This morning with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, the only regular here. I dont mind working thanks giving and the day after because im more of a new years guy. We wont see you new years day . No, ill be somewhere sunny and warm by new years. Not a lot of sunshine and warmth coming our way. A lot of cloud cover outside again for the afternoon. Not a whole lot of rain expected. Little pocket of drizzle and mist is all you need to worry sunshine. Shopping forecast for today, temperatures near 40 degrees here early this morning with a lot of clouds around. You can also see a little bit of sunshine today as well as have a small chance for a little rain. Little bit of everything. Mid to upper 50s. Cooler tomorrow. Well talk about that in a few minutes. Now its time to go to mr. Jack taylor at wtop. I still think the tryptophan is kicking in. If youre going to head out this morning, theres nothing in your way. Were in good shape as you head out. Nothing on the beltway. Good to go on the interstate traveling there on 95, 270. D. W. Parkway looking good. Principles gorges county along fedex drive. More equipment is headed to the scene. Shouldnt cost you any time if youre headed in that area. Jack thank you. Were going to get back to the breaking news we told you about at the top of the show. Florence henderson passing away. Youll likely remember her as her role as carol brady. She was surrounded by friends at a Southern California hospital. She died of heart failure. She was 82 years old. A lot of people remembering her online this morning. She appeared in multiple roles as carol brady through the 90s even. I know. We did some research, Michael Brady died. Alice, everybody loved alice, ann davis died in 2014. All six kids still alive. A sad day with people thinking about the lovely lady. Were following some breaking news out of falls church this morning. Police say someone was killed inside an apartment on seminary road. They got the call, david, just after 10 00 p. M. They event. News 4s Darcy Spencer is live on the scene looking at the investigation of what happened. Darcy, good morning. Reporter good morning. This murder happening thanksgiving night. The murder happened in an apartment inside these high rise towers you see here. I did some research. There was another murder that happened in another high rise building that i covered just we want to show you video that was shot in the overnight hours when the scene was more active. Fairfax county Police Telling us that they were called to this area here, this Apartment Building in the 5500 block of seminary road. They got here about 10 00 last night. Thats when they found a man, an adult, with trauma to his upper body. He was pronounced dead here on the scene. Police are telling us they are in the initialst arrest or they say that they have a suspect in custody. At this point we dont know if that person has been charged with anything. Were continuing to follow the story. Well bring you the latest updates as we get done. Back to you. Darcy, thank you so much. Welcome to black friday. The shopping holiday that millions of americans have been waiting for. According to the National Retail federation, more than 137 brick and Mortar Stores under extra pressure to perform. Black friday foot traffic expected to sink by 3. 5 this year but regardless of where people shop, six in ten of them say they plan to spend 140 bucks on themselves. Some of those people got started early by hitting the stores late last night after thanksgiving din any, from 6 00 p. M. The new clarksburg premium outlet. They said they enjoy the black friday rush and for some shoppers, black friday is a marathon, not a sprint. Im on my way to Tysons Corner and then im going to the outlets in maryland and then if i have time probably go further. Shes going to make time. The outlets will be open until 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Friday right. You might think about getting some shopping done from your desk. A lot of people do this, and not even using the desktop, using their cell phone. A lot of your coworkers have the same idea. Career builder says 53 of American Workers going to spend time at work searching for gifts. That is up 3 from last year. According to the survey, theyre not only going to use the personal phones but some tablets to do some shopping at work. If youre headed to the stores hours for some of the biggest retailers. This is the day you want to have that nbc washington app with you. It will be your guide to all things black friday. You can search black friday to find that. All over the country malls and businesses will be packed today. Shoppers hoping to beat the black friday bargains. Nbcs jay gray is joining the shoppers at one of the busiest malls in jersey city, new molette. Good morning. It seems like the shoppers are coming in waves. You tend to see that every black friday. Were here at Newport Center in jersey city where some of the anchor stores were open overnight. Big crowds came out after having a thanksgiving meal to spend time with friends and family. Its become quite a tradition. People say they really like the social aspect of it as much as anything else, getting out and being with friends and there are bargainings to be had. According to the National Retail federation, there are a lot of shoppers, more than 137 million who are going to take advantage of those deals. The average shopper will spend 935. 58 if you want the exact figure there. And a lot of that, almost 140 will be spent on themselves. So a lot of people you see out Holiday Weekend arent only looking for that perfect gift for someone else, theyve got their eye on some things for themselves. Im out here at the mall, david, molette, i might as well get a little shopping done as well. Dont worry though, youre on the list, as soon as i get my things taken care of. Back to you. You are too kind, jay. I think godiva is about to open behind you. Well take some of that. Perfect. Im guilty of spending on myself at the mall. Om business saturday. Shoppers are encouraged to check out Small Businesses. Deadly floods in july caused millions of dollars of damage to the downtown area. The Baltimore Business Journal reports local officials there will declare main street reopened tomorrow. Grand openings of new Small Businesses will also be held in d. C. s shaw neighborhood. Events are also being held in virginia, there are Boutique Store openings. Youll find deals along bethesda row happening tomorrow and as you can see with all of that Holiday Shopping and spending. You know what redskins fans need this morning . Need some time to recover. Need some time to shop, you know . Thats true. Anything that can change be their focus on yesterdays game. Thanksgiving day disappointment in washington put up such a good fight, but the cowboys couldnt be stopped. Dallas extended their winning streak to ten games. Reporter a few redskins players told me they were proud of the fact they stood toe to toe with the best team in the nfl. At the same time they were frustrated they left so many points out on the table. Jordan reed, he left the game with a shoulder injury, returned and grabbed two touchdown passes, this one cut the dallass duelling rookie sensations show the show. Dak prescott had a touchdown and ezekiel elliott. The redskins lost 3126. Could have made more tackles. Could have made field goals. So many could have, would have, should have. Thats one great thing, the reason theyre 101. 27 points should be good enough to win in the nfl but it wasnt today. Very good offense. Hats off to the cowboys. His legs, getting out of the pocket. We werent good enough today. Next up for the redskins the Arizona Cardinals next sunday. Tight end jordan reed will have a little extra time to rest that shoulder a bit. Ten days the skins will have off until their next game. From texas, im jason pugh, news 4 sports. 5 10 your time on this friday, the day you want to have the nbc washington app with you she thought she would never make it in a story only on news 4. A womans remarkable resilience after she was attacked by a i think a lot of you are strategizing to head outside and do some black friday shopping. Rain gear. We have a few showers but we wont get any heavy rain at all. Youll have many dry hours. Its a little on the cold side. 37 in davisburg, 36 in fredericksburg. Holiday travel plans for today, temperatures mid to upper 50s. A slight chance for a few showers around. The weekend is looking sunnier but cooler as well. Any travel trouble spots if youre flying today, the west coast and down towards the gulf coast the onlyer sunday looks like dry weather for driving up i95 and i81. Excellent news for the ride home. Speaking of the ride around town, heres jack taylor. Chuck, thank you. Over in landover we had a crash. A motorcycle crash near landover field. Were very, very quiet. In decent shape as you ride the beltway in and out of maryland and virginia. Hearing of a new crash potentially on the baltimore putting you up towards 198. A lot of equipment headed to the scene. Be careful. Also, we have a crash down in charlestown on billingsly road. David, molette, back to you. Jack taylor, back to you. 5 14 your time. Developing story in southwestern france. Police are searching for an armed man after they found a woman stabbed to death this morning in a retirement home. A caretaker called police after freeing herself from being bound and gagged by the retired missionaries who worked in africa as well as a few nuns live in the retirement home. France is on heightened alert and has been in a state of emergency since terror attacks last year. Law enforcement in north dakota issues phone alerts warning residents of more protesters this Holiday Weekend. Protesting against the Dakota Access pipeline. On thanksgiving day opponents gathered and disrupted traffic north dakota. Protests have ramped up in recent weeks with total arrests since august passing 500. Thanksgiving day tradition turning deadly in louisville, kentucky. Six people shot near a park where hundreds had gathered for a flag football tournament. Terrifying cell phone video right there from witnesses who say they heard dozens of gunshots. You heard tha two men died, four others hurt. They should be okay. No arrests have been made. Developing this morning, the military has not yet identified the Service Member killed in combat in northern syria. The Service Member was caught in a blast from an improvised explosive device. American troops are part of a multinational effort to oust isis members from the region. Ash carter called the death a painful reminder of the dangers into Credit Monitoring Services for more than 134,000 current and former sailors. The navy says the sailors have been hacked. The sailors names and Social Security numbers and Sensitive Information was stolen last month. It was taken from a laptop. Theres no evidence the information has been misused but they are taking precautions. Tell you about this investigators there hoping a 50,000 reward will lead to the arrest of a mothers abductor. They say 54yearold sherry batini vanished on november 2nd. She was out jogging. Yesterday morning say driver spots her. Shes all tied up. Investigators say that they are dedicated to solving this crime. Our detectives have remained have been working tirelessly ever since the report of her missing came in. They are still devoted to the case and will not rest until her captor or captors are identified and brought to justice. The sheriff said she suffered minor injuries. Right now they dont have a motive. Now to another incredible story. This one youll only see on news 4. The maryland woman who survived a bear attack is sharing her experience. The attack happened last week in fredericks. She was walking to her daughters house next door when she came upon a mama bear and her cubs. She said it felt like an eternity as the bear mauled her. And then she came around and bit my arm in half and then she came back around again and attacked me from above on top of my head. Went to catch her breath. As she was laying behind i could feel the hot air on my neck. Osborne says it will take be alive and with her family this holiday. Family has set up a go fund me page to help cover medical expenses. We put a link in the nbc washington app. Happening today in alexandria, mayor allison silfverberg will be kpd by santa claus at the citys annual Tree Lighting ceremony. Mrs. Clause also going to be there. Going to make the event even more magical. The little cedar of alexandria Christmas Carol a free event. Starting at 6 00 happening in market square. I love all of the holiday lights. Puts you in the spirit. All right. This was a great story you probably saw it on facebook. Remember the woman who texted the wrong person an invite for thanks giving dinner . She followed through. So yesterday he stopped by her home before heading to his own grandmas house for dinner. People are saying i have faith in humanity again. Im thinking, wow. I liked him from my first impression. Their story caught stove tops attention. It sent grandma wanda a year that is awesome. What is she going to do with it . Awesome. Need some water to wash it down. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Yeah. I like that. That stove top, thats good stuffing for going in the bird. I like to make my own personal dressing or stuffing to go alongside of it. More dressing unless you put it in the bird. Boy, did i find a recipe that i liked yesterday. Ill put it on my twitter handle apples, some sausage, so good. Outside we are dealing with a little bit of cloud cover. Not much of a rain threat for today though we could get a little bit of rain from time to time. Goodness knows we need it. Last couple of months have been really, really dry around here. Since september 1st we barely have 3 1 2 inches of rain. 6 inches of rain below average since september 1st. The last time we had heavy rain was an inch for now quiet weather on the eastern seaboard. Welcome news. A lot of clouds around but not a lot of heavy rain or snow anywhere to interrupt your travels around the area. Future weather shows the cloudy skies this morning could get a little break or two of sunshine this afternoon out towards the shenandoah valley. By and large a mostly cloudy day. A little chance for a little light rain coming in or a sprinkle or two. Dryer and cooler as we head into the weekend. Lets go over to wtops Glass Enclosed Nerve Center for the man with nerves of steel. Steel nerves. Yes. Weve got a crash, not huge. Charles county authorities are in white plains dealing with the accident. Its on billingsly road at Prince Edward drive. This may involve an overturned vehicle. On the baltimore parkway if marshall. After 197 and before 198. Hopefully its minor in nature. David, molette, back to you. . . . . The queen of soul with a long tribute to america. I had to stop at the gym and watch this. Why thousands couldnt stop youre watching news 4 today. Back now at 5 25. People are still talking about this today. Aretha franklins amazing, i think, rendition of the National Anthem is trending all over the country. The queen of soul showing off her talents ahead of last nights lions vikings game. Check it out. . . . . Did an incredible job, of course. It just took too long for some of the folks there. I wondered this as i watched from the gym. It lasted 4 35 and then it quickly went viral. For the whole thing . No. Along with the football players. It was great, but i like soul youre not going to rap her. Nobody raps the queen of soul. She even took time getting her microphone before she started. 5 26 is your time right now. Showers might impact your Holiday Shopping plans. This weekend, updating the four things you need to know. No break for the president elect. Well show you how dona trump breaking news now at 5 30. She was the loveable mom millions welcomed into their home. Brady bunch actress Florence Henderson has died. The tributes now coming in this morning. Thanksgiving murder. Were going toa the investigation happening now in fairfax county. Well tell you who police are holding accountable. And deals, deals, and, yeah, packed malls and stores. Were tracking everything you need to know before you head out for this black friday. News 4 today starts now. Welcome you back in on this friday morning. Im david. And im molette green. Thank you for joining us on this got to have a plan. Got to have a plan so for today have that Little Pocket umbrella. Much like yesterday, you could get a little sunshine, then a little bit of light rain as well. Not expecting a big impact on your day today from the weather department, but at least a little bit. Many clouds. A few chances of rain. Mainly this evening. Good news is well get sunshine back for the weekend. Next week well t and sunday. Back into the 60s next week and ten day forecast ill share with you at 5 51. Finally, our next best chance for potentially getting more than an inch of rain on a single day. All of that coming up. Back over to mr. Jack taylor. Are you a stuffing or dressing person . I am a total stuffing person. Im one of those, i dont know why, we had the discussion earlier. Stove top. I dont care for it in the bird. Thats just me. It got busier. Accident northbound bottom of the parkway. Starting to see color in the green. You have a pretty good start on the beltway. Inner and outer beltway. Crash in charles county, closing billingsly road between Prince Edward drive and livingston road. The vehicle is overturned. A lot more equipment arriving on scene. Charges could be filed in the killing of a waynes State University police officer. 29yearold officer Collin Rhodes was on patrol tuesday when someone shot him in the head