police wits long g converged on the facility shutting down rockville pi >> this afternoon we're learning the whole thing was just a drill and it is unclear who knew and who didn't. right now you're looking at live pictures over walter reed. things are startin to calm down. >> we start with jackie bensen. ,hat have you learned? >> reporter: we first i'm going to show you what it looked like. you can see things getting back to normal. you can see people leaving the gates of the medical center. and to explain a little bit about the confusion of this. the video that we have to sw yourom chopper 4, showing people coming out of there their hands in the air, a large police presence by montgomery county police who tell us they were not informed in advance of this drill. i'm going to read a statement from the united states navy provided tus this afternoo

that this is two lines. no active shooter at naval support activity bhesda was ad hoc drill by command. ad hoc is one of the phres to plain an action that is spontaneous but often prompted by something that is seen at the scene. they say this was an ad hoc or a spontaneous drill. weo not at this point know what prompted that. the second is that term i told you, tenet command. there are 13 tenet commands at this facility ranging from the bethesda naval research center, an ncis,us var entities, nunsed the ad hoc drill. that obviously threw a lot of people into confusion. we had a california congressman

in building 19 who was tweeting an active shooter. montgomery county police tweeted out initially to us that they were being called here to the best of their knowledge to assist with an active shooter investigion in the basement of that building 19. so yes, the disconnect between many agencies that responded here. the many entities that make up this facility. 13 different commands. this drill apparently called by one cmand and it was called spontaneously or as the military says, ad hoc. that's one of their terms. so right now, still a lot ofs questihat we're trying to get some answers live in bethesda. to you. >> lots of questions. particularly if this drill was executed using livewe al keepit over the nextrs three h so how bullet got .ur out

inside a classroom. students and staff in the school were told to shelter in place while policehed the building for a gun but no gun was discovered. investigators are also questioning several people, trying to figure out who may have brought the bullet. the principal will be sending a letter them to parents to explain what happened. now to a troubling trend in one d.c neighborhood. four crimes on the same stretch of benning road. the latest case over 24 hours mgo. we're hearing f a woman who saw the shooting but she said she's moving out of the neighborhoodecause of all that violence. pat collins joins usiv in northeast. >> reporter: a murder may target just one person but it has a way

of victimizing an entire neighborhood. hear now the story of heidi ellis. >> i'm not going to lie to you. it shook me to my core. >> reporter: this is heidi ellis. she was here yesterday when it happened. she heard the shots. >> i just saw people running and i also simultaneously heard pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: she was here and she saw the gunman run away from the scene. >> he had it like, he was kind of like trying to tuck it as he wasrunning. >> reporter: she was here and watched the young man die on the sidewalk. >> i think i saw him take his last breath. e reporter: surveillanc video of the latest m victiments before he was gunned down on the street here. heie been ident as 20-year-old randall francis. he was a valedictorian in high school. he recently worked as a model and photographer. you can see him hanging out

inside this corner store. they say he was here for abo minutes. he leaves the store and walkstr down thet and is shot several times at close range. hi family said police told him he was killed because of some sort of dispute over yng woman. in the last 100 days, a number of shootings on this stretch of benninroad. for three years, heidi says she has lived around here.e id she loves our city but she's toward get away from the violence and bloodshed on benning road. >> senseless. i can't risk my life and my family's life for senseless violence. >> reporter: now, investigators have some hot leads in this case of murder. we may see some police action here soon. pat, leon, back to >> okay. thank you. pat collins reporting live.

we'll stay in that area. we're trying to aearn moreut a crash and a stolen vehicle. police say this hummer was taken during a carjacking last nightt in nst d.c. the driver of the vehicle was shot and is said to be in grave conditio right now. officers spotted the truck today and then when someone got io it, they pursued it. we're told police have one person in custody. at this point there are no charges in the case. conrorn isng on the university of maryland campus. three additional cases of adenno virus have been discovered. these come a week after a freshman died from complications from the disease. >> reporter: students returning to the university of maryland break are sgiving still reeling from the death of the freshman who died due toti

complis from adeno virus. >> it was really bad. everyone wascr ying. >> reporter: now there are nine confirmed recent cases at the university of maryland. medical experts are calling it an outbreak. >> we're working the cdc and tht stat make sure that we identify the strain, understand how it spreading, make sure that we are getting the word out.he >> reporter: t virus which can cause the common cold and is sometimes mistaken as a common cold is especially dangerous fot people weakened immune systems. her parents say she was taking medicine for crohn's disease that weak yepped her system. still some wonder if the mold found throughout the dor also contributed somehow. >> i've been stk whole time i've been here. really hard to live here, >> reporter: they say there's no known connection between sxhoth

mos. and the vi they are now doubling the efforts to keep surfaces clean at the university. in college park, news4. storm team 4 is tracking wsome coldther tonight. strong winds for the commute tomorrow morning. >> amelia draper is standing by with what we need to know about what it will be like outside when we wake up tomorrow. >> it was blustery out there today and it will be downright windy. the winds strong enough that thl natieather service has issued a wind advisory for just about everybody here in beige. this will go until 4:0 in the afternoon on wednesday. with all the rage we've had, that could bring down some trees which would lead to some isolated power outages. right now it is still pretty breezy with kinds coming in out of the west at6 miles per hour. a spectacular sunset starting to shape up tolaght.

night's sunset was gorgeous. hopefully we get the repeat tonigh aside from that, the weather is all that great. it is frigid out there when you factor in the winds. about 31 in washington. 26 in gaithersburg and a windchl of 27 degrees tomorrow morning. it will be bitterly cold at the busstop i'll have that in about 15 minutes. to a deadly road crew >> we're told the truck veered off the highway and hit a group of inmates who wereorking on the side of the road. >> at least one person was killed in meyersvill near exit for route 17. news4's chrisorn talked with witnesses at e scene. >> chopper 4 flies above the fatal accident. of thaened in front dark van. a road crew of inmates from the

maryland crectional training center iner hstown were doing maintenance. they were hit while working by the guardrail on route 70 west in meyersville. the maryland state police are investigating to deter what caused the truck on swerve leaving the roadway, hitting this department of corctions n and the work crew in front of it. >> for unkno reasons, it went to the shoulder of the road, struck the trailer. the correctional officer was inside. the tractor-trailer continued on to the shoulder of the road. and struck four inmates. >> one inmate was pronounce dead on th scene. three other inmates were struck and taken to the local hospital with serious injuries. traffic was diverted to an alrnate route, causing back-ups and delays. cy vehiclesemerg that went by earlier.

and then the police office wen by and now a detour sign and the roadblocan >> mar state police stay investigation will determine if any charges will be filed. reporting from myersville, maryland. chris gordon, news4. >> black friday, cybermonday, giving tuesday. how you can donate wisely. >> getaway gas. the ticket typo that cost $1,000. find out what happened at walter reed military hospital in bethesda this afternoon. bethesda this afternoon. the all-clear has been g

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the roads near white house will be closed down starting at noon. that will continue until about 8:00 p.m. ofcourse, parking restrictions will be in effect in the area and it might be a good day to take metro or work from home if you can. your bhes will love idea, should you stay at the office and work late? for a full listing, search national tree lighting in our nbc washington app. weathening now to the what is this about the wind? do we need to tie oselves down? >> pretty much. the winds will be whipping out there tomorrow. it was pretty breezy, even windr out today. and the winds will be stronger tomorrow. we're declaring tomorrow your wednesday a storm team 4 weather inds in theith high orecast during the morning

midday. the winds subside.in hances on saturday. more on that coming up. here's this wind advisory for everybody in beige.s it beg at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and will go until 4:00 in t afternoon. this is entire d.c. metro area. the i-81 corridor and fredericko washington, c counties, in maryland, for gusts up to 45 milean hour with win that strong, we could see some downed trees. especially with how soggy the ground is. for everybody, we're dealing with windchills throughout the day and the 20s and 30s. you definitely want to bundle up. 40 degrees now in washington.

we had a high temperature today around 43. and this is what you're greeted with tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. a windchill temperature of 49. as you move toward 9:00 a.m., it is not feeling like an imprement out there. with windchills about 20 degrees, we have windchills in the 20s and 30s and that trend contues into the afternoon and evening hours. it is puffy coat weather with sunglasses as well. i'm seeing more sunshine later in the day. a coagain a friday though, you small umbrella. a30% chance of a shower. on saturday, you definitely want the umbrella. the potential forrain. rain is looki likely. a high temperature on saturday around 50 ndgrees. looking like the warmer of the two days.

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as weit 4:30, things are slowly returning to normal after a chaotic afternoon at bethesdae and wreed. >> the police response was real. employees were confused. this afternoon the u.s. navy tweeted it was all just a drill t walter reed sent out a tweet a few minutes later calling it a false alarm. jackie bensence is on the talking to people and she'll have another update at 5:00 paul manafort and wikileaks founder julian assange are furious and they're now threatening lawsuits. >> the target of their anger, an explosive new report in the guardian newspaper alleging a secret meeting around the time that manafortoined t trump campaign. blayne alexander is here to break it all down for us.

>> that report from the guardian citing sources to the guardian and it isffering another major turn in the investigation. and it comes as manafort could be launching into even deeper legal trble. >> president trump leveling and pointed personal attack against special counsel rob mueller, slamming hims a conflict prosecutor gone rogue, doing tremendou damage to our criminal justice system. >> the president has voiced his unhappiness from the beginning that this has gone on. is ridiculous witch hunt for more than two years. >> reporter: the esident's tweet comes as paul manafortfa ces more legal troubles after mueller's team filed papers alleging manafort broke a plea deal by lying to them repeatedly nd now they want him sentenced immediately. legal experts say the new attack on mueller may be strategi >> the strategy of the president is to undermine the investigation.

so that when a report comes out, he has some political >> manafort's attorneys say he not the lieut say that before an or around the time manafort joined the trump campaign, he held secret meetings with julian assange aside candidate trump's praise on the campaign trail. today the president's attorney report.leaks denied the >> the president was involved in no wrongdoing. he i not part of any collusion. >> reporter: all of this over the talk of a potential esidential pardon. >> i don't want to talk about it. >> then neither he nor his team rolling it out. >> they are pushing back very hard against that grdian report. an attorney for assange says it is a total fabrication. meanwhile, manafort ss that

s te isidengll legal options. >> more to come.u. thank the first lady and the vice president's wife took part in an annual holiday tradition today. melania trump and karen pence helped prepare care packages at the american red cross today in washington. the comfort kits will go to soldiers around the world. it has been a tradition since world war i. the death of three soldiers in afghanistan hig flights need to support the military and their families. news4 worng for you and your moan with a look at a simple typo tha cost one consumer more than $1,000. this happened when he a booked airline ticket and his little teeny costly mistake could be yours as well. >> reporter: when an's daughter wanted a summer getaway to europe, he bought the ticket. >> she said please, daddy, i want to go. i sa okay. he used two airlines through

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>> it was some kind of a report of an active shootert e walter reed medical center. police responded and employees went on lockdownsi . there are conflicting reports if it was a drill or a false alarm. one thing clear now, there was no active shooter. a maryland inmate is dead and three others injured after a crash into an active road crew. they were hit by a tractor-ailer. it is unclear what caused the crash and so far no charges have been filed. new details about a young man gunned down in northeast d.c. randall francis a former high school valedictorian. he recently worked as a model and photographer. police said it may have steamed er a dispute over a young woman. migrants stuck in tijuana

are getting more a more restless. >> thousands camping out are gettingag disco about their chances of entering the u.s. some of the migrants areco reidering their claims now. >> reporter: gross frustration and desperation as thisis shelt overflowing. thousands more arriving. already shelters ab0t 5, people and many shaken up over what happened on sunday. in fact we now know that over 80 ople have volunteered to self-support. we know that about 100 people were deport after the skirmishes on the u.s./mexico border. what we're hearing over and over again is t migrantught it would be a lot easier to cross into the united states. they werehe undermpression that they would be given access toas humanitarian v similar to what is offered in mexico. so now many are talking about eturning to honduras, guatemala, el salvador. we have seen some tents go up, some groupsil fating that.

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theirchildren. as she likes up bethesda row for a good cause. all right. kind of nippy o there. it will be incredibly cold there. not only will the temperatures be in the 20s and low 30s, but then add in the windchills. tomorrow morning we'll have windchill temperatures in the teens. the winds will really increase tomorrow morning around 6:00 a.m. fo all the areas in beige, this extends through entire day until four chog p.m. and chuck will have the very latest starting at news4 at 4:00 a.m. everybody in beige under this wind advisory. that includes the entire d.c. area for gusts up to 45 miles an hour. >> that could lead to some downs ees across the area.

potentially some p spottyer outages and brutal windchills. during the afternoon, windchills only in the 20s and 30s. pretty gusty throughout in some locations. you can see winds gusting 20 to 25 miles an hour,ga hersburg, frederick, even through petersburg area. tomorrow we could see these winds almost double. the wind gusts tomorrow, close to 45 miles an hour. while we are going to be dry, thursday still hook a bit breezy out there. we have to include the chance for a showern friday. sg py o m me. not the case on saturday. if you're watching yesterday, i had to include both saturdaynd sunday. we're talking about widespread rain out there on saturday. and sunday is now looking ey. arlier you get out

saturday, the better. rain will moving in around the midday hours and it will be raining likely everywhere. tomorrow, no rain. it is just about the rain. the winds will just be whipping around. 2020s in the suburbs. 43 for a agh. that high in january. not late november. when you facto in the winds, it will feel about0 degrees. th weather is having an impact.t throughe day, you'll want the sunglasses. rdvoluntary sa. 64 on sunday. a weather rer because of the winds.

sunday is looking really nice right now andhenore rain in the forecast on monday and tuesday. ears are perking up this afternoon for people touched by cancer. the fda has approved a breakthrough drug for cancer patients. patients with no other options. first, jim and wendy, a look ahead. >> we've had black friday. cyber monday. this is giving tuesday. a day where yr use y money >> give back to people and help charity. t is so important. ahead at 5:00, we'll tell you about a loc portion really benefits from your donations. we love this. she introduces to us a little girl who has bece one of the faces of the campaign. you're going to listen to ads when you're commuting in your car. what about when you're commuting

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a new weapon in the fight against cancer. > the food and drug administration has approved a drug that targets mutationsn tumors. >> this could have a major impact on the way doctors treat more than a dozen different cancers. >> until mnow,t cancer drugs have treated tumors based on where they're located in the body. this new drug does it based on genetics. >> we've shown that it works in any cancer provided it has a specific mutation. >> that includes 1 different malignancies. mostly rare cancers but also a small portion of salivary gland

tumors, lung and breast cancers. the doctor from memorial sloan kettering center led the research. >> when you can if i go out at the genetic level what is driving the growth, if you have a drug that effectively intervenes on that, then you can see dramatic and almost immediree onses. >> patients with otherwise incurable cancers saw their tumors disappear, oftithin days. the drug is a pill taken twice a day. doctors say it is a potential treatment for paties who have exhausted other options. they must tested to see whether their tumors carry the tation. >> i would encourage them to talk to their doctors to see whether this form of testing may beight forthem. >> paving the way for other cancer drugs based on genetics. erica edwards. breaking news at 5:00 -- >> active soter in building 19ba

sement. >> lockdown at the walter reed medical center in bethesda. >> an emergency message. >> streets shut down. patients and visitors barricaded in rooms. evacuated with theirth hands in air. >> and dozens of officers called to the scene. >> the reaction after a massive response for a reported active shooter. was it a drill or a false alarm? hello, everybody. chopper 4 above thecene outside walter reed. it certainly looked real. >> there were dozen of police cars swarmin after an active shooter alert went out across the campus. it says the threat was in the basement of building 19. tonight we are learning it was all a false alarm. >> jackie bensen talking to peopleho watched thought go

down this afternoon. >> jim, at the top of the show they said it wasn't a drill. it was a false alarm. we'ves received to both of those. it turns out and we've been able confirm this with our friends from nbc, it was both west want to show you a video as the montgomery county police responded to what they believed was a report to investigate an active shooter. i mentioned the tenet commands. they are 13 differentag cies, military agencies there. and that this had been referred a as ad hoc drill. drills that they plan to address specific things. according to nbc news, the planng for one o