Was their child or not. Also the please department wanting to review their policies and how they deal with tragedies. Coming up, at news4 at 6, we speak with the principals of the District Heights school how shes been dealing with and her staff as well. In District Heights, im tracee wilkins, news4. In Fairfax County today, police made their presence known as schools by increasing that i visibility in response to last weeks shooting. Police say the steppedup patrols are not in response to any threat. They just want to give parents some peace of mind during a time of high anxiety. The shooting is also increasing pressure on lawmakers to address the countrys gun laws. Lakt night the president said the tragedy marked a moment for action. Lawmakers in richmond are talking about two drastically different plans. The budget as he appeared before the lawmakers today, but the tragic killings in connecticut still weighted heavily. We sat in front of the tv sobbing. Governor mcdonald tells news4 its simply too soon to determine whether nits legislative change is called for, but he did order all Virginia School districts to review their Safety Policies now to determine whether there are any weaknesses or whether they need any resources. Im going to do everything i can. Reporter some lawmakers are ready to look ahead to possible legislation. Democrats urged oy about some Virginia Tech survivors have pushed bills. It allowed private gun sales to take place without background check says. Senator howl says she plans to try against. When would be the right time, if it isnt now . I think while people are focused on it, we have to do everything we did. Reporter other lawmakers suggest momentum should shift the other way. To allow professors to bring guns on to Virginia College campuses. Now hell explore whether allowing specially trained principals to bring guns to Public Schools might make sense. I think that the local government should consider having extra training for people with firearms who work at the schools, certify them by the local police, and, you know, just think about that if this is going to be a problem. Reporter in richmond, virginia, julie carey, news4. We have a developing story in the district involving a rescue after a car accident sends two people to the hospital. It happened just before 3 00 in the tinnily circle area. It caused one car to flip over. That person was taken to the hospital in serious condition. The driver of the other car also taken to the hospital, expected to be fine, though. This caused traffic headaches for a short time. 134 4r08 parents have another reason to be on edge after the discovery of a body near a school in the district this morning. The scene surrounds ft. Lincoln park in northeast, which is right behind Thurgood Marshall elementary. Pat cottens is there with more on the search for the killer. Pad . The crime murder, the victim a man who appears to be in his early 50s. A scene a market right behind an elementary school. I just hard it on the news and rushed over to pick up my kids. Reporter it was behind the school. Thats why i was really afraid. Reporter a case of murder if ft. Lincoln park, right behind marshall elementary school. Parents of students here on edge. Very disturbsing. Police sources tell the story this way. They say around 11 00 this morning, a woman walking her dog found the body of a man near a park bench. He appears to have been shot. There was a cigarette in his mouth. The crime scene here is enormous. Theres a maze of yellow tame that runs this way and that way, north and south across the various levels of this park, all around the place. The place where the man was short and killed. Investigators sifting it flu evidence, looking for clues and information, something that might lead them to the killer. This is pretty unusual. People walk their dogs here. They picnic here, so for Something Like this to happen, you can imagine what neighbors are saying. What is this more common to . Senseless deaths like that behind a school . To see whats going on, thats why i have my dog. Reporter according to a letter send home by the principal, students did not see the body in the park. All School Activities today were held indoors, and will continue to be held indoors until police complete their investigation. Live in northeast, pat collins, news4. Pat, thanks. More cracked rails on metro and more delays for commuters. Trouble with a stretch of rail near Friendship Heights today slowed the red line late thochb and early into the afternoon. It is now fixed. Med rho says it will begin using a define to test for cracks. This is the 27th cracked rail for metro and the second in just four days. The agency has said the age of the rails and changes in temperatures could contribute to problems. Well, it has been a dreary day. Doug kammerer went towards the lights at the zoo. [ laughter ] reporter hey, guys. It looks pretty. Reporter it is pretty. The fog actually helps to make the lights brighter, it gives it a bit of a glow out there. You guys are good. Country on through. Come on through. You can walk on through here right now through january 1st, they will be closed on Christmas Eve and new years eve and christmas day. On a night like tonight, not a bad night. A bit of drizzle, but thats about it. We are on the warm side. Look at they numbers. Temperatures in the 40s, still around 50 degrees. Weve seen into the overnight hours, but were not talking about a lot of rain. Well talk more about this chance of rain, about our next storm, and yes, weve been talking about a cal june for quite some time. That will be coming up. Lets talk five straight, lets talk philadelphia and playoffs . Nothing can bring down the redski redskins. How about kirk cousins leading the team to its fifth straight win. Dan hellie joins us now. Who would have thunk it . The redskins in a position where they dont need help from anybody else if they take care of business, they will be hosting a home playoff game. This comes after they go on the road rg3, of course, not plays against the browns because of that sprained lcl. Fellow rookie kirk cousins got the start,ist first of the season. After a rocky beginning, he turned in a gem of a performance. The most by a redskins quarterback this season, and two touchdown passes both to Leonard Hankerson. Griffin looked good, and was chomping at the bit to get back on the field. Today we asked Mike Shanahan what the situation was were going to play him when hes 100 , when we can play without injury. Well go with our starter. The question is when will they know more . They hope to find out something on tuesday. Practice on wednesday. Last week he reportedly did not take in part in any of the team reps if he does . Week, one would the good news is, guys, if he doesnt go, how about kirk cousins . Well have more. The cooley household with chris cooley. Looking forward to that. When we come right back are, alcohol, drugs and a vicious attack. Plus London Fletcher is a leader for the redskins, but he says he is disappointed after his own family was arrested after the game. As travelers make their Holiday Plans this season, theres a new tool to make sure you get home safely if y we want to get the latest on the investigation. Michael isikoff joins us now. We understand the gunmans computer was damaged. What are they thinking it might tell them about him or a motive here . Reporter anything that can explain the motive for this inexplicable attack. The computer was in the house where he lived with his mother. We are told from friends of nancy lanza that she was concerned, because adam lanza spend hours on end inside hi room on the computer, was virtually a recluse, had few friends, rarely left the house, and so investigators have been exceedingly puzzled trying to piece together what was going through his mind. They were hoping that the computer might yield some clues, but apparently he damaged the computer, actually removed the hard drive before the attack so lt. Vance, the spokesman for the Connecticut Police today said they have been able to acquire a lot of good evidence out of the room, but he wouldnt speak to what any of it was. He did tell us today we are months away from getting a report from the Connecticut State Police that will fully explain what led up. Were think any indications she had a growing concern about his behavior in the days leading up to this rampage . Reporter weve talked to multiple friends and family members, who said she was concerned about her son. She worried about him. She tried to get him out of the house, tried to help him find a job, help him go to school, something that could help him adjust in society she was protective of him, didnt talk about him much, but no indication, not at all, that he was prone to violence. In fact, one good friend of hers told us today that, um, he was a vegan, who said hess was morally opposed to killing animals so he could eat. You know, how you wrap that up and how you tie that together into what he did is very hard to understand. We do know, of course she was a gun enthusiast. She wood to take him shooting to local target ranges, but thats about as close to anything that could explain what happened on friday. Michael isikoff, thank you. News4s Richard Jordan arrived in newtown, connecticut as the story was still unfolding. He got back recently. They were talking about adam lanza. What were the people in town telling you that struck them about this kid. Whats strange is this is a really small town. Everyone knows everyone, white picket fences, a main Street Corner store, but a lot of people didnt remember him or knew who he was. Even kids who were in high school with him still didnt remember him. And then they had some recollection, that he was a loner, he didnt talked to many people. Even peeled said he just wouldnt respond. He carried around with him a laptop. Some people even said a briefcase, which was out of place there. So thats how hes remembered. Nothing ever that triggered anything that people ever thought he might snap like this, but certainly an introvert. But in a town this small, its like mayberry, everyone knows everybody, so its interesting they dont know him. How intense wangs a reporter landing into the middle of this. A town thats had the wind knocked off it really they were betrayed, they feel. This is someone in their community. Its still you understand it. Even if we talk about a mott i have been, an explanation, no motive, no explanation for them they will be able to rationalize this. This was deep and painful to everybody there. A lot of peeped moved there, because they felt it was a safe place for their kids. They might work in new york, and travel an hour, hour and a half to get to work, but they wanted a safe place for their kids. Tell me about the christmas tree. When we got out there friday, we hit the ground running, had to move along, but saturday we had some time to really reflaekt, and at that moment at the fire station, they sell christmas trees, so they had a bunch of them. Someone from North Carolina donated 26 took the big for 26 of the trees. They put them up and started decorating them with teddy bears. This would be heart at any time. Thats the first time my heart went up in my throat, just seeing that. It was just a meaningful tribute, and to see the 26 trees representing the 26 victims, it was really heartwarming. Good to have you back. Nice job. Thank you. Today Christmas Morning became a little more exciting for thousands of children in our area. Earlier today nbc4 joined in to help open the Angle Tree ProgramDistribution Center. By the bags full, parents picked up an estimated 40,000 of these bags and toys, sponsors made the donation through 15 toy drives to help struggling families living in the d. C. Area. Parents who have been preselected will continue to pick up toys from the Distribution Center over the next few days. Thousands of bikes at the warehouse. We want to thank you for your donations and your generosity as well. Quite a picture out there. Somebody gets a bike for christmas, thats the best. This is that is just lovely is the zoo lights. Lets head back out there. Doug has a glimpse of that. Reporter wendy, lovely is the world i would use to describe it. Bring the kids, obviously the kids will absolutely love it. They get a lot of people here this time of year for zoo lights. The weather so far has been great as far as nice, mild temperatures. With me is the executive director, this is bob lamb. This gets bigger every single year. You have some things that i cannot wait to not only see, but a couple things ive got to try. We have a lot of new things, a brandnew carousel that just opened. We have snow tubing. Thats what im talking about. Ride a tube down the hill. Youll be a kid even if youre 50 years old. Or 37. Or 37. We have 500,000 lights from connecticut avenue to rock creek. Its a free event. Most of our guests take the metro, but if you want to pay parking, we have that available also. Theres animals to see. Our animal houses are open. Visit the great apes at night. Reporter those are always going to be warm, too. Even if you get a cold night, you that i outside with the lights and then go inside. Absolutely. Theres a joy here every night as people come in and see the beautiful light displays, activities, music, everything thats going on here. Reporter it does help to get you into the holiday spirit. Lets look at the weather. The weather has been great so far. This goes on through new years day. So lets look and show you whats happening. You can see at the airport, a bit of fog and drizzle, but still 52 degrees here in the middle of december. Very warm for this time of year, the average high only 46. Take a look at the current numbers. 52 out towards leesburg. 48 down towards culpepper. The fog is still an issue. Dense fog advisories still in effect, and anne arundel county, quarter mile visibility. I would not be surprised to see that dense fog advisory expanded into the d. C. Metro area. Not a lot of rain out here. There are a bit in the way of mist and drizzle, but thats really it. You can see on the satellite and radar most of the rain is staying well to our west and will stay to our west at least through the night. Expect some hours overtight, but that will be about it. Well move on to the north and east. As it does, breezy but mild conditions, we are going to say very warm. Temperatures tomorrow could be 60 degrees. Wednesday looks like a agreed day and great night for zoo lights. The next couple nights, tonight 48 degrees, a few showers, you may want to bring the umbrella tuesday night not intoed at all. Wednesday night looking great thursday is the night we could see some rain. Cloudy and mild for the rest of the evening. Shower will return. Tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, areas of fog once again. Mild, though, 43 to 47. Thats where our average high temperatures will be. Look where we will be tomorrow. 50 to the north and west. 60 down to the south. Could be a passing shower tomorrow, but not too worried about that. Wednesday well look at plenty of sunshine, 55 on thursday with rain coming in late in the afternoon. Then the cold air moves in friday, high temperatures only in the mid 40s, windchills in the 30s all day. That cold air look like it will stay here through the saturday and sunday time frame, so once again were looking at temperatures that will be on the mild side. It would be the wind that we seed in the next few days. The cold air moves in later. Back inside to you guys. Down in the fog down there. Reporter its pretty nice. Liz crenshaw shows us how to plan a Holiday Party without all the running around. School children return to class with a special visit from an nfl star. Coming up in sports, the redskins control their playoff destiny. Dan and chris cooley talking all things burgundy and gold in the cooley report. And tonight news4 at 6, a dramatic finish, nasas plan tonight to crash well, its monday, time for the cooley record. They dream and dan hellie joins us. At the cooley house, in the cooley cave. To look at that great game. Yeah, you know what . I think that chris cooley knew it all along. He knew exactly how things were going to go. Kurt cousins was going to go in there. Four drives, seven yards, interceptions s. Turned into a touchdown. Were you worried at all . I dont think i was worried, i dont think after the job that anything thought nose what he has done even in our Training Camp practices. When it really exploded, and he started completing pass after pass, i think that was a surprise, but a good surprise. You and i were talking about how well of a game plan Kyle Shanahan called. Completely about. It couldnt have down any better, could it . We ran the ball well, and we got into our keeper game. They didnt have much of a plan for an edge. They probably prepared for something different. Into the second or third quarter. When you give any quarterback time to said up, make the plays. Now it begs of question, how healthy is robert . Does he play against the Philadelphia Eagles . I know you dont know the answer to that right now, but based on what we saw pregame and some of his other workouts, he looked pretty good, almost like it was a precautionary but if youre a gambling man, what would you say . I think robert will compete to play. He wants to be on the field. Hes going to show everybody that he should be on the field. What he gives you and the type of package he gives us offensively, we want that guy on the field. Were proud of what kirk did, everyone is so excited for kirk, but the things this kid can do are unplefbl. They learned without rob griffin iii you have other weapons. Pierre, alfred has been spectacular all season long, but Leonard Hankerson with a previous touchdown in previous games. Two in this game. Ive always been skeptical of his hands, but what did he show you . I think last week was the best he had played so far this season, and he stepped up big. We have a lot of guys the best thing you can have is weapons on offense. No doubt about that. Comi