>> reporter: that's right, doreen. this is the first holiday season where you'll be able to take metro here to tyson's corner to do a bit of shopping. that has metro, the fairfax county police and the mall all keeping a close eye on things. shopping bags and metro are nothing new, but the silver line mixed with christmas shopping at tyson's corner, yeah, that is brand-new. we found riders today carrying their bags to the train, and many like doreen brown say they don't even think twice about it. are you at all worried about, you know, bringing your bags on the train? >> not at all. maybe i'm foolhardy, i don't know. but i don't have any fear. >> reporter: fairfax county police tell us they're glad riders like doreen already feel safe, but extra patrols are being added. >> we will be having undercover as well as uniformed officers in the mall and all around that area making sure that people are safe. >> reporter: the metro tells us its police force will be on patrol just as they normally would. brianna mccray is from no

move on sometime. >> i think so too. >> i'm with doreen. i think it's a little too quick. >> more of a chance. >> look at it this way. at least if you let robert play out the rest of the season and at the end you decide it didn't work, you can at least say you gave him a shot. you have closure. if you pull him now, we're all going to say but what if he just had a little bit more time? he still hasn't played in that many games. >> but we also need somebody else to trade. so let one of these guys do really good so we can get rid of somebody and bring somebody else in. >> i don't know about that. all right so while the quarterbacks watched film today, the rest of the team had the day off. alfred morris, darrelle young and other redskins made thanksgiving happen for thousands of people today. they all lined up at fedexfield for the 12th annual redskins harvest feast. redskins players helped pack up food, 33,000 pounds of turkey, over 92,000 pounds of packaged and fresh food. >> good for them. >> yes, the team is coming up and today showed their

so doreen was happy about that. she liked the snow today. maybe we get more of that coming up during the day on tuesday. but for now, at least enjoy the little warmup we've got coming before we crash again. >> thanks, doug. >>> just about 20 minutes ago, the annual holiday tradition kicked off at the national zoo. it's the first night of zoo life. this is video of last year's display. this year more than 500,000 l.e.d. lights are transforming the zoo into a winter wonderland after dark. the zoo will be illuminated from 5:00 until 9:00 every night until christmas. check out pictures of past displays on nbcwashington.com. >>> our black friday coverage continues. we'll take you live inside montgomery mall where the marathon shoppers are still in there hunting for the big deals. >>> and demanding answers. those businesses that burned to the ground after the decision not to indict a ferguson police officer, want to know who was supposed to protect them. >>> so have we mentioned it's black friday? malls are buzzing with crowds and deals today. >>

doreen, i know. you love this. a big biker, sunrise tomorrow at 7:06. 34 at 8:00 a.m. 40 at 11:00. 45 at 1:00. are you biking tomorrow? >> maybe i will now that you're recommending it, doug. >> well, doreen, i would recommend you go between 11:00 and 1:00. >> that works for me. >> it will be pretty nice if you're doing biking, whether it's running, whatever it is to get off the thanksgiving holiday pounds. 60 degrees on sunday. another great day to get out but breezy. 61 degrees on monday. 42 on tuesday. watching another storm system that will come through, bring those temperatures down. a big 20-degree temperature drop from monday to tuesday. but we'll also see a chance early on tuesday for some showers. maybe even some snow showers early on tuesday. but once again, they will not amount to much. and then we get back down to around average as we end next week. >> all right. thank you, doug. >> you bike when it's 40 degrees outside? >> we'll find out. >> there you go. we certainly will. >> i need to use the thanksgi

i'm doreen gentzler. >>> i'm jim vance. in the virginia senate race, we have more at the gillespie camp. >> there's a lot of positive energy from here in virginia. they're getting more hopeful now you that their candidate, gillespie will come out on top and take warner's seat in the commonwealth. we're watching it. we can tell you, gillespie is in the building. >>> in the maryland governor's race, larry hogan, the republican, is leading anthony brown, the lieutenant governor. a lot of votes sti >>> they're hungry for new leadership. they want a reason to be hopeful. above all, they want some reassurance that people who run the government are actually on their side. >> that is mitch mcconnell, who tonight has been returned to the u.s. senate by the people of kentucky. unclear, of course, the republicans what percentage of the senate they will occupy. will he be re-elected as their leader. we are happy to be joined by the other senator from kentucky, the other republican senator, and that is rand paul. senator, thank you ver

no word at this point on how the two victims ar doreen? >> kristin wright, thank you. >>> medical examiners have ruled the death of university of virginia student hannah graham a homicide. but at the request of police, they're not releasing specific details to the public. graham vanished after leaving a bar near campus back in september. her remains were found more than a month later. jesse matthew has been charged in her disappearance. authorities say dna evidence also links matthew to a sex assault in fairfax county, and to the death of virginia tech student, morgan harrington. >>> weather now. really cold out there, and with the wind chill, we could be setting a record tonight. doug? >> yeah, that's exactly right, jim. you notice the flag still blowing in the wind. the good news, though, we're not -- no longer seein winds of 30, 40 miles per hour. man, it was howling last night. temperatures out there now. if you're making your way outside, yeah, this is what you're deali with. the temperatur that are in the 20s in most locations. these

>> reporter: doreen, the key to enjoying this event is to know what to expect. the national service expected thousands to show up for one of the best-kept secrets in town. ♪ rehearsals for major events like tomorrow's concert for valor. instead, a few dozen delighted folks got a chance this evening to get a sneak peek without the crowds, the long lines and the waiting. >> i'm surprised how -- at the access. how easy it is. >> there are ten entrance points between 4th street and 17th street, spread out every block or two on both sides of the mall. >> reporter: and it's fenced. so those are the only places you can get in. >> those are the only places you're able to get in. expect a bag search, so leave yourself some extra time. >> reporter: now, some people will not be working tomorrow. some people will be working tomorrow. everybody is going to need to get around. and news4's adam tuss is somewhere near me with details to help you out. >> reporter: that's right, jackie. there is a sound check going on right here at the concert for valor. let's actually take a l

hi, doreen. nbc news has just released its first round of exit polls and gives us a pretty bleak picture of the mind-set of voters today. 44% of voters say they approve of president obama while 54% disapprove. now that's comparable to the approval rating of george w. bush that he received back in the 2006 mid terms. the opinion of congress even lower today. 71% disprove and 65% say they think the nation is on the wrong track. we'll have much more on these exit poll numbers throughout the night, and, of course, you can watch the results come in on news4 at 11:00 tonight and throughout the night on nbcwashington.com. at the live desk, i'm jim handly. >>> carol is in with our sports report tonight. what's up? >> busy night. alex ovechkin knocking on the door as the caps try to end their skid. plus -- >> this is my team and i'm going to lead it. >> election day, griffin trying to convince us he is the leader of the future. that's all when news 4 at 6:00 continues. >>> coming up tonight, we're all abo

back to you, jim and doreen. >> thanks, mark. >>> there's a considerable area down there. david culver is there to tell us about trouble elsewhere. >> that's right. we just heard mark say you can't get in at certain points down there. we're already starting to see that right now. not at 9:00. 30 minutes before the show starts. right now at 6:30. jackie bensen tweeted this at the 12th street area, pushing folks to either 12th street or beyond to get in. so they're shutting off entrances, closer to the capitol. so you have to go either where the natural history museum is ori ori orion onward down the mall. as the concert for valor is less than half an hour from starting. back to you. >> thanks, david. >>> veterans day hits home for a lot of families, and this elementary school in springfield, virginia. 20% of the students' families are military at that school. the school hosted a big veterans day ceremony, and the school community has an active group that supports kids and spouses of soldiers who are deployed. >> we call ourselves the military spouses group. but we're there

. >> reporter: well, doreen, that's what police are investigating right now. just if the last few minutes we learned that the attacker was indeed a suicide attacker. the target was the police chief. he gave a press conference saying that the attacker was not in a police uniform, he was in a suit and came in to the compound with documents saying that he had a problem that he needed solved by the police chief and that's how he got in the compound heavily fortified, surrounded by walls, lots of security to go in. they are looking at closed circuit tv footage right now. they can see the face of the man, they have the documents he turned in. they are trying to determine his identity and how exactly he got in to that building. coming in to the building requires being screened, patted down, 30,000 people come through that compound every day. it is home not just to the police headquarters, but also the kabul governor's office as well as a court and a prison. so it is a very, very busy compound. the police trying to figure out how the man got in. and got so close to th

in our next half hour, we continue with doreen gentzler, who will explain what went wrong this time. >>> and new at 5:00, a call for prayers from the parents of the latest american beheaded by isis militants. we streamed live coverage of the press conference from abdul kassig's parents on nbcwashington.com. th their son's life was proof that one person can make a difference. kassig was an iraq war veteran from indianapolis who found his calling as a humanitarian working on aid missions in the middle east. yesterday president obama confirmed the authenticity of an isis propaganda video showing the death of kassig and a dozen other hostages in syria. >> please pray for abdul rahman or pete. pray for all people in syria and iraq and people around the world held against their will. >> french officials say the man seen killing kassig may be a french national who left last year. >>> missouri's governor has activated the state national guard today in the death of michael brown. the governor says the guard will support police if there is any unrest in ferguson. in an executive order, the gov

news 4's doreen gentzler reports. >> you're suffering from this horrible pain. i couldn't get away from it. i couldn't make it stop. >> reporter: nearly two years, 28-year-old sonya lamkin suffered from severe migraines, 24/7, it left her feeling helpless, stressed out and plain miserable. >> i felt completely out of control. i felt like a victim. i don't know if i got fully depressed but definitely very sad. >> reporter: after visiting half a dozen doctors and undergoing countless brain scans and mris, nobody could find the cause. running out of options, she decided to start looking at things from a different perspective. she stopped seeing so many doctors and started meeting with a therapist. >> often times happens with migraine sufferers, they feel completely out of control because they can't stop it. >> reporter: her therapist, olga blach, says therapy might not necessarily cure migraines, but she says it can help patients identify and avoid patterns and triggers that often precede the painful headaches. it also helps patients deal with the stress of having

>> reporter: doreen gentzler, "news4 today". >> what do you do if you can't find the help? be persistent. don't stop. keep calling around. if you still have no luck call your insurance provider. you can go mental health america's website. there's information there as well as some links to >> in this morning's top story all lines closed on eastbound route 50 inside the beltway. police investigating a crash at the exit of 202. an oil tanker ran off the road causing an oil spill. hazmat teams are on the road cleaning up. no one was hurt. >> zachary kiesch is on the scene working to find outf anyone was hurt in a serious fire here at this northeast apartment in d.c. you can see it cause ad lot of damage to the complex in northeast. we'll have zachary live with what he's learning. ? new this morning speed and alcohol may have toledo this crash in olney. it happened around 4:00 this morning on heinz road and lafayette road. two people were inside the car when it crashed. a female passenger in her 40s died. male driver was taken to hospital but expected to be okay. good morning an

doreen . >>> i'm chuck todd back in washington. here is what to look for ahead of the big election broadcast. after two weeks on the road i have learned one thing, voters are exhausted from polarization and gridlock. what will that mean for their senate vote? you may not know control of the senate until well after tuesday thanks to multiple runoffs. number two, democratic party on wednesday may no longer be the party of obama but back to being the party of the clintons. and, number three, speaking of the clintons, 2016 and the presidential race will get under way wednesday. one candidate who may already be running will be on the show sunday. that's rand paul. all that and more coming up on "meet the press." >> and chuck will join us live from new york city tomorrow at 6:00 am and 9:00 am. >> i wouldn't have labeled it depression. looking back, yeah, i think i was depressed. >> experiencing what some therapists are calling the empty nest syndrome, period of time that a parent experiences after their children leave home. >> in the be

doreen somewhere in here. vance, you in here? where are we? >> he's just not going to stop. >> i don't know -- >> sunday. >> no idea why i thought about that. >> i do. >>> carol is at the park. we wish you could just talk about the first half and forget the rest of it. >> tale two of halves. can't do that. we're hurting today. so is robert griff in. we update his status. >>> plus, a star suspended for the terps. why the suspension couldn't come at >>> coming up tonight headi ini into election night. why some believe it could be closer than the projections we've heard. >>> also this disaster at virgin galactic and was the boss caught distancing himself from the tragedy. >>> and one of the great voices of the great radio shows in ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. start your new orleans holiday at followyournola.com. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. >> carol is at the park. what kind of attitude is out there right now? >> it's really quiet r

back to you, jim and doreen. >>> a programming note. news4 will carry president obama's address live. our coverage begins tonight at 8:00. afr the speech, we'll join "the biggest loser" in progress. > student are steg away from the books tonight to pray at florida state university after a shooting overnight on campus sent three people to the hospital and on-campus vigil for the wounded starts in two hours. earlier today, police confirmed the shooter was a lawyer and fsu alum named myron may. officers killed him in a shootout after he opened fire in the university's library. it was full of students studying for final exams. one student says the books he checked out literally saved his . >> two of the books that i had checked out had a bullet hole in them. >> you always think that it's going to happen somewhere else and it actually happens here, my first semester here. it's just kind of crazy. >> investigators think the gunman was in a state of crisis and he feared the government was targeting him. >>> a security scare briefly had some fe

news4's doreen gentzler has more. >> you're suffering with this horrible pain. i couldn't get away from it. i couldn't make it stop. >> reporter: for nearly two years, 28-year-old sonja lambkin suffered from chronic migraine headaches. that means severe head pain 24/7. pain that left her feeling helpless, stressed out and just plain miserable. >> i felt completely out of control. i felt like a victim. i don't know if i got fully depressed, but definitely very sad. >> reporter: after visiting half a dozen doctors and undergoing countless brain scans and mris, nobody could find the cause. running out of options, sonja decided to start looking at things from a different perspective. she stopped seeing so many doctors and started meeting with a therapist. >> what oftentimes happens with migraine sufferers, they feel completely out of control, because they can't stop it. >> reporter: sonja's therapist, olga block, says therapy might not necessarily cure migraines. but she says it can help patients identify and avoid patterns and triggers that often precede the painfu

jim and doreen, back to you. >> jim handly, thank you. and that scathing report just topics chuck todd will be delving into on "meet the press." he's also got shocking new comments about obamacare. >> chuck is joining us now. and let's do obamacare in a minute. first the secret service thing. you guys have learned that all the officers are still on the job, which doesn't give a lot of comfort about security at the white house. >> it doesn't. and i go back to when this happened. that is always a weak period anyway, when the president wasn't there at the time, and everybody left home for the day, and you do sense that there is this -- that some of these guys just sort of let their guard down a little bit. it turned out, boy -- it seemed like it was keystone kops. it seems like every single one there. and i've talked to secret service veterans who say, you know, what they are -- they are pulled too thin these days, and there just wasn't enough. in the old days, there used to be more uniformed guys walking the perimeter. >> so now the questio

. >> reporter: yay, doreen, they really are. as the sun goes down, so does the temperature here. 3 inches of snow around st. louis overnight. today, mostly just flurries. but as we head into this night, which will be the coldest on record here this year, it's going to be the same across the country in many cities. the bitter temperatures, brutal conditions and battle against the elements continue overnight and into today. >> this is a good wake-up call this morning. >> reporte more than half the country waking up to snow on the ground. kansas city is frozen solid. the water from this fountain still flowing, but quickly turns to ice. kids and a few grownups making tracks in louisville, kentucky. and while hillsides can be fun, it has been tough sledding for drivers. accidents litter roadways and highways. the elements being blamed for at least six deaths across four states. >> just about every case, it started with a vehicle losing control on those icy roads. >> reporter: conditions that stretch from south texas through the east

>> thank you, doreen. >>> new at 5:00 tonight, police have just released this sketch of a man wanted in a carjacking and kidnapping at a metro station. investigats say this man approach a woman at the vienna metro station last wednesday. forced her to drive him to several places at gunpoint. had her withdraw cash and make several purchases. the woman was not hurt. police believe the man may also have been involved in a carjacki on nuttily street in fairfax earlier this month. >>> it was supposed to help save lives. >> right now at 5:00 tonight, the air bags that turned out to be deadly, but the fight to expand the recall is actually center stage here in washington today. as the families of victims tell thei >> the air bag is what killed my > plus, a health scare leads to a school walkout. why parents were sent scrambling to pick up their kids, even though school wasn't closed. >>> and it was a dark cut through used by many students but now after the murder of a teenager, we're learning about change in light of this trage. >>> you're watching news4 at 5:00. >>> some big stories develo

. >> he commissioner doreen [speaker not understood]? >> here. >> item 2, approval of the minutes for the october 14, 2014 meeting. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? minutes are approved. >> item 3, public comment and executive session. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> executive session. >> is there a motion to move into -- >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> i move to reconvene in open session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> so moved to

news4's doreen gentzler is waiting to take your call at 202-885-4949. call her and make a donation or donate at nbcwashington.com. it's as easy as pie. but it will mean so very much to the thousands of families who have a happy thanksgiving thanks to your donation. back to you in the studio. >> i know a lot of people come out. it's a good cause. thanks, pat. >>> well, it's the busiest week of the year for travelers. and now big security concerns after a man scales an airport fence. wait until you see what it took to stop him. >> reporter: a 16-year-old girl is grabbed from this street and attacked. what police say she did that saved her from her attacker, and helped police to catch the man. i'm mark segraves and i'll have the latest on this story coming up. >>> i'm tom sherwood in the district. plans are being made for a citywide funeral service to honor the late marion barry. i'll have the story, coming up. >>> if you packed your kids' lunch, you may want to reassess it. there's a study that shows most bag lunches are not as healthy as the school cafet

you're a brave man, adam. >> reporter: it is ground zero, doreen. if black friday is your kind of thing, then tysons is definitely your place today. let's first give a look at the parking lot, what's going on out here. i want to show you, some people are actually parking illegally out here. that's why you see those orange tickets on the cars. if they're not moved, they could be towed. and you know, it's not just driving here. metro's silver line also up and running this year. metro says the tyson's corner station has been very busy today. ridership this morning and throughout the day today at the tyson's corner station up about 75% compared to last friday. that is incredible. and metro says this is particularly impressive, because today is a light ridership day overall. so, yes, very busy at the mall, if you're coming here tonight, guys, do pack your patience. let's all breathe together and hope we get a good deal. back to you guys. >> thank you, adam, we're trying. >>> a developing story from d.c. to across the country. this black friday is about m

i'm doreen maxwell since 1999 has been a terrorist organization against the taxpayers of the united states of america i have two meetings one with the department of justice to investigate the business practices of the sfmta second, i have another appointment at one be federal transit commission in washington, d.c. to talk about the working conditions that the transit has another thing in 2007 there was a initiative passed prop a that gave him the city this board power to float bonds revenue bonds now there is another initiative on the ballot prop a that was supposed to be approved in november that will end up costa mesa the homeowners and taxpayers of the city and county of san francisco a billion dollars now we need to get wise about pitting those bond measures on the ballot until there is a criminal investigation on how the mta g does business practices it shouldn't approve nothing until that time comes third let's talk about the workplace bullying at the divisions you've got those superintendents playing super man trumpeting up charges and trumpeting up things at will and the last speak

. >> there is going to take the government some time -- you remember, doreen, just a few weeks ago when the houthis swept into the capitol, the army security forces disappeared. they were sidelined, weekended and their reputation severely undermined here in yemen in general. so it is going to take some time for the president and the prime minister to ask the newly appointed defense minister to deploy the army and police to maintain security, and to lead in the fight against al-qaeda. the houthis say the moment they see the army and police leading in the security, then they will ask their fighters to pull out of the capitol and go back to their strong hold. the new government has many challenges, the fight against al-qaeda, restoring security, asking the houthis to pull out. it's definitely going to take some time. >> okay. hashem thank you. >>> there has been violent confrontations in the occupied west bank between palestinians and the israeli police. police are firing tear gas and stun grenades at stone-throwing protesters. it follows weeks of unrest and comes as israel lifts age restr

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. in both cases, it took the school weeks to notify parents. jackie bensen is at roberto clemente in germantown. >> reporter: the substitute teacher was fired. the allegations of how it happened and how it was handled is disturbing. they say an error was made of not informing parents sooner about a students complaint she was inappropriately touched by a substitute teacher. it was recorded on september 30th. they tell news 4, we should have informed the community earlier about the arrest, but we made a mistake and did not. we will review the procedures to make sure this doesn't happen again. the principal apologized in a letter to parents. the parents of the student were notified and the teacher identified in court. 50 year-old jose was released on bond. are you mr. peneta. we heard about your arrest. do you have any comments on that? >> no. >> reporter: sources tell news 4 after the student left the classroom to tell administrators, she was sent back to the same classroom. the school system spokesperson said she had no information about that sp

. >> yeah, doreen, the president basicay told about 5 million people, you don't have to hide anymore. this could have implications for the hundreds of tf undocume immigrants in maryla and virginia. take a look. this is what it looked like as suppor and opponents marched outside the white house. presidena said they'll still be deporting criminals and those who recently came across the border. others can apply to stay, although they won't get green cards or access to programs like medicare. >> if you've been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens, or l residents, ifu r backgr check, and you're willing to pay your fair share of taxes, you'll be able to apply to stay in this country tempory without fear of deportat critics say the president's move was cynical, timed just after the election. some republicans say not only did president oba au he contradicted himself when the president said last year that he was no emperor. he was talking about immigrat that day, and here's something ee he said on that i know that some wish that i could just bypas

we found riders carrying their bags to the train and many lik doreen say they don't twice about it. >> are you worried about bringing your bags on the train? >> not at all. i don't have any fear. >> reporter: fairfax county police tell us they are glad riders feel safe but extra patrols are being added. >> we will be having undercover as well as uniformed officers in the mall and all around that area making sure people are safe. >> reporter: metro tells us its police force will be on patrol just as they normally would. brianna is from northwest d.c. and decided to come out to get some shopping done. >> i haven't been here since i was in the fifth grade. i'm 22 now. okay. let me try it out. >> reporter: she larger end says she's const of wha she's not worried. >> people get on. peop. what are they trying. other than that, no, not really. >> reporter: tysons corner is upping the stakes. they will deliver the bags to your house this year if you live within a ten m. same day delivery and it costs five bucks. now despite all of the increased efforts metro reminds you your shopping bags can

. >> he commissioner doreen [speaker not understood]? >> here. >> item 2, approval of the minutes for the october 14, 2014 meeting. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? minutes are approved. >> item 3, public comment and executive session. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> executive session. >> is there a motion to move into -- >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> i move to reconvene in open session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> so moved to not disclose to not did you say close anything discussed in closed session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> announcement of prohibition of sound producing electronic devices during the meeting: please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phone, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibit

>> reporter: they are celebrating, doreen, perhaps a little prematurely, but every time someone gets on the podium and announces a new round of numbers, the cheers are getting louder and louder. what sounded out as hopeful is now sounding with a little bit of confidence. the latest numbers put larry hogan up by nearly 90,000 votes total. and when you drill down on some of those numbers. when you look at frederick county where he is winning, they point to that as a real sign of success. now the only republican to win, to become governor of maryland in the last 50 years was bob ear early. i spoke to him a few hours ago to get his take as he was watching some of these numbers come in. he said the key is going to be in montgomery county. he knows that no republican is going to win montgomery county, but he said larry hogan has to get close to 40%. he was down near in the low 30s. that has inched up now to 35. so he's getting closer to there. he also looked at p.g. again, the republican is going to get destroyed in pea ge but he said he to get to 20%. he had been at 12. that number going

>> reporter: we were expecting, doreen, further escalation, definitely the houthis will call for mass protests in the coming days to ask this government to step aside and form a new government. their concern now is that there are members from of the old regime still in the government that they will not accept that. so yemen is definitely going to move ahead towards more political crisis, more political impasse, and further challenges. it remains to see how the international community can bring all the warring fashions in yemen to sit together and agree on a new modus operandi to be able to put an end to the problems the country faces. >> okay, thank you. reporting for us from yemen. >>> in afghanistan, there has been an explores inside the police head quarters in the capital a kabul. blast happened outside the office of the police chief. at least one person has been killed. jennifer glasse is in kabul with an update. >> reporter: police confirm it was a suicide bomber responsible for getting in to police head quarters and blowing himself up near the police chief's office. the police c

. >> doreen gentzler, news 4. >>> the fda regulates the hip implants and says not enough evidence to support routine testing for metal poisoning. if you're experiencing symptoms, though, you should talk to your physician immediately. want to go back to angie goff with new information on adrian peterson. >> we have breaking news. adrian peterson won't reach an agreement today to resolve the child abuse case. we're being told from our sources he will plead no contest to misdemeanor and if this agreement is accepted by the judge, it looks like he will pay a $2,000 fine, be placed on probation, do about 80 hours of community service work. but will serve no jail time. the vikings running back was in court. he's accused of punishing his son by hitting him with a small tree branch. he faces felon child abuse charges. peterson maintained he never meant to hurt his son. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> and we're working for you all day to cover the midterm elections in our area. we're watching the big senate race between mark warner and republican challenger ed gi gillesp

. >> news 4's doreen gentzler reports. >> r michelle bartoli never thought she would have much in common with angelina jolie. after th me a surprising announcement, she both had their breasts removed. >> i've heard people say people feel less like a woman. she's still the most busful woman ever. >> reporter: both have the brca 1 gene associated with higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer. both chose to have preventible mastectomies. i have seen women struggle with that decision because it is a huge decision and it's a life changing decision. >> rep since jolie announced her decision last year, researchers say they're san jose seeing more women exploring genetic testing, something called the angelina effect. one study looked at 21 genetic testing centers at clinics across the country and found there were nearly 5,000 referrals for testing in june and july of last year. that's just a few months after jolie's announcement. compare that to the same period in 2012 when there were just 2,000 referrals. dr. shawna willy is director of the regional breast cancer program at med star georgetown

." >> hey, jim an doreen, good evening, just when we could use promi promising news they manage to land a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on a climate. >>> and on earth, this climate deal reached between the u.s. and china, we'll take a look at that. up here in new york, an am track ride above new york, the drama at the new world trade center as scaffolding comes loose. we'll have all of it for you on nbc "nightly news" at 7:00. >>> thanks. video just coming in of a violent confrontation including service members overseas. >>> the holiday rush already under way. if you wait until black friday for bargains, you might miss out. >> your afternoon temperatures cooler than our current reading of 57 degrees. it comes with an opportunity of maybe more than just rain. >>> breaking news now. we just learned of a lawsuit against metro following a deadly accident last year. chris lawrence. >> yes. they broke this on twitter minutes ago. the estate of harold ingram is suing metro for $10 million. in gram was killed in an explosion a year ago as he and other workers were doing work when hyd

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doreen spoke to one person about something she did wrong. >>> would you like to hire a lawyer or like the court to appoint counsel for you? >> the court to appoint counsel. >>> the latest in the kidnapper who snatched a woman off the streets and brought her to maryland. why he may not be coming to virginia to face the crime here. >>> and an announcement of something that >>> the man arrested in maryland in a high profile abduction appeared in court today. >> delvin barnes the subject of a massive manhunt after the snatched a woman off the streets of philadelphia. he's also accused of raping and almost killing a philadelphia teenager. >> rosemary connor was in court this afternoon. >> we represent our clients all the way through including appeal and beyond. >> reporter: the court appointed defense attorney nina, gave brief comment as she was appointed this afternoon. the defendant appeared before the judge in a green colored jumpsuit initially with his hands cuffed behind his back. todays a the first time he was in federal court in abduction kidnapping charges of carlesha gaither on th

. >> thank you, doreen. >>> a maryland woman suspected in the disappearance of her toddler is not competent to stand trial. >> her two children, sarah and jacob, have been missing since september. catherine ho is currently charged in their disappearance and they fear the children could be dead and could be dealing with a homicide case. she suffers from paranoid schizophrea and her attorney says that have been feeding her paranoid delusion and interviewi her without him against her rights. >>> how police and who police arrested for this crime. >>> forget helping your kids with math homework, why the common core debate is hitting home with a lot of frustrated parents. > >>> right now at 5:30, rush hour murder. a man pushed to his death on the subway. how police finally got their man. >>> why you may want to think twe where you run your errands in the next few weeks. >>> does common core math add up? on our facebook page and now a challenge even for local parents. >>> have a b.s. is physics and electrical engineering and technical management ms degree. first grade homework was a little bitf a

diplomatic moves, kim jong un may be controlledly, shrewdly getting rid of enemies, take the case of a north doreen student missing from class at a french architecture school for weeks. news agencies says the young man was kidnapped in paris recently but escaped before he could be put on a plane back to north korea. he reportedly hasn't been seen since and may be in hiding. the student identified only as hand is the son of an aide to jiang sun tek who he executed a year ago. the french news agency says paris prosecutors are investigating the student's disappearance. >> i'm not surprised that north koreans are going after him. this is a very typical practice in north korea, the co-go after anyone that's even remotely related someone they thought was a person who committed treason. >> cnn learned of even more apparent fallout inside the kim family. a north korean defector says kim's aunt who was married to that same executed uncle and was very powerful herself suffered a fatal stroke while she was on the phone with the supreme leader last year, arguing about her husband being killed. it's not clear i

we just got our first whiff of marijuana. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i don't know about you, doreen, but i am high as a kite right now. [ laughter ] here's something i found interesting. this morning, "good morning america" had a story about a new study that looked into why some people are good dancers and some people are bad dancers. which is interesting, right? some people are just naturally good at it. but what i found most fascinating about the report is the specific examples they used to illustrate this research. >> from elaine on "seinfeld" to kevin james's character on "hitch," some just dance to the beat 0 of their own drum. bad dancing may just be in the gene. the new study calls it beat duffness. some people were able to move in time to the beat, but couldn't sync up after a change in tempo. the study shows many beat deaf people don't even know how bad they are. ♪ all the single ladies >> they may think they're dancing like beyonce, but may actually look more like jimmy kimmel. ♪ and nobody wants that. >> jimmy: what do you mean nobody wants that? how dare you. [ cheers and

. >> doreen, to the new york city question, i did not think i would see bill holding up a ziploc bag full of weed. >> he said it was oregano. >> that's what they always say. what do you think of this policy. it is not legalization, it is decriminalizing. there's still a way to get arrested, if you don't pay the fine. >> first, it's a first good start. but we need comprehensive policy reform. because here's one of the issues. okay, so we know what the disparities are when people get arrested for marijuana, 86% black and brown but we know whites use marijuana at the same rate if not higher now we're going to the summons process, which is great, a step forward, but we're not collecting data on racial and ethnic back ground of those being issued summons to evaluate if it is woshi working one, we need to collect the data and two, the issue of stop and frisk. being forced to show if there's weed in their pocket is blatantly unconstitutional and we need reform on that. >> when you talk about good drug policy, i didn't realize one of the reasons we had mandatory minimum sentences, governor b