d.c.'s taxi commission chairman believes it is economic, not racial discrimination. >> it's really not the racial thing that results in failure to haul. >> reporter: but they don't know where these passengers are going. they're passing them making an assumption by race that they're going to a certain location. >> that's right. >> reporter: so it's -- >> but it's an economic assumption. >> reporter: little comfort for some like this lifelong d.c. resident we watched passed three times in a row. >> he'll pull off before i get there. >> reporter: is this your normal experience? >> this is every day. >> reporter: except for following us we found no evidence over the past year that the d.c. taxi commission has done one thing, initiated 1 program to insure all passengers are treated equally regardless of race. i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek, wusa9. >> a little rough out there. you might want to tweet or facebook russ your experience on d.c. streets and he'll tweet you back ways to contact

within the d.c. police force and how much of it can you speak tribute to bad apples or bad actors that might exist in any police force. i think the problem is that there are undoubtedly bad apples and bad actors in you know in anywhere you go but if they're not held to account for misbehavior then it becomes an institutional problem and in d.c. this problem was exposed in two thousand and eight where it was discovered as part of a lawsuit that half the time people were complaining about sexual assault cases police wouldn't even bother writing that down supposedly the police change their practices but my research took place three years afterwards and i found that still a lot of cases were being classified as office information cases or they weren't they weren't even being considered rapes and investigated at all they were just closed at the time the victim reported given what you've learned about the d.c. police force on this issue is it reasonable to assume other police forces around the country have

one of the people out from d.c. jobs says this. >> they gross over $400 billion annually and they pay poverty wages and they got into d.c. by promising under the table that they would pay $12 to $13, but never publicly coming out and saying that. now they won't say what they are actually paying their workers. >> and back here live, you can see certainly the scene unfolding. you can see those police sirens. i don't think they have anything to do with this. again, mayor gray is going to have to approve raising that minimum wage. we don't know if that's going to happen. this place right here on h street and the one on georgiaa knew, they will open tomorrow morning and d.c. police say certainly expect a lot of traffic around here in the morning. we're live here on h street, wusa9. >> all right, the holiday shopping crowd is sure to show up. thank you, deborah. >> all right. one of these interesting weeks. >> well, it is. early december can be cool. 60s. we have 60s. we have showers. we have snow and sleet on the map, to

involving d.c. police. investigators identified the victim. they say 19-year-old darius murphy shot them last night on queen street. they returned fire and killed him. police say it happened after a chase down the road. murphy's grandmother lives on the block. she says he was in and out of trouble with the law for some time. >>> to prince george's county where a woman remains hospitalized after a police-involved shooting. authorities were called to this home in hyattsville for mental health welfare check. they tell us the woman inside refused to take her hands out of her pockets and threatened officers with a knife. police say they deployed a stun gun but it didn't work because she had on several layers of clothing. an officer then opened fire hitting her in the chest. >>> turning to our weather now. a fierce winter storm is coming through the country and bringing heavy snow and cold temperatures. 30 million people in 25 states are effected. some mountain areas are brace for up to two feet of snow.

a man is fighting on ticket in d.c. for tags he turned into the maryland motor vehicle administration years ago. >> andrea mccarren tells us about a virginia man's struggle to clear his name and credit report. >> when i was in the military, yowere given a code. if you were captured by the enemy, you giveinnothg t bu your name, rank and serial number and nothing else. and that's the way i felt about this. >> reporter: army very ran keith roberts lives in rural, west virginia. >> i've never been to d.c. >> reporter: but that didn't keep mpd from slapping roberts with a $200 speed camera violation. he says the agency refused to provide the photo. >> there's only two kind of people that could be behind this. one, incompetent or two, you're a scammer, you're a thief. >> reporter: keith roberts isn't just fighting a simple ticket. he's waged a battle over tags he turned into the frederick, maryland mva office in 1994. that's right, 1994. >> i, william jefferson clinton... >> reporter: in 1994, bill clinton was president. a ga

a d.c. police officer and suspect shot tonight on queens street in northeast, both of them in the hospital. officers from the gun recovery unit were out on queens street just after 9:00 tonight. a shootout started with the suspect. it's not clear what led to the gunfire. police are not releasing the officer's condition but they say he is conscious and breathing. the suspect's condition is not known. >>> police hope this cellphone video will lead to an arrest after a black friday brawl here at the annapolis mall. 17-year-old girl says a woman approached her at the victoria's secret store and accused her of assault and the suspect started throwing punches. another person joined in knocking the teen to the ground and hitting her in the head. the victim says she's never seen the two women before. >>> it's a controversial tactic used by some stores to prevent shoplifting, suspected shoplifters held inside the store and then asked to pay a fine to avoid getting sued. lots of stores do it and it's

. >> you know the story of the d.c. officer who had to wait for a maryland and be led to come and get him. and there are many others. it was another rough appearance for the public safety committee. in his defense, he said the fire department had been broken for the last 15 years. his first appearance before the report wasince they released in november saying the department's fleet was important issue and the chief was again in the hot seat. >> answered -- answers to pointed questions were not answered. the number of certified -- three. how much money did they request for fleet replacement in 2013? zero. he asked specifically about the hardware fire last june and why d.c. had to borrow at how vertro -- a power truck from district of washington. in the spotlight again. >> i would buy another one. we are working on putting a purchase order or putting a truck in the budget. >> that truck is 10 years old now. that muchthat truck is throwing good money after bad. >> if you want to replace the truck, replace the truck. about

d.c. mayor gray is running for reelection. >> and former mayor marion barry was quick to respond. >> i'm going to be very, very active in the 2014 mayor's race. it's going to be a tough race. >> it's a race that include says four d.c. council members. >> and 10 democrats challenging the mayor in the primary. >> the city deserves to know what he did and didn't know. >> we're confident we'lhave a new mayor. >> best choice we've probably had in recent times. >> good evening. i'm derek mcginty. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. d.c. mayor vincent gray is seeking a second term despite an ongoing investigation into his 2010 campaign. >> we'll hear from those council members who also want his job, but first we begin with bruce johnson, the mayor's announcement and does he really vault to the front of the pack? >> some say that he will. after months of speculation will he run? won't he run? here's what i'm hearing tonight. mayor gray walks into his office this afternoon, tells his staff let's do this, then sho

the d.c. changer -- d.c. chamber of congress -- d.c. chamber of commerce has backed a boost and says it puts ecm maryland at a distinct this advantage, competing with the commonwealth for new jobs. >> until the state of virginia does something, it makes us not competitive. what we have just done is guaranteed employment for virginians. somewhat worried about the impact of a wage hike. money and ifse they lose money, they will close the business. >> others say it's time for a raise. >> i think people should make more money for the work they do. making 5,re 70 people 6, seven dollars an hour and people can't live on that. today, theeaking it president said other things that need to be done include adding job training. republicans say the best way to grow jobs is to let government get out of the way and create fewer rules rather than more. >> thank you. new at 6:00, north carolina's governor has declared an emergency over the closing of the only bridge to the outer banks. crews shut down the bonner bridge yesterday after routine inspection

was methodist pastor who preaching in d.c. this morning said church leaders must show support or the lgbt community. god'shad to treat children in the ways that he asked us to treat them, with the wayand accept them the creator has made them. >> a church jury gave him 30 days to decide whether he can abide by a ban on same-sex weddings. he said he could not do it. his credentials were removed. he plans to appeal that decision. >> a big deadline with the affordable care act is coming up . if you want help insurance at the start of the new year, you have up until tomorrow to enroll. volunteers with d.c. health link spent the week trying to help people sign up. they showed up at a church in northeast this morning. >> it takes a lot of burden off of me. i do not have money. i'm still stuck. >> if you do not mind having health insurance after january 1, you can enroll anytime. if that deadline is missed, fees will kick in for those uninsured. >> more fallout from the national security agency program. leaders are demanding from the

is 59 degrees in d.c.. we have dropped two degrees third 51 degrees at dulles, manassas and gaithersburg, 60 degrees there. is reduced down to less than two miles in winchester. the warm air should be short- lived and this -- and the cold air right behind it. the rain will eventually begin to taper off as we head through the late evening hour. temperatures starting off this morning near 60, dropping into the 40s. when shifting as well. tonight, 30-35 degrees. tomorrow for christmas eve a few flurries are possible. 40-45 degrees. with the wind of the northwest between 10 and 20 miles an hour it is possible that it won't feel like the 30s. temperatures falling. on wednesday sunny and cold, 37 and then rounding out the work week into the next weekend conditions thing pretty quiet with partly to mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 40s eventually climbed to 50 by the end of the weekend on sunday. >> good morning, eileen. it is a very light falling traffic with rain causing some problems around the area. s

>>> the d.c. council going forward with a hike in >>> with the stroke of a pen, prince george's county new minimum wage bill went into law today. they signed the legislation which raises the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour by the end of 2017. workers will see the first increase next october when the rate goes up to $8.40 and hour. it will continue to increase until it reaches the goal in 2017. >> it's part of an effort to create a regional minimum wage. $11.50 an hour by 2016. tom sherwood joins us with details. tom? >> it started with a fight over walmart wages. now the new law will apply city wide. it had been a tense summer of loud, anti-walmart demonstrations. the bill died when mayor vincent gray vetoed it and they couldn't pass enough override votes. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: in contrast, today was worker and community groups that gathered as it has d.c. council prepared to vote for a new law, not just for walmart, but all workers. >> d.c. advocates led a courageous and unstoppabl

but in washington, d.c. the cash that is sloshing around there does not come from a voluntary exchange. i don't know about you guys, but i don't volunteer to pay my taxes to the irs. i don't volunteer to send my money there, i have to. it's an extractive process. and what i'd like to talk to you a little bit about tonight is what i see as perhaps one of the most compelling challenges we face at what is happening in our nation's capital and increasingly our country, and that is we are increasingly moving from a free market economy, and we are approaching an extortion economy of which washington, d.c. is our nation's capital. now, what is the image that we have of people that go into politics? and there are very, very noble people that do go into politics and continue to go into politics today. i by no means adopt the opinion that they are all corrupt and they are all bad. in fact, your going to be hearing from some of them today. but what you have increasingly is, i think, a myth about what happens. and that

we've been lucky enough to be part of that locally here in washington, d.c. >> reporter: d.c. brow owners like many brewers across the nation see craft brew industry more than just a cool job but an important local contributor. >> i think there was a demand for it. culturally the city had changed from that place of transient and there was a lack of identity to people putting down roots, stilling down here and people craving something to represent d.c. not just in beer form or product form but in the cultural form. we were able to step in that role a little bit and help people make that identity. >> reporter: many craft beer enthusiasts say their beer is the local appeal. >> in d.c. we have a number of small breweries. and you know, go to those breweries, meet the people, and you get the sense that it is a really small community oriented business. i do like to support that. >> and more than a savory thirst quencher, it's a bryce spot in the economy. the industry supports over 100,00100,000 jobs . craft beer growth projections are nearly $6 billion in the next five years. so as

d.c. and u.s. park police are directing traffic away from 15th and 17th street around the white house as well as a small stretch of 18th street and more than 30 metro bus routes could be delayed or detoured this evening. a dozen bus stops will be closed during the lighting ceremony. >>> a powerful storm swept through arkansas today. icy conditions forced fayetteville to shut down roads, close schools and businesses. the governor declared a state of emergency. they helped drivers stuck in the heavy snow. a live report from the heart of the wintry weather is in the midwest. it's coming to you at 4:45. >> we are our own nasty weather to deal with. >> slick roads for a different reason. today, it's all about the rain. so many leaves down make for slick conditions in some lanes. the lanes near the curb. meanwhile, this weekend we are talking freezing rain and icy conditions. out there right now, rain. just plain old rain and fog. the visibility is dropping throughout the area. let me show you what's goi

today, food trucks in d.c. will have to start parking in assigned spots. >> suzannekle dean will have more from lantan plaza. >> these spaces will be reserved from 10:30 to 2:30, very poplar dining destinations. if they don't participate in the program, they have to stay at least 200 feet away from the designated lotions. some of the more popular locations are union station and franklin square. they're working very hard to try to get a listing of exactly where the trucks will be on which days online so people can go online to the website and check that out. a lot of these trucks take to twitter and facebook and let their customers know in that way. their customers know in that way. the trucks will have about six abreva can heal a cold sore in as few as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. without it, the virus spreads from cell to cell. unlike other treatments, abreva penetrates deep to block the virus, to protect healthy cells so cold sores heal fast. as fast as 2 1/2 days when used at the first sign. ♪ l

. >>> today the push continues to increase d.c.'s minimum wage. earlier today d.c. councilman tommy wells joined a growing list of d.c. residents calling for an increase of the minimum wage to $12.50 by the year 2017. and to demonstrate how hard it is for families to get by on the current minimum wage $8.25, councilman wells is living on just $98 a week. that covers food and transportation costs for thousands of district residents who are paid the minimum wage. >>> right tbhow the southbound lanes of -- right now the southbound lanes of connecticut avenue has reopened after a 12- inch water main break earlier this morning. crews are in the process of replacing the pipe and say they should be finished with repairs by 4:00 this afternoon. delia goncalves has a closer look at what it will take to get it all fixed. >> reporter: a double whammy for folks here along connecticut avenue. the water main break not only caused a traffic nightmare this morning, it forced some businesses to shut down for the day. a 12-inch water main break made a muddy mess of connecticut avenue

now this comes as the same time another d.c. officer who was charged with child pornography was found dead in the potomac river. it was about 9:30 last night. police were called in where they recovered the body of washington from the water. washington's car and clothing were located nearby. he was facing a minimum 15 years in prison charged with taking naked pictures of underage girls at crime scenes. in what police say is an unrelated case, a second officer was found with an underage girl and drugs in his southeast apartment the day after washington was arrested. court records show police found numerous cell phones, drugs and two girls inside the apartment. barnhill surrendered to police last night. sources say other officers may be investigated, including his roommate who is also a d.c. police officer. now as far mark washington, we are waiting on the medical examiner for cause of manner and death. police have not said how he has died. as for barnhill, he will spend if next few nights in jail. his attorney ask he be kept separ

new, we are getting an idea of how many d.c. residents are visiting d.c. health link.com. it is the city's new online health insurance marketplace. we know that more than 33,000 accounts were created by individuals and families on the website. nearly 1000 businesses were also created and more than 5600 right now, and -- health and human services secretary kathleen stability is is on capitol hill with the how -- where the house energy and commerce committee is expected to grill her. she has asked for an investigation into the administration's botched rollout of the website. the white house announced today about 365,000 people signed up for health insurance, well below the administration's expectations. thehe end of the week, house could officially pass a budget deal. republicans are applauding the plan that could avoid another government shutdown. a rare sign of compromise. not everyone is completely happy. not happen often. lawmakers reaching a compromise before the 11th hour. >> if you are for more deficit reduction, you are for this agreement. >> negotiators announced a

the race for d.c.'s next mayor could be getting more crowded. a d.c. council member plans to file papers today to create an exploratory committee for a as an independent, he would run on the november general election ballot. the current mayoral candidates include vincent gray along with four other members of the d.c. council. time in 20 years, a maryland gubernatorial reject financing. she does not want to win with special interests. she will be eligible for state matching funds. she is facing off with anthony brown and doug gansler in the primary. working to repair to water main breaks in arlington. we are trying to find out how long it will take to get this worked out. school wasmentary shut down. one southbound lane is open on south arlington mill road. it is dreary out there. >> taking a live look at the nations capitol. cloudy. 50 degrees. >> i was going to say, you cannot complain about 50 degrees in december. >> it looks a little brighter than what i think we are experiencing here. it is 53 degrees in d.c., a lot of moister and cloud cover out t

joining us now via telephone is former d.c. mayor, current council member marion barry who was i think you were mayor still when nelson mandela was released from prison in 1992. am i correct, mr. mayor? >> absolutely, derek. my relationship goes before then, one thanksgiving day we sat in at the south african embassy on massachusetts avenue starting a whole movement and on april 4th of thsame year out of that 5,000 d.c. government employees off on administrative leave to go protest and my wife said they were arrested and the first time nelson mandela was freed and came to washington he was my guest. i met him over at the convention center for a big rally movement, gave him keys to the city and so he meant a lot to me, not just as a heroic person, but personally. then in august of last 2006 mayor williams took a delegation to south africa and i visited his home and on that wall was a proclamation from me to him and so we go back. mandela was remarkable. anybody who has been in jail for 27 years and not come out bitter is a big m

as for all d.c. laws it will need to be approved by congress. if that happens, d.c.'s minimum wage will gradually become $4 more than the federal level. niya hopes that extra money in her paycheck will bring a better life to herself and her son. >> joining us now, heidi, an economist with the economic policy institute where she focuses on the low-wage labor market. and from los angeles, writer and senior fell low at the campaign for america's future, and mark wilson, he served as deputy assistant secretary for employment standards administration at the u.s. department of labor for president george w. bush. he now heads applied economic strategy. so heidi, we saw niya pots. if that d.c. minimum wage raise was to go through. she's looking at an extra $26 per shift. where does that money come from? >> that money will come--aside from just coming from the employer? what we know is that what the evidence shows is it's not going to come from her coworkers getting laid off. the evidence--this is one of the most researched things in labor economics on what is the impact of mi

i spoke with d.c. water and their estimate on how long this will take to repair, six to eight hours. so there's certainly going to be an impact during rush hour this morni morning. looking right here at the westbound lanes of benning road, the westbound lanes are chessed. all lanes of bladensburg road are closed. take a look at this video shot earlier by one of the workers on 0 the scene and you can see the water gushing from the broken pipe and gladding the intersection. d.c. water says they are only seeing a water outage to the hechinger plaza nearby. the residents in the area are not impacted at this point. work continues. this is going to be a problem for a lot of folks who use these two very major roads. traffic right now is very light, but we are expecting to see significant delays as the volume begins to pick up here. now with more on traffic, we'll send it over to danella. >>> good morning, megan. we'll start with the rails, folks waking up using metro. bru brunswick east train 870 just five mi

he has not been charged, however d.c. police say the case is still under investigation. >> tom, thank you. it is 4:50 now. we want to talk weather on this friday morning. >> it is nice out there. can you believe we're looking at 48 degrees at this hour at reagan national airport. keep in mind our average daytime high for this time of year only in the upper 40's. here we are in the morning and we're already there. temperatures are going to stay on the mild side for the upcoming weekend. now 18 degrees warmer than we were yesterday at this time. you can see the warmth hugging the east coast. satellite and radar. we have clouds across the area now but area of high pressure. off to the south carolina and georgia coast. that is what is going to keep our winds out of the south/southwest for a couple of days. temperatures well into the 60's if not close to 70 degrees. this is our future cast for the next 48 hours. it keeps temperatures a little bit on the low side for today. look what happens tomorrow. may see a stray shower nor

in --s a fog advisory south of d.c. until 8:00 this morning. satellite and radar, we had a little bit of snow last night, south of d.c. it will not announce -- amount to much more. 35 to 40 degrees to the are -- beay, overnight it will cold. tomorrow, we start the turnaround. 47 to 52 degrees. not so bad out there. >> we are experiencing delay free conditions across the board. we have accident free conditions as well. we are going to start off a shot of re-95 where we can see things are moving right along. all things are moving right along, no big problems or delays coming down or up 95. 66 moves right along through centreville and fairfax. we are experiencing slightly slick conditions, so be careful on the off ramps, overpasses, and bridges. 270 moving right along. tohave a live shot along 270 show you conditions. very light traffic heading southbound. for now, i will send it back over to you. been dreaming of waking up a multimillionaire, sorry, go back to bed. no one won the mega millions in our area. >> unless you were in san jose, californ

as in the communities around d.c. where a lot of these people commute in from who are working in d.c. is you're going to see more money in those communities because you're putting money into the pockets of the jobs after the working what you're going to see it is going to be a lot of more stowell to say the create more don't you want to see is more wealthy non-blacks volunteer ring is unpaid interns to be exempt from this and they'll get their foot in the door because their parents can subsidize them meanwhile the poor black well that's already a major problem that we needed and that we're going to be paid internships. and all these be all these corporate and more people will leave this city i mean at the margins you know i know people i don't i live in virginia because d.c. is to expose a bill of it when people are moving into town when people are looking for their next digs they're going to look at the cost of living and they're going to say i there's no way i'm not going to live and you need to blame the supreme co

and for the d.c. employees who made the trip, the timing was terrible. >> i'm on your side, don't screw it up. >> the trip made in october, just hours before vincent gray confronted congressional leaders asking for and to the government shut doup, which threatened d.c. finances and all the local federal workers. at the same time, 30 d.c. employees in houston for the national recreation and park association annual exposition. what they didn't realize is iteam cameras were there too at one of the conferences evening social events. and under the freedom of information act we know exactly how much it cost taxpayers. 30 employees needing airfare, $200 a night hotel rooms food and registration for the conference itself, total price tag about $54,000. the parks department paid some of the expenses days before the shutdown began, meaning it didn't come out of the district's shutdown contingent say funds. and the agency got permission to hold off paying for the rest. >> any concern traveling to that extent wit

the d.c. governmentt( claiming e was sexuallies assaulted by a man who was deliberately placed in her jail cell. according to internal documents that man was already underi] investigation for another jailhousei] rape. jackie bensen has the story, a story you will only see on3w news4. up at the d.c.o0'ail charge wit a probation violation after being convicted for unlawful entry. what is heralded as one of the best transgender inmate policies in the u.s., he was shousede1 ia protective custody in a single cell,Ñi but on july 18th, something happened. up. here come just a person come in. >> reporter: she says she reminded the correction officers of her house alone status but got no response. >> i don't know if he had like any other type of weapons in here because he's known f/áe there was nobody coming to check up on me, no nothing. >> reporter: she says hert( of officers came in that morning and quickly removed thexd a5r to the hospital for rapelp exam which showed evidence of phqszcal trau

washington d.c. over at center for american progress talking about income inequality and economic conditions here's a quote. so the basic bargain at the heart of our economy as freight in fact this trend towards growing inequality is not unique to america's market economy across the developed world that inequality has increased some some you may have seen just last week the pope himself spoke. about this at eloquent length how going to be he wrote that it's not a news item when an elderly homeless person does but suppose you are but it is news when the stock market loses two points so what do you think. why why should it be news when the stock market drops two points but the fact that you know forty forty thousand people in the united states every year die from lack of health health care for example adam smith a brilliant economist and minister whose book theory of moral sentiments should be read long before explains in the book the senate moral sentiments ups or another matter what the basis in this

today's wall street journal editorial entitled d.c. circuit breakers, the white house wants to pack a court whose judges are underworked. it lays out a caseload pretty clearly and i ask this editorial be made part of the record. >> without objection. >> this is about a naked power grab and nothing more. this is about the other side not getting everything they want when they want it. the other side claims that they were pushed to this point because our side objected to the plan to fill the d.c. circuit with judges. but this side plans to forget history. let's review how we got here. after the president nominated three nominees for the d.c. circuit that aren't needed, a blatant political power grab in its own right, what did the republicans do? we did something quite simple. we said we want to go by the rules the democrats set in 2006. we would hold those democrats to the same standard they established in 2006 when they blocked a nominee of bushes. -- bush's. let's be clear of why the democrats are outraged. they are outraged because rep

it's the d.c. circuit that is going to hear a very, very important case that goes to the heart of obamacare. the d.c. circuit is hearing a case about how the i.r.s. was chosen to implement some rules. you see, the law is very, very clear. the law states unambiguously that the subsidies that obamacare has designed for many people who buy health insurance through their exchange, those subsidies will only be available through the state exchanges. as you know, mr. president, obamacare contemplates two different categories of exchanges through which people are forced to buy the mandated insurance. there are state exchanges and in those states that don't operate an exchange, their federal changes exchanges. the law says the subsidies are available only for the people who purchase their insurance through the state exchanges. what the administration is attempting to do is to completely disregard the law. and make the subsidies available to people who buy through either the state exchange or the federal exc

i'm happy i'm here in d.c. to pay tribute. >> reporter: you can look here and see this large display. it says celebrating the life, legacy and values of nelson mandela. william brought his fourth grade class to the memorial for their social >> i feel responsibilities as a teacher to make sure his messages are related to my students. >> reporter: mayor gray will push to teach about his struggle for justice and peace. >> i want to be able to work to get into the curriculum of our schools a unit that will focus on nelson mandela. >> reporter: you are now looking at a live picture inside the south african embassy. you can see the picture of nelson mandela. there is a table there. on top of that table is a book where people are, you know, sending condolences and writing down their names. that book is going to be sent to south africa to nelson mandela's family. they will begin prayer services each night until next tuesday and they are going to start at 7:00 to 8:00 here at the south african embassy in front of the st

we're in the mid-60s in salisbury. 6 0z d.c. with -- 6 oz d.c. -- 60s d.c. even colder tonight. i'm going to come back in a few minutes. we'll talk about the rest of the week and when you can expect if you're still going to hit the road for your tuesday christmas eve. back to you. >> thanks, howard. >>> an important deadline under president obama's health care law hits tonight. it could put a crimp in your holiday spending. that's because those who want their coverage to start new year's day will also have to fork over their first month's premium by tuesday, december 31. tara mergener has the latest. >> reporter: workers with washington, d.c.'s health care marketplace hit the shopping malls this weekend trying to convince people to sign up for insurance. >> at first it was slow and now it's definitely picking up and we're getting more people to sign up. >> reporter: most of those without insurance who want coverage to start january 1 have until midnight to sign up for it. but there is no fine for missing this deadline. the penalty for not signing up doesn't kick in until march.

>> right now, he is the center of d.c. politics and some folks say he is at the center of d.c. politics basically falling apart. for years, behind-the-scenes, he had been giving to candidates. he had several contracts coming huge contracts with the city, one worth $322 million a year. no one really knew who he was until things came to light in 2011 over problems with the current mayor vincent c gray's campaign for mayor in 2010. here, and i do, you see we have one former city council member in prison, one who had a plea and did not have to go to prison but had to pay money who was a city council member, michael brown, the son of ron brown the former head of the committee, and we have marion barry who was in and out of prison and all of that stuff. is this a more corrupt town than any other? >> i personally don't think so. i have been covering politics for a long time. i actually covered politics in new jersey before i came to the district of columbia. so i don't think any more corrupt than any other place. but the interesting thing about d.c., remember, it is not a state. it is

. >> the arrest comes hours after a d.c. police officer died after being pulled from the water overnight. mark washington was rescued before 9:00 last night and dieda the a local report. washington had just been releas released on bond after taking pictures of a teen girl while on duty. a rental car was found with court do you means that belonged to washington. >> three men are in the hospital after a robbery and stabbing. prince georges county police say that someone at this apartment tower stabbed the men. right now one of the three is in critical condition. officers were investigating the case and do not have a description of people responsible. >> despite the threat of black ice, road conditions are pretty good. here's a live look at the beltway. maryland and virginia pretreated the roads. wet roadings could refreeze overnight. from the roads to the sky, air travel is getting back to normal today. woo are seeing a few delays and cancellations. two at dulles and none at bwi. they report more than 150 flights were canceled

d.c. police officers with weapons drawn made their way inside gray hall on nebraska avenue as students throughout american universities northwest d.c. campus were told to shelter in place and keep the door closed. they tweeted a photo of a couple taken by the student who made the report of man he had seen on the shuttle bus. >> yeah, it's scary. everyone is in their room. the ras came through and told us to be quiet, lock the doors, shut the blinds. so everyone is doing that. everyone is doing what they should. and it was really easy for them to get the message out. >> after almost two hours the all clear was given and d.c. police were able to clear up the confusion. turns out the man with the gun holster was an off-duty cop who was on the shuttle as a guest of the au student. >> i did a subsequent investigation and learned that it was not any kind of threat, there were no gunshots. there were no injuries. and no threats to anyone. the person saw what we believe to be an off-duty officer.

. >> a d.c. police spokeswoman insists that internal affairs immediately began investing that tip two years ago that officer barnhill was pimping women out of his apartment, but an internal affairs agent testified in court today that it took 10 months to set up surveillance on his home and at this point investigators failed to find anything. you don't think he's a danger to the community or flight risk? >> no, no. the judge has made his decision, so we'll continue the case. >> reporter: barnhill's lawyer tried unsuccessfully to get him out of jail at a hearing in superior court. the prosecutor pointed out issues with the cop going back years. an anonymous caller over two years ago on may 17th, 2011 said the officer was smoking weed and running prostitutes out of his apartment on stanton road southeast. then on december 18th, 2012, he accidentally shot himself with his service weapon in his own bedroom. finally this month investigators arrested the cop who has now been on the force for nearly a qu

new allegations of sexual abuse at a popular d.c. pool. children came forward with claims they were assaulted at the wilson pool in northwest d.c. last week, a woman told police she was raped for hours at that same pool. police not said if the cases are connected. if you have any information, you're asked to call d.c. supplies and 4:46. investigators are asking if a d.c. officer was running a sex ring with underage girls. they found other girls who were used as prostitutes. >> a teacher accused of dui is currently out on administration leave. he tells us he drank tuesday night, forgot he had alcohol in a bag when he drove to work wednesday. a coworker suspected he was drunk. that led a school research officer to give a field sobriety test. >> i feel completely ashamed and i would like to apologize to all the cedar family members and also apologize to public schools. >> he is charged with dui, driving without a license and possession of alcohol on school property. >> a d.c. man faces merely a dozen charges this what the washington humane so

if you have information, you're asked to call d.c. police. >> and, remembering a postal worker shot and killed in washington county. friends and family deared to say good bye to tyson barnett e. many say he was good man. >> he was very sweet. he's the type of guy that anyone could love. >> we always hear about people, you know, getting kills, losing their lives but we never thought it would happen in our family. >> police are still looking for barnette's killer. police are handing out fliers in the noon hoping for any kind of lead. >>> police are investigating a suspicious death at kansas city's arrowhead stadium. a man was found in a car that belonged to another person. that led to an altercation, and the man was found on the ground not breathing. the man's cause of death is not clear. >> it was the story that had everyone excited this weekend. after 100 days of just being called, the cub, mei xiang's cub officially has a name. >> people voted from all over the country and he is officially named bao bao. we have the story. >> the fes

it broke overnight and d.c. police are telling us that the repairs could last until 10:00 this morning. for everything you need to know about how to get around the mess, let's head over to amanda meadows. >> we have the water main break. that is going to be the main thing on the radar this morning. we don't have any other incidents or accidents to report on major highways. this is the live shot at the main break. you can see it has the roadway covered. very slick conditions there as well. for now, here's what you need to know. you have michigan street northeast closed down, that is just east of capital. that will be between franklin and irving. he prepared for detailed -- d towards around that area. around that area. no problems at the bay bridge. no window warnings in effect. 95 is moving along nicely in both directions. for now, i will send it back to jummy and autria. for the a one-day break holiday, stores are trying to entice reluctant shoppers. areome of those stores opening as early as 5:00 this morning.

she is visiting d.c. from south africa. >> to see and know and experience a man with such love and compassion that can come out of prison after 27 years without any hatred. >> she along with hundreds of people pay respects leaving flowers, cards, candles and personal notes at the foot of the majestic mandela statue showing the iconic leader raise his fist for justice. >> i think that it's been tremendous. >> reporter: the outpouring of love from d.c., maryland, and virginia overwhelmed south african ambassador. >> what are you going to miss most about nelson mandela? >> his presence. we have not seen him governing or speaking but we have always been assured that he's with us. >> thank god for the life of nelson mandela. >> news 4. >>> people in south africa as well as leaders from around the world are getting ready for more than a week of mourning. >> tomorrow is a national day of prayer and reflection at synagogues, churches and mosques throughout south africa. and then the official memorial service and

down to 51 in d.c. after being a little bit higher at 11:00 a.m. it's 52 in manassas and 55 la plata. almost 60 degrees already in fredericksburg. on satellite and radar, you can see that line of showers starting to develop here on the leading edge of our frontal system but the trajectory of this rain is taking it all to the north and east and away from us so it looks like it's going to take a while for these showers to make their way into the metro area. good news for your weekend plans. on saturday with the warm front to our north, just mild air in place. plenty of clouds, though. this is the kind of pattern that brings us a fair amount of cloud cover but then with the cold front of the storm system moving through on sunday, that's going to trigger some showers and as i mentioned before, possibly some thunderstorms. but before it moves through, temperatures getting very warm for this time of year. and the front, i think that it will wait till late enough in the day that we'll reach that 70-degree mark before the cooler air moves in behind that co

vincent gray will push for d.c. public schools to teach of his struggle for justice and peace. >> i want to be able to work to get into the curriculum of our schools, a unit that will focus on nelson mandela. >> reporter: you are looking at a live picture of the makeshift memorial outside the embassy. the secret service did a sweep here around ten minutes ago with a canine to make sure there aren't anything to hurt people who come here to celebrate his life at 7:00. a memorial is being planned at the washington national cathedral for wednesday at 11:00. that will be the official memorial here in the united states so a lot of folks are expected to come into town for that. a lot of people tell me they are going to come here if they can tonight to try and pay tribute to nelson mandela. live on massachusetts avenue i'm shomari stone, news 4. >>> from the south african embassy here to a live picture outside nelson mandela's home in johannesburg there are handles burning and many bouquets of flowers placed outside in his

and many people in d.c. really questioning whether this is in the best interests of the united states and the other countries involved just one of many big stories this year brought to us by great correspondents covering them r t correspondent liz wahl in our d.c. studio on a saucer turkana from new york ramon going to from l.a. thank you all a look back at some of the most viral clips from r.t. america's you tube channel over the past year. girl's ride for the constitution is a deep rooted grassroots campaign of independent truck drivers and they words they are quote leaving a convoy to deliver their truck or demand in their left hand and the us constitution and non-negotiable rights in their right hand they set off this morning to the interstate surrounding d.c. to bring attention to their cause by backing up traffic when they saw the google street view car coming through the outside pair pulled over and jumped out of the car a beverage in hand. and well. the did that make. the job. you miss. the boat we'r

and many people in d.c. really questioning whether this is in the best interests of the united states and the other countries involved just one of many big stories this year brought to us by great correspondents covering them r t correspondent liz wahl in our d.c. studio on a saucer turkana from new york ramon going to from l.a. thank you all. now let's take a look back at some of the most viral clips from r.t. america's you tube channel over the past year. for the constitution is a deep rooted grass roots campaign independent truck drivers and they words they are quote leaving a convoy to deliver their truck or demands and their left hand and the us constitution and non-negotiable rights and their rights here they took off this morning to the interstate surrounding d.c. to bring attention to their cause by backing up traffic when they saw the google street view car coming the day after the pair pulled over and jumped out of a car beverage in hand and well have. been gerhart speaking out now against the t.s.

d.c. and down through virginia, cloud cover across the area. have to go all the way to virginia to see clear skies. all this with a bit of a light wind out of the northeast across the area. as we take a look at our temperatures right now, some of our warmer spots down to the south. fredericksburg at 49 degrees. cool at 45 right near the water at annapolis, maryland. close to 50 degrees, mild but again, the trend is for the temperatures to go up. as we take a look at the forecast for the evening, we drop to 41 degrees. notice the fog that will be forming. i'll show you those locations that i think might have travel troubles early tomorrow morning with the fog. it's coming up in a few. >> see you then. >>> optimism about the troubled healthcare.gov website. it's working better but are the problems completely fixed? s how cyber monday is stacking up for deals. >>> details about the deadly crash involving paul walker. what he might have been doing >>> so, how would you like to have your online

i'm done, okay, i'm done. >>> plus, a d.c. cop facing charges of child pornography for pictures he took on the job. why there could be more victims. >>> president obama taking on critics of the affordable care act. >> the bottom line is, this law is working and will work into the future. >>> good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly in for jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with the fast moving race for d.c. mayor a day after vincent gray filed for re-election. reporters peppered him with questions about a federal probe of his 2010 campaign for mayor. tom sherwood reports all gray wanted to talk about was what's ahead. tom? >> the mayor is proud of the city's economic development, but he didn't like some of the questions he was getting. the nation's capitol has been undergoing a decade old economic boom and mayor vincent gray running for

d.c. health link, a local website had its own surge of activity yesterday but health officials acknowledge the process still has problems and delays so they will work with you to get folks enrolled or to be covered by the new year. the administration said the website was equipped to handle up to 800,000 visitors in one day but more than one million americans logged on yesterday. and that means thousands of folks ran into problems. and we're forced to leave e- mails essentially waiting in line when the week site was busy. >> i'm currently unemployed. my cobra insurance has run out. i have never been in this situation before. i'm totally at their mercy to contact me at their whim whenever. meanwhile, you know, health care in jeopardy. >> despite the website problems, despite the messaging problems, despite all that it's working. >> the rollout and the ideas behind the fact that the federal government could manage appropriately one-sixth of the economy is proving itself erroneous. >> republic

a d.c. police officer is being held without bail tonight. 32-year-old, mark washington is accused of taking naked pictures of a 15-year-old girl. washington faces a maximum of 30 years in prison. >>> montgomery county police are on the hunt for a teacher they say sexually assaulted a 5- year-old boy who suffers from autism. sharon is believed to be in hong kong. cops are working on getting her extradited back here to the united states. and just a short time ago, the d.c. council voted to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour. today's vote is just preliminary. final approval is expected next month. >>> a debate over a living wage in d.c. earlier this year threatened to derail wal-mart's plans to open stores in the district. now months after some controversy, the first stores will open tomorrow. debra is live at the h street store blocks away from union station. it's also going to bring in a lot of jobs. >> absolutely. 300 of them. they say people working behind us at this wal-mart o