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outside delaware where a train struck an individual on the track. this is as we start to see many crowds here tonight for the great get away. the wednesday holiday get-away is underway with the folks traveling near and far. she and her family took the train to a busy union station. >> more than what i expected. i expected it to be r thanksgiving. brianne: near the gates, police and security are highly visible. including the new security screening tool. according to the manufacturer's website, it screens the large crowds as they pass by and able to detect objects concealed under clothing. there is a security presence at the area airports as well, expecting a long security line, they got to reagan
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>> four-legged friend along side him for the flight, he packed plenty of time before taking off for charleston. >> hopefully she will be asleep. otherwise she will be good. she was good on the last flight. >> officials estimate sunday is the busiest travel day of the thanksgiving season so we talk to folks today who are avoiding that day. coming back on saturday or waiting until the work week next week. meanwhile we know amtrak at union station has many holiday expect delays along if northeast regional corridor after a train struck an individual on the track near wilmington, delaware. reporting live, brianne carter, check on the roads with richard reeve. richard: well, brianne carter, it's a weird commute. off the exit from the inner loop.
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stopped on the inner loop. we are not moving at all. we stopped completely. some of this is the holiday traffic. 44 million people in the cars across the country. just an impressive number. lack behind us. wow! minutes ago we were closer to virginia and the outer loop. stopped completely. think about the folks driving for hundreds of miles. we talk to a lady named pines florida. she is driving 1,049 miles for 15 hours in the car. we example her to visit six people. >> it's cramped because there are six of us but it's good. the car we respected is
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family trend. richard: again this is the inner loop, near the langely area. we are going 4 miles per hour. jamie sullivan with the traffic. jamie: you are in a slow s spots earlier in the everything. gorgeous shot. slowing from the skytrak7. this is the mixing bowl. of course, getting through here is not too bad. but the stretch on 3395 as well as the capital beltway is going to be heavy in some areas. let's go ahead and look at what we have as far as the slowing. this is 95. heading northbound in maryland, stop and go but in the 20's. that is good if you have to get to b.w.i.
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again, big picture look. b.w. parkway is a slow go. that stretch on the top side of the beltway where richard reeve was is congested. volume on the outer look. south to annandale to tysons clear to alexandria. 395 open. 66 in the g.w. parkway, same thing. no crashes. can't ask for anything better. looks good now. michelle? michelle: thank you. especially if you consider the scenes like this, be glad you are not in los angeles. chec the 405 last night. one person on the facebook commented that is why it's called the 405. it takes four or five hours to get anywhere. larry? larry: especially look at that. it wasn't better around these parts this morning thanks to the accident on the outer loop. the first happened 7:45 when a ryder truck turned over, smashing three cars and another truck.
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georgetown pike and shut down the beltway. delay stretched over seven miles. had some people sitting in traffic for hours. stay ahead of the traffic with the text auniversities at abc7. sign up for those on the website wjla.com. michelle: the morning was a mess on the red line. a train broke down between the fort totten and the road "road to -- a road >> the rhode island station. amy aubert spoke to passengers who describe an uncomfortable wednesday commute. amy: some passengers are calling at it normal day. those on the disabled redline train on wednesday morning are calling it a headache. >> at first there was rolling your eyes like this is typical. amy: mike horowitz says his train stopped for unusually
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avenue. >> it's hot from everyone packed in there. >> he described a packed train and took a photo. >> other guys started to open up the doors to the train cars to get air. amy: after 40 minutes the train was towed here. to the rhode island avenue metro station where the passengers were able to exit. wmata says a brake problem caused the disabled train. report of a sick customer on board. medics were on hand but the passenger got off the train without seeking medical attention. >> it was very crowded. we were all pushed against each other tight. amy: through it all, victoria was able to catch a glimpse of the bright side with the help of optimistic passengers and amazing grace. ? but now i've found ?
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frustrated people's faces. amy: still some say those frustrations linger. >> i was saddened because this is the first day that the red line surge number ten had ended. amy: amy aubert, abc7 news. michelle: let 7 be on your side with the metro text alerts. sign up by texting "metro" to 43817. what will the weather be like on turkey day? larry: stormwatch7's chief meteorologist doug hill has a check on the forecast. doug: looks like we'll have a through area tomorrow morning through midday. in fact, right now live doppler radar showing showers. it's sprinkly type of things. frontal system well ahead of the cold front moving through. the steadier rain farther to the northern pennsylvania line. the showers will push through the next few hours. cloudy tonight. temperatures are chilly. 43 in winchester. 46 in fredericksburg. 50 in downtown washington. through this evening we have it mostly cloudy in the
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for thanksgiving, cloudy with the morning showers. then through the afternoon, we think sunshine might break out with the highs around 53. larry: thank you, doug. stephen tschida has look at the appoint its for donald trump. steves ben carson has been offered the position of h.u.d. secretary. he previously said he was not interest inside a cabinet post. earlier today nikki haley announced she accepted the nomination for ambassador to the united nations. haley criticized then candidate trump in the runup to the republican nomination. she has no foreign policy experience she accepted saying she is honored saying that the president-elect asked her to join the team.
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conservative michigan advocate for education secretary. a john kasich supporter, she said she is honored to join trump to make education great again. meanwhile, jill stein, the green party candidate calling for recounts that are three states crucial to the trump victory after questions arose of voter fraud surfaced in the states. we will keep an eye on that. reporting live from the newsroom, stephen tschida, michelle: after presidential medal of freedom handed out the white house threw a party. some of the 231 recipients -- 21 recipients took part in the mannequin challenge. it has people stopping in the midst of whatever they are doing and posting videos of it online. larry: cool to see celebrities do that. michelle: absolutely. larry: coming up at 5:00 -- >> let's get on with the pardoning because it's wednesday afternoon. everyone knows thanksgiving
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foul move. larry: a pun or two as the commander-in-chief with eight years of turkey pardons. >> do you have your bread crumbs? how about turkey? are you procrastinating with the thanksgiving feast? if that is the case you are not alone. i have the reasons why in a live report. michelle: as we head to bleak, glimpse at the year's thanksgiving menu on the international space station. astronaut shane kimbro showed off blueberry cobbler in the pouches and there will be rehydrated corn bread stuffing, yum, green beans, mushrooms, mashed potatoes and
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michelle: the team from the university of massachusetts believes they found the place that the pilgrims arrived when they arrived in the new world. they found brown soil where a wooden post once stood. the first thanksgiving
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today. turkey, corn, cranberry, potatoes and pies. larry: making me hungry! today is a folks to scrammable to make sure they have all the ingredients for the big feast. and q mccray is live with some of the stories. q: i think turkey. they go hand in hand. but that is not the case. right here at wegman's, this is the busiest section. they are just now picking them up. there are all kind of reason for procrastination. if you are pushing your cart around will be just as tough as picking the right turkey. beth fell in love with fred. >> we had to call it fred and give it respect before we eat it. thank god for turkey. q: they are a couple of the thousand of the procrastinators trying to get
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>> we ordered the turkey but there was something wrong with the delivery. q: a 20-pound turkey takes a while to cook. are you prepared for the people tomorrow? >> of course. always prepared. q: you don't seem confident about that response. bill has no worries. >> if the dining room is clean, everything else is no problem. q: he is checking his list and checking it twice. bread, asparagus. turkey big. >> 22 pounds. q: wow! >> that is enough for four people. q: right. enough for four. more like 14. others chose a smaller bird. >> we are selling the house. we don't want too much on hand. we are here at the last minute to buy a turkey breast. q: that is your excuse for just now picking up a turkey? >> you didn't tell me you would be mean to me on tv. yes, that is my excuse for last minute.
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last minute, time is of the essence and running out on you right now. especially if you have a frozen turkey. it won't defrost in time. if your plan is to cook a 20-pound fresh young cur i can, like this one here, keep in mind it takes 20 minutes per pound. this is 20 pounds. so we are talking about seven hours. get to it! reporting live from wegman's in alexandria, i'm q mccray. back to you. larry: all right. chef mccray. thank you for two and a half hours ago president obama formally pardoned the two turkeys at the white house. tater and tots will live out their days at virginia tech. that's where all good gobblers go. you get it. after eight years the first daughters were noticeably absented this year. president obama: big round of applause. of course thanksgiving is a family holiday as much as the national one. if for last seven years i established another tradition.
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a coreny-copea of dag jokes about turkeys. this year they had a scheduling conflict. they just couldn't take my jokes anymore. they were fed up. larry: that is two of the president's nephews with him. austin under robinson joining him this year instead. they look thrilled. but the president says the joke is on his daughters. president obama: what i haven't told him yet is we are going to do no cameras. just us. every year. no way i'm cutting this habit cold turkey. michelle: ahh, one more for good measure. his nephews look thrilled to fill in. larry: somewhere the girls are going, oh, jeez. michelle: dad at it again. doug: i imagine the writers, his speech writers had fun to put it together. larry: absolutely. absolutely. michelle: easy work. doug: happy one to write.
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the better chance of showers are in the morning and that is scattered as best. numbers about the drought. here is the map. updated today. you see the tan color through the middle that includes the district? the metro area? that entire area now is under a moderate drought. just southeast of the yellow areas, charles, prince george's county. north and west is abnormally dry. we are in a legitimate drought. when you look at the numbers, we are six inches below avera september. over six inches below at washington dulles. not as bad. two and a half at the b.w.i. we need a couple of events to get the moisture on the ground. not in the works. sprinkles here. better chance. the showers will dissipate as they head to the chesapeake bay. the frontal system on the move from the west. this is real rain moving from michigan through indiana and kentucky. but the storm center attached
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so, most of the steady heavy rain will go north but we will get a shredded out front that is coming through tomorrow with a few scattered showers through the morning and the midday. that is it. we will wake up to cloudy skies. showers in the morning. temperatures are above freezing. upper 30 to lower 40's around the area. this future cast computer model. there are several we show you. this shows that it's not overcast until the morning. it will analyze and west. that is pretty much it. the mountain showers and the higher illvations. looking ahead to friday. the black friday shopping forecast for you could be an isolated shower or so. as a cold front comes through.
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the temperatures will warm to 56 degrees. now get you through more days here. the weekend. it's pretty noticeable change from clouds of thursday and friday and sunshine of breezes of saturday. the highs to 52. plenty of sunshine on sunday. the highs around 50. this starts for thanksgiving. cloudy day. morning showers light day showers that are turning breezy, sunny and cooler on saturday. 52. sunshine on sunday. next week we will see a warmup as the storm system will start to take shape over the tennessee value. there is the possibility of the measurable rainfall through tuesday and wednesday. a chance that could be case of
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will work. there is no storms in sight. larry: we have had the roller coasters. it's been up and down. doug: up and down. the highs aren't so high and the lows aren't so low. i'll take it. michelle: very nice. thank you. just before thanksgiving, a turkey is taking over the internet. larry: we will explain. and the game changing discovery that could have you searching more than the couch cushions for loose change. plus -- >> got to be talking about the dallas cowboys. ready to kill them and eat them. you know? >> we want dallas! michelle: with the huge redskins-cowboys game for tomorrow, former redskins star has amazing insight into the rivalry. >> on the second anniversary of his death, unveiling of a memorial to marion barry. i'm sam ford.
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larry: but first a look at
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larry: a 10-year-old boy will died in august on the largest water slide that is 168 tall. the park says this is the only
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so far, no charges or lawsuits have been filed. michelle: today marks two year since marion barry died. and the first tame we seeing a gravestone on the late mayor and the councilman's grave. d.c. bureau chief sam ford was there for the unveiling. when they unveil the memorial today, no applause. just silence except for the sounds of the cameras snapping. i was full of symbols. so we have the seal. he was a fighter for equality and justice for all, the years in the civil rights movement. >> they came to pay their respects. the second anniversary of marion barry's death and took time for fundraising and design says his widow. the memorial is black with barry's image and "mayor for life" is a slogan. >> great event for a great human being.
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downside of life. >> cora barry designed the memorial not for the people who knew him but for the people 100 years from now to learn of his legacy. >> he is in the d.n.a. of the city. he will be a legend no matter who comes in the city. >> the name marion christopher barry, his son. cora christopher helped plan to memorial. he was not here for the unveiling. he died before it could happen but he died for us in time to put the name on the memorial. his name is there so he can be memorialized with his father. >> reporting from southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: coming up at 5:00 --
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now the people here need help. >> it could have been worse. >> plus my the camera shy officer is talking so publicly. that story still ahead. michelle: mobiletrak7 is on the road to track how things are going with the holiday get away. things are moving good on the inner loop of the beltway near fedex field. we will check back in wit
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much was paid for by d.c. water but they are not doing enough to put it back together. this is what it looked like in dela field play. the water pouring from eight-inch main. look at the picture from the basement. >> totally ruined the thanksgiving. >> bump took this picture of his house. >> ruined my holiday. bedroom. i ruined everything. >> the neighbors called "7 on your side" today because they feel like d.c. water just isn't doing enough to make it right. >> we are worried about the health and the welfare of everybody. >> they are treating this like a third world country an us like we are third class citizens. brad: the flood victims are told that the claims for the
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before they are paid. the d.c. water spokesperson telling us that is standard procedure. >> that is not fair because i can't stay home. i can't take a hot shower. i was supposed to be setting my christmas lights up on friday. here it is i'm cleaning up boo-boo out of my basement. brad: back live you the see some of the people here who have been affected who gathered here tonight. all of them say d.c. water needs to do mo see what the final resolution ultimately will be. in northeast washington, brad bell, abc7 news. >> thank you for that. developing now volunteers will provide thanksgiving dinner to thousands of protesters demonstrating against the dakota access pipeline. clashes escalated in the recent days. a woman's arm is to be amputated after witnesses say she was hit by a concussion grenade bringing water to protesters. >> police officer, grenade,
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exploded as it hit her forearm. it's ridiculous. >> they are not using concussion grenades. the pipeline crosses anatetive american burial ground and they threaten the water supply and they want it stopped or rerouted. michelle: this is just in the newsroom. the d.c. police department just confirm that december 17, all officers and the sergeants on patrol will wear a body camera. currently only some officers wear them. >> sitting in the cruiser while another officer helped an officer with car trouble. a drunk driver slammed in the parked cruiser. kevin lewis was there when the officer spoke out the to try to save lives. >> count my lucky stars.
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on saturday night he was moonlighting controlling traffic at the burtonsville mosque. he and his fellow partner started to help a stranded elderly motorist along route 198 when 56-year-old pedro vera of laurel slammed in the cop car. the damage speaks for itself. >> in the seat of my cruiser. lights kaboom! >> he and his partner and the stranded driver were all remarkably uninjured. vera was hauled away in cuffs. >> he admitted he didn't see my lights or my car. >> this crash is a stark reminder of officer noah leotta hit and killed a year ago next week. add to the fact that 15 maryland state troopers have been plowed down on the
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>> he admits he is camera shy sharing his story to deter others from driving drunk this holiday season. >> my partner had been standing in fronted of my cruiser, she would have been hit. >> it could have been one or two officers killed that night. >> vera told police he was driving home from dinner where he had had two glasses of wine. 56-year-old now facing charge of d.u.i. kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: a.a.a. says more than 400 people die in traffic accidents each year around the thanksgiving holiday. a lot of those come tonight when the college students reunite with the high school friends when they are all in town. in the holidays an average of 45 people killed each day by the drivers drinking compared to 28 on a normal day. so please, do not drink and drive. michelle: the government wants smartphone makers to make roads safer by locking drivers
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larry: meet the gobbler that is an online sensation. michelle: at 6:00, t dread this thanksgiving. the risk of an unclal or a cousin igniting a political debate at the dinner table. at 6:00, an expert's advice
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doug: look i ahead to tomorrow. we could have showers in the
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sun possible in the afternoon. look ahead to black friday. the weather is cloudy. temperatures will be milder. 56 by midafternoon. another cold front could bring us showers here by friday night. the weekend is different weather pattern. partly to mostly sunny. breeze so i and chilly. 52 on saturday. tons of sun and lighter winds on sunday. highs near 50. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" r we live in a pick and choose world. love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright?
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michelle: speaking of names in austria twin baby pandas the male's name fuban meaning "lucky companion." the female named vufang or "lucky phoenix." they were picked through an online poll. larry: okay. larry: this is the bad time to be a turkey be. awe special globaler is on the locals and he is thomas gobbles who is well known in
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he is so popular -- you know gobbles. they are a terror group. he has 1,500 followers on a facebook page. michelle: wow! >> he is notorious. not popular. know toe your. >> everyone knows not -- notorious. everyone knows not to mess with im. >> scared? a little. for those of us accosted or chased by him larry: gobbles is tough stuff. he isn't about being stuffed. be happy he is not on the dinner plate. thomas gobbles too tough to handle. michelle: he has quite a rap sheet there. everybody knows him. his posse rolls deep. larry:that's how we roll. michelle: can you imagine being attacked?
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getting that close to get the shot. the photographer. michelle: mm-hmm. good stuff. larry: workers' comp. michelle: still ahead for us on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- coaches may tell the players to leave everything on the field. but find out why the game is sending sending in a court of law. which he recalls i'm cheryl conner -- cheryl: i'm cheryl conner. inside the u.s.o., we will introduce sergeant that will see his son for the first time in a year this thanksgiving. larry: as we head to break, birthday for ann turner cook. the first gerber baby. today she is 90 years old.
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michelle: right now we want to take you to new york where preparation is underway for macy's thanksgivings day parade. testing out the balloons. the 90th year for the event. 16 giant character balloons
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estimated 3.5 million people. expected to line the streets in new york to watch. larry? larry: lost the shot for a moment. yeah. one of the best traditions. can't wait for tomorrow. we know the military makes makeo many sacrifices including months away from the family. we are so thankful for that. today, some are lucky enough to go home. cheryl conner has the stories from dulles. cheryl: sergeant wells is the u.s.o. lounge at the airport. waiting is what he and his son jordan are used to. it has been one year. >> i love him. only reason i'm gone is my job. cheryl: he is a firefighter in the army stationed at fort bragg. his son lives in washington state with his mom. getting a 4-year-old to understand the sacrifices that come with the mill their is a -- military is a tough assignment. >> are you coming home today?
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volunteered for two years, the spouses way to give back. >> now days it's hearder on the people because they have the back-to-back deployments a lot of times. cheryl: so here they provide the comfort. >> this is like arriving home a few hours early, there is a sleeping area where the military can take a nap before reuniting with family. >> we meat sergeant joining in cheryl: on thanksgiving eve, sergeant wells reflects on what he saw in the deployment to afghanistan. >> even with the little we try to help them out on the base they would be grateful for it. it's grateful for everything i have. cheryl: at dulles international airport, cheryl conner, abc7 news. michelle: this thanksgiving we are thankful for all of the men and women who sacrifice so
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absolutely. yeah. michelle: you know what else we want to check on? the traffic situation. a lot of folks still trying to make the way to the destination. not there yet. jamie: no. we have a few areas that are slow. that is what i want to start with. for the most part we are okay. northbound on 270 from 370 to clarksburg is 20 minutes. southbound looks good, a lot of volume. it's moving but a this this is not terrible. yesterday this was jammed and now it's just slowing. that is a good sign. michelle: stocks close at a record high today again two in a row.
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invest if he chooses. he found 220 pounds of gold hidden in a house he inherited from a relative. the unidentified heir found some in boxes crewed underneath pieces of furniture. that makes for great conversation at the thanksgiving dinner table. larry: if you want to tell folks. i don't it wasn't me. guy next door. wasn't me. doug: there are showers and sprinkles. tomorrow there may be more showers in the morning. a look at the live doppler radar. zoom in to where the steadiest showers are falling from hancock to hagerstown to the western howard county. moving north. i don't think this is much of a deal tonight weather wise. cloudy. the temperatures will drop in
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there are light showers crossing the area. associated with a cold front. tomorrow morning for turkey trot and the local turkey trots in the morning it will be cloudy with a chance of the sprinkles and the slight showers. i don't think it will slow anybody down. by the afternoon the rain is finished and we may see a chance of a few areas of sunshine. that is next week and it will warm up. the jury is still out listen this will bring us significant rain that we need or the showers.
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larry: a judge want change the outcome on the field from a court of law so a referee's mistake in the illinois semi-final football game in suburban chicago will stand. finwick was leading by three and run out the clock. and the referee correctly called a penalty but incorrectly gave the other team an extra play. they tied the game and they won in overtime. the story has gone viral. robert: hopefully we don't see it tomorrow night. michelle: no. clean win. larry: no controversial. robert: to no. trash talking, psyche! redskins at the dallas cowboys. if you haven't heard the redskins rookie running back rob kelly is stoking the flames. >> what do you know about it? >> nobody likes the cowgirls. >> no, boy.
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to the cowboys. a lot of attention on twitter. the instapoll question. did he make a mistake calling out the dallas "cowgirls"? larry: to go to vote go to wjla.com/votenow. the former redskins head coach that is believed to have started the deep rivalry between the redskins and the cowboys. he relived the good old days. >> you didn't have to anybody tell you get up. we were ready to kill them and eat them. >> what would he say?
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say let me and landry go to midfield. to fight. he would not do anything. larry: that is the g-rated version. robert: i know! michelle: this is a time for sharing. larry: we take you to a feast for that. michelle: think about changing the generous nature for toys for tots. join us for a toy drive next
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mike: i'm mike carter-conneen at the washington convention center. at the 137th annual safeway feast -- 17th annual safeway feast of chairing, they enjoyed a meal fit for a pilgrim. >> this is the pie and the apple good food. >> it included a clothing give-away. in a line that stretched along the first floor, hundreds waited for a winter coat. >> we have prosperity in the city and a lot to be thankful for. but there are people with needs. we want to help serve the needs. >> in all, the organizers expect to serve more than 5,000 washingtonians at the
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from a thousand volunteers. >> it comes in to give the food to them. it's great. >> it's a fulfilling activity that you are doing something for somebody else. >> on the volunteer assembly lane, celebrity chef. >> my life mission is to feed people. this is the perfect place to be. >> also helping is wanda durant mother of nba star kevin durant. >> there are a lot of us in need. mike: thanksgiving officially is tomorrow but the generosity came today. >> no greater than to give when you have a lot by the grace of god. >> mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: first tonight, additions to president elect donald trump's cabinet and the administration. at least one of the president-elect choices isn't
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stephen tschida is at the abc7 "live desk" with details. stephen: trump reportedly selected ben carson for h.u.d. governor nikki haley is the choice for ambassador to the u.n. betsy devos for education secretary, a former rival and two women two did not support trump in the campaign. possibly joining his team. >> the rost e grew by three today. dr. ben carson saying he said he wasn't interested in the cabinet post. >> marco rubio. >> south carolina governor nikki haley supported marco rubio in his quest for the republican presidential nominee. she sharply criticized candidate trump. >> some people think you have to be the loudest voice in room. >> since the election, haley calls trump a friend and issued a statement saying she was honored the president
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team. betsy devos from michigan was a delegate for ohio governor john kasich but says she is honored to work with the president-elect to make education great again. >> a representative of ben carson said he has not made up his mind about the nomination. the "washington post" meanwhile reports vice president elect mike pence is moving to a respected house -- rented house to chevy chase ahead of the inauguration. pence is head of the transition team. newsroom, stephens, abc7 news. larry: thank you. michelle: jill stein, the green party nominee pushing for recounts in three states citing discrepancies in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. traditionally democratic states and republican trump won all three in the election. this week the election researchers urged democrat hillary clinton to contest the

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