At planned parenthood. We get the latest from nbcs lee an greg. Reporter Colorado Springs police say a gunman who stormed a planned Parenthood Office has been captured alive. But not before killing at least three people, including officer garrett swasey. This is a terrible, terrible tragedy thats occurred here in Colorado Springs today. Obviously we mourn the loss of the two civilian victims, we mourn the loss of a very brave police officer. Reporter the end came nearly five hours after it started. Teams of heavily armed Tactical Police rushed the scene, a Shopping Center where they confronted the shooter and the standoff began with the suspect and Police Firing at each other over the course of several hours. 241, ive been shot. Were pinned down. Were getting active gunfire. Reporter five other officers were wounded with nine people in all injured by the gunman and taken to area hospitals. We saw a lot of individual acts of bravery and a lot of bravery as a team. It was amazing how Law Enforcement and First Responders came together entoday, worked vy well and efficiently today, but it still is a horrible tragedy. Reporter police say the dpan was armed with an ak47, his motive for carrying out the shooting is not yet known. Leanne greg, nbc news, Colorado Springs. Planned parenthood released a statement this morning saying in part, quote, we arerateful to report that all of our staff are safe and accounted for. The gunmans motive remains unknown, as does whether planned parenthood was targeted dlip rattly. Its going to take sometime for police to find a motive. Were hearing incredible stories of survival from outside the clinic. Youre sitting in your car when you lockfw eyes with the gunman. Thats what this man says when the shooter shot at him. I saw myself in the mirror and it was like, my god, he was aiming for my head. Its just weird to stair into the face of somebody like that. And he didnt win. Incredible right there. He says hes thankful to the s. W. A. T. Team that got him and his friends out. He is now out of the hospital. The eight others who were wounded are expected to recover. You can follow the latest on the nbc washington app. Chaos in southeast washington last night. Five people were shot within 90 minutes, the shootings happened all over. Take a look, two on alabama avenue, one on savannah street, another on third street all starting around 8 00 last night. One of the victims is in critical condition, some neighbors are even suggesting a curfew to help curb some of the violence in the area. So far there are no suspects in any of the shootings. If you happen to know anything that can help, call police. Right now we are in the second half of the holiday weekend, even though were getting possibly some rain today, amelia segal says today is going to be better than dkmern today we are still track mild temperatures, highs in the 60s, noticeably cooler tomorrow. For most of us the day will be dry, but as we move into the evening hours showers will be pushing into the area. Im tracking what looks to be light to moderate rain impacting the pan haldel of west virginia, however, reports coming out of this area only reporting overcast skies, i dont think thats hitting the ground. What is hitting the ground is this large air of i cant rain impacting parts of pennsylvania, ohio, back into indiana, illinois, parts of kentucky and tennessee. This will eventually make its way into the region mainly toptd. Right now we are at 51 degrees, 8 00 a. M. The metro area is dry at 50, by noon cloudy and still dry for most with a temperature of 61, by 3 00 we will be tracking scattered showers north of washington with a temperature of 65. That will be our high for the day. David, coming up in my full weather i will be showing you future weather with the rain moves in and when it moves out tomorrow. Thanks. Coming up at 6 05 happening right now, torrential downpours across north texas causing massive and deadly flooding, the rising waters have killed at least three people, another person who is missing is presumed dead. Along6 with the flooding freeg rain could continue throughout the weekend across texas and others parts of central u. S. , up to four inches of rain has been reported in some places. Over in kansas weather is blamed for four deaths, icy roads caused a series of accidents there. Highway patrol officials urged folks to avoid the roadways for the he e. Rest of the night as a efficient is a precaution. Police looking for a Charles County man wanted in connection with a deadly triple shooting. Officers are k look for 21yearold andre curtis wilkins, they say he killed markel davis and wounded another man last wednesday. Police think davis may have shot a third man shortly after that. Investigators say davis has since shaved off his dreadlocks. If3] youve seen him police wan to hear from you. Happening today after black friday of course comes Small Business saturday and this morning those smaller stores, they are getting ready to welcome customers for a big day of sales. Sales are expected to exceed 14 billion this year, special events are planned in some areas, including alexandria, vienna, bethesda, shaw and capitol hill. Mayor bowser is expected to attend some of the stores in district this morning. Donald trumps poll numbers are dropping after his latest controversy. A reuters poll shows about 31 of republicans polled continue to support trump. Thats down 12 from a week ago. This comes after trumps comments on creating a data base for muslims and claims that he ridiculed a New York Times reporter. Trumps numbers are still double his closest competitor, thats dr. Ben carson, he is at 15 and senators marco rubio and ted cruz are at 8 . Speaking of trump, he is going to have to defend himself when hes questioned by chuck todd, thats going to be on meet the press tomorrow. Dr. Carson will also have to clarify his foreign policy. Thats going to be tomorrow at 10 30 on nbc 4 right after news 4 today. 6 07. The wild incident in Northern Virginia that ended with police cars looking a little like youve got to check this out. A piece of metal recovered from the sea off the isle of sicily may be from an American Space rocket. This was reported to the u. K. Coast guard and recovered with the help of a local professional boat man. Experts say similar to the unmanned Spacex Falcon 9 which blew up shortly after takeoff from cape canaveral. Two men are dead after a poon toon boat flipped and sank off the coast of new jersey. Seven people were aboard that boat. Police believe strong currents are to blame. Nearby boats and surfers rushed to help some of the victims before the water before Emergency Responders arrived. A Fairfax County mani faci multiple charges this morning after police say he slammed into several Police Cruisers on purpose. Fairfax county police tried to pull over sul ton morgan for a traffic stop in springfield yesterday but say he sped off. They chased him in a mile. He is accused of hitting three police cars including a state troopers vehicle. They finally caught up with morgan when he crashed into a fence right there, that was in alexandria. Talk about a brush with death, a connecticut dash cam captured that, amazing video, watch closely that car, we can roll it again, it comes out of nowhere slams into that car thi highway. You can see the driver just missed the trooper and two other people standing by the guardrail. Police say that that car going about 85 miles per hour. That 21yearold driver we just showed you a picture of him. He was arrested and faces multiple charges including Reckless Endangerment he only suffered minor injuries. Incredible. Coming up at 6 11. The family of a young man killed in a hit and run preparing to say their final goodbyes today, but first theyre making a request. Lets take a live look outside, amelia segal says today is your best bet to hang those holiday lights, maybe get out there and pick a tree, but you better do them early. The timing of when you should expect some rain, shes got it. Lets walk you through weekend happenings. We start with a 12hour hockey game at fort dupont in southeast, it begins at 9 00 this morning, participants must be at least 18. Also this weekend the Second Annual shaw holiday Tree Lighting takes place tonight happening at city market, 8th and o street northwest, kicks and o street northwest, kicks off at 2 00 but the actual spend less time chasing sales and more time making room at the table. Find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday at t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. A man killed in a hit and run accident will be laid to rest today. Enrico thomas died last weekend, he was just if years old. His friends and family tell us another driver ran away from that crash which killed him. Darcy spencer has more on the man they say was taken away too soon. He was everything. He was my world. He was just its just hard just to even talk about him, him not being here. Reporter iyesha thomas is overcome with emotion at a candle lit vigil in memory of his 23yearold son enrico thomas, he was killed in a hit and run crash one week ago. Find out that her child didnt die from a disease but from someones hands and they left him there. Reporter dozens of relatives and friends attended the vigil to remember a man known as being the glue that held the family together. A son, a brother, an uncle, a cousin. He was very goofy. He was the life of the party. Reporter thomas died after the car he was driving collided with an suv at the intersection of southern avenue and east capitol street in southeast. It happened last saturday at 8 18 in the evening in front of the Capitol Heights metro station. Police are investigating it as a hit and run. Relatives say the suv driver ran away. Im hurt forever, you ucknow because he was only 23. He had a long life to live and he was just getting started. Reporter relatives say rico had a top security clearance that allowed him to clean government buildings. He worked hard and took care of his family. They hope to find out exactly what happened and who was driving the suv. Its more bittersweet. Im happy so many people support him, but i just wish he was here to see everybody get together. Darcy spencer with that report right there. For those who are interested in helping with the funeral expenses we have put a link on our nbc washington app, just search thomas family. Belgium continues to be on high alert as its government starts to lower the threat level. Tepgss are still high in brussels where its popular Christmas Market opened in the capital city yesterday. Troops armed with automatic weapons searched visitors and put up security barriers around that market. Belgium continues to search for two suspects in the paris attacks. Pros could you tell us arrested a man in connection with those paris attacks, his name is not being released and police are not saying what his role may have been. In paris the french people remembered the 130 victims with a day of day remembrance yesterday. Some survivors came in c wheelchairs, security in france gets even tighter next week when 140 heads of state arrive for a massive u. N. Climate conference. It was a different scene than black fridays past, Chicago Police arrested three people as part of the protests on the magnificent mile. Hundreds of people marched down Michigan Avenue and blocked the entrance to some stores. Many say theyre outraged it took authorities over a year to release the video and charge the officer in the Deadly Police shooting of laquan mcdonald. Protestors are demanding the mayor, states attorney and police chief all step down. City center is getting ready for a big Holiday Celebration tonight, a Tree Lighting ceremony is being held and you will want to wats n out for roa clear urs, i street and new york avenue will be closed from 5 00 until 9 00 tonight. The Tree Lighting is at 6 00. Eun yang will be there to help flip on the switch. I feel like folks at news have been lighting a lot of trees in the area. My fouryearold daughter helped us out yesterday at the rusten town center. We had the parade in the morning, then the Tree Lighting at night, you know, people sosh some people werent wearing jackets, maybe a light fleece and it was a fun time. I was out at dinner last night. If you are going to that Tree Lighting that runs from 5 00 to 9 00, as the lights going on at 5 00 you will be dry, but 7 00, 8 00, 9 00 will be the time period when showers are coming into the district. The hour by hour forecast as well keeping you updated while you are out and about. Mild again today but we will have more cloud cover than yesterday for sure. So it will feel a little cooler, but overall still quite nice in the Temperature Department and it will be noticeably cooler for your sunday. Heading out tonight, again, you will want to grab the rain gear with showers in the forecast, tracking showers tomorrow as well, especially during the first half of the day on into the midday hours, we will start then more rain to start the workweek, another round of rain moves in on monday. The immediate area is dry, tracking the potential for some light showers in the panhandle of west virginia, that might not actually be hitting the ground, but as we widen out the image you can see all of this rain here, this is going to slowly sink south into washington throughout the day here making it here during the evening hours. If you are north of the district you could be dealing with some showers this afternoon so you do want to keep that in mind if youre planning on getting the tree later today. At 8 00 a. M. Were cloudy but dry, noon still mainly dry at that point. If you are trying to make plans outdoors if you go earlier you will be just fine for everyone, but here is what happens at 3 00, we start to track some scattered generally light showers in matters of montgomery, maybe parts of fairfax, loudoun counties as well. Once we start to hit the evening hours future weather wants to keep us dry at 9 00, i think we will have more shower activity on the radar at that point. Tomorrow at 6 00 a. M. A soggy start, light to moderate rain that will continue through the lunchtime hours, we will dry out through the afternoon, 3 00 we are cloudy but dry, that rain could slow travel, you want to keep that in mind for tomorrow. Currently we are at l 51 degree and highs today in the 60s, low 60s north of town, mid 60s here in town and upper 60s, near 70 degrees in areas like charlottesville and fredericksburg. Your weekend outlook exercising good today, tomorrow have the rain gear, heading to the park, again, better to do it today, have inn indoor plans for tomorrow. Generally showers not tracking anything heavy and a high tomorrow of 53 degrees, by dinnertime temperatures will be in the 40s. On monday we continue to track chilly temperatures, the high of 48, showers move in later in the day mainly during the evening hours, tracking showers on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, guy, going to keep it dry but temperatures around 50 for a high. Holiday toy nightmare, parents are dust rated by a popular toy, the main problem music thunder clatter by wild cub most weekends only last a couple of days. Some last a lifetime. Hampton. We go together. Always get the lowest price, only when you book direct at hampton. Com while you are out shopping this weekend you may want to keep these top toys in mind, barbie, the number one pick for girls this Holiday Season, one in five parents say they plan to get one for the little girls on their list. As for boys, what do you think . Legos. Thats always a popular one every year. And star wars is coming in cars and trucks. A lot of the classics, bash bees and legos, they have been around since 1932. The girls loving the legos, too. Thats one of my daughters favorite toys. A new kind of toys that is causing a bunch of problems for kids and parents, too. They are called bunch ums and some buyers are warning about the painful experience their children are having, here is randy mack from our sister staying in l. A. Reporter these are just some of the many photos posted in amazons review section about bunch ums with parents describing how they spent hours struggling to get these play things untangled while their kids screamed and cried. Dotty hutchins went through it after grandson ty and granddaughter haley started playing with the ones she bought at a local target. She said i put this toy in my hair and cant get them out. Each one has dozens of tiny hooks. The commercial says that makes them perfect for building soft stul. Tour, a feature thats earned them a spot on scientific americans list of top y holiday toys. But take a look at what it did you when i put a few of them in this wig. They attached almost instantly and when i pull hard i pull on the hair, you can imagine what it feels like for a child trying to have these removed. She sat there for two hours when we pulled our her hair. She was traumatized, i feel like this is so silly because its hair bus she thought she was going to lose her hair. Some kids have, one mom sent us this photo of a clump she had to cut out of her daughters hair. The i team of reached out to spin master which makes bunch ums and received a statement sayingxphkaging and direction clearly state caution, keep away from hair. May become entangled. Apply the dner to the areas of hair. They also directed us to a video posted on the website support page instructing parents how to use conditioner or oil to remove the toys from hair which is how they finally managed to untangle them, but thinks if the company no he is this should happen the product shouldnt be on shore shelves. I feel like this was avoidable and preventable. I didnt want this to happen to my best friend or anybody else. No more toy. No more toy. They look like coil toys but that looks painful. Nbc reached out to several major retailers, both target and walmart say they have got to plans to take them off the shelves, amazon did not reply for a comment. I