District. Its put the National Spotlight on a neighborhood pizzeria in northwest d. C. The man accused of firing shots is in court right now. Lets get the update from Scott Macfarlane at the live desk. Good afternoon, Edgar Madison is facing a slew of new charges. The 28yearold from north restaurant yesterday afternoon on kmth avenue with a handgun and ar15 and fired multiple shots. Nobody was injured and after drawing a heavy Police Presence officers arrestedwell wefl outside on the street. Its drawn National Attention for the gunmans motive. He had gone to investigate the pizza gate conspiracy. Hillary clinton and ties to child sex crimes. Mark segraves is in court now waiting for the appearance. Well have more after the hearing coming up on news 4. Thank you, scott. Outrage over the shooting has reached capitol hill. This morning on twitter Eleanor Holmes norton wrote that the district, quote, stands with comet pingpong and all must condemn this Conspiracy Theory and others that threate as scott mentioned, the suspect cited the fake pizzagate conspiracy for his trip to comet. Wikileaks published hacked emails in the days e leading up to the election. Users on the message board noted one e email requesting a a fundraiser at comet. That started speculation that the pizzeria was part of a child even though others debunked the claim pointing out that nobody cited credible sources in talking about the alleged ring. Meagan fitzgerald is taking a closer look at this new fake news phenomenon and how the stories spread. Thats coming up in our next hour. As the president elect tries to piece together his new administration, new names are emerging this afternoon and one comes as a bit of a shock. Dona and urban development. This is coming a week after he said he wasnt interested in a cabinet job. Trump says carson is not only brilliant but passionate about strengthening families and communities, but maryland representative Elijah Cummings makes it clear trump has no interest in protecting from wall street abuses. The a congressman from he praised trump and said its a terrific signal to china that the u. S. Will no longer be a pushover and there will be consequences for its agreasive actions. A e recount of president ial votes is underway this afternoon in michigan after a federal judge ordered it. Republicans and state officials argued against the recount because taxpayers might have to pay for part of it and theres no evidence of any it problems. The judge apounted by president obama ordered the immediate time is important. These votes are important and its important that a miscount or a dismissal of votes in the communities of color not be contributing to an erroneous outcome. Former Green Party Candidate jill stein is is also seeking an emergency federal court order pennsylvania. Were getting word this afternoon the mayor of d. C. Is heading to trump tower to meet with the president elect. She will speak with trump about common interests like rebuilding infrastructure. May u your bowser would like to discuss population growth, falling Unemployment Rate and schools. Now to deadly warehouse fire in oakland. The death toll stands at 36 70 of the building has been searched and theres still concern even more rerains may be found. Investigators temporarily stopped searching the ruins saying it isnt safe for first responders. The fire broke out friday night during a party au tended by nearly 100 people. We want to do a very thorough investigation, whichever direction that takes us. Whether its criminal or remains right now as an investigation. Investigators believe they stay tuned to news 4 for a live report with the latest from oakland in 30 minutes. President obama is expressing sympathies for the residents of oakland. In a a statement, he thanked first responders. The president said oakland is one of the most diverse and Creative Cities in our country. And as families and residents, he asked them to pull together in the wake of this awful tragedy. He says they will have the unri we got to turn to storm team 4. Tomorrow is going to be a weather alert day. Whats coming our way . Its rain, but its not just rain. Its a cold rain. I like to call it the worst possible weather. I hate cold rain. Nothing to show right now. Were dry. But just out to the south and well see you back here. In Northern Virginia a sense of deep loss this afternoon in the delray neighborhood where a popular restaurant manager has died. The victim was hit by an suv last week as she walked home from work. Julie carey watched Security Camera video today that shows reporter rose cruise could see her house from this busy intersection. The mother of two young girls had just stepped into that it crosswalk last thursday it evening when a car turning right struck her running over her. The Security Camera video of the accident is too graphic to show you. But loved ones say they are not surprised. It reveals rose cruise was doing everything right. Waiting until it was her turn the owner of the restaurant is raising money to help her family through tragedy. Thats what we can do for her now. Raise money for the kids and this family and the father also works in the restaurant business. So hes going to have a tough time working at night and having the two young girls at home. So were going to support them well hear from it her husband about the message he hope this is terrible accident will send to others. In alexandria, julie carey, news 4. A local woman has been in jail for months now thousands of miles from home. Why she and her family finally have new look. A train flips right off the tracks, but its what the train was carrying thats getting a lot of attention. Those holiday decorations sure first at 4 00, new hope for a local mother jailed overseas. Fan ta is a naturalized citizen from frederick, maryland. Shes been locked up since april. A hearing will determine whether she gets her passport back. A train derailed in South Carolina carrying 100 brand new bmws. It happened yesterday afternoon. They are still not sure why two locomotives and ten train cars were damaged. 97 bmws destroyed. There were no reports of injuries. Crews were busy removing some of the busy cars from the tracks. Theyd have to do that before they can get in there and do the still under investigation. The train was headed to charleston from a plant. The new casino doesnt open for another few day, i should take a closer look at geico. Geico has a long history of great savings and great service. Over seventyfive years. Wait. Seventyfive years . That is great. Speaking of great, check out these hot riffs. You like smash mouth . Uh, yeah i have an early day tomorrow so. Wait. Almost there. Goodnight, bruce. Gotta tune the a. humming take a closer look at geico. First at 4 00, its been years with political fights, deals and millions of dollars spent. Coming to our area. Were three days away from the grand opening of the new Mgm National Harbor resort. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief has been covering its progress tr years. Now she joins us from inside. Reporter today e we got an inside look at Mgm National Harbor. Were standing inside the atrium here. Above us is the 24story hotel. Today we had an opportunity to check out whats happening in the atrium area including all of casino. Take a look at how magnificent the inside of this building is. This looks a lot like the bloj owe in las vegas. Thats the inspiration of how its styled. Right now were seeing Christmas Decorations here, but my understanding is this is in a constant rotation daily and seasonally to change the inside of this place up. For the gamblers, were interested in whats inside. Theres also a high roller room, a little club area there as well. We checked out the restaurants that it they have here. And a lot of high end restaurants. But something for every price point here. The opening day will be this thursday at 11 00 p. M. The garage opens at 10 30 p. M. Coming up at 5 00, we take a look at what we can expect for opening day. Im tracee we want you to weigh in. Do you plan to take a trip to the new casino . Its our flash survey today. So here are the results so far. You can weigh in and track the results over on the nbc washington facebook page. One of washingtons favorite families is back in the public eye. The national zoo has reopened the panda house. They had to close it because its prized cub needed emergency surgery. Blocking his intense tin. Hes covering well and the panda house is back open from 9 00 to 4 00. You can always open the nbc washington app and search panda. We posted pictures going all the way back to his birth. Glad hes feeling better. Turning now to the weather. Doug, how are we going to be feeling . Tomorrow youll be feeling wet and chilly and later this week youre going to be feeg tonight and into tomorrow, its just cold. We wont call it arctic just yet. Not a bad day. Really a great day to start off our workweek. We have seen some sunshine today. A few clouds making their way in here. You can see a lot of sun downtown shining off the nice sign looking over 395. As e we move towards the rest of the afternoon, were going to cool as the sun goes down. A 55 degrees and winds out of the north at 7 miles per hour. Are, 40s back to the west. 55 in manassas. So not bad. As a matter of fact, 5 to 6 degrees above average across the e region. That all comes to an end starting tomorrow. We get much colder tomorrow as a result of the cloud cover. No rain now. The radar tracking the rain down to our south and west. You can see that rain heavy at times to alabama, florida panhandle, atlanta, severe thunderstorm watches in t that storm moves our way. Were not going to see any e severe weather. Well pick up a a good amount of rain. Starting at 5 00, not bad this evening. Tomorrow mornings rush through 8 00 may be okay. Now i still think were going to see rain around that 8 00 hour. And by noon ask it will be a rainy afternoon well to the west here. We have a mix and western portions of maryland and west virginia. Even tomorrow around 5 00, we still see the rain coming on through here. Even around 8 00 still seeing some rain. This is an all day u rain and thats why were calling tomorrow a weather alert day. Its a great idea to download the app. Now gr forecast and take you hour by hour. You get the latest radar right on your phone. Tomorrow, 40 degrees to start off the day u. 44 and rain. Thats just nasty. 44 and chilly rain. 44 same deal at 3 00. Showers by 7 00. Temperatures dip a little bit. So tomorrow a chilly, nasty day. Thats why i have a high impact day tomorrow. That rain is steady at times, but quite chilly and damp. Make sure you have the coats and umbrellas tomorrow because 47 on thursday. Slight chance of a shower, but then friday a weather alert day. Not just for the temperatures, Lauryn Ricketts and i are checking this out. Were working on that forecast. Shes coming up to talk more about what you can expect friday and saturday. The next weather alert day she has on the weather alert red. Shell be back at 4 45. Lauren is working hard. What are the most anticipated movies of behind the scenes of the new star wars. What its stars say you can can want. Plus its better to give than receive. We know that. But buying a gift with a group of people isnt always easy. How you can simplify the press the holidays dont officialy begin, until its time to make flaky, delicious, piping hot things. New things, old things. And blink and theyre gone, those went fast things. Make the oven one of the things theyre most excited to open. Its baking season. Are holding Kennedy Center awards to American Culture through the performing arts. Gospel singer and song writer james taylor and the rock band the eagles. Images from the event are in the nbc washington app. Search Kennedy Center. Can you feel it . The anticipation is building for access hollywood got a preview of the thriller. Natalie morales joins us to show us. Show us the good stuff. I kaeblt wait to see this movie. My kids are counting down. Felicity jones steps into the biggest franchise. And Alex Hutchens sat down with her. This is our chance to make a shes almost hans solo combo. Is that it intentional . Yeah, theres definitely a lot of hans solo and had this idea i wanted it to be like a caged animal. She doesnt trust anyone. Shes defensive and has to bring herself up. The number one enemy is the storm trooper. They havent been very kind to her parents. Pilot and just wanted to annihilate them basically. Hes definitely not afraid of whacking them on the head with great force. Any bumps and bruises along the way . Oh yeah, constantly. I would be applying a good remedy for bruises. To kind of help heal quicker. I i grew up being a tomboy. I used to love kind of going and swimming and i love sports. So i really enjoyed that side of it. Felicitys character was originally supposed to be a man. So its a woman now saving the universe from the death star. Back to you. Tune in. Looking forward to it. It is the time of year for festive trees and bright lights. But every single day hundreds of people are injured by their holiday deck prapgs some simple steps to keep your home and your family safe u. Plus what donald trump, fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. 9. 99 per month online for the first year. Now at 4 30rks the man accused of firing a an Assault Rifle will make his first appearance in court. After he was arrested yesterday, he told police he went to comet pingpong after reading a fake news story online. No one was injured. Comet reopens tomorrow. Mayor bouzer is headed to trump tower. Tom sherwood has been talking to the Mayors Office and counsel about what the two may discuss. Hes working on that for you later on news 4. Right now at 4 30, more news on the transition team. President elect donald trump has made another pick for his cabinet. Hes chosen ben carson to be secretary of housing and urban development. When he quit the race, he on the story. Hell get 7,000 employees and a budget of 48 billion. Donald trump broke the news on twitter. Vp elect mike pence. Were excited to have ben carson as our intended nominee for housing urban development. Fighting Racial Discrimination and carson has never run a big organization. Now he tackles trumps promise to reach out to africanamericans. The president elects phone call with taiwans president still has washington reeling. 40 years of shutting chinas arch enemy ended. Team obama is upset but powerless. Our policy toward this region 20th. Former ambassador jon huntsman said trump strengthed the u. S. For negotiating with china. You have a businessman who has become president of the United States who understands real leverage and how to find real leverage in that relationship. Reporter huntsman is another former trump critic whose sources say u is underconsideration for secretary of state. Meeting with trump today was al gore, who wants trump not to back the u. S. Out of the global deal to fight cat interesting and to be continue ed. Still avoiding reporters, donald trump warned his tweeting will continue. Hed have less reason to use twitter if the press would cover him accurately, he tweeted, but he doesnt know if that will 20yearold adam lanza shot and killed 20 years between the ages of 6 and 7 at the sandy hook shooting. No way. This afternoon a group founded by the families of the victims launched a campaign to promote the warning signs of dangerous behavior. The group wants people to realize how easy it it is to miss dangerous behavior that could lead to gun violence. The man accused of killing black church goers will get his defense team back. Dylann roofs request to rehire ago and represented himself during jury selection. Hes accused of shooting nine parishioners at the church last year. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. We end 2016 and we learned who nuanced the news for better or worse. Its that time of year we look at time magazine. They revealed their short list on the today sh. His other political figures. Big names in entertainment and technology include beyonce and simone biles and mark zuckerberg. Two groups are also in the running. The whistleblowers who brought the water contamination crisis in flint to light and the technology known as crispr that can edit dna. You can see the big reveal tomorrow on the today show here on nbc 4. We had a great day after some rain last night. Turned out to be a Beautiful Day and a warm day. Temperature for this time of year in the low 50s. A a lot of our area made it into the upper 50s. So not bad. We had plenty of sunshine. Maybe a little breeze through the midday hours. Thats settling down and were looking at wonderful conditions out there. 55 right now. Well take a trip down to the south. This will be moving into our area for tomorrow. Not only tomorrow, but also on friday. And what to expect for friday, coming up. For many of us this month is a fessive and fun time of year. The time to set up decorations for the holidays. But some Safety Experts say you can be one of the most dangerous seasons around the household. Chris clackum explains how you can protect yourself and your family. The numbers of dangers associated with decorating for the holidays keeps getting suffering decoration related injuries. Angie hicks and other home repair experts are offering up new safer alternatives to doing the decorating yourself. Like the guys you hire to cut the grass or clean the gutters. Companies are all going to have the equipment in order to do holiday decorating. So ladders and special equipment like that. They will have on hand and know how to use. Going that route is more affordable than hiring professionals who design as well as decorate. And both will know better than to overload one electrical outlet with too many decorations. I u can speak from experience