executive director sophie ford told news4 the shelter was fine. after our story aired, county officials went there and they inspected the shelter and told us they disagreed with ford and she has now been terminated. >> another federal government shut down has been averted for now. pres stop-gap spending bill in the oval office this morning. it will keep the government running through january 19th. the $4.6 billion measure will also fund missile defense programs and pay for repairs to navy destroyers damaged in collisions over the summer. >>> an important reminder about your health care coverage. this afternoon, if you live in maryland and you use the affordable care act, you have until midnight to complete your enrollment in the state's market place. maryland actually extended the deadline to today because the president shortened the open enrollment period this year. virginia's deadline was last week. d.c. residents still have until january 31st. >> today is expected to be the busiest shopping day of the year when you include both in-store and onl

we does reach out to prince george's county city council as well as the family crisis center sophie ford. no one was available for comment today. >> it's unbearable. it makes you want to leave and makes you want to do something -- it makes you want to go back. [ crying ] >> and that's not an option. that's not an option. that's not an option when you're going through this stuff. >> prince george's county, sarah cosmo, wusa9. >>> we have breaking news right now in southeast where a toddler has been shot. this happened a little while ago inside a building. we hear the little girl has been taken to a hospital. all right, mike valero is live. what can you tell us? >> we want to start out with the child. this toddler is going to make it after that child was shot in the leg. no suspect description which is why this is an active investigation. over my shoulder you the squad cars parked in this parking lot where shooting happened and to my left we have two squad cars because officer are convicting interviews at the 6:00 hour trying to figure out what happened and get that suspect description out

. >> wusa 9 reached out to the shelter executive director sophie ford and members of the prince george's county council today about the state of the shelter and so far, we have not heard back. >>> letu now, slight chance of a shower tomorrow evening. let's go right to the source, first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. >> a small chance. late afternoon into the evening. i think most of us are not going to see it. but it is one of those things. because we are already seeing clouds to the west. if you look out toward arkansas, yes, there is some rain there. and it will weaken as it moves our way. but enough moisture increasing the threat to exist. clear skies. fairly light winds tonight. temperatures are dropping fairly quickly. some spots now 24 on the cold spots. tomorrow morning, sunny, 7:00 a.m. notice the clouds i-81 west. sunday sunshine, upper 20s. and then we top out to 48. the shower, by 5:00. better chance though north and west of town. up into loudoun county. back into western maryland. and it may be cold enough with the elevation, just west of the divide that we will be see

the executive director sophie ford released a statement on monday denying the complaints. ased on ford's performance in leading the organization. >>> and theru carrying passengers who died in a bus crash during an excursion to the mayan ruins is now back in fort lauderdale. four americans have been identified in the crash including two killed a mother and son from lorton virginia. cruise ship passengers described the gruesome scene. >> we didn't see the bus flip now. we didn't see that. we saw it on the side of the road. we saw all the bodies laying down with blood all over them. it was not like the united states where they have ambulances everywhere. i feel sorry for the people 'cause there was no helicopters, there was no nothing. >> a go fund me page has been set up for the local family. a total of 12 cruise ship passengers were killed in tuesday's crash. >>> meanwhile a maryland man is behind bars this morning and he's accused of trespassing and stealing from local schools. police tell us nakym sheffield walked into the elizabeth seton high school earlier this month and

executive director sophie ford told news4 the shelter was fine. after our story aired, county inofficials inspected the shelter. they disagreed. she has now been terminated. >>> president trump signing a law designed to change how you are taxed. republicans helping him cap off the year with a big victory. the fight is far from over. nbc's edward lawrence joins us live from capitol hill. edward, after a rough year, the president looked pretty happy as he left town today. >> jim, i can tell you he was glowing as he signed this bill, the tax bill into law. he says that this bill is the most important one that he has signed of his presidency. >> reporter: president trump signed into law the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul. >> i am keeping my promise. i am signing it before christmas. >> reporter: he says the tax cut bill will sell itself to the american people when they open their paychecks in february and see more money. >> everything in here is really tremendous things for businesses, for people, for the middle class. >> reporter: he emphasized lowering

something the director sophie ford denied. >> reporter: you think the food is fine, the room temperature is fine, interest isn't a mold issue, that's what you're saying? >> that is what i'm saying. >> after our story aired, county officials inspected the shelter and told us they found concerns leading to ford's termination. >> only on news4 this evening, a man busted for a brazen crime. accused of stealing from teachers' purses in classrooms during the school day. police tell us the man targeted schools in both montgomery and prince george's countys. as our county bureau chief tracee wilkins reports, it is >> reporter: this is video you will see only on news4. nakeem is in custody. blade enz berg police, the lead agency in the case say he was caught wandering the hallways of private and public schools in prince george's county on a mission to find teachers' purses. >> he'd walk around the schools, enter classrooms that were unoccupied at the time. he would steal credit cards from the teachers' purses, staff's purses. immediately leave the school and go to various stores. >> reporter: pol

. >> reporter: when we showed the pictures to the program's director sophie ford, she connecticut firm the pictures were from the inside of her shelter. >> it looks like the inside of a room. >> reporter: she maintains the shelter is fine. you think the food is fine, the room temperature is fine, there isn't a mold issue, that's what you're saying? >> that is what i'm saying. >> reporter: a spokesperson with the county executive's office released a statement that reads in part, the wimt and children whose life situations forced them to use this shelter are already traumatized and we must ensure that they are sheltered in a safe, clean and pleasant environment. any substandard conditions are unacceptable. now, the county has sent over folks from their department of family services to check out what is going on inside of this shelter. it is the only one in the county that accepts women and children. in brentwood, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> news4 is committed to helping violence situations. we call it safe at home. >> and we have a list of stories and resources that can help you. just

. >> reporter: when we showed the pictures to the program's executive director sophie ford, she couldn't inside of her shelter. does that look like the inside of the facility? >> it looks like the inside of a room. should >> reporter: she maintains the food is fine. the food is fine, the room is fine, there isn't a mold issue is what you're saying? >> that is what i'm saying. >> reporter: the spokesperson from the county executive office released this statement which reads in part, the women and children whose life situation forced them to go to the shelter we must make sure they are in a safe clean pleasant environment. any substandard environment is unacceptable. they sent officials to look at the health department to look at the shelter. as it stands, the director is saying there is no problem. reporting live i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> all right, tracee, thank you. >>> back now with the latest on a that derailed today, killing people and injuring dozens. >> that stretch of track where this happened had actually just been upgraded and had undergone a lot of t

sophie: this de-leveraging campaign is seen as adding to trouble ford that holding companies.faulted on its asset management products, these companies are coming under scrutiny from chinese regulators. so rising borrowing costs are's had to be leading to risk which is what we are seeing in china. we are seeing chinese investors still looking for some outperformance in 2018. although chinese shares have lagged as compared to their global peers throughout most of 2017, we are seeing 3700 points for the shanghai composite by 2017 close. tech has been a bright spot given the rally that we saw in the u.s. which helped to push this s&p 500 to new records. david: things are looking up in the land down under? guest: yes, that is the case. aussie stocks are looking good for the beginning of 2018. but the aussie dollar is not wake ofch in the the rba meeting there, and we're expecting the minutes to come out soon. overall a light data day for asia. david: and of course we do have the world bank update there. thank you sophie, for the up date there. here are the revised numbers from worl