about a half hour ago be. >> polave asked people to avoid this area. we'll stay on top of the situation and give you a update as soon as we learn more about this. but we did want to bring you to a local story now on a family's legal fight after their little girl's life was changed forever. >> for the first time folks, we are seeing pictures of little zynae green, the 7-year-old touche a railing at the casino you will recall back in june. she was ewther he can troh cuted, she was left permanently disabled. and now her family is suing the casino and contractors. >>lk tracee s has a closer look. >> reporter: zynae green just turned 7 years old yesterday. i spoke with the family's attorney and he tells me that he had a conversation with mgm national harbor, he asked them to pay this family the money they will need to take care of

zynae for the res of her life and those conversations have fallen apart and that is whyhe today ty filed suit. ♪ ♪ir happyday >> reporter: just a few months ago, this once playful and energetic girl was electrocuted. these pictures show the harbor's plaza had improper electrical wiring violating every code in the bo. and on june 26th, then 6-year-old zynae's small body would become a conduit for 120 volts of electricity when she swung fromhene of little railings. today her family filed suit it says zynae went into cardiac arrest, she suffered severe and permanent neurologica injuries. zirn h zynae has been moved to an being a duties rehabilitation facility

where receives around the clock al attention. and the suit says that the defendants in their haste to open their hotel inten urged construction workers to finish their jobs quickly at the expense of safety. it also alleges security video shows that patrons appeang to jolted with electricity when touching the hand rail and in th daysefore the subject incident. mgm rehe leasede leeleased a st igreads in part that the standards that mmgm expects wer not upheld and we do not compromise safety when consliucting our faes. now, the green's attorney told me just a few minutes ago that he is suing mgm national harbor, he believes that mgm national harbor should go after the contractors whe county has said violated a number of codes when building this build mg behi reporting live, tracee wilkins, back to you all.

take a good look at this man. he is suspected of shooting and killing a young man at a gas morningsunday the vehicle ictim was standing pump at the mister b's mket on warrington road. no word on a. th suspect did drive off in a black sedan that is possibly a and in the district police are trying to track done a would-be thief who assaulted a worker inside a t-mobile store. video shows them walking around the store and the worker trying to interview when the person appears to g try tob a phone from the display. the suspect punching and kicking before walking out. > quarterback alex smith carted off, t red ski the redskt counted out. we're learning more about his

injury. bo it tough to watch. sherry burris is jo erry -- what is the feeling out there tonight? >> reporter: it felt like business as usual, the players accepting that alex smith is out for the season. buthen you seehe injury, it is one you just can't forget.hr for c thompson, the memories flooding back for him.c but ading to jay gruden, smith's surgery went well and he is expected to make a full recovery. the qb will miss the final sixs gamef the season. missed the ompson last five games last ar. freak accident in the game against the new orleans saints led to thompson also breaking his right leg. tuickly out came the trainers,

cart and air cas followed by surgery. thompson still sheiken up today after seeg smith's injury. >> i almost cried, honestly. tough situation. hills injury was way wse than mine, but just tough seeing it. i know how strong he is mentally. so i mean he is definitely going to get through it. i have no doubt about that. it is just going to be ugh not having him around, not having a leader like he is around. but cet has been h for a few years, everybody in this locker n to believes in him and the gamegast dallas. >> reporter: so the redskins confident in cold and n they have a new backup quarterback, the team sning mark sanchez. jay gruden talked about the veteran's leadership and experience and the decision tog he qb. sanchez helped lead the jets to

back to back afc championship game appearances. though he is probably best he remembered for butt fumble. we'll have more on sanchez coming up at 6:00. and sanchez hasn't taken a regular season snap since 2016, guys, back when he played for the cowboys who the redskins play on thursday for thanksgiving. ba to you. yeah, all eyes, can't look back anymore, just four more o days. thanksch. and again, that last note, edskins game against the cowboys 4:30 on thanksgiving afternoon. he the head of montgomery county schools wants to make sure there isn't a rush to judgment when it comes to the alleged hazing with some high school football player. t d you earlier in the month about members of the jv team at damascus high accused of assaulting their own teammates. as chris gordon tells us, the super i go on wa wintendents to sure that the community gets its facts straight. >> frankly, i'll be blunts.

i'm tired of social media justice when people declare that they know based o what they read on social media. >> reporter: jack smith says studts and smith are suffering under strain at damascus husbig school, they are getting counseling. five members of the jv football team are under arrest charged with sexually abusing four members othe team,sing a broom in a hazing incident. the superintendent says that he is letting police finish investigating before deciding what the action be the school will take. >> willnybody be suspended or fired? >> i don't know at this point. investigatien our is complete. that's when i'll know. a reporter: a father of football player came to the superintendent's monthly press conference. he didn't ide himself, but said at first the entire jv team was unfairly accused of the hazing incide once the suspects were singled out, he says they were allowed to returschool. >> i think that that put the

victims with them back in thcl s and us hearing it a day later. >> reporter: the player's father says that the day the hazing took place, there was no adult supervising the jv football locker room. >> in the past there has always been some kind of paid professional in the offices near th locker roombout there wasn't. usually these kids are not nged to hang out there. >> reporter: the school superintendent says that he has ed every school in montgomery county that all coaches of every sport a advisers of activities are now required to make tueirnts aware of the dangers of hazing. reporting from damascu wills, chris gordon, news 4. and police had also looked in to possible hazing at seneca valley, but in that case some coaches got suspended for iling to supervise. but that only came after the victim decided not to press not es and police decided to move forward with the criminal case. >> turning now to the forecast and pull out your layers upon

your layers, whlks. could be the coldest thanksgiving in years is on the way this doug joining us from the storm center. so how cold are we hitalking? >> i for some of us we may not get to freezing on thursday afternoon. again, thanksgivingwi windchill be in the 20s just about all afternoon. take a look, we had n a verye day today, temperature close to 60 degrees. and we're between two systems. one bringing rain to the norfolk areath and this one t north bringing rain and snow to parts of the pennsylvania. and a cold fnt is moving in behind it. 58 right now, but look at this, in state college, 38 in. pittsburgh so there is colder air that will start to filter intouring the darrow. so tomorrow will be a much colder afternoon than it was today. as far as travel, if you are traveling tomorrow, no prelem. torm moves up toward bosto boston. s rethe rest of us all day.

eveny, wednes it is looking dry. but i'll tell you how cold it will get coming up. well, as you get ready to spend time with y loved ones this week, we hope that you will take a minute to help local families in need. food 4 families has been close to the heart of pat lawn muse for decades and today she donationslecting >> a lot of generous people coming your way. after 30 plus hayears, this to be the best weather you've had. >> reporter: perfect weather. and it warms my art. take a look at this, this was just delivered, this is food donated by the capital one arena guest relationsf. part-time staf can you believe this? they donated all of this food. food for families because they believe e in thort, they need.ve in helping others i d we still need you to go to

the phones and call our phone bank. volunteers are waiting to take your dove non nations. $20 will buy a complete thanksgiving meal for one family, a vete a senior citizen. so we hope that you will helpay earlier t members of the n tro poll tan police training academy, came d whole crew of them, and brought us a huge haul of donated food. and this was the syear i believ donated. again, an example of the kind of y.ving spirit alive and well in our commun joining me now is someone who has more food for families. my colleague chuck bell has come and brought a couple of bags with you. >> absolutely right. an annual tradition inur house is to help those who don't have a thanksgivinginner of their own. so we have two bags of all the stuff that we love. cranberry sauce, green beans, the onion crisps that you putn top of the casseroles.

all very good. so thank you very much. >> thank you so much for coming. you do come every year. >> every year. i brought the dogs.'t people d think that i fed them at all, but they are well fed dogs. >> and they have good nosesus be they want some of the food. and you can still donate by either going to the phones and calling the phone bank and you can also donate online. and again, $20, we need food to buy all of the turkeys, to pay for all the turkeys tt will go with all of this food headed for the tables of needy falies. so we can't thank enough for your donations. back to you in the studio.uc >> s dogs look pretty hungry ere. thanks, pat. well, once we're done with thanksgiving, a lot of you will be out there shoppin ahead at 5:00, what local police are doing now to cut down on shoplifting and thefts from shoppers. aes a local bus other than is accused of taking money from seniors and disabled and not delivering the medical equipment they need.

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multiple victims wounded, one suspect is so believed to have been shot. if you areamiliar at all with mercy hospital, you know this is a big complex, about 25 blockss h of the chicago loop. we don't know what led up to the shooting, but stay with us,y we'll sll over this story coming up later on news 4 at 5:00. and there is outrage, disbelief, dozens of people say thatocal businessman dehe seefeseef seef -- deceived them. >> and complaints go back years. our consumer investigative reporter susan hogan is here with the story that you will only see on news 4. >> we first told you about a business called access mobility 2w0 ye two years o. e owner was accused of taking thousands of dollars from seniors for medical equipment but never delivering them. after our first story, he paid those customers back. but the complaints continued to roll in. >> reporter: one by one, they

sh with their walkers, their canes, some carrying oxygen tanks. but everyone you see gathered in this room, the effort to get re was worth it. why are you here today? >> to stop him. >> reporter: to stop this man. >> it is one thing f to stealm people, but to steal from people who are in dire straits? t that i me just one more step lower. >> reporter: news wi4 brought tm together, all customers. he took their money and neverme perfthe work. >> he asked for $2500 up frt. >> reporter: kathy hired him to install a ramp for on her 97-year-old father. she says after she paid him in s apri never saw him again. >> he reassured me he would be out early the next week and he never came. reporter: and he never refunded her money either. kathy's dad dd five mon

later. sue and her husbandaid,000 for a lift from access mobility and were promised that it would be installed september 6 or 7. >> every day text message, oh, my wife leg hurt, oh, my daughter birthday, oh, i'm sick. >> reporter: she had to carry her husband up and down the stai for weeks until he died one month later. >> he fell so many times. bruises everywhere. cut he h cut head. s> molly, judy. >> he into me for $12,000. >> $2500. >> $7600 for a walk-in tub. reporter: all withimilar endings. >> i always thought i was too smart to get taken. >> reporter: he paid $4400 in pt ber. and he never got his stair lift, but he did get a rund. and when he sredhe e-mails

with us, we got a surprise, a different company name, 2911 mobility. we found out this business was created july and access mobility closed. news 4 scoured through court records in virginia and discovered 48 civil cases filed againsthe company, some dating back ten years, many dismissed, some becse he eventually paid the debt, others because he didn't have the money to pay. cd then there are a few where heldn't even be found to be seowed. >>any people have gone to court and just because he doesn't -- can't be served papers, they just bw it off. >> reporter: we also contacted the attorney general's office,r th consumer protection division has received 11 complaints against access mobility. he worked with them to resolve seven of those case, one waslv unre and three are still open.

and check out this warning on the better business bureau's work site, it alerts against a pattern of serious complaints. >> we're trying to tell consumer hey, we've received 30 complaints against this company, all very similar in nature, all very serious. >> reporter:bbells us they reached out hoping to resolve the issues, but -- >> to this day he has stopped co unicating. >> if somebody can keep having their complaints againstw him, n he keep doing this? >> reporter: all of the complaints made i have caugy ha with him. he is now facing felony charges. accused of taking money under false pretenses and failing to deliver products. he is due in court next month. we reached out, but he didn't want to go on camera, but he did tell us that heg is fil chapter 13 bankruptcy and plans to refund all of his customers. however, the ones we spoke wit say they just want onething.

>> we just want it stopped. i don't expect to get a dime back. >> it appears that his 2911 mobility website has taken down. virginia ste officials confirm that he does not even have a contractor's license as required by law. and so we asked the attorney general if they were vestigating further and they would not comment. >> thoseoor people. >> why does it continue to go on and on and on? >> itay allave just caught up to him with the four felony charges. >> and he bounces around. he is moving all around. >> yeah, like a shell game almost. >> and it was heartbreaking to get all of these people when we started hearing all these comp mints, i said to producer, we need to bring them all together. we need to show the impact that he has had on these people. >> and the damage .'s do >> and just listening to their

stories and to see them having to get to ere -- >> all that money they lost. and suffering. >> their relatives are literally suffering. >> and some of e relatives died before they could get anything done. >> awful. good work. i can't wait to see what happens next. >> we'll l coming up, from tavnksgiving tr to turkey trots, doug is breaking down what you cann expect i the forecast and it expect i the forecast and it requires auffy coat. p

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doug w you havedy and me shaking in our boots. >> you'll be shivering in the boots. turkey trot, so many of them going on around town during the y thursday. if you are going to be running this thursday, it is going to be a cold, cold day on thursday. we're talking windy, we're talking windchills only in the 20s. guys. ready, this will be one of the coldest than thanksgivings some quite time. today we almost hit 60, the first day in nearly two weeks that we have seen temperatures above avere. winds giving us some milder temperatures. no rain as far as the radarcos erned here. notice showers back around

frostburg, this is where the frtal boundary, you can see that with the wider view here, that is making its way through. storm system to the north bringing rain and snow into rts of pennsylvania up towards parts of new england during the day tomorrow. if you are flying maybe to boston tomorrow or up i-95, that could be an area to worry about, but not a huge storm. we will see cloud cover tomorrow and temperatures will still be below average, but not really cold until thursday. temperatures 50 or plu tomorrow and wednesday. but by thursday, the cold air really comes in late wednesday ght into thursday. and thursday we're talking about the cold air all across the northeast. even right here at the macy's thanksgiving day parade, tempatures there could be 12 degrees at the start. .hat's what they are saying up in new yo so a very cold thursday. and look at our windchill, this is wednesdnight, look what happens thursday morning. 7:00 a.m., windchills 17n

c., 12 in frederick, 16 in manassas. how about a windchill at noon, 19 in manassas. so we are talking really cold air in time for thanksgivitu. high tempe tomorrow around 52, rather breezy. on your wednesday. here is the cold. and really only lasts for two days. thanksgiving and black friday. so if you are getting out to some of the storms early, look at the low, 24 in the acity. maas in the teens. but then a storm system moves to our west, that helps to warm it rightnt back upthe fif50s on saturday, but you there will be a lot of rain. this is a doy of a storm. sunday looks like the dry day if you are traveng. if come back monday, more rain in store. >> doug, thanks. a minajor metro closure is just ahead, the work that will shut down service for two weeks on that yellow line and how you can get around the delays. >>plus a mother mourn after a

young woman is killed car she is in crashes. why the mother didn't want the driver charged. and news 4 working for you in the community. we are once again collecting food for families fothis thanksgiving. call us at 202-885-4949 and make donation.a

we have breaking news if you are just joining us. multiple people have been shot

policet includes a officer at mercy hospital in chicago. >> you're looking at liv pictures now over mercy hospital. this is a massive crimescene, a massive complex south of the city. police say shots were first reported about an hour ago, 3:30 local time in chicago. we don't know the exact number ofvictims, but we can report one suspect has been shot. >> the officer who was shot is in critical condition, a chicago police spokesperson tweeting asking for people's prayers. we'll keep gathering new details and we will update you as we learn more. a look now at some of the other t stories on this monday afternoon. a little girl's family filing a lawsuit against mgm casino after th girl was eelectric row dutirow -- electrocuted earlier this year at mgm back indjune. he went in to cardiac arrest and she remains permanently disabled. the lawsuit claims shoddy

construction at the casinoel nancy pi facing new opposition in herffort to regain the speaker's gavel for the next congress. more than a dozen democrats signed a letter today saying that they will opposei pel because the party needs change. pelosi will face an internal party vote xt week with a full house vote come january. and redskins quarterck alex smith expected to recover from the broken leg injury yesterday, that news from head coach jay gruden this eafternoon. th time table for his return,ou abt six to eight h nths. smwas injured in yesterday's loss to the texans. will start as quarterback for the redskins in th thanksgiving day game against the dallas cowboys. and i newormation about a crash that involving a pickup and a police cruiser in the district. police now say this may have started with a carjacking that occurred overnight in southeast. we're told officers in prince

george's county spotted it, started following and the d bailed out, car jacked the pickup, back in before colliding with the cruiser. a couple crashedhe killing young woman and now her boyfriend is facing some serious charges. >> in story you will only see on news 4 tonight, darcy spencer spoke to th's vict mayher who she forgives her daughter's boyfriend. >> reporter: fr h >> reporte family set out flowers andout s balloons. >> a bright young lady. >> reporter: diana was her name, but everyone new her as elsa. she was riding in a car that smashed into a tractor trailer th parked on the shoulder. >> i just ask god why, why you take my kid, she was such a beautiful young lady. >> reporter: the man behind the

wheel was antoniogonzalez, elsa's boyfriend. they had been together for five years a they both lived with her mom. flores says she got the news about her daughter's death from gonzalez himself. he called her from the crash scene. >> he say mom, talk to her, she is sleeping. so he me through the speaker so i was talking to her trying to tell her twake up he told me mommy, she's still breathing. >> reporter: police have charged gonzalez with dwi manslaughter. flores says e considers him her son and wants him out of jail and back home taking care of thereog he s with elsa. she says this tragedy should be a wake-up call. if you a going to go out and are have a beer, one beer, think aboutt twice if you are going to start taking the wheel. you never know what can happen. >> reporter: flor resident fees she lost a daughr and son and w she is planning a funeral

just before thanksgiving. darcy spencer, news 4. today a judge ordered gonzalez to be held without bond. as for the dver of the tractor trailer, that person was cited for parking on the shouldenoand using emergency equipment. now to an effort that means so much to us here at news 4, our food 4 families food drive. >> and thank to your donations, h are making sure local families in neee a warm meal this holiday. lawson museears, pat t has been the face of it all. >>nd you have some company there. >> reporter: yes, anothernd fr face, moises from telemundo 44, isn't it wonderful to see turnout? >> it is amazing. all the times that you see, all the people trying to contribute,

simply bringing a small bag to say hey, i want to be a part of this. and it is initiative for us to help. it is thanksgiving, we need thee >> and so many people who do need, you know, the hunger isob m in our region and of course in the world. andt we ca solve the whole problem, but this is our way of saying we care andur doing little piece to try to save our piece of the world. >> and when we were a talki coupleing a go and you said we were trying to help out 4,000. that number sounds small, but that is a lot of people heren the dmv, a lot of people who can say hey, we have a dinr on thanksgiving day. and you can help. we have s gottenmany donations. but we need cash. we are going to feed them whether we get donated food or the cash or not. we'll pay for it. so we need to ask you to help us

to pay this bill because we want to see these families and $20, a $20 donation, willay for an entire turkey dinner with all of the trimmings. if you go to the phones and call the phone bank, 202-885-4949, volunteers will be manning the phones until 7:00. and you can always donate online. >> and yeah, like pat said, we need money, we need dinero, so visit nbcwasngton.com, make that donation >> back toyou. the flu can be deadly for children and yet nearly a third of the parents say they will not make their kids get a flu shot, we'll tell you the risson behind thrend. >> reporter: and today a manen sed after killing three people inside of a

the flu vaccine doesn't cost much, but nearly a third of parents say that they won't take their child to get one, that is accordo a new poll from the university of michigan. researchers say parents may somewhere selective hearing when it comes to the floou shot. about who% ma40% make the decis based on what they read andviru

people. and we'll help you navigate around a metro closure. next monday, they will stop service along the yellow line for two weeks. adam tuss will tell you abo the repairs being done and how to avoid the delays. >> reporter: yeah, m anotheror shut down and it has to do with the yellow line bridge over the potomac. the bridge needs a lot of work.e ow line riders bracing if closures. >> it is not too far out of the ordinary for them. >> reporter: mike clearly frustrated, he wants to know when allio the construwill end. >> i don't know why you pay. you pay about $5 each way to get thing except a delay. >> reporter: and there will be delays from next monday november 26 to december 9, no yellow line service at all. the blue line will have to pick until slack running to and good fr franconia springfield and huntington. and while the work centers around the yellow line bridge, there is nothing wrong with the britself.

it is the rails and the tracks that need repair across the bridge. walter moody just got off the train with his grandkids. he understands the needor all the repairs, but he is also growing a bit tired of it all. >> it is expected really. it is like i have lowered expectation. >> reporter: again the closures start next mwiday and they last until december 9, a long time for this bridge to be out of operation. start ming alternate plans. backo you. the holiday shopping season, well, it has arrived. and while you're focused on the deals, crooks are focused on you. just are ahead, how local police, what they are doing to keep you safe. and help us to make sure needy families have agi thanng meal. our phone lines are open, 20 our phone lines are open, 20 2-885-4949.20

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anotherheck on that breaking news in chicago. multiple people have been shotg includpolice officer. you are looking at live pictures from mercy hospital, the scene of the crime on the south side of chicago. a witness tells our sister station that he saw man talking to a woman, he pulled out a gun, shot he then started shooting at random. one officer has been critically wounded and the suspect also reportedly shot. ay with us on news 4 for updates. the man who is accused of driving the getaway car in the shooting death of makiyah wilson made an appearance in court. price was ordered held without nd, he is one of five people now arrested in connection with wilson's killing. it w warm night this past july, the 10-year-old was walking to get icehe cream in city when the shooting started.

investigators say it was a dispute between rival gangs in northeast. priceaslready in jail for another murder by the way when he was charged last week. prince george's county man will spend rest of his life in prison after murdering three of his bosses inside a bowie restaurant. he pled guilty to the murder, butde arg that he wasn't criminally responsible. but video of the actual killings helped seal his fate. tracee wilkins wasn court today. >> that was my oldest child. >> reporter: tears from the mother of one of three men shot and killed by the bartender insibl the the sunday bar and grill in bowie. this security camera w video taken moments before shoot and kill the three, the fouro appeared be having a calm conversation. he wasut not leaving his full paycheck andbo a then

moments later storms in and shoot you go all ee iing all th of seconds. he then searches for cash and thinks is what he the securities system. watch the left upper corner of the video, prosecutors say this is him sprayinger wnd shooting what he incorrectly shout was the security camera system. he also tried shooting mts as well fmsas -- f as well to avoid capture, but survived. a number of people say that the gruesome events did not fitchhe acter of the businessman they knew. >> this is shocking, unbelievable. out of character. just a horrible event. >> reporter: theefense tried guing that traumatic brain injury sustained years earlier in a tights impacted his decisions that violent night. >> that n is a factor here. he is a cold blooded killer. >> reporter: andhe judge says that this is something that she

could never unsee. he was sentenced to three consecute life sentences plus 20ac years. i wiee wilkins, news 4. >> he wants to the prison at a center that focuses on mental healat treatment. as to be approved. the holiday shoppinseason ramping up. and now derrick ward has tips to make sure that you are not afternoon easaan easy target. >> reporter: and here here at tysons, but you at mauryou atls over, there is something going on called cat, the christmas anti-theft team. now, it is an effort would i fai -- by fairfax county police to g after the usual shop lifters, but also the more sophisticated criminal who sees the busy shopping season as a busy season for them as well.

the christmas shopping season manot have officially begun, but the effort to crack down on the 24ethefts and fraud is well under y. >> we started a week and a half ago, we took officers and put them through additional training to prepare for the christmas >> reporter: part of the training uses the take from previous cases. >> this is a credit card encoder, you would simy plug is into your computer and you would run a card through the top strip right here and i awould put stolen credit card number on to another credit card. >> reporter: every year it gets more sophisticate they will still pick your pocket in a cold. o you need to be aware of where your walle bill forward is. >> reporter: but argued groups with high and low tech methods are becoming more of ae. chal >> this is counterfeit currency we recteered. >> repr: shoppers we spoke

to are already pretty good about not making themselves easyprotes and protecting themselves. >> i always check my surroundings and try to always be -- if i park at night, i alwaer try to be whe the light is. >> repter: good advic anytime. taking an active role in your own safety. >> i don't see many police officers on duty patrolling the ea. >> we work a lot in plain clothes. >> reporter: that is in addition to more of uniformed presence. and there is a message in all of this -- malls may seem like easy pickings, but they are not. try to beat system and you may see a part of the mall that nts is de isn't dedicated for the holidays. >> that was derrick ward reporting. he's not sleeping, his video is just frozen. look at these two beautiful biums.

president is offering a yearly pardon tomorrow to one of them so they won't be killed for thanksgiving. and their names with peas and carrots. the white house is running a twitter poll to see which turkey should be pardoned and with more than 30,000otes in now, they are tied. but that doesn't matter because both of course will be spared. i don't know about the one in the middle in the brown suit. after the ceremony, they will bt headino virginia tech's campus to live out full lives.wh at is the life span of a tuey? >> i don't know. what is the life span of a pea and carrot? i'm a pea guy. >> they go together. you can't separate them. >> i don't thinkou can. >> just >> likey and cher, but they did separate. >> yeah, they did. and this cold shot will be coming at the unperfect time of

thanksgiving. take a look outside right now, pretty nice afternoon. we saw a high temperature close to 60 tgrees. anay was above average. the first time above average in the last ten days. this is the longest stretch ofw beverage weather since march. make a look at those streaks there. was definitely a cooler month. for us it is currently 58, rather nice weather. cool, but not cold. espeally for this time of year. getting down to about 49 degrees overnight tonight. at 11:00, go down to a low of about 47. that is way above average. average low i down to 40 in the city. a couple showers, you can see a couple showers trying to move on through here. that is all because of a storm system that right now is moving to our north and east up towards boston. if you are traveling tomorrow on i- i-95, you might run into rain or snow north of new york,t but t is really about it. for us tonight,aybe an isolated shower or two. there is cold air behind thisow

for tomobut it gets a lot colder in toward the weekend. take a look, 52 tomorrow, so not bad. but rather breeyo. will notice tomorrow will be significantly colder. 50 on your wednesday. and thenet we to thanksgiving, again the cold front comes through late wednesday, temperature may actually be 36, 37. that would be just after midnight onthursday. i'm giving you the afternoon high temperature of around 32 city.s in t so again, a very cold one for sure. years.ldest in windchills in the teens and 20s all afternoon. if you are thinking about getting out maybe playing tt football family game, it will be chilly. dry for holiday travel. that i good news. until saturday. if you are coming back on sarday, doingnything saturday, the rain holds off until then and right now i think sunday is looking dry too. but oe again, it will be chilly. thursday and friday obviously black iday, if you will be out early, a lot of people camping out early for some of the deals

on black friday. look at the low, 24 in the city. at puts teens early friday morning. a great day for the reston holiday parade. love that event. but it will be cold. so you will need the coats. of course great float and balloons. and then we have the rain on saturday, rain again on monday. we're in the top five for wettest years of, so let's just break the record if we're already there. itatill help againday and monday. and then another cold streak as we head into nt week. winter trying to get an early hold on us. on thether check breaking news in chicago, at least four people have been shot including the police officer in critical condition. at mercy hospital. our sister station reports one of the victims is a nurse. stay tu

horrific new details of the murder of an who was also a volunteer soccer n ach. >> and js found shot to death in his town home last march. t prosecutors st it may have been a love triangle. >> the suspect was apparently romantically involved wi's jo child's mother. dmee cho explains. >> reporter: newails on the

final moments of john's life. prosecutors say that his mouth had been zip tight and he had been stabbed and shot in the head inside his own hoemg. this is the manccused of the murder. he and whe mothere dating. when police searched patel's house, they found a gun with bullets matching the ones used to commit the murdec and prors also say patel carefully planned the whole thinceout. surveillameras show what happened. on thursday march 15th around 2: 0, someone enters john's home and waits there for him. 4:52, he gets home from work. half an hour later, the first person leaves the house. hjohn isn'teard from again. the next night, two concerned siblings break in and find hima de today in court his sister described that moment. she said she tried to find his pulse but couldn't. and the judge ruled there is enough evidence to charge patel with first-degree murder and now

it moves to a grand jury. aimee cho, you you news 4. breaking news as gunfire rings out inside a chicago hospital. plus a family's legal fight against mgn national are harbor. tonit our first look at the victim as her parents open up about her permanentri injues. and alex smith sideleed as th redskins rally behind a backup and sign a well-known player 72 hours before their next game with the division rival. and the whole d travel rush is on, we're tracking the worst and best times on wh could be o of the coldest thank thanksgiving forecasts in more than 20 years. panic and fear as shots are fired inse a chica hospital. the victims targeted at random. >> the situation is still unfolding. let's go to scott macfarlane to get the latest from the live

desk. >> the nbc affiliate in chicago ioports at least four people in critical cond we know among the hurt are a police officer and a nurse. let's take aive look at the massive response at chicago's mercy hospital right now. c it is noar in the gunman is out of the hospital or still inside mercy hospital itself just tweeted that the situation is over and police have control of the facility. we're told that the shooter is a man, that he was shot in the head. the urgent scene is unfoldingn the south side of the city and a avtness says that the gunman did not seem to a target. the person w soot shohooting at random. the majority of the soting happened inside the hospital lobby. we'll have updates as soon as they come in, i'm scott macfarlane from the live back home a little girl's life changed forever after a tragic accident at mgm national harbor. >>