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WRC News4 At 6 November 28, 2014

And shop and dont want to bring your bags on the train, Tysons Corner mall will deliver your bags to your house for 5 bucks. You have to live within a tenmile radius to get that offer. Reporting live in tyson, adam tuss, news4. Thanks, adam. The fight broke out at the westfield annapolis mall and caused panic a couple hours ago. Sparked some rumors that shootings were going on twitter. Police have said there was no gunfire at all. You can see how packed the parking lot is there. Chopper 4 was flying over the mall and police say this appears to have been started with a fight involving some young people. Over the district, crowds of protesters swarmed the front of the walmart on h street today. Workers striking for higher wages, demanding 15 an hour. This was one of 1600 protests in Stores Across the country, including maryland and virginia. Walmart says its unfortunate the group is trying to disrupt the holiday spirit for their own agenda. A lot of black friday shoppers out today at Montgomery Mall, but not all hunting for deals. News4s Zachary Kiesch joins us live with a different perspective on the black friday rush. Hey, zac. Reporter hey, doreen. You know, i have friends, but never as many friends as when the camera is out. Ive been hanging out with my friends here at Montgomery Mall all day long. I have this feeling that only a live shot has the ability to kind of put a hiccup in the shopping going on here, unless, of course, you are one of the few that got dragged out of the house and had no intention of shopping. As a matter of fact, i see one of them sitting right over here. Behind the hum of shoppers, there are an army of quiet and patient folks who just came along for the ride. Every day after thanksgiving, i get all the girls together, give them each a couple hundred bucks and let them go. Reporter in the middle of the chaos, tim schwartz. His fix, coffee and a good book. Last year, i was sitting at this very table at this very time. Its like dejavu all over again. Reporter the sound of cash registers and well practiced demos, we know a couple things. 140 million americans will take part in black friday and will spend over 13 billion. Its still too early to know exactly how much is spent here, but patty green says traffic is up. Yep, were looking good compared to last year. Up about 43 , so were excited about that. Reporter tannen found some stuff she likes. This cute sweater from zahra i impulsively picked up in line and had to buy. Reporter not everyone here is in the mood. Like david. There is always a place in the mall where you can sort of sit and disappear, even amongst the throngs of people. Reporter the good ones find a way out of it, and for all the others, they just deal with it. For tim, its a book on mindfulness and meditation. Youre being tested right here. Right . I am in the moment. Reporter and the experts can see, they expect the spending to continue all weekend long. We mentioned the billiondollar number. That is supposed to be up to 35 billion by the end of the weekend. So friday, saturday, sunday, theyre expected to be here all weekend long. Reporting live from Montgomery Mall, Zachary Kiesch, news4. Thanks, zac. Doing your shopping online this year . What you need to know before you buy, ahead in our next half hour. Storm team 4 is tracking big changes on the way for the weekend. It was cold today but going to be giving way to warmer air. Chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer in the storm center. Hey, doug. Sounds like changes on the way. Yeah, and i think its a good change, too, chris. We have been talking about such cold numbers over the past couple days today. Really, the coldest since we hit 74 on tuesday. And then we had the snow and then today just cold. No snow across our area right now, although we did see snow showers earlier today. One thing we have been seeing is the wind chill, down to 23 right now in gaithersburg. 32 in washington. 31 towards ft. Belvoir and 29 in camp springs. So a very chilly friday night as were going to be out doing any of the shopping tonight. Make sure you bundle up. Tomorrow, starting off on a cold note too. And temperatures this evening, if youre going to be out and about, will continue to drop to 35 degrees around 9 00. 32 by 11 00. But we are going to warm up in a big way. Ive got that for you coming up soon. Thank you, doug. A developing story tonight. Ray rice is once again eligible to play football in the nfl. The former Baltimore Raven won his appeal of his indefinite suspension. Rice was barred from the league after video surfaced of him punching his then fiancee in an elevator. But rice argued the nfl punished him twice for the misconduct. And a judge agreed with him. Coming up in sports, well take a look at what the appeal means for rice and if theres a chance hell actually play again. Were getting new details about a shooting that interrupted a familys thanksgiving dinner. Police have now identified the victim who was shot several times in columbia, maryland. It happened at an apartment on Stevens Forest road. Investigators say a masked man walked up to the apartment and banged on the door. When someone opened the door, elijah couplings was shot several times. Hes in stable condition tonight and while investigators say they dont think this was a random shooting, they dont have anyone in custody. New at 6 00, we learned more information tonight about a story we told you about on news4 at 5 00. Charging documents show the two men who kidnapped a woman in northeast thanksgiving morning strangled her and tasered her in the face repeatedly as she cried for help. One of the men is in jail but police are searching for a second man. Mark segraves has more on the investigation. Its just a lot of fear going on right now. Reporter it was just after 3 00 thursday morning. Police say a woman was attacked by two men with a stun gun. They took her away, sexually assaulted and robbed her. Are you serious . Its terrible. Reporter within hours, 31yearold paul Xavier Williams of northwest d. C. Was in custody. Theyre so close to home. Its right here. I mean, its too close, you know. I dont wish it on any other neighborhood or anything like that. But to have right here like that, you know, its really sad. Reporter this is not the first time williams has been arrested. According to court records, he was arrested just blocks from here a few days ago. Charged with misdemeanor assault and theft. He was released, pending a court date next week. Thats our system. Thats your justice system. I dont get it. Reporter Police Records show this latest attack is not an isolated incident for this neighborhood. Take a look at police data from crimes within 1,000foot radius of the school. Five sexual assaults. 13 robberies. Ten more robberies using a gun. And in the past year, a total of 42 violent crimes. And if you add in nonviolent crimes like burglaries and stolen cars, the numbers almost double. 82 total crimes within a few blocks of this school. Its really sad, you know. It really is. I dont have the words to say it, but we have got to pray for these people. Reporter Police Continue to search for that second suspect in this most recent attack and warn he may be armed with that stun gun. They asked anyone who knows anything about this attack to give metropolitan police a call. Reporting in northeast, mark segraves, news4. Because this most recent charge was a violent felony, a d. C. Superior court judge ordered williams held without bond just a few hours ago. The charges from earlier in the week were not serious enough to keep him in custody. Again, Elijah Jackson shot in that shooting. In another case, the suspect in a metro carjacking case is expected to be kproo extradited to Fairfax County and were working to find out when. Darian robinson is being held in Baltimore County where he was arrested thursday morning. Hes accused of carjacking a woman two weeks ago. Police say he pulled a gun and then forced her to get cash out of several atms in maryland. Then finally let her go at the New Carrollton metro station. He served time in a maryland prison for a similar carjacking in 1996. New developments now in a story we have been following all day. We learned the name of a man accused of opening fire in downtown austin, texas, and shooting hundreds of rounds of ammunition into government buildings. Police say Larry Mcwilliams started shooting about 2 00 a. M. And tried to set the Mexican Consulate on fire. In the course of about ten minutes, mcwilliams unloaded more than 100 rounds and hit the Police Headquarters in the u. S. Courthouse. Police shot mcwilliams and he later died. And investigators are still trying to figure out why he did this. Black friday protests erupted in ferguson, missouri and around the country tonight. The latest fallout from the grand jurys decision. Begging on the streets with babies in their laps. Are these women dress desperate or using children to scam us. A turkey comes crashing through his windshield. Wait until you hear what he 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. From ferguson, missouri, to some of the countrys biggest cities, thousands went to the mall today to call for a black friday boycott. These protesters walked with their hands up through a mall just miles from ferguson. In new york city, more than 150 people gathered outside macys chanting for shoppers to get out of the store and into the streets. And in chicago, protesters held signs saying police were more concerned with protecting Retail Stores than with protecting people. Chuck todd with nbcs meet the press joins us now with more on the fallout from the decision in ferguson. Days later, people are still protesting, and its not just in ferguson. Its all over the country. What do you think . Is the message getting across . Is this you know, i dont know if it is. One of the things were going to discuss in meet the press the state of Race Relations in the air of obama. Talk about where are we in this. We talk about this trusting government can issue all of the time, particularly among conservatives lacking trust in government. Here is a case, africanamericans lacking trust in a government agency. In this case, Law Enforcement. So i mean, is it that, or is it historic or what is it . I think getting to the root of this is we always say were going to use moments like this have discussions about race and never actually have these discussions about race. We talk about it for about ten minutes and then move on. My guess is were probably in that same pattern here. And if washington holds look how washington has reacted. President has seemed very hesitant to get involved in this. No republican has talked about this at all. Rand paul a little bit. Outside of him, if you are not a missouri republican, you havent put out a single press release. So isnt parking a conversation some people think is necessary. Let me follow up on that. The president really stepped out when Henry Louis Gates was arrested. He was outspoken on trayvon martin. Why is the white house handling this case differently . Its funny. I think its feeling burned by the came bridge incident. I think this is because Law Enforcement with trayvon martin, he had no qualms about stepping up. And i think, in fact, he thought he went out of his way, and he thought, you know what, this is a moment i need to step up. This is a moment where his unique way that he was brought up, biracial household, speaking to both black america and white america, explaining black america to white america, explaining white americas reaction to black america, this is the role he was made for. He has not felt the need to do that with ferguson. He has done what i would call the political minimum. Enough to make sure people cant say he hasnt said anything. But i think they view this my gut is they view anything he does anymore than that as adding to the polarization and the last thing they want. Likely a subject under discussion. We have a great panel, professor Charles Ogletree from harvard, ben carson from obviously johns hopkins. Cheryl ineye mutliand tom cotton from arkansas. So pretty packed show for a holiday weekend. I feel pretty good about it. Looking forward to it. Thanks, chuck. And, again, you can catch meet the press here on nbc 4, sunday morning starting at 10 30. Doug is back with more on our weather forecast. Cold tonight, but then Getting Better . Yeah, and i think i think people are ready for warmer weather. We had a couple days nice and warm early this week but the bottom fell out just in time for thanksgiving, just in time for black frooit. How about the weekend and what is that looking like . Better for sure. Look outside right now towards the Woodrow Wilson bridge. A nice shot towards national harbor. Current temperature at 37 degrees. Notice that wind chill. Still down to about 32. So a very chilly night. And were going to continue to see those cool numbers. Current temperatures, 32 in leesburg. 30, manassas. 30 in gaithersburg. 31 in huntingtown. So we are already talking about temperatures below freezing and theyre going to go way down later on this evening. 23 the current wind chill in gaithersburg. 25 in martinsburg. 28 in culpeper. That wind of 10 Miles Per Hour really does help to produce much more of a chill in the air. Nothing on the radar. We saw a couple showers. Couple of snow showers earlier this afternoon. Some came down at a pretty good clip around portions of montgomery, loudoun county, right through northwest. That all coming with the northwesterly flow bringing in the colder air. As we widen out. Here is some good news. A warm front. A warm front and cold air does mean snow. So weve got snow around the chicagoland area. That snow trying to make its way our way. But its going to go well to our north. What comes in behind it, behind the warm front, behind the warm front always warmer air. And that warmer air today, 60s and 50s. 59 in wichita. 67 in dallas. Close to 70 today. Thats the kind of air we want to be in. You can see what were in right now, though. 26 pittsburgh. 24 in buffalo. Get that cold air out of here and bring in warmer air. Thats exactly what Mother Nature has in store the next couple days. But not tonight. Tonight, chilly. 30 degrees in d. C. 22 in manassas. 22 in martinsburg. Low of 21 in winchester. These will be the numbers around 6 00, 7 00 tomorrow morning. And then well start to moderate a little bit. Tomorrow afternoons forecast, much nicer than today. Partly sunny, not as cold and with less wind. Going to be a pretty nice afternoon. Temperatures 43 to 48 degrees. So still chilly for this time of year. But were not talking bitter cold like today. Tomorrows impact forecast, will be in the low side for sure as we be seeing sunshine and less wind. It will feel a lot better. Even better on sunday. High temperature of 60. Now the winds do pick up on sunday. Theyll be upwards of 25 Miles Per Hour. But its a warm direction as far as the wind is concerned. That high of 60 coming in with a high of 61 degrees on monday. Monday well see a chang chance of a shower late in the day, 30 chance. Then tuesday, we see the cold air move in, a 20degree temperature drop from monday to tuesday. A chance of showers in the morning and some of these could fall in the form of snow in some parts of area. Not a big deal at all. But its something that well watch. It could be early on Tuesday Morning with a high of only 42. Back up to 53, back down to 48. Back up to 53. The roller coaster ride continues. I hope you paid your admission, because this ride looks like its going to stick around for a while. Thank you, doug. Heres a thanksgiving story we havent heard before. A drivers windshield was torn apart, but he says its destiny. It was a 30pound turkey that came flying through his window on thanksgiving. This happened in lubbock, texas. The truck driver wasnt hurt. The bird, though, not so lucky. The driver pulled over to call for help and soon figured out what to do with the big bird. The whole family came out, and i asked ifhey could use it. Obviously, there was nothing i could do with it. They were pretty excited about getting it. Everybody was happy i was okay, and after that, it was hysterical. Because what are the odds of that, hitting a big old turkey on thanksgiving. Hell be telling that story for years to come. The turkey will get bigger and bigger with each telling. The truck driver was able to make it home in time for thanksgiving dinner with his family. Not that turkey. They were forced out by fire. Now residents coming back to their apartments to salvage what they can. Hear from one of the men who helped get everyone out. And a lost dog that juanterred into a prince georges fire station to escape the cold is on the move. Where gizmo is headed next. A little lost dog showed up at a firehouse in Prince Georges County early thanksgiving morning and now we have new information where hes headed. This story has gotten more than 1,200 likes on our facebook page. Firefighters have dubbed this little yorky gizmo. They tried knocking on doors but nobody recognized the dog. This morning prince georges fire transferred gizmo to an animal management facility in Upper Marlboro. If you happen to know gizmos owner, you should call animal management in Prince Georges County. A thanksgiving day fire forced more than 70 people out of their homes yesterday, and today residents at the temple mills apartment complex are cleaning up. News4s derrick ward has the story of one man who took it upon himself to be more than just a good neighbor. Reporter residents of this Apartment Building returned to pick up what they could after a threealarm fire interrupted tha

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