new at midday, a week ahead of the miss world pageant, the body of a beauty queen is discovered after days of searching for the 19-year-old and her sister. right now, the actor director of the secret service being questioned by lawmakers. what he says went wrong we a man jumped the fence and made it into the white house. record lows and below freezing at this hour. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell will let us know when we finally climb out of the 30s. good morning, welcome to news 4 midday. right now, ling parts of new yo

a second straight day. this storm is blamed for at least six deaths including two people who had heart attacks from shoveling snow. the ot in car accidents. the stretch of new york throughway still closed so crews can rescue stranded drivers. the snow is still falling. with more than five feet already on the ground in that area. it could top six feet by the end of this day. record cold temperatures were reported across the east coast, including d.c. it was just 13 degrees at dulles this morning. the previous record was 20 degrees set back in 1990. the good news here today, we don't have to worry about the wind and the sun is shining out there morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first forecast. chuck, good morning. >> we've finally made it out of the teens across the entire area and most locations now have moved into the low and mid-30s. bright sunshine and nowhere near as ferocious a wind as we had to

cope with yesterday. temperatures still 28 in gaithersburg, one of our cold spots. 28 degrees in martinsburg, west virginia. on the what to wear things, still anything that will keep you warm. gloves and a hat and scarves and a warm coat for sure. going to be outside spending any time this afternoon, sunny and chilly. temperat reay aren't going to climb too much more. i think we could top out midmaybe upper 30s in a few of our warmer neighborhoods. as the kiddos come home from school, sunny, 36, between 2:00 and 3:00. 32:00 between 3:00 and 4:00. if you're going out this evening, the courtesy of the south breeze and the increasing clouds. the temperatu are not going to plummet as quickly after sundown as we did last night. more coming up and our seven day is at 11:30. >> right now, the man accused of killing a d.c. corrections official is facing a judge. he is facing first degree murder

charges. he's accused of killing carolyn cross at her apartment on kenmore avenue back in september. his sanity had been questioned at an earlier appearance. cross was the fourth person killed in alexandria this year. neighbors say they're concerned after another shooting. the latest one happened last night, not far from galudet university. e two victims are expected to be okay. neighbors say the sound of gunfire hal . >> so you're inside, you hear what? >> gunshots, like the fourth of july. wha going throu your mind? >> get on the floor! we've been doing this for like two weeks now. >> two weeks? >> yeah! >> this shooting happened in the fifth police district. d.c. police say the area saw the biggest crime decrease last year. th year, it has seen the biggest increase. no one was hurt in a fire in

northeast washing around 11:00 last night. flames took over a vacant house in the 200 block of t street. smoke and fire were seen coming from the roof. the cause is under investigation this morning. we have some new video that shows two women suspected of stealing shoes from a d.c. store. take a look. you can see the women put shoes into their bags and walk out. it happened in september at the tj maxx store on 13th street and northwest. there is a $1,000 reward. if y rocec these women, call d.c. police. news 4's angie goth has more from the newsdesk. >> we have learned that miss honor doris is dead. officials say they found her body. and her sister. earlier reports telling us both were shot. the sister's boyfriend's right now in custody. or one of the boyfriends, the

man are being questioned. she was supposed to compete in the upcoming competition in london. shep disappeared about a week ago after a birthday party. thank you so much, angie. right now, president obama's making an announcement that could change the way your child learns at school. plus, changes unveiled just minutes ago at the natural history musician. what you can expect at your next vi free parking at dulles airport

happening right now, president a getting ready to announce a big push to bring high speed internet to almost every classroom across the nation. we want to take a live look at what's happening in the east room of the white house right now. education secretary arne duncan speaking. now, a little bit later, coming up shortly, president obama, when he takes that podium, expected to talk about connected, which is a program that has a big goal to put wireless internet in 99% of the schools by year 2017. already, companies have pledged $2 billion in helping with this upgrade. and today more than a thousand school superintendents hsi on to make this happen.e schoo money in the budget to make this a possibility.

the superintendent of the year, who is from miami, will introduce the president shortly. governor terry mcauliffe wants everyone to share the risk of future rocket lau a rocket owned by orbital science exploded last month. according to the dispatch, the government wants orbital sciences to pitch in if their rockets cause damage to the site in the future. right now, orbital is only responsible for its own equipment. the governor wants the federal go to pitch in for repairs to the launch pad. starting today, y park for free if you're flying out of dulles airport. it's called flight car. a concept that's gaining some steam across the country. nothing is truly free. what you'll have to do to avoid paying for parking. >> this is definitely an idea for people who think a little outside the box. here is how it works. you drop off your car at a location close to dulles airport. flight car employees giva

ri in a town car to an airport. then your car becomes a rental car for someone else while you're away. the company pays you 10 cents a mile for the distance the car is driven. th take pictures of your car so they can document any damage that might happen. and they are insured, up to $1 million, for any damage that does happen. renters have to be 18 or 25 for luxury cars. they also have to have a relatively clean driving record. if you can get past someone else driving your car, it might be worth a try. back to you. a call for a nationwide recall. wh delaying the action against dangerous air bags. plus, billy joel in town today for a special honor. why the superstar is getting used to the attention here in d.c. >> good morning, once again. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist k bell. an awfully cool breeze out hd te we get to the weekend. we get to the weekend. all that is just ahead with

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dinosaurs are a big draw here at the museum. in a few years, there will be a huge exhibitre ing the real fossf a t rex. that's not going to be ready for a while so in the meantime, in six day, a smaller dinosaur exhibit will open and we got a sneak peek. the rex and the trisaritops that have been at the museum for years were taken apart, moved and recently put back together to create a depiction of life long ago. >> this really recreates the whole ecosystem of this world. in one moment of time, 66 million years ago, in north dakota, wyoming, montana. >> there were dinosaurs running around. system that would be quite famili people. >> also features trisaritops skulls that show the size a

newborn sku compared to a 1-year-olds. future, what will be the main attraction, the real t rex fossil, still isn't ready for display. in meantime, curators hope replicas constructed of bone and other material will satisfy the public's appetite for the prehistoric. to have a dinosaur while that hall is closed, because it's not going to open until 2019. so we can't not have dinosaurs here at the museum. >> 2019. that is when that real t-rex fossil will be ready and unveiled. th new dinosaur exhibit opens on tuesday. live in northwest washington, , news 4. the federal government wants to make sure the air bag in your car is able to protect you. it's demanding a recall be expa nationwide. takata air bags have been linked to dozens of injuries but they

weren't recalled everywhere before now. how that's changing. >> the government wants a new recall for the air bags covering every state in the country. new incident was reported in north caroli right here which is outside the zone takata said was dangerous. the company said only high humidity areas like florida and georgia for example, just eight territories were at risk. takata says it does foot agree with this national recall. it put out a statement saying a recall on this scale could divert replacement air bag, away from those states where it believes it is needed the most. federal regulators are asking for at least five car companies to recall their cars. those companies include honda, ford, , mazda and bmw. if the carmakers don't, regulators say they will require takata to issue a nationwide recall. do you know why the air bag

can protect -- >> air bags protect people. >> yeah, protect people and why the air bags make some people . >> the family of one victim is suing honda and takata today. the victim is the fourth person investigats bel died because of the issue. tomorrow, takata, honda, chrysler and an official in the national highway traffic administra will all testify before congress. right now, the acting director of the secret service is in the hot seat on capitol hill. jo sketch clancy is testifying commte lawmakers are looking into the recent security lapses at the white house. just a few moments ago, he talked about the review of the white house fen jumper who made it into the mansion. the cia found there was a lack of training and officers didn't know their roles during a fence jumping incident. he says that has to change. >> if someone does attempt to scale the white house fence, i

want to ensure they are met with immediate and forceful resistanc. >> clancy wants officers to go through new fence training by the endf the year. we'll be watching the one undecided senate race now that the keystone xl pipeline bill has failed. political experts thought if the bill passed the senate, louisiana senator mary landrieu would have a better chance to win. she was one of the few democrats who supported the bill which came just one vote short of passing. her runoff election is happening next month. this morning, homeland secu secretary jay johnson is talking about border and immigration enforcement. for more on that, we're joined by carrie dann, political writer for nbc news. let's have a listen to what jay johnson had to say. >> i'll say one thing about executive actions. as the president has said many times. legislative action is always . but we waited now for years for

the congress to act. the congress has not -- >> do we have any new t when the president or if the president is going to do something on immigration? we know the president is going to be giving an address in las vegas onaftern las vegas is in a state where there's a large community of immigrants, and it seems very likely all signs are pointing to the fact he's going to address this issue on friday afternoon. >> let's talk a little bit about hillary clinton. ny news? >> there are democrats who a sm chance she could decide not to run or she could delay an announcement. it's looking like after the first of the year, hillary clinton will start unveiling her strategy as the presidential candidate. one thing she's likely to mention, as we're hearing from democrats, is talking more about how she would be the first female president. that's not something she

emphasized a whole lot in 2008. she was running in that primary against barack obama. in this case, i think we'll hear more about gender from hillary clinton. any possible announcements for 2016? >> there's as many as 20 republicans eyeing the presidency rig now. i think you'll really start seeing some of those candidates start jockeying for position. with that many people, those candidates really need to try to figure out what differentiates th from their rivals. so i think before the democratic side, you may see some activity on the republican side. >> can you say who topped the list? >> there's a wide list. people who we are pretty confident are going to run. chris christ does appear to be making moves for a run. we saw the governor of wisconsin, scott walker, say in an a.p. interview yesterday he thinks it makes sense for him. it's pretty obvious, he said, that he should at least be

looking at a run but he says he hasn't decided yet. >> you left out the name jeb bush. he was in the news last week. i guess he's -- >> and jeb bush is somebody that a lot of -- especially establishmt republi a talking about. still have to see how he -- because he's a little bit to the left of some of his republican colleagues on immigration and education. wel see how he talks in the coming days. >> we've got plenty to look at over the next few months. >> and we do, it's starting already. >> and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read on nbcnews.com. right now, bill cosby is blasting the latest sex assault allegation against him as his latest project is put on hold. plus, as leaders in ferguson are preparing for the possibility of violent protests, residents are making changes as well. what they're doing to protect

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it shows the story of the three kings on camelback following a sparkling star. the day of the three kings is celebrated j morning, a ceremont a church in d.c. ♪ she's always >> the library of congress is honoring tiano man with an award today. he was also awarded the kennedy center honors this year. later tonight, the 65-year-old p in a concert along with tony bennett and kevin spacey. you can watch the show on january 2nd on pbs. and new this morning, bill cosby is blasting the latest sex assault allegation against him. model janice dickinson says she wrote about being sexually assaulted by the comedian back in 2002.

in her autobiography. remove the details.sr overnight, netflix says it was postponing the premiere of cosby's new stand-up special. his lawyers denying dickinson's claim, saying there's documentary pro tt dickinson is lying. cosby has been accused of sexual assault by several women over the years but hasser in been charged. nbc, our parent network, has reportedly been in talks with cosby about developing a prime-time show for next year. we reached out to nbc programming today. and we were told they have no comment. right now, we are keeping an eye on two major weather stories, record snow and record cold. it's good news for us dealing with the cold. what about the snow that has stranded hundreds of people? plus, soon, there could be a plan to build a new soccer stadium for d.c. united. what the mayor elect wants to district to do to make the deal

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brought an historic snowfall to that year around buffalo. nbc's dylan dreyer is in dunkirk, new york. >> reporter: her in dunkirk, new york, the sun is shining. that's what's so incredible about lake-effect snow. we've had a wind shift now and the heavier snoi has pushed off to our north just by about 35, 40 miles. where the heaviest snow is yesterday, we are talking about feet of snow. six feet of snow in some areas. most of that falling in just a 24-hour period. falling at rates up to 4 inches per hour. it was really in a localized area. >> i've never seen that, it was scary. this is a once in a lifetime thing. this is something people will tell their grandkids about. here we have about a foot of snow on the ground. unfortunatel we are going to see more snow in the forecast. we have a little disturbance

that's going to move through later on today that's going to trigger a little bit of snow and then perhaps more lake-effect redevelops as we go into thursday and friday. in dunkirk, new york, dylan dreyer, nbc news. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us now. we said once in a lifetime event. it could happen again up there, couldn't it? >> the odds of having another one this impressive is really -- >> six feet on the ground. >> crazy, crazy amounts of snow. some places, four, five feet of snow. one place up there, i've got a little graphic up there well. ha set the all-time 24 hour u.s. s. any state, any time since we've been keeping record. 76 inches of snow in 24 hours. that's insane. >> where? >> this is just outside buffalo, new york. really amazing snow up there. and the cold that helped create the snow brought 180 record low temperaturn united stas today. 180 of them. two of them are right here.

some of our local reporting stations. dulles and bwi marshall set records this morning. on average, it was out november morning in more than 20 years. we have to go back to 1986 to see a morning this cold. downtown was one stayed, 18 degrees in 1981. that's when record weathers were kept at 24th and m street, not down at dulles. dulles international and bwi both broke their records. these are the lows from around the area all morning. 22 in downtown. 22, annapolis. 16 in leesburg. 9 in oakland, maryland. 15, martinsburg. so it was a cold start for sure. with all that sunshine now into and low 30s. pleasant enough day to be on outside. the real change is the winds are now out of the southw miles an hour. a southerly breeze and

increasing amount clouds means tonight won't be as cold as last night was. though, have got our e is out feels like factors into the 20s in most neighborhoods. still a medir plans for the day. you'll need to bundle up. even the lightest breeze with temperatur this low will give you a bit of a windchill. hourly temperatures, mid-30s here through the next couple of hours. more clouds coming in on that south breeze. what to expect the next few days, staying dry, but staying much colder than average. very low indoor/outdoor humidities. a garage door that went up right there. houston, we're going to need a bigger snow blower. 76 inches in 24 hours. the highest 24 hour snow total ever in u.s. history. there you can see the lake-effec showers. have now moved further up into parts of lake erie and lake and torro. for us, we don't have anything to worry about around here. nothing showing up on storm team

4 radar and we'll be dry for the rest of the day. still staying on the cold side. download our storm team 4 weather app. seven day forecast for the next few days, 37 today, but 47 r shot of cold air keeps us cold on friday and saturday, d but it does come with rain sh sunday and monday. right now, missouri governor nixon says he is preparing for peace, not war, as ferguson awaits the grand jury decision. nixon swore in the new commission that was created to end the lack of trust in the community following the shooting death of michael brown by officer darren wilson. state remains under a state of emergency. e national guard is ready to act if violent clashes do break out. any day now, a jury could decide whether to change wilson or charge wilson in brown's death. gun sales are surging in

st. louis s ahe of that grand jury. a decision in ferguson, particular among first-time n owners. some have reported selling 30 to 50 weapons a day. the st. louis police department reports a sharp increase in the number of concealed carry permits issued since brown's death compared with a year ago. soon, there could be a new plan to build a soccer stm for d.c. united. the district agreed to trade the center on u street in northwest for land on buzzard's point in southwest. now d.c. mayor elect bowser says she does not want that trade. she'd rather pay for the stadium plot and do something else with the reeves center. >> frankly, i think that we can better control the product we get if we decide to sell the reeves center in the a separate transaction. >> bowser said the center could also be turned into affordable housing. e plans to ask the council to vote on her proposal before the end of the year.

>> wizard's owner has confirmed the shaw neighborhood is just one possible location for a new team practice facility. he wants to be sure neighbors are welcoming to the new venue. people in the shaw area were upset at the idea of the facility taking the place of a popular dog and skate park. he also says he's looking to build a smaller venue with only about 1500 seats. fr2 government in our area are meeting today. they'll discuss the plan to bring thousands of miles of bike lanes to the region. today representatives will talk about disabled access parts of that plan. then the council of governments will vote on the plan next month. lost 340 members on 9/11. this morning, a child of one of those firefighters will now be s bravest. she graduated yesterday. she father, kevin smith, died in tower one of the world trade

center on 9/11. josephine is the first child of a 9/11 firefighter to join the force. she had mixed emotions af graduatio happy, excited. sad. that my father couldn't be here. >> she kept a photo of her father in her hat and wears a bracelet every day. she says the goal is t make her dad proud every day. 11:37 is the time now. seafood product being pulled off store shelves. plus, are airline prices going to be cheaper? we'll look at what you can expect if you're planning a trip. > and it's world toilet day. what that means and how people are marking that occasion. are marking that occasion. we'l.

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us it is proving difficult for parents. tha may be easier said than done as schools all over the country are building lessons based on the new common core standard. one maryland mother realized those standards are design to force kids to think more time to help her st memorize child with math homework, she was stamped. >>d heir diti tables where you memorized. now they're asking the children to use reasoning to derive the answer. for me, that kind of caught me a little off guard at the first grade level. >> now, she is like parents all over the country. tonight on news 4 at 5:00, the solution she came up with and how parents can arm yourselves to face this brave new world of education. ba over to you. >> all right, thank you. join us tonight for a facebook web chat. pta standing mmon core exper

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more studies are needed to determine if transfats have the same effect on women. well, ever wish you could run faster or further? exercise longer and harder? well, if you want to improve any part of your athletic performance, the key may be getting more zs. dr. weiner is here with the results of an interesting study from stafford university that shows how important sleep can actually be. we're not just talking about because you've talked about before about mental acute but we're talking about being able to perform physically. >> this is a great study. i really enjoyed this. there was a study done out of stanford where the researcher looked at the men's basketball team. she asked them how much sleep are you gett d used the fitness tracker to monitor it. the average basketball player was getting 6 1/2 hours of sleep. she also did a bunch of physical tests for them. free point shooting percentages, free throw point percentages, and she then followed them ald

told them i want you to get as much sleep as you possibly can for the next five to seven weeks. and then what she did was retested them on these performance tests. it was incredible. what she found was that the benefits and performance were equal to that which you get from performance enhance drugs. so they had 11.4% better free-throw shooting. 13.7% better with three pointers and every single one of the players was faster than they were prior to getting more sleep. so some coach should have made all those professional ball players get more sleep. >> well, they're starting to do that now. a lot of teams are employing these sleep experts to advise them on how they should handle trips, when they're traveling across time zones, to mack myself the amount of sleeps. >> we're talking about both men and women. >> this was the men's basketball team but i'm sure the same thing would apply to women. >> you've mentioned that sleep can also affect men's testosterone levels. tell us about that. >> an interesting study done in

2011. what they found is men who slept five hours or night for even just one week had a 10% to 15% drop in their testosterone levels during the day. that's really incredible. that's the equivalent of aging 11 years. so for men who are feeling kind sluggish, not feeling like they have that energy or drive, it could be because they're not getting adequate amounts of sleep. tell us what happens in the brain when you are sleeping. >> well, we when you're sleepi your brain cells shrink so your brain can kind of wash itself. you have this stuff called spinal fluid which watches the brain at night and clears itself of some of the toxics. some o have been implicated in causing alzheimer's disease. it's helping you solidify the memories from the day. the more you learn and the more new information you acquire during the day, the more you need to sleep at night. it's during that time your brain

figures it all out and file, it in the appropriate places. >> i wake up early without an w can you tell if you're getting enough sleep if you wake up automatically? >> i think the key here is how you're feel during the day. if you're feeling well rested, your energy is good, then it's possible you are getting enough sleep. it importa to recognize a lot of people feel like they're getting enough sleep but they're actually not. they didn't ask these basketball players at 6 1/2 hours whether they felt like they were well rested but clearly they were capable of getting more sleep. so i think that people really need to think, am i getting about eight hours of sleep? if i'm not, i'm probably not optimizing my sleep and i should probably prioritize it a little more tips for getting better sleep? >> keep the room dark. the other one is avoid alcohol. alcohol may help you fall asleep but it disrupts your sleep. you want to keep your room cool. the ideal temperature is 65 degrees. and taking a warm bath or shower

actually raises your body temperature and tn as it cools about an hour before bed, that helps your body sort of get into that sleep mode and induces sleepiness. >> okay. thank you. we'll try them all. our time right now is 11:51. coming up, people out thewi ther choice for the sexiest man alive. 'r climb out of the 30s tomorrow. chuck bell is back with a look at whether webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. we make selling your car, truck or suv, fast, safe and fair with three simple steps: one -- get your free online valuation. two -- drive to your local car-buying center. three -- walk out with a check in as little as thirty minutes. buying cars is all we do. all makes and models and no dealership pressure we'll even settle your loan or lease. so, don't wait. get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com. ring ring!

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here's a look at some developing stories we're following today. the man accused of murdering carolyn cros thi morning. he's accused of killing cross at her apartment on kenmore avenue in september. simeon's san at an earlier cour appearance. cross was the fourth person killed in alexandria this year. we just learned a church in maryland will hold a vigil and memori doctor who contracted ebola and died aft back ton u.s. st. mary's will hold a vigil for dr. martin sarria. we're going to bring you more information when it becomes available. in two hours, new york w cu an update on the winter storm slamming buffalo. we'll let you know what he says on our website, nbcwashingto

there's already over six feet of the white stuff on the ground there and it's not done snowing yet. part of the new york state throughway is still closed so crews can try to rescue stranded drivers. at one point, more than 100 cars were stuck on the road. the airline industry is predicting 24 million americans will fly over thanksgiving the holiday. if you and your family are traveling by car, you'll pay less for gas this year. but you won't be saving any money if you're flying. in fact, ticket prices are going up. nbc's tom costello asks why. >> reporter: think of that jet engine roar as the sound of decades, record profits this year. part of the reason, j fuel prices dropped 17%. don't look for savings at the tickets countsers. flying nonstop will cost you 10% to 15% more than last year.

in denver, mounting frustration. >> the cost was enough that i almost didn't come. y outrageous. they should pass off the savi >> repor even the first week of december,e time of the year travel, airline tickets are pricey. we asked fair compare to look at numbers. cost $508. seattle to dallas, $403. a year ago, $347. washington to los angeles, $464. a year ago, $411. with so many airline mergers over the last ten years, there are fewer airlines and fewer seats. still, the airlines know customers will only pay so much. airlines have to fill every empty middle seat. if they put the prices too high, people just won't buy tis and they really can't fly those aircraft empty. >> the airlines insist they're usr record profit to

improve customer experience. 317 new planes this year alone. >> people when the price of coffee beans to fall, you don't expect your latte to cost you less. you expect starbucks to invest in its product and that's what the airlines are doing. >> r ticket prices start jumping december 17th. >> nowk they ought to ch seat. >> absolutely, why not. they charge you more for every other thing. all right, 76 inches of snow up in the buffalo area. >> the all-time u.s. 24-hour snowfall record has been broken. it's time for us to buy a plane ticket to key west. it's going to stay cold for the next four days. milder by sunday/mun th does come with a chance for > chris hemsworth named the "people" magazine's sexiest man bknown for playing thor.

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