where it's happening over and over. how the crooks are getting in. ♪ it was a golden night at the latin grammy awards. this is how we do it in puerto rico. >> little two-step to go with that maybe? little salsa? >> no, not all that. too much. >> too early? >> good morning everybody. we have made it to friday. >> less than a week out from thanksgiving. the holiday season about to kick into full gear in the area. we have team coverage from the national harbor and the holidays approaching. chuck bell and molette green have holiday fun on potomac. >> sheena parveen is watching the weather. >> happy friday. we are watching rain for your weekend.

this morning, we'll get you in the holiday spirit. that's for sure. it feels like 38 degrees actual temperatures. we have the mostly clear skies. a little bit of a breeze is making a pretty big difference. as you step outside, these are the temperatures that it will feel like on your skin. 34 leesburg and 32 dulles and gaithersburg. 35 in clinton. feels like 29 in winchester. now a cold start this morning. the upper 40s. a chilly day today. a krots weekend, we have two very different days shaping up for you. a breakdown timing of the rain straight ahead. let's look at the timing. >> chopper 4 over the beltway at bw parkway. inner loop here. headlights and everything rolling along nicely this morning. here's where we are. northbound 95 between triangle and dumfries. right side blocked at the accident. you can see the slowdowns from the quantico

>> let's keep our fingers crossed for everybody on this friday. >> he metro red line between silver spring. eun? >> thank you. 6:02. breaking news right now. panic and devastation. just west of philadelphia. we're monitoring updates that destroyed a senior living center. this forced 140 seniors out and into the cold. officials say more than 20 residents are in hospitals now. >> the next update is expected within the hour. be sure to download the nbc washington app for updates. now to a warning about a series of overnight burglaries that are happening in neighborhoods all over our community. >> someone is stealing garage door openers and breaking into homes. we know this happened four times in two days. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is driving around the fair oaks glenn neighbooo

>> reporter: the burglar is looking for neighborhoods like this. this is fair oaks glenn and you can see that all of the homes have garages here. he then goes around on the street and looks for cars that are open, gets inside and takes out garage door openers. that's how he gains access to the house. take a look at the map here. it's happened four times this week. twice in fair oaks. twice in neighborhoods in reston. we're talking about streets like valley oak drive, hunt manor court. edge mere circle. once he gets the remote, he has easy access through the garage doors into the house. he's doing this early in the morning, around 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. there are have been incidents where the homeowner heard a noise, got up to investigate and found the man inside their home. the burglar got wallets and purses before taking off or -- before running away. >> another time a homeowner was awakened

find anyone inside their house. but they noticed later that the garage door opener had been taken from their car. there have been similar incidents in loudoun county recently. police have not linked those incident to these incidents. but certainly there are similarities and it's all a reminder to lock your door and of course, keep those garage door openers secure. because a garage can give easy access to your home. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath, live in fairfax county. montgomery county police are trying to find out who is using a bb or pellet gun to shoot out windows in germantown. take a look at this map. this is where things are happening. five incidents happened last friday including in montgomery county. no one was injured. but police say it was the second time in ten days that car windows had been shot out on i-270. anyone with information is asked to call police. developing this morning, a

baltimore for the person who killed a police officer. detective shawn suiter was shot in the head wednesday night. he died yesterday surrounded by his wife and five children. there's a $169,000 reward for information that leads to the killer's arrest and commission. the commissioner is 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 heart less, soulless killer to justice. >> police believe the secretary may be injured in some way. they didn't elaborate on that though. scammers may be trying to -- fake go fund me sites. the detective's family says they are not behind any of those accounts. minnesota senator al franken is under fire this

and groping a person. >> democratic senator franken is apologizing for his actions. the bottom who accused him says she accepts the apology. this photo you're about to see appears to show franken grabbing the breast of sleeping leeian tweeden during a 2006 uso tour. it was taken before he was ee electriced to the senate. president trump mocking him called the senator frankenstein and questioned whether franken did anything else to the woman. meanwhile, several democrats joined their colleagues and calling for an ethics investigation. >> the allegations are so specific that they have some real credibility and senator franken's own statement in response doesn't deny it. >> unwanted sexual advance are never okay and never

welcome an ethics investigation. tweeden is not calling for franken to step down. eun? >> megan, thank you. alabama senate candidate rye moof is still fighting sex ut misconduct charges of his own. according to a fox news peel, the democrat trails doug jones by eight oints. they're standing by moore despite national calls for him to drop out. the special election is scheduled for next month. the focus on tax reform now moves into the senate. the house passed its version yesterday. every democrat voted against it. 13 republicans joined them. the republicans mostly come from states where voters are concerned about losing deductions for state and local taxes. virginia republican congresswoman barbara comstock reported the bill. the kickoff t

we're less than a week away from thanksgiving. that's on thursday. then things kick off shopping in full gear. christmas tree up for thanks gig. >> maybe a great place to take in the sights and sounds. national harbor and prince george's county. this morning, both meteorologist chuck bell and molette green are there with a look at holidays at the harbor. let's start out with molette. hey, molette. >> reporter: hey, good morning. i'm inside mrs. claus' home with the girl scouts here. this is all part of the weekend festivities to open up christmas on the potomac here at the gaylord. how they're featuring big attractions, big attractions, such as rudolph to get folks here to shop, spend their money and enjoy the holiday season. we've got more coming up. chuck bell is out at the wheel with the latest on the weather. >> molette, yes indied. ts a cool, breezy morning out here. i'm not sure who is colder inside onhe

wind off the water. there's 40 different restaurants and 160 different shops you can enjoy here in national harbor. lots of stuff to see and do and you can take a ride on the big gondola wheel and the big friendly 4 on there. complete check of what you can do coming up. >> i hadn't noticed the four. pretty cool. >> we're representing. >> thanks, chuck, thanks, molette. unusual delay. trouble on the tracks for metro. the reason riders are left waiting on the platform. may have grossed you out.

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through most of the area. today will be chilly. but we have rain in the forecast for the weekend. a pretty blustery day. i'll show you the numbers coming up. let's check the roads, melissa? >> a couple of problems. on metro, mo longer single tracking on the red line. two problems on 95. we'll talk about both of them in a minute. melissa, thank you. it's 6:13 right now. we are getting you in the holiday spirit this morning. >> thanksgiving will be here before you know it. can you believe it? it's thursday. then you want to get your holiday shopping started. molette green at national harbor with how stores are getting people off the internet and come into the stores. molette? >> reporter: hey everybody. i'm here at the gaylord inside what is part

potomac here in the hallway. this is an extraordinary setup here. we're in the hallway area. this is when you come outside of ice and the christmas village and you come to this spot here. we have been talking to merchants in the harbor. the big question is, black friday starts earlier and earlier. people are online shopping all the time. that's that online versus brick and mortar. merchants have been telling me that they have a plan. they're going to break out and roll out the big deals. they are going to bring attractions. the big attraction here at the gaylord national harbor tanker, all of this, of course, is ice. the big attraction p that you will see coming up a little bit later on in the hour here on "news4 today." that is the latest back to you now. all right. molette, thank you. a

police say the woman, remember the woman captured in the video climbing through the mcdonald's drive-through window is now in custody. >> that video has gone viral. howard county police say it shows jessica cross climbing inside the mcdonald's in columbia and stealing cash, food, a purse and happy meal toys. >> toys too. tips from the community helped them track her down. 27 years old. she stole about $1400 in cash. i'm meagan fitzgerald with breaking news here at the live desk. three people in alexandria are without a home. fairfax county fire officials responded to a mobile home avenue early this morning. two people were transported for treatment to an area hospital. one was transported to a burn unit. the other person in a local hospital. the red cross is assisting the displaced

no word on what caused the fire. eun? >> meagan, thank you. it's 6:16. a fairfax county teacher remains on leave while they investigate an incident that happened wednesday. a teacher pulled off a student's hijab. the teacher says he was trying to remove a hoodie. the student is angry and embarrassed. the student says the actions were inappropriate and unacceptable. many agree but they don't believe the intentions were negative. >> a lot of teachers do that. they pull your hat off or take your hood off. >> the reason he was going for the hood, not because she's news him or a news lamb. >> many see this as an attack on muslim women that can't be tolerated. the school apologized to the women and say they value die

diversity. it was a song you couldn't stop singing, an ear one. >> you had to speak spanish to get did he say posito stuck in your head. ♪ ♪ >> even the guitar tells you. >> where is justin bieber. it won big last night at the latin grammy awards. he took home four major awards for the song. he was born in puerto rico and he says this song is a hymn to the island. he's been active in helping to rebuild following hurricane maria's devastation in puerto ri rico. >> not surprised that song won big. the big door opens doors inside the museum of the bible before the rest of the public gets to step inside >> it was cort nated and. crooks pull off a heistit

toddler in toe. the crime that could. lin-manuel miranda will be on ellen today to talk about his project to help people of puerto ckco and sti

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christmas already. macy's unveiled its christmas window at its store in new york city. the theme is the perfect gift brings people together. the big macy's thanksgiving day parade happens next thursday. you can watch right here on nbc4. the perfect gift brings people together. that must mean love, peace. >> yes. the baby jesus and all that. let's head back out to national harbor. >> our chuck bell is hanging out at the capitol wheel. how is it feeling out there? i know it's a cold morning. >> reporter: that lump of coal aaron is going to get for christmas keeps getting bigger, doesn't it? it's a chilly morning. bit of a breeze by the water at national harbor. there's so much to do down here. it's like a mini main street. >> there is. we have shopping, as you said, 160 stores between tanker, national harbor, mgm.

properties as well. our big beautiful tree. great for taking your family holiday pictures. free. no charge. on saturdays, we have the nutcracker at 1:00. holiday movies at 2:00 every saturday. lots of entertainment going on at national harbor. fun place to shop, dine and spend time with your family. >> or you could send the family down here -- you said there's 3300 hotel rooms here. >> we are. gaylord national resort is the largest hotel in all the d.c. area with almost 2,000 rooms. >> didn't mean to interrupt. do they run weekend specials. >> definitely. gaylord, especially they have a lot of specials and ac has specials. also for a younger crowd. there's a bar crawl. enjoy our restaurants and our bars. then also families have gaylord and there's lots to do all around national harbor. >> awesome. thank you for invg

season. it is a ton of fun and on a day like today. just a little chill. you need your scarf and jacket on and everything will go fine. lots to see and do down here. i'll be joining molette later on in the show. it's apparently 9 degrees above zero which makes this 40 degree weather nicer. honestly, a perfect weekend. you have this cool mural. can you see the big 4 in the wheel. >> you bet. we're representing down here, aaron and eun. >> chopper 4 do a fly by. we were able to see it from the chopper too. go ahead. >> it's inside restricted airspace, aaron. >> there's a great camera on chopper 4. we can get far away and see it well. >> we'll check back in. >> so festive with the wheel and all the beautiful decorations. >> holiday time is here. no two ways about it. >> you can tell chuck was actually cold out there. which he says he never is. he's going to e

put the gloves on. >> check back in with rudolph later. >> they had the fire there. i'm sure he's warming up his hands. it is cold out there. it feels like the 30s right now. bundle up before you step outside. gloves, scarves, hats, heavy jackets. yeah, it's going to be like this through the day today. chillier than yesterday. we'll be dry as well as your commute. the roads are dry out there. tomorrow, though, we have rain approaching. we're talking about rain for your weekend. we've been talking about this for many days. we'll have rain late saturday. sunday we dry out but blustery and colder. right now in the district, the feels-like temperatures. when you factor in a bit of a breeze, it feels like the 30s for everybody. in the district, we feel like 38. 33 manassas. 35 leesburg. feels like freezing inga gaithersbu gaithersburg. warm jacket by 7:00 a.m. 40 degrees. but feeling like the 30s by the afternoon. we're looking at temperatures around 50 degree

we do have the clouds off to the west and northwest. that's the next storm system. that will be moving in to start off your saturday. today we have the sunshine. watch on future weather as the clouds move in saturday morning fl you'll be waking up to a lot of cloud cover. that rain could try to move into hagerstown. maybe winchester. but it struggles to get through the rest of the area. most of our rain will be here saturday night. there is 11:00 p.m. we could see moderate rain. then the rain continues overnight. then by sunday morning, we're clearing out. windy, colder, look at that. even putting snow showers way off to the west in parts of west virginia. if you're heading to wineries, saturday we have the late rain with the clouds around. then sunday at the winery, it will be windy and colder. if you have the plans this weekend, we have two very different days. any rain chance sunday will be early in the morning before we clear out. but going into next week, we're log

so that's good for thanks gig. coming up in a bit, a closer look at the travel plans. we'll take a look at the thanksgiving day forecast too. speaking of travel, let's check the roads on this friday. hey, melissa. >> good morning. taking a look right now at a couple of problems on 95. they sort of keep popping up. northbound between triangle and dumfries, we had that right side. northbound after triangle a broken down trunk in the center lane, blocking a lane. as we zoom in, another issue. northbound 95 at quantico. left side is blocked by the crash there. quite busy on 95 this morning. allow extra time for sure if you're headed out sometime soon. 95 in virginia. southbound chain bridge there. 123 at tysons boulevard. sounds like a vehicle on its side. might be a holdup for folks through that area. beltway right now, looking pretty goodie would say. as far as your travel times, looking okay on 270. on the top of the beltway, same thing. 66 and 95 in virginia. aaron? >> melissa

metro is dealing with a situation that's kind of disgusting. potentially dangerous. hair and other human fibers are accumulating in metro tunnels at such a high rate that the mess could lead to electrical sparks and a fire. this is what that buildup looks like. the largest union that represents trains and employees says metro needs to find a way to keep the areas around insulators clean. metro increased track bed cleaning since last year. >> that is gross. we continue to follow breaking news. a senior living community gutted by flames. what it took to get people to safety. plus new developments in the investigation released in just the last 30 minutes. >> if you're just waking up, serena williams got married. the big event that brought out

a beautiful friday morning. take a live look at pictures it chopper 4. national harbor in prince george's county maryland. >> you see the blue 4. very nice, right? how about that to get you in the

thanks. >> we'll have team coverage of chuck bell, molette greenment they're live at national harbor to get us in the spirit this morning. >> we'll start with weather and traffic. sheena parveen out on the weather deck with a look at the next chances for rain. you are bundled up out there, sheena. >> i wish i was more bundled up than this. my feet are very cold with my heels on. it's a cold onement make sure you have the gloves in you're outside for a while. after the sun comes up, temperatures will climb. we're going to be colder than it was yesterday. here are the numbers right now when you factor in the little bit of a breeze that we have. we do have a breeze. feels like 38 degrees right now. washington. 32 is what it feels like. dulles. 32 gaithersburg. feels like 37 in quantico. going through the afternoon today, nice and dry, sunny. sun glare as you drive this morning. temperatures pop out around the low 50s. then this weekend, we

it will be milder tomorrow, cold and windy on sunday. quite a mix of that. i'll break down forecast for you and thanksgiving travel. speaking of travel, hopefully it's travel -- >> it's nice and light. i like to tell -- especially on a friday. in general, nice and light. we do have one problem that we're going to talk about in a second. you can see beltway looking good. most of the main into town and out of town, fine. your problem is 95 northbound here in virginia. here are the issues. northbound between triangle and dumfries, a right side blocked by a crash and after triangle, broken down truck blocking a lane. as you zoom in, brand new problem at quantico northbound with the left side blocked by a crash. allow extra time if you're headed northbound there into town on 95 in virginia this morning. chain bridge near tysons corner at tysons boulevard. car on its side, eun. >> thank you, melissa. it's 6:32. here aree

we're following. a scary series of burglaries in fairfax county has people on edge. someone is stealing garage door openers and breaking into homes. it happened in fairfax. around the same time thursday morning, two homes in reston were burglarized. the homeowner caught the man inside the house going through their belongings. >> police are trying to figure out who is using a bb gun or pellet gun to shoot out windows. five incidents happened last friday including one on a bus. it was the sec time in ten days the car windows had been shot out on the interstate. >> senator al franken is apologizing after an l.a. radio anchor accused him of groping her and kissing her. this shows him grabbing the breast of her and during a uso tour.

calling for an ethics investigation. franken says he welcomes it. 6:34 now. we're following breaking news out of pennsylvania this morning. take a look at this devastating, heartbreaking scene here west of philadelphia. a senior living facility went up in flames. >> megan filts geraagan fitzgew latest. >> aaron and eun, this is an active and ongoing investigation right now. we have officials on the scene trying to get to the bottom of how this thing started. we want to give you a live look. chopper above the scene here much here's what we know at this point. the fire forced 140 seniors out of their homes into the bitter cold in westchester. officials say more than 20 residents are in the hospital. this, of course, have caused a lot of families to wake up in panic. the american red cross is there helping residents. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. we will continue to work the story and get updates for

you can follow them on our nbc washington app. back to you. meagan, thank you. today the man who admitted to murdering a yoga instructor on christmas will be sentenced. he's expected to get a 30-year prison sentence. according to prosecutors, johnson climbed into tricia mcall you wicall i's car and ch and -- she was found in a car on m street northwest. >> police say it was coordinated and well-planned. that's how this group of crooks was described. one toddler in the middle. they targeted a jewelry store in falls church. one is in the back of the store. able to take jewels, gold and close to $200,000 in cash. police believe the group could still be in the area and stay at a hotel.

block more robo calls. prove new rules to block out the unwanted illegal robo calls by allowing phone companies to proactively block calls because there are certain types of phone numbers. 2.4 million unwanted robo calls every month last year. >> 6:36 right now. we'd like to remind you that nbc4's annual food for families campaign is under way. try to provide thanksgiving baskets for family, friends, veterans and elderly in the community. >> you can make a donation. search food for families, click on the donation link. you can see a list of the many locations across the region where you can drop off canned and boxed foods. easy to do while you're shopping for your thanksgiving meal. determined and defiant, roy moore continues his bid

alabama's u.s. senate seat. for the first time, how the voters feel about the sex assault scandal. >> a homicide detective reveals new deils about the caseta

good morning. chopper 4 with a pretty shot over the area. the woodrow wilson bridge looking good. inner and outer loop. several problems in virginia. we'll talk about those issues and look at the beltway coming up. good morning, melissa. it's cold outside. temperature in the district 43. feels like 38 degrees with that wind and everybody across the area. mostly everybody at least feeling like the 30s right now. bundle up before you head out. rain is approaching for the weekend. we'll talk about the timing coming up. sheena, thank you. serena williams is officially off the market. >> she and a election ace owe han i d

in new orleans. this is video of part of the reception. guests included beyonce, kim kardashian. guests were told to leave cell phones at home. each guest table was named after one of williams' 12 grand slam titles. the couple welcomed their daughter just 11 weeks ago. beautiful. yeah. it is d.c.'s latest massive museum. a grand opening that comes with some controversy. why some people are questioning the exhibits before visitors walk through the doors. >> reporter: if you have a garage, here's a story you want to hear. a burglar in virginia is stealing garage door openers and g

happening, for women that work at chili's, for women in an office building in iowa and kansas and florida. >> a new groping scandal. this time a democratic senator is being accused. what happened nearly a decade ago and what happened next? we have officers in locations. everybody take cover somewhere,

what we've learned about the baltimore officer and father of five and why a warning comes to anyone who wants to support the family. opening day. the museum of the bible. a sneak peek inside d.c.'s latest big attraction. could we make the bible really cool? that's what we're about. it's 6:45 now. to a warning about a series of overnight burglaries that are happening in neighborhoods all over our community. >> somebody is stealing garage door openers and breaking into homes with them. this has happened four times in two days. >> megan mcgrath is driving around the neighborhood in fairfax with more details on how the burglars are pulling off the crime. megan? >> reporter: well, yeah. a common denominator here. all of the homes targeted, they all have garages. talking about neighborhoods like this. this is fair oaks. one of the neighborhoods hit

now. the burglar goes into the neighborhood, he looks for cars that are unlocked. he then takes the garage door opener and that's how he gains access to the house. take a look at the map here. here are some of the areas that have been hit this week. valley oaks drive, hunt manor court. abington hall place and edge mere circle. it's happened four times in one week. now, it's the overnight hours. early in the morning, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, the garage allows easy access and three of the incidents, the homeowners have heard noises, they went in to investigate and they actually found a man inside their home. that man ran away, but he did get away in some cases with wallets and purses. one of the incidents, the homeowner heard something, went to investigate, didn't see anybody in the house but later realized that the garage door opener had been taken from their car. so certainly a reminder to keep those garage door openers secure. lock your car,

from the garage to your home. just keep them safe. there have been similar incidents in loudoun county. no link between them yet. but a reminder to keep those things secure. back to you megan mcgrath live in fairf fox. >> a citywide manhunt for the man who killed this police officer. the detective was shot in the head while investigating a murder wednesday night. he died yesterday surrounded by his wife and five children. there is now a $169,000 reward for information leading to the killer's arrest and conviction. we've learned scammers may be trying to profit off his -- they're asking for donations that started popping up. the detective's family says they're not behind any of these pages. the man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend will face maryland's most severe penalty. montgomery county prosecutors will seek life in prison with no chance of parole for tyler

wallen in the back of the head. the teacher was 14 weeks pregnant with their child when she was murder north dakota september. tessier was living a double life and romantically involved with other women. his trial will begin in april of next year. now to a controversy rocking the halls of government. senator al franken is apologizing after a woman accused him of kissing and groping her more than a decade ago. >> this comes as more women are coming forward accusing roy moore of sexual misconduct in the past. this morning, we're getting new evidence that the allegations against moore may be having an effect on his campaign. >> according to a fox news poll, the republican now trails doug jones by eight points. meanwhile, moore is digging in pledging to fight the accusations against him. the white house says that president trump believes voters should decide moore's fate. the special election is scheduled for next month. the woman accusing senator al franken of forcibly

and groping her accepts his apology. this shows him grabbing her breast back in 2006. that was before he was' he elected to the senate. democrats and republicans are calling for an ethics investigation. franken says he welcomes it. >> today the highly anticipated museum of the bible opens in the district. we took you inside for the first look a few weeks ago. that building sits about three blocks from the u.s. capitol building. it's a private museum funded by the family behind hobby lobby. curators insist it's about the bible itself, the book, not about any particular faith. some scholars question that, though. they question the authenticity of some of the museum's artifacts. it's now time to check our chute on this friday morning. >> we'll look at first 4 traffic. >> national harbor where chuck and molette are. inbounds here this morning. 95 is our hotspotay

left side blocked by the disabled vehicle. >> as you zoom in a little, also a crash northbound 95 at quantico. the left side is blocked there. near lorton as well. a new crash as well. extra time if you're taking 95 in virginia. rest of the road, pretty light volume. loving seeing that green on a friday. 270 at middle brook road. northbound, southbound, no problems. those travel times will prove it here. you can see looking good on 270. top of the beltway, really not bad here this morning overall. 66 inbound and 95 northbound. 66 is just fine. 95 northbound, about 40 miles per hour quantico to the beltway. >> sheena? >> melissa, you know i have to start with this. we have a grumpy boy available for adoption at the humane rescue. this is chocolate. by the way. i wonder if he's grumpy because he's wearing an ugly christmas

your dogs in the cold weather. believe it or not, they get cold too. chocolate is a available for adoption. if you're walking your dog today, feeling like the 30s right now. by 5:00 p.m., we'll top out around the low 50s across the area. here's the feels-like temperature with the breeze. 32 is what it feels like dulles, gaithersburg. feels like 38 degrees. 37 in quantico. cold start this morning. we are dry. going to stay that way through the day. next storm system to the north and west. clouds increasing for your saturday. here's future weather. you see the clouds, 8:00 saturday morning. i think we'll have rain maybe near frederick, hagerstown as well. that will pass up to our north. better chances come saturday night. if you have plans, take the umbrella. moderate rain for a period of time. overnight, it moves away. windy and colder into sunday. look how cold. snow possible near west virginia. some of the higher

there. your entire weekend forecast, late saturday rain. temperature around 60 degrees. sunday, we're blustery, colder, windy, high around 50. and some travel for you. next week, looking pretty good. tuesday and wednesday. right before thanksgiving travel weather. looks like it should be cooperating. as far as your thanksgiving day, look at that. cold in the morning around freezing. afternoon highs upper 40s. and it looks pretty good after that for travel. >> sheena, thank you. >> we're trying to get you in the holiday spirit. >> we know it's here. after that you get your holiday shopping started. >> national harbor this morning with some of what you'll experience there this holiday season. so far looks great out there. >> how are you feeling, chuck? >> 9 degrees. >> 9 degrees. cooler in here than outside. >> the only thing, what's really weird. the air is so dry. you can barely see your breath. >>' yeah. >> you can see it more outside than in. >> i've been

girl scouts hanging out with us this morning inside ice. this is a big fun attraction here. the slide, the frozen slide. they've been going and going. they might be a little tired. i want to bring in rachel with the gaylord to talk about this featured attraction. 2 million pounds of ice to make all this happen. >> absolutely. we bring in more than 2 million pounds of ice to create everything. this year's theme is rudolph and we're so excited. we're standing on the island of misfit toys. it's one of the popular attractions because of the slide. two stories tall. beautiful colored ice sculptures. >> it's fun for so many -- for big kids and small kids alike. i do want to ask you, this is one of the big attractions you kick out this time of year. it helps the merchants to be able to bring people inside the stores that desperately need that business

having all the amazing attractions is great for the harbor to bring people in and obviously it's the christmas season we're approaching. nothing more holiday coming in to 9 degrees with all the beautiful sculptures. >> it's beautiful inside. chuck, are you going on the slide? >> should i go on the slide? no one told me. i don't know. i've got a bad hip. i'll run up there now. we'll see how it goes. >> chuck is going to go on the ice. >> we'll see chuck bell go on the slide really quickly here. this could be like a first for "news4 today." chuck better not break any body parts coming down. let's root for chuck bell coming down. >> he's coming everybody. >> ah! >> how did you feel?

9 degrees inside here. >> it's rather a sudden stop. >> you did well. >> thanks. >> you really did. i think that is a winner. a home run. >> you just have to like to be cold. that's all it is. >> inside the gaylord. inside ice. back to you guys. we're frozen solid pretty much. >> solid. >> you guys are good sports. 9 degrees. >> my goodness. now, get outside and warm up. >> it is 6:55 now. here are four things to know this morning. someone is stealing garage door openers and breaking into homes in fairfax county. there have been four break-ins in two days. in three cases the homeowners caught them inside their house. we've put the targeted neighborhoods in our app. the focus on tax reform turns to the senate. this comes after the house passed their tax cut program yesterday. every democrat and 13 republican

the "today" show will have a look at the future ever the senate tax plan next. overnight, a five alarm fire destroyed a nursing home outside of philadelphia. residents forced into the cold. more than 20 residents are in the hospital now. download the washington app for updates. the museum of the bible opens in d.c. today. it sits three blocks from the capitol. it's a private museum funded by the family behind hobby lobby. they insist it's about the bible itself, the book, not the christian faith. chopper zoomed in far enough. very suave performance of -- >> suave. >> sliding down like a mummy this morning. right now, chopper 4 over national harbor. when you're looking at the woodrow wilson bridge. virginia through quantico, as you're headed into the district. >> and you need to bundle up this morning. by 30 this afternoon.

rain moves in tomorrow. you'll notice the clouds first. 60 saturday. then we'll have the rain late saturday night into very early sunday. most of sunday will be dry. windy and colder. looking ahead to thanksgiving. all looks well for travel and thanksgiving day does, in fact, look pretty chilly. especially in the morning. thank you, sheena. >> that is the broadcast this morning. appreciate you waking up with us. the "today" show is next. take a look at ice. chuck going down the slide again. molette. a lot of fun. enjoy your day and your weekend.

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