new information in a shootout at a planned parenthood in colorado. police again talking to the suspect after catching him alive. and what they're saying about a possible motive. five shooting victims, four locations within an hour and a half, the connection d.c. police are making this morning. and with that good saturday morning. i'm david culver. >> and i'm angie goff. welcome to "news 4 today." we want to get straight to that new information that's out of colorado first. police identified the gunman, suspected of killinghy an offic and two other people in colorado. robert lewis dear is in custody, he is from south carolina. nine others including five colorado springs police officers were shot during that standoff

at planned parenthood. we get the latest from nbc's lee an greg. >> reporter: colorado springs police say a gunman who stormed a planned parenthood office has been captured alive. but not before killing at least three people, including officer garrett swasey. >> this is a terrible, terrible tragedy that's occurred here in colorado springs today. obviously we mourn the loss of the two civilian victims, we mourn the loss of a very brave police officer. >> reporter: the end came nearly five hours after it started. teams of heavily armed tactical police rushed the scene, a shopping center where they confronted the shooter and the standoff began with the suspect and police firing at each other over the course of several hours. >> 241, i've been shot. >> we're pinned down. we're getting active gunfire. >> reporter: five other officers were wounded with nine people in all injured by the gunman and taken to area hospitals. >> we saw a lot of individual acts of bravery and a lot of bravery as a team.

it was amazing how law enforcement and first responders came together eñtoday, worked vy well and efficiently today, but it still is a horrible tragedy. >> reporter: police say the dpan was armed with an ak-47, his motive for carrying out the shooting is not yet known. leanne greg, nbc news, colorado springs. planned parenthood released a statement this morning saying in part, quote, we arerateful to report that all of our staff are safe and accounted for. the gunman's motive remains unknown, as does whether planned parenthood was targeted dlip rattly. it's going to take sometime for police to find a motive. we're hearing incredible stories of survival from outside the clinic. you're sitting in your car when you lockfw eyes with the gunman. that's what this man says when the shooter shot at him. >> i saw myself in the mirror and it was like, my god, he was aiming for my head. it's just weird to stair into the face of somebody like that.

and he didn't win. >> incredible right there. he says he's thankful to the s.w.a.t. team that got him and his friends out. he is now out of the hospital. the eight others who were wounded are expected to recover. you can follow the latest on the nbc washington app. chaos in southeast washington last night. five people were shot within 90 minutes, the shootings happened all over. take a look, two on alabama avenue, one on savannah street, another on third street all starting around 8:00 last night. one of the victims is in critical condition, some neighbors are even suggesting a curfew to help curb some of the violence in the area. so far there are no suspects in any of the shootings. if you happen to know anything that can help, call police. right now we are in the second half of the holiday weekend, even though we're getting possibly some rain today, amelia segal says today

is going to be better than dkmerñ today we are still track mild temperatures, highs in the 60s, noticeably cooler tomorrow. for most of us the day will be dry, but as we move into the evening hours showers will be pushing into the area. i'm tracking what looks to be light to moderate rain impacting the pan haldel of west virginia, however, reports coming out of this area only reporting overcast skies, i don't think that's hitting the ground. what is hitting the ground is this large air of i can't rain impacting parts of pennsylvania, ohio, back into indiana, illinois, parts of kentucky and tennessee. this will eventually make its way into the region mainly toptd. right now we are at 51 degrees, 8:00 a.m. the metro area is dry at 50, by noon cloudy and still dry for most with a temperature of 61, by 3:00 we will be tracking scattered showers north of washington with a temperature of 65. that will be our high for the day. david, coming up in my full weather i will be showing you future weather with the rain moves in and when it moves out

tomorrow. >> thanks. coming up at 6:05 happening right now, torrential downpours across north texas causing massive and deadly flooding, the rising waters have killed at least three people, another person who is missing is presumed dead. along6" with the flooding freeg rain could continue throughout the weekend across texas and others parts of central u.s., up to four inches of rain has been reported in some places. over in kansas weather is blamed for four deaths, icy roads caused a series of accidents there. highway patrol officials urged folks to avoid the roadways for the he e. rest of the night as a efficient is a precaution. police looking for a charles county man wanted in connection with a deadly triple shooting. officers are k look for 21-year-old andre curtis wilkins, they say he killed markel davis and wounded another man last wednesday. police think davis may have shot a third man shortly after that. investigators say davis has since shaved off his dreadlocks.

if3] you've seen him police wan to hear from you. happening today after black friday of course comes small business saturday and this morning those smaller stores, they are getting ready to welcome customers for a big day of sales. sales are expected to exceed $14 billion this year, special events are planned in some areas, including alexandria, vienna, bethesda, shaw and capitol hill. mayor bowser is expected to attend some of the stores in district this morning. donald trump's poll numbers are dropping after his latest controversy. a reuters poll shows about 31% of republicans polled continue to support trump. that's down 12% from a week ago. this comes after trump's comments on creating a data base for muslims and claims that he ridiculed a "new york times" reporter. trump's numbers are still double his closest competitor, that's dr. ben carson, he is at 15% and senators marco rubio and ted cruz are at 8%. speaking of trump, he is

going to have to defend himself when he's questioned by chuck todd, that's going to be on "meet the press" tomorrow. dr. carson will also have to clarify his foreign policy. that's going to be tomorrow at 10:30 on nbc 4 right after "news 4 today." 6:07. the wild incident in northern virginia that ended with police cars looking a little like

you've got to check this out. a piece of metal recovered from the sea off the isle of sicily may be from an american space rocket. this was reported to the u.k.

coast guard and recovered with the help of a local professional boat man. experts say similar to the unmanned spacex falcon 9 which blew up shortly after takeoff from cape canaveral. two men are dead after a poon toon boat flipped and sank off the coast of new jersey. seven people were aboard that boat. police believe strong currents are to blame. nearby boats and surfers rushed to help some of the victims before the water before emergency responders arrived. a fairfax county maní@ faci multiple charges this morning after police say he slammed into several police cruisers on purpose. fairfax county police tried to pull over sul ton morgan for a traffic stop in springfield yesterday but say he sped off. they chased him in a mile. he is accused of hitting three police cars including a state trooper's vehicle.

they finally caught up with morgan when he crashed into a fence right there, that was in alexandria. talk about a brush with death, a connecticut dash cam captured that, amazing video, watch closely that car, we can roll it again, it comes out of nowhere slams into that car thì highway. you can see the driver just missed the trooper and two other people standing by the guardrail. police say that that car going about 85 miles per hour. that 21-year-old driver we just showed you a picture of him. he was arrested and faces multiple charges including reckless endangerment he only suffered minor injuries. >> incredible. coming up at 6:11. the family of a young man killed in a hit and run preparing to say their final good-byes today, but first they're making a request. let's take a live look outside, amelia segal says today is your best bet to hang those holiday lights, maybe get out there and pick a tree, but you

better do them early. the timing of when you should expect some rain, she's got it. >> let's walk you through weekend happenings. we start with a 12-hour hockey game at fort dupont in southeast, it begins at 9:00 this morning, participants must be at least 18. also this weekend the second annual shaw holiday tree lighting takes place tonight happening at city market, 8th and o street northwest, kicks and o street northwest, kicks off at 2:00 but the actual

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a man killed in a hit and run accident will be laid to rest today. enrico thomas died last weekend, he was just if years old. his friends and family tell us another driver ran away from that crash which killed him. darcy spencer has more on the man they say was taken away too soon. >> he was everything. he was my world. he was just -- it's just hard just to even talk about him, him not being here. >> reporter: iyesha thomas is overcome with emotion at a candle lit vigil in memory of his 23-year-old son enrico thomas, he was killed in a hit and run crash one week ago. find out that her child didn't die from a disease but from someone's hands and they left

him there. >> reporter: dozens of relatives and friends attended the vigil to remember a man known as being the glue that held the family together. a son, a brother, an uncle, a cousin. >> he was very goofy. he was the life of the party. >> reporter: thomas died after the car he was driving collided with an suv at the intersection of southern avenue and east capitol street in southeast. it happened last saturday at 8:18 in the evening in front of the capitol heights metro station. police are investigating it as a hit and run. relatives say the suv driver ran away. >> i'm hurt forever, you úçknow because he was only 23. he had a long life to live and he was just getting started. >> reporter: relatives say rico had a top security clearance that allowed him to clean government buildings. he worked hard and took care of his family. they hope to find out exactly what happened and who was driving the suv. >> it's more bittersweet. i'm happy so many people support him, but i just wish he was here

to see everybody get together. >> darcy spencer with that report right there. for those who are interested in helping with the funeral expenses we have put a link on our nbc washington app, just search thomas family. belgium continues to be on high alert as its government starts to lower the threat level. tepgss are still high in brussels where its popular christmas market opened in the capital city yesterday. troops armed with automatic weapons searched visitors and put up security barriers around that market. belgium continues to search for two suspects in the paris attacks. >> pros could you tell us arrested a man in connection with those paris attacks, his name is not being released and police are not saying what his role may have been. in paris the french people remembered the 130 victims with a day of day remembrance yesterday. some survivors came in/ç wheelchairs, security in france gets even tighter next week when 140 heads of state arrive for a

massive u.n. climate conference. it was a different scene than black friday's past, chicago police arrested three people as part of the protests on the magnificent mile. hundreds of people marched down michigan avenue and blocked the entrance to some stores. many say they're outraged it took authorities over a year to release the video and charge the officer in the deadly police shooting of laquan mcdonald. protestors are demanding the mayor, state's attorney and police chief all step down. city center is getting ready for a big holiday celebration tonight, a tree lighting ceremony is being held and you will want to wats ñ out for roa clear urs, i street and new york avenue will be closed from 5:00 until 9:00 tonight. the tree lighting is at 6:00. eun yang will be there to help flip on the switch. >> i feel like folks at news have been lighting a lot of trees in the area. >> my four-year-old daughter helped us out yesterday at the rusten town center. we had the parade in the

morning, then the tree lighting at night, you know, people sosh some people weren't wearing jackets, maybe a light fleece and it was a fun time. >> i was out at dinner last night. if you are going to that tree lighting that runs from 5:00 to 9:00, as the lights going on at 5:00 you will be dry, but 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 will be the time period when showers are coming into the district. the hour by hour forecast as well keeping you updated while you are out and about. mild again today but we will have more cloud cover than yesterday for sure. so it will feel a little cooler, but overall still quite nice in the temperature department and it will be noticeably cooler for your sunday. heading out tonight, again, you will want to grab the rain gear with showers in the forecast, tracking showers tomorrow as well, especially during the first half of the day on into the midday hours, we will start then more rain to start the workweek, another round of rain moves in on monday. the immediate area is dry,

tracking the potential for some light showers in the panhandle of west virginia, that might not actually be hitting the ground, but as we widen out the image you can see all of this rain here, this is going to slowly sink south into washington throughout the day here making it here during the evening hours. if you are north of the district you could be dealing with some showers this afternoon so you do want to keep that in mind if you're planning on getting the tree later today. at 8:00 a.m. we're cloudy but dry, noon still mainly dry at that point. if you are trying to make plans outdoors if you go earlier you will be just fine for everyone, but here is what happens at 3:00, we start to track some scattered generally light showers in matters of montgomery, maybe parts of fairfax, loudoun counties as well. once we start to hit the evening hours future weather wants to keep us dry at 9:00, i think we will have more shower activity on the radar at that point. tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. a soggy start, light to moderate rain that will continue through the

lunchtime hours, we will dry out through the afternoon, 3:00 we are cloudy but dry, that rain could slow travel, you want to keep that in mind for tomorrow. currently we are at/l 51 degree and highs today in the 60s, low 60s north of town, mid 60s here in town and upper 60s, near 70 degrees in areas like charlottesville and fredericksburg. your weekend outlook exercising good today, tomorrow have the rain gear, heading to the park, again, better to do it today, have inn indoor plans for tomorrow. generally showers not tracking anything heavy and a high tomorrow of 53 degrees, by dinnertime temperatures will be in the 40s. on monday we continue to track chilly temperatures, the high of 48, showers move in later in the day mainly during the evening hours, tracking showers on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, guy, going to keep it dry but temperatures around 50 for a

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while you are out shopping this weekend you may want to keep these top toys in mind, barbie, the number one pick for girls this holiday season, one in five parents say they plan to get one for the little girls on

their list. as for boys, what do you think? legos. >> that's always a popular one every year. >> and "star wars" is coming in cars and trucks. a lot of the classics, bash bees and legos, they have been around since 1932. >> the girls loving the legos, too. that's one of my daughter's favorite toys. a new kind of toys that is causing a bunch of problems for kids and parents, too. >> they are called bunch ums and some buyers are warning about the painful experience their children are having, here is randy mack from our sister staying in l.a. >> reporter: these are just some of the many photos posted in amazon's review section about bunch ums with parents describing how they spent hours struggling to get these play things untangled while their kids screamed and cried. dotty hutchins went through it after grandson ty and

granddaughter haley started playing with the ones she bought at a local target. >> she said i put this toy in my hair and can't get them out. >> each one has dozens of tiny hooks. the commercial says that makes them perfect for building soft stul.tour, a feature that's earned them a spot on scientific americans list of top)y holiday toys. >> but take a look at what it did you when i put a few of them in this wig. they attached almost instantly and when i pull hard i pull on the hair, you can imagine what it feels like for a child trying to have these removed. >> she sat there for two hours when we pulled our her hair. she was traumatized, i feel like this is so silly because it's hair bus she thought she was going to lose her hair. >> some kids have, one mom sent us this photo of a clump she had to cut out of her daughter's

hair. the i team of reached out to spin master which makes bunch ums and received a statement sayingx-phkaging and direction clearly state caution, keep away from hair. may become entangled. >> apply the dner to the areas of hair. >> they also directed us to a video posted on the website support page instructing parents how to use conditioner or oil to remove the toys from hair which is how they finally managed to untangle them, but thinks if the company no he is this should happen the product shouldn't be on shore shelves. >> i feel like this was avoidable and preventable. >> i didn't want this to happen to my best friend or anybody else. no more toy. no more toy. >> they look like coil toys but that looks painful. nbc reached out to several major retailers, both target and walmart say they have got to plans to take them off the shelves, amazon did not reply for a comment.

>> i guess you just have to wrap their hair in a bun. the man who jumped the white house fence wasn't sure he would survive that stunt. find out what investigators say he left behind. if you're traveling today you will find out what amelia segal says may slow you down. and why montgomery county leaders are confident that syrian refugees will not threaten the safety of their community.

that we're following. police say that robert louis dear is the gunman suspected of killing an officer and two other people at a colorado planned parenthood. he's from south carolina. nine others including five colorado springs police officers were shot during the standoff. d.c. police investigating a string of shootings in southeast, five people were shot in just 90 minutes, one victim in critical condition, so far no suspects. today is small business saturday. experts predict $14 billion in sales this year, special events are being offered in select neighborhoods and cities today, they include alexandria, viennau bethesda, shaw and capitol. welcome back to "news4 today." >> i'm angie goff so glad you could join us. we had fantastic weather today. looks like november is going to round out on a warm note, maybe the closest to record. >> these temperatures are incredible to look at.

looking at you yesterday compared to where you were a year ago at the lighting, you had the big hat on freezing. >> it was night and day. >> let's check in with amelia segal. >> it's going to be mild once again today and for most of us the day will be dry. noticeably cooler tomorrow. here is cooler temperatures, coming in generally around 50 degrees, some locations as we head to traffic are in the 40s and 50s, 45jx manassas, 44 fort belvoir, 44 degrees at reagan national. by 10:00 a.m. a temperature of 57, we hit 60 degrees at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. is when we will hit the high temperature of 65, comfortable again today but we will be tracking plenty of clouds and any early morning sun will give way to cloudy skies. after today we do start to tumble, our average high is 52, sunday, monday, tuesday, we are hovering right around 52 degrees, some warmth on wednesday and then back to cooler temps for thursday and

friday. so focused on the temperatures but some rain as well, angie, i will have more on shower potential coming up in my full forecast in just over ten minutes. the latest man to jump the white house fence is expected in court on monday, but he's under extra watch this morning. police found a suicide note inside the virginia home with joseph caputo was staying. he also left a will and an audio message for his mom. caputo appeared in court friday and was released to the secret service for a psychological evaluation, but delegate norton is demanding to know how he got over this fence. >> i appreciate that this probably could have stopped 95% of the people, but terrorists are not 95% of the people, nor was this man. >> and norton says she is going to ask the secret service for a full briefing next week. new york police stepping up patrols around planned parenthood locations after yesterday's attack in colorado. the nypd sent officers to locations throughout the city

throughout that standoff, the agencies say there are no specific threats to planned parenthood locations and had increased patrols as an extra precaution. d.c. police chief cathy la near was just on 60 minutes talking about what to do if you're ever in an active shooter situation. she says your options run -- your options are run, hide or fight. >> i always say if you can get out getting out is your best option, if you are in a position to try to take the gunman down or take the gunman out it's the best option for saving lives before police can get there. >> chief lanier added it's extremely unlikely any of us will be in that situation but knowing what can do can save lines. a maryland state trooper has been suspended with pay for driving drunk and crashing his car. he works as an aviation technician in frederick county, police say he slipped his car early thursday morning. the 26-year-old faces dui and ]. he has been with the department

for more than a year. the latest in decision 2016. gop candidate ben carson is in the middle east this morning. he will meet with syrian refugees in jordan. dr. carson due criticism for using an analogy that seems to compare refugees to rabid dogs. he condemned president obama's plan to welcome 10,000 syrian refugees to the united states, carson's camp says he will tour a refugee camp but it's not releasing many more details. maryland governor rear hogan is long those calling for the federal government to do more for security before welcoming" refugees. now one maryland county is taking action on its own. >> reporter: syrian refugees are welcome to resettle in montgomery county. county council president george lesson that you will says all nine county executives signed a letter to the federal government with that invitation. >> 10,000 refugees spread over

50 states is 200 refugees per state. we're talking about some dozens of people who might potentially end up in montgomery county. >> larry hogan opposes refugee settlement for now. hogan wants appropriate assurances that the refugees aren't safety threats. council member hans reamer says it is important for the county to declare its position. >> there are a lot of people who are wondering what's the effect of the governors taking a particular position, you know, where is my county government on this. >> reporter: i contacted governor hogan's office and was told governor hogan's first priority has and always will be pro vielgd for the safety and security of all marylanders and nothing will ever change that. montgomery county residents are divided over weather welcoming refugees is the right decision. >> i'm concerned. it's kind of a threat, i guess. it's kind of unsafe. >> i think that we should bring in immigrants and people who are in need in general. >> i feel happy that we're doing some

good. >> reporter: ahead why montgomery county leaders are confident that syrian refugees will not threaten safety in this community. that's coming up on news 4 at 6:00. this is chris gordon reporting. at 6:37. an incredible rescue in bethesda, the moment these local first responders were waiting for after learning something very special was stuck in a drain. a mother smoked pot days before giving birth and now she's fighting with the hospital, how the staff is coming in between her and her newborn. find out the perks small

back at 6:39. tens of thousands of people in uganda are celebrating mass with pope francis this morning.

the pope is there for the 50th anniversary of the canonization of 22 catholic martyrs by pope paul vi. they were burned alive rather than renouncing their faith. even after the pope's arrival thousands more7 pilgrims were still trying to access the shrine. a mom in chile says the hospital where her baby is born is restricting her access to the child. >> she says because she smoked marijuana in the days before the birth. cindy malaney says during labor she told officials she is it it to relieve pain in a broken arm. now she and her husband are challenging the hospital's decision saying it was for medical reasons and medical reasons only. the hospital says they are only following protocol. a court has ordered the baby to stay at the hospital until it rules on the case after a hearing which is going to happen on thursday. one company made over 75 -- $70,000. >> and i will take it over from there. thanks, david.k@ this is on black friday.

and they did it, get this, not selling one thing. >> unbelievable. >> how does this happen? you have to come back to find out. and also we are going to see rain this weekend. amelia segal is timing out when it will move today and when it's coming bac

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erika hill and craig melvin joining us live from new york. hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving. >> we did. nice to see you guys this morning. i keep seeing you on tv, craig melvin, working nonstop. just ahead on this saturday morning on "today" we areei goi to hear live from a woman who was inside that colorado springs planned parenthood clinic when a gunman burst in, opened fire. she will tell us how she survived the rampage. also ahead this morning, a look at the nasty weather nationwide that could make traveling very treacherous as you head home from thanksgiving vacation. and we are having a little fun this morning with a gentleman named taylor swift, that's right, he's got blond hair and the same name but apparently that's where the similarities end. he's going to talk to us about life at taylor swift ahead this morning. >> he just shakes it off. >> oh. >> all that and much more when we get started on a saturday morning here on "today.." >> you have to ask him if he has swifty, too. >> he has to, right?

>> he's got good hair. all right, guys, thank you very much. >> see you guys. at rei locations across the country today will reopen or they will reopen we should say. this is the rei at tyson's corner, yesterday a sign covered the front door saying we are spending the day outside, back saturday at 8:00 a.m. it is part of the movement the store calls opt outside to encourage people to choose nature over consumerism on black friday. it was a paid day off for all of the #ecompany's employees. so american express doing away with a popular incentive for small business saturday, in previous years you might remember amex has given its cardholders $10 to $30 of credit for skipping those big store chains. american express says it plans to continue to promote small business saturday through advertiser, they are just doing away with that incentive. so a popular and often inappropriate party game is offering an interesting black friday deal this year or did.

cards against humanity is asking you to pay them $5 and get absolutely nothing in return. in fact, that's the only option on its online store right now. even more, theíb tally was up t $71,000 before midnight. if it's frequently asked question section the company says it will announce what it will do with all that money soon. >> i think we should launch one like that, too. >> just to see what we can get. >> what's funny is last year they sold $6 boxes of bull crud, but it was a bad four letter word. 40,000 boxes were shipped out with that stuff. >> unbelievable. so the nsa is scheduled to end its collection of data on phone calls that use domestic carriers tonight. according to the baltimore sun it's the most significant change in u.s. intelligence gathering since edward snowden revealed details of agency's programs back in 2013. under the patriot act the nsa

had been permitted to gather records about phone calls and hunt through them to discover connections to al qaeda and other groups. sheriff's deputies going to start wearing body cameras next year, the fredericks be burring freelance star reporting that 14 of the devices were donated to the sheriff's office for a trial program. earlier in year county officials approved a $25,000 grant to pay for 50 body cameras, but county administrator mark taylor says their competinggp public safety needs like of hiring more school resource officers. let's talk a little bit about main routes and then alternates here. of course, tons of people are going to be taking 95 northbound and southbound here this weekend for thanksgiving holiday. just consider route 1. consider bw parkway, check your phone, check your app see what is your best bet for when you are leaving whenever you end up leaving around the holiday. taking a look at 66 now, of

course, lots of people headed probably westbound there on 66 this weekend. always consider 50, consider the dulles toll road if not going too far. 95 this quarter also ends up being a mess, you can try route 1, might take you longer but you might not be sitting as much as you would if you stay on 95. be safe and have a great holiday. we are learning about an incredible rescue in montgomery county. >> you are go to see a dog get pulled out of a storm drain. this was in bethesda. wtop says this is cookie or cookie is right down there, a wheaton terrier who went missing a year ago, a year ago, firefighters had to cut off the top of a storm drain to get to the dog. they think cookie.u crawled through a pipe at a nearby construction site, got stuck in the drain. the owner lost cookie last october 2014 but tonight they are about to be reunited.

>> that's amazing. >> that is clul incredible. >> cookie doesn't look that bad, either, for being down in the storm drain. >> unbelievable. >> if a dog could talk. >> the stories, yeah. it looks like we're going to eek out another great weather day. >> yeah, look at the sunrise behind us, it's just spectacular right now but any limited sun we are seeing this morning is quickly going to give way to cloudy skies, however, temperatures are comfortable, highs today in the 60s, want to man to do something nyoutdoors today. tomorrow it's not going to be horrible but not going to be great, either, we are tracking a soggy start and overall cooler temperatures, feeling more like late november. today the weather having a low impact on your day, it's still mild, tracking scattered showers this afternoon for some of us, mainly if you are north of washington, but by tonight tracking rain for everybody. so here is your hour by hour planner. 9:00 a.m. the temperature of 53 degrees, by noon we're mild up to 61 at that point, 3:00 some scattered showers are possible

in areas like montgomery, loudoun, frederick and washington counties. otherwise temperature of 65 if you are inside of the belt way areas to the south i think you're completely dry during the daytime hours, by 7:00 p.m. maybe you're going to catch a movie tracking showers at that point with a temperature of 56 degrees. going out forecast you want the rain jacket or umbrella, but temperatures will be in the 50s so not so bad. here are the temps tomorrow. 6:00 a.m. we start off with a temperature around 51 then hang out right around there throughout the entire day. we're running about 15 degrees cooler than today. if you're traveling tomorrow here is your travel weather 6:00 a.m. notice rain impacting just traveling around the lunchtime area dealing with rain from maryland down into most of virginia, richmond dealing with rain at that point as well traveling along 81 showers, but, as we work our way into the afternoon showers rain starts to push south and move out of the

area. 81, 70, 270, 85 starts to try out. tomorrow evening the weather having a low impact on your travel but at that point the roads will likely be backed up. if you're reading to the redskins game tomorrow showers are possible right around kim off with a temperature of 53, but as the game gets under way any rain will come to an end by 5:00 p.m. we are at a chilly 49 degrees. on monday a high temperature of 48 degrees as the kids head back to school at the bus stop jacket, recess will be chilly but dry. by dismissal most of us will be dry, rain moves back in really monday night. tracking showers on tuesday, potentially a rainey day on wednesday as well with the high of 58, thursday, friday we're going to keep it dry with a mix of clouds and sun, but a little bit cool with high temperatures around 50 degrees. >> thanks, amelia. can you guess how many lights are on this christmas tree? try hundreds of thousands. >> impressive. don't forget you can always

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get this, there is a new world record for christmas lights this morning. more than half a million lights went on this 72-foot artificial

tree friday. the in order record was set by an australian, his name is dave richards. it is to raise money for sids. the old record had been held for five years by universal studios in japan. i am just so excited about all the lights that are going to be everywhere. >> i'm just having to take them all down, that would be a moment. >> oh, yeah. it's not only the start of the holiday season but also awards season heating up in the movie industry. >> and this morning mike wilber goes over which films are getting a buzz ahead of the oscars. >> we understand you have settled several cases against the church. >> literally taking the spotlight is the movie called "pot light" it follows the boston catholic arch diocese child molestation scandal uncovered by the boston globe. >> you make people miserable. >> also getting oscar buzz is it

steve jobs now inmñ theaters. michael fast bender's acclaimed performance is also turning in rave reviews. >> david owe russell and his muse jennifer lawrence are expected to be back in the oscar spotlight with "joy" out christmas day. the movie follows the rise of a young woman who establishes herself as the family may streak by forming a powerful business, the film reunites lawrence with bradley cooper. >> the reunion of director steven spielberg and tom hanks in bridge of spies is also expected to top the list this award season. the cold war epic is now inkf theaters. carol and its star kate clanch chet are buzzing with oscar gold really. she plays an aspiring photograph who falls for an older kacate

blanche blanchett. "the martian" is also expected to be a top contender for the goeld, it is now in theater and a favorite among critics along with its star matt damon. that was your claim, you may martian. >> i haven't seen it, but i've heard a lot of great things. you know it's gold when everyone is like, have you seen "the martian"? but also hearing buzz that disney's inside out for best picture. people are saying that that could nab it. >> it really appeals to adults, too. >> very deep. thanks for joining us for "news4 today." we will be back in 25 with an update. >> join us again at 8:30 this morning

good morning. c carnage in colorado. a man in a deadly shootout in colorado. >> we're getting active gunfire. >> all i can say is my heart's broken. >> nine people wounded. what setoff the gunman? and a woman in the clinic when the shots rang out joins us live. treacherous travel. a storm glazes the mid section in ice making for deadly driving on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. dylan is following it all. brush wit