Gaithersburg. 28 in windchill. 39 in the district and manassas. A very cold day across the region but you already knew that. How about the wind gusts . 5 00, 30 miles an hour. By 11 00, dropping to 20 to 25. By early tomorrow morning were seeing wind gusts up to 20 miles an hour. In a couple minutes, ill show what you that means. This is something we havent seen in quite sometime. Well talk about the cold. Thanks, doug. The wind make for a dangerous combination outside. All kit take to start brush fire on a day like this is the flick of a cigarette butt. Live to tell us about this danger, tracee . Reporter as you can see, it is incredibly windy out here. And you can see behind me how the brush is blowing. Thats dry grass and thats part of the reason just beyond this grass over there, you can see were in danger this past weekend. After a brush fire was propelled by the high wind. We have seen two fires in as many days. The Fire Department says the fireplace ashes were incorrectly disposed of and caused this accidental fire in Upper Marlboro this morning. The family made it out safely. The fire Officials Say on a windy night, embers can get really and can cause this kind of a fire when they are fanned. The fire spokesmen say high winds contributed to this brush fire. Quick will you approaching a couple of homes here. The fire was extinguished before the houses were impacted. It is a reminder of how serious brush fire warnings are. This is very dry out. We havent had any measurable rain in a long period of time. Flames, so to speak. It will take a fire, blow some emers with around and blow down the road to start another fire. Again, it is unusual for us to be this dry, this time of year. This is something that folks may not be expecting to hear. But it is extraordinarily important. Special when i folks using their fire places. Coming up on news4 at 5 00, how you should things. According to the prince georges Fire Department and what families need to know to stay safe. Thank you. Chopper 4 has been flying over the scene of a large house fire had Prince William county. It started around 11 00 just off minnieville road. It looks like the fire started in the basement but theyre not sure how. At times they had to get zwrouts people going in and out of the tower today, mary fallon. He is also expected to meet with former Texas Governor rick perry. Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said perry is being considered for secretary of energy or defense. The former governor has been one of trumps biggest critics and conway cautioned, not everyone meeting with the president elect will wind up in his cabinet. The cast apologize to Vice President elect mike pence. He went to see the show on friday and afterwards during curtain call, the cast gave him an earful, reading from a statement about equality. After the show, donald trump went on twitter demanding an apology on. Sunday, pence said it is what freedom sounds like. Afterwards, they said trump and pence are welcome to meet with also, Kellyanne Conway said the plekt continue to use twitter to cut through the nonsense. Were learning a lot more about the trump familys relocation plans. President elect trump said his wife and son will eventually move into the white house with you for now, melania and barron will stay in manhattan, at least until he finishes the school year. Trump does intend to live in the than answers in the murder of a young man in the district someone shot and killed, a worker for the Democratic National committee in july. It happened near his home in the citys bloomingdale neighborhood. Today a renewed push to close the case. Reporter im Darcy Spencer in the bloomingdale neighborhood of northwest washington where the parents of murdered dnc staffer seth rich held a press information to help solve their sons murder case. Seth rich was shot and killed right here in this bloomingdale neighborhood back in july. No arrests have been made. Now a gop lobbyist has agreed on then family for free to represent them and put up 100,000 of his own money for the reward fund. The family says theyll take any help they can get on bring justice for their son. Son twice in the back, and thats someone that will just shoot him in the back. Think of that. You dont want that with your children. With your family. And we want to bring this to closure. Were not going to stop until i find my sons murderer. Reporter coming up, the family addresses some of the in bloomingdale. First at 4 00, mary hoagin says maryland drivers deserve better, announcing a 765 million funding for construction of a new bridge over the potomac river. It will be built just north of the nice memorial bridge. This connects Charles County to King George County in virginia. It causes almost daily congestion. A new one will be safer. Construction is set to begin in 2020 and is expected to take about three years. Unprecedented step on a controversial subject. How the church is its view when it comes to a big womans issue. Pop hard smartphones on the fritz. Which ones could suddenly shut down and what do you know to fix it . Reporter im Pat Lawson Muse. Everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Always be real. Dont be fake, dont be artificial, but always be sweet. And of course, wear sunscreen. Nature valley granola bars. The Roman Catholic church just extended an historic gesture to thousands of catholic women. Pope francis announced that the church can continue to forgive women who have had abortions. It was only during holy year of mercy which ended sunday. Outside of. Only bishops could do it. The pope said this doesnt change churchs position on but he wrote, there is no spin gods mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart. If yourphone has been on the fritz recently, people are saying their iphones are shutting down. This affects a small number of 6 s numbers manufactured between october and november of last year. If this has happened to your iphone, you can visit an apple to get the battery replaced. They said it doesnt pose a safety hazard. Could black friday be a bust before it begins . Some believe the busiest shopping day of the year is losing its luster. And heres something people busiest shopping period of the year may be a bust. What to expect in the stores after thanksgiving. The less hectic shopping this year, smaller crowds than years past. But black friday is definitely a few shades different than it used to be. So gray sfri a term that makes some sense. Villanova marketing professor it will still be the biggest Retail Shopping day of the year by a wide margin. But black friday shopping, he says srgs losing its luster. And other retailers say, so is cyber monday. Kribler monday isnt necessarily dead. But it is just extended. Extended well before and after the monday following thanksgiving. Driven largely by millennials who have different shopping habits. Studies show that millennials like a longer Christmas Season and dont even mean to mind so much if it goes back a little before halloween. Again this year, men are expected to outspend women during First Official weekend of christmas shopping. Chris clackham, nbc news. Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Christmas is still more than a month off. Trying to make sure families if need have a warm thanksgiving the verizon center. Pat lawson muse has been there for years and years at this point. Reporter yes, indeed. The sun is beginning to set now. But were not slowing down. We are still collecting lots of food for families. The federal election board just came by a few minutes ago and dropped off more boxes. As you can see, weve collected a lot of boxes. Lots of food fo we still need a lot more in order to feed 4,100 families. We need cash as well as food. And joining us now, how are you . Im doing wonderful. How are you . Reporter very good. Tell us what you brought. We brought a check for 5,000 and were so thrilled to support so were just happy to be out here. Supporting this worthy cause. Reporter ment is it great to see so much food being given this year . All the boxes. Im so excited about all the families that will be helped through this program. Reporter thank you. And you can still give, our goal this year, 4,100 families. You can give by calling the phone bank. 2028854949. Remember that you can donate when tonight if you plan to see the wizards take on the suns. The team is collecting for our phone bank. You can call or text your donation brifl a can when you come to the game or go online and donate. Back to you. Reporter as the sun begins to set, it is colder again. For some reason, every time pat gets out there, it is colder again. It is going to stay this chilly right you this the night. Most like sbli the day tomorrow. Things will get progressively each day. Lets show you what were dealing with. We have the wind advisory until 5 00 for thear frederick county, back toward west virginia. No longer including the d. C. Area is that this will be allowed to drop. As we look at winds down to 20 on 30 miles an hour. 26 in baltimore. 29 in winchester. No longer an advisory criteria. The current temperature, 45 degrees. The temperature is dropping into the 30s by 11 00. But it is not just the it is the wind and the windchill out there. 29 currentfully gaithersburg. Look at winchester. Here we are at 4 00 in the afternoon. The windchill the 49 degrees. Without the wind it is not as cold. So 24 in windchill. 50 in charlottesville. The wind is in the northern areas. We did see a couple of snow flurries over the weekend. Some of you did see the first flakes. Not just the first flakes but the first snowstorm. Up toward parts of new york. Look at the lake effect snow coming in around the syracuse area. One to two to three feet of snow in parts of the area. Notice, 18 manassas. 19, gaithersburg. 27 in d. C. Thats at 11 00 tonight. Tomorrow morning, look at 16 in manassas. 25, d. C. 19, gaithersburg. So yes, you will still need coat when you step out tomorrow. High temperature, close to the 50degree mark. High temperatures in the 40s with rather windy conditions. 53 degrees. And 54 degrees on thursday. A goodnc 57 on friday. We will talk much more about this forecast at 4 45. All right. Thank you. Winter is right around the corner. If you want to avoid slipping and sliding, getting your car stuck in all that snow, there are some things you need to take parts of connecticut have a beautiful, fresh coat of white snow. The totals are varied in parts of the state between seven and 15 inches. Theyre still counting the accidents from this morning and a number of schools either had to close down or avoid classes. Theyre not out of the woods yet. Steady snowfall expected through the day. That will add another one to three inches. Last winter . Im still digging out. It is time to start getting your car ready to drive in all that snow. To get you ready for the worst, melissa, talking to the experts who say now is the time to start preparing. With winter fast approaching, heres what you need to know so you dont become a stranded statistic. The battery is the heart of the car. Once it dies, nothing happens in the car. So get that battery checked. Take a look levels. Make sure your washer fluid is topped off. And the tires, often the most neglected part of the car. When you have a sudden drop in temperature, you lose pressure in the tire. Underinflated tires can wear quickly and can lead the a crash. Holly says it is important to know exactly how much those tires need. You look here. The place card in the door. Next up, check your tread. If you can see the head of the penny, you need good tires. And rubber belts ask hoses dont like the cold weather either. This is the emergency roadside kit. Everyone should have this in his or her car. Were talking a firstaid kit, a battery operated cell phone charger would be great. A jump starter kit even better. That meanso melissa, news4. Just a few more days until the thanksgiving parade. The long road to new york is winding its way through washington. And new concerns about metros newest trains and why fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So were offering incredibly fast 150 meg internet, just in time for the holidays. Hurry, freddy, youre gonna miss it. Coming. Gary watson. Fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, all at the same time. Gary. Only fios offers 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, plus a 150 dollar visa prepaid card with a twoyear agreement. Visit getfios. Com or call 1888getfios to learn more. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. A 7. 3 magnitude earthquake has just hit off the coast japan and it has prompted tsunami warnings for the area near fukushima, thats the same area hit by a powerful earthquake is that tsunami a few years ago. We are working to learn more about the damage it has caused. It is about 6 30 Tuesday Morning so people are just waking up. A 7. 3 magnitude earthquake near took sheem. Ow now staffing the trump administration. The list of possible cabinet members is growing. We saw a once bitter rival and more. The Transition Team says that donald trump, president elect, is ahead of the pace set by his successors but he is still in no parading through trump tower, they are selling themselves. Not just to the president elect. Im not competing with anybody. I think im the best person but there are some tremendous people out there. The form he massachusetts senator scott brown wants to run veterans affairs. Mary fallon was a little more low key. It was an initial meeting in discuss a wide range of topics. A burny rick perry who once likened trump to cancer. Every bit as stunning, the weekend get together with romney. President elect trump has been doing a flurry of nonstop meetings and needs time to reflect and discuss the many different people of diverse back grounds hes let. That includes members of the News Business trump attacked during the campaign. As donald trump prepares to take over the white house, there are interest. Whether it is possible to separate the president and first family from the name that is their brand. The spokesperson Kellyanne Conway says the sprekt being advised, will not break any laws. But a couple blocks away, it is an example of the kind of conflict of appearance of interest. It is now the place to stay for diplomats who want to stay trump. Thank you. The metros newest rail cars may be so sophisticated, theyre confusing for the people operating them. 7,000 rail cars. Theyre supposed to be stateoftheart. They might be too stateoftheart. You see, train operators have been getting some commands that theyre not familiar with. A metro source tells me a command was given to the train operator. The operator didnt know what it men. He related it to Central Control is that Central Command did not know what the command meant. So even though theyre out on the tracks all across the system. Since they entered service, weve developed techniques and the Lessons Learned have been developed into a new training module. Coming up on nbc washington, much more this story. More from metro on the possibility that these rail cars and these operators might have to go through some different area. Were in the low to mid 40s. The winds have been diminishing, thankfully, mercifully, the rusts are 20 to 25 miles an hour. You will notice winds will be diminishing. The temperatures in the 30s until 11 00. By dawn tomorrow, right near freezing for the morning tomorrow. Well have a chilly start to the day. Lots of sunshine. The winds will be a bit breezy. Hawaii may be one of our smallest states but they will have the largest band in hawaiis history. Thats not hawaiis band. Thats trump tower. They are going to be in new york. 700 musicians and dancers. They were right here in the, in d. C. For the afternoon, getting together and starting to practice. Lets listen. This is an opportunity for these students to join a larger band and come up here. A lot of the guys from the islands havent even been to the mainland, off the island, let alone the east coast. So this is such a terrific trip for them. Yeah. It will be a lot cold they are, too. The group plans to head there tomorrow. If you cant make it to the big apple, we hope youll join us on nbc 4. Live coverage. It is a very common Cooking Ingredient this time of year and now knits short supply. Well tell you how much it will cost you. Plus the inspiring message moved the president so much, he invited a 6yearold boy to the white house. And remember, we are collecting donations for local families this season. There is still time to dont aflt you can even talk to jim and get thirtysix month, nointerest financing. Black friday specials, while supplies last. Dont miss our black friday specials at havertys. It looks likes well have another home town hero to keep watching. Matt says his goal is to compete in tokyo in 2020 and the games in 2024. The beltsville News Conference this morning. He won gold in the 1,500 meters this sumner rio making him the First American to win the race since 1908. He said he might switch it up in the future. As we know, a lot can happen between now ask then. Certainly far ahead, im going on run more 5ks to leave the option open. As we know, a lot can happen looking far ahead, he will be following in the footsteps of his dad who competed in the 1976 olympics and is now the head track coach at american university. It is an ingredient found in a lot of our favorite holiday desserts. Vanilla is in short supply this year. You can trace problem back to a vanilla bean shortage in madagascar. The price of vanilla soared. It has gone up twice had year and were in for another increase early next year. The good news, suppliers probably have enough vanilla to at least get us through holiday baking season. A boy from new york wrote a heart felt message to president obama offering his home to a syrian boy who was victimized by the civil war. The story went viral on social media and now it has earned him an invitation to the good. You look very nice in your suit. The white house released this message. It shows the 6yearold alex meeting the president last friday. He wrote a letter to president obama in september after he saw a picture of a syrian boy sitting in an ambulance, bloodied and covered in dirt after being in a bombing. Alex asked the president to bring the child to the u. S. So he could live with him. Hopefully makes other people think the same way. Sounds great, right . Mr. Obama was so moved by the boys letter, he talked about it during his final address to the united nations, concerning the refugee crisis. He said we could learn a lot from alex. We sure could. He has a huge heart. The great escape is about to begin. Millions are about to travel for thanksgiving. If youre one of them, you could have some setbacks along the tragedy struck. First at 4 00, the intense manhunt. And temperatures dropping into the 30s. Look how cold it will get and your thanksgiving forecast coming right up. Reporter were collecting food for families. Ive got debby jarvis of petco and youve brought a gift. Once again. Youre going to tell us about it in a minute. Thats a headline. Back to you. We all know this. Busiest travel times of the week. If youre traveling to new york today or tomorrow, Mother Nature could delay your trip. Why the number of people traveling is soaring this year. Reporter good evening to you. Aaa suggests that 48 Million People will be traveling this thanksgiving. Thats the most since 2007. It is no longer people just taking weekend trips. Some people are on it already and many are asking, what is behind this trend . People have more money to spend this year. Its thanksgiving week and you plan to get away. Visit family. Go somewhere fun. This is our first time doing this. The whole family, well just try something new every year. Were trying vegas this year. Reporter it turns out more americans have the travel bug. Experts say it is all thanks to the economy. We see improvement to the economy, we see job growth and consumers are gaining more confidence and spending more. Reporter another big contributor, cheap gas. Aaa suggests the average trip, more than 50 miles away from home. Of those traveling, roughly 90 will be hitting the roads. We see that americans have saved upwards of 28 million this year on gasoline. And theyre actually putting that extra money from the pump into their pockets members. Reporter water temperature feeling great with money in their pockets, people are planning longer trips. Sf were trying to get more bang for our bucks. Flying doesnt mean youll get there faster. On top of unexpected plane or weather delays, the tsa plans to doublecheck when you pack. Reporter so before you head out, pack your patience and when you get to your destination, youll be ready to give thanks. And later this week, the snowstorm is expected to pass by wednesday. If youre planning a road trip, should you check your car in advance. Aaa is expected to roads on the way to grandmas house. Nbc news. The mayor may be gone but the tradition he started lives on. Today in southeast d. C. , warnings came out for the marion berry free turkey. It is sponsored by several nonprofit groups and helps to people get depressed the holiday season. Heat is a necessity. Were just trying to play our small part in the grand scheme of things. The form he mayor started annual turkey giveaway. Lawmakers kept it going after he died two years ago. Were working with you to make sure every family can put a hot dinner on the table thanksgiving. I got a chance to visit with high partner, Pat Lawson Muse today. Reporter we havent slowed down. The giving is still going on and will be until weve wrapped up a little later this afternoon. Right now i want to introduce to you debby jarvis. She is the Vice President of corporate relations. We have donated more than 25,000. Heres this years check for 5,000. And we do it because we care. Because we want to help those in need. Were so happy that you to this year after year. We have another friend here. He has a couple of bags and a do you know this guy . Chuck bell. You came down to see us. I always do. I love seeing you down here. One of my favorite things. Whoever the dog of the house is come down with me and what a great gift from pepco. Literally 100 times in value that have any these bags. They are putting it out for the community. Every bit counts. Goods. All the things. My better half bought it and im putting it on the pile. We would love to start that down there and maybe warm things up. We could cook a hotdog or two but i dont think you want to be the hotdog. Good to have you here. Weve even got the 4 by 4. We may put to you work. Well be using the storm ranger all yearto im pulling for a blizzard but i dont think im in the majority. Thank you. Weve gotten a little taste of winter here today. It has been pretty cold. And tom will tell us all about that. When it will warm up. The red warm gloves. Thats a good look on you. It is cold enough to wear your winter gear. Changes on the nbc washington app. The sun is just setting in a cheer sky. Just about one minute ago. The latest wind gusts are down as well as the sun. Thankfully the peak gusts are down. Still enough to talk about windchills that are down now. The temperatures are in the low to mid 40s in the immediate already in frederick and gaithersburg, windchill and into the mid to upper 30s. Well have a freezing night tonight as we look at temperatures by dawn tomorrow. Even our nearby suburbs will be down in the low 30s. In the low 30s around the again tomorrow morning, well have wintery cold conditions. For the commute, well have dry roads and temperatures by 8 00. Still around freezing. By noon, the mid 40s. Sunset tomorrow at 4 50 and well be right back into the upper 40s. A good day to get leaves out of the gutters. The leaves came down. Sunny and near 50 degrees. It wil ladder but stay safe. As we look at the temperatures. Well be near 50 again. Good travel weather. Then as we get into thanksgiving day, some rain showers. Drying out in the afternoon. The temperatures in the low 50s on thursday afternoon. It stays dry into the weekend. The highs in the 50s each of those days. A couple more chances as we get into next week. Next, a mother spends a lot of money to get her car fxed were following Police Shootings across the country. Over the week. Four officers in three states were attacked. And just a 24hour period. Investigators say they were al Reporter Police in san antonio say they will not rest until gunman who shot and killed a Police Officer is in custody. The victim, benjamin was ambushed sitting in his squad car writing a ticket. The gunman got out and shot him. That i think the uniform was the target. And anyone who happened, the Reporter Police are searching for this man seen briefly entering Police Headquarters sunday morning, several hours before the shooting. It is unclear why he was there. They are also searching for the suspects black mitsubishi gallant, seen leaving the scene of the shooting. We believe he is extremely dangerous both to the police and the public. Reporter sunday was an incredibly violent day. Four officers shot in four separate incidents. In l been treated and released from the hospital after being shot twice in the face by a gunman who pulled alongside the officers vehicle and opened fire. Police are calling it an ambush. The suspect was later killed in a shootout with police. Two others were shot in traffic stops in florida and kansas city. Both suffered nonlife threatening injuries. As the search intensifies in san antonio, the city mourning the loss of one of its police right now, a new push to close the case of a murder, a worker, a young man for the Democratic National committee. A risk were seeing around the region from this mix of dry and windy air. Ask we are following a developing story, a tsunami warning after a powerful earthquake hits the coast of japan. But first up, a renewed call for clues in a in the district. Good evening, everybody. Im jim handly. It has been four months but there has not been an arrest in the murder of dnc worker seth rich. Someone shot and killed him as he walked home in the citys bloomingdale neighborhood. If everybody helps us, we will find these murderers and we will make that neighborhood a lot safer. His parents conspiracy theories you may have heard that surround this case. Lets get right to nbc 4s Darcy Spencer with details on that. Reporter a rising star in the Democratic Party but now they are getting some help from a gop lobbyist. They were out here in the neighborhood today handing out these flyers. Like you said, the family shot down some of those conspiracy the Democratic National Committee Staffer seth rich hand out flyers in the bloomingdale neighborhood where he was shot and killed in july. From the time this has happened, people have been just so helpful. So truly thank you. Reporter they held a press conference hoping to draw renewed interest and leads in this unsolved case. Richs mom compared herself to a mother bear. You dont get between a
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