d.c. police head quarters. >> reporter: that's right. detectives are investigaing this case. the woman was a patient at southeast d.c. d.c. police arrested 51-year-old man charged with first degree sexual abuse of a patient. he was a employee. this past sunday police say he sexually assaulted a woman while she was receiving medical attention. he bonded out of jail. >> reporter: i talked to him on the phone. he says he did not sexually assault anyone. he denies the allegation. and he says his attorney has hospital spokesman says it is a united medical center's policy not to comment on matters that are under investigation. the alleged situation that transpired on sunday is currently under review by members of the hospital's administrative team. the next court appearance is on december 16th. live in northwest d.c., i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> we learned the name of a man shot and killed in northeast d.c. eli crutchfield inside a home. he was shot multiple times. right now police don't have any suspects. >>> a teenager from maryland says someone tried to kidnap her as she was walking to school in gaithersburg. patrols have

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southeast d.c. >> reporter: consider yourself warned. starting today if you're caught speeding past this new speed camera in southeast d.c. u'll probably get a fat ticket. d.c. police have been giving out warnings for the past 30 days here on alabama avenue and at another new speed camera on hill crest drive in southeast. well, that warning period is over today. of course, you won't get pulled over. it is automated speed enforcement. you'll just get that ticket in the mail. now, police do tell us that speeding and pedestrian safety are problems at these two new camera locations. these are 25 mile an hour zones. fines start at $50. in southeast d.c., kristin wright, news 4. >>> a deadly shooting in temple street. no suspect information has been released. >>> metro's board meeting today and is expected to vote on plans to cut back service hours every day of the week. much more on both of these stories as the morning continues. >>> christmas shoppers who are still on the hunt for one of this year's must-have toys may be able to snag one this weekend. you better act fast though. on sunday, toys r us stores are expected to stoc

-- starting today if you're caught speeding past this new speed camera in southeast d.c., you'll probably get a fat ticket. d.c. police have been giving out warnings for the past 30 here on alabama avenue. and at another new speed camera on hillcrest drive in southeast. well that warning period is over today. of course you won't get pulled over, it is automated speed enforcement. you'll just get the ticket in the mail. now police do tell us that speeding and pedestrian safety are problems at these two new camera locations. these are 25-mile-per-hour zones. fines start at $50. in southeast d.c., kristen wright, news4. >> thanks, kristen. working for you today is your last chance to sign up for the affordable care act and get coverage january 1st. so far, four million people have signed up on federal exchange for health care. uncertainty surrounds the affordable care act since republicans vow to repeal it soon after congress returns in january. >>> the country's annual health rankings are out this morning and more people are insured than ever before. for the first time ever uninsured rate fell 35%. >> now the st

southeast d.c., marina morocco, "fox5 local news". >> and new tonight a brutal beat down caught on camera. just problems away a block away rather from d.c. popular union market and now warping for some may find this video disturbing and police need your help catch ago attacker seen in this video and this happened around 3 p.m. on november 26. and a group approach a man on moore street northeast and knocked him to the ground and punched himself times and the attackers took the man's phone, debit card, id and took off in a car. and police are offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and a conviction in this sglais awful. tonight. police say the metro bus hit a car as it was mikeing a turn from malcolm x avenue south east on to south capitol street south east and we're told ten people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. and eight of those people were passengers on a metro bus and there's no word yet on what led to that crash. >> this is bizarre double dui case one for driver accused of hitting two maryland states troopers and other truck driver that was called to tow the cars. >> ruth runyan was driving dru

d.c.'s mayor, interim chief hit the stories of ward seven, talking to business owners in southeast d.c. they listened to concerns about the community. everything from problems apartments to crime to the future of vacant buildings. >>> despiteotings, officials say we're seeing a drop in the homicide rate. right now, police reports show 128 homicides this year. that's 17% drop from this time last year, when there were 154 homicide cases. the city had a total of 162 homicides back in 2015. >>> pedestrian safety is in the spotlight in alexandria. a week after a mother of four was hit in a crosswalk. her death comes as the city prepares to launch a new traf fing safety initiative. bureau chief, julie kerry is in del ray where a fund-raiser is happening for the family. >> reporter: the rally for rose restaurants, she worked at some of them and was well-known in the community. meantime, the city council, confronting troubling statistics as they get ready to launch a major traffic safety initiative. rose cruz could see her home from the crosswalk where she was hit. her death, adding to a spike in pedestrian fatalities this year. >> it was preventable and we need to do the things in the city government that we know and the data shows we can prevent. >> reporter: already, they've been making improvements, narrowing traffic lanes and adding bike paths. at this intersection, where a pedestrian was killed last year, something called leading pedestrian interval is now install installed. it gives the pedestrian the go four seconds before cars. they get a head start into the crosswalk where they can be well seen. but the city is about to embark on a major change in philosophy. it is called vision ze >> in the past, it was trying to get traffic quickly, as quickly as we can around the city. i think now the focus what we're trying do with vision zero, no safety is the primary priority. >> reporter: city officials said it will mean tradeoffs in traffic speed. this man believes slowing traffic is well worth it. now, the challenge is to convince the community. >> the challenge is our community has to embrace that. we all have a responsibility. we have to respect each other on the road, and respect other people using the roads. so i think it will be a full community effort. >> reporter: vision zero officially kicks off in alexandria in 2017, this community not alone in dealing with the problem of rising pedestrian deaths. i'm julie kerry, news 4. >>> breaking news in the presidential transition. nbc news has confirmed president-elect trump will tap montana as secretary of the interior. representative zinke was just on "morning joe" yesterday talking about defense and national security, before coming to congress, he spent 22 years in the military as a navy seal. sits on the natural resource committee as well as the armed service committee. the cabinet is filling out. the big job still left, agriculture. hei heidi highcamp, and they're urging her to stay in her seat. news 4. >>> i'm mark segraves, all of the charges against the man who opened fire in this pizza restaurant have been dropped, only to have the man arrested again. i'll explain what's next, coming up. >>> also, among the most expensive cars in the world, it would make a perfect christmas gi about. it would make a perfect christmas gift for me. more on that, in a moment. first, doug has -- >> vance, i care about you, buddy. not that much. >>> take a look at this guys, the future temperature, not the wind chills, temperatures on thursday afternoon. 22 in d.c. oh, the wind chill, even more brutal. we'll talk more about it and see you back in the country have in common? many of them now call cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia home. expert medicine works here. find out why at cancercenter.com/eastern cancer treatment centers of america. >>> part of d.c. southwest waterfront could soon have a new look. the national park service will hold a public hearing tonight on plans to redevelop the old buzz ard point marina near the new soccer stadium. the hearing will discuss ways to bring more park space to that area. >>> today, president obama signed the act. the bipartisan bill provides more than $6 billion in medical funding. it also includes new investments in the cancer moonshot initiative led by the vice-president. after the bill signing, the vice-president held a roundtable to talk about medical care for first responders and members of the military. he also talked about the power of bringing cancer fighters together, to find a

d.c. accused of sexually assaulting a patient is denying the allegations. d.c. police say 51-year-old demarco simon sexually assaulted southeast. he said he did not sexually assault anyone. and his attorney told him not to say anything else. the hospital spokesperson released a statement saying, it is not the hospital's policy to comment while it is under investigation. simon is said to be in court next week. news4's justin finch has a live report coming up. >>> and right now police in gaithersburg are stepping up patrols as students return to the bus stop following the attempted kidnapping. a teenager from maryland says someone tried to she was walking to school. this happened monday morning near the cider mill apartments. she said a man tried to put a bag over her head and she screamed and he took off. a letter was sent home to parents from the girl's school. >>> and a woman has life-threatening injuries after a crash in rockville. woman was crossing chapman avenue and bouic avenue. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> and the nominees for d.c. school chancellor will greet students he's expected to serve. he will be at tubman elementary school at 8:30 this morning. wilson still needs to be approved as the new school chancellor. wilson was hired in 2016 as superintendent of the unifed wilson was thanked for raising achievement scores. >>> i'm proud to announce today my intent to nominate general james "mad dog" mattis as the next secretary of defense for the united states of america. mattis is donald trump's pick for secretary of defense. >> mattis needs a congressional waiver since he's been retired for just three years. on tuesday house republicans took the first step to get that done that included language for the waiver in a short-term spending bill to keep the government open. it would allow mattis to bypass the bill saying he needs to be retired for seven years. the bill must be passed by friday to avoid a government shutdown. >>> we have new developments into the live desk on that big story of that tragic plane crash

d.c. police are offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction in this case. >> and scary moments in southeast d.c. tonight when a police say the metro bus hit a car as it was maybeing a turn from malcolm x avenue southeast on to south capitol streets southeast. we're told ten people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. eight of those people were passengers on the metro bus. and no word yet on what led up to that crash. >> a 20-year-old man is accused of following a teenage girl inside sure home and raping her. the incident happened in mannasas neighborhood. police say the accused trail the 14 entered her home. it is a cautionary tale of the dangers facing even older children often left home alone before or after school. "fox5" tisha lewis joins us now from min as is now. tisha. >> well, ton yes, i only three states have minimum age requirement for leaving children at home alone. maryland is one of them. virginia is not. now, what i can till, even show todd keep them safe when they're home alone. in this particular case, what i can say we have limited details about specifically what happened to protect the victim's identity we're not showing her house and we're not in her neighborhood. but what we do know is that the 14-year-old girl walked through her backyard similar to the one you're looking at to get inside the house. and now, police say 20-year-old andre cabin followed her. once inside the house, there was unwanted sexual encounter and the victim told a family member what happened and that family member told police. it stk a cord because scores of teenagers are home alone, especially after school. so what are some additional steps you can take to keep children safe at any age? home security guy are yous at khaipz and re note controls with panic buttons that immediately summon police and home security apps which offer video access toss your home via smart phone are also an option and then also recommended a good old fashioned check in plan that is where you call a trusted family member or friend, and let them know that you have made it inside the house safely sound. now, in this particular case what we can tell you is that 20-year-old andre cabin remains behind bars. he was not g bond and his next court appearance is on february 8. tisha lewis. "fox5 local news". >>> tonight, police are investigating a noose found at a major construction site. and it is not the first time. police say this is the fifth time a noose was discovered at dominion cove point facility in maryland. two nooses were found in april and two more were found in november. authorities from keywit construction sought news and we're told the construction company is cooperating with the investigation and police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >> and meanwhile, new information tonight about the bus driver who died in a deadly school bus crash in baltimore last month. it happened on november 1. well, the ntsb is releasing a preliminary nary report and said the driver, glen shapel had a history of crashes and seizures. they also found he had been us is spend twod months before the crash because his medical certificate was not on file. investigators say traveling 57 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour zone and there were no mechanical defect. here's what the teacher aid who was on that bus had to say. >> after he hit this car he like just picked up more speed. he didn't slow down. >> didn't slow down at all. >> reporter: six people were killed in the crash and we reached out to the bus company. but they did not comment on that incident. >>> and a double dui one for the driver and accused of hitting two maryland state away. police say ruth youngian was driving drunk monday along route 301 south of small wood drive in charles countsy and they say she slammed into one car and then spun out of control and hit a state police cruiser with two troopers inside. and officers say when the tow truck driver arrived on the scene, they could smell alcohol on her, too. and not only was she charged with dui but the tow truck driver was also arrested for driving with a suspended license. >> ep denial that it could not be. but, at that point, i realized that anything is possible. >> another crash this week in st. mary county was much more serious. a 21-year-old was charged with duxt i after hitting a sheriff deputy corporal shawn car berry was hurt and is still in the hospital. >>> all right. fasten your seat belts. more changes on the horizon in coldest air of the season is headed our way. sue palka is here with the forecast, sue. >> tony, hope you had a chance to enjoy the nice sunshine we had this afternoon and the temperatures that climbed into the low 50s. hey, tomorrow is what we'll call a day of transition. but we are tracking some very cold air and i think by this time tomorrow night wind chills are going to be in the 20s. so let me show you where that cold is now. not here yet. 41 in the district and suburban area into the low 30s. it will be seasonably chilly night for us tonight and look chicago, only 22 degrees right now. and detroit, 30. and minneapolis, current temperature 16. and casper wyoming, 15 degrees and below zero and denver is 4 and we can follow this all the way up to canada and alaska and see that there's more cold air to resupply this and a piece of that cold air is going to be traveling in our direction. so, most of the day tomorrow, not bad. you'll wonder, where is this cold air sue was talking about last night. but you'll start to notice it cast is showing tomorrow morning when this front crosses. there could be a couple of widely scattered showers even at 8:00 in the morning and clouds increase tonight and a few showers around tomorrow morning and not particularly wet. and a better chance of seeing those showers as likely south and east of d.c.. and don't be shocked and in a few places if maybe a flurryism manys in it should not be a big deal. that's the fronts crossing and cool air lags 8:00 in the morning we're cloudy and 40 and by noon 47 and chilly and by 4:00 paging up and while we may be 49 degrees it's going to get cold very quickly after that. i'll show you wind chill temperatures we're forecasting for 6:00 tomorrow night and 20s north and west and 31 in the district and so those winds will be picking up and the cold air gets pulled in with the wind and by 11:00, we've got some wind chills in the teens north and west and the wind chill here in the district, 235. so, get ready to bundle up and thursday night, friday, and even saturday. the coldest air we've seen so as tomorrow afternoon seeing gusts of 20 to 25 miles an hour and that will continue through the day on friday. all right. you have been warned. the cold air is on the way and wait there's more another outbreak of cold air i'll let you know what affect that

d.c. you know, d.c. is very high for living. >> it's hard. i have been on housing waiting lists for ten years now. >> reporter: orchard park apartments in southeast is accepting 200 applications for low income housing units. for sonia winder, getting an apartment of her own would be life-changing. >> i have been here since july i have been to seven places, lived with seven different people. it's nothing like your own. i'm still living with someone now. >> reporter: demand is great. there are no guarantees that the long wait will pay off, especially for those at the end of the line. but those here say it is a chance worth taking. >> it's hard everywhere. the whole d.c., everybody. you see how long the line is. >> good morning! >> please have your i.d. -- >> reporter: at 9:00 a.m. the added to the waiting list. the management group says it could take on average 12 to 18 months to actually move into an apartment. in southeast, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> announcer: news 4 at 5:00 starts now. >> we are just hours away from the big opening of the $1.4 billion dollar mgm national harbor casino and resort. >> a big deal for princege glamour to the region and a ton of traffic. we'll watch the roads from chopper 4 as we bring team coverage throughout this hour. first at 5:00, sex assault victims could be getting help. this is a story you are only going to see on news 4. the states across the country are starting to change their laws when it comes to the statute of limitations. >> here in d.c., a push to make it easier for victims to take attackers to court is going nowhere fast. what are you hearing? >> good evening. this movement to eliminate or extend the

d.c. with d.c., it's very high for living. >> because it's extremely hard. i've been on housing waiting lists for ten years now. >> orchard park apartments in southeast is accepting 200 applications for low-income housing units. for sonia winder, getting an life-changing. >> well i've been here since july back from florida. and i've been in seven places, living with seven different people and it's nothing like your own and i'm still living with someone right now. >> demand is great and there's no guarantee that the long wait will pay off. especially for those at the end of the line. those here say it's a chance worth taking. >> it's hard everywhere. the whole d.c. maryland virginia area. you see how long this line is. >> good morning. >>as hand. >> at 9:00 a.m., the rental office started taking applications, this is just the first step in a long process. dawn fox knows, she was on a waiting list for two years before getting an apartment. she says the mayor needs to do something. >> why is this line two miles long, but there's no line in the million-dollar properties going up downtown. has somebody forgotten one of d.c.? and that's its people. >> now people in line have to fill out the application. they also have to show proof of insurance, proof of income, proof of need and then they're put on a waiting list. now speaking to someone with the management firm. they are saying that it takeser in on average from 12 to 18 months to actually get a unit for unit to become available and for folks to move in. so it is a very long back to you in the studio. >> megan, thank you. >>> this morning a judge postponed the hearing for edgar welch, until decemb

d.c. teen's murder. 16-year-old breyona mcmillian was hit by a stray bullet the day after thanksgiving. this happened at the potomac gardens housing complex in southeast d.ceturned home from boarding school for the holiday. evans has been in jail since last wednesday on a firearms charge related to this case. >>> and this morning police are linking two gunshot victims to the same shooting in prince william county. this started friday night when someone called in a shooting on forestdale avenue. officers did not find anyone there, butqpo9ñ during their investigation they got a call from prince george's county police. a man from man a sass turned up at a hospital in maryland with being treated for a gunshot wound at a virginia hospital. detectives tells us they're still trying to figure out exactly what happened. >>> the redskins looking to bounce back from their loss last week with a win against their division rival philadelphia eagles today. it's also a chance for desean jackson to play against his former team. it comes after reports during the off-season that jackson could return to the eagles but coach gruden has a thing or two to say about how importan