Because hes still in the hospital. He caused a wild rampage, one which was caught on many cell phones of drivers. This is a much calmer rush hour tonight. How does a crash turn into this . Chaos. Get away from us. Reporter police say the man behind it of sterling we facetimed with allen who is back at work and back on the road. Notice his passenger seat sits empty. His doug is usually by his side. When you know that he locked eyes with you, what was going through your mind at that point . To get out of there. Reporter tuesday night noticed a man driving the driver of the dumptruck and saw the man strip down and then turned his attention to him. Emma got uneasy. He looked at me and she started barking. He hopped up on the passenger side and tried to open the door and when he couldnt get in, he punched the window and shattered it with his fists. Reporter glass was cut around this dogs eye. You can see the man hanging there on the door is naked. He was on the side of adams 18wheeler. I got up to 30 miles an hour before he let go. Pounding this flatbed as the crews ultimately found gonzalezflores in a ditch. Adam is still shocked by the rush hour rampage. Assault and battery, felony hitandrun, throwing an object at a moving vehie, exposure are just some of the long list of charges that Gonzales Flores faces tonight. As far as the obvious question, was he on something, thats what police are looking into. They dont know if drugs were involved or an emergency after the initial accident. Maybe hypothermia . Any other injuries that you know of . Reporter when you think of the temperatures that were dealing with this time yesterday, we know that he had some bleeding out of his hands. One guy, you heard him there, he used his bare fists to bunch through that passenger side window. So no doubt several injuries are in repair right now. David culver on the scene 24 hours later, thank you. Erika . For the first time this evening were hearing from the father of a bethesda teenager wooded area. The medical examiner is trying to figure out how he died. His father says hes upset with police and how they handled the case. Reporter a senior found dead lying in a pool of water in a wooded area near the bannocburn swim club. He was found by his father. There was a party on elgin lane and drimpginking and police brot up. Some other teens left on food and he was missing for 18 hours before woods and his Father Says Police did little to help. Reporter police say they were out and nearby when farshefa farsheed found his son. The police heard his father proclaim he found his son. Reporter he went to the Police Station and talked to an officer about his missing son. He says the cop told him to wait. She told me that this happened. Just wait until tomorrow morning. Reporter police say they are reviewing this case. So the book is not Police Believe it was a tragic accident. In bethesda, pat collins, news4. We could soon see a plan to overhaul our tax system as early as next week. Gop leaders in the house and senate reached a preliminary deal. If youre in the top tax bracket, your rate would go down to 37 . Youd be able to deduct mortgage interest on loans up to 750,000 and the corporate rate would be slashed. Some could see lower taxes as soon as february. Doug jones pulling off an upset wind against roy moore, thanks in large part by africanamerican voters. Moore did not receive the same support. The president said he does not believe it will impact his agenda. Doug jones win is a string of wins for democrats. How did he pull off this win in a very red state and what does it mean moving forward to next years midterms . Joining me now is mark murray. Is this a flawed candidate issue here . I think it was a onetwo punch, in some ways a historically flawed candidate with so many allegations and baggage surrounding him. And for the Democrat Doug Jones to be able to wi what we also saw in combination with those allegations and all of the flaws that roy moore had was a tremendous amount of democratic turnout. Huge africanamerican turnout in alabama. Huge turnout among women benefiting what we ended up seeing in the suburban areas a month ago, we saw almost the same thing and sane dynamic play out in alabama where the birminghams and the mobiles were very rich places to carry the democratic candidate across the finish line. Chuck schumer wants to delay it until jones are seated. Is there a slight possibility of that or, if not, what kind of impact will jones have when he comes to town . Its full speed ahead. Republicans want to get this past as soon as nbcs mark murray, thank you so much. We invite you to keep it here ahead on nightly news with lester holt after news4 at 6 00. One of president trumps black supporters is leaving the white house. Omarosa resigned to pursue, quote, other opportunities. But there are reports that she had to be escorted off white house grounds. Omarosa has served in the office of public liasons. Jewelry clothing and an unusual jewelry spree gets the attention of area police. Why the big clue is a Church Police shootings in recent months. Tonight, a behindthescenes look at how some officers are trained on whether to shoot or not. And how far would you go to prevent a deadly diagnosis . Doreen what if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . Became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Doug kaer weather coming our way . Yes. You notice in union station, its a windchill and its snow out there right now. Going to make for an interesting night tonight. Derrick ward, one of the most interesting men in the world. Derrick . Reporter its cold down here. Its a bit chilly. All over the area, folks were out. Some because they had to be. Midday, during the warmest part of the day, still below freezing. Thats the kind of day its been. While it is december, cold weather should come as no surprise. This blast of arctic air is a bit more than people are ready for right now. s gary wolf says he was homeless but after years on the streets, hes gotten his life together and winters on the streets are just a cold memory. This cold weather out here, oh, man, you have to be under the influence in order to get through it. Reporter life goes on under the warmest clothing. He can recommend what to buy, a staple of his native beirut. I stay out here all day. Reporter she comes from a warmer place. You just wear lots of clothes. Reporter good advice whether National Harbor or, you know, down by the water. And usually its not a crowd but you see more people down here. Were tracking snow on storm team 4 radar. Theres not much. Its going to be a pretty conversational for an hour or two and in the winchester area, its very, very light. We still have a lot to go through here. Were watching the storm system and its a very potent storm system back around the detroit area. They are going to see accumulating snowfall. For us, its a quick hitter. Its not going to do a lot. Notice, winchester around the 5 00, most of us will have quickhitting, not going to miss a lot and the impact of this little system that she have for us, lets go over to amelia. We were noticing and getting a lot of calls, people wondering why are the crews out treating the roads . Its because of a quick shot of snow that were dealing with. Right now, the roads are fine. You saw the timing on future weather. Some slick spots, not necessarily on main roads but certainly secondary wrote north and west of washington. Areas like fred lierick and loudoun. By tomorrow morning, dry roads are in the forecast. No need to worry about the snow for tonight or tomorrow mornings commute out there. The focus, once again, is windchills in the Single Digits but its still the warm jacket and hat and gloves type of weather. Temperatures below freezing and we see the winds pick up as we move toward the 8 00 a. M. Hour. Plenty of sunshine in the forecast. Because of the cold and breezy conditions persisting, as you look for exercise forecast, once again, its likely better indoors. Yes, conversational snow out there. Tenday forecast, maybe a few flurry chances but its really as we head into the beginning of the weekend. Of course, staying cold tonight and this picture says it all. We have clouds above us. This is the snow out to the west. You can see it all the way out there. The clouds had the snow associated with it. 34 degrees, the clouds temperaturewise, 23 in gaithersburg. 26 in downtown and 27 right now in manassas. Very cold air is coming in here. Tomorrow morning, waking up to very cold numbers. Once again, windchills in the 20s as we step out the front door. Not a lot of wind tomorrow morning. Winds pick up tomorrow afternoon. High of 42 but feels like 30s all day. Flurries possible on friday. Saturday and sunday, back into the 40s. Rather cool. Sundays are better now. A chance of a storm and i think its later sunday into monday. Sunday, dry. Monday, a high of 53 with a chance of showers. That continues into the day on tuesday with cooler weather in the middle of next week. Were monitoring this, a snow chance for you, hour by hour coming up in a few minutes. Doug, thank you. It was one of the most highprofile shootings in our area. T terrance sterling was killed by the police. The officer says he felt endangered after sterling rammed his vehicle with a motorcycle. They ruled that the officers use of force was unjustified. For officers making a decision to fire their weapon is often made in a second. Today, news4s chris gordon got a look at how difficult the decision can be. Reporter as a reporter, im i invited to experience what it is like behind the badge. I feel nervous and im playing the role of an officer during a traffic stop in the disritrict. Id like to see your license, registration. Mathis is my proof of insurance. Did you stop me because im black . No, sir, i am not. I am stopping you because you went through the red light. I dont have my license. Its in my other pants. I returned to my cruiser to get a background check as i see he reaches behind his back and i dont know if hes drawing a gun. You want my license . Huh . Ive got my license. Okay. What you reaching for your gun for . Sir, sir you asked me for my license. I would ask you to step back to your car now. I was able to get him back to the car without incident but afterwards during a debriefing i was told i made a serious mistake. You are in the kill zone. Im too far forward . Im too far forward. I should have worked with him from just behind . Absolutely. Reporter police turning the table on the reporters to offer a new perspective on the splitsecond decisions facing officers every day. Reporting from the metropolitan Police Training academy, chris gordon, news4. Youve seen the stories about thieves stealing car tires. Theres a new your car doors right off your vehicle and how you can protect yourself. And questionable Text Messages and allegations of insider bias. He man overseeing therussia on capitol hill, Rod Rosenstein faced a number questions today about antitrump Text Messages by the fbi officials involved in the russia probe. The messages disclosed in a report hundreds of exchanges between an fbi counter intel agent and fbi lawyer. They refer to the thencandidate donald trump as an idiot. The agent involved was removed from Robert Muellers team over the summer. Rosenstein is the only person who can shut down Robert Muellers investigation of russian interference in the 2016 elections. He says the investigation is appropriate and not a witch hunt. As Scott Macfarlane reports, rosenstein was also asked about a recent interview he conducted with news4. Scott . Good evening. Among those questioning Rod Rosenstein today, u. S. House republicans, critical of the mueller investigatio key members of the campaign, he says that the probe is too broad and some are biased against the president. He said, im not going to discuss my communications with the president but i can tell you no one has communicated to me a desire to remove robert mueller. Shortly after it was asked about rosensteins recent interview with news4 in which he says he was satisfied with muellers management of the probe. You indicated that you were satisfied with how the special counsels investigation is proceeding. Why, after youve heard all of the concerns, are you satisfied with the course of the investigation . Im satisfied, congressman, because, based on what i know, which is different from what here in the media, based on what i know, i believe director muer and conducting himself appropriately. Rosenstein was a powerful local figure before taking over as the number two official at the Justice Department and the longtime federal prosecutor in maryland and overseas mueller because his boss Jeff Sessions recused himself. Erika . Scott macfarlane in the newsroom for us, thank you. It seems like your typical crime spree. Targeting stores, jewelry, clothes, the clue is what they hope will lead them to an arrest. Guess what thieves are targeting now. Youve likely heard of cars being stolen and rims and tires, too. The latest item that criminals are tar et going and what police say you can do to protect your vehicle. And doug is tracking snow on the radar. The timing for when youll see flakes in y storm team 4 Doug Kammerer here. We have snow moving in but its a very dry atmosphere. A lot of it not hitting the ground. If it is, very light snow around the winchester area. Same thing for the d. C. Area. Tonight, its not going to be a lot. Were not anticipating much. You notice the areas in purple. Philadelphia, state college, garret county, thats where we have the Winter Weather advisory. Were not expecting much in the way of accumulating snowfall. Well show you who will see a dusting of an inch in some locations. Doug, thank you. Were working breaking news. D. C. Police have identified a suspect in a ride share attack. Police are looking for this man, 32yearold selvin chccoou. The woman was a he was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries. If youve seen this man, Contact Police immediately. Thieves stealing tires and airbags. Have you heard about thieves going after car doors . This happened at least twice in our area since october. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald will show you how to protect your vehicle. Reporter for the last several years, he parked here without any problems until a few weeks ago. Reporter i walked my doug and noticed my car had the passenger side doors, the front and back doors removed. Reporter Arlington Police say a suspect or suspects smashed one of his windows and managed to get away with his side doors. Its a crime they are calling unusual. I have never heard of it easier. But its not just happening in arlington, virginia. I spoke with baltimore resident ann carmony over the phone. Both of her doors were missing, too. The officer said it probably didnt take more than five minutes for the whole thing. Ray moxley is part of the shop in arlington. I took it in high school in 1975. Hes seen a lot. Somebody is putting an order in that to someone. In his experience, criminals are likely to hire specific parts for other peoples cars. Two men working together probably five minutes per door. Reporter lock your doors, install surveillance cameras around your property, if you can, and report suspicious activity. Because at this point, the thieves who stole these car doors are still on the run. Meagan fitzgerald, news4. D. C. Police are trying to track down a group of burglars who they think may be connected to as many as seven different cases. Take a look at the vehicle they are using. It appears to be a church van. Surveillance video shows three guys getting out and going into a door at the highend city center and walk out with clothing. Another man smashed a window in downtown d. C. Before sliding in and grabbing items from a display case. Into meanwhile, in montgomery county, backtoback robberies at pharmacy this is afternoon. This one, first one right around lunchtime at the knolls in kensington. Its unclear if the guy got anything in that case. Just about a half hour later, someone hit the pharmacy on New Hampshire avenue in white that time, were told a man jumped overthecounter and took medicine. In both cases, the robber got away in a darkcolored suv. Today, the d. C. Mayor mare ye Muriel Bowser honored seniors at a celebration and it was just a handful in the world to receive an award from the World Health Organization as an agefriendly city. An 81yearold holocaust survivor from our area is considering running in his 12th, 12th marathon. News4s Barbara Harrison shows us how he stays in shape. This is an incredible story. It is. This man runs six miles a day, six days a week, rain or shine, a he was 65 years old. Now at 81 years old, he completed his eighth marine corps marathon. When hes not running hes at the holocaust museum. I said, yes, i was there, i heard an individual speak about the holocaust. And that gives me a good reason to say i did my part. He says it gives a real voice to the atrocities of the holocaust and whyc he likes wo hes one of the youngest victims still living and it means a lot to those for the voice who are gone. How nice to see him there facetoface. We cant wait to see him run the marathon. Absolutely. I think hes done marine corps like eight times and boston three. Its incredible. Indeed. Thank you, barbara. Youre welcome. How far would you go . Doreen gentzler speaks to a local man who had his stomach removed to stave off a disease. And slower speeds and higher bills. Susan hogan explains. But first, weve got a recap of some of our other top stories. Jose Gonzalez Flores with a naked rampage yesterday here on route 128. He faces several charges, including felony hitandrun, exposure. The father of a bethesda teenager found dead says police didnt do enough to help find his missing son. He was found in an area of water. He disappeared from a party that officers broke up for