now in the district. streets may not reopen until 7:00 this evening. our doug kammerer is down there and when that switch is flip ued, he will bring it to you live. good afternoon, i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. first at 4:00, a child walks out of a day care facility and no one notices. >> it happened earlier this month at the kid day academy in gainsville, virginia. new charges that the director is facing. >> reporter: that 3-year-old was out alone at night walking around this parking lot. now we know 3-year-olds can walk, but not that well. she could have easily been hit by a consider or snatched. i want to show you kid day academy right over here over my shoulder the papa john's she walked to over there across the parking lot.

saw what exactly happened. the child walked out of the front door of kiddy academy alone, 8:30 on a saturday night. she turned around to try to get back in, but the doors had locked behind her. so then the 3-year-old starting walking. she had to cross the parking lot to get to papa john's. she walked right in there. a manager, we're told, was up front. he tried to figure out where her parents were. then he called police. police came and they also were trying to see where the girl came from. so after about 40 minutes, police did figure out that she came from kiddy academy. now the manager or the director is charged with child neglect. police say she was in charge that night. kiddy academy put out a statement this afternoon saying

where parents drop off their kids so they can have a night out. the center said they take the safety of all the kids around here seriously. coming up tonight at 5:00, what the director told police about what happens going on the night that they came in. >> now to the presidential transition victory lap, donald trump is on the road tonight. he say he is plans to visit the battleground states that it delivered the white house for him. but first, he stopped in indiana to say he has already made good on a campaign promise. brian moore is life with the latest now. >> the future president has two messages today. thanks and you're welcome. >> in his first official trip,

celebrated carrier air's decision not to export 1,000 jobs to mexico. >> these companies are not going to be taking people's hearts out. >> he was accompanied by indiana governor mike pence, who plaed a key role in making good on a campaign promise, to keep jobs in america. >> today america won. and we have donald trump to thank. >> reporter: it's a holiday gift for workers who had been bracing for unemployment.

ahead, elections officials in wisconsin are looking back to election day. they are recounting every vote, a task that will keep them busy around the clock for the next two weeks. jill stein requested that recount and she will pay the bill, $3.5 million. >> brian moore, thank you. during the break, fire up the nbc washington app today. we'll take a closer look at the trump carrier deal, how it came about and what i'm scott macfarlane at the live desk. we have learned a grand jury in prince georges county indicted a police officer accused of assault and of misconduct. juan hernandez is accused of hitting a suspect with his plus cruiser during a chase. the act was caught on cruiser camera. hernandez was suspended that day. the man who was hit did not require medical treatment, we're told.

of the force. we'll have more on the investigation and the charges coming up in the next hour. we are learning new information about a deadly accident on the clara barton parkway. police say the car crashed and then caught fire just after 1:00 this morning. we brought you this as breaking news this morning on news 4 today. part of the clara barton parkway was closed for the victim's identity has not been released. the metro board gave preliminary approval to a plan that would slash metro rail hours. these new hours would last for two years beginning in the summer. and the biggest change would be to late night weekend service. adam tuss is at metro headquarters with the reason for these new hours. >> most metro board meetings are

this one was no exception. the whole proposal here was to vote on reducing the number of hours in the metro schedule. they did pass a preliminary vote to reduce the number of hours that metro operates. take a look at the proposal passed here. basically, rail service would end at 11:30 on the weekdays. it would end at 1:00 a.m. on friday and saturday night. and on sunday, the system wouldn't open until 8:00 in t morning and close at 11:00 at night. we're talking about a big change. the committee approved this for two years. it still has to be passed. d.c. leaders not one bit happy about the proposal. they didn't want to see the reduction of hours go that long. >> we believe we compromised enormously. for someone to say we need to compromise more is not a realistic approach to this problem. >> reporter: we'll have much coming up for you tonight.

say about all this. >> wi asked you to weigh in on our facebook pool. what do you i this it about the possibility of reduced metro hours. this will be a nightmare or they need to do what they need to do. 19% it could be worse. 43% of you say this would be a nightmare. 38% think they need to do what thigh they needed to teams from the national weather service are tanned out in the southeast where 34 tornadoes touched down over the past two days. emergency crews are working around the clock to clear debrises from roads. the governor of alabama was among those surveying the damage. e he already declared a state of emergency. later in the newscast, we'll take you to a town in. alabama where a tornado was on the ground for less than two

there. it's a nice, sunny day for lighting of the christmas tree where we find doug kammerer. >> reporter: this is the best weather we have had. it's freezing down here. most of the years we have had a couple rain ya day. this is beautiful. you t tree. that will be lit in the 5:00 hour. the president and the motorcade just in front of the white house right now. they will be making their way down. they have a lot of people that will be taking the stage. so many things happening this evening. you can catch it all here on nbc

the event. the sun keeping us warm. once that goes down, it's going to get chilly. i have my u gloves. i'm good. >> your high-tech ear muffs that you can hear with. >> looking forward to it. >> what is planned now that the campaign is over. >> virginia senator tim kaine sits down to talk about his focus in the years ahead. >> not only is this important to

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for democrats in the race for the white house, vice presidential nominee tim kaine is looking ahead. he sat down with aaron gilchrist today to talk about his priorities for virginia and the nation. top focus will be his work on the armed services committee. >> this is the thing i work the most on. which is battling to make sure that we're defending the nation the roigt way and investing in priorities us safe. i'm one of two senators that have a child in the military. so it's important to me an issue of passion of mine. i don't think we should be in a war after a vote of congress. >> he says congress has not been willing to vote on the mission. house members are vying for office space on capitol hill before the new congress goes sbo session.

draw numbers from a lottery to determine what order they u can select their office space for the next two years. someone had to draw the worst number and this year it was florida member-elect charlie crist. that means he will no doubt have the smallest and least desirable office. anthony brown picked number 35. >> so we're now i locking at rooms and seeing how we can best accommodate staff and rooms that are closest and elevators for constituents. >> the covenanted number one was drawn by california and he will get his choice of available offices. it's been an american tradition for nearly a century. we take you live u to the national christmas tree lighting

police revealed the name of the man shot to death. >> he's the third murder in six months in the same neighborhood. e he lived in san diego but used to live in alexandria. jk yk discovered neighbor there is are concerned about what's

basketball court and tennis courts. then over this way, the townhouses on colonial avenue. residents say it was 9:20 when they heard gunshots. were already patrolling in the area. right here is where police found a man shot to death. police tell e me he does have ties to the neighborhood. it's the third homicide in northeast old town distance of one another. now arrests have been made and police don't think the latest murder has any connection to the earlier homicide. >> the preliminary look right now does not appear that this was just a random act. >> you'll hear from a resident who heard the gunshots about how they are feeling today and what police are doing to catch the

a look at the national christmas tree lighting. we're talking about road closures throughout the day starting at 2:30 in the afternoon. they wrap up around 7:00 in the evening. now when we're talking about these closures, there's a big list. all of them listed on our nbc washington app. some including 17th street and constitution and 18th. if you're headed that way this evening, going down there for metro closed stations. the light has a lot of history to it. here are the four things you need to know about it. first, the tradition is coming up on its 100th anniversary in a few years. the first tree was put up in 1923. grace coolidge gave permission to put it down on the list. second, the tree you should note

difs assassinated. the tree was lit marking the end of a 30-day national period of mourning. even though presidents have lit the tree for years it hasn't always looked the way it does now. the l.e. desmt lights were first used back in '07. and it's become more energy efficient ever year. president obama. they are pretty much all a big deal. but chance the rapper, kelly clarkson and yolanda adams are the head liner. and garth brooks, the man in the hat. >> it's a holiday tradition. today president obama will welcome the month of december by lighting the national christmas tree.

first, let's get back down to doug where the weather is looking great for this event. >> it really is. we've been down here so many years where the weather has been freezing. other years we have had rain. a couple years ago it was pouring on us and everybody on the stage as well. they are going to do that it rain or shine. today it is all shine. we have that sun right now making its way down setting in about the next half hour. one thing we watch here, there's the tree there. we watch the there. there's the presidential motorcade. once that starts to move, that's when we knows things are starting to move here as well. so later on as jim was talking about, we get some of those performances. the tree is lit in the 5:00 hour. i believe between 5:10 and 5:20. we're hoping to bring you that live. an amazing event down here. i love coming down here. not just because of all the people that are here. everybody just down here having so much fun, but here we are in

time for the holidays and what a better way to kick it off than in front of the white house. >> it's a little cool, but not too bad. so are the winds going to to calm just a little bit. >> as we were looking at things earlier, the winds dying down as the sun goes down. what wh that happens, it's going to be chilly. you want to plan for that if you're heading down for the tree lighting or walking the dog. right now,re degrees. and we'll be in the 50s for the majority of the evening hours. you can see it's clear and it's dry out there tonight. no worries of rain. by 11:00, we're in the upper 40s. your weather headline, we'll stay dry. our next chance of rain comes on tuesday. and make sure you take a look at the 10-day. we're talking about highs potentially in the low 40s a few days next week.

as we close out the workweek, the weather having a low impact on your day. exercise looking great. it's sunny and nice and refreshing after you've been out there for about five minutes. outdoor recess for the kids. another chilly day though. biggest concern will be the sun glaer and a lot of holiday parties getting underway. temperatures tomorrow evening will be in the 40s. you want the warm jacket as you head out. you can see tomorrow is pretty quiet. a high of tomorrow evening around 7:00. a temperature of 46 degrees. so as we look at the weekend, we'll be breaking this down more at 4:45. but saturday a high of 51. sunday a high around 50. if you're going to the jingle all the way run sunday morning, it's going to be chilly out there down at the national mall with temperatures around 40. and here are those 40s i was talking about. 49 next thursday. and then low 40s next friday and

winter forecast how cooler air is going to move in on december. and it looks like that's going to happen next week. >> yeah, we did talk about that winter forecast november being a warm month and december on the colder side. temperatures only in the 40s for sure. so that ten-day u forecast is getting cooler. we're watching the air force band. they are ready to play once they start the music things get underway. we'll be here throughout the afternoon live >> thank you, doug. >> what a way to spend the night u. americans are looking for ways to cut the sugar and find healthier ways to eat. soon why you may be able to cut the sugar without cutting chocolate. >> you know the words, but the it 12 days of christmas won't

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breaking news out of tennessee. three more people have been found dead from the devastating wildfires bringing the numb of deaths to ten. >> authorities in tennessee are hoping to complete searches of burned areas of the state by the end of today. they are looking for survivors in homes and businesses scorched by wildfires earlier this week. at least 75 people are injured and the number of people are

300 firefighters are still working to put the fires out. the mayor of gatlinburg, a city hard hit, says the town will overcome this sdr. >> we're going to be back better than ever. >> dolly parton donating $1,000 a month for six months to each of the vuk tims victims in that county in tennessee. teams are fanned out in the southeast where 34 tornadoes touched down in seven states. >> this as emergency crews clear debris for roads and work to restore power. jacob rascon is in one alabama town where everyone knows someone who lost everything.

tore through this town of rosalie, alabama. it was on the ground for less than two minutes. >> severe weather pummelling the south yet again. lightning, torrential rain and possible tornado in south carolina a after a deadly outbreak of twisters throughout the region. barely escaping after a tornado ravaged their home in alabama. >> losing almost everything. >> five people killed, dozens injured with dozens of

in georgia, high school students sing christmas songs after a tornado warning forced them to take shelter in the hallway. one of many close calls during the first deadly outbreak in this country since may. several people are still hospitalized. some of them with critical injuries. the national weather service said 34 tornadoes are now confirmed in seven states and the city of bloomington, tennessee, confirmed one of their v his wife were the two people killed in yesterday's tornado. jacob rascon, nbc news, alabama. back close to home, we want to get to our weather. doug has a ring side seat for the best show in town. perhaps the country tonight. >> we're jealous. >> i tell you it's so great. you would not be. jealous. we talked about the sun going

the wind is still up. that's the big thing here. i know you're comfortable back there in the studio. right now, i want to show all the people here for the christmas tree lighting. these are all people that put in for this long ago. notice there are thousands of people. you have a lot of people sitting here. but a lot of people in standing room only. they will be here for the next couple hours. really quite an amazing event is going on down here. you can see the white house behind me and the tree there too. lighting the tree in under hour. still waiting for the wind to die down. she's sure it's going to happen. i'm trusting her on this one. >> you stay nice and warm down there. >> now to a story you'll only see on news 4. law enforcement officials are calling it a crisis in our jails that plays out every day on our streets. the growing number of people with mental illness.

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hello, everybody. i'm doug kammerer on what was a beautiful day. the president has also made his way down. the motor motorcade. etting underway here. this is the 94th annual. the first was in 1923. there was a 48-foot tree.

in february of 2011. that was a strong storm. over 60 mile per hour winds that day. this is the latest we had here. this has been standing out for the last five years. really amazing sight that we have going on down here. thousands of people out ready for this event. i think the coolest thing about this every year, this is my sixth year of doing this. garth brooks is one of my favorites. earlier i was trying to find their trailer. and able to get a glimpse and a peek at some of them. this year i couldn't find the

but really quite amazing what's going to be going on down here. i've been down here with windchills in the 20s. we have shone you this. thousands and thousands of people continuing to come down. the winds have been a factor here. the winds gusting up to 20 to 25 miles an hour. they are starting to die just a little bit. but the people continue to trkl here. if you have a lottery ticket, you get into the green seating area. everybody else is the standing room only. they are able to make their way in that you see off in the distance. it was thousands of people.

at least initially. this will be on air a little later on. i'm watching what's going on up close. they have the national air force band that will be playing in a couple minutes. once they start, that's when the official event starts. so we have some things going on. but the national air force band about to go on as well. we're expecting the tree to be lit in the 5:00 hour. we heard between 5:10 and . in here. the tree lit up by thousands of lights. right by the tree, if we're able to see the other trees around there, there are 57 trees around that tree. each one of those decorated by

handmade by those territories. we're going to go to break. this starting up in a few minutes. the wind is ck up.

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