and right now on news 4 today a chilly start. rain on the way. tom tracking your weekend drop. the dangerous situation overnight that left a woman fighting for her life this morning. we are a diverse america who are long and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. >> you got to see this. breaking the fourth wall. we're going to show you the cast of hamilton going off script at their latest performance to send a message to a vip audience

i'm david kul ver. we are talking about a wild weather weekend. tom is tracking big changes in the weather center. good morning. >> good morning. right now we are chilly under a clear sky and then later today soaring to near 70 degrees and then showers moving in late afternoon, windy and much colder. we have a wind advisory. valley, from noon today until sunday. we could have winds gusting as high as 55 miles an hour. we may have tree damage and power outages are likely. there's the predawn glow. we're calm now with a light breeze w temperatures are 30 to near 40 degrees. most areas are well above freezing.

kentucky. they'll be coming into our hour later this afternoon. a very busy overnight for firefighters in the alexandria section of fairfax county. the deputy chief telling us a woman was burned badly in this blaze. they rushed her to the hospital. crews took another adult to the hospital as well with less serious injuries. there out what caused the fire. michelle reece is set to meet with president-elect trump in new jersey. she's under consideration for the possible position for secretary of education. her tenure in d.c. was -- trump will meet with mitt romney as a possible secretary of state pick.

rounds out his cabinet, he's picked several people. mike flynn will be national security advisor and jeff sessions dominated as attorney general and mike pom pay owe suggested for the cia. trump has agreed to settle civil lawsuits university. >> reporter: new york attorney general calls it a stunning reversal and major electry, donald trump agreeing to pay $25 million to settle three lawsuits with no admission of wrongdoing. >> we fought hard and for what we believed in. you have to respect the other side for the fight and respect the fact that in the end he did do the right thing. >> reporter: they accused the

those real estate seminars cost students up to $35,000 each. the program promised students would learn secrets from trump's hand picked instructors. trump denied the allegations but admitted he didn't pick the instructors. he tweeted the university had a 98% approval rating. i could have settled but that has changed. >> the judge is a total disgrace. >> reporter: students will get restitution in the settlement. nbc news new york. this is making the rounds on social media media this morning. you'll see it on your news feed

as mention walked into the hamilton theater. after the performance ended the cast thanked pence for coming to the show but had this to say. >> we are the diverse america that are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. inspired you to up hold our american values and work on behalf of all of us. >> the cast telling the audience to pull out their phones to video that message. pence left before the message but he stood in the hallway and listened to the rest of it. demonstrators are going to take to the streets in d.c.

national policy institute. those same demonstrators marched outside the little italy restaurant. members of the group were meeting. they say they're protesting hate. >> they think that they're ideology of hate is going to get currency in a new trump presidency and we're here to tell them we will not let that happen. >> the restaurant says it closed its doors for the protect guests and employees. d.c. police responded but didn't make any arrests. president obama is in peru for his final stop as last foreign tour as president. he's set to meet with the nation's president this morning and hold a town hall with young people. he's going to hold his final meeting with the chinese president later today. friends family and colleagues are going to say good

she was pbs manager of the news hour. that's where her funeral is being held. it starts at 11:00 this morning. one month after someone shot and killed the teen with her friend when they were shot. the friend survived. there is a reward for up to $25,000 being offer information. police trying to get an indictment in this case. if you know anything that can help them they want to hear from you. multiple people were killed in a plane crash out west. what police are now investigatoring about the mission that led to multiple explosions. you can grow weed in the district, but not anywhere you want. you're going to meet the marijuana match making finding

tragedy after a plane crash in nevada carrying a heart patient and three transplant members lost their lives. you're looking at cell phone video after the crash. the plane crashed in lot. the impact caused multiple explosions. crews worked to clean up a massive phone spill. we can show you the scene. a large amount of foam spilled out of a santa clara manufacturing business filling the street, covering cars. at first didn't know what it was. later they realized the building's fire suppression

crews worked to get it cleaned up before a rain storm came in. the foam is not toxic and no one was hurt. peru's massive volcano spewed ash into the sky more than 11,000 feet into the air. the active for more than 18 years. ready for launch, decades in the making. we're going to show you the new technology being called a game changer. right now speaking of metology, we could be in for a soggy saturday. we have tom updating his forecast of when to expect showers and the start of much

good morning. clear and chilly now and off to our west we do have a line of rain showers in ohio down into kentucky that is advancing to the east likely coming into our metro area later this afternoon coming in from the west late afternoon into the evening followed by strong winds. a look at the big changes on sunday coming in a few minutes.

6:15. a housing controversy brewing in the district between the d.c. law that allows you to grow marijuana and landlords that don't want it in their homes. we just checked the page. it has close to 200 members. d.c. law does allow people 21 and older to grow as many as six cannabis plants at me tenants are free to decide if they want tenants growing the plants on the properties. his initiative is getting a lot of attention. >> my phone has not started ringing and beeping since i started it. >> people want to follow the rules. a maryland woman lives to tell how she survives a bear

she stepped into the path of a black bear and her cubs wednesday night. after punching the bear a few times she dropped into the fetal position and managed to yell for help. her husband says his wife is tough and he has no doubt she'll make a full recovery. a hearing impaired man is getting a big payday. he says every time he asked for one with a hand written note, now the arlington county sheriff's office will pay $250,000 for failing to meet guidelines for americans with disabilities act. he remained in jail for six weeks without the ability to

satellite hasn't been put into space since the 1970s. >> reporter: greg is talking about goes r, the new weather satellite improves detection and observation by a lot. >> we can get pictures of weather going on over the united states every 30 seconds. today it's like five minutes. >> this is the first time we've hadh we're going to start to see things that we see in our models but we're going to be able to track and see them. >> reporter: here is a quick crash course. we use them to see severe weather and movement. without weather satellite the accurate weather forecast we rely on wouldn't be possible. there are two types of weather

the second is geostationary meaning it's parked over the same spot. one of the most anticipated elements of goes r is its ability to detect lightening. scott, a physical scientist, helped develop the lightening technology. >> 22,000 miles up the lightening is detected by the sensor and within20 >> reporter: tornado warnings will likely be issued five to 13 minutes earlier. >> it hasn't been implementing but we're hoping to improve that by five to 20 minutes. >> reporter: bottom line, once the goes r is humming 22,000 miles above the united states, we will be able to see weather details like never before.

the atlantic and pacific ocean and another way to monitor solar activity. scientists will have a new way to study weather features and as more detailed information is fed into computer modeling our forecasts will improve. >> that's cool. so once the new satellite is orbiting in space, it's going to take a month or two before you think this is going to be a pretty big game changer. >> it should improve our forecasts. they're probably giving us advanced warnings much better than we have now. >> when we talk about this weekend, you're looking at wild weather potentials. >> big changes on the way. if you haven't been paying attention you can keep up with it with the nbc washington app. the big story is strong winds.

northern virginia, the shenandoah valley and most of maryland from noon until midnight on sunday. we could have winds gusting as high as 55 miles an hour. there may be tree damage and power outages will be likely. there's a live view. the sun will be coming up at 6:56. temperatures, but general above freezing everywhere. we're in the upper 30s to 40 degrees. showers coming into ohio and kentucky. that's the cold front and they're going to be getting closer to us. right now we're dry on radar, but they'll be advancing coming in from the south and west and heading into our metro area later this afternoon. the area in green is the rain shower activity.

3:00 to 4:00 and some snow showers in the mountains. they could get several inches of snow, but for us it's fast moving rain showers coming through between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. and heading out to sea in the evening hours. near 60 by 2:00 and then 70 and then windy and chilly back down into the 40s and by dawn tomorrow the upper 30s strong winds tomorrow. highs only in the 40s to near 50 degrees and lighter winds on monday, tuesday and wednesday a bit milder. thanksgiving day looks like we may get rain showers and temperatures in the 50s. after that 50s as we get toward the weekend and another chance of showers that following monday. >> thanks. you can rent your house online, but why not your car? we're going to show you the new transportation option in the

we gave thanks for what we already have. at t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods we're closed on thanksgiving because family time comes first. bring back the holidays. if you're planning to take metro tomorrow night to the redskins game, don't expect metro to takeou afterwards. the last springfield train will deport morgan boulevard station at 11:27 in the evening. you can use cash parking options at the field. nbc is working for you in the community. we are teaming up with the washington first bank and nurses at georgetown university hospital once again this year. before kickoff sunday you drop

we're going to be outside the verizon center on monday. if you're heading out of town for thanksgiving, would you be willing to let a stranger use your car while you're away and get money for it too. a popular west coast private sharing business is in the capital. >> reporter: click the app, open up the car you choose and drive for a few hours a day the car in this case does not belong to a rental company. the private owner rents it out when he's not using it earning 60% of the rental fee, in this case $31 an hour. you can get a ford focus for around $5. >> you can look on the app and see the cars and rent the one you like. >> reporter: the manager says

pays if the car is damaged. >> if you're a renter and you don't have car insurance, you're going to be covered through the get around insurance policy and if you're an owner the car is covered as well with full collision coverage. >> reporter: the app shows what cars are available and where. it opens the car through a black box installed inside the vehicle and provided by get around. it can be turned off by the owner. >> every renter goes through a sure there's no duis and renter have to put their credit card information which corroborates with their driver's license and facebook log in. >> reporter: get around has hundreds of cars in the d.c. air. it's probably not surprising that the people we talked to seemed open to the idea. >> i think it's a great idea. >> reporter: the folks at get

ages of 21, 35, people who have chosen not to own a car. first comes the rain and then we're talking about some cold moving in. tom tracking a change for your weather and what to expect for a busy week ahead. the midwest is digging out

it's 6:30 on this saturday. one woman is in the hospital with very serious burns after this early morning fire in the alexandria section of fairfax county and another person is hurt and being treated in the hospital. michelle reece is going to sit down with presid she's being named as a possible pick for education secretary. four people are dead after a plane crash in nevada. the plane was taking a heart patient and three crew members to a hospital in utah when it crashed into a nearby parking lot. the cause of that crash is under investigation. we welcome you in on this saturday morning.

this weekend, specifically tonight. tom is tracking it and he joins us now. >> changing minute by minute throughout the day. we're off to a clear and cold start this morning. we have a wind advisory in effect. all these counties in the beige color including northern virginia, the shenandoah valley and maryland and metro area noon today until sunday evening, gusts 55 miles an power outages unfortunately likely but clear and calm now. we have the hour-by-hour changes on the way coming up this half hour. >> thanks. right now parts of minnesota and south dakota waking up to this, several feet of snow. blizzard conditions there led to hundreds of car accidents and at least two deaths. the storm could bring lake effect snow to michigan and upstate new york this weekend

air as we head into thanksgiving week. a theme for several stafford county religious services this weekend is of healing. many trying to understand what led to a tragic murder suicide. a man killed his wife and two little girls before taking his own life. >> responding to the court. >> reporter: you're here radio communications as crews respond to this home where the his wife and little girls. >> we received a 911 call advising three murders. >> reporter: lance called 911 to report a murder/suicide. investigators showed up to find four dead. >> i'm not sure we have fully registered the loss.

shows a sweet loving family dressing up for halloween. leaders at a local church called this devastating. >> we know the outcome. we don't know what led up to it so hold back from judging each other and think of things in the best light possible and just that is the best way we can pay tribute and help others he'll. >> reporter: we told you about lance back in may 2015. the howard university grad student had vanished. at the tim lance and we need their help. >> reporter: found safe a few days later and returning to his family, then this. >> it has shaken the community. >> reporter: stafford county calling in counselors to help children cope. >> they're working on a memory back about claire and this has kept them busy during the day and it's been very productive. >> just heart breaking right

counselors are helping teachers and staff at the elementary school where 5-year-old claire attended and even her school bus driver is struggling with the also. the county is expanding an investigation after a person was diagnosed with ter berk loesz last week. a small people at the center may have been exposed. who may have had contact with the person infected. nearly 300 people have been identified for screening. detectives looking for a man who exposed himself to an 8-year-old boy inside a target store. we can show you the man investigators are looking for right now. they say the incident happened at the target rest room on arlington boulevard around 7:00 thursday night. the boy ran outside the rest room to tell his father what

police want to hear from you. metro may sue the district over last year's deadly smoke incident outside la font plaza. metro has asked the judge for permission to file claims against d.c. this lawsuit would be in connection with other passenger lawsuits filed which accused d.c. fire and ems of negligence for not providing prompt rescue services. attorneys say metro's action shut it down, the new concerns about the d.c. homeless shelter and how district leaders are responding. a pickup stolen from a front

a victory for environmentists. the obama administration has blocked drilling in al skau. a man arrested for stealing a puppy from a home says he was trying to save the puppy from abuse. the puppy was returned last week after the man turned himself surveillance video showed him taking the dog from a home last month. you can see that video right there. pulls him over the fence. he said the dog was neglected and he provided vet bills to show he cared for the puppy. the owner denied those claims. cows on the loose. prince william county, this is where it happened or at least that was the case last thursday night. a group of them in the front

cows getting together. the cows broke loose from a nearby dairy farm. some people did call police. farmers were able to heard the animals back out of the neighborhood. if you're heading out today, you're going to want to grab the jacket out the door. we have tom tracking when showers and cooler weather will impact your weekend. it's national adoption day. the homecoming story of a young girl and how she didn't haveo t

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what do you say we get a preview now of the "today" show. good morning. >> it's perfect. great, man. i look forward to this conversation every weekend. >> what you got coming up? >> on this saturday morning a lot to talk about. will the president-elect invite the man who called him a phony to join the administration and a dramatic moment on the broadway hit hamilton one when of the actors talked to mike pence. hundreds of accidents being caused, dylan will tell us what it means for holidays.

to speak to a guy who still doesn't know who won the election because he doesn't want to know. it's amazing how this guy has pulled off the last week when it's been trump, trump, trump. we have to say the president, we can't say mr. president to him. >> that's true. >> we can't say like -- >> good to see you. >> good to see you guys. we'll see you in about minutes from now. there's a call for media changes inside the d.c. general homeless shelter this morning. the fire marshal threatening to shut down the facility unless the fire alarm system is fixed immediately. a memo says extensive vandalism damaged the system. a volunteer says a fix is crucial. >> it's a large building so definitely having working fire alarms, a working escape route is crucial to the family and

here. >> dst's deputy mayor for public safety says the building will be monitored for fire hazard address until the repairs are finished. d.c. will hold his adoption day event. we will be there. the child and family services agency is looking for permanent loving adoptive homes for 86 children in foster care. it gets under way at 10:00 this morning. this is part of november's national adoption month and this week adoptions are being finalized in courthouse ceremonies across the country. barbara is going to show the story of a special local adoption. >> a lot of cousins. 11 cousins. >> reporter: it's not unusual to gain a lot of relatives when you get adopted, but for destiny, they were already her relatives,

family are about to change somewhat. >> it's not going to effect me drastically. now she's my mother legally and not my grandmother. >> reporter: we'll start the story when destiny was just a baby. six months you're already smiling. look at that. what a beautiful baby. destiny was only nine months old when she was removed because of negligent from her parents' home. >> i said that's it. i want her. i want herht question. >> reporter: not only because destiny is her biological granddaughter, but she knows what it means to find a home where you are want and loved. >> she called her and said we have a little girl, would you like to come in and take a look. no, i don't care what she looks like. i'll take her. >> she was loved by her parents. >> they gave me so much love and comfort and that was a good role

this situation with adopting destiny. >> reporter: but linda and her husband were not in washington where they needed to be to get custody of destiny. >> at the time i was in the fbi serving far from washington, d.c. so our daughter -- our older daughter stepped up to the plate and became her guardian. >> reporter: when they were able to return to the area, destiny moved in with them at 2 years old. now finally ten years later the adoption is >> adoption means that i don't have to be taken away from my family. >> reporter: destiny will be one of 29 children who will be adopted this weekend at the d.c. superior court. what did her mom say when she got the news? >> she's like i get to keep you now. >> reporter: and destiny already has her special dress picked out. is there something destiny wants

>> reporter: this is truly their destiny. >> barbara harrison with that story. everyone who wants to see a lot of love happening to celebrate the joy of these new families. you're invited to come to the white house between 10:00 and noon today. a popular shopping spot getting in the holiday spirit today. prep under way for the tree square. we will host the event in front of the ice rink. you can stop by and see ice dancing and live bands. it kicks off at 6:00 tonight. bring a toy, coat or nonperishable food item for the donation drive happening there to help those in need this season. d.c. elementary school students have something to be

the meal last night was decked out with the holiday goodies. it meant a lot to him to enjoy the meal with students. >> it's a big honor for me to give back. sometimes we might not have a lot and didn't get a lot for christmas or doing certain things like that, i know the situation they go through. >> that's a cool event. the foundation worked with giant food for the meal. after dinner each family walked away with a turkey. pretty tom with us now. you've been warning about these big changes, specifically though you're focussed on the wind advisories. you say they could be dangerous. >> we could have tree damage as strong winds will move through beginning late this afternoon and into this evening. you may hear a howling wind in the evening hours. this shows you where we'll have the wind advisory for all these

valley, northern virginia and most of maryland, we could have winds gusting as high as 55 miles an hour later today into tonight and tomorrow and power outages unfortunately are likely. you can keep up with these changes in the nbc washington app. we have a clear sky right now. sun rise is a couple of minutes away. that's the live view from our tower camera. we're in the 30s and low 4 we have rain showers coming into ohio, kentucky, just about coming into west virginia, but we're dry here for now, but that area of rain will be advancing coming in from the south and west heading into the metro area later this afternoon. the area in green is the zone of rain showers coming into the shenandoah valley about 1:00 to 2:00 and getting closer to the metro area around 3:00 p.m.

mountains this evening may give them several inches of snow in the higher elevations of west virginia. by 10:00 this morning near 60 degrees, getting mild by 2:00. near 70 degrees back down to near 60 as the rain showers come in and then back down into the upper 40s. by dawn sunday the upper 30s. very windy tomorrow. weather alert day on sunday because of those strong winds and potential power outages during the dayn cloudy sky and cooler with highs in the 40s and then near freezing by dawn monday and afternoon highs in the upper 40s. highs mid 50s on tuesday, wednesday. good travel weather if you're heading out of town. on thanksgiving day temperatures around the mid 50s. next week and weekend dry with highs around 50 degrees.

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commitment, alec baldwin saying he's going to return this week in his role as president-elect trump. you can watch "saturday night live" tonight right here after news 4:00 at 11:00. a brand new playground is debuting that was inspired by a young boy who couldn't always play with the kids. we explain his desire to a more inclusive playground experience. >> reporter: this 9-year-old can't talk. when he saw the playground today the look on his face said it all. he's one of ten people in the rare with a rare genetic disorder that makes it hard for him to hear or process things. his mom wanted him to have fun with his us little brother, but it wasn't easy. >> they started noticing after oliver was born where i would bring him to the park so he

his old preschool teacher created a special committee to help him. >> everybody loves him. he's very warm. he's fun to work with. >> whether they have a vision issue or they couldn't hear or walk, children with autism enjoy different things so we were trying to reach as many children as we could with this playground. >> we didn't think it was going to happen. we couldn't find the land to build it and getting funding together. >> reporter: but if one thing is for sure about this family, they are not quitters and today their vision from all those years ago finally became a reality. >> when we drove up today, it's probably three times bigger than i thought it was going to be and it's something certainly that we will enjoying going to and our younger son loves it.

tells me this playground really is designed for everyone. this big slide here allows disabled parents and grandparents to join in on the fun. four things to know. one woman is in the hospital with severe burns. it happened after a fire broke out early this morning at this home in fairfax county. another person also hurt. investigators are still looking into what started the fire. the former head o secretary. today michelle rhee is going to meet with president-elect trump in new jersey. a patient and three crew members killed in a nevada plane crash. the plane was carrying a heart patient to the university of utah hospital when it crashed into a parking lot causing several explosions. no turkey on the table yet, but millions are under a winter weather advisory across the

no snow here, but you're talking about big changes. >> wind coming in. before that 70 degrees this afternoon and then a fast moving rain showers late afternoon quickly moving out to be followed by strong gusts of wind. we may have wind damage unfortunately. weather alert day on sunday. we could have gusts of wind over 50 miles an hour that may bring down highs in the 40s. >> thanks. that does it for news 4 today. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler

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