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year and now a sign that shoppers are responding in a a big way. plus, neighbors fed up after fire devastates an apartment building for the second time in less than two years. >> we are not going to come back, it's not good for my kids. >> millions ready to head home after thanksgiving, what you can expect sunday in my travel forecast. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> paul walker best known for his role in the fast and furious movies has died. a spokes person confirmed that he a car crash several hours ago. this is video from the scene just in to news 4, according to his facebook page, he was a passenger in a friend's car they had just left an event for

walker's charity and both were killed. a big change in the way that americans do their holiday shopping. the first sales numbers are out now and they signal what could be the beginning of an end to black friday, in the way that we normally think of it at least. we have reaction to the new numbers. >> reporter: well with, chris, no one would admit that they shopped on thanksgiving. the numbers don't lie and they indicate more and more people are going from the meal to the mall. i did not shop on thathanksgivi >> reporter: she may have not headed to the mall, but a lot of americans did. >> we are losing that special time with our families because of trying to get the deal. >> the latest retail numbers

show that thanksgiving day shoppers gobbled up black friday's sales that were down more than 13%. that has many black friday shoppers surprised. >> all the parking garages were full. the mall, i literally was shuffling through people. it was bad. >> so you are surprised that the numbers were down? >> yeah, definitely. >> while black friday numbers are down, if you look at thursday and friday combined, spending rose 2.3% from last year. that signals a shift. and americans going from dinner table to the shopping mall to get a head start on the deals. >> these extra promotions and these extra hours may have cut in to our dinner time, with but it boosted the retailers. >> reporter: at least a dozen major retailers opened on thanksgiving this year, shoppers responded in record numbers and according to date a online sales were up on thanksgiving by nearly 20%.

you got to be with your family, it was easy. >> some are not hitting the stores at all, they are waiting for cyber monday. >> i might as well just skip all the hecticness and i'm always on on my computer, so might as well get the deals on line and skip the headache. >> so, here are some more of those numbers. more than $9 billion were spent in stores on friday, and more than $12 billion on thursday and friday combined. the full results will be available tuesday and don't forget about cyber monday. >> for every age group. from 5 until 52. >> president obama and his daughters picking up books today at politics and pros in northwest d.c., they made the stop as part of small business saturday. it's the fourth year in a row that small businesses have encouraged shoppers to take a break of the big box stores and

buy locally during the busy holiday shopping weekend. shops across the d.c. region took part, many told us they made a point to offer items that you cannot get from the large retamers so that shoppers keep coming back. and they say, small business saturday has gotten bigger every year. >> a development tonight in a deadly shooting in laurel that we told you about earlier this week. dequan oats has been arrested in the shooting death of little. little was found late tuesday night. police are investigating a motive but they are saying that the shooting was not random. >> right now the red cross is provide food and shelter for families suffering from a fire. this is the second time in two years that people in the same building have been displaced. a woman told us that she is

looking for a new place to live. >> i have two little babies. it's not secure for the them. i won't come back. yeah, we going to find another apartment and the move out there and see how we are going to do to this condo. we are not going to come back. it's not secure for my kids. >> no one was injured in the fire and investigators say it was cause wby a lamp that tippe over. and caused $100,000 in damage. turning to the forecast, it started to a chilly cloudy beginning of the weekend, will things get any better for sunday? >> well, they will chris. we are going to deal with the cold night tonight, so a cold start tomorrow morning but overall, tomorrow will have more sunshine and warmer temperatures. right now, many locations already in the low 30s and upper 20s. washington being the exception coming in now at 37 degrees, for tomorrow, a high temperature of about 47 and inside of the beltway, areas outside many locations also will be in the 40s. with a cloud/sun mix throughout

the day. looking for something to do? you could hit up one of the area ski resorts. you see five trails open in wintergreen, i have tweeted it out. i will be back talking about a big temperature warm up as we begin december in ten minutes, chris. >> now to the latest efforts to repair the health care.gov website, in a few hours the site will go off line, but it a runn will be able to handle extra traffic. tomorrow is the self imposed deadline to improve the website. it has been plagued by problems since the launch. officials say tomorrow it should be able to handle 50,000 users at once. plans to build a new $600 million stadium for the d.c. united soccer team are facing delays tonight. the washington post reports that it is unlikely the d.c. council

will vote on a land deal for the stadium by the end of the year. it is not clear if that will affect the goal of finishing the stadium in 2016. once approved the new stadium will be built on buzzard point, that is not far from national's stadium in southwest washington. the family of a slain prince george's county postal worker is preparing to say goodbye. the funeral for tyson barnett will be held tomorrow in south carolina. today, police officers and u.s. postal inspectors the neighborhood where burnett was shot while working last weekend. they retraced his route along reed street and spoke to fl neighbors to find information leading to an arrest. >> we are hoping that someone may have seen him at some point and provide information to us that will help lead us to the prosecution of his killer. >> the u.s. postal inspection service is offering a reward of

up to $100,000 for information that could lead to an arrest. a mother survives a plane crash and walks to the nearest town for help. new details just coming in about this deadly crash. a big scare for a home owner in prince george's county after a crash in to his home. and a party set for tomorrow at we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s.

and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪

>> we are just hours away from learning the name of the national zoo's panda cub, the zoo will hold a big ceremony to choose a name announced by the public. people voted online, and keeping with chinese tradition, the zoo is waiting until the panda is 100 days old to name her.

tomorrow's big reveal will include dancing, music and food and there will be a video message from first lady michelle obama. new tonight, federal investigators on the scene in the deadly plane crash in rural alaska, four people were killed when a plane went down in st. mary's, six people survived. one woman tried unsuccessfully to revive her 5 month old son before walking nearly mile for help. the flight went down in freezing rain, no word on what caused the crash. it could be days before police learn if there are any more victims of a police helicopter crash scotland, the helicopter crashed into a pub last night. police brooef that more victims may be trapped under the wreckage. more than 100 people were inside the bar when the crash occurred. more than 30 were hurt.

well the sunday after thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel days of the year. what kind of weather can you expect tomorrow? and when do we get our winter warm

>> the resident of this home said he thought he was experiencing another earthquake, when his home shook today, it turned out to be this suv, police say that the driver may have been speeding when he lost control and crashed in to a house on old branch avenue around 1:00, the driver was taken to custody for possession of a controlled substance, no

one was hurt. d d.o.t. crews tefed wires for the -- tested wires for the new rails. it will change the traffic on north street in northeast and police will start ticketing drivers if they are parked in the street car lanes. they hope to have the street cars moving early next year. they will run up and down eighth street between union station and benning road in northeast. and the travel we are all wondering about tonight is the get home from thafrnking giving travel. >> if you can remember, we were dealing with rain and snow on the way to get here for tha thanksgiving but we are dealing with quiet weather, i will get to the travel forecast in a bit. right now, it's chilly outside. especially for those of you in the suburbs, with the temperatures in the low 30s and upper 40s.

in district, this is what you can expect, dropping to freezing in washington. areas around the water around 30 and in the suburbs we are talking low 20s. frederick, maryland, as well, your planner for tomorrow, it's a chilly start, low 30s and overall tomorrow will be a better day when we compare it to today. more sunshine and warmer temperaturers a cloud sun mix throughout the day and a high temperature tomorrow of 47. december 1st tomorrow we will see a warm up. temperatures will continue to get cooler. as we look at the travel weather, along the eastern seaboard, quiet and chilly temperatures. up state new york and noblg pabd z op -- and northern parts of new england. now, the midwest is quiet and

mild, as we look to the northwest, some rain there in the higher elevations and we will be dealing with snow. i think that will be the only trouble as far as travel is concerned, if you are flying into the northwest there. >> as we look at the next seven days, for tomorrow, high temperature of 47 and like i said, december 1st is tomorrow, winter begins. this is on average the coldest three months of the year. december, january and february. of course, winter does not begin until december 21st, so, why is that? well, because the, at that point, it's the lowest sun position in the sky. good news, once we hit december 21st, our day length will start to increase and of course, december officially begins on the 21st, daylight will be nine hours and 26 minutes. now, as we get into the up coming week, temperatures warm a bit each day, the average high 50 degrees, we will hit it on

tuesday surpass it on wednesday. monday, mostly cloudy skies a high temperature of 48, for tuesday, most of us are dry and mostly cloudy and a high temperature of 50 degrees. southern maryland and eastern maryland on in to delaware, has a 30% chance for thunderstorms in the morning hours. friday, a high of 62 and a chance of rain. we are whack in to the upper 40s by next saturday. >> thanks, coming up in sports, the play of the year in college football is jaw dropping, even the winning team can't belief it. what is up

>> twitter is exploding tonight saying this is the best college game ever. >> i've been watching college foob football for a long type, and this was the reason we all love college football. especially when it's two rivals going at it, number 1 versus number 4. the iron bowl on a great college football weekend this was the best game with the very best finish of the year. gus of the tigers, looking to spoil alabama's bid for a third

straight national championship. late in the game. auburn down 7 and nick marshal finds his receiver wide open. we are tied at 28. one second left. the attempt is short. chris davis. fields it and brings it out of the end zone. davis gets a few blockers, stays in bound and it's unbelievable. takes it all the way for the game winning touchdown. how about that? fans cannot believe it, they are going crazy. alabama, their perfect season is over, one of the best college football games you will ever see. auburn, they win it 34-28. >> wow. >> the terps playing in their last acc game, taking on nc

state, first quarter, maryland down, and c.j. brown picks them up. the senior quarterback, finds king, 53 yard hook up there, terps on top, 10-7, brown was not done. he shows off his legs this time. later on in the quarterback. look at this run. >> there he goes again! >> he had 138 yards rsh i-- yardiyard i s rushing, that was a career high brown puts the icing on the cake. connects with reed here. and 5 total touch counsdowns fom they finish with a record of 7-5. battle of virginia. hokies and cavaliers, i have no idea what the mascots are doing, but whatever. first quarter, va tech, they are on top, 3-0, and wafford to mcgee, taking it down to the 22 yard line.

a 38 yard gain, set up a tying field goal. second quarter, hokies up 9-6. thomas, tired of field goals wants to get in the end zone, and finds a receiver that wants to do the same thing, that is trey edmonds, he stays on his feet and into the end zone. only touchdown of the game, that is it va tech would need, they win it 16-6. they finish the regular season at 8-4. also, west virginia lost to iowa state in triple over time, 52-44. all right, over on the ice, the capi he once again. ovechkin came through when his teammates needed him the most. ovechkin and the caps looking to end november with a win and possibly a shave. late in the game. under two minutes left, we are tied at 1, puck in front of the net. holtby thinks he has it and he is there to clean it up.

watch it again. holtby, thought he had the puck. vanek took advantage of it. and islanders on the power play, the caps with the puck. chimera behind the net and to backstrom for the one-timer. great feed for chimera. backstrom ties it at 2. we are headed to overtime. in overtime, the great eight took over, great move, great goal. that was his first 21st league leading goal of the season. the capping win it, and they beat the islanders 3-2 in overtime. john wall and the wizards playing host to atlanta, second quarter, the wiz, they are up by 4 and on the run. john wall, getting fancy. move to the bucket there, led by 10 at halftime. fourth quarter, hawks down by 5, and former wizard, mack, kicks it to millsap. he will knock down the 3 3-pointer. the wizards answer back.

wall to ariza, 24 points for ariza tonight, wiz are back up by 5 and later on, it's i don't know -- it's john wall doing his thing. game high 26 points for john wall tonight, wizards go on to win it 108-101, it feels so good to finally have a good basketball team, a professional basketball team in the d.c. area. >> big basketball and the caps and now the washington football club. okay? >> yes. >> that is the

>> all right, now, uh, give it to me straight. >> well, mr. president, uh, as your press secretary, i have to be honest. it has not been a good week. but on the plus side, you have a state dinner tonight, and all of your biggest supporters are going to be here.

>> barack, i hope i'm not interrupting. >> ah, michelle, uh, you're never interrupting. >> good to see you, mrs. obama. i'll give you two a little privacy. >> all right. michelle, it's, uh, this is such a treat. i feel like, uh, i feel like it's been years since i've seen you. >> it may feel that way, but i'm always here for you, and i always will be here for you.i'm interrupt, but oprah winfrey has arrived for the dinner, and she would love to pop in and say hello. >> well, uh, that's wonderful. >> what a nice surprise. >> isn't it? so, don't you think you should go and get changed? >> why? >> so that oprah can come in? >> oh, because of the whole -- >> yes, exactly. >> and kenan won't? >> nope. >> [ sighs ] well, in that case, i will leave, and in a few minutes, oprah will be here.