do southeast anacostia. all of this close to the 80 degree mark. about the same as he had down for southern maryland. a very pleasant david changes the on that. here is what it will shape up. sunshine, breezy, warm weather near 80. showers in the saturday morning. beautiful on monday. tuesday, a chance of showers and look at the temperatures through next week. it will definitely turn warmer once again. park,: a fun day at nats say hello to the new skipper. one-on-one with dusty baker

is suing pepco tonight, alleging that the power company is dumping too many pollutants into the anacostia river. in a lawsuit filed friday in u.s. district court, the epa says minerals from stormwater discharge from its bening road site have made their way into the anacostia 131 times since 2009. the epa wants the utility company to pay more than $37,000 for each day of the violations. and it wants pepco to come up with a plan to fix the issue. in a statement to wusa9 pepco says it is committed to compliance with all environmental standards and it is working with the epa on a solution. new tonight, we are learning more about one of the students said to be in critical condition after yesterday's chemistry lab fire at woodson high school in fairfax. our stefanie ramirez has the latest. >> reporter: sonya garvis' clothes began to burn resulting in burns to her back and face. her arm received the worst damage and will require two surgeries. but the woodson high schooler's face is expected to heal following the fire that injured a teacher giving a demonstration. >> i thought it was a freak acc

all across the city we expect 70's to trinidad to gain would do southeast anacostia. all of this close to the 80 degree mark. about the same as he had down for southern maryland. a very pleasant david changes the on that. here is what it will shape up. sunshine, breezy, warm weather near 80. showers in the saturday morning. beautiful on monday. tuesday, a chance of showers and look at the temperatures through next week. it will definitely turn warmer once again. park,: a fun day at nats say hello to the new skipper. one-on-one with dusty baker >> and now the toyota sports desk bought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: the last two days for dusty baker have been great. last night he watched. today he was introduced as the nats'new manager. he was introduced this morning with a lot of high fives. i went one-on-one with the new skipper inside the nats clubhouse. you have been in the game a long time. you pass the pressure? >> it depends what you put on yourself. forn't need your approval pressure because it will put pressure -- nobody was to be better than dust

belfort furniture weather center, mainly clear skies, 35 degrees falls church, springfield 36, 41 anacostia and gallaudet. the satellite radar, not a lot going on, but a cold front will to the west. the timing of the cold front, and a look at the thanksgiving holiday travel in just a few minutes. leon: we just want to invite you about something that we just heard -- d.c. police just call the newsroom asking for help to find a critically missing elderly woman. she is 80 years old and last seen at 8:00 this morning on chesapeake street in southeast washington. d.c. police say it is critical that she is found because she may need medical assistance. alison: students at a southeast ec school are rallying against gun violence in their neighborhood. about 100 fifth-graders gathered to march, dance, and speak out following a series of shootings. the principal said the fifth-graders organize the event themselves and they hope that the adults in the community are listening. >> the number of shootings, the violence they were seeing, the folks they saw one weekend and not the next. >> they need to sto

elementary in anacostia. thousands of turkeys will be given away to people who need them.s channel 8. bundle up and hope you have a great monday. ♪ i want to see you smile >>> welcome back to "gma." and check out this cake right here. in the middle of our table. >> very nice. >> of course this is for you, robin. happy birthday. that's your favorite. >> red velvet. >> my favorite, too. so thank you. >> cake for my friends. let them eat cake. what did you say? i should take my birthday off next year. >> you get shy of the accolades and video presents. you can't have a cake without sing happy birthday. we might need help. >> okay. >> help? help? help anyone? >> oh, there he is. >> oh, my gosh. ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear robin ♪ >> oh, josh. ♪ happy birthday to you >> thank you, sweetie. now that -- okay. >> look at that cake. >> josh groban. that's a first. >> serenaded. >> i picked them myself from my garden. >> they just happened to be back there. >> yeah. >> do we have to pay for the song? >> i think my record label owns it. >> i thin

mayor bowser has pledged to put more resources east of the river, the anacostia river because of thenemployment rate there. >>> this week neighbors have a chance to weigh in on the future of old town, alexandria. they're having open meetings with designers and leaders. you can stop between 9:00 and to give your comments on the development. >>> the drive in the cost of turkeys. more than 7 million turkeys were lost. there's good news. frozen turkeys, which many of us do prefer to buy were actually frozen before the outbreak. >> what ten the turkey comes from the farm it's taken to be packaged, steal s.e.a.l.ed up and instantly flash frozen down to 0 degrees 678. >>> breaking news again in northwest washington. we still have this closure here this morning. take a look right now at what i'm talking about. we're talking about northwest here, k street, l street, and m street shut down between 18th and 21st. so if this sticks around for the morning commute, no doubt going to be quite a hassle. molette green goi molette green on her way out there. 21st at k street. you can see police and po

trinidad, anacostia, moderate rain right now, this is the case for the overnight. , the wind out of the northeast at about 10. the futurecast, tomorrow morning, 10:00, scattered metro, around the d.c. heavier rains to the north and west. all of this is going towards the northeast, then we have clearing later in the day. so mainlyore 5:00, clear skies tomorrow night, but look at wednesday. veterans day, a lot of folks have the day off, lots of sunshine, daytime highs in the middle 60's. how much rain through the overnight into tomorrow? anywhere between a half inch and or inch, some may have more less. once we clear this out this time tomorrow night, things improve quickly. the temperatures, 57 degrees by 7:00 in the morning, 61 degrees at noon time. by 5:00, a temperature at about 60. veterans day, 65 degrees, 63 with a chance of showers thursday. daytimeming weekend, high temperatures only in the 50's with nighttime lows in the 30's. that is the full forecast from the belfort furniture weather center. alison: steve, thank you very much. to the skinsked today, figure out what happened y

and east of the river in anacostia where a burgening commercial renaissance is in the making.he stretches in shaw barely recognizable from several years ago represent the best of new and existing small businesses coexisting. case in point, the new custom clothing shop on eighth street and just around the corner the tailor that's been here for years. competition, not really. >> we have worked with them diligently. we actually alter clothes for them. they don't do alterations, we don't do a lot of custom so it worked perfectly for us, so it's a great competition. >> reporter: there is room for innovation, too. canadi canadian-conceived business where you can get a cut and a coat at the same place is gaining a foot hold right here. one of three u.s. locations. >> we are actually -- we beat chicago's numbers in the first week of opening. so it's really amazing. >> reporter: this year small business saturday is expected to generate some $14 billion in revenue nationwide. derrick ward, news4. >>> black friday may have some other retailers seeing red. while millions hit the malls yes

last year i spent my town around georgetown and anacostia and it was again a similar experience. people are making the community connection, running in to neighbors and finding unique items. >> i just think the thing that is most obvious but a lot of people don't take the time to think about is which is you may take that toy store for granted when you need it and if you actually don't shop there, it will be gone. again it's obvious, but i'm not sure everyone makes that connection. >> i'm so delighted that you say that. in my own community, every time i go out to do my work in the walk to the farmer's market, i make an effort to go in and to buy a couple of chocolates, to buy baked goods, to do what i can to support the community because i know that every little sale matters. and let me tell you, it's tough for small businesses today. they're competing with globalized companies, they're sourcing from all over the world. but the more you shop local, the more you're turning the dollar in your own community and creating local jobs. but on saturday, we want everybody to come out and s

i am a community organizer and i was in anacostia on sunday for a community event, where we were harassedy police officers and we had a sergeant called to the scene, and the sergeant continued to cross the other -- harass the other organizers. i was the escalating -- de -escalating and i asked the officer about his tone and level of respect and i said sir, i've been in de-escalation training and i've never been in one where matching tone is a de-escalation techniques, because he was yelling at the citizen, and he turned to me and he said "we don't have de-escalation training. we have verbal judo." [laughter] i would like to ask you what verbal judo is and why we don't have de-escalation training. [applause] cathy: so the first question i would ask, and you don't have to answer -- if ever you have an interaction with a police officer and you don't feel it was appropriate, for any reason, i would encourage you to file a complaint so that the police can look into those things. you don't have to file with the police department here. somebody outside can take a look at what happened to address

last year i spent my time around georgetown and anacostia.t was a similar experience where people are just out supporting local businesses, making a community connection, running into neighbors, and buying unique items they wouldn't find other places. >> you know what i also think? the thing that is most obvious but people don't take the time to think about is you may take that toy store for granted when you need it. if you don't shop there, it's going to be gone. again, it's obvious but i'm not sure everyone makes that connection. >> i'm so delighted that you say that. in my own community, every time i go out to do my walk and walk to the farmers market in the morning, i make an effort to go in and buy a couple of chocolates, to buy some baked goods, to do what i can to support the community. i know that every little sale matters. it's tough for small businesses today. they're competing with globalized companies that are sourcing from all over the world. but the more you shop local, the more you're turning the dollar in your own community an

temperatures are plenty cold. 42 in largo. 38 in dale city. 39 in aspen hill. 43 in anacostia. far west, western allegany county and gary county and up across the line to pennsylvania. freezing rain advisory continue there until 10:00 tonight. for us, a cold rain and there is more of it coming. larger batches moving through nashville at this hour and that is going to pay us a visit tonight and tomorrow. tomorrow, rain all day long. we will be a few degrees warmer. we will check out milder temperatures in the seven-day outlook in a couple of minutes. leon: you got it. in the meantime, jury selection underway for the first of six police officers accused in the death of freddie gray. officer william porter is on trial. facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. maryland bureau chief brad bell is in baltimore with what potential jurors are facing there. brad? brad: this is a tedious process. one by one going in the conference room for the judge to answer questions if they can be impartial. that is taking place in an atmosphere of protest and demonstrations. take a look live. you

next thursday is the paper free event day at anacostia station. >>> and then the national zoo zoo lightsicked off less than an hour ago. you will be able to enjoy the hundreds of thousands of christmas lights strung up around all of the exhibits, along with the special activities planned. >> temperatures this evening are going to be in the low 60s right now fall into the 50s, and it's dry. tomorrow, another day of nice and mild temperatures. after that our focus turns to more typical kind of temperatures for this time of year. first weather headline, nice and mild. temperatures in the 60s across the area, tracking some showers around for your sunday morning, and if you are traveling on sunday overall still the weather having a low impact on your day and what you will notice on sunday, cooler temperatures and after that we stay cool for the upcoming workweek. tomorrow on saturday, the weather having a low impact on your day. cloudy skies overall, but most of the day will be dry for most of us if you are headed out on your saturday night, and you will want to grab the small umbrella. right

. >>> also this week metro employees will be on hand at the anacostia station to go from paper to palacere cards. about 30 stations still have the fare cards available but by january they'll only issue palace took smart trup cards. balances can be transferred through june of next year. >> the national christmas tree lighting is this week. darkd crosby, stephen stills, graham nash, kelsea bell reny and the joyous string quartet will be there. the lighting was thursday on the ellipse. >>> here's how it looked in downtown d.c. last night. that's eun yang flipping the switch. everybody got into the holiday spirit with caroling that everybody might wreck news. the melodores. they won season fuv of the nbc show "the singe-off." >>> a homeowner goes to lielt his chichlny and there's a scream from the chimney. the ending is not ads you think. >>> we circulate the latest on the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in cleveland. boy in cleveland. the evidence the family that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend.

crews fixed a broken valve last night on anacostia road in southeast. >>> a redistricting is the topic of discussion in montgomery county today. final aproobl on the county's six-year capital improvement program is approve. among the recommendations, deciding which student attended the school. coming up in just a few minutes, "news4's" megan mcgrath will break down the plan on what board members want to see done. >> it's 5:05. now to the latest decision. bernie sanders, carly fiorina, and marco rubio are filing paperwork for the new primary. rubio is planning to release old credit cards soon to dispute claims he's used campaign money for personal expenses. you'll also hear donald trump on the radio. his campaign ad is running today and dem cratic presidential candidate hill are clinton is continuing her late night tour. 'll be on "jimmy kimmel" tomorrow. >>> members plan to discuss the proposal for high-speed rail between the two cities. the segment will provide a critical link between here and the northeast corridor. >>> according to our news partner wtop t board of supervisors voted

and i will have the answer coming up in a few not -- temperatures in the mid-60's. 66 right now anacostia. 63 in chevy chase. 64 in aspen hill. 61 in frostburg. wind gusts at 43 must for our -- miles per hour. germantown, 28 miles per hour. the coldth o the appellations it will come through tonight. you will feel it tomorrow. in advance of all of this a wind advisory in effect. weut 2000 feet in elevation will be in an advisory category. we have wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. tomorrow.s per hour still brady -- breezy through saturday. still mild tomorrow in 60 with sunshine and an breezy on saturday. 53 in gorgeous on sunday. mondhray tough thursday, lots of sunshine and a warming trend. alison: we like warming trends. thank you. jonathan: the weather is turning a little bit and it is closer to thanksgiving and christmas. a whole lot of banks that was stirred up over the controversy over starbucks' plain red cups. now dunkin' donuts is their holiday cups out. it says "joy." are people way too ssitive this year when it comes to too much or too little holiday cheer? that is our twitter

enjoy these temperatures. 61 in chevy chase. 59 at anacostia right now. very comfortable numbers. temperatures are turning a bit cooler behind the cold front. 51 in columbia's -- columbus in indianapolis. it's a little colder than average. that cooler air will come slighting our way tomorrow. the reason is being slowed is because of a big storm system over michigan causing strong southwesterly wind ahead of it. behind the storm we are seeing the winds out of the west-northwest. 35 in detroit. we are seeing those kind of gusts in our neighborhood tomorrow afternoon. satellite shows the storm system and snow in northeastern sections of the arrowhead avenue minnesota and upper michigan. the system will move northeast into quebec in canada and the st. lawrence river valley. we are on the southern end so we will see sunshine all whole lot sooner. the wind speeds in this model show sustained wind speeds, not what the gusts are. a one minute average wind speed will still be about 20 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. wind will be gusting through tomorrow afternoon and saturday evening th

for this time of the year -- comfortable for this time of the year. 63 in fort washington. 60 in anacostia. the temperatures are going to drop in the 40's far western suburbs toward valley and the mountains. low 40's in many locations. 46 in hagerstown. 46 in ashburn. low 50's in downtown washington. a big storm over the northwest. tornado storms. advisory for heavy snow in nebraska. a cold front could bring showers or an isolated thunderstorm through midday tomorrow. we will check out the weekend in a few minutes. alison: thank you very much. on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1819 a cease-fire ended the war to end all wars. today around the world people pause to remember armistice day. in the u.s., president obama saluted those who made the ultimate sacrifice laying aureate at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. but he said veterans day doesn't just honor those we lost but also those who serve. president obama: what has always made great, what has always made us exceptional are the patriots who generation of generation dedicate themselves to buildi

last april, president obama used a library in anacostia to kick off his challenge to provide better access for young people. today mayor muriel bowser said d.c. his met that challenge by giving d.c. one cards more power. >> here in d.c., we have d.c. one cards that serve as a universal ticket to all good things. recreation center, the metro, our schools and now our libraries. >> while students do have to go online to activate their d.c. one cards, the library function has already been activated automatically. >> so get out there. >> hey, thanksgiving is deliciously close ask tell us about the warm up. >> it couldn't be better and we're still moving through the first change. that's the warning and the second is for anyone hitting the road on saturday. yes, more cloud cover moving in and we're tracking rain for the weekend and keeping a close eye on what will be the first system to provide snow. denver, areas around denver will see six everyones of snow and the mountains just under a foot and right now there are no major delays and chicago, they'll be see something rain and they're now in th

shower activity and you can see the showers coming on through i-95 right now and if it's not around anacostia, you will get the rain 16 to 20 minutes and we'll need the umbrellas right on through. >> this whole system will continue on pull on out and we'll talk about the cooler numbers coming up in just a few minutes. >>> i'm pat collins in buoy, and the scorched earth over there marks the spot where it happened. he was 44. he had five children. she was in her 30s. she had two children. they're both dead today after an atv accident on racetrack road. it happened around midnight. the atv and an suv in a head-on collision. they say it was an explosion. >> a fire and the flames reaching up to the treetop. one of the victims in the atv got ejected and thrown into the woods. the firefighters had to use an infrared device to find the body. today friends of the victims as they visited the scene. coming up at 5:00, we will hear from the feds and we'll hear from police, and i'll have the details coming up. >>> remember the local woman who went on the metro track and started doing yoga? well, she was c

the radar, it is still drizzling in this area in through northeast, down through southeast, around anacostiaseeing that rain back towardirf shower toward clinton, maryland. as we go through n to 48, going to be quite damp especially tonight. a much better wednesday. that, of course, tomorrow, and more showers in the forecast. we'll break down when for you coming up in my full forecast. >>> i'm mark segraves in prince george's county where police are investigating a shooting. it ended here in the springdale neighborhood on utica place. at this tree where a car crashed over the curb, through a sign, and then landed on top of that tree. police believe it all began about a block away. down this road. earlier, evidence markers littered this street where police believe shots originally rang out. but when police first arrived on this scene, they didn't know they were coming to a shooting. here's how police describe the scene when they arrived. >> shortly after 1:00 p.m., officers responded here for a single-vehicle collision. once officers arrived on scene, they discovered the vehicle unoccupied. p

i think the fact that residents say they don't, this is going from anacostia all the way up to capitolbers. if you go into ward 8, only 13% say they feel safe. if you go inwards 2 and 3 where a lot of development is doing, 70% say they feel like thety is moving in the right direction, a little safer. i will say one of the interesting numbers, though, capitol hill, that is down 50%. they say they feel safe. handgun violence is up 50% there. many of those residents are quoted as saying they don't feel safe walking the streets. >> dave, you do live in the district. >> i do, uptown near the park. >> what do your neighbors say? do they feel crime is out of control? do theyç feel çsafe. >> thisírç isn't scientific b neighbors, i don't@a!%9-áqrjnb there'wúp' uneasiness. this goes back to subjective kind of thing. if you have had an incident or hear of somebody you know has it, you begin toçç wonderç aç wondering about things.ç reportingç tells me, the polic chief held in national regard, she gets national headlines for handling in the city. the mayor is the new mayor. one of her new

anacostia freeway blocking the left lane on east capital street. >> anchor: police are looking for peopleilver spring father feet from his young son in the doorway of his own home, just after 9:00 p.m. last night on clemen road. two men came to the victim's door. the victim was taken to the hospital inserious condition. his son was not hurt. called neighbor from hell is set to appear in court in a few hours. he will have a scheduling hearing. he was convicted of terrorizing his neighbors for years, blocking their cars, even tearing down their fences. he could be looking at up to 4 years in prison. and you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have a great friday >>> good morning, america. it's 8 a.m. and a huge sexting scandal rocks a high school. as many as 500 teams involved. the secret apps any used to hide the photos. we'll have cha authorities are telling parents now. >>> startling medical mystery. seven sisters all diagnosed with breast cancer. >> do you have a gut feeling about what it is, why it is, all seven of you? >> all o

. >> i am forficer -- -- i was anacostia where we were harassed by police officers.e had a sergeant called to the scene. he continued to harass the other organizes. i asked the officer about his tone and his level of respect. i said sir i have been in de-escalation training. he said to me we don't have de-escalation training. verbal judo. i like you to speak to what verbal judo is. and why we don't have de-escalation training for the metropolitan police department. [applause] the first question i would an, if ever you have interaction with a police officer and you don't feel it was appropriate for any reason, i would encourage you to make sure you file a complaint so that the police department can look into it. outside deckbody and take a look. before de-escalation was called de-escalation, because it has been taught in police academies since i came on here at it has evolved over the years. while we areach it in defensive tactics. we try to teach it while we are in scenario-based trainings. be about ar had to 10 to 12 year veteran. was one of the best de-escalation t

i am a community organizer and i as in anacostia on sunday for community event, where we were harassedn business and we had a sergeant called to the scene, and the sergeant continued to cross the other officers. i asked the officer about his tone and level of respect and i said sir, i've been in yes collision training and i've never been in one where matching tone is a de-escalation techniques, because he was yelling at the citizen, and he turned to me and he said "we don't have de-escalation training. we have verbal judo." [laughter] i would like to ask you what verbal judo is and why we don't have de-escalation training. [applause] so the first question i would ask, and you don't have to answer -- if ever you have an interaction with a police officer and you don't feel it was appropriate, for any reason, i would encourage you to file a complaint so that the police can look into those things. you don't have to file with the police department here. some of the outside can take a look at what happened to address issues. i have to say -- >> e-mail -- cathy: before de-escalation was calle