news4miday begins with breaking news. >> the breaking news coming out of ohio state university. >> let's go straight to news4's melissa mollet at >> take a look at the video we just got in. a breaking news situation, ohio state university, a report of an active shooter on the campus. so far what we know is that seven people have been transported to hospital, no word on the full extent or how they were injured. we've been looking at ohio state's twitter page. it had been retweeting posts from osu emergency management this morning. one tweet saying buckeye alert.

and college, the engineering building. dozens of police and fire units on the scene. the school just tweeted out a couple of minutes ago, something that said continue to shelter in place. now ohio state there in columbus, has about 65,000 students enrolled. right now we know the fbi, columbus police and osu police are leading this investigation and that active shooter response we'll be back in a couple more minutes, we'll be back in a couple more minutes with an update. that alerted police to a woman found unresponsive in the 8400 block of diablo court in the alexandria area of fairfax county. police are now searching for the perp who killed that woman. news4's justin fancher is live at the scene with more about what he's learned about the victim. good morning. >> good morning, still an active investigation. police had a canine unit here earlier and have cordened off

a suspect is described as a heavy-set man last seen leaving the scene wearing dark clothing. along brevard court, a homicide investigation, one that began before sunrise monday, in this mount vernon neighborhood. >> this worng when i woke up, i see all this stuff. i saw the helicopter. >> meantime, fairfax county police were searching for a suspect wanted in the death of a woman found dead on the roadway. of the 8400 block of court and reported to have suffered stab wounds. >> it looks like a citizen heard screaming, when they looked outside, they saw the woman laying on the ground. >> close to 5:00 a.m., police say a neighbor heard screams and called 911. officers arrived to the townhouse-lined block and found the victim, who died a short time later. [ speaking spanish ] >> in spanish, this man tells news4 he knows the victim.

who leaves behind two older children and one younger son. >> and looking live, fairfax county police remaining on this, continuing to investigate this death. police have not positively identified the victim at this time. but they do tell us they believe this attack was not random and they're asking anyone who knows anything to bring that information forward. back in to you. >> i'm melissa mollet at the live desk with more information here this morning about something else happening now to metro rail. we're talking about hours, adam tuss has been tweeting that metro staff is going to be recommending cutting the rail hours, closing at 1:00 a.m. there on the weekends and 11:30 p.m. on weekdays. to have the line open at 8:00 a.m. on sunday. say they need more time for repairs and maintenance, metro does say they're thinking about lost rail service with buses.

full metro board has to approve it. follow him today on twitter. safetrack surge 11 is happening now. work on the orange and silver lines began this morning. trains single track between the west and east falls church stations, running every 20 minutes through december 21st. limited shutting bus services, free but move riders say they'll tough it out and wait instead. >> i mean i got to get to me. >> despite the frustrations, i still feel like the metro is the best choice for me. >> some good news, though. some safetrack surge is the last one for 2016. surge 12 on the yellow and blue lines will begin sometime in early january. today there will be a community meeting in southeast d.c. to figure out what's behind a recent string of shootings.

shot and killed a person on howard, a man on howard road near anacostia park in southeast. the victim hasn't been identified, hours earlier, a man was shot and killed on l street in southeast. the victim was identified as anthony young in that case. a woman was also shot, is expected to be okay. police say the victims and suspects knew each other. the d.c. police are searching for whoever shot and killed 16-year-old brianna mcmillan friday. the community held a vigil last night for the teen they say had so much life to live. >> i'm heartbroken because she had so much promise and just even the term of at risk youth. she wasn't an at risk child. she was an at promise child. >> police say they're looking for one gunman and they don't believe brianna was the intended target. tonight's meeting to address the

greater washington on independence avenue. last night, people on dirt bikes interrupted mayor muriel bowser's news conference on the shootings. the noise was so disruptive, the mayor was forced to stop. police eventually dropped off the streets so the bikers could not interrupt her any further. a cold start to your work week, but warmer weather is in the forecast. chuck bell i will arrive. >> good morning to both of you and good morning, everybody. a very chilly start this morning. most neighborhoods outside the beltway were well below freezing this morning. we've recovered a bit. even with the thickening clouds, temperatures moved up to 47 in washington, 43 in dulles airport. dulles down to 43 degrees. with clouds thickening up the temperatures won't go too much higher. most areas in the low 50s today with a few glimmers of sunshine

2:00 this afternoon before clouds thicken up this afternoon and into the evening. we'll be dry for the rest of the daylight hours, but there are raindrops to our west. the raindrops will have a big impact on your tuesday, i'll share that forecast with you coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, chuck. wisconsin will officially recount its presidential ballots soon this week, as green party presidential nominee jill stein pushes for recounts in pennsylvania and michigan as well. amid the recount controversy donald trump still needs to finish his cabinet picks. the president-elect's transition and his words on twitter. >> the green party is requesting recounts in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. >> this is not about helping one guy and hurting another guy. this is about providing a system that we, the voters, can believe in. >> president-elect trump denouncing the effort on twitter. alleging voter fraud in states hillary clinton won. claiming without proof that he

he called the recount a fundraising scam. the green party denies that. >> this is a total and complete distraction. and a fraud. and something that they should drop. >> hillary clinton's campaign lawyer says they found no evidence of hacking. they're not behind the recount. but will participate. meantime, there is dissension inside the trump transition. over possibly appointing mitt romney as secretary of state. >> people feel betrayed to think given the most significant cabinet post of all. we don't even know if he voted for donald trump. >> after the death of fidel castro, there are questions this morning about whether mr. trump will embrace or reverse president obama's renewed relationship with cuba. >> and this morning, msnbc is hearing from a couple of sources that the president-elect is furious that kellyanne conway, has come out against him

prince george's county police just telling us now that this missing 12-year-old girl, aliyeah williams has been found. they tweeted the information in the last hour. detectives say she was last seen on rock quarry terrace in district heights, police asked for a lookout for her. this just into our news room, she's been found. in frederick county, maryland, a man is facing indecent exposure charges, police say they arrested rll woman in his car and touched himself in front of her. it happened near the intersection of elmer durr road. police say in the past he's been arrested on similar charges. this morning d.c. police are looking for two men who robbed a postal worker at gun point ott second and adams street in northeast washington. the postal worker say the men pistol-whipped, punched and kicked him.

and wallet. the postal inspection service is offering a reward for $50,000. a traffic warning in the district. be sure to avoid massachusetts avenue northwest near dupont circle, it's down to just one lane between dupont circle and scott circle all week long. construction crews will be repaving sidewalks between 9:30 in the morning and 3:00 p.m. each day this week. metered parking near dupont circle will be south carolina courtroom. big ruling in dylann roof's case, the man accused of fatally shooting nine black people inside a church. why a lawyer will no longer be responsible for roof's defense. and huge lines of people in cuba morning the death of fidel castro. and breaking news, reports of an active shooter at ohio state. seven people sent to the hospital, much more on the story unfolding now from the live desk. stay wh us.

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i'm melissa mollet at the live desk with more on the breaking news out of columbus, ohio. at ohio state university. again, right now, an active shooter being reported on campus at this point. take a look at some video that we pulled in just a short time ago, dozens of police and fire

no word on the full extent of their injuries. we know 65,000 students go to that school. the fbi is involved, columbus police department, osu police as well. a witness just a short time ago told msnbc that she saw a car swerve into a crowd of people and that some of these people were injured that way. we're trying to get more information on that. also a short time ago, saw two people coming out of one of these halls in what appeared to be handcuffs, have no idea how they are rel situation. ohio state's official twitter page has been retweeting posts from osu emergency management, one of them saying buckeye alert, active shooter on campus, run, hide, fight, watts hall, 19th and college. watts hall is a materials science and engineering building. we're following this as it is developing. the school has not tweeted in about 40 minutes now. still telling people just to shelter in place. and just in time for the

fidel castro, u.s. airlines are making regularly scheduled flights to havana. an american airlines flight took off from the cuban capital this morning from miami. it becomes the first commercial carrier to run a regular trip to havana. this comes after renewed diplomatic relations between the island nation and the u.s. meanwhile in cuba, mourners are paying their final respects to the former revolutionary leader. thousands of people have been lining up to see fidel castro's remains during this week of his funeral service is set for this sunday. nbc's jay gray explains what's next for life in cuba after castro. >> hidden along this narrow street in old havana, inside this modest, but well-kept home, roger reflects on a new cuba. without fidel castro. >> translator: the loss of fidel castro has two faces.

>> he's lived here almost as long as castro was in power. following for the most part, the same routine every day. while the country he loved has changed around him. change that was necessary according to roberto. he says in castro's later years, his leadership strayed from problems at home and focused more on the international standing of the island nation. now with raul in power he has renewed hope. >> translator: when that happened i saw the salvation of the cuban revolution. >> a revolution sparked by the man they honor. >> for cubans, fidel castro is an indispensable being. >> dedicated to that party, despite pressure from the u.s. and others.

>> translator: we're not returning to capitalism, we're going to perfect our social economic system. we're going to do socialism, with new philosophies. >> new philosophies, deeply rooted. in their past. jay gray, nbc news, havana. right now, jury selection is under way in the trial of the man accused of killing nine black parishioners inside a so a judge ruled dylann roof can act as his own attorney. the 22-year-old will represent himself. roof is charged with 33 hate crimes for the 2015 shooting emmanuel a.m.e. church. the government is seeking the death penalty. lawyers have said it could take two weeks to pick 12 jurors and six alternates. the search continues for two gunmen responsible for a deadly

street. a man died and nine others were hospitalized. kelsey davis has more. >> stunning new video capturing the frantic moments when a spray of gunfire unleashed chaos on one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. >> new orleans, suddenly the big uneasy. a night of fun turning into bloodshed on the world-famous bourbon street. >> somebody is shot, they're on the ground. >> i got one shot in the chest. i got one shot in the else i can't tell right now. and i need that ems asap. >> the mass shooting leaving one dead and nine others injured. >> we don't believe that any of the victims who were shot were the intended target. >> investigators say the violence erupted early sunday morning when an argument between two men escalated into a shootout. sending revelers running for their lives and now the search is on for the suspects who managed to get away despite a ramped-up police presence in place for the holiday weekend.

investigation. we are continuing to work every angle very aggressively. >> police identifying the victim as 25-year-old demontrus toliver of baton rouge, his death serving a as a reminder of the june 2014 bourbon street shooting. >> this is an unconscionable act that is unacceptable. it continues to put an exclamation point on the death and destruction that gun violence has playe streets of new orleans. >> new orleans mayor promising to increase police presence to keep new orleans safe during the holiday season. >> that was kelsey davis reporting. new orleans police continued to spend the day collecting surveillance video from businesses near the shooting scene. right now, in northern virginia, there's a search for whoever vandalized nearly 30 vehicles this weekend. just take a look at the damage. police say someone drove around several neighborhoods in alexandria late saturday into early sunday morning and smashed

they think whoever did it used either a bat or a pipe to do the damage. police also say that the vandals did not take anything from inside those cars. but residents say what the vandals left behind is a costly burden. >> some people don't even have the money to even fix their cars, so i mean i feel bad for those that you know, can't even make it to work probably today. >> this happened on the west end of the city. the cars were parked on rayburn, ken more and quantrell avenues. this time of year you have to be careful about the packages you have delivered to your home. crooks often cash in on christmas presents by stealing them from porches before you bring them inside. one man came up with a tactic to teach thieves a lesson. nathan o'neill explains. >> front door package fiends, targeting this las vegas neighborhood in recent weeks. >> it's getting worse.

into his own hands. >> we decide to put out the bait pack. >> well, it worked. eric caught these two guys on surveillance camera saturday afternoon, rolling up in a green car to steal the bait package. the pair seemingly unfazed by their guard dog but what did they get away with it. >> i stuffed it full of the reprocessed dog chow. >> you heard him, dog chow. >> in other words, a pungent package from his 95-pound german shepherd named heidi. that's right, the thieves got away with a couple bags of dog poo. >> i thought it was hilarious. >> hopefully these people will realize we're tired of them. >> with a clear message for the thieves. they're fed up with their -- [ bleep ].

it, you know. >> that was nathan o'neill reporting. and you know what? i bet you they won't come back after that that's pretty stinky fun right there. >> amazing, great idea. after the break, a rare november tornado. the images just coming into our news room. the important delivery made this morning to the u.s. capital. the christmas tree that had a long journey.

take a look at the tornado that left some farm buildings in southeast nebraska damaged. the national weather service says the tornado ripped through the area around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. this footage of it was captured in red cloud, which is south of hastings, near the kansas state border. no homes were damaged. but power lines were knocked down. >> that's some dramatic video right there. we're in much need for some rain, chuck bell. zbrt very fact, the unusual nature that can of severe weather that far north this late in the season promises to bring us much-needed rainfall. even though it's raining, we'll be ten to 15 degrees warmer than average for tuesday's and wednesday's rain chance. outside right now, it's cloudy and the clouds continue to lower and thicken through the day. we need the rain, we're more than six inches behind in rainfall since september 1st. last time we had a heavy rain day, more than an inch of rain on a single day was on august

right now, mostly cloudy outside. 47 in washington, here's the saving grace for the chill. winds are out of the south, averaging 10 miles per hour now. southerly winds increase tonight and into the next couple of days. a strong southerly wind brings not only warmer air, but moisture in our direction as well. right now still kind of chilly. 40s for most, look at the plume of moisture. the main area of storminess is up near the twin cities. snow on the back side. look at parts of the ohio valley. the closest raindrops are back at cincinnati ohio. that puts the first steady rains in here just after midnight tonight, but probably before you wake up tomorrow morning. storm team 4 radar pick up what i think is mostly virga, rainfall that evaporates before it gets down to the ground. low clouds across the shenandoah valley. our high-resolution computer

i don't thing we have to worry about raindrop chances in the city until later in the evening. 8:30 tonight. light rain to the south and west. closer to midnight, showers are a possibility. steadier or heavier rain likely to be in for much of the day tomorrow. the next five days, 50s today with clouds moving in rainy and mild the next couple of days, we'll look at the weekend coming up. the holiday season has officially arrived here in washing t this morning, a crane lifted the tree off of a flat-bed truck and put into place on the west front lane. the tree is an 80-foot tall spruce from the payet national forest in idaho. breaking news at ohio state university. these are live pictures right now, we are getting new

at the university and the number of injured. an update from the live desk, next. new from president-elect donald trump this morning. what he sats about the relationship between the united states and cuba. and we're working to find

live desk, an update on the situation, an active shooter situation they've been calling it at ohio state university. in columbus, ohio. right now, news4 in columbus is reporting that the suspect is dead and nine people have been hurt and two others in custody. that's not been independently confirmed by nbc news, we're working to do that now. we know at least seven people have been transported to area hospitals there. just getting a new tweet handed order has been lifted, all classes canceled on the columbus campus for the remainder of the day. again an active shooter situation here this morning. earlier the school tweeting out run, hide fight, watts hall, 19th and college, watts hall, material science and engineering building. lots of crews on the scene. it sounds like things are now clearing out, shelter in place lifted, scene is now secure.

management. >> melissa, thank you. president-elect donald trump is focused on the u.s. relationship with cuba this morning. he tweeted that he would terminate president obama's deal with cuba if the cuban people were not treated better. but is trump's tweets about illegal voters, the tweets that are in the headlines this morning about illegal voters. here to talk about trump's allegations is nbc's senior political repo if you deduct the millions of votes that were done illegally. has his team come up with any reason for saying that? >> they don't have a really good answer at all. it is important to note that that claim that there were millions of people who voted illegally? that's absolutely false. there's no substantiation behind that claim. as it turns out right now, donald trump was the fair and square winner of the presidential election.

popular vote lead. she has more than two million more votes than donald trump right now. and it probably will end up growing beyond that in the coming days. >> mark, talk about the states where trump is claiming that there was this run, what's behind his claim. >> on twitter he singled out three states, california, new hampshire and virginia. what do those three states have in common? states that went for hillary clinton. newps know, where donald trump has really been fixated on this popular vote. this isn't the first time he mentioned it. it seems even though he's the winner, he can't let go of this situation. even though hillary clinton, her team aren't even mentioning this. >> another issue facing trump's people, who will the next secretary of state be? i wonder what you think about the comments that kellyanne

the press" when she criticized romney. was she speaking for trump? >> the secretary of state job seems to be a choice between mitt romney and rudy giuliani. and what kellyanne conway, when you go on the sunday morning shows on "meet the press." usually it's with the stamp of approval from donald trump or his people there. you go on when you have the surrogate end up knifing mitt romney and essentially saying he betrayed donald trump on the campaign. everyone takes a listen. there was repng conway was going rogue. john harwood of cnbc says she wasn't rogue. it's added a lot of drama to this. it sets up a fascinating outside versus inside dynamic where the trump people want to still be the outsiders and don't really necessarily think that mitt romney is part of the outside crowd. >> mark hurry, senior political editor for nbc, thanks as always for joining us. whether you spent black friday in the stores or plan to

retailers are paying close attention to what people are spending. >> americans spent less over the holiday weekend amid a flood of discounts, the national retail federation says that consumers spent an average of $289 since thanksgiving. that's down 3.5% from a year ago. more people shopped, 154 million. but many did so from home. there was a 4% increase in the number of people who bought online. the next test for retailers, predicted to hit 3.5 billion today. but analysts question whether consumers will spend today, as many stores including target, amazon and walmart have been rolling out online holiday deals over the past month. for the cnbc business report, i'm landon downey. despite early sales, there are deals to be found today, news4's angie goff has some hot deals and apps.

federation predicts 22 million americans will spend millions of dollars today. we found good deals in the last hour, including this 40-inch samsung l.e.d. tv for 19 the. saving you almost 350. at t.c. richard.com. popular gifts this season, the wireless doorbell with camera. home depot selling that for 130. a $70 savings. at walmart, this graco light rider stroller and car seat is under some great apps for you to consider include this one, flip deals, like being part of a big group of shoppers that always finds the best prices and then post them on the web. people find them and post them and this, we're talking about a variety of items, everything from appliances, electronics, to toys and clothes. now, check out buy via. this is a good one. but it's also known as the cyber monday app.

the fitbit. you can sign of up for alerts on item us want and price link is a price comparison app that you can add on to your browser, it works for all of them if you know what you want, price link will scan the item to find the best price out there all across trusted websites and retailers. we've posted four things to know about shopping online today. as well as this information. in our cyber monday. you may want to get your list in to santa. his helpers at the u.s. postal service will accept letters until december 14th. you just address to north pole. 99530. >> you only have until december 15th so mail the letters out. big weather changes headed our way.

we had a beautiful fall this year in the smoky mountains, but this extended drought has resulted in high wildfire danger. as dry as it is, please help firefighters avoid wildfires. >> doesn't everything just sound nicer when dolly parton is saying it? she's teaming up with smoky bear to try to stop wildfires. the national park service released a video of the country music star yesterday to remind peop smoky mountains by observing burn bans and reporting fires, more than 60 are burning right now across the southeast. the good news, rain is expected in the area this week and that could help firefighters get more control over the flames. >> those are good reminders. are. >> it's always a good reminder, put your cigarette in the

incredibly dangerous. not to mention it's just dirty and polluting so don't do that. just throw it away properly. outside, our skies have gone from blue to gray during the course of the morning the we'll go from gray to rain before the next 24 hours are done. heavier rain as well back to the west for now. we're not expecting any heavy rain between now and early tomorrow morning. during the daylight hours tomorrow, the rain could be moderate at times. most of this is drying up as before it reaches the ground in our future weather forecast then keeps it all cloudy for the remainder of the afternoon. a sliver or two of sunshine is all you could expect. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, low overcast with rain showers likely in northern maryland and the shenandoah valley. pockets of rain around lunchtime tomorrow. by 4:00, 5:00, most of the rain should be gradually tapering off. i think we'll get a little break in the rain late tuesday into

here's future weather 7:00 a.m. on wednesday morning, rain showers coming right back into the picture. we could have periods of rain again during the lunchtime hours on wednesday. adding it up, it could be an inch to maybe in some spots as much as two inches of rain. we sure do need it there's your ten-day forecast, rain and a mild rain at that, temperatures well into the 60s on tuesday and wednesday with the raindrops around. cooler and drier as we finish out the work week and the weekend. a 50 better of the outdoor days and more needed rain chances coming back next week. >> testing a new vaccine. doctors are excited about the promise that the hiv vaccine holds. the golden can, a football fan's greem come true. a look at the super bowl

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? news for your health, testing begins this week on a new hiv vaccine. doctors have high hopes for the trial which believe could be quote the final nail in the coffin for the disease. this is based on a 2009 study, found to be more than 31% effective at preventing hiv infections, 5400 people from south africa will take part, results are not expected until late 2020. now to a story that gives new meaning to the words giving thanks. when we introduce you to a local heart transplant recipient

meet his donor's family. but tharngs thanks to our story, that has changed, news4's doreen gents letter has more. >> getting a heart transplant is a life-saving, life-changing experience for anyone, but for someone else, it's a terrible tragedy. we came to this courthouse ten months ago to hear the chief judge's story about his own heart transplant. now he's met the donor's ?? ?? >> for chris canalis everyone, creating rap music was his passion. in this case, a piece to promote a prince george's county community group, path to greatness. >> i wanted everyone to know what a wonderful 23-year-old spirit he had. and just so full of life.

to give back. >> robin bright is chris canali s's step-mother, he suffered a severe and sudden asthma attack last october and four days later he was taken away from a loving family. family that took comfort in knowing chris's wish regarding organ donation, they had talked about it long before that awful moment. at the same time, a few miles away, another hospital patient was near death because failing heart. suddenly he got the miraculous news he was hoping for. >> once you find out that it's actually there, it's kind of unbelievable and overwhelming to know that it's there, somebody that you don't know, doesn't know you, this to, had to die. for you to survive. i mean -- >> judge lee satterfield shared his successful heart transplant story with us last february. he knew almost nothing about the

but he knew they were grieving and might not want that then, months later, the transplant team shared a letter from the donor's family. they did want to meet. >> were you apprehensive. >> about that first face-to-face meeting? >>. >> you don't know what to expect, you have no idea, your loved one is now gone. so you don't know how you will with someone. who is a recipient. but as soon as they were walking down the hall, and we saw how much life he had. and his smile, it just made us feel so much better. because we knew this is exactly what chris wanted to do. >> turns out chris canalis'

the donor and robin bright is also a judge in prince george's county. these two families were surprised to learn just how much they had in common. both judges and families are active now, in urging more people to become organ donors. they both know almost two dozen people die every day, waiting for a heart transplant. >> we're very grateful. every thanksgiving we're going to speak about christopher. we're going to keep that thanksgiving, when families are spending time together, is a great time to talk about how you feel about organ donation, i'm doreen gentzler, news4. >> what a beautiful gift and a wonderful reunion and the fact that they were already so connected in ways they didn't realize until they met. >> and judge satterfield. i didn't know the other judge, but such a wonderful person, a

that he's doing so well. >> so fitting that tomorrow is giving tuesday, it turns out some states are more giving than others. >> according to the personal finance website wallet hub, utah is the most giving state. it has the highest number of volunteers and donated income. maryland is third on the list. percentage of donated money to charities. virginia, is at number 18 on the list. a majority of people donating their time rather than money. arizonm this, this questionnaire. and d.c. was not on the list, did not participate. but listen to this, last year americans donated $373 billion to charities, nearly 63 million people volunteered their time. want to go to super bowl li? how about the next 51 super bowls? all you need is the golden ticket or in this case, the golden can.

37,000 gold cans into its 18, 24 and 30 packs. six people who find them will be selected to win a pair of nfl season tickets. one lucky grand prize winner will get a pair of super bowl tickets for up to 51 years. >> a lot of super bowls. so you have until january 13th. those cases are available. all right? so look for those golden cans. that's a lot of beer to drink. >> a lot of super bowls you'll get to go to. after the a melania trump's home town, how businesses there are trying to cash in on the future first lady's fame. breaking news, ohio state university has lifted a shelter in place warning. university tweeted that all collapses would be canceled for the rest of the day. students were warned an active shooter was on campus and some students were transported to the hospital. look for updates throughout the

dictionary.com's word of the year is xenophobia. the 21-year-old website defines xenophobia as fear or hatred of foreigners. people from different cultures, or strangers. the site reports the largest spike in look-ups the day after the uk voted to leave the european union. look-ups also spiked in june

>> nbc's matt bradley travelled to slovenia, where melania truch was born. >> she spent most of her life in the spotlight. now native slovenia is ready for its close-up. the tiny country about the size of houston is courting a tourist oo enterprising locals want to transform her home town into a mecca for melania admirers. this woman runs a cafe here. >> is it possible that melania trump could help make slovenia great again. >> yeah, i hope so. >> her melania cake sells for three euros a piece. >> the melania trump cake is made of gold. >> the modest apartment block where melania trump grew up is a world away from trump tower and

just a taste. inside one tourist attraction, a castle. the owner hopes melania can help put the sper specialties on the. the town is known for its annual salami festival. only men are allowed to attend. >> how are you going to get a male-only salami festival to attract fans of melania >> we don't know. we'll make a promotion and i hope more people will come. >> regardless of how, the home town is ready to strut its stuff on the global stage and give slovenia recognition of a first lady. >> i think that now it will be full of curious. >> matt bradley, nbc news, slovenia. >> probably have to let women come to the salami festival. >> it will be interesting to see

>> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> cloudy skies are back in place. not much sunshine between now and thursday afternoon as all the rain in the ohio valley is coming our way. afternoon temperatures will get up into the low 50s. tomorrow is another story. rain likely to affect both ends of the commute tomorrow. morning and afternoon. i do think the heaviest of the rain is likely around lunchtime tomorrow. as we go through the rem wednesday, couldn't even rule out a rumble or two of thunder in virginia. we dry it out thursday afternoon. and the weekend is looking just fine. especially saturday, sunny and high near 51. a little chance of rain coming in late sunday. chuck, thank you that does it for "news4 midday." thanks so much for joining us, we're back on the air this afternoon. first at 4:00. >> you can get your news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. we hope you have a great day and we look forward to seeing you in

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