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damascus high school in montgomery county. >> four jv football players are being charged with raping school mates in a locker room. today, the true story. >> meagan fitzgerald has the details from court. >> reporter: the state attorney is calling these criminal acts and they are punishabl by up to life in prison. the defense team argued thesear xv-year-old boys. on the honor roll. never been in trouble before. the judge in the end took into consideration and decided to release these boys on $20,000 bonds. tonight we're learning mor details about the alarming attacks that allegedly happened inside the damascus high school locker roo onhalloween. according to court documents, caleb thorpe, will smith, jean abedi and kristian lee sexually assaulted four freshmen jv
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teammates with a broom k.stic it happened while the victims were getting ready for the last practice of th season. the suspects entered the locker room and turned off thelights. lice say the smallest teammates were targeted. the ones the suspects thought wouldn't fight back but they did and shouted for the attacks to stop. the 15-year-old suspects appeared in court and listened prosecutors told the judge the victims were stomped on, n to theat, and thr ground in an act the defendants were calling a hazing ritual. >> i'm offended by the term hazing. these are imes. >> reporter: the montgomery county state's attorney john mccarth said the team revealed all the evidence and concluded the 15-year-old should be charged as adul.vi represents will smith. >> we're upset that they dided to charge as an adult. will smith is 15 years old.
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nyhe's never had kind of disciplinary problem. >> reporter: now, the suspects eae expected to a back in court for a preliminary hearing as soon as friday.o back tyou. >> all right. such a disturbing story. thank you. the case in damascus was the firs of two in montgomery county. earlier this month police investigated hazing allegatio at seneca valley high in germantown. police say they i lookedo allegations of unwanted sexual uching in september but they say the victim did not want to pursue the case so they aidn't file charges. school officials say when police did not file charges, they disciplined students and reprimanded staff f what they called a lack of supervision. t som breaking news in the district, one man is dead, another wnded in a shooting along busy benning road here. a witness tells us ty heard more than a dozen gunshots fired this afternoon. and that area has seen its share of violence in recent months. let's get straight to pat collins live in northeast with
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details. >> repornir: b road has become one of our city's bloodiest streets.e you know, made it through whole thanksgiving holiday weekend without a murder. today that holiday came to an end. more anger, more bloodshed on benning road, northet. yet another man murdered on this violent street in our city. now if this scene looks familiar, i should. about two weeks ago, a man murdered here. back inseptember, seven people shot here. one ll. it has become a scary place to live. what is it like to live around here? >> you have to watch your back when you go to the store. >> reporte daytime, nighttime? >> daytime, nighttime, any time.
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>> reporter: today's ctim, young man found on the sidewalk. witness said he heard 14 shots. two hit, one wounded, one dead. the street blocked off as vestigators work the scene. here, comforting relatives and friends. police chief pete newsome. there is been lot of violence here. a lot of it in the last couple months. what do you make of it? >> wete attri it to these illegal firearms. we have to take this very seriously. i have another young man over aere who lost his life as a result of illegal firearm. >> reporter: now, the commissier says drugs are behind all the violence here. she said people are comingnt the neighborhood selling drugs out of potato chip bags and cookie boxes toal con the activity. she said it has t oat stopnd co in northeast.
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news4. turning now to the weather. another round o rain today means this is now the wettest november on record heren washington. amelia draymonder is in the center >> we picked up here in d.c. about .4 of an inch o rain. it is now the rainiest november and the third wet of year on record and we're only within an inch of becoming the wettest record. something we'll achieve into december. currently, here's the latest. only a few light showers falling. area.hrough the we'll see some very light showers out there until about 7:00 p.m. after at, we'll see any rain moving out of the area. currently we're2 at degrees as the showers end by 7:00 p.m. we'll have clearing ses after that and it will be breezy as cold air filters in 43 degrees by 11:00 p.m. tomorrow, we'll have windchills
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in the 20s and 30s.ll ave more on what you can expect throughout the day. coming up around> 5:25. nd we remind you to download the app to sta ahead of any wintryweather. first responders across northern virginia a mourning the loss tonight. winchester police officer was killed over the weekend after his patrol car crashed,s he responded to a call. the biggest loss is for hunter edwards' family. today, julie c dhae spoke to his newly wed wife. now a widow about his passion for policing. >> reporter: this winchester police department video captures the family and fends they are remembering. he and tara had been married just three months. he was in the process of documenting her 3-year-old son. >> he was a good man, a good
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dad. >> reporter: passionate sspecially about policing. his mom s it was in his blood. his mom was in law enforcement >> i think there was never any doubt in his mind that was the career path that would be the perfect one for him. saturday night, edwards was rushing to back up fellow officers. he lost control of his patrol car and hit tremendous. he later died at the hospital. he saidt is no surprise that he was hurrying to help fellow officers when he crashe >> he didn't have to be asked. he just took initiativ to help. the chief echoing that thought. he trained or the department s.w.a.t. team and civil disturbance response unit. >> he was an officer'sce of he was the guy always there for people. >> today, they're thereor edwards' department and his mi . standing along i-zoiksalute.
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the community showing its support as well. >> they lay their lives outll the time. i'm just heart broken. each and every one ofthem. >> the cut down the fashioned a its wood to give to his family. in winchester, news4. w tonigh his family, funeral details are still being finalized. the service is set for friday at the winchester churchf god. jury selection appears to be off to a slow star in the trial of man in question, the last year deadly jacrash. mes field is accused of driving his car int c arowd of people,illing onend person
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injuring many more. group of white nationalists who gd. fields from ohio had been known in high school to have ain faion with hitler and nazi i. his attorneys say jurhere's hear evidence that he thought he had been acting in self-defense. the entry has reopened and there are more customs andored he patrol agents at the crossing in the president is defending the use of tear gas on a group of migrants who tri to rush the border yesterday. >> being rushed by some very tough people. and theyd tear gas. and here's the bottom line. nobody is cing into our country unless they come in urgally. >> from sister station in did h san diego, a loser look at the scene that has some border crossers on edge. >> reporter: i talk on several s ople crossing here t morning. they said things seem to be calm
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on both sides of the border but stme still felt uneasy after what that day. >> reporter: this was the chaotic scene in tijuana as some ers of the migrant caravan s triedrm the u.s. bored he. the customs and border patrol agents say rocks with being thrown at their sxagts they decided to use tear g to disperse the crowd. it left many people stuck in mexico. this video taken by a drone shows the long lines of cars and people just waiting to cross. while others like giuliano who works in a storeer in san ysidro were unable to get home to tijuana. julia was out yesterday when she and her boss were td to acuate as a precaution. >> my stomach actually hurt at. i know nothing will happen to me
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but it is still sad. you don't even know what will happen. >> reporter: mexico's interior ministry says they will deport anyone who trieso violently enter the u.s. from tijuana. that includes those w were arrested yesterday. from san ysidro. nbc news. an alarming health alert. "nightly news" is investigating a link between breast implants and a certain type of deadly cancer and it could be more common than doctors andatients realized. it develops into a. canc nine patients died. tonight on "nightly news," you will see which kds of implants put you more at risk. mis to mars and sevente minus of terror. what's next now that they've
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land ad proben the red planet? and general ymotors, why t are laying off thousands of workers. s inand a crackdown on the stores already leading to arrests and one major surpre for
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15% of employees at gmsere to lose their jobs in the
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u.s. that massive number of layoffs announced today. allook at the impact it will have on sevtates including the state of maryland. >> reporter: general motors announcedlayoffs. it is part of a restructuring plan. estimated t cost more than 14,000 jobs in the coming months. they plan to cut 15% of its salaried employees. roughlyte 8,100 w collar workers and slash more than 6,000 factory jobs as it stops production in five facilities in 2019 including the plant in lordstown, ohio. >> i felt like som kodyicked me in the stomach. i've been working here a long time. >> at the ontario factory in canada which will s more than 2,000 jobs eliminated. >> this wilbe devastating for our community. >> reporter: the chairman and ceo said in a statement, quote, thearctions w taking today
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continue our transformation to be highly agile, resilient anda prof while giving us the flexibility to invest in the future. >> argument will be i have to do what's best for my shareholders and my company. >> reporter: t first major steps not without some pain as they shift their focus to the future. nbc news.> ive u.s. plants are impacted including operations in white >>rsh. packed malls and lots of shoppers. you saw lots of shoppers if you were there,ut you may not have seen the thieves. >> reporter: they've been indeed busy already. among cases they've handled is four women from our area almost got away with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.
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some troubling as foekts. this they've been employed for weeks now. team of dectives especially tasked with catching shoplifters and people tryingo defraud businesses with credit cards and goodas oldoned sneak thie >> wearing plain clothes, walking around, arms if you will of shopping bags. >> two women were spotted runninga from store with bags full of merchandise that they hadn'taid for. the members were already in the mall. >> they had a third suspect in another store in the mall. they yelled t her as they ran by. we've got to go. >> reporter: police say the three made it o of the mall where the fourth suspect was waiting. >> the suspect's vehicle tried to make its way between vehiclep that were s for a red light and endedp becoming disabled themselves.
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>> reporter: no one was injured and police took the women into custody. when they stechd car they found about $6,000 worth of stolen goods. and even moreli tro -- >> there was a child in the car that was found at the end of the pursuit. >> reporter: luckily no one was injured. patrice davis, the 19-year-old, the 20-year-old jermaine johnson ofsb gaithg and 20-year-old from d.c. are all facing charges including,rand larce fleeing from police and charges connected with child endangerment. >> reporter: now the moral of the story is it iskay to shop for bargains. if you're out looking for the discounts, they're out looking for you. a holiday scam could land you in legal trouble. the secret sister ehange is back on facebook. this promises you'd get up to 36 gifts i return for buying just one gift if you recruit other
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toparticipate. this is actually an illegal pyramid scheme and the u. postal inspections service warns it is similar to illegal gambling and could lead you to fraud penalties. if you get that message, should you report to it facebook >> we may note ready but the white house. is melania trump showed off the bel decorations. this year's theme, honors the u heritage of america. it returns tthe east wing. throughout the month more than 30,000 visitors are expected to take part in holiday tourshi at the house. a little rattle rain wasn't to dampen the spirits at the capitol. this ar's tree is a 35t f noble fir. itill be decorated with 10,000
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ornaments from the people of oregon. you can see the tree light up on december 5th. i always love to see it. from baltimore to richmond. it's kind of tough to get a brk from traffic. plus, a little breezy. maybe a little blustery, too. what we can expect james: this is alana, a very busy mom. she and her husband reginald wanted to grow their family. but alana is one of thousands in the dc area with kidney disease. on thanks to a kidneyion from reginald, al a is healthy and enjoyi.
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we knew, it's been a rainy year, a rainy summer. and november is about to set a record? >> t rainiest november and n the third rain yift year on record. it will be the wettest year on record. >> turn it off! >> and it impactedo many things. from sports on the weekends to just trying to get out. e fall foliage was terrible because of the rain but we are going to be dry the next few days. and some rpectacularnbow shots. i just retweeted one on my twitter age. girl saeeing her first rainbow and she was mesmerized. we are the third wettest yr on
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record. we'll be dry tomorrow, wednesday and thursday. it will be windy out there and still breezy on thursday for the weekend, watching more rain chances onll saturday as as sunday. but it is not looking like a shout. only a few light showers across the area and these are fizzling out. we'll be completely dry bybout 6:00 to 7:00. still seeing light rain in maryland, across the area, mainly try. the winds are starting to pick up. it is a little bit breezy out there at ten miles an hour. the gusts up to ten miles an hour and we are holding to 52 degrees which is the high for the day. the skies will clear out overnight and will ten to track breezy coheitions. and windsy throughout the day. here is a check of the wind gusts. up to 20 miles an hour. gusting close to 30 miles an hour in hagerstown.
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not only are we seeing the winds increaseol but air filtering into the area. the winch ithe area is nonexistent. morgantown, the windchill of 30. that cold air is moving in. 7:00 a.m. the 38 is going to feel more like 28 when you factor in the winds. we do have beautiful sunshine throughout the day tomorrow. 46 for a high. our average high, about 54. we're running five to ten degrees below normal. with dry weather in the forecast for the next few days, it will be a good day to get carasd if you can fit that in. on wednesday, 44, windy and a cold start. three degrees to start the day. in the suburbs, we're going to ha temperatures in the 20s. another cold start on thursday. and we're breezy throughout the
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daysd th. the winds finally calm down friday but then a chance of rain. the morning is looking dry. 51 degrees. right now, the weekend, warmer on sunday with 50 on saturday. the chance of some rain both saturday and aysu >> it wa a journey that lasted somes seven mon and then ended with seven minutes of terror. >> every single student at this high school is getting o of these photo ids. >> attacked in certain parts of the district. that's one of the ways
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sitting i tffic for hours upon hours. for too many of us, it is the reality around here. >> a painful one at that. >> now a group of high profile ceos sayst is time to make a major transportation change. it is all laid out in aew report today and our transportation reporter adam tuss has been digging through the details. hive now at northwest. what are you finding? >> reporter: well, we all want .o get our time ba sitting in that commute, day
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after day. robbing us of precious time. they said something has to be done. not just here but from fwum d.c. downo richmond. our traffic can be a river of never ending headlights. >> i've been all over the world and it is pretty bad. >> now, newio recommendat for how we can fix it up. better toll lanes. the train service that chris crosses the area and how about this? a charge to drive in parts of d.c. >> it a cutscross administrations. >> rorter: he is partf the greater washington partnership which just released its report. from baltimore down to richmond. e thought here, treat this region as one whole group with no state by state barriers. >> today 50% of all people go across districts. so our lives are cross ri
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ictional. that idea has support. >> i would be all for it re accessibility for cities and places to go to. >> reporter: it is clear. once you start talking about specific idea for example, the congestion in the downtown core of d.c. things get thomas houston lives in d.c. >> the resident to drive down. i don't think it isd goo idea. i think it makes more sense. >> reporter: the hope is that it at least pushes transportation faster. the interesting tng with this, employers should let their employees shift theirorkday so they can commute outside of regular rush hour periodou that be interesting if more employers could start doing that. we'll seehere it goes. >> we would all like the get at 2:00. an interesting concept. an congest charge. >> another step forward to
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completion of the purple line. this one involves several loud booms. the sirens helped mark it. the blast in bethesda only lasted a few seconds. they were meant to loosen and remove rock. it os expected ton in 2022. also in montgomery county, a mile stone in the wheaton project. four levels of the below parking have been complead. 14-story building is going up here. >> theve execu outgoing, the project will expand the central business to include a government office building below ground parking garage and a town square. constructi will finishn 2020. a former olympic swinlter
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and over, the swimmer and track student. scott? >> reporter: that manld c avoid prison time many what was a bizarre incident in june. theeds say 50-year-oldo, gustavhey say he tossed trash and tossed papers on the ground including a paper that ey say had a picture of the assassination of the president of that he said he is a political activist who never threatened to harm anyone and was peacefully working.ad he past incident of trespassing. he cpeted as a sprinter in four olympic games including in atlanta in 96. en if he avoid prison time, co-face a $10,000 fine.
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back to you. a new identification program to keephi yourren safe at one charles county high school. they will be required to wear photo i.d. badges. how they are hoping this will keep students safer. when the bell rings, 1150 students fill the halls. starting today the school is issuing these photo i.d. badges for every student to wear. it is meant to improve safety. >> just looking forward to getting the edback from t students and the teachers and the parents. just to make sure that doing what i'm paid to do.ep ke them in a safe environment. >> it will identify who is suppos to be here and who is not. thatere's no one solutio
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will affect school security across the spectrum. however, the more layers you can build in, the better off we'll be. they have bar codes that can be scanned into the computer and schools can use it to check in when they're late and check out when they leave ear. > it will help us get prepared fore when w graduate. we have to wear i during college when we can to college. >> reporter: while there was no specific thrt that led to the program, someone w was not a student sgim theia cafet and allegedly started a fight. and there was a fatal shooting at great mills high school in nearby saint mary's county. >> a lot of the school shootingp thatn are students within the school so it does allow them to have access within the school but it does make it more secure. >> reporter: for now students in three schoolsre wearing the badges. come nextyear, this will be implemented systemwide.
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every student districtwide will have one. >> we chekt in with others. fairfax and point counties do not have student i.d.s. you can almost their cheers from last this afternoon as nasa scientists received the very first image from the new mar lander called insight. check it out. this dusty photo after the spacecraft toued down that followed a six-month, million mile journey. it is carrying instruments that can detect heat and seismic rumbling. something that has onleen measured on planet earth. scientists are hoping it will understand how rocky planets.
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some tense moments out there. 28 touch and go for about sev minutes. and some are asking about controversy. >> a chinese scientist working on a new development. and this spectacular display. a double rainbow. cold air is moving in overnight tonight.ou i'll let i'll let no
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n 40a new report shows one children is diagnosed with autism. it focused on 50,000 children. 27% took medication. more than half received behavioral treatment. a lot of parents surveyed said they found it difficult to get services forhildren with autism compared to other developmentaldisorders. >> there is some major back lash ter a chinese researcher claimed to have altered dna of newbor twins. he says he offers embryos from several couples during fertility
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treatments. he wanted to help with future hiv infection. >> there will be someone somewhere who d isng this. if it is not me, it is someone else. >> now, gene editing has only recently been used and it is not permitted in the united states on embryos intendedor pregnancy. >> we still have a lot of work to do to prove and eablish that the procedure is safe. i would say no babies should be born at this point in time following these of technology. it is too early and too pre ture. >> one of the major issues, the permanent changes that could affect future generations or cause harm if oth genes are
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affected. new from president trump af br u.s.ed he agents fire tear gas at hundreds of migrants. a look ahead. by now we've all seen the video of the confrontion as the tension down there continues to escalate. lester holt will join us on the set tonight at 6:00 as we break down the csis and loo ahead to what could be nextat in story. our i-team is taking us behind the scenes in harmer's ferry, west virginia. it is a facility used to treat.g that's comp tonight. that and a whole lot more at 6:00. we'll look forward to it. thank you. there's still time on get in
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on a cyber monday deal. if you haven't shoppedye you don't want to wait. >> a look at the top things you should not buy outoday. >> yl have a tougher time. >> yl have a tougher time. coming up, giving
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well, today as you know is cyber monday. it looks like consumers got an deal. jump on the onlien according to adobe analytics, we spent an annual 6.22 billion onli f on blackday alone. nearly two-thirds was done on
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mobile devices. but guess what. the deals are not done yet. today could be another record breaking day for spending. and there's the hope that come tomorrow, people will be focused on others for what is now known as giving y.tues we're working for you. susan hogan? >> that's right. she's been scouring the internet for deals. a little for herself. >> i don't know what you're talking about. he thinks givin tuesday is all about him. so here's a really goo tip. if you haven't done this yet, i to do ike to tell you this one thing now. to sign up for alerts. at a particular retailer or for afic product. there are app that's will let you know when a deal is on. my two go-to. here are deals hot right now. goog hom mini is $25, half
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off the regular price. 5t is at target and walmart. and a inch tcl 4 k roku tv. it is $799. it is available onle today only at best buy. x-box one x and the battlefield bundle. 0.savings of is is only available onlien. and the ring door bell 2 plus echo dot third generation. that's $140is deal is onlien right now at best buy. so there are some things you should not buy on cyber money. >> smartphones. wait until december. the deals were on friday and the deals don't carry over. winter clothing, the best time to buyn is january.
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jewelry, wait until new year to buy it. everything is deeply discounted in time for valentine's day. and gym equipment, waitntil january. you know why. our know that we're making new years resolutions to lose weight. if an online retailer is charging you for shipping, go somewhere else. and go to coupon ap i download that no matter what. it is competitive out there. >> there's noeed for it.
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>> everybody is not listening to you. once the shopping is done, the next big challenge is getting the packages to your door withoutdelays. they will help deliver 800 million packages. that's double the usual number of deliveries so they have hired new drivers to make it happen. save some money for tomorrow. giving tuesday is coming up. while many nonprofits rely on help, it can make it easier to get a. at a break on your gifts. learn about what they do. and to see how a drop in donations would affect them. >> for decades, d. kitchen has
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been making fresh food for those in need. they also serve up second chances, offerin up food. >> he know myself, they're like, life changing. >> working toot where they're looking for a handout but the nextjob, the next step in the career pathway to independence. it is wha l wee for. what we do every day. >> with the new laws this year, the tax breaks for giving to good causes will be harder to get. it used to be you could get any deductions above the standard which was a little over 6,000. this year it has been raised to $12,000. meaningat you would have to d a lot more to get a. at a break. >>ust as important.
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>> he said it is possible people might nots donate much but he is staying optimistic. >> they still need donations so they can do important work. >> andeack at kitchen, they say every there are a donated makes a difference. e> it was an investment in shared community. patrons of a local theater donated more than 100 teddy bears to help deal with traumatic events. they go to thecoty's justice center foundation which works with children who are dealing with domestic vice and severe traffic crashes. as tradition, the center gives e ddy bear to each child that it helps. oh! we need something to make
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everybod feel better. how about some shown? >> we'll have plenty of sunshine. 's the good news. the bad news is that we'll be dealing withde c air moving in and then windy conditions. not just tomorrout wednesday. still pretty breezy out there. check it out. the next few ys, what you need to grab. the sunglasses and the puffy coats. we keep it completely dry iday. you might want the small umbrella with a chance for rain later in the day. if you put the holiday decorations up, they might be blowing around.be we'l picking a few houses to show off the displays.
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our temperature are in the 40s and 50s. starting to see some wind gusts out there. this is what it feels like. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. washington.ut 30 in 29 in frederick. by lunch time, still feeling cold o there with windchills in the 30s across the area. even at 4:00 p.m., the kids are getting home from school. still blustery. 37 inonwashin as we move into the evening hours, it stays windy and wind yoi wednesday afternoon as well. despite that, theeather havin a pretty low impact as long as the kidsave the warm jackets. know that recess will be blustery is that iis still windy after school. but okay the get out and enjoy some fresh air.
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it is all over the place but i see chance for rain bows saturday and a little better chance on sunday. you can see, it is not a washout. e pe tthrera wemarmesrtu with 50 for a high on saturday. 62 for a high on sund's. he your storm team 4 forecast. mid 40s forhs h tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, a cold start. not just tomorrow but wednesday and thursday with temperatures in the 20s in the suburbs and around 30 in the and then feeling even colder when you factor in the wind west warm to about 50 on friday which is more leseason and then on the weekend, the chances for showers saturday and hey, batter, batter, batter, batter. [ crowd cheers ] like everyone, i lead a busy life. but i know the importance of having time to do what you love. at comcast we know our customers' time is valuable.
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as we get back into the swing of things, some of you may need to plan some extra travel time if you'r getting around by metro. >> no yellow lines service for the next coupleek justin finch has details. >> reporter: for many, snappntg back the workweek is hard enough let alone after thanksgiving. >> coming off aong weekend. >> now, yellow line train service shut down for two weeks
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beginning today. crews can make structural and track repairs on this yellow line bridge span over the potomac. we saw workers and heavy gear rout anddy to go. together around d.c. and virginia, riders will have the blue line though they may see longer lines and even crowded cars. rush hour can be a crunch too,c when servis expected to fall to half capacity. getting aroun the district may be a bit easier.th they can make green line stop on the yel line but -- >> how long is your wait? >> i bate waited about five or tenminutes. >> it is just day one of week one. so for these two weeks, metro is asking riders to build in extra travel time and build in patience. >> it was not a smooth start. we did see some shuttle buses online. however, 13 more days to work thout.
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if you were looking for a shuttle bus during this time, search metro for some tips there. this is said to be metro's last half of the project. more to come next year as they continue to improve the system. news4. a new threat for presint trump hension at the border escalates. tonight, inside the gated government complex that's training for situations like the one unfolding now. tearful tribute for a police officer who died doing what he loves. reaction from his family. a women with breast implants, whyld it ce increasing the chances for a
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deadly form of cancer. tonight, a border battle as he threatens to close the border with mexico permanently. agentsired tear gas. >> this as the stage is setor another shutdown showdown. the president is demanding biions for his border wall. we have team coverage. ster holt is in our studio. let's begin with blayne alexander. >> that tension on the border is increasing tension on capitol hill west could see a partial government shutdown by the end of next week. one of the biggest points of contention is over the fun ng for the border wall. today, president trump threatening to close the southern border for good aft a weekend showdown. tear gas was

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