new at midday, police announce an arrest after a real estate agent is found dead inside a model home. school threat. the principal ss a disturbing social media post is being investigated but how paren are reacting and we got the sun shining for now. any storminess is down to our south, but we are tracking thae weekd winter storm threat. more about that coming up in st a minute. good morning, everyewe. welcome to midday. we are following two new developing stories at this hoth. first out of charles county.

the sheriff's office is investigocing a sl media threat to north point high nchool. the pal of the school called the threat disturbing. the school is open day, but we are told some parents have come to pick up students. the principal is reminding students thatts thr can lead to criminal charges and/or school discipline. and out of anne arundel county, thet arr of a suspect in the murder of a real estate agent. someone called from the home in hanov hanover, maryland. he died wednesday nigm trauma to the upper body. in an ho, there will a news conference with more information on that arrest. look for updates in the nbc washington app. wilson leaves behind his wife and two young children. a major shutdown happeningt

ght and it could effect your plans if you're driving in and this the distric weekend. t> is the entire span of the memorial bridge sng down all weekend for needed repair work. >> megan mcgrath is there with the impacts on the closure. >> reporter: this is going to have an impact on the people traveling between d.c. and virginia. as you look behind me here, you can see that traffic is moving in both directions at this point over the memorial bridge. but in a m of hours, all of that is going to change. this is part of the ongoing construction work, the overhaul of then bridge that's been ppening for some time. and what they're going to do is the work that they're doing over ndthe wee requires them to shut down all lanes onhe memorial bridge as well as the sidewalks. so that is going to be happening tonight at 9:00. and the bridge will remain closed throughout the entire weekend. the hope herha is they can reopen things by 5:00 a.m. on monday in time for monday's rus hour. they're doing a variety of work.

they're concentrating on the o cent the bridge. they're going to be putting up a temporary s they're going to be removing steel from the center span. again, all ofshat requi them to shut down all the lanes. it's not a situation where they can just take some lanes away. so people who are traveling across the river, you're going to have to take a diffent route, t 14th street bridge, the roosevelt bridge. those are good alternatives o you'll by for tonight's rush hour, but not after that. we spoke to a couple of ladies that said it's going t inconvenient. >> memorial bridge is the best way to get to the district from national airport. oit's the best way getting to arlington. >> a lot of us cross the bridge to go to shops or exercise or whatever. this is a twice daily corridor. >> reporr: and so things normal for the moment, but that's going to change after

rush hour tonight.t you can expo see that closure go in place starting at 9:00. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you so very much. we switch gears now t weather. good news is it's friday and it's not raining. >> the bad news is out there.d and chuck bell is here with what we can expect heading into the weekend and then that four-letter word snow came out of your mouth. >> well, it did. you know, it's going to snow in virginia on sunday. how far north up the state of virginia, that is the million dollar question i don't think we're in imminent danger of a winter storm here but the snow won't be far away. we've got to watch this very carefully. 41 here just enough of a northwest breeze today to put a bit och a ill on the feels like factor. t currenperatures mostly in the upper 30s now in the suburbs. itl be a cold but sunny day today. temperatures aren't going to climb too much more. you can see here plenty of sunshine across our area. but a lotf unsettled weather,

some rain that stretchesla from a to dallas into west texas. that is the storm which might bring some significant snows to southwest virginia and western north carolina. nso i'll see you a few more minutes to talk about that sunday snow chance which for the most part will bstsouth of us. ay with us. >> all right, chuck. th ak you. scary situation for students from james madison middle school in clinton.es two b collided at woodward road and victoria drive. 32 students walked into school. 19 were transported by ems or their parents. all injuries considere to be non-life threatening. right now in charlottesville, a man accused of driving his car into a group of counterprotesters last year. alex igators say james fields jr. was one of the white nationalists protesting the removal of the statue of confederate general robert e. lee in august of 2017. fields allegedd ram his car

into the crowd killingr heather hend injuring many others. if convicted of the most seous, fields could face life in prison. developing this morning, a man has life threatening injuries after a montgery county police cruiser hit him. >> the pedestrian was rushed to the hospital with some very seris injuries. this happened on georgia and blueridgevenues around 9:30. that's lesthan a mile from the wheaton metro station. if you're familiar with that area, montgomery county police say the pedestrian was n the crosswalk at the time of the crash. police say the officer was not responding to a call when the person was hit. the officer was not ajured. georvenue was shut down for hours last night. it opened back up this morning. happening right now in d.c., wlice areking to track down a kidnapper after an armed abduction. d.c. police tell news4 that around 3:30 thursday man armed with a knife broke into a home onest virginia avenue. that's right near gallaudet

university. the suspect then kidnapped the couple inside, drove a them to atm and forced them to take out money. if you recognize this t n, police w hear from you. and developing right here in the district, a man was seriously wounded in a double shooting late last night jus before 9:00. officers were called to the intersection of martin luther king jr. avenue and malcolm x avenue. poave not identified the victims. the arlington county school board gave the green light to a school redistricting pl. some say it is necessary to address overcrowding, but others worry it uproot students. the new plan changes the neighborhood boundart eight elementary schools in arlington. thisffects about 500 to 600 students. there are roughly 27,000 students in arlington county in arlington public schools. and the district is growing by about 800 students a year. the board says this plan creates parentsm while some argue their community is being unfairly split up.

>> bond has spent half of his life here now he' been torn from most of hisfriends. another art will go to school. >> the new plan takes effect in september. happening now, former fbi c director jamey is testifying in front of house republicans in a closed door session. >> this will be final interview before democrats take over in the new year. initially he fought a subpoena but truck a dhel with white house -- or excuse me, with the house judiciary committee and he can now s tak about interview afterward. and the transcript will be reased. comey argued that he felt gop lawmakers would selectively leak details from the interview. president trump tweeting about comey's testimon h this morni wrote in part, quote, robert mueller and comey are in james best friends. just one of the many mueller conflicts of interest.

end quote.e replacement was announced heather nauert. she's former "fox & friends" anchor and has been spokesperson since april 2017. sheou said she resign at the end of the year. bill barr is alsonnnced to replace jeff sessions if confirmed. the president hinted that he would make another announcement to at the army/navy game. we found out he will officiate the coin toss. it will be his first myavy game as president. and take a look at this. new yorkoard at the stock exchange, it has been a crazy week on wall street. today the dow is around 30 points. stay with us.

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>> right. peter alexander takes a look at the final farewell to george h.w. bush. >> reporter: george herbert est after h now at days of tributes at a state funeral, 41 was buried in a private ceremony at his ra presidential l in texas. the moment commemorated with a full military honor. the late president's final journey on this funeral train. union pacific 41 painted to resemble air force one.sa ths of well wishers lining the 70-mile route all bidding farewell to the president. his flag draped casket visible seas it p by. from george w. bush, thank you for making 41st last ride so special. earlier at the houston church where george and barra bush

worshipped for a half century, prayer and song from the oakridge boys. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: and reba mcentire. ♪ thy kingdom come". >> reporter: who made 43 cry. and then the final respects. >> george herbert walker bush is the most gracious, most decent, st humble man i will ever know. and it's the honor of a lifetims ug share name. >> reporter: grander barbara fighting back tears. >> he leadeth me to still waters. >> reporter: james bake his friend for more than 60 years, recalling his unique way of endingri a sng discussion. >> he would look at me and say, baker, if you're so smart why am i president and you're not?

>> reporter: remembering him as an incredible human being. >> we rejoice, mr. president, that you are safely tucked in now and through the ages with god's loving arms around you because our glory, george, was to have had you as our president and as such a friend. >> former president george h.w. bush enlisted in the navy just months after the attack on pearl haor. ase continue to remember the war hero this week, we remember the attack that happened 77 years ago today. this afternoon at 12:53 those heo died t inhe attack will be honored at world war ii memorial here in washington as part of the ceremony 20 world war ii veterans and pearl har survivors will place wreaths at the freedom wall. 2400 americans were killed in the attack. we have an update this morning to a story you saw first on news4. michael horigan ordered from h.

bank. there were pages and pages of strangers' medical records. the cer pages indicate a connection to maryland physicians care. the organizatio tells us they're investigating what happened and will update us when they have more. they include patients' home addresses, dates of birth, ied numbers, andal history. >> crazy to thinkt if happened here, like, did this happen mull pl times? are othng people get packages like this? which is scary. >>horigan turned the documents over to montgomery county police for safekeeping. every time metro shuts down a major section of the rail system, erybody in d.c. feels it. >> metro's latest track repairs have been on the yellow line over the potomac. it been shut dow two weeks. >> now adam tusk gives us an

upclose look at the repairs. >> reporter: climbing up on the yellow line bridge over the tpotomac and wha we found wasn't pretty. >> so that one's already striored. >> repr: crumbling, cracking ncrete just about everywhere. this has been described as one of the worst stretches of track in the metro system. and again, it's right abe the potomac. >> you have warning. it's notng just g to fail. you start seeing the track moving. >> reporter: let me show you what the real reaorn is f the shutdown here. you see these ccrete pads that hold the rails in place? look what's happening to them. literally crumbling. they've had to rip out so many of these, jackhammer them and pour new concrete to make sure the rails are in good shape. metro says this will all be ready to reon monday morning. on the yellow line bridge, adam tuss, news4. if you're a parent, you're

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holiday scene, we've got you covered. >> oh, yeah. the larger than life lights are back at the yard's park for this seasone i had a cha to spend the morning the and learn more about the special additions to that area. >> reporter: you can see how interactive it is. this is theol look at this new light art installation here at therd yas. we're next to the districto winery give you a better location. one of two new light art installations lighting up through the holidays. ll frederick can talk more about what's happening down here. o thicial switch happens later today at 6:00 p.m. for the two new light this is the pool.s. let's first talk about the pool. and this artist inired by australian camping. a trip that she w.t this is its first appearance in d.c.il

for aggressive use, jill. and 40 of these installations, huh? >> yes. around theun coy. she's had 40 around the world, actually. this is the first in d.c. it is 106 light pads for you to jump on. as you can see, like you said, bring the kids. i can picture them running around changing colors. pe moreple on this the better because it makes it more interactive and the colors changer. quicke >> reporter: okay. so then we g over tohe angels of freedom. you just step on the pads on over, jill, and you see these beautiful wings. two of them on -- flanking the pool here. and let's talk abouthis and the inspiration. this artist is out of israel. >> yes. is is another kind of international art exhibit. you know, this- there's actually five sets of wings. we have two of them right now. this kind of provides the perfect moment to make yourself be an angel. >> reporter: i love you can take selfies and pictures with the

family hrough theholidays. this is really a nice little feature down here on the waterfront. >> yes. you have to be here at night to see the wings lit up.:0 only between 6and 10:00. >> reporter: all right. i love it. it's free. it's for tle family. >> and adults as you can see. >> reporter: and people are walking by with their dogs this morning enjoying all of this. all right. these will light up as she said from to 10:00 every night through the holiday season into january. january 4th, i believe so. all right. that's the latest here. let's come down and enjoy this. come on, jill. >> come on down. >> something to do tonight. >> lks fun. district winery in the background. >> funny, chuck. i, too, saw that. nice night to be out there. >> jumping from square a square more challenging. >> or fun. >> or fun. one or the other. it's going to be cold if you're going out there tonight or over the weekend. bundleup. it's going to be another couple

of cold mornings out here. and the overall cold pattern is here to stay for another seven to ten days. it's going to feel more like winter than fall around here for awhile. the big storm we've been watching now for a long, long time. it is finally moving into parts of the desert southwest. it will eventually impact a large amount of the country. heavy rain and possibly even some severe weather down across parts of xas. so that could affect air travel today and tomorrow. going to dallas or houston. new orleans and memphis also could affected by that. most of it will stay sort of south of this line in here.n already r stretching as far east as charlotte and atlanta. those are the areas that have to be watched closely for the winter weather threat. we're way up here. clear skies, nothing to wor about. as we get into tomorrow morning, the rain moves into atlanta and the carolinas. starts to get farther up north where there's a little snow threat now. less of one now than appeared

before. but oklahoma city to north side of tittle rock memphis some snow. then as the moisture gets shoved into the cpalachians, thisd area of high pressure on top of us, that's going to dam up cold r all the way down the spine of the appalachians. so here's 8:00 sunday morning. a lot of snow possible in stern north carolina a southwestern virginia. the new river valley, the mountain empire could all be pretty hard hit i far southwestern virginia. but there's the snow line 5:00 sunday afternoon. it never, ever makes it to us. so we'll be watching it nonetheless. it's awfully close by, so it needs to be watching carefully. but you need to know as of now, maybe enough to coat the ground south of fredricksburg, but not much of a snow chancere around this city. i'll give you the ten-day outlook coming up. >> all right. we'll have to wait for theon ne thanks, chuck. grammy award nominations announced a short time o. the movie sound track getting a

lot of love k >> andin hart's decision not to host the oscars. the fallout this morng is all nith

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grammy nominations are out. drake almost took the top spot with his seven nominations. >> he's had a hot, hot year. but it was kendrick lamar that led the way with eight nods recognizing his work for the "black panther" sound track. both evaluated for album of the year along with h.e.r., post malone, cardi b, and janelle monae. the grammys are on february 10th. ♪ "roma" the story of a middle class family and their live-in housekeeper in mexico city is out thid. week >> wtop entertainmentditor jason freely joins us now. critics seem to love "roma." i saw one commercial on it andfi was kindooked. so what do you say?

>> it's a very impressive movie. it's the latest by alphonso coron. this one i'd say is his most personal work because it's inspired by his own childhood growing up in the early '70s in mexico city. it's sort of a love note to the nanny he had growing up in his middle class family. it's first-time actress playing this who we interviewed if you want to check it out online. but this is all about the gorgeous black and white cinematography. there's takes that he's so famous for cutting that it will pan across the clotheslines of the city scape of mexico city. it's beautiful to look at. from the opening shot, he's in command of the me credits happe mopped suds on the floor as she's washing the floor. then we see aeflection in the puddle and he's reflecting on his life and child wood.

the water becomes make sure you flip that mental swit going in. spanish subtitles, but it's very impressive. i think it'll win the foreign language oscar for sure. >> tgese i are beautiful there. "billyelliot" as well. you got to talk to the young stars. >> yeah. they adapted it into a musical on broadway that won ten tony awards. it was a smash. ut now it's at signature theater which always does a bang up job. here's our chat with the two stars that alternate the role. ♪on >> why you remind them what the premise is about. >> billy elliot circles around an 11-year-old boy named billy who i liv england during the miners strike. he falls in love with the art of dance and the sport of dance. >> brings the whole town

together through dance. it's so cool. what are some of t highlights for you musical wooiwise? >> there's so many great numbers but my favorite is "solidarity" because the movie shows just billy elliot but the theater shows everybon the community. that's what it shows. >> wow. >> and the reason there's two little actors that alternate the role is because director matthew garn says if there is a role tougher to play than billy elliot, he does not know o one. it's so demanding with all the tap dancing, they need two kidse >> both look talented. >> they are incredibly impressivend so well spoken. the will ferrel movie "elf." how about "elf" the musica >> it's december. christmas is almost here. so if smiling is your favorite, yeah. "elf" the musical check it out in maryland. we caught up with david shlump

who plays buddy the elf. i know him. check it out. ♪ so what are some of highlights on the song and dance and production numbers?st >> wt in christmas town. you see all the elves and puppets. then once you get to new york, he goes through this huge production number called sparkle jolly twinkle jingle. and then we sort of earn our way all the way to the end where we sing "buddy the elf" and we create the story which is the story within the story. and within that story, within that song we get some of the best magic of the show. i have on good authority that snow will come down in the theater turning theheater into a snow globe. so that'll put you in the holiday spirit, guys. >> i like that idea. >> lots ofu deas. thank much. >> thanks, jason. traveling with pets can be stressful. >> we're goingo help y plan

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surfers in southern california know some good waves when they see them even in floodwater, apparently. >> myss good look at this here. one surfer taking to the street after heavy rain flooded san diego thursday. >> wow. but this morning it's not just

rain in california. snow also hitting parts of the state for theirst time in decades. nbc's gabe gutierrez hasore on the massive winter storms moving across the country. >> reporter: this trning parts he south are bracing for a winter weather wallop. snow, ice,nd rain marching from texas to the east coast. over the weekend, parts of western north carolina could be buried in snow. something folks there are definitely not accustomed . >> i'm kind of excited. i hope we get a lot of snow.r: >> repor in winston-lem, hardware stores stocking up on shovels and sleds. travel airlines are o high alert. del delta, united, southwest, and frontier waiving ticket fees for some southwest travel. firefighters swooping in to save this man trapped in the raging floodwat. in orange county to the south, mud and debris surging down lands scaed by this summer's

fire. in burbank, a southwest plane skidded while on a rain slicked runway. everyone on burn okay. while in kern county, a surprise snowstorm shut down a stretchinf rstate 5, a major artery, stranding drivers for hours. >> i wasn't expecting this going down to l.a., you know? >> in 31 years i've never seen snow. >>ter: here in houston the rain is expected to begin later today. local authorities are warning residents to expect extremely ngerous driving conditions tonight into tomorrow. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, houston. >> that ishao good news for area. especially -- i don't know. just hearing of so much rainor houston, it makes me, you know, think of harvey and areas j tha art prone to flooding. >> luckily this is nothing compared to that. >> no, no, t. >> bre are a lot of people that were in flood prone areas that were hit hard with harvey and they're going to be in opardy again this time around. >> very concerned.

>> not good for them. it's like california.ea it's or famine out there for rain. you saw the mudsdes, the damaged burn scar out there. this is a big-time winter storm. it going to have almost no effect on us. why is that? some of us really like snow. but the winter is early, so maybe we'll get our chance a little bit later on. this one, though, our friends and neighbors in southern virginia, north carolina could get pasted with snow. rerts of north carolina going to get 12 to 18 inches of snow. so this is going to be a big storm for people not too terribly faran away. it will have a big impact on travel as well. sible today ys p and on into tomorrow as well. but again, the opportunity to get any accumulating snow anywhere within about a hundredn miles of waon, it looks pretty low. here you can see again, can neverook at this too much. just updated our computer model so you can see it never really precipitation line

all that close to us. sun is tomorrow when the going down. that's when the snow will be arriving in southwest vianinia. the bullseye here asheville to southern virginia. this could be 12 to 18 inches in localized but by sunday afternoon, there you can see the snow line never quite makes it to us. maybe a little rain/snow combination far southern maryland down towards charlottesville. maybe into fredricksburg as well. an awful t on seeing lot of snow out of this one. we'll keep you posted ough. it's a close by storm so it needs to be watched. the storm for next weekend looks a lot more like rain than snow. you're still out there chasing what matters. at innovation health, a partnership between inova and aetnwe're coo

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we are cooking here in the studio this morning. now that the cold weather has really settled in people are starting to change up their meals to make them a ltle more hearty. the new chef is adding game to dishes in the menu. so the executive chef joins us with more. >> thanks for having me. >> i'm from texas. i've had venison, couple different gamey meats. what wouldt you -- wave you decided to add to the menu and how would you maybe differentiate the taste between regulareat and what you have here for us? what did y w bring? >> st we have here is an australian venison. o it's on dinner menu.

we have a nice sere on it. t the aroma going. >> are those garlic pieces? garlic, thyme, rosemary. you're going to get that smell. it's important with svvenison t not go over medium rare. it's a difference from meat cuts. >> is this something we can find at a good butcher shop to try to do this on our own? >> of course. i mean, if youave autcher that's going to carry a high quality venison, then of course. >> ok >> what we have over here is actually the finished venison. >> okay. this is something you're choosing to just around the fall/winter season because it is -- it's heavier. >>e have the venison ragu underneath. >> okay. o that is right here. >> what is in that?

>> we've got a mixture of ground vso venison, lentils, blackberry pure ray and a bordeaux reduction. >> talk to me, chef. i like that. >> and then we'll finish it here with a bit ofmushrooms. >> all right. is this one particular dish you've added or have you chosen to incorporate or infuse some other items intoen the with more heartier, robust elements this season? progressas the -- you from summer to fall to winter, you know, peopleel definwant to eat something that's a little bit more -- like you're getting hugged from the inside out. >> i like that. a hug from the inside out. >> that's really what the ragu is abo in this dish. >> excellent. these other plates over here, i've got to beho st. i'm intimidated by them. they are beautiful. >> thank you. >> this is a littlecy f for my palate. tell me about what you've got here and that one in particular is beautiful. it's >>artwork.

thank you. this one right here, working around the tabl it's a foie gras taco. you can use aaramel iessed bana banana puree. we dehydrate it and fry them and emape then we fill them with a foie gras ganache. edible herbs and impacts. >> all things not in my vocabulary as well as in my pantry. are these shrooms? >> yes. king mushrooms. and then there's a risotto and garnished with more mushrooms. >> we've got about 30 seconds left. tell me about that. look how stunning those are. that doesn't even look real. those are beautiful. >> then laste we have the f faberje egg. >> you crack it and enjoy.

>> all right. got it. oh, my. okay. so head chef from mirabelle, thank you for joining us. oh, wow. thats fancy. thank you so much. >> smells great in here. with are working for you some good news for people hitting the roads this holiday season. aaa say the national average for gas is $2.45 a gallon. that's a new low for all of 2018. it's done more than 20 cents since memorial day weekd. ann our area we are seeing suburbs.ices in the prices as low as $2.02 i that area. it is the busy travel season. if you're planning to take your pet with yo plan ahead.tant to the humane rescue alliance is here with. advi good morning.

but first before we get to the travel advice for your dogs, tell us about carlin here. >> this is carlin. he's 8 years old and he is a poodle mix. he's in foster looking for a home. he's very he's house trained and he's crate trained and he's very sweet andcalm. >> so he's older. he's 8 years old. key. be a little bit l that's a good thing. and house trained and crate trained, those are two big steps. >> really nice. and he loves sweaters. >> well, he looks great here. i like y got the one with thefl whitce that matches his fur. perfect for somebody who doesn't want a high energy pet. >> right. exactly. >> he looks like the perfect little lapping to. >> he he definitely is. >> well, we'll have no trouble getting carlin a homeme some smaller dogs are easier and low energy is easier to adopt out as well. >> that's very true. yeah. >> well, good luck. he'd make a gat addition. if you are going to be traveling

with the pets you already have, what's the easy dos and don'ts? >> to get themsed to t crate. you need to have some kind of travel carrier to transport your pets whether it's by car, train, or airplane. so you don't w to just put them in the crate right when you get to the airport because they're going to b tfreaked out whole situation. so you can give them treats, get them used to it givehem their food inside of their crates. get themfy some c bedding for the crates so they sleep in there normallyn and t when you're ready to travel, they'll be much more ready to go. >> a lot of people think crate training is cruel. no, it's amazing. i never had to crate train a dog before. but when i had a bigger house, i thought well it could eat the house. they love their crates. >> they do. also if you'reaking them to family's house, then they can

hang out in their crate and they have somewhere familiar to be instead of in a forei room. >> and i assume also it would be best to bring their own food along with them as well. >> absolutely. >> yeah. don't want to be switching up e diet on that kind of stuff. any medications or anything, like, if you're going to be flying should you give a doggy downer. >> i don't think they recommend t at. i doow if they even allow it. he your dog's in cargo, nobody can get to to help them. so it is much more stressful to travel with yr dog in cargo. which is why i really would suggest not doing it. instead i would only travel with, like, amall dog and try to set up pet sitting or a kennel for a larger dog. with a smaller dog, you can put them in a carrier and put it under your seat. most airlis dollow that if you pay extra. >> that's some important advice there f sure. thank you very much for coming in today and bringing mr. carlin along with you. he's practically gone to sleep right there in your arms.

he'd be a great addition. thank you for coming in and travel safeith all o your pets through the holiday season. and you can find out how to adopt carlin orny of the other great dogs by going to their website humane rescue alliance.org. >> thanks, chuck. a celebrity --

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christmas came early nor thousands of walmart customers with items on layaway. >> all thanks to a generous gift from tyler perry. >> i hav paid for all of your layaways for christmas. so merry christmas to everybody. you got to go into walmart, get your layaways. pay one penny and you.et i know it's hard times, a lot of people are struggling. i'm just really, reallye gratel tole to be in a position to do this. >> that's just so nice. the items cost perry $434,000. and he went on to say he tried to make these payments anonymously, but, you knowth g stays secret. so he decided to just let the cat out of the heg. didn't use his madea voice. >> i know. i was waiting for that to kick in. but i'm sure that has to -- that does so much more for him, though, than i'm sure it does for the other people to be able to give so generously like that. >> especially since he ca from

humblebeginnings. >> that's the best part of the story. we send it over to chuck. we've been talki about the snow, maybe yes, maybe no. looking like maybe no. [ no audio ] >> chuck, i don't think we have your mike. turn it on. >> maybe we didn't want to hea wh has to say. >> i'm not the meteorologist in the house but he said the snow chances are not that great. do we have him there? he's the science guy. okay. all right. we've lost his mike. so there you go. that's pretty much the nutshell. the snow comes here and we're here. doesn't get here. there you go. that's it for news4 midday. thanks so much for joining us we're back on the air this afternoon. >> but you like snow. >> i love snow. >> okay. you n getews and weather updates any time wit the

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