>> north korean tv says the south started it but the u.n. and china side with the u.s. and have called f restraint by all parties. tensions remain high,though, and the militaries in both koreas are on high alert. chris clackum, nbcews. >> the crisis in korea helped push the market lower today as investors dumped risky assets. the dow clos down 142 points to end the day at 11,036. the s&p 500 down 17 poin to end the day at 1180. today's selloff puts all three indexes down for the month. volume is light ahead of the holiday. there was a bomb scare at lon's airport today. the delta airlines cargo terminal was evacuated about 12:30 this afternoon. the bags contained bedding materials, they were not hazardous. the airport passenger terminals were not evacuated. the security scare like the one in boston has the tsa on high alert during this holiday travel season. and on the eve of one of the busiest travel days of the year, a new poll shows about half of americans believe that airport patdowns go too far. julie carey right now is at national airport with more. >> reporter: indeed tomorrow is the busiest travel day both at reagan national and dallas, about 140,000 people expected to fly in and out. the big question tomorrow is, will an internet campaign to boycott the full body scanners cause disruptions. the ts is ting steps to avoid backups. nbc news reports that fewer passengers will be randomly select for the patdowns. all the travelers we spoke with toy say they've had smooth security experiences. >> as the thanksgiving family reunions begin, airport security checks are one more thing to talk about around the dinner table. >> we came in and she said scan or -- i said no. >> linda talks about how she handled her first experience. she opted out of the full body scanner that she finds too realing. instead she got the full body patdown. >> when they patted me, in those areas, they used the back of their hands, so i didn't have a prlem. one, two, three. >> some travelers complained bitterly about t enhanced security procedures. the union representing tsa workers just announce d their holiday campaign starting with this full page ad. the tsa officers didn't create the new policies but must carry out the newmeasures. this man went through the full body scanner, got a brief patdown and was selected for a final check before boarding, still he calls the procedures necessary. >> i snt 31 years in the marine cor and this was a minor inconvenience for me. i've gone through thingsar worse. >> aaa has advice about how to dress for success to lessen your chances being subjected to a patdown. here's what not to wear, heavy jewelry, including watches and body piercings. metal ha accessories. belt buckles, underwire bras and " i-95 is bumper to bumper from springfield to fredericksburg, virginia, we'll tell you which two routes made the nation's top ten list coming up in our next half hour. cleanup efforts are underway after a powerful storm ripped through northern illinois last night. a funnel cloud caught on home video as it touched down outside of rock ford. power lines were knocked to the ground. several buildings and other structures also were damaged. the strong winds even knocked a school bus with five kids on board off the road. no one on the school bus were seriously injured. the west coast is getting an early blast of nter weather. washington state got its first major snowfall of the season. the snow should clear out soon, but the bitter cold temperatures are expected to stick around. bad news for the thousands who lost power in that storm. doug kammerer is up in our weather office now to tell us whether we can expect a wild weather heading our way. >> i don't think so. i think we're going to see big changes over the next 24 hours, and another big change as the system that brought all the snow moveout. outside right now, this is what weeseeing, a cold front making its way through the area, can you see mild air ahead of it, chilly air behind it. we're ld now, but by tomorrow we'll be on the chilly side. current temperature, 65 degrees, just beautiful as far as the day was a little earlier today, showers moved on through, but the temperatures have not begun to fall too much. the shower activity right now down toward southern portions of st. mary's county and into the eastern shore. the rain continues to move off to the east. 60 in martinsburg, west virginia. 60 in sterling, 61 in manassas. temperatures will fall overnight tonight down to 56. 52 by 11. by the time you wake up, most airs will be in the 30s to 40 degrees. by 7:00, we willing see plenty of sunshine, temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees cooler than where they were today. right now on our web chat, through 6:30, if you have any questions about our winter forecast or travel over the next couple days. >> thank you, doug. the tgger man in the murder of shaw middle school principal brian betz has been sentenced. he gets life in prison with all but 40 years suspended. chris gordon has more on the story from the courthouse in rockville, chris? >> reporter: alante saunders spoke in court today and offered condolences to the family of brian betz. his lawyer says he's an intelligent articulate young man who made some bad choices. nine people gave victim pact statements, family and friends of brian betz talked about his tragic loss. one of them said it's too bad saunders hadn't met betz earlier, because betz helped so many people over the years turn their livesaround. brian betz family came to court led by nationally known attorney gloria allred. betz' mother, father and sister choked back tears in court as they spoke of the tragedy of his loss. >> my world crumbled around me. in an instan a part of my life was gone. and i knew i would never be complete again. >> i feel cheated not being able to tell my sonow much i loved him and respected him. >> reporter: he was murdered in ril after meeting saunders on a sex chat line and inviting him over. saunders brought three friends and a gun. betz was fnd shot on his bedroom floor. saunders apologized saying the shooting was truly an aident that drugs are a powerful force. >> there were some drugs involved, and they were perpetrating a robbery in order to affect their abity to get more drugs. >> reporter: gloria allred came here from los angeles saying she was hired by the betz family because victims don't get as many rights as their killers. she will ask the department of justice to invest gate the killing of brian betz as a hate crime. >> brian betz was gay, and the matthew shepherd hate crimes act was passed to provide greater protections for victims of hate crimes who may be targeted on account of the fact that they are either gay or perived to be gay. >> reporter: states attorney john mccarthy, the chief county prosecutor disagrees. >> if there had been evidence of a ha crime, we would have charged it. >> now, three other young men also face charges in connection with the death of brian betz, one of themtoday, shareef lancaster pleaded guilty to robbery with a handgun. he could face 35 years when he's sentencehere in february. we're liveonight at the montgomery county courthouse in rockville. back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon, thank you. gathering spot for veterans for more than 20 years has burned down. it's near the vietnam veteran's memorial. organizers have promised they're going to rebuild it. the fire broke out last night at a kiosk beten the lincoln memorial and the vietnam veteran's wall. all that was left today was charred debris. the group rolling thunder kept the boot there since at least 1987 to remind people of soldiers that didn't come home from vietnam. the group says they will rebuild an identical boot. the firee're told was probably sparked a hear. coming up at 6:00 somebody stole a delivery truck from a charity on one of the busiest days of the holiday giving season. the hope to find remains of a missing american teenager is fading. pedestrians, bus is turning. metro wants pedestrians to pay attention when buses are on the move. theoyal wedding date has been set. what's ahead in sports? >> the capitols having problems on the road early is season. the chargers' phillip rivers firing on all cylinders. and will john wall get back on court tonight agast the sixers? ♪ ♪ [ dad ] yeah! [ cheers and applause ] [ male announcer ] achievement gets points for living life. earn pnc points for your cdit and debit rd purchases. ♪ find out more at pnc.com/getpoints. pnc. for thachiever in us all. skeletal remains found on a beach in aruba do not belong to natalee holloway. prosecutor announced based on dental records, the jaw bone with the tooth does not belong to the missing alabama teenager. she disappeared five years ago, herody has never been recovered. joran van der sloot is in jail in peru accused of killing another woman. 's never been officially charged with natalee holloway's disappearance. president obama went to diana to highlight what he sees as evidence of the nation's economy bouncing back. as he and the vice president tout the recovery, some less encouraging signs erupted here in washington. >> reporter: predent obama and vice president bin were in koko mow indiana, highlighting how taxpayer bailouts helped the industry. workers were called back to this assembly li. >> congratulations. >> reporter: the president and vice president had lunch with firefighters laid off and rehired with federal funds. and the surprise students in the district that's benefited from stimulus and grant money. fantastic photo opes, but the economic picture is less encouraging. the federal reserve sharply downgraded its forecast for the comi year from 4.2% down to 3.5. the economy grew last quarter, it's still moving in slow motion. home sales dipped unexpectedly last month, down to 2.2%. and banks are still work through the wreckage of the mortgage meltdown. >> through lt friday, 149 institutions had failed this year as we anticipated the number of failures in year has already exceeded 2009 total of 140. >> still, the fdic remains cautiously optimistic, and expects next year to be better. the white house is pressing congress to extend the bush era tax cuts as quickly as possible. hoping to give those holiday shoppers a little good cheer. on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. >> mr. obama won the presidency with the help of indiana, but demoats lost heavily there in the midterm ections. the president said today's visit to kokomo was about confidence not ogress. cardinal worrell was aong 24 men who the pope ordained as bishop saturday. the new role is an honor that he's not taking lightly. >> we will probably have a larger platform on which to stand now and from which to be heard. that does make me ver conscious of the responsibility to make sure that whatever i say reflects what the position of the church is. >> as a cardinal, worrell will serve as an adviser to the pope. the college of cardinals also has the job of electing e next pope when that time comes. coming up, some washington redskins scored big with thousands of families in need of a helpinghand during the hodays. a nationwide prescription drug shortage is keeping many patients from getting important medication when they need it. doug returns with a look at the full thanksgiving we recast. prce william and kate middleton have set a wedding date about there are a few coerns about london's famously rainy weather, but prince william was said to be determined to have the wedding in the spring. >> if they need a quick forecast, i'm just a short phone call. >> you can't forecast that far out? >> with the winter forecast, we can forecast several nths. but we can't forecast a specific day. people are asking me about christmas. i think there's a better than average chance, but that's all i can say. a lot of important days coming up. it's turning pretty stormy out there, all across the country right w. our area, we saw a very nice day, a warm day, as the high temperature reaped nearly 70 degrees across the region, we started with sunshine earli this morning, then we saw cloud cover move in. the temperatures stayed nice and warm, high of 69 at the airport. look at this, the record for today is 75 disagrees. we were six degrees shy of a record today, and that came with a lot of cloud cover. that tells you something's really going on. we have a lot of warm air moving into the area, at 6:00, it's 65 degrees, a nice evening outside. the winds are beginning to shift west-northwest at 8 miles an hour, so that normal component will start to take over and we'll stt to see temperatures cooldown over night. 59 in hagerstown, 60 in sterling, culpepper coming in at 63. charlottesville still nice and warm at 66 degrees. we had shower activity move through with that frontal boundary. the showers now down into the delmarva, they will continue to move off to the south and east. we're done with the rain, we told you yesterday, just a slight chance of a shower. you may need the umbrella for 10, 15 minutes, that was about it. behind this system, much colder air. look back to the west, we're talking43 in columbus, 42 in cincinnati. the cooler air is going to try to make its way toward the area. here the frontal boundary with the light showers that moved on through. behind it, we're going to see clearing skies. that's going to allow temperatures to it cool down. it's not going to be nearly as cool here as it was to the west. 30 in omaha, 30 as well in chicago. an arctic cooldown for us. we're going to see a little chill in the air tomorrow. chilly behind this frontal boundary, there goes the front to the east. we'll see more of a northerly component tomorrow. that means very chilly during the afternoon. temperatures a little below erage, and about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than whe we weretoday. this could get tricky,s a warm front moves in as we're sitting at some of the coolest temperatures we're going to be seeing before we see milder air move in for theday. most of the day will be dry, that's the good news, here's the potential fly in the ointment, possible icy spots, this is thanksgiving morning. if you're driving out 70 or 81. that could be a problem area. this is an early luke, make sure you tune in tomorrow to find out what we' thinking, also, shower activity around the region. this is not going to be a rainstorm, just some showers and most likely this will be early then the rain will move out of here, we'll see a dry day for thanksgiving, most of the day should be okay before a big storm moves in on thursday night. tomorrow morning, clear skies, a chilly start, a bit breezy. a lot cooler than we were today, winds out of the northwest at 10 to 15. that will put windchills in the 20s for many locations, even around the 30 degree mark in the city. mostly sunny, much cooler, a light breeze, 47 to 52 degrees. at least we'll see the sun. with winds of 10 to 15 it will feel like we're in the mid-40s across the region. a little better on thursday. high temperature around 55. 40% chance of showers. i think that will be early in the morning hours, we'll start to clear out, we'll dry out before the storm moves in late thursday night into friday. friday morning for black friday, i think will be the most problematic area. if youe thinking about camping out for some of the store sales, you may want to think again. it's going to be fairly nasty on friday morning i have a high of 54 degrees ere, i think the temperatures will be falling during the afternoon on friday into the 40s. friday afternoon very chilly. saturday and breezy. chilly weekend in store before our next storm moves in tuesday. the good news is,these types of storms, and we talked about the la nina pattern last night. that does not allow the coldest air to come into o region and that's what we're seeing this time. we may see our first freezing temperatures in the city coming up on saturday morning. >> it's going to start to feel more like thanks giving than it does today. >> it is. >> thanks, doug. coming up, taking a particular pill every day could lowethe risk for contacting hiv. somebody stole from a charity group at the beginning of the holiday donation season. metro making some noise on some of its new buses. the thanksgiving travel getaway has begun. already two roadways in the d.c. area have been named among the ten worst in the nation for travel. i'll have that story coming up. the capitals suffered their worst loss of the season. the wizards' john wall hoping to get back on the court tonight. and jimmie johnson on advice he got from a celebrity sports psychologist. the trigger man in the brian betz murder has been sentenced to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended. he was 19 years old at the time of the shooting. prosecuts say saunders intended to rob the d.c. middle school principal. more changes for airport security screenings on the eve of the busiest travel days of the year. senior government officials say the tsa is reducing the number of passengers randomly selected for those patdowns. the move comes after the rect backlash in travelers. >> there are calls for restraint after a deadly clash between north and south korea today. two south korean marines were killed when the north fired into south korean territory. u. officials are calling it an unprovoked attack. this is the busiest time of year for food banks, over night, somebody stole a man from the manna food cter in montgomery county. >> workers say those thieves are hurting those who are most in need. derek ward has our rort. >> reporter: a busy day at the manna food center. it aays gets this way this time of year. the are encouraging signs as well. people like this man who brought a truckload of turkeys. >> our purpose in life is to give not just take. >>eporter: apparently not everyone feels that way in. >> there's so many people here who have needs to walk in and find one of our vehicles missing. >> reporte not only did someone make off with their fans, they took food as well. it's believed the theft happened sometime overnight, and those who depend on this organization to make ends meet are shocked and saddened. people like audrey king. >> i don't know about people now ya days, i've been coming here for yea. for my disabled son and i. >> reporter: and those who volunteer their time for this good cause. >> i don't understand how you could hurt someone ke that. a place that helps so many people. >> this is absolutely horrible. i think given the times like this, we should all pull together. it doesn't have to be thanksgiving. >> when they steal from manna foodcenters, they're stealing from all our residents here. >> the people at manna say they've been seeing upwards of 300 people a day for the pt couple days. the theft of their van will not keep them from serving montgomery county's neediest families and individuals. police caught four suspects trying to steal electronics from a school until d.c. and they allegedly stole taxis to get there. it happened today at the fishing school on meade street northeast. the nonprofit facility offers after school tutoring. the alarm alerted police, the thieves did extensive damage to the building during the break-in. virginia governor bob mcdonald and members of the congressional delegation met today to discuss the plans t downsize the government facilities at hampton roads. the government is still committed to cutting the costs at the facility. however, mcdonnell said gatses agreed to let virginia representatives attend planning meetings to make sure the moves don't devastate the commonwealth. no promises wereade today, the governor described the meeting as productive. the days of just calling in an emergency are changing. >> the current 911 system is efficient and reliable. handles more than 650,000 calls a day. but today's 911 system doesn't support the communications tools of tomorrow. >> the fcc chairman met with arlington county public safety officials toy to talk about with the next generation of 911 services. technology is top priory. call centers will one day be able to receive text messages, video and photographs. for many washingtonians thanksgiving means turkeynd traffic jams. it's probably no surprise that our area is home to two of the most congested roads in the entire country during the holidays. jane watrell has our report. >> reporter: the great thanksgiving getaway has gun. and aaa says drivers shld expect the roadways to be jammed. a record 95% of holiday travelers will be going by car. >> you should have left before 12:00 today. >> reporter: that's what this florida couple decided to do. making the trip up the 95 rridor to connecticut. >> we decided to travel two days before the crunch, and we'll probably leave a day after the crunch. so that's our plan. >> reporter: others at this rest stop near laurel wereexcited about the prospect of beating the thanksgiving traffic. >> our intention was to leave at 4:00, but we didn't make it. we left at 6:30. we're almost there. >> i wouldn't run here on a holiday. that's why i'm starting early and leaving late. >> reporter: drivers know what they're talking about. an accident like this one along the beltway in prince georges county can create backups for miles. and those taking 95 from d.c. to new york city for thanksgiving travel, the 95 corridor has bee named the most congested trel route in the nation. the outer loop of 495. for those planning to get away wednesday between noon and 8:00 p.m. consider yourself forewarned. >> not only is it a big getaway hour, it's also the time when most people lea their jobs to go home to celebrate thanksgiving. those people who are not traveling, they're going to be out there doing their last minute shopping. that's going to be absolute gridlock, total congestion. bumper to bumper traffic. >> or you may just want to wait it out at home. if you wanteave by noon o wednesday, you may want to wait until after 11:00 at night or leave thankiving day. to make sure you have a smooth drive for that turkey dinner. metro hopes a new pilot program will end some crosswalk accident accidents. >> pedestrians the bus is turning. >> pedestrians will hear that alert which comes in a number of languages when metro buses are making turns. bus operators will get a warning inside the bus. a voice command will remind them to look both ways. street testing of the deice started in d.c. there's a new game in town for the d.c. bllottery. after 27 years, the city has replaced i original vendor. d.c. takes in about 80 million a year on lottery games right now. both powerball and mega millions tickets are sold in the district along with a variety of scratchoff games. the vendor announced a n keno style game that has people betting on computer generated horse races. some of the skins are celebrating thanksgivingearly. pharmacists are turning patients away thanks ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. y to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, evy cup tastes like it's brewed just f you. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. for the first time, medicine widely used to treat the aids virus has proven can block hiv infection. a government funded study finds truvada cut the infection rate by 44% among gay men who took the drug. if they took the drug every day, it cut the infection rate by 70%. some doctors are already me scribing it for preventive reasons. it costs about $1,000 a month. the study is published in the new england journal of medicine. some pharmacists say the nation is facing the worst shortage of prescription drugs in 30 years. any numb of factors are to blame. some manufacturer's have been unable to keep up with demand. there have been production delays and shortages of the ingredients necessar to make the drugs. right now there are 150 drugs on the fda's shortage list. another check on our weather. doug? >> we're just about a week away from december. and we're still talking about temperatures that were near 70 during the day tomorrow. outside right now, we're sitting at 65 degrees. things will be changing over the next couple hours, the cooler air will move in. many areas will be in the 30s, 32 in martinsburg. 33 in frederick. about 40 degrees inside the district. it's going to be a cold morning and a cold day tomorrow as well. highs tomorrow around 52 degrees, we will see sunshine. but it will also be rather breezy, keeping us on thecool side. my four-day forecas coming up in a few more minutes. >> thank you, doug. we have a basketball game going on down at verizon center. >> we'll get word, the wizards are looking to get john wall back on the court tonight against the sixers. also, jimmie johnson talks about his incredible fifth nascar title. the virginia cavaliers are you were telling us that flip lifts weights until literally the last second? >> he doesn't like to spill the beans if john wall will be playing until ten minutes before the game. we're just about that time. the wizards host the 76ers tonight, flip saunders says if he plays he will come off of the bench. the wizards had been without wall for fourgames now, it's giving other players a chance to step up. gilbert arenas seems to be returning to firm. he and kirk hinrich are returning. the team went 2-2 during the time wall was out arenas replaced wall in the starting lineup. the wizards blew a leadagainst detroit following a lead on sunday. flip saunders wants to make sure his team is headed in the right direction. >> you're always concerned when you lose a game like you did. but i thin theyad -- we had a pret spirited practice, and we did some positive things in that game. we just have to carry over the positive things we did, and now ke some mistakes down the stretch. reporter: the wizards hosting the sixers tonight. to college hopes, the university of virginia men's basketball time was crushed by washington in gme one of the maui invitational. today a chance at redemption against oklahoma and they got it. the caliers stepped it up a notch. they rolled to a 74-56 win. we're out in hawaii where tony bennett's virginia team is in thsecond round of the maui invitational. the cavaliers got some good ball movement early on. evans finds share rel outside the arc, he drains the three. sherrell had three threes in the half. cavaliers it got it done with defense. forcing eight turnovers in the half. this steal leaves the easy two. they're not done, second half of the game, pretty play here, mike scott driving to find joe harris. under the basket, the dunk. virginia runs away with it. moving on to hockey,capitols young goaltender must feel absolutely terrible. last night hopi got his second straight road start. he was pulled after getting three goals on five shots to atlanta. last night he gave up five to the vils. he may have been the only good player out on the ice that they had. against the lowly devils they couldn't get anything to happen. the caps had no defense, offense was shut out. braden hopi starting against a dallas team that had only won once at home. e puck and it deflects off mike green's stick. right past hopi. all of a sudd, 1-0 new jersey. tough bounce from the cats. a sign of worse things to come. jason arnott skates in on goal. tyler sloan for the capitals runs into his goaltender, arnot goes around the other side of the goal. the devils go 2-0. his first of two on the night. a penalty shot for the devils. skates in on hopi, beats him with the backhand over the glove. new jersey goeds on to blank the caps 5-0. jimmie johnson never gets a break, he wins five championships in a row, and his ew chief says forget it, we're going to talk about next season already. he should be celebrating. >> doesn't he scale for a second >> no, but that's how champions do it. if you wonder how they kept it together to win a fifth straight championship, when the nascar playoffs began, they called on a sports psychologist, his na was lance armstrong. he had some great advice to help the driver that already had it all go for one more. when jimmie johnson -- listen to this. when he won his fifth c consecutive championship sunday, jimmieohnson made history. he and his crew knew that this one would be the toughest because the competition was so close, just 15 points separated him from the runner up heading into that final race. they knew they had to dig down de. when the chase from the championship started, the team called on lance armstrong to find out how he stayed mentally stronguring his quest for greatness. >> it gets trying, and people get beatdown and warn out, we have team psychologists and coaches and all these peoe that come in and love on you and make you feel better and make you smile. positive thoughts and all this stuff. lance came in and was likelook, don't be the reason why you didn't win the championship. don't be that guy. that was his motivating factor through the tours. he didn't wan to face his team and be like, you know what, i didn't do my job today. to hear almost his harshness in a sense and wake everybody up, don't be that you guy, stand up and do your job, don't be that guy. it stuck with me and it stuck with my guys. >> pretty good advice, i would say. moving on to the redskins. they made a move o the roster because of the injury depletion. today they signed macho harris, harris a former philadelphia eagle and maryland terp has been added to the active roste along with running back james davis. despite injuries suffered last sunday, players didn't shy away from making a difference ahead of thanksgiving. all but ruled out of sunday's game against the vikings. landry delivered 100 turkeys today tod.c. families in need. it was his turkey giveaway. every $25 that were contributed web to the provide an additional turkey to a family of four. meanwhile, donovan mcnabb and his family helped donate entire thanksgiving meals to more than 100 families. the program that helps at risk kids and families. mcnabb was born on thanksving day back in 1976. says that helping others spend the day makes him feel even more a part of the community. >> that's the joy that comes to my heart, the fact that you can help or aid in anyway for people to enjoy the day. and if it's single parent moms, kids who were adopted, you know, kids in foster homes, whatever it may be, to spend time with them, sit down and have a conversation with them, fd out their goals, what they want to do in life. and to provide a hot meal for them. knowing that on a special day like thanksgiving, they've been provided a meal where they can sit back like everyone else and enjoy the day. very cool, donovan making his stamp on the community here as he did for so many years in philadelphia. >> is that guy's given name macho? >> it's victor, he made it up for himself. >>macho? >> you better be good with a name like that. >> he better be a heck of a player. >> hopefully he can do something for them. they need it, man. coming up, leron landry and donovan mcnabb not the only yesterday'sfood for families drive was a huge success. in the washingn area kept on giving even today. cadets from the metropolitan police department helped sort and assemble more thanksgiving food baskets. yesterday we asked for your help and boy did you deler. we collected more than 50,000 dollars in donations, and enough food to fill up -- completely fill up a tractor-traer. the redskins came through for the fans on sunday. even with all those injuries. but the giving wasn't over yet. today the team hosted their anal harvest feast to feed 3500 prince georges county families in need. >> thousands of princeeorges county residents lined up outside of fedex field, not to see the redskins in action, but to put food on their table. >> it means a whole lot to me i'm not working, i'm disabled and everything. i'm not able to buy. my husband died two years ago, i'm not able to provide like i usually do for myself and my foster kids that i have. >> reporter: redskins players like albert haynesworth and london fletcher handed out turkeys with all the fixin's, cereal and overflowing bags with fruits and veg fabls. >> it's important to me, i'm here today because other people have helped me get to the point where i'm at. it's important for meo give back to other families. >> reporter: many depend on this food giveaway every year. because the tough economy, there's been an influx of newcomers who never thought they'd be here in line. andrea used to work as a medical secretary at children's hospital. her temp jobs aren't providing enough food for her three kids. for the first time, she's here asking for help. >> it's sad that my kids said they're hungry and i don't have anything to feed them. i'm happy and on thursday i'll have a full cooked meal for them. >> it's a growing need many organizations are facing. on nebraska and nevada avenues, this annual turkey drive was orpg ised by a group of neighbors. afte spending $60,000 on 4100 turkeys, the charities they help still need more. >> everyone i call they ask for more, thr demand is up, their need is up, and we do the best we can to help them out. >> reporter: ultimately, many at fed emfield would rather have a job, this time of year having a hot meal helps. >> did you ever think you would be here? >> no, not really. i'm thankful. i really am. >> lots of good people this time of year, it's one thing to know about with the problems in our community, but to see so many people lined up looking for help. glad to see they're getting. how about one more check on our thanksgiving weather. >> it y get a little rough out there for some of us during the morning on thursday morning, a little in the way of shower activity. i don't expect very much weather on thanksgiving. i think it's going to be pay dry one for the bulk of us. maybe shower activity to the north of the d.c. area. i think it's going to be a nice thanks giving day. temperatures out there rig now on the warm side. 65 degrees, do not expect the warm temperatures to last. look back to the west, 43 in columbus. 42 in cincinnati, look at that, those are the new numbers, 39 in cincinnati, 41 in columbus. much cooler air tha has already come through the area. we'll see a much cooler day tomorrow. high temperatures, 52, not too bad. we'll cool down to 35degrees on thursday morning. fairly cold on your thursday morning. i think by thanksgiving afternoon it should be okay. dry conditions late in the day. on friday rning wind and rain. friday morning i think will be the worst problem we're going to see over the next couple days, we will see a potential for black friday problems early on friday morning. saturday morning a low temperature of 32. maybe our first freeze inside the beltway. a big party tod for a woman named myrtle bergland. while donovan mcnabb said a minute ago his birthday was in 1976, hers was in 1910. she's 100 today. her relatives and friends showered her with love. they say no one deserves it more. >> the lord has been so good to me and given me this long life, and i've made so many friends an they are so precious to me. >> she's a woman that has a smile on her face no matter what. >> she's so special. she remembers everybody by name, she knows what they like. she picks out special giftsfor them. >> one way she keeps her mnd sharp is by -- and check this out. she takes courses at the community college at 100. she says she likes the ceramics classes the best. we hope that she's not having to pay forse

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