Bear attack in recorded history. It felt like an eternity as the bear mauled her. But after a week in the hospital, shes home for the holiday. Is she in an interview youll only see on news 4. Reporter theres a lot to be thank lful for in karens house. I was basically asking him to sayd last wednesday night she was walking next door to her daughters house. Half way down the driveway, this bear came from the right side on two legs roaring at me. Reporter the same bear shes seen around the neighborhood for years. But this time it was with three cubs and it was ready to attack. I turned to see it and it grabbed me right here and threw me to the ground. And then she came around and bit again and attacked me from above on top of my head. Reporter over a span of 35 minutes, the bear mauled karen four times leaving her nearly lifeless on the driveway and convinced she was going to die. She went to catch her breath and she was laying behind me and i could feel her breath on my neck. She made a desperate employee to 911. I cant move and im bleeding and im please come now. Please come out. Send someone now. Im being attacked by this bear. Shes lit reallily bit my arm in half. How did she miss all the tendons. Karen was rushed to the hospital. She collapsed the bottom portion of one of my lungs and this arm is broken. Reporter sure, it will take time for her wounds to heal. I do think i had an angel on my shoulder. They say this holiday means more than it ever has before. Life is very short. Enjoy your family while you have them. Hard to believe after hearing all that, but she is expected to make a full recovery. We have a link to the gofunde me page to cover her medical expenses inside the nbc washington app. To be the we have learned member of the u. S. Military has died in combat in northern syria. The Service Member was caught in a blast from an improvised explosive device and the military hasnt released his or her name. This is believed to be the First American military casualty since the operation started to oust the Islamic State fighters from syria. Are. A team is trying to figure out what led to a deadly crash. A car veered off the rod and there were no other cars involved and no one else was hurt. Firefighters had to evacuate an entire Apartment Building in d. C. Investigators say flames broke out on the second flor in a building near 20th and f streets. Firefighters knock it down fairly quickly. No one was injured. Thr still trying to figure out how it started. Right now, millions of people are on their laptops and tablets getting a a jump on hit a a record 2 billion. That would be a 16 jump from 2015. More of you are buying items on your smart phones. Justin finch is live. Some folks just love to do it the Old Fashioned way. Reporter its absolutely right. Lots of feem showing up here in person. Minutes ago. What we found so far is a shopping environment is a lot more relaxed than you might expect. Check out this video here. Macys was among the first doors to open at 5 00 this afternoon. The nordstrom they are taking today off and will reopen tomorrow. Sears opening at 6 00 until midnight tonight. Shoppers say so farther after vanity purchases, knickknacks for themselves. The big r computerers, tvs will come tomorrow. What they are also remarking about is that the shopping is here. The deals are here. The crowds, not so much. Take a listen. The deals, the discouns. A lot of it is online. You dont get the same deals. Our kids have told us this is a great place to. Shop. We are spruzed how few people have come out tonight. The people likely on their laptops, smart phones, making those buys from their thanksgiving dinner table. As for montgomery, they will reopen tomorrow morning and will be open throughout the day and night. They will close tonight at midnight. Got a feeling its going to be a different story by tomorrow morning. The National Museum of africanamerican history ask culture welcomed thanksgiving visitors for the first time. Some told are thankful for a chance to visit the museum as a family. Reporter families came to the museum this thanksgiving feeling thankful for many things. Mom wanted to see it because its a part of our history. Reporter mom and dad are here from South Carolina to visit the museum. Thanksgiving is more to me thanks for what god has allowed its the africanamerican hus ri museum first thanksgiving. Mike and beth brown are in from iowa to see their son. They are hoping to get lastminute tickets to the museum. We were here last year and the africanamerican museum of history they were just building it. We wanted to e see it then and it wasnt available. When we came back, it was at the top of our list. Reporter thanksgiving at the museum is a chance to remind the Younger Generation of this countrys past. Jordan. She has many r more opportunities and we thought we had all of the opportunities. Reporter the brown family from iowa, they did get those tickets after all. Happy thanksgiving. Appreciate it. Thank you. Reporter the kind of a stranger on thanksgiving. In washington, kristin wright, news 4. Wed love to know what youre thankful4. Lets get a check on the weather out there. I guess so far i got no complaints about today. I know. I thought maybe wed see a few showers rolling through the area. Some areas did. Mainly north of washington into Montgomery County coming through even carol county. Baltimore. Thats where we saw a few showers. But it was a very nice thanksgiving out there. Temperatures in the 50s. We have a nice wind. And as we continue into the evening, temperatures will drop. Look at this it temperature just in case youre headed out for black friday. Thats the forecast i have coming up next. I have hour by hour and your next chance of rain, in a few minutes. They had great weather for one of the greatest traditions the turkey bowl crowns the public football champion and while this game lived up to the hype, the real story plaid out on the sidelines. Heres mark segraves. Reporter football is an american tradition. Whether its a playground game or the nfl. Here in d. C. , the turkey bowl is the big game. This was the 47th turkey bowl. Were on hand. Mayor bowser brought her nominee to be schools chancellor to his first turkey bowl. Its an awesome opportunity for him to see local d. C. Talk to real parents and students. Tradition is extremely important. We understand the importance of athletics and supporting our young men and women cheering them on and supporting our team heard about jaden, they reached out. They wanted to make jaden an honorary member of the football team. Today woodson claimed their fourth victory with jaden by their side. Hes been motivating. Hes been our inspiration all year. I appreciate that young man a lot to come through all that adversity. He loves it. Being down this on the field with the guys, it makes me feel this was woodsons fourth straight it victory. From the 47th annual turkey bowl, mark segraves, news 4. What do you call 800 pounds of turkey, potatoes, ham and roast beef . The Four Seasons Hotel calls it a feast fit for heroes. Today the hotel hosted its 17th annual thanksgiving on the may flower dinner in georgetown. The spread was set up in a h tractortrailer e for Law Enforcement and First Responders and all those who serve our communities in times of need. Volunteers served the meals. 40 gallons of gravy and 100 pies were also part of that big feast. It may not be the thanksgiving they planned. Tonight crews are working overtime to protect dozens of home trs an out of control wildfire. President elect Donald Trump Tweets hes working hard this you love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. As americans gather around the table, we want to pause and give thanks to our troops serving overseas. Thousands of miles from home, servicemen and women shared a a thanksgiving meal with their military family in iraq. Lucy cavanaugh was with them. Reporter inside this tiny from home, its time to chop, stir and roast. 120 pounds of turkey for 150 hungry mouths. Its a big day at camp. 50 miles south of mosul, nearly 6,000 miles from home. Its private jordan whites first deployment. Definitely miss my family. Sacrifice so others can be with reporter for lieutenant peter chun from baltimore, down time before the big meal meant sprucing up. I cant wait to face time my family back home. Reporter others worked out to work up an appetite. But the business of war doesnt stop for thanksgiving. Were the front line of defense here on camp swift. Were what everyone relois on. Reporter Operation Resolve is the fight ens isis. Months. Her 10yearold back home is counting down the days. He sent me a message this morning and said happy thanksgiving, mom. I love you and miss you. Cant wait for you to come home. Then 48 days on it. Happy thanksgiving. Reporter its his sixth thanksgiving away, but that doesnt make it any easier. 400,000 brothers and sisters and is i have my family at home. Reporter youre covered with for the mission and the fight. I think they might have a little message for folks back home. Back to you. New allegations against a man from ohio who pled guilty to being involved in a plot to attack the capital. Prosecutors file ued a new motion that shows even behind bars Christopher Cornell kept encouraging others to commit they say he planned to come to washington and shoot up the cap a tall during president obamas state of the union address. Cornell will be sentenced on december 5th and faces up to 30 years in prison. Federal officials are investigating the deadly shooting of a teen in west virginia. Now say it may have been a hate crime. Classmates held a vigil for him. The two bumped and exchanged words and he felt threatened. Investigators say he showed no remorse and told them he felt like another piece of trash is off the streets. He was 15 years old and his family says its important to let the legal system run its course. To see in this matter, were just not going to put it in our hands. Were going to let the law put it in their hands. Firstdegree murder. We saw unprecedented security measures put in place for this years thanksgiving day parade. There was a threat from isis, but everyone went off without a a hitch. Millions of people watched the parade wind its way through manhattan, but its not the only celebration around the country. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Reporter thanksgiving in new york city. Thomas the tank engine, hes been a a marches his police band down one of the many streets they u patrol. Reporter millions of people watched the macys day parade roll down 6th avenue. This year hundreds of sand trucks along the route with an increased Police Presence because isis told its followers the parade would be a good target. Still no problems. Just fun. Overseas troops spread across holiday while fighting the war against isis u. I wish all my family members a happy thanksgiving. And a happy holidays. Ill see them soon. Reporter president obama offered a a message of unity after acknowledging this is a very divisive president ial election. We focus on the candidate we support instead of some of the ideals that we share. But a few short weeks later thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, were still one people. Transition team. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country. Reporter a different kind of Healing Prayer across the southeast. Thousands of firefighters spent thanksgiving battling huge wildfires in eight states from virginia to georgia. Their hope, to get the fires out so people who live there can washington. President elect donald trump says hes spending thanksgiving trying to save 2,000 jobs. He tweeted that hes making progress as he tries to get carrier to stay in indiana and not move the air conditioner companys jobs to mexico. He called out the plan to close two factories during the Campaign Calling it an example of how he thinks free trade agreements have failed american workers. Some residents in d. C. Are going to have high profile neighbors. And his family are moving in. The Washington Post reported the move. Neighbors saw moving vans and secret Service Agents outside this rental home. Hell need to spend time as he heads up the president elects transition team. For the past three years, they have lived in the Governors Mansion in indiana and after the inauguration they will take up residence at the national observatory. It looks as if the clintons put off their thanksgiving Grocery Shopping until the last chelsea and her grandson at a supermarket. Shoppers say they seemed all in all pretty relaxed. The obamas celebrated their last thanksgiving meal in the white house. The menu ranges from crab cakes to pizza bites. Our producer said pizza bites at the white house. They also enjoyed turkey prime rib, ham, Fried Chicken wings, lots of pie. Banana cream, pumpkin, apple, pecan and cherry. A lot of you have the day off tomorrow. Were keeping an happy thanksgiving to everybody. Im lauryn ricketts. Boy, was it a nice thanksgiving. I thought wed have a a few sprinkles. Part, looking good across the region. You can see that sun went down just about ten minutes to 5 00 and we have a nice color in the sky. For this evening, im not going to rule out. Im going to say highly unlikely, very isolated, but we could have one or two sprinkles. I want to mention that. And as you head out for black friday, a lot of people going out 11 00 tonight, temperatures are going to be in the 40s. Well have overcast skies, but thats it. Previous black fridays where temperatures rb in the 20s and 30s. Looking good as we continue through your black friday. Looking good through the weekend. Were going to be breezy on saturday. Thats about it. Plenty of sunshine. We had a little bit of sunshine today. Right now we have some cloud cover. As i said, we have a a few sprinkles going through Montgomery County and up through howard county. But really nothing to speak of. Im going to keep one or two well fall slowly into the low 40s. As far as your friday goes, well stop it at midnight. I rarely do this. You can see this could be a few clear patches, but not a the lot of rain on there. Youre going to be good just wearing a light jacket. Especially standing in line. Temperatures going to warm to the mid to upper 50s. Well have a few sprinkles and isolated shower for the afternoon. You might want to bring a light rain jacket. Temperatures at 59 degrees tomorrow. And isolated sprinkle mainly in the afternoon and evening. So light jacket in store. You might. Want to bring the gloves if youre headed outside. I dont think youre going to need an umbrella. If your headed out for dinner, maybe a little on the radar. But its just going to be few saturday and sunday. 54 on saturday. But then our next chance of rain midnext week, we need the rain. We definitely need it. Tuesday night through wednesday. Look how warm we get. It will end by thursday afternoon. Im down here in germantown where black friday shoppers are waiting for those big deals. Sitting in chairs, sleeping in . . . . . . . . In an interview youll see only on news 4, we hear from the woman who survived the bear attack in maryland. Karen osbourne e recounted the night the bear mauled her in her driveway and called 911 not expecting to live ufs asking him to say goodbye to my family. Because i didnt think id be here today. Life is very short. Enjoy your family while you have them. Osbourne is still recovering from her wounds, as you can see, including a broken arm and partially collapsed lung, but shes more thankful than ever this thanksgiving. The Holiday Shopping frenzy is already in full swing. St started last night with folks pitching tents at stores in our earlier today shomari stone spoke with some pretty determined shoppers in germantown. That means im going to get boots and buy a dollar pair for my daughter. Reporter they bond over black friday shopping on thanksgiving. Im excited to be spending time with my daughterinlaw. Reporter they take a break from home and shop while people prepare dinner these two plan to save money on clothes, boots and this is our annual tradition of getting out of the house, not having to cook, not having to be with the kids, just our little private getaway. Reporter the kmart resort opened this morning and closed at 2 00 and will reopen at 7 00 p. M. Many stores in d. C. , maryland and virginia will also stay open late friday after thanksgiving. But not everyone is happy. Whats wrong . Reporter its not just in hyattsville. Take a lock in germantown. All these people lined up for the black friday deals. Some of them spent the night in tents. They waited more than ten hours at best buy. She marked her spot with a chair overnight. Why not just stay at home . Because the good deals here. Reporter most say they are in line to buy a 50inch tv for kevin will save 250. This is one of the best deals of the year. The food is going to be there. Were good. Reporter what about spending time with relatives . He could do both like debbi and miranda. Its great because we dont get to see her other than thanksgiving. No kids are here. Im very happy. Because its time we get to share together that we normally these are cute too. And saved money, priceless. Happy thanksgiving. Shomari stone, news 4. If you plan to take part in black friday shopping, Career Builder says half of workers will spend time searching for gifts and thats up from last year. Folks are using their personal phone or tablet to shop at work. A quick reminder here. Metro is running schedule. The rail system will close at midnight. And parking is free at metro operated facilities. Metro will not be conducting any safetrack work this weekend. Tonight a driver is spending thanksgiving in the hospital after crashing the car off the inner loop of the beltway. The car went off the road in green belt and ran right into a wooded area. The car went up in flames, but the driver was able to get out in time. State police are still trying to figure out what went wrong. Across our area today, volunteers butt in some pretty incredible work. They wanted to m