Good afternoon, im pat lawson muse. Im Barbara Harrison in for jim handly. We are tracking developments in a hacking attack that aff 40 million people. The company says Key Information from millions of credit and debit cards may have been stolen during this busy shopping holiday season. Steve handelsman is live at a target store with the latest. Steve . Reporter hi pat. Hi barbara. Beautiful day here at target, but not a beautiful story for the retailer. The company says they regret the inconvenienc inconvenience. They are investigates and authorities are investigating. All of this doesnt put shoppers in a christmas mood. Its a peak shopping season buzz kill. Target customers learning their credit card information might have been stolen. Anger in the new york area. I might be done shopping at target for awhile. Reporter worried target shoppers in boston. Its concerning. I shopped here quite a few times. I want to check out my account to make sure its straight. Reporter the problem wasnt detected until sunder. I dont understand how it happens. Reporter experts guess 17 days of credit card swipes in 1800 stores got hacked. The names, account numbers, expiration dates and security codes. Target promotes their own card offering 5 cash back. Not full protection. The ownous is really at the card issuer level to make sure that this entire system is secure. Reporter so, check all your charges on any cards used at target. Paula did in rochester, minnesota. She found an odd charge. I found my bank. They stopped the debit card. Her card is canceled. Experts say its the best move. Customers trust target to fix the problem. Some target customers are coming out to shop at stores like this one today with something they dont normally bring, cash. Im steve handelsman, news 4. Barbara and pat, back to you. If you suspect unauthorized activity, contact their Customer Service immediately. Theres the number you should call or the place to go is on your screen right now. The number is 8668528680. Be patient when you call. We are hearing reports the line has been busy all day. Contact Law Enforcement about Identity Theft. We put this information on our website, www. Nbcwashington. Com. We are following breaking news out of london. Scott macfarlane is at the live desk with details. Police in london reporting a number of casualties where the roof collapsed. A live picture up on your screen now. Dozens of police and rescuers are there on the scene. Im waiting for updates about what they are seeing tennessee the site. People reported dead at the Apollo Theatre. We are going keep an eye on this and bring you the latest in a few moments. Back to you. Thank you. A driving instructor is accused of sexual charges. He made inappropriate comments and touched an 18yearold female during two driving lessons. In the investigation, detectives learned of a juvenile victim. Police are looking for more victims. He is out of jail right now, on bail, ordered not to have unsuper vised contact with females under 21. A longtime professor was killed yesterday as she was walking her dog. It happened at 7th and g streets outside the town square tower apartments. Its where the 90yearold lived. Another resident was pulling out of the parking garage hit her. She was an author and teacher from 1968 until her retirement in 1993. He was loved. A very sweet, loving person. Its sad this had to happen. Its very sad. No charges had been filed. The dog wasnt injured and is now with the washington humane coat. The effort to get the dog placed with one of her friends. We are working on the cause of this accident. A dump truck overturned around 11 30 this morning. When emergency crews arrived, the driver was out of the cab. He was not seriously hurt. Hazmat teams were brought in to help clean up the mess. The ramp reopened about an hour later. The u. S. Capitol dome is getting a makeover. The architect announced a two year, 60 million restoration project for the dome. During the press conference, officials said the 150yearold dome is covered with rust and cracks. He says wear and tear is in no way affecting the Structural Integrity of the landmark. It is in great structural condition. Its not in any way unsafe at all. Its this water leak that is the problem. Water gets in and causes continued rust but also water can get in and damage the beautiful frescos and paintings in the rotunda. Here is a look at what the dome will look like once the work begins. It will be covered in scaffolding much like the Washington Monument was. Coming up, tom sherwood spoke to folks around the National Mall about that they think of the project. In an effort to spread holiday cheer, members of u. S. Senate held a secret santa Gift Exchange. Democrats and republicans took part. Maryland senator got a georgia clay bread warmer. Virginia senator tim cain got jam and jelly from the arkansas senator. The Gift Exchange was organized by minnesota. A major warm up is in the works. Amelia has the latest on this springlike weather. Yesterday, i talked about warmer temperatures for today, but i didnt talk about temperatures being as warm as they were. Look at our high so far today. 61 in washington and manassas. 59 in leesburg. La ray, a High Temperature today near 70 degrees. Our temperatures will be even warmer for tomorrow. So, what does that mean for this evening . Well, a very mild evening tonight. Great feel outside right now. 6 00 p. M. , 58 pleasant degrees and yes, its december. Winter begins saturday. Clouds will increase overnight. What that means is our temperatures wont get as cold. 10 00 tonight, we will be at a mild 52 degrees. How warm is it going to get tomorrow . Warmer than 61. Ill be talking about that in ten minutes. Pat . Thanks, amelia. How much money is too much money to spend on a gift for your childs teacher . 5, 20, how about 200 . Theres a debate going on. Stealing cars, robbing stores and buying pizza with the money. How this oneman crime spree came to an end. The star of duck dynasty suspended. Was he simply expressing his own beliefs or the u. S. Attorney . Virginia is looking into weather to seek indictment on mcdonnell until after he leaves office. They cold mcdonnell and his wife they would be charged in connection with a gift scandal. Investigators are looking into whether mcdonnell and his wife worked together to illegally promote a struggling company in exchange for money and gifts. A meeting between the lawyers and the Justice Department prompted the decision to wait until january. He says he did nothing illegal in his relationship with williams. A oneman crime scream will spend the next 35 years behind bars. A judge sentenced him earlier today after he pled guilty to robbery and carjacking charges. He stole two vehicles, held up at least two stores and used stolen credit cards. In one case, he used the cards to buy nike shoes and little cesars pizza. More on this at 5 00. Five years in prison for the man found guilty of setting a Sandwich Shop on fire. He was sentenced today. The accident happened on friday. He poured gasoline inside a sub shop, then ignited it. It off a massive explosion and fire ball that caused extensive damage to the store. The shop owner was seriously hurt. He was convicted in october and described as an associate of the owner. Tabloids hacked Kate Middletons phone. Now, the jury is hearing intimate conversations between the two. We have a report from london. Dennis rodman lands in south korea and defending his basketball diplomacy, next. The big warm up is just getting started. We have the seven day forecast. Until today, they were a uk hacking scandal. It reaches to the royal family. A jury in london heard the contents of intercepted messages Prince William left on Kate Middletons phone. Jim reports. Reporter todays revelations deal with the hacking of Kate Middletons phone. The rupert tabloid paper that murdock shut down. A message in 2006 who was dating Kate Middleton at the time. He had almost been shot on a Training Exercise while at officer training school. He said, quote, i got terribly lost and walked into someone elses ambush. Another time, william calls saying quote, hello, baby, its me and calling her babykins. They served time in 2007 for hacking the phones of royal aids. This is the first time theres been indication that royal family members themselves had, indeed, been hacked. Excerpts of another message from william to harry were head today. William puts on a high voice mimicking harrys exgirlfriend indicating prince harrys phone had been hacked as well. Phone hacking was Standard Operating Procedure in those years at news of the world that editors were aware of and financially supported it. Im reporting from london, back to you. Duck dynasty phil roberts has been suspended from the show after saying gays are sinners. He told gq magazine its a sin like homosexuality and bestiality. The governor of louisiana, where the show is shot is weighing in on the controversy. Bobby jindal didnt give his opinions but said everyone has a right to express their views. He added, it is a messed up situation when miley cyrus gets a laugh and he gets suspended. A fight to legalize gay marriage, Scott Macfarlane has the latest. New mexico is the latest state to legalize samesex marriages. That decision came down from the states highest court. A new mexico justice ruling there are no marriage statutes in the state that ban gay marriage. Laws that presented samesex marriage are unconstitutional. New mexico is the 17th state to legalize samesex marriage. Its also legal in the district of columbia. At the live desk, im Scott Macfarlane. Im looking at these three colors of red. You think red comes in one color, you are wrong. On a nice warm day. Kind of a warm red, a warmer red and the warmest. This is the temperature trend, right . Thats it. Record warmth in the forecast for sunday, if you can believe it. High temperatures in the low 70s. Wait until you see the seven day. It will tie the record High Temperature if we hit what we are forecasting right now. Look outside. Just high, thin clouds in the sky, filtered sunshine. Its mostly sunny. More importantly, the temperatures, look at where we are at right now. 61 in washington. 60 in college park. 59 in rockville and 58 in gaithersburg. Temperatures tonight inside the beltway by the water will not get that cool. Only in the low 40s. Pretty comfortably have to walk the dog late tonight or early tomorrow morning or the Early Morning run. It will not feel too bad outside by any means. The suburbs, you get cool because the air is so dry, the temperatures can drop. In the suburbs, low temperatures around 30 degrees. So, tomorrow morning, not as cold as it has been. Just a light jacket. You might get away with long sleeves for tomorrow. Filtered sunshine throughout the day. Mild. A High Temperature of 63 degrees. Another comfortable evening. What a great friday night. You have plans. The weather is certainly cooperating with those. As we look to saturday, the temperatures continue to warm. Theres the chance you are dealing with a shower. I want to warn you, future weather is overdoing the chances and getting the point across. Plenty of clouds around. Maybe a passing shower. This is looking like a wash out. Its not the case. Everybody has that chance, a 30 chance of dealing with a shower for saturday. A High Temperature of 75 degrees. Sunday, a high of 72. Again, that would be record warmth. 70 chance of rain but the best chance of rain on sunday will be during the afternoon, evening and overnight hours. Its rainy, again, mainly later in the day. It is hot for this time of year and it is also going to be windy on sunday. You will notice the winds. A cold front moves through. Look what it does to the temperatures on monday. We are down to around 50 degrees. Some rain is possible early. Then temperatures will actually fall throughout the day. By monday afternoon, expect temperatures to be in the 40s, then, for christmas, a temperature of 43 degrees. Plenty of sunshine, no rain and snow in the forecast for christmas right now. Of course, this is a taste of spring in what is traditionally the fall harvest. Some farmers in our area are harvesting crops later than ever. As Veronica Johnson found out, Climate Change and creativity are keeping spring on the menu throughout the winter. Reporter on a cold day in maryland, farms are still being worked. This is eat well farm where erica harvests, manages and plans the produce she supplies to five d. C. Restaurants. People learn about terms like food miles and want to get the best nutrient density out of their food. They are demanding that more food be grown locally around so they can have Fresh Produce year round. Reporter growing and harvesting through the winter has gotten easier, but has challenges. The agricultural zones shifted north as the Climate Changed. I think everyone is trying to push the envelope to keep up with the changing weather. Reporter extra planning and techniqu techniques, fertilizer, mulching will allow plants to last longer. It collected heat from the sun and holds it in overnight. Reporter the temperature difference can be six to 30 Degrees Higher inside as the frost burned off, we harvested much of what you might find on the farmtotable restaurants this winter. We have the carrots. Itis a new pickling i have been playing with. Its a smoked pickle. Here in d. C. , they have quite a bit of pork on the menu. Its the pickled plates that provide the perfect compliment an have become popular. It allows the vegetables a longer life while maintaining freshness. Jeff says they started the farmtotable concept to assure Fresh Produce. At the end of the day, it tastes better. I think, ultimately, its what people want. I have to say, those veggies look delicious. They do. To eat them all winter long, it doesnt get better. This is part of our winlter weather special airing on saturday morning. Tune in and watch that. A lot of great stories, chuck bell has more. Looking forward to it. How strong is the Washington Area market . Why home prices are skyrocketing. A final farewell to mac home values in the Washington Area are up this year. According to zillow. Com, the value of a home in the area is over 890 billion. This year, its a 64 billion increase from last years total value. Nationwide, the value of homes is also on the increase, which is a shift from back in 2007 when the value of homes fell by 6 trillion during the housing crisis. A change may be coming in the gifts teachers get from the students in arlington. The school board is voting on putting a 100 yearly limit on the gifts you can give teachers. That doesnt include homemade items. If approved, it goes in place next july. Its designed to stop ethics interests. A rescue operation under way in london after a ceiling in the Apollo Theatre collapsed during a performance. A Maryland School goes into lockdown mode after a threatening call today. Dennis rodmans good afternoon, everyone. Im Barbara Harrison. Im pat lawson muse. Back to our breaking news about a deadly theater collapse in london. One of a couple breaking news stories we are following. Bear with us a moment. Well go back to the scene at the Apollo Theatre. There are a number of casualties. There are reports of injuries, just not sure how many. All those who were trapped have been freed. A performance was happening at the time. People in the front rows starting to get up when they heard creeking, then part of a balcony collapsed. Casualties and injuries to the Apollo Theatre that dates back to 1901. The Swedish Embassy near the georgetown waterfront is impacting traffic. Theres a live look at k street, the entrance to the freeway. Cars diverted off k street. It is closed on to the freeway. Rock creek parkway also closed. Heads up if you are traveling in that area. A suspicious package causing chaos at the worst possible time, rush hour in d. C. Days left in the Holiday Shopping season, 40 million target shoppers are learning they might be in the bulls eye of an Identity Theft scheme. You may be on the list if you used a credit card at target between black friday and december 15th. We have a live report ahead along with advice on what to do if you are a potential victim. Ashburn driving instructor charged with sexual assault. Police say he made inappropriate comments and touched an 18yearold female and a juvenile. Police are looking for more possible victims. A longtime professor hit and killed by a car while walking her dog in southwest d. C. 90yearold was hit by a car tuesday pulling out of the parking garage. Her dog was not injured and police filed no charges. Architects announced restoration plans for the u. S. Capitol dome. The project will eliminate rust and cracks in the structure. The capitol dome is 160 years old. During the process, it will be covered in scaffolding much like the Washington Monument. An angry protest outside a u. S. Consulate. Her name is devyani. Prosecutors say she submitted false documents to obtain a work visa and paid her 3 an hour. U. S. Marshalls announced she was strip searched but standard protocol, they deny the allegation she was subject to a more intrusive salve tt tty y search. A deal considered likely to pass the senate. Its part of the larger defense spending bill that allowed half of the detainees to be returned to their home countries provided the host country could guarantee Adequate Security and provided its not a state sponsor of terror. Detainees from other countries remain behind. Dennis rodman is back in north korea after a leadership purge that included the execution of kim jonguns uncle. He will train the Basketball Team for an exhibition game. Its part of a Birthday Celebration for kim . Janua in january. Rodman is proud to call kim a friend, but he cant control how kim runs the country. I can control what they do. Im trying to come here, you know, as a sports figure and hope i can open the door for a lot of people in the country. This is rodmans third trip to north korea. It comes less than two weeks of the release of an elderly tourist, merrill newman, detained more than a month because he fought in the korean war. They refused to release him until he read a video tapes apology. Firefighters are making progress on the wildfire burning in big sur, california. Its 79 contained. There are predictions it may be completely detained by tonight. Its sooner than thought. Light rain is helping. The fire broke out sunday and burned about one square mile. At least 22 homes destroyed. Residents are standing by waiting for word about when they can return to their home to survey the damage. Well, is it going to be a night for star gazing and el fresco dining . Amelia . I would say el fresco dining, star gazing might be iffy. We are looking at plenty of clouds around. They might be thin enough to see some stars. Look at where the temperatures are. Pat, i think you have a great idea, fire up the grill, have dinner outside. 61 in washington. 57 in gaithersburg and leesburg. 57 in winchester, too as well as easton. Here is how the temperatures will fall for those of you in the suburbs. Outside the beltway, 6 00, low 50s. 8 00, we are at a comfortable 49 degrees. Then we fall into the low 40s overnight. Temperatures will continue to drop to a low of 43 in washington. Temperatures in the suburbs, tonight, will fall to 30 degrees. Here are your highs for tomorrow. Warmer, about 63. The warming continues on into the weekend. Record warm. Ill have the extended forecast in over ten minutes. While we enjoy the weather, we are tracking whats happening out west that could impact the travel plans. Scott macfarlane has the details at the live desk. Conditions so snowy in utah, it caused a cargo plane to slide off the runway. There were no injuries in that cargo plane mishap. Look at the screen. Remnants of terrible weather there. Its backing up road travel. These pictures just in to the news room. More than 100 cancellations out of Salt Lake City and nearly 90 delays. That accounts for nearly half the airports flight schedule today according to flightaware. Com. If you have plans to head west tonight, tomorrow or sunday, check with your local carrier. Back to you. Most people like surprises. Why so many womeno something ca subscription boxes. The hot holiday gift trend. Angelina jolie shocked the world when she announced she had undergone a double ma sectmy. Today, a health study is out about how the story affected women around the world. The ellen prize tragedy. An offduty marine dies after his wife the 2014 range rover topped this years list of the fastest selling cars for 2013. Edmonds. Com tracks how long vehicles sit on a dealers lot. In november, it was on the lot just nine days. The Chevrolet Corvette and Jeep Cherokee tied with ten days. The cla class topped out the top ten. Signing up for subscription boxes. The offerings are high end and range from Beauty Products to food offerings. Mark barger has details. Reporter the business of subscription boxes is booming. 400 companies deliver monthly product packages covering a variety of niches, similar to wine of the month or fruit of the month. A box comes with four to five items in it tailored to your needs or your childs. Reporter kid friendly arts and crafts and science related. Citrus lane helps out new parents. Subscription boxes for Beauty Products and samples are popular. Birch box and juleep are in that category selling for 10 to 20 a month. One of mine is not in a box, its in a bag. Reporter its a reusable one at that. Birch box offers guys equal time with a collection of grooming and lifestyle products. Fittens products and supplements. Bark box toys and treats for mans best friend. One of the great things about gift boxes is the companies expose their products to new people. You, as a consumer try something new you might not have put your money down for. Its a gift that keeps giving for companies and consumers all yearlong. Mark barger, nbc news. Consumers can buy gift box subscriptions online. It takes six to eight weeks for the first box. A christmas caper solved, thanks to this 10yearold. This is a very unusual name, so there has to be a way to track back who this is. How a unique name and the internet helped him find a woman targeted by thieves without knowing it. Trouble in paradise. Why theres a travel warning for the caribbean. Amelia, what is the latest on the weather . The temperatures will continue to warm in a big way. Here is a time lapse of the Woodrow Wilson bridge. Throughout the day today, beautiful sunshine. Highs in the low 60s. Low 70s for the weekend. There is a suspicious package at the Swedish Embassy right now, down near the georgetown waterfront. It is impacting traffic. Cars are being diverted off k street, which is closed. Rockcreek parkway near the Kennedy Center is also closed. D. C. Police are on the scene. A heads up for you if you plan to travel in that area this evening. A package sent from california to d. C. For the holidays. It got intercepted by thieves and quickly got tossed out after the burglars found what was inside. Shomari stone tells us how a 10yearold boy was able to track down the person who it belonged to just in time for christmas. Im really happy reporter teddy was surprised when he found this package someone opened and tossed out. The 10yearold and his mother picked it up. We had to bring it home. This is obviously a Christmas Present for an infant. Reporter he looked in the box and saw a baby toy inside. There was rapping paper. Reporter who was this wrapped gift supposed to be sent to . He found the first name of the resip i cant. To bianca. This is a very unusual name. There has to be a way to track back who this is. Reporter he did. He posted what happened on the neighborhood list including be bianca and the other name. Three hours later, a breakthrough. Someone recognized the name and put them in touch with teddy. I was awe struck with the situation. So was biancas mother. I am grateful, not only for his quick thinking. Reporter tonight, teddy sits back and listens to Christmas Carols knowing his hard work paid off. He will deliver the box tomorrow. We can all say that we like the feeling when we receive but i think its a better feeling when you give someone something. Reporter a smile on christmas in northwest d. C. Im shomari stone, news 4. How about that little guy. Really. He saves the day. Saves the holiday. Absolutely. And the temperatures, i think, we are going get a big warm up. Some people liking that, but a lot of people want that cool, crisp christmas. We are going to get that weather back as well. The major warm up is short lived. A live look at the Capitol Building as the sunsets. We are looking at clear skies across the area. Plenty of clouds around tonight. We are talking about spring and winter through the weekend. There will be some rain on sunday and monday, maybe even. And again, cooler temperatures return for our christmas. Right now, its mild, relatively speaking. 61 in washington. 44 in annapolis, that is one of the cooler spots. 57 in winchester. 62 degrees back in petersburg. High temperatures tomorrow will be a touch warmer than they were today. Morgan, bethesda, fairfax, around 63 degrees. Manassas, 64, columbia and laurel in the low 60s tomorrow. The high, thin clouds around the area. Lets jump ahead to the christmas forecast, what we are looking at now. On christmas eve, temperatures will be in the 30s. Sunny on Christmas Day with temperatures in the low 40s. Then, on christmas night, cool with temperatures back in the 30s. Before we get to christmas, we are going to be talking about highs in the 60s and 70s. So, for saturday, theres a chance you are dealing with a shower, a High Temperature, otherwise of 65 degrees. A high on sunday of 72. That will be a record if we hit that High Temperature of 72. We are looking at breezy conditions on saturday. Windy conditions on sunday. The heaviest rain this weekend will be late in the day on sunday. Sunday afternoon, evening into the overnight hours. For monday, some rain might linger around through the first half of the day. You are also going to notice temperatures that will be cooler, a high of 51 degrees. By the afternoon, though, temperatures will have fallen from the 51 on into the 40s. Tuesday and wednesday, we are chilly. Right now, we are looking at sunny skies, christmas again, a High Temperature of 43 degrees. Then next thursday, a High Temperature of 45 degrees. Of course, doug will be up next talking more about this temperature warm up and continuing to talk about our weather pattern for next week. That includes christmas. Barbara and pat, back to you. All right. Thanks, amelia. In news 4 your health, a warning to those heading to the caribbean for new years. A travel advisory after ten cases of the mosquitoe born virus was found in residents of st. Martin. Severe joint pain, fever and headache. The virus is rarely fatal. If you are headed on a tropical get away, pack plenty of bug spray. Angelina joelys decision to get a double mastectomy. Her story did not lead to more women looking at their risks. Joely explained her risks and surgery. 3 out of 4 knew she underwent the mastectomy. Fewer than 10 understood the risk of breast cancer. An alert for holiday hazards for pets. Keep the holly and mistletoe out of their reach. It causes stomach upsets as well. The same can be true for poinsettias, but they have to eat a lot of it to get sick. The standing water the trees are in could be a problem because of the bacteria that grows in the water. The cats love the crinkly sounding things. They swallow them and the intestines crinkle up like an accordial style. Lastly, keep people food away from your pets. They love table scraps, but can lead to pain creigh i cant sayitis. At least nine people are recovering from injuries after a new Jersey Transit bus crashed into a row of businesses in newark. It happened around 1 00 this morning. The bus was headed to penn station when it was hit by a cab. The impact sent both vehicles about 90 feet across the median. The bus ended up in a store front. The driver and passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital. All of them are expected to be okay. Classes have been canceled. Today, students were allowed back into the Colorado High School where a fellow student opened fire last week. They got to pick up things they left behind during the evacuation. Some of them stopped at a makeshift memorial for the student shot and wounded during the attack. The gunman walked into arapahoe high looking for a School Librarian and debate coach. He opened fire, then turned the gun on himself. Classes will resume next month. A teacher the mourning the loss of her husband at a tragic accident. Sheryl lynn mcgraw and her husband were on a dream vacation when a sky diving trip took a deadly turn. We have the story. Reporter Sergeant Brandon mcgraw loved an adventure. He went the way he would want to. He was a risk taker. He did things like mountain climbing and diving. Reporter the neighbor says when mcgraw and his wife found out they won a trip to australia on the Ellen Degeneres show, they were thrilled. Brandon, john and i and cheryl went out to dinner about a week before they left. Thats when she told me about the winning the trip on the television. They were all excited about doing all these things and sky diving was one of them. Reporter Officials Say mcgraw was a trained freefall parachutist. Something went wrong when he jumped out of the plane. It was devastating. Reporter mcgraw crashed and he died at the scene of the crash. Lord knows we are so sorry. We are so sorry to lose him. Even though he was happy at doing what he did, our loss is terrible in this neighborhood. Reporter his neighbors hung their flag at half staff to honor a man who served our country and did multiple tours for the marine corps. They are investigating to see how he died. They are reporting high winds may have contributed to the tragedy. Live pictures right now. Look at this gridlock mess. This is the result of a bomb threat at the house of sweden, which houses the Swedish Embassy in georgetown. This is the heart of georgetown. Police got a call around 3 30 in the 2900 block of k street. Several roads in the area blocked. Again, a live look at the e street expressway. It is a mess. We have crews monitoring the scene. We are going bring you the update, a lot of updates within the hour. We are still following breaking news about a reportedly deadly theater collapse in london. Lets go to the live desk, barbara . Pat, we got new details. The ceiling did collapse during a performance at the Apollo Theatre in london. There are at least 40 people injured, currently being treated. All those trapped inside have been freed. Police are saying there are no fatalities they are aware of. Still, they say its early in the st