Inside the complex. Leslie, how is it looking out there . Reporter you know, theres a lot of activity out here, bruce and deb. If you listen closely you can hear the music. Im standing in the observatory. Theres a lot of activity as People Get Ready for this party for vips at 8 00. If you go downstairs and take picture what s and ornaments reflect your picture in it. This cost 1. 4 billion to build. It has restaurants, a theater and the casino. We had an opportunity to kind of drive around the entire casino on the way here. It is massive. 1. 7 million square feet. Sky 9 has a view right now of what youre going to see when you come out perspective on just how big this complex is. Also weve been talking about traffic. It took us about an hour and 20 minutes in northwest washington to get here. The struggle is real. We will tell you what you can expect inside and the traffic expect ed to go scott broom is checking in with people in the resort. Reporter lots of last minute preparations. The very first of the people lining up for that 11 00 opening tonight after, leslie, you get to go to the great vip preparty that starts early. Its been a Long Time Coming for this. Almostly exactly four years since the Maryland Gaming Commission gave the thumbs up go ahead to the mgm at this location. As you to the public at 11 00 this evening. Welcome to the mgm. 3600 eager work ers ready to go, gusts already arriving and blown out of the water. Just walking in and seeing, you know, the splender and how extravagant and beautiful this casino is and everything there is around it, i mean, its just phenomenal. So exciting. Outside there are finishing touches on this 1. 4 billion construction job going in. The crew laying out the green carpet trying to get the turf down by deadline time. Its down to the wire but under control. Prince georges county police are here in force to manage traffic and just the newness of the thing. Shoppers at the near by Tanger Outlets feeling the buzz. I think its awesome for the revenue. I want to see the shops, eat, the gambling, everything. Its rubbing off on the Prince Georges County executive who first opposed gambling here in prince georges and then changed his mind if it came where a major resort Development Like this. And this is what is going to happen if you, you know, set the standards high. Reporter the promised delivery on all of this to our community and region, 3,600 jobs, at least 50 of them g t county here. About 35 to 40 million in direct revenue annually, half of that will be earmarked to schools. It all depends on people showing up indeed people have been showing up today. You saw the lady from detroit. Theres people from around the world here this evening. Ive seen people from Asian Countries and south american countries coming to this opening tonight. People to keep oncoming into the region to this attraction is looking pretty good. Reporting live at the mgm resort and casino, scott broom, wusa 9. Reporter a lot of High Expectations for this phase here. Scott, thank you so much. And todays festivities kicked off with a rousing performance earlier today. An electric violinist here it was amazing. It occurred here. . . [ music ] . . Reporter all right. So we got a number of things to anticipate here today. Of course as you saw the electric violinist. All sorts of events Delia Gonclaves has been here all week long giving us the inside look at what we can anticipate. She got a chance to see things that we have not seen yet. Hes outside of the casino tonight to bring us that part of the story. Hey, delia. Reporter hey, less lie leslie, not a bad gig inside or outside. The place is pretty impressive. This hotel tower, 24 stories, all glass on the outside. It sits on prime real estate here at the National Harbor. In fact, it was selling point mgm executives said. Once they came up on this site that was just a gravel plot at this time they knew they were sitting on gold. A lot of the hotel rooms have views of the capitol and the Washington Monument and even though Opening Weekend is booked i have your sneak peak. I used to play in the fields thats now National Harbor. Now austin homemade is selling what was once a dream. Shows off her new dig, the grand ballroom and her 1200 seat meeting space. Its the focal point of the property. They were conducting touring for county leaders raentd r residents. Im xooit ed county leaders and residents. Im excited about it. It features 30 0 roops with views. Rooms with views. It has art from local square feet in the state of the union in the suite. Therest a spa is a spa also. The signal this sends to businesses is this is really the place to be. For us its very personal and exciting. I think for everyone that im talking to other than what the traffic will be, which will be bananas for a few weeks and then the new norm and then we go on. That summed up the traffic, it will be bananas for a little bit and then well adjust and get used to the new norm. The fire chief, who i saw earlier today, said this is just like a high priority big event that is happening every single day. So coming up at 6 00 more on the jobs and some of the local folks who are working here including some former First Responders who leslie. Reporter thats right, delia. They want Prince Georges County residents to have a big part of this. Thank you so much. Well see you at 6 00. If gambling is not your thin theres something to do here at the mgm National Harbor. Theres a 27,000 foot spa and salon filled with all kinds of the conservatory its 15,000 square feet with a floral attraction with 150,000 flowers. It will change with the seasons. Theres an inhouse art Program Featuring more than 70 local and National Artists and one of those is singer bob dylan with his first perm gnat dis the rs now back to topper to tell you how to dress tonight out here. The cold est air of the season is here. 41 tomorrow. Monday we go back into the mid 50s with some showers rolling in after the cold weekend. Tuesday back in the upper 40s and dry. Okay. This is what we want to talk about, the wind chills. At 8 00 tonight already wind chills in the 20s in the suburbs. Its going to feel like its 24 in even downtown it will feel like the low 30s. Look what happens by the morning. This is 6 00 a. M. Early time at the bus stop, feelings like 14 in gaithersburg, 17 in leesburg, 15 in hagerstown and 17 in cumberland. Doesnt get much better. By lunchtime never gets out of the 20s in the northern and western suburbs. Only about 30 downtown. So, again, dress in layers and dress for the wind chills tomorrow. A coat, gloves, hat and scarf kind of day. And clouds approaching on sunday. What that could mean to your monday morning commute. Thank you, topper. Surveillance cameras in northeast dc capture a brutal attack on tape. Wusas janice park tells us that police are still looking for the three suspects who left a man for dead on the street. Im standing just a few blocks from union market. This video shows a man being repeatedly punched and kicked in the head. Tonight dc police attackers. Moore street is quiet today, in sharp contrast to november 26th. Now they have beaten him up. Its hard to watch. Surveillance video shows an Armed Robbery that happened around 3 00 a. M. Three suspects are seen pulling the victim to the ground. Police say they used a gun to demand money. The victim is hit over and over again in the head. The attack doesnt stop there. The suspects kick and punch again before retreating to their car. Scary because its close there was three people jumping an innocent person. Jeff works near by and said this area during the day is busy with customers looking for items. At night the land scrape scape changes drasly. Drasly changes drastically. At night it changes. After 4 00 everybody goes a way. Its quiet. Dc police are still looking for three persons of interest phone, debit card and passport who sped away in this car. Its video footage that those working around here wont soon forget. Its hard for me to comprehend how another human can hurt another human. If you have any information you are asked to call dc police. There is a 10,000 reward. Near union market, janice park, wusa 9. Its tough to watch. The condition of the victim is unknown at this hour. The countrysst driver and shes speaking out about it now on social media. Minnesota representative omar said the driver called her isis and threatened to remove her hijab. It happened after a white house meeting on criminal justice reform. She said the cabbie doesnt touch her but shes still shaken about the incident. Omar won the minnesota house this fall and will be sworn into office next month. We are just Getting Started here on wusa 9 news at 5 00. With the best routes to avoid while visiting the mgm resort tonight. Plus a look at musical acts thats we can expect over the next few weeks. Plus, new details about an 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. His sister can live stream it. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cbs news has learned that president elect donald trump will nominate andrew pusner of secretary of labor. He runs hardies and carls junior restaurants. Hes been a vocal critic of running the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour. Tonight trump will attend rally in ohio for his latest stop in the thank you tour. Police officer and wound another in georgia has taken his own life. The officers were responding to a Domestic Violence call in americas, georgia. A man who fired shouting inside the comet pingpong in northwest dc will be back in court next tuesday. A judge delayed a hearing for 28yearold Edgar Madison welsh to his attorney can review the case. He said he drove to basement. He was prompted by a fake news story. More snow and bitter temperatures for parts of the midwest. Heavy snow hit denver over night. Near whiteout conditions led to crashes. North dakota looks like a frozen tundra. This bismark man has been trapped for days. We get dumped on a lot but not like this. This is unusual for us. Have you been able to leave your house . There . Yes, we do. We are okay sglchls this. This woman tried to scale a wall of snow at her front door before rethinking her decision. Yeah. I dont know. She didnt get very far. Is that enough snow for you . Thats a lot of snow, especially for them. You know, places like the dakotas get a lot of snow. They get a lot of 3 to 5 inches but not a whole lot of foot to 2 feet storms. Its cold and more snow is heading their way actually. I hate to say that. More sno actually, its the truth. Now as far as we are concerned, the coldest air is here kind of seeping into the metro area right now. Wind chills are falling. Thats the key to the forecast tomorrow and the key to your comfort. Dress for the wind chills tomorrow. Lets talk about the 3 degree guarantee. I thought that we would see more sun today. The clouds hung tough through the afternoon. We knew it would be cloudy in the morning but i thought more sun in the afternoon. We went for 50 for a high. Ill let you know how we did tonight at 11 00. I think 45 right now. Remember the dew point yesterday in the mid 30s . Now its in the mid teens. Thats a dry air mass and winds gusting out of the northwest at 23 miles per hour. Here comes our cold air. Wind chills right now not bad downtown. It feels like 38. North and west it feels like 26 in hagerstown, feels like 25 in winchester. Again, this is the temperature and the wind combined. It feels like 10 in oakland and 10 in davis in the valle wind chills in 20s by 8 00. Wind chills tomorrow morning mainly in the teens to start. So keep that in mind. Do the battle with the kids tonight before tomorrow morning, lay out the gloves and sweatshirts and scarves. Tomorrow morning all day the wind chill is not above freezing. 25 to 32. Then wind chills tomorrow night if you have plans will be in the 20s again. So winds are going to be the future cast, i hesitate to show this. Dont Pay Attention to the temperatures because dress for the wind chills. Tomorrow morning 25 in gaithersburg, 31 downtown. By 9 00 we are in the low to mid 30s. Yeah, youre seeing a lot of snow west of the divide out towards oak lapd. By lapd oakland. By 1 00 at 41. Dont let that deceive you. Maybe 35 in Silver Spring, even 34 as i want to focus on the wind chills. So at 6 00 tomorrow morning its going to feel like its 17 in leesburg and 14 to 15 in gaithersburg. By lunchtime only 32 downtown. So that 41 is a deceiving number. Focus on the 32. Look at the 20s to the north and the west. Then by about this time tomorrow night its going to feel like its 24 in frederick, 24 in manassas and even 26 in fredericksburg and even 26 down the day planner goes like this, clear as a bell, the low 30s to start. 37 by 11 00 and then we pop up to 41. That northwest wind at 18 will make it feel like its about 30. Now, very cold on saturday. The good news, not much wind. 40. So very cold for the army and navy game in baltimore. Afternoon clouds on sunday, 44 degrees. Next 7 days. I suppose we could have a flake on sunday night but i think mainly its a rain event. Temperatures dive again. Next wednesday in the upper 30s. Burrr. Now to Prince Georges County for the grand opening of the mgm casino and resort. Leslie foster is heading upthe coverage out there inside the complex. Hey, leslie. Reporter hey, there. The doors open for vip and county leaders and everybody associated with this grand place will be here for a party starting at traffic could make it really, really messy and really interesting. County leaders have been warning about that for weeks. Our wusa 9 traffic anchor ellen brian has some advice to get around it all. Today we are having the opening of mgm National Harbor. You know this is an area that especially during the holidays is already congested with a lot of traffic. Not only do we have the National Harbor but the outlet mall. So at so a lot of and 95. Especially 210. The inner loop of the beltway congested. 295 heading into dc also congested. If your plan is to get to mgm for Opening Weekend, 395 southbound is your best bet from dc. Take it to 295 south, take exit 1b, National Harbor boulevard. Coming from virginia, 495 eastbound is the best bet for you. Exit 2a or 2b. Park underneath mgm. Its going to be a circle all the way. Theres also Valet Parking and four entrances. When i sat down with mgm they said think outside of the box, maybe take metro today to king street or branch avenue. You can take metro bus. If youre coming from maryland take nh1 and coming from virginia take nh2. Travel for several weeks so be careful out there. Reporter to help you get around this weekend Prince Georges County is going to send out alerts. Its called alert prince georges. You sign up for it online. It will tell you about traffic and everything that you need to know. You can sign up for that on our wusa 9. Lets talk about music now. Everybody wants to know about who is going to be out here performing. Where he reported we reported on the big acts coming to the mgm. Boys ii men one week from today and then bruno mars, cher and ricky martin are schedule today . . . . . Tonight we are learning more about a sexual attack at the Water Front Park in georgetown. We have a composite sketch tonight. The man grabbed his victim he was able to get away. This happened on october 19th. U. S. Park police are just telling us about this today. The suspect is in his early 20s. Call police if you think that you can help. A rockville man was sentenced today to 5 years in prison for raping a f passed out. Prosecutors say 22yearold Richard Morris was out drink with three friends. After they wept they went back to one of the friends home. The female victim got sick, vomited and she was placed in a guests bed fully clothed. She said she woke up to him raping her twice he to 5 years probation and 5 years in prison. A follow up to a story we first brought you yesterday about a homeless woman living in her car in northern virginia. He was putting the safety and well being of her elderly dog before her own need. Leslie fields could not secure a job because she didnt want to leave her 12 and a halfyearold dog penny home in the car alone. We received an out pouring of support for leslie. She has job offers tonight. One viewer is putting her up in a she cant wait to sleep in a warm bed and take a hot bath. You can help too. We have a link to her go fund me account on our wusa news app. Generosity. This mornings raw weather did not stop hundreds of people from trying to get Affordable Housing in dc. Right after the break we are back live at National Harbor for the grand opening of the new mgm casino and resort in Prince Georges County. We are going to have reporter all right. So heres the capitol wheel all lit up in its splender and glory outside of the National Harbor. So much to see here. Of course when you come inside where i am at the mgm National Harbor theres a ton to see in here. The casino of course is the center piece of it all. There is so much more here including art. Reporter hi, less lie. We are actually below leslie and we have been standing here all day long looking at these beautiful sculptures here. Theres im told 150,000 flowers here which is just incredible to think about. Its absolutely gorgeous. This is called the winder wonderland reflection. Im told this is the Perfect Place to take selfies. I havent experienced that just yet. It goes. This will change every season so we get to see these artists making these beautiful settings. That is james reyes. Hes the managing partner here. How are you this evening . You look beautiful by the way. Reporter thank you. So im the partner for a Company Based in las vegas. We operate two lounges in partnership with the mgm. The first lounge is the blossom lounge open 24 hours in the call it the center of the attention. It has some great beers and showing all the games. Its the place to come for a late night drink or early meeting. Reporter youve been waiting for this day for a long time. Are you prepareded . Prepared . We are prepared. Hopefully the doors open on time and we are proud to be here and be part of Prince Georges County and be part of the new beginning here at the mgm. Here from las vegas and hes so excited to be in the area with his family. Tonight no family, its all going to be fun in the casino. And a selfie with you after this. Reporter yes, we are going to take a selfie. Perfect. Reporter so tell me about the vip party. You will be kind of the host of it all. Yes. Our second lounge called felt s, which is a high mixology lounge has a view of the potomac and also a view of old town. We are going to have an exclusive vip party at 10 00 cant wait to serve them and show them all. Reporter i havent gotten my invitation yet. Whats up with that . After our selfie ill invite you. Reporter see how i did that, i put him on the spot and he has no choice. Thank you. Reporter im nick kki burdine, back to you reporter youre not the only one. The rest of us didnt get the invites here but we are happy to be here in the space. Thank you so much. If youre here you will not go hungry. Theres 15 different in which to dine from. Theres casual fast food to the upscale. Lets tell you about them. On the high end restaurants from Celebrity Chefs such as jose andre and brian and michael betasio. In you want to make it click theres a shake shack, Southern Fried Chicken and even a new york style deli. I would love to stay in here and tell you more, bruce and debra but theres food calling so im going to have to go. Ill send it back to you. From that new york style deli there, lessee. Less leslie. It was cold and rainy out there this morning. That didnt stop hundreds of people from lining up outside for hours. They were all in search of Affordable Housing. This happens in southeast washington by orchard park. The first 200 people in line were able to apply for section 8 housing at the wood bury village developments. Ifpp list that sometimes takes more than a year. Many told us that the long line is indicative of a big problem in the district. The city makes me so upset. Its because theres money to be used and put into housing and theyre not doing it for the people and its the peoples money. The mayor i think is budgeting 100 million for this year alone. Its not enough people are saying. Direction here. For families its up 32 . Two novels back on School Shelves after a ban. The school board voted to lift the ban onto kill a mockingbird and the adventures of huckle berry fin. They were removed after a participant complained about the excessive use of racial slurs. After a officer shot a student who waved knives at students. The student is in critical condition. The officer is on routine paid administrative leave. A warning about tine teens and vaping in tonights health report. There. 16 of High School Students say they have tried they have at least tried e cigarettes. Tonight the tallest land mammal is at greatest risk of extinction. The giraffe is now classified as vulnerable. Next story, please. Nearly 1500 of our Facebook Maggie katie brown kid a happen 112th birthday. Shes the oldest africanamerican woman in the country. Community leaders in atlanta organized a huge celebration tomorrow. If you get the chance you can log onto our Facebook Fan Page and wish her a happy birthday yourself. 15 seconds, thats all it takes for crooks to rob this apple store not once but twice. Coming up, Andrea Mccarren how some of our Wounded Warriors a global organize season is a successful Season Organization discovered the way to ease ptsd. Andrea mccarren has diving with heroes. Danny was racing towards a career as a professional socr player and then 9 11 happened. I just wanted to do something. Danny became a United States marine. I just wanted to maybe go instead of a mom so they wouldnt have to leave their children. Deployments in afghanistan, iraq and iran changed her with some injuries that are visible and some are not. Diving helped me from being gave danny and other veterans a mission. It is the freest i have felt maybe ever. Its like youre floating or flying. It just is so different than anything that you experience above land. Diving with heroes takes five veterans on each trip. All their expenses are paid to get certified and go on an adventure like this one in the grenadines last spring. Buddy. It goes beyond making friends on a dive boat. They connect on a different level and inits really unique. Underwater the divers become a team. Seeing them light up, the joy thats on their faces when they come out of the water and tell their stories about the giant fish that they saw or the shark or the turtle they swam next to. Aboveground theyre Wounded Warriors. 60 feet below the Andrea Mccarren, wusa 9. Diving with heroes has produced a documentary entitled 60 feet of freedom that follows the journey of three veterans who explored the underwater world for the first time. You can see it on you tube. Check that out. Playing for a championship. Demascus Senior High SchoolsFootball Team playing for the maryland 3a state title. We were there for t sports. A teenagers special Birthday Party goes viral with 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. His sister can live 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 cable cant offer that. Only fios can. The roses are blooming in herbal essences hair is delightfully fragranced with notes of moroccan rose and the freshness of springtime unforgettable, wherever you go the scents you cant forget. From herbal essences, blooming now sometimes when brushing my gums bleed. No big deal. But my hygienist said, it is a big deal. Go pro with Crest Pro Health gum protection. It helps prevent gum bleeding by Serious Problems including tooth loss. Today metro announced special Night Service for new years eve. They will run until 3 00 a. M. Safe track will be suspended through the end of january for the inauguration. It allows metro to offer extra service to events. A deadly bethesda accident leads to a change in montgomery he was riding his bike at the crossing of little falls parkway. Little falls will now merge into one lane in each direction. The speed limit is being reduced to 125 miles to 25 miles per hour. Thats a good thing. It was 36 years ago today that john lennon was shot and killed in new york. He was the leader of the beatles. His widow is making a plea control in the u. S. She wrote every day 91 americans are killed with guns. We are turning this beautiful country into a war zone. Together lets bring back america, the green land of peace. Lets get to what is trending tonight. You were probably never meant to see the next video. Its an invitation to ruby they invited everyone to come and celebrate. They might have what about wanted to be a little more specific. Millions oh of people responded. Police in their town are planning i like that vip right there. They are planning extra security for the december 26th big party. And heres a question that was probably never meant to be asked, how long does it according to these crooks 15 seconds. Surveillance video shows three thieves wearing hoodies, grabbing up everything they could while shocked store employees just watched. If that wasnt enough, four suspects robbed the same store in the same way four days later. Police posted the video in hopes somebody can help them catch these the excitement is building. Check out this x wing fighter parked in front of the theater on hollywood boulevard yesterday evening. A lot of facebook users are clicking on this story tonight. As for the movie dont go looking for loot or r 2d2. It bring you the story before the rebels try to steal the plans to the death star. Appears in the film. It opens nationwide december 16th. Im your father. About 100 children will have a happier christmas this year. Today Dc Police Officers partnered up with kids of all ages for a shopping trip at the target on 14th street in columbus heights. Its call heroes and helpers. The outing for the kids is made possible by target and the dc police foundation. Chickfila hooked everyone else up with a bite to eat. Santas will make special recoveries tonight. Howard county Police Arrested two thieves last night. These are just some of the stolen packages that police found in their truck. 77 packages in all stolen from the front porches of homes in columbia, maryland. This evening Howard County police will try to deliver every package personally to the rightful recipient. Topper. All right. A live look outside. Its our live michael and son weather cam. The temperatures not bad at 45 but the winds dew points in the mid teens. Thats a dry air mass. Okay. At 5 00 tonight temperatures this is actually the wind chills. It feels like 38 downtown. You go north and west and it feels like the 20s already. Thats going to main story line the next day or so is the wind chills. Wind chills in the 20s by 8 00. Just about everywhere in the metro area. The bus stop temperatures 24 to wind chills all day including downtown in southern maryland. 25 to 32. So dress for the 20s tomorrow and then wind chills in the 20s again friday night if you Center Friday night plans. So future cast goes like this, at 10 00 these are straight temperatures, upper 30s downtown, around freezing in the suburbs. 29 in gaithersburg, 29 in Silver Spring and buoy to start. Thats not the wind chill yet. By 9 00 in the low to mid 30s. By 1 00 the upper 30s north and west. Downtown, maybe 41 in fredericksburg and very close to 40 waldorf and la platta. By 6 00 everyone is back in the 30s. We get into the a little later on friday night at 8 30 temperatures just barely north of 30. The 20s are very close by 10 00, 11 00 tomorrow night. Wind chills though, this is the story. Be6 00 a. M. Its going by 6 00 a. M. Its going to feel like 14 in gaithersburg. By 1 00 it still feels like the 20s. Maybe 32 downtown. 20s in the suburbs. North and west even in the mid to upper 20s south and east. Wind chills the big story the next 24 hours. 30s to start, 37 by 11 00 and then we will pop up to 41 by 1 00 but notice the winds northwest at 18 keeping the when i around freezing downtown. Very cold on saturday p 40 degrees. Bundle up if youre going to the army and navy game. It will not be windy. Clouds return on sunday 44. The next 7 days, right now it night into monday. Back to 54 on monday. Then temperatures begin to fall. Rain or snow showers possible on wednesday before another arctic blast rolls in next thursday. Now wusa 9s game on sports with hammer hand. High School Football warmer hornets look to defend their championship. The Third Straight title game they have played in. At demascus earlier a nice send off as they head to annapolis to face the 2016 champs in franklin from reports reisterstown. Weve had a great past two seasons. You can cheer for a team that you know isnt going to lose is Pretty Amazing and not many people request its remashable. Hopefully we get our nine ninth win this time. The support from the un community is unmatched anywhere. Throw the records out when these two teams meet. Army and navy, 117th time they meet this saturday up in baltimore. One of the best rivalries around in sports. Although navy has won the last 14 meetings but expect a tight better this year. Sadly navy banged up with both starting quarterback and running back out with injuries. Last two games have been close. Expect that this saturday. Army 65 record, navy comes in at 93. We recognize that its hard to beat these guys. They are a good Football Team. They are very similar to us and even though we you know, being in that many games we have been close and they were hard fought games. We never take that for granite. That game on saturday. Looking forward to it. Still ahead, manier of more of the preview at the mgm casino. We will check back in with leslie foster. The cbs evening news with scott pelley coming up here on if youre putting up a live Christmas Tree this year we have a timely message from a woman who has lived through almost unbearable tdyrage. Bruce la shan has her story. Cher lost six close relatives in that fast moving fire two years ago in an annapolis mansion. Now shes doing everything to keep i stand outside the gates of my brothers dream home that was a magical place where friends and family gathered. Cher still struggles with memories of that cold night in january of 2015 when she woke to a call that her brothers annapolis home was on fire. For me, i just want to try and help any other families avoid the pain and loss that weve been through. H sisterinlaw and their four grandchildren all died in the fire which investigators blamed on a bad electrical plug and a tinder dry Christmas Tree. Ive learned from the experts that fire is fast. When the firefighters arrive ed d flames were already shooting through the roof. A lit Christmas Tree is like a bomb. Within minutes it can ignite a flash over from which if you have a live tree water it daily, unplug it over night or if you are going out and to throw it away within a month. It took away everything. It took away everything we loved. But shes also pushing for sprinklers in all new homes. My brother, my sisterinlaw and my niece and nephews would be here today probably if they had had a home. Maryland and dc mandates sprinklers in all new homes. Virginia does not. Bruce la shan, wusa 9. Cher now spends a lot of her time working as a fire safety advocate with common voices which is a group of burned survivors and relatives. We have a link to their site on our wusa 9 app. Right now at 6 00, farewell to an american hero. Thank you for joining us former astronaut and senator john glenn, the First American to orbit the earth, died just a few hours ago. The 95yearold had been receiving treatment at the james Cancer Hospital in columbus, ohio. Of according to a spokesman the smithsonian said we mourn the baaing of john glenn. His froif and discovery will live in our halls forever. At the museum tonight people pausi friendship 7 capsule that carried glenn around the earth in 1962. I mean, he was really the perfect hero. He was really impossible to find anything bad to say about him. He was very honest and very, very up bright and approachable. He was a great merp. After make great american. A senator and he took part of in another space trip in 1998. There will be more ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. The other story tonight, a big new addition to National Harbor in Prince Georges County. Leslie foster is live with all eyes will be on the mgm in National Harbor. Leslie, how is it going . Reporter hey, listen, thats right, its all about the money and not just the casino jackpot. This property is expected to bring in hundreds of millio revenue into Prince Georges County and thousands of jobs. Our Delia Gonclaves is following the money and she is also here live with that part of the story. Hey, delia. Reporter hey, less less leslie. We are live outside over looking the National Harbor. We are looking at some beautiful views here that hotel gusts will enjoy of our nations capitol and of the Washington Monument as well