they learned how larger jurisdictions operate. because his office was short staffed at the time. as for the first class fights, he says the state reimbursed him in the past for him. >> our full news 4 i-team investigation is at the culpepper county sheriff's office. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. "news4 today" begins with breaking news. we cannot have violent criminals running our streets. >> a baltimore police detective shot in the head. new details in the overnight search for the gunman who is still on the run. >> plus a dangerous night in the district. four shootings in four hours. we're live with the latest. smoke hit me in the face. it's just choking. >> and a fatal house fire. hear more from the neighbor who tried his best to stop those flames

>> plus, we know he's one of the best pitchers in baseball. now the whole country knows. a big honor for max scherzer and what he's saying about it. >> he brings that enthusiasm and passion to all the games. i think that's why he ends up on top like that. >> 16-6 record doesn't hurt. >> good morning everybody. it's 48 degrees. >> pretty comfortable place to start. big coat and gloves and all that. >> it was not what i expected. you know what i mean? >> who are you people? you know it's below 80 degrees, right? >> in january and february, we'll be crying every morning. >> 2 degrees lower and we'd be crying. >> it's all relative. >> waiting on a cold front. it's still out to the west. it will bring a real gusty west wind in here later on in the day. the colder air is back behind it. today it will bela

out ahead of that front. we're starting off in the 40s this morning. the mildest morning we've had all week long courtesy of the south, the southwesterly wind. a lot of clouds around here early this morning. that won't last long. temperatures low 40s in the shenandoah valley. your planner then for the day today. 40s to start. near 60 degrees by lunchtime. but then that west, northwest wind moves in. temperatures down to about 50 by 5:00. into the low 40s by 58. check that out. windchills down potentially below freezing as early as 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 this evening. your monday evening will be windy and cold. enjoy that sunshine and temperatures near 60 later on in the day. next couple of days, a lot colder. melissa, temperatures will be back in the 30s. enjoy the mild start. >> have to wear the tights tomorrow. >> thank you, chuck. >> taking a look at the roads this morning. eastbound constitution at 12th street northwest. had the right

the far right lane getting by. a new crash this morning. still had this one reported northbound 95 before the dale city truck scales. left side still blocked by the crash this morning. 66 into town. out of town, you can see no problems on 66 this morning. same situation on the beltway. nice and green. rolling along nicely. a live look at 66 as you're flying in there, driving in right now. this is how it would look. fairfax county parkway, take you nine minutes. guys? thank you, melissa. we're following a developing story. a violent night in d.c. left a woman dead. there were four shootings in four hours. the shootings were spread all over the city. >> megan mcgrath is live at d.c. police headquarters with more on the shootings. megan, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: well, those 911 calls kept coming in last night. four shootings in the course of four hours. a total of five people were nj

shootings did prove deadly. a woman, the victim in that case. the fatal shooting happened on just street in northeast washington. it was a little before 7:00 last night when the shots rang out. now, a person who lives in the area, they reported hearing about 20 gunshots coming from the alley behind the apartment building there on just street. the woman was found by police dead on the doorstep of her building and we have learned that the woman had just moved to the neighborhood after getting a new job. at this point, no word of any arrests in that case. that deadly shooting also, they are still looking for suspects in the other shootings that happened. a total of four shootings, five victims in all of this and police are looking for witnesses and information. back to you. >> megan, thank you. it's 5:04. we're following breaking news. a baltimore homicide detective is clinging to life after being

with the latest. >> the shooter is still on the run. the baltimore police chief is not ready to identify the detective. police will tell us he was investigating a recent homicide last night when a man shot him in the head. it was a mile and a half from the inner harbor and not far from the university of maryland in baltimore. the detective has a wife and two kids. the medical team is doing all they can to keep him alive. >> he is critically ill. he is on full life support up in the intensive care unit. he's really, really, really sick. we are doing everything we can to keep him stabilized and to take care of the injury to his brain. >> sort of under scores how serious his injuries are. a lot of folks will be praying for him. officials are offerg

reward for any information that leads to an arrest. back to you. >> chris, thank you. it's 5:06. residents in a temple hills neighborhood are hurting this morning. they're mourning the loss of an elderly woman who was a pillar in the community. the elderly woman died after being trapped inside her burning home yesterday. it happened on lorraine drive. neighbors tried to pull the woman and her son out of the house but the fire was too intense. >> i definitely heard the lady in the house yelling for help. the front door was open. but the heat was too much. i tried the side door, kicked it in. smoke hit me in the face. just choking. >> firefighters pulled the eld ye erly woman and her son out of house.

the fire. a new twist in the controversy surrounding alabama senate candidate roy moore. four new woman have accused him of making inappropriate advances. despite that, the alabama republican party is sticking by moore. meanwhile, he is taking on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on twitter. overnight, moore quoted, dear mitch mcconnell, bring it on. mcconnell called on moore to drop out of the race. this morning, actress rose mcgowan is expected to plead not guilty to drug charges in loudoun county court. it's unclear whether she'll appear in court this morning. police say cocaine was discovered in her walton a plane in dulles airport back in january. mcgowan was in town for the women's march. she says the drugs could have been planted. she's among several actresses who have accused weinstein of unwanted sexual advances. today begins a

for parts of prince george's county. >> it's the future site at suitland center. >> justin finch is at the site. tell us more about it. >> reporter: hey there, eun. the county has wanted to do this for more than two decades. they've begun leveling the tloond relaunch and rebuild this stretch of suitland and silver hill road. take a look at this. town square at suitland federal central. this will be a mixed use development, building out in three phases beginning now and going into the year 2020. first, the infrastructure next year, town homes and senior housing. the final phase, 80,000 square feet of the performing arts center. between 350 and $400 million. this should create s

it's ripe for development right off of suitland road. the metro is nearby and of course, the census bureau is behind that. groundbreaking set for 11:30 this morning. live from the area, justin finch. terrte a popular beach town making sure vacationers stay safe. it is not as cold this morning. we're actually in the 40s in many spots in the 20s yesterday morning. quite a change today. if the kids are headed to the bus stop, might need a light jacket. later this afternoon, it's going to get pretty windy. we stay dry. what you can expect for the weekend. rain headed our way coming up. it's a classic piece of art. but the

disturbing new developments in the deadly shooting ram page in northern california. investigators found the

the wife of the shooter in the floorboards of her home. they believe her murder started the killing spree. kevin neal was on bond after stabbing a neighbor the day before the shooting. he shot 14 people, five of them died. he was killed in a shootout with police and police believe neal wanted to kill as many people as he could. a series of surgeries to reconstruct tina frost's face has -- her mother says surgeons are reconstructing her forehead and eyelids. she lost one of her eyes in the shooting. she's being treated at johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. video shows her learning to walk again. her mom said they are taking everything day by day. today we expect to learn more about a bipartisan deal. it's reportedlyes

close gaps and background checks for those looking to buy guns. five senators are attaching their names to the bills. senators chris murphy and richard blumenthal of connecticut have been fighting for gun legislation since 2012 when 26 people were killed in the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. republican kim scott of south carolina signed on as well, two years after nine people were killed in a church in charleston and senator john cornyn has been compelled to act after 26 people were killed at a church in texas ten days ago. president trump is headed to capitol hill to rally house republicans before their vote on a tax cut package. that vote expected to happen this afternoon. tracie potts will have a look at whether they have the votes to pass this measure in a bit. ocean city is considering changes to prevent attacks on the popular boardwalk. our news partners at wtop report that changes are in the

attack to attacks on crowds. they're asking for new barriers at vehicle access points. there are 33 points and three more will be added in the off-season. the additional barriers could cost more than a million dollars. the hope is to have permanent barriers installed by summer of 2019. this morning, new york city police are looking for the thieves who stole a bag with a jaw dropping anlt of cash in it. we're talking about $190,000. this new surveillance video caught the crime in action. the victim is from africa and was bringing money to his family. it's not clear whether the thieves knew how much cash was in the bag. >> the 46-year-old victim was not seriously injured. but ncarrying around that cash. a new record. salvatore mundt i sold for $450

it's that painting on the screen. that is more than double the price of any other work of art that has ever sold at auction. it was da vinci's last painting left and recently rediscovered. last night at christie's auction. the bidding went on for 20 minutes. there are that many people can buy that. the buyer was unidentified and called in to buy it. >> apparently, most recently that painting was found in a garage in texas. the owner sold it for $10,000. that poor guy >> ouch. max scherzer did it again. >> he did it again. won the cy young award for the second straight year. >> max found out he won for best pitcher in the national league. his pregnant wife came over to kiss him. >> b

over his career, he joins elite company. we know he didn't make the world series. still, scherzer says this award is pretty awesome. >> it's not the first goal you set out to do going out for the season. you want to win the world series. unfortunately, we came up short in that. this is a heck of a consolation prize. >> scherzer had a 16-6 record with a 2.51 e.r.a. >> he is so awesome to watch. the passion he brings and he's an exciting player. to top it off, they're expecting their first child. congratulations. exciting times for the scherzers. >> nice little bonus here. >> you think the child will have two different color eyes. >> he has a blue and a green one. >> it's a signature one. >> there are people in the newsroom with that. >> i've never been close enough to him to notice

>> we'll have to check the kid out when they're born. >> a gusty wind coming our way today. as much as it's a relatively mild start, the last nine days have all been colder than average. our longest such streak of colder than average weather since may. the warmest day so far in the month of number, 57 degrees. that makes it the coldest first half of november in 27 years. hard to believe. in fact, it's the 7th coldest november on record to this point. and there's more cold to come over the next ten days or so. right now, 48 degrees. still a south wind. that's the reason temperatures are relatively mild this morning. 15 degrees warmer than yesterday. low 40s in the shenandoah valley. mostly mid to upper 40s around town. there will be a gusty northwest and west wind later on in the afternoon. afternoon highs today, mid to

the streak of consecutive days colder than average with temperatures into the upper 50s. but there's more cool air to come. there's the cold front there. still back out to our west. it comes through here today. you'll notice when it comes by. you're going to feel that wind shift direction and the air will start to feel colder and drier. here's a look at future wind gusts. these numbers are all wind gusts in miles per hour. look at this. later on in the afternoon, 2:00, winds between 20 and 25 miles per hour. staying that way into the evening. with temperatures dropping quickly, we'll have windchills below freezing this evening and into the overnight. not too much wind for friday. by the time we get up on saturday morning, southwest winds, 20 to 30 miles per hour. saturday evening, a cold northwest wind with winds between 30 and 40 miles per hour. so a lot of wind coming our way for the weekend. saturday will be warm. rain likely late saturday evening intoat

now and early next week. the ten-day and the travel forecast coming up. for now, it's traffic time. good morning, melissa. taking a look right now at a new problem in mitchellville. this is westbound 50 before martin luther king junior highway. one left lane is blocked by this brand new crash this morning. we're keeping an eye on that. 95 northbound before the dale city truck scales, had that crash blocking the left side of the roadway. that is now gone. we're good to go with that one. eastbound constitution avenue at 12th street in northwest, right lane is still getting by. no other big problems there in the district. beltway and the loop and outer loop rolling along. nice and green at this point this morning. eun? thank you, melissa. retail reinvented. stores are pulling out all the stops to get you in the door. >> not just the product. it's the people who help you too.

staffing the next time you shop. the biggest football game of the year in our area. but nearly half of one team can't take the field. what's keeping local high school studen stuck on the ts

inventing retail. all week we've been telling you about ways the stores are trying to lure you back in for this holiday season. customer service can make or break a business. that's for sure. >> that's why major retailers have changed the way they've staffed their stores. >> we explain why it could impact your shopping this year. >> what do some small businesses have that big box retailers don't. the personal connection with customers and a lot of retail experts say these big retailers can learn a lot from the small businesses. m

they get what they pay for. that's why recently we're seeing big box businesses have bumped up employee pay. minimum wage isn't cutting it. retailers want to hire associates who can make a difference when this comes to customer service. >> you don't want a consumer walking in and meeting a sales associate who is there for the first time. it doesn't help the stores that a large big box environment really capture the consumer attention. >> case in point, walmart usually hire thousands of seasonal employees. not this year. it's offering additional hours to existing staff. at the end of the day, what we really want from retailers is really good customer service and endless predict by next year, more than 50% of all companies out there are going to change their business models to really focus on customer service. back to you. absolutely. i think i'd be willing to pay more if i was going to

take care of me. >> you can expect to pay more for the two turtledoves and three french hens. >> and the partridge in a pear tree. >> financial experts looked at the 12 days of christmas and all the gifts together. they would cost more than $34,000. that's a couple hundred dollars more than last christmas. last year one partridge in a pear tree, about $209. this year $220. those pear trees producing pears, i guess for years to come for $209. >> do you get a mature pear tree? >> i don't think so. >> what's more expensive? >> nine ladies dancing. ten lords-a-leaping. >> this is a family program, aaron. >> all the dollar bills. 5:26 is our time. >> i

>> the meal may not be as expensive thanks to amazon. it's slashing prices. well, this morning, it's not as cold when you look at the numbers. but the wind is starting to pick up a little bit. it's pretty chilly out here. the rain has left the area. we're dry. but we're watching the winds increasing through the afternoon. coming up, we'll take a look at that forecast and the cold air arriving tomorrow. that's straight ahead. still ahead, president trump's trouble with a bottle of water has everyone lking this ta

breaking news. the gunman on the run. the latest updates out of baltimore. >> fatal flames. a man and his dog found dead in their home. the simple way the tragedy could have been avoided. >> why more than a dozen players are sidelined before the big game. good morning everybody. 5:30 right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. i am eun yang. thanks for joining us early on this thursday morning. we'll get to weather and traffic. >> melissa mollet is watching the roads of course. i promise you, she's there.

>> she's there somewhere. >> sheena parveen has a look at the forecast. >> that was not creepy at all. i actually really liked it. >> we don't have any rain right now. a lot of the clouds are clearing, wind is picking up. it's making it feel a little colder right now than when i first walked into work. not as cold as yesterday. when you compare it to yesterday, we had a lot of suburbs in the 20s. this morning, in the 40s. winds gusting. close to 30 miles an hour as we go through the day today. it's going to get windy. rain on the weekend and we get colder again. wait for the forecast. we're looking at the mid to upper 40s. coming up, we'll talk about what's expected and the forecast. >> i was a little bit off. i had to

everybody know that i'm here. not that creepy. >> eastbound constitution avenue here at 12th street northwest. still had the right lane getting by. inbound 50 near mlk boulevard. that cleared out of the way. as we wind now, the beltway looks good. everything looking good into and out of town. northbound to woodbridge is where you'll find that. very normal for 5:30 in the morning. before the dale city, truck scales, that's cleared out of the way. southbound, 32 to the beltway, on time there. >> about ten minutes. eun? >> thank you, melissa. right now, here's a look at your top stories. there is an urgent manhunt for a shooter. a baltimore homicide detective is in grave condition after being shot in the head wednesday evening. baltimore's police chief says the detective was investigating a recent homicide when he was shot. there is a

information that leads to an arrest. a woman was left for dead. there were four shootings in four hours. they were spread out all over the city. five people were shot in four different locations. the deadly shooting happened on just street northeast. the woman was found dead on the doorstep of her apartment building. america's most famous mass killer, charles manson is in the hospital. the 83-year-old inmate has been in the hospital for three days now. does not appear to be improving. he was rushed to the hospital for severe intestinal bleeding. he orders members of his cult to carry out brutal murders. >> roy moore is facing new accusations. four women have come forward accused of making inappropriate advances. >> the senate race, the -- the election -- this morning, the search is on for a sexual assault

the woodbridge area. the suspect was in her kitchen. he groped her and then ran off. entered the house through an unlocked back door at 6:30 in the evening. the woman has minor injuries but should be okay. a tragic reminder to make sure your smoke alarm is in working order. >> the mobile home caught fire in maryland. fire investigators say the smoke alarm did not have batteries. chopper 4 captured this video of that destroyed home on marshall hall road. too many extension cords may have sparked the fire. after having to be rescued in rock creek park. you're looking at pictures of that rescue. became disor yeptiented and got. the hiker w

it could cost one team at winning the turkey bowl. 18 players from the high school have been suspended for a brawl in last week's semifinal game against eastern high school. the chancellor of d.c. schools says he had no dhois but to take action. >> it's really important to stress that these are good students, these are good kids. >> the school district suspended nine players from eastern. since their season is over, those suspensions will carry over to next season. both schools are appealing the decision. in the wood son players win their appeal, they could still be allowed at that play next week. don't forget, nbc4's annual food for families campaign is under way. we need your help to provide food baskets for families, veterans and elderly in our dmunt. >> please consider making a secure online donation. go to

whatever you can give. you'll see a list of the many locations where you can drop off canned goods and boxed foods as well. we appreciate the help. you come through for us every year. we thank you for this. >> make your list, check it twice. we're talking about the grocery list. how amazon is helping you save money on your big holiday meal. >> water bottle gate. we're talking about president trump's awkward

amazon has changed the way whole foods does business. we'll see what that looks like. >> amazon prime customers can buy the turkey for $.50 a pound less. peeled shrimp and organic sweet potatoes and if you realize you forgot something for your thanksgiving feast at the last minute, you don't have to worry about that. prime now will operate on thanksgiving day until 8:00 p.m. >> i might be sold. you can get cran bberries

>> they'll have people standing by. >> it's magic. in less than an hour, they'll be at my doorstep? >> it might. >> listen to you. >> 5:40 now. chuck bell? >> poof goes aaron in the kitchen. no doubt. for today, the daily grade. our cartoon guy hanging on in the breeze, that's what your kids will be doing later on. not that windy now. but later on, winds close to 30 miles per hour at times. that's the bad news. good news is, won't be all that cold. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s today. you need your wind breaker not your umbrella. the sunshine is making a comeback. hopefully no sunshine delays. >> hopefully not. with the sunshine -- sometimes we're dealing with extra glare. >> between indian head hay

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health care, obamacare getting rid of the mandate to buy insurance to help pay for these tax cuts, even some republicans aren't going for it yet. tracie, president trump's news conference yesterday still getting a lot of attention. but there's a moment that's going viral. we're talk more about that in a second. we appreciate you this morning, thanks, tracie. >> the president we're talking about was thirsty about his trip to asia. look what happened next what people are talking about. >> 17,000 jobs. thank you. >> they don't have water. that's okay. >> what? >> a reporter motioned to the side of the table to tell him there was a bottle of water there. then he picks up the water with both habds. hands. takes a little sip there and continues with his speech. apparently, five minutes after that, he did it again. you'll remember back on the campaign trail when mr. t

ridiculed marco rubio for stopping to drink water. remember that? so he even called him a choker. referencing marco rubio. >> senator rubio responded on the president's favorite platform, twitter. he tweeted this. similar, but needs work on his form. has to be done in one single motion and eyes should never leave the camera. but not bad for his first time. social media, of course, had a field day with this. as happens these days. the memes and the side by sides were endless. naturally, someone is clever enough to put a name on this. watergate. >> someone also updated fiji ace wikiped wikipedia's page. the fiji water is the official double handed thirst quencher of donald trump. you can't do anything these days without it turning into a meme or a gif. they're demanding that d.c. leaders respond to a sanctuary

of dollars in federal cuts. d.c. has until december 8th to prove it's following -- it requires jail to hold undocumented -- if not, the justice department will pull federal crime fighting grants. community members are suing the district over its handling of a library renovation. the capitol view library has been closed for months now. the group says the city failed to provide temporary library services the way it did for renovations in other parts of the district. the city says the library will open in december after interior renovations are complete and close in the spring for exterior renovations. the city says an interim library will open in the spring. >> the news 4 i-team uncovered a s

tomorrow, you're invited to speak on the issue at the d.c. council public hearing. the deadline to sign up is this morning at 9:00. we've posted a link on our app to sign up. 5:48 right now. trips to san diego, even las vegas are not vacations but they are trips paid for by taxpayers to pick up fugitives and as scott macfarlane and i-team report, it was who was taking them and how that's raised eyebrows. >> reporter: we received call after call from former deputies inside the culpepper county sheriff's office. we began investigating. >> out of state expeditions to pick up fugitives are not unusual. half a dozen deputies told the i-team it was the sheriff himself going on some of these trips. we got copies of the reimbursement vouchers from

state of virginia which foots the bill. scott jenkins went to las vegas and san diego, but he flew first class. a violation of state policy. >> flying first class for extradition, is that normal? >> absolutely not. we would fly regular coach there. >> for months, the i-team tried to talk to the sheriff on camera. he declined. he went to learn how larger jurisdictions operate and because his office was short staffed at the time. as for the first class flights, he says the state has reimbursed him in the past for them. >> >> reporter: our full investigation with the sheriff's office is later tonight. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team zoochlt. today, prince george's county owe foigss will break ground on a project expected to create hundreds of job. >> this is town square at suitland center. news 4's justin finch is live at the site with more

expected to bring. >> are residents happy about this, justin? >> a lot of people are happy about this. part of a vision the county has been planning for, for more than two decades. take a look. a mixed use development here called town square at suitland federal center. it will close to 900 apartment units. senior housing as well as single family attached homes. every one of the renderings seem to love it. construction here is in three things. starting now and ending in about 2020. it will cap off what some 80,000 square feet of retail as well as a performing arts center. this should bring 1200 construction jobs. the cost between 350 and $400 million. a major investment in some already standing attractions like the suitland metro nearby as well as the u.s. census bureau.

groundbreaking will begin this morning at 11:30. we're live in suitland. i'm justin finch. news 4. back in to you in the studio. >> justin, thank you. oh, my goodness gracious. it feels pretty mild out there this morning compared to the other mornings, right? >> we don't want to get into a false sense of security about this weather. >> don't jinx us, eun. >> i'm trying not to. >> yesterday morning in the 20s. i was standing outside and actually with the wind picking up now, it's pretty chilly. >> it's in the 40s. relatively speaking, it's not as cold as yesterday morning. earlier when i walked inside, didn't feel as cold. 48 degrees in washington. we're almost at 50 degrees for this hour of the morning. it's still chilly enough for a jacket. many of our suburbs in the 40s. 41 winchester. 43 dulles. 40 manassas. still a jacket for the kids as they're standing outside. 41 frederick. 44 in quantico. the good news, we're dry. we could have a couple

hanging around north of frederick. that is about it. the rest of the area, seeing some of the clouds. starting to clear. the rain is offshore now for most of us. really all we had last night was light rain. as you're commuting this morning, some roads may be wet. by 7:00 a.m., winds are slowly starting to increase. 45 degrees. by lunchtime, that's when winds will be gusting closer to 30 miles an hour. we'll see more sunshine. 56. not as chilly this afternoon. but those winds coming in from the west should be warming us up o to the 50s. the roads will be nice and dry for your evening commute. the next chance of rain will be this weekend. future weather, we go through friday. nice and dry. tomorrow will be a colder day, though. for saturday, rain approaching early in the morning. but really getting here in the afternoon and the evening. look what happens sunday. you notice some snow off in the higher elevations of west virginia. that is cold air that will be moving in to end out your weekend. look at your week

47 sunday. blustery. windy. once that rain leaves. as we look ahead into next week, we have good travel weather ahead of thanksgiving. speaking of traveling, let's go to melissa mollet with a check of the traffic. >> good morning. chopper 4 headed to the problem in accokeek. we can get an eye of what's going on. livingston road between 210, indian head highway and accokeek road. now we have poles and wires down. could be a mess for a lot of people. livingston, again, between 210 and accokeek road with those lanes blocked. we should be there in the next couple of minutes. southbound bw parkway, lanes blocked there. warning you in case it sticks around. could have delays northbound as folks look at that inner loop and outer loocht beltway. all the rest of the routes into and out of town just fine. if you are having some phone trouble in morning or can't get in touch with a family member,

at&t is reporting an outage across the country. and this map shows how it's affecting folks in our area. i just retweeted at&t. they sent out some suggestions. they want customers to restart their phones to resolve the issue. in fact, they say you may need to restart it several times before it kicks in. we'll keep on top of this to see how soon it's cleared up. back to you. >> chris, thank you. it all comes down to this. >> so dramatic. >> that's the idea here. it is the final day of our firefighter cookoff challenge. >> molette green has been all over the area. manassas, southwest d.c., prince george's county and now in springdale. >> reporter: okay. we have a good one to end this whole four days of cooking in the firefighter kitchen. we're in the st.

station kitchen. this is right across the street from flowers high school. we're cooking up beef brisket. john michael has been working, smoking this thing for 12 hours. it's going back out on the grill. then we have sara working on some oreo cookie baked stuff. show eun the main ingredient here. look, eun. the chocoholics, they will be salivating this morning. you and me >> this is what's happening in the 6:00 hour. we're in springdale. we're going to talk to the firefighters about what they do and fire safety and how they keep everybody's bellies full. right, john michael? >> that's coming up in the 6:00 hour. >> i need a spoon and that pot. that's breakfast. thank you, molette. good morning. i'm kate rogers at cnbc headquarters. feasting on turkey and all the trimmings will cost you a little less this year. the american farm bureau said

dinner is $49.12. that's 75 cents less than last year. turkey down per pound. meaning a 16-pound bird will set you back $22.38. shoppers can expect savings, milk and rolls. for the business report, i'm kate rogers. you know, everybody gets even the pandas. >> yeah. one of the national zoo's favorite residents, tian tian. he had a checkup to find out why he's losing weight. he's lost weight the last few months. vets did tests. acupunctu acupuncture, laser treatments. they didn't find abnormalities. some suspect he had art lights. he -- arthritis. >> he seems like he's okay.

sometimes you just drop a few pounds. >> i don't know. he's 20 apparently. >> he's got a few years left. >> he does. pandas live very long. >> i think in captivity, 30, 35. something in there. next up at 6:00 a.m., new video into the newsroom. >> a dramatic scene plays out in front of a police body camera. a routine call for help ends with a violent explosion. >> what sparked the fire and what this officer did after being caught in the middle of the flames. >> reporter: a violent night in the district as five people are shot in just four hours. one of those shootings proved fatal. a live report coming up.

a police detective shot while doing his job. the gunman is on the run and now a father and husband is fighting for his life. a powerful blast. the explosion caught on camera. also caught an entire neighborhood off guard. >> food fight. the price war in the grocery store. what you need to know before you make that thanksgiving shopping list. i have my grocery list. i just have to go and get it. >> me too. >> off-peak hours. do not go on saturday afternoon. >> i have to call pea pod. >> you don't have to get it anymore. >> i go to the grocery

>> you go -- >> this is the same people that avoid the mall like the plague? >> yeah. >> it's different with food. >> i'll give you my list. you can go to the grocery store. >> i'll give you my three kids -- >> now that's an adventure. >> we're giving kids away. i'm leaving. >> i'm going to leave too. >> no one wants those kids. we are tracking some changes in the weather. first thing you'll notice by later on in the day today, it is going to be a very breezy afternoon. winds will come around to the west, northwest later on in the day and could be as much as 25 or 30 miles per hour. four things to know about the next four days. turning rather breezy, not cold. temperatures near 60 today. chilly and dry for tomorrow. chance for rain late saturday evening and saturday night and chilly and really windy coming up on sunday. right now, temperatures mostly in the mid-40s across the region and as you plan out your day today, again, temperatures well up into the mid and upper 50