he was rushed to g.w. hospital. it was awful. when he first arrived at g.w., doctors only gave him a 5% chance to live. he had severe damage to his back, his neck, his kidneys, his lungs, his heart. his entire upper body was broken. but the entire i.c.u. team led by dr. sarani tirelessly worked together to save him, allowing him to be here today for g.w. hospital's fourth annual trauma survivor's day. [applause] jeff: also honored cleat johnson of alexandria who suffed a broken necklace moh. and robin of arlington recovering from a brain injury after a bad fall in may. for him, moving forward is not easy. >> first, i have to recover. jeff: physically it is a struggle. medical bills are piling up. but he is guided by his deep muslim faith inspired by the doctors, well-wishers and motivated by his love for his wife donna and their three children. >> i have to stand up, to do something. not for me. for my family. i want to live. i want to live. jeff: in northwest washington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. maureen: what a story. well, the

gary williams to another g.w., the g.w. colonials. you know their coach, he was ten feet off the ground thing on the inside last night. >> reporter: yeah, he was. i was at this game. it was great to see g.w. pull off this huge upset. what an atmosphere last night at the smith center. one of the biggest upsets of the season so far in college basketball. g.w., they had a wild crowd at the smith center. they took town the sixth ranked virginia cavaliers. third straight years beating a ranked opponent. for the first time since 1995 they beat a team ranked sixth or better at home. next up, a visit to south florida on thursday night. >> reporter: we know that maryland point guard has the hair-raising highlight thing down and also has the hair styles that this guy loves, right? >> reporter: i think everybody loves his hair style. if you're a great athlete, you probably have this haircut. melo tremble. also devonte smith rivera used to rock this haircut. let's take a look at this video right here. these are two of the better point guards in t

we'll tell you about the campus controversy that has some g.w.lling for a change. >>> coming up all new at 6:00, questionable conditions on local school buses. reports of broken heaters, exposed wires. windows held together with rubber bands. our news 4 i-team looks into those complaints from the parents and what's being done to keep these kids safe. ♪ >>> some would argue she's one of the greatest artists and choreographers in the history of american dance. >> and this week, twila tharp brings her 50th anniversary tour to the kennedy center. this program is a fascinating mix of movement from ballet to modern dance and it's set to music from the classical to jazz. this is just one of the dances she is most proud of. tharp's show at the kennedy center's eisenhower theater starts tonight and goes until saturday. that's very big. having her in town. >> yeah, it is. >>> the student government at george washington universi wants to revoke bill cosby's honorary degree. >> students are citing the many sexual assault allegations against cosby and as news

g.w. administrators to revoke it. >> honorary degree should be reserved for someone who represents the values of our university. >> a woman sued him for did he have familiar mags. there have been several cases like this. >>> the honorary degree was awarded in 1997. g.w. officials say while we are shocked, and disturbed, this is a quote, by the actions of bill cosby, it has never been the university's position to revoke an honorary degree. >>> we first told you the school evicted jawanza. pride nation tried to help him by linking him with a graduate who offered him an apartment. the group has resintded the offer claiming ingram hasn't responded to them. on twitter he said he needed more time to talk with his family. >>> officials in prince gorges county and the county executive will put together a work group to come up with a new plan. laurel regional hospital is looking to end its status as a full service hospital. a plan is needed to make sure that the county's residents are getting the h

erin: speaking of weird schedules, g.w. is in action at 11:00 a.m. today taking on gardner webb. it wasn't even close. colonials were on fire. 31 for 57 shooting in route to a 94-65 win. the next game is friday night on the sister station newschannel8. that is fun at 9:00 p.m. one of the few bright spots for the redskins as of late is special teams. andre roberts had a break-out moment of season when he took a kickoff return 99 yards for the touchdown. the redskins were not able to spoil the panthers' perfect season but robert did his part. coach gruden: we have had two kickoff return, blocked punt for touchdown rate. they doing well. we have to keep working. special teams is a pivotal part of our team. we have the giants and the cowboys back-to-back where the special teams will play a pivotal role in the games. erin: special teams can't carry the team. number two maryland is on the road in mexico tonight. not a bad place to be as they take on illinois state in the cancun challenge. we should have a cancun challenge. [laughter] leon: yeah. i challenge you, let's get to cancun. er

g.w. run away with it. the three. one of ten threes on the day. he had 19 points. g.w. wins big 94-65. pretty cool after the game, too, players signing autographs and since it was dmv kids day, the family well represented, daughter, sons who helped us conduct our postgame interview. >> how did the team do? >> the team did well. we wanted to come out with a lot of energy early and we jumped on gardner web from the start. so i was very happy with our performance today. >> do you think you made enough threes. >> yes, definitely. we've been missing our threes but we had some guys break out today including your favorite player, yuda. >> was the refs good? >> the referees were good after that first call against yuda, they did a great job today. >> can i get out of school again to work the games? >> shhh, don't tell anybody. >> dad says yes. mom was like, no. that's the difference right there. >>> now for easily the best story of the day despite the caps win last night they brought a dandy to practice today. jay beagle, many me, his son, grant, working out at kettler. they too

schools like g.w. and howard university say it's not affecting their studtidy university say it's not affecting their studtid abroad program and travel agents say people are still flying. >> i'm actually traveling to argentina to visit my cousin. >> reporter: this year traveling for the thanksgiving holiday comes with a warning. because of the terrorist attacks in paris. a worldwide travel alert from the u.s. state department. >> i am a bit nervous. i have been -- i had a little bit of a fear of flying. >> reporter: according to the american society of travel agents, most people aren't changing plans despite the travel alert. >> the traveling public really isn't as fearful as a lot of people might think. they're not really canceling their trips. >> reporter: at howard university, the same thing goes for the hundreds of students in their study abroad program. >> we have one student that i'm aware of who has decided she's not going to go abroad. >> reporter: tania is the deputy director of the study abro

g.w. administrators to revoke the degree. >> honorary degree should be reserved for someone who represents the values of our university. >> he was sued and there have been several cases like this. >> he received the honorary degree in 1997. g.w. officials say while they are shocked and disturbed about the allegations, it's never been their practice to rescind an honorary degree. >>> a student went from being homeless to having rent free housing to being homeless again. he violated housing rules. a group tried to help by linking ingram with a graduate who offered him an apartment rent free. they have reskinned the offer claiming ingraham hasn't communicated with them. he said he needed more time to talk to his family. >>> a maryland regional hospital has a work group trying to save it. they'll put together the group to come up with a new plan for laurel regional hospital. the hospital is planning to end its status as a full service hospital. prince gorges county mayor craig mo said a plan i

. >> definitely thought the g.w. was going to be higher on the list, would be on the list. >> i'm faithful to the tunnel. >> you like traffic. >>> it's the epicenter for holiday feasts across the city, hunt's point terminal produce partner. >> it is the place to be. busiest day of the year. and lori bordonaro is there for all the action. >> reporter: shiba and rob, imagine 30 million pounds of produce from cranberries to lettuce to bow potatoes, all get getting shipped out before thanksgiving. the rush is on. venders here cramming in five days of work in just three days. >> we're very busy, working 24 hours a day. >> it's the biggest eating holiday of the year. chances are the potatoes carrots, and other produce here end up on your plate. >> the tri-state area, there'll be something from hunt's point. >> usual thanksgiving, cell ri, you know, all -- celery, all that. >> reporter: this year there's a new popular superfood that's it'll counter the pumpkin pie. >> it's the item that people want to check out. >> reporter

george washington/virginia, malcolm brogdon and number six virginia are good on the road against g.w. rginia's defense struggling early. kevin larson double-teamed. no one rotates and tyler cavanaugh, easy dunk and later george washington leads by four. should be a big win for them if they can get it. larson double teamed and eventually joe mcdonald is going to get it. joe mcdonald had a three. e-i-e-i-o. leads at the half. cavanaugh again and george washington storm the court, why don't you, they win, 73-68. >> as you see, i had more material prepared. unfortunately, we don't have time. i believe that's jesse palmer's fault. >> blame it all on jesse. >> what. >>> well, up next in "the pulse," squashing stereotypes, a first for barbie breaking the gender barrier. >>> and trimming youour time le, the growing annual event encouraging people to narrow down their facebook friends list. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get bett

g.w. closed down the residents hall. renovations after that. tax records put it worth $26 billion. lison: now we turn to developing story from fairfax county where police are searchg for the man accused of robbing three grocery ores in the buke area. employees are being praised for thwarting thela attempt. dney.er: it starts with a man ere i an ackloyee noti something is wrong an yells out. >> hey, arouer: the suspect is startled nd starts r to the door. thealert c pushes a shopping cart at him to briefly knock the man down re a he gets up and takes off. >> it's amazing that someone could step in. reporter: we sold the video to julie aaron who shops here l the time and knowsthe employees well. >> they're great, wonderful. reporter: they belief this man is responsible for other recent robberies at grocery stores in burke. at the safeway in old keene mill road october 26 before 8:00 p.m. and shoppers food warehouse on old keene mill road on october 28 just after midnight. i the man got away with money but not at the giant. >> we are always urging people to pay atention with the surro

at number 26, 395, washington boulevard and g.w. parkway, 491 and this time duke street and ed sal road. anthony fox says we are close to passing a highway spending bill. there are still big challenges ahead. >> one reality is that there's a finite amount of resources this congress or any congress can apply to the transportation needs. the other reality is the inconvenient truth that what we might comfortably be able to afford today may not be sufficient for tomorrow's needs. >> the number one spot went to the chicago area, los angeles, a close second. i know it feels like it should have gone to us sometimes. >>> millions getting ready to take off for thanksgiving. >> the steps the tsa says you could take to make your trip much easier. remember, many local families won't be able to enjoy a big thanksgiving dinner this year, but you can change that. today is our annual food 4 families drive. here's a live look atthe verizon center, one of the places you can donate food or money today. money today. we'll show you how easy it's here, t

g.w. parkway southbound at 123. looks like that's actually stretching a little farther than two miles right now. chuck? >> thanks, melissa. a lot of raindrops in our area. if you're heading back to work and traveling, delays likely. minneapolis and chicago and st. louis delays possible down to our south. if you're driving back north, dry weather there. around us, all rain drops down to our south and there are even a few snow flicks mixing in near the blue ridge. here are the snowflakes mixing in. basically at or above 1,500 feet you're mixing in with the raindrops. temperatures around the metro way above the freezing mark. send it to me on inthe gram or on twitter at chuck bell for you. here come the rain drops into the area. by noontime, light to moderate rain pushing into the region so the ride home will be wetter than the ride in. keep that in mind. the day is starting damp but ending wet. now tomorrow we'll start off with a little light rain upon first thing tomorrow morning. heaviest rain likely around lunchtim

to the maps, a big mess at g.w. bridge. 40-minute wait. right now 15 to the lower but a fuel spul on cross-bronx expressway. it doesn't seem to be clearing any time soon. the lincoln tunnel is in better shape so people should head that way. >> thanks very much. something else we talk about a lot. the second avenue subway line may be coming to east harlem after all sooner than thought. the mta held a special meeting with federal, state and sfe officials yesterday and they talked about how to speed up this project. people who live there were outraged when the mta made a recent announcement that construction for the stations above 96th street wouldn't start until the year 2020. meanwhile, the three stations that are on the upper east side are dpp expected to open. >>> in connecticut, lottery officials announced suspending all sales and payouts for its five card cash game. officials say they learned some retailers may have intentionally manipulated lottery terminals for their personal gale. they're not saying which retailers are involved in th

. >>> breaking news, g.w. parkway still have those lanes shut down here this morning. sounds like pushing folks on to south run. chopper on northbound near 216. the crash most of it and the debris off to the left side. we have a two-mile backup as you're headed northbound. a little slow. red line travel times overall here in maryland not so bad. you were op of the beltway. same thing on 66 and 95. i'll see you in ten minutes. sdplnchts we'll show you why kids' adhd medication could be wearing them out. >>> we're live right now working this morning to help provide thanksgiving meals to local families in need. >>> a new search for flight mh-370. the plane disappeared more than a year ago with more than 230 people on board. search teams have been looking in the indian ocean off the coast of australia and the islands near africa. they said they are now moving to a remote part of the ocean they consider the most likely resting place. they will hunt for the plane for at least a month in that area. >>> also new this morning, new developments in the murder of a pastor's wife.

not supposed to be on the g.w. has you down to 13 miles per hour because of that. this stretch getting from the capital beltway continuing in. it will take you 30 minute. 15 minutes ago when it was closed it was 45 minutes. traffic is now starting to move. some areas at a slow pace. joce sterman at the moile track 7 knows what i'm talking about because she did have delays. it looks a little better now, though. >> the tractor trailer disregarded the sign of getting on the highway tried to make it under an overpass. couldn't make it. instead of waiting for the park police, decided to turn around on his own. that did not work. as a result they had to close down the highway. it does now appear to be back open and things are moving much more quickly. back to you. jamie: you are still at 9 miles per hour. they are using that to head in. it's not a bad idea. most of the traffic in the afternoon on 66 is heading outbound in the westbound stretch. it is no longer closed. alison: good news. thank you, jamie. across the nation, two are dead. after strong storms pounded the no

the thought of finding yourself in the middle of a terrorist attack is one that student at g.w. finds unavoidable in the wake of terrorists last friday and mali today. like so many others in the d.c. region, she cannot help but ask herself how would i respond? >> i have thought about it. the plan would change if it came to that. god willing it doesn't. >> government security experts in the u.k. issued the guidelines for how citizens should respond in the event of a paris-style attack. they urge people to escape if you can, insist others leave with you and leave belongings behind. if you can't run, hide. find cover from gunfire behind substantial brick work or heavy reinforced walls. terrorism analyst brad garrett says any response depends on the situation. the best preparation, garrett says, is to always be thinking of an exit plan whenever you go somewhere. the mall, a theater, or a club. >> so you sort of have in your mind at least without obsessing this is how i can move around if something happens. >> they have the heavy artillery, we have nothing. there is not much to do bu

g.w. parkway southbound after the 14th street bridge, still have that crash here. as well, northbound branch avenue at the belle way, we are sending choppers to that crash here in the next couple of minutes. should be there. you have a couple of slowdowns i wanted to mention. in bound 50 at b.w. parkway and 295 south at east capitol. travel times in ten minutes. >>> a suspected terrorist is dead and the hunt for another is happening right now in france. news 4's angie goff following the breaking news from the live desk. angie. >> a lot happening in the last hour, aaron. new numbers in france. seven people we're told arrested following a lot of gunfire and explosions. taking you live to the scene right now. this is just north of paris where a six-hour standoff with a suspected terrorist just ended. we are told that two people were killed. this includes a suicide bomber who blew herself up as police zeroed in. also getting news that five police officers were injured. the main target of all of this, finding this man, ab dem mohammed abou. he is believed to be the mast

areas of 495 and we are seeing that rain right around tyson's corner and right through 495 and the g.w. parkway, all of which have experienced big-time traffic earlier this evening and now, showing the rabe that we have and this is what's moving our way and this is the front. watch here, the yellows here and watch them fade out as they move off toward the east. that's good news. that means we're not going to be seeing severe weather in the region and what we will be seeing is the potential for heavy rain and possible tornado just to the south of atlanta over the next hour and that whole system moves our way as rain during the day tomorrow. tomorrow, shower activity and it's 5:00 tomorrow morning that we really start to see it moving in. no matter what time you're getting up for the morning rush, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, you're going to be seeing the rain. this is the latest computer model that we have and this is brand new here, and i haven't even taken a look at it here over the last hour and look at noon, you can still see shower activity with heavier showers coming through and by 3:00, not

a car is burning on the g.w. bridge. steve: joe beerman is over the scene. looks like they pretty much put out the car fire? >> reporter: yep. this is the outbound george washington bridge, upper level, near midspan. when we got here, look at that, the car fire was fully engulfed. nobody here yesterday. the winds were feeding the flames. outbound upper level, all lanes are closed. inbound, there are some lanes closed with the emergency equipment as they move around. say goodbye to the gw for tonight. the west side cross bronx, all at a complete standstill. no word on the driver. we did see somebody standing next to the car. so we assume the driver got out okay. outbound upper level george washington bridge, all lanes closed due to the car fire. back to you guys. dari: joe, thank you. >> a university in new jersey series of racial threats. a tweet threatened black students at the university. it happened during a rally to raise awareness of racial unrest on campus. the university tweeted in part, quote, the university police are investigating the issue and pro

college basketball not just tonight, but tomorrow night and great for the area and let's start with g.w., mike lonergan and he better have quite the pep talk today and they take on the sixth ranked virginia cavaliers and the colonials coming off an impressive win over lafayette on friday and meanwhile, tony bennett having no problems in their victory over morgan state and a 38-point win and uva beat gw by 17 points tonight and it's a nationally televised game that tips off at 7:30. >>> and 24 hours from now, carol maloney and myself will be giving you a live sports cast from college park. number three, maryland taking on georgetown at 9:00 p.m., the much-anticipated matchup and the terps coming up and winning at mount st. mary's and georgetown upset against radford. and maryland and georgetown haven't played against each other since 1993. >>> the last time these two teams played in college park was 1973. today maryland athletics decided to take a rivalry. re-enacting this picture >> i cool! >> and it was tom mcmiin and great job b >>> breaking news tonight. the face of evil behind the m

g.w. gave the degree years ago before the rape allegations came to light. some schools have given away rewards it's given to cosby. they say they have never revoked a degree and has no plans to do so. >>> somebody killed a woman out here and then put her body out next to the trash. takoma park's first murder of the year. that story coming up. >>> mr. white goes to washington. why all of you "breaking bad" fans should be excited about a new exhibit set to debut. you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >>> right now at 4:15, light rain is trickling away from our area but it's dill stamp outsst outside. doug kammerer is tracking our chance of rain and an early peek at the weekend forecast. >>> "breaking bad" ceremony set to get under way within the hour at the national museum of american history. objects from the show will go on display. we'll tell you which ones straight ahead. >>> and i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we have encouraging news for former president jimmy carter as he fights cancer. a spokesman for the president, former president, says doctors have fo

this is the accident g.w. parkway southbound just after the bridge here this morning.nice and green in that area, 95 southbound at the i.c.c. have a disabled vehicle. does not seem to be slowing things too much. i'll see you back here at 6:01. >>> thank you, melissa. it is now 5:55. today the 2015 wine tourism conference begins in virginia. wine industry experts from around the world will be in loudoun countries county. this is the first time the conference is on the east coast. hosting the conference shows virginia's important and growing role in the wine tourism industry. >>> 5:55. fairfax county leaders gave the go ahead for the police department to pursue body cameras. it's one of 142 recommendations to establish greater accountability and transparency in the police department. the board voted to further pursue all 142 recommendations yesterday. you should expect to see a pilot program on those cameras in the next few weeks. >> we're ready to do a pilot project. the key obstacle here is budgetary. >> a civilian police review commission came up with the recommendati

words his dad had for jeb 's older brother in soon to be released biography former president criticizes g.wdick cheney saying he had his own empire there and marched to his own drummer and weighed in on donald rumsfield saying i think he served the president badly adding he was an arrogant fellow and self assured swagger. bush 43 disagreed saying he was proud to serve with cheney and he was in charge of his administration saying i disagree with his characterization of what was going on. i made the decisions. this was my philosophy. i'm joined by david millback and reuters political reporter. you have one son who is president of the united states. you have another son who is trying to become president of the united states. what's gained by doing this? >> this is just sort of the dynamic that happens to families across america every night. it's quite an extraordinary thing. certainly, the timing could not be worse. this is a project years in the making. it's hard to imagine when the 41st president talked about this and gave out diaries that it would come at this moment of struggle for his oth

you can go back in the history of g.w. and find a lot of people they've given honorary degrees to that have probably done some things that would have caused student bodies to reverse. it's a slippery slope. once you do it for bill cosby -- i mean do you have to do it for other people who may have checkered pasts or done things that have even been proven wrong, let alone just accusations at this point. >> although many other universities have done it. >> i was going to say there is a precedent it has been done. there's about 60 honorary degrees he's been given and at least 12 colleges and universities have rescinded it. i still think there's something to the teams of charges he's facing. if we gave an honorary degree to someone who happens to be a mass murderer, i think any university would rescind it. >> upon allegation or conviction? >> that's a good point. upon conviction. i think that's a good point. even though the numbers keep going and coming and risingmia there is a slippery slope. >> what do you think about it, dav

and to her left is daniel koehler, who is a fellow on the program of extremism at g.w. and founder and director of the german institute of radicalization and deradicalization studies in berl berlin. okay. so the countering violent extremism discussion has been going on for several year news. if the phrase sounds vague to you, it's also very vague inside the u.s. government and foreign governments. no one is quite sure what this thing means. i remember when i was working at the state department i asked another agency to give me a list of everything that had been justified to the congress as countering violent extremism across all agencies of the u.s. government. pretty amazing. everything from building forward operating bases in afghanistan to english language programs for young mothers. essentially, it became a way for the government to protect their budgets and their programs. in an effort to become much more focused we are here today to talk about one slice of this that's often neglected, but i think honestly is the most valuable in the effort to stop or counter recru

and to her left is daniel koehler, who is a fellow on the program of extremism at g.w.nd founder and director of the german institute of radicalization, and deradicalization studies. okay. so the countering violent extremism discussion has been going on for several year news. if the phrase sounds vague to you, it's also very vague inside the u.s. government and foreign government. no one is quite sure what this thing means. . i remember some i was working at state department, i asked another agency to give me a list of everything that had been justified to the congress. as counterviolealcountering vio across all agencies. everything from building forward operating bases in afghanistan to english programs for a young mother. essentially, it became a way for the government to protect and their program. in an effort to become much more focused we are here today to talk about one slice of this that's often neglected, that i think honestly is the most valuable. in the effort to spot or counter recruitment for terrorist organizations. and that is early intervention. and so, i

george washington/virginia, malcolm brogdon and number six virginia are good on the road ainst g.w. virginia's defense struggling early. kevin larson double-teamed. no one rotates and tyler cavanaugh, easy dunk and later george washington leads by four. should be a big win for them if they can get it. larson double teamed and eventually joe mcdonald is going to get it. joe mcdonald had a three. e-i-e-i-o. leads at the half. cavanaugh again and george washington storm the court, why don't you, they win, 73-68. as you see, i had more material prepared. unfortunately, we don't have time. i believe that's jesse palmer's fault. >> blame it all on jesse. >> what. >>> well, up nexin "the pulse," squashing stereotypes, a first for barbie breaking the gender barrier. >>> and trimming your r time lin the growg annual event encouraging people to narrow down their facebook friends list. the fever. an even bigger deal? everything you miss out on... family pizza night. the big game. or date night. why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to? prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1.