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away. this is security camera video of a car crashing into an apartment building. it moves into a parking space, and then keeps ongoing right into the building. slowly it backs away. and then moves away from the scene of the crash, leaving behind this tell tail piece of evidence, a grill from a nissan car. the impact caused the building's brick wall to buckle, caused fire fighters to evacuate that building, and caused the brothers to get out fast. you see, they were inside right above the place where that car crashed. >> it's like a vibration, i was thinking somebody downstairs, like, did something. >> i saw the guy and the guy was like he had a -- i was scared. really? thank god nobody was right there. i always sit there in the evening, with
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and coming back again. >> he ran away. it's crazy. they don't know you. >> reporter: they and another family will be displaced until workers can sure up the building. other people who live here will be allowed back in tonight. now, the workers continue to patch things up here at the apartment building. the driver of the car, he is still at large. but if police can come up with a t.a.g., they can find that c.a.r. and try to figure out what really happened to cause this mess in prince george's county. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. >> now to new disturbing and graphic sex assault allegations against alabama senate candidate roy moore. another accuser has come forward today alleging moore gr h
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and tried to go further when she was just a teenager in alabama. >> mr. moore reached over and began groping me. he put his hands on my breast. i tried to open my car door to leave, but he reached over and he locked it so i could not get out. but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head onto his crotch. >> this woman has volunteered to testify under oath in front of the u.s. senate. despite these new allegations, moore does not appear to be backing down. he's threatening to sue the washington post for its original story. but it comes as support for moore continues to dwindle in the u.s. senate. dan has new reaction now from capitol hill. >> reporter: another allegation of sexual misconduct against senate candidate roy moore of alabama. >> mr. moore r
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began groping me. >> beverley young nelson says moore was a regular customer at the restaurant where she worked when she was 16. one night she says he assaulted her after offering her a ride home. >> he said, you're just a child. and he said, i am the district attorney of the county. and if you tell anyone about this, no one will ever believe you. >> reporter: nelson is the 5th woman to come forward. last thursday, the washington post published a report in which a woman claimed moore had inappropriate sexual contact with her in 1979 when she was 14 and he was 32. three other women said moore pursued relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. >> this article is the prime example of fake news. >> reporter: moore has denied any wrongdoing and threatened legal action at a campaign event sunday. >> these attacks involved minor childs are completely false and untr
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>> reporter: the political fall out has been swift. on monday senate majority leader mitch mcconnell echoed calls for more than a dozen fellow republicans who said moore should step aside. >> do you believe these allegations to be true? >> i believe the women, yes. >> reporter: the controversial candidate pledging to remain in the race. >> we do not intend to let anybody deter us from finishing this race. >> reporter: the election is four weeks away. dan shen aman, nbc news. >> tensions are running high as deliberations begin in a gang-related murder trial in fairfax county. prosecutors say 21-year-old wilmer sanchez serrano stabbed 15-year-old alexandra reyes to death back in january. detectives say that attack happened in a wooded area in springfield. prosecutors say the murder was revenge for the part that reyes had played allegedly in a previous gang killing. news4 is in the courthouse and will provide new updates on air and on the nbc washington app when they be
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that will have you rethinking those late night trips to the gym. a man tells us he was headed into the planet fitness in hyattsville, maryland when someone held him at gunpoint, stole his car, and then just took off. that attacker is still on the loose tonight. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins talked to the victim about that terrifying ordeal. tracee? >> reporter: well, he tells us he was locking his car, walking into this planet fitness. at least that was the plan before he found himself held up at gunpoint. a man heading into this planet fitness found himself staring down the barrel of a gun. because the gunman is out there, we're not showing the victim's face. >> first you think about your family and then you fear for your life. and then you look at this young man and you say, wow, he couldn't have been 19 or 20 years old. that's somebody's child. >> reporter: for three years the victim worked ou
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planet fitness in the 8500 block of landover road. at 2:30 a.m. november 6. >> i got out, set my lock, beep beep, got out, started walking, bam, he was right up on me. >> reporter: he said he'd never seen the man before and did not see where he came from. but he saw his gun. >> and he asked me to give him my phone, wallet and cell phone. >> reporter: the gunman takes everything including his car, but he left him with what's most important. >> i paused for five seconds and i thought about it. i said, he could kill me. >> reporter: three days later he was able to recover the car. the suspect is still on the loose now he's worried about the safety of others who use this gym. >> whatever happens, you know, they find the person that's done it. >> reporter: none of the members we spoke with were aware this happened. >> it's something that would frighten me. what if it was me. >> it's sad you can't go out of your own house whatever time of day to do whatever you need to do without somebody robbing or stealing. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: planet fitness released a statement saying
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members is our top priority and we have been working closely with the hyattsville police and their ongoing investigation into this situation. we see that statement just a little while ago. prince george's county police are still working on trying to find whoever is responsible for this. they tell me that they've had some break-ins in cars in this area over the last six months. this was the only car jacking they had. reporting live i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. we want to turn now to the forecast and another big cool down on the way. >> although this afternoon when the sun came out, it was pretty warm out there. doug is in the storm center with the scoop on what's coming our way next. >> i love it, doreen. you say pretty warm. a lot warmer than it was on the day saturday. highs on saturday only in the 30s. today we actually hit 54 degrees for a high temperature. 53 actually the recorded high. so, that system that came through our area today actually had some rain assoed
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up to the northeast. providing a tenth of an inch, third of an inch in southern maryland. moved out fairly quickly. behind it, we're cool, but we're not cold. 50 degrees right now in d.c., but the cool air mass remains. that is going to be the case the next few days. below average all the the way through the day on thirst. maybe going a little bit above on thursday, but something else comes to that thursday system and brings in even colder air. once again, as we head towards the end of the week and your weekend. your updated ten-day forecast which now includes thanksgiving, i have it for you in a minute. >> okay, we'll see you in a few minutes. thank you, doug. a love triangle is uncovered during a murder investigation. coworkers entangled in an affair until one tries to end it. now the mother and wife is dead. the man who police call her boyfriend admits he attacked her. news4's darcy spencer is in wheaton where the woman's bod ways found over the weekend. darcy, you have more on the
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>> reporter: that's right, the suspect appeared in rockville court earlier today. the judge held him without bond saying he's a danger to the community and a flight risk. if you take a look here, this is where the victim's life came to a violent end when she tried to break up. charging documents confirmed dania mendez de guerra was having an affair with a man now charged with taking her life. they both worked at kfc in wheaton. she prepared food, he was a cook. when she tried to break up, police say elmer campos-martinez confessed to getting violent, beating her, strangling her, leaving her near a dumpster partially covered in trash. gomez is a kfc customer. what was she like? >> nice, always pleasant, always nice and friendly. it's just sad that it had to happen. >> reporter: investigators say campos-martinez admitted to attacking de guerra as she walked home from work early monday morning. he said she wanted to end the relationship.
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three times. she fell and hit her head. he escaped in a taxi with her purse and cell phone. her body was found friday afternoon. her husband had reported her missing monday after she failed to come home from work. an autopsy showed de guerra died from blunt force trauma and strangulation. charging documents show she had trauma to her head and face and she suffered wounds trying to defend herself. >> it does look like they were romantically involved, and per the charging documents and the statements in open court, that may have been why he did what he did. >> reporter: i just received an e-mail response from i.c.e. they are saying that the suspect in this case is in this country illegally. they have placed a detainer against him meaning he could be eventually deported, but of course this case has to be resolved first. they are also telling me in the e-mail that he was deported back in 1994, back to el salvador, and he somehow made his way back into the united states. jim, back to you. >> darcy, thank you.
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>> now an update on the tax time line. today the senate finance committee started work on its bill overhauling the nation's tax code. the house is set to vote on its bill on thursday. leaders -- the leaders hope to get a bill to the president by christmas. president trump weighed in on the debate on twitter today saying lawmakers should cut the top tax rate to 35% and end the individual obamacare mandate. >> the proposed tax bills drew protests from our region capitol hill today. local and national leaders warned some middle class taxes could go up, not down. that's because the republican plans kill or reduce federal deductions now allowed for state and local property taxes and for interest paid on home mortgages. >> this law propose today eliminate the state and local tax deduction would mean double taxation on individuals while allowing corporations to continue using the state and loca
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this is unbelievably unfair. >> the local leaders say about 40% of taxpayers in this region use the state and local property tax deduction for their federal returns. >> up next, some new guidelines about what defines high blood pressure. we are going to take a look at the changes and what they might mean for you and your family. >> also tonight, the huge rescue effort underway after a massive earthquake reduces buildings to rubble. >> and hundreds of thousands of people scammed out of their hard earned cash and now they may have a chance to get some of it back. susan hogan has details on a ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪
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i'm scott macfarlane back at the live desk. breaking news just posted a report from the atlantic. says the president's son corresponded with wikileaks during the final weeks of last year's presidential campaign. the report says wikileaks' twitter accounts and private messages to donald trump, jr. in september 2016, the messages in question were turned over by trump junior's lawyers to congressional investigators who have for months been investigating ties between russia in efforts to influence the 2016 elections. the atlantic reports wikileaks sought information from trump junior and it links wikileaks with russia. the news report quotes trump junior's lawyers saying they voluntarily turned over documents to congress and the question why those messages have now been leaked to the media.
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thank you, scott. it's a change that could lead to fewer deaths from things like heart attacks and stroke, but it could also force many more people to start taking medication. today the american heart association released some new blood pressure guidelines. here to talk about it is nbc medic medic medical correspondent dr. john torres. many of us have taken the test and know what our numbers are. what are the new guidelines and why the change now? >> so, doreen, they actually changed the guidelines based on a couple studies they looked at the last couple years. the american heart association and the american college of cardiology got together and said we need to lower these numbers. if you remember the old numbers, 140 over 90 was the magic number. if you're above that you were hypertensive, high blood pressure and you got treated. 120/80 is the target they wanted to reach. in between was sort of the gray area and they started calling that prehypertension. they changed stall that with the new guidelines. now what they're saying is 130/80 is the target number. if you're
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stage one high blood pressure. stage one hypertension and they want to try life-style changes or medication if needed. if you're above 140/90, then you're stage 2 and they definitely want to try medication to make sure they drive it down. about again, that magic number now 130/80. >> and who should be paying attention to this change in the snubs? i me -- numbers? what are the risk factors? >> everybody should be paying attention. the risk factors are essentially being alive. the older you get the more likely you are to get high blood pressure. if you have a family history, if you smoke, if you're sedentary, if you're overweight, that increases your risk a little bit. everybody is at risk for high blood pressure and the problem is as doctors we call it the silent killer for a reason because you could have it, not even know, and it's going to take its toll on your body over the decade and you hit the nail right on the head. increased heart attacks, increased strokes and increased death from keeping it high and not getting treated. >> medication is really only one piece of this, too, isn't it?
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that came out in the guidelines. medication is only one part of the puzzle here. initially especially if you're in that stage one hypertension, they want to go ahead and try life-style changes. we're talking losing weight, quitting smoking, exercising, dropping salt out of your diet as much as you can, maybe adding potassium. these can help bring your blood pressure down. if it works, great. you get 140/80. if you have risk factors, higher risk for stroke or heart attack, they'll start you on medication. magic number 130/80, tonight with lester holt we're going to hear a expert explaining why it is important to look at this. >> dr. john torres from nbc news, thanks. and as you said, you'll have more coming up on nightly news right after news4 at 6:00. >> the name alex azar has been trending on social media this afternoon. the former pharmaceutical representative is president trump's pick to be the next
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secretary. the president made the announcement via twitter this morning, calling azar a star for better health care and lower drug prices. azar is a unique pig because he comes from the industry that is heavily regulated by hhs. he is a lawyer by training who spent the last ten years with drug giant eli lili. he left the company back in january to start his own consulting firm. he is seen as an expert on health care regulation. >> surveillance video captures people running for their lives as the powerful earthquake hit iran near the iraqi border sunday. more than 400 people are known dead, thousands more injured. part of the area hit was remote where homes made of mud brick easily collapsed onto people living there. but the 7.3 magnitude quake was also powerful enough to bring down steel and concrete buildings. the earthquake was felt as far south as baghdad and as far west as israel and
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today felt pretty balmy. at least in the afternoon. >> after about 11:00, 12:00, even around lunch time if you were walking around, it wasn't all that bad. >> sun breaking out. >> sunshine. >> coat unbuttoned, it was all good. >> good, i'm glad you got out. >> a big no. >> each day will be a bit warmer. so, friday and the weekend again, we're get ing into na weekend pattern where the weekends are the cold series. right now, though, not bad but as the sun goes down temperatures will cool fairly quickly. down to 50 degrees the high right now. winds out of the northwest at 10. when you add wind on the chilly side it will make it feel that much cooler. temperature wise right now we're af 46 martinsburg, 49 in frederick burg, gaithersburg at 45. the wind chill is right at 40 degrees, upper 30s in spots. wind not that big of a factor as we move through the rest of the
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not rain. storm team4 radar is dry. we saw the storm come through earlier today. it was a pretty potent storm system. didn't give us much rain, though, only a tenth of an inch, snow in parts of new england, boston area saw flakes over that way, too. just to the west of boston. now behind it we are just looking at cloud cover, that's what we have out there for the day tomorrow, too. a day fairly similar to today. some clouds, some sunshine during the day, but not bad. high temperature tomorrow 354. -- 54. cool but not bad. once again, like doreen says, you can take the jacket, unbutton it, do whatever you want to do tomorrow. that's what it's going to be like out there. you won't need the hat, the gloves when you step out the front door. if you're one of those people that is on the cooler side you do need it, 39 degrees 7:00 a.m., by noon we're close to 50 degrees with sunshine. 52 degrees by 5:00 in the afternoon. so, for the morning commute no problem. on the roadways, same deal tomorrow afternoon on the roadways. when are we going to see a chance for shower activity? well, another chance on
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in. this would be early in the day. i'm not expecting much. what i am expecting, though, even though temperatures rise over the next few days, up to near 60 degrees on thursday, this is where we're going to see the rather breezy condilgss. it's going to be windy and cloudy on thursday for the most part. even though it's 59, it's not going to feel like that. we'll see winds gusting 20, 25 miles per hour. behind that system we cool right back down. down to 52 degrees on your friday. a very cool friday out there. look at saturday and under is. another storm, and this is a potent storm. comes through on saturday. good chance of showers early and then again late in the day as the front moves on through. high temperatures of 58, but windy after that front moves through. and blustery on sunday. a high of 45, wind chills on sunday could be in the upper 20s to low 30s. we could see wind gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour saturday into sunday. this is a situation we're going to watch closely. big storms for parts of new england. could bring lake effect snow. not for us, but for areas to our north and west.
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cool side of things. average high is now 59. right now i've got one day that's not even close to average, that being on thursday. guys, so, yeah, staying on the cooler side as we move on through the next ten days. hey, look, thanksgiving ten days away. >> november. thank you, doug. >> the election in virginia almost a week ago, now the controversy surrounds three races, still too close to call. new information tonight over the debate. >> d.c. ranks is one of the most rat infested cities in the country. mark segraves asked local leaders what they are doing to stop the invasion. >> and the major repair project on metro that could impact your commute for months. r're comingight back on news4
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>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, police in prince george's county are trying to track down the person who crashed a car into an apartment building this afternoon, and then drove away. the building has enough structural damage that two families will have to find somewhere else to stay tonight. >> a prince george's county man says he was car jacked in the parking lot of this planet fitness in hyattsville last week. the man tells us he was getting out of his car in the morning and found himself staring down the barrel of a gun. the attacker stole his car, his wallet and cell phone. police are still looking for the guy. >> and new blood pressure guidelines have been issued today by the
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association. those guidelines lower the target blood pressure from 140/90 to 130/80. experts say these lower targets could help people get necessary treatment before developing other health problems. >> well, here we go, complaints about these intruders are on the rise. nobody wants them in their neighborhood, right? news4's mark segraves takes a closer look at the district's rat problem and how mayor bowser plans to fight them. >> reporter: most people probably don't want to see these guys scurrying around their home or business. this woman encounters rats in her northwest neighborhood all too often. >> oh, wow, they're like this much big. they're like almost the size of a cat. >> reporter: today mayor muriel bowser along with several memorandum berlz of her leadership team took to the streets of the dupont circle neighborhood to get a firsthand look at the problem and what's being done to fight it. >> well, our message to the business owner is that we need
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we need you to know what the rules are. >> reporter: rats can be found in every neighborhood across the city, and more and more residents are calling the district's 311 number to complain. there were 2300 complaints in 2015. 3500 complaints last year. and so far this year, nearly 5,000 complaints about rats. the largest number of complaints coming from ward 1. now, you may not actually encounter a rot in your daily travels, but you probably see signs of them every day. in this alley, we counted seven of these rat traps just in one block. on the front line in the war on rats is the d.c. department of health deploying teams like this one that spray in their underground hiding places. and another group of inspectors w who fine businesses and homeowners who don't keep a lid on their trash. there are a few easy things we can all do to reduce the number of rats. >> make sure you use the garbage dedisposal, you know, food
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possible. keep the trash cans clean and the lids tight so the rats cannot get inside the can. >> reporter: in the district, mark segraves, news4. >> some members of a local church tried to send a message to the prince george's county council. >> not in our neighborhood. >> this group is protesting a medical marijuana dispensary that is hoping to set up shop next door to the connect church in temple hills. it's just off allen town road, not far from joint base andrews. demonstrators are concerned about public safety and proximity to programs who cater to families. >> i'm just concerned that it's not a good fit for my neighborhood and that there is a time and a place for everything. i believe that there's probably a better place for those to fit in. -- in the county. >> state and county law can make finding a location for dispensaries tricky. the dispensary hova wellness
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advance knowledge and understanding of their services. the council will take up the issue tomorrow. the minimum wage in montgomery county is on its way to $15 an hour. county executive ike leggett signed a bill into law today. the current minimum wage is $11.50 an hour. the higher wage will be phased in. businesses with 50 or more employees must be at $15 an hour by july of 2021. those with 149 employees have two extra years. businesses with fewer than 11 workers have until 2024. >> a metro alert tonight. crews are replacing a pair of escalators at the judiciary square metro station on the red line starting today. only one of the entrances will be open. our transportation reporter adam tuss explains why it is impact your commute for months. >> reporter: we'll take a look. this is what you're going to find for the n
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escalators here at the 4th and indiana side exit and entrance get replaced. you see the big blue wall here, behind there is where the work is taking place. take a look at this map, and this gives you a better understanding which entrance at judiciary square is actually closed. again, 4th and indiana, this is by the u.s. and d.c. courthouses. and everything that goes on in judiciary square. the other entrance and exit is over by the national building museum, and here today and the guys have been working through the night to start this project to get set up. and overall, metro really has an ambitious goal with its escalator program. it wants to replace over 100 in the next decade. and they actually say that performance has been improving on the escalator side of things. they have a target of 93% escalator availability. they say they've been hitting about 95%. so, above their goal for their escalator performance. and in here in the station, you can hear that thee
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making announcements about what is going on. so, if you use judiciary square, just be aware this entrance and exit is going to be closed for the next ten months. back to you. >> adam tuss, thank you. she won six olympic medals and became an icon for girls who want to become gymnasts. now alley raise man is becoming a new kind of icon. the doctor for nearly two decades, she details what naser did to her in her new book that will be released this week. she appeared on the today show this morning and said naser manipulated her into trusting him. >> i really didn't know what was happening to me. he was a doctor and he told me that his treatments would help heal all of my injuries. and i was so young, i had never really worked with another, you know, doctor or trainer before. and everyone said he was the best, he wouldi
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friend. he always seemed like he had my back. >> she says she wants usa gymnastics to change its culture and to do a better job of protecting young athletes. dr. nas ar has previously denied all assault charges in a separate case. naser is in jail and will be sentenced after pleading guilty to three federal child porn charges. >> a scam some people lose their hard earned money, but now there is a chance they'll get it back. susan hogan joins us live with new details. >> and it was a chilly autumn day to the today. highs other above 5 to 10 degrees than more mal. what about rain chance s? what'shanksgiving looking t
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there was an old woman who lived in a shoe. she had so many children she had to buy lots of groceries. while she was shopping for organic fruits and veggies, burglars broke into her shoe. they stole her kids' mountain bikes and tablets along with her new juice press. luckily the geico insurance agency had helped her with homeowners insurance. she got full replacement on the stolen goods and started a mountain bike juice delivery service. call geico and see how affordable homeowners insurance can be.
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millions of people who were tricked into sending money to scammers have the chance now to get some of their losses back. this is part of a massive settlement between the federal trade commission and western union. consumer reporter susan hogan is here with what you need to know. hi, susan. >> hey there, jim. the ftc says western union could have prevented many of these scams but chose not to. earlier this year they announced a $586 million settlement and now it's time for you to file to get your claim. the department of justice will examine each claim and
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whether it will be granted so you're eligible for repayment if you sent a money transfer through western union between january 1st, 2004, and january 19th, 2017 and were a victim of fraud. now, filing a claim is free, so you don't have to pay someone else to file it on your behalf. and you don't have to give your bank or credit card information to file that claim. you will have to be patient. we found out the repayment process can take up to one year. so, we've got a link where you can file your claims, it is super easy for you. go to our nbc washington app and search western union. doreen? >> thank you, susan. well, here's a story we can all take note of. we are just about a week and a half away from one of the biggest eating days of the entire year and the makers of stove top stuffing know that we like to indulge on thanksgiving. so, check this out. they've come up with something they call thanksgiving pan. thlo
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pants or maybe even maternity pants except for they're burgundy red, kind of like redskins color. you don't have to worry about loosening the belt or popping the button. the pants only cost $20 and they come with an over the belly stretch band decorated in stuffing. we know that you may be seeing family members who you don't get along with. this would not be a good gift. let me si thay that right now. >> not a good gift. don't wear it outside the house. >> something to buy for yourself. >> i'm telling you, they look comfy. redskins colors. think redskins. >> right. it's a move that is as controversial as the athlete himself. up next, why g.q. magazine decided to name colin kaepernick its citizen of the year. >> plus terror isn't the only threat at the airport. in tonight's hand it to handly sego many, i'm going to find out how a brigade of beagles helps bofeguard our rders.
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he has been called a lot of names since starting his protest during the national anthem. today gq magazine has named nfl quarterback colin kaepernick, quote, citizen of the year. the magazine compared kaepernick to athletes like muhammad ali and jackie robinson who risked their careers to make a difference. kaepernick is not quoted in the gq article. instead the authors used a photo essay and testimonies from ten people in his life to tell his story. kaepernick is currently in a fight with the nfl to get back into the league. he believes teams aren't signing him because of his take in the protests. >> explosive new evidence in the hazing of a penn state university pledge. la
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in the death of 19-year-old tim piazza. video evidence had been erased by a member of the fraternity while officers were inside the home. investigators say fraternity members of beta theta pi forced him to drink 18 drinks in 90 minutes in february. he died after he fell down a flight of stairs and fractured his skull. >> we are making holiday plans without our son tim because of your actions. hazing needs to stop. there is just no place for it. a statement needs to be made. >> prosecutors also named 12 new defendants today. those defendants joined 14 fraternity members already charged in piazza's death. the defendants have denied all charges. new surveillance video shows the terrifying moments before a bag exploded at the orlando airport last week. you can see crowds quickly run out of the security line when the bag started smoldering, then a loud noise
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in and quickly moves the bag away from the crowd before it explodes. turns out that explosion was caused by a lithium ion battery. many people are calling perez a he's rohr for his quick action and nobody was injured here. >> ever wonder how customs and border protection safeguards us from all the things that can come in from all over the world through our airports? well, we did, and we found out it takes a very strong nose to pickup trouble that can be brought in at dulles international airport. tonight's hand it to handly, i got to work and walk with the beagle brigade. >> good boy. >> beasley, a rescue beagle on the prowl, we being around passenger ands hundreds of pieces of rolling luggage just off international flights at dulles. >> he'll go up and sniff the bags and then if he alerts, then we will start talking to people. >> so,
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>> yes. >> i have a beagle mix and i know he has a strong nose. how far can they sense something? >> depending on how much odor is giving off, it can be 20 yards away, 30 yards away. >> don't let the wagging tail fool you. this is serious business. >> we want to prevent foreign invasion and testing diseases. >> they work as a team. can i hold the leash? look at that. >> try to keep him from getting run over. >> when i took the leash, beasley walked me around the lugga lugga luggage carousel. the beagle brigade have an ease with passengers. when they hit on something, they get a treat. >> good job. do you have any fresh fruits or vegetables with you today? >> no ma'am. >> sometimes passengers are sent on to have their luggage and boxes put through x ray and opened. >> frozen fish.
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from your grandmother? >> little tiny baby shrimp. these are garden eggs. >> sometimes the red flag is hidden deep. >> you can see there is a little hole right there. if i break that open, he is hiding right there. >> oh, my god, it's moving. look at that. >> they breed. they can cause massive infestations. so, these are fresh palm nuts. they are still fresh, they are not allowed. >> the inspectors are trained to look for and recognize the most exotic and bizarre. >> a couple years ago, i got a lamb, frozen iguana. you get used to it. it's the job. >> or at the can be as seemingly harmless as a piece of citrus in a purse. >> we have a tangerine. good boy.
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good job. >> go beasley. good dog there. exotic pests and foreign animal diseases can cost and cause $138 billion in economic and environmental losses every year in this country. you know, these inspectors and their dogs play a critical role in trying to keep us safe. if you have a job you'd like me to tackle or highlight, go to my facebook page and let me know on my wall, hand it to handly. >> i'm glad you showed us the kind of stuff those little dogs found because a lot of us -- i've seen them at the airport before. >> exactly. >> they don't look very fierce, right? they're little cute little beagles. >> that's why they get those. they're all rescues, doreen. they're not intimidating. they're not like german shepherds looking for money and drugs. >> good stuff. thanks for doing that. okay, doug, you have some good news for us? >> i love the hand it to handly stuff. i love the stove top stuffing pants. i'm a big stove top stuffing
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she makes it now for me. my son is there, too. >> you get those pants she'll make you a double order. start at xl. >> she'll make you eat out in the garage. >> she's going to love it. i'm getting some of those. if she is out in the garage, it's a cold one out there. is that a segue? it is i guess it's a segue. show you how things are doing. tonight not bad. it was on the mild side considering where we've been. even though we're still below average today by five degrees. currently sitting at 50, dropping to the 40s, 42 by 11:00. most of you will be in the 30s by this point. it's going to be another chilly night you but not all that k0e8d. 46 gaithersburg, 49 in fort belvoir. 45 in reston. temperatures will continue to drop. hence no rain across the area either. temperatures overnight tonight, well, we are going to be on the chilly side, but again we are right around average. the average low in d.c. is 42. dulles 35, 36. that's exactly where we're going to be. 34
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winchester, 36 down towards culpepper, 40 near the water in annapolis. waking up to chilly temperatures, all in all not bad tomorrow afternoon. how will the weather impact you? amelia draper with more. >> you probably want the gloves, the hat, definitely the puffy coat. like doug was saying, by the afternoon just the jacket you'll be fine. take a look 6:00 a.m., 39 degrees, 40 degrees by 8:00 a.m. the good news tomorrow we're going to be dry. not just during the morning but for the entire day. so, that is not going to slow down the commute or anything like that. outdoor exercise, gloves and hat early, during the afternoon you won't need that. walking the dog, it is crisp weather. so many people on facebook and twitter saying my dogs are loving this cooler weather. my dog, i don't think she's so sold on that. afternoon school activities, again, it's just a chilly autumn day with a mix of clouds and sun. take a look, 30s for morning exercise. if you're trying to et go out on lunch break, temperatures in the 50s. and during the evening, well, we're in the 40
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also kind of cringe worthy, sunset now at 4:55 in the evening. doug, how about fluffy, does she like the cooler weather? >> i took fluffy out. my daughter was cold. fluffy has the coat. it's the name, fluffy, thank you. 54, either fluffy or sarah. >> how about fifi? >> that one didn't make the top 10. 54 degrees on tuesday, 55 on wednesday. we're moving in the right direction. look at thursday, 59. it's going to be rather breezy. it's not windy on thursday. another storm system moves in early in the day. could see an isolated shower thursday morning. most of us should remain dry. look what happens behind the system we get cool again down to 52 friday morning. back to 58 on saturday. as another strong storm moves in, we'll see showers early in the day and again possible late in the day. and look at sunday. whew, sunday definitely on the cool
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45 degrees, wind chill could be in the upper 20s. we could see wind 30 to 40 miles per hour saturday night into sunday. so that's one to watch. the coldest time frame early monday morning. we get back close to freezing early monday. thanksgiving right now looking okay, but looking cool again back into the 40s. >> okay, doug, thank you. many of us reflected on the sacrifices of our veterans and military families this past weekend. tonight on news4 we're giving you a rare look at life as a navy for some women from our area. our david culver recently headed down to naval station norfolk, the largest naval base in the world. from there he flew to the uss harry s. truman aircraft carrier to meet some local female service members. they shared the joys and struggles of their life at sea. he asked alicia of northeast about her biggest obstacle while on those long deployments away from her young son. >> keeping my head up after those long periods, you get to a
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certain point after about two weeks, you're just like, i can make it. you push on. >> you can watch david's exclusive report on news4 at 11:00. it will give you a new appreciation for the challenges so many embrace in service of our nation. >> it's a great piece. i watched it over the weekend and just him taking off and landing, too, chester shot it. these women's stories are amazing. >> i'm looking forward to it at 11:00. >> coming up, he's embodied the soul of the d.c. neighborhood for more than 50 years. >> now he's saying good-bye. ahead, the owner of the local business that many say treated them like fily. now amsh
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the mayor of alexandria is getting a challenge to her office from her own party. vice mayor justin wilson says he'll take on alison silver burg in january. he says his priorities are childhood education, economic development and bringing metro to potomac yard. silver burg is in her first term as mayor. a long-time fixture of the pet worth neighborhood is now just a memory. >> yeah, on saturday, the phillips shoe repair shop closed its doors for a final time. news4's derrick ward spoke with the current owner of the business. been in that community for nearly a century. >> reporter: business has always been good at phillips shoe repair, but rarely this busy. it's probably the first time a mayor has dropped in.
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it was last day for this pet worth main stay. >> i've never seen -- to miss everybody. >> reporter: you can say this place is defined a family business. the original owner raised a fame right upstairs. nick opened up the shoe repair in the '20s. both hailed from the same village in sicily where they learned the art of shoe making cobbling. time stood still. >> it's a lot of peoplement >> he was here during the '80s and '90s when no one want to live in pet worth and he treated us like family. >> reporter: indeed they were in the business of taking care of people's feet, but had he also tended to a lot of hearts. tom is the original owner's grandson. >>
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together. >> reporter: and they were together again on this the last day for phillips shoe repair. a little piece of pet worth is comfortable with the community in the well worn shoe. in pet worth, derrick ward, news4. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> and we're following several big stories tonight. first to some explosive and unsettling new allegations against alabama senate candidate roy moore. >> a 5th woman is now accusing moore of sexually assaulting her when she was just a teenager. let's go straight to leon harris. he's working the story from the live desk. leon? >> well, jim and doreen, beverley young nelson says that she was 16 and a high school student in alabama when it happened. we want to warn you that her account is graphic. you're going to hear it directly from her mouth. you may find this disturbing. now, nelson was working as a waitress in a restaurant where moore was a regular back in 1977. she says he offered her a ride home after her shift but instead of taking her to the highway, he
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took her and parked his car in a deserted area behind the restaurant. she said she became alarmed and asked what he was doing. >> instead of answering my question, mr. moore reached over and began groping me and putting his hands on my breast. i tried to open my car door to leave, but he reached over and he locked it so i could not get out. i tried fighting him off while yelling at him to stop. but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head onto his crotch. i was terrified. he was also trying to pull my shirt off. i thought that he was going to rape me. i had tears running down my face. at some point he gave up. and he then looked at me
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