i'm pat lawson muse. this is "viewpoint." stay with us for news 4 today. >>> coming home busy travellers are headed back from a long holiday weekend but especially frustrating for one group of travellers. >> a warm up under way as we take a live look outside. soak in the sun while you can when it comes up. not going last for long. >> what we're learning about what led up to a local student's thanksgiving day murder. >> good morning and welcome to "news4 today". i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. >> right now we're watching the skies and roads on one of the busiest travel days of the year. more of you will be flying today than any other day of the year. now according to aaa 46 million americans are traveling this weekend. that'she

the gunman benny lee lawson then killed himself. the week before the shooting, lawson had been questioned as a suspect in a triple homicide. bruce leshan will have more on today's service and a wreath laying ceremony coming up on wusa9 at 5:00. >>> police now say a person of interest in an armed carjacking and kidnapping at a metro station is a suspect in another carjacking a week earlier. a victim told metro transit police a man resembling this sketch that you see on your screen forced her into a car at gun point at the vienna metro station around 10:30 p.m. back on november 12. he then forced her to drive to several stores in prince george's county and made her withdraw money from an atm and to make purchases before dropping the vi ctimoff at the new carrollton metro station. she was not hurt. metro transit police also have a surveillance photo of the suspect they say walks with a limp on his reside. >>> now fairfax county police are investigating the possibility the same man is responsible for a carjacking near the vienna station

pat lawson muse shows us how she's fighting to remember. >> my children, four children, great grands.> every day, bonita spikes writes in her journal about things and people she's determined not to forget. >> my husband, michael. >> remembering has become her day-to-day challenge. >> i have to remind myself every morning. >> 60-year-old lobbyist whose daily fight is now against early onset alzheimer's. >> i'm losing a little bit every day. >> for years she's worked on behalf of crime victim. >> i saw many mothers sons killed in the streets of d.c. >> crime hit her own family before coming here. her husband, michael, was shot to death in a convenience store 1994, his killers never caught. because the couple always opposed capital punishment, she carried his picture daily as she fought to repealed the death penalty. >> no human should decide who lives or dies but i'm not soft on crime. >> repeal came in 2013, the same year she was diagnosed. now spikes writes as she fights to remember all she has done. and she reads to find comfort. >> i asked the lord and he delivered me from all my fe

i'm pat lawson muse. this past year has presented new challenge challenges, but also new opportunities. it is booming, but there is still a lot more giving today. my guests this morning are leanne posco, senior manager of community affairs for capital one. tamara copeland from grand makers and celeste james is from kaiser permanente, also serving on the washington regional food funders committee. tomorrow you just released your annual report. what do you characterize for us the state of the business of philanthropy in the washington yeej on? the landscape has changed. talk about that. >> certainly with the cessation of giving by the freddie mac and fannie mae foundations, that's made a major difference in our giving. last year the people who responded to the survey say they gave about $228 million to local initiatives here. they still have $4 billion if assets, and the assets are growing. there certainly seems to be increased giving and increased commitment to our region. >> who is now doing most of the g

lawson's former attorney told the oregonian newspaper that lawson had stumbled upon a camera bean hadretly record sexual encounters with him and other men, took screen shots, and hoped to secure money from bean in an exchange for their return. that led bean to allege extortion. >> aaron mcpike joining me from the white house. what more do we know about terry bean and what's next? >> well, fred, i have asked the white house if they have had a reaction to this situation. we have not heard anything back wret. we have, however, heard from the human rights campaign and a spokesman for that organization told us in a statement that terry bean has taken a voluntarily leave of absence until these issues are resolved, fred. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> all right. he was one of the nation's most well known mayors in washington d.c. he was elected and re-elected to public office. many times marion barry was nicknamed mayor for life. well, last night barry passed away at a d.c. hospital. barry was a civil rights activist and served four terms as d.c.'s mayor. his fall from political grace cam

>> and i'm wendy rieger in for pat lawson muse. this is the story that the world has been waiting for. and we are following every development. >> we want to get straight to news4's aaron gilchrist, on the live desk with these late-breaking details today. aaron? >> reporter: information coming in fast and furious, you're right, guys. we do know at this point that the grand jury in st. louis county, missouri, has reached a decision on whether to indict officer darren wilson for the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown, exactly when that decision will be made public we don't know yet. reports coming out of ferguson, the announcement could be made public somewhere in the 6:00 hour our time. possibly as late as 9:00 our time. so we know that the st. louis county prosecutor will come forward and talk about that. the attorney for michael brown's family has confirmed that the family has been notified that a decision has been made, not that they have been told what that decision is at this point. and we also know that grand jury had

news 4's pat lawson is live at the verizon center. >> reporter: we are setting the table and let me show you the spread. get a look at this. these are donations that have come from all over the region. from our friends and partners and members the community. from our viewers. just awesome. the response has been overwhelming. we're not done yet. we will still take your donations. we could not do this, nbc 4 couldn't do it without our partners like the magnate nurses of georgetown university hospital who collected cans late week. how many did you do? >> our goal is 7,200 cans in 72 hours and we met our goal. >> that's wonderful. >> yes, yes. >> you're making a presentation today? >> we also -- our focus was on monetary donations. so we were able to collect over $2,000. and we're going to present to nbc for food for families so we can neck a healthy meal for thanksgiving. >> all right, barbara and elijah and melanie, thank you so much. she will take the check. i think they've got another check from washington first bank. which has also collected just about half of that food over there. jose

they have been tragic, and he has come to grips with that. >> geoffrey lawson, appreciate your time. thank you for now >>> the death of philip hughes has been felt not just in australia, but around the contributing world. day two of the third test match between pakistan and new zealand has been called off as a mark of respect. we can go to our sports correspondent lee wellings live in our london studio. the death of philip hughes sure to have a huge impact on the game, not just in australia, but around the world. >> it will initially, and for a time being i imagine it will be psych logic by difficult for cricke crickete cricketers, professional or amateur to go on to the fooled and not think of him. there's a feel factor. 140 k/hr being bowled. yes batts me feel they are protected with a helmet. we see that that is tragically not always the case. what about helmet design. they always look at it. this was a ball that didn't hit the helmet. they'll look at whether more can be done with cricket gear, and whether this kind of thing can be prevented from happening again. there was a cruci

also arrested on the same charges, 25-year-old kyle lawson, identified in news reports as bean's formerfriend. in a statement, bean's lawyer says, over the course of several months in 2013 and 2014, terry was the victim of an extortion ring led by several men known to law enforcement. this arrest is connected to the ongoing investigation of that case in which mr. bean has fully cooperated. no allegations against terry bean should be taken at face value. we look forward to the opportunity to clear his name. l lawson's former attorney said he stumbled upon a camera bean used to secretly record sexual encounters with him and other men, too screen shots and hoped to secure money from bean in an exchange for their return. that led bean to allege extortion. aaron mcpike, cnn, the white house. >> thank you for that. let's combri in our legal analysts, mark and joey are back with me, both criminkricriminal attorneys. bean's lawyer is saying my client is a victim, being extorted. serious charges. what kind of punishment could he phase? >> it's according to how they charge him and what they charg

pat lawson muse joins us now with their reaction to last night's decision, and the violence that followed. pat? >> jim, a call for more calm follows a night of violent protests sparked by the decision not to bring charges in the shooting of michael brown. this afternoon, attorney benjamin crump and al sharpton spoke on behalf of brown's family saying they weren't surprised by the decision, but they were disappointed with the process. >> we object publicly and loudly as we can on behalf of michael brown jr.'s family that this process is growing. >> reporter: crump says a special prosecutor should have been appointed. and he also called for changes in the future. including a new level of accountability for law enforcement that begins with body cameras for every single police officer. sharpton then made it clear that the fight isn't over, because of the federal investigation that's still pending. >> let the record be clear. you have broken our hearts. but you have not broken our backs. we are going to continue to pursue justice. >> michael brown's parents did not speak today. crump says that

pat lawson muse has that story. >> as students sprinted from marysville-pilchuck high school secondsman opened fire, police got frantic calls from inside, including one from an anxious teacher. >> i am in the cafeteria, i have the shooter, one shooter. >> reporter: megan silverberger, a first year social studies teacher, described each harrowing moment as she came face-to-face with the gunman. >> i need help now. shooter right here. he's wearing all black. i'm staring at him right now sitting next to him. i need staff now! >> reporter: silver berger has been called a hero for running toured the sound of gunfire after a student killed four classmates and himself in the cafeteria almost three weeks ago. >> reporter: the teacher's response was praised by law enforcement officials. >> i can't speak highly enough about the professionalism and the great job she did remaining calm, cool, collected. >> reporter: silverberger calmly provided key details. >> black pants, black shoes, black jacket. >> reporter: dispatchers heard from others at the school. >> there is somebody shooting at our sc

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homicide cops had questioned ben nie lee lawson a few weeks before the massacre in a triple homicide. worried he'd been labeled a snitch the thug walked into the squad room and raked it with fire from his modified fully automatic machine pistol killing fbi special agents martha dixon martinez and mike miller and blasting mpd sergeant hank daly in the chest. >> our objective remains to make the streets safe. >> reporter: special agent john kuchta was gravely wounded. 20 years later he was back laying a wreath in honor of his lost friends. >> i had someone looking from heaven above, you know. i'm sure hank and mark had a hand in that. >> reporter: the crack epidemic was eating the city alive in 1994, but the murders marked a turning point. >> enough is enough. not in our house. we're going to take back the city. >> this city is different 20 years later than it was because of the great work that they did. >> reporter: etched across this memorial the names of officers who run toward the sound of gunfire including agent martha dixon martinez who had just gotten married. >> the assailant wa

in houston, texas two men pretended to be delivering a package to the lawson family. they tricked the nanny, got inside, armed with a gun, and tied up the family. the husband walked in as this was all happening and he, too, was zip tied and forced to the ground. the family has matched the crime stoppers reward to catch the men so it now totals $10,000. in addition, an unexpected twist. they also offered to pay for college for the men if they turn themselves in. >> the only way to have them not do this again is to have them feel like they have other options. an education is the best way to do that. >> so, again, this family gets robbed. they want the criminals caught, but they will pay for college for the men if they turn themselves in. while the lawsons are being incredibly forgiving and generous it has had lingering effects. one of the children now has nightmares about it and the other child is afraid of the dark. can there are some down sides to this obviously but it is a very generous offer for a horrible thing that happened to them. back to you. >> i assume they g

pat lawson muse in the news room now with new details. pat? >> reporter: jim, if all goes as planned and the doctor is deemed stable enough to travel, he should arrive in the u.s. tomorrow afternoon. a federal official tells nbc news, he will likely be taken to the bio containment unit in nebraska. the doctor is martin salia, a surgeon who lives in prince george's county. dr. salia tested positive for the ebola virus on monday, while working in sierra leone. where he's from. that country is one of the hardest hit by the ebola outbreak. recently, dr. salia talked with the united methodist news service about his decision to take a job there. >> i see it as god's own desire for me. i took this job not because i want to. but i finally believe that it was a calling. >> should dr. salia go to nebraska, he would be the third ebola patient treated there. both dr. rick sack sacra and ashuka mukpo were treated and released from the same facility. >>> a shock and search for answers on the campus of west virginia university. 18-year-old nolan birch died t

just ten seconds left when ty lawson hits a step-back jumper over kirk hinrich to put the game out ofreach. bulls lose in denver for the eighth straight game, 114- 109. joakim noah and taj gibson were also out with injury. the bears won't have the luxury of practice to prepare for the third- ranked defense in the league. the bears only held a walk- through at halas hall yesterday, and will travel to detroit for an 11:30 kick- off tomorrow. lance briggs and kyle fuller are still listed as game- time decisions. the bears had trouble moving the ball against tampa and now they're facing the top- ranked rushing defense. the lions have gotten to jay cutler before, so he knows th q.sged of >> they do a great job of collapsing the pocket. the have the big-in the middle that are forcing the of and everybody right into your lap. they make a really difficult. the white sox have added some much- needed power to go with jose abreu. 35- year- old adam laroche signed a two- year deal worth 25- million dollars. he's a left- handed batter who will mostly d-h and fill- in at first base. laroche is alre

on nove 22nd, 1994, 22-year- benny lee lawson entered the cold case squad room and started shooting.ics were there that day tell usre ery detail. >> cook was yelling special agent fbi i'm down. >> martha got up from her desk and came right at him. she kept coming at him. >> serge henry hank daly was killed, fbi agents michael mi and martha dixon martin >> the safety of the newest rail cars being questioned. anotherorg of temperatures in the 30s. we promise warmer weather is on the way. storm tea 4 will take you throu the day to let you know if the day is the day thatou can dih avs. >>> why a decision you make when you washou hands could lead to potential health problems. >>> wehe and traffic are always o ne 4 today. >>> thho the break you can see the current temperaturesnd see t[ male announcer ]turesnd at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence... endurance... affordability... adaptability... and when the world asked for the future. staying ahead in a constantly

on nor 22nd, 1994, 22-ar benny lee lawson ente cold case squad room and started shooting. offirs who were there that day tel ty remember every detail >> he was yelling special agent fbi'm down. >> aft he shot hank daly, mara up and came right at him. >> ea henry hank daly was killeg with michael mill and martha dixon martin headar was later named rehora daly. >> fairfax county police will be out on leesburg pi talking to walke hikers. three people have been hit in thelsh in octor . that includes a man who was kill o columbia pike on mony. >>> this morning, we will lea new information about the finalge of constructi of the new i-95 express lanes. thearra to open next mon. at 29 mile stretch of toll lan wle isng hov lanes. you use them for free if you havehr or more people in yourar and a flex pass. there no toll booths. just e-zpass sensors >> fsu shooter sent messages to friende his attack. the rp he told them they shoex today. >>> a t bo that saved a studt' during that shoong >>> wh your kids are makbe food choices but necsa eating healthier. and we in for another cold da

i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with the backlash in montgomery county overtaking holiday names off the school calendar. the school board's sdigs to eliminate religious references to holidays has generated quite a response. though the names will no lonr get on the calendar, students will get the traditional holidays after. the law doesn't allow the closing of schools to recognize a religious holiday, so it will delete the religious references from the calendar. dave mcconnell, let's start with you. the soup tin dent here says the issue is not religion, it's absenteeism. few are happy with us. >> a, the muslims didn't get the holidays they wanted, jews and christians, orthodox, various religions, there's concern they're taking off a name like christmas, a name like easter, yam kippur. >> traditional known in the schedule for why they're off. it sounds like they've managed to make everybody unhappy. >> vermin they brian, do you think the board underestimated the intense backlash? >> i think so. in fairfax cou

. >> josh lawson is a spokesperson for the north carolina board of elections. >> have you busted anyone because of cross check? >> we've not maid any referrals yet to any district attorneys. no presentation to a state board. >> not even a referral? >> which is required under state law. >> have you bagged anyone in the last years? >> we have made referrals. >> is it difficult to find these people? >> it's not about going out and blanketslblanket liris blanketl. it's. >> one hasn't been accused of voter fraud. but virginia has already struck 41,000 off the rolls admitting some of them may have moved out of state. other states like north carolina have been reaching out to voters on the cross checklist by mail. those who fail to confirm their identity will be denied the right to vote on election day. >> you had this hysteria over registered voters but do they exist? you can't find them even if you have their address? >> is there a question? i understand -- >> i'm asking if you can't find them, if you have their names addresses social security numbers -- >> i didn't sa say we didn't fid them

leave me alone, jackie lawson, whoever you are. they remind you over and over again until you open it but i am not opening it. i don't care how many times they send me an e-mail -- >> hey, a-hole. >> yes? can i help you? who are you? >> who am i? i'm your birthday e-card. you still haven't opened me. what gives? >> jimmy: well, i'm very busy. >> oh, look at mr. big shot, too busy to click on a card and accept a friend's thoughtful wishes. >> jimmy: that has nothing to do with it. >> okay then, open me. >> jimmy: no, i'm not going to -- >> open me, open me. >> jimmy: stop doing that, stop that. >> am i bothering you with my birthday greeting? >> jimmy: yeah. >> sorry. maybe i should tell the sender you don't care about their friendship. >> jimmy: i'll tell you who doesn't care about friendship. people who send e-cards. you're into the thoughtful. you're the opposite of thoughtful. you're what someone sends when they don't care to go to cvs and pick up a card and put a stamp on it and mail it to you. that's what you are. all right, a

pat lawson-news has more now. good morning, pat. >> reporter: good morning. you know, thanksgiving is such a special time of year for us. most of us are busy getting ready for family and friends and of course thanksgiving dinner. too many of us, though, will not get thanksgiving dinner. that's why food for families is so important. every year, with the help of our friends and community partners at georgetown who got together and collected hundreds of thousands of cans of food last week were able to put thanksgiving dinner on the tables of thousands of needy families. but we need your help to do it. you can make a donation of any size sometime today. call our phone banks. volunteers are at the phones right now. call 202-885-4949. with me here at verizon center is our director of community affairs, eye aoe that. this means so much to everybody every year. >> thank you so much for being here, pat. it is so good to be out. thank god for a wonderful warm day. our goal is to try to feed at least 4,000 families. we can do it, because we have great viewers who i know

reverend lawson spoke directly to the protesters. >> i know you're upset. but let's find a way to make a positive difference. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by many oakland residents. in oakland i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and the chp says it recovered multiple firearms after it shut down a large side show near the port of oakland last night. the chp says as many as 200 people were involved in this side show around midnight. officers say they closed off each end of middle harbor road. officers say they detained those inside the perimeter and tried to identify them and determine if they had broken any laws. >> it can be any where from aiding and abetting always way to participating in a speed contest to suspended license, driving without a license, if they have any outstanding warrants. the charges are wide ranging. >>> some of those in the area said the officers were rounding up people who were not involved in the side show. major elect libby shaft said she was grateful for the help. >>> during the holidays our thoughts often go to those less

lawson has pleaded not guilty to sodomy and sex abuse charges.n is expected to face a judge next month. >>> bicyclists make a troubling find in a storm drain in australia. a baby boy. the discovery made sunday when they heard something and lifted the slab off the storm drain. they could hear the baby's cries although he was eight feet underground. >> we felt sickened. >> we still feel sickened. >> we want the baby. >> the-week-old boy is a fighter. the little guy, they believe was placed in the drain the day after he was born. he is in hospital in serious condition and his mom has been charged with attempted murder. >>> and some of the brightest young stars in the music world were shining as the american music awards were handed out in los angeles last night. the british boy band one direction took home three awards, including the biggest prize. artist of the year. australian star iggy azalea had six nominations. and another british sensation, sam smith, walked away with best male pop artist. taylor swift opened the show performing her new single

pat lawson muse has the details. >> his name is kenneth clayton. he escaped this morning.s is what he looks like. clayton was in custody for simple assault, assault on a police officer, possession of unregistered ammunition and being a fugitive. right now officers are out actively looking for him. if he looks familiar to you, you should contact police. back to you in the studio. >>> they made the difference between life and death during a fire. up next, the cargivers who became heroes of a different kind speak out. >>> and students all over our area stressed out about their homework. but not at this local school. we'll explain how one campus is we'll explain how one campus is throwing tradition out the after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. hogan was awarded an a- from the nra. but now he refuses to release his responses. the nra opposes comprehensive background checks. they want to weaken maryland's gun safety laws. even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. on gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. hogan gets an a- from e nra. on

the oregonian reports being with his 25-year-old boyfriend kia lawson used an iphone app to arrange for a sexual encounter in december 2013. bean has given almost 70,000 of his own money to mr. obama's campaign and raised at least a half million dollars during the 2012 cycle. >> i want to thank someone who's put so much into this event, terry bean, give him a big round of applause. >> terry bean says he's the vakt of an extortion scheme. and says no allegations against terry bean should be taken at face value. we look forward to the opportunity to clear his name. terry bean has take an voluntary leave of absence from the hrc board until his issue is resolved. back in 2008, he made this political appeal to hrc's membership. >> the election of joe biden and barack obama may turn out to be the most pivotal moment in our journey for equality. >> the coverage would be overwhelmingly negative and it would be a trial in the media, a opposed to a trial in a justice system, he would have been convicted just by the charges alone. >> the white house has not responded to our request for comment. >>

i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. we have team coverage for you this afternoon on all the big developi stories first at 4:00. and we begin with a scare today at a federal building in montgome coun >> chopper 4 was over the food and n facility in silver spring when police of raced in. let's get right to wendy rieger at the live desk. >> pat and jim, let's be clear. this incident happened on the white oak campus of the fda and there was acty no violence. but it was the fear of violence that drove the federal protecti servi to put the campus on lockdown after someone discovered an unauthorized we in a locked vehicle, right about noon today. rumors started flying, and people began calling montgomery police saying they thought they had -- there had a shooting on that fda proper. employees barricaded their doors, closed their blinds. but after police responded, checked the building, an all-clear was given. federal officers are still looking into that unauthorized weap on the silver spring campus. >>> there has been a shooti

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. folks, we are kicking it off in the storm center today with meteorologist veronica johnson. everybody is talking about this, vj, on our facebook page. the wind, the cold, and folks, check out the radar. we've got some snow showing up already not too far to our west and north. where are we talking about? >> only an hour and a half away. this is our first cold wave, giving us our lowest temperatures going back to marc feeling a lot soon like january but cold enough to be picking up some of that winter type of from the sky. let's zoom to locations where we're finding some sleet right now in areas of northern frederick county, just west of cascade and north of frederick there. zooming in tighter, just west of 15, out along 64, getting reports of sleet there. it's light snow around winchester, even in the high spots of loudoun county and purcellville. for the most part, most of us are will see rain showers from now until 2:00 a.m. and any flakes that do fall, hard time blasting as they mak

. >>> with pat lawson muse, i'm jim handly. let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the storm center with your first foreca this tuesday. vj? guys, this is the kind of cold you really don want to be out outside in for long. you walk to your car, want to move as fast as you can. look how we started the day today. this only tells part of the story. temper in the 20s throughout the area, leesburg, get e this morning. reagan national airport started at 28. the record, 21. and tonight the readings, those temps even lower. good thing, though, the winds will start to ease off. last night our winds picked up right near 40 miles per hour. look at the winds today. they have been just over 30 but now wind dropping in locations like d.c. and leesburg over 30 now. again, falling. your wind chills currently in the teens to low 30s across the area. so, today those wind chills have been in the 20s by morning. we're back in the teens. but will we have a chance to come out of it by tomorrow afternoon? >>> a lawyer accused of s

homicide cops had questioned benny lee lawson a few weeks before the massacre in a triple homicide.ried that he'd been labeled a snitch the thug walked into the squad room and killed special fbi agents marvin dixon martinez and mike merle and blasting mpd sergeant hank daley right in the chest. >> our objective remains to make the streets safe. >> reporter: special agent john kutcta was gravely wounded. 20 years later he was back laying a wreath in honor of his lost friends. >> i had someone looking from heaven above. i'm sure mike and hank had a hand in that. >> reporter: the crack epidemic was eating the city alive in north 94, but the murders marked a turning point. >> enough is enough, not in our house. we're not going to let this happen. we're going to take back the city. >> this city is different 20 years later than it was because of the great work that they did. >> reporter: etched across this memorial the names of officers who run toward the sound of gunfire including agent martha dixon martinez who had just gotten married -- martin dixon martinez who had -- martha dixon mar

. >> reporter: pat lawson, news 4, prince georges county. >>> spikes still serves on governor o'malley'srd of victims services and she still works with repeal efforts in states that still have the death penalty. >>> right now thousands of people in new jersey are spending thanksgiving in the dark after a winter storm dumped up to a foot of snow in pars of the state. the heavy snow knocked down trees and power lines and right at this hour crews are out trying to get the lights back on to more than 10,000 customers. a lot of those people affected right now are just relying on generators and fireplaces to keep warm. and it's certainly chilly out there, too. >> that was the same storm that came through our area. the major cities didn't get hit that hard, just like d.c., but just a few miles away in the mountains of west virginia, we saw upwards of 12 to 18 inches and that was in our area. so, yeah, they're dealing with the same thing well up there. now evening planner tonight, und cloudy size, temperatures dropping to the 30s, 39 at 7:00, dropping to 35 around 11:00. we will be rather breezy

. >> i'm pat lawson muse.oman taken into custody after a late-night street fight that involved one person with a taser. cell phone video captured a crowd of people pushing and shouting at each other outside a dupont circle nightclub last night. a witness tells us she was out with friends when she watched the fight and moved across connecticut avenue. >> i never had seen anything like that happen in this area. >> reporter: scary? >> definitely scary. scary, sad to watch. because there was a guy being stomped on his head and he was already on the ground, not moving. >> police wound up arrested one woman. we're told three people went to the hospital. the nightclub tells us police reviewed their video and determined the fight did not start inside. >>> it's anything but sweet. two guys accused of stealing a wagon full of cookies from two girl scouts. police tell us the suspects snatched the wagon and drove off on saturday afternoon. this happened along jason's landing way in maryland. with the help of a vigilant ne

. >> i'm pat lawson muse in the weather center with storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson. veronica, this is what everybody wants to know. we're not going to get snow, but it's going to feel like the dead of winter? >> exactly. so the rain moving out, but we are really going to get blasted with our lowest temperatures we have seen since last february, talking some 20 to 25 degrees below average. and that's going to come with a biting wind that starts late tonight and runs through tomorrow. rain getting ready to move out. of course, it's been chilly and wet today. this is the last of it. you can still see wet weather around the beltway. not too heavy. prince george's county, anne arundel county and the west, snow high spots in west virginia starting to fade. temperatures not too bad currently. we're in the mid to upper 40s from leesburg to falls church, fairfax, camp springs and green belt around 46 to 48 degrees. but today in the 40s. by the time we get to tonight, late tonight, early tomorrow morning, temperatures will drop it all the way down into the teens. and in terms

. >> pat lawson muse has been there all day, meeting people. some of them who come every year saying they wouldn't miss a chance to give back. and, of course, they also wouldn't miss a chance to hang out with pat for a minute, because who would not want to do that? pat? >> reporter: jim, doreen, we've had a lot of fun with a lot of friends today. we have wrapped up this operation. show you the guys there. they're locking the truck to transfer the last bit of food to the boys & girls club. but what a day it has been. once again, we issued the call for people to donate to food 4 families this year, and once again, you have responded and responded in a big way. and even though we have packed it all up and shipped it to the warehouse to pack and deliver to the table, our phone lines are open, and we still need every single dollar, every dollar counts. nbc 4's director of community affairs, aisha karima is here again. and talk about the response this year. how is it comparing to what we have seen in previous years? >> let me just say it's been a gre

pat lawson muse at the live desk. >> wendy, we just learned the driver who was hurt in that crash on saturday night has died. the 21-year-old from gaithersburg was thrown from his car after it overturned and then hit a sign and a utility pole. the car landed on its side, right next to a parked car on aspen hill road. investigators say moments before that crash, the driver fled from police after they found out he had a suspended lice to you. >>> well, construction has begun on what will be the tallest building in tyson's corner. there was a groundbreaking this morning on the new capital one headquarters. 31 stories tall when done. 470-feet height will only be exceeded by the washington monument, which is 555 feet tall. in addition to the offices this new building will also include retail and a community center. >> wow. pretty big deal. >>> let's get the word on the weather and just how low are we going to go, doug. >> overnight low temperatures tonight really going to be dealing with the wind chill early tomorrow morning. that's the number that i want you to think about. in the teens

let's check in once again with pat lawson muse, been down there since the wii wee hours. it was dark your first live shot and dark once again. you have a lot of company. >> reporter: it's dark again. the plus is it has been such a good day. great weather has attracted a lot of people here. one of the great things about being outside the verizon center is, of course, you get to see lots of athletes. and we have seen -- gotten lots of visits and donations from athletes today, from the wizards, from the caps and from the mystics. you took time to come out and give to another family. >> yeah. i mean, it's always great to be able to give back. i mean, not everyone is going to be able to have a great thanksgiving. so being able to give to people who don't have. >> reporter: mystics farmer tiara ruffin-pratt. we could not do this, the food 4 family's campaign successfully without the help of so many dedicated individuals like judy holland-hall, one of our former community advisory members. you have been taking donations all day. what's it been like from your perspective? >> phen

lawson would later kill himself.olice chief fred thomas, in the building at the time, remembers it as if it were yesterday. >> i was no stranger to death and dying. i've been on the scene of many robberieses and shootings. but nothing prepared me for that experience. >> we remember them most of all for how they lived. >> reporter: 35-year-old martha dixon-martin, the first woman ever assigned to an fbi s.w.a.t. team came to the task force with a sense of duty and devotion. >> she was there with her friends and she was going to stay there and fight for her friends and defend them. and that's what she did. >> reporter: agent michael john miller, born and raised in prince george's county, he quit the bureau, practiced law and came back to the fbi. one of his sons is now poised to join the fbi himself. his sister says he's watching from somewhere now with an eternal sense of duty. >> he is starting to grumble. his time is wasting. it is time to get back to work and the task at hand and continue to work together making th

at 21, he married edye lawson. >> we borrowed $25,000 from her parents. >> and that $25,000 led ultimately >> a lot of money. >> in 1957, broad and a partner launched a no-frills home-building business. he was a millionaire by 27. he bought sun life insurance in 1971 and sold it in 1999 for $18 billion, and that's when he and edye decided to give most of it away. you're giving 75% of your wealth away. >> maybe more by the time it's over. >> or maybe more. you have two children. >> yes. >> what about them? >> they're well taken care of. they're different than their dad. >> different how? >> they don't have, frankly, the ambition to build a great business that i had. >> you've been open about admitting that you were not a great father. >> look when i started, it was 24-7 as they say, and i didn't spend enough time with the kids when they were growing up. i admit that. >> is that something you regret now? >> i do to some degree. we all go back and would do things over differently in our lives. [ticking] >> coming up... micromanaging philanthropy. >> eli's a control freak. i worked on a house

. >>> and this philadelphia fire fighter goes on trial today, michael lawson is accused of beating up his ex-wife who was eight months pregnant and her current boyfriend. his girlfriend is also charge in the a attack. >>> we are learning new details ber i can frein seven weeks on the run from police how he evaded manhunt for so long. >>> also no hood is a loud, controversial clothing ban that is more popular in some philadelphia stores. >>> also, got milk? you may have trouble finding organic milk for your bowl of cereals, why stores are struggling to up company it on the shelves. >>> we're following breaking news out of jerusalem, several people are hurt in an unusual terror attack. police say a palestinian man rammed his van in the crowded train platform and then he got out and attacked people with an iron bar. at least six people were hurt in that attack, officers eventually killed that man. >>> officials are new talking about why it took so long to catch murder suspect eric frein. according to court documents frein admitted using a lap top during 48 day manhunt to track search eff

pat lawson muse is live at the news desk with details. >> reporter: jim, we just learned in the past ten minutes a fifth person has died after that attack. we know the first four men killed were rabbis and three were americans with dual israeli citizenship. they were praying when two palestinian men armed with a meat cleaver and gun burst into the synagogue. police shot and killed the attackers. israel's prime minister said the country would respond with force. police have already raided the men's homes and arrested some family members. the attack is thought to be retaliation for the death of a palestinian man over the weekend. he was found dead and hanging in a bus. while palestinians call it a murder, israelis say it was a suicide. one of the victims graduated from a hebrew academy in kansas city and the nephew in the faculty at the same school. >> all right. >>> president obama says there can be no justification for attacks against innocent civilians. speaking earlier about the sin gone attack, he said now more than ever is time for israelis and palestinians to work to lower tensi

one analyst says this has led to a did of lawson confidence from -- for management.t up the strategy for his successor. these are the bloomberg top headlines this hour. the ecb holds is monthly meeting peter the ecb is unlikely to move its benchmark interest rate. to becus is more likely on remarks made in the news conference. we will bring that to you live at 1:30 p.m. london time. and the new president of the european commission says the u.k. prime minister david cameron has a problem with his fellow european leaders. juncker says he will rebut and accusations from the eu, including cameron. >> one company will keep an eye on is a report of earnings at the top of the next hour. just under 30 minutes. will that selloff continue? did you like that one? >> i did. gold price is set to decline, especially if the dollar appreciates and the fed turns even more hawkish. bucks at the end of next year. their message is don't try to catch a falling -- >> it is interesting when you try to apply the gold price to the gold miners. some must be feeling the pain more than others.

everybody -- i was there on west laugh o d west -- west lawson s. who was it to make that decision?rnor jay nixon. not only was the national guard nowhere to be found. he was nowhere to be found. we saw what the end result was, and all of those businesses. all of them were on fire, people were shooting guns. no national guard around anywhere. and the police were simply outnumbered. heather: the protesters given time to prepare. the national guard not given time to prepare. these innocent people who now have lost their livelihood and the people who work in those businesses. now you have protesters coming out on black friday. what have you seen in terms of the protesters that are there and trying to disrupt these black friday sales? >> ineffective. they need to have change of laws in that city. but this isn't the way to do it by not shopping at the local stores. i think it counters what they need to be doing and that's supporting their local business. thank you, rod, we appreciate your insight as always. eric: christmas light displays have already earned a spot in the record books. we

highlight from the points of light corporate institute please welcome yvonne sue turner and jenni lawsonpplause] ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon. imagine a world where every company paid its employees to volunteer, or companies they are volunteer programs to attract the best and the brightest and by the private sector use global volunteerism to drive business innovation. we are living in a world where companies are increasingly playing a positive role in meeting community needs through the power of their financial contributions and the power of their people. in many towns across america employers are the focal point of the community around which civic civic life evolved through the thick of the members. 2013 the largest corporations in the fortune 500 contributed $54 million each to communities and the giving trend is rising. 64% of companies gave more in 2013 that in 2010. and companies these days are just writing checks. they are giving back the most precious asset that time and talent of their employees. last year the billion plus change campaign at points of light announced that by then accomp

host: we would like to welcome patrick lawson, research director -- patrick clawson, reacher's director research director. negotiations on iran continue, led by secretary kerry. tomorrow is the deadline. what is the u.s. negotiating for? guest: united states and other countries negotiating with iran want to be creating a breakout period that would put iran at least a year away from having a new year weapon. -- a nuclear weapon. they want to be sure that iran's vigorous, robust nuclear program keeps iran at least a year away from having a new year -- having a nuclear weapon. host: how likely is it that the deadline will be met? guest: it is possible, but not likely, that there will be some kind of framework, declaration of principles, that would allow the parties to have six months to work out an agreement. there is no way that a detailed crude -- treaty will be prepared by tomorrow's deadline. the: this is the story on front page of "the new york times." the story points out that the concern over the possibility of a future iranian covert program is really dividing the u.s. and its alli

real quickly so viewers understand, the police command center used to be on west lawson street here.s. the reason they did that is because they don't want to insight the violation and don't want to up stigt protesters who welcome violent. that's where the army of national guard is as well. >> jennings decided not to have school there this week, but what about the businesses? the small business owners, are they setting up shops tomorrow? >> reporter: that's another good question. that's the other thing i noticed, this time from when i was here in august, i would say 80% to 90% of the businesses along west lawson street, the main roadway here, they have boarded up their buildings. and it looks like you're preparing for a hurricane. remember hurricane katrina and people prepared for that? this is a version of the hurricane for the city of ferguson. >> it is unfortunate that so many protesters are coming in from out of town. many are calling them agitators to make it worse. >>> we have new detail that is dhs released deportation guidelines. the president gave the executive order last wee

i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with the mayor for life, the death of marion barry, an icon of d.c. politics for more than 40 years. dead this past week at the age of 78. barry served four terms as mayor and had a virtual lock on the d.c. council ward 8 seat. along with a huge political success many personal failures marks his turbulent life. because of his contributions to the district and citizen and connection with his citizens marion barry's passing leaves a hole in many in this city. joe madison, marion barry was larger-than-life. many people thought he had an exaggerated impression of himself. joe, your thoughts? >> he lived i want to. that's the reality of it. politically. but the reality, i think what a lot of people don't know about marion barry is even more interesting. you know, he was the first young black eagle scout in the state of tennessee. and that he was working on his ph.d. in biochemistry. this was a brilliant man and because of that background he had a mind like a steel trap. the reality is barry's legacy and i've been asked this a hundred times since his death

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