Office is trying to figure out what started a house fire behind me. Fortunately no one was inside at the time. The house is being renovated right now. The owner had hoped to get back into the house with his family for thanksgiving. Chopper 4 was overhead this morning. It got these pictures of flames shooting through the roof of the house on horseshoe lane. When officials got here, the fire was really going and had taken over the home. It has not been lived in for months. At daylight the owner could see the extensive damage. He was hoping to have the renovations done and get back into the house next month. There was a partial collapse at one point this morning. Firefighters were just fine. The damage to the home is significant. One of our news choppers was flying overhead, as i mentioned, and had to make an Emergency Landing. Coming up on new 4 at 11 30, well talk to a photojournalist who was on board about what happened. Back to you. The Washington Nationals have named a new manager. Im angie goss. Dusty baker has been named to the job. Baker spent 20 years as an mlb manager, six years as a coach, another 20 as a player before that. They agreed on a multiyear contract making baker the sixth manager in the teams history. Baker is also a Prostate Cancer survivor who served in the marines. Back to you. We are working to learn more about a carjacking suspect right now. Prince georges police shot and killed him after a chase last night. The suspect took someones camry on riverbend road in ft. Washington. Police chased as he crossed int southeast washington. When he fired at them they shot back and killed him. And right now polls are open across virginia. You have a say in a lot of important elections. Including a fight over control of the state senate. Were live in woodbridge. Molette green has more on the campaigns and how its going out there at the polls today. Well have that in about ten minutes. To the race for the white house. Ben carson is pulling further ahead of the competition, that according to the new nbc news wall street journal poll. Carson has a full sixpoint lead. 29 of voters said they would choose him. 23 for donald trump this as trump releases a new book today to map out his plans to fix what he calls a crippled america. Jeb bush was at the bottom with 8 of voters. Hillary clinton is expanding her lead among democratic candidates. The poll gives her 62 of the vote. Compare that to 31 for senator bernie sanders, 3 for former Maryland Governor martin omalley. Less than onethird of voters think shes honest and straightforward. Tom . What a wonderful day its turning out to be. Lots of sunshine, a gorgeous blue sky. Fairfax county in the distance, in the foreground, northwest washington. You can see the rusty colors of november showing up. Another tower cam, off in the distance in the horizon is Prince Georges County. Storm team 4 radar showing some rain way down in the carolinas. That will stay well to our south as we have a dry pattern throughout the day ahead. Temperatures warming quickly. Already 65 in washington. Low to mid 60s elsewhere. Mild weather on the way for the next several days. Thats coming up. It looks like its not over yet. Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius case want him convicted of murder but the judges say they will make a decision on that at a later day. He was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of his girl friend. Attorneys on both sides headed to court today to appeal to a panel of five judges. During the trial, pistoriecstor testified he thought his girlfriend was a burglar. Are you thinking about chipolte for lunch . We have new developments in the e. Coli outbreak that made 22 people sick. We know more about what caused it. Company officials blamed contaminate prod dues at some of its stores in the west. We now know about a new lawsuit, a woman filed it yesterday saying whatever was in her burrito bowl gave her that illne illness. Some changes inside some local schools. And why this project could have a lot of you finding a federal investigators are now looking into that fire inside a chemistry classroom at a Fairfax County my school. One Woodson High School student remains in the hospital and is undergoing surgery for burns. In all five students were injured on friday. Since then the superintendent has banned the use of open flames in all classrooms. The u. S. Chemical safety board is looking into the fire. It has not yet sent investigators to Woodson High School but it considering launching an official investigation into that fire and explosion. Were also trying to learn more about how a young couple dies. D. C. Police found the man and woman dead inside a home on tennessee avenue near c street. Thats in the capitol hill neighborhood. Officers are calling their deaths suspicious but not murderers at this point. Police visit visited the home for a welfare check. A Traffic Alert to watch out for if youre driving near the national mall. 17th street from constitution avenue to independence southwest is shut down. 17th street is expected to open up around 3 30 this afternoon. These are pictures of the work there. The levee is designed to protect the district from flooding. Not once but twice, why one carmaker is in hot water again for the second time in just a couple of weeks. What a wonderful autumn day underway right now. Lots of sunshine. Temperatures climbing into the 60s. By 1 00, upper 60s. May touch low 70s by 3 00, 4 00. Bright sunshine and a blue sky. This evening getting cool again. By 7 00 p. M. , back down to the mid 60s with a starfilled sky. Seeing the autumn constellations overnight tonight. We do have some gorgeous november color still hanging in. Getting more of the browns and rust colors now in november. This photo taken by tom hardte. Love seeing your autumn color photos. Coming up in a couple minutes, ill show you how much longer this mild pattern will last and changes on the way for the weekend. That should be nice. This could be bad news for the value of your volkswagen. According to the Environmental Protection agency the german carmaker deceit u. S. Emissions more than once. The new violation includes 10,000 cars. Several schools have canceled classes in kansas city. Thats because the royals are about to hold their world series parade. The parade starts at 1 00 this afternoon. The royals beat the new york mets in the series this past weekend. It was their first world series win in about 30 years. Keeping you safe. The plea from one community this morning along a busy road. Morning along a busy road. The one simple thing theyre you may think all people who run for office are pretty much the same. But not jill mccabe. Shes a doctor. Whos a pediatric Emergency Room Physician at Inova Loudoun hospital. Shes a mom. Who knows the value of a quality education. Shes a community leader. Who will work in the state senate to reduce traffic and use some common sense. Jill mccabe. Shes not a politician. And in richmond, shell work for us. Im molette green live in woodbridge where turnout at last check, about 260 at this particular polling place. The chief here managing all this says thats better than they had been expecting. Just about an hour ago Senate Democratic candidate Jeremy Mcpike cast his ballot inside this poling station. His challenger or opponent in this race, the republican, cast his ballot hours earlier in manassas. Now its all up to the voters. Hi, guys, did you do it . Yeah. Reporter a lot at stake as voters rush in before heading off to work. With lots of their mind. Transportation is a big issue. I have to commute all the way to dulles. I want to know we have decent economic opportunities. Reporter casting ballots in two big senate races that could possibly tip control to the democrats in richmond. Im a pike person. Ofrnlg reporter in district 29, Jeremy Mcpike wands to hold a see the vacated by a democrat. His party pulled out the big political heavy hitter force him. His opponent, hal parrish has name recognition on his side. Both oppose tolls on inside i66 but are far apart on womens issues and gun control. To me, gun control is a big one. Reporter turnout is a concern in an offelection year. I live right across the street. We have no excuse not to vote. Reporter polls close at 7 00 tonight. So theres plenty of time to get here. Remember to bring a valid photo i. D. Molette green, news 4. Melissa . Thank you. There are several other races were watching this election day. In maryland a number of city also elect mayors and council members. In gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Prince Georges County, buoy, college park, greenbelt and laurel. Were also watching the mayoral race in alexandria. Today the entire Virginia Legislature is up for election in the house of delegates. Republicans currently hold control and are expected to keep it. In fairfax theres an open see the on the board of supervisors. In loudoun county, four people are vying to become chairman of the county board of supervisors. Tonight we will find out if voters in ohio will legalize marijuana. This is the first time voters will decide whether to approve recreational and medical marijuana at the same time. If it passes, people 21 and older would be allowed to use up to 1 ounce of pot recreationally or get a prescription for marijuana from a doctor. Brilliant sun in a blue sky on this tuesday. Temperatures are really jumping. After we were down into the upper 30s, low 40s at dawn. Right now mid 60s in the metro area and chesapeake bay. Off to the west, hovering near 60 near the pennsylvania border and western maryland. Shenandoah valley, gorgeous day there. Temperatures now in the mid to upper 60s. Gorgeous day around the bay. Blue waters of the bay reflecting that blue sky. Afternoon highs near 70 today. Bright sunshine. Few more clouds around on wednesday. Ought to hit the mid 70s. Thursday, a chance of a passing shower, maybe near a record high of 78 on friday. Into the weekend, maybe a passing shower morning and midday saturday. Otherwise weekend looks cooler. Dry sunday and monday. Highs in the 50s. Oh. Wow. A terrifying moment behind the wheel as a driver slides backward on an icy hill slamming into a parked suv. A crew from our nbc station in anchorage, alaska was on the side of the road covering that pile up when that crash happened. Icy roads caused more than 80 crashes in anchorage yesterday. Right now, a hearing about your safety when you fly. The tsa is under fire for security practices a federal report found the agency missed 96 of bombs, weapons and other security threats earlier this year. Virginia congressman Jerry Connelly here asked the tsa administrator how hes responding to that and other security concerns. We put a tremendous amount of effort into not just determining the instant failures but reaching back through the organization to figure out what systemically was going on that brought this to this. The administrator said the breaches stem from a culture problem that is agency wide. Well keep watching this. Back to you. Metros search for its next general manager continues today. Neil cohen pulled out of negotiations yesterday. He said he was not happy about having his name out in the media before signing his contract. The board will now go back to the other four candidates and let them know the job is back open. We have some new information at this hour on a hitandrun accident in Montgomery County. A 17yearold boy was hit at route 29 and tech road in Silver Spring just before 10 30 last night. He remains in serious condition. Police need your help finding the striking vehicle and the driver of that vehicle. This is what officers know about the vehicle. Its a dark gray honda suv, possiy a dark gray honda pilot. And it is missing the passenger side mirror and may have front end damage as well. That pedestrian crash along with several others is why officials in Montgomery County are calling for action. Community members want drivers to pay more attention. Kelsey holden lost her dad when he was hit by a car on massachusetts avenue riding his bicycle. She saw more distracted drivers in bethesda this morning. Just a lot of speeding by school buses, Maryland Transit Authority buses, by drivers, weve seen drivers on cell phones doing lots of other things rather than paying attention to the road. The group wants to focus on addressing two problem spots in bethesda, massachusetts avenue at river road and river road at springfield drive. The sign of optimism thats a little too permanent. Why one guy will always have a painful reminder that his team did not win. You can watch news 4 even when youre not home. Pick up the nbc washington app, tap watch live tv now to stream news4 midday every weekday we are following the stories you are clicking on this morning. A man who used Ashley Madison is now suing the site and he doesnt mind if the world knows. The site whose motto is life is short, have an affair is being sued, not because his information was compromise the, but Ashley Madison misrepresented how many women used the site. According to daily. Com he is asking for 5 million in compensation. How far would you go for your Favorite Team . Well, this man says he doesnt regret getting a tattoo of his teams logo with the inscription world champs 2015. Heres the problem. The new york mets did not win. You remember their heartbreaking series loss at home on sunday night. Josh david said he got the tattoo hours before game one last tuesday. He said he is crushed by the loss but will keep the tattoo. M m fans, you are in for a treat. Three new flavors are here. They are already popping up on shelves at walmart and target. It is november. White peppermint, hot chocolate and cafe mocha, all sound pretty good. Im still sticking with my peanut m ms. Many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. Amazon is extending paternity leave for up to 20 weeks. Amazon is also allowing employees to give all or part of their paid leave to a spouse or partner who doesnt have parental leave through their job. Earlier this year netflix made news when they gave up to a year of parental leave. High five the sky. Gorgeous day. Look at the capital wheel at national harbor. Its a wonderful day to take a ride on the capital wheel. Beautiful visibility at the top of the wheel, great view of washington and look at the calm waters of the potomac reflecting that blue sky. Traffic moving smoothly on dry pavement. Some of those rusty colors of autumn and november showing up. Afternoon highs ought to be around 70 north and western suburbs and up into the mountains. Shenandoah valley in the 70s. South of there and east of there, northern virginia, most locations touching low 70s by mid afternoon. It will be cooler around chesapeake bay, highs in the upper 60s and low 70s. The man in this viral video is now out of a job, i say good. Yes. You can see him attack an uber driver in the video. Taco bell now says the attacker was one of their mid level managers, and that the Company Fired him. The driver reportedly told the man to get out because he was too drunk to give directions. Then the man grabbed the drivers hair and slammed his head against the window. Finally the driver pepper sprayed the man to get him to leave. A tv landmark on nbc turning 50. The stars of days of our lives are here in our studio. Well talk to them about the show and well tell you how you can meet them today right here in our area. First, smoke seen for miles, a home goes up in flames, then the people reporting on the story become part of it. Well explain. We have a developing story. No decision was made today by judges in the Oscar Pistorius appeal. Prosecutors want him charged with murder. The South African paraolympic Gold Medalist was found guilty of manslaughter of his girlfriend, rieev reeva steenka. During the trial, pistorius said he thought his girlfriend was a burglar. In maryland, fire investigators are working to figure out what sparked a huge house fire this morning. That was chopper 4 overhead. Kristin wright raced to the soon as soon as she found out about it. She is live with the latest. Yes, a big, big fire here today. Now the question is how did it start . Reporter the sky was red. Chopper 4 captured these pictures of flames shooting from the house on horseshoe lane. Firefighters think it was burning for some time before the 911 call came in. When they got here, the fire was raging. But no one was inside. The house is being renovated. It has been unoccupied for months. At daylight the owner could see the extensive damage. He was hoping to have the renovations done and get his family back into their home for thanksgiving. As if the fire werent enough, our news chopper out covering the house fire had to make an Emergency Landing in the neighborhood. Montgomery county fire rescue saw smoke coming from the chopper. My pilots are well trained. They are extremely safe and knowledgeable about the aircraft and its capabilities. Steve miller got us on the ground safely. Back at the house, the Fire Marshals Office is trying to figure out what started the fire. At one point part of the home did collapse. Fortunately firefighters are just fine. Barbara, back to you. Thank you. Investigators now preparing to examine those black boxes from the tragic plane crash in egypt. A joint Committee Says it will start looking at the black boxes once the crash Site Investigation ends and that