To a milder start than yesterday morning, where many locations were in the 30s. We have a few clouds drifting over us, and temperatures are not as chilly. Reagan national, the temperature there is in the 50s, at 56. The areas in green in the low 50s, but the areas in blue are in the 40s. We do have a few locations that have dipped into the 40s in parts of maryland and virginia. Much milder after a freezing start out of the mountains yesterday. This morning much milder, in the mid40s there throughout much of western maryland and west virginia. Heres the storm team 4 hour by hour forecast for the day today. We will have our temperatures by noontime reaching the low 70s, and then by mid to Late Afternoon well be into the upper 70s, a delightful afternoon coming in with a light wind, a Beautiful Day coming up after this chilly start. Sunrise 7 26. The sunset at 6 18. Im back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast. Look whos back. Danella, good seeing you. First 4 forecast. Great to be back. Heres what youre facing if youre about to head out of the house, road work. Not seeing any accidents in the area, but still seeing construction slowing you down. I270, north and southbound at 80 in the right lane. Lets head over to the beltway, outer loop at 66, trying to get on the ramp to 66 westbound. That ramp has construction on it, and its blocked. If you are traveling the outer loop of the beltway, youre going to see, as you pass 66, at least one of your lanes blocked. Good news on the beltway, the inner loop, as you make your way past university boulevard, thats nice and clear. Had construction on the inner loop, and its gone. Im back in ten. Richard, over to you. Now to decision 2012. Both candidates will crisscross the country just two weeks before election day. President obama will speak to supporters in delray beach, florida, and then fly to ohio and campaign with Vice President biden. Mitt romney will campaign with paul ryan today in colorado. Both are looking for a boost from their third and final debate. They argued over Foreign Policy issues. Irans Nuclear Program dominated part of the debate. Mitt romney accused president obama of allowing iran to get closer to gaining a nuclear weapon. The president claimed his republican rival actually empowered iran. Were four yards closer to a nuclear iran, and we should not have wasted these four years in the point they were able to spin these centrifuges and get closer. The fact is, while we were coordinating an international coalition, you were still invested in a chipese state oil company that was doing business with the iranian oil sector. President obama also said reports that the u. S. And iran are planning to meet after the election are not true. The debate might have focused on Foreign Policy, but the conversation often shifted to domestic issues, including the bailout of the auto industry. Look, i think anybody out there can check the record. Governor romney, you keep on trying to air brush history. You were very clear that you would not provide government assistance to the oouts Auto Companies even if they went through bankruptcy. You said that they could get it in the private marketplace. That wasnt true. I like american cars, and i would do nothing to hurt the u. S. Auto industry. My plan to get the industry on its feet when it was in real trouble was not to start writing checks. It was president bush that wrote the first checks. I disagreed with that. I said these Companies Need to go through manage a bankruptcy. Romney also criticized the Obama Administration for giving loans to clean Energy Battery and car makers like tesla and fi fiskler. Bruce springsteen will help the president try to win votes in virginia today. The boss will perform at a free rally in charlottesville this afternoon. He already had a concert scheduled tonight at John Paul Jones arena on the uva campus. Springsteen has appeared at other Obama Campaign events recently in ohio and iowa. Both campaigns are focusing on virginia this week. President obama will return to the commonwealth on thursday. Hell appear at a rally in richmond. Paul ryan will be in virginia that day as well. Hell be campaigning in bristle to. Recent polls show the candidates in a virtual tie in virginia. News 4s tony tull is at the live desk with breaking news. Richard, good morning. After a massive search in virginia, including 40 police and rescue agencies, a body found earlier in morning in a recycling container in clayton, new jersey, is believed to be missing 12yearold autumn pascual. She was seen leaving her home noontime in clayton riding her bike to a friends house. When she didnt show up, her parents called police. Thatment proed the massive search. Two hours ago investigators announced they have found the body that is autumn. An autopsy will be performed to confirm the bodys identity. Now at 4 36 the massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak was cleared by state regulators after an inspection last year. The inspection report shows the new England Compounding Center received a satisfactory grade. Federal investigators are blaming the outbreak on tainted steroid shots. The cdc says 23 people have died from the fungal meningitis outbreak, including 2 people in virginia and 1 in maryland. The Monster Energy company is facing a lawsuit from a maryland family after they say their daughter died from high levels of caffeine. Anais fournier died from a severe reaction after drinking two of them in 24hour period. Cause of death was caffeine toxicity. They need to be regulated. They regulate ice. They regulate bandaids. We need to get the word out there so this doesnt happen to anyone else. Energy drinks are not regulated because they are not considered a food. Monster says theyre unaware of any deaths linked to the drinks. Council members said during an at Large Council member debate they would vote to ban the sale of large sugary drinks. A tax on sodas introduced by Council Member mary cheh recently fell one vote short of passing. New york city passed a law last month that banned the sale of super size soft drinks. Several businesses are fighting to repeal that law. A mini announcement by apple. Its widely believed the company will unveil the ipad mini today. The smaller version of the ipad is expected to have an eightinch screen and use the new dot connector unveiled on the iphone 5. The price is still unknown, but estimates range from 250 to more than 300. There are reports it could be called the ipad air. The announcement is scheduled for 1 00 this afternoon. Not to be outdone, microsoft is unveiling its new tablet called surface this week. And the other companies will come out with something else. Its a fight to get one before christmas. Ahead on news 4 today, no time for the hospital. The unexpected delivery on the side of the beltway. Plus why it may now pay to own a home in the d. C. Area. This morning people in Northern California are cleaning up from some wild weather. Heres a look at one of several funnel clouds spotted near sacramento. The National WeatherService Confirms at least five tornadoes touched down last night. Strong winds damaged roofs, uprooted trees, and knocked over a tractor trailer. So far there are no reports of any injuries there. 4 41. Time for weather and traffic on the ones. Were having nice weather. I love it. Especially for this time of year. We have gorgeous autumn color too. Good morning, time for weather and traffic on the ones at 4 41. Not as chilly this morning. Here are the area temperatures. Right now in the 40s in the nearbyuburbs and rural areas. 46 at reagan national. By 6 30, 50 degrees. A partly cloudy morning by the lunch hour. Should be near 70 there. Heres the hour by hour forecast for the entire region. We will soar to the upper 70s by midafternoon. A delightful day coming up, partly cloudy, and not a lot of humidity. Im back in ten minutes with the sevenday outlook into the weekend, and now a look at traffic with danella. Good morning. Good morning. Still looking for accidents in the area. So far not seeing any and still seeing very light volume. Lets head over to 50 as you make your way inbound at landover road. Had a work zone set up. Blocking the left lane, looks to be gone, not seeing any volume, as you make your way into the city and connect to new york avenue between the beltway and new york avenue. Nice and clear on 50 in maryland. Lets head over to the 14th street bridge. As you head inbound into the district, your travel lanes are open. On 395 north and southbound, checking cameras, very light volume, not seeing any road work to warn you about. Im back in ten. Eun and richard, back over to you. Still to come, new developments surrounding the man accused of carrying out the deadly spa shooting in wisconsin. President obama im barack obama and i approve. This message. Anncr victims. Dependent. Thats what mitt romney called fortyseven percent. Of americans. Including people on medicare. But what about his plan for you . Romney would replace guaranteed benefits with a voucher system. Seniors could pay six thousand dollars more a year. A plan aarp says would undermine medicare. Youre no victim. You earned your benefits. Dont let mitt romney take them away. We are learning about a shooting at a wisconsin spa. Radcliffe haughton shot and killed his estranged wife Xena Haughton and two other women before turning the gun on himself. Haughton had a restraining order against his wife. On thursday, a Court Ordered him to turn in any firearms he owned. Two days later he bought the gun used in the attack. A woman described what she saw and heard. He was yelling for people to get down, and thats when i heard all the gunshots. She says it sounded like the gunman kept firing until he ran out of bullets. Four other women were injured in the shooting. Three remain in the hospital. Time is 4 46. New York City Police do not believe theres any connection between d. C. Area sniper lee malvo and the murder of a pregnant mother over the weekend. Someone stabbed vindalee smith to death saturday in new york. Police said the killer left a note warning that he or she would kill more pregnant women unless malvo is released from prison. Police say the note may be a ruse to distract investigators. Smith was a mother of four. She was supposed to get married on sunday. Daycare owners in Northern Virginia entered a plea deal avoiding jail time connected with a babys death. Rosita chavez and her husband ran an illegal daycare out of their home in bristow. A 3monthold baby died in march. Investigators could not determine the cause of the girls death. In exchange for guilty pleas, investigators sentenced chavez to three years in prison. That was suspended. Shell be in jail fon probation three years. Police arrested a teenager accused of killing a 22yearold man in the district. Prosecutors charged 18yearold kevin austin with the murder of 22yearold gregory troxler. He was shot and killed in the middle of the day in an alley off north eighth street earlier this month. The victims mother remembers the day. I heard shots. I come running outside, and its my baby on the ground. Im trying to get to my baby. I get there, and theres no life to him. Hes gone. I didnt even get to tell my baby before he left me i love him. Austin has a criminal record and spent time in juvenile facilities for an arson charge. At the time of the shooting, he was wearing a Court Ordered gps tracking device, but it stopped working just before the alleged crime. Firefighters are still trying to figure out what sparked this tractortrailer fire in tinnily town. It was making a delivery to wisconsin avenue and brandywine street just before 7 00. Somehow the items in the trailer caught fire. After a scandal over mislabeled graves, Arlington National cemetery has a digital database. It can be accessed online and through the smartphone app. It allows you to search for a name, see where that person is buried, along with birth and death dates, and see photos of the back of the head stone. About 90 of the cemeterys 60,000 grave stones are included. The rest date back to the civil war and are still being researched. Good news for d. C. Homeowners. Your house is worth more than it was last year. New numbers from the Real Estate Company zillo says prices rose. The d. C. Area saw the biggest gain with prices rising 9 since 2011. Zillo expects prices to rise at least another percent over the next year. Controversy in alexandria over disappearing grass. Crews laid down new grass on a median along route 1 between east glebe road and potomac avenue. Now they are tearing it up. Turns out it will be a median lane for buses. The grass, although shortlived, is designed to cut down on the dust kicked up by construction. They say the green patch is a waste of federal dollars. Crews say its within budget. A man is at rest this morning after helping his wife deliver a baby along the beltway. Stacy ann bryson was due to be induced. But she started having contractions, and the whole family jumped in the car. They ended up getting stuck in traffic on the beltway. Forcing dad to call 911. With the right instructions, baby aaron mason was born, a healthy 6 pounds, 7 ounces. Even the brother helped in the delivery. Hes crying. I think hes breathing. Gently wipe off his mouth and nose and dry him off with a clean towel. You want to tie the shoe lace around the umbilical cord. I was tugging on my shoestri shoestring. The brysons are all doing well. Theyre trying to figure out what nickname to give little aaron, maybe shotgun, 95, or shoestring. Congratulations. Way to keep cool, dad, and big brother. Of course, traffic on the beltway, gets you every time. Well, chris cooley is a redskin again. The redskins resigned the popular tight end to replace the injured fred davis. The Team Released cooley in august, but he never signed with another team. Head coach Mike Shanahan called him sunday night to see if he would be interested in coming back. Cooley said he could not sleep that night because efhe was so excited about returning. Im not sure what the role will be week one or week two as i transition into it. Ive got to prove to them i should be on the field, and ive got to prove it right away. Thats what i want to do. I have a chance to take advantage of a great opportunity this year, and im looking forward to that. The 30yearold cooley played hi his entire career with the burgundy and gold. He is a fan favorite. I know a lot of fans, when we saw fred davis get injured, think about that right away. I guess the management did too. Good luck to him. The time is 4 51. Time to get a check of weather and traffic on the ones. And time is here. Beautiful morning under way. Its warmer than yesterday. Were going to have a mild afternoon. Dress accordingly. Layer up. Going to need a couple of layers this morning. A chill in the air and certainly looking like october. Look at this wonderful rural scene in hampshire county, west virginia. Gorgeous there. A lot of trees in Higher Elevations are past peak in the mountains. Still many of the lower valleys in west virginia, the color is beautiful. Send your wonderful autumn color photos to weather nbcwashington. Com. We will share. Ill be showing more of those during the morning. Right now around the region, the areas of dark green are in the 50s. That includes much of Northern Virginia, maryland, and a few pockets of blue. Those are in the 40s. Much of the region, it is much milder than it was yesterday morning when we had a near freezing condition in the mountains. Getting a few showers way to our north. Those should stay north of us in pennsylvania and new york state, moving on through. Well get clouds for the morning commute. Sunrise at 7 26. Partly cloudy through the morning hours. Still a chill in the air, upper 40s, low and mid50s. By your lunch hour, warming up rapidly. We ought to be in the upper 60s and low 70s. Delightful, just a few clouds coming through. And a partly cloudy afternoon and all the way into the upper 70s. Our average high is 66. So way above average. A good 10, 11 degrees above average. And then back down to the low 70s by Late Afternoon and then by dawn tomorrow the upper 50s, even warmer on wednesday. In fact, up near 80 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Now, the record high for tomorrow is 84. It can get a little toasty in october. Well be near that record tomorrow afternoon. And then thursday and friday partly cloudy. Highs near 70 both days. Sunday and monday. Highs only around 60 and a slight chance of a shower. Im back in five minutes. Danella with your first 4 traffic. Good morning. Good morning. Still keeping an eye on road wo work. The georgetown loop, traffic is blocking the right lane. Lets continue on the outer loop. This time as you pass braddock road, youre going to see two of your left lanes blocked here. You can stick to your right and see very light volume. Its not bad as you get past the cones in that area. And checking on the beltway in prince georges county, nice and clear as you make your way past indian head highway. No issues in both directions. Light volume. Not seeing any road work to warn you about. Im back in ten. This time well check your rails. Richard and eun, back over to you. Youve heard the marines creed, leave no man behind. Now a former marine is applying it to a dog he rescued while serving in afghanistan. Sean has raised 4,000 to bring home the dog named bolt. He found the stray dog while working in afghanistan. He even let him stay in the tent in the winter. The two were separated when the commander of the base ordered the removal of all dogs. Bolt was loaded up and taken away. He ran behind a convoy for roughly ten miles or so, pitch black, 3 00 in the morning. And all of a sudden, out of nowhere, bolt comes running full speed right behind me. It was a good feeling, having your buddy back. It was an awesome feeling. With the help of online supporters, he raised enough money to bring the dog home. Bolt is expected to be reunited with him before his birthday november 15th. Thats why hes mans best friend. Follo