eastbound. as she approached the intersection, she encountered metal barricades embedded into the street. when they are up, they look like this. in an effort to avoid the barricades, she tried to make a u-turn and head down constitution avenue. as she did that, capitol police converge on the car and open fire. as many as 16 shots were fired. she hits the accelerator and backs her car into that guard shack over there. police approach the car, open the door and find her dead behind the wheel. her 1-year-old baby girl, alive in the backseat. now law enforcement sources say miriam carey didn't come to washington the day before. she didn't come to our city the night before. they say she drove straight from her home in connecticut to the white house yesterday afternoon

where this whole thing began. so why did she do what she did? some thoughts on that, coming up at 6:00. live on capitol hill, pat collins, news 4. >> we are also trying to learn more about the background of miriam carey this evening. this mother, who strapped her baby into the car seat and drove down here setting off this chaos. pat lawson muse joins us with details at the live desk. >> there's evidence that her mental condition deteriorated in the past few months. in december, her boyfriend reported to police he feared for their daughter's safety because she was delusional and she believed the president has the city where she lived on lockdown. a source tells nbc news that federal authorities are questioning the boyfriend about what happened yesterday. investigators are testing a letter addressed to the boyfriend that contained white powder that carey left at her home. a dentist that she worked for says carey suffered a head

injury in a fall. he fired her last august after getting complaints from patients. meanwhile, her neighbors in stanford described her as a pleasant person and proud mother. at the live desk, i'm pat lawson muse. >> news 4 learned communication lapses between two police agencies presenting challenges from the response from one end of constitution avenue to the other. >> oh! [ sirens ] [ gunfire ] >> officers may have been in a better position to react had two-way radios worked as intended. our team coverage continues with jackie bensen. jackie? >> reporter: jim, this sounds hard to believe, but at first glance, the u.s. capitol police officers stationed here on constitution avenue thought the police cars coming toward them were a motorcade. secret service officers were

unable to radio ahead to warn them the vehicle was headed straight at the u.s. capitol. the pictures tell the story. this video captured by an arab language tv change funded by congress shows the black infinity stopped at a barricade but the cops surrounding it are from the u.s. secret service. they began chasing the car after it ran a barricade at the white house over a mile away. news 4 learned the secret service officers were unable to warn u.s. capitol police that would have given them 30 to 45 seconds to put up barriers because their two-way radios are not compatible. september 16th, federal cops in front of the mass shooting could not communicate with each other. >> they couldn't communicate where the shooter was. some police agencies have radios meant for tow trucks and cab drivers.

>> reporter: the situation was supposed to have been corrected after 9/11 but was delayed. in yesterday's incident, a perimeter barrier finally popped up after the infiniti went over it. it's not clear where the extra seconds would have made a difference in the outcome where the 34-year-old was shot and killed. her 1-year-old daughter was unharmed. no other civilians were hurt. >> at the white house and the capitol, the security perimeters worked. they did exactly what they were supposed to do. >> reporter: coming up on news 4 at 6:00, the question everyone was asking yesterday, did police know there was a little baby in that car? we'll have new information. live in northwest, jackie bensen, news 4. hard to believe it's payday, friday, for many people. the capitol police officers who responded to yesterday's deadly car chase are among the hundreds of thousands of government employees forced to work without pay during the government shutdown.

however, because of their essential emergency nature, the capitol police will get paid when the shutdown is over. an anxiety among the furloughed employees is ramping up as day four of the shutdown comes to a close. there's no deal to put the furloughed federal workers back on the job. now there's growing concern the shutdown could a new war of words. >> this morning, i get the wall street journal out. it says we don't care how long it lasts because we are winning. this isn't some damn game. >> as long as they are off the job, nobody is winning. that's the point.

we should get this over with as soon as possible. >> the president made his comments today during a visit to an italian deli near the white house. this time, at a second war memorial on the national mall. >> mark segraves has more where a group of veterans pushed the barricades aside and went in despite the closure. >> reporter: park service is telling people the memorials are closed. as you can see, lots of people are just ignoring that. >> i have been coming here since they put it in in 1982, every memorial day and veterans day i'm here. for them to tell me i can't go down there. >> reporter: park rangers stood guard at the vietnam mall and world war ii memorial. it's clear they don't plan on stopping anyone who really wants to get in.

>> all i can tell you is the site is closed. i understand your need. i have to leave for a minute, okay? >> i get it. >> this is america. if we can't walk up to a memorial in this country in washington, d.c., and be able to show respect for the people who have given you the freedom to be in this country, then shame on every one of them. >> reporter: park police did try to keep people away from the memorials, police aren't forcing people to stay out. over at the world war ii memorial where veterans and members of congress have removed the barriers themss over the past few days, today park service employees took a different stance. >> i can't stop you from going in. >> reporter: we saw that scene over and over again at the world war ii memorial and the vietnam wall. park employees saying the memorials are closed and simply

stepping aside. tensions have eased but we caught heated confrontations. i'm mark segraves at the vietnam wall news 4. a park police helicopter landed on the mall to take away a man who was burned. mark police say it appears the man may have set himself on fire. joggers in the area stopped and helped douse the flames. d.c. police say the man was conscious. he was breathing when he was loaded into the chopper. next, pieces of a high-rise apartment building falling from the sky in montgomery county. several students hurt after a school bus flips down a ditch in mds m.d. more than 150 years after the civil war,

veronica? latest now on a story we have been following for you tonight. a deadly accident. two vehicles crashed this afternoon on route 3 at route 32 in millersville. two people rushed to the hospital, one of them died. route 3 was closed for awhile after the crash. also following a developing story out of adele fie where part of the facade of a high-rise apartment building fell this afternoon. the building is the same building that was damaged back in the earthquake of 2011. they believe today's collapse is

related. a building inspector was called to check out the damage today. the building was never evacuated and no one was hurt. a local student is sitting in jail right now. he's being held without bond for bringing a gun to school. police tell us he brought a handgun to school and showed it to another student. that student told school staff who called police. they found a knife on the student. they arrested him and confiscated the weapons. itis not clear what, if anything, he was planning to do with the weapons. crash investigators trying to figure out why a baltimore county school bus flipped over this morning. ten students were on board. the bus ended up on the side in the woods next to the road. everyone managed to get out on their own before help arrived. five of the students and the driver went to the hospital with

minor injuries. first weekend of october and the temperature says 89 degrees. >> it's hot out there. >> do you like it or not? >> kind of. >> i like it, yeah. >> we are going to cool way off next week. it's going to turn wet and messy around here. we want a weekend we can enjoy, right? to get outdoors and soak up sunshine, it's what folks have been doing. let's take a look outside. you can see a little bit of fall color showing up with the kennedy center in the background there. the flags flying in the foreground. a little bit of a light breeze. we have a northwesterly wind today. as we said, we have a lot of heat, too. we are at 88 degrees right now. reagan national airport and some of you, early part of today had a bit of sprinkle move through the area. it was montgomery county, howard county and carol county. the clouds breaking up, clearing out. we have a little bit of cloud

cover left in the high spots of the mountain. a nice evening now as far as your temperatures go here, as we drop on down. 81 by 7:00 p.m. your sky, again, mostly clear. nice by 9:00 p.m. the temperature 77 and if you are going to be out until 10:00 or 11:00 p.m., 74 degrees is the temperature. what's going on? we don't have any big weather systems over our area. we'll certainly be tracking a big one down south. tropical storm karen. for us, a terrific evening, a nice start to the day tomorrow. we could see patchy fog around fauquier county and culpeper as was the case this morning. sunshine and clouds, maybe a sprinkle or two as where they were today. howard, montgomery and carol county. not a big deal at all. certainly not going to ruin the day. monday, i think there will be ruined outdoor events taking place, monday late. here is the cold front with the moisture from karen coming up.

we could be looking at not only rain, but thunderstorms around the area late monday. temperatures tomorrow morning starting out comfortable in the upper 50s to 66 degrees in d.c. no issues what so ever tomorrow. the clouds build for the afternoon. 83 by 11:00 a.m. 89 more summer type warmth in august and september. i think there could be a few spots to the south culpeper and manassas hitting 90 degrees tomorrow. your weekend fine, early part of next week, not. in fact, the rain for monday looks as though it's going to move in sometime around 2:00, 3:00 or so then we stay wet as we move through the early part of tuesday. we have plenty hours to pick up rainfall. in a couple minutes, we'll tell you how much rain we could get out of the weather systems.

jim? >> thanks. two new poles are out. one down by the university of mary washington. democrat, terry mcauliffe has the support of 42% of likely voters statewide. ken cuccinelli 35% and the libertarian candidate, robert sarvis 10%. mcauliffe does well in northern virginia and cuccinelli in the northern region. an interesting finding for another poll. a move to purge voters voter roles. people who registered in other states is causing concern in our area tonight. it's prompted democrats to file suit. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey checked in with two registrars, one who did the purge and one who resisted until she was ordered to start right away. >> reporter: this is not the work they normally do in this lauden county office a month

before election day. it's usually about registering voters, adding names to the roles. they are purging and cannesling registrations. after sharing data with 21 other states, created a list of 80,000 virginia voters registered in another state. 2200 names were sent to loudoun and registrars across the state were asked to check names. judy brown decided to hold off on the purge until after election day. >> immaterialed to make sure everything was being done for the best of the voters to make sure we weren't removing people before election. >> reporter: this week when democrats filed suit challenging the purge and some registrars were waiting, brown was ordered to get started and send out notices right away. >> this close to the election seems a little out of the ordinary. >> reporter: once a voter's name is purged from the rolls, they

send this notice urging them to get back in touch right away if a mistake has been made. in fairfax county, the process has been completed. 728 names were put on the list in error. 7200 letters went out. registrar says this pile of returned envelopes are proof. >> all we are doing is taking off the voters who are no longer legally entitled to vote. again, human error occurs. >> reporter: she says they have only received calls from a couple voters who got the letter and still living in fairfax county. virginia democrats are seeking an injunction now to halt the cancellation process. her family says she had been deteriorating for months. she believed president obama was electronically monitoring her. we are learning new information about a possible motive behind

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broke the world record, the most bungee jumps in 24 hours. jay phoenix completed 150 jumps in 21 hours. each jump was off this 131 foot high platform. whoa. >> it's got to get boring after awhile, you know? >> 98, 99. >> redskins head coach mike shanahan is an influential guy. he's influential on the high school football field as well. >> we have friday night lights. jason is standing by in sherwood. >> reporter: you mentioned mike shanahan. he's coached so many great nfl players from john to terrell davis. you can add steve atwater to the list of great players. the former nfl prosafety went from roaming the field as a player to roaming the sidelines as a coach. who better to learn from than the pros.

>> we have to go cowboy. we have two tight ends. >> reporter: in the 1990s, steve atwater was one of the most feared player. >> once in awhile, you are talking about something and he brings up a story and we're like, he really is steve atwater, you know, from the nfl, future hall of famer. >> reporter: he was a two-time super bowl champion for mike shanahan. >> mike was extremely organized. that's one of the biggest things, how organized he was and how prepared he was for practice. anything else for that matter. just treating guys right, treat them with respect and expect them to come out andlay their hardest. >> reporter: now the former bronco is a coach himself at sherwood high school. >> it feels good, especially when your trying to teach the kids and you see them get it. a light goes on. it's a small way of giving back. >> reporter: it doesn't end with

being a coach and mentor. he's a dedicated father. his youngest son is on the team. he's heard all the stories and seen the takes on his old man. >> just the intensity he brought, how he could hit anybody, no matter how big they were. he would take them down. he keeps on telling me every day to do the best i can. depending on what that is, i'll be satisfied with it and he will be. >> reporter: the older sons are playing college ball. dionne dre is a freshman and princeton. >> we are the type of parents where we want to find things that interest them. for my kids, football was one of those interests. >> reporter: guys, atwater told me he only has one rule for his kids when they commit to something, that's to never quit.

his youngest son will take on seneca valley. kick off at 6:30. it should be a good one. guys? >> jason, thank you. who was miriam carey? we have details about the woman who led police on the dramatic and deadly car chase. how much money is the government shutdown costing in lost wages every

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more now on the capitol shooting. the family of the connecticut woman shot by police came to d.c. to identify her body. she was killed yesterday when she tried to ram the barrier outside the white house when she led police on the chase ending with gunfire and her death. nbc national investigative correspondent mike isikoff has details. do you have anything about the shooting itself? enough of this was caught on video, they have plenty to study this day after. >> the washington police department internal affairs division has already begun an investigation into the use of deadly force by the police officers there. whether they complied with their own agencies policies, the agencies being the secret

service and capitol police. there were 26 shots fired yesterday by police officers. we know the woman was unarmed and did have a small child in the backseat. however, both police officials i spoke to today and experts on this say that look, those officers who fired the shots had no idea whether or not she was armed or not, whether or not she had -- might have had a bomb in the car. all they knew is she has attempted to breach security at the white house and headed toward the capitol. whether or not it results in any punitive measures is far from clear, but, use of deadly force like this by police officers by any agency officers is a serious matter and there's going to be a serious investigation. >> something jackie bensen brought up at the top of the newscast, the secret service could not communicate with the capitol police by radio during the chaos. is that a problem for law

enforcement agencies in d.c. to communicate with each other? >> absolutely. this has been a perennial issue. you remember it came up during the 9/11 commission hearings into what took place in new york and why first responders weren't able to communicate. it came up two weeks ago at the washington navy yard. lots of complaints firefighters and other first responders couldn't communicate with the navy about what was going on. it happened yesterday. i spoke to the sergeant of arms of the capitol who said, look, the secret service couldn't talk to the capitol police. the capitol police couldn't talk to washington police department. that is being fixed to some degree. capitol police and the pd is working on a system to do that. clearly, there is still a long ways to go. >> there's one question we have been bouncing around the news room that no one can answer. why not shoot out her tires.

someone said they are not allowed to do that. why not? >> there's no protocol that addresses that issue is what i have been told. in a situation like this, if she, indeed, was thought to have been armed, if she was indeed thought to have a bomb in the car, she was posing a threat. the very nature of that was deemed a threat. another thing to remember here, we are talking protocol for the secret service and the capitol police, both of which have special missions to protect the president and members of congress in the case of capitol police. that broadens their much greater latitude for responding to what they perceive to be a threat. >> there's a lot to be learned from this. again, tons of video to study on this one. >> michael isikoff , thank you very much, appreciate it.

there's an encouraging sign furloughed federal workers will be paid when the shutdown is over. the house is set to consider a bill tomorrow that assures workers furloughed by the shutdown will get paid. the white house has expressed support for such a measure. a new analysis suggests the shutdown is costing the area a lot of money. the shutdown results in about $150 million in lost wages every day according to a report in the washington post. new signs tonight that the shutdown could go on for weeks. pat lawson muse has details at the live desk. >> republican members of congress leading a gop meeting are signaling that october 17th could be a crucial day. itis when the treasury department says the debt ceiling needs to be raised. with congress negotiating budget, they have to agree on whether to raise the debt ceiling. that's a limit to how much debt the nation can carry. one negotiation is expected to

impact the other. since work usually stretches right into and up to the last minute, members of congress are expecting the government will stay closed at least until there is an agreement on the debt ceiling. at the live desk, i'm pat lawson muse. >> thank you. trying to use the bathroom on the national mall is turning out to be a challenge. all restrooms at the lincoln memorial and other memorials are locked. in addition, all museum restrooms are closed, too. if you are planning to visit the mall this weekend, plan ahead. meanwhile, an historic delivery is on hold because of the shutdown. a 65 million-year-old t-rex skeleton was set to be delivered to the national museum of history. now it won't happen until next year. it's one of the most complete t-rex skeletons ever.

the people impact there is steep. the director says most of the nearly 500 employees are furloughed. georgetown university wants to help furloughed workers stay busy. >> they are offering free classes like health care and media. they will be held the next two weeks. only 100 spots are available for class. for more information go to www.nbcwashington.com and stay with news 4 and nbc news for continuing coverage of the shutdown. you can log on to www.nbcwashington.com for updates at anytime. they say they were in fear for their lives. the family inside the suv surrounded and attacked by a group of cyclists speaking out about the dramatic attack caught on tape. veronica? >> no storm here now, the sizable storm in the gulf of mexico, karen, is due to make its way north impacting our its way nall the chickenour in your grocery store is inspected by the usda... but perdue asked them to go further.

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5:00 returns. an ohio man pleaded guilty today to rigging his jeep so it would crash near the white house. this was back in june. the 32-year-old wedged a wooden block on the gas pedal sending the jeep at 40 miles per hour.

it crashed at 3:00 in the morning. no one was hurt. he was trying to create a distraction to spray paint a message on the white house. he'll face three years in prison when he's sentenced. the inner workings of the prince george police department. they agreed to partner with the university. students will have access to the department's policies and practices. police chief says the department is committed to staying transparent. the students will be able to give police feedback and suggestions on how to improve the police force. the prince george's county school has named a police officer for latino affairs. she will concentrate on the academic and social needs of the diverse ethnic groups of students served by the school system and serve as a liaison in

the latino community. >> currently, our schools have a 25% latino population and i think it's obviously important as the population is increasing that we strike to create collaborations that will support our students. >> she lives in prince george's county. a daring heist in paris. french police say robbers swinging axes hit a luxury jewelry store and made off with millions. >> reporter: is the ride to and from work getting better during the shutdown? take

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we'll have the story, coming up. police in frederick county tonight are investigating a series of vehicle air bag thefts in the spring ridge area. nine reported yesterday. all the thefts were on honda civics and knee sa sentras. the suspects broke windows to access the air bags, in other cases it vehicles were unlocked. new details about a biker assault on an suv driver. nbc news learned an officer with the new york police department is under investigation. police say he was off duty and with that group of bikers that chased the driver. the officer did not take part in the assault, but believed to be part of the group near the suv

when the driver was beaten. a witness who failed to -- they arrested bradly. he was supposed to testify last year. hernandez is charged with murder. new leads and renewed hope of madeline mccann. itis been six years since she disappeared vacationing in portugal with her parents. the investigation is still active. london's metropolitan police are combing through cell phone records trying to track down people at the resort where she vanished. scotland yard says they have 41 people of interest. her parents have never given up hope. they are going on british tv to urge the public to help solve the case. a daring high end jewelry

case in france. they were after expensive swiss watches. they hit up a boutique in paris armed with axes and baseball bats. they smashed jewelry counters making off with $1 million worth of watches. it took less than three minutes. they had a lookout guy with a stopwatch outside. secretary of state john kerry is on the island of bally. kerry will be sitting in for the president at this summit. president obama canceled the trip to asia because of the government shutdown. the national cathedral is doing their part to help couples who planned weddings on federal property. 24 weddings were set for this month and postponed because of the government shutdown. the cathedral is offering the bishop's garden now free of charge. is this an unintended side effect of the government

shutdown? a better commute. many say the ride is better. others say it looks about the same. news 4s transportation reporter, adam tuss is live at 395 and arlington. hey, adam. >> reporter: hey, wendy. yes, this could be a potential silver lining to the government shutdown. let me show you 395. okay, you do the math with me. 395, 5:45, friday afternoon, the traffic is moving. many people say it depends on where you are commuting. as you can see right here, things certainly better than normal. a lot of people tell us it's not just the roads that are less crowded. from vre -- >> i notice nobody sits next to me. there's more room. >> reporter: to metro. >> it's not as crowded. >> reporter: and yes, even walking. >> i got in faster this morning. my commute shrunk from eight minutes to four. >> reporter: people are noticing a lighter commute.

how about the roads? the consensus is it depends on where you commute. for some, there's a difference. 15 minutes shaved off the commute. >> a piece of cake, like a saturday. >> reporter: really, a saturday? >> yes. >> reporter: you can tell ruby is excited. her commute to crystal city is shorter. >> it's good. i feel sorry for the people, but it's an easy commute now. >> reporter: the ridership is down 20%. longer trains have been shortened. this is a photo from the orange line. usually, you can barely find a seat let alone rest your feet. >> i just came from the pentagon, you know. nobody is at the pentagon right now. >> reporter: this rider with a message for the other that is aren't here. >> i hope you come back to work. i miss y'all. >> reporter: back here now live along 395 as the traffic

continues to make its way. coming up at 6:00, is one transportation booming because of the shutdown? we'll have that for you. reporting live in arlington, adam tuss, news 4. >> that is nice, he misses everybody. >> whether you are working or not, a good week for a convertible. here we are in october, feeling like summer. >> feeling like summer and nice and sunny outside except that fall color. that gets odd around here. a gorgeous day. quiet conditions. early part of next week not quiet, one of our rush showers, i think on monday and tuesday, we could see some of our own commuter delays based on the weather. it is quiet on the radar right now. storm team 4 radar, it's scanning the area. not a drop to be found across the area. the big drops, down south right now. we could see big drops monday and tuesday. some of the northern outer most rain bands of tropical storm karen that storm team 4 is

tracking and will continue to track, hitting areas of louisiana. it is expected to make land fall sometime east of new orleans late saturday, early sunday. then track northward then northeastward giving us wet weather and insuring this cold front that is off to the west, ensuring we get, well, finally rainfall out of it. it's been so dry, of course, over the last couple weeks. what are we expecting monday afternoon? moderate to heavy rain coming our way for monday night. showers and rain starts on monday. we could see some of our heaviest rain monday night then thunderstorms thrown into that. we could get over an inch and a half, maybe two inches of rain out of this. of course, it is gorgeous right now. nice weekend coming our way. let's go ahead and toss it to amelia segal who is right now in fairfax county, virginia with more on the weekend events

taking place. >> reporter: well, veronica, i'm here live at the government center. preparations under way, getting ready for this weekend's festivities. we are going to be here live all weekend. come on down and say hello. david culver and chuck bell will be here tomorrow. myself and julie carey will be here sunday. now, when we got here, here is the weather station on top of the truck. it takes in pressure, the humidity, the temperature. the temperature here in fairfax, veronica, 90 degrees this afternoon. you can see, even as the sun is starting to go down, we are still very hot here with a temperature of 86 degrees. this is a kid friendly event going on this weekend. lots of wonderful activities. we have pumpkin painting, scare krou making, three stages of live entertainment. for the information, go to www.nbcwashington.com. here is what you can expect at this weekend's event. hot on saturday. a high temperature of 88

degrees. even humid on sunday. still warm, a temperature here on sunday of 86 degrees. so, it's going to feel summer like for fairfax. we hope you come down and say hi. for more on what to expect, back to veronica. >> thanks. the weekend, we get the sunshine. early part of next week, rain. it's looking likely now. a 50% chance on monday. 60% chance on tuesday. you can see that we will start cooling down. the last of the heat, sunday, we are into the 70s all of next week. look at the early morning temperatures, too. we'll start out in the 50s. 59, 58, 56 degrees for your wednesday, thursday and friday morning. again, could get sizable rain, finally, out of the system here that hits us the early part of next week. wendy? d.c. residents are getting a

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for answers on the hill. the stories trending online, the president and vice president taking a trip for lunch downtown today. the president said they chose this place because it's offering furloughed federal workers a free cookie and a 10% discount. the vice president, joe biden, took out his wallet, but the president insisted on paying. a new hamburger add people talking. it's the ghost burger. it's a 10 ounce goat and beef patty topped with unconsecrated communion wafer. it's named after a heavy metal band. they are not looking to offend anyone, but it is mixed. a squirrel made a special appearance at the president's cup. that is lindsay vaughn, the

current girlfriend of tiger woods. she takes a live squirrel out of the pocket of a man. i don't know what it was doing there. anyway, she put it on woods shoulder. at first, he didn't seem happy about that. he was -- he decided he would be okay with it. they are watching the match at the time. he was not playing. >> it was a good idea. prince william county residents were lashing out at the virginia department of transportation. they want to block plans for the bicounty parkway. it would cut through the western part of the historic manassas battlefield. david culver breaks down the controversy. >> reporter: more than 150 years after the civil war, the battle is still raging on paige snyder's historic property. >> this is the tenth battle for us. it's constant, on and on and on. >> reporter: she's fighting

v-dot to save her land from falling victim to the parkway. it would cut through the western part of the manassas battlefield park including part of her land. >> that right there, in this area is a mass burial. >> she pointed out sights of where union and con federal soldiers are buried and an unfinished railroad is still there. all you have to do is drive down the lane where we are and you can't miss signs like this one. standing by paige, mary ann. a developer. >> this is the dumping of prince william county. >> reporter: v-dot explained what it consisted of and say it is necessary and will cut down traffic. they address the misconceptions. >> this is an outer beltway or

by pass. clearly, it's not. >> reporter: page, a democrat is turning to a republican for help. she's hosting a rally with ken cuccinelli today. he's against the project as it currently stands. meantime, paige is confident about the outcome of this battle. >> we know we are going to win it. >> reporter: i'm david culver, news 4. a spokesman for democratic governor refused to take a stand for or against the road. he has concerns related to road closures and the impact on the battlefield. right now at 6:00, 26 shots fired. tonight, new details about the deadly shooting and the chase from the white house to the capitol. we are learning more about the suspect's mental health. we'll report what her boyfriend is saying about her. >> day four of the shutdown, the president and house speaker trading barbs and what is next as we head into the weekend.

good evening. i'm wendy rieger sitting in for doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. new developments on constitution avenue yesterday. the woman killed by police had been dealing with mental health issues. miriam carey is her name. her boyfriend called police in december saying he was concerned for the safety of their child. carey's family came to d.c. they spoke briefly. news 4 is looking into communication problems between law enforcement agencies during the chase. pat collins starts the coverage now. he's on capitol hill. pat? >> reporter: jim, why did miriam carey do what she did? tonight we have clues to a possible motive. this, as her family comes to washington to get the autopsy result. relatives of miriam carey, at the medical examiner's office today to identify and claim her

body. miriam carey, a 34-year-old dental hygienist from connecticut. shot and killed by police yesterday after a wild car chase from the white house to the u.s. capitol. she was unarmed. her 1-year-old daughter in the backseat of that car. so, why did miriam carey do what she did? sources tell nbc that miriam carey was suffering from post partum depression, believed the government had her under surveillance and thought president obama was stalking her. yesterday, in her black infinity car, rammed into a guard post at the white house, then she drove to the capitol at a high rate of speed. some clocked it at 80 miles per hour. on the west side of the capitol, around garfield circle, a confrontation with police. as she drives away, law enforcement sources say police fired o