been jailed there for two years. thanks for starting your weekend with us, i'm angie goff. >> good morning, everyone, i'm erica wonsalis. a scandal surrounding one of the council members. >> the fbi and irs raided the home of harry thomas jr., the d.c. councilmember is accused of diverting city money to buy cars and pay for trips. >> news 4's jackie bensen has more on the raid. >> reporter: not after long they left the house of the councilmember followed by his attorneys. >> we'll find he didn't violate any criminal laws. that's what we told the press. >> reporter: just after dawn they raided the home, items were

taken from the home, at one point thomas' motorcycle seen at the front of the flatbed tow truck and his chevy tahoe were towed away. the federal government and the irs is looking into thomas' use of $300,000 to fund a youth sports program. he returned the money after questions were raised but admitted no wrongdoing. >> i'm hoping they can bring these things to a conclusion quickly and the council and the government can move on. >> i'm sad that it has reached this point, and my feelings, i've been thinking about councilmember thomas and his mother and his family, and how terribly impactful this really must be for them. >> the d.c. council was supposed to discuss this matter late friday afternoon. it was postponed until monday. jackie bensen, news 4 today. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray

commented saying "i continue to support the investigation into these allegations so that justice can run its course." gray went on to say, "for the sake of the district i hope the investigation is concluded quickly." the investigation into misuse of city funds dates back this spring. the finance office started its probe in march. in june federal authorities got involved. the district of columbia attorney general filed a lawsuit, accused thomas of spending the funds on an audi, vacation and other personal expenses. last month "the washington post" reports the district denied him an emergency allotment of $5 million to restore a market. the owner of the market denies requesting city assistance. >> stay with nbc 4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing updates on the raids of harry thomas jr. >> erica nice to have you with us here on this saturday.

>> it's a change for this texas girl so i'm from texas, saw frost on the car yesterday morning, wow, we have come a long ways. >> and the frost all over the grass, pretty widespread across the area. >> cold stuff but it is the first week in december and welcome to you. >> thanks, chuck, good to be here. >> not a texas alumni are you? >> no, i'm not a texas alumni. i have to be careful because that can be sensitive. >> it can be sensitive depending on where you spend your time and who has the mug. >> i've spent many years in texas. >> if you wear longhorns that's trouble in my world. that's all right. >> i've been told to also watch the dallas cowboy lingo around here. >> well you won't get any fights from me on that one. outside on a beautiful saturday morning, clear skies, allowed temperatures to drop off well below freezing in many spots especially out to the west of washington. in downtown we're still holding

on to 37 degrees but it's 27 in mannasas, 27 culpeper, 28 in leesburg and ashburn, 35 degrees in arlington this morning, 30 degrees in waldorf and laplata. we will be 100% dry all weekend long but there are rain showers to our west, arriving probably monday night-tuesday time frame. get ready for a great weekend. mostly sunny, high clouds later on this afternoon but a pleasant afternoon to be outside. tomorrow a little bit more cloud cover but a cup of milder, tomorrow's highs generally back up into the mid and upper 50s so a pretty nice weekend indeed, we'll talk about the seven-day forecast, college football forecast, all that stuff coming up. >> thanks a lot, chuck. now to decision 2012 where the republican presidential candidate, one of them could be bowing out. herman cain will make what he calls a major announcement later today and many political analysts believe he's dropping out of the race for the white

house. cain has been dogged by policy mistakes, several allegations of sexual misconduct and a claim he's carried on an affair for 13 years. he spoke with his wife yesterday for the first time since ginger white came forward saying she had a relationship with cain. a new poll from "the des moines register" shows support for cain in iowa plummeted. back in october he was polling around 23%. now he's at just 8%. the iowa caucus is scheduled for a month from today. and donald trump is joining the republican presidential race as a debate moderator. the business mogul will moderate a gop debate hosted by the conservative website newsmax in december. jon huntsman already announced he's not going to attend and had some choice words for those attending. his spokesman told yahoo! news

we look forward to mitt romney and newt gingrich sucking up to trump, with a big bowl of popcorn. a 62-year-old alan gross claims he was trying to help a small community in cuba get internet access, he was a subcontractor for a u.s. agency for international development. a cuban court sentenced him to 15 years in prison. authorities in havana won't explain exactly what gross did and they said the activities "constitute crimes in many countries in the world including in the united states and disrupts cuba's constitutional order." a pakistani native living in woodbridge, virginia, pled guilty to terror charges after federal authorities discovered a violent video he posted to youtube. this video was posted by -- ♪ 24-year-old jubeir ahmad.

he committed to conspireing with a muslim extremist group for a video. it calls for violent jihad against enemies of islam. terrorist experts say this was a call to arms for young muslims to rise up against america. >> my view is not something that you have doubt, if it will incite hatred or not. it certainly can make a young muslim feel a lot of anger and some of them can go further and do violent acts against americans. >> ahmad will be sentenced next april. he faces 15 years behind bars. former democratic presidential candidate george mcgovern is recovering this morning after a hard fall and hitting his head. he's being treated as a south dakota hospital. the former south dakota senator was on his way to do a live interview with c-span at dakota wesleyan university. his daughter says he tripped on the way to the set.

the 89-year-old spent time in the hospital back in october for exhaustion. make sure you plan ahead and give yourselves extra time if you want to use me throw weekend. sex stations on the red line will be shut down, all closed until monday morning. crews are now installing new rails and making safety upgrades. the ford taunton station will stay open for green and yellow riders and free shuttle service between all of the closed stations. buses will replace trains on the orange line, no strains between cheverly and greenwood. trains will be running again in time for monday morning's commute. enjoy traveling on the county connector for free, this weekend, because it's soon going to cost you. the all electric toll road starts driving monday, it opened two weeks ago and connects i-370

and gaithersburg to laurel. it will cost you four bucks to travel the entire way of the icc. this morning, you can take a major step toward protecting yourself from identity theft and it won't cost you a thing. bring some of your old personal documents to the shredder or to be shredded at the nbc washington pnc bank community shred, happening from 8:00 until 11:00 this morning at prince georges county community college in largo. you must be in line at 11:00 at the interception of prince place and campus way. you can bring up to five boxes of personal papers for shredding. here's a list of hiitems you should not bring, batteries, flammables, combustibles, electronic equipment, media materials, binders or hanging files, and of course we'll be live from the community shred this morning at 9:00 on "news 4 today." >> i have a whole bag of stuff

ready to shred away. >> lots of stuff, the credit card offers and the nasty bills you don't want to look at. >> don't want to be a victim of identity theft. ten minutes after the 6:00 hour, very early on this saturday morning. missing no longer, country singer mindy mccready and her son have been found, where police say they found her hiding from authorities. [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ]

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authorities in arkansas say they've located country singer mindy mccready and her 5-year-old son and are transporting them back to florida. they say they were found hiding in a closet in the singer's boyfriend's home. mccready took her son from her parents' florida home earlier this week. they have custody of the singer's child. she said she was doing it to protect her son. mccready recently announced she's pregnant with twins. no word yet on if she will face any criminal charges. dr. conrad murray appears to be getting ready to appeal his

case in the death of singer michael jackson. he signed a document to get all of the transcripts from the involuntary manslaughter case against him. he was sentenced to four years in prison last week but murray will likely spend just two years behind bars because of overcrowding in the prison system. meteorologist chuck bell, it's cold, but it's december. what else do we expect? the sun will be shining. >> as long as the sun will be out, everything works itself out. as long as the sun is shining and the weekend is here on your doorstep. great weather coming today and for tomorrow, the mention of rain hanging out there, we'll detail that and show you great pictures and one of the spots i visited this week. don't go

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this holiday season one of d.c.'s oldest neighborhoods is giving you a look at his history. the annual logan circle holiday house tour and wendy rieger shows how this house has changed quite a bit from its shady past. >> reporter: if this house could talk it would tell you it was built in the 1860s and spent a portion of our recent times harboring an unsavory element. >> a long history as a crack house. >> reporter: ryan ortiz got a hold of this house and transformed it. this is one of the jewels in logan circle's crown that will be open to the public sunday. it's got a modern open floorplan and side yard that gives this city dwelling a mediterranean feel. the theme for this holiday house tour is restoration and renewal, a celebration of the vibrancy that has returned to this neighborhood, once known for its hookers and homeless.

>> no, it isn't the logan circle that we all remember. >> reporter: alan han recently moved to the neighborhood with his wife and lovelyingly restoring this home on victorian street. this home blends well with the modern world, and that's the beauty of these neighbors, opening their homes, the chance to see what creativity has unfolded inside. >> there's really something for everyone on this tour, if you enjoy history, if you enjoy architecture, if you enjoy interior design, there's something that will really affect all of your senses. >> reporter: what is most obviously on display is pride. the logan circle community evolved in the last decade from sketchy to robust, with real estate price tags that can reach well over $1 million. while the neighborhood has blossomed into a little slice of urban americana. >> it's a village within the city. you can't walk down the street

without meeting lots of people that you know. >> reporter: see for yourself on sunday. wendy rieger, news 4 washington. >> if you're interested in the tour, tickets cost $25, if you buy them online and $30 the day of the tour. we have a link, of course, on our website, nbcwashington.com, and great story for chuck bell here. because we know he loves that neighborhood. >> it's convenient to everything, less than a mile from the white house. dogs love nicholas the killer attack dog. i've got a 15-year-old dachshund so we're outside a lot, we just don't get far. >> wow! >> he moves along pretty smartly for his age but still very short, little legs but we go through logan circle all the time and it's a great neighborhood to live in and if you're going to be outside enjoying the home tour this weekend or whatever you're going to be doing the weather will be very cooperative indeed so make your plans to get outside and

enjoy your weekend, everybody. it's finally here, saturday morning, after a long, hard back to work and school week following that thanksgiving holiday, it's always tough to go back to work after a holiday like that. outside on your first weekend of december, clear sky, temperatures below freezing in most of the western suburbs this morning, still above the freezing mark in washington. washington national airport has not been too freezing yet this winter season. a lot of the western suburbs clearly have been. right now in washington 37 degrees, a light breeze out of the north at five miles per hour, a few high, thin clouds out there first thing this morning, that's the case through much of your saturday and your sunday as well. no real threat for rain until we get to late monday or tuesday but first thing on your saturday morning, temperatures mid-20s across western fairfax, louden county and montgomery county. 30 in gaithersburg, 29 degrees in waldorf and laplata.

this afternoon plenty of sunshi sunshine, temperatures low 40s mid morning, upper 40s to near 50 later on this afternoon, gradually the winds come across the south, allowing tomorrow to be a little bit warmer today. nothing showing up on doppler for us but there are rain shers well back out to our west and yes indeed snow down to the far western part of the oklahoma and texas panhandles. heavy rain so chicago and st. louis it is all come our way but slowly and as a result i don't think we'll have to worry about rain until the tuesday time frame. for today a clear sky to get things started. high level clouds on the increase by later on today and tomorrow. rain chances hold off until late monday or more likely tuesday. here is your saturday forecast, mostly sunny, high clouds coming in later today. a pleasant enough day to be outside. highs today upper 40s and low 50s and tomorrow, a little bit more in the way of cloud cover but a south breeze will put temperatures into the mid and upper 50s for tomorrow. the seven-day forecast great

looking weather through the remainder of the weekend. highs today near 50 and mid-50s tomorrow. near 60 degrees on monday with the clouds increasing, rain chances are in the forecast for tuesday and for wednesday. we turn breezy and cold as we finish it out next weekend and go on into that. one of the things that i did this week, the 20th annual senior holiday lunches at the nova campus in mannasas. >> okay. >> there were at least 300 people into this cafeteria. >> wow! >> 150 or so seniors there, it's such a popular venue. 20 years. >> i heard the skinny on the down low you were the main man there, a hot ticket item there, mr. chuck bell. >> they ran out of tickets and they were scalping them apparently in the parking lot. they weren't scalping them in the parking lot but they were super, super nice to me. we had a ton of fun. i couldn't take a picture of the whole group. >> you need a panoramic camera for a shot like that.

>> i got one on one with santa. >> you get a present? >> i got a picture and will update you on what santa and i talked about in a minute. we won't want to miss that. >> we'll looking forward to it. this is great football weather, isn't it? >> yes, it's oklahoma and oklahoma state in stillwater tonight, it's going to be freezing cold out there. speaking of football weather, the redskins are bruised and battered, those poor guys but hanging in there and ready to take on the jets this weekend. >> they can't get a break. hakim dhakem dermish has more. >> laran landry is out because of a groin injury. he'll miss his second game in the last three weeks. quarterback rex grossman remains confident with a 4-7 record he says the redskins won't roll over. >> you are what your record says you are but we still feel we're a talented football team that

can win every week. we're not patting ourselves on the back too much. we're getting ready for the jets and we want that feeling again. >> on sunday at fedex field the redskins against the jets, kickoff set for 1:00. high school football last night, undefeated quince orchard playing undefeated four mil for the championship. old mill rallies to tie at 28-28 and forces overtime. billy plante under pressure to tie rel williams, touchdown cue begans and the patriots answer. shields plunges in for six and instead of going for the tie, old mill goes for two and the win. so here it is. the pitch goes to rob chessen and check it out, dives in and that's it. chessen who set a state record with 49 touchdowns this season makes the biggest play of his life. old mill comes back to beat quince orchard 36-35 in

overtime. a heartbreak for the cougars but heck of a season for q.o. finishing with a 13-1 record. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakem dermish, have a great day. still ahead this morning? >> did you put something in his drink? >> absolutely not. >> is that why you went out to the car? >> i said absolutely not. >> the sparks flew at gary giordano gave his first prime time interview since being released from an aruban jail. we're going to bring you some of his explanations for what happened to his missing travel companion, robyn gardner. also ahead, what police are doing to make sure that you and your purchases are safe from [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices...

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shocked that there was nobody there. there was nobody to jump up and down and say "come help me." >> so that's you looking exhausted, scared and shocked. >> yeah. you don't know me. >> gary giordano tries to explain what really happened during his vacation in aruba in this first prime time interview since his release from jail. welcome to news 4 today. i'm erika gonzalez. >> i'mage ye goff. gary giordano is speaking out about the disappearance of his travel companion robyn gardner. >> gave an interview to "dateline nbc" last night. he last saw gardner while snorkeling. the gaithersburg man says they were getting deeper in water but struggled to get back to shore because of winds and current. giordano also talked about a visit to a bar. he fiercely defended accusations

that he did anything to harm gardner. >> while you were having lunch, at one point you get out and go to the car, and come back and you have something in i had blue cup. >> um-hum? >> what is that? >> it's just juice we had. >> juice, not alcohol? >> no. >> the two of you weren't consuming alcohol? >> we had a drink before we left the hotel. >> why go to the car to get juice or anything when you're at a bar and they have things to drink there? >> i went to have a cigarette actually, but, you know, took my cup, filled it with juice and came back. >> did you put something in robyn's drink? >> absolutely not. >> is that why you went out to the car? >> i said absolutely not. can it be any clearer than that? absolutely not. >> an aruban prosecutor said there are inconsistencies in giordano's statements and he's the prime suspect in gardner's death. authorities say they plan to extex extradite him but they don't know when that will happen.

>> everybody's keeping an eye out for him on gaithersburg. for us, happier topics. >> take us there. >> good weekend weather coming up for everybody, sunshine came back yesterday and we get to keep it for your saturday and for your sunday. >> i'll take that. >> put it in our pockets, right? >> absolutely right and a good way to get your weekend started, mostly clear skies, temperatures seasonably cold but nothing too crazy. 41 at the pawtuxet air station but as you get away from the warming influences of the chesapeake bay, noticeably colder. 37 in town, 30 in gaithersburg and germantown, 29 degrees toward potomac, 27 in leesburg, 25 in the panhandle of virginia. nothing showing up on doppler for our weekend concerns, that is welcome news. closer rain showers to us, if you're flying or traveling today, chicago or st. louis, you may run into airline delays going into that direction as it

will be rain for them. further west snow into parts of the rockies so good luck for that trip. outside for us today mostly sunny, high clouds coming in later in the day. today's highs up in near 50, tomorrow's highs 55 degrees with a few extra slouds coming. rain chances don't show back until tuesday. >> thanks a lot, chuck. news from overnight, one person is dead after an suv and a car collided in 270 in gaithersburg. the accident shut down northbound lanes of 270 near 370 for more than an hour. police are saying very little about the crash. they do say that one driver was killed. the other driver was rushed to the hospital, and there's no word on his or her condition. we're continuing to poll this story and will bring you any updates as they become available. montgomery county police are looking for a suspect they believe is behind four separate convenience store robberies. the four robberies happened in gaithersburg over the past few

months. the suspect or suspects hit two 7-eleven stores in october and the same cvs store twice in the past two weeks. this is surveillance video from one of the 7-eleven robberies in the 19,000 block of watkins mill road. if you have any information, call montgomery county police or crime solvers. authorities are offering up to $1,000 to anyone with information that leads to an arre arrest. a man walked into all saints preschool in 9:15 in the morning, in the middle of the dropoff period. he made off with cash and metro fare cards. investigators say he tried the same scheme at three other schools nearby. last year, police in fairfax county busted holiday scammers with nearly $200,000 worth of stolen merchandise. they're at it again this year and the money is already starting to wrack up. i recently went to tyson's

corner mall where authorities are looking for con artists. they've already recovered nearly $30,000 worth of stolen merchandise this season but the thieves aren't just local. a $10,000 rolex watch, that's what one man tried to get away with using a fraudulent credit card at a high dollar jewelry store in tyson's corner last week. the store clerk called them after they said the suspect's behavior was off. r.a.t. or retail anti-theft team, is hitting the streets. some are in regular uniform but most will be undercover, dressed like anybody else. >> what we're looking for now in tyson's corner, which is the out of state crime rings that are coming into this area, tyson's corner in fair oaks and fairfax county in general is known for a very wealthy population. >> dawn has had her credit card abused and more leery of her purchases this time of year.

>> i try to put check signature so they'll ask me for my i.d. and for the most part that does work. >> reporter: police say the typical shoplifter has evolved, now using fake credit cards and fake currency, working their hot items into the black market in states as far away as florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, and new york. that's why police urge shoppers to be aware of their surroundings, don't dress extravagantly, only carry credit cards that you'll use and don't leave your purse unattended. police say last year the iphone was a big ticket item. this year, it still appears to be electronics and costly clothing. >> what do these professional con artists look like? police say they tend to go for store corners and always looking over their shoulders and they're also trying to steer clear from shoppers and police officers alike. new media reports say los angeles police used undercover tactics to infiltrate a camp of

occupy protesters. wednesday officers raided the n encampment and arrested nearly 300 people. an anonymous police source told the "los angeles times" officers tried to blend in at demonstrations to learn about plans to resist or use weapons against police. lapd responded to the report saying occupy meetings were public and easily tracked. syracuse head basketball coach jim boeheim apologizes for comments he made against his former assistant coach. yesterday he "misspoke very badly" when he questioned the motives of the three men who accused better thanny firnie fi abuse. 'ccused the three of lying about money and acted out of long time loyalty to his assistant coach. boeheim said he would help raise awareness against child abuse by working with local charities. the time is 6:38. it was more than just televisions and clothing flying off the store shelves during

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soon you're going to have one more airline option right here in the d.c. area, jetblue announced it will soon fly out of reagan national airport. the discount carrier beat out five other airlines in an auction for landing rights here in d.c. jetblue paid $40 million to get the operations here. the airline will have eight daily takeoff and landing slots. jetblue has not named the destinations just yet. it also has not said when the flights will begin. toys and tvs weren't the only items flying off store shelves on black friday.

gun sales reached record numbers last week. how's that for a stocking stuffer? the fbi says it got more than 129,000 applicants for background checks for prospective buyers since last friday. some gun industry analysts say the surge can be attributed to women interested in sports shooting and more people wanting firearms to are protection. about three weeks until christmas, it looks like this year's hot holiday toy is completely sold out, the leappad explorer. a check of online stores including toys "r" us, walmart, kmart and target showed the tablet is already gone. there are some left on amazon, however. the sellers are cashing in big time on the demand. some are selling it for nearly double the price the original value. not surprised by that. >> well, i mean, it's like anything in america, if you want it, there's somebody that will sell it to you. >> ages 4 through 9 so i'm off the hook this year.

>> still have a ways to go. >> baby just turned 1 so birthday forecast today. >> when was the big day? >> it was yesterday but we're celebrating today. >> very cute. >> lots of sunshine for her. >> did she blow out the candles? >> not yet. >> still waiting on that. >> she just face plant into the frosting? >> trying to eat the candle. >> just put it out first, that's all that matters. a complete check of your weekend forecast, straight ahead.

welcome back. the "today" show is next on nbc 4. >> lester holt joins us live from new york. good morning, lester. >> good morning, erika and angie. new developments in the penn state scandal, jerry sandusky breaks his silence once again this time to the "new york times" saying the allegations against him are false and joe paterno never approached him about his alleged conduct. then embattled republican presidential hopeful herman cain is expected to make a major announcement about his campaign today. the big question, is he in or

out? authorities in arkansas find country singer mindy mccready's son apparently hiding with her in a closet at an arkansas home, what's next for mccready? we'll speak with the boy's grandmother live. director gary marshall has been a master of sitcoms and romantic comedies for years. now romancing us once again, talk "happy days" and countdown to his latest flick "new year's eve" all that and more when we see you later on today. back to you in washington. >> lester, thank you. i saw julia roberts, "pretty woman" love that movie. >> pretty well acted. >> it's a classic. we have to look forward to "new year's eve." >> i know. another thing to look forward to, great weather, sunny and nice. >> the people that own the businesses want the nice weather on the weekends as we get into the holiday season because any kind of an interference in the shopping schedule. >> i was going to say i'm not complaining or anything but

texas, the closest thing we got to snow is maybe some ice and it would last -- >> hail, texas had big hail. >> awful. so i'm ready to see some snow but that's going to be a while. >> you and me both. i am ready, a lot of people feel very differently about that than i do but i put a word in with the man, and i've got a picture to prove it. outside on your saturday morning, a clear sky awaits you to get your weekend under way, a nice seasonal chill in the air as well. many spots in the 20s and 30s this morning, on the milder side, right in downtown washington, in the upper 30s this morning, right alongside the bay, temperatures closer to 40 but still waiting on the sun. sun comes up at 7:09 this morning, right now it's 37 degrees in washington, a light breeze now out of the north at only 5 miles per hour and light breezes much of the day today, a north breeze this morning, gradually coming back around the south by later on today. startoff temperatures 20s and 30s in and around the immediate metropolitan area. 27 in winchester, 29

charlottesville, 30 degrees in hagarstown, 40 in annapolis and shady side and diehl. plenty of sunshine coming your way for today with temperatures climbing into the upper 40s and low 50s for a time this afternoon. nothing showing up on doppler close to us. the nearest rain drops to us are a long way back out to the west so if you're traveling towards chicago or st. louis probably have airline delays going in those directions but here in the mid-atlantic, clear sailing up and down i-95 from new york city down to the carolinas. mostly sunny to get the day started. i think we'll have a gradual increase in some mid and high level clouds later on this afternoon and that trend will continue on through tomorrow. seasonably cool outside for the rest of your afternoon today. again, typical for overnight lows tonight, back down mostly into the 30s, and then tomorrow a little bit more in the way of some cloud cover coming in by 6:00 tomorrow afternoon, but again, still the rain chances hanging back out to the west until probably tuesday. so for today, mostly sunny, again some mid level and high level clouds coming in later this afternoon but that won't bother us at all. highs today around 50 degrees

and tomorrow, highs back up into the mid-50s, plenty of sunshine around for tomorrow with a gradual increase in cloud cover by late in the day on sunday and then into monday. most of the rain is stacked up on tuesday and wednesday of the upcoming week, that will make two or three weeks in a row where we stayed dry on the weekend and had the needed rainfall during the week. >> and who is this, chuck? >> the proof is in the pudding, you no he? i had a sitdown with santa out at the nova mannasas campus, doing the luncheon earl wier th week. i asked for a snowstorm for christmas. >> you can ask for a million things and that's what you ask for? >> i hope you've been naughty so santa doesn't deliver. >> well i've been very, very good so i like my chances. >> we have to see how that plays out. we might have to make a call to mrs. klaus. >> we'll give you props. >> i've got the inside track. >> we'll give you props for the good weather we'll see today. >> fair enough. >> thanks a lot, chuck. after a short hiatus, "saturday night live" is back with steve bushemi and guests

the black keys. >> even with all of the acting credits, nothing compares to "snl." >> i'm steve wasemi and hosting "snrks sl" with the black keys. >> the second time hosting for steve busemi but the first time was 13 years ago. >> it's nerve-racking, it really is. i think i've woken up every night this week in like a panic, just thinking about it. >> reporter: but the same thing goes for "snl's" regulars. >> everyone and the casts and writers still wakes up in a panic. >> that's reassuring. >> reporter: none of the current cast was on the show when he first hosted, most are younger than the show itself. >> awesome! >> were you even born when the show first came on? >> no, i was not, '78. >> the brooklyn born star of films including "the big lebowski" watched "snl" from the

beginning since 1975. >> i don't like to think about that perspective because it makes me more nervous. >> the legacy part is the most intimidating. once you're here you realize it's people and performers you kind of just get it done. >> it's true. >> are that leads to "snl"'s golden rule. >> the show doesn't go on because we're ready, the show goes on because it's 11:30. >> reporter: this saturday will be nothing different. we are seven minutes away from the 7:00 hour right now. a sweet ending to the harrowing story of girl scouts robbed while selling cookies. how people hundreds of miles away are helping make these young girls' holiday season very, very special. and also coming up, attention, gentlemen, the fashion police have come to town looking for you. oh, yeah, baby. how these two men are trying to help the fashionably challenged men of

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welcome back. tonight d.c. bars are offering some great deals on drinks and all it will cost is you just a little bit of dignity. it's the official tacky christmas sweater bar crawl. you have to buy a ticket to register and receive a special wrist pand, just wear that ugly, tacky christmas sweater to area bars like the 51st state,

madhatter and public to get great deals on food and drinks. the party starts at 6:00 tonight and for more information head to christmascrawl.com. there's a serious fashion disaster in our area and if you are a guy, there's a good chance you've been a victim of it, but there's hope thanks to a clothing line based right here in washington. news 4's jennifer doren takes us to georgetown and shows us this frumpy day solution. >> reporter: stroll through d.c. and they're everywhere, male muffintops, shirts that make slim guys look like they're packing on the pounds. >> sleeves are really long or the neck's too big. >> looks like you're walking around in sort of a loose trash bag. >> every guy goes through kind of that realization that perhaps their clothes don't fit them very well. i went through the same thing. >> reporter: after one too many frustrated looks in the mirror pernavora launched an apparel company with a new sizing system

designed for specific body times. philip soriano stepped in to help. >> hugh & crye, it means taking a stand. for us, taking a stand against ill fitting shirts. >> reporter: here you'll find nine specialty sizes can you the from high end italian fabrics. >> think of it as being closer to custom than ready made. >> reporter: shoppers, including those surfing the web, can use this chart to find their fit. it compares sleeve length with upper body build, whereas one guy might need a button down that's short and broad, another buyer may be tall and lean or average and skinny. if you want to give a woman the gift that fits, you'll have to hold off for now, but ladies, there is hope we can slip into one of these in the future. >> we get the question about when are we going to start women's shirts all the time, and the reality is, one, we don't

know a thing about women so we need a little bit of help so if there's anyone out there extremely passionate about women's shirts we're happy to talk to you. >> reporter: big visions for a small business targeting fashion disasters, shirts by shirts. jennifer doren, news 4 washington. >> do you want to take first dibbs on that? i'm volunteering or should i? >> i'll do it. >> we'll let chuck. all right, some local girl scouts are giving big thanks to chr police this morning. >> the story starts around halloween, someone stole a cash box from the girl scout troop 2310. they were selling cookies outside a walmart in buoy. since then police collected donations to help the girls out. contributions came in as far as, get this, pennsylvania. yesterday police presented the girls with more than $700. >> well, it's more than just a matter of replacing what was lost for the girls. it's also replacing their sense

of wholeness in the fact that the community supported them, and that this act was definitely something that was an aberration versus the way people usually treat other people. >> police arrested one person in connection with the crime back in early november. that's it for "news 4 today." we'll be back in 25 minutes with a full good morning. breaking news. jerry sandusky speaks out. >> these allegations are false. i didn't do those things. >> in a four-hour interview with the "new york times," the man accused of sexually abusing eight boys describes in his own words what happened and the real reason he said he retired from penn state. in or out, embattled republican presidential candidate is expected to make a major announcement today abo