injured, or in what capacity. we have been speaking with officials and witnesses there at the scene. take a look at what police and witnesses are telling us about what happened inside. >> the shooter is confined to within the facility, so there is no thrt to the general public outside the bar and grill. i don't know what the status of the shooter is, if he's been captured or neutralized. what i can tell you is we don't feel hs out of the bar and grill. >> just hanging out. althe sudden we heard a bunch of shots obviously from a c semiautomaifle. the police showed up. three of them went to t door. currently there's one officer down. >> again, just to recap what we've learned in the last few minutes, 11 people have been shot inside that bar. police are confirming there are

multiple fatalities. our partners at nbc los angeles are getting some reports from witnesses that the shooter tossed smoke bombs inside the that has not been confirmed by police yet. again, there were hundreds of people inside, and we have heard reports witnesses were trying to jump out of the windows to gett f there when the shooting started. we'll stay on top of this, bring you any updates we get. aaron, back to you. >> chris lawrence fo at the live desk. chris, thank you. right now our time is 4:31. we want to get a look a our forecast and the commute this morning. >> that's right. chuck bell is standing by with more on what we can expect today. >> good morning, eun. yes, indeed, it's cool and dry out there. maybe a few sprinkles for our friends and neighbors in prince george's county. most of us don't need to worry about rain this morning or really for the entirety of you thursday. but rain is likely to move back in and could impact bothhe friday morning and the friday evening commute. right now it is a chilly 41 in

gaithersburg,8 in 58 in springfield. 55 now in arlington county, virginia f your forecas today, mostly in the upper 40s to around 50 by 7:00 in the ing. i think we'll see these morning clouds go away. we'll end up with a fair amount of sunshine during the middlef partse day. temperatures today mostly in the upper 50s. nothing too big to complain about. that friday, people may be complaining about that. more on that coming up. d >> one at a time, right? outer loop local lanes at national harbor, that crash we just saw a few minutes ago must have straightened themselves out and gotten out of the way. that now gone. the bottom of the beltway is looking jus fine. nice and clear. rest of the beltway, some road work here and there. it really is not causing any issue as far delays go. 66 and 95, no complaints here. as we zoom in, a littleit of a slowdown inbound key bridge before m street. the left laneetting by the work zone there. >> all right, thank you. a developing story in the

district this morning. a local priest is facing a sexual assault charge. d.c. police say father urban vazquez touched a girl under her shirt twice back inva 2015. uez worked at the shrine of the sacred heart parish in columbia heights at the tilme. he has been removed from his duties tre. the archdiocese of washington also removed another priest for failing to report the abuse allegations. more allegations have beenade against vazquez since he was arrested yesterday. also developing today, protests expected around the country today in the wake of jeff sessions' resignati. >> at the president's request, sessions stepped down as attorney general yesterday. that essential handsoversight of the russia investigation to whomever the president chooses. protesters gathered outside of the white house last night with gns demanding protection for special counsel robert mueller. they're also calling for the now-acting attorney general to recuse himself from overseeing the russia investigation.

sessions' departure wasn't unexpected. he and the president have had a rocky relationship sessions recused himself from overseeing the russia investigatio himself. sessions' replacement is his chief of staff, matthew whitaker, not the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. he can now dictate the tirameters of the russia investigation, theline for the conclusion, and even bob security.job whitaker has repeatedly criticized the special counsel and the length of this investigation. meanwhile,nn reporter jim acosta has been barred from entering the white house aft an inten back and forth with president trump during a news cotaerence. acos shot this video of a secret service agent revoking his pass last night. so here' the moment that led to that revocation. acosta was trying to ask aqu tion when the president cut him off. you see the young lady there, the intern who came ove to took the mike. he resisted her. the white house says acosta, quote, laid his hands on her, and that's w they revoked his

pass. the video does not show acosta putting histh hands o young woman. he was just trying to ask a question. >> it was a pretty surreal nexperience. er thought in this country that i wouldn't be able to go and cover thef presidente united states simply because i was trying to ask a question. >> cnn says it is standing by its reporter. the white house correspondents' association released a statement condemning the president's behavior and the actions of the white house. >> it's 4:35. now to the latest in the fallout from a football player's death at the university of maryland. linda gooden, who has been on the board of ges since 2009, was elected chair. she will take over for james brady, who stepped down lastek we've also learned that the two athletic trainers who were on paid leave after jordan mcnair died, have now been fired as well. last week t school cut ties with football coach d.j. durkin, a day after reinstating him. the head of the university board of regents then resigned and the school's president announced his

plans to retire. the caps with the game-winning goal here. toofop it f, it was against our arch rivals. >> yes, last night caps beat the 2-1.sburgh penguins the hero of the night, t.j. oshie. earlier in the game, the star winger was taken out of the game twice for injuries. that did not o stopshie from powering through andcoring with minute to spare. >> i don't know if i ever had one liket that. t was nice to get back out there both times. shout out to the traing staff and the doctors both times. >> he's smiling too. caps return to the ice tomorrow night to host the columbus blue jackets. that starts at 7:00 p.m. awesome. 4:36 right now. a coming u battle of the sexes, scout style. the girl scouts taking the boys

to court. we'll tell you why. plus, we're tracking that breaking news outatf california. least six people hurt after a shooting inside a country music bar near los sngeles. therch for the gunman still under way. we'll bring you the very latest we get mor information. it's 4:37.

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the friday and saturday after are the worst. be sure to pack that patience. it is going to t while to get where you're going. >> every year. thank you, melissa. good morning, everybody. four things you need to know forecast. it's a cool and dry -- i'm over at the desk instead of where i'm supposed to be. >> you're always welcome here. >> another rainy friday on the way. we'll show you the rain chances coming up. we're also staying on top of breaking news in california. a shooting bnside a in thousand oaks, outside los angeles. we'll check in with our sister station ilos angeles when we n

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right tows that breaking at 4:45. an active shooting investigation under way right now in . californ >> we've learned a gunman started shooting inside of a bar just north of los angeles overnight. chris lawrence has been tracking the latest from the live desk. chris, what do you know? >> an update for you.

we have just learned from the ventura county sheriff's sp iesman -- let's dip for a second here, give you a look at some of our colleagues at nbc los angeles as they report live from the scene. >> reporter: just that realization, just those words. it's a new day. i'm not sure any of us are ready for this, but these kids are holding up. the young lady, sarah rose, for the record, is a communications major. i thinkt's shown through tonight. >> you know, she had talked about the fact that been through this lockdown at school a coupleee weeks ago on hall we remember the story. there was a woman in a second bathroom. a gun in a they locked down the school. that was considered an active shooter. it's so sad when you think about it. >> reporter: and she's out with her friends having a good time, and then thi happens.

their experience at this spot has changed their lives forever. they may never return to this location to party for any reason. if they do, those memies are corrupted, no doubt. >> beverly, the area where you are, i'm kind of curious. is that where they're keeping some of the people who were inside the club? is it a place where they're congregating? >> as we take a break from the coverage there of our colleagues from n los angeles live outside the borderline bar and grill,n this ishousand oaks, california. it's about 40 miles west of los angeles. u're looking at video there of police surrounding that grill. i think one thing beverly mentioned, there were a lot of teenagers inside, aot of college students, 18, 19 years old, some of them only a year out of high school. ne young woman said she had never seen anything so traumatizingn her life. the fbi and bomb squad are there on the scene. let's take a listen to what we have heard from officials out

there. i >>was very quick, what happened. all i saw was one scene of the shots ranging out. we were hiding out under the stools. there was a little smoke bomb. my friend actually saw it. she saw the smoke bomb start to go off. we just heard everyone s. run >> just to update you, we have confirmed there have been 11 victims, 11 people taken to the hospital, multiple fatalities. the shooterids now down i the bar. back to you. >> all right, chris. thank you. we could see more scenes likehis today as demonstrators mobilize to protest jeff see sessions'llesignation. s are planned around the country for today. people are worried what this could mean for the russia investigation. the resignation is the o end a slow-motion fall for the former senator. nt he and the presi been at odds since he recused himself from the russia investigation. news 4'sts tracie p is on capitol hill with more on this resignation and who's taking over the justice departnt.

>> yeah, aaron and eun, it was the fourth resignationon ses was asked for, which he turned in just after the midterms. now he's being replaced by his own chief of staff, at least for now. matt whitaker, who has publicly criticized the russia investigation, saying draining it of money would be one option, opposed firing robert mueller. it's certainly raising questions here on capitol hill. democrats are saying mueller's job and thenvestigation must be protected. we saw the demonstration at the white house last night.e dozens mre planned around the country with questions about whether or not this is the beginning of obstruction of justice. >> all right. tracie potts on the hill for us. it's 4:49. outrage this morning after a judge releaseseay all of the juvenile defendants who appeared before him the d after losing his re-election bid. this happened in hris county, texas.

judge glenn devlin asked the defendants whether they intended to kill anyone before releasing icem. the dis attorney released a statement saying we opposed wholesale release of violent offenders at any age.da this could er the public. the girl scouts are going after the boy scouts with a federal lawsuit. the organization says the boy scouts' rebranding effort is causing all sorts ofsi con. last year the boy scouts organization announced it would dr "boy" from its name and start admitting girls. the girl scos claimamilies looking to sign up their girls were falsely told the two gups had merged. the girl scouts also said the boy scouts had no right to monopolize words like scouts or scouting when it offers services to girls well would you ever turn down $300 million? you're not bryce harper. >> oh, yeah, just looking athe

video. multiple reports say he's turned down the nats' ten-year, $30 ffer.on per year an you imagine being in this position it's looking more likely he's going to test the free agent market. his agent is hoping harper can hit a record $400 milli deal. at that high of a level, does it evennatter? keep i mind, this does not mean things are over for harper and th30nats, but the 0 million deal may not be on the table much longe >> you can't blame him for looking out for his family, but he's been averaging over $20 million a yea to this point. >> at this point, it's all bonus money. >> hors going to be set life no matter what. >> his kids are set. their kids are set. i gueop he'sg that, you know, in the 22nd celeury, those pere set. >> or in a different galaxy. >> far, far away. >> alternateniverse people in his family. >> why couldn't i learn how to play baseball? >> that's what i'm saying. if i could dunk a basketball, my life would have been different. >> i have t eye-hand

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look all that organized just yet near the memphis area. that will be bringing us our chance for rain tomorrow. so thereee you canhe thicker clouds along and to the east of i-95 this morning. future weather i clearing those clouds out of here. we should be left with a fairnt am of sunshine late in the morning. sun is down at 5:00 today. most of the clouds come in aftes the goes down tonight. then tomorrow if we don't get rained on first thing in the morning, don't you worry. steady rain, moderate at times, comingyn at least noontime tomorrow. a very rainy friday afternoon and frigy evening com your way. ten-day forecast, it's a chilly, chilly one. i promise you, it's not supposed to be 79 degrees on sunday. it's supposed to be 49 degrees on sunday. so melissa, don't get your hopes up. >> i wasoing to say, i like that sunday. >> it's called a typo. >> i'll just put my blinders on and pretend. laurel southbound bw parkway near powder mi road, right ne and the ramp blocked right

now. they're doing a striping operation. that could be a little while before they reopen that. live look at i-270 at montrose. northbound, southbound, everything looking good there in the mainnd local lanes. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems. we had a little road work here and there. it's not slowing anying though, so that's good. 66 and 95 into town and out of town nice and smooth. >> melissa, thank you. it's hard to believe, but it's time to start about holiday shopping, some people say. a newis report just release predicting you're going to be pretty generous this year despite paying off last year's bills. >> commut >> consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you. >> reporter: it's so ea the spirit of the season end up being a spending tsunami, costing us way more thane ever expected. unfortunately, this year is looks like it's going to be even more challenging for us to pay off o bills. nerd wallet surveyed more than

2,000 americans about their spending plan for the 2018 holiday shoppn.g sea shoppers say they plan to spend, on average, $776 this season, 16 more than last year. 73% plan to use credit cards to buy their gifts. that's up from 58% last year. is alldespite nearly 40 million americans are still paying off their credit card balances from last holiday season. and ladies, the survey found we plan to spend and charge less than men, $714 versus their $842. frd shopping on black ay, well, the survey found the majority plan to stay at home and shop online instead of standing in long lines at their localal. back to you guys. a chicago restaurant getting in the christmas spirit by offering a unique dish inspired by the classic holay movie "elf."

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break. here is a live look right now. we're hearing multipl people are dead and more hurt after a shooting inside a bar i southern california. we hear that it was college there this is in the thousand oaks area, about 40 miles outside of l.a. no shooters in custody, but we have continuing coverage. we'll bring you the latest information when we co back. me denise? oh, hey sandy! this i to make sure my produce is fresh. but aldi produce is delivered fresh every single day. every y? yeah... so you don't need to, do that. you're not even gonna hold that cantaloupe to your face?

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borderline bar and grill in thousandoaks, california, about 40 miles northwest of los angeles. good morning, everybody. it's 5:00 a.m. now. i'm aar gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we're tryinto get more information about what's happening out there in thousand oaks. joining us by phone is sarah, who was inside the bart the time of the shooting. thanks for joining us. describe your experience. what happened when you wer ere? >> i was hanging out with some friends for my friend's 21st birthday. we heardunshots and w dropped. we were hiding. there was a smoke bomb b me. i don't know how that got tther, bu it was sparking and started smoking. there were a lot of gunshot the first round, there were multiple he was -- when i saw the