Words of warning now from the chief. This is serious business. This kills people. This is the holiday season. This is horrible. And for those that are listening out there, if youre a driver, and you decide to drink, why dont you think. Spend a little money and plan, take a taxi. Reporter Christie Edgar was held overnight. She was released this morning. Susan, back to you. All right, thanks so much, pat. A d. C. Public School Employee has been arrested on drug charges. News 4s Mark Segraves broke this story this morning, rita gray, accused of conspiracy to import at least five kilos of cocaine into the united states. Court documents say gray intentionally and knowingly conspired to bring the drugs in through florida, d. C. Police arrested her last wednesday. The drugs have a street value of about 500,000. Gray has been placed on the search is on for a group of men behind a brazen Home Invasion robbery overnight in Prince Georges County. Police tell us the suspects posed as Police Officers. Then made their way am inside this home on franklin avenue here in lanham. At least two of the suspects had handguns. Neighbors are alarmed. You know, ive been in this neighborhood for 16 years, to wake up this morning and see a news report that someone came and invaded someones house, thats really disturbing. Prince georges county, Tracee Wilkins is outside with more on the search for the suspects and what they may have been after. Tracee. Reporter the chief of police addressed the situation, because to him, it is very important that people who are posing as Police Officers be caught and taken off the streets immediately. You know, everybody goes to work, come home, expect peace. Reporter people who live on franklin street in lanham are ti early this morning. Ive been here for 16 years, to see a news report that someone came and invaded someones house, thats really disturbing. Reporter pris georgnce geor county said they banged on the door until they were left in. They identified themselves as Police Officers. These individuals were in black clothing, carrying weapons, my understanding, one of the men had a crowbar. Reporter they took what they wanted and left. Police say this was a targeted attack. The person they were looking for was not at home at the time. This has to do with marijuana, and from that, well let this proceed, but that individual that they were seeking is something to do with the marijuana trades, our understanding. Reporter police say the two victim whose were in the house are innocent and not harmed by the gunman. For the people who live on the dead end street, it is a crime, hitting too close to home. Dont come to my house. Now he, leave me alone. I am a peaceful rs ex military and i do know what to do. Reporter coming up at news 4 at 6 00, the chief has information for folks who live in Prince Georges County, and what to look for, when the police are knocking at your door. Im Tracee Wilkins, back to you in the studio, susan. Thanks, tracee. A man pulling a gun in the Capitol Visitor Center has entered a guilty plea. Back in march in 2015, police say Laurie Dawson pointed what they thought to be a handgun at an officer at a security screening, an officer wound up shooting dawson when he refused to drop it. The gun wound up being a beebee gun. Dawson will be centered in february. He could face up to 20 years in prison. A big changed to in the charges against the man arrested for opening fire inside a d. C. Pizza restaurant. Prosecutors dropped all local charges against edgar welch today, but welch is now facing a new federal weapons charge. Mark segraves is live outside comet pizza with a look at why those charges were changed. Reporter thats right. Edgar welch was facing four local charges and when he appeared before a superior court judge this morning, prosecutors said they were dropping the charges. They then immediately rearrested him, and charged him with that federal crime of transporting a gun across state lines, with the intent to commit a crime. And it is the new charge document that give us even more details about the level of violence that welch anticipated here at comet pizza, and the planning that had gone into his attack. Edgar welch began planning his attack on comet pizza as early as three days before the incident according to the fbi. Newly released documents showed welch tried to recruit two friends to join him and specifically looking for friends with military experience. In one text, the fbi says welch told a friend he was going to raid a pedo ring, possibly sacrificing the lives of a few for thli Madison Welch has appeared before a d. C. Superior court judge since sure rending outside comet pingpong last weekend. He was facing four charges, after police say he fired an ar15 inside the pizza rest ran restaurant. Welch shown here in pictures from his facebook page, saying he came to investigate what are known to be fake news reports about children being 4e8d captive. Having cut most of his hair and beard off, also for the first time, his parents were in court. Welchs parents did not answer questions from reporters this morning. But in an interview with the washington post, welchs mother said press coverage of her son had been, quote, harsh. Want people to know he is not the monster he is portrayed to be, she said of her son, adding im sorry and im sure he is sorry fny caused. Despite welch having made four Court Appearances since being arrested, he has yet to enter a plea, facing ten years on the federal charge. Prosecutors could wrap the local charges back into the federal case at a later date. Thats the latest, jim, back to you. Mark, thank you. Turning to president ial politics now, and Donald Trumps latest picks for key cabinet positions in his future administration. First, to the president elect selection for the top diplomat. Rex tillerson, here he is for secretary of state. He is ceo of exxon mobile, been with the Company Since 1975. He has no government experience, but has done extensive Work Overseas for. Tillerson earned the russian order of friendship for an oil deal with a russian owned company. It is three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. Whats the third one there . Lets see. Rick perry, back in 2011, talking about Government Agencies he would eliminate. The third, department of energy. Perry is a former texas government and two time president ial candidate. As a primary rival, he criticized trump, calling him a quote, barking carnival act. Eventually gave his support. Susan. Thanks, jim. Former vicepresident ial hopeful, tim kaine weighed in on trumps pick for secretary of state, calling tillersons ties to russia, quote, troubling. The virginia senator also said he has concerns about tillerson and exxon mobiles role in Climate Change denial. We also want to tell you about we would like to know about trumps secretary of state and what you guys had to say about it. You can weigh in by voting on our facebook right now. It appears most of you actually 61 , hate the change. Nothing to say . I want to take a picture right now. Among the more unusual visitors to trump tower, kanye west appeared in the lobby this morning with the president elect. The two didnt answer questions about the visit or whether west may be a performer at the inauguration. West tweeted this afternoon, he wanted to meet with trump to quote, discuss multicultural issues. Turning now to our forecast, where storm team 4 is tracking a blast of very frigid air headed our way. Doug kammerer has a look on whats coming up. The coldest december temperatures in years across the region, as temperatures will dip into the 20s, single digit business thursday afternoon. Right now, not all that bad. As a matter of fact, High Temperatures today averaged the average, 47. Thats exactly where we were in the d. C. Area, and no real cold air anywhere in the region. Not tomorrow. But on thursday. Were watching rain down to the south, snow to the north. We do have snow in pittsburgh, up towards State College and williamsport, right around fredericksburg, tracking that as well. The cold area, cool now, but here comes the cold, the polar vortex making its way down, the true polar vortex coalest air weve seen in about six years in december. What to expect on saturday. Tough forecast, in about 15 minutes. Thanks, doug. A developing story in rockville, a man charged with two life sentences for killing his neighbors, the new reaction from the family of the victims. Plus, a high profile arrest at the opening of the mgm grand casino, Prince Georges County liquor board charged in a dui crash, the minutes after that accident. And a new procedures t reading glasses, this woman becomes the first to try out the surgery. It is my lucky day. And let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. Roomba navigates your entire home. Cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. Which means your floors are always clean. You and roomba, from irobot. Better. Together. Tonight, sources tell news inspecting possible Government Contracting violations, looking into potential wrongdoing in a separate probe, tom sherwood is here with the latest. Susan, here is the issue. Did the Mayors Office try to steer contracts to a favorite developer. May mayor bowser is paying thousands for the new soccer stadium. And a similar but separate Land Clearing project at st. Elizabeths southeast for a future 60 million wizards practice arena. A d. C. Council Committee Held three closed door hearings on allegations that the top contracting official, chris weaver, abruptly quit in august, in two senior officials were relieved of duties after they tried to steer the the contracts one of the officials, alao is suing the city for 10 million, contending the administration embarked on a crew side to defame him. The council probe is extending into next year. I expect to get everything wrapped up, im hoping by january and we can release what we can release, have our reports with recommendations. Now informed, sources tell news 4 that d. C. Inspector general, dan lucas, has expanded the probe to do his own investigation. The i. G. s office has more Law Enforcement powers. In a statement, he said the Inspector General is always interested in pursuing suspected wrongdoing. Were paying careful attention to the contracting matter. We will respond according to our legislative mandate. D. C. City administrator, rashard young, testified to the council that the administration did nothing wrong. The Mayors Office said today it looks forward to the release of full and appropriate time. The i. G. Has several options, could find no wrongdoing or refer the case for criminal prosecution, jim. Tom, thank you. New details in the arrest of the chairman of the prince journals county liquor board on dui charges. That arrest happened last week on the Opening Night of the mgm National Harbor. Police tell us Charles Caldwell was leaving the events when he got into an accidents according to the police report, caldwell repeatedly told officers who he was and if there was a way to quote, make it go away. It is an unfortunate set of circumstances, but as has been sad by people involved in it, our officers acted professionally, courteously and discharged their duties is what i expect. Caldwell is 72 years old. The report says he lost his balance a number of times during a field sobriety test. He said he has balance issues. Virginias voter i. D. Law will remain in ruling by a federal appeals court. A panel rejected a challenge that suggested the law was meant to suppress voting by minorities and young people. The panel cited virginias ability to get a free photo i. D. At Voter Registration offices. Lawyers for the Democratic Party argue nobody knows about that, and it doesnt violate the voting act. More redevelopment, coming to the busy southwest water front neighborhood. The National Harbor service will hold National Park service, rather, will hold a public hearing on plans to redevelop the Buzzard Point marina. The hearing will discuss ways to bring more green park land and access to the water. It is a problem a lot of people know too well. As you get older, there is a good chance you may need a pair of reading glasses. But a local woman just underwent a surgery that has made things come back into what is called rain drop surgery. The words are quite fuzzy, so. You would give up . If i had reading glasses i could see it. Jennifer is describing a situation known as over 40 eyes, the blurred closeup vision, people begin to experience it around their 40th birthday. Newspaper and magazine articles get harder to read and instructions like those on the back of a medicine bottle are almost impossible. No way i can read that. Even the front is blurry. Even the larger font, i cant read it. She came to this office in washington because her husband had recently gotten lasix surgery here to correct his distance vision. She was hoping they might have something to fix her problem too. Better, right . Oh, my goodness, yes. The doctor found her vision to be correctable with the right lens, but jennifer said she had tried contact lenses, but they didnt work for her. I have very dry eyes, use restasis everyday. The doctor told her she was this luck because they the fda just recently approved rain drop surgery. She could be the first person in the Washington Area to have it done and she was thrilled with that news. It is my lucky day. Renowned eye surgeon, dr. Mark witten has had a lot of luck with the lasix surgery. 150,000, ive done my share. On this day, he was launching a tested, but still new pioneering visionary leap forward. No fear of failure, jennifer was ready, eager to be among the first to benefit from this new cutting edge technology. With raiszor thin precision, ra drop inlay made mostly of water a taking off for places like telescopes, we watched and waited for a perfect landing. Perfect. Doing just great. Try the article again. Ill try it again. Oh, yeah. There was two stepping under the stars. Chronning by country legend george straight and texas chocolate cake as george bush wow, i cant believe it. I can see it. I cant believe it. Im signing up. Barbara harrison, news 4, washington. All right, susan, you can look again. I cant see anything. That worked. Thats cool. I mean, ill tell you, i cannot read. Everyday, it is getting worst for me. You saw how sheen cou could rea an event today that brought together wrestling superstars and wounded warriors. Plus, storm team 4 with stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Stronger is less pain, new hope, more fight. Its doing everything in your power, and everything in ours. Because we dont just want kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. And with your support, they will. Make a gift today at childrensnational. Org givenow temperatures today in the 40s, last year it, we set a record High Temperature of 71 degrees. Now, were not anywhere near there. It doesnt feel like christmas last year. Take a look at this shot tis out of the great falls area, the firehouse over in great falls. The firemen did a great job decorating this house, right along the pike right there in great falls, a beautiful area, as youre making your way out and about. Temperatures feel a little more festive this time of year, but it will be a lot colder, feel like christmas in alaska the next couple of days. 44 degrees, winds out of the southeast, not too bad right now. We have about 24 hours to really get ready for the cold. 44, d. C. , 44 in quantico. On the radar, not much to show except for shower activity down tots south. It will be a trend overnight tonight. Two systems, one to the north, bringing snow, one to the south, bringing rain. That, both systems will move through. We love the d. C. Split here in the region, rain to the south, snow to the north. I want to show you the future, by around 8 00, 9 00, it brings in shower activity shower activity, could mix with snow to the northern areas, but not expecting much at all. We may start with sunshine, maybe breezy conditions early, but notice tomorrow night, here comes the arctic cold front, maybe a little flurry activity and that moves out and gets plain cold. Look at the numbers right now. 4, d. C. , 12 chicago, 5 in minneapolis. Watch how the pink moves down across the region over the next 48 hours, right into the area. By thursday afternoon, this isnt the wind chill. These are the temperatures, 22 in d. C. , 1 in chicago. So the cold air, really moving in. And with the wind chill, it is going to feel even colder. How about a wind chill of 12 by 8 00 thursday morning, 7 in leesburg. Same thing for the afternoon, we wont warm that much. Temperatures go down and by 8 00 on friday, were still in the single digits, just about everywhere for that wind chill. Sore across the region. Now, not tomorrow. Tomorrow, not all that bad. Some sun, mixing with clouds tomorrow. 41 degrees by 11 45. By 3 00, it is thursday, the day that were going to notice the temperatures plummeting, 29 on thursday, 29 on friday. 45 for our temperature on saturday. Well see ice early saturday morning, we think, thats why we have weather alert days thursday, friday and saturday. Saturday, changes over to rain. We see another bought of showers on sunday, with a high in the 60s. And then right back down into the 30s. Boy, do we have a lot of charges the next couple of days. Your body wont know what to wear out there across the area, what temperatures it will be dealing with. Back in just a couple of minutes, about 20 minutes, and talk more about the saturday storm at 5 45. We wont leav