We want to see police preserve and protect, not treat us as the enemy. We have nothing to lose but reporter it is the protest in front of department of justice today. Earlier this afternoon, dozens staged a diein, reenacting the death of Michael Brown. Justice for Michael Brown reporter todays protest began with demonstrators blocking commuter traffic along 14th street, and then on other downtown streets. Protesters say this is far from the last demonstration here in d. C. Yeah, we have a group of ten mothers coming next week, all of them lost their children to police violence. And theyre all coming here to say Michael Brown is not an isolated incident. This is happening in our communities every week, every month, every year. And they want to see real change. Reporter at the department of justice, mark segraves, news4. We asked you, should protesters be allowed to shut down a major street in d. C. During the commute. Its our nbc washington flash poll of the day. Most say its okay to protest, but not to disrupt traffic. Protesters shut down traffic in new york city as they mash marved from union square to times square. Most were high school and College Students who walked out of class with their hands up, chanting dont shoot. Students also protested in st. Paul, minnesota, walking with a large banner before gathering outside the courthouse there. Tonight, president obama is taking steps to help the nation move forward. He has created a task force to examine ways to reduce crime and improve the relationship between the police and the communities they serve. The co chairs are George Mason University professor, Laurie Robinson and Philadelphia Police commissioner Charles Ramsey who served as police chief for eight years. Ramsey is a champion of community policing. Our Team Coverage continues now with Steve Handelsman on capitol hill. Steve . Reporter doreen, thanks. This is an uncharacteristically aggressive approach by president obama. He is asking congress to come up with a quarter billion dollars for more cameras, body cameras, for police to wear. Hes reviewing the controversial use we saw in ferguson of military style equipment by police, and this is the most uncharacteristic. Hes vowing that this time relations will improve between police and the communities. The protests in washington blocked morning commuters from virginia. Justice for Michael BrownReporter Police allowed the blockade. And some motorists were sympathetic. Im angry about what happened, and i do think a dialogue needs to occur. This temporary inconvenience will do a larger good for youth of color. Reporter at the white house, the president met with police and community leaders, acknowledging that past efforts to unite africanamerican citizens and police have failed, but he vowed they wont fail now. This time will be different. And part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the United States is deeply invested in making sure this time is different. Reporter mr. Obama has named Philadelphia Police commissioner, Charles Ramsey, to head a National Task force to build trust in police. And mr. Obama wants many more Police Wearing body cameras. The nfl today did not discipline five st. Louis rams who yesterday protested the killing of Michael Brown with hands up. We respect the concerns of all individuals on this tragic situation, said the league. That had people protesting again today. This was new york. And downtown washington. Nearly four months after ferguson became a symbol. Im Steve Handelsman, nbc news, washington. Also today, there is the weather. Up near 70 degrees earlier today. But, boy, oh, boy, is that about to change. Doug . Its already changing, vance. Temperatures today, wow. You walked outside and said hey, look, feels more like spring out here than going into winter. Today the first day of meteorological winter, and it was 69 degrees in d. C. 75 in fredericksburg. 72 in martinsburg. Beautiful, right . Well, say goodbye to those numbers and say hello to the rain and much colder air. Weve already seen temperatures drop some 20 to 30 degrees. Look at the rain through prince georges county. Right through the district, over towards fairfax and around the springfield area. Down through fauquier county, loudoun county, Montgomery County and everywhere in between. We have seen some showers on the heavier side, and its all part of a system that is bringing through the colder air. Look at the snow breaking out of the north side of this moisture field. Thats whats moving into our area. Thats why we have a Winter Weather advisory in effect. Not for d. C. But areas to the west. This should fall in the form of sleet. Well talk much more about that, the timing of it and how much well see and all of the other good stuff in my forecast in a minute. Thank you, doug. Word just in from the mother of one of two teenagers shot on the way to school today. That shooting happened near sixth and n streets in northwest washington. Just blocks away from Dunbar High School. News4s pat collins has been talking with neighbors all afternoon, and he joins us live with more. Pat . Reporter doreen, what happened here today is news. But its not really new. The victims here, teenagers. The shooter, a teenager. The motive, police are still working on that. When gunfire broke out this morning at 6th and n streets northwest, it came as no surprise to jared williams. Hes been living around here for 35 years and says young people shoot at each other all of the time. Theres been a lot of shootings in this neighborhood. But now they dont even know what theyre shooting about. And the generation has gotten younger and younger every time. Reporter this morning, it happened again. Two teen hajers, a 16yearold and 17yearold, shot and wounded as they were walking through this parking lot with a group of teens. They were on their way to Dunbar High School, just a few blocks away. All of a sudden, a man wearing a hoodie appears. Hes got a gun. He fires off some shots. One shot, two shots. About six shots fired. The group scatters. The 16yearold is hit in the back. They find him over there. The 17yearold hit in the leg. They find him about a block down there. The gunman, that gunman disappears. Today, Dunbar High School sent this letter home to parents. It says, we understand this incident is sure to raise many emotions, concerns and questions for our entire school, especially our students. Our school has professional counselors trained to help with the needs of students, parents and school personnel. Now, the victims are expected to be okay. Of i talked to the mother of one of the teens tonight. She says her son is doing much better now, but she is very concerned about what happened here. Live in northwest, pat colorali news4. Thanks, pat. New at 6 00 tonight, reports of a domestic problem could be behind the murders of four people in west virginia. The shootings took place at three scenes near morgantown. The suspect is 39 years old. His name is jody hunt. Hes still on the loose now, believed to be in a black ford f150. A post on the suspects Facebook Page says he was hurt by events that led to today, and it goes on to say, and i quote, dont play a game with ones heart, end quote. Police are not yet talking about a motive for those murders. A prominent d. C. Rabbi accused of secretly videotaping women is now out of a job. Kersher israel synagogue in georgetown has fired rabbi barry freundel, charged with secretly recording six women during religious battle at the georgetown synagogue. Two universities where freundel taught have begun investigations, as well. He also has to find a new place to live right now. Freundel is living in a home owned by the synagogue. He has to be out of there by january. Freundel has pleaded not guilty. An election has now been set for next year to fill marian barrys ward 8 council seat. That comes as the city prepares for days of services to remember barrys life and legacy. Tom sherwood takes us to todays memorial. Reporter on the steps of the wilson City Government building downtown, a drummer performed over a ceremonial casket representing the late marion barry. A ceremonial hearse was included. To be here, to be a part of this homegoing process for our beloved marion barry. Reporter the crowd was just one of several unofficial events before three days of public mourning for barry. It begins thursday, when his body will lie in repose at the Wilson Building before a motorcade through the city on friday. And a fourhour funeral saturday at the citys convention center. The d. C. Board of elections today officially declared barrys ward 8 seat vacant. It set april 28th as a special election to fill the remaining two years on barrys term. The board later this week may also schedule the ward 4 election for april 28th, once mayorelect Muriel Bowser files a formal resignation letter. Barrys adult son christopher was in the barry crowd today. Some are urging him to run forward 8. But thats uncertain. Several others are expected to enter the race. In the district, tom sherwood, news4. Only on news4, their job is to process the mail, but now theyre under investigation for stealing it, and thousands of dollars worth of gift cards inside. Reporter new details revealed in court today about the death of a d. C. Department of corrections official found murdered in her alexandria apartment. Allnew at 6 00, a possible motive behind the attack. Also a warning from the fbi about members of the military and their social media accounts. Well hear from nbcs Jim Miklaszewski. Of. There are new concerns tonight about the terrorist group known as isis. The fbi has issued a warning about the terror group, trying to use western recruits to target current and former members of the military. Nbc news chief pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski joins us now live. Jim, thanks. And first of all, why are Service Members now being told to watch what they post online . First, i think, jim, its important to stress, this is not based on any immediate or specific threat against any u. S. Military personnel here in the United States or anywhere around the world. But because isis has been so aggressive in trying to recruit terrorists, self radicalized terrorists in other countries to go after targets here in the u. S. , the fbi and Homeland Security thought it was important to put out this warning to u. S. Military personnel and their families, just to be careful, be cautious, be walk aware of a potential threat when they post things online, facebook, twitter, that could give away a persons identity, location, family members, in an effort to keep them safe. Was this inspired in any way, jim, by what happened in canada to the Service Member there recently . Absolutely. In fact, in october when those two canadian soldiers were killed by two separate selfradicalized jihadists there in ottawa, the pentagon immediately put out a reminder to all u. S. Military personnel, much like the one from the fbi and Homeland Security, hey, use some common sense here, and what they call operational security. Dont let potential enemies know who you are and what youre doing. Finally, jim, does the advisory go in any way beyond the recommendation in terms of what to do online or what not to do . At this point, no. Of i mean, officials here acknowledge that its impossible to control every soldier, every sailors activity on social media, particularly their families. Theyre just putting out the best guidance possible in an attempt to keep them safe from any terrorist attack. All right. Thanks, jim. Jim miklaszewski, pentagon correspondent for nbc nightly news, which will go deeper into the isis warning coming up tonight at 7 00, right here on nbc 4. New details revealed tonight in the murder of carolyn cross, department of corrections officer found dead in her apartment. Tonight the possible answer to the question why. David culver from alexandria. Reporter the goal for alexandria prosecutors today, convince a judge there is enough evidence to try dewitt sayum. Cross was the Department Director of d. C. s department of corrections. Her daughter found her lifeless body inside her apartment. We learned how brutal her attack was. Detectives testified in court today at that he was waiting in the laundry room of cross Apartment Building when he heard her in the hall. They say he confronted her, he had with him, according to police, a wrench, duct tape and a plastic bag. They say he attacked her several times in her apartment, and when she was unconscious, police say he covered her head with a plastic bag and secured it with the duct tape. Police told the court later that afternoon, he called 911. They found him inside his apartment bloody. Officers say he tried to take his own life. At the hospital, police said he opened up. He said he did something bad today, officer james young testified. He said, i may have murdered a woman today. But why . Thats what cross dozen or so supporters want to know. Police said he told them he had gotten into a fight with miss mother. He said the next person that intimidates me is going to get it. Prosecutors say for some reason cross was that next person. Attorneys for him pointed out he was hearing voices around the time of cross murder. Its likely that could factor into their defense. Ultimately, the judge decided the case will move on to a grand jury, which is likely to meet sometime next week. In alexandria, im david culver, news4. Now to a symbolic tribute in honor of world aids day. The white house and other landmarks around the globe are draped in red ribbons to remember those who lost their battle to the disease and the ongoing fight to find a cure. Pretty scene at the white house. I see a lot of scenes a lot of reporters look like were unprepared for the cold rain. And i can understand why. It was so nice today. Well, and thats really what happened. You go outside on a day like today, you dont take your coat. No matter what the expert meteorologist said, it just seemed so nice. Thank you. Or what the app from storm team 4 says. Thats right. We have had some of the rain come in, colder temperatures are on the way after what was a simply beautiful, beautiful day, but look at that shot. Anything but beautiful. Weve got the rain, weve got the wind. And weve got temperatures falling, and they are falling dramatically. Already down ten degrees from where we were earlier this afternoon. Now 59. And look at those winds, north winds at 21 Miles Per Hour. Were seeing gusts over 30, even 35 Miles Per Hour with this colder air, and it sinks in across our region. Look at the temperatures. 70 in fredericksburg. Near 40 near 30 degrees colder back towards cumberland. And thats the cold air thats coming in. Were at 50 degrees right now in manassas. That is a 24degree temperature swing over the last couple of hours. Not in the last day, in the last couple hours, and its all because of the system we have now. The rain making its way in here through parts of maryland, Northern Virginia all seeing the rain and just about everybody seeing at least some rain today. Heaviest rain now through crofton, bowie, clinton, maryland. Upper marlboro, waldorf, la pla plata, towards woodbridge, manassas seeing some heavier rain. Weve even heard a couple rumbles of thunder during the day and more shower activity around gaithersburg, mt. Airy and frederick this. Is all rain. Temperatures well above the freezing level now. But back to the west, notice around cincinnati, notice this Northern Branch here, this is where were starting to see that colder air transition from rain to snow and into some sleet. And thats what were going to see tonight. 11 00 tonight, notice were on the drier side here. But here comes wave number two with some rain and then a mixture of rain, sleet and snow towards the west. Some of the areas could see some snow. But tomorrow morning well wake up to a mixture of snow and sleet, back toward the west. Around harrisonburg, shenandoah valley, winchester, its rain and really just showers from d. C. Down to the south. Fredericksburg, parts of southern maryland, tomorrow mornings rush will be on the wet side. Tomorrow afternoon, around noon, notice only a couple showers. Back to the west, that these are showers too, but snow and sleet showers. Maybe sleet around the d. C. Metro area. And, again, sleet is the one that bounces on your car as it comes in. Far different than freezing rain which comes down and freezes on the surface. Good news there, freezing rain much worse than sleet. Well take sleet over freezing rain any day. Even 5 00 in the afternoon. Just showers. So dont expect to see a washout tomorrow at all. And dont expect to see too many problems. Heres where the Winter Weather advisory is. Frederick county, maryland, virginia, and areas west of the blue ridge. D. C. Metro area, what do we expect . Showers likely, but nothing heavy. Cold again and may mix with sleet. But roads just on the wet side. To the west, may see some slick roads, but not a whole lot. 40 degrees tomorrow for a high temperature. Most of you in the 30s all day. 57 on wednesday. 50 degrees coming up on thursday. And then we move back into an unsettled pattern with rain showers likely late friday into the weekend, as well. Not a huge washout on saturday and sunday. But yep, expecting rain. All right. Thanks, doug. Still to come tonight, janay rice talking candidly about that now infamous attack in an elevator. You know, im not going