this wasn't justine's decision. that was a decision made by her attorneys. >> ah, yes, the attorneys. their names? maxwell battle and david stoft. according to the winters, the two assured them the lawsuit, if she was found not guilty, would give them a better shot at an insurance reimbursement later. >> there was no intent of going for the estate, making that family endure more than they've already endured. >> but the optics were awful. >> oh, the timing could have been -- who knows -- better. >> you pick up the newspaper, you look at the blogs, you hear the radio and what you got was, those awful people, those disgusting, terrible people. what are they thinking, trying to sue the victims of this crime? >> that's what was portrayed. but the actual intent was not that. at all. >> all rise. district court is now in session. >> misunderstood or not, by the time justine winter's trial for deliberate homicide started in january 2011, the tide of public opinion had turned as bitter as a montana winter. the hearts of erin

that justine also wore her seat belt. finally, a psychologist said what actually a lot of experts said that a spat with a boy wasn't enough to lead to a sue pseudoattempt, and those texts? they should not be considered a suicide note at all. >> it was a way of exercising power and control. in the relationship. to make that kind of threat. but it was always clear that it was never meant. >> what would justine winter say about what happened here that night, about those texts? the jury would never know. she did not testify on the advice of attorneys, said her family, and, of course, that was her perfect right, but there was another reason, too. justine suffered a brain injury in that crash. so, her recollection of the last few days leading up to the crash and that night itself here, she doesn't remember. she is charged with a crime about which her memory is a complete blank. so, then, how could the jury know that justine knowingly crossed the center line, having decided to commit suicide by hitting the other car? the questio

[laughter] >> justin: love it. >> mark: you never cease to amaze me, petros papadakis. >> justin: two backs in. morrow and wicks. >> mark: that turns into a huge, huge turn of events if they can't convert. stanford was charged with a timeout, so only one left at peace. >> justin: 2:44 to go. three-point ball game. handoff to morrow. morrow polling with an extra effort, gets the first down. what a second effort by jamal morrow. >> mark: watch gerard wicks on peter kalambayi way up here, leading the way for washington state to convert on 3rd & 1. look at the left side of the screen. great job by the tailback taking on a a great defensive end. and then the will of morrow. >> petros: it reminds me of a player you had come up michael james. not a big guy, but in short yardage situations, you had to trust him, and he would find a way to have some of the more powerful runs. some of his best friends were very short. that was one of jamal morrow's best runs. >> justin: it is morrow again. takes it across midfield. >> mark: a little confusion. >> justin: let's take a look at the road ahead for

(justine) coming up...it is unclear tonight who is in charge at the top consumer watchdog agency... we'll explain the confusion and you the impact it could have on your finances. plus... a 16-year-old girl has taken up baking to help pay for her mom's cancer treatment... we will show you how making the delicious treats has changed her future. and... he survived the las vegas shooting... only to lose his life in another tragic way.. that story is after the break... (justine) that breaking news were are following... four people are dead, and five are injured after a deadly hit-and-run crash in san pablo. it happened just after 8:00 tonight...on interstate 80 at the san pablo dam road off-ramp. here is a picture from the scene just into the kron four news room. five cars were involved. traffic is being diverted off at el portal drive. chp officials said they do not know when westbound i-80 traffic will be allowed past el portal drive. kron four's hermela aregawi is headed to the scene now...we will go live to

(justine) still ahead... find out why the new bart trains will likely not be in service by thanksgiving. (lawrence bay area weather)we could see some showers this holiday week. i'll show you where next. (jr stone) and first... it was pigs destroying people's lawns... now it is aggressive turkeys invading neighborhoods... we will tell you where these animals are going wild. sfx: squeak sfx: stair creak sfx: clink sfx: deep breath sfx: grunt sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling sfx: slice sfx: gasp sfx: inhale. exhale. sfx: lights scraping on roof sfx: metallic scrape sfx: grunt covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. (jr stone) there's good and bad news on bart's new 775-car fleet. the manufacturer has a fix.... for problems that surfaced during a test run . however its highly unlikely any of the trains will be in service by thanksgivingbart's original goal. earlier this month... the 10- car pilot train arrived at the bay fair bart station during an inspection run as it d

(justine) coming up...t is unclear tonight who is in charge at the top consumer watchdog agency... we'll explain the confusion and you the impact it could have on your finances. plus... a new app is helping connect more customers to black-owned business... hear from the women behind the official "black walls-street" app... and why you should download it. and... over a month after the las vegas shooting massacre...a survivor in that shooting is killed in a terrible accident... that story is after the break... >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] (justine) a las vegas man survived the mass shooting in las vegas...only to be killed by a hit-and-run driver. roy mc-clellan died in the crash earlier this week. reporter kelsey thomas tells us that his widow is now left with another wave of heartache. "i'm a

(justine) good evening i'm justine waldman. (jr stone) and i'm j-r stone. we are following breaking news tonight... cult leader and convicted murderer-- charles manson--- has died. (justine) debra tate says she received a call from the prison just after eight pm that manson had died. tate is the sister of actress sharon tate-- who was killed by manson's followers in the 60s. manson was taken to a hospital in bakersfield earlier this week... escorted by five corrections officers. manson was serving a life- in-prison sentence for orchestrating the 19-69 murders of seven people. the report says the hospital is contacting the families of all of his victims. charles mason was 83-years old. we are waiting for more information surrounding manson's death... and we will bring updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. (justine) more breaking news we are following we are breaking news more breaking news we are following tonight... a plane crashes into a home in the south bay.. injuring three people. and tonight we are learning that the plane had been rented from

(justine) and i am justine waldman. fountaingrove is where officials say the fires melted underground plastic pipes. this map shows us where the damaged stormdrain pipes have been located. at least eight pipes were destroyed. and now, 20 other sites are being inspected. the pipes that melted, were in some cases, damaged up to a few hundred feet. (justine) a sinkhole has already opened up on the end of newbury court... officials say the reason why they are seeing this problem in fountaingrove... is because the plastic pipes are relatively new... also the impact of a damaged pipe would be higher in fountaingrove because of the area's terrain. officials are asking people to be vigilant. and be prepared to evacuate if it becomes necessary. (jrs) turning now to kron-4 meteorologist lawerence karnow(justine) lawrence is t

(justine) and i'm justine waldman.all of famer has made himself visible around southern nevada. but there are questions about an incident at a vegas hotel ... and about where o-j is getting his money. reporter ron futrell has the story. malcolm lavergne/o.j. simpson's attorney: "he loves nevada, he loves las vegas, he loves the people here, he likes that people just kind of mind their own business and they're living their lives. i think he's come out and said that people are living their lives and not trying to stick their noses into anybody else's business, so he's having a very good time in las vegas, a lot better than he thought he would."oh ya, oj -- seen in this photo handing out candy to kids halloween night here in town.also seen often in downtown summerlin, having dinner.but then there was this incident at the cosmo last week. (reporter question offcam)malcolm lavergne/o.j. simpson's attorney: "i'll tell you what happened at cosmo, nothing. nothing at all happened at cosmo other than mr simpson was asked not to

(justine) and after the break.. neighbors of the man who shot and killed 5 people in tehama (te-hae-ma) county are speaking out. why they say he was targeting a young boy. (jr stone) the neighbor of a man who went on a shooting rampage in tehama county says the gunman had threatened to kill one of his victims and go to an elementary school to kill the victim's son. the man says kevin neal would scream at his neighbor across the road. police say neal killed 38-year-old danny elliott and elliott's mother, 68-year-old diana steele, in an apparent act of revenge on tuesday. neal also shot up the elementary school that elliott's son attends. he tried repeatedly to get into a classroom. neal killed five people, including his wife... and wounded at least a dozen adults and children before police killed him. (justine) and a small community near rancho tehama is coming together to pay their respects to the victim's of the shooting. (jr stone) a prayer vigil was held in red bluff-- as pastors of all faiths came together to br

(justine) and...ng boy in central california dies in a freak accident while sleeping in his bed. we'll explain after the break. we need to be ready for whatever weather may come our way. my name's scott strenfel and i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. during storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. learn how you can be prepared at pge.com/beprepared. together, we're building a better california. (justine) a 11-year old boy died after a truck crashed into his house. on saturday morning in madera, the truck driven by a 36-year old man lost control. the truck then hit a propane tank which launched the truck into the room where two boys were sleeping. and landed on their bunk bed. the 11-year old boy was pinned under the truck. witnesses des

(justine) and i'm justine waldman...n-4's camila bernal is tracking the hunt for the escapees who are considered dangerous tomorrow will be a week since these two inmates escaped from a courthouse in palo alto and authorities want to remind the public that there is a 25 thousand dollar reward for anyone with information that leads to the arrest of tramel mcclou and john bivins.somehow the two men got away from a deputy that was escorting them in court.they are handcuffed, waist chained, shackled.but the men used this key to break free then they left though an emergency exit.we believe it was an orchestrated escape, where they had a car staged. authorities believe they got help from marquita kirk and rene hunt. both were arrested but officials have yet to locate mcclou and bivins. in palo alto, camila bernal kron 4 news. (jr stone) oakland police tweeting out about more violations related to last night's sideshows... multiple cars were towed overnight.... oakland police tweeted saying "do not come to oakland to drive reck

justin thomas vaults to the top.in) that putt on nine, that's kinda when i knew i was really, really feeling it. (ed) and down the stretch came a birdie on 15... oh, come on. be as good as you look. and i had just an awesome tee shot there, i felt like that was probably one of my better swings of the week. (commentator) wow. unbelievable 3-wood. (ed) ...and another birdie on 17. seventeen's one of the harder holes out the. it was another one of those things that just, the putter was feeling good and i got it start oin and it just went right in the back. (commentator) supposed to break a little bit to the right, and he made it! justin thomas is now 7-under on the day... and in sole possession. whoo! look at that scorecard. the tee shot on 18 wasn't the best, but the second shot was probably the best shot i've ever hit in my life. (joe) 18, second shot, par 5, justin thomas. (commentator) it's 299 yards. (spectator) get in the hole! (commentator) oh, and david, it is all--you can see him trying to bring thatal back to

(justine) and...in central california dies in a freak accident while sleeping in his bed. we'll explain after the break. (jr) new at ten... nearly two dozen people are without a home tonight... after a fire swept through a housing complex in stanislaus county. the fire broke out around 6:30 this morning... at an aparement complex in the town of ceres. many of the residents say it started outside... but it quickly engulfed the complex. francisco vizcaino(viz-ky- ee-no) says he raced from his home nearby... making sure everyone made it out of their home. (francisco vizcaino/helped resident escape from apartment fire): "there were people inside here and i helped them open the window to get them out and then the young lady out here, i got her out too. she's in a wheelchair and couldn't really walk, so i had to get her into her wheelchair to get her out." four people were trapped in the apartment... but were all rescued. vizcaino(viz- ky-ee-no) says he suffered some burns... but stepping in to help was wor

and this was resting her head on justin's shoulder.t, the singers went their separate ways for a few hours. justin had a business meeting in beverly hills at 11:00 a.m. and selena did a yoga class at 12:00 p.m. justin played hockey and selena cheered him on from the stands. at this point, if you had any doubt these two are moving past the friend zone, check out selena after the hockey game wearing justin's jersey. oh, it's so on. their date night ended back at her place around 9:00 p.m. so, is it time to call them an official couple again? according to our source, they're not seeing anyone else and they're spending all their free time together. so, you do the math. justin and selena split in 2016 after an on again and off again relationship for about five years. but that same source tells us, don't call this getting back together, quote, it's really a brand-new relationship. completely different. okay, i get that. but their die-hard fans are all about this reunion. at one point the #julena tag is back, trending on twitter. i'm not so s

including the case of justin sullivan. >> i don't think justin sullivan cared anything about the religionhe thought that this was essentially a death cult. >> reporter: mccord says it might surprise you how many of the cases her office has prosecuted have little to do with twisted religious beliefs, more to do with young men and powerless. for your teenagers it's just a few clicks away and most parents don't know. >> they have an entire chat room to give you information how to protect your computer from surveillance and the fbi. >> reporter: seamus hughes of george washington university leads a program and group that tracks and analyzes extremists online. >> they just posted this? >> they just posted this five minutes ago. >> reporter: if you think smart, successful kids are somehow immune to the trap doors online, come with us to the federal transfer center in oklahoma city. there is someone who can answer questions about the story of two honors students from small mississippi towns. one of them a cheerleader, the other a soccer player. through the door, mohammad daklala, a young man who

last year was a nod to justin's "trolls" movie. to be woody, jessie, and buzz. >> jessica's going to be jessie? >> i love that. my godson was woody for halloween this year. >> nischelle approved. >> jessica said she knew justin was the one after they had been she called up a girlfriend and said, i am going to marry this man. >> sometimes you just know. i love that. i love her costume idea. >>> speaking of transformations, margot robbie playing tonya harding on scene is everything. >> everyone has their own truth. >> reporter: margot channels the disgraced skater. >> i was the best figure skater in the world at one point in time. >> reporter: she trained five days a week because she couldn't skate at all. >> everyone was like, you don't no how to skate? i grew up on the golf course in australia. no. >> reporter: her mom is played by allison janney. >> when i was a kid, did you ever love me? >> i made you a champion. >> it wasn't as big of a physical transformation. the age makeup. prosthetics. >> reporter: they include a fake nose a

(justine) and i'm justine waldman...veterans got together in the presidio to prepare and deliver meals to the people affected by the north bay fires. kron 4's camila bernal takes us there. these veterans chose to celebrate by preparing 500 lunches for north bay fire victims 1:21:19:14 on veterans day we have veterans from all different backgrounds and different branches of military service that come together and we work together putting in some volunteer time to give back to the communityand although they should be the ones getting the lunches, they prefer to give1:30:14 sometimes honoring and serving are the same thing and in our experience if you want veterans to participate there has to be some element of service and some element of taking care of one anothersome of the lunches were delivered to veterans but they also included deliveries to the homeless and those who were simply in need 1:30:23 instead of the stories of veterans being broken and sad and ptsd and suicide and so forth which are true but there's a broade

(justine)and im justine waldman. police say social media posts adverstised a sideshow for tonight that could draw hundreds of people. (jr stone) kron 4's ella sogomonian is live in the studio with new details on what we've seen tonight... (ella) there have already been violations tonight... oakland police tweeted this picture in the last thirty minutes...saying "one of the cars towed so far related to hash tag side show. and social media posts claim there are already hundreds of people out participating. but i spoke with a man whose documented these events for years who defends sideshows as really just a social event that still needs a sanctioned space to keep it going but also keep it safe. (screeching tires) people, music, and suped up cars. that's what sideshows are about says yakpasua zazaboi who filmed the risky stunts in east oakland more than a decade ago when they first gained popularity.sot: yakpasua zazaboi, sydewayz media // "it was a phenomenal thing to see literally thousands of black faces getting along

justin thomas vaults to the top.in) that putt on nine, that's kinda when i knew i was really, really feeling it. (ed) and down the stretch came a birdie on 15... oh, come on. be as good as you look. and i had just an awesome tee shot there, i felt like that was probably one of my better swings of the week. (commentator) wow. unbelievable 3-wood. seventeen's one of the harder holes out the. it was another one of those things that just, the putter was feeling good and i got it start oin and it just went right in the back. (commentator) supposed to break a little bit to the right, and he made it! justin thomas is now 7-under on the day... and in sole possession. whoo! look at that scorecard. the tee shot on 18 wasn't the best, but the second shot was probably the best shot i've ever hit in my life. (joe) 18, second shot, par 5, justin thomas. (commentator) it's 299 yards. (spectator) get in the hole! (commentator) oh, and david, it is all--you can see him trying to bring thatal back to the right. -oh, my--what a shot! -

narrator: justine is fully committed to the cause. but after the presidential election she too suffered a disappointment. her party chose not to endorse her as a parliamentary candidate, opting for a more experienced politician to run in her district. justine tries her best to come to terms with the decision. >> yes, that came as a blow. suddenly we didn't see eye to eye anymore. but these rivalries and the issue of who gets which post, they're of secondary importance. narrator: even without a seat in parliament, justine has enough on her plate. the protests against macron are growing in number. in particular, the left wing party of jean-luc melenchon is drawing support. melenchon is fighting against macron's plan to legislate his new workplace agenda by decree, without input from parliament. >> the government has launched a full-scale attack on the french people. this affects all of our society's achievements -- the education system, the healthcare system, pensions, social law. this is their attack on us. narrator: justine finds the

justin's tv family was there. came without her fiance while milo ventimiglia, chrissy metz were also among the guests at the small private affair. since his movie, a bad moms christmas was out, i had to ask about this scene. >> did he practice his santa sexy dance at home? he had some really interesting moves. >> can i be honest with you? he didn't want to, and i'm like, babe, i'm going to need you to practice those moves. >> she wanted it with eye contact, which i thought was really weird. >> though she gave it her best shot, mila cue nkunis said she get him to crack when it comes to giving up secrets to this is us. >> i was like come on, i got to know. i'm a fan. >> you see that? you're not the only one trying to get secrets from the this is us stars. >> i've been trying to get secrets from cameron mathison about his hallmark movie. >> you know who's an open book? kelly clarkson. we were shocked at one headline that claimed kelly once contemplated taking her own life. kevin frazier sat down with kelly aft kelly

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justin finch is live in fairfax with more. justin?porter: eun, you can bet that both parties will be watching all this play out. the fairfax county government -- the play out of the counting of the ballots. let's take a look at this graphic here. we have three races now in play. three districts in the house of dell gratz. two are northern virginia districts and democrats are counting 49 seats, republicans 51. that could very soon change. starting at 9:00 a.m. this morning, fairfax voters who used provisional ballots for various reasons will make their cases for election officials to count these races are very tight. these votes could decide the difference between a 50/50 split as well as a clear majority. so a losing candidate in this race so far can ask for a recou recount. you can bet a lot of eyes are watching what will play out today in fairfax county. back to you. >> justin finch, live for us in fairfax. thank you, justin. of course, we'll update the election results in the nbc washington app as the final counts are certified. se

i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you in the studio. >> tough news. >> unfortunate update to that story. >>>let get a check of the forecast. sheena parveen is here. >> if you're headed out. anyone heading out for black friday shopping, here's what it looks like the next few hours. the temperatures won't be warming up too quickly. 7:00 a.m., around freezing. many suburbs in the 20s. plenty of sunshine and dry roads for your travel. we'll look at the forecast and the weekend plans, coming up. >>> thanks, sheena. plus the kids made wish lists, now it's time to track down the toys. up next, a look at some of this best times to bu >>> a woman died after being injured in an early morning house fire. flames broke out at this capitol heights home just after 3:00 this morning. >> fire crews say that the woman was in her 70s. firefighters had to pull her from the home on wilbur avenue. only had minor injuries. justin finch is live on the scene and will have an update coming up. >>> meanwhile, we're waiting to learn the

i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you in the studio. >> all right. justin. thank you so much.g for the very best for those -- that woman and the firefighter. >> this thanksgiving, it almost did not happen for yun local firefighter. following months into his job. >> dane smothers jr. was critically hurt after responding to a scene. you may remember this scene in august. smothers is recovering well. his family welcomed news 4's kristin wright into their home to show what they're thankful for. >> you definitely look at things differently. being thankful for life. >> he's such a great guy. smothers says he's not worried about the permanent scars. he's in physical therapy and is working hard to get back to fighting fires. >>> well, if you are shopping online, you'll be getting holiday packages in the mail. >> i love to -- i like that. there are some things that you can do to make sure a thief does not steal those gifts. montgomery county police, say you should have someone can get the maybe your workplace or a neighbor's house. you can ship it to a carrier's location or to the stor

justin bieber and selena gomez. slee selena wasn't in hiding after her breakup with the weeknd. ♪ >> justin and selena biked around l.a. on wednesday. he led the way in a red hoodie while selena kept it low key in a gray sweater. next stop, a quick coffee break. ♪ after that, the singers went their separate ways for a few hours. justin had a business meeting in beverly hills, and selena did a yoga class in west hollywood. they were back together a few hours later. that's justin, number 6, playing hockey while selena cheered in the stands. their date night ended back at her place. is it time to call them an official couple again? according to our source they aren't seeing anyone else and they are spending their free time together. so you do the math. next couple, talk show host wendy williams and her husband, kevin hunter. he was with her when she fainted live on air during her halloween show. >> i'm feeling hot and a little dizzy. >> the next day wendy explained what happened when the show cut to a commercial. >> i'

including the case of justin sullivan. she says his obsessions were not about politics or radical islam. >> i don't think justin cared anything about the religion. he thought this was a death call to acquire weapons and killing as many people as he could. that's all he wanted to do. >> mccord says it might surprise you how many of the cases her office has prosecuted have little to do with twisted religious beliefs, more to do with young men and 89% are male just feeling powerless. >> some have mental health problems and some drug problems. some have criminal history. >> john miller, deputy commissioner of intelligence for the new york city police department says isis recruiters online know their targets well. >> what is the void? where is the hole in this person's life? how do we fill that piece and bring them onboard? >> one of their video promises no more humiliation. >> they say, you know, you can go from whatever you are, maybe you're a loser, to being a lion. and all you have to do is follow this code. they put togeth

. >> justin finch was live near keed latest details on this. justin, what do you know? >> reporter: hey there, aaron. police have been on scene for hours. i'm told one of the victims did fall from his injuries. you can see going towards georgia and illinois, those streets remain closed this morning as this investigation continues. again, we have a double shooting that happened in this area of georgia avenue close to midnight. one person died. another one expected to survive. both we are told are -- the shooter in this case was able to escape. now, you might recall that just a few days ago back on tuesday, another double shooting happened not too far from this area on the 1300 block of rittenhouse street northwest. in that case, a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed. his friend with him, he is expected to survive. as you look at t morning, traffic is beginning to build up. cars are moving about. you'll have to bear in mind, police are telling me the closures are expected to go into -- rather be lifted about 8:00 a.m. this morning. live here in northwest, justin finch, ne

i'm justin finch. news 4.ack to you. >> thank you, s how completely that house was engulfed in flames. thank you. >>> new york city is honoring the people who died in that terror attack. the lights competely off in the empire state building. >> the building went black for the eight victims who died. including a mother and group of friends. >> oh, my -- okay. i need an ambulance right here. >> a dozen people were hurt in that attack including students and staff on this school bus. you can look at the damage there from the side. this is video of the first responders who were getting to the scene. you can hear someone calling for help. police say the suspect, saipov deliberately slammed into that bus. >> we want to take a look at the developments. the suspect was inspired by isis. >> he wanted the attack to play out on halloween. police say the suspect believed the streets would be extra crowded and he rented a truck ahead of time to practice making turns. >> meanwhile the fbi is questioning a second man from uzb

justin: well, i don't know. is, i think, i should just remind your viewers i was very pro-remain. i strongly believe this is a bad decision for the country and our future, but that was our house view. at the same time, any major disconnect and clearly brexit is that, creates opportunity. i think we ourselves have quite a bullish view, not just of europe but also opportunities that will exist in the u.k. because my grandfather used to say where there is mud, there's grass. that will create opportunities for investors like us whose focus is business transformation. matt: i have got to ask you quickly a question on bitcoin here. someone who used to run a retailer, surely, you thought about digital currency transactions. how close is that kind of thing to becoming a reality on the high street? will bitcoin never be used in that way? "never" is a very big board. at the moment, you are seeing this incredible volatility, which in the end, is the very reason why a mainstream operators won't touch it. that volatility is

justin: a lot of it is.'m sure there are elements of this before, but starting in the 1970's and then into the 1980's and 1990's, there was much more serious analysis by economists and political rhetoric about the economic impact of taxes. part of that is just because taxes are 17%-18% of gdp now. in the 1800s, it was about 2% of gdp. how you structure the taxes does matter more. sometimes, like in the whole discussion about the current tax package, it just seems like so much of it is -- it will do this for the economy or it will mess up the income distribution in this way. there is some attention, but it is squeezed, to the side of will it help us raise more money to pay for government or not? carol: will it according to the numbers? justin: it will reduce revenue. i don't think there is any -- even people very much in favor of it the way it is structured now, give up increase the deficit and reduce revenue. even if results in a big increase in economic growth. carol: you remind us we have been living in mo

justin finch is on the scene right now. justin, what are you hearing? >> reporter: chris, good morning. we can tell you right now, many of those streets are remaining closed right now. we're talking about georgia avenue, illinois avenue, kennedy northwest. we're here off of kennedy, the police working on that corner where the two officers are standing. they're looking at what appears to be evidence on that scene there. we do know that two people were shot. one person actually has died from their injuries. another suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. police are still arriving to continue their investigation of the crime scene. units here now on scene. we expect the area streets to be closed for a bit of time. several streets closed and we'll bring updates throughout the morning. >> thank you for keeping us abreast of that, justin. >>> the latest on the scandal involving actor kevin spacey. he's being cut out of his latest film. all the money in the world was set to premiere next month. he's being replaced by players bringing back in to reshoot. the lat

it is fascinating what justin said -- megan: it is fascinating -- it is actually what justin shows farore eloquently than i could. carol: he talks about alexander hamilton and taft. justin: it seems like definitely since the early 1980's it has become this constant obsession. carol: the 1980's, that is when president reagan did massive tax cuts. justin: he did massive tax cuts tax brackets to inflation. because before then, and inflation was in double digits in the 70's, people were being bumped into higher brackets all the time even though they were not wealthier. that was the big thing that drove the revolt. carol: you remind us that historically the idea of taxes is to raise revenue for the government. justin: it is sort of an obvious point and in theory is the idea of taxes. carol: but a forgotten point because tax reform has been a political football. >> i am sure there are elements before but starting in the 70's but definitely into the 80's and 90's there was much more serious analysis by economists but also political rhetoric about the economic impact of taxes. and part of that

live from franconia, justin finch. >> justin, thank you. >>> our other top stories. day is here and the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade kicks off in a few hours. you can watch it here on news 4 starting at 9:00 a.m. if you're not going to be home, it will air again at 2:00 p.m. we'll speak with jay gray live in a few minutes. >>> off-peak fares all day long. rail service begins at 8:00 this morning and closes at 11:00 p.m. parking will be free at all metro facilities. metrobus operating on a sunday schedule. >>> there is still time to buy tickets for tonight's redskins/giants matchup. kickoff at 8:30 at fedex field. tickets are available going for as little as $11 on stub hub. they've lost four out of the last five games. the giants are below the 'skins in the nfc east. you can still watch it on nbc4. coverage begins at 7:30. really hoping for a thanksgiving win for the home team. >> definitely hoping for that. >>> after all the turkey and the stuffing are gone later on today, the next item on the agenda for a lot of people is shopping. >> we're going to run do