breitbart steve bannon. newly elected officials, what's on the agenda with day number one. >> protesting efforts already underway to demonstrate on donald trump's inauguration day. . >>announcer: news 4 at midday, starts now. right now, members of congress on capitol hill for their orientation. all week long, they'll learn their way around the hill, take

it helps newly elected members of congress hit the ground running come january. donald trump has made his first two hires. steven bannon, who was trump's campaign coe, will serve as chief strategist and senior counselor, a controversial pick. bannon's website has adopted anti-semitic views, and republican national committee, reince priebus, will serve as chief >> when you were in the country, you said things about you -- unqualified. >> it was a very interesting things, because few people have asked me, what was the first period of time, we never discussed what we -- i am so saddened to hear that. i say stop it. if it helps, i will say this. i'll say it right to the cameras.

trump will be the presidential all american and make the country proud. as you heard, trump gave an interview to "60 minutes" and said he is aware that some of his supporters may be harassing other people. he said it is unacceptable and had a strong message for his supporters. >> i am so s that. i say stop it. if it -- if it helps, i will say this. i'll say it right to the cameras. stop it. >> trump's message for americans who fear what his presidency may bring, he says, quote, don't bring afraid. we are going to bring our country back. >> white nation written across the place of worship.

police are investigating as a mate based incident. they urge the congregation and promote love. >> we need to love those who hate. and because love is stronger than hate. >> i would call especially upon the president-elect and those who voted for him to separate themselves from acts of violence and hate that are being >> the message was written on a brick wall and a sign promoting spanish language services. they've been removed and replaced with messages of love. anti-trump demonstrations continue nationwide. we'll have more on the protests that stretched into a fifth night ahead in the next half hour. we're now 67 days away from when donald trump moves into the white house. inauguration day is january 20,

be allowed on the frontlines. >> kristin wright is love at the appeals court, and whether one group will be able to protest. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: hey, good morning. the answer coalition wants to protest in front of the trump hotel in freedom a plaza and other places around the parade route during the inaugural parade. i'll tell you right now, the judges are grilling that group, and those judges do not seem convinced at all. the answer coalition says it is their first amendment right to protest january 20th, and they believe that to reserve certain zones along the parade route for trump supporters and inn their words and trump is discriminatory and unconstitutional the fund and

judges. we asked people whether they think trump protesters should be allowed the inaugural parade route. >> i would need to hear pretty airtight arguments to justify why they are no the allowed protests. rather than to justify where they are. >> trump was elected, if a group wants to use his inauguration to protect it to change for future, that's okay. >> you don't want to there to inauguration. it is a very important process, and the transition. >> reporter: the judges when i was in the courtroom had a lot of questions and challenges to that attorney for the answer coalition. last check, the government was making its case at the department of interior. we'll let you know what happens. back to you. >> kristin wright, thank you. >> thank you, kristin.

>> good morning, guys. yeah, it was chilly this morning. we had beautiful sunshine. the skies were bright blue. now the clouds starting to roll in. all a low area of pressure, getting close to the region and continue to spread to the south to the north in into our area, much needed rain. have you noticed your grass may be on the crunchy side, maybe the fall flowers you inches in deficit and we're going to get a little as we continue into the afternoon, evening and most likely during the overnight. temperatures, not going to get higher than this. in the 50s, staying there. most importantly, we are a going to time-out the rain because it could impact your commuting time. that's all coming up. >> thank you, lauren. 21-year-old maryland

was seen friday morning on a bus in baltimore. before that, footage shows her leaving the campus on thursday afternoon. the driver dropped her off in baltimore's federal hill neighborhood. she was supposed to meet a friend to go hiking. if you know where caitlyn might be, call police right away. developing this morning, two teenage boys are recovering after being stabbed at the wheaton metro station. they are 15 and 16 years old. they were stabbed in the b montgomery county police say they've identified one suspect and are now looking for two others. this morning, the district heights father accused of stabbing his two young sons is when behind bars. prince county georges police say he stabbed his two children inside their home. hours after he sexually a

>> everybody in the neighborhood knows he was a good father. i know he was probably having problems. >> we all need to pray. >> dillard is being held in jail without bond. no other family members inside the home were hurt. domestic violence is a concern in prince georges county, over the last two years, the county said 13 children have died because of it. news more information, head to the nbc washington app. i am molette green, following breaking news happening right now in montgomery county. let's take you to where chopper 4 is over the scene of a very large student protest. a short while ago, montgomery blair high school students walked out of the school.

the west field shopping town. they're in the street there, tying up traffic. this is a student protest over the election. the presidential election. and we are making calls right now to get more information from the school about what's going on, and the plan here from the students here. watching this student protest these are montgomery blair high school students. quite a large scene there in protest of the presidential election. we're staying on top of this story as it develops. we'll keep you posted right here on air, and of course, inside our washington app. i am molette green. earthquake after shocks in new zealand. >> forcing hundreds from their

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following the quake yesterday, the biggest came in rural towns, houses demolished and roads ripped apart. hundreds of people are getting care in a welfare center this morning. some spent the night outside in order to escape the tsunami that formed. crews are assessing the damage. saying it could cost billions of dollars. investigators are working to determine the cause you've deadly accident in prince georges night. two cars were involved. one driver died at the hospital. the other driver had minor injuries. their names have not been released. montgomery lawmakers are talking about the temporary failure of the 911 call system. two committees are jointly meeting to figure out ways to prevent it from happening again. a cooling unit used for the county's backup system went down

at least two people died during the outage. more than 40 business and groups from prince georges county are headed to cuba, leaving tomorrow for a five day trip. the group is looking to build relationships and programs in havana, including an artist exchange and to develop new education programs as well. new this morning, american par rel is bankrupt again, filing for bankruptcy today for the second time in two the company posted losses for years, and the biggest competition was online. it is fighting its founder in court. the new bankruptcy allows them to sell off its business and brands, and the company says it has one buyer. all eyes are going to be on the redskins defense as they move into the second half of the season. they have momentum going into this coming sunday, but the defense almost gave away the

it also helped preserve the win, so everyone wants to know which team will show up. >> the day we play four quarter football is the day you actually see the washington redskins be the team that everyone wants them to be. >> all four quarters. yesterday's win was the first in nearly a month. they play the packers at home on sunday into the football in america. as al roker says. you can watch that right here. it has been a chilly start rain.

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scene of a magical winter wonderland with thousands of twinkling lights and even an indoor snowfall. telling us more, this coming sa national resort and chef bill downs, who is joined by his buddy, charlie brown. hey. i hear you've got a crazy breakfast over there. you're going to show you how to do it in a minute. what can we expect that's new this year. >> we have a brand new christmas village that we're going to be introducing, but we have a lot of fun activities. we have gingerbread activities, and ugly sweaters, so a lot of

a build a bear workshop, furry friend, and have a blue parka. >> wow. >> blue parka is very, very known in our hotel, because of our ice attraction. we have a brand new scene. >> you need a coat when you go through there. >> 9 degrees. >> you may want to warm up before you go in with a nice breakfast, right, bill. >> absolutely. >> you are going to show youous to make this. >> charlie >> come on in here and show us how. tell us how it is done. charlie, i guess you'll join in, too. you're all thumbs, aren't you? let's see those hands. i'm not sure you could get into this little bowl of -- what's in there? >> so inside, i have some scrambled eggs with cinnamon and vanilla. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> and then? >> the bread itself is fresh brioche, so it has additional

a big difference. >> wow, that's so -- and kids love this, i know. >> i love it too. >> how about you? >> absolutely. >> charlie brown, this is your recipe, huhh? >> all right, we have a full station too, so you can top it with all the different toppings we have available. >> cherries. >> pralines, chocolate chips. >> tell us about the ice show while he is getting this done. >> we have a brand t we're really excited to introduce to people. the different cultures and how celebrate christmas. we're bringing back the ice slide room, so people can go down five ice slides. it is 9 degrees. we give you blue parkas, and then we have a santa's workshop area, a santa sleigh that people can sit on, more than two million pounds. >> how do you know when to turn

brown on the bottom here. >> okay, so you suggested that people bring their own coats, but if you don't, you have them. >> we definitely do. we recommend even because we give you the blue parka, it is very chilly, 9 degrees, so i always do double coats, my own coat plus the blue parka. >> how much are tickets. >> $29 for adults and $21 for kid. >> family rate as soon as. >> different group and military rates. all >> of course, you can start off with the breakfast. do you serve breakfast all day. >> everyday, seven days a week, the character of breakfast is weekends throughout the holiday and then from the 22nd through the 31st, every single day. >> i always worry, how do i know it's done in the middle? >> that's a good -- when it is brown on the outside. >> brown on both sides okay, i guess i answered my own question. charlie brown, you knew the

you start on saturday, what time do you hope? >> 10:00, the charlie brown experience is starting off on saturday as well, so you'll see charlie brown, lucy, snoopy, you'll see them all. >> all at the gaylord resort, where? >> national harbor, yeah. >> absolutely. thank you both for coming. thank you all three of you for coming. i'm going to take some over. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> back to looks fans particular. thank you. i love charlie brown. if you missed it, you can check out all the best photos of the super moon on the nbc washington app. people woke up early to take pictures in front of the iconic places around our area. this was the view from chopper 4 this morning. isn't that gorgeous? the moon extra close to the earth. it has been nearly 70 years since we saw this kind of view.

the next time it is going to be this close is 2034, although our meteorologists are telling us you may get another peek, it just won't be as massive. tonight will be a super moon, but it will be cloudy. that's the only issue. hopefully if you get a glimpse, be sure to use the hashtag #smo honor of national pancreatic cancer. we collected food as part of our food for families campaign. next week, we'll be out again collecting at fedex field. a lot of our team. plenty of time to contribute. to find out how to help, search food for families in the app. >> show some love. this is the best time of year to show love. always a good time to show love,

>> tell us about the weather. >> i didn't really love this morning. >> no. >> i'm with you now. i'm with you. >> so i have a huge jacket, i had to huge parka on, i barely took it off until 10:00 and i finally got warm. it was chilly out there. you know, i'm thinking i'm going to have to trade it for a rain jacket, because we've got rain on the way to our area. and spotty showers in the overnight as well. we'll get sunshine, but we'll have rain around for the morning. now, as for the temperatures, we're in the 50s, leesburg, 59. the clouds cover has moved right on in. we'll top off in the 50s today but that's about it. good as we can do. the rain moving into the region, area of low pressure hanging off the coast of north carolina, and

coast, bring the clouds with it, and again, you can see the guys through maryland, still getting sunshine. the thing is, we're dry in the atmosphere, the rain you're seeing here on the radar isn't hitting the ground. it will take a little long to overcome the dryness and then we'll see it fall. not a lot of it hitting the ground. spotty showers. through the umbrella close. we need the rain. definitely need the rain. all right, as far as monday, by the afternoon, we'll start to see it spread in here, continuing through the evening commute, mostly light, but a few spotty areas. but we'll continue to see it through early tuesday morning. rain over by noon tomorrow and we dry out. how much rain do we have in the forecast for the rest of the week? we've got the ten-day forecast coming up. >> lauren, thank you.

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breaking news. watching this anti-trump protest staged by montgomery blair high school students. right now, we want to show you chopper 4 pictures over the scene. the students have just crossed over georgia avenue. they are on university boulevard, and they are about an hour into this. you might be able to read some of the signs there, as chopper pulls out. one of them saying "not my quite a large scene as chopper 4 shows you the scale of this protest. there are police officers, police cars on the other side of university boulevard, following along, making sure everything stays calm. and we have seen this as a calm scene, the students just walking, holding their signs. at times, it appears they are chanting something. we've learned that these

on school property, but somehow, decided to go off of campus with this protest. i want to tell you that dorothy spencer is there on the skeechb and she'll be able to bring us a live update from the ground there. we want you to know we have a link on the website that's following this action. we will keep you posted on the very latest developments as they go on. back to you. for the fifth straight night, continued across the country. many say they're worried about trump's proposals for deportations and other promises he made during the campaign. 71 people were arrested in portland. meanwhile, president-elect trump is in full swing right now. >> he has made two key hires. now, some of the focus turns to his policy priorities. this is where tracie potts has

says reince priebus will serve as chief of staff and chief strategist, steve bannon. >> it is a very small core senior team. >> in a wide ranging interview with "60 minutes", trump says he will not completely replace obama care. >> are you going to make sure people with preconditions are conferred? >> yes, it happens to be one of the also with the children living with their parents. >> you're going to keep it? >> very much try to keep it. >> the wall with mexico could be a fence. and that millions of immigrants will not be quickly deported. >> that's not what we're focused on. we're focused on securing the border. >> as protests continue, democrats are concerned. >> i caution anyone who in their protest becomes the very thing they're protesting against,

violating principles and ideals that are sacred in this country. >> president-elect trump said he will appoint pro-life judges, and he is okay with the same sex marriage law and still thinking about a special prosecutor for hillary clinton. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. we've heard the warnings about used cars could be risky. >> we've discovered a private sellers that aren't disclosing potentially dangerous defects. susan hogan joins us with a preview of her special report. >> you're thinking about buying a used car, we have something you should see first. nbc 4 responds, we went undercover, looking for cars being sold online from private sell teres. what we found may have you thinking twice about who you buy your next car from. a lot of people are buying from

car facts, one-third of all used cars are sold are done through private parties. not through a dealership. but what you may not know, there are very few protections, should something go wrong. ladies, things do go wrong. on news 4 at 11:00, we're going to reveal what we found and some of these so-called private sellers and one of them that we did the story on is under investigation as well. >> it is surprising people are willing to go out and buy something from important as a car. >> i mean, buying online, and talking about cars, too, you can do this. you can get some pretty good deals. >> trying to save money. >> we're not saying don't do it. i mean, but what we're saying is if you are, there is a lot of red flags you'll need to see. we really expose some things that if you just take some time and do your homework, you're going to be able to really save yourself a lot of time, aggravation and money. >> important report.

story. police are investigating a sunday evening homicide in southeast washington. they say a man was found near the 1,300 block of k street, stabbed to death. police have not released his identity. the d.c. council, the current automatic 2% rent increase, if passed, the new rate increase would have to be matched by the rate of inflation. the second bill would limit how much a landlord can is worth. the third would prevent a renter from being trapped by discounts, and then raise the rent so fast the renter couldn't afford it. right now, more than a dozen wildfires are burning and some may have been deliberately list, georgia, north carolina and tennessee. smoke is also a problem. it is making the air hard to breathe.

forest service is setting up a command center to coordinate the agencies. happening today, the fourth day of deliberations of a georgia father accused of killing his toddler. he left his son cooper on purpose in 2014. they say he wanted to escape responsibilities to pursue a relationship outside his marriage. harris loved his son, and a pilot accused of flying a sky west after he was drinking. russell duzack, smelling of alcohol just before the flight took over for salt lake city. the care line called in a replacement crew. if convicted, he could spend up to a year in jail and face

georgia avenue and university boulevard, where hundreds of students are protesting. there was a walkout earlier today at montgomery glare high school in silver spring. they've been marching ever since. you're taking a live look. university boulevard, hundreds of students walked out of class this morning, and have been marching here through silver spring ever since. we understand they have made their way to wheaton students chanting "not my president." montgomery county police you can see are in force and get ahead of the protesters to make sure they stay safe. this was a planned demonstration, but the plan was to stay on school grounds. obviously they have a massive walk out. we'll continue to story this story online. we'll have the latest at

fascinate show at the portrait gallery, it morphs into movement, which can be startling and captivating, sometimes even frightening, but fun, too. joining us to tell us about this, associate curator. >> this show is called bill viola >> a famous video artist, and he pretty much is, i think, one of the most renowned video artists working in the medium today. he won the macarthur prize in the late 1990s and he had been working with video as an are the form out of the television studios in the early '70s and he

has transformed from box like to plasma screens. >> is this the first moving video you've had hanging on the wall of a national portrait gallery? >> that's a good question. you know we opened its doors in 1968 and we're devoted to telling the story of the american people through the various kinds of art that we're all familiar with, so just -- >> photographs and things like that. but moving photographs? >> moving video portraits is a new direct now, and we have about 20 different kinds ever video art. >> let's look at this one. >> yes. >> i think this is submerged, it's called. there are people under water. it is scary looking, isn't it? >> this is called the dreamer, the water portrait series and it is from 2013, and bill has this huge tank in which he submerges its of the sitters. it really expands on themes of spirituality and life and death, and relates actually to his

nearly drowned. while he was under water, he realized what a mystical world he was experiencing and made him think about the larger issues. >> how many portraits like that do you have? >> 11 works. and they range in style from the vintage looking retro tv box to large scale projections. >> look at this. oh, you saw it move. >> yes, yes. >> people stand there probably in front of these p frightening. >> yes, he is really exploring a lot of issues, and the interesting thing is, in some of the works, he has taken maybe 80 seconds of footage, barbara, and slowed it down to 18 minutes. >> wow. >> so it is playing on this idea of painting versus video and there is something to grab everybody. there is a work from 2004 called

for athens olympics, it is pretty remarkable. it depicts people waiting at a bus stop. >> i saw that. you have to see it. it is a very interesting one. you see somebody moving through, but you have to really watch. >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure.

so how many of you out there getting gift cards. >> i don't like to get them. >> i knew that about you. me neither. you like to spend personal time getting something meaningful. >> if you don't enjoy getting them, air not alone. according to a new study by bank rate.com. only 27% actually prefer to get them. half say they do plan to give them. if you do, purchase ones that require a pin number.

>> i think do know some teachers who prefer gift cards, it is hard for parents to figure out what each teacher wants. >> or if all parents could all get together and buy one big thing. >> good idea, barbara. >> i can't believe we're so close to christmas. >> i know. i'm not ready. >> let's eat turkey first. >> it doesn't feel like it yet. i remember last year, it was 70 degrees. so warm. feeling warm today. a little cool out there. especially if you were out early this morning. temperatures stuck in the 20s. now we're in the 50s. it should be in the 50s to 60s. the clouds have moved in and moved in pretty fast and furious. that's ahead of a low pressure system, coming north.

getting more sunshine. as we continue through the day, i believe we're going to top out somewhere in the mid 50s. we're going to see some rai 56 in d.c., and the showers are starting to roll in. we're really dry. even though it looks like this, it is not hitting the ground. it will take a while for the dry layer to erode to hit the ground. keep the umbrella with you, north carolina coast moving north and move the moisture with it. light showers throughout the afternoon and into the evening. we'll time it out by this afternoon. even through the evening commute, we'll have some rain. light stuff, but we could have pockets of moderate rain. we need it. we'll keep spotty shower yoefrs s overnight. they should be out by mid morning tomorrow. as we continue through the next

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sustainable products, just because that is really representative of italy. also, you know, if you're making your pumpkin pie, you can add a little bit of mascarpone, a sweet italian cheese, balsamic and pancettta to your bruce sell sprouts. this a type of we're making, and we put these cookies crushed inside of it. >> delicious. >> that's the secret as well as some paparm. >> we've got this filling. >> perfect. tell us about what you guys are putting into this dish. >> so we are actually going to

and we're putting a little sage to get the flavor, as well as some pasta water. that kind of allows everything to melt together. once they're sauted, we're going to put the cookies on top. >> how about that? >> that's pretty good. >> i'm going to lift this and put it right on top. >> absolutely. >> okay, and just lightly press down, make sure all the filling goes through, and then would you like to roll? >> sure. >> small or big? >> i'll do the big one. >> firm? >> press hard. >> okay. >> yeah. >> is that good? okay, i think did okay. >> okay, so while we finish this off, you have an italian background, right? tell us about your family history.

mother, and i grew up back and forth and we had a restaurant in new york, so i grew up in the restaurant. it is always a treat for me to be able to, you know, have this opportunity to, you know, cook and share the italian culture with everybody. >> that looks so good. can i try one before i leave? >> oh, absolutely. >> okay. that looks so delicious. it is pretty simple. that's the secret to make your simple. >> it is about the ingredients. so the simpler it is, the better. so we're just going to hook you up with a little bit of amretti. >> super. grab me a fork there. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you so much. my gosh, it looks so good and smells so wonderful, the sage. >> it is a little sweet, salt, perfect combination. >> this is delicious.

thank you so much. >> thanks for having us. cold start to the morning, but chilly temperatures aren't here to stay. they won't be here that long. when can we see a warmup out

i'm molette green at the

breaking news, chopper 4 over the student protest we've been following throughout the hour, montgomery blair high school are stopped and gathered on top of a parking structure at the west field shopping plaza, wheaton, jcpenney, you can see them there. they left the high school and went up university boulevard and this is where they've gathered. some of the students, many of them chanting at times. the signs, some of them reading "deport racism." the students planned this and the school knew about it, but the protest was supposed to stay on school property. we're working to find out what and where this is going to end. where this is going to end. we're staying on top of this story throughout the day.

and of course, later on on news 4 to bring you the latest on this developing story. i'm molette green. >> molette, thank you. you know what, it will be chilly, but things may warm up a bit today. >> that's what we're hearing. >> yes, a little bit. we're going to get a little bit of warmth, but anything better than this morning, we'll take what we can get. we're seeing some rain out there right now. the thing is, ihe so it is a little hard for it to hit the ground, because it is evaporating before it gets to the surface. this picture looks a little more overdone, but i want to show you the moisture coming our way that will eventually erode the dry air and we'll see the rain fall and hit the ground. area pressure around the carolina coast and again, that's going to continue to move to the north. now, next weekend, looking good. we'll have the temperatures move

expected on sunday. >> thank you, lauren. >> beautiful leaves out there with the rain coming, and hopefully not a lot of wind. the maples are so gorgeous. for the first time ever, make jump company cover girl has chosen a cover boy. >> james charles caught the attention of cover girl and is now apart of the latest ad campaign, he spent sometime talking with ellen. >> it took explaining and it has not been widely accepted in the past. it was a learning process. once my parents understood what i wanted to do, i wanted to do it as a career, i was expressing myself. >> yeah i mean you're really talented. >> you can watch the full interview on ellen on nbc 4 at 3:00, just before news 4 today. that's it for midday. we thank you so much for being us with. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00.

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