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 gunman,

he was at the front desk where you pay to get in. i just -- that's all. i don't really remember. it's kind of a blur. i fell down on the floor and waited. when the smoke bom started going off, i booked itut of there. i got out, and i heard a second round of shots, but i aas at stati gas yeah, a lot was happening. >> sarah, you y said were able to get out. can you tell me what you saw as you were leaving and how you were able get outin >> i of -- i just -- my friends got up whenaw we s the smoke bomb. i didn'tnow what it was. it just was smoking. so i got up and ran up some

stairs and booked it out the front door. i don't anow where the gu was at the time, but i ran past where iad seen him. i just didn't look. i just ran. >> and you said you saw the gunman gunman, right? >> yes. i've tald to a couple officers already, but he was weari black and had a black hat. i don't know. that's all i remember. i was honestly in shock. i checked with a couple of my iends to see what they saw. my friend saw the same thing. >> sarah, have you been able to track down all of your friends and find out their conditions at this point? >> i found most of my friends,h

but's one -- hold on. they're calling me right now. there's one that can't nd. i haven't heard anything. i was hiding behind him when it happened, and then we all split upe i have no chere he is. >> all rht. sara deson, thank you so much for joining us. we know this must have been aif teng ordeal for you. we appreciate you sharing your story with us. we hope you find your friend. >> we should point out the voice you're hearing now is the chopper pilot from the live picture you're looking at here from theng loses area. chris lawrence is at the live desk still following the information coming i from the shooting. chris, what can you add for us? >> yeah, i can tell you, just piggy backing, what you heard from sarah is o indicativ what so many people are saying. these are teenagers. a lot of these kids are a yea h out oh school.

we heard from on yang maoung ma had bloody hands from taking a chair to smash open a windo so he and others could jump out and get away. i want to show you more video tfrom the scene outsit bar. the borderline bar and grill, they were hosting a college night. the and bomb squad are now on the scene. police have confirmed that the shooter isown inside that bar. at least 11 people have been wounded. one of them is sheriff's deputy who rponded to the scene. officials are confirming there are multiple fatalities. i don't know how many of them studentollege we spoke with a witness shortly after everything happened. he says he left the bar with his utgirlfriend about 25 min before the shooting started. take a listen. >> i called my best friend, who was inside, and he just said that people started screaming and that there's bullets flying everywhere. so he threw a stool through a window and jumped out and he's

okay. then he hung up the phone. that's all i know. >> again, the ventura couy sheriff's office just updated us with a press conference. we know that a shooter ran into the bar about ht11:30 last nig and started shooting. there are multiple reports from witnesses that ty saw sparks and a spoke bomb go off inside that bar. again, one witness saying by the grace of god, i was able to get to the front door. re's a quick look at where all this is happening. about 40 miles west of l.a. we're staying on top o all the developments. we'll be bringing you updates throughout the newscast on news 4 today. aaron, back to you. >> all right, chris. ithank you. >>s five minutes after the hour. we're going to continue to watch the situation closely and bring you updates as we learn more. we want to turn our attention tom yourte and forecast. melissa is standing by with a check on the roads. we beg with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. what about this weather today? more rain. >> not today. more raincoming, yes. it's going to rain on your friday. it going to rain on your thursday.

a little bit of good news there. temperaturesreeasonably chilly. 50 now at dulles airport. 50 inas ms. 55 in quantico. a littleki chillier, cleared out more in the northern and western corns of the news 4 nation. so that's where it'sde the c this morning. 41 in mainsburg, west virginia. your planner for today, chilly this morning. not all that cold. there's plenty of cold coming though. and a mix of clouds and sunshine today with temperatures really no jumping up a whole lot. areas that are already in the mid-50s now will be in thepper 50s later on in the day today. so not a big warmup. nowhere near as mild as it has been. today's afternoon temperature, around 57 degrees. that north wind is what'sni dr the cooler air in. that will set the stage for a very chilly and unfortunately rainy friday afternoon and friday evening. another half an inch to inch p rasible. more about the weekend coming up in a few. melissa, good morning. >> chuck, taking a look here at laurel southboundpa bway

near powder mill, starting to see that delay. the ramp blocked because of this striping operation. beltway at forestville road, live look here. inner loop, oer loopooking quite good. you can see the rest of the beltway looks good as well. no major problems. upper marlboro, inbound 4, police activity in the left lane. little bit of aslowdown. inbound suitland parkwayng afte stersoutheast, right lane gets by that work zone. arlington, southbound gwhe parky at key bridge, left lane getting by that work zone. nk you.ssa, t we're also following a developing story out of d.c. this morning. a local priest has been arrested, charged with sexual abuse of a young girl. >> he was arrested yesterday earn a worked at the shrine of the sacred heart parish in columbia heights. news 4's justin finch is at the diurch now with this developing story. urbing, justin. >> reporter: eun, aaron, absolutely disturbing.

d.c. poline annou right now he's facing at least a charge of second-degree child sexual abuse in this case. the archdiose says it's already received more allegations in the wake of this report. here now is a look at that priest who is accused. he's urbano vazquez. back in may of 2015, the accuser says vazquez reached down her shirt and touched her bare ine of here at the s the sacred heart. she says she was 13 at the time. he is said to haverseen 42 y old. police say that happened at least twice here. in its o review, the archdiocese reports more fallout in this case. another priest has been remove for not following protocols in arporting abuse to the chdiese. the archdiocese also releasing a statement, readingn part, this was the first report to the archdiocese of this allegation of sexual abuse, and immediately upon learning of this serious allegation, the archdiocese

immediately removed father vazquez from the ministry and suspended hisriestly faculties. since the initial claim to police, addional allegations against father vazquez were reported. now, back live,ou might recall that just last month, the d.c. attorney general did announce that he would investigate thech ocese of washington and its handling of sexual abuse allegations. we can tell you right now there's an active tip line. no word if that played a role in this case. but we have a link to that number a o more on nbc washington app. live in columbia heights, justin finch, news. back to you. >> justin, thank you. it's 5:09. the marching band at bowie state university will not perform at the ciaa football championship game this weekend. the university suspended the symphony of soul band after hazing allegations surfaced a few days ago. in a statement yesterday, the university said it had sufficient evidence that there has been se hazing activity. we reached out to the prince

george's county police to find out whether the department is investigating the allegations. a spokesperson told us no one has reported what happened to the university says it will continue its investigation to determine whatpe will h to those who ti details in another local report of hazing. a police report says on halloween, damascus high school jv football players sexually assaulted teammates as part of a ritual involving a broom stick. "the washington post" obtained a copy of the report, wch has not been made public. it says a 14-year-old boy could be heard screaming, and another boy cried out for the attackers to stop. five playershaace rapees for the attack against four other students inside the locke montgomery county school officials say they were not aware of this so-called ritual. protect mueller. that is the message dozens of

protesters sent the president last night at a rally outside the white house. many are worried the russia investigation is in jeopardy now that attorney general jeffns sessas resigned. demonstrations like this one will continue today in cities across the country. proteste are calling forhe acting attorney general, matthew whitaker, to recuse himself from overseeing the russia investigation. so who is matthew whitaker? wassessions' chief of staff until yesterday and previously served as a u.s. attorney in iowa. whitaker will now oversee the russia investigation. he can dictate the parameters of that investigation, the timeline for its conclusion, and even bob mueller's job security. whitaker has repeatedly criticized the special counsel for havingoo much power and has said the investigation has gone on for too long. whitaker was there last night as jeff ss left the justice department. you seehe two of them there. members of the staff gave sessions a round of applause as he left the building for the last time. sessions' departure was not ex

cted. he and president trump have had a rocky relationship since the former senatorlf recused him from overseeing the russia investigation. in his resignation letter, sessions made it clear that president trump asked him to resign. the letter did n have a date on it either. some speculate sessions gave it to the president months ago, and the president held on to it un rl he wasdy to fire him. ng still ahead this mor a story for any of you who enjoy a drive through the country but t hate smell of cow manure. > plus, let the holiday shopping season begin. we're breaking down the best apps to download to your phone to find the best deals. how aatut our r, chuck? >> as you're getting the kids dressed for school today, they'll need a fall jacket this morning and the sunglasses. no neell for the umb on your thursday. that won't be the case tomorrow. that won't be the case tomorrow. five-dayorast coming up.

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. we're stayingn top of the breaking news of the mass shooting in southn california. >> this happened in ventura county. the spokesperson there says the shooter is dow n here's an ns special report. g, morn everybody. we're coming on early this morning. we have breaking news. a mass shooting it. it happened at a crowded bar in thousand oaks, california. that's about 40 miles west los angeles. you can see the scene there. >> the sher sf's departments a gunman opened fire inside a bar called the borderline bar and grill. it was during a event. it was actually college night. so kids from nearby colleges were there. hundreds of people were inside at the time. >> we'reust getting information at this hour, but officials have told us that at least 11 people were shot. we know therere multiple fatalities. the gunman has been neutralized,

so we don't know exactly what that means, bhe gunman is no longer a threat at this hour. there are also reports that the shooter used smoke bombs during ede attack. we just lea the gunman is, in fact, dead. the gunman has been sho we don't know exactly how that transpired. let's get to beverly white. she covers news for knbc, our sister station in los angeles. beverly, good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we, it's not a good morning here in thousand oaks, to be honest. there are people wrapped in ir blankets, the faces drenched in tears. they're standing by here with us near the 101 freeway in thousand oaks. it's the bordndline bar grill. a country western bar that was, in fact, enjoying its wednesday ritual, the college night. very popular gathering for hundreds of students here from cal state, cal lutheran, among students with whom we spoke describe a terrifying scene. smoke bombs and gunfire and pele fleeing, leaving behind

their pocketbooks, their purses, their shoes, their phones, and reaching out now f friends and family if they were able to escape and get hes, to what' become a spontaneous gathering. many question as s as to who th person was. the gunman, as you mentioned, has been confirmed dead. a deputy was injured in the gunfire. in fact, he respond to shots firedas andmong the first to take bullets, is our understanding. in the hospital right now, along with others. some 11 people have been injured, but theirtatus is unconfirmed. the deputy is the only one we know for certain to be in surgery at this time. it a a veryive scene, lots of sad faces. not at all they thought the way ld end here inw thousand oaks. back to you. >> beverly, do you know anything about the layout of this bar? is this one of those small kind of bars? it's a big country western bar, the kind where you go line dancing or something?

>> reporter: exactly that. big, spacious line dancing styleountry western bar. i'm actually working with a frequent er who is a flyer here. he tells me it's a popular spot. he certainly knew the way, but the circumstances are anything but joyful. popular location. again, the borderline bar and grill, right off the 101 freeway. you can see it as y're driving north. up until tonight,anyway, considered one of the safest communities in thelyation. >> bev white from our sister station knbc. beverly, thank you. we will be back to you later this morning. >>nbc's joe fryer was scrambling to get to the scene. he's at police command cente he joins us by phone.ve joe, we'een hearing a little bit from beverly and also seeing some witnesses who were describing the scene. hat do you know about what happened? >> hey there. good morning, guys. i'm actually located not too far from beverly right now. i just pulled up on to the scene. it's obviously a difficult scene

for anyone to get to. we're literally below interstate 101, which is of course well known here in the l.a. area. the exits are closed off. there are just hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of people here. it's a mix of police, law enforcement, you see fire trucks, ambulances, and a number ofeople who say they were inside the bar when this happened, who are still here telling their stories, sharing their stories of what happened when they were inside the aar juster 11:00 tonight. i just overheard one young man talking about what he officially thout were reworks at first. that's what they thought they herd. something we hear so often in these mass shooting sittions. then h realized what was actually going on. we're still waiting to g new information from police. as you have reported, the gunman is dead. we know 11 people are injured. we don't yet know the extent of all of those injuries from the 11 people who were injured. we know o of them was a deputy. reat this point, we' still waiting for more information from police and really from

witnesses as t exactly how this unfolded inside, what was theti moti, and sort of really what happened with the gunman and what was the motivation behind it. hoda and savannah? >> joe fryer, thane. >> on hone right now we have someone -- >> you've been listening to an nbc news special report about the mass shooting in thousand oaks, california,hich is about 40 miles outside of los angeles. we understand there are multipl fatalities after a gunman opened fire inside a crowdede bar. ventura county sheriff's spokesperson confirmed the ee gunman has killed. >> we will stay on top of this today.ere on news 4 the "today" show will have the late>> at 7:00 a.m. right now, chuck bell has our attention because we all want to know how nice it's going to be today. >> a fine day to be outside today. >> okay. i'll take it. >> raitomorrow, so of course st's friday. but the good n is we can get the rain out of here before it affects anyf your weekend

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chris lawrence is tracking the very lates from the live desk. >> we have learned that the gunman is dead inside that bar. the were hundreds of people inside when the shooter walked into the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks, about 40 miles outside of los angeles. several witnesses report they saw him with a handgun, shoot several people there at the front, including then door and a clerk who was there near the front. e've heard repts from witnesses, taking chairs to smash through windows. police found other people hidine in the crawl sy the attic, hiding in the restrooms. bar.is a popular it was hosting a college night for students. a lot of the people there were old.9 years at least 11 people have been shot, including a sheriff's deputy, who is now in surgery. there are multiple fatalities, although we don't know the specifics about those victims at this point. multip witnesses have told nbc news overnight that people used

barostools, as we said,et out of there. there were a couple of people inside. let's listen to what one of the witnesses is telling us. >> we just tried to get out, get behind a car, get behind something. >> we just tried to take cover. >> all we did was kind of sit and white and play duck and just sat there waiting, untilhe eriffs came out. >> we were hoping we could get out and look for all of our friends. >> those girls are traumatized. one witness said by the grace of god, i god to the front door. we'll keep you updated on those wounded and any new information get about the shooter as soon as we get it. aaron, back to you. >> chris lawrence f us, thank you. we'll keep checking in with you throughout the morning. right now wo want to get a check on your forecast and commute. chuck bell is here to start things off with our forecast. chuck, what do you say? >> i say you're going to like otyour thursday aore than you're going to like your friday. skies areosy cloudy along and to the east of i-95.

a lot t of cloudsough prince george's county and into southern maryland. skies are clearer andlt as a reemperatures are lower in northern maryland, the panhandle of west virginia, and into the shenandoah valley. 37 in winchester, virginia. 50 at dulles airport. 55 at marine base quantico. there's your plann for today. sun's up just before 7:00. not a b jump in temperatures today. that persist keep us below 60 degrees today. an even cooler day coming up for tomorrow. tomorrow's forecast, an 80% to 100% chance for rain. turning blustery and cold for the weekend. how cold? ll, if you're a mountaineers fan and going to morgard town sa for a noontime kickoff, temperatures in the mid-30s with a gusty wind and maybe some snow showers around. i'll let you know i there's any chance for snow around here coming up. for now, let's hear from melissa. >> hi, chuck. taking a look here at this problem inur .

southbound 95 after 198, a crash reported. d there southbound bw parkway atowder mill. right lane is still blocked. upper marlboro inbound, police activity there in the left lane. inner loop and outer loop lookingkay. no big complaints on the beltway. we have this problem in the diaprict. southol near southern avenue, lanes shut down. this is clision reconstruction from something that happened a couple weeks ago. we still have that closure at this point. guys? >> melissa, thank you. it's 5:33. a developing story in the district. a priest has been arrested for legedly groping a teen. father urbano vazquez is facin a sexual abuse charge from his time working at the shrine of the sacred heart parish in columbia heights. j >> news 4'tin finch is at the church with the latest. >> reporter: well, eun and aaron, we will likely hear about more allegations coming down soon. the archdiocese saying they've

heard from more accusers in the wake of this report. for right now, father uano vazquez is facing a charge of second-degree child sexual abuse. d.c. police telling us back in may of 2015, the accuser in this case says vauez put his hand down her shirt and touched her bare breast. here at the shrineref the s heart. at the time, she was 13. urbano, we have learned, was 42 years sld. police that happened at least twice bween this accuser and vazquez. the archdiocese says they have another removal in the wake of this as another priestas been removed because the archdiocese says he did not follow the proper procedure for reporting abuse to them. we also now have a statement from the archdiocese. i will read for you here in part. it says, this was the first report to the archdiocese of this aegation of sexualabuse, and immediately upon learning of his serious allegation, the archdiocese immediately removed

father vazquez from ministry a suspended his priestly faculties. since the initial claim police, additional allegations against father vazquez were reported. so troubling news for the church here indeed. can tell you this comes as the d.c. attorney general isin investig the archdiocese and its handling of child sexual abuse allegations. ere's a tip lin active right now. we have more information on that and other details on our nbc washington app. live in columbia heights, justin finch, news 4 back to you. >> justin, thank you. also devoping this morning, protests are expected around the country today in the wake of jeff sessions' resignation. at the request of the president, sessions stepped down as attorney general yesterday. that essentially hands oversight of the russi investigation to whomever the president chooses. protesters gathered outside of

the white house last night with signs demanding protection for special counsel robert mueller. they're also calling for ng now-acttorney general matthew whitaker to recuse himself for overseeing the russia investigation. sessions' departureasn't unexpected. he and the president have had a rocky relationship since sessions recused himself from overseeing the russia investigation. sessions' replacement is his ned,f of staff, as we ment matthew whitaker, instead of the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he can now dictate the parameters of the russia investigation, the time looirn f lu- timeline for the coon, and even bob mueller's job security. whitaker has repeatedly criticized the special counsel and the length of this investigation. meanwhile, the white house has barred cnn reporter jim acosta from the building after an intense back and forth w h president trump during a news conferenhi. acosta shos video of a secret service agent revoking his press pass last night. so here's that moment that led to that revocation.

acosta was trying to ask a question when the president cut him off. the young tady you seere is an intern who came over to take the mike. he resisted her. the white house says acosta, is quote, laid hands on her, and that's why they revoked his pass. the vid does not show acosta putting his hands on the woman. he says he was just trying to ask a question. >> so it was a pretty surreal c that i wouldn't be able to go and cover the president of the united states simply because i was trying to ask a question. >> cnn is standing by its reporter. the white house correspondents' association condemned the president's behavior and the actions of the white house. oo> now to the latest in the fallout from aall player's death at the university of maryland. linda gooden, who had been on the board of sregentce 2009, was elected chair. she will take over for james brady, who stepped down last week. we've also learned that the two athletic trainers who were on paid leave after jordan mcnair's death have now been fired. last week the school cuties with football coach d.j. durkin,

a day after reinstating him. of the university board of regents then resigned, and the school's president announced his plans to retire. 5:38 now. as you wake up, we're tcking breaking news out of california. >> at least 11 people shot inside a country music bar near los angeles. we will continue to bring the ve lest information as it comes in.

thanksgiving is exactly two weeks away. you ready? >> i am. >> all right. for those of you planningto a tp grandma's house, get ready for plenty of company. >> more than 54 millioner ans are expected to travel over the thanksgiving holiday period. that's the most we've seen since 2005. melissa mollet is in the newsroom with details on what's being called the terrible traffic tuesday turkey trot. >> a tongue twister, for sure. a day that's called the terrible traffic tuesday turkey trot is

the tuesday before thanksgiving when most folks are heading out of town.he as for roads around here, the busiest travel time that tuesday wil0be between 5 and 7:00 p.m., right at the evening commute. aa s says thewest spot will it he inner loop, whe could take you more than twice as long to get where you're going. if you want to save time and stress, the best day to travel is on thanksgiving day or the friday or saturday after thanksgiving. the worst will be sunday, when everyone is trying to get home and then back to work. member toack that patience. it is going to take you a while to get where you're going n matter where you're going. back to youuys. >> all right, melissa. thank you. it's 5:42 now. oen we come back, another updaten that breaking news om california. a mass shooting inside a bar in thousand loaks, outside angeles. we expect to hear from police at any moment. stay with us. i had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.er

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chris lawrence back hereth live desk following breaking news in california. there's been a mass shooting in a bar. you're looking ainlive pictures

entura county, where the sheriff is expected to hold a press conference here in the next few minutes. we've learned it happened inside erthe bone bar and grill in thousand oaks. it's about 40 minut outside of l.a. a shooter walked into the bar about 11:30 last night, started shooting people near the front. hundreds of people were inside. 11 people -- at least 11 people have been shot. we know there are multiple. fataliti one of those wounded is a sheriff's deputy, who's now in surgery. you're taking a look at some of the video we got earlier when police were responding to the scene. you can see a massive response. the shooter is dead at this point. as w p wait for thiss conference to get started, i wonder if we can take a listen to one w of thenesses who was there at the scene to sort of put in pspective what we've heard. >> heard shots, looked , knew exactly what was going on. i pulled as many people down

underneath the poolab as we could until i heard a break in the shots. at that point, i knew he was reloading or was out of ammo. we threw -- a couple of us threw bar stools through the window because that was the closest way we could get out. >> there were a lot of teenagers inside that bar, 18, 19 years old, some of them just a year out of high school. one young man talked about how he got his hands bloody a chair to smash through a window so he and others could another young woman said, by the grace of god, i was able to get to the front loor. as yk at the live pictures, we'll continue to follow this story and get you updates as soon as ttart that press conference. for now, at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. back to you. >> all right, chris. thank you. we could see more scenes like this one today as demonstrators mobilize to protest jeff sessions' rallies are planned around the country. people are worried that

could mean -- what this could mean for the russian investigation. that resignation is the end of a slow-motion fall for the former senator. >> he and the president have been at odds since heelecused hi from the russia investigation. news 4'sts tracie p is on capitol hill now with more on that resignataon and who's ng over the justice department. tracie? >> yeah, it was a forced resignation. in fact, the first line of that letter says, atre your est, i'm submitting thisresignation. so sessions is o. replacing him is his own chief of staff, matt whitaker, who had ioen publicly critical of the russia investig saying that had gone too far, that if they looked into the president's finances, that would be a red line that should not be crossed. he's also suggested that to shut this down, instead of firing mueller, they could just drain his budget, and without any money, the investigation would come to a screeching halt. all of this said before became the man in charge of that investigation, skipping over rod rosetein, the deputy attorney

general, who had been overseeing mueller's team. so where do we go h frome? what we know is that the president has accepted this resignation, that sessions is out, that whitaker is in. he's not crazy about the russia investigation. ats, who have just won the majority and are about to take over the house, are very concerned about mueller being fired. president trump has saide will not do that, and he won't shut vestigation, but he's put in place someone who now has the authority to do that. back to you. >> tracie potts on the hill. tracie, thank you. now to an update at the problems at the polls in prince george's county. take look at these lines. some people spent hours standing in line to vote onhauesday. morea dozen polling places ran out of paper ballots. it raised questio about voter suppression in maryland's largest democratic voting bloc. but t county's elections administrator says it waspl s human error. alexander says they didn't order enough ballots for the

unprecedented midterm voter turnout. so here's a question. would you ever turn down $300 million? >>ust test me. >> right? bryce harper did turn it down. >> multiple reports say he turn down the nats' ten-year, $30 million per year offer. it's looking likely he's going toest the free agent. his agent is hoping harper can hit a record high $400 million. keep in mind, it doesn't mean the deal is off for the natsnd harper. bu dthat $300 millioneal may note >> $300 deal, i'm leaving. >> yeah, exactly. i'm still holding out hope he'll stay. >> he's been averaging over $20 million a year for this past contract. it's not like he needs the money. >> i think he's set for life. >> he'll be good. chuck, how abouts forecast today? shine maybe? >> no matter how much money he gets, he can't change the weather. oing it rain on his friday

too, everybody. >> that's the truth. >> that's what he gets for turning down 300 million. it's a dry starto your thursday morning. skies are partly mostly cloudy. 54 here in town. north winds today will continue drain cool air down into the region. dog walking forecast, this guy here, patrick, with one of the biggest smiles i've seen in a long time on adog. he's available for adoption at the humane rescue alliance. dog walking temperatures in the upper 40s to aund 50 this morning. mid-50s at noontime. mid to upper 50s latth on i afternoon, early this evening. it'll be dry today. get those extra miles in today because tomorrow it'll bey rainish to the day. here's the satellite and radarc osite. this area of storminess well t outh is bringing us the clouds this morning. it will not bring us any rain today. dry f your thursday. again, even with the sunshine, not much of a warmup. temperatures in the 50s today. here's tomorrow's weather. full cloud cover early tomorrow morning. we might get away with a dry friday morning commute. by the time we get into the

morrow, n hours pockets of light to moderate rain moving in. then during the evening commute tomorrow, from 4:00 to about 8:00, moderate to briefly hea rain is possible around here. so an ugly finish to your friday. the rain should be tapering off sometime very late friday night or very early saturday morning. yes, indeed, those arew s showers out in the mountains of west virginia and western maryland. won't ave to worry about tha around here. your saturday, though dry, will be breezy and e'chilly. th your ten-day forecast. 57 today and dry. rain andft 52 tomorrownoon and evening. dry for the weekend. more rain tuesday. then morehe chilly weather middle of next week. melissa, tell me something good on a thursday. >> i wish i could. we have lots of stuff happening here rightke now. a look. outer loop at bw parkway here this morning,n a crashe right side. you can see chopper 4 over that scene here right now withs thi on the right blocked. green belt, outer loop at bw parkway ishere this is. take a look at those continuing

delays here. taking a look at the rest of the beltway, no major problems on the rest of the beltway. ever hing looking pretty goo here at this point this morning. south capitol street near southern avenue, lan blocked because of collision reconstruction. at's from yesterday -- or a couple weeks ago, i should say. 270 is looking good. so is the top of thetw b. 95 to 270 going 55 miles per hour. as for virginia right now, 66 inbound, 95 northbound, no major problems. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car today. >> thanks, melissa. the ventura country sheriff's department is going to hold aewconference. >> obviously we're staying on top of the breaking news there. the shooting inside a tcnib, a bar in ventura county, california. we know 11 people have beenju d. there are reports of fatalities as well. sheriff's king at the office spokesperson explaining who will be speaking. we expect to learn possibly an

exact number in terms of fatalities and more details about the shooter and what all unfolded here inside this habar. >>s right. i think the sheriff's office is now going through the names and the spellings. let's listen in. >> good morning. you're a experienced reporters. you uerstand this i a dynamic, ongoing investigation and a tragic, tragic situation. so i'll go through the details. i'll share with you everything i have. we'll answer all the questions you may have. our partners from the fbi and highway patrol will also handle any additional questions you might have. tonight at 11:20 p.m., sheriff's 911 received multiple calls of shots being fired at the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks. our first sheriffs unit arrived on scene. three minutes later, there was also two highway patrol officers onho scene had been on a local traffic stop and heard the

trafficnd responded right away. approximately three minutesla r, a highway patrol officer and a sheriff's sergeant made entry into the borderline because they heard shots being fired and felt there might be additional victims inside. upon going through the front door thesheriff's sergeant was struck multiple times with gunfire. a highway patrol officer stepped back and secured the perimeter until additional units arrived, and he rescued the sheriff's sergeant out of the line of gunfire. when additional units arrived, includi including s.w.a.t. personnel, the simi valley police department, the ventura county

police department, and the highway patrol, they made entry into the boarderlirderline bar grill. they found 11 victims that had been killed. the suspect, who we believe was the only suspect, was deadde in and there were multiple other victims of different levels of jury inside that were rescued from the scene and taken to local hospitals. in addition to the victims insi inside, and the numbers are upwards of 10 to 12, additional victims with minor injuries fled the scene on their own and took themselves to local hospitals. we have not identified the suspect yet. our partners from the fbi were on scene almost immediately to help us with identification and with crime scene processing. >> you'reis lning to the

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breaking news, 11 people are dead and more people are hurt after a shooting inside a bar in southern california. this was the scene outside the borderline bar and grillou in nd oaks.

that's about 40 miles northwest of los angeles. the gunman is also dead. good morning, areverybody. i'on gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we want to get back to that news conference now under way with the sheriff's department and other law enforcement. >> all right. looks like we're having trouble with that signal. we can tell you, though, the sheriff wasa speakinort while ago, explaining how officers entered that bar and tried to contain the scene when a sergeant was shot going in. >> let's listen in now. >> we have to wait for the medical examiner to get here. we have to do family notifications. candidly, it'll be hours and hours. >> do you know if t visited this bar before? has anybody said? >> we don't know anything about the hsuspect. en't talked to anybody that had any contact with him prior. i have no idea who he is. we don't know anything about him yet. >> [ inaudible question ].