it will be put to. >>> it's a georgetown residents, and get some youngblood. [laughter] >>> anyway -- >>> what's up with the weather? >>> well, it's raining, in some parts of the region and, they are above freezing and, no wintery weather, 46 degrees, and we take a live-look, at the national harbor, and, staff, 8 miles-per-hour, and the breeze will help keep temperatures above freezing, and, mid-30's, to mid-40s, and you will notice, that we are seeing a few scattered rain showers, and, northwest of dc, and, washington county and, maryland, and, west virginia, seeing a few scattered showers, and, pop up, right now, and even charles county, in maryland. >>> so, out of this moisture, and, southwest, and, here are the temperatures -- 38 degrees, and 46 in dc. and temperatures are only going to get colder, by the day, on tuesday and, here's the core of the cold air, over the upper midwest. >>> and this cold front will continue pressing eastward, as moisture streams in from the south and, it is a two-part system and, we're seeing a little bit, from virginia, a litt

you may not recognize georgetown. you can see everybody dressed up in costumes roaming the streets on this friday, halloween night. thousands of people are in costumes in the area while extra police officers are also out trying to keep the order, especially now that the friday night bar crowd is out and about. halloween is not just for the kid. this friday night in georgetown -- kids. this friday night in georgetown everyone is playing along from musicians to pets, costumes from the classics to the hop cal. classics-- topical. looks like she just escaped. how can we be sure you're not an actual convict? you could be? >> i could be. >> reporter: there are local favorites. there are some so spooky they sent stranger running and screaming. even you know who showed up, well, sort of. there are some who act the part. >> i'm a real reporter. >> reporter: no. i'm a reporter. >> really? i'm a real one. >> reporter: no, no. others who only look the part. what are you supposed to be? >> what do you mean? >> reporter: your costu

freshman lj going to be a good one georgetown up by two. minutelater, big guy inside will stop that, joshua wi. georgetown beat corpus christie 78-6 >>> the hoop crew, 9th rank virginia hosting south carolina state. early it is four-point ball game. cavs over to anderson knocking down 3 pointer. he had 17 points. virginia is up seven. later the defense starting to take over. anthony gill, easy jam the other way, uva up 21 half time. second half malcolm brogdon gets the block out on the break and the finish. 17 points virginia beat south carolina state. final score 75-55. i think georgetown is going to be really good this year. john ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. food is more than just a meal. ♪ food is love. at monsanto, we believe everyone deserves a healthy, balanced meal. and a future t

it made it to m street, the popular georgetown shopping area. not even agreed with the demonstration, but there were several outside supporters. tony talked to us while up on the street pole tries to get a good photo. >> this is a much bigger problem with race and class. maybe we can start some dialogue. >> you don't usually see something like this. >> reporter: a few demonstrators continued to the pentagon city mall. they laid down inside the mall calling it a die-in. it is what demonstrators did on georgetown streets and across the country. >> as long as our lives are taken out here in the streets, we have to keep being out here in the streets. >> reporter: stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >>> demonstrators headed to seventh and f street where they blocked traffic and the entrance to the gallery place metro before tonight's washington wizards game. alexandria one of three u.s. cities chosen for the banner program. new york and san francisco were the others. banners were placed along busy king streets. we spoke with the shoppers and the business owner

georgetown is up 5-3. later in the half, this time it's the freshman l.j. peak. george down starting to run away with this. watch this little two handed jam for the fans. a game high 23 points in his debut. georgetown wins 83-62. >> we are a totally different team than we were last year. we are a work in progress. there is long way to go. now we have to keep making progress. >> let's move to hockey. the capitals trying to regroup after a tough loss last night. the same mistake that happened against new jersey happened in st. louis. justin peters was in net for the capitals. second period, the blues are up 1-0. moore is going to fire on net. capitals tie the game at one. later in the period st. louis on the astack. kevin shat kirk got a stop. this is a 2-1 blues lead. early in the third, blues dump in the puck. peters can't clear it. an easy goal for david bacchus. the caps fall 4-1, blues. back at it on tuesday in arizona >>> the michigan state spartans are in town. first home night game since 2011. second quarter they are down 9-0. they are going for it on fourt

they'd go on to win, 2-0, over georgetown. >> thanks, jason.e'll see you back here after the gam. >>> o this sunday night, the homecoming for two americans suddenly released by north korea this weekend. and new details of the secret u.s. government mission that led to their freedom. >>> when the wall fell. as the world marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, tom brokaw remembers that night and witnessing history. >>> help wanted? it is shaping up as a banner year for holiday hiring with hundreds of thousands of jobs that need to be filled. tonight we'll tell you where they are. >>> and big dreams for some of the most fragile little lives as those who care for them see all of the possibilities.

the georgetown hoyas won again. the hoyas are 2-0 a good tuneup against a corpus christi team. 78-62 the final. in the second half, with the ball down low to josh smith. the big fellow going inside and he banks it in. 42-36 hoyas. georgetown broke it open setting up the offense with the defense on the transition. trout wig to smith. a ten-point lead. the georgetown defense has been impress ive. here they go again. watch this. off the turnover. make it go. here they go. he takes it all the way. the georgetown hoyas win 78-62. let me take you to charlottesville, virginia where the cavaliers played host to south carolina state first half alloway hoos. anthony gill. yes, sir. slam dunk. 31-14 uv asm. now virginia had the 22-6 run to break it wide open. the clock to run out. finish it in style with a reverse layup. 17 points. virginia wins easily, 75-55. manhattan gives us the player of the night. 0.8 seconds left. need a miracle. watch the inbounds pass to rich williams. right down main street. alley-oop, bam. slam dunk

they happened in cathedral heights and in georgetown. this started along mccomb on halloween when two women were held up. a couple was robbed walking home on idaho avenue early sunday morning. a man and his house mate were robbed in georgetown an hour before that. one of the victims talked with news 4 but did not want to show his face. >> just turns around with a gun and puts it in my house mate's face. >> they took off with smartphones, credit cards and cash. keep your phones tucked away. nobody was hurt there >> police need your help finding a man suspect indeed a deadly shoot anything anne arundel family. he shot and killed a man at ashley apartments on red clay road in laurel. investigators think the two were arguing before the shooting happened. canilla could be driving a 2006 cadillac escalade with maryland tags 01936cf. if you see the suspect or the car, call anne arundel county police >> there will be construction on the dulles toll road today. you may be slowed down as crews work on the eastbound lanes of the main toll. they are

stephen tschida is in georgetown with the skinny. you can see this is a big structure. it's going to be turned into a bunch of little apartments. that means a lot more residents in georgetown stop not everybody is thrilled about it will stop am a nowtham hotel vacant, a touch of urban blight in georgetown. >> it's a hood area if you are a college student. >> the developer out of bethesda shelled out more than $40 million for this property and plans to turn it inta micro unit apartment complex. micro as in small units. aside from college students, would young professionals want something so diminutive? >> i would. >> developers had to make concessions. tenets will get ike sheeran karsh or membership. existing parking spaces will be designated for retailers and their customers. who signed leases will have to agree not to park on crowded towards town streets. these apartments will feature thousands of square feet of shared space like kitchens and living rooms and laundry facilities. >> it sounds like warm rooms for adults. students andege young professionals may welcome th

all across our area today from georgetown and arlinon crowds came to shop and shout. >> hands up. >> today started with a group. >> people who need justice. >> reporter: peaceful for the most part with police looking on. later protesters converged on pentagon city. outside they shut down the street where a most uncivil exchange occurred when motorists shouted a racial. and these protesters say they plan to keep this up for quite some time now and it is becoming a weekend fixture in the area. we are live outside pentagon city. >> great work. and the anger is still fresh in ferguson. protesters still continue to fill the streets there and overnight there were more arrested. police arrested 16 people for disturbing the peace. one is accused of assaulting an officer. the group started gathering late last night when officers started moving. >>> a developing story outside montgomery mall. the crash happened around noon in the westbound lanes of democracy boulevard. paramedics rushed two women and a man to the hospital. >>> right now detectives are trying to solve a murder in northeast d.c.

part of the georgetown artillery, militia unit, citizen soldiers. he would've had a uniform, and during the summer of 1814, they would have drilled and trained periodically. key's big combat experience comes on august 24th at the battle of bladensburg. a small town, only a few miles outside of washington, d.c. in august of 1814, the british sent reinforcements against the united states to really turn the heat up a little bit. at that time, there were negotiators for both the british and the americans meeting -- both trying to find common ground to end the war of 1812. on the united states side, we really wanted to get out of the war with our honor intact. by this time, the treasury was running out of money, the invasions into canada, all appeared to be failures. we lost a lot of men. and it was really unlikely that we were going to take over canada. however, we didn't want to retreat from our demands about the british laying off our sailors and confiscating our merchant ships. we couldn't back off on that one. the british were also intimating they w

there is this bridge that exists that connects two streets in georgetown. they are bordering dupont circle. georgetown existed prior to washington. i think 1751 is when it was founded. decades before washington or the district of columbia. as the city developed over decades in into the 19th century, it sprawled closer and closer. there was a proposition to connect the two. rock creek in the rock creek george separated them geographically. they got to build a bridge. king street was the location selected for the bridge. there were a couple of issues. q street in washington andq street in georgetown are about 185 feet apart. the bridge would have to be curved, and secondly, q street ended in the historic dumbarton mansion, which had to be lifted up and moved about 100 feet to the able to build the bridge. there was a question about whether they should be a breach -- bridge. why not fill in rock creek gorge with rocks and other stuff? ultimately, they did not do. they got an architect named glenn brown at the turn of the 20th century to design this bridge and

second half, georgetown up big. then joshua smith dunks.they win it 80-66. >>> you may have heard of what's going on in buffalo, seven feet of snow, and now it's raining. buffalo beat the caps. a wrist shot off the mark. matt mole sulson. a perfect scoring touch. caps take advantage of a power play. he gets the puck and washington evens the score. meantime the sabers, who came in with the lowest point total in the league find a way to win. torrey mitchell scores what turns out to be the game winner >>> in college football there is something called an eight win plateau. that separates the good teams from the bad. the maryland terrapins only one win away. they beat the wolverines for the first time ever. christmas weather season is upon us. third quarter we are tied at nine. third and four for denver gardner. michigan, you can see how he celebrates. they are up 16-9. brad craddock in for the field goal. craddock shows off his acting skills. and it works because they get a first down. it pays off. the next play brown on the keeper from nine ya

georgetown, delaware, broke the record with 19 degrees. right now, we are still in the 20s in most of the area, but we have a couple of spots that have hit 30. not quite to freezing yet. the windchills are in the teens still north and west and low 20s across much of the rest of the area. it's not going to warm up a lot today. the high temperature, about 3:00 in the afternoon, about 33, 34 degrees. very, very cold for this time of the year. and then we level off as we head through the evening and overnight periods. the windchills, the feel-like temperatures will start to level off. that just means consistently cold. we will tell you when it's going to warm up and if there's rain over the weekend with the seven-day in a few minutes. >>> arctic cold and high winds sweeping across lake erie drops historic amounts of snow around buffalo. some predict eight feet before the end of tomorrow. >> reporter: the sun is shining. that's what's so incredible about lake affect snow. we had a wind shift. the heaviest snow is to the north by 35, 40 miles. i

not just georgetown and geor georgetown law and drew students fr

. >> reaction from students here at georgetown. >> i hope he learned his lesson. manricin maker danielmilz told the packed courtroom he is sorry and will never break the law again. last year in his dorm room, he admits he made ricin. atting the entire building risk. he says, because he was suicidal. other status because he was angry with the former friend on facebook. all at the courthouse were supportive of him. >> i think he wanted that person to die. >> he was premed. both parents left the courtroom without comment. his grandfather -- >> we are very happy the judge recognized all of the factors, and hopefully he will have a very productive future. >> the fbi said the ricin the unmanned made at georgetown was powerful enough to kill anybody under 220 pounds. fortunately, no one was injured. the judge gave him a year and a day. greg's it might not be enough. -- >> it might not be enough. but i also don't know the whole situation. >> in addition to the jail time, the judge said he will also be under three years of supervised release. and among the things the judge

georgetown is down two.peak, the freshman, gives it up to smith, rivera knocks down the three pointer. the hoyas are up one. second half action, they're opening up the lead. smith rivera gets the steel here, there's the finish. how about this? georgetown is up by six at this point on that play. wisconsin there, you know they're going to make a run. duke from the corner knocks down the three-pointer, wisconsin is back up by two. now they're up three. sam deck we are the ball passes it to bronson canes, wisconsin is up 5. georgetown can tie it with this three pointer right here but smithive are ha ive arrivera's mark. jrjtown falls to wisconsin 68-65. >>> even though it's a loss, that will look well when the tournament community looks at their resume. >>> we'll see you tonight after the game. hopefully you've had some seconds and >>> on the broadcast tonight, no place like home. that nasty winter storm that hassled millions lightens up for thanksgiving celebrations allowing many stuck travelers to make it to t

one of the things about nuclear weapons being back -- i am teaching now it georgetown -- at georgetown. knowthing that many of us about what nuclear weapons do has been lost . these kids have not done under their desks in grammar school. i did. i worry a great deal that we have -- a lot of people don't understand this magnitude. the idea of doing anything other than counterforce come anything other than striking back in a way that aims at disabling and ending the conflict is so reprehensible to me, i can't begin to express it. >> unfortunately, we have the same idea. one of the concepts was that we needed to let them know what cheap our conventional forces were in so they understood that our only viable response to the soviets might very well, very quickly be a nuclear tactical weapon. we had a series of step downs. the influenceout he has across the world. if i was a soviet reading his it isents, his comments, h not sufficient. he would never step off that and they have every right to believe a counterforce attack anywhere would be responded to tit-for-tat. that got us into war fighti

. >> reporter: for neighbors along spencer road along georgetown pike in mclean, it was a frighteningere a lot of police cars and assault weapons and s.w.a.t. gear and i think they were looking for somebody. >> reporter: there are many questions about what happened inside this home. >> it's really surprising. i've been living in this neighborhood for around 20 years and really nothing of this sort has ever happened and i've always felt safe walking around this neighborhood daytime or nighttime. >> reporter: the husband and wife who live here and are both 61 years old were the targets of a home invasion and stabbing. >> respond to a knock at the front door and they're confronted by a guy and he eventually makes his way into the house, assaults both the male and female. >> they were clearly very injured. at least one of them was, very, very injured. railroad you saw him being taken away in an ambulance? >> i did, yes. >> reporter: the male victim is a corporate attorney who works in an arlington law firm and also has his own practice. about the person who stabbed him and his -- the pers

. >>> a georgetown university student who had resip in his dorm room will spend a few -- ricin in his dorm room will spend a few more months behind bars. daniel milzman gets to have some credit for time served. police arrested the 20-year-old milzman this past march after he admitted he made ricin in the room he shared with another student. >> he made a mistake and i think he really, really has showed the court that he was -- he felt really bad. >> everybody in georgetown is not supportive. >> definitely not. that's for sure. >> a judge gave milzman three years of supervised release. during that time he has to complete 400 hours of community service which he will spend tutoring underprivileged students. he must also attend a mental health program. >>> in just the last two months three men have independently jumped the fence at the white house including that guy who made it through the front door carrying a knife. this has left a lot of us wondering how could this happen? some psychiatrists say the situations are like a ticking time bomb and our andrea mccarren set out to find out why.

georgetown. idaho avenue. 3:20. say in that violent confrontation, one of the pointed a handgun at said, the victims and it "how's it going, give me your money." near the who live crime scene are understandably shaken. usually very quiet and family friendly neighborhood. >> the third incident happened october therein on mccomb street around midnight only a stone's vibrant wisconsin avenue. >> i've lived in this years and hardly anything. into.a car is broken >> back in the winter of 2012, two years ago, there were well robberies scattered throughout northwest washington cases, theyof those were related, some weren't. patrols andeef up arrests were made. residents are opening the same will be done this time. fortunate nobody physically injured this time. anarundel county police need your help finding the man wanted deadly shooting. quinilla is wanted in the aguilar. officers say quinilla shot several times at an apartment on red clay road. i feel bad for the guy and his family, the guy who is a victim. hopefully the

initially, georgetown fire chief kelly babion and his team are there to protect surrounding homes with sandbags. >> in 1995, it was a pretty high snowfall year so the runoff was coming down fast, and the creek was high. and then we had a thunderstorm which increased the runoff on this particular day. >> but while sandbagging, three firefighters slip in. one who manages to hold on to a short brick wall is pulled to safety. a second, wearing a baseball hat, is also rescued by his colleagues. >> can you kick? >> but a third, todd neskiss, is not so lucky. he's stuck on the bridge, and no one is able to pull him up out of the powerful current. >> his legs catch under the bridge kind of like this, and his upper body is against that bridge and the water coming against his back is wanting to pull him under the bridge. he was starting to slip under the bridge, and his head was going under water. we're trying to pull him straight up, and it really wasn't working, the physics of that. his boots were full of water, and his turnout pants were full of water, and that was helping to hold him down. s

hometown forecast, going out to georgetown to cheer on the nbc 4 folks and everyone with cranksgiving. lunchtime and you'll be done about 12:05. 48 for a high in georgetown and back into the chilly upper 30s and 40s for saturday night on the town. on the whole, though, weather impact nice and low with plenty of sunshine for today. we'll have clouds back in for tomorrow. more importantly, the cold air ten days in a row colder than average is in retreat for now. chance for showers coming in late tomorrow. this rain chance will miss us today up into parts of western new york where they absolutely don't need anything in the way of moisture. our next rain chance will be scooped up out of the gulf coast and as a result our rain chances go up as the sun goes down tomorrow. download our storm team 4 weather app. a forecast you'll want to watch carefully. near 70 monday. chance for rain and snow day before thanksgiving. lows back down only to the 20s s. nowhere near as cold as it was this morning. tomorrow even with increasing clouds, a milder day coming with temperatures in the upper 50s to n

a former georgetown university student learns he said that for making the deadly poison ricin in his storm room. >> dana mills men received -- a received one year and one day and has already received credit for the time he's served. some say it is not severe enough. x some are surprised by this sentence of a year and a day. and because he's already been in jail for 7.5 months, subtract that, and then subtract time for good behavior. he could be in a halfway house in a couple of months. >> reaction from students here at georgetown. >> i hope he learned his lesson. manricin maker danielmilz told the packed courtroom he is sorry and will never break the law again. last year in his dorm room, he admits he made ricin. atting the entire building risk. he says, because he was suicidal. other status because he was angry with the former friend on facebook. all at the courthouse were supportive of him. >> i think he wanted that person to die. >> he was premed. both parents left the courtroom without comment. his grandfather -- >> we are very happy the judge recognized all of the factors, and

. >>> and right now we have a crime alert for georgetown students. university police are warning you to be aware of your surroundings following a series of on and off campus robberies. there have been at least seven instances. some were at gun point. >>> the parents of the ferguson, missouri, teenager killed by a police officer are back in the st. louis area this morning. michael brown's parents were in switzerland this past weeka unin rights commission hearing. the form looked at various issues, including police brutality in the it's. brown was unarmed when he was shot and killed by that police officer back in august. >> this is not a year or two years. this is hundreds of years this has been going on. oy son, but it must stop with my son. we know it won't. >> a georgia decision on whether to indecide officer darren wilson is expected soon. >>> a great holiday tradition kicks off in a few minutes. it's called toys for tots. you've heard it before. the annual toy drive sponsored by marine corps is set to begin at 9:30. toys for tots was created back

not just georgetown and geor georgetown law and drew students from the university of maryland and phd students. >> reporter: one of the students came to wocourt today. >> i knew he was very pompous and this was a big shock. >> reporter: prosecutors revealed in court they published a website on the rabbi's case so possible victims can contact investigators. emma and jeffrey reported her fears that she had been caught on camera and went public. as a result, they were shunned and made to feel like snitches at their synagogue in rockville. >> no one talks to us in that synagogue. >> the president did speak to us and said, don't expect an apology. >> reporter: this is how difficult this investigation is. detectives have about 10 years of video they have to review, women who wonder if they were potenti potent victims are told to submit a head shot and then the detectives go through the painstaking process reviewing the video looking for them. that's the latest at the d.c. courthouse. >>> family and friends of a high school student who's murdered will soon be gathering for a vigil in his hon

temperatures in the 40s. 63 degrees in georgetown, delaware. that's going to be the exception during the day today. most folks are not going to get to 60 degrees. only 53 by noon. we continue to expect the cloudy skies to continue, perhaps a little bit of drizzle at times. then the scattered showers moving in toward the afternoon rush. we will see if there's going to be more rain as we head through the weekend. but there's some cold blasts in that seven-day. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> all eyes are on john boehner today. he is set to hold a news conference. the man poised to become the next state senate majority leader spoke yesterday. mitch mcconnell insists there's no chance of a government shutdown or default on the debt. congressional leaders will come to the white house tomorrow to meet with president obama for the first time since the election. >>> a washington state man has been arrested after he allegedly killed his girlfriend and posted graphic photos of the crime scene on social media. the man was taken into custody last ni

and look at the thick fog for atlantic city, millville, dover, georgetown and wildwood. they're seeing zero visibility this morning. so, there's plenty of fog across delaware and south jersey, and clouds across the rest of the area, keeping temperatures much warmer this morning. we are running 15 to 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. it's 57 right now in philadelphia. that's close to the normal high temperature for this time of year. during the day, yes, we'll start with fog, but clouds break at 9:00, and by lunchtime, we'll see a nice breeze blowing, and that will push the clouds right out of here and it will get stronger as the day goes on. your hour-by-hour future weather when i come back in less than ten minutes. first alert traffic reporter jillian mele is standing by with your wednesday morning traffic. good morning, jillian. >> good morning to you, bill. so far, so good on a lot of the majors out there. no accidents to report on 76. in fact, this is a live look at 76 near montgomery drive. you can see it's quiet in both directions the entire length of 76 is problem

. >>> and this was sentencing day for the student charged with making ricin in his dorm room at georgetownniversity. we'll report what some >>> we've got an update now on that breaking news we're covering in woodbridge, virginia. parents are telling us woodbridge high school is on lockdown right now. and children who were doing after school sports and activities are not being allowed out. we told you at the top of the hour that a 16-year-old was shot and killed outside the school late this afternoon. we'll get back to woodbridge with more information as we get it. jim? >>> tonight, a children's therapist has been accused of having sex with one of his young clients during a therapy session. a grand jury handed up six fellow counts against gary hankins today. he's a clinical social worker facing now up to 30 years in prison if he's convicted. we broke this story on nbcwashington.com earlier today. and northern virginia reporter david culver joins us now. he's got details right now. david? >> reporter: vance, hannins is accused of having an inappropriate relationship in his office. police sea

he graduated from georgetown university and executive director of marketing of the boot campaign. thanks for joining us. >> yes. >> let's talk about why is it that so chelsea let me start with you what. is going on with voters? >> 13%, we saw a 6% decrease in 2012. i think about what is important to us? the people that ran for office, are they schaeffering a message how we're going to be able to pay our student debt? how we're going to be able to start a family? a business? in government not being everything we do. we have to get back to basics and look at what is important. we have to reach out and be effective with what we say and how we message. >> what do you suggest politicians taught to be talking about and framing the message. if they're going to attract the vote? . >> i don't know if it's anything in particular or the way they frame the message. it comes down to one thing. honesty. our generation is tire offed being lied to. and that they're looking for leadership. someone looking them in the eye and say look. we have tough decisions to make calls and i think our generatio

the thickest is in southern delaware, georgetown.ratures right now, 30s and 40s to start with. but we're looking at 60s this afternoon. but a chilly start at the bus stop with clouds and some fog. 37 in the suburbs and 48 degrees in center city. and the temperatures will climb to the low 60s by lunchtime today. >> thank you, bill. >>> salute to all our veterans out there. "today" show is next. we'll see you for an update in 25 minutes. >>> good morning. whiteout. heavy snow across the midwest. nearly 2 feet in some states and still falling, causing at least two deaths and hundreds of accidents, while much of the country gets set for a massive drop in temperatures. >>> ebola-free. the final patient being treated in the u.s. set to walk out of a new york city hospital this morning, as that nurse who fought quarantines in two states receives good news of her own overnight. >>> tragedy of errors. a scathing, new report blasts the clinic where joan rivers went into cardiac arrest. the doctors accused of failing to act quickly, even taking

isaac copeland, georgetown. 50-49 lead.turn the ball over too much in this game. this is a 5-2. kellen dunham knocks down the three-pointer. butler, they go on to pick up the win, 64-58 is your final. tough loss for georgetown. >> you think dez wells is going to be back -- >> i hope so. >> part of the big ten? >> i hope so. they're going to need him. key component to that team. >> all right. thank you, jason. >>> the white house christmas tree arrived this morning, pulling up on in a horse-drawn carriage. first lady, michelle obama came out to welcome, along with her daughters. >> christmas is coming. "nbc nightly >>> on our broadcast this friday night, cleared to play in the nfl. ray rice wins the appeal of his suspension. tonight, our first look at an nbc news exclusive matt lauer interviews his wife. >>> what a rush, shoppers blitz into the stores where some of them encounter protesters angry over the events in ferguson trying to stand between shoppers and deals. >>> buried in snow, two young boys found themselves trappe

so when i left macarthur in the summer and went to georgetown, by necessity i was reading in that area. and i was struck by something. by the fact it would be nuclear weapons, and i was surprised by that frankly. not by the area of expertise but i thought there was a progression downward but like to do if you would bear with me, to go through to get a better appreciation of where we are. and i mean up with like to take you on a horseback ride through 70 years of thinking of nuclear weapons, the theories of the vulnerability is of credibility. i don't think the appreciation for the historical context is best able to understand where we are to day given the complexities of the current situation. so i assaying cut me some slack. i will do it by a decade to make it more packaged as a presentation. still beginnings and in the 1940's. this was a period marked by a full durability and deterrence. and as you all know where those two things that came together, one was a delivery vehicle and it became claire that the missile could get through. the ballistic missile does get through and one could

crowds stopped traffic in chinatown and georgetown and in virginia people took over the food court in pentagon city. their message we won't stand for it. they claim there was no justice in michael brown's case. as derrick ward reports they are making their voices heard by stopping people in their tracks. >> reporter: they spent most of saturday in the streets, penn city, chinatown, georgetown, the reaction of the activities in ferguson. it's no accident these protests were held where they were at the start of the holiday shopping season. >> we're going to raise awareness of people. >> reporter: they did that. they raised the ire of some motorists who found themselves and cars in the middle of a movement outside of pentagon city. motorists exchanged words with protesters and had to be escorted. once there were sit ins now die ins a reference to the reasons and events that got them here but protesters say go beyond reason events. >> it's a greater movement for racial justice and equality for everyone. >> coming up today on "meet the press" moderator chuck todd leads a discussion on race

>> i did not. >> i knew it. >> georgetown, amsterdam, poland. says right where she is, in southern maryland, with her house finished. ahead,right, coming up election day. >> first the >> crews are working to fix -- fix it drawbridge snag in florida. a barge was asking underneath when it got tangled and caused it to crash right back onto the bridge. another crane is being brought in to free it. in the meantime, the bridge is closed, causing a big headache thedrivers in the area area u.s. occupational and health safety administration is finding the ring them brothers barnum & bailey circus for improperly stalling equipment to cause a terrible accident. remember this dramatic video? the acrobats were forming what they called the human chandelier stunt in rhode island when the clamp broke, sending them 35 feet to the ground. eight of them were seriously injured. the circus's parent company has 15 days to either pay the fine or contested. >> a different kind of show for you to check out this time, this one is about wrestling. as you know it is usuall

actions in chinatown, georgetown. a local reaction to events in missouri. catalyst for this cause. it's no accident these protests were held where they were at the start of the holiday season. >> you have got to raise raerness on theeople who spend their money. >> they did that. they raised the ire of motorists who found themselves in the middle. protesters say it goes beyond recent events. >> i hope we continue this movement. this isn't just about one kind of action. this is for justice. >> as we have heard, the resignation of darren wilson, it has ended his police career at least with ferguson. this is about broader issues >>> out in ferguson demonstrators set out on a so-called match for justice. they are going all the way to the governor's mansion in jefferson city, missouri. it's in the violent. they will set up events to encourage people to turn anger into action. they want reform in other departments across the country. >>> new at 11:00 we are learning that student was murdered. police say her boyfriend strangled her. she graduated from winston churchill high school in potom

melissa, tom, myself, we're bike riding, too, at the georgetown waterfront for this big food drive andvenger hunt. what's so awesome about this, what we do here benefits our local food charity, miriam's kitchen, which i have volunteered at before. >> love miriam's kitchen. >> wonderful organization. they help so many people around this time when it's so cold outside. they don't have a warm meal. >> i'm only going to tell you this once. >> oh, boy. >> put your helmet on. we're a little concerned about you. >> i'm a little concerned about me, too. >> it's as easy as riding a bike is there that's what they say. but the last bike i rode was a huffy. i said when i brake, i pedal backwards? he said that's not how these work and my executive producer e-mailed me saying i hope you don't die. >> maybe we should just wrap her up in bubble wrap and send her out. >> if it was a sunrise ride, i would be worried about you. it is cold out there this morning. by the time we get towards lunchtime, temperatures are up in the 40s. nice recovery coming our way. man, oh, man, is it cold outside this mornin

a major threat targeting infrastructure from the hoover dam to the georgetown reservoir. water anded by the sewer authority for the entire city. power plants this afternoon are also on alert after information has surfaced that computer networks with potentially destructive consequences have malicious software with the ominous name "black energy. can shutdown generators, open valves, and turn off pipelines. now, we have been in close contact with major utilities here at home. they tell us they regularly monitor threats of all kind. they specifically sent an e-mail to us, a written statement saying "we are part of a national cyber security monitoring network as well as a regional network. like all utilities, we require critical infrastructure to provide service to our customers. we want to assure our customers that we remain vigilant on all matters relating to security, including cyber security. abc news is reporting this afternoon, according to sources, the hackers are coming from russia and may be by the russian government. gonzalez, abc seven news. >> we are also learnin

fielded manys calls at georgetown university. now they're also hearing from can communicate word.t saying a tips we normally wouldn't have gotten. >> they come to the police chief and others through a new security app called live safe. it allows students to text in concerns when there's no for help whensk there is. >> we just want tips we normally wouldn't have gotten. >> they come to the police chief and others through the informatn and by having this platform available, we're getting good information. >> and it's already led to arrests, including in an indecent exposure case, where the victim used the app to get there on the sly before the suspect could get away. >> if they're in a situation where they're uncomfortable making a phone call, students text all the time. it doesn't look any different. >> the designer, including a shooting survivor, made it possible for students to the texts with videos and picture. >> it instantly shows up on the dashboard. then there's a two-way chat. >> the chats help resolve crimes that live saf

a man and his house mate were robbed in georgetown about an hour before that. one of the victims talked with news 4 but did not want to show his face. >> just turns around with a gun and puts it in my house mate's face and makes us both get on the ground. >> in all the cases, the robbers took off with smartphones, credit cards and cash. no one was hurt. >>> new this morning, we now know the cause of the fire that destroyed part of this montgomery county home. the fire likely started in the engine of one of the family's cars. it quickly spread through the home on tracy drive in white oak. three people have to find somewhere else to stay the. it did $130,000 in damage. >>> the georgetown between who was found guilty of making ricin will now serve time in jail. he planned to use it on another student or to commit suicide. he is facing between one and two years in prison. . >>> today the d.c. council needs to figure out where homeless families can stay when it gets colder this winter. council member jim graham has championed this effort. right now d.c. shelters can

in college basketball, georgetown plays texas a&m. lj peak -- he went nine for nine in his college debut, 23 points in the opener, the most points any freshman in his debut has ever scored. a showstopping jam for which he said i'd like to see more rebound out of the kid. that's the coach talking about a freshman. for hockey fans, the caps are in arizona tonight. arizona sounds pretty good with the weather the way it is here. and freshman debut? not bad. >> we have some breaking news from capitol hill -- the u.s. senate has defeated a bill authorizing the construction of the controversial keystone xl pipeline. it just was 59-41, so failed to meet the 60 vote threshold to avoid a filibuster. the white house indicated president obama would veto the bill if it got to his desk. is coming up >>> welcome to "world news tonight." breaking now, a state of emergency now declared. the crippling storm, drivers trapped for hours, the interstate shut down, and the new images of that system moving in. more than six feet of snow before it's over, and

wind damaged ae construction site near old georgetown road. seven as we abc follow the cold weather. eileen will be back with an updated forecast in just a few moments. there's a lot to talk about when it comes to the redskins will stop it has been a rough day on and off the field. the teams buses got into an accident while driving to the minneapolis stadium and thousands of people gathered outside the stadium to protest the redskins name. so we want to give you details about the crash involving the redskins bus will stop here at gahr sans treated -- tweeted this picture with a message saying they were ok. a team spokesman says two buses carrying players and staff for being escorted to the stadium. one of the police vehicles crashed into a guardrail which prompted the driver of the first bus to slab on the break and the second buses -- the second bus hit the first one. one person was taken to the hospital. the venue for today's game was considered the largest protest yet over the name of the redskins. thousands of people marched and held signs

. >>> georgetown taking on butler. second half action, hoya up by one.ute left, tied at 52. ho hoyas turn the ball over on an inbound pass. dun ham knocked down the three-pointer butler beats georgia 64-58. >>> in brooklyn, second half, u.va up 16. watch this hustle. anderson misses the three, stays with it, to gill for the finish, virginia now up by ten in the second half. >>> before virginia and virginia tech faced off on the football field, popping the senior on senior night, she did say yes otherwise we couldn't show this. second quarter virginia up 10-6. brewer is going to get hit, intercepted by david dean ends up into the end zone, touchdown there, virginia up 13-10. same score in the third. brewer finds a wide open cam phillip, 36 yard touchdown right now hoekys lead 17-13 in the fourth quarter. >>> maryland will host rutgers tomorrow in college park. final home game of the season for terps. >>> to hockey, the capitals against islanders. lost to islanders in ot just two nights ago. up the ice strong snuck past chad johnson, caps up 2-0. tom wilso

. >> the rabbi accused of recording women in a georgetown bath was in court. barry freundel pled not guilty. accused of planting a hidden camera at a ritual bath. also works at towson university in maryland. prosecutors say they need more time to work on their cases and scheduledearing is for january 16. lawyers for the man convicted of killing chandra leavy asking more time. her remains were discovered in 2002. the case remained a mystery until 2009 when police linked the death to a pattern of attacks. ue's cellmateandiq lied. >> congress holding a hearing on ebola. lawmakers will consider a request for more than on $69 in $6rgency aid to fight -- billion in emergency aid to fight ebola. care workershealth are needed to treat the deadly virus over the next few months. the country are demanding changes to how the u.s. and is cases of ebola. .c., nurses are rallying outside the white house. john gonzalez is live with more. good afternoon. from california to maine, registered nurses, thousands of them have walked off the job this afternoon. we are in the middle

i'm with the georgetown institute for women, peace and security. the panel mentioned that we're seeing a particularly large increase in the number of girls that are crossing the border. i was wondering if you could address why that is, what particular gender-based vulnerabilities we're seeing at play. and then as a two-part question, how the system is treating that in particular in trainings, at eoar when you're working with these young girls. thank you. >> talk about the training. >> yeah. i mean, i think we're seeing more girls. i mean, i think it's because of the safety issues in these countries and, you know, if you're a parent here -- and i also want to add, i mean, 55% of the kids are being -- are coming and reunifying with parents which goes back to the whole issue around no cir. but if you're a parent here and you're worried about your daughter, you're going to -- you're going to bring her. and i think that we work with a number of girls who are victimized by the gangs. you know, rape is one of the things that they use against the girls. so

coming up, a concussion may have benched this georgetown student. benched this georgetown student.sing her story to take benched this georgetown student. she'can you start tomorrow?ke yes sir. alright. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up. because tomorow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. when csx trains move forward, so does the rest of the economy. csx. how tomorrow moves. >>> today a george washington university basketball player will play for the first time in more than a year. >> concussions put her on the sidelines. news 4 sports reporter jason pugh tells us how lauren chase is using her experience in a positive way. >> i really didn't know much about concussions because it wasn't something that was very prevalent or talked about much in high school. >> reporter: lauren chase is sharing her story to help athletes better understand concussions. >> it's something very prevalent in athle

. >> abby smith, noted law professor teaching her georgetown students how to mount a criminal defense. >> icad please the court -- >> is a subject that has fascinated television audiences for decades. >> how to get away with murder. >> what is defending the accused like? >> admitted the lunches and the outfits, her students grapple with ethical questions. out tohem, who is cut defend a criminal, especially when it is not a victimless crime. >> we believe that they actually did it. >> it is a central question. >> we incarcerate people in proportionally based on their income. >> the law is stacked against defendants. the court is stacked against defendants. a is more challenging to be criminal defense lawyer. >> the first thing a good attorney gives his client is faith. >> it is truly horrible. going in, conducting legal visits, you still feel it. it is oppressive. you are constantly being watched. it is uncomfortable, it is dirty. it is not a place that you want to be. >> inevitably, courtroom jitters. bit of anger for them. >> in the end, an old civics lesson. >> everyone deserves rep

her legacy of excellence continues to echo through a georgetown community. the georgetown university president noted that lancaster, quote, provided extraordinary leadership and dean of sfs and was a leader and professor contributing in countless ways to our community through her vision and scholarship. moreover, the joy and dedication that carol brought to her work inspired us all to be the very best versions of ourselves, he said. chairman of the foreign visitors noted as the first woman and first alumnus to become dean of the school of foreign service, she was renowned for her commitment to her students and demonstrated both intellectual, curiosity, and courage. and had a profound effect on the way we think about global development. carol will be remembered as a pioneering woman, international affairs, and stalwart champion of human dignity. in conclusion, when speaking around the world, she also had to stand on what she called the madeline albright box to be seen over podiums. today thousands of young students and women from across the world stand on her

there is a bad accident in georgetown. >> this involves a guy who was out jogging this afternoon.a residential area of 28th and q streets. he was hit by a car and pinned under that car. he has been taken to a local hospital. he is in extremely critical condition. d.c. police major crash investigators are there at the scene as you can see. but now, again, a jogger hit at 28th and q streets in the residential area of georgetown this afternoon. extremely critical. back to you. >> all right. wendy, thank you. >> marijuana moving families across state lines. >> there is my daughter's life. obviously, i'm going to do anything i can to save it. >> mothers from around the country doing anything they can to save their children. but it's not coming without controversy. >> i'm dorothy spencer in prince george's county. we're out in the snow today talking to fans about rg-3 being benched for sunday's game. we'll have a story coming up in a live report. news 4 at 5:00. >> and storm team 4 staying on top of this winter storm. when will the snowflakes finally move out of your neighborhood? >>> a