nearly a million residents in our area drove to their holiday destinations and makinghe return trip could cause some delays. backups especially near the i-95 toll plaza in newark, delaware, however, are not expected to be as heavy as they were on wednesday. and with no threat of security line protests, air travelers should have few issues at the gate. more than 42 million people were expected to travel throughout the thanksgiving holiday. we are also following a developing story ts morning overseas. this morning china calling for an emergency meeting in homes of calming tensions among north and south korea. china wants negotiators from the six nation nuclear talks group to meet in beijing in earl december. the request came after south korea started military exercises with t u.s. navy despite warnings from north korea today. shortly after north korea fired artillery rounds but did not hit south korea. analysts say the show of force with the joint military drills won't change much. >> this is the kind of thing that we do often with the north koreans. it's just frustrating cause it's getting us nowhere. and, meanwhile, they are getting ady to build more nuclear weapons. that's the dilemma. >> a north korean attack last week killed four peopleon south korea's yeonpyeong island. today's military drills were scheduled well before that attack. today the website wikileaks expected to release classified state at the present time documents. the government warns the release could put people at risk and do damage to america's international standing. the documents include cables that are thought to include candid assessments of foreign leaders and governments. secretary of state hillary clinton is alreadyoing some damage control. she's reached out china, germany, saudi arabia, britain, and afghanistan, among others. the ste department has also sent a letter to wikilks. it says publication of the documents would be illegal and the letter demands the website stop the release. today the arcishop of washington will hold a ma of thanksgiving, but it's different than any other mass he's done before. that's because this is donald wuerl's first as cardinal. derrick ward ilive for us at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception with more on that. good morning. . >> reporter: good morning. a time the faithful usually come together but it's a special significance to this ceremony, the mass here today. now cardinal wuerl along with 23 others were elevated to the level of cardinal at a vatican ceremony last week. now he's one of only two americans elevated at last saturday's ceremony. a large contingent of local catholics gathered at the vatican last saturday, and they were among those who were actually cheered wuerl as he took part in the solemn ceremony presided over by popbenedict. now today back in washington cardinal wuerl will preside over his first mass of thanksgiving. and joining me now is susan gibbs, spokesperson for the archdiocese of washington. what will people notice first off with the first mass, with him as cardinal? >> well, some are just physical. he's wearing a red skull cap now. he has a new ring, all signs o being a cardinal and the willingness to literally shed their blood for the faith. >> reporter: now this is called a mass of thanksgiving but it doesn't necessarily connect with the holiday as we know it. it's simply a mass purely of ging thanks. >> it really is. it's great timing of course, because we have lots to be thankful for in our families and our country. it's thanksgiving the holy fathers called them to do this. there are billions of catholics in the world and 200 cardinals. it's a huge honorfor him and washington. >> reporter: as a member of the college of cardinals now, he has some influence on decisions and input and also that puts him in succession possibly for pope, correct? >> reporter: it actually does. he would be an elector for a new pope should there be a vacancy which we hope will not happen for years, and he's a special advise aror. he's someone the pope will be able to call on for his input in different issues and already did. the first day before he was made cardinal, 150 of them were gathered with the holy father talking about religious liberty and sex abuse. >> reporter: excellent. he's also now going to greet parishioners after the cemony, correct? >> he is. a lot of the people will be the first time they get to see him, e the ring, and wish him well r everything he has ahead of him and wish him good luck and many prayers. >> reporter: and the fir time many people will meet a card that will. >> as we saw in rome over 400 people were in rome just for this. we were the loud eest contingen among the 24 new cardinals, i have to admit. and i think a lot of people are just very, very excited. he's now archbishop here in washington but he's a representati of the whole world. we're getting e-mails and calls from around the rld. >> repter: excellent. so after the mass the ceremony will be at noon? >> mass at noon and then greeting people close to 1:30. it's a chae for the people to have the opportunity just to talk with him, say a few words, congratula him and wish him well. >> reporter: thank you for joining thus morning. and that's what we have here at the national shrine. we're live. back to you. >> a special morning out there. thank you, derrick. >> reporter: indeed. the funeral for virginia muslim activist hussein will be held today. hussein died early saturday. his home in spotsylvania county. he founded project hope and harmony which has created day labor hiring center in herndon. he also led food source, that's a group that feeds the homeless. noop today, police in frederick, maryland, are looking for three people involved in a shooting and attempted robbery. detectives say the trio went into international market in the west point plaza shopping center around 9:00 last night to rob the store. they got into a fight with with the owner and then pulled a gun on him. the 56-year-old victim was shot in the chest. police say the group got into a dark colored suv without taking anything from the store and got away. rescuers took the victim to a hospital in baltimore. the is no word on his condition at thishour. dk it can police are still looking for a bicyclist who hit two people and then kept going. police say the suspect was ding a bmx-style bike. he hit two people on massachusetts avenue northwest yesterday. both victims are in their 70s d poce are amazed that the cyclist didn't stop. >> in fact, i've only been in the unit a short period of time. in my 23-year career, the first time i've heard after critical injury being caused and being investigated by the major crash unit involving a bicyclist who struck pedestrians. >> the two victims were taken to the hospital. one is in critical condition. some local parts are fuming that no one from dunbar high school hasontacted them about an alleged sexual assault. police say six male students assaulted a female student during school hours on monday. a new administration was brought in at the beginning of the school year to help improve that school. the dunbar ptsa says they can't believe something like this happen on school grounds. >> security ha been among the concerns of the parents since the new school administration took over. >> the six teenagers arrested all face first-degree sexual assault charges. time now is 9:07. we're learning more about the man accused of plotting a christmas celebration bombing. coming up, we'll tell you how the fbi was able to stop the somali-born university student. plus, how the first family spent their saturday. the president got out despite having 12 stitches in his lip. and the redsns lose one receiver and gain another. we'll have the details when we ♪ ♪ [ dad ] yeah! [ cheers and applause [ male announcer ] achievement gets points for ving life. earn pnc points for your credit and debit card purchases. ♪ find out more at pnc.com/getpoints. pnc. for the achiever in us all. authorities in new zealand say burning coal and a fourth explosion are keeping them from recovering 29 miners who died underground. heavy smoke and flames are coming from the coal mine ventilation shaft. a buildup of methane gas caused the initial explosion more than a week ago. crews are considering sealing the mine so oxygen c't fuel the fire. another plan includes using a jet powered engine to blast nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapor into the mine. a story out of michigan this morning where an amber alert has been issued for three little boys. you see them here, 9-year-old andrew, 7-year-old alexander, and 5-year-old tanner have been missing since their father allegedly tried to commit suicide on friday. police say the father told a woman to take the boys to their mother. police can't confirm, though, that the woman even exists. the father has not been named a suspect by police and now in a mental health facility. this morning we are learning more about a suspected bomb plot foiled by the fbi. agents say a 19-year-old naturalized citizen tried to detonate a van packed with explosives at a crowded holiday event in portland, oregon. ttle did he know the bombs were fake. nbc's pete williams has more now on the investigation. >> reporter: as the crowd in portland jammed into pioneer square for the christmas tree lighting -- >> happy holidays! >> reporter: -- a man hurried there in a van carrying what he thought was a powerful bomb, parking it in this spot just across the street hoping, the fbi says, to kill as many people as possible. what he did not know is that the bomb was a dud, the culmination of an elaborate sting. >> it looked real. it was meant to be so the suspect believed it was a real device. >> reporter: federal agents say they arrested mohamed osman mohamud, a 19-year-old student born in somalia, now a naturalized u.s. citizen, as he tried to detonate the fake bomb. the fbi says it began investigating him last spring while he was a student at oregon state university. court documents say he exchanged e-mails with someone he thought was connected to terrorists in pakistan but who turned out to be working undercor for the fbi. in late june, he began meeting in portland with that undercover operative d another also posing as a terrorist. the fbi says he told them he wanted to bomb the tree lighting ceremony, frustrated that he couldn't get overseas to join in jihad. court documes say they asked him, you know there's going to be a lot of children there? and that he answered, yeah, i mean, that's what i'm looking for. >> he was highly motivated at every turn, every time we contacted him, he expressed his desire, his motivation to commit violent jihad. >>eporter: in september he bought electrical components like these for the bomb and practiced detonating explosives built by the undercover operativ. and ju yesterday, the fbi says, he helped them assemble the bomb inside a van. 55 gallon drums and what looked like blasting caps and detonator cord. law enforcemt officials say they actually began investigating him after someone alerted them that he was interested in violent jihad. in one e-mail mohamud wrote, i have been betrayed by my family, accoing to court documents. >> it's our job to make sure people who have the intent don't connect with people who have the means. we stepped in to make sure t attack didn't happen. 19-year-old mohamed osman mohamud is scheduled to make his first appearance in court tomorrow. sarah palin is already drawing big crowds in a state that would be crucial in a push for the presidency. hundreds turned out yesterday for a book signing in west des moines, iowa. iowa hosts the caucuses that kick off the presidential nomination season. but palin insists the visit was not political. she says she was there to promote her new book, "america by heart" and nothing more. she has hinted at a 2012 run. palin is expected to return to iowa on thursday for another event. a day after getting 12 stitches for a busted lip, president obama was out watching basketball instead of playing it. the first family spent prt of their weekend at howard university where they watched the oregon state beavers defeat the howard bison, 84-74. mrs. obama's brother is the oregon state coach the on friday the president's own game of basketball ended with him needing those stitches in the lower lip. he took an elbow to the face apparently there. 15 now after the hour. 42 degrees outside our studios. meteorologist m martucci is hereith us, and we're slowly warming up just a little bit. >> we are finally in the 40s so that feels better than some 20s and 30s that we've seen and i have a feeling you're going to like what you see in this weather forecast as we look beyond this weekend. it is 9:15. when my husband got sick and couldn't work anymore, it was up to me to support our family. 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(voice 3) great exercise guys. let's run it again. today the capital christmas tree makes its final stop before heading to the west launch the capital. the tree has been traveling from wyoming since the 10thof november. it will spend the day at a 4-h center in chevy chase, hair mayor. the 67-foot spruce is being decorated with 5,000 ornaments made by the residents of wyoming. house speaker nancy pelosi will light the tree on december 7th. now to the mad rush to put gifts under the christmas tree. estimated totals are in from black friday shopping and as expected sales are up. according to the retail research firm shopper track, shoppers spent $10.69 billion on the day after thanksgiving compared to $10.66 billion on black friday last year. online salesre expected to make a major jump tomorrow on cyber monday. and besides black friday and cyber monday there was small business saturday this year. virginia residents were urged to do holid shopping at small, independently owned businesses. and to round out the theme shopping days, tomorrow is cyber monday. it's known as the day shoppers return to work and hunt for deals online after seeing advertisements in stores over the weekend. nearly 90% of retailers have some sorof cyber monday promotion as compared to 73% last year. one consumer expert was just on the "today" show. she said to cash in on the best deals, remember that timing is everything when it comes to shopping online. >> prioritize your time on price f. you're after a big ticket item, laptop, e-reader, looking for a big discount, you will have to be fast out of the gate t. starts at midnight or wak up early. you want to beat lunch time on the east coast tomorrow when people at the workforce on their high-speed computers, that's really prime time. >> the earlier you're on, the more likely you're going to get a war began and the items will be in stock, too? >> selection. >> retailers expect eve more this year to be online. >> will you be shopping online? >> i probably will spend minutes at least looking. i'm very indecisive with these things. >> you have to be on the ball. >> and all just be getting off at 11:30 so just stay up. >> i'll be ready. i'll just log in right here. >> don't even have tgo hom right? >> some nice weather, dry, sunny, not bad for the ekend. and for rushing around the mall, you don't want to get too hot. >> good point. >> so am i spinning it good enough for you. >> i likethat, yes. >> it's great to see you on this sunday. the temps have cracked the 40-degree mark at least in some spots like at reagan national where we are looking live. there's the beautiful potomac behind and we've been watching planes coming and going. there goes another one right now and a stream of carsaking our holiday guests and friends back home. maybe for some of you you're happy to see them go. i hope your thanksving was great. 40 degrees. there are those winds out of the north/northwest at 10. not nearly close to that 35-mile-an-hour gust we had yesterday. clear skies here ensure a piure pfect day. it's looking great outside with the clear weather and i've had some of you send me your weather pictures. this from waldorf. this is the hyson family and 34 degrees. they have picture of the moon and i believe that is the roof line of their house, so thank you for sending that in to my facebook page. the rest of you waking up with the 20s out there especially in west virginia. right now i'm happy to say n more 20s on our map t we're still around 36 manassas. 33 in hagerstown. it is 36 la plata and quantico is 37. this afternoon we'll take a stand at 47 to around 49 with lots of sunshine and, again, winds probably staying below 10 miles an hour which is great for everybody gointo the redskins game. tailgating and beyond. kickoff is at 1:00. 47 northwest winds right around 5 to 10 miles an hour. highressure keeps our winds light as it floats on by. right above our heads as it heads to the east tomorrow and into tuesday. southerly winds kick in. this wil bring in clouds by tuesday morning. the rain will be held off, though, until the afternoon. and the rain is going to be rather heavy. we're talking about a soaking rain coming here. how much? we, it looks like we're going to get anywhere from an inch to maybe two inches of rain over tuesday and wednesday. and one other thing i want to alert you to, we could have some thunderstorms on tuesday night with fast winds aloft as they get mixed down to the surface, we could have so damaging winds. so that's another item we'll be watching closely with e storm team here. all right. so today abundant sunshine not as windy. sunset 4:47. upper 40s for you. come tomorrow morning it'll be another cold start with mid-20s in our suburbs to around 32 downtown. check ahead with me. upper 50s tuesday it is tuesday after lunch that e rain gets here. if you have plans in the morning outside, i think you're safe. wednesday morning not so much. beyond that, we'll be drying out and coolg off again. just like we are right now as we think about thursday next week, friday and saturday. highs in the 40s and lows right around 30. the average, remember, is 36. so we're looking at aool weather trend once we get past the rain on wednesday. >> it's a lot easier to deal with the weekend and the shopping when there's no rain in the forecast. >> yes. that's a good way to put it. >> thanks, kim. well, the wizards are working on some magic in orlando but fell just short. and maryla plays the spoiler in hopes of securing a better bowl game in tir last game of the season. lindsay czarniak has your sports minute. > hello there. good morning, everybody. here on spts minute on this sunday morning, the wizards. the wizards trailed the magic by as many as 14 points but they rallied in the second half to give themsels a chance to win. gilbert arenas scored 31 points for washington but could not get his final shot to fall as time expired. the wizards lose to the magic 100-99. to college football, maryland hosting nc state with a chance to play spoil and improve their bowl opportunities with a win. quarterback day o'brien and junior receiver torre smith connected on four touchdowns as the terps beat nc state, 38-31. in blacksburg, virginia an virginia tech battling for the commonwealth cup. the hokies manhandled uva. the cavs had no answer for the hokies offense. tyrod taylor threw 176 yards and a touchdown and became the career passing leader for the hokies in a 37-7 win. and the redskins made a roster move yesterday releasing the oldest player on the roster, 39-year-old joey galloway. the team signed receiver terence austin from the practice squad. the redskins host brett favre and the vikings today at 1:00. be sure to join us for complete postgame coverage on news 4 at 6:00. that's your sports minute. i'm lindsay czarniak, have a good day. thank you, lindsay. it may be sunday but the bank is wide open. check this out. john hit a half court shot at th bulls/kings game. he won a car for that. just before he took that shot, though, he actua ly called it. he said he was going to go for the bank shot. look at it. boom, right there. unfortunately, though, the kings were not as lucky. he was one of their fans. the bulls won. coming up in the next hatch hour of news 4 today, we'll have t latest on the developing story we're watching this morning. the increasing tensions in korea. find out how china is now getting involved. and we talked to the survivor of a deadly accident in virginia. police say it was caused by a with capital one bank's new checking with rewards, me and the lads earn rewards just for everyday banking. like writing checks. i found your problem. thank you. getting cash from the drive thru earns us rewards. here's the twenty i owe you. so does paying our bills online. [ mouse squeaking ] click. we even earn rewards for getting money at the atm it's new checking with rewards at capital one banks all over the dc area. what's in your wallet? mr. snappy! in our top stories this morning, china calling for an emergency meeting of six nations to address tensions on the korean peninsula after south korea started joint military exercises with the u.s. navy despite warnings from nor korea today shortly after those drillsstarted they fired artillery rounds but did not target south korea. today newly elevated cardinal donald wuerl ll hold his first mass. wuerl is one of 24 new cardinals. the mass of thanksgiving will take place at noon at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. and the redskins will tape up their wounds and try get a win against minnesota. the vikings hurting, too. brad childress was fired earlier this week. kickoff at 1:00 at fedex field. good morning and welcome back to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. as you see the empty chai there, kimberly is not here. she's off. it is sunday, november 28th. we'll take a look at headlines in just a second. kim martucci is in for chuck this morning with that. >> good morning,aaron. yeah. a chilly start but nothing we can't handle and the sun is shining brightly so that's one way toook at it. and a lot of people coming and going today, so this bodes well for airport delays or the lack thereof. reag national live you can see that it's rather busy but the temperature is 40 and that is some good news. here is a look at the radar, too. no rain or snow in sight. yesterday winchester saw a few flakes. we will keep it sunny for you today. we'll take the temperatures from 36 in sterling right now and move it on up to around 46. a look at high of 43 martinsburg and 50 in fredericksburg. more to come in a bit. kim, we'll see you then. thanks. in our headlines now, just a week ago a20-year-old ch chantilly, virginia, woman was killed when a car driven ba man who police s was high slammed into her. her boyfriend survived and is talking about what happened that night. darcy spencer has more. it's covered in the white cream we have to medicate it with. >> reporter: danny morris shows the burns he suffered in a fiery crash that claimed the life of his 20-year-old girlfriend and another friend a week ago in prince william county. >> the burns, you know, on the back of my nk, my head, my ear, my hands, my shoulder. >> reporter: morris was behind the wheel of a honda accord, his girlfrie, meghan jandrositz, in the front passenger seat making a run for kerosene for his friend who was sitting in back. prince william county police say they were struck at the intersection of lee and james madison highway by a speeding, out-of-control car driven by carlos luc who was under the influence of pcp. meghan was ejected. richardson was trapped inside the rning car. mois, whose hoodie caught fire, was pulled from the accord by a passing motorist. >> i remember stopping at the light and then, boom, i'm in a helicopter. >> reporter: danny would learn at the hospital that meghan didn't survive. the two were getting their lives in order and talking about a future together. now danny says he's not sure where life will lead him next. >> i just don't undersnd why something like that has to happen to somebody who doesn't deserve it. >> repter: loved ones and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil at centreville united methodist church to remember a young woman kwn for her bright, spunky spirit and love for children. she was the youngest of debbie's three daughters. >> i think it's been one of the most difficult things i've ever been through in my entire life. i did not expect this to happen. it's not the norm to bury your child. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4 today. the driver who police say cause that had crash remains behind bars on dui and drug charges. he could face more serious charges. meghan mother says she wants that driver to get the maximum punishment. hundreds of condo residents in arlington finally wakin up with power this morning after being in the dark for days. dominion virginia power says all four of the transformers at the brittany condominiums failed on thursday. many residents say they were in the middle of cooking thanksgiving dinner when this all happened. late yesterday the power company finished a temporary repair. they say it will need to cut electricity again later this week to make the final repair. still ahead on news 4 today, more on this cold weather and why the salvation army sys ♪ ♪ [ dad ] yeah! [ cheers and applause ] [ male announcer ] achievement gets points for living life. earn pnc points for yo credit and debit card purchases. ♪ find out more at pnc.com/getpoints. pnc. for the achiever in us all. the giving season appears to be off to a slow start for the salvation army. a spokesman says so far this year they've seen a 30% drop in donations. but the salvation army is still hopeful the d.c. region will help it meet its goal $1.6 million. >> we have faith that the washington area community will come out and they will open their hearts and their mnds to the work the salvation army does and how we are able to go out into the community and help others that are in the most need. >> the salvation army says it's seen an 80% drop in donations at giant stores. the grocery chain has limited days and hours bell ringers can stand outside its stores. 22 children celebrated thanksgiving with new falies this year. the adoptions became official last weekend ia special ceremonynd our own barbara harrison was there. ♪ at the twilighs last gleaming ♪ >> reporter: the kids with their rousing rendition of the national anthem opened the ceremonies for the 24th annual adoption day there was a welcome from the honorable william jackson providing judge of the d.c. family court. lots of kids and soon-to-be new pares waited for their turn for center stage. before that, they got to hear music, remarks from the honorable lee satterfield, chief judge of t d.c. superior court, a welcome from the freddie mac foundation who helps to sponsor the event, and even the youngest among them sat quietly through a keynote addresfrom deborah lee of b.e.t. who talked about the importance of family. >> that we all he a responsibility to pay it forward. >> reporter: one by one each child with their new family was called forward. these siblings were wednesday's children once. finally going home with a forever family. and among those being adopted on this it day, a young man who h grown up a lot since we first met him on wednesday's child. he was featured in 2005 and again in 2007 as he was still waiting and hoping for a permanent home. there was hardly a dry eye in the courtroom when we told the story of how he finally found a loving family. >> this is my mom. this is my brother. >> reporte thomas spent most of his young life moving foster home to foster home. when his best friend at school dawsonealized his situation. >> i told her that a friend was in a situation, that he was in foster care. and i just asked. >> reporter: he asked his mom if they couldn't adopt thomas. >> dawson and i talked about it and we decided that we would go forward with it. and today thomas is my son and legally a part of my family. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news 4, for weesday's child. >> so nice to see some spectacular success stories there. if you would like to be a part of the success story a you have room in your home and your heart for any of wednesday's children, please call our adoption hotline 1-888-2-adopt-me. or log on to nbcwashington.com. kim martucci is here as well looking at the forecast and trying to hold back some tears on that one. this is where the waterpof mascara is so wonderful. i love barbara's segments. we have some good weather, too. i don't know if it will match that wonderful story, but we will be looking towards a warming trend and i will have all your sunday weather forecast details coming right up. seven years ago, i had this idea. to make baby food the way moms would. happybaby strives to make the best organic baby food. in ausiness like ours, personal connections are so impornt. we use our american express open gold card to further those connections. last year we took dozens of trips using membership rewards points to meet with the farmers that grow our sweoes and merchants that sell our product. we've gone from being in 5tores to 7,500. booming is using points to make connections that grow your business. the calendar doesn't say it t winter seems to have officially arrived out west after last week's winter blast. spokane, washington, is getting slammed by another storm today. a ow emergency now in effect after several inches of snow and ice fell. the city says they will work nonstop to keep roads clear unl the snow stops. forecasters are calling for steady snowfall through most of this week out ere. >> wow. people like to ski. >> if you'resed to it, they're probably okay with it. >> something tells me they're used to it. >> we prefer a little sunshine around these parts, though. >> we're wimpier. we would like sun and a high of 47, please. i think ian deliver. it is so nice to have everybody here. grab your coffee. you'll want to warm up a lile bit because it is a little chilly outside. we've had lows in the 20s a lot the last few ds and this morning no exception. so a busy travel day. that's why we have our camera live on reagan national airport with everybody coming and going. bright sunshine, though, means it's going to a really nice day. 40. humidity 50%. facebook friends of mine are sending me their ather pictures. i love this picture. this is michael's picture from maryland. look at the deer bathingn the sun this morning. it is currently 32 up in sharpsburg. so thank you, michael, for sending this in. all right. so what's the scoop? 30s finally. we got rid of the 20s and the's the magic 40 here. it's 41 in leonard town. 39 in frederick. this afternoon u around 47 to 49. lots of sunshine. no rain, no snow, no wind. and that's good because the skins are playing, too. and if you're looking for something to do in northern virginia, this is pretty cool the hand crafters guild is having their arts and crafts show 11:00 to 4:00. $3 admission at the vienna community center. i, myself, am a quilter and would like to stop by. as the air sinks under the high, it's moving vertically, not horizontally. we get rid of the wind. now as it moves to our east, we'll get that return clockwise flow of southerly winds starting tomorrow and going into tuesday that's the timing for our next rain event a the clouds with the warm-up. the rain could be a soaker between tuesday and wednesday. we've been talking about probably an inch. now maybe a little more than that, localized areas up to two inches, something we'll be watching, and the possibility of some thunderstorms maybe now tuesday night into wednesday. it's going to be an upside-down kind of night where wednesday morning might be as warm as the daytime highs. so heads-up there. today not a bad one. lots of sun. just chilly for this time of year. we normally have a high of 54. so 49, a little chilly. 25 to 32. here comes the rain. by tueay afteron, i think tuesday morning we're safe. a high of 58. and then after this next system in the middle of the week we'll be cooling off again, drying out. high temperatures in the 40s and lows right around 30. not bad. it beats the snow that spokane had. >> i agree with you on that point. thanks, kim. 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[ cheers and applause ] [ male announcer ] achievement gets points for living life. earn pnc points for your credit and debit card purchases. ♪ find out more at pnc.com/getpoints. pnc. for the acever in us all. your sunday mning political talk is up next. the chris matthews show is after us followed by "meet the press" at 10:30. let's see what they're working on. good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on "the chris matthews show" another week, another sarah palin rollout. she is doing a book to and she's leading the republican polls. but could she do what it takes to run for president? could she stop reacting to every crit critic? could she study up? and, most important, could she broaden heappeal beyond her own followers? it plus, could the outrage over airplane screening change? now for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. david? >> thanks, chris. good morningaaron. coming up, the very latest on the escalating tensions with north korea. pl, it's back to work for the president and congress. but what will get done during the lame duck session? will debate begin on the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty and who will win the fight over tax cuts and spending? joining two leaders of the senate, assistant majority leader dick durbin, democrat of illinois, and assistant minority leader, jon kyl, republan of arizona. then it's the pos election political battles heat up, battleground 2012 is already taking shape. our political roundtable weighs in. it's all coming up this morning on "meet the press." all right. thank you, david. john wall had to sit out but another familiar name stepped up and almost single-handedly took down one of the nba's powerhouses and it it was a record breaking day in college park as the terps played the spoiler. lindsay czarniak has your sports. good morning, everybody. your sports on this sunday morning begins with a very close one for the wizards. the wizards were down by double digits last night but they hung in there with the orlando magic. a handful of players stepped it up. gilbert arenas put this team on his back scoring 31 points, lit a fire for the wizards in the second half. but the orlando magic's dwight howa had the final say. let's go to verizon center. john wall sitting this one o. he has a bruised knee so who would fill the void? gilbert arenas. 20 seconds to go. wizards down one. trailed by as many as 14. gilbert arenas drives in the lane. pulls up. gets the shot to fall. gilbert had all nine of the wizards' points in the final four minutes. the wizards take the lead. how would the gic answer, you ask? nelson dribbled between mcgee and kirk heinrich, pulls up. his shot is short. dwight howard is there to lay it in. orlando reclaims the lead. 4.3 conds to go. howard with 32 points. so the wizards, one final chance to win it. four seconds to go. gilbert arenas again drives into the lane, puts up a runner, but it's too strong. the wizards fall to the magic 100-99. man, the wizards came so cse. gilbert arenas walks off the court with richardson as the zards fall to the orlando magic. moving now to college football, growing up in a single family household with six siblings, maryland star receiver torre smith did itll. he cooked, he cleaned, he took care of everyone and everything. well, last night the player coach ralph friedgen says is the perfect person did it all on the fi from his partner in crime, danny o'brien, and helped the terms spoil nc state's dreams of an acc championship. let's go to college park. danny o'brien and the terps trying to deny nc state a trip to the acc championship. second quarter, maryland down 14-7 o'brien finds torre smitin the end zone for the touchdown to tie it up. it would be a very busy day for o'brien and smith, the dynamic duo. ird quarter of the game, the terps leading by three. o'brien rolls to his left. he's waitingor someone to get open. he knows who it is. it's smith, again. heinds him for the last-second touchdown. maryland takes the ten-point lead. so then in the fourth quarter of the game maryland is up 14. and why not do a good thing if it's working for you o'brien with plenty of time, goes deep for smith again. 71 f the touchdown o'brien and smith hooked up for four touchdowns in the game. o'brien threw for a career high 417 yards. the first 400-yard passing day for maryland qb since '93. here are the players and coach friedgen after the game. >> our coaes had a heck of a perfmance from danny o'brien and torre smith. very impressive. the poise d accuracy with which he had one of the better performances've seen as quarterback. >> i have the easy job to get open, make it happen. now i ow he is just following the read. >> i think he did a great job responding. nc state is obviously a great team. and th for them to force us to be so one dimensional, having to throw the ball, a great job stepping up and giving us time to make reads of their receivers. get some open catches in space. we made them pay. we did a great job throwing the ball. >> so the terp win means florida state will face virginia tech for the acc championship. hey, in blacksburg frank beamer and the hokies going for their tenth stight win hosting virginia. second quarter, tech was up 7-0. the cavs punting on fourth and two from their own 45. it's a fake. the kies sniff it out stopping phillips short of the first down. uva coach mike london not a happy camper. the hokies get the short field on that one. four plays later it was tyrod taylor makes them pay. the quick pass to david wilson. wilson bounces off the tackler. keeps his feet. ves to the end zone. a touchdown for the hokies. virginia tech rolls over rival virginia 37-7. taylor becomes the career passinyardage leader. virginia tech the first team to finish an undefeated acc regular season, 8-0, since 2000. to college hoops, the georgetown hos had proven anything in the first six games it's that they can win with their guards. last night austin freeman was electric. he tied a school record with seven three-pointers as the hoyas beat ash little 87-72. it was the first game of a doub-header at verizon center. georgetown and usc-asheville. this game belonged to austin freeman. hois yaz hoyas on the break. over to freeman on the wing. drains the triple and the foul. freeman would make the free throw for the four-point py. hoyas take the lead. freeman was in the zone all game long. wright driving the lane kicks to freeman. he drains another one. freeman tied a school record with sevenhrees in a game. finished with 32 points as the hoyas beat unc-asheville that's your sports on this sunday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak, have a great day. well, you could call it a thanksgiving of sorts. we thought what better way to end the newscast than with monkeys. yes, that's right, we said monkeys. the town in ailand is celebratg its annual monkey festival. the long tailed monkeys could choose from eggs, fruit, veggies and thai dessert. the feasts were set up at two of the most sacre sites. residents believe the monkeys bring food fortune and prosperity. hundreds of tourists came to watch the monkeys enjoy their buffet. have a little drink jach wards as well. >> they're cute. they're good. all right. so today chilly. not as windy. sunny and highs in the upper 40s. go skins. kickoff 1:00. it'll be 47 at fedex field. >> sounds good. thank you, kim. we'll see you in a couple of weeks. >> you've got it. >> and that is it for news 4 today. we appreciate you. you can wake up with our crew starting at 4:30. we hope you have great sunday. >> bye.