You the dramatic Surveillance Video just in capturing the brazen robbery of a car in prince georges county, guards were stocking atm with cash with bad guyed made their move and made off with a bunch of cash. It happened last friday in beltsville, Police Looking for the culprit. To the battle between development and history. A Self Storage Company has the okaf to Start Building on the spot of Church Congregation claims is an old African American cemetery. The latest twist in this story just happened. It involved a whole lot of money. The truth, buried deep in the ground, under a spot housing a gas station, a parking lot, and more in bethesda. Here is john henry. Reporter right here some people believe African Americans from the turn of the 20th century are still buried. Despite that, the montgomery Planning Board approved a storage companys proposal to build on that site. They will be placed from where some believe bodies could be. One thing they have offered to do is give the county 45,000, all to conduct an study on nearby land where bodies are suspected to have been buried. Doesnt help. Reporter marsha attends nearby macedonia baptist church, she believes the county wont spend the money on an objective archeological team. She doesnt know if the study , what it would consist of. The county would get the documentation it needs to prove our ancestors are not located there. Reporter she said her church which opposed the development would like to bring in experts of their own. Ee see this as the county playing nutearious tricks. Reporter the church requested the Historic PreservationCommission Look over the entire process. As for the county planning department, they said they were pleased the boards vote would provide land for a nearby forward working with the community to figure what is underneath the land. Last night at 11 00 we told you about that one vote margin of victory, in a house of delegates race in tidewater region, not anymore. Tonight, it is a tie. A threejudge panel ruled there is no winner. So what is next . Virginia law states, get this, the winner will be decided by lot, what does that mean . Drawing straws. Pulling names out of a hat. Even flipping a coin. This is a big deal because control of virginias house of delegates is up for grabs. To a couple of quick headlines on the gop tax plan, you will start seeing changes to your paik in february. Paycheck in february when they will adjust how much less money they will take out of your check in taxes baes odthen new guidelines. You might not know the total picture until you friel taxs and file taxs and get a re it passed the house again this afternoon, they voted on it again not because the first time around was that much fun, the first vote was no good because of rules about how bills pass between the house and senate. Last night on the news at 11 00, we dove into what this means for your bank account. That story is on our website and breaks down tax credits and has a link to a tax calculator, you put in information and it will estimate how you and your family will make out under the new plan. It is not a law yet, President Trump hasnt signed but he hosted republicans with a victory lap celebrating his first legislatorive victory since he took office. Things got weird at one point, check it out. Steve scalise is braver than all of us, he is braver. Where is he . [ applause ] boy, i dont know. He had a ug of us, but hell of a way to lose weight, steve, you said you are lucky. Not a good way. We love you, steve. Great job. Great job. Majority whip Steve Scalise in the gold tie, shot and nearly killed by a gunman who opened fire on a congressional baseball practice in alexandria back in june. Now that taxes are in the rearview mirror, congress has got tonight to breathe and then have to agree on a spending plan, looking at a government shutdown, essentially they are looking at a plan to punt lawmakers are considering another short term spending plan that would cover bills through january 19, kicking immigration, health care, and every other complex political issue to the next calendar year. Congress having until midnight friday to figure something out. To the district, a horrific crime at the worst possible time. 17yearold James Anthony smith was on thba the Frederick Douglas community sender when attacked monday night, he was attacked and shot. His new shoes were missing, a brand new pair of air jordans, a gift for his mother. An early Christmas Gift for him. That is all he wanted, all he asked me for. Reporter smith was a student at bulieu high school. Another story, this starts in knoxville, tennessee, troopers arrested this man, Ismael Antonio navarro along interstate 81. They say he was a known gang member, wanted for murders in texas and virginia. They took him into custody, towed his vehicle too. There were some clown masks inside it. We are not sure why. We have been checking with Virginia Police departments about what crimes navarro is wanted for in the Common Wealth and will keep you posted. We are tracking metro tonight, turns out we are not out of the wood s on track work thst yet. Months long plan that includes shutting down some major arteries at busy times of day. Transportation reporter pete with details. Reporter plan track work through march, there will be 6 metro shut downs all on weekends, one on the Martin Luther king day weekend. Metro will shut down the yellow line between pentagon and laughaunt plaza, closing the yellow line bridge for inspection and fixes. Alexandria riders forced to take the blue line instead. One more notable shut down, also on the yellow line, it will close huntington and eisenhower avenue for 10 work days may 12 through the 27th. Metro says that is the time when ridership is light. But that is not all. In maryland, part of the red line whil shut down will shut down pretty much every weekend this winter, sometimes week night. They are trying to seal gaps, water is seeping in. That is causing fire s. We shut downs and slow downs on our website, but metro cautions things could change if new problems pop up. Pete muntean, wusa 9. Rails to the roads, lets talk holiday travel, experts at aaa say the absolute worst plan for getting out of town this week is tomorrow. From 3 00 to 6 00 p. M. If you are headed more than 20 or so miles away and you leave during that window of time, yeah, it could take you an extra two hours to get to where you are going. We will talk about air travel on the way with verify. So after all that, how about a little holiday pallet cleanser . We have told you about our give hope campaign, teaming with Childrens National to provide new toys, you donate to kids to kids who spend the holidays in the hospital. Lessly and the give hope team took truck loads of gifts that you bought to where they belong. Reporter we are about to go give some hope to children here at Childrens National for the holidays. Come with us. Reporter i think this is for you. You can see the difference for the rest of the day. They come into the room, the child will show you, look what i got. It really changes the atmosphere on the entire hospital. We definitely have been didnt anticipate being here, he has three other brothers and sisters at home. Sisters at home. We want to get home to them. Reporter we cant forget you. There something for you too. Not so fun being at the hospital. No, waiting for results and like getting worried about something being bad. Especially right now, this is first christmas, he is going through this, very hard. Good morning, sweetheart. Everything is good now and we can go home. Reporter tell them you got to get home. Santa is coming. We would like to have them home, as many as it is safe, but some patienterize required to stay over the holidays, anything we can do to make them feel better we try and do. There still time to help, go to wusa9. Com givehope. That takes you to an amazon wish list, choose a gift, check out like you normally would, and we will work with Childrens National to get those toys wrapped and delivered. We delivered gifts you donated to another deserving family and, one we have introduced you to before, they have three kids and triplets on the way. We will take you along. Our verify team is all over a story you need to hear before you head over the river and through the woods. Can flying really make you sick . The final word on that urban legend is just ahead. If you are traveling this weekend, you will need the most accurate forecast. Chilly tonight, we are down to 40 in town. In the 20s at dulles and manassas at 23. Cold night. Good news about thursday, but a mixed weekend ahead. Talking arctic air next week. We have a lot to discuss and we will see you in a few minutes. You are watching the news at 11 00 right here on wusa 9. The holidays are here, plenty of you will be off and out, if you are up to get your travel on, boy, you have company. Trip advisor beats more people are flying this year and december 23 is expected to be the busiest. Airports, you dirty, because of stuff like this. Look at these disgusting bare feet invading someones personal space and contaminating a contaminating arm wrists with their fungus. Airplanes are like magnets for germs. Bam, question, are you more likely to get sick after flying . To get answers we went to experts at International Air transportation association, and experts say it not air that gets you sick. If you want to avoid it, stay out of the tiny bathrooms. Drexel medicine calls it one of the germgist places on the plane, especially for e coli. Gross. Pack sanitizer and disinfectant wipes in your carry on. Keep them handy for table trays and seat pockets. Microbiologists tested trays on four planes and found more than 2,000 colony forming units of bacteria per square inch. Nasty. And there is more. A study by auburn found mrsa bacteria can survive in seat pockets for a week. There is a reasonable chance of, whamo, you can get sick after flying with all the bacteria. Our team reached out to major airlines, american said flight attendants wiped down every flight and each plane gets a more thorough scrub down as bacteria, lets talk about the ant dote. Verify, is grandma making stuff up at the dinner table . How do you know if something you see on facebook is true . Sand us the link or tell us grandmas crazy story and we will verify, look me up on facebook or twitter, type in my name, adam longo, send me and the squad an e mail, verify wusa9. Com. To the best of our initiative, the team and i have been cranking out incredible stories this year. We are going to highlight some of the sweetest verify segments we have done this year next week. But you got to vote on which were your favorite or which ones you want to see. Go to my facebook page. I can speak. My facebook page. Adam longo tv. There is a poll, tins to the top of my page. Vote. Our top 5 countdown is monday, christmas night, at 11 00. More importantly, howard, wever to var we have to verify what we are dealing with Christmas Morning. There could be a couple snow showers, so, that is about it. The cold will be here, and the fact the cold is arriving earlier than we thought is going to push things south and east of us. So, yeah. We kill see. We will talk will see. We will talk about it tomorrow. Traditionally not seeing a white christmas. We will verify the forecast for you. Topper forecast 53. 3 30 in the morning, 56, then actually we have 53 in the afternoon. We did get there, 3 degrees. I am going 46 tomorrow. Chillier day. Tomorrow, it is the first day of winter according to the astronomers, meteorologists, we start on the first of december, december, january, february, seasonal daylight, some say the shortest day of the year. I say the darkest day of the year with 9 hours and 26 minutes, although today was 9 and 25. By june 21, summer solstice, almo five and a half hours more daylight than what we see tomorrow. The weekend, that features some rain showers, a yellow weather alert on saturday. We could see them in the morning and in the afternoon. But look at that temperature. 61, and colder sunday, maybe late shower, highs back in the 40s. Speaking of cold, manassas, 23, winchester, 28. Gaithersburg and dc holding on to 40. Even southern maryland, lot of areas already below that freezing mark. Looks good outside in washington. No wind. That is a good thing. 40, feeling like 40. But those dew points mid 20s. Away from town, a lot of lows in the mid 20s. We start low 30s, plenty of sunshine for your thursday, and with light winds, even though it will only be 46 for the high, it should feel decent, a nice, cold day if you will. Also seeing clouds moving west to east and radar echo holding 20 30 in canada. Storm system to the ut left with clear skies tonight. And that will be the case all day thursday. Now, friday starts out with sunshine, but notice how the clouds are increasing friday. Look for more clouds in the afternoon, low to mid 50s, and then as we head toward friday evening, if you are going out friday night, got plans, watch out for some rain showers moving in. If you are doing any last minute shopping on saturday, sure there will be a few people out. We got showers saturday morning and on and off through the day saturday and then there is the arctic air by saturday evening towards wisconsin, approaching chicago. It will start to move in a little sunday and that is why we are looking at 30s for highs naek week. 20s and 30 next week. 20s and 30s tonight. 2434 for the general range. Clear skies, light winds, cold. 20s and 30s tomorrow, sunny, cold. Tomorrow afternoon, not a bad day. 46. Late southeast winds about 5 miles an hour. Mild air friday, more clouds in yellow weather alert, 61. Colder on sunday. 46, should be okay for the game at fed ex, monday, morning flurries and 38. Adam. Thanks. Last month we introduced you to the tolbert family, robert, nia, their three kids and three more on the way. Tonight they are getting the house ready for their Holiday Celebration so we stopped by with gifts made possible by your generosity. Reporter five nights before christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Hi. Reporter well, there is a super 6yearold and twin 2 yearold boys. Boys will be boys. Reporter on queue. See . Reporter the tolbert family getting ready to celebrate their final holiday as a family of five. Santas special gi to the crew coming in march. That is when mom technically is due. Game time. Yeah. Fourth quarter. Just as the christmas cookies were getting in the oven, a knock on the door. Someone knocking on the door, i know who it is. Reporter it wasnt st. Nick, it was marcel from wusa 9. Hi. Reporter with a special delivery of his own. Diapers, and diapers, and more diapers, all from you, our viewers. Reminds us we still live by Community People are willing to do for strangers because they feel the joy and love, we are very, very appreciative. Absolutely. Reporter more children means more of everything, including ornaments and stockings. He was like did you get three more stockings for the girls . I was like my goodness i havent thought that far. So, yeah, next year maybe need a bigger mantle. Reporter and a whole lot more love and laugh for this family. It will be fun. It will be fun. That is the blessing in all of it, it is going to go the way god plans for it to go. That is usually a little chaotic. Reporter in waldorf, wusa 9. Seems like they are handling it well, doing the interview with kids running around the house. Virginia local, the first black American Woman speed skater to qualify for the olympics. How does it feel to know you are headed for the history books . She talks with us about it next on the news at 11 00. What if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. Thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. When you werephony, did you were 17, did you imagine making history . Maame biney couldnt imagine it but at only 17, the first black woman to make the u. S. Olympic team for speed skating. I will let you hear from her how it feels to make history. I dont know. I just heard first black woman, or first black men do something, like obama, and that is lik am never i dont think i am ever at the level obama is at, but it is pretty cool to hear. You never know. Start early. Darin hanes will have more with her tomorrow. This guy was destined to be a Football Player but he is talking golf, bowling, and sibling love as well. Dianne roberts shining the spotlight on redskins quarterback, kendall fuller. Reporter kendall fuller playing for the home town team. What is that like . Fun, really being able to get the family to come to games, being nearby, sometimes at the games, going to go home, get some dinner and stuff like that. It has been fun. Reporter what is it about the, in the water, in the fuller family, you have two brothers in the nfl right now, right . Yep. Reporter your other brother played as well . He is retired now. It is fun, same thing we have been doing our whole life, whole life been playing sports, our reporter what do you do when not playing football . Bowling was big for me in college, ever since i got in the league, my brother has been trying to get me into gulf more and more. I am hopefully trying to pick it up and get at least decent the off season. Reporter how good a bowler are you . What would your average be on a regular basis . Regular basis, average of 200. That is when i was bowling like every day though. Reporter you know zack brown bowls. He does . I did not know. Reporter he is not as good, i dont think.