answer hospital. bethesda, darcy spencer, news 4. toay vincent gray officialy begins his duties as mayor of d.c. at his inauguration ceremony yesteay, fenty presented h theeal to the city. he said during his time in office he will fus on three main issues, the budgetjobs and education. hwill continue to push to make the district ofolumbia the 51st state in the union. he said it will all work out if everyone work togethe whether ware black, white, red, brown, or yellow, whether we get around by car, bus, train, truck or bike, this one city, our city, theistrict of columbia. after the auguration, gray lebrated with aarty at the washington center. the godfather of go-, chuck brown. the them was reuting everyone under thene one city. welcome back. nice to have the gang back here. tom, welme back. good to see you. good to see you. it s january, and it certaily feels like it this morning. tempatures are cold. it s clear. no snow. there is no snow. so anybody who is up thi
later start. the farris mall open from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. a little more reasonable. the mall at prince georges opens at 5:00 and closes at 11:00. montgomery mall opens at 6:00 with some stores opening at mid might. target and hh gregg open at 4:00 tomorrow morning. best buy open at 5:00 a.m. if the itch to shop is too great to wait, get great deals today. gap, banana republic, wal-mart, kmart, and big lots and sports authority will be open toy. toys r us and sears will also be open today. they hope bargain shoppers will want to come early. for more on where to head, just go to nbc washington.com and search black friday. happening today, of course, the macy s thanksgiving day parade in new york ity. the last-minute preparations under way. the big certain right now is the weather, though. crews began blowing up the famous big balloons. tens of thousands lining up along fifth avenue to see bands and lavish floats. the 84th year of the parade. watch it rht here on nbc 4 be
heat today. all they did was recycling the humidity. good morning, at this hour we do have the sky clearing out, no more storms around for now. 75 in washington, upper 60s prince georges county and near 70 in montgomery and arlington and fairfax. weather watchers reporting fog in the rural locations. look at the dew points to near 70. eastern shore, temperatures are around 70 out in the mountains in the upper 60s. later today in the mountains there could be strong storms. there could be a small chance of a passing storms, otherwise, heat and humidity. mid-90s with hazy sunshine. then overnight tonight will be clearing after midnight and by dawn tomorrow, hazy start to the day then a greater chance of afternoon and evening. strong storms tomorrow. we may hit the upper 90s before storms arrive. jerry, how s the traffic? following breaking news in maryland which will have a major impact on your commute. earlier this morning we are told a truck brought down power lines alon
village on down toward the capital beltway. joe, eun. a man police call a bandit is on the loose after avoiding police. the chase began in prince george s after a suspected robbery but ended when the police officer crashed in southeast washington. the suspect escaped. the officer suffered minor injuries but is expected to be okay. there is no word who the suspect is or what led to the chase. outrage growing in prince george s following the recent arrest of a school bus driver. scott smallwood charged with sexually abusing a young student and parents have not been given information about the incidents. some are questioning the process by which he got hired in the first place. jackie bensen reports. reporter: parents continue to react with shock and horror to news that 27-year-old scott smallwood, a prince george s county school bus driver, is charged with using his cell phone to record a sexual encounter with a 7-year-old boy. officials say smallwood passed a background
we re following a developing story out of pakistan. five young americans have now been charged with terrorism. it has been aough and dangerous morning commute. several accidents have shut down major roadways. and happy st. patrick s day. from the white house to dublin, people are showing off their irish pride. news 4 midday begins right now. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 midday. it is wednesday, march 17, 20 # 10. we begin with the developing story out of pakistan. five northern virginia men arrested in december have been charged with six counts of violating state and antiterror laws. the young pakistani-american men appeared before a judge this morning. we re joined now with elaine from the news room. reporter: the men were active in their youth group at a mosque. they are from alexandria. this morning they pleaded not guilty to all charges against them. these five young men, including a former dental student at howard university, could face a life sent