The mess, they went the wrong way on the ramp. David culver is live on chopper 4 with the update on that accident and more importantly what the roads look like now. Reporter hi there, chris and pat. I can tell you at least that accident is clear, but i want to show you that the traffic, it still remains. Delays out there for folks who are headed out of town, perhaps we can show you as youre look ing live along the beltway, the traffic heading away from you is headed into virginia. On the loop of the beltway there, likewise slow. The crash clear, but the delays, they remain at this hour. And if youre one of those whos making the trip by car, perhaps youre watching us live on the nbc washington app or hoping to miss the traffic by leaving tonight or tomorrow, Fairfax County fire and rescue have four things for you to pack for the road. Dave, if youre getting ready to hit the road this Holiday Season, youre going to oil in it, a full tank of gas and mechanically youre sound. Reporter inside, make sure youve got four musthave items with you. First get a few blankets stacked up. Why the blankets . In the cold weather if your car breaks down and the engine stops running, thats going to be your only source of heat. Reporter second, bring lots of hydration. We recommend half gallon to a gallon of water per person on board just in case. Reporter third, secure items tightly from bags to cell phones even. Projectile in a collision. Reporter fourth, leave the distractions like gps to your travel buddy. If youve got a passenger, i recommend you let them do the navigating. Reporter let them take you where you need to go, then extra juice will help you. Absolutely. Reporter all right. As we look live from chopper 4, looking down here, you can see tysons off in the distance out there, and you can see the slowdown continuing on the beltway both ends right there. Be monitoring this through the evening. I want to remind you, i am up in chopper 4, but if you want to reach out to me by facebook or twitter, let us know about travel spots we can check out from above, we can help you and your loved ones navigate around the Holiday Season as folks are gets ready for thanksgiving. Well keep you posted from up above in chopper 4. Back to you. Thanks, great perspective. The mashup on georgetown pike was the second accident on cars was able to walk away from the crash. Hes describing the moment he realized a box truck was about to crush his car. Only on 4, our chris gordon sits down to hear his story. Reporter quinn calls it a miracle. He was driving on the outer loop of the beltway from his home in rockville to his work at bmw of fairfax when it happened. He saw the car in front of him hit a jersey wall. He couldnt stop in time to truck about to topple onto his car. I could just see the truck falling and then, yeah, that was that was scary. Reporter what was the thought that went through your mind right then . Reporter am i going to survive . Reporter ahead at 5 00, mr. Burroughs shares with us the pictures and video he took of the accident right from the crash s chris gordon, thank you. From the roads to the skies, our airports are crowded this afternoon. Lot of folks are flying this year, thanks to cheaper flights. Right now, we are not seeing significant flight delays at either Reagan National or dulles airports but travelers tell us there are delays before you even get to the gate. Security lines have been long all day. You guys have time . You got here with time . Yes, we gave ourselves a full hour. Have every mode of transportation covered. In ten minutes, news 4s transportation reporter adam tuss takes us inside Union Station to show us what amtrak is doing on its busiest day of the year. All right. Now time to turn to storm team 4, a quickly changing weathers situation. Not just here in our area, but in a big chunk of the country. It could impact you, whether youre staying here for thanksgiving or planning to hit the road. Yeah, time to get our first update. Amelia draper and Lauren Ricketts in the storm center. Guys, the radar looks pretty impressive. Yeah, were dealing with rain in spots and then up into wisconsin and michigan, some snow showers there as well. Now, in our area, were tracking some showers this evening. Yeah, just some light stuff. Amelia and i were talking about it, tonight, also through the day tomorrow. Right. Really not looking like too much for your thanksgiving. Yeah, the best chance of rain is really right now during these evening hours then again moving into Fauquier County on storm team 4 radar. Back around the winchester area. Scattered showers out that way as well. Leaving the district traveling along 66 or i81 in the next few hours, youll be dealing with rain. Were going to see rain here in washington especially around 5 00, 6 00 p. M. Again, as lauren was saying everything for the most part light. This is part of a bigger system and this rain back here along with other factors is going to bring the chance for some scattered showers for our planner. Some scattered showers out there until about 7 00, 8 00 p. M. After that were cloudy, mainly dry with temperatures in the 40s. Now, remember, you can always download our nbc washington app. Its already been updated with the latest forecast. So as you hit the road, you can see what youre expecting with radar. If youre staying here in town, what the forecast is in your neighborhood. All right, thank you, amelia. President elect donald trump added two new names to whats betsy devos met with donald trump and today she accepted the nomination for secretary of education. Devos is a big advocate for Charter Schools and vouchers. Public School Teachers and unions are already criticizing her nomination. The president of the National EducationAssociation Says it shows how, out of touch the Trump Administration is with what works best for students. Also today, South Carolina governor nikki haley accented the nomination to serve as u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Its been a rough some folks in montgomery county. Chopper 4 was over the scene after a fire that roared through their home on kenneback avenue today. You can see the billowing smoke from miles away. There was no one home when the fire started and no word yet on what caused it. A president ial recount . First at 4, whos recommending Hillary Clinton take a closer look at the outcome of the election. Theyre about to represent only on news 4, why theyre greatest accomplishment is what theyre doing off the field. Usually its a scam when you get a check in the mail, but for more than a billion people, its sure, you could buy this. But why miss out on this . Warm up with pillsbury. At progresso, we are now using 100 antibiotic and hormonefree white breast meat chicken in all our chicken soups some major stores are giving us a sneak peek at their black friday deals. And a lot of them like walmart say why wait . The company is open during normal hours tomorrow on thanksgiving day and offering markdowns on electronics from tvs, to smartphones, toys and drones. We posted store hours for some of the biggest draws on black friday. I just shared a link on my facebook page. Also open the nbc washington app and just search black friday. A group of political experts is urging Hillary Clintons campaign to demand a recount. They say a pattern in the vote totals from wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania suggest they may have been hacked or manipulated. They took their research to some of clintons top aides last the white house has explicitly asked the Clinton Campaign not to challenge the results. It has focused on a smooth transition. Well, tomorrow morning, all eyes will be on new york city and the macys thanksgiving day parade. These are live pictures from the streets of new york. Well show you the lastminute preparations and tell you about the heightened security this year. And some of our colleagues at news 4 today are busy in the kitchen this see their Favorite Recipes right now on the nbc washington app fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So were offering incredibly fast 150 meg internet, just in time for the holidays. Coming. I cant believe he is doing this. Its so fast that in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, held by gary watson. Fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, all at the same time. Tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year; plus a 200 dollar visa prepaid card with a twoyear agreement. Visit getfios. Com or call 1888getfios to learn more. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. Its busy on the highways as the rush to leave town picks up speed. This is a live look at the beltway, connecticut avenue and montgomery county. Were already seeing heavy traffic as folks with leaving roads. And things arent much better at Union Station. Tens of thousands are trying to catch a train this afternoon. News 4s adam tuss reports, amtrak is bracing for its busiest time of the year. Reporter busy on the rails today. This is Union Station as hundreds of thousands of people start to get ready to head out for thanksgiving travel. Of course, its been busy for the last couple of days. This is actually amtraks busiest period as record numbers of people head to that are in place here at Union Station. And amtrak says its getting ready for the crush. Were adding extra trains. Extra seats. Some of our busiest routes and key hubs. Reporter coming up on news 4 tonight, well take you indepth into the train experience. Were going to talk to a red cap, you know, one of those guys who helps with the bags who has plenty of experience. Ask him what its like during this travel period. Back to you. All right, thanks, adam. Some of you may be planning you cook, well, it starts roll through manhattan around 9 00 tomorrow morning. Nbcs jay gray is in new york this afternoon with that story. Reporter crews are creating magic in manhattan tonight. The Inflation Party on the eve of the 90th annual macys thanksgiving parade. A holiday tradition that will bring more than 3 Million People out along the streets of new york tomorrow morning with more than 50 million around the world watching on tv. And return of charlie brown, and the debut of the trolls. The celebration will also feature 27 smaller balloonacles, and marching bands from across the country. Its a dream come true for me to be here at the parade. To watch my daughter dance in it, thats extra special. Reporter this year, there will also be stepped up security. After an online article from isis suggesting the parade would a former federal agent said the post is troubling but something they dealt with before past parades. The nypd and the jttf are second to none when it comes to address threats like this. Reporter and new yorkers say it wont change the way they spend their holiday. Its the best day in the world, i understand we have threats but we have protection. So were okay. Reporter and ready to celebrate this thanksgiving tradition. Yeah, and if you cant make it up to the big apple this year, you can watch the parade right here on news 4. Our live coverage starts tomorrow morning at 9 00. Take a look at what the weather looks like now. A gorgeous day today but is it going to stay that way . That is a question. That is question. Were noticing clouds moving into the entire area and rain in some parts as well. We are going to have scattered for the most part, the rain is light in nature. You do want to keep in mind especially if youre heading north and west driving into some rain right now. Storm team 4 radar, tracking showers in the panhandle of virginia, western maryland, Fauquier County, taking a closer look at the rain in Fauquier County, see rain around the warrenton area, up around marshall as well. So traveling along 66, some of that light rain, and this is all part of a larger system. Checking the latest flight delays for the most part its looking good. But there are some minor flight delays in parts of minneapolis, chicago and newark because of the weather. And when i say minor, its only delayed about 20 minutes. So good news there. But notice were seeing some snow mixing in up in michigan and were seeing rain then down on into indiana and ohio. This is where were mainly going to pull our rain chances from tomorrow morning. Im going to show you this on future weather. Here we are 6 00 a. M. Oven, were doing turkey this year. Were going to have light showers around. Notice in montgomery, loudoun, frederick counties. Once we hit 9 00 a. M. , were still seeing scattered showers at this point up around the bulchmore area. Lauryn is going to be breaking down the turkey trot forecast hour by hour tomorrow morning coming up at 4 30. Notice at noon, were basically dry but have plenty of clouds. Right now, we find ourselves around 50. 50 degrees in washington. And tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. , 40 degrees. As we move toward noon, again, were mainly dry. 51. Maybe some limited sunshine tomorrow afternoon. 54 will be our high tomorrow. So kind of similar to today. And during the evening hours, its dry. 49 degrees at 7 00 p. M. So your thanksgiving outlook, turkey trot, again, showers possible. If youre deep frying your passing shower there. But football with the family outside during the afternoon, most of us are going to be dry. And that commute if youre going to visit a Family Member for thanksgiving here around town, cloudy and for the most part Road Conditions looking just fine overall. Now heres a look at the next ten days. Black friday, chance of sprinkles. Warmer. Highs in the upper 50s. Saturday and sunday, plenty of sunshine. Low 50s. A little bit breezy on saturday. Thanks, amelia. Getting a check from facebook. Sound too good to be true . Well, you should keep an eye on your mail. Plus, were taking you behind the scenes at the smithsonian showing you some of breaking news right now. Chopper 4 is over the scene of a brush fire. This is happening near Lake Accotink in the springfield area. We dont know what started it. Looks a little like a brush fire. Were keeping an eye on this and let you know what we find out about it and what theyre doing to try to get control of this. Looks pretty extensive there. Again, this fire in Lake Accotink in springfield. 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If you file to join the class action by may, 2nd, deadline, youll be getting the payment in the mail this week. Come on, not that much money but 15 is 15. A lot of folks dont even realize this is happening. I think thats the bigger absolutely. Let us know whats going on. We were getting emails from people asking us, is this real, should we cash it . The answer is absolutely, go for it. If youve already thrown it away, oh well. Darn it. Thanks, susan. Sure, guys. Well, get thought. First at 4, what they can remember about you long after youve done it. Everyone wants to know will the weather cooperate for the holiday . Well, changes are on the way. Well talk about it with storm team 4. And as the holidays officially begin, we posted more than a dozen amazing Holiday Light displays and ceremonies around the washington area. The thanksgiving rush in full swing now. First at 4, were keeping an eye on traffic and how its impacting those leaving and staying in town. Were also tracking some changes in the weather. Just in time for the holiday. In a moment, ill be in the storm center to chat with storm team 4s Lauryn Ricketts. Two major developments from the Trump Transition Team today. The president elect has named his u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Hes also made a pick for nbcs brian mooar is on capitol hill with late developments. Brian . Reporter yeah, pat, these latest picks tell us that Blind Loyalty is not mandatory and also there are some big changes coming to public schools. President elect trump has chosen michigan billionaire betsy devos, an advocate of Charter Schools and vouchers, as his education secretary. Her mission, carrying out his Campaign Promises to break the bureaucracy in american schools. Association was swift and fiery in its opposition, saying devos has pushed a corporate agenda to 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. A few days ago, she seemed to be playing down her prospects. I was very happy to be invited. It was a good meeting. Reporter haley his virtually no Foreign Policy experience a trump win. In his the New York Times interview the president elect sang the praises of retired general james mattis, top contender for defense secretary. He said the general surprised him with his take on