and will have a live report coming up. >> so get this. according to the national retail federation more than 137 million people expected to shop this weekend. that's a little more than 1/3 of the u.s. population to put it into perspective. black friday foot traffic is expected to sink by 3.5 perfection percent this year. regardless of in 10 of them say they plan to spend $140 on themselves. >> okay. >> season of giving to yourself, i guess. some of those got an early start hitting the stores late last night, thanksgiving dinner was over and they headed out and started shopping. >> i know. from 6:00 a.m. on. crowds kept coming out. we spoke to many shoppers who

the outlitsz will be open all day today and into tonight. for some shoppers it is a marathon. >> i'm going to tyson's corners and then to maryland and then down to leesburg. >> the outlets will be open until 10:00 p.m. tonight. if you're like us, and have to be at work on you might think about getting some shopping done from your desk. i've done this already. >> a lot of co-workers have the same idea. you can just pull out your phone. career builder says 53% of american workers will spend time at work searching for gifts. that is up 3% from last year and according to the survey, not only are they using their phones but also those tablets to do some shopping on the clock. if you're headed to the stores

hours for some of the biggest retailers, you can find them in the nbc washington app. good thing to have with you. just search black friday. vida helping you with the black friday shopping. they're adjusting the signals around 14 of the biggest areas. tyson's galleria, rest stop town center, fair lanes. adjustments will be made to they will make changes in real time as the roads get more crowded. from black friday to small business saturday. shoppers are encouraged to check out small stores tomorrow. the baltimore business journal reports local officials will officially declare main street reopened tomorrow. howard county says 70 businesses have reopened since the deadly floods caused millions of dollars in damage back in july.

d.c.'s shaw neighborhood. also in adams morgan, annacostia. boutique stores will be open along king street. bethesda road tomorrow will have some fun as you continue holiday shopping. >> strategizing to head out there, chuck bell. good shopping weather. >> very good shopping weather. i'll be out at restin shopping center. we're co-emceeing the holiday parade. angie gets to flip the big switch on the christmas lights on the tree. for now we are under a mostly cloudy sky in washington. much like yesterday, it will be a fairly cloudy day. couldn't rule out a little sun or a chance of a sprinkle or quick rain shower. not a bad day today. more sunshine and breezy coming our way for the weekend.

looks like the best chance for a soaking rain. we've not had an inch of rain or more since august 15th. jack taylor, we don't need rain on a holiday weekend. >> please keep it away. you're in decent shape as you make your way out. not going to cost you any time. if you're headed out to do any shopping at any mall today, you should find everything open. we're in great shape.

is cell phone video from witnesses who say they heard dozens of gunshots. louisville police say two men lost their lives, four others hurt expected to be okay. as of now they haven't made any arrests. >> developing this morning, the military has not yet identified the service member killed in combat in northern syria. the service member was caught in a blast from an improvised explosive device. americans are part of a multi-national effort. the death is a painful reminder. the u.s. navy is looking into credit monitoring services for more than 134,000 current and former sailors who said they were hacked. the information was stolen last month. it included the sailor's names, social security numbers and other sensitive details. all of this taken from a laptop

the navy says there's no evidence that the information has been misused but they are taking precautions. now to a story you'll only see on news 4, the maryland woman who survived a bear attack is sharing her experience. the attack happened last week in frederick. karen osborne was walking to her daughter's house next door when she came upon a mother and her cubs. osborne said it felt like an eternity as the bear malled her. bit my arm in half and then she came back around again and attacked me from above. she went to catch her breath. when she was laying behind me i could feel the hot air of her breath on my neck. >> that description of the attack is just -- it gives you chills. osborne says it will take some time for her wounds to heal but she's very grateful to be alive and with her family this

me page. we've put a link in the nbc washington app. 4:36 your time. let's talk redskins right now. you're going to probably need some time to recover if you're looking at yesterday's game and the outcome there. thanksgiving day disappointment. the cowboys couldn't be stopped as they extended their winning streak to ten games. the texas sun proving to be an issue for kicker dustin hopkins. he missed his redskins couldn't catch up from there. 31-26. >> cowboys are a good team, they're 10-1, whatever their record is for the season. it will take an extraordinary effort. we got a great effort but just came up short. >> the redskins third game in just 11 days. they have some time to recover and get back to work before

>> i was worried about them recovering from sunday and going into yesterday and then the cowboys. >> now we have a week and a half to get things back together and hopefully pull out a win. >> they will. you might want to grab an umbrella. the storms may dampen your presents. >> no break for the president-elect. how donald trump is now shifting

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back now at 4:40 this morning. i don't think people care what the weather is like. >> they're going to be indoors. >> they care. if it's going to be raining, you have to manage the bags and carry an that's tough sledding at the mall. it will not be a washout. if you're heading out to get fitness in from yesterday, temperatures in the mid 50s. slight chance of little light rain during the middle of the afternoon. not a big impact. they want to have the pocket sized foldup umbrella. bit of a warm coat for the 30s and 40s.

dry. because of the clouds and the gloominess outside, the daily grade is a c minus. i'm a tough grader, jack taylor, how are the roads doing? >> so far so good. we have lots of folks getting up very early, a lot of folks sleeping in. mall shopping, good start. right along i-95, 66, very, very quiet and route 7 in decent shape as you're riding up i maryland. the outlets in decent shape. hearing of a crash near fedex field. 4:42. developing right now a massive manhunt for two inmates. how they broke out of a second story prison as police, well, they're working fast to track them down. joining the neighborhood's vip family moving to d.c. and

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you're watching "news 4 today." we're back at 4:44 this friday morning. today charges could be filed in the killing of a wayne state university police officer. patrol tuesday night when someone shot him in the head. police arrested a person of interest that very night. rose was a five-year veteran of the university police force. he was engaged to be married next october. to this developing story in california. there is a massive manhunt for these two escaped san jose jail inmates. rojelio chavez and la juan campbell. they are considered to be

by cutting through the bars of a second story window. that happened on wednesday night. chavez and campbell were in jail for false imprisonment and weapons charges. isis is claiming responsibility for an explosion that killed 56 people on a religious pilgrimage. a suicide bomber caused the blast at a nearby gas station. most of the people who died were from iran. they were returning home on a bus after religious event. show you this now in israel. tens of thousands of people there leaving their homes because of wildfires. this is in hypa, towards the northern part of the country. dry conditions after a two-month long drought and strong winds both fueling the fires. it's not clear how the fires started, but some officials believe the flames were deliberately set. back here in the states wildfires are causing problems for people in north carolina.

the appalachian trail. since they couldn't go anywhere, the group came together and celebrated thanksgiving with a feast. made some good out of it. wildfires have closed more than 75 miles of the appalachian trail across several states. in iowa a firefighter is fighting for his life after being seriously hurt battling an oil refinery fire. take a look at how intense those flames are right there. th morning at a recycling plant in central city. fire officials say the blaze continued for hours, kept flaring up because of all of that oil. the cause remains under investigation. try making your thanksgiving dinner without one very important ingredient. talking about water. that was the challenge for folks living up in newton, new jersey. a water main break cut off water for the entire town. to the rescue, two local fire houses that are distributing

a new water main line was installed last night. they'll slowly turn the water back on throughout the morning. the shooting death of a west virginia teenager could be prosecuted as a hate crime. william pulliam allegedly admitted he killed 15-year-old james nease. he said he felt threatened by him. he felt no remorse. he felt, the street. >> we want justice in this matter. we're not going to put it in our hands, we're going to let the law put it in their hands. >> pulliam is charged with first degree murder. right now we're standing by to learn the name of a driver killed in a car accident on thanksgiving day. montgomery county.

you can see into those trees and into that poll as well along 355. no other cars involved. no one else was hurt. new charges have been filed against an isis supporter already behind bars. here's why. federal prosecutors say he's encouraging people to commit violence in the name of violence. he was arrested last year. prosecutors say he planned to attack the capitol building during presid 5th and faces up to 30 years in prison. happening today, white house officials can start singing oh, christmas tree. first lady michelle obama will receive the final white house christmas tree of her husband's presidency. this year's tree is a 19 foot douglas fir donated by a group in wisconsin. this morning president-elect trump continues his working

working hard trying to get carriera.c. company to stay in the u.s. company's indianapolis plant is planning to move to mexico. carrier confirmed they are in talks but no announcement yet. new reaction from muriel bowser. donald trump is nominating billionaire she said there are robust public schools and charter schools and support for private options. that's somewhat in line with devos's approach. >> we already have a balanced approach from washington, d.c. we would be happy to share that with the new secretary. >> the national teacher's union thinking a little differently. they do not support devos.

that to support public schools. the folks living in chevy chase, d.c., getting ready to have high profile neighbors moving in. the washington post first to report this move. neighbors saw the vans and secret service outside his rental home. this one right here. pence will stay in this house until after the inauguration. then he's going to move into the national observatory. heartwarming family reunion, right? >> we have them. an air man came home from boot camp. check out the reaction when she walked into her grandmother's home in florida. >> oh, my god! oh, my god, are you kidding me? oh, my god! >> wow. that voice just went up so many -- tara ford told her

surprise them. her dad was actually in on the secret and helped round up the rest of the family. ford's trip home is especially meaningful because she is about to deploy to italy for the next two years. oh, it's great. you felt the love there. let's head over to storm team 4's weather center and chuck bell checking your forecast. hey, chuck. >> good morning, david. good morning, everybody. day after thanksgiving. the d work off the extra tonnage that we all gained yesterday with those wonderful turkeys. hopefully you had a good thanksgiving. travel weather, if you're doing any plans leaving our fair realm, going across the country. felt out here across parts of the upper pacific northwest. seattle towards vancouver, portland, oregon. a little bit of unsettled weather across the great lakes moving into new england. not any big storms.

cover. a little area of cloud cover will be scooting up the east coast. that will keep our skies partly to mostly cloudy. couldn't rule out sunshine or a quick little hit of rain. not expecting a lot. pockets of mist, drizzle, occasional light rain shower. the best chances will be i-95 and towards the bay. not on the eastern shore. slightly lower chance in the morning. just enough of a warmup coming our way today. temperatures get up into the mid to upper 50s. then for tomorrow a cold front goes through. tomorrow breezy but the sunshine is going to be making a big-time comeback for your saturday. we'll be tweeting out the updates on the forecast and look on into next week as well.

find me on twitter @chuckbell4. search me on facebook as well. mid to upper 50s. then breezy and cooler for tomorrow. sunny and dry weather for the travel day home on sunday. speaking of travel, let's go to jack taylor. >> we're off to a nice, quiet start. thanks for holding that rain off as well. incident in landover along fedex way. sounds like we might have a crash. otherwise, it is very, very quiet. going out early, you should find nothing in your way. in decent shape riding on 270. 95 and bw parkway. 66 wide open both ways basically between plains and the beltway. good to go in virginia i-95 from fredericksburg to springfield. they're the hottest holiday

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you ever wonder what happens after police confiscate illegal fireworks? well, you just saw it right there. that's nearly 23 tons being detonated in peru. officials say this was a safe way to set off the fireworks before someone got

killed hundreds of people. developing now at 4:57, the death toll has risen to 74 in china after a scaffolding collapsed at a construction site. a cooling tower was being built when the scaffolding tumbled down. it was the country's worst work safety effort. 500 rescue workers dug through the debris with their hands looking for victims. square in vatican city. on december 9th, the vatican christmas tree will be unveiled. it was delivered from northern italy. it is 84 foot tree. speaking at christmas, many of you planning to head out to

yeah. if toys are on your list, they're on my list, this year's hottest tech toys might look like classics but they're actually packing new technology under the hood. hot wheels, for instance, rolling out toy cars that are super charged to make them go faster. of course, they have to go faster. even barbie is getting an upgrade. she's moving into a smart home. of course she is. remember the furby and toch other one. now there is a hatch a mole. they're on the wish list of many kids this year. >> hatch a moles are the biggest craze this year. we talked to the manager of a store and you can't find them anywhere. >> many of the toys aren't cheap. the barbie dream house is 300 bucks. >> what? >> you know what, when i was out at k-mart, the hatch a moles,

>> in an egg? >> it's that egg thing. yes. >> what do you do with that? >> you watch it hatch. come on! >> of course. i didn't think of that. that is so entertaining. stay with us. news 4 starting right now at 5:00 a.m. >> get with it. >> news 4 begins with breaking news. now at 5:00 a.m., one of the most beloved moms in tv history is gone. died. the tributes now coming in from around the world to the brady bunch star. >> we welcome you in on this friday morning, black friday. >> florence henderson left us laughter and love. >> a lot of people talking about this online. if you haven't checked, you'll see it soon.