just a beautiful spirit. >> reporter: that spirit on display last year when co-workers say pham shaved her head in support of a customer who was going through cancer treatments. there's a wreath on the salon station. the shop is closed so co-workers can mourn. >> she's been here for like three years, she was a very good person. dedicated mother. >> reporter: prince william county police tell me they will be updating this investigation very shortly. we will post that on social media. they say that this crime was not random. jim, back to you. >>> protesters want police to know they have not moved on. and tonight, their police-involved shooting. a d.c. police officer shot and killed a man named terrence sterling nearly two months ago. the officer says sterling intentionally ran his motorcycle into a police cruiser. police say that crash was intentional. witnesses, however, say the crash couldn't be avoided. a demonstration tonight begins at 7:00 at the corner of 3rd northwest. >>> the search is on in montgomery county for a man times. in each case, they say he makes off with cash and ciga

google iphones and android's, from the black friday shopping the season and there are a couple of thumb pham ? fun family events to celebrate the holiday season. , does my house look like that? i i would be cheering, too, in denver, will happen tonight 6:30 and everybody invited to attend to kick off the holiday if you are not around, city officials doing the same thing union station about the same time, little bit further south, the city's candlelight watch, those festivities 5:30. to arrive an hour late. coming up star wars fans , the forces with you, tickets go one sale in a few days for the next colorado, -- vail, colorado. the chair lift on the chairlift on weekend. donald trump hollywood and walk of fame star, and telling tmz, the lapd have two officers on patrol in the area 247. cameras will also keep an eye out for possible vandals. president-elect could have 28 million followers once he takes over twitter account, the personal twitter account, the personal twitter has 16 million followers and at potus 12 million accounts, you do the math, however he would not even come close, katy p

national weather service says that they expect the flash flood warning to last through ea >> reporter tim pham for us. >>> get ready to be greeted by the sound of bells during your holiday shopping. the salvation army is kicking off its red kettle campaign and local celebrities are there to help and i'm sure you're going to recognize these ones. >>> it looks like snow could be headed our way this week. becky's full forecast is coming >>> welcome back. lots of sunshine out here, occasionally we are going to see some wind that might make it feel a little bit chilly out here today but the storm that hit us mainly our mountains is out of here and it's the midwest and the deep south. let's go ahead and take a live look outside at our weather, which, again, is blue, sunny skies, those flags very calm in the front of the building here at speer and logan. that's good, it means that 39 feels like 39. 38 currently in greeley, 37 in ft. collins. we've got middle 40s so quite a bit warmer on our eastern plains. mountain areas, leadville is at a cold 13, but it's 30 in cremeling while -- kremmling here in

she told us pham was only 26. >>> month gomry county fire and -- montgomery county fire rescue investigating a scaffolding collapse. chopper 4 you see over the scene there. we're told two workers were hurt. they were taken away on on screwers. no no word on their condition. >>> we're waiting for a long day of election coverage so we can bring you important results. >> all of the much anticipated numbers will be coming to you from the brand new election center at 30 rock. we're taken on a rare, behind the scenes tour. >> reporter: this is the nbc news election center where we'll be doing all of election coverage on election day and well into the night. going on across the country and just down the hall is the nbc news decision desk. the nbc news decision desk is the heart of the reporting operation. that is where all of the numbers come in from the 50 different secretaries of state in the different states. bringing in their results, combining those with the exit poll operation and the models we have to project the winner. the control room the operation. we never know when we step into the con

tim pham has more for us this afternoon. ripped through the southeast destroying many homes and businesses. right now we're in a community that is at a stand-still. power is out everywhere in benton, tn where down, the roof was torn off and debris is blocking several roads and shutting down some major highways. we spoke with the benton chief of police he tells tells us that there are at least a few fatalities. right now a shelter is open for those displaced from the tornado at the local high school. the national weather service say they expect the flash-flood warning to last through early afternoon. back to you. buildings have burned in the tennessee wildfires. the national park service says the fires have burned 15-thousand acres so far. the mayor of gatlinburg -- who lost his own home -- says his town will difficult thing to watch... "it happened so fast it was basically running for their lives." spa -- with more than 100 buildings -- has likely been destroyed.. the flames came extremely close to dollywood... but the theme

we were told they had this pham ground game, but it wasn't as much as what we expected it was supposed. >> so much was turned upside down but the biggest message seems to be the american people are ready for a change. >> they're ready for an outsi r outsider, ready for donald trump. now the question is whether his party will execute it. >> his first test was last night and he passed it. i think his second test is how does he deal with paul ripe. what does he say about his first interaction with paul ryan? is it i want to work with him for a pro-growth or i want to punish paul ryan for not being as strong of a supporter of me as i would like. >> stan, you've been writing a lot on paul ryan as house speaker. and sara is right. i don't think it's trump's call here. they may want to exercise their right. they may look at this, a time to put a freedom caucus speaker into their seat. ful ryan might very well decide this is not the time to try to continue in that office. >> donald trump when he made the comment that said there are some of you that didn't support me and i want to speak to you

a go fund me page is set-up to help lynn pham's daughter. she was killed over the weekend. brian yu shot her as she left work at a hair salon in gainesville. yu is the 6-year-old girl's father. the couple was set to appear in court this week for a custody hearing. yu has been chard >>> construction crews are trying to figure out what caused part of a building they were working on to collapse. it happened on election night in northwest washington. crews had been excavating the building along 15th and f streets. it is not clear why the building collapsed later. the collapse sent dust and debris into the streets. >>> we want to invite you to join us at the walk to end hiv. anniversary event. news4 has been a partner with whitman walker since it started back in 1986. it is happening this saturday morning at freedom plaza at 13th and pennsylvania northwest. registration is $25 for the walk. >> and $35 if you want to run in the 5k. we can do that one year. i did it last year with my son. >> i think he should take my place every year. >> now, listen, if you have to don't worry, yo

tim pham has the very latest. tim, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. tornados ripped through polk county, tennessee. roads and shutting down a major highway. we spoke with the benton chief of police rocky king and he tells us the majority of the damage is near the akoe. he told us there are at least a few fatalities. he could not confirm the number. but he said this community looks like a disaster zone. >> al, how is the forecast looking for those people? >> well, it's goi ng to on be tough. in fact, we have new tornado watches out for that region once again. this was a very vigorous sy we were telling you how the atmosphere was juiced up yesterday. the tornado and wind damage reports, 74 of them. the line stretches 550 miles. and right now, we have tornado watches stretching for much of louisiana including nowhere else, all the way upntagain. and we' thunderstorm warnings up into parts of the carolinas. now, look at this. today we have a risk of strong storms stretching 10 million people under a severe risk from new orleans all the way on into western

a go fund me page is set-up to help lynn pham's daughter. she was killed over the weekend. police say brian yu shot her as she left work at a hair salon in gainesville. yu is the girl's father. the couple is set to appear in court for a custody hearing. >>> construction crews are trying to figure out what caused part of a building they were working on to collapse. this happened on election night in northwest washington. crews had been excavating the building along 15th and f street earlier in the day. it is unclear why the walls collapsed hours later. the collapse sent dust and debris into the streets. >>> a motorcycle rider led officers on a winding high speed chase in southern california last night. that biker wove in and crashing right into the side of a white car. you can see it here coming. he got knocked off his bike apparently. police chased the man as he took off down an alley. he was eventually arrested. >>> actor brad pitt has been cleared of child abuse allegations. sources tell nbc news the department of child services could not find evidence of abuse. it stemme

. >> i already talked to everybody, you know, members and i'm getting out of the pham. >> i'm done with when did you come to this decision? >> i been sitting on it awhile. i have two sons and when i get out they'll be two years and change and three years and change. so they still be young. i'm going to be there the whole time. i'm not going to go nowhere. and because of them, i ain't going to come back to jail. i can't come back to jail. i spent too much time here it ain't cool. >> that's awesome, i'm proud of you for real, that's real good. that's showing maturity. i think he's sincere. and i believe in him. all i can do is believe in him. you know, hope the best for him. >> like other officers at the jail, henderson grew up on some of the same tough streets as inmates like cooperwood. >> the things i've been through at their age as a teenager and 18 years old, i could have been just one of these guys. so i tell them, what i've been through in life and let them know if i can change, you can change. 2200 inmates in here. my goal since i started if i can talk to one inmate and get that g

here she is -- lien pham. hi, how are you doing today? you're going to teach me about your job, correct? yes, i am. where do we start? i punched in. what do i do now? next thing i do is go to my office. so this is your office. it's got the best view. i see that. the parking lot. i'm a physical therapist's assistant, ly, i work under a physical therapist. they learn more than we do. however, when it comes to patient treatment, we p pvide the patient with the same amount of care. what did you want to be when you were a kid? actually, it wasn't physical therapy. i wanted to be a gymnast, but you'll find out, as you grow older and you study more, there are other interests that you have. a few years ago when i was i icollege, i did some volunteer work in a hospital in physical therapy, and loved it ever since. l. from there, you go to college, get the classes that you need. what kind of clalaes? biology, math, science, chemistry -- all that good stuff. can you be a therapist if you don't like math and science? you don't have to like it, but it

>> tim pham, thank you very much. al, what's the forecast looking for those people? >> it's going to be tough. in fact we have new tornado watches out for that region once again. this was a very vigorous system. we were telling you how thiwa juiced up yesterday. tornado and wind damage reports, 74 of them. the line stretches 550 miles. right now we have tornado watches stretching for much of louisiana, including new orleans, all the way up into central tennessee again. we've even got severe thunderstorm warnings up into parts of the carolinas. now, look at this, today we have a risk of strong storms stretching -- ten million people under a severe risk from new orleans all the way on into front pushing through, strong storms firing up. the only silver lining is this is going to help the drought down there. you can see rainfall amounts from 1.5 to 3 inches. some areas could pick up 3 to 5 inches locally. looking at the wildfires in tennessee, you can see more heavy rain moving in, but the sad part about this is while we'll have drenching rains, which is good news, we'r