working on stopping the suspect for months. a 19-year-old soli-born.s. citizen. brian moore has that report. >>eporter: thousands of smiling faces jammed portland's pioneer square friday evening unaware they were the intended targets of a massive car bombing. 19-year-old mohammed osman mo h hammud triggered the bombing. the suspect believed it was a real device. >> reporter: court documents showed that the sting was in the months in the making. he told them that he had been drinking of a violent jihad since he was 15 years old. >> the individual that was arrested because he chose portland because it was the place where this stuff doesn't happen. >> reporter: while the bomb wasn't real, mohammed's intentions were real. he said he wanted whoever is attending that event to leave either dead or injure brian moore, nbc news washington. mohammed is expected to make his first court appearance monday. if convict ted, he faces life i prison. the united states and south koa are still prepang for military efforts. they are been on high alert since north korea shelled the south korean island on tuesday. north korea blamed the death on south korea saying they were using human shields around military rgets. in seoul, a small group of former special protesters protested that attack. they clashed with police and are calling for south korea to respond more forcefully. >> back here, allegations of a disturbing sexual assault inside a d. public school has led so tom arrests. the security issues surrounding what happened are only beginning to come to light. derrick ward has thatstory. >> reporter: it's a school with a rich local tradition. the allegations of what happened there earlier this week are disturbing. a female student reported being sexually assaulted by six male students at the school on monday on school grounds in a stairway during the school day. six juveniles have been arrested since the incident was reported the daafter happened. still, there are some concerns that though much of the time that elapsed was on the thanksgiving holiday, no notification went out to parents. >> security has been among the concerns of the parents since the new school administration took over. >>hat administration, friends of bedford, incorporated, is a private organization credited with turning around troubled schools in new york city that were ought in by michelle rhee and they have been created with discipline at dunbar but not responding to the concns of groups like the dunbar high school pta, especially regarding school security. >> sips the stance the start of there have been concerned. this he have snowballed. >> reporter: howard university student, lauryn hill ton, is a mentor that says security seems adequate getting into the building. >> i mentor here. i have to show my i.d.,go through the metal detector. >> reporter: there are some holes withi the ptsa says the school officials could have learned about lapses from his group's letters and e-mails. >> we could have been proactive instead of reactive. >> reporter: in the wake of this incident, there needs to be a meeting of the minds on how to move forward. they say t fact this incident even occurred shows there is not much more time for meetings. it is now time for change. in northwest,derrick ward, news 4. morearnings for credit card users in loudoun county. investigators say someone is using the cards stolen there all over the world. investigators are saying that at least 50 cases of fraud are likely connected. to prevent any further fraud, they suggest that consers make sure a credit cards are signed. you should keep a record of your account numbers and your expiration dates along with the phone number and address of each company. never, every give out your account number unless the phone -- never give it out over the phone unless the company you are giving it to is reputable. if you beeve you have been the victim of credit card fraud, you should call your local police department immediately. >> a new report shows that the shoppers who skip those crowds on black friday gave online merchants a 16% spike in revenue. according to web research company coremetrics, the average order rose from $170 to $190.80. a solid increa adds to a 33% online spending spike on thanksgiving day. the online deals keep coming. nearly 90% of retailers say they have some sort of cybermonday promotion up from 73% last year. cyber-monday, always the monday after black friy. americans are expected to spend more on gifts this year. it seems that not as many people in our area, at least, are opening their wallets to help the needy. darcy spencer is at the super fresh grocery store in northwest to see with more on the salvation army struggling to fill e famous red buckets this holiday season. >> reporter: craig, the salvation army started their donation drive just a couple of weeks ago. it appears many shoppers are keeping their extra change in their own pocket. kim brown is braving the cold, blustery wind ringing the salvation army bell at a super fresh grocery story on this saturday afternoon. the second year she has been a volunteer. >> the salvation army did a lot for me in the past when i had three young kids. they helped me g furniture, pa i my electricity bill. they have been good for me. >> reporter: as she greets shoppers, some drop coins and cash into the ttle but some pass her by. according to salvation army reports, giving is way down in the national capital region, more than 30% down in the first 8 days of red kettleundraising compared tos la the year. so far, givers have dropped nearly $160,000 into the kettles. that's a $74,000 decrease. there has beenn 80% drop, more than $99,000 at giant stores after chain executives limite the days and hours bell-ringers could stand outside their stores this holiday season. >> we are looking at the economy as being one of the key factors involved. the start of the season sometimes is a bit slow. so coupled with a few of the variables involved, we think that's the primary reason. >> reporter: the group's goal is to raise $1.6 million. that money meant to help those in need. more and more of them families that have fallen on hard times as they have lost their jobs and their home. >> we have faith that the washington area community will come out and they will open their arts and their minds to the work the salvation army does and how we are able to go out into theommunity and help others that are in the most need. >> the salvation army officials are hoping the cybermonday shoppers will remember them and make an online donation. >> reporting live from northwest, darcy spencer. craig, back to you. >> darcy, thank you. appreciate that. a hit and run puts two elderly people in the hospital. the suspect wasn't even in a car. he wa on a bike that police are looking for. we'll tell you about that. plus, a look inside the sophisticated passageway that led to the seizure of more than 20 tons of pot. we will take you there. a few stitches don't seem to be keeping president barack obama away from a basketball game tonight. kim march toochy, welcome back. what about the weather. not too far away, some snowflakes flew. i have a look at the rest of your weekend. kim, coming up in sports, the bcs bubble bursts for boise state. highlights when "news 4 at 6:00" continues. the presidential motorcade was at howard university as the first family took in the basketball game against oregon state. mrs. obama's brother is the oregon state head coach. all this comes a day after the president's own game of basketball ended with him needing 12 stitches in his lower lip. his two girls there. mr. obama took an elbow to the face yesterday. he is expected to be just fine now. federal officials believe that a major mexican drug cartel is responsible for a half-mile tunnel connecting mexico and the united states. there it is. police discered that tunnel and 20 tons of marijuana friday in san diego. the tunnel was equipped with lighting, ventilation and a rail system for drugs to be carried on a small cart. this is the second major underground drug passage found in that area this month. holiday nightmare is over for residents at a local condominium complex. more on what left them shivering in the dark for two days. a lot of us have been shivering outside. kim march toochy is standing by with the rest of the forecast. she will d.c. police are looking for a bicyclist that hit two people and kept going. he was driving a bmx type bike and hit two people in the 600 block of massachusetts avenue. both of the victims are in the 70s. they were taken to a hospital. quan choo is said to be in critical condition tonight. hundreds of condo residents in arlington finally have power. they have been in the dark for two days now. dominion power says all four of the transformers at the britney condominiums failed thursday. they say they were in t middle of cooking thanksgiving dinner when it happened. we just checked. they say they finished restoring power to everyone in the last 30 minutes. >> what a way to ruin your thanksgiving meal. >> good thing it ended. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> you left for a little bit and came back with a big bundle of joy. >> he has to live up to aig name. a quick pick of my baby, max must. he came into the world september 28th. a couple days early. you called it. you said i was going to have a baby. i didn't know but you did. >> what about the t-shirt? >> veronica johnson gave that to him e wants y him. he wants you to friend him on facebook. great to be back, everybody. hope you had a wonderful holiday. the weather, kind of chillyout jid. we have the temps in the 40s tonight. tonight they will go back down to where they were th morning, 20s in the suburbs to around the low 30s in town. you will bundle up if you are headed out to run around and do some more shopping. we are in for a bone dry weekend. that dew point of 22 means it is rather dry out there. maybe your skin is getting chapd. you are getting zapd when you turn on the light or you pet your cat or dog. you get zapped by their whiskers. northwest wind at 14 miles an hour. the satellite radar loop. we have some clear skies, snow this morning in frostburg. they had some prey gusty winds. 41. wind gusts around 20 miles an hour, a windchill of 30s here. it is gng to feel blustery this evening. they are slowly subsiding the winds. 37, winchester. 40, quantico and 39 in quinton, maryland. tonight 11:00, 35. 30 by the morning at 5:00 a.m. 31 by 7:00. redskins, they are playing the vikings tomorrow at 1:00. should be sunny and 47. northwest winds not as bad, 5-10. a bidip in the jetstream is allowing a lo of lake-effect snow across the great lakes. up to the west where we have the ridge, the mild air. monday, tuesday, our next chance of rain is coming at us. until then, we are bone dry. lots of sunshine. the chilly weather will become a warming trend again as we head into monday and tuesday. by the way, i do think we could get as much as an inch of rain on tuesday or wednesday. but, not this evening. all clear and blustery. temperatures dropping down into the 20s and 30s. we'll have bright sunshine again tomorrow. we will pick up with are we left off and work on highs in the upper 40s. extend weather forecast. monday is my pick of the week. there goes that rain on tuesday. again, on wednesday. then, as we fin shaish the weeks we'll be looking at a drying trend but chilly, in the 40s with lows around 30s, all over again. >> all right. we hope he enjoys his first forecast. they are looking to improve their bowl position against n.c. ate. virginia trying to finish a perfect conference season. lindsey has the highlights right after this. with capital one bank's new checking with rewards, me and the boys earn rewards just for everyday banking. like getting money from the drive thru. and taking out cash at the bank. paying our bills online earns us rewards. now send. we even earn rewards just for swiping our debit cards. it's new checking with rewards at capital one banks all over the dc area. what's in your wallet? the redskins arepparently done with the oldest player on their roster, joey galloway, signing terrence austin. we will e if he makes a difference for the redskins tomorrow against the vikings. moving to college football. everybody is talking about it toy. maryland playing n.c. ste. the coach says if his team wins today, he will fight like hell to get them in a good bowl game. their opponent, n.c. state has a lot on the line playing for a spot in the championship gachlt maryland doing their best not to let it happen. the coach hoping his turks can play well. down 14-7. n.c. state, quarterback, russell wilson, his pass intercepted by maryland's eric franklin. look at this guy chugging. run. gets good blocking returns at 17 yards give maryland good field position. three plays later, the turks would maximize off what he wa able to do for them. danny o'brien finds maryland's biggest weapon, junior, to ary smith. watch him while you can. maryland goes into the half leadg 17-14. second half, o'brien would capitalize taking his time here, rolled left, fi's torre smith yet again, aten-yard touchdown. maryland at 24-17. right now at the beginning of the quarter. let's go to blacksburg, tie rod taylor playing his lst game at lane stadium. mark berica trying to lead the uv cavaliers to an upset. he drops back. his pass wide. eddie whitley takes it off and returns to the virginia 5 yard line. the hokies are in business. never a good thing for the opposition. it would ad to a ryan williams touchdown. minutes ter, the cavs, punting on fourth and two from their own 45. wait a minute, a fake. hokies sniff it out. they stop coulter phillips short of the first down. uva coach, mike lyndon, no the a happy camper. hokies get another short peeled tirod makes him pay. the quick pass to wilson. touchdown for the hoak kkies. taylor becomes the hokie's career passing yard leader. virginia tech becomes the first team to finish in undefeated a.c.c. legacy son. 8-0 since 2000. and, they finished the regular season on a ten-game winning streak, not too shabby. if you are feeling bad for overdoing it at your thanksgiving meal, chances are you can't fee any worse than boise state kicker, kyle rothman. he has helped number three remain undefeated. but, last night, whenevada scrapped their way from a 17-point deficit, he lost his marbles on notne but two field goal opportunities and opened the door for nevada to earn the biggest win. boe state never thought their hopes would end like this. 17 seconds to go. nevada down 7. quarterback cab ber nick finds rashad matthews for the tying tohdown. it is tied at 31. nobody could belie that that had just happen. so now we have nine seconds to play. boise state, one last shot. kellen moore, deep, tight one. a diving catch to set up the short field goal. no question they have got it wrong because boise state misses the field goal. we go to overtime. so in overtime, here he is, boise kicker, kyle bratsman. he misses again from 29 yards away. boise state fails to score in its overtime possession. can you believe it? nevada doesn'tet their portunity pass them by. anthony martinez nails his 34-yard attempt. right down the middle. number 19, nevada upsets number 4 in the bcs rankings, boise state ending their national title. austin freeman is one of the reasons the georgetown hoyas have proven them wrong. freeman tied a record silencing unc asheville. at verizon center. freeman, all you can see is he was really in on of those zones feeling it. first half,hoyas on the break. chris wright gets it over to freeman here on the wing. freeman knows exactly whate wants to do, drains it, gets the foul. freeman would make a free throw for a four-point throw. julian von, working it to perfection. georgetown went on a 23-0 run leaving asheville scoreless. austin freeman just before half, chris wright drives the lane, kicks it to him on the wing. he buries it. freeman tied a school record with seven triples and finished with 32 points as the hoyas beat un asheville, 87-52. unreal they are undefeated. >> quick question. why would the redskins cut a guy the day before a big game? >> because they wanted him to get through thanksgiving on a positive note. honestly, this he do but th are two-point favorites. they have a shot but the problems will be all the intangibles that the vikings bring. any time a team fires a coach, i am worried. it will be tough for the redskins to pull it off. if they win, it is an even bigger deal. nightly news is up next. we will be bk here for "news 4 at 11:00,"ntil then, that's the news. good night.