grandma is so happy to be here for your very first christmas. i hear you're quite the expert at waking people up in the morning. let me show you how grandma does it. your daddy made this when he was a little boy. this is your dad at my house, where he had his first christmas. thanks for making the coffee. well look who's up. i'm really glad you're here mom. me too. look who's here! >>> there are people who decorate for the holidays, then there are people who "decorate" for the holidays. >> with christmas just three days away, we've seen some pretty spectacular displays. look at that. has anybody here been to that guy's in brooklyn? this neighborhood apparently goes all out. it is very well known. thanks for that photo. this is in england somewhere underneath all these lights is a house. residents of kadee, texas. this is in illinois. a resident is playing tribute to the late, great prince. the light show is synchronized to the hit song "kiss." now that is if you haven't decked out your house like that, you still have three days to pull out your

. >>> 93 million people will get to grandma's house this christmas by car. that's a 1.5% increase over last year. most drivers will pay the second cheapest new year's day gas prices since 2009. back then the national average was 162 a gallon. be sure to download the washington app. we'll update everything you need to know to get to and from your holiday destination. >>> it is 6:04. covering montgomery county, a tacoma county partner is dead from an i.e.d. alan brown died on tuesday at walter reed medical center. he was in active service for 12 years and earned several awards while serving in the army. >>> 6:04. a kid is accused of taking a loaded gun to school. deputies say they arrested 17-year-old robert shirley jr. yesterday afternoon at oakdale high school. he is being charged as an adult. deputies say other students alerted the teacher after shirley posted videos on social media with the handgun. they say there is no evidence that he was planning an attack. >>> police say a d.c. contractor may have threatened to shoot up the office of the chief technolo

this was all set up by grandma. it was such a moment. people on social media absolutely freaking out. this never gets old. great job by matt farrell's brother. that was awesome. and of course, asked by reportersafterwards, if this was the best christmas present ever, he said oh, yeah, by far. if they had a channel on cable of military families reuniting, i would watch it 24/7. >> yeah, kleenexs, please, carson. that weighs beautiful. beautiful. >> haircut? >> it does look like it. it is spikier in the front. >> thanks, guys. >>> prince harry talks about the impact losing his mother had on his life, like never before. >>> then research on near death experiences. >>> tony bennett in the studio, after your local news. with ingredients like roasted hazelnuts and cocoa, nutella adds a smile to any morning. one jar; so many delicious possibilities. nutella - spread the happy! ♪ i said i really can't stay ♪ baby it's cold outside ♪ i have to go away ♪ baby it's cold outside ♪ i really c

i'm optimistic pretty good travel weather for anybody trying to get into or out of grandma's house this weekend. teens and 20s now. upper 30s to near 40 for the high today. a little milder, a little warming trend coming our way for tomorrow. tomorrow mid to upper 40s. some spots might be near 50 degrees. the whole ten-day forecast at 6:51. see you then. now time for melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. chopper 4 on the way to the top of the beltway. we have a big problem, outer loop there, crash blocki we've gotten slow quickly here in the last few minutes. want to remind you about this situation, fairfax water main break, chopper 4 over that a short time ago. those roads of icy. just a mess this morning. one lane blocked. come back to my maps, also hearing about a crash on 270. we'll talk about that in a couple minutes. overall roadway looking good this morning. if we can come back and show my map here once again. there we go. northbound d.c. 295 new crash there as well as southbound 301 at chadds ford. northbound 301 billingsley crash in the right lane. again, new problem 27

a lot of people zipping out of town and go through the woods to grandma's house for a big holiday weekend. hanukkah on christmas day. fitness forecast for the day. got to keep working pounds off because there's a christmas turkey around the corner. exercising today, frigid outside in the teens and 20s. near 37 by noontime and mid-30s by early evening time. traveling, a lot of people ready to get on planes. airport delays expected. diego, phoenix would have trouble. friday, nothing major. portland and san francisco some issues. saturday impactful, los angeles, memphis, atlanta. christmas day may be the toughest of the bunch. a lot of unsettled weather everywhere but not here. our christmas weekend this way, a lot of clouds around, not much of rain threat. a few drops late saturday evening and sunday morning. they will be raindrops not snowflakes. forecast coming up in 10. >>> brand-new problem. take a look, northbound 301 before 5, we have this crash left side right now in brandywine. we're not seeing a big delay but wanted to mink that because it could add up as it sticks around. northbou

. >> or grandma, an aunt. have it at their house and send pictures every day of the kids. >> don't need the chip >> genius i. lo. >> i love it. >> also touch screen. lied through the pictures real fast. >> love it. a great gift. >> and this is image 3d retroviewer. try it out. >> okay. >> this is for $29.viewmaster w kids. send you pictures and you can -- >> there's steve again. steve -- >> a nice stocking stuffer. romantic gift, too. >> it's cool. >> how do you get your own pictures? >> send them in, they send it back. >> got to run. santa, did you enjoy all the gifts? >> love all the gifts. they're great. good job, steve. >>> and ahead, spreading more christmas can cheer. >> wind out what awaits behind the red curtain. >> but first, this is "today" on >>> it's time to bring smiles to thousands of more children all ov >> so let's find out who our generous toy drive doan sir behind the red curtain. drum roll, please. >> and hi, bob! playmaster. santa's here. what are you donating today, sir? >> over 150,000 do

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this was started -- its origin was like the hideous, what you grandma had and you borrowed and you took it out of the attic. now this has turned into the ugly sweater that costs you 100 bucks at nordstrom's. are you kidding me? >> 30 large for a sweater? sounds like a whole wardrobe. >> an gieangie, she loves her b. >> if i see her wearing that sweater i know i need a raise. >> tomorrow is national ugly christmas sweater day. share with us your pictures and we will share them with you. >> woe would pictures of people in ugly sweaters and send me some pictures as well of how you're going to be layered up against the cold for today. that little kid from the movie christmas story couldn't put his arms down because of the heavy coat. that's what lo t of kids are going to look like today. winds high, rocks in the pockets for those kids today. they'll be blown away. cold and windy it weres going nowhere today. in fact, temperatures will continue to fall between now and 9:00 or 10:00 and barely be able to hang on to the low 20s and i have a good response for this. windy and cold, oh, so cold b

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this proud grandma from mississippi. six grandkids, nine great grandkids and two great, great grandkids. that's amazing. if you know somebody that's celebrating their 100th birthday. go don't forget a photo. >>> we have "the walking dead" star. neegan. >> announcer: this is a "news4 today" news break. >> 8:56 is your time on this thursday, december 1st, 2016. i am eun yang. we want to get a check on your morning commute with melissa mollet. >> a new problem inbound 395 at edsall, you can see the right lane taken up and getting by on the left. looking pretty good right now. >> melissa, thank you. >>> we will take a quick break and check your forecast when we if you're told you have cancer, explore your treatment options with specialists who treat only cancer. every stage... every day.... at cancer treatment centers of america. >>> breezy and a lot cooler outside today than yesterday. we topped out at 69 degrees yesterday here in washington and we won't even get back to 58 or 59 by later this afternoon, it will stay in the

i want to be around just to be a grandma. >>> welcome back at 6:45. we're following two breaking news stories on your commute. we've been following all morning the deadly crash on clara barton parkway. police have shut it down for a six-mile backup there. >> first we want to get an update on the scene from clara barton with justin finch. justin, good morning. >> good morning. close to 6:15 we saw fire trucks and emergency vehicles leave the parkway and make their way onto macarthur boulevard. those were our first signs that it was reopening after the fatal sinal car wreck overnight. we want to show you video and the park response to the scene. we're on the pa was a single car crash there. that car also caught fire leaving one person dead and another reported injured close to the d.c./montgomery line. that led to a shutdown of traffic on the parkway between glen echo turnaround and also chain ridge road. since that roadway has reopened traffic has resumed to a normal pattern and that's all back here. >>> breaking news and another major problem on the r

. >> i get embarrassed when my grandma comments on my pictures. >> come on. >> parents misunderstanding what school is like and how hard it can be compared to when they were kids. >> you have sports, keep a good gpa, get into good colleges, have a social life and still hang out with your family. >> my parents tried to get me to do a lot of advanced classes, ap class. i'm not doing too hot in those. i think i jumped too high up. >> i need to take a break from my friends and sports and quizzes. >> sometimes i say i'm going out to friends i'm not, i'm going to something. >> if your parents are tracking you on gps, how easy is it to ditch them? >> easy. >> leave the phone. >> i'm at a friend's house, at this party and i leave my phone at sam's house but he takes his, i sign into myi -- i-message on his phone and my parents see it, i say can you text me? >> you sign in with sam's home >> alex tried a different strategy. >> last year i told them i was going camping for a weekend and i went to my friend's house where her mom wasn't there for the weekend and we threw like two parties. >> you kn

wanda said, your grandma. after wanda sent a photo he wrote back, you're not my grandma. can i still get a plate, snow to which she replied, of course you can. that's what grandmas do. he took her up on the offer. showed up onnk with a beautiful pump pin pie. sharing a meal with wanda not his grandma and family. >> i felt like she's a very nice lady and i'm very happy about the whole situation. >> it gives me faith a lot in humanity because so many people have been kind and ever since wherever i go, i meet such nice people everywhere and i think that we all need to start looking at the good things and >> the -- she had to change the phone number because when it was posted it had the number on it and can i come over for thanksgiving, too? >> thanksgiving dinner. >> i love that. great thanksgiving story there. the final low to the timing of one poor nfl audio guy. bernie is a sound technician crossing in here from the right side of the frame. >> oh! >> just as the giant flairs from the minnesota vikings are sprinting on to the field. and it's a de-cleater. taking 6'4", 329-

it sent grandma wanda a year that is awesome. what is she going to do with it? >> awesome. need some water to wash it down. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> yeah. i like that. that stove top, that's good stuffing for going in the bird. i like to make my own personal dressing or stuffing to go alongside of it. more dressing unless you put it in the bird. boy, did i find a recipe that i liked yesterday. i'll put it on my twitter handle apples, some sausage, so good. outside we are dealing with a little bit of cloud cover. not much of a rain threat for today though we could get a little bit of rain from time to time. goodness knows we need it. last couple of months have been really, really dry around here. since september 1st we barely have 3 1/2 inches of rain. 6 inches of rain below average since september 1st. the last time we had heavy rain was an inch for now quiet weather on the eastern seaboard. welcome news. a lot of clouds around but not a lot of heavy rain or snow anywhere to interrupt your travels around the area. future weather shows the cloudy skies t

let me show you how grandma does it. your daddy made this when he was a little boy. this is your dad at my house, where he had his first christmas. thanks for making the coffee. well look who's up. i'm really glad you're here mom. me too. look who's here! >>> we are back now at 8:11. it is time to "trend" with our >> having ice cream for breakfast. >> it is thanksgiving, thinking about turkey and gravy. but if you want to start your morning off right, you know what you got to have for breakfast? ice cream. by the way, now it is science. one professor at a university in tokyo carried out a series of clinical trials. he says his results prove that eating ice cream immediately after waking up improved people's alertness and mental performance. >> i love t okay? some experts are skeptical but previous studies have shown the positive effect ice cream can have -- we're going to ignore the skeptical scientists today. >> any particular flavor? >> cookies and cream is a good one, i think. >> i'm happy. >> i'm chocolate peanut butter, the greatest flavor combination of all tim

. >> he texted me back with his picture and said, you ain't my grandma, but can i still have a plate? >> well, she said yes. so, be only is she hosting him, but his entire family as well. she had to figure out how to make a turkey for 20 people i love this story. i think that is what the holiday is about. sharing a meal, giving thanks. if you have room for other people, you might as well invite them over. >> you >> i'll take your food. >> i bet they have a long-term friendship. >> news 4 continues at 5:00 a.m. >> news for today starts now. >> right now news 4 today, happy thanksgiving, everyone. the holiday is here, whether you are traveling or hosting a family or bringing everything you need to know to get your day ready. >> if you're up early to make the big meal, you are not alone. we'll check in with volunteers >> and good morning to you. >> i'm adam, in for aaron gilchrist. hope you're having a good one so far. >> so much to be grateful for, right? >> we have a lot of touch football games going on, maybe tackle football in the backyard. >> right, depends what's being discussed du

>> on the way to grandma's house. many on the move, even if they have >>> protecting the new and very large first family. >>> ahead of the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade and the commander-in-chief parting words for pardoned turkeys, tator and tot. >> we are thankful this is my final presidential turkey pardon. what i haven't told them yet is we are going to do this every year from now on. cold turkey. zblth "early today" starts right now. great day being with you this morning. happy thanksgiving. i'm frances rivera. ayman is off today. if you are getting recalled to hit the road, you are in good company. 50 million people are on the move, hoping to join family and friends for a feast. us off. >> reporter: the thanksgiving crush. it started on the west coast tuesday night, nearly 49 million of us traveling this gobble day. the vast majority are driving. meanwhile, a potential record breaker in the air which 2.6 million people are expected to tsa is avoiding a repeat, they are adding new dog teams and thousands o

we put dylan dreyer out there and tips about the best time to drive to grandma's house. how's it looking out there? >> hey, savannah. in new york city and figuing we probably shouldn't travel too far from home at this point. if you have to travel for thanksgiving you might want to consider leaving right now. the worst times to travel are 3:00 this afternoon and 4:00 p.m. on saturday. if you can't leave today before 4:00 p.m., you might want to consider thanksgiving itself, one of the best days to travel. and real-time traffic reports. trust waze. i tried to outsmart it and never did. download it. the top reasons for rescues are flat tires, dead batteries. make sure your tires are in good service. and your playlist, make sure you're in a good state of mind thanksgiving. and i recommend not driing anywhere near us because we are certainly slowing things down on the road. >> good tip. thank you. >> nbc, tom costello covers aviation, at reagan international airport. there seems to be renewed talk about possibly long security lines. we all talked about that in the summer. wha

and the early grandma's house to head back home, in the 50s. but again, thanksgiving and the day after could be rainy. more about that coming up in a few more minutes. melissa says things are going downhill fast. >>> here at fox hol near canal road, much of the traffic is returning or turning around due to a crash in the area. i'm trying to figure out what is going on, but they are turning folks around. 66 is okay. 95 northbound was wood bridge, people are leaving town. 95 in maryland, no major problems. an update on the travel times in ten minutes. >>> and we are following breaking news in riverdale over a house fire in the city of riverdale. we are taking a live look from above. as we zoom into the house right here on the corner o know. a mother and a daughter were able to escape this early morning fire. at this point, we know that one of them is in critical condition. the mom suffering burns and smoke inhalation. she's in the hospital. the firefighters are taking a look at the scene from the ground, this is earlier pictures we have. firefigh

and the early grandma's house to head back home, in the 50s. but again, thanksgiving and the day after could be rainy. more about that coming up in a few more minutes. melissa says things are going downhill fast. >>> here at fox hol near canal road, much of the traffic is returning or turning around due to a crash in the area. i'm trying to figure out what is going on, but they are turning folks around.

good weather to go to grandma's house and better still for a long walk after you stuff yourself with turkey. let's go over to miss melissa mollett and see how things are going. >>> largo road still shut down at frontgate drive because of the fire response. lanes blocked there each way. could be out of the way here soon. westbound 7 before baron cameron avenue, crash in the left lane. there. and then taking a look middle of the beltway at annapolis road, report of a vehicle fire but not slowing things down there. >>> developing now, pipeline protests turning violent. critic clashing with police. angie goff will have the latest. >>> but first, a truck going up in flames sparked by a toy. >>> new video this morning of a syrian government air strike hitting a children's hospital in allepo. at least 164 people have been killed since the bombings began last week. united nations says 275,000 people are trapped inside eastern syrian american medical society and the government had damaged or destroyed every hospital in the rebel-held areas. >>> not the best news to hear right before do you ho

both baby and grandma are just fine. valerie os daughter posted it to facebook. valley actual le said she could post it, saying, quote, so many people have seen my butt in the air. that's a quote. >> it looks like she just went to sleep there, cuddle up. >>> the next is about chinese motorists, theg northern china that traffic on a major highway came to a dead stop. how do you pass the time? one way is to get out of your car and breathe in that air as you damage like nobody's watching. a group of women made the most of a delay by putting together a tightly choreographed routine. how did they all know the choreography. selfthe chinese version of "the electric slide"? do this. >>> the final low. dylan dreyer shows every thursday when she posts her old throwback thursday photos, and we love it. here's her latest. this is the photograph of a giant pair of glasses. there's also a young girl and doll in there somewhere. what was going on here? >> there's so much going on, between the stencilled lampshade, the jukebox behind me, granted the glasses and my magic nursely

i ran to my grandma's house. they are good at catching bugs. >> great for mosquitoes. >> she doesn't like cats. >>> big changes on the way here too. tonight and through the day on sunday. may have scattered power outages. winds could gust over 50 miles an hour tonight and sunday. it's a weather alert today. highs in the upper 40s and then chilly on monday and highs in the upper 40s and then dry tuesday, wednesday, but maybe rain showers on thank >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> we're still doing the whole bat talk. >> >> they are great for mosquitoes. >> that's good. >> they eat mosquitoes by the thousands. all of those birds you see at night. they're bats. they really are. anyway, dylan. >> don't tell anyone. >> thanks, dylan. black friday is just around the corner, but should you buy now or wait for your favorite items? >>> this is on another level. do you want to dress for success while feeling comfortable at the same time? we just might have the answer. bu our special today is the seared ahi tuna, and

first is grandma. sometimes you don't know what she really wants. >> she always says don't get me anything. i don't need anything. >> we spoke to this very savvy talking about a grandmother who loves to cook, like a lot of grandmothrpre-made gift basket is almost a terrible idea because they are probably particular about what they like and there will be stuff in it they want to throw out. this grandmother pointed out you don't forego the gift basket all together, make your own, probably makes it more affordable. good bottle of red wine, good bottle of white wine, bottle of this meal for yourself and have a glass of wine and sit down and think about you. >> and if you have a grandma who doesn't cook? >> you think everyone is seeing your pictures all the time in this age. not so in the case of grandma. don't overlook a simple picture frame with an up to date photo. >> make it easy. our next hard to please client >> so hard. they're too old for toys, too young for a bottle of wine. >> where does that leav

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it was, you know, we had our joy in being able to become a hockey grandma, gymnastics and everything else that we did. we had told shawna just don't worry, we've got your back on this. you know, it's -- >> jim, how was parenting the second time around for little ended up being sports addicts. we bonded pretty much. be able to follow him playing hockey. >> there he all are by the way. >> the whole family is here. >> you go through these things as a family. if you're blessed enough to have a family. and a close one that takes good care of you. well, when we come back, we've got a very special song just for all of you. >> and a performance by one of broadway's brightest stars coming up right after this. ahh...still sick, huh? i'll take it from here. i'm good. i just took new mucinex clear and cool. ah! what's this sudden cooooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. wow, that sort of blind-sided me. and it clears my terrible cold symptoms. ahh! this is awkward. new mucinex fast-max clear & cool. feel the menthol burst. and clear your worst cold symptom

response comes in, your grandma. jamal writes back, grandma, can i have a picture? she writes, of who? he sends a picture of him and says you're not my grandma. he adds, can i still get a plate though? she writes back the most grandma thing of all time here. of course you can. if i could do that in my mrs. doubtfire voice, i would. this gets -- goes viral. he sends out this whole exchange. half a million people retweeting, people are loving it. we get it confirmed just a couple nights ago, they actually meet and have dinner. this is the perfect example of a classic texting fail that ends up a great success. >> i love that. >> i wonder when brings people together. i love it. >> it happens so often. >> thank you, carson. >>> coming up, oscar winner marion cotillard is here to talk about her new movie with brad ? happy holidays from crayola. so when do i start? um, shouldn't it be "spokes-crayon?" can somebody turn on the a/c? i'm melting here. i'm okay. the holidays just got more surprising. you can find these great gifts and more in the crayola aisle. aaaaaah! each s

cancer treatment centers of america gave me i want to be around just to be a grandma. >>> good morning. 6:40 on a wednesday morning. ago. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. a medium jacket is needed for the early chill. plenty of sunshine to have your sunglasses and light sweater later today. bus stop temperatures, 38 at 7:00. 42 at 8:00. how about 65 degrees by 3:00 this afternoon? we have extra clouds around later today, but it will be well above average with the result, the daily grade for today is a-plus. a check on the ten-day forecast with a big drop in temperatures at 6:51. melissa mollet is checking on traffic with chopper 4. >>> chopper 4 was sent to 295 to see what we're dealing with, still a bit slow southbound at eastern avenue. you can see on the right side of the roadway we have a delay exiting to eastern there. three problems right now in northern virginia. 7 inbound affair faction county parkway with a crash eastbound 66 at prince william parkway, north at prince william parkway. looking at travel times, 66 to normal. 270 south a bit slow. and the top of the beltway t

>> hi, this is grandma. it. fantastic, okay, mama? >> we need some kleenex. >> she danced right after that interview. >> i hear she was just spectacular. >> she got perfect 10s. >> i saw it coming with paula and you guys, too. >> she ended up getting perfect 10s. >> fwn? >> -- that, because shen' >> again? >> for a 16-year-old to pull it together after seeing that tape. >> you've been very emotional lately. love you, hodie. >> okay. anyway -- i'll just eat for my emotions. that's what i usually do. >> i'll tell everybody about this. two steps forward i take two steps back. >> i know that! >> we have to crank this one. crank it. you know the words to the song? ?? ?? >> there you go! >> there you go! you guys will start on your world tour. it follows you around like a new puppy. >> travel mate robotics this rather than trying to find funding for this, but the suitcase -- >> ridiculous! >> track it with your smartphone. how lazy are we? >> i want one. >> come on, man. >> it goes either upright or its side. wow. where do you get it? >> yo

i want to be around just to be a grandma. >>> good morning. trump's challenge against protests for a fifth straight night, the president-elect speaks out in his first interview since the election opening up about the controversial mp from immigration. >> probably 2 million or we're going incarcerate. >> abortion. >> i'm pro-life. >> the wall. >> i'm very good at that. this is called construction. >> mr. drum giving a message to supporters being accused of racism and hate cries. >> i will say this and say it straight to the cameras, stop

listen, leave grandma at home. unless grandma moves fast because it is going to go down. bring granny if she can move fast. >> let's show you what's going on as far as your weather is concerned as we look >>> gusting winds along the great lakes. tomorrow the sunshine continues along the eastern s plains, and rain moves into the pacific northwest into northern california and southern tier states looking spectacular. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> a nice northwest breeze out there this morning, and temperatures in the low 40s and 50s right now, and a nice day to be outside, breezy at times but plenty of sunshine. and tomorrow, of course, is veterans day, and a cool start in the morning and turning afternoon, and afternoon highs will once again be in the 60s, and on saturday morning, we have the walk to end hiv and we will all be down there at freedom plaza, come join us, but bundle up. >> that's your latest weather. somebody is making bacon, but it's for the 10:00 hour, not for us. >>> up next, prepare to be

. >> hi, grandma. i'm on tv. >> a lot of love. good morning. welcome back to "today" on this saturday morning. >> it is a crisp fall morning. check out the crowd on the plaza. we will head out in a few minutes to say hi. >> it is. >> it is that time of year. >>> we begin this hour with the race for the white house. with just three days until the country elects the next president, hillary clinton campaigns in two states today. but donald trump will cross the country making stops at four states. we have it all covered. let's begin with national correspondent peter alexander. he is covering the trump campaign from tampa. peter, good morning. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. donald trump will be out in a couple how he is trying to pick off one democrat-leaning state. focusing on the message saying he will bring back manufacturing jobs and protecting residents from what he describes as dangerous undocumented immigrants. he also is unfazed about hillary clinton's star power. >> i didn't have to bring jlo or jay-z. the only way she gets anybody.