and debby with pepco holdings. you're a familiar face to washington and to news 4 viewers and you brought a check from pepco. >> absolutely, on behalf of all of us at pepco, we want to make this contribution to food for families. we've been big supporters of the community and this is just a small token. we're just so happy you guys continue to be out here every year and we're happy to support you all too. yeah, pepco. >> all right, thank you. it is such an important thing to us. thousands of families will be able to have a hot thanksgiving meal because of donations like these. because of all this food, look at this, that has been piling up. we're now having to send it to the warehouse where all of this will be paired with turkeys and fresh veggies and packed up and sent to needy news. we still need your donation. you can also make a secure online donation at nbcwashington.com. or send us a check. either way, your donation will be needed and appreciated. >>> our type right now is 11:43. we take a look at the damage

pepco has not asked us to move the equipment are relocated. they have not said there is any problem. >> he said when the police department placed the camera on silver hill road, this power line with the orange shield to prevent it from hitting the tower was not there. that has neighbors even more worried. >> i hope nobody's house gets burned up by this. i hope nobody gets injured. were some but he is walking by. >> now, late this afternoon, we called pepco and they sent a technician to look at the line. , in hisd at it and said opinion, it is safe because they put insulation across the line in orange protection, so it is no problem at all. live from suit wind, horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> coming up, the best and worst times to head for your thanksgiving destination and why this year could be more hectic than most. a man who would not take no for an answer. >> we are learning of an unusual message from a man arrested outside of the white house yesterday. custodys taken into after the police discovered a gun, ammunition, and knife inside of his

pepco issue there. police were directing, waiting for the pepco crews to make the repairs to that stretch. north of st. patrick drive near shoppers world, police are on the scene there. the trip right now on kenilworth d.c. 295 into downtown, slowdowns inside the beltway off the parkway 50 to head south on kenilworth past eastern. most of the trip down to the 11 rght street bridge. outer loop delays west into silver spring, the crash on northbound gentleman jack forest glen still along the right side of the roadway. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. >>> the incoming senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house majority leader the speaker john boehner are laying out some of the republican agenda. >> that includes the completion of the keystone x sell pipeline -- xcel pipeline and possible repeal. both the president and punish mcconnell say they -- and mitch mcconnell say they actually want to work together. >> the most important thing i can do is get stuff done and help congress get some things don

pepco's call center also has extra staff on hand for this storm. drivers in virginia have seen all kinds of wet weather today all day. but almost everywhere the roads have been slick. news 4 hit the road earlier today and has more on conditions now from haymarket. david? >> pat, it may be tough to see here along route 15, the snow is coming down. it's the smaller flakes right now. you can see behind me building up a little bit on the grass. the streets, roads, mostly just wet at this point. i can tell you it's been a range of different types of precipitation coming down. 30 minutes ago there were these heavy flakes. 30 minutes before that, it was a cold rain. we have been all over northern virginia today. we started out in arlington. a cold rain there, made our way to centreville and fairfax county. that crossed over to snow and then we made our way to winchester where we found the heavy snow. >> by mid morning, this is what drivers faced on route 7 in sterling. wet pavement and heavy snow. the slush already building up on the sides of the roads. b

good news is, the pepco crews are out here. what happened was the winds took down the top of that tree, brought it down on top of a car. look at this car. take a look at the video we of the vehicle. it was pretty well damaged by that. the good news is now that the lights are indeed back on. we're still under high wind alerts or high wind advisory until ab11:00. those winds could get to 40, 50 miles an hour. we're told it was about a 40-mile-an-hour gust that took the upper bow of that tree down. the good news for the folks who live here is that the lights and the heat are back on. bad news is some car owners have to deal with the insurance company because that tree came down on top of it. we are live in district heights. we are live in district heights. derrick ward, news after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. hogan was awarded an a- from the nra. but now he refuses to release his responses. the nra opposes corehensive background checks. they want to weaken maryland's gun safety laws. even support letting suspects

pepco says all power should be restored to the customers in that area at this time. the details of the crash are unknown at this time. time now for a check of the traffic situation. is standing by in the wtop traffic center. between tysons and 270, not bad. from the inner loop to river road. in the outer loop before connecticut avenue, there is a crash, and on the east down southeast southwest freeway, this is near the third street tunnel, and volume delays heading south, and this head you dale city, and the express lane merges. let's see how we are on 270 northbound past montgomery village heading words german down. there he slow up towards clarksburg. at 123, not doing too badly ending outward centreville, just volume delays. bob immler, the wtop traffic center. >> coming to america. where pope francis will stop first when he visits america next year, and we will find out if that trip will include a stopover in this area. >> and helping a homeowner overpower a suspected burglar, and a fight caught on video. >> and thousands of people braved the holiday season is he

we have volunteers from pepco and verizon center. they are coming from comcast, washington first bank, volunteers from all over the area to help us what we do every year, put thanksgiving on the table of needy families. 4,000 needy families are our target this year. but we need your help to do it. our volunteers are at the phone bank. call from the warmth of your living room or office. 202-885-4949. call and give your information. you can make a secure credit card donation at nbcwashington.com. or drop your can donation in the mail to food for families at nbc washington, 4001 nebraska avenue. 20016. this is so important to us, folks. we do it every single year. we have done it for many years. we have fed thousands and thousands of people who can't enjoy a hot thanksgiving dinner. we want to feed as many but we can't do it without our family, our partners and our friends and viewers, you. back to you in the studio. >>. >> thank you, pat. >> pat will be there until 7:00 p.m. >>> angie goff in the live desk. we continue to cover the dea

pepco reporting 1,667 customers are in the dark. this includes homes, businesses and of course traffic signals in that area. right now crews are work to go restore power. they say they still don't know with what the cause is. they have crews on the ground trying to fix this issue. it should be restored by 8:00 a.m. . >>> an suv goes through a texas restaurant sending people, look at this, running for their lives. several customers were thrown across the restaurant into the buffet when the car drove through the front window. nine people had to be taken to the hospital. no one was seriously hurt. >> i was very thankful that no one got killed. >> the driver apparently was trying to park in a handicapped spot when she accidentally hit the gas. >>> listen up if you have an iphone or mac computer. new concerns about malware that can affect the mobile and desktop operate systems, wire lurker malware can installed third-party apps on iphones or ipads and hop on to your desktop through a usb cable. right now it appears that the apps can only

pepco crews were on the scene immediately and remain out there. you can see the overhead linemen. they have to deal with the winds, too. you think it's harrowing on the ground, imagine being up in the buckets with the wind buffeting you and the high tension, high power lines just inches away. hats off to these guys. they're working to restore power, expected to be back on in about an hour. take a look what can happen when the tree falls. the top of that tree came down on somebody's car. the poor people in this apartment complex here are waking up to a double whammy, at least one of the residents is. no power since 10:00. somebody had their car crushed. again, crews are out here. they say they will have the power on within the hour. i'm sure that is good news to the folks who are without power because of these high winds. again, that car, none the better because of the winds that started whipping up here last night. i talked to chuck bell about this. he said about 10:00 when that tree came down on the karks probably had wind gusts of about 40 miles an hour. they had been proactive,

pepco going underground. the utility and d.c. transportation department now have the go ahead to start moving those power lines underground across the city. >> it is expects to take ten years and phase one starts next spring and expected to run over the next three years. >>> three snow plow trucks will take center stage at d.c. council hearing today. council member mary hay is holding a hearing about the city's snow removal flan. >> the national weather service molts is among those expected to receive. the hearing starts at 11:00 a.m. and we'll certainly continue to follow that. >>> communities in missouri are preparing themselves for the grand jury's decision on the michael brown case. >> more than four years after a deadly explosion in west virginia. the former owner of the upper big branch mine is face charges. -- facing charges, we're back after this. ♪ >>> on 6:0. we're clearing out, hey that's jupiter beta way right by the noon, if you look up you can see that really close this morning. out the door we have sunshine with

coke cadole la chipped in $5.8 million to fight the proposals, pepco. 4.4 million, and dr. pepper snaple 1.8, in total battling the tax cost more than races this year. >> when one side spends ten times more than another, you get a distortion of democracy. to put people on the street knocking on doors to convince you. >> big beverage companies may have bank rolled the no on soda, but they weren't the only oned alarmed by the two measures. we with have about 900 different flavors. >> the fizzry only sells soda. >> i love soda. i love the flavor, carbonation i think is a magical part to a flavor pallet. >> he is joined big beverages campaign against the tax, and orders that small shop owners would have been hit. a personal favorite looks like orange, takes like grape. the tax would have targeted items that have as little as 36-calories. i believe the threshold is 35, so we are talking about lightly sweetened organic teas, we are talking about coconut waters. >> critics also say it is essentially a punitive tax on the poor, hitting lower income the families who tend to buy more

because our viewers have come through for us, and our partners, the nurses, the washington citibank and pepco, the washington monument the sports, so many people have come forward with money and food. and we're grateful to know there is so much more that i believe people can really do. because we have a lot of people to feed. thank you so much. thank you for being here too. >> reporter: all right. thank you, a eagle harbora. the phone line is still open. 202-885-4949. donate for the neck few days at nbcwashington.com. jim, doreen? >> thank you from us, too, pat. it's been a long day out there. glad you had pretty good weather for it. >>> new developments in western new york. the snow is starting to melt, but it's posing another threat to already exhausted citizens. >> a power outage snarled air travel as thousands of people were trying to get away for the holidays. tonight, we know ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. start your new orleans holiday at followyournola.com. >>> a developing story in buffalo, where that massive snowstorm is now causing new pr

meanwhile, a 20 thank you all for taking the time, to our sponsors, dell, american express, pepco, thank them to make sure to stop and see them and say hello. thank you. we can't do these events without their support, so let's give these folks a round of applause, and thanks for joining us. thank you. [applause] >> great. thanks everybody. gifford a lot of good information about the cyber framework, the department of homeland security voluntary program as well as a host of other things i just want to point to you in and out as you proceed there's a whole list of resources there where you can find more information and links to both the framework and the cq programs so please check that out. thank you came to our panelists. appreciate your time. we're going to take a break until 11:15 and then come back and talk about global cybersecurity policy. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> throughout campaign 2014, c-span has brought you more than 130 candidate debates from across the country in races that will determine control of the next congress. and cannot watch c-span's life election nig

the turkey is, in comparison, a much more spectacle -- more respectable bird pepco i think -- a more respectable bird." i know some will call this amnesty. [laughter] but don't worry, there is plenty of turkey to go around. [laughter] in fact, later this afternoon, and ile, malia, sasha will take two turkeys that did not make the cut to a local food pantry works year-round to make sure that folks in our nations capital have food to eat and close to where. ar.ant -- and clothes to we been six years in a row they have made these contributions. "the washington post" recently questioned the wisdom of a whole turkey pardon tradition. typically, on the day before thanksgiving, the story went, the man who makes decisions about wars, outbreaks, terrorist cells, and other matters of state chooses to pardon a turkey plus an alternate. tell me about it. puzzling that i do this every year. but i will say that i enjoy it because, with all the tough stuff that swirls around in this office, it's nice once in a while just to say happy thanksgiving and this is a great excuse to do it. tomorrow is a s

. >> y see pepco crews came to clean everything out. more than 250 people without power in the area. it could get worse as the day goes on because the wind is supposed to pick up. >> you betcha. the wind has been gusting over 25 milur almost 24 consecutive hours. that's going to continue through the daylight hours today. sun is already up and a mostly cloudy sky here in washington right now. temperatures are chilly in the 40s ch windchills are below freezing right now. skies trying to clear out just a bit as you look northbound from northbound from washington. right along the northern neck towards fredricksburg, most of the current windchills are in the mid and upper 20s this morning. your runner impact, time to break out the next layer of warmth. temperatures slowly inching to 50. windchills in the 20s and 30s high also be near 50 degrees. a freet and the warmup then begins. all that coming up. >>> this morning students at gonzaga high school in northwest washington are mourning the loss of one of their students. dominic pettey was kil