. >>> i'm scott mcfarland, coming up the i-4 news investigation, the d.c. drone problem. so many people getting them for >>> the big christmas gift of 2015 could get you in hot water in 2016. >> yes. misuse a drone and you could find yourself in trouble with police. scott mcfarland, of our news4 i-team found a fast number of drone users getting in the way of emergencies. >> you are seeing and hearing a drone flight. we're doing it inside our studio because in so many parts of our area, it's illegal to fly these things outside. they nevertheless are more popular. 700,000 drones will sell this year alone. half of them during the holiday season, which means the skies are about to get much more crowded. >> it's a view unlike any other. brian needle recording over great falls middle of summer with his brand new drone. >> had a great time about 20 minutes and then all hell broke loose. >> a u.s. park police helicopter was nearby patrolling. >> we didn't see the helicopter until it came right at us. >> new zealand sedle says he wae drone along the tree line above the falls. >> a

scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> be aware.ust about everything we do these days. >> better be aware tomorrow morning. sounds like it's going to get ugly. >>> it is going to get ugly out there. did you like the nice strechl of weather? >> nice. >> it is the end. >> it is over, it is over for three days and then it returns. it's over for now. we have wind, and as long as we have this wind, this is good news, we're not going to see quite as much fog out there. not too strong, anywhere between five and ten miles per hour, but don't need much wind to keep the fog from coming in. 48 degrees, the current temperature and around the rest of the region, you can actually tell where the clouds are. we have a little bit of cloud cover around d.c. and the river at 50. there's a little clearing down here. and you notice, down to 34, so we could see some areas of fog ahead of the rain that's making its way in. so head's up for than storm team 4 radar, not much rain. no rain until early tomorrow morning, it's way down to the south, portions of

department of veteran's affairs, investigation by scott mcfarland raises questions about whether thegency is punishing whistle blowers. >> also going too easy on tom people causing problems. >> reporter: dr. richard hill didn't expect to have free time that the point of his career. >> this one, just a little twig. >> reporter: pruning trees in his backyard in frederick. >> i have more time to do things, seeing more family and all that. >> reporter: it's because he chose to retire from his job at the u.s. department of veteran's affairs clinic. shortly after he was officially reprimanded by agency administrators. >> they just said conduct unbecoming. that was the reason. conduct unbecoming. >> reporter: because he was being retaliated after writing e-mails saying the clinic didn't have enough clerical staff and errors were occurring because of it. >> i went to receive the reprimand. i was told that, you know, i'd been bringing up things i shouldn't bring up. >> reporter: richard hill isn't the only one saying that. our review of the reports filed by the u.s. support of special county

an investigation by scott mcfarland and the i-team raising concerns about the safety of men and women who guard our local prisoners and protect mornisur d surrounding communities. >> reporter: this officer opens the cell door in the morning like he does most days. except this day is different. watch as an inmate sitting nearby jumps up and attacks him. only after other inmates intervene the correctional officer is safe. there is no footage available of the attack that killed jean williams' son, eric. >> we got a knock on our door 1:30 in the morning. >> reporter: an inmate at the maximum security prison in pennsylvania stabbed her son 200 times with a makeshift blade. >> we never got to say good-bye to eric. >> reporter: she was a veteran police officer and decided to change careers and serve the public in stead as a correcti correctional officer? >> it took eight minutes for this attack to take place. >> reporter: his father says he was a sitting duck. >> the whe was the only person these highly violent inmates and unarmed and had a set of keys. >> reporter: such attacks led to prote

scott mcfarland shows us the problem is litting ahitting all of the washington region? susan spent decades working as a nurse at the va medical center where patients from maryland, virginia and west virginia traveled for care. george announced her retirement and she will miss it. >> it gives good experiences for you to add to your life career and how you view what you've contributed to the veteran organization. >> reporter: but susan george isn't the only one. the va staffing record shows 12% of the nurses either retired or quit. at the maryland va health system, 11% did and nearly as many at the va medical center in d.c. in each case, significantly moefr departed in 2014. >> any time you have a high turnover rate you might lose something in the continuity department. we document really well, things are put down on paper, but you know, it's never going to be the same as the nurse you're used to seeing. >> reporter: paul served two tours in iraq and said he noticed the changing faces in the medical center. >> the nurses i know from va. the nurses i've dealt with, my nurs

>> yeah, an investigation by scott mcfarland and the news 4 iteam reveals that a series of attacks raisinguestions about the safety of men and women who guard local prisoners and protect local communities. >> reporter: it's morning rounds at a federal prison in washington state. this officer opens the cell door just like he does most days. except this day is different. watch assen inmate sitting nearby jumps up and attacks him. it's only after other inmates intervene that the correctional officer is safe. there is no footage available of the attack that killed gene williams' son, eric. >> we got a knock on our door at 1:30 in the morning. >> reporter: an inmate at a prison in pennsylvania stabbed her son 200 times with a makeshift blade. >> we never got to say good-bye. >> reporter: his parents say he was a veteran police officer who decided to change careers. >> it took eight minutes for this attack to take place. >> reporter: his father says eric was a sitting duck. >> he was the only person with these highly violent inmates, and he was unarmed. what he had was a set of keys. >> reporter