Details coming up. But news4 midday starts right now. Good morning and welcome to news4 midday, im barbara harrison. And im Erika Gonzalez this is the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National cemetery. News4s Pat Lawson Muse with more on whats taking place there. President obama is just arriving at Arlington National cemetery at this hour this will be his final da arlington while serving as president. First will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. After that the president will go to the amphitheater where he will make his veterans day remarks. And deliver a speech about veterans and the meaning of this day. Well keep it right here. Well be watching the ceremony and bring you some of what the president has to say here from the live desk. Im Pat Lawson Muse, back to you. Veterans were honored this morning at a world war ii memorial. Among the guests, former senator bob dole, senator dole is a veteran of world war ii. He received two bronze stars for valor for his actions on the battlefield. 400,000 americans lost their lives. The oldest living world war ii survivor is getting a a huge honor on this veterans day. Sergeant bill moore. Hes 108 years old. He was a annual veterans Day Breakfast at the white house. Sergeant moore is making his way to the world war ii memorial. His daughter describes the pride he feels on days like these. My father has a tremendous love of country. And when youre with him, he exudes that love. And when he speaks, he speaks from the heart about how much, let us know about a veteran that you are honoring today by using the thankavet. Send a picture with it and coming up, well take you live to a home being built especially for an area veteran. Beautiful sunshine for all of the events that are taking place in our area this morning. Now the question is is this going to last for the weekend, chuck . The sunshine isnt going to be the issue with the weekend weather, the issue is going to in the air. Some of our coldest temperatures weve seen here in the fall season. Right now looking northboard from our tower camera. There are some mid and highlevel clouds associated with a cold front thats now just down to our south. As the colder air is spilling in behind it. Its generating a little bit of a cloud deck out here and these clouds will be in and out of the sunshine the rest of the day. No chance for rain, any chance for precipitation is still way to our north. Well be dry today, but the northwest wind is going to be very gusty here for the remainder of the afternoon havent moved much in the last five to ten hours, winchester was at 56 degrees four hours ago, washington was at about 58 degrees this morning. Havent moved much. This is about as warm as were going to get from here on out. The northwest wind will start to win out. Well be back to the mid 50s by 5 00, upper 40s by 8 00, 42 by 11 00. Online from president elect donald trump on twitter. That could mean a staff selection for his cabinet. He tweeted about the protests happening around the country. First he said they were very unfair. He followed that by saying he was proud of protesters passion for the country. All protesters must proceed part in another night of those protests, at least one turned violent. People set fires and threw things at police in portland, oregon, prompting officers to call it a riot. 26 were arrested. The protests show a divided country. But nbcs Edward Lawrence explains how diplomacy could build bridges. Donald trump called his first day in washington, d. C. Facilitate a transition that insures our president elect is successful. A remarkable image, the president elect and president obama shook hands. Mr. President , it was a great honor being with you and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. Thank you. Trump opening the door to seek the president s counsel in the future. The respect echoed by white house spokesman josh earnest. It sounds like the meeting awkward than some might have expected. President elect went on to tour the spot where he will be inaugurated with the House Speaker paul ryan and Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. Avoiding protesters at every step. I havent been sleeping since he was elected president. And im just devastated right now. They should just get used to it and start trying to figure out how were all going to get along. Those protests continued in cities across the u. S. Morning in trump tower, looking forward more towards his transition. Possibly looking over names for people who could be in his cabinet. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. And an interesting turn since the election, it sent people running towards the Affordable Care act. Trump said he plans to dismantle that law. But the government said 100,000 people signed up on health care. Gov the day after the far. And part of this developing story out of the university of maryland. I want you to take a look at your screen right now. This is 21yearold kaitlyn george. Campus police say that she is missing. She was last seen on wednesday afternoon on campus. Her roommates tell police she may have a black and white camping backpack. Maybe even a green canvas bag with her. If you know where she might be, youre asked to call police. An afterschool 5yearold girl. Raul ramos worked at a privatelyrun program in rockville. Montgomery county police say between the end of august and the end of october, ramos inappropriately touched the victim while playing tag with her. The alleged abuse took place while the girl was enrolled in the kids after Hours Program at Flower Valley elementary school. Anybody with concerns about police. We are working to find out the condition of two men who were shot this morning. D. C. Police say that they found the men on stanton road southeast between suitland parkway and elfens road. The man went to the hospital but its not clear how seriously they were hurt. Police say they have not arrested anyone so far and are working to learn more about a deadly shooting in northeast washington. D. C. Police say a man was killed in grant place just p. M. Right across the street from thomas elementary school. No word on a suspect at this time. A puppy named cruise is back with its owners. He was stolen from his front yard last month. D. C. Police say they found him last night. And were still waiting to learn more about how he was found, since he was not microchiped. This is Surveillance Video what shows how it happened. It shows a woman and a man walking to the fence in southwest d. C. A man reaches over the fence, unhooks him from his leash and our area. First for traffic that helps you get around at all. Imagine this, taking your clothes to the dry cleaners and never getting them back . New information for people dealing with that exact problem. A lifechanging gift to a wounded veteran and his family. A smart home filled with technology to help himove lets check back in at Arlington National cemetery now, where president obama just laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. This is the 63rd annual National Veterans day observance at Arlington National cemetery. A crowd is gathered at the cemeterys amphitheater to hear the president speak this will be the president s at 11 30 this morning. Veterans day, a man in our area is getting the best gift of his life. A Foundation Just gave him a brand new home. News4s Megan Mcgrath is live in chevy chase for the special ceremony. Megan . What a home it is. You can see behind me here, that the dedication ceremony is still under way here. U. S. Army captain luis avila is traumatic brain injury in afghanistan. The home donated by the Gary Sinese Foundation is especially adapted to allow him greater mobility and freedom. For u. S. Army captain luis avila, simple tasks like opening a door can be a challenge. But not any more. Captain avila and his family became proud owners of a brand donated by the Gary Sinese Foundation. With the touch of a sensor or an ipad, captain avila can now go in and out any door in his home with ease. Theres an elevator, a specialized bathtub and shower and wideopen spaces so he can easily maneuver his wheelchair. The home offers a new start. After lifechanging injuries in an ied explosion in afghanistan. Provide some support for this family for the rest of their lives. This is what we call his forever home this is some place that hes going to live in for the rest of his life. And were expecting to hear from captain avila and his family at the end of this dedication ceremony. Learn exactly what they think of their new home as you just heard, their forever home that was built with them in mind. Even its location were here in chevy chase, which is not far avila undergoes physical therapy and receives other medical services. So that is a convenience as well. Just its near location, but a very, very generous gift. Back to you. It certainly is. Thank you, megan. A local veteran is spending this holiday in a new home. News4s mark segraves, shows us how a family in the district is finding success. Veterans find themselves homeless. Theyre one of the Fastest Growing populations of homeless in america. Here in the district, theyve been having success. Getting hundreds of veterans from shelters and off the streets into stable housing. One of those veterans . Sergeant robert lee. He came back from fighting for his country, only to end up homeless with two daughters. A single father. Living in a shelter. But this thanksgiving season, home. We thought that we were going to end up being in the shelter for thanksgiving and christmas. Which would have been devastating to them im pretty sure. I know it would have been for me. But to be able to be in our own home now. And to celebrate the holidays. This is a wonderful feeling. It really is. Coming up this evening on news4, youll learn more about Sergeant Lees journey and how the district is helping to get many more veterans off of the streets. To help. In the district, mark segraves, news4. People who dropped off their dry cleaning in august will finally have a chance to get it back. Their clothes have been locked inside sunny dry cleaners in the glenmont strip mall in Silver Spring because the business was evicted. Now the landlord has agreed to open the week of december 5th to allow customers to pick up their longlost clothes. They must have their ticket and exact ca get their clothes back. Some major events happening this weekend. They could impact your drive around town. Melissa mollet is here with a traffic alert. Im Melissa Mollet with your first 4 traffic. A look at the roads for the weekend, this is a big deal here. 30th anniversary for the walk to end hiv on saturday morning. Starts at 9 15 at Freedom Plaza, and news4 todays aaron street that area there will be shut down between 7 00 and 3 00 in the afternoon. Theyll reopen things after the 5k and the walk is over. Wisconsin avenue, we will be shut down here just some lanes and one section here. Saturday from 7 00 a. M. To 5 30 p. M. Two lanes northbound and southbound. So both directions between eastwest highway and bradley boulevard will be affected by that. Also this weekend, on 70, between 27 and 94, i this weekend, going to have multiple lanes shut down throughout the weekend. Your all the nats there, 26, 41 they are expecting some significant delays because of that. Remember redskins playing the vikings this sunday at 1 00 at fedex and the beltway always a little tricky on gameday. See you monday morning for news4 today. As melissa mentioned, the walk to end hiv takes place joining us with more information is don blanchard, executive director at Whitman Walker health. All of the money raised goes to Whitman Walker. Explain to us what Whitman Walker does. We have about 3,000 People Living with hiv in care. Either in medical care or other services. We use the funds raised from this event to supplement the money we get from grants or from Health Insurance so we use a bunch of this money to engage people in care. Which is something thats not often paid by either government or by health insurers. We do a lot of outreach in the community we go to peoples homes to help them with care. And its done to bring about 300 to 500 people in care, keep them on their medications and keep them virally suppressed. So its a big body of work, and a body of work that goes on throughout the year. You mentioned 3,000, is that 3,000 in our area . And does the money stay here and the money does stay locally. The funds largely are used for our staff, for community outraech, for medical supplies. Its really done more than anything else, in this day and age to get people into treatment. So we have funds that come in from other sources that allow us to do hiv testing ought throughout the city. But these particular dollars are really about once we know someone is hiv positive. How do we keep them in care . How do we make sure theyre virally suppressed. Hiv is no longer a death sentence, but it still remain as major health problem, particularly in d. C. Why is that . I think we need to change our perspective from the 80s, oftentimes we need to remember to live in the moment and think about the future. And the reality of it now is hiv is a chronic condition. Theres still a set of social stigma, discrimination and bias around the diagnosis. But the actual treatment, the care models are pretty solid. Very effective for people who and for me, the urgency is more around making sure the individual has what he or she needs to stay in care. Whereas in 25 years ago, 30 years ago, no science, huge fear, huge anxiety, death sentence. We behaved differently. Now we behave if a way where we want to embrace people with compassion and love. We want them in care. We want to make sure Everybody Knows how they can support this event. I see y can get to the walk at 5 k. Love to have everybody come out on saturday morning for what will appear to be a brisk fall morning walk. The weather people have told me its going to be chilly, so dress accordingly. Well be down in Freedom Plaza in washington, d. C. If we havent signed up, can we still sign up . You can sign up all the way until the morning of the event. We sent a note out last night, given what happened this week in the election results, were actually beyond this being our time for community to come together. Whether you register or not or ever give a dollar to Whitman Walker, we think its a good idea that the Community Comes out to be together and we need time to be with one another. Don blanchon thank you very much for being with us. Bundle up. Barbara, back to you. Up next, chuck lets us know what the weather will be like tomorrow, for the walk to end of in california. Wildfires. Well tell you all about whats happening in the Southern States that are battling the flames today. There are about 30 wildfires burning across north carolina. Governor pat mccrory has declared a state of emergency in more than a dozen counties there. Fire investigators say arson appears to be the cause of some of those fires. Authorities s been made in tennessee and kentucky. The states dry conditions in the heavy winds continue to fuel those fires. The same conditions are fueling the rough ridge wildfire in northern georgia. It was started in mid october by a lightning strike. Smoke from that blaze can be seen as far south as atlanta. Chuck, so i have a boot camp tomorrow morning outside. Awesome. What are the chances of me calling that in to stay home. The odds are youre going to be glad its cold outside. Just keep the blood flowing. You said tomorrow morning its going to be very chilly tomorrow morning. Sunday morning is going to be a little colder, but there wont be as much of a wind to contend with on sunday so saturday morning layer up and you got to tough it out, erika, you got to be texas tough, right . You got it. Weve got sunshine and not a terribly cold day just damage as the afternoon wears on, only averaging 9 Miles Per Hour at national airport. But a lot more of our reporting stations are in the 1525mileperhour range. As far as the sky conditions go, plenty of sunshine out there now, as the colder air settles in from the north and west, well pick up more and more in the way of cloud cover. Once we get past 4 00 to 5 00, the clouds disappear and as soon as the sun goes down this evening, the clouds will start the wind will stay up for most of the overnight hours and the little breeze tomorrow morning will make it feel quite cold. Upper 50s, low 60s, not cold yet. But the colder air has yet to filter in. For todays forecast, mid 60s today, turning more blustery. Friday night football will be cold. Those metal bleachers, woo. 40s with a bit of a breeze. Tomorrow for the walk to end hiv and the 5k that goes along with it. Chilly first thing in the 30s with a bit of a wind chill. Highs in the upper 40s and low 50s. A look at the tenday forecast coming up. It is a first, a highranking american makes an official visit to an antarctica. Im Pat Lawson Muse. At the news4 live desk, a special ceremony happening right now at Arlington National cemetery. We want to take you there live. These are pictures of whats happening in the amphitheater right now where they just held a processional. The ceremony is honoring our moments. A few moments ago they had prayer. God give us a joyous spirit of celebration of our nations veterans and their families. Earlier this hour, president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. His final act as president on this veterans day, final act on veterans day. His final time laying a wreath at soldier as president. Secretary of state john kerry has made a visit to a place no senior u. S. Official has gone before. Kerry landed in antarctica.