from trips out of town to trips to the store. >> we also have a sneak peek at the macy's thanksgiving day parade and ways to shop safely on black friday and of course we have your forecast. first, if you thought that now the roads should be clear, sorry to say we are still in the thick of it of the thanksgiving rush. >> right now you can take a look at this lye mive map from first traffic. all of this a combination of getaway traffic and rush hour for those of us who had to work today and those making trips to get their last-minute supplies before the big day tomorrow. here now a live look at i-95 north. this is near the icc. as you can see there, lots of lights stacking up going -- i can't tell if that's going north or south but i would guess that's going north. on top of all that, the temperature is dropping right now. we are in for a cold start to thanksgiving here. >> let's check in with doug. >> we've already seen the temperature drop 15 to 20 degrees from where we were earlier today. 10:00 a.m. this m

59 at the airport, near 60, quite nice, right? the actual temperature down to 45. the windchill down into the 30s in the d.c. metro area, and you notice the actual temperatures in the 30s to the west. that's the colder air making its way in here and we'll be in for a very cold night and cold start to your thanksgiving. high temperatures brought down as a result of the winds. the winds gusting 21 miles per hour in d.c., 21 gaithersburg, 20 in fredericksburg. the wind will calm a little bit overnight but even a 5 to 10-mile-an-hour wind will make things a lot colder. tomorrow morning a chilly thanksgiving for sure, especially tomorrow morning. the roller coaster continues, some ups, some downs and way ups as well. way ups instead of way downs. i like those a lot better. much more on this forecast including what to expect hour by hour in about ten minutes. now, this was not the way lots of people wanted to start their thanksgiving holiday. this bad crash on route 50 near the beltway backed up traffic big time.

worst time of time to be traveling through that area. the crash was so intense it threw people out of the car. we're still waiting to hear how they're doing. we'll let you know once we hear more. this also the busiest travel day for people leaving town on the rails. union station was very busy today. during last year's thanksgiving travel period more than a quarter of a million passengers hit the rails. >> it is busy at the airports, crews working overtime at reagan national, getting all the planes in and out of there and long security lines inside. explosives dogs are checking passengers and passengers we talked to say it's worth it. >> she gets to see grandpa and grandma. >> if you're heading out, we have the best and worst times to get on the road. it's in our nbc washington app, just search travel tips. now let's get back to that video you saw at the top. chaosea

school. >> a security guard got caught in the middle of this. >> news4's erika gonzalez in our newsroom to break this down for us. what's going on here? >> isn't that just wild? this scene played out at gaithersburg high school monday around noon. somebody recorded video of the brawl after rushing down some stairs as you saw there. in that video, you can see a security guard try to break things up. there was also a lot of profanity we had to bleep out for you. the security guard appears to get knocked down, but montgomery county schools tells us he wasn't attacked, he actually tripped and fell. other school staff members had to come in and try to get everything under control. the district says six students were involved in all of this and they will be disciplined. despite all those punches, nobody was hurt. the investigation into that brawl continues. in the newsroom, i'm erika gonzalez. back to you guys. >> thank you, erika. this just in now to our

newsroom. baltimore police just confirmed the detective shot and killed in the line of duty was slain with his own weapon. investigators say evidence shows detective shawn suitor struggled. he was a father of five and used to live in the district. an update on the virginia teacher who actually pulled o off -- we first told you about the incident last week. the superintendent of the fairfax county schools says the teacher will be returning to lake braddock high school after the thanksgiving holiday saying there does not appear to have been any malice in the teacher's actions. the teacher has been disciplined and apologized. he said he thought the hijab was a hoodie and they are not allowed to be worn in school. only on 4, new details in the case of that man accused of raping an au student. she thought he was an uber driver, ended up alone with him

he says she was will to have sex with him but today a judge disagreed with that. news4's mark segraves was in court for that. >> reporter: the suspect admits he drove the victim and her friend to american university and he admits to having sex with the woman, but he insists it was consensual. the evening started at this nightclub in dupont circle. according to testimony today from a police detective, the woman and her friend drank a half a bottle of vodka and a full bottle of champagne at the club. then about 3:00 a.m. they flagged down what they thought was an uber driver. according to the driver and the woman's friend, the woman was very drunk and arguing with her male companion in the back seat of the car. when the car got to american university, the male passenger got out. that's when the driver took off with the female passenger still in the car. surveillance video shows the car driving around campus for 10 or 15 minutes before it stin

that's where the woman says the driver raped her. and then drove her back to her dormitory on campus and dropped her off. during the entire incident, neither the woman or her male friend called police. the judge threw out the kidnapping charges saying there wasn't enough evidence but she said there was probable cause for a sexual assault because the woman was too drunk to give consent. as for the suspect's relationship to uber, the prosecutor told the judge he had been barred from working for uber two years ago but had an uber sticker in his car and was posing as a driver to make money. he was released on gps monitoring until his next court date in january. mark segraves, news4. new fallout surrounding the sex assault allegations against roy moore in alabama. today the communications director for the senate candidate left the embattled campaign. jennifer johnson is live on capitol hill with more on that news and the most recent

j jennifer? >> reporter: in a new interview on the radio, roy moore again denied the allegations against him and now it appears he has the backing of the president. alabama senate candidate roy moore still denying he sexually preyed upon young girls. >> did you ever date or go out with underage women? >> no. no. >> have you ever engaged in any sexual misconduct with any person? >> no. it's against the law and it would be wrong. >> reporter: after weeks of silence, president trump all but endorsed moore tuesday. despite prominent gop leaders, including house speaker paul ryan and senator majority leader mitch mcconnell urging moore to get out of the race. >> we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat, jones. i've looked at his record. >> reporter: but a former mcconnell aide says the senate leader is on the right side of this. >> losing a seat is preferable

senate. i think in this case obviously he would like a republican, but he's not going to accept a republican he thinks is unacceptable. >> reporter: voters decided to elect mr. trump even after more than a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct. nine women have accused moore and now voters are divided. moore's opponent, democrat doug jones, is putting the accusers' faces front and center. >> they were girls when roy moore immorally pursued them. >> reporter: unveiling this ad less than three weeks before voters go to the polls. president trump has left open the possibility of actually campaigning for moore, saying he'll decide that next week. live on capitol hill, i'm jennifer johnson, back to you. three people missing after that u.s. navy plane crashed into the ocean very early this morning. the plane carrying 11. eight have been pulled from the water in good condition. the c-2 navy greyhound transportation plane went down in the philippine sea. it was flying to the

u.s. and japanese boats searching for the three missing passengers. the navy has not released the names of those pulled from the water or those they are searching for. the missing plane is the same kind that news4's david culver flew on just a few weeks ago. >> david is joining us now here. you had rare access to navy personnel aboard the uss truman? >> that's right. >> and you were onboard the same kind of aircraft? >> that's how you get on there if it's out to sea. i realize we were actually attached to the sixth fleet in the atlantic ocean and this crash we should pointed out involved the seventh in the pacific, but they use the same planes to get passengers on and off a carrier while at sea. the greyhound is commonly referred to as a cod or carrier on board delivery. this is us boarding a greyhound late last month from naval station norfolk. it carries sailors to journalists, to mail and other

it's unlike any commercial plane. where are the seats facing? backwards, right. they're going to tell you that's often safer in the event of an impact. secondly, there are only two windows in the cabin to look out. it gets rather dark in there too as you sit closer to the cockpit. you've got to wear those cranials, head gear and a flotation device. but the crew walks you through what to do should something go wrong. take a listen. >> in any event, place two hands on it, turn your right hand clockwise and using the arm rest and headrest to help your way out of the aircraft. >> they don't just do that for us being journalists, they do it for anybody onboard. we got rare footage inside the cockpit. the crew, i've got to tell you, could not have been more accommodating or focused on our safety. upon landing, the aircraft catches one of those lines on the carrier flight deck and

taking off they use that catapult launch that those jets use, quite forceful. while sailors joke and say the cod is not the most attractive plane, they'll tell you it's reliable. i was in touch with a top navy official who tells me going back to 1980, there has not been a fatal incident involving one of those c-2 greyhounds, that's 37 years. they also had talked about eventually phasing them out. that was scheduled to start next year, well before this incident even happened. they'll likely replace them in the osprey, which we see -- >> it's like a helicopter to land. >> exactly. >> and we don't know how far out the plane was from the carrier when it went down? >> as of now it seems like it was a couple of hundred miles out. this is something that they're still working to find those three individuals. >> absolutely. thank you, david. a news4 i-team investigation gets results for local teachers. >> many of those teachers they have been paying for their classroom supplies out of their own pocket and have not been

thanksgiving eve and the grocery stores are packed. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news4, what's in their carts. and we told you last month about an alleged tree cutting scheme. local homeowners saying they didn't get the services they paid for. so our susan hogan went undercover. now we've learned one person associated with this companys in some i b

there's a new plan to help thousands of local teachers because of a newser for i-team investigation. at the peak of shopping season the d.c. council has formally proposed a $400 tax credit for teachers that buy supplies for their students and classrooms. >> reporter: local school teachers combine to spend millions of dollars out of pocket to buy supplies for their classrooms and for their students. our survey of more than 1200 local teachers reveals they have to spend personal money on items that are not provided by local schools, or school districts. cleaning supplies, art supplies, pencils, papers, d.c. teachers get a $200 gift card to cover some of the costs, but citing our reporting, mary chay has introduced legisla

d.c.'s public and charter school teachers a $500 tax credit for classroom purposes. >> they take full ownership of it and do whatever it is they have to do to make them succeed, including spending their own money. as you know from the story that you did, dcps gives them a gift card every year for $200. that usually is hardly what they need. >> reporter: the d.c. council will have to do a fiscal impact of this bill to see much it will cost the government. it already has ten d.c. council co-sponsors. leon, back to you. a famous 60-foot tall statue of confederate general robert e. lee could be removed from a prominent spot in richmond, virginia. that stood in richmond on monument avenue since 1890. terry mcauliffe said it might cost $10 million, but he's considering legislation to move it. >> listen, these statues, i mean

but now after charlottesville and others, you've seen, tom, that these statues, what the rebel flag or confederate flag had been back then is just the same device. so i've always said a better place would be probably in battlefields or museums. >> governor mcauliffe already has signed an executive order to ban guns from around the lee statue in richmond. the order also limits protests to 500 people now instead of 5,000. growing outrage and new investigations after the revelation that uber paid off hackers and kept secret that data breach that affected millions of people. several attorneys general have announced an investigation into the 2016 breach and the cover-up. the ride-sharing company also faces a hefty fine in the united kingdom for not revealing this breach. hackers stole names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers from 57 million accounts. they also stole driver's license information from 600,000 uber

drivers. uber paid the hackers $100,000 to delete the information and keep quiet. >> from hacking to packing. >> there you go. >> grocery store bags. stores now full of last-minute shoppers on this thanksgiving eve. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has been at wegman's all day in the mad rush and is live with us now and has the latest on the crowds at the store. it's getting later and later, tracee. >> reporter: but look behind me at the steady flow of people who are still leaving, who are still walking out with grocery carts full of groceries and stuff they need to make their thanksgiving dinner. what they're not going to find after a day long of people coming in and shopping, the collard greens are gone, but they do have kale. it's been like this all day. >> we're talking last-minute shoppers. >> uh-oh. i'm so busted. >> reporter: there's lots to get but very little time. but with lines like

would anyone grocery shop on thanksgiving eve? >> i went on vacation, so i didn't get back until sunday. >> i had to work. >> and on monday i celebrated my birthday. >> i had a doctor's appointment. >> no, i'm working. >> reporter: that's why tracy moore is facetiming her shopping list to her kids, while they do the shopping. >> what's the last-minute stuff you need? >> i needed some -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: last minute or not, these folks have a plan. >> oh, i have a list. i have yams, i have macaroni and cheese, i have cabbage, i have all the sides basically. >> are you going to start cooking when you get home or wait until tomorrow? >> no, i'm going to start cooking when i get home to get everything done. i've got to start with cranberry sauce and everything. >> i do like a butter dill sauce. >> is it a family favorite? >> everything is a family favorite. >> i was forced to go to the store to get a brining baat

strawberry short cake for desse dessert. >> reporter: this is what my countertop looked like on sunday. while it appears i have everything i need, since i'm in the store, why not grab some containers for folks to take some of that food home. >> my daughter and my niece are actually going to be doing most of the cooking. i'm going to supervise. >> reporter: you can still see how busy it is here at wegman's. i don't know if this is a great assignment or dangerous one because i kept thinking of stuff i needed to get. then i decided i'll go ahead and grab some ginger ale, i only have two and now we have three. i don't know. anyway, happy thanksgiving, everyone. back to you guys in the studio. >> how fun, how fun. you found some really fun people there. >> do they have the vodka that goes with that ginger ale? >> or the rum. >> reporter: we're not going to talk about that, le

>> reporter: right. now, we are in for quite a thanksgiving show. we're giving you a first look behind the scenes of the macy's thanksgiving day parade before it steps out tomorrow morning. plus, to a local couple, the news of david cassidy's passing wasn't just another celebrity death. their story went viral months ago after one of his songs helped nurse this woman out of a coma. their one-of-a-kind reaction to the music icon's death. and cold and only getting colder. ug will break down youdor

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we starred oted off nice an balmy and now it's chilly and windy. >> cold air is coming in and it's here to stay for one day. it just happens to be thanksgiving. then it's going to warm up very nicely. put the fire on, just chill out there. we started off quite nicely. not too bad at all. you may not even need the coats today but right now it's on the cool side. down to 45. winds out of the northwest at 12 miles an hour giving us a windchill. let's talk with those highs today first off. 59, that was the high in d.c. 59 quantico and fredericksburg all coming in right around the 10:00 hour. then we started to see the temperatures cool. look where it is right now. the current windchill, 39 in d.c. down to 29 the windchill in wist

manassas, down to 36 in baltimore. so, yes, it's a cold night and will continue to be. right on through tomorrow morning it will be on the cold side. nothing on the radar. don't look at this, nothing really happening in that area, but we are looking at colder air coming in after a storm system made its way through this morning. there it is, that storm moving quickly up the coast brought us some shower activity but most of us remain dry. now we're just seeing colder air move across the great lakes right on down into our region. tomorrow we'll be on the cold side but that's really about it. that's the only real significant weather we have. tomorrow morning starting off below freezing in most locations. roads staying dry so weather will not have a big impact on your drive anywhere if you're driving out of town. what to wear, yeah, a puffy coat, maybe the hat, the gloves, the scarves, maybe early in the day but during the afternoon the winds will calm. chilly but 47 with sunshine, not too bad. 43 by 11:00 a.m. down to 44 degrees at 7:00. sun goes down at

night. now, 53 degrees on your friday. look at the temperature going right back up close to 60 on saturday. would not be surprised to see 60 in some areas. rather nice weather early on saturday before we cool again. another front moves through saturday into sunday and really cools the temperatures down by about 10 degrees on sunday. right back to 52 degrees on your monday, 62, though, on tuesday and 63 on wednesday. some very warm air as the storm system stays to our north this time and then we start to cool just a little bit. but this is going to be a very mild forecast. the next ten days, the coldest just happens to be thanksgiving with that high of 47 tomorrow. that means a cold redskins game. of course that game right here on nbc tomorrow night at 8:30, so we're going to be talking much more about the redskins forecast and about your black friday forecast as well, which looks a little chilly, but not too bad. i'll have that for you coming up at 6:45. tonight one of the most dangerous nights of the year to be on the road. >> next at 6:30, how the police are stepping up their efforts getting drunk drivers off

road to keep you safe. and a local funeral home shut down and now a grieving daughter finds herself in legal limbo after she's prevented from burying her mother. and we have a big follow-up to the news4 consumer investigation. the action that was just taken by police after an undercover investigation by susan h

welcome back on this thanksgiving eve. i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm leon harris. let's get you caught up on the top stories this evening. roy moore's communications director is in longer with the campaign. this news comes as the alabama senate candidate continues to deny sex assault allegations. president trump appeared to endorse moore yesterday but hasn't said whether he'll campaign with moore. three people are missing in the philippine sea after a u.s. navy plane went down. eight people were pulled from the water and are expected to be okay. the navy has not released the names of any of the 11 onboard. it's been a slow go on the roads as people get away for thanksgiving. this bad crash on route 50 backed up traffic big-time. all the roads are jammed right now and the airports are busy, but things seem to be running on time. a d.c. woman says that she has had the worst few weeks of her life. >> she was supposed to be laying her mother to rest today but now is caught in the middle of a legal dispute between the d.c. prosecutors and alo

home. >> that funeral home is accused of taking money from grieving families. meagan fitzgerald explains how that has many families still looking for closure. >> she's been holding the fort down for this family her entire life while she was here. >> reporter: diane bond lived 67 years, but for as long as her daughter can remember, she's been the rock of the family. but on november 9th, diane lost her four-year battle to cancer. >> she was always there for me whenever i needed her. >> reporter: lavon says now it's time for her to be there for her mother. >> i made phone calls to funeral homes. and i talked to royster. >> reporter: she called the chief operating officer for the austin royster funeral home. she says royster was taking care of the funeral arrangements. she received this receipt showing she paid out of pocket more than $2,000. what lavon didn't know was that the attorney general's office was pre

against the business. it says the funeral home was operating without a business license for nearly two years and that the funeral director's license was suspended back in june because he was allowing jamele royster to act as the director even though she wasn't licensed. >> i blow her phone up, she answers. hey, what's going on? >> reporter: lavon was supposed to bury her mother this morning. >> this was the outfit she was going to wear today. >> reporter: instead she's fighting to get her money back so she could afford a ceremony so her family can properly say good-bye. >> i'm lost. i have no clue. i really don't know where to start. >> reporter: the attorney general's office tells us that they reached an agreement with the austin royster funeral home which prevents them from doing any business moving forward. this is an active

investigation. criminal charges could be filed. meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> she did try to reach out to the funeral home today and says that she's not yet heard back from them. we have an update on a news4 consumer investigation we first reported last month. fairfax county police have now filed charges against one of the men at the center of our undercover investigation that involved alleged tree cutting schemes. consumer reporter susan hogan working for you with the new details. >> reporter: that's right. john samuel walker has been charged with one felony and one misdemeanor related to a case against savannah's tree and yard experts we told you about back in october. you may remember rose. she said walker randomly showed up at her home and offered to take down dead trees. rose also claims walker used scare tactics to try to get her to pay an additional $14,000 to fix her roof. news4 later learned walker did not have a roofer's license and her roof

the first place. news4 went undercover after numerous unsuccessful attempts to track down walker and also the owner of savannah's tree an yard expert, michael jackson. we confronted jackson. he told us he had never heard of walker. he told us he was a licensed contractor but we learned that was not the case. fairfax county police tell us the investigation into this company and also into jackson is ongoing. as for walker, police tell us they have no idea where he is. you can watch our investigation right now on our nbc washington app. just search savannah's tree. back to you. ask anyone what they were doing when jfk was shot an they remember it like yesterday. the pictures from that day forever etched in their memories. the motorcade, the book deposit oar, the first lady's blood-stained suit and the image of president john f. kennedy's last moments. it was exactly 54 years ago

killed the president in dallas, texas. decades later, conspiracy theorists still doubt that oswald pulled the trigger. tomorrow many of us will be giving thanks with family, but tonight has earned the reputation for being the night to have a few drinks with your friends. in many cases, too many drinks. in fact alcohol sales across the nation tonight tops noew year's eve and st. patrick's day. last year they made 93 arrests. virginia state police 123. we're told more than a third of deadly crashes this week involve drunk driving, so please be careful out there. a virginia couple has a special connection to the late david cassidy. they say his music helped end her coma. how they're reacting to the loss of a music icon. black friday shopping isn't always just about gifts. the simple steps you can take to

protect yourself, your money and your family. temperatures today started off on the mild side, but temperatures falling by the time we head into the day tomorrow. those numbers going down for thanksgiving. we'll talk about what you'll wake up to in the morning and what to expect the next few days too heading into the

giving thanks for the wounded warriors who serve in our nation's military. vice president mike pence and his wife, karen, visited walter reed today and met privately with five patients who are undergoing treatment there. they appeared in front of cameras at the uso warrior and family center. the pences plan to spend thanksgiving with their son who's serving in the marine corps. we're working for you making sure you shop safely this holiday season. >> the stores and even the parking lots can get a little bit crazy, so here are a few tips from aaa. first, try not to shop alone. it's always a good idea to make sure you have someone looking out for you. it's also nice to have someone there that you can vent to a

all the insanity that you're trying to hack through. >> and keep you from doing something you shouldn't do. >> or say something you shouldn't say. >> now, if you're bringing your kids along, keep an eye on them, they can easily get separated from the group. >> keep your cards and your cash out of sight and along those lines put whatever you buy in the trunk of your car so thieves can't see it through the windows. that way potential thieves won't be tempted to break in. >> the thieves don't have to be near you, you know. if you're doing your shopping online, stick to the retailers you know. that old saying holds. beware of a deal that sounds too good to be true because it probably is. his music, his smile will hold a special place in people's hearts forever. for one local couple the loss of singer david cassidy is especially hard. we check back in with a local man who used a david cassidy song to nurse his wife out of a coma. >> quite a story. it's amazing. plus the big day almost here. the sneak peek behind the scenes

thanksgiving day parade. >> and a live look at national harbor. doug is tracking some plunging temperatures.

this evening a virginia family is savoring the special connection that they had with '70s teen heartthrob david cassidy. cassidy of course passing away from organ failure. they believe his music helped get them through an especially difficult time. >> as news4's chris gordon reports, they call the partridge family star a life saver. >> reporter: david cassidy's death is a personal loss for kelly hennessey. >> i was really, really sad and i was so upset because he was so kind to me when i met im

>> reporter: hennessey believes david cassidy helped save her life. in 2015 she was in a coma after a near fatal car accident with her son, carson. at the hospital, her husband, greg, tried waking her from the do doma by singing her favorite song, "i think i love you" and playing the recorded version by her teenage heartthrob, david cassidy. >> i just kept singing that over and over, and to be quite frank with you, many times through tears. i was trying to reach her but it was a sad thing too. >> reporter: kelly came out of the coma after three months. during her recovery, she and greg were invited to see david cassidy perform. cassidy held her hand and sang "i think i love you." >> getting to meet him was such an honor, such a thrill of mine. i never have been happier. >> reporter: kelly says she's blessed to see her son, carson, play in the school band and their oldest, clayton, about to graduate from high school.

lot and still faces challenges ahead, but what they say they are most grateful for this thanksgiving is simply being together. reporting from gainesville, virginia, chris gordon, news4. >> yeah, they are. that's a great lesson for the rest of us. >> absolutely. well, how do you not love this holiday tradition, leon? >> everyone loves it. everyone loves the macy's thanksgiving day parade, which kicks off tomorrow morning. you can watch it right here on news4, as a matter of fact. >> in addition to the floats, the sand-filled trucks will be blocking the route from potential attacks. police sharpshooters will also be on hand. >> with a closer look at the increased security, let's check in with jay gray. >> jay, you've covered this parade before. that's different this year? >> reporter: yeah, a lot different, leon and wendy, good to talk to you this evening. as they continue the inflation here, who doesn't love

a lot of people say this is the start of their thanksgiving holiday here in the city. there's security that you have to go through now. they are serpentining the line. it is six blocks long. thousands of people waiting an hour and a half to be just a part of this inflation party. they have blocked off a lot more roads around the actual parade route as well. that's something that's going to continue for the weekend. they're going t.o have ramped u security throughout the weekend. they have police on every corner, they have sand trucks filled and blocking some of these streets. they have sharpshooters here as well as a terrorism task force that's on the ground. so they're going to make sure that everything stays safe. when you talk to the folks coming through here, boy, they continue to come through, they say they don't mind the show of security. they don't mind the extra time here, because this is a tradition that they want to uphold

happens here is not going to stop them from enjoying the thanksgiving holiday. wendy, leon. >> i remember one year when i was in college going up there and watching them blow up the animals, the blalloons in the evening, it's like 1:00 in the morning. it's actually a cool place to be and cool thing to see. anyway, enjoy. >> of course it gets more interesting when it gets been used more than any other balloon? >> grinch. >> no, snoopy.

>> can't be a parade without snoopy. >> no, now he's got the its -- what's the bird's name? >> woodstock. >> out there right now as woodstock makes his way around, looking a little cool out there tonight. if you're down there towards the airport, you wish you could move like that. look at the cars there. a lot of cars not going anywhere any time soon. again, a huge travel day across our ream gion, as it is for mosf the country. 45 right now, dropping through the 40s to the upper 30s by 11:00. the windchill already in the 30s in most locations, so a cold night tonight for sure. 41 degrees gaithersburg, 41 in reston, 42 in manassas, 43 in camp springs. my family flying in around midnight tonight. hopefully traffic is a little bit better by that time. as far as rain is concerned, no rain or snow. if it was falling right now it probably would fall as snow. wouldn't we love a white

>> no. >> if you live in minneapolis, if you're traveling, minneapolis is a white thanksgiving. parts of maine, down towards florida and parts of the northwest. this is the area that i think is going to have a problem. if you're driving tomorrow, whether it's 95 or 70, maybe it's 81, i think we'll be fine in our region. it is down towards florida, though, if you are traveling to florida, there could be some problems from orlando down towards jacksonville, miami an tampa, and then back toward the northwest could be some issues there, rather stormy. but most of the country actually fairly tranquil for thanksgiving holiday. that's looking pretty gchl t. now, the redskins forecast, if you're heading todown tomorr night for the game, call it chilly. 42 at 6:00. 40 at 8:00, 37 by the time the game is ending at 11:00. make sure you bundle up. not a lot of wind so as long as you wear the right amount of clothes, you should be

how about the black friday forecast and your saturday forecast? a lot of shopping going on. 36 on your friday morning. 49 during the late afternoon into the evening. so a little cool on friday, but saturday no problem at all. sunny and nice. i'll going for a high temperature near 60 on saturday, so by 6:00 temperatures around 55 degrees. so no problems if you are going to be out and about for those black friday deals. looking pretty good right on through the weekend. chilly on sunday. notice the temperature dropping saturday into sunday but shooting right back up and how about this forecast. 62 on tuesday, 63 on wednesday, nice and mild. so one really chilly day, that's tomorrow, and then getting milder if not warmer for this time of year. that's it. sports up next. big game tomorrow night. am i right? oh, oh, i'm sorry. >> thank you, doug, i'll take it from here. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. another accident to tell you about. a lot of people are starting to hit the roads

everybody to get there safety. this is a three-car crash on the inner loop of the beltway. a police officer involved but they are doing okay. you've got delays as you can see in both directions here, so please folks, take your time as you head out the door. we want to make sure that everybody gets to their family members' safe and sound. pack your patience and please be safe out there. >> what a terrible-looking scene there. coming up, sports. why a thanksgiving day win is just what the redskins needs when it comes to the nfc east. first, here's kate snow with a look at what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." coming up tonight a guilty plea from the former doctor for usa gymnastics admitting to sexually abusing young athletes. utl you need to know abo

any truth to this rumor that wendy reieger just got signed b the 'skins? >> the redskins coaching playing that familiar game of who is healthy enough to play this week. maybe wendy. but there are slim pickings as the list of guys on the injury list swell to 15. in addition to that, today jay

players game-time decision. but no question how important this final stretch of games are for the redskins. tomorrow's game against the giants big in so many ways, of course. the redskins trying to keep playoff homes alive and also trying to win their first nfc east game of the season. winless in their first three attempts, two losses to the eagles and one to the cowboys, the redskins looking for their first home win in well over a month. jay gruden is well aware of what this game means. >> it's very important, very, very important for us. this is a team that we obviously have a great rivalry with, a great history with. a team that we know quite well, knocked us out of the playoffs last year. we have been 0 for 3 so far in our division games. we haven't played very well at home as of late, so there's a lot of reasons for us to want this game. being it's the giants and it's a division game, being it's a home game and it's on thanksgiving, what else do you want as a

>> it's just the passion he plays with. you know, the intensity. you can tell that football means something to him. >> let's get real right now. >> i've got a lot of energy. i've had a lot of energy since i was a kid. i've always been the energizer bunny for whatever team i'm on. >> d.j. swearinger, the spark plug for the redskins. every week we see him pumping up his team like here with an emotional pregame speech. tomorrow on the redskins pregame report at 7:30, we get the scoop on speeches from d.j. and his teammates. how a guy in his first year with the team is able to have such an impact on the burgandy and gold. our story on swearinger just part of what you'll see here on nbc4. a big thanksgiving lineup. it all starts on news4 at 6:00 followed by the redskins pregame report at 7:30 p.m. we'll have all your reaction on ne

is bringing a little paradise to the district. instead of heading to the u.s. virgin islands for a thanksgiving tournament, the colonials are hosting in foggy bottoms. sounds comparable, right? not exactly, but it's still pretty cool actually. tonight the folks over at the smith center are adding the finishing touches to the arena. the gw stepped up to host this tournament after the islands devastated by hurricanes earlier this week. all the proceeds from the six games over three days will go toward hurricane relief. >> that's nice. >> yeah, it is. switching over to the nba, the wizards winners of five of their last seven games, back in action tonight visiting the charlotte hornets. the wiz coming off a win monday night in milwaukee and hopefully bradley beal can keep up what he's been doing. 23 points on 10 of 16 shooting. he became the youngest player in nba history to

three-pointers. the tip is at 7:00 tonight. the caps are trying to bounce back after a rough 4-1 monday night home loss to the flames. tonight they're on the road taking on the senators. the caps have lost three of their last four, but despite the up-and-down season so far, just four points out of first place in the metropolitan division. puck drops at 7:00 p.m. in ottawa. you may remember that they have had success over ottawa this year. they won their season opener in canada. it was a 5-4 shootout. so they have had their success against this team. >> they could have traded jerseys, though. because they are going up in flames. >> they are. so i mean that -- but wendy too. offense or defense would you step in shabecause they need he on both sides of the ball. >> i can do both. i was just going to be an extra person on the field so they can have the game, right?

ways. >> i like it. >> thanks for joining us. "nightly news" is coming up next.

tonight, guilty plea. a former team doctor for usa gymnastics admits in court to sexually abusing several children as another olympic star comes forward to accuse him. the urgent search off japan. three american service members still missing after a u.s. navy plane plunges into the sea. the holiday rush is on. one of the busiest travel days of the year. but will severe weather impact your thanksgiving? al roker is here. daring dash. a north korean soldier makes a break for freedom under fire from his own comrades. his dramatic escape caught on camera. nbc news exclusive. the pastor who lost 26 parishioners including his own daughter in that texas church massacre, speaking out. >> where she is,