are . from now on, it's going to be america first. okay. america first. >> on the heels of the carrier jobs news, president-elect trump taking a victory lap while ao the american military. the death toll rises from a one, two punch from massive wildfires in the southeast. news on an nfl player shot in a road rage incident outside new orleans. buzz aldrin forces a high rescue mission from the north pole. heroes are now looking for

food friday morning, everyone. aim ayman mhyeldin. >> i'm fran cyst says rivera. >> it was like the president-elect was embarking on a victory tour in cincinnati. bringing back showboating candidate that navigating his way to the white house. take a listen. >> we have people running our country that truly didn't know from now on, it's going to be america first. okay? america first. >> and trump made a big announcement while rallying supporters, surprising aids and the media, declaring his secretary of defense? i don't want to tell you this because i want to save the suspense for next week.

as our secretary of defense. >> and trump there, you we heard him referring to mad dog mattis, he was talking about a marine general james mattis. >> and just as trump zeroed in on defense, he is widening his ropes for secretary of state t. lewandowski saying while mitt romney and rudy guiliani are leading for the job the decision is far from done. last night the cincinnati crowds bursting in a chant of no romney. the trump and vice president-elect mike pence doubled down on building the border wall and repealing obamacare and lowering tacks.

pence swung through indiana with carrier executives to keep over a thousand manufacturing jobs in the united states. >> the company are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. it's not going to happen. >> the carrier deal gives the heating and air-conditioning company $ million in tax breaks over ten years, that's inexchange for carrier investing $16 million into i however, another 1,300 jobs are slated to go to mexico. former usc standout and jet joe mcknight was shot and killed outside new orleans. they tell us it was a possible road rage incident. ems acted quickly performing cpr on mcknight on the highway.

here's what they said about the ongoing investigation. >> at the present time we are interviewing a number of witnesses, as well as mr. gasser at the bureau is that mr. gasser did, in fact, shoot mr. mcknight. >> mcknight was a highly recruited new orleans football star who also plays for the kansas city chiefs as well joe mcknight was just 28-years-old. people remain without power from the deadly weather and wildfires. four tornadoes killed five people in alabama and tennessee. an additional 11 people were killed by the massive wildfires in eastern tennessee that started late monday night. gatlinburg remains blocked to the public with a mandatory evacuation order.

look at this, on wednesday morning, this photo was taken of these heroic firefighters, after battling the fire for over 33 hours. there they were getting a well needed nap. buzz aldrin is waking up in a hospital after a medical evacuation from the north pole. he left for a luxury tour on tuesday, bus his deterioratesed, leading toing a serious lung condition. his manager releasing these photos saying he is recovering well. they say the astronaut has fluid in his lungs. aldrin became the second man to walk on the moon alongside neil armstrong. an arm bank robbery turned into a life hostage situation. the showdown dragged on for

dangerous gunmen. nbc's ja kosh rascone has a harrowing story. >> reporter: they were hostages, now survivors. >> i was little skampltd i thought it was a degree. but it was so real, it was real. >> reporter: it was around:00 when the alleged gunman walked into the bank with a dog and a handgun and demanded money. >> but when he shot up in the air, then i knew indicated someone had been shot. >> you'll units responding to district 24, gunshot wound. >> reporter: that turned out not to be true, humphrey told negotiators, he would start shooting if his demands were not met. >> he was putting the shut gun at the back of some head. >> reporter: they negotiated two

into the bank. >> they used a battering ram, putting thems between the suspect and hostages, surrounded, humphries surrendered. family overjoyed as the hostages shaken but unhurt were freed at last. here's a heart warming homecoming story of sorts. it's for a pack of heroles. 13 retired bomb detectiondogs took their vests off t. the past few years serving our country and keeping our troops safe. now the pups are getting ready for a well deserved retirement. the mission k-9 will work to rehabilitate and reintegrate them in society. they hope to have them in homes by the time for the holidays. you can visit mission k9rescue.org. still ahead here on "early

civil conversation between the clinton and trump campaign teams. instead it got downright nasty and mean. you will hear the personal attacks just ahead. but first, check out the scene in de kalb county, georgia. a tornado hit and wind swept through the area taking down trees and causing other damage. our will cairns joins us for a look ahead after what can only be described as aer week. >> this will be a quiet weekend. we are going to track rain. it begins in areas of texas, much of the northern half of the country, seasonal, chilly, as you'd expect fordecember. then the rain begins to spread. saturday all through texas into oklahoma. then it spread into arkansas and louisiana. by the time we get to sunday, the rain will be all the way through the southeast. maybe heavy rain and thunderstorms and brief severe weather, louisiana into east texas. we are not expect a tornado

ahead. . so again, south texas could be the first area that could see showers and storms. we will see some snow and rain showers off the great lakes. cloudy and cool throughout the region. we're theep say we will not have anything too bad over the weekend. not a lot of snow just yet. >> thank you very much. just ahead, president obama tried out some new we'll let you be the judge. then it is certainly anything but bun u funny a. man records himself driving over 115 miles an hour. things go terribly long. details next. this is for you. you didn't really have to...

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out of traffic and reaching speeds up to 160 miles per hour. witnesses say he lost control of the car, which spun i'dways. then it hit a garbage truck. in the end, rescuers had to cut him from his vehicle. he had been charged with reckless driving along with a hft of other offenses t. driver of the truck was uninjured. snapchat is avoiding people doing . act of the day. luckily no one severely injured in that. personal attacks between the clinton and trump campaigns at a harvard debate. that's already becoming legend. that's next.

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. "news 4 today" starts now. >> now on "news 4 today" -- a busy part of the beltway back open. the dangerous wreck that left traffic tied up for hours. mad dog defense, the tough talking general coming out of joining trump's cabinet. >> staying safe on metro, the action on capitol hill and why service hours could be cut down more in the near future. it is 4:26. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gills kris. >> em erika gonzalez in for eun yang. it's blustery out there. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in with our with weather headlines. >> good morning.

outside, feeling more like december for a change after another mild month goes into the books. breezy and dry on the cool side as we go through the weekend and as we get towards next week, much more needed rainfall before some really cold air arrives here not this weekend, next weekend. promises to be considerably colder. give you the whole ten-day forecast at 4:51. on your way out the door, mostly in the 30s to low and mid 40s. co you. >> overall looking good this morning. a little road work westbound 7 right now, being shut down diverted there at lexington drive. no huge deal but this is because of road work at ashburn village boulevard. get back on 7 once you pass the detour this morning. inner and outer loop no roadwork here, lovely for a friday, 95

just fine. >> thank you. 4:28. developing right now, the outer loop of the beltway back open after a crash. virginia state police had lanes near exit 57 in springfield shut down for several hours. this crash happened last night on the southbound side of 495. police say one car caught on fire and one person was thrown from their car. no word on how that person is doing. one dead another hurt after a shooting in northeast d.c. police say the shooting happened on capit running from the scene after the shooting. police didn't have suspect information though. we are working to learn when the man accused of setting his girlfriend on fire will be extradited to fairfax county. police arrested lewis reeder near richmond last night hours after delores williams died. reeder is accused of setting williams on fire inside their fairfax county home last month after an argument. he had been on the run ever

president-elect donald trump nominates marine corps general james mattis to head up the defense department. trump made the announcement during a post-election victory rally last night in cincinnati. mattis retired in 2013 after serving as the commander of the u.s. central command. in a tweet on sunday trump referred to mattis by his nickname "mad dog" describing him as a true general's general. >> they say he's the closest thing to that we have and it's about time. it's about time. >> now there is a bit of controversy surrounding general mattis. his confirmation by the senate is not guaranteed. mattis is only three years out of uniform and would also need a congressional waiver for a 1947 law that requires a seven-year waiver. president-elect trump is celebrating a deal to keep thousands of jobs here in the u.s. the heating and air conditioning company carrier is getting $7

mexico. now in exchange for the tax breaks, carrier is investing $16 million in its u.s. plant. trump started tweeting about negotiations with carriers this week. our transportation reporter adam tuss and the i-team have learned what metro general manager is expected to say at a house oversight hearing today. the purpose of the hearing is to find out if metro state tracks program is really working. paul lawmakers repairs are on budget and metro continues to work closely with the fta about safety standards that starts later this morning in the rayburn house office building. new information on a metro derailment that happened this summer. federal investigators believe metro knew about track defects years before that incident. this is a look at that train when it went off the tracks outside the east station in july. 63 people were on board.