part of the firefight with smoke pouring from the 2 1/2 story home. this is the 4900 block of western avenue on the d.c./maryland we are told when this fire was essentially beginning that dc fooir fighters were also called to and were on stand by as ntntgomery c firefighters began their firefight here. there was a neighbor, an alert neighbor across street who tells me thathe saw some sparks showing from the house across the street and by the time she got o the pho from dispatch it was essentially engulfed in flames. we do know that firefighters went inside and tried to do search. they found two victims inside, two adults. they brought them out, tried to revive them but sadly they did die as a result of their injuries. as we look now live at the scene we are still very much in a very active investigation going on right now trying to uncover the

cause of the fire and what may have caused it. it appears investigators areerot ruling outps a space heater or fireplace as what sould have caused this, but the official cause under investigation at this time. we'll bring you more updates though as we get them. live from bethesda. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. this morning we are also keeping anye on a very cold forecast and the commute. it will be a big travel day. >> our melissa mollet is standing by with a check on the roads but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a very frigid forecast, chuck. parkak your patience and for today. temperatures are below freezing in many of the suburbs here this morning and it will be even colder tomorrow. four things you need to know about the weather, that cold wind that showed up yesterday afternoon, it will be back for this afrnoon, tonight and for tomorrow as well, good news in the forecast, it's dry up and down the i-95 corridor today. easy traveling. no major airport hubs are dealing b with any storminess. frigid weather for tomorrow.

satuay rain likelut we may have a little sleet early saturday morning. we'll keep a close eye on that for you. wednesday is off to a cold start.nd 20s low 30s. planner then for today, sun's up at 6:47. afternoon highs will be in the 40s. at least the pavement is dry no matter how far you're going to drive today. >> that is true. th is a hugeelp for a day like today when so many folks are trying to get away. speaking of g away, this is 95 northbound/southbound nr the icc. everything looks pretty standard right now. no major backup. chopper 4 showing you the d tiniesay as you're headed southbound. outer loop on the beltway at arena drive, doave a crash there. that is not showing us any kind of slowdown. rest of the bootway isng good. 270 southbound after montrose blad, have a report of a crash. just pro after they sort of divide and come back together. fairfax eastbound 66 before fairfax county parkway, crash there in the right lane. westbound at sycamore street,

looks like that should be clearing up soon on 66. southeast, northbound 295 before malcolm x causing big delays as you're headed in bound. another crash here, two of them, southbound d.c. two crashes there in the same area. eun? >> melissa, thank you. it's 6:03. happening today, another major day for holiday travel. yesterday was all about the road trip and today it will be airports and train stations. both are expected to be packed with thanksgiving travelers. 100,000 cts nearly people from the dmv will head to the airport. amtrak says this is the busiest time of year for em, too. this morning news 4's chris lawrence is getting a jump on the>>crowd. e is joining us live from ragan national airport now on how the lines are looking at the airport this morning. hey, chris. >> reporter: hey, aaron. just checked the security checkpoint here at ragan about 30 seconds ago. doesn't look that bad at this

point. if you're comin out rly, you may be able to get through without too much hassle. take a look behind me. you can see a littl bit of a line backing up theres people check in for their flight. they've seen it a in fits bursts. really crowded and then it dies back down. most of the rush wnl kick in the next few hours and throughout the day. a lot of construction going on at raga something to keep in mind. some of the lanes are going to be closed off. they are offering free parking r up to an hour, so if you are dropping somebody off or picking up, you can wait in the parking garage for up tond an hour not have to pay anything. there's going to be a lot of wople out there. last night a big night at dulles. at one point, you know, got so bad and so backed up at dulles folks started getting out of theircars, walking to the terminal because it was faster c.an sitting and trying to wait out the traf in fact, it took our crew about a half hour to get from the toll

ad to the terminal. couple things to keep in mind to ake things a little easier for you. the airlines have all raised except for southwest, they've raised their baggage fees. may want to pack lightly. uber and lyft are now offering a ne you can choose to get picked up here on the departures level instead of waiting down there in ar ivals. i this going to be a lot less crowd up here and that may get you on your way. reporting live at raganna onal, chris lawrence, news 4. >> if you spent any time on the beltway, terrible traffic uesday certainly lived up to its name >> thousands of people hoped to get out of town early for the holiday, instead they found themselves stuck in gridlock. >> there's a lot of stop-and-go traffic. >> it's bumper to bumper. >> chopper 4 flew out over the beltway. one driver said it took him a few hours to get from d.c. to laurel. as for today, the worst roads are expected to be 95 north,

270 north and 50 east. aaa says travel times could quadple between 1:15 and 4:15. a high speed chase last night. a driver swerving between cars on i-66 and refusing to pull over eventually went off the road near manassas. virginia state polic had been trying to pull him over for speeding. troopers arrested him after that crash. 6 minutes after the hour. this morning f we'relowing a developing story that may have a major impact on yr thanksgiving menu. >> the centers for disease control have issued a warning on two outbres impacting popular foods. >> we're talking about romain lettuce and turkey. >> this might have a lot of people thinking aboutat altees when it comes to the thanksgiving meal. keep this in mind. yesterday the centers for disease control and prevention, everyone should stop eat g

romaine lettuce. e. coli outbreak has made 32 peop sick across several states. this comes from early warnings out sal mow nelly linked to raw turkey killing one person. this has 164 people sick across 35 states this year. shoppers we found in d.c. saying they're still seein romaine dettuce for sale in stores. the kin of e. coli is a toxin that if you ingest it could permanently damage the lining of hur intestines. now if youe romaine in your cdcrigerator right now, the says you need to throw it out along with any other food it may have come in conta with. then wash the shelf, vegetable bin. the nbc washington app you can see the full list of things that have been recalled. they include beef and cake mix as well. >> angie, thank you.

6:07. a university of maryland freshman died from an illness associated with adenovirus. he told "the "baltimore sun"" his daughter became sick earlier in the semester. her condition became worse and pneumonia.nto she had been taking medicine for crohn's disease which weakened her immune system. maryland officialsre say tre at least five other reported cases. virus and this is the sam vir that killed nearly a dozen children with immune issues in nejersey. the president will be waking up at mar-a-lago this morning but heeft a flurry of controversy here in d.c. says presideport trump wanted to order the justice departmento prosecute them, hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey. dccording to the "new york times" this happeast spring. the report goes on to say that at the time white hou counsel don mcgann told the president he

did not have the authority to rske that order. white house lawarned him if he asked law enforcement to investigate his rivals he could face serious consequences including impeachment. criticizing hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail serves wane of his main themes duri trump's presidential campaign. the president also defended his daughter's useri ofte e-mail to send messages about government business last year. ee president said his daughter'sails did not contain sensitive information and were not deleted. some republicans and democrats want more information to dermine whether ms. trump mixed public business with private business interest backlash is growing over president trump's decision not to further punish saudi arabia with the killing of journalist ashoggi. khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate on october 2nd and according to investigators wasm ered and dismemtd. intelligence agencies concluded that the crown prince splus at

least known about it and ordered the killing. president trump laid out the position claiming the benefits of a good relationship with the kingdom outweighhe possibility the crown prince ordered the ddlling. inion mr. trump openly doubted the conclusions made by the ci >> they have nothing definitive and the fact is maybe he did, maybe he didn't. if we abandon saudi arabia it would be a terrible mistake. >>dyanctions have alreaeen announced against 17 saudi officials suspected of carrying out the killing. the president says punishing udi arabia and more would jeopardize a military arms deal bsrth billions of dollars and thousands of members of congress have called for a partial punishment includin canceling the arms sales. 6:10 right now. the death toll in the destructive camp fire in northern california stands at 81. there are 870 people listed as missing or unaccounted for as of last night. the butte county sheriff

stressed thatldist c contain duplicate or misspelled names. the camp fire in butte couy is 70% contained. more than 11,000 homes have been destroyed by the fire. rain is expectedel to suppress the flames and improve the air quality. are you ready for black friday shopping? >> t secret to get a deal on something people are looking for, a new tv.uc bigger tv to watch you. >> absolutely. i don't think i need a bigger tv at home. temperatures over the weekede will be m finally. back up into the 50s after a frigid shas giving, but we're keeping a close eye on saturday morning. at rain could begin as a littlet bit of sleet before becomes all rain coming right up. a>> reporter: got big group here prepping. this is the last day of prepping

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you're watching news 4 stood. it is the bors day of the year for in home s.fi how can you stay safe? experts suggest keeping combustible items such as aprons and towels away from the flames. put your hair back, too. that's important. y checr smoke detectors and pay attention while cooking. experts say distractions are the main cause of thanksgiving fires. >> got to be careful or do what io and stay out of the

kitchen. >> there you go. food's ready? i'll be right one of the most popular ways to cook a turkey can be one of the most >> this week news 4 spent time fire he alexandria department which showed us the best way a safest way to deep rkey. first, make sure it is thawed and completely dry. water mixed with hot cooking oil may cause the oil bbling over. ldren mportantly, keep c away from that fire. you don't want anybody to tip that over. >> dangerous. >> it does taste so good. >> really does. 6:16 right now. anksgiving celebrations continue across our area this morning. >> molette green is live in charles county with details on another major feast happening tomorrow. hey, molette. >> incredible effort to feed thousands, up to 3,000 here at middleton hall in waldorf here. check out the prepping that's eoing on. look, one of sheriff's

deputies, ryan, he has not stopped cutting since we started. he's on a mission or something to prove something t somebody. so the whole goal is to feed a feast to those mostn need in charles county, and check out some of th food that's already koongd here. look a that. you've got the turkey, you've got the ham and back there on we stove there are the greens because love some greens for thanksgiving. okay, chef selve is leading this cookingeffort. this?oes into all of you've got a lot of food to prepare. >> oh, yeah. we have about 100 pounds of celery, i have 300 pounds of ions and i can't tell you how many pounds of ham and turkey that we have prepared for the guests here. am excited about being here. >> and all of this kicksmoff toow when members of the homeless community, those who are a little bitheown on tir luck will come hereehroughout day and get a feast. now i wantri to in sheriff perry who of course spearheaded

this whole effort. tell me why this is so very importnt to do charles county and the surrounding areas? >> the ige h initiative was a collaborativeffort by several in the community and wanted to meet the needs of those who are slightly down on a their luck we wanted to deliverood and fellowship to reach out to those in need. >> this is the kickoff of a campaign that you have started. we never get to come out to charles county for something like this. isn't this >> whoo!s? >> reporter: all right. so we've got a lot more to tell you about later on in the hour as the prep time continues. i'm starting to get my eyes watery from these onions so let me send it back in to aaron and eun. we're continuing this massive prep effort for tomorrow. >> awesome. great to see so many people in the kitchen there thank you, molette. 6:18 now. chuck bell has our forecast. ood question how do you keep from crying?

a whole tae full of cut onions right in front of you. i'm sure it smells delicious. g walking forecast time. this is my little polka dot lou here. hers he's not available for adoption. you can find your very own for the holiday season. keep the pace up, everybody. temperatures dn belowreezing in most of the suburbs this morning. a fair amount of sunshine today. gusty north wind. afternoon highs will be stuck in the 40s. so going toes put your m on, make sure you're layered up. 34 in washington. south winds now and it will be a northwest wind later on in the y today. up around 20 to 25 miles per hour. temperinures below freez in much of the shenandoah valley. mid 20s across northern virginia. planner, cold, sunny, blustery start to finish lday. st it's dry weather. that's excellent news. thanksgiving tomorrow,int's to be cold, cold, cold. temperatures below freezing all morning tomorrow

and probably only getting above the freezing mark for a couple of hours during the middle of the afternoon and then right back down below freezing. good news, it's dry for traveling toy, dryor thanksgiving tomorrow and the day after. next best chance for rain comes up on saturday. it will be cold enough early saturday morning where we might have a little bit of sleet. warm air will change that for the rest of saturday ternoon. quiet weather back home on sunday. good morning,a. meli >> good morning. southbound 270 after montrose road. have a crash. it was in the middle of the roadway. they have it on the left side. at that i can a look at these delays. chopper 4 showing us a 3 1/2 mile backup headed sou mbound aftetrose road. not the day for something like this to happen but we are main and local lanes. it happened after montrose where they sort of merge back together. inner loop at arena drive, still have that crashun hanging a but it's not causing any delay.

choppet 4 flew over t for us. it is on the right side of the roadway so you don't have to worry about it. fairfax county parkway, crash in the right bound lane. crash in the left lane and southbound d.c. 295, two crashes in the same area. travel times,95s in maryland and virginia both looking quite good. so is 66 and 270 south quite sl. back inow

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when you find it for less, at ross: yes for less. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. >> two people are dead at this fire in bethesda. >> justin finch is live on scene. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: aaron, at this time montgomery county police and firefighters working jointly on this fire investigatln. we can tel you at this point firefighters working to see if perhaps a space heater or chimney contributed to this fire. as you can see, this homeutd by flames overnight.th call camen clo to 1:00 a.m. this is the 4900 block of western avenue. this is the dc/maryland lines. you might see closures. we can see immediately that

ellicott street northwest but these closures will extend to mass. ave. as well as river road, too, so keephat in mind as you make your way to work and school this morning. ba live here for us for the investigation, cause now is still underway. a search for that cause of the fire, and the cause of death for both victims is now being determined in baltimore. we are iive here bethesda. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. 6:30. preparing for another busy day of travel especially at ourca airports. today is expected to be one of the most congested days of the ar when it comes to flying. the roads may not be much better. we are working with team coverage to try to make your trip as less painless as possible. >> meteorologist chuck bell and a lookt your holiday travel is looking frigid,chuck. >> it sure is.

pack your patience and parka on the way out to e airports today. a lot of people in line. be patient, everybody. skies have been mostly clear through the overnight hours and sunrise a little less than a half an hour away. it has turned cold overnight. most of the suburbs are down we below the freezing mark. 30 in leesburg. 32 for front rol. a lot of 20s on the map for northern virginia. mid 20s in parts ofer montg county, below freezing in prince gorges county. your forecast for today, big get awayy, temperatures will be in the mid to upper 40s. not as warm as yesterday. melissa mollet, look at all of that weather coast to coast. >> i'm glad it's quiet for you. southbound 27 after montrose is where this crashte was. everything merges back together, here's the problem. chopper 4 showing you the delay 4 miles headed southbound. chopper's camera is good seeing

all the way back there to shady grove road.w if you khat area, you can see that is a long, long wait for a lot of folks. fairfax eastbound 66 before fairfax county parkway, dora ha a there. it was in the right lane. still has some delays. perouthbound going 64 miles hour before fredericksburg. we have a work zone. 95 inla ma, if you're headed out of town, southbound looks northbound no big complaints. 295 southbound after east capital, two crashes in the same spot. eun? >> thank you, melissa. we want to continue travel on the thanksgiving eve. >> news 4's chris lawrence is at ragan national airport. how are things moving? >> reporter: definitely getting a lot more crowded. the security screening line, it is backing up. even from 30 minutes ago. people still arring at ragan national to get out of town for

the thanksgiving holiday. one thing to keep in mind, there is a lot of constructio going on here atagan so some of the lanes will be closing if you're dropping off or picking up friends. you can park for an hour for free in the garages, up to 60 minutes is going to be free and of course with uber and lyft,ey the offering you the option to get picked up on the upper l, le departures level, maybe a little lesswd c than downstairs. it was a pretty bad night at dulles as we o. at point it got so bad people were getting out of their ecars to walk to terminal. it took our crew 30 minutes to get from the toll exit up to the terminal. been speaking with some of the families heading out to travel, and so far ateast theyeem to be looking on the bright side of things. >> going to vegas. get off the ground and u get to boston before all the traffic.

>> traveling with kids is not easy. >>ot easy but they're fabulous. i think today will be okay. >> repreter: w hoping so but, again, crowds are starting to pick up a bit here. as w get through the morning you'll see that rise. so definitely allow yours extra time to get out here and make your flight on time. reporting live from rag national. >> 6:34. here's a look at other stories this morning. president trump won't take further action against saudi sabia. they the crown prince ordered khashoggi's murder last month. e president sads said he won't take any further action.

>> five suspects were in the apartment. the men targeted them because one of them work at a check cashing business the suspects wanted to rob. the other suspects targeted thes earlier t month. d.c. police arrested a sixth person in th death of makiyah wilson. a woman washarged with obstructing justice. makiyahilson was killed after four men opened fire in northeast d.c. four other people including her older sister were also shot and wounded. a woman who admits to using a racist slur on video has retired from her jobin in the william county school system.he once retires she will still get her state benefits. now the interim ceo monica

golson will make sure every staff member gets bias training. today the t balloont will be used in tomorrow's 92nd anal macy's day parade will be inflated. >> the w paradel feature 16 giant balloons and 42 novelty balloons. new floats, rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles and flashy as far riyad venture. they're keeping a close eye on the weather. bad on city guidelines, no giant character balloon will be operatedre when tre sustained wind conditions above 23 milesner hour the parade route. chuck's saying it could be a problem. coverage for theare starts tomorrow morning at 9:00 right here on nbc 4. can we keep putting alug in that we're going to be here before 7:00 tomorrow morning. >> start the day with us. put theth turkey i oven with us. >> we'll have a good time. >> you still have time to get your holiday meal starte

>> molette green is in the kitchen this morning. >> reporter: that's right. and it takes af lot o supplies, and they're still coming in right now. bring those in to feed thousands, most in need in charles county for a thanksgiving fea served up tomorrow. we're going f to show yinal prep coming up. recall warnings expanded ahead of t yournksgiving meal. what experts are saying not to what experts are saying not to eat that could

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products. it's dangerous if ingeaued and can nausea and vomiting. >> we've reached out to several one slime manufacturer responded. kangaroo manufacturing said, quote, all of our products are tested and either meet or exceed u.s. standards. >> here's your cnbc morning business report. >> reporter: good morning and ppy holidays. it's frank holland. the fcc is continuing its request to rid the country of the annoying robo callings.ey thepplied more rules to create a database o numbers that have been reassigned to stopro businesses f calling after they've been changed so you would hopefully getleewer s pitches intended for other peop, hopefully. a secon proposal is text messaging is a service and you can block suspected spam texts. ideas at a meeting next e month.os

thwith your cnbc morng business report, i'm frank holland. and from storm team 4, your forecast. wakeup weather this morning, below freezing ine all of suburbs this morning. sun is just about ready to come up at 6:57. bright and sunny day today. breezy and cold and more cold to come. ten day forecast when i see you next. a couple of big problems on oads right now, one of them on 270, another one on the beltwayhis morning. we're going to take a look at 95 we're going to take a look at 95 in maryland and

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the president left washington for the holiday last but not before doubling down on his support forftaudi arabia a journalist was killed. this morning there is a report claiming the president wanted to order theustice department to prosecute hillary clinton and james comey. >> nbc's kristin welker is on the road with president trump. she joins us live from florida. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: hi, aaron and eun. good morning to both o you. president trump is starting his thanksgiving holiday on defense because of both of those stories that you guys mentioned. first, to the "new york times" reporting overnight that president trump last spring spoke to his then white house counsel don mcgann about prosecuting hillarymelinton and comey, his fired fbi director. well, according to "the time" mcgann told the president he didn't have the authority to do that, and furermore if he did try to take that step, according to "the times," held c open

himself up to impeachment. we reached out to the white house and we didn't hear anything and we reached out to mncg but he did tell "the new york times" this, quote, mr. mncg pointed out that he neverre or anyone prosecute hillary clinton or james comey. the foreign policy controversy, he's saying he didn't believe the cia report thathe crown prince ordered the killing. he let saudi arabia off the hook. he had no plans to seriously puni that country. that's because of bipartisan calls because of the president's action again saudi arabia. and there are a lot ofeuestions that may be too cozy with the saudi crown prince. we'll have all of that and a lot re coming up on "today." >> we'll see you then, kristin welker for us in palm beach

florida. >> back to breaking news. 6:47. two people are dead after this overnight house fire inth da. >> news 4's justin finch is live at the scene for us. justin, wt can you tel us? >> reporter: very sad story, aaron, eun. firefighters telling us they are working to notiff the next kin of these two people who perished in this fire overnight. meantime on the scene, investigators waiting for this time right now,o daylight, t inside and begin looking further at what caused this fire. we do have a look at the latter half of this firight from overnight. this fire broke out close to 1:00 this morning. heavy smoke showing. once our cameras arrived a neighbor across the street tells us she saw spark coming from that home. she called 911 and quickly realized the home was engulfed flames andhat's what fire crews found once they arrived. they attacked the fire from the outside and the insid and chief scott goldstein tells us what

ppened whenrews went inside trying to attempt a rescue. >> crews were operating from the front, crews were operating froa the in such a coordinated fashion that they rapidly found one ctim, removed that person, then shortly thereafter found second and removed that one as well. >> reporter: at looking live the home right now, we can tell you they have not yet release the names of both victims. their cause of death is under investigation. crews now looki to see if perhaps a space heater or a chimney contributed to this fire. we are live from bethesda, i'm justin finch, news >> justin, thank you. 11 before the hour now. we'reorking to learnore about the driver who led virginia state police on a high speed chase on one of the busiest travel days of the year. chopper 4 caught the end of it. the driver was swerving between cars on ai-66 eventually went off the road near manassit. he another car in the process. they pulled him over for speeding. troopers arrested him after the crash. from 66 to the beltway

traffic was backed up last night. as for today, ori-95270 nth and 50 east. ,270 north and 50 t 270 north and 50 east. the biggest crowds are at the airport today. chris lawrence has the story. >> reporter: yeah, pack your patience and leave early. that's two things, aaron and eun. just a couple of minutes ago, we looked at the security checkpoint lines. things definitely picking up. lots of people are tryin to ilad out and spend thanksgiving with their famy and friends. security line even a half hour ago people were breezing through. that changed in the last 10, 15 minutes. a lot of construction here at ragan national, but they are offering free parking in the garages for up to an hour. pack lightly. st airlines have raised the baggage fees and if you have one

of those cheap economy basic economy tickets, just remember, they won't even let you bring a carry on on so remember pack lightly. check that ticket before you orhead out the . reporting live at raganna tional, chris lawrence, news 4. >> thank you, chris. now from the airport to the roads, melissa mollet is reporting several backups now. >> big problem southbound 270 after montrose road, a six mile backup o headed southboun 270. after that you get through it minutes, you of pass montgomery mall. all seems good. it's not. thenou hit this. outer loop before river road, big backup there as 2 1/2 mile slowdown because of a crash on the left side of the road. rcle both of those. your trouble spots you have to allow extra time. that's the own thing you can do there. rest of theeltway looks pretty normal right now. eastbound 66 before fairfax county parkway, crash is out of the way. we still have delays coming through centrevil this morning.

southpoint, as you approach frederick. quantico, 33 miles p hour in virginia. 67 miles per hour if you're heading out of town northbound sometime this morning. southbound 295 after east capil still has two crashes hanging around in the same spot. 270 very slow, germantown to the spur, 19 miles per hour this morning. outer loop betwe 95 and 270, 22 miles per hour. in bound on 66 and northbound on 95. 66 looking okay. northbound 95 34 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop when you hop into your car. good morning, mr.oo bell. >> morning, melissa. a picture i spotted on my twter feed. i've since retweeted it. this is a perspective how big the woolsey fire i is out california. this is a picture from nasa's goef s gove satellite. how big is that scar? that is 152 square miles in

size. for compntison, theedi rict of columbia is only 68 square miles, so more than twice as big as the entire district of columbia burned in that one fire, not to mention the tremendous loss of life and property. back here on a clear and cold start to thanksgivingeve, 3 in washington. winds are out of the south. gusty northwest wind later on this afternoon. be ready for a blues jery, much chilly jerp weather pattern coming in. low 30s around town. it will be a nice day to be outside but it won't be as mild as yesterday. wee are in thmid to upper 50s yesterday. mid to upper 40s today.er tomorrow, well likely to be our coldest thanksgiving since 1996. the all-time coldest thanksgiving, 30 degrees for a high on thanksgiving day. that was in 1930. that recd is safeut it will be a record cold thanksgiving rom new york city to boston if you're headed up to nyc.

>> yikes. thank you, chuck. it wtwas the morning before thksgiving. >> molette green is live in waldorf withhe let's end hunger campaign. >> reporter: good morning to you. we have a big lively crowd. look at all f of theseks here in this room. just check out everyboo who wantedt up and be out for the final prep day. look, you kno i'm a sorority girl. i love my akas, right? but i've got a whole bunch of deltas cutting up in here. yeah. one theta. the goal is to feed some 3,000 d in ne members of the homeless community and those folks living paycheck to paycheck who need help. we have chef kendyl leading the way wit 250 pounds of onions. all of this started with the

brainchild of sheriff berry. i wan to come over here with sand sandy with lifestyles. the goal is to feed up to 0.3, >> 3,000 people. no child should go to bed hungry and that's what this is all about. thanksgiving, come here, eat and have a good meal and fellowship. we're going to make a difference in this county. >> all right. all of this -- all of this happs come. thanksgiving dinner here at n middleton hal waldorf. i'm going to t part sea here so we can show some of the food that's already cooked that will be served tomorro throughout the day. folks will be bussed in right here and serving -- they're servinal up this that is the latest trying to end hunger in charles county back in to you. >> molette, thanks to you and thanks to the volunteers and thn co county employees.

>> diane is somewhere around here. >> all right. 6:56 right here are four things to know. the cdc says stop eating row maybe l -- romaine lettuce. there's a warning about mlmonella in raw turkey. that hasade 164 people sick and killed one person. look for more on "today." a university of m hyland freshm died from an ill illness linked to the adeno virus. school officials say there are five other reported cases of is virus. two people are get after an bethesda.fire in they were found inside a home on western avenue. nort word on what exactly s that fire. the flames are out now. rp> holiday travel continues at the t. take a look at the arrival terminal at ragan nationalrp t. nearly 100,000 people from the dmv will head to the airports

today. be sure to check your flightus st before leaving and we say it every year, arrive early. 95 south in virginia looks good. 95 in maryland, no problem. outer loop before river road opper 4 showing you that delay. 270 southbound very slow. six mile backup getting down to the beltway. chuck? all right. five day forecast, breezy and chilly today. just flat out cold for your thanksgiving and the friday morning, teens and 20s for black friday shoppers. that is a cold one. >> yikes. >> chuck, thank you. that is the news for today. thanks for waking up with us. >> "today" show is next. have a great day. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody.

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