we are following two breaking news stories this morning. the first in the dupont circle area where police say three people have been shot. another three stabbed. it happened overnight on connecticut avenue. police are saying very little about this incident. they are telling us that all six victims have been taken to the hospital. there is no word on their condition or what led to the shootings in the first place. and we are also following breaking news out of prince george's county where two children and one adult are in extremely critical condition after the house they were in caught on fire. it broke out 3:45 in the 2400 block of griffin street. that is in chilham. mark, thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about this fire this morning? >> i can tell you that when firefighters arrived, one crew

advanced the hose in. and another crew were search and rescue. they were all found to be nonbreathing and without a pulse. this includes a 6-year-old and two adult females. they were all removed from the structure and taken to a nearby hospital where tragically the 6-year-old has succumbed to his injuries. however, the two females continue to be worked on by emergency room staff. >> one dead now. that's the update on the situation. do you know where this fire broke out and the cause? >> the cause is currently under investigation. fire investigators and police officers on the scene. standard operating procedure when there is a fatality involved. this one-story brick home it appears the fire was involved

under the front porch of the house, which includes a living room area. it's a little too early to comment on the cause of the fire. >> was there anyone else able to get out or you think the three people you were able to remove are the only ones there? >> there was an adult female able to exit prior to the fire department's arrival. she is currently being interviewed by fire investigators. >> mark brady from the prince george's county fire and ems service. and we thank you very much for joining us live via phone this sunday morning. >> okay. well, today is not only the sunday after thanks gig, it's also one of the busiest travel days of the year. many of the estimated 42 million people who traveled for the holiday are now headed back home. taking a live look now at reagan national airport, we have no major airline delays at this area or dulles or bwi marshall. as for the roads, expect heavy conditions up and down the interstate 95 corridor.

vdot has opened the northbound h.o.v. lanes and suspended most major construction work this weekend. all three american students arrested last week in egypt are back home in the states. georgetown student derrick sweeney arrived in st. louis just a few hours ago. the students were arrested for allegedly throwing fire bombs at security forces during the riots in cairo. sweeney talked about how scared he was during his first night in prison. >> yeah. that first evening was one of the most frightening thing in my life. and they said they were going to shoot us. and we spent about six hours that first tight in a fetal position with our hands behind our back in the dark. they were behind us. and it was very scary. >> last night another one of the students, gregory porter, was reunited with his family in

philadelphia. he spoke to reporters and said he is grateful to be back in the states. >> i'd like to thank the embassy in cairo for all the things they did for us, as well as the administration of the american university in cairo for all their help and support. i'm just so thankful to be back and love to be in philadelphia right now. >> the third student, luke gates, landed last night in indiana. meanwhile, sweeney and his mother will appear on the "today" show this morning. and you can see that interview at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. turning to the weather now, another gorgeous weekend. >> yeah. >> and change ahead? >> a little change. happy endings on that story with the people. happy endings in the way of our forecast as well. it's going to be a very easy weather day from a traveling -- or very easy traveling day from a weather perspective i mean to say, especially along the i-95 corridor. easy from a weather perspective now. you put 42 million people on the

highway and it's going to get bogged down from a traffic standpoint. we're off to a beautiful and mild start on a sunday morning. a veil of think, thin clouds. it stuck around a little bit longer than it was supposed to. good news, as a result we're going to have a milder day today daus of it. temperatures now in the mid-30s across the western suburbs. but at or near 50 degrees in washington, annapolis, st. mary's county. temperatures in the low 50s. still nothing showing up on doppler anywhere too close to us. if you're flying today into detroit, chicago, louisville, atlanta, memphis, new orleans, may have some weather delays. and some of those larger airport hubs. but right around here we are sitting pretty for at least the next 24 to 36 hours. increasing mid and high-level clouds. breezy wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. but mild indeed. way up into the 60s by later on this afternoon. so that will be a nice change. yesterday we only made 61 # degrees yesterday. but 64, 65, 66 degrees today.

another mild one coming up today with a whole lot of clouds around and rain chances on the up and up. the four-day and the extended forecast coming up in a couple minutes. >> montgomery county police say two carjackings are likely connected. both happened outside the same giant grocery store on university boulevard in a week. that's in the westfield wheaton shopping center. the latest victim was abducted and ended up at a gas station in northwest washington. news 4's darcy spencer has more on what happened. >> reporter: are you okay? >>, yeah i'm okay. >> reporter: this 60-year-old man was the victim of a kidnapping and robbery. police say he was the second man in three days to be forced into his car by a robber wielding a box cutter in this giant food parking lot in wheaton and forced to withdraw money from several atms before being released. police believe the same man is responsible for both crimes. >> you're the second victim.

>> reporter: police say they left westfield at 2:00 in the afternoon. the robber told him to get in the passenger seat. after getting the cash, he jumped out of the jeep at bp on blair road in northwest d.c., near tacoma metro station. an attendant called 911. police took pictures and dusted for prints. >> we caution people to not be on their cell phones. i don't know whether these folks were north. to really look around and be very cautious and be very aware of your surroundings. >> reporter: on wednesday police believe the same robber kidnapped a 75-year-old man from the same parking lot also at knife point. many shoppers still had not heard about these abductions. >> i appreciate you waking me up. >> what do you think of someone doing that and targeting older folks? >> today, nothing surprises me. >> will this change your behavior? >> yeah. i think i'll be coming with my

husband more. a lot of times i do come down here during the daytime and stuff. yeah, i will be very cautious. >> i asked police if they have any surveillance video or pictures they can release from any of the atm machines. they said they have nothing to release at this time. but they do believe the same man is responsible for both crimes. both victims provided the same description and the person responsible remains at live. in wheaton, darcy spencer, news 4 today. metro officials are investigating a bus accident that injured nine people, including four children. it happened yesterday at 6:00 p.m. at 18 and independence avenue southeast washington. that's right near rfk stadium. metro officials say the b2 bus was headed toward anacostia when it collided with a car. everyone is expected to be okay. a beloved holiday character was a little less than jolly on the eastern shore. police arrested a man wearing a

frosty the snowman costume. he's accused of scuffling with police and kicking at a police dog. the man says he was wrongfully arrested and that the officer harassed him after he made a joke about the police dog. now, chuck bell yesterday you mentioned you were going to go out and get a christmas tree. >> never happened. they moved the oklahoma game up to noon. as a result, that interfered with my ability to do other things. >> football just getting in the way of life. >> they won. that's all that matters to me. as a result, today will be the day. and that's all right. because it's going to be another mild day to get outside and do a little late thanksgiving, early christmas shopping, whatever you need to do. or if you have a busy day of travel in front of you.

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chuck bell joins us now with a look outside another nice day before you have to head to work tomorrow. >> i know. a lot of people not excited about going to work and school on monday. everybody getting back home or back where they want to go. whichever way that works in your house. some people are happy to leave. some people are sad. we'll miss you so much. and the people who have been doing all the cooking and cleaning, no, you go home. >> my son is going back to arizona state so i'm going to bwi. >> you will not be alone at the airport today. no doubt about that. if you're traveling in and around the city of washington, a quiet weather day. mid and high level clouds, yes. south breezes, yes. mild weather, yes. outside we go. mostly clear skies for now. it is going to remain a please

day to be outside today. different weather forecast challenges. yesterday the clouds held back the temperatures a little bit. today it won't be a problem whether we will warm up but how warm it's going to feel courtesy of a stiff breeze for later this morning and this afternoon. nothing really big going on. 50 degrees our current temperature with a light wind southwest at 7 miles per hour. winds later on might be more of the 15 to 20-mile-per-hour range. so a bit of a breeze, but it will be coming out of the south. it's bringing moisture northbound into our area. so temperatures this morning in the western suburbs, upper 30s to low and mid-30s. 48 just down the interstate in winchester. 50 in annapolis. as you make your plans for your sunday, it will be a dry day today. we'll have breaks of sunshine, especially here in the front half of the day. gradually, though, those clouds will thicken up a bit.

but mild thanks to the southerly breeze. highs today mid-60s. no rain as i mentioned around i-95 at this point in time. you don't have to go too far back to the west. good news for us, this is a slow-moving band of rain showers. most of the rain is going northbound as opposed to racing to the east. so as a result that's going to take a long time to get all the rain drops in. most of us will be dry today, tonight, and through most if not all of your monday as well. so even with the mid-level clouds moving on in, expect a mild and breezy day and temperatures climbing gradually into the mid-60s. so a mild finish to our holiday weekend. and rain drops arrive on monday. increasing mid and high-level clouds. breezy and mild. highs near 65 degrees. another day in the low to mid-60s. but an abundance of clouds tomorrow and a risk of sprinkles as early as before sunset time. most of the rains come in for the day on tuesday. off and on through much of the

day on tuesday, tapering off late tuesday or early wednesday. and then a little hint of what will be december-like weather coming in. december 1st is thursday? what? yeah. be ready for that. cold sunshine next weekend. >> yesterday a lot of people out walking their dogs, bethesda. >> no complaints from me. >> thanks, chuck. well, the capitals look to rebound from friday night's tough loss to the rangers. we have the highlights in this morning's sports minute. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. i'm amber theo-harris. your sports minute begins with hockey. capitals visiting the sabres in buffalo. second period, it's 2-0, sabres. jason chimera. the ninth of the year. caps within a goal. but just 27 seconds later, buffalo on the attack. three on two. andre sikara to zach cassian.

buffalo up, 3-1. sabres go on to win. 5-1 the final. virginia tech and virginia playing for the acc coastal division title and a trip to the conference title game next week. hokies up 21-0. david wilson goes up the gut and finds an open field to the end zone. 38 yards for the touchdown. virginia tech rolling 28-0. hokies domination continues. thomas to marcus davis for the seven yard touchdown. davis with five catches for 119 yards. virginia tech shuts out virginia, 38-0. hokies take home their eighth straight commonwealth cup and they will face clemson in the acc title game next season in charlotte. elsewhere in the acc, maryland looking to snap its seven-game skid on the road at nc state. third quarter, terps already up 34-14.

dave keeps it going 46 yards for the touchdown. maryland takes a 41-14 lead. but back come the wolfpack. down 6. james washington punches it in from a yard out to give nc state its first lead of the game. later, maryland down eight. cj brown intercepted by c.j. wilson. he returns it 59 yards for the score. nc state completes the second biggest comeback in acc history and wins 56-41. maryland finishes the season with a 2 and 10 record, losing their last eight games of the year. that's your sports minute. i'm amber theo-harris. enjoy your day, everybody. >> next up is reporter's notebook. >> we'll be back in 15 minutes with your top stories and your sunday forecast. >> good morning. welcome to reporter's notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with a shakeup of d.c.

mayor vincent gray. pedro ribero, former spokesperson for democratic will be director of communications. sheeba bunn as deputy chief of staff. she's worked to dell nor holmes norton. how will these two help mayor gray's office and p.r.? >> well, if they can keep the lid on the negative publicity that the mayor generated over choosing various people to work for him and the fact that he's under investigation and the to and fro with brown, if in the case get a flow out to the public on that, that leaves the mayor in a position where he seems to be in control, knows what's going on, is working as mayor, that's a good thing. if they can't do that, the mayor will continue to have problems. >> jerry and joe, the mayor doesn't call this a shakeup, but is it? >> well, it's a shuffling to me.

because shakeup means you lay people off or get rid of people. >> dump them. >> that's how it happened. >> linda boyd, who was in that position of director of communications, she goes over to health. and they have been going to agencies for a long time in d.c. government. in this particular case i wouldn't say it's a shakeup. i would say it's a shuffling around. taxpayers -- see the big criticism is the fact that they were paying these big salaries to these people on staff. this affects the taxpayer. it comes out of their pockets. so taxpayers lose out because they're still going to continue to pay big salaries to people off in the corner. >> that's the case regarding boyd. but the chief of staff was andy p pringle. >> she voted in d.c.

i think what this really is about is trying to find on people who can handle crisis. if i'm not mistaken, linda boyd was very good at event planning and that type of thing. but then when all these various crisis developed, she fell short. so it looks like he's got someone who knows how to handle the media, people like yourself when crisis develop. that's why this shift has taken place more than anything else. >> dave went to capitol hill. >> that's right. loughner from california who is a prominent player in politics. a little bit behind the scenes legislator. highly regarded. runs a good offense, as we know. highly regarded by people in both parties. and so is the staff, to the best of my knowledge. >> that tells you exactly what he's thinking. and to have somebody -- >> just like you just described

who probably is low key in terms of visibility that can get things down. >> and that's bunn too out of illinois. she was on television this last week, the congresswoman. and she was saying she really, really applauded vince gray for taking on sheila. the whole thing, very quickly, pat, has to do with image building. >> let's talk about ethics building. the d.c. counsel's new ethics reform legislation was released this past friday now. according to critics, it's insufficient to control a council that has seen 5 of its 13 members touched by scandal in the last year. this new bill calls for a new board of ethics. it calls for elected leaders being required to disclose outside income and business clients who have a stake in the counsel's activities. it reduces the cap on constituent services funds to $40,000. and it limits expenditures from

the funds. but what are the main briefs with the bill? >> constituent fund. a lot of people think there shouldn't be a constituent fund, that it's a slush fund that's been misused and it's out to gain favor, to lavish people one way or the other to use the slush fund to do that. and there have been stories where funds have been used and criticism of how they've been used and what they have been used for. so the fact that they're there is an opportunity, the critics say, for members to continue to be doing what they're doing. they're still there. >> well, watch dog terry lynch, said the problem with this whole bill is the fact that people on the council make money. they make a good salary, and they can still work outside. and he's saying they should change that. that's one of the loopholes in the bill you. >> i think that, one, i would have preferred that they be full-time council members. >> yeah. >> i think they make enough

money to do just that. two, if a legislator is unethical, they ought to be forced to resign. that's not in the bill. three, you're talking about $600,000 to $800,000 funding the educate economics commission or committee. that's not a lot of money when you are paying people. what can you do? i know for people who are unemployed that sounds like a lot of money. but this is a committee that's going to have to work. now they're limited by their budget. if they were very serious about them, they would give enough money to do the kind of investigation they would have to do because these can be very complicated issues as we all know. >> well, will the proposals make a difference? will it help advance the cause of ethics? >> critics say no, although they pwrupblgingly kpheupbt at least it's a step in the right direction. they're admitting they have a problem and they're working o it. then they turn around and say, no, but it didn't go far enough.

>> i don't think it goes far enough. i'm just concerned about the kickback from capitol hill. >> and you have 5 of 13 on the council that are under investigation for unethical things that are sitting here making the rules about what will impact five of them. >> to pick up on your point, jerry, will ethics be connected to the city's effort to gain financial independence? >> my colleague knows better than i. but i would say everything is connected on capitol hill. you have a congressman there. i think it's a moderate person. i haven't found a republican to be that moderate toward district affairs when it comes to financial autonomy or anything like that. i think it could have some effect on the future financial autonomy. >> delenore holmes norton said

the bill that's now before congress may be the city's best shot at financial independence for a while now. >> translator: chairman of the committee that oversees the district is pretty much giving full budget autonomy except there's a rather permanent rider that it may not spend locally raised funds on abortions. this in addition to a federal ban on spending money on abortions. people who support the district thinks this is too much. they should have the power of the purse over everything and this abortion rider shouldn't prevail. but people say the only way you get through is to get in on that so you get budget autonomy in return. >> hasn't this been the same old thing? we always get a nice carrot in front of us. >> that's always been the complaint. >> better known as a stick?

>> well, no. >> the abortion rider impacts low-income women in the district more than any other group, as we all know. >> yeah. >> i've been saying that this is the only rider he would like to have. and if anybody else has anything else, bring it now. but the reality is that i think we should leave this up to eleanor. our delegate probably knows how to work. and she's going to have to back channel. >> that's a very good point. she said i can work with this. >> that's right. >> that's promising. >> let's just hope they don't add on to it later on. >> that's the problem. >> got to take a break. be right back. stay with us. we promise not to send you

overseas on your first day. day two, however, could be a totally different story. around here, students show up for their first day of co-op work and internships and are assigned to help one of over 1900 corporations, assignments that often lead to full - time career opportunities. it could be around the corner. it could be halfway around the world. no matter where our students go, their journey always begins at rochester institute of technology. welcome back. the icc is open for business. intercounty connector opened on tuesday. it's been a long time in the

making. finally opening the six-lane toll lane links i-270 and i-95, linking gaithersburg to laurel, maryland providing what many say is a vital east/west link. it was a $2.5 billion project can which puts a big strain on the transportation funds. now the is question is whether this major investment will be worth it in the long haul. what do you think? >> the convenience really is a big deal with the icc. it makes traveling so much better. and it is financed and will continue to have for perpetuity no doubt, tolls. to help pay for it. but you're right they can't do any other projects because they don't have money. unless they can get government loans or the harry nice bridge, they want to work on that. they may not be able to. they paid a heck of a price for this. most people think the price for now was worth it.

>> i talked to peoplement a lot of them are very concerned in maryland. a couple weeks ago we talked about cracks in the icc. other projects might be put on hold. but the fact is it will save drivers a lot when it comes to time getting from west to east. the only point i want to make, pat, is this. because of the strain on the maryland budget, i'm just wondering how much it's going to cost the drivers, say, another year or two from now. >> and there might be increases. but imagine you go from tkpwaeugtders pwurg to dwi. it would take 71 minutes. now with this new connection it is now 30 -- if i'm not mistaken, 37 minutes. that's a tremendous amount of savings and time, gasoline. and any cost, particularly with

businesses, trucks doing business. you know, it's going to be passed on to all of us anyway. but jerry is right. i would imagine four or five years from now we will probably see the toll go up. what they're hoping is that it will increase business opportunity along this corridor. >> tied up in virginia. democrats in virginia say they will sue in order to share control of the state senate. republicans now, as you know, had a slight majority with lieutenant governor bill bowling serving as the swing vote. democrats lost two seats november 8th. so now both parties from 20 state senators in the general assembly. when is a tie not a tie? >> when you don't make it a tie. the democrats thought their reading of the institution says when there's a 20/20 tie further reading, does not have the power

to break the tie like vice president biden does in the senate when there's a tie there. they say, no, we have talked to them, consulted them. this isn't what we meant. this isn't want what our understanding is. >> they're going to sue. i don't know. i kind of agree with my colleagues in the previous conversation. i just don't think this is going to fly for the democrats really. >> as much as i know the democrats want it to fly, it's going to go to court. they're going to interpret the institution. and i think that the democrats ought to be careful because next time around they could be in the same position. and you know how virginia politics changes, you know, from one cycle to another. then what are they going to do to try to stop it? so the reality is i think this is d.o.a. it is politics. >> and it's also trying to get more clout on the committees. they figure under a shared

responsibility, 20/20, they should have more members of each committee. there should be even steven would help them in their legislative clout. >> but what happens, if it is -- what happens if it is a tie? a lot of bills. >> democrats will have to go back and get more voters to come out and vote for them. then you won't have this situation. >> dave, jerry, joe, thanks. and thank you for being with us this morning. that's reporter's notebook. i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us now. news 4 today continues. good morning. i'm chris gordon. >> i'm elaine reyes. welcome to news 4 today on this sunday, november 27th. >> we begin with an update to the breaking news we brought to

you early this morning. one child has been killed in a house fire in prince george's county. another child and an adult remain extremely critical condition after the fire broke out in the 2400 block of griffin street in chilham, maryland. of course we'll bring you more updates on the story as soon as they become available. well, more news in just a minute. first, let's get a check on your sunday forecast with mr. chuck bell. >> everyone is stuffing everything back into the trunk. okay. love you. we're going to drive home, fly home or get on the bus or whatever you need to do to get from point a to point b. expect a lot of company on the highways, everybody. >> i'm already thinking washington parkway. >> you should leave now for a 5:00 flight this afternoon. yes, it's going to be a lot of folks out on the roadways. at least on the i-95 and interstate 81 corridors we need to concern ourselves with.

those roads will be dry for most if not all of your sunday. sun is up at 7:03. still about 30 minutes away. already you can see a little bit more of a clear sky out there. 50 degrees. a mild start here in washington. mid to upper 30s across western fairfax, loudon, talk faulkier. no rain close to us yet. nearest drops, detroit. rain is pulling out of chicago and st. louis. you could run into problems in detroit, atlanta, birmingham, the golf coast. keep that in mind. around here, mild and dry today. and a nice south breeze coming up 10 to 20 miles per hour. so breezy and mild even with the cloud cover. so enjoy your sunday. rain drops back in the forecast as earlies on monday night. >> >> i'm going to take my son back. a lot of people are going back to school.

i'm not going anywhere, clearly. i'll be back here today. >> excellent. >> see you in a bit. retailers are cashing in this opening shopping season. black friday numbers up more than 6% from last year. buyers spent $11.4 billion the day after thanksgiving. that's the largest gain year to year since 2006 and 2007. good weather over much of the country help motivate the crowds to get out. and nbc's john yang has some of the other contributing factors. across the country, the weekend shopping spree continues full force. at a washington bookstore, the first family got into the act. early numbers for shopping has been particularly strong on line. according to ibm corometrics, black friday internet buying jumped nearly 25% over last year. and a whopping 39% on

thanksgiving day. >> it's getting bigger and bigger and bigger every year. about $60 billion is actually going to be transacted online this year. >> it is driven by the search for the best possible deals. >> i'm going to be spending less because we don't know what the future holds. >> once i reach my limit -- everything is at a budget. >> not everyone is feeling the pinch. analysts say the affluent are looking for the highest quality possible for the latest most innovative products. >> higher tickets being sold. they may not buy as much but they're buying the items that are the most expensive. at the low end, it's all about the price. the deals are extensive and coming at different times. >> wish you guys had layaway. >> layaway is one one they are trying to appeal to budget shoppers. merced is trying it for the first time. >> it was a good deal. we couldn't pass it up. if we can pay for it slowly, why

not. >> it can help consumers with bad credit but urge them to read the fine print because it can end up being more expensive than using a credit card. and there are other potential pitfalls too. >> there are some retailers if you make three or four payments and decide you don't want the product, you're out the money and you're not going to get the products. >> it's a risk some are willing to take to ensure a merry christmas even in a gloomy economy. john yang, nbc news, new york. a woman has turned herself into authorities for pepper spraying a crowd of black friday shoppers in california. but she has not been charged at this moment. los angeles police say they are still interviewing witnesses and need to determine what the most appropriate action should be. shoppers say the woman used pepper spray to beat the crowd to an xbox video game. injuries ranging from burning eye toss difficulty breathing. the woman accused could now face

battery charges. >> occupy protesters in los angeles are getting lessons in pepper spray protection as an eviction deadline approaches. police are warning demonstrators they have until midnight to vacate a tent city on city hall lawn. philadelphia protesters have a 5:00 p.m. deadline today to do the same. demonstrators in both cities say they have no plans to leave. some took tactical safety lessons at their camp. they need to restore public safety and health at the protest sites. >> the obama administration promised a full investigation into nato air strikes that killed more than 20 pakistani soldiers. the incident strains an already difficult relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. nato officials say they were responding to enemy fire, but pakistani officials are calling the attacks a, quote, grave infringement. they have closed two border

crossing into afghanistan which were the main supply route. >> we look at it from a strategic standpoint. why can't we identify pakistanies across the border and not bomb them? but for the guy on the ground, the guy trying to kill you, you're trying to kill him back. >> it comes a day after the commander of nato forces in afghanistan let with the pakistan's army in an effort to improve communication. between the u.s., afghan and pakistani forces. coming up on 4:41 sunday morning. still ahead, who needs a plane? one man's extraordinary journey over the swiss alps. and being bowled over by a charging football player was bad enough. but some people say what the cowboys have done to this now famous cheerleader since then ha

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a local technology company is closely watching a super sized extraterrestrial explorer headed for mars. the rover launched yesterday and is headed to the red planet to search for signs of life. an engineering team from maryland designed several science instruments for the two-year mission. one includes an x-ray that can identify rock and soil minerals. another instrument can analyze samples on the planet. the swiss alps are considered to be one of the most beautiful places on earth. >> but one man wanted to get a different view of the mountain range. yves rossy, known as jet man, took to the skies over the alps. he had a 120-pound flight suit.

rossy flew in the swiss air force for 17 years. he has flown over lake geneva and the english channel. jet man. it says that on his license plate. >> i don't know if i would be doing that. >> whenever you strap two rocket packs, starting to signed like wilee. coyote. a complete check of what looks to be a mild finish to your holiday weekend coming up next

welcome back. sunday morning. kind of mild. >> very nice and mild. clouds held in tough. the clouds stayed with us overnight. as a result we didn't cool off

quite as much. so the combination of a milder start and return of a south breeze today promises us a very nice finish to a long thanksgiving weekend holiday. hopefully everybody enjoyed it. still at least one plate of leftovers of turkey at my place. still waiting on the sunrise. sun is up at 7:03. early morning light. just awe few thin mid-level clouds. that's all we have to worry about much of the day. 50 degrees in washington. light breeze at 7 miles per hour. 43 in gaithersburg. 37 in fort bell voir. temperatures in the mid-40s this morning. nothing showing up on radar. a dry day today. mid 50s early this morning. mid-60s this afternoon. even though clouds will be lowering and thick ebbing by later on this afternoon, it's going to feel nice and mild today. so there's nothing on radar for

now. dry on interstate 95. rain just now entering the far southwestern tip of virginia. but it's going to take a long time for the rain to reach into the metro washington area. we'll be dry today and tonight. we'll be dry through most if not all of your monday. so a nice mild and dry finish to our holiday weekend. plenty of clouds around. maybe a passing sprinkle or two. the real industrial strength rain showers are coming in late monday night and off and on potentially heavy rain tuesday. so today, increasing mid and high level cloudiness. temperatures in the mid-60s around town today. 66 tomorrow. 30% chance of a few showers later on in the day. as i mentioned, rain could be heavy at times. tuesday, tuesday afternoon and tuesday night. that pulls out first thing on wednesday, leaving us with chilly december-like weather of all things to get december

started thursday, friday, start. >> thanks, chuck. you're welcome. a huge day of college football or our local teams. >> and amber theo-harris has the highlights and more in this morning's sports. good morning, everybody. i'm amber theo-harris. capitals recent benchings have the reported. after the caps lost six out of their last eight games, including their last four on the road, it's clear a talented group of hockey players just aren't responding. you have to wonder if gm george mcphee is going to hold boudreaux accountable for what's happening on the ice or should i say what's not happening on the ice. scoreless in the first period. a battle for the puck. trickles to wideman. pass to back stropl deflected to adam.

1-0, buffalo. he's taken down by christian airhoff. that gets him a penalty shot. the first of his career. caps win within one. buffalo on the attack. three on two. buffalo up 3-1. just like that, buffalo back up two. sabres win, 5-1. >> we have to get more consistent better efforts from a number of people. it's just something that consistency is duffle lacking. and we've got to finds out the reason why. >> next up, caps take on the blues at the verizon center.

to college football where virginia and virginia tech faced off in charlottesville for the commonwealth cup and a chance to play clemson in the acc championship game. it had the makings of a good matchup. number 24 cavaliers won their last four. but to say uva didn't show up is an enter statement. at least this guy showed up. 93rd meeting. tech won the last seven matchups. in the first quarter, first hokies possession. thomas keeps it on the option. takes it in 14 yards for the score. tech on top, 7-0 early. later, hokies up 21-0. wilson up the get. on open field all the way to the end zone. 38 yards for the touchdown. his second of the game. 153 yards on the ground. for the cavaliers, they could

get nothing going. picked off by j.r. collins. returns it 22 yards to the virginia four yard line. and three plays later the hokies cash in. thomas to marcus davis for the seven yard touchdown. davis with five catches for 119 yards. virginia tech shuts out virginia, 38-0. c.j. brown and the terps looking face nc state. terps already up 28-14. brown's pass complete to dorsey for a 24-yard touchdown. freshman the backup kicker missed an extra point. maryland up 34-14. breaks open. takes it 46 yards for a

touchdown. you're thinking things going great for maryland, right? wrong. fourth quarter. wolfpack glen and the local kid. pass complete for 11 yards for the justdown. nc state down 13 now. later in the quarter, six-point game. washington rushes it in one yard for the score. nc state takes a one-point lead, their first lead of the game. later down eight still with a chance but not anymore. the pick by wilson. he returns it 59 yards for the score. nc state scores 42 unanswered points and 56-41, the second biggest comeback by any team in acc history. wizards's fans should be getting a nice christmas present this holiday season. no, john wall will will not be under anybody's tree, but he will be back out on the court with the rest of the nba by christmas. players and owners have reached a tentative bargaining agreement

that would end the lockout. 149 days was long enough. both parties still need to ratify that deal. if that happens, look at the schedule. december 9th the training camps begin. on christmas games will tip off. and the wizards open their season at verizon center. that's your morning sports. i'm amber theo-harris. >> thank you, amber. well, a dallas cowboys cheerleader has been silenced by her employer. it all started on thanksgiving. jason whitten ran out of bounds accidentally knocking over cheerleader melissa kelleman tweeted and joked about the accident but the cowboys told her to delete her twitter account. she was becoming a bit of an overnight sensation tripling her

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good morning. i'm chris gordon. >> i'm elaine reyes. welcome to news 4 on this sunday, november 27th. first, we want to check with chuck bell with a look at our

forecast. a nice way to end the weekend. >> perfect weather for all the getting out and goings on on your sunday afternoon. a lot of people heading back home after a beautiful holiday weekend. nothing but sunshine have we seen since late wednesday, very late wednesday the skies started to clear out. we had bright sunshine. thursday, friday. yesterday we had clouds. it was still into the low 60s. today, look at that. beautiful cloud deck outside. first thing this morning one wisp of a cloud zipping on by. we're 50 now in downtown washington. 50 also in annapolis and shadyside. st. mary's city. wall door of, la play ta. central parts of northern virginia a little bit on the cool spots. 36 manassas. 37 culpepper. milder weather towards the blue ridge. 48 degrees now in winchester. no rain showing up on storm 4

doppler. but there are showers not too terribly far away. they will stay west for your travel day today f. you're flying, be on the lookout, pittsburgh, detroit, cleveland, cincinnati, louisville, memphis, atlanta, birmingham all have a chance for airline delays because of all the rain showers. those rain drops arrive late, late, late in the day tomorrow. so enjoy your mild day. highs near 66 degrees. >> weather in the midwest could cause commitment delays. >> yes, it sure can. >> i call every time. i've been able to rebook and get a much better seat on the next plane. >> thanks, chuck. >> it works. >> topping our news this morning, a terrible story out of prince george's county. one child is dead after a house

they were in caught on fire. an adult is also in extremely critical condition after the fire broke out 3:45 this morning on griffin street. >> three people have been shot, three others stabbed near dupont circle. it happened overnight on connecticut avenue. police are saying very little about this incident. they are telling us all six victims have been taken to the hospital. there's no word on their condition or what led to the shootings and stabbings in the first place. >> all three american students are back in the states days after being arrested in egypt. they're accused of throwing fire bombs at security forces during the country's riots. derrick sweeney arrived in st. louis just a few hours ago. he'll be live on the "today" show at 8:00 this morning. montgomery county police believe the same person is behind carjackings in wheaton. the man was taken at knife point outside the giant grocery store on university boulevard and forced to withdraw money at

several atms. police believe the same robber kidnapped a 75-year-old man on wednesday. those are just some of the stories making news today. next is nbc 4's viewpoint. we'll be back with a local news update. good morning, everybody, and welcome to viewpoint. i'm jim handly. this morning we're talking about the plight of military spouses finding employment and a major effort to help military wives and husbands get job and career training. joining us are three people stepping up in this mission and getting others to contribute too. laura tkefply, special consultant to u.s. chamber of commerce. also with us is aggie byers with the department of defense. and ken goldsmith, legislative counsel to the american bar association. welcome to viewpoint. thank you all for come stphrg thank you. >> great to see you. let's start out with the big picture if we can. the challenge.

unemployment stands at about 26% for military spouses. how about d that number get so high? >> well, that number has been increasingly rising year after year. and it really has to do with the frequent row locations that military spouses experience. they move every 24 to 36 months. and 85% of military spouses are in the workforce or want to be employed. of those, about 26% are actually unemployed. that translates really into one in four actively speaking employment and unable to find it. and when they do find it -- >> right. >> -- they make 35 -- they earn 25% less than their civilian counterparts earn. >> that was very surprising to me. and i want to get into the whys a little bit later on with that. laura dempsey, you have seen this challenge or struggle firsthand. you have moved around the country. you are a lawyer. and you actually had to take the

bar exam four times in different places, is that right? >> yes. i married my husband in 1998 and took four bar exams in different states in six years to keep up with our military moves. you can say i have a personal point of view on this challenge. >> and how common is that? not just so much from law, a law perspective, but others who have to relocate constantly. >> it's extremely common. there probably aren't as many attorneys as military spouses, but there are a lot of licensed professionals who are military spouses. nurses and other health care professionals and teachers and they all need to get a new license every time they move as well. and it can be very prohibitive from a the standpoint of taking the tests and licenses boards but also for periods of unemployment and the time it takes to look for a job before you move again. so it's hard. >> ken, tell us a little bit about the aba's role in all of

this. >> happy to. the american bar association has been engaged in a number of years and making sure our service members and family's rights are not diminished by virtue of the answer of call of duty. along with things we're learning about ptsd and tbi from combat, we're also learning a lot more about the military family. one of the things we're learning is how critical they are to stabilizing the home front for the service member for when they come home. military spouses are the ones on who many the financial planning, retirement planning, child caring health care all fall to. so we're learning an awful lot about how important that person is. in the case as laura went through her story, and there are other stories like it, the ability for somebody to move from state to state, sit for the bar exam provided you're there on time, you're going to study, take the bar, wait for your results on the back end every time you have one of those moves may not make sense. if they lose their ability to practice their profession

they're going to take another job for which they are underemployed. you're a role model for the child and other people in the community. for the american bar association thanks folks are looking at what makes sense for admission rules around the country from state to state. each state actually regulates the legal profession. and they have concerns they provide a gatekeeping function. so they have consumer safety. provided we come up with a good role, we'll promote that out to the states and for their consideration to adopt. and we'll probably consider that in february coming up in the next big conference. >> again, the broader picture, aggie, you talk about underemployment. what do we mean when we talk about that? >> well, we have -- military spouses are so well educated. 10% with an advanced degree. and 85% have some college.

so when they move from one state to the next and getting these occupational license it takes months to get them. sometimes it's just easier not to try to go through all of that and instead get a job where you aren't using your skills or education. as a result they're under employed. part of that explains that 25% wage gap. >> how difficult is it, laura, to network, to come into a whole new community and try to build a career from scratch really at that location. >> as you can imagine, it's extraordinarily difficult. that's what the u.s. chamber has been focusing on, are ways to help get some upward mobility, along with job stability that helps you advance within a company and career. if you're moving every two or three years obviously it's very hard to network with your peers and superiors to get that hand

up that so many civilians get when they stay in a job much longer than we do. so those are the kinds of things we've been working. >> we want to hear about the project, hiring our heroes after the break. as we go to break, we want to put up on the screen the three web addresses if you would like to learn more or get involved yourself. there they are for the u.s. chamber first. we'll be right back on viewpoint. ♪ [ jerry ] attention shoppers. your groceries are the size of idaho

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march of this year. it's called hiring our heroes. laura, how does it work? >> well, we found a lot of our members, both large and small, were coming and asking how can we find veterans of military spouses? they very much want totd hire these people because they recognize the leadership and all the qualities that aggie was talking about in them. and we decided to help partner and to supplement their efforts by holding 100 hiring fairs in one area. >> wow. >> and i think we're at about 75 with a couple months left to go. we'll hit our goal of 100 for military spouses this year. yeah. so it's been tremendous. but one problem with the hiring first for spouses is it's very difficult to get spouses out to hiring fairs. there are child care issues. some are already working. if husbands are deployed, it's difficult. so they brought me on to help the spouses in their unique issues.

>> i know you have a big job the day before our health and fitness fair in january that kicks off. that's on a friday. >> yes, we do. we are kicking off with a hiring fair. it will be the largest fair dedicated exclusively to military spouses. we're expecting 100 to 200 employers. so it should be a great kickoff to a great program. >> when with we talk about the global numbers, it's 1.2 million military spouses. you were telling me during the break about 85% want jobs or need a job. >> exactly. 85% are actively seeking work or are in the workforce. so it's pretty demoralizing when you can't get a job i think. as the spouses move around frequently and they experience the deployments we have had during the last 10 years, we have had spouses challenged with being single parents, with being head of household, being responsible for the financial

management of the household. and so not being able to work in your chosen career field and to use those skills that you have actually worked to develop for yourself has a lot to do with the way you feel. so what a goal is is to support spouses in their ability to thrive within the military community. >> ken, you debase have a program, abahomefront.org. how does that help people? >> i do want to say one thing if i can. we went to the break and you had a long -- >> a lot of letters and numbers. go to americanbar.org and put in legal assistants you will find a number of resources. this is our preimminent one. when we talk to the first lady and dr. biden, this was a plan they came up with to be a meaningful srel rant addition to military families. we talked about stabilizing the family. in the spirit of a medical guide

it will help you diagnose a common cold or rare tropical illness and whether a doctor would be helpful. we have this website that will help you navigate 24/7. if you're up in the middle of the night and can't go to sleep you can get a plain language answer to your question. and if legal help is necessary, there's an immediate place to click based on where you live. there's a nice directly of all the resources that are available to you to get the legal help you need. that partners with a project we have. because laura and i were talking. this is in the spirit of the cooperation. getting military spouse attorneys involved in that project. to have the cases handled by the military spouse attorneys, military families helping military families. it's a really good story. >> that must be a tremendous relief. because that would be a big burden i would think in some cases. when you're talking about legal issues and helping.

>> yes. . there are so many that are unique. it's a culture that civilians don't always understand. so you can have a military spouse for your attorney who knows what your life is like, knows what your issues are and understands even the systems you work within on your daily life, it's a real comfort and relief to military spouses. >> and you talk about another great program. this is one that you are actively involved with, obviously. that's the military spouse employment partnership. and this works with corporate entities, is that right? >> that's correct. this program is designed to link military spouses who need and want employment and corporations who would like to hire military spouses. it's called the military spouse partnership. we launched it in late june of this year with dr. biden as part of the joining forces anywhere active. laura was key player in that as well. so we've been working together

on this for quite a while. we look at fortune 500 companies and small business and medium size businesses as well in recognizing that they have the challenges of military lifestyle of relocating. >> sure. >> we ask these companies to commit to high military spouses in a portable career, meaning that if the company has a footprint in one state and the military family moves to another state, that company will retain that within the corporate structure at the same pay grade and same career level on the same career track without any break in service. >> that's got to make a big difference. >> it makes a huge difference to spouses. because they bring some of the softer skills they're looking for. there's a real goodness of fit

with military spouses and corporate america. they have great teamwork skills. they have very strongly committed to anything they commit to. they understand command, control and structure. they are very resilient. so those things they bring to the workforce we find skps are seeking them out. and the spouse employment partnership is a means of connecting them. >> great place to take a pause. as we do we put up the web addresses once again. if you would like to learn more or get involved too here they are. hey... there's mom! hey, let mom try. ready, go! ♪ yeah, rock on, mom! [ male announcer ] sometimes a hint is all the wrapping a gift needs.

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three people have been shot and three others stabbed in the dupont circle area. it happened overnight on connecticut avenue. there's no wore on the victim's conditions or if police know what led to the incident. all three american students are back in the states days after being arrested in egypt. they are accused of throwing fire bombs at security forces during the country's riots. georgetown student darren weany arrived a few hours ago. he'll be live on the "today" show at 8:00 a.m. and montgomery county police are looking for a man responsible for two carjackings in wheaton. both happened outside the giant grocery store on university boulevard. yesterday's victim was forced to withdraw money from several atms. police believe the same robber kidnapped a 75-year-old man on wednesday. that's the news. we'll have more in 15 minutes. now back to viewpoint. and welcome back to viewpoint. again, we're talking about the high unemployment when it comes to military spouses and how many

people and businesses are helping them find the jobs that they need and want. laura, we were talking a little bit about the business and corporate alignment and how hard they are work to go bring these corporations together with these spouses to help them find jobs and training too. >> right. they really are working hard. it started with the veterans. the veterans employment advisory council. 25 of the biggest companies are dedicated to helping veterans move through the corporate world and support companies who want to hire veterans. now we're doing it again with the military spouse business alliance, an alliance of some of the largest corporations among our members as well as trade associations dedicated to not just helping get jobs but really to stay in the jobs and network and advance through their careers. one example of what the alliance can do is brand-new partnership

with academy women. fantastic group creating an online mentorship program where corporations and trade associations can do something as simple as providing a mentor for a military spouse when she's new in her job who can give information about what jobs are available to them as they move, give them training, introduce them to people in the company who can help them get ahead in ways they couldn't before. so we have great expectations for it. >> let's talk about some of these jobs. how many are posted today? >> we have over 72,000 jobs posted on the website today. >> wow. >> and that's only 100. >> what are most popular? >> allied health jobs because they're portable. a spouse can take a job like that as a radiology technician,

licensed practical nurse, a nurse. jobs are in high demand, high growth across america. so those are many of the jobs. also technology. education. we have a lot of spouses who are elementary school teachers. >> how difficult is it to convince a business or a corporation that you should hire a military spouse even though there is that uncertainty out there. they may be on the west coast in six months or a year. that's the challenge for all of, to let them know these are great hires and in fact, better than their counterparts. you say they bring a unique skill set with them. >> they do. what we find is that corporations are very eager to hire them. but the real issue is linking to them. spouses also want these type of careers and jobs but it's difficult because of the relocation to actually connect with a company. so companies are very eager to

hire them. they bring -- spouses bring to the workforce the softer skills that are needed. things like flexibility. they are always on time. the big team players. they learn a lot of these skills in volunteer work in the military community. >> sure. >> they're leaders. they are in leadership positions amongst the military community, while the men of the community are gone. and i should mention this is also a woman's issue. because 95% of military spouses are female, are women. >> what kinds of salaries for the most part are we talking about? are these good-paying jobs? jobs with benefits that they are trying to get? >> oh, yes. with so many spouses that have college degrees they really are looking for a career and not just a job to tide them over. and they have the skills, as aggie said, to do them.

i would like to add leadership as well. social work, crisis referral and really is the leader for the families while the husband is deployed. our members are always asking us, we want military spouses. how do we find them? we have these tracks for military spouses so they can advance. how do we find and keep them? so those are the things we're all working on today. >> at the american bar association we have been working on issues that people would identify. we talk about employment of veterans. >> sure. >> there's a body of law that helps people get their jobs back for the most part as they transition back to home. we're familiar with that issue. we have proposals. we'll be working on capitol hill. we know there's a good reception for those proposals. but we're just hearing now about the military spouse issue. so talking to laura and her colleagues, we just had a meeting in arizona. i think there's four of you everywhere in the country.

legal assistants committee, works 24/7. the legal assistants, chiefs. and we're talking about all the range of issues. now military spouses on their radar screen. so with we're beginning to recruit for the mentor network. as other issues present themselves, if a change in the law is needed to help in a particular area, we'll be able to help there. but i think just having the conversation to identify the challenge and what the solutions are is all the private sector really needs. >> a quick shoutout on abahomefront.o abahomefront.org. we'll be right back on viewpoint.

examine and welcome back to viewpoint. we're talking about finding jobs for military spouses.

they have been chris crossing the country for veterans in the larger sense. but what has it meant to your organizations in terms of recruiting and attention towards them? >> well, for the military spouse employment partnership is that we no longer have to recruit. they have brought enormously large company important players to the table. they really want to connect with us. they see this as a way of connecting. so it's been a boom for us. it's been great. >> excellent. laura, you were talking a little bit about the goals that your organization has. and all that you've accomplished already through this program hiring for heroes. or hiring our heroes. >> our goal is to touch 100,000 veterans by the end of the year and to give 10,000 veterans jobs by the end of the year. we are well over halfway toward that goal. we have every expectation that we're going to meet it. for military spouses it always has been a bigger challenge. and we are particularly grateful to the first lady and dr. biden

because no one was talking about military spouses before they started talking about military spouses. and they really made it a very exciting issue and brought attention to all the challenges we have. we have been very lucky. the first lady has been at two of our events which got us all seeing stars in our eyes, we're just very grateful for the continued attention to the detail. they really get it. it's nice to know someone cares. >> what ambassadors they are for your cause. ken, you're an example of the private sector really working. >> right some and how we can all help in this. >> i think it's intimidating for people who don't have a connection to the military. the first recommendation is to make friends, find a national or local military service organization and find out what the challenges are. don't just offer the help you want to offer. find out what the relevant help is needed. that's the success of joining forces.

i think a better job. >> thank you all for coming in and enlightening us and our viewers too. we appreciate it. thanks for all that you do around our area and around the country and all year long. we appreciate it. thanks again. >> thank you. >> we thank you for watching. news 4 today continues. enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. good morning, everyone. i'm elaine a stkpwhres i'm chris gordon. welcome to news 4 today. we're following two breaking news stories this morning. the first in the dupont circle area where police say three people have been shot. another three stabbed. it happened overnight on connecticut avenue. police were saying very little about the incident.

they are telling us that all six victims have been taken to the hospital. there is no word on their condition or what led to the shootings and stabbings in the first place. >> a 6-year-old boy killed in a house fire in prince george's county. two other people remain in extremely critical condition after the fire broke out on griffin street. another adult managed to escape the burning house. more updates as they become available. all three american students arrested last week in egypt are back home in the united states. georgetown student derrick sweeney arrived in st. louis just a few hours ago. he and two other students were arrested and accused of throwing fire bombs at security forces during the riots in cairo. sweeney talked about how scared he was during his first night in prison. yeah. that first evening was one of the most scariest things of my life, the most frightening thing of my life. and they said they were going to

shoot us. we moved and we spent about six hours that first night in nearly fetal position sort of with our hands behind our back in the dark and they were behind us. and it was very scary. >> last night another one of the students, gregory porter, was reunited with his family in philadelphia. he spoke to reporters and said he is grateful to be back in the states. >> i'd like to thank the embassy in cairo for all the things they did for us, as well as the administration of the american university in cairo for all their help and support. i'm just so thankful to be back and love to be in philadelphia right now. >> the third student, luke gates, landed last night in indiana. meanwhile, sweeney and his mother will appear on the "today" show this morning. and you can see that interview at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. well, that ended well. so does your weekend weather. >> yes, indeed. a nice day yesterday.

clouds held the temperatures down a smidge yesterday afternoon. we still made it into the 60s. you can't complain. that's a couple degrees warmer than average. today even with a little bit more in the way of cloud cover coming in, the south winds have been turned on. as a result the southerly breezes will do what the sunshine could not yesterday. that is warm us into the low and mid-60s by later on this afternoon. plus, we're off to a much milder start this morning. temperatures are at 50 degrees in downtown washington. bethesda, 49. silver spring, 48 degrees this morningment a little cooler across northern virginia. 36, manassas. 39 in falls church. 45 in la plata. showers to the west. they will leave us alone today and much of tomorrow. rain drops appear likely by early as sundown tomorrow but monday night on into tuesday. if you're flying today, and more than a few people for airplanes.

pittsburgh, cleveland, detroit, nashville, could all be in on some of the flight delays. as long as you're sticking to the roads, you'll have plenty of company. a good day to drive with the sunroof open and mild november surprise. 60, 65 degrees. no complaints. >> i saw 68 on the graphics. >> fredericksburg, culpepper might be real close to 70. >> all right. thanks a lot, chuck. >> you're welcome. >> montgomery county police say two carjackings are likely connected. both happened outside the same giant grocery store on university boulevard in a week. that's in the westfield wheaton shopping center. the latest victim was abducted and ended up at a gas station in northwest washington. news 4's darcy spencer has more on what happened. >> reporter: are you okay? >>, yeah i'm okay. >> reporter: this 60-year-old man was the victim of a kidnapping and robbery. police say he was the second man in three days to be forced into his car by a robber wielding a box cutter in this giant food parking lot in wheaton and

forced to withdraw money from several atms before being released. police believe the same man is responsible for both crimes. >> you're the second victim. >> reporter: police say they left westfield at 2:00 in the afternoon. the robber told him to get in the passenger seat. after getting the cash, he jumped out of the jeep at bp on blair road in northwest d.c., near takoma metro station. an attendant called 911. police took pictures and dusted for prints. >> we caution people to not be on their cell phones. i don't know whether these folks were north. to really look around and be very cautious and be very aware of your surroundings. >> reporter: on wednesday police believe the same robber

kidnapped a 75-year-old man from the same parking lot also at knife point. many shoppers still had not heard about these abductions. >> i appreciate you waking me up. >> what do you think of someone doing that and targeting older folks? >> today, nothing surprises me. >> will this change your behavior? >> yeah. i think i'll be coming with my husband more. a lot of times i do come down here during the daytime and stuff. yeah, i will be very cautious. >> i asked police if they have any surveillance video or pictures they can release from any of the atm machines. they said they have nothing to release at this time. but they do believe the same man is responsible for both crimes. both victims provided the same description and the person esponsible remains at live. in wheaton, darcy spencer, news 4 today. metro officials are investigating a bus accident that injured nine people, including four children. it happened yesterday at 6:00 p.m. at 18 and independence avenue southeast washington. that's right near rfk stadium. metro officials say the b2 bus was headed toward anacostia when it collided with a car. everyone is expected to be okay.

this morning begins a mad rush by plane, train and automobile throughout our area this sunday after thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year. many of the estimated 42 million people who traveled for the holiday are now beginning to head back home. taking a live look at reagan national airport, we have no major airline delays at this hour here at dulles or bwi marshall. as for the roads, expect heavy conditions up and down the corridor. vdot suspended most major construction work this weekend. this morning proof that there's also a mad rush to the malls and other stores. new numbers show holiday shopping is off to a good start. black friday numbers are up more than 6% from last year.

buyers spent $11.4 billion the day after thanksgiving. that's the largest gain year to year since 2006 and 2007. good weather over much of the country help motivate the crowds to get out. and nbc's john yang has some of the other contributing factors. across the country, the weekend shopping spree continues full force. at a washington bookstore, the first family got into the act. early numbers for shopping has been particularly strong on line. according to ibm corometrics, black friday internet buying jumped nearly 25% over last year. and a whopping 39% on thanksgiving day. >> it's getting bigger and bigger and bigger every year. about $60 billion is actually going to be transacted online this year. >> it is driven by the search for the best possible deals. >> i'm going to be spending less because we don't know what the future holds. >> once i reach my limit -- everything is at a budget. >> not everyone is feeling the pinch. analysts say the affluent are looking for the highest quality possible for the latest most

innovative products. >> higher tickets being sold. they may not buy as much but they're buying the items that are the most expensive. at the low end, it's all about the price. the deals are extensive and coming at different times. >> wish you guys had layaway. >> layaway is one one they are trying to appeal to budget conscious shop or. it allows them to make small payments over time before getting the product. merced is trying it for the first time. >> it was a good deal. we couldn't pass it up. if we can pay for it slowly, why not. >> financial experts say it can help consumers with bad credit but urge them to read the fine print because it can end up being more expensive than using a credit card. and there are other potential pitfalls too. >> there are some retailers if you make three or four payments and decide you don't want the product, you're out the money and you're not going to get the products. >> it's a risk some are willing to take to ensure a merry christmas even in a gloomy economy. john yang, nbc news, new york.

it is 7:41. still ahead, who needs a plane? one man's extraordinary journey over the swiss alps. >> being bold over by a charging football player was bad enough. but some say what the cowboys have done to the famous cheerleader has been downright cold. being in the driver's seat of a formula one car is sometimes about more than breaking speed records. it's about breaking barriers. and exploring how robotics systems work is about more than taking apart machinery. it's about dismantling stereotypes. no matter who you are, or what you love to do, you get the chance to master it at rochester institute of technology. around here, we only expect one thing

from our students: to be totally and completely unexpected.

>> a local technology company is playing a major role in nasa's

latest mission to mars. the rover launched yesterday and is headed to the red planet to search for signs of life. an engineering team from maryland designed several science instruments for the two-year mission. one includes an x-ray that can identify rock and soil minerals. another instrument can analyze samples on the planet. a daredevil added another accomplishment to his list. yves rossy, known as jet man, took to the skies over the alps. he had a 120-pound flight suit. rossy flew in the swiss air force for 17 years. he has flown over lake geneva and the english channel. stkpwhraot "today" show is next, getting started 15 minutes from now. >> let's get a preview and go to new york with this live preview

from lester holt. good morning. three american students are arrested during protests in cairo are now all back in the united states. at least one of the boys is telling a frightening account of their detainment. also, it's been 10 days since a florida woman went missing after appearing on peoples court. her family is releasing the last known video of her and her last text message exclusively to us. and the long holiday weekend coming to a close. we'll tell you what to expect on the way home. d.w. cooper, the 40th anniversary of the most intriguing unsolved crimes. what happened to a man who hijacked a jet and leapt out of it with a parachute and thousands of dollars. those stories and much more when jenna and i see you later on "today." >> thank you very much, lester. look for you at 8:00. >> okay. >> time to check in with chuck

bell. well just put you on remind and repeat. >> no problems there. people would be very happy if we could be 60 plus in november for a nice, long stretch. we were over the 60-degree mark yesterday. we'll easily make it over that number today and maybe even tomorrow too. a complete check

well, the road trip is almost over for the capital christmas tree. the 8,000 pound sierra white fir made a pit stop yesterday. it has been traveling from california making stops across the country. at each stop people have been signing a giant banner that will become the national christmas card. it is scheduled for arrival at the capital tomorrow. it will be lit on december 6th. >> they always do a nice job with the ceremony. >> sure do. >> on the capital grounds. >> speaking of christmas trees, you're planning to get one today. >> today is the day. >> okay. we'll check back in with you tonight. >> i know. tune in at 6:00 and 11:00 to see if i have made it back at all with all the traffic out there. i know everybody is going to be on the road at some point today. some folks coming back home. some folks leaving to go back from whence they came.

the good news, it's going to be an open window, top down kind of afternoon here in late november. temperatures today well up into the low and perhaps even the mid-60s around town. bright sunshine is out there for you this morning. this is the bonus sunshine that we were shorted out of late yesterday. so we get a little morning sunshine out there for your sunday. clouds will gradually come back in and thicken up a bit later this afternoon. but it will stay dry. it will stay mild and a bit on the breezy side today. winds for now not too bad. our temperature at 50 degrees at national airport. 47 in restin. 42, dulles. 37 in leesburg this morning. and with such a mild start out there, sunshine and a south breeze will easily warm temperatures up into the low and mid-60s. central virginia. some places within a whisper of 70 today and tomorrow. around town, a gradual increase in cloud cover, but these will

not be rain-making clouds today. as a result we'll be able to jump into the mid-60s for afternoon highs. nothing showing up on doppler. i-95 and interstate 81 dry through our stretch of the world. the rain is not too terribly far away. notice the trajectory of the rain showers. they're going northeast bound. they're not all racing over the mountains. we have a strong stretch of dry weather. once it gets here late tomorrow, tuesday, one to two inches of rain out of the next system. so a lot of rain coming. just not today, luckily. so quiet weather today as high pressure works its way off the eastern seaboard. a nice mild finish to what has been a pleasant holiday weekend. that weather front hangs back out to our west for the next several days. and the real push of moisture comes up as we get into tuesday early in the morning tuesday and the heaviest rain is probably here tuesday afternoon. so for today, increasing mid and high level cloudiness but breezy and mild.

get outside and enjoy it if you can. it might be so nice by november standards it could be a good day to sit in traffic. and i know a lot of people will be doing just that. folks coming up i-95, richmond to baltimore today, hold on. that's going to be a long ride, no doubt about it. rain chances tomorrow. the bulk of the rain shows up tuesday. should leave us alone on wednesday, the final day of november. as we get december started, december-like sunshine around. highs near 50. lows back down near freezing. not so bad. no major snowstorms just yet. more importantly, none for today. >> thanks a lot, chuck. >> all righty. well, a dallas cowboys cheerleader has been silenced by her employer. it all started on thanksgiving. jason whitten ran out of bounds accidentally knocking over cheerleader melissa kelleman tweeted and joked about the accident but the cowboys told her to delete her twitter

account. she was becoming a bit of an overnight sensation tripling her followers in less than 24 hours. >> i think it would be good pr. a huge day of college football for our local teams. >> and amber theo-harris has the highlights and more in this morning's sports. good morning, everybody. i'm amber theo-harris. capitals recent benchings have the reported. after the caps lost six out of their last eight games, including their last four on the road, it's clear a talented group of hockey players just aren't responding. you have to wonder if gm george mcphee is going to hold boudreaux accountable for what's happening on the ice or should i say what's not happening on the ice. let's go to buffalo. trying to find a spark against the sabres. scoreless in the first period. a battle for the puck. trickles to wideman. pass to backstrom deflected to adam.

see it again. the pass goes off the skate of one of the sabres and right to ad adam. 1-0, buffalo. christian is on a break. he's taken down by christian airhoff. that gets him a penalty shot. the first of his career. it's good. his ninth goal of the year. and the caps win within one. but just 27 seconds later, buffalo on the attack. three on two. andre to zach. through the five hole. that puts buffalo up, 3-1. his first nhl goal. just like that, buffalo back up two. sabres win, 5-1. after the game coach bruce boudreaux spoke about the lack of effort. >> we have to get more consistent better efforts from a number of people. it's just something that consistency is duffle lacking. and we've got to finds out the reason why. >> next up, caps take on the

blues at the verizon center. to college football where virginia and virginia tech faced off in charlottesville for the commonwealth cup and a chance to play clemson in the acc championship game. it had the makings of a good matchup. number 6 hokies came in at 21. number 24 cavaliers won their last four. but to say uva didn't show up is an understatement. at least this guy showed up. 93rd meeting. tech won the last seven matchups. in the first quarter, first hokies possession. thomas keeps it on the option. takes it in 14 yards for the score. tech on top, 7-0 early. later, hokies up 21-0. wilson up the gut. on open field all the way to the end zone. 38 yards for the touchdown. his second of the game. 153 yards on the ground. for the cavaliers, they could

get nothing goin ensuing cavs drive after the touchdown. picked off by j.r. collins. returns it 22 yards to the virginia four yard line. and three plays later the hokies cash in. thomas to marcus davis for the seven yard touchdown. davis with five catches for 119 yards. virginia tech shuts out virginia, 38-0. c.j. brown and the terps looking face nc state. terps already up 28-14. brown's pass complete to dorsey for a 24-yard touchdown. freshman the backup kicker missed an extra point. maryland up 34-14. breaks open. takes it 46 yards for a touchdown. you're thinking things going great for maryland, right?

wrong. fourth quarter. wolfpack glen and the local kid. pass complete for 11 yards for the justdown. nc state down 13 now. later in the quarter, six-point game. washington rushes it in one yard for the score. nc state takes a one-point lead, their first lead of the game. later down eight still with a chance but not anymore. the pick by wilson. he returns it 59 yards for the score. nc state scores 42 unanswered points and 56-41, the second biggest comeback by any team in acc history. wizards's fans should be getting a nice christmas present this holiday season. no, john wall will not be under anybody's tree, but he will be back out on the court with the rest of the nba by christmas.

players and owners have reached a tentative bargaining agreement that would end the lockout. 149 days was long enough. both parties still need to ratify that deal. if that happens, look at the schedule. december 9th the training camps begin. the very same day free agency begins. on christmas games will tip off. december 26th the wizards open their season against the nets at verizon center. the league expected to play a 66-game shortened schedule. that's your morning sports. i'm amber theo-harris. we have time for a quick weather update. >> mild finish to a beautiful holiday weekend. plenty of sunshine today. mid-60s. for those of you who don't have to be on the roads or get on an airplane, good kite flying weather. a nice south breeze. >> that's it for news 4. back in 25 minutes with a local news update. >> see you then.

good morning. homecoming. the three american students arrested during protests in cairo are now safely back in the u.s. and they are speaking about their treatment in an egyptian prison. we'll talk live with one of the students, derrick sweeney and his mother. final images. new video ohe