>> since i was 28 i have been self-employed. now they assume there is a conflict of interest. they want me to figure out how many hours i spend on my ranch. kristine: some believe it's not been effective. >> we have had 160 cases. only 26 were found whereondoing. >> representatives disagrees. >> i think it worked well. i think that this is not the way to start a new congress. kristine: they have amended to a broader house rules package. in a statement the congressman said the proposals have been misrepresented by the opponent and by some member of the media. on capitol hill, i'm kristine frazao, abc7 news. jonathan: the swearing in of a new congress means a change for the maryland delegation. chris van hollen was sworn in office today. the now for taking over the seat held for 30 years by barbara mikulski who is now retired. both van hollen and mikulski are democrats. maureen: new developments in the search for the killer of democratic national committee staffer seth rich. republican lobbyists jack burrman is now paying for adds to raise aware -- ads to raise awareness of the crime. rich was walking home in july when he was shot to death in the bloomingdale neighborhood. today would have been his 28th birthday. $130,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. jonathan: the murder of a 16-year-old girl in her bedroom may have been random. that is information we get from police as we learn her killer. police today say 16-year-old sean crizer broke in charlotte zaremba's home on saturday night, shot and killed her and took a shot at her mother injuring her. she is okay, though. crizer turned the gun on himself. >> as you can imagine, the victim's family is in shock. our hearts go out to them. we do everything we can for them. jonathan: police believe crizer broke into at least two other homes in the ellicott city neighborhood. the gun used in the murder was stolen from one of those homes. maureen: concern is growing in prince george's county over marijuana. one year after maryland criminalized the possession police say they are seeing more murders tied to the drug. as maryland bureau chief brad bell reports the issue has gotten the attention of the county of police chief. brad: for the second year in a row the number of murders in prince george's county increased. in 2016. 97 people were victims of homicide. that is increase of 20 over the prior year. increase in violence at time when most other categories of crime are down. the number one homicide that the police responded to in 2016 was domestic violence. but a close second was drugs. now the prince george's county chief of police drawing a link to the maryland decriminalization of marijuana. appearing on newschannel8's "news talk" today, chief hank stawinski said demand for weed is up there. remains no legal supply chain. we have controls of what is contraband that is leading to violence and deadly confrontations. >> that is astonishing to hear that. >> the county resident derek miller says the community itself must fine solutions but thinks police have to pay a role, too. >> solve the problem i think. >> he is o the way they police the community. maureen: the district decriminalized marijuana in july of 2014. we asked if metropolitan plicit department if they had seen similar problem to the county. but they reported homicides are down 17%. jonathan: ahead at 6:00. >> we'll have them over the back porch. oh, yeah. jonathan: excitement for president obama's future neighbors. the big changes they are already seeing. and the other new neighbor on the way with the last name of trump. >> also ahead, why a restaurant that served food since f.d.r. was in the white house may be shut down by inauguration day. jonathan: first, how police are explaining a crash involving a stolen car and three police cruisers. doug: it's cloudy tonight. areas of fog, tomorrow. 56. colder thursday. then we see the chance of snow on friday morning. could it affect the morning rush? 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>> yes. >> it will continue not in this form but it will be closed in some way as long as the obamas are living here. >> keep in mind the obamas are renting, not buying. stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: waiting for the kids to get out of school. maybe they move back to hawaii. who wouldn't? doug: it's january. so we have bouts of snow. friday we could get a little. maureen: no, we won't. doug: we will find out. see what happens here. we have had rain. this is the rainfall total for the last 25 hows. .86 at reagan national. the most in a 24-hour period in a while. scan the map for any higher totals. don't see it. we win the breeze. only a few hundred in frederick. the rain is over. now fog to deal with. we are tracking the visibility. eighth of a mile in winchester. five miles at frederick. three miles at b.w.i. the rest of the area is ten. there could be fog overnight. but the skies will brighten considerably. chilly temperatures in the mid-40's in the city. outlining areas in the 30's. after a touch of fog we will turn partly sunny and cloudy. we have 56 for the high. winds gusting to 25 miles per hour or higher. the change is coming. westerly winds developing develh the sunshine. we will progress there wednesday to thursday, the colder air will move in. thursday night low pressure moves in and friday we could see a dusting or co ordinarily not a big deal. when it happens just before rush hor or beginning of a rush hour with cold temperatures, it could cause issues with the commute. the mother storm will be on the coast to head out. it could be the measure rabble, more than an inch of snowfall. the skies should clear out later friday afternoon. we think the effects will be there early. the light accumulations and it could impact the commute. stay tuned as the system developing and gets closer so we can narrow it down impact wise. 56 tomorrow. in the 30's on thursday and friday. saturday a dry, breezy and a cold day. sunday the highs of 30. went chills on sunday morning are -- wind chills in sunday then we will start a warmup again and be back to 50-degree range by the middle to the end of next week. back to you. maureen: thank you, doug. jonathan: capitals are finally back on the footing. erin: nice! it seems like it's coming together for them.รบ the capitals get set to take on one of the hottest team in hockey. and what is coming for john wall and the accolade that the point guard added to his resume when we come back. oh, how was the open house? 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