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about police transparency. >> t-minus ten days and counting. can the president and the senate come together to avoid another government shutdown? and what the proposed tax plan could mean for you. >> plus add outrage. metro rejects an advertisement but creates a christmas controversy. >> news 4 at 11:00 starts now. >> an unarmed accountant with a lot of life left to live. instead he's gone. and his family just wants to know why. >> they may not get an answer anytime soon, though. bijan ghaisar died ten days after park police shot him in the head three times. he did not have a weapon. >> tonight the case is raising more questions than answers. news 4's jackie bensen is live along the gw parkway in alexandria near where police shot ghaisar. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, the

may have to wait a long time for answers as to what happened here. >> he did not like guns. he was concerned about others. one of his wishes was to be an organ donor. you know, that kind of man. >> reporter: charles is an attorney representing the family of bijan ghaisar. he says they are in shock at the circumstances under which the 25-year-old accountant, graduate of virginia commonwealth university, was shot on november 17th. >> i don't think there are words to describe how big the shock was because of the circumstances. like i said, it's one thing somebody goes out and is riding in a car and somebody has been drinking too much and you have an accident. okay. this was not an accident. >> reporter: a u.s. park police spokesman says officers pursued ghaisar's suv into the mt. vernon area of fairfax county after a hit and run collision on

national airport. >> we're at ft. hunt and alexandria roads. park police have fired shots. >> can you advise if there are going to be -- >> don't know. the car just drove off the road. >> reporter: the fbi is handling the investigation at the request of park police. bijan ghaisar is iranian american. the national iranian american council has released a statement offering condolences to his family. it says based on reporting, it 5i7s that ghaisar was unarmed and in his car when he was shot three times in the head which strongly suggests that the police shooting was not justified or proportionate. we hope that the fbi will provide a full and fair accounting that takes all angles into account. and we still know very little about what precipitated this shooting, what action, what threat was perceived by the officer to cause him to use deadly force.

bensen, news 4. jackie, thank you. developing now, north korea says it successfully tested a new nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile that could target the entire u.s. mainland. the u.n. security council scheduled an emergency meeting to discuss this latest launch. the missile fired today went higher than past launches. north korea's last test was a medium range missile in september. today's launch is considered far more provocative. >> we tell you that we will take care of it. we have general mattis in the room with us. and we've had a long discussion on it. it is a situation that we will handle. >> at that same meeting, you may have noticed some empty chairs next to the president. >> yeah, it has to do with a republican tax overhaul plan. the president sat with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell at the white house today leaving empty chairs be

democratic counterparts, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi said they would not attend the meeting after the president chastised them on twitter today. schumer and pelosi said they do not bleeb the president wants to make a deal. the deadline to pass the tax reform bill and avoid a government shutdown is next friday. one of the biggest concerns that could impact people in our region changes to deductions involving your property. the bottom line we're coming to an agreement between the house and senate where they could cap the property tax deductions that you can write off on your federal income tax. that cap will be set at $10,000. the current house proposal will also allow not to write off any interest on a new $500,000 mortgage. no taxes here are among the highest in the country. nationwide we could see home values drop by 15% in high income areas like ours. the boss of the consumer

least for now is nick mulvaney. a federal judge ruled today that mulvaney could keep his job. president trump appointed him over the weekend after former director richard cordray resigned by cordray appointed lea i leandra english to take over. she then sued. today protesters including senator elizabeth warren who helped start the bureau stood outside there and demanded that mulvaney resign. new tonight, an interesting twist as this special election of the u.s. senate gets closer. embattled senate candidate roy moore will get a little help on the campaign trail from steve bannon. the breitbart founder and former white house strategist, will campaign for moore in alabama next week. nine women have now accused moore of making improper advances on them as teenagers. moore denies those accuse igss and vows to stay in the race. a third woman is

john conyers of unwanted advances when she worked for him. that woman tells the detroit news in the late '90s conyers touched her inappropriately and invited her thouo share a hotel room. an attorney for conyers says the michigan congressman denies any wrongdoing. there's already an ethics investigation into allegations against conyers. tomorrow the house of representatives takes up the anti-harassment resolution that requires training for all members and staff. virginia congresswoman comstock has been behind the bill. she won't rest until, quote, we take out all the trash on capitol hill. >> i think it's important that whatever bad apples are here, that they know the law. >> comstock says she also wants major reforms in the office that

harassment settlements. a federal jury found that libyan militant abu khatella not guilty of murder. they did convict him of terrorism charges. prosecutors accused him of leading a rampage aimed at killing personnel and plundering maps and other property from the u.s. mission in benghazi. u.s. ambassador chris stevens was killed in that attack along with a state department officer. two more americans died in a mortar attack at a nearby cia complex. police say an athletic trainer who works with children allegedly sent a sexually explicit photograph to a high school student in prince george's county. carl joseph of baltimore worked with one of the girls basketball teams at the high school. he texted a photo of his full body to the victim earlier this month.

photo told a teacher. the 26-year-old worked as a volunteer and not as a prince george's county school employee. tomorrow virginia's top election official will face congress over his decision to use paper ballots instead of voting machines in this month's election. that decision may have led to voting irregularities in stafford county and fredericksburg. news 4 has learned that edgardo cortes will tell the lawmakers that he had concerns that election machines could be hacked. he will also say it was a scramble to get paper ballots ready in two months before the elections. more workers in maryland could be eligible for paid sick leave under a plan from governor larry hogan. the governor plans to submit new legislation on the first day of the next general assembly session. his plan phases in paid sick leave over three years for businesses with 25 or more employees. today he blte

controlled legislature for failing to solve the issue last session. >> the legislature refused to engage in any discussion with our administration. in fact, they failed to take any action whatsoever. >> hogan vetoed a paid sick leave bill passed last session by the general assembly. that required five paid sick days for businesses with 15 or more employees. the governor says that plan would hurt small businesses. over to storm center now and a first look at what the forecast holds. >> amelia draper is tracking things. when will we need our heavy coats again? it's november. >> not tomorrow, that's for sure. we'll start off the day with temperatures in the upper 30s to mid-40s. so maybe the warm jacket early, but as we move throughout the day we actually warm into the low to mid-60s once again. right now we're at 50 degrees with clear skies out there and we'll have clear

morning at 7:00 a.m. it's dry tomorrow and plenty of sunshine. by 9:00 a.m. we're at 50 degrees, 11:00 a.m. we're already close to 60 degrees. normally this time of year we would forecast temperatures in the low 50s. tomorrow low to mid-60s, but i'm tracking cooler air moving in. i'll have that coming up at 11:18. >> next, an uber ride home turns into a nightmare. what a local woman says happened to her. and a new threat to airline safety. the small gadget that could pose the biggest risk to the commercial planes you count on. taking on christmas. metro's new legal fight with the catholic archdiocese over a christmas advertisement. plus "this is us" comes to washington for the whole country to see. >> next.

tampa, florida, where the chief of police just announced an arrest of a possible serial killer who has been placed under arrest after four murders of people in one neighborhood. >> police arrested howell emmanuel donaldson iii. he's been charged with four counts of first degree murder. a tip led hem to mcdonald's where a person report that a man is in possession of a gun. four people have been shot since early october. the most recent two weeks ago. indonesia's disaster agency raised its alert to the highest level yet over a

>> they warned a major eruption is imminent. bali's airport is closed for a third straight day. geologists say ash from mt. agun is now reaching an altitude of 25,000 feet. nearly 60,000 passengers are stranded. the danger of the volcano has forced tourists to cancel excursions which in turn has affected businesses. she needed a ride but police say the uber driver who picked a woman up in prince william county kidnapped and sexually assaulted her. early saturday morning police say christian avalo held down and sexually assaulted the woman during the ride. she was trying to go from manassas to woodbridge. she managed to text a friend for help. police arrested him yesterday. he's been driving for uber for eight months and had passed a background check. uber says avalo has been removed from the app.

drones pose a serious risk to commercial flights. the faa says several universities used computers to simulate a collision between small drones and airlines in midair. researchers discovered that drones made of metal can cause more damage than a bird strike. the faa fears it's a matter of time before a drone strikes a passenger plane. some say it's a war on christmas. the archdiocese says metro is refusing to let them use a christmas ad on the back of their buses. now they're taking metro to court. the federal lawsuit says the transit agency is violating its first amendment rights over this ad. metro says their policies are clear. two years ago metro announced that it would not allow advertising that included issue oriented political, religious and advocacy advertising. other u.s. cities have faced similar controversies. tomorrow night the worldwide symbol of the holidays in

the rockefeller center will light its giant christmas tree as thousands crowd into every square inch of space in ro rockefeller plaza. you'll notice the extra security. nypd will have police officers in union inform and some k-9 partners, too. the increase in security measures comes after that halloween day bike path attack in new york city that killed eight people. the tree lighting is going to be a star-studded event. gwen stefani is among the stars who will be performing. you can find it all right here on nbc 4 at 8:00. mariah carey usually sings in that, right? i didn't see her name. >> that one's wednesday. our tree lighting is thursday. >> right. >> and doug's going to be down there as the white house kind of starts off the holiday season. >> is it going to feel like the holidays for either one of these tree lightings? >> it will be a little bit cool out there. you'll defini

it's looking dry. doug out sick tonight. i'll be filling in for him. he'll be back tomorrow, i hope so at least. he'll definitely be here for the christmas tree. he loves that every year. your weather headlines. it's mild again tomorrow. the high 61 degrees. high temperatures in the low to mid-60s. so not normal for this time of year, but we do start to see cooler air move in on thursday. it's a comfortably chilly finish to the end of the work week. no frigid air in the forecast for sure at least as we look to the end of the work week and the weekend. it's crisp and dry as well both saturday and sunday looking completely dry. temperatures coming in in the 40s and 50s. 50 in washington, the warm spot right now, 47 in gaithersburg. tomorrow morning you'll want the jacket but by tomorrow afternoon if you are going out to grab lunch or running an errand, you might not even need that, long sleeves or a sweatshirt. 7:00

lunchtime around 60, 4:00 we hit the high of 64. beautiful sunshine in the forecast tomorrow from start to finish. it's cool tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. we're around 64 degrees at that point. the weather having a low impact on your wednesday. at the bus stop, not as cold as it was this morning. a great day to grab lunch outdoors or if you're getting the tree after work and school, nearly perfect for late november. really comfortable. as we look to thursday, skies become mostly cloudy throughout the day. there's a chance for showers but luckily they hold off until after midnight. so the day on thursday is looking dry. notice we're cooler. 55 for a high on thursday. the timeline for rain, 9:00 p.m. on thursday, cloudy skies but still dry. notice the rain at midnight impacting frederick, leesburg, hagerstown and out around winchester. 3:00, 4:00 a.m. we're starting to see rain in the

but by 8:00 a.m., the rain's out of here and the sunshine has already returned with a high temperature on friday of 53 degrees. it will be breezy throughout the day. so that will add a little bit of a chill. feeling like temperatures in the 40s throughout the day. nothing we can't handle. saturday a high of 52 with plenty of sunshine. on sunday it will become breezy during the afternoon whours a high temperature of 54. breezy on monday. and guys, notice, it's not until the end of the ten-day forecast that we'll finally have some colder air moving in, highs in the 40s. >> looking good. if you want to get your own christmas tree this week. >> looking perfect. >> thanks. hey, if you get a chance, check out the holiday light display that popped up at state parks all over our region. here's a bird's-eye view courtesy of chopper 4. if your house is decked out, we want to hear from you. just send us a photo of

instagram with the #dougsholidaylights for a chance to have him do the weather live from your house all through december. doug kicks things off this thursday. this is the photo he just sent in from his sick bed. he'll be at that 95th annual national christmas tree lighting again at the white house. looking forward to thursday. >> i want that gig of riding around this chopper 4 looking for the lights. >> how cool would that be? >> it looks beautiful from up there. >> when we come back, the wizards bench is might ne minnesota tonight. >> first, here's jimmy fallon. >> daisy ridley is my guest tonight. plus jim belus and liam higa

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miss, right? only missed 12 games in the last four seasons. but this makes him feel better probably. he can take his time with that sore knee. on the road and on the ropes the biz ards bench coming up big with 49 points tonight while otto porter comes through in the clutch. they're in minnesota and porter and the wizards looking pretty comfortable playing their second straight game without john wall. first quarter timberwolves with the big lead but the wizards bench gets them going oubre. a four-point minnesota lead. they turn it over. here come the wizards. did you see that, the pass from oubre. behind the back, nice. john wall impression out there. skip to the fourth, wizards trail by three. kick it out to mike scott, what do you know he throws it down. ties the game. final seconds of the game tied at

it up and draining it with ice in his veins. wizards win it 92-89. patrick ewing and georgetown hosting maine tonight looking for a 5-0 start to the season. hoyas ready for the jumper. that's caleb johnson. game high 18 points for him. later in the half more from georgetown. nice move. finds the lane. lays it up. he had 12 points. hoyas pulling away. their big man coming up with the steal, the slam. georgetown cruises 76-55. in two days two nfc east teams battle in big "d" while another division foe will be watching this one closely. if the redskins beat the cowboys thursday night, the eagles win the division for the first time since 2013. they would have their season

hold on to hope for a magical stretch run. trent williams back at practice today for the redskins. he was limited. he seems on track to play against the boys. he's dealing with the nagging knee injury. kept him out last week. if he does play the big question is what uniform will he we wearing. they've dodged the nfl's color rush. the team is petitioning the league to end the thursday night tradition of wearing these very appealing uniforms you see on the screen. that's not the redskins, actually. that's the dolphins in the orange. dan steinberg, my good buddy, he's asking the tough questions today. >> what you be wearing color uniforms? >> that's one of the better questions i've had here at the podium. you came all this way to ask me that. if i say yes or no, what's your reply going to be? >> if you say yes, i'll ask what the col

do you know? no. sorry. >> no idea is not helpful. >> sorry. what a wasted trip. >> that is probably why he hasn't written about it yet. he's still waiting to find out. >> thank you. >> outted him right now, though, didn't you. >>e'll be right back. w ♪ ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ lend him a helping hand, ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ you'll see it's getting late, oh please don't hesitate...♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart... ♪ in your heart.

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on nbc tonight, part of the episode was shot two weekends ago right here at howard university. they also filmed along the national mall. tonight's episode was the fall finale. it returns with new episodes january 2nd here on nbc 4. i got to catch up on my

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- daisy ridley, jim belushi,