and 36 in gaithersburg. 40 in anna

news 4's scott macfarlane at the live desk what with what we know now. >>> about an hour ago a suspect was arrested for shooting a student there. the shooting happened at west orange high school near orlando in florida. there was an argument at a soccer field where the buses were waiting to pick up students. that's when police say the suspect opened fire. the student who was shot is in the hospital. and a short time later a student stabbed at another high school in georgia. no word on the con of the student. >>> tonight we are learning new details about the shooting rampage last year inside sandy hook elementary. the 911 tapes have just been released. some of the calls came from inside the school as gunman adam lanza opened fire. nbc news has decided not to air any of those calls. but we are reviewing those transcripts. and jay gray joins us live with what the calls tell us about what happened in there. >> hey, as you can imagine, the tapes are chilling. the 911 dispatcher urging teachers to lock their doors, keep the students safe and instructing another faculty member to keep pressur