what's happened here. >> reporter: many families who haven't heard from their children. >> there of course has been a lot of response to this mass shting on. d.c. police tweeting, quote, the thoughts and prayers of everyc-b mpd me is with the thousand oaks communities. and president trump h extend condolences. we're hear from more of the young peopde who were in the bar in the next half hour. and we've got the latest t inforn in our nbc washington app as well. >> new this morning supreme court justice ruth bader hospital s in the after fracturing three ribs. she fell in her office after court yesterday. he waste admitted a tests showed her ribs were fractured. justic ginsburg is85 years old. she broke two ribs in a fall back in 2012. she hased surv two prior bouts stent to open a blocked artery in 2014. >> amelia draper joins us with what we can expect for our weather. >> it's crisp. we have plenty ofsunshine right now. high temperatures today in the 50s. can you see we're in the lo mid 50s right now. 56 in washington, 52 in fredericks, winds really not an issue out there. we're running a few degrees below normal but upper 50s for the most part. seasonable for this time of year. tomorrow we're cooler. not on that but you'll want thea umbrelwell. 53 for roar hiyour high on frid. we're talking a half an inch an inch of rain right now. we're the sixth wettest year on record. we're going to chisel that away. tomorrow i'm going to have the i meline of that rain and how it impacts the weekend at 11:20. >> we'll see youthen. we're go to a developing story in the district. moreer acc are coming forward after a priest was charged with se abu>>. justin finch has more on the case. >> reporr: this of course is going to be especially troubling for a lot of parishioners, word that father vazque is now facing a charge of second degree child sexual abuse. the archdiocese saying in the wake of this allegati are hearing from more accusers. here's now a look at father the vazquez. the accuser saying that father vazquez put hisnd ha down her shirt and touched her bare breast without her consent while he was working here at the shrine the sacred heart. at the time she was 13. he was 42 years old. investigators say this happened at least twice. and in its own review, the archdiocese is reporting more fallout that another priest has been remov for not reporting the incident to the archdiocese. this was the first report of this allegation of sexual abuse d immediately upon learning of this serious allegation, the archdiocese immediately removed father vazquez from the ministry and suspded his priestly faculties. since the initial claim to police, additional allegations against father vazq z were reported. and those additional allegations of course troubling for the archdiocese, which is right now under investigation by the office of the d.c. attorney general, now looking into how they handled pastof allegations sexual abuse. there is a tip line now that is under way and active. we have a linto that on our nbc washington app. >> the university suspended the symphony of soul band after hazing allegations surfaced a couple of days ago. in a statement yesterday the university said it had sufficient evidence that the s been some hazing activities. we reac out to the prince george's county police to find out if the department is vetting the - investigating these allegations. the university says it will continue its investigation to determine what will happen to knoho those participated. >> disturbing details on another report of hazing. damascus high school j.v. football players, lsex assaulted rookies involving a a broomstick. a 13-year-old boy could be heard screaming, another boy crying th out for attackers to stop. five j.v.ce players fape charges for the attouks on fr other students inside that locker room. montgomery authorities say they were not aware of the so-called ritual. >> a car hits and kills a cyclist last night on randolph road and connecticutavenue. you see the victim's bicycle in the median. ase cyclist not been identified. the driver did stay at the scene. >> it has been a tragic week at bucostops across the ntry. >> at least eight children hav been hit by cars across the untry. five children have died. a boy in pennsylvania, another childsin ssippi, twin boys and their older sister in indiana. >> that's why in our area montgomery county is taking action. officials say too many drers are ignoring safety rules when riving around school buses. that's why you're going to start seeing new signs these five areas reminding drivers of the laws protecting students at bus stops. megan mcgrath is live with a look at what you can d to help keep kids safe. megan? >> reporhar: well,s right. the bottom line here is that kids are catching the school bus in the morning at roughly th same time that a lot of adults are scrambling around trying too get t on time. unfortunately some of the drivers out there are not stoing for these schoo buses. they're going around them instead, which can be very, very dangerous. in montgomy county, they identified five school buses -- bus areas of concern. drivers are supposed to stop when they s the flashing lights come on, but toowbxm oft doesn't happen, putting kids at risk. >> also at the time the bus is coming, all the cars is rushing. >> reporter: officials have identified five bus stops in montgomery county of conecern. w signs are going up in those reas reminding drivers it's illegal to drive around a school bus that is dropping off or picking up kids. the signs are going in in the 8800 block and four other areas. >> with these signs maybe that will be nanother reminder. >> it will help people be more happening.hat is >> reporter: since 2016, over 50,000 tickets have been wrten for drivers who illegally go around those school buses, the hore is that the signs and a little more awareness will cut down on that sort ofhing because of course it is very dangerous. back to you. >> meganh, mcgr thank you. new numbers out overnightco cerning your thanksgiving travel plans. more than 54 million americans are expected tohe travel over holiday period. >> that's the most we've seen. the tuesday before thanksgiving is being called terrible >> the busiest travel time that tuesday will be between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. aaa says the slowest spot will be the inner loom whep where itd take you twice as long to get where you're going. the best day to travel is the friday orn saturday aftern thanksgiving. the worst will be sunday when everyone is trying to get home. be she to pack patience. well, jeff sessions is out as attorney general. and more protests in front d the white house are expec today. we'll have more on that and the political fallout since the president's decision. in the past hour, we have learned thedentity of the man accused of killing 12 people inside a crowded bar. the latest with h past isan we we can see more scenes like this today. demonstrators mobi to protest jeff sessions' resignation raies are planned around the country today. people are worried what this ould mean for the russia investigation. >> tstracee p has more on the resignation and who's taking over the justice department. >> reporter: after months of bad blood with his boss, the first senator to support candidatemp tr- a movement. >> reporter: -- has been asked to turn in his resignation as ra attorney ge. >> i think we're watching n obstruct justice in plain sight. >> reporter: president trum said he thought he should have never stepped down from overseeing the russia investigation. protesters made it clear they're not happy about this. replacing sessions for now, his chief of staff, matt whitaker, who has been publicly critical of the mueller investigation. >> reporter: if wants to do something, make an additional charge, he has to go throu whitaker. >> reporter: president trump said he won't shut it down but threatened democrats who open their own investigation after taking control of the house of representatives. >> you hen be sure we go down any of these paths, we'll know what we'rend doing we'll do it right. >> if they do that, they can play thatangame but we play it better. >> reporter: unknown, what is mueller doing now? >> you can be sure he's not sitting on his hands right nep. mulwhitaker mueller but only for cause.aker planned protests are all around the country by people who do not want to see this investigation shutdown. >> the the ongoing battle between president trump and cnn's jim acosta goes on. >> honestly, you let me run the country, you run cnn. if you did it well -- >> reporter: if i may ask oneer otuestion -- >> that's enough. cnn should be ashamed of its them. you working for you are a rude, terrible person. you shouldn't be working for cnn. >> you see this young woman come up here, the intern that tries to take the mic away fromim3h acosta. it's because of that moment the white house is saying acosta crossed a line and revoked his bite house press pass. he's nowarred from going on the property. nbc's peter alexander stood up for acosta. >> in jim'sense, i've traveled with jim acosta and he's -- , >> well i'm not a big fan of yours either. understand. now for the latest in the fallout of a football player's death at the uiversity of maryland. linda gooden will take over as chair. two athletic trainers who were on paid leave after jordancn air died have been fired. the head of the university board regents resigned and the school's president announced his plans to retire. >> áh]d.c. mayor muriel bowser e history, becoming the first woman be re-elected to a second term. one of her first items on her to do lisal ling marijuana. >> for the last three years it's been lega to smoke pot in the district, but illegal to buy it. you're allowed to grow it in your home or accept it as a gift. >> we have the ability to possess marijuana, which is our law. we also need the ability to procure marijuana legally, which we don't have now. >> mayor bowser plans to submit new legislation to the d.c. council earlyxt ne year. she hopes this time congress won't interfere, she says. right now at fedex field, dozens of emoyers are at the field looking to hire hundreds of veterans. they're also loking to hire transitioning military service members a military spouses. former redskins receiver gary clark hosted ahalk talk for vendors. as you know, sunday is veterans day. the "today" show is doing its part honoring men and women who serve our country. >> this morning jenna bush hager surprised jennifer hi man with a brand new car. >> very nice, thank you! it's awesome! >> her family wasso excited. hillman served a combined 16 years in the air forc and army reserve and now cares for two young cousins need of a stable home. god bless her. >> good for her. >> coming up, we're going to tell you about a program that helps you build more confidencee in st athletes. >> plus moms, dads, even kids are doing it these days. the growing popularity meditation. why people are saying they are making the forget the chick i don't kn -- chicken crossing the road, these fish needed to get to you see the salmon crossing the road. you can see the car trying not to hit them as they tried to get acro to safety. they were displaced from th swollen river following days of n. >> i've heard of swerving not to imt a squirrel. there was aar incident in frederick and baker park where they had a lot water up there, fish got out and swimming onhe tennis court. >> randomly. >> amelia is here to talk about this one moreay of gorgeous weather. it is chilly out there. tthere's a little bi the air. >> it's definitely crisp out there. we're going to he mostly partly to sunny skies. a few degrees below normal. pretty typical forthis time o year. we'll say today is pleasantly cool out there. tomorrow rain returns butt is looking dry for the morning hours. i'm going to show you future weather in just a moment. so far this season, wednesday is going to be a chilly day out there, butomorrow is more about the rain. the morning is looking dry, but recess is when we're tracking inin. rain ishe forecast. it's one of those days you pick the movie or plan the indoor activity. here's future weather. we move toward noon hed future wewants to keep us dry but i think we can see a few showers there in the metro area. notice it's raining just about everywhere and some pockets of moderate to heavy rain out there. this is the evening commute. it's a soggy, slow go. by about 11 p.m. or midnight, rain is out of the area. that sets us up for a chilly weekend but at least a dry en we 42 degrees to start off your saturday morning. we're talng about high temperatures warming throughout the day, we'll hit our high around about noon on saturda anen we might cool back down at 5 p.m. to about 41 degrees. you definitely want the jacket wi breezy windsroughout the day on sunday. it's a cold start. we'r talking about wide read breezconditions. that includes the possibility for temperatures to drop below freezing, evennside of the betwbe beltway and we have not seen that happen yet. temperatures on sunday only in the 40s. i'll have more o codelder air moving in next week coming up in a few minutes, ladies. >> thank you. time is now to book tickets for plans.liday trave you got to get it done soon.ne >> and information on the man suspected of killing 12 people inside a crowd californedia we just tried to get out, get behind a car, get behind something. >> we just tried to take cover. >> we dropped and we heard the gunshots, a of gunshot. >> just started firrag omly on the dancer fl at anybody he could shoot. >> you justeard from a few of the hundreds of people parked into the borderline bar & grill last night, hoping to have a night of fun and dancing. we areby learning more the hour. >> the ventura couy sheriff's office saidf one their sergeants was killed. he was a husband and 29year veteran of the force. the shooter is 28-year-old ian david long. they believe he killed himself. they also said long was recently cleared by a mental health na profess >> in april this year deputies were called to his house for a disturbance. they went to the hse, they lked to him. he was somewhat irate, acted a little irrationally. they called t our crisis intervention team, our mental health specialist, who met withl him,ed to him, didn't feel he was qualified to be taken under 5150 and he was left at that scene last april. >> here is more video from that scene from a chopper this morning. officials say 150 to 200 people wrinn side th were inside that bar. it also happened less than two weeks after the mass shting at a synagogue in pittsburgh. >> a new study shows more people are putting off making those holiday fplans, but you're planning fly somewhere over the next couple of months, you really got to do it because it could cost you. liz mclaughlin isorkingn your money" with how to save on holiday flights. >> reporter: more travelers are planning to hi the skes for the holidays, up 9% from last year, and many still haven't booked those flights. >> 35% of travelers are waiting plan their trave this year. >> reporter: often procrastinators end up paying for for their tickets. use google airline. >> it will let you know it' is booked. >> reporter: some airlines, like southwest, won't show up in a city search. southwest is the only service that doesn't charge for checked bags anda you can a reservation and switch later if you find a cheaper price.: >> reportey save my, tenditen -- by extending your stay. but you might want wn nail d your travel plans this week.y prices arxpected to go up as we close in on theay holi season. liz mclaughlin, nbc news.>> a program has grown from one school in montgomery county to 10,000 schools across the country. we're talking about lead them up. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. hank you for having me. >> this a really cool thing. tell me about how it works. we're talking about all thes countries now. you had a couple of ideas a couple of years ago. a school said talk to our foondall team you've turned it into this.> first of all, thank you for having me. it's been a pretty neat journey. it's pretty simple. coaches will appreciathow it works. coaches go on, they sign up and get access to all of our drills d exercises. we've categorized them into the nine categories that we believe most v coachesew as the most important things they want to see developed from a leadership standpoint, confidence, communication, enthusiasm. they then go in, they access the exercises and drills, they learn them. ey then go out with their team, whether it's on the field, locker ourt or in the room or in a classroom and they do it before or after practice. it's easy to learn, easy to implement and the athletes love it and they enjoy it and are impacted through it. huge. response has been you see the kid smiling in the videos you gave us. but also the itct that has grown so exponentially. what doyou really attribute that to? a need for something positive perhap >> in sports there's two sides of the game. there's your skills and team. on the other side it's leadership andct char. to create a special team is whether they both come together. you've got to be working on both aspects. we believe leadership like anyl skan get better. players say how do you know it's a skill? easily. because people improve upon i think coaches are recognizing in order to create what they want to create, they've got to have both aspects and that are utilizing the lead 'em up program to do it. w at do you think is next for the program? you worked with the nba, you worked wit nike? what are we going to do, see you next year and it's like 20,000, 30,000? >> that would beazing because kids would be getting immpac at. i don't know what theluture for us. we're in a lot of schools right now but it's still a small as percentage on how many schools are out there. we want to continuerowing and getting in more schools and working with more youth programs and working onle the c level as well and just keep putting out great content and resources for coaches to be able to impact their players. we'll see. >> good luck to you. we love tosee stuff like this. adam bradley, lead 'em up. erika? okay, so i'm certain that you know thehrase stem bu what about steam? it stands for science, tenology, engineering, art and math. >> all the subjects are combined into a nationaln project o this steam day. u're looking at a project using physics t high lilight st or steam. these are girls with part of the rls iative to give g nvolved in science, technology engineering, arts and technology. i want to highlight why this is so very important. you can tell ushy it'so important to empower girls in this way. this is o of the many projects they are working on to addresse isor young women. >> they use concepts suchas physics and chemistry and bringing that together for social good so girls can make an impact on local and national level. >> lee schwartz, it is important to really make sur that young ladies like you understand that you can have a voice in stem. >> yeah, it's really important for girls to see female representation in all of the stem field. >> i love it. that's what we're talking about, empowering young girls and women. remi i se up. the u.n. foundation will have a whole bunch more of these young ladies on saturday working on projects that highlight social good and social issues that these younre ladies c about. that's coming up this saturday. and there is a model they like use as you guys have your stemminist t-shirts. what's that motto you use to power up? >> girls strong! >> reporter: girls strong. back to you. >> i wish we hadomething like that back in my day. my bent is so not in math and science. i so needed something like that. quite the opposite of you. >> i think itall about exposure. i always say a meteorologist is a well-exposed form of science. there are so many differente aveto go down. i love that they incorporate the arts now butereallying girls involved in math and science is fantastic. off my soap box now. let's talk about the weather. can i cannot believe we're twoeeks out from thanksgiving. i was looking at long-range models. looki at thanksgiving, so amavel wednesday right before thanksgiving, seeing the chance for rain here in the midwest and around the great lakes as well. the rest of the weekend as well, thanksgiving, black friday,sa rday and sunday looking mainly dry with near normte eratures for the holiday, hat generally for highs is i'm seeing. that's still a ways away and it can change. i wanted to give you an idea so you can start planning. we're dry today. by the midday hours,e though, do start to see some wet road as rain is pusheng intorea for the afternoon and evening hours. lietly roads areawide. it could be a slowgo. the metro area, parts of the orthern neck are seeing high colo peak color in loudoun, counties to the west and the shenandoah and panhandle of westvirginia. i get to go out in the chopper today to check out the fall foliage. i'll have the latest vew at 4:00 and 5:00. here's at look at your ten-day forecast. 52 degrees tomorrow f your high. we're looking at the morning hours, rain in the afternoon. saturday and sunday, highs only in the 40s. a cold start monday and take a look at wednesday 32 and 45 for a high. really cold air moving in, ladies. >> thank you, amelia. black friday starting early. whatargain shoppers need to know. >> and we' introduce llyo at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn intensive care unit in the country. and giving parents peace of mind. it's less recovering in our bed, and more jumping on yours. stronger is standing out and standing proud. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. ♪ ♪ doesn't that look just fun and energizing? that's "billy elliott", the music ssical, written by legendary popar elton john and has won an award for best musical. joining me are stars from the show. you guys all play billy elliotty tha so very much for joining us. what is that like to share a role but be all invested in it completely? >> it's amazing. >> it's really cool. >> it's amazing to share it with him. >> are you tired? actually, the show is pretty tiring. at the end of the show, now i can see why it's doubles >> it's a very hard role and takes everything to put into the role. >> so you guys play the 11-year-old. i want to ask you how old each of you are if you don't mind. talk to me about the difficulty in this rocause there's a lot involved here. you're singing, you're dancing, you're tumbling on stage as well.ug let's go th owen, how old are you? >> i'm 11. >> i'm 12. >> matt? >> i am mu older. >> okay. so talk to us about everything that goes into th play a how work nging it is to around -- being so good in all of those areas. >> it's very challenging because we have to succeed in all styles, like ballet and tap. we have to hula-hoop and fly and tumble. >> what was the mostifficult thing to get down? >> definitely the ballet. i haven't trained in ballet all my life. i'm a tapper. for me ballet wasau tricky b it's hard to get all the steps in at once. >> yeah, i could see that. >> for me it's definitely the opposite because i'm more classically trained in ballet.o >> i'm blown away by how talented you guys are. matt do you have a favorite part in the show? >> watching these guys on stage ery night do what they do, i always say you would have to prove to me thathere is a role more challenging tn billy elliott. what these guys are capable of is really amazing. you are from this area, right? >> yes. >> you're from alexandria. to have that local audience feel? >> it's amazing. and also iive here. my friends, they can all come to my show and they're very suortive, too. it's really easy because then i get to sleep in my own bed.t >> t is very nice. there's nothing like that. the signature theater is a experience. it's a unique experience t way the stage is built and the proximity between the actors ana the ience. is that ever distracting to you, matt? no you like that? >> they would better than i just what the experience is like performing with the audience that close, but it is -- is really exciting and it's thrilling. it's an intimate space a see these big broadway musicals in our tiny black boxes, it's an experience you can't experience else.ere thank you so very much. "billy elliott" the musical is at the sgnature theater. you have some time to see it but dot wait. score! >> the caps coming in clutch with gaa wgame-ning goal against our archrival. theataps be the penguins 2-1. t.j. oshie was taken out of the game twice for juries and even had to get stitches on his face. it didn't stop him fr powering through and scoring the last goal with just a minute to spare. >> i don't know if i ever had one like that. but it was nice to get back out ouere both times. athrow at out to the training staffnd the doctors. >> get ready for another caps home game tomorrow night against he columbus blue jackets. moreo and more pple are meditating. i need to take a look at this, including kids. hear what's driving people to practice and hoit helps their es. l walmart will start offering black friday deals even earlier this yar as it competes with amazon, target and others for your holiday dollar the deals will start online at 10 p.m. eastern on thanksgivingt eve,wo hours earlier than prious years. plus more deals at 6 p.m. local time in stores onks thving day. there are also some holiday deals avaiableight now on walmart.com. the retailer will hold events in stores on this evening from 4 to 6 p.m. from freeoffee and cofaies. ebook's new video device portal goes on today. it can track you a you move around, while you're talking to your family and friends. it comesith built-in access to amazon's alexa. facebook is trying to alleviate privacy concerns. it says the portal device does not listen to, view or keep the contents of your video calls. all calls are encrypted and secure. i'm fnk holland with your cnbc business report. a local restaurant is getting in the holiday spiritby offering a dishth from movie "elf." >> customers can m now orderss ricky's spaghetti sunday, including strawberry and s raspberrce, marshmallows, s' mores, cookies. mindful practices. the cdc saysore than 14% of americans are into yoga these days. >> that might not sound like a lot but it's more than triple the number of people doing yoga six years ago. >> reporter: traffic, work, instagram, kids, weets, ffee, dinner, e-mail, e-mail, lots and lots of e-mail. with all that runs through our brains /7 it's no wonder a growing number of people are turning to a calmer state of mind. the cdc reports meditation rates have more than tripled from 4% in 2012 to in14% 2017. >> i didn't feel that i was calm at any poin in theday. i felt that my mind was constantly racing. edits orter: sherry meditation with giving her the ability to handle all of those racing thoughts when she was totally overwhelmed as a full-time lawyer and full-te studen the guru says the i practice all about relaxation. heey says t seek his guidance for one reson. >> they want peace. they want to be happy. >> i was stresse out,not in a good mood, tired, frustrated. >> reporter: 10-year-oldhaustavo been meditating for two years. he says he's better able to folk news scho keeps us in school and his calm when his patience is tested and keteaching the practe to his little breakfast. >> how are we looking outside? >> a gorgeous afternoon out lethere. a lin the cool side. a high temperature of 57. on friday it's looking dry during the morning hours. and then rain is in the forecast or your friday afternoon and evening. a dry and chilly weekend, ladies. >> thank you, ma'am. that's it for "midday." thanks for joining us. we'll see you this afternoon. >> have a great day. why shop marshalls? because...shopping should thrill you. with big brands at small prices. for the whole family! ♪ and unexpected finds you never knew you were looking for. with brands that wow and prices that thrill... marshalls is never boring, and always surprising. hurry in for a brand-new selection of brand-name toys at amazingly low prices, now at marshalls! at amazingly low prices, this year, 2800 people waitwill die waiting.ransplant.. don't wait. find out about living-donor liver transplants at upmc today. living-donor liver transplants mean less waiting and better outcomes. upmc is the nation's leader in living-donor liver transplants. so, why wait for a liver transplant? call upmc today. upmc. life changing medicine >> oh, hi, everybody! welcome to "acss live" on thi thursday. we have to settle in right now and talk about natalie's day. yesterday you were with kate hudson. first time seeing her since having her baby girl five weeks ago. so she's still in the baby bubble. she had her baby ronnie rose, who is adorable. gave me theop whole sn her. looks just like her partner. i was at a this evet ucla where she was being honored for her role as goodwill ambassador nar uniteons food program and michael's the one that sortr of brought into the fold. she's already been on missions to cambodia and places she really w