right now wind-fueled wildfires are forcing nearly 14,000 people out of their homes in tennessee. rain could make it very difficult for and take a look at this. this is a sketch that was just released. it is of an unidentified boy. maryland natural resources police asking for the public's help to put this sad case to rest. and we have more rain coming our way for this afternoon and maybe a chance for a thunderstorm coming up for tomorrow. i'll detail all the information in the forecast coming up.

good morning, everyone. i'm barbara harrison. >> and i'm angie go of goff. we do expect to get an update on the murder of 16-year-old breyona mcmillian from interim police new newsham. the teen was shot on i street in southeast. she was home from boarding school for the thanksgiving holiday. we are going to bring y a conference which is scheduled for 11:15, so about 15 minutes away from now as we get that information. brazil's president has declared three days of national mourning after a plane crashed leaving 76 people dead. >> we're also getting new ground video this morning of the crash site. this plane was carrying a brazilian professional soccer team when it crashed in colombia last night. six people survived the crash, one of them died in surgery, according to doctors. the team issued a statement saying, may god be with our

guests that were traveling together. poor weather conditions had been reported at the time of the crash. but an exact cause had not been determined. and 24 prince george's county students were take tone a hospital this morning after a school bus crashed. this happened at berry road in accoteek. >> now to some new developments out of tennessee. take a look at some of this footage we got into the newsroom. national guard troops now being sent in as wildfires keep spreading in gatlinburg. the fires are in and near the smoky mountains national park. fire officials saying that these wildfires have damaged or destroyed about 100 homes. and on top of that more than 14,000 people have been ordered to get out of town.

gatlinburg, tennessee. >> reporter: overnight desperate attempts to escape a wildfire have been sweeping in gatlinburg in tennessee. motorists fleeing intense flames spreading like molten lava. residents hopeful to make it out alive. >> they let me go back in few minutes to get my animals out to get them safe. we are all safe at my son's. >> reporter: while terrified guests were trapped inside after hilton hotel surrounded by flames, the fire too close and too dangerous for them to leave. these pictures taken by an employee of the hotel showing the fire burning right outside. local officials say 30 structures were devoured by the flames including an apartment complex.

wind gusts fueled the out-of-control fires near several popular tourist destinations including dollywood, the area's largest theme park. days ago dolly parton release this had public service announcement. >> please help firefighters avoid wildfires. >> reporter: parton asking fans to help protect the great smoky mountains by observing burn bans and reporting fires whenever they see them. a spokesperson for dollywood said so far no structures inside damaged, but staff and dozens of guests were evacuated from dollywood's resort as a precaution. national park employees were evacuated from the area, too. >> nothing that we've experienced has prepared us. it's unbelievable. the rain is moving into

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with more on the timing of it all. >> good morning, angie. they have picked up much needed rainfall. for us we've had little pockets of moderate rain moving in the last couple of hours and that's going to continue. this area of moderate rain showers near stanton and harrisburg us. northern parts of frederick county moving into west virginia, a lot of light to moderate rain. one thing it is not is cold. we'll be up into the low 60s briefly this afternoon, steadiest of the rain likely between now and about 5:00 and then the rain starts to come to an end with you more but more rain chances tomorrow. >> chuck, thank you. the story developing out of frederick county right now.

unidentified boy found in 2016 this year. the boy's body was found in a wooded area near cunningham falls state park. you are looking at a sketch right here just released by the national center for missing and exploited children. it's believed the boy was between the ages of 16-19 years old when he died. officials say he likely died between 2014-2016. please contact polic it's now official, president-elect donald trump has appointed tom price to lead the department of health and human services. price, who is an orthopedic surgeon, has been one of the most outspoken critics of the affordable care act. if approved by the senate he is expected to dismantle the law and help republicans implement their own blueprint for health care reform. tracie potts has the latest on his nomination and what's ahead for trump today.

announcements tomorrow. >> reporter: those announcements today are expected to include georgia congressman tom price as secretary of health and human services. he's an orthopedic surgeon and has been the republican point person to rewrite the affordable care act. tennessee senator bob corker is among seven people scheduled to meet with the trump team today. he's emerged as a viable contender for secretary of state as insiders clash over mitt romney for that job. romney's in new york for a second meeting with the meantime, the recount is on in wisconsin. >> i'm confident that the president-elect is going to win. >> reporter: it's going to cost $3.5 million, green party candidate, jill stein, who requested the recount, says they raised the money overnight. >> almost 140,000 donors have stood up to say we deserve an election system that we can have confidence in. >> reporter: experts tell nbc recounts in wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania are

not happening as a result of this. >> reporter: in fact, the head of the republican party in michigan wants hillary clinton to come out publicly and ask jill stein to call it off. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. also today the president-elect donald trump is suggesting burning the american flag should be a crime. he took his thoughts to twitter writing, quote, nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. if they do there must be co laws prohibiting the burning of the flag have been struck down by the supreme court with the most recent happening in 1990 because they were found to have violated the first amendment. congress is beginning its final work session of the year this week and there are some big items on the agenda. lawmakers face the december 9th deadline for spending legislation to keep the government going. republican leaders want to pass a short-term spending bill to extend current funding levels into next spring and members are

water crisis. well, new parents who work in .c. could get 11 paid weeks of family leave. the d.c. council will vote on the proposal next week this guarantees 11 weeks of pay for the birth of a child, an adoption, or the placement of a foster child. it only applies to workers in the district, not federal workers or d.c. government workers. the proposal will be funded by a new payroll tax on businesses. as the bill still require congressional approval. this morning d.c. mayor muriel bowser is set to meet with local leaders to talk about metro's plan to slash hours. metro is considering a proposal that would cut eight hours of rail service every week so crews can fix problems. the plan calls for closing the rail system at 11:30 p.m. monday through thursday.

proposal. >> about 500 workers at chicago's o'hare international airport are walking off the job today. this is part of a nationwide strike of fast food and airport workers. workers are members of a union and they want an hourly wage of $15 per hour. strike organizers say that many of those workers who will you cabin cleaners and baggage handlers earn minimum wages. at >> hundreds of people who helped keep reagan national airport running are rallying for more money. the employees want their minimum wage raised and the rights to unionize as well. live at the airport with more on what the employees are asking for. justin? >> reporter: good morning. across the u.s. this is being called a day of disruption when workers from the fast food industry all the way to airport workers here at reagan will get

hour wage. this will all begin in short time here at the airport. at noon some will come off work and gather in the terminal "a" historic lobby, a mix of airplane cabin cleaners, baggage handlers, sky caps, and wheelchair attendants and many who say they make less than $7 an hour without tips. and with supporters from local government, clergy and more, they will demand, they say, the metropolitan washington airport authority raise contractors' wages one worker telling us he's here because the cost of living is rising and his wages are not. >> i've been here for the last 11 years. i was getting $8. with $8 i cannot afford living because we have to feed our families, children, we have to pay rent. >> reporter: now this is one of 20 rallies similarly scheduled

are still several workers who are doing their jobs and this should not disrupt service during the hour that protests will take place. we're live here at reagan. i'm justin finch, news 4, back to you. >> you thank you, justin. in cuba this morning no letup in the tributes to the late leader fidel castro. people now lining up for hours just to sign condolence books. we'll have an update on what is expected next on the island nation. >> and the attacks on the campus of ohio state university yesterday. we brought you the story as breaking news. today we're getting a better

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nine days of official mourning continues now across cuba as we take a live picture of the scores of in revolution plaza. a live look. tens of thousands are expected to gather throughout the day. nbc's jay gray has more on the details and a closer look at how the island nation is responding to castro's death. >> reporter: chairs have replaced cars. few are expected to sit as tens of thousands including cuban president raul castro gather

>> we all feel very sad with the loss of our commander, although he will forever be a light in our hearts and our minds. >> reporter: all day yesterday lines stretched in all directions for hours and as far as you could see. thousands waiting for a chance to file past this simple memorial. a few seconds. a final >> you see soldiers crying, old ladies, men, even the guard, those guys were trying to hide a tear but they just can't. >> reporter: tears come with concern here. even though he was no longer el presidente, castro's death leaves many wondering what comes next. >> we grew up with the person who knew all the answers. now i don't think anyone can say what's going to happen.

that most surely will be influenced by the country's controversial past. jay gray, nbc news, havana. and news 4's david culliver is in cuba. you can see his live report on news 4 at 5:00. this morning students are back to class at ohio state one day after a violent rampage on campus. federal investigators are trying to terrorism. they say abdul razak ali artan tried to stab them. the attacker was fatally shot. 11 people were injured in the attack but all are expected to survive and this morning we're now hearing one of the frantic 911 calls.

outside of watt hall and a guy crashed his car into people and is running after them with a knife. >> he was born in somalia and came to the u.s. this 2014. he was a legal, permanent resident here. before the attack investigators say he wrote a chilling facebook message talking about being upset about attacks on muslims. >> we are keeping an eye on a south carolina courtroom this morning. michael slegr, the former police officer charged with murder in the shooting of motorist, is expected to take the stand in his own defense. he faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted in the shooting death of 50-year-old walter scott. slegr was fired from the department after that shooting. well, it was quite a scare for a loudoun county mother when she went to check on her kids in the middle of the night and then she found a naked man in their bedroom. well, it turns out the man is actually a neighbor.

when officers got there, roy was asleep with no clothes on. he's been charged with burglary, indecent exposure, and possession of narcotics. d.c. police are looking for this man who they say -- they are calling a person of interest in an attempted sex assault. they say a woman was attacked inside the grand hyatt hotel on saturday night. the person responsible was in possession of a knife during the please call police. and right now this oil spot, you can see it there, on the potomac is making its way to the plant's water intake. they have placed a boom in the river to divert as much of the water flow away from the intake as they can. officials don't think the spot is a threat to wildlife or drinking water. sources tell news 4 whatever that substance is it's actually

dakota's governor to order an evacuation of protesters. they say that they don't plan on enforcing that order because the protest is on federal land. thousands of native american activists have been camping on u.s. army corps of engineer property because they do not want a new 1,100-mile oil pipeline to be built near tribal lands. it's 11:20. a news conference is about to get under way. d.c. police releasing new information on the murder of a 16-year-old girl. we are going tove >> we also just got a look inside the white house. it's now all decorated for the holidays. we'll show you some of the special decorations and let you know who will get the first tour today. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we're offering incredibly fast 150 meg internet, just in time for the holidays. hurry, freddy, you're gonna miss it! coming. i can't believe he is doing this.

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90% contained. the evacuation orders for lakewood have been lifted. the green mountain fire burned 300 acres. the cause of the fire is unknown at this time. we are dealing with rain. making that dry wood less dangerous. >> at least get it wet for the next couple of days. that's always a good thing. we have another chance for rain coming up after the weekend

we've been tracking -- >> i thought today was one and done. i need to pay attention more to you. >> anyway, we do have cloudy skies for now and rain chances are not done when the sun goes down, another chance coming up for tomorrow. there's the view from our tower looking down towards the national cathedral and more down towards the washington monument. radar lit up with the rain drops this morning. these rain drops across southwestern virginia are continuing to come our way. for better or worse how you view our rain chances rain doesn't look like it will be as much now as it looked like it was going to be earlier this morning. pockets of moderate rain in the northern parts of the shenandoah valley from winchester down to strasburg and toms brook. showers around the metro area. nothing all that heavy for now. future weather carries the pockets of moderate rain out of here. by 2:00 or 3:00, most of the steadier rains will be moving down into southern maryland. once we get past 5:00 or 6:00

but the rain will come to an end. temperatures today will be in the upper 50s and low 60s and then for tomorrow looks like another really mild day with chances for rain off and on throughout much of the day but not a lot of rain coming. take a look at the weekend and the ten-day forecast coming up. >> thank you, chuck. a big afternoon is planned for military families at the white house. first lady michelle obama will guide them through a special tour of this year's holiday decorations. the white house says many of the decorations honor themi some of the executive mansion staff will gather children in the state dining room for treats and also making holiday crafts. >> always so beautiful, isn't it? >> and a lot of times the one tree is all dedicated to the service members. >> it looks like many of them will be. quite a few trees in the white house this season. we have some new information on a major i-team investigation. a local college president is responding to our report on her

upgrades and a luxury ride. her reaction and the reaction of students at the college. plus, it is giving tuesday. it's an important day, folks. a look at how social media is helping make it

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you expect the president of a college to travel and spend some money, but some students and staff at montgomery college think their president is spending too much money. the news 4 i-team digs into the college's spending records to find out where your taxpayer dollars are actually going. >> financial aid working to pay back the financial aid. >> reporter: working hard to put themselves through school. >> i saved a little bit from high school and i'm currently working right now. >> reporter: these students say they pay about $2,000 a semester. >> i'm working hard at school. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team started investigating montgomery college after receiving multiple letters from staffers telling us they think the school's president spends too much money on travel and transportation.

dr. pollard's contract which shows she receives a $281,000 salary and gets an additional $3,000 housing allowance each month for her home in germantown. the school's board of trustees also agreed to pay for all of her work-related travel and for her wife to accompany her. the records we obtained show dr. pollard spent more than $70,000 since 2013 traveling to cities nearly 40 other destinations. we even found a hotel receipt showing a $1,700 charge for five days at the marriott in d.c. just 20 miles from her house because, the school says, she helped host a conference here. while county and federal policy prohibits employees from using taxpayer money to upgrade their flights, we found the rules at montgomery college are different. records show dr. pollard spent

wife has pain from knee replacement surgery. they spent $3,700 on their extra and overweight baggage. one example, $3,400 just for airfare for a trip to honolulu and austin that doesn't include what they spent on their five extra bags for a work conference. after spending $2,700 at the hough it tell in hawaii they spent anothered 2,700 at the four seasons in austin racking up room service including an $80 breakfast and a $49 dinner. the same night dr. pollard submitted a receipt for never $127 dinner. >> that's ridiculous. that should not -- it should be going back here to the people who are actually paying, to the professors who are working really hard. >> reporter: we also found at least 40 receipts for a pricey

trips to the airport at about $175 a pop each way. from american university in washington, welcome to -- >> reporter: and another $292 for a 15-mile ride to d.c.'s public radio station. >> the average student who comes to my college is receiving pell grants. >> reporter: when she was interviewed on how to make community college more affordable -- >> to make college more affordable not only for students but also their to help them be successful. >> reporter: a roundtrip taxi ride, the i-team calculated, would have cost less than a third of that price. >> we're all working towards trying to even pay for the tuition and the fact that she has all of this money is just kind of ridiculous. >> reporter: students questioned why she was even using the car service when the college is also paying $850 a month for her car, plus all her gas, maintenance,

than $45,000 on her car alone since 2013. >> i definitely feel like it should go 110% back to the students. >> someone works for the money. >> reporter: both dr. pollard and the board of trustees declined our request for an interview. the college with afford the president's trips which have improved the college's visibility and helped foster ? and partnerships that yield grants, scholarships, employee training agreements, and more. the montgomery college trutees greatly values dr. derionne pollard's vision and resolutely supports dr. pollard's management initiatives, strategic partnership advances and stewardship of resources and service to our students and community. but we also received complaints from staffers who want to know why the school is paying more than $10,000 a month for yet another vehicle, this time an suv and an off-duty police officer to pick dr. pollard up

even though the college has its own unarmed campus security, records we obtained show that starting in february the college began paying $52 an hour for this armed driver to work between 10 to 15 hours a day. while drivers are not unusual, the international association of campus law enforcement tells the i-team there are very few university or college presidents who have armed detail on a daily basis. montgomery college told the hired the armed driver after receiving credible threats against dr. pollard. when the i-team pressed for more details, the school showed us documents about a man who, quote, appeared to be homeless who tried to gain access here at the administrative offices of the college and documents about a website that use a racial slur against dr. pollard when she first became president of the school six years ago. since hiring the armed driver the school says dr. pollard has

facebook post using insensitive language about her. the school asked us not to publish these documents citing safety concerns. they receive funding from montgomery county. >> it's not something that you can take lightly and you don't want to second-guess this, and so the amount of money we're talking about is relatively small if you end up with incidents that i think could lead to greater harm. $160,000 on travel, meals, and transportation since 2013. that's the equivalent of a semester's worth of tuition for about 80 students. she did issue a statement overnight after this story first aired stating she's helped raise, quote, $23 million in student scholarships and, quote, $75 million in grants and called the story on the complaints about her spending, quote, an

colleges. >> thank you. today is giving tuesday. it kicks off the charitable season when many focus on their tuesday and end of the year giving. the founder and ceo of good world is here to take a look at how social media is actually helping us fuel all of this good. so great to see you, dayle. >> thank you for having me on. >> what is giving tuesday all about? >> asolutely. 's black friday and cyber monday. so if you spend lots of money during that time can you give back to charity on giving tuesday and feel really good. >> and when we talk about giving tuesday and good world and how they've really teamed up, how has this impacted the idea of social giving? >> right. so my company good world makes an instant viral and secure to donate on social media and what we really believe at good world is everybody is a philanthropist

giving on social media because other people see you. it has a big ripple effect, and actually, you know, speaking of impact, good world is giving away $100,000 in donations during the giving season. >> now is that part of the whole matching program? >> that is part of the whole matching program. people give $10, good world will match up to $10, up to $100,000 in giving se >> thank you. >> there are, as we know, and this town is saturated with them, saturated with good stuff, but a lot of charities to choose from on a local level and a national level. for those watching right now who says i want to give a little bit but i don't exactly know how to do it, what are some words of advice? >> we have so many great local charities on our platform. i mean, one that i really love

so if you go to dreams for kids d.c. facebook page and write #donate and follow the prompts you'll be able to give. and what that charity does, it empowers disabled kids by supporting their wishes. another really, really good one is bethany house of northern virginia. it helps people who are the victims of domestic abuse. so if you go to their facebook pand anywhere #donate and follow the prompts and you'll be able to give. we'll match up to $10. just giving a small donation, even a $10 donation, just really means so much to these small, local causes who are doing so much to support our communities and make our world a better place. >> and i love the idea of keeping the money around here so you can feel the impact. you know it's staying local and as far as goals are concerned,

you're looking at for this year? >> we already have nearly 2,500 charities signed up. if you go to our website you can look at any of those charities and it you know, our aim is to really blow up giving on social media even more so social media can become a place where we all come together, we celebrate the good things that we're doing, and we really take action to create the type of world that we want to live in. >> dale, as you have just so easy, too. >> it's very easy. it's very easy. thank you so much. >> thank you and good luck with your giving tuesday. >> thank you so much. >> back to you. up next, rain in the forecast and not just today. chuck will let us know how much rain we can expect and warm-up

lots of rain. we need every little drop of it. we're more than 6 inches behind in rainfall since september 1st. we need the rain here every bit as much as they need the rain down south. atlanta has had its first rainfall in 43 days today. so they really needed it down south. for us we are getting in on the rain now, be nothing all that heavy out there, it's coming down hard enough to get you wet and make you mad if you can't find your umbrella. otherwise coming down at a rate of 0.1n these are moderate rain showers in southwestern virginia likely to come up across fredericksburg and maryland. nothing -- not blinding rain, enough to get the road spray going. be careful today. raining along i-81 right now. temperatures are really mild. a little bit of a warm front. it's 65 in fredericksburg. only 52 in leesburg. a big range in temperatures

mark for a short time. future weather, another chance tomorrow. here's 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning on future weather, a chance for rain in the shenandoah valley and we'll have off and on rain chances through the day tomorrow. it's not going to rain all day but you could get rained on three or four different times, might even see a peek or two of sunshine before another chance of rain comes in late in the evening. that chance for rain should tail off early in the day on friday -- or friday and saturday look good. a chance for a few showers late sunday and more needed rain comes our way monday and tuesday. back over to you. >> chuck, thank you. we're following some breaking news right now in the shooting death of a 16-year-old southeast .c. girl. breyona mcmillian died in a shooting on i street. police announced an update in the case. we'll get right to molette green who can tell us what's happening. what can you tell us? >> reporter: barbara, yes, good morning. we just got that update from the

police chief moments ago announcing an arrest warrant issued in the breyona mcmillian murder case. she was killed over the thanksgiving holiday weekend. they are looking for this man on this flyer, 30-year-old sayeed evan. they're calling him at this point a person of interest. they say the investigation and the surveillance video taken from the scene there in the potomac yard section of southeast show a gun and actually firing his weapons multiple times. it is unclear still if he actually fired the shots that actually killed 16-year-old breyona mcmillian. there is also a $10,000 reward in this case for additional information. the mayor noted that many tips from the public have come in to help police with their investigation. this is the 16-year-old who was killed friday morning, the day after thanksgiving.

school when she was shot multiple times. it is believed she was the unintended target. again, police are looking for this man. there's an arrest warrant out for 30-year-old evans. that is the latest live from the district building. back to you. >> thank you, molette. chuck told us a few moments ago it's not going to feel much like the holidays. it's going to get warm. i guess that's not bad news. >> that part isn't. we are going to get you in the holiday mood with d.c.'s popular pop-up christmas

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last december the pop-up craze took a new twist here in d.c. they called it the miracle on 7th street. it wasn't a pop-up restaurant or clothing store, instead, it was a pop-up party with floor-to-ceiling holiday decoon turned into an over the top pop-up christmas bar. they are expanding to give those who waited in long lines around the block a chance to get a bar stool. >> we had an incredible amount of people come through. almost 26,000 people come through in the course of a month and a half so we decided we would expand it to all three

>> what were they looking for, just a party? >> i guess it's like going to the mall. you go into a place and you gather with your friends and family and i think it's fun, it's a place you can enjoy the cocktails but mostly a place you can enjoy being with your friends and family. there are many people involved in it but the idea was that we would take and throw up like we would put as much up as we could make it festive when people came through. >> who is joining you this year? three different bars on the same street. >> each one has a different theme. so mockingbird hill is iceland at midnight so you'll see mountains and clouds.

and then goats in sweaters, which sounds strange. at eat the rich we did stranger things. if you haven't seen the show you have to watch the show. tangentially it connects to the christmas lights. >> i don't want to take anymore time. we want to learn to make these drinks you say everyone is coming to get. >> we try to make cocktails but to make them fun. this one is called gretchen stop trying to make do you know what that's fun? >> no. >> the popular culture references and that's from "mean girls." >> what did you put in? >> that's sherry so it's a sweet sherry that we put in there. this one is a dry that gives it a little orange character. a lot of flavors come interest christmas or holiday flavors. >> are they mostly sweet drinks? >> they're a range.

there's something for everybody. what we want is to make excellent cocktails. and then you shake that up. >> looks great. as you pour that in i will ask you about this. this is hot chocolate? >> that's a hot chocolate that we do. it's actually 100% vegan. we have food and that shot is essentially with bud light syrup. >> and getting people to drink responsibly is your whole team. >> this is just for fun. >> thank you for sharing that with us. three bars on 7th street. thanks a lot for coming today. cheers. you get to drink and i don't. i will later. >> i'm jealous. >> thanks. save me some. after the break a career change

welcome back. an nfl star earning millions of dollars on the field decided to pass on it for a wildly different life on a farm. >> nbc's kevin tibbles tells us why jason brown made this move in our newest inspiring america

over the north carolina fields. as the gentle giant stirs. >> never stop giving. never stop loving. never stop growing. >> reporter: jason brown is big. football player big. 6'3", 320. and, yes, seven years as a pro center with the nfl's ravens and rams. >> when i turned 27 years old, that was the same age that my older brother was when he was killed serving our coun afghanistan. and it really caused me to take an examination of my life. >> reporter: brown walked away from a $37 million contract and hung up his cleats. >> i wear a size 16 you shoe, and he wore a size 14 shoe. and, to tell you the truth, i still couldn't fill his shoes. >> reporter: deeply religious and devoted to his family, he, too, wanted to serve. but instead of the military,

how did you learn how to farm? >> when i tell people that i learned to farm from watching videos on youtube, i get a lot of laughs and i get a lot of chuckles. >> reporter: he calls it first fruits farm. jason grows food to give it away. where the first harvest is all donated to feed the hungry. >> we have a list of names and we share because sharing is caring. >> reporter: this year more than 250,000 pounds of sweet potatoes. and lining up t alongside the volunteers on harvest day the former football player who used to snap the ball in front of millions from the line of scrimmage. >> this is the most wonderful thing that you could possibly do. >> i really don't want any type of notoriety other than for people to say, you know what, that's just some kid from the country that could play a little bit of football, but look what he's doing with his life right now. if he can do it, i can do it.

fortunate reaps the best bounty of all. kevin tibbles, nbc news, lewisburg, north carolina. >> what a great story. >> that is incredible. let's check on our weather one more time for this midday. >> yes, indeed. like that guy. what about our weekend forecast, well, saturday and sunday, most of your weekend looks dry. on the chilly side but it will be the first weekend of december. near 50 on saturday. probably in the 40s on sunday with clouds thickening and a sli more likely sunday night. but the next couple of days still going to be rained on here for the remainder of the afternoon, dry for most of the overnight hours tonight and then several chances for rain during the day tomorrow could get a peak of sun. >> thank you, chuck. >> thanks. well, that is going to wrap it up for news 4 midday. we appreciate you joining us and we are going to be back on the air this afternoon starting at 4:00. >> and, remember, you can get your news and weather updates

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