news 4 today starts now. >> right now, as we come up on 6:00, an outpouring of mixed emotions following the dead of fidel castro, as cubans on the island lasting change. we look at what is to come. a scam is what president-elect donald trump is calling the latest effort at a recount of votes in decision 2016. we're going to tell you who is joining the fight. suspects still on the run this morning after a barbershop robbery turns into a nearby shooting. we have all the details we'll fill you in on this sunday morning. good morning. i'm david culver. adam enjoying time off with the

it is a busy one at that. first, we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, who has more on our holiday weekend and the forecast. >> we are starting off with a clear sky, gorgeous crescent moon hanging in the eastern sky at dawn this sunday. sun rise is an hour away. you can see easily the beautiful view of the crescent moon over the city. a few clouds there. beginning to show up on the eastern horizon on this sunday morning. it is cold. we're near 30 degrees in the rural areas. nearby suburbs, in the mid 30s. 40 degrees in washington. right around the bay, it's in the upper 30s, near 40 degrees. all dry on storm team 4 radar. won't have any travel problems anywhere along the atlantic sea board throughout the day. a look at chances for

we are following breaking news out of new orleans, where ten people were shot on bourbon street. one of those people has died. the victims range in age from 20 to 37 years old. it is not known how the shooting broke out. police have arrested two people with guns, but it's not clear if they are responsible for that shooting. now to fidel castro and the impact of his death. it is resonating around the world this morning. >> while cuban exiles are celebrating in the streets of miami, cuban-american politicians are condemning castro's condemning 50-year regime. >> reporter: a bittersweet celebration in havana, with thousands cheering the death of the cuban dictator, fidel castro. many are wishing some of their relatives and friends who escaped the regime lived long enough to see this day. >> tears of? >> joy and sadness at the same

apart. millions fled the island as the communist dictaor seized property and silenced the press. >> he destroyed families, a country, practically a culture. >> reporter: cuban-american leaders in congress agree. >> he was a murderer who brought suffering to the 11 million people of cuban. he shouldn't be revered. he should be reviled. >> all that it sadness, tragedy and death. that is the legacy of fidel castro. >> reporter: president obama was measured, saying history will record and judge the impact of of singular figure on the world and people around him. donald trump said, fidel castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft and the denial of

castro's brother is president, 85, and said he'll retire in 2018. >> hopefully, we will have a future democracy in cuba, and i'll be able to go back and visit the land of my birth. >> reporter: a glimmer of hope that didn't exist before. nbc news, new york. castro's death left many conflicted. some called him a dictator. others remembered him figure who wasn't stoodfu memories for cuban-americans who live in our area. >> my grandfather, may his soul rest in peace, he was assassinated by the castros because he had been a sergeant for the army. >> he was a horrible dictator. but when fidel came in and he said, oh, i'm going to do this and i'm going to make life fair

>> the woman you heard from one 9 when she was separated from her family. she came here through the peter pan mission. she went through foster care before reunited with her parents. given my families roots on the island nation, i've become familiar with significant places that will be paying tribute to castro. tuesday night at 7:00, cubans will gather at this location. it is the revolutionary square. you see statues and images of other revolutionary figures. from there, the cremated remains of castro will go across the country. cuba would be the eighth largest state if it were part of the

three days is how long it'll take to go from havana in the west to the east. castro will be buried at that cemetery, the same where a famed revolutionary is buried. the cuban boy found floating off the coast of florida in 1999, his mother and cubans were trying he was the only survivor and eventually returned to his father and other family in cuba. he is mourning castro's death. this was an interview yesterday. in spanish, he said, he wanted fidel to be proud of him and he saw castro as a father figure. he said fidel even attended his elementary school graduation. not everyone who knew him felt that same way. fidel castro's very own sister

dysfunction in his own family, open up our nbc washington app and search castro. at 6:06, we do want to bring you up to speed on developing news we're following. after a wild police pursuit started in maryland and ended in the district, this morning, a suspect who fired at police is on the loose. news 4's darcy spencer has more on the chaos that broke out. >> reporter: police say the suspects robbed this barbershop on and took off in a get away van. >> officers spotted a vehicle matching the description of that in the robbery. we attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle and the streak failed to stop. >> reporter: the driver of the van suddenly pulled over on sea street and literally fell out. he'd been shot. >> we know at some point, there was a gunshot going off. we don't know if it was

it was not an office-involved shooting. >> reporter: officers administered first aid to the driver and medics transported him to a hospital in critical condition. police arrested one passenger. another ran away. >> during the chase, he turned and fired a single shot at one of our officers and continued fleeing. >> we are very upset. we're very angered. >> reporter: eugene is the mayor of sea pleasant and says this could have ended in tragedy for one of his officers. >> we're thankful none of the injured in this incident. it goes to prove further the need to get guns off of the streets. it goes to show the need to support our police department. >> darcy spencer reporting there. we want to stress, police still searching for that gunman. they say they have recovered three guns from the scene. the time is 6:08. we continue to get more details about a shooting that broke out

suspects after shots rang out on carl place. at least two men were hurt, including one found unconscious with several gunshot wounds. a maryland woman died following a thanksgiving day car crash. it was on billingsley road and st. charles parkway. the driver didn't stop left the turn and another car crashed into them. another deadly crash in louden county. a pickup truck ran a red light and hit another car at the intersection of louden country and gloucester parkway on friday. all six people in the car did end up getting hurt. maria haiderian died at the adopt.

condition. a recount is about to get underway in wisconsin. hillary clinton's campaign will support the effort. jill stein raised the money. donald trump is saying it is time to accept the results and look to the future. stein is pursuing recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. find out more about what is next for president-elect trump. that's happening on "meet the 6:45. we'll get his insight, including on the death of fidel castro. that's 6:45. right now, 6:10. we look at a live look at national harbor. we'll get a check on the rest of your weekend forecast from tom kierein in a moment. also, the desperate search

four autopsies are scheduled for tomorrow after what fair bank's alaska police are calling a murder-suicide. it happened at a room in this hotel on friday. the hotel staff called police after they found a man crying in a hallway. police say the man was a family member of the victims. he was not there during the shooting. preliminary investigators say there are no signs of foul play in the death of a 9-year-old boy on the autism spectrum. the body of mcgee was founded upon yesterday morning. he was former nba player cambe's nephew. a police lieutenant says the family is thankful for the community's help despite the

efforts. they can't say enough good things about this community. and how everybody came together to help find their son. >> his family traveled to texas from connecticut for the holiday. recent terror attacks raised concerns about americans being radicalized and the problem that it is happening not only in war zones but also online. >> nbc's ronan farrow takes an exclusive look at how one tech giant is >> reporter: this may not look like the latest front in the fight against terrorism, but here at google, researchers believe they could be on to a new way to confront isis. >> the islamic state has harolded a new era in online extremism. >> reporter: green is the head of research and development at jigsaw, google's political incubator for problems.

like the 30,000 foreigners who joined isis from around the world. >> we believed that there was an opportunity to use the internet to get to those potential recruits before isis. >> reporter: they call it redirect. >> we all had the experience of searching for something like a pair of sneakers and then finding an ad for the sneakers pop up later. we have used that same principle instead to find potential consumers of isis' messages online. >> if i am a young person out there somewhere, what's the process i go through? >> so you would likely search, for example, for a term. you'd enter that and we show you an ad related to it. you'd be taken to a video like this. >> reporter: videos of religious scholars, potentially credible to isis sympathizers but

>> anything is worth trying. at least make it harder for them to save our children. >> reporter: evans' son thomas grew up in a london suburb. >> he was a normal little boy. it was happening upstairs in our bedroom. he was on his computer. >> reporter: he drifted away from family and friends and joined al shabaab. he was killed in this terrorist attack. the group used video of his death as propaganda. >> no mother should have that was awful. it was just hearing the final moments. as a mom, there was nothing i could do. >> i could have done worse. >> reporter: ahmad also fell into radicalism online. >> people need to know that anyone can become radicalized. >> he was considering a bomb attack in london but pulled back. >> what led me away from radicalism was kind of listening to more relatively moderate

discourage others. it appears some may be listening. in an eight-week pilot program, jigsaw saws redirect reached 300,000 people who watched 500,000 minutes of video. all of it aimed at undermining isis. ronan farrow, nbc news, london. so most of the shops in ellicott were open for small business saturday and they say they're back for good. four months ago, you might remember these scenes on main there was heavy flooding and actually two people died. this as cars were swept away. the water damaged nearly 90 businesses in total. from black friday, small business saturday to cyber monday tomorrow, it turns out that a record number of americans are scooping up those deals. nbc breaks down the figures. >> reporter: thanksgiving discounts driving huge numbers

>> you get out early, get the best deals. >> reporter: online, americans shelled out $3.34 billion on black friday, up more than 11% from last year. $1.2 billion worth of merchandise purchased on mobile devices. >> wall to wall street and you see in every store window, there is a great sale taking place. that can only mean that the economy is headed in a better direction. >> reporter: but those deals did not necessarily mean more people heading to brick and more morter retailers were down. >> you want to see the boutiques stick around. gives the neighborhoods personality. >> reporter: consumers set their attention to cyber monday, said to be the biggest online shopg -- shopping day in history.

normally you can't. >> amazon hawking at least 75,000 different discounts. analysts predict $4 billion will be dolled out on monday. >> so you're going to see more retailers putting together strategies that kind of converge both the online shopping and the physical store shopping. >> reporter: retailers covering all their bases, betting on big holiday bumps. nbc news do some more shopping. >> i still have time, right? >> yeah, you do. >> christmas eve is my deadline. >> you're one of those. one of those. well, we want to talk to tom because in addition to the nice holiday weather we're seeing, there are some changes on the way. they are needed changes, right? >> that's right, angie. we do need rain. there's a likelihood of that moving in as we get into next week. between now and then, we stay dry. off to a beautiful start this morning, though it is cold.

tower camera. you can see an exquisite crescent moon rising in the eastern sky. sunrise is just past 7:00 this morning. that's the live view from our tower camera. temperatures are near or below freezing in the rural areas. maryland and virginia, shenandoah valley, the bay and around town, hovering around 40 degrees. all dry on storm team 4 radar. no travel problems anywhere around our region. up and downth just clouds rolling across the plains. there may be a few flight delays in denver and perhaps the pacific coast, from los angeles, san francisco up to portland and seattle. there is a storm coming in there later today. our temperatures will be climbing quickly with the bright sunshine. by 10:00, the mid 40s. 2:00, the low 50s. a lighter wind today than we had yesterday.

clouds begin to roll in by 10:00. down to the low 40s. by dawn tomorrow for the monday commute, we'll be in the upper 30s and drier roads. staying dry throughout the day. a lot of clouds around for the noon hour today. low 50s. low and mid 50s during the latter part of the afternoon. sunset is 4:48. tomorrow's, 4:47. getting dark early. as we get into tuesday, that's when we have the likelihood of some rain and milder temperatures, too. into the mid 60s. then as we get we'll have it into the upper 60s with rain likely, as well. by the time the rain ends wednesday night, maybe 1.5 inches of rain in much of the region. region. drying out after that and chi crealte your perfect home. plus you'll get thirty-six month, no-interest financing. hurry, the after thanksgiving sale ends november 28th. with havertys, your home can be perfect,

i have your first 4 traffic and a look at traveling for the holidays. remember, the best thing you can do for yourself, leave as early as possible or as late as

generally, very helpful when you're traveling. if you're planning to take 95 in maryland, think of bw parkway. bottom of the beltway, you check your phone and realize there is a jam. 301 really can be a good alternate depending on where you're heading. talking about 95 in virginia. route 1, always a good idea if you're in the northern area of virginia. instead of 66, the toll road. remember route 7 if you look on your phone, again, and you're seeing big jams. 270 stinks, coming to your friends house, from your friends house, think of 15 or 353 for a shorter trip. good options for you. travel early, travel late. avoid the peak travel times and have a wonderful holiday weekend. >> thanks, melissa. 6:24. as you return to work from the holiday break, plan ahead if you

the next safe track surge ramps up tomorrow. this is on the orange and silver lines. it's going to run until december 21st. that's when trains will single track between west falls church and east falls church. trains going to run every 20 minutes. there are millions of artifacts in the smithsonian's vast collection, but because of lack of space, scores of them can't be put on display. >> a lot of people, when i tell them this, they're surprised to learn there are these millions of treasures that are behi effort to share these rarely seen items with the rest of the world. >> reporter: when you think secret treasures and museum collections, the end of "raiders of the lost ark" likely comes to mind. in maryland, we discover a similar scene, but unlike the movie, the history score edstor here is real and not to be forgotten. >> when you've been here a

james oakley walks these floors every day. >> go to sleep, old friend. >> reporter: 1830 carriage, evel knievel's bike, the original chairs from "meet the press," 30 million objects stored in the smithsonian's heavily guarded off-site facility. most of the items won't go on display. >> kind of read up on some of those thing >> reporter: that old race car? it went a mile in 43 seconds in 1904. >> the key is to try to fill it out. >> reporter: from fonzy's jacket, the president's bracket to the count. >> we're in the forever business. >> reporter: the museum of american history is serious about preservation. >> sometimes you keep things in dark, certain climate conditions, so when it comes time for researchers to look at

condition. >> kind of chilly. >> it is chilly. i say as a historian, you have to be ready to be cold. >> reporter: in medical collections, drawers and shelves protect surgical tools of the revolutionary war. the first artificial heart. a condom dispenser from the '40s, reflecting the culture of the time. >> there is this idea of stop disease and using condoms solely to prevent disease. you don't want to use condoms to >> reporter: associate curator diane says the artifacts are researched. >> coca-cola started as a pharmaceutical drink. it was invented by an atlanta pharmacist in the 1880s. >> reporter: hard to believe this urn is one of thousands of nuggets in the room in holding.

will be locked away. thanks to technology, you have a chance to see the hidden history. >> the institution is putting a huge amount of effort toward getting these collections digitized, which means they're getting out to the public. they're getting out to researchers all over the world. >> reporter: rachel anderson spends hours studying and photographing n captures differ and does it quickly. >> so the object didn't to more heat and light than it has to be. >> reporter: the team added 2100 objects to the growing digital library. it took them six months and there are thousands more to go. >> it is a big undertaking. >> it is. we keep chipping away at it. what we're engaged in is a preservation effort. a documentation effort. and it is an accessibility effort. >> reporter: there is a conservation component, too.

>> reporter: across a quiet hall, we find a whole other world of labs, workstations and talent with the right touch. figures fill the room of the costume conservator. it keeps history in shape. treatments make the most iconic characters golden. it is a rare look at the collective effort to care for american treasures out of sight. keeping in mind all may have a chance e >> really cool. >> i know. this was one of my favorite assignments, going out there. there is more raw material i wish i could put in the story. there is another way you can see more of the smithsonian artifacts that visitors don't see in the museums on the museum floor. visit the nbc washington app. search history. we have both stories post there had. >> your other story, you had even the joke file. >> 5,000 of her jokes in this

it was fascinating. >> check that out. really neat stuff there. your time right now is 6:39. a lot more. we're starting right now on news 4 today. coming up on 6:30 this sunday morning. mourning has begun for fidel castro. the leader of the cuban revolution died at 90. we'll see what's next following his looking for a man who say they shot at them after an armed robbery and police chase. other suspects were arrested, including the driver of the get away car who had a gunshot injury. hillary clinton's campaign will back jill stein's effort to recount in wisconsin. the green party candidate raised the money. the recount is set to start later this week. >> announcer: news 4 starts now.

adam has the morning off. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. maybe you're traveling today or shopping, on maybe you are decorating the house. if you are, you'll be fine. >> let's check in with tom kierein, tracking the forecast for you on this sunday morning. good morning, tom. >> morning. off to a clear and cold start on this sunday morning. we've got a light wind. in that clear sky off to the east, the storm team 4 tow camera looking at a crescent moon. the glow there on the eastern horizon. the sunrise is coming up a little more than a half hour. we'll have that bright sun coming up in a blue sky. temperatures right now are down to just the upper 20s to low 30s. much of maryland and virginia. nearby suburbs are near freezing. around the bay, 40 degrees on this sunday morning. temperatures will be climbing to

by 1:00. ought to hit the 50s by the afternoon. we'll have a lighter breeze today than yesterday. right now, storm team 4 radar, all dry. don't have any travel problems anywhere around our region or anywhere up and down the atlantic seaboard. good travel weather, as a lot of folks are heading home from the thanksgiving weekend. it is now coming to a close on this sunday. look at some needed rain on the way. chances for that is in a few minutes. now to the death of fidel castro. right now, the country is starting its second of nine days of mourning. the leader of the 1959 cuban revolution dying friday night at age 90. on the island nation, some people have been finding comfort inside churches, public events called off and businesses shut down. funeral plans call for castro's ashes to travel across the island.

place in this location right here, the revolutionary square. his ashes will be buried december 4th in the island's second largest city. around the world, people are remembering fidel castro. to some, he was a hero of the cuban people. to others, a tyrant. a vigil was held in paris last night. a group gathered in front of the statue of the latin american independence leader. confrontation between castro supporters and detractors. the tensions erupted at the cuban embassy, where dozens of people were gathered. police eventually had to step in to calm things down. in latin american, castro supporters in bueno ares left messages.

>> i want to offer our deepest condolences on the death of fidel castro, to the castro family and the people of cuba. >> that response is getting a lot of reaction online. in the middle east, here, palestinians also mourning fidel castro's death. the late palestinian -- arrafat, visited cuba. we'll be talking with chuck todd in a few minutes. you can search our nbc washington app for more. the largest fire fighting aircraft was called in to help extinguish the flames that broke

blame for spreading this fire. when it comes to ride sharing services, things like uber and lift, which is safer? it turns out there is a difference. both companies do background checks but lyft goes further, doing things like an in-person interview. also car inspections. one driver who works for both companies likes that. >> pretty important, just because i know somebody put eyeballs on who the >> it appears neither company requires drivers to take care of recalls. on average, 20% of drivers don't bother to fix the problematic part. riders, be sure to compare the driver's picture and make of car to the app before you get in. we've done many stories like that. >> can be dangerous. >> yes. 6:35. nbc 4 working for you. responding to a dent dilemma. a woman paid extra for a dent

it, her claim was denied. that's when she turned to susan hogan for help. >> reporter: mary of bethesda loves her car. and all the bells and whistles that come with it. and to keep her car looking like new, mary says the car salesman sold her a third-party dent and ding policy for over $500. when m >> it wasn't even a dent. it was more like an impression. >> reporter: she sent the warrant company pictures of the dent. shortly after, it denied her claim because the dent, according to the company, was in excess of the 4 inch threshold. >> it was hard to see exactly where the diameter was. >> reporter: she brought it to the dealership who sold her the warrant. mary was convinced once they saw the dent, they'd agree it should

>> the service manager came back and said, you aren't covered. it's more than 4 inches. come talk to our body person, body manager. >> reporter: then, according to mary, the person she thought was the body manager offered her a deal. >> the man said, nope. we don't have the ability to fix this under your policy. but if you will pay cash, $1,000, i will be able to writing? >> well, he did. >> reporter: he gave her his business card, an auto body shop located nearby. >> on the back, he wrote, $1,000. >> reporter: the words "perfect, like new." >> i was floored. >> reporter: over the next several months, mary and her husband reached out to the dealership for an explanation. >> no response. no response whatsoever. >> reporter: that's when mary

hogan magic being performed. we said, that's what we need to do. >> reporter: we contacted the general manager of the dealership who immediately responded to mary. >> within a matter of hours, the general manager called us and said, get over here. we're going to make this right. >> reporter: and they did. according to mary, it took the mechanic a few moments to pop the dent back into place. as for this deal wren called the name on the card. he told us he's not an employee of the dealership. he was just there to buy parts and offered to fix the dent. the general manager of the dealership referred us to his corporate office, which sent us this e-mail statement, saying, after careful review and consideration we respectfully decline to comment. however, mary has plenty to say. >> it shouldn't have taken five months to make it right.

>> susan hogan reporting there. she says as for these added warrants, while they sound like a deal, take the time to read the fine print. make sure the list of what is covered is longer than what is not. someone waking up a multi-millionaire this morning. they may not even know it. >> these stories are depressing. they really are. i'm over it. last night, a single powerbalti tennessee. >> is adam in tennessee? >> north carolina. >> whoever won is happy to know the jackpot totals $421 million. wow. >> all right. congratulations. a lot of new local shops in northwest d.c. enjoyed small business standard. it also is the place where d.c. major kicked off the shopping holiday.

in bathesda, business owners were excited about the foot traffic. >> it's people knowing about the community and what small shops are here. and we're one of those, just a small neighborhood shop. so today is super important. >> small business saturday has been encouraging people to shop local for seven years strong now. holiday shoppers are also turning to the web to snag big deals in record fahi check it out. the tracking company, adobe, says customers spent more than $3 billion shopping online on black friday. that's an increase of nearly 22% from last year. the company suggests the increase in online sales shows customers' desire to avoid waiting through packed malls and stores. i think marketers also stepped up their game. i got like 1,000 e-mails from different companies all over the place. >> determined to get people

shopping to be doing today, or perhaps you want to head out and pick up your christmas tree. we're going to check in with tom kierein to break down the forecast and see how it'll cooperate for you. folks flying home for the holidays may get a welcome treat. in the tsa line, we'll tell you all about it next. good morng.ni ??

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need to layer up if you're headed out to get exercise today. temperatures by 9:00 will be in the low 40s. lot of sun with a light wind. low 50s by mid afternoon. look at our next chance for rain in a few minutes. 6:44 right now. the death of fidel castro is bringing different reaction from our current president and president-elect. >> we want to get to "meet the press" moderator, chuck todd, a man from miami. you have perspective on this, i'm sure. good morning to you.

reaction. because president obama released a statement where he was offering a hand of friendship to the cuban people. also sending condolences to the castro family. we saw the tweet from donald trump, declaring castro was dead. he followed it up with castro being a legacy of firing squads and theft. >> right. >> such a contrast. any indication the president-elect, once in office, that he plans to continue this effort to try too relations with cuba? >> it is unknown at this point. it depends on when you've seen trump on the trail, there were times when he talked about, hey, 50 years is enough. it is time to move on. then as the campaign, when he'd get more political in florida, he'd talk about -- he would slip into more traditional republican campaign talking points. in south florida, if you were trying to win the cuban exile votes, for instance.

information on kellyanne conway and marco rubio. i think rubio will be impact on donald trump on this. one hand, he said he'd like to roll back some of the changes that president obama made but not all of them either. so i think that there's going to be some changes but it is not going to be a full rollback. >> what do you make of president obama's statement? a lot of cuban-americans feel it didn't go far enough, in calling him at >> i'll say the same thing about this statement as i will say about his initial speech when he announced the normalizing. he doesn't have anybody from south florida reading his speeches or his statements. i think the lack of mention of the cuban exile community or the lack of mention of the word oppression, just look how nancy pelosi wrote her statement. she talked about the brutality of the castro regime and, at the

moment in time, we're turning a page to try to forge a new path, a different path. >> right. >> you know, look, i've talked to people at the white house, trying to figure out why that statement was as tepid as it was. they say that's exactly what the castro regime would want, is more fire, more rhetoric and we don't want to feed into the notion. but it seems as if they went to one extreme. again, i go back to, it is clear to me that nobody who lived in miami and grew up with that speech. >> he's not writing to that audience. >> nope. not at all. >> i think he mentioned the quote, that history will judge his impact. >> mm-hmm. >> speaking of nancy pelosi, you have congressman tim ryan on the show today, who is on this quest to unseat pelosi. after the shocking outcome of the election, as far as his push to really target the working class, i mean, and really shake

traction at this point? >> look, i think for tim ryan's politics, it is gaining traction. tim ryan is somebody many democrats would like to see run for governor of ohio. nancy pelosi is baggage if you are a democrat and try to run statewide and you are a house democrat. this whole gambit looks like good politics for tim ryan. run against pelosi, probably won't defeat her. if he runs for governor of ohio and critics say he's an anti-pelosi, he can say, i ran against her. this is healthy for the party. i am surprised that nancy pelosi is as safe as she is. she shouldn't be this safe. this is a decade of failure politically for the house democrats. why she has not been essentially punished for this has always been a head scratcher for me. >> chuck todd, a show to watch. "meet the press "at 10:30, right

back home this holiday weekend, things should be going more smoothly for airline passengers who signed up and paid for tsa pre-check clearance. many people who end up in pre-check lines never actually signed up for it. they didn't get to submit personal information, get fingerprinted or pay that $85 it cost to get on the list. as nbc's scott friedman reports, it has travelers and security experts >> i've been lucky. >> reporter: you might call it the pre-check lottery. >> checked in and showed up on my boarding pass. >> almost every time it is on my boarding pass. >> reporter: these passengers never joined pre-check and didn't pay the $80 fee, never fingerprinted or were background checked. >> you didn't sign up for the program? >> no. >> reporter: at the airport, they can use it for the day. >> were you surprised to get it? >> it is a nice surprise.

you're about to give -- >> reporter: last summer, the tsa director seemed to tell congress tsa was no longer allowing random passengers to use pre-check. >> we discontinued the practice of arbitrarily assigning and randomly assigning people from an unknown population into the expedited population. that was managed inclusion. that pushed a lot of people back to the standard screening lanes. >> reporter: he meant tsa stopped doing this, using ipads that picked people were precheck, but quietly, tsa has been using other methods of moving regular passengers to pre-check lanes in an effort to reduce long lines. tsa takes the information you enter when you buy a plane ticket and run a risk profile, looking at things like your previous travel history and how you bought the ticket. people deemed to be lower risk are given precheck on their boarding pass. that's not the same comprehensive background check

use pre-check without complete vetting may not be the best thing. >> in an ideal world, you would not. if we had the ideal situation here, we would not. >> reporter: airport security consultant jeff price says the concern is pre-check passengers go through metal detecters that only detect metal, not body imageers that also detect explosives. >> if you're going to put people through a lower than you would the general public. >> reporter: giving regular passengers status is a temporary approach. our long-term goal is to have a fully vetted traveling population in the pre-check lanes. we continue to work toward that goal. in the meantime, tsa says it has complete confidence in the current system and that enabling other lower risk travelers to

flight by flight basis allows them to focus more attention on those requiring more scrutiny. >> the agencies making the judgment that that is a risk profile that is acceptable. >> reporter: tom blank says moving some passengers to pre-check can reduce long lines and become a target for terrorists. >> it is a balaning thing. i don't think you'll find tsa for pre-check passengers only. >> reporter: some pre-check members complain all of those non-members slow down the fast lane because they don't know to leave their shoes on and laptops and liquids in bags in pre-check. >> all they do is hold up all the people that have experience with it. it messes everything up. >> reporter: a battle over convenience, security and who belongs in the fast lane. >> sometimes a little bit of

went through a background check and took time out of my day to be in this line and you got here for whatever random reason you were chosen. >> tsa admits when the lines get long, there are times when it moves people from the regular lines to pre-check without any information about the passengers. in those cases, the tsa brings in bomb sniffing dogs for an extra level of screening. that's comforting to know. >> a lot of folks headed to the airport this morning. should they the day? >> good flying weather. we have a cold start. a clear sky this morning. for the day ahead, we'll have our temperatures climbing into the 40s by mid-morning. then by early afternoon, the low 50s. hovering in the low 50s for a couple of hours, between 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. light wind, lots of sunshine. clouds roll in tonight, back to the low 40s by late this evening and by dawn tomorrow, we'll be in the upper 30s.

clouds midday, low 50s. mid 50s mid afternoon, we do have a likelihood of needed rain moving in on tuesday, as well as, again on wednesday. highs in the 60s both of those days. drying out after that into thursday and friday. thursday, the first day of

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still to come on this sunday morning, we look at what's to come following the death of fidel castro. also, a barbershop robbery turned shooting. and tom says there are changes in the forecast. we need them. >> news 4 today at 7:00 starts next. ??

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news 4 today starts now. right now, an outpouring of mixed emotions following the death of fidel castro, as cubans on the island mourn. cuban-americans hoping for lasting change. we look at what's to come. a scam is what president-elect donald trump is calling the latest effort at a 2016. we'll tell you who is joining in on the fight. a suspect on the run after a barbershop robbery turns into a shooting. we'll fill you in on the details we're getting in. at 7:00, welcome into news 4 this today on this sunday morning. adam tuss has the morning off. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. some of you may be waking up, packing the bags, heading out and fly back home. >> or maybe if you're in town

either way, we'll check in with meteorologist tom kierein now for a look at the sunday forecast. >> good morning. off to a clear and cold start on this sunday morning. great travel weather all around the region under the clear sky. live view showing a pretty, pink, pastel blue sunrise underway. the sun will be getting over the horizon in a couple minutes. sunrise is at temperatures near freezing in the suburbs and rural areas. in town, 30 and near the bay waters, 40s. no rain or snow anywhere in the vicinity. all around our region, we're going to stay dry here. up and down the atlantic seaboard, no travel problems. if you're heading out west, there may be a few flight delays around denver, getting rain and snow there, and along the pacific coast, there is rain.

francisco, maybe los angeles later today. a look at our chances for rain is coming up this half hour. >> thanks, tom. we'll check in then. now to fidel castro's death and the impact it is having around the world this morning. >> cuban exiles are celebrating in the streets of miami. cuban-american politics are condemning castro's oppressing 50-year regime. a bittersweet celebration continued saturday night in miami's little havana with thousands cheeringhe era and the death of cuban dictator fidel castro. many are left wishing relatives and friends who escaped the regime lived long enough to see this day. >> tears of? >> joy and sadness at the same time. >> reporter: castro's rise to power in 1959 tore families apart. millions fled the island as the communist dictator seized property, silenced the press. >> he destroyed families. he destroyed a country.

leaders in congress agree. >> he was a sadistic murderer who brought suffering to the 11 million people of cuba. he should not be revered. he should be reviled. >> all that it has caused, his sadness, tragedy, death, terrific and narco trafficking. that is the legacy of fidel castro. >> reporter: president obama said history will judge the on the world and people around him. president-elect trump said his legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginablesuffering and refusal of human rights. fidel's brother is president but says he'll retire in 2018. >> hopefully we'll have a democracy in cuba and i'll be able to visit the land of my

for the army. >> castro was not a good man. he was a horrible dictator. but when fidel came in and he said, oh, i'm going to do this and i'm going to, you know, make life fair for everyone, everyone wants to hear those words. >> the woman there was just 9 when she was separated from her family. her parents sent her and her sister to miami.

parents. news 4 made several trips to cuba in the last few years. given my family's roots on the island nation, i became familiar with the significant locations tributes will be paid to castro. the first gathering will be here in havana, the country's capital. it'll be tuesday night at 7:00. cubans will gather at the revolutionary square. around it, several statues and figures of the revolutionary heros. from the cuban perspective, of course. from there, the cremated remains of castro will be taken across the country. cuba would be the eighth largest state if it was part of the u.s., so it'll take three days to go from havana in the west to the east. castro will be buried in santiago. it is the place where a famed

gonzalez was a cuban boy found floating on an intertube off the florida coast in 1999. his mother and other cubans were trying to get to the united states from the island. he was the only survivor and eventually returned to his heatr and grandfathe paraphegra. this was an interview that aired on cuban state television yesterday. speaking in spanish, he sd wanted castro to be part of him and saw castro as a father figure. castro even attended his elementary school graduation. not everyone who knew him felt the same way. fidel castro's sister called him a monster. for more on the conflict and dysfunction in his own family, open up our nbc washington app and search castro. at 7:06 on this sunday, we

started in maryland and ended in the district. this morning, a suspect who fired at police is on the loose. news 4's darcy spencer has more on the chaos that broke out. >> reporter: police say the suspects robbed this barbershop on mlk highway in sea pleasant and took off in a get away van. >> the officers spotted a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle listed in the robbery. we attempted to conduct a traffic stoon the vehicle failed to stop. >> reporter: sea pleasant police chased the van for about a mile into southeast washington. the driver of the van suddenly pulled over and fell out. he'd been shot. >> we know at some point there was a gunshot going off. we don't know if it was self-inflicted or inflicted by another suspect in the vehicle or not. it was not an officer-involved shooting. >> reporter: officers administered first aid to the driver and he was transported to

>> he turned and fired a single shot at one of our officers and continued fleeing. >> we are very upset. we're very angered. >> reporter: eugene grant is the major of sea pleasant. he says this could have ended in tragedy for one of his officers. >> we're thankful none of our officers were shot, killed or injured in the incident. it proves further the need to get guns off the streets. it goes to show the need to srt darcy spencer with that report right there. police are still searching for the gunman. they've recovered three guns from the scene. we are learning some more details now about a shooting that broke out in northeast d.c. last night. d.c. police still looking for the suspects after shots rang out on carl place off of division avenue.

a maryland woman died following a thanksgiving dakar crash. he was a passenger on the crash on st. charles parkway and billingsley road. the driver of the car she was in didn't stop making a left turn. another car slammed into theirs. two people were also taken to the hospital. a driver facing charges after a deadly clash in louden county. police say a pickup truck ran a the intersection of louden county parkway and gloucester parkway on friday. all six people in the car was hurt. maria haideraian died later at the hospital. two other little girls remain in serious condition. a recount is about to get underway in wisconsin later this week. hillary clinton's campaign intends to back the effort. this was spearheaded by green party presidential candidate jill stein who raised money for the recount.

is time to accept the results and look to the future. stein is also pursuing recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. find out more about the recount and what is next for president-elect trump. all that on "meet the press" this morning with chuck todd at 10:30. moving right along in the 7:00 a.m. hour. we'll get a check on the rest of your weekend forecast from tom kierein in just a moment. also ahead, the latest on the desperate search for a missing boy.

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four autopsies scheduled for tomorrow after what police in fair bank, alaska, is calling a murder-suicide. it happened in a room at this hotel on friday. the hotel staff called police after finding a man crying in a hallway. the man directed them to the

shootings. police say their preliminary investigation points to a 22-year-old as the gunman. there's no known motive. investigators say there are no signs of foul play in the death of a 9-year-old boy. he was on the autism spectrum. texas police say the body of mcgee was found in a pond yesterday morning. he was the nephew of former nba player, marcus cambe. he was reported missing after the family's celebration on the boy's family is thankful for the community's help despite the tragic end. >> very appreciative of all our efforts. they can't say enough good things about this community. and how everybody came together to help find their son. >> his family traveled to texas from connecticut for the holiday. recent terror attacks have raised concerns about americans being radicalized. the problem is that it is not

nbc's ronan farrow has an exclusive look at how one tech giant is fighting back. >> reporter: this may not look like the latest front in the fight against terrorism, but here at google, researchers believe they could be on to a new way to confront isis. >> the islamic state has harolded a new era in online extremism. >> reporter: green is the head of research and development t the latest problem? bedroom radicals. people drawn into extremism online. like the 30,000 foreigners who joined isis from around the world. >> we believed that there was an opportunity to use the internet to get to those potential recruits before isis. >> reporter: they call it redirect. >> we all had the experience of searching for something like a pair of sneakers and then finding an ad for the sneakers pop up later. we have used that same principle

>> if i am a young person out there somewhere, maybe sympathetic to joining isis, what's the process i go through? >> so you would likely search, for example, for a term. martyrdom for allah. you'd enter that and we show you an ad related to it. you'd be taken ta o devio like this. >> reporter: videos of religious scholars, potentially credible preaching against isis, not supporting it. >> anything is worth trying. isn't it? at least make it harder for them to save our children. >> reporter: evans' son thomas grew up in a london suburb. >> he was a normal little boy. it was happening upstairs in our bedroom. he was on his computer. >> reporter: he drifted away from family and friends and joined al shabaab. he was killed in this terrorist

death as propaganda. >> no mother should have to see that. that was awful. it was just hearing the final moments. as a mom, there was nothing i could do. >> i could have done worse. >> reporter: ahmad also fell into radicalism online. >> people need to know that anyone can become radicalized. >> he was considering a bomb attack in london but pulled back. >> what led me away from to more relatively moderate scholars. >> reporter: he was not a part of redirect, but thinks it could discourage others. it appears some may be listening. in an eight-week pilot program, jigsaw saws redirect reached 300,000 people who watched 500,000 minutes of video. all of it aimed at undermining isis. ronan farrow, nbc news, london. 7:16. we're going to look ahead to

if you're headed out to pick up the christmas tree, we'll have

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you know they are full of leaves. your gutters, that is. this is going to be a great day to take care of that. you want to do this before the rain arrives on tuesday. we'll have light breezes today. sunshine.

afternoon. tomorrow will be a good day to don't, as well. a look at chances for rain midweek is and warmer weather on the way is coming in a few minutes. now on news 4, most of the shops in ellicott city back open for small business saturday yesterday. they say they're back for good. it was just four months ago when main street flooded, killing two people, sweeping away cars. the water damaged nearly 90 businesses. for black friday toma monday, happening tomorrow, it turns out a record number of americans are scooping up those deals. nbc breaks down the figures. >> reporter: thanksgiving discounts driving huge numbers of shoppers to open their wallets this holiday weekend. >> i saved about $500. >> you get out early, get the best deals. >> reporter: online, americans shelled out $3.34 billion on black friday, up more than 11% from last year. $1.2 billion worth of

devices. >> wall to wall traffic and you see in every store window, there is a great sale taking place. that can only mean that the economy is headed in a better direction. >> reporter: but those deals did not necessarily mean more people heading to stores. shopper trak says visits to brick and mortar retailers were down 1% from last year. shoppers >> you want to see the boutiques stick around. gives the neighborhoods personality. >> reporter: consumers set their attention to cyber monday, said to be the biggest online shopping day in history. >> a brand, 40% off, that normally you can't. >> amazon hawking at least 75,000 different discounts. analysts predict $4 billion will be dolled out on monday. with brands leveraging this

>> so you're going to see more retailers putting together strategies that kind of converge both the online shopping and the physical store shopping. >> reporter: retailers covering all their bases, betting on big holiday bumps. nbc news. we've got a warmup on the way, huh? >> we could use it. >> yeah. >> it's cold now. >> chilly this morning. >> gorgeous scene behind us. that is a live view throughout our video window here this morning. we have a clear sky. sun 7:04, so 10, 15 minutes or so. that's a live view from the storm team 4 city camera on this sunday morning. a clear sky all around the region. we do have a chill in the air. temperatures are near freezing in much of the area. another view of the sunrise. the live view from our storm team 4 tower camera. the sun is jumping up in that blue sky. we'll have our temperatures getting out of the 30s and into the 40s here in another couple hours. storm team 4 radar, all dry here

seaboard. no travel problems, just lake-effect snow showers in upstate new york. temperatures are hovering near freezing in nearby suburbs. mid and upper 30s around the bay. shenandoah valley and mown tear -- mountains, near freezing. by 10:00, the mid 40s. 2:00, low 50s. hovering in the low 50s until upper 30s early in the morning on monday. dry roads through the day. low 50s by noontime. mid 50s mid afternoon. by the time you're heading home, we'll be in the low 50s tomorrow afternoon, getting back to work and school on monday. then on tuesday, here comes the rain. we'll have occasional showers and mild temperatures, low to mid 60s. another surge of rain moves in on wednesday. temperatures in the upper 60s. we are dry.

might pick up 1.5 inch of rain tuesday and wednesday. thursday, sunshine near 60. chillier after that but dry into next weekend. that's the way it looks. >> 68, wow. well, it is an early christmas gift for a lucky powerball player.

this morning, someone is a new powerball winner. last night, a single ticket matched all the winning numbers for a prize of $421 million. unfortunately for us, the ticket was sold in tennessee. the jackpot is the 11th largest on record. 7:27 on sunday. a good day to head out, pick up the christmas tree. we'll break down your holiday shopping forecast as you head outside. beautiful shot of the national mall. we'll check in with meteorologist tom kierein next.

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it is 7:30 on this sunday morning. cuba has begun nine days of rn the leader of the cuban revolution dying friday night at 90. we're going to look at what's next following his death. seat pleasant police are looking for a man who shot at them after a armed robbery and a get away. clinton's campaign will back jill stein's recount effort in wisconsin. the green party candidate raised

on this sunday, november 27th, welcome back to news 4 today. i'm david culver. adam enjoying the morning off. >> i'm angie goff. i wonder if everybody has broken out of their food coma from the last few days. >> i don't know. i'm still feeling it a bit. >> eating the leftovers in. >> no. i finished those. >> polished it off. >> nothing is left over. >> all right. well, some of you may be trying to exercise out today. >> is that what you were trying to hint. >> no, you don't need to. you look great. forecast. this morning, you might need to layer up. >> absolutely. saw a lot of people running and jogging yesterday and more will today. it is cold. here's a live view overlooking northwest washington in the foreground. illuminated the rusty brown colors of late november under a blue sky. lots of sunshine throughout the day and lighter breezes than we

from the mountains all the way to the bay. right on the waters though, mid and upper 30s. reagan national is at 40 degrees. temperatures will be into the mid 40s by 10:00. by noon, upper 40s. hovering in the low 50s by the middle part of the afternoon with lots of sunshine. a look at needed rain on the way coming up this half hour. >> tom, thanks. now to the death of fidel castro. right now, the country is starting its second of nine days of mourning. the leader of the 1959 the age of 90. on the island nation, some people have been looking for comfort inside of churches. public events were called off and many businesses shut down. funeral plans call for castro's ashes to travel across the island. that'll happen after a public gathering scheduled for tuesday night in havana's revolutionary square, the plaza you see there. his ashes will be buried

second largest city. around the world, people are remembering castro. to some, he was a hero of the cuban people. to overs, a vigilant. in paris, there was a tribute to honor the figure. they gathered around the statue of a latin american revolutionary leader. in spain, there was a verbal confrontation between castro supporters and detractors. tensions erupting at the cuban embassy where dozens gathered. police had to step in to calm supporters left messages on the gates of the cuban embassy there. canadian prime minister trudeau offering his condolences while speaking at a summit in madagascar. >> on behalf of sophie, our children and myself, as well as all canadians, i want to offer our deepest condolences on the death of fidel castro, to the castro family and to the people of cuba. >> that response is getting a lot of reaction on social media

in the middle east, as you see here, palestinians also mourning fidel castro's death. the late palestinian leader, arrafat visited. we'll get more from "meet the press"'s chuck todd. in the meantime, read the latest and see recent coverage down in cuba. we made five trips down there. search castro in our nbc washington app. in other news, the look at this thing, working to battle raging wildfires in israel. yesterday, the u.s. boeing supertanker was called in to extinguish flames to broke out last week near jerusalem. the plane can carry 75 tons of fire retardant. investigators think arson is to blame for this fire that continues to spread. when it comes to those ride sharing services, things like

both companies do background checks, but lyft goes further, doing things like an in-person interview, car inspections, as well. one driver who works for both companies likes that. >> pretty important. just because i know someone put eyeballs on who the driver is. >> but it appears that neither company requires drivers to take care of car recalls. so if there is something faulty with their car. on average, 20% bother to fix the problematic part. riders, be sure to compare the driver's picture and make of car in the app before you open that door and get in. nbc 4 is working for you. responding to a dent dilemma. a maryland woman paid extra for a dent and ding policy, for her brand-new car. when she needed to cash in on it, the claim was denied. that's when she turned to news 4 consumer reporter susan hogan

>> reporter: mary snitch of bethesda loves her car. and all the bells and whistles that come with it. and to keep her car looking like new, mary says the car salesman sold her a third-party dent and ding policy for $580. when mary noticed the dent, she said, no problem, she's covered. >> it wasn't even a dent. it was more like an impression. >> reporter: she sent the warrant company pictures of the dent. shortly after, it denied her claim because the dent, according to the company, was in excess of the 4 inch threshold. >> it was hard to see exactly where the diameter was. >> reporter: she brought it to the dealership who sold her the warranty. mary was convinced once they saw the dent, they'd agree it should be covered. mary was wrong. >> the service manager came back and said, you aren't covered. it's more than 4 inches. come talk to our body person,

the body manager offered her a deal. >> the man said, nope. we don't have the ability to fix this under your policy. but if you will pay cash, $1,000, i will be able to fix it like new. >> did he give you anything in writing? >> well, he did. >> reporter: he gave her his business card, an auto body shop located nearby. >> reporter: the words "perfect, like new." >> i was floored. >> reporter: over the next several months, mary and her husband reached out to the dealership for an explanation. >> no response. no response whatsoever. >> reporter: that's when mary called nbc 4 responds. >> we've been watching the susan hogan magic being performed. we said, that's what we need to do. >> reporter: we contacted the general manager of the dealership who immediately

>> within a matter of hours, the general manager called us and said, get over here. we're going to make this right. >> reporter: and they did. according to mary, it took the mechanic a few moments to pop the dent back into place. as for this deal written on the back of the business card, we called the name on the card. he told us he's not an employee of the dealership. he was just there to buy parts and offered to fix the dent. the general manager of the dealership referred us to his corporate office, which sent us this e-mail statement, saying, after careful review and consideration we respectfully decline to comment. however, mary has plenty to say. >> it shouldn't have taken five months to make it right. but they did make it right, and i'm very happy about that. >> susan who dpa -- hogan, the

>> i know. >> for the added warranties, you have to take the time, read the fine print and make sure what is covered is longer than what is covered. >> new local shops enjoyed small business saturday. it is also where d.c. mayor kicked off yesterday's shopping holiday. across the maryland state line in bethesda, business owners were excited about the foot community and what small shops are here. and this is one of those. we're a small neighborhood shop. today is super important. >> always great to help out our neighbors. small business saturday has been encouraging people to shop local for seven years now. holiday shoppers are also turning to the internet to snag big deals in record fashion. according to the tracking company, adobe, customers spend

online on black friday alone. that's a lot of dough. that's an increase, by the way, of nearly 22% from last year. the company suggests the increase in online sales shows customers' desire to avoid wading through packed malls and stores and also probably finding a parking space. >> we haven't hit cyber monday yet. >> that's right. 7:40 is your time on this sunday. should be a pretty good day. if you want to head out and stop by some of the small businesses or maybe even pick out your christmas tree, we'll checkin breaking down the forecast. folks flying home for the holidays may get a treat in the

returning to work half the holiday, plan ahead if you hope to take metro for your commute. the next safe trak surge ramps

until december 21st, trains will single track between west falls church and east falls church stations. trains will run every 20 minutes. a blow torch. police in washington state say that is the tool of choice used by two people who tried to break into a house. the window is now all boarded up as you take a look at the video we got into the newsroom. the men, they say, used the blow torch. the family says their teen daughter heard a noise, looked outside s they ran as soon as they saw her. police are searching for those two suspects. take you to california now. this is a store security camera capturing remarkable footage. you can see the car does not slow down as it gets close to the building. it goes right through the front windows, into the store. >> nobody working, hopefully? >> police say the driver's brakes got stuck and couldn't

closed at the time. >> wow. las vegas now. a store worker not so lucky when a car slammed through a wall at a burlington coat factory. the employees were treated at the hospital where they were trapped between a wall and a cash register. the crash was an accident after the driver mistakingly hit the gas. let's bring you back closer to home and take you outside for a live look right now. nice start to the sunday morning. many of you gearing up, headed we'll check in with tom. yeah, he's working away in the storm team 4 weather center x tracking your forecast.

good morning. if you plan on getting out, getting exercise today, need to layer up this morning. we'll be cold for another couple noontime, upper 40s. then during the afternoon, we'll be hitting the low 50s. a light wind and lots of sunshine. then some rain comes our way as we get into next week. a look at that is coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> tom, thank you. as you get ready to travel back home this holiday weekend, things should be going more smoothly for airline passengers who signed up and paid for tsa

pre-check lines never actually signed up for it. that means they didn't have to submit their personal information. they didn't have to get fingerprinted or pay the $85 it costs to get on the list in the first place. as nbc's scott friedman reports, it has travelers and security experts concerned. >> i've been lucky. >> reporter: you might call it the pre-check lottery. >> checked in and showed up on my boarding pass. >> almost every time it is on my boarding pass. >> r never joined pre-check and didn't pay the $85 fee, never fingerprinted or were background checked. >> you didn't sign up for the program? >> no. >> reporter: at the airport, they can use it for the day. >> were you surprised to get it? >> it is a nice surprise. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony -- >> reporter: last summer, the tsa director seemed to tell congress tsa was no longer allowing random passengers to use pre-check.

an unknown population into the expedited population. that was managed inclusion. that pushed a lot of people back to the standard screening lanes. >> reporter: he meant tsa stopped doing this, using ipads that randomly picked people for pre-check. but quietly, tsa has been using other methods of moving regular passengers to pre-check lanes in an effort to reduce long enter when you buy a plane ticket and run a risk profile, looking at things like your previous travel history and how you bought the ticket. people deemed to be lower risk are given pre-check on their boarding pass. that's not the same comprehensive background check conducted on official, pre-check members. some security experts say letting people using pre-check without complete vetting may not be the best thing. >> in an ideal world, you would not. if we had the ideal situation

concern is pre-check passengers go through metal detecters that only detect metal, not body imageers that also detect explosives. >> if you're going to put people through a metal detecter, ascan technologies than the imagers are, you need to trust them more than you would the average member of the public. >> reporter: tsa told us giving regular passengers pre-check status isnl approach. our long-term goal is to have a fully vetted traveling population in the pre-check lanes. we continue to work toward that goal. in the meantime, tsa says it has complete confidence in the current system and that enabling other lower risk travelers to receive expedited screening on a flight by flight basis allows tsa to focus more attention on those we have identified as

judgment that that is a risk profile that is acceptable. >> reporter: tom blank says moving some passengers to pre-check can reduce long lines which can also become a target for terrorists. >> it is a balancing thing. i don't think you'll find tsa guaranteed that pre-check line for pre-check passengers only. >> reporter: some pre-check members complain all of those non-members slow down the fast lane because they don't know to leave their shoes on and pre-check. >> all they do is hold up all the people that have experience with it. it messes everything up. >> reporter: a battle over convenience, security and who belongs in the fast lane. >> sometimes a little bit of resentment going, i paid$80 and went through a background check and took time out of my day to be in this line and you got here for whatever random reason you

today, want to know if there is good flying weather. >> and train and automobile weather. when you're running around, check the latest forecast with the nbc washington app. take a look at storm team 4 radar now. no rain in any area of the vicinity. no snow either. local travel is just fine. up and down the atlantic seaboard, it's fine. clouds in the midwest. rain and snow showers in the rockies and along the pacific coast. for us da temperatures by 10:00, in the mid 40s. by 1:00, 2:00, hovering in the low 50s. then the upper 40s by 6:00 p.m. by 10:00 tonight, the low 40s. dry today and through the day on monday. clouds around for the monday commute. 30s in the morning. noon, low 50s. 5:00, low 50s. staying dry throughout the day on monday. then some needed rain does move in on tuesday. tuesday afternoon's highs, into

here. much of maryland. the rainfall since september 1st is 6.2 inches below average in washington. another area of rain comes in on wednesday. highs in the upper 60s, too. after it ends wednesday night, the total amounts from tuesday and wednesday, maybe 1.5 inch. then we dry out on the first day of december with sunshine back, up around 60 degrees. then dry as we get into next weekend with highs in the low 50s. that's w good morning. coming up on "sunday today," president-elect trump putting together his administration this morning, while also battling on twitter with the cast of "hamilton." we'll have the latest. then a conversation with michael stipe, 25 years after the single that launched his band r.e.m. we'll talk about the band's unlikely journey to superstardom and the breakup. then a breath of fresh air

doug, the husband and wife behind the popular old fashioned toys. and harry smith with a story of a colorado town that is dimming the lights on the ground so everyone can enjoy those stars up in the sky. all that and more when we get started here mmmmm.....oohhhh... yeah....

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former leader fidel castro are continuing today. he died friday at age 90. funeral plans call for his ashes to travel across the island after a public gathering on tuesday. he's going to be buried on december 4th. seat pleasant police searching for a man who fired a gun at them following a pursuit from maryland to d.c. it was following a robbery at a barbershop. clinton's campaign backing jill stein's recount should be looking to the future. a powerball winner waking up in tennessee.

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we begin to heal our divisions. >> i won't pretend to be president-elect's biggest cheerleader. >> off the roadway. ? lovely lady ? ?? good morning, and welcome to "sunday today." cuba and the world still reacting this morning to the death of fidel castro. and preparing for a life after the brutal and i conic dictator. andrea mitch sell live in halve in for news a moment. later on a much different note we are also in the clubhouse with andy cohen, the guy who grew up fascinated by celebrity