Mother says it was his sneakers. The new redhot jordan contour shoes that just came out earlier this month. Somebody tried to take those shoes . Somebody tried to take those shoes. Reporter and when he wouldnt give them up, they killed him . They killed him. Reporter what do you think of Something Like that . Its horrifying. Its horrifying. Reporter you see, ms. Smith bought a pair of the new jordans for james as an early christmas gift. He loved those shoes. He even went with her to pick them out. Hes wearing them in this picture. She says he was wearing them last night, last night at this basketball court. And she says someone killed her son to get those shoes. When you heard about what happened to your son, what was it like in your heart . I was disbelief, i still havent taken it in yet. I still dont believe it. Its untrue, its unreal. Its unreal to me. Because you cant excepted your children outside to play, for one. And we all walk around here with jordans. They can kill for our s
1 00. 47 at 4 00. Steady temps, not a bad day. The cooldown coming for tomorrow morning. For now back over to the news. Thank you, chuck. Breaking news now, the senate has passed a Major Overhaul of our tax code. Just after midnight 51 senators voted to pass sweeping changes with Vice President mike pence presiding over that vote. With further amendment, the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Protests erupted from the Senate Gallery a number of times. Democratic senators refused to support the bill and blasted the legislation as rushed in an unfair benefit to the wealthy. But republicans argue that permanent Corporate Tax cuts and reorganizing the individual tax code will spur economic growth. The 1. 5 trillion tax bill is one step closer to President Trumps desk where hes expected to sign it into law, but first u. S. House will have to on a few minor provisions. Congress is standing at the doorstep of an historic opportunity. Polls show the bill is opposed by nearly half americans. Pres
50 degrees in leesburg. Bus stop forecast looking good. Kids will want a jacket because it is a little bit chilly in some spots. Through the afternoon cooler than yesterday. Well be around 50 degrees. More clouds. Nice and dry. The wet weather is down to the south. If youre doing your Holiday Travel anywhere from louisiana to tennessee to the carolinas, thats going to be wet. Where im heading, melissa, all the way down to florida, thats nice and dry. Bring back sand and shells and all of that. In waterford a brand new problem, 9 at Hamilton Station. All lanes blocked. Sounds like we have a vehicle on its roof here. In bound 66 at fairfax drive, also have a crash. That one is on the right shoulder. Northbound 270 at middlebrook road and germantown, do have a crash blocking the right lane. When youre looking at prince gorges county, no problems into town and out of town. The beltway is looking quite good. Were on the problem in waterford coming up. Tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Breaki
Carolinas today may see a delay because of that. Our rain chance our next rain chance is going to be clear through the weekend. Good and dry as we go through your wednesday. Temperatures will be only around 50 degrees to top out this afternoon. Cooler day. Those clouds will hang around. No rain in our forecast right now. We do have milder air for the weekend with that rain and a big cooldown as we go into next week. Wait until you see these numbers. Well take a look at that coming up. Lets check your commute. Melissa mollet is here. Eastbound 66 before centerville. Very, very slow here. Have a crash. Everything blocked except the right shoulder at this point this morning. That really is going to slow folks down through centerville this morning. In weatherford, lanes blocked because of a car on its roof here this morning. Careful out there as well. Northbound 295 near nannie helen more on that problem on 66. With further amendment, the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. Breaking news righ
Parveen. Hi, sheena, how is it looking . Hi, guys, its looking pretty decent. We do have the clouds around. But as we go through the day, well be looking at temperatures staying cooler than what we had yesterday. Here are the cloudy skies. Good news though is the rain is going to be staying away. These will not be clouds bringing us the showers, not until this weekend. 51 degrees in the district. Heres a look at satellite rain cells. So rain delays potentially in atlanta and as we go into the carolinas, but ill be showing you more on the forecast in just a little bit. Well be talking about some weekend rain as we head into saturday and sunday. If you do have the travel plans, its just minutes away, guys. Thank you, sheena. All right. So start the count down five days away from christmas. And Holiday Travel is kicking into high gear across the area. Heading to the airports, there are some things you neeto news4 Megan Fitzgerald is live at dulles to tell us more about that. Good morning.