Times square is shut down tonight filled with people. Here in the d. C. Area more than 1,000 peats marching to the white house on the streets. People marching to the white house on the streets. First tonight weve got to alert you to rough weather on the way heading out for thanksgiving. Good evening. Im jan jeffcoat. Im derek mcginty. Meteorologist topper shutt, rough time ahead . Were looking at a red alert, rain to start, snow to finish. Were lucky theres not more cold air. Lets start with the warnings, winter storm warning still in effect for Loudoun County points west and also Frederick County, maryland, points north and west and a Winter Weather advisory just to the west of i 95 which includes Montgomery County, fairfax and Prince William county as well as southern fauquier back into culpeper. You folks well northwest hagerstown, winchester and cumberland is the bulls eye because you have elevation. This storm is going to affect the entire eastern seaboard. Dont go north tomorrow really. How much snow . East of i95 not much, a trace to maybe an inch, more like a trace, but west of 95 even clipping northwest d. C. Could be 1 to 2 inches which includes manassas, fairfax, mclean, reston, Silver Spring and wheaton, but gaithersburg to leesburg 2 to 44inch band. A little north of that essentially up in Frederick County 4 to 8 inches from frederick to hagerstown to winchester to cumberland to romney. Out toward hagerstown and cumberland and romney 6 to 8 inches. So the impact meter, how will it affect you . Given that its wednesday before thanksgiving on a scale of 1 to 10, its a big storm. It would be a bug storm if it were going to rain big storm if it were going to rain. Were giving it a 7 tomorrow. We will come back and open up the breadometer in a few minutes. Temperatures are falling a bit, 38 in martinsburg, 43 in gaithersburg, 51 downtown. Surface temperatures do not determine what falls from the sky. Well talk about more when the rain will kick to snow in the immediate metro area in a minute. A seven on the impact meter, that is no joke. Because of this eastern storm, some stressed out travelers decided to start a brandnew tradition. That is get out of town the day before the day before thanksgiving. That would be today. Mola lenghi is live at Reagan National airport tonight as travelers make ad many dash to get out of town make a mad dash to get out of town. Reporter as expected travelers traffic has picked up in the last few hours ahead of tomorrows mad rush to get out of town. Its one of the busiest travel days of the year, one that doesnt seem like it will be done any favors by the weather. I just want to get home as soon as possible. Reporter so do ese th people traveling early, a day ahead of one of the busiest travel days of the year. Actually its cheaper, but the last couple days with the storms coming in we were thinking were really lucky. I hope everything goes smoothly. Reporter while the weather might be rough, reagan and dulles airports wdont expect widespread delays or cancellations because of weather. Still some airlines are allowing travelers from reagan and dulles to change flights without fees. I was supposed to leave out tomorrow morning, but i got my flight changed, u. S. Airways. They didnt charge me. Reporter virginia d. O. T. Has 400 trucks ready to begin treating road as early as wednesday morning. Maryland d. O. T. Says theyre also ready. So are travelers, ready to get home. Lay in my own bed, eat some home cooked food. I need to get there asap. Reporter the earlier you can hit the road if you have those plans, the better off youll be. You can check the up to date weather and traffic conditions throughout the area on the wusa9 app which is free of charge. Live at Reagan National airport, im mola lenghi for wusa9. Tonight in ferguson there are concrete barricades around Police Headquarters and thousands of National Guard members patrolling the streets and city. More than a dozen businesses are in ruin, burned out cars lining the streets and people are on foot following a night of violent demonstrations against the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. Tonight missouri governor jay nixon says they are ramping up the presence of the National Guard and they are out in force on the streets of ferguson tonight surrounding that car that just a little earlier tonight was set afire by the mob of protesters on the streets of ferguson, missouri. Now three times the number of National Guard members are out there as last night when the crowd sort of roared out of control. Today in chicago, though, the president once again denouncing the violence. That video is incredible. For the first time we are hearing from officer Darren Wilson. He spoke with abcs george stephanopoulos. Williston said he was sorry to Michael Browns family, but that he feared for his life that day and would not do anything differently. He described in detail everything that happened including the moment he said brown punched him in his face and tried to grab his gun while wilson was in his cruiser. He said it was like a 5year old holding onto hulk hogue an. Thats how big hogan. Thats how big this guy was. At that time i said legally can i shoot this guy and the quonesti i answered myself was i have to. If i dont, he will kill me if he gets to me. Is it something you think that will always haunt you . I dont think its haunting. Its always going to be something that happened. Reporter you have a very clean conscious. The reason i have a clean conscious is because i know i did my job right. Wilson also said at no time did brown have his hands raised and alleged at one point brown walked toward him with one hand in his shirt and would not stop and show his hands. Why did officer Darren Wilson fear for his life . Well walk through some of the evidence the grand jury actually considered in making that ruling. Reporter the bruises to his face dont appear serious, yet officer Darren Wilson says the punches he took from teenager Michael Brown ultimately led him to fear for his life. Right out of the gate a little of wills. Hey, why dont you walk on the sidewalk the officer tells brown and his friend Dorian Johnson . According to wilson, the teen ager answers [ bleep ] what you have to say. The officer testifies he put two and two together, that both teens might be suspects in an alleged store robbery minutes earlier. Wilson puts his car in reverse and calls for backup. Hey, come here for a minute wilson testifies. What the f are you going to do about it, the teen allegedly fire back. Wilson then tells brown to get the f back. The 6 4 210pound officer said he felt intimidated by the 6 5 289pound teen. When i grabbed him, he testified, i felt like a 5year old holding onto hulk hogan. The teen wilson says hit him across the cheek. Wilson, i if the another one of those punches could knock me out or worse. He had the most intense face. It looked like a demon. Wilson describes a struggle for his gun. The teen is shot in his right hand. He runs. So does officer wilson. He makes like a grunting aggravated sound. He turns. Hes coming back towards me. His left hand goes in a fist and goes to his side. His right one goes under his waistband and he starts running at me. Not all but several witnesses back up wilson. One witness testifies i seen some type of movement and he started charging towards the Police Officer. Blood drops indicated by circles on this grand jury chart showing how far brown ran before he turned around may have helped convince jurors. Its really undeniable that he turns because the blood trail turns and then it came back 25 feet. Reporter about 8 feet short of wilson. At least 12 shots are fired. At least six hit brown. The volley captured on a nearby cell phone. I tell him get on the ground. Get on the ground. He still keeps coming at me. Im back pedaling pretty good because i know if he reaches me, hell kill me. But were the teens hands up in surrender or down . For police it may not matter. This walking towards somebody, that is not that is an aggressive situation for the person youre walking towards. Thats why they want you on the ground. Reporter wilson fires the final and fatal shot to the top of the teenagers head. His face went blank. The aggression was gone. The threat was stopped, but when a grand jury decides wilson should not be charged, violence begins. Now a day later more intense protests across the nation. In Boston State Police estimate over 100 protesters gathered and marched from city hall to the statehouse. There were no confrontations between officers and demonstrators. In new york massive crowds peacefully protesting as they marched through the streets of manhattan reaching three major bridges with just one known arrest. Also tonight protesters marching toward the Georgia StateCapitol Building earlier tonight. Demonstrators shut down the i 75 85 connector. The crowd dispersed less than an hour ago. Meantime the aftermath of that grand jury decision also felt here in washington d. C. Tonight Peaceful Protesters marched in northwest near fifth and i streets. Theyve just arrived at the white house. Our jim osman is live in Mount Vernon Square tonight where hundreds of demonstrators have gathered. Reporter there was a lot of passion here tonight, but it was all peaceful even as demonstrators took to the streets. Mount Vernon Square filled with demonstrators who were peaceful, some angry and some weary. Just tired. I mean how many times does it have to happen where you just stay on the side line and not do anything . Something has to be done. We have to let those in power know we arent going to take this anymore. Reporter the day after the demonstration follows a grand jury decision which declined to indict a missouri Police Officer for the death of Michael Brown. The final decision was not right and i think theres so much more work that our country needs to do. This is an opportunity to take the black experience and see it as a human experience. I think for so long that its been shown as the other when i think that now is a real chance to show how many people that supported it, this is a real thing. Reporter the more than hour long rally then took to the streets heading east from seventh and k northwest to spread their message. Police escort helped to safely guide the peaceful demonstrators. Were standing together in solidarity. This is history in the making. Reporter there were other protests in d. C. Today in front of d. C. Police as well as the justice department. Reporting live in downtown washington, jimmous man, wusa9. Jim osman, wusa9. That grand jury decision not to indict officer wilson is not necessarily the end of the officers trouble. He could face a civil death lawsuit and civil rights charges. A drivers homicide conviction in a fatal car wreck thrown out. Her name cleared nearly a decade later all buzz gm admits the car was at fault all because gm admits that car was at fault, so how come it took so long . Reporter got bad a secure retirement. A new home. Earning your diploma. Providing for your family. Real associates, using walmarts benefits to build better lives for their families. Opportunity. Thats the real walmart. I want it all and i want it now your toys want more. They need more. So get more guaranteed from verizon fios. 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Reporter a youtube search turned up plenty of businesses hawking this new technology, Companies Like lender systems that say they hope to change the behavior of people who cant get a loan the conventional way. You want to help individuals rebuild their credit, were finding lenders are more apt to give a loan because of this technology. Reporter lenders or dealers are supposed to disclose these virtual repo devices and even have customers sign for them. We were told that in most cases the devices are not turned on unless a person defaults on their loan, but consumer advocates like jack gilles are concerned some companies are more predatory than others. Often these companies will track you all the time to be sure youre going back and forth to work, to be sure youre not taking the car outside of some kind of a boundary. Reporter at route 1 auto in laurel the owner says he installed a gps device on one customers car, but he never had to shut it off or take the car back. There are more than 2 million vehicles in the u. S. That have these devices on them. Most of them are installed at these buy here pay here lots. If these devices are properly used, they can be very effective. Reporter they also come with some Strings Attached that may not be so clear. So be sure you know the deal before you sign for a set of tracked wheels. Lesli foster, wusa9. Laws and oversight of this industry differ from state to state. Most require consumers to have at least 30 days notice before a car is shut off for a missed payment. Lender systems goes a step further to provide an additional 24 to 48 hours to their customers so they are not stranded. A texas woman cleared 10 years after being convicted in a car crash that killed her fiance, cleared after General Motors came forward to say its car might have caused the accident, information knowingly withheld from law enforcement. Gm says the saturn the woman was driving was under recall for a faulty ignition switch. That flaw can cause the air bag and anti lock brakes to fail. Anderson had been sentenced to probation for negligent homicide. This is a red alert day. Now wusa9 first alert weather. If you stuck your head outside right now, you would find it doesnt seem all that cold like snowworthy, probably not. Topper says, however, beware. Youre right. Its not that cold. I was sniffing the air tonight. You can smell snow. Still not there, is it . Not quite, but it did smell clean and crisp. Will it stick . Grassy surfaces its going to stick to. Im more concerned about slick spots this time tomorrow night after the snow leaves. It will snow faster than it will melt causing problems north and west of town late morning to midafternoon. It was 69 today that occurred at midnight. Right now 51. Dew points only 35 which is not that low,s calm. If you want snow, you low, winds calm. If you want snow, you want that dew point in the upper 20s and 30s. A trace to maybe an inch on grassy surfaces, 1 to 2 inches manassas, fairfax, mclean, olney, wheaton and northeast d. C. A little north of that, rockville, gaithersburg to clarkbsurg, leesburg, back to culpeper 2 to 4inch band. Further north and get more elevation especially west of 15 in Loudoun County and north of frederick out toward hagerstown and winchester, 4 to 8 inches there. So by popular demand ead ometer is back. I dusted it off. Again, this is a tough call because some areas will see no accumulating snow, maybe in st. Marys county. You folks in hagerstown could see 6 inches. Its a tough call. On a scale of 1 to 10 well give it a 3. If it were going to snow everywhere, it would probably be a 6 or 7 storm. Were lacking cold air. Just wet roads in the morning for the travel. Bus stop temperatures 38 to 44, so above freezing, no problems tomorrow morning. Even as far north as hagerstown youll be above freezing in the morning. Our critical hours 10 a. M. To 4 p. M. Between 10 a. M. And noon well see rain change to snow west to east and move across i90 five. 1 to 4 inches in the metro and 4 to 8 in the mountains and higher elevations. Futurecast, 4 30 in the morning rain, greeley, 5 30 still have rain. By green. By 5 30 still have rain. By 8 30 all snow hagerstown west. By noon rain and snow mix even into portions of Prince Georges CountyPrince Georges County and by 2 30 all snow moves further south, upper Montgomery County and by 5 30 we still have rain and snow in the immediate metro area, even till 8 00 a little rain and snow in the metro area. Overnight cloudy and colder, rain by dawn but just wet roads for the morning commute, 38 to 44. Day planner, rain at 9 00, 38, a mixture at 11 00, 37 and then all snow by 1 00 but still 36. 36 at the surface, its got to snow to beat the band to accumulate. I think it will happen. Cold turkey day, maybe a flurry, 41, bright but brisk friday, temperatures in the low 40s. Warming up over the weekend, nice for the terps game, low 50s, great for the ravens upper 50s and maybe a couple shower next monday and tuesday, temperatures in the low to middle 50s. There you have it. I cant believe its already here, snow. Thats why we got to talk indoor sports, right . Plenty of action on the hardwood tonight. Wizards looking to continue their best start in 40 years trying to protect home court, a look at that game make us stronger. When a girl connects with a science mentor. Her confidence grows. When schools connect with technology. A 5th graders world opens up. And when a worker connects to online degrees. His opportunities multiply. The at t aspire initiative. Helping students and communities across america. Exactly the way you want it. Until boom, its bedtime your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. Enter the sleep number bed. Dont miss the ultimate sleep number week going on now. Hes the softy. His sleep number setting is 35. Youre the rock, at 60. Silent night not so silent . Sleep numbers even got an adjustment for that. Give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. This week only, save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Know better sleep with sleep number. Now wusa9 game on sports with Kristen Berset brought to you by xfinity. Before we go to the hardwood some breaking news out tonight. Espn reporting colt mccoy will start in place of robert griffin, iii this sunday in indianapolis. Rg3 still remains part of the redskins long term plan, but as of now hes saying colt mccoy going on sunday in indy. Well follow this story for you. The quarterbacks talking tomorrow in ashburn. Tonight the wiz hosting atlanta in the Verizon Center, wizards trying for a late surge, down 14, bradley beal drives, misses the layup, there for the rebound and foul, 13 points. Next possession john wall, fancy moves, goes down hard but so does the basket. Wall with a double double. Wiz down nine. An off night for the wiz offensively. They did have a season high 25 turnovers. Hawks take it 106102. Terrapins in the championship game of the cve tournament, had a feeling this team was going to be good this year. 2nd half the threepoint attempt but dez wells gets the rebound and putback. Later the three buried. Right now terps up 10 late in the 2nd half. That is against their first ranked opponent of the season. Virginia hosting tennessee state, not much of a test. In transition Justin Anderson buries the threepointer and gets fouled and with time winding down in the 1st half Justin Anderson gets the ball in the right corner, buries another three to end the half, 20 on him for the night. Virginia wins huge 7936. Former washington redskin turned sports broadcaster fred smoot wont be appearing on the air waves any time soon. Smoot was arrested over the weekend charged with misdemeanor domestic assault. The victim posted photos on instagram. Valerie jackson claimed smoot grabbed her in an altercation sunday morning and claims there were three incidents in recent months and those were photos from those two her incidents. Smoots lawyer said it was the vindictive actions of a disgruntled exgirl friend. After teammate Marshawn Lynch was fined 100,000dollar for not speaking to the media 100,000 for not speaking to the media, sherman spoke today. The other day Marshawn Lynch got fined 100,000. Did you know that . They wouldnt even have paid him 100,000 if he had spoken. Doug, do you think they would have paid him 100,000 . No, they sure wouldnt have. Geez, louise but you know who does pay me a lot of money . Beats by dre. They pay me a lot of money. I like them, but the league wont let me talk about them. Why is that . I dont know. Sounds a little hypocritical to me. Who is talking . Doug baldwin, one of the receivers. Remember the beats head phones, theyre not allowed to wear the logo anymore. Somebody else. Who does that . Bose. Theyre supposed to cover it up. So you start colt mccoy and he stinks up the joint. Then what do you do . Quarterbacks talking tomorrow morning at 11 30. Looking forward to it. Thats silent night not so silent . With sleep number, now theres an adjustment for that. Give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. This week only, save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. Know better sleep with sleep number. band playing late show theme from the World Headquarters of cbs television, throughout the solar system and beyond, its the late show with david letterman. Tonight. Plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. Im alan kalter. And now with his cornucopia of merriment, davi david letterman