say good-bye to summer as we take a live look outside right now at the first full day of fall giving us a little taste of winter. our storm team 4 is tracking the changes to help you plan what to wear this morning. and tracking isis. u.s. war planes strike a target inside syria. good morning, everyone. 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang for this tuesday, september 23rd, 2014. all right, leave the short sleeves in the closet this morning as you wake up to temperatures we haven't seen around here in months. >> you might want to go ahead and box them up. >> no, i'm not ready to box up the short sleeves. >> tom kierein is here to help you prepare for the day ahead with your winter-like -- do you want to call it that for some folks? >> down in the mountains we are in the 30s this morning. but don't box up the short

sleeves yet. it's going to be changing by the end of the week. there is a flag flapping gently there in front of union station. chilly morning. afternoon, mild and comfy. needed rain coming. your weather headlines for this tuesday, what to wear this morning, the choices i would suggest jacket and long pants. that's as you head out early this tuesday morning because it's down just into the mid-40s. most of the region, look at it just near 50 for prince george's county. the rest of the region is down in the 40s. it's in the 30s in the mountains. petersburg, west virginia. 37. oakland down to 39. it will drop a couple more degrees there. as a result, we have the first frost advisory of the season. all those counties in blue, western maryland, highlands of west virginia, protect the house plants and bring them in. the flag flapping gently there at the union station giving us an idea that it is a chilly morning with that northerly

breeze coming on in. the next weather and traffic on the 1s is coming up at 5:11. a look at the whole come back nats forecast. and we have some construction, right, melissa? we have construction in wheaton georgia avenue northbound at randolph road with the two right lanes blocked. and wisconsin avenue southbound at dorset we have the right lane blocked there. a wider look at things, inner loop, outer loop, no major problems headed out of town. beltway at braddock road is moving right along with no problems there. and taking a look at 95 in maryland, 95 at cherry hill road, no issues. i'm back in ten minutes at 5:11 with a trip up 95 in virginia. 5:02. we have breaking news right now as we learn new information about the u.s. air strike overnight in syria. take a look at this new video reportedly showing the air strike lighting up the night sky over isis strongholds inside

syria. this video was posted on youtube but nbc news cannot verify the authenticity. the just getting help in the battle now against isis. angie goff is live with the breaking developments. >> reporter: eun, the coalition you just mentioned includes the countries of saudi arabia, jordan and qatar. the u.s. fighter jets taking off with the bombing devices reportedly happening in the area of raqqah. this is 100 miles away from syria. it is an isis stronghold, as you mentioned. it is believed to be where the extremists are headquartered. we are learning that syrian representatives were notified yesterday and that this could happen and the chairman of the house armed services committee just releasing this statement saying that this is one step in what will be a long fight against isil. now no official response from the islamic state just yet, but a man who identified himself as an isis fighter in syria say

that is the group will respond and right now they are blaming saudi arabia for letting this happen. we are staying on top of anything new to come in and will bring you the very latest. >> angie goff from the live desk, thank you. new this morning, there's extra security at a military base in colorado following reports of shots fired inside a building there. people are allowed to enter the base but cannot leave. later today we could find out what was inside the car. missing uva student hannah graham was last seen riding in. charlottesville police are expected to release evidence found inside jesse matthew's car. matthew is on surveillance video wrapping his arm around hannah. she was last seen with matthew early saturday morning. his landlord says it's hard for

her to believe he's involved. >> i'm horrified, i'm in shock. >> reporter: do you believe he could have anything to do with her disappearance or do you think it's up likely? >> he seems a mild man. >> now investigators collected more evidence during a second sweep of matthew's apartment yesterday. he's wanted on reckless driving charges. today the d.c. council begins its fall session with a controversial vote. the council is expected to pass a new law allowing you to carry a gun in public in the district. under the law you would apply for a permit to have your gun outside. guns would also be prohibited from schools, government buildings and anywhere alcohol is served. this is happening because a federal judge overturned the district's blanket ban on guns a few months ago. right now we have a school closing to pass along to you. eastern high school in northeast d.c. is closed today. a transformer underground there exploded last night.

fire and pepco crews have been working throughout the night. the school there is closed due to a transformer explosion. today you can go to a rally to act on climate change. >> clean energy now! >> this is a huge rally that happened this weekend in new york city with similar events around the world. today's rally happening at 9:00. if you want to go, the wilson building on northwest is where you need to go. president obama is expected to speak at the united nations later today about climate change. trouble near the tracks. an i-team investigation uncovering a dangerous trend near area rail road tracks as we look at the alarming number of deaths around trains in our area. and grab a jacket heading out the door. we'll see if things warm up any time soon with the hour by hour forecast at 5:11. but first, making your morning cup of coffee richer. the popular new trend that could have you

welcome back. in news4 your health, fears of losing your job could contribute to you developing asthma for the first time. for every 25% you are in fear of losing your job, your asthma risk rose just as much.

you are 60% more likely to develop asthma than those with job security. this could be due to reports of breathing problems during the economic crisis. you can try out a new trend now, butter instead of sugar in your coffee. a blogger in the bay area started this trend saying it tastes good and more importantly the fat in the butter apparently slows down your coffee crash later in the day. however, the blogger says you have to get top shelf butter in order to make it work properly and taste good. now, i like the little half and half. so i'm trying to be good with skim milk, but i can imagine it would be rich. >> maybe in paula deen's world. >> butter does make everything taste better. >> take that butter and just wrap it around your heart and stop it. come on. >> you know what, it's funny, when you buy expensive butter it

tastes different, but why waste it in your coffee. put it on a big piece of bread. weather and traffic on the 1s now, tom? >> any recipe that called for butter, my aunt said to double it. we have a chilly start. our temperatures are down just into the 40s. by 8:00 it will be around 50. chilly morning. then a cool midday. by noontime, the mid-60s. then low 70s during the afternoon. welcome back nats. they take on the mets tonight at nats park. and first pitch at 7:05. should be pleasant around 70 by then. then turning cool toward the seventh inning in the mid-60s. by the last out, down to the low 60s under a partly cloudy sky. look at the next chance for rain, the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa, any problems yet? we are looking pretty good. the inner loop and outer loop are moving right along. no major issues. 66 also looking good for us this morning as is 270. no problems. you can see we are at speed here. at 55 miles per hour, in

virginia, 95 at cardinal drive headed up through dale city, no issues there. beltway at landover road is looking good. see you back here in ten minutes. weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. unwanted addition. the step one group of parents is taking a step to stop cell phone tower building at your child's school. and the playground attack that is unusual

welcome back at 5:15. we are getting a disturbing new look at how many people are killed by trains in our area. since september of 2011, more than 100 people have been hit or killed by trains while walking on the track. that's according to an investigation by the news4 i-team. those incidents include three locations in prince george's county, which i-team cameras monitored over recent weeks.

they spotted a series of people illegally crossing the tracks, including along route 1 in beltsville and along the track in hyattsville and riverdale. the father of a young woman hit and killed in that riverdale location says the short-cut is too tempting for some. >> the train tracks are the fastest way to get from point a to point b on foot. by far. it's much shorter. >> csx says it helps to fund awareness campaigns to warn people of the dangers of trespassing. and it says the csx police force has turned away more than 100 trespassers in the d.c. area recently. today a former fairfax county deputy is on trial. robert palmer jr. retired after being accused of shoplifting this summer. he's scheduled to be in court at 10:00 this morning. the search for two missing children in montgomery county picks up later today.

police plan to sweep a soccer complex in germantown. they are looking for jacob and sarah hoggle. the investigators want businesses to check their surveillance video for these cars. the children's mother katherine is not cooperating with police. a youth pastor is charged with sending explicit pictures of himself to a teenager. police say 22-year-old vincent bowes used a messages app to send the pictures to a 15-year-old girl. he made no physical contact but he was arrested in north carolina last week and is waiting to be extradited back to virginia. 17 after the hour, today organizations from three maryland counties are banding together to try to stop cell phone tower construction at public schools. they will hold a news conference tonight at the steps of the county board of education. the organizationers say parents

are being kept in the dark about pending cell phone tower projects. in prince george's alone, there are 73 towers proposed for school grounds with 9 in development stages. if you live in montgomery county, 30% of you are members of a condo or homeowner's association. one bill will prevent property openers from renting their property if they are more than 30 days past due. and the other would say they need to complete an education course for directors. if you have a tax credit on your insurance but your income changed, the i.r.s. will charge you for it. other big life events include marriage or having children that could change how you qualify. to prevent any surprises come tax season, update all your information on healthcare.gov. well, you don't expect the next story to happen to your child on the playground, but a

fox attacks a second grader during recess. the 7-year-old evans whitkey still has the marks when the fox went after him. a p.e. teacher sprang into action and grabbed the animal by the neck. >> i didn't see it come out of the woods. it just came and bit my ankle and tackled me. >> she was being attacked as she was trying to get the fox off my sop. so, you know, i'm very graceful for her. >> wow. another staffer joined in and managed to trap the animal under a recycling bin. both employees were bit up here. the fox was on the porch before heading to the school apparently. weather could work against firefighters trying to contain fast-moving flames from a massive wildfire. the strong winds have helped the fire double in size and is expected today. flame east of sacramento have

scorched 137 square miles. 21,000 structures are at risk of catching fire. and more than half of them are homes. and take a look at this water rescue in el paso, texas. a photographer at our nbc affiliate there helped rescue the woman. her car was swept into a canal pinning her between her car and a wall. she was pulled to safety. heavy rain from the remnants of hurricane odile are causing flash flooding in the area. at least one person drowned. the storm just doesn't want to quit. it has been slowly moving, but we are not expecting any rain coming our way any time soon. >> but chilly temperatures for sure. we'll two to tom kierein with weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. good morning to you, tom. good morning. the equinox arrived last evening and it turned autumn fast. and the temperatures have plummeted since then under a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky now. it is down into the 30s out in western maryland. the highlands of west virginia

now and closer to washington, shenandoah valley and western maryland down to the southern part of the valley, we are in the low to mid-40s. then east of there, east of the blue ridge, the mid-40s in frederick county, loudoun county and falkier county. closer to washington, we are just in the mid to upper 40s. nearby neighborhoods around the beltway, around the bay we are in the upper 50s. if you're walking or biking this morning, you need a couple layers with temperatures in the 40s between now and 8:00. between 8:00 and 10:00, jumping into the 50s. driving this morning, please turn the heater on with temperatures in the 40s between now and 8:00. dry roads through the morning, you'll need sunglasses between 8:00 and 10:00 with the bright sun. during the afternoon, partly cloudy with highs reaching the low 70s. a delightful afternoon. not as much wind as yesterday. then tomorrow the winds pick up a bit. temperatures climb into the low to mid-70s with increasing clouds and some needed rain moving in. the first rain drops may arrive by sunset on wednesday late

afternoon into early evening. off and on showers wednesday night and off and on showers now looking likely on thursday through much of the day but ending probably during the afternoon. the highs only near 70. then bring out the short sleeves again. we'll be warming up, 50 on friday morning. friday afternoon, the upper 70s. look at the weekend. turning summer-like again. in fact, the low 80s on saturday with bright sunshine. dare i say, beach weather for sunday? partly cloudy to sunny with temperatures in the mid-80s on sunday. and still warm on monday with highs near 80 and morning lows near 60. it won't be very humid. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, the bus stop morning forecast is in ten minutes. now melissa with the morning commute. what's going on? we are looking good. thank you for the dry weather and dry roads for us. a wide look at things, we look quite good in adamtown. no major problems inner loop or outer loop. 270 coming southbound at falls road, you're looking good.

northbound you're just fine as well. 66 at lee highway is moving right along. taking a look now in virginia, if you're coming out of safford stafford county, no problems at this point. or if you're leaving any time soon, you can see through triangle, we are looking good. beltway at georgia avenue, we are looking quite good. remember, if you're on twitter, get on to follow u us @first4traffic. 5:23, take a look at the delta plane stranded on the runway. somebody smelled smoke own 55 people had to get off there in detroit. something overheated on the plane. a new report says unless government changes its rules for transporting oil, there could be more serious train accidents. take a look, you probably remember when the train jumped the tracks and crashed in lynchburg, virginia. nobody was hurt in that crash.

with more and more oil gas production in the u.s., and a lot of it traveling by train, safety risks are on the rise and they could see a scene like that again. and look at this huge fire in los angeles. black smoke and bursting flames shut down part of the port of los angeles. crews attacked the fire from water and land. people could see the flames shooting into the sky from as far as downtown l.a., which is more than 20 miles away. wow. well, here we go again. a pistol-packing pastor helped to nab a habitual thief. >> the pastor got sick of the same woman stealing that he took matters into his own hands. he set empty boxes as bait outside his home in texas. sure enough, the alleged thief came snooping in the area as the person went for the boxes he ran

out of his home gun in hand. >> when i came out of my house, she turned the corner and met me and my gun. and i put her on the ground and asked her what she was doing. she said she was looking for her dog, and i said, guess what, you just found your dog, bow, bow, bow. >> the woman had been caught on surveillance cameras several times. you can see that here. they were never able to catch her in person until he stepped in there. the local police department says that they have recovered several stolen items from inside her house. thanks to the good pastor there. lesson learned, i bet. making sure you are not wrongfully ticketed. the changes being made in d.c. to eliminate errors on parking tickets. and a jacket or pullover could come in handy as you leave for work on this chilly fall morning. your child's bus stop forecast is next with your weather and traffic on the 1s. plus, we are tracking breaking news out of the middle east right now where u.s. war planes are busy at this hour

carrying out air strikes in syria. what we're learning about the targets and the countries that are helping u.s. efforts when we go live to capitol hill ahead. and if you can't be in front of your tv, catch "news4 today" on the go with your smartphone or tablet. just download the nbc washington app from the app store or google play. without the internet i would probably be like a c student. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over one million low-income people at home. internet essentials is going to transform the lives of families. together with time warner cable we can bring the internet to millions more. i see myself as maybe an entrepreneur. comcast and time warner cable. together is better for more people.

looking at the stories making headlines right now at 5:29, we could learn more about the evidence police are using to track down missing uva student hannah graham as the police search for the man considered a person of interest in her disappearance. today the d.c. council is expected to vote on a controversial measure to allow you to carry guns in public. and students at eastern high school in northeast washington can sleep in this morning after a power outage forced the school to close today. the other story you'll be talking about today is the dramatic drop in temperatures. you can feel it as soon as you step outside. temperatures in the 40s around some parts of the area this morning. so we sent storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein out in the weather to take a look at the bus stop forecast. how does it feel out there? >> it is chilly. not quite see your breath

weather yet, but it is near that. and off in the southern horizon, you can sigh the orion constellation. you need to layer up for the morning bus stop with temperatures remaining in the 40s between now and 8:00. lots of sunshine, just a few clouds coming and going. between 8:00 and 9:00, we are in the mid-50s. what to wear today? i would suggest a jacket and long pants if you want to stay comfortable at the bus stop this morning, especially for students. temperatures right now are -- gaithersburg down to 43. in prince george's county, bowie, down to 47. in fairfax county, down to 49 degrees. dulles, 45. it's in the 30s out in the mountains with a frost advisory. the first one of the season. you need to protect your plants. western maryland, the highlands of west virginia, the first frost advisory of this early autumn season. coming up in the next ten

minutes, a look at the big changes on the way over the next 24 hours at 5:41. now melissa is checking the morning commute on this tuesday. how are things going? i'm starting with the beltway barometer. the beltway at colesville road, you can see how things are going by looking at this. things are moving along quite nice, no major problems. 66 at west ox road looking good. taking a look at 66 and 95, everything is at speed. no major issues at this hour this morning as we hit 5:30. prince george's county side of the roadway, branch avenue, 301, no problems. indian head highway is also looking good. a wider look at things, the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway moving along. no major issues so far this morning. we'll keep our fingers crossed to hope things keep driving this way. see you in ten minutes as we come back at 5:41. 5:31 now. breaking news, we are learning new information about u.s. air strikes overnight in syria.

this is some youtube video to show the air strikes attacking isis' self-declared capital. nbc news is not verify the authenticity of this video. isis is not the only target of the u.s. the air strikes will target any terrorist network plotting against the u.s. tracie potts is live on capitol hill watching the breaking news overnight. what are we learning? >> reporter: just this morning an hour and a half ago we got a statement from the pep oregon talking about how this operation happened. as we take a look at the video, aircraft taking off headed to syria. the pentagon says they destroyed or damaged multiple targets in raqqah, the self-declared capital of isis in syria. but 48 tomahawk land to air missiles were used with fighter jets and other equipment. and that they hit not only the headquarters but also storage units, finance units, fuel and

weapons depots. the air force, navy and marine drones were used and all of them were returned safely. we also know that five arab nations were involved, but here on capitol hill we have to point out that lawmakers are saying the air strikes will help but it's the ground war will really have an impact on isis in syria. >> tracie potts, thank you. and you can receive all of the alerts about the developments in syria right on your smartphone throughout the day. download the news4 app and search nbcwashington in the app store or google play. we are following breaking news in israel where a source tells nbc news israel shot down a syrian fighter jet in golan heights. this is the first time israel intercepted a syrian aircraft since 1989. israel has warned anything that crosses its border will get shot down. people were kept off the sidewalk in front of the white house overnight. the heightened security comes

after a man managed to get through the front door last week. meanwhile, we are learning more about that man. omar gonzalez, there are a lot of questions about why he was not stopped sooner. gonzalez was first arrested back in july in virginia for reckless driving. he had weapons and a map of d.c. with the white house circled in his car. gonzalez was last seen last month near the white house. finally, he was stopped last week after making it to the front door. gonzalez's ex-wife spoke to us saying he had no intention of hurting anybody. >> i want him to get treatment. he doesn't need topuni, he wasn't going to the white house to hurt obama. >> there's an investigation underway to see why the attack dogs were not released. right now police are narrowing their search for a map accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and seriously hurting another. investigators say they are

closing in on eric frein. they say he's hiding in a wooded area where he grew up. his parents still live in that neighborhood in the pocanos mountains. some people living in that area have not been able to go home since police shut down roads. frein has been on the run for ten days. a deadly tour bus crash happened in delaware traveling from d.c. to new york on sunday when it overturned in new castle. one woman was pinned under the bus and died and another died at the hospital. three people are in critical condition. today you can weigh in on some proposed changes in bethesda. the planning department in montgomery county holding a meeting about westbard avenue near river road. a real estate developer is considering a mixed use sent they are. if you want to go to the meeting, head to walt whitman high school at 7:00 tonight. unwelcomed changes. why people in one maryland community say these billboards should not be upgraded. plus, cutting down on the

stakes. the upgrades in place in d.c. to make sure you're not wrongly given a parking ticket. you are in for a shock stepping out the door this morning. watch out, we have a case of winter. the changes you'll see over the day ahead with your hour-by-hour forecast are coming up at 5:41.

hi, are we still on for tomorrow? tomorrow. quick look at the weather. nice day, beautiful tomorrow. tomorrow is full of promise. we can come back tomorrrow. and we promise to keep it that way. driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. welcome back at 5:38. today arlington could take the next big step to building a

streetcar line. the county board members will consider awarding a $26 million contract while preliminary engineering and design work. the streetcar line would run on columbia pike with another line in crystal city. oklahoma-based hdr engineering is expected to get the contract. hdr was also used in d.c. for its streetcar project. it appears d.c. officials are listening to your complaints about parking ticket mistakes. the department of public works is upgrading ticketing software to say the change will acquire tag numbers to be entered twice. it's supposed to cut down on the number of incorrectly issued park tickets. aren't there like three agencies that can give you parking tickets? >> i think if you have to put the password in twice, it's just another checks and balances to make sure it is entered correctly. coming up on 20 minutes

before the top of the hour, a live look outside this morning. a picture that you really can't complain about, although -- if you're not a cold weather person. >> i'm not, you're not. but tom, this is nice fall weather. it won't be cold all day. >> right, exactly. there's some whining already about the temperatures. they are chilly. in fact, down into the low to mid-40s on this tuesday morning in the nearby suburbs and around the bay. we are in the low 50s downtown. hour-by-hour, 50 at 8:00 a.m. a few clouds going by noontime in the mid-60s. then the low 70s during the afternoon. much of the region near 70 degrees for highs in the afternoon. this time tomorrow morning, not quite as chilly near 50. a look at a warm-up for the weekend, how hot it may get saturday and sunday with the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. melissa, how is traffic? a brand new crash in

frederick county near myersville route 40 at route 17. police are on the way to that crash to give you more information. a wider look at things, we are looking good this morning. no major problems anywhere. travel times, 270 southbound from germantown road to the beltway, 16 minutes. the outer loop of 95 to 270 on time at ten minutes. you're also on time maryland 95 and virginia 95, we are on time at nine minutes. northbound quantico do to the beltway, 24 minutes. everything is looking good. i'm back in ten. no free rides. the violation state troopers are looking for as they beef up patrols on the virginia express lanes. who said you have to wait until after work to enjoy a cold one. the new coffee creation that may have you thinking you're drinking a beer.

welcome back at 5:45. today a long-standing rule could change in the district. the d.c. council will vote on you carrying your gun out in public. richard jordan is live at d.c. headquarters now with more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: hi, eun, good morning. if things move forward today, legal gun owners can legally be carrying a gun in the district, carry it on them wherever they go in a matter of weeks. the council will be meeting today to discuss that. this comes after a judge said there has to be a change in d.c.'s gun laws. now, the council is expected to decide today and to give the police department the authority to issue conceal and carry permits. however, there are some requirements. legal gun owners would have to go through an 18-hour training program. first, they have to go through a background check and mental health check. there's also restrictions as to where they can carry their gun.

no guns at bars or any other establishment to serve alcohol. not near a school. and also not on public transportation. and that last one, the public transportation seems to be controversial. some gun owners believe that they have the right to travel around, to move around the district with their gun. again, the council will be dismussing that today. this will likely be a short-term solution to last for three months before the council will revisit the issue later to find a longer-term solution to this. and there's an appeal in the works, so still a lot hanging in the balance, but we are expecting the council to make some type of decision on this later today. reporting live in northwest washington, richard jordan, news4. 14 before the hour now. a prince william county teacher arrested with biting a child is blaming another student. police arrested teresa brown on charges of assault and battery working at the goddard school in woodridge where she bit a 14-month-old boy so hard it left a mark on his shoulder. brown told us she didn't bite

anyone and thinks another child did it. the opener of the school is charged with not reporting the alleged incident. today a special honor for a virginia marine who gave his life in afghanistan. the stafford county sheriff's office will export the body of sergeant charles strong from dover air force base. strong is a native of suffolk county. he died september 15th in combat. strong was married and his wife taylor is pregnant with a little girl due in december. you may experience road closures along state route 1 and 3 this afternoon as the processional moves through. and you can join a rally about climate change today. hours before the united discusses it, that is. president obama will speak to the association today at noon. we'll take a look at a similar rally happening in new york city this weekend. if you want to attend today's rally, head to the wilson building on pennsylvania avenue northwest at 9:00.

right now a heads-up if you're a student in d.c. public schools. eastern high school in northeast d.c. is closed today. an underground transformer exploded last night. fire and power crews have been working through the night to restore power. all other d.c. public schools are open. the sheriff's office in st. mary's county is looking for a thief today. it says that someone stole eight of their big orange construction signs and 12 stands for those signs. so you have 8 signs, 12 stands. i don't know what they are going to do with that. the numbers don't add up. this happened along a ten-mile stretch of point lookout road. the sheriff's office did not say how much everything stolen is worth. neighbors in prince george's county fighting a proposal to upgrade billboards. today the zoning commission will review a bill to turn old signs into new digital led signs. the problem is in the '90s there was a push to phase out

billboards because some considered them an eyesore. now there's confusion on the effort to update them. >> particularly the proximity to so many residential communities, nevermind the distracted driving going down the highway. it's just unacceptable. >> the company behind the bill says the boards help fight crime. clear channel released a statement saying since 2007 digital billboards have led to the arrests of 50 wanted criminals. you get to voice your concerns about the future of a public school in alexandria today. the city is drafting a new five-year strategic plan for the school system. tonight you get the chance to weigh in on the plan. the meeting is tonight at 7:00 at the central office building on braddock place. it is still baseball season around here, but later this morning we'll get a look at what the capitals will be wearing when they play at nats park for the winter classic. they will be at the park this morning to unveil the new winter classic uniforms. the commissioner will be there

along with members of the front office from the capitals and the chicago blackhawks. the winter classic is set for new year's day. back to baseball. and the nats are back at home for the first time since clenching the playoff berth. getting inside nats park is going to be tough in october. tickets went on sale yesterday and sold out in 17 minutes. just like that. we knew that would happen. you can still hope for standing room only tickets on the day of each game. we also checked stubhub, standing room tickets start at $78. if you're a high roller, you can get an infield box seat for, wait for it, $11,000. >> it's worth it. $11,000. >> tom's paying! >> i'll buy the food! we'll get burgers and sandwiches

and be good to go. >> oh, man. it's so exciting. we all have nats fever. we are growing beards. join us. we've got a gorgeous morning going on here this morning. it is rather chilly, but i like the invigorating air. if you're out walking the dog, definitely layer up. it's going to be chilly between 6:00 to 8:00. we'll still be in the 40s. plus the sunshine will warm us into the mid-50s between 8:00 and 10:00 this morning. right now in the nearby suburbs and around the beltway in prince george's county, it is only near 50 degrees. bowie down to 46. much of montgomery county, the low to mid-40s. we are down to 43, chilly there in gaithersburg. leesburg, 43. much of fairfax county, the upper 40s to near 50. the mid-40s in prince william, stafford as well.

the skycast shows some high clouds drifting through. quite a bit of sunshine so you need the sunglasses. then we'll have the high clouds in and out throughout the afternoon. the sun should warm us into the mid-70s by the afternoon. fairly mild for the afternoon. look at the gorgeous photo taken yesterday morning over the bay. posted by sonia wagner. post your pictures on twitter, facebook and instagram. connect with me, i love to see your photographs. as we take a look at the forecast for tomorrow, it's going to be a bit milder with highs reaching the mid-70s. a bit of a blustery wind from the north and east increasing clouds with an area coastal low pressure getting closer to us. we have the increasing chance for some much-needed rain. it's been dry this september so far, and we'll get the first rain drops around sunset on wednesday. off and on showers wednesday into midday thursday. drying out after that. then warming for the weekend again. a touch of summer in the air. saturday and sunday, into the

low to mid-80s. then remaining warm for the first part of next week. melissa is here now with a look at the commute and everything going on. so far we're doing pretty well with normal volume building, but that's typical for 6:00 almost in the morning. the inner loop and outer loop, no problem. 270 at montgomery village avenue, all the folks are headed southbound here and moving right along. no problems right now. taking a look here at 66, if you're headed into town and hopping on perhaps kind of near prince william parkway here, you can see you are a little bit slow through centreville that opens back up once you get to oakton and falls church. no real problems there. typically slow there. 95 at cardinal drive, no problem there. the beltway at indian head highway, we are seeing a little bit of volume here. this is fairly typical this time of the morning. overall, looking pretty normal right now. no major issues. we'll keep our fingers crossed. we don't want to see anything nasty today or any day. if you're on twitter, follow

us @first4traffic. thank you, melissa. make sure you are following the rules on the beltway express lanes in virginia. today state police are cracking down on drivers trying to take those lanes for free. now that's allowed if you are with three people in your car, but they say too many of you are breaking the rules. >> what we want to do is remind drivers that to travel toll-free, you have to have the three people in your vehicle. >> you also need an e-z pass flex to switch to hov mode du lunch hour this week. anyone can take the express lanes for free if you register beforehand. it will be a busy day in northern virginia. the governor will be there for the ribbon cutting and then heading to arlington to make an appearance at three separate events. he's going to deliver remarks at the greater washington board of trade meeting and at the chefs

for equality event. and planners want your opinion on transforming the waterfront near nats park. they want to build a huge public green space on the foundation of the old 11th street bridge. it could be finished by 2018. the committee will take the city's favorite design into consideration for a finalist. five minutes before the hour now, you have probably heard the expression it's 5:00 somewhere. the latest creation that starbucks may have you think you're enjoying a beer in the morning. mary thompson is live with this story for your money. mary, what is this about? >> kind of a bridge drink, i guess you could call it. starbucks is testing coffee that some say tastes like beer. there's no alcohol in the latte, but it's a combination of espresso with a chocolate flavored sauce and whipped cream and dark caramel. starbucks already sells beer and wipe at select stores at night.

this could be a further way to bridge the gap between morning and night to customers. sony is planning to start selling the playstation in the u.s. next month. this device comes with 700 games available for download including angry birds and older playstation titles. users can also access hundreds of tv shows and movies. playstation tv will cost $140 if you use a wireless controller. i don't know about you, but i'm not sure i want coffee that tastes like beer. >> i'm with you completely on that one. i'm good with the coffee. thank you, mary thompson at cnbc. >> the chocolate and caramel part, i can go for that. nobody is losing their job over the ray rice scandal. that's the word from baltimore ravens opener steve bisciotti who spent an hour defending his news organization's handling of the situation. he also said a recent espn report attacked the character of his organization. the report claims they knew about the ray rice video, tried

to cover it up and pushed for a more lenient punishment for rice. bisciotti says none of that is true. >> i wish they had at least acknowledged that during their fact-fighting they were getting the majority of the story from people who are paid to work to get ray's suspension overturned. >> the ravens also released a statement saying they did not ask for any favors from the nfl or roger goodell when it came to the punishment of ray rice. a group of native americans wants a lawsuit filed by dan seniler against them over the sued trademark to be dropped. the native americans say snyder would have to sue the office over the decision, not them. in federal law it allows them to sue people who bring up this case. we are on top of breaking news this morning, america conducted air strikes against

isis in syria. just minutes ago we received new video showing the aftermath of the attack

right now at 6:00 a.m., we are staying on top of breaking news. the u.s. conducted air strikes against isis in syria overnight. this morning we are learning which countries helped. and we have brand new video of

what it looks like on the ground now. we'll share it from the live desk. plus, as you step outside this morning, you might want to grab a jacket. a lot of you are waking up to temperatures in the 40s right now. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here to help you get out the door this morning. tom? yes, indeed. as you are preparing your family for this tuesday morning, rummaging through your closet, here is what to wear for your children this morning especially. the choices you have, i would suggest a jacket and long pants this tuesday morning. because we are down just into the 40s for much of the metro area. that includes prince george's county, much of montgomery county and fairfax county as well as loudoun, prince william and much of southern maryland. right near 50 degrees, low to mid-50s for the bay. we have the first frost advisory of the season. showing up out of the mountains, the counties in blue. protect the outdoor plant there is because it is down into the mid-30s there now. and hour by hour throughout the day today, we'll h