Old. 95 years old. Reporter for him to die this way . Its unreal. It is so unreal. Reporter the murd victim has been identified as retired navy officer daniel long bell bellvin. At 6 00 more reaction from residents here. The note put out by the management compa here, and more details about this troubling case. Live in montgomerouy, pat collins, news4. Tonight people who worship in a local mosque are wondering if theyre victims of a hate crime. Mark segraves Found Services going on in freezing temperatures today. Hes live now in northeast to show us what the mosque director and members plan to do next. Reporter thi the ivy city mos income northeast washington. Inside theyre preparing for their evening Prayer Services. Outside you can still see glass litters the sidewalk. Tonight police are saying they dont believe thi he crime. This was not te only location in this neighborhood that was victim of vandalism last night. Afternoon prayers went ahead as scheduled even though the broken window has left the mosque bitterly cold inside. For the founder the damage goes far beyond a broken window. It just gives me a stomach ache to think that anybody would walk into a mosque, a church a synagogue and do such a thing. For no reason whatsoever. Around 6 00 sunday evening, someone did walk into the mosque, which is r locked, and began destroying holy books and tearing pictures from the walls and threw a aithug a window. Police dont think it was a hate crime because they got several calls for disturbances in this neighborhood all about the same time, including a car vandalized right around theorr omhe mosque. Those who pray here are still unsettled. Dispoi i wantisee Something Like that, it hurts. It hurts. Reporter now did raheem, a cofounder of the mosque, must go home and explain what happened to his children. I dont know how im going to explain it to him. The best way i can explain it that there are some crazy individuals, i guess, koul do Something Like that. But overall we a in the best place on earth, the United States of americ reporter again police say they do not believe that this was motivated by any kind of hate for this religion. They think that one person is responsible for multiple acts of vandalism in this neighborhood. At 6 00, well tell you why the leaders of this mosque say theyre going to h cnge the way they hold Prayer Services in the future. Jim . Mark, thank you. Tonight a marine from quantico faces reckless driving charges after crashing his vehicle into a state trooper. Police tell us corey saenz was speeding and lost control of his suv on i95 south in Prince William county. It flped and crashed into a Virginia State police officer. He was treated and released from the hospital. The driver refused treatment. And in storm team 4 this afternoon doug is looking to some chilly temperatures for night, but it is an improvement compared to the record that we set this morning. And we didnt just set a record. We shattered rd a co tt has stood for over 40 years 1967 was the year, we went down to sh at dulles. Look at these numbers. We were 4 below zero early this morning out there towards dulles. Look at all the zeros. Ft. Meade, Frederick Martinsburg Leesburg all coming in at zero today. Reagan national, 14 degrees. Much warmer because of the river. Future weather showing whats happening on thursday. This is the snow that we have in place for the day on thursday. Well talk much more about that and the headlines today show it well. Better tomorrow. I think one pretty nice day, then a chance of snow on thursday. Well talk more about that. And a return of the cold. The cold will continue as we move into the weekend. Ill update you on that as well coming up in a couple minutes. Nearly a dozen customers near the d. C. And Prince Georges County li sulha their water running shortly. Traffic is anothe story. That eightinch main that broke this morning is now over but it could be some time before crews fix the big opening in the road. An update to a story that has pet owners in arlington concerned. We reported last month two dogs had been poisoned. New tonight, we know they ate sausage with caffeine capsules in them. The dogs became ill after eating the sausage in the 2200 block of North Columbus street. They survived but had rapid heart rates and bloated bellies. No one has been charged in connection with t poisoning. Police in maryland are working tongtw g nght to find out if road rage or attempted robbery led to a shooting near arundel mills mall. Someone fired at a man outside a pet smart in hanover across from the mall. The victim was headed toward the, be w parkway when someone pulled up next to him and opened fire. That victim was not seriously hurt. Smoke em if you got em. Thats going to take on a whole new meaning in the district at midnight tomorrow. S confirmed today that thats when possession of small amounts of marijuana becomes legal. As news4s tom sherwood reports, the city is now racing the clock to answer several lingering questions. Reporter mayor Muriel Bowser called the Council Together before get do you thk business. Shall we get started . Reporter the mayor and police chief spent about an hour briefing the council and media on what will and wont be legal as of 12 01 a. M. Thursday morning. Some po tegs for home use, two ounces and six plants, will be legal for dulls over 21. But selling wo. You cannot transfer marijuana from one person to another for money. You still cant smoke in public. You cant consume in public, which means you cant consume in a public place, cant consume in a public restaurant. You cant consume in your car. Reporter and city leaders emphasize the local pot law wont afully on any federal property in d. C. Buildings, parks, traffic circles where its still a crime. I think its going to unfold and well see what happens, too partly especiallyh is federal space. Reporter the cef emphasized the initiative approved by voters last year only applies for private home consumption. The tag people we want people to remember, in your home. You know, use and grown in your home. Reporter the mayor said there will be a big city Public Education campaign on the law and so far, despite some conservative criticism, theres no word from congress about possibly blocking the law before it can take effect. Are you concerned by moving forward with this so aggressively youre antagonizing tho peop and congress we were going to implement the law. Reporter in the district, tom sherwood, news4. You can see the cards that d. C. Officers will now be carrying to make se that they understand the pot laws as well as the mayors flyer explaining this change. Its on our nbc washington app right now. Developing tonight he shot and killed a florida teenager three years ago this week. Now weve learned he wont face any federal charges. The department of justice announced this afternoon lit not pursue a civil rights case against george ziman the death of trayvon martin. Coming up later in the hour, we look at why attorney general eric holder made that decision today. And work begins later tonight on a massive Ambitious Construction project that could change your commute for years. In just a few hours crews will begin closing lanes and ramps along i 395 between d street and new york avenue northwest. Our transportation reporter adam tuss is livne the 3rd street tunnel tonight with a closer look at the impact on so many drivers. Adam . Reporter afr introduction, i d kn if theres anything else that we can say. But, yeah, this is not going to be your typical construction project. Take a look at 3rd street tunnel tonight. Absolutely loaded up. And for the next couple of years, this right here is going to be one big work zone. Changing city, changing landscape. Traffic impacts coming for already weary commuters. Its a pain its a pain, period. Reporter John Ellsworth owns a plumbing business and has to drive all around the area navigating work zones. A new major one right here in the heart of d. C. Is it progress . I dont see any. But every time they put it up, more potholes build up so what are you going do . Reporter what e u going do . Cant do nothing. Deal with it. Reporter take a look and you can see what the plan is for the project. New buildings that will cover the existing open 3rd street tunnel. James cheeks is the chief traffic engineer for ddot. He says this is unprecedented in our area. I dont think weve seen this type of tunnel construction. Reporter for right now, the traffic impact is expected to be mainly in offpeak hours. I do worry about the traffic impacts but i doubt theres anything they couldo to make the traffic worse. Reporter its bad right . Traffic is bad. Reporter there talk of shutting down the entire tunnel. That would have impacted tens of thousands of commuters from d. C. , maryland, and virginia. That plan has beescppe back here live traffic at the 3rd street tunnel. Tonight relatively minor work starts but something much more significant is rit ar the corner as in this summer. Well tell you about that next hour at 6 00. Back to you, jim. Thank you, adam. Safety concert a l the dogarafr r crashes there. Why residents say it could happen again unless things change. A mother takes public shaming to an extreme and what she made her daughter do at school that got hundreds of parents on facebook talking about it. And a local contractor who was wasting away in captivity in cuba has a new reason to smile. An accident waiting to happen. Thats how one dog owner is describing the situation. Northern Virginia Bureau chief jul cey e damage and the hard feelings left behind. Reporter what sprawling and popular dog park normally has three different entrances but as you can see right now, this one definitely offlimits. Heres what it looked like earlier today. A car driven by an employee at the nearby Arlington Collision Center lost control coming down the street and smashed through the gates. The owner of this neighboring doggie daycare arrived just after the crash. Fire truck ambulance, police cars, and then the car lodged into the fence in the entrance of the dog park. Reporter and you thi what . And i think oh my god its finally happened. They lost control of the car and they wrecked. Reporter arlin firefighters had use the jaws of life to cut the top off the car and free the injured driver. He was rushed to Virginia Hospital Center the car towed away. These streets lead to the dog park are a somewhat odd mix of auto shops and dogrelated businesses. Kim houghton says shes complained before about how auto shop cars are driven here. Ive talked to the auto shop and asked them to please ask their drivers to please slow down to watch out for the people and the dogs that are coming and going in this area. Reporter at thllion center, they had no comment on camera but tell me they are dog lovers too and their employees dont gun the cars down the street. Inside the park, avery and his pals barely seemed to notice the change in the landscape. His owner and others werent too troubled either. Doesnt give me any pause at all. There are always going to be people who lo control and you cant worry about it too much. Thats moose by the way. Reporter moose and the others put on notice. Theyll have to use this entrance for now. The area destroyed had two gates like this. No word on how long before its rebuilt. Julie carey, news4. Just moments ago, we learned from that auto shop that the injure employee is expected to be released from the hospital tonight. The Keystone Pipeline is once again in limbo. President obama vetoed a bill this afternoon authorizing the construction of the pele line. The president says he is still considering the merits of this pipeline and its potential impact on the environment. Republicans likely dont have the twothirds majority needed to override a veto, but they say they may consider adding this measure to another bill. And there could be an end to the standoff on capitol hill over homeland secy. Senate republicans have agreed to separate the immigration from funding for that department. And democrats want House Republicans to do the same. They want to vote on Homeland Security first. If a teal is not reach not reached by friday, homeland tyou shut down. Some 200,000 workers including border a patrol and tsa could be forced to work out pay. Developing tonight, a second apology from the man in charge of restoring trust at the department of veterans affairs. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Secretary Robert Mcdonald made that comment to a homeless man in los angel earlier this month. The problem, mcdonald never served in special forces. And today at a News Conference he said he was simply trying to connect with the homeless man. I made a mistake. And i apologize for it. My whole purpose in this job is to try to connect with veterans and to better serve veterans so thats what i was trying to do. No one is calling for mcdonald so to resign, but he is being slammed by the American Legion tonight. In a statement, the groups National Commander said, a lie is a lie. What a disappointment from the leader of a department whose numberone issue right now is the restoration of trust. We hope that he can restore the trust that he los he was held prisoner in cuba for five years, released just two months ago. Montgomery county contractor alan gross has new reason to smile today. He has a new smile. Consider this the before. Now take a look at the after. Last week his smile was transformed to this. We all remember him at News Conferences and as guest of the president at the state of the union address. Well, last week one of the top doctors in the country and his team in washington stepped up to build gross new smile. After the years of neglect in cuba, the visible parts of several teeth had broken off. Dr. Neil starks spent 6 1 2 hours on this restoration. Gross was so happy he tweeted out the before andft pictures. He did not really get any dental care for five years. New decay setting in. Certainly that cou ba nutritial nuttsr not being able to brush regularly. He was quite surprised that in one day we can do all that we did. He was very surprised. He was able to really break out into quite an exciting smile for himself, and, you know, that makes our day. That makes a difference. Quite impressive indeed. Dr. Starks says many of the teeth roots can be saved but gross will need root canals, posts, and new crowns put in in months to come to make sure that that transformation is permanent. We have r to smile because either its not as cold or were starting to adapt. Im actually feeling like a minnesotan. I think thats starting to aat that particulim our bloods getting a little thicker around here. Im starting to become an inhabitant of this land. So you want it next year too . I think were going to have it, whether i want not. Lets show you how things are outside. Weve all been dealing with the cold. The silver frozen over all across the poe foe towe mack now toward the chesapeake. The chesapeake one of the thickest the ice has been one of the most widespread the ice has been on the chesapeake in years. This morning out at Dulles Airport they saw the coldest temperature recorded and since 1996. Wow its been cold. Right now, still cold. 28 degrees. Wendy says it feels great outside with some sunshine, windchill coming in at 17 so a cool afternoon. Only 25 gaithersburg, 26 at huntingtown, 25 towards the Patuxent River and0 to the right. Spoke to the kids at Fox Mill Elementary School towards herndon. Say hello to the fourthgraders at the school today. A lot of great questions. And of course theyre all asking whens our next snow day . Will we be seeing snow anytime soon . Look at the radar. There is snow to the south. We talked about this last night. You could see some snow around the Northern Neckyb portions soutrn maryland, extreme Southern Maryland tonight. That is not the storm thats going to be coming tomorrow. This area of storminess is just now moving off the coast. But you may see some flurry activity some light snow down towards Southern Maryland. This brought a couple inches of snow tow moving out now. Another storm mntt south d thats got winter storm warnings froju east of dallas towards ata and into parts of North Carolina. Thats the southe slider that would stay to our south, but its something were going to be watching. Lets track it for you as you move through the day tomorrow. Here we are wednesday at 8 00 a. M. Here comes the storm bringing snow and could be significant snow to parts of alabama mississippi, parts of the georgia region, even atlanta could see 1 to 2 inches before it makes its way up the coast. The latest computer models are trying to bringh up the coast a little bit. Look for some snow early on thursday morning. It could affect your morning rush naps what well be talking act. Not expecting a lot around the d. C. Metro area. Best chances will down to the south, maybe 1 to 2, extreme Southern Maryland maybe fredericksburg, culpeper back towards luray trace maybe an inch in d. C. And a few flurries to the north. Computer models are bringing this north, but well see. It could affect us for the drive thursday. High temperaturesrow into the 30s to around 40. Tomorrow will be pretty nice day. Said 101 on thursday. Had to change that. No heat wave yet. 39 on wednesday, with a chance for snow. It looks like well stay cold through the weekend but then at least we get to 51 next monday. That comes with some rain. Dozens of california commuters irinjured in a trai derailment. Video of the aftermath and dramatic witness accounts. New at 5 00 Consumer Reports just released its top auto picks of the year. We are about to give you a frontrow seat for a testdrive in the numberone teca and a mother makes her daughte