Right. Another rough day here as you have described today. First graders from sandy hook elementary gathering to bury two more of their classmates while students at other schools here went back to class for the First Time Since the tragedy. The pain of saying goodbye has become a part of every day now in newtown. This grieving community buried two more first graders today. Jessica rekos loved horses and asked santa for cow girl boots and a hat for christmas. A first born, she liked to plan and organize so much her family called her their ceo. James mattioli, nicknamed jay, loved sports on his ipad. Early riser. He usually ended the day cuddled up on the couch next to his mom. There are so many here holding one another tight right now unable to sthak the horror. For jean ro. They kept saying that one of the boys said he had a big gun and a little gun. I i i could not fathom what they were talking about. Reporter he found the boys huddled in his yard after they ran past the gunman to escape. They were very upset. And i the two boys just start talking. Hi no idea what happened. They said, we cant go back to the school. We cant we cant go back to the school because our teacher is gone. Reporter students in newtown did go back to school today except for those from sandy hook elementary. Every campus opened with extra security and grief counselors on hand. Parents, like rebecca, whose 7yearold wrestled with one of jake pinto, says it is tough but it is time. I dont think you are ever ready to send your child back to school after Something Like this happens. Reporter most here understand normal means something very different now. What can really be normal when you are talking about burying 6 and 7yearold kids here . Tomorrow victoria soto, one of the teachers that gave her life protecting her students will be the first adult laid to rest. Jim, pat, back to you. What do we know about when or where the students from sandy hook will go back to class . Reporter we know where for sure. They will all go to a school in monroe which is just six, seven miles from here. Some of the furniture from the unaffected classrooms at sandy hook elementary has been moved to that facility to prepare for them when they do show up. When is a much more difficult question. And right now, the district will only say that is a work in progress. They are consulting with child psychologists. They are consulting with families of the survivors and say they are not going to press this but whatt is right they think it is important that these kids are back and that they are back together. All right. Nbcs jay gray. Jay, thanks so much. Maryland governor omalley hopes to take action to help prevent Mass Shootings like the one at sandy hook elementary. Omalley says he believes everyone has been changed by th introduce new legislation. The details havent been worked out yet but governor omalley says could it focus on laws related to assault weapons, Mental Health, and school safety. Stay with news4 and nbcwashington. Com for continuing coverage of the tragedy at sandy hook. The impact that the shootings are having across the country and here in our area. At 4 30 we will discuss the nations Mental Health crisis and what is stopping many Vulnerable People from getting the help they need. Now the story of a journalists ordeal that nearly ended in tragedy for our network. Nbc nbc news corporate den Richard Engel is speaking for the First Time Since syrian kidnappers released him and his Production Team. Bullets were flying as they made their escape overght in the middle of a fire fight along the northwestern boarder with turkey. This started last thursday when the news team crossed into syria from turkey. Engel says at least a dozen gunmen jumped out of the reese and captured them. Engel believes the kidnappers were part of syrian president al assads regime which has been struggling to stay in power in the face of a rebel uprising twins 2011. Engel described what happened after the ambush. Reporter they kept us blindfolded, bound, we werent physically beaten orator toured. It was lot of psychological torture, threats of being killed, the kidnappers saw this checkpoint, started a gunfight and two of the kidnappers were killed. We climbed out of the vehicle and the rebels took us. My family, my brother, my parents, my wife. When we were preede yesterday, rescued by the rebels, one of the happiest moments of my life. Nbc news says it had no contact with the news team during that ordeal and no contact with the kidnappers. Andrea mitchell will join us with more on this and more on the dangers that correspondents face in the middle east coming up on news4 at 5 00. We are following a developing story now. The accused slasher is being extradited to the u. S. From peru. He attacked several young women at Shopping Malls in fairfax with a boxcutter. He was arrested near a Shopping Mall in peru in january. Since then the u. S. Fought to have him returned here. None of the victims were seriously hurt. 13 days to go now million the fiscal cliff deadline and will is new progress to report today. President obama and House Speaker john boehner now agree on a tax hike for the very rich. Theres a but. Steve had an dels smndelsman sa not on agreement on who constitute it is very rich. Thats right. Thats the hangup. The original obama plan to tax raise the tax rates on all americans making 250,000 or more a year, thats gone. Now the hangup is which americans would it be . Those making a Million Dollars or more a year or a far larger group making 400,000 . What do between want . Reporter protesters came to the capitol demanding republicans agree the tax hikes on the top 2 of americans. The original obama plan that he campaigned on. But Speaker John Boehner is pushing a new compromise to these calling plan b. Taxes on the wealthiest 1 would go back to the clinton era rate of almost 40 on mcover over million. Our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a Million Dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. Reporter but president obama says not good enough. His new proposal is to hike taxes on earnings over 400,000 and cut spending an additional 1. 2 trillion. The white house says boehner ought to buy that. It seems like folly to walk away from that opportunity because you dont want to ask somebody making 995,000 a year to pay a dime more in income taxes. Reporter briefed by boehner at the capitol, some republicans said the speaker is going too far. Agreeing to raise tax rates on anyone. I hate it. I hate it. Once you have once you cross that line and say, like, some people, it is okay for some peoples tax tows go up, i think it is i think it is a mistake important the republican party. Reporter most republicans realize the top rate will rise. Period. But beyond that, i tell you, we just got to get more cuts. Reporter democrats say just got to get tax hikes on more of the rich. The deal avoid the fiscal cliff can still get spoiled by the disagreements over taxes and spending. Im steve handelsman, news4, live from capitol hill. The president ial inaugural committee announced details about the National Prayer service. Lit take place on tuesday, january 22. The day after president obamas inauguration. The Prayer Service will start at 10 30 in the morning at the national cathedral. It is a tradition that dates tall way back to george washington. The religious leaders from around the country are expected to participate. Attendance at that time Prayer Service is by invitation only. It will also be streamed online. Get ready for a big boom during the Holiday Travel rush. More than 2 Million People in the Washington Area plan to travel. Aaa tells us that more than 90 of them plan to drive. Thats a good reason to consider when you are leaving and when you will return if you a one of them. If the projections are true, that will be the highest volume of travel in the past ten years. The survey considers the holiday raffle period to last between december 22 to january 1. Taking a live look outside right now. Good day to travel by air. Lots of sunshine and blue skies but dont expect it to last, folks. Yes. Lets head to storm team 4 chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer to find out whats next. We told you we got a lot to talk about thisweek. Yesterday was the clouds, fog, shower activity. Today it is the very warm temperatures and the wind. Wind gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour. But the temperatures are upwards of 60 degrees. A little earlier right now 55 degrees at the airport. Winds out of the westnorthwest at 20 miles an hour with the gusts at 25. Take a look at the numbers around the region. 40s back to the west. 47 in martinsburg. 46 in winchester. Still 60 towards fredericksburg. Temperature of 59 degrees. We do have the cooler air starting to move in. You can see on the sat light and radar, you probably saw shower or two around your area. We did see a shower move through a little bit earlier but thats really it. Now that you are seeing partly cloudy skies and thats what we will see important the rest of the evening. Lou your night tonight lets head down in towards georgetown and thinking about getting out and doing Walking Around jrnlg town. Not a bad night to do it. I think your temperature around 50 degrees at 7 00. 47 by 11 00. Not too cold. Just breezy and waking up to a very mild temperature of 40 tomorrow. Once again, above average tomorrow. But bottom will drop out. I will show you when coming up in my forecast. The mistress of general David Petraeus wont pace any federal cyber stalking charges. The Justice Department said it is dropping an investigation into whether Paula Broadwell stalked another woman online. She was the official biographer of David Petraeus. Weeks ago found herself at the center of a national scandal. It was broadwell who allegely sent harassing emails to tampa socialite jill kelley. The fbi started a cyber stalking probe that traced the emails back to broad well and led to the admission of an affair with former cia director David Petraeus. Still to be determined why broadwell had classified information on her computer. Law enforcement Officials Say it is unlikely she will Face Criminal Charges over that issue either. Petraeus stepped down as cia director early last month. He has denied giving broadwell any classified documents. Live in the newsroom, keith russell, news4. When we come back on news4 at 4 00, a man in a wheelchair plummets off the side after subway platform. What had ans next is an amazing story. Is celebrity inspiration for holiday parties. We will tell you how to look like a hollywood fashionista without breaking the bank. This girl is on fire this girl is on fire did alicia keys steal part of her hit . We will let you hear the similarities to a classic song so you can decide for yourself. One of the most popular families from reality tv is out with their annual holiday photo. Nick snapped this one of the kardashian clan. This year kim, khloe, couand th rest of the gang decided on all white. They cheated a bit. Khloe admitted some of them had to be photo shopped in because of scheduling conflicts. If you like you can look like Kim Kardashian at holiday parties this year. Whether your budget allows to you splurge or forces to you hunt for a bargain. Nbcs mike wilbur shows us red carpet looks that dont break the bank. If you are going to a christmas party, like sparkle it up. Wear whatever you want. It is fun. Reporter we are showing you four star worthy dresses you can wear to any holiday bash and they are automatic under 75 bucks. Heres some celebrity looks you can glam up in and have money leftover for this thrifty december line we have a sequin number from Burlington Coat factory. It is 29. 99. I paired it with a blazer and some little booties. To make algts bit a little bit more. Reporter style expert lindsey shows a more affordable option. It is 63. Keep it simple like i have done here. We just did a nice simple earring. And then some cuffs and a sleek, sexy shoe. White is perfect for the holidays because it is crisp and bright without having to actually wear a bold color. This is by Foreign Exchange and it is 42. My biggest tip is that you make sure that your undergarments are nude. Reporter metallic is also a hot holiday look. Here we have a dress thats 49. Reporter also add a pop of color. Mike wilbur, nbc news. Heres a final tip from Fashion Designer michael coors. He says you can trade in your little black dress for holiday parties and replace that with a little red dress. He says to pair the dress with accessories that are not red in order to keep your look chic. She is a girl on fire but singer songwriter alicia keys is now under some legal fire over her hit single. Nobody knows it is a lonely world those lyrics you just heard in keys song are the basis of a new Copyright Infringement lawsuit against her and sony. Songwriter earl schuman claims part of the song sounds way too similar to a composition he wrote which became the hit song hey there lonely girl back in the 70s. Take a listen. Hey there lonely girl lonely girl schuman claims keys used his music as an uncredited sample. But there are questions online about how far the lawsuit can go. According to the Hollywood Reporter the suits main argument is that a music blogger noticed the similarities between the songs. All right. We like them both. A strain to hear that. Strain, strain. Interesting. Very inniteresting to us. The weather is interesting for december. Amazing. Yesterdays record High Temperature in the low 60s. Today i looked it up. We are at 61 at noon. Todays record high is actually 74. We are nowhere near record but it is warm out there. It was really simply gorgeous across the region. The winds did come in, winds gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour. We did see a couple of light showers as they made their way in and around the metro region but those showers have since moved off towards the east and now we are just seeing the cooler air start to move in. Notice i said cooler and not colder. That will move in later this week. Out there now current temperature, 55 degrees. Winds out of the west at 20 miles an hour. Locking at partly cloudy skies. Not the rain that we are looking at just about two hours ago. 50 degrees in leesburg. 45 in winchester. 43 in cumberland. Thats where the colder air is. Still near 60 in fredericksburg. Our numbers will be going down oar the next couple of hours as they normally would this time of evening. They will go down a little bit quicker. Temperatures tonight, though, wont be all that cold. Look at the wind gusts. Upwards of 25. 26 in gaithersburg. 30 back towards hagerstown and 24 in winchester. We have seen gusts over 30 throughout the afternoon. Those will come down a little bit throughout the rest of the evening. We will continue to see rather breezy conditions. As far as the vein concerned no rain. Once again we did see a few showers that moved on through. Those have since moved on and at months fear starting to dry out just a little bit. As we lose that daytime heating. Here are those showers. Right there. See them. Over towards the atlantic and move through very, very quickly. You can also see the clouds moving on lou here. We have a lot of clouds back towards the west. As a matter of fact, we are going to see some snow. Not for our region. We are talking about back towards garrett county, maryland. That area under a winter storm watch. For us rather breezy and mild. Thats what we saw out there today. Tomorrow the whole system moves off. Breeze kind of calms down here. We stay on the mild side tomorrow with plenty of sunshine. Tomorrow, your wednesday, nice day. I think tomorrow will be the last nice day that i see for at least the next week to maybe would weeks because then we will start getting on the colder side. By thursday we will start to he the next system move in. By friday, thursday afternoon we will see plenty of cloud cover. Temperatures will be a little bit cooler but still not cold by any means. Still well above average on thursday. The cold air moves in on friday. And, boy, is friday going to be cold. Talking about wind chills in the 30s all day long. This evening, few clouds, breezy, mild. Turning cooler but not cold. As you move on through the next couple of days, this is what you can expect. 51 degrees on your thursday. Late rain into overnight thursday, 44 on friday. 44 on saturday. Wind chills in the 30s both days. Still cool as we head into next week. Next possible storm comes in next tuesday. Temperatures around 48 degrees. We go from the 50s to the 40s. And looks like we stay there, guy. All right. Thank you, doug. Still ahead, big changes to the rules of the road. Why d. C. Drivers are putting the pedal to the metal. Tonight is the night a star will be born. Who is the favorite to win coming up a 13yearold girl gets her christmas wash. We will tell you about the unprecedented change she helped in just a few hours, we will find out who america has picked to be this seasons winner of nbcs hit show the voice. The three finalists all perfect formed last night and all of them asked for americas vote. Former contestants also took to the stage to pay tribute to the victims of the Connecticut School tragedy. Nbcs Stephanie Stanton is live in l. A. Right now with a preview of tonights big twohour season finale. Stephanie . Reporter yes, indeed. Yesterday the show started on an emotional somber note with that tribute to the connecticut shooting victims. Well, tonight, in just a few hours, we will learn the winner of voice. It all comes down to these three finalists. The rocker, the soul man, and the pop count