now at 11:00, tense heat fanned by bitter cold winds. firefighters and the national christmas tree crowd forced to battle the elements. >> and the gusty winds continue overnight tonight and even on into tomorrow. but as winds sta tosubside,

our rain chances increase headinghead ing towards the weekend. i't have the lat timing. news 4 at 11:00 starts now. strong winds fanning the flames of a busess fire in d.c.'s shaw neighborhood tonight. good evening, i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim handly. firefighters had to battle these fles and theonditions tonight. if you were outside, you know it was brutal when that wind picked up. >> amelia draper will update us on the forecast for tomorrow ino just a nt, but first, shomari stone has more on that big fire on seventh street northwest. shomari? >>eporter: good ening. the wind gusts were not joke out here, as firefightered bat the blaze behind me at this pom ewe lar west african restaurant. very popular for howard university students. deatite this r, the firefighters did a good job of putting it out, making sure the fire did not spread to buildings that are t located next the restaurant. this fire was fierce.k take a l at this cell phone

video of the fire. flames, heavy smoke shooting out of second story floor around 6:45 tonight. firefighters battled the blaze in windy conditions. they walk in the front door, tackle the flames inside. now take a look at this video, asir fighters pull hoses inside the building. they stop the fire from spreading tld theg next door. hardworking women and men putting their lives in danger to serve, otect, on a cold, windy night. >> i think the key element here was the wind. the winds were guss ng and this wind-fanned fire.e it m a bad fire a bit worse. >> reporter: elise cole walked in the wind and planned on buying dinner. what's your reaction, seeing it charred? >> i am in so much shock. so much shock. >> reporter: now, the buildin is right next to the united

house of prayer church, and firefightersid a good job making sure the flames did not spread over here. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. live here in northwest d.c., shomari stone, news 4.>> tough sceneut there. l all right, shomari, thank you. well, the winds have calmed a bit out there, but if you stepped outside, you know they aretill gusti right now. >> indeed. amelia draper is in our storm center with more on what to expect when we wake up tomorrow. amelia? >> well, doreen and jim, it is going to be a bitterly cold start tomorrow, even though the winds tomorrow are not going to be as strong a today. temperatures are going to be a little colder, and even when you factor in ae bit of wind at that point, it is going to be brutal, i think, out towre tomomorning. but right now, we're at 32 degrees. winds out of the northwestt 12 miles an hour. mainly clear skies overnight tonight and our current wind chill temperatures already in the teens and l 20s. martinsburg coming in at 16, feeling like 23 in thetr dt and 19 in gaithersburg. this is what we're waking up to

morrow morning,so, the kids definitely need to bundle up at the bus stop, and it's another glove, hat and scarf day, along coat.the puffy 7:00 a.m., 12 degrees in washington, 10 inur gaither and lose beeesburg, 9 in freder. i'm going to let k youw what to expect tomorrow and updating the weekend rain chances. doreen? >> amelia, thank you. deloping right w, a 20-year-old is wanted for murder. d.c. police released this picture of malik morris. they say he shot and killed 20-year-old randall ayancis on mo. francis was a former valedictorian of eastern high school. family members say the shooting may have started after an argument over a girl. francis was the fourth person to be shot and killed on benning road in northeast in just the past few monals. a seiller who confessed to murdering more than 90 people says he killed one of his victims in princegeorge's county. samuel little is serving three life sentences for strangling

three women in the los angeles area, back in the l0e s. he's admitted to dozens of other murders across theco try. and now, that includes one case in maryland, in 1972. a hunter found a woman's remains in a once wooded area here offu 197 and the bw parkway. prince george's detectives interviewed little in apr texas on earlier this month. >> samuel little is a true nster. he's every >> reporte w little told police he believes the wom from massachusetts. the medical examiner says he wao white, 19 years old with blond or reddish hair. will come someo forward and identify her so they can close this cold case. .tonight, d leaders are trying to send a strong message after the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggkhasho. the local an voted to designate

part of new hampshire avenue in front of thedi s embassy as jamal khashoggi way. the cia says it has high confidence that the saudi crown prince ordered khashoggi'sid killing i the embassy in turkey. many in government have criticized the white for not taking a stronger stance against the saudis. the street name change would still need to be approved by the d.c. council.eo harris here at the live desk with the latest on what appears to be a battl of wits between special counsel robert mueller and president trump. toy, nb news learned the details of some of the president's written answers to the special counsel's questions. the president reportedly said former campaign adviser roger stone did not tell him in advance that wikileaks planned to release hack ed mails from c thelinton campaign. the president also said he did now about a meeting in trump tower between his son don jr. and russiirs promising on clinton. this comes a day after we

learned paul manafort has been using a plea deal with the special counsel to funnel information about the investigation to the president through his lawyer. while not illegal, it is a move so unusual that many feel it was manafort's way of trying to secure a pardon from the president. in an interew with "the new york post," president trump said a pardon is not off the tabl but no discussions have been had at this point. the president also told wahe ington post" that he has no plans to fire the special counsel. doreen, jim, back to you. >> all right, leon, thank you. hey, if you've been afraid to look at your 401(k), late well, you can now open one eye, after a rocky few weeks. the dow surged today. the dow shot up more than 600 points toda the spike happened after fed chairman jerome powellst sug he may pause interest rate hikes until next year. interest ratre increases used to stave off inflation, but they also cause investors to sl

stocks. president trump has recently criticized powell for raising rates too quickly. tonight, a local family says they have a collective he in their hearts, as they move into a difficult holiday season. >> it will be tir first since the death of their 2-year-old baby boy. he died this past april. his mother's ex-boyfriend now faces a murdertr l. his godmother told our jackie bensen she wants his death to lead to change.t >> l year, we gave him this elmo, and, you know, heal , really loved that elmo. >> reporter: she wants to t tickle me elmo doll given to her godson, ace, last christmas. it is now on this tree, part of a memorial to the 2-year-old, who was murdered last april. his mother's then-boyfriend, james embry, 24, is accused of repeatedly, forcefully punched the tchubby-cheekr will in

the head and chest inside the family's apartment. >> he was really loved. we loved him and cared about him. he loved us so much.so we wanted folks to know how special he was. >> reporter: she says she helpe out with ace as smuch as she could and found that doing so lled her heart with joy. >> i was known as momma tish. i was his godmother since he was 2 months old. and we just shared a special bo . >> reporter: she says ace's mother has since moved away from the terrible memory the apartment holds. her grief process sn to be effected by the upcoming murder trial. >> you'd think it's aat problem e can one day solve, but yet, it continues, and -- but we do know that we need people to be in these children's lives so they can identify, you know, potential dangers and harms to the child. >> reporter: embry's child is expected to begin in early 2019s intheast washington, jackie ben

bensen, news 4. tomrow morning, a jury will be seated and opening statements will begin in charlottesville in the murder hitrial of a supremacist. james fields, from ohio, is accused of killing hther heyer, when he drove nto a crowd in august of last year. he traled from o to support the unite the right rally. fields facesde m and aggravated malicious wounding charges. a woman from northern virginia who was injured is expected to testify. well, there's a new explanation from the navy tonight about what sparked yesterday's active shooter alert at walter reed medical center. today, a spokesperson told us it had notng to do with a planned drill at the hospital, instead, he eosays, s thought there was a real threat, and notified security. that sparked a completeck down and robust police response from montgomery county. >> this was a rea world response to what somebody thought was an actual event.

whever they received in the alert, they did not see drill oi ex. >> the montgomery county hasn'tve says he still received a clear explanation on how this mistake was made. maryland congressman dutch runners burger was in the hospital for a meeting at the time. he's launching an investigation into how and why this false alarm lasted so long. it's feeling a lot more like christmas in the district. president and mrs. trump lit the outional christmas tree outside the white tonight. >> three, two, one -->> the president wished the crowd a merry christmas. he also asked that everyone keep the victims of recent natural disasters, like the deadly wildfires inn california, their thoughts. >> we are one american family we hurt together. we heal together. and we will always pull through together. >> the national christmas tree will stay lit until januaryst 1.

you can visit from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. every day, and until 11:00 p.m. on fridays and saturdays. >> three, two, one -- >> in new york city, thetree a rockefeller center is shining bright tonight. the 72-foot tall norway spruce is topped with a brand new star made of 3 million crystals. tonifot's pers included diana ross, tony bennett and john legend. next at 11:00, the gift of hearing. ♪ >> a couple honored in d.c. tonight for the work they do around the world. locked up. a teenagerp winds trapped inside a bank vault. poli h forced to s free. and one man's holiday tradition comes with a hvy ice tag. why his hometown wants him to pay $2,000 a day to turn on his own

by know, youw amazon's coming to northern virginia, and not everybody is happy about the process that broughthem here. but governor ralph northham defended the plan. he said he only learned about efazon's decision the daye the announcement. he says virginia's incentive package was not the most lu lucrative on the table for amazon. he says the package is focused on work force delopment, infrastructure and housing. and the money amazon gets is based on what they bring to the commonwealth. >> you know, this is what i call

a performance-based package, and virginia will not spend any money until we've seen that these jobs are c ing and are here, so, it's a very innovative approach. >> governor northam says amazon will b critical to diversifying reliesa's economy, which heavily on federal and military jobs. he believes more tech jobs will come, thanks to amazon's arrival. > a florida teenager spent hours today stuck inside a bank vault n miami. the 17-year-old was with a friend trespassing on the proper toif an old bank of america building and he got stuck in the vault. fire and rescue teams were lled in. you can see the hole where they tried to break through the wall, but they couldn't get through two feet of concrete and steel ayrebar. police former bank of america employee wasocated and the person remembered the old combination to the vault and that's how they got the teenager out of there. >> wow. in d.c. tonight, a couple

was honored for their work withr the deaf and of hearing community. over the last few decades, bill and tanny austin of the starkey hearing foundation have provided hearing aids to helping more people.million they've traveled to more than 100 countries on hearing missions, and that's why the alander graham bell association for the deaf and hard of hearing honored them tonight with its lifetime achievement award. >> we help people that need to connect to theiramies through hearing, and we bring that gift of hearing to thousands and thousands of people around the world every year. >> this year's special guests included author and psychotherapist rebecca alexander. she's also the sister of nbc ne white house correspondent peter alexander. amelia's back with more about our weather. not just uncomfortable, but dangerous when it comes to fire. >> yeah. >> absolutely. that's the last thing you want when you're tackling a fe is

those gusty winds. and unfortunately, that's what firefighrs were dealing wit tonight. now, the winds are going to continue to subside overnight tonight and tn throughout the day tomorrow, they're not an issue on friday, but as the nds diminish, well, our rain chances increase, ununfoely. take a look at your weather headlines. it's breezy and chilly tomorrow. the winds aren't going to be as strong as they wer today, b you're still going to notice them, especially during the morning and midday durs. start to warm up. our average high this time of year, about 53gr s. we're going to be below normal tomorrow and friday and then as we move on nto theweekend, well, our temperatures warm up in a big way. i'll be sure to point thathe ou on ten-day forecast. with that warmup comes rain chances for the weekend. it's not a washout, but there's a chance rain in there on saturday and maybe on sunday. a high temperature tomorrow of 45 degrees. we do have plenty of sunshine, but it's still a cool and chilly day out there. by 10:00 a.m., we have wind chill temperatures in the 20s

across the area, as we head on into the midday hours, we start to see the winds come down. and we have wind chill t temperatures i 30s. that's still definitely chilly out there. and as your day is wrapping up around 4:00, 5:00 p.m., we t continue tck wind chill temperatures in the 30s. now, for friday, we' high temperature of 48. we're mainly dry on friday. can't rule out a shower or two.r mainly ln the day, during the evening hours, but most, if not all of us are dry, eve getting new information tonight, it is looking mainly dry on friday, but plonty ofs out there. more clouds than sunshine. on for your weekend saturday, a high of 52. 65 degrees on so, let that sink in. from feeling like temperatures are in the teens today to 65 for a high on sunday a b warmup in the forecast. but on saturday, rain moves in duri midday and afternoon hours. we then track rain for your saturday afteron and evening. maybe some lingering showers early sunday morning, but sunday afternoon and evening, actually

looking really nice andor coble as sunshine breaks out and temperatures warm into the 60s. so, if you're getng the tree this weekend, i would recommend saturday morning or sunday afternoon. saturday morning it's going to be chilly, you're not worried about mud, because the rain hasn't moved in yet, and sunday evening, going to be really wmfortable. thk to end hiv saturday morning with chuck on, it's looking dry for that, and this is the reschedule date. great news therav and we winter fest down at nats park, both saturday and sunday. heading out mend there on sunday. and it's all because of that temperature. it's looking really comfortable. and i have to say, itou be a little warmer than 65. i'm keeping that a little bit low right now because oftentimes the warm air has difficulty armoving into our . some computer models suggesting, like, 72 degrees onsunday. >> whoa. perfect weather for picking out a christmas tree. >> yeah, extly, right? we're all over the map. >> all right. we are. thank you, amelia. coming up, more reaction

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blasted the team for not contacting them for more information about the allegations. the team issued a statement, saying the club had candid conversation with foster's former alabama teammates, but haha clint don dix and jonathan allen both told reporters they did not talk to anyone in the front office before the team claimed foster. now, certainly a lot of added distractions with the foster news. head coach jay gruden and the redskins, however, plan on waiting to see how foster's nfl investigation plans out before rushing to any conclusion. >> we want to let the process play out and see what happens and g to the bottof it. there's no guarantee he's ever going to play here, to be honest with you. he has a lot of work to do, peitonally, with the teamh the nfl, with hieelf, before even thinks about playing football again. >> he knows this is his last oprtunity, but i don'tnow the situation, i don't know what happened, i'm not condoning any allegatir anything, but i know from what i had with him at abama, and people make mistakes. i don't know what happened. i can't really speak about that.

college hoops. big plagflags, bthger game. ranked maryland hosting fourth ranked virginia. pass to hunter. out!h hunter just made bruno fernando a f. he had 15 points for uva. but fernando would make up for it. my turn! 14 points for him. maland making a comeback. later,hony cowan, slicing through the "d," gets the lay-up. 15 for m. terps down four. but the cavs have an answer. his name, ty jerome. off the pick -- and hits that triple. 17 points for the junior. virginia hands t marylandir first loss of the season, 76-71. patrick ewing and georgetown welcoming richmond to d.c. second half, we're tied at 54. ball over to the freshman.

and he's beenea turningds this season. that's kd of why. hoyas take the lead. few plays later, o the richmond miss, mcclung. nice. the gfreshman froe city, virginia, had 16 points. but the star of the night for georgetown, the big man. he gets the and-one. he had a game-high 29. oeorgetown wins it, 90-82. let's go the big boys. wizards visiting the pelicans. kelly oubre jr. back in his hometown of new orleans. and he had a memorable night in the big easy. 22 points for kelly. wiz down nine a this point, but isthony davis ruining oubre's homecoming on h mind. nice turnaroundfade. pelicans were up 20 at the break. they outrebounded the wizards 64-38. guys, that's notow you w

games. davis here. 28 points, 15 boards pelicans win it, 125-104. >> tough night. >> yeah. >> inconsistent wizards. >> inconsistent wizards. >> that is correct.

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right now, a guy in few jersey ihting with his hometown to be able to turn on his own christmas >>lights. lots of them. turns out they're too popular, and the mayor there wants him t foot the bill for security. the city of old bridge told tom

he has to pay2,000 bucks every night. he has 70,000 lights synchronized to music. they're such a huge hit, they cause a traffic problem, big jams. an the city actually shuttles people in to see them by bus. two council members have rganized a go fund me to help him with es

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