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salvation army acquired it. i'll tell you all new at 11:00. much of the country is experiencing the coldest air in the season. what's in store for us this week with the official start of winter just over day away. first tonight, three more people have died in what appears to be an attack on a christmas market in germany. >> we have learned that police in new york city are stepping up security around holiday markets there. that department tweeted tonight they are moving expertly trained teams into areas it considers high profile. right now it's just after 5:00 a.m. in berlin. police there are still at the crash site examining the truck which killed 12 people when it plowed into the crowds. dozens more were injured. dan has more on the driver and what we're learningab

another person inside that vehicle. >> reporter: the popular christmas capital was filled with tourists and locals when a large truck plowed into it. the nationality of the suspect is not yet known. police said they are still investigating whether the innocent w incident was an attack. initial evidence pointed to an intentional act. video showed emergency vehicles converged at the scene and debris from the market stall strewn. there's been fear of an incident like this for a while now. today's incident comes after the u.s. state department issued a warning to tourists of potential attacks on christmas markets.

vladimir putin said the killers will feel it. he never saw his killer lurking behind him. witnesses say the asass sin was an off duty turkish police officer. it's unclear if he worked with isis or plotted the take on his own. prince george county police have identified the man whose body was found badly burned this morning. >> that's right. it happened at a rec center in capital heights. it's 27-year-old rayshand lee cotton. a woman found his body still smoldering. detectives say someone set him on fire. tonight they are trying to figure out who did it and why. there's a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. storm team 4 is tracking the cold that has a lot of country caught in its grip. believe it or

dropped to 13 below zero. the spray from lake michigan is freezing along some of the popular running paths. the coldest air is staying to our north but we're still on the cold side tonight. >> frigid wettather up there. today's high only 39 degrees. look at the map. i showed you the pink. any time you see the pink on the map, that's the frigid arctic air. pittsburgh at 17. state college at 16. it's moving to the north and east away from our area. we're still around the freezing mark. down to 24 right now. a cold night for sure. calm the next few days. really not all that bad. the travel forecast we'll talk about that. if you're traveling over the next couple of days and tracking

i'll let you know what kind of an impact it will have on your weekend. donald trump is one step closer to becoming president and today the electoral college cast its ballot and cast him the winner. former president bill clinton was one of the electors obligated to vote the will of the people. this is usually drama free but there were outbursts from virginia to wisconsin to phoe x phoenix. a special joint session of congress will formalize trump's presidency in a few weeks. white house was so concerned about russia cyber med ling in our elections that just eight days before election day the white house urged -- used the red phone which is a direct line to moscow to issue a stern warning to the russian government. a senior intelligence official says the message to russia was mu

muddled and had no clear warning about the consequences. for the third year in the row the government is penalizing a virginia hospital. the university of virginia medical center in charlottesville has higher than average rates of death from surgical complications and rates of infections. the government will provide nearly $2 million fewer dollars in medicaid reimbursement. a father from silver spring could spend 35 years in prison for the death of his young son. today a jury in montgomery county found him guilty of second-degree murder and child abuse charges. he took his 7 week old son to children's hospital after he was found unresponsive. the hospital said the baby had injuries consistent with

abuse. he was his primary care gaiver. he will be sentenced in february. the salvation army is thankful when its red kettles are stuffed but every christmas a few kettle strike gold and one in our area received a mystery donation. it's worth enough to help a lot of families in time for christmas. >> reporter: i'm sure you have seen salvation army bell ringers outside your supermarket. none of them are as stunned as captain carl in montgomery county. >> i'm very surprised. i feel blessed tonight. >> reporter: an anonymous donor dropped a christmas surprise in a red kettle outside this giant. >> we're going through our daily routine of counting the dimes and nickels. when the came out we stopped an

>> reporter: someone with a heart of gold dropped a rare canadian leaf coin. it has a face value of $50 but could be as much as $1200. >> reporter: the salvation army will sell it to a collector. money raised through the annual red kettle helps people through services and programs. >> it's so great to hear something like that. >> reporter: if the donor is watching this, what do you say to the person? >> god, bless you. i want to thank you much. >> reporter: i'm holding the coin right now and feels about three times the rats of a quarter. the salvation army plans to contact coin collectors. they will take this coin, sell it to them and once they get the money they plan to put it into their fund to serve the community. maryland will show off

tomorrow. commuters can start using the center on thursday and it's expected to serve 12,000 bus passengers day. prince george county is the bus and montgomery county ride on will pass through the transit center along with metro bus and the university of maryland shuttle if you have campus id. : metro will end its safe track surge tomorrow a day earlier. the production impacted louden down. they use the west and east metro station. normal bus stations will pick up wednesday. in the district it's not whether workers should have more paid family leave. it's how the city will pay for it that would turn a vote into a battle. tomorrow d.c. counsellors will consider two options. one, tax on city businesses would create a new government agency. that agency in turn would provide up to eight weeks of

paid leave. some businesses say they don't want that extra level. they prefer option two. one that would require companies to provide the leave without imposing tax. the manufacturers recalling a popular bag of chips. snyder berlin says some of its buffalo cooked potato chips may contain salmonella. hundreds come out to honor our local olympians who competed in rio. >> we'll talk to swimmer since the alleged night robbery. who are the better doctors? men or women? >> why experts saw your doctors gender could have major life or death impact on your treatment. a flight touches down hours late

nc they all won on a world stage but there's nothing like the cheers from your own town. jackie benson was there for the celebration and as swimmer jack what he's learned since brazil. >> reporter: with fanfare provided by the richmond montgomery high school march band, it was a celebration. proclamations were presented to the four rio 2016 athletes who called the marylandub

civic center, swimmer katie ledecky wearing gold and the first american ever to win olympic gold in women's freestyle wrestling was honored but couldn't be there. >> i have to thank my parents for raising he here in montgomery county and everything they have done to get me to this point. >> reporter: the three olympians stood patiently for picture after picture. he referenced that when asked about the impact of his involvement in ryan lochte's discredited robbery report. >> you take away the positives rather than negatives. >> reporter: all three nodded and smiled when asked about the 2020 games. 80% of the funding came from montgomery county. >> tokyo games will be

if i can get the support, i'd love to be there. >> reporter: tonight celebration ended with the announcement that montgomery county has begun creating its own sports all of fame. the four athletes honored here tonight are recommended as the first four inductees. jackie benson, news 4. are women doctors better for your health? sorry men, but research from harvard found women doctors who care for elderly hospitalized patients get better results. those patients are less likely to die or be readmitted. researchers estimate if male doctors got the came results, it could save 32,000 lives a year. >> women physicians are achieving not just the same out comes as men but doing better. >> the authors point to previous research that shows women may be better at communicating, providing

sticking to clinical guidelines. imagine arriving home for the holidays with no clothes, let alone christmas gifts. today one flight got to detroit with more than 200 passengers and none of their dhchecked bag. passengers said no one from spirit airlines let them know your luggage isn't coming. a lot of them went down to baggage claim and to do around for no good reason. >> we took watching a good six of them go by for 45 minutes until someone said they're not coming. >> by the way. spirit airlines officials say the baggage couldn't load the plane back in los angeles because of a problem with equipment but they haven't explained is why no one bothered to inform the passengers. wow. you don't have much time left to get gifts and cards where they need to be by christmas day. tomorrow is the last day to send fi

shipping companies know a few of you may be procrastinating. you know who you are. >> not me. >> the u.s. postal service extended its hours. it now offers services on christmas day. it's never too late, i guess. right. it's cold out there tonight but not as cold as those folks in chicago. >> one of the coldest areas of the country now. 14 degrees there. 14 below earlier this morning. just amazing the cold air there and that cold air movers our way. not going to happen like that this time. 26 in warning ton. without the clouds wooeds be in the upper teens aldy

guys early tomorrow morning. 26 at 7:00 a.m. it's going to be chilly. the kids will need the coats and the pants -- long pants. 36 degrees at noon. my son wants to wear shorts. 43 degrees at 4:00. just remember that. it's going to be on the cool side. high temperatures tomorrow pretty good with that sun. not dealing with any clouds. they won't need the umbrellas. here are the clouds right now coming right over the area. just back to the west, notice the clearing skies. those will make their way on through. the clearing skies to the west. take a look at the numbers to the west. 17 degrees right now in pittsburgh. there's 13 indianapolis. that cooler air trying to move in. it will be a cool night tonight. the cool air remains around our area. we see a cold front come through. ahead of the front, actually warm. the coldest stays to the north. if you're traveling

air will be. if you're traveling i-95 it's a pretty good wednesday, thursday for i-95. looking good for you there. air travel right now looking pretty good across much of the country wednesday and thursday. by friday, starts to go downhill a bit back towards the western portion of the country. not all that bad early. temperatures tomorrow cold. temperatures tomorrow afternoon, not all that bad. going for a high of 48. sunny but cool. make sure you take the coat. i did raise this. earlier tonight i was thinking about 42. that helps us a little bit. take a look at the next ten days here. one thing you notice i've only got one day and that's next wednesday at 37 degrees. that is it.

back to 54 on christmas. 64, the day after christmas. the day after the kids get toys, they can go outside on monday and play with new toys because it's going to be so nice and warm. >> that's a positive way to look at it. >> last year i think was 61 and the year before that was the mid-60s. last christmas was balmy. the wizards are going for their fourth straight win. a fourth quarter sounds nice. >> sports is up next. first here is jimmy fallon. >> denzel washington is my guest

the wiz have started to turn their season around a bit. >> the nation is noticing nbc sports radio have me on as a guest. hoi about the wizards. nationally they are talking about the wizards. that's how you know people are noticing me. it's a playoff race going on and the wizards are in it. looking for win number four in a row tonight trying to stretch out the good times. i look at this picture and think i can't touch my toes. man. pick it up

seconds. hi thought it was a three pointer. his foot was on the line so it's a two. now four seconds left. thaddeus young nails it. otto porter inbounds to biel. the shot no good. if you think the season games don't matter, just look at the reaction. heartbreak. >> he had a look. >> wizards three-game winning streak snapped. wizards down but not out. the head coach encouraged. >> i've been around this team for a couple of months. one thing we don't do is give up. we fought every game this year. it's only a couple games that we have laid an egg. i like the

and give ourself a chance. we're going to have breakthrough and hopefully we keep going. >> i like this one too. they are building a solar system today. the cavs visiting young patients today. they do so much off the ice. also you may have heard a little thing called monday night football. the redskins hosting the pant r panthe panthers. it's been a tough night for the home team. a lost fumble at his own five-yard line. cousins did break his own franchise record. on the other side panthers, cam newton and two touchdowns. they are losing right

cowboys running back elliot will not be finded for salvation army red kettle jump. he was penalized for excessive celebration which usually carries a 12 grand fine but the nfl chose not to fine him. he did say he would match whatever the league fined him as a donation to salvation army. he said he is still making good on that promise. 61% increase in online donations. >> great publicity. >> 200 gand sincer

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remember where you rr seven years ago today? maybe stuck at home outside with your weather graphics. had a record breaking 16.4 inches of snow that fell that day. a will the of you remember as snowpocalypse. it shut down a lot of major retailers a few days before christmas. travelers stranded. some churches even had to cancel their services the next day. >> we still remember it. >> what do you get for an expectant mother who spend most of her time in a tree. a zoo in texas hosted a baby shower. they are expecting a baby in january. the lucky mammals got presents like toys, books, blankets. books, wait a minute books. guests even enjoyed decorations and cake. the little bundles of joy are expected in

thrilled. orangatan births don't happen that often. who's going to read to the babies. >> they probably don't use blankets either or toys. >> they use

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- denzel washington, tony bennett,