Reporter in this day and age, its not unusual for a 10yearold to have a cell phone. Andrea brigs and her husband just bought one for their four kids to share, as they expand their home to better fit their growing family they thought it would be a good time to keep even better tabs on their kids. But it was not long before the phone gave the family a huge scare. An unknown number call, and andreas oldest child, a 10yearold girl, answered. All of a sudden, text messaginmessag messages popped through, the person started sending graphic pictures. To find out who was the sender, andrea grabbed the phone pretending to be her daughter, asking graphic questions. With the understanding he was sending it to a 10yearold girl. If i have a young girl, is she at risk . Reporter noticing what seemed like an increase in the crimes this year, the news team investigated and found a 66 spike in child porn investigations. A 55 surge in maryland, also, according to state police. Technology is always changing. Reporter inside maryland state polices computer crimes unit cell phones are now instrumental in cracking cases. That is our biggest challenge. Reporter so much so that the Forensics Team behind locked doors search for clues against suspected predators who have been charged. They are no longer confined to maybe being within their house to perpetrate these crimes. Reporter this man was charged with Sexual Exploitation of a child using an constant app called kick, to find other men interested in exploiting children. He is pleading not guilty. What is a handson offender . That they have actually abused a child. Reporter he says that messaging apps are being used to fuel these spikes in cases. Theyre into it, and if youre talking the talk it can be easy sometimes. Reporter they are tracking the predators who look through those chat rooms and try to lure them in like the stein case. If you want to hide things, you can, there is no other way to find it than probably the way in which we do. Reporter and she says that the predators try to get others to your the app to lure other young people. They could not track down the man sending the text. She worries the predator is now moving onto a new number. Everything is easy behind the screen, and when youre face to face a lot of things would not take place. And maryland says the spike in child pornography crimes is so severe, the team has less time to investigate the array of other oh computergenerated crimes like theft and extortion. Scott mcfarland. Now, a spokesperson for kik says the company has built unique safety features right into the app allowing people to block, filter or report inappropriate behavior. So how can you protect your kids . The iteam got guidance from the center for missing and exploited children. Find it on our nbc app under investigations. And a cold night, even colder than last night for some of us, but doug has good news closer to thanksgiving, right, doug . Yes, especially if you have warmer air making its way in, in the next couple of days. Right now a very cold day, High Temperature of 42, that is the average high in the middle of january here, current temperature, 30 degrees in gaithersburg. 36 in d. C. , 31 in fredericksburg, believe it or not the temperatures have come up, they were in the 20s here, and cloud cover temperatures coming up a bit, the numbers will go down, a very cold night, cold morning. But then as you talk about thanksgiving warmth moving in well talk about how warm it will be for thanksgiving and even warmer for black friday. I have that forecast coming up as well in just a moment. Were following a developing story in maryland where a metro train ran over a man and shut down the heights station. Now were learning whether or not he was drinking before he died. For hours, blue and silver lines were single tracking between stadium and addison road. They say the man was walking by himself and fell underneath the trail and got pinned underneath it. The officials are working on the Surveillance Video and will do a test for toxicology. He looks possibly on the camera he could have been unsteady on his feet and might have had a container in his hand when he fell. Officials had just moved the train that hit him, and while the single tracking is over, there are still delays on the lines. Im chris lawrence. Expect an intense meeting at the white house tomorrow morning. President obama will meet with french president francois hollande. They will talk about how to wipe out isis. Hollande is trying to rally global allies in the fight against isis warning World Leaders that the next target could easily be one of their major cities. But hollande may not get what he is looking for from the president. Despite increased airstrikes president obama and his top advisers have indicated they will not shift course in syria and iraq. The two president s will hold a joint News Conference tomorrow morning at 11 30 a. M. After their meeting. And you can watch it here on nbc 4 and on your washington app. Tonight, the state department issued a Worldwide Travel alert as americans are warned of an increased Terror Threat all over the world amid concerns that more attacks are being planned after the massa e massacres in paris, this doesnt mean you should avoid travel, but just be extra vigilant in some places. Brussels is waking up after a virtual day of lockdown. The capital will remain at a high alert level, citing serious and imminent threats of attack. Police are searching for salah abdeslam. They believe he may have pulled out of the paris attacks at the last second. Police fear he returned home to brussels to launch new attacks. Universities, malls, museums and the subway systems are all closed. A virginia mother who lost her teenager in a car accident says she doesnt want other teens to make the same mistakes he did. Roberto petri was fleeing a traffic stop, and she says she didnt know roberto had taken the car. He was not supposed to have it. He didnt have a drivers license or even a learners permit. She hopes her sons death can be a lesson for other teens and their parents. Trust your gut. And know that if something looks bad or feels bad, to speak it out to somebody who can make a difference. Petri went to Loudoun Valley high school. Classmates wore pink in his memory today. And they say they will remember his musical ability. And naked and fazed by a taser, jackie . Reporter jim, he was in town to attend a conference. The topic . Reforming drug laws. The man was in a flower bed thrashing, screaming and sweating profusely when the agents responded near Crystal Drive sunday. The man was also completely naked, police say, when he suddenly ran out of the flower bed and began to pound violently on the officers cruiser. In an effort to subdue him, the officer used a taser two times after the first one had had no affect. The officer was called when segura was treated for his injuries. He was charged with possession of bath salt. Sources tell news 4 he was from mexico and was in town to attend the International Drug policy reform conversation being held at the crystal gateway natu waw just a couple of blocks. The International Institute on drugs says that bath salts can produce extreme paranoia and violent behavior. Thank you, one year since the death of marion berry, the district is close to deciding how to honor the late mayor for life. News 4 announced the burial ideas. The options are renaming the high school in honor of berry, renaming hope road in the southeast, naming the Student Center after him and commissioning a statue or bust outside the Wilson Building downtown. The district can choose one of those or all four. Tonight, we know the name of the man found dead inside his home here in woodbridge, police say 67yearold harold all had signs of trauma on his body when officers arrived on friday. While they work to figure out what happened tonight we know theyre also looking for his car, a 2000 sierra with virginia lates abd 8942. With want you to keep your eyes peeled. If you have seen it, give them a call. Next, donald Trump Doubles down. And they want to try and deny it but you want deny it. How he backed up his controversial comments about muslims celebrating the 9 11 attacks. Holiday travel starting early. What recent history tells us about the worst time to leaving for thanksgiving. Here is a hint. Its less than 24 hours away. And a lifesaving birthday gift. What a living donor gave up for a baby she had never met. I cant wait to bring her home. It will be a wonderful thanksgiving. And we have the Traffic Alert here, in virginia, southbound at old. Authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks. Donald trump tonight not backing down from his comments that muslims in a new york city suburb celebrated as the World Trade Center fell on 9 11. Tonight, during a rally there in ohio trump read from a Washington Post article that dates back in 2001, explaining how the fbi was investigating the alleged posts in new jersey. But the post now claims those claims were unfounded, nbc found no footage in their archives. At the rally, trump doubled down saying it will be denied. They will probably deny it. I almost like that better, i could show you how dishonest they all are. I might like that better. Republican rival ben carson first said he agreed with trump and said he saw signs of celebrations, but tonight, carson backed down saying he was thinking of celebrations overseas. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he did not remember celebrations but said quote, there could be things i forget. And a local family has things to be thankful for. Their 1yearold got a lifesaving gift, a living donor gave the baby natalia, part of her liver. How this unlikely pair came together. Reporter take a look at natalya, a cute 1yearold, tonight, her grandmother says it is a miracle she received a lifesaving liver transplant. Very grateful and thankful to god for my granddaughter and the new liver she has. Reporter she was born in desperate need of a new liver and had had a baptism a few months ago, her mothers friend found out about it and asked a friend to donate. There is quite a bit of testing involved to see if she was a match. And yes, she was a match. Reporter the transplant was done at majority university hospital. It is incredible as you can imagine when you have a little baby that you know is not going to survive much more than a couple of weeks probably without a livesaving transplant. Reporter what makes it important is that natalya received the liver on her birthday. You can see this card here, im going the write happy birthday to you. Reporter diana rotter is the 30yearold donor who gave natalya the birthday gift. Heading out towards the surgery, i wasnt worried so much about my side of it as am i going to be able to help her. Reporter giving this adorable girl and her family the best thanksgiving week. I cant wait to bring her home. It will be a wonderful thanksgiving. Reporter in northwest d. C. , im shomari stone, news 4. And new tonight, you will be getting a little money back if you live in northern virginia, emphasis on little. The state power was ordered to refund customers because they took in too much money in the past four or five years. It is not a huge payout, you can get four or five bucks back spread out over the next six months. But it will cause dominion thank yous. And if you plan to be on the road tomorrow at 5 00 p. M. , triple a says the worst time to be on the road is on the tuesday before thanksgiving. The average travel speed at that time just 20 miles an hour. 20 miles an hour. That is the average. But there is some good news about your holiday travel. And for that we turn to doug, what is the good word, doug . The weather counting on you. Okay, we arerelated were doing fine and i think the roads are not going to have any problems as far as weather is concerned. There is no rain and snow out there. You can see the radar picture, kind of cool, outside a very chilly night across our region already at 36 degrees. Winds out of the southwest at 36 miles an hour. By the time you wake up tomorrow morning temperatures will fall. So another cold start. This is inside the beltway. 30 degrees between 7 and 8 00. Most of you in the 20s. But well see sunshine tomorrow and temperatures that will be on the cool side, not quite as cold as it was. High today, only 42, tomorrow we get to around 50, 51 degrees, still chilly, a bit of a breeze. Here is the radar, notice its picking up snow across our region. But this is all virga, which means it is snow coming down and evaporating. Wouldnt be surprised to see snow, clouds making their way in,helping to produce some of the stuff, and manassas, gaithersburg, take a look at the direction the clouds are moving, right down from canada, that is why were on the cold side. Temperatures cooling once we clear. 20 in gaithersburg, 26 in fredericksburg, and 25 over to lees burg, tomorrow, temperatures warmer. 48 gaithersburg, 50, manassis, it will feel like the low 40s, not much in the way of warmer temperatures but at least it is not nearly as cold as yesterday. The good news, 54 degrees on your wednesday, wednesday beautiful, less wind, plenty of sun, thursday, 60 degrees for your thanksgiving holiday. A Beautiful Day on thursday, well take you hour by hour here, 7 00 a. M. , 30 degrees, yeah, cold start, no problem, 48 degrees by 11 00, very nice, super nice by about 3 00. Temperature, 60 and still mild at 7 00 with the temperature there in the upper 50s. Friday, black friday. 64 degrees, doing shopping on black friday . Getting out of the house a little bit . Even better news, 44 degrees. 6 00 a. M. 50 by noon, nice, mild if not warm this time of year. A couple of really nice days. The best two days happen to coincide with thursday and friday, our two holidays, saturday, sunday, chance of showers late in the day on saturday as the cold front moves through that will bring through much colder air on sunday and into monday. But forget it. Thursday and friday. Thanksgiving. Those are the days that matter. Exactly. Its not frigid. Thursday and saturday, sometimes cold. Coming up, despite a pregame scare, holtby coming up with hot hands. Everybody in washington, d. C. , adele is in guest tonight. This is the xfinity sports desk. Brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Talk starting out with hockey. Guys starting out eight days getting the job done at home. The off season, the capitals front office, they had plenty of decisions to make about their team. Signing holtby to a new contract a nobrainer, theyre off to one of their best starts in franchise history. Before the game, holtby stretched it out. Justin williams not watching where he was going, kind of falls on holtby there, he will be okay. Very, very scary. I would be out for eight weeks of that was happening. The traditional fourminute penalty kill, open look here. Holtby shuts the door and makes it look easy there, oilers remain scoreless on that power play. Taylor hall to eric greiber, 33 saves on the night, that is a season high, the fans in the phone booth loving it. Later in the period, the caps trying to get on the board. Orlov with the rocket turning out to be your winner, holtby gets the shutout. The caps take this by a final score of 10. And lets move on from the the nfl now, plenty have voiced their displeasure about the officiating in the game yesterday. The head coach doesnt want to make excuses about losing by 30 points, here is the deal with the skins despite not losing on the road they still have a shot at making the playoffs this year. We have a sixgame stretcher where we have everything to accomplish Still Available to us. That is not something that has happened around here for sometime. I think everybody is going to be excited about the chance to be tied for first on this game on sunday, home game against the new york giants. We also have to understand we have to do a lot of better things. And from the football field to the kitchen, the nationals busier baseman, Ryan Zimmerman helping out food and friends. The nonprofit prepares 3500 thanksgiving meals for People Living with hiv, aids, cancer and other lifechallenging illnesses, it is always special to help out in the d. C. Community, he says. A lot of fans have sort of grown up with me and guys on the team that have been here for the majority of ten years. We become friends, and almost family and friends, you see them as much as you see that family. That kind of bond i guess is what starts to happen when a team gets there and stay there is for a while. Feels like zimmerman has been around for a while, you would think he is in vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. And we would like to thank all of you who participated in a great day of donations on nbc 4s food for families. We were able to raise 50,000 in donations with your help. Many of you stopped by the Verizon Center donating a tractortrailer full of food. This will help us feed more than 4,000 families this year. And its still not too late to help out. You can make a donation at nbcwashington. Com. People coming out on the coldest day of the season so far. A lot of generous folks. That will do steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests kelly ripa, adele,