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narcis narcisco osorio chased a victim down the street and then killed him. a driver went the wrong way on the beltway, happening near the exit to branch avenue. with the holidays behind us for the most part, we have new year's coming up. let's church the forecast for the week ahead. >> it hasn't really felt like the holidays. >> no. it felt like fourth of july. >> amelia segal is in the weather center. >> yesterday was the third warmest christmas on record. today, tracking cooler temperatures. as you head out and about, probably want a sweatshirt or at least a light jacket. spotty showers in the forecast for today. not tracking any heavy rain. currently we're in the 50s across the area. washington now down to 55. gaithersburg at 52 and 56 for those of you in culpepper, we've been talking about near steady temperatures for the most part
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throughout the day today. where your temperatures are at is where it will this afternoon. 1:00 p.m., the temperature around 5, 3:00 p.m., temperature around 54 degrees. there's a built of a chill in the air. still about 15 degrees above normal. in addition to that, tracking this lone shower here impacting loudoun and faulkier county. a developing story this morning out of maryland. police are investigating a double shooting in prince george's county. they were called to thrift road in clinton at 2:00 this morning. someone was -- there were reports of someone armed with a gun. police found two people shot in a vehicle. they are expected to survive. police say it looks like the shooting actually took place on parkview lane and the victims drove to thrift road. right now, there is no suspect and no motive. right now, hundreds of families cleaning up after a tornado touched down in alabama. got to show you some of this
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video, some of the aftermath there. touched down yesterday about 5:00 p.m. afternoon, just south of birmingham. several homes destroyed by the powerful storm that downed trees, took out power. one person taken to the hospital. that person expected to be okay. emergency and utility crews, they work through the night, just to make sure homes were safe. >> we have people from alagasco and alabama power to make sure all gas and power were turned off to the homes in this area. >> about a dozen tornadoes swept through the south yesterday killing about 15 people. a developing story out of syria. a top rebel commander is dead. syrian army officials say they killed him near the syrian capital yesterday. this rebel leader headed one of the most powerful insurgent groups that had the backing of saudi arabia. his death comes a month before expected peace talks between government and opposition representatives to be held in
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geneva. his group controls large parts % of the damascus suburb. a christmas eve disaster. this in nigeria. a gas tanker exploded there, killing at least 100 people. it happened at a crowded industrial gas plant where folks line up to refill their cooking gas cylinders. they were doing so just in time for christmas. most of the dead were customers of the plant or folks who lived nearby. federal investigators are calling a fire that broke out at a houston, texas mosque suspicious. it started in the afternoon at savoy mosque. atf investigators say they found multiple points of origin for this fire. doesn't much feel like ski weather out there. one of maryland's biggest vacation destinations is set to open. we're talking about the wisp resort many mchenry. only one of its 35 trails will be open to guests mainly because
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of those warm temperatures. don't worry, though, the resort says they have special carpets that apparently allow folks to ski and snowboard on this synthetic surface. by some estimates up to a million americans woke up on christmas morning with a drone under the tree. the popular gift has the government worried about the crowded skies and close calls with planes. but it looks like unmanned aircraft are revolutionizing business, improving safety and changing the way we see the world. as nbc's tom costello reports, the pace of change is catching many by surprise. >> spin up check. keep it locked. good. >> reporter: ski season was still weeks away at bolton valley, vermont, this year when the annual lift inspection came in the form of a fly-by, air
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sharks snapping photos and shooting video of the pulleys and cables that will carry 150,000 skiers this winter. >> pitch it into the wind at 5 degrees. >> reporter: then a close-up look at a nearby wind farm, looking for cracks in the turbines. >> the beauty of it is, now we don't need to send somebody up there to just check on it. >> reporter: a big improvement in safety and the cost savings approaching 90%. nationwide, this is the year drones have gone from gimmick to revolutionary to indispensable, providing instant aerial recon of a farmer's crops, surveying commercial aircraft for storm damage, measuring the shrinking arctic ice pack and surveying offshore oil rigs. among the most common uses for drones? commercial real estate along with film and photography. already the faa issued more than 2,100 exemptions for commercial drone use. >> reporter: in maryland, kevin kinsey invested in a drone and hd cameras to help realtors market their homes on the internet. >> we're sitting here on a 50-acre farm. you can't capture that with a photograph.
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>> reporter: the business of drones is taking off. california leads the country with the most operators, followed by florida and texas. in marian, texas, usaa insurance is testing drones hoping inspectors will no longer have to spend 45 minutes looking at roof damage. >> with a one-minute flight time to gather the data, you're reviewing 15, 20 minutes. >> reporter: the drone revolution is about speed, safety and spectacular imagery, from weddings and ski vacations toç mountain bike races. and science, too. researchers have been scrutinizing incredible overhead views of endangered killer whales nursing their young after seattle as we all get a new bird's-eye view of the planet we share. tom costello, nbc news, westminster, maryland. prsh spoke to members from various military branches in hawaii. obama says talking to the troops is something he looks forward to each christmas.
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>> not only are we in hawaii for christmas but we're able to say thank you on behalf of the american people. >> michelle obama obviously joining her husband. they took some time for a few holiday snaps with our nation's heroes. surprising amount of folks who prefer not to stay with family over the holidays. and developing in australia, more than 100 homes destroyed in a massive bushfire. how firefighters are getting some help to keep these flames under control. we've got our facebook live going on right now. that's us to the left. >> there it. >> wendy rieger like you've never seen her before, folks, on commercial breaks. commercial breaks. first time you've done
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a developing story this morning, heavy rain is helping firefighters in australia. torrential downpours have helped to control a huge bushfire that's destroyed more than 100 homes. hundreds of firefighters spent christmas day battling this blaze. this fire was triggered by a lightning strike. residents of two towns near the coast in victoria who were evacuated are slowly heading back to their homes. >> when you visit family for the holidays, a lot of folks stay with them. >> it's called a phone call. that's why we have phones, hi,
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how are you, love ya, bye. >> if you were. >> stay at a hotel. >> it seems lake you're part of the majority here. in a study done by -- >> houses are too small for families after a certain age. >> that's part of the study. the hyatt regency hotels say they prefer not to stay with family, not enough space. other reasons, to get away from the craziness. >> your family's crazy. >> they all are. >> in an adorable way. >> yes. also another big issue for folks, having to share a bathroom. there you go. >> they always have the wrong kind of hair dryer. >> if wendy is coming over web get the right hair dryer, folks. come on. it's the season of returns. the places most likely to give you a hard time when you head back to the stores. a live look outside. the wind is blowing. it's still overcast out there. we are heading for another record. tomorrow amelia will tell you
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how high it can go right after this.
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the day after christmas known to month m as the official day of holiday returns brnchs you head out and hit the stores, randy mack has a look at the stores with the harshest return policies. >> reporter: like most people,
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shoppers at the americana in glendale are buying gifts this holiday season, hoping their loved ones will be thrilled and if not, they assume an exchange or store credit is a slam dunk. >> i'll assume if you have a receipt and it's not totally damaged and screwed up, it shouldn't be a big deal. >> reporter: a new survey by go banking rates warns some popular retailers policies can cause serious return headaches. the financial website studied the rules of 31 major store chains. we skyped with the study's author to find out what the website describes as the worst place to take something back. >> forever xxi only allows 21 days, three weeks to return something. that's much shorter than the average 60 days we found. they were one of the only stores we found that doesn't offer a cash refund. or you can only get store credit or exchange. >> reporter: rounding out the bottom three according to the survey, kmart which has a 28-day return window. and won't accept returns made without a receipt. and barnes & noble which gives you just 14 days to make a return, the refunds are issued in the original form of payment.
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go banking rates also identify the stores that make returns the easiest. with nordstrom coming out on top. >> they actually don't have a return policy. they don't have any time limit. they don't have a strict laid out, this is what we will and won't do. >> reporter: second best return policy, according to the survey, l.l. bean. bed, bath & beyond came in at number three. the team reached out to forever xxi, a spokesperson said it's relaxing the return policy just for the holiday season. if you bought something on or after november 9th, you have until january 9th to return it. >> we're paying moreç attentio to the facebook than we are to the cameras. this is my first time doing this. >> it's fun. >> yes, it is fun. amelia is here. we'll get a break from the tropical weather today just a bit? >> today temperatures in the 50s.
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tomorrow back in the 70s. that's normal for this time of year, not unheard of. 40s on monday. a bit of a cooler coaster ride here with temperatures. if we hit 73 which is what i'm forecasting, that will be a new record high temperature. today the weather having for the most part a low impact on your day. i'm going low to moderate because of the spotty, light showers that will be around throughout the day. cooler temperatures today, too. it will be refreshing out there. finally losing that humidity, feeling more comfortable inside. you could open up the windows today, turn off the air conditioning and the heat as well. road conditions looking good today. tomorrow you'll probably have the air conditioning back on or the windows down. on monday, showers possible, mannly later in the day. locally traveling, the weather not having major up pacts on the roads. temperatures currently in the mid-50s and near steady temperatures for the afternoon hours. 55 in washington. and 52 in gaithersburg, 54 in leesburg. here's the latest on storm team
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4 radar. notice the meager showers moving through. having a hard time holding together, impacting areas north of hagerstown, around loudoun county and trying to make their way to prince william county. you'll want to have that umbrella handy today. you can see the hourly planner here. temperatures, again, holding in the mid-50s until we start to move into the evening hours. we'll dip into the low 50s. 53 at 8:00 p.m. here's skycast 4, showing you what the sky will look like and the
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showers possible for us overnight sunday into very early monday. and then monday, at 8:00, taking a look at travel weather. the midwest continues to track areas of rain back into parts of the middle great lakes, potentially a bit of wintry mix there. tuesday morning, notice the chance of a wintry mix or snow in parts of pennsylvania. so if you're traveling tuesday morning, you'll want to keep that in mind. here rain is likely with the high of 61. for newier's eve night, temperature at 46 degrees and looking dry during the night time. guys. >> thanks, amelia. a local musician helping severely wounded veterans by teaching them to play, write and record music. >> we love this story and this program. the soldier and marines are at walter reed, learning through a program called music corps. it's challenging them in a completely new way.
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♪ ♪ i'm only halfway home ç >> reporter: tim donnelly lost a lot of things in afghanistan. ♪ i've got to journey on >> reporter: both legs, part of an arm. ♪ a wide river to cross >> reporter: not his voice or his will. >> i have no idea what i would be doing right now. i have no idea where i would be if i hadn't gotten involved in music corps. >> reporter: he knows where he was, on foot patrol when he saw the taliban militant who would change his life. >> he was the one who had the trigger for the ied and he set it off while i was standing right next to him. >> reporter: he remembers no sound. and then floating. >> that was me flying through the air. i hit the ground and that kind of jarred me awake. >> reporter: flash forward a few
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months to walter reed and a man offering the marine a new mission. >> you can be in your room staring at the ceiling being depressed or you can come and do music at this high level. >> one, two, three. ♪ >> we work on music at a high level. we rock out at a high level. >> reporter: arthur bloom has music degrees from juilliard and yale. >> don't give away the cross bite starting too early. >> reporter: he tells vets, this ain't kumbaya. ♪ but soldiers and marines are trained to do tasks thousands of times. >> these guys take an instrument and they're going through scales for hours. and they're going through the same pieces of music for hours. just to get it right. ♪ >> reporter: music corps recruited cheryl crowe and yo-yo ma as mentors. and just played constitutional hall with roger waters. arthur works with 50 vets a year but thinks 50,000 may need music corps. where do you want to take this program? >> everywhere. we want to be able to offer the
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program to more people in d.c., to california, texas, around the country. so that every veteran that needs it, gets it. ♪ a wide river to cross >> awesome. music corps tracks down special trumt instruments for te troops who are missing an arm or a leg. it then books studio time for the rehearsals, all of this of course takes money. >> speaking of the money, if you're interested in helping author, head over to our nbc washington app and search music corps. you can get all the information you need. 9:22. let's set you out with four things to know on this saturday morning. we are going to start in the district. two shootings overnight, the first in northeast left a man in the hospital. police were called to 48th place
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just before 1:00 this morning. they say he is in stable condition. no word on a suspect or a motive. >> around the same time, a man was shot several times in southwest. that shooting on 1st street. the victim is expected to be okay. police are on the lookout for two suspects. investigators believe a white sedan may be involved. fairfax county police arrest a man in connection with a christmas eve homicide. the victim attended a party before he was attacked. and one man is dead, killed on the beltway when someone was driving on the wrong way on theç interloop. this was near the branch avenue exit. that driver who was going the wrong way, he survived but was air lifted to the hospital. >> 9:23 is your time right now on this saturday morning. it was the crowning mistake that you can bet steve harvey is just not going to forget. the creative way that the host the creative way that the host decided to
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an astronaut on the international space station had a mistake on christmas eve. it was nothing a quick tweet couldn't fix. his name is tim peake. he called someone saying hello, this -- is this planet earth? ç the lady hung up.
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he tweeted, saying i'd like to apologize to the woman i just called by mistake. not a prank call, just a wrong number. steve harvey showing he does have a sense of humor about the miss universe pageant blunder. >> he posted a message to everyone on twitter yesterday. and it said -- >> merry easter, y'all. it was actually christmas, right? sunday night harvey mistakenly awarded the miss universe crown to miss colombia. miss philippines actually won. >> you need to work on your southern accent. >> y'all. >> y'all have a good day. >> got it. all right.
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