coordination of the kay yotic war against isis. >> tonight we have team coverage on their strategy and the travel warning for all americans as the isis threat continues. first to steve handelsman at the white house. steve? >> doreen, jim, thanks. chaotic is right. francois hollande, was headed to the white house, one of our ally, the turks shut down one of vladimir putin's warplanes. leaving france on high alert, president francois hollande joined president obama to vow a better coordinated war against isis. >> it must be destroyed and we must do it together. >> translator: way need a joint response. >> reporter: hollande goes to moscow this week. his plan to get rush sure insia coalition may have been shot down in syria. u.s. allies say the jet was attacking pro-western rebels and

flew into turkish airspace and was fired on after ten warnings. the pilots bailed out. rebels claim they killed one. vladimir putin called the shoot-down a stab in the back. mr. obama begged the russians and turks to talk. >> take measures to discourage escalation. >> reporter: as the french step up their air war against isis along with the u.s., russians can retaliate stepping up attacks on pro-u.s. rebels. there's no agreement on whose ground forces will fight isis. they agreed to share airline passenger lists and get other nations, too, an effort to spot terrorists on the move. meantime, mr. obama warned americans get fear. and to take in 10,000 syrian refugees. >> all of us must show that america is strengthened by people of every faith and every background. >> reporter: hollande and france are taking in 30,000 syrian refugees. president obama goes to paris next week for a climate summit

he and hollande is not being postponed to send isis a message that we're not atrade. i'm steve handelsman, news 4 live at the white house. >> thank you, steve. as president obama and holla hollande held their press conference, a french prosecutor revealed new information about the attacks in paris. chris lawrence at our live desk with the suspect who's now the subject of an international manhunt. >> his name is muhammad abrini. two days before this went down he was seen at a gas station outside paris driving one of the cars used in the attacks. his passenger was salah ab abdeslam, the terrorist who survived the atax and still on the run. we're learning about the suspected wrisuspect ed ringleaders on the night of the attacks. abaaoud took part in the attacks on the subway and restaurant. tracking data shows he came back

to the scenes later that night. he was outside the bataclan theater. the landlord that rented the apartment to abaaoud was indicted on terror charges. investigators think abaaoud and an accomplice planned to blow themselves up in an attack on a business district but they were killed last week during a police raid on their hideout. >> chris lawrence, thank you. also tonight, new video shows the u.s. air strikes that destroyed more than 280 isis oil trucks. that attack took place on sunday in syria along the border with iraq. the planes dropped leaflets warning truck drivers to get out or be killed. a similar operation destroyed more than 100 oil trucks last week. some people say they feel a little more on edge right now but they're not changing their travel plans after a warning about international travel from the state department. news 4's megan fitzgerald caught

up with two local students who are supposed to study abroad. she's at reagan airport with their story. >> reporter: the sentiment here is to not go ahead with plans that are already in place for travelers who are going to go somewhere for the holiday or the students you just mentioned, they believe it would mean the terrorists already won. >> i am a bit nervous. i have been -- i've had a little bit of a fear of flying. >> reporter: the terrorist attacks in paris and the u.s. travel alert is something many travelers are thinking about. >> tauls in the back of my mind. >> reporter: if you ask travel agents, that concern isn't enough to force many people to change their plans. >> the traveling public really isn't as fearful as a lot of people might think. they're not really canceling their trips. >> reporter: the study abroad department at howard university says it's not stopping the majority of their students from traveling, either. >> i've always wanted to go to africa. >> reporter: melissa is traveling to ghana. she's also expecting to travel to other countries in africa like nigeria where terror attacks are prevalent. >> i'm a firm believer in just

going out and doing it. you can't stop. you can't let anything stop you. >> reporter: eric feels the same way. in february, he'll be studying in paris. >> i definitely still want to two. i am a little bit nervous. >> reporter: tania is the deputy director of the study abroad program at howard. she says the study abroad programs have been working closely with law enforcement agencies and they're staying in close contact with the state department. she also says the university has revised its safety policy. >> here at howard, we are revisiting our emergency protocols to make sure that we are giving students enough information, proper information, about what to do. >> reporter: students and travelers are all aware that anything can happen anywhere, but they're not letting terrorists dictate their lives. now, the u.s. state department says they're encouraging anyone who's traveling abroad to contact them and to inform them of their travel plans.

a spokesperson for the department says that anyone who is concerned about trafveling, they want to reassure the public their embassies and consulates are are ready in an event there might be an emergency. back to you. >> thanks, megan. security is leacertainly tof mind as people head out for this thanksgiving holiday. 47 million of us expected to travel this year. gas prices hit a five-year low, so most people are expected to drive. but ticket prices are also down at the airlines, that is. you can expect crowds at the airports as well. more than 3.5 million people are expected to fly this week. our transportation reporter adam tuss now with some of the methods police are aplanning to use to help keep people safe. >> reporter: hey, jim, yeah, now into the 6:00 hour and we are well into the holiday rush. take a live look at 270 here headed northbound. you can see it is absolutely loaded up in that direction.

and, of course, safety is key. police say they're going to be paying extra special attention to drunk drivers. drink too much, get behind the wheel and this could be you. with all the extra traffic on the roads right now, police say they'll be cracking down on drunk drivers, setting up dui checkpoints around happy hours. something they normally don't do. montgomery county police chief with a simple but effective message. >> pay attention to what you're doing. that's going to make for a safe and peaceful holiday. >> reporter: it's already crowded on the roads with people getting away early for the holiday. jack olson works at the liberty gas station along connecticut avenue and chevy chase. >> it's been crazy at this station, a bunch of people coming in. big thing recently is tire pressure. a lot of people have had trouble with that because of the cold weather. >> reporter: it's been cold but warm enough during the day that some put the top down on the convertible. if you're leaving on the roads, aaa says well over a million

people will be doing that with you. put that in perspective, 1 million people is like the entire population of fairfax county all leaving at once. again, from the chief out here -- >> the key is patience. the key is patience and planning ahead. i mean, you know, it's common sense to say if you know it's going to take longer to get from point "a" to point "b," leave earlier. >> reporter: slow and steady over the next couple days. back here now live, take a look at 270 and the traffic trying to make its way tonight. we do have a list of some tips that are going to make your holiday commute that much better. in our nbc washington app. go take a look during the break. back to you. >> adam tuss. thank you. some people in the midwest will be able to ski this thanksgiving. these slopes to the twin cities in minnesota will be open soon. they haven't gotten any snow yet but it's cold enough to start making it. doug is here now with more on the weather conditions for travelers. doug? >> i think that's the smallest ski mountain i've seen in my

life. that's what they do up there in minnesota i guess. for us it's been cold enough to make snow, too. some of our ski resorts have been making snow. opened one of those down toward north carolina believe it or not. travel outlook for your day tomorrow. no problems. driving locally, dry roads. sunglasses tomorrow. we're green as well. driving west along i-70 out to the west. i-95 up and down the east coast, no problems either. air travel could be a little bit of a problem out to the west. we're talking areas about maybe kansas city or back farther to the west around seattle, maybe around boise, idaho, if you're going there, might be some problems. the rest of us, we are all looking pretty darn good. i'll tell you, the forecast continues to improve. i've got that forecast for you coming up in just a minute. >> thanks, doug. for the first time in more than 20 years the district will open a new fire station. this comes amid efforts to improve the fire department's response times and uits image bt this is not your normal fire station. this one is located on the first

floor of a new hyatt place hotel. mark segraves reports. >> reporter: muriel bowser cut two ribbons today at the same development. first, on the street outside a new firehouse in southwest. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: then she went inside and upstairs to cut another ribbon for the new hotel. it's a public/private partnership that allowed the district to get a new fire station, replacing the aging station a few blocks away. >> not only is it a beautiful station, but it's going to allow these men and women to do their job a lot safer. >> reporter: while the firefighters will enjoy their new station downstairs, upstairs visitors will enjoy a new hotel. of course, the question about sleeping over a fire station did come up. >> we have spent an enormous amount of time and money on the acoustic l engineers here and all our guests will have quiet, restful sleep. >> reporter: the new fire station isn't the only public

benefit from this new hotel. these recent high school grads are the first of dozens of teens who will be given apprenticeships. >> it opened up social skills as well as a learning environment. >> it helped me better myself as a person. >> reporter: mayor bowser says the new development is a win/win. >> thank withdryou for thinking your company's social impact when you build hotel rooms. we need hotel rooms and we need good paying jobs. >> reporter: the district broke ground last week on another new fire station set to open next year. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. some new rulings ahead of a high-profile trial. we'll report how the city of baltimore has changed since freddie gray's death and the unrest that followed there. the doors are locked, the lights are off but the customers keep coming. what happened after a woman came to pick up her pet after this business was raided. kevin durant has a brand new

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right now we're watching live pictures from greenville, south carolina. you can see the big picture there, but a tractor trailer, an

18-wheeler, is leaning against a bridge after a major collision there. these are live pictures. you can see the traffic tie-up. here we are now, this is what it looks like up close. you an see just hanging over the overpass there. just an incredible scene. rescue crews work to try to secure that trailer. this wreck just happened within the last hour. again, in greenville, south carolina. several cars were involved as well. witnesses are telling some of the police officers the 18-wheeler hit an interstate sign just before that crash. we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest. at the live desk, chris lawrence. a pivotal week ahead for the city of baltimore. the first trial in connection with freddie gray's death begins on monday. news 4's chris gordon reports now on what came out of a pretrial hearing there today and how the city has changed since gray's death and the riots that came after. >> reporter: the cvs is being rebuilt in the neighborhood that

broke out in riots after freddie gray's funeral last april. the cvs burned out, cars started on fire. the governor sent in the national guard. a curfew was imposed. may look like calm has returned here but there's still too few jobs or opportunities for young people, not enough recreation centers. >> took everything from the, really from the youth and the youth that's really out here going crazy. >> and i feel like it's a lot more violence in the city. >> reporter: why is that? >> i mean, because i say, you know, like my generation and people that's kind of older kind of tired of police sky lens. >> reporter: six baltimore police officers will face separate trials on charges arising from the death of freddie gray who allegedly suffered spinal injuries in a police van. the medical examiner ruled it a homicide. officer william porter will be tried first on charges including manslaughter and assault in the second degree.

today in a pretrial hearing, his defense lawyers asked to get the trial transferred out of baltimore because of all the media coverage here. but judge barry williams refused. he ruled that jurors will not be sequestered. they will be allowed to go home at night. the trial of baltimore police officer william porter begins here on monday with jury selection and will draw national media attention. in baltimore, chris gordon, news 4. a new clue tonight in a deadly hit-and-run in fairfax county. police released a picture today. it shows the vehicle that may have hit 69-year-old zahor khan, crossing franconia road at brookland avenue november 1st when he was hit and killed. police are looking for the driver of that vehicle. or anyone else who may have seen anything about that time. montgomery county police are stepping up their efforts to keep us safe as we do our railroad shopping. they will be out in parking lots

making sure drivers show down and pay attention and pedestrians are urged to make sure they are visible to drivers. >> they'll be handing out reflective shopping bags as well as headbands or arm bands and works great putting it on your backpacks and other stuff to be seen. it's critically important you're seen in parking lots because there's where we have a lot of conflicts. >> officers will also be cracking down on people who illegally park in handicap spaces. the fine for that offense in montgomery county, $250. one thing that may be on people's holiday wish list are some shoes. by kevin durant. he is one of the most popular and successful athletes in our area and he has never forgotten his roots. now kevin durant has created a shoe to honor his hometown but some people aren't so sure about that name. bureau chief tracee wilkins live in seat pleasant to explain why.

>> reporter: well, jim, people in prince george's county are very proud of kevin durant, why wouldn't they be, he is a superstar who gives back. but officials in prince george's county and a lot of residents here have worked very hard to make sure this county is called prince george's. that's why the name of these new shoes kind of gives some folks some pause. >> we weren't supposed to be here. >> reporter: kevin durant's mvp speech who years ago, he referred to his home county. now he's come out with a shoe that pays homage. the kd8pg county by nike. >> he's representing where he's from. >> reporter: for years it's been considered taboo to call prince george's county p.g. so does that put a damper on the county's moment in tennis shoe fame? >> we would certainly prefer that it was prince george's county. >> reporter: in fact, county officials reached out to nike explaining as much when they caught wind of the shoe's development. >> actually sent a letter to

nike kind of giving them some idea of the nature of the term, prince george's county, versus p.g. county. just to let them know that it is to many in the county a pejorati pejorative. >> reporter: for these perspective customers the abbreviation is not a deal breaker. >> i know a lot of people have a big difference in p.g. county, prince george's county, but not a big deal. >> reporter: melvin mccray who once coached kevin says the name of the shoe makes perfect sense. durant's donated tens of thousands of dollars to this facility and there's a room named in the player's honor. it's clear he feels he owes a lot to this place. >> whether it's p.g. county, whether it's prince george's county, whatever you want to reference it to, i think we should all enjoy the moment and just embrace it. >> reporter: tracee wilkins, news 4. all new at 6:00 a woman suing the government in connection to the assassination of jfk. tonight her $10 million demand after a piece of american history goes missing.

traffic behind me is because of the holiday travel, but you know very well this is also pretty typical for rush hour around here. virginia's governor says he's got a plan to alleviate some of the congestion. i'll tell you why local leaders aren't sold on it quite yet. a mother is haunted by her son's final moments alive. >> and when he needed help, the people supposed to help him didn't help him. >> tonight she's sharing her story with the news 4 i-team as a local hospital makes changes to the way that

and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> looking pretty good over the next couple of days here. looking pretty good tonight, too. we saw a beautiful afternoon. high temperatures into the mid 50s. now, with clear skies, take a look at what we've got out there. the moon about 99% full. doreen loves when i say this. 99% full. a waxing gibbus mood. >> i love that. >> i wanted to make sure you were listening, dorren. a beautiful shot. temperatures cooling fairly quickly tonight. take a look at the temperature at the airport coming in at 49. winds out of the north at about 5 mles per hour. that gives a little bit of a chill here. take a look at the cool numbers.

39 manassas. 37 in culpeper. a cool night, kichilly night an chilly start to our day tomorrow. storm team 4 radar, nothing to show. there's nothing on the radar. when i mean nothing, look at the satellite and radar together. see a few snow showers coming off the lakes but nothing from maine all the way back toward denver. the next storm is way back toward the northwest. portions of the cascades seeing some snow. portions of the sierra nevada seeing some snow. for the eastern half of the country we are high and dry here. it's going to stay like that. now your thanksgiving holiday. lot of people going to be traveling around our area. let's look at the mountains, petersburg, west virginia, 57. nice and mild. around the shenandoah valley, 57 degrees here, too. plenty of sunshine during the day on your thanksgiving. again, looking very good there. how about around the metro region? traveling around the beltway. 60 degrees bets bethesda, buoy. downtown at 62.

pretty good day to get out there on the mall. chesapeake beach around the 60 degree mark. 58 as well over toward ocean city if you're thinking about hitting the beaches along the eastern shore. also looking good. so very nice for thanksgiving and a pretty nice start tomorrow. going to be cool tomorrow. a lot of the kids still have classes tomorrow morning. 28 to 37 degrees. a chilly start with some light wind. high temperatures, though, right back to where they were today. maybe even a little warmer in some areas. 55 leesburg. 57 down toward fredericksburg. once again tomorrow like today we're looking at a lot of shun. ne 62 on thursday. thanksgiving looking great. friday 6 6 degrees. if you're thinking about getting out there doing some shopping. coming up saturday, the next chance for a change, that's our next cold front. we'll talk about that at 6:45 and take you hour by hour for that black friday forecast. next at 6:00, that shine on the door means new troubles for dreamy puppy. just after animal control

officers raided the place. i'll tell withdryou what happenn folks came today to pick up their new pets. there's a new plan to improve one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country but it's not a done deal yet. what needs to happen before express lanes can be added here. a film showing the assassination of president john f. kennedy lost. >> no one can find it. there's not any record of it. >> now a multimillion dollar legal fight against the federal government. plus, the death of a college student promising changes at one local hospital. >> i feel very

at 6:30 now, our reporters are working new leads to the day's top stories. doug is also tracking the weather as people head out for this holiday. >> but we're going to begin in northern virginia after a pet store was raided by animal control officers. last night news 4 was there as officers used a search warrant to seize 40 to 50 puppies from dreamy puppy in chantilly. our bureau chief julie carey is there to tell us about these latest developments. julie? >> reporter: well, it's dark out here because this place is still closed but you probably see that white sign on the door, that delivered more bad news today for this pet store. i'll give you a closer look at that in just a minute. last week after my colleague reported on the animal control

raid here , we hearstarted to h from former customers, and we met one family who came today expecting to pick up their brand new puppy. over and over today customers hoping for a puppy fix found instead a dark empty store front. this woman picked out this dog for her mother. they'd already named him. when they came to pick up the puppy today, the woman learned animal control officers had seized all the puppies. >> very sad. the puppies did see very small. i'm not on expert on dogs. i'm very glad that animal control is on top of this because i think it would be awful if there were animals being ill treated or taken away from their mothers too early. >> reporter: then late this afternoon, a staffer from the fairfax county code compliance office posted this notice. citing a list of violations declaring it an unsafe structure. no charges have been filed yet in connection with the animal control investigation. they're examining the health of the pups here and whether they were old enough to be up for

sale. kay trinidad says it sounds familiar to her, not long after she bought tiny chewy a year and a half ago he became lethargic and one morning unresponsive. >> touched him, he didn't move. i picked him up. he was really floppy. his tongue was hanging out the side of his mouth. rushed him to the vet. >> reporter: trinidad's vet diagnosed a variety of problems. >> vet told us that this puppy was not the age were we told it was. they thought it was taken away from its mother too soon. >> reporter: the store's website and showroom boasts the healthiest puppies in the nation. most sell for 1,500 bucks or more. now trinidad hopes the animal control investigation will reveal whether dreamy puppy is looking out for the health of the dogs it sells. now, i tried to get in touch with dreamy puppy's owner by e-mail and phone but so far my messages haven't been returned. we'll send it back to you in the studio. vance? d.c. detectives are looking at surveillance video tonight to

try to figure out who shot two people last night on pennsylvania avenue near minnesota avenue and 25th street. one person was killed. another taken to the hospital. that road, that intersection was shut down for nearly 12 hours which severely affected the morning rush. the manager of a nearby gas station says he heard the shots. >> i just hear the noise. the shooting. almost more than eight shots. more than eight shots. >> police took the surveillance video from that gas station. hoping it will help them make an arrest. virginia's governor calls it a game changer in an effort to make the daily commute less congested. he officially announced today plans to extend express lanes into 395. it would allow single drivers to use the lanes during rush hour, but it wouldn't affect carpools obeying the current hov restrictions. news 4's david culver spoke to

local leaders about the plans and joins us live with their reaction. hi, david. >> reporter: hi there, doreen. behind me, you got folks coming into the commonwealth. holiday travel may be contributing to some of this traffic. those of you who make this commute daily you know this is pretty typical for rush hour. governor saying his plan will alleviate this congestion. the way he talks you'd think it's a done deal. local leaders in arlington and neighboring alexandria tell me they have a lot of questions before they're willing to endorset endorse this may your jor project. virginia governor terry mcauliffe says his plans to add toll lanes will make life easier. >> now for the first time a single driver can get on at stafford and take it to the district line. >> reporter: it will come at a cost operating like the 29 miles of dynamic tolling lanes already lining 95. prices will depend on demand. its impact is the dark blue stretch seen here. >> 395, we're going to extend it

to the district line, add about eight miles, add a new line ensue enturning the entire three lanes into dynamic tolling. >> the corridor has been significant and controversial in terms of the planning. >> reporter: the coalition of smarter growth, tells me before the transformation even begins a lot needs to happen mainly an environmental assessment to look at every option possible. >> this is a governor who appears to want to get everything done yesterday, and you see that in this release. >> reporter: short says it will also help determine if the project is sock ssuccess. >> if this moves a bottleneck to the bridges and 14th street, it doesn't solve the problem. >> reporter: the governor says construction would start in 2017 lasting about 2 years. some of you responding to the news on facebook wor are rit allowed more traffic jams and costly tolls. add your comments to the nbc washington facebook post.

virginia's house speaker, a republican, supports the governor in this project. >> thanks, david. a shakeup in the republican presidential race in iowa. new quinnipiac poll shows donald trump gained 15 points in the last month. he has taken the lead, but texas senator ted cruz has surged to a very close second place. ben carson has dropped from first to third. florida senator marco rubio is in fourth place. in the meantime, trump's campaign is now accusing the media of suppressing footage that would prove his claim that thousands of muslims in new jersey celebrated during the 9/11 attacks. he repeated that claim last night. >> some on television, and i read about it on the internet, i start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds that they were there and they saw this take place. >> ben carson, on the other hand, is back tracking. he originally said he also saw television footage of the

celebrations but now his campaign says carson misspoke and that he was thinking instead of celebrations in the middle east. coming up, a piece of history missing for years. we'll report why one woman is suing the federal government for millions of dollars. it's in connection with the

the film of the assassination of president john f. kennedy but tonight a woman in texas is suing the federal government. she says the national archives in college park lost the film. scott macfarlane here now with more details on this. >> jim, good evening. it's a piece of history. it's called the nix film recorded by a dallas film called orrville nix who brought his home movie camera to daley plaza to see jfk november 22nd, 1963. in a lawsuit in federal court his granddaughter says the u.s.

government has lost chain of custody of the film and she says in her lawsuit the original film was handed over to the fbi then to news service and ultimately to a congressional committee investigating the assassination. copies of it exist. this is is not one of them. we d't have permission to show you these copies. nix's granddaughter says the film was last in possession of a house committee investigating the killing and should now be with the national archives. but she says the federal government has not been able to produce the original despite her years of asking. so she's filed suit. >> no one can find it. there's not any record of it. there's not any receipt. there's not any -- how can that be? i mean, there's copies f it everywhere. you go on youtube -- i mean, a lot of people have it in their home library, but the original is gone. now why? why? >> her attorney says the film is considered comparable to the pruder film of the assassination and could be used for research. they're demanding the feds find the film and return it or provide an amount of money

comparable to the worth of the film which is more than $10 million. the justice department in archives decline to comment. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. president obama just honored 17 people with the nation's highest civilian honor. that's the presidential medal of freedom. the ceremony at the white house wrapped up a few minutes ago. maryland's retiring senatorikul tonight's honorees. >> in 1966, plans were laid for a highway straight through some of baltimore's most diverse neighborhoods. the new road seemed like a go. it was about to happen. that is until it ran into a young social worker and let's just say you don't want to be on the wrong side of barbara mikulski. >> other honorees include nasa mathematician catherine johnson, baseball great willie mays and film producer steven spielberg.

still ahead tonight, a mother's loss has led to changes in patient care. >> i hope that by talking about this intensely personal moment that we can make a change. >> take a look at what went wrong in the final hours of a young man's life. and developing right now, chicago police have just released video of an officer shooting a black teenager. this happened back in october of 2014. we're not showing that video right now because it's too graphic. today officer jason van dike was charged with first-degree murder for killing laquan mcdonald. a judge ordered video from van dike's dashboard camera to

tonight, a local hospital has changed the way it looks at patient care because of the story you're about to see. >> a young man's life cut short due an accident. nobody is sure he could have survived but as tisha thompson and the news 4 i-team reveal now, it's how he was treated in the last moments of his life that has his mother calling for change. >> reporter: there were no lights or sirens when elon arrived at the emergency room in october 2014. >> he ran backwards and that he fell and hit his head. >> reporter: and no compassion according to his mother. >> i hope that by talking about

this intensely personal moment that we can make a change. >> reporter: emt records obtained by the news 4 i-team says elon was intoxicated. we now know that was not true. >> everybody is complaining about the drunk kid. i tell them time and again, he's not drunk. he puked not because he was drunk but he smacked his head against tpavement. >> reporter: one of elon's best friends rode with him from the beginning and he feels they brushed off his friend as just another drunk person. >> one nurse in particular who was incredibly obnoxious telling him, wow, this kid can't hold his liquor. >> reporter: medical records show two separate blood tests that night proved elon was not intoxicated. but tommy says he grew frustrated at how staff continued to treat his friend. >> he's asking, pleading with these people give him a blanket, he's cold. no, no, we're not going to give you a blanket, you're covered in

puke. >> he was shivering. to get into a gown, they made him take off his shirt because he was a drunk kid who didn't deserve any better. >> reporter: his mother is haunted about how her son was treated in the last few seconds of his life, especially at a time she could not be by his side. >> things were done well from a medical standpoint. i think we could have been more compassionate. and that is really important to us. >> reporter: dr. linda in ord staff responded quickly to his head injury but admits employees should have had more compassion. >> it's our responsibility to those patients to console them, to support them, to care about them in their last moments.

that's -- that's why we're there. that's our job. >> reporter: dr. nordman and hospital president met with elon's family after he died. >> do you feel like real change has been made because of elon? >> i hope so. i believe so. >> reporter: he tells the i-team elon's story has made a tremendous difference. the hospital ordered all emergency staff to be retrained and suspended one e.r. employee because of comments made to elon that night. >> this was a mirror held up to us that we didn't like. there were comments made that don't, aren't supportive of what we are. >> reporter: one year later he's now sharing elon's story and this video with all new employees and hospital leadership to remind them that caring for patients does not always involve medicine. will i get the care i need if i come to this hospital?

no matter what the circumstances are that got me here? >> absolutely. >> reporter: elon's mother has decided against filing any lawsuit. she hopes instead her son's story will improve care for all future patients who end up here. >> we can make it so that even one person gets treated better by an ems, or a hospital in their hour of need, even one, that would be enough. >> elon's mother was out of town when the accident occurred. by the time she arrived ilan already slipped into a coma from a traumatic brain injury. he died the next week. trisha thompson, news 4 i-team. >> thank you. the weather habit had musn' impact on the getaway today. doesn't mean the roads aren't packed. let's go to doug with a holiday travel forecast. >> i was driving around the beltway today and could not get anywhere. >> i think a lot of people had that same experience and having

it right at this moment. >> sunny skies out there, no weather problems but the beltway always mess. that's going to be the case the next couple days. a lot more people going to be on the roads. you're looking at me like what? >> any day. >> any day. hey, temperatures today got into the mid 50s. it was a beautiful afternoon. you can see the traffic right there on the 14th street bridge, wow. 49 degree s currently. dropping to 44 by 9:00. down to about 41. it's going to be cold again tonight. this is the time of year we expect it to be on the cold side. average temperatures already in the 30s in our area. 39 in gaithersburg. right now. friends toward warrenton, 37 degrees for your folks. huntingtown, 40 degrees. cold, but not bad. storm team 4 radar is clear. we have nothing. take a look at this. this is the radar. there is nothing going on. chicago, back toward wichita, down toward atlanta, you have a couple of lake-effect showers coming off the lakes up here but that is it.

it is quite amazing the fact we have nothing going on. that means your travel forecast is looking good for tomorrow. 7:00 a.m., plenty of sunshine tomorrow. temperatures starting off cold then warming to 53 degrees by 1:00. 56 for a high tomorrow. looking really, really good. the next couple days also really good. 62 on your thursday. friday, 6 6 degrees. of course, we're talking about black friday here. 66 looking very nice there. let's take you on the hour-by-hour forecast. waking up to 47. very warm start if you're thinking about camping for some of the black friday deals. looking pretty good. 66 degrees by 3:00 in the afternoon. next couple days, rain chances come late saturday into the day on sunday. temperatures drop, too. 48 sunday afternoon. >> thank, zdug. coming up, sports. four games in five days for the wizards. that's rough. plus, youth is served on the ice.

this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. >> talk about a tough schedule. wizards have one, huh? >> yeah, holiday week not for them. you're going to get your fill of basketball with turkey this week. >> okay. >> the headaches and the traffic.

you get basketball to relax. tough stretch of the schedule for the wizards. it starts tonight. four games in five nights. all four opponents have winning records. tonight's matchup versus the pacers might be the most critical. if you don't want to see randy whitman's angry face, then the team they need to get off to a good start tonight. especially with it being at home. and the wizards want to keep the good times rolling. a three-game win streak. playing despite that calf injury. they have their hands full, though, with the red hot pacers. winners of eight of their last ten. coach whitman says laser focus will be the challenge of this week. >> you make it tough mentally if you think that way. we look at one game. i'm not looking at four games if five nights. looking at this game tonight. usually when you get a win, it helps. down a level. dmv kids day at the smith center. 2,500 kids. they're watching some hoops and they're picking on their

siblings. >> yeah. >> playing some hoops. j.w. took it to gardner web. reigning a-10 player of the week. later in half, tyler cavanaugh, transfer from lake forest. and one. a game high 20 points. colonials up at the break. second half. g.w. run away with it. the three. one of ten threes on the day. he had 19 points. g.w. wins big 94-65. pretty cool after the game, too, players signing autographs and since it was dmv kids day, the family well represented, daughter, sons who helped us conduct our postgame interview. >> how did the team do? >> the team did well. we wanted to come out with a lot of energy early and we jumped on gardner web from the start. so i was very happy with our performance today. >> do you think you made enough threes. >> yes, definitely. we've been missing our threes but we had some guys break out

today including your favorite player, yuda. >> was the refs good? >> the referees were good after that first call against yuda, they did a great job today. >> can i get out of school again to work the games? >> shhh, don't tell anybody. >> dad says yes. mom was like, no. that's the difference right there. now for easily the best story of the day despite the caps win last night they brought a dandy to practice today. jay beagle, many me, his son, grant, working out at kettler. they took him out on the ice. yes, guys, this little guy standing on ice and shooting a puck at 18 1/2 months old. wore the same skates jay and his father both learned to skate in. >> no, way. >> right, the cuteness factor mipz son's second time out on the ice. proud father.

you can tell he's already hooked. >> oh, yea. superstar in the making. >> he's like i'm ready to get off this ice. >> he cried when

breaking news tonight. a police officer charged with murder in a shocking confrontation caught on camera. a teen-ager shot 16 times. video being released in chicago tonight bracing for fallout. shot down. a russian fighter jet blown out of the sky near the syrian-turkey border. vladimir putin lashes out while the president of france comes to the white house. a high-stakes escalation threatening the global fight against isis. and new alerts, an fbi bulletin to law enforcement across the country as the major holiday travel rush begins. as seen on tv, what a sharp-eyed viewer saw that may have saved a popular tv host's life. and from spielberg to streisand. we're inside