Well continue to watch this throughout the night. The hope is pretreated roads in Northern Virginia will hold up to the snow sleet, rain ice tonight. Vdot crews were out in full force for hours getting the streets in arlington, fairfax, Prince William counties. About 500 trucks are out right now ready to retreat roads as the snow falls. Crews will be out again on sunday night as well. They ask everybody to slow down if you have to be out. He spent more than 30 years teaching special education students in bethesda. Tonight that teachers career is over after he was indicted on child pornography charges. Derrick ward is live outside of Bethesda Chevy Chase High School with more. Reporter by all accounts a popular teacher. None of the charges with which he is charged or is facing are believed to have had anything to do with the school. None of this happened on school prop he did make his first appearance today in federal court. Federal prosecutors charged 61yearold peter flynn with one charge of child pornography and one count of distribution of child porn. The charges stem from a search warrant executed at flynns Montgomery County home back in september. The 37year veteran of the County School system has worked at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School since 1978 first as a substitute teacher, he became a special Education Teacher in 1980, a position he held until last september, the same month the search warrant was served at his home. His Attorney Says flynn had been trying to turn himself in before Police Arrested him. We wish they hadnt but and we attempted to head that off because hes been cooperative in trying to contact them. Ive tried to contact as i said in court the Maryland State Police unit and the troopers involved and they simply refused to call us back. Reporter a spokesman for the School System says that flynn was moved to an administrative position once they learned of the investigation and upon his arre earlier this week he was placed on administrative leave. The charges presented in federal court today do not touch on any illicit contact among flynn and students at the school. Thats been emphasized by the School Administration and the attorney for the accused. The allegations not only dont involve student, they dont involve contact with any human being. This is simply view pornography. Reporter now, the distribution charge carries a minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years. That is a mandatory minimum. The possession charge carries up to ten years in jail as well as supervised lifetime release. Now, Montgomery County schools have had to deal with this sort of topic a number of times over the past few months. Theres ban past case of a teachers aide and a substitute teacher who faced charges for having illicit contact with a student. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 we will talk about the notification noti what the teacher, the principal here did to let parents know this had happened and also the timing of that notification. Live in Montgomery County derrick ward news4. Someone brought a gun to a school in Prince Georges County today. Now at the live december sk Pat Lawson Muse with details. Wendy and jim, we are learning a sophomore at Bowie High School took a loaded gun to school today. That student was pulled out of class when administrators were warned by another student about this. The 16yearolds backpack was searched and police say a a. 40caliber gun was in there. The boy was charged with possession of a handgun, but police say the weapon was never pointed at anyone or used as a threat. Back to you. The man suspected in two highprofile murders of Virginia College students was just ruled out in a third case involving a young woman. Prosecutors tell us they found no credible evidence to link Jesse Matthews to the tis appearance of 17yearold Alexis Murphy outside of charlottesville. A man named randy taylor has been convicted of that murder. Matthew is in fairfax awaiting trial for a 2005 rape. Prosecutors say hes been linked by forensic evidence to the murders of Hannah Graham and morgan harrington. A rolling feud between two drivers ended with gunfire in Loudoun County. Our Northern Virginia bureau chief julie care is flye countryside with details on an extreme case of road rage. Reporter that intersection just ahead there is where the incident began, route 7 and city center boulevard. Drivers we talked to today arent shocked just because there was road rage gunfire but because it happened in broad daylight. People yelling and flipping you the bird but, you know, it happens. It happens especially around here with all the traffic. Reporter melissa says thats what she typically associates with road rage on busy route 7 but thursdays incident way beyond that. Loudoun county sheriffs investigators say it started when the victim pulled on to route 7 west from city center boulevard near the dulles town center. At first suspects car was tailgating the victim. Then he pulled alongside and began yelling. Gestures were exchanged, then the victim heard gunshots. The suspects car exited onto the Loudoun County parkway. When the victim discovered bullet holes in his has jer side rear door he called the sheriffs office. Im in shock. I cant believe in the middle of the day somebodys going to pull out a gun and shoot just because they didnt let him over they, you know, were tail fwaet ingteingtailgating. Thats insane. Reporter other drivers share melissas outrage. This 21yearold doesnt drive partly because of the sometimes crazy traffic. Its a little bit intimidating because its just driving, man, all trying to go to one place. Reporter as for melissa, she tries to ward off tailgaters with this message on the back of her suv. Try to give everybody her space and i like to have the same courtesies you know respect my space and ill respect yours. Reporter the suspect also had a female passenger with him yesterday. The victim describes the suspect vehicle as older model green in color, Something Like a honda sikh. Coming up on news 4 at 6 00 well talk to a guy who drives for a living about how he avoids road rage incidents. Live in Loudoun County im julie carey, news4. A hit and killed this morning in landover and Prince Georges County police say other drivers may have run over the body. The woman was crossing landover road near Matthew Henson avenue before dawn when she was struck and killed. There is no crosswalk in that area. Neighbors say they need a red light there to give pedestrians and cars enough time to cross the street. Ive seen too many people come out here trying to cross this highway and dodging cars. Weve seen cars accident after accident. Woke up in the middle of the night, early in the morning, zinlt accidents on the street. The driver who hit the pedestrian this morning did remain on the scene. Tonight we expect to hear from d. C. S Homeland Security Department about its findings into last weeks deadly smoke incident beneath lenphant plaza. Transportation reporter adam has been on the story all week and joins us live outside the Wilson Building where the department will release its report. Ed a tsunami. Reporter this report will focus on the communication issues that day. Of course we know that d. C. Fire was having trouble with its radios inside lenphant plaza. This report should spell out why. Now, among the issues that will be looked at what happened in a control room at 1 Judiciary Square in northwest. Its in that room that metro says d. C. Fire officials changed communication switches without telling metro. And metro says its quite certain thats why d. C. Fire radios were not able to function inside metros tunnels during the episode. Something else well be watching, if tcd. C. Fire radios would r couldnt work in lenphant plaza, were they also not working in the entire metro system . This report should give a better picture. Acting gm jack requa talked about trust and communication with d. C. Fire. Hopefully we would cooperate in that manner and maybe they felt there was no changes, the changes they made would not impact the communications but we could not find any troubles on our side we went to them and they notified us of what they did and we made the changes. Reporter one thing we should say, metro and d. C. Fire both say the communication issues have been resolved so everything working in the system. Again, we will bring you this report when it becomes available. Reporting live at the Wilson Building adam tuss news4. We now know the name of the man who was shot and killed on a 23yearold Tyrone Archer jr. Lived in laurel a few blocks from where he was murdered. Chopper 4 flew over the scene yesterday on imperial drive. No arrests and there is a 25,000 reward offered for information. Heroin is becoming an epidemic in one Maryland County and as weve been reporting over the past year its not in the back alleys of bad neighborhoods. Its becoming more mainstream with younger more affluent users. Anne arundel county executive steve shoe says he will declare a public emergency next week. Shoe says heroin is a problem with people of every age, income and race. He tells the gazette there were 26 heroin deaths in the first half of last year on average one a week, a big increase from 2013. A task force is now working on offering solutions. A school fight in Arlington County over the location of a new elementary after a fivemonth study. A group appointed by the school board is revealing its recommendation tomorrow for a New Elementary School to be located close to Thomas Jefferson middle school along old fwleeb road. That area is currently a park. The proposed plan calls for keeping the woods at the eastern enl and keeping all the current recreational facilities including two fullsized fields. A group called save t. J. Park opposes any school on this site. Residents can comment on the plans at tomorrows board meeting. Major changes could be coming to one of our areas most congested travel corridors. Vdot says it wants to put new high occupancy toll lane on i66 inside and outside the beltway to offer commuters a way around congestion. The system would be similar to the new beltway and 95 expressway lanes except the 66 lanes would only be in toll mode during rush hour. Vdot is hosting a series of Public Meetings next week to lay out its plans. Seeing more and more of these. Take a look at this. Potholes. Im david culvert in arlington. Coming up why it may be some time before your commute gets a little smoother. Were learn mug details about the youngest victims of a mansion fire in annapolis. What investigators are doing now as some people still remain missing. And nbcs dateline will report on murders that hit the Prince Georges County community. Were talking to an investigator about the socalled mother daughter killings. Our Northern Virginia reporter david culvert is live with bumpy roads. Reporter watching drivers e today, scenes like this for them are part of the norm, but the question remains why arent they getting fixed . Welcome to virginia. Its not as smooth as it could be. The stretch just before and coming off the key bridge among several streets plagued with potholes. That part right there is real rough. Reporter nikki spend most of the day on the road for work. Hes tired of the rocky ride. Ive had a few of them that feel like its taken my front end from under me. Reporter tough on your tires too. Amelia segal explains why so many are forming. It starts with normal traffic. Then you get moisture that falls into the tracks. When you get temperatures overnight like we all can do in winter that drop below 32 degrees, that moisture freezes, and when water freezes it expand. Reporter as temperatures rise the ice melts and the pavement caves. Why arent they being filled . It come downs the resources and materials. Road crews are gearing up for the Winter Weather so they cant be repairing the roads unless its an extreme pothole. And harry says its too cold for the plant that makes the stronger patches. When the plant opens we use a hot mix and thats a permanent patching of the pothole and more durable than the cold mix. Reporter for some we caught up with the pothole problem, well doesnt really pose a bother. Ive had no problems at all and i drove in from new jersey. Reporter ahead at 6 00, a look at the prime pothole time. When you can expect it to be at its worst, plus well give you an idea as how crews in this area and our region, Northern Virginia in particular are preparing for what were dealing with right here, this wintry mix headed our way. Live in arlington, david culvert, news4. Right now, one of the main travel routes in and out of d. C. From Montgomery County is open again. That eightinch water main that broke last night near river road in bethesda well they have closed up for a while. Crews had to wait for a while to repair it because there was a natural gas line that burst in the area. River road had to be shut down between Western Avenue and little falls parkway but it did reopen within the past hour so godspeed. Crews also wrapped up work on a separate water main break in Prince Georges County this afternoon. Take a look, in this case were told a connection burst between fire hydrant and a 24inch main causing water to gush out onto the street and the sinkhole to form there. This one was along old atlas road near church road in bowie. Cold rain and sleet is whats headed our way from North Carolina heavy rain hit the peadnt area this morning, closing several schools early. Its expected to continue raining there into tomorrow and that storm already arriving here. And in what form is it coming in at this point . Every form. It really is. I just walked outside. We have sleet, snow and freezing rain. The only thing we dont have is im sorry regular rain. Freezing rain is the one thing we dont have. Sleet is the one that will come down and bounce bounce off your car, off the road. I believe this is route 7 toward Loudoun County where right now were dealing with a mixture of sleet and snow. Take a look at the radar out there. Storm team 4 radar showing that snow coming down into places like the faulkier county area warrenton, manassas, Fairfax County Loudoun County Montgomery County frederick county. To the south and east. Looks like all rain. But i asked you to let me know what youre seeing. This is falling as snow and a too. This is not rain. The radar not picking this up very well. But we are seeing some fairly heavy snow coming down into parts of the region, down towards culpepper, received a picture from facebook talking about accumulation already. That will be the scenario tonight. But was because of that warmer air, especially warmer air in the upper levels of the atmosphere well see snow change over the some sleet and just some regular plain old rain. If youre going out tonight, it is going to be simply a mess around the region. Weve got a lot more rain to make its way through here. Go on out, make sure you take the umbrella with you because were talking a mixture of rain and snow and sleet at 7 00 plain rain at 9 00 and around 11 00 as temperatures fall through the 30s. Thats where they are right now. Thats why washington was taken out of the Winter Weather advisory. Temperatures are still near 40 degrees. 37 in gaithersburg 39 in martinsburg, 36 in manassas. Even though we are seeing snow and sleet out of this we wont be seeing it stick on the roadways anytime soon. We have that Winter Weather advisory in the areas of purple here including the i95 corridor off to the west. Little bit of snow here. Back to the north and west this may stay snow longer and thatwhy the National Weather service has the winter storm warning in effect for Washington County martinsburg, winchester and off to the west. Snow totals mostly rain toward the south although you may end the snow n inch in d. C. This is really coming from tomorrow as we get snow on the backside. 1 to 2 leesburg up toward frederick and down the south, maybe 2 to 4 back towards the west if it stays all snow back towards this area. Future weather showing it to us very well. 8 00, the rain, the sleet thats coming in with a little bit of snow but by 11 00 i expect everybody to be almost all rain with the exception of back towards the north and west. This computer model not really picking it up. Tomorrow 7 00 a. M. We start to see a break before the rain and the snow come back in across our region. So we might see a little accumulating snowfall during the day tomorrow. High temperatures 41 degrees on your saturday 45 on sunday. Now, sunday will be dry for the most part. But then our next system moves in. That one is going to have the potential to drop a lot of snow on portions of our region. Its a clipper system. Right now i think well see significant delays on monday and that does include School Delays and closings as i am expecting snow overnight sunday into the day on monday then it is just plain cold winter finally getting here and sticking around far while. Guys . Hundreds of people ignored the cold air to take a dip in the Chesapeake Bay at sandy point. Todays dive kicked off a weekend of festivities for tomorrows 19th annual Maryland State Police polar bear plunge. More than 7,000 people are planning to go back to the bay tomorrow to raise money for the Special Olympics in maryland. With water temperatures at a frigid 35 degrees, crews will be there to make sure everyone gets in and out safely. Taxpayers footed the bill for pricey seafood meals for the school board in Prince Georges County. Now new action is being taken after a news4 iteam investigation revealed what was being done with county credit cards. A snatchandgo. Police want to help crooks stealing cell phones as the number of cases escalate in one local neighborhood. And a virginia woman decided to make a personal decision very public. Later, Doreen Gentzler explains why shes sharing her story about freezing her eggs with the world. Another body found in the chars ashes of the annapolis mansion. That just leaves one. Six people were inside when that fire started early monday morning. They include four children. Tonight were learning more about those kids 8yearold charlotte boone, loved making videos with her guinea pig oreo and her brother wes loved the beach and dreamed of pro bots. Lex and katy boone loved iceskating and their new baby brother. Four cousins were spending the night with their grandparents don and sandy pyle when that mansion burst into flames. The school board in Prince Georges County is cutting up its own taxpayerfunded credit cards. That decision comes in the wake of a news4 iteam investigation. The board voted unanimously to do so last night with the president saying a new system to handle expenses will be finalized in the coming weeks. Our investigation revealed some Board Members spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on pricey meals and hotel rooms within minutes of home. Tonight on news4 at 6 00 the School Boards president explains the decision and our Scott Mcfarlane details how the board will cover its meals and transportation costs in the future. The d. C. Police are looking for two young people in connection with robberies in the area near Wilson High School and alice Dale Middle School near tinley town. People who live in that area say there were at least four cell phone snatch and grab robberies just this week. Anyone with information should call the metropolitan police department. A shooting at the good will. Right now at 5 00, the hunt for a gunman continues. Well find out who was targeted and what is being done to keep other maryland thrift stores. Defense lawyers for a man charged with killing a Montgomery County judge who was his former livein lover attacked the victims credibility and her behavior. This i a driver who flees a scene is supposed to be teaching others about the rules of the road. Deflategate developments. First the nfl now the white house is weighing in on the new scandal that puts the integrity of the game on the line. Watching our storm as it continues to move in. Areas of rain and snow right now, Winter Weather advisories and winter storm warning. Weve got it all coming up. A mother and daughter found murdered in Prince Georges County back in 2009. Now Police Believe the same man killed another mother and daughter. And that story is now the subject of a special dateline tonight. Our county Bureau Reporter Darcy Spencer has new information in this investigation. He was your modernday boogeyman. Reporter he is jason scott, the man responsible for two mother daughter murders in Prince Georges County several ago. He was someone that people had nightmares about. He was the one they make horror movies about. Reporter never before seen video obtained by dateline nbc shows that scott was a voyeur too. Hed shot a dozen women, getting dressed and undressed and didnt even know they we being videoed through their blinds or win toes. Hes a predator. There poster child for psychopaths its him. Reporter but jason scott was able to commit dozens of crimes without being detected Home Invasion robberies, breakins and murder. Many didnt see this u. P. S. Worker for man he really was. He was soft and mildmannered when he wasnt wearing a mask or brandishing a handgun. He was a very intelligent person went to college. Reporter despite hundreds of police hours being put into the case detectives still dont know what the motive was for the crimes. Scott refuses to talk. The way he killed the victims was almost like an overkill like he had some type of anger behind what he was doing. Reporter scott has been found guilty on numerous charges. Hes expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. Whether it be five years or ten years from now, our goal is to at some point talk to him. Reporter coming up on news 4 at 6 00 ill tell you what used to do at crime scenes to cover his tracks. At Prince Georges Police headquarters, Darcy Spencer, news watch datelines special on the Prince Georges County mother daughter murders tonight. Its called the unusual suspect. It airs at 10 00 followed by news4 at 11 00. Lining up the week with some serious weather. Doug will tonights storm have a big impact on us . Yeah. That will be the question how big of an impact. I think theres some good news about that. At least for right now the road temperatures are up. The lowest reading that ive seen is 38 degrees for the road temp around frederick, maryland. So for the early evening and even the late evening i think well be fine. The snow and the rain the roads should be okay the rain will come down at a pretty good clip. Switching to rain in fredericksburg and portions of southern maryland. You could pick up a half inch to an inch of rain including d. C. Metro area. Notice the snow here. Loudoun county Fairfax County snow towards gaithersburg down to the south, quantico reporting snow culpepper. Thats that little area culpepper reporting snow. All is still a mixture of rain sleet, and snow coming across our region. Thats why we have ther weather advisory in effect until noon tomorrow. What well see tomorrow is a change back over to more snow on the backside of this. Winter storm warnings back farther to the west. As weve talked about, temperatures today 42 for a high and that will have an impact on the weather overnight. Thats right. Seeing accumulation of snow on decks and patio, not on the black top. Most roads are fine until early morning. Most of the roads. Early tomorrow morning we could see more snow for several hours. That is our best chance. The temperature then 35 degrees for your drive time forecast saturday then a little bit of mixing with a high of 41 as the storm system pulls out of here. Doug . Then we look towards our next storm system so we have a little tomorrow morning and on sunday night the real storm moves in as far as the snow is concerned. I think everybody, including our folks down to the south and east will have a good chance for snow coming up on monday morning. Well talk more about that in just a minute. Doug thank you. Someone shot a Security Guard at the maryland good will store and tonight police are still looking for the person who pulled the trigger. The guard was hit four times at this shop along woodsborrow pike. The vicktim is in the hospital recovering. Goodwill industries is moving forward to address safety for all employees. Events of last night are heartbreaking. We feel for our employee our community. Our staff is very much affected by this. No word on a possible motive. She was once his lawyer then his livein lover, and even though a Montgomery County judge is the alleged victim in a dramatic kidnapping case shes the one who faced accusations today in court. News4s chris gordon has our report. Reporter lawyers for the man charged with kidnapping Audrey Creighton attacked the judges credibility. The defense subpoenaed the judges cell phone and emails saying theyre evidence the judge had drugs in her home, is lie, and trying to get another witness to lie at the upcoming trial next month. But at todays Court Hearing the defense was denied access to most of the items in the subpoena. In this trial, are you trying to put judge creighton on trial . We dont have any comment on it. Thank you very much. Reporter judge creighton is 53 sendi24. When he was 19 creighton was a public defender and represented him in a criminal case. The two became livein lovers. Last may 19th the judge reported to police that shed returned home from work and found sending in a drunking rage. She says he beat her, dragged her to her car, demanding she be driven. She got away. He drove off in her car hitting another car head on treated for injuries in a hospital and fled to miami, florida, where he was later arrested. We asked a rockville lawyer with no connection to the case how far the defense can go attacking a victims credibility. Where someone may be lying, where there may be evidence of other crime, and where the relationship of this judge and this defendant is at issue, those are fair game. Reporter and finally, this may be the most unique aspect of this kidnapping case. While the hearing was going on in court againstndant, in another courtroom his alleged victim judge Audrey Creighton, was on the bench presiding over another matter. At Montgomery County circuit court, chris gordon news4. A driver ran over a walking in the street and didnt bother to stick around. That driver works for the dmv. But its what she did in that department that is so controversial. Its a tough decision for a lot of women, planning for the future family. Doreen gentzler explains why women are at odds over freezing their eggs. And it may help pass the time on a flight but those sky mall magazines may not be there the next time you reach for the one thing i can tell you is for years its been clear there was no risk that i was going to take tom bradys job as quarterback for the new england patriots. But i can tell you as of today its pretty clear theres no risk of him take mig job either. The white house weighing in. The nfl has also broken its silence on that controversy surrounding the patriots underinfla the league released a statement. Carol has more. Statement leased was very long and concluded with few details but well break it down. The league says all 24 footballs provided by the patriots were inspected and approved before sunday nights game. 40 people have been interviewed this week but no word yet if one of them is pats qb tom brady. And the league confirmed that the patriots are fully cooperating. Plus the nfl wants its fans to know that the investigation is ongoing. The playing rules are intended to protect the fairness and integrity of our games. We take seriously claims that those rules have been violated and will fully investigate this matter without compromise or so while we still dont know the why howe and the why this happened we do know that there is no chance of a deflategate repeat for the super bowl. A report out today confirms that the officiating crew will have strict control over all the game balls when the patriots meet the seahawks in the championship. Guys . All right. Thanks carol. You may have heard by now about that Measles Outbreak at disneyland impacting children as young as 7 months to 7 years of age. Were going to find out why local doctors say getting vaccinated for measles is so important, even if the recent outbreak started on the west coast. And nbc 4 is your super bowl station, folks. Next week we kick off super bowl week. Im bound for phoenix, arizona, for full coverage 4 00, 5 00, 6 00, and tonight at 11 00, leading up to the big game between the seahawks and the pats february 1st. Like me on Face Technology has improved our lives, in small ways. In big ways. But what about this . Couldnt this be better too . At redfin we asked ourselves the same question. Which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. But we paired that with our own agents who arent paid on commission but on your happiness. And thats what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. Well, you know thank goodness its friday but the weather is nothing to celebrate. Doug . Yeah. Were watching that rain snow sleet mixture moving in. The temperatures are key here to the impact well see on the roads. One thing you notice right away everybodys in the 30s, but we dont have anybody below freezing. Were at 39 in d. C. So the road should be aokay here. 39 frederick, 39 martinsburg, 36 manassas. We are seeing snow and sleet coming down fairly quickly. A lot of you posting pictures on my facebook page. I want to know exactly whats happening in your area because we are seeing some of that accumulating snow back towards front royal, in through portions of Loudoun County, faulkier county. Gaithersburg mixing with sleet, even around the d. C. Metro area still seeing sleet. This is ice down here. Anytime you see this color banding down to the south, the oranges, the yellow thats bright banding, meaning the radar is seeing ice in the middle parts of the atmosphere. It is coming down as sleet and a little snow. More to come and well see a lot of moisture from this storm. Southern maryland Northern Neck of fredericksburg are not under the Winter Weather advisory, d. C. Not id because its too warm. Back to the west Winter Weather advisory winter storm warning farther to the west because of higher snow totals. Impact forecast tonight, travel i think well have bigtime problems. The road okay early, but overnight especially with the rain its going to be kind of a problem. Out and about tonight, yeah take the umbrella you will definitely need that. Snow totals mostly just rain down to the south. Coating to an inch including parts of d. C. But this is mostly from tomorrows snow as the storm system begins to exit back to the west is where we could see 2 to 4 inches 1 2 leesburg maybe upper Montgomery County, but once again not too worried about the roads. This should be on grassy surfaces for the most part unless we get heavier banding. 45 degrees on sunday with that next storm. Mondays storm looks like it will be mostly snow talking accumulating snow. We could see closures as far as schools go on monday morning so keep it right here at nbc 4 and next week guys just on the cold side. Thank you, doug. The Measles Outbreak spread to another state as officials warn about travel to the happiest place on earth. Now cases in seven western states have been linked to the outbreak. It all began earlier this month when five employees came down with measles. California Health Officials are warning unvaccinated tourists about visiting the theme park. The outbreak of measles that started at disneyland has reached several other states again. The virus is highly contagious. Kristin wright talked to a local doctor who says there is reason to pay close attention to this outbreak. Kristin . Just this past spring we saw cases of measles in virginia and then potential exposure in virginia maryland and d. C. It is important to know that pregnant women and infants are high risk and that please l cases have spiked 644 in the u. S. Last year and now 50 more. Measles is a serious illness, one of the most continue tayious viruses known. Pediatrician dr. Daniel adams at Inova Fairfax hospital explains how easily it can spread to those not vaccinated. Virginia saw cases last year. It can stay in the air for several hours so you dont have to have direct person to person contact with someone to be infected. Reporter the Measles Outbreak at disneyland is widening. Cases have now been reported in six states out west and mexico more than 50 people diagnosed. Measles has returned to the u. S. In recent years. The reason travel abroad and more people deciding not to vaccinate their children. In fairfax, this mother of 4yearold twins has no doubts about immunizations. We have a lifestyle where we travel a lot, overseas and its very important. And i would rather be safe than sorry. I know its controversial but i believe in immunization. Reporter the mmr vaccine is two part. Its recommended for children at age 1 and again between 4 and 6. Adults who havent had the vaccine should also get it. 99 of people who have had two mmr shots are immune to the measles virus. These vaccines are safe and there are steep consequences to not immunizing their children. We wouldnt recommend them if they werent important. R has a new mom years ago kyle had plenty of questions about vaccines. Now shes confident. Ive vaccinated both children and i think its something you need to do to protect the pooerm around who arent protected, for the baby, the pregnant mothers its the res thing to do. Weve posted ten facts you need to know about this highly contagious disease on our nbc washington facebook page. Go there during the break and share this essential information. Wendy . All right. Kristin wright. More and more women are now freezing their eggs hoping to extend their reproductive years. It can be expensive and its also a difficult decision. Tonight Doreen Gentzler is here with the story of a local woman who has decide to share what is usually a very personal process. Doreen . Reporter hi wendy. Tonight we neat a virginia woman who decided to make her personal experience with egg freezing public. Shes blogging about her decision. She hopes it will help other women find their own answers. Rachel is 34 years old. Shed never thought about freezing her eggs until her sister brought it up about four years ago. I had just gotten out of a long relationship and so she felt like by the time i get into one, like what it takes to really get to know someone, like you dont want to rush that. Reporter she says she brushed her sister off thinking she had plenty of time to start a family but when four years had passed and mr. Right still wasnt in the picture, she reconsidered. Because it just felt so such a personal and intimate thing to say yes to and i felt that, you know whatever your religious views are there is for me there was an aspect of like was this right. Reporter as women age, so do their eggs making it more difficult to conceive as the years go by. But improvements in the egg freezing process allow women to save their young eggs so they can be used up until the woman turns 51. Right now pregnancy success rates with this method range from 35 to 55 . Theres just a little aspect of oh my gosh i feel like a failure because im now, you know in my 30s and i have to resort to egg freezing. Reporter last fall she went through the process which she says was easy. Injections for eight days to stimulate her ovaries then the removal process, which took about half an hour. When she was done 19 eggs were frozen in liquid nitrogen where they will remain until shes ready to use them. But i didnt know many friends that were doing it so i needed an outlet for myself to just sort of like get out my emotion and i just started writing. Reporter she documented the whole process and eventually put her writings online in the form of a blog which she hopes will help other women make a tough decision. I do feel like everyones like reasons will be different and unique i did it really because i was really scared of regretting not doing it. Reporter the process of freezing eggs has gotten much better over the years but as we said the pregnancy rate using these eggs is still relatively low, between 35 and 55 . Its also expensive, about 7,000 just to retrieve eggs and then theres an annual fee to keep them frozen. Doctors tell us the younger the eggs are when theyre frozen the better the chance of pregnancy later on. Lots to consider for people who are thinking about this decision. True. Thanks doreen. A catalog thats been a staple in air travel for decades might not be around much longer. The company that produces sky mall has filed for bankruptcy. Sky mall is that catalog you typically find in the back seat of the pocket in front of you on your flight. In recent years sky mall has found it tough to keep up with the kindles and the ipads that now provide travelers with inflight entertainment. A report out today shows just how much your new car will retain its value over the years. Kelly blue book released the list of 2015 cars that offer the best resale value. Subaru and lexus both did very well earning top honors for best brand and best luxury brand respectively. And the prts are based on the value of a car or suv over the next five years. Other automakers that did well too, gmc, toyota and chevrolet. If you love cars youll want to head out to the washington auto show now under way at the Washington Convention center. There are more than 700 makes and models on display including the latest in environmental technologies. If the weather keeps you inside this weekend, dont worry, the awe though show runs for ten days this year. And dont miss our auto show special, drive time. Veronica johnson is taking a more detailed look inside this show. That airs tomorrow morning at 10 00. A dmv worker is accused of a hitandrun, but thats not the only twist in this case. The emotional plea from the victims family. And new at 6 00 tonight, the Baltimore Ravens take swift action today amid a new scandal a player is cut after being accused of animal cruelty. How she feel, how does she see that. And why. Scared. Obviously. Reporter maiya had a surprising answer when asked what she would say to the young woman accused of leaving her brotherinlaw ismail moreno, to die in the street. I would like to see her. To hug and make feel stronger. Reporter in a newly released Police Report detectives say 24yearold Samantha Mccloud admitted to taking off sunday morning after hitting moreno with her pickup truck. It happened near sahara and mojave mojave. He wasnt in a crosswalk. Its still a mystery why mccloud didnt stop. When you know its not your fault, you dont run. You stay there. But when you know something was made wrong, you run because scared is normal. Its an instinct to protect yourself. Reporter but perhaps no one knows the rules of the road better than mccloud. For the last four years shes worked at the dmv office on sahara. In fact recently she was promoted to giving driving tests. Her responsibilities make sure drivers are safe and have good judgment. Mccloud is still an employee with the dmv. She could face up to 15 years in prison. Now at 6 00, a longtime special Education Teacher indicted on charges of child pornography. What the School District told parents today and why they didnt notify them sooner. Plus search teams going through that deadly mansion fire made another difficult discovery today. As we learn more about the family who died. And another report on metros underground emergency due out tonight. Transportation reporter adam tu working to get us new information. First tonight a storm team 4 weather alert. A mix of rain snow and sleet is moving into parts of our area. Good evening. Im Chris Lawrence in for jim. Im Doreen Gentzler. Its already forcing afterschool activities to be canceled. Here is a live look at i 270 in clarksburg maryland, where the road are wet but traffic is just fi. Doug what do we need to know going out tonight . Take the umbrella whether its sleet, snow, or rain need it. Especially downtown. I think well see some areas of heavy rain across the region. If youre going out and about, no matter where you are, take the umbrella. Some locations overnight picking up a half inch to an inch of rain. If this was all snow wed be talking about a foot of snow in parts of the region but thats not
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