ties only in the 50s today. after some clout in this, we should have a sunny start to the weekend. in a little while, a sneak peak to your thanksgiving forecast. let me show you super doppler. it's picking up showers towards the northern neck and delmarva. for the most part, we will have clouds today. 51 degrees by noon. partly cloudy skies at 53 degrees by 5:00. let's check on traffic with steve hershorn. >> the inner loop of the beltway, no traffic troubles. the road work is out of the way. very smoothly on the beltway at new hampshire. no problems on the outer loop. in good shape around town. looking pretty good at springfield. hov lanes are open northbound on 395 and 95, moving smoothly. 395 to the 14th street bridge as well. in georgetown, there's roadwork at m street and canal road. at the key road. that's right where you turn to get on to the key bridge to head over to virginia, so watch for that. >> virginia state police issued an amber alert for an 18-month- old girl taken from southern virginia. police released this picture of alexis carlisle, abducted on thursday afternoon in halifax county. they believe she is with eric blackl and jennifer carlyle and headed to the d.c. area. they have not released details on the suspects, but it's a brown 1985 nissan station wagon with virginia license plate that they may be traveling in. if you know anything, call police. >> a deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya will take center stage again today on capitol hill. former cia director david petraeus will tell them what he knows about the september attacks in benghazi that killed four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. we are learning the cia is looking into the traygeneral petraeus's conduct. >> president obama will meet with congressional leaders today for the first time since his election. the meeting focusing on preventing the fiscal cliff. that the combination of tax hikes and spending cuts that will take effect in january. the president will ask for $1.60 trillion in new taxes over the next decade. but republicans say they will accept tax revenues but not higher tax rates. >> april will hold a job here today from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the washington convention center. to attend, you must register on- line in advance. go to the website. >> the manassas, accused of leading police on a wild chase through virginia and maryland last month as a preliminary hearing today. the chase started on 66 and ended when she crashed car in rockville. she faces several charges including assault and reckless endangerment. >> a stunning verdict in prince george's county. a university student charged with murdering her roommate. >> they found alexis and simpson not guilty of murdering her roommate's dominique frazier. >> not guilty. >> echoed outside the prince george's courthouse thursday night after a jury found simpson not guilty in the stabbing death of her bowie state roommates dominique frazier. >> thank you jesus. there is a. god. just >> we prayed to god and it worked for the best. she's a good person. >> prosecutors argued simpson was the aggressor wednesday slashed frazier's throat during a fight in their dorm room. but simpson said that she was scared and that she started swinging the knife and the jury believed her. >> there's no question that she acted in self-defense. >> she was very remorseful. she made the 911 call. >> the victim's family declined comment. >> i am stunned, to be honest. >> but disappointed state's attorney says the family is devastated. they lost a loved. one and their hope for loved >> one whose life has been ferber unchanged, it's a very sad circumstance and it is sad for our community. >> i cannot believe this. >> sylvia, like so many in the community, following the case closely, strongly disagrees with the verdict. >> she should not be walking the streets. >> simpson is a three-person. she will spend time with family to reflect and then will return to a study is. we don't know where she will go. they know she will not return to bowie state. jay korff reporting. >> the postal service continues. to make continues. >> and the fha is losing money. linda bell has more from new york. >> the faa is losing money at. it's deep in debt. a mortgage insurance agency has a deficit for the fiscal year. that's because of mounting losses from defaulting on loans during the housing bubble. this set the stage for possible taxpayer subsidy or buyout for the fha for the first time in its history. we have been following the cash stream at of the u.s. postal service. it lost $16 billion in the fiscal year. $15 billion is what it had been projecting. it needs $250 million per day to pay its workers fuel vehicles and keep the lights on. without action from congress, the u.s. post office says it will run out of money by store 15 of 2013. united continental experiencing another computer mishap delaying hundreds of flights. this follows malfunctions in march and august. if you know how much of the bank's biggest turkey leftovers are worth, you would be surprised. it may be enough to make you clean your plate this year. more on that in the next hour. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. 4437 -- 4:37, 41 degrees. >> and a simpson will be on the airwaves this afternoon. we will tell you about that. >> is another weekend. that means more track wor cynne simpson gets to sleep in late today. we want to help you wake up the today. >> you can download our free alarm clock for a personalized wake-up alarm. it also has the latest news weather, and traffic. visit wjla.com/molbilbil and downloaded for free. >> cloudy once again today. you get the clouds in the morning and it provides a nice blanket. that's lovely. our temperatures are staying well above the freezing mark for the most part as a result. looking at the satellite and radar, we are cloudy across the mid-atlantic one against -- together it a little sprinkles in parts of st. mary's and calvert county. most of it across the bay and across the delmarva at this time. most of us will not be dealing with any rain. it could be very light and brief, if anything. 42 degrees at this hour at reagan national. temperatures will stay cooler than average again. 51 degrees by noon. some peaks of sunshine again late this afternoon. 53 degrees at 5:00. high temperature of about 54. we have a good-looking seven-day forecast which includes a thanksgiving preview. it's looking pretty good overall. let's check of traffic now with steve. >> we will take a look at 270 and found near 109, not bad right now on this friday. hopefully, that will be the case friday light. it is to montgomery county from frederick county, all lanes are open and moving smoothly. we do have utility work on the key bridge near the district side of the key bridge, which will affect you if you are turning from canal road on to the key bridge over to rosslyn. construction is in the middle of the road. we hope it's not for much longer. near dulles airport, looking good. on the toll road to, light volume. in springfield, looks good all the way from dale city to springfield and 395 to the 14th street bridge. >> thank you. if you plan to use metro this weekend, trains will be single- tracking between takoma and forest glenn. blue line trains will do the same between stadium-armory and addison road. that is 10:00 tonight until closing on sunday. tonight and sunday only, orange line trains will single track between east and west falls church. saturday only, blue and yellow line trains will single track between the pentagon or rather between pentagon city and reagan national airport. the beltway's new express lanes in northern virginia will open officially tomorrow. >> virginia police will be in full force looking for violators. several things you need to know about new traffic patterns and how to use the new toll lanes. for answers, go to our web site wjla.com. brianne carter will have live reports starting in our next hour. >> the house transportation committee will review a recent audit of the metropolitan washington airports authority. the audit by the inspector general questions the way the authority hires contractors and spends money. airports authority leaders transportation secretary lloyd and a virginia congressman are among those scheduled to testify today. it is 40 degrees outside. cracks coming up on this friday, the brother of actress >> the brother of mia farrow faces several child sex abuse charges. police in edgewater maryland received information that several children had been abused in the area. two men came for identifying him as the suspect. they say he molested them repeatedly between 2000and 2008. we talked with the parents of one of the accusers. >> he is catatonic. >> why found out, i can almost pinpoint the day this happened because my son went from being a normal little kid to lying all the time, having major behavior issues. >> john charles villers-farrow is being held on $800,000 bond. new details emerged about a deadly officer involved shooting in riverdale and happened wednesday night at prince george's county sheriff's deputy was serving a temporary peace order at adderall 160 third avenue. franklin sweeney jr. came down the stairs with a fake handgun. the deputy shot him, killing him. the deputy is on administrative leave. >> around the nation, investigators are searching for answers after a train rammed into a parade floats in texas. >> four people died and 17 others injured when the train to uploaded in midland's at a railway crossing. the float was headed to an event honoring wounded veterans. crossing gates and lights were working at the time of the collision, but it's not clear if the crew of the trains of the floats. >> bp will pay the largest criminal penalty in u.s. history. it is agreed to pay $4.5 billion for the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. bp says it will plead guilty to criminal targets related to the debts of 11 workers and for lying to congress. three employees also face charges. two are charged with manslaughter. >> in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, president obama vows to stick with the yorkers still struggling. the president toured the devastation and met with president on s.i.. thousands of people still don't have power. the governor is requesting $30 billion in the federal aid for the state. >> the health care reform law the governor's have until today to tell the federal government whether they will run their own exchanges where people can shop for health insurance. they can form a federal-state partnership. we have 40 degrees on this friday morning. >> there's time to enter today's 10th to win thousands of dollars in free groceries. stick around. >> find out why charges have been dropped against the daughter of john bon >> its friday morning. >> talking about the weather not so bad right now. >> it's not terrible. pretty typical. it's normal. consider yourself normal. 42 degrees is our temperature at reagan national, 40 at dulles, 36 in gaithersburg. in frederick, 32 degrees. 44 in fredericksburg. groveland, 28. 29 in petersburg. we have cloud cover. that always saves you a little in terms of temperatures in the mornings. a few sprinkles moving south and east of the metro. it will not amount to much. it will just before the morning. then it should move out. i did want to let you know about it. our forecast partly sunny skies, continued cool. the international space station flying above us a couple minutes from now. 50-55 degrees today for the high temperature. i'm giving you the goods early today. this takes you through thanksgiving. the weekend starting with plenty of sunshine, 55 degrees on saturday. i think we will see it a lot of clouds between sunday and wednesday. but dry. could for travelers. sunshine and 59 degrees on thanksgiving day. you can go outside and go jogging or play football. that's your forecast. a check on traffic and weather steve. >> the 14th street bridge, northbound on 395 from arlington into the district looks good. no problems. there's a report of broken-down vehicles southbound on 395 washington boulevard. that was quickly cleared away. that's gone. nothing left. it did not cause any problems. the beltway near new hampshire avenue, traffic moving smoothly. traffic cones on the side. all lanes open. we love to see that. no delays on the beltway, maryland or virginia. ongoing utility work in the district, actually on the key bridge at the intersection of canal road, m street, and the key bridge. that if you want to make a right turn onto the keyboard, you will see the road work at the corner affecting u.s. acustar your trip across the key bridge. no delays for now. back to you. >> thank you. there's still time to enter our grocery give away. >> during the 6:00 are we will give you the clue of the day. from there go to our facebook page to enter the " on the contest page. you will be entered for the chance to win a $5,000 safeway gift card. the winner will be announced every morning until tuesday. on wednesday, one winner will get a $5,000 gift card. -- there's a daily $500 safeway card. charges have been dropped against the daughter of a rocker jon bon jovi after she reportedly overdosed on heroin in her dorm room in new york. >> 19-year-old stephanie and another person had been charged with drug possession. this law states that a person who seeks help care for someone who is experiencing a drug overdose as well as the person over tourist cannot be prosecuted for the possession of heroin weighing less than 8 ounces. >> steven colbert will be in the district today to unveil his wax figure at madam tussaud's museum in northwest d.c. it took 250 measurements and photographs of him for the wax figure. he donated his own clothing for the figure. >> it is impressive how they do that. rock star bret michaels will make an appearance at a pet smart store in manassas to debut is a 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warmer temperatures on the way. we should make it in the mid to upper 70s in the afternoon. but 80s on the way. details on that coming up in your seven-day forecast and eileen whelan will be joining us as well. wtop, get the latest on your traffic, amanda meadows, hey, amanda. >> hey, jacqui, good to see you back. we do have some construction as well as a new incident in maryland that's causing delays this morning. this is going to be along about 97 or interstate 97 right there at route 32, we've got an accident there, this is a tractor-trailer accident, we're getting reports of multiple tractor-trailers and a fuel spill. that's got off that on ramp on to 97 westbound completely closed down. cleanup probably will take some time. through the outer loop in maryland, college park, silver spring, moving right along between 95 in maryland and 270. you've got things going at a good clip. hot spots, brake lights in the morning, 95 north and southbound, not too bad for this time of the morning but construction on 95 southbound, route 234, alternating lane closures between prince william parkway and dumfries, all lanes open 94 northbound, 65, 66 eastbound moving right along, live shot along 66, things are moving along nicely near route 28, starting to get a little volume, clumping now and then along the eastbound lanes which are the headlights headed toward us but no big problems or delays if you're using 66 coming in from centreville this morning. back over to jummy and scott. >> thank you very much. 19 hours, that's all that stands between us and a government shutdown if lawmakers can't agree. >> the laws of congress are empty, the seconds are ticking away and so are the hopes of compromise. suzanne kennedy is live at the capitol this morning. any sign we could avoid a shutdown, suzanne? >> it looks like a shutdown is likely but probably just a short one. with every second that goes by we move closer to the shutdown and the looming shutdown. congress not in session yesterday after the house approved a measure very early sunday morning. that vote approved a new temporary budget resolution that would also delay the affordable care act for a year and repeal the tax on medical devices. the plan put the threat of a looming shutdown back in the hands of the senate. senate democrats and the president have stood their ground firmly saying they would not approve a plan that would approve cuts to obamacare. those online marketplaces for the uninsured are set to go live tomorrow. the government shutdown will take effect at midnight tonight. the impending deadline is doing very little to motivate leaders on either side of the aisle to compromise. >> it's unpopular, it is unaffordable for us as a nation, it's hurting jobs, it's hurting the economy. >> 40 million new people in the marketplace, those people in the marketplace, it takes a matter of emergency and takes them out of getting really sick before they need that care. >> the senate is set to convene this afternoon. senate market leader harry reid has promised the senate democrats will kill that bill approved by the house over the weekend. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. >> thank you, suzanne. if the government shuts down members of the military, of course, will still work but even ious until the shutdown is over. mid-october paychecks will be the first ones impacted. changes of station will also be delayed. medical offerings will be scaled back and facility and weapons maintenance will be suspended. >> and americans will still have to pay their taxes and file federal tax returns, however, toll-free help lines will be shut down. the irs says it will also suspend all audits. make sure to stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the shutdown threat. throughout the morning we'll take a look at different ways it could impact you and your families and you can read in-depth analysis by going to our website, wjla.com. >> 56 degrees, 5:06 your timing, coming up, the big change designed to keep some new designer drugs away from children. >> there's no amount of money that you can attach to what i've been through to make everything ok. >> and a former assistant speaking out this morning. why she said she was terrified >> well, "good morning, washington," time now 5:09 and we have some pretty cool temperatures to kick start the morning as you're heading out early on this monday. 59 at reagan national, 49 in dulles, 46 in manassas. farther outside the city temperatures are a little bit cooler so you'll want the jacket. however, later on this afternoon temperatures are going to climb into the 70s. now, we have a weak weather front approaching the area but it's going to wash out, other than a few clouds really it will be fantastic with a mix of sun and clouds. your express, starting on the cool side and warming up comfortably midday. partly cloudy by lunchtime, 72 degrees and highs topping out right around 76 later on this afternoon. jacqui jeras will be back in the seven-day forecast coming to you from the belfort furniture weather center in just a little bit but for now we send it over to amanda meadows with a look at the commute. >> thank you, eileen. we have things picking up on the major roadways. tractor-trailer accident in maryland causing delays also. if you use interstate 97 southbound in anne arundel, delays at route 32, they have exit 7 westbound shut down for that tractor-trailer incident. we are getting reports that there is a possible fuel spill so it may take them some time to get that cleaned up and out of here. construction on inner loop and southbound at 234, we've gotten work from our traffic tracker that the inner loop construction has cleared and 95 southbound is going to be hanging around. alternating lane closures there between prince william parkway and dumfries. luckily that's not northbound, all northbound lanes open, good to go, maybe you're getting a flight out of dulles, toll roads moving right along, no problems there. and coming in 66 you can see things are moving right along. live shot along the beltway. this is going to be near the eisenhower connector near van dorn street. you can see al you've got very light traffic through that stretch. back to you. >> 5:11 is the time, 55 degrees. coming up, a gruesome discovery. how body parts might have endened up in a sewer. >> and is the panda cam about to go dark? the consequences of >> 5:14 and we are just hours away from a partial government shutdown. if that could happen it would happen at midnight. over the weekend house came outs with averting a shutdown including delay in the healthcare recall. harry reid won't go down with the delay. how it would impact you. if the national view is on your things to do think of a plan b. a shutdown would close the zoo along with national parks. it's unclear if it will go dark during a shutdown. >> this morning authorities think they may know how body parts ended up in a michigan sewer. sterling heights police say there is a strong possibility it's medical waste. it's the third time, though, in just a little over a year. that body parts have turned up in sureties surrounding detroit. >> we're hear from a woman in anne arundel county and who that county will have to may more than $100,000 to settle a sexual harassment named. the county settled with carla humner for $100,000. she accused mr. leopold of sexual advances. she complained and was fired and prevented to getting another job with the county. >> it's been very difficult, it's been very emotional, it's been a very long, hard battle. >> the county is responsible for paying humner because leopold was an employee at the time. judge charged him of misconduct. he forced them to carry out personal and public paths. >> chesapeake bay, took place yesterday afternoon. construction materials, it turns out, caused fire right underneath the bridge. fortunately no one was hurt. >> parts of washington state and oregon are dealing with the effects of record rainfall and some really strong winds. those storms knocked down trees and power lines and left drivers stranded in floodwaters. some areas got a month's worth of rain in just two days. >> you know, 5:16, and jacqui is here, jacqui, i don't want to say we need rain. >> we do, not that much rain. >> i was going to say, please not any of that, just some sprinkles. >> 5,000 feet, in the cascades, mount rainier, interesting weather in the pacific northwest. rain in the forecast but not till way down the line of the seven-day and we could use a few inches, we're down by two inches, by the way, just for september. what a dry month it's been, it's been more than a week since we've had any rainfall and today will be more of the same. 59 is our starting point this morning, dew point of 52. our winds are calm so very light and really no breeze expected throughout the day today. light winds. 48 in gaithersburg, dulles 49, 46 imagines, quantico 53, 51 fredericksburg, lexington park, good morning, 56 degrees. a few patchy areas where we're seeing a brit of fog. it's not bad, it's a shower layer and most of us will be fine. i want to make you aware of it. culpeper your visibility is down to a mile and you're just shy of two miles in orange. those are the spots that we're watching. we're going to be just fine here in washington, d.c. we've got a little bit of cloudiness and this is going to stick with us for a couple hours. we'll see more sunshine as we head into the afternoon. this is part of a cold front that's approaching and it's falling apart and it will fedsal away with no energy with it. we'll be stuck between that dissolving front and low pressure off the coast. so we're just kind of missing both systems and today we'll be kind of on the calm side, relatively dry with partly cloudy skies. our highs should make it in the middle 70s, 77 in the district. for tonight partly cloudy skies, our low temperatures between 48-58 degrees. a lot like what we're waking up to this morning. tomorrow's forecast, a mix of sunshine and clouds, we're going to be warmer, pushing the lower 80s inside of the metro and our seven-day forecast we'll show you -- i think we'll move into the middle 80s by the middle of the week. it feels more like summer as we start out the first few days of october and then here's our changes where we're looking for that rain probably not till late on sunday. we'll have to watch for the time of the front. pacific northwest today. very modified by the time it reaches here. while we'll cool down, we're not going to deal with snow or anything like that. just a few rain showers. let's talk about what's happening with traffic this morning, still dark and early out there, we've got a ways to go before the sun comes up, amanda. >> yeah, and we are seeing pretty quiet conditions but a couple of problem spots, one in virginia on 95 and one on interstate 97 in maryland. so we're going to start off with 97 southbound at route 32 because they are getting reports that this is involving a few tractor-trailers and there is a possible fuel spill. they've got that ramp for route 32 closed down through anne arundel county. keep in mind that 97 southbound has all travel lanes open but you're going to get some detours accessing route 32 westbound. 295 moving along nicely in both directions and toward the 11th street bridge you are starting to get a little bit of volume but no bumper-to-bumper conditions. 95 southbound walk the construction zone between prince william parkway and dumfries. that's a five-mile stretch with alternating lane closures, 95 northbound all lanes open all the way from stafford into the beltway. 270 moving well quite nicely, and of 66 that shows you current conditions there moving right along in the beltway near cedar lane. jummy and scott. >> thank you very much, amanda. now, imagine being able to stream movies in your home the very day they are released in theaters. >> everything is streaming 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"good morning, washington," it's monday, september 30th, i'm scott thuman. >> and i'm jummy olabanji. today we are welcoming back meteorologist jacqui jeras. she's been gone for a few weeks but she's here and we are so happy to see her, jacqui. >> thanks, guys, so happy to be here as well. and great weather to talk about, too, so we've got the trifecta there going on today. temperaturewise it's a little bit on the chilly side to start our day. d.c. 59, but look at the outlying suburbs, down to 49 at dulles airport, 46 in manassas, 53 in quantico and 48 degrees in gaithersburg this morning. you need a light jacket or light sweater to start your day, you won't need it to end it. our temperatures will warm up progressively and nicely in the middle 70s this afternoon. while we have a fair amount of cloud cover now we'll be partly cloudy as we head through the afternoon hours. i've got a seven-day forecast that has 80s on the way. details on that from the belfort furniture weather center in just a few minutes. right now let's go to wtop with the latest on the traffic. good morning, amanda. >> good morning, jacqui. we do have a tractor-trailer accident causing some delays as you try and access route 32. this is going to be in anne arundel county. we've gotten reports that this is involving a fuel spill, possibly, so it could take them some time to get that cleaned up. now, this is not affecting traffic on 97, all travel lanes are open there southbound. but that off ramp to route 32 westbound is closed down so if you're commuting through anne arundel in maryland at least expect those delays and detours. 95 in maryland beautiful, 65 miles per hour southbound from laurel and from route 32 on 95 southbound. 95 southbound in virginia just cleared that earlier work zone so that's good news for anyone heading between prince william parkway and dumfries. northbound still has all lanes open but you're starting to build a little bit in volume as you come through quantico, 66 not looking too bad for this time of the morning through centreville and fairfax, live shot there near route 28, you can see starting to build a little bit in volume coming in from centreville and 270 also looks like it's moving right along but starting to build in volume, it is going to be southbound near old 100 road or route 109 or expect those usual delays southbound on 270 send it back over to you. >> thank you, amanda. this morning there is currently no deal in sight, a government shutdown is a real possibility and in only a matter of hours. >> lawmakers are showing no signs of compromise this morning and while the situation is growing as you take a live look at the capitol, looming more urgent by the minute the senate won't convene until this afternoon. suzanne kennedy is on capitol hill. where do we stand right now, suzanne? >> well, right now we're waiting for the senate to convene this afternoon, as you mentioned, nothing else has been happening for about the last 24 hours. this is the first time we have been in this position in about 17 years. congress not in session yesterday, after taking a vote. the house, that is, very early sunday morning. that vote approved a new temporary budget resolution that would also delay the affordable care act for a year and repeal the tax on medical devices. that plan put a threat of looming shutdown back into the hands of the senate. the senate democrats and the president have stood their ground flirm saying they will not approve a plan that includes cuts to obamacare. those online marketplaces are set to go online tomorrow. the government shutdown will take effect at midnight tonight, as you mentioned. that impending deadline is doing little to motivate leaders on either side of the aisle to compromise. >> so far majority leader harry reid has essentially told the house of representatives and the american people go jump in a lake. >> that said, as you mentioned 800,000 federal workers will be the victims of this republican shutdown strategy. >> senate majority leader harry reid has already said democrats will not approve that measure approved by the house yesterday morning. suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. >> thank you, suzanne. d.c. mayor vincent gray said if the federal government shuts down the district will not go down with it. the mayor declared all d.c. workers essential and federal law requires the city government to send all nonessential employees home in case of a shutdown. declaring nonessential, though, while it may prevent that, could result in a legal challenge or even some fines. >> new this morning a group called the american foundation for equal rights is joining a lawsuit against virginia's laws against same-sex marriage. the "washington post" reports gop lawyer ted olson and david buoys are teaming up to represent that group. they amended the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. the amendment also forbids recognition of such unions performed elsewhere. >> attorney general eric holder plans to announce a lawsuit today against north carolina and its new voting rules. those rules scale back the period for early voting and impose strict voter id requirements. this is the latest effort by the obama administration to fight a supreme court ruling that struck down parts of the voting rights act. the administration says north carolina's laws discriminate against minorities. >> the retrial of amanda knox and her ex-boyfriend is under way in italy. she's in satellite because not required to be in italy. knox was convicted of murdering her roommate but it was overturned by italy supreme court. it said the jury who acquitted them didn't consider all the evidence. >> 56 degrees, 5:36 your time and the rules of the road are changing. we've got two new reasons you'll be able to get a ticket in maryland. >> some call it a diamond in the rough. why this will be the last day for a d.c. treasure you might not even know >> yes, indeed, good morning, washington, happy monday to you, hopefully you had a great weekend. we're getting back into the swing of things. temperatures a little bit on the cool side, grab a jacket. in for a georges week ahead. even warm temperatures. 48 in gaithersburg this hour so nothing warm about that. 49 in dulles, 46 in manassas, 46 as well in martinsburg and 59 downtown. later on this afternoon skies will be partly cloudy, temperatures 72-77, but really warming up into the 80s by the middle of the workweek. jacqui jeras will be back in just a few minutes with that seven-day forecast. but for now let's turn things over to amanda meadows who's got a look at this monday morning's commute. good morning. >> good morning, eileen. we had our traffic tracker out on the roads manning things and feeding us back information. he actually just arrived on scene at that crash on the 7 southbound. looks like he's headed down 97 and moving right along at this time. now, as i told you before all travel lanes on 97 are open, but we've got that off ramp for route 32 in anne arundel and maryland closed down. this is going to be due to a crash working there involving tractor-trailers, we're getting reports that that has got the off ramp for route 32 westbound. west falls church begot word of orange line delays, no problems, funk u falls church has got delays expected. if you know anyone coming in from vienna using that stretch through fairfax, arlington, you might want to give them a heads-up that they can expect residual delays. 270 moving right along but starting to build in volume. 43 miles per hour as you come through urbana. we actually have a live shot that shows you starting to get that volume, starting to get thick arounds that curve as you approach 109. 109. send it back over to you. >> thank you, amanda. 56 degrees, 5:41 this monday morning. a controversy in the commonwealth. why a confederate flag is now flying along the highway. >> 'skins fans singing hail victory this morning. the question now what kind of performa >> we're back at 5:44. if there's a government shutdown federal courts plan to stay open for at least 10 days of business. they would use fees and other funds to be able to operate. but then after that only essential work would continue. federal jury trials would continue as necessary and stop performing essential works at federal courts would report to work without getting paid. they would be paid when appropriations are restored. >> maryland gun stores are seeing record sales. buyers want to beat the new gun laws going into effect tomorrow. the new laws bans 45 types of assault weapons. requires fingerprinting, license and training before selling a handgun and some support the stricter law but others say it helps the wrong people. >> the people that are law-abiders and the criminals are going to be -- be having a great time because no one will be able to defend themselves. >> it's good to be able to see people will have to go through some kind of training to get a weapon. you should have that. >> gun rights activists filed a lawsuit to block that law. if the new law, though, holds up maryland will have one of the strictest gun laws in the nation. >> another law that takes effect in maryland toad makes hand-held cell phone use while driving a primary offense. that means police no longer have to pull you over for something else to cite you for that violation. another new law requires passengers in maryland to wear seat belts while traveling in the back seat of any vehicle. >> today could be your last chance to visit one of d.c.'s hidden treasures. we're talking about the national aquarium and no, not the one in baltimore. >> the attraction is closing its doors after today. kevin lewis is outside the facility on the national mall and more on the final day out there, kevin? >> good morning, jummy and scott. 1932 the national aquarium has lived in the basement of the u.s. commerce building a stone's throw from the national mall but that changes today. you may recall back in may officials announced that the hoover building is up for major construction. animals will be moved to baltimore, this location has drawn families to see animals in the basement of the massive building. the board is exploring ways to maintain a presence in washington but adds a site has yet to be determined. >> it's a place we've been coming for years, sad to see it go. >> and if you want to check out the sights and sounds of the aquarium one last time it's open from 9:00 this morning until 5:00 in the afternoon. ticket prices for adults are $10. children 3-11 get in for $5, kids 3 and understand get in for free. live this morning at the national aquarium near the national mall, kevin lewis, abc7 news. >> all right, thank you very much, kevin. coming up new at 6:00 on "good morning, washington," caught on video, the terrifying moments on a tourist boat when it catches fire and people have to jump ship. >> plus we'll show you the american's successful flight through a narrow mountain valley. >> the message behind this woman's dancing video that has -- you guessed it, gone viral. it's all still to come and new at 6:00. >> the future is bright in d.c., great guys, great organization, great ownership and i'm leaving on a good note. >> maybe on a good note overall but unfortunately the nationals couldn't deliver a medicine for manager davey johnson in his final game. arizona 3-2 finishing the season 86-76. the search for a new skipper will be top priority in the off-season. >> meanwhile, the orioles finish with a win over boston. they end up with a record of 85-77. >> and in the nfl the patriots topped the falcons in the late game. the ravens fell to the birds and hail to the redskins they final have a "w" in the win-win did you mean. >> finally the redskins dot their first win. lovely highlights from oakland. let's look, the defense rose up in the second quarter, flynn it's pass picked up by the rookie in front of the receiver and kept run for the scoring. rgiii marches his team down the field and finishes off a drive with a five yard strike by pierre garcon. lead, morris late with bruised rib, right up the gut into the end zone. 24 unanswered and beat the raiders 24-14. the head coach liked the way they fought back. >> three-game losing streak is not a lot of fun for everybody. to get a win before the bye week, get a little bit healthy, big plus for us. >> we have to make the best of our situation. we're on this bye week, guys will be able to enjoy their bye week a little bit more after this win and then we come back and get on a winning streak. >> next up for the redskins. have a great day, everybody. >> thank you. >> we want to welcome back, of course, sitting to my left here, a special member of our team this morning, for the "good morning, washington" crew, of course, meteorologist jacqui jeras has been out we've noticed for the past few years, if you've been watching, recuperating major surgery. >> jacqui with the support of our family decided to undergo a double mastectomy. she doesn't have breast cancer, but extensive history. mother, grandmother, two aunts and her sister all diagnosed with the disease. jacqui does not have the equalled brack 1 or 2 gene, but after doing some genetic counseling she and her husband, mike, decided surgery was her best option. >> by having the surgery, my risk of getting breast cancer will drop to 3%. >> over a lifetime. >> over a lifetime. so why would i not do that. >> for me, i'm there to support her, i'm there to do what she needs to take care of her. >> greta cruz is going to share her journey. beginning tomorrow right here on "good morning, washington" and on abc7 news at 5:00 as well. >> good to be back, right? >> it is, i'm feeling better, not 100%, it will take a while to do that and some limited gestures possibly at the green scene, thank you for your welcome, thank you, everybody out there as well for all the support. a little overwhelmed on twitter and facebook and viewers, people you don't even know, other people also going through what i've been leer wanting to share their story, so, thanks. >> we missed you and we know you want to get back to doing what you love. >> and i love this weather couldn't have been better. sit and do nothing outdoors in the sunshine. you can do that hopefully this week as well. beautiful conditions on the way. kind of shuttle to start us out. 59 degrees at reagan national but 49 degrees at dulles. check out some of the other temperatures, 48 right now in gaithersburg, we've got 52 in hagerstown, good morning to you, and 46 in martinsburg this hour. temperatures across the region really kind of sticking in the mid to upper 50s across the mid-atlantic states but notice this warmer bubble of air to our south and west. we're going to see that pushing in over the next couple of days and we will have a return to 80-plus degree temperatures as we head into the month of october. our satellite and radar picture showing you, look at those clouds that have been pushing in from the west, we'll see a fair amount of that for the next couple of hours, i think as we head into the afternoon that will break up a little bit more and we'll see increasing sunshine. so while this cold front is off to our west, it's fading out and falling apart. a little impact and no showers. close eye on this coastal system we've been talking about. that will stay enough off the shore we won't have a impact from that either. we'll be stuck in between. great looking afternoon. partly cloudy skies, middle 70s. tonight partly cloudy, 48-58 degrees so waking up tomorrow very much like to what we're seeing for today. a mix of sunshine and clouds for your tuesday an, first day of october, 77-82 degrees, yep, getting a little bit above average now and now we'll stick around for the better part of the week, we'll see mid 80s by wednesday, a little bit of a cooldown by the weekend with a chance of showers late in the day on sunday, we could use some rain, though, down by more than two inches for the month. that's your forecast. let's check on traffic. amanda meadows is at wtop. >> thank you very much, jacqui. we're really starting to pick up in the morning commute. quite a few new incidents, including in virginia on 95. this isn't always a hot spot in the morning commute, right before quantico we're getting reports of an accident blocking the left lane. we've got a live shot on that crash i've been talking about along interstate 97, you can see blocking that off ramp for route 32. our mobile unit, traffic tracker, is out there as well so he's got eyes on the scene and you can see we've got lots of flashing lights but traffic seems to be moving at a good clip on both directions on 97 north and southbound. we've also got activity on route 5 northbound, inbound just before the beltway. getting reports that is on the right side. and then we have also got metro delays working, that's going to be on the orange line, west falls church they're saying signal problems will cause residual delays, coming in from vienna, build for more your commute. wtop traffic center on route 20 southbound. volume is starting to build near route 50. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, amanda. if you drive down 95 toward richmond, you're going to see a confederate flag prominently displayed along the highway and causing controversy. supporters of the flag say they want to honor the south's civil war dead. but opponents say the confederate flag is a hated symbol that represents slavery and bigot industry. >> it is 5:55 and 54 degrees on this monday. coming up, we'll tell you how the government shutdown could affect homeowners. >> the penalties that maryland casinos will have to pay for allowing underage >> more than two dozen instances of underage gambling will cost maryland casinos thousands of dollars. marine leave keen knee and regulators agreed to furs penalty for underage violations. they agreed to pay $20,000 for four incidents. the state can impose maximum fine of $5,000 for an incidence of underage gambling. >> all morning long we've been telling you how a government shutdown could affect you. >> and it turns out it could also impact the housing market. linda bell joining us live from new york with those delays. good morning. >> hello, once again, jummy and scott. the shutdown will trickle down to the fha or the federal housing administration and your mortgage could end up in a pile in offices if congress can't agree to a deal by midnight. one bright spot, they will still continue to approve loan modifications to those facing foreclosure. kohl's has designer clothing line from jennifer lopez and vera wang and kathy meladrino. and that is business news live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell, reporting for abc7 news, back to you. >> thank you very much, linda. 6:00 now, we've got another hour of news and it all starts right now. >> if they were to lose their paychecks like everybody else would lose their paycheck that might motivate them to resolve it. >> we're hours away from a possible government shutdown and lawmakers do not appear to be moving any closer to a compromise. >> plus why a top ranking navy official has been suspended. >> and despite a cooler morning, a stream of beautiful days of weather is continuing this morning. "good morning, washington," happy monday, i'm jummy olabanji. >> and i'm scott thuman. again -- we want to welcome back jacqui jeras, she joins us with another look as the forecast. welcome
nissan station wagon with a virginia license plate number of snj 9177. anyone who has information about the whereabouts of this little girl and these two individuals, you are asked to call 911. reporting live in fairfax, megan mcgrath, news 4. back to you all in the studio. >> megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. >> let's turn to tom kierein and get a first look at the forecast. a chill still in the area on this friday morning. you might need an umbrella too. a disturbance passing south and east of the metro area. those patches of green in southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. those are sprinkles passing south and east of the metro area and moving off to the north and east. areas in the light blue are in the 40s. that includes much of virginia, southern maryland, and lower eastern shore farther north from charles county, prince george's, and anne arundel north into montgomery county and the district. generally, upper 30s to around 40 degrees. loudoun virginia from west to the shenandoah valley. upper 30s. much of the shenandoah valley west, it's below freezing in the upper 30s and low 20s. upper 20s. by noon, a little sun breaking out, upper 40s. by midafternoon, ought to hit the low to mid-50s and getting increasingly sunny. bit of a blustery northeast wind. i'll show you your friday evening forecast in ten minutes. a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning. we have a disabled vehicle. let's start 395 as you make your way northbound toward 110, it's blocking the right lane in this area. keep an eye on the road work. as you make your way towards the key bridge, work zone set up outbound as well as inbound. it's a little tricky. use caution if traveling this road. also, good news if you're traveling the inner loop of the beltway. this a work zone set up there. now these travel lanes are open and the rails. checking the metro, marc, and vre, no reported delays at this time. aaron and eun, back over to you. rocket fire from gaza landing in southern israel. the israeli military says some 350 rockets fired into israel this week with nearly 100 fired today alone. one rocket hit a house. no one was hurt. a brief cease fire between the israelis and palestinians collapsed. two were supposed to stop fighting while they visited the area today. melissa mollet is live with more on this. melissa, good morning. >> good morning. the israeli military has consigned troops, a sign relations could collapse further. more than two dozen people have been killed during the past three days of fierce fighting in that region. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. today congress will finally hear from david petraeus in their search for answers about september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. the former cia director will testify before the senate and house intelligence committees. the general visited libya shortly after the attack which killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. they began holding closed door hearings yesterday. they watched a video of the attack. senator saxby chambliss, the ranking republican on the senate committee says that made it clear terrorists carried out the attack. petraeus resigned from the cia after admitting he had an affair. now the cia is looking into his conduct. it's opening an exploratory investigation to make sure petraeus did not use any cia resources inappropriately. they've already cleared him of mishandling classified information. petraeus' mistress may have troubles of her own. the fbi says it's still investigating paula broadwell. the army reservist has had her security clearance revoked as well. broadwell had classified information, but it came from her time researching petraeus' career for her biography, which she wrote. investigators spoke to broadwell two weeks ago about the information. they finally told national intelligence director james clapper about the information four days later. today congress is looking into spending practices that runs d.c.'s two major airports. the authority's chairman and transportation secretary ray lahood are expects to testify. getting around one of the most heavily traveled parts of the beltway in virginia should get a little easier starting tomorrow. the 495 express lanes open on saturday. the 14-mile stretch of toll lanes run between springfield and the dulles toll road. here's the promise. you'll be able to go at least 45 miles per hour even at rush hour. that is thanks to varying tolls that charge based on congestion and could cost as much as $1 a mile. you will need an ez pass to ride the lanes. the lanes actually open to one special driver today. santa will ride the lanes in a tesla roadster convertible on his way to his workshop at tyson's corner. he's everywhere. he has workshops everywhere. 5:06 is our time. the white house and congressional leaders finally ready to get to work on avoiding the fiscal cliff. panda experts preparing a mother and her young daughter to live in the wild. they're being moved to panda valley. once there, they'll learn to live without much contact. they'll eventually be freed into the wild. researchers hope to release more pandas into the wild to cut back on abnormalities and deaths among panda cubs. we wish them the best. it's tough. humans feeding them and socialization, and they live and they're on their on. >> you want them to do well on their own, where they're supposed to be. live look outside at the nation's capital on another chilly, chilly morning. tom keeping his eye on the forecast. >> good morning. a live view of the jefferson memorial under a cloudy sky. this morning a few scattered sprinkles around south and east of the metro area mainly. that's going to be ending over the next couple of hours. may still be lingering 6:00, 7:00 this morning. at noontime, sun breaking out around the region. ought to hit low to mid-50s by midafternoon with increasing sunshine. all clear by 6:00 p.m. upper 40s by then. here's your friday evening planner if you're heading out tonight and going to any high school games. we'll be under a clear sky, and it will be chilly in the mid to low 40s by late evening. we'll have a light wind. a look at the weekend into next week, seven-day outlook in ten minutes. here's a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning. checking the roadways, if you're traveling along i-95 in virginia, look at it right now. travel lanes are open. a live look as you make your way northbound past the rest area. nice and clear. southbound as well as that from the beltway to the rest area, no issues there. northbound continuing towards the springfield interchange. here's a live look. no issues connecting to the beltway. let's take a look if you're traveling along 29 in maryland. along 29 from columbia between the beltway, no issue. nice and clear. no accidents. not seeing any construction. i'm back in ten. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thanks, danella. he disobeyed his mother. we'll show you why that decision by one teenager proved to be a lifesaver. officer dave wizniewski was hit. the driver was at a funeral before the crash. they say fatigue may be to blame. tragedy just moments before a parade for wounded veterans. a train headed straight for a parade float carrying veterans and their wives. for too many, it was too late. four people died and seven people sent to the hospital when a union pacific train crashed into the float. they were just minutes away from being honored for their service. >> this may be one of the more tragic events in our town, and it's a sad day. i was with these guys today. i shook their hands personally, met their wives. truly was an honor to be in their presence. these guys are true american heroes. >> union pacific says the train sounded its horn as it approached and crossing lights and gates were working at the time. lawyers for penn state and a key witness in jerry sandusky's sex abuse trial will be back in court today. the school wants to delay mike mcqueary's defamation lawsuit until after january when the murder trial for two former university administrators is set to begin. mcqueary testified he saw sandusky attack a little boy in the showers in 2001. sandusky is serving a 30 to 60-year prison sentence for abusing young boys. he plans to appeal. monday marks three weeks since the east coast was slammed by hurricane sandy. towns in new york and new jersey still have plenty of cleanup to do, and today members of the obama administration will tour the damage. today homeland security secretary janet napolitano will visit fema's field office along with secretary of housing and urban development sean donovan. it comes a day after president obama toured the damage on staten island. and incredible video shows what it was like in new york city just as sandy made landfall. the new york port authority just released this surveillance video of water gushing into the busiest subway stations. the storm sent 20-foot waves slamming into manhattan, seriously damaging the city's 100-year-old subway system. the military is looking into what caused one of the most advanced fighter jets to go down on an air force base. the f-22 crashed yesterday on tindal air force base while returning from a training mission. the air force stopped flying the f-22 for several months after some pilots complained about becoming dizzy at the controls. they blamed the problem on a shortage of oxygen delivered to pilots. the air force was starting to lift flight restrictions on the f-22. today congressional leaders head to the white house to begin talks to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. president obama and democrats insist that any plan to lift the deficit include tax increases on the wealthy. republicans say they'll accept new tax revenue but not higher tax rates. both sides must reach a deal by the end of the year to avoid steep tax hikes for most americans and deep spending cuts. one prominent republican calls mitt romney's comments about the election dumb. louisiana governor bobby jindal rejects mitt romney's notion in part that president obama won the election because of gifts he'd given to blacks, hispanics, and young people. jindal says that people need to modernize the party. scott walker, wisconsin's governor, also says he disagrees with romney's assessment. mark warner introduced legislation to make voting faster nationwide. he wants to give grants to states to make it easier to vote early. there would be other incentives for states that encourage early voting. warner says it's unacceptable that some virginiians had to wait in line for five hours to cast their ballots last tuesday. fedex and u.p.s. are the targets of a criminal investigation of online pharmacies. a fedex spokesperson says it has to do with delivering packages sent by online pharmacies. yesterday a san francisco jury convicted three men of operating illegal pharmacies that used fedex and u.p.s. to deliver drugs without a proper prescription. fedex denies any wrongdoing. thafr calling the probe absurd. state lawmakers have more time to decide how to built the health insurance marketplaces after the federal government extended a deadline that was supposed to be today. the deadline is over whether states want to build new health care markets over the federal care act. many governors complained the feds haven't given enough information about how they would do it. now governors have until december 14th to decide. the new mexico peanut plant linked to a salmonella outbreak shipped tainted peanut butter to retailers even after internal tests found nine types of salmonella according to the fda. the 11-page report says that employees of sunland incorporated improperly handled equipment, failed to wash their hands, and had bare handed contact with ready to package peanuts. the company issued a recall after 70 salmonella cases were reported. ten of the country's top universities have signed onto a plan to offer online courses for college credit. they're forming an online program called semester online. unlike previous online courses that have unlimited enrollment and are free of charge, this would focus on small 10 to 15 person classes. students would have to meet add mirgs requirements and pay tuition. among the colleges taking part, duke, umc, northwestern, emery, and notre dame. >> it's a sign of the times. that's how the kids are doing it these days. on the computers, on the ipad they're taking classes now. >> just about 5:21. time for weather and traffic on the ones. meteorologist tom kierein has the del tayes. >> on your storm team 4 app, seeing sprinkles of rain. you're getting this over the carolinas. looks like it was going to go pretty much east. it has taken a bit of a turn to the north overnight. it has brought these sprinkles now, these areas of light green into anne arundel, northern calvert county. extreme eastern prince george's county. there may be a few trying to reach the ground in montgomery and arlington and fairfax. does look like it's reaching the ground. only about .01 inch of total precipitation in the northern neck and southern st. mary's county in the lower eastern shore where temperatures in the low to mid-40s. closer to washington, it's in the upper 30s to near 40s. that's right on the beltway in prince george's southern montgomery, arlington. western fairfax, northern montgomery, down in mid to upper 30s, but all above freezing. farther north, frederick into washington county, panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley into the mountains of west virginia. right now temperatures there are in the upper 20s. here's how things are looking for the rest of the period into the week ind. a few of these morning sprinkles and sun breaking out this afternoon. highs reaching the mid-50s by midafternoon. cold start to saturday morning, down near freezing. saturday afternoon should be climbing into the low 50s. then sunday, monday, and all the way into wednesday each day, chilly mornings, but above freezing. and chilly afternoons, only in the low to mid-50s. does look like thanksgiving day we should be sunny with a high around 60 degrees. warmest day of the period here coming up towards the end of next week. i'll return in ten minutes. a look at your traffic now with danella. good morning. >> good morning. i'm checking the roadways. let's start with the dulles access road. earlier this morning along the access road at hunter mill road. a work zone set up blocking the left lane. it's now gone. travel lanes are open. let's head up to i-270, nice commute as you make your way from urbana heading towards clarksburg. a live look at the germantown area. no issues as you continue southbound. northbound as well, connecting to the beltway from i-270, heading across the american legion bridge, nice and clear in both directions. i'm back in ten minutes. at that time, we'll check rails. aaron and eun, back over to you. thousands of fairfax county drivers may be in for a smoother commute this morning. vdot opened two new bridges on the fairfax county parkway. that means you won't have to sit at traffic lights between poached head road and route 50. should make it faster to get to the fair lakes shopping center and fair oaks mall. some track work will likely slow you down this weekend on metro. work on four of the five lines. starting tonight at 5:00. single tracking on the red line at forest glen and between stadium armory on the blue line. tonight single tracking on the orange line between east and west falls church. tomorrow only you can expect single tracking on the blue and yellow lines between pentagon city and reagan national airport. everything should be back to normal on monday. until then, just wait. this morning a local hospital is defending itself after a woman says a doctor left a drill bit in her foot after surgery. a spokesperson for medstar montgomery medical center said the doctor and the hospital immediately addressed the situation when they heard about it. in a statement, they said, "the hospital maintains a quality assurance review." the woman is from rockville and plans to sue the doctor and the hospital for malpractice. eating fish can help avoid postpartum depression in women. women's omega-3 fatty acid levels drop during pregnancy and remain low after birth. lots of fish, including salmon, are rich in fatty acid. researchers say more studies are needed for the link. it seems the omega-3s are good for so many things. and you can take supplements. normally, when a child disobeys a parent, they're in some sort of trouble, some consequences. >> not the case this time for one 13-year-old boy in florida. doctors say his behavior, quite frankly, saved his mother's life. it was a few ago bridget and hunter graham were driving home in cape coral when bridget began having chest pains. she was able to pull the car over ais father. he said, no, he was going to call 911. hunter said he recently learned about heart attacks in his middle school health class and knew his mom was having one. >> mr. mon tag taught me what the symptoms of a heart attack were. when she said she had pain in her chest and it was shooting through her arms, that was one of the signs. >> paramedics were able to rush bridget to the hospital. she is expected to make a correct recovery. not only did he know what to do, he had the presence of mind not to freak out and do what he knows to do. coming up, we're tracking breaking news in virginia as state police are asking for your help in finding a missing girl. 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[ female announcer ] this is new. this is different. this is care. looking at stories making headlines at 5:28. . president and congress trying to find a way to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> family grieving after the trial of a bowie university student. welcome back to "news 4 today" on this friday, november 16th. we're following breaking news out of virginia now. an amber alert for a missing 1-year-old girl. take a look at your tv screen. this is alexis carlisle. she was last seen in halifax county in south side, virginia. this was taken by these two people, eric black and jennifer carlisle. police aren't releasing any information about their relationship to the little girl at this point, but they say they believe alexis is in extreme danger. now, investigators believe they may be headed to the d.c. area or already here. they might be driving a brown, 1985 nissan station wagon with the license plate you see on the screen xnj 9177. if you see alexis carlisle or a car with plates that match what you see here, you should call police immediately. let's get a first check of the forecast. meteorologist tom kierein off to a cold start. >> a few sprinkles for our viewers on our south and eastern suburbs. as you step out the door, you might need an umbrella. these are coming in from the south heading north. passing east of the metro area, might be a few people trying to reach the ground in montgomery and prince george's county. most in southern prince george's county parts of anne arundel and northern calvert. may have a few sprinkles on the calvert line. on the eastern shore, one shower in cambridge drifting up towards easton over the next half hour or so. all above freezing. generally upper 30s to mid-30s in the northern suburbs. mid-40s southern suburbs. upper 20s and low 30s. as we take a look hour by hour, here's your forecast for this friday. you might need an umbrella if you live in southern and eastern suburbs over the next couple of hours. by noon, a little sun breaking out and partly cloudy over the afternoon. we'll have a light breeze, and it will be warm compared to what it's been the last couple of days. mid-50s midafternoon. i'm back with your seven day. if you're traveling along 395, this time southbound. boundary channel drive. good news here, had a disabld vehicle. travel lanes open. as you make your way northbound from the 14th street bridge, nice clear trip into the district. not clear is the key bridge. if you're crossing over the key bridge, a couple of things to look out for as you head inbound as well as outbound near work street. work zone is in place. it's a little tricky to work around. use caution. 5:32 now. today david petraeus will finally testify before congress about september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. it comes one week to the day after he stepped down as cia director after admitting he had an affair. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: testimony scheduled to start two hours from now. both from the house and the senate. they want to learn what he investigated with the deadly attack in benghazi. they wanted to learn whether or not any issues regarding his resignation, his affair coming up, we don't know. this is behind closed doors. we do know the cia is investigating its former boss, petraeus, saying they want to know whether agency resources were used in that affair. the focus here is going to be benghazi, and particularly what u.n. ambassador susan rice did shortly after the attack, that it was spontaneous. that turned out not to be true. democrats and republicans thursday sparred over whether the administration intentionally misled the public. >> this administration, including the president himself, has intentionally misinformed -- read that lied -- to the american people in the aftermath of this tragedy. >> if you want to know who is responsible in this town, buy yourself a mirror. >> reporter: now, both republicans and democrats on the house and senate side had briefings yesterday with the fbi and the cia. they saw realtime video of the attacks. today's hearing with petraeus -- in fact, both of them are also closed. we won't see him testify on camera, but the senate leaders say at least for their committee, the senate intelligence committee, they're planning to have an open public hearing on this probably in a couple of weeks. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us this morning. breaking news from the middle east. escalating violence during what was supposed to be a cease fire. israelis and palestinians agreed to stop fighting during a visit from the egyptian prime minister. new video shows him arriving on the gaza strip. at least 85 rockets have exploded within 45 minutes in gaza city. one missile destroyed a house. no one was hurt. nearly 30 people have died in the middle east violence this week, 5 were children. news 4's melissa mollet with breaking news on the situation we're following in israel and gaza. we have new information we just got for you out of the region. the guardian right now reporting at least one hospital in gaza is facing a major fuel shortage. right now so many people coming in from the attacks, no icu beds left. right now they're trying to evacuate people out to egypt. inchts violence in the middle east has touched a nerve in our region. two large groups protested outside the white house. one supporting israel and one palestinians. both groups had messages for the obama administration. >> we're very wary and frightened and anxious about what's going to happen in the next four years to come. >> israelis are safer because of u.s. support and the strong u.s. relationship. we're here to thank him, thank the administration, and ensure the continued support of israel from the united states. >> secret service police and a metal fence separated the two groups. a not guilty verdict capped off an emotional three days in the bowie state university murder trial. after just a few hours of deliberations, a jury acquitted alexis simpson on seven charges, including first degree murder. she was accused of stabbing her roommate dominique frazier. the two got into a fight over loud music in their dorm. defense attorneys argued that simpson was bullied, and while fighting back, the stabbing happened. simpson took the stand in the final day of testimony. they say her story helped the jurors make a decision. >> this was a self-defense question. there's no question alexis, in my mind, acted in self-defense. we are very gratified by the verdict. >> we presented the evidence as it was, and the jury gave us their verdict. >> sheriff's deputies escorted the 12 jurors from the courthouse, and they did not comment on the case. the frazier family also did not speak publicly after the verdict. right now police need your help finding a missing person in prince george's county. the 90-year-old saki mcgurin last seen leaving her home along eastern avenue in chillum. she may be driving a gray toyota corolla. if you see her, call police immediately. a week from now, many of you may be trying to get the best black friday deals out there. there's a chance, if you're at walmart, there might not be any employees around. the daily mail says many walmart employees are threatening their biggest walk-out every on black friday in several cities across the country, including washington. labor rights enthusiasts have not said which stores employees, where they'll do this, but it is expected to be a small percentage of the stores nationwide. 5:37 is our time right now. is the twinkie destined to disappear? what we're learning about a labor dispute that could doom hostess. beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. we could learn this morning whether twinkies will become a thing of the past. hostess threatened striking employees it would liquidate if they did not return to work by 5:00 last night. if they go forward with dismantling the company, operations could shut down forever next week, a move that would eliminate all the company's 18,000 jobs. >> and we've been lamenting the potential loss of twinkies, but the loss of jobs is the big story. a lot of people's livelihoods could be changed, and we can't take it too lightly. >> let's take a look at our forecast for 5:41. tom? >> good morning. storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles shout and east of the metro area coming from a weak low that's been passing to the north over the last several hours. may be a few scattered sprinkle oefrs t over the metro area for another hour or two. here's your hour by hour forecast. midafternoon, ought to hit 50s with increasing sunshine. it will be chilly with a light wind. danella has a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning. happy friday. roads pretty clear this morning. here's a live look as you make your way along 301. checking things out in clinton, maryland, fort washington, even accokeek. not seeing any accidents there. let's take a closer look at the beltway, as you're looping around a live look at pennsylvania avenue, nice and clear. aaron and eun, back over to you. it is now 5:41. 41 degrees. trying to make your commute a little easier. what you need to know about virginia's new express lanes. vdo hopes you'll be able to cruise around with the saturday morning opening of the express lanes. before they do, we want to make sure you know exactly how they work. those two lanes actually stretch for 14 miles on the inner loops and outer loops in northern virginia between the dulles toll road and springfield. the promises that you'll be able to go at least 45 miles per hour even at rush hour. to keep all that traffic moving, the toll cost will rise and fall based on how much congestion there is. you'll be able to see the current price posted on electronic signs. it could cost as much as $1 a mile, but you will be charged whatever rate is posted when you actually enter the lane. now, you will need to have an easy pass to ride the all electronic lanes. you can use the one that you already own or get the easy pass complex. the complex will actually let you avoid the toll by kwar pooling with three or more people. all you have to do is flip that easy pass switch at the bottom of the device. so it says hov on like it says here before you enter the lanes. keep in mind state troopers will be watching to make sure enough people are in that car. you may see one car cruising the lanes. santa will use the toll road to get to his workshop in tyson's corner. don't expect any rain. he'll be driving a tesla roadster convertible. >> the opening of express lanes seems to be creating a little envy across the river. in some maryland are questioning why there isn't a similar plan along the roadway. some are wondering when rip van maryland will awake from its slumber. montgomery county leaders also fed up with the lack of progress. >> the state does not have any dollars, and right now they have no plans. so the combination of no dollars and no plans, we're just shaking our heads and saying, please, guys, focus on this. >> there is a proposal that calls for turning some shoulder lanes into bus only lanes on the maryland side, but there are complaints it is not a long-term fix. 5:46 right now. the principal of a d.c. high school is expected in court after being arrested on an assault charge. thelma jarrett is the principal at coolidge high school in d.c. police say jarrett and two other employees attacked a woman during a high school football game earlier this month. the victim's husband says he has no idea what led to that attack. >> she don't know what led to that attack. she was punched blind sided and kicked after that. i just want justice, outrage. >> jarrett remains on administrative leave from her job at coolidge high school although the mayor has said publicly he doesn't know how she'll go back to that job. the man seen here recently assaulted a teenage girl in the bathroom of a public library. the 17-year-old girl says she was stud yilling anything at th jefferson library in if falls church on tuesday when she saw a man watching her. when she tried to hide in the ladies room, he man followed her in, assaulted her, and ran off. a series of armed robberies near a metro stop in maryland has one community concerned. police met with people who live near the morgan boulevard metro station last night. many who live in apartments across the street say they're scared for their safety. there have been two armed robberies in the past week. one woman described how her boyfriend had to run for his life during a robbery last month. >> he was outside smoking a cigarette, and two teenagers came up to him and asked him for his phone. he said no. they said, well, we're going to take it for you. so he ended up running and going through another door and entering the home. >> police say they are investigating the cases. officers also discuss a number of ways to prevent crime with residents, including staying on lit pathways at night and urging them not to walk alone. parents and teachers are pushing d.c. to keep 20 schools off its list to be closed. d.c. schools chancellor kaya henderson proposed closing those 20 schools earlier this week at a public hearing last night. henderson said money is the primary reason for the closures. she said there is simply too few students in too many schools. one community activist said safety is a concern if the district consolidates schools. >> and you'd be having kids cross a highway. there's really no safe passage for the kids to walk through. sending kindergarteners across a highway to get to school which they have no relation to is very, very disconcerting. >> henderson proposed renting out the buildings once the schools are closed. d.c. mayor vincent gray and the chancellor are expected to make a decision in february. today d.c.'s canal park will officially open. the park is in the capital riverfront area of southeast washington. one of the big attractions of the park will be an ice rink, which will offer free skating and skate rental from 12:00 to 2:00 today. work on the park began in 2007. it's part of the effort to redo the waterfront. several more residents are coming to the area in several months. get your skates on. construction is finally under way soon on a major redevelopment project in northwest washington after a long delay. cathedral commons will include apartments and several stores, including a new giant. the project was delayed for 12 years. the project should be done in 2014. if "twilight" isn't your thing, there's another movie opening this weekend getting rave reviews and oscar buzz. "lincoln" opens today, and tickets are going pretty fast. last night was a very special screening at the white house. president obama hosted cast and crew members. one of the movie's producers said that the president was incredibly moved by the film. director steven spielberg, actor daniel day lewis, who played abraham lincoln, and sally field were all said to be in attendance. they shot a lot of scenes of the movie in the richmond area. a lot of people excited to see this one. >> daniel day lewis is a genius. he's brilliant in everything he's done. he's amazing. you add steven spielberg and sally field. >> and the story. lincoln's story is amazing watch. >> so many movies to watch. "skyfall," "argo." i don't have the time. >> i've seen that. and twilight, of course. >> of course. >> and tom kierein is watching the skies this morning. they're producing a few sprinkles around mainly south and east of washington. we talked about sprinkles and different types of weather when i visited bowie high school's ann annex. this was on wednesday in prince george's county and talked to a special needs program there. i want to thank teachers karen morrissey and cheryl alt for the invitation to talk to these students at bowie high school in prince george's county on wednesday. as we take a look now, there's capitol hill. at reagan national, it's at 43. quite a bit of cloudiness around, but no sprinkles there at reagan national. however, there are a few showing up on the satellite radar image here over the last couple of hours. we have a system that was in the carolinas yesterday, looked like it was going to go pretty much east. it's taken a turn to the north. as a result, those areas in green, those are sprinkles. maybe trying to reach the ground in montgomery, howard, parts of prince george's, charles, calvert, anne arundel, northern neck, and eastern shore. farther west, it's clear shenandoah valley and into the mountains where it is cold once again. they are at or below freezing much of that region. look at elkins down to 23. much of the seine dhenandoah va much of the clouds generally upper 30s to low 40s in the area. south and east, where they're getting those sprinkles. by 7:00 a.m., still cloudy, still a possibility of sprinkles for the metro area. a clearing taking place. we'll be dropping from the mid-30s all the way up to upper 40s. we'll continue to climb that way by noontime with a little sun breaking out and the northerly breeze. the rest of the afternoon, we ought to hit the mid-50s with increasing sunshine. if you're going out tonight, we'll be under a clear sky. by dawn saturday, much of the region near freezing tomorrow morning. bright and sunny day, sill chilly. highs reaching low 50s. sunday partly sunny. highs reaching low 50s. should be a great day for the eagles at fedex field. monday, tuesday, wednesday, getaway day. mid-50s to upper 50s by wednesday. thanksgiving day, sunny, maybe near 60 degrees. danella's here now with a look at your traffic. good morning. >> good morning. first 4 traffic office, still keeping an eye on the key bridge. here you see road work right at "m" street. as you head outbound, gets a little tricky. outbound, just be aware of that, follow directions. let's head over to the wilson bridge. nice and clear as you make your way across in both directions. volume pretty light. and crossing over the american legion bridge, a live look on the outer loop as well as the inner loop. traffic is starting to increase in volume but not too much. i did have the opportunity yesterday to visit elizabeth sea ton high school in prince george's county. shout out to the varsity -- jv cheerleaders. i just want to thank the entire school. it was a great day. they asked great questions. and a big shout out to the guidance counselor there and an entire shout out to the family. it was a great day. >> where are you doing the cartwheel? i want to see that photo. turns out human error stopped the metro trains during the time change this month. there was a communications breakdown in the control center. trains were supposed to keep running another hour when daylight savings time ended on november 4th. the examiner asked about discipline for the mistake, and the commander responded, quote, everyone makes mistakes. the transit system is finding new ways to warn you about possible delays. metro installing flat screen displays at stations that will show delay information, out aelr outages and the status of all five lines. the screens could help people decide whether they want to enter the station and also for people who don't get e-mail alerts. the warning period is over. you will now be fined if you're caught on camera speeding in one part of takoma park. police set up two newportable cameras on the intersection of carroll avenue and ethan allen avenue. one camera in both directions. police are targeting drivers going 12 miles or more over the speed limb. frustrated by the new apple maps app on your iphone. google is ready to help. shartia brantley is live with that story and more. good morning. >> good morning, eun. the battle between apple and google over the map apps is heating up. "the wall street journal" reports google is putting the final touches on a new app that will work on apple phones. if it's accepted into apple's itunes store, it will compete directly with apple's new mapping software that comes preinstalled on the iphone and ipad. now, apple removed google maps as a standard app when it release the its latest operating software ios 6 back in september. but that move back fired when customers complained apple's map app is majorly flawed. and retailers are targeting post pie commerce this year. that's a rise in shopping created by smart phones and tablets. more consumers are now grabbing their devices after thanksgiving dinner. before rise of smartphones and tablets, it was socially unacceptable to pull out a laptop after thanksgiving dinner or fire up the pc, but ebay is calling this a new shopable moment. in a recent survey, two-thirds of people say holiday sales should begin after thanksgiving dipper, and their meals will end on average at 5:23 p.m. eastern. so, guys, based on that feedback, ebay will launch 20 mobile only deals right at 5:23 p.m. eastern on thursday. >> oh, my goodness. you've got to time everything exactly, get on your phones. all right. shartia brantley. sh shartia, thank you. >> take care. if we're at a rest ant or d dinner, you put the phone right on the table. hate that. >> i know some people make excuses about that. if you didn't get your morning cup of coffee, check out the latest way to get caffeine. cracker jacks. >> they're called cracker jacked. they pack the same amount of v caffeine as a cup of coffee. some consumer safety groups say they violate federal regulations. not sure when cracker jacked hits the stores. >> are you going to try it? >> probably not. at 6:00, why texting may be on the way out.
cooperate for the game at fedex field. chuck bell has the first forecast now. >> good morning, richard and angie. good morning, everybody. welcome to your sunday morning, after an absolutely spectacular saturday here in the nation's capital, today will be just about as nice. a little more cloud cover today, nothing to worry about from a rainfall perspective. temperatures not cooled as much friday night to saturday morning. a pleasant start out the door. chilly, but it is november. temperature, 41 degrees in downtown. 46 in analysis. chillier spots to the north and west. haegerstown. 31, martinsburg, west virginia 29 degrees. no rain drops on storm team 4 radar too close to us. nearest are off the outer banks of north carolina. today, a sunny start. increase in cloud cover this afternoon. but temperatures once again reaching up to the low 50s and, yes, indeed. you mentioned it. eagles/redskins, 1:00. good weather for it. >> sounds great, chuck. thanks. this morning, family and friends are mourning the loss of a maryland teen stabbed to death at a robbery at a metro station early saturday morning at the woodley park metro station. we spoke with the victim's friends and neighbors. >> reporter: 18-year-old oan has been identified as the teen stabbed to death about 1:15 saturday morning. >> senseless. it's sad. really sad. i seen his mother this morning. >> reporter: police say griffin was robbed of personal belongings at 18th street and columbia road in adams morgan, he ran into the same group at woodly park metro station on connecticut avenue. that's when his friend was robbed and beaten by the group of teens. griffin was stabbed. >> his associates had encountered his associates w robbed him at the woodley park metro and an altercation ensued which led to the stabbing and assault of the other victims. >> reporter: nine maryland boys ranging from 15 to 17 years old have been charged in connection with the assault and robbery. one of them, a 17-year-old, charged with murder 2 while armed in griffin's death. >> he was a good kid. two jobs, had his head on right. i think he was just trying to hang out and have a good time with his friends. >> i would never expect to this happen to oan. he had a big impact on everyone. always one that was there, whenever you needed limb, he was there. >> reporter: griffin lived in olney, where neighbors are stunned. he was a 2012 graduate from sherwood high school. working two jobs. one he started recently at the national institutes of health. >> so respectful. everyone at sherwood has expressed their sympathy. >> reporter: several weapons recovered at the crime scene. one was a knife. all the teens have been charged as juveniles. the 17-year-old in the murder could be charged as a adult. darcy spencer, news 4 today. this morning, mcgovern county police need your help after a father with his 4-year-old daughter by his side, was robbed at the atm. police released these surveillance pictures. the robber pulled the gun at a man at citibank on new hampshire aef. notice the daughter looks at the thief as he walks in. the robbery happened thursday night and police say the man forced the dad to withdraw the money before taking off. the victim was not hurt. new this morning, president obama landed in thailand to kick off a four-day trip around southeast asia. the president will meet with the king and president of thailand and tour a local monastery. he'll visit myanmar. mr. obama will wrap up a trip with the stop in cambodia. israel expanding its range of attacks on the gaza strip, including missile strikes against buildings that hamas media operations. israeli and palestinian forces continue to fire missiles back and forth. israel launched 200 missiles, killing at least 12 palestinians, thousands of israeli forces are awaiting possible orders to invade the region. egypt's leaders are in the middle of this dispute, a cease-fire between the two sides is possible. mohamed morsi met with leaders of turkey, qatar, and the leaders of hamas there are no guarantees, but working to try to ensure a cease-fire. benjamin netanyahu says he's willing to discuss a cease-fire when hamas agrees to stop rocket fire from gaza. thousands expected to march in washington, in opposition to the controversial keystone pipeline. the event organized by the westside 350.org and promises to support the president if he says no to the pipeline protesters will circle the white house. it's part of the organization's month-long tour across the country. earlier this year, president obama blocked the pipeline because of environmental concerns. many republicans say that the pipeline would have created thousands of jobs. notice lights out on capitol hill last night, no reason to be afraid of the dark. police say the lights that illuminate the dome of the u.s. capitol were turned off for scheduled maintenance. usually you can see the famous dome from miles away on any given night. lights back on at 10:00. redskins back after a bye week. the burgundy and gold looking to snap a three-game losing streak as they take on philadelphia at fedex field. the redskins went into the bye week with a tough loss to the carolina panthers. 21-13, and the eagles are coming in on an even worse -- can you imagine that? a worse losing streak. dropped their last five games, including a blowout loss to the cowboys. kickoff at 1:00 this afternoon and we'll have complete highlights on news 4 at 6:00. and history is repeating itself, unfortunately, for the wizards and definitely not in a good way. they fall 2-0-8 to start the season for a second row in a year. lose to the utah jazz 83-76 last night. jamal crawford led the team, and indiana pacers come to town tomorrow night. i was hoping the jazz would be tired. third game in four days. time 7 minutes after 6:00. the special offer metro will make to military members tomorrow. a bizarre break-in at a zoo. the discovery the security guard made when he checked out the primary exhibit. not so fast, while our beloved twinkies and wonder bread might not be disappearing after awl. and can we get sunny days to stick around? chuck bell back with the forecast next. stay with us. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice or have lemon in my water... eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. the acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. the enamel starts to wear down. and you can't grow your enamel back. i was quite surprised, as only few as four exposures a day what that can do to you. it's quite a lesson learned. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel. because it helps to strengthen the enamel. he recommended that i use it every time i brush. you feel like there is something that you're doing to help safeguard against the acid erosion. and i believe it's doing a good job. okay. so you didn't want to give it away. i asked, do we need to take advantage of the great weather this weekend, or is there going to be a nice stretch? you said a great forecast ahead. >> you know, she's asking me this 30 seconds before we come out. you just have to wait. that is what good tv is, dragging you into the newscast a little further. >> get to it. >> yesterday. no complaints at all with yesterday. and today again, not going to be anything to complain about at all. may not be quite as pretty as yesterday, but that doesn't make it a bad day by any stretch of the imagination. welcome to sunday morning, everybody. skies have a little more cloud cover today than yesterday. that will be the only knock on it. and might hold temperatures down a degree or two. today will be very much like yesterday was. and no one complained about yesterday at all. live view of downtown. current temperature, 91 degrees. and temperatures not quite as cold this morning as they were. normally that would mean we could be a degree or two warmer during the afternoon. but clouds that held temperatures up a bit overnight, they will hold them down just a midgeon. chilly mid thirds, but still holding in the mid 40s, and 40 in sanford and fredericksburg. 31 degrees in haegerstown. red skrinz and eagles kick off at 1:00 at fed ex-field. and if the redskins win out, i think they end up at nfc champions and at 8-8. on the radar, here we go. rain drops close to us right now from the outer banks of north carolina to the carolina coastline. part of a meandering area of low pressure off the coast. quiet weather across the middle of the country. all the real unsettled weather on the west coast. so flit plans to and from the northwest and parts of the san francisco bay area. slightly delayed for your sunday travel. good news as we get into the busiest travel week of the year. this week, high pressure is blocked down to our south. the low right up the coast and bringing clouds and rain it will hold that low down to the south. we will probably get the clouds to thicken later on tonight and into tomorrow, but again, with that low area of pressure, far enough down to the south. rain chances will stay along with it. that storm will be adrift and eventually it just drifted out to sea. no impact at all. outside of a little extra cloud cover. for today, no concerns. a mix of cloud and sunshine. sun to start, and a little cloud cover later in the day. sun, going down at 4:52. by the time the clouds get her, the sun is already gone. more clouds and sunshine tomorrow and temperatures once again hovering in the low 50s. seven-day forecast, 53 today. 54 tomorrow, 56 on tuesday, and big travel day. wednesday, no big storms on the eastern seaboard, welcome news. turkey day. mostly sunny to just sunny on thanksgiving. good news there. good for thanksgiving. because sometimes after the fourth plate of turkey you need to get outside and walk around outside a little bit. >> that's right. also a light of people like to fry their turkey outside. >> that's true. >> just be careful. >> always. next up, reporter's notebook. stories affecting your community. we're back in 15 minutes with another check of top stories. welcome to "reporter's notebook." we start with d.c. school closures. kia henderson set off a firestorm with her proposal to closes schools, citing severe underenrollment and stiffer competition from charter schools. henderson says tt her plan would shutter schools in six wards, most in northeast and southeast. the first high school in a generation would be closed and 22 middle schools would be folded into high school. seems a little like deja vu all over again, doesn't it? >> the cast of characters is a little bit different. now it's ms. henderson, isn't the individual who is in charge of d.c. schools michelle reid, some people think she's less polarizing and maybe her proposals would be received with a little more consideration. this is no way -- any way you look at it. if your child is in one of these schools, you're probably not going to be very happy. and the end of spingarn. a lot of people unhappy. whether it raises to the level of michelle rhee's opposition remains to be seen. >> there will be public outcrime the public will go to the meetings. community meetings and council meetings. the one question that parents are very concerned about is this merging of middle schools, elementary schools and high schools. spingarn high school, they will close. they will have to merge with another school, one parent very concerned, one of the oldest landmarks in d.c. that parent is concerned about her child in the sixth grade going into a campus where there are 12th graders. >> hasn't that been done successfully at bell multicultural. >> it's different. the fact is a lot of facilities are being used at 25% level. you are committing resources, teachers, faculty. taking care of buildings where there are no kids. in terms of long-term plan, she said this week that if they keep on the course they are on, they will become nowhere near achieving their goals, these five-point goals they have. if they double their efforts, may get some things done. the fact of the matter is that we're looking at a situation where facilities are not occupied. one in ten students in truancy in d.c. and 60 schools no longer have librarians, not of the plans are written in stone so as jerry said, there will be a series of hearings and looking for input from various gas sets of the community. >> satisfy parents that the children won't have to go too far, a safe environment and they will learn -- the learning process won't be harmed, that's a powerful argument whether it will be received by people remains to be seen. >> one of the things she says is the fact that she's not going to put schools on the block to be sold. in other words, she is going to rent schools to community services and to even charter schools. >> one charter school advocates are going to fight for control. >> exact. they wouldn't have had to. and the fact is, the reason why there is a lower enrollment east of the river is because a lot of children have been put in charter schools. >> won't this be a question or test of how public schools and charter schools can coexist. >> the chancellor says it makes sense to try and find some synergy there. what it looks like no, one knows. 41,000 in public schools, 31,000 kids in charter schools, that's a 40% balance that has to be addressed in some way. >> i'd go out in a limb. a lot of people are very concerned with the fact that we're not putting enough in public education and we've sold out two chart err schools. montgomery county is one mace you don't find charter schools. >> mayor vincent gray has proposed a plan that would create 100,000 jobs and generate a billion dollars over a five-year period. as part of the budget, the mayor proposed transforming the mcmillan reservoir to a medical hub and this plan involved a partnership with business schools at g.w., georgetown, howard, au. what do you think about this? >> well, i think what i'm getting is that it sounds good. they are doing something with the reservoir. we have driven by it for years. 20 years or more. it wasn't in use. waiting, waiting, waiting for something to be done. now finally they will do something. if they do it right it could generate jobs, make leavable space, mixed use. whatever they will do, make it a good part of town and generate jobs and revenue, the city will profit by it. win/win. >> and i think the mayor is looking optimistically, but he has some basis for it. walter reed properties, there will be jobs there. look at this whole new development donetown along 11th street, 12th street, and almost called the city in a city. the whole new area, where they will have lots of jobs, lots of retail businesses, so their prime properties and then you have to look out in the east at old st. louis hospital, west campus, members -- that is going to be a new development out there. so the 100,000 jobs over the next five years. >> jim allen, here is my question to you. in light of the cloud mayor gray is under because of the federal investigation of his 2010 campaign, would he likely see this plan through? >> the mayor says he is not concerned about how his personal state may be tied to the initiative. he believes it's the right thing. district of columbia has been looked at as being an unfriendly red taped rich environment. he is working to change that and committed to business being located in every ward, not just for more -- you guess aesthetically favorable. and move into ward eight there, are some exciting things for him. despite what happens to him ultimately politically, he's on the right track. >> whoever is at the helm, i said we hope it's win/win, if it's done right, no matter who is running the city it will help the city. we have to see how it will go. >> we have to go to a >>. >> welcome back. a lot of uncollected fines in the district last year. photo enforced tickets issued and september out, many were advertise missed. the reason, they couldn't prove that they were ever delivered via host postal mail. how did that happen? >> either somebody didn't mail it or something went wrong somewhere, and the story is being told by people who have gotten this are convincing enough that the people involved in this are letting them off. again and again and again. >> so you -- you get notified that you get a ticket, but you don't get notified because you may or may not get the notice in the mail. and you go down and contest it when you find your fine has been doubled, because the magistrate throws it out. >> this is happening all over -- it's the same thing as the sobriety tests. they had to throw half the cases out because the test machines didn't work this is a problem with district government and it comes down to management and accountability. all it comes down to, pat. we can talk about this for 100 years. and it can come down to what's happening in district government. >> what i've heard them say, jim, they can't send all of these tickets out by certified or registered mail. it costs a lot of money. >> they do say that. they checked with the vendor who does the bulk mailing, and they say there's no problem with that. they don't have a way to check the return mail. i'm not sure it's incompetence per se, i think it's probably a system that has loopholes that allow people within that -- >> excuse me. loopholes causes what? incompetence. >> we know there are problems within that window. you show up, say i didn't get the first ticket. the administrative law judge lets you off. >> it's management and execution. if it's not work,ing, you look at the system, have a different system and then it's guns galore. move full steam ahead. let's try the new system. that is not happening. >> you didn't get one of the tickets, did you? you live in the district. >> i have no comment. >> and d.c.'s fire chief wants to change shifts, removing 14 life support vehicles from service during overnight hours. this will give people faster and better care when they need it most, but the plan means pulling all 14 advanced life support paramedic vehicles off the street. the 24 life support vehicles and par why medics riding on engines can fill the gap. >> this is a 20-year-old story, when they were concerned about how much time until an ambulance reaches your house this comes up in every administration in the d.c. fire department. i just eused to ride the ambula when i was doing street stuff with a.p. and covering crime scene, and the nighttime ambulances are as important as the daytime ambulances. >> jerry is right. not the first time this thing has been hoisted -- if i can use that word. pro possessed, that's the word i should say. and it doesn't work. >> most advanced training occurs in the daytime hours. >> i don't agree with that. the biggest part of the nighttime ambulance service needed with police service is between 1:00 and 4:00, when those bars close. >> if you are saying the service should be catered to drunk drivers. >> -- no, i'm saying the service should not be altered. 24-hour full service. >> well, somebody has to pay for that. >> that's the reason i pay taxes. that's the reason i pay taxes, jim. >> so you are willing to pay more taxes. >> i'm willing to have good -- excuse me. excuse me. i'm willing to have 24-hour full emergency service. >> so they are saying -- >> they are saying in light night hours, and the firefighters on the hook and ladders have the same skills. let's redeploy the hours in hours we really need them. >> do we know for fact are the worst hours when you say or you say? do we have a definitive study? do we really know? >> they don't, because they have played with the story for last 20 years. >> how about driving on the dull he is toll road. it is going to cost more. airport authority has approved hikes in the toll fees, 50 cents starting in january of this year. and another 75 cents in january of 2014. >> well, that's not -- people will complain and they'll pay and they will grumble all the way, and they don't like it. they'll get the money. >> well, i look at it this way. 50 cents next year. 75, a quarter more. 75 cents a year 2014. mark my word, 2016, almost up to $5, toward their other project that will hinge on how much money they collect on the dull he is toll road. >> we should say what the money is going for. >> we get the silver line out to -- >> remember, the controversy out of loudoun county about that. people held hearings on what this money is going to go toward. will it go toward the silver line? >> the increase in january of 2014 is another 75 cents, not another quarter. last topic, bob mcdonald. didn't do really well, the republicans lost in virginia, but bob mcdonald, very high poll ratings, according to a new quinn peiac survey. 53-26% approval rating. one of the highest states that quinn quinnpiac surveys. >> his numbers are good. he can decide maybe to run for governor. maybe not for governor again, but he could have his eye on a senate seat. the buzz indicates that warner is very unhappy in the senate. warner denies that, by the way. we hear that he wants to become governor. ratings not too high among democrats. a popular person in the democratic party. >> good nobodies among women and positive numbers among african-americans. >> must be republican women. the poll says he didn't do well among democrats, but he did well among women. must be republican women. i go back to the point of the ultrasound. women still have that on their minds in virginia as to the governor's support of that. >> final comment, jim. >> the whole transvaginal thing was insane. it flies in the face of the monolithic model that the gop has put on women and african-americans. governors that are republican have done well with these groups, women, african-americans and the overall message of the -- >> i'm not sure -- my reporting indicates he may not have been hurt that much in that issue. others in the party were, but not him. >> and other governors across the country, including north carolina. >> thank you, gentlemen. and thank you for being with us. stay with us. news 4 today continues. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. >> sunday, november 18, 2012. great weather today. all eyes are on the day. >> let's check in with chuck. >> good morning, everybody. sunday off to a fairly pleasant start. we are going to have a nice day today. we won't have 100% blue sky like we did yesterday. plenty of sun, but not case as nice as yesterday from a how does it look perspective. outside, temperatures this morning, 30s and 40s for the most part around the urban centers and mid 40s alongside the chesapeake bay. mid 30s for montgomery county. frederick, maryland, 28 degrees in frederick and mount arry. 36 in leesburg. 29 in inwood, west virginia. storm team 4 radar, no drops too terribly close to us. and outer banks of north carolina. not coming here all that quickly. sunshine to got you started. clouds on the increase later on today. temperatures in the low 50s for highs. perfect weather for the redskins. back to you for now. >> thank you, chuck. six people recovering this morning after two police helicopters collided in california. investigators believe the crash happened while one chopper was landing and the other was taking off in pasadena. six people hurt including five police officers and they all suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the national transportation safety board is investigating this incident. new video in morning of the oil platform caught friday morning in the gulf of mexico. >> something just blew up. >> a tv crew nearby when that exploded. the body of one of the missing crew members was found at the bottom of the sea. another crew member still missing and four others in the hospital. the ceo of black elk energy, which owns the rig, says it's a difficult time for the company and those injured workers. >> it was an emotional situation, and very best i could do was to comfort them, reassure them and get them back to their families. >> investigators believe vapors ignited as workers used a blow torch on an oil line. the warning signals were indeed used at a parade crossing where a parade full of veterans were hit by a train. they were activated seven seconds before the truck crossed the tracks. more than a dozen were injured and four killed on thursday when the train hit the float. a biz fwlar story in idaho. police are trying to figure out who broke into a zoo in boise and beat a monkey to death. a security guard saw two men running away from the primate exhibit early yesterday morning. apparently one of the men dropped a baseball cap with a skull design. then the guard found one of the monkeys hurt and later died. no other animals appeared to be hurt. sandy's impact has crews clearing out damaged areas, the city of new york plans to demolish dozens of home badly damaged by the superstorm. crews will bulldoze 200 homes on staten island on queens and brooklyn. crews already expected to clear out homes that were burned or washed away. 500 homes and businesses need to be inspected. those could also be torn down. this morning, investigators are still trying to figure out why a woman drove into a convenience store in prince on georges county. the woman crashed into the front window at a 7-eleven yesterday afternoon. the storm badly damaged. nobody inside was hurt. the owner says it will take a while to clean it up. >> it was an accident. you know, i cannot be upset this happened. never know what is going to happ happen. >> the owner says the store is open for business while they make repairs. the woman in the car was not seriously injured. arlington county made the first steps for approving a new homeless shelter. the board unanimously voted on buying a $27 million on north 14th street. it will include office space and a year-round homeless shelter. many are upset about the plan, saying it's a threat to their safety. if the city approves the purchase, the county will hold public meetings to hear any concerns. the second day for the 495 express lanes in virginia. but the first true test of the lanes will be tomorrow morning. the 14-mile stretch runs from just north of the dull he is toll road to the springfield interchange with two lanes in east direction. you need an ez pass to drive them, and the average toll during rush hour is expected to be between $3 and $6. car pools of three or more can drive for free. accidents on opening day. two teens were hurt when one lost control of the car. >> track work is causing delays on three metro lines. trains single tracking on the redline. and also single tracking between east and west falls church on the orange line. crews working on the silver line extension. on the blue line, single tracking, and everything should be back to normal in time for tomorrow morning's commute. tomorrow metro is opening its doors to help members of the military with its third annual open house and career fair, this event offers service members possible information about the transit agency. same-day interviews and possible job offers. the military open house is from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at the national building museum on "f" street northwest. twinkies and many other beloved hostess products may not be gone for long. a mexico-based company that owns part of sara lee and thomas english muffins may have an inside track on keeping twinkies rolling off the line. economists say lower price sugar in mexico could be the secret to keeping the iconic food in product, and the company likely had their eye on hose tes since the early 2000. if that's the case, i feel sorry for the person who bought the box of twinkies on ebay for $500. >> money down the drain, huh? time, 6:37. coming up on sunday morning. meet a man who says the power of prayer helped save his life. the move that could help shake up the program at the university of maryland. the future of the obama administration. changes that could come soon ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a qualifying pnc performance select checking account and earn 75% more than cards earning 1% cash back on almost everything. we could see changes in the obama administration, sooner rather than later. >> the president faces a number of challenges right now, including avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff. joining us is david gregory. >> good morning, david. >> good morning. >> a lot of talk about david petraeus. the spotlight this week is when he went before the intelligence committee to talk about the attacks on libya. >> that's right. i think that's become a big focus beyond his personal problems and his affair, and the question of whether there was a government coverup at some level? a lot of focus on susan rice, the ambassador who came on the show who said this was a spontaneous attack, not something terror related. she did testify about that the real issue we'll tackle this morning was had she contradicted the view of the administration, saying she did believe it was terrorism all along, and even at the outset, talking points given by the intelligence community to susan rice, that have the elimination of any reference to the terror attack. >> will this set up a confirmation fight where we talk about susan rice and her possible nomination to lead the state department. >> if the president nominates her to be secretary of state, one of the questions that will come up for mccain and graham. when secretary of state condoleezza rice was nominated to be secretary of state, she said publicly all kinds of things about iraq, that they had weapons of mass destruction, that turned out to be absolutely wrong, and they felt despite that she should be supported. it is hypocritical to say susan rice should not be supported because somehow she was behind a coverup? one of the things that will have to be addressed. >> this information was classified. should the american people expect that they will get everything handed out, just days after an attack like this? >> that is a question that intelligence chairs will be looking at in the con tegs of whether or not they were not calling what it was, or describing it in a certain way, so as not to tip off terrorists in terms of what they were thinking. >> okay. so we're going to shift gears. have you so much on your plate. how will you decide what to cover between benghazi, petraeus, broadwell, fiscal cliff. moving to fiscal cliff. that affects a lot of people in our area obviously. it seems like there is going to be a resolution of some sort. what is the possibility of this being long term? >> i don't think brinksmanship is a big strategy here for either side. i think the president has got leverage on taxes and he wants to see taxes go up on wealthier americans. they want to avoid these automatic spending cuts that will take affect by the end of the year. i think you'll see something that kicks us down the road a little bit into next year's congress to give them a little more breathing room, or they are going to break this up in a way and try to get some things done by the end of the year. the latter is what they are pushing for. the president wants to deal sooner rather than later. weariness on all sides about how they go about it. but there is a sense of the president feeling that the mandate here is for compromise and they don't want another, you know, drama-filled grand bargain negotiation that goes down. we'll be talking to the intelligence chairs. dianne feinstein, mike rogers, from the senate and house side respectively. lindsey graham is vowing to block rice's nomination. and we will also be talking about gaza, and what could be another war in the middle east. >> jam-packed show. now let's go to checuck. >> not a bad looking day outside today. cloud cover, sneaking back into the area. we'll talk about how long it will stick around, and whether or not it means rain for your forecast. don't go away. 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not a whole lot of worries, we are keeping a close eye on the area of low pressure on the carolina coastline. part of the reason we have the clouds on the increase, but for all of the folks that are traveling this week, look how quiet it is across the middle of the country. unsettled out to the west, most of that is going to be aiming up to canada. so not a big impact on the midwestern hub that is welcome news. that little area of storm is just down to the south. we need to keep an eye on it. high pressure blocking that low up the coast. the last couple of coastal storms, zipping right up the coastline. the area of high pressure will hold it at bay the next couple of days and eventually that storm drifting around that, eventually, it will drift on harmlessly out to sea. nonetheless it will help provide extra cloud cover around here. be ready for a cloudy stretch starting with the afternoon. today, starting with sunday, ending with mostly cloudy afternoon today. temperatures upper 40s and low 50s. all-important seven-day forecast. temperatures cooler than average with cloud cover around. no rain drops posted on the seven-day forecast. that is welcome news. wednesday, a big travel day. nothing big brewing on the horizon from a storm perspective and turkey day, absolutely spectacular. perfect weather to cook the turkey outside, go for a walk, spend quality time with your family or outside outside. while they spend time inside. >> play football outside. >> and championship football game in annapolis, 1:00, perfect weather for the game. >> thank you, chuck. also today, head over to the d.c. armory for a family fair. telemundo washington is holding its tenth annual family fair from noon until 6:00 tonight. meet telemundo's local news team and celebrities. the fair includes live music, food, and games for the whole family. it is free. you can even win a car. >> know those people? >> not yet. >> sound like you do. this morning, dozens of kids are waking up with their new families. the district finalized 34 adoptions on national adoption day. our own barbara harrison emceed the event. many children are still waiting for a family, however. you can find out more about adopting children on wednesday's child. a possible shakeup at the university of maryland as it could seen leave the acc and join the big ten conference. "the washington post" says that the school could announce a move within the next few days. maryland, a charter member of the acc in 1953, but moving to the big ten could help the school financially as the conference has a more lucrative tv contract. a rough day for teams in our area from the terps to the wizards. >> carol monthly annie has it all in the sports minute. >> good sunday morning, everyone. i'm carol maloney. we start with college football. senior day at bird stadium. terps hosting tenth ranked florida state. seminoles bringing it both sides of the ball. sacking the quarterback five times in the game. scoring 41 points against maryland. noles clinch a spot in the acc title game with a 41-14 win. to the hardwood. at least wizard fans looked good against the jazz. whiz started on a 14-point one, but wizards sent to their secretasecond straight 0-8 start of the season. redskins looking to pick up a win against the eagles, despite the 3-6 record, still in the race for the nfc east. rg3 knows they have to take care of business. >> the only thing on my mind, on the players' minds, we have to take care of what we can handle and control. that's the way i look at it. >> don't forget, d.c. united hosting the houston dynamo at 4:00 on nbc sports network. that's your sports minute. i'm carol maloney, hope your sunday is a good one. someone is going to have a very happy holiday season. no one won the powerball jackpot. so the big prize is getting bigger and bigger, numbers were 3, 15, 27, 58, 59. with the powerball number 20. no one won the jackpot, so it's now at $250 million. the next drawing is wednesday the 21st, so the winner can take a cash wpayout of $167 million. a man dying of cancer finds solace at church, but not the way you think. he was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer. he started taking long walks and found an old rundown church. couldn't get inside. so he would sit on the steps to pray. one day thomas got enough energy to start repairing the church, and get this, just as the church started to take shape, thomas' cancer went into remission. >> there has been a lot of tears shed on these steps. and they have been tears of joy, tears of pain. tears of blessing too. this is my way of saying thank you. >> the church isn't perfect yet. roof and floors still need work, but both the church and its repairman are better and they have been in than they both have been in quite some time. >> looks great. and you can hear in his voice how grateful is he. there really is something to be said the law of attraction. you know, the whole secret thing. i really do. i think you do something good like this, and you are going to attract in his case better health. >> good vibes. >> a good story for thanksgiving. a lot fwoe thankful for. >> and news 4's viewpoint. stay with us, everyone. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm richard jordan. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here to fill us in on the forecast. >> no complaints from the weather department today. i won't be complaining anyway. plenty of cloud on their way. it won't ruin your sunday by any stretch of the imagination. temperatures, 30s to around 40 for most. colder out west in the blueridge. temperatures in the upper 20s to just below the freezing mark. and milder down to the south and east. annapolis, to solomon island. mid 40s. a lot more cloud cover our way for today, so it won't be quite as bright and sunny, but you can see the bulk of the rain is way down to our south. so not really worried about the drops today, but that being said, morning sunshine giving way to more and more clouds as the afternoon wears along. temperatures, only one or two degrees today than yesterday. good weather for the redskins playing the eagles today. 1:00 at fedex field. partly sunny and on the cool side, but by late november standard, we can't complain. >> all right. >> thanks, chuck. top stories this morning, a 17-year-old boy faces a murder charge in the deadly stabbing of a 19-year-old montgomery county man. the man was stabbed to death at the woodley park metro station. thousands plan to march here in washington today over the controversial keystone pipeline. the event organized by 360.org which promises support to the president if he says no to the pipeline which would carry oil between canada and the gulf of mexico. demonstrators will assemble at freedom plaza before circling the white house. earlier this year, president obama blocked the the pipeline because of environmental concerns. many republicans criticized the president, saying the pipeline would have created thousands of jobs. redskins back after a bye week to take on television rival philadelphia. both on losing streaks with the redskins losing the last three games before the bye week, and eagles were losers for five straight games, kickoff at 1:00 this afternoon, at fedex field. some of the stories we're watching today. next nbc 4's viewpoint. >> we'll be back in a few minutes with another update. welcome to viewpoint. i'm jim handly. this morning, talking healthcare for d.c. residents, how the city is implementing the affordable health care act. our guest this morning, a business owner in northwest washington. also with us, chair of the d.c. health exchange authority, and kate sullivan hair, health policy expert and strategist as well. welcome to you all. great to see you again, doctor. >> thank you. >> let's start with hb x, for our viewers out there and for me, for all of us, we're trying to do this in a half hour, and it's a lot to tackle. the district has created the health care ehange authority who are building on obama care, the president's affordable health care act. tell us what does it do and what are the responsibilities of hb x? >> the exchange is the centerpiece of president obama's plan. this is the place where a consumer can go. by computer, by cell phone, you will go and have all of the different health plans at our eye level. so you can see how much they cost what the benefits are, and no more small prints no, more muckiness, a clean and neat way for preventing a way that the consumer can go, look at them, look at the plan that will meet your needs and buy it. >> this is shopping around. and one unified marketplace essentially. >> just like going on expedia or travelocity, you can compare prices, compare apple to apple. compare this plan with this plan and see how -- what benefits you will get. >> talk about the range of options, and it's very early. timeline, we're looking at 2014 in january, what type of range in terms of the benefits that are out there and the cost too. >> well, these for the first time will be standardized, one of the big changes from the affordable care act and we're waiting for federal rules coming through just next week. very new and being built. this is very typical right now to what people already have in the district of columbia for small businesses and individuals. we have a very high standard in d.c. and then there will be a range of choices for individuals who are buying this on their own, with their own dollars. they will be able to look at a range of out of pocket cost sharing, the deductibles from copays that you pay when you go to the doctor or pick up a prescription and they will see the prices for how much this will change. some people will calculate what the assistance will be and employees of small businesses, they will also know how much their employer is contributing, and perhaps of using more of their own dollars if they want to protect themselves against out-of-pocket costs, or to keep their dollars, it will be much simpler for them to compare the benefits, the koft sharing, than perhaps it is now, and hopefully we expect we'll have more choices as well. >> let's talk holiday from a small business perspective, we heard from a debate on capitol hill, about a year, year and a half ago, and small businesses across the country will have concerned. what were your initial concerns that you have now? >> it's interesting. the bill was first passed, surveys showed roughly 28 to 30% of small businesses said they will drop health insurance, recent study done. just this past october. dropped down to 3%, so i think as more information came about, about the law i should say now and the details, if you you will see how you can do more from a small business standpoint, i think for us, it's purchasing power. individuals over small groups don't have purchasing power, it helps us with competition from our sake. and small businesses whether we are small architectural firm, that you will be able to offer health insurance, comparable to larger -- larger firms, but also transparency. my employees can see what i can contribute and we can work together to bring belt best health care for our employers and residents. the biggest thing you will see here, about 150,000 individuals who will get small group or individuals. that market has no power. they will negotiate owning themselves. folks think about labor union, you are coming together to negotiate for a better -- for a better price and for insurance, your risk pool is large r able o pass this on. the cost for me is that compares to labor cost. it's at least 10% of business costs, that means is that sometimes i have to provide lower benefits. and premiums are high for my employees. that will change when the exchange is up and running. >> just getting started. a lot more to get to. right back after this break. welcome back to "viewpoint" again. we're talking about accessible to health care in d.c. you were talking about competition. that is key in making accessible to everyone. >> absolutely. absolutely. when you have insurance plans on the market, and everybody can see how much it costs and what the benefits are, then people start to compete. and then you have level playing field, many more players enter in, so we expect many more people coming in to d.c. marketplace to sell their insurance, and as a result of competition, prices go down, quality goes up. and that is all good news for the benefits or the consumer and small businesses, that's what this program is all about, so excited about it, that we have the opportunity to really be at the ground floor and build this thing up for our people. >> who isn't covered who would be covered? and the question out there, can you keep the coverage that you have now? >> right, there are assurances that so long as right now your plan has not changed. really their employer makes this decision for them, whether or not to substantially change the plan, we absolutely expect that given the marketplace right now in d.c., that the same participant in this market will be offering the same -- the same kinds of plans they are offering today. it may be the individuals or their employers makes the decision to go elsewhere. one of the key early decisions that we made in the exchange is that we're not going to close this market off. we are bringing the market together and unifying it and putting to the same pool all individuals and small businesses, soist a much more stable pool for individuals than what they may have right now. we'll take all comers. if an insurance company today is not doing business in the district of columbia, this could be very attractive. some of the co-ops that were a feature that were added during the debate, possibility that some of these nonprofit co-ops may come in. this is an exciting time for district residents. >> you employ how many workers. >> one 35, one 15. >> what are they getting that they don't now? will you make the selection choice, or will they have a say? >> we find providers that have the best coverage of rates, and employees with have a choice to take the best plan for them. we subsidize part of the coverage. talk about competition, lowering the cost of getting into the market, so the blue crosses, the ca kaisers, the advantage will be a level playing field, so as kate talked about some of the nonprofits, co-ops can come in here and me as an employer, i will be able to look across the field and be able to compare insurance companies and rates much better. more and more accessible, which i don't see now. oftentimes, go through a broker and limited to what the broker provides to up now we compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges for coverage for our employees. >> this is an individual mandate. everybody has to get in on this. >> that's correct. >> i was surprised to read that 93% of d.c. residents have health coverage, insurance coverage. does that include medicaid, medicare, in that figure as well? >> yeah. >> who doesn't have it? >> these are the folks who work for the small employers who make more money. they pay slightly above the poverty level or the people who may be between jobs, may be students, graduating, coming out of the school. and all of the people need insurance, need to be covered. the food news in all of this, there is an individual mandate. everybody needs to have insurance, but the plan is being laid out for them and they can get affordable insurance. if you can't get affordable insurance, there are subsidies available for individuals to buy insurance and subsidies available for business owners to get credit. tax credit, up to 50% of the cost of insurance they provide to employers. so there is an incentive built in. on one side, you have to have insurance, individual. and on the other side, it says we'll provide subsidies, and tax credits so you can buy it for them. a win/win for everybody here. we're very excited about it. >> one thing from a business standpoint. we talked about the tax credit. i think one concern business had, my employees choose the highest cost insurance. one of the things that this will take effect is that the is the cost for me is going to become fixed. we'll average the cost off across what health insurance would cost across the market and we talked about 93% of people in d.c. have insurance. a highly su lly insured market. i will have some idea what my costs will be. great in terms of me planning for expansion or planning for my payroll or anything from my business standpoint. i now have a better idea of what costs will be, and as well as you talk about for the insurance standpoint, that insurance companies will now have to -- and the law took affect in march of 2010, health insurance hasn't changed for my employees or really anyone in d.c. that insurance companies have to now spend 80% of their profits on medical care, not administration costs, not advertising, so more of the dollars that are going into the health care industry are going toward care. >> very interesting. good point. we'll take a break on that right now, and we'll share some important dates and a web address with you when we come right back. stay with us. i'm angie goff, here are some of the stories we're following this morning. a 17-year-old boy face as a murder charge in the deadly stabbing aof a 19-year-old montgomery county man. olajuwon griffin was stabbed at the metro station. arlington county residents upset about a plan for a new homeless shelter. yesterday, the plan was approved for a shelter on northeast 14th street. they want 24-hour security around the building. d.c. united hosted the houston dynamo today and led two of the eastern conference finals. after losing the first leg 2 3-1 last week, the red and black must win today by at least three goals to advance, the game starts at 4:00 p.m. on nbc sports network. more news, plus the sunday forecast in 15 minutes. now back to viewpoint. and welcome back to "viewpoint." talking about the health care exchange authority. let's talk about important dates consumers need to know. not talking about something immediate. pleasant ooh plenty of time to learn and study up. we're talking about 2014. >> january 1, 2014, individuals must have coverage in place or there is a tax penalty. assessed against them. there will be an open enrollment period beginning october 2013, at which point we'll have the website, the portal up and running, people will be able to do planned comparisons, and a lot of education leading up to this as well. throughout the calendar year of 2014. >> there was a federal grant that allows district and states to start this awareness or education process. >> right. right. i think there is general education of the public is one aspect, and as you said, people will have time to -- to review all of this, and grant also provided a navigator program, which means people who don't speak the language, for example, people like our diverse community where people come from different countries, so these navigators work for the people to try to explain to them how to go get health insurance. simply facilitatfacilitating, h somebody, and their salary paid by community based organizations. no charge for getting that information. and so easy a person can go online. they can get on the phoneline, they there is no wrongdoer. you get in one door and the exchange determines whether you are available for medicaid if your income is low, if it's a little higher, what kind of charge you can get. and what kind of subsidy you get and what other benefits come to you, and one-stop shop and no wrongdoers, you can enter through different places, fascinating, it just will be fascinating and looking forward to coming online. >> and the website that is already online right now. this is not the one that people go in and shop and pick, but it's --ith really kind of a preview of what things they need to keep in mind as they start to study this, and hb x dc.com. i wanted to ask you. you have, what, 35 employees at one business, 15 at another? do you envision multiple plans? could you have several different plans under what your business is? >> you could. i mean, that's the beauty of this thing. it is something that has worked for small businesses, individuals, large businesses as well. and for me, that -- from the competition standpoint, i get the owner of small market. whole foods down the street, they have scale of both -- economies of scale that i don't have. and i will be able to compete. my health care costs will be reduced and we'll be able to compare apples to apples. >> that's one of the advantages that we didn't have before. they can offer comprehensive and affordable care. >> impossible when you are ensuring 35 -- that's a large small business for some cases, many -- you know, consultants who work with two or three, a design company might have just a few employees. and it's impossible to offer two or three plans, even if you have the same insurance companies to have different types, hmo, ppo, or something in between. so this -- what one of the things that can happen with the exchange is an employer can establish -- i want to offer i'll pay for bronze level care. they put into law the so-called medal levels, bronze, silver, gold, platinum health care. and an employer can decide how much they want to pay. right now, a lot of employers frankly, a lot of very small businesses offer that coverage, the employer himself needs to have coverage for their family and pay for it 100%. that restricts employees to that employer's choice. they will have the chance to shop and find something that works for their family. >> what do you tell the small businesses out there? and we've heard from them, we're not going to be able to afford this. this is not the direction we want to go. what do you tell those people who are struggling as a small business right now in the economy and then add this in? >> one of the things that -- the mandate to provide coverage for businesses this only kicks in when you have more than 50 employees. >> more than 50? 5-0? >> we're in an exchange where it's voluntary for xwoorz who are offering coverage. the employees is not offering them coverage, they must obtain coverage themselves. so -- it is. one of the very important things that the law does, and with having the mandate in place, that everyone is in had it now, and there will be much less volatility and more predictability about premiums. >> very interesting. we'll take a break on that note. and be right back on "viewpoint." stick around. welcome back. talking about health care. want to go back to small businesses. you are confident you will be saving money when all of this is implemented. >> when all is said and done, i think we'll see much savings we can pass on to consumers and increase coverage for my employees. and in short, if you are above -- your employer above 50 employees, then are you going to see your ability to purchase insurance increased. if you are below 50 employees and able to offer insurance and increase coverage for a lower cost, and if you are below 50 individuals, the government, d.c., will not force you to. >> what do you see the biggest misconception when we talk about affordable health care, obama care, as some like to call it? >> that the government is taking over. here we are, and the way that this is organized, that the health benefits exchange, it's completely separate and dus tingt. we do it in partnership, and funding to get it up and running, not at all a government takeover. putting everyone in a government-run plan and i don't think it's a misconception. people are very intimidated about their health care choices and our -- particularly for me, the work i'm doing with the exchange, is to really make it less scary a easy to navigate. >> you had mentioned in the break, d.c. out there in the forefront of this first. really an xwengs. >> we are right up there and tomorrow is a deadline for submitting the application, telling them we will be ready to open the exchange, so we're very excited about this. the best part of all of this is that this is a win/win for the consumers. for the business community, and i think we are very helpful to get educated about this in the end. in the end, we will end up having a free and open market, which is coast effest effective provide many more choices for the people. >> it seems overwhelming at this point because it's so early. do you expect in a couple of years this will be second nature. every year will people get a chance to pick and choose and change? >> every year and very importantly. a couple of years from now, when we have all of the plans in, that's what we can really start getting more information about what the cost drivers are. bringing down cost of health care, better value, and helping providersan how they are doing, everyone will continually improve. >> you talk about a win/win. we want to talk about a business owner perspective. you see a win for your employees. and also being able to make them happier people when you are talking about a small business. >> i think retention is the biggest thing in terms of wanting to grow small business and you don't have -- be able to grow with your company for a long time. the ability for a small business to offer health care, comprehensive health care for the individual and his or her family is a boon for small businesses here as kate said. once everyone gets their skin in the game, we can figure how best to control the cost. >> a nice preview you gave us this morning. we have time, if you want to get another preview online. go to hb x dc.com. and thank you for having us in for "viewpoint." enjoy the rest of your day, everybody. now back to news 4 today. everyone knew him. he had a big impact on everyone. always the one that was there. >> friends and family remember a teen robbed and killed at a metro station this morning. what happened moments before his death and the people arrested for the crime. and a shocking revelation revealed on twitter. what she said that's getting national attention. >> good morning, welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. looks like another nice day on tap today. >> looking forward to it, chuck. >> glad you are looking forward to it, because mother nature will take it easy on us, just like last weekend. we won't get quite as beautiful of a blue sky today as we enjoyed together. that being said, just a couple of clouds out there this morning. not going to interveer with anything you would like to do outside today. there is the good news in the forecast. skies already starting to go over from partly to mostly cloudy and that will continue for the next couple of hours. nothing showing up on storm team 4 radar, no rain in the forecast for today. well down off the coast of norfolk to the outer banks of north carolina. staying away from us today. get some sunshine first thing this morning. clouds will continue to increase throughout the day. and temperatures will gradually reach from upper 40s to low 50s. big game tonigh rave ns at the steelers. we'll talk more about that coming up. a developing story in the middle east battle rages on as israeli and palestinian forces continue to fire back and forth between gaza and israel. israel expanding its range in the middle east, including a building that houses hamas' media operation. more than 200 rockets launched into gaza, killing at least 12 palestinians, a mosque has responded. thousands are waiting on the border awaiting orders to possibly invade the region. we'll hear strong debate over the person nominated to lead the secretary of state. susan rice, currently the ambassador to the united nations is expected to be nominated. some republicans are upset over her response to the deadly libya attack. but david gregory pointed out there was a similar incident with condoleezza rice. >> condoleezza rice had said publicly all kinds of things about iraq, based on intelligence that turned out to be absolutely wrong and yet they felt despite that she should be supported. so is it hypocritical for them to announce that susan rice shouldn't be supported because somehow she was behind a coverup? >> one of the republicans opposing rice will be on today's program. chair of the senate intelligence committee dianne feinstein. see it all at 10:330. president obama lanned in thailand to kick off a four-day trip around southeast isiah. the president will meet with the president of thailand and tour local monasteries, he will discuss foreign affairs. he will also visit cambodia for the east asia summit. and a historic visit when he stops in myanmar tomorrow. first time a sitting president visits that country. and people there are getting tight xooited. souvenir t-shirts and coffee mugs are being sold to commemorate the event. president obama will meet with myanm myanmar's president and activist aung sun su kyi. and those killed in attacks are mourning their loved ones. nine maryland boys were arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing at the woodley park metro station. olajuwon griffin was stabbed early yesterday morning. he was robbed in adams more goon, saw him again at the metro station where they stabbed him and robbed his friend. >> he was a good kid. i mean, two jobs, had his head on right. i think he was just trying to hang out and have a good time with his friends. >> i would never expect this to happen to owan. he was always the one that was there. whenever you needed him, he was just there. >> one of the boys arrested is a 17-year-old who faces a murder charge. due in court tomorrow. police this morning are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man in prince georges county. this happened early yesterday morning in the parking lot of the lowest price gas station on marten luther king highway. the maintain to the hospital where he later died. anyone with information is asked to call police. a father with his 4-year-old daughter by his side was robbed at an atm in montgomery county. police need your help to find the robber. police released surveillance pictures. you can see the robber pull the knife at citibank. and you can see the daughter looking at the thief as he walks in. the robbery happened thursday night. the man forced the dad to withdraw money before taking off. the victim was not hurt. two prince georges county police officers could be fired for their part in this video, meant to be a spoof on racial profiling of black drivers. the video showed two officers pulling over a driver and using derogatory language toward him. the police chief and head of the officer's union call the video inappropriate and denounce it. both officers on administrative leave. they will have a hearing next week to determine their fate. thousands expected to march in washington on? opposition to the controversial keystone pipeline. event organized by 350.org. supporters urge the president to say no to the pipeline which would carry oil between canada and the gulf of mexico. demonstrators will meet at freedom plaza before circling the white house. earlier this year, president obama blocked the pipeline because of environmental concerns. many republicans say that the pipeline will create thousands of jobs. many people noticed an unusually dark capitol building. the lights that illuminate the dome were turned off for scheduled maintenance. usually you can see the famous dome from miles away on any night. lights turned back on around 10:00. a new and controversial homeless shelter in arlington county, one step closer to being built. the board unanimously approved a $27 million plan to build a 27-million building. it includes office space and a year round homeless shelter. many who live around the building say it's a threat to their safety. the county will hold public meetings to hear concerns. second day for 495 express lanes in northern virginia. 14-mile stretch from north of the dull he is toll road to springfield interchange. you need an ez pass to drive them and an average toll during rush hour is expected to be betwe$3 and $6. car pools can drive for three. the real test will come tomorrow morning. >> the 495 express lanes will be a game changer, but they are new and different. new traffic signals, new signage. new ramps, really important to make sure before you get on the express lanes you know where you can get on and get off. >> there were three accidents on opening day. according to "the post," three people were hurt. and track work. trains single tracking twine tacoma and forest glenn. single tracking between east and west falls church, crews working on the silver line extension as well and the blue line, single tracking between stadium armory and addison road, everything expected to be back to normal for tomorrow morning's commute. metro working to make sure service members have a job with its their annual open house and career fair tomorrow. this event offers service members information about possible jobs with a transit agency. there will be same-day interview and even possible job offers. military open house is from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at the national building museum on f street in northwest d.c. the woman who will represent d.c. in the misamerica pageant is undergoing a double mastectomy. she'll go your honor the knife as a precaution. she says her mother died of breast cancer at an early age and the disease has affected many other women in her family. if she wins the ms. america pageant, they will have the surgery in 2014. if not, she'll have it next year. more on "today," copping up at 8:00. time right now, 7:40. big news about washington nationals player that was announced overnight on twitter. >> the deals and the don't -- the dos and don'ts and the deals about this. >> all of that. >> four things you should avoid buying if you want a good deal. >> and the land that could impact where you can park on game day near fedex field. and join us online this morning. on facebook and twitter. just search news 4 today, we are coming back in a moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security 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[ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. and would-be shoppers camping out for black every black friday sales, one store is preparing for the large crowd. best buy held a rehearsal. best buy opens on thursday at midnight with some door buster deals. and some serious bargain shoppers may head to the outlet malls this season. >> is outlet shopping really discounted? what's worth buying and what's not at outlet malls. >> i'm looking for bargains on designer items. >> i love to get high-end goods for a cheap price. >> reporter: is the price you pay at the out let really a deal? >> always do your search. >> andrea brown, don't presume you always get top quality merchandise. certain brands create inventory just for outlet stores. >> items that were never for sale in the retail store. they might be cheaper fabric, hardware that isn't the same kwaumt quality as the retail sale. >> reporter: children's clothing is a deal. quality not an issue. >> little kids clothes that only last one season, ridiculous to spend a lot of money more. >> reporter: a big don't. don't assume all prices are cheaper. kiplinger's says that's true for electronics and athletic apparel. >> outlet stores, same price as the refatail stores. >> reporter: don't buy suits. and don't buy outlet jewelry. >> you want something certified in terms of quality of materials used. >> what are the deals? shoes, often shipped directly from the retailer, same quality at a better price. another deal, luggage. also deals on house wares, such as witchen items. >> the thing with house wears that you fund at outlet stores, a lot of times, there my be small knicks in the paint. >> reporter: heading into the holidays, as long as you know what's real, you will know what is the best deals. >> getting something for your wife? >> reporter: she's already taken care of. >> one more deal, stop by the mall manager's office and grab a kwou upon book. don't assume just because the store is at the outlet mall, that it's a deal. some want to sell merchandise at the same price as your local shopping mall, and also a note about the coupons, i know i've done it. go online as well and printout a ton of outlet coupons, a whole pact. especially at the leesburg mall. >> a good tip. >> all right. the "today" show is next at nbc 4. >> let's get a preview. >> erica hill live from new york. >> good morning. coming up even sunday morning on "today," we'll take a look at fighting in the middle east. growing worse overnight. tell aviv your honor fire. and with thanksgiving right around the corner, a little shopping is on the memberu for a lot of people, so you look at the outlet malls, we'll take a look at new tactics, retailers using in their hope to get to you spend big bucks this season. also ahead, a story of courage and resilience, the misamerica contestant who is getting a double mastectomy. and the great white way may never be the same. jenna makes her broadway debut and gets helpful tips from mathd eau broderick. that on "today." >> he is the best. >> on "modern family" hilarious. hate to plug another network's show, but that's a good show. >> talented the guy. thank you. >> it is the holiday gift that everyone wants, the powerball jackpot. no one won yesterday's jackpot. numbers 3-15-27-58-59. powerball 20. since no one won, it is going even higher than that. that's right. 2$250 million up for grabs. next drawing is wednesday the 21st, and the winner can take a cash payout of 1$167 million. >> got to get a pool going. >> a clip for an extra five seconds. >> that would buy all of my christmas present. i would even buy you one. >> nothing like a cheap tie for someone who won 167 mill a live look at dulles airport. john f. kennedy dedicated washington dulles international airport. the airport serves more than 23 million passengers each year. 10,000 acre site is completing a mul multimillion dollar expansion. the expansion resulted in costs that could put it at a competitive disadvantage. and for as long as i've been around and flying out of dulles, always the airport i use, always under construction. >> and thoes of us downtown twelers, i like my national airport. i like national. the subway thing. >> something for everyone. >> exactly right. any airport will be busy this week. >> oh, my gosh. go ahead and leave for the airport now. that line at security by tuesday afternoon and wednesday that will be three miles of furbling. >> is that a real word? >> it's that line that goes back and forth. >> it's mostly a fake word. it's called a snigling. it's a word that should isn't a but should be i heard that on a nonnews show. and today not as pretty as yesterday. a little more in the way of cloud cover. won't interfere with anything you want to do outside. 46 now in annapolis. 3 waldorf and 40 in fredericksburg. 37 in leesburg at dulles international airport. and 24 degrees in you in market, maryland. great for the redskin and the eagles. partly sunny. if you are sitting in the shade. may have an extra cup of hot chocolate. winds 10 miles per hour. the big game right here on nbc tonight. sunday night football. the ravens in pittsburgh. taking on the steelers, clear and chilly in pittsburgh. not bad for steeltown weather. so for us, we've got some rain, just down across the outer banks of north carolina. part of an ocean storm which will keep our skies cloudy, won't bring us much if anything in the way of rain threat. a lot of people traveling, very quiet weather through much of the middle of country. worst weather for travelers across the intermountain west into the pacific northwest. flying all the way to that side of the country, you may have flight delays today and tomorrow, and big storm works its way on shore. midwestern hubs, chicago, detroit, cincinnati. no big problem and no winter storm on the way. that is welcome news. for us, the big area of high pressure is blocking this ocean storm, the last couple ocean storms have been able to run right up the coastline and that high pressure blocking it off, we'll get the clouds, yes, but it will keep the rain chances well down to the south. and that will drift around for the next couple of days and it heads harmlessly out to sea without bringing anything except annen hansed amount of cloud cover today, tomorrow and early tuesday. today, nothing to worry about. sun and clouds. clouds increasing as the day goes along. cool, on the whole a good day. temperatures, upper 40s and low 50s. and thanksgiving week holiday forecast. not so bad around here. temperatures will stay cooler than average in the low to mid 50s for the next couple of days, plenty of clouds around. sunshine starts to break out on the big travel day. that is wednesday. and it is beginning of thanksgiving day and day after, black friday, plenty of sunshine. for people who like to go sit out at the mall first thing in the morning, that's actually not too bad. temperatures upper 30s and low 40s for people out predawn early thursday morning. did you find furbling. >> not in merriam-webster. >> we found it in the urban dictionary. >> and also in the unword dictionary. >> not a real word. moving on. >> go ahead and grab your kids, head over to the d.c. armory. telemundo washington is hosting tenth annual family fair. runs from noon until 6:00 tonight. meet our local news team and local personalities. the fair includes health screenings, live music, food and games for the whole family. it is free and open to the public. you can even win a car. >> on. >> dozens of d.c. kids waking up with their new forever families. on national adoption day, the district finalized 34 adoptions. our own barbara harrison emceed the event yesterday. and you can help kids looking for that life long commitment. 120 children are still waiting for a forever family. you can find out more information about the children in d.c.'s foster care system on wednesday's child. redskins fans, listen up. may need to find a new tailgating spot because of zoning laws. "the washington examiner" says the space between herve and landover roads north of fedex field could close to the public. this after a disagreement between the owner and prince georges county. the lot has become a popular place to tailgate. the county council could decide to close it at the end of the year. >> the university of maryland could soon call a new conference home as there are reports it's planning to leave the acc. the washington post reports the school could vote as early as this week to join the big ten conference, maryland was a charter member of the acc in 1953. but moving to the big ten could help the school financially, as the conference has a more lucrative tv contract. it could also help with academics, expanding research in the agricultural andnerring fields. acc was not too kind to the terps yesterday. >> wizards searching for their first win of the year. we have it all in this year's sports minute. >> good sunday morning. i'm carol maloney, and your sports minute starts with college football. senior day at bird stadium. terps hosting tenth ranked florida state. both sides of the ball, sagging sean petty five times in the game. e.j. manuel and the offense not slaghing either. scoring 41 points against maryland. noles clinch a spot in the acc title game with a 41-14 win. at least wizards fans looked good against the jazz. the high-lying jazz sends wizards to the second straight 0-8 start to the season, they fall 83-76. redskins looking to pick up a win against the eagles today. despite the 3-6 record, still in the race for the nfc east. rg3 know these have to take care of business. >> fillies, only thing on my mind, on the players' minds, we have to take care of what we can handle and control. that's the way i look at it. >> and don't forget, d.c. united hosting the houston dynamo in leg two of the eastern conference finals on nbc sports network. that's your sports minute. i'm carol maloney, hope your sunday is a good one. good news keeps coming for the nationals, brice harper wins rookie of the year, davey johnson, top manager and now slugger michael morse is a married man. morse tweeted out this picture with his beautiful bride last night. he also thanked his teammates and coaches for coming to his wedding and apparently former nats catcher ivan rodriguez, quite the dancer, morse tweeted he stole the show. i'm going to check it out. i wonder if he was doing gangam style. >> that's the new wedding song. >> we will know soon. >> the big wedding song this year. that will wrap it up right now. a beautiful sunday according to chuck. >> absolutely right. no complaints from me. >> we will be back in 25 minutes with a local news update. >> until then, join us again at 9:00 a.m. for a full hour of news. have a good one.
at a ahmet to station. the attack happened early saturday morning at the woodley park station off connecticut avenue in northwest washington. that's where news 4's derek ward is live with reaction from his friends. derek, a very sad story. >> reporter: indeed, a very sad story. we reported on this earlier and we are learning more about the circumstances to this tragic incident. take a look at the scene from yesterday. 18-year-old olajuwon griffin, stabbed to death 1:15. nine juveniles arrested and we understand robbery was the motive. and that robbery occurred in the 1800 block of columbia road. later, the alleged robbers and another group which included the victim encountered one another on the platform at the station. and we talked to some of his friends, and they talk about the loss. >> everyone knew him. he was always the one that was there. >> the best person you would ever know. he's funny. a crazy person, like goofy. always having you laugh. >> police were on this immediately and a massive investigation began, we're also told several weapons were recovered from the platform, we'll learn more about the circumstances here as the investigation continues. live in northwest, news 4, back to up. >> thank you, derek. police trying to figure out who shot and killed a man in prince georges county. the shooting happened in the parking lot ofhe lowest price gas station on martin luther king highway. the maintain to the hospital where he later died. anyone with information is asked to call police. police need your help finning a man who robbed a father with his 4-year-old daughter by his side at an afternoon tm in montgomery county. police released surveillance pictures. you can see the robber pull a gun on the man. the daughter looks at the thief as he walked in. robbery happened thursday night. the man forced the dad to withdraw money before taking off. fortunately, the victim not hurt. new this morning, president obama in thailand, where he kicks off a four-day trip throughout southeast asia. the president holding a dual press conference with thailand prime minister. and he secretary of state hillary clinton visited a monday's tear, and president obama told the monks that he needs a lot of prayer to be able to solve the upcoming fiscal cliff. the president will also travel to myanmar, the first time a sitting president has visited that country. he'll wrap up a trip with a stop in cambodia. to a developing story in the middle east. missile strikes against buildings that house hamas' media operation. israelis and palestinians have combined. firing more than 350 rockets at each other in the past 24 hours. thousands of israeli forces assembled near the gaza border awaiting possible orders toin said that region. egypt's lead errs in the middle of the dispute and say a cease-fire between the two sides is possible. mohamed morsi met with leaders in turkey and qatar and ahead of hamm as. there are no guarantees but he's working to secure a cease-fire. benjamin netanyahu is willing to discuss a cease-fire when hamas agrees to stop rocket fire from gaza. lawmakers debating over the woman expected to be nominated to lead the state department. there are reports president obama will nominate susan rice to the post to replace hillary clinton. rice is currently the ambassador to the united nations. some republicans are upset over her handling of the deadly libya attacks. the "meet the press" moderator david gregory points out a similar issue out of the bush administration. >> condoleezza rice, also nominated to be secretary of state. she had, of course, publicly said all kinds of things about iraq, based on intelligence that turned out to be absolutely wrong. and yet they felt that despite that, she should be supported. so is it hypocritical for them to say susan rice should not be supported because somehow she was hunted a coverup? >> one of the republicans opposing rice, senator lindsey graham will, be on today's program. also on today, chair of the senate intelligence committee, democrat dianne feinstein. see it all right here at 10:30. today, thousands are expected to march through washington over the controversial keystone pipeline. protesters trying to tell the president to continue saying no to the pipeline which would carry oil between canada and the gulf of mexico. many republicans criticized president obama's move to stop the pipeline. they could have created more jobs. demonstrators will meet at freedom plaza this afternoon and head on over to the white house. if you notice capitol hill was a little darker than normal last night, there was a reason. police say the lights that illuminate the dome of the u.s. capitol were turned off for scheduled maintenance. usually you can see the famous dome from miles away on any given night. lights back on around 10:00. got a lot of calls on that one. >> yeah, they need to change light publics every now and then. >> even in the capitol. 9:06. a land dispute that could limit game day parking near fedex field. >> the move that could shake up the athletic program at the university of maryland. and a d.c.'s beauty queen's surprising revelation. news she shared with fans about herself on twitter. and join us online on facebook and twitter. we'll be back in a moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... 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"the washington examiner" report that the lot north of fedex field could close after a disagreement between the owner and prince georges county. the lot has become a possible place to tailgate since opening in 2005. if closed it will only be open until the end of the season. in the week ahead, it's beginning look a lot like christmas at the national zoo. on friday, zoo leaders will light up the park for zoo lights, from friday through sunday night through december 9th. then every day except for crust mass eve, new year's day and new year's eve. the annual tradition, absolutely free. but you need to pay for parking. president obama will make sure one turkey doesn't end up on the dinner table many he will pardon a turkey coming from harrisonburg, virginia. two birds will leave the fiomor. the tradition dates back to 1989 when george h.w. bush performed the first presidential pardon. the two big events everyone will talk about this week, thanks giving and black friday. more stores making like black thursday with toys r us, walmart, kmart, sears, target. nordstrom is against the thanksgiving creep, promising to keep its stores shut thanksgiving so employees can enjoy the holiday. someone is going to have a very happy holiday season, thanks to the powerball lottery, no one loan last night's jackpot. the numbers were 3-15-27-58-59. powerball 20. nobody won. and since no one won the jackpot. 250 million. next drawing is wednesday the 21st. winner can take a cash payout of 167 million. maybe someone won a smaller prize, though. >> perfect timing, everyone scrambling to get the funds together for all of the holiday pearce and the guests and everything. >> a few million always comes in handy. >> $1 67 million, not bad. washington nationals player announced overnight on twitter. and a tough decision, d.c. beauty queen made in order to protect her life many. rumors, back stabbing and peer pressure. how lawmakers are trying to stop workplace bullying. >> what to expect weatherwise as you prepare to travel for the holiday. chuck bell has your storm team 4 forecast, that's ♪ [ female announcer ] nature exists on the grandest scale... ♪ ...and in the tiniest details. ♪ and sometimes both. nature valley granola thins pack the big taste of granola and dark chocolate into one perfect square, under 100 calories. nature valley granola thins. nature at its most delicious. grab your kids, head over to the d.c. armory. meet telemundo's local news team and celebrities. the fair is free, open to the public. the family fair runs from noon until 6:00. music, games, prizes, fooding hopefully. >> hopefully. >> i have a question. >> what's your question? >> que siempo ace? >> what time is it? >> i think she wanted to ask what the weather was. >> this is why i had to take summer school at george mason for spanish. because i didn't pass the first time. >> i think she meant the weather. it goes for both. >> all right. i could say como esta tiempo. >> clouds are totally on their way in for a little bit later on. no rain drops, don't need to worry about the unum brela for sunday. outside we go. a fine looking morning. still a little hint of small color left in and around the urban center. nice dark reds on some of the oak trees alongside the potomac. today won't be as pretty as yesterday. nothing really to complain about. 45 at national airport. temperatures up to the low and mid 40s. 43 in college park. and 45 in honey town maryland. and 46 in springfield. 40 in reston. perfect weather for the redskins, if you are heading out to fedex field. upper 40s to around 50 degrees with a mix of clouds and sunshine. hometown forecast. this one is for you, toward the blueridge. nice looking day. temperatures near 50 degrees by noon time. flirting around 50 for most of the afternoon hours. back down to the 40s by 6:00 tonight and by -- gets down toward 11:00 tonight. temperatures back down to the upper 30s. we're also going to be having on nbc tonight. game of the week. ravens are in pittsburgh taking on the stealer, clear and chilly. up into three rivers heinz field stadium. good weather for the game. off the carolina coastline. rain far north and far southeastern as virginia. and far southernmost maryland. might get a drizzly drop tomorrow to tuesday. quiet weather for much of the middle of country. big storm out west. travel plans bring to you the pacific northwest. a lot of wind and rain. but luckily no big snowstorms headed into the upper midwest. planes changing in chicago, detroit, no problems there. for us, high pressure in charge, blocking this area of low pressure in the carolina coastline. the last few ocean storms come running up the coastline. this one will not do that. this big area of blocking high pressure. will keep the rain across southern virginia in the outer banks of north carolina and an abundance of clouds through monday and tuesday as well. and this storm will move on out to sea, and once it does so, it will be fairly well entrenched as late as tuesday morning, those clouds will start to pull out on wednesday, the big travel day up and down the eastern seaboard. much, much easier for travel. today, nothing to complain about, sun giving way to clouds later this afternoon. on the cool side. a nice day to be outside. all important seven-day forecast. quiet weather. no big storms on the horizon. nothing coming our way. about number big ones across the bulk of the u.s. that is good for travel. plenty of clouds. not a lot of sunshine. sunshine challenges. start to see sunshine on wednesday. turkey day, a big 60 with sunshine. perfect weather, have your first turkey dinner around noontime. go walk around the block. second, around 4:00, 4:30. and then turkey sandwiches. thanksgiving only comes once a year and that turkey that thing does not need to see friday morning. >> got to start fasting now. plenty of room. thanks, chuck. and we often hear about kids being bullied at school. what about being pushed around at the work police? state lawmakers are looking at ways to protect adults who are targeted at the office. >> everybody hears about children being bullied at school. little bullies grow up to be big bullies. >> i hung in there, hung in there, until it made me so sick i couldn't hang in there any more. >> susan baker became a target of workplace bullying. she says the backhanded comments and back stabbing by her boss were unbelievable. >> asking team members not to talk to you anymore, not to socialize with you, that's a perfect example. >> susan is like one in six americ americans. it could be repeated verbal abuse, threats, or sabotage. the director of the workplace bullying institute calls it an epidemic. >> statistics show it affects 35% of adult americans. that's 54 million americans in the workforce. >> he leads the campaign tone act the healthy workplace bill. produced in 21 states, including maryland. the bill makes it illegal to bully at work. maryland state senator jeremy raskin introduced it in 2011. it never made it out of committee, but he has hope. >> it's a cultural process we'll go through to arrive at the idea that people have the right to a work environment where they are not being bullied. >> if passed, this legislation would give businesses the power to fire offenders. there is hope that somebody will sponsor the bill that won't cost tax bayers a dime. >> reporter: it gives employees the ability on the right to seek a bully as an individual. for susan, passage would mean bager payoff. victims not afraid to use their voice. >> they'll be able to speak up faster, they won't think twice about going to human resources and getting the problem looked at from day one. >> and since this story first aired, many viewers wrote news 4 about the personal stories about bullying. for more information about workplace bullying and resources, visit workplace bullying.org. >> a possible shakeup at the university of maryland it could leave the acc and join the big ten conference. the school could vote on the issue and announce the move within the next few days. maryland, a charter member of the acc in 19 53, but moving to the big ten could help the school financially as the conference has a more lucrative tv conference it could also help in the agricultural and engineering fields. acc not too kind to the terps yesterday. >> wizards searching for their first win of the year. we have it in this morning's sports minute. >> good sunday morning. i'm carol maloney, sports minute starts with college football. senior day at bird stadium, terps hosting tenth ranked florida state. seminoles bringing it from both sides of the ball. sacking sean petty five times in the game. e.j. manual and the offense not slacking either. 41 points against maryland. noles clinch a spot in the acc title game with a 41-14 win. to the hardwood. wizards fans looked good against the jazz. an 11-point run. the high-flying jazz sends wizards to the second straight 0-8 start to the season. they fall 83-76. red skins looking to pick up a win against the eagles today. despite the 3-6 record, they are still in the race for the nfc east. they have to take care of business. >> the only thing on my mind, these players' minds. we have to take care of what we can hanel, what we can control. >> d.c. united hosting the houston dynamo at 4:00 on nbc sports network. and that's your sports minute. i'm carol maloney, hope your sunday is a good one. >> thanks. wedding bells ringing for nats player michael morse. this is his beautiful bride. he dweeted out the picture last night. thanks teammates and coaches for coming to his wedding and apparently former nats catcher ivan rodriguez is quite the dancer, and morse tweeted he stole the show. the woman representing d.c. in this year's misamerica pageant will undergo a double mastectomy. she is set to compete later this year if she wins, they will wait a year so she can fulfill her duties. if she doesn't win -- let's hope she does -- she will pursue it sooner than that. a history of breast cancer in her family prompted her to make this decision. pretty girl. >> using her platform for a great cause. tweeted about 11 years ago. feeling so humbled and blessed that this discussion about proactive women's health has been ignited and received much response from different women in the area who have been affected by breast cancer. >> it will get people talking. >> a role model. coming up, military members will be given an offer from metro tomorrow. and twinkies and sno balls might be disappearing after all. a shocking discovery at a good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm richard nor dan. >> and i'm angie goff. you don't want to stan with us much longer, so he stepped outside. >> who could that be? let's go to chuck bell. >> couldn't take it anymore. strongly worded i suspect. not a bad looking day outside. still getting more than enough sunshine through the ever increasing number of clouds, cast a couple of shadows. that northeasterly breeze out here, definitely going to need a light weight jacket if you are spending a lot of time outside. unless are you moving quickly to get blood flowing. the top of the tower, looking out to the west. a little more cloud cover today than yesterday. temperatures responding nicely to the sunshine we are seeing. 45 already at national airport. 47 in shady side, edgewater, maryland. 46 in triangle. 45 in culpepper, toward the blueridge and shen dough wa. 36 in toms brook and so your sunday planner, plenty of sunshine for now. clouds increase as we go through the day. north easterly breeze substantial as well. so little bit of runoff factor. a lot more clouds than today. if you need to feel good, do sdwroufr outside today. see you back inside in a few. >> thanks, chuck. six people recovering after two police helicopters collided in california. investigators believe the crash happened when one chopper landing while the other taking off in pasadena. six people hurt, including five police sr officers, they are expecting to survive their injuries. the national transportation safety board is investigating. new video of an oil platform that caught fire friday morning in the gulf of mexico. >> may day, may day. >> something just blew up. >> a tv crew was nearby when the rig exploded. yesterday, the body of one of the missing crew members was found at the bottom of the sea. another crew member is still missing, and at least four others are in the hospital. the ceo of black elk injury, which owns the rig, says it's a difficult time for the company and for the injured workers. >> you know, it's an emotional situation, and the very best i can do is comfort them, reassure them, and get them back to their families. >> investigators believe vapors ignited as workers used a blow torch on an oil line. warning signals were used at the railroad crossing where a parade float full of veterans was hit by a freight train. the ntsb says signals activated seven seconds before the float crossed the tracks. four veterans much the iraq and afghanistan war were killed and more than a dozen injured when a train crashed into the parade float. cameras from a police vehicle and the front of the train. a bizarre story in idaho. police are trying to figure out who broke into a zoo in boise and beat a monkey to death. two men were seen running away from the primate exhibit. one of the men dropped a baseball cap with a skull design. then the guard found one of the monkeys hurt. it later died. no other animals appeared to be injured. sandy's impact have crewed clearing out damaged areas. the city of new york plans to demolish dozens of homes damaged by the superstorm. crews will bulldoze 200 moemz on staten island and queens and brookl. crews expected to clear out another 200 homes that were either burned down or washed away when sandy came ashore. the buildings department will still meet to inspect 500 homes and businesses. those could also be put on a teardown list. no word whether homeowners will be able to rebuild in the disaster zone. many were built 50 years ago. police are trying to figure out why a woman drove into a convenience store in prince georges county. she crashed into the front window of 7-eleven. nobody inside was hurt. it will take a while to clean up. >> it was an accident. you know, i can't be upset because this happened. you never know what's going to happen. >> and the owner says the store is open for business while they make the repairs. the woman in the car was not seriously hurt. arlington county made the first step toward approving plans for a new controversial homeless shelter. the board unanimously voted in favor of buying a $27 million seven-story building on north 14th street including office space for county employees and year-round homeless shelter. many people living in the neighborhood are upset about the plan, saying it's a threat to their safety. if the city approved the purchase, the county will hold public meetings to hear their concerns. second day for virginia's new 495 express lanes, but the first true test will be tomorrow morning's commute. 14-mile stretch runs with an average toll of $3 and $6. there were three accidents yesterday on opening. "the washington post" says two teens hurt when one lost control of a car near braddock road. track work causing delays on three metro lines. trains single tracking on the redline and also single tracking between east and west falls church on the orange line. crews working on the silver line extension. and on the blue line, single tracking between stadium armory and addison road. everything will be back to normal for tomorrow morning's commute. tomorrow, metro, opening its doors to help members of the military find jobs with its third annual open house and career fair. it officers service members about possible work with the transit agency. the open house is from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. tomorrow at the national building museum on "f" street northwest. >> h twinkies and other beloved treats from hostess may not be going away for long. a mexican cap my be working to keep them on the shelves. lower sugar price in mexico may be the secret to keeping the product in production. and the company likely had their eye on ho stes for more than a decade. >> i love my snoballs. there was an ad created. save the twinkies, where you could share your video with your own personal experience. >> that's a little much. why today marks the first full day of new beginnings for one very special group of children. and the testimony that you might inspire to head to sunday service. meet a man who says the power of prayer helped to save his life. you're watching news 4 today. 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[ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios has whole grain and 110 delicious calories. ...more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios in multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. drum roll, please. we have a big award to hand over to mr. chuck bell. chuck bell nbc 4. >> mr. lgbt personality. >> very nice. i guess we haven't had all of these other things, we haven't had a chance to get it out. thanks to everybody who participated. we had a great party and everything. thank you very much for everybody who voted for me to be their favorite lgbt tv spernlt. >> why weren't we invited? >> it was a very restrictive guest list. my other half didn't get to come. he was busy doing other things, very sweet. thank you to everybody who voted. as a thank you, i will keep all the crazy weather away for your thanksgiving week. you're welcome a little in chance, everybody. nothing to worry about. clouds come into the area for today, and they'll stick around for the monday/tuesday time frame. rain drops nothing to worry about around here and no big blizzard in the midwest this year, we've had some thanksgiving doozies in the past in denver, and chicago, and welcome news for the busiest travel week of the year. still, plenty of filters sunshine getting through downtown washington. you can see the sun bouncing off the south side of the washington monument and the south side of jefferson memorial there. but you can definitely tell the skies are going from the beautiful blue we had yesterday over to much more of a filtered gray color for this afternoon. 45 still in washington. and having just been outside on the weather deck that northeasterly breeze, in the shade and not moving around, a little bit of a november chill out there. your hometown forecast in annapolis today, a mix of clouds and sunshine. temperatures up to 53 degrees, championship game between damantha, good council. big championship game kicks off at 2:00. the studio cheering for is it dam damantha. you folks in southernmost maryland, and ocean city, the tip of the delmarva peninsula may have to worry about a drizzly drop or two from tomorrow to tomorrow night. the air mass in place for today is dry enough to eat up most of the drops for now. a close eye on the storm for the next couple of days. high pressure will keep it down to the south. last few ocean storms able to make their way up through the eastern seaboard. that will not happen as long as they have this big area of high pressure blocking it out. we'll be mostly cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy tomorrow. 8:00 tomorrow morning, and all the day tomorrow, a little more sunshine further north and west you live and travel. the storm hanging off around the coastline. eventually right on out to sea. doesn't look like it get far enough north to bother anybody and will stay away from the airport hubbs on the eastern seaboard. sun giving way to cloud cover. on the cool side, still a nice day. good day for the led skins and the eagles, kicking it off at 1:00 at fedex field. temperatures at upper 40s to low 50s. and don't forget on sunday night. football night in america. the ravens and the steelers in pittsburgh. clear skies and chilly for the game up in pittsburgh. here is our seven-day forecast. plenty of clouds around here the next few days. not much if anything in the way of rain chance. definitely welcome news. dry things out in time for the biggest travel day, wednesday. thursday and friday, perfect weather for eating and shopping. >> perfect. >> thanks. >> good combo. >> it is. this just in from d.c. united. the team is opening standing room only tickets for today's game at rfk stadium. they will play the houston dynamo in the second leg of eastern conference finals after losing the first leg 3-1. d.c. must win by three goals today in order to advance. today's match starts at 4:00. and catch it in person or on the nbc sports network. time is 10 minutes until 10:00. cancer patient says his diy project saved his life. the inspiring story of faith and perseverance. you're w [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin too bad the guys aren't here we're clear. ok, swarm! swarm! hello [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. let the making begin nbc 4, your place for politics, up next, the chris matthews show. >> followed by "meet the press." here is a look at what's on the show today. >> many of us are consumed by the petraeus story. how does the cia director forget the walls have ears? you can't trust many people and why do powerful people take these risks? plus, some of the fiscal cliff talks will concern raising the age for medicare and even social security. we need to put off retirement even longer? join me with a great roundtable. now for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press. >> thanks, chris. good morning, richard and angie. obama administration national security team under fire over the petraeus affair and battle over benghazi. this morning, the key voices on "meet the press"ful intelligence chairs of house and senate. mike rogers, dianne feinstein join me, also lindsey graham, south carolina republican leading the charge against the president's u.n. ambassador, susan rice is a nominee for secretary of state. all of this happening while the president is trying to get something done with congress over avoiding the fiscal cliff. and the future of the republican party. all coming up on "meet the press." and after the program, my press pass program with an inside look at lincoln with president historian fdoris kaernz good wi. a man diagnosed with cancer and given just weeks to live finds solace at church. not in the way you might think. greg thomas was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer three years ago. on long walks to clear his head, he found an old rundown church. he couldn't get inside, so he would sit on the steps to pray. and one day, thomas got enough energy to start repairing the church. get this just as the church started to shape up, thomas' cancer went into remission. >> there has been a lot of tears shed on these steps. and they have been tears of joy, tears of pain, tears of blessing too. this is my way of saying thank you. >> repairs aren't finished just yet. its roof and floors need some work, but both the church and the man fixing it up are better than they've been in quite some time. >> and you were saying before, you know, it was him helping to fix the church, make it better. but he ended up being the one to benefit from all of this. >> absolutely right. >> about a five-minute story by an nbc affiliate in minnesota, kare 11. i tweeted the link to the whole story. i went online and it's really quite phenomenal. >> a lot to be thankful, as with do we all. >> you're bigr big award. >> i won't be here next weekend, happy thanksgiving to all of you. i'm happy for many things, including one more point than the other guys. >> me too. >> we'll be here throughout the week. thanks, again. >> thank you, everybody. enjoy your day. we get started dark and early tomorrow morning at 4:28. >> see you later. >> happy thanks giving.
degrees. i'm back in ten minutes with a look of the rest of your monday. now a look at traffic with danella. good morning. the first 4 traffic center, here is what we're tracking for you. traveling around the beltway, heads up in virginia if you're taking the inner loop in the express lanes as you make your way near route 50 a broken down car there blocking your right lane. again, that's in the express lanes on the inner loop of the beltway. over to i-95 in maryland between the baltimore beltway traveling if laurel and continuing to the capital beltway both directions here. your travel lanes are open. over to bw parkway, the same story here between the beltways, baltimore and capital beltway, a live look at 32 again in both directions, north and southbound. b.w. parkway your travel lanes are open. i'll be back in ten minutes. aaron and eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. all eyes on the senate today as we creep closer to a government shutdown. congress has a midnight deadline to strike a deal or the money will run out. coming up on 5:03 now, the house voted to approve a plan this weekend but is considered dead on arrival by senate democrats. now the ball is in their court and what they could decide could have a huge impact on federal wokers. melissa mollet with a preview of what we could see today. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as we have been saying the countdown is on, aaron. 19 hours until this deadline and, of course, they set the meeting at 2:00 today before this potential shutdown. now the house plan, of course, we've been talking a lot about this, that plan is to delay key parts of the affordable care act, the president's plan by one year, in order to avoid a shutdown. senate majority leader harry reid saying democrats will kill that proposal later today obama, of course, has said he will not let the law be gutted and the exchanges are still on schedule to open on tuesday. now something else to think about a lot here is the federal workers. we're talking about 800,000 federal workers that would end up being furloughed, they would end up not being paid. they would have to report on tuesday but after about four hours, if they are not essential employees, they would be sent home. we'll have much more on this story for you this morning. on capitol hill, melissa mollet, news 4. it is now 5:04. listen to this, as many as 700,000 workers in our area could take some financial hit if the government shuts down. that's according to "the washington post." one economist says about 60% of the 377,000 local federal workers could be forced to stay home. government contractors will also be hurt. 20% will be affected. stay with news 4 as we tick down the hours until the shutdown deadline at midnight and head to nbcwashington.com for ten ways a government closure could affect you. new this morning, we've learned that the justice department will launch a lawsuit this morning against north carolina over tough new voting rules. the state's new law scales back early voting and imposes more strict voter identification requirements. the obama administration is trying to fight back against a supreme court ruling that struck down a powerful part of the voting rights act. republicans say the new laws are meant to prevent voter fraud. democrats say they discriminate against minorities and students. happening today in month fwomry county, construction gets under way on two projects that would bring both housing and shopping just steps away from the metro. the groundbreaking ceremony set for today for two buildings near rockville pike and twinbrook parkway in rockville. the buildings will put hundreds of new apartments and a safeway right next to the twinbrook metro station all expected to open in 2015. if you're looking for something to do today or have a few extra minutes, you may want to visit the national aquarium. after 81 years it will be closing its doors in the basement of the commerce building for good tomorrow. renovations to the building were forcing the aquarium out. they are planning to move the animals to the national aquarium in baltimore. the redskins won't be in action until october 13. that game against the cowboys could be for first place. the redskins finally won their first game of the season by beating the raiders. they're 1-3 this season but only a game out of first place, and that is because dallas lost yesterday. you can watch the skins and cowboys game in two weeks right here on nbc 4. >> it's awesome. what a turnaround. the feud over who is to blame for the impending shutdown spreading to cyberspace this morning. how both republicans and democrats are trying to win your support. plus, a fiery scene playing out in california after a small plane slams into a building. also ahead, why social media sites like facebook may truly be making it hard to move on after a breakup. tom? good morning. a chilly start this monday morning. partly cloudy down into the 40s much of the region. a look ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i want a governor who's focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. who's ken cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia? ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro. american doctors are scaling back when it comes to prescribing certain types of medication to young children. looked at more than 43,000 kids ranging in age from 2 to 5. they found 43% of kids were diagnosed with a behavior disorder and given medication between 19949 and 1997. in 2009, that percentage dropped to 14%. researchers believe the prescription slowdown is because of the strong warnings in the early 2000 about suicide and heart disease linked to some of the drugs being prescribed. a heads-up for anyone who just broke up with his or her boyfriend or girlfriend. don't look at their facebook or twitter anymore. social media is making a bad breakup worse by prolonging the grieving process. it could hinder our ability to forgive and move on. >> just about 5:11 now on our monday morning. 59 degrees outside our studios now. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is keeping track of our forecast. another nice day ahead? >> we're off to a chilly start. in the rural areas and many of our nearby suburbs only down to 50 degrees. later today we'll have a nice warm-up. in fact, dramatic change by noontime. it'll be in the low 70s by midafternoon. it's going to feel like summertime, into the upper 70s with increasing sunshine after a partly cloudy morning. even warmer as we get into midweek. we'll look at that coming in about ten minutes at 5:21. good morning, danella, how is traffic? good morning, tom. well, for folks traveling the beltway i'm still tracking a disabled car there. this is the inner loop of the beltway in the express lane. as you are traveling inner loop in the express lane that right lane is blocked closer to route 50. very light volume. let's shoot over this time to the dulles toll road. making the trip all the way out from leesburg heading inbound to the beltway, your travel lanes are open in both directions on the toll road. and i-95 trafficking an accident there. the ramp to 32 still shut down. aaron and eun? 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[ male announcer ] switch to spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank and get unlimited transactions. limit the stress, unlimit your business. red's my color. what's in your wallet? welcome back at 5:15. the halls of congress may be quiet this hour but with the showdown shutdown looming, plenty are making their voices heard online including lawmakers and some of those who would feel the biggest impact. news 4's angie goff is here with more on that. people are really fired up over this, angie. hearing a lot of chatter. two top trending topics in d.c. this morning and we're watching a case of the dueling hash tags play out on twit with speter an president responding to the other side with enough already. using that hash tag in most of his tweets. warning after potential lapse in funding to answering shipment questions. federal agencies are all over social media trying to soften the possible blow. and we're also hearing how you're preparing for the unknown. a friend was told to report to work tomorrow and wait for an e-mailed furlough instruction. public health worker michael -- maybe he says it best, posting this picture, saying that hard times call for desperate measures, punctuated with that word rising in popularity on line for all the wrong reasons furlough. what are you going to do if a shutdown happens? we're talking about it on our facebook page this morning. >> those were coupons, right? >> this they were coupons. >> thank you. stay with news 4 throughout the day as we work to cover every angle of the shutdown showdown and stick around at 7:00 for the "today" show and more on how missing the deadline could affect you. molette green has breaking news. aaron, we're watching an extraordinary scene out of california this morning where firefighters worked into the night to put out the flames after a small jet crashed in a a hangar at santa monica's airport. the twin engine cessna say tags took off from idaho last night, and it went off the right side of the runway and struck the airport. no word yet on casualties or how many people were inside. a plane this size can hold eight passengers and two crew members. the blaze caused minor it damage to two other buildings. but that hangar is destroyed. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you. molette, thank you. two intelligence agents say an american drone strike killed four suspected militants in the northwestern part of the country. they say the area is dominated by warlord fighters known to carry out attacks against nato troops in nearby afghanistan. it is the second drone strike in as many days. three sprekted militants were killed in the tribal areas yesterday. chemical weapons inspectors are getting ready to head to syria. today they will begin the months long process of making sure the country's chemical weapons are destroyed. their plan is to scrap the country's ability to make the weapons by november 1 and ultimately destroy their current ones by mid-2014. this comes days after a u.n. resolution promising to get rid of syria's weapons supply in a response to a deadly attack that killed more than 1,400 people. syria will likely be high on the agenda for israeli prime minister net thnetanyahu. he will meet with president obama later this morning at the white house. the two are expected to talk about seyria as well as iran jut days after iran's new president hassan rowhani had a historic phone conversation with president obama. the first time leaders from the u.s. and iran have spoken in more than 30 years. and prime minister netanyahu will be coming from new york where he visited the u.n. yesterday. today the 68th session of the u.n. general assembly resumes after pausing for the weekend. president obama spoke there last week. leaders from each member country are expected to pick off right where they left off debating the interests of their nations as well as other issues including iran's nuclear weapons program. the cause of a fire on the bay bridge in maryland under investigation, traffic came to a standstill with heavy amounts of smoke pouring from beneath the westbound side of the bridge. for two hours the bridge was closed off while crews put out the flames and then assessed safety. maryland highway engineers gave the bridge the all clear and traffic resumed about 8:00. construction crews are working on the bridge earlier in the day but no one has linked that work to the fire. a fatal crash in fairfax put a new family in the hospital. police say a man was driving the wrong way down the fairfax county parkway when he hit another car head-on. the collision cause d the woman in the other car to go into labor. she did safely deliver the baby, but everyone involved is under close observation at the hospital right now. the driver of the first car that was going the wrong way was pronounced dead at the scene. 5:20 is your time now. the day ahead, the brother of hollywood star mia farrow is expected in a maryland cram for sexu sexually abusing two boys. john charles farrow pled guilty to two counts of child abuse in anne arundel county. a judge is expected to sentence him today. investigators say two men came forward last year saying farrow abused them between 2000 and 2008 when they were younger. the abuse happened at his home in the edgewater area. he faces up to ten years in prison. it is now 5:20. amanda knox's second appeals trial for the 2007 murder of her british roommate is under way in italy. the american student was acquitted and released back in 2011. but italy's highest court decided to overturn the case. the court cited inconsistencies including the question of a motive and dna evidence as a reason it to retry the case. knox will not travel to italy for this trial. she may testify video. and coming up amanda nok's ex-boyfriend is sitting down with is a vsavannah guthrie in "today" show exclusive. we'll find out if he plans to return to italy to testify in the case. that's at 7:00 here on nbc 4. right now, though, it is 5:21. weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 1s. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein for a look at our forecast. beautiful outside, tom. it's still dark. we're about 1:40 away from sun rise. that's a live view from the nbc 4 city camera overlooking capitol hill under a mostly clear sky. a few clouds are drifting in from the west but between the clouds you can see some of the autumn constellations early on this monday morning here in the storm team 4 weather center. getting reports from all of our observers of temperatures down into the 40s much of the region with a little bit of patchy ground fog. you do need a light swrakt be and if you're going to be at the school bus stop through the morning, in the upper 40s to low to mid-50s over the next couple of hours and then by 8:00 should be in the upper 50s, partly cloudy. a very light wind this morning. and later today as we warm up we will be into the low 70s by noontime. here is your hour by hour storm team 4 forecast afternoon highs reaching the upper 70s by midafternoon and then by this evening under a mostly clear sky it will drop back down into the 60s by mid to late evening and then not as chilly tomorrow morning. upper 50s much of the rejob. a little bit warmer tomorrow afternoon. storm team 4 four day forecast afternoon highs on tuesday with lots of sunshine should make it into the low 80s tomorrow. and then i think it will be even warmer on wednesday. should be into the low to mid-80s braefl fbriefly on wednesday. lots of sunshine. and then we'll have another cool morning on thursday. the upper 50s and low 60s. but another warm afternoon on thursday and again friday, highs near 80 as well as on saturday. storm team 4 seven-day outlook. a look at your weekend. we'll have it partly cloudy saturday, the low 80s. sunday looking increasingly cloudy. might get some showers late in the day. that's the next chance of rain. i'm back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast. danella, how is traffic? good morning, tom. in the first 4 traffic center, we'll start with the rails because a minor delay on the marc 870. delays just six minutes. metro and vre no delays right now. over to the roadways, still quiet out. a closer look for folks traveling d.c. 295. as you travel bw parkway between greenbelt and all the way to oxon hill in both directions your travel lanes are open. not seeing any accidents and no delays for folks. 395 looks good. a clear commute for folks traveling between the beltway and heading to the 14th street bridge in both directions clear with very light volume. crossing over the 14th street bridge as you make your way into the district, again, no accidents here and no delays. i'm back in ten minutes. over to you. danella, thank you. 5:23 is your time now. a new plan in the the works for the stalled celebrate virginia north development project in stafford county. silver companies is proposing a new 192 apartment unit complex as part of an 18 acre project. it is smaller than the original 92 acre proposal rejected over the summer. the company will present its new proposal tomorrow with the board of supervisors and the planning commission. right now commuters in new york city and connecticut may be getting a little bit of relief. about half of all trains are finally able to run along a busy stretch of track that lost power last week. crews have been working around the clock since wednesday to try to to get them temporarily working. tens of thousands used the metro north railroad every day to get between manhattan and new haven, connecticut. a permanent fix is still several weeks away. happening today, city and transportation leaders get ready to celebrate 25 years since union station reopened its doors. a number of businesses inside the station are celebrating as well and throughout the day you can see a number of artifacts, photos from throughout the years as well as an interactive model of future plans to expand the station. the station was originally built in 1907. it cost $160 million to restore it and reopen it in 1988. a beautiful place. if if you live in virginia, you should know the state is creating a database with your personal information. according to "the richmond times dispatch," it will include your driver's license number, your address and some other information, too. the state says the electronic database will help uncover fraud. the aclu says it makes it easier for someone to invade your privacy. the nsa could be checking your face back as much as you do. "the new york times" revealed more classified documents showing more social surveillance. the new information leaked by federal fugitive edward snowden said the nsa was watching america's online activity since 2011. some of the more commonly trolled places, facebook, twitter and even gps information. >> the government is putting together databases from our personal lives and our professional lives to basically tell a comprehensive story of how we are living every day. >> the nsa says there have been no willful abuses of its program but also admitted that employees have been caught using their surveillance authority to listen to and spy on their girlfriends, boyfriends, and spouses. 5:26 now. apparently companies with female bosses make more money. according to a new report firms where women make up more than a third of board members make on average 42% more profit. the study says the companies that did the best have multiple female managers. >> all right. >> that's great. we need more female bosses and managers. our region has seen an economic boom in recent years. two local counties are gaining national attention for their work. a cool start to your morning but it will feel more like summer as you leave for work today. a fall warm-up next with your weather and traffic on the 1s. plus, we are less than 19 hours away from a government shutdown. a look at the impact the move will have on our region and what services will be unavailable if no looking at stories making headlines at 5:30. less than 19 hours to go and no deal in sight on capitol hill as the d.c. region braces for the impact of a government shutdown. firefighters in california still working to put out a fire at the santa monica airport after a private jet slammed in a a hangar. >> and after 81 years today is your last chance to check out the national aquarium in downtown washington. right now temperatures in the 40s and 50s. but by the afternoon you might just find yourself want iing to spend some time outside. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with the fall warm-up. tom? but not now. you need your jacket. good morning. that's a live view of capitol hill from our storm team 4 hd city camera early on this morning. we have temperatures down into the 40s around much of virginia and maryland and west virginia. closer to washington, nearby neighborhoods are just near 50 degrees. you definitely need a jacket, upper 50s to near 60 around the bay. here is how we're looking for the morning. we'll still be on the cool side through 8:00. it still should be in the mid to upper 50s. then a rapid warm-up by 10:00 in the mid-60s. partly cloudy through the morning. by noontime should be into the low 70s. hometown forecast herndon, northern fairfax county there by noon should be around 70 degrees and partly cloudy. a look at the rest of your monday coming in about ten minutes. now a look at traffic with it'lit'l danella. good morning. metro seeing a delay on the orange line because of a signal problem. it says west falls church. your delay on the orange line is in both directions. the over to the roadways still tracking your commute this morning. traveling around the beltway in the express lanes, though, just as you get near route 50 you'll see your right express lane blocked by a broken down car there. el elsewhere around the beltway, crossing over the american legion bridge heading to river road, travel lanes are open. a live look at river road in both directions. no accidents to report. you can see here crossing the wilson bridge, an easy commute for folks, continuing from the wilson bridge to vandorn street, that drive is just seven minutes. i'm back in ten. eun, over to you. thank you, danella. we are now just 19 hours away from a potential government shutdown. congress must pass an emergency spending bill by midnight, or part of the federal government will shut down. house republicans want the affordable care act delayed a year, but senate democrats say that is a deal breaker. and we have every angle of the shutdown showdown covered for you that morning. right now let's check in with nbc's tracie potts on capitol hill for a look at the impact the shutdown could have on you. good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. this will have a huge impact on tourism. take a look. national parks all over the country would close their doors for the most part if we go into shutdown mode. and if we go into shutdown mode pretty quickly. now what we're looking at here are national parks, the smithsonian, the national zoo would close as well. there are a number of things that would be affected by this. the irs audits might not happen because of this and that's something a lot of people may be glad to hear. the epa would virtually shut down most of its workers would be affected by this. and there would be delays in many other areas, passports the and visas, gun permits, bankruptcy courts, and a big one, mortgage applications if you're trying to get a federally backed mortgage. that mortgage application may not even get a look until after this is all over. eun? >> a lot of impact. tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. and the obama administration will decide the impact a shutdown would have on city workers. d.c. mayor vin vent gray designated all employees as essential to try to keep they will on the job. the white house budget office has the final say on that issue, though. d.c.'s attorney general says the mayor could be arrested for spending any money congress has not authorized even local tax dollars. we are work to go cover every angle of the shutdown showdown as that deadline approaches including how it could affect your commute. we'll have more on that coming up today. plus, find the latest anytime at nbcwashington.com. 5:34 is your time now. let's check in with molette green with breaking news. eun, d.c. water crews on the scene of an eight-inch water main break between cathedral avenue and woodley road. if you live or work in that area, your water service may be disrupted until crews finish their work. traffic not expected to be impacted by all of this. back to you. >> all right, molette green. thank you. police have a new lead in connection to a string of robberies where thieves use taz ers on their victims. police are looking for these three men. take a look at the surveillance video taken near 12th and n street northwest last monday around 4:00 in the morning. that's when the first robbery was reported. two other taser robberies were reported later that same day just a few blocks away. police described the men in the video as persons of interest in this case. a sexual assault in northwest has residents on edge and police looking for the suspect. this happened around 2:30 yesterday morning. a man forced a woman into an alley at gunpoint and assaulted her. he stole several items from her before fleeing the area on bike. two northern virginia counties recognized as the fastest growing counties in america. according to "forbes" magazine, eight of the ten fasst growing counties are in the suburbs. loudoun county took the second spot. williamson county, texas, came in first place. prince william county, virginia, tied with montgomery county, tennessee, for the eighth spot. all right. 5:35. redskins players will have some time this week to it reflect on the start of the season. the skins are entering their bye week and they won't be in action until october 13. the redskins head into their week off, though, on a high note. they beat the raiders 24-14 yesterday. it was their first win of the season. the team has a lot more to accomplish this season. >> we're going into this bye week, guys will be able to enjoy their bye week more after this win and then we come back and have to get on a winning streak to get back to where we want to be. >> the redskins are only a game behind first place. dallas takes on the cowboys in two weeks and you can watch that game here on nbc 4. well, you don't need to be a federal worker to be impacted by the looming government shutdown. the impact it could have on your travel plans. plus, call them some lucky kids. the program that is letting hundreds of northern virginia students sleep in this morning. also ahead, a new milestone for apple. the famous brand it is set to surpass. 5:36. good morning. jupiter, crescent moon rising in the eastern sky. partly cloudy. a chill in the air. you'll need a light jacket. we're down in the 40s and low 50s much of the region. warming up nicely by this [ telephone rings ] good evening, this is flo. [laughs] yes, i'm that flo. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. call 1-800-progressive. welcome back at 5:40. new this morning, apple apparently beating out coca-cola to become the most valuable brand in the world. that's according to an annual report from the brand consulting company interbrand. it's the first time coke has not been number one since about 13 years ago. google took second place here followed by coke, ibm, and microsoft. >> not surprise d at all, right? you see those ubiquitous gadgets everywhere. >> it's apple's time. 5:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> our own local apples coming out of the orchards. our region a partly cloudy sky. by 8:00 we'll be into the upper 50s. your hour by hour forecast today. noontime into the low 70s. and when you're heading back home from work and skal, come frtable in short sleeves. we should be in the mid and upper 70s by mid afternoon. now it's going to be even warm earp the week ahead. your seven-day outlook is coming and we'll look into october, too, at 5:51. danella, how is traffic? the first alert traffic center is still tracking delays on metro. on the orange line, because of a significa signal problem at west fallses church. checking on marc and vre, no reports of delays. over to the roadways this morning, a couple of things to it look out for, if you are traveling i-97 the ramp to 32 still shut down. chopper 4 is flying in the air. hopefully we'll have a live look from them in ten minutes. the laws you need to learn today to avoid a run-in with police tomorrow. also ahead, the housing k n crunch that's forcing more and more people out of a popular virginia community. then ahead at 6:00, smokers not welcome. the medical test a company will make people go through to prove make people go through to prove that they do not smoke before i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for governor. terry won't let ideological battles get in the way of making progress. terry will work with democrats, republicans, and independents to create jobs and move virginia forward. it's important for virginia that we elect terry mcauliffe as our governor. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. a tense day on capitol hill. congress has hours to reach a deal or part of the federal government will shut down. hundreds of thousands could be furloughed and the shutdown could impact you as well even if you're not a federal worker. a adam, what can cravelers expect to see if no deal is reached here? >> reporter: airport operations up and running normally. if the government does shut down thousands of faa employees could be furloughed. according to the u.s. department of transportation, over 15,000 employees would be affected as part of the operation during a lapse. air traffic controllers were impacted during the whole sequesteration battle not too long ago that led to long delays at airports. they could lose a paycheck for the time being. it's not just the airports, the federal transit administration, federal railroad administration, national highway traffic safety administration could be affected plus in the district there's talk the dmv could be impacted. >> thank you, adam. and stay with news 4 throughout the day as we work to cover the shutdown showdown. >> today montgomery county lawmakers and police will explain the new law that criminalizes synthetic marijuana. in some cases the drugs are available for purchase with no age restrictions. starting tomorrow it will be illegal. and there are a few other laws taking effect that you need to know about. talking on a hand held cell phone while driving will be a primary offense. police can pull you over just for talking on the phone without a hands-free device. all passengers, even those in the back seat, will have to wear a seat belt now. you will not be able to by 45%. gun buyers will have to be fingerprinted. hillary clinton is hosting a fund-raiser for terry mcauliffe at her home here in d.c. mcauliffe is a longtime friend. former president bill clinton has hosted a number of fund-raisers for him. this will be mrs. clinton's first political event since leaving the state department. the legal team overturned the ban on same sex marriage may have its sights set on virginia now. the american foundation for equal rights is joining a lawsuit filed in norfolk. the lawyers call virginia's ban on same sex marriage draconian. it is back to work today for members of the u.s. supreme court. today the justices start the fall session with some major decisions on the agenda for them. among them, whether to consider an appeals court ruling that would force argentina to pay more than a billion dollars in debts. that could change how governments deal with creditors. argentina has spubpoenaed them o appeal the case. it is now 5:48. universities in d.c. want their campus security forces to be able to patrol nearby neighborhoods. according to "the washington post" the schools say it would help to better control disruptive behavior by students and appease angry neighbors. the proposal has raised questions over whether campus officers could have arrest powers on public streets and how officers would be held accou accountable for all their actions. a different type of housing crisis may be hitting northern virginia. a new study shows more and are more people are being priced out of the rental market in arlington county. a study found over the past ten years average rent has jumped 47%. the average salary on the other hand has increased 37%. half of residents in the county make $60,000 a year or less, meaning they have to compete for a shrinking number of low-cost apartments. 5:49 right now. some tough reviews this morning for principals in d.c. public schools. "the washington post" reporting that only about 45% of principals received ratings of highly effective or effective. everyone else more than half of the district's public school principals earned developing or ineffective rating. the bottom 8% with those ineffective ratings lost their jobs last spring. the ratings are base d on observation and student progress. could sleep be inspiring fairfax students to work harder? a fairfax county schools program is allowing seniors to drop their first class of the day and get more rest. about 5% of seen quor are enrolled in the opt out program. in order to qualify seniors had to be on track to graduate. they have to be able to get to school without relying on the bus. fairfax county schools start the day at 7:20 in the morning. the earliest in the area. there is one couple on the way to making a really weird name for themselves in this town. news 4's angie goff with what this is all about. angie? >> eun, good morning. changing your name and changing the world, you are not going to believe what one couple is willing to change their name to all for charity. >> we're going to change our last name. >> that's jeff and jessica. and, folks, this is not a joke. they say they will change their last name to vansquigglebottoms if they raise $1 million. they have a goal to make that $1 million by the end of the year and as of a few minutes ago they banked a little more than $4,000. so far the real name is safe but they do say that they are already preparing to change their social security cards, passports, everything just in case. >> that is dedication. >> remember, it's for a good cause before we judge. >> you're right. it would be. i wonder if the government would allow that, though. >> to change your name? >> if it's something off the wall. van vig squigglebougttoms may n be that off the wall. >> tom, i hope the weather keeps going. >> we've had this wonderful run. we're going to keep it going. starting off with a chill in the air. here are the temperatures as you walk out the door in prince george's county. it's only around 50 degrees. also fairfax, montgomery county is only around 50. reports of a little bit of ground fog, some of the rural areas, down into the 40s this morning. right near the chesapeake bay it's in the 50s. and here's how we're looking for the day ahead. we'll have our temperatures remaining in the 50s through about 8:00 this morning and then by 10:00 should be into the mid-60s and then by noontime i think we're going to be climbing into the low 70s in the city and generally in the suburbs we'll probably be right around 70. then much of the region should be well into the 70s by midafternoon. i think right in downtown washington upper 70s. and much of the region, elsewhere, will be into the low to mid-70s during the afternoon. another perfect autumn day coming. and we'll have increasing sunshine as we get into the afternoon as well. then this evening, under a mostly clear sky. these temperatures, there's the graph. it will be dropping back down perhaps into the upper 60s by early to mid evening, so a delightful evening is coming up. now this is the final day of september. ended on a dry note as a dry month. now let's look ahead to october and, with that, chuck bell with us live who is on the national mall. good morning, chuck. >> reporter: hey, good morning, tom. temperature down here on the national mall 58 degrees by the storm team 4x4 and it has been really dry. august and september both well below average in rainfall and as we look on into the month of october we only average about 3 1/2 inches of rain. the last two octobers have been fairly wet. the last included the rainfall from sandy and we ended up with double our average rainfall in october of 2012. the other big thing you notice in october is the drop in temperatures. our average hey and low temperatures dropped ten degrees between the 1st and 31st of october. 74 and 54 now all the way back down to highs only in the mid-60s by the end of the month. let's hope we get beneficial rainfall. >> thanks, chuck. as we do look ahead, four-day forecast, the dry pat etern continues tomorrow. upper 50s in the morning. afternoon highs reaching the low 80s. then it will feel like a touch of summer on wednesday. i think we'll make it into the mid-80s on wednesday afternoon. and then thursday, friday and saturday, each day highs near 80 degrees and remaining dry. storm team 4 seven-day outlook, the next chance of rain may not be in the sunday into sunday evening. i'm back in ten minutes with another hometown forecast and a look at the school bus stop forecast. the first 4 traffic with danella. good morning, tom. here is a live look from chopper 4 over the accident in anne arundel county. taking the ramp to 32. you can see tractor-trailer involved in the accident. one leaking fuel onto the roadway. so crewses are still on scene trying to clear the roadway. so if you're trying to take that ramp to route 32 from southbound 97, that's not going to be an option as they work to clear this accident. also we'll head over to i-95 and talk about your drive time in virginia. the drive from quantico not bad, 25 minutes. that's how long it will take to you reach the capital beltway. this is a live look in the lorton area. northbound and southbound nice and clear. over to metro, this at west falls church metro station has been resolved. the orange line seeing a delay in both directions. i'm back in ten minutes. over to you. 5:55. check out these gas prices. we found gas less than $3 a gallon at this 7-eleven near richmond, sorry. prices at $3.09 in fredericksburg. gas priceses could keep falling for the rest of the year. aaa mid-atlantic says drivers should expect more falling prices as production companies switch to a cheaper winter blend and crude oil prices drop. that could change, though, if there's a hurricane or anything that disrupts production. aaa reports the price for regular unleaded $3.55 a gallon in the district right now on average. in maryland $3.36. $3.17 on average in virginia at this hour and $3.49 in west virginia. 5:55. now there may be a new way to use mass transit to get between annapolis and the district. the maryland transit administration is considering adding a new stop at the new carrollton metro station on two bus routes from annapolis. the 922 and 950 buses could soon add the stop. maryland cut a previous bus route between new carrollton and annapolis because of budget cuts and low ridership. increasing development around new carrollton has them rethinking the route. cnbc's courtney reagan is live. >> reporter: one of the casualties of a government shutdown would be the release of u.s. economic data including the jobs report. the bureau of labor statistics says all survey and other operations would cease and nearly all of the agency's 2,400 workers would be furloughed. they say it's possible the data could be released if the white house budget office gives authorization and then the agency would bring in a small staff on friday. there is precedent during the last shutdown in 1995 and 1996 because the risk of the data leaking was deemed unacceptable. a civil trial over the bp gulf oil spill enters phase two today. they are back in federal court in new orleans. jousting over how much oil was leaked into the gulf during the three months it took to cap the well. the outcome will determine how much bp will have to pay fines under the clean water act. aaron, back to you. courtney reagan, thank you. we have live team coverage of the government shutdown at 6:00. right now we're on the national mall on capitol hill breaking down what the shutdown planes for thousands of federal workers in our community and looking at the vote coming today before the midnight deadline. >> and it's a beautiful start to your monday morning. weather and traffic on the 1s to help you get ready for your day next. 5:57 is your time now. right now at 6:00, we are 18 hours away from a government shutdown. a vote is scheduled today, but there's no compromise in sight. what it means for the federal workers in our community, how it could impact your morning drive and looking it at the duel unfolding on social media. plus, breaking news in california. a plane crashed into the santa monica airport hangar. amanda knox has started her trail in the last hour in italy. why she is not in the courtroom this morning. first, though, to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to help you plan for your day ahead. here is tom. >> rummage through your closet, find your coat. you will need it this morning. off to a chilly start. prince george's county upper 40s to near 50. just in the upper 40s near 50 as well in fairfax county. much of montgomery county, alexandria, arlington, falls church, most locations low 50s. generally low to mid-50s in the district of columbia rate on the bay. it's in the mid to upper 50s. school bus stop forecast for this monday morning will stay in the 40s and 50s all the way until about 8:30 or so this morning. we'll be partly cl
mid to upper 20s around now. another cold day with mostly cloudy skies. chance of flurries mid to late afternoon today. doesn't look like it's going to be an inch. there may be a one inch potential for tuesday morning. we'll talk about that when i see you next. memorial services for the general police reservist foudea. kevin quick 's memorial is set for tomorrow. quick disappeared two weeks ago. his car and then his body were found days later outside of richmond. four people are charged in connection with his death. at this hour, two men are behind bars and will be questioned in the shooting of an 8-year-old girl. now she's at children's hospital fighting for her life. darcy spencer got to see the arrest documents and has more. the mother of the little girl says she's still in icu. the bullet hit her lung. she's on a ventilator but responding to her mom's voice. her mom says she's relieved two have been charged in the shooting, but it doesn't change what happened to her daughter. we're learning more with through these documents. kerry brown and that than yell patent are charged. the documents say after the gunfire erupted children in the courtyard pointed out the suspects to a witness and says there they go as the suspects were running away. police arrested the men around the corner. when they were being questioned, here's what they said. they it wouldn't an apartment building to buy an ounce of pot for $100. they say the victim opened the door for them. once inside the building they say a man pulled a gun. during the struggle the gun dropped. patent picked it up and fired shots. one witness told police he heard what sounded like a robbery happening in the hallway when the suspects were in the building. the documents say neither suspect had any money to buy the drugs casting down on their story. police say they did have masks when they were arrested and a.22 caliber handgun was found nearby. michaela's relatives tell me they're foe cushion attention on her. they're hopeful she's going to make a full recovery. darcy spencer, news 4. right now in loud oun county, deputies are looking for a man linked to a series of robberies. the robberies date back to december. officers thisnk the man held up women. they think the attacker pulled out the gun and demanded they hand over their wallet. this morning after the verdict of a florida teen, dozens of people marched to the courtroom in jacksonville. jordan davis was shot and killed after he was allegedly playing loud music coming from his car. the state attorney plans to retry 47-year-old michael dunn on first degree murder. dunn is guilty of four lesser charges including three counts of attempted murder and firing bull are lets into a car. the jury was deadlocked on the most serious charge. in 2012 dunn argued with a group of three people inside an suv over loud hip hop music in a gas station. dunn fired 10 shots. davis was hit and died from his injuries. he was not armed. >> race is the elephant in the room that was not discussed. we've got to deal with how the perception of young black men. >> they did find him guilty on something. he's not walking. they did what humanly able to do. we can hope for a different end and additional trial. >> a sentencing hearing will be set next month. dunn faces more than 90 years in prison. a dire situation developing in the rocky mountains. as of this 6:00 a.m. hour, two are unaccounted for avenue after an avalanche. looks like seven skiers were at the top of the mountain when this happened. two went to the hospital and two others were not hurt. emergency crews posted this picture of the search efforts. you can see how heavy the snow is out there. because of dangerous condition, crews won't begin searching until day break. last week, six died in three states including colorado from avalanches. crews have been using explosives to prevent avalanches. the snowstorms continue to overload the snow pack. this season is on track to be the worst in 20 years. a major crowd funding site was the target of a massive online hacking. the site was shut down immediately. kick starter does not know if hackers got a hold of private information like credit considered numbers. the site started beefing up security measures. they apologized for stress this has or will cause in the future. kick starter is known for all allowing independent funding for individual pieces. the travel changes many in virginia will face once the silver line starts running. tired of winter conditions? the blizzard conditions now that gives us nothing to complain about here. >> don't think we will escape the snow. there's a chance we'll see the snow. there's a chance we'll see winter weather of good is in every blue diamond a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of the u.s. ski team. a live look at boston which has a fresh coat of snow this morning. up to nine inches of that snow fell overnight. much of massachusetts under a blizzard warning. strong winds gusting 50 miles per hour out that way. the snow fell at a rate of three inches an hour. salt trucks are very busy, plows doing everything they can to clear the roads and keep up. the governor is warning drivers to stay off the roadway. chuck warned us yesterday about the winds coming in. oh boy. >> as soon as the snow tried to stop, man the wind just really picked up yesterday afternoon. hopefully you had your heavy coats ready to go. we were going out to dish last night. it was a cold walk around downtown washington last night. it's a cold start first thing this morning. yes indeed. another opportunity you could see snowflakes here over the next little while. another ripple coming our way in the atmosphere does indeed have an opportunity any way for bringing us light snow. don't get your hopes up everybody. you have plenty of snow on the front lawn most likely. nick we get today will put a fresh dusting of white on it. that's being optimistic. our next chance of seeing legitimate snow arrives on tuesday morning. tuesday morning everybody. for now, your sunday morning, nothing to worry about. storm team 4 radar scanning the skies, nothing close by. a couple of light snowflakes heading in from page counties. an opportunity for a first morning snowflake. chance of light snow towards roanoke and southside, virginia. it's part of a ripple in the atmosphere drifting overhead the second half of the afternoon. d skies will see sunshine this morning. no advisories of any kind posted anywhere. any accumulations should be one inch or less today. it's cold. 19 haguers town, 27 prince william county, 24 fredricksburg. just a little hint of a northwest wind remains. as a result wind chills in the teens this morning. on your way out the door for sunday morning services, bundle up. today, few flurries nothing to worry about. tuesday, chance of morning snow coming our way. thursday and friday, yes indeed all indications that a warming trend is coming. keep that in mind this morning. current wind chill in gaithersburg is 9 degrees. breaks of nine this morning. clouds by late morning and early afternoon time frame. here we are at 6:00 this evening, the little ripple coming through, chance of light snowflakes. in at 4:00 or 5:00 and out at 7:00 or 8:00. teens and 20s tomorrow. clouds coming in second half of the day tomorrow. all of your monday will be dry no. problem about that. early morning hours of tuesday morning, our next opportunity for snow coming in. that actually could leave an inch to two in some locations. we're keeping a close eye on that. today's snow chance a tenth of an inch. early tuesday morning, that might be an inch or two. we'll keep you posted on this. here's your seven-day forecast now. 36 degrees for a high today with at least a 40% chance. snowflakes and snow flurries. no accumulations today. nothing to worry about. quiet back to work for some tomorrow. it's president's day. a lot of people, federal government especially, off tomorrow. banker's hours. they don't have to go to work tomorrow. why didn't i become a banker? milder toward the end of the week. >> making up snow day, a lot of kids are going back to school tomorrow that didn't count on hit. >> time to pay our dues right. next up "report's notebook." good morning welcome to "report's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with d.c. politics in the mayor race. the maryland d.c. employees international union gave to gray. the mayor is trying to bounce back from two second straight first place finishes in the poll taken recently. what do you make of endorsements? what do you make of him coming in second in the polls today? >> well, he's obviously hopeful his endorsements will make up for the fact he's losing in the straw polls. these aren't always the final word. endorsements don't really make that much difference a lot of times these days. it's nice to have them. you can raise money on them. there seems to be a continuing lingering doubt about this investigation going on and what it's going to reveal. it doesn't seem to have an effect on voters. the mayor obviously is touting a great record and business development in keeping the red ink out of the budget, doing all things a normally successful candidate can do. there's still doubt. >> there's avenues of polls, endorsements and all. what happened to the 12 points he was leading less than a month ago over bowser the number two contenders. you hear these polls and different paths of who's going to lead whom. the point is that vince gray has a base. i'm going to stick to my story i've been saying all the time. i go to the wards. that's the base that will tell me who's going to be the next mayor. >> joe, how much do straw polls and labor endorsements for gray at this point? >> the labor endorsement is significant. there's 20,000 members that live in the district. you multiply that times maybe two as it relates to family members and the influence they have in the city. so when you go for an endorsement, you want to try to get the endorsements that have the greatest s in the city. that's a big one, a major one. i agree with everyone. except for this i should point out. remember, this is a short campaign. getting an endorsement now only a couple of months away can have significance. barv a basically a month and a half. >> eric holder calls for banning after they serve sen ens temperatures. this has been a big issue in the district for those that can't vote at this point. is this long overdue, jerry? >> we've been hearing about this all the way back to almost walter washington time. mayor washington's time. the fact i served my time, served my sentence. why can't i come out and live a normal life? part of that is being able to vote. remember pat, at that time when i speak of walter washington, i'm speaking into the time when voting was really on the lips of washingtons because of home rule. a lot of that has to do with a lot of people saying those that have served their time should be able to vote. this has been around some time. >> let me fast forward. i have literally thousands of people who listen to my show i they can get through. they're truck drivers, are in all kinds of occupations. you'll hear story after story. i might have gotten busted on a misdemeanor -- i'm sorry, felony that might have been drug related. i've been clean ten years and still can't vote. i have family, pay taxes, still can't vote. this is a major issue for washington d.c. and certainly major issue for the nation. quite honestly, it impacts african-americans substantially. we are the ones who are disproportionally arrested. >> it seems the trend is nationally to move in favor of letting these folks vote. i'll repeat the arguments we've made. i've done my time, done my obligations, and i should have my full rights. >> these are non violent. it has to be done state by state. this is not a federal issue. that's why a voter can't do anything but encourage it. >> d.c. public school students taking the advanced placement exams have increased 45% in the past three years. a number of them has increased. this is something d.c. chancellor is proud of of course. the report by the college board shows 14% of seniors in 2013 who took the exam scored a three or higher. that's the grade many colleges and universities require to issue college class work. big deal for her. dave? >> it is. she's touting it as a big deal. it started under michelle and now following on to henderson. skeptical parents are worried about schools being closed, worried about the quality of education. lots of things hold their feet to the fire collectively. this is something they can point to and say look, we're doing some good. >> while they're pointing to it and looking good, i hope they can latch onto something that had concrete. because, pat, the problem in this town for the last 50 years -- 40 years in d.c. schools, has been the turn around of curricular programs. if this is going to help the student, i hope they latch onto it, build on it, develop it and make it concrete in the school learning. >> it's very important when you couple it with what eleanor holmes norton was able to accomplish by allowing students who want to go to college and get assistance no matter what school they went to. it used to be if you were in maryland you had to go to maryland. students from the district can go anywhere in the united states. >> thanks to the tag program. >> you have to have the grades to do it. these advancement courses -- and i've had my children involved in them. they mean a lot. they really count when comes to applying for college. >> this shows there's seriousness. >> we're moving in the right direction. i'd rather go in that direction than the other. >> we've got to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us. progress on treating the mentally ill in virginia. authorities could detain a mentally ill person up to 24 hours under a bill approved by the virginia senate. the upper chamber voted overwhemingly to approve this by senator deeds who suffered a personal tragedy in his family. how much progress is this? >> the sad thing is it took this attack to do it. this is something that people in virginia, across the country have been complaining about. legislators would not deal with it. then it takes losing a life, having a state senator attacked, physically scarred. i don't like legislating that way. but it's progress. you are still behind a lot of other states when it comes to hours available. >> as a matter of fact, dave, mental health america, an advocacy group says the average custody order in the country is 72 hours. virginia is now going to 24, still behind the curve. >> you wonder why they didn't get as much as they could. they did move forward. they have changed things. it's right, out of tragedy comes a good thing, a better law helpful to people. maybe we could say the work isn't done yet. they have to think act this more or get more funding or whatever it takes to get more beds and treatment. >> let's hope that the national scene will pick up on this and correct the problems that we hear all the time across the country because this is a very, very serious situation where people who need help can't get help for hours or days. let's hope this will bring light across the nation as to changing laws in many states. >> governor mcauliffe has allies in his efforts to expand medicaid in the state of virginia. he's got support in the senate, that includes state hospital, insurance company, business organizations even republicans in the senate. he's getting resistance in the house. do you think he's going to be able to pull this off this year? >> i think so. for all reasons you just cited. what you have here is money. millions of millions of that hospitals and the health insurance which by the way is their money. you bring it back to the common wealth of virginia. i think it's a matter of time. what's going on in the house of delegates is politics. >> yeah, but -- pardon me. it's strong politics. this is republican doctrine almost. they don't like obama care. they say it's just a big power move to the government to take over. they also make the point in virginia and will elsewhere that the money will not be there after ten years or so. that the government may not extend the funding. that's what they're worried about. we used to call it unfunded mandates. they'll be in the red again, have a huge expense on every other expense they've got. they won't have the money. they're against it for that reason. it's going to take a lot to change their mind. >> republicans can be against it, but i talked to people in the streets about medicaid, what's happening in virginia, food stamps and things they want to slash. poor people in the country suffer. poor people and old people. i think it's time republicans in the house and general a sessemb wake up you and realized slashing programs goes to helping the poor. >> talk act minimum wage in maryland. lawmakers will hear a measure to raise the minimum wage. the governor is pushing this and supports the $10.10 hourly minimum wage by the year 2016. a pro business group warns this could lead to thousands of job losses, weaken the state's competitive position. this was research done at t george mason university. >> they can research all they want to. majority of republicans are in favor of raising the minimum wage nationwide. the majority of republicans. number two, the president signed for contract workers which takes place next year, new contracts. you increase morale. you eliminate high absenteeism. you get quality workers. so, it's a great -- as someone said -- it's a great business model. of course the governor is doing it because we know he wants to run for president of the united states and wants to be on the right side of the progressive movement. >> yeah but the republican and the opponent's view is that it will cost too much for bosses. they'll have to lay people off, spend too much money, and that it could cost a lot of jobs. some firms in maryland say they'll have to close down operations and burger joints. they say it's not worth the effort. other issstudies contradict thi and say there's not that much reaction from small business men, they haven't laid off and this is overreaction. >> poor people hah need jobs living on $7 an hour can't make it in this region. not d.c., the region. this is a high cost region. governor o mali is doing same thing others are doing. they've been pressed against the we'll to raise the minimum wage. think about it. $7 an hour or $10 an hour? fat cats have to pay it now. >> that's our program. i'm pat lawson muse. thanks for being with us. sty with us. "news 4 today" continues. good morning everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. another cold start to the day w. temperatures like this, doesn't look like snow will melt away. >> yesterday was gloomy. chuck, hoping to see sunshine. >> good news for you and everyone who needs sunshine in your life. you'll get sunshine first half of sunday. more clouds back by later this afternoon and a chance of a passing snow shower this afternoon. not looking for accumulations. for those of you who are winter and snow weary, there's a chance of snow today. you can see on the storm team 4 radar, best chances west and south of washington. nonetheless we could see a little passing snow shower or two during the mid to late afternoon hours today. it's cold. yesterday morning we were in the 20s and 30s. this morning teen others and 20s. it's 10 degrees colder out the door this morning than here's youou hr planner. teens and low to mid-20s this morning. rising up to the freezing mark by 11:00. most of the afternoon spent once again in the mid-20s with increasing clouds. best opportunity of snow flurries after 1:00 and before 6:00. by later this evening, clearing out and another cold start monday. best chance of snow tuesday morning. more about that in a couple of minutes. >> all right chuck. with the chance of flurries today, a lot of people in the area are growing weary and looking toward to spring. derrick ward has reaction from those suffering from the winter woes. >> reporter: okay. i think we've got the idea about the winter thing. there will be snow. at first it's picture esk. >> i build snow men, snow forts and have fun. >> then accidents start from the rain, ice, more wet snow. it makes getting around harder than it shushould be. >> you have to be very careful. >> i'm getting tired of it. >> reporter: on this hill, perfect for sledding and by the looks of tracks, plenty of it goj going on. where are the kids now? i guess they're tooired of it t. this woman cleared the sidewalk. despite making repeated calls to the department of public works, she's feeling snow bound. we cleared a path to the curb. guess what? >> i finally got my mail for two days. >> reporter: it's going to take more than a few shovel loads to clear everybody out. only time and new seasons can do that. >> i'm done wit winter, ready for spring. >> a lot of kids will be back to school on tomorrow's president's day holiday to make up a snow da charles county students will be in school. school systems are using president's day to avoid extending the school year. some districts are considering adding to the end of the school day and cancelling recess. with more flurries on the way today, keep up you with the changing weather by downloading the team 4 weather app. get cancellations and delays as ey come in the newsroom. download for free in the app store or google play. investigators are looking to learn more about the body found in the wheel well of a plane. it was spotted yesterday in the south african air ways jet. it arrived from johan esburg. the airline says it's deeply concerned and cooperating with the investigation. >> yeah, it's horrible. it shows the desperation of these people to basically leave their way of life behind and come to a better place. >> investigators are not sure if the man was a stow away. they do not expect foul play. the medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy. a family is in mourning after finding out one of their loved ones died in a fire. it was a fire near the student home on campus. the business major was from buoy. two others were in the home but were able to get out in time. investigators are looking into what caused the fire. this morning, baseball hall of famer hank aaron is recovering from surgery. news 4 recently interviewed him. the 80-year-old fell on ice friday in atlanta. doctors had to replace part of his left hip. we hear he's expected to make a full recovery. aaron is the team's senior vice president. he broke the major league home run record playing for the braves 40 years ago. expect delays on metro continuing through monday. dupont circle and far gut north. tomorrow metro opens at 5:00 a.m. and closes at midnight for president's day. the trains will run on a saturday schedule. you can park for free in garages. the washington post reports the fair fax connecter will add three routes intysons. that marry will be 50 cents. new routes from the crystal city area to roz land and courthouse stops. the non stop will be called the silver line express and will move from the west falls church metro to the wylie metro station. that fare will drop to $5 each way. changes take effect when the first phase of the silver line opens. so far no date is set for that. a constant string of cars. lights on the los angeles highway as work slows the track. take a closer look. looks like quite the light show. construction crews are paving the six mile stretch of highway this holiday weekend. it doesn't seem to keep travelers away. locals had weeks of rn watching to prepare for the slow down. if you have lived in la, you know there's not a lot of alternatives. the officials say the work will be done tuesday morning. a russian satellite launched in the 1980s will be crash landing on earth today. ex perts believe the unmanned space object will land somewhere in the pacific ocean. the fragments could scatter anywhere. the satellite will land quickly. russia has no control over it o essentially making it a free fall. now in russia, taking you there live. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. athletes compete in the winter games. how warmer weather is adding to concerns about climate change. massive efforts to bring you up to date on everything at the this morning, security in sochi plus the warmer weather in russia. the olympics games dominating discussions including at "meet the press." >> david gregory joining us with these issues. good morning. >> how are you? >> doing great. we want to start with security concerns. we're hearing from fans saying everything over there was scary leading up to getting here. now it seems safe. do you think it was overblown? >> there was certainly concern. one thing people have experienced is a tight perimeter, a secure zone. so far, so good. i think there were pretty heated calls about what could happen over there. again, thankfully thus far, nothing is material xized. given where it is situated and threats preceding it, there was ample worries. it's generalized and nothing specific. it's hard to act on. >> people were talking about how warm it is. we saw people in shorts. you don't expect that. >> that's right. they seem more like the spring games. it's interesting doing research about this. this is a zone of the world that makes you question why the winter games would be there. they've had warmer temperatures. it's a subtropical zone. it may make sense for sure. the contrast is striking to what we expienced here on the east coast and they experienced there. i think whether it's weather event there is or here, intensity of weather, flooding in great britain, the climate change debate has been with us. it reemerges in times of extreme weather. you try to wonder what extent climate changes in the atmosphere influence our weather patterns, more extreme weather, and the cost of that to states and so forth. we'll talk about the policy changes results and whether there's a new urgency to act to change as we're seeing. >> we saw the russian policy about gays and same sex marriages. we saw that here in virginia this week. >> this is a big moment. we see how quickly politics have changed about this in the united states. some look at the olympics in russia and say is this a chance to evolve? it's worth while to remember how quickly things changed in this country. attention on what could change because of the games. >> coming up today, someone that knows a thing or two about the games, mitt romney. >> he has how much it's cost to run the games and is hit worth it. he talks about the importance of the olympic movement and the way to go about them. particularly cities like boston and others are buying for future games. it's an interesting time to talk to him. >> "meet the press" with david gregory right here at 10:30 a.m. thanks. tj oshie was selected because of success in shootouts. he tweeted thisust a few hours ago saying very humbled by everyone's support for my teammates and i. another tough task at hand today. looks like oshie is becoming a household name at the white house. the crowd loves him and the rest of the team. president barack obama tweeted congratulations to oshie and his team saying never stop believing in miracles. >> wow. >> we could see more scenes like this in the week to come. this is an early morning watch party in arlington as team usa took on russians. there could be a rematch. the gold medal game is one week from today. you were making fun of me yesterday. that's the result of that. they started eed at 7:00 in th morning. they had a great game to watch. we're getting a look at what you won't get to see watching the games in sochi. it's the behind the scenes. thousands of reporters, producers and engineers from around the country. >> huge operations. the place they spend theirwork day is impressive. janelle takes us inside this huge home away from home. >> it's a city within a city. the ibc, international broadcast center. down every long hall that seems to never end, you'll find journalist buzzing around. 11,000 from all over the world work these sochi games. many work day and night, 24 hours a day. nbc including the associated press, cctv, broadcasting stations from france, australia. long hours, long day, a lot of responsibility. >> my job is organize the camera crews and reporters. >> it's amazing. absolutely love it. so much fun. such an adrenaline rush. it's crazy but great fun. >> it's also a lot of work. most of us are locked down here a month. we can find everything we need. a general store bank, laundry services, mcdonald's. >> you can get a massage. five minutes cost about $1.50. >> after a break, we're off again tracking athletes. every country here has their own star athlete to watch. >> we have many athlete, not just one. >> we gain a lot. the player name. she's the best player. >> that was janelle wang reporting. one of the people reporting working hard is our own jim handly. see his reports on news 4. we have posted his reports, interviews and photo slide shows on his blog. follow him on twitter and facebook. he's updating quite frequently. i'm wondering if he's going to come back. he's having a good time. >> did you see the seat for the usa russian hockey game? he was there. >> front row. >> wow. how does he do that? >> i don't know. >> pretty impressive. >> i like the food pictures. maybe it's just this time of morning. >> you're an eggs kind of gal. >> he had this bread thing filled with cheese. >> onward we go to the weather department where we are talking about, yes, indeed another chance of snowflakes. one of them coming today, won't be a big deal. another chance early tuesday, may be worth watching out for. i'll show you that here in a second. outside now, on your sunday morning, indeed, a cold start. a dry start at least for now. there's even a lite bit of sunshine coming our way in the front part of the day. storm team 4 radar, nothing going on in and around the immediate metro area. there are snowflakes, not so terribly far away, page heading to washington, virginia. be on the lookout. route 11 could see light snow. down across south central and south western virginia a better chance of snow. this is the ripple in the atmosphere that's going to roll overhead in the afternoon bringing a mostly cloudy sky for sure and a chance of a couple of snowflak snowflakes. no advisories, warnings or watches. anything that happens today will be light if at all. main thing, it's cold in the upper teens in maryland. mid-20s fair fax. upper 20s arlington and the district. mid and upper 20s prince george's county this morning. our next legitimate snownce is coming up early tuesday morning, late night monday night and early tuesday morning. first shot out of the dark, maybe an inch in washington. that two to three inch, maybe northern montgomery and loudoun. we might get more than an inch in washington. change in the pattern later in the week. milder air coming our way. the last time washington had consecutive days above 60 degrees was right before christmas where we had five in a row over 60 degrees. i don't think we can do five days, but we've got a couple of chances being over 60 thursday and friday. out the door weather now is cold. wind chills in the teens. clouds roll in today. here's the first chance of snow showers coming through between 2:00 or 3:00 on the front end and 7:00 to 8:00 then it will be gone. not a big deal. today mostly cloudy. we'll get sunshine here in the morning. about a 40% chance you'll see snowflakes today. not looking for accumulations. then tomorrow, more clouds than sunshine. like today, it will start out sunny and end cloudy. there's the snow chance early tuesday worth watching for. >> sounds good. thanks. >> all right. one more day until jimmy fall long takes over the tonight show. fall long takes over the tonight show.[ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom! delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school night. pillsbury grands biscuits. make dinner pop. 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[ female announcer ] try new pillsbury heat-n-go mini pancakes. . yeah. that was the dunk that crowned the new king last night in new orleans. the wizards john wall won the nba slam dunk contest. wall beat out dozens of others to take the title. in overwhelming show of ppt for the man who could be the nfl's first publicly gay athlete. at the time crowd gave michael sam a standing ovation last night in the school celebrating the football team's win in the cotton bowl. sam was named mvp prompting loud cheers from the crowd. sam is expected selected in the april draft. fall long had time to sit down with mark barger and his predecessor jay leno to talk about what's in store. >> the majority of viewers don't realize the tonight show starts in new york. you're going to reintroduce it to the city and the viewers. >> yeah which is fun. in the exact same studio. not the same city, building, but the same studio in the building. >> you know what's funny? if you look at the tonight show with johnny. it was low budget. you could see the fly wood and the rpet -- >> it really looks funny. off to the side guys are standing and smoking between the set. it's hilarious. >> you think they have plywood for you? >> no. it's mahogany. it's gorgeous. it's a work of art. it's beautiful. it's classy, glamourous. it's everything new york city is. >> at some point there's going to be a slip in a demo or rating and then critics will say the sky is falling, nbc made a huge mistake. he's not jay. are you ready for that? >> totally ready for that. it's going to happen. >> i'm starting on that the day after. >> i wish you wouldn't do that. >> there's always somebody mad. that's the funny thing. always somebody mad. that happened to johnny. 1969 someone sent me an article, when is par coming back? johnny brings out bim bow actresses and so forth. there's always somebody mad -- you have to do what you do. >> jay is going to be watching you take over the tonight show. you're watching seth myers take over your show. what's that going to be like for you? >> like selling a used car. it's a good car. i'm going to give it to seth. i didn't tell him about the transmission. >> it's not my problem. >> that's what i'm doing. here you go. i've been driving this 20 years. it runs good. take it. i'm out of town. >> why are you running? >> that was mark barger with fallon and leno. u 2 will be joining in as the musical guest. >> justin timberlake too. >> everybody wants to be on the show. >> u 2 my all time favorite group. >> i've seen them in concert. they're wonderful. >> got to give jimmy a shot. takes time to get used to something new. >> there's proof in the is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... 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[ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant good morning. welcome to viewpoint. i'm pat lawson muse. two days ago many of us gave our loved ones candy hearts for valentins day. this morning we foc on healthy hearts. heart disease is the number one killer of men and women. it claims the lives of more women than men and claims more lives than all cancers combined. february is women's heart health month. we want to talk about heart disease this morning and ways to reduce the risks. my guests, chairwoman of the circle of red and board member of the american heart association of greater washington. doctor, cardiologist at howard university and deanna lenses is a heart attack survivor. welcome all of you to "viewpoint." doctor, cardiovascular disease kills one woman every three minutes in this country. that's astounding statistic. why is it killing so many women? >> one of the reasons there's lack of women to recognize leading cause of death is heart disease. there has been progress in the last 15 years. level of awareness and women recognizing this is the number one killer, work needs to be done. >> why is it taking so long for women and doctors to figure out this is no longer just a man's disease? >> in terms of evidence and community efforts and physician community, it has to be done together at all levels. that's why the initiative by american heart association, the red dress campaign launched in 2003 to address this issue. >> deanna, you are in your early 40s. at the age of 40 you suffered a heart attack. tell us what happened to you. >> it was a frightening day. i had been a volunteer with the american heart association for ten years. i have family history. i lost my mom and dad too. in the emergency department i was dismissed. i felt something was stuck right here. the problem with women and heart disease, women present differently than men. if i look at my mom, dad, myself, all three have a different story. it wasn't until the second cardiologi cardiologist came in and said we'll do a work up on her. i ended up having a 70% blockage. >> were there signs before you went to the er. >> there weren't. even my ekg presented normal. it wasn't until they ran enzymes and took me to the lab they realized i actually had a heart attack. >> darby, one of the aims is to educate women about the fact it doesn't just hit out of the blue. >> what happens is many of the women don't know they're having symptoms and like deanna says, sometimes they go into the hospital and doctors don't recognize it. we're trying to educate women on what the symptoms are. they present a lot different than men. it's not the gripping of a chest and falling down having a heart attack. it can feel like the flu. dizziness, clamminess. sometimes you feel you have an elephant on your chest. we're trying to educate women on lifestyle changes they can make so they're not all of a sudden hit with a drama event. >> this is not just work for you. it's also personal. you have history in your family? >> yes. both sides of my family. my dad had a stent. at 44 my brother had a heart valve that had to be replaced. my mom is a-fib. my husband's family has had severe heart disease. mom and dad died of heart disease, one brother died. two brothers died of heart attack before turning 50. >> your risk is high? >> exactly. >> women have at least one risk factor. talk about that. >> so there are risk factors in women versus men. the traditional risk factor we often talk about, age, smoking, hypotension, diabetes and cholesterol. some of the factors taken into account with one of the traditional risk models is family history. then women who have clampsia are at increased risk. also ethnic defense as well. >> there are preventable risk factors and controllable risk factors? >> that's correct. >> what's the difference? >> some things you can prevent. >> smoking would be preventable. >> right. smoking, eating right, exercising regularly. family history is something you cannot change, however, what you can change about it is recognize your risk early. we've seen that young her women age between 25 and 34 years old, they have lower level. their lifetime risk dying is from heart disease and not cancer. increasing awareness in younger women about it. for women to try to evaluate their cardiovascular health, try to bring it up as a discussion with physicians early on so they can start practicing healthy lifestyle to decrease risk down the road. >> we're talking about women's heart health. we'll continue our discussion after this break. welcome back. we're talking about women's heart health. you were talking about risk factors. want to go back to one you brought up, stress. how big a risk factor is that? >> that's very difficult to assess. in fact, our risk prediction models, women do face stressors compared to men. they have to take care of family. they have to balance the work and family life. a lot of responsibilities of taking care of children also falls upon them. so some -- so steps they could take is try to make time for themselves, try to seek family support. however, it's very difficult to quantify. >> can you be a totally healthy and have no other risk factors but be under a lot of stress and be at increased risk of major risk of having a heart attack? >> it is possible. we have example here with deanna. it is possible, however, like i said, there are some things we can do to reduce our risks which would include keeping our stress levels low. walking which is simple, 30 minutes a day if possible to incorporate into your daily routine. make taking steps, avoiding the elevator, parking further way. getting extra steps in daily. >> deanna, stress was a factor in your case wasn't it? >> stress is a huge component for me. i'm a military spouse. i have a young child. life in itself. one of the things as women, we tend to put our families first. something interesting i've learned, sleep is a big component reducing stress, to make you get adequate sleep, working out and exercise. you're only as good to your family as you are to yourself. that's something we forget. that's something go red for women tries to make sure women are aware of. you have to be your own priority and advocate to have that healthy lifestyle. >> darby, are the risk factors different in men and women or the same? >> they're doing research to come up with that. most of the research has been done to date on men. the risk factors for women we're finding things like stress. we're hoping they'll be able to come up with that research soon. >> that's very important point you just bring up because in the you studies, women have been unrepresented. 20 to 30% of women in the studies. there have been efforts to increase representation of women in studies for example, women's health studies. >> doctor, how many forms of heart disease are there? what are the most common? >> the most common is coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. those are two big ones. and then stroke which we don't often realize. heart attack is because of hardening of the arteries which doesn't affect the vessels of the heart but also to brain and legs. it's a sus stemmic disease. once you have heart disease you have increased risk of stroke. >> which is more preventable? cardiovascular disease has common risk factors. once you take steps to decrease risk, you decrease risk of stroke. the most common cause of congestic heart failure is coronary heart disease and hypertension. >> the first guidelines to prevent stroke are given. talk about the significant of that. >> the newest rask sesment guidelines came out november 2013 which now incorporates strike which was not there prior and incorporates ethnicity. african-american have higher risk than white woman. it offers in evidence we have thus far to give a tool to the physicians to more accurately define risks and also very often we have been defining -- we usually define ten year of cardiovascular risk. however with women, the lifetime risk of having a cardiovascular risk or stroke is higher than a continued risk. if i take a 35-year-old woman and look at the ten year risk versus lifetime risk. lifetime may be higher and give them more accurate picture of their risks and motivate them better to take steps towards a good morning everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell tracking a chance for a snow flurry or two this afternoon. another chance of snow arriving early tuesday morning. outside the door first thing this morning, it's 10 degrees colder than yesterday morning. you're definitely going to need the winter coat. radar shows not a whole lot of rain or snow chances first taking place. that's good news. it's cold for sure. 23 fredricksburg, 26 beautiful southern maryland now. 24 panhandle of west virginia. out the door weather this morning, generally mid-20s across much of the area. low 30s by later on this morning. highs today in the mid 30s at best. a chance of a snow flurry or two this afternoon. chance of an inch or more tuesday morning. more on that coming up. welcome back. we're talking about heart health. we were just talking about strokes which seem to be happening so much more frequently to men and women as a matter of fact. dean deanna, you're working with the campaign called power to end stroke which is the number one cause of disability. >> people don't realize it's important to understand the sign. it's very systemic. with one of the initiatives the program has, it teaches people the signs and symptoms and aware. most of all it's call 911. if someone is around don't delay. there's a short window of time between the onset of stroke and when disability occurs for them to administer medicine at the. that can change or save your life. i encourage people to go on heart.org and look at the power of this. there's so many useful tools to save your life, educate you and make lifestyle choices. >> darby, you touched on choices earlier and the signs. the signs and symptoms are different in men and women. tell us what similymptoms are i women. >> from you like symptoms, sweaty, nauseous, feel dizzy, pain in your lower chest and back, may feel like an elephant is sitting on your back. >> pain in the jaw? >> radiates from your jaw up to the arm a. that's a classic symptom. >> if a woman is run down suffering from fatigue which many of us are, is that a symptom? >> right. that's very important. if you've noticed new episodes of fatigue maybe overactivity or exertion which you weren't noticing before, many of us will shove it down the rug and say it's stress. however we encourage women to discuss this with physicians, any new similarymptoms you noti. many are occurring when you exert yourself. it gets better when you're resting. it could be heart disease. you need to get help. >> why are women more likely to die than men after a heart attack? >> when they have lower awareness that it's the number one killer. two, they have lower awareness of recognizing symptoms and often present late. they may not have recognized blood pressure which is a sign and may not have recognized cholesterol. because of late presentation we have poorer outcomes. >> why are women more likely to have another heart attack within five years of getting a stent? >> this is all the more reason to be more aggressive with women with heart disease. >> aspirin. do you take it deanna? >> i do. i defer to great doctors. consult your doctor before starting that. i take cholesterol medication and heart medication. i try to manage through that. a lot of times you can help with your cholesterol levels. it's important to know your numbers and what they mean. and exercise. that's a huge component in your overall cholesterol numbers. you can control what you eat and control your physical activity. that's certain willy a way to manage your overall heart health. >> if you've had a heart attack, you shouldn't just take an aspirin everyday because you think it's right to do? >> mine was prescribed by my doctor. i remember after i had my stent, somebody said oh, you're fixed n now. you tend to think you're fixed and don't want to follow up. women do get dismissed in the er. when my mother had a heart attack, they prescribed her an anti-depressant. it's important to know your body and own personal signs and symptoms. darby brought up great points of what you should be looking for. if your body feels different, not right, you know. react and not feel silly about it. >> we've welcome back. darby, you were telling me about the youtube video you send women to because they're often in denial. >> exactly. this video about having a little heart attack. it's a mom has take an care of kids. last thing she wants to think about is she's having a heart attack. she's like, i'm not one of those having a heart attack. classic symptoms are there but everybody ignores them taking care of their family. >> that's common of women of all ethnicities. 48% of women over 20 have cardiovascular disease? >> that's a number that needs to be expressed. it has to do with risk factors, lifestyle again in a big way in terms of what they eat, what cholesterol levels are, if they're exercising or not. there's social, economic and ethn ethnic responsibilities. >> you were telling me how it changed your life. tell us what you did differently once you had the heart attack. >> most people when you have the heart attack you're in denial. you think you're kind of fixed. i realized choices i was making weren't always healthiest ones. i manage stress better. i looked at my diet. sometimes we want to be thin and forget about the healthy side of it. it's an overall awareness of your body. i'm a mother and want to be around for my son. it's important to take charge. >> darby, you can manage stress by walking from the parks lot to the building? >> exactly. doing your 10,000 steps per day. for christmas we got our kids the recorder for the information. it's easy to go out and do exercise. reduce the amount of salt in your food. take a yoga class. you can make little changes along the way. >> for women, it's tough, doctor, isn't it? we've got to squeeze so much into an already packed life, packed day, packed schedule? >> right. one important way to think about it is not just living longer but living healthier during this journey. we really do have to motivate ourself and try to take small steps at a time and not a big change which can be difficult you know to deal with our schedules. >> and small steps, small changes reduce the risk how much? >> you can get anywhere from 5 to 10% risk reduction by incorporating 30 minutes a day of exercise. it does not have to be 30 minutes done at once. get benefits by spurts of exercise. for example, ten minutes three times a day or 15 minutes twice a day. however, it is recommended at least one 50 minutes during the entire week of moderate intensity a aerobic exercise. easy way is start the walking. take it from there. >> deanna, you're doing that. you mentioned checking, knowing your numbers. what numbers do we need to know? what needs to be on our checklist? >> the most important baselines to have. you can correct me if i'm wrong. definitely cholesterol. hdl and also your bad cholesterol. you need to know and have control of your blood pressure. it's funny, i know somebody who likes to move their arm to get the blood pressure they want. you need to be on top of your blood pressure and know your baselines. there are regulations and guidelines but may not be the best for you. work with your cardiologist to know where you need to be. a lot of people don't know where their numbers are and what they mean. that's how to manage your lifestyle. >> darby, talk about how critical this is to talk about this with our mother, daughter, sisters, friends. we talk about everything else. >> i know. no one wants to admit they have a problem. heart disease is the silent killer that kills 500,000 a year. one out of three women die from it. we all have to tell each other and give them information about what to look for and education, education, education. >> we all have smart devices. i encourage people to go on go red for woman.org. they can help to educate and let them know. it gives a print out. they can take it to their cardiologist and say i have questions. can you answer these. that's a nice way to get involved. send e-mails to your friends too. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> life saving interview. >> thank you for being with us. that's "viewpoint." i'm pat lawson muse. "news 4 today" continues. not only will you want that winter coat as you head out this morning, but the scarf, gloves wouldn't be a bad idea either. >> or just stay inside. good morning everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. it's cold to start us off. don't be surprised if you see snow in the day ahead. >> chuck bell enough already. >> today's snow chance much like yesterday's, less actually. conversational snowflakes a possibility this afternoon. no accumulations of an inch or more. that's welcome news. there will be another chance of getting an inch of snow tuesday morning. more on that coming up later on. your sunday morn as good off to a decent start. clouds gradually increase. there's little opportunities for snow in the southern parts of the valley now. wave in the atmosphere rolls overhead this afternoon and maybe it will ring out a couple of flurries. that's about it. the bigger issue is the cold. we're 10 degrees colder than yesterday. wind chills are back in the teen across the area. heavy winter coats are indeed recommended out the door this morning. temperatures mid to upper 20s. wind chills mid to upper teens now. going to stay cold. temperatures rising in the mid to upper 30s at best.best chancy or two is after 1:00 and after 7:00 this evening. now back to you. hank aaron is recovering from hip surgery. we recently interviewed him. the braves say the 80-year-old fell on ice in friday. he broke the major league home run record playing for the braves 40 years ago. we all knew the snow days would have to be made up some time. for some students it starts tomorrow. five districts will forego the president's holiday and send kids back to school. charles, st. mary's county, fair fax, fredrick county will take part. some districts are even thinking about adding time to the end of the school day or even cancelling recess. as chuck mentioned, we could get more snow today and tomorrow. of course you can track the weather in the palm of your hand. download the storm team 4 weather app. search nbc washington on the app store or google play. a little girl is fighting after she was shot in the chest. police believe they know who did it. darcy spencer has been following this story. she has the report. >> reporter: the mother of the little girl says she's still in t theicu. she was shot in the chest and lung. two men have been charged in the shooting, but the mom says it doesn't change what happened to her daughter. we're learning more through the documents. karie brown and nathanle are charged. two children pointed to the men and said there they go as this suspects ran a way. the police arrested them around the corner. when arrested this is what they said. they went to the apartment to buy an ounce of pot. they say the victim, michaela opened the door for them. they say inside the building, a man fired a gun. they say they fired shots as the man ran away. one witness told police he heard what sounded like a robbery in the hallway when the suspects were in the building. documents say neither suspect had money to buy the drugs casting down on their story. police say they had masks when they were arrested and a.22 caliber handgun was found nearby. >> the little girl's family is focussing on her recovery now. they say she's a fighter and they're hopeful she'll make a full recovery. officers are looking for a man matching this sketch. the sheriff's office believe he's responsible for up to four robberies dating back to december. officers think the man described as 5'8" with a medium build held up four women. he approaches women when they're alone, pulls out a gun and demands they hand over their wallets. disbelief in florida carrying over to this morning. many are upset in the case of the man charged in the murder of a teenager. the state attorney plans to retry 47-year-old michael dunn on first degree murder. dunn shot and killed 17-year-old jordan davis over playing loud music in his car. the jury found him guilty of four lesser charges including three counts of attempted murder and firing bullets into a car. the jury deadlocked on the most serious charge of all, and the judge declared mistrial. dunn argued with three people inside you a suv at a gas station. dunn fired ten shots and says it was self-defense. davis was hit and died from his injuries. he was not armed. >> we stood out here and were hoping for a better outcome for jordan and his family, but we believe in our laws. we support them. when they don't work, it's time for a change. >> and we are following another developing story. this is in the rocky moion at could be at risk. >> we know you like to get on your computer in the morning. hop online with us. we told you earlier hank aaron had a hard fall. barbara harrison recently sat improve the medal count. jay is in sochi with that. >> reporter: wah, wah, wah. this is what olympic hockey about. this isn't a medal round. it was a tremendous hockey game no 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>> jumped out of the woods. same description. about 5'8", 170 pounds and he approached her said, what's up? and he physically attacked her. >> reporter: again the would-be victim ran. >> i, myself, tried to pick up my fiancee whenever i can because she comes home late at night. >> i'm truly sorry this is happening. what else can you do? i see the police officers along the path. >> reporter: detectives are working this case and they're seeing stepped up patrol and less visible attention, as well. as always, the best defense is self-awareness making yourself an inconvenient victim. >> safety in numbers. so, we're definitely stressing that. and definitely stress figure you're leaving the metro or a friend's house. let someone know where you're going and carry your cell phone. >> reporter: now coming up at news 4 at 6:00, we'll hear more from the police on this and talk to someone whoive a ivlives in area for years and sadly some of those premonitions haveom true. . >> derrick, thank you. asking people to pray for a 13 yooerd boy whose parents were killed in that tornado yesterday. it hit along virginia's eastern shore to the northeast of the norfolk area. the governor toured the damage earlier today. a new jersey couple died when a tree fell on their tent. their 13-year-old son was also hit by that tree and another tent. he's in critical condition. dozens of others were hurt. mcauliffe says it's incredible no one else died. >> at 8:30 in the morning, i think luckily most people were up, but had they been asleep and more people in their tent and in their campers, i think what occurred here yesterday wou have been chors >> the governor says along with the camp site yesterday's storm also damaged hundreds of acres of farmland. new at 5:00 tonight, a young computer whiz is now the target of a federal probe. he attracted the attention after he boasted about being able to add money to prepaid gift cards. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey spoke with the man today and joins us with more from fairfax with more on this unusual case. julie? >> imagine buying a $25 gift card, then turning it into a $100 card without paying a single penny more. that is what he tells me he is able to do and that's what's drawn the attention of federal investigators. we found out about the investigation against h when we picked up this search warrant but he tells me what he is doing is not criminal, he calls it cybersecurity research. he was just 19 years old when he and his twin brother graduated from george mason university and were featured in the "washington post." a computer whiz, he says he founded a hacking club on campus, earned a master's degree by age 20 and as this thank you letter shows, even did cybersecurity research for the defense department. >> my mission is just to see where the loopholes are. >> reporter: but that mission has landed him in deep trouble. this search warrant filed by a federal agent shows he is now being investigated for computer fraud. he tells me he just landed a cybersecurity job with general dynamics, but he couldn't resist boasting to a colleague about a code he created that allowed him to take an ordinary $25 gift card and add value to it. >> i would buy a card and then have that card for a certain value and then have it reloaded online. bypass the whole financial process using bid squatting. starbucks $100, whole foods $300. and sears $500. >> reporter: his co-worker told a manager and homeland security came to ask questions. telling him at first he was being asked for a higher position. >> we are in your skill set. we want you for this higher level position. >> reporter: he was fired from his job, but had more meetings with federal agents until yesterday when they came to the door of his springfield home arm would a search warrant. >> had 11 agents rush in. >> reporter: this document shows the dozens of computers, phones and other electronic items taken. >> we're all worried and, you know, just waiting. >> reporter: and just to underscore, akhtar has not been charged with any crime. what he intended to do with that code he created. reporting live from fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news 4. a man nearly 4,000 miles away in the uk is facing cybercharges tonight accused of hacking into federal agency computers right here in our region. prosecutors tell us among the agencies, health and human services the sentencing commission and an fbi lab. they say he got more than 100,000 employee records that included names, social security numbers, salary data and even credit card numbers. the man faces up to ten years, if convicted in virginia. we're following some breaking news right now. a fire at st. john's college high school in northwest d.c. shomari stone just arrived. >> between georgia avenue and friendship heights and an active scene right here and you casee d.c. firefighters are right here and basically they put out the fire not too long ago and this thing started in the i.t. room which powers the high school's computers and for some reason it caught on fire. a lot of electrical equipment in it. it's on the second floor. it is confined to that closet and i know this area very well. this is where i graduated from high school. class of 1996. and these guys are out here right now monitoring the clauset to make sure it doesn't spark up because we're dealing with extreme heat. school is not in session. in fact, a st. john's official tells me that right now they're just concerned about the computers here at the high school. the good news there weren't any injuries and basically they're just going to have to get all of this fixed. live here at st. john's high on military road, i'm shomari stone, news 4. it's nearly time for the big debut. metro's new silver line will open tomorrow. it's expected to change the way people commute. riders are working to figure things out, but is metro really fully ready? news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss is in tyson's with what you should know before you hop aboard. hey, adam? >> think about this tomorrow afternoon about this time you're going to be able to get on a metro train and come to the shopping mall here in tysons corner. that seems amazing given what this project has gone through. hey, metro has put a big red bow like a christmas present on these stations. right now we're going to give you a breakdown about what you need to know to ride the silver line. the silver line. five new stations. four in tysons corner alone, the fifth in restin. but a lot more than that. it's an entire new line coming to the metro system. take a look at this map and you can see the silver line stretches across the entire region. it will run from largo town center in the east through d.c. all the way to restin in northern virginia. will it help your commute? well, it depends exactly where you're going, but certainly are plenty of riders looking forward to hopping onboard. >> i have been told it will make my commute about 30 minutes shorter. >> reporter: really? reanna kennedy works about two blocks from the new mclean station and she can take the metro and listen to what she had to do. >> i take the metro to west falls church and then the 3t bus to mclean. >> reporter: she says there are plenty of people with similar stories and when all is said and done 50,000 new trips per day will be added to the metro system. right now daily is about 750,000 trips a day after the silver line, metro expects ridership numbers to jump up to 800,000 trips per day. there will be growing pains, though. thomas an orange line rider used to take the orange line all the way to vienna, but now he knows he'll have to keep an eye on the train's color and route. >> if the orange line stops here but we ehave to wait for an orange line to go all the way, i might take a silver line here and catch the next orange line to vienna. >> that's something you never had to do before. >> not at all. >> reporter: back here now liv at the tysons corner station. i can't stress enough, very important for metro riders to keep an eye on the color of their train in the coming weeks. these stations open at 11:30 tomorrow morning. the first train leaves about noon, but what should you expect to find here in tysons if you're coming here? here's a hint, it's not going to be all gardens and monuments. we'll have more on that coming up next hour at 6:00. reporting live in tysons, adam tuss, news 4. >> all right. >> we'll see you soon, adam, thank you. coming up, we'll help you calculate the cost of taking the silver line and, of course, adam and nbc washington will keep you updated online. just search sylvil silver line information about route changes. we're tracking late developments in the conflict in the middle east. we're learning that israel plan to begin a brief cease-fire early saturday morning. the cease-fire will last for seven hours, according to a senior u.s. official traveling with secretary of state john kerry. the official says israeli prime minister benjamin netanu offering the cease-fire as a good-will gesture after his security cabinet rejected a seven-day cease-fire. secretary kerry is on his way to paris now to continue his efforts to reach some kind of a truce. nbc news is reporting that hamas militants are considering a seven-day lull in the hostilities. a mistrial in the case of the d.c. cop accused of trying to kill his wife during a home improvement dispute. find out why he's still not a free man tonight. plus, heroin overdoses are surging in maryland, but one reason why deaths are on the rise. now we know what the governor plans to do about it. is he a redskin or a rock star? ryan kerrigan's is d.c.'s most eligible bachelor. crazy good weather day. look at the temperatures, low 80s and even upper 70s in a few neighborhoods right now. but you don't want to go anywhere because it's back to summer this weekend and back to storms, some of which can be severe. i'll detail it coming up xt. we're live in richmond. day two of redskins training camp and what a difference. the weather is beautiful here today. yesterday lots of dropped balls out on the field and today that was not a problem. in fact, robert griffin iii the only thing he was dropping was his mouth piece. the redskins offense is slowly working towards finding ei groove a unit and as a team today and they looked sharp. now, the fans, guys, they're starting to show up in large numbers and there seems to be a favorite among the ladies and that's ryan kerrigan. the 25-year-old strapped on our go pro to give us an idea what it's like to be d.c.'s most eligible bachelor. >> he's adorable. he's funny. he has a sense of humor. >> there should be yelling and screaming. have you seen how he looks? he looks fantastic, right? >> i have, i have rita and my two daughters. that's about enough for me. you know, women are a wonderful creatures but all i can handle is about three of them. >> he's good-looking, he's fit, he's highly paid. what's not to like? >> he's my captain america vote. >> does that make you jealous? >> it does. because we have 330 pound of sexiness right here and no one loves me. no one is cheering about m pack. you see these quads. ladies don't seem to love that. i don't understand. >> you guys are such good friends. but you look so much different. >> he goes all american clean shaven and i go chic. >> really loud roar from the female fans out here. have you ever noticed that? >> little bit. i mean, it's, no, there could be worse problems, i guess. >> hopefully one day they'll cheer for me. i love you, swaggy. swaggy, swaggy, swaggy. >> i'm not going to say he's a good-looking man or anything like that, but i guess these women out here ve taste. >> the question is, is he single? >> see, i don't know. you have to find that ou >> just about two minute ago i was out on the field when practice finished up here and i asked ryan, i have to ask you, are you single? he said, ladies, i am single. he is looking for a girlfriend out there if you guys are looking for a boyfriend on this redskins team. as for chris baker, the bigger guy who was shaking that six pack he's also single. lots of single guys out here in richmond. come on down. guys, i'll send it back to you. >> you put the call out there. i think camp may be more crowded next week. >> day two of trni c diana, you get right to the good stuff. >> thanks, we'll see you at 6:00. for the latest news from camp, follow diana on twitter or head over to nbcwashington.com. chris gordon checks oout the fan experience in richmond. today there is growing outrage surrounding the extension of rice. this all started back in february when rice allegedly knocked his then fiance now wife, unconscious. video shows him dragging her body out of an elevator back in an atlantic city casino. today "new york times" had a title suspended for awus and then padded on the back. espn.com. even former players are unhappy with the ruling. scott fugito who played 11 season in the nfl. the message to my wife and three daughters today, the business has been such a big part of our life really doesn't give an expletive about you. rice's former raven teammate derek mason, does the nfl value women? if ask you look at every domestic violence case the nfl has been very lenient when it comes to suspensions. for rice's current teammates, they are all standing by him. >> ray rice is a great guy. i have known him for six, seven years now and i know he knows that he made a mistake and he's going to work through it and, you know, all i can do is just support him and be his teammate. >> you knew something was going to happen. rightfully so. one thing and it is definitely tough. you know, people are going to try and i know how ray is as a person and i know they're working to improve on everything. >> rice is allowed to participate in training camp and pre-season games. he is not expected to appeal the suspension. >> veronica, a spectacular friday. if it could only stick for our weekend. >> perfect. you almost had to remind yourself today still summer. >> right. >> this weekend is going to get a little rocky, little unsettled because hang on we have times when we can see thunderstorms rolling into the area and there will be a time this weekend when i think we can see some severe storms roll through. let's talk about it as we go from that outside shot. there is your monument in the distance. yes, a perfect blue sky. hard to find even a cloud out there right now. temperature pretty reasonable. 85 degrees. down from the average of oour 88 andboy, the other thing that is down is the humidity. just at 35% right now and our wind out of the northeast at just five miles per hour. look at the radar scan. just how quiet it is across the area. but you know what, as early as tomorrow morning there could be a few light showers, isolated showers around our area. so, let me take you hour-by-hour. we start with the evening and it is going to be nice. no problems here. nothing to ruin your friday night out. 78 the temperature at 9:00. we're at 73 by 11:00 p.m. and it starts to get on the cool side for some and maybe a breeze around, but more clouds will start moving into the area and as those clouds push in, there's a chance of an isolated shower 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. and beyond that until 9:00 a.m. here it is in cloud form over the next two days. mildest evening. watch what happens now past midnight. there's all the clouds that make their way on in and isolated showers and your green showing up at 7:00 a.m. and hard to tell where those are going to pop. again, isolated, nothing heavy and not lasting very long. but lasting maybe a little longer as we get into the afternoon, 10:00, 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning around the lunchtime hour right around i-95 a few showers. thundershowers start to make their way through our area and a chance for an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. there is warrington a chance around fredericksburg and that's out of here. we quiet down and then it gets busy again on sunday. sunday now maybe more cloud cover across the area, with showers not only in the morning, but those thunderstorms coming during the afternoon. after 3:00, 4:00 p.m. you need to keep a watchful eye on the sky, folks. if you see any lightning in the distance and see that come up, you need to get inside, seek shelter and stop what you're doing because you're too close to the storm system by then. 10:00, 11:00 p.m. look at the heavier rains coming through the area and stormy conditions up until about 3:00 a.m. monday morning. we could see some pretty nasty storms make their way right through our area. those storms could be bringing some high winds, as well as some hail. iose, tomorrow is going to be hot as we take a look at the next fo days on your storm forecast. hot for the weekend, plenty humid, too. enough fuel there for the storms on sunday. but, boy, big-time cooldown, again next week. and in just a couple minutes we'll see how long the next cool down will sti aun >> veronica, thanks. it's one of the best views in the city. find out why a popular rooftop will shut down this weekend. a gravely ill little boy has one wish and thousands of people responded from across the country. we'll tell you why he wanted so many special deliveries. president obama's motorcade shuts down traffic, but in this case, it came an at inconnie time for one pregnant woman. we'll explain why it's more than just really bad timing. the countdown to the opening of metro silver line continues. we're just hours away, folks from the trains hitting the tracks at noon tomorrow. some riders still wunt to know whether it's going to be a costly commute. whether it's going to cost them more money. our team coverage continues with melissa mollet with more on what we can expect. >> wondering how much your trip on the silver line might cost, well, since school's out we decided to do the math for you. take a look at this, we plugged in our starting stop point as the wiehle-reston station. it will take you 70 minutes to get to largo town center. that fare will run you $3.70 off peak and $3.90 during peak times. let's say you're traveling between tysons corner that trip will take you 36 minutes and have to transfer at metro center and that route will cost you $4.90 during peak hours. if you want to calculate your own route, so many options. look for the link on nbc washington by searching sve line. it's needed a facelift for years. >> now alexandria wants to know what you think about a plan to redevelop the landmark mall. the howard hughes corporation wants to take the center of the mall and transform it into a town center style. it would include 400 apartments and 300,000 square feet. the macy department stores would remain book ending the new developments. you can find the link to more on the plans and how to comment by visiting our website and searching landmark mall. it's a popular way to top off a night in d.c. drinks at the top of the w. hotel, but you'll have to put those plans on hold for a while. the rooftop terrace and lounge is closing starting this weekend. the w. hotel rooftop will reopen in september. both the indoor and outdoor spaces will have a new design. now at a:00, armed carjackers and a deadly escape. >> find out what they did that got two children killed and how they got away. a d.c. police officer accused of brutally beating his wife is held in jail tonight, even though the trial ended in a hung jury. i'm tracee wilkins, coming up on news 4, why the judge thought it >> certainly we're very pleased that judge wallace revoked the defendant's bond ithe. right now at 5:30, a d.c. police officer accused of trying to kill his wife in jail tonight for violating a protective order. samson lawrence attempted murder and assault trial ended with a hung trial last night. >> he told the judge he was contacting his wife before the trial to help her with ongoing health issues. the jumg didn't buy that and said lawrence was trying to influence his family before the trial. prince george's bureau chief talked to both sides and have more on this stor >> reporter: as it became apparent to this d.c. police officer that the judge was not going to let him go today, there was an exchange between the two that became a little heated and got a little ugly, but at the end of all of it, the judge said i did not find your testimony credible and i don't think it's a good idea for you to be back out on the streets since he apparently has a problem with paying attention to stay away orders. left the prince george's county courthouse without their son. he was handcuffed in court and sent to jail. >>erin wreerplse thud wallace revoked the defendant's bond in this case. >> reporter: the court ruled that lawrence violated two stay away orders when he continuously texted, called and visited his wife and daughter. >> mr. lawrence was told to stay away by the court. that was the condition of his bond. >> reporter: lawrence seen here in the vest yesterday was on $200,000 bond after he was accused of violently beating his wife of more than 20 years. according to the state an argument over installing a projection tv resulted in lawrence spraying his wife with lysol, pushed her, hit her with a lamp and choking her. after a three-day trial, there was a hung jury that could not decide if lawrence was guilty of attempted murder and assault charges. he was looking at the possibility of life behind bars. the case will now be retried. >> we're very confident going forward with the new trial. >> it's a waste of resources, i also think it's a case as the not going to get any bet. >> reporter: his defense attorney disagrees with the need for a retrial and says the jung was wrong to revoke his bond for contacting his wife. >> it's a miscarriage of justice. but that's what the judge felt. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we have reaction from a very good friend of officer lawrence and what does a hung jury mean as the state prepares to retry this case in just a few months. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. developing in philadelphia right now, carjackers trying to make a quick get away ran over and killed two children. wendy rieger at the live desk with details for us. wendy? >> the three children were all simblings and they just happen to be standing at a fruit stand. police say two men with guns carjacked a woman who was driving an suv. they threw a woman into the back seat and took off and that's when they appeared to lose control of that vehicle and plowed into that nearby fruit stand, killing a 10-year-old boy, his 7-year-old brother and 15-year-old sister died later at thhospital. and the carjacking suspects got away. police are offering a $40,000 reward for their capture. back to you. >> wendy, thank you. prince george's county residents forced out of their homes after a collapse. they are still working out a settlement with the county. that damaged a road in port washington and rendered six homes unblivable and impacted more than a dozen other houses. residents had their fst closed door meeting with the county executive last night. the county has offered to pay $11 million in damages and home property buyouts. but that's not enough money to cover everything. we're used to having motorcades stop traffic here in our area, but down in los angeles, the president's visit apparently kept a pregnant woman in labor from crossing the street to the hospital. a reporter from our sister station captured it on his cell phone. he says the woman took shelter at a bus bench as she waited for the president's motorcade to pass so she could cross the street to get to the hospital. police say an ambulance was called as a precaution, but the woman declined it wanting, instead, to wait for her husband. >> it's all good. she didn't look like she broke her water or anything. so, you know, what happens when the president comes out. >> president obama has been in l.a. for two separate fund-raisers and a speak at a technical college. so far the white house hasn't commented on the motorcade incident. change is happening across washington and one of the best examples is the nationals who have brought their own style to a once neglected part of the city. as news 4 tom sherwood reports whether it's basketball, hockey or football washington pro-sports team are helping to provide an economic boom for the community. >> whose broad stripes and bright starps. >> reporter: opening day last spring. the u.s. navy sea chanters singing the "national anthem." now in their seventh season at national park, the team is in again in the hunt for post-season playoffs and a shot at the world series. but baseball already is a winner. it's helping redevelop the southeast/southwest water front where the city is considering adding a new soccer stadium deal for d.c. united. >> helping to give more sizzle to burgening areas of the city and we think the soccer stadium has the same capability to bring that kind of buzz. >> reporter: win or lose, the nation's capital is flush with financially winning teams. the capitals and wizards that helped revive the downtown area at the verizon center. and many city leaders even would like to lure the washington redskins, maybe with a name change back to the city. sports are big business. >> but if we were not making big moves like this as a city, we're going to stagnate. >> reporter: the verizon center neighborhood isn't stagnating. $200 million in sales and property taxes collected every year. clyde's restaurant on seventh street is one of the busiest eateries in the country. the "washington business journal" reports sales increas o20% on a wizards night and 40% for a hockey game. an average game night for the wizards generates $64,000 in sales taxes on just tickets alone. not counting food and merchandise. at a recent d.c. chamber of commerce forum, the baseball team scored as a city and regional success. >> if you look at our game attendies, we draw a very high percentage. in fact, the majority of our attendees from the area. >> reporter: deal with placement near nats' park but still in limbo that could decide the issue this fall. but business leaders insist it fits the city's long-term interests. >> good economic development transcends political administrations d eyho have a life of their own that stretch out beyond one or two mayoral administrations and this is a chance to make a big move and change a whole sectioof our city. >> reporter: tom sherwood. to sprawling suburbs. news 4 is working to find out what sparked this surge in growth. we invite you to join tom tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. a news 4 special report. a convicted killer is released. why the mother of the victim says it's not the first time and what she wants other parentso know. plus if you ever wondered when is the best time to shop for groceries, we have the answer and why it could help save hello! i'm a kid. and us kids have an important message for our grown ups. three grams daily of beta-glucan... a soluable fiber from whole grain oat foods like cheerios can help lower cholesterol. and where can you find beta-glucan? in oats. and, they're yummy! i'm going back to being a kid now. thank you! it's a great time to get your hands on manager markdowns at the super market. food nearing its sell-by date is typically reduced mid-week. grocery stores also release new circular on wednesday so they usually honor last week's deals, as well. weather may day one a bit of a bust but today fans packed redskins park down in richmond and for many a family affair. chris gordon talked to fans about the annual tradition. >> good evening, last night at this time there was thunder and lightning here in richmond, but now the sun is shining and a great evening to watch football. the sidelines are packwood fans watching the team practice here at trainincam for this large family, it's a chance to bond. >> we're from charles county, mtd immediate. here with my husband, my two children, my brother, brother-in-law, sister-in laws. >> anybody left at home? >> no, all of us are here. 20 of us here. everybody is here to see the redskins. we do it every year. big family trip. >> reporter: there are a lot of future fans here at training camp, but some of the kids can get distracted on theidelines while their folks try to watch the practice. is this fun or is this babysitting? >> it's fun. it's a little bit of both. give the wife a break at home and have the kids have some fun in the air. >> reporter: then there are the fans that analyze every play keeping a watchful eye on their quarterback. >> here to see the new coaching staff and see how deep they're looking. >> they're running great routes and timing is just there even though they just started training camp. look like they put time in e off sean. >> that's what we're waiting on. did you see that one? that is the one we're talking about. timing is there. touchdown. gamer. >> reporter: redskins coach jay gruden got a visit from his brother tv analyst john grudon who was asked about the pressure on the new coach. >> i think he handles that a lot better than me. i didn't handle adversity very well sometimes. >> reporter: he says it's much too early to tell how good the r redskins wilbe so far he likes what he sees. reporting from richmond. drone drama at a national landmark. find out who was behind the scare at seattle spaceneedle. the overdoses on heroin are still on the rise. find out why the attempt to stop the trend is failing in maryland. developing tonight. a major break in a local teenager's unsolved murder. 14-year-old erica smith was found murdered in ashburn 12 years ago. loudoun county investigators linked a suspect to her killing but just revealed he committed suicide. jackie benson is live with details. jackie? >> doreven, it's important to remember this long that she was a very reemarkable young woman, girl from a loving family here in loudoun county. although investigators won't name the person believed responsible for her death and that person has since committed suicide, he is described by her family as someone who 12 years ago reached through the net of safety they had put around her. unbeknownst to them and began some type of friendship with their 14-year-old daughter, instructing her to keep it a secret. we spoke tee erica's father, william, who dignity and fierce love for his child convinced mike chapman to reopen th case. >> you have to persevere yourself. you have to push it to their minds that you're not going to give up. that you're not going to let your child's life just go away. if you don't do this, if you don't do this, in a lot of cases they won't persevere. >> william smith says that it is very important for him to express his gratitude to the many investigators who took part in this case and brought not closure, you can never bring back the loss of a 14-year-old to a family, but a feeling as her mother and father said, a feeling that there is and has been some type of justice for erica. live in loudoun county, jackie benson. heroin is taking lives across maryland at an alarming rate. it's now being called an epidemic. governor martin o'malley says reducing the number of deaths is a top priority. news 4 darcy spencer is here the studio with more on what he plans to do about it. darcy? >> jim, the governor admits the numbers show the problem is getting worse. more people are injecting themselves with heroin and dying in record numbers. and one local advocate says the governor isn't doing enoug more people are now dying from drug overdoses in maryland than in car crashes and the numbers are on the rise. in just the first quarter of this year, there were 252 overdose deaths. that's a 33% increase from the same quarter last year. 148 were from heroin. ginger rosella lost her son, jay, from a heroin overdose last year. >> none of us will ever be the same. living with an addict is hard. it is. but, you know, at least they're still here because, you know, once they're in the ground, gone. >> reporter: 464 people died from heroin overdoses last year. that's an 88% increase from a few years ago. governor martin o'malley says his plan to reduce the number of deaths, obviously, isn't working. he says the state is refocusing its efforts to reverse this spike. o'malley has established an overdose prevention council. he says police troopers are being trained and equipped to use the overdose drug naloxone. public awareness campaign and residents can call 211 about treatment resources in the state. >> our response is, well, of course. >> reporter: lisa lowe is the founder of the heroin action committee and her son is an addict. she says she's not surprised by ithe uptick in deaths because no one is talking about the real answer to the problem. >> well, of course, there is going to be an increase in this. there's going to be, it's going to keep increasing until somebody wants to fund the solution, which is treatment. >> o'malley says he wants to reduce overdose death by 20% by 2015. now, there is a drug that is mixed with heroin that is being blamed for this spike. you're going to hear from the mother of a young man who died after injecting that drug coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >> very troubling problem. thank you, darcy. let's go back to veronica johnson and get an update on our weather we like today so much. we want to hear more about, i guess we have to make the most of it tonight, huh? >> that's true. one super day this week, but, you knowxwo what, a couple more coming our way. first, though, we have to get through a little bit more summertime type nasty weather, in fact. i've been taking a look at the numbers here and what we're expecting tomorrow. tomorrow we do start out in the mid-60s to 70s and by afternoon it's going to be hot across the area. early tomorrow, a few isolated showers will be around the area after about 8:00, 9:00 a.m., though, we'll see more sunshine coming to us and the breaks in the cloud cover will allow us to have a few afternoon thunderstorms. here it is county-by-county around the d.c. metro area. 91 d.c. and 81 the high in gaithersburg and that, of course, after a low humidity today and delightful conditions in the low 80s. a few isolated showers first and then we could have a few thundershowers by afternoon. and any time after around 3:00, 4:00. 88 in leesburg and 91 in orange. it's going to be hot down here. qu quanico and fredericksburg heating up. all getting into the low 90s tomorrow. in fact, this whole weekend will feel plenty hot. a little bit of humidity for saturday, a lot more coming your way for sunday. so, let me show you in detail saturday, sunday what we're going to get on those storms. as we hit that high of 91 degrees during the afternoon, well, 83 by 11:00 a.m. and 87 by 7:00 p.m. in the 80s by late morning and even early part of the eveng. isolated showers any time during the afternoon hours and 3:00, 4:00, we get those storms. as far as the storms that we get on sunday, those will be stronger, more intense and more widespread across the area. here's the way it's looking right now. a main threat for the storms on sunday could see damaging winds and could see some hail and, in fact, get heavy rain out of this and usually our tornado threat is somewhere way down here. i brought it up just close to the low to medium area for sunday. we could be looking at some damaging gusts coming through with this system. right now for sunday afternoon, there it is. slicing through western maryland, areas around culpepper county and then overspreads our area throughout the late afternoon and eveningou everyone is in the potential for severe weather. we flip it around again next week. breezy conditions on monday and look at how good it is all next week. 81, 86 degrees and maybe a passing shower or thunderstorm on monday and a quiet week with low humidity and those lower temperatures coming our way next week. still have sticky stuff here for the weekend. >> veronica, thanks. david catania is calling on a candidate to return $20,000 in what they call tainted political contributions. he told the radio the money comes from a businessman who was dismissed by the city for missing money and mismanagement at the park's southern apartments in southeast d.c. the subsidized complex is home to 700 low-income tenants. the dismissed manager jones is a major supporter of bouser. head of the council housing committee. last week she called for an inspector general investigation of park. >> she claims that she has interceded because she's concerned about state stability and preserving affordable housing. i think the facts show something quite different. i think she intervened to help grease the wheels for a sale of that building to two of her most important supporters. >> her campaign did not respond today to requests for comment. a mother's crusade after the murder of her daughter. the convicted killer is relea d released. 'lllou what she plans to do next. all new tonight at 6:00, they're supposed to care for our veterans after they come home but the news 4 i team is uncovering new information aand how many veterans may have died waiting for ca. busted. police arrest an amazon worker for flying one of the company's new drones near the seattle space needle. we'll have that story coming up in just a bit. apparently we have the wrong video with that story. witnesses say they saw the drone buzz around the national landmark yesterday and then into a fifth story hotel room. the man told officers that he simply wanted to test the new drone out. imagine the man convicted in your child's death is, once again, a free man. that's what the mother of a southern california college student has been dreading for years, but now it's happened. elita lopez spoke with her about what she plans to do. >> not again. >> reporter: she reacts to another letter from the california department of corrections letting her know that the man who killed her daughter was going free, again. >> every time he is in and out, you know, means the system is not working. >> reporter: in 2007 john steven burgess answered an add for math tutoring. she remembers what donna told her that day. >> she said, i love you, bye. >> reporter: donna disappeared. two years later burgess pled guilty claiming he and joe were partying and she overdosed on drugs and he panicked and dumped her body in the ocean. >> he got away with the murder. >> reporter: he placed an add for a roommate, that already a violation of his parole. >> i'm afraid and i'm sure he's going to do it, again. >> reporter: back then two women identified him and called police. drugs and ammunition were found at his home and returned to prison until now. >> when i find out, i'm going to have fliers, you know, made and spread it in the neighborhood that he's there. go to bed and the first thing i wake up to. >> reporter: donna's body never found, she holds out this hope. >> i don't think it's ignorant or denial or anything like that, but my heart tells me she is still alive somewhere. >> now, burgess has 48 hours to report to a probation officer hub where he will be equipped with a gps tracker and have to give his exact address since he has been a registered s offend. right now at 6:00, terrifying moments on a flight that was turned around over west virginia. what sent fighter jets scrali. surviving the storm. the return to a virginia camp ground battered by a deadly tornado. two of the survivors share their story. and on alert, the search for the person who keeps trying to attack people along a popular trail. first at 6:00, a new plan to move central american children from the shadows to safety. they are still coming here by the thousands, many of them are traveling without their parents. and some are even younger than 12 years of age. tonight, president obama wants to try a new way to keep those children from making this dg erous journey to a nation that may not be willing to accept them, but his plan is controversial. news 4 steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest. steve? >> it is controversial here on the hill, but some democrats and some republicans. president obama says holding hearings in honduras, u.s. hearings that he would then expand to include hearings in el salvador and guatemala would convince more parents there not to send their kids here that they're still doing now i droves. texas cops patrolling the border this week. on the mexican side of the
we've seen trains coming in and out doing those test runs. of course this is one of five brand new stations opening up tomorrow. so even for veteran riders, they have never set foot inside the station. they may know the system, but they don't know these new stations so there's going to be a bit of a learning curve. metro has some great information for folks on their website and, don't worry, there are also going to be people at the stations to answer your questions. at the wheelie reston east station, they're sprucing things up for tomorrow's big opening. after decades of planning, the silver line is finally opening. trains could be seen coming and going from the station this morning. no passengers on board, just more practice runs. >> so are you ready? >> reporter: many riders entering the new station will access the pedestrian bridge from the new reston station plaza. it's also a new and unfamiliar development. in fact much of it is still under construction. so if you have a question about where to go or where to park -- >> i hope our commuters are ready, but we're here to help them. >> reporter: just look for someone in a gray "ask me" t-shirt. they're here to help. >> we know change is confusing and a bit stressful. we've got a team of reston station ambassadors wearing "ask me" questions if you've got any questions. >> i'm prepared to answer any questions they have as far as how to move around, where's the metro, where do i park. >> reporter: at the commerce metro center business park, workers are getting used to a new set of parking gates. the property abuts the new wheelie reston station so they have taken steps to make sure metro riders don't steal all their spaces. >> obviously we had fair warning that we were going to have certain tags and stickers on our cars to make sure that we would have primary access to the building. >> reporter: five new stati opeon saturday. four of them are clustered around tyson's. the fifth is here in reston. be aware that this station is the only station with a parking garage. not a problem for ray mitchell. he works nearby and plans to leave his car at home and ride the rails to work. >> close to my house. maybe quick to get on that instead of paying for this. >> reporter: and the inaugural train is going to leave from this station saturday morning at 10:30. that's just for dignitaries and invited guests. the rest of the public can begin riding the silver line beginning at noon. reporting live in reston, megan mcgrath, news4. back to the studio. so we calculated just how much time and money a trip on the new silver line will cost you. let's say you start where megan is. it's going to take you 70 minutes on the train to get to largo town center which is the opposite end of the line. that will cost you $3.60 during off-peak hours and $5.90 during peak travel. you can calculate your own silver line route. we've got the link at nbcwashington.com. just search silver line. right now virginia governor terry mcauliffe is taking a tour of the campground that was torn apart by a deadly tornado. the ef-1 twister moved through that area yesterday with winds topping 100 miles per hour. a couple from new jersey was killed when a tree fell on top of their tent. their 13-year-old son was in another tent and is in critical condition. 36 others were injured. more than 1300 people were at the campground when that tornado hit. the national weather service issued a tornado warning for the area at 8:20 yesterday. it was just 20 minutes later when that tornado slammed into the cherry stone campground. the campground is about 40 miles northeast of norfolk on the chesapeake bay. big changes in our weather today. bright sunshine, clear skies and really comfortable temperatures this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joining us now with the first forecast. hey, tom. >> hey, richard. it is comfortable because the humidity just dropped dramatically overnight. and now with the bright sunshine, temperatures are rebounding. here's just past 11:00, it is 78 at reagan national. gorgeous morning. shenandoah valley in the mountains just in the low 70s there. the blue waters of the chesapeake bay reflecting that gorgeous blue sky, in the mid-70s there. mid-70s elsewhere. going to the beaches or the pools, make sure you wear the sun block. this very high july sun has our uv index in the very high range for the day today. and for training camp in richmond, well, it's going to be hot there this afternoon, but lower humidity, in the upper 80s with lots of sunshine. on saturday we might have an isolated thundershower, should be in the low 90s. on sunday scattered storms are looking more likely on sunday. love this photo. this was posted earlier this morning. one of my twitter followers, by patricia sherwood of some wispy fog over a field in west virginia right at dawn this morning. you can connect with me on twitter, facebook and instagram and share your pics and we'll share them on tv. a look for the big changes for us on the weekend and into next week is in a few minutes. let's get over to aaron gilchrist at the live desk. >> we're just getting video in from a pretty bad accident in potomac, maryland, that happened earlier this morning. we can show you chopper 4 flying over the scene after a car slammed into what police say was a garage attached to this house. this is in the 1100 block of gai gainsboro road. we'reo the driver of that vehicle we believe was an elderly man, was taken to the hospital with pretty serious injuries. you can see some of the bricks knocked off of the edge of that house. this was a two-lane road the car came off of, came across a good stretch of grass before hitting the house. we're waiting to hear from police exactly what may have happened to the man driving that vehicle that may have caused this accident and what condition he's in at this point this morning. that's the latest now from the live desk. take a look at this, this caused a big traffic headache. chopper hour along redland road and briardale road. several trees fell there and brought down some utility poles and power lines. redland road was closed for a while so crews could clear away that debris. the road as since reopened. a former virginia art teacher will learn how long he will spend behind bars. ralph conrad will be sentenced on 50 counts of possessing and distributing child porn. each count carries a maximum of five years in prison. he could be hit with a 250-year prison sentence. he worked for 15 years and taught at seven different schools. we learned a judge revoked a bond for a d.c. police officer accused of trying to kill his wife. prosecutors say samson lawrence violated a court order to stay away from his wife and children. this came after a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict last night on attempted murder charges. lawrence is accused of beating his wife during an argument at their home in maryland last november. prosecutors plan to ask for a new trial. the rain has moved out and players are back on the field for the second day of redskins training camp. the team moved practice inside away from the fans yesterday, but we have a different situation now. news4's chris gordon is joining us live down in richmond. chris, set the scene for us. >> reporter: well, the sun has come out to play along with the team, and behind me you see fans lining up to get autographs as players come off the field as the morning practice ends. but take a look at this. i want to show you pictures of the crowd here today. there must be two, three or four times as many people as there were here yesterday when we had rain and thunderstorms. and today they're getting what they came to see, how rg3 looked as he begins his third year leading this team. we spoke to some of the fans from arlington, virginia, washington, d.c., and charles county, maryland, and many families are bringing their children here today to see the team, leading me to ask how that's working out for them. is this fun or is this baby-sitting? >> it's fun! >> it's a little bit of both. give the wives a break at home and have the kids have some fun outside in the air. >> they're running great routes and the timing is right there already. even though it's just the first time training camp but the timing looks like they have been putting in time in the off-season. >> did you see that one? that was the one i was talking about. the timing was there. touchdown. game over. >> reporter: hopend enthusiasm also always reigns supreme here at training camp. that's the latest live. chris gordon from richmond, back to you, richard. >> all right, chris. touch assignment for you today. thanks a lot. in just a few hours, president obama will meet with central american leaders to discuss the thousands of children from their countries who are crossing into the u.s. illegally. the white house is considering right now to protect the children. plus outrage is growing this morning as more information is released about an attack on a u.n. school in gaza. we're going to tell you what's happening here in washington and in egypt today to restore peace. i'm aaron gilchrist at the live desk. we're just getting a live feed in from a news conference, the governor of virginia, terry mcauliffe, is holding in northampton county. he's just finishing talking with the media after touring a campground where a tornado killed two people. the governor will go back and talk with more officials at the county and the cherry stone campground. let me play for you a piece of what the governor had to say a few minutes ago. >> my first responsibility is to ensure the safety of the folks of the commonwealth of virginia. for me it's never a question of if we are going to have a natural disaster, but it's a question when. obviously with extreme weather patterns we're seeing, we have had many instances where tornado warnings have come into the commonwealth of virginia. obviously, unfortunately yesterday we had a terrible incident here. >> it was an ef-1 tornado that hit the campgrounds there. two people, a couple from new jersey were killed when a tree fell onto the tent they were staying on. their son was in the tent next door. the same tree hit that tent and he is in the hospital. the governor saying the entire state of virginia ipraying for him. they are allowing folks back onto the campground site to reclaim their property. we'll keep our eye on this situation for new developments as we go through the day. richard, back to you. there are new developments this morning on the israel-gaza conflict. israeli aircraft struck dozens of houses in the gaza strip today. the israeli military says it hit 45 sites in gaza, including what it says was a hamas military command post. since the fighting began in gaza 18 days ago, at least 817 palestinians and 35 israelis have been killed. peace negotiators say they are on the vernge of working out a truce between israel and hamas militants. while secretary of state jo kerrmes th leaders in egypt, lawmakers on capitol hill are working on a bill condemning the murder of israeli and palestinian children. people across the world are mourning the loss of those killed in yesterday's attack at a u.n. kill in gaza. >> that's a responsible thing to kill the children, those women? what? >> witnesses say five explosions tore through the school, 16 people died, many of them children. hundreds more are hurt. palestinian officials are blaming an israeli strike. israel is suggesting that the school may have been hit by a hamas rocket. >> there is a possibility that there was a loose mortar that misshot. >> if you knew that there were women and children staying in this shelter, why not just avoid that area? >> were militants operating inside the school? >> no. we are very, very strict about the neutrality of installations. it's just civilians. >> in four days, this is the fourth attack on a u.n. school that serves as a shelter in gaza. now take a look at this, this is new video of the air algerie air crash. you can see parts of the plane scattered on the ground there. flight 5017 disappeared less than an hour after takeoff yesterday morning. the plane crashed during a rainstorm in an unruly area of mali. the french president now says one black box was found at the site and he's sending a military unit to secure the area. all 116 people on board that plane died. most of the victims are french citizens. mourners are still reeling from last week's malaysia airline's flight 17 shootdown. two more military planes carrying victims from the crash just arrived in the netherlands. in the meantime australia's prime minister says 90 federal police officers will go to that crash site in ukraine. the group is trying to secure that site and they might be armed. pro-russian separatists still control the area. they have hampered investigators' attempts to access the site. flight 17 was shot down eight days ago. it's one of three major airline disasters in just one week. today three central american presidents are in washington to meet with president obama. leaders from guatemala, honduras and el salvador will meet at the white house at 2:00 p.m. central american countries have blamed america for the influx of immigrants. they say america's demand for drugs is causing violence below the border and that is why thousands of fleeing. congress has one week left to deal with the issue before their five-week summer recess. for more on the white house meeting we are joined by mark murray, nbc's senior political editor. mark, good morning. thanks for being here. >> good morning, richard. >> so the president is already talking about refugee status for some of these children. what does that entail? >> one of the things that they're talking about, again this is a proposal, this isn't a for sure thing at all, is all these kids are coming across the border to actually end up having that take place in honduras first rather than in the united states when kids make this really dangerous trek across the border. the idea would be that if there is some need for refugee status because of the drug war that's playing out in honduras or some of these other countries, to get it done before. if anyone needs to apply to be a refugee, do it in the home country. >> so how would that happen? >> i think it's a very hard thing and gets messed up in the politics because you can already see opponents saying, well, you end up having all these kids, unlimited number of people applying for refugee status. the idea would be it would be certainly less than that and who would end up qualifying. but it's one of the ideas to stop some of this going on. central american countries as you mentioned, the united states has some blame with the drug war going on, the uncertainty over is there long-term immigration reform in this country. the white house says there has been a deliberate misinformation campaign going on in these countries and elsewhere that somehow you just show up at the bordered and you're going to the a legal status and that's not correct. >> what is congress doing, they only have a week to come up with something. is there anything in the pipeline? >> there is stuff in the pipeline, approving $2 billion to $4 billion in additional aid but that doesn't seem to be going anywhere. it's stuck in a very big partisan mess. it seems that congress is so broken on even doing the really small things. you and i mentioned before, $2 to $4 billion might sound a lot to viewers, but it's a very small drop in the overall budget when it comes to what the government spends. >> all right, mark, thanks so much. appreciate it. for more from mark and the rest of the nbc news political team, check out first read. it is up right now at nbcnews.com. always a great source to know what is going on on the hill. let's take a live look outside. we started the day with pretty pleasant conditions out there today. i think people were surprised by how cool it was. what's coming up for the weekend, tom? >> down into the 50s this morning. in july, that is a gift. we are going to continue to have temperatures hovering into the 70s to just low to mid-80s by mid-afternoon with an absolutely gorgeous day under way. there's a live view of the potomac river. 78 now at reagan national and the best number on there is that dew point. 51. look at the humidity, only 39%. we've got a light northerly breeze continuing to bring in some drier air and the storm team 4 radar is scanning the sky. we don't have any rain anywhere in the region as things have cleared out since yesterday. and temperatures right now around the bay, beautiful morning there in the mid to upper 70s. farther west, it's in the low 70s, much of maryland and virginia and into west virginia, a delightful day there as well. bright sunshine all around the region. how does it feel? the dew point temperatures are the key. and it was around 70 on wednesday. the dew point is now in the low to mid-50s. that is very pleasant humidity. it's going to stay this way into the afternoon with the low humidity. although the temperatures will jump into the mid-80s mid-afternoon with lots of sunshine. heading to the mountains this weekend, there's a view from skyline drive. saturday could have an isolated storm in the afternoon. it will be around 80 at elevations above 2,000 feet. on sunday likely storms around in the morning and even into the afternoon and in the mid-70s on sunday afternoon. at the atlantic beaches, the water temperatures are in the mid-70s. it's high summer at the beaches. saturday, highs reaching low 80s right at the beach so a bit of a blustery wind and then maybe an afternoon or evening storm there at the beaches as it reaches the mid-80s. inland saturday up near 90 degrees. sunday up near 90 and getting very humid and some storms likely on sunday afternoon. and some of those storms on sunday afternoon could be severe. all this area in yellow is a severe risk zone for sunday. it covers much of the mid-atlantic states. just about all of virginia, all of maryland, west virginia, all of these areas could get some damaging winds and hail on sunday afternoon. the time frame for that is generally between 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. that's sunday afternoon, so stay tuned to nbc4. we'll let you know if there's anything threatening your home. stay tuned on sunday, especially maybe a lingering shower on monday morning, perhaps an afternoon thundershower, or smaller chance as some drier air moves in. storm team 4 seven-day outlook, beautiful pattern again next week. a nice break from high heat and humidity as temperatures will only be near 80 on tuesday. highs low to mid-80s on wednesday, thursday next week. so a brief period of humidity returning over the weekend and maybe strong storms on sunday. >> all right, tom, thank you. a royal photobomb. coming up who two australian women noticed standing behind them in a selfie. plus the latest in hair loss treatment. how this helmet can help you grow new hair. first, here's a look at what's hot right now on nbcwashington.com. the newest player in the smartphone market is on sale now. the amazon fire debuted today at at&t stores. it features a 3-d like display and also has something called firefly which lets you scan an item in front of you and learn more about it. amazon is trying to entwice people to make the switch with a complimentary year of amazon prime. the fire will cost you about $200. this morning we're getting a look at what might be one of the best photobombs of all time. check it out. it is a photobomb fit for a queen, queen elizabeth that is. she inadvertently photobombed two women australian hockey players yesterday. as you can see, the queen has a pretty good sense of humor about it. she has a big smile on her face. one man now caught in maryland. the taunting line he left for police on facebook and how they caught him just a day later. plus how the new silver line will change bus service in parts of fairfax. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein takes a closer look at when rain and even some storms could . i'm aaron gilchrist at the live desk where we are just learning about another child being left in a hot car and dying as a result of the conditions in that car. this happened last night in wichita, kansas. the police department there just wrapped up a news conference. let's take a listen to what their spokesperson had to say. >> during the investigation we learned that the child, a 10-month-old, had been left in the vehicle in front of the residence for approximately two to two and a half hours. >> now, police apparently took two men into custody. we've since discovered that they were the little girl's foster parents. they were questioned. one of those men still being held by police at this point and being investigated possibly being charged with endangering a child. the investigation is still ongoing. it was about 90 degrees at the time this happened last night in wichita. there were two other children in the house too when police arrived there. they are now in the custody of child protective services. the man who's still in custody likely won't appear before a judge before monday. richard, back in to you. >> all right, aaron. now we are counting down to the opening of the silver line tomorrow from trains to buses. the new silver line could forever change how you get around. for some of you, that means a new route to work. for others, that means you'll be paying more for the same ole trip. molette green has been talking to bus riders out in herndon asking how they feel. >> reporter: riders we talked to say they know what's coming. 16 new bus routes, changes to 28 existing routes and outside routes, but not everyone is on board. big changes to bus routes are coming, with metro's new silver line. >> starting monday, i'm going to have to take a bus from where i live to the new reston station. i have to take the train that goes through tyson's corner that takes me to east falls church and then i have to get another train to get back -- >> reporter: for a long time connector rider maureen treadway, catching the bus and train to work will be more expensive. >> currently i am paying $1.75 to take a bus to west falls church directly in front of the complex where i live. there are no transfers. it takes 20 to 25 minutes. it's going to be $43 a week, $2,000 a year. >> reporter: and she's not happy about her trip now taking longer with the route changes. >> it's going to take approximately an hour. >> reporter: no more buses to west falls church. for treadway and many other riders, rerouted to the new wheelie-reston station. >> so the 929 will no longer pick me up at franklin farms and old dairy road so i have to take the 585 to the new station. >> reporter: more money and a longer commute too for bus rider adams amadu, but the recent texas transplant seize a silver lining in the changes. >> i don't have access to view the city like i want to on the weekends, so the silver line allows me to explore more of d.c. but at the same time i have to pay more for the service. but i think it's a win-win and both parties benefit, the city and the citizens. >> reporter: but treadway says there are far too many people who just need buses to west falls church. now, miss treadway sent her complaint to state and local leaders and she was able to hear back from fairfax county supervisor. here's the e-mail printout responding to her complaint. the supervisor promises to evaluate the situation, consider some other transit options, even adding some new bus lines. treadway is threatening to possibly get back in her car. the complete opposite of what transit officials want folks to do. we are live at the herndon monroe park and ride, i'm molette green. back to you, richard. police are also getting ready for the silver line opening. officers are already on patrol getting to know their new beat assignments. at least two fairfax county police officers will join metro transit police at each new silver line station. they're part of a new unit called tyson's urban team. you'll see a lot of fairfax county police from here on out. >> we are going to be very visible on the platforms, riding the trains and in and around the stations. and that is going to be a continuous presence for the tyson's urban team. this isn't something that's just for the opening. >> metro transit police says the silver line is unlike any other part of metro. coordinating security involves several different departments who all share in the responsibility. metro is hoping the new silver line makes people feel like dancing. ♪ >> yeah, bust a move. the transit agency released a preview of this ad. it will begin running tomorrow to promote the new train service. it features passengers dancing from their homes all the way to the metro stop. it was choreographed by a d.c. resident and includes 30 dancers from the capital region, along with some metro employees. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss will be there tomorrow morning as the silver line opens. look for his live coverage at 9:00. then we'll see how the silver line handles the weekday rush monday morning beginning at 4:26. good luck, everyone. now let's check in again with tom kierein for the latest on our forecast. he's outside on the news4 weather deck. >> people are dancing and celebrating this fabulous weather too. it is just a perfect summer day. we've got a royal blue sky, deep green lawns and trees and golden sunshine coming down. just perfect with low humidity. temperatures right in the comfort zone now, mid to upper 70s most of the region. and later today it's going to be peaking in the mid-80s. over the weekend, sunday is the day when we could get some severe weather everywhere in this zone. the yellow zone on this map, there is a threat of strong storms sunday afternoon and evening, generally between 3 clonsz and 9:00 p.m. the threat damaging winds and hail, most of virginia, all of maryland, all of west virginia, pennsylvania, but watch out for that. tomorrow should be a good day for outdoor activities, up around 90 and still not too humid. maybe an isolated thundershower late afternoon or evening, a small chance of that. the greater chance of storms around on sunday maybe earlier in the day out in the mountains, maybe late morning and around the metro area afternoon and early evening. after that, another break from the high heat and humidity as we get into next week. and that's the way it looks. >> all right, tom, thanks. a child is one of three people hurt after a firebomb blew up a home in south philadelphia. plumes of smoke and flames engulfed the house just after 6:00 this morning. a man, woman and child had to jump from a window to escape those flames. a man was seen throwing something inside a window at the home. they're now investigating that fire as a potential arson case. the family was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. they're all expected to be okay. two women were attacked while walking in hyattsville. these are separate attacks that happened just two weeks apart. the first happened on july 10th as a woman was walking from west hyattsville on jamestown road. a stranger demanded her phone and then tried to pull her into the woods. she struggled, he got away. on wednesday a man jumped out of the woods to attack another woman walking along hamilton street. he threw her to the ground and ripped off her clothes, but the victim was able to escape. anyone with information should contact hyattsville police. one drug is taking lives across maryland as an alarming rate. it's heroin. a report from the state health department says overdose deaths in the state were up 33% in the first quarter of this year. 252 people died from overdose between january and march. 148 were heroin-related. governor martin o'malley has set a goal of reducing overdose deaths by 20% next year. he plans to crack down on dealers and increase access to treatment. d.c.'s new marijuana law has been effect for a week and so far police have issued five citations for possessions of small amounts of pot. four of which were issued in southeast washington. the new law replaces criminal penalties for having an ounce or less of pot with a $25 fine. and this next story is one that you're not going to want to miss. a man is arrested after taunting police online. anne arundel police posted a picture on wednesday as part of the wanted wednesday campaign. shortly after the post, ireland commented on the picture saying, quote, you all will never catch me. well, after getting a few tips from others, police did in fact catch up with ireland in south baltimore yesterday. nice try, buddy. don't tell the kids, but it is time to start thinking about going back to school. coming up, a look at how you can save a little money on back-to-school shopping. plus the latest in hair loss treatment. a helmet could help you grow new hair. virginia is offering an extra incentive to start back-to-school shopping early. a sales tax holiday. the three-day tax holiday starts next friday. there will be no sales tax on school supplies under $20 or any clothes and shoes $100 or less. you really could save big on school supplies next weekend. back-to-school shopping is a $72 billion industry. a new national retail federation survey says one in five families is planning on spending less this year. that's why stores are rolling out even deeper discounts than usual, and it could pay off for some college students. >> target and walmart, for example, both have huge very targeted campaigns, so we're seeing fantastic deals on small appliances. things like personal blenders, pod coffee makers, things very popular with college students. >> "consumer reports" says prices on electronics were slashed 30% to 50%, and that includes computers, tablets and cell phones. many fly with a carry-on bag and it can save you about $50 for your trip. before you buy, consumer reports has advice on what features are important. before you buy, open the handle all the way and give it a shake. it should be firmly attached with no wiggling or rattling as you pull it along. consumer reporter erika gonzalez will have five more features to look for when it comes to buying a carry-on. that is coming up on news4 at 4:00. around 1.5 billion people across the globe are bald or have some form of hair loss. now a company in california has come up with what could be the solution. a helmet with lasers to stimulate hair growth. dr. steven hopping is joining us to talk about that. good morning, doctor. >> good morning, richard. >> i don't think there's a man alive who hasn't looked closely in the mirror to see what's going on up there. >> 60% of men at some point in their life have problem with hair loss, 40% of women so it is a big women. we have always known low level lasers are helpful for hair growth. this company has taken it to a new level. they have created this device. it looks like a bicycle helmet. has 80 die owed lasers. and it çinfuses laser energy io the scalp. what is that supposed to do? it's supposed to increase the microcirculation of the hair follicles and make the hair look healthier and to reduce hair loss. >> is this something you would do at your home? >> yeah. we actually have these in our offices but this is something people can buy. they can use at their home. it's 20 minutes twice a week. you can use it in the comfort of your home. it's well priced. it's under $1,000, which is also pretty revolutionary in terms of the pricing of a laser type of technology. it's fda -- it's not fda approved, it's fda -- >> pending approval? >> the fda says it's a safe device. they can't prove that it's growing hair so more studies are needed. there are other devices that have had a really positive on hair so it's really exciting. now, it's not a hair transplant. if you've lost your hair, you still have to go with traditional things, but there are other things we can do before we lose our hair. things like some medications that help stop hair loss in 90% of men, pretty remarkable. there are some side effects. rogaine, which is for women and men. 50% response rate. so there are a lot of things we can do before we have to think about hair transplants. >> when talking about hair transplant, a lot of people are concerned is it going to look natural. is there one method that has better results? >> well, you know, the revolution in hair transplant has been the graft. and now we do -- instead of big plugs, which had 25 hairs and were very noticeable, we do one and two hair grafts but do thousands in a session so when it grows, it looks like natural hair. if you see someone and it looks like a hair transplant, it's a bad hair transplant. it should be natural. >> and part of it is getting onto it before you lose a lot of hair, right? >> the stealth technique. before you become too bald start putting some hair in there. now we have medical things and now we have the laser helmet that potentially can reduce baldness to begin with. >> and so the medications, which ones are best to take and which products are best to try at home on your own? >> rogaine you can buy overthe counter. there's one for women, one for men. it's a topical solution. it was a blood pressure medication they found is helpful for hair loss and it fwhorworks about 50% of patients. propecia is specifically for men, although there are post-menopausal women who use it. 90% response rate. so very effective for stopping hair loss. >> biotin is another thing you can take, it's a vitamin. >> so plenty of options out there. all right, doctor, thanks so much. appreciate your insight. >> have a great weekend. >> you too. coming up on 11:50 now. a teenager fights to walk again after a day at the beach turns tragic. we'll have more on that. plus storm team 4 we're now approaching what's normally the hottest part of the summer, and many of you will hit the beaches with your families. so we want to introduce you to a woodbridge teen who did just that and returned home in a wheelchair. news4's aaron gilchrist has his incredible story. >> it was really uneven so i was walking back and forth in the water, jumping over the waves. >> reporter: july 2012, parker went to ocean city with his mother and little brother. he had been playing in the water for about an hour when he dove over a wave head first. >> it was shallower than i thought it was. i hit a sandbar right away on my head and in the blink of an eye, i could not move, i couldn't feel. >> reporter: he was under water fully conscious and being tossed around by the waves on his last seconds of breath. he couldn't even feel being rescued. >> so when the lifeguards lifted my left arm and he lifted it right in front of me and i see my arm but it feels like it's over here because everything feels numb. so that was the first shocking thing. >> reporter: parker smashed two vertebrae near the top of his spine. after his first surgery, doctors gave him a 4% chance of ever having movement below his shoulders again. >> and the first week i asked my mom when are they going to get me walking again? are we going to go home soon because i'm tired of laying in bed. >> reporter: parker's injury isn't so unique. there were 226 major ocean injuries at beaches the year he was hurt, 306 the year before and 140 the year after. most of them in those carefree days of summer. >> diving is okay as long as it's feet first. you don't have to stop it totally but do it first first. >> you have to know what you're diving into. >> reporter: parker's parents want to warn other families to be very aware of how fun can turn to tragedy. >> parker has to relearn how to write, how to eat, how to dress himself, and he's made huge strides. >> reporter: parker spent four months at a spinal injury hospital in atlanta. the second-degree black belt fought tooth and nail to make those strides. this special device helped train his legs to move again. here we are a year and a half after leaving the hospital and parker blew my mind when he got out of his wheelchair and climbed the steps. >> now i can go upstairs to eat. we don't have to sit down here when we're having dinner and everybody sits on the couch. >> reporter: imagine being a 15-year-old boy, finally exploring independence. suddenly screws in place in your neck and just standing is a battle. >> being able to stand up straight and look someone eye to eye looks good. >> reporter: motivation in ms. cal therapy where the motivation is to do better than you did the day before. but he wants to drive and go to college on his own. parker graduates from high school next year. >> he is walking across that stage, and i hope that he's either using his crutches or he's using that cane or nothing at all. >> that was aaron gilchrist reporting. parker's still growing medical bills are in the neighborhood of half a million dollars right now. his friends and extended family have set up a fund to help cover that. if you would like to help, the information is at nbcwashington.com. a look at developing stories that we're going to be following throughout the day. this is metro's final day to prepare for the new silver line. a grand opening ceremony is planned for tomorrow right before passengers can take the first ride on the train. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss will have live coverage tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. this afternoon president obama will sit down with three central american leaders, the presidents of guatemala, honduras and el salvador will meet at the white house. congress has one week left to deal with the issue before summer recess. reporters and fans are getting a much better look at the redskins today. it is day two of training camp. rain yesterday moved the afternoon practice inside. we'll have a full report of today's action on news4 at 5:00 and 6:00. luckily it cleared out for them today and they got to play outside. >> oh, yea players and fans are loving this weather. we've got low humidity and temperatures now as we approach the noon hour right around 80 in washington. elsewhere it's in the 70s. absolutely gorgeous, perfect weather here for late july. there is increasing concern about severe weather on sunday in this yellow zone, a severe weather threat for sunday afternoon and evening. the right in the middle of it. threat of damaging winds and hail between 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. that's sunday afternoon and evening. stay with storm team 4 and we'll keep you posted on any severe storms going on sunday. tomorrow should be a good day for outdoor activities, up around 90. there is a small chance of an isolated storm tomorrow afternoon or evening but then the likelihood of those strong storms on sunday afternoon, might get a morning shower too. very humid on sunday with highs around 90. then on monday might have some showers in the morning, a smaller chance of an afternoon thunderstorm on monday. highs in the 80s. and lower humidity moves in, great pattern, again coming back on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. highs low to mid-80s, not very humid. morning lows in the 60s. so that's the way it looks. stay tuned, potential severe storms on sunday. have a great weekend and we'll see you on monday morning. >> we'll have to watch out this weekend, though. that's going to do it for news4 midday. be sure to tune in at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 later today. we'll have all the day's news. we will be back monday morning at 11:00 a.m. with news4 midday and hope to see you then. until then, have a great day and enjoy the weekend. . >> today on "access hollywood live". megan mccain is in the house with me today. we talk 50 shades. 24 hours later. jennifer aniston's wedding. kim kardashian object a little bit of selfie role here. and you set the record straight about a possible move to the view? we'll do that later. >> yes we will. >> second time in a week all kind of surprises. behind thi this. "access hollywood kind of surprises. behind thi this. "access hollywood live"starts right now >> he welcome to "access hollywood live". on a a frida friday. kit is on vacation. megan mccain is in the house. >> hi. >> good morning
out now. low 70s in washington. around the bay, mid-70s this morning. weather headlines fr this monday, our severe weather threat ends. should be a breezy day. gusts to around 25 miles an hour. and about a 30% chance of an afternoon storm as temperatures reach the mid-80s. your silver line forecast is coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. how is the commute? we're looking pretty good roadway wise and also on the silver line. take a look, chopper 4 over the tysons corner station. the new tysons corner stop here. you can see no traffic issues around here. and as far as we have heard so far at least, things running quite nicely at this point this morning. 270 at shady grove looking good, as well. wider look at things, no major problems. d.c. 295 just after 50 is a tad slow, but that's typical this time of morning. 66 headed into town, we're crossing our fingers that we'll see a lot less volume and happy krer drivers perhaps on 66 because maybe it will get a little relief on the silver line. northbound 95 a little slow in dale city. tweet us @first4traffic if you're riding the silver line, we'd love to hear how it's going. we are an hour now into the silver line's first morning commute. >> for a lot of you this morning, this is the first time you'll be taking metro's newest line. so want to make sure it is a smooth transition. >> adam tuss is live at the tysons corner station. so what can people expect when they head to metro this morning? >> reporter: well, there are some new things to expect. and i can tell you that there are some metro new bbies. you can't eat or drink and you can't bring your bike. so a few things to know. some of the newark texture of the metro system, right here, we're trying to figure out what to call this thing. the football, the egg, the silver fish, the cheese grater. i don't know. we'll come up with something. about a lot of people have asked how close is to the mall. all you need to do is walk across the pedestrian walkway up there, you come across the tysons corner station and, bang, you're pretty much at the mall right here. so it is pretty close. earlier this morning, we caught up with the first guy who came out of the tysons corner station. >> it's convenient to work and everything for me. i get off at wehle and actually work two exits down, so real close and convenient. so less stressful. >> and so you can walk from wehle or you take a bus is this. >> i take a bus, but could i walk if i absolutely had to. >> reporter: and of course now we're in the 6:00 hour, metro starts to ramp up right about now. a lot of people are going to be coming to these new stations. over the first year of the silver line, metro expects the ridership for daily metrorail trips to go from 750,000 trips a day to 800,000 trips a day and that's because the silver line is now part of the system. so we'll track it all for you. and you can of course keep us posted with what you hear throughout the day. megan mcgrath picking up our team coverage literally riding the train live right now to show you what to expect. >> reporter: yes, we are literally riding the rails here. we actually are in the tysons area. and i'm sitting by several ladies here. talk about your commute. how has it been? >> it's been good. i'm always disappointed because i didn't catch my shuttle bus on time. but other than that, the ride is great. >> what about you? are you pleased so far? >> yes, i am. everything is working out well. >> before you used to have to grab buses and trains and how is it a little more simplified now? >> very simplified because i used to have to catch the orange line when i got to roslyn, then get to westphals, cat fall s. you and now i can go straight to the end. >> that is the beauty of live technology. they're doing okay on the train. >> exactly. five new stations, so several bus routes had to be chained. it will no longer leave from westphal falls church. instead, you will have to catch it from the wehle reston east station. $1.75. keep in mind, if you board at the wehle reston east station, you will pay more to get to downtown d.c.. your trip willen een be $5.90. we have everything from a fare calculator to tips to keep you on time this morning. crust check out nbcwashington.com. a developing story, international pressure mounting to end the nearly month long crisis between israel and hamas militants in gaza. united nations security council calling for an immediate and unconditional you humanitarian cease fire. more than 1,000 palestinians and 43 israelis have been killed since the fighting began. another major story this morning, the trial of bob mcdonele begins today. prosecutors say mcdonnell and his wife received hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts in exchange for promoting a dietary supplement company. this morning the sides will choose a jury, 150 prospective jurors already told to report this morning. mcdonnells have pled not guilty. accused of posing for a picture with a child and then punching out a police officer. the comments that apparently set a man dressed up as spiderman over the edge. plus the simple trick that could get your kids to eat their vegetables without a fight. and we're are seeing a few showers on storm team 4 radar. take a look here. the chances for a wet wait for a train on the new silver line in your weather and traffic on the 1s. don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls... ...gets you there in just 60 seconds. ahhh! what is it? there are no marshmallows in this box of lucky charms! huh... weird... seriously? what? they're magically delicious metro's new silver line is open for its first morning rush. chopper 4 is over tysons corner. people are work their way along the platform getting on to the trains. coming up, megan mcgrath is riding the rail. there she is along with the riders. and she's talking to them and getting an update and look at their first trip. a lot of people happy so far. >> and we have the whole team there including chuck bell for anybody looking for a customized forecast at tysons corners this morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, you can certainly come right up to me on the sidewalk and ask for the forecast, or there is a great new piece of art work, really it's hart work i think, right inside the station here as you go in, look at that amazing picture. done by monet himself. yes, that is storm team 4. we're all over the station. and if you're wondering, yes, there are a couple showers out in far western maryland. but they're eastbound, so northern and western maryland could get a are sprinkle in the next little bits. rain chances in and around town, only about 30% coming in later this afternoon. but the skies are clear over tysons corner this morning. so temperatures for your out the door forecast, 60s to low 70s. it's 73 here in tysons. mid-80s later today. beautiful sunrise in progress. check on traffic now with melissa mollet. speaking of tyson, chopper 4 over the new silver line station if tysons corner. just keeping an eye on things from above for us this morning. everything looking good. a new crash 95 northbound at garrisonville road, two right lanes blocked. so you'll want to get around to the left. accident cleanup could take some time. otherwise looking quite good. i'm back in ten minutes. h. with much more on the silver line. a little advice maybe for parents. play it cool when you're trying to get kids healthier. >> a new study says they will eat more vegetables if you quit lecturing them. children between the ages of 3 and 5 were told two stories right before eating carrots. the first talks about how healthy the carrots are. >> and the kids ate fewer carrots with that story. they ate more when the carrot story did not push the health angle. >> just make up stories about carrots. >> something a little more fun maybe. you watch veggie tales. item eat tho i'd eat those vegetables. a wedding photo viral, but the reason why is not real. >> the true story is kind of cool, too. so we were like excited when the truth started to come out. >> the friendly meaning behind the photo that started a hash tag we still coming. we found the real story. and how an riders are making their way on metro's new silver line for the first morning rush. we're live at tysons corner metro station and also riding the rails. megan mcgrath hopped on the train earlier this morning. >> reporter: at this point, we're approaching the reston station. the end of the line here on the silver line. and got a lot of people riding the rails here including douglas. how would you rate your execuco? >> very nice. i'm enjoying the ride. it will be a lot easier. i won't have to wait for the bus. just get on the train. >> and this is the first time riding. was it confusing at all? >> no, pretty straightforward. it was good. >> so you'll be a regular rider? >> yes, i am. >> reporter: and we are pulling into the reston station right november now. wehle reston east. and everybody preparing to get off. some folks will catch buses from here on out. good luck to you. will you make the bus? >> no. not really. >> so you'll have to wait for the next one? >> next one. >> well, good luck to you and thank you all for talking to us this morning. this is really the big first test. it of course opened over the weekend and there were quite a few people, about 32,000 people rode the rails on that first day. we're expecting tens of thousands to ride today, but this is the first rush hour test. so we'll have to see how it goes. so far so good. only thing that i've noticed is that in some locations on some trains, we had trouble understanding the overhead announcements. it was a little garbled. and they're kicking us off now, so back to you. >> those flashing lights may mean something. >> so they missed the first bus, they will have to catch the next one. maybe they can plan a little better. >> and that's why we're here. just as you were riding the new line, crews are busy working on the second phase. >> metro will add six stops including wehle metro station to route 772. crews are laying the ground work for the aerial guideway that will take trains above ground there dulles. the 11 mile stretch expected to be completed in 2018. we'll cover the silver line first commute on all platforms throughout the day. download the nbc washington app. we'll accepted all breaking news to your mobile phone or tablet. breaking news on the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. there is now confirmation the plane was shot down. the black box was sent to britain to be examined. the results have come in and a ukranian spokesman says the plane suffered massive explosive decompression after it was hit by fragments that likely came from a missile. the lean wplane was shot down 1 ago, it's believed that belief pro-russian rebels shot the plane down by mistake. however the russian government says that they think the ukranian military might have been behind it. nearly 300 people were killed. we're also learning this morning that international police going to the crash site to investigate the shoot down evof the plane a now leaving, they say fighting has erupted in the area and it is too dangerous to proceed. so two big developments on this. more violence there along the border and now confirmation from the black box that the plane was shot down. . today donald sterling will be back in court to determine whether sterling was properly removed as a trustee. if afternoon propproved, telshe will be approved to sell the team. a federal judge struck down the district's ban on carrying if the attorney general's office decides to appeal, he could stop the ruling from being immediately enforced. this morning people across the country are cleaning up from severe weather. among the worst of it, a tornado in tennessee. it may look weak at first, but it quickly can dismantled buildings and power lines. no one was hurt. about ten homes were destroyed. want to keep the mosquitos and other bugs around from you? there is an app for that now apparently. we found lots of them actually on the app store and google play. most say they work by using high or low pitched noise which they say keeps the bugs away. >> i would like that because i'm always afraid of spraying the chemicals, anti-bug spray. so something else, an alternative. >> but then you have to worry about something else draining your battery. always something. 6:21. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we're talking about humid weather, but maybe not for long. >> what's coming? >> blustery winds will keep the flying insects hunkered down today because winds will gusting around 25 miles an hour later will it afternoon. feast your eyes on this flaming sunrise. live view from the tower camera on this monday morning. and coming up in a mostly clear sky. radar showing clouds off to the west producing some showers along this front that stretches from southern pennsylvania into western maryland, northern west virginia. and it's tracking to the east maybe near win chester, martinsburg and hagerstown. we will turn less humid during the afternoon. mid-80s. also about a 30% chance of an isolated thunderstorm popping up this afternoon. big changes on the way. storm team 4 four day forecast, tomorrow afternoon's highs reaching just low 80s with low humidity. terrific summer day. it will be down to near 60 tomorrow morning. and again on wednesday morning. wednesday away, mid-80s, still not very humid. get a little more humid on thursday, but still comfortable. average high this time of year 88, won't be near that until maybe thursday afternoon. and then on friday, getting a little more humid, maybe an afternoon storm. over the weekend, saturday partly cloudy, could get afternoon storms on sunday. a look at the timing and where storms may pop up this afternoon next weather and trafgd fic on 1s. taking a look at chopper 4 over the tysons corner silver line metro stop, we have of course adam tuss there, chuck bell there, lots of fun there for those guys. letting us know how things are going so far. so far so grks rigood, right? we have an accident 95 authority bund at dwgarrisonville road. two right lanes blocked. getting by to the left. 66, a bit slow as you head into fairfax, 41 miles per hour. of course we're hoping some of that traffic is eased a bit because of the addition of the silver line. typically slow in normal spots. i'm back in ten minutes to take a look at 270. gas prices are dropping. if you're wondering what you will pay, we did the homework for you. if you live in d.c., a gallon of regular unleaded averages $3.75. in maryland, it's about $3.65. and virginians are paying just $3.34 a gallon on average. and in west virginia, an average gallon will cost you you $3.62. new survey says the price of gas has dropped nine cents a gallon across the country in the past two weeks. a costumed spider man in "new york timenew york times square acteding in like his cartoon hero version. he's charged with punching a police officer. an officer stopped a woman from pay to go take a picture with spiderman. the masked man allegedly told the woman he would only accept donations of $5, $10 and $20 and not the $1 she was trying to give him. when the officer intervened, prosecutors say the masked man punched the officer several times. the 25-year-old man faces multiple charges, including assault and disorderly conduct. >> you can't do that. >> no you can't. well, this morning we're learning the real story behind that viral wedding photo. >> take a look here. this photo was used in a text message. it seemed like the bride accidentally texted a stranger to her reception before realizing her mistake and the stranger texted back we still coming. well, turns out the that's not what happened at all. the best map says tn says the w party was taking pictures in detroit and a rap group was filmed a music video at the same time. the wedding party ended up making a special cameo in the music video. >> in a good mood, we were all celebrating the wedding and we went over there to say what's up. they said they were filming. we said let's hear the song and one thing led to another. we made friends with them, started dancing with them. >> still not clear who sent out the fake text. >> but still a great story. and a great picture. >> weird but cool, yeah. >> the wedding party gets to be in the video. so it all ended well. >> another memorable moment for the wedding. grab your coffee, ditch the lines. a new idea from star bucks to let you walk in and walk out in less than a minute. plus we're only seeing showers on storm team 4 radar, but there is a chance for storms. the timing in your weather and traffic on the 1st. and we have live team coverage of the silver line first workday commute. the system has new train, but why the new ride is keeping its old feel. "news 4 today" has team coverage of silver line's first trip through morning rush hour. we have chopper 4 in the a air check to go see whether any traffic problems are popping up. >> adam tuss is live at the metro station and megan mcgrath is riding with thousands of people who will use to get to work. >> but let's check in with tom kierein first. >> about if you'll be riding the silver line, love seeing the live views of megan riding along there. it's under clear skies this morning. radar showing showers out in the mountains after we had clusters of thunderstorms rolling right north and just south of the metro area overnight. we just missed the severe storms. right now showers here in western maryland, west virginia, they're tracking east maybe near winchester, martinsburg over the next hour or two. and then between 3:00 this afternoon, all the way until 7:00 or 8:00, a few isolated thundershowers popping up and coming threw after 8:00, they will bedy minu diminished. your silver line hour by hour forecast coming up at 6:41. and chopper 4 is live over the tysons corner metro station. take a look here. we want to get to melissa mollet looking at how the new silver line is changing traffic. >> good morning. we're looking quite good traffic wise this morning. a look over tysons corner station there, it actually is looking quite good. and adam tuss is on the grounds looking at the new silver line map, kind of weird. megan mcgrath went all the way out to wehle reston station talking to folks on the train. everyone hoping 66 will see a little bit of relief of course because of the silver line. right now this morning, not the looking too bad. a little slow in spots. no major incidents there. but a tiny bit slow. you're looking at 95 here slow as we approach the beltway. and then here the inner loop as you approach mclean, a little slow, as well. 270 look like it's moving quite on time. tweet us @first4traffic tell us about your commute. adam tuss, i know you've been talking to people. how are things looking? >> reporter: so far so good. it is strange to see trains finally rolling here in northern virginia. remember, we have five brand new stations in northern virginia. four in tysons, one in reston. something people should know, this whole brand new system out here, but the trains aren't necessarily new. yes, metro is getting new trains. but the 7,000 series will not be rolling until the end of the year. come back out here live, i want to show you, the trains are rolling here at the tysons corner station and we have personal pore can displays up there, i'll ask my photographer when is the next train coming after this one, do we know? this one is boarding. let me tell you the trains are supposed -- it was supposed to be so well planned. that train is here and the trains will be running here every six minutes during rush hour. so far so good. a lot of people telling us they have changed their commute today. this starts a whole brand new way for people executing in our reen region. meg an mcgrath is riding over with passengers. we'll send it over to her. >> reporter: yeah, we've been on trains all morning long and everything has gone very smoothly. we had to get off the last train because we were going to go into a tunnel and lose our shot. so we're at the greensboro station and i'm pretty much alone. not terribly crowded. and actually that has been the situation all morning long. although jasmine, one of our interns is here, she's been asking people to rate their commutes this morning. so we have all of that information on our website. now, i've been talking to riders about their experiences and they say it's pretty good. apparently we don't have that. but let me summarize what we've been hearing this morning. a lot of folks talking about how they had to jump trains and buses and jump through a lot of hoops to get to work. they hope this line will solve all that. back to you in the studio. >> we have all the interns spread out with the reporters morning. >> working hard. well,s's taken ye it's been billions of dollars to get to this morning. >> 1994 is when a major investment study started looking into building a new line. starting in 2000, environmental studies began assessing the impact the silver line would have on the surroundingarea. he same time, engineers started primary planning for each of the stations there. nine years later, construction finally got under way on the first phase of the silver line. in may of this year, metro took control of the finished product and of course this past saturday, the silver line finally opened for business. if you're riding the silver line this morning, tweet us a message or photo @nbcwashington using #firstridesv. and breaking new, two of the most popular dollar store chains are about to become one. dollar tree has agreed to buy family dollar. this is a $9 billion deal. and if things go as planned, it could be a done deal by early next year. the boards of both companies have agreed to the terms and that means that dollar tree will own 13 thour,000 stores nationw. today we'll learn more about the compromise to fix the issues plaguing the veterans affairs department. house and senate negotiators just reached a deal. the v.a. has been rocked by reports of patients dying while waiting for v.a. treatment. there is also mounting evidence that workers falsified or omitted appointment schedules to mask frequent long delays. the deal still requires a full vote in the house and senate. there is a huge community service project starts in about an are hour. hundreds of volunteers will attend renewal of and remembrance day to mulch, prune, plant and to whatever they can to improve the arlington cemetery grounds. this is video from last year. several of the volunteers are veterans from our area. the black box data on the flight shot down is now back. the new insight it offers in to the crash and the drastic step malaysian airlines is considering. plus no wallet? no be problem. a new tool from apple that will let you leave your wallet at home. and our team coverage of the first morning rush shower on the silver line continues. chuck bell will look at the forecast for the there ini welcome back. take a look. riders are making their way on the sil vever line. >> just one lady there riding. coming up, we'll check back with megan mcgrath, she's been riding the rails all morning long. there are more people riding, not just her. >> just one perspective. but we're also talking about the forecast for commuters. it's been muggy and humid. >> check bell has taken the storm team 4 by 4 out to tysons corner. >> reporter: good morning. we're out here headed out, our bags of swag. i have my bag of swag here. and we have our intern here, she's also doing her part. and i think that's about the right distribution of efforts around here. outside, it's a beautiful sunny morning here. but radar showing a couple showers far western maryland, southern pennsylvania. so rain chances low today. not zero. 30% later on this afternoon. so may want to have your umbrella just to play it on the safe side. forecast for today, 60s and 70s out the door this morning. we'll be up into the upper 70s and low 80s by lunchtime. and high temperatures today low to mid-80s. again, a 30% chance of a couple showers coming along. coming up in ten minutes, tom with another check of the septembery "7-day forecast". but right now traffic. a new crash to tell you about. this is the inner loop near gallows road. you can see two left lanes taken up here. so if the chopper were to pull out, you can see we're seeing a pretty big backup. you can see some of the slowdowns on the map. also an accident leesburg pike at colesville run. 66 pretty typical. >> thank you, melissa. if you are sick and tired of waiting in long lines at starbucks, there is a new app that may work for you. starbucks says it will let you order and pay for your drink before arriving at the store. seattle based coffee chain actually announced that they were working on this app back in march. the company says it hopes to start testing it later this year. forget your wallet? there is an app for that of course. and there will soon be apple is preparing to launch the iwallet a app. it would act as a credit card. the project has visa on board and will use the touch i.d. fingerprints sensor to verify identity. it will launch this fall alongside the new iphone 6. a bright flash and loud explosion. >> all of a sudden you heard a crack, giant bolt up in the sky. >> the terrifying moments after a deadly lightning strike hit a popular beach. and virginia's former governor ready for court. the deal that will put the star witness on the stand. plus parking in the pathway of the silver line. four things you need to know about the first morning rush trip on metro's newest tracks. 6:45. right now news 4 today has live team coverage as the trains on the silver line hit their first real test. >> it is the first morning trip on a workday. we have live team coverage starting with megan mcgrath taking the live ride on our air. >> reporter: we are here at the wehle reston station where you can see a train just pulling out this morning. so far so good. we have encountered nothing but happy people this morning. folks who say that their commute will be a whole lot easier. they won't have to take trains and buses and have long walks and waits. they say this is much more streamlined and certainly will be easier for them. listen to what this one commuter has to say. how convenient, how good will this be for you? >> a game changer. no doubt about it. it saves me 15 to 20 minutes each way. >> and how are things going this morning? >> very smoothly. i'm the first person and only person on the with bus actually. >> reporter: so a game change for that gentleman. we've heard that from a lot of people this morning. got to tell you, the trains have for the been packed. so not seeing a huge crowd. not at least at this point. still early in the morning. but a lot of people are just waiting to see how it goes. some folks are also doing a dry run. encountered a woman who says she's just going through the steps to see how long it actually takes her and then she'll make up her mind as to whether or not this is going to be the way that she commutes to work. so giving it a test run today. back to you in the studio. >> sounds like a smart woman. we're in the middle of a monday morning commute. it is the first for metro's newest line. >> we've been keeping you you updated all morning long. transportation reporter adam tuss has the four things to know before you head to the station. >> reporter: there are a couple things you should be aware of. the only parking station for the five brand new silver line stations is at the wehle reston east station. don't expect to come to tysons corner and park. you'll want to get a smartrip card. don't his with the paper fare cards. smartrip cards help you get through the system faster. tysons corner station is very close to the mall. good for you shoppers. and the silver line is truly a regional line. it runs from largo through d.c. out to reston. those are the four things to know about the silver line. and to accommodate the silver line five new stations, the fairfax connector had to change several bus routes. >> the bus will no longer leave from west falls church. instead you'll have to catch the bus from the new wehle reston east station. it will cost you the same to board, $1.75. and if you board at the wehle reston east station, you will pay more to get to the downtown d.c.. your trip will be $5.90, up from $4.10. here are the five new stations on the silver line you need to learn. we'll go from west to east. wehle reston, spring hill, greegreen borrow, tysons corner and mclean. you can calculate exactly how much a ride will cost on the silver lines on nbcwashington.com. it is now 6:49. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell goes oes on trial to. he has pled not get iuilty. julie carey tells us what to expect. >> reporter: former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife have been in and out of this courthouse many times for hearings since the couple was indicted back in january. but when they walk through that door later this morning, it will be for the start of the trial to determine the guilt or innocence or federal corruption charges and it will be busy in the courtroom. 150 prospective jurors have been told to report to court at 10:00 a.m.. jury selection is expected to consume much of the first day. the mcdonnells are charged with 14 counts of accepting gifts from a businessman in exchange for helping promote his dietary supplement company. that businessman johnny williams is the prosecution star witness and he will testify with protection of immunity. they work to undermine williams' credibility and argue he didn't do any special favors for williams. it's expected to put a spotlight on mcdonnell's financial situation. prosecutors maintain money troubles may have motivated the dealings with williams. once opening statements are complete, the prosecution will begin its case. it may be mid august before we have the defense put on its case in a trial that is expected to last at least five weeks. in richmond, virginia, julie carey. "news 4 today". 6:50. you never expect this to happen to you, let alone on the beach. but lightning killed a man and hit 13 other people on california's popular venice beach boardwalk. it happened during a rare summer thunderstorm in southern california. fire officials say some beach goers were in the water, others were on the sand when lightning struck. witnesses say they never experienced anything like will this before. >> the loudest clap of thunder i've ever heard in my life. it was so close. i thought it was like a bomb almost. >> all of a sudden the loudest thunder i ever heard. like a scene out of jaws, all the mothers going into grab their kids. >> just ahead on the "today" show, more on the status of the victims and devastation caused by severe weather across the midwest and northeast. if you're about to head out the door to go to the redskins training camp, you should know the fan walk through is canceled. you can still watch the team practice. that starts at 8:35. players will be in full pads. there is no practice tomorrow. however, there are two weeks of training camp left including fan appreciation day. i'll put that on facebook. there is breaking news on the inner loop. let's go to melissa mollet. >> inner loop of the beltway in an you can see the backups, two lanes blocked. so quite a mess there. taking a look on the ground at other backup, beltway at braddock is completely jammed. inner loop. 95 north at lorton and 95 south at dale city, no at good day for folks on 95. a id we'we' wider look, slow th colesville and 270 south through germantown, a little rough, clears up a bit as you hit rockville. love the group on your screen. a beautiful morning. the pavement is dry and there is a gorgeous sunrise pick from tysons corner from this morning. post yours to twitter and facebook and i'm on instragram now, as well. and looking at storm team 4 radar, we have a few showers out in the mountains of west virginia, western maryland. these are tracking to the eas east/northeast. just a few passing showers. temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. mid-70s right around the bay. and it is turning less humid to our west and north. and that will begin to move in during the afternoon. gleaming sun on the potomac. about 30% chance of an afternoon thundershower popping up, otherwise partly cloudy and you'll notice lower humidity. a bit of a blustery wind today too. tomorrow lighter wind, lower humidity, highs reaching the low 80s. that will be it for tuesday. our average high this time of year is 88. so this is another wonderful break. for the week ahead, we'll have the moderate humidity this morning. dropping during the afternoon. and very low on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. delightful three days in a row with low humidity. we'll take that in late july. and then on friday and saturday, it starts to creep back up again. we have sweltering humidity moving back in by sunday. storm team 4 four day forecast on wednesday, mid-80s. upper 80s on thursday, partly cloudy. maybe an afternoon storm on friday and saturday and sunday we'll have a beautiful weekend coming up afternoon highs mid-80s saturday, sunday might get an afternoon storm with highs in the mid-80s. it is now 6:54. malaysia airlines could be changing its name following the flight 17 and 370 disasters. according to the new york "daily news," the airline wants to rebrand. this morning a ukranian security spokesman said data from the recovered black boxes on flight 17 show the plane crash due to a massive explosion, loss of pressure after being hit multiple times by slhrapnel. yesterday morning officers received a 911 tip that something suspicious happened inside a home on hallmark court. police found a 47-year-old woman body. they're investigating her death as a homicide. police say they have responded to the home once in the last year for a domestic can dispute call. just minutes from now, 15th street around meridian hill park will close in the northwest part of d.c. just north of w street for an alternate, take 16th or 14th. crews are removing a tree from the park which is no longer safe. the road should reopen by noon. later this afternoon, the montgomery county school board will vote on what to do with their taxpayer funded credit cards. last week our iteam reported a panel recommend board members lose the credit cards because of controversial expenses including pricey meals and hotel rooms for conferences that were only a metro ride away. we'll be at that meeting. look for an update tonight on nbc 4 and nbcwashington.com. did take bob mcdonnell's trial begins. he faces federal corruption charges. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey will be in the courthouse where the sides will choose a jury. you can follow her on twitter. they're accused of accepting gifts in exchange for political favors. they have pleaded not guilty. and the first commute on the silver line today. this is a live look at the new tysons corner metro stop. all reports are that the commute has been smooth so far. >> trains haven't been too crowded, but that will probably change. we have interns fanned out to ask you to grade your silver line experience. most of the grades have been as and bs so far. you can also tweet us about your commute, we're using #firstridesv. >> and we have a lot of information on our website. nbcwashington.com. we'll be updating you throughout the day on the other plat fors, , as well. just search nbc washington in the app store or google play. and silver medal for the forecast. it will be gorgeous. temperatures climbing in to the mid-80s. less humid. there is a small chance -- well, not a gold medal. small chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. and then low humidity next few days after that. has to be silver for today. taking a look chopper 4 over little river turnpike on the inner loop. big accident there taking up two lanes. very backed up in that area. otherwise looking pretty typical. slow at the top of the beltway. >> nice to have you back today. thank you for waking up with us. >> and we'll be back in it 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic. good morning. chaos on venice beach. a freak lightning strike kills one man and injures another on a popular california beach. while in the south a tornado. pressure's on. the president calls for israel's prime minister for a cease-fire. where was she? a new hampshire girl after missing for nine months suddenly returns home. >> it's something that's