scott macfarlane looks at the rules that apply for every that represent you on the hill. >> reporter: lobbyist attorney literally wrote the book on how the federal government works. >> it really took lessons learned during my career and making them more available to people who want to access the federal government. >> reporter: but as a congressional staffer, she didn't see many people who looked like her in higher positions. government to be representative of the people who live in thissing nation. >> reporter: and congress requires through the civil service reform and equal employment opportunity acts but the lawmakers don't have to follow the laws. when the i-team looked for records on numbers on how well congressional staffers reflected gender and racial makeup of the states their lawmakers represent, we discovered there aren't any. no one is required to keep track of minority hiring in the >> there's a collective body of congress not leading by example. >> reporter: the i-team obtained this report on minority federal workers. opm must submit it to congress every year. the latest

scott macfarlane. back to you. >> deliberations are now under way as the a university of virginia administrator sues rolling stone magazine for defamation. she says the story about a gang rape on campus painted her as a vi lane suggesting she to protect the reputation of the school. charlottesville police investigated and foun no evidence of a crime. rolling stone retracted the article in 2014. she's suing for more than $7 million. if jurors rule in her favor they will deliberate on how much money she is owed in damages. >> coming up, the school bus driver has been identified but police don't we'll report what investigators are calling a working theory. as they zero in on moments before a deadly crash in maryland. >> the iconic key bridge exxon. can a gas station be iconic? if it is, this one will be no more. construction is starting on a in new project that will make the gas station go away. i will tell you what the overall impact will be for georgetown coming up. high near 80 tomorrow maybe even warm

he's going to tell you when it's going to start to dry out. >>> first, i'm scott macfarlane at the live desk. video we just received. a big protest just began at american university in d.c. some of the students there seen in the video appearing to burn an american flag. and expressing protests about the election of donald trump as president. we have seen several protests across the country this >>> finally, we get some rain. yeah, look at the map. it's a coming. >> yeah, finally. you're right. you know, we really do need it. since september 1st, a couple months ago, we're close to 5 inches below average. so, yeah, we need rain across the region. we're getting some tonight. now, this is not going to put a real dent into our averages, but still looking okay. we do need the rain. we're getng you have seen a couple rumbles of thunder moving over toward cambridge, the pa tuckset river. showing you where the heaviest rain is right along from buoy, right over toward cheverly, right on down toward oxen hill. around the national harbor region, moving down toward clinton, upper marlboro. along 30

i'm scott macfarlane. back to you. >>> and in cuba be preparations are under way for tributes to fairfax county. go a memorial, but there are a lot of questions about what comes next in terms of cuba and the u.s. jay gray is live with the latest. >> reporter: good evening from havana. lines continue to stretch in almost every direction in a place that is dealing with both emotion after the death of fairfax county. the blast of cannons shatters the uneasy silence. a 21 gun salute to el commandante perform schoolchildren, adults, even the son of raul castro, thousands wait f past the simple memorial. it's just a few seconds, but for now, it's an emotional good by. >> he was the symbol of cuba. >> reporter: this cuban journalist says even though he was no longer el president, the death of fairfax countyleaves >> we grew up thinking he was person with all the answers. now i don't think anyone can say what is supposed to happen. >> reporter: many concerned about what castro's death means to the growing economic

scott macfarlane and the i-team go undercover to catch the >> reporter: high speed, high flying, at the buzz creek motto cross track, john kernan has fallen in love with racing. >> it gets in your blood. >> reporter: it's an expensive hobby. this is probably $11,000. >> and crooks know it. that's why he's storing them in his crooks broke sbo his garage and stole $25,000 worth of bike. >> they are professionals. what they are doing is they come to where they know we ride. >> reporter: other crooks are going straight for the dealerships. video shows them smashing into the front door of a yamaha dealer north of the pennsylvania state line. they walk the bikes out, run back in for more and make their getaway. an i-team review of police records show at least 3,000 untraditional motor vehicles each year since 2012. in baltimore police seize ask. store stolen dirt bikes. >> our detectives will run the vin number and find out who the owner is and contact the owner. our priority is to get people's property back. >> reporter: christopher warren leads a new task force to stop dirt bike thefrt. >>

the news 4 i-team scott macfarlane first reported last week that the fire marshal was threatening to close the shelter because the system was damaged and the safety of the residents at risk. >> officials tell us they expect repairs will be completed within a a month. that would help avert a shutdown of this now. a memo obtained by the i-team said the fire prevention equipment and alarms suffered, quote, continuous, extensive vandalism. the damage to the alarms was discovered after an october fire ripped through part of the complex. there were no injuries, but in the meantime, the city contracted a fire watch program to protect the facility. actual licensed contractor who is walk the halls to watch and d.c. has selected a likely contractor for the repair work. the price tag is about $pa 35,000. >>> somg of the biggest names in music, movies and sports came together at the white house. >> president obama handing out u the nation's highest civilian honor the presidential medal of freedom awarded to people who made significant contributions to the security or o this year president obama

at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >>> sex abuse investigation that has rocked the prince george's county school system is expanding. >> another victim has brought new charges against dionte away carraway. children performing sexual acts. now a federal grand jury returned a new indictment that adds a 13-year-old boy to the case. that p alone could add another 30 years to any prison send. >>> we have heard the warnings, buying cars from websites can be risky. >> and a number of private sellers aren't disclosing potentially dangerous defects. >> that's r. a used car, we have something you should see first. nbc 4 responds goes undercover and what we found may have you thinking twice about who you buy your next car from. >> it was just one owner? >> reporter: nbc 4 responds undercover investigation reveals something disturbing fp and if you are not careful, it could for sale with a clean title. but technically this is a salvaged title. >> unfortunately not everybody is up front and honest about the vehicles that they're representing especially online. >> reporter: we wanted to see for

for now live in germantown, scott macfarlane. news 4. back to you. >> thank you. this happened this morning along king street here. the victim taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. if you have any information, you are urged to contact police. an update to the possible abduction at a woodbridge walmart we told you about over the weekend. the people involved appear to have filmed the incident and later posted it on youtube. investigators say no criminal activity was committed. no charges will be filed. >>> the wizards are playing the home opener tonight at the verizon center after a shaky start to the season one player already calling the game a must win. jason? >> reporter: it's definitely a must win. you don't hear players use the term often, especially this early in the season. just the third regular season game of 82 for the wizards. seeing how the team ended the year last season falling three games short of making the playoffs they understand the importance of the early basketball games here to start the season. the 0-2 start not the way head

live in frederick county, scott macfarlane, news 4. >>> for all the focus is, some key down-ballot races could mark a change in the legislative branch. aaron gilchrist break it is down. >> by the end of the day, a shift in the balance of power in congress. let's take a look at the senate right now. republicans have the majority. 54 seats. but they are defending 24 of them in the election. democrats are defending ten seats. democrats need to win the white house and have a net gape of that combined with the two independents in the senate who caucus with democrats, plus winning the white house, the vice president would give them control of the senate. losing the white house and picking up five seats would also change the balance of power. >> the seats in the house of representatives are up for grabs. a takeover by the democrats is going to be very tough. republicans currently control the house with 247 seats. 46 of those seats contested races today. and democrats would need to win at least 30 seats to get the majority. >>> the news 4 i-team is tracking some issues that voters are seeing at

scott macfarlane broke the story today and joins us with more. >> federal prosecutors have added a 12th victim in this case, they say he's a 13 ymd boy who carraway is accused of entuesdaying of performing a sex 30 years to the prison sentence he faces if he is convicted. he served as a teacher's aide before he was charged with sexually exploiting children to produce child pornography. it happened earlier this year. carraway is an accused of sexually assaulting kids between the ages of 9 and 13. he's pleaded not guilty. scheduled to go on trial in marn he also faces dozens of local charges. a recent news 4 iteam review of the court filings show carraway's lawyers try to get his statements tossed from the case and they argue that he has cognitive defects and iq of 63. >>> driver accused of running over a baby in a loudoun county crosswalk is out of jail on bail. his name john miller. accident back in august that killed five month old tristan shuttle and seriously injured the boy's mother. a witness told investigators that miller was looking at his phone just moments before the accident o

scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >>> from facebook to twitter to snap chat it's all about getting out the vote today. after the break, some of the posts getting our attention. here is news 4's jim vance with our opinion on how people planning on sitting out of the election. >> there was a tim years ago when i was miserable, most unhappy with myself, my life, my job. hanging out with a friend one night told them all about it, particularly my intention to quit my job. his question, who's going to take your place? my answer, don't know, don't care. that's when he dropped something on me that has informed so many decisions since that day. he said to me you have to care and you can't quit. mightily to put you in that seat, got their heads busted open, attacked by savage dogs, smashed into walls by fire hoses. somebody else can up and quit whenever they want, but you can't unless and until there's somebody who looks like you to sit in that chair because you owe too much to too many people. then he told me to get off my pity pot and get back to work. i am reminded by what i've been hearing a

scott macfarlane kept us posted all day on that work on twitter and joins us with the latest. made it official issuing the formal ruling that donald trump is the likely winner which allows the presidential transition to actually begin. the trump team to move into the official transition office space on "f" street northwest. the inauguration planning also under way. the official inaugural committee, began the construction of the official inaugural platform for the incoming president. they've begun inviting performers including the choir at missouri state university, home state of the inaugural committee chairman. orientation for new members likely to be scheduled for a weekday just before thanksgiving and the office moves will soon begin. the recent news 4 i-team report found nearly 200 members of congress swapped offices after the 2014 midterms to free space for the newly elected and to give incumbent officeholders some office upgrades to better suites. i.t. professionals will start coding, get tactical work done members of congress and administrators will scout and approve ne

scott macfarlane joins us from the newsroom with what he learned. >> reporter: a $25 million memorial planned for hundreds of thousands who served in that war but needs several layers of federal approval before the shovels can hit the ground but there's movement. a letter released to congressional committees in recent days, the nation's area one near the national mall which includes much of the mall between the lincoln memorial and the capitol but includes part of the tidal basin and lady burke johnson park near the g.w. parkway. the u.s. senator who sponsored the bill to build the memorial says congress could give final approval to the site in december before the new congress takes over. he tells news 4 it's important the monument be as close to the mall as possible. >> we sent a very that, you know, the people that did participate, that we appreciate their service and sacrifice, particularly now having an all-volunteer army. >> reporter: what will the monument look like? some drawings show a massive curved wall that's made of kuwaiti limestone. the senate vote possible in mid-decemb

news 4's scott macfarlane broke this story about these changes months ago. he's in our newsroom with an update for you. >> wendy, good evening. the national capital planning commission is perhaps smaller, lesser known agent is i in washington but must approve any changes to the white house grounds and it will meet tomorrow to review the details of this new perimeter fence. news 4 was first to report the plans. according to the planning commission, a ten foot, seven inch fence built on an 1 base. it will have spikes on top to make it more challenging to climb. last year we told you the feds considered but scrapped other changes including barbed wire and electriied rail, even a mote surrounding the perimeter of the white house. the national park service and u.s. secret service are developing this new fence, but despite many months of deliberations and proposals, still no firm date on when approval will begin and shovels hit the dirt, wendy and jim. >> thank you, scott. >>> extended express lanes could the northbound express lanes for eight miles from turkey ru

seth macfarlane said, people are generally afraid. scott baio says, great faith in god works, i am proud to cal you president of the united statest and first lady melania said, we tried our best in thought hard , thank you hillary clinton for fighting for progress andy >> just some celebrities sharin thoughts on twitter. there will be some showers, about i think that they will in july, we will clear out in the mostly sunny tomorrow, 57. there will be a bit of a wintry mix friday after dinnertime, likely on the side. and perhaps a slushy coating, that it will be a very quick shot, it will be melting off quickly.. >>> today on the real. >> united we stand, divided we fall. this just in, cnn is reporting that hillary has conceded the election to donald trump. >> and the takeover continues. >> activist and special guest, killer mike. >> opened up what used to be a was nine years old could be president is now wide open. >> elmo here for a surprise on "the real." welcome to "the real." we're taping a special episode of "the real." we decided to t