we can't complain too much. >> thank goodness. i had my doubts for a little while. but it's here, we made it. i'm very happy. it's like a weight lifted off your shoulders in a way. >> exactly. >> feels very good. as we go into the weekend, we're going to notice some changes. hopefully you're excited about friday. you made your friday plans and weekend plans. to start you off, we have some numbers and temperatures down in the 30s. i think more spots, especially northern virginia, we'll be getting into the 30s. by the time you walk outside, 39 gaithersburg. 45 in washington. 37 in fredericksburg right now. also front royal. going throughout day today, the suburb temperatures dropping around sunrise. that's always the coolest point of the day. expect those mid to upper 30s. by lunchtime, it's actually going to be a cooler day than yesterday. pretty chilly by lunchtime. still in the 40s. we'll look at the rain for your weekend and show you when it

>> all right. sheena, thank you. >> we want to get to the breaking news. a fire at a living facility. take a look at the scene here. this was a five-alarm fire that ripped through the facility in chester county, pennsylvania. you can see how aggressive the flames were overnight. it forced 140 senior residents into the bitter cold. more than 20 residents are in the hospital. again, follow the latest updates on our nbc washington app. developing this morning, a citywide manhunt under way for a baltimore police officer who was shot and killed. the detective, shawn suiter was shot in the head while investigating a murder. he died yesterday surrounded by his wife and five children. there's now a $169,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest and conviction. baltimore's police commissioner says he's counting on neighbors to speak up. >>

that the community will step up again and stand with the baltimore police department to bring this heartless, ruthless, soulless killer to justice. >> police believe the suspect may be injured in some way, but they did not elaborate. we learned scammers may be trying to profit off of your compassion. fake go fund me accounts asking for donations popped up all over the place. the detective says they're not behind any of them. president trump is going after senator al franken after an l.a. radio ank sore accused the minnesota democrat of forcing and -- >> grabbing the breast of lee an -- who was sleeping by the way. this happened during the 2006 uso tour before franken was

in a tweet overnight, the president mockingly called him frankenstein and questioned whether he did anything else to the woman. franken apologized and she said she accepted it. they called for an ethics investigation. >> the allegations are so specific that they have real credibility. and senator franken's own statement and response doesn't deny it. >> unwanted sexual advances are never okay and never funny. >> senator franken says he welcomes an ethics investigation. alabama senator, senate candidate roy moore is dealing with sexual misconduct allegations of his own. this morning, we're getting evidence that those may be taking a toll-ois campaign. according to a fox news poll, he trails doug jones

points. several women accused him of sexual or unwanted advances that took place while they were teenagers or young women. the white house says president trump believes voters should decides moore's fate. the special election is scheduled for next month. moore denies all allegations. fairfax county teacher remains on leave while school officials investigate an incident that happened on wednesday. a veteran teacher pulled off a student's hijab. he says he was trying to remove a hoodie over the hijab. the student is angry and embarrassed. the principal, dave thomas says the actions were inappropriate and unacceptable. many students agree, but don't believe the teacher's intentions were negative. >> a lot of teachers do that. they pull your hat off or take your hood off. >> the

muslim or wearing a hijab. >> however, many people see the incident as an attack on muslim women that can't be tolerated. the school apologized to the family and said the school values diversity. today, the highly anticipated museum of the bible opens in the district. a few insights for the first time just about a week ago the building sits just three blocks from the capitol. it's a private museum funded by the family behind hobby lobby. curators insist it's about the bible itself, the book, not the faith. some scholars question that and the authenticity and some of the artifacts. like we said, it's friday folks. made it to the weekend. a little bit of a chilly start, sheena. is there rain in the forecast? >> yes, meagan.

there is rain in the forecast for the weekend. it's not going to be a washout or ruin your weekend. however, this morning we do have a little bit of a windchill out there. this is the feels-like temperature. many of us feel like the 30s. we'll talk about what you expect today coming up next. she's been -- she likely has to pay the price. what led police to the woman who they say is the same person in this video. when you thought deep frying a turkey was the trend. well, the recipe that has the internet buzzing this morning and the ingredients

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okay. this is a song we couldn't stop singing this summer. even if you don't sing spanish. this is the latin grammys. he was born in puerto rico and he says this song took -- he's been active in helping in the hurricane's devastation. >> i like that song. this next story, i know a lot of you have been talking about this on social media. the hamburglar has been busted. the woman

video climbing through the mcdonned's drive through window. this video went viral. >> i love how she was i need my drink first. then i'm going to get toys and then i'll get cash if i get away with all this. look at her climbing in. look at that. make my way in here. get some french fries. >> nice closeup. i don't know how you could not find her. >> howard county police -- can't make this up, right? >> jessica cross climbed inside the mcdonald's in columbia, she stole food and cash. she also stole happy meal toys. stealing from the kids. >> what kind of toys. >> then puts her shirt over her head on the way out. >> police say they got a lot of tips that thepd hem track her down. she's 27 years old from springdale. she stole $1400 in

multiple charges. >> i want to know where the employees were. where were they? she was in there for a long time to get all that and the money. moving on, if you're -- this story is interesting. if you're looking for a way to spice up your thanksgiving dinner, they're talking about flaming hot cheetos to add to your turkey. this apparently is a real thing. want to show you here. reynolds kitchen posted the recipe for the dish online. there's seven steps. in the end, you'll have a bright red bird ready to pair it all the other things you love to eat for thanksgiving dinner. if cheetos isn't your thing, you don't like the idea, you can mimic the crusted turkey with cool ranch doritos or fun yons. >> it looks kind of good. maybe it's because it's so early and i'm hungry.

would love it. >> it would provide the crunch and the cheesiness. >> if you're interested and you want to check it out, you can go to our nbc washington facebook page and tell us what you think about it. we want your thoughts. i would like to try things. totally bizarre. but i would like to try that. the cool ranch dorito thing -- >> that's a lot to prepare. then if it doesn't turn out right -- >> mean yourself this morning, it's cold outside. colder than yesterday morning. at the bus stop, the kids want a warm jacket. temperatures really like the 30s. but as we go into the afternoon, it will be cooler today by 3:00 p.m. 51 degrees. we'll talk about rain and the weekend forecast. it's the last thing you might expect when paying respects to a loved one. a different person in the casket.

demanding answers. >> i'm adam tuss. how is this for a metro story. the hair on top of your head could be causing delays. i'll plain whyex

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out. the move reverses a rule put in place by the obama administration in 2014. u.s. fish and wildlife services says there is new information from officials in zimbabwe and zam by i can't to show reversing the ban is -- they show elephants endangered under the endangered species act. we're hearing from a patient who escaped in hawaii. he escaped to prove he's ready for release. >> i can live without doing drugs and without hurting anyone. without a doubt, without a doubt, i did it. >> say toe was captured in northern california saying to a cab driver, who recognized him. he's now charged with felony escape. investigators believe the breakout was planned but it's unclear if sato had any help. he's been in a mental hospital si

of insanity of a gruesome murder in 1979. >> this story, well, a little hard to imagine. a family wants to know why there was a mixup at a funeral home of all places. a tennessee family is getting ready to say goodbye to a family member. then they find another man in the casket. their uncle was a double amputee and the man inside the casket was not. when they tell the funeral staff about it, they were asked to leave. >> opened the bottom of the casket. when you open the bottom, you're like -- they say y'all get out. >> the funeral home was able to locate the correct body and make the proper burial. the family still wants an explanation and want an assurance that other family members don't have to go through the same thing again. no secre

over the last several years. but this one is down right nasty. hair, human hair is gumming up into tunnels and could cause serious safety concerns. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss takes a look at what's going on. >> reporter: well, of all the metro stories that we've covered, this one here is a brand new one. the hair on top of your head, human hair, human fibers getting into the metro system and actually causing problems. outside consultants are telling metro that so much human hair and fibers are collecting on parts of the system that it's causing problems. we talked with brian sherlock who is study ig this and to look at side by side photographs. he says a felt-like material is collecting at

hold the high voltage third rail. >> huge, huge amounts. i was flabbergasted. >> at the amount of hair in metro? >> yes. >> the bigger problem here, all the gunk can cause sparking and potentially a fire. the union says metro needs to find an area around the insulators clean. along the red line, adam tuss. news 4. all right. it's hard to believe that the holiday season is already here. kind of crazy. you know what. >> it is. it gets earlier and earlier in terms of when they start to advertise for christmas and thanksgiving. it's like you guys, hold on. we're not ready yet. >> i totally agree with you. i don't mind some of the commercials, like the classics and you can see old ones that remind you of when you were a kichltd but some of the other stuff, i don't know. it's a little too early.

>> basically macy's they've unveiled this new window decorated with christmas festivities, keeping in mind that the thanksgiving parade is coming up next week. >> yeah. you've got both going on at the same time. >> the theme is the perfect gift brings people together. that's the theme. >> the big macy's thanksgiving day parade, as we've said, is thursday. sheena, looks like weather will be a little chilly, isn't it? >> for thanksgiving, when the parade is on, it's going to be chilly outside. right now your thanksgiving is on the colder side. morning temperatures around freezing. here's what it feels like right now outside. temperaturewise, with a little bit of a breeze, it's making quite a difference. feels like 32 degreesga gaithersbu gaithersburg. feels like 36 in manassas. in the district we feel like 40 degrees. here is a live look, satellite and

not much going on. today will be a dry day. our next weather system for the week, coming down from around the great lakes. that's going to put rain in part of our weekend forecast. as we go through the day, nice and dry. we start off dry but you notice clouds increasing. there's rain to the north and west. that's the next system approaching. most of that rain really won't swing through until saturday night overnight and we clear up into sunday. sunday is windy and colder. we could have snow showers to the north and west. your entire weekend, breaking it down like this, 60 degrees on saturday. blustery into sunday. as far as your five hp day forecast is concerned, it doesn't look too bad out there. today, 52 for a high temperature. then we go into the weekend. there you see those two very different days. but into next week, we dry up and cool down. it's going to lead us into your thanksgiving, which we'll take a look at, at

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mohammed is saddened over the loss of lives in recent mass shootings. >> these men have decided to take upon themselves to take the lives of other people. >> her ex-husband and his teenage accomplice took the lives of ten people in maryland and virginia 15 years ago. she shares her story on a panel in northwest d.c. helping people understand how domestic violence can lead to shooting. she says mohammed verbally abused her. >> my situation, i didn't have physical scars to prove that i was a victim. >> she believes the sniper shootings were a smoke screen for him to kill her. she relates to the wives of mass shooters devin patrick kelley and tev kneel. that should have prevented him from owning guns. >> we know that any time firearms are involved in any sort of unhealthy relationship, it increases the odds

used in a terrible tragic situation. >> maryland legislator will smith will reintroduce a bill that failed last session. it will make sure domestic violence convicts have to give their guns to police and won't be able to legally buy guns. >> mildred mohammed wrote a book called i'm still standing, crawling out of the darkness into the light. she says this book provides tools that people can use to help victims of domestic violence. in northwest d.c., shomari stone. news 4. your time now is 4:26. "news4 today" continues right now with aaron and eun. that breaking news, a massive fire at a senior living community. the incredible images of that inferno just coming in and new information about the injured. >> accosted or just an accident? what one teacher did that landed him on leave

to his defense in a few hours. >> reporter: they fled in the dark and in the cold overnight so you don't have to. i'm justin finch. we're live at sleepout d.c. 2017. and from the holy grail to the holy bible. we're taking you inside the latest museum near the national mall opening its doors today. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. >> we're here with sheena and melissa. that's because chuck is on assignment. we didn't kick him out. >> we'll tell you where he is. we're going to talk about the weather today. again. >> you know what i wore inside today. i was going to show you. my toe socks. >> you mentioned those to me. i haven't seen them before. >> no, i don't have them on right now. i thought it would be gross if i took them off and brought them to the desk.

they're clean but they were on my feet and everything. anyway, next time. -- >> temperaturewise, with a little bit of a breeze we had outside right now, it does feel in the 30s. for many areas this morning. it feels like 40, though, in the district. we'll be feeling like the 30s very shortly. this is not the coldest point of the morning. the coldest point is before sunrise. you expect it to feel colder before you step outside. 32 in gaithersburg. 36 is what it feels like in manassas. 35 leesburg and clinton and today will be a pretty chilly day. your wake-up weather, actual temperatures, by 8:00 a.m., 42 degrees. by 9:00 a.m., temperatures in the 40s. a sunny dry day. however, we have rain moving in for part of the weekend. let's talk about the friday commute. it's finally friday melissa mollet. finally friday. this is a crash investigation. university boulevard there at horn baker road. crash investigation from around

there trying to determine what happened there. northbound 28 diverted into westfield boulevard because of a vehicle fire there. vehicle pushed on to that westfield service road to get past the cleanup. as you widen out, inner and outer loop of the beltway, looking good. no other big problems into or out of town. going to take you eight minutes from the fairfax county -- back with more in a minute. it's 4:29. breaking news this morning. a massive five-alarm fire ripped through a senior living center. this is outside philadelphia. >> meagan fitzgerald at the live desk. >> we want to get to the images. you can see the flames in westchester. the fire forced 140 residents into the bitter cold. officials say more than 20 residents are in the hospital. this, of course, causing a lot of families to wake up in a panic. the american red cross is there helping the resident. there's no word

cause of the fire. you can download our nbc washington app. we'll be updating you throughout the morning. back to you. >> meagan, thank you. also developing this morning, a citywide manhunt is under way in baltimore for the person who killed a police officer. detective shawn suiter was shot in the head while i was investigating a murder wednesday night. >> he died yesterday surrounded by his wife and five children. there is now a $169,000 reward for information that leads to the killer's arrest and conviction. baltimore's police commissioner says he's counting on neighbors to speak up. >> we are absolutely certain that the community will step up again and stand with the baltimore police department to bring this heartless, ruthless, soulless killer to justice. >> police believe the suspect may be injured in some way, but they did not elaborate. we've learned scammers may