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WRC News4 Today September 23, 2014

Sleeves yet. Its going to be changing by the end of the week. There is a flag flapping gently there in front of Union Station. Chilly morning. Afternoon, mild and comfy. Needed rain coming. Your weather headlines for this tuesday, what to wear this morning, the choices i would suggest jacket and long pants. Thats as you head out early this Tuesday Morning because its down just into the mid40s. Most of the region, look at it just near 50 for Prince Georges County. The rest of the region is down in the 40s. Its in the 30s in the mountains. Petersburg, West Virginia. 37. Oakland down to 39. It will drop a couple more degrees there. As a result, we have the first frost advisory of the season. All those counties in blue, western maryland, highlands of West Virginia, protect the house plants and bring them in. The flag flapping gently there at the Union Station giving us an idea that it is a chilly morning with that northerly breeze coming on in. The next weather and traffic on the 1s is coming up at 5 11. A look at the whole come back nats forecast. And we have some construction, right, melissa . We have construction in wheaton Georgia Avenue northbound at randolph road with the two right lanes blocked. And wisconsin avenue southbound at dorset we have the right lane blocked there. A wider look at things, inner loop, outer loop, no major problems headed out of town. Beltway at braddock road is moving right along with no problems there. And taking a look at 95 in maryland, 95 at cherry hill road, no issues. Im back in ten minutes at 5 11 with a trip up 95 in virginia. 5 02. We have breaking news right now as we learn new information about the u. S. Air strike overnight in syria. Take a look at this new video reportedly showing the air strike lighting up the night sky over isis strongholds inside syria. This video was posted on youtube but nbc news cannot verify the authenticity. The just getting help in the battle now against isis. Angie goff is live with the breaking developments. Reporter eun, the coalition you just mentioned includes the countries of saudi arabia, jordan and qatar. The u. S. Fighter jets taking off with the bombing devices reportedly happening in the area of raqqah. This is 100 miles away from syria. It is an isis stronghold, as you mentioned. It is believed to be where the extremists are headquartered. We are learning that syrian representatives were notified yesterday and that this could happen and the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Just releasing this statement saying that this is one step in what will be a long fight against isil. Now no official response from the Islamic State just yet, but a man who identified himself as an isis fighter in syria say that is the group will respond and right now they are blaming saudi arabia for letting this happen. We are staying on top of anything new to come in and will bring you the very latest. Angie goff from the live desk, thank you. New this morning, theres extra security at a military base in colorado following reports of shots fired inside a building there. People are allowed to enter the base but cannot leave. Later today we could find out what was inside the car. Missing uva student Hannah Graham was last seen riding in. Charlottesville police are expected to release evidence found inside Jesse Matthews car. Matthew is on Surveillance Video wrapping his arm around hannah. She was last seen with matthew early saturday morning. His landlord says its hard for her to believe hes involved. Im horrified, im in shock. Reporter do you believe he could have anything to do with her disappearance or do you think its up likely . He seems a mild man. Now investigators collected more evidence during a second sweep of matthews apartment yesterday. Hes wanted on reckless driving charges. Today the d. C. Council begins its fall session with a controversial vote. The council is expected to pass a new law allowing you to carry a gun in public in the district. Under the law you would apply for a permit to have your gun outside. Guns would also be prohibited from schools, government buildings and anywhere alcohol is served. This is happening because a federal judge overturned the districts blanket ban on guns a few months ago. Right now we have a School Closing to pass along to you. Eastern high school in northeast d. C. Is closed today. A transformer underground there exploded last night. Fire and pepco crews have been working throughout the night. The school there is closed due to a transformer explosion. Today you can go to a rally to act on Climate Change. Clean energy now this is a huge rally that happened this weekend in new york city with similar events around the world. Todays rally happening at 9 00. If you want to go, the Wilson Building on northwest is where you need to go. President obama is expected to speak at the United Nations later today about Climate Change. Trouble near the tracks. An iteam investigation uncovering a dangerous trend near area rail road tracks as we look at the Alarming Number of deaths around trains in our area. And grab a jacket heading out the door. Well see if things warm up any time soon with the hour by hour forecast at 5 11. But first, making your morning cup of coffee richer. The popular new trend that could have you welcome back. In news4 your health, fears of losing your job could contribute to you developing asthma for the first time. For every 25 you are in fear of losing your job, your asthma risk rose just as much. You are 60 more likely to develop asthma than those with job security. This could be due to reports of breathing problems during the economic crisis. You can try out a new trend now, butter instead of sugar in your coffee. A blogger in the bay area started this trend saying it tastes good and more importantly the fat in the butter apparently slows down your coffee crash later in the day. However, the blogger says you have to get top shelf butter in order to make it work properly and taste good. Now, i like the little half and half. So im trying to be good with skim milk, but i can imagine it would be rich. Maybe in paula deens world. Butter does make everything taste better. Take that butter and just wrap it around your heart and stop it. Come on. You know what, its funny, when you buy expensive butter it tastes different, but why waste it in your coffee. Put it on a big piece of bread. Weather and traffic on the 1s now, tom . Any recipe that called for butter, my aunt said to double it. We have a chilly start. Our temperatures are down just into the 40s. By 8 00 it will be around 50. Chilly morning. Then a cool midday. By noontime, the mid60s. Then low 70s during the afternoon. Welcome back nats. They take on the mets tonight at nats park. And first pitch at 7 05. Should be pleasant around 70 by then. Then turning cool toward the seventh inning in the mid60s. By the last out, down to the low 60s under a partly cloudy sky. Look at the next chance for rain, the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 21. Melissa, any problems yet . We are looking pretty good. The inner loop and outer loop are moving right along. No major issues. 66 also looking good for us this morning as is 270. No problems. You can see we are at speed here. At 55 miles per hour, in virginia, 95 at cardinal drive headed up through dale city, no issues there. Beltway at landover road is looking good. See you back here in ten minutes. Weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 21. Unwanted addition. The step one group of parents is taking a step to stop cell phone Tower Building at your childs school. And the playground attack that is unusual welcome back at 5 15. We are getting a disturbing new look at how many people are killed by trains in our area. Since september of 2011, more than 100 people have been hit or killed by trains while walking on the track. Thats according to an investigation by the news4 iteam. Those incidents include three locations in Prince Georges County, which iteam cameras monitored over recent weeks. They spotted a series of people illegally crossing the tracks, including along route 1 in beltsville and along the track in hyattsville and riverdale. The father of a young woman hit and killed in that riverdale location says the shortcut is too tempting for some. The train tracks are the fastest way to get from point a to point b on foot. By far. Its much shorter. Csx says it helps to fund awareness campaigns to warn people of the dangers of trespassing. And it says the csx police force has turned away more than 100 trespassers in the d. C. Area recently. Today a former Fairfax County deputy is on trial. Robert palmer jr. Retired after being accused of shoplifting this summer. Hes scheduled to be in court at 10 00 this morning. The search for two missing children in Montgomery County picks up later today. Police plan to sweep a soccer complex in germantown. They are looking for jacob and sarah hoggle. The investigators want businesses to check their Surveillance Video for these cars. The childrens mother katherine is not cooperating with police. A youth pastor is charged with sending explicit pictures of himself to a teenager. Police say 22yearold Vincent Bowes used a messages app to send the pictures to a 15yearold girl. He made no physical contact but he was arrested in North Carolina last week and is waiting to be extradited back to virginia. 17 after the hour, today organizations from three maryland counties are banding together to try to stop cell phone Tower Construction at Public Schools. They will hold a News Conference tonight at the steps of the county board of education. The organizationers say parents are being kept in the dark about pending cell phone tower projects. In prince georges alone, there are 73 towers proposed for School Grounds with 9 in development stages. If you live in Montgomery County, 30 of you are members of a condo or homeowners association. One bill will prevent property openers from renting their property if they are more than 30 days past due. And the other would say they need to complete an Education Course for directors. If you have a tax credit on your insurance but your income changed, the i. R. S. Will charge you for it. Other big life events include marriage or having children that could change how you qualify. To prevent any surprises come tax season, update all your information on healthcare. Gov. Well, you dont expect the next story to happen to your child on the playground, but a fox attacks a second grader during recess. The 7yearold evans whitkey still has the marks when the fox went after him. A p. E. Teacher sprang into action and grabbed the animal by the neck. I didnt see it come out of the woods. It just came and bit my ankle and tackled me. She was being attacked as she was trying to get the fox off my sop. So, you know, im very graceful for her. Wow. Another staffer joined in and managed to trap the animal under a recycling bin. Both employees were bit up here. The fox was on the porch before heading to the school apparently. Weather could work against firefighters trying to contain fastmoving flames from a massive wildfire. The strong winds have helped the fire double in size and is expected today. Flame east of sacramento have scorched 137 square miles. 21,000 structures are at risk of catching fire. And more than half of them are homes. And take a look at this water rescue in el paso, texas. A photographer at our nbc affiliate there helped rescue the woman. Her car was swept into a canal pinning her between her car and a wall. She was pulled to safety. Heavy rain from the remnants of hurricane odile are causing flash flooding in the area. At least one person drowned. The storm just doesnt want to quit. It has been slowly moving, but we are not expecting any rain coming our way any time soon. But chilly temperatures for sure. Well two to tom kierein with weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 21. Good morning to you, tom. Good morning. The equinox arrived last evening and it turned autumn fast. And the temperatures have plummeted since then under a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky now. It is down into the 30s out in western maryland. The highlands of West Virginia now and closer to washington, Shenandoah Valley and western maryland down to the southern part of the valley, we are in the low to mid40s. Then east of there, east of the blue ridge, the mid40s in Frederick County, Loudoun County and falkier county. Closer to washington, we are just in the mid to upper 40s. Nearby neighborhoods around the beltway, around the bay we are in the upper 50s. If youre walking or biking this morning, you need a couple layers with temperatures in the 40s between now and 8 00. Between 8 00 and 10 00, jumping into the 50s. Driving this morning, please turn the heater on with temperatures in the 40s between now and 8 00. Dry roads through the morning, youll need sunglasses between 8 00 and 10 00 with the bright sun. During the afternoon, partly cloudy with highs reaching the low 70s. A delightful afternoon. Not as much wind as yesterday. Then tomorrow the winds pick up a bit. Temperatures climb into the low to mid70s with increasing clouds and some needed rain moving in. The first rain drops may arrive by sunset on wednesday Late Afternoon into early evening. Off and on showers wednesday night and off and on showers now looking likely on thursday through much of the day but ending probably during the afternoon. The highs only near 70. Then bring out the short sleeves again. Well be warming up, 50 on friday morning. Friday afternoon, the upper 70s. Look at the weekend. Turning summerlike again. In fact, the low 80s on saturday with bright sunshine. Dare i say, beach weather for sunday . Partly cloudy to sunny with temperatures in the mid80s on sunday. And still warm on monday with highs near 80 and morning lows near 60. It wont be very humid. Coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, the bus stop morning forecast is in ten minutes. Now melissa with the morning commute. Whats going on . We are looking good. Thank you for the dry weather and dry roads for us. A wide look at things, we look quite good in adamtown. No major problems inner loop or outer loop. 270 coming southbound at falls road, youre looking good. Northbound youre just fine as well. 66 at lee highway is moving right along. Taking a look now in virginia, if youre coming out of safford Stafford County, no problems at this point. Or if youre leaving any time soon, you can see through triangle, we are looking good. Beltway at Georgia Avenue, we are looking quite good. Remember, if youre on twitter, get on to follow u us first4traffic. 5 23, take a look at the delta plane stranded on the runway. Somebody smelled smoke own 55 people had to get off there in detroit. Something overheated on the plane. A new report says unless government changes its rules for transporting oil, there could be more serious train accidents. Take a look, you probably remember when the train jumped the tracks and crashed in lynchburg, virginia. Nobody was hurt in that crash. With more and more Oil Gas Production in the u. S. , and a lot of it traveling by train, safety risks are on the rise and they could see a scene like that again. And look at this huge fire in los angeles. Black smoke and bursting flames shut down part of the port of los angeles. Crews attacked the fire from water and land. People could see the flames shooting into the sky from as far as downtown l. A. , which is more than 20 miles away. Wow. Well, here we go again. A pistolpacking pastor helped to nab a habitual thief. The pastor got sick of the same woman stealing that he took matters into his own hands. He set empty boxes as bait outside his home in texas. Sure enough, the alleged thief came snooping in the area as the person went for the boxes he ran out of his home gun in hand. When i came out of my house, she turned the corner and met me and my gun. And i put her on the ground and asked her what she was doing. She said she was looking for her dog, and i said, guess what, you just found your dog, bow, bow, bow. The woman had been caught on surveillance cameras several times. You can see that here. They were never able to catch her in person until he stepped in there. The local Police Department says that they have recovered several stolen items from inside her house. Thanks to the good pastor there. Lesson learned, i bet. Making sure you are not wrongfully ticketed. The changes being made in d. C. To eliminate errors on parking tickets. And a jacket or pullover could come in handy as you leave for work on this chilly fall morning. Your childs bus stop forecast is next with your weather and traffic on the 1s. Plus, we are tracking breaking news out of the middle east right now where u. S. War planes are busy at this hour carrying out air strikes in syria. What were learning about the targets and the countries that are helping u. S. Efforts when we go live to capitol hill ahead. And if you cant be in front of your tv, catch news4 today on the go with your smartphone or tablet. Just download the nbc washington app from the app store or google play. Without the internet i would probably be like a c student. Internet essentials from comcast has brought lowcost Internet Access to over one million lowincome people at home. Internet essentials is going to transform the lives of families. 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