going anywhere for a while. i thought we'd get a warmup by thanksgiving week, but doesn't look like it, huh? >> this isn't going to be the warm thanksgiving year. this is going to be the cold thanksgiving year for better or worse. we have to take it. honestly, a nice, cold day on thanksgiving feels good. it helps encourage you to get outside and walk off the turkey legs. a nice day to get things going. 20s, 30s in most neighborhoods. clouds on the increase. there's a chance for more sprinkles and light showers. later on in the evening it should be drying back out tomorrow. there's the high pressure overhead. it's bringing in this little chance for cloud cover and hit-and-miss showers. that's the chance for showers coming our way for late this evening and into the early parts tomorrow morning. it's all dry. won't need the umbrella today. temperature, 26 in manassas. 38 in washington. as you're planning out the day, plan on a chilly one for sure. most areas will getp

degrees under increasing numbers of clouds. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. thank you, chuck. we're getting some startling new information about the former school aide serving time for sexually abusing students. the washington post reports that new allegations have come to light about the school's lack of over sight. deontay caraway is serving 100 years in prison for sexually abusing more than 20 children in prince gorges county. a staffer heard multiple complaints of caraway's disturbing behavior more than a year before he was arrested. the report cites a court filing that specifically issued his former principal michelle williams to have influence. she had no knowledge of abuse before february of last year and did not foster an environment to permit any abuse. we're following a developing story in northern california where a sheriff credits quick thinking ter

on tuesday afternoon a man went on a random shooting ram pain in rancho tehama. he tried to get inside a school, when it was over four people were dead. we'll explain how this all unfolded. >> very bad day for tehama county. >> reporter: the incident began around 8:00 a.m. local time when a gunman randomly opened fire at a residence. >> after the initial shooting he is reportedly took a vehicle and went on a shooting rampage throughout the community. >> reporter: some of those shots fired at a school where one child was hurt. police say the gunman then seemingly chose other additional targets at random killing four and wounding ten before he was confronted by two officers. >> the suspect engaged

officers. they returned fire. the suspect was killed at the scene. >> reporter: investigators say there is no known motive or connection to any of the victims. brian flint claims one of his neighbors was the shooter and his roommate was among the victims. >> the neighbor has been shooting a lot of bullets lately, hundreds of rounds, large magazines, and, you know, we just -- we made it aware that this guy has been crazy and he's been threatening us. >> reporter: a semi-automatic rifle and two handguns have been recovered by authorities. the incident remains under investigation. mark barger, nbc news. breaking news in zimbabwe where the military has taken control of the civilian government forcing the u.s. embassy to close its doors. this morning the embassy tweeted it sent staff home while american officials monitor the

situation. they've taken the president into custody. they say it's not a coup and only removed the president for his own safety and his family. the army has been stepped in to calm some of the political tensions there. days after president trump's visit, china is sending a special envoy to north korea. right now there are no details about the envoy's itinerary or meeting. the associated press reports the envoy is not directly connected to the efforts to end the nuclear program. president trump has called on china to use the influence to pressure north korea to lose the program. rose mcgowan turned herself in. she was in town for the women's march after president trump's inauguration, but something she left behind on the plane tested positive for narcotics. it's unclear why it

months to come to light. the votes are in and we now know who the sexiest man alive is this year. take a look. it's blake shelton. he now holds the title of 2017 sexiest man alive. "people" magazine teased us all week with tips on who would be named and "the voice" judge came out on top. shelton accepted the honor via social media. don't hate me because i'm beautiful. chuck, another year, another loss. >> oh, man. >> i heard you did garner some votes but -- >> i've got two words for you, blake shelton. hair plugs. he's cheating, i'm telling you, chris. he's not doing it the old-fashioned way like we are. congratulations, i guess, to him. we'll put our names in the hat for next year. chilly. chilly start to the day today, no doubt about that. you're going to need that warm coat and maybe the seat heater on the way in. trust me, if that car's been out in the driveway all

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you're watching "news 4 today." well, you're going to have a healthier option for your turkey this thanksgiving. for the first time ever butter ball is going organic. customers have been asking for this for a while. they will offer whole organic birds. last year organic food sales hit $43 billion in the u.s. that's an all-time high. >> that's a lot of money. >> that's a lot of demand. a lot of people looking for healthier options. >> free range birds, no steroids or anything like that? do we know what the difference is? >> last year they did the no antibiotic birds so i think this is full on organic. everything organic. >> i like my turkey to be delivered to me, doesn't matter organic or not. >> if it's not over cooked, i'm good. thanksgiving dinner is just a week away. if you're worried about all those calories

they're offering a diet wine called cense. the first offering is a sauvignon blanc. you can easily remove the sticker that says weight watchers so no one's going to know you brought diet wine to the party. >> except for now that we told everyone the name of it. >> as long as it doesn't come out of a box, i'll be fine. >> gave it away there. one of dc's most instagramable spots returns for the holidays. the miracle on 7th street is set to reopen the day after thanksgiving. the christmas pop up is really a fan favorite. washington magazine says you'll experience a gingerbread house theme and the room that feels like the inside of a christmas tree. i tried to go down there for the whole "game of thrones" thing. couldn't get in there. >> i live there in upshaw and

in the neighborhood. doing a great job. as we head out the door this morning, no relief, huh? >> just cold. >> okay. >> at least it's not raining and there's no ice or snow in the forecast. there could be a chance for rain coming our way. there's a peek at future weather for 11:00 in the evening. rain showers coming on through. i'll let you know if they're going to impact the morning commute. >> if you can't beat them, join them. how some retailers are trying to lure you into the store to buy some toys. it's worth the trip. this time yesterday morning he was getting ready to go to church. a short time later he became the fourth victim of a serial killer. the latest on the manhunt underway in tampa before the murderer strikes again.

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you're watching "news 4 today." this is traumatic video showing a british airways plane catching fire on a las vegas runway. in fact, if you look closely at the center of the screen, you can see flames on the plane. it happened two years ago but the ntsb released the video two days ago. a fire broke out during takeoff and caused huge plumes of black smoke. the emergency chutes deployed. 14 people were hurt. the faa says that fire was caused by a left engine

has struck again in florida. a homeless man walking to church is believed to be the fourth victim in tampa. police say the serial killer seems ton to be picking the victims at random. people cheered, waived signs and hugged each other as australia celebrated an historic vote legalizing same-sex marriage. more than 60% of people voted in favor of it over an eight-week postal survey on the issue. australia's prime minister said its government hopes to change the law before christmas. continuing with our re-inventing retail series. toy stories aren't get thissing the foot traffic they used to. online traffic has replaced children running through the aisles. this holiday season is a crucial one for retailers. susan hogan looks into how they plan to reinvent retail.

>> well, get this, a recent survey found that amazon was the place to buy toys last season. they trumped toys"r"us, walmart and even target. so this year those stores are fighting back big time. after toys"r"us filed for bankruptcy the retailer launched this app. it sends children on somewhat of a scavenger hunt and it only works inside the store. >> i think it's going to change the perception that the customer has of us being transactional to more of an experience in the store. >> if you can't beat them, join them. some retailers have partnered with ecommerce businesses amazon and google. kohl's has a designated space where it sells the amazon gadgets. walmart decided to hook up with google express. its voice activated shopping platform and target says it will do the same ti

now tomorrow on "news 4 today" customer service, what do you think about it? a lot of people say it simply stinks. this year some major retailers are actually reaching deep into their pockets and offering an incentive for employees to play nice. what that is we'll tell you coming up. >> it's going to be busy out there. packed this weekend. >> i like the idea of charging more for online shopping from the retailers because that encourages people to go to the stores. people forget, all these malls that closed, those are people on the unemployment line. you close a mall, that's a couple hundred people that lose their points. >> believe it or not, more than 160 million people will put their credit card to use this thanksgiving weekend. >> basically everyone with a credit card. >> 20% are going to head out early to shop on thanksgiving day. nearly half will do their online shopping on cyber monday. busiest day is still black

business. heck, more than half of americans have already started their holiday shopping. what about you? >> nope. >> me either. >> i've got such a nice, short list of people to buy stuff for i can do it in an afternoon. >> i go to cvs, i look at the line of gift cards, start plucking them out. >> merry christmas, here's some menthol liptus. great, thanks. >> i'm more sentimental than that. >> i used to get the big 1 pound bag of m&ms. >> sometimes we're thinking it needs to get colder to put us in that christmas spirit, don't have that problem this year. >> mother nature is helping us out. getting into the nood early. still no snow in the forecast. that would help. if we could get some snow people would feel the holiday season coming on. most people, most don't mind snow before christmas. it's after christmas and past new year's people start disliking the snow a little more. not me, just other

38 degrees right now. just a little hint of a north wind out there. every little mile an hour shaves a couple degrees off that temperature feels like factor. know that it's a cold start this morning. this moisture out here towards st. louis, missouri, that's coming our way. it's not a lot. notice there's no solid line of heavy rain coming. we're watching periods of light rain and showers that will come through here mainly late tonight after the ride home and probably before the ride in tomorrow morning. by noontime, skies into southern maryland. by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 up to midnight there's the best chance for showers. from 10:00 p.m. to early a.m. what little rain there's going to be. and a gusty northwest wind will bring temperatures well down below freezing again for many spots early friday morning. right now it's below freezing in many

29 mart tiinsburg. it will be a cold but dry start. you'll need your warm coat for sure. just enough sunshine to get temperatures into the low 50s. clouds increasing by 5:00. temperatures still in the 40s. rain chances hang on until after 7:00 or 8:00. you can leave the umbrella at home for today. tomorrow we'll start out cloudy. most of the rain will be done before 7:00 a.m. then as we get into the afternoon, northwest winds 15 to 25 miles an hour to be briefly milder tomorrow. tomorrow may be the first day above average in almost a week and a half. but the weekend looks plenty chilly with a rain chance. more about that coming up in a few more minutes when i team up with sheena. until then, back to you, chris. >> thank you, chuck. it's a move some say teaches kids to live in fear. others say it's not worth the risk. the controversy swirling around a school trip that canceled their trip to d.c. >> the man

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you're watching "news 4 today." the national park service is getting push back over a proposal to close athletic fields at the washington monument. it raised the cost at others. online petition already has gained over 6,000 signatures and now seven democrats from d.c., maryland, and virginia are getting involved. they argue the national mall should remain open to everyone for any activity. the national park service says sports games ruin the turf. parents and teachers say it's just too risky to send their kids to washington. they looked at the recent attacks in texas and manhattan and decided to cancel the eighth graders trip to washington from ohio. we're learning more about what's behind

kids from all around the country and the world visit washington, d.c., just about every day, but about 300 eighth graders from northridgeville city schools in ohio won't be making their way this year. that decision was made after several teachers who would chaperone the trip expressed concern that something like the new york city truck attack or the shooting at this texas church could happen here in washington. >> for the safety of our students and the teachers feeling that way, it's hard to say you have to take students to washington. >> reporter: dr. jim powell, the superintendent of schools for north ridgeville city schools spoke to news 4 by phone. he told us that he heard from parents and teachers on both sides but made the final decision after a man was arrested outside of the white house threatening to kill white police officers. >> before we made that decision, we had many parents say they

because of those reasons. >> reporter: elliott ferguson leads the district's tourism efforts. >> this is not the first time it's happened, but quite frankly the concern should be with any city. you know, washington is a city that really prides itself on safety and security. the reality is there's no such thing as a 100% safe place. >> reporter: as for where those ohio eighth graders will get to go on their sflip. >> there's a local museum that we've looked at. we've talked about a trip to columbus, which is our state capital. >> reporter: powell said they're not comfortable sending students anywhere out of state. in the district, mark sea graves, news 4. >> we've seen those attacks here in d.c., manhattan, but also in smaller towns across america. it is now coming up on 4:26. i'm heading over to the live desk. news 4 continues right now with aaron and eun. >> "news 4 today" starts now.

shocking new allegations in a child sex scandal that rocked the local school district. the lawsuit claiming deontay caraway could have been stopped sooner. new evidence against the man accused of killing ashonte billy. what the feds just revealed that could mean a slam dunk case. >> are we there yet? live look at the roads why those four tiny words are not what stress parents out the most when they hit the road for the hol holida holidays. >> what words would stress them out? >> are we there yet? >> how about are we at the in-laws. >> i have to go bad. >> we just got on the road. >> that would be a good one. that would be a good one. that's pretty stressful. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> it's cold. >> cold way to get the day started. no doubt about that.

temperatures below freezing in many neighborhoods. martinsburg, 39. 27 there montgomery county. so a cold start to the day for sure. we'll get enough sunshine this morning to get temperatures back up into the upper 40s and low 50s. after a cold start, we'll get more and more clouds later on in the day. there's a risk of rain drops later on in the night. then a cooling breeze comes back in tomorrow. there's that little rain chance that we've been watching here very carefully the last couple of days. that's the chance that's coming in here late tonight. future weather shows not much out here early this morning. there's your planner then. 20s and 30s early today. temperatures up around 50. clouds increasing and chance of showers not until after 8:00 this evening, melissa. >> sounds good. thank you, chuck. taking a look at the roads. in gaithersburg, southbound 355 after shady grove road. water main repairs this morning southbound approaching the old

car max. westbound university boulevard after piney branch. still hanging around. we had that yesterday as well. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. no problems and 66 as you're headed into town, fairfax county parkway on time at nine minutes. melissa, thank you. 4:28. new details this morning about the school sex abuse scandal that rocked prince george's county. >> there are new allegations that outlined the school's lack of oversight regarding that teacher's aide. deontay caraway. the washington post is saying that school staff allegedly knew about multiple complaints about carraway's disturbing behavior more than a year before his arrest. this comes from a civil lawsuit filed against the school. he's serving 100 years in prison for sexually abusing more than 20 children. the court filing specifically accuses then

williams of allowing carraway for having influence. she told the post she had no knowledge of abuse before february 2016 and did not foster an environment to permit any abuse. dna is helping the fbi build a stronger case against the man accused in the death of a shon tai billy. eric brown's dna matches evidence found inside her car. witnesses say brown did construction work near billie's job. she did not show up at work. she was found in north carolina. we are following a story where sheriff credits quick thinking teachers for saving the lives of countless children. a man went on a random shooting rampage. after shooting someone at home, the gunman headed for an elementary school. teachers heard the first shots and locked the school dow

with a semi-automatic rifle and tried to get into the classrooms but could not. >> this incident, as tragic and as bad as it is, could have been so much worse if it wasn't for the quick thinking and staff at our elementary school. >> the man shot into the building and hurt one student. in all four people died and ten were hurt. the shooter was shot and killed by police. 4:30 right now. some breaking news in the science world this morning. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with the new break through that could help fight diseases. what's this about? >> guys, this is fascinating. for the first time ever scientists have tried editing a gene inside a man's body. it's a big deal. it could permanently change a person's dna to try to cure a disease. scientists did a procedure on a man who has hunter's syndrome. it's a genetic