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lead a path of destruction in a race across california. >> well, first at 5:00 ton well, we're all waiting to hear doug's winter weather forecast, but we're also tracking rain and how that's all going to affect you tonight. >> if you think that is bad, take a look at the rai and rolling into our area right only going to get worse and doug joins us now from the storm ce er. >> yeah, guys, another storm that's making its way through the area and pushing the rainfall totals for the year, fifth all time as far as the wettest year goes. got the rain moving across the area a moving in towards the district and parts of the beltway and west. ev snow back to the mountains and heavier rain down to the south. this the will connue to move overnight and i'll let you know what this means for your tuesday. wintry mix this week. we're talking on thursday as another maj storm system moves our way, and they are my winter forecast, what to expect. we're talking temperatures
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coming up at 5:45. so far, yeah, talking that, t. that in a bit. >> don't want to miss it. got our attention, doug, you. k now to the devastation on the west coast where more than a dozen wildfires are raging right up up and i downcalifornia. >> the video and the picture is awful. one fewer in the northern part of the state decimated the entire community of paradise. >> and the numbers are staggering, folks. 31 people killed and more than 100 stillaid to be missing. >> some of those killed in their cars trying to esce. e fires have destroyed 7,000 structures, tens of thousandsf homes under threat. >> about 150,000 californians have now been forced to evacuate, marianne favro reports on the risk some are now taking to help their neighbors and strangers. >> by the time i got home, our street was on fire. >> reporter: with walls of flames descending on hisra se home 25-year-old jacob jones says he knew he didn't have much time.
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he raced to his strandedor neig and told her to get into his honda civic. she piled into her car along with their two young children, four pips and jake's dog kie. >> flames were on both side and this is what he saw in r hisr view mirror. he didn't get far before seeing another friend stranded on the side of the car. of his d a cat inside shirt and i'm like is that a cat and he's like yeah. reporter: minutes later he picked up a complete stranger hitch-hiking. jake had five people crammed into his car. thiss a p of him driving with his-o4-yearld neighbor jackson on his lap. >> there were flames on both side of the road. >> reporter: the fire destroyed his house and his neighb's me is gone, too. jacob is staying with his aunt in milipitas and is gas heri d home in time to help. >> amazing how we were able to get together in one c an get out of work. that's the way paradise works.
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>> that wase mariavro reporting from ouray b is just containe at this point after scorching more than 100,000 acres. wendy? >> it was supposed to be the first step by the church leaders to address g tngroheuawibu today at the u.s. conference of catholic bishops, leaders cided to delay a vote on new measures that would hold leaders accountable. at delay was at the request of the vet can. news 4's corey smith talke abuse survivors who are accusing the church leaders of dragging their feet. >> reporter: paula came in protest. >>nt i'll never step a catholic church. >> reporter: carolame in prayer.
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>> we want to know what's going on with e bishops. >> reporter: what both women want from the u.s. conference oh ic bishops is change, changes in how they handlef charges sexual abuse in the diocese. >> the vatican causeded this problem and the vatican will have to be the oaks to the steps to solve it. >> reporter: the conference was expected to vote on seral items including a new code of conduct for bishops a o the creatia special commission to review complaints and protocols forbi handlinops who were resigned or were removed because of abuse but this morning the vatican stepped in and delayed the vote. >> we were all set to move to reach an action stage here this week. >> reporter: cardinal daniel dinardo called this a bump in the road. >> people in the church have a right to bendskeptical, a they also have a right to be hopeful. >> we just have to keep working through it, and i think people need a voice in the church and . are a chur >> reporter: the vatican called
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for this delay until after it convenes a global meeting of clergy on sexual abuse. that meeting will not be held until february. in baltimore,ey csmith, news 4. >> and the bishop did take time this morning to meet with abuse victims. that conference continues until wednesday. her husband saysoe he't remember. tonight we're learning new details about the murder of a young marine in northern virginia. a night of celebration came to a tragic end and a violent one. natasha rivera discovered dead in angt arl hotel room. her husband is now charged in this case. let's get right to news 4's pat collins in stafford county with the latest. pat? >> reporter: jim, two ma reasons, a casf domestic violence turns into a case of murder. but there's more than one victim here. inside this house near quantico, there's a great sense of sorrow.
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inside this hou had a little baby boy less than 2 months old tailed in the c he of grandmother. you see, the baby's mother is dead. the baby's father crdrged in her . both parents marines. it's front page news here in stafford county. >> it breaks my heart. that shouldn't have she's young. the baby is young. what is he going to do now? what is go happen to that baby now? >> no child should have to navigate life without a parents. >> reporter: this is the home of the 24-year-old man hand his 24-year-old wife natasha. two marines stationed at quantico. earlier this month, they went to the marine corps ball at the gateway marriott in crystal city. 911 next morning a chilling call from rodolfo.
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according to do court documents obtained by "the freelance star can the "rodolfo told the dispatcher his wife was unconscious. he believed he's t oneho killed her. he said he drank too much the night befor he said he had an anger problem. the m.e. says natasha was beaten and strangled and dea t on hotel. that now a gofundme page has been set up to help with her funeral and the care boy.at little baby >> i still don't see how you could do that to someone that you love. >> i've got some friends with ptsd. yeah, they got anger issues, but it's no excuse for killing somebody. >> rodolfo held without bond pending further court action in this case of murder. wendy, back to you. od thank you, pat. we do pause to honor
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and celebrate our veterans and there's been celebration across the region, one of them in the district. ♪ a wreath was laid at the memorial along avenue this afternoon. later this hour we'll show you one local veteran's reaction when he sees how volunteers remodeled his home. there are new allegationses this evening of hazing involving football players in montgomery county. th latest allegations involve players at seneca valley high in germantown. police tell us they looked into accusations of unwanted sexual september, but n they say the victim in that incident did not decide to pursue the case, so they didn't file any charges. when officials tell us police didn't file charges they disciplined students and reprimanded staff for what they called a lack of supervision. this comes as five players on
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he football team and damascus high are facing charges. players are charged with abusing their own teammates during a hazing ritual last month. to getre working for you answers about the metro mess on friday night that resulted in peopleaught up in traffic around reagan national airport at the worst time, when everyone is trying to get out tfn. transportation reporter adam tuss working his sources to get you an explanatio for that. what were they thinking? >> it was a perfect storm, wendy. that's what you can call it. take a look at traffic tonight. much better than on that friday nighit building ae bit but so far so good. >> at the airport today, busy but moving. a far cry from what developed into the night on friday. >> we've been here for over. a
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ho >> how could the situation get so bad then, and how cou the metro and the airport's authority seemingly have no dlution? >> friday is a we would like to forg, a nightmare for both us a our customers which are our number one concern. >> reporter:here were actually a record number of flyers at the airport, mixed together with rain and metro closures for station repair and, well, it wa-- >> a perfect storm of factors that led to the gridlock that we hope to never see repeated again. >> reporter: scenes like this broke outck qui. elizabet mcdow ditching four wheels. >> i tried to get an ubernd it was like-70 and i had to catch a flight and started hfing it and hoping to catch >> airport leaders say they did know it was coming for a while. >> up thing so much people ask
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what was thein cooion like between metro and the airport. communication with metro has been very good and there's been a very goodf exchange o information with that agency. >> if you're headed here today you should have better luc are. as for metro, we did reach out tohem for comment today. no response, but on friday, jim, they did apologize for all that . back for you. >> so glad friday is behind us, but memory lives on. adam tuss, tnks, adam. just getting starting on "news 4 at 5:00," no signs of forced entry andwn no k enemies, but somehow a father and son wound up dead in thei house. what we're learning about the victims in this wnsmall- mystery. >> he was the creator of "spiderman" and "black panther." a look at the legacy of comic
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virginia. tonight investigators want to know who killed that one of those children. the friday in their bealton home. more on thems vic and what police are learning about the murders. >> reporter: t insides home, fauquier countyer shf's deputies made a terrible discovery, a father and son dead from gunshot wounds. 22-year-old agurican and fateauyr-enol.d relatives traveling abroad asked thesheriff's office to check on the tuesday. america was last heard from on wednesday owning. >> disturbin andlarming. neighbors are concerned rightfully so. this type of thing doesn't normally happen here. >> reporter: there was no sign of forcedentry at the home. no one answered a knock at the door here today. you can see there are two vehicles in the driveway but two others were towed a i with a i by the sheriff's office over the weekend. they are now having those for possible evidence. this neighbor asked only her
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voice be used as she on alert as investigators start to follow leads. >> that's scary. definitely y, because, i mean, you wonder were they targeted or was there somet ang like robbery, or to we have anything in this neighborhood to worry out? >> reporter: family friends like bill worried and in mourng. he's bee in touch with mr. nguyen's wife and daughter who returned from a trip to etnam when they got the tragic news. bill worked with nguyen for years making cabinets and says nguyen becam a proud u.s. citizen after fleeing vietnam. he was a hard working man, you know. he just wanted to provide for his family and children and have a good future in thenited states. >> reporter: bill trying to figure out why anyone would kill his friend. >> for this to happen to him, it's just baffling to me. the sheriff's office encouraging anyone who knew the victims to give him a call.
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julie carey, news 4. >> now a spokesman for the sheriff's office tells us so far they have notntified a suspect or suspects. well, tomorrow will be one week since the mid-term elections, and we still have several races, key race, still undecided. talking about the governor's race in both georgia and florida well as senate contests in florida, arizona and mississippi. both floridaaces ended in razor thin margins prompting recounts. democrats are pushingk b against unsubstantiated claim of voter fraud by the president and others. attorneys for current republican governor and senate hopeful rick scott have filed request for injunction to secure all the recounted ballots. >> this is abo protecting the vote when it's not part of the recount. >> they have thehi ms behind lock and key and security officers. >> meanwhile, in mississippi the senate race is headed for a runoff.
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election officials in astzona ill counting mail-in ballots there. >> all right, folks, doug has been counting up. tip predictions, snowfall amounts, too. just how cold are we going to get? that's the 5:00 question and that's 5:45, a little early, buddy, b i that's what is. kind of interesting how cool we are an how cold we'll be on thursday. we're talking winter-like weather. >> already. >> amelia and i are working on the forecast, and we could be seeing delays and cancellations thursday >> nothing out there right now. plain rain across the area. boy, it's comg down everywhere. you see that rain coming on through the area. some of that rain on the moderate to heavy side and even some frozen preparation going on as well. that's what you see here in the yellow. at's not heavier rain. that's actually freezing precipitation in the upper levels of the atmosphere. what's happening, here's the rain making its way in across the area. lots of cloud cover across our region today and now we're got the rain, aot more of it, too.
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take a look back to the west. snow back her towards st. louis and around the chicago area and severe weather south. this is aypical type of november storm that we see so many times across the east and his storm is moving in overnight tonight. yoururrent temperature is 50 degrees. winds are calm. i don't expect the temperatus to go anyplace. may fall a few more deis grease. that's just som nasty stuff across our region. we'll see more rain overnigh here's 10:00. more rain overnight hand right on through 10:00, 1:00, 2:00, that's the heaviest and then we're d by tomorrow morning we're on the dry side and watch this. we go through tomorrow and more clouds tomorrow, plenty of cloud cover but for the most part more rain. future weather coming through at 6:00 a.m. you' got some rain, snow, sleet possibly, even some freezing rain. okt a frederick, baltimore, d.c. in the rain. yeah, could be talking big issues coming up on thursday and amelia and i have been talking
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out this all afternoon. this is an interesting little forecast we've got for thursday. >> and i love how it's lining up with your winter forecast, right in time, dog, must have planned it. metro area. prince george's and anne arundel and southern parts of theco try. the district, arlington, and down throughouthernaryland. the d.c. metro zone and southern zone. showers move in during the morning and temperature at the surface looking warm enough where we're dealing with mainly upper montgomery county back through our western zones, even back throughar western maryland and the panhandle of west virgini could be seeing that mix. loudon and prince william and fauquier and dow through rappahannock and culpepper county. wintry mix moving in during the morning hours hand in the western zones, back through west virginia, we could see some delays, maybe even a few cancellations out there if the track.t stays on 100% it's raining on your
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thursday. really depends on when the rai moves in. moves in really early, temperatures coolere' and be seeing that wintry mix north and west that means the potential for snow and snow and freezing rain is going to be in the mix as well. again, right now, it would mainly be for our western and west virginia zones. >> it's amazing. some areas, only going f a high of 39 degrees on thursday. a high of that's cold and blustery and 39 in the city. that puts some of you close to the freezing mark to the north and west there. could be some issues, especially thursday f maybe even intday morning. d.c. back at 50 and then cool air again. chilly temperatures. the average high is still 60. we're nowhere near that at all over the next ten days. now, speaking of that, a little wintry forecast, yeah. see you at 5:45 with what to expect temperature-wise december, january and february. >> bundle up.
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>> for many drivers the morning commute doesn't start with that drive to work, we have the trips you make before it just ahead. adam tuss onow to handle the stressf the commute before the commute. >> also ahead at 5:00,
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asel werate our veterans, we're putting spotlight on miriam'sitchen an its efforts to combat veteran homelessness. >> news had's chrisawrence introduces us to one veteran who he is helping with one struggle he kno too well. >> reporter: this kitchen is cooking up a hot breakfast for the homeless. there you go, my friend. >> reporter: and bill is giving back to the group him. helped >> it's an honor and it's a >> reporter: he thinks of a lot of these men as his brother. >> i served fro 70 to 1974. >> reporter: and army medic,ur o in vietnam, but then bill lost his way. ended up on the street for 17 ars. >> reporter: when you're homeless when you're on the street you're separated from your family to people that you love. >> reporter: a few years ago there were 1,500 homeless vets in d.c. groups like miriam's kitchen have cut that down to a few
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hundred and rents are so hig in d.c. and so is poverty. they can't put a dent in last 300. at fast as they find a home for on a veterannother goes homeless. >> reporte miriam's kitchen helped bill find a home of his own and wants to do the same for everyone here. >> let me show yousomething, chris. >> reporter: having these is all the world to me. being able to cook and have my sgivingover for tha dinner means everything in the world. >> reporter: that was chris lawrence >> stan lee created superheroes we could identify, characters like spider-man and x-men. just ahead reaction to the death of this comic book legend. plus, nurses making history. ground they n the broke 15 years ago.
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>> and a pole officer accused of pulling people over and then demanding money to make their probms gole
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welcome back. here's the latest check of storm radar. rain across most of the area right now moving into parts of frederick and carroll and that
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will happen over theext several hours. temperatures in the 40s of the right now we're around 50 degrees. tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. showers start to down and by 8:00 a.m. it's looking cloudy and dry with a temperature around 46. tomorrow, maybe a scattered shower or twot and m of the day should be dry. heads up for a wintry mix. doug will have more on that and what to expect temperature-wise coming up in 15 minutes. >> oh, boy. > hey melia, thank you. now at5:30, a police officer is off the job tonight for allegedlyoemanding money let people out of traffic tickets. >> this is just the latest scanda to hit the prince george's county police department. tonight tracey wilkins is in palmer countyg and ask if these allegations change how they feel about the police. a reporter: talking about an officerused of pulling people over and then the officer being the one to break the law.
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he's on suspension with pay, but we are looking at the possibility of another prince george's county police officer facing criminal charges. for the second time in as many months,nc pgeorge's county police chief announced criminal behavior by one of his officers. >> this is a trouble time for the men and women, the whomhelming majority of are doing good work for this community day in and day out. >> reporter: on saturday the chief announced an investigation into an unnamed officer who is accused of pulling people over and demandi they pay him cash if he don't want a ticket. >> the amount of cash we're talking about is several hundred. >> reporter: in a separate case last month an officer was indicted on rape charges after he asked a woman to perform a sex act to avoid a ticket. the officer propositioned here after seeing she was undocumented. >> my heart is very sad.
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>> reporter: this community activist works daily with community police to help take care of her communipo. while disted in the allegations, show still believet department. >> it's bad apples in every barrel, so we cannot just feel bad about all police officers because they have servedels here. >> reporter: we asked residents in the county will theseon accusa impact how they respond the next time they are pulled hover? >> it's upset, but it doesn't make me personally feel nervous. it does help me to how would i say be more aware. >> i thinks i pretty sad. you're called to serve, and you're using your position in such a negative way, and i think makes it bad for all of the eflice officers. >> reporter: the cays that if you're pulled over and feel uncomfortable, you c always ask the officer to contact the supervisor. e says to comply in these
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situations and contact the supervisor after the fact and there were two reports of this officer doing it but the chief believes there mayor be victims out there. if so, he wants to hear from you. go to nbc news washington. back to you all in theud . >> thanks. supporters of the equal rights amendment a in the midst of a bus tour around virginia. they are hoping the state will become the 38th state to rify the e.r.a. and make it part of the constitution. supporters say congress cange chhe deadline. in fact, it will already been extended once before. one woman on the bus plans tor sponhe bull in the general assembly. >> this is a group of nurses who made historich the washington hospital center's class of 1968, and they just held their 50th
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reunion. their chas had the first black student to graduate rom that program and all of the students hepd take care of people in. >> if you've ever wondered what 50 years of friendship sounds like. >> hi, sweeti >> this is it. >> so good to see you. >> meet theng nur class of 1968 in the washington hospital center. among them susie carsll doing her dream job and joanne joyner, also a nurse 50 years later. >> it's amazing. none of us believe we've gotten this o because we don't feel or act it. we have a good time together. >> we share memories, some we can't share with you, it's really nice. >> reporter: what they can share. >> sneaking out, do you remember that? >> reporter: the history they made. >> really grateful for that.
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>> reporter: joanne was the first black student to graduate from the proam and suzy was her lineup. >> reporter: theoo nursing s was stillartially segregated. >> she agreed to room with me because i was the outstanding black. >> joanne and i didn't give it a second thought. o what kin bedspreads will we get and will they match and trying to get our uniform on straight? >> african-americans know how to persist. we've had to learn how to kea moving, you know, no matter what. >> reporter: hand no matter what? >> how are you. >> reporter: after almost 50 years, their friendship is still going strong glch in northwest, amy cho, news 4. >> what an awesome story. ahead of tomorrow's release oprah winfy's has chosen chelle obama's new book "becoming" as her new book club
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pick. the former first lady kicks off her sold-out book tour night in chicago with oprah, of course. the book tour stops in washington this weekend, and before that don't miss michelle obama on "ellen." you can catch that interviewn ursday right here on nbc 4:0 fears that the bat dress and another thre lyme. in w first placehen a
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it's the winter weather forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. 5:45 rather. i'm going to tell you just what to expect ortemperature-wise december, january and february. we'll even talk about the chances of a white christmas a couple minutes away. huh. >> well, after more than 100 retired nhl players accuse the league of failing to protect them from concussions, they reached aentive settlement. it's expected to be less than the billion dollars the nfl reached with former players for heade injuries. nfl will pay for testing and reatments me medical for those retired players. th h teal still to be approved by the players.
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>> i fl like we play all right. gosh, i'm not going to lie. the true fans, they will be with us on the road and we feed off of that. coming back to our home, it seems like guys don't really care. they just blew everything and not really behind us. we don't really feelth . >> wow. he said t.redskins star josh norman making controvertsal commfter yesterday's win down in tampa. >> norman not feeling the love from the home fans at fedex field where the redskins will bx playing in days. more on what his teammates have to say about that. >> it seems as hf he maye a plac that the redskins are innge crisi fdeirs saying that they rank dead last in attendance. weorked on o draft to get your teanow it's fedex field is a place people should fear not because of us
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but because of how menacing you it, come #hailtotheredskins. the wins haven't been pretty, downright ugly, now 6-3 this season, best rec hd theye had in ten years at this point and most importantly they lead the division by two games. asked today about normabe's comments, teammates just want the fans to come out and support them. >> reporter: we're doing good, the west since identify been here, best record sin i've been here, and we just want our crowd to be bed hind us. the more people come out there crazy, y know what i mean, yelling. it's an incredibl feeling to see all the fans in a packed stadium so when we get fedex rocking like that, weedefinitely feff of that, so if anybody can make it out it will be really big for us. game and we'll try to get this rolling and keep it going. >> will fans turn out this sunday when washington host the red hot texans on a six-game
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winning streak. here's the thing, guys. not just the skins fans being trust. last night philadelphia fans booed their team. >> for sure. >> i mean, they did just win a super bowl though. >> that's a trade we' might be willing to make. >> fair enough. >> thank you. getting around the d.c. area can be taxing, especially when you've got a commute before your commute. just ahead, adam tuss on how to stay ahead of the stress and calm a stay calm on the road. >> doug is talking wtry mix folks, later this week. what about the rest of our winter? doug is talking about how cold it will
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we have a consumer alert. lime is recalling its scooter.
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reports that they can break apart while on boardch the recall was first reported by lime is not specific, how many scooters have been affected or whffh cities theected scooters are located in. this recall comes a few weeks after lime recalled another model because of concern over the batteries catching fireha >>s not good. hey. we all know what it's like to have aut stressful co but what about that commute before the commute? well, we've beeng profil one family that races around to school and day care before mom and dad even start their own drive to work. news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss has some tips on how to stay ahead of the stress. >> time to get up and time for the commute before the commute. >> oh, you made a poopie. >> no poopie. >> reporter: meet the johnssons. >>here wndit >> you ready to get up?
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i know you're up. >> reporter: four kids total in in group and dad eric is charge. >> you want to check this. >> reporter: while mom is away on business. how are we doing on time? >> ahead of schedule. usually dad is wake up about now. come on, we're going. t >> reporter: o door at 7:20, the oldest is on the bus and the other three need a drop-off. buckled and away we g to school now, two kids dropped off. >> have a good day. road trter: back on the the babysitter for little oscar. >> have a good day, bye,. bud >> after half an hour of driving around his neighborhood. >>an whee! the fun is justbeginning. reporter: eric has the pleasure of driving from vienna to his work right next to union station. >> my wife asks me why are you angry? like i'm stressed out from all the traffic. >> reporter: eric is cnotainly alone. this traffic put together by greater washington shows commuters who travel between 20
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and 100 miles. how do you keep the stress in check. behavior andellness experts say take advantage of the head rest andrt back sup and watch your reaction using the race to work mentality because your body can be negatively affected every time you honk your horn and avoid weaving and braking and eric knows some back roads but on this day the traffic is mighty. >> 9 20g, not good. we left what, at7:20? >> reporter: eric gets to do it all over again for the evening commute and do it right back around and do it tomorrow morning so his advice for everybody who is out here on the roads is this. >> just be kind, if you can. it can be hard. >> reporter: here's hoping for a more pleasant and positive co news e.4. >> and lay off that horn. i'm exhausted just watching that. m is f you've got c a stehamu,m
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collecti them on h twitter and facebook pages. just search @adamtuss. the man known as ther godfatf marvel come six dead at the age of 95, stan lee. to many he w as muc of a hero as the ones he created. nbc's dan sheneman has more on how lee transformed the world of come sniks stan lee was a small and unassuming man compared to the larger than life comic book superheroes that he helped create like the incredible hulk, spider-man and nonman. >> sound a way to make a superhero that was fantastic. >> reporter: he was bon stan martin leiber. in 1941 he published his fir week on time lee's captain america comics. believing some day he would write novels h developed the pen name of stan lee. as world war ii was raging he joined the army and after the war h returned to timely
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comics. in 1960s, stan lee made his greatest come abuses to the comic book world as he crowe created theanstic four, th ho rrks dr. strange and a group of teenage misfits called "the x-men. in 1971 he challenged the comic book code by wght an publishing a story without the code's prior approval and the next year he became the editor and publisher of marvel comics. >> don't make m angry. you wouldn't like me while i'm angry. >> by getting this on television in graphic models. >> between 20 so he host the two tv shows and in 2008 was presented with the nationall mef honor. >> don't waste time trying to be a screen star.h there's too m competition.
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get into camrose. >> reporter: stan lee nevermi ssing a chance to show up in the movie vision and in '88 he wa given a star. >> my parting words excelsior. he'l be known for his small stature and dark >>glasses. e makes plenty of cameras or he did on "the big bang tory." >> how many generations grew up with all those characters? >> o absolutely. >> so many of them. so many movies. just watching "ironman" last night and he had a great camaro in that one. >> you've got a o busy week there, and you're taking that long view tonight. >> the amazing thing is here we are talking about a winter recast, and we've got winter weather coming on thursday. it's reall going to be amazing and we'll be talking about delays and canllations on
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thursday if it's cold enough in some of our areas. outside rig w now,t i'm expecting tonight it's just rain, rain and more rain. what do you know, right? seen plenty of it and thatti ra will ce tonight. the wider picture showing how the rain is moving up from the south. a pretty potent storm system well to the west. ranked right along i-95. steady all night long. extends all the way down towards atlanta and down towards the gulf. snow on the back of this. deseer weather. temperatureegreeser an dinghr the0 a 5t0 the rain just sticking around really all nht long. now the big thing is today's storm. here you go. really much of the country is t seei rain and the snow from this storm. look at the snow. back edge in citi, pittsburgh, maybe even into philadelphia some snow from the
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next storm, but, look, this is for this storm here. as that stormoves out we see lake-effect snows and slight chance of a shower and most of your tuesday is dry. more lake-effect snow coming in on wednesday for parts of new england, especially into parts of new york and then we turn oun attento the south. another storm moving up, but this time there's enough cold air we'll see snow inurrea. maybe along the i-81 corridor rather but possibly closer to the d.c. metro area. areas like loudoun county, howardounty, montgomery county, could see snow changing er to rain eventually. this could cause bigblems for thursday morning. we'll be in weather alert mode for that chance of wintry decipitation. rees tomorrow and 30% chance of showers, mostly south. 40 degrees on high temperature on the cold side and windchills in the 0s all day. aasty day like what we saw on saturday. a really cool day. 39 degrees and 39 and rain in d.c.
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that's nasty and colder to the north and west and close to the freezing marc. colder again as we make our w into next week. the average high temperature is 60er degrees. ody is asking about that winter forecast. what are we expecting? here you go. here's my temperature outlook for the winter of a2018 2019. near normal for december. slightly belve ra ageor storms, and below normal for much of february. i really think this is going to ramp up late january into february. that's going to be the coldest and snowiestonths. going to talk much more about the forecast and what to expect. arlier i talked about christmas. yeah, expecting a big storm around christmas. what does that moab?ut talk ahat a bit more coming up at 6:00. >> now, that's timing. >> that's timing, but santaay have a problem driving the sleigh in this kind of stuff. >> you're pullifull of gifts, a. >> you coming up, heerved
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thousands of miles away in korea. >> but it's something that tppened here a home and decades later that changed his life. just ahead, why what happened to this veteran left him in a vulnerable spot and how a
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he served in the korean war and has lived in his northwest washington home for decades.
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>> this year perry almost ended up homeless when his entire life savings was stolen and then his home was >>condemned. ews 1 owes mark segraves shows us how one d.c. police officer made a huge difference in this vet's life. >> a special chair that i got for you. >> reporter: they consider each other family. >> this is a good send. >> last winter d.c. police officer sergeant juanita eckels was on duty when retired sergeant robert pressley walked into the police station. he was cold, hungry and penniless. >> he came innd he said, please, i just need some help. >> reporter: the sergeant used her own money to buy thee sergeant sood and when she took him back to his home she realized the koreanetar van was in serious problem.
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>> the mold was higher than your hips and the floors you walked through and the toilet was sinking through the fall. >> reporer: the private's h was so bad the city condemned it but that wasn't private pressley's biggest president. e sergeant found out he had been the victim of financial elder abuse. n hishew said his entire life savings was stolen. >> i know he had over 600,000 ten years b ago, zero now. >> reporter: it was sergeant ecke along a city council member who coordinated with local non-profits like the purple heart homes and corporate sponsors like home depot and comcast to rebuild and furnish private pressley's home and koreanveterans day, thi vet walked back into the home where he lived for 56 years, a home he tho he had >> i feel like this is part of heaven on earth. >> reporter: for pressley he's just happyo be home with his family and friends by his side.
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in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> doug is tracking rain for tonight's commute and looking ahea tohich is highly anticipated winter weather wrecast. >> twods. the warm blob, believe it or not. that has a big impact on just w how much sno may see this winter. plus, had a night of celebration ends in murder. the tragedy that unfolded after a marine corps ball and why the man facing charges says he can't remember and crisis in paradise. the death toll climbs as wildfires burn out of control in california. we start with our weath and check out that radar behind us as we track rain for the start of theworkweek. >> going to be like thisver the next several hours and we could even get a wintry mix so far this week. ou make sure you're prepared to
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make suree heady before you head out the door. just another area of rain making it way through the area. we've seen storm after storm after storm. saw one on frinoy ander one today and one more coming up on thursday. out there right now, you cann se the r making its way in across the area. a mess out there as far as tin ev rush is concerned. rain coming down everywhere, and it will be on the moderate side and steady all the way throughh the n look down to the south. all of this rain has to come on through the area and this is a big storm. snnd to the north severe weather down to the south. it's just rain but a chilly raio acro area. i'll show you what to expect for the rest of the night and what f this means your tuesday and now more importantly what this means to thursday. we could have some wintry weather. yes, we're talking a chance of snow in part of the area on thursday. we'll update you on that coming up in a minute. >> we can't wait. thank you, doug. he's tracking rain tonight and looking ahead to what's next. who could forget snoegdon and

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