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WRC News4 Today At 5 November 19, 2015

Thursday. A weather alert day. Weve been talking about it for a couple of days. Moderate to briefly heavy rain will really slow down your morning commute. It means well put out postings on our storm team 4 page. More alerts on our washington app as well. Theres the moderate rain south and west, but those Little Pockets of moderate rain are only about an hour to an hour and a half to the capital beltway. Well Start Talking about when this actually comes to an end which may be later than we thought. Thats coming up in ten minutes. For now, it is traffic time. Heres melissa. Good morning. We still have this problem at the top of the beltway at georgia avenue. We went yellow. I spoke to police. Just the left lane is getting by that accident. A warning for you there. Could get a little nasty if it doesnt get out of the way in the next couple of minutes. No problems northbound or southbound. Right now amelia segal in storm team 4. You can see the wet roads and wipers working here this morning for us. Racetrack road at old chapel road, that crash still being cleared out of the way. A warning for you there if youre headed through buoy any time soon. Ill see you in ten minutes with a live look at branch avenue. 5 02. Breaking news. Three people shot, one person dead this morning. It happened inside a large apartment complex. News4s Megan Mcgrath just arrived on the scene. What can you tell us . Reporter a search is on following a triple shooting at this apartment complex you see behind me here on autobahn avenue. You can see they still have crime tape up. Getters are still here on the scene. Weve been seeing them go in and out of this apartment right here in the center of the parking lot here. Thats where theyve been focusing their attention here as they continue with this investigation. Now, it was around 10 00 last night when shots rang out. Three people were shot. One of the victims actually was able to get himself to the hospital. Two others, houvgs went by ambulance and we did receive word that one of those victims has died. This is a fairfax section of alexandria just a little bit off of route one. Police did an extensive search overnight but so far no word of any arrests. Still an open and active investigation as always. Anyone in the area who has information that may be helpful to the police, youre asked to come forward. At this point, no word of a lookout of the suspect response, but no word yet either. We have more breaking news. In the last five minutes we confirmed that a serious crash in buoy is deadly. We talked to the buoy police who tell us that an suv veered off the road and hit a sign. This was at the intersection of racetrack road. Were working to find out how many people were inside the suv and were checking on road closures in that area. Rm. A piece of highly produced propaganda, that is what the new York Police Department is calling this new video from isis that seems to imply a new threat to new york. It shows images of taxis in times square, this video putting some people on edge even as a new warning was just issued oversees. News4s Kristin Wright at the live desk. The u. S. Embassy in rome is warping of potential terrorist attacks in rome and milan. The embassy says st. Peters basilica in vatican cities is a target as well as churches in general and synagogues and restaurants and hotels in both areas. One of the bombers is identify as one of the attackers aet the stadium in france. The french Prime Minister warning that terrorists could use chemical weapons and says the state of emergency must be extended. Meanwhile the countrys foreign minister is calling isis a monster and urging the International Community to do more to get rid of the terrorist group. Back to you. Thank you, kristin. 5 05 on capitol hill. The white house is threatening a veto. But a new survey suggests that president obamas policies are not in line with public opinion. Cs tracie potts will have more on the findingins a little more a man who admitted to attacking a bus driver will make his first Court Appearance. Darryn west jr. Admitted guilt yesterday. This was the 69th attack on a metrobus driver this year. A woman caught on camera doing yoga on metro tracks is expected in Fairfax County District Court today. Holly bentley is facing misdemeanor charges. She climbing down on the tracking at the westphal station last year. She started taking yoga pictures while another took pictures. She was arrested in october. Heres new surveillance of the six people. The shooting happened outside of a hotel on tuesday. The suspects and car were caught on a nearby surveillance camera. 21yearold Kevin Wallace was killed in that shooting. A map is waking up in Police Custody in the district accused of murder. Police arrested George Edwards for the murder of reginald perry. He was shot and killed near the howard metro station on eighth street west. No word yet on a motive in this case. Black lives matter this video shows protesters who caused traffic backups last night. They shut down major intersection in d. C. Its national trance week. The group wants to bring attention to crime, specifically the murders of transgender victims across the country. The most recent in our area 22yearold zella ziona from our county. Were demand respect. We want this to stop. The protest organizer jess grobeman was arrested. Happening today, a Court Appearance for the former Loudoun County supervisor shawn williams. He faces charges after his pushed his way into a neighbors home and attacks the neighbor. He was drunk at the time. He apologized and said hes seeking treatment for alcohol abuse. Its a weather alert day. Take a look at the storm team 4 radar. All the ran moving toward us. Chuck bell will let us know when its going hit us. Thousands of airport workers are on strike and well let you know which airports are being impacted. And justice for jamar. New developments in minneapolis this morning. Another night of protests following a black mans death while in Police Custody. Protesters sprayed police with a chemical irritant and then the police sprayed protesters. Prote p we also heard reports that demonstrators were throwing rocks and bottles. Some officers were hurt but not seriously. Its 5 11. Time for weather traffic on the 1s on this weather alert day. Lets check in with storm team 4s meteorologist chuck bell. Good morning. Just in time for the morning commute. This cluster. Should be in the warrenton area by 5 38. Plains, virginia, by 5 51. Theres more moderate rain down near richmond. That will be on i95 near fredericksburg. It carries that moderate rain through here just in time for the morning ride in. Rain may ease off a lile bit late this morning but theres another chance for showers coming in for later on this afternoon. Well be keeping you posted on that. The heaviest rain is this morning. How much colder for the weekend. That comes up with your seven day in ten minutes. Time now for traffic, melissa . All lanes are open as youre passing georgia avenue. You can see a bit of a slowdown. About a onemile backup because of the earlier accident. Dont have any problems there. That fatal accident, theyre clearing that out of the way here. 95 south at lorton road, had a disabled vehicle. Well take a live look at 270 coming up. The disgraced former subway pitchman learns his punishment. How much time hell face behind bars if hes sentenced. Is it your fault if your kid 5 16. Today is a storm team 4 weather alert. Take a look at the drawer. Were tracking lots of rain headed our way. The heaviest rain expected to start falling in about an hour. Amelia segal is in storm team 4 tracking conditions on the road. Amelia, what are you seeing . Reporter well, amelia, were on 66 heading back toward washington. When we left our studios, light rain, almost a drizzle. As we continued west toward manassas before turning back around, the rain did pick up in intensity. Heres a look. Were dealing with wet roads. For the most part, only light to moderate rain is falling. So its not having any impact on visibility this morning. Im tracking ran on our nbc washington app and seeing pockets of heavier rain. Were going to be tracking Road Conditions all morning long. Our plan right now is to head toward the beltway and bring you conditions there. Heres kind of another vantage point. Dealing with wed roads. Certainly well slow that morning commute. A good idea to add a little bit of extra time to that morning commute. Eun, aaron, back to you. Amelia, thank you. A man is in Critical Condition after being hit on chillum road. This is the same area where a church bus crashed last week. A High School Teacher could face up to 25 years in prison. Brown had sex with a 17yearold girl in the boys locker room during homecoming back in 2013. The battle to save Laurel Regional Hospital hits the road today. Officials and hospital workers will head to a hearing in annapolis to learn why a hospital is closing. More than 100 workers have already been laid off. It could be a big step in improving metro. A new general manager. Today the metro board is expected to vote in favor of Paul Wiedefeld to take that job. He has yet to sign a deal, but metro officials dont anticipate a problem. This week wiedefeld sailed he wants to make metro, quote, a world class system. Hes responsible for oversees the metrobus of a southeast of problems. A new Technology Helps track down people with dementia if they start wandering off. Caregivers and family members can use computers and smartphones to monitor the person wearing the shoes. There is an additional monthly charge to keep up the tracking system. A new cdc report coming out expected to show an alarming increase in stds in 2014. On the heels is a new campaign specifically aimed at those who use dating apps like tinder and grinder. That i do not equate these apps with stds but they hope to encourage users to thinking how the apps inproven the risk. The police chief wrote and proposed this ordinance. At first they let their child know and then worked to end the behavior. If the child is caught again within 90 days, the parent could receive a 124 fine. The chief said its all about holding the parents responsible. Its not the Police Departments responsibility to raise your child. Its our responsibility to protect the community. Police believe its working. Three warnings have been issued but not a single parent has received a ticket. Back to our Team Coverage on this weather alert day on 5 21. We can show you team 4 radar. All that rain that is in our region right now. I want to check back in withqcn chuck bell for the latest on what we have to deal with today. Chuck . Its going to be raindrops an a bunch of them here this morning and now we may be facing them into the afternoon commute as well. Our latest computer monitors are showing a Second Chance of rain coming in later this afternoon. First things first, ive got to get into school first. Just north of richmond. Thats two to three hours way that. Will be between 7 00 and 8 00 this morning. In and around the metro area. Heaviest rain. Those individual showers are lifting north along route 15. Almost all of 495 is wet as well. Melissa will be keeping you updated on Road Conditions. Plan to leave early or be late. Temperatures in the 60s now. Will stay in the 60s all day. So its going to feel like a september rain event. Could get as much as an inch of rain. So future weather. Yellow means moderate rain. Thats coming right into the metro. 7 15. Here by 8 15. Thats lifted right through the metro. Then we get a little break in the intensity of the rain through late morning up to around lunchtime. But the cold front is coming in later this afternoon and as the front comes through, it has a chance to ring out another line of rain showers. Heres 3 45, 4 00. Heres that secondary push of rain coming between 6 00 and 7 00 before finally coming to an end. In the 60s all day. The last line comes between here. Sevenday forecast, yes, indeed. Breezy and rainy today. Breeze y turning cooler tomorrow. In fact, sunday, monday could be some of the coldest days we receive in the early par of the fall. Thats a look at the sevenday. Well focus back on the next 24 hours. Right now we still have this problem on the top of the beltway. Its actually a new accident. The earlier problem was outer loop and georgia. You can see a little bit of a slowdown here. Were hearing from police right now nothing is blocked. That should be sort of dissolving here this morning and getting out of tway. Getting a look out front using the wiper this morning inbound of 66, amelia segal is going to boo live for us. 270 at Montrose Road york u can see a little bit of a sheen on the roadway there. Everything looking good northbound and southbound. Dont have to worry too much. Again, when youre looking at the maps, the road is green. The rest of the green, that big blob, that is the rain over the roads so youre going have to pack that patience. Leave a little early if you can. Thank you. Its coming up on 5 24. Right now close to 2,000 airport workers are on strike at some of the worlds busiest airports. Includes jfk and chicago ohare. That i dear panhandling better pay and union rights. The strike is expected to last at least through the day. They have plans to make sure the passengers are not affected too much. Now to a story youll only see on news4. Youre hearing from a man who was trapped under this 30,000pound bus. It hit james holmes while he was crossing massachusetts avenue. Crews lifted the bus and freed the man. Holmes who was 77 says he cant believe a bus is the thing that landed him in the hospital. Was never hurt in my life. And then i was hit by a bus. Holmes has a broken leg. Hes currently in rehabilitation and is determined to get back on his feet soon. President obama and other World Leaders met yesterday at the asiapacific Economic Cooperation summit, apec. It comes on the heels of the summit in turkey which was dominated by the violence in syrias 5yearold war. Leaders want a large free trade area for its 21 economies by 2025. 5 25. Jared foge ll be sentenced today in indiana after pleading guilty to child pornography and sex crimes. Fogle could face up to 12 years in prison. Hes charged with it. Hes agreed to pay 1. 4 million to 14 victims. Vogels attorney has asked for a fiveyear prison. Jeremy fogle expects to go to prison. Hell do time. He expects to make amends. Subway has cut all ties with fogle. His Attorney Says hell speak with a judge during todays hearing. Two people are dead after the helicopter crash, you can see the chopper spinning on the ground. First responders rushed there yesterday afternoon. A fire culled both people on board. The ntsb is now investigating. Officials say it looks like the pilot lost control of the hospital on its way to land. Click it or ticket today. Multiple Police Agencies enforcing seatbelt laws a e head of the thanksgiving travel season. That includes fairfax and alexandria police. According to the ntsb words. Youve got to buckle up. I can remember being one of those. I didnt want to wrinkle. Now you know better. Every single time. Today d. C. Public School Officials will tell the student as what they need. Students will testify about what they would like to see included in next years budget. Theyll also have a chance to ask chancellor kai ya enhenderson some questions. If you dont already have it b sure to download the nbc weather alert app. Its a soggy thursday. Chuck bell will let us know how much rainfall we with can expect coming up. And an update to a story we brought you first about a special needs student in prince georges county, how he will get to school today after his mom refused to give up. An outrage after a virginia mayor speaks about the refugee crisis. Why he says now at 5 30, the paris terror attacks Takes Center Stage today. First youre going want your big umbrella. This rain is getting started. Lets send things over to chuck bell for a look at the timing of this storm. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, eun and aaron. They brought the big umbrella in but it was still dry. He said, i thought it was going to be raining. No one else gets that treatment. By the time we get out the door, its going be wet. More social media postings on our storm team 4 Facebook Page and our apps. Well give you those push alerts. Four things you need to know. Stay alert. Moderate to heavy rain will affect morning commutes. With any luck well start to dry out as we get toward sundown. Theres storm team 4 radar. Heaviest rains along 270. Your 24 hour focus, heaviest rain this morning. Temperatures in the low 60s. Heavy rain and a slow go. Rain may not end until 6 00 or 7 00 tonight and well look at how cold and dry. 270, a little bit of trouble . 270, a little bit of trouble. Some complaints that its slower than normal right now as youre headed sboun through the german town area. You can see a little bit of that slickness there on the roadway. Just a reminder to leave early if you can this morning. Just a little bit of rain cause as big problem, you can see the virtual rain. Fairfax to the beltway, its going to take you ten minutes. Not bad. Franconia, springfield parkway also a little wet. The roads are green, but, again, this big massive green is all rain. Well see you in ten minutes with travel times. New threats today after fridays terror attacks in paris. Plus a controversial vote. Nbcs tracie potts on the hill with what to expect today. Tracci tracie, good morning. Lets start with the new threat. Its an isis propaganda video. Its not new video and not new for isis to threaten new york. And the response up there, the mayor t police chief all say theyre being vigilant. Of course, no, is always on alert. Meantime on capitol hill, a vote, and its a rush vote in the house to block president obamas plan to allow in more refugees. The concern has been isis is based in syria and they may try

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