county, the hometown forecast there by noontime upper 60s and partly sunny. a look at your friday afternoon and your friday evening. how cool will it get? that's coming up in about ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? good morning, tom. checking the rails first because on the marc train, number 505 dealing with a signal problem. the train is delayed about nine minutes. you can possibly see that increase up to 15 minutes. metro, vre, they check out no delays there. over to the roadways, reports of an accident. traveling i-66 this morning heading eastbound in gainesville near route 29, the report involves a vehicle off of the roadway to the guardrail. police are en route to investigate to see what they find. i can tell you checking cameras in the area and not seeing anything on camera just yet. no delays, anything like that. we'll keep watching it. easy commute between frederick all the way to rockville, no

accident, no delays. aaron and eun? thanks, danella. news 4's male mollet is at the live desk. melis melissa? right now police setting off controlled explosions at that west gate shopping center in nairobi trying to get, of course, all of those bombs plant ed by the terrorists out before they go in had to collect more evidence. we've also just found out the car believed to have been used by the kenyan mall attackers has been found. investigators from britain, canada, and germany all at the scene. kenyan police have given little information since the attack that killed 67 people on saturday. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. 5:02. new this morning, a long night for prince george's county police. officers there trying to figure out who was behind the violent home invasion that left a man shot and in the hospital. news 4's megan mcgrath is there now with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. that's right. police are looking for two suspects, two men that were seen running from the home after the shooting took place. now this all began to unfold

shortly after midnight. police say that those two suspects made their way into a home here on 100th avenue in glenn dale. inside the home were two residents, a man and a woman. there was some kind of a confrontation inside that home. shots were fired. the male resident was struck in the torso. he is listed in critical condition. police are not releasing many more details about what happened or whether anything was taken from the house, but they are continuing to look for those two suspects. reporting live in glendale, megan mcgrath, news 4. aaron, back to you. today family and friends will remember a popular soft bail coach and die hard ravens fan killed at the navy yard. a viewing held for mike ridgell from 3:00 to 5:00 and again 7:00 to 9:00 tonight at the singleton funeral home in glen burnie. 592-year-old was a former maryland state trooper and the security guard aaron alexis

encountered. ridgell's funeral is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. and we're trying to find out who has the body of gunman aaron alexis. the d.c. medical examiner says an youautopsy has been complete and his body released, but they will not say who claimed the body or what they discovered in the autopsy. the 34-year-old government contractor was shot to it death while exchanging gunfire with officers. he believed electromagnetic waves had been controlling him for months. a chemical weapons watchdog will decide today whether it approves of a u.n. security resolution to secure and destroy syria's chemical weapons. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons will meet and vote at the hague. they force syria to have full access to its chemical weapons stockpile. it does not threaten military action if they do not comply. melissa mollet is at the live

desk with breaking news out of india. right now the death toll is rising in a mumbai building collapse. three people now have been killed and it's believed that up to 90 could still be trapped. you can see the huge amount of concrete just tumbled on all of those people on the scene trying to help out. according to eyewitnesses that building was in dire need of repair. more are than a dozen people have been pulled out including, we understand, two young children. this building, an apartment building, five stories high, in the city's financial district. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. we should get a better sense how likely a government shutdown really is. we expect the senate to vote to remove a provision from a government funding bill that would defund the affordable care act. john boehner says he and his colleagues will not accept any legislation that doesn't take away money from the controversial health care law. congress must reach a deal on a spending bill by the end of monday or part of the government will shut down. the controversial event had a is putting an unwanted spotlight on one of america's most iconic battlefields. also ahead, frightening video as

a gunman storms into a fast food restaurant ready to shoot. the development that helped save his intended targets. also ahead, a warning for iphone users, why apple's latest software update could be making you sick. good morning. temperatures now in the 40s and 50s. i'll s

bad news for chocoholics. >> she just got the angry. you didn't see that. she saw bad news fon chocoholics and got upset. >> the price of chocolate is going up. due to an increase in demand for the sweet stuff and anticipated cocoa bean shortage. i might need a moment. the cost of chocolate is set to jump to $12 for a kilogram, a 45% increase since 2007. >> i guess the baby girl isn't going to college, is she? >> goodness gracious. apple's latest operating system is making some people sick, literally.

apple has been getting reports the animations and the transitions have been making people nauseous. most of the feedback reports symptoms similar to motion sickness apparently. the main source appears to be the zooming animation. the problem which has inspired an entire message thread on apple's are forum has people asking how they can downgrade back to ios 6. as of right now you can't. so you have to swipe and don't look at the phone, i guess. you haven't done it yet? >> i'm waiting. >> you can see a difference. >> you don't like it? >> it looks cartoonish. it's starting to -- you have to use it a little while to get okay with it. >> okay, good. i'm still eating chocolate. 5:11. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. tom kierein here with more on what your day is going to look like. tom? is there is capitol hill and some low chocolate covered clouds you are passing over right now right over washington. and we're starting off this morning with temperatures in the

50s around the metro area. by 8:00 still in the 50s and cloudy. by noontime partly sunny, near 70. mid midafternoon temperatures into the mid-70s. sun rises at 7:01. sunset is at 6:57. if you're going out this friday night, we'll have a clear sky and a cool evening. great weather for high skochool football games and outdoor activities this evening down into the low 60s by midnight. a look at your weekend into next week at 5:21 and now looking at traffic danella. still checking a report of an accident, i-66 heading eastbound in gainesville at route 29. reportedly a vehicle off in the roadway. i-95 northbound just as you approach fakes coufairfax count parkway. this vehicle here also crashed into the guardrail, the left lanes are blocked. back in ten minutes. aaron and eun, over to you. quick thinking kid. how this young child's actions how this young child's actions helped save his mom.

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i'm melissa mollet at the live desk. we know 13 government workers have been killed. they were all riding on a bus. we now understand the bomb was planted at the rear of the bus when it went off. 32 people hurt. no immediate claim at this point, though, of responsibility. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. two sides will try to resolve the ongoing dispute over iran's nuclear program. they met several times but this will be the first meeting since rowhani became iran's president. yesterday secretary of state john kerry met with iran's foreign minister. those were the highest level discussions between the two countries in years. the head of the nsa is downplaying reports that many of the agency's employees have been abusing authorities. still, nsa employees eavesdropped on family and

friends a dozen times over the past decade. the practice is known as loveit as in gathering information on love interests. they have two open investigation into new allegations. panama wants to fine a ship $1 million for trying to smuggle cuban weapons through the panama canal. the administrator says the fine covers the money the country has spent detaining that ship. it was seized in july after a standoff with the north korea crew. they said it was a donation of sugar to the north koreans. panamanian police found the sugar america's

most iconic battlefields. the national park service has granted a permit for a maryland-based group to hold an event at gettysburg national park next saturday. the park service says it has a responsibility to make it available for all citizens to he can press their right to it freedom of speech. it will be held in the afternoon on october 5 near general john meade's headquarters. caught on camera. an attempted shooting stopped by a malfunctioning gun. a gunman in ft. worth, texas, tried to go on a shooting spree in a local restaurant. the man identified and arrested is 24-year-old justin joseph and police say he tried to shoot up a restaurant but every time he pointed his gun at someone it wouldn't fire. he reloaded his weapon and tried again, still nothing. police say he left the restaurant and successfully fired his gun in the parking

lot. when he went back into the restaurant thinking his gun would work, it wouldn't fire again. joseph was arrested shortly after he left the diner the second time. a dangerous combination of speed and alcohol led orlando police on an overnight hi high-speed chase. police dash cam caught a blue prius on two wheels narrowly missing a cruiser while going backwards. the driver was running from a dui stop after giving police a fake i.d. with a top speed of 100 miles per hour. the driver was eventually stopped when he slammed in a another vehicle. he was ejected from the car and flown to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. at 5:18 a former nfl player sa hundreds of people may soon face charges for trashing his vacation home. police arrested six people who they say broke into brian holloway's home near albany, new york, and threw a massive labor day party. he says one of those people charged was a young man he took care of when he was homeless. he claims that guy organized the

party. holloway posted pictures on social media sites and that angered some of the teens' parents. a huge dust storm swept through parts of southern arizona causing multiple car crashes and huge backups, too. take a look at this video. a 14-mile section near phoenix was closed due to blowing dust. nobody was serious ly hurt in ay of those accidents. right now crews are trying to restore power to a busy train track just outside of new york city as commuters prepare for a second morning of really slow goi going. the busy stretch of traffic from manhattan and new haven has been mostly out of service since wednesday because of a power outage allowing only a fraction of trains to operate. the metro north line transports tens of thousands of riders each day, many of whom have had to find a different way to get around. our nbc station in new haven says limited power could be restored by this weekend. this morning we are getting a look at a massive meteor crash site in alberta, canada.

you can see the meteor light up the night sky. it passes almost directly in front of the royal mounted police officer's cruiser. that meteor left a visible trail as well. the officer said he freaked out when he saw the meteor. >> i'd freak out, too. >> it's perfectly okay. all right. just about 5:21. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. the storm team 4 weather center, our weather watchers, observers checking in reporting temperatures down into the mid-50s in the nearby suburbs and for students at the bus stop we are going to have quite a bit of cloudiness around this morning. it will be a cool morning. temperatures will probably stay in the low to mid-50s around the metro area but some places, the raurl areas in the 40s between 7:00 and 8:00. a light wind under the cloudy

skies. sun rises at 7:01. and through the day today, temperatures will climb nicely. in fact, it should be near 70 by noontime with the cloud cover breaking up and some sunshine breaking out. and then mostly sunny with highs reaching around the mid-70s and then this evening under a clear sky we'll have temperatures 60s through the evening and then the mid-50s by dawn saturday. for your weekend plans, looks fantastic. for all the weekend events and outdoor activities, football games on saturday, a beautiful day with afternoon highs reaching the mid-70s much of the region. and then on sunday we're going to do it again, another gorgeous autumn day, morning lows in the 50s. afternoon highs climbing into the upper 70s on sunday. and lots of sunshine. then partly cloudy sunday night into monday as we get back to work and school on monday we'll have temperatures, maybe a bit warmer monday afternoon, up up around 80 degrees and partly clo cloudy. partly cloudy as well on tuesday, storm team 4 seven-day

outlook. the dry pattern continues all of the way in toward the end of next week is the way it's looking now. just a few clouds around monday and tuesday. highs reaching the low 80s. may get into the low and mid-80s briefly on wednesday afternoon with lots of sunshine and, again, end of the week on thursday afternoon highs should be right around 80 degrees. i'll be back in about ten minutes with a hometown forecast. we'll take a look at that as well as your friday morning. now first 4 traffic with danella. good morning. good morning, tom. checking on an accident i-95 northbound. this is just prior to fairfax county parkway. you are going to see your left lane blocked as well as your left shoulder lane here. accident involves a vehicle into the guardrail reportedly the driver has suffered some injury so you can see the fire department is on the scene. police as well. and as far as your delays on i-95, they're under a mile but basically nice and clear. but once you get closer to fairfax county parkway you are going to kind of hit the brakes really heavy as you make your way past the accident, stick to

the right to get by. over to i-66. earlier this morning, for folks traveling eastbound at route 29 in gainesville, had a report of an accident there. 66 inbound still nice and clear. inside, same deal. i'm back in ten minutes. aaron and eun, back over to you. this morning two farmers face a year in prison for their role in a deadly listeria outbreak. eric and ryan general son operated the cantaloupe farm. cantaloupe was directly link ed to an outbreak of listeria back in 2011 but killed 3 people and made nearly 150 others sick. the fda and the dc say things like contaminated equipment and dirty water likely contributed to that outbreak. doctors expect former astronaut scott carpenter to make a full recovery from his stroke. nbc news learned he suffered the stroke in colorado. the 88-year-old is now in a

denver hospital. carpenter and john glenn are the last living members of the mercury 7 which was nasa's first group of astronauts. the latest advancement in helping stroke patients recover is not a drug. it's an app. hospitals are using ipads to help patients learn to speak again. they helped design appss that help with cognitive therapy. the tablets allow patients to continue their treatment at home as well. an arizona child was given a big honor for saving his mother's life. 3-year-old guy richy was given a certificate of appreciation. earlier this month 3-year-old guy was playing with his mom when she had a seizure. he picked up the phone and called 911. police rushed to their home and took her to the hospital. >> i don't even know what happened. the next thing i knew is when i came to. and this room was filled with paramedics and firefighters and policemen. >> little guy was also given a

fire truck, a fire hat -- look at that -- and a ride in an ambulance. the good going. smart 3-year-old. >> kids have this natural instinct to protect mom, too. >> i hope mine do. >> they do. next year mcdonald's will offer customers the option of salad, fruit, or vegetables instead of fries in their value meals. that comes as they partner with the clinton alliance for a healthier generation and the american heart association. mcdonald's says it will promote only water, milk, and juice as the beverages in its happy meals. about a year ago the fast food chain reduced the fries portion in happy meals and added apples to every order. >> i appreciate the effort to be healthful and offer healthful choices, but there's something about those mcdonald french fries -- can i have a side, fries and saled add? will that make me feel better? >> it will make you think you're doing something better. >> i'm not eating fruit from mcdonald's. usually tough skinned new yorkers are still wiping away tears after an emotional

farewell. >> the best closer in it baseball history played his final game at yankees stadium. >> how is this for drama? >> the floodgates opened for mariano rivera and thousands of fans as he was taken out of the game in the ninth inning last night. andy petitbon and derek jeter had the honor of going up to the mound. the five-time world series channchamp ion announced at the beginning of the season he would retire. he will play again this weekend as the yankees finish their season in houston and manager joe girardi has hinted he may let him play center field, something the lifetime pitcher has always wanted to do. four-minute standing ovation and people love to hate the yankees but this was a wonderful moment. very emotional. a long career, and you build the fans and respect. >> an amazing career. what a wonderful sendout. i love to see the teammates

embracing him. so nice. >> baseball is a good sport, right? >> it is. it really is. >> the clock, it's ticking for lawmakers if they hope to avoid a government shutdown. the obstacles congress still has to deal with. >> also ahead, why police say the driver who ran into a number of children at a maryland school should not have been behind the wheel in the first place. plus, honoring our nation's first president. the special celebration today for george washington. a chilly fall morning as you get ready to head out the door. a look at what's on tap for your weekend next. 5:27. and if you can't get to the tv watch on the

looking at the stories making headlines right now at 5:30. a glendale man is in critical condition after being shot during a home invasion overnight. rescue teams in india searching for survivors right now after a building collapse that has claimed at least three liv lives. and the first responders who helped save lives will be honored this morning. if you are about to step out the door, don't forget your jacket this morning. another cool start around the district. meteorologist tom kierein is here with what's on tap for today. that live view of capitol hill from our city camera showing the underside of clouds lit up by city lights. some low clouds moving in from the north and east.

storm team 4 satellite view is showing the low clouds advancing from the north and east head in south and west but still mostly clear. the rest of northern virginia, shenandoah valley, and much of the mountain region. i think this cloud cover will eventually cover much of the region as the morning progresses around the bay. a few breaks in the clouds, a little bit of moon trying to show through there and temperatures are generally in the mid-50s in our nearby suburbs and the rural areas where it's clear into west virginia, it's down into the 40s this morning. and by 8:00 should be in the mid-50s much of the region and still rather cloudy. a little sun breaks out in the mid-60s, by noontime upper 60s. sun rise at 7:01. hometown forecast, bowie, prince george's county near 70 degrees by noon and partly sunny. the rest of your friday coming it in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? still checking on delays along i-95 northbound this morning. prior to fairfax county parkway, i'm going to show you a live

camera. the accident here. the driver crashed into the guardrail. your left shoulder lane is blocked. at one point your left lane was blocked and that looks like that's still the case now. for folks traveling even in the hov lanes you are seeing a rubbernecking delay as folks slow down to see what's happening. your drive time right now a bit under speed from the occoquan river bridge to the beltway about 37 miles per hour. the drive itself will take you about 15 minutes. now we'll head over to the rails. the earlier signal problem on the marc train is gone now so now metro, marc, vre all running on or close to schedule. thank you, danella. 5:32 is your time. this is a crucial day in the effort to avoid a government shutdown. the senate will likely vote to remove a provision from a funding bill that defunds president obama's controversial health care law. that move could head to a stalemate with house republicans. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill with are more. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: the senate the voting on that budget with the

money for so-called obama care, once they strip that provision out, that's something the house is likely to reject as we take a look at capitol hill. lots going on today. but not necessarily moving toward a resolution on this. the house has already decided to work overtime. john boehner saying democrats and republicans will be there saturday and sunday working over the weekend to try to work this out. they have a deep disagreement with the senate on how to fund the government. if they can't work it out by midnight monday, that is the deadline for the shutdown. now just over three days away as of tonight. overnight they actually, the senate, actually tried to early up this vote to provide more time for negotiating over the weekend, but two people objected. ted cruz and his colleague mike lee. they were criticized saying that they had people that were wanting to watch this on tv

today, criticized by their own colleagues. that vote was postponed so it will not happen until today with the house working over the weekend. the number two in the senate says even coming up with something over the weekend might be too late. eun? >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. news 4's melissa mollet is at the live desk with breaking news out of pakistan. melissa? yeah, the death toll on the bus bombing is now rising again. 17 people, we understand, have now been killed, dozens hurt. witnesses telling them they were carrying government workers all heading home at the end of the workweek. another witness telling a tv station there he was driving behind the bus when the blast ripped open the back end and everyone was thrown to the side. at the live desk, melissa mo mollet, news 4. new this morning, tread rick community college was given the all clear late last night after a suspicious package was found on campus. frederick, maryland, police and bomb tex were at the scene for hours making sure everything was

completely safe before they gave the all clear. the buildings surrounding the area were evacuated while officials investigated. this afternoon family and friends will attend the funeral for prince william county high school student. 18-year-old kenny diaz's service set for 1:00 in woodbridge. 12 people now under arrest in connection with this murder. police just charged four of diaz's friends with attempted robbery. investigators say diaz and his friends tried to rob 19-year-old diandra sam ooumuels as payback all connected to drug deals. they believe samuels stabbed diaz to death in a park on saturday. eight teens recovering after being hit by a car driven by one of their classmates. it all went down yesterday afternoon at northwestern high school. eight junior rotc students were in formation when the car plowed into them. the driver of the car was a 19-year-old classmate. the driver stayed on the scene and was charged with negligent driving and without required supervision.

he doesn't have a license yet. just a learner's permit. d.c.'s fire chief will not face charges after being accused of attacking a firefighter. prosecutors say they don't have enough evidence to charge chief kenneth ellerbe. a firefighter told police he grabbed a phone from his hand and hurt him at the scene of a burning ambulance last month. ellerbe says he simply asked for the phone and got it voluntarily. george washington will finally have a presidential library. hundreds of people will be at mt. vernon for the grand opening today. the 45,000-square-foot the facility will include letters and manuscripts of our first president. his personal diary will even be there. the library will include a residence for visiting scholars. honoring some of the heroes after the mass shooting at the navy yard. the special event planned for this morning for a number of our area's first responders. plus -- putting crash prevention technology to the test.

which ougautomakers' high-tech systems make the grade? off to a cool start. low clouds rolling in from the north and east. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. greeted by temperatures in the mid-50s around the metro ar

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meet libby. this tabby kitten has seen a lot of action. people at the adult recreation center heard her meowing for four days but couldn't figure out where those meows were coming from. turns out that libby was stuck in the ceiling. she somehow wedged herself between one of the ceiling tiles and a pipe, poor thing. the humane society workers were able to free her. this morning the 1 pound kitten is doing just fine. i imagine she will find a good home quickly. 5:41 just about now on this friday morning. and we are hoping for another beautiful -- for the beautiful weather to continue through the weekend. meteorologist tom kierein with more on what you can expect on your forecast. tom? is. >> our dry pattern continues. good morning on this friday morning.

it's a cool start. quite a bit of low cloudiness around the metro area. of temperatures in the 50s and still clear across parts of virginia into west virginia where it's in the 40s. we're going to stay cool here through about 9:00. we should still be in the 50s but then by 10:00 in the low 60s. by noontime near 70. by mid afternoon into the mid-7s with quite a bit of sunshine and for your friday night, if you're going out, should be a clear evening. it'll be on the cool side, though, by mid to late evening, back down into the mid to low 60s. the latest and first fall foliage report of the season in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? good morning, tom. still keeping my eye on i-95. good news for folks traveling northbound. the earlier crash blocking the left lane, now just the left shoulder lane. did you delays are about three miles. earlier rubbernecking delays exist from the occoquan river bridge to the beltway, about 29 miles per hour. the drive will take you almost

20 minutes. i-270 northbound, a crash in the right shoulder lane. they're just waiting on a tow truck. your travel lanes are open. aaron and eun? the big donation in the day ahead that will keep the national mall looking beautiful. also ahead, a maryland mother demanding some answers after her son went missing for an hour after school. then at 6:00, if you're flying for the holidays you may flying for the holidays you may want to double-check you today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site.

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this morning some of the first responders who put their lives on the line to save others at the navy yard will be honored for courage. dozens will receive awards today. derrick ward is outside the navy yard with more on the honor they will receive today. derrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. that ceremony is due to take

place at about 9:00 a.m. over at the training facility in southwest. more than 30 paramedics and firefighters are scheduled to get this award, those who responded to the incident here at the navy yard back on the 16th. this is the medal of excellence and it goes to those who display extraordinary courage in response to an incident. this comes as questions arose in the immediate wake of this incident regarding stachg shortages and communication. it serves to highlight the valor of those who did respond, who were on the ground and who, despite whatever adversity did exist, nonetheless, did their jobs under those unusual circumstances and it's an interesting point just a few weeks ago d.c.'s police chief was at the tomb of the unknowns laying a wreath there to sort of highlight the relationship between the police department and the military district of washington. well, this this today, that incident and this award today also serve to highlight the fire and ems departments

responsibility to the district and everybody in the city as well. that ceremony takes place at 9:00 today. we are live outside the navy yard. back to you. >> derrick, thank you. the navy will also update us this morning on how it's helping employees and their families cope with the tragedy. vice admiral william french will hold a roundtable with reporters this morning and give a tour of the emergency family assistance center. he will help us understand what kind of care and services they're providing. so far employees have visited that center more than 4,700 times since the shooting. it is now 5:47. let's check in with melissa mollet at the live desk. melissa? tokyo electric power company trying to restart a nuclear plant in northwestern japan. this is the first step in the planned recovery from the fukushima nuclear disaster. this plant that was also closed north of tokyo, japan's reactors shut down after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. final approval, they say, at this point, though, is uncertain. at the live desk, melissa

mollet, news 4. this morning a mother is demanding answerses after she says her son was lost for an hour after school. shannon muller's 5-year-old son attends class at mt. rainier. she says a substitute teacher put her son, marcus, on a school bus to go home instead of his daycare van on tuesday. marcus was dropped off on a busy corner of 34th street and rhode island avenue. he wandered for a little while until he knocked on a stranger's door asking for help to call his dad. >> and just to get a call that, you know, telephones an emergency, that they can't find my 5-year-old son. >> moller says the school sent home withdrawal papers for marcus and his brother. she says the school always knew the children were not technically in the right school for their zone but that wasn't a problem until now. we contacted prince george's county public schools. we're told they're looking into the situation. d.c. police are working an undercover investigation to catch three men they suspect are connected to a string of robberies in northwest.

in a matter of hours police say the armed trio stole $300 and a cell phone from two people near the convention center. shortly after that and only four blocks away, a man was attacked in an alley and two men stole his wallet. police believe the same people caused both attacks and had increa increased patrols in the neighborhood. terry mcauliffe has picked up a key endorsement. the fairfax chamber of commerce backing him now. its president says mcauliffe's support for the transportation funding bill played a major role in the organization's decision. the chamber of commerce commended him for vowing to veto any attempt to end virginia's right-to-work laws. >> march 23, 2010, obama care is signed into law. minutes later attorney general ken cuccinelli filed suit in federal court to stop it. >> you may see this commercial on tv in the coming days. ken cuccinelli's campaign just launched that ad which criticizes terry mcauliffe for

supporting the affordable care act. the republic bean, cuccinelli, has been one of the most vocal critics of the health care law but this is one of the first commercials to focus on the issue. >> you'll have a chance to meet face-to-face with mgm if you want your business to be part of the ka see though. they are holding two meetings for businesses that would help construct, run, and be vendors for their proposed 800 million facility. it will be held from 9:00 to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 at the come l camelot. two other companies are also competing are for the right to build a gaming center. you might find a lot more people on i-95 in virginia starting today. the state fair kicks off its ten-day run just north of richmond. the gates open at 10:00 and this weekend includes a parade, a pageant and concerts from the charlie daniels band and jefferson starship. the fair runs through october 6.

here in washington a big donation about to help freshen up america's front lawn. john deere donating lawn equipment to the national park service to help restore and maintain the national mall. leaders from the lawn care company will hand over the keys to the equipment in a dedication ceremony later this morning. happening today capital bike sha sharrow figuresly makes its debut in maryland. ike legette cuts the ribbon on the first installment of 50 bike share stations in silver spring, rockville and bethesda. the na stationses link cyclists to the popular program in the district, alexandria and arlington. it happens along maryland avenue in rockville. it's been very successful here in washington and in those two virginia spots. >> seen a lot of people ridinging the bikes. 5:51 is our time right now. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here. do you think bike riding weather today? >> it's perfect for anything outside especially if you have to work outside. landscapers are loving this

weather. and we're going to keep it going. and we've had had some sky shows put on by clouds, too. this photo sent in. on my facebook page by nicholas schweitzer. gorgeous sun rises and sun issets. lo post on my page. a great place to post your pics. and colors in our trees not quite showing up yet but out in the yellow zone, some color just now beginning to show up much of western maryland and west virginia and a little bit right along the blue ridge. a little bit of color showing up there. these areas in the dark or orange in the adirondacks getting some peak color as well as near northern vermont and northern new hampshire, northern maine. they are moderate color. not quite at peak. there's the capital under a mostly cloudy sky. now 61 at reagan national. very light northerly and northeasterly breeze is bringing in some low clouds that have been advancing from the north and east. there may be a few scattered

sprinkles coming from the clouds showing up on our storm team 4 radar north and west of the metro area. otherwise we'll have the low clouds with us throughout much of the morning. right now temperatures in the 40s. where it's still clear in the shenandoah valley and into the mountains, a chilly 42. winchester is only at 45. and martinsburg in the mid-40s as well. for bus stops around the metro area this morning for students waiting for buses, it will be cloudy and cool. you'll need a light jacket. we'll be near 60 by mid morning and then by noontime we'll have our temperatures around 70 degrees. by midafternoon, should be mostly sunny and into the mid-70s after this cloudy and cool start. if you're going out this friday night, clear temperatures in the 60s through the evening with a light wind. and then your weekend, feast your eyes on the four-day forecast. highs in the 70s saturday, sunday, monday up near 80 degrees. sunshine through the weekend and remaining dry into next weekend. warmer. i'm back in ten minutes with the hometown forecast. danella is here now looking at

traffic. good morning, tom. in the first alert traffic center we'll start and head up rockville, maryland. a report of an accident involving a pedestrian along 355. hungerford drive east middle lane is not far from the mark roth hill station there. left lanes were blocked in both directions on 355. chopper 4 arriving. you can see travel lanes are open. in fact, in both directions. that's good news there. head back down i-95. that earlier accident i was tracking for you northbound in fairfax county parkway, that's cleared. delays remain a very slow trip. aaron and eun? thanks, danella. overnight we received test results to see is how effective crash avoidance systems in cars like this one really are. the insurance institute for highway safety tested dozens of vehicles with forward collision warning or auto brake systems. seven of them earned the group's highest safety ratings. they are the cadillac ats sedan,

the mercedes c-class sedan, the subaru legacy, and outback wagon and the volvo s-60 and xc be-60 suv. a consumer alert for toyota drivers. the car company recalling more than 600,000 of its most popular minivans. the sienna is being recalled due to issues with the gear shift that could result in a van rolling away. the recalled vehicles have a model year of 2004 to 2005 and 2007 to 2009. toyota admitted about 21 minor accidents have been reported because of the issue with the gear shift. almost a year after their big debut, leaders want to know what you think about the i-495 express lanes in havevirginia. between now and october 25, transportation leaders say they want to hear your feed back and they want to hear from you even if you don't use those lanes. the ez-pass only lanes which stretch from springfield to just

north of the dulles toll road opened last november. you can give your feedback by going to 4 495expresslanes.com/ideas. rerouting a daily commute into maryland because of a bridge near east and west beach drive sustained serious watt thor damage over the past couple of years and needs to be fixed. residents aren't happy about the possible road work saying closing the roadway is a safety risk and will disrupt daily life. ddot is slowly blocking off to help with the weight distribution on the brimming but more permanent work needs to be done. >> the cracks are growing a little bit wider. it's not that it's unsafe but as a precautionary measure we're moving the weight of the traffic from the areas where the cracking is growing to the more secure part of the culvert. >> ddot says it is very close to awarding a contract to make a permanent fix. once work on the bridge officially starts, traffic will be diverted into montgomery county.

wiggly and squirmy, that's how vets at the national zoo are describing the panda cup. a live look now at the panda cam. >> she's up. >> she sure is, yes. let's go to the video. zoo keepers were able 0 to grab the cub when mei xiang stepped out. it's 3 pounds and 14 inches long, the baby panda is. veterinarians listened to her heart and lungs. everything sounds healthy. her eyes have not opened yet. she'll probably be able to do that in a few weeks. and if you'd like to know more logis on to nbcwashington.com and search for panda. >> she is darling. i can't wait until she opens her eyes. new this morning, shots fired during a home invasion in prince george's county. we're live in glendale this morning and we've learned what witnesses saw right after the shooting. plus, this fall friday is off to a beautiful start. your weekend forecast is coming up in your weather and traffic on the 1s.

shots fired during a home invasion. plus, we're following breaking news in india this hour. a five-story building collapsed and people are trapped inside. the work under way right now to try to save them. and the vote is here after

arguments, 22-hour speeches, and closed door meetings. we will lay out the plan to get on the record with the government shutdown vote happening in the next few hours. first, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here to let you know what to expect when you head out the door. tom, good morning. good morning. we are reveling in this awesome youautumn weather. this morning low clouds cruising in from the north and east covering much of the metro area, areas north and east of washington. south and west, though, still a mostly clear sky over the shenandoah valley, around the blue ridge into the mountains where many locations now are down into the 40s. but under the cloud cover it's generally in the 50s. our nearby suburbs, much of southern maryland near the bay, eastern shore, and as the morning progresses we'll have the clouds with us through mid morning and then we ought to get breaks in the clouds by later in the morning. we'll stay on the cool side through about 9:00 and then by 10:00 climbing into the low to mid-60s. by noontime near 70 around the metro area. hometown forecast, in fairfax city,