that is the tanger outlets parking lot. it opened up because the parking lots were filling up. officials allowed people to park and as we showed you with chopper 4 the woodrow wilson bridge has massive back ups right now. gridlock. people are still coming here. and we'll just have to see how this all pans out into the night. live here, oxen hill, shomari stone, news4. >> one of our producers called it black friday for gamblers. mgm promises the national harbor property is as much resort as casino. the right now there are 15 luxury retail outlets and restaurants for every taste and budget. one of the stores is owned by actress sarah jessica parker who has been there all day. it promises the state-of-the-art stage experience. and there are a variety of restaurant manned by famous chefs. >> this is the way i will do seafood. virginia seafood prepared this way. >> there is also a spa that makes it a full service resort. >> mgm is expecting up to 30,000 guests in just these first 24 hours. even if you are not one of them it could have a big impact on your drive to work tomorrow. fir

the tanger outlets and m.g.m. together, 10,000 new jobs that didn't exist eight years ago. alison: thank you. we have continuing coverage of what to expect once the m.g.m. casino opens at 11:00 p.m. tomorrow night. you will find the stories on changes in traffic and a look inside the casino on wjla.com. jonathan: let's talk politics. a busy day in the trump transition team. as the president-elect adds three names to his picks for the cabinet level jobs. which include nominating retired marine corps general john kelly to lead the department of homeland security. general kelly just retired this year. six positions in the cabine nomination including secretary of state. other cabinet level selections today wrestling executive linda mcmahon as head of the small business administration and oklahoma attorney general pruitt prat to -- scott pruitt to lead the environmental agency. alison: "time" named donald trump the person of the year. he had the most influence on anniversary celebrate every year. a day of solemn remembrance today across the country as we remember pearl harbor, t

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this is oxon hill road, and this is where the anger -- where the tanger outlets are. you can see at exit 3 the tenure outlets -- the tanger outlets. you will hit indianhead highway. that is a good way to get out. and really the only way to head to the southern portion of prince george's county. a lot of ins and outs. a lot of traffic tonight. it is going to be a bear. the county executive d commute. we will see what happens. autria: if you think opening night traffic will be bad, how about when bruno mars, duran duran, or cher coming to town? those are a few of the names that will be here. jummy: in montgomery county teacher is in serious trouble after he allegedly bought delizo of rockville exchange cell phone numbers with a 17-year-old high school senior who then offered -- and then offered to buy her alcohol. he then allegedly bought jack daniels and hennessy at a local supermarket. the teacher faces charge of furnishing alcohol to someone under 21 and contributed to the condition of a trial -- of a child. if convicted, it he faces up four years in prison and a $7,

prince george's county police are here in force to manage traffic, stopers at the near by tanger outlets feeling the buzz. >> i can't wait for it to open up. i want t of it. i can not wait. >> reporter: the vip party, that's a vip party but tonight at 11:00 this place is open to everyone and that's the point of mgm national harbor is an amenity for the entire community. i will take your here with my camera and show you the traffic is already building. prince george's county police now. $1.4 billion investment here. 3600 jobs. a huge amount of tax revenue coming to prince george's county. but also because this is in combination with national harbor over there and the huge convention complex and entertainment complex that's already there, this is a huge amenity for the entire region and for everybody, even those of us who are going to wait out here until 11:00 to get in. reporting live >> reporter: all right, scott, thank you so much. let's take a look outside to give crow some perspective of where this expansive structure sits here. so you look out at the national harbor and you can see t

. >> the tanger outlets, downtown national harbor and of course gaylord. that's one big area now. so it's real functioning very collaboratively. it's been in the plans for over 20 years. and it's finally come to fruition. >> will you have the future? >> yes, the rest of the land will be developed under the master strategy, and there will be a lot of things to come. >> and the holidays what are you expecting? >> it's great. you have ice at gaylord, downtown with its tree, mgm has a spectacular atrium and its decor. it's really becoming a place to see at the holidays. >> and greg, what would you like to see events wise with national harbor in making this a regional destination? >> i reserve our right to talk out of both sides of our mouth. we certainly, there is a component, there's competition, so we do have similar venues. on some level there will be some competition as relates to the type of concerts we both do respectively. having said that, i think there is a way we can market amenities that can play off each other. it's no different for us as we tell people, visitors come here

if you take the harbor exit you'll make a u turn, exit 3, the tanger outlets might be the best bet. jummy: the holiday season is bringing concern about drunk drivers. in on a mission to find them and prevent tragedy. starting now, nine officers will focus their attention on drunk driving and work in four day rotations from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and 2014-2015, more than 700 alcohol related crashes were reported in the county and officers say each crash could end in tragedy. >> to have to deal with the that was caused by someone driving drunk, we feel it's very important to get those drivers off the road. jummy: the new unit was made possible through a grant provided by the d.m.v. and a reminder this holiday season, give back to those in need. join us at the national harbor tomorrow morning from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and bring an unwrapped gift for a child and you might make someone's holiday a little brighter. all right. now we want to take a live look outside at the capitol. another fall day and looking at veronica johns for your fall forecast. veronica: the start of a meteorolog

how much she won, but it is enough to come back, do some more gambling and go across the street to tanger outlets and buy a couple things. pretty good. >> our coverage continues online. we posted a guide to getting there. that's all in the nbc washington getting to mgm. >>. >>> 6:05 on this friday morning. former astronaut and senator john glenn died yesterday at the age of 95. in 1962 he became the first american to orbit the earth. in 1998 he returned to space for discovery. >>> donald trump is back on the rod for the next stop of hids thank you tour. he's making stops in baton rouge. he thanked >>> snow is hammering the united states and causing dangerous conditions on the roads. there were multiple pile ups in erie, pennsylvania. >>> a former ceo will learn whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. a jury recommended a life sentence plus 16 years for a killing. a suicide. >>> today is the funeral for murdered 16-year-old girl from d.c. brianna was shot and killed the day after thanksgiving. her family raised almost $10,000 to pay or the funeral. police identified a person

. >> shoppers at the near by tanger outlets feeling the buzz. >> i think it's awesome for the revenue. >> i want to see the shops, eat, the gambling, everything. >> it's rubbing off on the prince george's county executive who first opposed gambling here in prince george's and then changed his mind if it came where a major resort development like this. >> and this is what is going to happen if you, you know, set the standards high. >> reporter: the promised delivery on all of this to our community and region, 3,600 jobs, at least 50% of them g t county here. about 35 to $40 million in direct revenue annually, half of that will be earmarked to schools. it all depends on people showing up indeed people have been showing up today. you saw the lady from detroit. there's people from around the world here this evening. i've seen people from asian countries and south american countries coming to this opening tonight. people to keep oncoming into the region to this attraction is looking pretty good. reporting live at the mgm resort and casino, scott broom, wusa 9. >> reporter: a lot of high ex

. >>> lots of last minute shoppers were in and out of the stores here at the tanger outlets in atlantic and if you're in the area, the shops are opened until 9 o'clock tonight. >> if you have to get outside the sweater cooperating. >> uh-huh. >> at least now, right. >> it's really nice outside. nice and mild. we've got a calm wind so you really can't have any complaints to look up my gift later. >> hey, look at the time. >> we'll show you what's going on with the temperatures. it's not bad in philadelphia, it's 45. 51 in raleigh. to the south it's milder. memphis and atlanta coming in at 61 but you see that pocket of cold air across chicago and to the north. 35 degrees in chicago, just 26 in bismarck, north dakota so where you have the colder air we're tracking snow. storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d the bulk of the snow moving up across the northern plains but the great lakes getting a lot of wet weather from detroit down cincinnati and also into saint louis. this heads our way throughout the overnight hours and christmas eve on saturday but if you're doing some traveling you s

u so some folks had to park off sight.si one lady told us she even had td park at the tanger outlets andnd then walk up in the evening hours. so we've met people who arrived at all hours. hou there are people who came in asa early as 9:00 o'clock last nighg who waited for hours to get in.. they are still going at this hour. ur some who got here ateret 1:00 o'clock in the morning.ck i they had no problems getting ini or parking they tell us, but gambling isn't for everyone, and so we do see those folks comingc in just to check things out.ut a lot of people telling us, you know, we're curious about the food. food. one lady that i just spoke to t at 10:30 and she wanted to trydt that. a lot of people truly excited ed about the shopping, the dining n and the big headliners expectedd we know boys two men is justsust around the corner on december 15th. back to you in the studio.tudi >> annie, thanks. tha >> thank you. >> i know you're excited foryou' bruno mars. theheck out the theater last night.er l ght. ka okay. >> it's pretty intimate.ate >> did you get me tickets?icke >> no. >> no. i

l we are right here one of thehe side roads her right across from the tanger outlets we've seen aa lot of overflow parking evenki e this morning.ng themselves across oxon hill roar to get their cars this morning m you can see prince george'see pe county police have really kinde of set up a whole station area here along the side roads soo that they are ready to patrol and work on traffic flow at oxon hill road where one of the major impacts is expected to be.. also, temple hills, fortfo washington, all those areas the enableds really are the ones that will be living and dealing on the beltway exits has increased almost 20% since s national harbor started developing and so they're they't ones who are feeling it.ngt. we talk to someone last night casino -- we've been focusing aa lot of our stories come to go national who are bon and mgmre a national and getting home from mgm national.mg we wanted to talk to someone whe was just trying to get home froo work yesterday.es here's what she had to say. >> a hot mess. a mes it was really bad. b however i mean the everything going pretty much. m