the big day in court. christmas cha ching. forget about the sleigh bells ringing. stores want to hear the cash register chinging. how they want to get you in the door with no merchandise at all. the thought of being inside a brick and mortar store gives me the hives. thinking about the crowds and the -- >> i like the decorations. i have an out of body experience when i'm in those places. i can't focus. >> whatever the people who buy commercial time, whatever you want to do. the stores are open. >> you're such a company man. >> good job. >> pull your chip card out. that sound. cold again. >> who said it could be cold in november? after our record tying low

temperature on saturday morning. this should feel mild everybody. temperatures in the 30s to around 40 degrees. there's a little hint of a breeze out there this morning. as a result, there's a smidgen of a windchill for you. 43 at national airport. factor down to 39 degrees. >> there's a little bit of fog in a few spots. nothing major to worry about. there are areas with slightly reduced visibility. keep that in mind. >> most of it -- by 8:00 or 9:00. >> plenty of sunshine. up into the upper 40s to low 50s. not a bad day to be outside. stay ahead of sweather. follow me on social media. for more on your tuesday morning commute, let's go to melissa. >> i know where to find you, chuck bell. >> chopper 4, bw parkway. looking actually pretty good right now. 3:01 at climber drive in brandy wine. the

causing issues there. on 301 this morning. inner loop and outer loocht beltway, no major problems. taking a look at 70 to 118, the volume headed. travel times in maryland looking fine on 270 and the top of the beltway. inner loop and outer loop. 66 is okay. quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to wtop. 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >> thank you, melissa. a virginia family wants justice after a deadly food truck crash. >> today that family may get one step closer to getting that in court. the kaplan family lost their mother in an accident back in september in loudoun county. police say it came down to a driver running a stop sign. justin finch is live outside the loudoun county kracourthouse wi what comes next. >> reporter: we know the driver tony dane is expected in court this

knowing the charges are now coming down. the charges including involuntary manslaughter and improper driving. as you mentioned, he was a food truck driver. on that day back in september, he is accused of running a stop sign and striking the station wagon back in september near leesburg. in that accident, the mother was killed and her children badly hurt and so was their grandmother. we spoke with their son ben from his bedside about his recovery and what's hurting him now the most. >> i have a broken heart over the loss of my mother. every day gets a little better. i couldn't do it without my grandma. >> that was just a few weeks ago we spoke with ben. he spent almost two months in the hospital. he says he and his family have been overwhelmed by the kindness of people they've never even met. as for tony dane,

9:00 this morning. we're live in loudoun, i'm justin finch. back in to you. >> thank you, justin. 6:04 now. police want to find the person behind the wheel of a nissan. pieces left behind after it crashed into an apartment building. >> the damage was so bad that two families can't go home because the wall of the building buckled. surveillance video shows the car drive into a parking spot and then slam into a wall yesterday. this was at the kings square apartments on dodge park road in the kentland area of the prince george's county. police are still searching for the driver. they say the grille of the nissan was left behind. we're following developing story this morning. neighbors living on 85th avenue in new carrollton are learning that a man was shot to death in their parking lot. they spent hours collecting evidence from the scene. neighbors started calling 911 around 7:30 p.m. to report gunshots when officers arrived.

lot of an apartment building. he died at the hospital. a frightening sexual assault steps away from a local university has police on the lookout for a suspect now. d.c. police say a woman was robbed at gunpoint near gallaudet university. this happened early saturday morning. a suspect stole the woman's phone and pulled out a gun. the woman says she was forced into an alley and sexually assaulted. police would like to hear from anyone who might have information. the calls for candidate roy moore to drop out of the race are growing louder. >> there were allegations of sexual assault and now a new woman is coming forward. chris lawrence is following the developments from the newsroom. chris? >> aaron, eun, beverly nelson is the fifth woman to come forward accusing roy moore of making improper sexual advances on her when she was still a teenager. it's an account she describes in graphic detail. >> i tried

i yelled at him to stop. but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck attempting to force my head on to his crotch. >> roy moore called a news conference overnight to deny those accusations which he called absolutely false. moore says he doesn't know beverly young and "never did what she said i did." but some leaders in his home party are asking moore to drop out of the race, including mitch mcconnell. aaron? >> chris, thank you. right now, president trump is on his way home from the philippines. he wrapped up his tour of asia earlier this morning. before he left, he spoke to reporters calling his trip tremendously successful. he tweeted that his meeting in the philippines will lead to fair trade deals. the president teased that he will make a major statement when he returns. also when president trump retu,

questions likely in the russia investigation. >> this comes after the atlantic reported that donald trump jr. secretly corresponded with wikileaks during and after the campaign. hours after the report trump jr. released a series of direct messages he says he received from the wikileaks twitter account. >> it shows trump jr. responding three times. at one point he agreed to "ask around" about a political action committee. >> they used wikileaks to spread, hack and -- they claimed a congressional committee leaked the conversation. 6:07 now. decision 2017 today voters in stafford county could shift the balance of power in the virginia house of delegates. they'll argue why the provisional ballots should be counted. they found 55 absentee ballots at the post office after the election. they will rule whether they should belo

republicans hold a slim majority. 51-49. three races are still too close to call. meanwhile, in fairfax county, the electoral board accepted about half of its provisional ballots. the results are expected to be certified today. all right. here's a challenge. beef and broccoli, is it enough to win bragging rights in the firefighter cookoff challenge? >> going to be stuff. we had short ribs yesterday and shrimp scampi. molette green has a sneak peek. what's cooking, molette? >> beef and broccoli, is it enough? that's the big question, right? chris and jason in the kitchen say it is. when you have a firefighter eating a bowl of lucky charms? bowl of lucky charms when they're cooking up these spices and making this food look so good and smell good here in the kitchen. we're at engine 13 in d.c. at 501 fourth street in southwest.

why these firefighters say cooking these quick tasty meals is necessary in a fire department this busy. we're back in a moment with them. >> looking good so far. he's just lining his stomach with the lucky charms, getting ready for what's to come. molette, thanks. 6:09 is our time right now. trouble on the tracks. walking towards danger. the mystery hero who was in the right place at the right time. plus, do you just have to have your coffee in the morning? the reason you may want to make that extra cup. this morning is a good morning for coffee, especially with the colder temperatures outside. many of our suburbs in the 30s right now. as we go through your morning, slowly getting into the 40s. we're ao watching rainls

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ziefrjtsd tuesday morning. we have many spots in the 30s. warm jacket before you head out. it will stay chilly this afternoon. more rain in the forecast. chuck is back in a minute with a closer look at that. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, delays on metro this morning. on the blue line, still single tracking between addison road and morgan boulevard. silver line running between wheelie and stadium armory. you can continue on the blue line. we are seeing delays, also causing problems on the orange line. all that congestion. eun? >> thank you, melissa. rescue operations back on in iran after a powerful earthquake there. >> the government previously said it was no longer looking for survivors. it was a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked

the epicenter was almost directly on the border with iraq. it was widespread damage in both countries in a town near the epicenter. tremors almost destroyed the only hospital. doctors have been forced to do medical procedures outside. more than 400 people died and more than 7,000 hurt. three ucla basketball players are still in china had morning after being arrested for shoplifting. president trump personally asked his chinese counterpart xi jinping to resolve the case. he told the president he will look into the case to make sure the players are being treated fairly. one of the players, liang lowball, the younger brother of another player, weighed in on it. >> hopefully everything works out okay. >> have you had a chance to talk to your brother? >> i have not talked to him yet. i told him everything is going accordingly over there. >> three players involved are out on bail.

country for at least two more weeks. the rest of the ucla team since returned to the u.s. in news for your health this morning, you might want to drink an extra cup of coffee this morning. new research shows that a daily cup of joe might be linked to a lower risk for heart failure and stroke. research was done at the university of colorado. it found that people who drank the most coffee had better cardiovascular health. that's interesting. i don't think -- but not too much. all of a sudden the caffeine gets to your heart and i'm shaking. day two of the firefighter cookoff challenge. >> yesterday we took to you manassas where molette green was able to sample some culinary delights. looking good with the short ribs. >> shrimp scampi. >> now to the district of columbia. >> now to engine company 13 in southwest washington. molette, what's cooking over there? >> reporter: oh, my

food is critical in a firehouse. these guys are hungry this morning, right? we've got chris and jason in the kitchen. everybody in the dmv, all the firefighters around, they know about chris. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> you've got beef and broccoli. >> we do. >> what's your philosophy about food in a firehouse this busy. >> got to do it hot, quick, fast. these guys are hungry. beef and broccoli allows us the opportunity do that. get it in and out the door in 25 minutes. >> ready to put the broccoli in. >> let's see this happen. >> a little bit of a cool pan right now. >> this is big. >> this is what -- this is moap. mother of all pans. >> we love it. >> 206,000 calls nearly last year in the d.c. fire department. you guys have to do food.

>> every day, $15 gets us breakfast lunch and dinner. it varies. >> got do something better than the lucky charms. >> real quick on the beef. what's your seasoning strategy to make it to -- >> little bit of dry sherri. soy sauce. garlic, ginger, green onion. going to follow with broccoli. we're going to be plating shortly. >> you came in second at the food network. >> cutthroat kitchen. >> came in second. >> first place losers. >> no. but everybody around here is scared of you. we're going to plate this up, taste it, feed these guys. >> we're definitely going to feed them. >> talk about the importance, again of fire safety in the community. we're back shortly from the d.c. firehouse.

don't forget the annual food for campaigns. to provide food baskets to thousands of families. veterans and elderly in our community. >> please consider making a secure online donation. just go to nbcwashington.com. search food for families. there's a donation link right there. every dollar counts. no amount too small. you also see a list of many locations where you can drop off canned and boxed foods to help folks out to make sure that we get the holiday season started right. people can share with their families. >> it's really easy. when you're shopping for your stuff. a few extra cans and boxes for somebody else >> that's what i always do. next week i'll go out for my shopping routine and fill one bag up. usually drop it off.

>> i love green beans. >> what did you like yesterday? >> the casserole business -- >> you need green beans to make green bean casserole. >> there's no casserole at my house. >> if you're anti-casserole, you're anti-thanksgiving. i'm just saying. another cold morning. 30s and 40s to get your day started. a few pockets of fog around. >> by later on in the day, plenty of sunshine coming your way. a little chance of rain comes up early on thursday. for now, a mix of clouds outside. 43 now in washington. and temperatures in the 30s in some of the outlying areas. there's your planner today. sun is up before 7:00. temperatures mid to upper 30s. low to mid-50s for highs today. sun is down just before 5:00 p.m. >> high pressure will keep us high and dry for now. here's a rain chance late wednesday night, early thursday. across the western parts of missouri. that's how they say it. honest. it says on

misery. that's the song. >> people out there call it missouri. i've lived close to there many a time. >> out there today, nothing to worry about. most of the day, dry and sunny. clouds later on in the afternoon. future weather, a little chance of sprinkles early on your thursday morning. another chance for rain comes up. bigger chance even on saturday. that may linger into the early parts of sunday. the big issue for next week, the week of thanksgiving. cold turkey for mother nature. now over to melissa mollet. >> chopper 4 headed into a brand new problem. the outer loop of the beltway. we got a report of the crash. as soon as chopper 4 gets over that problem, we'll show you what it looks like from above. the eastbound 66 after 28, do have a crash there. that is on the shoulder. not slowing things too much this morning. that's good, of course. taking a look at metro. still single tracking on the blue line between addison road and morgan

only between wheelie stadium -- on silver, orange and blue. >> beltway is looking okay. again, that outer loop at bw parkway, we'll show you a live picture. that problem coming up. eun? >> thank you, melissa. parking lot scare. a trip to planet fitness ended with a terrifying encounter. hear the warning from a victim who wants to conceal his fate. i'm with the news, dude. >> we thought it was a self-driving car in our area until adam tuss discovered a guy behind the seat and the wheel. we caught up with a hidden driver and revealed what's really going on. hollywood a-lister colin ferrule will be on ellen today and talks about his new movie.

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a first for barbie. mattel created its first doll to wear a hijab. she was the first olympian to compete at the rio olympics. she's the latest honoree that recognizes women who break boundaries. the doll will go on sale next year. have you noticed retailers have gone out of business. we're learning that 7,000 announced that they're shutting down. >> that's a big number especially going to the holiday season. what will it take to win back your business? susan hogan shows us how many are reinventing

>> retailers that depend on foot traffic are really trying to revamp the way that they do business because online shopping, it is hurting their bottom line. we found retailers really offering their customers something really different that online retailers can't. that is that personal experience. for example, toys-r-us is planning a parents' night out. the retailer will offer refreshments and keep the store open longer so parents can come in and do holiday shopping and what toys-r-us is calling a relaxing atmosphere. another retailer decided to take shopping out of the equation. nordstrom is opening a store that has no inventory. you can shop online and pick up your order there. but you can't buy anything inside the store. instead, it's offering manicures. you can enjoy a drink off a full beverage menu and you can connect with a personal stylist there as well. all this week, we're showing you how this industry is really reinventing retail. tomorrow, we'll take a look at the toy

versus brick and mortar. see you then. >> interesting ideas there. developing this morning, a murder investigation is under way. a local community is waking up with questions for police. i'm adam tuss. what do the beautiful rolling hills in this beautiful environment have to do with self-driving cars. more than you think. i'll tell you about new research coming up. it is a cold one this morning. some areas are at freezing. ft. meade and manassas at 32 degrees. 43 in the district. we'll tuck about what to expect still get a refreshing any size soft drink for just one dollar at mcdonald's? with the days getting shorter and your to-do list getting longer, you'll enjoy this ice-cold deliciousness more than ever. hurry over to mcdonald's. ♪

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talking about? we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "news4 today" team working for you. monitoring weather and traffic. beautiful purple sky right now. >> talking about us. >> you guys obviously have -- we know what you're talking about. >> so as aaron throws the shade. you can put your hater blockers on. you don't get any of it. >> this morning, it's a cold start. we have many areas in the 30s. especially some of our suburbs. the bus stop is going to be on the chilly side. you want the warm jacket. 34 gaiters burglary. 33 degrees, though in fredericksburg. 38 in clinton. for the bus stop, warm jacket this morning. by 7:00 a.m., peeks of sunshine around. temperatures in the upper 30s still by the afternoon, though, we are dry w

about the mid to low 50s. i don't think comfortably cool will be chilly. we have more rain in the forecast before the week is over. also we're talking about the weekend rain. we'll have the details coming up. for now, let's look at the roads. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, sheena. the problem, chopper 4 over this. this is the outer loop at bw parkway. most of it confined to the right side of the roadway there. you can see the delays being caused because of the flashing lights. inner loop of the beltway through that area is looking good. a little bit of red through there and approaching bw parkway. inbound 395 and inbound 66 inside the beltway. little bit slow. eastbound 66 after 28 there near centerville this morning. a little slow as well from an earlier crash. as far as metro, remember, we're single tracking on the blue line between addison road and morgan boulevard. then we have the delays on the orange line because of all of the

eun. >> thank you, melissa. the driver behind the wheel of this food truck is headed to court today in loudoun county. tony dane is accused of killing a local mother. the crash also injured her children and their grandmother. prosecutors say dane will face charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving. >> d.c. police trying to track down an armed sex assault suspect who attacked a woman. this happened on penn street southeast near gallaudet university. police are working on the suspect description. >> a fifth woman come forward accusing roy moore of sexual misconduct. beverly young nelson says moore forced himself on her when she was 16. moore denies the accusations but a growing list of republicans, including senate majority leader mitch mcdonneconnell are callin him to drop out of race. the shooting we brought you as

police charged height with intent to sell pcp and carrying a gun. that shooting happened after he was chased on sunday. the officer, we understand, is on routine administrative leave much. not in our neighborhood. >> today, the prince george's county council will decide where to allow a medical marijuana dispensary. as you can see, some temple hill residents do not want that dispensary in their neighborhood. some members of a local church say pot and prayer don't mix. they don't want a dispensary to set up next to the connect church in temple hills. keep an eye on the nbc washington app for any decision that comes out about this matter today. you probably remember this moment when our transportation reporter adam tuss discovered that a supposedly self-driving van was being driven by

>> in a couple of months adam tracked down the car seat customer man. he found out this was all in the name of serious research. >> that's right. he's at the transportation institute with more on a what the car seat man had to say. adam, i love the line, i'm with the news, dude. >> reporter: i'm with the news, dude. this went viral when it first happened. he is down here at virginia tech. we had to come down the block for us to find him. but we found him and talked to him about that day. take a look, guys. >> remember this video? >> oh, there is somebody in the vehicle. >> remember how the guy in the car seat didn't say a word when i was banging on the window? well, we found the guy. >> oh, my god, man. this is going to blow up. i don't think there's anything i can do to stop now. >> meet josh rattle beck. he's been a researcher with virginia tech for five years studying the world of

this is his first official interview since that day. >> brother, who are you? what are you doing? i'm with the news, dude. >> he says all was going well with the fake driverless van research until we came along. >> i was pretty stressed out. it was a stressful 30 minutes, especially after that tweet about running the red light. like i was shoot, i'm going to be in trouble. >> we later went back and checked the videotape and you were completely safe on all that. >> josh has been a good sport. with all the media attention came, he told his family that it was him behind the wheel. for now, unmasked, he continues his research. >> reporter: such a good sport about all of this. we also tested out some amazing self-driving car technology at virginia tech where they're doing top

stay tuned this afternoon for more on this. >> adam tuss live in blacksburg this morning. thank you, adam. the moment of impact. apartments on unstable ground. the key piece of evidence that could help police. emotional return. jimmy fallon is back on "the tonight show." what he had to

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a few blocks from united medical center. we'll keep an eye on it. un, back to you. >> chris, back to you. it's 6:40. it's been a week since jimmy fallon's mother passed away. last night he made a return to late night. >> we want to show you the special moment that taylor swift shared with fallon. hold on ♪ . swift was not scheduled to perform last night. but she wanted to be there for jimmy. after her performance, she gave him a hug and jimmy says his mom was his biggest fan and he's going to go on in her honor. >> she was the best audience. she was the one i was always trying to make laugh and she was such a fan of the show and everything i did. i feel grateful to be able to do this every single night and i'm very appreciative of all the support from all of you that my family received over the past week. we're going to continue to work really hard to bring some light and some laughter into the world. thank you for watching.

family recover from this loss. mom, i'll never stop trying to make you laugh. i love you. >> that hand motion that he made at the end of the tribute was something he mentioned in a story that he and his mom used to walk together and she would kweez his hand three times to say i love you and he would do it back to her. she was 68 years old. what a beautiful tribute to his mom. i know he's going to continue making people laugh for her and for the rest of us. >> it is 6:41 right now. molette, it is day two of the firefighter cookoff challenge. >> we know that you're in d.c. now with experts who have experience in competition. >> we're ready to plate all of this up. look at this flame. look what's in there. beef and brock broccoli. we have egg rolls. the cookoff is on. fire truck 10. we're back in a moment. good morning everybody. temperatures it

so a distinctive chill in the air this morning. it will turn out to be a very good day to be on the outside. sunshine, temperatures in the low to mid-50s today. you need the warm coat but sunglasses for later. over to melissa for traffic. >> good morning. chopper 4 showing us the top of the beltway is clearing out. a new problem on 66. looks like you found a better way to do this, dad. organic, non-gmo feed. 100% veggie diet. if i can raise you two, i can raise anything. perdue. raising more organic chickens than anyone in america. the old man's still got it.

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a food truck tragedy. a mother's life taken. her son survives. the first big step in the case will play out in court today. >> it's crazy man. >> bump and go. an unusual hit and run caught on camera. what's next for the families forced out of their homes. >> a lot of people come to the gym and work out. >> jacked at the gym. a plan to work out ended with a man looking up at the barrel of a gun. the victim's message for you before you pack that gym bag. >> when that happens to you, it makes you be concerned about other people. 15 before the hour. back in september when this food truck crash crashed into a car, it turned his

upside down. >> now the driver is set to face charges in this crash in loudoun county. these are photos of the victim. the mother died and her children and their grandmother were hurt. justin finch is live in loudoun county where that driver is set to appear in court. justin? >> reporter: eun, their lawyer says that today comes as some relief for the kaplan family who have been waiting for charges to come down for quite some time in the crash that has changed their lives forever. now, we know due in court today is tony dane. his indictment includes several charges, including improper driving as well as involuntary manslaughter. you might recall that just back in september, he was accused of driving at a high rate of speed after stopping, rather, not missing a stop sign and striking the family vehicle, a station wagon back in september in leesburg. the mother of that car, erin

kaplan, she was struck and killed. her children were injured and the kaplan's lawyer says the family has been following the case and we can tell you, having spoken with that lawyer, they have been looking for something to happen in this case and hoping it brings them closer to finding justice. as for dane, he is due in court at 9:00 a.m. we're live in loudoun county, justin finch. news 4. back to you. >> justin, thank you. 13 before the hour right now. this morning, police want to find the person behind the wheel of this nissan. pieces of that car were left behind after it crashed into an apartment building. >> the damage was so bad that two families can't go home because the wall -- you see the brick broken up there. the car driving into a parking spot and then slamming into a wall yesterday. this was at the kings square apartments on dodge park road in the kentland area of prince george's county. police are still searching for the driver. they say the grille of the nissan was left behind.

us. going to the gym first thing in the morning. one man's trip to planet fitness went wrong. he was heading home to the gym in one minute and staring down the barrel of a gun next. >> got out, started walking, bam. he was right up on me. >> this location is open 24 hours. the incident happened around 2:30 in the morning. the suspect took the victim's wallet, cell phone and his car. he says he's grateful he was able to walk away alive. the suspect is still on the loose this morning. following a developing story. a man is dead and prince george's county police are trying to figure out who killed him. detectives spent hours collecting evidence from the scene in new carrollton lars night. neighbors started calling 911 to report -- he died at the hospital. no word on a suspect. in division

county could shift the balance of power in the virginia house of delegates. they'll be arguing why their provisional ballots should be counted. officials found 55 absentee ballots at the post office the day after the election and a court will rule on whether they should be allowed to count. republicans hold a slim majority in the house of delegates. 51-49. the three races are still too close to call. breaking news in the philippines. we're getting a look at new video. take a look at protesters burning an american flag there in the philippines to protest president trump's visit to the country. the president has come under some criticism for not pushing the issue of human rights more strongly when he was meeting with the philippines president, duarte. he's been criticized for crackdown on drug

there was -- some anger there as protesters burn the american flag. eun, aaron back to you. >> chris, thank you. it's now time to take a look at our commute this morning. >> melissa mollet is in first 4 traffic. what do you have, melissa? >> this is inbound 50 just before the beltway. you can see we have a lot of response. we have one vehicle over here on the right side of the roadway and another there in the middle lanes. this is going to start causing quite a problem and real backups there inbound on 50 this morning. beltway looking okay. we had earlier problem. outer loop as you approach bw parkway. that looks like it's gotten better. crash there on the beltway on the left side. you can see the slowdowns starting to kick in here this morning. northbound 395 at edsel, left lane is blocked by a crash. we are seeing a slowdown there as well. eastbound 66 as you're headed into centerville there. just before 29, you can see this crash on r

a little slow headed inbound. metro trains, single tracking, addison road to morgan boulevard, between wheelie and stadium armory and on the orange line this morning, delays because of congestion. as for travel times, overall, looking pretty good. in maryland and virginia and inbound on 50, though, is going to start getting quite slow. sheena? >> good morning, melissa. it's chilly out there. if you need to grab a jacket, do it before you step outside. we have many areas in the 30s. we will stay dry today. that's good news. the next rain chance comes thursday morning. over the weekend, we have two different things we're watching. we're watching the next weather system bringing rain and it's going to bring cold blustery conditions behind it. i'll show that you in a second. it's 43 degrees washington. manassas, 32. 36 frederick. 34 degrees in gaithersburg. the good news, like i mentioned, we're nice and dry. we have a few clouds around. overall, a decent day. if you are walking the dog or need one to

jubilee available at lucky dog animal rescue. by lunchtime, maybe a long walk for the dog. upper 40s, topping out around 53 degrees and dry. this is future weather showing us staying dry today. tomorrow, an increase in cloud cover. that's all ahead of the next rain chance. later in the day tomorrow, there's the rain. that's 10:00 p.m. overnight, light showers into your thursday morning. not a big deal, but it is something we'll be watching. the normal high is 59 degrees. we'll stay below that until thursday. after that, we get cooler again as we go into friday. only 51 for a high there. over the weekend, we're going to warm back up to the upper 50s on saturday. we're calling the upper 50s warm now. relatively speaking. rain coming in late saturday into early sunday. so that's across the weekend. we're going to watch to see how long it lingers into sunday. it does look like it could be doing that. temperature upper 40s. in the 50s next week. we'll be in the 40s to thanksgiving day. a closer look at that forecast as we get closer.

it is now 6:52. it's day two of the firefighter cookoff challenge. we took you to manassas where molette green tasted the shrimp scampi. now molette made her way to engine company 13 in southwest d.c. what's the food looking like there this morning? >> reporter: it's all plated up. can i just show you what we have here? the beef and broccoli with the rice in the middle. looking good. we tasted it. tasting really good. the homemade egg rolls. can't forget about that. since we've been here at 5:00 this morning. they've been on three runs. this is a busy fire station. engine 13. truck 10. we've got chris hebert here. jason siegel. his work in the kitchen. you guys are busy. food is

>> it is. as you saw off camera, we would have been interrupted three times preparing this meal. that's why we have to go quick, fast and a lot for the firefighters. this meal is perfect for that. allows us to do that. >> six pounds of protein you got. >> actually, yes. 12-pound dish. we had six pounds of protein. six pounds of broccoli. overall, probably about 15 pounds worth of food. we got plenty for sure. >> more food in there. >> more behind us. they'll be eating well. >> hungry men in here. we tasted it. jason, the egg rolls all on you. >> they have a special message in it for the people competing in this. going to open it up. >> come on over here, chris. both of you. >> what does dha fortune say? >> year of the big dog. the future does not look bright for manassas, prince george's or

hmm? we're going to send this out to montgomery county. montgomery county. what do you got for us? we've showed what you we've got. right? we've got great food. great grub. [ applause ] >> we're going to take it. we're going to definitely take it to you. we look forward to seeing what you guys got tomorrow morning. appreciate the opportunity to cook for you guys today. >> engine 13. fire truck number 10. thank had you. the challenge is on. montgomery county tomorrow. all right. it tastes good. back to you guys. >> it looks amazing, too. >> i'm going to have to start visiting the firefighters -- the fire engines to check out the food they're eating. >> thank you, molette. here are four things to know this morning. a food truck driver facing involuntary manslaughter charges in loudoun county. prosecutors say tony dane was behind the wheel of this food truck when it slammed into a family station wagon. the mother died, the children

follow justin finch for updates this morning. >> donald trump jr. is accusing a congressional committee of leaking conversations he had with wikileaks on twitter. the exchange were first reported by the atlantic. hours after that report, trump jr. released a series of direct messages he says he received from the wikileak twitter account. the "today" show will have the latest coming up. president trump on his way home from the philippines. he wrapped up his visit to asia. voters in stafford county will argue why their provisional ballots should be counted in the delegate race. if the ballots are counted it could shift the power. we'll post the when they come in. inbound 50. chopper 4 is showing you the slowdowns. we have a crash there on the left side of the roadway. both sections of the road. guys? all right.

today. 30s this morning. dry for today and tomorrow. little chance of light rain early on thursday. there you can see the current temperatures. it is indeed a relatively nice day to be on the outside. temperatures, though, maybe on the cool side as we head towards your weekend. thank you, chuck. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we're back in 25 minutes. before we go, take you back to engine 13 in southwest d.c. look at that. >> she's coming back, right? >> i want to taste it. >> enjoy your day. >make it a great tuesda> y

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