She was found in the back seat of her car, tied up with the seat belt. Now, the defendant, johnson, told police that she committedo. It was an emotional moment in court today when the defense attorney asked the judge to release johnson at that point a friend of the victims in court screamed out, no, hes an animal, and began crying. He then was removed from the courtroom by court marshals. Coming up at 5 00, youll hear from that man and his friends about that loss and tell you more about what Court Documents reveal about this crime. Reporting live outside d. C. Superior court, Mark Segraves, news 4. All right. Thank you, mark. Developing now, rising tensions between the u. S. And israel. Secretary of state, john kerry, today strongly defended americas commitment to israel. As president elect donald trump weighs in on twitter. Nbcs brian mooar joins us live from capitol hill with the latest on this. Brian . President elect clearly has a lot to say. Hes going around the media to say it. Taking a break from meetings at maralago, president elect trump offered a few words to reporters. Everything good . Reporter but he was plenty verbose on twitter, again condemning last weeks u. N. Resolution to halt israeli settleme settlements. Trump tweeted stay strong, israel. January 20th is fast approaching. That just before secretary of state john kerry delivered a 70minute defense of the obama administrati administrations policy. No American Administration has done more for israels security than barack obamas. Reporter israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted kerrys remarks as one sided. Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. Reporter netanyahu also said he looks forward to working with the next president and tipped his hat on twitter saying, president elect trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clearcut support for but trump appears to be breaking the postelection truce with president obama, tweeting, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o. Statements and road blocks. Thought it was going to be a smooth transition. Not. And just a few minutes ago, the president elect appeared to contradict himself. He was asking how the transition was going and the relationship with president obama and he said, oh, i think very smoothly, good, very good. You dont think so . His spokesman, sean spicer, also said that president obama and his team have been both helpful and generous. Susan . All right. Thanks, brian. Meantime new york city is relaxing the security perimeter around trump tower in manhattan. Several side streets near the tower reopened today. Mayor bill de blasio says it will help area businesses get their deliveries more easily. President elect donald trump lives and works at the tower and has been meeting with potential cabinet nominees there. Tower security has been tight just yesterday, a kids backpack forced evacuations to the entire buildings lobby. To storm team 4 now, we are in for some changes later tonight. Chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer is in the storm center. Doug, whats coming our way tonight and whats it like right now . Well, right now actually pretty nice. You know, a big change from where we were yesterday. 68 degrees right now down to the upper 40s to around the 51 degree mark. Thats where we sit right now at the airport. So a lot cooler, but still very nice with all the sunshine. Today really has been a very nice afternoon. Take a look at the numbers around the region right now. 51 degrees right now currently in d. C. Were at 44 in hagerstown. Much colder to the north, though, 34 in state college. 52 down toward the richmond area. Now, next couple of days, we got morning rain thats going to make its way in here. That rain will coincide with the morning rush. Well talk about that. Ill take you hour by hour, talk about that morning rain. Turning windy tomorrow night then much colder by tomorrow night. And that lasts right on into the day on friday. A very the day. Then, of course, im tracking your new years forecast. Ill take you hour by hour as well for new years eve, show you if things stay as cold as they will. See rain or even some snow in the forecast. Guys . Thanks, doug. Right now, the search is on for a man suspected of robbing at least six stores in just a week. His most recent hit, just this northern. News 4s chris gordon is in Prince Georges County with the story. Reporter this is the 7eleven in lanham, maryland. It is the first of six Convenience Stores that have been hit by an armed robber since december 21st. He demands cigarettes and cash. Prince georges county police put out this picture of him wearing a mask and black pants with white stripes down the side. Asking for your help to stop him. He definitely is threatening the victims inside of the businesses within a very short time period of him entering. He displaying it very openly to everybody inside of the business. Reporter ahead, how this serial Convenience Store robber has become a problem not only in Prince Georges County, but a threat to our entire area. Back to you. Take a look at these pictures from Prince William county. A car crashed into a home on horner road near Jefferson Davis highway in woodbridge. It happened just after midnight. Luckily there were no reported injuries. Once the Fire Department dislodged the car from the house, the scene was turned over to the building inspector. The people who live in the house were allowed to return. No word yet on what caused that crash. Convicted Charleston Church shooter dylann roof is back in court today. This is the first time were actually seeing him act as his own attorney during this penalty phase of his trial. The South Carolina judge told roof it is a bad idea to represent himself. Roof told the judge he wont call witnesses or even present evidence to try to spare his life. He will give opening and closing statements. A jury convicted roof of killing nine black worshippers during bible study last year. That same jury will return next week to decide on the Death Penalty or life in prison. A former youth soccer coach is under arrest following sex abuse allegations in maryland. Anne arundel county place say 55yearold eric murray turned himself in last week. Hes accused of sexually assaulting a former player on two separate occasions. About four to eight years ago. The victim came forward in october. Murray coached the Maryland City mustangs. Hes charged with multiple counts of sex abuse, assault and sodomy. Its the time of year to start thinking about things to improve yourself. The one thing experts say you should do to help you keep your new years resolutions. And a local man missing for two weeks. Why police are now so interested in tracking down this woman. Plus, the reason many of you will see flags flying at half flags will be lowered to halfstaff in maryland to honor a soldier who died earlier this month. Sergeant first class alan brown was injured by a suicide bomber in afghanistan november 12th. He died while being treated at walter reed medical center. Governor larry hogan ordered flags to be lowered tomorrow from sunrise to sunset in sergeant browns honor. Two other u. S. Service members and two American Contractors were also killed in the blast. New video tonight of a woman who has been connected to the disappearance of a man earlier this month in this video you see right there shows the woman walking into a hyattsville target and using his credit card at a nearby beauty salon. Police say the woman charged more than 700 to the credit card. 36yearold john donahoe went missing december 13th. He was last seen by family members at his auburn avenue home. Police say they also have not found his car. If you have any information, please give Montgomery County police a call. A reminder as you think about your new years eve plans. Metro will be open later than it has been more months. On saturday, metro will open at 7 00 a. M. And trains will keep running through 3 00 a. M. On sunday. New years day. Its a onenight exception to the daily midnight closingsd ea year as part of its safe track program, of course. Regular Weekend Hours will be back in place for both sunday and monday, january 2nd. Search teams in russia have found another flig from that military plane that crashed over the weekend. All 91 people on board were killed when the plane crashed into the black sea. Something went wrong two minutes after takeoff from sochi early sunday. 15 bodies have been recovered so far. Experts are analyzing the first flight recorder that was found yesterday. They still havent determined the cause for the crash. Well, a lot of parents are dealing with a hatchimal headache this afternoon. Why the holidays season musthave gift is now drawing so much criticism. And just a few days left to come up with that new years resolution. Syst some ide at ps erdue, we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. Like putting oregano in their water. It has natural antioxidants and we dont have to use antibiotics in their diet. Perdue. Over 200 products no antibiotics ever. We take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. Its part of our 100 veggie diet and helps support their immune system. Perdue. Over 200 products no antibiotics ever. So, all day youve been weighing in on social media. We asked you to finish this sentence. In 2017, i want to you fill in the blank. Lets take a look at responses. Be healthy and happy and make a difference in the world by helping others. Thats a nice one from carol. That is nice. Something we all want to do. Get back to feeling like myself. 2016 has been a bad health year. Sorry to hear that, brenda, we hope 2017 is better for you. Another one from sue, people getting along with each other. Spread the love around and act like adults, our children can look up to. Hear, hear. Hear, hear is right. Heres one more from barbara. And barbara is wishing everyne absolutely. Thats great. If youre planning to make new years resolutions, if so were working for you to give you some help. Nbcs Erica Edwards tells us the one thing experts say you should do to help you keep your resolutions. I want to be kind and considerate. My goal is to travel more. Reporter change can be hard. Especially once life goes back to normal after the holidays. I have weight loss goals, but i dont think im going to make it a resolution because i never stick to them. Reporter to succeed with resolutions going forward, sports psychologist dr. Steven gray at ohio States Medical Center recommends looking to the past. With the acronym, past. P stands for plan. Being able to identify what our goal is, and establishing steps to be able to get there is critical. Reporter a, arrange your environment. Hn handy for whose who resolve to get up the room or edge of my bed, it forces me to get up in the morning. Reporter s, stick to one thing. If we try to chase too many rabbits, we catch none. We want to be able to focus on one rabbit, one resolution, one goal and just go hard and obsessive at that particular type of goal. Reporter t, make it too easy to fail. Instead of trying to commit to one hour of exercise every day, try something a little less lifealtering. Were talking exercise, one minute, right, then move up to five minutes then move up to ten minutes. Reporter experts say the most important thing, accept ourselves a little more regardless of where we are in life. Erica edwards, nbc news. And heres a little more to help kick start your new years resolution. For the 24th year, nbc 4 is working for you in the community with a free health and fitness expo. Takes place next month. There will be medical tests and screenings, wellness information and all kinds of demonstrations. Plus well have a few detillo from days of our lives and meet charlie the today show service dog. The nbc 4 health and fitness expo takes place january 7 th and 8th at the Washington Convention center. I dont know about you, but i could take yesterday over today any day. It was so beautiful outside. It was. Too bad we couldnt get a repeat, but in the meantime should we be grateful for what we got today, doug . I would be. Average High Temperature this time of year is 44. Were at 51 righting now. Little bit above average. Temperatures the next couple days though, starting to go down. By friday were talking about frigid weather wuonce again. Sunshine out there today. A lot of it as a matter of fact. Plenty of sunshine. Bright blue skies. Not much in the way of clouds at all. 51 degrees the current number. Temperatures down to 46 by 7 00. 40 by 11 00. It will be a cool night tonight. Not cold for this time of year by in means. 48 right now dulles. 46 frederick. 47 back toward martinsburg. Ai 70 in many parts of the area, so we are substantially colder today than we were during the day yesterday. But still a little bit above average. As far as the radar is concerned, no rain now, but i am tracking a system. Its not bringing any cold air. 42 chicago today. 61 in nashville. So theres no real cold air out there just yet but its trying to work its way down and working its way down, you can see it right here, heres the front to the north. Heres some moisture down to the south. Watch this. Last couple of frames. See the moisture starting to come together . Thats because of the front. The front moves in, picks up more of this moisture out of the south and we end up getting rain by early tomorrow morning. And thats going to affect the morning rush, too. You havent needed the umbrellas a lot the last couple days, youll need them by tomorrow morning. Here we are, tomorrow morning at 5 00 a. M. Notice, everybody seeing the rain. Maybe a little bit of a mix toward pennsylvania, but thats about it. Were going to be way too warm for any kind of mix here. Look at leesburg, pretty good rain. Baltimore, pretty good rain. 7 00, thats the primetime morning rush. And, yeah, still seeing the rain. Day. Through 9 00 a. M. , still seeing the rain. By noon, its all out of here. Most of tomorrow, well actually be dry, see sunshine late in the day. It gets windy and starts to turn colder. Cold enough for snow toward the allegheny front, parts of West Virginia and parts of western maryland. Theyre going to see a good amount of snow back there. For us, its on the colder side tomorrow night into friday. Tomorrow afternoon, 50 degrees. We get up to 50 again before we start crashing down. A. M. Rain, p. M. Wind. Wind in the afternoon and some sunshine late in the day. Again, tomorrow morning, well start off lath rather wet. Wind chills between 25 and 30 all day. Its going it be a cold blast for sure. A quick cold blast because the winds on friday are out of the northwest but switch out of the south on saturday for up. Less of a windchill. Really not bad out there on saturday. 50 degrees coming up for the first day of 2017. Maybe a shower late in the day there. Monday a chance of rain with a high of 50. And then next week, we see another change. Thursday, friday and saturday, right now saturday, we have a chance of a mix, but looks like a better chance of snow. Well have to watch that one more sure. That is still ten days out. So still way out there. Well continue to keep you posted. Amelia draper will bei back in couple minutes, more on your weekend forecast including new years eve and the redskins game. All right. Thanks, doug. It is quickly becoming a big hit thats bringing the family together. Meet the virginia resident who may have recreated a family game night smash. Plus, one of George Michaels most enduring hit songs just now makes one of the countrys biggest music charts and it not because of his s afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Last christmas i gave you my heart believe it or not, that iconic George Michael song just made it onto the billboard hot 100 list for the first time. Last christmas by wham debuted at number 50 based on sales and streams last week. The chart reflects last week, before michaels death. Billboard says the song likely would have made the chart, anyway. Out in 1984 because it wasnt actually released as a single in the u. S. Until 2014. Little trivia there for you. Who knew . Well, the holidays are a great time for family and friends to get together for fun and play a good oldfashioned board game. It just looks so gross. This year theres a new game that was created by a virginia family, its become an instant hit. As nbc found out, it has a lot of people saying, watch ya mouth. So this is a mouthpiece. Reporter it looks pretty silly. Have a lot of practice doing this, too. Reporter and even a bit ridiculous. What . Reporter watch ya mouth is a new game earning fan internationally. One person wears this mouthpiece and trice to say ridiculous phrases while their partner tries to interpret what the heck that their partner is trying to say. Reporter peter and his wife, allison, came up with the idea earlier called the boss with Melissa Mccarthy in it, theres a scene early in the movie shes getting her teeth whitened in her Office Wearing a mouthpiece. And it was just ridiculous. Reporter something perfect for social media. To get the videos and the posts and sit down and watch them, see people laughing to the point theyre falling on the ground. Reporter the couple has yet to slow down ever since the games creation. Nonstop between customers and everything in between. Reporter theyve expanded from selling on amazon. Com to store shelves. Were now on the shelves of target and toys r us. Reporter peter and allison hope their creation becomes a party game classic. We hope that we can have this game be part of the closet full of games in every household. Reporter as long as they continue having fun hippos . Hippos. Reporter the couple wants to continue making games for everyone to enjoy. There are few better ways to bring people together than laughter. Well, you know, i i heard, i havent done my research, but ive heard theres more than one mouthpiece to go with the game. Lets hope. Which is a good thing. Yeah. You have to sort of, you know, release your inhibitions to play that. I mean, i hate going to the dentist as it is. Anyone have to bring it to my home, like, i dont know. At least you have great teeth. There you go, right . Another musthave gift this Holiday Season is raising a few eyebrows. For sure. Power problems, even adult language. The long list of issues and how the toymaker is responding. Plus mourning the death of actress Carrie Fisher. How people are improvising to express their condolences. Tomorrow on news 4 today, new years resolutions for your wallet. Were working with you, four smart and easy ways to cut costs and save money in 2017. Plus storm team 4 tracking a wetnd possibly a furniture and accessories to complement your style this season and all year long. Plus, enjoy thirtysix month, nointerest financing. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. Come in today and save. The holiday sale is on now, at havertys. Life looks good. 4 things to know now at 4 30. The man arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of a d. C. Yoga instructor just appeared in court. A judge ordered Adrian Johnson held without bond during an emotional hearing. Mark segraves was there. Hell have more about it in 30 minutes. Police in maryland and virginia believe almost a dozen Convenience Store robberies could be the work of one man. If you recognize him, police want to hear from you. Tensions between israel and the u. S. Are intensifying. Secretary of state john kerry twostate solution for peace between the israelis and palestinians is in jeopardy. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called kerrys speech disappointing. A new clue in the search for a missing new jersey woman and her granddaughter. Believed to have traveled through our area over the weekend. More ahead this half hour. Well, you want to save some money in the new year, try adjusting your chutommute. Turns out if you change the time you use those express lanes in Northern Virginia, you can make a big difference with the bill. Our transportation reporter adam tuss explains. Reporter well, by now youre probably very familiar with the expression lane network here in Northern Virginia. Of course, these are the new lanes that allow you to pay a toll to get around traffic. Well, it turns out that at certain times of the day, man, oh, man, is that toll way higher than at other times of the day. And if you just shifted your commute just a little bit, you could actually savings in the amount that youre actually paying on these toll lanes. And get this, sometimes the toll can get up to about 30 one way. Coming up on nbc washington tonight, well tell you what the best time to travel is, and how you can put some more money back in your pocket. Back to you. For the ninth consecutive year, president obama has been named the most admired man in america. According to a gallup poll. Democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton was named the most admired woman in the survey. Gallup polls more than 1,000 americans earlier this month. President obama was chosen by more than 20 of respondents. Heres a look at the other top finishers. President elect donald trump, pope francis and Bernie Sanders rounded out the top four on the mens side. Michelle obama, Angela Merkel and Oprah Winfrey were among the top four women. And its worth noting here that for both men and women, more people chose other or none than any of the options in the election to a number of notable celebrity deaths, there was no shortage of big news in 2016. Whurs troy johnson is here now with todays talk around town. And troy, we want to start with the four stories this year that really captured the attention of your listeners in 2016. Run down the list for us. Pat, you just mentioned the presidency, president obama, number four on the list, well start from four and work to one. People were saying they know they were going to hear an awful lot as the obamas prepare to leave the white house in just a few weeks but they say its important to remember that this president gave an immeasurable face to progress in Race Relations in this country. On some occasions having to address the uncomfortable truths that we deal with here, but for the first time, they say its interesting that the message was coming from the oval office and policeinvolve the shootings in america, that was another big issue. Number three on the list. The death of alton sterling in baton rouge shocked a the lot of people, caught on surveillance video. Thinking about how that happened. Philando castilo killed not long after that. Of course, thats freddie gr gray. Tieing into the freddie gray situation. The aftermath of the freddie gray trials up the road in baltimore. All six acquitted with no convictions which left a bitter taste in a lot of peoples mouths. They said justice was carried out but according to the way laws are written right now. They say lost on this is the fact a person died. They feel not enough attention was paid to freddie grays death. Number two was the flint water crisis. People are saying that, you know, were thinking about the holidays right now, those people are still dealing without good water in that city. And they say, you know, why are people not paying attention to the fact that this is as important as the flooding in louisiana, or some of the other dissasters that the government has responded to . Number one, at the top of the list, the election of 2016. Listeners were telling me its hard to square away the candidacy of donald trump, in they say injected into the conversation messages that may have disparaged many minority groups and some of the words even deemed racist by members of his own party. They feel like it brought Fringe Groups to the forefront, groups like the alt right became part of the mainstream conversation and theyre concerned about the lack of tolerance in this country as we move forward. So its a long list, some very interesting things on the list that have a lot of people thinking as we move forward to 2017. Yeah, stories that really stand out and will resonate for quite some time to come. Absolutely. There are a few other moments of note that its hard not to mention after such a tumultuous year. Absolutely, the deaths in chicago, 768 People Killed in that city. Lot of people thinking about the promise that many of those young people who have died on the streets of chicago, their lives getting cut short before they can even make their mark on the world. Theyre concerned about that. And, i mean, theres so many celebrities that we could talk about, but prince seemed to be i talked to. People thinking about his genius, his business savvy. The contributions that he made as an artist and, again, just one of many talented people who touched Popular Culture in a special way, gone way too soon. Lot of people thinking about mau muhammad ali. Some people say theyre more than ready for 2017 to get here. Then others are not quite so optimistic. Why . Its hard for people to be optimistic with all these things looming as we head into 2017. I spoke with one woman today, says very frankly shes in a state of unease as the new year heads our way. Shes expressing to me her biggest concerns as a mom with a child serving our country as america is about to see a transition of power at the white house. Not really optimistic about 2017 with the elections, no. The economy is going to ber and im really concerned about my child. Hes in the military and when you have someone in office whos not sure about what to do about nuclear weapons, that doesnt really offer a lot of optimism. But at the end of the day, i feel like africanamericans, as a whole, will be fine because we persevere. Thats just our culture. Thats what we do. As a people. Her thoughts echoed by a lot of people that i talked to over the last day or so. Lot of people saying theyre going to focus on themselves, focus on their families, as 2017 heads our way. And theyre not going to be concerned about all the noise and the other things but they know that if you focus on your family and yourself, then youre going to have a good chance of having a good year. Lets hope so. Absolutely. Thank you, troy. And we are taking a look back at the 25 most read stories on nbcwashington. Com and in the nbc washington app. You can see the full list in the app, search top 25 stories. Susan . Thank you, pat and troy. We want to turn to our weather now. That some rains coming our way. Its expected to come while hopefully most of us are sleeping, by the time, of course, is everything. Meteorologist Amelia Draper is in the weather center. Amelia, what is the timing for the rain . Hopefully later while were sleeping. Yeah, you got it, susan. It looks like showers start to move into the area as early as about 3 00 a. M. And i think by 5 00, 6 00 a. M. Most of us are dealing with rain. You want to plan for that tomorrow morning. Dealing with wet roads. Thats not the case tonight. Right now, were at 51 degrees. Significantly cooler than yesterday. It was balmy out there yesterday afternoon. And as we head on into the evening hours, it will be clear. Clouds increasing overnight tonight. And, again, well keep it dry this evening so walking the dog, definitely want the warm jacket. By 7 00 p. M. , were in the mid 40s. Low 40s by 9 00. 11 00, were around 40 degrees. After that, kind of near steady temperatures into the morning hours. In the mid 30s to around 40 degrees. Susan, i want to time out the rain. Here we are 3 00 a. M. Its west of the area. Areas like fauquier, Prince William county, back into West Virginia, notice the potential for a little bit of a wintery mix around hagerstown and frostburg. For most of us, a rainonly event. Ill be looking ahead to new years eve and the redskins game coming up in my full forecast. All right, thanks, amelia. Well, airbags are supposed to save your life in an accident, but some have proven to do more harm than good. Now one airbag maker under fire for more than a year could be getting ready to pay up. And a local family dealing with pretty tough times. How the community is comin togethegr fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. Stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. If december is the month of giving, january may be the month of returns. Shipping Companies Getting ready to return lots of Holiday Gifts to retailers. In fact, january 5th is National Returns day. U. P. S. Is expecting to ship 1. 3 million packages that day. It could be their biggest and busiest day ever for returns. Takatas defective airbags could cost the auto supplier 1 billion. Takata and the u. S. Justice department are reportedly close to reaching a deal that could have the company pleading guilty to criminal misconduct and paying a 1 billion fine. Thats according to sources who talked to the wall street journal. Takata declined to comment to cnbc. Defective airbags made by the company have been linked to 11 deaths and dozens of injuries in a woman and her young granddaughter gone without a trace. Since christmas eve. But now, new evidence showing where they may have been as recently as yesterday. Plus, the impromptu way mourners and movie fan are remembering actress Carrie Fisher. First at 4. Youre watching news 4 at 4 00. New pictures of a missing woman and her greatgrandchild have turned up from a gas station in virginia. The two were in the middle of a long drive from new jersey to North Carolina on christmas eve. We have more on the desperate search by family members. Reporter newly released at the last time anyone saw barbara briely. She is walking into the exxon station in Caroline County on christmas eve. She walks in twice. The first time asking for the stores address. The second time, asking for help with her gps. First she said she was lost. She said she needed direction. Reporter behind the counter stood joanna strange. I even hit the star button for her, you know, showed her, follow the arrow, its going to tell you where to go. Reporter on christmas day, barbara briely and her 5yearold greatgranddaughter were officially listed as missing. Tuesday morning brought a possible break in the case when a cell phone tower near the dinwiddie airport picked up a possible signal from barbaras cell phone. It could place her phone in the tri cities area in the early hours of december 27th. I got in my car and hurried to that area. Reporter as Police Across county and state lines search, so does faithfully found. I drove up and down 85, up and down route 1, checking businesses, looking for cars, looking for any signs of anything that could have went wrong. Reporter she doesnt know the brielys but her organization aims to bridge the gap between lawmaker a Law Enforcement and families of those missing. That could be my grandmother, that could be my child. That could be anybody. Thats somebodys loved one. Reporter the family tells me barbara doesnt have any known medical condition and has driven this route many times. Even making a career out of driving for the new Jersey Transit for more than three decades. As for lamyra, theyre hopeful the little girl can help. If somethings wrong with her greatgrandmom and she can do something, shes going to do something because shes very smart. Now, we have their photo on our nbc washington facebook page. Just share it with your friends to help spread the word. Well, Carrie Fisher never got a star on the hollywood walk of fame but that dedicated fans honored the late actress with a popup tribute. They surrounded a blank star with candles and roses and stuck on letters spelling out Carrie Fisher, may the force be with you always. The man who organized the tribute says he just felt it was the right thing to do. When i found out that Carrie Fisher doesnt have a star, i found that to be unacceptable and i decided to take it upon myself to make one for her. I mean, shes touched my generation in ways that shes touched billions of people and i there needs to be somewhere where we can gather. Fisher died yesterday after a heart attack on a plane last week. She was 60 years old. Well, if you know friends and family who want to come to town for inauguration weekend, let them know its getting harder for visitors to find a place to stay. This year, local hotels didnt see the usual flurry of reservations they tal tourism group, destination d. C. , tells news partner wtop, that bookings are finally starting to ramp up. Tens of thousands of people are expected in town for president elect trumps swearing in and a large protest on january 21st. A family in Northern Virginia is coping with some Serious Health problems. If that werent enough, theyre also dealing with a serious issue with their health, mold. A local company, though, is stepping up to help the family get rid of it. Northern Virginia Bureau reporter david culver has their story. Reporter were inside the davis family home here in spotsylvania county. Behind me you can hear and see some of the rehab thats under way, going on behind that curtain. The plastic tarp is up because on the other side is mold thats being removed. Now the family discovered that the mold was there a few weeks ago and the biggest concern was figuring out how they would pay for the removal process. Around the same time that they made the discovery, family of three with on all just about getting sick. The mom with pneumonia, son with asthma, dad with sinus issues. They couldnt say it was because of the mold but knew they wanted it out. The problem was paying for that. They didnt have the money for this removal process. We were trying to figure out every possible scenario by selling anything and everything that we could. Reporter ahead on news 4 at 5 00, im going to show you who stepped in to help cover the bill more than 2,000 worth, to clean up the mold and get the family back in what they consider to be a livable situation. Reporting in spotsylvania county, david culver, news 4. So great to see someones doing something about that. Absolutely. Very sweet. Turning to the weather. Not so sweet. About to turn wet . We have a little bit of rain in the forecast tomorrow morning. Plan for wet roads. Its going to move in as i said earlier between about 3 00 and 5 00 a. M. Now, we could see a little bit maryland and the panhandle of West Virginia. Areas like frostburg and petersburg. For most of us, a rainonly event tomorrow morning. Good news there. Never want to deal with ice. As we look to tomorrow afternoon and throughout the day on friday, its windy out there, especially on friday and its going to be cold on friday as well. As we look to new years eve, well, its cold but looking dry. Ill have that forecast in just a moment. Currently temperatures coming in for the most part in the 40s but washington, culpeper, fredericksburg in the low 50s. Gaithersburg already down to 43. Clear skies right now but clouds move in overnight. This is what greets us tomorrow morning. See that wintery mix on future weather. Right around 4 00 a. M. Up around potentially areas like hagerstown, back around frostburg, notice the pink and the blue there. Elsewhere, only greens with some patchy yellow. Thats rain thats a little bit heavier than very light rain. And as we continue to work our way throughout the morning hours, 6 00 a. M. , notice just showers here on future we chuck updating the forecast, helping you get out the door. If youre traveling either to work or maybe just to see some more family and friends. By 8 00 a. M. , were still seeing showers across the metro area, but 10 00, 11 00 a. M. , showers push off to the east. The sun comes out and, well, the winds pick up. Its blustery tomorrow during the second half of the day, and the entire day on friday. Heres your temperatures for tomorrow. Around 37 degrees at 7 00 a. M. So you can see we are a good 5 degrees above freezing. By lunchtime, were in the upper 40s. Cloudy, mainly dry. Then a mix of clouds and sun for the afternoon hours. Maybe an isolated shower, but most of us look completely dry tomorrow afternoon. And high around 50 degrees. Its windy and its cold for your thursday night. Perfect night maybe to put a fire in the fireplace. So the wind forecast tomorrow morning, not a problem. Wind forecast tomorrow afternoon, its windy and on friday, it stays windy. That means the feelslike temperatures on friday are in the 20s and 30s. As we look forward to the holiday weekend, keep it dry. Maybe even some low 40s. And ladies, for the redskins game, theres a chance for some light rain showers by the time the game is wrapping up. But for the most part, most of the game is looking dry with temperatures in the 40s. Thats on sunday. So, again, new years eve day, 46. We start off january 1st with a high around 50 degrees. Thanks, amelia. No surgical procedure is without risk but a new study finds fewer patients are facing lifethreatening outcomes after a major operation. Researchers at New York University tracked more than 10 million patients who underwent a noncardiac procedure between 2004 and 2013. They found an increase in the number of strokes after surgery, but a decline in deaths and heart attacks. Men were more likely to suffer complications than women, and africanamericans had the highest rates of death and stroke after surgery. A 10yearold boy battling a ve he got to meet Carolina Panthers quarterback cam newton. Newton visited taylor at atlanta Childrens Hospital yesterday. Taylor was wearing newtons auburn jersey. Oh, look at that. When he walked in. At first he didnt want to turn off his tablet. That is until he walked in and saw cam. He appeared to be stunned for a moment, taylor eventually greeted cam with a huge hug. Sweetie. Well, it is the big musthave holiday gift of this year, but there are a lot of complaints that are coming out. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. And thats just one of the new concerns about the years most popular toy. What the makers are doing to put parents minds at ease. This is news 4 first at 4 00. It was one of the toughest giftses to get this christmas, the furry little companion known as the hatchimal. Some parents are having buyers remorse, some dont work, and some cases the toys are screaming dirty words. Nbcs keith jones tries to get to the bottom of this. Reporter this, my friends, comes in a hatchimal, comes in an egg and this little guy comes out. Ours sin hours since using it they discovered they got more than they bargained for. Its the most popular toy. It talks, it walks. It swears . Especially to a 9yearold. Reporter mom, patty, couldnt believe her ears, you may not, either. [ bleep ]. Reporter some parents say this hatchimal is cursing. [ bleep ]. What you want me to do . I turned it off, lay there with it, well take care of it from there. Reporter they emailed then called spin master, the company that makes the hatchimal. Put on hold for 2 1 2 hours today then disconnected. Reporter other local parents have shared similar problems. This hatchimal wont break out of its shell. And this one wont do anything but light up. Thank you for calling spin master. Reporter i called tonight but spin master wasnt in the office. They did send this statement which reads in part, unfortunately with toys that incorporate a high level of technology, there are also some cases where the product may not perform as expected. We are committed to doing Everything Possible to resolve these issues. I. Understand its technology, theres glitches. Something to fix it. Reporter spin master also says theyve increased the number of representatives, extended their hours and increased the capacity for callers. Still [ bleep ]. Reporter they just want an explanation. I dont want my daughter playing with it saying that. News 4 at 5 00 starts now with jim and susan. News 4 at 5 00 starts now. Gruesome new details about the moments leading up to the death of d. C. Actress and yoga teacher, the suspect in the case just appeared in court. The man beneath the mask in this photo coming up could be responsible for six armed robberies in the past week in Prince Georges County including one this morning. How much are you willing to pay for convenience when tolls on the express lanes in Northern Virginia will cost you most and how you can tailor your commute to pay less. Good evening, everybody. First at 5 00 tonight, new details emerging in the murder of a instructor. Thats right. Duane Adrian Johnson is charged with killing trisha mccauley. Prosecutors reveal in court she was sexually assaulted right before her murder. News 4s Mark Segraves spoke to a friend of the victim of an emotional hearing today. Mark . Reporter good evening, jim, yeah, i have to tell you that this was one of the most emotional moments in a courtroom that i have ever witnessed in all the years ive been covering crime in this city. When the prosecutor and the defense attorney were going back and forth before the judge, at one moment it all became too much for one of mccauleys friends. Greg and marcella have lost one of their best friends in trisha mccauley. When the defense attorney asked the judge to release duane johnson, greg yelled out no, hes an animal. He stole our friend. I was overcome because if theres any possibility that this guy gets released again, i cant live with it, ill tell you that