Megachurch pastor convicted of indecent liberties with an underaged girl. New tonight, why his sentence will be measured in months not years. And her ancestors were sold by Georgetown University. How this descendant of slaves is bringing her familys story full circle. Its so beautiful to be able to connect who owned your family, who sold your family and why. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. And we begin tonight with the weather, and whats going to be a very wet end to your work week. Good evening to you, im jim handily. Im doreen gentzler. The rain has already started. It may not be cooling down much out there, but just wait, doug says cold air is on the way. Doug . Take a look at that flag down towards union station. Any time its blowing in that shot from right to left, that means youre talking about south win things that are very, very warm temperature wise out there. The high temperatures today really quite amazing, 62 degrees d. C. , 69 in richmond. Look at charleston, 71 degrees today.
22 days left in office. He promised he would go after russia for meddling in the u. S. Election and today he made good on that promise. President obama today retaliated against russia for hacking u. S. Commuter computer s to influence the election. Along with economic can sanctions and possible sign isser attacks, a handful of people were targeted. 35 Russian Diplomats will be expelled and two russian compounds shut down. In a statement the president said all americans should be alarmed by russias actions. Mr. Putin is a kgb thug and any interference in our elections or anything that is outside the interest of america should be met with an appropriate response. Reporter the Obama Administration is convinced that Vladimir Putin was personally involved in the hacking. And the kremlin is promising to strike back. President elect donald trump dismissed the controversy yesterday saying i think we ought to get on with our lives. Even if trump agree, he cant argue with the vast amount of inte
The metro area. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. Loudoun, fairfax, Prince William county schools operating on a twohour delay tomorrow. Lets get right to first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt. Any flurries on forecast overnight, top . I think so, maybe even a snow shower. The good news, current temperatures, 26 downtown, thats as warm as its been all day. Temps have been steady or rising in the last few hours, up to 21 in gaithersburg, 23 in leesburg and manassas. On the futurecast by 6 00 temperatures in the 20s with clouds and then by 8 00 were still 27 downtown with low to mid20s in the burbs, not seeing any flecks of blues. There could be a couple flurries or a snow shower as the front goes through. 10 00 temperatures still in the 20s and by noon look at that. Were finally above freezing down town for the first four days. So wakeup weather looks like this, maybe a flurry at 5 00 and at 7 00. By 9 00 very cold but temperatures back into the 20s. Well come back, talk about h
I think together were going to usher in a new environment. Ill leave it at that. Reporter during the campaign some of her opponents criticized Muriel Bowser as a lightweight with few legislative accomplishments, but she beat the incumbent mayor and two more experienced politicians and now as Bruce Johnson said comes the biggest challenge, governing. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy today to determine whether a woman murdered in woodbridge was pregnant. Just 90 minutes into the new year Erica Sherwood was stabbed to death. Her husband 22yearold John Sherwood is charged in her death. The couple has an 18monthold boy and if its determined erica was pregnant, her husband could face additional charges. Police are looking for clue to first murder of the year in prince georges county. 22yearold stefon powell was found shot to death in a parking garage just off the beltway in route 1 near college park. There were bullet holes in a car at the scene and neighbors tell wusa9 there ha
Thanks for joining us tonight. Im jan jeffcoat. Im lesli foster. Police are not saying if they have a lot to go on that murder in prince georges county. The man was shot to death in the 8200 block of imperial drive in lawyer around 3 00 this afternoon. Our jim osman is live with neighbors reaction. Reporter neighbors are in shock tonight as police are looking for a killer. Long time residents who live near the murder scene of the 8200 block of imperial drive in laurel say theyve never seen this kind of trouble. 1 woman found out what happened from her daughter as the woman was heading back home. Youve never heard anything like this happen in all this time . No, never, ever, never and i said to her this is whats going on because its been safe all along, never, never had anything like this. Reporter shy called to this laurel neighborhood where a man was found shot and pronounced dead. Police are still looking for answers. Our homicide detectives and ed technicians are on scene gather evi