As he decides to step down from his senate seat. I, of all people, am aware there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault, sits in the oval office. And a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. That last reference going to Alabama Senate candidate roy moore who is facing allegations from at least nine women, including one who says that moore molested her when she was just 14 and he was in his 30s. The rnc announced this week it would again back moore in the special election. Doreen, erika . Leon, thank you. There are mixed feelings here in washington about senator frankens resignation. We sent our what people are thinking and how they are feeling. She continues live coverage tonight. Amee . Reporter yeah, erika, a lot of people we talked to tonight were surprised by the news. Most told us they were in favor of al franken stepping down. They told us they thought it was the right thing for him to do. A lot of women told us they feel a sense of solidarity with the accusers. However, others told us they thought al franken was a good senator and they were disappointed to see him stepping down. I think women have been discriminated against from time in memorial. You have to stick up for yourself. Its not acceptable. He did it and glad hes stepping down before anybody else has to call him out about it. Reporter why are you bummed . I think franken has been an Effective Member of the senate and i think hes, generally speaking, a great guy. We have to stand up and start looking out for more women and let this abuse go on. Reporter now, al franken continues to deny all the allegations against him. Again, in this speech today, he called it ironic that he is stepping down while other politicians facing similar accusations are not. Doreen . Amee cho, thank you, amee. We want to know what you think. Do you agree with senator frankens decision to resign . So far many of you on our nbc washington Facebook Page say yes, you do agree. And with the senate so narrowly divided, what happens to senator frankens seat . Well look ahead to the potential power struggle with nbc news senior Political Editor mark murray. That comes up in about ten minutes. A mothers heart break, we are learning new details tonight about the youngest victim yet of the ms13 Gang Violence in our area. It is a story youll see only on news4 about those two bodies discovered last spring in fairfax bureau chief julie carey joins us with why he and the other victims were killed. Reporter you remember that day, it was a chilling discovery when those two bodies were found back there in the park. It came during a surge in gangrelated violence. Now these newly unsealed Court Documents reveal the detectives probably had a pretty good idea of who they were going to find even before they started digging back there. Thats because two teenagers went missing in the fall of 2016 and detectives learned that word on the street was they had been killed and buried by ms13. Late february and early march, this was the sooep as Fairfax County police and the fbi joined in days of digging in holmes run park. Two bodies discovered, but their identity was kept under wraps. This mother whose 14yearold son had been missing since fall told news4 at the time she feared the worst. Heron night and never came back. Translator very much sadness. Waiting to hear something about my son. Reporter now news4 has learned those fears were confirmed. Authorities have notified her that her son, sergio, was one of the two victims. The other young man killed, 17yearold edmond escobar mendez. These just unsealed Court Documents reveal why the teens were targeted. Mendez disappeared in late august. His family reporting him missing days later. Then in late september, Facebook Information led his brother to seek out a friend, sergio tremenio. He gave him bad news saying he had been abducted or killed because ms13 members thought he was a spy for a rival gang. Just two days later, on september 27th, tremenio also disappeared. His worried mom contacted police to report him missing. Then in december, new information. Detectives learned the teens had been killed and members. But it wasnt until february they got the tip that led them to this wooded burial ground. Now, since then the fbi has taken over this case. So, when any charges do come, they will be in federal court. No word yet on whether any arrests have been made. It is likely if there have been indictments at this point, they are still under seal. Reporting live from Fairfax County, im julie carey. Scott macfarlane at the live desk with breaking news. The u. S. House has just voted to avert a Government Shutdown and the furlough of many thousands of local federal workers, but they have vote today do so for just two weeks, passing a twoweek continuing resolution. The spending plan to keep the government open to december 22nd. So that negotiations can continue. The house vote is complete, 235 yeses on that vot the president must sign it. All indications that will happen. But again, just for two weeks so a budget stalemate can be worked out. At the live desk, im scott macfarlane. Scott, thank you. Some breaking news now from out west. This is a new look at that big fire fight taken from a fire helicopter in southern california. Fire fighters there are battling the ferocious thomas fire. They are getting a tiny bit of good news today. The National Weather service saying the winds did not reach those historic levels today as had been predicted. But it is still an uphill battle. Hundreds of homes are gone. Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave. Coming up well bring you some of the harrowing stories from people who escaped with just the cloel clothing on their backs. New criticism over the sometimes astronomical tolls on i66, a big group of local lawmakers now says a 40 toll for a oneway trip is unacceptable. Now they are calling for the tolls to be temporarily i66 in Northern Virginia with their message to virginias governor and vdots response. Derrick . Reporter well, good evening. Youre looking at i66 here. It is a road that is indeed steeped in controversy these days. Four days into this new tolling system, with those prices like you saw, a lot of folks are saying that its a bit costlier than was expected. Now, they went to vdot headquarters today to send a message to the state department of transportation, to the secretary of transportation, to put the brakes on this until they can get a handle on it because for a lot of these representatives, its just too expensive for their commuters. Take a listen. And lets call this plan what it is the way that its been rolled out. Its highway robbery. Reporter commuters we spoke to are mixed about the system. Sure, first i love the new tolling system because i understand that its expensive to go from the beltway into d. C. However, we couldnt do it anyway beforehand. So now it gives us the option if we want to pay then we can still without being reporter the closer you get the less popular the tolls are. I dont think people in arlington should have to pay any of the tolls. Ru route 66 is our internal highway. Reporter vdot put out numbers on the first day of the toll lanes. The average price was 14. 50. Less than the toll lane inception. Now, those representatives that went to vdot today were mostly democrats, but this is a bipartisan issue. There are a lot of folks on the other side of the aisle that dont like it as well. Caucus chairman, Republican Caucus chairman timothy hugo said the exorbitant toll prices on i66 is unacceptable. No word back from the state department of transportation as to whether or not they will put the brakes on this. And thats very unlikely that they will cause an immediate end of this which is what those delegates wanted. Well have more about the story coming up later on news4. Now were live in virginia, derrick ward, news4. Ck derrick, thank you. Turning now to storm team4 and the forecast that is about to get really chilly and really fast. Doug is coming to us from burke, virginia, where an entire neighborhood is joining forces to spread some holiday cheer. And, doug, it looks like you have a lot of new friends out there. Yeah, apparently people couldnt come out to see me live today. They couldnt make it out today. Weve got a ton of people out here today. And you mentioned the neighborhood. There are seven houses here. This neighborhood so much bigger than this. Thats why they love doing this on this street. We are on Marshall Pond row. This is one of the pipes that they have here. That means seven houses, you can see those houses decorated so nicely. When the sun goes down, what a different view we have from just an hour ago. Now you can really see the lights in all their glory across the yard. Take a look. This is a different vantage point. This shows you down the road from our mass cam. This shows you what were looking at that is new. Were going to talk to the guy that put that up in a minute. He didnt know that. Im going to talk to you in a minute. I see you over there. He had to do some work on that. Well talk about the work he had to do. Lets talk first about the weather that weve got out there because its a little bit on the cool side but not bad out here at all. As a matter of fact, temperatures still in the mid to upper 40s in the d. C. Metro area. Temperatures will be going down. 30s back to the west. Much colder air moving in. Again, colder air tomorrow. The chances of snow continue to increase with every model run over the last 12 hours or so. So, yes, we have a much better chance for snow and winter sticking around. The cold and a few more chances of snow, too. Were going to send it back inside. You guys, i think i have some more people that are excited and anxious to talk. You guys want to talk a little bit . Yeah not right now. Well send it back to you. Somehow i just you know, bad idea to give the kids the mic. I saw that earlier. I dont think hell let that happen again. All right. Were going to switch gears stepping down. So, what happens next . Could make for a power struggle here in washington. Well talk about it with nbc news Political Editor mark murray. 76 years and the stories of heroism from that day are just chilling. Meet some of the brave men who survived the pearl harbor attack and made their way to washington today to pay tribute. And its so much more than just a stained grass window in a local store front. Its become a Community Landmark to remember a young woman who was murdered on the job. Now that store is closing. What wi happen to this ll see holiday tradition in a whole new light. Join in the joy of Christmas Town at Busch Gardens. With over 8 million twinkling lights. Enjoy coasters and thrills. And celebrate with Holiday Shopping and shows. Bring your family to Busch Gardens and you would even say it glows. Christmas town. Where christmas shines brightest. Were back now with a closer look at what al frankens resignation will mean for congress. The minnesota democrat announced that he will step down in the coming weeks over Sexual Harassment claims, some of which he disputes. I know in my heart that nothing i have done as a senator, nothing, has brought dishonor on this institution. Franken went on to say that while he is leaving the senate, his voice will not be silent. Joining us now, nbcs senior Political Editor mark murray. Hi, mark. Hi, doreen. Lets look at what franken had to say today. At one point he took aim at the president and at Alabama Senate candidate roy moore. Withr the senate, one in the house, stepping down, what does this mean for democrats and republicans . What was interesting about al frankens speech, it was almost a political attack on republicans, almost making the point that democrats including him are stepping down. We saw john conyers, the longserving democratic congressman from michigan, also step down. And the complaint that youre hearing on capitol hill from democrats is why arent republicans who have been accused of this or even things worse arent stepping down or why even republicans are embracing them . So, that was part of al frankens remarks. The other thing that struck me today was just how he was not apologetic. He was in some ways kind of defiant about the accusations against him. But said that he was stepping down because he couldnt do his job at the same time the Senate Ethics committee was looking after him and said it was better for the people of minnesota for him to step down because he couldnt do his job any more. There was a line in frankens speech, mark, that stood out to us. We have that queued up. Lets listen to it then get your minnesota ans deserve a senator who can focus with all her energy on addressing the challenges they face every day. Mark, let me ask you. Do you take anything away from frankens use of her . And do we know what happens next with his seat . Why use that . Im not going to go into the pronoun pronoun usage. Some of his speech was he was a big advocate for Women Empowerment issues when it comes to gender equity. Look at my record of voting on those types of issues. That is the one thing when it comes to democrats on this whole story, a lot of them might say they have the Higher Ground by these exits from al franken and john conyers. On the other hand, you just see so many more women in the democratic ranks that democrats say they are the party representing women, wanting to empower them. And so in some actually extra pressure on them when they are faced with these kind of stories to react and react quickly. Mark, one of the draw backs for al franken, as he leaves the senate, they dropped their investigation of this. He gets no real chance to defend himself in an investigatory situation. Yet congress is having hearings about how it handles Sexual Harassment claims. Where does that go from here . Yeah, you know, it was very interesting on how defiant al franken was, but then you mention by stepping down it pretty much ends anyway for him to be skuexc ulpated from all o this. This story is not going away and i wouldnt be surprised if we see more and more from this in the coming weeks and months ahead. All right. Nbcs mark murray. Thank you for joining us and we invite you to keep it here for all the latest involving al franken and the other big thats ahead on nbc nightly news with lester holt. December 7th, 1941, 76 years ago today, the day the japanese launched a sneak attack on pearl harbor. The attack on world war ii, here in washington, veterans pause to honor the memory. A sailor played taps. Breathes were laid. Washington redskins band with many veterans among its members played god bless america. Veterans from several american wars were here to honor those at pearl harbor like vietnam veteran bubba owe enof rou of r hill, virginia. From front royal, a veteran from two tours of duty in afghanistan here to honors veteran grandfather, who never spoke of it until the end of his life. Some are proud and you have the other guys who dont want to talk. They are still proud, but it just haunts them. Reporter what are you thinking and feeling . Every year i come, the last couple years ive come to drop off my own wreaths and every year i cry. Very touching to hear these guys life stories. Reporter a dairy farmer from horford county, maryland, read a poem he wrote about pearl harbor and president roosevelt. Fdr called for thousands, millions joined the throng. Remember pearl harbor became the battle song. Reporter and these and other veterans get their way, pearl harbor, december 7th, 1941, always will be more than just another day in history. Tom sherwood, news4. Which cars have the best safety features for you and your family . Safety experts are putting them to the test fashion. Were going to tell you whether theyre up to the challenge. And doug joins us from one of the most festive neighborhoods weve seen. Hes got a look at the changes as the theme song cheer, doug. Hes live in burke where an entire neighborhood is shining brightly tonight. Hey, doug. Uhhuh. Yeah, hey, doreen. Really a great night out here. Its not too cold, is it, guys . No. Not at all. We are i want to show you first, i want to take a mass camera shot. This is such a great shot. Our truck is at the top of the hill here. And take a look at what weve got. Just a beautiful neighborhood. There are seven houses, every single one of them lit up. I have rich with me right now. Rich, whats your last name . Kavanagh. Rich, they moved in 3 1 2 years ago. When they moved in, you put up some lights. I put up one strand, maybe two. And the neighbors said . You better step it up. Yeah. And thats exactly what he did. He not only stepped it up, but him and his son ian and ian wanted to make sure we got his good side. Yes. [ laughter ] yes. Want today make sure we got his good side. They put up that Merry Christmas sign you see there. You saw that on thes a second ago. You had a little mishap with that. That was hard to do. It took two weeks to build that thing. Two days after the garbage truck hit it. We had to figure out how to raise it up a couple feet. You did it. With a cherry picker. With the cherry picker. You did step it up big time. I want to show you whats going on weather wise. We have some cold and some snow coming in. Lets take a look and show you what were talking about here. Right now, first off around our area, again, this is so cool, brandnew here. This is our green screen were going to be bringing out across the region. 46 degrees, winds out of the south at 9 miles an hour. Its cool but not too bad this time of year. Temperature wise the rest of the area already down to 39 in winchester. Were 43 right now gaithersburg. Down towards Fredericks Burke 43 as well. Lets talk about the chances for snow. Nothing out there right now. Storm team4 radar is dry. Its going to be dry right on through the next 24 hours, but thats when were going to start to see moisture making its way up our a lot of moisture down to the south. Look down towards new orleans, look toward the southeast. You see that moisture down there. Were going to be watching a cold area of low pressure move out of what is going to be happening we need to go back. Whats going to be happening coming out of canada. Thats going to bring the cold air here and thats also going to bring us a good chance for that cold air to mix and bring in some of that moisture from the atlantic. Theyre going to merge right here right off the coast and give us a chance for some snow in and around our area. If we have that grabbiphic for , this moisture is coming and were going to talk about it. Temperatures right now, lets talk about the four day forecast. 42 degrees on friday. We are now calling saturday a weather alert day. Is it going to be a huge snowstorm that breaks down the city . No, this is only a couple inches. Mostly on grassy surfaces if that. And most of the best chances of snow will be south and east of i95. But it is going to be our first snow of the season. So weather alert for sure on saturday. 39 degrees on your nd 45 on monday. And then were going to get cold again into the middle of the week. And thats talking about the middle of next week and maybe even another chance for snow next tuesday, although its a small chance. Then we get really cold as we move on into wednesday and thursday. Highs on wednesday around 32 grizzly. Degrees. We have a lot of kids. How many try to wear shorts to school when its cold . My son does the same thing and i cannot understand. Listen to me right now. Parents, are you ready for this . The weather man says you have to wear pants from now for the next two weeks, okay . No. No, no pants remember, remember santa is watching. Back to you guys. Doug is out there playing mean tricks on the kids. School is canceled on saturday. Thats like inviting somebody to chickfila on sunday. Hes a real buzz kill, isnt he . Thats right, no school saturday. Thank you, doug. I think they can see those lights its beautiful. Quite a display. Well, still ahead on news4, a local lululemon store is on the move, but its not just another store. Its the sign of a memorial to a store employee whose killing stunned our region. So, whats happening with her memorial . Well tell you next. Plus the quest foreclose youre. The work to finally close a cold case so expensive, that it wi actuallyll a as a person who loves the finer things, this Holiday Season, ive asked for a luxurious new buick suv. fingers crossed. ring in the holidays with buick. Get up to 20 below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. Thats almost 7,400 on this Buick Enclave leather. Experience the new buick this Holiday Season for remaining 2017s. News4 at 5 00. Now at 5 30, al franken says he will resign from the United States senate in the coming weeks. The minnesota democrat faced misconduct allegations for more than half a dozen women. In a speech on the senate floor today, franken denied some of those allegations and spoke about what he views as hypocrisy by republicans facing similar allegations. Now to a story that youll see only on news4, a memorial that has become a popular landmark in bethesda is going away. Lululemon, the store, is moving not fara way, just a few doors down. The stained glass window that reads love will not be part of the new store. That window is a tribute to jana murray. She was a former employee who was brutally murdered inside na shop. News4s chris gordon joins us with details on what will happen with that window. Chris, im glad youre covering this story. I saw this the other day and wondered what would happen with it. Reporter well, i trial. We covered the murder. It happened here. Im standing outside the old lululemon yoga store in bethesda. As you can see, as people walk by here, shopping christmas, whatever, it is now closed for good. It will no longer be a reminder of the brutal murder that happened here nearly seven years ago. But the victim of the murder will not be forgotten. The stained glass window above the lululemon yoga store in bethesda is a memorial to jana murray. She was brutally murdered here in march of 2011 by a coworker who murray caught stealing merchandise. The killing shocked bethesda and the entire community. It was haunting to everybody. And the fact when you see that sign love, what does it say to you . It just makes you remember somebody who should be remembered and not forgotten. Reporter but the Landmark Sign is going away. Lululemon is moving to a new the love window doesnt fit its new decor. Lululemon is offering to ship the window to jana maries family. Her brother hugh tells me by facetime hes happy to have it in his richmond, virginia home. Its helped i think obviously us and it definitely had an affect and became kind of a landmark there in bethesda to a lot of the community that were affected by janas murder. It meant a lot to us. Reporter we got to know the family during the trial of brittany who is convicted of murdering jana and is serving a life sentence without parole. We watched janas parents shop for Lululemon Christmas presents after the trial and weve seen the family grow. Since her murder weve had three kids so we like to share stories, happy stories about jana to them and even though theyll never meet her, their aunt, we want her memory to live on withhe well. Reporter hugh murray tells me that his sister jana was always larger than life. She loved adventure and she continues to be an inspiration to their entire family. Thats the latest live in bethesda. Doreen, back to you. Chris gordon, thank you. In southern california, four separate wildfires raging out of control. Residents near the fire line are using garden hoses to spray down palm trees as Fire Fighters scramble to beat back the flames. But for so many families, its already too late. Their homes have just been destroyed along with precious items that can never be replaced. Nbcs gina kim is in southern california. Reporter the possible wildfire danger level was issued for the first time. The purple flag, fire officials said they havent seen this combination of fierce winds and extreme dry conditions in decades. The brush burning thats a number that we rate the threat of a brush fire, is 296. This is the highest number ive ever seen in my career. Reporter more than 4,000 Fire Fighters are on the front lines fighting the flames from the ground and the sky. Four separate fires continue to burn out of control from ventura to los angeles, burning hundreds of buildings and threatening thousands more, including those in the exclusive bel air and brentwood neighborhoods. Residents whose homes have so far escaped the flames arent taking any chances. Beth raji is putting out hot spots around her home with a gua garden hose. We are so for the nat. Reporter other residents barely got out with the clothes on their backs. We can see the flames coming up and that was it. We were out of here. We didnt take anything. God wanted him and i guess he wanted my house, too. Reporter the fire destroyed irenes home and the urn ashes. I ran out of tears. Theres no more. Reporter if the fire proves unmanageable, they may have to face evacuating over fire fighting. Gina kim, nbc news, ventura, california. And lester holt will be anchoring nightly news from ventura. That is starting at 7 00 after news 6. Teenagers future called into question. Their safety when they head to the winter Olympic Games in just over a month. Come on. Now, thats called making learning fun. Im Tracee Wilkins. Coming up on news4, art integration in the Prince Georges County School System. And were tracking some chilly changes in our weather. Dougs Holiday Lights coming to you from the brightest neighborhood in town. Doug . Oh, this neighborhood is awesome. We brought storm team4 4by4, the peaco houses, seven of them, all lit up. And your chances for snow. Those chances continue to go up. You cant the Opening Ceremony for the 2018 Olympic Games in pyeongchang is february 9, coming soon. But tonight there are questions about whether team usa will be there. The confusion started on wednesday when u. N. Ambassador nikki haley cast doubt on whether american athletes would attend due to increasing tensions on the korean peninsula. Then today White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters no official decision has been made. Later on she tweeted the u. S. Looks forward to participating in the winter olympics. An important Traffic Alert connected to a Police Investigation that we told you about yesterday, Virginia State police say they will shut down a portion of the i95 express lanes in Stafford County tomorrow. The garrisonville road Access Points will be closed till 10 00 in the morning so police can search for the remains of pamela butler. Police believe butlers body is buried in the median of 95. She went missing from the district in 2009 and earlier this year Jose Rodriguez cruz confessed to murdering her and said that he buried her body along the highway. Tonight we are getting an eye op putting them to the test to see which ones are safest for you and for your family, consumer reporter susan hogan joins us with a look at this new list. It sure is starting to look and feel like christmas. The temperatures are plunging and pretty soon we could see some snow, what . Dougsoliday lights and his h weve got breaking news here at the live desk. Another lawmaker is stepping down, but were not quite sure why. Leon harris here, nbc news has just confirmed that gop congressman trent franks of arizona is preparing to resign. That is according to multiple gop sources. Nbc news talked with the arizona will you mak hell let the statement speak for himself. He will not make a comment in the meantime. Franks served in Congress Since 2003 and we are closely following this story. Well bring you a statement as soon as we get it. Back to you in the studio. The news changes fast. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is out with its top safety picks for 2018 and ahead of the agency says the results of its crash test are good news for drivers. Consumer reporter susan hogan is here with the details. Thats right. Well, the i ihs which conducts these crash tests evaluates automobile Safety Standards says it is pleased with just how well manufacturers are making the grade. This year, 62 vehicle models earned the institutes top safety pick award, with 15 of those earning its highest award despite tougher criteria requiring better headlights and enhanced passengerside protection. Most drivers when they buy a as they are. And so our new test is to try to achieve that. To earn the award, vehicles go through a number of crash tests to show they can protect occupants in front, side, rollover, and rear impact collisions as well as testing automatic teenage braking features. 15 vehicles meeting these new tougher criteria for top safety pick plus is a good news story for consumers. Leading the way this year for the most top safety picks plus awards are hyundai and subaru. What youre seeing with those two companies is they are responding very quickly when they learn new ways that they need to modify their vehicles to protect their customers. New models that show protection is a continued priority for the driving public. And to see the crash test rating go to our nbc washington app and search crash test. Isnt it amazing how incredibly sophisticated these safety features are getting . Amazing amazing. Those are not the highest priced cars. Thats the good news. Susan hogan, thank you. Sure. Fractions, modern dance in the middle of science class, a changing approach to teaching is developing creative and eager learners. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins takes us inside the classroom to show us how it works. Think positive. Reporter this is math and science class in upper marlboro. Were at the poetry cafe for my pooh math and science with miss ruby. Reporter when it was time to present last nights fraction homework. The numerator cant be the bigger number. It would be improper. Reporter good work. Its how the Prince Georges County School System is integrating art into learning. Before we started doing the music, it was kind of boring. I do now that i have activity, i understand it more. Reporter what are parents saying about it . John tashini directs the program. Art has grown from 14 to 43 schools in three years. Kids are excited about learning, thats what we want to create. Reporter instead of just reading about hurricanes. Strong wind and heavy rain. Reporter these students become the hurricanes. Its a lesson they dont forget. Its usually in the water, then it goes to land. Then it floods things. Reporter striking the right balance meant retraining teachers at the Kennedy Center and wolf trap. We had so much fun just learning how to make learning fun for them. Reporter but clearly these students arent the only ones having fun. Four total pieces, two sets. Now, did i just read it as usual . No. Reporter you walk around the school, you can see and hear how art is integrated into everything that they do here. Prince georges county that of the art integration. To find out which ones are on the list, go to nbc washington and search art and schools. In upper marlboro, im Tracee Wilkins, news4. That does look like fun. There is no substitute for an enthusiastic teacher. Absolutely. The kids get right into it. Good for them. Lets go back out to burke. Doug in the middle of that fantastic Holiday Light display with more on our weather forecast. Hey, doug. Yeah, hey, guys. It really is just a fantastic display. Just looking around, i mean, not only is this neighborhood great during the winter. They say its also great during halloween. They have the kids from everywhere. Look at the house here. This is one of the seven houses in this neighborhood. And you can walk with me and were going to take a look at some of the other decorations that they have. Now, every single year the decorations get bigger and bigger and some of the parents here said, you know, we go out right after christmas and pickup pickup the lights, and you can see this thing continues to grow. The amazing thing about this, most of the families, theyve only been here a couple of years. This is the walsh family. How long have you been letter here . 4 1 2 years. This is hal i, tom is in the air force. Thank you for your service. This is your second time in burke. Third time. I got that wrong. I read your bioearlier. It said two. Weve been here three tours. This is your third tour in the burke area. You said 4 1 2 years, in the burke area, you come back every time . Every time. Twice, been here three times. Same house . Yeah. Really . I have to talk about how you did that. Introduce me to your family real quick. You put in the neighborhood, entire neighborhood for us to come out. Right. This is patrick. Caylee and thomas. Did you guys help deck raid . Yes. Tom, did they help deck raid . They do, a little bit. I know how that is. Daddy, i put that up, im done. Lets show you whats happening weather wise. There is Something Else thats cool. Take a loo t we have the mass camera taking a look at the whole neighborhood here. What i want to show you whats going on weather wise because again we have the weather and these guys right here are watching me do the weather right here. Look at the numbers. 46 degrees currently in d. C. , 42 down towards the Andrews Air Force base area and 39 down to the south. These are the numbers tomorrow. 38 degrees in gaithersburg, 42 d. C. , were going to see a lot more cloud cover and 30s back to the west. It is going to be a much colder day tomorrow. Thats going to set the stage for whats coming next. Take a look. This is 7 00 on friday night. Notice the mix to the south. Most of this should fall as rain early. We could see some of this move to snow and notice by 7 00 a. M. , most areas especially i95 south and eastward are moving into snow. Could see a little bit of a mix here. If it does mix, it will drop down accumulations. We could see some accumulated roads or grassy surfaces rather. Roads should be fine with more on this. Lets go to amelia taking us zone by zone. Exactly, doug. Here is futur see the most activity will be down in southern maryland, parts of the northern neck. So were talking about rain and snow on your saturday and cold, too, with temperature only of 38 degrees. Our storm team4 four zone four cast, showing you three zones, showed you two last hour. Im showing you the eastern zone again because this is where the most action will be. You can see rain and snow is likely on saturday. If you want to start planning now if youre in areas like la plata, leonard town, patuxent river. Some accumulations especially on grass, on branches, on cars. Gives you that pretty Winter Wonder land look, but doesnt stick to the roads. It is just going to be too warm. As we head to the western zone, frederick, loudoun, fauquier, Prince William county, original, culpepper county as well. We have a chance for rain and snow on saturday. This would be conversational snow. I dont think we would be able to get a dusting on the grass out in our western zones. But further out in the cumberland and peters burg, your snow chances a little bit different, but nonetheless theyre there. Saturday night through sunday morning and youre picking up maybe a dusting to 2 inches in areas like wis. Because of areas in the forecast, mixing with rain on saturday, it is a storm team4 weather alert day. Its breezy, cold on sunday with wind chills in the 20s and low 30s. Monday not too bad, and doug, maybe a little more snow in the forecast on tuesday. But again, all eyes on the weekend and of course saturday and how much fun youre having out there, it just looks so wonderful. Getting everyone in the holiday spirit, i love it and i love the mass cam shot as well. Really beautiful. Yeah, it really looks good down here. All seven houses. You live across the way, right . Yes. And you came down. You love this area, right . Yes. What do you love about it . Um, like the state. Virginia has always been my favorite. The neighborhood. [ laughter ] oh, around christmastime they decorations. I love it, i love going way overboard. Kind of like the griswolds, but we kept our power on which is very, very good for this. We talk about getting to you guys. Coming up with more at the 6 00 hour. Well talk of more about this, snow chances as well, we continue to get new information in. Well see you back in a minute. You guys can wave goodbye. Bye they took the words out of my mouth, like a page out of National Lampoons christmas vacation. Thats right. And love that. We were just saying we should be grateful that the lights are all working on that giant display. All right. Makes for good tv. Coming up its an Art Collection thats unlike anything youve ever seen. Because it was taken from the enemy, a one of a kind look at the rare art on a local military base that was onc see holiday tradition in a whole new light. Join in the joy of Christmas Town at Busch Gardens. With over 8 million twinkling lights. More than anywhere else in america. Enjoy coasters and thrills. And celebrate with Holiday Shopping and shows. Bring your family to Busch Gardens and you would even say it glows. Christmas town. Where christmas shines brightest. It probably wont surprise you to hear that the United States army has a huge collection of historic military artifacts from as far back as the revolutionary war. But also included in the armys collection is a painting by adolf hitler. And the collection is kept right here at fort belvoir. News4s Mark Segraves got a behind the scenes look at the artwork. Reporter this is no ordinary warehouse, and the contents are very far from ordinary. This is adolf hitler himself. Reporter in this nondee artifacts. A militia jacket from 1810. Canteens used by generations of soldiers. Among all this american history, four rather unremarkable paintings still in their original frames. Unremarkable, but for the artist. These are four water colors by adolf hitler. Reporter thats right, these are works of adolf hitler. After hitlers defeat at the end of world war ii, the u. S. Army seized thousands of pieces of german artwork that was considered to be propaganda. The idea of art is dangerous is the message behind it. The nazis used propaganda more effectively than anyone else in history. Reporter sarah is the chief art curator here at the armys center foremilita center for military history. The fear was it would be lost. Reporter art even compared hitler to john the baptist. That makes a connection between hitler as for nazi propaganda and john the baptist as a speaker for holy words. Reporter while the art has been displayed in the past it isnt often seen by the public. One person who did get an up close look at the collection is andrew who wrote about the nazi art for washingtonian magazine. Its so creepy. Its so odd to be that close to something that the same guy who was the architect of the holocaust actually made himself. And its also really weird looking at the paintings, just how devoid of life they are. Reporter thousands of the pieces that were seized by u. S. Soldiers have since been returned to germany, but the army still has 586 pieces. And remember that huge bust of hitler . It was found when u. S. Soldiers took hitlers eagles nest. As for why keep or display nazi art . When you look at the stuff, it reminds you that nazism worked by stoking peoples feelings. It wasnt an ideology that really concerned with facts. So, looking at the feelings of that generated, its real important, i think, to study how they did it, how they got people to believe a certain way. Reporter now, generations after world war ii, art once used as a weapon to engender hate now held at bay on a military base where few get to see it. Mark segraves, news4. Announcer news4 at 6 00 begins with breaking news. Tonight nbc news has learned that arizona congressman trent franks is preparing to step down, according to multiple republican sources. But right now its not clear why. Nbc news caught up with franks on the hill just moments ago and he says that he plans to release a statement tonight and has nothing more to say until then. Franks is a republican member of the Freedom Caucus and has served in Congress Since 2003. All this comes after minnesota senator al frankens fall from grace. He wrote this year, appeared to be a top democratic contender in the 2020 president ial race. Well, now three weeks later his career in congress is over, cut short by the politics of misconduct and pressure from his own party. A couple months ago i felt that we had entered an important moment in the history of this country. We were finally beginning to listen to women about the ways in which mens actions affect them. Then the conversation turned to me. I was shocked. I was upset. The only republican who attended senator frankens emotional speech, arizona senator jeff flake. Tonight weve got Team Coverage of a potentially Pivotal Moment in a year filled with political turbulence. Amee cho is gathering local reaction to senator frankens resignation. But lets start with blayne alexander