oven or on its wayn. >> sti frozen. >> if it's still frozen, you're -- i don't know.ou 're unlucky. >> she saidt. >> not lucky. >> storm team 4's lauryn ricketts is here. how cold will it be today? >> that's aood question. i'm here to tell you. it's5ing d degrees out there ri now. a north wind at about 18 miles an hour. we'l continue to see gusts up to about 30 miles an hour throughout the day. we're tal wngdchills all throughout the day. when you wake up this morning, temperatures in e low to mid-30s. some areas in the upper 20s. full sunshine. sun comes up right before 7:00 a.m. for all those turkey sttrotters now layers will be the key. you definitely want the gloves, the scarf, the hat. you'll need it as you wake up this morning. even if you're not turkey trotting, it's goibe chilly out there. feels-like temperatures in the 20s. once that wind really picks up, that number will drop a little bit. chilly out there today, but more

rain on the way. even could start as a wintry mix into the weekend. we'll show you that coming u in a little bit. >> lauryn,o thanksmuch. 5:01 now this morning. fairfax county police say a man and a woman were found dead inside their home. >> news 4's justin finch just arrived at the scene. he's here with the latest now. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, a very sad ring you on a to bling y thanksgiving morning. this appears to be a domestic death investigation at this time. that's what we're hearing from fairfax county police. i'll step out of the way and show you what they're working on right now. if you take a look here at this apartment dibuil, the 7300 block o parkwood urt, that lower level is where police are looking into where these two bodies were found, a man and wo tn. we are toly were discovered just before midnight by a family member. just s hour, no word on who they are, their relationship, or their manner of

deatga the inveson will go into all those details. police telling us there's no threat to the public at this time. this appears to be a domestic death. w doernt havn't have the manner death at this time, but you see an evidence tech going in right now. this has been the scene here for more than several hours. i'll bring you more information as we have it. for now, we're live here in falls church. justin finch, nu.s 4. back to >> justin, thank you. developing this morning, the search continues for the people behind a shooting outside of a busy shopping mall. >> police swarmed westfield wheaton mallfter a car crashed into a store there. this is what it looked like shortly after 7:00 last night. officers say a man in that car was shot in the parking garage. then the driver crashed into the front of dick's sporting gweds when the trying to get away. investigators believe this started as some kind o incident between the man from that car and a group of six other men inside the mall.

it escalated to a shooting in the parking garage. police are hoping a crime in such a populated area can help them figure out what happened and find the suspects quickly. >> they're attempting to review some surveillance video from talking with and mall security to see what may havens transpired iide the mall and also in the parking garage behind it. >> there were two women in the r who were not shot but had minor injuries from the crash. so far, no arrests have been made. police are asking anyone who saw anything to give them a call. >> new details on the massive fire that killed two people in bethes. while investigators are still trying to figure out what caused it, we're learning a woman and e adult son died when their home became engulfed yesterday morning. pen the flames were final out, crews found the bodies of inga and john randolph. the neighbors say they devastated. michael randolph, the brother and son of the victims, says he knows one day they'll be reunited.e >> i haith there is going

to be a resurrection, and i really believe i'm g to see them again. >> montgomery county fire officials y there were no working smoke detectors inside the home. four local high school football players are spending the holiday weekend in jail. the 15-year-olds from damascus high school are being charged as adults for allegedly r several team members on the jv football team. investigators say they assaulted teammates in the locker room with a broom stick iwhat is said to have been a hazing avtual. the four teens hbeen charged with first-degree rape. the school says it will conduct its own inveigation when police are done. we he new video this morning of a robbery in prince william county. we told you about this yesterday. thisappened in woodbridge. a group of thieves smashed a pickup truck into a 7-eleven store front, knocking out the m. they tried to drive off with that machine, but the atm fell

out of the truck bed. cavestigators say the same group may have tried tack a woman about a half a mile away. the atm and the truck have been recovered.ct so far one suss in custody. new details in the recall that's affecti thanksgiving dinners across the country. the cdc is reminding everyone of an urgent warning to keep romaine lette off your table today. the e. coli outbreak has now stretched across 11 states. 32 people have become sick.th fda says they're getting closer to finding the source of this outbreak, but not fast enough, according to som people. >> the government really should be able to go back to supplier and say, where did this come from? and know very quickly the original source. that's not always the case, pupecially with produce. >> there is now a for companies to adopt something called a blockchain technology.d walmart alreuses it to track produce from farmeto store shelves. the thanksgiving holiday may have arrived, but president trump is not taking any time o

from twitter. on the day before the holiday, the president fired off shots ah climatege, the migrant caravan, and the chief justice of the supreme court this all started when president trump dismissed a judge that dismissed his migrant asylum policy as, quote,n obama judge. chief justice john roberts fired back. the president said roberts was wrong, claiming criminals have been in the caravans that are headed toward the border and that judicial activism is putting the u.s.da in er. in another tweet, the president brought up today's cold weathea in the nor and mocked global warming. there is, of course, a difference between weather and climate. the president is a climate change skeptic. last weekend during a trip to california, he refused to say whether he thought climate change was a facadr in the dely california wildfires. and now to the latest on those fires in california. families are spending thanksgiving in shelters as search crews are in a race against time. n theional weather service has issued a flash flood watch for rts of northern california.

that rain could dampen search efforts for the hundreds of people still unaccounted for. this morning the camp fire is 85% contained but has so far killed at least 83 people. that brings the statewidere wildeath toll to 86. la> now to some dramatic video out of d >> some residents there say they're extra thankful this morning. tris lawrence is the live desk with this story. >> aaron, eun, a massive fire devoured two dozen apartment units, 18 of which were occupied. just take a look at some of the cell phone video everyone mad it out okay, mostly thanks to good samaritans and first responders. some volunteers held outes mattres people jumped on to them from three stories up. one mother who was trapped by the fire eve dropped her baby to rescuers there on the ground. this morning threeeople are recovering from injuries, including a firefighter who did suffer some second-degre burns. the building was so badly damaged, investigators couldn't even get inside. the most imporaynt take from

this story, everyone is alive this morning. from what we saw, that's pretty amazing. >> for sure. chs, thanks for sharing that. this morning, two maryland counties are teaming up two of the largest banks in the country. montgomery county and prince george's county areaking on bafnk o america and wells fargo bank. they say the banks and their mortga companiesunfairly targeted african-american home buyers in the mid-2000s. the suit alleges that lenders steered buyers int high-cost, nonprime loans and did this knowing that the loans were likely to fail. the counties say this violates the foueral fairng act. and there's a brand new effort to help people looking for work inontgomery county. casa partnered with the catnty to cree this new job training facility. it opened yesterday at the center.welcome that new facility is expected to generate more than 3,000 living wage jobs for county residents, especially the county's growing latino population. thousands of d.c. residents

were able to enjoy a special thanksgiving dinner a day early. safeway, the salvation army, and many other organizations teamed up for the annual feast of sharing atng the washin convention center. it helped feed more than 5,000 encity res from all eight wards. those who attended explained how much the event means to them. >> it gives us incentive to look forward to something. and each year we look forward ts th fantastic. i don't have to cook. >> she's so cute. >> the feast of sharing also included a health and community services expo, which offered free flu shots and health checks. and music. >> part of me understands. >> you enjoy the craziness? >> just a little bit, aaron. >> do you? i never would have guessed. >> uh-huh. coming , there may be a lot of food on the thanksgiving

table today. doctors say some of it improve your memory. >> we'll tell you which side dish you're going to want t have a secon helping of. and speaking of memories, families are gathering today acss the dmv after a long and no doubt stressful stretchf holiday travel. adam tusss introducing us to some who traveled far and wide for thanksgiving. if you're looking at traveling across the mid-atlantic, looking good up and down the east coasar we have c skies here and temperatures in the mid-30s. temperatures remaining in th s today. making it one of the coldest thanksgivings we've ever had. we'll talk about our temperures today and chances for snow over the weekend. that's coming upn a minute. i

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yo just a few more hours to get your coffee ready, mimosas maybe, bloody mary. the macy's thanksgdeing day pa starts at 9:00, and we have you covered. >> you'll be able to watch the parade here on n 4. jay gray is live inor new city, previewing the action for us. they're getting ready up there, jay. >> reporter: you're righoi i think i'm to eun's house. that's going to be a goodgi thanng. hey, guys. we've been worried about the winds here. i can tell you right now they are calm enough for the bigns ball to fly. you can see the giant balloon there, chase from "paw patrol." there ar16 of those. if the wind stays the way it e' right now, see those fly. you've also got the 43 smaller heritageons. floats.ot the 26 then the 12 marching bands. 8,000 people it takes to put on

th holiday tradition. 3.5 million or more are expected to line the parade route. aaron and eun, there's some already out here hours before. i think the may need t bloody mary before this is said and done. >> i know. warm them up with something. >> when hot chocolate just't w do. >> jay, thanks so much as always. we'll checkn with you again. ur well, we all havey, maybe sweet potato pie, apple pie on our minds. you may want to save room for veggies. a new study from harvard found eating your vegetables and berries may help preserve memose. chers tracked nearly 28,000 men and their dietary habits for 20 years. it found men who ateeafy greens, red and orange veggies, and drank orange h juicee less memory loss in older age. eat the rainboef e you sit down for today's thanksgiving feast, consider this. ga aering the familund the dinner table is good for your health, especially for

canadian researchers found teens who ate at home have a healthier diet. teens would eat more frus and veggies and less fast food. president benefits held even if there was a drama a theinner table, like a typical family dispute. >> who gets the last piece of pie, that kind of thing. >> i was thinking the bad grades drama. even if tprre's that sure, there's still health in the food. so eat up. with the holiday shopping fason kicking intol gear, let's talk about those last-minute shoppers. there's a new survey from microsoft that shows there are different kinds of last-minute shoppers. 57% of procrastinators told a loved one the gift wasrn the mail left it at home. it's coming, though. i got some may say they hate gift cards as presents, but 62% still y them when time runs out. >> my problem is i forget to use them. >> i have a couple sitting at home right now. others just embrace their tardy shopping. 47% said they just count on their family to le them

anyway. >> bless your heart. >> i didn't get you anything, but i love you. >> love is the greatest gift, isn't it, aaron? >> isn't it? i'm just saying. . okay. move >> i'm laughing. the thanksgiving holiday has finally arrived. for those of you who were caut up in the travel rush, today may >>el like crossing a finish line. he highways, airports, and train stations have been packed for days. as news transportatio reporter adam tuss found out, arriving home for the holidays makes the headache of travel worth it. >> reporter: home for thanksgiving. >> what's going on here? >> reporter: it's that moment, that moment when youze now it's about family. even the dog is family. traveling, of course, can be the most stressful part of all this, but at the end of the journey, there are smiles >> wow. you're on camera. >> reporte rafael is here from

california. his family is from all over. >> i flew in from san francisco. brother still lives in d.c. my mom and stepdad live in maryland. >> reporter: did he battle traffic on the way to the airport? you bet. >> the traffic rolling in here was pretty comical. there was just a lot of it. >> reporter: he hasn't seen his little sister in six months, until now. and now he's reunited. >> someone's got to do the cooking. >> absolutelas my momwo kitchens to do that cooking. she's already working on stuff. >> reporter: now the travel headache what matters is that everybody's here. >> that'sea whaty does matter. adam, thank you. >> family and football.ood and >> it's a big game today. are you watching it? >> not if i'm at your house parently that's not allowed during dinner time. >> they're going to eat fast. they're already like, okay, wha are we eating? can we eat at 4:00, 4:30? >> scarf it down. >> exactly.

>> mama got footbal to watch. all right. y're playing in dallas, we don't have to worry about any weather since at&t stadium has the dome on it. or the retractable roof, i should say. much better weather down there, i'm willing to acbet, than up here. it is going to be chilly. we're not talking about any rain. we're not talking any snow today. full sunshine, but with the clear skies overnight, those rmperatures dropped. we're in the 3ht now. the wind is starting to pick up. it's going to be chilly out there windchills in the 20s for much of the day. again, full sunshine. temperatures are the in 30s. that is it.e 35 h in d.c. that is the coldest thanksgiving that we have had since 1996. then you factor in the wind the windchill is in the teens and 20s. it is going to be mighty chilly day.ghout the so your thanksgiving outlook, turkey trot is blustery. ndchills in the 20s and teens. traveling, it's going to be dry, just a little on the windy side.

shopping tonight, bitterly coldi lighter s. if you have football games you're playing outside with the family, know that ground will be a little on the hd side. current radar right now not your travel is looking spectacular, besides those winds. 38 for daytime highs. tomorrow, mostly sunny, lighter winds, but bundle up.nt as we get the weekend, we do have some rain on saturday. could start a off as little wintry mix. right now it's turning a little later. temperatures are going to be in the low 50s. right now it lks like a little rain headed our way. sunday, much nicer with temperatures in the mid-50s. we won't know what to do with ourselves. we haven't been there in quite some time. another chance of rain showers monday. th get breezy into your tuesday. next week looking dry. we have more news ri t after this

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right now, more than 4 million americans are returning home from jail orprison, and they're facing a number of issues that make getting their life backtt on track p difficult. >> news 4's leon harris found out about the work that one local woman does to help ex-felons integrate back into society. sheila murphy is this week's harris' hero. >> reporter: for sheila murphy, helping men and womeof prison is more like a calling. >> it felt like somebody needs to be concerned about this. >> reporter: 25 years ago, she started going into prisons just

to talk with inmates. >> one of the sessions, the guy said, miss sheila, it's like the word prison is written across my forehead. when i went home, i couldn't shake it. >> reporter: so she created mission to mobilization. this organization prov returning citizens resources to help them get their lives back on track. people like willy mcbride. >> i just made up my mind that if i can work inside of a prison, $1.32 an hour, i can work out here in society. >> reporter: tnks to the program, willy is now a delivery driver, and a father and husban coming home to one's family isn't easy for every ex-offender. there's a lot of distrust and hurt because of the s.ex-offender's past mista >> we carry a lot of burden, financial burden, having to hold it down for the family, having to take care of all the bills. it's a lot. >> reporter: to he with that aspect, mission to mobile offers

free family sessions. >> we start there and work down. we're not perfect. it took us a long time to get here, and there's always room for improvement. >> reporter: since they've started working together, sheila says she can already see that better life coming together for the mcbrides. hey're just two of the hundreds of people sheila a organization have been able to o help find jobsing, and create a plan for their lives. >> we need to be reminded, you e know, thatare human. once someone serves their time, it should be time served. now let them go ahead and live eir life. >> don't miss harris' heroes every friday at 5:00 p.m. if you'd like to nominate a hero, head to the nbc washington app and search "harris' hero. w wellhave a chilly start on this thanksgiving morning. temperatures are in the 30sgh now. it's becoming a little on the brisk side. we're going to have wind gusts up to about 3 miles an hour throughout the day.

look at this. temperaturesth i low 30s. the coldest thanksgiving we've had in at least 20 years.ab we'll talt our daytime highs today, talk about your black friday, talk about that weekend forecast. that's all coming up after this. plus, forget black friday. holidayhopping starts today. coming up, we'll share some tipu on the itemshould avoid buying today. and some inspiration to finish straightening up your. home how a holidayleing project just made oneouple a million dollars richer. stay with us.

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ight now at 5:29, crank up the heat ahead of your holiday meal, folks. a storm team 4 forecast with the lowest thanksgiving day temperatures we have felt in decades. plus, problems for the parade. wh the weather may ground one of t most anticipated parts of the annual thanksgiving event. plus, ready,set, shop. the holiday deals are not waiting until dinner time.d where you can sales before the sun comes up today. first ons 4 today, a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge.

nt much diffe scene for travelers than we've seen in the last few days. look at that. so clear, n congestion. this is a time that experts recommend setting out on those thanksgiving lourneys. looke it's still a good plan, right? thanksgiving is a really good to travel. everyone is at home now. >> i agree. >> getting ready for their dinners, wching us, watching lauryn talki about this ridiculous cold weather. >> it's cold. temperatures are going to be in the 30s. that's about as good as it's going to get.k then we t on the winds. that's what really gets you. >> that's too much. >> insulto injury. >> temperatures in the 30s, windchills in the teens and 20sh nothinpening on the radar right now. it's going to be a beautiful day. high pressure in gech but it's canadian high pressure, so it's bringing in that cold air. as far as the radar is concerned, you can see nothing happening on it. if you need to travel for today, you're looking good. we're dry under the influence of high pressure. again, plenty of sunshine. doesn't look like we'll have ant issuesveling except for the wind. again, it will be breezy all the

way up and down the east coast, om us upnto new york. that's what i was talking about with possibly grounding some of ose big balloons they have for the macy's thanksgiving day parade. we'll talk about that i a minute. let's talk about our rain outlook here. yes, it's going to bedareezy but no rain chances. we're dry today, dry tomorrow. we have rain chances as we head into your saturday. then again on monday as we all head back to work andn, school. agn saturday, could start off as a wintry mix, actually. look att t wind. north sustained winds at about 18 miles an hour. feeling lehe teens and 20s already this morning. we're going to talk about the temperature for today andds whe the w settle down. we'll also give you an outlook on what you can expt for your black friday shopping experience. that's coming up in a little bit. >> thank you, lauryn. back to that breaking news now at 5:31 c fairfanty police say a woman and a man were found dead

in their home lasei night. bodies discovered by a relative in the 7300 block of parkwood court in c fallsrch. police say there's no threat to the public right now. they have not determined how the couple died. they're calling this a domestic incident and say there are no signs of forced entry. we're also following a developing story in montgomery county this morning. >> police are l for a group of a half dozen men who may be involved with a shooting outside of the westfield wheaton mall. >> this was the scene a little t after 7:00 l night. we're told there was an incident in the mall between a man andup another g then the two ran into each other again in the parking lot. the man in the car was shot, and the driver crashed into the dick's sporting goods trying to get away. >> the man was then rushed to the hospital in serious condition. two women suffered minor injuries from that crash. officers are looking through security footage to try and learn more about the suspects. in our other top stories this morning, investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this massive firen

bethesda. we are learning a woman and her adult son died in that fire on western avenue yesterday morning. when the flames were finally out, crews found thef bodies inga and john fire officials say there were no working smoke detectors inside that home. families in california are spending thanks giving in shelters as search crews are in a race against time. the national weather svice has issued a flash flood watch for parts ofrn northern califo, and that rain could hamffr search ets for the hundreds of people still unaccounted for in the camp fire. the statewide wildfire death toll is now at 86. the president attackedat cl change last night. president trump talked about a cold blast but didn't and then mockingly asked, whatever happened to global warming? attacked climate change since even before getting into politics. there is of course, a difference between the weather and the climate. four 15-year-old damascus high school football players are facing rape charges. th have beenharged as adults for allegedly assaulting other

members of the jv football team with a broom stick as part of a hazing ritual. the school says it will conduct its own investigation when police are done to see whether staff members should be held accountable. it's now 5:34. another d.c. thanksgiving tradition kicks off in a uh few hours. we're talking about food and friends. >> molette green is live ason t prep cnues this morning. expecting, what, 3,000 people there today? >> reporter: oh, my goodness. look at this busy operation going on behind me. these volunteers have en here since 4:30 this morning. we've got the bikers on one side and the happy hearts s the otheride boxing up these meals that will go outo hundreds of people today who are sick and shut in. men, women, and children p t of themily. i want to go over to the executive director who can talk mot about whaappens today as we lookre at this sp of food.

thiss the meal folks will be feasting on today. turkey and all of the trimmings. and some fresh fruit there on the table. good morning. >> good morning. happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: it's wonderful to ff here today and talk about this tremendoust that you guys do year after year, in addition to serving your families, you are serving up this happy holiday meal. >> exactly. this is a special day at foo and friends. but every day is an impor fnt dayor us because we're taking care of people who are at home sick. we have wonderful volunteers. today we have 600 we had 500 earlier in the esek. 1100 people are preparing thanksgiving dinner. all the meals we send out during the week and throughout the year, six days a week, 52 weeks a year, no matter what the weather. >> reporter: no matter what the weather. band craig hasn with food ands friend 23 years, retiring.

new leadership coming in. we want to talk to some of the volunteers who make this effort so effortless. tina, that's what she likes to be called. eileen redmond withhe t platinum dreams motorcycle club. i want to talk about wea you and your come here year after year. >> we love comingt here, j knowing that something as simple as wrapping turkey for the sick and ut in makes us feel great inside. this is our sixth year coming. we can't even start our hanksgiving now without coming here. we look forward, wait for that e-mail to come, and love time here. >> reporter: thank you so much for coming out. this is what it's all about, getting involved, serving others on thanksgiving. giving thanks for what you have and aelping others wh in need. we'll be back in another half hour with much more from food and friends. i'm going t put on a hair net, and i'm going back in the back to see how it all is happening.

>> a great thought and some good lookg food there too. >> they do tremendous work at even when it'ss, not just holidays. so our thanks to them. >> thanks, molette. well, we are just hours away from the big redskinsng thanks game against the rwboys. they'ready. >> let's go! >> swo rivalsaring off with on t place in the division the line. this is going to be the ninth time these two teams have faced off on thanksgiving day. come on, colt. lt mccoy, he's our man. what's the chant? >> if he can't do it, n one can. >> there you go. ing quarterback tonight, and he has a history with dallas. >> in 2014, he led the skins to a v in a huge upset. he also knows this is going to be a different cowboys team. >> after watching tape of the cowboys, you know, a few ago when we played them and watched them again this week, they've got two huge wins on the road, and their defen is playing at a really high level.

you don't see a whole lot of guys running open againsthem. >> let's hope the burgundy and uld can keepp with the lead. the gameicks off today at 4:30 p.m. that's going to cause a lot of problems at some dinner tables. >> we'll be watching. 5:38 n. comingup, some consider it a d.c. delicacy. except for the strict's own mayor. the madness she is stirring up with her feelings about mumbo sauce.

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welcome back. it's 5:41. if you have lottery tickets sitting around in your house, you might want to double check them after hearing this s ary. >> thereouple in louisiana that won a huge jackpot that almost didn't happen. heir house leaning before relatives arrived forth ksgiving. that's when one of them noticed several unchecked lottery tickets on the,ightstand. wet turns out one of those tickets was a winner.

nely $2 million. > i said i'm going to call out the numbers, and let me know what you think. >> i s thoughtething must have been wrong. >> the couple says their timing was everything. the lottery ticket would have expired in weeks. >>ng cutt close. all right. we're cutting it close with temperatures right around t freezing mark. we're at 35 degrees right now. nothing happening on the radoi. that's to make for a great travel day. again, we have those winds that are out there gusting up t about 35 miles an hour. so we will take a look at the wind gusts. we'll look at the temperatures. we'll look at the temperatures. inat's all com

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decades with temperatures n getting out of the 30s today. we'll check in with another look at your full forecast in a few minutes. well, of course today is not just about turkey and football. in the last two years, the sales we used to see on black friday have made their way into thanksgiving. >> some stores will be opening even before you finish that holidayvemeal, or thought about it. k-mart is among the earliest stores open today. doors open at 6:00 a.m. lsmost walmart stores willbe open all day long. big lots locations open at 7:00 a.m. you can shop until midnight. >> best buy, dsw, target, macy's are all closed for tng, but they will open tonight at 5:00. now, that's in addition to dozens of stores that will open at midnight tonight or extend their hours tomorrow. we have a list in e nbc washington app if you plan to hit some of the big deals. >> so how will you know whether you're really getting the best bargain? jo ling kent explains how to get

the best bargain. >> reporter: this week's deals arimpossible to ignore. but the deepest discounts don't necessarily fall on black friday or even cyber monday. so what should you buy rig now, and what can you hold off on? for the hottest toys, act now. for big-ticket electronics, black friday deals aretill the best. up to 70% off brand name tvs, smart speakers, and rare discounts on the latest apple iphone. so what can you wait for? clothes. the best sales on apparel come closer to christmas when retailers become desperate to unload inventory. for the gifts most important to you, experts say don't think twice. >> if there's a product on your list, on your family's wish list that you must have, don't wait. when you see it, pick it up. they'll be price mat >> reporter: a secret weapon our holiday season is social media feed. brands you follow are posting exclusive discounts directly on instagram, snapchat, and

pinterest. >> jo ling kent reporting there. coming up, justin finch will have a preview of blay fri in our area. keep in mind, you won't even need to leave the comfort of yo s home to gete of the best deals. online sales are a big thing. they'll be big today and through the weekend. >> and don't forget small business saturday. we talk about supporting our local community. susan hogan has been f worki you with shopping tips all week. if you missed her story, search ready for thes holidn the nba washington app to learn more. well, stoves, ovens, kitchen appliances across the country are getting a workout today. everyt kng in mychen will be on. >> everybody will be in the kitchen putting the final touches on their thanksgiving meals. irt did you know the holiday season is where crews can really see their calls pick up? people we talked to with their own game plan whent comes to kitchen safety. >> i make sure i stay in the kitchen while things are being cooked. families ficials ask

to make sure they have working smoke detectors and a preliminaryrill in mindhen guests come over just in case. well, it's a debate that is tailor m for d.c. this morning the d.c. mayor muriel bowser is getting a tastv of the consy. >> people are mad. >> they're mad about mumbo sauce. that's after the mor slammed the sauce in a facebook post. >> as news had's derrick wardus shows the mayor is stirring up som trouble. >> reporter: mayor bowser posted it on her facebook page, her annoyance that mum sauce is quintessential d.c. she wrote she was a grown womane before sheheard of it. she ended her post with the words, there, i said it she probably expected the blowback. >> tell miss bowser she can holler at us here. come and get a piece of the city. >> reporter: you can find it at the shrimp boat.up find it int circle. doesn't get more d.c. than that. here at the shop made in d.c. where everything is d.c. made,

mumbo is a hot item. >> i knopeople come in here specifically looking for mumbo sauce. they know it's a d.c. thing. i'm personally from alexandria. i do not know the back story. >>p eporter: over by the shr boatwe found someone who remembers pouring it on as early as 1967. >> it has the zest, that tang. it was not too sweet, not too sour, just perfect. >> reporter: at horace and dicky's seafood -- >> reporter: back in 2013, the u.s. patent office gave legal bragging rights to a chicago rib joint that began serving it up in the '50s. but the maker of capitol city mumbo sauce say her recipe are based strong d.c. tradition. >> if i have to go by what my grandmother told me, she was eating mumbo sauce in d.c. in the 1950s. >> reporter: now she's selling it as far away as afghanistan. >> it's a good d.c. thing. mumbo was is hot sauce and

ketchup. it's great. >> reporter: a spokesperson for mayor bowser said she was simply trying to give residents something to talk about over the thanksgiving holiday other than back-up quarterbacks and midterms. based on the buzz on the streets, i'd say mission accomplished. we're he outside another quintessentially d.c. thing, the big chair. >> mission accomplished indeed. we want to know how d.c. you are. test your essential d.c. knowledge by taking the quiz. open the nbc washington app and search d.c. quiz. and it is ketchup and hot sauce, but there are other things. you have to have it a little sweet. probably a little sour. put a little vinegar in there. helike what that one lady said, the ting and tang. >> that's all you need to know. >> you have to have both. >> i like it. apparently that sauce -- i've always been skeptical about that catol city, but i'm hearing it's pretty good. >> we'll have to t it. if it doesn't come in a squeezy

plastit bottle, can be good? >> we'll have to figure it out. we'll also have to figure out today, what you're to wear when you head outside. it is cold out there. so let me go ahead andreak this down. the national weather service is saying this may not be coldest thanksgiving we've had since 1996 because temperatures, as we went into -- hey, ntron. you o come in and do the weather? aaron is literally an arm's length. he's going to stand right there. >> i want to see a close-up. >> what was i talking about? oh, i was talking about the coldest thanksgiving since 1996. it is going to be chilly by this afternoon, but after midnight, our temperatures here in d.c., we're in the low 40s. it's not technically going to be the coldest thanksgiving we've seen since1996. but 1996 we only made it up to 35. we're going to stick in the low to mid-30s today. plus we have windchills in the teens and 20s. it's going to be out there. i'm going to say it's the coldt since 1996.

current temperatures right now, you can see the low to mis30s. it chilly. factor in the winds that are going to be gusting up to 30 miles an hour. this is what it feels like retside. windsnly beginning to increase right now. it feels like the 20s as you start your morning. if you're headed out to any turkey trots, just know it is going to be mighty, mighty cold out there. in fact, by 8:00 a.m., it's going to feel like 13 degrees with that wind. we stay in the teens and l 20s pretty much all throughout the day. not only cold here but also up in newyork, where they may not be able to get those balloons off the ground, especlly rolling through the city center because the urban canyon effect, where that wind just increases throughout those tall buildings. so 35 miles an hour, they will ground balloons. that windchill up there in the single digits. again, our windchill here is in the teens and 20s. traveling, just windy, but it's going to be nice. shoppingonight, bitterly cold. in fact, take a look at those

temperatures temperatures are in the 20s. wind settles down after 8:00 m. tonight. weekend forecast real quick, some rain into your saturday. could start off as a little bit oft mix, but looks like it's trending a little later right now. we're not looking at a mix as much as we're looking at rain for your saturday. ures will be in the 50s for this weekend. then another chance of rain as we get into monday. breezy on tuesday. >> thank you, lauryn. well, there is a prett change coming for a staple on newsstands >> "the washington afro" is still delivering its weekly p paper to subscribers, but the face of "the afro" is saying good-bye after nearly 30 years. >> reporter: the newspaper business is flourishing at "the washington afro." readers still want to pay for focus on an african-american audience. >> we can give that to our community, telling our story to our people, and the folk appreciate that.

>> reporter: that's kept readere hooked from th first publication in 1892. brookings manages the washington edition out of the center in northwest. he is part of af history, and many conder him the heart and soul of the paper. >> i've been told that. >> reporter: that's where readers connect most to the afro >> the social page is -- >> reporter: the social page is the driving force of readership. >> who made it on the social pages of the afro? if i made it on the cial tges, i have arrived. >> reporter: andre are ongoing challenges, such as visibility in stores and on newsstands.le he's goty of pep in his step, but at 71 and after two years battling prostate can -- cancer, he's retiring with a bucket list. >> i want to go back and see

what south korea looks like. "the afro" will surv regardless. "the afro" will be her regardless of who's leading the ship. >> reporter: molette green, news 4. >> he's probably seen so much history. >>at told so many g stories. >> interviewed so many cool people. wish him the best. >> absolutely. all right. 6:55 -- 5:56 right now. the chief justice takes a stand. >> what the president tweeted cothat made the supremet's leader take the unprecedented step of a public rebuke. plus, new footage of a wild crime. a truck smashes into a 7-eleven, but this would-be burglar a didn't gs planned. news 4 today will be right back.

kicking off this thanksgiving morning with a live look outside. you may not be able to see all the cold out there, but it is there. look atthat, 33 degrees outside of our studio. this could be the coldest thanksgiving the d.c. region has seen in decades. t you know what, we're still grateful. happy thanksgiving, everyone. good morning. i'm eunang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we appreciate you spending part of your holiday with us. it's 6:00 a.m. now. hopefully your thanksgiving bird is in the oven, if you're into birds. some people prefer the tofurkey. if you don't eat meat, right? people make other things.

>> i think there are other options. >> we'll haveome thanksgiving fish this afternoon. mj doesn't eat meat, so we'll have the fish. salmon or something. you can be grateful for fish. >> i know. i'm grateful for all the food. all thatlfood. right. well, hopefully that food is going to be warm by the time you eat it because it isold outside. that sun coming up in just about an hour. a beautiful view outside of ou nation capital. we have come down to 33 degrees under clear skies. no clouds to insulate us. by 00, we'll ben the upper 20s. windchills will be in the teens at 7:00 a.m. plenty of sunshine outhere today. just bitterly cold. even by 11:00, 35segrees. that it for daytime highs. again, you factor in the winds, it's going to feel much colde thanhat. it'll feel like the teens and 20s all throughout the day. keep that in mind as you head outside. we'll talk about your black friday forecast because we get another chilly