his staff says he has a schedule conflict. >>> tom sherwood, thank you, tom. >>> speed camera rules could be changing. find out why some lawmakers want to make the laws tougher and boost the fines. >>> metro wants to make changes >>> metro wants to make changes that could make your ride a bit a anotn assaulted at night by the reservoir... who forced his way in through her bedroom window... and for so many, traumatized again by facing the criminal in court. i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor i put violent offenders in prison. in the virginia senate, i'll fight just as hard against tea party republicans who would take away a woman's healthcare and her right to choose, even in cases of rape and incest. on election day, help me stand up for her. >>> well we're two days away, and the health and fitness expo kicks off saturday downtown. >> the excitement is in the air. doreen joins us with some of the free health screenings, you will want to take part in. >> you know we have been working on this event for months. there's a lot going on, including some screenings specifically for men. geor

. >> i'm tom sherwood.ew year's day marijuana is being sold in >>> no former president bill clinton tweeted his well wishes to former first lady barbara bush. mr. clinton wrote i'll be rooting for barbara bush's full recovery while she's rooting for baylor today. baylor's football team plays tonight. mrs. bush has been in the hospital in houston since monday. she's suffering from respiratory issues. >>> your phone number may be compromised if you used one of the most down loaded apps of 2013. last night a hacker posted the photos and user names of 4 million snap chat users. that data base is no longer online. before it was taken down the person who posted it accused snap chat of snishlly ignoring security flaws in its software. >>> colorado has been selling legal marijuana for almost ten hours now, and it seems that business is booming. >> hundreds of people are braving the frigid temperatures and snow to get their hands on the newly legal drug. colorado is the only state in the country that allows people t

and others call the neighborhood home, and as news4 tom the sherwood calls it new lives and new hope to the community. >> reporter: the seven-story hext department warehouse looming over new york avenue since the 1930s. the unique glass block tow ser a landmark for the more than 90,000 vehicles that pass by it everyday, but it sat empty for years and a relic of the department store days. and now lisa swanson can ti, a lady who grew up in this ivy league neighborhood, and raised her children here is ready for change. she was part of the ceremony to mark the developer doug jamal's plan to create 300 new apartments and a parking retail and parking lot and area to revive the neighborhood. and the old timers with were not kicked out. >> and we thought they would be running over us like a freight train, but they engaged with us from the beginning. >> reporter: her parents bought into the neighborhood a decade ago, but the last decade not so good. >> well, it was a downfall and things were happening that it was spiraling out of control, and the crime went up, an unemployment went up, and al

the mayor was upset today when news4's tom sherwood pressed him for more details during an event at a library. >> i'm just going to have to dog you all day. >> don't use language like that, okay? >> he has already said what he has to say. >> mr. mayor, you haven't talked to me. >> don't block my way. >> i am blocking your way, mr. mayor. i don't understand why you're being so difficult. >> yesterday the mayor told a reporter he apologizes for his last campaign, but wouldn't discuss details. four campaign aides have pleaded guilty to felonies connected to gray's 2010 effort. >>> new jersey governor chris christie will not have public appearances tomorrow after spending nearly two hours today defending himself. he has fired his chief of staff, bridget anne kelly, the one who ordered lanes closed at the george washington bridge in september. e-mails released yesterday showed it was an attempt to create traffic backups and problems for ft. lee's mayor. four members of the christie team have quit or been fired over this scandal. >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of

. >>> right now, news 4's tom sherwood is at the hecht warehouse. vincent gray is helping to break ground there. these drawings of what the development will look like when it's finished, including homes, shops and restaurants. >>> right now, president obama is planning a trip to prince george's county. coming up, the popular store he will visit and the message he's trying to spread. >>> plus, how much money do you make and >>> we're going to show you a woman that you can look out for when you're watching the state of the union address tonight, vice admiral michelle howard, one of the first lady's guests there tonight in the gallery. howard lives here in the district. she will become the navy's first female four-star admiral. she'll also be the first african-american woman to achieve the four-star rank in military history. look for her tonight. >>> the mayor of the town at the heart of the new jersey traffic scandal will also be at the state of the union. ft. lee mayor will be a new jersey congressman's guest tonight. he accused christie's administra

. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood for news 4. >>> coming up next at 6:30, the cold temperatures cause problems for several schools in one local county. and the decision of keeping the schools open is causing a lot of heat on line. >>> and one virginia mom fights through the bone chilling cold to deliver a baby on the side of the road. we will have her incredible story. >> and plus an inmatt on the run, and no match for mother nature, and how the escape came to an end as news 4 at 6:00 continues. >>> it is so cold that -- >> i can't even speak it is that cold. >> i can't feel my nose. >> it is so cold that -- >> i can't -- >> reporter: it is so cold that -- >> i can't finish the sentence. >> right now at 6:30, people across the region are struggling to keep warm in the bitter cold. >> and talk about a chilly debut, well, we will tell you about the freezing roadside delivery for one virginia woman. >> first the latest on the cold weather from chief meteorologist doug kammerer, and hello again, doug. >> hello, guys. it is so cold that it is 18. that is the current number, but it fe

. >> tom sherwood and amelia segal will be in early tomorrow morning. e here, amelia will be out in the storm team 4 x 4 tomorrow morning. tune in for that. sunshine tomorrow, but it's not going to help. a high of 23. windchills between five and ten all day long. 42 on sunday with showers moving in late. will turn to snow on monday. but not a lot here. not worried about the snow on monday. worried about the next round of cold. next week, it looks colder. a high of 20 on tuesday, back to 30 degrees on wednesday. we have got brutal winter-like weather making its way in here now. wendy and jim, i think this is just a start for what's to come for the rest of the winter, 2014. >> saturday evening, 16 degrees. yikes! >> saturday morning, waking up to 16. >> yikes! >> we have been warned, thank you. >>> the fbi is chasing a banker accused of fraud for years. the simple way they caught up with him who made off with millions. >> drivers speeding past stopped school buses. now they are going to pay. >>> coming up next in sports, what role will rg 3 have in the >>>

. >>> i'm tom sherwood on newark avenue in northeast washington, and standing on top of the old warehouse and the >>> change s as are coming to fairfax county schools after seven convicted felons have been hired as teachers. david culver reports. >> there is a lot of really good capable teachers, and i think that, you nknow, probably a little bit more focus should be on taking care of the teachers that we have. not hiring felons probably. >> reporter: that is one mom's take after a teacher was let go for a felony she committed 20 years back. and in is the petition filed by fairfax county schools

this is some of her exchange with news 4's tom sherwood. >> i figured that once and for all, it is enoughe know that the channel 4 health and fitness expo this weekend saturday and sunday and you should come to proselytize about stopping and this pause. >> you are not convinced. >> it has to be a year. >> well, she says she is very happy. >>> and most of the members of congress are millionaires and according to the new members in the committee of representation. the fortune bumping mike mcconnell from last year's top spot with his fortune being estimated $143 million which changed from 2012 due to the change in e reporting rules for his wife's assets. and as we were digging through the numbers we noticed that two of the top ten wealthiest members are from our area. virginia senator mark warner rankings number two on the list, and the annual survey found that his net worth is in the range of $96 to $418 million, and freshman maryland democrat john delaney is the fourth wealthiest member of congress and his net worth is somewhere between $65 and $244 million. >>> and just a week after pot w

. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >>> right now at 6:00, new de l details about theunman in the shooting at columbia mall, including how and where he bought the weapon he used. >> and tributes to the victims are growing by the minute as police continue to look for the motive as to why they were killed. >> and the news4 team tells us how the fbi helped the columbia mall prepare for a shooting and if similar steps were taken at your mall. >> i'm jim vance. >> and i'm doreen gentzler and we will have more on the mall shooting in a moment. >> and first, the latest on the big drop of temperatures out there, and it is getting ready to be really cold out there, doug. what's up? >> well, it is getting old. and we have seen so many of the polar fronts moving down and this has dropped the temperatures drastically. take a look at this, 54 in d.c. and dulles at 56 and 41 back the leesburg and much closer to the north and the west and near 60 to fredericksburg, and now, however, the wind has moved in and the wind chill is down to 6 in d.c. and 7 in hagerstown, and now it is feeli

coming up on "news4 at 5", tom sherwood will take an impact on all of this at the mayor's reelection bid that kicks off this weekend. >>> firefighters wearing helmet cams rush to free a man trapped in a car, stuck on railroad tracks with a train headed their way. >>> plus mission to mars. why over 1,000 people are competing to go to the red planet and not return. >>> a . >>> on a worker in philadelphia was injured seriously. when framing collapsed. they put him on a stretcher and slowly lowered him on a ladder. the work is now hospitalized with injuries to his lower body. >>> and cameras were rolling when this huge fire gobbled up a warehouse in san jose, california overnight. you can see the walls of the building collapse. it took firefighters three hours to bring it under control. we're told the roof was made of tar and gravel, which helped feed the flames. it escalated to five alarms. the smoke could be seen for miles. sever nearby homes were evacuated. one school was closed for the day. amazingly for injuries were reported. >>> with lives on the line and a race against the clock,