. a mayorland family says it happened so fast, they're lucky they got out safely. app early-morning fire destroyed their upper marlboro home, what they say got them out of bed busy day for president-elect donald trump, the political names expected to interview today for jobs in trump's administration that are sure to shape policy. and i'm lauryn ricketts, it is another brustry day out there. when can we see these winds diminish? i've got that answer along with the thanksgiving forecast coming up.

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm barbara harrison. we begin with breaking news with did melissa mollet at the live desk. a fatal crash in prince george's county right now prince george's county police telling us they're on the scene of a single-vehicle fatal crash, the 13000 block of old fort road in fort washington. they're still trying to determine exactly what happened. they say what they know is appears the driver left the road, hit a creek and ended up in the creek. we have chopper 4 on the up. >> we're learning what may have caused a bad fire in prince george's county. take a look to the damage to the house on largo road, news4's molette green is live and can tell us what happened. what details do you have at this point? >> barbara, good morning. fire investigators left the property about 30 minutes ago. and the family is still here on the scene, assessing the damage. salvaging whatever it is that

they believe that something on the outside of their house sparked the flames and the house just went up in flames. they bought this house that's nestled in this wooded area, right off 202 near old largo road. just two years ago. >> the prior family home went up in smoke and flames before sunrise. >> i'm just trying to process right now. and making sure my mom is okay. okay. everyone, even the family dog escaped the flames. >> main thing i was screaming fire, fire and told my wife and daughter to get out the house. we all got out and tried to find some of the other extinguishers, but at that time it was entirely too much to handle. >> the whole half of the house was on fire, a large fire. >> as reality sets in and in the light of day, they clearly see the heart of their home, the

just days before the thanksgiving holiday. >> this is all material stuff. i have my wife, i have my child. that's the best part of it. >> and which is just two days before thanksgiving. >> yeah, a week. i'm coming to your house for turkey, right? >> and the neighbors have come in right away and offered to help the family. opening their and the family just has the greatest spirit during this tremendous amount of loss that you see behind me. the fire chief tweeted out a short while ago, the cause appears to be accidental. we're live this morning in upper marlboro, molette green, news4, back to you. we're following a developing story out of laurel right now. that's where prince george's county police are investigating a homicide. police say a man was shot and killed around 9:00 last night on deerfield road.

landscaping truck and senior transport bus collided in potomac. chopper 4 was over the crash just before 9:00 a.m. on seven locks road in gainsboro road. montgomery county fire said no one was wearing a seat belt in either vehicle. all four people were taken to the hospital, three were seriously hurt. montgomery county police are investigating what caused that crash. right now we're working to learn when wssc crews will resume repairs on a broke between van ness and yuma streets northwest. crews contained the leak just before 6:00 a.m. they'll be back to fully repair the break. well is it a blustery day out there today. once again, unfortunately we're going to continue with the wind. not only as we go through the day today, also tonight and then some of tomorrow.

there my goodness, absolutely gorgeous. we've got the blue skies. but that's about it. as far as that goes. because we've got the winds northwest 13 miles per hour. now these are sustained winds, we have gusts that are higher than that, 25, 35 miles per hour so that's definitely bringing in the wind chill. even though our air temperature in the low 40s, it's feeling more like the 30s out there for much of the region. and that's the way it's going to be as we continue through the day. now we're going to keep with the clear skies, temperatures topping out in the 40s, it. falling into the 20s overnight. but still brisk and breezy even as we continue into the overnight. now we do have some breezy conditions around tomorrow but we also have your thanksgiving forecast, we'll let you know how that's shaping up coming back in a few minutes. right now, boats are back on the potomac river this morning to search for a missing maryland fisherman. maryland state police say they're in the air to help out. on saturday a boat with four people sank during a fishing tournament.

dead, one man did survive. 52-year-old roger grissom of hughesville remains missing this morning. president obama is back at the white house, after his final trip abroad as president. before he left for peru, he held a news conference where he said he would with hold any criticism of the trump administration once he's out of office, that's even if president-elect trump tries to dismantle his legacy. >> i want to be the office and give the president-elect an opportunity to put forward his platform and his arguments. without somebody popping off in every instance. >> mr. obama did caution that if trump's administration begins to attack american values, he might be compelled to speak up. you can expect a lot of

york city today. president-elect donald trump has a full slate of meetings as he works to fill his administration. it includes a meeting with democratic congresswoman kelsey gabbert. news4's tracie potts has details. >> president-elect trump interviewed a dozen candidates at his new jersey golf club over the weekend, including mitt romney. >> governor romney is under active and >> so is former new york mayor and campaign confidante rudy giuliani. chris christie who was ousted as head of the transition had a 30-minute sit-down with the president-elect. >> very talented man. >> kansas secretary of state chris kobach was called in. he's been tough on immigration. retired marine corps general james matti simpb seems to be a favorite for secretary of defense. >> i know that president-elect

mattis. >> wilbur ross is reportedly being considered as commerce secretary. the new administration will have to deal with democrats in congress poised to put up a fight but signaling cooperation in some areas. >> we could get a major infrastructure bill done. but maybe in the first 100 days. >> but first, securing a cabinet. that continues today. >> and that continues today, with former texas governor rick perry due at trump tower to t secretary of defense, energy or veterans affairs. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. melania trump and her son barron will not join the president-elect right away at the white house. the president-elect says his wife and son will move to washington after barron's school year is finished. "the new york post" reported sunday that there was some uncertainty surrounding mrs. trump and her son leaving new york city. new information this morning

ed gillespie is taking the first step to run for governor, he just formed an official committee and launched a new website. he said his goal is to bring people together and lead the republican ticket to victory in november of 2017. gillespie was the chairman of the republican national committee and counselor to president george w. bush. and right now news4 is working for you in the community. we're collecting donations for our food for families program at the verizon center until 7:00 tonight. >> the goal is to make s those who need it have a hot thanksgiving meal. news4's pat lawson muse has been there all morning as generous people have brought food and joins us with an update. the back door was empty when we started this morning, i'm sure it's filling up. >> not only is it filling up, it's running over. what a morning it's been here at verizon center, just take a look at what we've collected is a far. it's been coming in all morning by car, van and truck and right now these gentlemen from

unloading yet another suv filled with donations of food for families. that's the kind of morning it's been. and our friends at washington first of course are partners, we couldn't do this without our partners and we couldn't do it without you. shawn anderson, my goodness you collected quite a lot of foot. you collected it at all your branches, it looks like. >> we've been pleased to partner with news4, we have collected food and cash at all of our 22 have our employees, our directors, our customers and our partners, saks fifth avenue, tyson's corner and arthritis help support with the food drive. we're help to present you a check. >> let me move out of the way. >> so we can see this. >> we're here to present you with this $12,000 check for food for families. and we really want to wish everybody a great and happy thanksgiving. >> oh my goodness, you certainly

for us. we thank you so much. we know it means a lot to you, because you've done it every year. mr. bracewell, chairman of the board, it's good to see you again. >> we're happy to be partners again. >> thank you all so much. it's fantastic. i said we can't do this without partners, we can't do it without you. and all day people have been coming here from far and near, from bethesda, we had neighbors from a few blocks away who came just to bring donations of and right now, we're taking your phone calls at our phone bank. erika gonzalez and aaron gilchrest are waiting to say hello to you so call us at 202-885-4949 and say hello to them and can you make your donations to them. also for the first time this year you can make your donations to food for families via text,

you can always make a credit card donation at our website, nbcwashington.com. thanksgiving is such a special time. can you help us make it special for thousands of families. we want to put turkey and all the trimmings on the tables of as many family as we can this thanksgiving. back to you. >> thank you. in just five hours they've overflowed the baskets there at verizon center. love to see it. >> really cold weather to get out there to do everyone. a dangerous weekend for police officers, one officer is dead, two others injured in three separate cases across the country. we have a an update on shootings. and a change for the catholic church made more permanent. what the pope is now saying

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. 32 people confirmed dead in a terror attack. a mosque was bombed in afghanistan, a man walked into the building, then blew himself up in kabul today. more than 50 people were hurt. this is a shiite mosque, the second time in a month shiite muslims are the target of the attack. no group has claimed responsibility. multiple police officers shot all around the country. in texas an officer was killed.

latest on the investigation. >> this morning be a all-out manhunt for the killer of san antonio detective ben marconi, a 20-year veteran of the force. the cold-blooded shooting yards from police headquarters while detective marconi was writing a traffic ticket. >> i've got an officer down in front of headquarters, i need an ems right now. >> police searching for this man who they're calling a person of interest and this black mitsubishi caught on >> south lot of headquarters building. >> police say detective marconi was sitting in his patrol car when the mitsubishi pulled up behind him. the shooter getting out, taking aim and firing twice, hitting the detective in the head. >> marconi was rushed to the hospital, where he died. authorities say they believe he was targeted for being a cop. >> this was nothing short of an assassination of a police officer. >> the son of a police officer, marconi was 50 years old.

>> he had two children from a previous marriage and grandchildren. >> most families will be celebrating the holidays, sapd will be burying one of its own because of an ultimate act of cowardice. >> jacob rascon, nbc news. a suspect is in custody for a separate police shooting that happened in sanibel, florida. the officer pulled someone over and was the victim of a drive-by. he was shot in the shoulder. i and near kansas city, an officer is recovering in the hospital right now. he was shot during another traffic stop. the passenger, a teenager, ran off and officers ran after him. police said there was a struggle and they shot and killed the teen. police said the officer made it through surgery today. and in st. louis, a man accused of shooting an officer in ambush-style attack is dead. the 19-year-old suspect died after a shoot-out with police this morning. police say he may have shot the

crimes. the sergeant is in critical condition, but is expected to survive after he was hit twice while sitting in his cruiser. i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. take a look at this chopper 4 just getting over the scene of the fatal accident i was telling you about. at the beginning of the show here this morning so right now, a live picture here over fort washington, maryland. where police and fire on the scene. a single-car crash. a fatal acde of old fort road in fort washington. police still trying to figure out exactly what happened. they believe the driver left the road, hit a tee and then ended up in that creek. the suv found earlier this morning by some people in the area. barbara. back to you. >> covering prince george's county. today several strip clubs operating illegally in the county must close, they're being forced to shut down because of new zoning laws. the county changed the laws to

and churches. major news from pope francis on abortion. the leader of the catholic church says all priests can now absolve women of having abortions. the pope had originally allowed the be a solution only during the holy year of mercy which just ended. this announcement does not change the church's stance on abortion, the church still refers to it as a grave sin. >> rain for thanksgiving, an update oa >> and we have our food for families campaign going on right now. pat lawson muse is at the verizon center and look at those bins filling up. all that food donated for families in need. we'll be there until 7:00 p.m. you can call the hot line to make sure you're getting

you love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites. but now you can get more of what you love. so you can find something else to not love. like hearing the sound of your own voice. (softly) like hearing the sound of your own voice. get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. hi, i'm pat lawson muse, i'm gentleman who is driving this van is about to unload cans of food collected by the magnet nurses of med star, georgetown hospital. they're going to put all of those cans on top of these piles, if you can believe it. that's the kind of morning it's been here at verizon center. we're collecting food for families, 202-885-4949 is the number to call. i want to introduce you to the nurses, they've been our

recruiter, your plan was to collect 72 cans in 72 hours, starting last wednesday. >> and we collected almost 11,000 cans, a combination of cans and money. we collected close to 11,000 this year. which is the best we've done in many years. >> it comes from the hospital. >> the hospital and the community around the hospital. >> you have something in your hands. >> we have close to $3,000 in money to give for food for families. >> thank you so much. the nurses of georgetown, thank you so much you can help to make this a good thanksgiving by calling our phone bank. erika gonzalez and airplane aaron are there waiting to say hello to you and take your donations by phone. 202-885-4949 is the number to call and you can text nbc4dc to 56512. that's new this year.

11 years news4 has been running the food for families campaign. during this time, some 45,000 families have gotten turkey and all the trimmings at thanksgiving. we need you and we're going to be here all day. you can get details about how to donate on the website. we're going to unpack more of these bags, and i'm actually help, we've got to put all the food from these bags into boxes girls club where all of it will be distributed and delivered to people's doors, back to you. >> this is awesome, pat. >> what a great job you're doing. >> and a shout-out to i-team producer ricky yarborough who is sitting in the seat right now. >> in case you didn't realize it wasn't aaron. >> that's great. >> it's so cold outside. >> i was outside for just an hour and even then my toes are doug.

standing outside and i finally just warmed up. >> the wind, that's the -- >> what's the wind chill out there? >> the wind chill is in the 30s right now. 20s some areas, we're going to show you that in a minute, honestly we can deal with it usually here in the d.c. area, but once the wind starts whipping around, it cuts right through you. just terrible. and unfortunately we're going to see some winds as we continue through the day, so breezy conditions out there. winds are our wind chills are in the 30s. winds will be a little lighter tomorrow and by the time we get to wednesday, but we'll have increasing clouds through the day on wednesday, unfortunately. but most of the day it looks like it is going to be on the dry side. so that's good for us. because especially as you get away. these are the wind gusts right now. gusting up to 23 miles per hour here in d.c. 35 in gaithersburg. 30 in frederick. it is a little blustery out

but you factor in the air temperature, you factor in the winds, this is the number you get. this is the feel-like factor to the skin. it feels like 35 here in washington, you step outside in the beltway, some areas feels like the 20s, further south it feels like 44 in culpepper. pretty much 30s as we continue through the day. it's going to be our wind chill. and by tonight, 33, 5:00 p.m. by the time people head home. by tomorrow morning, feeling but the wind will lighten up as we go through tomorrow afternoon thank goodness.

mom's thanksgiving dinner this week. >> she looks great. >> ledecky said she's planning on competing in the tokyo games in 2020. tonight she and the rest of the usa swimming team will be in new york for the golden goggles award. she's favored to win female racer of the year for straight year. >> not just a tremendous athlete, she's just a wonderful person. wonderful family. couldn't have happened to a nicer person. >> there's a picture of her at children's hospital. >> that's the first thing she did when she came back. >> go and visit the kids, let them see her gold medal, fabulous. new information on a story holiday travelers should be watching carefully. a threatened strike at one of the country's busiest airports.

redskins fans. people are still talking about his on-screen performance.

i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. november 29th, next tuesday, that's the day 500 workers at

their strike. they've been talking about. those workers asking for $15 an hour. they're not unionized, and some of the janitors, baggage handlers, cabin cleaners and wheelchair attendants make a minimum wage of 8.25 in illinois. air traffic controllers and security screeners would still be working. o'hare is one of busiest airports in the country. handling 77 million passengers last year alone. >> thanks, melissa. this is supposed to be biggest thanksgiving holiday travel weekend in years. nearly 50 million people taking to the air or hitting the roads. nbc's jay gray shows us what you should prepare for as you get out of town. >> the holiday rush has started. >> we're expecting nearly 49 million americans to be traveling more than 50 miles away from home and majority of those individuals tell us that they're going to drive. >> more than 43 million are expected to pack up and pull out on the highway. fuelled in part by falling gas

>> oil prices are dropping, and the prices at the pump are following suit. >> air travel will be up over last year as well. >> the airlines are predicting the busiest thanksgiving travel season in history. >> millions will move through airports across the country just months after high volume traffic and stepped-up security measures led to long lines and major headaches. >> i'm rolely hoping that i can even make my flight at this point. you can see the line behind me. >> the trurpgs security administration has a officials say they're ready for this week's crowds. >> we also can address problems as they arise, and hopefully mitigate them before they become extended. >> and hopefully giving you some extended time with family and friends over the holidays. >> now traditionally the busiest travel days during the holiday are wednesday and sunday. the best time to travel if you want to avoid the crowds?

jay gray, nbc news, o'hare airport. investigators are working to determine whether a toy truck caused a real truck to catch fire. take a look at these pictures from out of state. the tonka 12-v ride-on dump truck was in the back of this pick-up. the family that bought the toy said it caught fire while they were taking it home last week. toys 'r' us says it's no longer selling that toy. it's not clear how the fire started. it's been 11 years, but the nfl is going back to mexico the houston texans are playing there tonight at the historic azteca stadium. the first nfl game in mexico since 2005. and take a look at this -- not often you get this close to a football player right there -- whoa! maybe better that way. look at the size of 98, poor bernie this is the sound engineer, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time at the vikings/cardinals game.

padding to help. apparently he wasn't hurt, though, what a professional. got right back up and went back to work for the game. wow. >> did you see the size of that player? >> knocked clear off his feet. well -- >> good thing he's okay. >> three days from now, many of us will be enjoying turkey with our families. >> there's something else happening that day. d.c. versus dallas. hello, go skins, twa with both teams coming off big wins. >> news4's sports reporter jason pugh shows us four things you need to know before thursday. >> the redskins with a huge primetime win on sunday night. here's what you need to know about the victory. >> how do you like me now? how do you like me now? >> kirk cousins with a message to general manager -- how do you like me now? cousins is trying to earn the

and rookie running back rob kelly making a national name for himself. his nickname is fat rob. the redskins heavy with three touchdowns with the undrafted rookie and the dance moves from dan schneider. >> we've seen a lot of shots taken in that booth over the years of a downcast dan schneider. not bopping his head to jump around. >> not much time to celebrate, the redskins visit the cowboys on thanksgiving day. >> of people talking on social media. here he is -- how do you like me now? almost an aggressive hug and a head-pat for the gm. how do you like me now? he's known for that kind of passion when he said you like that? you remember that in the locker room? this person compared cousins to the hulk. he was also talking about the qb's play. if cousins keeps it up, he could be in for a big payday.

give him the franchise tag or let him leave. during the off-season, cousins said he was content with the franchise tag, after last night's game he said quote i'm always trying to prove myself and i'm always going to be evaluated as long as i play this game. >> they had to deal with some real incredible weather yesterday. don't let the beautiful sunshine fool you out there today -- it's still very cold and windy outside. lauryn is back in a few minutes

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of the house there. they arrived on scene, found fire coming from the basement. that's what they're concentrating on right now. not really fighting it from the outside. concentrating most efforts in the basement. prince william county in the dale ste area. barbara? in western new york it's getting pounded by snow. look at these pictures from earlier this morning. this footage was shot in rochester, where the city sunday a lake-effect snow warning right now. the snow roads up there dangerous, because wind gusts have reached up to 30 miles per hour at times. drivers are also dealing with white-out conditions in some places. this is more like the christmas holidays. >> rochester is used to it. we're not used to it. rochester can handle it. >> but it's so funny how it switches, did you guys go out on saturday night? >> i work with chuck in the morning, it was clockwork, he said about 3:30 and just like

boom winter was here. >> i eat lunch outside on saturday morning, it was like we got to get in this in. >> we might be 70 for christmas, who knows, we were 70 degrees last year. one can dream. definitely no 70s on the ten-day forecast coming up. and it's definitely feeling more like december and january type weather out there today. but it's a gorgeous day, plenty of sunshine, thanks to high pressure in can deal with the cold. but once you start getting the winds that cut right through you, this is the heartache right there. wind gusts up to about 23 miles per hour in washington, 29 miles per hour in gaithersburg. 26 in leesburg. we have a wind advisory, it's been shortened a little bit. you can see it in the brown that goes until 5:00 p.m. for howard county going up to baltimore and even through frederick county. wind gusts, 35-40 miles per

spotty power outages. another thing to mention, brush fire, it's so dry out there you're probably reaching for the hand lotion just because the dew points to mesh moisture are so low. we have an elevated fire risk. this is the feel-like factor. so it feels like we're in the 30s, that's where we're going to stay as we continue through this monday. today's forecast, we maek it into the mid 40s. 46, we topped out at 47 sunshine and the winds will continue to be gusty until about 3:00 or 4:00 and then they'll be breezy as you make your way home. you can see the temperature just a little bit warmer. 49 will be the temperature tomorrow. we'll have full sunshine around for tomorrow as well. looking good for tomorrow. here's the next five days. we're going to be about 46 as we get through today. nearing the 50-degree mark

about 5:00 tomorrow evening. wednesday, we'll have a little bit of cloud cover come the second part of the day. temperatures will be in the low 50s, wednesday night we could have a few showers around, we'll see some showers for the first part of your thanksgiving morning and stay cloudy through thanksgiving afternoon and evening. by black friday, sunshine returns, upper 50s. we've got the weekend forecast coming up. >> it looks a little better toward the weekend. >> 50l help to make the holidays a little easier for some local families. if you can donate to our food for families food drive. call 202-885-4949 right now. we have our team standing by. after the break we'll show you where you can drop off food. a virginia chef is in our studio with his version of a thanksgiving favorite. we have a few pointers for the

is done. let me show you this. this is a decorated box. it's supposed to look a little like a turkey. folks at a local apartment building decorated this box and took up donations in their building. isn't that wonderful? this is the kind of spirit we've seen here this morning at verizon center. these guys, my goodness, they are really using a lot of elbow grease, they're trying to pack up some of this bill haul of food that we've collected so far. food for families, and look who has justho it's jim hanly. >> i'm here to keep you warm. i know you like it warm. >> you've got so many people down here. all the troupers and you were out here when the sun wasn't up when it was freezing at like 6:00 a.m. and you'll be down here how long? >> 7:00. >> it makes such a difference, all it takes is one small donation of cash and you'll be feeding thousands this holiday week. >> isn't it wonderful to see the

collected and people have been bringing it by the cars, vans, the suv-ful. >> just drop it off, come on down, verizon center, it's so easy to do, i'm going to go back and work your phone bank. >> i thought you could help me pack some boxes. anyway thank you so much, jim. want to show you that we not only have gotten donations that you see here. but a gentleman came down box truck filled with apple sauce. >> we've got white house chunky applesauce, white house unsweetened applesauce and really good applesauce. >> i am able to put food on my table easily and it's able to put food on somebody else's. so that's great. >> that was jennifer from bethesda, she drove all the way

erika gonzalez is on the phone bank, calling her up, she'll put a smile on your face and take your donations. again this year, you can text your donation to nbc4dc at 56512. >> make it a happy thanksgiving this year. back to you in the studio. >> all right. pat, thanks so much. one of the most anticipated moments of the year, sitting down for thanksgiving dinner and this is about the time people start getting their grocery lists together for the big feast. one of the quintessential dish of the thanksgiving meal is the stuffing and joining us now is chef john cross from tremors on main in clifton, virginia, to tell us how to spice up your traditional stuffing. welcome. >> thank you for having me.

of how to make it a little bit different? >> sure we did three different types of stuffing. the first one here is more of a savory bread pudding, it has a custard base and that's the one we'll be making here today. the other one in the center is just the traditional stuffing with some sausage, apples, you can put whatever you'd like in there. just a guideline of what you should put. and then the third one here is vegan and glute-free. so it's something a little bit different. >> it sounds very healthy. >> cauliflower, quinoa and couscous. >> you have cream here? >> cream here that we're going to heat up. it's been gently warming up. we're going to slowly whisk that into some egg yolks here. we'll kind of stir it as we're whisking. >> only egg yolks?

>> you don't want it too hot, is that the key? >> the key is you want to slowly add the cream to the eggs so it doesn't overcook the eggs or cook them too fast. >> what else goes in here? >> sauteed vegetables. we did celery, carrot, onion, as well as some fennel in there. >> you cook it ahead of time and add it to the mixture. >> yes, we slowly >> we have our cornbread here which we've baked ahead of time it works out nice if you bake the cornbread the day before. and let it kind of sit and get a little bit stale so it will absorb this better. >> stuffing sh to have a little stale bread. >> i always do, i think it's always better to have it sit out. we'll put the cornbread in with our custard.

whatever, whatever you prefer. >> what kind of apples did you use for this? >> honey crisp. a little sweetness and acidity. and a little business of tasso ham for some spice. >> that does have a little spice to it. >> it's a spice-cured ham. so then we put the sausage in there and mix it up. we let it sit for a little while, so it can absorb all of th. >> right. >> there you go. you put that in the oven, did you put anything else in there? >> that's all we're going to put in this one. once we put it in our serving vessel, we'll put a little bit of fresh herbs on top. >> i feel like i have to taste it before we leave. all right. chef. very nice, i like the texture, too. it's like a custard. >> i think it's just a really

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seem to mind so much if it goes back a little bit before halloween. >> and again this year, men are expected to outspend women during the first official weekend of christmas shopping. chris clackham, nbc news. can't believe how soon it's all coming. >> talk about all that stuffing, thanksgiving is thursday, we got to get ready, barbara. >> we've got to shop. what about the go shopping, some of it online, you don't want to be outside with winds gusting up to 35, 45 miles per hour and sustained winds around 20 miles per hour. with air temperatures only in the mid 40s you know we have a wind chill. so feeling more like the 30s throughout much of day today so it's orjous, but bundle up, grab the shades. overnight, breezy, we're at 50

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