pacific ocean just off of japan as it approached the "u.s.s. ronald regan" career. 11 people crashed, 8 are the only bodies we found. >> now meteorologist sheena parveen is tracking a little bit of rain moving i guess out of the area? >> yeah, it's moving away. we had it early this morning so if you are driving south on 95 or even around the beltway, you could be seeing some wet roads out there. the good news is it's leaving. that will be moving up towards new england. with that being said, let's look at your travel weather. good travel across most of the country today. delays likely later on today in parts of new england like boston because of the weather system heading in that direction. temperature wise tomorrow, we're going to be pretty cold. delays likely as we get down to

black friday, that weather system heads towards the carolinas. looking at pretty good conditions out and about today. we'll look closely at that forecast coming up on your thanksgiving day. let's see how the roads are shaping up with melissa mollet. >> good morning. a brand new problem. gaithersburg flight front of the t.w. perry store. pedestrian struck. we should be over that in the next couple of minutes showing you what happened there. woodrow wilson prij. westbound 50 at 410, have a crash reported there. you hear one more time just getting over this area. >> melissa, thank you. we also have some breaking news out of district heights this morning. prince gorges county police say they found a young man in his 20

a wooded area. he was found late last night. police want to hear from anybody who might know something about this crime. >> take a look at this. d.c. fire officials tweeted these pictures out on tuesday. wow. those flames. they show a roaring car fire that crews had to battle. this happened along gase street by burville elementary school. 6:02. the holiday get away is well underway. from dca to detroit and roads from springfield, virginia, to orlando, florida, everybody is trying to get to that thanksgiving day dinner table on time. >> monitoring every angle of your holiday travel no matter where you are going. >> we want to show you some airport cancellations and delays across the country. not too bad in our area are

a adam tuss has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. there are lines and then there are lines. take a look here. i don't think i've ever seen a line this long at ragan national airport. starts here at the tsa checkpoint line and goes all the way. it continues all the way to about the middle of the airport on that side. almost to the middle section. this is because of a new tsa procedure that's actually been in place for the last couple of months. they're using canine dogs here at security checkpoints to screen passengers. that means everybody has to pass by that dog and that's slowing down the line just a little bit. take a listen to what the tsa had to say about it. >> we have canines beings

explosive and you can leave your laptop in your carry on case if you get by the sniff test just as though you were in the precheck lane. >> the good news is everybody gets to go through precheck but the canines are slowing things down. guys, we have some tips from the tsa, things that you don't know. go in the bin and make sure you're not wearing any extra accessories. check the bins because the bins are where people leave everything when they're going onto the plane. i can't tell you how many times the tsa has collected things that just get left behind as people are passing through. again, let's take another look at this line here. i've been told it's about 15 minutes from certain points. so if you're coming here to the airport, you have a flight to catch, you need to get on that flight pretty soon, just be prepared.

to face a long time from here to the airport. we're going to continue to monitor. >> adam tuss live for us at ragan national. adam, thank you for that bird's eye view. police will be out in full force tonight trying to catch drunk drivers. aaa says there's always a spike in drunk driving during the holidays and it begins tonight. the wednesday before thanksgiving is known as blackout wednesday. coming up on news 4 justin finch will share shocking numbers about how many people get caught drunk behind the wheel. for all things travel this holiday season, make sure you have the nbc washington app with you. we'll be sending out push alerts about road conditions and other things that could slow you down. david cassidy had it all.

generation. former teen hearthrob died yesterday at the age of 67. he was, of course, best known for his role as keith partridge. after he wlahat happened it up. earlier this year he announced he had dementia. reaction is dominating social media this morning. a lot of social media comments talk about his posters, his songs. on twitter one user said she spent hours as a teenager singing with her hair brush to his songs. also new this morning, casady's friend and "partridge family" co-star said, quote, i have known love and admired david cassidy for 48 out of my 58 years. we've been through a loss together. this loss is

now the "today" show is going to have much more on cassidy's life and legacy coming up after the news today. 6:07. new reaction overnight from one of charlie rose's cbs this morning's co-hosts. rose has been fired because of several sexual misconduct allegations. gayle king says she is still wrapping her brain around what's happened. she worked with the veteran anchor for five years. >> it's a stunning thing that's happened in the last 24 hours. monday your world is one way. in 24 hours charlie has been suspended and he has been fired. again, i go back to what these women are going through. i applaud them for speaking up. >> cbs also cut ties with rose. the claims from eight different women in a "washington post" article include groping and rose walking around in flont of them

embarrassed. he said he did not believe all the allegations are accurate. eight minutes after the hour. we turn to decision 2017. virginia's state board of elections says it will not certify results in two remaining house of delegates races until next week. the latest holdup involves a third lawsuit filed on behalf of disenfranchised voters. dozens of voters may have gotten the wrong ballot in fredericksburg. republican bob thomas would defeat democrat joshua cole and republicans will -- >> we have new details following the abrupt funeral home closure. the remains of 100 people have been removed from the funeral home and are now with the d.c. medical examiner. the

they say they charge without having a proper license. >> maybe the third timeline the charm for redskins legend joe jacoby. he was named as one of the 27 semi-finalists for the pro football team. he was one -- he's been a finalist the last two years. other big names that made the list for the first time, ray lewis, randy moss. >> bragging rights on the line. it is the moment of truth for firefighters in our area. we challenged them in a cookoff to see who could burn in the kitchen. >> this morning we see who the winner is. they're all here hanging out with molette green for the big reveal.

she's standing by on hue we -- >> i can't even hear you it's so noisy out here. we do have a winner, eun. we even have a crown. basically our nbc washington facebook blew up. you guys wanted to be able to vote for the best firefighter meal. they're all here. we have one more round of smack talk. montgomery county trying to influence the vote. that's coming up next. >> they're chomping at the bit. >> they want to win. >> molette, thank you. major malls are getting ready for the crowds. news 4's working for you to get your black friday game plan if you're an early reiser. find out where you can get started with a great deal early at 6:00 a.m. plus, team u.s.a.'s sex abuse scandal. another

to her followers on instagram. looks like it's going to be a chilly day on thanksgiving. after you're done eating, maybe you're one of 80,000 coming on the field. that's going to be a cold game. we are talking about the weekend juming up in

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big travel days for the next couple of days around the area. today not much to worry about at our local airports even though it's cloudy and we've seen light rain tomb nigorrow night. on friday if you're

friday also great travel weather with nothing but sunshine. sheena's got the five-day forecast coming up. right now, melissa's turn. >> over a pedestrian struck over mooney drive. fire and rescue on the scenes outer look blocked. we'll talk about your travel times coming up. thank you, melissa. new developments in the abuse scandal rocking the gymnastics world. gold medalist gabby douglas said she, too, was abused by dr. larry nasser. on instagram she said she did not share it for years because it was too painful. the post was

expected to enter a plea in the sexual abuse case against eight other women. the u.n. command shows the desperate dash to freedom and shooting and rescue of a north korean soldier. soldiers from the north fired at him as he tried to cross the border. south korean soldiers then crawled up to him and dragged. the north violated the armistice agreement by firing across and physically crossing the border in pursuit of the soldier. the defector remains hospitalized after two surgeries. we have an update on the massive senior center fire in pennsylvania. officials have now recovered the remains of two people. this morning they are searching for the remains of two other residents. this fire happened on thursday night when it was bitterly cold out.

injured there. 133 residents have been displaced. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. a warning now if you get busy in the kitchen tonight and tomorrow, fema says thanksgiving day is a high risk day for fires nationwide. it is especially dangerous for people living in apartment or condo buildings. peak fire times are between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. the agency wants you to make sure smoke and fire alarms are working and most importantly just to be careful. 17 after the hour. it's about that time. firefighters in our area competed in a cookoff challenge right here on "news 4 today." this morning we are going to find out who you chose as the winner. >> molette chose. molette green has a big crowd and she's going to let us know how we determine the big winner. molette? >> oh, my goodness, yeah. the votes are in, counted, ready to crown the winner. can i just tell you, that food at every fire house was delicious. this was stiff competition.

washington facebook followers to decide, to pick a winner. we were overwhelmed. really they had to use a fire engs continuing wisher to blow out all of the fire with these guys. smack talk still hasn't stopped. we're going to start where we started in manassas, kevin shaver. smack talk continues? >> probably not the winner but i can tell you who eats more than the rest? they cook more than we do. we go to fires. >> then we went on to d.c. d.c. fire and ems. chris hebert. thank you for coming in. your smack talk continues. >> we busted open that fortune cookie and it already read the future to you guys so it's over with. >> he wants to be crowned montgomery county, of course, came in strong as well.

peter, what do you want to say? >> hi. hey. the big dogs stayed on the porch. the real big dog won today. >> then real quick, prince gorges county, john michael. >> go hard or go home. >> oh, okay. that's it, folks. the winner is coming up next on "news 4 today" in our next half hour. don't miss this. it's going to be good. >> i can hardly stand the suspense! did you hear -- not only do they fight fires, they're trash talking out there. >> and they cook. they were good. >> see you in a little bit, melissa. >> i love a little friendly competition. >> i love trash talking. >> she did work in philadelphia. >> no, it's true. you learn a lot when you work in philly. >> where were we? a 52 degrees. a little warmer than yesterday. the not as cold outside. still jacket weather. not as cold. we're in the upper 40s and 50ed.

the good news is the rain is leaving. if you have some last-minute grocery shopping today, you better get there early. here is the forecast as you are heading out. more sunshine and temperatures in the 50s. not going to move too much from where we are. the rain has really left most of the area now in parts of delaware heading up towards philadelphia. new england, we'll have travel problems later on today. there's the cold front. going to be a cold thanksgiving. that's the cold air behind the front. it will be here when you wake up tomorrow. you will definitely feel the difference. airport traveling for today, we're going to skip thursday for you just because the travel is fairly light that day and head to friday. looking good weather wise both today and friday for any of your thanksgiving travel. morning temperatures will be below freezing. i mentioned that cold front. i'm going to bring us t

tomorrow morning. roads staying nice and dry. if you're traveling to relatives or friends' houses for thanksgiving. if you need to know what to wear when you walk outside, the puffy coat. by 11:00 a.m., 41 degrees. 3:00 p.m., 47. that's where we're going to top out. plenty of sunshine. by 7:00 p.m. into the low 40ed. black friday, stays dry for you if you're heading out shopping. morning temperatures in the 30s. afternoon highs, in the 50s. sunny and dry. still looking nice and dry if you're maybe traveling back home. so the weather really is going to cooperate. we like to hear that. let's see if the traffic this morning is cooperating. let's head over to melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. outer loop, we have the left side blocked for a crash. west on 50th is the crash report as well as looking at the rest of the beltway. no major issues. i

295 from the earlier accident. eastbound 695 before south capital. still have that accident happening around. this one 95 north we had it first reported as the express lanes. now they're saying near gill city. you see a slowdown southbound near quantico. >> all right. melissa, thank you. burglar busted. we've been telling you about this. plus, black friday is almost here and when it comes down to timing, find out when the local malls are opening their doors and what you can expect when you get

you're watching "news 4 today". countdown is on for black friday shoppers. this morning our susan hogan has a look at where you can shop till you drop on thanksgiving day. >> that's right. >> reporter: so stores and malls are all over the map, but for the most part many of our major malls and some of the bigger stores in our area are going to be open sometime on thanksgiving. so who is actually opened on thanksgiving. springfield town center from 6:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. potomac mills 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. tyson's corner 6:00 p.m. and will stay open. it's not closing. westfield mall, 6:00 p.m. best buy opens up at 5:00 p.m. and that will close down at

black friday hours, tyson's corner center 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving to 10:00 p.m. friday. springfield 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. select stores we're told will be opened up earlier, you have to look on our website. westfield montgomery, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. best buy opens up at 8:00 p.m. some of the big anchor stores will stay open. we have all of this for you and even more on our nbc washington app. search black friday. breaking news overnight. a navy aircraft crashed into the ocean. new developments we've learned in the last 30 minutes. >> reporter: on this day before thanksgiving expect road traffic to pick up in our area and across the country. it's also a time when the roads get more dangerous for another reason. i'm justin finch with a live look at the

"news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> it's just about 6:30. ifou

aircraft crashed into the ocean overnight. >> here's what we know about the breaking news at this hour. it was a navy c-2 aircraft, transport plane that crashed in the pacific ocean just off okinawa japan as it approached the "u.s.s. ronald regan" carrier. 11 passengers aboard the plane. 8 have been found. they're in good condition. they're being evaluated on the ship. monitor for updates all morning long with the nbc washington app. now we want to get to that important holiday week weather forecast. chuck bell is out on the storm team 4 weather deck. a lot of people on the roads, heading to airports, chuck. >> lots going on here this morning. look, even have some help out here on the storm team 4 weather deck. friendly firefighters remind you to fry your turkey extra careful, right? >> yes. >> these are not the people you want to see on thanksgiving. no offense to you, of course. cloudy sky. the rain has come to

morning. that's about it. a few lingering rain chances. not cold now, in the 40ed and 50s to get your thanksgiving eve started. the cold front will come through mid to late morning. that will turn on a gusty northwest wind for later on in the day. there's your planner then. thanksgiving eve, rain coming to an end. sunshine and gusty wind. afternoon temperatures hovering and it will be a cold run up to it. for now, talk about the traffic. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway here. you can see heavy volume. had an earlier problem slowing things down and now it really has developed quite a bit there. top of the beltway, outer loop of the beltway. 95 northbound deal city, you can see the crash on the right side of the roadway. a lot of lanes blocked. still slow there in

blocked. you can see the slowdown still hanging out around there. before south capital, still has the crash with one lane getting by. as far as your travel times, 270 looks okay. top of the beltway 95 over to 70 because of what chopper 4 was showing. 66 in bound is okay and 95 north quantico is okay. remember to listen to wtop, 103.5. eun? >> melissa, thank you. other top stories, prince gorges county police say a young man was found shot to death in a wooded area in district heights. he was discovered late last night near this town house development near sun valley terrace. police want to hear from anyone who may know about this crime. d.c.'s chief medical examiner has custody of the remains of a closed funeral home. more than 100 bodie

and they failed to provide services and not having a proper license. if you are heading to the airport this morning, make sure you get there early. there are already long lines of people trying to get through security. transportation reporter adam tuss is live at the airport. he's going to have a report coming up. right now a live look at the roads for you. a lot of people hitting the roads to make it home for thanksgiving tomorrow. many people will hit the bars tonight. this wednesday before thanksgiving is commonly known as blackout wednesday. >> justin finch is live, justin, very dangerous. >> reporter: blackout wednesday, also known as drinksgiving is a busy time for bars, restaurants as well as police who are out there on the roads keeping watch. you know, based on national numbers here, thanksgiving eve actually tops

st. patrick's day and christmas in terms of alcohol sales with beer sales bumping up close to 300% as well as liquor sales doubling and average wednesday. it's no surprise police are stepping up their patrols. we can tell you this time last year that maryland state police made 93 drunk driving arrests and virginia state police made 132 as well as seeing more than 1,000 crashes. nationwide we are told that nearly 1/3 or more of u.s. traffic deaths did involve drunk driving. when you add to that people drinking and driving in large numbers, this is the reason why. this time of the year it's considered to be one of the most dangerous times to be out on the road. if you are going to go out and you are going to drink, it will be smart to have a sober driver get you home. live here in springfield. i'm justin finch, news 4, back in to you. >> justin, thank you.

6:35. cell phone gotten one metro operator in a lot of trouble. a viewer shared this photo with news 4's transportation reporter, adam tuss. it shows the operator on the cell phone while in the driver's seat. it has removed the driver from service and an investigation is underway now. metro has a zero tolerance policy for using electronic devices while operating trains and buses. they put 18-year-old gerell stroud behind bars yesterday. he shot a 17-year-old outside of blew high school earlier in the month. last check the student was still in critical condition. some neighbors in sterling, virginia, were finally able to get some rest last night. that's because the loudoun county sheriff's office arrested a man who broke into at least 11 homes. robert dixon is in custody. owe took garage door

him access into people's homes in the middle of the night. hack attack. this time uber is the target and you could become the victim. why we're just now learning about this breach that happened a year ago. plus, king gets candid on late night. yle speaks ogaut

your time is 6:39. now to a massive cyber attack of tens of millions of uber drivers and customers. >> the ride sharing giant is just now reporting the cyber breach that happened nearly a year ago. it exposed the personal information like names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of 57 million people. also breached were the driver's license numbers of hundreds of thousands of uber drivers. now in a statement the ceo of uber says

recently became aware of the hack and that the information was breached from a third party database service. the social media feeds are filling up with tributes to david cassidy. how fans are waking up honoring a former teen hearthrob. the firefighter challenge all comes down to today. molette? >> yeah, they brought out all the bribes, the fire trucks, lights, siren, even this baked or rio cookie, but our nbc washington facebook followers are the ones who voted and the winner will be crowned coming up next. well, your commute the day before thanksgiving is looking nice and dry. expect more sunshine this afternoon. roads stay dry though. coming up, chuck has a closer look and more travel and your thanksgiving day traffic. >> seeing the delays here this morning. two problems on the beltway. we'll take a look at 95 in

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breaking news. a u.s. navy aircraft crashes into the sea. the up to the minute details just revealed. i came this close to canceling. >> chie

new overnight gayle king does not hold back. the women who worked side by side with the media icon accused of sexual misconduct speak out. police are firing shots. >> shots fired. a local officer charged with assault. how that officer was caught and why the fbi is getting involved now. tributes. overnight an outpouring of love. the world looks back on the life and legacy of david cassidy ♪ i think i love you right now it's 16 before the hour. the holiday get away is well underway from the airport at dca to the tarmac at mia the roads from springfield to indianapolis. here's a look at the mad dash to get to the thanksgiving dinner table. >> we are monitoring every angle of your holiday travel. take a look at the airport cancellations and delays across the

there aren't too many problems right now here at home, but news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss is live at ragan national airport where he will show us what you need to do to be prepared. adam, there are a lot of lines there already at ragan national. >> reporter: absolutely, eun. it has been a busy morning here at ragan national. let's take a look as another plane is getting ready to make its way out. hopefully going someplace warm. i was talking to somebody headed to tampa, florida. very excited about that. talking about the lines, check out this video of lines that we saw earlier this morning. it was all because of a new canine screening procedure that the tsa was using that actually sniffs and does bomb detection for passengers walking through. the canines will check every single passenger that comes through. that slows up the line and the line went so long and actually formed such a long period that people had to wait.

about missing their flights, but the tsa says that things move pretty quickly when they do this because everybody becomes pre-checked when they do this procedure. it's a relatively new procedure. regardless, people are getting out of town. we're expecting over a million people to leave the local airports over the next week. we caught up with one mom with her hands full with her little ones but taking it all in stride. >> you do what you've got to do. you do what you want to do to see your family. it means that much to me. she gets to see grandma and grandpa. >> reporter: and we have some tips from the tsa also to help you get through the checkpoint line a little bit easier here. you're going to want to make sure you take out everything that's larger than a cell phone if it's an electronic and put it in a bin. you want to make sure you're not over dressing, no extra scarves, jewelry, anything you could leave behind. check the bins. people leave things in the bins

are loading up the plane and operations are underway. a busy day. give yourself plenty of extra time. that canine procedure that held up the line this morning, they put that in place during the rush hour period. so if you're coming this afternoon, expect you might see that as well. back to you. >> adam tuss at dca, thank you. if you want to know what will slow you down today and throughout the holidays, have the app. we're going to send out push alerts to keep you up to date ♪ make you happy if you grew up during the '70s, david cassidy was probably your first crush. the former teen hearthrob died yesterday at the age of 67. he was best known for his role as keith partridge on the 1970s hit show "the partridge family." after the show wrapped up he broke out on his own and he became so famous the term

reaction to his death is dominating social media this morning. many of the social media comments we're seeing mention casady posters, songs. one twitter user says she spent hours as a teen singing with her hair brush to his songs. new this morning, cassidy's co-star danny bonaducci said i have known, loved, admired david cassidy for 48 out of my 58 years. we've been through a lot together and he was always there for me. his loss is huge. r.i.p. my dear friend. the "today" show will have much more on cassidy's life and legacy. 6:48. new reaction overnight from one of charlie rose's former cbs this morning co-hosts. rose has been fired because of several sexual misconduct allegations. gayle king says she's wrapping her brain and

>> it's a stunning way. monday your world is one way and in 24 hours charlie has been suspended and fired. charlie rose who was an icon in this country. i'm still wrapping my brain around that. again, i go back to what these women are going through. and i applaud them for speaking up. if anything changes in this -- >> pbs also cut ties with charlie rose and a washington post article eight women said rose groped them and walked around naked in front of him. rose said he was deeply embarrassed and he apologized for the inappropriate behavior but he did not believe all of the allegations are accurate. this morning a prince gorges county police officer is under investigation for an incident that happened sunday morning. >> investigators say a friend asked him to come to an apartment building on minnesota southeast. when he arrived he found his friend and two others arguing. abed pulled out his gun. here's what oners

overheard. >> then i heard someone say something about they were going to lay you out and he'll shoot you right now. >> officer abed mistakenly dropped his gun when he left the scene. when he returned to get the gun d.c. officers arrested him. he's charged with assault with dangerous weapon. we have breaking news right now in your first 4 traffic. >> right to melissa mollet. melissa? >> good morning, guys. big problem on gw parkway. right now northbound gw parkway, the ramp to the outer loop is shut down. traffic pushed onto the inner loop. that is the only option. this could get pretty bad as that sticks around. they're slow in the normal spots. traveling is not causing the problem, i should say. 95 northbound and southbound nice and clear. isn't that good to see on this travel day. same thing, 95 in virginia northbound a s

at coalsville road, that's the one red and onk spot and inner loop bottom of the beltway. as far as your travel times, 270 looks good. slowdown chopper 4 just showed you. 66 in bound no major slow down. 95 north from quantico, southbound on 95 looking good. if you're leaving sometime soon, listen to wtop 105 f.m. when you hop in your car. chuck in. >> melissa, thank you. quiet weather for most of the whole thanksgiving holiday, actually. we have had light rain overnight but that's quickly coming to an end. we're going to be 47. that's our forecasted high for tomorrow. last year was 57 on thanksgiving. mild. three out of the last six thanksgivings temperatures

it. 2002 the last time we had a high like that. there won't be a big jump in temperatures today. we'll level off upper 40ed and low 50s. then a gusty northwest wind comes in later on in the day. most inclement weather out across the pacific northwest. showery weather flying down to florida. good weather at the atlanta hub there. chicago, detroit no problem. new york city problems there could be rain-based delays up there. for us, most of the rain is already done. there are a few lingering drizzle drops going into southern maryland. today becoming sunny and breezy. tomorrow chilly indeed. highs in the mid to upper 40s. tomorrow the redskins game against the giants. it will be cold. temperatures in the 30. cold both mornings. excellent time to get

with or away from your family at the mall. after today no chance of rain in the next ten days. >> chuck, thank you. the time has come, really, this time it has. firefighters in our area competed in a cookoff challenge on "news 4 today." now we can final bely reveal who you chose as the winner. >> molette green is live outside with the news we've been waiting for all morning, molette. all right. give us the big winner. >> i'm so glad this is going to be over. we're live on tv and we're live on facebook because our nbc washington facebook followers are the ones who voted. they came out strong. there was great food, there was great fun but only one winner of the cooking challenges. here are the vote totals. manassas came in with 393 votes. >> montgomery county came

with 1023 votes. prince gorges county, 500 votes. you need to kick up that social media. and then engine 13 truck 10, you are the winner in southwest with 1,078 votes. let's crown the winner. that beef and broccoli and homemade egg rolls did it. chris hebert. put it on his head. here we go. we have gifts in the bag for our winner. how are you feeling this morning being crowned king? >> this is a beautiful crown for sure. >> you put it on your head? >> no, my head just got bigger all of a sudden for some reason. there, how's that? does that work? >> yeah, no, this was a lot of fun. these guys -- me, these guys, they put out good food today. actually it's been a week now. take that

these guys did, put out great food. glad we could come home with a victory for t.c. >> the jules are falling off the crown. give a round of applause. you guys were awesome. this was the most fun i've had in a long time and i've got to work out extra to get the pounds off. can we do low fat food next time? we're going to do this again because it was that much fun. live outside with the fire trucks, with the lights, with these great guys. the first ever cookoff is in the books. back to you guys in the studio. you had the desert, right? >> yes. the firefighters were nice enough to share this delicious or rio cookie something something wrapped up in something. >> chocolate. >> chocolate on it. first sweet potato pie and/or yes chocolate chip thing. my goodness. >> thank you, molette. 6:55 right now. here are 4 things to know if you're headed to the airport this morning, the tsa

you to get there two hours ahead of time. this is a look at the long lines that stretched through the terminal at ragan national this morning. follow adam tuss on twitter for tips on how to save time. a u.s. navy c-2 greyhound has crashed into the sea off the coast of japan. eight people have been found and are in good condition. monitor updates on the nbc washington app. prince gorges county police say a young man was shot to death in a wooded area in district heights. he was found late last night near town homes along sun valley terrace. police want to hear from anyone who knows something about the crime. former teen hearthrob david cassidy has died. he was known as his role of keith partridge. a tribute coming up on the "today" show next. breaking news in first 4 traffic. northbound gw parkway, the ramp to the outer loop shut

inner loop. 95 in maryland and virginia, no major issues if you're headed out of town. good news there, melissa. the weather for travel looks fantastic. the rain has already left. tomorrow cold thanksgiving, below freezing in the morning. by the way, the last day on the ten-day forecast, that's september 1st. >> whoa. >> nice. >> wow. >> thank you, guys. that is the broadcast this morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. here's a live look at all the

good morning. breaking news, good morning. breaking news. a u.s. navy plane crashes into the pacific. 11 on board, eight of them pulled to safety. nearby aircraft carrier now involved in the rescue mission to find those still missing. we're live with the latest. death of a teen idol. ♪ pop star david cassidy, the heartthrob from "the partridge family" dies at the age of 67. this morning the tributes pouring in as we look back at his life, his struggles and his career. new accusations, three more women come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against journalist and broadcaster charlie rose. his long-time colleagues