as doreen gentzler shows us, the patient goes in for one treatment instead of weeks of therapy. >> iave the best kind of cancer you can possibly have if you have to get cancer. >> 83-year-old rhoda has never let her age get in the way of her fiery personality. but it has affected her ability to walk and move about. when she was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer earlier this year, she knew treatment could be spending a lot of time traveling from her home in virginia to med star georgetown university hospital. >> you can't help what happens to you in life. dealing with the problem when it happens. >> fortunately for gentzler she was able to treat her breast cancer in just one visit to the hospital using a new procedure called intraoperative radiation therapy or iort. >> one dose of radiation therapy that are l replace six weeks of breast radiation. >> georgetown's chief of breast surgery says iort is given in the operating room right after the tumor is removed. a beam of radiation is centered specifically on the site where the tumor was found for 20 minutes. penetrating one centim

as doreen gentzler shows us, there's details on a new approach that is helping patients feel pain-freeter. >> you are pretty tired after a game. it is a workout. >> at 70, elliott still referees nearly 15 games a week. active sports like lacrosse, basketball, and soccer. but all that pounding on the playing field started to take a toll on his body. >> i didn't have any cartilage in the hip. >> he had his first hip replacement surgery nearly eight years ago. he says the procedure left him in a lot of pain. >> i was hurting pretty badly after the operation two weeks into it, three weeks into it. >> while he eventually healed from that first surgery, he learned last summer that his other hip would need to be replaced. but this time, the doctors told him they would do it differentry. instead of operating it through the back of his hip they would come at it through the front this time. the anterior approach. >> when we go around the front we don't have to detach any muscles. >> dr. mark is an orthopedic surgeon at med star georgetown university hospital. he says that traditionally doctors o

i'm doreen gentzler. tomorrow morning police already canvassing a maryland neighborhood for new clues in the murder of a postal worker. they plan to retrait his route. show mari stone has reaction from neighbors who are still on edge. >> reporter: that's right, doreen, this neighborhood is stunned. they're saying if this could happen to a postal worker, this could happen to me. it's causing a sense of anxiety in this area. police say 26-year-old tyson jerome barnett was delivering mail in the 1600 block of reed street out here. suddenly someone shot and killed him around 7:20 last saturday night. police canvassed the neighborhood, but they'll do it again. tomorrow detectives will retrace the route to try to find clues. they haven't identified in the suspects. fellow postal workers have said they worry about their safety while delivers mail in the dark. >> i hope they can him if you can. you know, best way, you know, they can do it, you know, if they can catch him, you know, catch him. i would be grab if t

. >> and i'm doreen gentzler. snow, sleet, rain we've seen just about everything in our way today.d is not cold enough for any of the snow to stick, though. the people weren't driving on the the slippery roads, they were taking the bus or the train to town. a lot of people were waiting for buss to new york city. the weather did cause a few delays at union station and it was a slow go for a lot of people trying to head home and celebrate thanksgiving with their families. >> so the roads are wet, the temperatures are dropping. that could only mean black ice. doug, is that in the forecast? >> it is going to be a problem in some areas, the good news as far as that is concerned, we'll start to see the winds pick up. that's already happening. any time you have the wind it helps to dry out the roadways. that's what we're going to see as we move throughout the night. storm team radar still showing a few showers. and back down towards the south around fredricksburg. you may see a couple of more sprinkles or flurries as we move on throughout the night tonight. we're not expecting a lot out t

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. the holidays are here.ds of us are out celebrating. >> let's get to chief meteorologist doug kammerer who is live with the holiday tree lighting out there. it's crowded. hey, doug. >> reporter: it is crowded. you say thousands. take a look. hello everybody. now everybody is out here right now. we are waiting for santa claus. apparently, there are some delays. there are some delays with santa claus but let me assure you, these are not weather delays. the weather is fine, a little on the cool side. you can see who is up there right now emceeing the event. that is angie goff. doreen, i know you will love this. we are both herndon hornets. we are happy to be here and be part of this. this is the 23rd annual tree lighting. they are going to light the tree any minute now. hopefully, we'll bring it to you live once santa claus gets here. temperatures only in the 30s. we'll be here throughout the

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. get ready for a chilly, rainy, tuesday night. it's spreading through several states. we have team coverage as the storm spoils thanksgiving plans for many people. we begin with doug kammerer in storm center 4. hey, doug. >> hey, guys. if it was a normal tuesday,itis not that big of a day. it's just rain. some of it is on the heavier side. right now storm team 4 showing on the radar all the rain across the region. the rain continues to move in. it will continue to pick up in intentionty. we have moderate rain across most of the region to the south. we are looking at the heaviest rain starting to make its way our way. the rain gets heavier for the rest of the night tonight. let's take a look and show you the winter weather advisories tonight. western loudoun county, frederick, to the west and panhandle of virginia reporting light ice going on. we are not talking about a lot here. still seeing a bit in the way of freezing rain. it should subside later on tonight as warmer air moves in. notice to the south, this is where we are seein