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WRC News4 At 4 December 4, 2013

Oh, theyre still running and still shooting. Sandy hook school. Please. The family fought to keep the 911 tapes sealed. The father of one says theres value in letting them hear now. I think there will be less confusion. There will be less people making up stories about what happened. The audio files just released online a short time ago. Were going through them and will have the latest on a live report a 5 00. For now at the live desk. Im Scott Macfarlane. We are tracking a strange incident at the white house today. Uniformed secret Service Officers cleared the north lawn, closed the guard shock, evacuated the park and shut down pennsylvania avenue. The secret service says the man was arrested for throwing a package to the north end squad. Right now two lanes are blocked by crews working on a water main break. This problem is near the intersection with gorman street. Crews are installing valves of an 8inch main so waterservice can be restored to customers. Right now we are ready for bizarre winter weather. Veronica johnson is tracking it all. Thats right. We have a lot of changes that were going through in the weather. Outside today, well, weve got an overcast sky across the area. It stretches far and wide. Lets take a look. Our temperatures today under the overcast sky. As we look right over the potomac, temperatures today in the 50s across the area. Even 60 degrees for you folks around fredricksburg. Stafford at 57 today. 57 around waldorf, maryland. But tomorrow temperatures will be going way up. Probably get freakishly mild before another cold blast moves in. Thats your thursday. All this as we track a big storm that will be setting up a large area of icy conditions through the nations midsection and then eventually here. Ill tell you which areas and when in a couple of majorities. D. C. Police are identifying the man shot and killed by officers in the trinidad neighborhood last night. His name is Darius Murphy and hes 19 years old. Both the officer and murphy went to the hospital where murphy later died. The officer was released this morning. Police in Prince Georges County are still looking for the gunman who fired shots near the Day Care Center in capitol heights. One person was wounded. A bullet grazed the driver sitting inside the day cares marked van. Hes expected to be okay. Police say no children were in the van or outside the Day Care Center at the time. This all happened around 6 00 last night at shell street and arcadia avenue. New developments now. The charity says today they have received three massive donations to make up for what was stolen this weekend. We first showed you the video. They stole days worth of red kettle collections and made off with more than 10,000. Walmart wrote a check today for 15,000 to make up for the losses. A local attorney foundation donated 10,000 each. Police are still looking for the thieves. Walmarts first two d. C. Stores are open for business. There is one store at missouri avenue northwest. The other is at h and first streets northwest. Coming up in the next half hour well talk to customers today. A church in Prince Georges County is reeling right now. Thieves stole their supply of heating oil. And its not the first time. Folks are still talking about the black friday madness. A deer got into the Huntsman Square in spring yn field. That was friday afternoon. The animal got in through a back door and ran through four different stores, including the giant supermarket. One of the store workers scrambled to shut their doors. Finally one witness sprang into action. Luckily one knew to cover his face with a sweater. And he was able to guide it to the front of the mall until animal control came. It was a little bit of crazy in here for a while. And theres a whole crowd watching and running away. The dress barn had the most damage and was closed to shoppers for nearly two days. Well, its a billboard in the middle of one of metros busiest stations. Now its attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. Well tell you why metro is fielding complaints about one of its own ads. Right now the white house is decked for the holidays. Well get an inside look at Michelle Obama shows off the decorations. And College Students getting canine therapy. Metro is taking heat for a controversial series of new ads at metro station next week. One makes a comment about new metro improvements while the other says, quote, cant we just talk about shoes . Some commuteayhe ad is sexist and unfair to women. Well, just the smile on their faces, its like, this is a serious conversation. But its very flippant. Just thinking about shoes. Its nothing to smile about. Metro says the ads are a part of a series that shows riders including men having casual conversations about improvements to the railways. Coming up at 5 00, transportation reporter adam tuss has more about the complaints. Send us your feedback by calling or texting. Text one for yes and 2 for no. Well share your responses tonight on news 4 at 5 00. Quiet please. A new law says loud music, car horns and barking dogs are a criminal offense. Violatorscan be fined up to 500. Some residents called it too strict. Others, too lack. Supervisors say its made the previous law unenforceable. Heres a live look at the Rockefeller Center in new york city. The Christmas Tree is dark now, but tonight it will light up. Glowing in Downtown Manhattan. You can see them flip the switch live at 8 00 here on nbc 4. The white house is decked out for the holidays today. First lady Michelle Obama invited military families to come inside and take a look at the 2013 holiday decorations. There they are. This years theme is gather around. A celebration of coming together with loved ones at this special time of year as well as sharing the stories of classic american holiday traditions. Mrs. Obama says she likes to watch children enjoying the wonderful glory of the white house during the holidays. Some of the best times are watching the face of the kids and looking at the ornaments. They include holiday crafts and treats for the children. The first family came into the room to greet the kids and knocked over a 2yearold girl. He licked her face in an apparent apology. Sunnys First White House christmas there. Were sure that lick made up for knocking her down. We are getting new details about the death of Actor Paul Walker. What we just learned from the medical examiner and how the actors death will impact the popl popular fast furious franchise. First at 4 00 today, new information about the death of Actor Paul Walker and his friend. Autopsy results released this afternoon reveal that walker died from the combined effects of trauma and burns. The star was a passenger in the car drifred by roger rodas. The treealso word this afternoo that production of fast fast furious 7 is now on hold. News 4s Scott Macfarlane has the details for the live desk. They will talk about when the recap begins. Its set to start december 16th. It can take several days. They had 160 to 165 votes. The republican candidate petitioned the court for this recount. The commonwealth in the history of close elections, that was the closest statewide election in virginia history. At the live desk, im Scott Macfarlane. Weather wise, its pretty mild here in our neck of the woods. But a wicked winter storm is enveloping a big part of the country bringing dangerous snows and deadly temperatures. At least six deaths are already blamed on the deadly blast. Leanne gregg is in denver with a look at how folks are coping. Reporter in colorado, road crews working around the clock are trying to keep pace with falling snow and icy conditions. Some mountain areas are bracing for up to two feet of snow. In denver lows below zero are expected for several days. More snow near duluth, minnesota, up to a foot today, on top of 26 inches yesterday. By friday, temperature this is the region could drop to more than 20 below. Stay indoors a lot more. I dont like 30 below weather. Nobody does. Just part of what happens. Its going to be a white christmas. And its nice and cold. Slick road causing dangerous conditions. The utah Highway Patrol reported 160 crashes in Salt Lake City alone. A troopers vehicle was struck by another car sliding out of control while he was assisting an accident. The cold weather is threatening crops as far south as california. Citrus farmers worry if their crops still on the vine will survive the cold. Go home and go to bed, get back up the next morning and see whats happening. A massive arctic blast affecting more than 30 Million People in 25 states still far from over. The icy blast is expected to be followed by another later this week, creating an extended cold period that hasnt been seen since in 1990s. Leanne gregg, nbc news, denver. So, veronica, are we going to get any of that . Were going to get a little bit of wintery weather come this weekend. So were monitoring whats coming, the big storm system for us. First we get to enjoy the moild temperatures. Well save a little bit on the electric bill because we dont have the heat on. After the first 24 hours we have adjustments to make. We have overcast and low overcast today. Didnt get much sunshine but not having a major effect on the temperature. We are slightly above average. Look at this. The mercury only dropping a few degrees. At 9 00 im calling it cool at 51. Could be patchy fog around 11 00 p. M. To midnight. And look at the radar here scanning the area. Nothing is showing up thats fallg from the sky. There could be a few sprinkles coming our way late this evening around winchester. You can see them there on the west side of i81. Foggy conditions for tomorrow morning. Clouds, yes. So not much sunshine and a slight chance for some showers coming our way during the afternoon hours, and most especially on friday. In fact, friday is looking very nasty. But its the afternoon evening rush that we have to look at. Along with that, around 3 00, 4 00 p. M. On friday and even wind to deal with. Youre looking at temperatures across the area. Forecast for tomorrow. Manassas, youre up to 65 for a high tomorrow. 66 degrees in town. Even you folks in gaithersburg, temperatures in the low to mid 60s again. Slight chance of a passing shower between 3 00 and 8 00 p. M. Tomorrow. I dont know if its enough to carry the umbrella, but youre for sure going to need it on friday. Starting at 3 00 to 5 00 a. M. In the morning. Going right through the evening hours. The forecast for friday with the 60degree High Temperature will come early in the day. 8 00 a. M. , showers and mild conditions. At noontime, we get cooler. We top at 50 degrees. By 4 00, when you step out, its rain an wind and turning chilly. A new weather system moves in. Well get the timing on what we get sunday as well as an hourly forecast and a lighting for the national Christmas Tree. Used to be the second most powerful man in the world. Now dick cheney may be powerless to stop a family feud. Well have his reaction . And what tr the five keys to a longer life . No matter how old you are you should be concerned about your health. Once you hit 50 there are important steps to maintaining your health. Five simple steps to take after 50. A family allergy and asthma care is here. Shes about to turn 50. Happy birthday in advance. Thanks very much. So lets go through the five steps. First of all we know that knowledge is power. And we know we have to know our numbers. What are they . So, they are simple. They are your blood pressure, triglycerides and cholesterol. Know them and take them often. But we dont pay a lot of attention to them. The point is knowledge is power. We also know its important exeise. What do you say to people who want easy exercise . Folks who dont want to join a health club. You can do it easy. Its 20 to 30 minutes of vigorous walking. And it does so much more than help out your heart. It tones your muscles. Its going to decrease your stress, improve your mood, and help your sleep as well. But dont just think of it as something for your heart. Exercise is one thing. You say we need to laugh our way to better health. How does that work . The studies show that 15 minutes of laughter equals 30 minutes of aerobic exercise. Imagine if youre watching the seinfeld reruns. You probably have much more going on. It does so much more than that. It increases endor fins aphins relaxes muscles. Its really good medicine. We also know its important to watch your weight. But why is it more important to watch your waist. So you have a scale and the tape measurer you really want to have a small waist. And those numbers are in particular for men less than 40. Ideally 35. And for women less than 35 and ideally 32. And the reasons they really are are because of what we call the visceral fat, the area of fat around the middle. The apple versus pear shape. It releases a lot of inflammatory chemicals that will again infect the rest of body, not just the stuff around the gut. Now is liposuction good for getting rid of the fat around the tummy . Does it have the same benefits as exercise . Its not been studied in humans, but if you have some mice around, thats one way to get them to do that. And the studies have shown in the mice, it decreased drastically their asthma. And the thought here again is you sucked out the bad fat storage that has the chemicals that will cause the inflammation that causes the asthma. So again really Pay Attention to the waist. I confess i dont get enough sleep. I cant get enough sleep. Maybe a pillow so you can take a nap around here at some point or another. But why it helps is because its when your cells repair. They repair when youre asleep. And you will get more and better sleep if you do the other things that we talked about, if you do exercise. The metabolism slows down if you dont get enough exercise. Its going to affect all the other parts that we talked about. The most important therapy is sleep. Just sleep. I feel a new years resolution coming on. Give that as a gift to others, too. I feel like a nap. President obama is taking his message about the economy to the district. ll te you what brought him to the southeast. And a live report from 30 welcome back to news 4 at 4 00. Im pat lawson muse. And im jim handly. President obama warned that the nations Economic Future is threatened by what he calls a dangerous income disparity. He called for federal action to narrow the gaps, such as a hike in the minimum wage. Steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the story for us. Thanks, jim. Federal action, which means spending, which means this is part of the budget battle. And here on capitol hill tonight, both sides, theres good news. Both sides saying that it looks like theyre closer to a twoyear budget agreement. But president obama today was looking a lot longer term than that, and frankly looking to change what has been the subject of washington. The president widened his focused from obama care to the economic class. If you work hard, you should make a decent living. Fewer americans are. Income disparities are getting worse. The average family made just 8 more than than they did in the late 1970s, while americas richest 1 get far richer, with 288 times what most families have already. That is a dangerous growing inequality. Places like san francisco, d. C. And neighboring counties are raising the minimum wage. Seattle to 15 an hour. President obama wants the federal minimum raised from 7 25. Thats part of the budget battle that is heating back up. In republicans versus democrats. When will they start listening to the American People . Blamed by this years government shutdown, many republicans rule that out. Its a bad idea. And number two, its bad politics. And a deal is in the works to end across the board sequestration cuts in defense and in social programs said to cut deeper next year. Billions would get shifted. And a plan being hatched by House Republican paul ryan and Senate Democrat patty murray, while both sides fight over extending unemployment benefits. The president today warned again that obama care will not be on the table in any of these because his plan, he says, is getting rid of, hoping to end one of americas worst disparities. Im steve handelsman, news 4. Here is a live look at Rockefeller Center in Downtown Manhattan right now. In just a few hours the big Christmas Tree will be glowing with 45,000 christmas lights. Sarah is joining us now with a preview. Reporter youre not joking. This is a huge tree. And all that is left to do tonight is to throw that switch. But taking you back to the trees origins. Its from connecticut. It was planted 75 years ago. The family that donated it say they are happy to share it with the world, but they are a little sad to see it grow. Its now at 30 rock. All dressed up in 45,000 l. E. D. Multicolored light tws the star on top of it. Were going to hear from a number of stars and celebrities. Theyre all right here on nbc. And if you want to come see the tree in all the glory, you can do so until january 7th. After that it will be milled boo lumber for habitat for humanity. And you can see the Tree Lighting tonight at 8 00. Well, the lighting of the national Christmas Tree outside the white house is set for later this week. Yeah, a big day. Is the weather going to cooperate for that one . Our temperatures, however, will be fairly decent, i think the early part of the day on friday for the national Christmas Tree lighting. Here we go. Take a look at the temperatures. Starting out at 60 degrees by 4 00. Well be around the 50s. By 6 00, 51 and then dropping to 50 degrees. 0 s by 8 00. The other thing were looking at is train. The rain could be moderate to heavy durn the afternoon and evening hours and the wind will start to pick up as well. So take whatever you need to take to stay dry and also to stay warm. After this event most of the rain should be over

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