Theres a lot in play with a few days to go. Steve handlesman is tracking the state of the race. Where does it stand, steve . One sub text to the tra nettic activity is concerned about voter intimidation. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the u. S. Justice department here in washington are concerned because race has inflicted this contest where a few votes could make a huge difference including the biggest with a republican nominee today made more unsupported charges against Hillary Clinton. Reporter florida, florida, florida. Donald trump went to jacksonville, now tied in the polls in this battleground state. Hillary clinton has engaged in a massive, farreaching criminal and equally farreaching coverup. He cant hear you. But they can hear you vote. In early voting in florida and in North Carolina where trump and clinton are tied in the polls, africanamerican turnout is down. Worry about voter intimidation is up. Trump is warning the vote will be rigged. David duke now a trump backer and extremists who ferguson. And a 2013 Supreme Court decision means fewer federal election monitors in a close contest. Altogether, it creates a situation where it could tip the election one way or another. Melania came out to support her husband, but her warnings seemed aimed at him. We have to find a better way to talk to each other. Went to North Carolina. Its an all hands on deck fight in a dozen states. Clinton is warning africanamerican voters in florida, North Carolina, across the country of what she says would be the consequences of a donald trump presidency. Today the Justice Department announced that election monitors will be sent to four counties in North Carolina including one being sued for allegedly removing thousands of names from the voter rolls. Im steve handlesman, steve, thank you. If you live in maryland, you only have a few hours left to vote early. Take a look at the long lives we found at this polling precinct in prince georges county. You have until 8 00 tonight in our next half hour. Hear why these voters want to cast their ballots now instead of waiting until election day. This afternoon, a lot of us saw rain drops for the first time in days and right now storm lets go to the storm center with Doug Kammerer looking at whats next. They are expected changes this time of year. Whats not expected normally is when we top 80 degrees in the month of november we have only done it four times. Today one of the warmest all time november days with a high of 83 degrees across our region earlier. Thats a record shattering the old record. Still tracking thats moving southward. Behind it, we have the cloud cover and then the front is to the north. Were tracking this front making its way down from the north. As it moves south, much colder air. 25 degrees colder than where they are now. That still puts us close to average. Much more about that forecast and your weekend. Ill see you back here in ten minutes. Were following breaking news in Fairfax County where a window shattered and a driver with minor injuries. Police are looking sbo what happened. E we know it started on the beltway and ended just off the road. Julie carey was first on the scene. Now shes live from the Shopping Center with the latest. We just learned of a a new development. The driver of the white suv believed to be the instigator of this attack has been located. Police spotted his vehicle at restaurant in the area. The other vehicle involved in the incident, the one attached right behind me, police still on the scene gathering evidence. This is a gas station where the victim came and looked for help. When we first arrived, the hon day surrounded by many police cars being driven by a man heading home. Hes asked his identity be blurred his face. It started Near National harbor. The suv driver was following him too closely tracking the sedan where the other driver tried to change lanes to create some space. Eventually there was an e exchange of words. The driver reportedly cursing. The driver said he had a board. They got the whole story from him and explains the frightening moment that came next. They tried to get all the way past him and out the corner of his eye get lifted up and he got really scared because unexpected. So the first thought i need to make sure my baby is okay. Police dont yet know what kind of weapon was used to blow out the passenger side window. It could have been a pellet gun that. The driver of the hyundai did have some blood on his hands, but he wasnt badly injured. Fortunately that baby in the back doing just fine. Again, no charges yet filed in this case as police are now questioning the driver of the white suv who was spotted at a restaurant in vienna. Coming up at 5 00, ill show you about the Family Reunion that took place here when mom came to pick up her little girl. Back to you in the studio. Neighborhood in fairfax. Someone reported hearing a gunshot at a home in springfield. When police got there, they blocked off traffic and discovered a broken window at a house. It turns out somebody who lives there accidentally fired his u gun. Nobody was injured. A popular park surrounded by police. What happened to an officer in the moments just before he accidentally shot himself. You know that far out plan potomac. Real concrete plans are starting to come together. Why could cut down on traitff vo heres the last thing washington needs. Amie hoeber. A reckless tea party partisan. Hoeber will defund planned parenthood, threatening cancer screening. And hoeber has fought for a global increase of chemical weapons. We need john delaney. A family man and entrepreneur, he built two respected maryland business, creating thousands of jobs. In congress, he puts working for us ahead of partisan politics. John im john delaney im afraid youre suffering from fobo. Fobo . Fobo. Fobo. Fear of better options. And free delivery. At hhgregg. New developments in the deadly baltimore bus accident. The driver of the school bus was not authorized to drive a commercial vehicle. The school bus crashed into an mta bus earlier this speak week. A Spokesman Says glen chapels medical certification expired august 31st. The department sent chapel two letters saying he was no longer commercial motor vehicle. That certificate is required by federal law. Chapel died on tuesday along with the mta bus driver and four passengers. Investigators believe speed was a a factor in the crash. A Police Officer shot himself in the foot while trying to fend off a raccoon. This happened around noon on horse stable road. He had to be rushed to the hospital. Mark segraves has more on exactly what happened. It happened near this Community Garden here in Rock Creek Park when someone saw what they thought was arab bid raccoon. They went to the stables to report it. And thats when an officer came here skpen countered that raccoon. According to police they say the raccoon attacked that Police Officer who drew his gun and fired multiple shots. The officer mistakingly shot okay. Its not clear right now whether the officer was also bitten by the raccoon. In the district, mark segraves, news 4. Your health and how much you pay to stay healthy. Its Campaign Issues that affect all of us. Were looking a at the plans soid by side. 4 15 and if if youre starting to think ahead to what youre going to eat tonight, why you may want . . . . Know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. . . Know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. D in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters, okay . And you can tell them to go f themselves you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. You gotta see this guy. Ahh, i dont know what i said, ahh. I dont remember. Anger and frustration as metro headquarters today. Theres a growing backlash over the general managers proposed budget. He calls for fare hikes and layoffs. Adam tuss has been following the meeting all day. Now hes loif with new details. Reporter thats right. Dont forget this is a nearly Transit Agency is facing for the next fiscal year. Its time to figure out how were going to pay for all of it. Here at headquarters today, we had everything. We had the general manager spar ing with the mt. Ro board. The metro board sparring with metro staff. Metro union here voicing their frustration at the fact that some front line employees might actually be the ones that lose their jobs. The Table Including increased fares, laying off people, but none of that is sitting well really with anybody. Metro is also dealing with a huge loss of ridership right now. Nearly 100,000 fewer riders per day than just a few years ago. Take a listen to the president of metros Largest Union and how shes dealing with staff. You have a surge that will not allow people to ride the system. Explain to me what are you going to do when ridership goes back up because according to them this is going to be over in july. So if its over in july, what are you going to do with the people that want to get back on the system. Reporter a a lot of frustration here today. The d. C. Leaders on the board gap, they would double their contribution to metro this year if maryland and virginia do the same. So d. C. Kind of putting everybody else on notice. We have a lot of moving parts to this budget story were going to be facing for a long time. There was any talk about a strike today . Reporter that question did come up to the transit union. They stopped short of saying they are threatening any sort of protect themselves. They will do whatever is needed to protect themselves from the cuts in the general managers budget. We want to know what you think about this. What is the best solution to metros troubles . Ts our survey. Call or text the number on your screen. You can also weigh in and track the results on the nbc washington Facebook Page. When i first covered this on my Facebook Page today, it had gotten pretty serious. A Business Leader in rozalin are giving a thumbs up to plans for a gondola across the potomac. This evening youve got a chance to weigh in. A study discovered such a system could work seamlessly and cut out 100,000 bus trips across the bridge every year. Some suggest locations for gondola stations are along lynn street and near what is the exxon gas station. The gondola would take four minutes per trip with 8 to 12 people in each cabin and arrive every 20 seconds to a minute. Add all that up it comes out to 6500 trips a day. The study will be discussed tonight at 6 00 at the georgetown theater. Someone who sits in traffic on key bridge all too often, i kind of like the sound of any traffic. I thought it was far out. They are locking at this. It may not be far off. You wish. Think about the view that youre going to get crossing right over the river. Thats really going to give you a Vantage Point you dont get very often in our area. Right now, taking a look from our area here in northwest right on across our region. Off to the south were looking pretty good. Some high color in our region. 7 degrees. Still very warm. We saw some showers come through. Most of those are out of here. 80 degrees infriend rixburg. As i mentioned earlier, this is one of the warmest days we have ever had after a high of 83 degrees. But you know its not going to stay that warm. Temperatures will start to cool. Quickly over the next few hours. 76 by 5 00. Dropping down to 60 by 11. All you have to do is go up to the north. Theres another round right here. This is the cold front that could bring showers to places like hagerstown. This will die out. Im watching this across parts of the middle portions of the stage for much cooler weather and look what the rest of the nation. Theres nothing here. Once this moves through, our weather is fairly benign. Were not going to see much going on at all except for cooler weather. So 79 here. 81 in virginia beach. Look at pittsburgh. Only 60 in buffalo. So the cooler air is moving in. But were talking cooler air, 61 degrees. The average temperature is 63. Just a little below average. Becoming sunny, breezy and cooler. That should be a sign we have plenty of sunshine. It youre thinking about getting dinner outdoors, a little breezy. Tomorrow night breezy and cold. I have the no down there unless you like the heaters. And on saturday, during the day. Not too bad with the sunshine. Look at all the sunshine we have for the next we dont even have a chance of rain. But doesnt look like much of a chance. Set the clocks back an Hour Saturday night into sunday. Much more on this with amelia coming up. Critics are raving about this new. There are new concerns the movie getting oscar buzz got something wrong. From the battlefield to getting a unique opportunity. The comedy boot camp that makes laughter therapeutic. Tomorrow morning, how long is too long for politicians to stay in office . You get to decide. We are talking term limits and how your vote can make all the difference. Plus big changes overnight. There arent a lot of us that can forget what we saw last night. Especially the cubs fans. Generations have come and gone without witnessing what fans witnessed. A special moment and one man from North Carolina just had to share it with his late father. Wayne williams drove all the way back home to indiana to visit his dads grave. He sat there in the dark listening to the game at the cemetery all because of a ago. I let them know i told my dad we had a pact. We make sure we listen to the games together. He fought in world war ii. He died at the age of 53. Although he kept his promise, listening because he was apparently a bit of a hell raiser. What a special moment though. A group of vets in comedy is getting a big debut. A dozen veterans enlisted in a sixweek comedy boot camp. Shomari stone shows us how its helping them heal. Reporter judging by the laugh, youd never know michael its my first time doing comedy. Im just excited, nervous and hopefully i can do a good job. Reporter hes a veteran performing standup thanks to the nonprofit Armed Services arts partnership. He and ten other veterans took comedy classes over the past six weeks. This is comedy boot camp. Its the first comedy class reporter he fought in the iraq war in 2003 and afghanistan in 2005. He was shot five times that year and spent two years at walter reid military medical center. Hes retired and now says comedy is therapeutic for ptsd. When youre able to look at a situation and say how can this be funny and make me laugh, it really is therapy that way. Reporter now its his mot. At the washington, d. C. Comedy theater if it wasnt with a little help from the boss. They liked it. Laughing about. You want to keep following the comedy thing. I want to see how far i can take it. Reporter shomari stone, news 4. A little laughter is good for the soul. It takes a different kind of courage to get up there on stage. Five days to go until the last ballots are cast. Were working to clear up confusion over where the candidates stand on an issue that impactll and what a shed a few pounds then you probably should start thinking about dinner at lunchtime. The story that could have you the story that could have you change when i believe america is already great. Ion, build an economy that works for everyone, end tax breaks for companies that move our jobs overseas. By working together, democrats and republicans, we can do these things. Thats why we must defeat those who want to turn americans against one another. Im chris van hollen, and i approve this message, because united, a battleground blitz. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are both spending the day in the swing state of North Carolina. Family, friends and colleagues theres a lot of ground to cover on the campaign trail. We have Team Coverage this afternoon. Were going to get to the candidates and where they stand on a big issue in just a moment. But first, we have to update you on a a changing weather situation. You may need to grab the umbrella tonight and the rain is bringing the latest warm streak by tomorrow morning, fall is back in the area. Take a look at your evening planner. Still at 79 degrees. And as we work towards 6 00 p. M. , e we drop into the low 70s. So still really comfortable out there. Its a little breey right now. It will be breezy overnight tonight. But a check of storm team 4 radar, were completely dry. However, take a look up to the north. Theres this line of broken showers here. And this is slowly mo south. Especially in washington, frederick, montgomery, still cant rule out a shower tonight. But the story tonight mainly dry and falling temperatures by 8 00 p. M. Were down to around 68. By 10 00 tonight its a cool 65 degrees. When you see e that you might think i can probably open the windows. When youre waking up tomorrow morning, the upper 40s and mid50s. Forecast coming up. Im wendy rieger at the decision desk. Were tracking all the president ial candidates in the final days of the campaign. And what a whirlwind they are on. Were headed to the battleground state of North Carolina. These are live pictures from concorde. Thats just north of charlotte where donald trump is wrapping up his speech to his supporters there. Also in North Carolina, Hillary Clinton wrapping up her rally in the town of winterville, which is just south of greenville. Carolina. Polling averages differ an edge over trump in that state. Democrats do have a big lead in early voting. Having said that, they had a similar lead in 2012 and republican mitt romney still won North Carolina. Back to you. Hillary clinton and donald trump have covered a lot of ground during this campaign. And a common topic th