. >> tom dodge said the rise of internet shopping has made his job more dangerous than ever. we obtained a nationwide list of more than 1,600 violent crimes committed against postal employees. we found robberies increased more than 300% in the last four years. some involving truck jackings, kidnappings and shootings. what we're told is just give it to them. give them your satchel of mail. if a postal truck is stopped, give them whatever they want. don't resist. let them have it. but it doesn't many much because many thieves today don't want witnesses. so they shoot. >> the i-team discovered 64 shootings on the list, including the murder of tyson barnett, killed on his route delivering mail one year ago this week. >> what do we want! >> reporter: we were there when dodge and union leaders held a protest following barnett's murder on the national mall. >> the sad thing is, when things are happening, they don't bring it to our attention. we'll hear it from someone else. management doesn't say, hey, pay attention, this is what's going on. >> reporter: the records we obtained show

. >> reporter: tom dodge said the rise of internet shopping made his job as a postal truck driver more dangerous than ever. the iteam obtained a nationwide list never before released to the public of more than 1600 violent crimes committed against postal employees. we found robberies increased more than 300% in the last four years. some involving truck jacking, kidnappings and shootings. >> what we're told is just give it to them. give them your satchel of mail. let them have it. it doesn't mean much anything because many thieves today don't want witnesses. so they shoot. >> reporter: the iteam discovered 64 shootings tonalist including the murder of tyson barnett killed on his route delivering mail one year ago this week in cheverly. we were there when dodge and union leaders from all over our region held a protest following barnett's murder on the national mall. >> the bad thing is things are happening they don't bring to it our attention. we don't hear a word about it. management doesn't come and say hey listen we're aware. >> reporter: the record we obtained show all kind of employ

. >> this is a dodge ball game. >> reporter: tom goodson's apartment is filled with memories and moving boxes. he has dedicated his life to volunteering. he showed us this black and white photo when he was 19. >> i can tell you some of the kids names on there. greg cook, mike gillis he's a fireman in fresno california. >> reporter: 50 years later he can still recall the players names. but tom goodson was keeping a secret. >> i was so stressed to be honest with you. i was so stressed. >> reporter: stressed because after 23 years of living on a fixed income in this one bedroom apartment. >> dear thomas goodson this is to notify you that your rent will increase. >> reporter: he receive third- degree notice of an increase in rent. although most of his rent is subsidized. most of his income is of -- four days later more than $12,000 has been raised. >> i have been receiving letters and notes from people, from different countries that were affected by tom when he,  as a coach or as a yard duty. >> i think it's wonderful but i will tell you what i'm under well -pled -- overwhelmed. i'll will

our report on all of it tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: still digging out from seven feet of snow, buffalo today dodged the worst predictions of mass flooding caused by higher temps and melting. from washington up i-95 to philly, new york and onto boston, weather whiplash. a record warm day, but it's the calm before another storm. >> snow, sleet and freezing rain could impact holiday travel this year. >> reporter: wind, cold, rain and even snow are taking aim at a big section of the country from tuesday night through thursday. just in time for the great thanksgiving day escape. >> can you believe how low gasoline prices are? >> reporter: gas below $3 a gallon is a big reason 41 million americans are expected to drive this thanksgiving. in the midwest and east they could be making their way through sloppy, slippery roads. meanwhile, another 5 million americans are flying between wednesday and sunday. some of the nation's busiest airports could be choke points. airports to watch include washington, baltimore, philly, new york, boston, cleveland, detroit and chicago. the airl

nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: still digging out from 7 feet of snow, buffalo dodged the worst predictions of mass flooding caused by higher temps and melting. from washington up i-95 to new york and boston weather whiplash. >> snow, sleet and freezing rain could impact holiday travel this year. >> reporter: wind, cold rain and even snow are taking aim at a big section of the country from tuesday night through thursday just in time for the great thanksgiving day escape. 5 million americans are flying between wednesday and sunday. some of the nation's busiest airports could be choke points. airports to watch include washington, baltimore, philly, new york, boston, cleveland, detroit, and chicago. be warned, even if your flight is in the west, a major storm's ripple effect can reach all the way to the pacific. >> bill karins will have the latest on the looming winter weather in a few minutes. >>> just ahead, the ferguson fallout went well beyond missouri's borders. demonstrators in new york, seattle, los angeles and oakland, california, out in force, making their voices heard. yo

nbc's tom costello has more. >> reporter: still digging out from seven feet of snow, buffalo dodged the worst predictions of mass flooding caused by higher temps and melting. from washington up i-95 to philly, new york and on to boston weather whiplash. >> snow, sleet and freezing rain could impact holiday travel this year. >> reporter: within, cold rain and even snow are taking aim at a big section of the country from tuesday night through thursday just in time for the great thanksgiving day escape. 5 million americans are flying between wednesday and sunday. some of the nation's busiest airports could be choke points. airports to watch include washington, baltimore, philly, new york, boston, cleveland, detroit and chicago. be warned even if your flight is in the west a major storm's rippr2=s effect can reach all way to the pacific. >> all right. so let's find out how bad it's truly going to get for the east coast. >> for some people it's bad. this is a very difficult snow forecast. the temperatures are very borderline for many areas especially on i-95. you probably can go and dig aro

we're dodging a few showers, though. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will take you through your forecast on the morning drive with weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. >>> and marion barry. what he shared with oprah winfrey about his legacy in one of his final interviews. >>> right now we can show you something you rarely see this close to thanksgiving. check out the numbers on the screen. temperatures sitting in the 60s in those places. >>> starting to see the first color in the morning sky as well. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein going to get you through your trip to work. >> that's a live view from the storm team 4 city camera. southwesterly breeze that brought us the clouds and rain, now taking away the clouds and rain as well. watch out for the side streets and sidewalks covered with leaves. they're slippery. bowie, laurel, farther south, camp springs, upper marlboro, mid-six. low to mid-60s in fairfax from mcclain, vienna, fairfax city, alexandria. low to mid-60s there. near 60, loudoun, prince will

tom's apartment is filled with games and toys for school children and moving boxes. the 69-year-old says disabilities kept him from holding down a job so he dedicated his life to volunteer work. he spent the last 50 years as a coach and teacher's aide in the santa clara unified school district. and showed us this black and white photo from when he was 19. >> i can tell you some of the kids' names on there. give you an example. greg cook, mike gill. he's a fireman in fresno, california. >> reporter: 50 years later, he can still recall the players' names. >> got it. >> reporter: but tom goodson was keeping a secret. >> i was so stressed to be honest with you, i was very stressed. >> reporter: stressed because after 23 years of living on a fixed income this in this one bedroom apartment -- >> this is to notify you that your rent will increase. >> reporter: he received this notice of an increase in rent. most of his rent is subsidized but his only income is social security. >> i was terrified. i didn't know where to go. >> reporter: when he confided with the second grade

: back in 1995, tom took steve croft for a ride in the 1963 dodge dart convertible. >> he test drives the models, he would rather drive the $2,000 dart. >> the mercedes benz that costs you $92,000. now, can that possibly be $90,000 better than this? this is good stuff. >> i have to say this car rides really well. >> sure. it's good enough. >> why can't you figure out the problem. he said if it's not broken, i can't fix it. >> he's lying. >> listen to this. >> reporter: it was honest advice like that which pleased millions of listeners each week. simon said the relationship boiled down to something simple. >> i would tell you the success of "car talk" had almost nothing to do with cars and had everything to do with two brothers who loved each other. i think that's what people heard. >> tom and ray retired in 2012. the show is on air and on podcasts. it is produced from 25 years of archives. npr said there will be no interruption and it will continue. they are preparing a tribute show for this saturday. >> wow. really nice story. >> it shows you chemistry and a great story. you are on t

. >> reporter: scott simon npr's weekend edition and at the time taught tom to drive in boston. >> i'm not sure i learned how to drive because i spent so much time laugh willing behind the wheel. >> reporter: he took steve cross for a ride in his 1963 dodge dart convertible. although he test drives all the models he said he'd rather drive his dart. >> the mercedes costs $92,000. now could that possibly be $90,000 better than this? this is good. >> i have to say this car rides really well. >> sure, it's good stuff. >> why can't you figure out this problem, he saidf it's not broken, i can't fix it. i don't know what to do about it. >> he's lying. >> reporter: it was honest advice like that which pleased millions of listeners each week. simon said their radio sensation boiled down to something simple. >> i would tell thought success of "car talk" had almost nothing to do with cars and had everything to do with two brothers who loved each other. i think that's what people heard. ♪ >> tom and ray retired in 2012. but the show's still on the air and on podcast. it's produced from 25 years

republican tom foley with a slight lead. but dodged. 62% in. another governor's race could go down to the wire. you could have colorado and connecticut adding to this list. >> and i'm aflad to take a look. >> i am, too. >> this is just partners oor they really? >> yes. >> we're going to go on this way. so we're doing it. republican party. mish mcconnell said we've got to make obama a one-term president. so what should the republican majority now they control the house and senate what should they do? >> there have been three arguments laid out. one is go big or go small? there is a consensus, go big. should it be comprised? that is a false choice. what republicans are settling on is start with things like key stone excel pipeline approval. so, but my sense is that they're going to look for things to move things, not looking for confrontation. final thing is that question of obamacare we heard a smart answer tonight from senator cruz. send the president a repeel proposal. send him piece meal legislation to correct problems and target it. >> medic

sunny power ceo tom werner on live. >> i'd like to welcome my special guest bob funk. and looking at your resume, chairman of the kansas city fed from 2006 to 7. your timing was impeccable. you got out of dodge on the last bus out. and and chairman and ceo of -- professionals. and it is on that light i'd like to discuss issues with the employment and benefits. the government stopped the emergency extension of approximate employment benefits but before that north carolina was kind of the canary in the coal mine. their unemployment dropped to around 6 and a half percent from 8. my first question is did those people disappear? or did they get jobs. >> i believe the best social program is to have a job. and the u.s. is a very compassionate country and expresses employing professionals is a very passionate company about finding good jobs for theme piece outse of work. and we're passionate about that. >> with north carolina, my question is unemployment has gone down. so from where you sit we did the right thing by kind of taking, at least normalizing that aspect of the non e