Down that way, down that part of georgetown pike to springvale road. The crash that happened late in the evening rush brought down the utility poles and wires and work crews are trying to fix it. I have a vdot truck right here. Vdot telling us the stretch could go through the morning rush. Make alternate plans. That is the lets tourn storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell and get a look at the weather headlines. Good morning aaron, good morning, everybody, friday nearly there. Friday one more day after today. Temperatures have fallen back to the 30s and 40s. A typical november chill. Well have sunshine today. Temperatures will go back into the 60s once again. Sunshine and a chance at 70 degrees tomorrow but lots of temperatures comes our way saturday into sunday, exactly how low well go on sunday . That is coming up at 5 21. Back into the news. Morning, everybody, let me give you an update to a story weve been following at the top of this broadcast. A bear attack in middletown. Maryland Natural Resources police just tweeted out some information on the id and extent of the injuries that this woman had. She had to be taken t center in hagerstown. The maryland Natural Resources police tell us that she suffered a broken arm, cuts to her head and puncture wounds to both arms. The victim is identified as 61yearold karen osborne. This is a bear attack we reported at the top of this broadcast in middletown. Again, suffering a broken arm, cuts to her head and puncture wounds to both arms. Thank you. 5 03. Vice president elect mike pence is headed to capitol hill. He will speak to the House Republican conference this morning and meet with Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. Pence is expected to meet with the Democratic Leaders of the house and senate. President elect donald trump will have a full day of meetings at trump tower today. Among the people he will meet with, South Carolina governor nikki haley. According it to reports, she is retired Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn is being considered for National Security advisor. The source adds nothing is finalized until trump himself announces it. Today more protests are planned following the president ial election. Students at the university of maryland are expected to walk out of class at 1 30 this afternoon. Meanwhile, the superintendent of Montgomery County schools is asking his students to stay in class. Yesterday, a 15yearold trump protest. When students are threatened or injured as part of a protest, it raises serious safety issues that require us to rethink the situation. The superintendents entire message will play at schools today. Watch it right now in our nbc washington app. In her first public appearance since conceding the election, Hillary Clinton had one message to her supporters never give up. Clinton made the remarks as she was honored by the Childrens Defense Fund in washington last night. In the 1970s. It was an emotional moment for her at times, especially when she said she wished she could go back in time and tell her mother about all of her accomplishments. As hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter will grow up to be a United States senator, represent our country as secretary of state and win more than 62 million votes for president of the United States. Before this weeks election loss. Senator Bernie Sanders will rally for social and Economic Justice and equality today. This comes after he made waves last night where he rejeked the idea where he could have cost Hillary Clinton the election. He argued he made her a better candidate and could have beaten donald trump himself jool president obama is meeting with several european leaders in the few days. He is in a few hours he will set with anga merkel. They had dinger last night. In Prince Georges County, closing arguments are expected today in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 3yearold girl. Davon wallace is charged with the 2014 murder of khnijah bibb. He fired six shots at a landover home after an argument with a person inside. Girl. The defense argues he did not intentionally shoot the little girl and closing arguments could be wrapped up before noon. Look at these flames. The house of falafel food truck on the George WashingtonUniversity Campus was completely destroyed here. This happened yesterday in the 2100 block of h street. Fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused this fire and are waiting to learn whether the food truck passed most recent health and safety it took crews to rescue a construction worker in greenbelt. Chopper 4 captured the moment that he was pulled from the trench. The collapse happened around 1 00 yesterday afternoon. At 2 00, crews tried to dig the man out and just before 6 00 p. M. , crews slowly pulled the worker out on a stretcher. He has serious injuries but is expected to survive. An indictment could be coming soon for a man accused of shooting a spotsylvania sheriffs dog. The case jury yesterday. Joseph conway shot at deputies and k9 unit as he ran away from a traffic stop. Dux was shot in the neck. He is expected to be okay but has not returned to duty. Conway escaped and was found days later at a hotel. Now to a developing story in metro. A scathing report from the federal transit administration. They look for Serious Problems on the tracks that need to be fixed now and problems lets start with safetrack. It predicts the total cost of the project will be 118 million. This summer, metro general manager Paul Wiedefeld estimated the cost at 60 million. It could take longer than expected until the summer of 2016. Other problems with safetrack listed in the report, lack of coordination, crews working 12 hour workdays six days a week and no plan to fix work not completed during the allotted time. Here is a list of other problems metro needs to deal could prove dangerous. Continued water issues in tunnels and tunnels with no lighting. New this morning, terrifying moments for children when a train comes right at their school bus. Another look at this close call ahead. A launch into space making an important first for a female astronaut. We have a preview of todays historic blast off. Coming before the cold weather . Breaking news for our friends in northern falls. This is between nicholas run drive and springvale road just east of utterback road. Connecticut avenue at chevy chase circle. Beltway here at Saint Barnabas road. Inner and outer loop, everything looking good. The rest of the beltway looks similar. Chuck bell, warmer today than i actually thought. Going to be a nice day outside for today. Yesterday, had showers around in the afternoon. That is not going to be the case today. Today well go back to sunshine, afternoon highs today, upper 50s in northern maryland. Low to mid60s from washington southbound towards fredericksburg and parts of Charles County and of course, were talking about the change that is coming today and tomorrow. It looks really nice. Tomorrow, i think 70 is all but guaranteed for tomorrow but a big shot of cold air arrives here at 8 00 on saturday night. It will really drop the temperatures. Even a chance for snow showers up in the mountains of West Virginia. So the time you get to the redskins game on sunday, doug and i will be at gate h collecting food for families. Giem time temperatures will be in the chilly 40s for sure. Travel weather will be an issue. Give you the travel outlook for the thanksgiving holiday coming up in a few more minutes. Back here at the live desk, we want to take you to baldwin park in l. A. County where a Police Officer had his back window shot out. This happened last night when the officer was making a traffic stop in a fast food parking lot. The officer is okay but that shot came through that back then you had k9s. You had helicopters over the area looking for the shooter. Thus far, no new information in this case as to where that shot came from, but we can tell you that that officer is, in fact, okay. From the live desk, im Erika Gonzalez. A close call for students in kentucky. Their school bus was caught under a Railroad Crossing gate School Officials say the cell phone video that captured the incident is a little skews. They say the intersection isnt very big and the back of the bus would have been on the road if the driver hadnt moved forward. Parents say theyre still upset saying it shouldnt have happened at all. The good news is no one was injured. Were learning more about the man at the controls of a commuter train that cracked. Thomas gallaghers lawyer says he was diagnosed with severe sleep he was the trains engineer. He received the diagnosis after the crash, not before it. The u. S. Official says the ntsb is looking into it as part of the investigation. The exhibition 50 crew is headed to the International Space station. Theyre scheduled to launch today from kazakhstan. Nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson is part of the crew. She will become the first woman to command the space Station Mission is her family. And probably the things i miss the most, obviously, you know, friends and family. I do miss them, we have a great way to communicate with them via the ip phone and have family conferences, et cetera. Whitson and her crew will join a three man crew to reach the space station on the 21st. There is a massive water Front Project called the it will include apartments, office space, shops. Water taxis will take commuters along the potomac river. They will connect Employment Centers including alexandria, mgm grand. There will be hauls that will navigate through shallow waters without creating a big wake. The d. C. Council is taking steps to categorize cats as invasive or nuisance species. Make that distinction. The intent is to target feral cats. The language in the bill could jeopardize the use of trap, neuter, return. It is meant to control the feral cat population in the city. Police are investigating why a k9 officer bit a horse. The dog and the handler, the officer didnt bite the horse. The dog bit the horse, right . The dog and the handler, i feel like i had to they were jogging in Augusta County when the dog somehow got through a fence and attacked a one month old colt. The dog ripped a garb in the hind quarters. It had to go through two and a half hours of surgery. It made a big trauma on me, i know there is a trauma on this horse and i dont know if he will ever get over with it, hell ever be able to show or ride. They offered to pay the vet value if the colt cant become a show horse. That could mean tens of thousands of dollars. There is nothing like the taste of bacon in the morning or at any time, really. How good is bacon . There is a way to get the taste without the calories and fat. An arizona Family Business sells mushrooms they say tastes like bacon. No. Not only are they delicious but they can help reduce your cholestero right now theyre only to be sold in the tuscon area. Good. Now, listen. That is not bacon. Mushroom and bacon are two completely different things. Would you try it if you can think you can get the same flavor . Nope. Not bacon. The turkey bacon foolishness. Im not into that either. Bacon. I think this is a day for a blt. What do you say . Prepare and enjoy your thanksgiving meal. Were working for you in the community to provide food baskets for those in need but we need as many donations as we can get. You can drop them off at this sundays redskins game. Chuck bell will be there and Doug Kammerer or stop by the Verizon Center on monday with Pat Lawson Muse and the rest of the team. Donate online and text message. Search food for families in the nbc washington app. All of the information is right there. Breaking news right now in first 4 traffic this morning. Take a look at this problem. Georgetown pike shut down between nicholas run drive and springvale road. Pole and wires down with all lanes blocked. This is for the morning. Youre going to have to plan ahead. Alternate route is route 7 which is a bit more busy than usual. Outer loop at kenilworth avenue. A crash reported there. Sacrament church. We have a single crash there. Were talking about the thanksgiving travel forecast. Im listening. You have family coming in from out of town . I do. This will be an important forecast for sure. Thanksgiving, a little chance for showers on turkey day itself. The rain that gets here on thanksgiving day may the west the big day before thanksgiving. Outside on this fine morning, were looking at a mostly clear sky. A few patches of fog but nothing that should slow your travels this morning. Temperatures in the low 30s and much of Central Virginia this morning. 34 now at dulles airport. 45 in arlington. 32, falls church and 34 at new market maryland. Planning outer day, 30s and 40s for now, should stay in the 40s through 8 or 9 00 this morning. So mild weather, just as warm as yesterday only without the rain showers in the afternoon and tomorrow, the pick of the litter tomorrow. Sunny and temperatures near 70 degrees tomorrow. Here is where things go down hill fast. This is future weather at 11 00 a. M. On saturday morning. Well start out mild and dry saturday morning but by saturday afternoon, showers in the shenandoah valley, by saturday evening, rain drops here in the metro. Look at this. These will be snow showers by the oklahoma, West Virginia game. 8 00 saturday night. Dress for snow showers during the game and a big blast of wind arrives here saturday night into sunday. So the weekend, saturday, not bad. Behind the rain comes the wind and the cold for sunday. So do know that sunday will be windy and really quite cold. Here is the travel impact tuesday and wednesday, showers out across the midwest. Of that will be the rain drops that we deal with here on thanksgiving day. The next couple of days, nothing it. Back to you guys. Chuck, thank you. Holiday shopping season, almost here. News4 is working for you to help you stretch your dollar. The four things to know before you start buying, coming up. First, that incredible video of a little boy saving his gunpoint. The new information coming into the live desk about an incident that happened at an alexandria 7eleven on franklin street specifically around the 800 block. We understand that two suspects went in, pointed the gun, took the cash, took off. We can tell you that no injuries have been reported but again, police in that area looking for two suspects that have robbed a 7eleven on franklin street in alexandria. At the live desk, im erika heart stop. Look at this. A 9yearold boy saves his baby brother as he falls right off the changing table. Did you see that catch right there . The mother had turned her back for just a moment and that is all it takes to deal with another child, that is when the 11 month old rolled over on his stomach and fell off the edge. His brother caught him. This happened in south florida. The baby is okay and the mom gave that 9yearold a big hug. I think he might be getting a little bit more than that. Go children, home alone with them. Hats off to them, big brother. Before you load up the kids, there is big news about child boozer seats. The institute for Highway Safety rates 48 out of 53 booster seats with the highest rating. It started the ratings this 2008. Only a quarter of the booster seats made it to the top. Theyre boasting about the boosters that work. This is really good news for parents that they can feel confident that when theyre majority of boosters theyre looking at will provide good belt fit across a range of vehicles. Consumers are told to avoid only two booster seats. Those are made by doral. The institute says those seats placed the lap belt too high on the childs belly. Look for the complete list on the booster seats on the nbc washington website. Breaking news right now in first 4 traffic. A big problem for a lot of people in Northern Virginia this morning. Talking about great falls and georgetown pike shut down between nicholas run drive and springvale d. Morning. Your best bet will be to plan now for route 7. Just do it ahead instead of outer loop at kenilworth avenue, the crash is out of the way. Northbound at 395 at edsall road. Cars along the left side. Im eun yang. Here are other stories the newsroom is working for you this maryland. The victim is a 36yearold woman. She suffered a 63yearold woman. She suffered a broken arm, cut in the head. New names are being floated for possible positions in president elect trumps cabinet. News4s tracie potts has more on who is in the running in just a minute. Now it is time to check our forecast. Storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell telling us about a chilly start but i like this warm up, chuck. I think youll enjoy today for sure, eun. It will be a far prettier day than yesterday. Four things to know about the forecast. Number one, lets try this again. Yesterday the rain showers caught a lot of us, including yours truly off guard. You have to admit, when you miss it, you miss it. Well try again today, give it the best shot. Sunshine back in the forecast for today. Low to mid60s today. Sunshine, maybe 70 plus coming up for tomorrow. Enjoy it. Saturday. And thanksgiving could be a little on the wet side as well. Ten day forecast comes up at 5 51. See you then. Thank you, chuck, your time right now is 5 31. President elect donald trump w