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 in the 'teens and 20 by tomorrow

morning. then we're talking rain for your saturday. loktself to t about. lots of important weather days ahead, tomorrow, black friday and the weekend,too. much more in about 15 minutes. >> you got our attention, doug. thank you. from the weather to the roads, chopper 4 high awould maryland, in laurel, check it out on the left-hand side of your screen. a it i snail's pace. both directions here. while the roads are crowded, today is also the day lots of people travel by air. here is the time lapse oftieagan al airport from earlier as passengers scurry around to catch their flights. the skies are packed tonigh f thght aware map shows all the planes up in the air as we speak. just a f delays in and out of d.c. airports though this afternoon. tting to your plane, that's a whole another story, folks, adam tuss is live atna reagan nat airport, talking about people leaving and coming into town today. hey, adam. >> reporter: hey, ken.

stick around, because i have someood news to report. right now, this is a b news story. because take a look at the traffic that's here at reaganrt national air right now. yeah, if you are coming here, it is absolutely stacked up, getting to the airport. ofcourse, it'sbusy. now the good news, is thanksgiving a about? it's about re-uniting with your loved one. check out we found today. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: home forks thving. >> what's going on here? >> reporter: it's that moment. >> that moment when youze reali now is about family. even the dog is family. traveling, of course, can be the most stressful part of all this. at the endf the journey, there are smiles. >> smile, are you on camera. >> reporter: rafael noon is here from california. hills family is from all over. >> i lived in sfraevenlts my brother still lives in d.c. my mom and stepe dad l in maryland. >> reporter: did he battle

traffic on the way to the airport? you bet. >> the traffic was comical. there was a lot ofit. >> reporter: he hasn't en his little sister in six monthles until now. now they are reunited. someone has to do the cook something. >> absolutely. my mom has two kitchens to do that cooking.lr she isdy working on some. >> now the travel headaches n't matter what matters is everybody is here everybody is trying to get here at this point in time and hopefully more of those reunions to comeni t we will keep our eyes on it. it looked like dallas in chicago had the most delays. but what is looking like in the skies here? let's send it up to dhoper. brad. what are you seeing, buddy? >> reporter: adam, it'squot e as bad with you and i yesterdaytology these roadways around thedm looking for backups. right now we are looking at a troublespot. thiss northbound a headlightp headedwards baltimore. you can see that off in the distance there.

the icc running lt to right. we're seeing these patchy delays. commuters with folks leaving town for last minute for the thanksgiving travel. it's not as bad as it was last night so if you heeded our rnings and stuck around this evening, you maid the right call. i will send it down to wendy. wh n's going onghborhood, if you need to go to the grocery store, prepare for a lot of company. the stores are full with last-minute shoppers. news 4 bureau chief tracee wilkins is live in the wegman's in atl where it is always busy. even on a normal day. tracy. >> reporter: you take that times 20. when i talked to the wegma shoppers. they all were telling me i have everything i need. which is amazing me. i am always wried to that happening. so i shop extra early. if you take a look out here in this parki lot. can you see these cars. it gives you an idea of how crowded it is inside of that

store. so are you ready for the holiday? >> not really. >> reporter: that makes sense, because if are you in the grocery store today, you are officially a last minute shopper. >> is this last minute? >> you save everything for last minute? shoppers arere pring tore tomorrow's >>feasts. eporter: how many are you cooking for? what is going on? >> we're cooking for 30 people. >> about the en. >> 30 of us in my family. >> i'm making the dessertles. i'm coming here from definitdy to maryl to make a dessert with my daughter. i'm hoping she has things like pam. >> reporter: the choices are ynever easy when are trying to get it just right for family. >> and at first i was going to get the bread, then my son kind wanted traditional. so then i went with a whole turkey. >> and the search for the perfect flavoring crowded the seasoning aisle. what seasoning are y looking for in. >> actually this here. >> reporter: good, i came over to talk. you found it. >> i don't want to pay $9 for it. av reporter: but one part of the

store that did not a crowd, the blank space where the romaine lettuce used to be, gone after a national e. coli warning. >> that left this mother wondering what to do. >> it' the romaine lettuce. we are finding the best options. >> it's scary. but better b safe tan sorry. right. so. >> reporter: ty get rid of the romaine. also the mixed greens here. something that every hrocery stor been asked to do until they can figure out what caused that e. coli breakout. if you weren't able to getng everythat you need this evening. a lot of major grocery stores will bmo opened ow. some closed. some opened. not with their traditial hours. you should check this out. they will be oned at6:00 a.m. to closing at 4:00 p.m. back to you i allthe studio. >> tracy, i did forget cranberries. do you mind going back in? they can be a can. i'm not picky.

>> you dough i don't i mind, wait a minute indicate to get in one of those lines and help you out. >> s in two hours. >> i want to say a prayer for that family cooking for 30 people. wow. >> tracy, thanks, so much. we invite you to stay with us. coming up later, susan hogan will have advice to tell you how to avoid cooking mistakes that will get your family and friends sick. also, check out the nbc washington a with a video on how to cook that turkey safely. it's called turkey safety. who wouldave thought? it took gem a lon time to come one that >>one. h boy. well, we have new video. it shows that bold atm burglary we told you about yoyesterday. ca see a pickup truck here smash into a woodbridge 7/11. several people jumped out ear m tuesdaning and lifted that atm onto the truck. but when thees suspected thi took off, the atm fell out of that truck. hepolice recovered atm and the

truck, which t tell us was stolen from d.c. authorities took one person into custody. fo teen agers locked up tonight, charged with raping several teammates. the damascuslsigh schre now charged as adultles. police say they hazed several jc teammates insid the locker room. we have this startli development. >> reporter: yeah. wendy, these young kids will spend the next fourn days jail because of the holiday weekend. the courts are closed. their next chance that of getting out on bond won't come until monday. the entire community horrified after hearing the allegations against five football players. >> it's horrible for the families of all the students involved and the people accused. >> reporter: today, concerned rents learn that four of those athletes will now be charged ash adults w first degree rape. in what is said to have been a

hazing ritual theye p are accused of sexually assaulting other teammat in the lock room with a broom stick. police just released the names of the four 15-year-olds that are being chged. just days ago, montgomery school superintendent jack smith held a aipress conference and coaches and activity advisers have to meet with students to educate them about hazing and the warning signs. >> how to intify if they are g beinctimizedf they my their o friends will something. >> reporter: the school system says once police finishve their igation the school will conduct their own to determine if any staff members are accountable. >> i think it should sen a message. i'm sure these kids, all of them going into it would never have dreamed that their lives will end up like orthis. >> rr: now the school says they're expected to conduct

theirntnal investigation sometime after these four suspects appear in court on onday. back you. >> all right. meagan fitzgerald, tnk you. a new clue tonight into the abduction of a child in the falls church area. police tell us yesterday afternoon this woman and another man offered a treat to a little girl and herld adult brother. the brother and sister were walking on pine spring road and meadow view road. the little girl's brother pushed his sister away from the couple. neither was harmed, call police if you know anything about this. and a warning from health officials as the cold temperatures move in tomorrow. the maryland department of health saye already have our first death of the season from the cold. it's a garrett county man who died at age 65 from symptoms that are related to thhymia. 61 people died in maryland from cold-relatedt deaths l season.

health officials say if you are driving thiday weekend, ma make sure to pack emergency car kits and blankets to be on the safe side. a testing back and forth between presidentrump and chief justice john roberts. just a short time ago, the president responded to from the chief justice after lias mlu b aysym an obama judge. oberts said there aree no said themation should be thankful for an independent judiciary. but the president fired back, specifically targeting the 9th circuit saying if the 9th circuit is truly independent, why are so many opposing view cases filed there and why are a vast number of thoseases overturned? a recent ruling on theth circuit blocked the administration from blocking asylum to migrants who crossed into the country illegally. tragedy after an elderly woman in a r son are killed house fire. arning tonight

about the victims and why they didnape the flames. we will hear tonight from a relative. plus an alert for online shoppers out there. the latest company warning customers aut the data breach justay ds before black friday. mad about mbo sauce. a facebook post from d.c.'s a facebook post from d.c.'s mayor sparks a heated

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when their homeir caught overnight in bethesda. you can see the home was ungulfed in flames. fire crews working as quickly to t it out. by the time they could safely search that home, they found the bodies of john randolph and his . news 4 corey smith joins us now from the scene with the latest details for us. corey. >> reporter: jim, take a look behind me. you can see the extent of the damage done by that early morning fire. the charred outer shell of this home holds anio int that has been pretty much gutted. forrandolphs lived here many decades. so many thanksgiving days spent in bethea as a family. those memories are to him of mind for michael andolph the son and brother of the victim. he was gracious enough to speak us this afternoon. you have thanksgivings in this house in. >> i do. >> seated in front of the charres ru of his boyhood home. michael randolph wasn't overco with et motion and despair. it's too soon.

eo i'm kind of numb. >> cell phone v taken by a neighbor shows flames spitting outoof the living window. that's where the body of jan ron dolph was discovered. e fire spread upstairs, where investigators found inga randolph. investigators say none of the smoke alarms were working. randolph isn't focused on what might have been. he's just thankful for the time they share here together. >> nobody can take material things can be lost a burned up. we had many good times as a >> reporter: a family torn apart by a tragic accident. randolph is steadfast in his belief that ultimately -- he'll have more than these pictures to remind him of his mother and brother. i have faith. there is going to be a resurrection and i really believe i'm going to see them again. >> reporter: now, tonight, investigators tell us they are trying to determine exactly wha used this fire. we know no firefighters were

hurt while battling it. the damage estimate has been put around a million dollars. he that pales in fairson to human lives lost earlier this morning in bethesda. >> thank you, corey. just days before the biggest shopping day of theyear, amazon warning of a psible data breach. the online retail jientd says names and e-mails of some of its customer may have been quote inadvertently disclosed. am-on-is not saying exactly what happened. but we are h told the problemas fixed. its website was never breached. for those of you who's accounts were impacted. amazon says youo not need to change your password. >> doug joins us now to check on how low we will go tomorrow. a lot of people will be online shopping the next couple of days. it will be too darn cold to venture out. >> you will be doing exercising, getting in physical activity. >> like we did? we worked o a big sweat today.

>> i was sweating. you weren't sweating that much you were running me. >> this was fun. this was the nbc ping pong tournament here. jim haley and i with the semi-finals. jim is now moving onto the anfinals. thean play some ping pong, ladies. >> you ran me across that table. >> i'm just impressed with the crowds that came to watch. it was an epic battle. >> we had a set of fans. i'm still. i think the restroomsre on the other side. >> why aren' playing the applause track here? >> i know. >> oh my goodness. it was a workout, though. a little bit of it >> i know. >> the thing goes on for tente mi can you see more on facebook. if you want to take a look. i mean, that is the jackie bradford thing until now. >> now that's something to what a pretty evening. is that canadian air coming in? >> here' the thing, the battle retween jim and i today was the

battle between mot nature the warm air the cold air coming down, the cold air that has one forhe day. >> all right. >> let's take a look out there right now. weot the nd, you see the wind coming down. we got winds gusting0 to0 miles per hour ahead of that front. take a look at the airport. we're a sitti 3949 degrees. currently, though, these are the wind chills now. i don't think've shown wind chills so far this season. this often. but 42 right now. you see 31 in hagerstown. 30 in when chester. 33 in leesburg. again a very cold night tonight. look at these wind chills fro our area. 42 d.c., 31, 22, 8 inal bu 8. 17 in erie. many of our areas will be around this number tomorrow morning around 17 degrees. so again, very coldt air. all behind a cold front. n you see that front right here, ddriftingn through new england, into our region.

starting to see that cold ave nto our region. notice by 11:00 tonight, wind chill 31. in the ci 20 in hagerstown. by tomorrow morning, these wind chills will be close to 8 in hagerstown. 9 degrees. there's that 17 i was telling you aut early tomorrow. it won't warm up, by noon. plenty of sun. still cold, breezy wind chills in theen to around 20 degrees. to a brutally doltd thursday out there. a high in the afternoon maybe getting back to mostly sunny, breezy, cold, bundle up if you will be outside. tomorrow will be one cold day, friday, also going to be very cold. 41 degrees on yourid . we got the holiday parade. we will be hosting that early on friday morning. it will be a cold start for sure. rain on saturday. this is interesting. we could see freezing rain onset in parts of the area. we will see more at m5:25. looking at sunday. sundayooks great, everybody. >> okay. >> thang in there.

hang in there. in the recent recalls, tucky, row maine, ground beef s foety concerns are looming large. susan hogan can tell you what you can do to keep your dinner guests, yourself and your tally from gettingsick. >> your friends. >> neighbors. >> plus the university of maryland student alsohe at 5:00 tonight dies after an illness related to aommon virus. th

a lauding county school teacher accused of sexual misconduct will return to school in january. we brought you her story on this broad cast. he joins us with an date. >> reporter: the teacher is 32-years-old accused of having a sexual relationship with a student last fall. she is kimberly winters and taught at park view high in sterling. her attorney say winters will plead not guilty. she retrtns to january 19th. her attory says s has been released on bond. a news 4 i-team investigation reveals winter is series of women accused of sexual improprieties with their students. found six other cases at the start of 2017. in one case, a teacher says a former edison hihe school te admitted having sex with a 15-year-old student.

they couldn'tprosecute, the victim in the case married that teacher. the victim if that case a former student by then was an >>adult. we found other cases that remained secret because they did not lead to an arrest. schools say they are not notifyin communities of teacher misconduct cases unless there is an arrest. you the see our full story. on our app, search investigation. as we hea into the thanksgiving weekend, we want to remind you you can provide meals to those inneed. our food for families drive is still accepting donations o the nbc washington app and will be doing that through they are tax deductible. this year, you have.s helped raise more than $50,000. we thank you for your support. work on the memorial bridge is expected to last for years. today, we're getting up close and getting a good look at why. just ahead the challenges

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oh, take a look at these wind gusts. 33 in ledsburg. the will only increase tonight as the cold air really starts to make it down here.

kind of a cool shot we got out there right now, chopper 34 making its way. can you see a nice sunset there. also the clouds associated with the cold front making its way our way. we are starting to see wind chills in the 30s. once again, this cold air making it down from the north, moving on int our area. we are looking at one cold thanksgiving. i will let you know how cold. we are talking aut your saturday. we'll break it down forou hour by hour. you can always dosapp. download that now to your iphone, your android or just about anything else you got out there. >> all right. doug, thank you. never should have happened. >> that's what the father of a university of maryland student is saying tonight after his daughter died from complications from the adno virus. >> this same virus killed nearly a dozen people in new jersey earlier this year. nowhat 18-year-old freshman from howard county is the latest

victim. darcy spencer reports, her family believes mold may have r playede in her death. >> reporter: her family describes her as a beautiful, free spirited teenager in her freshman year at the university of maryland. now h family and the campus community is mourning her loss. she died at a hospital sunday ca from compons related to adino virus. dr. david mcbride heads the cancer health ocenter. sympathies goes out to the family. we feel so sad. t to the degree as they're experiencing. >> reporter: olivia has a weakened immune system. she had been sick is insurance the beginning of the semesterd eveloped pneumonia. her dad told me when they found out she had adino virus november 13th, she was already in the icu. he said, now they know what it is but it'soo late. she's already on a ventilator. her lungs are already compromised to the point that she's on a vent lator support, just to get oxygen into her

blood. he said olivia hadold in her dorm at the start of the semester and questions whether they could have contributed to the illness. he says they didn't tell students until after a number of complaints, including my daughter. dr. mcbride told me tthre are five cases of adino virus. >> they are both onnd off campus, in residents that have had dithe i with mold and those that haven't. so it doesn't team e seem that there is a consistent connection between mold exposure and adino virus. >> reporter: olivia's dad says he wants the university to be more transparent and release information about potential health risks quicker. it woven save his daughter. he hopes it could save another life n. college park, darcy spencer, news 4. the university is closed for the holidays tnow, but school says it's using this time to 13. the university is also encouraging students to be extra

vigilant about washing their hands, covering their coughs to revent illnesses from spreading. two maryland counties are teaming up to sue two of the biggest banks, montgomery county and prince george's county are taking on banc of america and wells fargo bank. they say they unfairly targeted african-american home buyers in the mid-2000s. now, the suit allege that lenders steered them into high cost, non-prime loans and did this knowing that the loans were failly to the county say this violates the federal fair housing afternoon. a -- act. there is an effort in the county, casa has created a new b training facility that opened at the wheaton welcome center. it is expected to generate 3,000 ving wage jobs for county residents, especially the county's grow aglaty no population. thounds of d.c. residents got

the chance to have a special thanksgiving dinner today. take a look, seway the salvation army and many other organizations team up for annual feast o sharing at the washington convention center. they held to feed more than 5,000 city residents from all eight wards. and those who attendxplain how ch this event means to them. . >> we look forward to something. each year, f we looward to this. fantastic. i don't have to cook. >> awe. the feast of sharing includes health and community services expo, which offers free flu shots and health checks welldone, and music too. well the macy's thanksgiving day parad is a holiday tradition, of course. tomorrow's could be the coldest in more than a century. >> just ahead, how the frostyes temperatre going to end the high winds that are expected

could impact the parade's balloons. >> reporter: i'm adamtuss. this looks like an awesome construction site. it's also a bridge you might it's also a bridge you might drive acro

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only feeling 8 degrees right now in buffalo, new york. all of tirs cold is headed down towards us. it will be here for thanksgiv and rain and freezing rain on saturday. we will break it down hour by hour in about 15 >>minutes. o many burned out of their homes in california. we will be spending this thanksgiving in tents. unose massive wildfires have destroyededs of thousands or thousands and thousands of homes. now a new concern, rains and with it potential mudslides. 84 people have been killed. 81 of those victim died in northern california. crews are shoring up the burnede hill to prevent slides. family members whose loved ones are missing spent the day putting up their pictures and their contact information. >> nobody is going totop us. the rain is coming. >> i haven't given up. i have been here since the beginning. i haven'tiven up. i know they're not going to give up. >> fire officials who irthe soil

has taken in so much heat that it won't be able absorb >>water. news 4 is working for your health with a warning fordi etes patients. a new study says a global diabetes ep dem sick creating a record demand for insulin. but many people may not be able to get the injections they need beuse it's not easily available or costs too much money. diabetes now affects nearly 10% of the global population. researchers athe amount of insulin needed to treat diabetics will rise more than 20% over the next decade. many of those people live in third world countries that don't have the money to purchase the drug. mpbltd hey, if you are looking to keep your memory, a newed to out today suggests you should lea load your plate with specific foods. a study in harvard tracked 28,000 men and dietary habits

for 20 years. men that ate levy green, orange and red berries, those who drank fresh orange juice, always the best, had less memory loss in older age. tanks to the district opmay, are mad ability mumbo tonight. mayor murial bowser stirred up the controversy with a facebook post in which she asks, if anyone was annoyed about the popular kocondiment and suggest it was not quintessential d.c. people are taking issue with the mayor's taste. derek. >> reporter: well, you know, they are. but you just ketchup, vinegar, paprika, hot sauce a few other things. if you say anything remely disparaging about the d.c. favorite. you might find yourself in some hot sauce. like so many issues of great social import, this began on social media. a posting, mayor bowser put up on our facebook page t sday

eveninexpreg e pressing announce that mumbo sauce is quintessential d.c. is it the quintessential d.c. thing? i set off on a quest to find out. >> we had mumbo saucell the way back in the '70s. >> i remember the mumsauce, 1967. yes, mr. cheese on northwest. >> reporter: since then, it's become a tape is from him dupont circle to points east. d.c. stop shops made in in dupont circle. >> so everything in the store is made by a makor that wks in d.c. so everything is made in d.c. mumbo sauce right here. >>eporter: while growing up in the area, she hadn't heard of mumbo sauce. it's a different 74hese daysly know that people come in here. i know it's a d.c. thing. >> reporter: a 2013 patent office decision attributes mumbo sauce to a chicago compy, one local maker begs to different. >> what's culture and relevant

are two different things. >> repter: we spoke to1 of the people behind capital city mumbo sauce. >> if ohave t go by what my grandmother told me, she was eating mumbo sau in d.c. in the 1950s. >> reporter: next stop, an undeniably d.c. thing horace and dickey's off k street. there is no question. >> i'm from d.c. ever ody know that. >> reporter: while the colors an contests may vary, it's clear it's a d.c. thing. quintessentially speaking or not. >> can't nobody take that away from here. that's like saying goo is not from d.c. >> well, there you go. >> reporter: of course, now, there is a statement actually fromhe mayor that says that she was actually trying to give peopleomething toalk about other than backup quarterback, shopping and the mid-terms. judging by the buzz, i would think that is a missi accomplished, wouldn't you? >> once she starts. >> it's one more thing to fight

about t thanksgiving. >> reporter: but it's good on turkey. >> oh, on turkey. all right. >> reporter: the thingy. >> there is something sweet out there. >> this one is from chicago. but it's called a mumbo sauce so we don't know if it'she real thing. >> 1950. >> i feel like i am cheating by tastingit. it's pretty spicy. >> they like that. >> you know, i'll put this on anything fried. you know. >>s great with wings. it is very good when you pour it on the wings. good stuff here. it's everywhere. >> for more in story, including what folks in d.c. think about our mumbo sauce.as open ourngton app and search mumbo with a u. we wer calling it mumbo. i was going to say, we are going to stir this up, get more people angry. hey, you may spend a lot of time in the kitchen or the st day. the last thingt you wan is for your meal t make somebodysick. that's no good. y susan hogan will share ideas to keepou and your food and

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so many people will be spending so much of the day tomorrow in the kitchen preparing the dinner. >> i'll be eating. no preparing. the last thing you want, though, is somebody to get sick from a food borne illness. our consumer reporter susan hogan is working with you tonight to make sure that does not happen. >> howell barrasing that won we all know to washe sink and cutting boards after preparing there are a lot of other days dangerous bacteria can spread. consumer reports reveals the risky food prep many can make and the easy ways can you avoid them. lion people get sick from food poisoning each year, prevention starts even before

you enter the kitchen. take those reusable grocery bags. they might be better for the environment. they can be a breeding ground for dangerous bacteria. >> thosee reusable t bags, you want to toss them in the washing machine every once in a while. that's because juices from meat and seafood can get into the fabric. e you the risk of having that contaminate the food if next time you go shopping. >> reporter: it's important to keep raw meat refrigerated. did you know youd shot keep meat on the top shelf of the fridge. >> keep raw meat, chicken, seafood, on the bottom she of your refrigerator. that's from it's coldest. en you prevent juices from dripping down on the rest of the food that may be in your fridge. >> reporter: be sure to check that your refrigerator isenold gh to prevent the spread of back theeria. >> it's safest to keep your refrigerator temperaturet 37 degrees. you want to check it by using an inexpensive refrigerato

thermometer. >> reporter: anoer common mistake people make is not washing their hands enough while cooking. this could spread bacteria around your kitchen, on to spice containers, lads and your phone ar tablet, which a lot ofi people use cooking. >> your phone can be an unexpected source of contamination. try fought to use your phoneen wh cooking. if you do use it, wash your hands before and after you touch it. >> that is a today tip for those of us that use our frozen tablets, i do it all the time. and a bonus, use your smartphone device to keep everything in orr. you can use amazon's guided cookingeature that keeps your hands off your appliances, can also set multiple timers, keep trackso you can of everything you have going on. as a reminder, we have been saying it all day long the cdc sayings not safe to eat any romaine lettuce until they can pinpoint where the e. coli

outbreak is coming from. they said if it was in your refrigerator, wash your refrigerator, too, crazy. >> i don't think people can be crawling about that. you can't have mashed potatoes. >> salmonella. i don't know. >> wash your hands. it's a holiday faicrite. at national harbor. >> the ice sculpre effect is back for another year of frozen fun. the time with the theme of a charlie brown christmas. >> tommy mcflys getting a first look inside this evening. she bundled up. is he wearing that fun hat you wore last hour? >> no wheres your fun hat? where is the fun hat. >> i got some baby fun for you, just a second. wait until you get a load ofe' this w having a blast. are you having the time of your life? oh my goodness, 2 million tons of ice, carved in china. come over here. they spend time, they spend

hours in here. so peopl are enjoying. they'ren the slide room. you make your way out.jo eny 21 of 12 different charl bro brown themes. everyone shems to have theme here at gaylord national. >> with this part. it sounds like wool save you some stuff. >> tonight and colors. >> reporter: yeah, mom, how many layers do have you on right no >> oh my gosh, one, two, three, four. five. five and then the hat. i this i i have five on myself. so. >> reporter: and rachel has been here with ice for many, many years. what os new to be expected this year? >> i think obviously the theme for sure. weave a charlie brown christmas. as you said, you see 1 themes when you walk through. we have a quarter of all o uthe ice w in here.

it's a magical one. there is our tenth year we are doing ice. it's fantastic. another thing that's new for us, we have an interactive component that people can learn about the making a history of ice before you get inside. >> reporter: that is really wild. leere is a whole winter, plan to spend the w day here. ly tell you, though, they are planning december 5th. the arctic dash. i want to know if you are intereed in this. you are invited to go through in wear.bathing suit or beach there are cocktails on the other end. >> we're trying to grow an audience, tommy. >> no one will want to see that. >> believe me. my favorite beach wear will have to be a mumu. -- moomoo. >> reporter: hey, as long as they are bringing it up. >> good stuff. stay warm. >> a h this is it will get us acclimated to what is coming, doug? n ther degrees >> the amazing thing. >> that i have to keep it 9

idgrees. the hy level will feel low. it will feel like that tomorrow. close to us. we arecoalking that . i love ice. get down there. imi'm so excited to see charlie brown. out there right now, it's starting to get on the cool side. look at this, chopper 4 getting us the full it is actually full tomorrow. right now 99% full. wow, that is jus a beautiful, beautiful shot of the moon tonight. making its way up. made it up to that moon rise, 45 minutes ago. it'sgorgeous. wow, that's spectacular. out there currently, as we look through the rest of the evening. temperature at 49 degrees, dropping rapidly this evening. 46 at 7:00. wind chills already in the 20s by around 11:00 tonight. take a look at the wind chills right no m ly show thi to you, almost every time i'm on the air itonight. ther amazing to me. 42 in d.c. 8 in 8.alo. we talked about 9 there. 8 in buffalo. that's the coldotir we g region.own across our

no rain, no snowth associated this in our area. however, we are seeing this up to the north. we're seeing sno bursts. that's along with the arctic front, that's moving down, ahead of it. we're getting on the colder side. it will be a cold day tomorrow. temperatures only in the low- to mid-30s. most of you won't make it there. wind chills in the 20s all day. 41 on friday. black friday will be a cold one for you. especially for you folks getting up early. watching the morning on saturday. this is interesting. amelia is tracking this with me. we are talldng a black friday. possible issues saturday morning for some of s. >> fore of us. mainly north and west of washington on saturday. you can be dealing with patchy, freezing rain. more on that in a moment. here's wha you can expect. the cold air tries to retreat a little bit to the north. but it's still brutalut there. we start off around 24 degrees by lunchtime, 31 on friday. with a high temperature around 40 degrees, we hit that at about

4:00 in e afternoon. now, here's saturday, future weather atm.:00 the green is rain. notice pockets of pink. >> that itself the potential for freezingrain. we could potentially see some freezing rain as far east as frederick county in maryland, loudoun, and definity back around the 1 corridor. something we will keep a close eye on as we work towards saturd m. as wee throughout the day, temperatures warm up everywhere. we're tracking plain rn for the mid-day and afternoon hours. this rain on saturday continues on intohe evening hours. and maybe a little bit of a wintry mix back in the shendoah valley a tshe storm system pulls roaway the area saturday. what we are watching for on saturday is the threat for freezing rain, manly well west of the metro areas south and east, it's a rainy day out there. on sunday, people are traveling, trying to get the christmas trees, it's looking nice out

there on sunday. >> i am very excited on .sund i think of putting up my christmas lights. if you think o putting up your christmas lights, sends me the picture of doug's holiday lights. send it to #doug's holiday lights. follow me on facebook. send me a pick of your holiday display. go in the front yard again for this holiday light display. on sunday, looking great to put up the liepts. they will get wet on monday. another chance rain on monday, cold air moves in again into the middle of next week. a lot more cold than next week. sunday is looking good. emorial bridge. we love it. it's as much art as infrastructure. >> but it's age as you know is repairs. making it ain't easy, up next at 5:00, it ain't easy, up next at 5:00, and up close look

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we are about to give you a close look athe major work done on one of our most iconic bridges. if you travel it, you know it's a constructionzone. adam todd learned that construction is about a lot more than just the rd work. >> reporter: it's safe to say the memorial bridge is fully under renovation. there is some incredible stuff happening here.

,ile the brid itself, is being strengthened, bicycles a pedestrians, this structure is also a memorial. that's being restored. >> it's served as a memorial. it's a symbolic link between t north and the south r. the restoration process is meticulous and well to the out. >> each piece is individually sess ltd.. it's labelled with a green piece of tape and red piece of tape. green means good, red means repairs are need toed. >> reporter: when you this i the bridge is comint, ap the as memorial. right there, that piece weighs about two to 3,00 pounds and there are over 2,000 of those pieces just on one side of the bridge that are being taken wart. >> reporter: theyl be taken to a stone yard in maryland, cleaned and repaired and they all go right back where they came from. >> it's very important. this is a piece of our history. now the bridge opened in 1932. it's historic. >> reporter: as for the work to strengthen the bridge.

that's on track. half is out of service. with understand this side is to thework switches other side. it will require travel patients through here for a while. the entire project is expected to beplete in 2021. on the memorial bridge, adam todd, news 4. >> 2021, that seems like a long wayles away. the bridge restoration is expected to also cost $225 million. jim and doreen a next wit news 4 at 6:00. >> thanks, windy. bitter blast. storm team 4es is a weather alert. a blizzard vortex comes into o area. >> a weather alert. brace urself. >> a chance for freezing rain on your holiday weekend. then the last day get away. a full house disguise. > every flight is coming in number, going out full. >> reporter:e have all hands on deck alerting you first to

travel trouble. >> menu change. >> yes. yes. >> reporter: that romaine recall forcing families to come up with a plan b for the dinner table. >> reporter: plus the latest details on a datah bre at amazon right before black friday. right no another crowded night on the highways. families making that last minute dash to be together. chopper 4 is riev overi-66 near the fairfax county parkway. we'll alert to you any tie-ups out there. >> it is all lit up. tonight one of the busiest at the airport. the flight aware misery map here showing delays and cancellations to some 2.5 million passengers e catch flights. >> wow, our transportation reporter adam tuss is standing by. let's start our team coverage with team meteorologi doug