good afternoon, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson-muse. a teacher at a daycare center in woodbridge is accused of biting a toddler. and today we have learned she was working there despite having criminal charges in her past. news4's kristen wright talked to the teacher today and has reaction from a worried parent. >> reporter: we talked to one mother here at the godard school who came straight here after she heard that a teacher and one of the owners were both arrested. she says her two children won't be back. police say teacher teresa brown bit a 13-month-old boy after he bit another teacher. brown is charged with assault and battery. this is not her first time in trouble. we learned today brown was working at goddard with a criminal record, including charges of assault and stealing as recently as this year. we talked to theresa brown today about what she is accused of doing now. she didn't want to show her face, but says it's not true,

and that in the past she has made mistakes, but never involving children. listen to this mother at goddard who says there is no excuse for any of this. >> this is the first time my children have ever been in daycare. and now this just really -- they just started september 1st. >> this is very heartbreaking, because now i don't know what to do. it's a trust issue. >> reporter: one of the owners of the center is also charged. police say nadia choudhry failed to report the alleged biting incident and told the teacher not to. coming up, theresa brown's theory to explain why she's being accused. also reaction from the goddard school. in woodbridge, kristen wright, news4. the search is expanding now for the person of interest in the disappearance of hannah graham today. scott macfarlane at the live desk. >> reporter: charlottesville police just released a wanted poster for jesse matthew. take a look at your screen. matthew went to police headquarters saturday and asked for a lawyer but left without speaking to investigators.

police tailed him but say he sped off and is charged with reckless driving. he is wanted on those charges but remains the primary person of interest in hannah graham's disappearance. investigators say he is the man with hannah in surveillance video that's been widely released. his apartment was searched last week, and this is video of police back there again this morning, removing more potential bags of evidence. meanwhile, the search for hannah entering a new phase, we're told more than 1,000 volunteers helped comb the city of charlottesville this weekend. that force has been narrowed down to a dozen specialized rescue workers. julie carey will have more coming up on news4 at 5:00. pat, back to you. today we still don't know what happened to two missing toddlers. they live in montgomery county. sarah and jacob hoggle haven't been seen in three weeks now. volunteers got together over the weekend but their searches turned up nothing. yesterday a group met at seneca valley high school and looked in wooded areas of the county.

the children's mother, catherine hoggle, is in police custody. police believe she knows where they are, but they say she is not being cooperative. breaking developments this afternoon in the search for three afghan military officers who disappeared in cape cod on saturday. an afghan military source tells nbc news the three men will rejoin the rest of their team later today. they were located at the border today, trying to cross into canada at flyiniagara falls. they were part of a group of 14 afghan soldiers taking part in a military exercise at the national guard base in cape cod. they slipped away from their military escorts during a trip to a mall saturday night. they were not armed. it's widely believed they came to the u.s. with the intention of seeking asylum in canada. right now the prince george's county police department is working to learn more about an officer charged with assault. baltimore police arrested michael o'connell over the weekend. we're told he was off duty.

right now o'connell is suspended with pay. we expect to learn more once police schedule a hearing. well, some drivers are getting a free ride on the 495 express lanes this week to get lunch. the company that operates the lanes on the beltway in virginia has partnered with restaurants in tyson's corner to offer a toll free trip during lunch hours. so from 11:00 to 2:00 every day, people who registered, whether they have an easy pass or not, are cruising the lanes for free. >> what we want to do is to get them comfortable, get them to get an ez pass and come back and see us on the 495 express lanes. >> here's the catch. the registration period is already over. coming up tonight at 5:00 on news4, chris gordon talks to drivers to see if that promotion is working. a survey of the rudest drivers in the country ranks idaho drivers at the top of the list. insure.com says the state's

motorists driveway under the speed limit and that's one half. and the other half drive aggressively to get around the slow pokes. d.c. holds second place in the survey, which notes that d.c. has the largest number of speeding tickets per capita. virginia, by the way, comes in 28th on the list. maryland is below that at 32. as for the nicest drivers in the country, well, you need to go to north dakota to share the road with them. there is one way to avoid rude drivers on your commute. simply leave your car at home. and today a lot of folks are doing just that. this is car free day. it's being observed around the washington area and around the world today. people are urged to walk, bike or take mass transit to work. there was a special event in montgomery county near metro stations. the goal is to reduce the demand for gas. the car free day is celebrated in 40 countries. if you're hoping to catch

the nats in the playoffs, you might be out of luck, folks. tickets on the team's website sold out in just 17 minutes today. so there are no seats left for the national league division series. however, there will be some standing room only tickets available on game day. otherwise, your best bet would be to buy some through stub hub. when we last checked, tickets on that site were going for about 85 bucks. >> had to be fast. >> yeah. we are just hours now away from the official beginning of fall. and it's already feeling like fall. >> all day it has. we woke up with a chill. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in the storm center with our first fall forecast. how about it, chuck? >> jim and pat, beautiful afternoon outside, but, be man oh man, have the seasons changed since yesterday. 86 for a high yesterday. we were 10 degrees cooler this afternoon. low and mid 70s. and it's blustery and breezy outside. northwest winds gusting between 20 and 30 miles per hour all over the region.

so as you make your plans for your evening, breezy for the next hour or two. clearing after 7:00 a.m. and getting chilly and fast. so if i were you, i would grab some long pants and a jacket before i went outside for any evening activities. any real chill coming our way for tomorrow morning. more about that when we start looking at the four-day forecast in a few more minutes. >> thanks, chuck. a day on the water ends suddenly for one florida surfer. >> i looked down and next thing i know, i'm getting pulled by a shark. >> why beach patrol officers say there were so many sharks in the water yesterday. and two women are dead today after a bus heading from d.c. to new york city crashes. we've got the latest after the break. stay with us.

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alcohol may have been a factor in the death of a rutgers student who died after attending a party at a frat house. caitlyn covax was 19 years old, a sophomore studying animal science. covax was at the delta cappa epsilon fraternity house when she went into medical distress. her friends rushed her to a hospital but she couldn't be revised. police and prosecutors are waiting for autopsy results now, but they say alcohol appears to have been involved. . a surfer in florida is not afraid to go back into the water, despite having just survived a shark attack. he was out in the water yesterday morning, not too far from daytona beach, when he felt a tug on his foot. beach patrol officers say there were a lot of sharks in the water, because there were so many bait fish. the 24-year-old surfer describes how he managed to get away. >> i looked down and next thing i know i'm getting pulled by a

shark, and it was just kind of dragging me around. and i got free from him, paddled in, and came over here to the hospital. definitely something you've got to be aware of, and, you know, try and be safe about. >> aside from a broken tendons in his foot, he is expected to be okay. this is at least the eighth shark bite of the year in that area. a three-day trip to d.c. ends tragically. a tour bus heading back to new york city crashes in delaware. beefing up security at the white house after one security breach and one close call over the weekend. and 'tis the season, but forget the pumpkin spice lattes. starbucks is testing a new coffee with a beer flavor. in cases of rape and incest, just

like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge.

welcome back to news4 at 4:00, i'm jason pugh here at the live desk. baltimore ravens owner steve ba shaty addressing the media right now. this press conference being held after espn came out with a lengthy report this past friday saying the ravens tried to hide certain information and cover things up in regards to how they handled the ray rice incident. bashati claims that was not the case by the ravens. >> almost everything in there is

anonymous, but it's clear it's ray's agent and ray's friends. you know, they are building a case for reinstatement. and the best way to build a case for reinstatement is to make everybody else look like they're lying. >> reporter: the nfl players association will appeal the indefinite suspension of ray rice. rice has also consulted with several lawyers contemplating legal action against the ravens and the nfl. jim, pat, back to you. >> thanks, race on. tragedy hits two women heading back from a sight-seeing trip in d.c. their tour brush crashed in delaware on its way back to new york. it happened yesterday afternoon. dozens were hurt. some are still in the hospital. as nbc's anne thompson reports, witnesses who stopped to help are still shaken up. >> one man saying "my wife, my

wife, my wife." keeps replaying in my mind. >> reporter: a drive turned deadly when a tour bus carrying 50 people crashed. delaware state police say the bus was traveling southbound on route 1 when it hit a curve on an off-ramp, flipping on to its roof. the bus continued sliding down a slight grass embankment, rotating on to its left side, where it finally came to a stop. >> one adult female was underneath the bus where she was trapped under that bus. >> reporter: that woman died at the scene. another woman was later pronounced dead at the hospital. the remaining 47 passengers on board and the driver suffered a range of injuries. >> injuries vary widely. these patients have some head injuries, some injuries to their torso, ribs, abdomen, fractures, extremitie extremities. so different levels of injury. >> reporter: 19-year-old college student cruz and a friend from were on their way home from the mall when they saw the overturned bus. they pulled their car over and

jumped out to help. >> we went to the car, got first aid equipment, passed out gauze, bandages, whatever we could, tried to comfort people. >> it made me think about how fragile life is. >> the tour group had just left washington. the tour itself is sponsored by e-world travel and tours, which is based in new york city. we just got in some new video of a huge fire at a nursery in virginia. scott macfarlane has pictures and details. >> reporter: new cell phone video just sent to us. take a look. you're about to see it. this fire broke out at burke nursery and garden center just off burke road at about 3:00, started near some mulch and spread to a nearby building. look at the flames, look at the smoke. now let's go to chopper 4. it just arrived over the scene. you can see the flames are gone. the smoke dying out too. but this fire did reach two alarms at one point in burke. nobody is hurt. firefighters are still investigating the cause. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane.

>> scott, thank you. what a day we had in prince george's county on saturday at our -- what is it, 22nd annual blue bird blues festival. >> so much fun on saturday. so many friends and great music and who is that on the stage? >> yeah, there's my co anchor, first time i've ever seen her in a baseball cap. i didn't recognize her. chuck witnessed this. >> he was in your face. >> i know! >> i asked for his autograph. he said okay, sure. >> and i was reeled in. what a turnout we had. there we are dancing there. that's pat and me -- no, that's not us. i should have been dancing as much as food as i had. great food. the ribs were fantastic this year. a good time had by all and tremendous crowd. kristen also there, and chuck on hand. everybody was praising the forecast. >> chuck, you brought all that sunshine. my goodness. >> if you were in the shade, it was the perfect day to be outside. but if you were in the direct sun, it sure felt a lot like summertime out there. >> needed that sunscreen. >> singing the blues a little bit because of the heat. what a beautiful day. thank you so much for everybody

who came out. we signed everything we brought. water bottles, bags, everything we could bring, we put autographs on it. thank you for coming out. a great weekend of weather. felt like summertime. and yes indeed, that's it for summer, everybody. the autumn equinox arrives this evening and will it feel like fall tomorrow morning, northwest wind at 17 miles per hour, but bone-dry air and the northwesterly wind into the region. temperatures aren't too bad. low to mid 70s around the metro but still struggling to get into the mid to upper 60s, northern maryland, panhandle of west virginia. so this evening temperatures are going to drop very, very quickly. we'll be down in the low 6 ohs by 9:00. western suburbs probably in the 50s by then. future weather forecast, a lot of stuff going on in the weather this coming week. fortunately, it starts quiet. today is great. here we are tomorrow morning, plenty of sunshine. and a beauty of a day coming our way tomorrow. just maybe a few high, thin

clouds late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. storm team 4 radar, nothing to show around our area, but look at all of the moisture down here lying in wait as it were across florida, georgia and the carolinas. that's going to gradually start moving its way up the coast and will impact our weather as we get into wednesday evening and thursday. so here's future weather starting now at 6:00 on wednesday morning. skies going back over to mostly cloudy. and by late in the day wednesday, rain chances starting to sneak back into the picture. by 5:00 wednesday, probably the commute to and from work will be dry. rain looking more and more likely for wednesday evening on into the day on thursday. but by and large, nothing to worry about for your weather impact for tomorrow. here's the way the next four days are shaping up. tomorrow looks great, but man is it going to be chilly in the rning. 40s in the suburbs. i'll show the hometown low temperatures in a bit. chance for showers late wednesday on into thursday. and i'm optimistic for friday and the weekend. more about that when i see you in a few. >> alrighty.

here's some of the stories trending online right now. cheers, virginians have set a new record. they bought more alcohol at state liquor stores than ever before. in fact, they have broken the record every year for 16 years, and that's produced $140 million in profits. the top sellers? jack daniels, smirnoff, jim beam and gray goose. and sales of fireball cinnamon whiskey have more than doubled over the past year. >> okay. from liquor to beer, starbucks testing a new brew. brew for customers who prefer a different kind of foam on their drink. it's a latte that tastes like beer. it's called the dark barrel latte. and it's made with a flavored syrup that is supposed to taste like dark beers such as begin necessary. it's topped with a whipped cream and dark caramel sauce. so take that pumpkin spice latte.

there is no alcohol. the beer flavored is available only in a few test markets, ohio, and my home state of florida. >> for folks who want to have coffee with their beer. >> exactly. 5:00 p.m. school districts across the country are on alert today. the costly scam that is targeting schools. >> and a local educator gets high honors at the white house today.

you're watching news4 at 4:00. it's a story that should put school districts all over the country on alert. fake invoices showing up in their mailboxes, a scam that could cost schools big bucks if they're not careful. nbc's kristen dahlgren has our story. >> reporter: the kids are back in class. their backpacks filled with books. but the better business bureau is warning somebody is trying to make a bundle off of back to school. >> it was a large dollar amount for us. so it's something that caught my attention right away. >> reporter: in the pioneer school district in shelton, washington, principal mandy jesse got a bill for $647 for books she never ordered. >> i had this off feeling about it, that something was just not right. >> reporter: it was the same bogus notice that's now been reported by schools in at least 36 states. the invoices have all the buzz words. math practice, common core

standards, even a familiar-sounding name. scholastic school supply. >> that's something that would trigger them to go ahead and pay the bill, is because it's a trusted name. >> reporter: but this has nothing to do with scholastic, inc, the world's largest publisher of children's books. scholastic, inc put out a statement saying the two were not affiliating and demanding they cease and desist using scholast scholastic's name. as for getting a statement from the other scholastics? the number on the invoice isn't in service. >> reporter: the e-mail goes unanswered. while back at pioneer primary, principal jesse is just trying to get back to school. >> what this does is it causes a distraction from what we should really be doing, which is focusing on improving student learning. >> reporter: at least one lesson learned already this year, make sure you read every invoice carefully. kristen dahlgren, nbc news. she is a champion of change

and this afternoon a local educator has a white house award to prove it. amelia castenada at the alexandria center for higher achievement works with middle school students and families by providing after school and summer programs that prepare them for college. she is one of two local educators honored at the white house, which created the champions of change program to feature individuals who were doing extraordinary things to empower and inspire members of their communities. >> so my job is really to make sure that we provide opportunities for them to actually achieve grade and at least start thinking about college in middle school, instead of waiting until high school to figure it out. >> the other local honoree is of cheverly, maryland, a bilingual counselor at the education campus here in washington. changes are coming to 1600 pennsylvania avenue after a man

homs the fence and makes it inside the white house before being stopped. the new details just coming out of court about the man. you've heard the calls for police to wear cameras in the wake of the shooting death of michael brown. now citizens of ferguson, missouri, are wearing the cameras themselves.

there is chilling new information about the man accused in friday's security breach at the white house.

he was arrested earlier this year with a gun and a map, showing the white house. today prosecutors called him a threat to the president. news4's steve handelsman is live now at the white house with more on this disturbing story. steve? >> reporter: it is disturbing, pat, thanks. good afternoon. it means this is looking a lot less now like some kind of a stupid prank and a lot more like a genuine attack here at the white house on the white house. on friday. and it's adding urgency to the investigation to try to figure out why the officers here failed to stop exactly the kind of invasion they train to deal with. there were more police and barriers at the white house when word came friday's intruder was more menacing than he first appeared. 42-year-old omar gonzalez was formally charged with unlawful entry, but prosecutors said the army veteran was arrested in virginia in july with a shotgun, and a map with the white house circled in his car. carrying just a knife, he jumped

the fence friday, crossed the lawn and got through the main door to the white house before he was arrested. no attack dog was used. no gun fired at him. the obamas had just left. former secret service agents are appalled. >> you certainly cannot allow an intruder to make it that far. if you have to kill the individual, then you kill the individual. >> reporter: president obama today was not critical. >> i'm grateful. >> reporter: the agency is investigating who made mistakes friday and why. here on the north side of the white house today, there is this new temporary fence, but most of the white house fence as it was on friday, as it's been for decades, people can come right up to it. like these people. it's only six feet high or so, easy to scale. and the public wants to get this close. >> we all should have access to the white house. >> instead we should have security inside if they need it. >> reporter: that's the secret service goal.

>> protecting the president and first family, also protecting the status of the white house as the people's house. >> reporter: now a review of how better to accomplish goal number one. more on omar gonzalez. when he was arrested in virginia in july, he had not just a shotgun, but a sawed off shotgun, which is illegal in many jurisdictions. at least two rles and other guns say virginia police and prosecutors today. it turns out just a few weeks ago on the other side of the white house, the south side, he was stopped with a hatchet in his belt. not arrested. and police say after he was arrested on friday, they found 800 or so rounds of ammunition in his car, but no gun. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> steve, thank you. a missing person mystery in the district this afternoon. former d.c. treasurer lasana mack disappeared eight days ago near the pet worth neighborhood. investigators tell us he may be driving a gray 2013 ford

explorer. mack was the district's treasurer from 2005 to 2012. d.c. police are asking you to give them a call if you have any information on his whereabouts. some residents of a town torn apart after a policeman shot a teenager to death are taking steps they say will help them protect themselves. reporter grant business bissell says how residents are equipping themselves with knowledge and cameras. >> reporter: devices like this are becoming more and more common in this community. >> the ferguson police department was equipping themselves with 50 body cameras, so we thought it best to equip this neighborhood with 110 body cameras. >> reporter: jacob crawford says it's helping community members protect themselves and others through a very specific purpose. >> it's a nonviolate observation of the police. where people go out with video cameras and document the police when they stop members of their community. >> reporter: but with the cameras comes responsibility and training. we watched the group the

canfield watchman. >> this is what the police seem today. they target us. and we wanted to change that kind of image as protecting the people. >> reporter: together, david witt and jacob crawford are helping educate the people of ferguson on how to handle being stopped by police and protect their own rights. and their program has the approval of ferguson's police chief. >> just the idea of private citizens filming police doing their jobs, i don't see anything wrong with that. as a matter of fact, it happens all of the time. we also have cameras now we're using to film our interaction with the public. >> they are running group classes. the goal is to teach citizens their rights when they're stopped by police, and how to hold police accountable for inappropriate behavior. good news for those of you looking to pick up some extra cash. we've got the latest on holiday hiring, including who plans to add the most jobs. and a woman undergoes brain surgery while she's awake! it's an unusual procedure.

we'll tell you why she wasn't put under. and i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. doug is putting the finishing touches on what could be a frosty start tomorrow for some. otherwise, plenty of sunshine before our next chance of needed raindrops comes our way. seven-day forecast, just ahead.

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4:00. we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going. >> follow us on twitter and facebook. it's easy, folks. the . there are likely a lot of smiles at apple headquarters. the newest iphone has set a sales record. more than 10 million iphones, 6 and 6-plus phones sold in three days. by comparison, the iphone 5c and 5s sold 9 million in the debut last year. the new phones are faster and have a wireless chip for making credit card payments. they cost 200 bucks with a new contract. well, fall is nearly upon us, i think just hours away. is that right, chuck? but we're already looking past the pumpkin. look at you. she was doing this in july. there is some good news as we look far in advance to holiday shopping for people trying to find work. >> that's right. retailers are hiring for the holidays and doing so in big numbers this year. news4 consumer reporter erika

gonzales is here to tell us why so early. >> you know, companies are always looking at their bottom line, right? and when it comes to holiday shopping, you know, the truth is, we wouldn't be seeing this type of hiring hike if there weren't an inkling of truth about big spending this year. so fedex, they're adding 50,000 seasonal employees. u.p.s., 90,000, which is almost double what it initially forecasted last year. big bucks retailers like walmart, target, kohls and jc pen also getting in on the action. and while the application process is under way, these employees may not start until november. and then what happens to these employees once holiday shopping and returns have ended? the question here is how many will stay on board. if we look at last year, target kept 40% of its employees, and this year walmart says it will retain about 25%. today i spoke with the national retail federation and they said

while consumer confident is not at an all-time high, it's still a good time for consumer spending and, of course, that also means a good time for retailers. >> the holiday season can account for as much as 35% of a retailer's annual sales. for many companies, when they bring in that extra staff at the end of the year for the holiday season, it really is make or break for some of these companies. >> the national retail federation will release holiday spending forecasts in about two weeks. so it's going to be interesting to see how many dollars exactly we're going to be talking about this year. >> and if it's going to be a good year. thanks, erika. new technology giving thieves a new way to break into your house. we've got what you need to know to protect yourself.

you're watching news4 at 4:00. for your own security, you've got to pay attention to this story. new technology is literally giving thieves the key to your front door. >> you won't believe how vulnerable you are. nbc's jeff rossen shows us the problem and the way to protect yourself. this is how it's worked for decades. want your keys copied? go to a hardware store in person. the only way a thief could get your keys, physically steal them off a table or out of your bag. not anymore. this new website called keys

duplicated is a game-changer. all you have to do, snap a clear photo of any house key with your smartphone and upload it to their website. their sophisticated software analyzes the grooves of the key down to the tiniest millimeter, all from that photo you sent them. then this machine drills out the key's teeth. a perfect match to the key in the picture. the key is mailed right to you, and it's cheap. only $6 a key at no i.d. verification. does this disturb you? >> yes, it does. >> reporter: now police departments across the country are worried thieves will take advantage, snapping stealth photos of your keys in public, then showing up at your doorstep, with your key. unlocking your door with ease, and walking right in. >> the thing is, you wouldn't even know you've been had. you had your keys, you didn't know someone has taken a photo of it. >> not until something bad

happens to you. >> reporter: but does it really work? my producer, charlie, that's him, is about it to test it out. while i'm out of town for another story, he snaps a quick pic of my house key lying on a table. then he uploads it to the site, gives his home address, and voila, just a few days later duplicates of my keys arrive at his apartment. but instead of breaking in, charlie wisely waited for me to get back. >> all right. the moment of truth. does it work. >> let's find out. >> reporter: just to show you and everyone at home, my front door, it is locked. it's try the key. >> try the key. >> reporter: wow. >> it was that easy and we're inside your house. that could have been a total stranger. >> reporter: or a thief. we went straight to the ceo of keys duplicated, ali raheemy. the good news is, we tried your technology and it works like a charm. >> great to hear it. >> reporter: the bad news is, it worked like a charm and police say it could work like a charm for bad guys too. >> yeah.

there's no doubt that this could be used by somebody to copy somebody else's key. i just don't think that's very likely that it will happen. if it ever happens, it's going to be a jilted ex lover or a disgruntled co-worker. people who have other ways of breaking into your house. >> reporter: his company is still new, and so far no reported cases. he says they require a valid e-mail address, creating a paper trail. but he admits they don't verify it's your key or even your credit card. there's no i.d. verification. the address i give you could be a bogus p.o. box. there is no other i.d. verification is there? >> for i.d. verification, there's not. that's true. >> reporter: does that concern you? it concerns police we spoke to. >> security is our top priority. we're constantly improving it, so of course it's a concern. i say we're on it. >> reporter: but police say until that loophole is closed,

this company aimed at convenience may pose a danger. >> keys duplicated says it won't copy car keys or high-security patented keys and won't accept pictures that are blurry or are taken from too far away. the advice from police, treat your keys like you treat your driver's license or credit card. don't leave them lying around or let anyone you don't trust handle them. and don't try taking a picture of jeff rossen's key off the screen and breaking into his house, because we're told he changed the locks. >> smart man. makes sense. take a look at this, folks. so called king fire in northern california has now ballooned to 82,000 acres. the massive inferno is burning 60 miles east of sacramento in the town of eldorado. three dozen homes and structures destroyed so far and many more threatened tonight. at least 2,000 people were forced to evacuate. cooler, wet weather over the weekend helped firefighters

contain some of it. but it also made visibility as you see or don't very tough. police believe this fire was sparked by an arsonist. a suspect is in custody. those smoky conditions also forced the last-minute cancellation of a major athletic event. >> air quality officials recommended the event be cancelled. >> an ironman competition in nearby lake tahoe was cancelled sunday morning just before it was about to start. the announcement was a big disappointment for the 3,000 athletes who had signed up for it. most of them had trained all year for the event. and many of them were visibly upset. the 140-mile endurance race involved swimming, cycling and running. a little girl and her family have quite a story to tell about her ball playing with the yankees. the team star, derek jeter, playing in the final home games of his career, and every game is special for fans. so imagine friday when a

third-baseman tossed a jeter ball, dad caught it and the daughter promptly threw it back. check out the faces of the family. not to worry, though. the ball was returned to the family a short time later. that thing is going to be worth something. >> she was being a good sport. >> she won't do that again. >> a good little sport. >> $1,000 souvenir to an adult. watch me throw this, dad. >> so chuck, fall arrives right on cue. how did that happen? >> well, we are working hard in storm team 4 to make sure that all the seasons are lining up just the way we want them. a beautiful summery like weekend and the autumn equinox arrives at 10:29 tonight, and you will need your warm fuzzy blanket by tomorrow morning. start looking for it now, everybody. because you're really going to need it. there is the view from our tower camera, looking southbound past cathedral over the national mall. beautiful day outside. just a few fair weather clouds drifting harmlessly overhead. here is our exclusive sky cast

4. pretty much like what they have outside right now. and by 7:00 tonight, these clouds are going to start breaking up after the sun goes down. so much of the overnight hours tonight. skies will be partly to mostly clear. a light wind, a clear sky and super dry air in place. it's going to be really, really chilly tomorrow morning. i don't think national airport can drop below 50 degrees. we haven't been below 50 since the middle of may. but all of the suburbs -- all of the suburbs west and north will be in the 40s by tomorrow morning. a bright and sunny day coming our way for later on tomorrow. going out this evening, not a bad evening to be outside. skies will be clear. but turning chilly. bring a jacket. evening temperatures, upper 50s and low 60s. the day ahead for tomorrow, school kids have a jacket ready for bus stop weather first thing tomorrow morning. all code green for tomorrow. no weather problems at all. lows tonight, check out these numbers, everyone. 51 downtown and low to mid 50s bayside. you go away from the water and away from the urban heat island. check these numbers out.

42 in frederick. 40 in hagerstown. 40 in martinsburg, patchy frost out here. there is a forecast advisory in far western maryland. so it's going to be a cold start tomorrow morning. coldest in the suburbs for sure. low to mid 40s in most of the suburbs. low to mid 50s in town. then for tomorrow, a bright and sunny day on the way, going out that early morning dog walk or jog. jackets needed in the morning. it will be a quick warmup so good news coming your way. and highs tomorrow, what a nice day. generally to the upper 60s and low 70s. here's that all-important seven-day forecast. a cold start tomorrow and a cool day tomorrow. clouds back late on wednesday with a chance for some light showers. probably not until after dark wednesday and light showers off and on through thursday. then drying out just in time for the weekend, and warming up again as well. highs back near 80 for both saturday and for sunday. >> thanks, chuck. first at 4:00, a billboard backlash in prince george's county. new digital bill boards could be moving in and some folks aren't so happy about that. here's what they'll look like.

you may have noticed some at d.c. bus shelters. that same company is hoping to get the okay to make some billboards around prince george's digital. the signs would do advertisements and also offer public service information as well. but some folks are saying absolutely not. >> it's like a giant television screen in the sky. it just doesn't make any sense. >> coming up on news4 at 5:00, bureau chief tracee wilkins looks into that billboard controversy. and today's news for your health. a debate over electronic cigarettes. those e-cigarettes. this newest research found they may not be as effective in helping cancer patients give up smoking. researchers studied more than 1,000 cancer patients enrolled in a smoking cessation program. at the end of the program, e-cigarette users were just as likely to keep smoking tobacco as the others. sales of e-cigarettes have skyrocketed in recent years,

despite questions about their benefits and potential risks. they're calling it a milestone in neurosurgery. it's called an awake craneot me. here's how it works. the surgeons have successfully removed a brain tumor from a patient while she was awake for part of it. the surgeons wanted to make sure she could perform certain movements on command. >> i remember them saying wake up, it's time to wake up. and i remember being told things like frown, smile, squeeze my hand. >> the brain actually has no sensation. so the only thing that actually hurts is the skin. the bone doesn't hurt and the brain doesn't hurt. >> just amazing. dr. kelly says brain tumor patients are good candidates for this kind of surgery. tracking down the man accused of murdering a pennsylvania state trooper. police believe they are closing in on the suspect who has been on the run for more than a week.

you're watching news4 at 4:00. it's day ten of an intense manhunt for a sniper in pennsylvania. >> investigators say they are closing in on the survivalist who ambushed two state troopers, killing one of them. here's nbc's ron allen with the latest. >> reporter: federal agents joining the hunt for eric frein look ready for war. the massive manhunt several square miles around the suspend's home, following a trail left behind, including

weapons like this ak-47, and ammunition possibly used in the ambush. >> up until now, his advantage has been this is his backyard. we are pushing him hard. he is no longer safe. >> reporter: as the dragnet closes in, and a two-day emergency lockdown for thousands of residents in immediate danger lifted, many now wonder how far away is safe enough. this man is leaving his home for now. do you think he's still around? >> they believe he's in the area, yes. >> reporter: that's what they said? >> that's what they're saying. >> reporter: but his neighbor is staying put. >> i don't feel he's going to be shooting civilians. he's got something in for law enforcement. that's why i'm not nervous. >> reporter: police believe frein may have been spotted several times while traveling 20 miles through rugged terrain on foot. as they try to reassure communities where many businesses and schools have been shut for days that the danger soon will pass. is it safe enough to reopen schools? >> those are individual decisions the school districts have to make. we have every reason to believe that frein is focused on law

enforcement and specifically the state police. right now at 5:00, armed and dangerous. what prosecutors now say they found inside the car of the man who jumped a white house fence and made it inside the executive mansion. telling her story. a teacher at a daycare center accused of biting a toddler. what she says really happened inside the classroom. and the ravens try to clear the air today as the investigation into what they knew about ray rice takes another twist. good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. two searches under way in the case of a missing uva student from alexandria. >> just a short time ago, police again searched the apartment of a person of interest in the case, jesse matthew. he was the last person known to be with 18-year-old hannah graham of fairfax county who went missing early saturday morning a week ago. police are also searching for him. northern virginia bureau

chief julie carey is in front of his apartment in charlottesville. julie joins us live with the latest. julie. >> reporter: well, there have been a lot of new developments in this case today. first off, detectives came back to jesse matthews' apartment back there looking for specific items that have emerged during the investigation. mid afternoon, they put out this wanted poster of jesse matthew. these are the warrants charging him with reckless driving that could be used to arrest him. charlottesville detectives spent several hours in jesse matthew's apartment, bringing out three more bags of evidence. they first searched here friday, before matthew had been named as a person of interest. this security video shows him at the downtown mall in the early morning hours of saturday, september 13th. soon after, matthew was seen with 18-year-old hannah graham entering the tempo restaurant. the two also left the restaurant together. police especially want to know if anyone saw the two enter matthe