and yet, today it was wanda dudley's day to serve. >> you, know they smile at me, and i c don'te with my problems. >> coming up, why volunteering on martin luther kingay or any day is so important to wanda. >> we can learn something from her, don't you think? >>> a new feature on facebook th lets people get more political but there is a iopresidential exce >>> wind chills are falling again tonight. now loudounnd a >>> breakinews just coming in now. a local high school says it is investigating a pair of hateful acts of vandalism. over the weekend the principal at richard montgomery high school said someone spray painte a swastika on the school building. the end of last month someone there.ainted the n word the principal plans on addressing this tomorrow with the stud>ts. acebook is launching a new way for users to support a cause or movement. it's ad news f petition called community actions. users can create a tipetion, notify relevant public officials or agencies and facebook won't allow users t tag president donald trump or vice president mike pence. the company wants to focus on loc

. >> reporter: wanda dudley gives hope to people who feel life has dealt them unbearable hand because she felt that way once too. d> husband was killed in 2015. my oldest son dune of last year, 2018, from pneumonia. >> reporter: just last month, youngest son richard wasuned down in southeast. >> trial and tribulation i go through daily. >> reporter: but never know about the pain she carries. >> joy, i can't explain it, when i come people smile at me, don't come with my problems. >> reporter: pain and depression disappear. few ever realize they are the ones helping to save her. >> under cover they don't even know that i pull joy from em. >> reporter: in the district, meagan fitzgerald, news4. >>> new york firefighters braved the bitter cold, rushing to save okderly woman trapped inside a home. at ice left behind after the firefighters sprayed down the house. got woman out safely but wasn't easy. frozen temperatures and her being bed-ridden. >> female with dementia. basically telling the -- firefighters grabbed bedding, sheets and allnd brought her out. >> hats off to the firefighters.

. >> reporter: her name is wanda dudley, andiv she ges hope to people who feel like life has dealt themable nd, because she once felt that way too. >> my husband actually passed away. well, he was killed in 2015. and my oldest son, he died in june of last year, 2018, from pneumon pneumonia. nt reporter: just last her youngest son, richard, was gunned down on elvins road i southeast. >> it's the trial and tribulation that i go through on a daily sis. >> reporter: but if you meet wanda, you'd never know about the pain she carries. joy.t's an unexplainable i can't explain it. when i come, people they smile at mend i don't come with mypr lems. >> reporter: her pain and depression disappears while wanda is serving and helping to save the lives of others. few will ever realize that they are the ones helping to save hers. >>undercover they don't even know, you know, that i pull joy from them. >> reporter: in the district, i'm meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> wanda, you're the kind of person that makes this world work. thank you for what you do. that's allor f "news4 this week." i'm leon harris. we

meone people can relate >> reporter: her name is wanda dudley and she gives hope to people f whol likee has dealt them an unbearable hand because she felt that way too. >> my husband was killed in 2015. and my oldest son he died in june of last ye, 2018 from leumonia. >> reporter: just month her youngest son richard was gunned down in >>southeast. t's a trial and a tribulation that i go through on a daily basis. >> reporter: but if you meet wanda, you'd never kno about the pain she carries. >> i can't explain it.e when i com people are -- they smile at i don't come with my problems. >> reporter: her pain and depressi disappears. while wanda is serving and flping to save the lives of others, will ever realize that they are the ones helping to save hers. >> undercover they don't even know that i pull joy from them. >> reporter: in the district, megan fitzgerald news4. >> talk about inspirational. >> unbelievable. >> if you're interesting in learning more about this organization, you can find a link toe that s in our nbc washington app. >> search upo, they do amazing things. >>> getting a

. >> reporter: her name is wanda dudley and she gives hope to people who feel like life has deal thembearable hand. because she felt that way too. >> repsbter:. >> my d passed away, well, he was killed in 2015. and my oldest son died in jun of last year, 2018, from pneumonia. >> reporter: just last month her youngest son was gunned down. >> it's a trial and trubisky bla -- tri pew lace i go through on a daily basis. >> reporter: but you never know about the pain she carries. >> i don't come with my aioblems. >> reporter: herand depression disappears while wanda is serving and helping to save the lives of others, few will ever realize they are the ones helpingo save hers. >> under cover they don't even know that i pull joy from teem. >> reporr: in the district i'm megan fitzgerald, news4. >> what an overcong spirit she has. >> yeah. >>> for mos today is a federal holiday. for some it's day 31 without a paycheck as the government shutdown enters the one-month mark. over the weekend the president offered a deal to end the stalemate but that proposal dead on arrival with democrats. wendy