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now at 4:00. americans out on the move. >> crowd are jamming the airports and theay higin a ad dash to get to the holiday destination. >> the skies are clear, tomorrow has us in weatherer . take look at the feels like temperature for thursday morning. >> you want to check the roads, millions of people are already on their way. i th a view from the chopper in bethesda it looks like the traffic is heavy in both directions there. >> meanwhile,he number of planes in the air right now, unbelievable. this is flightaware.com, tracking air traffic in real time. at any given moment there are more than 5,000 planes in the sky. >> it looks lik you can walk across the country on the back of those planes. >> we have team coverage on the race to get there, by the time
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thanksgiving will be served tomorrow. >> doug, what's it like right now? >> you talk about the raceo get there. what is racing our way now is the cold air. we're talking some brutal cold. >> you were pointing out buffalo, new yor to me, where it feels like temperatures are about >> actually, it's not what we are dealing with. the temperatures will fall quickly. take a look outside right now. we had a few clouds, really a nice day, a front. you can clearly see this front right here. this is the arctic front. notice the snow out ahead of it into parts of new england. behind this, though the winds pick up, the temperatures, they are falling very, very quickly across the region. right now, we'ret 54 degrees in d.c. it's a beautiful day out ahead thatfront. 32 in state college. 32 in pittsburgh. we're in the teens north of that. that cold air just in time for thanksgiving. the coldest thanksgiving we think since 1996, maybe longer, wind chills in the 'teens and
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20s here tomorrow. >> that means, guys, it will feel 30 t 40 degrees colder tomorrow morning and, of course, we're talking nowor rain saturday as well. but travel wise, we can deal th the cold. we're not dealing with snow or much in the way of rain acrosst much o mid-atlantic and the northeast. that's good news for travelers. speaking of travel, you want to talk tos guy. he's the man. adam tuss. >> reporter: i may be the man. you are the guy, remember that. i'm at reagan airport. look at the people out here. i seen it wor in thanksgiving pasts. this might be a good time to get aout here check your flights, if you have it scheduled. i seen it come down to the american flag here before. of course, it takes a long time to gethrough. this is probably ten minutes right now. getting to the airport, itself, that can be a challenge. take a look at how many cars were stack up, picking up people, people were telling them
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about all the construction around this airport and the delays just to get here. so that's really where you have to leave yourself extra time if you are dealing with iraqen national and dealtulles. we spoke to this haeng passenpa battled all of it. he made it. >> the roads and traffic had some construction. in.hink it all piled as i was talking to my sister, i can meet y outside. i said, no, i parked. it is bad out here. >> reporter: yes, here at reaga national, it is moving, all day long. can you see the crowds and the lis are moving here. so hopefully, fingers crossed. everhing goes according to plan. as i checked the ms. ras map that tells you about -- the misery map that tells you all the delays.ta we will on top of it.
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back to you. >> all right. leave yourself a little ext time and pack your patience. thank you. on the road and in the skie we have every angle covered. >> thas why brad is traveling live. he hast the b vantage position out there. how does it look to you? >> reporter: well, it's pretty rougad alre let me tell you. from last night, this is the inner loop of the capital beltway. can see from the shot as i turn the camera around, we will follow t to tysonsrn er, it is bumper-to-butcher traffic from montgomery county. aaa predicted the heavies delays in the area are going to be on the inneroop of the capitol beltway. we are not seeing that not to be the case right now. the heaviest delays are probably right through tysons as you make it through the legion bridge. we will let y knowhe best time to leave.
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you might want to delay your plans for a little while. >> all right. brad, thank you. breaking right now, news 4 is work, for you with an alert, online shoppers, amazon warning customers of a data breach two ys before the biggest shopping days of the year. the e-mails of commerce may have been inadvertently closed because of a technical error that has been fixed. but the company isn't saying at happened. amazon did say, though, that i website was never breached. e-mails were sent out toeople affected. if you get one, the company says you don't need to do anything or change your password. newhis afternoon, charges have been upgrapded against four damascus teenagers. >> they are charged as an adult with rape. the fifth as a juvenile. >> they juvenile football
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players. >> megan f lzgerald ise with a warning from school administrators y.to megan. >> reporter: yes, pat, le-on-the school superintendens changes are coming. if you look behind me, we are in front of the athletic field. anybody that takes the field or perhaps the basketb court, participation, orlub activity ill be told about the consequences of hazing. news spread quickly today after four damascus jv football players were charged as adults with first degree rape. a fifth charged as a .juveni >> it's horrible for everyone involved. >> reporter: the players are accused of hazing other teammates in the locker room in an event that involves a broom stick. it's something that horrified the entire community. >> when we heard the story, we were obviously upsetnd concerned. >> reporter: police just released the names of the four 15-year-olds charged as adults.
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montgomery county school superintdent held a press conference and said closest activity advisers he to meet with students to try to prevent this type of inened from ever happening again. >> how to identify if they are being victimized in anyway if they thi they might bend how to stop tear friends if they think their friends are going to do something. >> reporter: the school system says, once they finish their investigation the w schooll conduct their own. it's possible school officials at damascus high school coulde held accountable. now a school spokesperson says theiron vinvestigation will beg after monday. that's when they are expected to appear in court.k guys, b to you. >>. thank you. new at 4:00, in a rare review. a supreme court justice is pushing backrom claim in the white house. president trump said recently a ruling madey a federal judge was made by a quote an oma
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judge. chief justice roberts says that's not the case, stating there are no obama judges, n trumjudges, bush or clinton judges. he says theare dedicated judges doing their level best. he addedt t quote an independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for this thanksgiving the ruling trump referred to blocks thedmistration from preventing migrants from crossing i illegallyo the states to seek asylum. a mother and son in bethesd killed in their home. they say john randolph and his mother inga randolph. victimsters found bot inside and pronounced them dead on the scene. montgomery county fire says there were no working smoking i detectorthe house. the father of a university of maryland freshman that died from complication from a deadly virus is sharing newetails
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about his daughter. he says she became sick earlier in the chesemester and made multiple visits to the health center. her condition developed into pneumonia. she died on sunday. ian paragold says the family is troubled by the lack of information about the virus. a consumer alert ahead of thanksgiving. don't eatny romaine lettuce. the cdc isti invgating an e. coli outbreak that left 52 peopleck they haven't found the sourls. so they say you should throw aw any and all romaine lettuce and clean where ever it has been stored. news is working withyou. coming up, spotting the symptoms of e. coli. plus, why you nee to be extra cautious with this particular recall. coming up next, supermarket
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sweeps. >> we are live at one of the stores local grocery filled with last minute shoppers trying to get whatever's leftn the shelves. >> our team coverage of the travel rush continues, chopper 4 is working on the roads and making sure your guests get over in time. you want to break out the fuzzy socks, warm cider,his fuzzy socks, warm cider,his than tks
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well, if you are just joing us, weot our eyes all over the road. we are trackingto ght's thanksgiving travel rush. >> whether you are traveling or hosting, we're t worki make sure you get to your celebrations on artime. >> w showing you live pictures of where there are reports of a crash. we will monitor that for you and give you information as soon as we get . it's a busy night out there. you want to b careful. time is running out if you want to get to the grocery store. >> the crowds are picking up as people get ready for their thanksgiving dinner. county bureau chief has more at wegmans. i know it's a busy store. >> reporter: it's a busy store
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every day of the week. image whan it's like tonight. can you see every single register is opened. people are moving to get all of the stuff they need. i'm a shopper who is a little concerned of waiting until the last minute. i did my shopping a ltle earlier. if you are in the store, you are officially a last-minute shopper. >> we saved everything for last minute this time. >> reporter: prince george's county, shoppers are preparing for tomorrow's owfeast. >> hany are you cooking for? >> we're cooking tore 30 people. >> not too m. about ten. reporter: the choices are ever easy when you are trying to get it just right for family. >> at first i was going to gett breast. my son was traditional. i went with a real whole turkey. >>orter: the search for the flavoring crowd the seasoning. >> reporter: what seasoning are you looking for? >> actually this here. >> reporter: see i came over and
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you found it. >> i don't want to pay $9 for it >> reporter: the plank space where the romaine lettuce used to be, gone after a national e. coli warning that left this mother and daughter fought knowing what to do. ? we use a romainelettuce. when they don't got it, we find the best options. >> it's a little scary. tebut b be safe tan sorry. right? so. >> reporter: it's defely picking up. it has beenwd c out day, now the folks are getting last minute items. if you don't get everythin t yo neay and you have to send somebody else to pick up last minute things like myusband will most likely be doing tomorrow. there are a lot ofryajor gro stores that are opened. check out when they are closinee they aren'tng the normal hours. at wegmans, they will be clong at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. back to you all in the studio. >> all right. tracy. >> good ckal.
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>> good t getting out of there. we are workingor youn the community on this thanksgiving east. as you get ready to share that meal with your friend and family, voluntes are preparing to meet thousands there. the waldorf l's end hunger swing.n is in full she caught up with the head chef there, who is coordinating andn gi back to his community. >> this is a part of who i am. i'm all about my community and where i live. i want to be effective. >> let's show you some of the food, the ham, the turkey all of this is loong gorgeous and the prep time continues here in the kitchen throughout the day, to make all of this happen tomorrow, for those most in need in the community. feedthe goal there is to up to 3,000 peoplen i charles county. and it is a noble go. and it will make a lot of people very happy. >> turning now to theweather.
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there are going to be a lot of cold people for thanksgiving. >> i'm thinking ofhat ham that was on there. >> even the ham will be cold. >> i love ham. if you eat anything after a while, youal are tking really cold numberwh i show you, you will look at this and go, are you serious? right now it is beautiful. it is 64 degrees. it is sunshine, a beautiful afternoo starting to get a little on the breezy side. we will see those winds pick up towards reagan national airport lookg okay. why are we in tweets alert mode? because what's coming is going to be quite brutal. wind out of the northwest 1 at miles per hour. current temperatures 54 in d.c. again the blue ridge here hems us out. east of the blue ridge we're on the warmer side. 41 iner winche again, it's the down sloping wind. the air goes down the montana tonys. it was the a up. are you ready for this? we're at 54 here. look at the current wind chill. t in buffalo.
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10. t is coming our way. 22 in state college. 32 in hagers town. we're already starting to make the cold air across our region. 44 degrees temperature difference between d.c. and the buffalo region and that cold air is movin in. we could be just that cold tomorrow morning in many olarea. the air making its way down very quickly. you can see the snow associad with that coming through the boston area, part of the pennsylvania region and the cold ai moving across the great lakes. they will be in for lake effect snows tonight. temperatures, tomorrow, wind chill by 11 tonight will be 3 around in d.c. 19 in hagerstown. yeah, that's on the cool side look at this tomorrow morning, 16 in d.c., 11 in frederick. 10.old you buffalo at we will be there in many areas early tomorrow morning. by noon, it will be in the teens to around 20 degrees. it is that cold out there. get ready for it. bundle up, temperatures getting back up to 33 degrees.
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mostly sunny, breezy, cold, bubdle up for sure the ts, the ouoves the scarves, you need it all. if will be out and about. watch out for that. remember the pets, too. friday, temperature around 41. a colday on friday, especially for you folks getting for black friday. 24 degrees, a very cold start. many of you sta off in the teens. this is interesting on saturday. a high of 54. overnight lows in the 30s. i'm ying, watching the a.m. we could see freezing rains in our wtern zone, maybe frederick county, maryland and points to the west. it all changes over to just plain rain on saturday. beautiful on sunday for everybody coming back home, nday looks gorgeous. then we have more rain chances on monday before morir cold moves in next week. guys, all those graphics will be in red mode. >> all right. >> tell the folks in buanalo, for nothing. >> i never liked them anyway.
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it's not even thanksgiving yet, it's aeady looking like christmas at national harbor. >> the ice sculpture exhibit there has become a holiday favorite. that's not all you will find it. >> tommy mcfly is working for you in the community. christmass inside the village. >> with a few presents, it sounds like. >> reporter: we got the crew here. i got the hat. there is all kind of activation. cirque du soleil poms up here. want to show you what youd experience in the village. we have cecarousels, i rinks. all throughout the day, cirque du soleil is popping up doing rad performances.
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here here with rachel. what is happening behin us? . >> we brought you a special performance that happens two-to-three times, six days a week in the atrium. >> reporter: there is 2 tons of ice and other things that go one . >> we have a zwinaktists going on and we are so excited to have cirque du soleil with us as well. >> not everyone gets this awesome cirque du soleil hat. this is for us experience. coming up at 5:00, we will go inside e. 2 million tons of ice. ience if people exp they have never been inside of ice? >> well, it is 9 degrees. we always say dress warm we give everybody a parka. you will experience something so magical. it's all colored ice. you get to see a carley brown christmas. so you can't beat it. >> reporter: everyone here is having a great time. we have a birthday in the house. we are enjong the fun and activities here.
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we will take you inside ice. >> we are enjoying your hat. >> is the hat going to be a part the show? >> way to go, tommy. >> reporter: i may run away and join the cirque du soleil, you never know. >> i wouldn't put it past you. >>my t mcfly, thanks. >> stay out of trouble. one day before americans sit down for thanksgiving, a stunning warning coming up t >> cdc says romaine lettuce is unsafe to eat we have experted a 52 is to keep your family from getting sick. >> ahead what could be the coldest, windiest parade in historho and cold and winds, thanks to the polar vortex moving into the area. right now we are 54 degrees. right now we are 54 degrees. >> that cold out greets
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>> that's for sure. doug these temperatures are falling big time. >> it's quite amazing, temperatures could fall 30 to 40 degree from where they are right now by early tomorrow morning. that's the kind of arctic air that's making its way down, it's coming from the hudson bay in canada, down across the great lakes, into ourregion. can you see the front right there. that's the front. rth of this, we are extremely esw. buffalo, 10 degind chill. it will move across the region. by tomorrow morning, we will see our temperatures or wind chills rather between 10 and 17 degrees. an extremely cold day, an extremely cold thanksgiving. one of the coldest in decades.l we walk about how cold things get and what to look for hiis weekend. we got som else moving in. i will see you back here at 45 >> all right. thanks, doug. folks will be braving the wind d the cold at the macy's thanksgiving day in new york city. >> you will only see it right here on nbc 4.
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grey.t's get to jay he's in new york at the party before the parade. a bit oon arn on the eve of the festivities about the weather conditions. right? >> reporter: yeah. leon, you are absolutel ght. there are thousands here right now just across from central park. the annual balloon inflation party. goku, they tell me that's who that is.f 15 his friends coming to life. but the big question right now is will these guys get to fly? new york literally getting pumped up t for 97th macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> it's the best day of the year, we have a lot tf funhe excitement, seeing the smi people's faces. >> it's a magical time when we see these balloons lift up in the sky and round the corner on central park west and come down the street. >> reporter: but liftoff is in jeopardy with high winds in the forecast. >>t's wonderful to think spiderman can fly.
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he's looking forward to it. >> reporter: spidey and 15 of his friends will be grounded if sustain winds are 33 miles per hour and guts over the sonic anemometers will provide wind speed along thero parade e. another concern here the bitter cold. >> this year's thanksgivin parade will be like no other. we never seen temperatures this cold. the wind chill in the single digits. the weather in the 20s. i think the balloo will fly. >> reporter: which means more tean 3 million expected to line the parade r will have to bundle up. >> we thought it was going to be coldnd went and got long johns. so i think we're ready. >> reporter: ready to celebrate the thanksgiving day tradition. yes. now, lk, the spraparade has nev been cancelled. they grounded the balloons, but even with the bitter conditions, new york police still thi
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people are going to line up overnight on the parade route. it's going to be a cold run. >> oh,yeah, they need to be layered up. thank you, jay. storm team 4 has a closer look at how the winds could impact the parade tomorrow. amelia draper joins us to explain. >> well, pat, her is the latest computer modem. as you heard from jay, we need those win gusts to stay below 35 miles per hour. as the parade gets under way, in new york, we're looking to have snd gu up to 29 miles per hour. no worries there. the better into u.s. is as the parade goes on, can you see 10, 11:00 a.m., noon the winds come down to 25 miles an hour. again, the balloons will be grounded if wind gusts hit 35 miles per hour. we can see the wend higher than the computer model is predicting because of the urban canyon effect. what this is, is in ti. they can increase a little bit. agai it might play a small
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role, i don't think it will play a huge role. more rtantly, guys with retalking a wind chill for the parade only around 3 degrees, yes. so it's going to be very comfortable when you are watching from home tomorrow morning with thef smelle thanksgiving dinner baking in your home, hopefully the balloons were last grounded in 1971. we have had injuries from these balloons, well, they look pretty and they' so fun. they injured one person in 1997 and we had more injuries,wo people in 2005 from the balloons, due to the wind and you also heard this in the store, what are anemometers? that's how you tra the winds. that's going to be a wind gauge. so those anemometers alo the route will provide real time data. if the wind speeds do come up a little bi what y might see is the parade floats come down o the ground. we have to see because it will be a game time decision if the balloons go upr not. pack to you. >> we don't want to see snoopy's
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ears on the pavement. >> i think they'll be up. >> thanks. the virginia state police need your help. they are looking for names. not of criminals, but names for tw new recruits. you see them here. these t 9 week old blood hound puppies. the furry fellows officially start their training in thmarch. need names before they head off to school. few got suggestions, leave them the virginia state police department's facebook page. we'll seehich names they actually pick. >> they're mighty cute. >> c'mon, guys. we are hours away from those big black friday deals. >> what a bigger and better year. reporter susan hogan is break downest ones the best prices. >> clear skies out there.ot that down. that's coming. we're getng a closetir
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>> speaking of audiences, american audiences fell in love with the glitz and glamour of "donton abbie." we got e anxclusive visit to the set. the drama about the lives of the brick astocratic family and their serviceanor six seasons. down expect any oilers. the actors and producers are y staying mum about the story line so far at least. if salad is a part of youri tradl thanksgiving feast. >> you better check to make sure it doesn't include romaine lettuce. we haverything you need to know to keep your guests healthy. >> tomorrow, look at these current wind gift gusts. 23 miles an hour in gaithersburg. the cold air moves in. the cold air moves in. we are
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fur things to know this fternoon if you are just joining us. we are in weather alert. we have details on what could be the coldestthanksgivings in decades. a live look now at the woodrow wilson bridge. traffic is starting to pick up as people head into town for the holidays. roads are packed. airports are busy. if you haven't left yyet,ou wait until tomorrow morning, may in the morning, that be the best time to leave. two days before black fray, amazon admitted it had a data breechlt it says the website was never impacted butst some cuomer's names and e-mails have been released. amazon says you do not need t change your password. time is running out if you need g to last minute items. we caught onhoers inwe
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wegman's atlanta. some have shortened hours tomorrow. want you to be aware of that. >> for shoppers shopping for food, keep this in mind. one day before thanksgiving a nation wide warning coming from the cdc, do not eat romaine lettuce in any form. this stunning alert balls of ai po e. coli contamination. joining us now is a food doctor. thanks, for coming in. what exactly is this strain that makes it such a danger the i want? >> e. coli is a family of bacteria. it's perfectly normal to have e. coli on food and even in your gut hemicrobio, is a certain amount of e. coli. now what's dangerous about this. this is a specific strain called o 157 h7. it's unique because it produces a toxin and that toxin can evtually g from your
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intestine into your blood stre. canventually be fatal. >> so this can be deadly in. se absolutely. it can c conditions like kiey failure, raise your blood pressure and make you go unconscious. >> tell me this, why can't wash your let us? a lot of us have it in our fridges. can't we wash it and eat it then in smr this typeproduces a toxin. >> that toxin can be resistant to soap andwater. so if you ingest that toxin again you can have a very almost poisonous like effect. >> really,sn even that d help? >> so the bottom lean is if you have any type of romaine lettuce the bag type or caesars salad or hearts of romaine. you want t discard it. if it has touched anything else in the refrigerator rubbed up against an apple. away. nt to throw it >> anything in the crisper?
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everything has to go? >> absolutely. if it touches a part of your refrigerator, you want to wash it with one table spoon of bleach per gallon of water. make sure your refrigerator is clean so you don't spread it. onef the salad chains in restaurants? >> they should totally discard us of any typ of romaine lettuce. that's what the food and drug and center centers of disease control have recommended. >> if if you already ingested some, what's happening inside of us right now, if that's the case? lounge should we wait to see if there are any symptoms? >> typically, symptoms are between two and eight days. if you have diarrhea and become vomitingcknd got keep a food log of what you ate, go back and check. yoeed to seek medical attention immediately. remember, there has a 33 cases in the united states and 18 cases in canada. this is a serious outbreak.
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it's not one you want to ignore and see if it's okay next week. throw that romaine lettuce away. >> that thing about washing the fridge out. th's big news i didn't hear that one before. dr. taylor wallace. appreciate the advice. we are working to make sure nom unsafe i make it toure thanksgiving dinner this year, turkey products,round meats and cake mixes are being recalled. so you can find the fullest on the nbc washington app. go there and search recall. pat. storm team 4 is tracking some serious cold. it will actually feel colder because of the wind chills. doug, amelia, we haven't been this cold in a while. >> not for thanksgiving it is quite amazing. we go all the way back to 1996. if we don't get above 35, that's one of the top five coldest er. >> yeah. absolutely. >> when you factor the wind out there tomorrow morning, it will
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feel like we are in the 'teens, for the turkey trot, absolutely brutal. i don't think we can say that enough. >> we are talking 40 degrees colder, guys. that's we're in weather alert now. right we see a pretty nice day, from the blue ridge off to theea , 54 degrees right now, sunshine, temperatures falling. getting breezy, though, we are starting to see the winds pick up,usting ove 30 miles per hour. leesburg, those winds will continue. by 11:00 tonight, 39, chilly wind chills tonight, in the 20s. look at this right w. ese are current wind chills. look at buffalo, new york. 10 degrees. 19 in erie. 22 at st. college. already 32 at hagerstown. >> that cooler share sliding down our way. nothing out ahead of it. this is a cold front. we're not talking rain or snow in our area. although, it is producing snow in parts of new england. for us, it is all about the
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cold. during the day tomorrow and on friday, thanksgiving a high of 35 degrees during the afternoon, wind chills in the teens and 20 all day. 41 for black friday.wa hing saturday morning, could see some freezing rain. a little more on black friday c and thatnce for freezing rain on saturday. let's go to amelia. amelia came here from buffalo. she's that all too well. i have to -- i remember that all too well. i have to say, i'm from frederick, it's brutal. then you pile on lake effect snow. no fun. but if you are shopping here for black friday, it will be cold out there during the morning 24 degrees around 9:00 a.m., coats, gloves, will be a necessity. by lunchte, we're at freezing, 31 degrees at 4:00 in the afternoon a temperature around 40 with a little more cloud cover out there friday evening. but we do keep it dry for friday afternoon and evening. however, check it out. this is saturday at 7:00 a.m. where we have rain already in most of the area, all of northernicvirginia, n this
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little area of pink out around the winchester area. that sets the potential for freezing rain. it might b a little more widespread around the core door parts east as frederick maryland, something we will continue to monitor, if you have plans to get out saturday morning, make sure you want to stay on top of the forecast for sure, download our nbc washington app. you can get the weather alerts if the national weather service does issue something for saturday morning. by 10:00 a.m., we are tracking rain. this conties into the mid-day and afternoon hours it is a rainy day out there, on saturday. especially in the d.c. metro area. then at least it's dry, it's ooking really nice there on sunday. >> sunday it looks great. temperatures again tomorrow and friday. look at sunday a high of 58. really nice weather on nd, monday, though the chance of rain moves in. we get cold. back into the 40s on tuesday and
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highs on wednesday of 43. breezy conditions, too, guys. it just so happens the coldest air so far comes on thanksgiving. >> actly. what a the odds, huh? thanks a lot. >> thank you, doug. the president is out of tow for the holidays. >> he says he's working harold from mar-a-lago, facing questions aatut his rnship with saudi arabia and his own justice department. >> a look at that story coming up next. first, jim and wendy in the newsroom with a look at what's allew at 5:00 today. a developing story involving the president and the white house. theresident is lashing out at supreme court justice john roberts. we'll tell you why. >> thanksgiving is marked by recalls of turke now at the tim. >> we will share what you can do to keep from poisoning your dinner guests. >> the last thing ut want to do. d.c.'s mayor sparks an
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online a controversy of a st po. guess what that is? it's mumbo sauce. >> if i had a dollar every time someone says mumbo sauce. it is a d.c. delicacy. the mayor find it annoying, what people are saying a ut her comment that has them annoyed. >> you argue it's mayonnais based. now i'm in trouble. >> it's red sauce. >> don't if by mumbo sauce unless you know what you are doing. >> it's like criticizing your mama's mashed potatoes, don'to g
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resort in florida.ck ere in washington, there is new fallout from both sides over his sorport saudi arabia. it comes as the white house is facing new questions about the wesident's relationshiph his own justice department. blayne alexander reports. >> reporter: before leaving vishington, president trump first lng his written answers on the russia investigation with special counsel robert mueller and signaling that's all heplans to say. >> the writt answers to the witch hunt that's been going on forever. >> reporter: the answers on occlusion, not obstruction of stice. >> if bob mueller decides he feeds the president's testimony on the obstruction issue and wants to push that issue, it will be decided by a court. t white house counsel. >> reporter: on obstruction probe would likely include questions of the firing of fbi director james comey, today tha firing facing new scrutiny after the "tsw york times" rep wants his justice department to
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on and te hillary cli comey and was talked down by then white house counsel don mcgahn. ax mcgahn int person pushed back saying the president never, to his knowledge, ordered that anyone prosecute comey or clinton. meanwhile, president trump's decision to stand by saudi arabia crown britain mohammed bin salman, drawing criticism from some in his own party. republican senator bob corker pointing to tt extraordinary statement from the white house saying it sounded more like a press release for saudi arabia. despite the cia's assessment sa salman ordered tth of a washington post columnist. the president again arguing the alliance is ies america's interest. on capitol hill, there is a bipartisan call for sanctions ainst the kingdom, including from democratic senator diane feinstein and from someone who rarely breaks with president trump, republican for len say grachl on capitol hill, blayne alexander,ews 4. right now at 5:00, storm team 4rasing a blast of
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cold air that's coming your way. >> comingus in time for thanksgiving. we will show you when it arrives and how long it will last. a cooking disaster. susan hogan ares many mistakes people make in the kitchen and the easy wa to avoid them. the district mayor starked a firestorm when she talked abo a d.c. delicacy. why her comments about mumbo sauce are being met with so much criticism? >> but we begin, folks, with a frigid thanksgiving forecast. storm team 4 calling a weather alert now. >> you may want to put some bull market bo sau-- mumbo saucenhat. temperatures are taking a huge drive over thurnext couple we are tracking the last-minute rush to the grocerystore. >> it's on. >> let's begin with the latest from amelia and doug. i thought you would be outside. you are inside already. >> amelia is working all day
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outside tomorrow. >> that's the thing, guys. >> we're talking abo a 40-degree temperature difference today from the way it will feel tomorrow morning. >> wind chill temperatures will be in the teens. the one good thing about this cold, skies stay clear. we get a beautiful moon out there thanksgivingnight. >> it came up. you can take a look at that moon rightnow. ta a look at temperatures. we will show you a frontal bound r. here we are in d.c. notice the clouds are moving in. there is the front to the north. we are starting to see w theds pick up. 30 to 35 miles an hour right now. that's going to alreadyet the wind chill on the cold side. already down into the 30s to the north. 32 in state college. down to 49 now in d.c. this colder air will continue to creep in across our region. the wind chill state college around 20 degrees. >> that continues to move our way. once again,ale'reng the coldest thanksgiving in years. decades, wind chills
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