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WRC News4 Midday November 30, 2016

Morning commute but more rain is on the way as Lauryn Ricketts will have more on that in a moment. First, what the same storm system did to our south. It produced storms in alabama leaving three people dead. There was damage at the alabama and tennessee border. Reporter a Flash Flood Warning is still in effect in several counties in tennessee. A tornado ripped t right now were in a community that is at a standstill. Power is out everywhere in benton, tennessee, where this store got hit hard. Power lines were dripped down, debris blocking several roads and shutting down some major highways. We spoke with the Benton Police and he said most of the damage a shelter is opened for those displaced from the tornado at the local high school. The National Weather service says they expect it to last until early afternoon. Back to you. We are definitely seeing rain out there right now. We are in a weather alert mode, mainly for this afternoon. I dont think were going to see much right now. B rain is headed our way. Thats the stuff coming up from alabama. You can see all of this rain and this is all ahead of that frontal system. We had a first little wave that went by earlier today. That brought us a few showers which were seeing out there right now. This rain will eventually move into our area. Most likely after about 3 00 p. M. We still have a few showers left over from what we saw earlier today. Again, you can see most of that moving to the north and east. Were starting to see a little into the north. But our second round is coming and were going to have rain into the late evening. Well be talking about that, timing it all out and talking about the warm temperatures coming up. Thank you, lauryn. Were following two breaking news stories out of Prince Georges County right now. First, Maryland State Police say that a councilmember was charged with a dui after a crash. Tracee wilkins learned that the crash tracee is gathering information. Follow her on twitter for an update. In hyattsville, a man was found dead and police are calling this a homicide. Erica Erika Gonzalez is live there. Reporter there is a fire truck down there at five or six this happened just before 7 00 this morning. Police tell us that they got a call from a concerned neighbor that a man was lying in the middle of the roadway. By the time investigators got here, they were calling this a Homicide Investigation. The Little Information that we can tell you that we have from police is that this is concerning and there is trauma to his upper body. A motive for this, a suspect in upon. Let me show you the intersection of where we are at right now. Back here live on the scene, edmondston street, there is a small clip of a video of a small blue sports car being pulled from the scene. A neighbor i spoke with a few moments ago lives five or six 4 00 this morning. At that time, there was nothing in the roadway, nothing that he could see they got the call at 6 45 this morning. They are ruling it as a Homicide Investigation and more details coming to light this afternoon. Well be keeping a close eye on this story. Live in gonzalez, back to you. Were also finding out if this man will be charged with murder of a teen. Saeve evans was named as a person of interest in the killing of a girl. He was firing a gun at the same time that she was killed. Demanding answers after a you a picture of the boy. His parents say that their son has mouth and facial injuries that will need surgery. They say the city springs elementary student was against a wall as the assistant teacher was escorting him to the office for disciplinary reasons. The School System is cooperating with the police investigation. And an autopsy is said to get under way for the man shot and killed outside a manassas grocery store. The victim was found outside the food line around 7 30 last night. He was rushed to the hospital and later died. Police released his identity or will release his identity after talking to family, they say. Investigators have not given any suspect description. We are waiting to get the results of a major vote for house democrats. At this point, they are voting right now for several leadership positions, including democratic against tim ryan. Pelosi is expected to retain her position, though. John crowley will be caucus chairman. In a series of tweets before 7 00 a. M. , donald trump says documents are being crafted to take him completely out of the Business Operations to fully focus on the country. This is after been elected as labor secretary. Reporter president elect trump will hold a business conference on december 15th. The presidency is a far more important task, he tweeted this morning. The American People are seeing the leadership and the been offered cabinet positions. Can you, gentlemen, confirm that this has happened . We can indeed. Reporter Goldman Sachs alum and Campaign Finance chair Steve Mnuchin as treasurer secretary and wilbur ross as commerce secretary. I didnt think id ever have a boss again. Reporter still up in the air, secretary of state. My sense is hes narrowed it dow a people. Reporter including mitt romney. He had dinner with trump last night. The people he selected as members of his cabinet are solid, effective people. Reporter candidates anded a virss are swarming trump tower. We talked about secretary of labor and something to be considered. Reporter Vice President elect pence says they trumped cabinet. Hes hitting to ohio to kick off his thank you tour tomorrow. Tracie potts, news4. Organizers of the womens march on washington say more than 120,000 people plan to march from the Lincoln Memorial to the white house, that the group is being forced to change plans because the National Parks service says they applied too late for or put in a request for a permit for Lincoln Memorial prior to us. We knew that going in. Now she says a new plan has been worked out but the details are not yet being released. Right now in colombia, investigators have the black boxes. What investigators are now saying about bad weather and a possible electrical problem. Who had a gut feeling something was wrong. Turns out, she had stage 3 Breast Cancer. Why doctors say tests did art. And restoring a fathers faith. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is seeking answers and not giving up until you find them. Because we dont just want kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. With your support, we can find more answers faster. Make a gift today at childrensnational. Org givenow . . . . . . . . . . Fidel castro is now on a long trip to his final resting 47 years is in a coffin traveling across the country leaving havana today and the fourday trip ends in santiago on sunday. David culver is following all of the events there. You can follow me on twitter or watch for his live reports right here on news4. Few day in colombia, investigators hope to learn new information from the black boxes found at the site of a deadly plane crash. Monday night, t Brazilian Soccer Team crashed in the mountains. 71 people died. 6 survived. The team was headed to a championship playoff game. Yesterday, soccer teams from around the world held moments of silence before the games. Soccer great pele said brazilian soccer is in mourning. Translator everybody has placed their confidence in god chapecoense will have to go on. A surviving Flight Attendant told investigators that the plane ran out of fuel. Those who were attacked on ohio campus are hospital and recovering. Abdul razak was killed at the scene. On monday, a federal judge will sentence the ohio man who plooted an attack on the u. S. Capitol in 2015. Christopher lee cornells attorneys are asking for a lighter sentence. 22yearold can be saved. Into today, wsse is keeping a close eye on water samples. The epa is taking over the investigation into a slick of something. Specifically, the agency is trying to find out where it is coming from. Investigators dont know if that substance is actually oil or what caused it quite yet. A selfdriving truck is hitting the road in central ohio to. Travel a 35mile stretch of u. S. Route 33 but a driver will be in the car just in case. Technologies can be safely tested in realtime traffic. Next year, a Fiber Optic Cable Network and sensors will be installed along that road. In news4 your health, detecting Breast Cancer may be harder than one thought. One in six Breast Cancer lumps. Kristen dahlgren has the sim poms you should be looking out for. Reporter is it a miracle that you are here . I would just describe it as a thickening and thats what caught my attention initially. Reporter so she had a routine screening mammogram. It was negative. Reporter couldnt ignore the changes to the shape of her breast so she got another opinion from dr. Deborah rhodes as the mayo clinic. This corresponds to the area of her tumor. Reporter more imaging showed stage 3 Breast Cancer beneath one in six patients have symptoms other than a lump. It is profoundly to be aware of your breasts. Reporter in other words, know your own body. Remember the word n. A. P. S. , which stands for changes to the nipple, armpit, any pain or changes to the skin. Its going to be more subtle to someone who doesnt know you as well as you know years cancerfree, loving every second with her granddaughter and all of those milestones she might have missed if she had missed the subtle signs of her Breast Cancer. Kristen dahlgren, rochester, minnesota. This is choose women wednesday. The idea is to support women in business when you use women. Org to buy something, a portion of entrepreneurs around the world. More than 70 companies are now taking part. Pretty cool. Great idea. Yeah. Whats next for First Lady Michelle Obama . The new interview with president obama that gives us a little bit of insight. And a fire in annapolis that killed an entire family and she lost her brother, his wife and four young grandchildren in a devastating fire. The mansion in annapolis was leveled. The Christmas Tree fueled those flames. The homeowners sister is urging people to protect themselves during the holidays. Ill always remember that phone call. My brothers house is on fire. At first i thought they had escaped. It didnt occur to me. They wouav grandchildren lives. Shes working with common voices to encourage people to get sprinklers and discuss several tips for a Christmas Tree, including watering your tree every day, unplug lights and other items at night and get rid of your tree as soon as the holiday is over. Right now, wildfires are burning in tennessee and they are coming dangerously close to these new photos show the fire right near a theme park. It didnt burn but the resort town of gatlinburg could be gone. Three people died in the fires. People have been inquiring about the amount of damage done there. The fire chief said that their focus is to get the flames out. They will figure out the dollars and cents part of the damage later. Sure. Absoly. There. Looking outside here right now, its looking better. The morning commute was nastier because of all of the rain and fog. It looks like were dealing with quite a bit of cloud cover as we expected to be the case as we were hearing from our team of meteorologists going into this day and obviously now you can see that at least in this picture, here in d. C. , it looks as though the rain has stopped or paused might be a more accurate way to describe it. Ill take that any day. Thats good lighting for the pictures. Yeah. A little bit of fog is lifting up. Once the rain moved in, the fog lifted out. A gloomy day out there. Our second round of rain after about 3 00, that will continue into the late evening. So lets go ahead and talk about what is going on right now. More rain is moving in after about 3 00 or 4 00 afternoon. Overnight, rain will be ending. Not too late this evening but the beginning of the overnight and then by thursday, its going to be breezy. So weve got sunshine back in the forecast. One gloomy day. Current forecast, leesburg, 55. Gaithersburg, 61. Were taking the temperatures to right around 70 degrees today. We had that rain roll through im sure melissa can tell you. If youre out on the roadways, you dont need anybody to tell you because we have the fog out there. Now were starting to see the fog lift out of here. That was the piece of energy that floated through. The rain is going to be confined north of winchester and then north of maryland. For the midday, im thinking its going to stay along this line right here and north of that area. Everybody else starts to dry out but not for too long because weather that we saw in the deep south. Its going to continue to move to the east and bring another bout of rain to our area. It will arrive just in time for the afternoon. Again, just after about 3 00 or 4 00. Were making it into the upper 60s. Definitely foggy and cloudy. Cant rule out an isolated thunderstorm. Well time it out. Here we go. Rain is moving in after about 3 00 and then well continue to see it through the evening after midnight or a little bit before. By thursday, were breezy but get some of that sunshine back. Tomorrows forecast, temperatures are in the 50s. So quite cooler and well have a little bit of a windchill tomorrow. Now, National Tree Lighting Ceremony is tomorrow. Well have that forecast. Its going to be brisk. Our own cameras are headed out there. What to expect with that as well. Thank you, lauryn. Tonight, new york city is getting a bright christmas light. Several stars and thous people will be there to see the Christmas Tree lighting at rockefeller center. Neil diamond and Tricia Yearwood is performing there. Tony bennett is performing there, too. You can catch that party live right here on nbc 4 which airs at 8 00 tonight. Do you think we can make it there and back . Probably not. I thought it might be a possibility, but maybe not. Imagine being in danger and all alone. Theres an app that could help save your life. Were going to show you how it works. And well sit down with the nfls first female coach who is in town to hold a football ca this is todd hardy. A fitness buff, youth baseball coachand lung cancer patient. The day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. The surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. I wanted to know what my other options were. And i found that at Cancer Treatment centers of america. At ctca, our experts examine a variety of therapies, treatments and technologies to identify a plan specifically for each patient. R i had. We talked about options. My doctor told me about a robotic surgery that was less invasive. We have Excellent Technology that allow us to perform very specialized procedures for patients who have lung disease. At ctca, its all about what you can do. I feel fantastic now. Exploring Treatment Options is at the heart of how we fight cancer. The evolution of cancer care is here. Learn more about our Treatment Options at cancercenter. Com lung. Of charlotte, north carolina. An officer will not face charges for killing keith scott two months ago. Scott was a threat and had a gun, says the police chief. This original shooting sparked days of protests. With todays ruling, that could be the case yet again. The Prosecutor Says that the officer acted lawfully. Theres new technology out aimed at protecting you and keeping away attackers. What apps and devices you could get to help save your life. Reporter youre walking alone. No one else around. And thats when an attacker could strike. You hear about it all the time and i always wonder, could that be me . Theres a lot of times where i could be defenseless. Reporter missa baker is a waitress who leaves work late at night, today, trying out new there is a panic button at your fingertips. How does it work . Its wearable. It clips to my keys. If i feel in trouble, i hit the button and audio records and backtracks 60 seconds. Its recording audio in realtime . Exactly. And it sends that to my friends with my exact gps location to let them know im in trouble or need help. Reporter thats pretty cool. Well try it out. Ill give a description. Im being followed by in denim and then hit the button. And thats it . And thats it. Reporter across town, her precise location pops up on the screen and the audio file, too. Im being followed by a tall man in a dark jacket with denim. Reporter this goes even further, an app called be safe, recording video as soon as you trigger an alert. Two, one, and it starts recording you. Reporter if i were a real attacker, youd follow me with the camera and this actually gets texted to her friend and actually calls one of your friends as well to let them know what is going on. This app has gps forwardness, too. But app three, maybe the most advanced, lifeline response, calls the police instantly. Screen. If your thumb comes off, it sounds the alarm. Were going to test this in realtime. Missa and i are standing at a parking lot. We should mention, the local police have no clue where we are right now and were going to try this out. Your thumb is on the button. Take your thumb off the button and it counts you down. You have 18 seconds to type in your personal p. I. N. Number that no one else knows. This is lifeline response. We have received your emergency distress alert. I have notified the local police of the situation and transmitted your gps coordinates. Reporter wow. The police are currently on route to your location. Reporter within moments, lifeline response tracks her location and calls the cops and now we hear the sirens. They ar

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