developments in washington and the impact across the country. let's begin with blayne alexander. she's on capitol hill. blayne? >> reporter: and, doreen, sessions was pressed hard today about his time on the trump campaign. he said there are a lot of moments from campaign season that he simply doesn't remember. he attributes that to a very busy schedule and not much sleep. but he also said that there is a big difference between forgetting and lying, which he claims he did not do. >> please raise your roo right hand. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions under oath today, grilled by the house judiciary committee. >> you said, i have never met with or had any conversation with any russians or any foreign officials. let me jump to the final part. >> i didn't. >> no knowledge -- >> reporter: sessions insisting that he did not lie in previous testimony. rather, did not remember meeting with campaign aide george papadopoulos who recently pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about trying to arrange meetings with russian officials. >> i will not accept and reject

lied. that is a lie. >> reporter: sessions also sparring with republicans who want a special counsel to investigate hillary clinton. sessions saying the fbi director is handling it. >> i think he's going to do an outstanding job, and i'm very happy -- >> he's not here today, attorney general sessions. i'm asking for a -- >> i would say looks like is not enough basis to appoint a special counsel. >> reporter: and also on capitol hill, the senate foreign relations committee reviewing policies around u.s. nuclear code access, something not discussed for more than four decades. why now? >> we are concerned that the president of the united states is so unstable, is so volatile. >> reporter: but some republicans downplaying it, saying it's just time for a review. blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. >> in a few hours, alabama senate candidate roy moore is set to make his first public campaign appearance since

political fire storm erupted around him late last week. tonight there are also new calls for him to step aside. leon harris is tracking that controversy from our live desk. leon? >> well, doreen, just moments ago we learned the republican national committee is cutting off roy moore. politico reports the rnc has withdrawn its financial and field support for the senate candidate. five women now have accused moore of improper contact with them when they were teenagers. it includes sexual assault ofld. tonight house speaker paul ryan has joined the list of high-profile republicans calling for moore to step aside. moore's democratic opponent says the voters should decide. >> we have said all along that roy moore is not qualified to be a united states senator. he's been kicked out of office twice. >> he should step aside. number one, these allegations are credible. number two, he should -- if he cares about the values and the people he claims to care about, then he should step aside. >> this is absolutely

i never did what she said i did. >> one big question, how president trump will react. he told reporters that he's been too busy to focus on the controversy, but he returns from his trip to asia to the white house later tonight and, of course, he always has that twitter account at the ready. jim, we'll have to see what happens. >> he always does. leon, thank you. congress has passed laws to prevent sexual harassment in american workplaces, but is it doing enough to police itself? as scott macfarlane reports tonight, there are new revelations this evening about ugly incidents of harassment on the hill. >> reporter: for the thousands of women who work for the u.s. congress, there is concern sex harassment could be pervasive and that there aren't rules in place to stop it. at a u.s. house hearing, they didn't name names, but there were revelations. >> this is about a member who is here now. i don't know who it is, but somebody who i trust told me the situation. this

bring them over some materials to their residence, and the young staffer is a young woman, went there and was greeted with a member in a towel. >> reporter: jackie spear of california says she was sexually harassed decades ago when she was a congressional staffer. she is now a congresswoman. says the institution remains highly vulnerable to harassment because the complaints take months to remedy. >> there is a requirement to sign a nondisclosure agreement, which is the muzzle on the victim. the victim has to stay in that office for three months and continue to be in a very uncomfortable situation. >> reporter: and it was congresswoman spear who made other revelations today, that at least two members of congress, one republican and one democrat are under review now for harassment. there are reports millions of dollars in settlements have been paid out to victims, but all of it funded by taxpayers, not the harassers. and that there are even fewer protections for interns who are congressional

there. did you have a sense from being a former staffer, how pervasive a problem is this? >> well, i think the real problem is we don't know right now. >> reporter: new mandatory sex harassment training is expected for both the senate and the house in the coming months. but there are others, new rules and policies new to congressional staffers and leaders say and there are no timetables for getting that done. at the capital, scott macfarlane, news4. >> much more coverage ahead on nightly news, including the calls for change on capitol hill. plus reaction from a man who met roy moore back in the '80s as he reveals why moore was banned from a mall after some encounters with young girls. >> now to some breaking news out west where five people are dead, including a suspected gunman. >> another ten people are wounded in what officers are calling a random shooting spree. we are still gathering details, but here's what we know right now. investigators are trying to process seven different crime

california. about two miles or two hours, rather, north of sacramento. among the wounded, two children including a boy shot at an elementary school. the gunman died in a shootout with deputies. >> they recovered three weapons, two hand guns and a semiautomatic rifle. investigators are looking into a domestic violence call involving the suspect yesterday. but at this point there is no word on a motive. here at home, they targeted passengers riding metro trains and buses, beating them up and robbing them. the assault caught on surveillance videos. today two siblings were sentenced for those so-called pack robberies. news4's chris gordon is at the wheaton metro stop with reaction from one of the victims. chris? >> reporter: well, doreen, the victim fears for his safety. he told his story in court before a montgomery county judge and then he spoke with us, asking that we not reveal his identity. >> t

i no longer take the bus. >> reporter: this victim says the robbery cost him his job. >> translator: because i don't feel safe any more. at any moment i feel like i'm going to get attacked. >> reporter: this metro surveillance video played in court shows the robbery on the red line train to glenn mont in april. four young men attacking and beating a passenger. they steal his wallet and credit cards. the judge is upset because he said when the four left the train here in wheaton, they were laughing. and then to make matters worse, they went outside and continued their crime spree. 90 minutes later, they got on a metro bus, and were caught on video attacking another victim. the bus video shows the four surrounding and beating the victim riding home from work, stealing his iphone. >> a stranger on stranger crime, especially over a cell phone and a wallet, it's just not acceptable. >> reporter: one adult and a juvenile have already been sentenced for the robberies. today two brothers facing

19-year-old antoine hany and 21-year-old marcus lee from northeast washington. montgomery county judge cheryl mccauley said this community is not going to be held hostage by thugs terror eyesing them. there is a price to pay. she's sentencing antoine hany to 7 years in prison and marcus lee to six years. the victim says he is satisfied with the sentences, but still won't ride metro alone. reporting from montgomery county, chris gordon, news4. >> now to virginia, the man behind the wheel of a deadly food truck crash was taken into custody and will be back in court tomorrow for a bond hearing. tony dane is accused of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving. police say he ran a stop sign and t-boned a car on evergreen mills road in leesburg back in september. erin kaplan, a mother of three from ashburn, was killed in that crash. her teenage son was seriously injured. he he's been in the hospital for the past few months. >> i think

children and mr. kaplan, there are physical injuries and there are emotional injuries. the healing from the physical injuries continues to happen. i think that the healing from the emotional injuries is going to take awhile. >> in addition to the criminal case, the kaplan family has also filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against dane and the food truck company. >> the ballots are all counted tonight in stafford county after days of controversy and a failed court challenge. there were two big issues, how to handle 50 provisional ballots, and 55 absentee ballots. the stakes were high because of a close house of delegates race that could impact the balance of power in the general assembly. today the electoral board accepted and counted most of the provisional ballots. even more contentious, those absentee ballots. some from military service members discovered at a nearby post office

the election. but the board ruled that accepting them would violate state law. >> i guess i'll have to vote to exclude the 55. breaks my heart. >> the board voted to find a way to better track absentee ballots in the future. the final tally still gives republican candidate bob thomas an 82-vote edge. but a spokesman from democrat josh cole's campaign said a recount request is likely. >> the nation' cal tal is a big draw for tour groups around the country. >> but one school in ohio is cancelling their trip to d.c. over fears about safety during the field trip. what local leaders are doing to try to get them to change their mind. >> plus the new russian ambassador to the u.s. talks to news4 about our country's rock i relationship and his hopes for the future. it is an interview you won't see anywhere else in the country, and it's here next. >> a little bit of a roller coaster the next couple of days. cool today, st

by thursday, right back down, then back up for part of the weekend, and then really cold to end the weekend. that sets the stage for a chilly thanksgiving week. we'll talk more about that.

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in light of recent terror attacks, should you let your kids travel out of state on a long field trip? some parents in ohio were so worried about their children's safety, the school superintendent there canceled an upcoming trip to d.c. news4's mark segraves explains why. >> reporter: a truck targeting pedestrians and bicyclists in new york city. dr. jim powell, superintendent of schools in northridgeville city outside of cleveland, said it would be impossible for his chaperones to protect his students from something like that happening here in d.c. or anywhere else fara w away from their home. >> world events scare us a little bit about sending our students out of state. >> reporter: before cancelling the trip, powell heard from lots of parents and teachers who had strong opinions on both sides of the decision. >> we don't feel that it's fair that you're cancelling the trip because then it teaches students, for example,

fearful in the world, and then we've heard parents say, thank you so much, we were so scared to send our students. >> reporter: and while this one school group from ohio decided to cancel their trip to washington, d.c., we found lots of school groups here today from as fara w away as pennsylvania west virginia. elliott ferguson leads the district's tourism marketing efforts. he says that fear that the school system in ohio expressed is something he works to aleve every day. >> a city like washington is perceived as a target, just like any city in the u.s. we tend to have folks that come from, you know, the middle of the country and their perception of a bigger city is a lot different than, than where they're from. so, we try to make sure that we give them information that makes it -- they feel welcome and safe while they're in washington. >> reporter: instead of coming to the nation's capital, those ohio eighth graders will likely go to their state house in columbus instead. in the district, mark av

>> now to the revelation that president trump's son was secretly in touch with wikileaks at the height of the presidential campaign. donald trump, jr., confirms he exchanged private messages with wikileaks via twitter. he released the exchanges overnight after they were first revealed by the atlantic. many exchanges were one sided with trump junior responding to only three messages. in one exchange, wikileaks sent a link to their database of leaked e-mails writing, strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentions us. trump junior did not respond immediately, but 15 minutes later his father tweeted a complaint that the media was not covering enough of the leaks. and two days later, trump junior tweeted the link provided by wikileaks. all this comes amid change in washington. the new russian ambassador to the u.s. gets his official welcome later this week. >> he's b

was sent back to moscow. barbara harrison has an interview with the new diplomat that you'll see only here on news4. barbara? >> that's right, doreen, jim. last night the new russian ambassador attend the a full house gathering at the national cathedral for what was billed as a concert for unity. although he's been here, as you said, nearly three months, ambassador suggests the chilly climate between the two nations has not exactly made for a warm welcome for him. >> i don't know whether you have to welcome me or to send me condolences. taking into account the current status of american/russian relations. >> he said the day he arrived here august 31st was the same day donald trump ordered three russian diplomatic facilities in the u.s. closed. he got the news in a text as he de planed. >> i got the decision of the united states regarding our consular general in san

representation in washington. i go from my door. frankly, i have a lot of questions, even from my relatives, how i can survive here in the united states taking into account current status of russian/american relations. and i would like to say that i never heard the united states is our enemy. >> last night, the ambassador was attending an event billed as a concert for unity at the national cathedral. sponsored and chaired by philanthropist susan layer man who founded the institute for russian history at american university. >> in difficult times, cultural diplomacy is very important. person to person dialogue is critically important to resolving the type of issues that we have today. >> last night's event included a russian-themed reception at the cathedral. ♪ ♪

renowned orchestra with conductor valerie and pianist. >> and it seems to me that culture ties, cultural relations between two people can help us. it seems to me that russian artists can explain you -- i mean, american people that we are not enemies. we are friends. we are partners. we can live together. there is no difference between us. >> meanwhile he says jon huntsman has been welcomed to russia as the u.s. ambassador there. >> i would like to confirm the doors of many agencies are open to him, and everybody is trying to explain your ambassador how much we can do together. >> have you not felt that same welcome here? >> you say that i am diplomat. i still waiting that institute will be the same to me as we have to mr. huntsman.

u.s. and russia has security issues that we need to address together as partners. and he says he wants to build on the old relationship rather than try to -- he doesn't like the word restore. he says that sounds like it's all gone away. he's got his work cut out for him. >> he's still waiting for his welcome. >> right. >> he made that clear. thank you, barbara. >> thank you, barbara. you could call it a biometric big brother, a first of its kind pill that tracks your progress and even alerts your doctor if you miss a dose. see how it works. >> plus, the best and worst of times for travel. what you need to know if you have no plans or pla at all to ns

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driving somewhere for thanksgiving this year? well, you'll have millions of companions on the road. >> lot of company. tonight we're working for you by breaking down the best and the worst times to hit the road. according to researchers with google maps, the worst time to head out of the d.c. region is 3:00 wednesday afternoon. that seems like a no-brainer. in recent years tuesday has also been especially crowded on the roads. the best time, by the way, will be at 6:00 a.m. thanksgiving day. i have flown out and the airports are dead at that point. it's a good time. and how about that drive home? the best time to head back in town is 6:00 a.m. sunday. the worst time is now 4:00 p.m. on

interesting. >> well, as an alternative, you could just leave now, leave now. >> exactly. >> and come home right after thanksgiving dinner i guess. right, doug? >> you leave now and you come homa round january 4th. >> okay. >> i like that. >> from the caribbean. >> from the caribbean, exactly. >> it's going to be kind of cold for thanksgiving we're hearing. >> it is, guys. we have a pretty cold air mass that is going to try to make its way down here next week. we're going to have a couple more of them the next couple of days. today fairly chilly. most everybody staying in the 40s, plenty of cloud cover during the day. high temperature in d.c. did get to 50, but that's about it. right now some clouds, but we'll see clearing skies over the next couple of hours. temperature wise down to 47, wintds out of the north at 14. kind chill in d. c41 degrees. it is a cool in-n-out for sure. going to continue to be. 44 mar tinz burgs, temperature in leesburg down to 40 in culpepper. we're going to be in the 30s as we start to see clearing

storm team4 radar all dry. expecting it to be dry right through this time tomorrow night. that's when we'll start to see some rain back in our western zones tomorrow night. right now just looking at the cloud cover, we will start to see clearing overnight tonight a little bit of sun early. we'll get into this area early tomorrow, clearing skies. koeltd start to your day, more clouds in the afternoon. watching this storm back to the west, all these clouds moving in and a good chance of some shower activity tomorrow night into early on thursday morning. but tomorrow sun to clouds, sunshine early, then cloud cover in the afternoon, kind of like what we saw today. high temperature 51 degrees, continued cool, it will be on the cool side. not a whole lot of wind so that's good. your wednesday commute stepping out 0 the front door, 38 degrees, cold to start off, 49 degrees around noon. staying there, we'll go up a little bit then back down by 5:00 as the sun goes down before the 5:00 hour. dry roads throughout, so weather should not impact your morning commute or your evening commute. a little bit different on thursday, though, because we'll see some of those showers late

thursday morning so that morning commute on thursday may be a little bit wet. 59 degrees there. back down to 52 degrees on friday with some sunshine and wind. so many of you will stay in the 40s. kind of like today but with a little more sunshine. hopefully it's okay. saturday a high of 58 degrees, that's the strong frontal boundary, a really strong storm especially into parts of the great lakes. for us it means shower activity early in the day and then again saturday night into sunday morning the showers ending early, most of sunday is dry, but sunday is the day of transition. going for a high of 48. that's actually in the afternoon. look at these wind chills. by 8:00 a.m., 35 d.c., 28 in martinsburg. look what happens as we move to 1:00. still below 40 degrees for wind chills during the noon hour, and during the afternoon around 4:00, we're talking about wind chill down to about 30 degrees, and even colder back into the 20s to low 30s by sunday evening. so, it is going to be a chilly night on sunday. 46 chilly on monday, two wind chills upper

monday morning is going to be just cold. look at thanksgiving. a high of only 46 degrees on thanksgiving, and wind, yeah, wind chills could be in the 30s for thanksgiving, too. we've got that -- you play the outdoor pig skin game thursday thanksgiving? a little on the chilly side. >> all right. >> more time for that indoor family togetherness on thanksgiving. >> there you go. >> thank you, doug. [ laughter ] >> we'll see you in a few minutes. heated debate over plans for medical marijuana dispensaries in one part of maryland. >> up next, the surprising decision after a public outcry from a local church and the surrounding community. >> for years he had a good job, a chef at a big restaurant chain. then last night he gets a call. he comes outside his house, and gets shot at close range. who killed d.j. burns?

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now at 6:30 a family devastated searching for answers in a deadly shooting. >> the victim in this case just 24 years old. someone shot him in the back of the head when he walked just outside his pafrapartment build in new carrollton. >> tonight we are hearing from those who knew d.j. burns as police try to track down his killer. news4's pat collins reports. >> reporter: d.j. burns, for more than fiea

and trainer at buffalo wild wings in fairfax county. they say he was a superstar worker there. d.j. burns, shot and killed last night outside his home in new carrollton. his coworkers crushed by his sudden violent death. i talked by phone to travis lar kins, the manager there. >> it's tragic and our staff and myself, and even our -- are at a loss for this young man to lose it. it's s it's so senseless and everyone is hurt. >> reporter: d.j. burns, 24-year-old, an award winning football star at duval high school. he had a shelf full of trophies. it was darryl gibson's youngest son. >> 24 years old. i mean, he's only 24. he haven't even lived his life and being shot cold in the back of his head. senseless. >> reporter: at the place where it happened

and flowers. they say that d.j. got a call last night, that he came outside to this mailbox stand where he was shot at close range. police are said to be looking into the possibility that for some reason he was set up. >> me and my wife has to bury my son next week. we got to bury him, and i don't have an inkling what i can say to his sister, what i can say to his nephew. he's not here. >> reporter: sunday, buffalo wild wings throughout the washington area will raise money to help d.j.'s family make it through this. in new carrollton, pat collins, news4. >> now to a major decision today from the prince george's county, county council that could settle a medical marijuana dispute once and for all. we first told but this last week. a church in camp springs worried about a marij

door. as bureau chief tracee wilkins reports tonight, a new amendment may now protect some churches. >> it's a little bit more restrictive than some counties. >> reporter: the debate over whether to put medical marijuana dispensaries in prince george's county came to a head today with residents who oppose medical cannabis. >> this is appalling. >> reporter: versus those who support it. >> the patients are your neighbors, your church members, your family. >> reporter: maryland is allowing 14 medical marijuana dispense risk in prince george's county equaling two per legislative district. with the county's strict zoning laws, those like theresa can't find locations to open shops. >> we got licensed preliminarily back in december. we have been fighting the battle of zoning particularly in prince george's county since the beginning of the year. >> reporter: juggling regulations is part of the reason one medical marijuana business ended up requesting a location next door to the connect church in camp springs. ne

the congregation. >> please consider houses of worship. >> reporter: the county already set mandatory distances from schools, day cares and recreation centers. but today considered cutting those distances in half. >> they want to move medical marijuana dispensaries closer to schools, closer. >> reporter: after hearing from the public, the council decided to keep its distances as they are and while they couldn't add churches to the protected list, they did add summer camps. in an effort to protect locations like the connect church that operates a summer camp. >> i appreciate the council striking that balance. >> reporter: many county council members were thankful to the audience for their participation that allowed them to craft language to help the community without offending those who don't want to be located next door to one. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> today d.c. water board members began the task of reevaluating the fairness of growing fees. the action comes after a news4 i-tin

skyrocketing water bills. investigative reporter jody fleischer is in our newsroom with the new ideas that the board is considering. jody? >> reporter: well, doreen, the board members discussed what other water systems around the country are doing to ease the burden on customers who can't afford to pay. things like discounted bills or outright exemptions for certain types of properties. now, this was the first time d.c. water's rates committee met since the news4 i-team investigation exposed questions about the fee structure for the clean rivers program. it charges customers based on their square footage of property that can't absorb water like sidewalks or parking areas. those fees have increased exponentially and we learned today they are predicted to double again by 2026. at least one board member was sympathetic. >> rate payers are already feeling the pain today. next year there is a 13% increase. we probably need to start thinking outside the box on how we manage the capital

and maybe reconsider some of the things that we're doing. >> since we are paying for it, you would think that we would have a little more say, have a little more idea of what's going to take place in the future. and to hear that the fees were going to double in the next couple of years just blew my mind. >> reporter: in a series of reports last no, the district's faith community has paid more than $11 million just for that fee. many say they'll have to cut community programs to afford their water bill. d.c.'s most historic cemetery said it could have to shut down if there isn't some relief. more than a dozen of those folks showed up at today's meeting but were disappointed they were not allowed to participate. now, they will, however, have a chance to speak this friday. that's when the d.c. council is holding a public hearing on water rate issues. that starts at 9:00 a.m. at the wilson building if you want to speak, you have to sign up ahead of time. that deadline is 9:00 a.m. thursday. jody fleischer, news4 i-team. >> jody, thank you. if you missed any of the i-team's water woes

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finally feels safe examine well again at home. >> my sanctuary, it's a place where i can be at peace. >> reporter: mccowan had some health problems and is one of 1700 county residents known as sup super users of the 911 system, meaning they called four times in 31 days. in some cases it puts a strain on resources. >> those 12 or 1300 calls equate to at least an ambulance, maybe a paramedic, maybe a fire engine. >> reporter: the program connects mccowan to nurses who come to her home and specialists. saint john does safety checks. >> these are no longer in goodth shape. this is a 2000 smoke detector. >> reporter: they've seen a 51% drop in calls from their super users. >> instead of giving us that call, because thl kow come, it gives them more of an opportunity to help themselves and gives them the ability to really kind of make a difference in their own life. >> reporter: mccowan says she

now she feels back in control. >> and life is good. i've been well since august, so i'm very happy. >> reporter: in montgomery county, kristin wright, news4. >> that's great. the food and drug administration are announced late yesterday it had approved the first-ever digital pill. abilify an antipsychotic drug prescribed to people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder has been embedded with a sensor now that records when and if the medication is taken. the sensors react to fluid in the stomach and send an electronic signal to a patch worn by the patients. patient signed consent forms that allow their doctors to receive notifications when the pills are taken, but this is stirring debate. some doctors say it's worth the risk if it ensures people take their medications. but others worry it might violate privacy. this is our flash survey today. would you be comfortable taking this type of digital pill? so far more than half

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many of us know and interact with military service members, but it's rare that we get a glimpse of navy sailors on the job at sea. news4's david culver got an exclusive opportunity to meet some of those from the dmv on a mission to defend the homeland. it's a story you'll see only on news4. >> reporter: suiting up as naval station norfolk, ready to board our navy gray houeyhound as it' known. destination, the uss harry s. truman somewhere off the coast of florida. after more than two hours in the air, we successfully hooked our landing and walked aboard this city at sea. follow the leader, closely, because this is an active runway. the color-coded choreography on the flight deck is something to marvel at. i get nervous watching you guys. are you ever nus

>> i've been out here enough to where i'm desensitized. >> reporter: at 24 sean jennings often learning from sailors much younger a. they're like 19, 20, 21. and they're in charge of moving around a multi-million dollar aircraft. >> reporter: a few levels below the flight deck, do you ever get lost in here? >> yes, sometimes. on the 0-3 levels. >> reporter: d.c. native led us into her office. don't mind the noise. do you hear that? can you just explain what that was that we heard in the middle of the office space? >> apparently the cat put launching the aircraft right above us. >> reporter: yet she's able to keep focused in part because of the motivation on her desk. her young son, living with her mom back in hyattsville. >> looking at his pictures actually, just realizing everything i do is for him, providing a better life for him. >> reporter: six years in and alicia has been on several long deployments already. >> i joined the navy to get

school actually. i was kind of in the midst of not knowing what i wanted to do. i figured it was a great opportunity to travel and open doors for other opportunities in life. >> reporter: on board this massive vessel it seems there is an opportunity for every skill. from brewing coffee, fuel for the sailors, to putting out fires. that's where lieutenant commander jim cram commander james elmo re's leadership comes in. >> if there is ever a fire inside the hangar, we hit a button and puts a layer of film on top of it and put the fire out. >> reporter: among the biggest challenges for those deployed, keeping in touch with those back home. social media made it a bit easier. >> when i was an ensign, you waited for the letters to come in from your family and friends back home. now you're waiting for the website to load because sometimes the satellite internet isn't exactly the best. >> reporter: helping them pass the time, work. and working out.

as we boarded our plane back to the main land and launched over the ocean, you couldn't help but feel grateful for those women and men serving our nation so far from the comforts of home. >> beautiful pictures from that ship. david spent a few days with the navy and he posted some more of those pictures from behind the scenes on his facebook page. >> looking quite at home there, wasn't he? >> i bet he was sorry to leave. >> cool assignment. transportation reporter adam tuss scored an exclusive interview with a guy who went viral in our region. >> brother, who are you? what are you doing? i'm with the news, dude. >> yeah, that guy. it was a strange moment back in august. adam spotted a car in arlington that appeared to be missing the driver. he went to check it out and realized the driver was in disguise as a car seat. turns out

involving self-driving vehicles. adam tracked down that driver. he's a researcher at virginia tech who has not forgotten the encounter. >> i was pretty stressed out. man, this is going to blow up and i don't think there is anything i can do to stop it now. >> josh rattled back's research involves technology in driverless cars. the experiment is so other people cannot communicate with the driver. adam tuss out on the streets, working for you with the dude. you know, we say doug is the guy. he wanted doug's the dude, but that was already taken, right? >> already taken. >> that was a great story. a memorable moment. >> it was. the alliteration and everything. >> a trademark. >> thanks a lot, buddy. >> too bad, too bad. that graphic you were showing earlier, tents going up and down, that is going to be our life for a while. >> it really is. not just the next coupl

and then we see another pattern change coming after next weekend. but this weekend we've got a pretty big shift here in the pattern coming up next come of days. out there today we saw the cloud cover in the area for the most part. temperature wise, we were on the cool side. upper 40s to around 50. remember, the average high is close to 60. we got nowhere near that today. and temperatures will drop over the next couple of hours. cool, chilly and just plain cold by 11:00. it is going to be a chilly night tonight just like it was last night. make it a little bit colder tonight. 43 right now in gaithersburg, 46 in manassas, 47 in fort belvoir. we had cloud cover remaining, there is no rain associated with the clouds. we saw the clouds all day today. i think the clouds get out of here and by tomorrow morning the temperatures are going to be able to drop. 39 in the district, but 32 gaithersburg. 29 back towards winchester, luray coming in at 28. 31 in culpepper so we will be seeing a freeze early tomorrow morning. so, watch out out there. not seeing any rain so we're not worried about any frozen roadways out there.

now as we move on through the day tomorrow, 39 degrees at the bus stop, 48 by recess for the kids. then picking up close to that, 50 degree mark as the clouds increase. we will see sun early and clouds on the increase during the day. that will keep temperatures down to about 51 degrees. 59 on thursday with a.m. showers, we'll see the showers late wednesday into thursday. 52 on friday, back to 58 on saturday. saturday a good chance for some showers early and then again overnight. saturday night into sunday as the strong storm moves through. windy and chilly on sunday afternoon. same deal on monday, both days wind chills in the 30s all day. and look at thanksgiving, right now i'm going or a high of 46, but the wind chill may be in the 30s all day thanksgiving. good time to eat turkey. we're back.

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> in just the last couple hours, the redskins list of players on injured reserve getting a little longer. linebacker will compton and running back rob kelley placed on i.r. tonight. head coach shaker said they'd add another running back and quickly after kelly got hurt. according to reports and the team, they signed running back byron marshall. so, who is byron marshall? he was signed from the eagles practice squad. this is video of him from philly's preseason. he played his second year in the nfl. marshall was active for the eagles the last three

carries for 64 yards. marshall was undrafted out of oregon where he became the first pac-12 player to go over when rushing and receiving yards in a single season. but tomorrow night, the maryland's men's basketball team hoping butler really sears the turtles and they are hosting a black out, cape included. i'm not sure you can see this. >> cool. >> yes, so they open up on the road, but they are settling into a nice homestretch of their own. the turks getting in some practice before tomorrow's match up against butler. the turk's toughest test so far this season. after a road win against stone i brook and a blowout home win against umes. and finally, some stiff competition and expected big crowds for maryland. >> the first two games that we had that we played away in long island the other day, we had, you know, pretty decent crowd. i think we're all excited to come in, hopefully have a lot more people here, have the black out, have all the students here. it shoul

like butler, bring them into our building, it doesn't happen a lot. we're excited now. >> i think this team has a chance to continue to grow and get better. you know, it's great tomorrow night, this team is fara long. butler were on a foreign tour. we'll see if we can stay up with them so far. they look much further along than we do. >> good news for the capitals. defense man matt niskanen back before missing 13 games with an upper body injury. niskanen is returning to a capitals team that is heating up. the caps have won five of their last six games. now in a tie for second place in the metropolitan division. a big jump for a team who lost seven of their first 12. a date tonight with the defending western conference champions, national predators. puck drops from the music city at 8:00. the first match for the u.s. men's soccer team since the heart break of missing the world cup for the first time since 1986, is leaving fans with a sense of hope. today the team playing a

one of the best teams in the world, and a lot of change since last month's loss. breus arena out as head coach and some new faces in the lineup trying to breathe new life into this team. and in the 21st minute it worked. 19-year-old wesson mckenny found the back of the knelt in the u.s. men's national debut. youngest player to score his first cap. 1-30 u.s. ten minutes later portugal nets the equalize eras the ball flips past keeper ethan. the game ends in a 1-1 tie. all in all, not bad. something definitely to build off of. that reminder, too, that we do have the maryland men's game. and doreen is now wearing the cape. >> how is this going to be -- is anybody going to turn around or what? >> now we can see it. yes. it's for the fans. >> okay. >> we can get creative. >> you can turn it around. a giant bib. >> yes, if you eat at the game. >> or you're getting your hair done. >> there

>> okay. >> multiple uses. >> all right. >> thanks. thanks. >> wear that to dinner tonight, doreen. drive around. nightly news is coming up next.

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