Reporter john towson of aaa midatlantic says theres proof behind the theory. Right now is the busiest time to be driving. The second busiest . Tomorrow starting at 11 00. Then it gets worse at 3 00. Reporter what makes tomorrow extra tricky is rain and snow making roads slippery. I want to avoid the rain and snow tomorrow if it comes. Reporter john isnt the only one thinking that way on this line to pick up honey baked hams in Silver Spring. The line must have been a mile down the way. Reporter this giant is packed. Tell me what its like in there. Crazy. Reporter the best day to drive is the actual holiday. Leave on thursday anyway. Just wait it out. Let the storm pass over, pass through. And then its better to be safe than to be sorry. Reporter or just do what jen mercer of potomac does. Stay local. We dont leave town on thanksgiving ever. Reporter not a bad idea. Im not going to leave town either. I know it looks like this traffic is moving behind me. They actually are but when they get to the other side, thats when youre seeing a lot of brake lights. Maryland state Highway Administration is telling Truck Drivers to think about staying off the road tomorrow and actually pull over. Weve got one over here thats pulled over. And basically its because what happens is if a truck has any issue, it causes an avalanche of problems like that we had on westbound i70 earlier today. That was stretching about 20 miles. That took hours and hours to clean up. Were live looking at the beltway, debra alfarone, wusa9. Traffic moving smoothly. I still think thanksgiving is the best day to travel. Mola lenghi is tracking the situation at national. Hell have a live report coming up at 6 00. The st. Louis area is bracing for the possibility of more violence after the grand jury decision clearing a Ferguson Police officer. Danielle nottingham is in ferguson. She brings us the latest. Reporter jan and lesli, as police scramble to restore order, the city of ferguson looks for ways to heal. Michael browns family and supporters push for change. More than a dozen businesses are in ruins and burned out cars line a parking lot following a night of violent demonstrations against the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson for the deadly shooting of Michael Brown. The National Guard was not deployed in enough time to save all of our businesses. In order to protect lives and property, we are bringing more resources to ferguson and other parts of the region. [ no audio ] reporter browns father wearing a no justice, no peace tshirt appeared at a press conference with reverend al sharpton. Brown had no comment as his attorneys criticized the grand jury process that cleared wilson. Nine whites and three African Americans were on the panel. We object publicly and loudly as we can on behalf of Michael Brown, jr. s family that this process is broken. Reporter Law Enforcement officials want to head off another night of violence here in ferguson. Police say theyll closely watch the crowds expected to gather again. In a statement from his lawyers, officer wilson thanked his supporters. Wilson told the jury he opened fire on brown moments after the unarmed teen attacked him in his patrol car. The makeshift memorial where brown was killed was untouched during last nights chaos. There were more than 80 arrests around the area last night. In ferguson, missouri, danielle nottingham. Now back to you. Danielle, thank you. Demonstrators took to the streets of d. C. Today and they staged dieins at 28 minutes after the hour to signify an alarming statistic. They claim that every 28 hours, a young black man is killed by a Police Officer in this country. Andrea mccarren is live at the location of the next protest in northwest washington. Andrea . Reporter at 5 28, demonstrators will lie down on the sidewalk here at 4th andeanian Avenue Northwest and indiana Avenue Northwest. They will be posefully protesting the grand jury decision in ferguson and also asking our Police Department for more accountability. The looting, gunfire and torched Police Cruisers in ferguson poured salt on an open wound. It makes me like just weakened inside. I feel like justice was not served. Reporter but 800 miles away in d. C. , a different demonstration. It makes me feel kind of better about the whole situation. Its a good life experience. Reporter davis along with his potomac preparatory classmates and teachers came upon this demonstration by accident. Theyd been helping the homeless across the street. And we had to represent because this is an issue that is very pertinent, especially for young black men like ourselves. Just imagine somebody in your family getting shot for no reason just because of your race. Its just like really sad and it makes me like just weakened inside. I just want to give him a life changing experience, something they can really feel hands on instead of just watching it on the tv screen. I wanted them to actually come together in unity and see what it feels like to support something. Reporter demonstrators staged several dieins across the city lasting four minutes. A symbolic nod to the four hours Michael Browns body lay in the streets of ferguson. Were going to get our justice. Were going to get our justice. Reporter peacefully . Peacefully, definitely. Reporter demonstrators delivered a letter like this to the police chief. The city council, the mayor elect. Theyre asking for some specifics to help improve relationships between blacks and the Police Department asking for specifics including body cameras for all officers and more community oversight. Coming up at 6 00, as those protests progress, as the day went on, they became larger and more diverse. Well have a live report on that at 6 00. Back to you. See you in a bit, andrea. Anger over the decision by the grand jury in ferguson spilled over into other parts of the country as well. In Seattle Police used pepper spray on protesters on a highway ramp monday night. At least one officer was slightly hurt. And in denver the protest was less intense. People lay downin the streets to block traffic, and this was the scene in new york city. As you can see, hundreds blocking traffic as they marched from union square to times square. Plus, somebody splashed red paint on the citys police commissioner. Thousands of people turped out today for marion turned out today for Marion Barrys annual turkey give away. Many had personal stories about the mayor for life. For the First Time Since his death, we see barrys widow. Bruce johnson joins us live from anacostia with more. Reporter Union Temple Baptist church just off of Martin Luther king avenue southeast, this is one of the citys poorest neighborhoods and once again for marian barrys turk Marion Barrys turkey give away, the demand outweighed the supply. Still 3,000 turkeys given away and 50,000 pounds of vegetables. They lined up before dawn for free turkeys and vegetables. Once everybody get their food, thanking him. Hes still here. Reporter for the first time marion barry, the mayor for life, was not here. Its because of him that the city is where it is today. And i thank god for him. I love him. He showed us how to serve. And he showed us how to care for everyone. This event just embodies who he was. A great man who helped the community. We miss him. We love him. Im just happy to be here for the people [ inaudible ] good to be home here at Union Temple Baptist church where we received my husband when cea home from prison. This is where he came. Were comfortable here. I love the people of ward 8. I certainly wish if there was anything that i could have right now, that i would be sitting home watching television and marion would be sitting here giving out turkeys. Reporter marion barry had been presiding over the turkey giveaway since 2004 since he was first elected as ward 8 councilman. At least 20,000 families need turkeys. Reporter 20,000 . 20,000 in ward 8 alone. Reporter thats tray white, a barry political protege. He might have gotten barrys last voice mess allege. Message. Certain certain. His spirit lives on. To see 3,000 people come out, you see the need and theres more work to be done. Reporter hes only 30 years old but already lining up to replace marion barry in the special election ward 8 council seat. Its going to be a very crowded seat of candidates. Thanks so much, bruce. People who want to pay their respects to marion barry are signing condolence books at the wilson building. The body of the pour fourtime the body of the fourtime mayor is expected to lie in state there next week. Sources say the funeral will probably happen next week at the convention center. A convention worker spent three hours trapped all the way to his waist in a trench. It o and a half hours for them to shore up the trench and free the manual. He was in serious condition as medics rushed him to the hospital. Fred smoot used to play for the burgundy and gold. Hes in hot water tonight accused of assaulting his girlfriend. Deputies responded to a home in ashburn sunday morning after a woman complained that her boyfriend grabbed her arm. Smoot is charged with misdemeanor domestic assault. He was booked and released from the Loudoun County adult detention center. He has been an on air contributor for local media outlets, including cbs radio affiliate 1306. 7 the 106. 7 the fan. Were just Getting Started on wusa9 news at 5 00. Reporter uva takes a stand against Sexual Violence. Im peggy fox live in charlottesville. Coming up what the cool is doing in the aftermath of that Rolling Stone article about a gang rape on campus. Im meteorologist topper shutt we. Had to go to a red alert tomorrow for rain changing to snow. Where is the storm now . You feel the rain along the southeast, through georgia, south care kay, north carolina. South carolina, north carolina. Thats the noreaster coming up the coast. Well give you a timetable and accumulations again. For some the ferguson decision comes with painful conversations about the value of their son. I talked with some local moms about how their sons matter, at 5 30. A secure retirement. A new home. Earning your diploma. Providing for your family. Real associates, using walmarts benefits to build better lives for their families. Opportunity. Thats the real walmart. The university of virginias governing body has held an emergency meeting today to address the issue of Sexual Assault on campus in the wake after story in Rolling Stone magazine that detailed a gang rape at a Uva Fraternity house. Peggy fox attended todays meeting and joins us live. Was any action taken . Reporter yes, jan, the board voted on a zero tolerance policy for Sexual Assault. The 17member board pledged to come up with some real changes, but for now appointed a subgroup to come up with the specifics. A small number of protesters greeted the Board Members as they arrived from all over the state. Inside the board heard from student leaders, the Charlottesville Police chief and a student leader of Sexual Assault awareness organizations. They discussed better ways to help victims, whats needed to prosecute the rapist and whether alcohol and fraternities themselves are to blame for what they call what some of them called anyway a culte of rape. I deeply believe that Sexual Violence is a cultural problem in fraternities that necessitates deep attitudal shifts. I want to make it clear to you and the watching world that nothing is more important to me than the safety of our students. Not our reputation, not our success, and not our history or our tradition. Reporter there was a lot of talk about excessive drinking and the conthex between alcohol and connection between alcohol and Sexual Violence. One board member, a Technology Leader from northern virginia, proposed banning alcohol for underage students at fraternity parties and suggested sending in police if they serve underage students. So will alcohol be banned at uva fraternities . Ill have that answer and how the board received her suggestion coming up at 6 00. Reporting live in charlottesville, peggy fox, wusa9. We just night get some snow . We havent had a white thanksgiving since 1979. That year we had a white thanksgiving and a white christmas, the first time in a hundred years. You know what happened after that . It was a very disappointing winter. For you. Yes, for me. You know, im kind of in between here. I might have to break out the breadometer later tonight. Oh, no. Im really in between here. Lets start with a live look outside with our weather cam. We have some hours to do some errands. Im sure everybody and their brother is in the grocery store. Temperatures still in the 50s, 55. Winds still out of the south at 5. Humidity 40 . Pretty low. So were looking at a slow changeover to colder air as we go through the rest of the evening and also tonight and tomorrow. So red alert wednesday for snow. Bus stop temperatures 38 to 44. This is important because it will be wet at the bus stop. Well have to have an umbrella walking the kids to the bus stop. Stay off the roads between 10 00 a. M. And 4 00 p. M. I think that will be the critical hours in the immediate metro area, fairfax county, the district. Well see the rain changing to snow. Well see periods of heavy snow, low visibility. I think its going to describe familiaric enough to be dynamic enough to snow faster than it will melt. That will have to happen to get 4 inches in the metro. 4 to in the mountains. You have elevation, colder air, you have more snow. Okay. We just sent this out. Just tweeted this out. Heres our second call. Pretty close to what we had at noon really. Trace to an inch east of i95. I95 west 1 to 2 inks. That includes 2 inches. That includes manassas and fairfax and Silver Spring and wheatton. 2 to 4 inches through Loudoun County, back through upper Montgomery County. Frederick and points north and west, 4 to 8 inches. Hagerstown and smithsburg, westminster, probably in the order of 6 inches for you folks. So heres our futurecast. 6 a. M. In the morning. This is not changed. Its going to be raining in the morning. A dreary morning. But just rain with snow in the mountains. Watch what happens. By 9 00 watch this blue line and this ma general today line magenta line start to sink. It moves at the surface and aloft. Eventually the atmosphere will be able to support snow, even though the surface temperatures are going to be above freezing. Thats what makes the accumulation so tough for us. Its going to have to snow pretty hard faster than it melts tomorrow. I think it will. By noon all snow upper Montgomery County, Loudoun County, points to the north and west and a mixture already on either side of i95. Then by 2 00, pretty much all snow in the north and western suburbs of d. C. And also wet snow flakes flying into charles county. I think even by 5 00, well see wet snow flakes into st. Marys county. You wont see any accumulation down there but you are going to see wet snow flakes before all is said and done tomorrow. So the day planner, rain at 9 00, 38. Rain and snow at 11 00, 37. Probably all snow and 36 by 1 00. Its going to have to snow faster than it can melt. Now, the next three days, once we get through tomorrow, were in pretty good shame. Cold turkey day, yes. Low 40s. Maybe a flurry. Bright but brisk on friday, about 41. Next seven days, getting milder just in time for the terps and just in time for the ravens. You can see this game on channel 9. 58 on sunday. 55 on mondaymaybe a shower. Low 50s on tuesday and also maybe a shower. All right, top. A warning tonight about utility workers. What wssc says you need to do before letting employees into your home. Plus, black friday shopping made simple with our main money man mike matt granite. Its not mike. I dont know why i confuse that so many times. His secret strategy youll be able to follow right after the break. Taking a look the at the gas prices not driving us quite so crazy. In oxon hill, you can fill up for just 2. 80 a gallon at the gulf at in tonights consumer alert, we are helping you make the most of your brack friday shopping experience, saving you time and money. And our money man matt granite shows you how to get in and out of your favorite stores. Reporter great to be with you as i hook you up with information no one else in the country has and information stores do not want you to have at your fingertips. At the end of the day the key to getting a good deal on black friday is knowing what to do once you get inside the store of your favorite retailer. And on black friday, stores are notorious for pushing markups beside actual deals. Its confusing. And right now the confusion stops once and for all. No longer do you need to shop with those glossy ad scans, what i call store propaganda. You now have access to store deal maps for every big retailer. Why would you need these things . In the past weve seen walmart put gaming deals in the frozen food center and laptops in the garden center. Our maps also show you where to go and which sections every other retail offers the big deals. Sears splits their Appliance Center into two. Speaking of deals, if you do not want to line up, join our list of more than 20,000 people who have signed up to get their door busters early. Im hooking you up with things like 39 blue tooth speakers, blu tooth speakers, tablets, and other deals. We have them for every major retailer on our website. Look for the black friday section and you are good to go. Back to you. Thank you, matt. Again, you can find all those maps on our website wusa9. Com. Just click on the link. Its on the left side of the screen. Somebody you love shops for adult beverages, you can get a deal at the virginias abc Liquor Stores on black friday. Shoppers can save 10 on purchases of 50 or more. Plus, to celebrate the agencys 80th anniversary, you can register to win an 80 gift card on friday. 80 winners will be chosen. You actually dont have to buy anything to enter. Theres a warning tonight about allowing utility workers into your home. Washington suburban Sanitation Commission wants to remind everyone to ask Work Information their i. D. Before letting them come inside your house. Wssc shez all employees are required to carry prominent displayed badges and all workers drive blue vehicles with clearly marked logos. A vehicle just like this one was used in a deadly hit and run. How you can help find the driver coming up. Plus, new information on the d. N. A. Evidence surrounding Hannah Graham abduction suspect Jesse Matthew. And how do you talk to your children about ferguson . Coming up next, i talk with some local moms who express both their concern and their hope yes, indeed. Weve done a red alert for tomorrow for snow. Heres our second call. Pretty close to howards first call. A trace to an inch east of i 95. 1 to 2 inches right along i95 and points west into Montgomery County and also fairfax county. You get toward Loudoun County, upper Montgomery County, 2 to 4 inch also. Frederick and hagerstown, westminster, you folks will be in the 4 to 8inch band, especially out toward romney, cumberland. Any place you have some elevation, it will be an elevation driven snow. Youll get colder earlier and it will start to snow earlier therefore you get more snow. Red alert on wednesday, snow. Bus stop temperatures not too bad. You wont have any problems getting the kids to school or doing errands in the morning except the fact its going to be rainy and miss ab. Try to stay off miserable. Try to stay off the roads between 10 00 and 4 00. That will be the transition in the immediate metro area. In fairfax it will turn to snow firs by morning at 9 00, primarily rain inside the beltway with snow to the north and west. But then by the time we get to 11 30, 12 00, it begins its transition and goes to snow crossing i956789 well come back and i95. Well come back and take you through the forecast and the rest of the holiday weekend. There is intense turmoil over the ferguson decision and in the aftermath of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and others, many parents are struggling to begin painful conversations with their african her sons about the measure and the value of their own lives. I spoke with three mothers who are teaching their sons that in spite of what they see, their lives do matter. They determined that no probable cause exists to file any charge against officer wilson and returned a no trial bill on each of the five indictments. We just thought to ourselves at what point do our children matter . At who point do black boys mother . Reporter like the nation these three mothers were left to process a ferguson grand jurys decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown. I tried to expose my son to the realities of the world. Thats yes watched it. Thats why we dont try to shelter him. A black man cant be fragile. He needs to be resilient. Reporter many parents worry about the world their African American sons will inherit turned to social media last night using the hashtag my son matters or our son matters. One person writes, im praying for every mother who has a son who fears each time he walks out the door it might be his last. Patricia shepherd about her sons, im afraid for them. This country has become a place i dont want them to see. Others share pictures of their sons with messages of hope. Dr. Linda mcgee says this may be frightening but parents can use the situation as a teachable moment. You acknowledge the truth that some things happen that are unfair but you dont want to instill such fear into your child that they cant go out there and live their lives. Nice girl. Reporter the significance of ferguson is not lost on 8 yearold elijah and 11yearold earl. I hope that they can just let it go and stop shooting so much. I really hope that this will stop happening. Reporter in spite of a feeling of deja vu, the mothers and sons we talked to today still believe that hope can rise from the chaos. Not only are we hopeful, but were resilient and excited to watch what our children can do coming out of this. If you are still trying to figure out how to discuss ferguson with your children, dr. Mcgee says it is key to make that conversation age appropriate. She says you should let your children express their hopes or concerns first. And then take it from there. Right now Prince Georges County Police Officers are on the hunt for a hitandrun driver that left one man dead. The crash happened just before 2 00 a. M. On mlk jr. Highway near forbes boulevard and lanham on sunday. Investigators say the driver of the car went up the curb killing the bicyclist. The car will have front end damage on the right side a broken headlamp and a piece of its bumper is missing. Police call Prince Georges County police if you have any information. Perhaps you were in the area at the time. A maryland father is dead shot during a Home Invasion while his children slept in another room. It happened around 6 30 last night in federal skews me, in maryland. Trayvon pharaoh answered a knock at the front door only to be confronted by two masked men. They demands everything he had before shooting him in the chest. Cops are still on the hunt for the gunmen. Were learning more about the specific d. N. A. Evidence that links Jesse Matthew with morgan harrington. Harrington vanished after a concert in charlottesville back in 2009. According to wtvr in richmond, matthews d. N. A. Was found on a black tshirt harrington wore the nye of the concert. That tshirt was tested along with a wooden tip from a cigar butt from matthews wallet. Investigators concluded that the d. N. A. Tested from the items is almost certainly from the same person. Harringtons body was found in 2010. Matthew is charged with abducting uva student Hannah Graham. He is also charged with the Sexual Assault of a woman from fairfax city. Investigators say they have known for some time about the d. N. A. Link between fairfax and the harrington cases. Pope francis is calling on european leaders to open their arms more to refugees in search of work. Many dont make it while trying to escape their country. He told lawmakers europe could lose its soul if they dont open up. Right after the break, the sad looking Christmas Tree was very close to becoming fire wood. What a city decided to do to there it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Trending right now on facebook, louisville basketball coach rick pitino this is interesting. His team beat [ inaudible ] he said he did everything he could to prevent his team from running up the score. Listen to this. I dont like to see any Team Struggle like that i really dont. I tried everything. We played four white guys and an egyptian. We tried everything. Oh, my goodness. Hes trying to insinuate that he took all his African American players off the court and put other players in presumably they wouldnt play as well. You and i both are kind of confused. If louisville didnt score for the last 26 minutes, they would have still won the game. Maybe they should have been blindfolded or something. Lets talk about an ugly Christmas Tree. Its getting another shot of spreading some joy saved by supporters. This is reading, pennsylvanias Christmas Tree. It was the citys second choice after wet ground kept city leaders from getting to their first choice. People werent fans. That tree, its not a very good tree for christmas. Im sorry. If you look at it, it looks like something you throw out after the season, not for the season. Soon after it was decided the tree should come down, crews decided to save it. And by yesterday afternoon, City Council Members debated its fate on the streets. It sends the wrong message to take down this tree. The message to the world needs to be that nobody is perfect. Oh, my goodness. So much fuss over a tree. That was deep. That was rich what he just said. In the end the people of reading, pennsylvania decided to keep their giant Charlie Brown Christmas Tree flaws and all. They certainly stand out. Now to thailand where these exciting young people set a new world record for the largest gathering of santas elves. 1,762. We are told that number would have been higher but some aspiring elves did not wear their mandatory pointed ears. Nonetheless, the effort shatters the previous mark by 600 elves set last year in the u. K. I wonder how they come up with these ideas for the guiness book. Now youre a walking repository of all things evils. Sweeping new rules on posting calories at many restaurants, including movie theaters. The redskins give away 30,000 pounds of turkey. Coming up, what this years harvest feast by the redskins tells us about the economy in the rhett scints gave aed redskins gave away nearly 30,000 pounds of turkey. Its an event to support families in need in Prince Georges County. Scott broom is at fedex field to talk about the economic recovery that appears to be leaving a lot of people behind. Scott . Reporter its definitely the case today. Otherwise you wouldnt have the thousands of people who turned up today. The really nice event but just about everybody i met is trying to get back to work in this new recovering economy and find they have just parttime work or no work at all making it real tough times for a lot of folks. 3,000 people in need. Angela among them. Sitting out here looking at all these people, you think sometimes youre the only one struggling and the only one not making ends meet. Reporter she lost a good retail job when her store at virginias springfield mall closed for redevelopment. Charlotte thomas used to drive a tour bus. My husband has had two strokes which set us back, you know. We lost a lot. Reporter barnes drives an uber car after a Health Setback left her out of work. When you have a job that you make minimum wage, you barely meet your rent or mortgage. So many people are working citizens but are not getting the fulltime employment thee need. Reporter larry hogan was here. It serves a need that we cant [indiscernible] reporter Rushern Baker says the redskins giveaway is not just p. R. It fills a gap. For three hours today the politicians and players like linebacker Everett Brown handed out 33,000 pounds of turkey. Thank you. The redskins really helping us. I appreciate it. Reporter a shout out this afternoon not only to the redskins but also to ryan holmes which is a major sponsor and 500 volunteers that showed up today. Additional staff besides all the turkey, they gave away more than 9,000 90,000 pounds of other kinds of foods and hopefully it will help these families through much of december. Imlap. Scott wasnt wearing any kind of covering there. But this time tomorrow he might need to. A different story. Well have to activate his mobile newsroom. It was 69 today. It was kind of deceiving because it occurred after midnight. Tomorrows high will probably be a midnight tomorrow, too. Temps will fall throughout the day. Kind of a cool is that pretty. Very christmassy. National harbor. I still wouldnt get on that thing. Its too big. I will take pictures of people who do ride it, though. Ill do roller coasters. Still 55 downtown. Winds are still out of 9 south at out of the south at 56789 dew points is 31. Well watch the dew point very carefully because thats an indication of how cold and dry the air is. Certainly how dry it s. Well watch as we go through the night. So red alert wednesday for snow. Yes, it will start as rain in the metro area. Then kick to snow late morning, early afternoon. Bus stop temperatures 38 to 44. Just a miserable day to walk the kids at the bus stop. Bundle up and take an umbrella. Dont worry about ice. There will be nothing slick in the morning. Stay off the roads if you can between 10 00 a. M. And 4 00 p. M. I say that because between about 10 00 a. M. And noon, thats when its going to transition from rain to snow in the immediate metro area and then were going to have a pretty good burst of snow in the early afternoon and it will snow pretty hard. Thats why were ink thissing 1 to 3 inches thinking 1 to 3 inches. 4 to 8 inches in the mountains. You folks will be around the freezing mark or a little below by 4 00 p. M. , 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow. The storm potential second call, pretty close to howards first call, really. South and east, a trace to an inch. Youll see snow flakes toward st. Len starred and st. Ma leonard and st. Marys city. Youll see snow flakes in Prince Georges County. 1 to 2 inches in fairfax county, maybe clipping north east d. C. Then north of that, north of the spur, gaithersburg, rockville, probably 2 to 4 inches possible back to leesburg. 2 to 4 inches in this band. Then north of that, the dark blue, thats the winning band if you call it that. Its winning in my mind. 4 to 8 inches in winchester, hagerstown, cumberland. You folks with alleges elevation will get most with a little elevation will get most of the snow. Futurecast, 5 30 in the morning, its going to be raining up and down the eastern seaboard. Look at all the heavy activity toward norfolk. This is a classic noreaster. If we had a little more cold air to the north, it would be really interesting. Still interesting enough, though. This is blue. This is all snow. Its essentially an all snow event for cumberland and points west. Look what happens. Watch the blue expand both this way and also this way. 9 00 still rain downtown and still rain right around i95. But now weve got some mixing going on north and west of town in the meedz yacht suburbs. Immediate suburbs. By noon we should see wet snow flakes either side of 95 with all snow now in some of the closer in northern western suburbs. By 2 00 a lot of snow just to the west of i95. Snow flakes will fall in western maryland in southern maryland. By 8 00 everything starts to lift out. Maybe a few leftover flurries. We are concerned about the slick spots tomorrow night as temperatures will fall below freezing in our immediate suburbs. So day planner, 38, rain 9 00. 37, rain and snow at 11 00. Then all snow by 1 00. Temperature of 36. Again its going to snow faster than it can melt. Ive seen it before. Cold for turkey, maybe a flurry and 41. 41 on friday. Bright but brisk. Youll need a coat if youre getting to go shopping. Maryland game, terps in town. Ravens in town, too. Upper 50s. You can watch that on channel 9. Low 50s on monday. Low 50s tuesday with just a couple of showers. The fda issued new rules today which will soon show you exactly how many calories you are eating when you dine out, when you go to the movies, or even pick up a sandwich from a convenience store. Craig boswell has the calorie counting details. Reporter youll soon start seeing a hot new item on menus across the country. Calorie counts on all your favorite foods. You make decisions right now and you dont know how many calories youre getting. You make assumptions that are probably wrong. Reporter the fda issued new regulations tuesday that will require chain restaurants, movie theaters and pizza joints to post calorie counts on menus. That includes alcoholic drinks sm. States and cities have passed their own laws mandating the calorie counts but the piecemeal approach proved expensive for large chain restaurants. Weve been advocating that there would be a central law put in place so that from coast to coast it would be uniform across the nation. Reporter some restaurants are ahead of the game with calorie counts already up on their menu boards. Some diners say they use them. Just seeing it makes you go, never mind. Reporter ed fda says the move will help people make healthier choices. People are concerned about their health and want to engage in we hairs in behaviors to improve their health. What were doing will offer consumers that kind of information. Reporter the new rules also impact vending machines, amusement parks, and prepared foods at Grocery Stores and convenient stores. Those industries strongly oppose the regulations concerned the new labeling will cost billions of dollars. Case boswell, craig boswell, cbs news, washington. Restaurants and others have one year to comply with the new regulations except for vending Machine Operators who have two years. This thanksgiving about one in five workers say they are planning to spend the holiday with coworkers. Thats about the same as last year. The findings are from a Career Builder survey. 16 say they have to work on the holiday which is up slightly from last year. Washington dulles is one of the worst airports for holiday travel. Bloomberg business week surveyed frequent flyers on things like travel time to the airport, security, amenities. New yorks jfk and laguardia rounds out the top five the worst for holiday travel. Coming up at six, a look at protests around the country and here in our area following the grand jurys decision in the Michael Brown case. Plus. Reporter boxes of knives and other prohibited items confiscated by the tsa. Im Jericka Duncan in harrisburg, ma pa where the Airport Security check points are finding more and more carryon items that could pose a threat to passengers. As Jericka Duncan explains, some states are cashing in on what officials find. Someone tried to bring this on to a plane. Reporter insides the pennsylvania Surplus Center in harrisburg. This is probably lipstick you wouldnt want to try on because when yoout comes a blade. Reporter is a display table of some of the most outlandish prohibited weapons people have packed in their carryon. This just smells like violence. I mean, you know. Reporter the most Dangerous Items are destroyed, but knives, tools, and other random objects collected at Airport Security check points often end up at staterun Surplus Centers across the country. Troy thompson works at the one in pennsylvania. Some of the more popular ones are the corkscrews. Reporter within the last ten years, the center has made more than a Million Dollars selling items to customers in person. We see [ inaudible ] reporter through the Online Auction site govdeals. Com where bidders can bid a tools and more sold in bulk. In 2013, officials confiscated and turned over to police more than 1800 firearms. Thats nearly three times the amount taken in 2005. Even 13 years after 9 11 people continue to bring things. To me thats whats surprising is that people for some reason are not accustomed to the fact that you leave these types of things at home. Reporter despite increased surveillance and efforts to keep passengers safe, people are still carrying on dangerous extra baggage that doesnt belong. Jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. There are Surplus Centers throughout the country. The one in harrisburg, pennsylvania is the largest in the midatlantic region. Thanks for watching wusa9 news at 5 00. Wusa9 news at 6 00 starts right now. Reporter one of the biggest travel days of the year are upon us. Some folks are starting to come in and out of town. If youre waiting for tomorrow or thanksgiving day to do your holiday traveling, the weather might make things messy. 800 miles from the looting, the gunfire and the chaos of ferguson, d. C. Demonstrators stage a peaceful protest. Im Andrea Mccarren in downtown washington. Ill have a live report coming up. Reporter today supporters pay tribute to marion barry in a more private way. Im stephanie ramirez. Ill tell you how you can, too, coming up. A white thanksgiving . We havent seen one of those around these parts in some 25 years but this could be the year. Im derek mcginty. Im lesli foster. How much snow are we expecting and how could this affect your travel plans . Topper is tracking it all. He joins us with your first alert forecast. I can get that out. I think a white thanksgiving every 25 years is a reasonable thing. Its kind of nice. Okay. Remember the winter storm watches yesterday . Now they are winter storm warnings. That means its imminent. Loudoun county north and west, Frederick County north and west. These have within added have been added since around early afternoon. Winter weather advisories for places like Montgomery County, fairfax, prince william, and also southern fauquier back to culpeper. Essentially just west of i95. Look at winter storm warnings go all the way through the northeast, all the way up into maine. It will be snow changing to rain in you a the major cities. Its not going to abpure snow event. To be a pure snow event. With everybody traveling, its not a good thing. Second call, a trace to an inch east of i95 and points south. One to two inches through fairfax county. Maybe clipping the northwest part of d. C. And up into Montgomery County, including places like wheaton, rockville, Silver Spring. 2 to 4 inches leesburg to gaithersburg. North of that frederick points north and west 4 to 8 inches. If you have some elevation, hagerstown, cumberland, youll be close to 6 to 8. Closer to
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