because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. . breaking news out of chicago where dem straionstrators are t to the streets reacting ing ti graphic video released.

>> and some chanting 16 times in reaction to 16 shots. >> it came from an officer's dashcam and so graphic even the chief of police say people have a right to be angry. mcdonald was reportedly breaking into trucks and stealing radios and you see him jogging down the radio after being told to stop. but the officers are around him. the first shot spins mcdonald around and drops him. we're not going to show you the 13 shots that hit him while on the ground. protesters got this video and took over a good chunk of michigan avenue. we're looking at live pictures. some chanting who do you protect? who do you serve? officials have been trying for a year to keep this video from coming out but a judge ordered them to do so. prosecutors say jason van dyke

started shooting six seconds after he got out of his car and charged him with first-degree murder. and that's not enough for some protesters and said the city has been stalling and only brought charges because they knew this video was coming out. >> thank you. right now, demonstrators will continue to protest the police shooting of a black man in minneapolis earlier this month. protesters said they would not bow to fear after several white men opened on a crowd last night. five were injured and all expected to be okay. police are questioning several suspects. it erupted after police shot jamar clark during a confrontation november 15th. >> the spotlight in baltimore next week, the first trial in connection with freddie gray's death begins monday. today, a judge ruled the jury in the case won't be sequestered. the judge also denied a defense

request to move the trial out of baltimore. gray allegedly suffered spinal injury in a police van. five other officers will stand trial separately. news4 went looking for how officers are trained in the use of force. and the prince george's's county specialized training unit. you won't want to miss it before our first commercial break. >> if you're flying this weekend, you will have good company and have good weather. more than 25 million passengers are expected to board u.s. airlines this week. most of the few lights remaining tonight and nearly all tomorrow are on schedule. if you're driving, good luck from i-395 in arlington to i-270 in maryland and 95 in both maryland and virginia, the holiday traffic is already at peak levels. team coverage tonight to prep you for your thanksgiving get away before we get to doug's

weather forecast, jackie bensen is on i-95 in laurel where holiday travelers got to test their patience earlier than they thought. >> reporter: i'd like to take credit for this. i'd like to take credit for this. it is news4 transportation reporter adam tuss, tuesday is the next wednesday. what had been a relatively easy trip hit a beltway bottleneck. >> 30 miles south of d.c. up to now, that's when it started. before that, it was like 35, 45. >> he and his family are heading from nashville to atlantic city. >> it's somethingr really something. it will be worth it in the long run, get out for thanksgiving and get with the family in

jersey and see my mom. >> reporter: the worst part of the day came as thanksgiving travelers began mixing with evening rush hour drivers. bill parker is heading from south carolina to new jersey and thought he was getting ahead of the rush. >> traffic coming through virginia was terrible. very bad, very bad. probably took us an hour and a half to get to here from washington. >> reporter: and triple-a tells us the best time to leave tomorrow -- and we certainly learned that lesson today, after 8:00 p.m. live in laurel, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you. you can expect to see a lot of police on the roads through the weekend. virginia state police tell us they'll be out in full force. they've issued a thanksgiving week challenge, ride to save lives. last year, eighth people died during the holiday week. virginia already had eight

traffic deaths than they had this time last year. only one was raring a seatbelt. >> whether you're staying home, hitting the road or have a plane to catch, doug has the wednesday forecast covered. this is the kind of weather we like to see the week of thanksgiving. >> that's exactly right. last year, we were talking about incredibly bad weather for the travel day and today, beautiful weather. we will get in the mid 50s. if you're driving 95 t$95 to or laying or new york, no problems on the roads whatsoever. if you're flying, i don't expect delays across most of the country here. rain, light showers in the middle part of the country. a bigger storm moves to the pla plains, that forecast coming up in a couple minutes. >> thank you. from chicago to minneapolis, baltimore to ferguson and cities

all over the country the use of police force is under more scrutiny than ever. >> news4 went searching for answers how and when officers are taught to use force. he join us in studio. >> regardless how you feel about use of force, we wanted to know how police are trained in use of force. it's a series of judgment calls that have to happen quickly. we reached out to different agencies. prince george's police invited us to the academy to see how it trains officers to get a person under control. >> reporter: it's a training scenario every officer goes through every year, making the call and drawing on a suspect. in prince george's officers are taught to consider several other steps before a bullet leaves the chamber. >> to use force to protect themselves. they have to have a clear understanding. there's a lot riding on it.

>> reporter: sergeant bill gleason runs the course dozens of hours in the classroom, et c ethics and constitutional law and what's legal and not. usually in the field the officer's presence is enough to diffuse the situation as they showed us. >> charges for what? >> domestic assault. >> we spent as much time teaching them how to use verbal techniques as physical techniques. >> reporter: that can include what most of us consider yelling and short commands. >> cross your ankles. >> if you don't obey those commands, now i can put my hands on you and, sir, i need you to back away. >> reporter: that's where things can get more complex and officers are trained to meet republicans wi resistance with the appropriate amount of force. that could mean a strike with a hand or baton, control hold or

takedown like this. >> get down, get down. >> pepper spray falls under active resistance. you start flailing and pushing, the officer gives distance and verbal warning i'm about to spray you and put your hands behind your back. >> reporter: they're quickly assessing an encounter and the best tactic to gain control. sometimes, as the trainer showed us, the best response may be a tas taser? most of them are physically assaultive towards the officer or or person. that would be justification to use the taser. >> a key part of the training is to use the simulator here. officers are given all the necessary gear and put in a scenario over what they need to do. >> reporter: this is judgment enhancement training and they change variables based on officer's decisions. >> open the door. >> put the gun down. put the gun down. >> our deadly force policy says

a suspect must pose and imminent threat of death or serious injury to the officer or other person. >> reporter: this sends officers to a mock office building, a man shows up with a gun a day after threatening to kill his wife and being served with a protective order to stay way from her. here, failing to shoot in the back turns the scene into a murder suicide. >> are you justified in shooting somebody in the back as they're walking away? >> absolutely. >> sergeant gleason points out 98% of calls of service don't require any level of 230force te used. officers that don't follow training have to face the full consequences of their actions. >> these are split second decisi decisions. >> it really was enlightening to sitting through how they're trained and how quick decisions are to be made.

>> and you think what they're up against with people on synthetic drugs and out of control. >> good report. see you tomorrow morning. >> 4:30 a.m. >> thank you. also tonight, virginia senator, tim kaine, weighs in on the syrian refugee crisis, the problem we could face if the u.s. turns them away. we showed you this video before, a flash mob makes off with thousands of dollars in jeans from one georgetown store. now, it's happened again. >> reporter: wait until you see what's happened inside this senior center in prince george's county. teens helping the elderly. >> not everybody has what we have. >> all new tonight at 11:00. i'm melissa with your first traffic report tonight. i-95

this was not only a strike against one of the world's great ci cities, attack against the world itself. >> president obama promising closer cooperation with france battling isis on the same day turkey shot down a russian jet calling into question the strength of the western coalition fighting the terror group and we're finding out more about the man whose actions orchestrated the french paris attacks. french prosecutors say he took part in the attacks on restaurants that day and cell phone data shows he returned to those scenes that night and outside when they were raided. they believe he was planning a

suicide attack on a business district before he was killed by police in a raid last week. virginia senator, tim kaine, weighing in on the refugee debate and says the u.s. should stick to its plan to accept 10,000 refugees, otherwise, other countries might back out, too. >> the vetting process is good. we're trying to encourage other nations to help out these refugees and if we don't, the chances are, others won't. >> he supports putting boots on the ground in syria but not american troops. new at 11:00, a flash mob robbery in georgetown. 20 to 30 teenagers robs the diesel store on m street before 6:00 tonight. we don't know what they got away with. this store was hit in a similar way in september of last year. surveillance video captured four men walking in and grabbing an arm full of the pricey jeans.

>> we showed you bottlenecks at 95. now, there is a plan to deal with the crush of traffic between exhibition 95 and the district. governor mcauliffe wants to extend the i-95 express lanes two miles further north to cover 295 to the d.c. line. they'll be free for car-pools of three or more. other drivers will pay a toll based on demand in hopes of e e easing congestion. if this plan gets approved, construction would start in 2017 and last about two years. dozens of people got their thanksgiving turkey hand-delivered tonight thanks to some prince george's high school students part of man 101. and the impact that program is having on an entire community. >> i feel great being able to give back to the community. >> reporter: cameron white is an 11th grade student at prince

george's's county. tonight, he's learning the importance of taking care of others delivering thanksgiving dinner to seniors at the windsor crossing community. here you go. >> reporter: cameron and more than 20 students teamed up with their omega psi phi fraternity ment mentors. >> not everybody has what we have. it makes you feel better. >> what our mission is, we have come and mentored these young boys has been to in still manhood on them. >> reporter: they knock on doors on every floor. what's your reaction to refugee thi -- receiving this? >> happy. >> reporter: why? >> because somebody thought of me for thanksgiving. >> it's a full thanksgiving dinner. sweet potatoes, mixed vegetables and my perm favorisonal favorit pumpkin pie. carolyn bradford appreciates the respect. >> it's nice they're thinking of

the seniors. >> it helps me be more responsible and appreciative. >> reporter: i'm sho mmari ston news4. >> sounds like we will be tha thankful for the weather. >> a lot of people have football ga games. this might be one of the better thanksgivings we've had. i looked back the last five years, 3 out of 5 had temperatures of 60 degrees or better. that trend will continue. i think friday is even better if you're out doing some of the work and some of the deals at some of the stores. katherine hi, 42 degrees -- currently, 42 degrees, winds out of the northeast. a full moon outside. on the cool side. 28, mannapolis. 28 fredericksburg. temperatures a little cooler tomorrow morning, not too much. radar, we are dry. we're not only dry here but

across most of the nation. amazing what's happening. the kids still in school a lot of them tomorrow. 7:00 to 8:00, chilly weather. 37 degrees. and 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., nice and mild, 56. tomorrow is one of those days they go to the bus stop with the coat and come home without them. i widen out here, not a single drop of rain from boston to atlanta back towards denver. we are seeing snow. this will be a big storm towards wyoming. if you're heading to wyoming you have problems but otherwise i think you're okay. 57 in fredericksburg, 55 degrees in leesburg. plenty of sunshine. with a light wind, tomorrow is a nice day. it gets even better. tomorrow, some of you may have the day off. good day to get out on the bike. sunrise, tomorrow, 7:00.

52 degrees by noon and 56, nice and mild by 4:00 in the afternoon. we go up, thanksgiving, high of 62 degrees. let's look at the thanksgiving forecast. hour by hour. not bad, 7 a.m., a little chilly, 40 degrees and around 11:00, time to start cooking the turkey and 66 on friday and saturday, temperature of 54. a chance of showers on saturday. what about the black friday forecast? doesn't get nicer than this. sunday is the coolest day of the next seven, high of 47 with chance for shower activity. not a lot of weather but something we're watch, watching that turkey dancing thursday.

>> he has. he just started dancing. >> i have pretty cool things i can do. >> thanks. coming up, thankful for a couple of seniors tonight.

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live sports. >> a little tight for the terps but then they pulled away in the end. >> they received six first place votes and a lots of people feel they're the best team in the country and getting used to that bullseye. no matter who you are playing against, you can expect the other team's best effort. they will get everyone's best shot this year and the squad by tur gen is ranked second in the country. unfortunately for terps, what happens is mexico does not stay in mexico. a two point game. macintosh driving that. 17 points, knotted up at 52. a few plays later, red birds with the lead. justin mccloud. illinois state up by five. maryland done messing around and

suleiman in the corner, 18 points for the turfs. they're starting to pull away. and suleiman, to layman. maryland survives j 77-66. they'll play rhode island tomorrow in the cancun challenge final. e-mailsewhere, kid's day w h watching george washington take on gardner and getting off to a big start thanks to gardner. the player of the week. he had 16 points later on. this time, it's the junior, tyler cav gnawing, transferred from wake forest a high game of 21 points. after the game, players signed autographs for kids in attendance. wizards hosting paul george and nand pacers, averaging 25 points down low.

nice jam there. pacers ready to go early. off the over to -- over to. autoporter, jr. wizards lead by five. making things happen for pacers, 40 points tonight against wizards. george, not the only start for indiana, myles, the guy couldn't miss. pace errs beat wizards 123-106. to the ice before we go, the c caps. that's jay beagle, took his son, brant, to the ice today and standing on skates and shooting

the puck at only 19 months old, the wore the same skates both jay and his father learned to skate in, just his second time on the ice and the proud father can already tell little brant is hooked on hockey. >> he freaked out once we took the skates off. we won't show that on the air. he loves to play. he loves to play hockey. these moments make it enjoyable and obviously a lot of fun. >> i can't stand on skates now. >> i can't stand on skates now. 19 months, that's very

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