a long, one-month investigation that was thorough and interviewed several cops that responded and witnesses paint a different story. video of 18-year-old jason goolsby be restrained in capitol hill quickly went viral and it was determined that goolsby didn't do anything and wasn't arrested and in a month-long investigation, kathy linear said her two officers didn't feel anything wrong either. given the entirety of the circumstances were appropriate and within department policy. >> this all started on october 12th when a woman called 911 because she thought goolsby and his friends looked suspicious at an atm in capitol hill. the report says the dispatcher got it wrong, telling officers the subject may have been robbing people, but it was later clarified. i think the confusion and the radio transmission doesn't help, but i don't think it alone is a factor in this at all. >> goolsby's attorney disagrees.

he believes the officers responded with the notion that his client was attempting to rob someone. when officers arrived on scene, the report says goolsby took off running with his backpack. in an interview last month, goolsby says he ran because he was scared. >> i seen the gun and pepper spray, and i nearly got hit by a car. so my first instinct was to run because i didn't want to die. i feared for my life. >> reporter: when officers caught up to him they told him to take his hands out of his backpack or they'll use pepper spray. goolsby refused so rofficers moved in to take him down. >> you need to understand that's an important thing, and we don't know who we're walking up on and we want to go home at the end of the day. >> peter greiner says, quote, please be very clear. jason never reached for his backpack which remained on his back, how could he supposedly be fleeing the officer while also unzipping his backpack on his

back? greiner, rather, also says his client didn't have a weapon in his backpack. he gave a very long and detailed response. if you're interested in reading it in its entirety you can do so by logging on washington.com. what she's trying to do to prevent incidents like this from happening again. >> thanks so much. the situation in chicago is a vivid example of the tension between many african-americans and police. we'll take you there in just a couple of minutes with new reaction to the release of the video that shows a young black man shot and killed by police and the threats to interrupt black friday. security is very tight at union station this evening as holiday travelers are hitting the rails. it has been a busy day so far and despite calls to be vigilant, travelers seem to be taking it all in stride. >> transportation reporter adam tuss live inside union station

with more on how the mad dash is going this evening. adam? >> reporter: that's right, wendy. it is absolutely packed in here tonight. we have people all over the place and i do want to point out we have one delay on the board that we just saw. the carolinian to new york, you'll have trouble. let's take a look at all of the riders in here. you guys mentioned it, a heightened security presence inside union station and riders don't mind at all. >> reporter: everywhere you turn, security monitoring the situation at union station. long guns, k-9s and a different feel of security. >> you know, i see the police are out in force. their presence is known. i feel safe, so i'm not really worried. >> homeland security secretary jeh johnson here outside the station telling travelers there is no credible threat against the united states at this time. >> we also want to encourage the public at the beginning of this holiday season to be vigilant

yourself and to be aware. >> reporter: security aside, there is a matter of getting to your train on time and ambassadors helping out riders likalie rogers. >> they've had great assistance and i've been stressed about it being super packed, but i don't think it has been so far so happy to get out of here. >> reporter: over 140,000 riders expected along amtrak's system today alone. one of the busiest days of the year. >> in terms of accommodating the influx of extra travelers, we have added capacity, and extra trains at all of the major hubs across the country. >> amtrak putting rail cars in service that normally would aren't be out here. all of this happening under the very watchful eye of security. even though it's busy in here tonight, amtrak says you haven't seen anything yet. coming up at 6:00, i have trips for getting home on sunday and amtrak says that day will be busier than today. >> thanks a bunch. >> prdz's reassuring the nation

ahead of the holiday and he says there is no specific or credible threat against our country this thanksgiving. >> watching the events in paris made the threat feel closer to home so as we go into thanksgiving weekend i want the american people to know is that we are taking every possible step to keep our homeland safe. >> the president did echo calls from law enforcement for people to report anything suspicious. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> and it doesn't get better than this this time of year and temperatures in the 60s and today we reached a high of 56 earlier and right now we're at 51 degrees in d.c. and philadelphia looking good and back toward morgantown and 55. great weather across the east heres and cool up toward the middle east and new york only at 45 degrees and tomorrow they'll be warmer and temperatures tomorrow around the 60-degree

mark in the city and also up towards new york. if you're traveling tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and no problems on the east coast as far as the weather is concerned and coming up over the next couple of minutes we'll talk about your thanksgiving warmth and black friday forecast, we'll take you hour by hour and we're talking showers this weekend and it's not both days and we'll show you which days have the best chance for rain. >> as many of you plot your post thanksgiving shopping strategies, tell us tell us thieves, they're targeting stores and shoppers ahead of the rush. >> david culver is live outside toward tyson's corner. what's the plan to keep everybody safe and secure? >> jim, police officers, they're going to be going shopping, too. that's the impression they want to give you. here at tyson's for example, fairfax county police have beefed up their patrols inside the mall. some of the officers you're going to notice, others will just blend in. we're just about there, the busiest shopping time of the year. police already walking the

crowded malls. some officers in full uniform, others dressed in everyday clothes. they could be carrying a shopping back, walking with a hand, blending in. they're part of c.a.t.t. >> reporter: it is before the holiday shopping rush has begun. this past minute police arrested these four men accused of trying to make a big buy in tyson's. >> they were purchasing 21 iphones through the apple store. >> the employees alerted police. undercover officers already in the mall caught up with the suspects before they could leave. >> in total, these four suspect his 241 fraudulent credit cards in their possession. police say they're all from new york. one of the men, smiling for his mug shot appears to be a theme with suspected thiefs this past week. this woman, also smiling arrested a few days earlier from taking several things from several stores in tyson's. it's not only thiefs from the outside, though.

>> when an employee takes advantage of a customer or they try to steal purchases or steal merchandise. >> while last year, shoplifting made up 38% of store crimes according to the national retail federation, employee theft warrant far behind. officers want just patrolling tyson's, they'll also be in fair oaks mall among other shopping centers. >> reporter: this increased police presence not just cocombat thefts. at 6:00, i'll show you how these officers will be pulling double duty and wendy, i'll also show you why the police chief is asking the residents who come shopping here to help out. >> thank you, david. >> we continue to follow developments out of chicago this evening where residents and police are bracing for new rounds of protests after the deadly police shooting of a teenager. one teen plans to hold a public viewing of the newly released dash cam video on friday. that video shows officer jason

van dyke shooting 17-year-old laquan mcdonald 16 times. chris coffee has more on why the murder charge in this case is not enough. >> reporter: protesters chant the number of times laquan mcdonald was shot by a chicago police officer as hundreds took to the streets of chicago tuesday night during a nineour march. we're trying to make people see that this is wrong, that the system is wrong and that things need to be changed. >> some streets were blocked and there were scuffles with police and one officer was injured and nine people were arrested. the demonstrations were triggered by the release of dash cam i haved why recorded last october. officers responded to a call that a man with a knife was trying to break into cars. the video shows 17-year-old mcdonald walking in the road with a knife and approaches with his weapon drawn. within seconds, van dyke starts

shooting, firing 16 times. van dyke's lawyer says the officer feared for his safety. no other police officer fired a shot. tuesday van dyke turned himself in and was charged with first-degree murder. city leaders called the video's release an opportunity to come together and made a plea for peaceful protests. >> i believe this is a moment that can build bridges of understanding rather than become a barrier of misunderstanding. >> people have the right to be angry. people have the right to protest. people have the right to free speech, but they do not have a right to commit krim ccriminal . >> mcdonald's family did not want the video released and many are calling for a shake-up of the police department following the video's release. chris coffee, nbc news. still ahead, sentencing day for a man convicted of killing a buoy father. how an outburst landed the defendant in big trouble with the judge. we're at the washington

convention center. the good news is thousands of people are being fed here today. the bad news, they have to be fed. i'll have the story coming up. and throughout our newscast, we're going to be checking in on the holiday rush all over the country. this is a live look at the situation at the denver airport. it's a big one.

police in northern virginia want all shoppers to be on alert for the guy on the right in this photo. a woman tells us she spotted him trying to take a picture of her young son in the men's bathroom at a walmart in frederickburg yesterday. this happened at the store on the silver parkway. a man who was called the architect of two robberies at the same store is headed to prison for 70 years, but he said he didn't do it and he was so furious at being charged he threatened the prosecutor. chris gordon spoke to the relative of a victim who said the victim still has two bullets inside her. >> reporter: two people were shot during the armed robbery of this cleaners in gaithersburg last november. police responded to a desperate 911 call. >> 911, what is the address of the emergency? >> i've just been shot. >> the robbers got away with no

money because in august 2014 they had previously robbed more than $37,000 from the same cleaners and the employees told them in november that they no longer kept cash on the premises. the armed robbers fled. a metro surveillance video in wheaton caught them on camera trying to get away. surveillance led detectives to the mastermind of the operation, 52-year-old rupert stance. >> we asked for a very long sentence and we believe that this is one of these cases where a career criminal deserves extra time. >> reporter: stamps threatened to get the prosecutor. today judge joseph quirk gave stance's consecutive sentences on four charges for a total of 70 years. >> he'll be in prison for the rest of his life and that's great. it's one less thing to worry about, so hopefully my mom will get back on track and won't be as nervous that he's out and about. so that's a good thing. >> reporter: ahead, detectives tell us how they caught up with rupert stamps even though he had an alibi and claims to this day

that he was never at the scene of the crime. that's coming up on news 4 at 6:00. reporting from the montgomery county courthouse, chris gordon, news 4. a new york city postal worker facing criminal charges after he allegedly spit on a woman in a muslim head scarf. >> surveillance video shows then counter that started on a sidewalk and continued with the guy following the woman into the store. the woman's lawyer says the postal worker also hurled islam phonetic slurs at her. >> she heard muslim and other derogatory words and then the guy said i'm going to burn down your temple and then the person proceeded to spit in her face and elbow her. >> the accused postal worker faces multiple charges, including aggravated harassment and menacing. >> thousands of people enjoyed a thanksgiving dinner today.

it was the safeway feast of sharing. news 4 caught up with a family thankful for the opportunity to give back. ♪ gave proof through the night >> the patriotic beginning and muriel bowser greeted everyone and lots and lots of food for lots and lots of people at the convention center. it was the 16th annual safeway feast of sharing that drew more than 5,000 people, but the core of the day is hundreds of volunteer servers like 15-year-old jaylen and his mother who came in from clinton, maryland, to help out while jason's father was at work. >> reporter: what were you thinking in there? >> i was thinking there are a lot of people that don't have what i have. >> this is an awesome opportunity that my son had to get his community service hours in and see the importance of sharing with others what they don't have. >> reporter: it wasn't all work

for the ninth grader in upper marlboro, but his mom said it was a slow start this morning. >> he was a little reluctant to get out of bed and it's a day on of service and putting someone else before your own needs. >> reporter: she dragged you out of bed. i didn't like it at all, but she stopped at mcdonald's so i was okay. >> reporter: in addition to food, people lined up for the opportunity this year to select clothing they'll need this winter. >> happy thanksgiving. >> in the district, tom sherwood. news 4. >> are you lucky enough to have an office holiday party this year in the latest annual survey from something called the society for hr management finds 30% of companies don't do these parties anymore. in 2012, just 17% of these companies said that they weren't planning holiday parties. so it's gone up. 6% of those surveyed said their company his to cut back because of financial challenges. fans of the burgundy and gold already have a big game to look forward to next season. today the team announced it's

playing in london next october 30th and they'll face off against the cincinnati bengals as part of the international series and depending where washington finishes in the division this year, there is a good chance they could play in london the week before, as well. i'm carol maloney at redskins park and we know one thing the redskins are thankful for. their division. hard to believe after being dominated last week and now sporting a 4 and 5 record, but the skins are facing the giants this weekend and first place in the nfc east is on the line. >> it will be a street by the division game and home, and the team that beat us and like i said, we're fighting the women's division against the playoffs and this can either put us in tie for first place and set us back another week and put our back against the wall. >> if you're a competitor and you'll be going out to compete and do it on a division game and they've embarrassed us and i'm excited for this game and everyone in the locker room is

excited in this game. >> if we have any desire at all to play, 17, 18 or 19 games we have to take care of business on sunday. >> that's the fuel to their fire as they started practice this week. the good news, this game is at home. the bad news, they've lost five straight to the g-men. so while recent history might not be on their side, the redskins are not lacking in motivation for their future. so this season is still very much in play. while news today about n year, get your passports ready, the skins are going to london and the players react coming up on news 4 at 6:00. from redskins park, carol maloney, news 4 sports. find out what lawmakers are doing after an i-team report unveiled a huge spike in the

now your storm team 4 forecast. and that forecast starting off with a beautiful shot tonight. the full moon out there, actually the full beaver moon is what it's called tonight. take a look at that, 100% full and it is a gorgeous night. clear skies and temperatures have been on the mild side, and 51 degrees and winds out of the south at 8 miles per hour and 48 in gaithersburg down to 46 in la rhea and all in all it will be a mild night. our average and low temperature is down to 38 in the city and i

think you'll be above that. storm team 4 radar all clear and we have no rain to talk about and no rain across the entire eastern part of the country and we have to go way out to the west to see some of the rain coming in and snow around the denver area during the thanksgiving holiday so if you're flying to denver tomorrow that's the one place maybe chicago that could have a few problems during the day tomorrow. that's about it. in our area heading to the mountains and shenandoah valley looking good and 56 degrees in la rhea, 58 back towards petersburg in shenandoah around 57 degrees. around the city and around the fairfax county and prince george's county and arlington all looking good and temperatures around 60 degrees and even in the low 60s and the same could be said for areas in the eastern shore and parts of southern maryland all of the way to ocean city. great weather on thanksgiving. you don't get much better than this over the thanksgiving holiday. 40 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and 54 degrees at 11:00 and notice we're going in the right direction and simply beautiful by tomorrow afternoon.

a few more clouds and still nice and we're still mild and temperatures around 52 degrees and a very mild night tomorrow night. 66 degrees on friday and high temperatures well above average by more than ten degrees and 62 on saturday and this is a little bit of a change in our forecast and we've now upped the temperature for saturday as that front stays farther to the north and that front will come through, though and we'll see a temperature on sunday of about 52 degrees. we are going to see temperatures cool for the weekend, but the next three days, thursday, friday and saturday all looking good. more cloud cover during the day saturday, but the rain comes on sunday and right now it looks like that rain will be on the light side. so we're not worried about that at all. if you have plans this week, we have a lot of activities and one of those activities will be over toward reston town center and i'll be live there at 11:00 on friday for the holiday christmas parade. angie goff will be there with me and we'll be monitoring that parade. also the tree lighting out in the reston town center. if you want to check out some of the other great activities

around our region, go to nbc washington facebook page. you can find out all of the activities right there. guys? >> thank you, doug. >> there was sad news out of the national zoo. one of the world's most threatened species had to be put down. >> we want to take you live out to denver. slow going in one direction as the sun begins to set out there for the big holiday. a shooter is sentenced for shooting and killing a father who was trying to protect his son. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up

now at 5:30, he was just trying to protect his son when a man came up from behind and killed him. today that shooter was sentenced. news 4's tracee wilkins is live in upper marlboro. she talked to the victim's family outside court. >> reporter: he apologized to the family and was asking for a lesser sentence, but at the end of the day the judge decided he deserved 30 years, at least in prison. >> there was a fight near buoy high school. a teen is taping it on his cell phone when 39-year-old mitchell white shows up and breaks it up. his son is one of the boys involved. >> break it up. break it up. you hear white call for a truce and it appears to be over when deion warren seen in all black runs in with a gun and calks it. the kid taping the incident takes off and we hear a shot.

as he runs away. >> once you bring a handgun into a fistfight you begin to -- you rack that weapon and wave it around recklessly and showing complete disregard for anyone's life and today warren who pled guilty was sentenced to 30 years for second-degree murder. white, his victim, leaves his son and daughter behind. >> i was daddy's little girl, and it hurts my heart to know that i can never see him again. >> he worked for amtrak and he and his fiance were planning marry. he was discussing arrangements with his mother on the phone. >> as i called him back, and i kept calling and calling and i never got an answer. >> on september 30, 2014, white was picking his son up from school when he witnessed the altercation. >> when he stepped in he only wanted to get his child away to take him home and get him to safety. >> it is still unclear why

warren who wasn't involved became involved and took white's life. >> reporter: it was very unusual that warren had so many supporters in the courtroom today. they absolutely packed the courtroom. most of those people were members of his grandfather's church, a church that his grandfather pastors here in prince george's county. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, what part instagram played in this young man's sentencing. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins. we're seeing a picture of two missing siblings who disappeared in prince george's county. family members tell us they've been looking for james everett ward and his sister, 71-year-old rosa lee thomas. they were last seen driving a burgundy jeep on monday. there's extra concern for thomas because she may need medication. overseas there is rising tension between turkey and russia. there was a contentious scene outside the turkish embassy

where protesters pelted the embass we eggs and paper planes protesting the downing of the fighter jet that killed two pilots. turkey said they got airspace and the rugs got ten warnings before it was shot down. russia called it a planned provocation. police in belgium are looking for a man who helped the key suspects get to france. they're looking for mohamed abrini and say he is arminged and dangerous. investigators say he was seen in the car with paris terror suspect salah abdeslam two days before the massacre. they're still looking for abdeslam in belgium, as well. they think he's linked with a suicide vest found at the site of one of the bombings. calls for action to better protect your kids because of a news 4 i-team investigation. maryland state senate will consider new money for the state police unit that tracks down child predators.

as scott macfarlane reports after an i-team revealeded a huge spike suspectin the people suspected of trading child porn. >> it shows you a mother who says a suspected predator sent texts to her daughter. >> it's a sickening feeling because you put yourself in that position where you're that 12-year-old girl being talked to like that. >> reporter: we showed you how our review of state and federal police records revealed a 60% spike in child pornography in northern virginia and maryland between 2013 and 2014. inside the computer crimes unit they're managing the spike in cases. >> i think the average person would be shocked to see how muc. >> we showed our finding to susan lee who said she'll propose new funding when the

senate reconvenes in january. the state might consider something called alicia's law, a law first passed in virginia to better fund police units. in maryland's case it could potentially have money seized by court costs paid by criminals be paid to the crime units. >> other states have fol done this already. we need to make funding a priority for our state police. >> reporter: lee said maryland currently funds these operations largely through the traditional annual budget that can fluctuate over time. >> it's not dedicated. it's not permanent. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for larry hogan says this year's coming budget is still being finalized and we asked about the need for a boost in funding for the computer crimes unit, she said, quote, protecting our children has and always be a top priority for governor hogan. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. maryland state police tell us they have adequate troopers

for their mission and could accomplish more with additional manpower. to see the i-team's original investigation that launched this debate go to the nbc washington app. >> disturbing news about one of the most popular football players and sports broadcasters of all time. what doctors found when they studied the brain of the legendary frank gifford. a special adoption event in our area to welcome dozens of people. news 4's barbara harrison will introduce you to one man who waited 22 years to find a loving, permanent home. as a controversy over woodrow legacy of racial discrimination becomes a national debate and what about woodrow wilson high school? >> coming up,

this time every year just before thanksgiving many jurisdictions across the country celebrate adoption day in court, something the district of columbia began doing before it actually became a national tradition. this year, here in washington alone, 25 children were welcomed into permanent, loving families at the d.c. superior court on national adoption day. ♪ ♪ >> the leslie family singers were back again this year to herald the beginning of another adoption day in court. the 29th year since d.c. launched this event, one of the first of its kind in the nation. and i've been lucky to be here on this day every year when the

d.c. superior courthouse is filled with balloons and babies and families like the browns who came here to make it official. the adoption of their darling new daughter ella. >> one by one, the families came forward. >> some adopteding one. some adopting one more, some taking home two and one family going home with enough for their own basketball team, five siblings that the new parents wanted to keep together and be for those five their forever family. >> and all of the family court judges who work at the superior court are waiting for them, waiting to sign their decrees of adoption. >> and someone else who works here, someone who has helped put this event together for the last 14 years was here this time for a different reason, becoming a mom for the first time, adopting daar. this is more than 12 years ago

when he was a bright, eloquent 9-year-old who told me he just wanted to have a family to love him. he's 22 now and after two years as his meantor and a year as his foster mom, leah becomes the mother of of a young man who is now a senior at penn state. >> i always dreamed that i could be here at adoption day, but i didn't know i would be here at such a late age. >> better late than never, right? >> better late than never, and i have a great mom. >> it is such a joy and my life is so much better for having him in it. >> it was a day to rejoice and to let go the woes of waiting for what seemed would never happen and to celebrate, a new day. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> happy adoption day! [ applause ]

>> such a wonderful day every year. now, if you have room in your home and your heart for one of the many children still waiting, please call our special adoption hotline. the number is 1-88-to-adopt-me or check out wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. if you've been thinking about adoption you might want to visit the adoption expo on saturday at the carnegie library in washington. it will be from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 and you can find out more information on the nbc washington website. that's so beautiful! >> so many wonderful stories. >> really fabulous stories and great, great kids. >> yeah. thank you, barbara. >> you're welcome. >> this is another great story. a little girl is only 7, but when is comes to compassion, she is wise beyond her years. >> we'll reveal the classic story that inspired her t

something big is about to happen in d.c.

for the first time federal prosecutors are going to try criminal cases against people selling synthetic drugs. >> they admit it took way too long to get to this point. tisha thompson say why our local police officers are missing a critical weapon in their growing battle against synthetic drugs. >> just before he left office, vincent cohen sat down with us about what d.c. really needs to fight our synthetic drug problem. >> what do you not have that you wish you had? >> a field test, a reliable field test would help a lot. >> reporter: this is what he's talking about. acting lieutenant is in charge of mpd's narcotics investigations and showed us how his officers routinely use the packets to test synthetic drugs. >> typically it would turn blue. >> reporter: in other words, sufficient evidence to arrest the suspect for drug possession. >> it has field tests like this for heroin, cocaine, meth,

marijuana and nothing for synthetic drugs. >> you have to wait for test results to come back. that is a timeframe that takes longer to prosecute cases. >> reporter: d.c.'s synthetic drug cases have been held up because federal prosecutors have had to wait months to find out if the contents of these packets seized by police were even illegal. >> it would be great if someone would be able to inventory could invent a field test. >> so we discovered other police departments have been using field tests for synthetic drugs and that's why we came to quincy, massachusetts to talk to the police department here to talk about what they've been using for the last few years. >> this is very, very difficult to analyze on the street. >> this is a real drug seizure made by lieutenant detective patrick's team. >> they showed us how they've been using an electronic field by pressing the baggy.

>> scanned right through the plastic. this is abchinnaca. >> sending that to the lab would take six months and we have the results in 60 secondses. >> as long as you can see it and it's not the size of a half a grain ever rice we can identify it. oxycodone. >> it uses the same technology military and firefighters rely on to identify hass douse materials. he says the device costs about $21,000, but can identify hundreds of different types of illegal substances. as well as chemicals like ammonium nitrate, but isn't illegal, but is often made to make meth. >> we are able to identify nine different types where we would have been there literally for a

day and a half trying to test kit all of these. >> reporter: but the machine is not perfect. leads with synthetic cannabinoids typically only contain trace amount, enough to make you overdose, but not enough for the machine to identify a specific chemical name. it can only confirm it is a synthetic cannabinoid. mpd has not looked at the trunarc device. their agency hasn't found a machine that can definitively tell them their drugs are illegal. >> he was kept cal about the device and worried judges would throw the test results out. >> it has expedited in a number of cases in which people plea bargain their cases out because we know what the substance is immediately and we don't have to wait two, three, four months. >> two years and thousands of cases later, he says he thinks every police department ought to start investing in these machines.

tisha thompson, news 4 i team. there was some sad news from the national zoo. look at that beautiful animal. this is a 13-year-old clouded leopard named thai, and he had to be put down today. while during a routine exam today the veterinarians discovered a lot of tumors in thai's body, specifically in his chest and because of the seriousness of those tumors they opportunitied to humanely euthanize this leopard. clouded leopards are highly threatened species and the zoo still has the female clouded leopard, but she and thai never produced offspring. thai has been at the national zoo since 2006. 70,000 schoolchildren in our area now have library cards. as of today, every d.c. public and charter school students' i.d. card will work at all d.c. libraries. last april, president obama used a library in anacostia to kick off his challenge to provide

better access to learning for young people. today mayor muriel bowser said d.c. his met that challenge by giving d.c. one cards more power. >> here in d.c., we have d.c. one cards that serve as a universal ticket to all good things. recreation center, the metro, our schools and now our libraries. >> while students do have to go online to activate their d.c. one cards, the library function has already been activated automatically. >> so get out there. >> hey, thanksgiving is deliciously close ask tell us about the warm up. >> it couldn't be better and we're still moving through the first change. that's the warning and the second is for anyone hitting the road on saturday. yes, more cloud cover moving in and we're tracking rain for the weekend and keeping a close eye on what will be the first system

to provide snow. denver, areas around denver will see six everyones of snow and the mountains just under a foot and right now there are no major delays and chicago, they'll be see something rain and they're now in their 40s. so the weather tomorrow will have a no impact on the wear and we'll staut to peck up a few high clouds tomorrow, just a few. temperatures in the upper 30s. not bad, right? we're not around the freezing mark. 40 degrees right inside the beltway. here's a look at thanksgiving day. you can see a few clouds east from maryland's eastern shore and we stay in the pockest clear and there's a look at the showers from that system and snow from denver, omaha to minneapolis, minnesota and that's where it can also see snow and that weather front will be hitting us for the latter part of the weekend and this is shopping weather for friday and

normally this time of year, our temperatures drop down to the 30s and this time only 40s for early friday morning and 60 at lunchtime and 66 by the afternoon and could not be better and for exercising that post turkey day workout. exercising weather friday and saturday were mild and i'm giving it a grade of a because the temperatures will be in the 60s and get out and enjoy yourself and get the kids out of the house and they'll be getting restless. this is the rain coming in for part of the weekend. there's a look at saturday, frederick, maryland, leesburg and areas around winchester and the rain starts to move into the area and that's where we get that change right around early sunday morning after midnight saturday, 50 degrees the temperature and that's not bad, but we have light showers coming our way for the second half of the weekend. looking dry right now for saturday and that's the change from yesterday. temperatures also higher in the 60s and we drop it back down to about ten degrees by sunday with

showers likely throughout and nothing too heavy. so it will be cloudy and chilly in terms of getting the christmas decorations up and you'll want to do that thursday afternoon and friday could not be better weather or even saturday now since our temperatures will be up and it is looking dry. the early part of next week we're at 50 degrees for the high temperature and another chance of rain and wind comes our way for midweek. so you can see just why, this is some of the best weather in the nation coming the next two days and we have more on the weekend change coming up at 6:00. >> thank you, veronica. >> developing tonight, we learn the the late football great frank gifford was suffering from the concussion brain disease cte. gifford's family released a statement about the discovery. they decided to have his brain studied shortly after his death earlier this year. they released the information in hopes of promoting safety changes in the game of football. researchers have said cte is triggered by repeated head trauma and can cause memory

lapses, memory loss, depression and dementia. 25 families in loudoun county will have a traditional thanksgiving meal tomorrow thanks to the generosity of a 7-year-old girl. seeing hungry people in the movie annie inspired christianna thompson hornbuckle to forego birthday presents this year. she asked her party guests to bring food donations, instead. her mother's employer donated turkeys. >> a name controversy is rocking princeton university and it has made its way to our region. some of the top leaders, and what if anything should be done to a high school named after president woodrow wilson. >> take a look at this shot. doug calls it the full beaver

the debate over president woodr woodrow wilson's legacy is heating up. it is calls on princeton to remove the late president's name on the campus. here in our area there are several landmarks named after wilson including a bridge and high school in northwest d.c. news 4's mark segraves spoke to the mayor and school chancellor about whether it was time to change the name. after a two-day sit-in by students at princeton, the university president agreed with students that former president woodrow wilson was a racist and that the school is now open to discussions about removing

wilson's name from buildings on campus. today the new york times editorial page urged princeton to remove his name calling wilson an una pol jepologetic r. woodrow wilson's high school is one of the highest performing schools in the district with a diverse population. we asked mayor muriel bowser if it was time to discuss that school's name given the protest elsewhere and the new york times editorial. >> i don't have any comment on the times article. >> reporter: when pressed on whether she thought the name should be changed. >> that hasn't ever been a topic of discussion for our school. >> reporter: the school's chancellor kaya henderson says she's been paying close attention to the protests around the country. >> i've been following all of the stuff that's going on on college campuses, and i think if we feel like it makes sense then we'll bring that recommendation to the mayor and we can make

that at some point. >> reporter: this parent says it's not something that's been an issue for her children. >> it seems controversy is fashionable right now. i can look at woodrow wilson and say there were amazing things done on his administration and i would aren't categorize him as a racist. >> we'll figure out what makes sense for us. >> reporter: the bowser administration is currently considering changing the name of ballou high school to honor the late marion barry. mark segraves, news 4. new racial tension between the public and the police. it is sparking protests all over e country. in chicago more scenes such as that one are expected after video was released. the video shows a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times and several days of unrest in minneapolis paused for the funeral of a

black man killed by our police there. >> here in our area, allegations of racial profile led to an interm investigation after a college student was slammed to the ground, but today the d.c. chief is defending the officer's actions while the lawyer blasted the investigation and its results. meagan fitzgerald is live with our story. meagan? >> chief linear wanted a thorough investigation of this incident for transparency purposes so everyone can understand what happened. jason goolsby says that report is inaccurate and he said his client was targeted because he's black. >> he didn't do nothing. >> reporter: a video compelled so much, but it can also bring so many questions. goolsby's friend started recording after officers started restraining him in october and it all started from a 911 call and a woman thought the teen and his friend looked suspicious at an atm in capitol hill. the