good luck and be safe. 're working for you. >> we're breaking down everything you need to know before you go. melissa i working hard standing by with check on your commut commute. what are you seeing chuck? >> there's no big storm coming our way for thanksgivingtr ellers. that's welcome news. down to the blu ridge,hese are not going to last too much longer. they could bring a couple of drops here temperatures are in the 40s for most of us this morning. 46 in montgomery count and then temperatures later on today peaking in the low to briefly perhaps even into the mid 50s around noontime. then a gusty northwest wind sets

up shop. tefrs through the 40s over the course of the afternoon. tomorrow will be chillier. temperatures most of the day tomorrow in e 40s to near 50. this is a big slow down here. southbound 270 after 80, have the left side blocked by a crash and pretty good delays

southbound. southbound 295 after pep pen avenue, right side blocked by a crash. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway evolving nicely. >> hundreds of thousands of families in our area will hit the road for the holidays. chris lawrence is just off the belt way with more on what you need to know before hitting the roads today. >> good morning. >> good morning, guys. not too bad right now. just sort of a normal morning commute and that will change. >> whether you're trying to drive home and spend thanksgiving with your family, you are not alone. about 48 billion people are going to hit the roads this thanksgiving holiday. that's about 5% me than travelled last year.ar so of the reason is the price of gas.

the national average is 3$2 a gallon. that's fallen about 20 cents over the last month. it will let you know where the atms and restaurants are. the particular chains you like, you mark it as a favorite and it's going to tell you where those are all around the route. so we'll be keeping an eye on when ads and let you kno the best and worst times are to get out of town. for now, i'm chris lawrence, news 4. >> thanks.

if you're one of the thousands of people in thea d.c. a beginning your thanksgiving travel today there's things that you want to keep in mind. melissa, it's going to be a touggo. >> it is going to be a tough go. here's what you need to keep in mind. people cut their day short andd try to h out of town. taking a look at this. expected t spots are to be the inner loop here. top of the beltway, 95 southbou through virginia. northbound in maryland and northbound on 270. your trip anywhere you'r heading could take you 2.5 times longer than it would on an average da

we'll keep an eye on the traffic, the crowds, the trains, wok for the live reports coming up. have an update for you on the fire that forced metro to suspend service along part of the green and yellow line last night. things are back to normal. flames were spotted just outside of the station. no one was hurt. >> developing this morng, investigators in chicago are looking for answers after a deadly shooting at a hospital. a police officer and two hospital employees died in yesterday's shooting in the city's south side. the suspected shooter also died but it's not clear whether h killed himself or was killed by police. this morning, hospital workers and patients are telling their stories. >> good morning, all of this happening just days before thanksgiving. now it's a look at what parple

going through and the panic on the ground. one doctor describing it as pure chaos. her main goal w to get home to her children. >> i said to my children, w, somehey find out. they were calling me. it's not that i didn't want to answer them, i just want to get home to >> really scary moments there. he's a look. you can see hundreds of people lined the streets there and there was the line of blue ghts that followed. according to our nbc station there inag ch mercy hospital had just completed it's annual active shooting training just a few weeks ago.

now back to you. >> 6:07 now, also developing thisin mo the death toll in california from the camp fire is now up to79. the sheriff says the list of names of those unaccounted forro dropped tod 700. that's is about 300 fewer people than was poste ye the camp fire started on november 8th and is 70%ai cod now. it's destroyed nearly 12,000 homes, though. three people have been killed in that fire. >> a ride share driver sexually assaulted a phesenger over weekend. >> they're hoping someone recognizes the car involved. this is r a nissan altima police want you to be on the look out for. it decals for two ride sharing companies on it. we're td the driver stopped and sexually assaulted her.

there's ways you can double weck to make sure that your driver is he says he is before you get into any car. >> you check the make and model of the car and the license number. >> i usually ask them their name. >> the family is now suing the casino. she is now in a wheelchair and her family says is disabled for life because of an electric hock that she suffered back in june these pictures released in a report show mgm plaza had improper electrical wiring. the familyut claims they business before safety. the lawsuit says in part, quote, defendants in their haste to open hotelsti intally urged construction workers to finish

their job quickly at the expense of safety. it shows patrons appearing to be jolted we electricity when uching the handrail in the days before the incident. in a statement, mgm called it a tragic accident and said it's committed to reaching a resolution with the family. >> developing thisorning a rep for ivanka trump is defending her use p of asonal e-mail account for official government business. trump sent hundreds of e-mails from that account to aids and cabinet officials. her attorney says trump used t account almost always for logistics and family scheduling. president trump relent lesllesr said clinton belonged in jail. >> senate democrats are making moves to protect special counsel robert mueller. they want to block matth whitaker from serving as acting attorney general.

he was put in that role after jeff sessions re-signed. they're saying the move violates the constitution because whitaker has not been confirmed by thesenate. in an interview with fox news on sunday the president insisted he was unaware of whitaker's past statements. >> i didn't know that he t views on the mueller investigation as such. >> the president says hemp ted written answers toti qus from mueller. he is expected to submit them before tanksgiving. re's pressure from around the world for president trump to take tougher measures against saudi arabia over the killing of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. the president called reports that the crowned prince ordered the killing premature. he alsocr ded saudi arabia as a quote, spectacular ally

france is considering sanctions against saudi arabia and germany has banned 18 sauditi als. >> new details on skins quarterback alex smith season ending injury. jay gruden says the surgery wena wellnd he is expected to make a full recovery in 6 to 8 months. colt mccoyill now take over as quarte pack. they'rereparing to take on the arch rival dallas cowboys. they kick off thanksgiving around 4:30 p.m.. right around dinner time. it will be a tough call. >> come on. make dinner a little earlier. >>n front of the tv. >> howizo max on the deals before you getth t store. >> if you think you're going to

watch tv and eat thanksgiving at our house, think again. we'll be eating and you're going to like just in time for the trip home from grandma's house. could be on the stormy side for the weekend. five-day forecascoming up. >> hundreds of frozen turkeys coming off of this truck. a hot meal and a frozenrk tu. we'll talk to the nonprofit making all of this happen right after the break.

take a look at this. this is a bunch of pepsi, mountain dew all over the roadwayre they crashed last night and shutdown intstate 495 for hours. the other truck was carrying u.s. mail. police say that everyone did make it out alive but at last check there are serious injuries. police believe that one of the semis stopped in the center lane of the interstate and that was hit by the box truck and from there it was one big chain reaction. so a lot more cars impacted by this as well. >> thank you. how many people are you expecting for thanksgivin dinner? >> this morning an area group is preparin food for nearly 500.

folks get ready to share a pretty big massive thanksgiving meal. >> can you imagine feeding 500 people? all of that i happening a matter of hours. th effort is going on right now. the frozen turkeys are coming off this truck. ey will go home with he folks thate that meal later on this morning here in this parking lot. and they haveeen doing this year after year setting up in this parking lot. he aspire strong families. tell me about impact that you have made doing this.

>> tell me why this is so important, though. >> this is important because we're feeding families and communities, we're feeding communitiit communs. >> it's okay. you're not terrible with this because you have this beautiful fantastic effort going on in this community where you're going to feed up to 500yopeople. u have volunteers. u have supporters. we have people coming out at 11:00 this morning. lthat's when the m is going to be served. >> exactly. >> i love it. >> so we're goingo continue with this effort. these frozen turkeys, they got hundreds of them coming off of this truck right here and we're going to you how all of this is going to come together ter on in theur. keep going. bring those frozen turkeys off the truck. back in toyou. >> 6:18. time for a check with chuck. >> talking about frozen turkey, it's going to be cold around here for thanksgiving.

>> thanksgiving over the last all e of years hasn't been that cold. average high this time of the year around the mid 50s. 2015, near 64. a couple of chillies o there back to about 2013, but this coming thanksgiving might be the coldest since 1996. daytime highs maybe barely above freezing on thanksgiving day. right now 4 it's degrees outside. cloudy. it will be a northwest wind lar this afternoon. could be gusty and blustery at times. 49 in annapolis. 46 in gaithersburg. your planner for today, a few sprinkles this morning giving way to more and more sunshin as we get into the afternoon. afternoon highs today will be up in the low to mid 50s around about lunchtime or so but those gusty winds will make it feel cooler than that.

but thanksgiving day, 34 for a high. .nd soaking rain later in the day saturd good morning. >> good morning. taking a look right now, chopper 4 lookis for t pedestrian crash. westboundhere, 66, we have two lanes blocked. volume is nice and light actually. shington southbound 295 after pennsylvania avenue. right side blocked by a elash. tr times, 270 looks good. top of the beltway starting to get slow there. 66 unin 95 northbound. no major travels there.

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and december. perts say men are buying more for themselves than they have in the past. the survey was conducted by a retail company. >> most people tend to spend more around thi time of the year. >> black friday just days away now. but some of you may prefer to spend your day off at home and not deal with crowded uslls. >> san is working with you on tips for how to get the most out of thels d before they're gone. >> black friday deals, they don't end on eyfriday. tart before the turkey is eren out of the oven and they'll last long aft your leftovers are gone. s. you've seen the ch it.be you were even apart of getting to the mall at the crack of dawn on black friday but do you have to do this to get this? >> the answer is no, no, no. >> to score a deal, you don't far.to go >> great news is that number one, you're going to find all the deals onlinetoo, so don't

worry. and number o, the deals are going toeeast allnd long. >> retail me not anticipates the averagend american will s $800 black friday deals alone. ted top items we're exp spend our money on? >> electronics,l, appare laptops, those are all number 1, 2, and 3 this hiyear. >> wle it's hard not to get so caught upn the craziness of black fday deals, take a deep reath. do you homework, and most importantly, make a list and stick to it. you've got time i you're heading out on black friday, make sure to map out your plan. so find out what time the stores are actually open. we have a complete list for you right now in our nbc washington app. just srch blackfriday. back to you. >> 6:25 now and before we can get to black friday, we have to get through the thanksgiving etavel rush. whher you're flying or driving, we're working for you he help you get around the

traffic before turkey. >> and if you're starting to think about t black friday forecast, it is going to be fridged on friday morning.at tempes down in the 20s. a lot of great things going on on friday for a change, the commonwealth cup, virginia and virginia tech playing in blksburg if you'reeading to the game. it will be cold with temperatures in the 30s, or perhaps you're making the trip to morganto, cold and cloudy there too. chk in on our thanksgiving forecast coming up. >> still ahead, take out a closer look at the live anioml one found in her carry out order. on thousands of giftsngs this weekend at ross. most stores are open thanksgiving,o six p.m.dnight. reopening friday at seven a.m. with extended hours saturday and sunday. yes for less.

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first, though, chuck bell and thatea storm tm 4 forecast for getaway day, make it a smooth one, chuck. >> absolutely. the weather department is taway ating with your plans for today and for tomorrow, but your thanksgiving promises to be very, very cold. right now live at national airport, by the potomac. mostly cloudy skies. a rouple ofn drops here. a few showers just tthe west of manassas. maybe a drop or two also down into parts of central virginia bu not everyone i going to get hit this morning. a few passing sprinkle temperatures not cold yet. don't you worry. don't walking forecast for today, butternut available for adoption. not a bad day to spend time-outsi today. have to hold on tight those. >> hold on to your steering

wheel and your hats today. thank you chopper 4 for that. no doubt it's going to look a little bit different than this as the commute progresses. manassas westbound 66 after sudley road. still have two left lanes blocked by a crash there. frederick, southbound 270, after urbana. 80. left side blocked by a crash. take a look at the delays. it slow. allow extra time. germantown southbound 270 before 118. another crash reported but overall, 270 isn't that bad. we'll have those two instances. laurel southbound 95 after 32, brand newident there. >> melissa, thank you. it's 6:31 now and today from roads to train stations to the sees, families all over our alla e scrambling to get out of town. >> if you're traveling for thanksgiving, you'll have plenty of company. aaa is predicting the highest

travel volume since 2005. >> here's whato you need know. the busiest days in the sky i tomorrow. >> sunday will also be crowded as everyone tries toly home at once. as for driving, we are in the middle of the holiday travel madness. >> aaa says 48 million people will crowd the roads today and tomorrow. that's 5% more than last year and that's fuelled by falling gas prices. the national average for regular unle$2ed now 3 a gallon. down 20 cents in a month. chris lawrence will let you knon he best time is to leave for your thanksgiving holiday. >> it's now 6:32. this developing story out of chicago. officials say four people are dead after a shooting at the city's mercy hospital. this is t video from scene yesterday. officials say a gunman shot and killed a doctor, pharmaceutical assistant and a police ficer.

suspect was the also killed. it's not clear whether he shot himself. in montgomery county several members of a high school junior varsity football tea are charged with sexually abusing teammates. the incident happened earlier this month at damascus high school. five members of the team sexually abused four victims in the boy's locker room after school. >> this morning, you'll see new speed limitigns along the busy h street corridor. it's part of vision zero. a city initiative aiming to reduce fatalit crashes pedestrians and cyclists. vdot i also looking into possible improvements into the streetcar rails on h-street. >> d.c. police are on the hunt for a car and driver connected to a sexsault. >> this happened over the weekend in adams morgan. justin is live there with the

latest. >> that's this is going to be big for a lot of people because the victim in this caseheells police was only in that car for a matter of minutes before she says the driver attacked r. so right now, police are after the car and the driver. here is a look now at this car, a late model red altima. a nissan model here. the woman says she got into this car about 2:45 a.m. saturday here in adams morgan. she sa, again, she was only in that car for a matter of moments before the car pulled over on the 2,200 block right off columbia road where she says the driver then sexually assaulted her. ride share users in this area of course by now heard this story and they say once you get in a car like that, you cannot let your car down. >> you check the make and model of the car andic these number. but that's not blaming anybody for having a terrible experience. >> i usually ask them their

i guess that's not probably such a good idea either, though. >> so right now it's not clear ife that r was gps tracked. orf this is the car the victim wasto supposed to get could be a case of her getting in the wrong car. if you do take ride shares, be sure to verify t name of your driver and the make and model of the car before you get inside. we're live here in adams morgan, i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. >> so turkeys are up for a presidttial pardon today's ceremony. the white house is running a twitter poll about which turkey should be namedia the offic national thanksgiving turkey. th 50,000 votes it's still tied. but it doesn't matter because both will be spared. t

afte pardoning, peas and carrots will live a lovely life. >> it's tradition though. >> look how plump they are. >> no, they're too pretty. >> while you're getting in the thanksgiving spirit, a reminder about the macy's thank iving dayparade. it kicks off at 9:00 a.m. on nbc 4 onrn thursday g. if you plan to sleep in, get up early for a hiday tradition. be sure to set your dvr. it will be a lot of fun. >> i recommend not sleeping in. we're bothking and it's going to be fun. thanksgiving morning with the two of us. you get the day off? oh, we'll be here. >> thanksgiving is coming ear for hundreds of families. molette is working for you with more on this mas >> i'm talking turkey and all th trimmings. e giant holiday dinner table. all of that and re, details coming up next on news 4.

>> plus, chopper 4, keeping an eye on the roads as the travel eye on the roads as the travel rush picks

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take a look for yourself. that's a frog in the bowl and it's the american university graduate students tell news 4 that she ordered the salad on wisconsin avenue. ey're looking into what went wrong. >> as for the frog, the woman released it into wooded area near her apartment. that's a nice thing to do.

>> the frog is okay. >> now here's your cn morning business report. >> good morning, i'm frank holland here atcnbc headquaters. fnstagram is cracking down on the use o third party apps that boost the users popularity with wh they're calling fake likes, fake follows, and fake mments. that violates their policies and they're taking a number of steps including re aving them prompting people to stop the behavior. if users continue to violate the rules, it could limit their access to certain features. >> good morning. the weather for today and tomorrow is nic and quite. no big weather problems along the east coast especially, but thanksgiving promises to be filled with cold turkey this year. afternoon highs on thanksgiving afternoon will likely to be barely above the freezingmark. wind chills in the 20s.

chopper 4, our eyes on the sky this morning on this getaway day. brand

>> millions expected to start their thanksgiving travel today. we'll fill you in on the warnings about b thet time to leave. >> new overnight, the trump administration cannot refuse asylum to immigrants that cross the southern border illegally. a federal judge issued temporary restraining order yesterday and now u.s. troopsru ed to the southwest border to stop a migrant caravan may start coming home this week just as some of those migrants arrive. all the troops should be home by christmas as originally expected. >> developing this morning, the washington post reports ivenka trump hundreds of e-mails

fromnaer per account for business. those went to aids and cabinet officials but did not contain classified information. >> kristen is live outside of the white house. good moheing, hasresident commented on this report? >> no, not yet. good morng to both of you. st the white house is on defense, that's foe because as you say, first daughter ivanka trump and her use of personal e-mail while conducting white house business. the washington post did report this sto that ivanka sentm last year. those e-mails showing a redacted.com name. she uses her married name in those e-mails. some of them all the w back to 2017 before she was an official employee. na spokesper telling nbc ns that quote, mrs. trump sometimes her private account almost always for logistics and scheduling for her family.

and her use of a private e-mail was different than that of hillary clinton but on the campaign trail, president truch la -- trump lashed out at hillary clinton for using a personal e-mail. democrats are saying this is the height of hypocracy and they are demanding congressional investigations. the house oversight committee does plast to inate. back to you. >>ks th kristen. >> 6:47 now today from the roads to the skies, families all ove our area will be scrambling to get out of town for the holiday. take a look at this live flight map. all of tho planesut there. you can imagine the busiest day in the skies will be tomorr. >> today though, it's all about the roads. chris lawrence just off the belt w beltway with the best time to y leave forr thanksgiving

trip. >> hey, aaron. on the road right now it's not all that bad although youay have to explain that one to your boss today. whether you're trying to drive home or frankly trying to get away from yourrelatives, there's certain times of the day that are just not worth it. for our area the worst time is 5:00 and 7:00 tonight. that's onhe beltway. crawling alongan and youet where you're going. about 2.5 times your normal drive. as we take a live look outside, from chopper 4, nissan chairman carlos goen. ove rea, just remember, a lot depends on where you're going. it will slow down about 23 miles per hour and if you're driving 95 north, 270 north, or 50 east, tomorrownight, wednesday night

is going to be the worst time to hit the roadnd if youcan, avoid 95 around the fred you'll want to keep it here on news 4, first 4 traffic. we'll bes updating t all day to give you the u to date information on what's happening out here on the roads as you get started. >> thankou so much and we're going to check in with melissa for more on thismorning's commute coming up. >> they are suspected of sexual misconductin or appropriate texting with students. a but the news 4 i-team shows us, most of theav cases remained secret from the public. >> our review of state education shs sinceanuary 2017 at least six womens had their licenses to teach reved or

cancelled because of sexual impropriety with students. none of the cases resulted in criminalcharges. local school districts tell the i-team, unless police make an rest, they won't reveal sexual allegations against teachers to the community, even if the allegations are severe enough tu in teacher license revocation. they found in many of the cases the alleged male victims dopn't want to ate. some say not surprising. >> they're questioning themselves. theysay, well, this really upsets me, but i'm supposed to be happy abo it. so they're afraid of ridicule and then they'ret afraid t they'll get in trouble. >> tonight on news 4 at s5:00, part of our investigation, why police tell the i-team they could not arrest a teacher that they said admitted having sex

with one of her 15-year-oldts stud on school grounds. for now, scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> let's turn to chuck now and check the forecast. >> your storm team 4 forecast, looking ver quite for travellers up and down much of the east coast for today. that's welcome news. a live picture there of reagan inteational airport. 55 is our average high temperature around this time of the year. last year,nk tiving day was 47. the year before that 57. 64 was our warmest thanksgiving in 2015 but thishasgiving will be a cold one. a lot colder than 2013 when we had a high of only 40 degrs. right now it's 49. so it's not cold yet but the cold air is on the way. 40 in martinsburg. your hour by hour planner today, temperatures into the low 50s by noontime.

thch cooler w the next couple of days. flying today, chicago, st. louis, dallas ft. worth, atlanta, no major weatherob prms there. a few slow downs up toward new york city and boston with some slightly inclimate weather there. for us around here today, just a couple of early morning sprengespren sprinkles and by the time we get to o 9:00 10:00 this morning, all dry across the area. colderor tomorrow and way colder for thanksgiving. thanksgiving day, 34 degrees. that will be the coldest thanksgiving since 1996. up forg to need to layer the turkey bowl games in the morning. chopper 4 showing us roads aret looking p good at this point. 95 in maryland. virginia. nothing really in your way. that's going to change assthe day prog. springfield, inner loop. left side blocked by crash.

you can see that's looking better than itwas. german town as well before 118 and crash there and the ope up all the way down to the spur. so the two slow spots o 270. laurel southbound 95 after 32, we have anaccident. in the district, southbound 295 after pennsylvania avenue. right sidetill block by a crash. taking a look at your travel times, 270 from germantown after both of the crashes. 22 miles per hour on the outerloop. inbound on 66 and 95, going tout 40 miles per hour. remember to liste wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in yourcar, all day, it's going to be a busy one. we'll be tweheing about getaway day traffic as well. >> melissa, thank you. it is a feast for an entire community. this morning, an area nonprofit isreparing a thanksgiving meal for 500 people. >> news 4's molette green is live in southeast d.c. for details onhe annual

thanksgiving community outreach there. >> good morning. we're setting the table for a giant holiday feast going on right here in this parking lot ere in the congress heigh community. the tis foundation is or responsible fll of this. let me show you what the meal will look like. the turkey and all the trimmings. that's smoked turkey right there. all right. doesn't that look good, erybody? >> yeah. >> all right. let me just bring in alicia arthur and thank all of you guys. even the t councilman froms community is out here. why is this so very important to do. >> well, you know, this foundation has been here for almost 20 yearsnd thiss our first time doing it with a bigir ad in the e public. >> we're talking about 500 people. >> oler 500 pe we're feeding and giving out free turkeys and the dressings the side as well. >> i love it. isn't that fantastic?

all right. that's what it is all about. starting athi11:00 morning, families can come down here in this we're near the south capitol street southern avenue right here in the parking lot makg alf this happen. >> what's the thing you want to leave our viewers with?py >> h thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving. we're coming to you later today. >> what are you worki on for tomorr? >> oh, yeah, charles county, doing it u g, prepping food for a big thanksgiving feast in that community. so wll see y from there tomorrow, live. >> the season of giving. we're working to provide meals to those in need this thanksgiving. so far you helped us raise $56,000 for our food for families. it's not over yet. you can still help us with our goal of serving up to more than 4,000 turkey baskets. visit nbc washington app to make a tax deductible donation through t'sunday. >> 6:55 and here's four

things to know. d.c. police are looking for thia and a driver in connection with a sex assault. it happened early saturday morning in adams morgan. the man assaulted a woman and they say the car was operating as a vehicle for hire. >> four people are dead after a hospitalhooting in chicago. officials say a gunman shot and killed a doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer. the suspect is also dead. it began as an argument betwndn the doctorhe suspect. >> the death toll from the camp fire in california is now up to 79 and hundreds remain unaccounted for. progress is being made on contning the fire but there's still a long road ahead. coming up on today, a closer ok at the firefighters battling these california wildfires. >> today is terrible traffic tuesday. millions will hit the roads today. the most congested time is between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. get to your thanksgiving

destination. >> it's going to be pai a lot of folks. chopper 4 right now showing us some roadways. i believe that is moroseroad, 95 in maryland and virginia looking good now but of course you want to follow us throughout the day to tell you where we have the slow spots. >> quite weather for the getaway travellers today and tomorrow. very, very cold for thanksgiving. black friday shoppers first thing in the morning will need every lay they can put on because it's going to be a cold one. unfortunately, it could be interrupted or slowed by rain. >> all right, chuck, thank you. tat's news for today. >> the "today" show is next. >> the "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25

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