Im going to is on that list and targeted you Better Believe im going to still go out there. Thats what we found out from local police, Homeland Security and of course the company that runs this mall behind us. When we come back at 6 00 well read some of your facebook posts. Find out how you guys feel about the threat. Live at the montgomery mall, Debra Alfarone, wusa9. The video released by alshabab mostly focuses on the conflicts between kenya and somali and the attack of twoulth. Twoulth of 2013. A man secretly videotaping women using restaurants in one restaurant. The owner is charged with six counts of visual surveillance after a woman using a rams head tavern in maryland said she discovered a camera in the restroom. Authorities are concerned the alleged videotaping could have also happened in one of those other locations. Kyle muehlhauser of severna park turned himself in to police and has since been released on bond. Howard county police began investigating moul muehlhauser since last year. She saw the camera fall other the floor. Police found images of six women. They also found video images of muehlhauser himself putting the camera in to place in the womens room. Detectives also say dna results from the camera match muehlhauser but his neighbors say the man they know is a good guy. Theyre not completely convinced of these charges. Id guess maybe they were there for security reasons but i dont think hes doing anything malicious or porn knrask pornographic with it. Just whos going in and out of the bathroom. I find that very hard to believe. In addition, rams head has two tavern locations in annapolis. The Restaurant Group also has a stevensville location. Authorities are notifying Police Departments in all those locations and investigating other possible videotaping. In a wild turn of events in the case of accused child molester gardner, theyre considering whether he had witnesses killed in a murder for hire scheme. Why that attorney had to withdraw. What happened, peggy . It was less than a week to go before trial and after months of preparation michael gardeners defense team pulled out of the case today. This after a judge ruled that gardeners lead attorney could be called as a witness. The more this goals on, the more lies bury him deeper and deeper. Reporter the parents of three children who say Michael Gardner molested them at a Slumber Party were told about an alleged murder for hire plan to kill off the young witnesses. Law enforcement officers from the state from three different local jurisdictions they tell you that theres the potential plot to abduct and murder your children is not something you can really describe. Reporter prosecutors say gardner discussed the plan with another inmate who turned out to be an informant. When an undercover officer visited gardner, gardner called his attorney, chris libeing. Libeing liebig informed officers. He certainly provided us other information during our meetings with him that led to the information he gave us. Reporter liebig and his firm withdrew from the case. Liebigs attorney blames prosecutors. They used bad judgment and mr. Gardner paid the price. Reporter prosecutors say phone jail conversations reveal Michael Gardner is consumed with anger and revenge. Hes described himself as we indicated a sheet of black anger. Hes indicated weve sucked on a radioactive popsicle things of that nature. Gardner is not charged with murder for hire and his attorneys attorney said gardner never discussed such a thing and that the informant made it all up. The judge made a ruling on whether his wife will be a witness. Ill have that coming up. Gardner is not only set to be retried on this case but on new charges involving a sex assault against a female relative. That trial was set to start next week. Now that gardner needs to find new counsel, that could cause a delay. The deep freeze is back and here is first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt with all the details. It didnt last long. We hit 50 yesterday. Very nice day. Perfect for shoveling snow. Were now in the 20s essentially. Its 30 downtown. Everybody else in the 20s. And really temperatures fell or held steady all day. 24hour temperature change, 18 degrees colder than we were at this time yesterday. What does it feel like . Theres a little bit of a breeze. It feels like its in the teens in terms of wind chill. Feels like 16 in manassas. 18 in gaithersburg and downtown. 22 for wind chill down in fredericksburg. Forecast temps tonight we had to widen the range. I talked about this on facebook and twitter. 0 to 14. I think it will be zero to leesburg, 1 in sterling 10 in springfield. Even bethesda, rock field and college park will be in the single digits. About 8 going toward woodbridge so were looking at record lows it looks like. The record low is 14. Thats low hang ing prut. By tonight, want to walk the dog you can. Bad news, its already 10 in gaithersburg and 13 in manassas. Well let you know if we see any moisture mixing with this cold air this week. New controversy of police use of nsa style of secret technology to track cell phones. Prosecutors in and around the country have dropped evidence and cut deals rather than reveal details of the surveillance equipment. Bruce leshan is live with more on that part of the story. What looks like a tree behind me sill wetted against the clouds, thats not a tree. Thats a cell phone tower. But the devices that were talking about, local police are using to fool cell phones and snarf up cell phone data, theyre far more covert and camouflage than that tree. Reporter the suitcasesized stingray devices do not look like much. Theyre so good at scarfing up cell phone data that local police are spending as much as 400,000 a piece in federal terrorism grants to buy them. Stingrays are like fake cell phone towers. Phones register with them and as the police drive around, they can triangulate a phones precise location in real time. The purpose of a warrant is really to have a judge be involved when a really invasive surveillance ecnology technology is being used. Reporter dc police and feds have spent thousands of dollars on stingray but decline to talk about it and decline to say if theyre going to a judge to get a warrant to use them. In baltimore the Baltimore Sun says a judge threatened to hold the detective in contempt of court for refusing to say how police pinpointed a suspect. In florida the Washington Post reports prosecutors pleaded out what looked like a slam dunk tape against a small time pot dealer than Detailed Police use evidence the feds have sworn Police Departments around the country to secrecy but judges have been pushing. The Supreme Court of the United States has been very skeptical about intrusion using technological means that are not just the eye or ear. Reporter the sting grabs data not just on the targets phone but on the phones of everybody in the area in real time. Critics say it needs to be very clear to Police Agencies that they have to throw out the information on hundreds of potentially thousands of people who have been swept up by the surveillance. It shows where you are. It shows who youre talking to. It shows what youre doing. You go to a doctors office. You go to a gun show. You go to a church. The justice department, arlington police, Montgomery PoliceFairfax Police all declined to comment on this surveillance technology. Prince georges and louden county authority say they do not have it. Police suggest just talking about this technology will make it less effective but critics say we have to discuss how its being done to protect the privacy of innocent lawabiding americans. A deadly shooting happened just after midnight on brentwood road. The victim, 29yearold marcus mccom was promounsed dead dead at the scene. Two men were seen leaving in black fourdoor cars. Still no word on any arrests. No word on who did it or why. Luckily no one was home when a massive fire broke out early this morning in montgomery county. It took several firefighters to put out the flames. Investigators say the damage is now estimated at 425,000 and investigators still do not know what caused it. Were just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. Two maryland lawmakers and one antigay robo call. Scott broom brings us the controversy coming up at 5 30. A new study parents need to know about. Research believes peanut allergies could be preventable. Topper is back with more on our return freeze and how long its going to last. After the break a Popular Party drug. We thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. When i post my slow jams, im a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. And the fastest wifi available from any provider. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v a spectacular fire in new jersey today where an oil tanker overturned and caught fire. Check out these flames. It lost control of the rig just across the Delaware River from philadelphia. The driver was rescued and nearby homes had to be evacuated. The truck was reportedly carrying 8900 gallons of gasoline. A group were sent to the hospital after an overdose of molly. Molly is a very potent form of the psycho active drug ecstasy. Its to be expected from the College Environment but it is disappointing to know that people are exposed to this kind of dangerous drug. According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network hospitals reported more than 22,000 mdmarelated emergency room visits in 2011 alone. A new Study Suggests many peanut allergies can be prevented. Researchers say their findings could lead to major changes in food allergy guidelines. Reporter the chances evan woolen would develop a peanut allergy were high. When he was 11 months old his mother enrolled him in a study at Kings College london that involved more than 600 babies at high risk for peanut allergies. The infants were assigned to eat peanut protein or avoid it. The findings published in the new england journal of med sl found medicine found introducing peanut early dramatically rediscussed the risk of a peanut allergy. Feeding young infants with eczema was associated with a striking reconduction in the prevalence of peanut allergy and seemed to prevent more than 80 of cases. Reporter dr. Hugh sampson at mt. Sinai hospital says this is a landmark study that should change food allergy guidelines. I think well now see a prevalence of peanut allergy in this young population start to drop instead of continuing increasing. Reporter now 8 years old evan never became allergic to peanuts and can eat whatever he wants. My favorite food is Peanut Butter which does have a lot of nuts tin. In it. Reporter marlie hall, new york. Its estimated 2 of the children in the u. S. Have food allergies. I feel like theres not as many allergies. I feel we hear a lot more of it than when we were. My daughter definitely had peanuts before 1 and shellfish before 1. We did it after 1. We did seafood too and she doesnt have any allergies either. Were deal ing temperatures sleet snow and ice are crippling parts of the southern u. S. This building in tennessee buckled under the sheet of snow and you can see thick coats of ice brought down tree branches and there are families who have been without electricity for days. Its one of the worst. It really is. Its done more damage to peoples homes or cars. I dont think you can really imagine its this bad until you get here. Thats a red cross volunteer who traveled 200 miles to help out at this shelter. She said conditions in parts of tennessee are so bad that sticking it out at home just is not an option. It could take weeks. Weeks, topper before electricity is fully restored. That is dangerous. We hate ice storms. Theyre the worst. It takes a long time to put in poles. Takes a long time to get to those poles when theres ice. Well talk about a lot of things today. Temperature roller coasters, snow. Weve got some grass coming up for you. Lets start with a temperature grab. We had a nice little break yesterday and thats gone now. So well go back in time. Only 22 for a high on friday. Alive on saturday. That occurred essentially at midnight. Then 50 yesterday. Pretty nice day. 40 is going to go in the books today. That was the midnight temperature this morning. Weve been essentially with below average temperatures for the last four days except yesterday. The dew point is 1. Thats good. Winds west northwest. We really have a perfect recipe for a very, very cold night with clear skies calm winds very dry air mass and oh, yeah, snow cover. A bitterly cold start but light tomorrow morning. That may be the only Silver Lining i have. Bus stop temperatures 0 to 22. Those arent wind chills. Those are actual temperatures. 6 a. M. To 9 a. M. Still very cold in the afternoon. Still seasonably cold on wednesday. So its going to be kind of cold but essentially quiet week. You saw that video in tennessee and parts of the south. The southern stream is very active. A lot of storms just to our south this week. Well keep a close eye on them. Tonight, want to walk scrappy you can. 11 in leesburg. 18 downtown. By morning i think these temps are going to be a little lower than the futurecast is showing. 6 00 7 in gaithersburg. More like 3. 9 in leesburg. I think it will be more like 2. 15 in dc will be more like 13. Its going to be a very, very cold night. 9 a. M. Tomorrow a few clouds come down. Not a huge deal. Theyll quickly exit. Essentially a partly cloudy day. By 1 00, in the 20s. Thats pretty impressive that were heading in to late february. 4 00 31 downtown. 25 in gaithersburg. 28 in lee sburg and 30 in manassas. We stay above freezing with this latest batch of cold air. Tonight clear to partly cloudy. Bitterly cold again. A few slick spots though nothing really melted. Lows 0 to 14. Tuesday morning partly cloudy. Very cold. 0 to 26. But light winds. By afternoon partly cloudy and cold. High temperature around 30. Winds south southeast about 10. Well break it down on the day planner. 15 at 7 00. 17 at 9 00 and low 20s by 11 00. Not much wind but cold. 26 downtown at 1 00. Next few days, no yellow alert. That will be nice. Flurries possible on thursday. That storm im watching passing just barely to our south. It will give more snow to places like raleigh durham. Next seven days, maybe a flurry on friday. Another cold front comes through. 29. Not as cold sunday and you snow lovers this is killing me too. We warm up, rain and showers next monday. Weve got troubling new information about how precarious the finances are for average americ impact of the largest Oil Workers Strike in 35 years. Well have details on our consumer alert. Why this 18monthold birthday is a special one for bao bao the panda. And we want to know whats on your mind. Tweet us. In tonights consumer alert, Oil Prices Continue to inch up. The markets on wall street ended the day mixed. The dow was down 24 points. The nasdaq added 5. Its the Largest Oil Refinery strike by workers in the u. S. In alive years. The work stoppage started february 1st and now affects 1 5th of u. S. Production. Union leaders say safety concerns are among sticking points between the workers and management. The management and even engineers have stepped in to keep the refineries up and running. A new survey finds three out of eight of us are teetering on the edge of financial disaster. Bankrate. Com says 30 to 49yearolds fair the worst in the study. Target plans to add double the amount of organic and sustainable products in its stores. The big box retailer offers more than 200 new brands that include natural childrens soaps and veggies with a full serving of spinach. Target introduced 16 environmental friendly products just last year. Calling all cheese lovers. Mineral point cheese is selling a 20year cheddar priced at more than 200 per pound. I know you liked aged cheese. I dont know if youd be willing to pay that much for it. The Wisconsin Company says the cheese may be gone next week because the orders are coming in at a rapid pace. All you cheese connoisseurs, better act fast. I like the cracker barrel. I hear you. Birth day wishes go out to had National Zoo Panda cub bao bao. She turns 18 months old today which is sort of independence day. 18 months is the age panda cubs stop nursing and can start living separately from their moms. Bao bao began the weaning process naturally a few months ago so she should be able to start living alone in march. Takes her 18 months and takes us 18 years. Straight ahead the latest on the search for three missing school girls feared to have joined isis. A fathers emotional response when his daughter was mauled to death by a pit bull. A county Council Member with ties to a neoconfederate hate group refuses to talk about his antigay robo call made in the final days of a political campaign. Maryland state prosecutors investigating a mysterious antigay robo call made according to the candidate target of the call. The eventual winner of the race is not talking about it because of the onknowing investigation and thats where scott broom picks it up. Despite his well documented ties to a neoconfederate hate group. On youtube he talks about secession. His ties to a hate group called the league of south. Natural anthem he plays is dixie. And here he is on a recent podcast calling homosexuality a death style. I dont call it a lifestyle. Its a death style. This death style does not reproduce. Its got to recruit your children. Reporter it brings us to this robo call made in the final days of peroutkas run for office. The call thanks his opponent for being gay which he is then ties armstrong what peroutkas Campaign Literature calls the bathroom bill, which armstrong had nothing to do wit