and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. the day d.c. has waited 100 days for has finally arrived. counting down to a giant panda naming celebration happening today. and the national zoo is pulling out all of the stops. new from overnight, revamped health care website ready to be tested to see if it could handle more users. welcome to news4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm erika gonzalez. we want to start with weather. you may not need the big coat today. >> amelia's filling in for chuck.

>> good morning. by the afternoon, you're not going to need the g, warm jacket. this morning you need it. it is a cold start. temperatures in the suburbs around 20 degrees right now. very cold outside, clear skies across the area. washington coming in at 31 degrees. that is the warm spot. 19 in manassas. 21 in gaithersburg. our i hi temperatures today, warm warmer than yesterday. not only are our temperatures warmer, but we're going to have more sunshine as well. mostly to partly sunny skies. high temperature in the district 47 degrees. in 15 minutes back with your travel forecast. today movie fans are in shock after the star of the 'fast and furious" film franchise is killed in a fiery car crash. paul walker was a

self-proclaimed adren lyself-pr ed a drdr adrenaline junkie. the car slammed into a tree and burst into flames. walker was the passenger. the driver also died instantly. the cause of the accident is under investigation. detectives say speed was a factor. walker best known for his roles in action films. he made his mark starring in 'fast and furious" series. it's a $2 billion franchise. walker had several projects in the works including the hurricane katrina drama called "hours" and his death comes in the middle of filming "fast and furious " and he believes behind a daughter. volunteers renew search efforts for a missing virginia teen who hasn't been seen in almost four months. the group will search the town in nelson county where 17-year-old alexis murphy last season august 3rd at a gas station. they also plan to search the area near the home of 48-year-old randy taylor, whom bliss have charged in murphy's

disappearance. taylor says he was not the last person to be seen with murphy. also today, friends and family say good-bye to a prince georges county postal worker gunned down along his mail route. the funeral is this afternoon in south carolina. barnett was shot and killed along reed street in fairmont heights. yesterday, investigators were back on the scene searching for more clues. police have not arrested anyone. there's a combined reward of $125,000 for information lead toig aconviction. healthcare.gov is temporarily up and running. heading into the first full day of use after the obama administration's self-imposed deadline for the website. the site revamp has gone well with faster response time and the ability to have a higher capacity of people using it at once. officials warn that users won't see a drastic difference in the site yet. in three hours, a conference

call is planned to discuss the progress. happening today, national zoo will announce the name of the giant panda cub. zookeepers will reveal the name in english and chinese on scrolls hanging from a 12-foot arch. more than 123,000 people voted online for the name. in keeping with chinese tradition the zoo is waiting until today, 100th day since the cub was born, to name her. the naming ceremony begins at 1:00 this afteren in. you can watch online. the first weekend of the holiday shopping season wraps up today. new numbers show shoppers spent part of their thanksgiving day at the stores on hunt for black friday sales. spending up more than 2%. darcy spencer talked with shoppers looking for great deals. >> reporter: did you shop? >> i did not shop thanksgiving. to me, thanksgiving is about being with family. >> reporter: terra may not have headed to the mall after the big

turkey dinner but a lot of other americans did. >> we're losing that special time with our families because of trying to get the deal. >> reporter: the latest retail numbers show thanksgiving day shoppers gobbled up black friday sales which were down more than 13%. that has many black friday shoppers surprised. >> all of the parking garages were full, mall literally shufing through people, it was bad. >> reporter: you're surprised numbers were down? >> definitely. >> reporter: black friday numbers are down, if you look at thursday and friday combined, spending rose 2.3% from last year. that signals a shift. americans going from the dinner table to the shopping mall to get a head start on the deals. >> these extra promotions and extra hours may have cut into your dinner time with family but was it gave a good boost for the retailers. >> reporter: at least a dozen major retailers opened on thanksgiving this year compared to a few last year. shoppers responded, coming out in record numbers.

and, according idm benchmark data, online sales up on thanksgiving by 20%. >> you didn't have to go out, you still got to be with your family and it was easy. >> reporter: some aren't hitting the stores at all. they're just waiting for cybermonday. >> i might as well skip all of the hecticness and just go ahead, i'm always on my computer, might as well get all 0 the deals online and skip the headache. >> reporter: most people we spoke to said they feel thanksgiving should be a time spent at moment with family members but numbers don't lie. more and more people are spending part of their thanksgiving hopping. that appears to be becoming a new thanksgiving tradition. darcy spencer, news4 today. president obama and the first family also got in on holiday shopping this within. they visited a d.c. bookstore. >> it is a long list, but some outstanding books. i've got books for every age

group from 5 until 52. >> the president bought several books at politics and prose in northwest part of small business saturday. for the fourth year small business owners encouraged shoppers to take a break from big box stores and buy local during the busy shopping weekend. a questionable trip for two d.c. rappers. why they travelled to north korea and how they got the money for the trip. big travel day across the country. potential for nasty weather could slow you down.

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take a look at this. you can see a huge chunk of ice spinning in a river. this is in north dakota. experts say, it's not the work of the aliens or one big giant

piece of ice. instead, several chunks of ice that got caught in an eddy. that's cool. started spinning like a disc like a record player. >> what's a record player? >> that was supposed to be a. on, what is that, you spin me right round baby. who wrote that one? >> no idea. >> hi, amelia. how are things shaping up today? >> can you believe the 1st day of december? >> it is, my gosh. absolutely right. >> right. >> so meteorologically winter has begun, and what that means for you on average, three coldest months of the year, december, january, and february. and the short term, we're looking at a warm-up, wait until you see the high temperature on friday. right now, though, it is a chilly start. 31 degrees in washington. 26 in college park. 25 rockville. 20 degrees in dulles, clear

skies across the area. 19 cole degrees in manassas, with clear skies. as the sun comes up, plenty of sunshine to start off our day today. overall more sun than we had yesterday paper clo yesterday. a cloudy day especially midday and afternoon. midday hours low 40s. upper 40s for the afternoon hours. as we get into the evening hours, it won't cool off quickly. 5:00 will look to find temperatures around 44 degrees. hard to believe the area ski resorts, a lot of them, opening for the first time this weekend. here is your ski resort. liberty mountain, ten trails open wisp ski resort, six trails open winter green know shoe open. i've posted this on my facebook page, you can head there and see how deep the basis. travel today for the most part, quiet weather across the country. which is good news if you're flying out of town or driving. i hope you had a nice day while you were here.

in the northeast, in upstate new york, northern new england, spotty, light snow showers, rain mixing in, barely any accumulation. for the most part, cool temperatures. plenty of sbs funshine for new and washington. spotty showers around the gulf. mild in the midwest. biggest concern in the northwest, looking at rain, heavy wind, and mountain snows there. nighing to the rockies or northwest, some of those flights might be delayed today. back here at home, tonight, it won't be as cold. low of 36 in washington. temperatures outside of the beltway will be in the mid to upper 20s. as we look to tomorrow, warmer. high of 50. and in fact, temperatures warm up a little bit each day for this week. tuesday, 52. wednesday, 53. thursday and friday, mild. high temperature thursday of 57 degrees. friday, 62.

with that, chance of rain. cooler saturday. high of 48. chance of showers as well. for the redskins tonight, temperatures for the game around 40 degrees. light wins there. heading to the game, it will be cool, it won't be frigid. i would recommend a couple of layers. again, heading into the coldest three months of the year, at least over the next seven days it isn't going to feel like it. not a lot of sunshine monday. as we start off the week, everybody heading back to work after the weekend, it will be an okay day. dry weather. that's good for travelers for the morning commute. >> we'll check back in with you in a few minutes. we are back in 15 minutes with more of the top stories. good morning, welcome to reporters fogt bo s notebook. ite paw lawson muse. with 165-vote lead, the democrat

mark herring has been declared win of the attorney general's race. on monday the board of elections certified the win over the republican, who is expected to call for a recount. if the results hold up, democrats would control fe statewide offices for the first time in a generation. dave, would that mean virginia's officially no longer purple? >> the color chart is very difficult to maintain in virginia, very difficult to determine. many people would think that it currently looks like it's purple because of the apparent wins that are going on if herring pulls it awe. if he doesn't, look at they won. on the other hand, when you get past fredericksburg and down in the other part of the state, it's still, i think, very, and the people i report on, the 50 report identifying have, indicates it's very, very red. and there's factors, did obama care cripple the -- the roll

outof obama care cripple the democrats? did the government shutdown knock off the republicans? there are a certain amount of variables it's hard to pin down which way they're going. i think virginia will remain unpredictble. joe? >> i agree. it's because of the geographical makeup of the state. but the reality is that the democrats swept. >> yeah. >> they won it. and 0 so, this will be very interesting to see what happens, i think now, 2014. >> you have this divide, north and the south. and this is certainly an example of. i think women had a lot to say in this. >> yes, especially young, unmarried women. >> unmarried women. >> it was like 64 to 20-something. they went totally democratic. >> i would say this is what you're going to see in 2014, or even 2016. >> let's hop over to maryland

and talk the governor's race there. republican larry hogan tossed his hat into the ring, and he wants to head off another coronation next november, meaning election of -- the election of another democrat for governor. when bob ehrick was elected -- >> he has a good name, a name of historic historical platform, when his father was running what happen i see here, pat, the fact that issues maryland will dictate that election or those elections, especially the gubernatorial election. when i say issues, same-sex marriage, the whole thing about marijuana and other issues that have come to play nationally, really play heavily in maryland. what's the outlook, i don't know. >> do you think a republican has

a chance in maryland where democrats outnumber republicans 2-1? >> you just said it, 2-1. republicans have always capitalized on democrats' mistakes. when there's disarray in the democratic party, republicans look good. when republicans generally weren the ascendancy not only maryland but other areas he did very well. after within term people decided he had enough republicanism for four years and wanted a change. whether larry hogan can change remains -- you make a good point. his dad, larry hogan, county executive of prince georges county, one of the few republicans who could get elected this that part of the state. of course that was then. now may be different. it's continuing to be an uphill drive for any republican to get state wide or in congress or anything else in maryland. >> i hear what all of you are saying but the reality is, that was a different republican. >> yeah. >> let's be honest, reagan

couldn't get elected in the republican party. the bottom line is that hogan will have to determine, is he a moderate republican or a tea party republican, and it go bazzing baz i back to what jerry said, issues. if he's a tea party republican 2-1 democrat is going to wipe him out. so it's -- bob ehrlich was not today's republican and that's why he was able to get elected. >> in prince georges county, a group of leaders protest over the name of washington's football team, they rallied in the shadow of the stadium monday before the 49ers game. they talked about what the concern team name used to mean. and they called on county residents to unite against the name. another protest here. is this a growing thing? is it a growing movement, do you think, dave? >> based on my reporting, it seems to be growing. >> is it gaining traction?

>> beg your pardon? >> is it gaining traction? >> that's what we don't know. what does the average ticket holder, what do they think about the name? are they really outraged enough about it to turn in their tickets, to get into protests, not show up for games? my reporting indicates to me i convenient much evidence of that. that done mean something isn't bubbling. but it seems to me, until the fan base gets active, nothing much is going to to happen. >> because the fan base is the money. and so, therefore, that's what the redskins are going to look at. but you have to remember one thing, it's mighty funny how the nfl hasn't said very much publicly on this. and i think if there's going to be a change, i really think the power of change will come from the nfl. >> joe, do you think that means? the fact the nfl has not said anything, as an organization, has not responded? there have been meetings.

>> yes. >> they are talking privately. we had a major roundtable discussion about this. you have to take into consideration several things. one, montgomery county executive leggitt has come out, and the owner living in the county, d.c. council has come out. now leaders of different walks of -- sometimes they don't agree with each other, have come out. prince georges county, and there's one factor that everyone in the nfl is concerned about congress and the bill dealing with trademark. can you trademark a name that is perceived to be derogatory. that's the real issue. i think it's going to end up in the courts. >> we've got to take a break. we'll be right back.

showdown over the minimum wage.

d.c. mayor supports a $10 an hour minimum wage but a council committee unanimously approved a wage of $11.50 an hour, which would make d.c.'s one of the highest in the nation. bill's sent to full council which could take the first of two votes in december. gentlemen, everybody seems to agree 8.25 an hour is not enough. is there a battle brewing between the mayor and the council over this? >> there could be. he wants to go a certain distance with the council wants to go farther. if council had votes they could get something passed and an override would be avoided. they tried it before. he stared them down. >> vincent orangeelie his has 9 of the 13 members backing the proposal for an increase. >> vincent original feels he has the muster to carry it through. still, pat, i've been saying all

the time, this is going to come down to a compromise. here, the may i moved up to $10. vincent orange has dropped to $12.50 gone down to $11.50. by the time they dance around this circle, it will come down to $10.50. >> i hope not. i really do. this is absurd when you think about it. we're arguing over $1.50 an hour as if that's going to make or break the company. first of all, the mayor has said he's concerned because of businesses. they will oppose this because you've gone from $8.50 to $9. i hope that the council wins on this one and that the mayor gets off this grandi standing for business and don't have a lot of conniptions over $1.50. >> a big deal talking about walmart and other big box stores. >> that's right. >> it's a deal breaker. >> they objected, said they

couldn't afford to hire people or might pull up stakes and leave town. that's still a factor if it goes up. they'll explain it's too expensive and we'll have to let people go. >> remember the mayor's objection was that it applied to a particular business. >> right. >> he wanted it across the board. now it's a cross the board. now we're arguing over $1.50. >> paying to see the national cathedral. it soon cost you to visit and tour the historic landmark beginning in 2014. washington national cathedral will begin charging admission $10 for adults $6 for chirng seniors and members of the military. you won't have to pay to pray or worship weekdays. we've seen the cathedral undergo major renovations because of the earthquake. i guess it makes sense. >> you came over a great line, pay to pray.

glad you don't have to pay to pray in the national cathedral. they've got to pay for multimillion dollar repairs caused by the earthquake. it's on the tour. i don't know what else they can do. >> many churches do this. when it comes to such the devastation that this earthquake caused to the national cathedral, that's millions of dollars and that doesn't come out of the collection till. so these churches have got to do that. i know at the monastery they want to charge sometimes for tours because tours is a revenue that comes in from visitors. i can see the cathedral doing what it's zbloog doing. >> is it a leap to charge the cathedral, maybe we'll have to pay to visit the washington monument. >> times are getting tough, and people are looking for ways to pay money. in regard to the folks in the

anglican community, episcopalian folks in washington, they're not known for gougers. they really would tell you. most people would agree that they really need to do this. the average family on a limited budget, maybe they come into washington and walk up to the cathedral and now they'll have to pay $10, that's going to hurt them. but you're right, people on the tours, one more pricey thing. in great britain what they do, when we were touring there, all of the great cathedrals, wonderful, extradinary places, houses of worship, historical, they let you in the transceptor in the lobby, but if you want to take a realt tour, you have to pay. d.c. fire and ems, the fire department hiring new paramedics, getting new ambulances and commuter system. news4 i team scott mcfarland

covering the department, tracking understaff stations and lack of single role paramedics. is it enough? >> it's a beginning. it's a great beginning. obviously someone has decided to put the money where their mouth is, repair these, make repairs. i think the real issue here we're missing though is that many of these new hires, trainees are from the district of columbia, and that's the positive story, thatter they're -- their citizens of the district of columbia. >> i go back to management of ems as well as fire department. if the management is not going to really change its ways of communicating with employees and with the communities, it won't help. you're going to -- you can get all of the finances you want but we still have a problem showing up on time and also where

they're going to go. >> well, there you go. good point. the excuse has been we don't have equipment, we don't have the personnel, the funding. now they've got everything. it's show time, folks. >> thank you so much for joining us. that's "reporters notebook". i'm pat lawson muse. news4 today continues. good morning, everyone. we start this half hour with the question many are asking, what's the weather going to be like today. >> amelia segal has the answer. >> richard, the answer is, better than it was yesterday. our temperatures are going to be warmer. overall we'll have more sunshine. than we saw yesterday. cloudy day for the most part. weather headlines, in general, a nice day, as we begin december. it's a dry start to december.

not just today but through the majority of the week. temperatures are also going to slowly warm. we'll shake this chill that we've had for the last week with our temperatures actually making it above average on the seven day. i'll be showing you the seven day in 15 minutes. today, clear skies, cold. 31 in washington. outside of the district, temperatures around 20. a high today of 47 degrees with mostly to partly sunny skies. again, i'll be talking about the temperature warm-up in 15 minutes. >> today, vice president biden leaves for a weeklong overseas trip. the vice president will leave washington later today to meet with leaders in east asia. first stop tokyo, japan. he'll be stopping in china and south korea. it comes at a time of tension between china and japan. china demands to be notified when foreign countries enter a disputed air defense zone over theast china sea.

bide will discuss with south korean leader as rests of two americans held across the boarder in north korea. both the white house and family members are speaking out trying to clear their names. nbc's joe fryar reports. >> reporter: the video released by north korea state media shows the 85-year-old read angan apol. easks for forgiveness for kill soldiers and civilians during the north korean war. it couldn't be confirmed if he wrote the apology. experts say the video could be a good sign. >> this may be a prelude to figuring out what it can extract from the united states for this release and then the release. >> reporter: newman, korean war veteran, dreamed of visiting north korea and last month fulfilled that dream, touring the region with a friend. he was on a plane getting ready to leave when a north korean military officer took him into

custody. last week newman's wife spoke with nbc news. >> we have a lot of strong support but it's not -- when you don't know where your husband of 56 years is, you don't know his health, you don't know when he will be home with us, it's not an easy situation. >> reporter: the swedish embassy in north korea, which handles issues dealing with u.s. citizens, was granted access to newman. another u.s. citizen has been detained in north korea for more than a year and in a statement the white house said it was deeply concerned about the welfare of both men, and urged their releases. overnight bay's family reacted to the white house statement. bay's sister says we cannot forget about these two men. for every action that the u.s. government takes towards his release we are thankful. we plead with the dprk leaders

to show mercy to release kenneth and mr. newman. two rappers filmed a video in north korea. the duo say their trip wasn't about politics. it was about the music. this is a look at another music video they released. they raised $10,000 through a crowd sourcing website to pay for their five-day trip. the rappers say they didn't have any problems there. the state department issued a travel warning to the country. the rap group hopes to release their new evidence video later this month. a ceremony in scotland to remember the victims of a deadly helicopter kroscrash. live pictures for the services happening now. also crews are cleaning the wreckage from that crash. the operation will likely take days. authorities confirm eight people died. the chopper's pilot lost control and slammed into that popular

pub in glaglchl glass go. more than 100 people were in the pub when the helicopter came crashing down. survivors of a alaskan plane crash have a fellow passenger to thank for their rescue. melanie walked from the site to a nearby village to call for help. she considered staying with wreckage but building a fire but decided to move towards distant lights. her infant son and three others were killed in the crash. there were ten people on the plane. breaking news on the gw parkway. all of the northbound lanes are shut down because of an accident. u.s. park police say that a car flipped on its side. rescuers are there at the scene. no word if anyone was seriously hurt. a tow truck is headed to the scene to clear that site. keep it here. we'll keep you posted. a 22-year-old d.c. man is in custody, in connection with the death of a young man in anne arundel county. police arrested him in southeast

for the shooting death of 23-year-old alex little, found shot multiple times off the baltimore-washington parkway in laurel tuesday night. police are trying to figure out what the motive is. they don't think the shooting was random. check this out. suv crashed into a home in prince georges county. this crash happened yesterday afternoon at a loem on old branch avenue in temple hills. the homeowner heard this noise and he ran outside. >> last time i heard something like that and come running outside it was the earthquake. i said, not again. i come running out the house and seeing this in the yard. what happened? the guy came and say there's a car on the side. >> police took the driver into custody for possession of a controlled substance. fortunate nayly no one was hurt a beltsville apartment fire broke out on cherry hill road

yesterday. firefighters believe the fire started when a lamp tipped over inside one of the apartments. no one was hurt. damage estimated at $100,000. today, around the world, people will be drawing attention to the global hiv and aids epidemic in our area. first baptist church will host an event encouraging residents to get tested. head to first baptist around 10:50 this morning. world aids day started in 1988. the cdc estimates 35 million people are living with the illness across the globe and more than 25 million have died from it observe the last 30 years. president obama paid them a visit, now a special event happening today for a group using what some might call an extreme method of protesting now at the national mall. forget cybermonday. the company giving you a head start on deals right now.

historic mistake or high point in u.s. foreign policy? >> the iranian nuclear deal is under review with the big issue on the home front, huh health care act website. david greg riz joiniory is join >> good morning. >> yesterday was the deadline. seem like they were able to work out the kings but not smooth sailing. >> "the washington post" editorial and their argument the website's still not where it was supposed to have been two months ago. white house acknowledges a lot of ground has been lost. they do claim that they have met the deadline with a kind of their own vague goal, they have made progress, it vastly improved for users. you set those targets, it

impossible not to meet them. they claim they'll be allowing 50,000 people on there at a time, 800,000 in a day, they are making some progress toward their gol of tal of the number people to get signed up. it's a difficult situation. this is not executed the way anybody thought. and they have precious little time here, politically and as a policy matter to really get this right. >> members of the catholic church say they could have been a big cheerleader for this, in what sense? >> we talked to the archbishop of new york, cardinal timothy dolan saying, we were a natural ally of the administration. the catholic church since the middle of last century talking about universal health care and dolan said this was a missed opportunity to get the church behind those efforts. they have obviously real objections to some of the religious aspects of it in terms of contraception. this is coming up in the supreme court. a question of whether businesses have a religious freedom

exemption as well. so he'll talk about that opposition to health care in our interview. >> moving on to the deal in iran, with iran, about the nuclear deal. it's been a couple of weeks now. where do things stand? are more people embracing this? netanyahu was saying it's a big mistake. >> he thinks it's a historic mistake, as you referenced. this is a period of testing, an opportunity to test how far iran is willing to go. the big question will iran ever, ever dismantle its nuclear program? why would it ever do that if it wants to have that potential intimidation factor in the region. as well as the fact that hard-liners in iran are not likely to give this up. the question is, how far is iran willing to go? the president wants to find out what those lines are. congress, both republicans and democrats, will have something to say about this. they're not keen on letting sanctions go. they may impose new sanctions. the question is whether that

would be a hindrance to the talks that go on over the next six months. >> you'll have a few folks -- sorry to interrupt -- weighing in on this. >> mike rogers, congressman chris van hollen talking about health care, and also we'll address this. >> thank you. happening today on capitol hill, episcopal bishop, she will lead a prayer service for those who back immigration reform. that service focused on the group called fast for families. some members haven't eaten in 20 days. they are taking a political stance. service will begin tonight at 6:00 at corner of jefferson drive. last week the president visited group on the national mall and hope to persuade house republicans to bring reform legislation to a vote. >> today is the fourth day of hanukkah. alexandria mayor will light a

six-foot tall menorah. you can head over and enjoy traditional foods like potato pancakes and doughnuts for free. today is sure to be a busy travel day. look at that gorgeous sunrise. many people to head home after the long holiday weekend. metro's trying to make things easier for passengers. so here's a live look at reagan national this morning. metro is running extra bus service to and from our region's airports. agency says it added 200 extra buss to service dulles and bwi marshall this weekend. the long holiday shopping weekend is not over yet. big deals on big items. gift cards are the most popular purchase. though one size fits all not all gift cards are created equal. >> reporter: it's a good thing store shelves are already filled with gift cards, because that's the most popular gift to give

for the last five holiday seasons. >> 3 out of 4 people have given a gift card. >> reporter: janna, with bankrate.com, releasing a survey over 1,000 shoppers, most like receiving gift cards, preferring general purpose from the big companies over brand-specific cards. >> brand specific to red lobs r lobster, the gap. >> reporter: general purpose gift cards charge hefty react vation or maintenance feels. brand-specific cards don't charge fees of any kind. however, federal regulations have placed limits on fees on all gift cards. >> did you have 12 months before any dormancy fee, inactivity fee kicks in, erodes the value of the card. >> reporter: the most common value, both given and seened, is between $25 and $50.

and the more someone earns, the more likely they'll give a gift card. chris clackum, nbc news. just like black friday started on thursday, cybermonday is starting today. at least it is on amazon.com. online retailer rolled out the deals at midnight. and it plans to show a new deal every ten minutes. site has been promoting some of its bigger sale items like half off of big screens and up to 80% off other hot items, like jewelry, to keep you on the site, amazon has a countdown telling you when certain items will be discounted next. pretty smart. cybermonday is its biggest shopping day of the year. i went to the mall yesterday and i was expecting just hoards of people and it wasn't like that. what they're doing, too, whatever the deal was for black friday, they're keeping that sale through the entire weekend. you didn't. >> you have time today.

>> you didn't have to be out there at 5:00 a.m. >> or thanksgiving night. >> for a lot of people it comes down to the fun of the hunt. i can see how you can get consumed? trying to find the best deal. >> already we're in december. >> i know. >> after that it's downhill. almost through the year. >> december 1st starts three coldest month of the year on average. as far as meteorologists are concerned, winter has begun. but the winter solstice begins december 21st. this is when we say winter officially starts. what is the difference? i'll explain it to you. when the earth's axis is tilted furthest from the sun, december 21st. at this time the sun will have the lowest position in the sky. good news, once we hit december 21st, our day length will start to get longer. but days continue to get shorter until we hit that point daylight

december 21st. we'll be 9:26. this morning it is cold. look at these temperatures. uniformed teens and low 20s for the most part across the area. win chester, martinsburg, culpepper, 20 degrees. washington at 31. bundle up. if you're out and about today, i would layer. by the afternoon, you're not going to need na thick winter coat. a lighter coat will do fine. by 11:00 a.m. we're in the low 40s. mostly sunny skies for the morning. into the afternoon hours, mostly to partly sunny skies. clouds will gradually increase today. 3:00 p.m., 46. looking for a high of 47. high yesterday, only 39. giants taking on redskins tonight. kick-off at 8:30. heading to the game, a

temperature around 40. there will be a chill in the air. but not too bad for december football weather. cool, light winds. if you're planning on heading to the game. here's how far we'll drop tonight. partly to most lie cloudy skies will allow temperatures to not get as cold as they are now. low in washington of 36. outside of the district, cooler areas will drop into the mid to upper 20s. more typical for this time of year. we are lking at a cool start tomorrow. but overall, tomorrow temperatures will warm up even more. for monday, mostly cloudy skies, heading back to work, to school. weather not a factor. that morning and evening commute should be fine as far as the weather is concerned. but plenty of clouds throughout the day tomorrow. 7:00 a.m., mostly cloudy. temperature of 36. getting into the midday hours tomorrow, mid-40s.

during afternoon hours, in the low 50s. during evening hours tomorrow night, not too bad. kids might have outdoor activities after school. temperatures won't be too cold. in fact, in the short term, temperatures warm up nicely. we had a couple of degrees added to the temperature every day. tuesday, partly sunny skies, low 50s. low 50s wednesday. mild thursday. high temperature of 57. for friday, high of 62. >> is that a 62 in typo. >> that's not a typo, that's the high. with that comes a chance of rain. that's typical cold front. friday into saturday we go from 62 to 48 for a high and chance of rain saturday. >> enjoy it while it lasts. counting down to the big game tonight. special appearances that redskins and giant fans will want to look for at fedex field. woah, this kitchen is beautiful!

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because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. good sunday morning. redskins in prime time for a second straight week hosting the giants on sunday night football at 8:30 on nbc 4. redskins are going to break their three-game skid, they can't pay attention surrounding the team is rg3 a leader? what is mike shanahan's future with the organization. they know they can't worry about that stuff. they just need to play football. >> a lot of talk, chatter, you know, comes about, you know, speculation, things like that. but you just got to focus on what you can control and what we can control is how we go out and prepare for this week's ball game against the giants. and how we play on sunday night. >> to the ice, caps picked up their second win in a row in two

nights. this against the islanders in overtime. alex ovechkin with his league-leading 21st goal of the season in overtime. caps 3-2. hardwood, john wall continuing his impressive start to the season for the wizards. last night against the hawks, wall led the way for washington with 26 points in the game. they beat atlanta 108-101. a look at morning sports. hope your sunday is a good one. you can see a familiar face if you're heading to fedex field today. john riggins will be there. he'll present a huge check from geico to the vietnam memorial fund. because of the game is playing here on nbc 4, check out the nbc sunday night football bus when you're at the game. pictures from twitter of the bus stopping at the sites in washington, like the georgetown waterfront and verizon center. bus filled with game-day gear

and memorabilia. try your hand at doing play by play in a mock broadcast studio. after the game, take metro home. trains run for an extra hour for people at fedex field getting at the morgan boulevard station. last blue line train leaves before 12:30. the last one to largo leaves at 1:30. >> we hope they win. amazing how that sets the tone for the rest of the town for the week. >> yeah. >> what's it going to be like tonight in. >> it's not bitterly cold. light winds. temperatures for the game around 40. so a couple of layers. but again, it's december 1st. i don't think the weather could get better than that for an evening football game. and in fact, as we look to the upcoming week, our temperatures are going to warm a little bit each day. 50 degrees for tomorrow.

52 tuesday. wednesday, 53. thursday and friday, mild. my favorite day that week thursday. dry, temperatures aren't chilly. nice day today. more sun today and warmer. >> looking forward to that. more ahead on news4 today. >> back in 30 minutes. next, "viewpoint." have a great day. ♪

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good morning, everybody. welcome to "viewpoint." focus this sunday morning is on helping the needy this holiday season and year round. with us members from organizes who have served and assists hundreds of thousands in our region. president and ceo of catholic charities archdiocese of washington. director of d.c. women's shelters and family transition the programs. our friend, commander of the salvation army national capital area. welcome back, commander. welcome to you all. last time i saw you, you were receiving a pretty big award.

you blew the roof off the room, everyone was inspired by you. >> thank you. >> major, if we can start with you, this is the season for giving. want to get a sense of how giving washington is right now. are we in the mood to give? how generous have we been? >> it's flatlined now. number one, people have to get into the season, the season generally occurs after thanksgiving. kind of kicks it off. weather, of course, is a big factor and it will get people in the mood. we're encouraged. the metro area, people are very, very giving. >> wonderful. are you noticing a difference, you've been in the region for ages. >> all my life. >> have you noticed a difference this year compared to last and maybe five, ten years ago? >> i think the economy is getting better. for last number of years it's been rough. people sense the need to share more, a sense to give back more

they have a job and blessings of food on the table, roof over your head. i think it's carried over. we still see almost like a sea change during some of the recession, people are keeping that attitude, i think. we'll see more of it as time goes close to christmas and holidays. i think we'll see a great response. >> you've got big programs that are household names now. angel tree program which nbc 4 has partnered with you in the past on. tell us how that's going and ways people can give to families. >> one of the ways through the angel tree. a number of families in the metro area, they're not going to have christmas without the angel tree. it's their christmas. it's exciting to see. last year we sent cameras home with the families and families sent them back and we saw pictures of the kids opening up gifts. >> wow. >> and smiles on the face. you want to see something special, look at those pictures, it's amazing. 14,000 children in the area who need to be adopted this year. 6,000 justnc. alone.

so we are looking, you'll see angel trees around town, businesses have them. a lot of our partners are very, very generous to families in need. it's a great way to give back, just to know that somewhere on christmas morning when you and i are opening up our gifts or drinking coffee, there's some child in the area who is as excited as can be, they rundown stairs and santa claus was there. >> nothing more inspirational than that. how touching is that? you work closely with women around the region. >> yes. >> how tough are the holidays for women? many of whom i'm assuming are mothers. >> yes. it's very difficult for our women in the shelters and transitional programs because we say we are low barrier shelter for single women, every woman that comes into our facility is still a mother. so to be able to not be with their child christmas day is

very, very difficult. we've been blessed we have different groups that work with us, make sure that mothers are in our facilities and might not be able to afford gifts, gifts come to us. so they're able to wrap those gifts and take them to their children to spend qualify time with them christmas day. >> monsignor, how do you get people and you are so skilled and talented at this to learn that giving is so important, not just at the holidays, but year round? talking about people of means, really. >> it's one of the scary things for me, we focus on the holid holidays, we should, it's a great time. i like to help people realize, what about january and february and march? all of us, salvation army, catholic charities find ourselves blessed in many ways. what about january, people's focused changed to other things? the goal is to get people to be reflective how blessed i am, how god watched over me now so when

wintertime comes, you can say, what can i do for somebody who needs help? once they do it, once they experience it, you got them. i say, put your foot in the water, put your toe in the water, try something small, preparing a small meal to be given to somebody at a shelter, do something small, then foot in the water, see what happens. >> we've got more to get to in the half hour of "viewpoint." stay with us. we'll be right back. we'll put up the web addresses for both organizations. if you'd like to learn more or contribute and donate your time or money, go to these websites. or money, go to these websites. one for salvati today is the first time in a long time we go surfing while well rested.

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welcome back to "viewpoint." our fo focu focus, helping the needy and serving them. you head up the transitional

programs for catholic charities. when we talk about transitional programs in housing, what are we talking about? >> talking about programs where a mother her child or children can stay in the program up to two years. in that two-year time they will be working with the case manager, very intensely, to be able to work on goals that the mother has identified as going to help her out of homelessness and prayfully maintain self-sufficiency so she never hat to enter homelessness again. working with a case manager on budgeting, acquiring solid job skills. working with the case manager to build or rebuild family relationships as well as looking at the area for different housing options where they would be able to afford and work with their child. >> for decades the salvation army has transformed lives. it's a long process. talk about the people who you serve. >> we serve some of the similar folks that she serves. you know, and as she stated

during the break, it changed the faces of people who need to help change when the economy took a dive a number of years back. so we're seeing people from all different spectrums people one time living healthy lifestyles find themselves in a situation where they can't afford to pay their rent or mortgage. so that face has changed what happen we learned from people of the past is that sometimes it's a learned behavior, so they've got to be taught to not be a part of that environment again t isn't their fault. i always liken it to the fact when i bam a father, there was no instruction manual for me. and so i had to rely on people to give me advice. especially the women in the program and women in our programs all come from that environment where they just haven't been taught the best way to conduct themselves and how to get that education and how to pay the light bill and pay the rent before they get a cell phone or hair done or stuff like

that. the programs teach them to do that. you see these ladies and children become very productive citizens who go on to teach other people the same thing. so the face has changed. story's changed. but yet the ultimate outcome is we're fortunate enough to see these ladies get on their feet and other folks who come through, some other programs, whether it's a drug program or simple person who just needs us to pay their utility bill that month. we see some very pottive changes. >> speaking of positive changes, monsignor, when you meet with someone in need, oftentimes it's a crisis or chronic, how do you counsel them? so it's not this check will take care of this, counsel them for the long term? >> we're trying to find a way not just give a handout but a hand up. we do a lot of handouts, we have coats, food, we have 2,000 people in shelters every night. a lot of that is basically a

handout because they're not making progress. unless our case workers and our social workers and those who have experience are able to help them move from here to there. a new job program, small to start, nine people won't be out of jobs in december who went through a program. these people are in shelters, on the streets, and now program will finish in early december, jobs in december, begin to make a difference. it's one by one. one case worker, one person, one case worker, small group. move them forward. it's a challenge but that's what makes it fulfilling, to see people change their lives. it's great. >> you mentioned the coat drive. as we get into the cold and we got a taste of it this week, talk about the challenges for you folks. you have a share the warmth coat drive which we've been a part of too, in the past. >> share the warmth. we try to generate as many coats as we company the almanac says

we'll have a horrible winter, which is fine with me, i love the snow. my wife and daughter don't like it as much. but people can't get a coat. with nbc 4 we have a great program that we have a share the warmth program, people give us coats and clean them, we give them away. so not only do you get a coat to keep, but it's clean. >> feels like new. >> last couple of days, some people will tell you it's cole. i like it when my nose gets red and you feel the crisp air, to me, perfect weather. >> you like to shovel snow, we hear, too right? share your number out there for everybody. >> on a serious note, let's head back to women and the client whose you serve and assist. >> yes. >> they come from all walks. what are you dealing with here? women who have fallen on hard times or been on hard times for

a while, maybe abusive relationship? >> we see a combination. we have women that have led chronic lives such that lead to the domestic violence situation. we have women dealing with substance abuse issues, women dealing with mental health issues. so we do have quite a few women that have been homeless for years. and are in our programs for years because that is their family. and so they have built that network while they are with us. and then we have women when the economy is switched, changed over, and the bottom fell out for them in their lives, they had to make hard decisions. money was running out. they lost their home. they could no longer get to work because they didn't have a car. so they had to make hard decisions to say i need to do tis for my family, so they come into our programs and work with

our case manager and hopefully will exit that program. but we do have quite a few women battling adixz. >> sure. >> battling mental health issues and it's a struggle for them to get out of homelessness because they have not figured out the best way. we try to teach them and share with them we can't make hard decisions for them they have to make the decision for themselves. but we do have those women that come into your programs and they're battling all types of things. we try to be as pleasant as possible, as helpful as possible while they're with us. >> interesting. i'd like to talk about health care and addictions as well. we'll put up web [ female announcer ] i like to mix things up a bit with grands mini pot pies. only four ingredients.

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minutes. welcome back to "viewpoint." monsignor, i'd like to turn to faith. pope francis issued his first big position paper, it's from the heart, his whole life has been dedicated in fighting poverty. helping spread the word of giving, that's what this paper was really all about, those who have means need to share it. >> right. well, the catholic church could not be more pleased to have our new pope francis. i think his sermon is the way he lives. he has a simple life, he doesn't go in the papal apartment, he goes in the guest house. he takes the bus in buenos aires. he lives a life of simplicity and a life that says -- he said, the church should be poor for the poor. it's amazing. he wants us to be poor as a church, which is not the way we've been, in our big, beautiful churches, be poor, take care of the poor. for us, he's the image that

we're called to be, do this not because it's the right thing to do, because it's a faith response to god. god calls us to take care of our brothers and sisters and it's part of our faith. >> major, faith a part of the salvation army in terms of helping people overcome addictions. >> well, you know we believe very much in the power of prayer and with what we do, there has to be something within us that can get us over these humps. you know, to get that person sober for the very first day is a difficult thing to do. so in our program we celebrate that very first day to get a coin one day for sobriety, because it's huge, it hard to do it by yourself. along with our staff and power of prayer and what the salvation army is able to bring to a program, it will make life more easier for the person in a difficult position. >> talk about, if we all can, about you raised health care and mental health. >> yes. >> helping people find assistance, not just mental health but basic health needs. that is tougher and tougher.

>> we have a number of medical clinics, dental clinics but a biggest is mental health. an effort, 1300 clients come, st. elizabeth closed, people didn't have a place to go, we picked up a lot of the slack with medicines, with different medications and counseling and it's a big struggle. they really want to be able to be fully involved. but they have a drawback. a drawback about mental illness. they've got some struggles, schizophrenia, bipolar but it's hard. they come to us, they're cared for and loved, and we give them a place to move forward, a foundation, with some success. >> talk about women in particular. >> yeah. we have began a partnership with george washington university students. we will be building a type of clinic 0 one of our women's facilities. we'll be able to address medical

needs that our women have because we are seeing more older women with chronic medical issues, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and because they might not know how to fill out necessary paperwork to get the insurance, they tend to let those medical needs fall by the way side. when you're homeless, on the street every day, before you come into the shelter, the weather conditions make those medical conditions much worse. we are very, very blessed to be able to have this partnership. so they'll be doing physicals and basic tests and working with the women to address their medical needs and prayerfully be able to help them maintain healthy bodies. >> talk about how the salvation army's footprint expanded across the region. how many facilities and programs? >> we have 12 facilities and 26 different programs for the different people in the area. the footprint keeps getting larger because the need keeps getting greater. we're fortunate enough to be in

each community and zip code and serve the people. talk about being blessed and talk about wanting to do more of the salvation army's in a position to do that. it comes through donations of the community. when you see the salvation army, much like catholic charities and other organizations, out there serving people, we're only as good as the community. because we're able to do so well, it's a testament to the fact the community has faith to give the dollars each year and for us to be able to continue to even if we see a steady growth and small funding, need becomes greater but we're able to stretch the dollar further. so it really is prideful for us, and i'm sure these organizations as well, every time someone comes to our doors we're able to help them but it's only because of the folks willing to write a check to us. we appreciate that greatly. >> got to take another break. how you can step up.

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welcome back to "viewpoint." we are in the midst of the holiday week. so far, thanksgiving dinner, a big one you folks held for a lot of people in need monsignor. >> let me tell you the fun of having thanksgiving this year for us, we have a number of people who come off streets for dinner every wednesday, and this past week, tuesday, we were able to get the pepco gallery center offered to us, give us a place, we were offered the table, tablecloths, and we were able to serve with 60 volunteers about 200 men and women. the great thing, off the streets, served dinner, we sat down with them, ate, got a chance to talk about their lives, like we have thanksgiving dinner. we have lots of programs like that. for us, it was better for us

than them. we love to serve and feel like we're part of their lives. that was a great one so far. >> it is amazing and it boggles minds of many, we are here in one of the wealthiest communities one of the most expensive to live in the country. how tough is that? to square with people who have so much money and people who have so little? >> it's tough for the people who have so little. it's tough to get out of there, especially if they don't have education or skill set. we see them living in the streets or low-income housing, it very difficult for them to deal with. we assist that by using our great patrol, we go out each night, feed the homeless, people sleeping on the grates because there's the heat and steam, keeps them warm. in washington, d.c., middle of winter, it's difficult to get through the night without having a shelter. we're able to feed the folks and

survive by living on the grates. as you said, the world's greatest city, here we still have folks who rely on us to get that nutrition. >> talk about a little, if you would again, some of the women. you can give them clothes and food and a place to stay. i bet nothing beats a job or, you know, another degree, perhaps, a high school degree? >> yes. so we have a day program at our shelter where we encourage the women to take the g.e.d. test, so they are able to get a substantial job that's going to ab ab be able to maintain them. we work hard with the women and the staff to be able to bring those outside resources that unfortunate will the funding that we receive might not be able to cover all of what we really want to do. so at the end of the year, it is very, very exciting when you're

working with maybe a core 45 women that are working with our case managers and to have ten of those 45 come back and say that they've been able to stay on their job for a year or longer, and they received a raise. now they might be getting a promotion, does our heart wonderful. >> now role models for others as well. >> they are role models for others. we celebrate them in our facilities. we do a monthly residence meeting and celebrate all of the good that all of the whip have been able to accomplish. even a little small something for them, as small as getting to work on time, because they've never been able to accomplish that before we celebrate. that means the world to them, somebody saw muff of thenough o give them a job. >> monsignor, maybe words of inspiration, if someone is on the fence of giving or maybe it's not on their radar, how do you get them hooked?

>> i think we've all experienced it. once you give once, once you put your toe in the water, experience the joy you see in someone who has been helped, it's hard to say no next time. try it once, put the toe in the water, see what happens, i'll be willing to wager you'll do more in the future because you feel so good about the need. >> if you have a toy for the angel tree toy, coat, food, check, money donations always needed and not just this time of year. we want to thank you all for coming in and motivating us this season. thank you for having us in. one more time, web addresses, if you'd like to give time, dollars or learn more about these organizations.

how can this happen because he just released a movie i was watching it the or day. next thing you know, he's gone. >> the reaction is pouring in over the sudden death of actor paul walker. what fans are saying about his work, what police are saying about the crash that took his life. good morning, everyone. welcome to news4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm erika gonzalez. that story getting reaction on social media. a bizarre trip to north korea for d.c. rappers. we'll tell you about that one. first the forecast. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal in for chuck tracking a warmer day ahead. >> good morning. temperatures will be warmer today than they were yesterday. our high yesterday, only 39 degrees at reagan. many locations only warmed into the upper 30s. today, upper 40s, and more sunshine than yesterday. a nice day, especially when we compare it to our saturday,

december 1st is today. and as we head into the week, it will be for the most part a dry start to december. rain later in the week. i'll be talking about that. about 15 minutes. temperatures will slowly warm this week, too. we've been chilly. we'll start to shake that chill. on the satellite and radar, clear skies across the area. clouds will slowly increase throughout the day. mostly and then partly sunny. high of 47. right now, though, we're at a cold 31 degrees. >> thank you. this morning, the nation is remembering the life of hollywood actor paul walker. he was best known for his roles in the 'fast and furious" movies. walker died in a crash. kate larson has more on the death of the 40-year-old star. >> reporter: paul walker, actor, heart in throb, car enthusiasm, a sports car crashed into the tree and burst into flames. >> we responded and found the vehicle fully engulfed it appears speed might have been a

factor. >> reporter: the two bodies are two badly burned to identify but nbc news confirmed with walker's publicist he was killed in the crash. walker's team posted on facebook page they are stunned and saddened beyond belief. >> we smelled the smoke, we didn't pay attention to it because this street on friday and saturday nights guys come up with fast cars and drift around the corner. >> one of my favorite actors. >> daniel took this photo three weeks ago, porsche that belonged to a high-end racing shop. daniel donated toys to the same charity, paul walker showed up to help out with. >> i grew up watching his movies. >> reporter: he skyrocketed to fame in 1999, varsity blues and she's all that. two years later "fast and furious" playing a los angeles

police officer involved in underground street racing world. >> i can't believe it. i've been a "fast and furious" fan since 2001. >> reporter: the movie $2 billion franchise, one of the largest ever with seven movies and a cult following. >> how can this happen? he released a movie. i was watching it the other day. next thing you know, he's gone. >> that was kate larson reporting. one of walker's final projects a movie about hurricane katrina is set to release december 13th. they leaves behind a 15-year-old daughter. friends and family say good-bye to a postal worker gunned down while delivering mail. funeral is today, a day after investigator revisited the scene of the crime to search for new clues. derek ward was there. >> reporter: one part of the flabhood a letter carrier, on the usual rounds but around the corner, police in prince georges county officers make rounds retracing a slain letter

carrier's last route. >> top priority of this investigation for the postal inspection service. >> reporter: 26-year-old tyson barnett, killed here one week ago, near the end of his route. >> a guy doing his job and was gunned down. >> we heard the gunshots but we didn't run outside to see what was happening. >> reporter: the murderer is still out there. the trail isn't as cole as it would seem. the clue or tip that breaks the case may not seem obvious. >> may not be something that happened immediately before he was killed or right after he was killed, may have occurred on another day there may have been some incident that could have led to this. >> reporter: it's the age-old notion the biggest threat to the letter carrier was a dog. things have gotten more dangerous, there's more they have to look out for. carriers are briefed on personal safety. >> instructing carriers how to protect themselves, if they're confronted by someone.

>> reporter: at the spot where barnett died, a wreath, otherwise a symbol of holiday cheer, marked something darker. police hope it will serve as a reminder how much they want to close this investigation. >> it would be really nice to offer mr. barnett's family closure, seeing this is around the holiday time. >> reporter: in prince georges county, derek ward, news4. >> today, vice president biden leaves for a weeklong trip overseas. the vice president will leave washington later today to meet with leaders in east asia. first stop, tokyo, japan. he'll be stopping in china, south korea. it comes at a time of tension between china and japan. china demands to be notified when entering the defense zone. two rappers are on their way back after filming in north korea. the duo say their trip wasn't about politics, they say it was about their music. this is a look at another music

video. they raised $10,000 through a crowd sourcing website to pay for the five-day trip. the rappers didn't have trouble there. state department issued a travel warning to the country and the group hopes to release their newest video later this month. today is world aids day, and people around the globe will be working to draw attention to this epidemic. locally, the congregation of first baptist church will host an event encouraging people to test themselves. head to first awbaptist on randolph street. world aids day started in 1988. cdc estimates 35 million people are living with the illness across the globe. why it could be a while before d.c. leaders consider building a new soccer stadium. >> big changes for those of you coming back into the district on monday. i'll tell you what you need to know next. and you can also join us

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d.c. crews testing wires for the new street cars that will travel along h street in northeast. the latest test comes weeks after crews tested the tracks, and that didn't go well. took an hour for a test truck to travel five blocks. the d.c. department of transportation hopes to have the street cars moving early next year. they'll run up and down h street between union station and bening road in northeast. to prepare, police will begin enforcing new parking rules starting ntomorrow. the rules affecting parking

for food truck operators. >> reporter: the tracks are in the wires run, even those street cars won't be running along h street northeast until next year, the fines for blocking the street car's path start monday. cars and trucks must park inside this line or they'll get $100 fine. plenty of room for cars between the curb and the line, the many delivery trucks that service the bars, restaurants and stores here, it's another story. the plan for now is to have big trucks park on side streets, nearby alleys. this business owner's happy to see the street cars come in but knows for some it will be an inconvenience. >> more work for the delivery guys. they have to walk further with all of the beer and the food. >> reporter: beginning monday district will reserve spaces for 95 food trucks in 8 downtown locations.

including 17th street, 7th street, and 12th street by metro center. the food trucks will get the same space for 30 days. each month a lottery will determine which food truck gets which space. once the system is in full swing, customers will be able to know which trucks will in their neighborhood that month. food trucks without reserved spaces will be able to operate as long as they park legally. >> creative fund-raising for prince georges county schools, how much online ads are generating for the school system. >> finding the best deals tomorrow on cybermonday. what's best to buy now? items you might find cheaper another day? amelia. >> manning on hanging holiday decorations today, not a bad day. maybe you're planning on going skiing, coming up, the local area ski r

7:43. the "today" show is next at 8:00. >> let's get a preview. live from new york, guys? >> good morning. ahead here, we'll have more on the tragic death of actor paul walker, one of the stars of the "fast and furious" movie series. he was killed in a terrible car crash saturday. we'll take a look back at his career and bring you the latest on the investigation into his death. also, the fifth grade

teacher who tried to give her students a lesson about internet safety posting a photo online. we'll talk about her experiment. left her more than she bargained for. great story. time to get ready. cybermonday deal are hours away. big discounts online from various retailers. we have round up the best offers out there. >> santa has a tough job christmas eve. he can use help. dylan will be along to introduce to people who will come to his aid when she learns the tricks of the trade at santa school. >> including the tricks of the reindeer trade. important stuff. >> great story. look forward to seeing it. this morning, plans to bill the new soccer stadium for d.c. united seeing a possible setback. according to "the washington post" it's unlikely the council will vote on a land deal for $600 million stadium before the end of 2013. it's not clear if that will have

any affect on opening the stadium in 2016 as planned. proposed 20,000-seat stadium built in southwest not far from nats park. we know just how much the school system is making from ads on its web sooip site. "the washington post" says over the last two years the county school system has brought in $160,000. they advertise for things ranging from furniture to clothing, insurance to colleges. there's a disclaimer on the site that the school system does not endorse any messages, products, or services presented in the ads. the black friday rush is over but the biggest online shopping event is just hours away for all of the online stores. cybermonday. liz crenshaw wants to make sure you get the most bang for your cyberbuck. she put together a list of dos and don'ts. >> reporter: more than 129 million shoppers expected to

shop online monday, chances are you'll abthe work, at home in front of your computer monday sk sk scouring for deals. dos and don'ts. a sight to be seen, crowds fill the stores as shoppers rush to spend holiday dollars on black friday. for those who prefer to shop with the click of a mouse, cybermonday is right around the corner. in fact, half of all americans say they will shop online this cybermonday, according to nielsen. if you're planning to spend, here are dos and don'ts to get the most for your money online. first do, do plan ahead. make a list of gifts you intend to buy, that way you can avoid impulse purchases and focus on getting the best deals on particular items. to get the best price, deal news.com says don't wait for cybermonday for deals on tools, hardware, or appliances.

the site says you'll find the best deals on those this weekend instead. also, don't plan to buy electronics or tech gadgets on cybermonday. you won't find many deals there. instead, buy clothing and shoes on cybermonday. discounts expected from hundreds of clothing and shoe retailers. don't want to get burned from phony cybermonday deal websites, visit cybermonday.com before you begin shopping. the site promoted by the national retail federation and will post hourly specials and exclusives from your favorite online retailers. one of the biggest don'ts, don't click that purchase button without making sure the site you're shopping at is secure. check the address for https, s means secure. that means the site is protecting your credit card information. one more do for your cybermonday shopping, do know the return and

exchange policies for any online retailer you shop. fairfax county's office of consumer protection says know how many days to return an item and who covers the cost of shipping in case you need to make an exchange. one more thing about if you feel like being charitable the day after cybermonday is dubbed giving tuesday. a day to give back in the midst of the holidays. for information on giving tuesday and cybermonday, visit us online nbcwashington.com/l nbcwashington.com/lizcrenshaw. >> it was gloomy yesterday. we talked about that yesterday. today more sunshine, partly to mostly sunny skies. temperatures warmer. high yesterday, 39. today, our high will be 47.

that's still below average. is it december 1st, marking the beginning of the three coldest months of the year on average. december, january, and february. right now, it certainly is very cold outside. 31 in washington. temperatures, though, in the teens in other areas. we're at 18 in manassas. 19 in frederick, maryland. coming if at 31 over in annapol annapolis. 22 in hunting town. high temperatures in the 40s across the area. 47 in la plata. washington, 45. parts of northern virginia culpepper, charlottesville, warm into the low 50s today. again with the cloud/sun mix throughout the day. hanging decorations, today better than it was yesterday. and the area ski resorts opening for the first time this weekend. so here is your ski resort. liberty mountain, winter green,

snowshoe, wisp, white tail all open. you can see trails on the low side. snowshoe reporting 13 trails open. liberty mountain reporting a base of 16 to 22 inches. tweet me, facebook me, let me know if you plan on going skiing or snowboarding today. maybe heading to the redskins game tonight as they take on the new york giants at fedex field. kick-off 8:30. it will be cool for the game. but considering it's december 1st, i don't think that temperature's too bad, around 40. you need a warm jacket. light winds throughout the day. and as kids get on the bus tomorrow as our long holiday weekend comes to a close, they need to bundle up in the morning but layer by the afternoon. maybe a light jacket, long sleeves will be okay at recess. starting off in the morning, as they're getting on the bus stop, temperatures will be in the mid-30s inside of the belt way and around 30 for those of you in the suburbs.

sunrise time now, at 7:09. looking at the next seven days, notice how temperatures warm each day. tomorrow, a high around 50 degrees but plenty of clouds. low 50s tuesday and wednesday. thursday and friday, though, high temperatures will be around 60 degrees. talking about today being december 1st, the start of meteorological winter, we talk about december 21st. the winter solstice. what is the difference? well, on december 21st, this is when the earth's axis will tilt the furthest from the sun. once we hit december 21st, we'll see day length get longer. daylight i should say get longer. length of daylight on december 21st will be at 9 hours and 26 minutes. back to the forecast now, monday, tuesday, low 50s. wednesday, a high of 53. we get mild thursday and friday.

high temperatures around 60. for friday high of 62. with that a chance of rain. and a good chance at some point friday and saturday, dealing with some rain as cold front moves through. high next saturday, back into the 40s. >> up and down, up and down. santa was flying without his reindeer in california. check this out. this santa left the north pole and made hi way to sunny california. he flew in a water propelled jajet pack before landing safely. it kicked off a festivity which includes parade and ornament making with the big guy himself. >> i guess he would need snow boots for that. >> all right. you think you have trust issues? the new survey that proves you are not alone. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink!

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social scientists say this could be a large problem if the trend continues. >> should we trust the study in. >> good question. >> fedex says tomorrow will be the busiest shipping day in the company's history. they expect to ship 22 million packages on cybermonday. that's more than double what it ships on a regular day. fedex says it projects shipping will go up 11% from this time last year. >> tuesday, the first vote over increasing minimum wage. the proposed hike boosts hourly wage to at least 11.50 by 2016. last week, montgomery and prince georges county council voted for a hike to 11.50 by 2017. >> finally, in the week ahead, christmas season will kick off in rockefeller center. wednesday night 80-foot tree will turn on all of its 45,000 lights for the first time this year. event will be broadcast live right here on nbc 4 at 8:00.

>> that is a good looking tree. we are all looking forward to seeing it beautifully lit. how are things shaping up for the rest of the weekend? >> we're going to start to see our temperatures warm up. it's been very cole. the coldest thanksgiving since 2,000. chill leaves us. for today, improvements, especially compared to yesterday. partly to mostly sunny sky today. warmer, high of 47 for tomorrow. looking at clouds but high of 50. of 62 by friday. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes. >> joan us at 9:00 for a full 90

good morning. death of a movie star. paul walker, one of the headliners in the wildly popular "fast & furious" movie series killed in a terrible car crash in southern california. this morning the latest on that investigation. and they're off. after several delays and waiting in the bitter cold, prince harry and his warriors begin their dangerous journey to the south pole today. and last-second miracle. auburn stuns alabama on the last play of the game with a run for the ages. >> there goes davis. davis is going to run it all the way back!