were ignored by nbc news when they complained. nbc news denies that allegation. it issued a statement reading "we can say unequivocally prior to monday night, management was never made aware of any complaints against matt lauer's conduct. >> jimmy fallon didn't go easy on lauer during his opening monologue for "the tonight show" last night. listen to this. >> nbc has fired matt lauer from the "today" show after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. if you're wondering where in the world is matt lauer. probably at a bar with charlie rose. that's our guess. >> the "today" team was also on primetime last night. take a look here. savannah guthrie, hoda cat bee and lester holt were joined for the lighting. >>

terminated garrison keillor yesterday. he told a massachusetts newspaper he is bewildered to be fired from the newspaper. he can't believe someone else can torch it in one day. >> he apologized when she recoiled and far gave him. npr says there are no other known allegations against keillor. another woman joins a growing list of students who say they were raped at howard university. >> chris lawrence has more on the federal lawsuit. >> eun, they want to join a federal lawsuit saying howard took its time investigating her rape case. it added to the lawsuit. she would be the sixth student to say she was raped at the historically black university. the woman has been identified as jane doe 6. she says she was assaulted by a repeat offender last year.

school more than a year to deal with her case. in that time, the man she had accused of attacking her attacked another student. howard university put a statement out saying the university has been and remains committed to diligently investigating any such allegations to ensure a safe and healthy community for our faculty, staff and students. the lawsuit accuses howard of retaliating against victims who report the assaults. we'll bring you any new information we find. 4:32. d.c. police are trying to figure out how a man died. we're still working to learn more details about the death investigation. he was found dead at 13th and n streets northwest in the logan circle neighborhood. police were called to the scene just before 6:00 p.m. police have not revealed the victim's name at this point. a survivor of the las vegas massacre is celebrating another year of life. she turns 28 years

tonight the community will honor her with a fundraiser. it will be held at the green turtle. the restaurant will donate to% of all sales to the christina frost trust fund. >> her family is holding a silent auction tonight from 7:00 until 9:00. the redskins are on field tonight. >> they are taking on our rival, dallas cowboys in texas. news 4 sports reporter carol maloney has a preview of the big game. >> big night for redskins. big night here on nbc4. burgundy and gold visiting the dallas cowboys. every game a must win. and then they need help. just to think about making the playoffs. bracing for a battle in big d tonight. kirk cousins trying to win there for the first time in his career. the road is never easy. the 'skins proved they can g

losses away from fedex field. including their most recent road game which, of course, they should have won in new orleans. the road wins they do have are impressive. in l.a. versus the rams. in seattle. the 'skins know what works and they know what doesn't. >> any time you go on the road, you want to go into whoever's place and turn that place into your home, try to silence the crowd. >> we have to make sure to answer their momentum with momentum of our own and try to maintain that level of consistency throughout the game. we've lost in short yardage situation. if we could stay away from shooting ourselves in the foot, we have a great opportunity to win. >> you can watch the redskins and the cowboys here on nbc4 tonight. we'll have live reports on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00. "football night in america" picks up the coverage at 7:30

kicks off at 8:30. the dmv is much happier if they can beat the boys. rest up. going to be a late night. carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> we need redemption, too. before the game, d.c. will ring in the holiday season. it's the 95th annual christmas tree lighting. >> this is video from last year. president trump and first lady melania trump will help light the tree. thousands who were lucky enough to snatch tickets will be there for the big event. >> it's also one of the most dreaded in the area when it comes to traffic. road closures begin at noon. take a look at this map. it shows the areas you want to avoid. avoid the whole area. don't each go down there if you're not going. we've posted that in the nbc washington app. avoid driving anywhere near the national mall as much as possible today. >> you can watch all the action from moem, as a matter of fact. storm team 4 meteorologist doug

at 4:00 p.m. nearly 75,000 lights will be turned on sometime in the 5:00 hour. you can watch out for that. if you don't get a chance to watch tonight, the whole event will air monday night on the hallmark channel. >> in addition to the lighting -- there will be musical performances, the beach boys, the u.s. navy band and craig campbell are a few taking the stage. >> going to be a lot of fun. another check on your weather right now at 4:36. >> let's check in with chuck and sheena. i said people didn't need the big, big coats. i am looking at the 45 on the screen right now. it's not frigid outside. >> no, it's not frigid outside. i thought it wasn't too bad, aaron. the deer, we saw a deer eating flowers outside. i had to mention that. >> the rose eating rat. that's all a deer is >> it's not a rat. >> same color as a rat. >> no. >> yes, it is. >> they have much nicer fur. it's not as cold

as we go through the day, a bit of a change. >> little cooler than yesterday. made 70 degrees yesterday. we will not be quite so warm today. we're starting out not too cold. mid-40s around the corridor. mid to upper 30s in the western suburbs. mid to upper 40s in southern maryland. highs today, upper 50s near 60 degrees. it really won't be that cold. if you're headed to the tree lighting, it will be cool. the very fact that you won't be able to move around, that makes the cool air feel like it's sticking to you more. >> a chance for rain coming in later on tonight. for more on that, let's go to sheena. >> a lot of the rain will be here after the tree lighting. it's not a lot of rain. it's going to be a few showers as a matter of fact. here's a look right now. we have the clouds around the area, which is part of the reason why we're not as cold either. the clouds will be with us through the day today. that's one thing you'll definitely notice different from yesterday. more clouds. here's a look tgh

temperatures will be in the upper 50s. still a little bit milder than normal for this time of year. then we start to see the showers approach. there's 9:00 p.m. again, mostly after the tree lighting. it's not much either. mostly light rain, scattered in nature. as we go into the day, the early morning hours, friday we could have a few until they clear out. so the timing looks good on that one. we'll take a closer look into the weekend in a bit. sheena, thank you. 4:38 now. call it the glitch that stole christmas. the scheduling mistake that has an airline scrambling to find pilots during the upcoming holiday season. >> new fallout as a grading scandal continues to rock a local school district. oh, baby. why bei bei the

new reaction to a bombshell report on school graduation rate. >> they're calling for an internal investigation after allegations after teachers of ballou high school passed chronically absent students. they found 57 students on track to graduate last april, but 164 received diploma in

half of the graduates missed more than three months of school. parents are worried about the quality of their kids' education. >> not getting education. the right education and being passed on. passed by. >> despite the report, no one has been fired. >> new developments in decision 2017. virginia democrats are officially calling for recounts in at least two races. democrat dante tanner trails republican tim hugo by 106 votes in district 40, which includes fairfax and prince william county. in newport news, ten votes separate shelly simons and republican incumbent davians i. one result not being challenged, not yet is district 28. fredericksburg and stafford county. republican bob thomas won by 82 votes over joshua cole. 147 voters received ballots for the wrong house district in that

you may want to put the umbrella in your bags. just the little one umbrella, chuck. >> we're not watching for a big chance of rain. a couple of sprinkles moving in. probably not until 8:00 or so this evening. we'll show you the timing on future weather coming up. >> before that sprinkle chance, it won't be a bad day. high temperature near 59 degrees. tracking raindrops and a look at the weekend coming up. he's behind the charlottesville rally that ultimately ended in a young woman's death. now he's trying to organize another

15 gf the hour. republicans voted along party lines and will face a floor debate

>> that could lead to amendments and tense moments. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill with how republicans can't afford to lose any support for this bill. edward, good morning. >> good morning. eun, there's only two republicans in the senate. they cannot lose more than two republican senators and there are a number of republicans on the fence. senator john mccain, senator jeff flake, senator susan collins, bob corker to mention a few. senator corker is concerned it would add too much money to the deficit. others are concerned that independent projections show american families making under $75,000 would pay more in taxes. the president going on an offensive this week. he had senators over to the white house. he went to capitol hill to try and get votes for this. last night, he tried to make his pitch directly to the american people at a rally in missouri saying the tax cuts would bring main street roaring back.

>> edward, when do republicans hope to vote on this bill that was passed? >> we're in a 20-hour period where the amendment vote rama where amendments can be attached, they voted up or down. after that, it can be voted on for a final vote. that could happen later on tonight or tomorrow. >> edward lawrence live for us on capitol hill. thank you. this is my country and he's making me feel unsafe. that is how a northern virginia muslim woman reacted to a series of anti-muslim videos. he tweeted three inflammatory videos that were posted by the leader of a far right nationalist group in britain. julie carey visited the mosque in falls church shortly after the tweets. >> we look to our president as an american citizen for safety, for guidance and protection. here he's dividing us.

you have to ask, what is that about? >> the president's press secretary says it's all about the president sending a message that a threat exists. she says whether the videos are real is beside the point. >> it's 4:48 this morning. deputies are looking into new reports of kkk flyers found in bags throughout a loudoun county neighborhood. the "washington post" reports a woman found one in rappahannock county in her bag. inside the message denounced black lives matters and encouraged them to join the cku klux klan. the organizer of the white nationalist rally that turned deadly applied for a permit to return next summer. jason keller says the purpose of the event

civil rights abuse. he says the recent renaming of emancipation park which was formally named for roberte lee is the reason for the planned anniversary rally. now to a disturbing case outside union station in d.c. a woman says she was attacked and the security officer at the scene did very little to help her. twice she asked the man in front of her if she could pass by. at the top of the escalator, he turned and punched her in the face. you can see her eye there. there was an officer there, security officer, but he did nothing to help her. >> i called the police myself and told them i was very hurt while my phone was on speaker, while the amtrak security officer was on top of me. he didn't give me no asan

now. amtrak is investigating the case. a milestone for the university of maryland medical center. new officials will be on hand for the ground breaking in largo. it is the latest move in the decades long effort to transform health care in and around prince george's county. the state-of-the-art medical center will replace the current university of maryland hospital center in cheverly. >> google is expanding to loudoun county. the times reports that google will build two new data centers, one in sterling and one outside le leesburg. it will help meet the growing demands. >> once it's finished, the facilities will bring 50 jobs to county. check out this cutting-edge construction used to build homes in northwest d.c. developers of the homes are among the first to use this new technology. it's called aerospace robotics -- >> oh, that. >> robotic machine builds a

pieces are put together using frames. developers say it cuts months out of building process. they claim the quality is unmatched. >> there is no mistake. there's absolutely no mistakes. that's because the robot is doing it. >> precision is remarkable. you will never be able to do the things that we do with human trade or human tools. >> the robots build a frame of the home in a few days. that same process can take months. each of the two homes being built expected to sell for $2 million. >> robots at my house. >> okay. bei bei is on the mend. zookeepers at the national zoo says they have increased mucus in its stool. sorry. it's early. >> why is this in the newscast? >> it included no appetite. listen. as of yesterday, bei bei was

small amounts of bamboo and honey water. he's on the mend. >> the mucus thing is a good thing. >> apparently constipated. >> i don't tell you every time i have anything. >> bei bei is different. >> need some privacy. >> poor bei bei. i feel bad for him. >> i wonder if that works. honey water. >> i'm not trying it. >> never mind. i'm not going to get into this conversation because of a lot of questions. it's probably not the appropriate place. >> not a bad day. >> no. tree lighting later. we have a little bit of rain in the forecast. it shouldn't get here until after. >> more clouds around today. that's one thing you'll notice. the nice sunny and mild weather is going away. a cold

we'll be dry for the christmas tree lighting. going into late tonight is when the shower chance will move in. it doesn't look like too much either. it's 45 degrees washington. 38 dulles. 32 in manassas. 36 frederick. 47 annapolis. 44 degrees in clinton. a chilly start. not as cold in some areas. if you're exercising this morning, maybe layers. because by the afternoon. we'll be fairly mild. still above normal for this time of year. close to 60 degrees. more clouds around. staying dry through the day today. the white house tree lighting later on this evening. once the sun goes down, we'll be cooling down into the 50s pretty quickly. cloudy, 50 degrees. the shower chance starts to move in. there's the rain off to our west. it's still far away. locally, though, we have clouds around. i think there will be a period today when the clouds do leave. we'll see more sunshine. but the clouds increase again. here's future weather. in the upper 50s

there's 8:00 p.m. the showers start to approach the area. it's really not much. they'll be gone and out of here by friday morning and friday afternoon. it looks really good. the only thing with the cold front, it will be cooling us down for the weekend. saturday and sunday, both mornings in the 30s. but the weekend looks nice and dry. low 50s saturday. 57 on sunday. more rain chances as we go into next week. of course, we're watching next friday very closely. still far away there too. let's check the roads on the thursday morning with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning, sheena. right now want to remind you about the situation on metro. on the red line, no trains running between silver spring and fort totten. takoma station closed because of construction on the line. that's probably going to last through december 10th. inner and outer loop of the beltway, no problems here. everything is nice and green. 66 is fine. 95 is fine. alexandria, south gordon street

wheeler because of a water main break. traffic being pushed around back. >> thank you, melissa. no place like home for the holidays. you may not make it if you're booked on a certain airline. >> scheduling problems putting thousands of flightin jeopars d

thousands of flights for the holidays, trying to figure out how to avoid 15,000 flights. this is because of a scheduling glitch that allowed too many pilots to take vacations during the busy travel week. uh-oh. one airline expert says even if you have a flight, it's not time to panic yet. >> around the holidays, you don't have that kind of margin for error. a -- the fortunate thing, we are still more than two weeks away from the affected flights. as sudden as it feels, it's not really that sudden in airline terms. >> that's a relief. american says it plans to use reserve pilots. it's also offering staff pilot incentives to take up flights for up to 150% of their hourly pay. that's incentive. >> how quick can i get a pilot's license? >>

pilots. i'm not feeling so safe. amazon hit new records on monday. >> it was the busiest shopping day. sales increased 30% from last year. orders made through the app increased more than 50% compared to last year. the most popular plo duct was the echo dot. it's important to keep track of all our holiday purchases and deliveries. there are a few apps that do all of that for you. the app sends you updates at every stage of the shipping process. it works with more than 50 services. after ship works to keep track of your orders, but this app works with more than 430 carriers. all three of the apps are free for apple and android phones. >> going to stop sending money? >> nothing can do that. >> now

the sexual predator on campus. why a sixth victim is asking to join a federal lawsuit against howard university. staying silent. matt lauer keeps quiet despite two new allegations against him. the bombshell against the former "today" show host. >> the countdown is on until the lighting of the national christmas tree. those aren't the only lights around town. why you could be staring at brake lights as a result of this joyous time of year. >> yes. stay away from the entire area all day. don't even pretend. just get away. >> taillights are red, red and green christmas. there's a little something. when your face turns red, that's another -- >> not a good red. >> nothing says happy holidays like a little road rage. >> this is like a much nicer day than usual for this ceremony. >> it's great. >> it was a lot colder last