it's the day after and the firesto firestorm continues. good afternoon, i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with the backlash of ray rice punching his then fiancee. >> a lot of developments today from janae rice lashing out at the media to endorsement companies dropping her husband. and continued questions for the nfl today. what did the league know and what did executives fail to ask? >> news4's dianna reduussini is here now. >> ray rice will no longer be a baltimore raven and there is no guarantee he gets another chance from the nfl. i want to walk you through what has happened over the last few months. february 15th, rice and his then fiancee have an altercation in an atlantic city elevator. tmz would release video of rice dragging her unconscious body outside the elevator. then may 20th, rice avoids prosecution by entering a

pretrial program. if completed, the charges would be dismissed. may 23, rice and his now wife address the media together at the ravens' facility. july 27, nfl suspends rice for two games. many furious the punishment was too light. and then yesterday everything changed. 4:00 a.m., tmz releases video of inside the elevator rice punching janay palmer. 10:00 a.m., nfl puts out a statement saying it had not seen video before. 2:00 p.m. ravens cut ray rice. and 3:00 p.m., the nfl suspends rice indefinitely. janae rice posted this on instagram earlier today. i woke up this morning feeling like i had a horrible nightmare, feeling like i'm mourning the death of my closest friend. no one knows the pain that the media and unwanted opinions from the public has caused my family. if you're intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, make us feel alone, take all happiness

away, you have succeeded some so many levels. just know we will continue to grow and show the world what real love is. many endorsement companies parting ways with ray rice in light of the video release and his suspension. nike has ended their business relationship with rice. and video game publisher ea sports is removing rice from its recently released madden nfl 15 title. so there's going to be more fallout as we get more information here. >> interesting with the time line there. let's talk about future. hard to imagine him ever suiting up again. certainly never with the ravens. but he could technically play for the nfl again. >> he could if he was reinstated by roger goodell. if a team wanted to pick him up. right now, what a pr nightmare this would be for any nfl team now to pick him up. there are some people out there who are calling for a lifetime ban. and that is something that i'm sure roger goodell is considering. >> what about the backlash for him? many are asking why the nfl didn't do more and questioning whether they saw this video

before yesterday. >> yeah, pat, that's the biggest question right now. did roger goodell see this video before they gave him that two-game suspension. that was it. just two games. so if they're able to prove that roger goodell did see this video, i think we could be seeing roger goodell even getting fired or maybe even having to step down because of all of this. so there's still lots more we're going to be able to probably find out over the next few weeks. but right now probably just a very difficult time for ray rice and his wife. >> dianna, thanks so much for stopping by. we'll see you once again at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. the conversation continues now. experts on the psychology of domestic violence are also weighing in today. >> they're also stressing that harsh attention should not be focused on janae rice. wendy rieger joins us as we continue our team coverage. wendy? >> well, there is a lot of scrutiny surrounding janae rice's instagram statement where she defendants her husband and blames the media for what happened. experts say that is often how victims of domestic violence react. they do blame others rather than their abusers.

>> what happens is, they so identify with their abuser that oftentimes they take responsibility for the abuse. and so what i saw today in ray rice's wife's statement is that she is protecting him. and in protecting him she believes that this domestic violence is a way he shows love. and that's what is so sad. >> experts can talk generally, and that expert was talking generally. she does not truly know why janae rice decided to marry ray rice and is staying with him. and that's a decision only she can make. but for a lot of women, block says, the reasons for staying can include they have children, poor self esteem. there are money issues. maybe even religious values that keep them from leaving. here at news4, we have gathered a number of resources for you. if you or anyone you know needs help with domestic violence, go

online to nbcwashington.com and search domestic violence. pat, back to you. >> thanks, wendy. now to a developing story in montgomery county. there are growing concerns about a woman and her two young children who disappeared 18 hours apart. police have been searching since last night to try to track down catherine hoggle. her 2-year-old son jacob and 3-year-old daughter sarah. investigators say the little boy disappeared on sunday. the little girl monday morning. both while in their mother's custody. and they say hoggle vanished when she and the children's father made a quick stop on the way to report their missing children to police. >> we're about 1,300 strong on the police department. of men and women on the street. we need the eyes and ears of the community to help us find these two little children and bring them safely home. >> we're told there are some mental health concerns surrounding the children's mother. news4's patel could lines spoke

with the children's father. we will hear from him in our next hour. if you're making any stops at potomac park today, be on the lookout for flooding. persistent winds are blowing water over the banks here of the washington channel. take a look. some of this flooding extends to the roadway. potomac park is the site of many national landmarks. well, right now keep your umbrella handy. we've got clouds, we've got drizzle and we've got some sprinkles out there. >> here we go. let's get straight to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson in the storm center with your first forecast. veronica, lots of clouds out there. >> lots of clouds. and you mentioned the water, yeah, tides running a foot, foot and a half above normal. take you back 24 hours to show you just how that wind has been. again, a persistent east-northeasterly wind allowing the water to build up and in the wrong locations. and, of course, the lunar cycle just coming off a full moon. yesterday full moon. the coastal flood advisory for d.c. and an run dell, prince george's county, st. mary's,

calvert county, until 2:00 a.m. in the morning. again a little water building up, but no water falling from the sky right now. all it's been is just yoef cast with a minimum -- misty, drizzly right near the water in ter. in terms of this evening, 79 degrees, might need a light jacket, but hold on. summer is coming back in a big way. and then, boom, temperatures drop again. your forecast in just a few. >> veronica, thanks. first at 4:00 today, a look inside the new silver spring transit center. and some harsh words for the team design. extensive work is going on to fix the mammoth structure located in downtown silver spring near the metro station. it has been troubled by cost overruns and structural problems that delayed its opening. today news4 got a peek inside the building and saw holes being dug all over the place. that's because crews are applying center-strong epoxy to help hold the concrete together. and hundreds of new beams,

hundreds of them, have been installed. montgomery county is using a new engineering team to shore up the structure. today the president of that company was critical of the design team. >> and the garbage in equals garbage out scenario still holds. and i can't tell you why the designers missed these two major things that i've been talking about. we just know they missed it. >> coming up tonight on news4 at 5:00, transportation reporter adam tusk takes a deeper look at the issues and when the transit center might open now. his parents were meeting the president for the first time. but their little boy apparently couldn't have cared less. it's a must-see photo from inside the oval office that's gone virtual this afternoon. plus, to little miracles, once conjoined, now sharing a birthday some never thought they would see. chris gordon joins us next. >> and what's apple's next big thing? we've got a live breakdown from the california launch. everything you need to they

about the apple watch, the iphone 6 and the iphone 6 plus.

it's a special milestone for two little boys in d.c. tyler and tyson proctor were born conjoined and are now celebrating their first birthday. >> it's a big day today. news4's chris gordon reports from children's national medical center where a party was held in their honor. >> reporter: good afternoon. it is not often that i get to cover the 1-year birthday party of twins. but these boys, brothers, are special. tyler and tyson proctor survived life threatening surgery here at

the children's national health system. they were born conjoined twins, connected down the front, sharing a liver. doctors printed a 3-d model of their entire mid section to plan the complicated surgical strategy to separate them. >> this was a very good result. and these children were very resilient, very strong, very healthy. and they did most of the work. >> reporter: and the prognosis? >> the prognosis is excellent. >> reporter: all-new at 5:00, we'll talk to their parents who went through this ordeal and today celebrate their first birthday party. that's coming up tonight on news4 at 5:00. >> great story. >> it wasn't just about the phones, folks. how apple plans to reinvent your wallet too. we're taking you live to california for the big reveal to apple's big launch for a complete rundown of today's big news. not to be outdone, how amazon fire is trying to steal the spotlight by announcing big price cuts. >> and can parents actually erase the symptoms of autism in

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you're watching news4 at 4:00. today was the day the long anticipated new iphone is here. revealed just a short time ago out in california. the new phones are larger and have a horizontal view now.

they're actually two new phones and a new way to pay. and the next big thing, this is huge. >> that's right. and here with details is nbc's jennifer bjo jenn jennifer bjo jennerjola at the announcement site. do they live up to the hype? >> reporter: oh, pat, jim, i think they do. we don't have them in our hands yet, but there have been people playing with them in this big white box that apple bit here with all these new devices, the i be iphone 6 and 6-plus, five and a half inches for the larger one. faster processor, better camera. they have a barometer, so instead of just gps and how far you've gone, you get credit now for going upstairs and climbing mountains as far as elevation goes with the fitness tracker. so that's very cool. and they're also really excited about the better wi-fi on these new phones. you can actually -- you know how sometimes you can text message with the i message without actually having a 3g connection

or without the cellular, you can do that now with a phone call, with the new improved wi-fi. you can make phone calls if you have a good enough wi-fi connection. you don't even have to be connected to your cellular. so those are some exciting things that are coming on these new phones. >> jennifer, talk about exciting. let's talk about this wearable technology. a smart watch, apple watch. something new for apple. how does this work? >> yeah. it's called apple watch. and it is exactly as you said, a wearable. whether it lives up to all the hype and whether it's as user-friendly as it looked in the presentation, because it always looks so good, remains to be seen. it won't be coming out until early next year. the lowest price point, $349. there are three different classifications, two different sizes. they look very sleek, very well-designed. and will integrate many, many different things from fitness to communication to paying for things. remotely with your watch or your phone. and that is the other big thing. >> i was going to ask, because

android users have been able to do this all along but now apple is teaming up with amx, mastercard and visa. >> that's what sets it apart. instead of just using the technology, which has been around, but hasn't really caught on, they have partnered up with so many retailers, and in so many different ways. like, for example, with open table. when you go and make your reservation for a dinner, say on open table, you can then click through and just pay for your dinner on your phone so you don't have to wait for the server to come and bring your check and fill it all out and that stuff when you want to get up and leave after you're done eating. so there are all these really creative interfaces that will make it one of those things that you see people using and you want to get that. >> oh, yeah. >> kind of like, hmmm -- but when you see it -- >> i want one. >> you've got to have it. >> yeah. >> jennifer, thanks so much. >> good news, that watch will work with iphone 5s or higher. so you don't have to get the

iphone 6 to get the watch to have them -- >> we forgot to ask how much we're going to have to dig into our wallet for the phones. we heard about the watches. how much are these gadgets going to cost? >> the phones start at $299 and go up from there steeply. but they're coming out on september 19th, they ship september 19th, next friday. so people in line, they get to sit there another ten days. >> all right. >> what's another ten days? >> we have jobs. we can't do that full-time. >> jennifer bjorklund, thank you so much. if you're looking to sell your iphone before this new model is released, act fast to get the better value. >> we have strategies for getting the most money back on our website. visit nbc washington and search apple. well, we heard the call, amazon hopes to trump apple on its big day. >> amazon is slashing the price of its fire to $99 with a

two-year contract. a free one-year prime subscription. the amazon fire is sold exclusively through at&t. >> and soon they'll be the phone that goes to work for you where you don't have to. you can stay at home. >> that's the one i want. >> you have to dig deep. >> you told us yesterday we're going to need the umbrella. and boy, will we. also a jacket. >> exactly. it's a little chilly depending on where you are. any chase that is sheltered and shaded, it's cool out there. >> feeling like fall. >> exactly. but hold on. summer says uh-uh. i'm really not done yet. wait until you see these temperatures coming up. outside right now, a lot of clouds and those clouds are hanging low. and we're going to be seeing patchy drizzle as has been the case in pockets this afternoon, especially across areas like southern maryland, down through the northern neck. you can see the little blobs there making their way through areas around leonardtown and shy of fredericksburg, virginia right now. a few light showers, mostly

drizzle right near the potomac and bay. the bulk of the rain off the coast. that's associated with that area of low pressure that storm team 4 has been tracking where it's 79 degrees right now. pockets of drizzle and even some fog coming our way late around 10:00 to 11:00 p.m. your temperature at 79 degrees. we drop to 73 by 9:00 p.m. and 70 by 11:00. and another start tomorrow that will be in the 60s. all right. let me put this in motion for you. show what's going on. 10:00, there you can see, drizzle and very, very light showers here and there. nothing too heavy. just enough to make for some damp roads too. fog for the morning at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 a.m. i don't think it's going to burn off until around 9:00 a.m. then by the afternoon tomorrow, again, right near the water, there could be a few isolated showers. but i do think tomorrow is a day where we could have a fair amount of sunshine. thursday the day is going to be e day when we get the storms, and those storms could fire as early as 3:00. leesburg, warrenton, stormy through southern maryland.

areas south and east of d.c. could be enough to get high winds in here, too. tomorrow, though, just a tad warmer. we get up to 82 degrees out of the 70s, at least. gaithersburg. 83 in herndon. 82 in waldorf. 83 degrees with a partly sunny sky tomorrow. so that puts your impact forecast tomorrow fairly low with no major problems. much nicer, no problems. we get a little more sunshine in here. that should have us all feeling a little better with more sunshine. but it's sunshine and humidity that will be fueling some storms on thursday. 50% chance right now. those storms that fire on thursday could lead to, again, heavy downpours throughout the area. and even some gusty winds. we could see winds gusting to 50, maybe 60 miles per hour for a short, brief period of time. look at this. saturday, 75. we take a dip again. when i return in a couple minutes, i'll give details on this weekend's forecast. how long these upcoming fall-like temperatures will stick around.

>> thanks, veronica. exciting news today about autism. what you can do as a parent to alleviate the symptoms by the time your child turns 3. >> and if you're looking for the best college education for your child, turns out you don't have to go far. and we invite you to join the conversation on news4. you can tweet us. my handle is jimhandly. follow us on facebook too. >> and tweet me at plmuse or facebook me, pat muse. we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going first at 4:00.

is it possible to reverse autism? new research out shows early intervention may eliminate symptoms by the age of 3. >> this involves parents coaching a child's behavior. first at 4:00, nbc's erika edwards talks to a couple whose little girl took part in the study and is now showing some big changes. >> i get to do the last one? >> reporter: isabelle might be a little camera-shy, but she's just like any other 3-year-old. playing with her big brother, feeding her toy dinosaur food from the dinner table. when isabelle was a baby, though, she was showing early but clear signs of autism. you can see in this video a doctor is trying and failing to get a reaction out of here. her parents, megan and john said from about 3 months old,

isabelle did not make eye contact and seemed unaware her family was even there. >> i could come into her room in the morning when she woke up and she would just be facing the wall. i would say "good morning, isabelle." and she wouldn't turn to look at me. >> reporter: they enrolled her in a small study led by dr. sally rogers of the davis mind institute. >> the parents had very well-developed parent-child interaction skills. they knew what to do for baby, but they didn't know what to do for baby that didn't give them any cues. >> reporter: rogers' team taught the babies of seven families suspended of having autism to home in on very subtle social cues. >> we learned to i can pick up on a little glance of her eyes away or a tiny frown or a glance in my direction. i would be like, okay, she likes what i'm doing now. i can do it again. >> reporter: the families met for an hour each month. but did most of the work at home on their own. six of the seven children had no

developmental delays by ages 3 and 4. outside experts say that while early, this study shows real promise. >> if something like this does work, the excitement part would then be we have an additional treatment that can be implemented early on that can perhaps lessen the severity. >> reporter: for children like isabelle, it seems to have rewired the brain, putting the kids back on track. erika edwards, nbc news. >> he took a loaded gun to the airport and now this man is in serious trouble with the state of virginia. plus, done deal. several high-profile companies drop ray rice from their roster.

you're watching news4 at 4:00. first at 4:30 now, disgraced running back ray rice and his wife janay speaking out about the horrific elevator violence. also new this afternoon, sing singer cee lo green faces backlash of his own following his online comments about sexual assault. and a usair marshal attacked with a syringe at a nigerian airport. we now know what was inside that needle. welcome back. at 4:30 i'm jim handly.

>> i'm pat lawson muse. more on the backlash of the video of ray rice allegedly punching his then fiancee. the fallout is hitting him in the wallet hard. a day after being released and suspended indefinitely by the nfl, nike says it is cutting business ties. and electronic arts says they will scrub all traces of ray's image from the madden 15 video game, one of the most popular. the baltimore ravens also said on twitter today, it's planning to offer fans an exchange for their rice jerseys. many stores are also pulling jerseys from their racks. an important reminder now for both women and men. there is help out there if you're involved in a threatening relationship. you can call the national domestic violence hotline at 1-800-799-safe. once again, the number is 1-800-799-safe. we have also posted a list of

local shelters here in our avenue. that's on the website nbcwashington.com. search domestic violence. now, first at 4:00, singer cee lo green's comments about rape have prompted another music festival to cancel his appearance. ♪ >> mobile bayfest down in alabama is dropping green next month. he has also been dropped from d.c. and the heritage fest outside of new orleans. the former voice coach pleaded no contest to giving ecstasyo a woman during dinner. he later posted a tweet saying "women who are raped remember." he has since apologized. right now a d.c. police officer is recovering after being hit by a car while on duty. it happened this morning along eastern avenue near 61st street northeast. the officer was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

but a short time ago, he was reportedly doing just fine. the driver of the car that hit her stayed at the scene. so far, no word of any charges being filed. a virginia man faces a weapons charge. he's accused of taking a loaded gun past the security checkpoint at ridgeman international airport. officers there confiscated a .40-caliber firearm loaded with eight rounds and a bullet in the chamber. an additional magazine had nine rounds. they were in the carry-on of the suspect from chesterfield county. his name is not being released. there was no disruption to the airport operations during that incident. this week, president obama is laying out his plan to confront isis. the president is meeting with congressional leaders at the white house at this hour, briefing them about the strategy he discussed with u.s. allies at the nato summit in wales last week. behind the scenes, officials say the strategy includes a broader

counter terror mission than the president previously planned. they say he will not commit u.s. troops to a ground war. president obama plans to take his case to the american people tomorrow night with a national address from the white house. that speech starts at 9:00, and we invite you to watch it with us right here on nbc 4. after a five-year hiatus, a familiar face is back in d.c. politics. carol schwartz officially kicked off her campaign for mayor today. the former d.c. council member spoke to a group of supporters here at freedom plaza this afternoon. this is her fifth time running for mayor, and this time, the former republican is running as an independent. she addressed her critics who say she is only running to steal votes. schwartz jokingly responded she wanted to steal votes from everyone on the ballot. well maybe you remember how bored you may have felt when you were a little kid and your parents stood around chatting away with somebody you didn't know. that feel hasn't changed, apparently, if your parents are

chatting with the president of the united states. >> mr. obama was visiting a departing secret service agent there and his wife back in june when a photographer captured this kid face painting on the oval office -- face-planting, rather, on the oval office couch. the white house posted the picture on flickr. i don't think the president knew what was going on or is just -- you know, hey, that's what kids do, right? >> yeah, just being himself. he's just in the oval office, that's all. >> having a good time. where to go for the best college education for your child. plus, it's never too late or too early to start saving. melissa melai is breaking down how to pay for your child's college education. where to go. and if you're going to the game. we won yesterday. must be the fall-like temperatures. they're back again. 74 for the seventh inning stretch. 73 by the end of the game. so sweatshirt and long pants, i would do. we do a switchup this week. back to the summer.

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a probe into the safety of a popular minivan after one man says his car stalled unexpectedly. the national highway traffic safety administration says it will look into the potential stalling problems associated with dodge grand caravan minivans. the problem could affect as many as 160,000 minivans.

the man who filed the complaint says his minivan stalled while his wife was driving with children on a freeway. the probe will help determine if the government will launch a formal investigation. princeton university has just topped u.s. news and world reports annual list of the nation's best universities. harvard follows in second place. yale comes in third. the top two liberal arts colleges, according to u.s. news are williams college and am hers it in massachusetts. well, going to college isn't going to get any cheaper any time soon. so are you saving enough? news4's melissa melai has details about a report out today that suggests you probably aren't. >> reporter: if you're a parent you know putting away cash forye a struggle. now, though, word that we're all saving more than ever. that's good. but still apparently not good enough. the college savings plan network says the average 529 plan is

worth about $20,000. that's almost double since 2008. the networks say the increase is thanks to a healthier stock market and the ability of many americans to save more. but that $20,000 won't even cover, of course, one year at a public four-year university. the average cost for a four-year college, including room and board, about $18,000. a year for in-state students, looking out of state, $31,000 for those kids out of state. so you can hope for a scholarship. in case that doesn't happen, though, keep putting those pennies in the bank. they do add up. back to you. >> well, it's a royal response. prince william and prince harry weigh in about the news that the duchess of cambridge is expecting again. we'll take you to london. and we invite you to join the conversation with us here on news4 at 4:00. follow us on facebook and twitter. >> that's right. we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going. first at 4:00.

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you're watching news4 at 4:00. >> there is new reaction to the royal baby boom. >> oh, there is. still coming in 24 hours after kensington palace announced that prince william's wife, the duchess of cambridge, kate, is expecting again. british bookies are already taking bets on whether it's going to be a boy or a girl. and prince harry already expressed his hopes. >> yeah. nbc's kelly kobe yaya has the

latest from london. >> reporter: will it be a little girl this time for the prince and duchess kate? >> it's been a tricky few days. obviously, we're thrilled. it's great news. early days. >> reporter: the bookies are already taking bets. boy or girl, brown eyes or blue. and it seems everyone is chiming in. >> i'd like to see her have another boy. >> even prince harry has a reference. >> i would love to see a girl. >> the gene queen taking a more neutral approach, delighted with the announcement. the couple made it known from the start they wanted more than one child. >> obviously, we want a family. >> i think the heir and the spare is always what's wanted. she may go on and have three or four. >> reporter: the youngest future king, bouncing baby george, is only 1 year old and has charmed the world with prince george's younger brother or sister, the royal parents will be giving the monday arrestee monarchy another

heir to the throne. there is an eventuality scheduled for tomorrow evening, but a decision will be made closer to the time. kelly kobiaya, nbc news, london. prince george's arrival, it was projected, will boost the british economy by as much as $400 million. and while some experts suggest that as a very general but almost universal rule, the second royal baby generally doesn't generate as much excitement as the first. there will still, though, be plenty of people hoping for photo ops with prince george. the popularity of e. cigarettes is on the rise. so is the risk to young children. a new report out shows a significant increase in the number of children poisoned by the refilled cartridges. a report by the there's for disease control says there were more than 200 calls to poison centers in just one month after children swallowed the liquid nicotine. experts say high dozens of nicotine can trigger serious

side effects, even death. another cdc report says our children are consuming dangerous amounts of sodium. it's not that they're always grabbing the salt shaker, either. most of the sodium is in the foods they love to eat like pizza, bread, cold cuts, cheese, chicken nuggets and pasta. american children consume about 3,300 milligrams of sodium every day. that's well above the 2,300 milligrams per day that the government recommends. the cdc says unless something is done to severely reduce the sodium intake, kids will face dire health consequences when they grow up. we told you yesterday, thousands of montgomery county seventh graders could be kept out of school if they don't get the right immunizations. starting today, those students can get those shots for free. middle schools will host free clinics from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. each day. over the next three nights. the county now requires seventh graders to have a t-dap booster which protects from whooping cough and meningitis vaccine, as

well. in june, health officials discovered about 6,000 of the county's 11,000 seventh graders still needed the shots. >> we really want to reach out to anybody who hasn't -- seventh graders who haven't had this vaccine. because as of the 12th, they will be notified and the 15th they will not be allowed to come to school. >> for a link to the locations of the free clinics, head to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search immunizations. right now, lava from mt. kilauea is inching closer and closer to homes in a nearby neighborhood. it's one of the world's most active volcanos. the lava has been flowing for days and could reach homes in a few days. people are being told to get ready for possible evacuations. they say, though, it's just part of living in paradise. >> that's right. >> yeah. you think volcano, you think heat, right? >> you do. >> we do. >> i've got some heat kolg

coming up on the seven-day. >> really? again? >> yeah, but it's just for a hot minute. >> okay. >> in the meantime, yesterday was great. today great. maybe the gray sky has you feeling a little low. well, hold on. because we've got some sunshine coming our way. not for this afternoon or this evening. but you'll see in just a moment by the time we get to early tomorrow morning around 9:00, 10:00 a.m., more sun coming our way. satellite and radar. we'll start with this. i want to show you just how overcast it is and just how far and wide that cloud cover stretches all the way back to oakland, maryland to petersburg with breaks on the other side of the mountains and more breaks coming into areas of southwestern virginia. we've got the clouds and we've had that drizzle, the light rain, all because of this system right here. it's an area of low pressure that's been hugging the coast. but as it makes its way out, late tonight, you're going to see more breaks in that cloud cover, more clearing taking place. the radar right now is generally

quiet. but this is a foggy start for tomorrow morning. all the white showing where there could be some patchy fog early in the morning. this is at 5:00 a.m. warrenton, leesburg, frederick. around fredericksburg, leonardtown, annapolis, areas near the bay, there will be some fog early tomorrow morning. chantilly, lake ridge, quantico, right around i-95, again, you might want to get an early start tomorrow. that fog probably burning off around 9:00 a.m. in the morning. and that's when i think we're going to have more sun. so at the bus stop early on, because of the cool conditions and the fog, i'm using caution for recess, for dismissal time. we've got the green light. it's a go with some sunshine and higher temperatures than what we have seen today. 69 degrees, your commuter forecast between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. 82 and even a little humidity. so if that ac is not working in your car, might be a little sticky and uncomfortable. we take it up to 82. 83 degrees for a high

temperature tomorrow. as we get into the end of the week, 81. your weekend, 75, 77. best day out of the weekend right now is sunday, because there to be a few passing showers on saturday, mainly during the afternoon. got a lot more coming up on that thursday storm threat on news4 at 5:00. jim, pat? >> now some stories we're working on right now in our news room. why i stayed. since the disturbing video of ray rice hitting his then fiancee emerged yesterday, the #whyistayed started trending on social media. we're checking out this outlet for survivors of domestic violence. plus, new developments today in the alexandria murder case against charles severance. and developing right now, an attempted abduction in south arlington. wendy rieger has details. >> reporter: this is an 18-year-old woman. she says she was walking out to her car when two men dried to drag her away. this happened at 10:30 last night. it happened near south 12th and quincy street. the victim managed to fight off those two attackers.

she flagged down some police officers who were in the area responding to another incident and k9s were brought in. the officers never found the suspects. coming up on news4 at 5:00 in a few minutes, shomari stone is live to tell you exactly who the police are looking for. back to you. >> we'll get to those stories in just a bit. first at 4:00, a maryland mother was hospitalized for a mental evaluation a week before she told police she suffocated her two young children. now there are new questions about why sonia spoon was released and allowed to be with her kids. they were found unconscious in a home in cheverly over the weekend. tracee wilkins has new details now about what prosecutors believe about spoon's mental state. >> reporter: there have been a lost questions regarding sonia spoon's mental capability after the alleged murder of her two toddlers. but the prince george's county states attorney's office say they believe she knew exactly what she was doing.

now she is accused of killing her 3 and 1-year-old inside of this cheverly home early sunday morning. she was held on a no bond status yesterday after a bond review. and prince george's county states attorneys office says they have every intention of moving forward with this case, based on the fact they believe she is mentally competent. >> we believe from what we have seeno far from our investigation that ms. spoon was fully aware of what she was doing. >> reporter: this is all important, considering the cheverly police department told us she was taken to the hospital about a week before this incident happened for threatening to kill herself and also her oldest daughter. we'll have more on all of this coming up on news4 at 5:00. and cheverly, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. disturbing questions today after a usair marshal is attacked with a syringe at a nigerian airport. was it a dry run for a large-scale attack? and what was in the needle? >> reporter: i'm adam tuss inside the troubled silver

springs transit center. buses were supposed to be rolling here, but today this is what we've got. i'll take you along for the tour, coming up.

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it was a bizarre attack on a u.s. marshal. he was stabbed with a syringe before flooding a flight from nigeria to houston. it's what happens after the attack that's raising even more questions. a group of u.s. federal agents was at the airport in lagos,

nigeria, traveling in plain clothes. they were about to walk through security sunday night when they were approached by several men. sources tell kprc, one of the men walked up to the agents carrying a syringe, stabbed an air marshal in the arm with an unknown substance, and then ran off. the marshal reportedly pulled the neeldle out of his arm, stored it in what's being described as a safe container and boarded flight 133 to houston. >> it may have had nothing in it, it may have been saline solution, but it's a dry run to see how easily this could be done on someone else. >> reporter: officials in the u.s. say the marshal showed no signs of illness during the flight or in tests when he arrived in houston. but amid concerns about ebola in africa, questions are being raised about whether he should have gotten on that plane. when dr. kent brantley and nancy writebol were diagnosed with ebola, they were brought back to the u.s. separately in a specially outfitted charter

plane where they were quarantined from others ohhen board. with up to 250 passengers on the flight from nigeria, one veteran former pit says he thinks the marshal was wrong to get on that flight. >> it's difficult to understand why they accepted a risk of health concerns, especially coming from that part of the world. you don't know if it's a transmittal disease or if other people are at risk. >> authorities say for now there is no indication passengers on that plane have anything to worry about. also nbc news has learned the air marshal is now resting at home in the houston area. test results on what was in the syringe are expected in a day or two. but the fbi says preliminary tests show the syringe did not contain any deadly pathogens. news4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. right now, first at 5:00, a desperate search for a mother and her missing young children. hear one father's plea for help. suspended nfl star ray rice responds to that new video and

the backlash that cost him his job. plus, first on news4 at 5:00 tonight, a look inside silver springs troubled transit center. everybody wants to know when it will open. the man in charge of fixing it gives us the answers. but we have some breaking news off the top at 5:00. a school bus crashed with multiple injuries in upper marlboro. chopper 4 over the scene now. the crash occurred between a school bus and car west of richie marlboro road. as you can see, some students are being treated on the ground there. several people are hurt. we're told the injuries are not serious. the passengers on the bus are being checked out as a precaution no word yet on what caused this accident. and now also at 5:00, still missing. two young children from montgomery county and their mother, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. tonight a father just wants his kids back home and he's speaking out to news4. >> he started asking questions when stories about where the children were just didn't add

up. news4's pat collins is live in germantown where the children's mother was last seen. pat? >> reporter: indeed, jim. this chick-fil-a in germantown is the last place catherine hoggel was scene. she is missing. her two young children are missing. all three disappeared at different times in this most troubling case. >> i just want my frickin' kids back, dude. that's it. >> reporter: that's troy turner, the father of the two missing children. he was out looking today, making a plea for help. >> thank you guys very much. i appreciate if everybody can pray for them. >> reporter: missing, catherine hoggel. she's 27 years old, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. police say she had a medical appointment every day. missing, her 2-year-old son, jacob. missing, her 3-year-old daughter