news 4 today starts now. >> right now at 10:00, an outpouring of mixed emotions following the death of fidel castro, as cubans on the island n. here hoping for lasting change. we're going to look at what's 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. a lot to get to on this sunday morning. going to have chuck todd joining us to talk about the aftermath of fidel castro's death. first at 10:00, we welcome you in on this november 27th. adam has the morning off. i'm david culver.

the air and now is warming things up. it was chilly early on. >> that's right. now above freezing, right, tom kierein, so folks can shed at least one layer. >> yeah, at least. we're climbing well into the 40s. it was at or below freezing at dawn. now with that magical, late november sunlighting up the landscape. now, overlooking american university park in the foreground. off in the distance on the under a blue sky this sunday morning. clouds drifting from the west but don't have anything on radar. storm team 4 radar all clear. no rain. don't have any snow anywhere in our vicinity. good travel weather up and down the atlantic seaboard, from maine where they're getting rain all the way down to florida. good travel weather. good travel weather, as well, between here and the midwest. just high clouds coming in ahead of a rain system. it'll be arriving this coming week. we'll look at that this half

still out of new orleans. this is where two people are facing gun charges following a deadly shooting. shots rang out on bourbon street around 1:30 this morning. one person was killed and nine others injured. at least two dozens officers were in the area when the shooting happened. new orleans mayor says this kind of violence is unacceptable. now to the death of fidel castro and the impact it is having on really the world. while cuban exiles are celebrating on the streets of miami, cuban-american politicians are codemning what they consider to be castro's condemning 50-year regime. a bittersweet celebration continued saturday night in miami's little havana with thousands cheering the end of an 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

power in 1959 tore families apart. millions fled the island as the communist dictator seized property, silenced the press. and jailed dissidents. >> he destroyed families. he destroyed a country. he destroyed practically a culture. >> reporter: cuban-american 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 tha sadness, tragedy, death, terrific and narco trafficking, terrorism. that is the legacy of fidel castro. >> reporter: president obama said history will judge the impact of this singular figure on the world and people around him. president-elect trump said his legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering poverty and the denial of

cubans fear little will change any time soon. 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 birth. >> reporter: a glimmer of hope that didn't exist before. chris pallone, nbc news, new york. we continue to follow this developing news story. after a wild police pursuit started in maryland and ended the district. this morning, a suspect who fired at police officers 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 seat pleasant and took off in a get away van. >> officers spotted a vehicle matching the description of that

the vehicle and the vehicle failed to stop. >> reporter: the driver of the van suddenly pulled over 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 self-inflicted or by another suspect in the vehicle or not. 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. anothean 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 mayer of seat pleasant and says this could have ended in tragedy for one of his officers. >> we're thankful none of the officers were shot or killed or 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

once again, police still searching for the gunman. they recovers three guns from the scene. the sunday after thanksgiving, the second busiest travel day of the year. talking about nearly 49 million people who travel for the holiday, they're going to need to get back home in time for work and school. it starts tomorrow. news 4's derrick ward is live with what travelers should keep in mind. good morning, derrick. >> good morning again. well, this is starts to pick up. you can look for it to increase steadily over the course of this day. now, there are 1 million more people on the roads this thanksgiving season than there was last year. gas prices, take a look. gas prices are actually inching up but not enough to keep people from traveling this year. matter of fact, they're at the second lowest rate they've been over the past decade. what is it that gets people on the roads, even among these

about the economy. take a listen. >> traveling is a discretionary income matter. what we mean by that is the more comfortable you are with your check book and bank account, the more likely you are to travel. we're seeing 1 million more people travel this year than last year. we're seeing the highest level in nine years. you hato the great recession started to see more people traveling. >> and another thing you can expect to see when you travel this time of year, more trucks on the road. they'll get the goods to the stores. aaa says also this bodes well for the christmas travel season. we're looking live at 95 north. back to you. >> things are moving there. thanks, derrick. a recount is about to get underway in wisconsin this week.

it was spearheaded by green party presidential candidate jill stein, who raised money for the recount. president-elect donald trump criticizing that move, saying it is time to accept the results and look to the future. stein is also pursuing recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. we'll learn more about what is next for the president-elect on today's "meet the press," right here on nbc 4. in a few minutes, chuck todd will join us with more on what we can expect. it's 10:08 today, you may be surprised to learn what's old, what's new on the toy aisle. the time now is 10:08. you're watching news 4 today.

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great day to take the family out to a christmas tree farm. we'll have lots of sunshine and temperatures will be hovering near 50 degrees throughout the afternoon with a light breeze. you need to layer up a little bit. quite a chill in the air. a look at when rain arrives is coming up in just a couple minutes. >> thank you, tom. well, the death of fidel castro is bringing different reaction from our current

down, we have moderator of "meet the press" with us, chuck todd, with a unique perspective, being from miami. of course, watching all that. >> sure. >> what are you hearing on your end? we did see two different responses yesterday from -- >> what is unusual about it is, look, i thought president obama, he didn't have a critical word of fidel castro in his statement, which in and of itself was a shock. nancy pelosi, while talking about new relations with cuba, noted, for instance, in our statement, that this a kept political prisoners and things like that. that was a surprise. president-elect sounded more like a traditional republican has for years on cuba policy when it comes to what he said. but donald trump the candidate seemed to be more open to opening cuba up and in support of what president obama was doing. disagreeing on details of how, but basically supportive. i what will try to get clarification on this morning is how much will he roll back?

interview. and kellyanne conway is not ready to say what they'll roll back, but that he is going to try to do something. quote, unquote, strike a better deal. what that deal looks like, i don't know. i think we should point out though, it is possible raul castro puts in more changes now that fidel is dead. we don't know but it's something to watch for. >> you mentioned it a little, president obama's statement. when you look at that, what do you make of kind of dancing around some o talk? >> look, i've done some reporting on this. the white house's view is it plays into the hands of the hard liners. plays into the hands of castro if you continue to bring up some of the old criticism. >> he got upset with the president once he left after the visit. >> they didn't want to do that. but it seems as if they sort of -- seems to me they went to

announced the policy. when he officially announced the opening of the embassy that he was going to do, reopen diplomatic relations, that speech was criticized by many people in miami because it lacked an acknowledgment of so many people that either whose lives were physically harmed by castro or who had family members die at his hands, and not acknowledging that so many americans participated in that and were victims of him. it always felt as if doesn't need a cuban-american to teach him these things. but it seemed a little tone deaf for the south florida community. make that makes sense internationally. but what the south florida community wanted to hear, i don't think he has met that mark. >> all right. what else do you have coming up? >> well, we're going to talk with tim ryan, the -- trying to replace nancy pelosi as leader of the house democrats and we're going to get into the relationship with donald trump and us. we were all in the news this

frankly, we don't -- we hide from talking about that. we don't hide from it today. >> front and center. >> we'll talk about it. >> 11 minutes to get from studio here to -- >> if i crawl, i'll get there. >> you'll make it. "meet the press," 10:30 after news 4 today. thank you, chuck. as you get ready to travel back home this holiday weekend, things should be going smoothly for airline passengers who signed up and paid for tsa pre-check clearance. get this, it turns out that many pre-check lines never actually signed up for it. they didn't get to submit their personal information. they didn't get fingerprinted or pay the $85 it costs to get on that list. as nbc's scott friedman reports, it's got 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. >> reporter: these passengers

fingerprinted or background checked. >> you didn't sign up for the program? >> no. >> reporter: at the airport, they find out they can use it for a day. >> were you surprised to get it? >> it is a nice surprise. >> do you confirm the testimony you're about to give -- >> reporter: surprised us, too. last summer, the tsa director seemed to tell congress tsa was no longer allowing random >> 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 randomly picked people for pre-check, but quietly, tsa has been using other methods of moving regular passengers into pre-check lanes, in an effort to reduce long lines. tsa takes the information you

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 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 securit 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, a lower level of scanning technology than the boy imagers are, you have to be able to trust them a little more than you would an average member of the public. >> reporter: tsa told us giving regular passengers pre-check

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 requiring more scrutiny. >> the agency's making the judgment that that is a >> reporter: tom blank says moving some passengers to pre-check can reduce long lines which can be 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 laptops

>> 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 were chosen. folks heading out with shed a few layers bere >> at least we know the weather is going to be good for a drive. also, for a flight out of d.c. >> yeah, a lot of people heading home here. a big travel day on sunday. we have great weather for it. you can track the weather away from your tv with the nbc washington app. the latest forecast, look at the latest radar. now around our region, we've got a gorgeous morning underway. after that very cold start. there is reston town center. traffic there heading to and

along the dulles tollway, a few clouds. temperatures now into the 40s from the mountains to the bay. reagan national at 48 degrees. hour by hour, into the afternoon, we'll be hovering in the low 50s. flat lining in the low 50s between 1:00 and 3:00 or 4:00. back down into the 40s by 5:00 p.m. sunset today is at 4:48. nothing on storm team 4 radar. no rain or snow anywhere in the vicinity. upstate new york did get some snow and there. that's really the only travel problem far northern maine, as well. atlantic seaboard, no travel problems. but the rockies getting some rain and snow showers. maybe some flight delays around denver, as well as the pacific coast of california up to the pacific northwest as a costal storm moves in from there. temperatures during the day on monday, for the morning commute tomorrow, dry roads, good weather getting back to school and work. cloudy the rest of the day.

rain that we need arriving on tuesday. it gets much milder. we'll be into the mid 60s on tuesday afternoon. then more showers on wednesday with highs in the upper 60s. wednesday night, maybe 1.5 inches of rain. as we get to december, we'll

this sunday, the death of fidel castro, what it means for the u.s., cuba and american politics. >> he destroyed a country. he destroyed practically a culture. >> andrea mitchell is in havana. is trump backing away from some campaign rhetoric. remember this? now trump says hillary clinton has suffered enough. from the border wall to global warming, is there a change in the air? i will talk to trump area former campaign manager kellyanne conway. shades of 2000. the clinton campaign joins the effort to recount the vote in three states. is there any chance it could make a difference?