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have. first,torm tea 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with your getaway forecast. how is it looking? >> it's looking good. traffic.nt to avoid don't get on the road and don't go to the airport. as long as you can avoid driving or getting to an airport, it's going to be fine. >> a couple of rain drops here.a ew more drops on the west virginia-virginia border but it's not a big rain chance for you today. a couple of early morning sprinkles. temperatures are in the 40s, so it's not cold this morning. a very blustery afternoon. afternoon highs in the low and mid 50s it will take a little bit of the joy out of that. car washing forecast, you bet you. after these sprinkles are gone. the next chance for rain comes up on saturday. few.about that in a now let's go to melissa. >> good morning. road work here in thesda.
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so hopefully it gets out of the way. all traffic stopped there southbound is open and okay. one right lane is getting by the work zone and then the left lane is getting by. that's your slow spot there. >> melissa, thank you. today, from the roads to train stations, to the sky, family all overa our a will be scrambling to get out of town. we're working for you the highways and the airports. >> a is predicting the highest travel volume for the holiday 2005. >> the busiest day in the sky will be tomorrow. >> 30 mlion people will fly to
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their destination this year. sunday will also be crowded as everyone to fly home all ce at on as for driving, we're in the middle of the holiday traveles madns. >> now aaa says 48 million people will clog the roads today and tomorrow. that's nearly 5% more than in years past and it's fuelled by falling gas prices. the national average for regular unleaded $2.63 a gallon. that's down 20 cents in a month. ming up at 5:00, we'll have more on the best time to leave towneltoday. >> ding this morning, the city of chicago is reeling from a deadly shooting at a hospital. this is video from s thene yesterday. officials say the suspect and a ofan were arguing outsid the hospital when the suspect allegedly shot and killed her befo running inside.
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that woman was a doctor that had a relationship with the suspect. officials say the sus also killed, but it's not >>cle. prince george's county man will spend the rest of his life three on after killi people inside of a bowie restaurant in 2017 and it caught on camera. we won't show you the shooting but some may find this surveillance footage disturbing. in the video, you can see him speaking with three of his bosses. state prosecutors say he was upset about notul receiving pay. he leaves and then moments later he returnedin sho the three men. his attorneys argued he was not criminally responsible. they cited a traumatic brain injury he sustained in a fight years earlier. he was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences.
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>> the man accus of driving the getaway car in the shooting eath here in the district remains behind bars this morning. 24-year-old mark price was ordered to be held without bond in court yesterday. he's one of five people now arrested in connection to her killing. back in ly, the 10-year-old was walking to get ice cream when the shooting itstarted. was a dispute between rival gangs there in northeast d.c. price was already in jail forr another murhen he was charged last week. >> we're learning more about i convictionthe murders of two montgomery county high schoolers killed the nightre beheir graduation. the jury found them guilty in the shooting deaths. the teens were lured to montgomery village thinking they were selling extra tickets to northwest high school's graduation ceremony. they were shot several times. n twoers recovered more t dozen shell casings from the scene. another man is already serving s
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lifetence in this case. >> it's now, 4:35. we begin withour other top stories, with the latest on the deadly wildfires in california. the death toll from the campfire is now up to 79 and the number could go up. the sheriff ss around 700 people are unaccounted for. the fire is 70% contained. down south the deadlywoolsey alre is 96% contained. >> a fed judge has temporarily barred the trump administration from refusing asylum to migrants that cross the border illegally. now some of the troops may bead ho. tracie potts will join us to explain why in a few minutes. >> right now police are looking for this car. d thver sexually assaulted a passenger early saturday morning. this happened just offbi cola road in northwest d.c.
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officers have not said if the car may have been operating as an uber or lyft. >> there's new efforts to help with safety. ne speed limit signs have been posted. it's part of a city initiative ming to reduce fatal crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists. there's been a number of complaints about the streetcar rails as well since a cyclist was stuck in the tracks and ended up being killed by a b ba in june. v-dot is still looking into possible tsimprovem to the rails. >> and today, the choice is peas or carrots, not side dishes, rather turkey. >> both turkeys are up for this mony. peas or carrots. the white house is running a twitter poll about which turkey should be the official national thanksgiving turkey. with 50,000 votes it's still tied. bore will be s after the pardoning peas and carrots will
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live there for the rest of their lovely lives. >> watch out there. i don't know. >> any ideahat a hokie is? >> peoe will lookt up. >> a reminder about the macy's thanksayving parade. it kicks off on nbc 4 at 9:00 a.m. in,you're planning to sleep get up early for a turkey trot. for another holidayad trion. be sure to set your dvr. >> it's now 4:37. coming up, the video that will make you look forward to that home cooked holiday meal. still ahead, the carry out stowaw found in one woman's take out order. yikes. >> firs new details in the go fund me fraud case. the details about the tri the details about the tri
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. a florida grandmother is in il for lying to police about a rjacking inmiami. surveillance video shows the woman chasing after a car when a thief took off sunday night. she told police her 3-year-old grand son was inside the car when it was stolen. that was a lie, apparently. she only told polic that because she hoped they would find her car faster. she was arrested f filing a false police report yesterday. investigators are still looking for the sct and the car. >> we have new details in the go fund m scam. a lawyer representing them has o released a recordings detailing the alleged conspiracy. he secretly recorded a nearl six minute conversation with her boyfriend. in that conversation, she maintains the alleged scam was
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all her boyfriend's idea. here's part of that recording. >> i might be going to jail because of something that you >> stopit. id. >> stop what. >> you don't go to jail for lyg on tv. >> the couple said the homeless man ge him his last0. they started to go fund me account to help him get back on his feet but used that money whichnas more t $400,000 to fund themselves. they're charged with fraud and conspiracynd all face jail time. anyone that donated to the account will be refunded. >> turning on each other now. >> available for adoption at thu ne rescue alliance.
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we're going to fill you in on all the warnings about the best time toe. le for some people, they have no choice, right? >> sure. new overnight, the trump administration cannot refuse asylum for immigrants that cross the southern border illegally. the federal judge issued a temporary restraining order yesterday and now u.s. troops rushed to stop the migrant caravan and may stop coming home this week just as somehe of migrants begin to arrive. >> tracy is live on capitol hill following the latest. how will this play out or the
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holiday. >> we can see three things. first of all, more people riving at legal ports of entry starting to fill up with these migrants starting to arrive.ou that were there just before the election will be coming home beginni over the thanksgiving holiday. all 5800 expected to be home before christmas. we want to ask y abouthis report in the washington post that ivanka trump used personal e-mails to send hundreds ofma s with government business. what is she saying about that? >> a f spokesperson the white house ethics council says they ve to addre the elephant in the room. they're claiming it's different
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th hillary clinton that was criticized for doing the same thing. they y, number one, ivanka did not have a private server iner home. she did not send anything that was classified. and that she turned over her e-mails. they have madulple requests for e-mails from jared and ivanka trump's private accounts. >> prince george's county leaders still don't know why so many precincts ran out of ballots. on election day, peopl were stuck in long lines that didn't move for hours it seems. some place only had one working electronic voting thmachine. prince george's county administrator plans to laumplg an investigation beginning next week to analyze what went wrong.
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>> local schools have moved a series of women from their jobs teachers. they're suspected of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behavior with .studen >> janry 2017 at least six women had their licenses revoked or cancelled because of sexual imappropriate with students and none ofho cases were made public. even to parents and students at the schools. none resulted in criminal charges. local school districts tell the iteam they won't reveal sexual allegations against teachers the community. even if they're severeh eno to
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result in license revocation. the alleged victim didn't want to cooperate. as part of our i-team, they did not arrest a teacher that ey say admitted to it. for now scott mcfarland. it's news 4 i-team. >> nd50 now in montgomery county, the school superintendent is taking action to prevent hazing. news 4 has the story. >> five members of the damascus high school are under arrest and
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charged with sexually abusing fourf members the team using a broom in a hazing incident. as a sult, he notified all montgomery schools thatoaes and activity advisers are now required to meet with their students and teach awareness of the dangers of hazing. >> how t identify if they are being victimized and how to stop their friends if they think their friends are going to do something. >> no one that works here has been suspended or fired as a result of this hazing incident. thechool superintendent says he was to let police finish the investigation before he announces the action they'll take. >> officials say most o the kids were not vaccinated because of a religious emption allowed under state law.
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nearly 40 students have come down with ickenpox. all of them attend the same private school. the school follows state requirements forns immunizat but also recognizes it is the parents decision to iunize their children before they sta school. >> she received the surprise when she saw something in her to go salad. it is green and it might be ed gh to spot until it sta moving. that's a frog in the bowl and it's alive. >> there's no incts inthere. >> she tells us that she orders e salad on wisconsin avenue. three blocks away from us. cava says -- >> i eat there all the time. >> cava is looking into what went wrong here. the woman released it into a oded area near her apartment so it can have another salad later. >> that's so 2018.
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>> i'm glad no one was injured and i'm sure this is just a one off. >> she handled it very well, i will atsay. >> you frog legs, right? >> you can anyway. >> we digress. >> how about the weather, chuck? >> not a bad day to be outside today. a lot of people traveling today. the weather will be cooperative to help get everybo out of town nice and safe. just pack your patience,od ever right now it's 49 degrees in washington. a gusty northwest wind is coming your way later on in the day. we're off to a mild start.
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47 in upper malboro. the sunshine makes a come back and the nthwest winds will increase. so a very blustery afternoon. highs in the low 50sround noontime and temperatures falling into the cooler 40s later on. but a big area of high pressure means q weather for traveling. none of the major airport hubs are goingt to take on the chin like in past years. a couple of sprinkles around this morning. w thesl not be lasting long and boy, is it going to be cold couple ere in the next of days. 54 today. a cooler 50 tomorrow.
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a fridgedhanksgiving coming. and then temperatures in the teens and 20s by friday morning. chilly weather hangs on through thursday and friday. milder for the weekend, but the trip home could be snagged with storminess. >> thank you, chuck. northbound, southbound, we still have the closure in the left lane both directions. another closure, northbound 15, awe have traffic shutdown northbound. outer loop before little river turnpike, and then the two still hanging around in the bethesda rockville area along 270. so northbound before democracy near the ul. after old georgetown just as you're coming off the outerloop
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there. >> it's seen as the first state in the country to aow legal pot shops. it's taken officialswo yea to make it happen. taking a look at the laws in our area, recreational marijuana ose is legal and decriminalized in the district. in maryland, recreational use is illegal and in virginia recreational use is strictly illegal. >> d.c. is getting a pop up bar that combines christmas and pandas. could there be anything better in god's earth? it's like he heard myprayer. the company's president says u pandas mak happy. amen. and the holidays make us happy, so why not combine the two? why haven't we thought about this before? the pop up bar will be called miracle on seventh street. a miracle, .indeed by the way, one of the drinks is
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called the santa bei i. it's a mix of at the quitequila d aguave soda. >> it opens on friday. >> thank you. >> we'll go. >> we'll go. >> 100% we're going. >> still ahead, black friday 2018 is gettingos . we're checking out this year's big ticket items and showing you how to shop smarter, not harder. >> policegre continuin to investigate a mass shooting at . hospital what investigators say about the what investigators say about the man that opene fdir
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we kick things off with a live look outside at reagan national airport. it's going to change in just a couple of hours. today is the day that millions of people across the country will begin theirsg thaing travels. hope it's a safe one. good morning, everyone. >> this morning we're breaking down everything that you need to know before you go. that includes o updates the traffic and the forecast. >> melissa is standing by with a check on you cmute in your first four traffic but we begin with chuck bell. what are you seeing outthere, chuck? >> i see cloudy skies this morning. a couple of rai drops. a few more
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