Right now, 50 degrees. Well be in the 40s through the majority of the evening hours. Scattered showers i think winding down by about 8 00, 9 00 p. M. But then more rain in the forecast tomorrow. Ill have that timing coming up at 5 25, jim. Thanks, amelia. Our other big story tonight, the big getaway. Many of you are either heading out or are waiting for someone to arrive. We are in the thick of the holiday rush right now and depending on where you are, you might be in for a long ride. We have team coverage, lets begin with david c he decided to take chopper 4 tonight. Hes over montgomery county. Hows it look from up there . Reporter hey there, wendy and jim, yeah, pretty easy way to get around and for that reason, weve been able to cover a lot of ground. Before i show you what were looking at here, i want to tell you, we did manage to go by the springfield mixing bowl. All clear there. We also checked out the beltway past tysons. Not bad at all. It looks pretty clear. However, what were looking at here is quite a mess. I want to show you this, we were she tweeted me she had concerns because her daughter is making her way from cleveland. Maureen, your daughter is going to see quite a mess in montgomery county, shes making her way on the beltway. This is the traffic headed into virginia. That is tysons out there. The traffic continues on the outer loop all the way up to tysons. And then you can see the traffic coming toward us headed on the inner loop toward frederick. Quite a mess there. Thats 270 making its way in down there. So it is a mess right now. It but its been a messy morning commute for others, too. Chopper 4 has been working overtime today. Surveying the backup that stretched down the capital beltway. Several vehicles wrecking and on one of the busiest travel days of the year. It delayed the freemans from kensington, maryland, as they head west toward strasburg, virginia. You were hoping by this point to have been a lot farther than you are now . Yeah, like almost, you know, to front royal. And get over to the dulles access road and 28 and then out to here. Reporter we met them at the interstate 6 rest stop just before manassas. The place parked. Not a parking spot open. Thank goodness for traffic apps, we were able to see the road was actually closed and wasnt going to be opening for, like, 30 minutes. Reporter the freemans taking the time to stretch their legs the caffeine. Yeah. Really bad. Reporter as for the freemans, well, getting mandy back in the car proved a little challenging. Mandy, over here. Reporter i mean, after sitting through all that traffic, do you blame her . Back out here live in chopper 4, you can see what is a lot of congestion in this portion of montgomery county. As i said, maureen mentioned on twitter we should check out this area. If there are other trouble spots me. Thats why we have chopper 4. Were able to show you this unique view and give you a feel for what traffic looks like when were a few miles ahead of where you are. Let me know what youre seeing, hoping to see and well check that out. Ahead at 6 00, i want to show you how some folks are already thinking ahead to postthanksgiving return home and how theyre strategiing to avoid traffic then. Well show you that, wendy. All right. They havent even left and are already thinking about coming back. Okay, thanks, david. Reporter i know. Do you know this . That the day before thanksgiving is one of the worst drunk driving days of the entire year . Some have dubbed it blackout wednesday. Aaa and mothers against drunk driving say thanksgiving has overtaken new years eve for the highest number of alcoholrelated driving deaths. More than 400 people die in alcohol or drugrelated crashes each year during the thanksgiving holiday weekend. Young people coming home for thanksgiving tend to drink to excess, hence the name blackout wednesday or drinksgiving. Well, that is why police in our area are going to be out in force tonight. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald is live in bethesda to tell us about this campaign, meagan . Reporter yeah, wendy, Police Officers tell us theyve already deployed their officers all throughout the county and especially in areas right here couple of drinks. But earlier today, we spoke with an officer who shared his personal encounter with a drunk driver. And why he says this task force is so critical. Drinking and driving is always a top priority for Law Enforcement officials, but this is the season where they see a spike in drinkingrelated accidents and deaths. You know, seeing, you know, torn families apart. Reporter like many officers, he has seen the devastating impact of drunk driving. After all, it was nearly a year ago when fellow officer noah leotta was struck and killed by an impaired driver and on saturday, peyton experienced what he describes as a close call. I did feel the impact, it was a jarring impact. Reporter he was hit by a drunk driver while assisting a woman whose car broke down on the side of the road. The suspects kia slammed into parties and enforcing alcohol laws in the county. Reporter that also means checkpoints like these will be seen throughout the season and officers will be noticeable. To ensure your holidays stay happy, police are reminding the public that theyll be watching. Yeah, and just within the last two minutes or so, weve already seen four officers just driving around the area here. So just another example of how these officers are really out in some folks who say theyre changing their Holiday Plans because of blackout wednesday. Back to you. All right, Meagan Fitzgerald. Meagan, thankss so much. Aaa projecting this to be the busiest travel weekend in almost a decade. Right now, its easy to see why. The roads and the skies are packed all over the country right now. Heres how things are looking at this hour. Reporter planes. Trains. And automobiles. As much a part of thanksgiving tradition as your grandmothers turkey and dressing. 49 million americans expected to be traveling this holiday weekend, the most since 2007. More than 43 million are going by car fueled in part by lower gas prices while millions more are packing the airports. Lines extending from the tarmac to the terminal. Traffic snarled into l. A. X. The airlines are predicting their busiest thanksgiving at bostons logan airport. Lines snaking through the terminal at 5 00 a. M. Last time we flew just about the same time and this line is so much longer than it was last year. Way more. I was not expecting this many people this early. Reporter at chicagos ohare, Denvers Stapleton international, more the same. Travelers across the country being forced to arrive early and pack their patience. When you see a line like this, what are your thoughts . Oh, no. Are we going to catch our Security Administration has new procedures while amtrak added extra trains all in an effort to get Travelers Home for the holidays. Nbc news. And president elect donald trump continues to fill out his administration. A couple of big announcements today about who he wants in his white house. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is tapped to be the u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Immigrants. She becomes the first woman appointed to a cabinetlevel position. Haley has little Foreign Policy experience. Trump said hes impressed with her knowledge of global affairs. And trump named a second woman to his cabinet today. He picked billionaire philanthropist betsy devos to be his education secretary. She met with trump and Vice President elect mike pence sunday. Devos spent millions lobbying for voucher programs for private schools. Shes also a major gop donor giving money to Carly Fiorina and jeb bush during the primaries and then back in florida, senator marco rubio not backing trump. In a statement today, the president elect called devos a brilliant and passionate education advocate. And trump loyalist ben carson tweeting today hell have a role in the new administration. Carson saying an announcement on how hell help make america quote. The retired neurosurgeon has reportedly been asked to head the department of housing and urban development but no official confirmation from trumps transition team. Already named to trumps team, if youre keeping track, stephen bannon, trumps controversial pick for chief strategist, reince priebus, his choice for chief of staff, alabama senator Jeff Sessions tapped for attorney general. Congressman mike pompei you from kansas chosen for director of the flynn, trumps pick for National Security adviser. His public feud with trump became a focal point of the president ial campaign. Now the virginia father who lost his son in iraq is writing a book. Khan is an immigrant from pakistan, hes best known for that speech at the Democratic National convention in which he criticized trumps antimuslim rhetoric and questioned whether or not he had ever read the constitution. Randomhouse announced today it fall. A mess on the beltway after a box truck flips, landing on a mans car. The driver speaks only to news 4 describing what it was like as the truck came down on him. Plus, the big step forward in the construction on the memorial for Service Members who fought in desert storm. And a thanksgiving to remember. His mom, her family doubling in size as she gets ready to take home identical triplets. And a little spark the best Holiday Light displays and posting that information on our nbc washington app. Check it out during the break. You love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. A big step toward construction of a National Memorial for men a storm. The u. S. Interior department has formally approved locating the memorial on or near the National Mall. And a big vote in congress could happen within a month. Scott macfarlane joins us from the newsroom with what he learned. Reporter a 25 million memorial planned for hundreds of thousands who served in that war but needs several layers of federal approval before the shovels can hit the ground but theres movement. A letter released to congressional committees in recent days, the nations area one near the National Mall which includes much of the mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the capitol but includes part of the tidal basin and lady Burke Johnson park near the g. W. Parkway. The u. S. Senator who sponsored the bill to build the memorial says congress could give final approval to the site in december before the new Congress Takes over. He tells news 4 its important the monument be as close to the mall as possible. We sent a very that, you know, the people that did participate, that we appreciate their service and sacrifice, particularly now having an allvolunteer army. Reporter what will the monument look like . Some drawings show a massive curved wall thats made of kuwaiti limestone. The senate vote possible in middecember. Well keep you posted, wendy. Thank you, scott. A special tribute for the man known as d. C. s mayor for unveiled today at the congressional cemetery. After his death, barrys family formed a committee to plan a tribute. This unveiling marks the second anniversary of barrys death. He died from a heart attack at the age of 78. In news 4 your health tonight, cardiovascular disease the leading cause of death worldwide. Now theres a new device that may prevent heart attacks. Doreen gentzler with mo is one of the best methods we have to prevent deadly heart attacks and the fda approved a new device to accomplish that. What youre seeing here is an angiogram of our patient. See here the blockage, see its pinched here. It was measured to be 70 narrower, 70 blockage. Reporter a 70 blockage can be dangerous. That can be developed to 90 and a full heart attack and if cause angina, chest pain at a minimal effort. This is why we try to fix it and open it up. Reporter heres how doctors open up a blocked artery. With a heart stint. This illustration from the American Heart Association shows how the stent is introduced through an artery in the groin or sometimes the wrist. After an angioplasty identifies the blockage, the narrow stent is made of metal mesh which expands to prop the artery open forever. Probably six months. The artery heals. And now were left with a stent because we cant pull it out. The patient dont need the metal for the rest of their life. Reporter the new stent approved by the fda in july gradually fades away and is absorbed by the body. Its made out of a kind of a plastic, and whats unique about this is within three to four years, it completely dissolved. Vascular institute and Medstar Washington Hospital Center and was part of the Research Team that helped develop the stent. He says because of the time the stents take to dissolve, they are particularly good for younger patients. Enable the arteries to return to their normal functionality and reactivity, however, patients should remember they have to watch their cholesterol, have to watch their blood pressure, their sugar, they have to be active. About 20 of these procedures so far. Medstar Washington Hospital center is one of a handful of places in the country providing this right now. That number is expected to grow. Wendy . All right, thanks, doreen. Going to be a memorable holiday for one couple and their two children. They are adding three new members to their family. Identical triplets. Very rare. They were born in missouri earlier this month. To go home now just in time for thanksgiving. So i dont know, well have to play it by here and see how it goes. Well, the couple says they were shocked when they found out they were carrying three children. Or having three children. Their doctor says this is only the second time he has seen identical triplets in 30 years. Whoa. Amazing. A warning tonight. If you make your holiday im continuing to track some scattered showers on storm also saying some sleet mixing in in spots. Weve had reports of that happening around centerville. Also around the lovettsville area, potentially frederick as well, looks like youre seeing a little bit of yellow and orange there. Now the good news at the surface, were well above freezing so were only going to be dealing with wet roads and these showers widely scattered and i have to say, quickly moving out of the area generally toward the east. I want to take a look here, washington already drying out. Making its way toward buoy within the hour. Jumping ahead now, this is 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Youre up early, starting to get thanksgiving dinner ready. And some showers are likely across the area. Notice the green here. Not necessarily the placement, but just the fact that there is is some scattered showers, otherwise cloudy skies. As we move toward 8 00 and 9 00 a. M. Hour, widely scattered showers right here around howard and the Baltimore Metro area and down around fredericksburg. By 9 00 a. M. , still showers but look at what happens once we hit noon. Were mainly dry, limited sunshine tomorrow afternoon. The afternoon and evening hours looking dry for thanksgiving. Temperatures right now in the upper 40s and 50s. 50 degrees in washington. And tomorrow morning, at 7 00 a. M. , its chilly. Were around 40 and, again, scattered showers during the Morning Hours. Drying out as we make our way toward noon. At that point, 51. A high tomorrow of 54. So pretty similar to today. 49 degrees. And as we take a look at your thanksgiving, heading to a turkey trot, a shower is possible. Lauryns going to have exactly what you can expect during the Morning Hours coming up at about 5 45. If youre deep frying the turkey, know a passing shower is possible as well. Heading outdoors for football during the afternoon, looking good. And commute, if youre driving to see friends and family tomorrow, for the most part, the weather really is cooperating. As we take a look at the next ten days, black some sprinkles, otherwise mostly cloudy skies. And upper 50s, so warmer. Saturday, we start off with clouds. We finish with sun. Its comfortably cool for this time of year. A high of 53. Another crisp day on sunday. If youre traveling, travel weather looking good. Not just here locally, but for the most part across the united states, and if youre visiting from out of town, welcome to washington. 51 for a high on sunday. Mostly sunny skies. Looking really nice. And then a pretty substantial into next wednesday. Thanks, amelia. Check these guys out. Theyre one of d. C. s winningest teams, thanks in part to a special relationship with the d. C. Police. Theyre fantastic. How their story can help how you can help them, too, as they try to make their game, to take it to new heights. Well be right back. First on 4, a driver shares his amazing after his car is crushed by a truck during this mornings beltway accident that backed up traffic for miles. To see the truck fallingnd we have breaking news. A problem that could affect travelers throughout the northeast with more on what could be a major issue for amtrak. Adam . Reporter thats right, wendy. Around 3 30 this afternoon, a northeast regional train actually struck a trespasser on the tracks near wilmington, delaware. Thats led to delays for a while. Service was actually shut down. And now people are trying to juggle and figure out which track they need to go to. The line extends pretty far down here for people who are trying to get on northeast regional trains. Restored in that area. Again, we are talking about in delaware between newark, delaware, and wilmington, delaware, and people are kind of reshuffling over here on what is arguably the busiest day of the year for amtrak. So a tough, tough time for all this to be happening right now. But, again, around 3 30 this afternoon, an amtrak train struck and killed a trespasser between newark, delaware, and wilmington, delaware. Service was suspended for a short time. Thats th here into a little bit of uncertainty as people try to travel up to points like philadelphia and new york. Limited service right now has been restored in that area of track. Although trains are slowing down. Were seeing tweets from people who are slowed in that area. Some people who have been stuck for quite some time. So well stay on top of the situation for you, but if youre taking an amtrak train tonight, be prepared if youre heading to philly, new york, boston, you could be hitting some delays. Thanks for the warning, adam. Flowing at the airport today as well. Heres a live look at Reagan National airport. It may get busier tonight as people rush to catch their flights after work. The lines were long at Reagan National this morning. At times, they have stretched well beyond just the start of the tsa checkpoint. Now, the tsa tells us it has stepped up staffing at checkpoints. Tonight, we are getting a different view of the beltway crash that backed up traffic for miles. Chopper 4 giving us the view through the eyes of a driver in one of the cars crushed by that ryder truck. Amazingly, he was able to walk away. Chris gordon has his incredible story and new pictures for us in the story youll see only here on news 4. Hi, chris. Reporter Quinn Burroughs says it began as a routine day. He left his home in rockville, traveling across the beltway to truck couldnt stop and hit another setting off a Chain Reaction involving three cars and burroughs found his car beneath an overturned truck. I survived. I made it. Reporter quinn tells us his story and shares the video and pictures he took of his car crushed beneath a truck. He explains what we watched real realtime as we watched, chopper 4 gave us a the incident. A car hit him pushing his car into another vehicle. When the truck was falling, that was that scared me. Reporter you knew it was going to hit you. Oh, yeah. It hit me already. Then when i looked i could see it it was pretty fast, but i could see it tipping and thats when i ducked my head. My door opened, i got right out, nothing was jammed or anything like that which is great. Yeah, when it hit, it freaked me out, yeah. Burroughs bmw convertible, we realized he might have an amazing tale of survival. Yeah, scared to death. Reporter and your first thought after that . When i got out of the car, my wife, i called my wife. Reporter and said . Yeah, im okay. Just said, im in an accident, im okay. Reporter thats when his wife, cindy, turned on the tv. It was really ck accident, they were sending out the chopper and then when the to see that, i started crying. It didnt reconcile in my head that he walked away from it. I cannot i mean, one thing to believe in mir raacles and anot to see it. Reporter ahead at 6 00, what the burroughs family believes is responsible for what they call this miracle story of survival. Thats the latest from the beltway. Back to you. Pair of masked men who held up a Convenience Store in southeast. The whole thing caught on the stores surveillance camera where you can see the armed men grabbing two employees from the back of the store bringing them to the Cash Register and forcing one to open it. Then one of appears to hit the employee with a weapon before grabbing the cash and running off. This happened around 1 00 in the morning on sunday, november 6th. That 7eleven is on benning road in southeast. Police need help identifying these a deadly policeinvolved shooting at a gas station in frederick, maryland. The Frederick News post obtained the state Police Investigative file this week. The shooting happened in 2015 at a sheetz gas station. Trooper William Jansen shot baltimore resident kevin brunsen. Police say brunson stole an suv, rammed a Police Cruiser and got out and approached the trooper. News post can reports the state Police Officer feared for brunson was killed and no gun was found. Desperate moments in riverdale this morning after a woman became trapped inside her burning home. Chopper 4 over the scene here on sheridan street. A mother and her daughter were inside when that blaze began around 4 30. The daughter managed to get out as firefighters arrived but her mother who has a disability was still inside. Firefighters managed to rescue her. A neighbor describes the chaotic scene. Smoke was just pouring all fire trucks was everywhere. They kept banging and banging on the door. They were trying to get the door down, she was screaming saying her mom was right in the like near the front. The woman is being treated for burns and smoke inhalation. Her injuries are described as critical. No word yet on how that fire started. A metro train operator suspended after a collision in the railyard. News 4 has learned this accident happened yesterday morning at two separate rail cars. Metro says it was a lowspeed accident. No injuries. And minor damage. The operator is off the job pending an investigation. It is a decision that could affect millions of workers. And its a big blow to the white house. The reasons the federal court blocked a plan to extend overtime pay to as many as 4 million people. This is so much more than just a how its making a difference for people like her. Im Melissa Mollet with your first 4 traffic. A look at the rails for this holiday weekend. Metro. Thursday, thanksgiving, through sunday, no trackwork to speak of. A couple Little Things happening here and there. Thanksgiving day, metro opens at kp 7 00 in the morning, shuts down at midnight. Friday, a regular weekday schedule if youre going to be friday and saturday, we will be single tracking between Friendship Heights and Medical Center from 10 00 p. M. To close, two hours each night there. Saturday and sunday, regular weekend schedule on metro. Remember, next week we really kick in here. Safe track surge 11 will be starting. Were talking about single tracking between West Falls Church and east falls church, that is november 28th through december 21st. If you were planning on paying off your holiday bills with your tax refund, listen up, the irs is delaying refunds for a number of taxpayers. Consumer reporter susan hogan joins was this important alert. Reporter well, this delay, believe it or not, is for your protection. A new law requires that the irs to hold refunds until mid 2017 for those of you claiming certain earned tax credits. So if you are claiming the additional child tax credit, your refund will be held back until at least february 15th. In addition, new Identity Theft and refund fraud safeguards put in place by the irs may mean some tax returns and refunds will face additional review. Now, this change helps ensure that taxpayers get the refund they are owed by giving the agency more time to help detect and prevent fraud. Now, the irs still encourages you to file on time. Most refunds will be issued within that normal timeframe wh from the time that the irs actually accepts your filing. Well, millions of americans will have to get by this Holiday Season without overtime pay they were expecting. There was a Labor Department proposal to force businesses to pay overtime to employees who made between 23,000 and 47,000 a year. It would have kicked in december 1st. But a federal court ruled against it this week, saying that the department of labor they will fight that decision. A mad dash to the Grocery Store aisles. What we found when we went out to capture the madness. And the local youth team thats being called a peewee powerhouse. Reasons behind their success and how you n help them do they tackle a lot of obstacles and always come out on top on and off the field. A local peewee powerhouse will Mark Segraves reports the coaches are asking for more support from the community, specifically the redskins. What do we do . Game in three years. Theyre headed to florida next month to defend their national title. Today, they got a special sendoff from the interim chief of police. Good luck in florida, guys. Thanks for coming down. Reporter the team is coached by volunteers from the community who played youth football when they were kids like d. C. Police officer gregory evely who points out these kids arent just good at syracuse. Never give up. Last year we were down 180 and now its the championship game. These guys came back and won. Reporter 11yearold Isaiah Jeffries says he learns more than just football from his coaches. He teaches us respect, he makes us happy and hes fun. Reporter the team needs to raise the money to travel to florida for the playoffs and they hope another championship. Try to reach out to different organizations, try to get funding for the kids but, i mean, its a real struggle. Community, not just from the chief, from the businesses, all around, the redskins. Id be happy to see the redskins come out here and speak to one of these kids. I played against vernon davis and, you know, i know i played against a lot of guys that are out here playing in the nfl. Come back to these young men. It start with the youth. Start right here at the bottom. Without no youth football, theres no high school, no college and theres no nfl. It start here. Reporter the team set up a gofund me page to raise the florida. If you want to help, check out the link on the nbc washington app, search youth football. In the district, Mark Segraves, news 4. Cute. We did reach out to the redskins for reaction or comment. We have not received a response. Well, if you didnt have to make lastminute dash to the Grocery Store, you saved yourself a big headache today. Grocery stores around the area saw long lines as people were getting lastminute stuff. We went out to the wegmans in lan ham and talked to a lot of so crowded in there. I was like, where are all the carts . They had a few carts left. Its packed in there. Its really crowded. Just lastminute shopping, you know, kind of tradition for me to kind of get out in the crowd and do a little odds and ends. So im just celebrating the holiday. My sons, friend, got in a dilemma, fried turkeys. I had to come and get some jalapenos. If you need to make a last, a lot of them are. U. S. Navys working to make sure sailors on duty will celebrate the holiday with a proper thanksgiving dinner. Aaron kelly aboard the u. S. S. George h. W. Bush docked in norfolk. Reporter more than 73,000 sailors will be away from home this thanksgiving. Some of them will be on duty here aboard the u. S. S. George h. W. Bush. Earlier today we got a look at the menu, the turkey, ham, mashed potatoes for the big meal and work to mike sure it tastes like home. Once youve been here, as long as ive been here, almost three years, the people become like family. Youre in the misses much. Reporter the dwight d. Eisenhower will have nearly 5,000 pounds of turkey, 7,000 portions of mashed potatoes and 400 pies aboard. Well, together, nbc 4 is working for you in the generosity, a lot of folks will be nice and warm this winter. The salvation armys annual share the warmth coat drive collected more than a thousand coats this year. Great. And they were distributed today at an event at the Washington Convention center. Everyone who came in got to pick up a coat and one other personal item. Like a hat or sweater. We moved the timeline up a couple of months. This used to be done in january, but we realized people get cold even believe, and were so excited to be able to share coats with people today. Every year, nbc 4 partners with burke and herbert bank, bergmans cleaners, the nurses at medstar georgetown hospital, and Ace Hardware Stores to help collect and clean these coats. There will be another coat distribution next wednesday in alexandria. Of course, everybody tomorrow, lauryn ricketts, might need a raincoat. Yes. Just a small umbrella. Unfortunately, were not going to see a lot of it tomorrow. That might be good if your turkey dinner kind of takes you outside, especially deep frying turkeys. A lotof people are doing that, getting super popular. A few light rain showers out there. Were going to time everything out for you to plan out your day. And right now, the day wasnt too bad. I mean, we had plenty of sunshine out there this morning then the clouds rolled in rather quickly. Temperatures topped out in the low 50s. Upper 40s. Depending on your location. Were at50 beltway, some of those temperatures in the upper 40s at this point. Now, as we continue into the evening, the temperatures are going to slip into the low 40s, upper 30s. That is it. Maybe a few isolated sprinkles. Im going to show you on the storm team 4 radar. You can see passing through really quickly. Amelia and i have been getting reports of a little bit of sleet mixing in as well. The good news is that ground temperature warm enough so were not going to see anything stick to the ground, but you may be that sleet coming through. And, again, these are moving through pretty fast to the north and east. So were not really looking at too much. A few light showers moving through the district. Should not impact your travel. At least the weather wont. I know we got a lot of cars on the road right now. This is our next system. Area of low pressure bringing some snow up through the upper plains. Wisconsin into minnesota and michigan. A frontal system trailing that area of low pressure, and this rain headed our way. Now, lot of it is going to break up. Were really not going to expect too much. If youre headed out t cook dinner, bright and early, turkey trot. Temperatures are going to be in the low 40s. You want to dress in layers. All in all, not that bad. We could see a few passing light showers. Anything we do get, probably less than a tenth of an inch. So, again, extremely light. Temperatures tomorrow low to mid 50s. We could even get patchy clearing later in the day. Sun going down just about ten minutes until 5 00. 8 00 a. M. , again, a few light showers. But thats about it. Unfortunately, were going to keep the clouds around for most of the day. With maybe a little bit of your thursday. Black friday forecast, you wake up in the morning, maybe standing in line in some spots, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Climbing into the mid to upper 50s. Clouds around. Maybe a few spurts of sunlight. Thats about it. A few spotty sprinkles. We get everything out f here, sunshine back for the weekend. Saturday, breezy, gorgeous. Sunday looking great as well especially if youre traveling back to the district. Just about a 30 chance of light showers, again, i do not think its going to impact any activities you have. Turkeys, turkey trots, anything like that. Bonfires, looking good. Chance of sprinkles on friday. Weekend looking good as you come back. Next chance of rain, look how we warm up tuesday and wednesday, back in the 60s. We will have rain chances by then. Thanks, lauryn. Local students giving back in a big way. Not just for the Holiday Season. Up next, how some High Schoolers are helping to serve the regions homeless with more than in newark, delaware, so far sunny skies have made this a pretty beautiful getaway day for holiday travelers here at this rest stop along 95, a lot of smiling faces. We like to see that. We havent had any significant problems coming through delaware although once you split off at the delaware Memorial Bridge into new jersey, it starts to back up a little bit, how most head north. They got up and out of early, trying to stay ahead of the and get thirtysix month, nointerest financing. Black friday specials, while supplies last. Friday, three hours only. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. Dont miss our black friday specials at havertys. More than 5,000 d. C. Residents and families got to enjoy thanksgiving today at safeways 17th annual feast for sharing this afternoon. D. C. Residents in need from all eight wards invited to the Convention Center for a warm meal. Everybody that may not have a place to eat dinner otherwise for thanksgiving, they get to come here today and sit amongst their neighbors and friends and thanksgiving dinner, be a part of our expo downstairs where they have everything from flu shots to haircuts and also participate in a clothing drive. Aww. Over 1,000 volunteers participated in todays event. Always great. An early thanksgiving meal made a lot of people happy today. News 4s Kristin Wright shows us how thrive d. C. Is bringing together young people and those who need a handup. Over here, maam. Heights Street Corner in d. C. Moves me so much to see one person smiling. Reporter down in the basement of st. Stevens church. See somebody smiling, serve you, you get to go out with some breath of fresh air. Reporter the thanksgiving meal at thrive d. C. Personal connections are made every day here. I tell them how great day are just to serve and i tell them a homeless person unless youre extending your hand to help them out. Gives you a different sense of connection and hopefully we are helping to raise our next generation of Compassionate Community builders. I like helping the homeless because its people who dont have homes and stuff so you can help them out by feeding them. Actually got to help people thats not family. Reporter carlos hendersons heart feels pretty warm. Reporter a lot of schools help out. Archbishop carol is a longtime friend. Their week. They come and ask me, you know, what can i do for you . Reporter miss j. Was one of the first to walk through the doors and shes thankful for that. Thrive, i could just about drop tears right now, but, oh, its a god send to me. Reporter in northwest d. C. Thanksgiving is every day here. Reporter Kristin Wright, news 4. Donald trump adds some diversity to his cabinet picks. The president elect has chosen two women to join his team, nikki haley has been chosen as ambassador to the u. N. , and billionaire Charter School advocate betsy devos was chosen as secretary of education. Haleys gotten a lot of praise, both conservatives and educators are voicing concerns about devos. Nbcs brian mooar is on capitol hill with the road ahead. Brian . Reporter yeah, doreen, these things, one of them that Blind Loyalty is not necessarily a deal breaker and also there are probably some big changes coming to public schools. President elect trump has chosen michigan billionaire betsy devos, advocate of Charter Schools and vouchers, as his education secretary. Her mission, carrying out his Campaign Promises to break the bureaucracy in american schools. The National Teachers association was swift and fiery privatize and deprofessionalize public schools. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is facing a much warmer welcome as the future president s pick for u. N. Ambassador. Just a few days ago, she seemed to be playing down her prospect. I was very happy to be invited. It was a good meeting. Reporter haley has virtually no Foreign Policy experience and perhaps most notably did nothing to help trump win. In his New York Times interview the president elect general james mattis, cop contender for defense secretary. The general surprised him with his take on waterboarding terror suspects. He said ive never found it to be useful. He said ive always found, give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers, i do better with that than i do with torture. Reporter the next president took a thanksgiving break at his