so as we report, it's somewhat t walks through shirley gibson's meal gets a meal and a big hug. shirley and her husband have been hosting the dinner since hir son brian was gunned down while on duty 20 years ago. >> they're my sons and daughters. and there is not a day that i don't pray for them. i hear siren and i say god, please take care of my kids. they're out. there. >> reporter: it started out as a way for her to cope with her loss. but i grew into something much bigger. after 20 years, she says with hundreds of officers coming through each year, it's become too much for her to keep up. >> for 20 years, i spent the month of december trying to make sure that the officers had a chance to come by and get a home cooked meal. >> reporter: in addition to the hundreds of officers who showed up today, the d.c. police helicopter also showed up to say thank you hov for gibson, today is a happy day having her mother here for the first time since brian died. but she says she'll miss cooking for the hundreds of officers. as for all of those hugs she's been giving out, shirley says, it'

birthday, shirley. this is the best present we could have given you. >> yes, absolutely. >> she wanted her sexy back. she certainly has it. a great sexy haircut. the best there is. and then of course i played with her hair color. we lightened it. we softened it. just to give her that edge. so that, you know, i guess a lot of money will be turning their heads. >> my husband said he's not going to recognize me. >> he said it's not the girl he married. >> i think i know who that dress is by. >> and this is a great way to overlay. >> let's have a big round of a plus for both of our ladies. >> two classic sandwiches all rolled into one. >> we hope you brought your appe e know how to cover almost anything. even a rodent ride-along. [dad] alright, buddy, don't forget anything! [kid] i won't, dad... [captain rod] happy tuesday morning! captain rod here. it's pretty hairy out on the interstate.traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass. getting word of another collision. [

as for all of those hugs she's been giving out, shirley says, it's her way of touching her son brian just one more time. >> it meant that i would get a chance to hug them with their vest on and with their service weapon on and feel my brian. >> reporter: now while this is the last time shirley gibson will open her home to police officers for a holiday dinner, it may not be the last time that there is a holiday meal in honor of brian gibson. the police union hopes to carry on the tradition. as for shirley, the police chief showed up not too long ago with a $4,000 gift certificate so she can take a cruise. in southeast, news 4. >> just a wonderful woman and story so, so a local dad got sick and tired of paying monster bills for his family of four at the grocery store. he did something about it. now he's helping thousands of other families as well. consumer reporter susan hogan shows us how can you bust that grocery budget in half. >> reporter: aside from our mortgage, the grocery bill is the next budget buster in our homes. so when i heard about this new app called basket that would he

but there was a surprise for shirley today. the chief of police showed up with this $4,000 gift certificate for shirley a service over the past two decad decades. she and her husband are going on a well-deserved cruise. that's the very latest live in southeast, mark segraves, news 4. >> what a great way to show appreciation. thank you, mark. >> yeah. police officers are family, and mark just showed us why. you know, it is the time of year for holiday party or two, but police have an important message before you get behind the wheel and they're using a new tool to drive the point home. >>> plus, who has just been tapped to single national anthem at t stronger is blasting without risking her bones. stronger is less pain, new hope, more fight. it's doing everything in your power, and everything in ours. because we don't just want kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. and with your support, they will. make a gift today at

this is shirley gibson. this started 20 years ago when she decided to make her son, brian's, favorite holiday meal for his colleagues at the 4th district police station after he was killed in the line of du event that has just gotten too big for her to keep up with. it started as a way to cope with her loss. brian gibson was known to have a good sense of humor. >> hilarious. he was always laughing. always pulling practical jokes. always -- he was just a laugh a minute. he really was. but he also was a serious police officer. >> reporter: terence graduated from the police academy with brian. then they both served in operation desert storm. and he was there the night gibson was shot and killed by a man who just wanted to kill any cop he could find. >> it's really not a day that goes by that many of us who were there that night doesn't think about it. it was a tragic scene. no one ever expects to see that happen to any officer, especially to someone that you know, someone that you work with, and someone who you

. >> reporter: every officer who walks through shirley gibson's front door gets a meal and a big hug. shirley and her husband, harrison, have been hosting the kmag dinner since their son, brian, was gunned down while on duty 20 years ago. >> they're my sons and daughters, and there's not a day that i don't pray for them. i say god, please take care of my kids. you know, they're out there, they don't know what they're walking into. >> reporter: it started out as a way for shirley to cope with her loss, but grew into something much bigger. after 20 years, she says with hundreds of officers coming through each year, it's become too much for her to keep up. >> for 20 years, i've spent the months of december trying to make sure that the officers had a chance to come by and get a home-cooked meal. >> reporter: in addition to the hundreds of officers who showed up today, the d.c. police helicopter also showed up to say thank you, hovering directly over her home. for gibson, today is a happy day, having her mother here for the first time since brian died. but she says she'll miss cooking for

and joining me right now is shirley gibson. ms. gibson, this will be the last time you have -- >> this is our final time, mark. >> reporter: and you consider all these police officers -- >> my sons and daughters. these are my kids. and i really want them to be able to come out today and enjoy all brian's favorite foods. i would love to have that happen, everybody come. >> reporter: mrs. gibson has preparing this meal with the help of a lot of family and friends for 20 years. this will be the last day they'll serve, lining up here shortly. news4 will be here all day and into the evening to bring you live updates and to show you more of brian gibson's life and the legacy he le >> yes. >> reporter: that's the very latest back in southeast, back to you in the studio. >> what a beautiful way to remember her son. thank you, mike. >> for 20 years she's done this for hundreds of officers, terrific. >>> the discovery of a new set of footprints is giving researchers an incredibly clear picture of humans that roamed africa more than 3 million

>> shirley temple. >> shirley temple. >> is it shirley temple? >> a p ago, kimberly. >> it's me. i recognize that dress. >> did you always have curly hair? >> always. >> before we reveal, i know who this is, this is what used to happen at my house when my momma would brush my hair because she didn't know anybody back then, bless her, she learned and when he quit brushing it, that was you. >> when you brush frizzy curly thank god for kera kin is what i say every single day of my life. we want to give a big congratulations to savannah guthrie. >> she had her little baby. >> just yesterday. that is little charlie. >> he already looks at her so ad adoringly. look at that sweet face. and her husband. savannah looks amazing. >> she must have had makeup team there. >> the baby is in 9 understands and the baby is so engaged, matt said when he went to visit her and is named after his grandfather. you happen to have a baby yourself, don't you? >> i do and i still call her baby and she says, momma, when are you going to stop calling me baby? >> what is her name? >> daisy. she is in nashvill

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 court documents accuse edwin melton of calling a co-worker earlier this month to make that threat. he was apparently upset that his contract was not being renewed. police say when they arrested melton they did not find any guns but they did con if i skfit guns but they did con if i skfse phone that may have been used. >>> more families grieving as the death toll rises. 33 people died in the blast, 12 people are still missing. so that number could go even higher today. a fireworks market basically detonated there. there's not much left of it right now. investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked the explosion and whether any safety

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 a teacher after shirley posted videos on social media with that 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 technology officer. court documents accused edwin melton of calling a co-worker. he was apparently upset his contract was not being renewed. police say when they arrested melton they did not f phone that may have been used. melton's attorney declined to comment except to say that melton denies the charges. >>> well, a battle is brewing in north carolina over that controversial bathroom bill. >> molette green has the latest developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. new fallout over a failed attempt to repeal north carolina's controversial bathroom law. here's reaction from governor-elect roy cooper who accused republicans of reneging on a deal. >> what they've done is violated t

i did all of this. >> reporter: shirley says the man called her backnd off all the numbers on the back of the itunes cards. >> i got home and hadn't heard from brian. i said, that's funny that he didn't call me and at least thank me for helping him out. >> reporter: it was only after shirley called her daughter she realized it was all a scam. her grandson wasn't the man on the phone and he never got that dui. >> what's going through your mind? >> i was devastated. 4,0$4,000 is a lot of money to but i would do anything to help my grandkids. >> reporter: shirley isn't alone. senior citizens have lost millions of dollars to scams and they urged her to call the police immediately and helped getting money for the itune cards. and apple said they're working to educate customers on scams and making every effort to return money to victims. >> apple sent me my 4,0$4,000 i check so i received my money back. >> reporter: how t scammers target shirley? she thinks they found personal information about her and her family from her husband's obituary. >> the obituary is how they found my name and knew

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 a 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 technology officer. court documents accuse edwin melton ofli earlier this month to make the threat. he was apparently upset that his contract was not being renewed. police said when they arrested melton they did not find any guns but they did confiscate a phone that may have been used. melton's attorney denied to comment except to say that melton denied the charges. >>> we're expecting a lot of news about the north carolina bathroom bill. >> molette green has the story. >> reporter: we heard from the ncaa about its decision to pull games from north carolina won't change. part of the early fallout we're seeing over a failed attempt to repeal the controvers

shirley gibson getting hug after hug from local police officers today. for 20 years she and her husband have been serving a holiday peel meal from their home in southeast washington as a way to remember their son, brian gibson, who was shot and killed in the line of duty. mrs. gibson says she invited his workers over the first year because she couldn't imagine not cooking brian's favorite foods at christmas. too much. the police union is hoping to pick up the tradition next year. mrs. gibson says next december she is planning to take a cruise. by the way, police are paying for that cruise. so well deserved. >> and who thinks mrs. gibson is really going to step away from all that. >> don't think so.i no intention of adopting.er, he was the very last kennel in the very last row. emaciated. he was skin and bones. usually what you see in neglected dogs. it was one of those complete, meant-to-be moments... i totally fell in love with him. (avo) through the subaru share the love event, we've helped the aspca save nearly thirty thousand animals so far. get a ne

shirley gibson lost her son, officer brian, killed back on the job in 1997. this her 20th and final dinner for d.c. police officers at her home. mrs. gibson says she and her husband will continue to support the group. but she said it's just gotten too big for her. >> today she plans to feed 300 officers. we are not sure what is on the menu, but we know she is baking 18 cakes. >> holy cow! >> just a tribute to her son and to honor the service the police ic maybe somebody will pick up the torch. >> that's what i was thinking. they are family to her, and she will tell you that. it is nice to watch her go shopping with an entourage with her. >>> anti-death discrimination debate. a push for more protection for the lbgt members. why parents argue proposed changes could hurt their kids. >>> and buyers from home foods, nearly a dozen managers let go from the stores and now we're learning why. >>> plus, break out your warmest coat and grab the space heater, all your accessories, hat, gloves, everything. the arctic blast is headed our way. when you'll feel the lowest t

. >> reporter: shirley gibson is serving an early christmas dinner. opening her home to honor washington, d.c. police officers. she and her husband harrison do it in tribute to her son. brian was killed in 1997. an ambush shooting as he sat in a patrol car at a traffic light. after his funeral, she tried to get through the holidays. her solution is cook her son's fate dishes and invite fellow officers. >> it makes it great, it starts holidays for us. >> reporter: she cooks three days in advance him she decided at age 70, this year's dinner will be the last. >> oh my goodness! oh! >> reporter: when she arrived to start shopping for the time, a big surprise, dozens of police officers met her, forming an honor court at the store entrance. inside, washington's mayor, murial bowser with an early christmas gift. impossible to get tickets to the city's hottest attraction. >> we want to provide you and your family with this team ticket to go to the african-american museum of history and culture. god bless you. >> thank you so much! >> we just have to thank he

. >> shirley gibson is serving an early christmas dinner. opening her home to honor washington, d.c. police officers. she and her husband, harrison, do it in tribute to their son, 27-year-old brian gibson was killed in 1997. an ambush shooting as he sat in his patrol car at a traffic light. after his funeral, she tried to figure out how she was going to get through the holidays. her solution? cook all her son's favorite dishes and invite his fellow officers. >> it makes it great it starts our holiday for us. >> she starts cooking three days in advan. she's decided at age 70, this year's dinner will be the last. >> oh, my goodness! >> when she arrived to start shopping for the final time, a big surprise, dozens of police officers met her, forming an honor corden at the store innocence, inside washington's mayor with an early christmas gift. impossible to get tickets to the city's hottest attraction. >> we want to provide you and your family with 15 tickets to go to the african-american museum of history and culture. god bless you. >> we just

at times, as dramatized in fisher's book, "postcards from the edge," which became a movie starring shirley with her, you, great. >> no pain, no gain. >> no wonder i'm so hefty. >> mother and i lived next door to each other. >> reporter: in later years, they were quite close. in fact, together, they're the stars of an upcoming hbo documentary. their powerful bond showcased a few years ago when they performed on "oprah." unsinkable -- and now unforgettable. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> sobering new numbers show just how deadly a year it's been for the nation's police officers. with a big increase in the number killed in the line of duty. we get more on this tonight from nbc's ari melber. >> reporter: it's been a brutal year for america's police officers. >> tonight, breaking news, dallas police ambush, five killed, seven injured by sniper fire. >> when it came on the news that officers had been shot, i froze. >> rte 32-year-old son patrick was a dallas police officer on duty that horrible night in july. >> they just told me that he had been shot and that he didn't make it. >> report

shirley gibson hosted her final holiday dinner for d.c. police on wednesday, an end of an era for sure. she began the tradition after her son was killed on the job back in 1997. ms. gibson invited his coworkers over the first year because she couldn't imagine not cooking his favorite foods at christmas. she is ending the tradition because it has become too big. i think she hosted 400 for the last one, but we just thank you for everything you've done for the officers over the years. >>> all right. coming up on 5:20 this morning and it is a weather alert day. the man of the hour, chuck bell. don't start sighing now. you've got your work cut out for u. in ten minutes and if you're going to be outside let me give you some free advice. layer up. maybe do a little jogging in place to get the blood flowing. these are the current wind gusts. winds are gusting between 30 and 40 miles per hour in many, many locations. we do have a wind advisory and the tan shading here where winds could gust well over 40 miles per hour and this light blue back here

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