potential for our first blast of winter weather. i can't believe i'm saying those words. it's november 14th, everyone. good rning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. the d.c. region still buzzing about amazon and the plan to bring its new headquarters to northern virginia. a lot of minds may shift because we have icy rain and snow. >> the snarl on my face, it starts to con tort. >> 'tishe season. melissa mollet is standing by with a check on the commute and let's goat storm team 4 chuck bell. chuck? >> a little something for everybody. how do we think the's even chance for snow so early in the season? look at this, it's snowing in arkansas this morning and snow on the arkansas/louisna rder. if you can get snow that far south this early in the winter, sease have a real shot at it coming our way for tomorrow, especially in the snandoah valley, panhandle of west

maryland.nd northern even around the d.c. area and the i-95 corridor. likely to start out as a rain/snow mix. wher u it can add mainly along i-81 from hagerstown, martinsburg, those are winter storm watches which go i place starting at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. nothg to worry about today, but tomorrow starting as snow and mixf sleet and rain before ending with a little bit more snow early friday. temperatures on your wednesday morning, all this talk about the future has me fortetting w day it is, in the 30s and 40s. a cold but dry day time out the arrival of the snowflakes coming up. good morning, melissa. bell.od morning, mr. in bowie, northbound 1, crash there blocking the ramp, exit 50. i believe that's an overturned tractor-trailer. at the key bridge, roslyn,ft on ane getting by the work

zone there. beltway, outer loop between 66 and gallows, right lane gets by nud inner loop after pennsylvania avee right lane blocked at that work zone. aaron? >> melissa, tha you. developing this morning, we're learning more about two troublingncidents involving hate. kkk flyers have shown up in at least five maryland counties today. >> it's the second white nationalist connected to the shootingh synagogue hate crime reports are up for the third year in a row. the fbi says hate w crimest up 17% last year. more than 7,000 reported nationwide. three in five targeting people because of their race, one in five because of religion. and in maryland now where prince gorges county officialsn where som scattered 30 kkk hate plam fleamphlets in marlbo.

it was in a plastic bag with bird seed. another found the flyers left in the driveway. those men can't believe someone would bring something like that to theirneighborhood. >> i started to look at it and see where it came from. it was t kkk. i didn't read the rest of it. >> i'm a howard university graduate. i'm kind of appalled that anybody would come to our neighborhood. all of us get along. >> aft finding similars flyers in st. mary's county, they organized a no hate unity vigil for 6:00 p.m. at leonard town square. law enforcement is investigating all of these cases. now to the suspected whi nationalist arrested here in d.c. jeffrey clark is arrested for having several illegal guns. he had parts used to modify the ak-57. clark has a social media connection to the tree of life synagogue shooting. robert bowers is accused of killing people last month.

he said bowers was a hero. clark openly discussed killing jews and blacks. it's 4:04. now to breaking news in california. irefighters are still batgtl e arthwildfires, you can see on the map the camp fire has become more deadly. angie goff is at the live desk with the latest updates from officials. hearing? you >> we heard yesterday how the conditions were getting worse. the death toll is rising as well. 50 people now confirmed killed in these wildfires across california. 48 of those died in the camp fire burning in northern california. as we all know by now, the smp fire the deadliest and most destructive fire in the state's history. many of those died while they were trapped in their cars or houses, they were unable to escape as they were completely surrounded by flames. this is a look at some of the search efforts that are still happening. they're continuing into another day and this morningre we hearing from the fire chief in

paradise which was a city thaet was comy destroyed. he said that one ambulance caught fire as it was evacuating patients from a local hospital. they used a doggy door in a home to get into their garage and they were able to take cover there with the patients. listen as he describes the heroic efforts. >> the crew here in the ambulance crew, the patients, the nurses and the diatrician, refuged them in the house basically where i told them we were going to rid the firut here. we need to protect this home. this is our ft noiks basically. and they followed directions. they did a gat job. >> unbelievable. south from the camp fire are the hill and woolsey fire. the's hill fi almost fully contained, good news there, while at least 57,000 homes are still considered threatened by the woolsey fire. that fire isnly 40% contained. that full interview with the fire chief will air this morni on "today." eun? >> angie, thank you. more thanea a of

speculation, rumors and weeks of anticipation. amazon made it official. northern virginia, along with new york city, will become the locati for two new company headquarters. >> the official announcement was made 24 hou ago. we're already getting an idea of what we can expect. here's what we know at this point. amazon has promised to bri 25,000 jobs to the area with an average annual salary of $150,000. virginia has promised $550,000 tax cuts. >>ahe are where amazon will take over will be called national landing. this is what it will look like years down the road. you may still be t trying wrap your head around where national landing is. if you ask exa, she will tell you it's an urban community less than three miles west of

washington d.c. is seems to be the way amazon is rebranding the home of that whole new area for hq2. while some welcome the chan , others asaying, wait a minute. >> i wonder and understand that amazon wants to take the world ovon but they need to change everything that's already been set. >> crystal city? tired, warn. start fresh. start new. it's amazon, man. >> all right. as ofow right n no word on whether that name change would become official. >> they' going to start in crystal city and as they expand out you'll see the other areas touched by amazon, too. for some people in northern virginia they are saying no. ey are wore rid the folks coming into the area will push out low income families. one group launcd a campaign saying nova says no urging amazon to pass on the area. >> we're going to see anex

osion of rents and housing prices. folks up the street here, the developers have been eyeing that area for a really long time and they'vn able to hold them off. honestly, i think the pressure is going to get higher. >> some still worry that virginia is giving away too much money in taxpaye dollars to one of the biggest corporations i the world even though it's less than initially selected. the selection of northern virginia by amazon is a story that news 4 will be coring in the meaths if not ahead. we'll look at the improvements to the transportation and wha kinds of jobs will be available. you can find more information on the website, too, or on the nbc washington app. > lower speed limits and more crosswalks are two of the recommendations made by the montgomery city council during a meeting on pedestrian safety. that was held less than a day h afterf a dozen people were hurt in just three hours. all of the incidents involved pedestrians. the meeting was called for last

month when four kennedy high school students were hit on a sidewalk. the council admits that multiple solutions are needed to solve the county safety problems. >> we need to have public education campaigns and we need to look at reducing speeds in some of the corridors as well as looking at differint engin efforts to make these crosswalks much more safer. >> some changes will happen immediately. others such a crosswalks may take several months. coming up in the next half hour we'll check back in with devin garcia. he's one of the kendy high schoolers hit. his mother is sharing what his recovery has been like and the work he still has ahead of him. ta defense secrery jim mattis will visit troops t along u.s./mexico border. the troops are there to help with security efforts. you may recall the president ordered the deployment several weeks ago as a caravanf migrants makes its way through the u.s./mexico border. the president said no one will be allowed into the count

illegally. the office of the firstin ly is staby its call of the firing of th top white house advisor. the first lady, melania trwap, infuriated by mira ricardell after she interfered with her recent trip to africa. all of this comes as news of chief of staff john kelly clashed with the first lady's team. so much discord can be damaging. >> you don't want the staff at the white house to be preoccupied with in fighting. you want them, instead, doing their job to help the president make those tough decisions and implement them. >> now had a statement the first lady's spokesperson called the relationship with kelly's staff, quote, very po itive. s 4:10. new details this morning about a couple of votes by thed. city council that may affect you. first, the council agrees to put limits on home sharing such as airbnb. the bill would restrict short

term a rentals to property owner's primary residents. council members say tt will stop commercial property investors from buying homes and apartments tra o as short-term rentals. they promised to lim rentals to 90 days a year. they're looking at a bill that would give 16 and vote.ar-olds the right to the d.c. bill would let 16 and 17-year-olds to vote for federal offices, such as the president. if the council eventually apoves the bill, it would be the first place to allow voters to weigh in on who should be in the white house at that early age. well, it just b mig the classiest way to support d.c. state hood. >> city winery is hoping you'll pick up a bottle of its newestne . city winery partnered with d.c. vote to create the 51. th district does not have representation in congress. the wines are state hood serrah

and statehood. >> wine is called 51st. we want tbe the 51st state. >> both bottles cost less than $30. all of the profits go to d.c. vote. >> i like the name. >> yeah. >> making a statement right there. > still ahead, the holiday season is all but here. soon you'll j mn theses online and in the malls trying to buy the gifts. >> if children are on your list, be aware. some toys may prove to be dangerous. plus, we continue our series on getting a good night's sleep. this morning what you might wdet to cr eating before bedtime to help you drift off. how about a weather zmek. good morning, everybody. no weather y worries forr wednesday. your thursday might be a very different story. winter storm watch are already posted along i-18 and winter weather may affect the c. d.

you're watching "news 4 today." 16 after the hour and white house is vowing to fight a cnn.uit filed by the news organization claims the white house violated the constitution when it revoked correspondent jim acosta's press credentials. last week he refusedpo give his microphone during a news conference. you see the video here. they accused him of touching the intern who tried to take the microphone away. they say it violated theprree s and the right to due prreess. press sry sarah sanders says the freedom of the press is not served when, e,qu one reporter attempts to monopolize the floor. it is back to work and for the dozen of newly elected

house members it's freshman orientation. yesterday plenty of them posted their excitement on social media. they'll attend two weeks of workshops and prepare to hit the ground running in january. as for the races stillithout a ,dirwi ot an tesda in news 4 your healt coffee may lower your risk of developing diabetes. a new study suggests drinking fee a to four cups of c day slashes the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 25%. decafadoffee also a protective effect against abetes. the study was conducted by the institute for scientific ininstitute. >> i don't think that counts ar andhe amount of s coffeewe put into our >> yuck. >> parents are shopping for toys. >> before you shope want to give you a look at wt's on the list of dangerous toys for kids

this year. the nonprofit world against toyr causing unveiled the list of the ten worst toys. includes a black panther slash claw. a power rangers super blade and the nerf practice blaster. they can cause serious. injuri >> read the packaging carefully. read package inserts because sometimes there's information hidden inside about the types of hazards that the manufacturer itself recognizes and something like that has the potential to cause serious eye inries. >> the group says parents should not automatically assume that all toys are safe. the entire list will be posted on our website. >> all those soys are fun. >> that's usually how it happens. >> look like so fun. >> when i was a kid it was match bo cars and tonka trucks. >> match box cars still sell. >> absolutely. >> stand o the tesf time. what kid doesn't want to play

with little cars. >> that's true. >> weather? >>bo how a snow shovel for christmas. >> i don't want to talk about the weather. >> i know you hate this, eun. >> it's so cold on top of all of that. if we could get snow at 80 f grees, eun, i'd be a fan that. but that's not the way this thing works. it is a partly sunny sky erhead. nothing to worry about today. today is the day to do what?y bread, milk, toilet paper. exactly. you never know how long you your houseapped into for an inch of snow. a north wind filtering more cold air and it will be in placeth f entire day today and in place as it gets started tomorrow. everyone still above freezing day. at this time tomorrow we'll be t or below freezing especiall in the shenandoah valley. in the 30s this morning. we will stay very chilly today. afternoon temperatures peeking in the low to m 40s. moisture coming. look at that.

snow in arkansas this morning. so there's a big chunk of cold s air tha going to ride just along into the that little shed line that i drewthere. so with cold air in place and a bucket load of moisture coming our way, we do have a chance of what will likely start as mostly timeand sleet around thi tomorrow morning. nothing around on radar here this morning. here's future weather then. no worries for today. have all day to do whatever you need to. this will start out as sleet and snow during the early parts of the morning tomorrow before becoming almost all rain around the d.c. area. could be a couple inches of snow thehenandoah valley in northern maryland before it changes over to a mix of rain d sleet during the day. tomorrow will be a mixed bag of messiness.e' melissa, talk more about it coming up. >> chuckbell. northbound 301, the ramp to eastbound 50, take a look at this in bowie. this is an overturned tractodytrailer. somen the side of it. the big rig is on the scene

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you're watching news 4 today. 4:23 now. if you eat better, you sleep better, that's what research says, right? >> that's true. all week we've been searching to e secret for better sleep. today news 4's angie goff isin sh the best foods to eat before getting into bed. >> meet the mill letters, two

purpos purpose and a busy mom. >> you must sleep well. >> i don't know what sleep is. >> after the day morgan finds re peaceparing for tomorrow packingealthy food followed by hibad habit. >> you do every night? >> yeah. >> all different types of ice cream from key lime to cotton candy tovanilla. this is my secret sunday par here. you will see that i have different toppings. the whole time i'm eating it, this is a terrible idea. >> it is says dr. kneel barnard for the 70 million sleepde ived americans. he stopped by and shares what we eat affecsl how we p. >> before you go to bed for your evening male have it be starchier. have your pta not with a meat sauce or a tomat sauce. not with the meat. the starchy foods trigger the release of serotonin in the brain and that's the sleep

chemical. >> f foodsilled with trans fat, saturated fat or sugar like things i morgan's nightly nin.ert reducer ra tone you should skip the soda, alcohol and coffee, too. all cause lighter sleep. having itaan roots m mgan lightsost of what she heard. >> if i can eat more pasta and that's okay, i can do that. >> as for swapping the ndae night ritual for a few weeks -- >> maybe i'll have a half a scoop instead. what can you do if you wake up in the middle of the night? dr. barnard said this is a secret. two slices of white bread and he says you're going to be back out in ten minutes. t it key to a solid energy crash guide. >> do they even sell white bread? whole grain, multigrain. >> i wantedho to you a prop here but nobody brought it in for lunch. >> listen, she deserves all the

ice crea she has four kids and two dogsa a husband. she gets to eat ice cream whenever she wants. >> i walked in a i bowed to her. >> thanks beings angie. >> you bet. towed, then lost. a woman's car tracked down weeks after it was moved off the street and just wait until you see what i looked like when she finally found it. plus, get your application ady. amazon is coming with 25,000 jobs. o mo what you should expect when hq2 moves in. chuck? our first chance of winter weather arrives tomorrow. ny, many, many, many, many challenges with this forecast. hing ll absolutely do som and there will absolutely be a mix of wintry weather in the shenandoah valley we'll help time it out and time your day, too. coming up. >> thanksgiving is almost here. werant to h about your favorite recipe.

"news 4 today" starts now. just about 4:30 as we take a live look outside this morning here at tenley sound to start your wedsday. we're in for another cold day across our area.

super windy as i walked across thearng lot this morning. a lot of us gearing up -- >> i ran into the room -- i mean the building. >> chuck is over there laufg. i don't know why. it may be mid november, bu mother nature says it's time for snow. >> we're a bunchat of r wimps. >> video proof of the wind, y chuck, is on instagram. >> its really? >> your hair a is blowing over the place? >> yeah. >> had his balaclava on. >> i have one. >> okay. fair enough. we were talking abo kmans for wintry weather tomorrow. a big dip in the jettream has allowed cold air to go down. it's snowing on the arkansas/louisiana border this morning.at s unusual for november. for us it's a cloudy sky this morning. dry today. look at future weather. this is forhis time tomorrow. 24 hours from now as the moisture rides into our cold air, likely to start out