melissa: markets nervously holding their breath as tensions between greece and europe come to a head. europe's finance chiefs are holding an emergency meeting as greece refuses to extend the bailout package, keeping it afloat. it only has a few weeks to reach a deal before it runs out of cash all together. here are very own charlie gasparino, tom sullivan is here and mark eiglarsh. a criminal defense attorney and celebrity i would say. >> i don't think so. yes. melissa: absolutely. tom sullivan let me start with you on the greece thing. what do you think? >> dealing with somebody, a debtor who don't have any hope of getting their financial house in order. it is also, misreported about the austerity. not only in greece but also other parts of the e.u. melissa: you're saying overemphasizing -- i read in the "new york times" they have adhered to austerity for five years. it hats been so hard. can't get it done. >> austerity means government cuts back spending right? that is not what they do? they jacked up more taxes on the rich. that is their idea of austerity so. >> i actually understand what they're doing and why they're doing it and i think usually with these bailout packages this is what the imf has done for years and european union does for years. what you do to countries, force them to raise taxes and cut spending instead of growing and stimulate the economy. that is the problem they're facing here. there is no growth plan. euro bureaucrats, these people that flood davos. i couldn't stand davos so much. these are the -- melissa: you looked like you were having fun. >> i was having fun ignoring the bs that occurred in these rooms. all they call for higher tax, more government. countries like greece have zero chance to survive this given what is going on. >> one of my favorite comedians talks about the problem here. melissa: charlie gasparino one of your favorite comedians? >> gary gold man. >> who is he? >> he played dough, arris to the tell. gave us the owe pim beings and they -- olympics. they focused on salad. melissa: sees car or greek salad. >> greek salad. not a good economic plan. it wasn't solid for them. >> don't know what you're talking about. >> we got it. we got it. greek salad. i love the greek salad. a little oregano. >> well have to talk about austerity. liberal bureaucrats all over the year. greece needs to be austerity and cut things and raise taxes. think about what it gives you. it gives you portugal, gives you greece. melissa: have to focus on growing the economy without question. two big shake-ups in the media world. nbc taking brian williams out of the anchor chair without pay. nbc ceo steve burke saying quote, by his actions brian has jeopardized the trust millions of americans place in nbc news. his actions are inexcusable and suspension is severe and appropriate. almost same moment comedy central losing star host of "the daily show jon stewart. he announced his retirement. listen how he broke the news on his show. >> doug of comedy central gave me an incredible opportunity 11 years ago to pilot this wonderful franchise. it is time for someone else to have that opportunity. i will have dinner on a school night with my family, who i have heard, from multiple sources are lovely people. [laughing] melissa: no secret. funny how both announcements came out previous same time? isn't that weird? >> joke going around the man who did fake news because people thought he did real news should grow to nbc and brian williams should go to comedy central. melissa: you think that was all coincidence? i'm a conspiracy theorist? >> i don't see them as similar. this discussion about should brian williams come back, i don't think there is a discussion there. when you lose credibility as an anchor person you have lost your stock in trade. melissa: six month rehab? he can't go to credibility rehab. >> conflate anonymous. >> there is interesting sort of connection here in this sense. brian williams was hurting the nbc brand. brian williams brand was destroying the nbc brand. they had to create separation and my guess is he is upon in six months. the question, his contract, paid out 25 cents on the dollar. melissa: whoa have an attorney right here. what does he think? >> they all have the morality -- melissa: doesn't get paid at all? >> they will negotiate something. >> here is where they might. maybe his supervisors knew about this and did not take disciplinary action. he is essentially getting hit twice for the same crime, you see what i'm saying? they're basically suspended him after they knew he was doing it for so long. they looked other way. but jon stewart thing is interesting too from a brand standpoint. is the comedy central brand, particularly at that time slot are they intrinsically linked with jon stewart's brand? can someone come in to get the ratings he gets? i don't know. melissa: interesting thing, at that moment those things hit twitter a lot of people calling their agents all around the world. comedians, news people or taxi drivers. everyone saw a lot of open chairs and money available there. all right, apple going where no company has gone before. the stock closing above $700 billion in market value first time, nearly doubled next largest company, wow, which is exxon. shares are still climbing higher today. is there a top out there for apple? >> i would say this. i know carl icahn has been in and out of the stock, i talked to carl a little bitthis. he thinks it could be a trillion dollar company. i twittered that that is impossible. all -- that is true. if the fed will not ease anytime soon, if you want to buy market indexes, apple's probably part of all those wonderful market indexes. melissa: right. >> tell me where their competition is? who is their competition? i don't see there are a lot of tech companies out there but i don't see the kind of competition to catch them. >> as we say watch it go down 20%. melissa: president obama called out office supply chain on reports it was cutting workers hours to avoid providing health care. listen to what he said after a reporter specifically asked him about staples. >> when i hear large corporations that make billions of dollars in profits trying to blame, our interest in providing health insurance as an excuse for cutting back workers wages shame on them. melissa: shame on them. staples notes its policy regarding hours predates the affordable care act and in fact they said unfortunately the president appears to not have all the facts. the initial story was misleading after our policy regarding hours for part-time employees is more than a decade old. >> this is bad precedent really? now the president goes in and every time a company doesn't do what he wants he will say something. they employ 85,000 people. they pay a lot of taxes. i don't know if he should have got involved even if -- >> you hear disdain. this company is make as large amount of money. he always picks on companies that make a lot of money. melissa: their legal responsibility fiduciary responsibility to shareholders or employees. >> did he say that? melissa: no, i'm saying that. >> that's what i'm saying. president obama is lawyer a constitutional lawyer. so he is supposed to be smart at figuring out what is, what guides companies do. he misses big point about fiduciary responsibility. companies in the face of high taxes, very high corporate tax rates, in the face of obamacare mandates, will cut back to maintain their profit margins. now why does the president not know this? here is one thing i will say. melissa: yeah. >> this president on economic matters continues to show that he is one of the least least intelligent on those matters. melissa: or just talking his politics. let me bring you breaking news. just crossing the wires. i want to get it to you. the captain of the capsized costa concordia, found guilty of manslaughter in the death of 32 people. you will remember that terrible shipwreck back in 2012. cuttino says he was a scapegoat who was quote, sacrificed to serve economic interests, speaking of money. he faces is 6 years in prison. >> whatever happened to the captain goes down with the ship? melissa: not happening. >> his excuses were completely lame. he got what came to him. melissa: all right running to someone's mother isn't usually how things get done in the corporate world but proven strategy at comcast. a reporter fed up with readers complaints, about the company, about comcast, went straight to the ceo's mother and it worked. this is pretty hysterical. this is a philly.com columnist went directly to suzanne roberts. that is brian roberts ceo. his mother who is 892 years old. on behalf of a couple who recently moved to the area and was having trouble getting their comcast internet hooked up. they were waiting since december 23rd. no one had come. this is genius. >> how do you get the number? i have a few people i want to call. melissa: she is reporter. i people who know me i go to twitter when i'm upset. >> what is that restaurant you don't like? you're blasting -- >> rub you the wrong way a little bit? melissa: went to the mother? >> think how stupid this is. this is like, i'm all for aggressive reporting. god knows that -- i would never -- >> no, no. this is what you do. you -- >> go to the guy's mother? >> you use people. you know people. you call people. you get people -- >> a mother? >> yeah his mother, yeah. melissa: reporter did -- >> suppose it was your boss? suppose someone called up roger ailes's mom and said something about roger what would you think about that. >> it is who you know. melissa: it would be funny if it was a prank. >> if it was a prank when you do reporting, you don't call up somebody that knows nothing about what is going on. melissa: no. call the czar of customer service. that was the original plan. the reporter was going to recall, the new czar of public service for the company. that would have made sense. >> you never know, it worked. melissa: your mom gets you do things you're supposed to do. i get my boys to do what they're supposed to do. >> give me a break. 92 years old. reminds me of newt gingrich thing, remember, newt beginning glitch, what hillary clinton says about hillary clinton. i won't tell anybody. melissa: got to go. >> installer showed up. melissa: "anchors aweigh" at nbc. brian williams gets slapped with a six-month suspension. can they afford another flagship failure. fire up the omelette and grab a cheese urger while you're at it. u.s. changes stance on cholesterol, wiping away 40 years of warnings coming up. no music but smart money. ♪ melissa: brian williams benched for six months. he will lose his payroll of $5 million while he is in suspension. the president of mbc news wrote in a memo to employees quote, whee believe the suspension is appropriate and proportionate with the action. this has been a difficult time but nbc news is bigger than that at the moment. here to discuss all of it bernie goldberg. author of the best-selling book "bias." a fox news contributor. thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you so much for having me on. melissa: you were on last night and you wrote an article that was really spot on about this problem. before we get to that, i want to ask you about the nbc news brand because this was the last part of it that was really intact. "the today show" has of course had very serious troubles with its turnover. we've seen problems with "meet the press." nightly was part of a the news brand that was still working. how devastating is this to the news division? >> well we'll see as the ratings, you know are taken each day. they didn't need this. forgive me for stating the obvious, but they really didn't need this at this time, not given all the other problems that they have. but they couldn't leave him on the air either. this is not an en v.able position for them to be in but it is one of their own making. melissa: yeah. debra turness has taken over the department. she is doing what she can to try and shore up "the today show.." what does this mean for her particularly? none of these problems were of her making? they all came before her time but she is the one presiding over trying to fix them? >> i don't knowç the inner-workings of nbc management. that's a foreign country to me but when so many things go wrong and you're the person at the helm, sometimes you're the one who goes. you know in any major sport, if the team doesn't do well, they don't fire the whole team you know, they get rid of the manager. and, i'm not predicting that for her. as i say, i don't know how it works at nbc. too many bad things have happened on her watch. melissa: you made a really great point that part of the problem here is the idea of the blurring of the lines between journalism and entertainment. >> yeah. melissa: and that brian williams had begun, we've been trying to figure out everybody is saying he is such a good guy a great journalist, a smart guy everyone likes him, how can this happen when everything he had done virtue of covering these stories is big why would you need to exaggerate? you made a great point, this is really about the blurring of lines between entertainment and news. what is your point there? >> yeah. it is a point i made, thank you for mentioning the article. it is on my website, bernard goldberg.com. i met with be who knows brian williams very well. he said brian always wanted to be walter cronkite. it also turns out he warranted to be jay leno or at least jay leno's replacement. stories in the paper are when nbc was looking for replacement for leno brian williams said i will take the job. i think brian's problem is that he didn't know which he wanted more, to be a first tier journalist, or a first tier entertainer? and they play by very different rules. if you're an entertainer you're only obligation is to entertain. that's it. there are no other rules. you can embellish, you can exaggerate, you can make up stories when you go on letterman. there is no problem there. the only really the only rule really is, that you better be entertaining. journalist system different. you must tell the truth -- journalism. brian williams didn't. i think he was playing by entertainment rules and it is very hard to be both an entertainer and a journalist at the same time. melissa: it is. if you look at our industry there is blurring of the lines. i say too many people get their news from jon stewart. they confuse that with an actual news program. you look at them putting folks like carson daly on "the today show" or talking about ryan seacrest or somebody that could replace matt lauer. the personalities lines have gotten blurred. this is one of the dangers, that folks out there get confused what their role really is. go ahead, final world. >> i think we live in the united states of entertainment. and i think in brian williams's particular case, he was trying to fulfill two dreams at the same time. one dream to be a top-notch tv journalist. the other dream to be a top-notch tv entertainer but oil and water don't mix. i think he is finding that out now. melissa: bernie goldberg, thank you so much for coming on. >> thanks, melissa. melissa: some breaking news we're watching really closely right now. three workers dead following an explosion at a petrobras oil platform in brazil. four workers were reported missing. another six injured. we'll bring you the latest on this story as we have it. just in time for valentine's day. untie the knot in two days. the hotel lets you check in married and leave divorced. there is no reason to cry. how to shop without tears. we'll go behind the game-changing onion. you heard me right. do you ever have too much money? 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it is amazing. joining me, managing director of bedford shire growers. along with his farmer. thanks to both of you for joining us. alistair. start with you. >> thanks melissa. >> how is this possible? talk to me about this onion. >> well, a long time ago i was tasting, red onions and discovered one which had got a fabulous flavor. really enjoyed it. lovely sweetness and, juicy. and, low pungency. so i determined i would try to reproduce that 100%. eventually. took some doing. obviously. melissa: yeah. >> i was inspired by that. that one onion. i equally inspired because i got a chance to come over and see your sweet onion industry. and, was very impressed. tremendous. melissa: you realized. -- this was a huge money making opportunity. >> absolutely. melissa: i asked you. i assumed the onions were general ethically modified. they were not. is that true? >> absolutely not. completely. as alistair is saying. 20 years of completely natural breeding. alistair trying. hundreds of hundreds of onions reach season to come up perfect combination of color, sweetness and texture which he finally nailed. melissa: you entered into an exclusive deal with third biggest grocery chain. is it better to have a onion that doesn't make you cry and hurt your breath? i would charge more for that. >> it are onions for sale but not english and not colored. the prices are competitive versus sweet onions. there is premium obviously against a standard onion. as i said alistair spent 20 years, put in time care and attention to delivering something we think is sense sayingal product. melissa: very cool. thanks for coming on the show. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you. melissa: president obama under the microscope. heartbreaking new details about the death of kayla mueller. the fight against childhood obesity straight to parents wallets. this is one to get your attention. 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(?) that the obama administration knew where they were, had intelligence about it in raqaa, as well as even the layout of the facility they were in, and didn't act on it for about seven weeks. chris harmer, does that sound right or credible? >> it sounds credible and appropriate. there's a difference between knowing where a hostage and knowing the exact circumstances of the facility they're located in. and the allocation of the forces -- it's one thing to find someone who is lost. as a search-and-rescue pilot, i rescued a lot of people out at sea. that's a relatively tame operation. when you're talking about rescuing someone behind enemy lines, it goes up further intensity. when you talk about rescuing someone already taken captive by isis it takes a while for those teams to make sure they know what their game plan is. to make sure they have actual actionable intelligence. melissa: obviously this information was perish iable. by the time they got there, she had moved. biron, what's your reaction? >> i think you'll see members of congress wanting to know month about this. because the seven weeks that catherine herridge reported is a pretty significant period of time. a lot of it will depend on the definition of confidence in the intelligence. josh earnest the white house spokesman was asked about this today. and he said, i can tell you there was no delay. and the white house is going to say there was no delay once they were confident that the intelligence was right. the republicans in congress are certainly going to want to know more about this basically to second guess the white house decision. melissa: meanwhile, an unprecedented amount of foreign fighters, 20,000 people from around the world have flocked to syria or iraq to join isis or other extremist groups. this is according to the associated press. intelligence agencies believe there may be as many as 150 americans that tried to reach the syrian war zone. some of them have been successful. i was seeing a report in the last hour about hundreds of al-qaeda fighters who have now just recently changed their flag and come over to isis. chris harmer, this seems like it's a literally growing problem. >> it absolutely is a growing problem. i can't tell you how many fighters they have in their ranks. they have more than enough to take over the missions they have going. to me, that's the real problem. is that we don't have a credible ground force raid against them in syria. we won't have one for some time. if you look at the victory in kobani for the kurdish fighters. they only did that because the us was able to concentrate a great deal of air power. and isis was able to concentrate there. that's a one-time victory there. isis continues to grow. they continue to grow in territorial controlling and human terrain control. >> the cancer is growing. how do we stop it? >> that is the question. if you listen to democrats, the president, you'll hear them say something like guantanamo is a huge recruiting tool. but clearly what is happening is, american airstrikes strikes against isis are being used as recruiting for more people for isis. so we're doing enough to allow at home recruit from it, but not enough to kill a lot of them. so that's -- we're kind of in a bad middle ground right now. gerri: gentlemen, thanks to both of you. breaking news this hour after a 19-month trial francesco found guilty of manslaughter. thirty-two people died you'll remember when the italian cruiseship steered too close to an island and hit the rocks. he has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. relaxing the rules on cholesterol officials now backing off from all the bad stuff that they told you about eggs and shrimp. this is a real game changer. plus, drive like a boss. some billionaire hot wheels just hit the market. now is the time to start bidding. at the end of the day, it's all about money. music♪ ♪ melissa: i'm melissa francis with your fox business brief. first solar announcing a new partnership with apple. apple spending nearly a billion dollars to build a solar farm with enough energy to power 60,000 homes. two companies calling it the largest commercial power deal. shares of pepsi rising today after an upbeat earnings report for the last quarter. the company helped mainly by its frito frito-lay's. and the powerball jackpot is now a whopping $500 million. you'll receive the money over two decades if you win it all. if you live in alaska, nevada, or utah you're out of luck. those states don't participant. that's the latest from the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. ♪ melissa: finally, you can eat your eggs without a side of guilt, after 40 years of caution, the us government moving to drop its warning against cholesterol-rich foods. our own peter barnes is in virginia. have you celebrated with a nice big omelet yet? >> i did melissa. can i make you one now? melissa: please. >> he's been training me how to cook eggs. i can do them fried. scrambled. i'll do this while i'm telling you about the story. there's this nutrition committee that's advising the department of health and human services and the department of agriculture about its 2015 nutrition guidelines for the united states. and it -- it just makes a recommendation to these departments. but if it does do this and decide to drop eggs as a high-cholesterol foods from these dietary guidelines, it could upend 40 years of guidelines for the government for people and how they eat their food. and there was a -- we know this may be coming. they had a meeting in december. we found a document that said quote cholesterol is not considered a nutrient of concern for overconsumption. now, they don't explain why. but if this happens, it could make egg lovers like me and you very egg-cited. melissa: let me ask you a question -- >> there is a sound bite. melissa: get that over and cook it. >> i'm cooking them all the way through. >> i might eat more eggs. but i will continue to check my cholesterol. and if the level goes up the eggs go down. >> so this committee if it makes this recommendation in the next few weeks, then it will be up to the department of agriculture and the department of homeland -- excuse me -- of health and human services to decide to adopt that regulation. and it's adopted, what this committee has recommended for the past 40 years or so, melissa. we'll see by the end of the year. >> it's so logical. my cholesterol goes up, i'll eat fewer eggs. there you go. simple as that. peter, thank you so much. little more cooking on that. not quite done yet. >> i'll be fedexing these up. >> they're making a health conscious move. proposing a fine of up to $800 of parents of obese children. what a great idea. it would be determined by health officials and would be determined on a case-by-case basis. what could go wrong? our attorney is with us. along with jonathan hoenig. he's a fox news contributor. mike blanched when i said what a great idea. he doesn't realize how much sarcasm plays a role in my life. i mean, there are a lot of problems with this. you're going to have -- so public school teachers can flag obese children and refer them to counselors and social workers who will meet with the parents and determine whether -- and they'll determine whether the obesity is the result of bad eating habits or medical condition. after six months, they'll figure out whether they'll fine the parents. >> i love that the parents will find out. you, olivia, you come here. come to the front. melissa: right. you're obese. >> it has nothing to do with your genetic make up. i love the component of the bill that educates parents. if you have a kid heading towards a heart attack. you can discreetly discuss with parents what choices to make different. but this concept that you'll find them, i don't know. melissa: normally, i'm all about economic punishment for things that don't make sense. then pay the fine if you don't care about. in this case it's so contrived how you'll get there. educate parents. i think you know when you're making your kids fat. >> you do. melissa: i think everyone knows. >> it's not contrived. this is totalitarianism. i'm not being hyperbolic here. these are your children. they're your responsibility. they're not society's responsibility or the state's. and if there's an economy cost to fat kids that cost should be borne by the parent. now we have government health care. he who writes the checks makes the rule. >> how do you collect the money? most of the parents are feeding them fast food because they can't afford lettuce and greens. melissa: i don't know about that. we need to have a bigger discussion on this later. thanks, guys. let's check in with liz claman to see what she has coming up on her show. >> we have a big interview. three fascinating stories. tim armstrong of aol. stop asking him if he will merge or buy yahoo. that's not the question to ask this guy. in fact, the question to say is: are you perhaps going to take on a google of the world and do you need to partner with a netflix or amazon to do that? tim armstrong on the heels of quarterly numbers that were mixed here. but he has turned that company around. we're also looking at the snowstorms, especially up in boston, the super bowl for one company, that would be generac. we have the ceo of generac. he'll be talking about what happens once the snow clears. great for hiss his business. do summer storms affect him as well? we'll talk about the brian williams situation. as to whether it impedes the timewarner comcast merger. >> i look forward to that. talk about a thrifty fine. how they nabbed vince lombardi's sweater for nothing. how one hotel is capitalizing on your heartbreak. you can never have too much money. ♪ ♪ melissa: whether it's on wall street or main street here's who is making money today including the new owner of a tattered vince lombardi jacket. a man in knoxville was shopping in a local good will when he bought the item for 58 cents. it's worth $20,000. the lucky man only spotted lombardi's name tag when he saw a similar jacket in a tv documentary about him. it's a 2006 cadillac dts with 20,000 miles. auctioning it off for charity. the opening bid is $10,000. on the dashboard is a huge buffett autograph written in authentic sharpie. check into a hotel check out of a marriage. couples looking to call it quits before valentine's day. look no further than gideon's resort. known as the divorce hotel. it's offering couples a quick hassle free divorce. michelle joins us on the phone. this is a genius idea. i understand that you saw the idea in the netherlands where it was already working. people check in, in a relaxed atmosphere for the weekend. it's a mediation. and tell me about what happens there michelle. >> hi, melissa. thank you for having me. once they arrive, we start the mediation process, which means having meetings to discuss their division of assets, parenting any support that there might be. (?) and along the way, they have breaks where they can relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the hotel or grab a massage or go out to dinner in sar toga springs our beautiful town. (?) it's a lot of hard work and concentrated. but there's the opportunity to enjoy. >> that's $5,000. it does not include the judge's filing. 6500 bucks. not bad for a divorce. my question is: i wonder has it happened that people have decided to stick together because they're having a good time or has it ended in bloodshed. have you had to call the police? ither of the two. actually they've all reported, they get along so much better after divorce hotel. but they're still not going to get back together. they're just like laughing together, and having a good time and it's great for parents who need to co-parent. nobody has gotten back together. when you make that decision, that's it. melissa: yeah, the ship has sailed, so to speak. saratoga springs. divorce tv is a reality in europe. this is the first reincarnation in the u.s. very cool. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your time. tesla, hitting the skids ahead of earnings. about the overseas failure that has elon musk all fired up. plus, forget slow and steady, this guy is ready to blow pass the competition and become a hero to tortoises everywhere. at the end of the day it's all about fast money. look at that guy. melissa: carl icahn issuing a new letter to twitter followers. he praised tim cook for not hoarding cash. icahn says he sees apple shares -- confirming he has sold none of his shares. not sold them. now for something i had to show you. a tortoise finally showing the world his hidden talent by hopping on a skateboard to make his way across a room. he has that big old shell to act as a helmet just in case he crashes into a wall. the electric slide taking a hit. tesla taking a hit. only 120 cars in china last month. that's according to reuters. jonathan hoenig is back. along with jolene kent. >> we are expecting they will tell us how many cars this were sold. it they hit higher deliveries, it will be a success. elon musk has a communication problem with his team potentially in china. (?) they aren't saying there are enough charging stations out there. another big reason why a lot of these chinese cars aren't selling is the fact it's very hard to get registration for your vehicle in big cities because they're trying to reduce on pollution. melissa: interesting. jonathan, what do you think? >> certainly the stock is telegraphing melissa, bad news a series of lower lows. $170 a share down to about $210 a share today. i think more broadly however, there's a fundamental problem. it's not tesla's managers in china. it's tesla's reson debt are a. it was this whole fun car for individuals. a car that would save you money because of sky-high gas prices. gas prices have collapsed. not rising any time soon. you might see a market for tesla not unlike segue. >> i think it was a status symbol. >> exactly. >> it still is. >> they don't save money. they still like it. i don't think that's changed. >> that goes for china and the broader market. tesla a luxury symbol. elon musk is a messenger of the future. we'll see after the bell. >> thanks to both of you guys. that's all we have for now. i hope you're making money today. we've been promising you this. aid rean will be here tomorrow. 2:00 p.m. eastern right here on money. (?) "countdown" with liz claman starts right now. liz: melissa, we're waiting on the president who is about to make a statement about asking for war abilities. at least military abilities to combat isis. we'll get to that when it happens. in the meantime, pepsi timewarner reporting earnings today. their stocks on the move. do you own them? we'll look at who killed it. and what these stocks tell us about the larger us economy because they're all crucial. the share of apple a day may keep the portfolio doctor a day. if you own apple stocks great for your health today. session highs two minutes ago showing no signs of slowing down. stock hit two new records in just two days. and european finance minister branching their heads in unison. the meeting was designed to figure out how to deal with greece's debt problems. minister says there are confusion on how to
the suspect is in critical condition right now. children as young as toddlers physically and sexually abused. tonight, we are learning details about an investigation that involves five adults. >> we should warn you, some viewers might find the allegations in this story disturbing. we're live tonight, sidney? >> reporter: as you mentioned this, some of this type of abuse we're talking about certainly is shocking. that's because some of the children were as young as diaper age being forced to perform sexual acts and also being shot in the stomach and buttocks with bb guns. we're told the mother of four of the five victims not only engaged in the abuse, but she allowed others in the house to do the same. this 31-year-old, detectives with darby police say inside a home on 7th street is where five children suffered a terrifying fate. a proximate cause affidavit we received today says the physical abuse consisted of victim number one and other children in the home being punched, slapped, thrown over a banister and shot repeatedly with bb guns. the details so disturbing parents on this block who recognize jackson and the defendants didn't want to show their faces on camera. >> it's sickening. it's terrible. i have a 5-year-old that lives on the block. >> it really makes me sick to my stomach because i have daughters. i have kids. so i couldn't imagine. >> reporter: jackson, wade, carter and isom along with hammond are all behind bars. jackson's children we're told are with relatives. in addition to the physical abuse they were exposed to at least three different sex-related activities. they were performed in the presence of the children. and we also just found out that the children range in age from 1 to 12 years old and that this abuse took place between march and may of this year. also according to the sworn affidavit, that mother reportedly told investigators, quote, that the other adults in the house were playing and that the children wanted to be shot with bb guns. all five defendants will be in court december 10th. live in darby, nbc10 news. the suspect at the center of that high-profile kidnapping of a philadelphia woman pleads not guilty. delvin barnes appeared in federal court today with his public defender. a judge ordered barnes held with no bond. they argued that barnes is a danger to the community and could not safely be released under any circumstances. the defense did not challenge that. barnes is the man accused of kidnapping a 22-year-old woman nearly two weeks ago. prosecutors say the victim was bound and kept in the trunk of a car during part of her ordeal. this just in, nbc10, philadelphia police are looking for these two teens caught on camera vandalizing a park last saturday morning. one of the teens kicking and breaking the lights on the lawn of venice island park. he then pulled it from the handrails of the stairs there. the damage cost as much as $30,000. a developing story bringing more bad news about atlantic city's casino crisis. the owners of the trump taj mahal made it official today, they will close on december 12th. they have notified new jersey casino regulators of its intention to close. just yesterday they threatened to shut down if its main union didn't drop its appeal. this will be the fifth to close just this year. meanwhile, the casino fight continues in philadelphia. we already saw pushback from south philadelphia residents, but now government leaders are stepping in to expressi opposition to anymore casinos. >> reporter: the pennsylvania gaming control board is scheduled to meet next week when it may decide on the final philadelphia gaming license. one spot in the running is here by the stadiums. a fight is now getting support in delaware county. >> it will cannibalize the revenues from the other gaming facilities. >> reporter: namely they say harrah's in chester which supplies portions to gaming revenue to the towns and cities. >> we estimate a loss of revenue in over 30% which would be devastating to the casino in chester and a threat to the 1,700 jobs there. >> reporter: cesar's entertainment sent me this statement, if rumored in the press, there will be devastating effects to our project, our employees, the city of chest skper delaware county. they claim the casino has already impacted its gaming revenues. and from year to year, revenues dropped by more than $36 million. >> this isn't just we're afraid of competition or somebody will draw some money. this is a dramatic shift in the gaming industry that will substantially affect the other existing gaming facilities. >> reporter: in what county leaders don't want, they say, is a repeat of troubles currently facing atlantic city. >> we're taking these actions today, so we certainly hope our actions really will have been effect and that the game board will reconsider these actions. >> reporter: leaders threaten that one way or another if gaming revenues drop too much, they may have to make up for it by hitting residents with higher taxes. nbc10 news. time is running out for students at a philadelphia charter school. the wakisha charter school will close december 23rd. the students will have to find another school. they have been struggling with money problems for the last year and a half. board members claim declining enrollment. not the only philadelphia school to abruptly close because of money problems. we told you about this charter school last month. it canceled school leaves nearly 300 students looking for a new place to go. a former firefighter accused of blaerzing several south jersey homes turned himself into police today. they say terrance ward broke into several homes. he was laid off last year. his mother is the pleasantville councilwoman. she told us earlier this week that she supports her son and doesn't blooeft charges to be true. also new, a guilty verdict for a former philadelphia police officer today. a jury convicted kevin cochran of obstruction of justice. the incident was captured on cell phone video in march of 2013 in center city. >> don't touch me. >> prosecutors say he roughed up roderick king, threw him into an suv and took him to an alley. king claims he was never told he was under arrest. cochran is scheduled to be sentenced in january. the second health care gov open enrollment period kicks off tomorrow. there will now be 23 plans to choose from, the average cost of an inch policy will go up about 4%. meantime, the health option plan in delaware will go up about 3.6%. speaking of cost, we now know the cost of finding eric frein. pennsylvania state police spent more than $11 million chasing him down. the seven-week long search included at least 1,000 law enforcement officers. they used search dogs, helicopter, infrared sensors and even a balloon. he was arrested 48 days after he ambushed the barracks. trooper alex douglas still recovering. the man hunt had a devastating effect on business. >> tonight, there is a positive sign. taking a live look at camelback ski resort. our reporter ex-explains. >> reporter: on the top of blue mountain, 1,500 feet up, a fresh layer of snow marks the beginning of ski season. checking the trails, the snow cover is more than they were expecting. >> there were flurries forecasted, but it turned out to be a lot more. >> reporter: not enough to cover the mountain, but it's a start, a good one. and it's now chilly enough to fire up the sonoma sheens. >> it has to be cold. this is a fan gun. what's nice about this, it's extremely high output. >> reporter: this winter like last is shaping up to be good for tourism with lots of skiers from out of town. >> any time mother nature helps us out with fresh snow, it's good for ticket sales. >> reporter: and in this area, a good tourist season is so needed. it was sbrunted by the man hunt for eric frein costing hotels, restaurants and shops their profits. so any amount of snow this early is a good sign. >> it's good for everyone. >> i've been skiing now i guess about 40 years. >> reporter: already, the die hards are buying up season passes ready for that first big snowfall. >> a whole inch of snow in november? that's pretty good. >> reporter: now the target date to open blue mountain is this black friday. it looks like the weather is going to cooperate. cold enough to turn on those snow makers so you can turn these mountains white. you're absolutely right. it's going to be a good ski season. if you think it's cold now. just wait. i'll tell you when the temperatures are going to drop even more. and i'm also tracking the next chance for snow. details are ahead in the first alert forecast. you feel this loud smack against the window. >> reporter: houses shaking at the jersey shore. what i've learned about where it may have come from. the new plan that could change the look of center city. ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. 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(man) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. i bet you didn't see this one coming. up your game with a new fritos chili pizza. a large for $12 dollars. add a mega chocolate chip cookie for just $5 dollars more. better ingredients. better pizza. better football. papa john's. you may see some high-tech displays coming to center city philadelphia. the city council is considering allowing digital displays to be put in parts of the city. they say they would show news, public service announcements and ads. they would make money for the city and highlight some famous locations. a volunteer trip to the navajo nation 50 years ago turns into a dream opportunity. suzanne roberts announced she's donating a million dollars. it's all to support native american health care. suzanne robert cents wife of comcast co-founder ralph roberts and the parent company of nbc10. you could call it the shaking at the shore. viewers all around our area told us about a rumbling. the ground was trembling so we set out to find out what's going on. ted greenburg started asking questions. here's what he found out. >> it was a steady shake. >> then it happened a second time. >> what could be going on? >> reporter: three people miles apart in three different counties among the many who say something shook their homes today. >> my computer sways like this. and then i sat at my desk and it did the same thing. >> reporter: soon after the shaking started this morning, people mostly from cape may, atlantic and ocean counties frooded facebook and other social media sites with widespread accounts of what they felt. some said their houses shook numerous times over the span of several minutes. >> it was three. >> i said let me quick get dressed because i might have to get out of the house. >> reporter: officials told me it wasn't an earthquake. but a call to the navy revealed the potential culprit. a spokeswoman said navy f-18s were other the ocean conducting supersonic tests around the time that people felt their houses shaking. she said there's a good possibility those tests were responsibilities. many people at the shore reported something similar weeks ago. >> he's been losing his marbles for about the past two hours. >> reporter: no reports of any damage here at the shore today. the navy says it could take quite a bit of time before they know for sure if their planes were responsible for all that shake. break news out of atlantic county tonight. police have arrested a man for the murder and arson that killed a mother and her young son in atlantic county. we told you about this story on wednesday. police say joseph palmer lived in the home with the woman and her son. the bodies of the woman and 7-year-old boy were found after ft.s put out that fire. palmer was also injured in the incident. he was arrested today as he was discharged from the hospital. you can feel that chill in the air already. tonight is going to be the coldest night so far this season. and the entire weekend is going to be cold and feeling more like mid-december than mid-november. and the next storm is coming on monday. going to be a close call. how much are we going to warm up before that storm comes in? well, we have mostly clear skies now. it's 39 degrees. the wind is down to 8 miles per hour. so the windchill is 33, not as bad as it was. a couple days ago it was 70 degrees two days in a row. 47 yesterday, 43 today, 42 tomorrow. the average high is 57. so we are way down there for this time of the year. and we're in the 30s just about everywhere. already almost to the freezing point. might be down into the teens if the wipd comes down tonight. about 18 degrees, 21 in allentown. 27 in trenton, northeast philly. 29 in dover. everybody's below freezing. philadelphia even below 30 degrees. that northwest wind that brought in the cold air today, that's going to ease as high pressure from the west approaches. going to be nice and sunny tomorrow with less wind. and then the clouds come in quickly on sunday. but we don't have a real well organized storm, at least not yet. so it may take a while for this precipitation to come in. if it comes in sunday night, i think the poconos would start with snow, the northern western suburbs could start as a wintery mix. but it's mainly a rainstorm, at least temporarily. and then the arctic air comes in behind it. it's already in green bay. it's going to stay there. drops to the windchill to 5 by the fourth quarter. imagine playing in january there with this kind of weather pattern. windchill would be 30 below. mostly clear. unseasonably cold tonight. 29 for a low in philadelphia. 22 north and west. tomorrow, sunny day. not as windy but only into the low 40s. cloudy on sunday. sunday night, the chance of that wintery mix north and west. rain south and east. despite, everybody gets rain on monday and then the arctic blast comes in behind it and really cold air tuesday, wednesday. windchills in the teens even in philadelphia. good evening, from comcast sports met. the eagles face a tall task on sunday in green bay. the flyers welcome an old friend back to town. we've got it all next in sports. live and in your living room from comcast sports net. it's the talk of the town. the eagles just two days away from the showdown with the packers. mark sanchez making his second start with the eagles. aaron rodgers derailing nfl off season player of the week. rodgers has thrown 25 touchdowns in just three picks this season. >> to hockey now, it's been six days and they are back on home ice tonight. in doing so, they welcome back scott who was traded in the off season. he says philly will always be near and dear to his heart. the sixers lost by an astonishing 53 points last night to the mavericks. they visit the rockets in houston tonight. the head coach said afterward, in the nba, there's nowhere to hide. philly's president david montgomery took a medical leave of absence to recover from surgery to remove cancer from his jaw. he made a public appearance today attending an als charity event. here he is with an update. >> i'm doing fine now. actually, come the middle of next week, it's been six months since my surgery. the good news is i'm a little thinner. that's really good news. i feel fit and ready to go. >> excellent to see him doing better. that's sports. we'll be right back. need all the blankets tonight. >> yeah, you can't say this is a surprise. we've been telling you about this for a week or two. some really cold weather now, tonight, tomorrow morning. it gets even colder next week. tuesday and wednesday should be the peak of that. and then we have a storm on monday that's mostly rain. have to watch sunday night to see if it starts early. then it could be a wintery mix at the start. >> thank you. for all of us here, thanks for watching. >> the news continues now with nbc nightly news. tonight, big problems from this cold blast. i'll see you at 11:00. have a great evening. on our broadcast tonight, no relief as we head into a weekend that's going to feel like the middle of winter across much of the country. more records shattered today. and another big storm is on the way. an emergency fix being ordered for u.s. nuclear weapons after a shocking report about how our arsenal is being handled. and now the boss wants changes. campus tragedy. another awful incident in a frat house. a teenage pledge has died that renews a lot of questions for a lot of parents. and troubled waters headed into this holiday shopping season. why so many christmas gifts may be trapped just offshore. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news wor
12th was way out of scale. >> metro officials remain vague. >> we're working on a daily basis to make it even safer. >> we heard from an array of elected officials all expressing concerns about the findings including maryland senator barbara mikulski who described this as shocking and said it's an example about how equipment there to protect passengers failed with deadly consequences. reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. >> and stephen metro had to deal with another smoke incident just this afternoon when an insulator caught fire near the courthouse metro station in arlington. it took about 40 minutes to find and extinguish that fire. the courthouse station briefly closed as trains single track through the area. no one was hurt. >> d.c. mayor muriel bowser is making it easier for first responders to talk with one another in a crisis situation. she eased the district's encrypting rules. first responders can now switch back to encrypted channels in a case -- if a case involves sensitive information. communication issues were a key concern during the deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. >> and now, all of this comes as metro is considering increasing prices while cutting service. metro has scheduled a public hearing for tomorrow afternoon on a proposal to increase metro rail and metro bus prices by about 10 cents per trip. some bus services would also be eliminated as metro deals with falling revenues. >> you know what else is being eliminated? the sun. enjoy today, folks. this pleasant weather is going to soon be gone. chief meteorologist doug hill here now with the timing of an arctic blast coming this way. doug? >> we have two of them to talk about. few clouds and sunshine outside of the belfort furniture weather center right now. temperatures in the lower 40's. let's get started with other numbers like 44 at reagan national. 43 in gaithersburg and frederick. we'll see a few clouds tonight. temperatures only drop to an average of about 30. a little southwesterly wind and a little more cloud cover and the clouds are in advance of the first of these two arctic cold fronts. by tomorrow morning, we'll range in the upper 20's to lower 30's. fairly comfortable start. cold front will come through fairly early in the morning but it will take several hours for the colder air to follow. it's kind of lagging behind by 100 miles and 150 miles. the result will be temperatures maybe in the lower 40's and falling to the 30's. when the cold blast comes in it may be accompanied by flurries across the area. and then a second stronger cold front will come through the region on saturday. so lots to talk about when i join you in the studio in 10 minutes. alison? >> we will see you then doug. thank you. well, it is the hottest ticket in town and really across the nation tonight. the $2 slip of paper millions are hoping could be worth a half billion dollars. suzanne kennedy live in arlington with the powerball mania as people weigh their odds this afternoon. hi suzanne. >> hi alison. $338 million. that is the cash payout amount if you are lucky enough to win tonight's powerball awful. all over town, people are picking up one of these, keeping their fingers crossed and hoping they'll be richer tomorrow. >> it's the third largest powerball jackpot on record and everybody is playing. the odds are 175 million to 1 that a single ticket will have the winning numbers. despite those chances, people are still lining up with the hopes of soon being $500 million richer. >> i think i want to play another number then. >> suzanne roberts bought three tickets yesterday. but back today for three more quick picks. >> i made the machine pick my nbdz. you know most of the time that i believe i believe the machines is the ones that give you the numbers. >> of the 500 lottery retailers in the district this store at union station is one of the busiest. >> whenever it gets big, that's when i jump in. >> big jackpots bring people out who normally don't play. >> when a million dollars used to be a lot of money and get people excited, then it was $10 million and then it was $100 million. excitement on a game like powerball or mega millions doesn't get really crazy until $250 million. >> tony plays two or three times a month and wasn't about to miss buying a ticket today. >> can't win unless you play. so for me it's let me take a shot at it. why not? what can come out of it? nothing but good right? >> here at the store in arlington, they got this good luck charm just up from the front counter. a lot of people have been coming in and picking up a ticket. what we know is we have five hours left until the tickets are no longer on sale. we know tonight at 11:00, they will pick the winning numbers. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> speaking of 11:00, you can count on abc 7 news to bring you those winning numbers as soon as they are drawn. and then we'll have them for you tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. leon? >> new at 5:00 alison first look at how long it took firefighters to arrive at that waterfront mansion fire that killed an annapolis couple and four of their grandchildren. the just released timeline shows it took 10 minutes from the town the alarm company called 911 for the first fire engine to arrive there on the scene. firefighters on that engine sounded a second alarm. 10 seconds before they got there because they saw the intensity of the blaze. they requested a third alarm 27 seconds later. it took an entire day to knock down that fire in the 16,000 square foot home. the bodies of don and sandra pyle and their grandchildren were found days later. we've posted the entire fire response timeline on line for you on our website at wjla.com if you want to see it for yourself. alison? >> a community is many mourning tonight after a frederick county high schooler was killed in a head-on crash with a school bus. it happened just after 7:00 this morning on old middletown road. maryland bureau chief brad bell spoke with the victim's uncle. he is live with what we know so far about this tragedy. brad? >> well alison this is old middletown road and i want to show you a little bit of what it's like. you can see it is narrow. it is a winding hilly country road. it is unforgiving. take a look down here. there is a bend in the road. there's a blind spot. you can't see around that corner until you are around that corner. that's where the collision took place. it was a violent head-on collision. the big school bus with just a driver and one middle school student aboard traveling southbound on winding, narrow old middletown road. when for some reason an s.u.v. crosses the double yellow line. on the bus the driver suffers minor injuries. the student is unhurt. the driver of the s.u.v. has no chance. >> it's just unbelievable tragedy. it's hard to believe. it really takes a while for these things to sink in. >> 17-year-old claire knight was the driver of that s.u.v. this is her facebook profile picture. she was a senior at middletown high and was heading there this morning. we met her uncle when he came to the crash scene to see for himself what had happened. >> claire was a very special girl. that's for sure. she wanted to be a sign language teacher and she was headed to towson. and she was just the light of everybody's life in the family. >> at middletown high school today, a crisis team is made available for grieving students and this message from the principal was read in every class. "when a tragedy occurs community members pull together to help and support each other. that's what we will do here together, our school community will cope." >> our hearts are broken. that's for sure. >> well the frederick county sheriff's department said their investigation into what happened and why it happened here is still yushd under way. they put out a bit of information this afternoon to end speculation about why. they say that this young lady's cell phone was in her back pocket. they say texting did not play a role here. near middletown brad bell abc 7 news. >> thank you, brad. now, we turn to a crime alert in the district where police were investigating two carjackings that happened within a matter of minutes. both instances took part in the 8:00 hour blocks apart in northeast washington. brianne carter is live with what the crimes had in common. brianne, what did you learn here? >> leon just in the last 45 minutes, we got an update from police. they are looking into the possibility the offenses may be related. in each case, police tell us the suspect would come up and demand the keys from the victim's car. then would get inside of the victim's car and drive away. >> the search is on at this hour for two stolen cars after two people were carjacked just minutes apart from one another in northeast d.c. >> unfortunate. i don't know what more to say. >> police say the first car was stolen from this lot off ninth street northeast. according to the police report just after 8:00 tuesday night, a man was standing next to his car when a suspect with a gun demanded his keys. the suspect drove off with the man's black mercedes with maryland tags. >> i was very sad to hear it. >> muhammad says it all happened in front of his convenience store. >> nothing happen like that way. i hear some people leave the car in the key and they take it like that. but not to the point of -- >> authorities say less than five minutes later at this gas station on florida avenue another carjacking. according to the police report the driver was filling up when the suspects drove up in a prius. one suspect with gun in hand got out and demanded the keys. the suspect fled down florida avenue in the black b.m.w. with d.c. plates. >> i usually fill up in the daytime when i do though. you have to be careful everywhere. >> thank you. >> people in this area certainly say that they hope caught soon. police telling us this is still a very active and ongoing investigation. right now, though, that suspect description has been released relatively vague. reporting live in northeast, brianne carter abc 7 news. >> in a statement just a short time ago, president obama insisted american troops will not be involved in another full scale ground war in the middle east. he made those comments hours after asking congress to formally authorize the use of military force against the islamic state. tonight, members of congress on both sides of the aisle have issues with this request and coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 our senior political reporter scott thuman will take a closer look. >> the trial begins for the man accused of killing american sniper chris kyle. what kyle's widow says she knew something went wrong. >> plus a ruling on claims d.c.'s police chief demoted a captain for blowing the whistle on police escorts for celebrities. >> and decades of recommendations wrong? why cholesterol might not be such a bad thing and what you should be avoiding instead. >> really are at the mercy of him. you won't get your car back until you pay. >> the charges against a tow truck company accused of routinely breaking the law at your expense. >> and the "7 on your side" help desk is open tonight taking your calls on women's heart health. that number 703-236-9220. we'll check in with our jennifer donelan there in a matter of >> aggressive and illegal towing is the top complaint for the office of consumer protection in mrog county. they've had some 331 cases filed next year. >> the state's attorney got an indictment against a towing company accused of forcing dozens of drivers to fork over cash. "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suters has the details. >> the gated towing in temple hills used to see a lot of action. >> there's nothing left on this lot. >> no. it's closed. >> no tow trucks. >> no cars it's clean. >> "7 on your side" tried to find owner frederick cooper. >> this is kimberly suters and i'm a reporter with "7 on your side" with abc 7. is there a way to reach him? >> a woman who identified herself as his stepdaughter says he was not available to discuss his arrest and indictment on 99 counts of illegal towing. most of the alleged victims just trying to grab a quick meal to go from sylvester's chicken in suitland. there are no fewer than five signs in this lot warning you will be towed even if you park for just a minute. what the signs don't warn you about is that some tow truck drivers were extorting cash from customers. $175 a pop to give you your car back on the spot and that's illegal. how much did the tow truck driver want in cash from you? >> it was $175. >> when did you think about that? >> i think that's highway robbery. >> you can't shake them down for money that is above what the law says and then collect it only in cash and not keep a record of it. >> an assistant state's attorney knows the law and told her tow truck driver as much. >> call the police you're not getting your car back until you give me $150. >> at the time lindsey did not realize there allegedly was a pattern of illegal towing until she was reviewing a tow driver's arrest paperwork at the jail. >> same thing happened to me. you're not going to believe it. >> the same thing happened to at least 20 victims, prosecutors say. the office that contracts with tow companies have every right to be vigilant but prosecutors say the tow doesn't have the right to operate outside of the law. kimberly suters abc 7 news. >> nothing more infuriating than that. >> what a mess. talk about the weather now because it's going to change. >> always going to change. start tomorrow with one cold front and kind of give us time to get used to the idea that it's still winter. saturday, the real cold front comes in here. let's get started with a live look from one of our many cameras. live look near st. leo the great school. some midlevel, high level clouds. i'll tell you what will make for pretty sunset coming up here later this hour and other than that, we expect a very quiet night around the area. temperatures holding in the 40's now and start to fall off a little bit later tonight. in fact, 46 at manassas. they've had a high of 46. winds are very light. they're calm. they don't get much lighter than calm and wind out of the southeast at nine miles per hour in suitland where it's 39 degrees. temperatures slowly drop this evening. not dramatically. sotherly flavor to the wind and a few more clouds. that will keep temperatures in the 30's later tonight and some upper 20's to about 30 early tomorrow morning. that's the forecast average wake-up temperature with partly cloudy skies. notice the wind in the morning out of the southwest. now, if you're near a flag out the window or at work and you get a chance to see the wind change direction to the northwest, you'll know the front is through. but once the cold front comes through, it will take several hours beyond that for the colder air to arrive. so we think by late morning, early afternoon, mid afternoon, the front will be off to the east and the cold air will start pouring in behind. as it does we'll notice the possibility of a few flurries and temperatures will start to drop off and pretty dramatically so by early on in the morning. 37 in pittsburgh. 34 in detroit. 31 in chicago. you have to go farther north to find the really cold air. that's the real cold air that will start pouring in here on the day saturday into sunday. tomorrow, we'll start to get the drop after the first front. future cast shows snow showers accompanying the leading edge of the arctic air mass. we may see a few flurries during the afternoon hours and they should go away. skies clear tomorrow night. bright and sunny but very cold on friday. then on saturday, the next front starts steam rolling across the map here. that's going to bring us the chance of snowshowers and noticeably colder temperatures. this is a look at a computer model, future wind chills through the day tomorrow. wind chills will fall through the day. this is by 1:00 in the afternoon and watch what happens during the afternoon hours. and by friday morning when you get up, it will be bright and sunny. but wind chills below zero in most areas. and high temperatures will stay in the 20's for today on friday. now, as far as our hour by hour tomorrow, probably just before noon we'll hit about 42 in some areas. that will be as high as we'll get and the gusty winds and the falling temperatures is somewhere in that mix. some flurries may be part of the weather picture. beyond that let's check that out side by side. the next seven days. 30% chance of some flurries tomorrow. sunny and breezy and very cold in the upper 20's on friday. next arctic front brings snow showers, gusty winds and falling temperatures again saturday, sunday 20 to 23 for a high. that's it. and then monday will be near 30 and then it looks like another storm system will come our way on tuesday, wednesday. it's going to be another one, we think, or it will be rain will be snow it will be a mix. >> so we got a cold valentine's weekend. >> i have a better chance of winning the powerball than i do telling you what we're going to get on tuesday and wednesday, snow or rain. stay tuned. >> there's a chance. >> there you go to win. >> we won't let him buy our ticket. >> see you then. >> coming up next here at 5:00 claims d.c. police punished a whistle blower. what a jury decided in that trial that involved big time celebrities and forced the police chief kathy lanier to take the stand. >> don't you two look lovely in your red? i'm jennifer donelan and i am standing in the abc 7 "on your side" phone bank where we have cardiologists from across our area. a heart attack survivor. women heart advocates taking your calls and asking your questions about the number one killer of women. don't miss it. the phones are open right now. >> first, more dangerous than cholesterol. the new health guidelines that could allow some high cholesterol foods back into your as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch-- upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. call today to get $200 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $200 back. just call 1.888.774.4418 t >> surprising news tonight that goes against some four decades of thinking when it comes to cholesterol. avoiding it might not be as important for your health as once thought. but before you go in and order that double cheeseburger with extra bacon, caroline tucker talks about new regulations in this "7 on your side" health matters report. >> when you come into your diner, it's a step back in time and we continue to cook in that staple tradition of your grandmother and your mother. >> over the years, those comfort foods like eggs have gotten a bad rap. >> i think everything in moderation. >> go for my tummy and my taste. >> anticipated new nutrition guidelines are expected to drop the concern about eating foods high in cholesterol. >> cholesterol in our diet is coming off the most wanted list. >> dr. warren levy says that's because cholesterol in food isn't what leads to heart disease and heart attacks. >> the bad fact you're getting in your blood comes from the bad oils like coconut oil and from baked foods from the transfats, from junk foods. >> at 29 diner in fairfax, it's good news for the restaurant's specialty. >> our three egg omelet our signature, they love our eggs so these guidelines will help our diner tremendously. >> the current dietary recommendation for cholesterol is about 300 milligrams that's just about one egg. the recommendations change every five years. >> oh yeah. >> the panel may also change how much salt and sugar is too much. >> like my mama said when i was a kid eat a balanced meal and if you're missing something, your body will start to crave it. and quit with the confusion. >> as the doctor would say, everything in moderation. caroline tucker, abc 7 news. >> well one person who knows plenty about heart jennifer donelan. last night, "women's day" magazine honored jen in new york city. look at her with her red dress award. this was for her efforts to increase awareness of human heart issues and tonight, jen is pushing that message even further hosting a heart health phone bank right here at the "7 on your side" help desk. jen, congratulations. that's fantastic and you deserve it. >> i'm still floating and dreaming. in new york city, who would have known four years ago i was lying in a bed at washington hospital center that i would be honored and humbled by such an award in new york city. listen, we are live right now. as you know, i had a heart attack when i was 36 years old. my artery ripped like a piece of fabric. it is a condition that affects mainly women. and heart disease is the number one killer of women. that's why we've brought in all of these area cardiologists and heart experts and a heart attack survivor. and i want you to know who is here answering the phones because they're open and that number 703-236-9220. we have medstar georgetown university hospital. we have the american heart association, kaiser permanente we have the g.w. medical faculty associates. we have women heart here. we have the cardiology associates here. we have suburban hospital here inova fairfax hospital, women's heart and fairfax heart vascular institute. we have our area's best in this room right now. if you have any questions, sometimes my back hurts. sometimes i feel like i'm getting heartburn. my cholesterol numbers are -- i don't know what i need to know if i'm at risk. these are the people that you call and ask so you don't have what happened to me to you. reporting live we'll be right back to the phone bank. 703-236-9220. see in a few moments. >> take advantage of the fact that we have the best health care in the country right here. the "7 on your side" i-team gets results after we find a veteran cemetery filled with mud and holes. a promise from maryland's veteran affairs secretary. you guys can just leave your coats right over here. wow. your bedroom is amazing. oh, thanks. we worked with a designer from havertys. total refresh. oh, i cannot believe people. what? covering up your new bed like that. it's okay. what kind of animals did you invite to this party? we can help. much better. refresh your space with an extra hundred off every thousand at havertys. plus enjoy 36 month no interest financing. havertys. discover something you. >> police in north carolina say that it is a dispute over a parking space may have led to the shooting deaths of three muslim students. 46-year-old craig hicks fatally shot the students at an apartment near the university of north carolina chapel hill campus yesterday. he was charged with murder after he turned himself into police. he's cooperating with investigators. they're trying to determine if the victims' faith played a role in the shootings. >> key developments today as opening statements get under way in the american sniper murder trial. the prosecutor says eddie ralph was intoxicated when chris kyle and chad littlefield were killed. and that he was numbed by marijuana and whiskey. and though the defense is arguing mental illness, the prosecutor also said that should not excuse him. >> >> does not take away your ability to know right from wrong. >> and an emotional appearance today from kyle's widow who broke down on the witness stand. she said she started to get worried when her husband went to the gun range with ralph and didn't respond to the text messages. she learned he had been killed when a police officer showed up at her house shortly afterward. ralph's trial is expected to last two weeks. >> let's take a look now at the day's top stories. the national transportation safety board says that metro needs to improve the way it ventilates train tunnels, the ntsb issued recommendations following last month's deadly smoke incident near l'enfant plaza. recommendations include the creation of a uniform ventilation procedure and a full review of exhaust systems. >> if you're feeling lucky, you might want to buy a powerball ticket. the jackpot sits at $500 million and it's now the third largest powerball jackpot ever. the last time that powerball grew nearly this large was last year. we're going to have the winning numbers for you on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> the frederick county sheriff's office is investigating a fatal head-on crash involving an s.u.v. and a school bus. the crash happened along old middletown road around 7:15 this morning. investigators identified the s.u.v. driver killed as 17-year-old claire knight. the school bus driver suffered minor injuries. the only student who was aboard the bus was not hurt. >> three window washers are now safely back on the ground after being suspended nearly 125 feet in the air this morning. montgomery county fire and rescue say scaffolding collapsed at a building in the 6,000 block of rockledge drive in bethesda. the three workers were near the 13th floor at the time. rose could you crews were able to quickly secure them, though and get them to the roof. no one was hurt. >> bob emler in the wtop traffic center and looking here at the beltway? >> yeah, volume is the order of the day here leon and on the beltway at kenilworth avenue. inner loop at the brake lights towards route 50 and 202. not bad getting into greenbelt. traveling south by the pentagon and on the beltway, plenty of delays on 66 heading to 270 from an earlier crash and traffic is pretty slow headed west on 66 out to centreville from nutley street most of the way past route 29 but all lanes are open. no incidents to report along the way. i'm bob emler for 103.5 wtop radio. >> thank you so much. coming up at 5:00 putting your heart health in perspective. the moment a seemingly healthy woman in her 40's realized she was having a heart attack. >> this week harris' hero. how a unique sports league is making a difference. >> but first, david muir has a look at what's >> for most children to have developmental disabilities playing a team sport isn't something you'll get a chance to experience. but a virginia mother margarita benivitas is changing that because she created a special sports league for the special children. it's called children adapt active teen sports or caats and now meet this week's harris' hero. before this was this game. >> to the line guys! auto there was a different type of action taking place on this very court at verizon center. a special basketball clinic. >> children's adapt active teen sports or caats. >> got it! >> margarita started this league. her daughter who doesn't have any disabilities plays club basketball but she says it wasn't always so easy for her cousin who does have special needs. caats fills that kind of void by ensuring each child experiences success. >> we make sure whatever accommodations that we're able to make so they can score a basket or make a touchdown, we make that happen. that's the main thing that they have fun. >> that includes a lot of high fives and cheers. >> yeah! >> even a real pick-me-up. >> i think it's special for the kids. makes their day before. helps them. it's fun for me too. >> you can see improvement even over a short period of time. and it's cool to watch, knowing that you help them. >> parents appreciate the down time they get and also the other benefits of the program for the . >> i see him grow in maturity. being able to regulate himself. >> for benivitas, there's so much fulfillment and love oochlt. >> it's a dream come true. >> she says no one is turned away no matter what their disability. nearly 100 people participate in the year round sessions in manassas and reston. she hopes to bring the league to maryland and d.c. as well. we'll be watching. alison? >> great program, leon. thank you so much. we turn to some breaking news tonight. the house of representatives has just approved the controversial keystone x.l. pipeline. that sends the bill to president obama who has promised to veto. supporters argue the pipeline will create thousands of construction jobs. those opposed say it will only create a handful of permanent jobs and create an enormous environmental risk. still ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00, a veterans cemetery left a muck filled mess. what's being done about it after "7 on your side" got involved. >> coming up i want to introduce you to a friend of mine. she works out regularly, she doesn't smoke. she eats right. she had a heart attack. right now, you can ask your questions live to doctors who are standing by on our phone bank. 703-236-9220. ever had a fluttering? heart ever race? what's it mean? call these doctors and ask tho >> a jury has rejected a former d.c. police captain's claims that he was demoted for blowing the whistle on celebrity police escorts. >> that trial forced d.c. police chief kathy lanier to the stand to answer questions centered on escorts for everyone from charlie sheen to bill gates. new at 5:00 d.c. bureau chief sam ford live with reaction. sam? >> leon alison this is called the whistleblower case. and generally, it's a civil case and a lot of other cases, criminal cases, the form for the jury says guilty or not guilty. in this case essentially, it said whistleblower, yes or no. the jury said no that was a big win for chief lanier and a big loss for captain burton. this woman and seven men led by this foreman were the jury that quickly rejected captain burton's case that telling the truth to d.c. council that police routinely escorted celebrities like charlie sheen led to his unfair demotion. >> very disappointed as the verdict. as an official of law enforcement and this department, i have to respect the jury's decision. >> the focus of the two-week trial was whether his boss chief kathy lanier had died to the council when she told the council that they don't routinely provide escorts. the chief today said shez glad it's over. >> i have no reason to lie about anything. and really not to downplay the whole charlie sheen thing. but in my world, the charlie sheen thing is a very small issue. certainly not anything for me to have to lie or be dishonest about. >> burton who once headed special operations for lanier has been detailed to the d.c. fire department. >> again, disappointed. but my head is up high and my spirit is unbroken. i will probably go back to the fire department right now. >> for the chief who attended every day of the trial except the verdict -- >> not the first time i've had to go through this and i'm sure it won't be the last. >> also a winner today was assistant chief lamar green who along with the chief was a defendant in this case. and burton might have been hurt as the jurors learned that years ago, the chief had removed him from a job because he had been sexting e-mails to several women. reporting live from d.c. superior court, sam ford abc 7 news. >> thank you, sam. now, tonight, abc 7 is on your side with a critical fight to save women from the num killer. our very own jennifer donelan shird her story of survival from a heart attack four years ago. >> tonight, she is back. shocked actually after several women that she knows suffered heart attacks in the past year. she joins us live from the "7 on your side" women's heart health phone bank with more. hi jen. >> hi guys. you guys look so good in your red. thanks for supporting your red. i wish i had access to something like this before my heart attack attack. i did not know that heart disease is the number one killer to a woman. i would have loved to talk to a cardiologist and say sometimes my heart races, do i need to be worried about that? these doctors are here, health experts, 703-236-9220. in the meantime i have a story that you have got to hear. this is a dear friend of mine she's 47 years old. she's brave in sharing her story with you tonight. >> it was the most terrifying experience of my life! >> terry okita, network television news correspondent and i used to work together. she's a friend. >> you were one of the first people that i wanted to talk to because you had been through it. >> we never knew one day we'd share the same headline. we both survived heart attacks. >> i didn't think i was a candidate for something like that. i was 47 years old. i don't smoke. i work out regularly. >> one september night last year in a san francisco hotel while on assignment -->> i started feeling what i now describe as heartburn. >> she didn't think anything of it. it came and went. but progressively got worse. >> i must have passed out because i woke up on my hotel room floor. i was vomiting. i was sweating. i was crying because my body was shutting down. and i had no control over it. i crawled to the elevator and then i crawled down the hallway to my colleague's room. and pounded on the door and i said i need help. something is really wrong. >> she was rushed to the hospital. >> my main artery the widow maker was 95% blocked. >> my problem was looking back is that my doctor told me seven years ago, your cholesterol is high. you've got a bad family history. of heart disease you need to go on cholesterol lowering medication and i ignored it. >> she thought if she changed her diet, it would be enough. it wasn't. >> i had said to the doctor the next day and my cardiologist, could i have died yesterday? and he said if you hadn't gotten to the hospital, you would have died. and that's not being dramatic. >> now this hard charging reporter and my friend has the story of a lifetime to share. we are live in the women's heart health phone bank. this is a critical time aimed at saving women's lives. let's talk about some of the things that you need to know with the number one killer of women. number one killer more than all cancers combined. women's heart attack signs can be different from men. chest pain pressure or pain that spreads to the shoulders, neck upper back, the jaw and i had pain in my jaw before my heart attack. or the arms, can also -- also, there could be cold sweats. >> all right. keep those up there, we just lost jennifer's microphone there. it's very important for us to get these tips out there because i know a lot of people got to be maybe surprised to find they're having some of these symptoms. cold sweats stomach pain. shortness of breath. in combination with all the other things that jennifer was talking about. >> when you heard terri okita's story, it's so similar to jennifer's story you know we all remember when she went through that and how shocking that was. two women there that you can really learn from that you got to take any little sign really seriously. >> don't take it for granted. these women were hit out of the clear blue and they were perfectly healthy and trust me they're young women! ok? this can happen to anyone. make sure you get -- if you have any -- any thoughts at all crossing your mind make sure you call into our phone bank, all right? >> let's switch to the weather. doug is standing by with word of some big changes, doug. >> all due to two arctic cold fronts that will pay us a visit. one tomorrow and another one on saturday. let's get started. one of the h.d. weather cameras. this one at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. time lapse through the day. beautiful sunrise. temperature at 35. winds are calm. we have a chill of the same temperature. a lot of boats speeding up the river. that's a time lapse. sunset coming up here. and it's going to be a nice evening. it will get colder but not terribly cold. we're still in the 40's in many spots like reagan national at 43 degrees and wake up tomorrow morning, overnight temperatures will leave you with an average low of 30 degrees. few clouds and the winds turning more to the southwest. that will be just ahead of this arctic front. so it's southwesterly winds we think we could hit 40 or 42 before the colder air arrives. front will come through probably, you know 7:00 in the morning and 88:00 in the morning. that's when we'll see some flurries and a noticeable drop in temperatures and wind chills clearing out by tomorrow night. as we get through the day, friday will be mostly sunny. very cold. highs in the upper 20's. we'll repeat the process on saturday. sunshine briefly and then some clouds, falling temperatures. gusty winds and some snow flurries by late afternoon. maybe a snow shower, heavier snow shower to the west of town and then as we get through friday sunny and cold and breezy. stronger cold front with snow showers and falling temperatures and gusty winds saturday. just bitterly cold here sunday. 20 to 23 for a high. cold and sunny on monday and then as we get through tuesday and wednesday, another storm system could bring us rain or snow depending on the storm track. stay tuned. that's the latestment leon alison and timmy back to you. >> thank you very much. let's get the latest on the wizards right now. >> we have breaking news not that good. bradley beal who has missed the last couple of games have been diagnosed with something more significant and troubling. beal has a mild stress reaction to his right fibula and will be out indefinitely. they play in toronto tonight and beal will be re-evaluated after the all star weekend. what is troubling to me is this is a recurring injury from beal. he missed significant time because of stress in that leg the last couple of seasons. the maryland terrapins are back on the court tonight and oh do they need a high energy extremely efficient effort tonight against indiana? the terrapins have lost three of their last five outings. fell to 19th nationally. they are tied to second with the 7-4 records. speaking of college park let my talk back to the window of time. that had worldwide implications. tonight at the maryland game they'll honor the local players from that game that have the world's attention. back then, giggy ransom was pitting superpowers. >> the focus for us was on basketball. >> 40 years ago, ransom played for federal city college. the opposition that day the chinese national team. >> it was a tremendous honor to be included. >> this was diplomacy through sports. the hardwood version of "can't we all just get along"? >>e president ford flew over to china for his first official visit as president. >> tonight ransom and her teammates are being honored for playing their part in world history. >> media coverage was phenomenal! >> the chinese team was victorious. >> the game was quite physical. >> but the way giggy sees it the world was the biggest winner. all thanks to the game of basketball. >> those involved in sports really have a very high influence influence. >> come over to play this sport here in this country. >> absolutely. amazing. good stuff, man. good stuff. we'll be right back. i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house. you get more from verizon fios the tv service rated #1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on customer satisfaction studies plus america's fastest most reliable internet. and for peace of mind, get a price quote in writing and professional installation from a highly trained verizon technician. now thru february 21st get a fios triple play online for just 79.99 a month -- a price guaranteed for two full years. plus get an incredible $400 bonus with a two-year agreement. but hurry, this amazing deal ends february 21st. visit verizon.com/wo learn more today. >> the "7 on your side" i-team gets action after exposing sloppy conditions at a maryland veterans cemetery. >> the state secretary of veterans affairs helped clean things up surveyed the grounds and gave a personal apology to the viewer that tipped us off to the problem. investigator joce sterman was there. >> i am george owens, i'm the secretary of the department of veterans affairs. welcome to a most sacred place. >> but this veterans cemetery in cheltenham didn't look very sacred when wendy miller blankey visited late last year. she found sinkholes and a whole section covered in water and mud. >> doesn't ease your pain when you show up to your father's grave and see a hole. >> after we showed the maryland veterans affairs secretary george owings photos of the cemetery, he wanted to personally apologize. take a look at the property and explain what's going on inviting the "7 on your side" i-team along. >> i wanted to meet you and to tell you how sorry i was that you saw what you saw there. as you can see, we are constantly working on it. >> we're told work here is done differently than in private cemeteries. >> not working only one area. we're constantly doing one right after the other. >> that leaves the ground unstable. it needs time to settle. that's why crews wait until two or three rows are filled before adding topsoil and planting grass. with miller blankey's father that didn't happen until the cold season so as crews wait, they have to keep adding dirt as they deal with water runoff and a blowout of their retention pond. >> i feel at ease. i do. i didn't realize this was an ongoing problem and the steps they have to take to ensure the land is level. >> but owings assures us the problems are being handled. >> when they return in the spring, they will find that their issue has been addressed. >> you guarantee that? >> oh yes. >> and we'll hold them to that. joce sterman, abc 7 news. >> all right. that's it now for us here at 5:00. coming up tonight at 6:00 for the first time president obama unveils a plan to defeat isil. what he wants to do and when. >> crews are working trying to make sure more of this bridge does not fall on another vehicle that is driving under it. i'm chris pabst coming up we'll tell you what is next for this structurally deficient bridge. >> and recommendations from the ntsb in the wake of the metro smoke incident. what it says needs to happen now! that's next. >> our coalition is on the offensive. isil is on the defensive and isil is going to lose. >> tonight, for the first time the president is laying out his proposal for defeating the islamic terrorist group known as isil. senior political reporter scott thuman is live in the satellite center with what the president wants and what is causing all the debate tonight. scott? >> maureen, the war is certainly not new. the rules, though, are now for the first time really going to be debated. what role can troops play? where will they be sent? for how long? all issues that we are now going to see hashed out between congress and the white house. >> make no mistake, this is a difficult mission and it will remain difficult for sometime. >> it is a proposal for defeating isil with a fate to be debated on capitol hill. >> this is deadly serious. it's deadly serious and we have to make sure that we do right
lawyers here in mclean. >> we sent you a jaw-dropping push alert from our app when this story broke this morning. our northern virginia bureau learned the main suspect in the double stabbing was wearing just a diaper when he was arrested. and the disturbing details don't stop there. news4's shomari stone is in fairfax county. >> reporter: today we learned disturbing new details about what police say happened during this violent home invasion out here on spencer road in mclean. the commonwealth attorney descd it as torture at a bond hearing today. police say 31-year-old andrew and his wife felicia planned the home invasion. we learned alicia did not enter the house. her husband did and posed as a police officer at the front door. prosecutors say he tased, handcuffed and repeatedly stabbed the homeowner and the homeowner's wife multiple times. they're in their 60s. the victims who were critically hurt were still able to help police track down the suspects. police tell us they found andrew and his wife an hour later after a car chase. he only had on a diaper. now the victim told detectives that alicia used to work at his law firm but that she was reasonable fired. a judge denied bond and andrew's bond hearing has not been announced. coming up at 5:00, we'll tell you the chilling words that the victim says that the suspect used when he left the house. in mclean, i'm shomari stone, news4. the man charged with kidnapping a university of virginia student will soon go on trail for a rape case in this area. news4 first reported on twitter that jesse matthew entered three not guilty pleas in the 2005 fairfax city case. the judge scheduled his trial for march. the alleged victim now lives in india, but prosecutors say they have kept in touch and plan to bring her back for trial. >> she is prepared to testify, and i think it's fair to say she looks forward to final resolution of this case. >> meantime, matthew's attorney asked he be transferred back to charlottesville where he faces charges in connection with the hannah graham case. police found hanna's body in october after a month-long search. there will be a memorial service tomorrow at west potomac high school where graham graduated in 2013. and the albemarle county sheriff who helped lead the graham investigation is calling for an expansion of virginia's dna data bank. right now the bank includes mostly convicted felons. chip harding, though, wants dna collected for all criminal convictions saying the move would help prevent and solve more crimes like the ones matthew is accused of. storm team 4 staying on top of this winter weather that has impacted much of our countried to. drivers had to deal with nearly a foot of snow on roads in cleveland today. here at home it feels like a february day rather than the middle of november. >> let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. how cold is it going to get, vj? >> a little colder than what we had to deal with overnight. yes, the arctic air has arrived, that air we have been tracking the last several days here now. and folks, there's another wave that's going to be moving in. take a look at the temperatures across the area. these are the lows from early this morning. we started out below freezing, sub freezing. so many neighborhoods. francon maryfield also just 32 degrees. 35 in d.c. poolsville at 34 to start. now we're trending toward more winter from 35 this morning to 31 degrees coming up tomorrow morning. meanwhile, you know, with the cold, we've got another storm system to talk about. we'll tell what you it could bring in just a couple minutes. thanks, vj. we're tracking new developments from capitol hill where the keystone pipeline project took another big step forward today. the house just approved the project for the ninth time, and a senate vote is expected next week. notably, the house and senate bills are sponsored by lawmakers from louisiana who will face off against one another in a senate runoff election. even if the bill passes the senate on tuesday, it's far from a done deal. there's a legal battle in nebraska and the state department is reviewing the pipeline's impact. and on top of that, president obama is not sold on the project. >> and i have to constantly push back against this idea that somehow the keystone pipeline is either this massive jobs bill for the united states or is somehow lowering gas prices. >> the pipeline would bring oil from canada down to the gulf coast. president obama argues again it would not lower u.s. gas prices. now that isis controls a large swath of territory in iraq and syria, the terror group says it will begin minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency. a website affiliated with isis says its leader has instructed its followers to mint the coins to change what he calls the tie ron california monetary system modeled on western economies that in his words enslaved muslims. no sign of a missing 12-year-old girl from maryland. jasmine baker disappeared tuesday while walking to school. she liv in nottingham, just outside of baltimore. police are searching near her home and school. they are hoping her social media contacts can help them find her. an update now on a story you saw breaking on news4 midday. students in gaithersburg are safe at home right now with a story to tell after a fire forced them out of forced oak middle school late this morning. chopper 4 flew over the school during the evacuation and students waited on school buses to stay warm. the fire started on the building's second floor. there were three minor injuries, not related to the fire. everyone was eventually allowed back into the building. no word yet on a cause. first at 4:00 today, a big announcement from one of the busiest museums in our region. the national children's museum just announced it's moving from prince george's county, maryland, back into the district next year. the museum used to operate as the capitol children's museum in northeast washington before closing back in 2004. it reopened two years ago at national harbor. the museum's board is now looking for more space to expand, and easier access to public transportation. the new location has yet to be determined. locking down your information on facebook. simple, new steps to protect your privacy. they went to work, never knowing the world would be watching. what the men left dangling on top of the world trade center now say about their ordeal. >> got home to see my family another day. facebook has chopped down its privacy policy and put into plain english to make it easier for us to control our information. the social network rolled out its revamp policy with a colorful, interactive guide that shows how to untag, unfriend and block folks you don't want to hear from. but what it doesn't include is control over ads, because facebook uses your data to send you marketing communications. a quarter century in prison for the man accused of selling heroin to a teenager who later died of an overdose. the 25-sentence came down yesterday for a drug dealer accused of selling to 16-year-old emmily lunchek who died after using extremely potent heroin last year. kyle alafon got a six-year sentence for evidence tampering early this year. hearing loss is still a big problem for survivors of the boston marathon bombing. about 90% of those hospitalized after the blast had ruptured eardrums. harvard researchers studied 100 people who were treated for ear trauma. a year later, many are still having problems with hearing, ringing in the ears and dizziness. it's a huge homecoming in hampton roads. more than 5,000 sailors are returning from the middle east. the george h.w. bush aircraft carrier and guided missile destroyer will return to norfolk tomorrow. they deployee sailors include f pilots who took part in the first air strikes against isis targets in iraq and syria. can you imagine walking out of your home every day and this is your view? i'll tell you what the community is doing to turn this blight into something beautiful coming up on news4. and here they come. the royals are about to cross the pond. and one is coming to this area. and we're tracking the big chill and exactly what to expect for your weekend. first at 4:00. 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[ speaking in spanish ]. he thanked the firefighters who rescued them. originally from el salvador, he switched seamlessly from spanish to english. he talked about who he telephoned first when he and lopez went from horizontal to nearly vertical. >> when the scaffold skopd, stopped, i offend my wife. >> reporter: . >> they saw the firefighters and they saw the rescuers and knew they were going to be okay. >> reporter: both men plan on returning to work soon but perhaps not so high up. >> there's other options than window cleaning. there's a lot of ground-floor jobs we may want to take for the moment. >> reporter: it's good to see those guys smile. they b a lot of lefty to the news conference. as for what happened wednesday morning, they talked about h checked their equipment. everything seemed to be fine. but then something wrong happened when the cable. and that part is still being investigated. kathryn craig, news4. a future king of england coming here to washington. >> prince william is planning a trip to the u.s. with his wife, the former kate middleton. they will spend most of their time in new york city, but prince william will head here to washington for a day. on monday, december 8th, he will visit the world bank for a conference and lunch. the last time the duke and duchess visited the u.s. was 2011 when they went to california. >> mark your calendar. you've got to come through with good weather. >> i will do my best. have you gotten acclimated? >> a shock to the system. >> you have plenty of time. it's going to be wave after wave after wave of cold with a couple of weather systems thrown in too. let's talk about it. because today we're dealing with the first one. we'll have another in a couple days. look at the temperatures. this is the arctic air we have been tracking. 22 minneapolis, minnesota, to 40 degrees in dallas right now. yeah. they're colder than what we are here. very few states have managed to escape the arctic blast. miami, one of them. 81 degrees right now. ooh, got to love that. 42 your temperature, sunshine. yes, breezy. that wind will start to ease closer to sunset. 38 the temperature. so we're not going to be quite as wind chilled for your evening. it gets cold, plenty by 10:00, 11:00 p.m. as we get to 33, 34 degrees. another sub freezing night for us. we start off with your saturday. yes, cold. and this is future weather. so you can see there is not going to be any clouds across the area. then by midday, we get a few wispy clouds, still a mostly sunny day. we pick up more wind. the first part of the day, i think we lose that wind by the afternoon, say, around 2:00, 3:00. so a little wind chill early on again. so cold one, nonetheless, with sunshine across the area for saturday. here's a look at saturday night. clouds start moving in. that's going to be the setup for what we're going to see on sunday. i think it will be partly sunny to mostly cloudy day. we'll have that filtered sunshine. temperatures, though, will be a little higher than what we get on saturday. here's the feel-like temperatures for saturday morning. this is at 8:00 a.m. feeling like 26 degrees mt. airy. hagerstown like 24. even manassas, falls church, in the low 20s. your wind chill readings at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning by 11:00 a.m., big warmup. we get close to freezing. and by 3:00 tomorrow, much better. again, the wind eases for the afternoon with that sunshine, low 40s across the area. but then if you're going to be out tomorrow evening, and any plans to go saturday night, another cold one as temperatures start dropping. because of the cold, wind again, we're low to moderate. not quite as wind chilled for your afternoon. your range in temperatures, 46 degrees. so let's go ahead now and take a look at that storm team four-day forecast. saturday and sunday, 43. up to 50 sunday. mildest day out of the weekend. and those milder temperatures will help with the next storm system. no issues for the morning rush. could we have some issues for the evening rush on monday with that rain changeover? we'll talk about that later in the newscast. guys? >> thanks, vj. he did it. now he needs a whole lot of sleep. al roker holds a new world record today. >> the "today" show meteorologist finished 34 straight hours of weather casting this morning. during that time, he had about 40,000 tweets with the #roker-a-thon from folks cheering on. roker also raised more than $77,000 for the uso. vice president joe biden was one of the first to call to congratulate al. >> when he said he was going to go for the world record, i had no doubt he was going to do it. to tell you the truth, i didn't know it was that long. or he would go that far. he could have brought us a little warmer weather, though, on that 34 showehours. >> i know, i know. i think about maybe running for senate and do a filibuster. >> doesn't have much of a voice left. the vice president also poked a little fun at a moment yesterday when al roker forgot, apparently, to turn his microphone off when he went to the rest room. roker seemed a bit embarrassed but had a good laugh. >> he still tweeted today, you would think he would be napping. picking your health insurance can be tricky, we know. we're going to show an easy way that will help a lot of you with a big decision. and a little metro motivation never hurt. how you can save money this holiday season just by stepping aboard a metro train. what's old is new again. a major makeover is in the works now for a city in prince george's county. news4's darcy spencer has details on the plan to bring new life to mt. rainier without losing its historic charm. >> reporter: this is what colleen faye sees when she walks out of her arts district apartment in mt. rainier. an abandoned building with vines growing on the brick and windows that are broken or boarded up. >> well, it's a sad eyesore. >> reporter: but this historic building on rhode island avenue is about to get a makeover. and residents who live in the community that borders d.c. are hopeful it will be the start of something great. >> they take one look and they say, oh, i don't want to be here. now that this is going to change, it should produce just the opposite effect. >> this is going to be redone. >> reporter: andy torres can see the building from his rooftop deck. the retired dancer, actor and choreographer only sees its potential. >> it's not an eyesore. it's a beautiful old building. they're trying to keep the integrity on the outside. >> reporter: this building actu has a pretty interesting history. it used to be the old singer sewing machine company. but if you take a look inside, you can see it's in pretty bad shape. it's been abandoned for more than two decades. the developer, d.c.-based minkiti, is going to maintain the structural significance. there are plans for an ace hardware store, cafe, offices and apartments. >> young families are moving here in droves so there is demand for high-quality retail in community. >> reporter: that starts with turning blight into something beautiful. >> instead of people driving through the city, they will be stopping here to eat and to shop. and to spend money. >> reporter: in mt. rainier, darcy spencer, news4. it isn't cold enough yet for a big snow, but it sure is beginning to look like christmas in northern virginia. santa arrived at tyson's corner today, and ditched his reindeer. this year he got to the mall on the silver line. >> this is the way to go. i mean, you get on, you don't have to think about it, you're there. >> they had like a whole decked out metro back. it was fun. >> and there is even more reason to take the mall to the met -- the metro to the mall. they are offering special discounts to those who show smart trip cards. and there is also $5 same-day delivery to your house. so if you buy a whole lot of stuff, you won't have to take it on the train with you. many local girls in danger. the i-team addition deeper to tell us why hundreds of young women are risking more than they may think every day. and first at 4:00, it's the gadget that everybody will soon be talking about. why they're already addressing concerns about sharing your personal information. just like an interception, i bet you didn't see this one coming. up your game with a new fritos chili pizza. a large for $12 dollars. add a mega chocolate chip cookie for just $5 dollars more. better ingredients. better pizza. better football. papa john's. ♪ [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. start your new orleans holiday at followyournola.com. you're watching news4 at 4:00. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is calling for a top to bottom review of the secret service after a scathing new report on the white house security breach in september. the homeland security investigation details numerous lapses that allowed intruder omar gonzalez to jump the fence, sprint to the white house and enter through the front door. among the failures, a uniformed secret service k-9 officer was taking a personal call on his cell phone when gonzalez jumped the fence. and the armed counter assault team didn't immediately enter the white house, because they were unfamiliar with its layout. norton says the secret service could not have made so many mistakes in one night if the agency didn't have serious internal problems. unity and religious tolerance. they are the goal of a special muslim prayer service at the national cathedral today. it's a first for the cathedral. it has welcomed all faiths in the past but never before had muslims lead their own prayers. the service was live streamed so it could be viewed around the world. news4's kristin wright tweeted today that a protester briefly interrupted the service. the event is controversial to many. we want to know what you think. do you support the national cathedral's symbolic gesture to host a muslim prayer service? weigh in on our poll today. text or call 202-601-3444, or vote on facebook, twitter or on our website. we'll have results coming up on news4 at 5:00. a fistful of stolen rolex watches could land a local man behind bars for 15 years. there were scary moments during this armed jewelry store robbery last year in frederick, maryland. alonzo meadows was convicted yesterday for the smash and grab during the daytime. he and two other men were accused -- are accused of stealing $200,000 worth of watches. after forcing store workers and patrons on the ground at gun point. prosecutors are asking for a 15-year sentence. police never caught the other two involved in the robbery. out in space, still a race against the clock for the history-making comet lander to collect data. the european space probe started drilling into the surface of a comet today. it is the first instrument to ever successfully attach to a moving comet but hit a snag by landing in the shadow of a crater. that's blocking its solar panel so the probe may run out of battery life at any moment. historic change at the top for the u.s. postal service today. postmaster general patrick donahue announced he would retire january 1st. he took over during a serious financial crisis. the board of postal governors is hiring his replacement from within. the new postmaster general, megan brennan, will be the first woman to hold that post. she is currently the chief operating officer. now brennan began as a letter carrier in lancaster, pennsylvania. that was back in 1986. she calls the promotion the honor of a lifetime. the news4 i-team is digging to find out why some of your kids are being sidelined. you've heard about young athletes suffering head injuries on the football field. but local high schools are also pulling hundreds of girls off the field, and off the court. and as the i-team's scott macfarlane found, it's because of hard hits in sports without helmets. >> reporter: amelia harmon remembers the ambulance ride racing to the hospital, but only remembers some of the injury. >> i told my coach i couldn't open my eyes. >> reporter: a collision with another field hockey player in montgomery county. >> head-to-head? >> yeah, head-to-head. >> reporter: she blocked out as she collapsed to the turf. >> i didn't make it back for the season. >> reporter: harmon is finally fully recovered and is back on the field but in the time since both in the game -- >> i can't hardly remember anything from last year. >> reporter: and in the classroom. >> i missed about a month of everything. i had to drop my a.p. courses. >> reporter: she suffered, as so many other concussion victims do. concussions are often associated with high school football, but an i-team review of injury reports from every local public school system in the region found in each and every district female athletes suffered more than the football players. more than 1,100 girls a year combined as compared to about 960 football players. >> any type of sign or symptom would mean we pull them from the game. >> let's go. let's keep it up. >> reporter: concussions are particularly frequent among local high school girls who play soccer. we found more than 200 possible concussion cases regionwide in just the past year. centers for disease control records show about 1 of every 30 teenage girls who play soccer suffers a head injury. >> sometimes they like black out. it's really scary, honestly. >> reporter: ashley toy, a senior in frederick county, says she has seen it firsthand. >> i got kicked in the face once. >> reporter: our review discovered hundreds of local field hockey players pulled for potential head injuries and dozens in fairfax and montgomery county. each local school district surveyed by the i-team says it has a concussion protocol for its athletes. the kid is only allowed to return to the field after being checked by a medical professional. but we found one local school system in particular pulling a much larger percentage out of the game. >> if there is any sign or system we're taking them out. >> reporter: we compared the number of athletes, male and female, to the number of concussions. and noted at least one reported concussion last year for nearly every five athletes. far more frequent than the other districts. fairfax county public schools' athletic director says their threshold for pulling a player off the field is low, very low. and they remain off the field for at least five days. fairfax has a full time trainer on staff for all high schools, in part to respond to possible concussions. we checked in with all of the maryland districts and nearly all have at least one staff trainer or use private contractors to be on duty during games. montgomery county has just significantly increased its trainer staff. >> it was pretty heartbreaking. >> reporter: to prevent teens like amelia harmon from losing time on the field and in the classroom. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> you can review the i-team's findings about concussions on our website, nbcwashington.com. click on investigations. johns hopkins university honored suzanne roberts today for her incredible donation to the school center for american indian health. suzanne roberts, wife of comcast cofounder, ralph roberts, donated $1 million to the center. it will establish the suzanne roberts native american dream fund. she has been recognized for her work with native american children and recalls volunteering with a navaho community as a defining point in her life. she said it's her goal that every child has a chance at the american dream. he's doing more than just helping his team score baskets or points. we'll tell you why this basketball coach threw on an apron and started serving up pizza. imagine your home and car gone in an instant. now the woman who experienced it is sharing her harrowing story. storm team 4 is tracking a winter-like weekend. >> that's right. and in just about an hour or two, our temperatures will be back down into the 30s. how about 30s for an afternoon temperature? yes, we've got it. it's covered on our seven-day forecast. we'll have that for you when news 4 at 4:00 returns. it's meant to track your health. tonight the government wants to make sure data collected by apple's new smart watch won't be used without your consent. the federal trade commission has reportedly met with apple about a new app on the watch called health kit. this app is meant to allow patients to control their medical information. but there is concern now that information could be leaked to third parties. apple insures the app was designed with privacy in mind. we want to hear from you about the stories that you're talking about. about the top news of the day. join the conversation. >> like us on facebook and follow us on twitter too. >> talk with us. maryland men's basketball opens the season tonight against wagner in college park. >> and while the team has been waiting for games to start, the head coach has been waiting on some hungry customers. and it's all for a good cause. carol maloney has his story. >> what have we got here? mushroom, onion, artichoke. meat lovers. i've got to turn them sideways. i didn't do my job very well. >> reporter: maryland basketball coach mark turgeon, his own worst critic, serving up pizza and drinks at leto's. a portion of customer bills going to the dream team program, which uses basketball to promote positive relationships between kids and local police. >> you can say you got served by a coach. >> better than me being served by you guys. >> reporter: turgeon has coached a lot of games, had had some tense moments on the sidelines. what made him the most nervous waiting tables? >> spilling the drink on them. especially when they gave me the tray with three drinks. you just don't do that to a rookie. this is nerve-racking. i don't think i could be a waiter. it's not my calling. it's a lot work. and the customer is always right. that would get old, i think. >> first at 4:00, delays, delays, delays. >> before you make the weekend plans, we'll tell you if work on metro will slow you down. and a story you can't afford to miss. we're guiding you through the confusion of signing up for health coverage. >> that's right. consumer reporter erika gonzales joins us in the studio to break down the affordable care act. that's right here first at 4:00. silent night not so silent? with sleep number, now there's an adjustment for that. give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. where you'll find our lowest price ever on the c4 queen mattress-just $1499.98. ends sunday. know better sleep with sleep number. what you're doing now, janice. blogging. your blog is just pictures of you in the mirror. it's called a fashion blog, todd. well, i've been helping people save money with progressive's discounts. flo, can you get janice a job? [ laughs ] you should've stuck to softball! i was so much better at softball than janice, dad. where's your wife, todd? vacation. discounts like homeowners', multi-policy -- i got a discount on this ham. i've got the meat sweats. this is good ham, diane. paperless discounts -- give it a rest, flo. all: yeah, flo, give it a rest. welcome back to news4 at 4:00. we have team coverage this afternoon. >> from a wintry chill to cutting through the confusion of health care, we have reporters and anchors standing by with new stories first at 4:00. >> vj, we can't catch a break, eyeing the next storm on the way of the. >> of course, we have to stay on top of it, and because it's going to come really on the latter part of the weekend. but development wise, you know, amelia segal, chuck bell, will be all over this, this weekend, watching as the storm system starts to develop. our temperatures plenty cold. look at that, even colder than last night by around 3 to 4 degrees. gaithersburg dropping to 27 degrees by tomorrow morning. 31 in bowie. yeah, close to freezing. alexandria right at the freezing mark. you folks around fairfax, 28. 29 degrees by tomorrow morning. meanwhile, fauquier county, culpeper, rappahannock, and manassas down to 27. 27 also in leesburg. you get the idea, another cold start for us. exercise impact for saturday, going up into the mid 40s. so here's what i like about tomorrow. we are going to have some sunshine across the area. so even though we're talking about january type temperatures, we'll get the sunshine. your breezy conditions first half of the day. we lose the wind, so that 43, 45 feeling better than conditions today. get outside and enjoy yourself. especially first half of the weekend. here's a look at la plata, 34 degrees. around areas like olney, 41 for a high temperature tomorrow. again, that comes with just a few clouds during the afternoon. your future weather, the next system that we will start eyeing. you can see the clouds increasing throughout the area on sunday. second half of the weekend. i think in terms of any light snow, that will stay well up to our north and west around frostburg, morgantown. some of the high spots there, elkins and north of petersburg. no issues here. what we're talking about is what happens after 7:00. as we get into wee hours of monday morning. it's a new system bringing rain. this is 6:00 a.m. monday now, an overcast sky. rain develops. what we get, though, throughout the area monday, monday evening, the evening rush, all depends on the intensity and track of this system. and with more on that now, let's go to meteorologist doug kammerer. >> veronica, now if that system was to move in here, we would be talking about snow across our area. that's not going to be the case as the area of low pressure tracks west. colder air for next week and this is the current jet stream dipping south from denver to chicago to d.c. that jet stream south of the washington, d.c. metro area. watch what happens as we move into the day monday. that jet stream shifts just back to the west and that allows a little bit warmer air to make its way up the coast, because of that, the rain will be to the east of the i-95 corridor back to the west of the mountains. that's where we see some snow. all of this could end as snow, even in d.c. but we're not calling for accumulation. what we e c for, though, vj, is something we talked about earlier. the wind chills. and they will be colder by 10 degrees than they were today. >> that's right. it's another wave of cold that moves in. so right now looks as though the early part of your monday morning rush not really impacted that much. it's the latter part we're going to be watching very closely. sunday right now, again, getting up to a high temperature of 50 degrees. if you're going to the game, yes, you're going to need to layer up. it is going to be plenty chilly throughout, especially with the clouds moving in. we're at 45 degrees by the time we get to the evening hours. sunshine, another chance of rain friday. but look at these numbers. well below average all week long. maybe even as we approach thanksgiving. we have a lot more in the system. we'll time it out again on news4 at 5:00. it you plan to take metro this weekend, expect delays as crews work on upgrades. red line trains will see the most impact running every 16 minutes. trains between the grovener and gallaudet stations run every eight to ten minutes. also the green belt station the green line will be closed. free shuttle buses will be available to take people to college park and back. well, you're probably spending time now reviewing your health care plan for this november. it's open enrollment season, folks, for most of us the federal government's window starts tomorrow. >> consumer reporter erika gonzales tracked down some of the most often asked questions about health care. erika, how long is the window for federal government workers this year? >> this is really time-sensitive. we want to make sure everybody knows about this. the big kickoff is in fact tomorrow. you actually have half the time to enroll than last year. and you want to be on time. open enrollment start tomorrow. and if you don't sign up by december 15th, being just one day late will delay the start of your coverage to february. and you could face penalties. by the way, "consumer reports" has expert advice free. you can find that on healthlawhelper.org. you can tell your story and find out whether or not this is for you or maybe you're better off staying with your current plan. we're going to share that link on our facebook page as well. >> erika, is there any help for people who can't afford insurance? where do they turn? >> absolutely. you know, by talking to one of the experts today at healthlawhelper, we learned that if you have a plan through an insurance agent, not a company or obamacare, a family of four making less than $90,000 a year is eligible for a discount. if you have any additional questions, you can go to healthlawhelper.org for that free advice. >> and you've got your last safe and secure shopping segment coming up. >> we do! it has been quite the week for the consumer team here at nbc 4, and tonight is the culmination of our safe and secure week, and the focus really shifts to your questions. you tweeted, you sent us messages on facebook, and you called. and we chose the top four questions to answer with help from our experts, and we're going to have that coming up tonight at 5:00. >> my question. what are you getting me for christmas? >> you know, even on friday, giving me a hard time. all right. >> we'll look for it. you've got the number to put up too. >> that's right. absolutely. anybody that has -- if you've got a story idea, some of our greatest stories come from you. accepted us an e-mail, consumerwatch@nbcwashington. 202-885-4084. now some stories we're working on right now in our news room. a bank robber in custody but police tell us this robbery didn't go the way you might expect. and he's accused of snatching one woman off a philadelphia street and nearly killing another woman from virginia. now he's in court to tell a judge whether he was behind it. and i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we're working on new details about that man accused of kidnapping a montgomery county judge in may. we have just learned that he was found competent to stand trial. he's charged with kidnapping and assaulted judge audrey crayton who investigators say the two were living together. despite today's ruling, there is still a delay in this trial. we'll explain why, coming up on news4 at 5:00. i'll see you then. now to northern virginia where some parents are calling one proposal a terrible idea. we're tracking the latest in a -- an a measure to start charging loudoun county students to ride the school bus. >> reporter: i'm jackie bensen in leesburg. imagine your child needing to use one of these, a fare card, to get on the school bus. that could happen in loudoun county, virginia, thanks to a proposal by the county school board, they say. they need permission from the state to be able to do this in order to make up for shortfalls in years when budgets are very tight. now, coming up at 5:30, we'll tell you how parents feel about this. we'll also hear from a county school board member. >> this is a shock to everything. i don't know what to do anymore. >> we showed you the stunning video. hear from the woman who escaped from a sink hole with just seconds to spare. she didn't even have time to put her shoes on. getting ready for winter. officials aren't worried about the weather. they're worried about whether there is enough of this to go around. i'm mark segraves. i'll have that story coming up. prosecutors have taken a rare approach rather than presenting their own outline of the case hoping to avoid violence. when the grand jury decision comes in, we'll get it to you right away with a breaking news alert from our nbc washington app. this car is no longer at the bottom of a sinkhole. just a couple hours ago, a crane lifted it right out of there. it was swallowed earlier this week when the ground beneath a florida neighborhood suddenly opened up. danger still persists for neighbors north of tampa, florida. the ground is still unstable days after a sinkhole opened up, giving one neighbor seconds to react. steve andrews reports, the homeowner says she is lucky to be alive. >> reporter: ann maria jones is staying at a holiday hotel until sunday. after that? >> i don't know what to do. that's why i'm very, very worried. >> reporter: where do you go? >> i don't know. i don't have any money. >> reporter: the holiday travel park put her up here for a week after a sinkhole opened open. she was ready to hop in the shower when she heard what she described as a muffled explosion. >> if i wasn't there, i wouldn't be here. >> reporter: loud snapping and cracking frightened her. >> this man groves, like a scoop of ice kroop, like a tunnel. >> reporter: the earth was scooped out? >> yes. >> reporter: her car sank into what she described as a black hole. as the chasm opened beneath her home, she grabbed a few clothes, some important papers, no time for a pair of shoes. she escaped in her bare feet. >> i just run for my life. >> reporter: all she has left is what she could carry with her on a dead run. her home was deemed unsafe and condemned earlier this week. what's in your house? >> all my life. my picture, my documents, my books. >> reporter: no car, no home, no money. >> this is a shock to everything. i don't have any place to go anymore. >> reporter: anna maria can see no longer than sunday when her time is up at this hotel. >> my life changed completely and really i don't know what to do. >> so this was one of two sinkholes that opened up in that neighborhood this week. geologists are now keeping a close watch, fearing there could be a third. news4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. arrested in a diaper. right now at 5:00 tonight, the torture one lawyer is accused of inflicting on a couple in mclean as this case takes another bizarre turn. new information about a woman hit by a d.c. snowplow during an event to boast about the city's preparedness. and the first snowflakes have fallen. now find out what's in store for your weekend. doug is in the storm center. and good evening. we're going to start with a couple of attorneys going after one of their bosses. a court hearing todayin unveiled a new perspective on the extended pain that took place inside a mclean home. >> now at 5:00, we learned the husband got inside the victim's home by posing as a police officer. he used a taser in this attack. and when police finally caught up with him, he was arrested wearing just a diaper. news4's shomari stone joins us live in mclean. >> reporter: new court documents reveal what police say led up to the arrest of attorneys andrew schmuhl and his wife alicia in violent home invasion. prosecutors say the victims are recovering. >> thank god they're alive and i'm going to go over and see the male victim. >> reporter: police say andrew schmuhl posed as an officer at the couple's front door on sunday. he allegedly tased, handcuffed and stabbed the homeowner and the homeowner's wife multiple times. they're in their 60s. the man is a lawyer. >> we're still assessing the evidence. the police are working very hard following up leads, even as we stand here today. >> reporter: we also learned andrew schmuhl allegedly fired a shot at the woman and missed. she pressed a panic alarm before he walked out of the door, he allegedly said he would be back to finish the job. the homeowner gave police a description, and authorities tracked down the suspects an hour later after a car chase. they say andrew was wearing nothing but a diaper. >> that's pretty strange, i guess. >> reporter: rich hardy has lived next to andrew and alicia schmuhl for three years. >> they were good neighbors. they were friendly. we would have interactions when we were in the yard. >> reporter: the victim also told detectives that alicia schmuhlas recently fired from his law firm. police say she stayed in the car during the home invasion. >> we're just glad they're alive. >> reporter: now, right now
it'll be closed for about six hours. they said the road will open probablier around 1:00 in the morning. >> despite the inconvenience, many neighbors are taking it in stride. >> this is the most exciting thing i've seen in the past couple of years. >> on the block? >> on the block. >> incredible sight. >> yeah. never happens. >> the good news of course is that nobody was injured, and no cars were driving on the street at the time. no cars were parked on the road. again, the crews will be out here through about midnight, 1:00 in the morning. nbc 10 news. now on to more breaking news we're following for you. two little boys were hit by a van. >> happened this afternoon in philadelphia's logan section. the two brothers were rushed to the hospital even before an ambulance arrived. drew smith is live at st. christopher's hospital. first and foremost, how are the boys doing? >> well the boys one of them is still in critical condition, the other is stable. police arrived fairly quickly at this scene, helped get the boys to einstein medical center, took them in a private car. but doctors decided they needed to come here for st. christopher's hospital for children. this happened around 1:15 this afternoon on broad street. a 2-year-old boy critical with a head injury. a 4-year-old brother of that boy has a broken leg. the mother and kids crossed the street in the middle of the block. they were not in the crosswalk. the two boys apparently darted out ahead and a work van hit them. a witness told us it was then horrible to watch as the mother tried to help the boy with the most serious injuries. and the driver of the van did stop and cooperated with police. >> it was devastating. i just really hope and pray that the children make it through it. i'm glad that the guy did stop and do the right thing. >> now, police have not charged anyone in this case. they did drive off the van that hit those kids. took it into evidence. but, again, no one charged. they cleared that scene and open broad street up around 3:00. live at st. christopher's hospital in philadelphia, nbc 10 news. >> new at 5:00 a chester county massage therapist is accused of sexual assault. james deter worked in west ocean township. said the therapist earned the victim's trust over a number of point appointments and then assaulted her. also worked as pathways to healing in lancaster county. police think there could be other victims. if you know anything they would like to hear from you. opening statements today in the trial of an exterminator accused of murdering a doctor in philadelphia. a center city jury will hear evidence over the next several days. jason smith confessed to strangling the pediatrician in a fit of anger after she complained about his work. his attorney says that should be ignored because his client was interrogated for hours in a sleep deprived state. smith is accused of strangling the doctor inside her center city home in 2013. then he allegedly set up a fire to cover up the crime. dr. ketunuti worked at children's hospital in philadelphia. prosecutors say she begged for her life before being strangled. a police officer hit and killed two people walking on the new jersey turnpike early this morning. the two men were in a car that broke down on the southbound side of the road in washington township. the men were walking on the northbound side of the road when they were hit by a washington township police officer. the accident is under investigation. no charges have been filed. >> all right. we want to show you the live pictures right now from southwest oklahoma. news crews are chasing a severe storm out there. sheena it's quite a scene there out west. >> oh sure is. there's a tornado warning out for that particular storm. so the footage you're seeing is actually from a chopper that is in the air. they do this regularly. so they know how to go around these type of storms. so here is at one point the funnel clone actually reaching the ground. this is a tornado on the ground. it lifted back up pretty quickly. it's hit or miss at this point. you watch it wait for that funnel cloud to touch the ground. and if it stays on the ground long enough that's when we have serious problems. but, of course that's right outside of oklahoma city. and they are watching that very closely. it's still ongoing. that tornado warning is still middle of the country. but locally, we have some light showers around too. nothing severe we don't expect anything like that. around the philadelphia area up towards trenton, some very light showers around even through lehigh valley. you see some scattered light showers in parts of bucks and montgomery county. locally, though in philadelphia looking at liberty one and two, seeing just about overcast skies. so for the remainder of the evening, we'll see passing showers in the forecast. most of these staying on generally the light side. the cloud cover and the rain and the wind direction have held temperatures down 74 in philadelphia and wilmington, mid-60s areas north and west through the lehigh valley. wildwood atlantic city coming in at 66 degrees. 6:00 p.m. 71 degrees, still a chance of a shower still cool outside. 8:00 tonight, be a little cooler about the mid-60s. clouds hang around and 10:00, 60 degrees. another warm-up coming before the weekend gets here and a stroech of warm dry air in the forecast. i'll show you how long that will last. plus your mother's day forecast is coming up. new at 5:00 an ex-eagle fires a shot at his former coach. >> does chip kelly have a problem with african-american players? mccoy suggests, yes, he does. john, everybody's talking about this today. break it down for us. >> yeah basically new bills running back mccoy said he was done talking about the eagles right? not so much. he's back and this time he's intimating a very serious allegation. here is what he is telling espn the magazine. >> see how fast he got rid of all the good players, especially the good black players. he got rid of them the fastest. there's a reason he got rid of all the black players, the good ones like that. that is mccoy. shady says his relationship with chip was never great. now, former eagles offensive lineman was dismissed by chip as a coach after this past season. and he said some players felt there is quote, a hint of racism, end quote with chip. kelly responded to that claim at the nfl owners meetings in march. >> in 2015 -- >> now, this offseason, the majority of players chip kelly has brought in are black. and mccoy is expected to be replaced by demarco murray as the starting running back who is also black. just the facts. i'm john clark, we'll see you at 6:00. >> thank you very much. in the meantime, stumblinging ingto the ground barely able to get to her feet. pushed to her limits. video of the training exercise at a new jersey military base and has a lot of people talking. cydney long explains just ahead. in the meantime oil train explosion. check out this fiery train accident out west. what officials are saying about the crash that has an entire town evacuated. and patco riders your commute may get tricky this summer. how repair work could change your ride and also make things better further down the track. have a look at this now. this is viral video showing a female soldier stumbling during a training exercise. >> she falls to her feet twice but manages to rally her strengths to get back up. now it's raising questions about whether the military training just goes too far. nbc 10's south jersey bureau reporter is live to explain. cydney? >> reporter: well, i can tell you this is one of the most rigorous mental and physical courses the military has to offer. we talked to ft. dix today, ask they told me of the 100 soldiers who signed up and mind you, they're in tiptop training shape, 80 of them dropped out before the finish line. proof captain cud in a class all her own. strengthened and endurance training course sara cud leans on a rifle to get up refusing to give up, even with 35 pounds on her back. >> and i never lost consciousness. i was just very weak. >> her legs turned to jell-o and she couldn't stand up straight any longer. >> i like endurance sports anyway. from my perspective, i don't think i quite reached a limit, but i was close. >> one of the toughest courses in the military but is it too dangerous or extreme? >> i think it's designed to be extreme. >> we shared the video with the college of health and physical sciences. >> does seem a little bit dangerous, though. >> seems extreme in your mind? >> yeah. but she wanted to do it and did it so good for her. >> reporter: and the personal trainer, as a former chiropractor for the philadelphia flyers he knows rigorous versus dangerous when he sees it. >> i saw human willingness to succeed to push themselves beyond what they normally could. >> he says it's what we expect of our nation's best. >> whether we like it or not, this is what we asked them to do for us and expect them to do for us. so these individuals when put in certain situations have to look back at this and say, i know i can do it because i've been there before, i've done something similar. >> and says there was no medical emergency, she did have an iv in the tent nearby following the endurance race. and then later that day, participated in the graduation earning her expert field medical badge. it was a huge accomplishment. live in glassboro, nbc 10 news. a developing story out of the middle east just a short time ago, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's party announced a new government. agreed to a deal to form a new coalition government between the parties. netanyahu will now control just 61 seats in the 120-member parliament. federal investigators are looking into what caused a fiery train accident in north dakota this morning. a train carrying crude oil derailed near the small town of. the community was evacuated, no one was hurt. and just last week we told you about new federal safety regulations for trains carrying crude oil. the new rules are in response to fiery train crashes in the u.s. and canada. federal transportation officials said thousands of older tank cars must be phased out. in their place, new tankers with thick outer shells and thermal linings to keep them from rupturing. a new electronic braking system must also be in place. the new regulations go into effect october 1st. developing in baltimore, investigate the entire police department. that's what the mayor wants the u.s. justice department to do. nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman it's to improve relations between officers and the community. >> the national guard has pulled out and baltimore state of emergency today has lifted. but stephanie rollings blake says the federal government needs to investigate her police department. >> baltimore continues to have a fractured relationship between the police and the community. >> the justice department is already investigating whether freddie gray's rights got violated by any or all of the six cops charged in his death or by others. the new probe would look at the pattern of policing in baltimore. who gets arrested gets treated aggressively. the recent record is disturbing. 100 lawsuits. >> we have now, over the last four or five years paid out $6 million in settlements because of excessive force. >> a federal probe of the ferguson missouri police in march found the pattern of racism. now the feds look at baltimore. >> whatever they find need to do to repair the relationship with the community and have a department that that our citizens deserve. i'm determined to get that done. >> the police in many of their supporters complain cops are being sent out to deal with broken families, bad to grow and they will likely take decades to repair. >> but good policing, most agree, might help. >> the feds will look at thousands of police records and talk to cops and citizens to uncover how baltimore was being policed before the explosion. i'm steve handelsman nbc news, washington. we may be seeing more drones in the skies. the federal aviation administration loosened the rules on drones, again, today. a new drone program called path finder is in the works. it lets a railroad company perform aerial inspections of train tracks. tv news crews will use them over disasters like last week's earthquake in nepal. some farmers will use them to inspect or spray crops. amazon and googling are hoping the experiment works so they can start drone deliveries. it's been a few months since we've heard the phrase deflategate. but it's back. and nfl investigation has found that new england patriots employees likely did deflate footballs. and that quarterback tom brady was, at least, generally aware of the rules violations. the nfl began the investigation after the patriots won the afc championship game in january. and that's when the indianapolis colts complained that several footballs were underinflated. the report released today said league investigators found no evidence that coach bill belichick or team management knew of the practice. listen to this now, a frantic mother was held hostage at knife point. she couldn't call 911. so she ordered pizza. we're not kidding here. it was actually quite brilliant. she used a pizza ordering app to secretly send a message to police. here's how it went down. the woman's boyfriend held her and her three kids hostage in a florida home. apparently, she kept sharpening a large knife in front of them. so the woman used a pizza hut app. she placed an order and included two secret messages. >> the order comes through and edited her ticket. so on the bottom it said hostage help and on the top it said, get 911, help. >> i don't know if i would have thought of it. it was something she did so naturally. the boyfriend never knew about it until he saw us coming around the corner. >> and tonight, the woman's boyfriend is in jail. the mother and her children are safe. >> well much cooler day for us today. but if you liked the 80s they are coming back. 80-degree temperatures will be returning as we go into your weekend. so that's great news. it looks dry as we go into mother's day. i'll show you that forecast too, in a minute. and a dry stretch of weather, really. aside from that we're watching the tropics. there is something brewing over the bahamas right off the east coast of florida. and that will ultimately change our wind direction over the weekend. and that may be giving us slightly cooler temperatures still in the 80s though. here's a live look out at center city overcast skies, and we're still continuing to see passing light showers. nothing very heavy. but don't be surprised if you see one for the rest of the evening. 74 degrees right now in philadelphia. so certainly a much cooler day than yesterday. now, as far as the pollen is concerned, today it is low. this is going to be the lowest for a while. so hopefully you're able to notice it wasn't as high today. tomorrow, it's going to jump up to a 10.2. look what happens friday saturday, sunday. that pollen shoots up there. if you need the allergy medication, you can plan on it for the next several days. temperatures north and west through the lehigh valley in the mid-60s. 70 degrees northeast philly 66 atlantic city wildwood 69 in dover. average high 71 degrees. we're actually a little closer to where we should be today for this time of the year. few light showers around. mainly to the north and west of i-95. so right around hamilton township, 295 in mercer county. moderate showers and light scattered showers through upper bucks county and moving into the lehigh valley around the philadelphia area. so, again, don't be surprised if you see some passing showers. and i also mentioned that area in the tropics we're watching. area of low pressure over the bahamas. it has pretty good circulation here it's slow moving but does have the potential to increase in intensity, which would be our first named storm of the season which would be ana. right now, it's an area of disturbed weather. here's what the models are predicting. and a lot of them have come together in agreement on this. so as we go through time here this area gets a better circulation, possibly becoming our first named storm of the season, maybe even moving into the carolinas, possibly south carolina. a lot of computer models are agreeing on that. now, it's not unusual to have a named storm before june 1st when hurricane season starts but this one may certainly be our first one. what it'll be doing for us locally, though is pulling in an onshore wind. that would mean cooler winds moving in onshore. dropping those weekend high temperatures for a bit but still in the 80s. cooler winds coming in off the water. water, 54 degrees. along the shore saturday and sunday, you can expect it to be a little cooler. inland temperatures will still be in the 80s but the farther inland you go the warmer it should be with the onshore flow because of that system to our south. for tonight, though mostly cloudy chance of early showers passing by 56 for the low in philadelphia 48 degrees north and west. then tomorrow mix of sun and clouds temperatures will be warmer right around 80 degrees. so a nice day tomorrow friday looks good too. mid-80s going into the weekend. we did drop the temperatures a bit because of that developing system to our south. but it still looks dry across the board. 82 trees saturday and sunday, and we stay dry starting next week. >> you're not going to like this now. patco riders should expect more delays over the summer. the reason why, track work on the ben franklin bridge is to blame. here's a live look at patco. what they want to do to finish a two-year $103 million project by november instead of next april. now, in order to do that there'll be even more train delays between july and september. there'll be fewer delayed trains -- daily trains i should say between july 4th and labor day. the schedule will be similar to the one used last year with service every 15 minutes during rush hour. are you tired? well by this time of day, it's understandable. but do you wake up exhausted? if so you're not alone. many of us just aren't getting enough sleep. next, why people in pennsylvania new jersey and delaware actually get less sleep than people in most other states. and what can be done to fix this. be honest with yourself right here. how well you sleeping these days? chances are it's not long enough. >> new research shows people who live in our area actually get less sleep than people in most other states. the average american gets nearly seven hours of sleep per night. that's an hour less than the eight recommended by sleep experts. and 40% of people reported getting less than four hours of restful sleep. now, one possible reason more than half of those surveyed say they use those electronic devices, smartphones, tablets. and they use them in bed. the light from those devices can throw off your sleep rhythms. so here's how our area ranks, compared to other states pennsylvania came in 26th with people getting an average of 6.7 hours of sleep. just under half say they don't think they get enough sleep. and 53% use electronic devices in bed. now, new jersey ranks 32nd. people there get slightly less sleep at 6.6 hours. and more people use electronics in bed. that's 63%. delaware has the lowest ranking in this region at 41. the average sleep is 6.6 hours per night and 71% of people use their phones tablets and other gadgets. it's so easy to do and so tempting with it being right there. but that light will wake you right up and keep you up. >> got to get rid of those devices for sure. trouble getting back on track. >> pennsylvania senators are leading the charge. break up the backlog of disability claims. next. what they say must still be done at philadelphia's v.a. plus this. >> this poppy field is hidden. >> from the jersey shore to the drug cartel's backyard law enforcement's long journey to columbia to battle an epidemic here on the home front. >> i'm ted greenberg, with the lessons they brought back to deploy in the garden state. come on now, you sit there and almost killed another officer, you don't think that the whole world pretty much knows what you've done? >> for seven weeks, his son's killer was on the loose and terrorizing the local community. coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00, the father of trooper brian dixon tells nbc 10 why he's trying to forgive his son's killer. and the special way he remembers trooper dixon every day. a 2-year-old boy is in critical condition, and his 4-year-old brother has a broken leg after a work van hit them right in front of their mother. the accident happened when the woman and three children crossed the middle of broad street in those city's logan section. the two brothers are at st. christopher's hospital. the van driver stayed on scene. police do not expect to file any charges. sky force 10 over a water main break that sent water shooting into the air. take a look at that. this is along ashburn road in montgomery county. the water is now off. ten homes are without water while repairs are completed. a group including two pennsylvania senators is calling for an independent investigation of how the veterans affairs department is handling the backlog of disability claims. >> they also introduced legislation that would overhaul the process. nbc 10's jim rosenfield here with more on today's recommendations. >> in a report released today, the group points to neglected male and manipulation of claim dates as evidence of a potential department wide issue. local senators bob casey and pat toomey are part of the group that released that report. also announced legislation that would require an investigation into all 56 regional officers. the 21st century veterans benefits delivery act would create a system that can withstand surges in disability claims. it would be designed to avoid generating another veterans disability claim backlog. >> the idea that they should come home and have to wait these unbelievably long periods of time to get a simple adjudication of a perfectly legitimate claim is outrageous and it's unacceptable. >> backlog at the philadelphia v.a. is roughly 245 days. a recent report found extensive mismanagement at the facility including neglected male manipulation of dates to make old claims look new and alteration of quality reviews. groups including veterans of foreign wars american legion and veterans endorsed today's report and the legislation. tim rosenfield, nbc 10 news. our streak of presummer weather coming to an end. those temps nowhere to be found today. >> no heavy rain either. we dodged that bullet. sheena parveen has tonight's forecast. what are we looking at sheena? >> well looking at the clouds still sticking around and even some passing showers. don't be surprised if you still see one before the night is over. cooler temperatures today, like jacqueline mentioned. no 80s mostly in the 70s and 60s. live look out at citizens bank park. overcast skies, few showers around too. mostly on the light side. bucks county upper montgomery county, delaware county we're still seeing light showers, even through mercer county. majority of these sitting north and west of the i-95 corridor confined to pennsylvania. and we're still seeing them through much of the lehigh valley. they're fairly light and we'll see passing showers through the rest of the evening tonight and overnight tonight, dealing with the cloud cover. not too much in new jersey or delaware, we are still seeing the overcast skies and the cooler temperatures, 66 right now in allentown, 64 redding, 74 in philadelphia, 73 in millville, we are about 10 degrees cooler today than we were yesterday. and as we go through the evening, still a chance of some passing showers by 6:00 p.m. by 8:00 mid-60s. a little cooler by 10:00, around 60 degrees. if you like the 80-degree temperatures, those will be coming back to the forecast. i'll show you that and the mother's day weekend coming up. one person died when a car and truck collided in gloucester township and the car crashed into a pole that created traffic problems. fire crews had to cut the roof off the car to get the driver out. he later died. four apartments are damaged after a fire this afternoon in chester county. this is monument road. the fire started before 1:00, no one was hurt. the fire marshal is investigating. well some children in south philly are offering hope to other kids almost 1,500 miles away. the fifth annual hoops for haiti at meredith elementary school. the event raises money so children in haiti can go to school. over the years, students have raised $25,000 to send 100 kids to school. got to love that. also, there's this. the highest honor, a civic honor, aptly called the philadelphia award. >> since 1920 it's been given to some 80 people who have served in the best interest of the city. nbc 10 tells us more about this year's winners. >> jacqueline and keith, we have to tell you now, in less than an hour from now, three people will receive the award. kenny gamble comcast founder ralph roberts and his wife actress, tv show host and philanthropist suzanne roberts. recently, we sat down and talked. >> suzanne roberts is awash we motion when asked about the philadelphia award. >> makes me so proud. makes ralph so proud. that we would get that far in life. >> she says the two met in 1937 in a ballroom at the bellevue. >> we met under strange circumstances. >> on stage was an entertainer riding a unicycle and asking for volunteers. >> and i volunteered. >> you volunteered? >> of course. that's the kind of nut i was. >> watching from the audience, a young wharton student ralph roberts. >> four years later, they married, beginning a 73-yearlong loving partnership. he went on to found the communication giant comcast. she became a star of the stage and patron of the arts. >> i love theater. and i think it can do so much to reach people. >> but she believes the family's greatest gift is the roberts proton therapy center at the university of pennsylvania. >> nothing was more exciting to me than the people who came over and said you know you saved my life, and i'll tell you, it makes me want to cry again. >> everywhere you look in the roberts home you see native american art and culture. its roots are in the '60s when the roberts took all five young children on a summer vacation to a navajo vacation. them to see what it is to give back. >> her passion continues recently making news by giving one of the largest private gifts ever to the johns hopkins center for american indian life. >> there's something inside me from maybe an early age that needs to help. we're blessed with wonderful children, grandchildren and our love of our home city. >> of course comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. also being honored tonight is legendary song writer producer and visionary kenny gamble. he's been given the philadelphia award for his work in serving the community. head of international records. nbc 10 news. >> thaurey're so deserving. thank you. preparing for the pope. the pontiff's visit to philadelphia this fall will be quite a security challenge. so what can philadelphia police and other officers expect? we talk to a security expert about what the pope's visit will mean. and tackling a growing drug problem overseas at its source. meet the jersey shore police detective who boarded a plane and headed to colombia. there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. at candidate for a school board seat in montgomery county has come under fire this week for racist internet comments that were posted under his name. scott misus running for a seat on the school board will no longer be supported by the local republican party. montgomery county gop officials dropped support after the comments were discovered online. deemed offensive to race and religion. the comments were linked to a facebook account under the name of scott misus. some of them poked fun at minorities. the republican party said they asked him about the comments and he avoided answering. >> sometimes not answering the question is answering the question. that's how we're taking it. that question was asked of him and there was a little bit of a dance that went on. and we take that as frankly, he did it. >> nbc 10 reached out to the candidate on the phone and at his house. he did not return our request for comment. his name will still appear on the ballot because it is too late to remove him. all right. get this one, the pope visits in september, philly's population could double. that's a challenge for security. talk to an expert about how police are preparing to keep everyone safe. and i'm still tracking passing showers this evening. otherwise, 80-degree temperatures make a return through your weekend. i'll show you that forecast and what it means for mother's day coming up. plus a medical marvel. this man left the pennsylvania hospital today without a human heart. what's keeping him alive and how he plans to celebrate his release. making sure that you know there's a medical emergency, can we get to people? can we get in and out? is there an evacuation plan? should there be any for that sort of thing? >> philadelphia's top cop commissioner charles ramsey spoke exclusively with nbc 10 just yesterday about preparing for the pope. the police commissioner talked about plans to keep everyone safe when pope francis visits philadelphia in september for the world meeting of families. so how does one department plan for an event that as many as 2 million people are expected to attend? >> let's take that question to a security expert. four months away from the pope's visit. matthew horace joins us live. an extensive background in security. the chief security officer at fjc security services. it's a company that focuses on prevention and protection. horace is a former federal agent at age 25. he also has national security experience. let's start right here. this is going to be huge in september. what kind of security presence should we expect in philly? >> well this is going to be an event of monumental proportion. nothing like the city of philadelphia has seen for quite some time. i think you can expect to see several things. one, the military will be integral in the planning and execution of the security plan. three, there'll be people brought in from all over the east coast, all over the region to help support this. 2 million people in a public space presents challenges for law enforcement. >> we know this is the people's pope, as we can see from that video. he will be very hands on with the public. he will mingle could be unpredictable. how much more difficult is it when there's that close interaction and what delphia police department is very experienced at handling parades, details, protests. this is a hands on pope. he's made that very clear throughout his visits around the world. but the secret service the u.s. department of state, the fbi, the atf, the u.s. marshals all the federal law enforcement agencies will be brought in and mobilized to support this visit. >> let's talk about the protest now. last week of course saw the large crowds march through the streets of philadelphia. how would you say police handled that situation? >> well the philadelphia police did an outstanding job. now, keep in mind they had a day and a half to two days to prepare for it. baltimore was taken totally off guard both at the mayor's level and the police level. philadelphia police is very experienced at handling large crowds. with that said, 2 million people are a lot of people. and the philadelphia police their collaborative partners at the federal level, the military they're working right now, and they will be working up until the time of the event to ensure that the pope comes in and out of philadelphia without incident. >> i know they're hoping to anticipate every scenario possible, even sending officers to rome and to the vatican to fully prepare. security effort matthew horace, thank you for joining us. count on nbc 10 to bring you the latest. get updates delivered to your smartphone or tablet with the nbc 10 news app. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders wants to break up the nation's largest banks. today, he and california congressman brad sherman introduced legislation called the too big to fail too big to exist act. because breaking up big banks will safeguard the economy and prevent another taxpayer bailout. if passed these institutions would no longer be eligible for a taxpayer bailout for the federal reserve. >> no single financial institution should have holding so expensive that the value would send the world economy into crisis. >> the list would include bank of america, citigroup, jpmorgan chase and wells fargo. >> a cooler day for us with cloud cover, and our winds giving us cooler temperatures too. but the 80-degree temperatures will be returning after about tomorrow. we'll still be in the upper 70s. dry as we go through your mother's day weekend. anything you want to do this weekend, we have tweaked the weekend temperatures though because of something we're watching in the tropics developing around the bahamas. that may be influencing our wind direction over the weekend. now, for today, we only got to 77 degrees, so we're close to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. average high 71. tomorrow, we'll be in the upper 70s. but then by friday, we jump into the mid-80s again, and over the weekend, we should be right around the low 80s. temperatures north and west through the lehigh valley. mid-70s, philadelphia right now. 66 degrees in trenton, 74 wilmington, 73 millville, 69 in dover. so you certainly notice the cooler air today, but that is going to start to change as we go into the next couple of days. we still do have a few passing showers, these are on the lighter side across burlington county. very light scattered showers in parts of bucks and montgomery county, as well. even around the philadelphia area, moving into parts of gloucester county. these are light, nothing heavy, and we'll continue to expect those as we go through the evening. now we look over the bahamas, we're seeing an area of low pressure. it's getting a little better organized, but it is fairly slow to develop. it's a slow mover, too. but models have been pretty strong in agreement that this is going to possibly develop into our first named storm of the season. hurricane season doesn't start until june 1st. it's not unusual to have a named storm before the season starts. here's what it looks like on future weather. there you see it's slowly moving up toward the carolinas. the spin on this is expected to get better. you'll notice it looks a little bit more like a tropical storm. at that point, it would be named ana. locally, we don't expect the rain from this. looks like it should be hitting the carolinas. but it will be influencing our wind flow come this weekend. and onshore wind means cooler temperatures. ocean water is 54 degrees right now. so the wind coming over the ocean. that's going to give us cooler temperatures along the shore. and inland not as warm as we originally thought because of that system in the tropics. but the farther inland that's where you'll find the warmer temperatures as we go across the weekend. still expecting the 80s, though. chance of early showers passing by. 56 for the low in philadelphia. 48 degrees north and west. then tomorrow mix of sun and clouds. 76 to 80 degrees and we expect those passing showers like we saw today. and friday we jump into the mid-80s. it'll be warm to end out the week. saturday and sunday low 80s now because of that onshore wind and we do expect to stay warm even going into next week. but looks really nice so far, for your mother's day weekend. >> all right, thank you very much. >> check this out. in delaware a horse stuck deep in mud is back on his feet today. kentucky was buried up to his nose after running in a stream in kent county saturday. take a look. a team of about 60 people helped clayton volunteer firefighters dig kentucky out and pull him up to safety. we're told kentucky's doing surprisingly well today. some cuts and a lot of mud still in his tail. >> a large team effort. turning now to something that is a huge issue at the jersey shore. heroin overdoses, they are reaching epidemic levels. >> officers are so concerned about it they're traveling overseas. next, the field trip it takes officers right to the source of the illegal drugs. then coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00 philadelphia announces its plan to crack down on vacant businesses. but what about vacant homes threatening neighborhood safety?tm tracking down officials for answers. new at 5:00 the battle against our region's heroin epidemic took a group of new jersey law enforcers on an eye-opening journey to south america. >> they went to the source to bring back new skills to fight the drug trade here at home. ted greenberg with the story. >> they are easily concealed by the vast and mountainous colombian country side but glenn miller says when he walked into a field of poppy plants, he saw death. >> when i look at that little pink flower i knew someone was going to die because of that plant. >> the chief of detectives showed us these images he captured last month on a dea sponsored trip to bogota and beyond. >> this poppy field was hidden in the middle of pastures. >> there he and other members of law enforcement from new jersey fighting regional opiate epidemic got a firsthand look how the national police of colombia cultivate and share intelligence in their battle against the heroin trade. >> this is where you go to see how it should be done. they've learned from their cocaine business on how to handle eradication. >> this is the source. and we need to learn from the source and we need to see how it's being transported into our country, and how it's being transported into our county. >> miller won't go into detail. but tells me some of the intelligence skills he picks up in colombia will be put to use here involving federal, state, local authorities possibly by the end of the summer. >> it'll be an information sharing operation that we haven't done here in ocean county in any coordinated fashion. we're going to try to fix that. >> strengthened relationships between law enforcement agencies in new jersey. in far away fields to help battle havoc at home. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, a father's loss. >> and i always tell him dad loves you. >> for the first time we're hearing from the father of brian dixon for seven weeks, his son's killer was on the loose and terrorizing a local community. coming up, why he's trying to forgive eric frien. two children hit by a van in the middle of a philadelphia street. more on the mother's desperate attempt to save her sons. and then a geyser of water burst through a neighborhood street. how it happened and what's being done to clean it up. next on nbc 10 news at 6:00. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours. for the first time the father of a murdered pennsylvania state trooper talks with nbc 10 about the loss of his son. corporal brian dixon was gunned down outside the bluming grove barracks back in september. >> now he's behind bars and awaiting trial. over the weekend, dixon's mother said she has forgiven frein. >> but his father is still struggling with that. and doug shimell found out, both parents want frein to face the ultimate form of punishment. >> how easy was it for you to forgive him? >> i'm still working on it. >> corporal brian dixon's father father -- >> we wanted to let people know people want to back you have a little bit and look at the big picture. >> he is charged with the sniper slaying of corporal dixon and the wounding of alex douglas last september that triggered a 7-week man hunt. >> i don't dwell on eric frein. because all it does is cause anger and resentment. he says moving the trial is pointless. >> you sit there and assassinated our son and almost killed another officer you don't think that the whole world pretty much knows what you've done? >> and when they met with governor tom wolf monday. >> he said that ain't going to happen. he said well then you understand, i had to ask because i'm his mother. >> to quell the hurt
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carry a $200 fine and up to five days in jail. the bill cleared a delaware legislative panel today and now heads tore a vote on the house floor. roadwork will close parts of interstate 95 over the next few days. this is a live look in169 newcastle county from a traffic camera. crews will close the northbound lanes at concord pike to repave starting tomorrow night. they'll reopen at 5:00 a.m. the same thing happens friday through monday. for more information, log on to nbc10.com. sky force ten was over tenth street and concord avenue around 2:30 this afternoon. it's about four blocks from chester high. officials say the 16-year-old left school early on his own. >> he has not been cooperative. but there are witnesses and the detectives are looking for $) witnesses at this time. >> police put both chester high school and stem high school on lockdoí89eju an hour because of the shooting. an extreme training exercise on a military base in our area has people talking tonight. a soldier was pushed to her limits as she struggled to finish the challenge of a lifetime. take a look. >> come on. get up. >> this video has gone viral. it shows bn army captain sara cudd falling several times with heavy gear on her back. this was the end of a 12-mile ten-day rigorous training course at mcguire dix lakehurst in burlington county last week. some are now asking is this an example of inspiring determination or was she pushed too far. by phone today, the captain said her legs simply turned to jell-o. >> i never lost consciousness. i was just very weak. i liken durns sports anyway. for my perspective, i don't think i reached the limit but i was very close. >> the captain did eventually finish as her fellow soldiers cheered her on. she earned the elite expert field medical badge. looks like it was well-deserved. >> clearly. he spoke his very first words at 4 1/2 years old. at the age of 10kñg he changed a south philadelphia community. >> a local boy is getting international attention for his hand-drawn t-shirts. keith jones introduces us to the dragon master. >> e. i didn't know he would shine this bright. >> he was diagnosed with autism at age 5. in this family erks a superhero. >> what you doing now? >> i'm drawing the body. >> they call him the dragon master. reborn last month during a trip to the park when neighborhood kids made fun of him. >> they hit him. so he had a rough couple days because he came home and wanted to know why they didn't like him, why he couldn't be like the other kids. let's make some shirts. >> lisa innocently posted a picture of his shirt on facebook. >> the next day, nine people wanted to buy them. nine turned into 50 and 50 turned into 100. now we're over 1,000. >> one to italy, two to ireland. seattle, venice california. >> his dad says they keep selling. just $5 apiece with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the center for autism. >> my whole life? >> how many dragons have you drawn? >> 5,000. >> 5,000. whoa. >> now the kids want to play with san continue owe and the city is giving back. free white tees markers and donations. >> how do you thank them? what kind of words do you use? i don't know how. >> one parent said to me the other day, i just pray my son finds his dragon. that's what we wish for all these kids. they all have it inside of them. >> keith jones, nbc 10 news. love that. >> what a beautiful to see the support. >> what a great artist he is too. i want one. >> he's excellent. i think we'll take three. all of us. great weather for t-shirts. >> i was going to say, we all need t-shirts and be able to wear them over the weekend just in time. we have seen a cooler day today. temperatures in the 70s. if we go to the end of the week we'll be back in the 80s. if you like the 80s, thought today was too cool the 80s will be returning as we go into your weekend. so far, your mother's day will be dry. the weekend doesn't look too bad. we did squeak some of the temperatures. we lowered them because of something in the tropics over the bahamas. that may be affecting our temperatures locally. i'll talk about that in a second. today we got to 77 degrees. tomorrow around 78. average high is "f still staying above normal. by friday, 84. going into the weekend, we'll stay in low 80s now. pollen levels were low today. hopefully, you noticed that. as we go into tomorrow friday saturday sunday the levels keep on rising. the pollen is going to get much higher over the weekend. locally, we're pretty much dry. we're dealing with a few light passing showers. the remainder of tonight though, we'll be staying dry. there's that area of low pressure i told you about over the bahamas. it's moved to the north. there you see heavier rain off the coast of north and south carolina. we'll be watching this very closely. here's what it looks like so far, though. if ite6]= becomes the first named storm, it will be ana. we'll be watching it closely for development. there's a pretty good area of circulation. going into friday and now saturday it's fairly slow to be moving up the carolina coastline. there you see it. north and south carolina, pretty much in the path of this thing. locally, we don't expect it to move up into our area. we do expect it to give us an on-shore wind. this would, in a sense, cool our temperatures down from what we had a couple days ago. water temperatures 54 degrees. but because of that system now developing along the shore it will be cooler farther inland. in the 80s but that's as warm as you get. closer to the shore cooler with that wind now developing. for cloudy cool, 56. then tomorrow mix of sun and clouds. a warm day. 76 to 80 degrees. we go into friday, in the 80s again. 84 degrees. sunny warm to end out the week. the weekend looks good. low 80s. we threw in more cloud cover because of(#ó+q that change in wind direction because of that tropical system. lowered the temperatures because of the on-shore wind. we stay in the mid-80s into next week. john. >> lesean mccoy takes another shot at chip kelly. a cheap shot. ryan howard has his average up above .200 finally. we'll show you what he did tonight, that's next. there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. e eagles all-time leading rusher lesean mccoy won't talk about the birds anymore. one more cutback move. shady is back making strong allegations about chip kelly to espn mag zeechblt he says "you see how fast he got rid of the good players, especially all the good black players. he got rid of them the fastest. there's the truth. there's a reason." lesean says his relationship with chip was never good. the eagles did not react to the comments, but the majority of players that chip has brought in this off season they are black. the nfl should decide in a few days whether to punish tom brady and two patriots employees. yes, the deflategate report is out. it concludes that a patriot locker room attendant and equipment assistant more likely than not deliberately deflated footballs in the afc championship game you're seeing here. the report concludes it's more probable than not tom brady was at least generally aware of what those pats employees were doing. chase utley sitting out a second straight night for the phyllis. ryne sandberg says it's a mental break for chase. should be in the lineup friday night. the phillies are facing harvey. freddie freeman killing the phillies this series. brings home two with the double. six in the series. williams giving up six riens. ryan howard takes us back to the good times. his 50th career homer against the braves. ryan with three more hits. 6 for 12 the last three games. his average is above .200. two on for herrera. phillies lose 7-5 and lose the series in atlanta. tough break for carlos alonzo, the brother of eagles linebacker kick owe alonzo. he tears his knee like kiko did. tough for the family. lightning, canadiens, the horn goes off. johnson beats the buzzer in the third period to break the tie. wins the game for the lightning 2-1. kind lightning up 3-0. flyers fans, you like this. the rangers lose to the caps. the rangers are down in their series. we're right back. a big honor tonight for three famous philadelphia ans. suzanne and ralph roberts and kenny gamble were given the philadelphia award at the national constitution center. ralph roberts is the founder of comcast, the parent company of nbc 10. his wife is actress, suzanne roberts. kenny gamble is the head of philadelphia international records along with partner lee on huff. it's the city's highest civic honor and so well-deserved. congratulations. big congratulations to them. sheena, what's on tap in the morning? >> the morning will be pretty nice. i don't think we'll have showers. a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures in the mid-50 raze and in the upper 70s. 80s return through the weekend. >> i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. 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