investigators were knocking on their door letting them know their daughter was murdered. >> why would you take my little girl away from me? >> it's hard to put in perspective. you know, until it really happens to you. >> reporter: now, spotsylvania county sheriffs deputies tell us they are following up on several leads they've received over the last two days but they are asking anyone with information about this case to contact their department right away. coming up at 5:00, what heather ciccone's parents want the whole public, the whole community, everyone to know about their 21-year-old daughter. back to you. the other mystery involves a 19-year-old woman who's still missing. katelin akens was last seen saturday when her parents dropped her off at the franconia springfield national to catch a flight from reagan national. she never made it back home to arizona where she lived. her luggage was discovered in a drainage ditch near fredericksburg nearly 40 miles from where she was last seen. at the live desk, a new picture gives us our first look at the party that was targeted by the two attackers in san bernardino, california. the picture given to nbc news by the family of julie swantayas. not long after she was shot twice and is now recovering. there are new questions about whether the attackers had help. nbc news has confirmed more than $28,000 was deposited in syed faro farook's bank account in the weeks before the attack. fox news who first reported the deposit said it was made by webbank.com that provides commercial and consumer loans. investigators also trying to trace communications the couple had with people in the u.s. and overseas what had extremism views including contacts in san diego, l.a. and the midwest. some data from cell phones was encrypted and farook and malik tried to destroy their cell phones before the attack. a number of people were seen coming and going from farook's garage where he was apparently building pipe bombs. they want to talk to those people as well. chris, back to you. >> thanks, scott. later today the house is expected to pass a bill to tighten the visa waiver program. right now that program allows people from 38 countries to get easier entry into the united states. this bill would disqualify travelers from eligible countries if they recently visited countries with significant terrorist activity. it's important to note this bill does not stop people from coming into the u.s. but requires them to apply for a visa and undergo a rigorous check. donald trump is proposing a ban that would keep muslims out of the u.s. and he's aggressi aggressively defending it. here's what happened this morning when we called into the "morning joe" program on msnbc and kept talking over jeff scarborough's co-host. >> all right, donald. >> hold on. i'm not done. >> you got to let us ask questions. you can't just talk. you got to let us actually ask questions. you're just talking. >> no, no, joe, i'm not just talking. >> donald, donald, donald. >> i'm not just talking. >> we will go to break if you keep talking. we're going to ask a question. >> all i'm doing is giving you the facts. >> go to break, go to break right now. we'll be right back with more "morning joe." >> republican leaders from former vice president dick cheney, to house speaker paul ryan, renounced trump's proposal. homeland security secretary jeh johnson told nbc's andrea mitchell trump's remarks are in his words irresponsible and un-american and johnson said they have the potential to hurt national security. a new national poll from "u sar usa today" and suffolk university finds trump leading the gop race ten points ahead of ted cruz. virginia's governor wants to pump $50 million into dulles international airport. terry mcauliffe is hoping the money will bring more air travel business to northern virginia. dulles has seen a steady decline in passengers taking domestic flights. the $50 million would be included in the budget mcauliffe is presenting to state lawmakers next week. this is chris gordon in baltimore as prosecutors rested their case today in the trial of police officer william porter charged in the death of freddie gray during a police van transport last april. today, prosecutors wrapped up their case with witnesses who testified that freddie gray's blood was found on the bench, seat belt and on the wall of the van. the final prosecution witness was an expert on police procedures who testified officer porter violated police orders outlining his responsibilities. our legal analyst, law professor doug culvert thinks prosecutors have a strong case. >> the shared responsibility here was for officer porter to have restrained and placed mr. gray in seat belts and at the same time, to transport him to the hospital. that's the prosecution's theory and that's what they'll present to the jury. >> reporter: all new at 5:00 we'll tell you why officer porter's lawyers today asked the judge to dismiss all the criminal charges against him. that's coming up on news 4 at 5:00. back to you. >> thanks, chris. let's get to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. doug, what we got know in terms of temperatures is amazing. so i don't know what you're going to call what's coming down the pipe. >> extremely warm. we're talking about possible near record temperatures as we move on toward the end of the weekend and weekend. take a look at the high temperatures so far today. this is where we were. 55 degrees d.c. 57 warrenton. 56 in fredericksburg. saw a few clouds today. a lot of sunshine, too. coming up over the next couple days we got more clouds on the way. i think tomorrow and thursday will be fairly cloudy. we'll talk about that. still warm, though. as i mentioned, near record high temperatures for the weekend. the records, well, they're quite warm. we'll talk about just how warm we're going to get coming up in just a minute. >> thanks, doug. some commuters may have to pay hundreds of dollars to get to work and tonight you can share your opinion on a plan to add tolls to i-66. the plan would add tolls for drivers on weekdays, peak periods and in peak directions. it's all inside the beltway and some people could pay up to $300 a month to use those lanes. officials are holding a public meeting at george mason high school and starts at 6:00. the commonwealth transportation board is expected to vote on this as soon as tomorrow. students ordered to shelter in place. why that alert was issued at a local college campus. meet the navy's new destroyer. our first look at a futuristic warship. 80 college students sick after eating at chipotle and ♪ social media is reacting to an uplifting surprise in paris. on monday the eagles of death metal returned to the same stage where the terror attack ended their last concert. the first time the band performed since the attacks and appeared alongside u2. fans are tweeting about the beautiful moment when the bands played "people have the power" and "i love you all the time." security was tight in vatican city as thousands of the faithful gathered in st. peters square for a mass to begin a year-long celebration. then it was time for the big event. pope francis threw open the holy door of st. peters basilica to open the jubilee of mercy. he chose that theme to emphasize one of his core missions to highlight the merciful and welcoming side of the catholic church. it's not every day we get a look at a stealth destroyer but the newest one is out into the light. the u.s.s. zumwald debuted in maine, heading out to sea for the first time to test operations on the water. it's the largest and most technologically advanced ship the navy has ever built. some people say it looks like an aquatic version of a star wars ship but the commanding officer is actually a captain named james kirk. a campus alert. why students at catholic university were told to shelter in place. and the brutally honest emotional essay from the ex-wife of a dead rocker. right now at 4:15, we are following several developing stories. >> scott macfarlane is at the live desk with a new proposal to overhaul u.s. car safety ratings. and storm team 4 is tracking a warming trend through mid-december. first, catholic university's campus declared safe right now after the report of a gun-wielding man on campus. news 4 spoke to students about the scare. >> reporter: a quieter than usual campus, no scheduled lasses. this campus university senior joined others for an 8:30 mass on this holy day known as feast of the immaculate conception. >> i think among the students there was probably an awareness of what had happened and the gratefulness, gratitude, definitely. >> reporter: a sense of relief after last night's uproar. a shelter in place order prompting a schoolwide lockdown. >> last night i got the alert around 1:17. >> it's a shame that that suspect had to decide to come through this area. a series of text messages and tweets alerted students of a possible armed man and suspicious package. >> i was a bit on edge. of course, like, there was so much unknown that it was hard to know how to react, but at the same time, i'm very grateful that we were safe. >> reporter: after several hours of searching including evacuationi inof two buildings all clear came from d.c. police and campus security, no explosives found and a return to normal activity. >> deemed the campus safe. >> a relief. i was grateful fe were kept safe. it was great -- it's the feast of the immaculate conception so it's a beautiful, like, affirmation that, you know, we're taken care of. >> reporter: and all of this started with a report of a suspicious man possibly armed. students i spoke with still want to know whether there was an actual suspicious person or was this just a false alarm. nevertheless, they praise the university response. in northeast d.c., mollette green, news 4. right now the government is changing the way you decide which cars get top safety ratings. scott macfarlane is in the newsroom to break it down. hey, skpot. >> good afternoon. the u.s. department of transportation plans to toughen safety tests on new vehicles announcing proposed changes to the five-star rating system. the d.o.t. wants to add a new crash test to see how well vehicles protect people from an angled frontal crash they say and the first time crash avoidance ratings to include pedestrian protection and use new crash test dummies. you could see the ratings in 2019 vehicles. back to you. there's new information about the latest health care at a chipotle restaurant near the campus of boston college. chipotle officials now say they believe neurovirus is to blame for the outbreak who sickened students who ate at the restaurant over the weekend. this afternoon the number of sick students jumped from 3 0 to 80. boston college is working with health officials to confirm whether the illness is, in fact, neurovirus. chipotle officials believe it's an ice lated incident not connected to the e. coli infections that have closed 43 restaurants in the pacific northwest in october. new york's attorney general is taking aim at t-mobile and looking into allegations of false advertising. lot of consumers have complained that t-mobile doesn't follow through on its promise to eliminate service contracts and fees for switching carriers. critics say 91% of t-mobile customers end up locked into two-year programs that are the equivalent of those contracts. the company says it stands by its advertising. another great day across our region. we saw a few high clouds coming on through, high serous clouds making their way through the area. not bad at all. look at reston town center, nice afternoon, if you're out shopping, doing the work in the awesome buildings out there toward reston. right downtown. i love this time of night. not because it's 4:18 but it's close to sunset. i love the orange hue on the building. temperatures on the mild side. 5 4 degrees. winds out of the northeast at 3 miles per hour. i love this time of day. the pink hugh. if it could happen at 7:00 at night rather than 4:00. 55 frederick fredericksburg. 49 toward annapolis. above average. we're going to go up higher the next couple days. no chances for rain. will stay on the dry side. we're seeing clearing skies. bigger storm system back to the west. not very strong as far as the storm is concerned but notice got a lot of cloud cover with it. those clouds will move in across our region during the day tomorrow. more clouds will form east of the blue ridge we think with a southeasterly wind and create mostly cloudy if not cloudy skies tomorrow. temperatures should rebound quite nicely into the mid 50s once again. 57 d.c. 58 fredericksburg. cooler to the west. could be more sunshine west of the blue ridge tomorrow. annapolis coming in around 54 degrees. so getting out there maybe on the bike, remember, lots of cloud cover especially early. 43 degrees. it will be a cool 43 degrees. 54 by noon. nice conditions. 4:00, we're sitting at 56 degrees. next couple of days the numbers going up. i mean way up for this time of year. 57 on wednesday. 62 on thursday. both days nice. cloud cover wednesday and thursday. more sunshine friday and saturday. high temperature on friday of 64 degrees. on saturday, we get to 67 degrees. that is just shy of a record. we're going to be close, again, during the day on sunday. coming up about 4:45, tom kierein takes you through the seven-day forecast to show you how warm we stay into next week. this is great bike riding weather, isn't it? some prince william county students are having a bike ride this afternoon thanks to a family's effort and the community's generosity. 11-year-old colby smith died in october when he crashed his dirt bike. to honor his memory, his family wanted to collect donations for 25 bikes for kids who didn't have them, but contributions from businesses and fund-raisers held by colby's classmates generated enough money for 50 bikes. >> my son was a very giving child. he always was trying to give back to the community, give his toys and bikes away. so we started this foundation in order to give back to the community and continue his legacy. >> the first bikes were given out a short time ago at an elementary school. the family is planning another bike fund-raiser leading up to colby's birthday next may. she's opening up about her family's loss. why the ex-wife of scott wilan doesn't want fans to glorify his death. in chicago, we'll take you through an incident inside a jail cell. singer scott weiland's ex-wife published an emotional poignant letter in "rolling stone" asking people not to glorify his death. he was found dead on his tour bus. joining us is hot 99.5's kane. weiland's fans knew about his drug addiction. mary weiland says a lot wanted to believe the fairy tale he kicked his habit and was back to being a good dad. "in reality what you didn't want to acknowledge was a paranoid man who couldn't remember his own lyrics and was only photographed with his children a handful of times in 15 years of fatherhood." why write this letter? >> this was more of a let's not celebrate his life, let's look at the backlash of his addiction. and that a lot of the things that were written about him in recovery weren't true. and half truths. and she really, you know, laid into some fans that, you know, would buy shirts and, you know, mourn the loss of scott who, by the way, is one of the most talented performers ever. we're not -- that's not the debate. the debate is do you say, all right, look at his career as a highlight or do you say now he's got two kids that don't have a dad? >> yeah. two teenagers. i want to also, some of the fans are firing back at her, against mary weiland. i read comments that say she's trying to do damage control, how could she drag him through the mud like this, this woman's just crying out for attention, and, boy, this would be different if a man wrote this about his recently deceased ex-wife. >> everyone has their own opinion on it. the bottom line is the very end of the piece she wrote for "rolling stone" she said something very poignant. she said take the $17.99 you would buy on the fan shirt for him and take a kid to a ball game, take a kid for ice cream. >> yeah. spend time with your kids. >> spend time with your children. >> she also seems to take the music industry and its fans to task. "we read awful show reviews, watch videos of artists falling down unable to recall their lyrics, streaming on a teleprompter just a few feet away and then we click add to cart because what actually belongs to the hospital is now considered art." >> yeah. >> she seems to be saying the music industry and fans are complicit in some way. >> in a way, i think she's got a brilliant point. i mean, there really is some glorification of when someone forgets their line and they fall down. and it's unfortunately true. and thanks to, you know, the web, it's everywhere. >> yeah. and there could be a lot of deeper issues. >> absolutely. >> behind that fall. on a lighter note, we know you got some tickets to give away. >> yeah. tomorrow on the kane show, we have our jingle ball coming up on the 14th happening at verizon center. and at 7:25 i've got your tickets to get in the door. >> all right. this is a great -- thank you for coming on. >> absolutely. >> her letter was incredible. we wanted to talk about it. >> thanks. >> thanks, guys. we continue to work several developing stories right now. detectives right now are following the money in the san bernardino shooting. the suspicious deposit into the account of a killer and why a former neighbor is still being questioned. and holiday decoration dangers? how to make sure your festive decor isn't a fire hazard. we are learning more from investigators today about what happened in the days and weeks leading up to last week's deadly terror attack in southern california. >> investigators are tracing a money trail that includes thousands of dollars that showed up in the suspects' bank account. and they want to know more about the people who were seen at the couple's home. >> jay gray is live in san bernardino with the very latest. and this latest revelation really adds sort of a layer to the mystery of this whole story. jay? >> reporter: yeah. pat, chris, it does. it seems to expand every day here as we learn more about what happened. look, the inland regional medical center still locked down right now. police and federal agents searching for any evidence they can find in this building where 14 were killed, 21 injured and now almost a week after that attack, it's clear their investigation is expanding. witnesses say syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik spent hours shooting at los angeles-area gun ranges just days before the attack. we now know more than $28,000 was recently deposited in the couple's bank account. investigators want to know where it came from and why. >> and we want to find out everyone who has -- who participated in the preplanning if there was anyone else. we don't know everything yet. >> reporter: he's not considered a suspect, still agents continue to question enriquea marquez, a former neighbor they say agreed to purchase two assault rifles for farook, weapons used in the attack. and investigators are interested in a number of people seen entering the couple's garage in the months prior to the attack. they also hope to learn more from farook's mother. >> i'm not sure if we're done questioning her yet. >> reporter: their questions likely center around the house she shared with the couple, a house officers have described as an arsenal and bomb factory. yeah, and as the investigation continues, this city also trying to work through the tragedy here. today we've learned members of the muslim community here have donated more than $75,000 to support victims of the attack. that's the latest live here in san bernardino, jay gray, pat, back to you. >> thank you, jay. the supreme court is set to take up a formative action tomorrow. there will be oral arguments in the case of a former student who said she was rejected from the university of texas because she's white. in 2013, justices sent the case back to a lower court for a stricter look at the university's admission process which takes race into account among other things. a ruling isn't expexed until the end of the term next june. it's getting chilly now that we are right at sunset, those temperatures are beginning to drop. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. here's a live look looking at the sunset. got some clumpy clouds on the western horizon. see the sun about ready to go down. sunset today is at 4:46. there's another view from our storm team 4 city camera. the city still lit up. a little bit of that late afternoon sun. chilly evening coming up. a cold wednesday morning. a weekend warming trend that you are going to love. look at the capital wheel now lit up reflected there. calm waters of the potomac. this is what it looked like at sunset a couple days ago. a gorgeous photo sent in. post yours on twitter, facebook, instagram. that photo was posted on my twitter page. great evening to get outdoor exercise, as temperatures drop. 6:00 p.m., 50 degrees. mid to late evening back down to the low and mid 40s. we'll stay dry as the sky begins to clear out. a look at the warming trend, which day of the weekend may be the warmest, that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, tom. is there a menorah or christmas tree in your home? probably comes as no surprise december is one of the deadliest months for house fires. nbc's tom costello discovered a lot of them are caused by unattended candles or dry trees. [ siren ] >> reporter: it happens dozens of times a day in december, alone. house fires, a candle left unattended, a dried out christmas tree. at the consumer product safety commission laboratory, the tree on the left was watered daily. the tree on the right, no water for weeks. within seconds, the dried out tree explodes like dry kindling within 90 seconds what firefighters call a flashover, the entire room consumed by fire. christmas tree fires cause some 200 house fires each year. ten people are killed. hundreds injured. >> during the holidays, hundreds of kids are taken to the e.r. with severe burns. >> reporter: this year shriner's hospital for children is trying to get the word out. in annapolis, maryland, last winter four children and their grandparents died when their house caught fire. investigators traced the cause to an electrical fault near a christmas tree that had been cut down two months earlier. >> after a tree is cut, it begins to dry. how quickly it dries depends on the type of tree, how it is cut and how often it's watered when it's on display. >> reporter: something we saw firsthand in the lab. up until just this morning, this tree was sitting in water. so the needles are full of water and they're bendable. the other tree, brittle and dry. >> unfortunately can dry out in a day or two and become a serious fire hazard. >> reporter: the advice from the experts, water your tree daily, keep it at least three feet from a fire source. closely inspect the bulbs and wires and never leave candles unattended. and always buy a fresh tree. all right. the guys from fairfax county fire and rescue at the training academy are going to show you how quickly one of these trees can go up. it really is amazing if the tree is dry how quickly it erupts. again, 200 house fires every year. 6,500 fires in homes are caused by candles. it's a literally 30 second to 90 second flashover type of experience. again, we've got the guys of fairfax county fire and rescue who have a hose line right here and are very safe. they can duck out of this very quickly. look at that. that's really an eye opener, guys, to show you what the stakes are. you wouldn't have time to call 9121 and get the kids out of your house if you had an electrical fault or house fire that lit your tree on fire. last point, check your smoke detector. back to you. lawmakers on capitol hill heard testimony today about a proposed merger of the world's two biggest beer companies, creating a company that produces close to a third of the world's beer. anheuser-busch agreed to buy imbev miller for more than $100 billion earlier this year. the committee wants to find out how this deal would affect competition. >> what this combination is not about is changing the competitive landscape of u.s. beer market. more competitive than ever with more than 4,000 buriy brewerien all 50 states and on average two new breweries opening every day. >> regulators first have to approve the deal that was formalized last month. a man dies in police custody and new disturbing video shows the confrontation inside his jail cell. donald trump creates sparks that fly with a plan to bar muslims from entering the country. and the claim that many muslims in this country hate america. >> these are people only believe in jihad. they don't want our system. oscar miss tpistorius can b released from jail on $688 bail. a south african repeals court reversed a lower court's manslaughter quick and found pistorius guilty of murdering girlfriend reeva steenkamp. his sentencing set for april. a judge extended his house arrest until that date. pistorius is facing at least 15 years in prison. chicago just released another video of a man who died in police custody as federal officials launch a probe into the department's tactics. police arrested phillip coleman three years ago for allegedly beating his mother. this surveillance video shows six officers walking into his jail cell. chicago police say he became combative. one of the officers had to use a stungun. he was transferred to a hospital where officials say he died from a fatal reaction to an antipsychotic drug. but the autopsy showed he also had dozens of bruises on his body and his family is demanding an independent investigation. democrats and republicans condemning donald trump's controversial plan to ban muslims from coming into the u.s. why the head of homeland security says the proposal could hurt america's war on terror. practicing before the attack. an interview with the gun range instructor who witnessed one of the killers preparing. we're working severaling developing stories in the newsroom including one in spotsylvania county. the murder of a young woman is still a mystery. heather ciccone was found dead yesterday. her body was in car parked in the driveway of a home on piney branch road. meagan fit jezgerald will have latest on the investigation at the top of the hour including reaction from the victim's parents who can't believe this happened. a separate case in spotsylvania county also causing concern right now. katelin akens disappeared friday after her family dropped her off at the franconia springfield station. her luggage was found in a drainage ditch on river road. investigators call her disappearance suspicious. donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> what donald trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president. >> donald trump makes his most inflammatory statement yet. >> and tonight there is a furious pushback from republicans and democrats. >> steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> reporter: pat, chris, thanks. here in town today, the secretary of homeland security and the speaker of the house, a democrat and a republican who say they normally steer clear of the down and dirty race for the white house, did weigh in on this today. both agreeing donald trump could be hurting the u.s. war on terror even though he is getting some support. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: the republican front-runner won applause last night for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. and he made clear he does not trust even american muslims. on the phone today to msnbc. >> i would want to engage the muslim community but the muslim community has to help us, they're not helping us. the muslim community is not reporting what's going on. >> reporter: the trump proposal -- >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: -- has passionate backing from some voters. >> who's cutting off people's heads, who's bombing buildings, who's bombing airplanes? not the christians. not the jewish. it's not the buddhist. it's the muslims. you got that on camera, sport? >> reporter: others are a appalled. >> that's like a blanket policy, probably very discriminatory. >> gross and short-sighted. >> reporter: homeland security secretary jeh johnson said the trump plan is irresponsible. >> and will actually hurt our efforts at homeland security and national security. >> reporter: setting back his efforts, said johnson, to get help from u.s. muslims. republican house speaker paul ryan condemned trump. >> some our best and biggest allies in this struggle and fight against radical islamic terror are muslims. the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of whom are peaceful. >> reporter: but in a face feeling fear looking for answers, donald trump has the opposite message. republican party strategists, strategists today speaking for many in the gop said donald trump is pushing the envelope so hard now he's sure to tear through and fall out of this race even though there's no sign of that at this point. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. chris, back to you. >> thanks, steve. people have been saying that for quite some time now. hasn't happened yet. all right. the "philadelphia daily news" went even further. take a look at the front page and the photo of trump that evokes nazi imagery. it's a play on words and reads "the new furor," the german word for leader in a title almost exclusively associated with adolf hitler. a muslim community in philadelphia is on edge and people are fearful because they say they don't know what may happen next. the caretaker of a mosque said he found the severed head of a pig outside on the sidewalk near the mosque's front door. police are checking out surveillance video that shows someone throwing an object from the passenger window of a red pickup early monday morning. authorities are now looking for them. >> we tell everybody that no matter what you do, we didn't do it, no matter what hatred you have, it's not us. >> the koran, the holy book of islam prohibits muslims from eating pork. pigs have often been used to taunt or offend muslims. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> as yogi said, this is the time of year it gets late early. and our sunset just occurred and it's getting dark really fast. we've got just a few clouds coming through. you have plans to go out tonight, if you're headed out to an evening dinner maybe or perhaps the office party, the holiday party is tonight, temperatures will be dropping from the low 50s where we are right now down to the upper 40s by late this evening under a mostly clear sky. dry pavement. shouldn't have any travel problems. weather wise, there's a live view from the storm team 4 radar. not showing any rain, any snow, anywhere in the vicinity here on this december evening. right now it is down into the upper 40s, near 50 in montgomery and prince george's and fairfax, it's near 50. along 95, washington, fredericksburg, low 50. out to the west, 50s in the mountains of virginia. tonight, you'll need a jacket and long pants. we'll have it getting quite chilly. post your pictures like claire did in leray this morning. look at that deck of fog right over the shenandoah river right there in the central shenandoah valley near leray. look at the temperatures by dawn tomorrow. another kind of frosty cold spot maybe in the rural areas of northern montgomery county, western fairfax. most of prince george's county stays above freezing tomorrow morning. by dawn tomorrow morning, under a clear sky. at the bus stop tomorrow morning and waiting for the metro, it will be in the upper 30s between 7:00 and 8:00. 9:00, a chill in the air in the mid 40s but bright sunshine. this warming trend does continue. a persistent southerly flow will bring in the temperatures into the 50s tomorrow and then way above average temperatures all of the way into monday. the average high this time of year is 49. storm team 4 four-day forecast showing low 60s for thursday. friday, mid 60s. saturday, upper 60s. upper 60s again on sunday. and into monday as well. next chance of any rain looks to be on monday. that's the way it looks. >> thanks, tom. the folks at a homeless shelter in aspen in colorado say it couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. >> wait until you hear why. michael is the latest big winner in the colorado state lottery. he won a half a million dollars on a scratch-off ticket. but get this. michael's been homeless for more than six years. he plans to use some of the money to go see the daughter that he hasn't seen in years. he's going to buy a new home and being in colorado, a new pair of skis. >> of course. the pentagon row ice rink is inviting families to hanukkah on ice. event starts at 6:00 this evening. you can enjoy jewish music and food while you go ice skating. there's a hanukkah menorah lighting as well. tonight is the third night of hanukkah. the holiday lasts for eight days. i'm julie carey in the newsroom. tonight in winchester, community leaders and others are gathering to view a powerful new documentary about the heroin crisis in the commonwealth. winchester has been especially hard hit with heroin deaths but heroin and opioid addictions are also taking tolls on very tiny victims. day are babies born to addicted or even recovering moms. now, these babies suffer from neonatal abstinence syndrome, withdrawing from drug exposure they received while still in the womb. >> the baby has the same issue that the mother does if suddenly the baby is cut off from the supply of drug into their system. >> ahead at 5:00, i'll take you into the winchester medical center's nicu where they've made dramatic changes to try to help these babies recover. >> all right. looking forward to that. thanks, julie. one of the killers from california was seen at a gun range two days before the massacre. what an instructor says he saw the shooter do. authorities in california are using some technology of their own to find people who shine lasers at aircraft. the sheriff's department helicopter was hit three times over the last few weeks including an incident near san francisco. in each case, the pilot used the chopper's infrared and mapping devices to see where the suspects were located. police on the ground moved in and made officers. shining a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime that could land you in prison. well, imagine sitting in a restaurant enjoying your lunch and then this happens. a van crashed through the front window of this diner in south florida yesterday barreling right into tables, chairs and customers. the whole thing was caught on surveillance video. five people including the driver were injured. police say the man somehow lost control while trying to park. a normal guy, that's how san bernardino shooter syed farook seemed to people at a firing range when farook rehearsed for the terror attacks that killed 14 of his co-workers. patrick healy of our nbc partner if los angeles spoke to an instructor at that gun range. >> the only thing i can say is the fbi has already gathered information from the range here on the days that he was here. >> reporter: outside the riverside magnum range, firearms instructor, john, speaking to us after federal investigators revealed syed farook and tashfeen malik had gone to a number of ranges in advance of the san bernardino mass murder terror attack. he said farook was alone here. >> normal guy. normal guy is what was relayed to me. >> reporter: he never sbrainterd with faulk and does not recall him. he brought his own firearms, could not say whether they are the ones used last wednesday and recovered by authorities. galetta emphasized the range does not permit illegally modified weapons and farook had what appeared to be valid i.d. you don't think it's absolutely brazen to come in and practice to commit such a heinous crime? >> reporter: galetta believes there would be greater public safety if more were permitted to carry and trained to use firearms. this range has been busier since wednesday. >> after 9/11 i bought my first gun. >> reporter: he believes wednesday's attack could have been stopped if someone else in the room had been armed. >> his man and his wife planned this. they were sitting ducks. they knew it. >> reporter: could it have been stopped before it got to that point? could it have been stopped here? >> how are you able to determine what somebody's intents are after their visit your place of business? it's impossible. now at 5:00, the story of a brazen armed robber. he may be a horseplayer, he may have a sweet tooth. it may lead to his undoing. the fbi is on the case. plus some republicans take aim at donald trump calling him unhinged and outrageous. but will his latest call to ban muslims from entering the u.s. hurt his run for the white house? >> the muslim community is not reporting what's going on. plus, a virginia teen found murdered in her car. she was happy and had lots of friends. the last thing she told her parents she was headed out and would be back. heather ciccone never made it back home. tonight, police are looking for her killer. she was found dead late sunday night in a car outside a home on piney branch road. meagan fitzgerald is in spotsylvania county where she just spoke to the victim's parents. >> this was her last year. >> reporter: those who knew 21-year-old heather ciccone rarely called her by her first name. her friends got a kick out of calling her boo-boo. >> 2 days old, i picked her up and she looked like little boo-boo bear and it stuck. >> reporter: ever since, her parents, stacey and dennis, say she was the light of their life. always smiling. always happy. and full of life. >> she was a good girl. athletic. bubbly. did everything for everybody. >> reporter: her mother says on sunday evening at around 9:30, heather left the house to help a friend whose car broke down. >> she was going -- she goes, yeah, i'll be back tonight, i'll be back shortly. i said i love you, she goes, i love you, too, nom. >> reporter: that was the last time stacey would ever see her daughter alive. at around 11:00, spotsylvania county sheriffs deputies received a call on a suspicious car in this driveway on piney branch road. when they arrived, captain jeff pierce says investigators found heather in the front seat of her car. >> of course when they got there, they found miss ciccone in her vehicle and she had already succumb