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WRC News4 Today December 12, 2015

Thele who days but it is really not going to be feeling like it. Springtime in december weather on the way. Right now, a little bit of fog around some of the rural areas and the chesapeake bay. Storm team radar, not showing any rain. A few sprinkles trying to reach the ground. Way out here in allegheny county, those will be heading off to pennsylvania. Temperatures are already near the average high for this time of year. Reagan national, 46. Nearby suburbs, montgomery, prince georges and fairfax. Generally in the 40s to around 50 degrees. This mild air could extend all around the region. 40s, right around the bay. Weather headlines for this saturday. A chilly morning. Mild temperatures for the afternoon. Near record highs today, sunday and again on monday. Well look at that chance, coming up in just a few minutes. Thanks so much, tom. Teams make a discovery combing through a lake in San Bernardino. The fbi wont say what was found. They have been looking for any evidence connected to the terrorist attack. Several things found under water were brought to shore. The big item they are looking for is a hard drive. There was a tip that the shooters went by the lake on the day of the attack. Ntsb will be out digging through a Small Plane Crash in pennsylvania. The tail number tells us the plane is owned by a Montgomery County resident. It took off from nemacolin woodlands report. Two people died whether it crashed. One person did survive and was flown to a pittsburgh burn center. Preparations are underway for the funeral of a Montgomery County police officer. Noah leota died on thursday hit by a suspected drunk driver last week. Visitation set for monday from 2 00 to 4 00 p. M. And 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. He will be buried in olney. They are asking for donations to several organizations, including mothers against drunk driving. Today, a father in Montgomery County is protest forg tougher penalties against drunk drivers. His daughter was killed by a drunk driver. That protest will be at a bar. Right now, the maximum penalty for killing someone while driving drunk, ten years. Experts say surviving families almost fall on financial hardship. Maryland laws do not alaw victims to sue the person or the business that overserved drinkers. It is very unfortunate that we had to lose an officer, that he died in such a tragic way. Maybe this is the case that makes the senators and delicates say we are done with this, we are tired of it. We want to see these laws. Advocates say they will be back in annapolis trying to convince lawmakers to change the state law. A possible breakthrough for police in the murder of a young woman. Detectives have searched at least two noehomes. 21yearold heathers body was found dead inned driveway. We are learning that the records for the case are now sealed. Deputies have the young womans cell phone. It contains critical Text Messages and phone calls she made before someone killed her. One man says the killings in d. C. Need to stop. He hopes his display will help the Community Wake up. Hector nuezo is hanging 154 sweaters at cal arama park this afternoon. Each represents a homicide victim. Alexandria city council will be on the job on a saturday. They will vote on pay raises for members and the mayor. The mayors salary could go up from just over 30,000 to 50,000. The parttime elected officials are paid less than those in other places, like Arlington County. If approved, the raise would take effect in january with new mayor. The Council Members have not seen a pay raise since 2002. The holidays are about tradition and honoring one another. Thats why for 23 years and counting, thousands of volunteers lay wreaths at Arlington National cemetery. Last year, every marker, all 227,000 were covered. The group is bringing in more trucks and wreaths at 9 00 this morning. Drivers should suspect big crowds, kristin. Thats right. Metro riders should expect crowded stations. For the event, metro is running full service. The blue line which serves the cemetery will run eight train cars to decision 2016. President ial candidate donald trump heads to south carolina. He has spent months attacking the opposition and now he is taking aim at members of his own party. Trump is not happy with senator ted cruz. Nbcs katy tur has more on that fight and it seems it is not the only one. Reporter protesters clashing with security at a private trump event. Anger spilling into violence. As trump continues to take heat for his muslim ban. Senator ted cruz is joining the trump critics. The American People are looking at greater seriousness and gravity at a commander in chief. Reporter at a private fundraiser, cruz was more pointed. I like and respect both donald and ben. Who am i comforting having their finger on the button . That is a challenging question for both. In the past few months, cruz poll numbers have shot up. He clearly has the ability to organize the grass roots activists, the ability to raise money and the ability to convey a message. Trump is itching for a fight with the texas senator. Tweeting, ted cruz should not make statements behind closed doors to his bosses. He should bring them out into the open, more fun that way. The two have held fire since day one. I like donald trump. Im a big fan of donald trump. I think he has been very beneficial for our campaign. With that unofficial alliance on the line, cruz says he wont attack back, at least not publicly. Donald trump is terrific, hashtag, deal with it. Other gop candidates arent holding back. The lizard brain tends to make snap judgments. He wrote in a newspaper questioning trump and his proposed ban. Right now, at least six people are dead in a Taliban Attack in afghanistan. 12 others were rescued near the Spanish Embassy in kabul. Four Afghan Police officers are among those killed. Two others and several others were wounded. The area is home to many foreign ranking embassies and highranking government officials. We are getting answers as after neighbors say they have been stuck in the dark for three months. Why they cant get anyone to turn their streets on . Growing concern about extremism in america. Why some fears center around who you marry. And omg, that may be your reaction when we tell you how a welcome back. Neighbors are tired of being dark in arlington. The street lights on one street have been out for months. They want the streets safe. Reporter brighteneded only by the occasional car headlights, the darkness of the 2000 block of North Cleveland in arlington is not the most serious problem. For months, it has been a most annoying one for the people that live here. It is narrow. There are no sidewalks. A couple of my neighbors are retired. They are feeling like they are taking their life into their hands if they walk at night. They cant move fast if a car comes down the road and they dont see them. Reporter the ornamental cast iron lamps in this block and only this block have not been working since september. We havent been able to get anything done. They did come about twice and this he got fixed, every other light but that one was still dark. Reporter Jessica Rodriguez worries the darkness could also be an invitation to crime. Our nextdoor neighbor, they are retired, in their 80s. She is really concerned. Reporter an email, a spokesperson for Arlington Countys department of Environmental Services tells news 4, there is an issue with the disconnect box, which is more complicated than a simple bulb repair. Weve ordered parts and are waiting on them to arrive. Estimated time of repair, 23 weeks. That was Jackie Bensen reporting. Just how easy is it to get a fake passport and how easy is it for isis to get their hands on one. Investigation revealed chilling findings. Lets take a look out the window on this saturday morning. Tom says we are going to get well into the 60s this weekend. It is unbelievable. Growing concern that foreign born brides could marry women as part of extremist missions. Isis borrows women for combat and other attacks. As investigators learn more about the woman that killed 14 in San Bernardino. Nbc investigation found that american passports are being sold on the black market in greece. Richard ingle has more. Reporter the streets of athens, migrants from the middle east can buy whatever they need, including a new identity. In july, greek Police Arrested hisen kubash, a syrian part of a document forging ring. They released the picture of the contents of a lab where genuine, stolen passports were doctored. An nbc news investigation revealed kubash also supplied forged american passports to a man he believed was working for isis. It was a sting. The buyer was a u. S. Federal agent. These pictures are from the Surveillance Video of the meetings. Reporter the agent said he wanted to buy four american passports and provided four photographs explaining they were of isis members. The transaction took place here and for little more than 11,000. The forger agreed. Reporter that was may 29th. Five days later, cue bash handed the agent the forged passport. He was picked up by Greece Police from other charges. I asked him about his meeting with that american undercover agent. Did he tell you he wanted the passports for members of isis . Yes, he said that. You dont care who you sell the passports to or for what reason . I dont ask anybody what you want to do for passport. Reporter getting a fake athens, is just a matter of price even for those who say they are shopping for isis. U. S. Passports in the hands of isis fighters is a nightmare scenario. They were probably not good enough to get anyone through an airport. They could be good enough to be used through other places where controls are weaker. Some military families who have lost everything are about to get some welldeserved holiday cheer. 1700 kids and spouses of fallin Service Members are flying to dallas this weekend. They will spend five days on an all expense paid trip, part of a snowball express and american airlines. The families leaving Reagan National this morning will get the special sendoff they so deserve. Take a look at this picture from an interstate in san jose, california. It was a lucky escape for a man in the bay area after a bizarre accident that left him with only a scratch. A metal tray loader flew off of a truck and went right through the windshield of his bmw. He was able to maneuver his car through traffic safely and over to the shoulder. My goodness. Just a scratch for the driver. That guy has to be counting his blessings this morning. Sometimes you see those on the road and you want to make sure that all that stuff is tied down. I never drive behind them because of that. Or back way off. Great day for a drive or more likely a run or a bike ride, anything outside. Or just bask. Exactly. While you can. Keep your head up toward the sky. Wonderful day coming up. Springtime in december. As you are maybe rummaging through your closet this morning, trying to figure out what am i going to wear today, lets look over the list of potentials. No, not a warm coat, no rain boots, no umbrella. Flipflops . We should add flipflops. Sunglasses and maybe long sleeves this morning and you can go with short sleeves during the afternoon. Storm team 4 radar, not showing any rain. We have a few sprinkles, this little blob of green. Thats way up here in allegheny counselee. Thats going to track off to the north and west. All around, we have patchy fog around the bay. Some of the Eastern Shore locations, weve got visabilities down to a quarter mile there. Elsewhere, just some wispy t tendrils of fog. Frederick, chilly 37, so is mon o as sis. Prince georges and fairfax, low to mid40s. Shenandoah national park, great day for a hike or kayaking on the river. 40s for another couple of hours. 40s out of the mountains as well. For outdoor exercise, look at our temperature graph. It will be soaring. Back by 10 00 this morning, it will be near 60. By 11 00, the low 60s. By noontime, 1 00 in the mid and upper 60s. Peaking right around 70. 71 is the record for this date. It is a very old record. It goes back to 1873. This is one of the oldest records we have in december. This we may be tying by mid afternoon in the metro area, 60s. Biking a great date for that. It will be cool in the morning, 50s. By noon, mid60s. Even in much of the region, biking today for a light wind, beautiful up near 70. Going out tonight, mild evening. Between 6 00 and 8 00, mid60s. Between 8 00 and 11 00, it will drop back down to the low 60s. Incredibly mild in the evening. Quite a bit of cloudiness on sunday. That should not stop the temperature from getting up near 70. Tomorrows record high is 71. By the way, this evening, at 7 30, storm team 4 tracking winter. The Winter Weather special. Thats tonight at 7 30 on nbc 4. Now, some showers and fog around on monday with highs in the 60s. Still pretty mild tuesday in the mid60s. Storm team 47, a bit of a cooling. Still in the 50s on wednesday. Thursday, maybe some rain. Chillier weather moves in next weekend. Finally, december acting like december. Thats the way it looks. I love it. Watch the tracking winter special in your shorts. Fantastic. Coming up, more thieves are doing their best grinch impressions and stealing packages. Clever. You heard it. It is going to be beautiful day. Some things you can do. Dc public and Charter Schools are having a fair at the d. C. Armory from 11 00 to 3 00. City center is hosting live holiday ice sculpting from 1 30 to 4 00. You still have to get in the you still have to get in the mood. You still have to get in the mood. What if the holidays were about people again . And the fourletter word that defined the season was love, and not sale. Thats the world t. J. Maxx, marshalls and Homegoods Stores live in. Where theres no need for sales because we offer amazing prices on thoughtful gifts everyday. Lets put more value on what really matters. This season, bring back the holidays. With t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. Welcome back welcome back, it is the season of giving. That wont stop thiefs from steele stealing. Youre a mean one, mr. Grinch reporter the grinch isnt the only heartless soul trying to steal christmas. We have captured real life grinches plucking packages from porches. That means somebody actually approached my house and took something. He is going to steal my two packages. Reporter rick deckmans cameras caught a crook stealing and didnt notice the camera on the garage. Reporter 23 Million People have had packages stolen from their homes. Ups expects to deliver 6 30 million packages between last friday and new years. Up 10 from last year. That means more targets for thieves. In rancho cordoba, Police Officers dressed in street clothes are dropping off decoy packages. They are filled with fake electronics and gps tracking devices to hunt down anyone that steals them. The more people know we are doing this, the less likely they are to do it. Reporter a few thiefs to keep thieves away. Set your own delivery times and use your shipping companys app to have the package redirected. Ups has a program called ac sets point. You can sign up to have packages dropped off at a business and you can pick them up there. What was in the stolen boxes . A 12pack of baking soda and a 24inch metal ruler. Reporter not even the grinch could do much with that. Joe fryer, nbc news several mosques under attack across the country. What we just learned and the concern is behind a fire here at a mosque in california. A fire fight but not how you think. The story behind the video witnesses say shows firefighters in maryland shoving each other at the time of an emergency. Tom is using the s word to describe the forecast. Look how beautiful it is. He is not talking about snow here, people. Well be music thunder clatter by wild cub most weekends only last a couple of days. Some last a lifetime. Hampton. We go together. Always get the lowest price, only when you book direct at hampton. Com dive teams are pulling possible evidence from a lake in San Bernardino. They are looking for a hard drive. There was a tip the shooters went by the lake on the day of that attack. The ntsb is digging through the rubble of a Small Plane Crash in rural pennsylvania. The tail number tells us the plane is owned by someone in Montgomery County, maryland. Two people are dead. One person is at a pittsburgh burn center. Thousands of volunteers laying wreaths at Arlington National cemetery part of wreaths across america. Last year, they covered all 227,000 markers there. What a great event. Good morning. Hope you are having a great saturday. Welcome to news4 today. Im adam tuss in for david culver. Im Kristin Wright in for angie gulf. This feels like april or may. Tom is here with our forecast. Could be talking about 70s. Incredible. Rather chilly as we are starting off early. Sunrise, 45 minutes away. We are beginning to see the first light of dawn showing up. A few wispy, pink clouds on the eastern horizon. Live view from the storm team 4 tower camera overlooking rock creek part in the dark area. Northeast washington, Prince Georges County got a beautiful, almost clear sky. A few wispy clouds. Mid to upper 40s around the bay. News 5, upper 30s. Generally in the 40s. Shenandoah valley and out into the mountains. A general view overlooking washi washington, jefferson memorial. 71 back in 1873. A look at how much longer this warm pattern is going to last. Thats coming in a few minutes. Police say it was arson that damaged a mosque in southern california. That fire burned through the front lob by of the Islamic Center in palm springs in coachella. It could have been worse. Many mosque members were arriving for afternoon prayer there. In phoenix, a

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