Woe do want to begin with that breaking news. The man accused of firing a gun at a d. C. Pizzeria is facing new charges, he is being transferred to federal court. Mark . Reporter this is his third appearance before a d. C. Superior court judge since that incident last weekend on connecticut avenue and like the previous hearings this was very quick. This time prosecutors came in, told the judge they were dismissing the charges. Three felonies and one misdemeanor and executing an arrest warrant on him. These are pictures taken from his facebook page. He walked into comet pizza and fired an ar15 multiple times telling police he was there to selfinvestigate the fake news reports about children being held in captivity at that recent pizza parlor. Felonies and one misdemeanor. Today prosecutors again told a judge they are dropping those four charges and instead with one felony in federal court. Welch is expected to make his first appearance down the street in federal court later this afternoon facing one charge of felony transportation of a weapon to commit a crime and for the first time his parents were here in court. Reporting live from d. C. Superior court, mark segraves, news 4. Thank you, mark. New at midday we are getting some new details about how several people broke into a home in lanham, maryland. Theyre all still atlarge and Darcy Spencer is live on franklin avenue. Darcy, tell us what happened here. Reporter good morning. Prince georges county police are still trying to identify the g gunmen involved in the incident here on the street early this morning. One of the scariest is these suspects appa officers. We begin our report with one neighbor who was outraged. Dont come to my house. Im a peaceful person but im exmilitary and i do know what to do. Reporter residents are alarmed about a home invasion. At the police tell me the wouldbe robbers were armed and wearing allblack clothing when they showed up at a house just after midnight and demanded cash. They told residents this were Police Officers. They ransacked the house but left with nothing. Everybody goes to work, come home, expect peace. Its disturbing. Reporter police are looking for three to five people involved in the attempted robbery. Residents told me there has been like this. Six months ago they opened my car and grabbed my wallet from my wife. Reporter one neighbor told me there was Police Activity at this very same house just a couple of days ago. Residents here making sure their doors are locked, back to you. This just in, a Prince Georges CountyPolice Sergeant is under criminal investigation and suspended from his duties right now. This information coming to us from his department. They tell us that the charges against him include assault, fourth degree sex offense and false imprisonment all stemming from an incident that happened in ann after an arrest warrant was issued for him there. So, of course, were working to find out more about what exactly Sergeant Conley is accused of doing. Melissa . All right, thank you. New this morning d. C. s fire hazmat team did not find any issue that the Augustine Court in northwest after multiple people fell sick there. Crews used meters to check out the building because of the call. Two adults and a child were taken to the hospital but two others refused. President elect donald trump has made it official. Exxon mobil Ceo Rex Tillerson is his choice for secretary of state. Shortly after the announcement trump took to twitter to praise tillerson. Now the big question, is tillerson in for a tough confirmation fight . News 4s tracie potts has more. Reporter calling him an International Deal maker, the trump transition announced this morning that exxon mobil ceo rex till state. It was chemistry, it was presence, it was vision, it was also the ability that Rex Tillerson had to maintain relationships across the world. Its about in the middle reporter the 64yearold millionaire heads a Global Company with nearly as many foreign offices and more than twice as many employees as the state department. Mr. Trump tweets, hes one of the truly great Business Leaders of the world. We just couldnt be more grateful that someone of Rex Tillersons proven leadership has stepped forward to serve our nation. Reporter hes been endorsed by two former secretaries of state and roberts gates who called him a person of great integrity. But theres a concern among democrats and republicans over his close ties to russias president. God parents to each others children, i think this is getting blown way out of proportion. Reporter sources confirm former governor rick perry is mr. Trumps nominee for secretary of energy. The thursday News Conference explaining how hell lead his business has been postponed until january. He tweets that his sons will run the company with no new deals while hes in office. Hillary Clintons Campaign chair is asking the government to declassify intelligence about russias attempt to influence the election. Some republicans agree. Electors set to confirm trumps election are asking before they vote. Wisconsin and pennsylvania targeted for recounts have now certified their results. Mr. Trump is heading to wisconsin for a thank you rally tonight. From washington, tracie potts, nbc news. This is something new. A bit of a surprise here. Take a look at the scene. Donald trump meeting with kanye west just a couple hours ago at trump tower. They came down after the meeting. They didnt answer questions from reporters. Trump only said he and west were, quote, good friends. Time to check in with lauryn ric ricketts. How are we looking . Cloudy but not bad in terms of temperatures. We have the end of the workweek to really get some of the cold air here and its going to be dangerously cold air. Look at this. Clouds hanging out over d. C. Some areas are seeing a little pop of sunshine here and there but, again, mostly clouds out there. Temperatures right around 44 and, again, a south wind on and off. Not bad as we continue through the day. We do have clouds in place and theyre going to stay in place through the remainder of the day. We have two systems trying to work their way through. One is an area of low pressure that will form off the coast. Another system coming out of the midwest. We could have a few isolated snow or rain showers. Anything we do see will be light but, again, today is not the problem. Thursday and friday we have weather alert days, dangerous were going to go all through it in about ten minutes. And new this morning from the pentagon, a Coalition Air strike in syria has killed three isis leaders. The pentagon describing them as part of a terror network. Currently plotting attacks against western targets. The pentagon saying two of the three were involved in organizing those terrorist attacks in paris last year. Angie, back to you. Walker mill road is back open after this deadly crash. It happened overnight. It appears the driver of the minivan crashed into the light pole near the gas station. Were work iing to learn how ma were hurt and what caused the crash. A centreville woman rearended the Fairfax County police chief. 40yearold christie he h roesslers vehicle. He was stopped at stone road in centreville after leaving an awards dinner. Roessler is back to work this morning and doing okay. Prince georges county Liquor LicenseCommission Chairman apparently tried to use his job to get out of drunk driving charges according to a Police Report detailing caldwells arrest. He tells police he only had one drink at mgms grand opening before being involved in a minor traffic accident. Officers say caldwell asked if there was a way to, quote, make this go away. The 72yearold lost his balance during a field sobriety test. He told officers he had no memory of the crash. Tonight you can help a family who lost a mom in a terrible accident. Businesses in del ray will offer specials tonight. All the proceeds will be donated to the family of rose cruz who was an employee. Ri the street december 1st. She died several days later. She leaves behind four children. An alleged murderforhire plot heading to a jury. Why a previous verdict was tossed out. Plus, another arctic blast headed our way and it will two Police Officers are recovering this morning in georgia. Theyre the fifth and sixth officers shot in the state in the last week. It happened late last night. They pulled a man over, he shot them and ran off, police say. Investigators say that the man is now two of six died. A lufthansa plane that had to be evacuated overnight is being flown back to houston today without any passengers onboard. It had 530 people onboard at the time. Taking a look right now at video from passengers after it landed at jfk. The plane was searched and nog a Soccer Player who survived is now going home. This is new video of medics putting him in an ambulance. Hes one of only six who survived the crash. 71 people died. Early reports suggest the plane ran out of fuel before it crashed into the mountains. The head is in custody until the investigation is complete. A plane vanished back in 2014 with 239 people onboard. They are all presumed dead. Its still not clear what happened to that plane. Four ships have scoured the indian ocean for years but found no trace of it so far. A few pieces of the plane had been found washed up on the beach. The us a traustralian governmen the search effort has cost 150 million. We are expected to find out mo their ship sailed into a hurricane. The in tntsb is releasing the findings from the voyage data recorder of the el faro. You probably remember this sank during a hurricane near the bahamas last year. Everybody onboard was killed. More than 26 hours of data was found in the ships wreckage. Bill kocosby is expected back in court today for a key hearing before his Sexual Assault trial. His attorneys are trying to prevent 13 of his accuseers from taking the stand. Prosecutors are hoping that the testimony will show a pattern of behavior from the comedian. Now despite allegations from dozens of women, cosby was only charged in one case. The trial is set to begin in the spring. Today jurors will begin deliberating the highprofile case against a woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband. She was arrested last august video shows her trying to pay an undercover officer to kill her husband. Police recorded her actions at a fake crime scene they staged on the day her husband was supposed to be killed. Jurors were able to watch both videos. Her first conviction was thrown out on appeal. In news for your health right now we are learning that fewer teenagers are using and abusing drugs. This is according to a new survey released just this morning from the National Institute on drug abuse. They say the decline includes alcohol, cigarettes and opioid painkillers. Marijuana use is down as well except among High School Seniors where levels remain steady. We think the declines overall are part of overall prevention efforts where families and communities are doing a good job in keeping these substances out of the hands of their kids. Theres also an important overlap among all of these substances so as some of them decline the others seem to go downward along with them. The report included data from 45,000 students. Cold can leave your skin feeling dull, dry and flakey and so can a lack of sleep, we know that. But excuse me my throat is dry, too. I need water. There are a few changes you can make, we can all make, to our skin care routine to keep our skin healthy. In wintertime it gets cold. The humidity drops and dry air sucks moisture out of the skin. Reporter because of this determineologist dermatologist tells us this. You may want to switch it to a more hydrating cleanser. If youre more oily you dont want to go quite that far and stay with your foamer and try to moisturize more. Reporter to help moisturizer penetrate the skin, its recommended to exfoliate your face and entire body. We recommend not skipping a step of your skin care even in the wintertime. If youre a person with really dry or sensitive skin, one time per week may be enough for you. Reporter a hot shower or bath may seem relaxing, its actually not good for your skin. Super hot water will weaken and soften that natural oil layer on the top of your skin. Reporter though her skin is most ly covered during the winter, its still important to protect the exposed areas with sunscreen especially for those who enjoy the outdoors. With the snow and ice you get the reflection of the uv rays back up at you and that refle reflection can be up to 80 . You get it coming up from below. Reporter dermatologists recommend spf 30 or higher. Another cooldown is on the way. You will be feeling an arctic blast heading our way. And when youll need to bundle up. Well let you know plus this is todd hardy. A fitness buff, youth baseball coachand lung cancer patient. The day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. The surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. I wanted to know what my other options were. And i found that at Cancer Treatment centers of america. 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Reporter winter storms and cold weather can wreak havoc and be pretty hazardo ahead you can keep your home safe and warm all winter long. Winterize your home at home installing weather stripping and installation keeps the drafts out but keeps your heating bill from hitting the roof. Check your heating system now. Dont wait. Have it serviced by a professional to make sure its clean and also working properly and ventilated to the outside. Get a certified Chimney Sweep and dispose of your embers safely. Put them in a metal container outside and away from your home after youre done with the fire. Losing power can be disastrous. If you have a generator, never use a generator inside your garage or home. Before you buy one get a generator that is rated for the amount of power that you actually need and frozen pipes are another big pro really wreak havoc in your home. We did a whole story about how frozen pipes, how you can prevent them from happening. Catch our full report now on our nbc washington app. Just search frozen pipes. Okay, thank you, susan. A lot of good information there that we all could use. Bitter cold is on the way. Talking about this thursday morning with a low of 15 or 19 its going to be . Thursday morning and into not thursday morning, friday morning. Thursday morning temperatures will be dropping. So were going to spend most of our day in the 20s. The arctic air is wednesday. Wednesday night it comes in. Well probably hit our daytime high at midnight, 1 00 a. M. And that will only be in the 30s. And then well drop. Hot chocolate, everybody, friday morning. Drink it afterwards when i get in from wtop. It is going to be chilly out there on thursday. And honestly i dont even know if hot chocolate can warm you up. This afternoon isolated showers and a light snow shower north here and then as wednesday is our transition day temperatures now havent budged too much. Passing rain or snow shower not out of the question. You can see a little bit trying to pop up in the west. We have this system upper level system moving our way. Which will spread the snow, a light rain shower, and an area of low pressure forming off the coast. Were wedged between two places. Anything we do see will be light. Let me take you hour by hour. You can see by 9 00 here is some rain, a little cooler out to the Mason Dixon Line where theyll have maybe a little bit of sleet and possibly some snow. We clear out just in time for wednesday morning. Temperatures in the mid40s with quiet weather. Now as we continue through the next five days we have our weather alert temperatures only 30. Wind chills in the teens. This is what well be talking about next. Thank you, lauryn. You see them all over facebook. Sounds good but ahead why you cant even trust your friends when it comes to these posts. At ikea, we believe everyone should be able to afford a welcoming home for the holidays. And that nothing should get in the way of a good conversation. We believe that room for one more shouldnt cost more. And that you can make a place for everyone. Here are the top stories that you might have missed. The case of the man suspected of firing an Assault Rifle into a northwest d. C. Restaurant is moving to federal court. A d. C. Superior Court Dismissed charges against edgar welch this morning. Welch told police he was selfinvestigating a fake news story about a child sex ripping ring at comet ping pong. Rex tillerson will serve as secretary of state. Former Texas Governor rick perry the energy department. It was a cold morning wakeup call for guests at the capital hilton houtel. Take a look at the scene. A fire breaking out in the were told around 4 30 this morning. The fire sparked in a laundry bin and the sprinklers kept it from spreading. Firefighters came in and extinguished the flames. It was a mothers day murder that shocked our area. They were killed inside their home by a longtime name. They say he brok