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live in bethesda, chris lawrence, news4. >> thank you. >>> a violent con frontation at the u.s./mexicoborder, and we have the developing chaos. >> then situat got bad after the group began a peaceful march to appeal for t u.s. to speed processing of asylum. take another look at the situation here. hundreds of migrants making a run for it yesteday crossing under the bridge through a river that was filled with raw sege. they carried flags while chanting we are not criminals, we a international workers. many had babies and children with them. u.s border agents still fired tear-gas. this specific border sees about 110,000 people entering the u.s. ery day. and thousands of migrants are working up in tijuana and worried president trump will make them stay in mexico. we will keep you updatedon this story. >> thank you. >>> we have new details of a winchester police officer killed on the job. he cra his cruiser while responding to a 911 call for a ght. fellow officers saluted his sket yesterday. e governordered u.s. and virginia flags throughout theo state lowered to half-staff on the d

in bethesda closure here. western avenue and massachusetts avenue, that section. clos lanes blocked because of the fatal house fire there. some overnight could be there for some time. alexandria northbound 395 right side still blocked by the disabled vehicle. not really slowing things too much. beltway, nice and light here this morning. if you're leaving any time soon, everything is looking good. now i know a lot of folks you like to travel on wednesday, that is really, really smart. northbound 95 in maryland and southbound nice and clear. eun? >> melissa,hank you. yesterday morning we warned you osh hour traffic would be terrible becausethe mix of thanksgiving travelers and the commuters heading home. take a lookt thisvideo. it was pretty bad out there. this was bumper to traffic on the outer loop last night. as for today the work loads will be i-95 north and travel times could quadruple between 1:15 and 4:15 p.m. this afternoon. the biggest crowds will come today at the airports. aaa expects nearly 100,000 peoplerom the dmv will head to the airport. >>> we're no

this is the breaking news in bethesda we're watching. a person struck and critically injured by a vehicle off georgetown road at lone oak drive. northbound old georgetown road at kingwood has been closed off and traffic froeltheay knt exit on to northbound old georgetown road. >>> a show in crystal city. amazon arrives to the area, but in creing this new national landing, they need to push people out tfre. among them, a group of local performers looking for a new news 4's david culvetakes us center stage where the show will go on for now. >> she can start to move it. >> since graduating vcu in 201 is 1, dore i has made this theater her home. she's now directing onena of th performances that will take to the stage. >> the thought of going somewherelse is a bit scary. kind of like you're getting pushed out of nest so to atspea. not necessarily a bad thing. we have to think of it in a positive way. >>mazon is the reason for the mover. >> what will happen with a small innovati arts organization when a global huge corporation moves in, in you

of construction on maryland's purple lin chris lawrence is live in bethesda now with more on what'soing on. >> aaron, this is probably going to hpen around 9:30 or 1:30 in the afternoon. what they've got to dos blast out some rock from its shaft, part of what will eventually be a second entrance to the bethesda metro station and the connector to the purple line. the thing is, you could be impacted by this obvious if you don'tve or work here. you can get a sense of howx compis work is. the purple line, privately funded, will feature 21s sto across 16 miles of light rail from bethesda to new carrollton. it will open in 2022 if cstruction stays on schedule but until then, folks will have to live with constant disruption. again, thend uground blasting will be proceeded by a loud siren, it will be weak days through january and the explosions will be so powerful metro may have to temporarily suspend seofice -- stop some the rains nearby until after the explosion and restarthem again so even if you don't live or work here, you could be impacted by what goes on. live in bethesda, chris lawr

we are live from bethesda. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. >>> also right now warre prg for another busy day of travel especially at our local airports. today is expected to be one of the most cgested days of the year when it comes to flying. if you're upoarly catch a flight or if you're heading out later today, you'll want to leave yourself extra time to get up to the airport and through security. >> we're wking for you with thanksgiving travel rush. melissa is keeping an eye on thingse chris lawres at the airport. >>> first to the storm team 4 forecast with chuck bell. we are going to nd extra layers for thanksgiving this year. >> see chris with the hood and glofgs, chuck. >> oh, yeah. >> good morning, chris. he's a smart man having his heavy coat on this morning and you'll be smart if you haverhat tomorrow and for friday. a real shot of unusuallyd c air for this time of the year. right now 30 in gaithersburg, 30 for leesburg. front royal and luray. your wakeup weather then, it will be a brigh

we'ren bethesda here along bethesda road. there are five bears that illuminate every time someone makes a donion t this new interactive fundraising campaign. the reality is about 300 children will be in the hospital over the holidays and we wt to make their day a whole lot better. your donation goes a long way to supporting them, a therapy room, a healing garden. we got to meet a beautiful 3-year-old named brayden fighting cancer. >> the campaign is actually what we need so that people can know theirs donation going towards something. every time you donate, the bear lights up. >> reporter: and it's so cool, 316 of these all over the region lluminate every time you donate. i want to bring in dean marshal, the president of children's national foundation to talk abou the whole purpose ofthis. it's about the kids. >> it is about the kids.ev y time a donation is made, a bear will light up. kids are coming off the elevator and the hug a bear. >> i saw it. it was beautiful. the moneyrom this makes the ospital offset costs and create

vehicles from bethesda, chris gordon, news 4. >>g more breakws, chopper 4 headed to what sounds like a serious crash in damascus. a vehicle slammed intoapn tment building there on brigadier place and bethesda. church ro we don't yet know the circumstances, the details are still coming in, we'll get you an update as so as we learn more. >>> check out this new video of a verynteresting encounter at the g-20 summit. two of the world's most famous you might say currently me infamous stronappeared happy to be seated together at the summit. russian president vladimir putin and saudi crown prince bin salman there sharing a warm with greeting between two bros. broad smiles there. very interesting interaction. and president trump canceled a planned meeting with putin and keeps his dtance from the crown prince following outrage at the murder of a "washington post" journalist. blayne alexander is monitoring the summit for us. >> reporter: and of course the purpose is to talk abou ikey economues on the world stage. and there are a lot of eye

live in bethesda, jackie bensen, news 4. >>>eonarris with breaking news at the live desk of a more uplifting story. the special delivery tonight in northwest washington. a little baby girl just couldn't it to get to the hospital, so, mom had to deliver her in the car. the woman w in labor on her way to the hospital and stuck in rush hour traffict 17th and c streets. firefighters say there was another man with the woman and he called 911. th arrived inust a few minutes, but when they got there, the baby was alreadybo rn. something very rare on these types of calls. >> in the sense i that came out as pregnant woman having contractions and then next thing we know is that the baby is delivered. d.c. fire officials say mother and child are both doing fine. jim and doreen, can you imagine if they'd been stuck in th tree leicht ilighting traffic l night? >> oh, i'm telling you. leon, thank you. >>> turning now to the weather, and our attention turning from cold, yes, to rain, lks. >> we don't like either one of those. amelia draper

taking a look here at this closure in bethesda. still have this closure here this morning, western avenue shut down between river road and massachusetts avenue. lanes are blocked. fire activity, that is a double fatal fire from overnight. probabom will be there for gation that inves continues.th alexandria, nund 395 before seminary, right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. as we zoom up to take a look at 95 in maryland, 95 in virginia looking quite good if you're t waiting untay to get away. eun? >>nkmelissa, tyou. the holy grail of black friday - sorry. holy grail of black friday shopping. see, second time. we're talking about a tv. >> that was a lot for a tv. we're going to break down the best deals you'l h find and to find out if you're getting the most back for your >> today kim kardashian west stops by ellen. please watch anyway she has gift for a firefighter apparently. >> you cra me up. >> ellen airs right here on nbc ck around and then s for news 4 at 4:00. >> you should "news 4 e watching today." >>> three hours every mor

iopper 4 flew over walter reed medical center bethesda as people walked out of there with their hands in the air. >> as you can imagine, this was a frightening and confusing. orde a false alert triggered a massive response this afternoon at the facility's building 19. our jackie benn spoke to a maryland congressman who was inside and thought it was an s activeoter situation. >> reporter: montgomery county police, who sent dozens of hnits to the sere, say they did not know that this was a drill or a false alarm fear and concern on the campus of walter reed national military medical center in bethesda. >> this is an emergency message. active shooter, active shooter in building 19 basement. >> reporter: images from chopper 4 showed staff and exiting a building with their hands in the air. standard procedure, as law enforcement officers clear a building in order to searchor a shooter. maryland congreman dutch huffers berger spoke to news 4 by >> a lot of people in the room were upset. there was a woman next to me who was crying, because she couldn't go pick up her daughter from school or

live from bethesda. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. this morning we are also keeping anye on a very cold forecast and the commute. it will be a big travel day. >> our melissa mollet is standing by with a check on the roads but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a very frigid forecast, chuck. parkak your patience and for today. temperatures are below freezing in many of the suburbs here this morning and it will be even colder tomorrow. four things you need to know about the weather, that cold wind that showed up yesterday afternoon, it will be back for this afrnoon, tonight and for tomorrow as well, good news in the forecast, it's dry up and down the i-95 corridor today. easy traveling. no major airport hubs are dealing b with any storminess. frigid weather for tomorrow. satuay rain likelut we may have a little sleet early saturday morning. we'll keep a close eye on that for you. wednesday is off to a cold start.nd 20s low 30s. planner then for today, sun's up at 6:47. afternoon highs will be in the 40s. at least th

confusion continued up bethesda. fbi agent submitted a report, that later disclosed that they had heard one pass colleges state that they had found a wound in the presidents back and cannot find an exit. the warren report version was explicit. there was no wind in the back but one in the neck. however details of these published sketches tended indicate that there was a wound below what could be described as the neck. the photographs and x-rays which might clear up the issue the possession of the kennedy family. they were turned over on october 31, 1966. with the provision they not be made public for five years. there the matter has until now. the senior pathologist at the autopsy has since gone to the archives and re-examined the x- rays and photographs. his conclusions we will hill leader -- here later. the observations, of what we heard earlier. >> this sketch that was made by doctor boswell is a very important sketch. it shows the bullet hole which he diagrammed in at a point approximately several inches hello the

confusion continued at bethesda. fbi agents submitted a report later disclosed in epstein's a which said that they had found a wound in the back of the president and could not find an exit. the war and report was explicit -- the war and report was explicit that there was not a wound in the back. the photographs and x-rays which might clear up the issue were in possession of the kennedy family and only officially turned over 1966 with a1, provision that they might -- that they not be made public until now. the senior apologist has since gone to the archives and re-examined the x-rays and photographs. his conclusions we will hear later in an exclusive interview, the only when he is granted since that fateful night. but first, the observations from the doctor we heard earlier. >> this sketch made by dr. boswell is a very important sketch. whichws the bullet hole he diagrammed in at a point approximately several inches below the collar level although he does give other measurements to the side which would place it at a h

that's what dozens faced in bethesda, including our own meteorologist lauren ricketts. lauren and dozens of others conquered their fears for a great cause at the bethesda metro center. and our own pat collins was also cheering on laun there from below, safe on the ground. there goes lauren down the wall. money raised -- yay! goes to support more than 7,000 special olympics athletes in maryland. it's a great sport about it. had lots of fun out there. >> announcer: now your storm team 4 forecast. >>> well, we definitely give shout outs to lauren on that.ew couldn't have been me, though. outside right now 57 degrees. notice we are enjoying the fall foliage. it seems like in just a few everything went from green to orange and red across the area. winds are about 15 miles per hour. what we want to talk about briefly is again the storms. east night severe weather. stay safe, aware. and also as we talk about the clocks turning back today, 6:05, not bad for a sunset. tomorrow afternoon 5:04. that's going to be difficult when we go back to work, back to school onmonday. temperat

live in bethesda, jackie pbense, >>news 4. jackie, mu. >>> a former president and u.s. setor made a surprise stop in y.northern virginia to president obama and virginia senator tim kaine is visited supporters of jennifer wexton. they cameith doughnuts, too. wexton is trying to unseat barbara comstock. comstock's volunteers worked tht phonesay. maryland, larry hogan sits on a double-digit lead in the polls in the governor's race his competitor, democrat ben jealous, hoping to ride a blue wave ao the way t an if hogan wins, he would be the first two-term republican governor in maryland since the '50s. >> a hotly contested senate race in west virginia, senator joe hanchin facing well-funded republican cenger patrick morrissey. both candidates acknowledge the race is tightened. both in the east today, for last-minute campaigning. >>> president trump knows what is at stake tomorrow. air force one has been getting a rkout since last week. he's mad one stop this evening in indiana. he's speaking now inmissouri. news 4's leon harris is at the live desk. indiana typically leans

we're monitoring a situation in bethesda. a pedestrian has been struck.rstand critically injured. this is -- you're lookingth a northbound lane of old georgetown road at lone oak drive. this is causing some major backups becausein this stigation closed off the northbound old georgetown at kingwood road. you've got to seek alternate routes here. you can see the buildup there. again, a pedestrian struck as soon as we have more details, we'll havet for you i >>> november is national homeless youth awareness month. did youth kno almost half of the district's homeless young people identify as lgbtq? one group trying to help them get off the streets. >> meagan fitzgerald spoke with a man whose life has been turned around now because he foundgh t mentors. >> it's a big night forhis man. >> quick finr food. just to get people a taste of what i actually do. >> he's preparing f an event where hundreds of people can try his food as a way of making a name for his new catering business. in addition to serving peopleck also gives >> i'm a peer educator. i'm on my way t

i got a call afters4 n at 4:00 from a public affairs specialist with naval aairs bethesda telling me that someone had a good-faith belief that there was an active shooter here and did the right thing by reporting it to security. you are about to hear from jeremy brooks, that public affairs specialis in a telephone conversatiohat i recorded with his permission. >> this activehooter response that took place yesterday was not a dri or an exercise. this was a real-world responseeb to what somy thought was an actual event based on the information that they received in an alert. they did not -- whatever they received in the alert, the did not see the word exercise. >> reporter: montgomery county police and the fire department sent their ecy response team into action. they received notification of an active shooter at walter reed national military medicalnt . montgomery county executive ike leggett says he has gotten no official explanation from walter reed or the military how this mistake was made. >> they have just given some preliminary indication as to at possiblyhappened. >> reporter:

reportin from bethesda, chris gordon news 4. >>> an alarming health trend, doctors say a new generation is addicted to stnicotine. l ahead, how the government plans to reverse that damas. >>> p a one on one with the incoming state's attorney in prince george's county, the two issues she wants to tackle right away. >>> and countdown is on, thanksgiving only 13 days away, so what can you expect weathe you don't just want easy. favorite netflix yoon fast internet" easy.ouro you want "internet that helps you save on mobi" easy. you wantcathe best wifi you n pause with a tap." see? easy.wa yo xfinity because it makes your life... simple. easy. awesome.a geecial offer on xfinity internet, tv and voice for just $79.99 a month for 2 years. plus, get dvr service free for a year. click, call or visit a store today. >>> right now you can see rain all over storm team 4 radar. it's theig kind of to make you want to make indoor plans. doug's back with more on the freeze that's heading our way for the weekend. a very different story out west. these are livetu ps of wildfires in california. take a look

host: joining us from walt in bethesda school the first co-manager of the bus. -- weinstein where the bus come f from? uest: it came from someone who some of the audience and that is residential historian doug brinkley. he was a proffer at hofstra -- university hofstra and he took his class on the road to study american literature and history and read mark twain on the banks of the mississippi and did this in new york city d transit bus. he wrote a book about it called piniel magic bus. of an interview of him he turned to c-spaners doug's blessing we are going to steal that idea and get out of washington and hit and we are going to travel around and talk it people. people.to host: what were you hoping to accomplish by getting on the road and talking to people? guest: i would say in that first probably four broad areas, four goals. talking to erms of people was to go work with our cable affiliates. systems in the neighborhoods and towns they targeted teachers and students schools and middle schools and we went to them and talked about c-span in the an educational resource. that was gre

you are looking at the beltway in i-270 in bethesda. yoeecan she traffic is jammed in both directions. if you haven't left yet, consider sying put. experts say the bsest travel time is between now and 7:00. >> let's start out with adam tuss. how is it looking out there? the traffic is going at now about seven miles an hour. people are heading to the airport orp picking people out and about. plus, the cut through traffic. it is just absolutely alow roll. take a look at some drivers who say they are dreading this time of year.

the bears are on display all acrosshe reason, including bethes bethesda. that's with you'll find mollette green. >> we're on bethesda rowlong with nurses from children's national. we want to talk to them about why this interactive funding campaign is so important and how you can use your cell phone to contribute to make t hospital a whole lot better. we had the opportunity to see some kids who willpend the holiday at the hospital in children's yesterday. braden is a3-year-old with a lot personality who is the face of this campaign. we want to talk to nurses nina and jackie. >> the holidays are always reallyough for the children. they're away from their families anhopess. anything we can do, any dollari we can g helps to make the time special for them. >> reporter: when you see the therapy room, the art room, the healing garden, all of that for a child going through a tough time just makes the experience better? >> it definitely does. working ithere, makes me feel like that's what i got to experience when i was younger. so knowing the kids have this now mak

north bethesda. not only extremely heavy rain with this but this is one of those systems that could produce some locally heavy winds. backweo the . more of that steady rain. down toward culpeperbe it wil a nasty night if you're waiting for somebody to come home. and this where we're watching. we have these linear segments. these little lines are developing. these will move through region. that's where we could produce some strong winds. we'll talk about some big changes. >> three damascus high school students are facing multiple rape charges in an alleged hazing incident. the school says it involves junior varsity football player

still have the situation in bethesda. we have a lane taken out in each direct n there ateast-west highway. one blocked northbound. one blocked rtsouthbound. ound 15 shutdown at putnam. all traffic stopped there. bethesda outer loop. a disabled vehicle on the right side. we're not seeing t much of slow down quite yet but it could be if it hangs around too much longer. >> 5:02 now. hundreds of thousands of families in our area will gas up the car and head out for the holidays. >> if that's you, you're in for plenty of company. more on what you need to know before hitting the road today. hey, chris. >> hey, how is it going? they call today terrible traffic tuesday although it doe all that scary at 5:00 in the morning. although no matter if you're driving to see relatives or to get away from your family, you're not alone. take a look at the numbers we got from aaa. they're telling us that they expect about 48 million people to hit the roads this thanksgiving holiday. that is about 5% mor than last year. so part of the reason

we are learning more about the woman killed trying to cro omd geor -- old georgetown road in bethesda. she loved children so much, she came out o retirement to be a nanny and her older sister is lushed by thes before chris gordon talked with that sister today. >> she is very best friend and my best sister.>> eporter: through her tears, some tells me she is devastated b by her sister's death. donna workeas a nanny since coming here from sri lanka. she was killed last nightos ng old georgetown road in bethesda leavinger job carin for a baby, walking to a bus stop for the ride home to rockville. the door y knocked on and it was the police. police talk abo my sister's accident. i can't believe that happened. i think it is a mistake. >> reporter: her sister died at the hospital. this suv shows damage apparently from the impact. the driver stayed on the scene. people tell us therere no street lamps on this block and that the crosswalks acrossld .eorgetown road are a distance from the bus st >> there are no crosswalks in the immediate blocks, so we're looking into where she was going, where

we're rht outside the amazon storeere in bethesda.ght, the light up dot e bear campaign has started. you know this guy, he's the mascot, right? all of these supporters here with children's national are out here to help kick off this campaign that runs through the month and into december. so we can talk about how to support children who are battling serious illnesses in the hospital and make their stay a whole lot better. we're going to talk about how you all can donate before you leave the house, right? coming up in the 6:00 hour of "news 4 today." look at them all along. they're beautiful. >> molette, back to you. a>>> stillad on "news 4 today," holiday travel can be a terrible remess. >> we working for you with tips on avoiding trouble before it begins plus demands for answers following the false report of an active shooter at walter reed medical center. a possible explanation when on "news 4 today"nues. stay with us. for tile, wood, and stone, come to the nationwide low-price leader. floor and decor. the prices are the lowest you w

this partnership, and bethesda. >> two answers to that, your honor. even without that language, this court has found that striking this court has found that the definition before that language covers political subdivisions. city of lafayette, chattanooga, and rickets all found that. mount lemmon fire district is most earthly an organized -- -- is an organized group of persons. >> what is different between those cases and this one is that the regional statute makes clear that that definition was not going to include states or federal government. given the sort of private nature of most of the listing and the fact that the statute on its face says that no matter what you do, it is not states or government, i would read it in its natural form and i would not included unless i'm told to otherwise. >> either to differ without the statute is structured. we start with the definition of person in subsection a. that is broad and expansive. subsection b subtracts. it says it is not the federal government. by the way, it is not states. let me back up, employer t

outer loop before little river turnpike, and then the two still hanging around in the bethesda rockvillerea along 270. so northbound before democracy near the ul. after old georgetown just as you're coming off the outerloop there. >> it's seen as the first state in the country to aow legal pot shops. it's taken officialswo yea to make it happen. taking a look at the laws in our area, recreational marijuana ose is legal and decriminalized in the district. in maryland, recreational use is illegal and in virginia recreational use is strictly illegal. >> d.c. is getting a pop up bar that combines christmas and pandas. could there be anything better in god's earth? it's like he heard myprayer. the company's president says u pandas mak happy. amen. and the holidays make us happy, so why not combine the two? why haven't we thought about this before? the pop up bar will be called miracle on seventh street. a miracle, .indeed by the way, one of the drinks is called the santa bei i. it's a mix of at the quitequila d aguave soda. >> it opens on friday. >> thank you. >> we'll go. >> we'll go. >> 100

this morning some bethesda residents say an tersection is dangerous. >> they tell news 4 it's an easy place for accidents t happen. she was hit on old georgetown road near the intersection between the beltway and mocracy boulevard. six lane road. witnesses say she may have been trying to get to a metro bus stop. >> this is not a good place. people cross here allhe time they don't go down to the crosswalk. cars are trying to come there's another road, like a side road, an access road over there, it's a tough area. there have been 1 deadly pedestrian accidents this year. >> 6:04 now and today family and friendsill say a final good-bye to winchester police officer hunterrd ed he died on the job while responding to a call. he lost conisol of patrol car and crashed into a tree. he was recently married and was in the process of adopting his wife's son. his funeral will be held at this morning. the police department encourages community members to show their respect by lining the procession route following the ndfuneral. >> heads up for anyone that uses the hov lanes on i-66. o'll move on ou

are getting conflicting reports on a situation that's developing at walter reed medical center in bethesda. this is a chopper shot from above the campus which is now on lockdown on reports of an active shooter. you can see all the white police cars there, all the first responders, no traffic moving at the moment. the fbi has not yet responded but the montgomery county police department says it's still working on confirming whether there's an actual active shooter. but we need to tell you, the democratic congressman dutch rupersburger from maryland tweeted from the medical center about the shooter while a doctor on campus tweeted that building 19 is on lockdown. wttg, which is a news channel there in the area, reporting an all-clear at the medical center. so at the moment, dwee hawe do conflicting reports but will continue to bring you updates as soon as they come in. >>> i want to bring your attention to the markets as we wait on more details out of maryland. the dow swinging more than 300 points from highs to session lows, but as we said, at one point we were down just about 225 points, b

you can see here, this bethesda home became engulfed overnight. news 4orey smith joins us from the scene. a devastating loss for this family right before the holiday. >> reporter: right. absolutely tragic for this family. we have thrown some lights on the house, so you can exsee the extent of the house. you see that outer shell charred. the iide completel gutted. all told, a million dollars worth of damage. but obviously, there is no price you can put on the lives of john and inga randolph, the go people who died herehis morning. new video shows the inferno, montgomery county firefighters encount canterrerred. --ncntered at the homily home. once they fire was the out. they wennd inside found the bodies of the people there. none of the fire alarms were working. >> we're tenumb. >> rep he says it's too early to feel grief or despair. but what h is feeling. even in the face of this tragedy is thankful. >> noby can take memory. material things can be lost. but we had man good times with the family. >> they were my neighbors for a epng time. >>ter: bob

a mother and her son were killed when their homeir caught overnight in bethesda. you can see the home was ungulfed in flames. fire crews working as quickly to t it out. by the time they could safely search that home, they found the bodies of john randolph and his . news 4 corey smith joins us now from the scene with the latest details for us. corey. >> reporter: jim, take a look behind me. you can see the extent of the damage done by that early morning fire. the charred outer shell of this home holds anio int that has been pretty much gutted. forrandolphs lived here many decades. so many thanksgiving days spent in bethea as a family. those memories are to him of mind for michael andolph the son and brother of the victim. he was gracious enough to speak us this afternoon. you have thanksgivings in this house in. >> i do. >> seated in front of the charres ru of his boyhood home. michael randolph wasn't overco with et motion and despair. it's too soon. eo i'm kind of numb. >> cell phone v taken by a neighbor shows flames spitting outoof the living window. that's wher

this morning, the people that lived near the bethesda intersection where a woman was hit and killed by a car is calling it dangerous. >> this is where we're talking about she was hit on old georgetown road near the intersection with long oak drive between the beltway and democracy boulevard. the 74-year-old tried to a cros the height of rush hour. a portion of the road had to be closed ssh investigators could work. they arrived a short time later. she may have been trying to get to a metro bus stop. >> this is not a good place. people cross here all the time. cars are trying to come out. there's another road, a side road, an access road over there. it's a tough area. >> t 1re's been deadly pedestrian accidents in montgomery county so far this year. in 2017, thereere 11. >> today family and friends will say their final good-bye to hunter edwards. he died last friday while he he lost control of his control car and ran into a tree. the police department is encouraging community members to show their respect for officer edwards by lining the pecession ro following the funeral. >> a heads u

>> all we know is a building on this campus at the walter reed medical center in bethesda, maryland,ing on lockdown. people are in offices. we have no reports of any injuries, no reports of any shots being fired but something has led police to be concerned here. they have placed the building in lockdown. they have told people to shelter in place as they try and go through and see if they're dealing with an active shooter or something else perhaps that may have caused concern. we don't know exactly what led to all of this. it could be that someone may have heard something or saw something, so police here took action. we're told that the local officials at the montgomery county police are assisting the watter reed offici walter reed officials in the search. it appears for right now police are going through the building, searching to make sure that there are no shooters in the building. >> okay. we'll stay on it. shimon, thank you very. meantime president trump is now threatening to retaliate against general motors after the auto giant announced plans to cut thousands of jobs and close

>>> more confusion after lesterday's false alarm at walter reed natio military medical center in bethesda. the navy offering a different explanation about why an active shooter alert went out fear and panic across that campus. chris gordon has the new information tonight. >> reporter: a spokesman with naval support activity bethesda says one at walter reed thought there was a real active shooter on campus and did the right thing by notifying security. this new information comes from public affairs officer jeremy brooks who i spoke with by phone. >> the active shooter response that took place yesterday was rnot a drill an exercise. this was a real-world responseeb to what somy thought was an actual event based on the informatio that they received in an alert. they did not -- whatever they received in the alert, they did not see drill or exercise. >> reporter: montgomery county police and theme fire depa sent their emergency response team into action. they received notification of an active shooter at walter reed y medicalmilit center. montgomery county executive ike leggett says he has got

the photographs and x-rays of the president's body taken at the autopsy in bethesda, maryland, taken just before the autopsy was done, taken by naval technicians, which in and of themselves might resolve the questions to whether or not there was a conspiracy cannot be seen by anyone today and, in fact, not one member of the warren commission ever saw the most important documents in the case, the photographs and x-rays, and not one lawyer for the commission was curious enough to examine the most important evidence. i think the villain was the desire of government officials to be nice, to see to it that nothing would upset the american people, that the apathy which has seized us for all of these years, be permitted to remain uninterrupted by a factual presentation of what happened. the american people would have been upset surely, if they were told there was a conspiracy which took the life of your president. >> mr. lane accuses the commission of playing fast and loose with the evidence does not always allow facts to get in the way of his own theories. in rush to judgment, for example,

over the edge down the side of metro center in bethesda, i don't know h many stories s. it's going to be breezy. i'm repelling down abuilding. pat collins is also going to be out there. he's going to my em scee for that. virginia tech, that's one of the only local games. playing boston. breezy and cool. plenty of sunshine for at. late afternoon game. 60 back here at ayhome. ourme high, and again, breezy northwest winds.mo ow, no wind. temperatures around 60. another beautiful day for your sunday. if you're headed off to the redskins game, we're playing the falcons. not that bad. again, sunny conditions. light rfwinds. t football weather. i want to mention we'll have more clouds increasing late sunday night, and then we have rain showers to start off your monday. won't be raining the whole time. we'll have rain showers on monday a maybe a few steadier showers into monday afternoon and monday evening. more rain possible on tuesday. temperatures around 70 throughout wednesday and thursday with more rain chances more news right after this. announcer: the following will surpr

around the greater washington area, bethesda,sarlington, t is where we're talking about snow, sleet,all this morning. the roads sho d just bewet, but there's going to be somen floodingat area and down through stafford and into southern maryld. mainly raiith that warm air, but heavy rain at times. not onl are we going to have this rain, we'll have winds that pick up later this afternoon. we'll have to watch for power outages as well. chuck, thank goodness we get a break as we head into the weekend. >> no kidd og. we'll wan after this. a strong northeast wind today.we a strong nor wind tomorrow. you can always stay ahead of the weather. wnload our nbc 4 washington app for free. if you see something, say something, when it comes to the weather. tweete @chuckbell4. we'll be dry friday afternoon and friday night. dry for the weekend. dry wl into the middle of next week, up to and includinggi thanng day. cooler than average. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. lauryn ricketts just telling me we're seeing sleet falling here 270 at old hundred road. be careful, it is getting messy out th

montgomery county, bethesda, gaithersburg, washington, d.c., fairfax. what we'rereas, thinking is snow, sleet, freezing rain. oh, yeah, we get it all. then this afternoon, heavy rain possible and windy. we're not talking about snow accumulation on the roadways, especially traveled roadways, but we are talking about wet roads and eventfully flooded roads later on. that's going to be the same case for our friends in southern maryland, including stafford and out towards t peninsula, where we'll have rain with a chance of mix. up to 2s incf rain possible in this area. that's also the area we find the floo that'll be something we're watching. we're also watching for some sunshine, chuck. hopefully we have that on that ten-day forecast. >> we certainly do. there's your latest. you can always have t latest information from our nbc washington app. there's my social media pes. send me a weather report if at all possible. i wouldre aate it. all this mess coming to an end late tonight or prednours of friday morning. back to sunshine tomorrow with a gusty northwest

ultimately decide they will send him in a hearse and the driving and her some northern virginia to bethesda. when he gets there, the first question he asked the doctor is, will i be able to continue to smoke? the doctor said obviously no. he says can i have one last one? the doctor goes, okay, one last one. as he finishes the cigarette, he flatlined. that's a close he was to death and it had a dramatic effect as well as that of his family history with that of the johnson and lived past 60. he has agreement but a stroke and you sit there in the family parlor and not be able to communicate, and those things sink into his mind. he didn't want to end up like woodrow wilson. but there always other things. the stress was hyper summer of 1967 had been a horrible summer with the race riots in detroit and newark. vietnam, the protest in the streets. talking to a friend before, maybe talking about one of your fellow colleagues. he was talked about his mom and dad took him to war protest and how remembered the march in washington and things like that as a young child. so johnson ultimately settles, i

igators trying to figure out what caused a massive fire in bethesda. we're leaing a woman and her adult son died in that fire yesterday morning. when theallames were f out, crews found the bodies of inga and johnlp randoh. montgomery county fire officials say there were n s workike detectors inside that home. >>> families in california are spending thanksgiving inel shrs as search crews are in a race againstthime. e national weather service has issued a flash flood watch for parts ofrn northern califo. that rain could dampen search efforts for the hundreds of people still unaccounted for in the campire. the statewide wildfire death toll is now at 86. >>> president trump attacked climate change last night. the president talked about a cold blast but didn't say where, then mockingly adds, whatever happened to global warming? he has attacked climate change since even before getting into politics. there is, of cose, a difference between the weather and the climate. >>> four 15-year-olds damas high school football players are facing rape charges. they have

. >>> in bethesda tonight, vestigators are trying to figure out what caused this massive blaze. a woman and her adult son died when their house became engulfed overnight. wh l the fire was finalb out, fire crews found the bodies of inga and john randolph, mother and son. their neighbors are devastated, and michael randolph, the brother and son of the victims, says he knows one day they'll be reunited. >> i have faith there is goie to a resurrection and i really believe i'm going to see them again. >> montgomery county fire officials tell us there were no workmoke detectors inside the home. >>> leon harris here at the live desk. this may be the season of charity, but onehe night bef thanksgiving, president trump was busy on twitter, crging -- making charges at the climate issue, theav migrant c and attacking the chief justice of the highest court in the land. this all sr.rted when m trump dismissed a judge that regretted his migrantm asy poll sill as a, quote, obama judge. in a move some call chief justice john roberts fired back today, defending the independen of the federal jud

bethesda northbound on 270 near democracy boulevard, one left orne is the only thing getting by that zone. eun? >> tnk you, melissa. >>> back to our top story. the university of maryland has fired football cch d.j. durkin five months after jordan mcnair's death. e announcement came one day after the board of regentsen recommd he keep his job. students, players, and even hogan d governor larry were quick to condemn the ec board'sommendation. hours later, university president wallace lowe announced that durkin was gone.ec theion came as welcome news to the mcnair family. >> jordan mcnair's father found out during a live interview with nbc's tom cossllo. >> dhe fact that coach durkin is now out, doe that in any way help as you continue to urn? >> it's a step in the right direction for some type of closure, which is impossible. it's just an emotional roller coaster dealing with this scenario. >> now, before the announcement, the student government association had planned a rally to call for justice for jordan mcnair. student leaders are still planning to hold a news conference this morni

bethesda northbound on 270 near democracy boulevard, one left orne is the only thing getting by that zone. eun? >> thank you,

bethesda, silver spring, it has become a part of night anlife. endless parade of uber cars waiting for passengers. >> i knowt is not the safest thing to do. >> reporter: but pple have -- how many of you have taken an uber late at night? all of you. >> meet eliza, 13 years old, just starting eighth grade. her friends, molly and eileen. >> reporter: why were you doing it? >> because serve doing it. uberporter: even thoug requires passengers to be at least 18, their friends often o sneak out house at midnight toak s out and meet one friends. were you nervous? >> a little bit. you're inome random person's car. >> reporter: a grown-up. >> you're out in the middlegh o the even if it is not the uber, it is where you're going.hi >> i parents have no idea. >> reporter: sandra washoed to learn her daughter was only 12. >> what is a d uberver thinking as he pulls up to a dark home at 2:00 in the morning and a little girl comes out? >> reporter: tteam is about to show you. it is 12:30 friday ght. eliza books an uber waiting on a dark street in front of her h

. >>> breaking news, overnight deadly house fire in bethesda. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.ity west gate section. let's get toor angie goff details. what happened? >> at this point, very tragic detail i comingo the newsroom. fire officials confirming that two people were i ide of that house and they have died. the home is completely destroyed. take a look a it here. you can see a lot of the smoke rising through the roof there. fire officials saying when they got here the home was already welld involve in the fire. just a few blocks away from the friendeights metro stop. right on the d.c./maryland state line. fire officials say the call came in at 1:00 this morning. this is what they were up against. this is a lk at some pictures. massive flames. no word yet on what started this fire, but it's all happening just before atanksgiving. a horrible sin. we have a reporter headed to the scene. aaron? >> all right, angian you. >>> 4:00 a.m. now. this morning we're keeping an eye on the forecastnd the commute of course. it will be another big day for travel. >> melissa mollet is stan

. >>> we have new details on the massive fire that killed two people in bethesda. while investigators are still fryi trying to figure out what caused it, we're learning a woman and her adult son died wn their home became engulfed yesterday morning. when the flames were finally put out, crews found the bodies of inga andohn randolph. the neighbors say they're devastated. michael ran dof micha michael randolph, the brother and son of the victims, says he knows one day they'll be reunited. >> i really believe i'll see them again. >> montgomery county firefi als say there were no working smoke detectors inside the home. oc> four high school football players are spending the holiday weekend in jail. the 15-year-olds from damascus high school are bei charged as adults for allegedly raping several team membersjv on the football team. investigators say they assaulted bammates in the locker room with aom stick in what is said to have been a hazing ritual. the four teens have been charged with first-degree rape. the soolays it will conduct its own investigation when police a