just one more than david yancy. means a 50-50 split in the state house that republicans have controlled for 17 years. >>> you know, an injury did not sideline a holiday tradition tonight for oakland raiders tackle donald penn. his teammate marshall newhouse took 25 deserving children on a shopping spree for penn's annual shop with a jock. penn couldn't go following a foot injury during sunday's game. each child received a gift card for walmart in san leandro. we're not sure who had more fun, though, the kids or newhouse. look at that smile. >>> well, new at 11:00, a tiny craze is sweeping one east bay city, and it's turning into a big idea. small fairy doors are popping up all over alameda, and abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard went knocking to see what it's all about. >> reporter: big things are happening in alameda. pto find it you've got to look down and think small.% >> there's a fairy door. that's the first one we've put out. >> reporter: 10-year-old serena hoganboom takes us on a tour of miniature fairy door

court refused ruled the race a tie between democrat shelley simmons and republican incumbent david yancythe court ruled there was no election winner. according to virginia state law in the event of a tie the winner is chosen by a lot. the board of elections said the winner will likely be claimed by picking a name out of a glass bowl. >> members avenue local family are among the dozen people killed in a tour bus crash. anna behar of lorton virginia along with her 11-year-old son mayan ruins when it flipped over. friends of the family are devastated the about the tragic deaths and they remember anna as a strong adventurous woman and her son as a sweet boy who loved learning about space and playing soccer. >> anna had a bigger than life personality. >> daniel is 11 years old and i watched the kid grow up his entire life. very energetic, very happy, always quick with joke and makes everyone laugh at times. very sincere kid. always tries to find the best i people. >> another teenaged son were hurt in this accident. 31 people were on board the bus monday and officials say driver negligence and

shifting after a recount pushed democrat shelly simonds passed three-term incumbent republican david yancyngle vote. today -- a three-judge panel will certify the recount in the 94th district race. simonds trailed yancey by 10 votes after election night. the outcome would end 17 the house. republican house leaders have congratulated simonds on her win. congratulated simonds on her win. happening today - the city of charlottesville forever remembering a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally. the street where heather heyer was struck and killed by a car will be renamed in her honor. fourth street will now be called "honorary heather heyer way". heyer's mother will speak at today's dedication ceremony. she says she hopes this will help keep her daughter's memory - and what she was fighting for last august - alive. and this morning - another major resignation in charlottesville. this time, it's a city attorney stepping down. that attorney l the august clashes. the resignation - comes one day after the city's police chief retired- effective immediately. the police department h

between republican david yancy and democrat shelly simonds. we'll have updates here on nbc news4. >>> everyone is talking about meghan markle at the annual church service. she showed off and kate, queen elizabeth acknowledged her by welcoming new members of the ral 60th anniversary. >>> so the big day as come and gone, and no doubt you have a gift you don't need, gifts wind up in a drawer or garage to be for every forgotten. chris has more on your christmas clutter. >> reporter: as joyful as opening christmas presents can be, there is also the reality some of it is going to end up like the other staff. cluttering your already cluttered household. >> i stress out. i mean, you look around your house and you see all this stuff, and you are like what am i going to do with it. >> i'm not handling it very well right now. i think i'm add to go the clutter. >> reporter: adding to the clutter, especially around christmas, has become a real concern. >> we are really drowning in stuff. it's getting to be more than ha problem. >> reporter: that's where pe

today virginia democrat shelly simonds beat david yancy in a recount in one of these virginia house districtshe recount the democrat was behind by ten votes but five hours later of that cliff hanger recount with all the math scribbled on the white board, after that she ended up ahead by one, one vote. and if it holds up an gets certified, that means that virginia democrats will have gotten 200,000 plus more votes over all for legislative seats, including that one vote victory in that one delegates race. and they still won't get to be in charge. they will have steam rolled their way to a tie, to 50/50. unbelievable, but true. we'll be right back. eight hundrn we switched our auto and home insurance. liberty did what? yeah, they saved us a ton, which gave us a little wiggle room in our budget. wish our insurance did that. then we could get a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey, welcome back. this guy... right? yes. ellen. that's my robe. you could save seven hundred eighty two dollars when liberty stands with you. liberty mutual insurance. anif you've got a lifee. you gotta swiffer goi

our shawn yancy has more. i want to be a upper hero. old ka heen last year talking about his wish to be a super here on. he was battling leukemia at the time and wanted to use his super powers to save d.c. what's going on. >> last year through fox5 d.c. cares and make a wish mid atlantic kaheem's wish was granted. he saved santa. somebody needs our hevment he's stuck. he rescued team mascot stuck on a rooftop and super ka heem even stopped the grinch from stealing christmas. it was fun. the bad guy, he said you bad. and then he said how many i bad in you bad. kaheem fought the bad guys and he won. that wasn't the only victory he's claimed last year. >> things have been graivment his health is excellent. he is cancer free. his mom says his wish day helped their family in so many ways and also created memories he will never forget. super kaheem and i went on a firetruck and a police car. he even got the chance to shine as the commander in chief. me and my sister was sitting in president's chair. it's kind of fun. these daze his super ka h

they refused to certify the recount that would have given shelly the win over yancy.re was no election winner and one questionable ballot thrown out should be counted for remember. so according to virginia state law in event of tie, which is is how it stands now, the w whiper is chosen by lot. head of board of elections says the winner will be chosen by drawing a name out of a glass bowl. >>> we now know when senator al franken will officially 'sign from congress. a spokesman for franken says he will step down on january 12. franken announced resignation earlier this month after several sexual misconduct allegations and his replacement lute governor tina smith is set to be sworn in january. >> getting a way for hol holidays. >> what tsa is saying about this year's christmas travel rush and what you can do to make your trip to more smoothly. >> and a man caught a ride on back of semi-truck as it paed speed down the highway. >> why would you do this. >> we'll explain how the truck driver was tipped off and pulled over. we'll be right back i love toy trains do you like t

. >> 8-year-old ember wanted to become a dc k9 police officer, it happened, shawn yancy live where itned today. shawn? >> reporter: guys, this has been an incredible day of wisheses little ember is over here, just got hot chocolate because it's a little bit cold. i want to introduce you to the k9 officers who have been with him all day. i'm just going to say their first names we have stewart falisha and daniel, thank you for joining us. what was today like for you? >> it was fantastic. it was an venture of the entire day going from spot to spot. just enjoying the day with ember >> what was it like to see his face when he got to see you guys and got to see your k9s? >> it was very exciting, very full of energy, he pretty much enhanced the whole k9 team today. we can say that both with our actual k9 partners, and with these k9 handlers and trainers. >> reporter: do you think he'd make a pretty good k9 officer himself >> i think he will. he's very smart. he was actually on some of the exercises and telling us actually what we needed to do. it was a great experience and a true honor to be

originally, shelly simon, she's the democrat, she originally lost this race to the republican david yancyy ten votes. then there was a recount, which gave simons the victory by just one vote. this is the reported ballot that it comes down to. a three, judge panel, weighed in, the next day after that one vote victory was determined, this ballot was originally determined tobin valued. you can see the person who voted checked off both shelly and david. but upon closer look, the three judges looke this person voted for republicans in every other race, there appears to be a strike-through the vote for the democrat, so they gave this ballot to the republican. now, with that, the race then became an actual tie. so what happens in the district when there is a tie? well, let me tell you, it's kind of wild, they just draw a name. now, that event was scheduled for today. we were going to be there for you. but news broke yesterday that the democrat would be taking legal action in the matter. so late last night, the virginia state board of elections decided to cancel it. it defended this idea of drawi

she believes she beat republican incumbent david yancy by one vote. the outcome will determine who controls the house of delegates. >> as we close out 2017 charities like salvation army is seeing a boost in giving. >> last three days of the year tending to buzzest. >> in alexandria along line of cars wrapped around the parking lot to donate upn't wad items they are sorted and sold at deeply discounted prices and salvation army location as cross the country we're told most of the donations coming in are clothing and but other items are also accepted. >> i've got a lot of things to clear out. and i assume from the line of of people here that a lot of people are doing the same thing. >> right now, we're busy all day long from the time we on ep until the time we close. and folks know it's end of the year and they're looking to get donations to us and a lot of people are bringing us what they got new stuff for for christmas. they're bringing stuff. >> salvation army would be open to accept sdae nations through new year's eve and 2017 dated donation receipt

shawn yancy has more. >> i wants to be a superhero. >> that was 5 dwreerd kameem talking about his wishds our help he's stuck. >> sabts a! >> he rescued team mascot stuck toen ai roof too many and they on stopped grinch from stealing christmas. >> he said the bad guy, you bad. and then he said, i want my bed. >> you bad. >> kaheem fought the bad guys and won. that was not the only victory he claimed this past year. >> things have been great. his health is excellent and he's cancer free. ka home's wish day helped the family in so many ways and created memories he will never forget. >> super kaleem. and i want to fire truck and 'police car. >> kaheem got the chance to shy as commander in chief? >> we were there in the pres >> these days his super kaheem doll helps him fight dprim maryland and he's cancer free, happy and. >> this is super guy. [ laughter ]. >> all right. how do we follow this up. "fox5" and make a wish are teaming up to make another boy's come true. season continues friday as we if you you can find the lincoln foxdc.com. >> hundreds of kids got in the holiday spirit thanks

yesterday's recount found that democrat, shelly simonds has 11,608 votes compared to republican david yancy's >> she was behind ten couvotes before the recount. joining us now, delegate-elect shelly simonds. you know, donald trump would call this a landslide, shelly. one vote. one vote is going to send you to the house of delegates. how did you feel when the math was done yesterday? >> oh, i was so excited. i had to take a deep breath. we had to pause, just to make sure the registrar did the math four times. but then we started celebrating. because my community deserves better representation up in richmond and we've got so many new legislators coming in to the house of delegates, we can really make some changes and vote on some things that have been kind of buried and killed in committees. we can get them on the floor and find out how people really think about issues like nonpartisan redistricting and increasing minimum wage. everybody is going to have to take a vote on those things in virginia. >> do you have any friends who didn't vote? who you're saying now, look, you almost just -- you kn

of the ballots contained double markings intended for simmons opponent incumbent republican david yancythe board of elections was set to meet to determine the winner of a race by random drawing. so now there's an investigation into the famous flight to nowhere. the tokyo bound plane forced to return to los angeles hours into the flight because a passenger managed to get on board with a ticket for an entirely different flight. a celebrity was also on board, william. that's basically why we know all about this. >> reporter: yes, jon. if it wasn't for supermodel christie tiegen, this would not be making world news, nor would 1.3 million people have watched the video. tiegin live sweeted the whole eight hour round trip to nowhere including this cheeky post with husband john legend. >> thank you so much for taking me on this awesome vacation. >> welcome to los angeles. >> jon: very funny. >> reporter: they were complaining saying the person kept saying they had a united ticket. the machine made noises that register to nowhere. john? >> jon: how did all of this happen? do we know? >> reporter

she defeated republicanen couple banlt david yancy. it's a historical win for the democratic it will b 50/50 and first time in nearly two decades. >> and breaking news overnight. there are reports that several americans are among the 12 people killed after a bus full of cruise ship passengers crashed in mexico. 18 people were hurt including 17 americans. and they report that some vick is items may be members of family from lorton. virginia. the group was tw a map's face was covered and he was wearing a hoodie and gloves and broke through the glass door with a rock on saturday night. we're told he got away with cash and caused 2,000 worth of damage. and again that's at the house of mercy in >> and new this morning a physical you're in the catholic church scandle died. archbishop of boston law passed overnight. he was archbishop in boston 1984 until resigning in decembers amid accusations he covered up priest sex abuse scannedls and vatican appointed him to run a major basilica in rome. he he was reward wed instead of facing punishment.

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seat for the 9th district in newspaper news, it ended in a co-tie between republican delegate david yancy and shell simons. officials planned to break the tie by drawing names from a bowl today. they're postponing that tie breaker. the delay follows an announcement that simons will challenge the count in court. she claims the court famed to follow election law by allowing a ballot to be counted after a recount concluded. if simons were declared the winner it would split party control over virginia's house 50-50. >>> in prince george's county, a murder investigation is underway, while on patrol in largo, an officer discover add dead man in a vehicle. police say he had been shot. it unfolded around 9:30 near capitol lane in if you have information on this investigation, you're asked to contact police. >>> developing early this morning, a scary home invasion it happened near the university of maryland college park, three people inside an off campus resident were robbed along 36th avenue happened about 1:20 this morning, university police say all three people inside were assaulted one taken t

simmons defeated yancy. it is a critical and historic win for the democratic party. democrats and house of republicans will be split 50/50 trying control in nearly two decades. >> house administration committee released new data on sex harassment and discrimination on the hill. the office of compliance paid 265,000 in taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims over the past decade. one claim was 84,000 payout to settle harassment claim against farenhold he came forward to announce he will not >>. >> we have traffic and weather. we're doing. >> slap happy all those terms. >> i have leftover rav ole in the fridge if you want pasta for lunch let me know. >> i was going to say. >>. >> and lots of clouds over taking the region. an area of low pressure passing toujed is today, won't bring us rain and will bring us clouds and not expecting sun at all today. temperatures right now not awful. 54 in d.c.. and annapolis 55 an quantico 42 and mannasas 40. begun i don't expect temps to much in the afternoon hours. we'll call it 50 later this afternoon and i think north wes

if she beats her republican opponent yancy there would be a 50-50 split in the house and the first time in decades the republicans were not in control in the commonwealth. >>> a passenger mix-up forced aid l.a. tokyo bound flight to return. once the pilot was notified a passenger was mixed up, he had to return as part of airline security procedure. >>> chrissy teigen and john legend were on that flight. teagan live tweeted the entire experience at one point calling it a flight to nowhere. >>> a bitter cold snap is gripping much of this country. some places are dealing with windchills well below zero. weather advisories are in effect through much of the northeast and great plains with nearly two-thirds of the country experiencing temperatures at or below freezing. in erie, pennsylvania, they're used to a lot of snow, but the latest storm has become one for the record books. nbc's ron allen remains on duty for us in erie, pennsylvania, where it looks like it is just as cold but looks like the snow stopped, ron. >> reporter: yeah, that's the big news, craig, the snow has finally seemed to

here it says shelly won by a single vote against yancy.ace into question. this is it t a judge threw it out declaring the vote on the ballot really belonged to the republican not the democrat. that left the race tied. so now it will be decided by a random draw next wednesday. ryan nobles is here with us to discuss this. you mean to tell me in 2017, this is like pulling a name out of a hat or coin toss to figure out the house in virginia? >> it's actually going to come down to one of these, brooke. this is a film canister, if you haven't seen one of these in ha while, what we haven't used in ha couple of decades, they'll take the two names of the candidates, cut them up, then put one piece of paper with the name in one of these film canisters and put in another one, then they'll drop both of the canisters into a bowel, then with everybody watching, the media will be invited, they'll pull one of these canisters out, open up the top, and whoever names emerge, that candidate will be the next member of the house of delegates from the 94th distr

thanks to balance old that more circumstance else next to her name and republicans candidate david yancy. ballot initially thrown out before they say to throw it out tying the race. if the court can't decide will dray a name from a box. >> nascar driving legend danica patrick released book ahead of her 2018 retirement. pretty intense is a wellness book that follows the 35 year old's 90 day mind, body and food plan. now, patrick is hoping its release will let her continue building a lifestyle brand after of course retiring from racing. she also want to spends more time with her clothing line, and wine label, even hinting at a cooking show. her final race will be the indy 500 in may. >> coming up in 90 seconds, new year, new rules. get ready to dish out more, to watch it. >> v. the reason your cable bill may have some of you cutting the cord. hey, girlfriend. how's your café au lait? oh, it's actually... (squeaking of balloon) it's ver... (squeaking) i'm being so serious right now. i really want to know how your coffee is. it's... (squeaking of balloon, laughing) i had a second balloon! go

at least until a panel of judges awarded her opponent, david yancy, one last last-minute ballot.thousands voted and this election was almost decided today by putting the candidate's names on slips of paper in film canisters and picking one out of a hat. it still might be decided that way. that process was delayed, however, because simonds filed a motion to ask the judges to reconsider their decision on that final mystery ballot. to be clear, this race and that one vote is not just about this one delegate. if simonds wins, the republicans lose their majority and control over the house of delegates and that would be for the first time in 20 years. shelly simonds joins me now. shelly, it's a remarkable story from the beginning, and one sort of twist at the ending here. i'm sure there are twists to come. let's take a look at this ballot that came out of nowhere that tied it up again because i want to get your thoughts on it. here it is. if you look down there, we'll get a little closer, i hope, to see that what happened is that this voter filled in the bubbles for both you and your r

newport news republican incumbent david yancy and democrat shelley simons are stuck in a tie.ons saying the race is proof that every vote counts. >> it really is a lesson in democracy. and my kids at school, their teachers, their friends come in and say, yeah, i voted for your mom. and people at the grocery store, i was that one vote, shelley. i'm going to hear that for a long time. >> that race is getting national attention. >> it is, and tom sherwood joins us now. by law they are going to decide that race by pulling a name out of a hat. what kind of a way is that to handle it? >> that fredericksburg case might be a court case and h a but this case, they're going to richmond next wednesday. the election official is going to get a hat, some kind of hat. their names are going to be in cannisters, put them in the hat. i'm not sure who exactly is going to pick the name out of the hat. but whoever wins, wins. if it's the democrat shelley wins, the house will be 50/50. >> this hasn't happened in decades. so, what will happen, everybody talks about the republicans and the democrats

challenger, shelly simmons, has won a re- count against three term incumbent republican delegate david yancy by one vote. her victory would mean an even number of republicans and democrats in the state house in virginia. a court will certify the recounted vote today. but election officials don't expect any ballots to be challenged. now, on election night, he had e , right? but the recount was done, and then she won by one vote. at one of her supporters stayed home or was late or whatever. he still would have won. >> won. >> one vote. every vote counts. well, the eagles, speaking of voting, the eagles are sending six players to the pro bowl. i think it should be seven. >> or maybe eight. >> you know what? you're right t should be eight we make the case this morning for at least two players who many say got snubbed by the voting for the pro bowl. dunkin' sweet black pepper bacon sandwich is back. with twice the crispy caramelized peppered bacon. experience a breakfast sandwich made for bacon lovers. america runs on dunkin' >> after new york's scored three straight touchdowns, so defensive card