Been marching almost every night since brown was killed. Today much of the country waits to hear whats next. Jay gray, nbc news, clayton, missouri. Police in our region are preparing for possible protests after tonights announcement. Our Team Coverage continues with jackie bensen. She is at the white house with more on the call for calm. Jackie . Reporter well, doreen, down in front of the white house, things appear as usual. We have some video that we shot just a short time ago. There may be a few more police officers, but plenty of tourists down there, and as i said, just things as usual down there right now. Now this is a city that is used to being able to deal with largescale protests. So many of the preparations being made are not the type you can see. News4 has learned a few things about the preparation. Among them, d. C. Police leave has been restricted by order of the police chief, and civil disturbance units have been activated in addition, of course, to president obamas urging of protesters in ferguson and throughout the country to remain calm. He talked about respecting the protests, but asking for peace. And, again, down here at the white house right now, business as usual. Nothing untoward. But obviously a city that is poised to react to anything this evening. Live in lafayette square, jackie bensen, news4. Jackie, thank you. And you might be interested in downloading the nbc washington app on your phone. Well monitor all of the developments out of ferguson. Well bring you the grand jury decision as soon as it happens, both onair and online. How about that weather today . It was outstanding. Wasnt it . Temperatures broke a record. But were advised not to get used to it. Doug . Why not . Oh, because weve been talking about that roller coaster for the last couple weeks, up and down and up and down. Record lows set on saturday morning. Record High Temperature tied today at the airport of 74. And now were talking about a winter storm with some snow moving in. 63 degrees at the current number at the airport. 70 in mons. 70 in fredericksburg. 70 in frederick. A beautiful, beautiful monday. But, yes, we have cold air moving in. A storm system thats going to develop. And it is going to provide some snow. So a winter storm watch in effect for areas like frederick county, loudoun county, northern Fauquier County and everybody off towards the west. This will be a snow, this will be accumulating snow. Even around the d. C. Metro area, i do expect to see some accumulations. Much more coming up later on. And as always, download the storm team 4 app at any time. You can always catch the latest as far as watches and warnings go, especially if we get a winter storm warning the next couple days. Download the app. The latest at 6 15. See you in a few minutes. Breaking news now out of the department of veterans affairs. We just learned that phoenix v. A. Director Sharon Helmand has been removed from federal service. Helmand was at the firestorm of whistleblower complaints earlier this year and improper scheduling practices. She had been on administrative leave since may. We are learning more about the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. Officials at the white house acknowledged today that priorities have changed since hagel he survived a bruising confirmation battle to join the president s cabinet. Steve handelsman on capitol hill now with more on this. Reporter thanks. The president today cited hagels class as integrity, but he was a republican, still is, a republican in it a Democratic Administration where a lot of people came to believe he wasnt a team player. Defense secretary chuck hagel won praise today from president obama. When its mattered most, behind closed doors in the oval office, youve always given it to me straight. Reporter but hagel struggled. The vietnam veteran was one of only a few republicans in a white house full of hardcharging democrats. These outsiders, especially if youre from a different party, have just had a consistent problem in getting the president s ear and being influential. Reporter and hagels job expanded beyond fupulling out o afghanistan. Ssian invaded ukraine. Isis invade iraq. Ebola exploded and hagel reportedly did not contribute much in meetings on those issues. He angered obama insider National Security adviser susan rice. By charging the president needed to better explain his strategy on syria. Hagel will stay on until a success certify confirmed. I will continue to support you, mr. President , and the men and women who defend this country every day. Reporter former undersecretary of defense, michelle flournoy, is said to be a potential obama pick to run the pentagon. The u. S. War on isis, and more u. S. Combat and afghanistan quietly okayed by president obama. Talk about combat. Whoever the president picks as his next secretary of defense, theyre sure to get a tough time up here trying to win confirmation from the new Senate Majority next year, the republicans. Im steve handelsman, news4. Several public gatherings are being planned to honor the life and legacy of marion barry. Barrys body will lie in repose at the Wilson Building next week. And flags at the Office Building are flying at half staff. Barrys Council Office was closed today to give staff some time to grieve and gather barrys belongings for his family. News4s tom sherwood has more on the memorial events now in the works. Reporter on the wamu coach show, mayor vincent gray said marion barry deserves a multiday sendoff as large as barrys life. I think simply to have one ceremony on one day would be truly an injustice to what he stood for. We look at having a celebration at the Convention Center, which i think is an entirely appropriate place to do it. Reporter at the john a. Wilson building downtown, staffers are preparing the ceremonial lobby. The body of marion barry is expected to lie in repose on tuesday next week. Here in the City Government building where barry served on the council and served four terms as mayor. Atlarge Council Member david grasso said despite the worst parts of his life, he deserves tribute. Ill respect him my entire career. Reporter barry, who was 78, died early sunday morning at the United Medical center in southeast after years of declining health. His widow, cora masters barry, and barrys son christopher, are still preparing funeral arrangements. D. C. Board of Elections Officials are preparing to file formal papers to hold a special election early next year to fill the remaining two years of barrys ward 8 council term. Frank smith says the city wants to properly acknowledge barry. This will be a funeral for the people of the district of columbia. Reporter again, funeral arrangements are being made for next week after the thanksgiving holiday. You can imagine the choices cora masters barry and others have in terms of ministers, choirs, Community Leaders who would like to be part of it. And the number the vast number of people in this community who want to pay their respects. The Convention Center may be the only place. All right. Thank you, tom sherwood. A man from iowa who was arrested last week outside the white house offered up a guilty plea today. The secret service says it found a rifle and ammuniti capheim. Officers say he drove from iowa after president obama called him and that he had an appointment. Capheim pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possessing an unregistered firearm, and unlawfully possessing ammunition. Hes facing a maximum of two years in jail. Theyre holding him now until a sentencing in january. A woman carrying a gun outside the white house the day after capheim was arrested also appeared in court today. April dubay dubois said she was participating in an immigration rally when the secret service spotted her carrying a handgun and holster. She waived her right to a preliminary hearing and will stay in jail until next wednesday. Tonight some local families are looking for answers in a deadly crash. An suv carrying eight people slammed into a tree over the weekend. It happened on east west highway in silver spring. Chris gordon talked to some of the victims family members today and joins us live from the scene. Chris . Reporter these were young adults who had jobs and dreams for the future. But tonight their families are dealing with a tragedy of their deaths. Thats my only daughter. I dont have anymore. So its hard for me. Reporter he shared a picture of his 24yearold daughter, melissa. Saturday night after working in a phone store, she told her family she was too tired to go out, but friends insisted she accompany them to a Birthday Party in bethesda. I cannot imagine my sister in the state she had the accident. I just remember the cheerful person she was all of the time. Reporter 21yearold caesar noriega, formerly worked with melissa. He wanted to start his own business. Lovely guy, smiling all of the time, happy. Reporter the third victim who died at the crash was 23yearold yenny vincent de leon. This trail along eastwest highway is the scene of the crash. There are flowers, candles and some of the wreckage. Friends posted on instagram, im sorry you had to go this way. May you rest in peace. And god definitely gained beautiful angels. Caesar, i love you so much. Three dead, five injured. Police say about 3 20 sunday morning, they were all in the chevrolet suburban, driven by 32yearold Evelyn Martinez lanimwhen it flipped on its side. Three factors are being considered while investigating this collision. Speed, alcohol and the fact that some of the occupants possibly were not secured with a seatbelt. Reporter at this point, police have filed no charges as the investigation continues. As for the driver, she was treated at a local hospital and sent home. Thats the latest live along eastwest highway in silver spring. Doreen, jim, back to you. Thank you, chris. Protesters take on police at the university of maryland. Tonight hear their concerns about highpowered weapons on nd why officers are being armed with m16s. Officials at the university of virginia are taking action after claims about a hidden culture of Sexual Violence there. And new allegations against bill cosby as a former member of his inner circle tells his story. We have just received word that there will be an announcement from the grand jury in ferguson, missouri, at 9 00 our time tonight. That grand jury has beening deciding the fate of a white police officer, who is accused of shooting and killing a black teenager in ferguson several months ago. Once again, that decision will be announced at 9 00 tonight, our time. We will be streaming information from ferguson throughout the night on our website, nbc 4. Com. Weekend protests, impassioned speeches, emotions are running very high at the university of virginia right now. As students, teachers and parents demand answers about one students explosive allegations regarding a gang rape inside a Fraternity House. Tonight, there say new call for action on campus. Kristin wright joins us with the latest from charlottesville. Reporter a uva board will discuss the Sexual Assault policies, procedures and recent allegations at a meeting tomorrow. And uvas president is now asking for a police investigation. Students are protesting Sexual Violence on campus, and say the university has tried to sweep the problem under the rug. The outrage comes after a Rolling Stone article detailing the alleged gang rape of a young woman at the ph phi kappa si Fraternity House in 2012. Uvas president suspended every fraternity and sorority until january 9th. Today the president of greek life talked about this article. It makes me personally sick to my stomach to think about what happened that one night in that specific Fraternity House. And it disorients my understanding of what community is. But what is the most empowering feeling is the amount of Energy Behind this issue right now. Last wednesday, Rolling Stone magazine delivered this university a wakeup call. Sexual assault is a problem that needs our undivideded attention. Now. There are atrocities being perpetrated here that fly in the face of every principle that we believe in. Since 1998, 183 students have been expelled from uva for honor Code Violations like cheating. Zero have been expelled for Sexual Assault. Uva is already under federal investigation, along with dozens of other schools for their handling of Sexual Violence complaints. Catholic university, frostburg state and william and mary are also being investigated. Since the Rolling Stone article, several more women have come forward with stories of being sexually assaulted at uva. Jim and doreen . Thanks, kristin. New allegations against bill cosby tonight. This time, the accuser is a man. Former nbc employee Frank Scottie says he sent money orders to women at cosbys direction, and regularly brought women to the actors dressing room. Scottie worked as a special assistant to cosby during the taping of the cosby show almost 20 years ago now. One woman who received a money order says those gifts were purely out of generosity. 18 women have accused cosby of Sexual Assault or attempted assault. He has not been charged in any of the cases and he denies involvement with all of them. Doug is back with more on our weather forecast. Almost everybody is worried about the weather for travel. Theyre leaving town and have people coming in. Whats the word . Well, thats the Biggest Issue here is going to be the fact this is coming during a day of travel. If it happened today, it would be a storm making its way in. But its wednesday, the day most of us will be hitting the roads in some way, shape or form. And were looking at snow after what has been just a gorgeous day. 63 degrees right now after a high of 74. That 74 degree temperature actually tied the old record set back in 1958. Sos yeah, 75 in fredericksburg. 70 in leesburg. In frederick, 70 in annapolis and were talking snow in two days. Nothing on the radar right now. Storm team 4 radar is clear. As we widen out, there is a frontal boundary off the coast, producing moisture toward the southeast. You also see snow back toward the chicagoland area. Thats the cold air thats going to begin to rush our way during the day tomorrow. High temperatures tomorrow about 15 to 20 degrees colder than they were today. Then we start to see our storm develop. And our storm making its way up the coast, this will be a coastal storm, a noreaster as it makes its way up, it will have rain and snow around portions of the area. Where you live depends on what youre going to get. Now, notice where the winter storm watch is, loudoun county, frederick county, northern Fauquier County, does not include i95 and places like Southern Maryland or east. Were still going to get snow here. Rain earlier and changing over to snow. Roads should be wet. Im not anticipating a whole lot in the way of some problems on the road around the i95 corridor. Any accumulation should be on the grassy surfaces. Now, back to the west, a little different story. Almost all snow. Accumulations will be likely here. Roads will become an issue later in the day on wednesday. So if youre traveling to the west, traveling up i81, heading out 70, out towards the pittsburgh area, we are going to be dealing with some delays out that way. So heads up for that. Were going to continue to monitor this storm and coming up at 11 00, exactly how much snow i think youll get in your area. High temperatures tomorrow, cooler. 57 d. C. , 58 fredericksburg. 55 in martinsburg and 56 towards baltimore. So another warm day tomorrow o at least a mild day. Because of that, the impact a low impact. Still mild, looking good for our tuesday. Wednesdays impact, definitely going to be on the higher side of things as we are making its way in with snow. Temperatures around 40 degrees, but the numbers falling during the day. A high of only 39 on thursday. That, of course, thanksgiving. 37 degrees on friday. So were going in the wrong direction here. Cold temperatures for the weekend, but we do come right back up. High temperature on saturday around 45 degrees. Sunday coming in around 55. Were continuing to monitor this storm. Well keep you posted on it right here from the storm center. Thank you, doug. Nice day outside to head to the Verizon Center and donate to our food 4 families campaign. You still have a little bit of time to get down there, too. Pat lawson muse has been there all day, meeting people. Some of them who come every year saying they wouldnt miss a chance to give back. And, of course, they also wouldnt miss a chance to hang out with pat for a minute, because who would not want to do that . Pat . Reporter jim, doreen, weve had a lot of fun with a lot of friends today. We have wrapped up this operation. Show you the guys there. Theyre 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 4s 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 its been a great day. Its been a great day because our viewers have come through for us, and our partners, the nurses, the washington citibank and pepco, the Washington Monument the sports, so many people have come forward with money and food. And were gr