>> announcer: news4 at 4:00 begins with breaking news. >> we have a situation as we join you this afternoon. this is a live look from chopper 4 as a plane is making an emergency landing. this is in saint mary's county. >> scott macfarlane is working this story from the live desk for us right now. scott, what do we know about this? >> leon, this is saint mary's regional airport. we're getting a view of this airplane from our aircraft, chopper 4. fire crews have deployed and set up at the airport concerned about this airplane. they say the airplane is circling trying to burn off fuel before it lands. we're not sure why it's burning off fuel, but there are indications it's trying to make an emergency landing. you see it making some type of -- not sure that is ada sent but it is still moving at a good clip as it approaches saint mary's regional airport. it is continues to circle around the airport. take a close look, you can see the size of this plane. not insignificantly sized. as fire crews await, the movement of this airplane and the possible emergency landing at saint mary's regional airport which is right off airport road fo

county. and we're watching a plane potentially attempting an emergency landing. saint mary's regional airport. you can see it in the area with some proximity to water. we'll see when the runway appears here. fire crews at saint mary's fire and rescue have staged on the ground. they were called at the airport about half an hour ago, maybe closer to an hour ago to await this airplane. people have reported seeing it circle, potentially attempting to burn off fuel. as is the case with many regional airports in our area, these airports tend to be in proximity to residential areas. those of you who know the montgomery county air park. the municipal airport in leesburg, loudoun county that's true. that's some proximity to homes and residences. fire crews add that to the reason why they want to be urgent and responsive to calls about aircraft potentially in distress. we are watching an airplane circling saint mary's regional airport near airport road in saint mary's county d

crews are watching it as well. leon, we're going to keep an eye on this. for now we'll get back to you. >> we were looking at this. it looks like it was going to come down, but perhaps they are still trying to burn more fuel off of that. scott, let's keep an eye on this, and folks, we'll keep you posted on this. we're trying to track where this plane is coming from. >> i was won derling if it has a landing gear issue. remember back in the -- remember back in the day they used to say foam the runway? i don't know if they have a new way of doing that so they don't have to do that, but they've been doing that for decades. but because as we see, he is flying -- it is stable. he looks -- if we didn't know, we wouldn't know. it looks like everything is fine. but i don't see his landing gear down. >> no. >> so, that tends to indicate that maybe it is not going to come down. of course, then you have the friction from the bottom of that plane on the asphalt can cause some sparking. >> looking at the registration number here on the tag of the tail of the plane, trying to get i

took off and where it was heading to. and the information of that is coming up now online not the most up to date. see if i can track down some more information. there are a number of different sites you can go that let you know where the plane came from. >> if it's a tail number, we can look it up. >> we did it a couple weeks ago, as a matter of fact. the plane that came down in northern virginia that landed on the highway, we were able to track that one down and find out exactly where that came from. >> he has a beautiful day, at least. it's not raining, and we do not see anything on the plane, scott, that would indicate there is an issue. it looks like it is business as normal for him. so, again, i'm just speculating, of course, that it might be a landing gear issue, but we have no idea what it is at this point. scott? >> and now we have a bit of an idea. saint mary's county 911 is reporting what you are saying under social media feed that the aircraft is having landing problems. so there is some concern with he

itself for landing. let me give you a better sense where the airport is for those who have not been to saint mary's county. this is along the thousand block of airport road, hollywood, maryland. this is first reported as a landing problem with the aircraft at 2:40 this aaren. which gives you how long this aircraft has been trying to burn off fuel or buying time to touchdown. it is a small airport obviously, not a commercial airport like the major ones in our area. but as i mentioned earlier, small regional airports tend to be in close proximity, particularly close proximity to residential areas or commercial areas with businesses. so, we are waiting to see what happens with this aircraft in saint mary's county. we'll keep you posted as we get updates. >> thank you, scott. keep an eye on that for us. >> fascinating. >> we'll get back to it in a bit, folks. an attack at american university. >> we are learning more about he

may have played. a woman says a man sexually assaulted her. this is in the early morning hours of sunday. >> the victim told police she believed the man was a an uber driver who arrived there to give her a ride. we just learned new information about the suspected attacker. >> let's a get the latest from news4's kristin wright. she is on the campus of au where she has been talking to the students there. kristin? >> reporter: yeah, you know what, very upsetting to students. al hossein is charged with kidnapping and assault. this is within the hour, they tell us he was once one of their drivers, but that uber banned him from driving for uber in 2015. they can't tell us why, but we know that the woman who was attacked here in au, she didn't use the app to request the ride. police say this man is an imposter who did something terrible here at au. an attack at american university, p

sexually assaulted. >> in the back of your mind whether the person who is picking you up is going to be harmful to you or not. >> reporter: police say the woman's attacker pretended to be a ride share driver about to give her a ride. but then he made her get out of the car and assaulted her outside of the asbury building on campus after 3:00 sunday morning. the university sent a crime alert out to students warning them to always use the company's app to request rides. >> hearing that like it was like an outside person dropping someone off is a little scarier because now it's like can we even trust like the uber drivers and stuff, like dropping us off. >> reporter: court documents say that surveillance video shows an uber sticker is in this man's car on the night of the attack. but when police went to question him about this, that sticker was not there. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. >> all right. thanu,

we don't know if the weather is going to cooperate for thanksgiving. >> let's go to our meteorologist amelia draper. we had a lovely day today. might this stick around? >> we're going to see the weather changing tomorrow. first the winds were calm today, tomorrow they will be breezy. our temperatures a little bit warmer. take a look right now we're at 52 degrees. wall to wall sunshine, barely a cloud in the sky from our city camera. and as we head on into the evening hours it's clear and it's cold but it's dry. so good news if the kids want to get fresh air, you're walking the dog. 7:00 we're around 46 degrees, by 11:00 p.m. clear skies and 43 taptd. out the door tomorrow morning it's a warm coat and sunglasses kind of morning once again. you can leave the umbrella at home. no rain in the forecast tomorrow, but again, i will be tracking breezy conditions. there is a chance for a morning shower on wednesday, and then looking cold for thanksgiving. and speaking of thanksgiving, i'm going to have more on the travel forecast if you're getting out of town on wednesday, what you can expect coming up right around

>> thanks, amelia. thanksgiving fast approaching as you get ready to give thanks with your loved ones, we hope you'll help local families in need. our families initiative, close to the heart, pat lawson muse for so many years now, she's live at the capital one arena in northwest. how is it going down there? this is always such a fun day, isn't it? >> it is. it's a fun day because the washington area is just so incredibly generous when it comes to these kinds of campaigns, and particularly for food 4 families. wendy, three hours and counting now to donate to food 4 families. look at all the food that's been donated literally, practically a mountain of food. a lot, it takes a lot to feed the families that we are aiming to feed this year, 4,000 turkeys we are going to give to families, and 2600 bags of sides. you're looking at a lot of the sides right here. so, it's been, it's been a good day, but we still

donations and you can donate right now. donating is as easy as thanksgiving pie. how about that? can't get easier than that. our phone bank has been up and running. our volunteers have worked hard all day. they are standing by right now to take your calls at 202-885-4949. please call them and donate. and guess what? if you make a $25 donation on the phone bank, to the phone bank, you'll get two, how about that? one of the ways we do this every single year is with our corporate partners and our corporate parents who are joining us now. this is stacey burnett who is the senior director of government and regulatory affairs for comcast nbc universal along with a couple of colleagues. you know, it's such a wonderful thing to see the generosity of folks in the washington area and certainly of our corporate parents. >> pat, thank you for having us here today. since comcast began providing services in the district of

we've donated over 400 million in cash and in-kind services to community-based organizations here in d.c., and this is one of the favorite events that we look forward to every year so we can come out and show our love for this organization so that more families can have a happy thanksgiving. >> and you're showing your love in a pretty big way. >> we're trying. we're doing our part. and we hope that others come out today and donate as well. >> okay, all right. but they've got a $5,000 check here in case you can't see all those zeroes. thank you so much, stacey burnett, all of you. happy thanksgiving. and come oun down and see us at capital one arena. you're going to see the storm team 4 by 4. you'll see the nbc peacock. we'll take your donations. if you make a donation here in person of at least $25, you'll get two wizards tickets. can you beat that, leon and wendy? >> i hung out with you an hour a

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we are going to take you back live. this is an airplane that is coming in for an emergency landing in st. mary's county. at the st. mary's county airport which is in hollywood, maryland. its landing gear is failing to drop down. the pilot has been circling to burn off excess fuel so that when he makes what will be, what's called a belly landing on the runway, that any sparks that are there will not set off a fire. we have heard there is one

person on the plane and as we've been watching him -- him or her, the plane is gliding peacefully through the skies. the plane itself is not in distress. it is just that the landing gear does not drop down and, of course, that can create an emergency situation. i was just looking at -- remember back in the day when we used to talk about foaming the runway where they put fire suppression foam down on the runway? the faa no longer recommends that any more, that just letting them land this way -- although we do understand they have fire apparatus obviously standing by on the runway. you're looking at live pictures, by the way, of chopper 4 which is flying nearby this plane and that's how we are getting these pictures. we were expecting -- we were hearing that there would be a landing right around 4:15. it is now 4:15. so, again, it takes awhile to burn off fuel, and i guess they don't have the ability just to hit a dump button and release

>> not on a plane this size. i've seen that happen actually with larger jumbo jets. >> oh, they do have that. >> they are able to go over the ocean and dump their fuel. this is if -- those of you out there who are familiar with aircraft, this is a piper pa-30, twin engine plane here. i don't know exactly how many people are capable of flying on board this. but as wendy said, there is only one person right now. we are getting word they are actually beginning now to make the turn toward the runway. this is at st. mary's county airport in hollywood just northeast of leonard town if you're familiar with the area. there is a 4,000 foot-long runway which is just shy of a mile long. so, they are down there, waiting for this to come in, and take this, what is anticipated to be a hard landing coming in. as you can see it is turning and coming toward the camera. we can't see the runway itself. no idea exactly how far out it is, but we will keep our eye on th

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leon tell me -- >> piper pa-30 twin engine. >> only the pilot is on board. the landing gear is refusing to drop down. he has been circling the airport. if you live out there and you've seen or heard this plane overhead, that's the issue. the plane itself is not in trouble and the pilot is not in distress. it is just circling to burn off some fuel because they don't have a dump button on a plane of this size. we are hearing that he is close to getting ready to lands. we are going to take a quick commercial break, keep an eye on this, and we'll be back to see how this saga wrs up.ap

back to our live coverage of this plane coming in, now this piper pa-30 is landing at st. mary's county airport just northeast of leonard town, it is now trying to come down without using its landing gear as you see there it does not have any landing gear down. we believe that's the reason why it is making this emergency landing. we were told it was flying around the area to try to burn off some fuel. this particular plane carries 90 gallons. it actually has four fuel

edge of the wings there. they don't have the ability to dump it all off at once so they had to fly around to try to get some of that, the 90 gallons of fuel burned off. now it looks like he's making a turn coming in. >> by the way, we are on a 30-second delay. so if this ends badly, we will cutaway from it. we will not show that to you out of respect for the pilot and to his family. but so far we are staying with it until they tell us to cut away. at this point it looks like -- >> this is the lowest it's brch. it -- been. it is obviously coming in for a landing. the propellers, the two engines on the plane, those may have impact when it comes down. >> pilots are trained to make this kind of emergency landing because the landing gear failing to drop is as old as aviation, you know. my father is a retired airline pilot, was a retired airline pilot and we said back in the day, decades ago, they used to put fire suppression foam on the

they don't do that in america any more. i was reading the faa no longer recommends that. so, the fire apparatus is standing by, of course, and the pilot, i'm sure, is trained to do this. he's done all the right things so far. he or she. >> chopper 4 up in the area, we have not been able to talk to the people in our chopper to say what they are seeing on the ground waiting for this to come down. we've kept the camera trained on the plane. it is hard to get a sense of how high up it is. it's banking coming in. the buildings are coming into view. >> there's the airport. hey, scott, what do you know? can you add to this? >> yeah, we are getting very close to shopping centers now. this is a heavy, heavy residential area and a commercial area. in 15, 20 seconds you'll see him right over the parking lot of a lowe's and a crowded parking lot of a lowe's. this is a four-seat plane registered out of southern delaware. it is making an approach now. again, over parking lolts. getting much close tort

as you're going to see, leon and wendy, getting very intimate, very close to a lot of heavily populated areas. >> and he, as you said, the small airports in these rural areas are right smack-dab in the middle of suburbia. >> it's coming. he is now about to touchdown. you're about to see it. the propellers are turned off and you're going to see him belly flop a bit. but he's going to stay even with the ground and parallel to the ground. we want to give you a warning to make sure you know what you are about to see because this is a significant situation. you can see the propeler on the right of your screen, the left of the airport is going to stop first. as the plane touches down, the right propeller will stop as well. >> it's just the sunlight. >> he is now making the landing. >> he's going to touchdown right there in the center of the runway. you're going to see -- >> wow. >> in the next minute -- >> good for him. >> coming right out of the airplane. if there is such a thing as a

you just saw one. >> beautiful. oh, i'm so glad. beautiful. >> here he comes. and it appears as though everybody, whoever may be inside there, we hear there is only one person. >> the pilot. >> on the wing. >> kind of casual, huh? he comes out and walks around like, hey, what's for lunch? >> that's called the right stuff, he's got the right stuff. >> he's got the right stuff. >> he's just going, wow, okay. >> take that, neil armstrong. >> yeah. well, good for him. just saun tering off. >> i wonder if he knows he just made the landing of a life time on live television. >> saun tering down the runway with his hands in his pockets. >> wonderful, beautiful. >> he touched down just a few feet from the fire trucks. >> it looked like the plane was supposed to come down that way.

they are given their license to operate these sorts of craft by themselves. you have to have this kind of training. this is what the training is supposed to do. >> obviously the firemen and women going over to make sure there is nothing sparking, nothing there. scott, he's been circling for -- he circled for about an hour or so in >> it was first reported by st. mary's county 2:00 this afternoon. an hour-45 since it was reported. lord knows how long before it was reported he was circling. >> good for him. >> 90 gallons of fuel, if it had been full, it would have took a long time to burn it off. >> that was a happy landing, the plane doesn't look damaged. the pilot saun tering off the field on a beautiful monday afternoon. we'll be back right after this.

scott macfarlane back at the live desk. breaking news, this is an emergency landing at st. mary's regional airport. you're seeing the plane touchdown, happened a few moments ago. the images captured exclusively by chopper 4. this plane registered out of delaware. one person on board this four-seat airplane. it reported problems with the landing gear a

afternoon, two hours ago. it circled, burned off fuel, and just touched down. st. mary's county fire crews were there. he got out, stepped on the wing and stepped on the ground. no injuries appear here from an emergency landing at st. mary's county. leon, back to you. >> just like they teach you in school, i suppose. >> it was. it was. >> it was perfect. >> it was textbook perfect. then put his hands in the pocket and sauntered up the runway. >> imagine if he had had to do this in the rain. that could have made things a heck of a lot worse. >> no storm or anything. he had a beautiful, beautiful day to fly around and burn off all that fuel, amelia. >> absolutely. the good news, too, as he was landing the wind down there for the most part calm, only about 5 miles an hour right now. so, if you think to tomorrow at this time, we're definitely going to be noticing the winds breezy throughout your tuesday. take a look at your hourly planner. as we start off the day, 7:00 a.m., it is cold. 36 degrees in washington and around 30 in the suburbs. so make sure the kidsre

we are so close to our thanksgiving break. lunch time again, noticing the wind, plernty of wind, 55 degrees. warmer than today but keeps the breezy winds around throughout the afternoon hours. 4:00, plenty of sunshine near 60 degrees, but winds at about 10 to 20 miles an hour. tomorrow night not as chilly as it will be during the morning hours, but if you're staying here for thanksgiving, if you're doing a turkey trotter, heading to the redskins game, what can you expect? we'll have that forecast coming up in a little bit, leon. >> thank you, amelia. looking ahead to thanksgiving, shifting gears, a college student from rockville will not be coming home for thanksgiving dinner. >> 22-year-old david newell died last week while he was riding his mow pedestri his moped. a drunk driver hit him in a main thoroughfare near the university of south carolina. newell was a senior there. only on news4, megan fitzgerald spoke to his family about this heart breaking loss.

>> david was an amazing person. he was smart and funny. >> reporter: david newell was 22 years old. his mother a net says he was ready and eager to graduate from the university of south carolina in may so he could follow his dreams. >> he was a business major. >> reporter: next to annette is sister braidy and girlfriend rachel thomas. they drove all the way from maryland to sack is being last wednesday night when they were told david was struck by a drunk driver while leaving campus on his moped. >> there wasn't much hope for survival. maintain him on life support so we could get there and say good-bye. >> reporter: thursday night david newell was taken off life support. the family says their grief is indescribable, but they are hoping to save lives by urging others not to drink and drive. his mother said he was an organ donor and ended up

lives. as for the suspect he is in custody and facing felony dui. a gofundme page has been set up to help with funeral expenses. if you're interested in helping, you can find information on the nbc wa nbc washington app. search david newell. reporting from montgomery county, meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> the fbi is helping the prince george's county police find three teenagers missing for a week. this is in the bris toe area. they think they left virginia. ashley, breyona, and sheramaya wright. police believe they left the area in a small silver suv, honda crv. if you spot them, you are asked to call the police. >> 1500 needy families got free thanksgiving turkeys in southeast washington. the annual giveaway was held

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let's check back in with the face of our food 4 families and see how we're doing this hour. pat lawson muse at the capital arena in northwest tonight. >> since you've been out there i bet you have met some of the most delightful and fabulous people. >> i've met a lot of different people. some people come every year to donate, some who donated the first time, some who have driven a long way across town to donate. it is all so wonderful. let me show you some of what they have donated. all of this

looloo -- take a look at this. you know what, it's a lot of food, but we need a lot of food. we want the donations to keep oncoming. and we're going to stay here until the very last minute till 7:00 tonight to collect food 4 families and you can donate to food 4 families. we have a phone bank filled with volunteers who have been hard at work all day, 202-885-4949. they're standing by. they want to talk to you. if you call them, i told you a few minutes ago you'll get a couple wizards tickets for $25 donations. let's come to the news4 table which has been really busy today. you can see, look, these two young guys. hey there, how are you? >> good. >> what's your name? >> ernest. >> what did you bring us, ernest? >> i brought y'all some food. >> oh, some food 4 families? thank you so much. and is this your brother? >> yes. >> what's your name? >> jerom

>> i'm 9. >> okay, you're 9 years old. what did you bring down? >> i brung some food and some cans. >> and why did you do that? >> because i like to help people. >> you know what, that's a wonderful lesson to learn at your age. thank you so much, both of you. isn't that great? two little guys who came along with their mom. thank you so much. here's our -- some of our teams. these are volunteers who have been collecting this cash. i want to show this. can you pan down so we can see all this cash? this is just wonderful. people have put all kinds of denominations in this locked box for most of the day and it's here now. donna weston, our community affairs vice-president. tell us how it's going here? >> it's going great. i have to say we have to really thank our radio one partners. we had some rapper ands r & b folks doing a little come p/e physician and they put in about $1500 in this box

about $1500 in this box alone. >> don't stop it. keep it coming. log into our website nbcwashington.com and donate food for families. a lot of folks will appreciate it. back to you in the studio. >> call doreen. >> doreen looks so lonely sitting there. >> can we go back to the phone bank? >> somebody called her. there we go. >> thank you for calling doreen. call doreen. no one was calling her. she was feeling very left out. >> that's what we want to see. >> alrighty. all right, thank you. >> thanks, pat. >> folks, keep it come, keep it coming. >> yeah. >> now, these sure look like a healthy alternative to a sandwich or burger, but are they? that's the question. we take a look at these grain bowls, make healthy food possible for you. >> we want to groegs you out. we're going to look at your water bottle and let you know there's all kinds of stuff i

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scott macfarlane back at the live desk watching fire rescue crews check out this plane right now. st. mary's county regional airport about 20 minutes ago, it made that emergency landing safely on the runway. about two hours ago, the pilot reported problems with the landing gear and spent about two hours burning off fuel before making that landing safely. we saw the propellers stop and the door open and the pilot get out. let's transition now to some live pictures to show you what surrounds that airplane now at st. mary's county regional airport. there it is. a view exclusive to you from chopper 4 of the landing and now here's the view from chopper 4 as crews bring a crane and fire crews in to inspect the plane, perhaps ultimately to remove it from the relatively busy airport

airport, hollywood maryland, state route 4, the bridge over solomon. the pilot appeared uninjured and the plane itself being inspected. backs to you, leon. >> the plane came down so gent bely. it's likely the plane will be flying again soon. >> you don't think about that. we think, hey, the plane landed, it's good. but that's a working airport and they don't have but a couple run ways there and that's it. >> we have to get someone down there to talk to that pilot and let them know what that was like, what was going on, what happened there, and when he got out of that plane -- >> he's the zen master. >> casually walked away. >> he sauntered like he was going to pickup a cup of coffee. >> no doubt he's going to enjoy his thanksgiving. he has a lot to be thankful for. >> let's talk about meals and thanksgiving celebrations. a lot of folks will be traveling for thanksgiving and that often means grabbing a meal while you're on the road. >> healthy fast food options can be hard to come by. what about the places that let you build your own

>> better for you, huh? first at 4:00 consumer reporter susan hogan here to break it all down for us. >> so, grain bowls are all the rage, right? i actually switched to grain bowls lately because i'm thinking they're healthier alternative. but are they? so, we are here joined by dr. taylor wallace. we went to four different restaurants that are really known for their grain bowls. let's take a look. >> so, grain bowls can be either really healthy or they can be really bad for you. it really just matters what you put on the grain bowl. >> okay. >> so, let's start out with kava. this base is saffron rice. to make this more healthy, what you would do is add brown rice because regular rice, your body breaks it down into sugar very quickly and absorbs it. so, it spikes that blood sugar very easily. now, with the brown rice, you have a lot of dietary fiber. it hasn't been bleached like the white rice has. and so you get a very slow

you get a ton of vitamins and minerals. >> let's move on to chipotle. how are you doing? >> chipotle is a good example where it can be either really healthy or really bad for you. the one you have on the screen is probably not so healthy for you. it has 1080 calories which is over half you're calories for the day. again, if i were going to make this healthy, i'd start with brown rice and then i would eliminate the sour cream. they put that big scoop of sour cream on there. that's probably at third of the calories in the whole dish. remove a little bit of the cheese. sometimes i have a sprinkle of chee cheese because it does have kauls yum, it provides flavor to the feed. what you can do with chipotle, i add pico de gallo. it's only 20 calories. >> let's move to bei bei bop. >> what i love about this one is it has purple rice. this is a passion of mine. what makes the rice

the anthocyanons. i've been studying this compound several years. it lowers cholesterol and helps heart disease. purple rie purple rice is a good thing, it's whole grain. the other thing i found interesting about this bowl is it had an egg in there. most people don't realize that eggs are the number one source of choline in the diet. it is important for cognitive function, especially cognitive development in infants. so, if you're a pregnant woman or about to be pregnant, it's really important that you consume egg yolks every day. >> sweet greens, 780 calories. this bowl is one of the prepared bowls called the pes pesto portobello. good, bad? >> this looks healthy from first sight. it has a lot of sodium and a lot of fat in the product. that's because most of the vegetables are sauted in oil. if you were going to create the

same dish at home, you could make this with raw vegetables and lose a lot of that sodium and oil in the product. >> okay. so, all in all, just to kind of wrap this all up, dr. wallace, are grain bowls on the surface a healthier alternative? >> they can actually be pretty healthy. what you really have to watch out for, again, are the toppings. the sour cream, the cheeses, the sauces that are so yummy because those can provide a lot of that sodium and a lot of saturated fat and calories. >> thank you so much, dr. wallace, for joining us. we really appreciate it. now we are building healthier bowls and we're on our way. back to you guys. >> good advice. >> who knew? >> purple riels, gce, got to ke eye out for that. >> that might be that forbidden rice they talk about. >> okay. drinking from reusable water bottles an easy way to save money be green and mostly, importantly, stay healthy, right? >> not so much. those containers can be pretty germy. a team from treadmill reviews.com swabbed the lids of a dozen reab

used by athletes. turns out each one contained about a thousand times more bacteria than the average dog toy. one that your dog has been chewing on. enough germs to make you sick. bottles with the slide tops were the germy ests. the ones with the straw tops were the cleanest. researchers say it doesn't mean you should toss the containers. wash them regularly and why people don't i don't get that. >> hot water, lots and lots of hot water. >> your hands are sweaty, you keep grabbing the nozzle, mouth piece or whatever. if you reuse it, it's not every day. you're constantly touching it and taking it around you. >> i would guess most people think, it's mine, it's my germs so it should be okay. maybe not. >> weather wise, let's talk about -- >> thanksgiving, how is it looking? >> it's looking chilly and dry for thanksgiving, highs in the 40s. mo more on that in a moment. forecast tomorrow will

breezy on your tuesday from start to finish. you will want the wind breaker. this is future weather on wednesday. if you're getting out of town and traveling, this is the forecast you want to pay attention to. if you're leaving incredibly early, i don't know why you would do that. maybe to get ahead of traffic. but, no, you could be dealing with some rain, especially east of 95. and then up through parts of new england. but that system quickly pulls out of the area. we're dry by the mid-morning hours everywhere. sunshine developing and we are tracking breezy conditions for wednesday afternoon and evening. here's a look at thanksgiving. 9:00 a.m., sunshine out in full force. with more on that thanksgiving forecast we'll send it over to lauren. hey, lauren. >> hey, amelia. yeah, are you doing any turkey trotz this year? >> i'm not doing any. how about you? >> no. >> i'm going to be right here working. >> i'm going to be in my bed sleeping thursday morning. i've never done one. i appreciate those when i get out there and do them. it's usually cold on those mornings. let's go ahead to our map and show you what the temperature is going to be.

the 30s as we go through the day. the 30s for your turkey trots. as you can see, it looks good on that thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. if we can go over to max 2, guys, that would be awesome. temperatures will be in the 30s. in account fa, below freezing in a lot of spots. as you make your way out the door for the turkey trot on thursday morning, and then by about 10:00 a.m. we'll start warming up a little bit. that's the time you probably head inside, maybe get ready for some turkey. but freezing morning temperatures if you are traveling that day. it is going to be dry all throughout the mid-atlantic and dry through a lot of portions of the united states. here is a look at your thanksgiving planner. that sun going down super early, 10 minutes till 5:00. if you're planning on maybe heading out to the redskins game, come say hi to me. i'm going to be out there, out and about in the parking lot, down on the feemd. of course that game is on nbc at 8:00 that night. temperatures will be falling into the 30s

that thanksgiving, amelia. how about as we head into the weekend including black friday? >> unfortunately as we look to the weekend, chances for showers on saturday. hopefully that doesn't materialize, especially if you're heading to the penn state university of maryland game like i'm doing with my family. anyways, wednesday we're talking about a high of 53, breezy, there's your thanksgiving, we're in the 40s. black friday, guys, a high of 53 degrees, but plenty of sun in the forecast. not looking bad. >> sounds good. >> yes, thanks, amelia. >> a disturbing discovery for kids who are just trying to get to school. >> how you can help stop someone who has been exposing himself to students as they head out to school in the morning. >> breaking nutz, you wiews you here on news4, a plane makes a picture-perfect belly landing with no geardown.

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video you'll see only on news4. >> boy, did he make it look easy. this was a dramatic scene, folks, after a small plane is forced to land without its landing gear here in southern maryland. >> and it all unfolded live right here on news4. just more than about half an hour ago, the pilot did a textbook landing and then sauntered out of the plane and off the runway uninjured. >> hands in his pockets. >> yes, yes. >> scott macfarlane has been following this from our live desk all afternoon. so, scott, this was the best case scenario. absolutely picture-perfect. >> one person on the plane, one person walks off the plane safely after the plane lands safely. there was no landing gear or at least no functioning landing gear for this airplane as it touched down in st. mary's regional airport near hollywood, maryland, not far from state route 236, state route 4. plane was registered out of delaware, a four-seat plane. again, one person on board. as you see the plane touchdown, he's just moments later, the right door opens, the pilot

onto the ground. going to give you exclusive pictures of chopper 4 of that landing. let me give you live pictures now. it's still -- the plane is still on the runway. rescue teams, rescue crews and a crew with a large crane have now surrounded the airplane to try to move this thing off of the largest functional runway at st. mary's regional airport near hollywood maryland. safe landing after nearly two hours of flying to burn off fuel by this pilot after reporting problems with his landing gear. wendy, back to you. >> just what we want to see. now to some new details, this is an attack that occurred on the campus of american university. >> a woman says a man posing as an uber driver sexually assaulted her. >> now we've learned the suspect in the case had been banned from the uber app. >> let's get to news4's kristin wright live on the au campus. kristin, are you learning? >> reporter: he was an uber driver a