hi there, steve. >> hi, doreen, thanks. ben carson was not attacked tonight and trying to hold on to his top position in republican polls. carson is still charging that because he's a devout christian which endears him to a lot of republican voters, he's being unfairly pressed about inconsistency in his personal story. >> ben carson today went to friendly territory, fundamentalist christian liberty university. >> so many in the media, you know, want to bring me down because i represent something that they can't stand. >> reporter: but in the debate on fox business network, carson was not pressed on the accuracy of his life story. asked for specific economic plans, the seasoned candidates were ready. >> bold and simple flat tax. >> reporter: carson was not exact, focusing instead he told me on concepts like fairness. >> reporter: and the specifics, you have a grasp of that. >> i have a grasp of that and that will be coming out within the next month. >> reporter: another political

outsider was not specific. >> i've come up with a tax plan that many, many people like very much. >> reporter: his deportation plan, too, donald trump bragged today. >> the biggest applause last night by far was when i said we will build a wall. >> reporter: jeb bush endorsed on this veterans day by bob dole ridiculed the camp. >> they're doing a high five when they hear this. marco rubio jumped in today. you can round up and deport half a million people a month. >> reporter: rubio had shown debate skills when rand paul and trump called for less u.s. intervention by isis. >> i believe the world is a stronger and a better place when the united states is the strongest military power in the world. >> reporter: the question now is which gop candidates are getting stronger? >> reporter: the guessing by the pros was rubio and cruz, but they are three quickie polls done since the debate that all showed donald trump was considered the winner by most republicans and ben carson way

down just 5% thought he won, jim and doreen. >> steve, it doesn't seem like we've had a couple of candidates drop out, but other than that, not much seems to have changed in the months that we've had these republican debates and there's just one more gop debate before the holiday break. is there any reason to suspect this is going to become clear by january? >> maybe. the outsiders aren't going to quit and ben carson is getting more contributions and some of the more conventional candidates could run low on funds. they could run low on vim and vigor. they might quit. a lot of republicans who want somebody with government experience might aggregate and might all go to one candidate or two and that could shuffle the polls and shuffle this race or maybe none of that will happen. doreen? >> steve handelsman out of the flash survey is asking who has the momentum coming out of the debate. rubio, carson, cruz or trump.

here are the results. rubio with 33% and ben carson with 25% and donald trump with 42%. there is mixed reaction tonight from parents after a student was tased at chantilly high school. now we're hearing what the present of the ptsa wants to see happen next and what parents need to know about school policy. meagan fitzgerald is at the school now with more on this. meagan? >> reporter: jim, we are told that parents were notified about this incident on monday shortly after it happened, but in the email it didn't say anything about the use of a taser so some parents are concerned while the ptsa president says she's calling for a review of the situation. >> there's a reason why schools like chantilly high have school resource officers or sros who are members of the fairfax county police department. >> having an officer in the school can be beyond hopeful at controlling situations. >> reporter: and on monday a

situation occurred shortly after school started. fairfax county police say a 16-year-old student acting violent by hitting his head against the wall and punching lockers when school administrators were asking to deescalate the situation and found the student in the bathroom. >> it has received crisis intervention teams and attempted to use those verbal negotiating techniques to de-escalate the student. >> reporter: lieutenant brook write with the fairfax county police department says when the officer determined the student was a dirge to himself and possibly others he called for backup to take the teen into custody. four other officers arrived. wright says the student pushed back. one of the officers deployed a taser without the dart. it's a less harmful and non-invasive tactic. >> it inflicts a second of pain in order to distract the person. >> marianne masini president of the pta isn't convinced that was

the best way to handle the situation. >> when i heard about it i honestly felt the twinge of pain. >> reporter: so she says the incident will be discussed with school leaders to try and determine if there was another way to respond to tasers used on students. >> we'll use the next meeting to address the incident as a whole and whether it was handled appropriately and whether we can improve. >> reporter: police say that student was taken in for a mental evaluation and no charges were filed and we are told the student was not injured. >> students and administrators are trained in how to de-escalate situations. they tell us that everyone involved in this incident followed school protocol. back to you. >> thanks, meagan. the attack on a girl in a home in prince george's county is not what it first seemed. police now say they are no longer looking for any suspects in an attack in riverdale this morning. the attackers were first described as two men posing as

delivery men. police had said the 10-year-old girl was stabbed after answering her door. a girl was at home with siblings cluding a 15-year-old sister. president obama is urging the nation's employers to turn to men and women who have served in the military. he led the veteran's day tributes at arlington national cemetery by placing a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. [ "taps" ] >> out veterans are some of the most talented, driven, capable on earth and they're the people we need to keep america com competitive in the 21st century. my message is simple.

if you want to get the work dine hire a vet. >> bob dole was at the world war ii memorial to honor the veterans killed in that conflict. he was injured in battle in italy and he went on to serve 36 years in the house and senate and at 73 won the republican nomination for the 1996 presidential race. bill clinton won the election. dole told nbc news today that he is endorsing jeb bush in the 2016 race. the widow of a two-star general who was killed in afghanistan was the keynote speaker today at a ceremony in falls church, virginia. major general harold green was killed in an insider attack last year. he is the highest ranking service member to be killed in combat since the vietnam war. the service today included a wreath presentation and a tribute to those missing in action and prayer for veterans who have died.

look outside on our beautiful veterans day and it was a very nice day and plenty of sunshine and we had some wind out there and no rain. we saw the rain yesterday and sun today, tomorrow, the rain comes back and it's not here just yet and all we have to do is go back to the west and this is a very potent storm. tornadoes have been on the ground into iowa and they had extensive damage into parts of iowa and look at the snow in the back side of this system and such a compact storm and it is moving our way and one thing we'll be tracking, the showers and we're not going to see this severe weather and we are going to be tracking showers for your thursday and turning windy and cold for your friday and that sets us up for a fairly chilly week and we'll talk much more about that and my full forecast coming up at 6:25. >> thank thes, doug. opponents of a merger between pepco and exelon are raising questions about potential conflicts of interest regarding d.c. mayor muriel bowser. they're calling into question the timing of the deal and a $25 million land and naming rights

deal with pepco for the new d.c. united soccer stadium. in a statement, pepco argues most d.c. council members support the merger, quote. it's clear the small vocal minority who continued to oppose the merger are becoming increasingly desperate in their last-ditch attempts to disrupt it. they're deliberately ignoring the facts and will do just about anything to distract from the substance of the merger and very special interests. tonight critics of a political action committee supporting muriel bowser says the committee has done lasting damage to bowser's reform image. the committee is called freshpac. and announced earlier today that it's shutting down in the face of withering criticism. tom sherwood reports the controversy is not yet over. >> reporter: "the washington post" editorial page friendly to murr yael bowser slammed the freshpac and close supporters and city contractors to finance

it. it burst on the scene this year vowing to raise $1 million to fight her political battles raising questions about pay to play politics. >> it's forgivable to be arrogant. it's forgivable to be stupid. it's one thing to be arrogant. it's another thing to be stupid, but to be arrogant and stupid is unforgivable. >> veteran post columnist colby keen told nbc 4 today that freshpac, even though it will now close down has done its damage. >> this was an effort not so cloaked effort to get around the law and to play politics in the city the way we've seen it before and in a way that ought to be condemned. it's an affront to the city. it's an affront to clean government and she's going to pay a price for it. >> reporter: mayor bowser is traveling in china this week and? freshpac donors also are along. neither bowser nor leaders of freshpac commented to news 4 on the freshpac shutdown.

bowser has told news 4 the pac was legal and she was doing nothing unethical. for council member mary chai, freshpac is a reason to keep closer tabs on the bowser administration. >> the whole thing was rotten from the beginning and it was rotten in its implementation. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. student protests at the university of missouri have led to threats and then an arrest. it has also sparked new demonstrations at other colleges. we'll tell you more about that. >> plus a father on his way to work gets bad news at home. new tonight, he describes what happened as he rushed to the rescue. residents here along this corridor in north arlington say they are fed up with the traffic. i'm adam tuss. i'll tell you how a decision

tonight, the discontent from college campuses is spreading. the student newspaper at ithica college says 1,000 people demonstrated on that campus in central new york this afternoon. many of the students walked out of class. they're upset over racial tensions on campus and what they say is a lack of response to alleged racial incidents there. they want the president to go and they want to show solidarity

with students at the university of missouri. student at howard university have a question for ithica. students gathered at the flag pole on the yard to show their solidarity and many were dressed all in black. toward the end of the demonstration the students bowed their heads in prayer. >> our brothers and sisters in missouri to know that you're not fighting this battle alone. >> the #blackoncampus has been trending across the country today while many are using it promote discussion there is growing fear around the university where all of this ramped up and tonight there is a stepped up police presence there. here's nbc's jay gray. >> reporter: overnight more tension and turmoil on the university of missouri camp us. >> there was a lot of fear and a lot of people moving around and a lot of different threats going on from campus.

people in shock. >> reporter: stunned after posts on the social media at yikyak warning students to leave campus because, quote, i'm going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person i see. police have arrested 19-year-old hunter park and charged with making terroristic threats and he was taken into custody 90 miles south of the school. >> reporter: a cloud of concern continues to hang over mizzou right now. people are shouting racial slurs and bomb threats and rumors of visits by members of the kkk. >> i think it's messed up, man. i can't believe this is happening here. >> reporter: university officials say there is no active or immediate threat and still there is a stepped-up police presence and a fear that has pushed many students and even some teachers away from campus. >> i don't know if you've been on campus, but it's like a ghost town. the whole place is just empty.

just a couple of days after it was packed with protesters calling for resignation of university president tim wolfe who stepped down monday. his departure to this point yet to ease the tension here. jay gray, nbc news. at virginia tech university a campus threat against muslims did not materialize. thousands of people rallied last night after graffiti was found threatening an attack on november 11th. the president of the muslim student association says it was important that the campus community showed support. there is a new wrinkle about the u.s. airstrike on a hospital in afghanistan that killed at least 30 people. the associated press went through notes of a meeting between a top afghan security official and the european diplomat that took place right after the strike in early october. the afghan official said his country would take

responsibility because afghanistan was convinced the hospital was occupied by the taliban. no evidence has emerged to show that the taliban did, in fact, control that hospital. several physicians from the organization known as doctors without borders were killed there. president obama has apologized for that air strike. the pentagon and nato are investigating. new video shows the moment a charter jet crashed in ohio killing all nine people onboard. the small plane slammed into an apartment building just two miles from akron, fulton, international airport yesterday. you can see the plane in the tree line and then a ball of fire on the left of your screen. ntsb investigators from washington were among those sifting through the wreckage. the cockpit voice recorder has been recovered and is on the way to washington for examination. the passengers on the plane were all employees of a florida company. >> it's just not real yet. >> i'm just heart broken. >> you never think something

like this is going to happen to your family. >> no one on the ground was hurt in the crash. investigators say they will begin removing the wreckage tomorrow. >> on most days cars are crawling along lee highway. lots of people trying to get home for dinner. >> many say the stretch from route 29 has become a crammed, crowded mess. a transportation reporter adam tuss in arlington now with a look at a new plan to ease that congestion. adam? >> reporter: well, jim, i think i found the best solution. we should have a federal holiday today and that is helping out tonight. it could use wider sidewalks and or bike lanes and there is a push to make this area a modern transportation environment. >> well lehigh is not what you would call a complete street. most of it is focused on one thing and one thing only, the car, but fast forward one year

from now and you'll likely see some change >> cimple as putting on bike lanes and making sure sidewalks are accessible for people and making sure it goes from a 4-foot sidewalk to a 6-foot sidewalk. it feels like a disconnected series of strip malls and neighborhoods and that would be fine with commuter mike toya who says it's brutally car oriented. >> you have nose to tail parking and it's taking up at least a lane of traffic and this and arlington boulevard there's too much land that's gone to waste. >> ginger brown the co-founder of the lee highway alliance wants a change. >> i don't think cars are going away, but we can absolutely increase the walkability and the bikeability and the use of transit. >> reporter: some things are easier said than done and expanding sidewalks means you have to cut into the road or businesses and mid or highrise condo-type buildings may not sit well with residents on nearby leafy, quiet streets, but there

is a movement by many to make this community better. >> we are in chapter 1 and probably in the second paragraph, in the first chapter and a change on the horizon. and back out here now live and there is a website to check out the disconnected development. we have posted that website on our nbc washington app and just search lee highway. doreen, back to you. thanks, adam. >> we made a mistake in the story that we reported at the top of the broadcast during our veterans day coverage. we said 40,000 americans died in world war ii. that number should have been more like 400,000. a local veteran about to get the nation's highest military honor. still ahead, what he says about the day that changed his life. the experimental drug that could change how people with high levels of bad cholesterol treat their condition. >> doug is coming up with a look >> doug is coming up with a look at

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denver the day before, 60 degrees and today the snow melted very quickly. that's what it does out there. it ms. and it goes and it will be sticking around for weeks and right now nothing, no problems and look at this traffic on this veterans day and the temperature, 58 degrees and winds out of the northwest at 13 miles per hour and it has been a very breezy day and winds gusting 30 to 35 mills an hour and temperatures starting to fall and 57 down towards fredericksburg right now and it will be a fairly cool night tonight, but not cold. storm team 4 radar and nothing to show you here, but the same storm system that brought denver the snow is now severe weather toward places like iowa and missouri and numerous tornadoes confirmed through iowa. and i'm sure we'll have pictures of this coming up at 11:00. one tornado went right over des moines, iowa and more snow with this system in towards parts of nebraska and this is an incredibly powerful storm that will continue to make its way to

the north and east. for us, we'll get the cold front associated with it, but not the main storm itself. so for us we're not talking about severe weather here. the clouds will be here by early tomorrow and no problems. the roads, perfect through 8:30 and the morning rush will be okay. here come the showers and here's 9:30 just on our doorstep and to the west and by 10:30 that's when it starts to live in most of the region. if you live in southern maryland. you might not see any rain at all and if you live in frederick, that's what we'll be watching to, and all of it moves throughout the afternoon and we get warm tomorrow afternoon and sunshine behind this cold front and temperatures still in the 60s. 7:00 a.m., no problem and around 9:00 trying to be back inside by 9:00, between 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 and we jump as far as temperatures go with sunshine during the afternoon and we will see afternoon clearing there. the rain, the intensity and we're not talking a lot of rain

here and it could be some moderate rain, but most of this will be on the light side. so we're talking about the small umbrella as you make your way out and thursday between 9:00 and noon. 50 to 70 degrees on wednesday and that's where we get the secondary cold front moves through. 57 and window friday and winds gusting 20 to 35 miles per hour on saturday, high temperature 53 degrees. on saturday, too, plenty of sunshine here, but it is going to be a windy day and wendy, 20 to 25 and get out the coats it will feel more like the mid-40s and we'll talk about the seven days and show you how the cold air sticks around. >> thank you, doug. >> what looked like a terrible accident turns out to be a case of murder. what police are saying about the mysterious death of a man just blocks from his home. a father rushes home to his burning house to try and save his children, but a tragic accident happens along the way. i'm tracee wilkins, coming up on news 4.

he reunites with his family tonight and we'll hear from him. how montgomery county hopes to end

now at 6:30, a retirement government worker dead after being shot and crashing his car into a tree. pat collins is learning new

information about his mysterious death. a father flipped his car after getting a call that his house was on fire. new tonight, he's telling us how he ran the rest of the way home to get his kids. unlocking success for our veterans. meet a disabled, homeless vet who moved into a new apartment today and what he says needs to change to keep all veterans off the streets. we start with that accident now ruled a case of murder. a man found dead just a few blocks from his home. >> we are learning tonight about a small piece of evidence that might be important to finding the killer. pat collins in springdale, maryland, now with more on this. pat? >> reporter: jim, police say he was shot multiple times while he was driving his car three blocks from his home. could a small piece of cloth lead the cops to his killer? >> after this happened police located what appeared to be a dark piece of clothing in the street near the shooting scene.

they put a marker next to it. today investigators returned to the scene with that item and placed it in the same spot and then deployed the bloodhound trying to track the getaway path of the killer in this troubling case of murder and it didn't stop there. tonight prince george's county investigators out in the neighborhood with flyers going door to door looking for evidence and information. >> all right. >> the victim, 59-year-old bernard parker. he had just retired from the federal government. he lived in the woodmore crossings neighborhood for 20 years. he had a lot of friends here. >> he was a great guy. i mean -- i mean, as far as neighbors are concerned he was a real good dude. >> this is just so devastating. i mean, he was a wonderful person. i'm just so saddened right now.e

blocks away from his home, police say someone shot mr. parker inside his car. the car went out of control and hit a street sign and then crashed into a small tree. at first they thought it was just a terrible accident. later, they learned it was a case of murder. so what's the motive here in was it robbery? rage or something else? police need your help on this one? there is a $25,000 reward posted in the case. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins in riverdale. thank you, pat. >> today we're hearing the 911 recordings after that fiery crash involving a church van in hyattsville. a pickup that had just been involved in another crash came barrelling toward the van. this happened on sunday night and the pickup was on fire and pretty soon, the van was, too. witnesses tried to describe that scene to the 911 dispatcher. >> i think -- oh, my god.

there's little babies. >> what -- what's going on? >> it's babies. it's a whole van full of kids. my husband is helping pull these babies out. >> four people died in that crash, but 13 survived and are now recovering. imagine you get a phone call that your house is on fire and you know that your two kids are home? that's what happened to a man and in his hassle to get home he flipped his suv and then he jumped out of the truck and ran the rest of the way home, about half a mile or so. our bureau chief, tracee wilkins just talked with him. tracee? >>. >> there were lots of hues for dad after his release from the hospital today. this accident happened after carlos petgrew was told there was a house far. >> what did you say when you

were told there was a fire in the house? >> that i was going to lose my children, and i wasn't ready for that. >> pettigrew rushed home when his vehicle rode into the intersection of central avenue and enterprise road. his car flipped over and landed upside down. he broke out of the car and after being driven part of the way began running the additional half mile until he made it home where he found his children safe. they got out of the fire on their own. >> i was just happy, you know, they were still alive, and i feel blessed. >> reporter: he was evaluated for injuries sustained in the crash and taken to the hospital. >> his wife calls it a miracle. >> the grace of god and the love of his family. the love of his family. >> the love of his family. >> the good news is everyone made it out without any injury. the cause of this fire is still under invest galgz. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins. muriel bowser has vowed to

bring foreign investment that she finalized that deal during her trip to china. this will be divided in the southwest waterfront redevelopment will get $100 million and the skyland project in ward 7 will get 55 million. those projects will include hundreds of affordable housing units and retail and more than 1300 permanent jobs. millions of people are relying on a daily pill to help them lower their cholesterol, but a more effective treatment may be on the way. the new research that could change the way people deal with that problem. and a near miss between a truck and a bus full of children. we'll report what the bus driver was doing that could land him in a whole bunch of trouble. >> our weather changes again and if you're thinking of raking up those leaves and at least getting out the leaf blower? saturday, a cold one, windy and cold and we'll talk about the weekend forecast comi

a virginia school district has launched an investigation into a video that appears to show a bus driver looking at and possibly filling out paperwork while behind the wheel. this video was shot in hampton, virginia. the man who took the video says the driveral almost sideswiped e truck he was in and didn't notice. there were children on the bus and he turned the video over to police and school officials. a growing number of calls about fires and explosions involving a popular alternative to smoking in the news tonight, but who is regulating that industry? it's a story the news 4 i-team is working on and scott macfarlane joins us with more. >> the use of e-cigarettes has taken off with more than 2 million americans have taken up, while explosions are rare there have been two dozen incidents in

the country including our area. >> she plugged in her cigarette when it exploded landing near his husband and his oxygen tank. what if it had hit that oxygen tank? >> it would have been bad. >> the house would have exploded. >> the house wouldn't have been here. >> tonight at 11:00, a look at other fires around the country and the common factor in most of these incidents and find out which federal agency is considering new safety regulations. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. some news for your health now. imagine a new and powerful cholesterol vaccine that could replace the drugs that millions of people take on a regular basis to prevent heart attacks and strokes and the research is still in its early stages from scientists at the national institutes and the university of new mexico. their vaccine targets a protein involving the management of cholesterol levels in the blood and they say it appears to be more effective than medication. the vaccine has shown promise in studies with mice and monkeys,

but more research is needed before we know whether it will work in humans. the research is reported in the journal "vaccine". a man that served the nation in war suffered serious injuries and came back home to live on the streets. the problem that thousands of veterans are dealing with and today that man got a life-changing gift. at the end of the day there is a light. i am very -- right now i am very, very happy. plus nine people kill whenned a plane crashed interest an apartment building and nbc's john yang is in ohio working on this story. john? >> reporter: doreen, we'll show you some amazing security camera video capturing the moment of impact for that plane and we'll also tell you what's emerging as a major focus in the ntsb investigation. we'll have a lot more details, as well, coming up

an effort to help homeless veterans in virginia seems to be paying off. governor jerry mcauliffe said the state helped homeless vet and the rest have decent shelter by the end of 2017. the governor says one of the biggest challenges is making sure veterans don't end up on

the streets again. >> we owe it to our veterans after they put on that uniform and serve our country that we provide them with the housing and resources they need to lead successful lives and they dedicated their lives to us ask we need to do it to them. >> there are 800 thousand veterans living in virginia. one local veteran was about to give up on finding a place to live, but tonight, he's settling into a new home in montgomery county. it's thanks to a special program. our chris gordon was there when he moved in on this veterans day. >> reporter: he left his home and family in africa to come to the united states. he enlisted in the u.s. army as a combat engineer. after four years, injuries to both knees left him disabled. the 34-year-old veteran returned to montgomery county and became homeless. >> my life become miserable. i started to go from one place to another place and sometimes i

spend my time mostly in my car. >> he was ready to give up and return to africa, but his homelessness ended today. he was given the key to this apartment in silver spring, volunteers carried in furniture setting up each room and supplying the kitchen with all he needs. >> we are doing this as part of a broader, fort in partnership with the county and bethesda cares to end homelessness to all veterans in the county by the end of this year. >> reporter: montgomery council president welcomed him to his new home. it's part of a national effort called zero 2016. >> we don't want any veteran to be homeless and what a great way to celebrate veterans day. >> reporter: local businessman lee press got most of the furniture donated and enlisted friends to help him get settled. >> we have a beautiful day and i think maybe we'll be changing someone's life today. >> i'm very happy. yeah. >> did you ever think you'd have

a place like this of your own? >> no. i thought it wasn't possible. >> he walked around thanking people. at one point, wiping tears from his eyes. he framed his army medal and gave it to the montgomery county coalition for the homeless to show his gratitude. >> ira dean has plans for his future. he hopes to attend classes at georgetown and get a job with a non-profit to help people. like he has been helped on this veterans day. reporting from montgomery county, chris gordon, news 4. >> tomorrow he's going to receive the medal of honor and now wooe leae learned that a re u.s. army captain will deliver the commencement address at his alma mater. he graduated from bethesda and later the university of maryland and he competed at track in college park. three years ago he was seriously wounded during a deployment in afghanistan when he tackled a suicide bomber. he talked about that experience with nbc's jim miklaszewski.

>> did it ever cross your mind for a moment i'm going to die? >> no. i didn't think about that because there's no time to think about that. the only thing you think about is doing your job. >> groeberg has undergone more than 30 surgeries and can no longer run. he'll receive the medal of honor during a special ceremony at the white house tomorrow. tune in to "nightly news" with lester holt to see jim's interview. >> we have breaking news from downtown washington right now. park police are investigating an accident on constitution avenue and 17th street right by the washington monument. we have learned that it was a pedicab and it has been lying on its side in the middle of the walkway. two people in the pedicab have been taken to the hospital. you see only one lane of traffic getting by at this time. doug's here with a check on our weather.

after all that rain, pretty nice out there today. >> yeah. it really cleared out for the observances going on for veterans day and the rain comes right back at least for a time and tomorrow will not be a wet day, but there will be one wet period and we're thinking about 9:00 a.m. until about noon and that's going to be about it and yes, you'll need the umbrella and 58 degrees currently and not cold and chilly by 11:00 and temperatures around 52 degrees by that 11:00 hour and most areas into the 40s and right now 50 degrees in gaithersburg and 54 right now in dulles and it will be on the cool side for sure. no rain to talk about this time tomorrow and that's when we'll start to watch the showers move in during the day and this time tomorrow morning and 9:00 a.m. and getting out on the bike and if you get out before 9:00 in d.c., as long as you're back before 9:00 in the metro area you'll be okay and the showers move in right around 9:00 and by noon we're already clearing and we may have a pretty nice late

lunch, if you're thinking about getting lunch by 1:00 and 64 degrees by 3:00 and a nice afternoon. tomorrow, the kids at the bus stop i think you'll need the jackets and they'll need the umbrellas and the rain boots right on through the noon hour. so keep the little umbrellas ready for those kids as they make their way on out. on friday, that's when the cold air moves through. temperatures begin to fall. 57 degrees on your friday and rather windy conditions and winds could gust upward of 30 miles per hour on friday and 53 degrees on saturday and a chilly saturday and most areas only in the upper 40s to low 50s and with that chill it will be a windchill there and sunday starting off quite cold and ending nicely. i think sunday afternoon with a high of 57. next week we shoot right back up in the upper 60s and even near 70 a very, very warm week after a pretty chilly weekend. >> we'll take it. >> we've got sports coming up. it actually brought me to tears. >> yeah.

that is a very big man. they call him pot roast getting emotional and we'll explain why and how he's fighting through pain to get on the field this

okay. so last week we played, what? the best team in football on the planet. >> this weekend, did i hear that these guys have scored more yards than anyone else? >> drew brees has had a great season. he threw touchdown passes and it will be a tough catch for the defense and the redskins were back in ashburn and looking to put the loss to new england behind them and the challenge this week, another super bowl-winning quarterback. drew brees and the saints make their way to fedex field this weekend and with more on that matchup, here's carol maloney. >> the redskins are in attack mode. eight games left. this is the midway point of the regular season so there's a big time sense of urgency as they turn their focus to the saints. pot roast returned with cluster headaches, terence admitted today he's been dealing on and off with this painful condition

since the jets game. he suffered from cluster headaches since he was a teen and never had them at a game before, though, and it killed him to not make the last trip. >> that more so brought me to tears because i couldn't be out there more so than the headaches. it's just -- i have to fight through it this week and it will be easier, like i said because we're not traveling. >> help could also come in the form of the newt man in the middle pf brian de la puente is a veteran center and he practiced today in ashburn after signing with the skins and it's even possible he starts this week. >> you know, i'm up for the challenge and i've been waiting for this opportunity and i'm fired up about it, so. let's go to work. >> reporter: before coming to washington de la puente had been on three teams including new orleans. drew brees saying to brian, i love him. a welcome addition to washington as the skins' season is on the brink. in ashburn, carol maloney, news 4 sports. thanks so much, carol. moving on to baseball now,

nationals starting pitcher stephen strasbourg has successful surgery to remove a non-cancerous growth on his back that took place a month ago. the news coming today from strasbourg's agent at the annual general manager's meeting. bor its says the growth did affect his pitching last season. he battled several different injuries including his ankle, oblique and back tightness. a rough night for the wizards and oklahoma city came to town and they extended their losing streak to three game for the whiz and the head coach was so upset he called his entire team soft. that's not that they're losing and the fact that they lost the last three games and were completely blown out is getting to him. he sat out with the sore left shoulder and the guard saying today he's hopeful to play saturday against the orlando magic and it's been a rough few games against the wizards and the problem for this team,

defense. 125 points they gave up to the thunder and that's following the hawks dropping 114 and the celtics 118. the players understand changes must be made in a murray. >> it's at the point where we have to get back to playing us and we have to find our identity and we have to find a tougher team and we'll get back to it and the good thing is that we caught it rather than later in the year. >> people understand the severity of our losses as a professional, who wants to be beat bad? so i think guys were a little upset when it came to the mood. there was no joking and laughing in there today and that's how it should be. >> not a good night for the wizards and not a good night for kevin durant. k.d. will miss the next seven to ten days because of a strained hamstring and last year we know durant missed 55 games due to a foot injury and hopefully he'll

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