ago a 9-year-old boy was shot in the head while standing outside of an apartment complex in northeast. he was caught between two men shooting at each other. he survived with critical injuries. last week d.c. police chief cattily linear told news4 that many of the gun victims in the sixth district were the intended targets. today we expect to learn about the future of transportation in d.c. mayor vin september gray will release the full move d.c. plan that lays out the next 25 years of transportation planning. we got our hands on the draft when it was first proposed. in it, new tolls on major roads are a part of the plan. so was congestion pricing charging you a fee for driving downtown during rush hour. this was also when we first heard about the downtown metro loop that could eventually be built. we'll learn what made the final cut later this moing. >> all the ideas to try to ease congestion driving downtown, even in the middle of the day, it's tough. >> just an absolute headache. coming up on 4:31 this

tuesday morning, 55 degrees now outside our studios. >> yeah, not too bad. we'll check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out what the rest of the day is going to look like. good morning, tom. >> good morning, you guys are wearing gray and so is the sky. still rather gray with clouds passing through. right now we are getting sprinkles near annapolis with patches of green on the radar. a few light sprinkles of rain in southeastern prince george's southeastern charles county and northern st. mary, that's tracking off to the east. a few sprinkles farther west of there. southern stafford county into northern spotslvania county. those showers are passing well south of the metro area here tracking across southern and south/central virginia. we'll stay dry for the morning commute and the roads will dry out throughout the morning. temperatures are on the cool side. not cold like yesterday morning. we are in the low to mid-50s in the nearby suburbs. mid-50s in prince george's, low 50s in much of montgomery.

and the skies are beginning to clear out down into the mid to upper 40s. then into west virginia, shenandoah valley, we have breaks in the clouds. so for this morning, a cool morning in the 50s between now and 8:00. by noontime, into the upper 60s. a mild day midday and then the clouds quickly close in for the afternoon. a pretty good chance for passing showers for the afternoon commute down into the mid-60s after it peaks near 70 degrees by early to mid-afternoon. and melissa is here now to look at work zones and road closures. what's going on with that. 95 southbound the off-ramp to 198, we have the ramp access blocked this morning because of construction. also, just below that, southbound after powder mill road the right lane is blocked. a lot of construction in maryland. a wider look at things, no major problems in or out of up to. we are looking quite good right now as we should be. 95 into and out of town on virginia, no problems there. and 66 at compton road is moving right along.

do want to remind you of this northwest, 15th street at columbia road is closed for a police investigation. i'm back in ten minutes. thank you, melissa. 4:33 is the time. we have breaking news, oscar pistorius is in a south african courtroom waiting to hear his sentence for shooting and killing his girlfriend. news4's angie goff is following the developments from the live desk. angie? >> reporter: this news breaking out of south africa. oscar pistorius is about to learn his fate any moment now. the judge started her sentencing a short time ago. the paralympian faces 15 years in jail or a fine for killing reeva steenkamp last year. she rejected house arrest and community service which was pushed by the defense. right now it is looking like some jail time is a big possibility. prior to that, she said she wants to find balance in her judgment. something that's not too harsh and something not too light. hearing now that as we take a

live look, he's about to learn what is going to be his fate. pistorius was cleared of murder and we'll bring you the latest as soon as we learn his sentence. >> angie goff, thank you. new stories about e bbola a developing right now. achoko amopko says he doesn't regret going to liberia to cover the crisis. that country was a second home to him. and another person treated for ebola is waking up with his family now. emory hospital shows this man arriving at the hospital in

september contracting the virus in sierra leone and treated for nearly six weeks. no other u.s. patient has been at the hospital for more than three weeks. right now thousands of liberian families are using new medical kits to keep their loved ones hospital while waiting to go to the hospital. so many people are infected in the clinics that they can't hold them all. the group doctors without borders is handing out the kits for the next month. to learn everything the health officials are doing to keep the virus under control, go to nbcwashington.com and search ebola. 4:35 now. chris christie is back in maryland. the new jersey governor is making his second trip to support gubernatorial candidate larry hogan. the two will attend a private fund-raiser in potomac before making a joint appearance at the pancake house in bethesda. the governor made his first stop in bethesda last month and helped to raise more than $400,000 for hogan's campaign. virginia governor terry mcauliffe continues to drum up business for the commonwealth in

asia. today mcauliffe will meet with university of virginia alumni in japan and attend a meeting of the japanese business federation leadership. the governor then heads to china for several events through the rest of the week. this is mcauliffe's second trip to asia. the commonwealth received an estimated $4 million from the asian invest. i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news from south africa. oscar pistorius was just sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp last year. the judge literally just handed down the sentence a minute ago. it's a third of what he could have got behind bars. pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide but cleared of murder recently. hearing from reporters in the courtroom, you can take a look at what is going on in there. they are saying that there is absolute silence in court. no sign of reaction from pistorius' family. something they must have

expected. his sister, amy, looks very distressed. little reaction from the family. as of right now, no word of how the victim's family, reeva steenkamp's family is reacting, but he could have gotten as little as a fine. the judge saying this morning throughout her sentencing, leaving a lot of room for jail time and that's indeed what has happened here. oscar pistorius sentenced to five years behind bars for the killing of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. back to you. >> angie, we'll come back to you for more in a little bit. putting yourself at risk every time you get behind the wheel, the massive recall affecting several car brands and why the government says you shouldn't wait to get it fixed. plus -- no train to catch? the reason why metro was preparing to close one of its lines for an entire day. we are tracking the chances you'll see rain in the day ahead. our storm team has what to wear forecast with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41.

have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it.

welcome back. you may want to double check if your car is affected by the air bag recall that affects 4.5 million vehicles including honda, gm and ford. the national highway safety traffic administration says air bags can explode spraying shrapnel and metal. we have a link to all those vehicles affected on our

website. to see if your vehicle is affected, head to nbcwashington.com and search airbag. get ready for a different train ride on veterans day. metro is shutting down an entire line to help control huge crowds expected for a concert. organizers say up to 800,000 people could attend the concert for valor on the national mall. that's four times larger than the crowd on the fourth of july. in order to accommodate everybody, metro plans to shut down blue line service for the entire day. >> so what we're going to do on veterans day is replace the blue line with yellow line service. trains will depart as yellow line trains and run over the bridge to greenbelt. >> the the metro says that will free up more capacity and more trains to move anybody. anybody wanting to go to arlington cemetery will have to take a special shuttle. i think the main part is getting the message out far enough in

advance, so there you go. we'll check the forecast. now we're talking about an interesting day. i'm thinking storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has a lot to say about whether or not we'll have some rain and the warmer temperatures today, tom? >> the weather will be getting more active today, we've got a big area of low pressure passing to our north. a few sprinkles in southern maryland bringing a few to southern virginia. have the umbrella handy with the possibility of showers here in the metro area during the afternoon. i need a light jacket this morning as well with temperatures on the cool sidewalking to the metro or to work. we'll stay in the 50s between now through mid morning with some sunshine. then quickly clouding up during the afternoon. have your umbrella ready in the 60s with passing showers later this afternoon. a look at a weekend warm up at 4:51. now melissa is dealing with work zones this morning. work zones starting in montgomery county. georgia avenue northbound at randolph road, two right lanes are blocked. should be out of the way here in

the next half hour or so. also virginia 95 southbound at route 1, only one right lane getting by at this point. this is supposed to be out of the way in a little bit. beltway at st. barnabas road is moving along nicely at this time. no major problems in or out of town. a live look at prince george's county coming up in a couple minutes. thank you, melissa. they were at the center of a number of high-profile data breaches. now shoppers are weighing in on whether cyber hacking will keep them away from major retailers during the holidays. first, costly problem. new numbers showing just how much of your tax dollars are being used to pay federal workers who are off the job for workers who are off the job for disciplinary reasons.

he's been called a super lobbyist, the ultimate washington insider. ed gillespie paid millions to lobby for the oil companies for a student loan company that overcharged taxpayers. his firm even lobbied for five foreign governments including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes. and then there's enron. gillespie lobbied for them while they committed the largest corporate fraud in us history. ed gillespie. the million dollar lobbyist whose never looked out for you.

it is 4:45. in the hannah graham autopsy, we are hearing that the results will come back this week. news4 learned the location she was found is a few miles from where jesse matthew once lived with his mother. matthew faces new charges from an attack that happened nine years ago. a fairfax county grand jury indicted him on three charges including rape and attempted murder. a 26-year-old woman was walking home from the grocery store with bags near the oxford road townhome in fairfax back in 2005. police say she was dragged into the wooded area near a pool and assaulted. the woman ran to diane jenkins' home for help. >> i remember that she had sticks and grass in her hair and some scratches. and she was confused.

and she was not speaking english. >> police matched the sexual assault through dna to the 2009 murder of virginia tech student morgan harrington. matthew has not been charged in that crime. the federal government is paying hundreds of millions of dollars to workers who are off the job for disciplinary reasons. a new report in "the washington post" says over the last three years more than 57,000 federal employees were kept at home for a month or longer. some were kept home for as long as a year while their cases were pending. the government accountable office says the tab for these workers exceeded $775 million in salary alone. the comptroller general says workers should not be sidelines unless they are considered a threat to the workplace. the ceo of a french oil company died when his corporate jet crashed into a snowplow in russia. the accident happened at a moscow airport last night. investigators say the private jet plane belonged to a total

fa. the ceo died and was 63 years old. this morning friends, family and friends are mourning the death of fashion icon oscar de la renta. he's been at the forefront of couture for decades. former first lady laura bush issued a statement saying, quote, my daughters and i have many fond memories of visits with oscar who designed our favorite clothes including jenna's wedding dress. we will always remember him as the man who made women look and feel beautiful. 4:48 right now. in alexandria today, sheriffs will show off or deputies will show off a new app to help stop animal abuse. it's called ice black box. with the app you can record video of illegal animal cruelty

and share it with police. they can use the video to investigate and arrest and prosecute an alleged abuser. right now there is a $500 reward if you can help police catch someone who stole a puppy that was taken in the alexandria section of fairfax county from the petco on richmond highway. this is a picture of the puppy. they want to talk to a teenager in connection with this theft. if you know anything about what happened, call police. and take a look at this dog who is back home with its owner in greenbelt right now. we told you about arwood last week when we said somebody stole her along with a laptop and diamond ring. after we aired the story, the tip led the opener 40 miles away and found arwin reaming the streets there. wipe is going to be atop the summit this morning as experts

get together to discuss, taste and critique virginia's wine offering. the speaker is ray isle, the executive director of food and wine magazine. governor terry mcauliffe says virginia's wipe industry and wine tourism are key components of the state's economic growth in the years to come. and it is beautiful, you don't have to drive far to go to virginia wine country. gorgeous setting and tasty wine. >> so many options. a huge industry for virginia, and rightly so. let's go to tom kierein at 4:51. and we are a little warmer to kick things off this morning. >> no frost around. and our mere low temperatures this morning are down in the 50s. >> merlot. >> i have to keep the trend going. this morning, storm team 4 radar is scanning the sky. just a few sprinkles there. a few specks of green on the radar in calbert county and

southeastern prince george's. we have light rain now dissipating here in the area tracking well south of the metro area for the morning commute. so the overnight showers, some of the roads are wet and will be drying out throughout the morning. we'll have a partly cloudy morning by 9:00. it will be a partly sunny day with clouds coming and going between then and noontime. then it's by early afternoon some showers are moving into the shenandoah valley. then by 5:45, 6:00, some showers in northern virginia coming right into the metro area. might have a little rumble of thunder, too, so don't be surprised if you hear that. no severe storms. then we'll have more showers moving through. these areas in green through the evening hours, that's going to continue through this evening. and by this time tomorrow morning, likely the pavement will be wet all around the region. right now it's down into the upper 40s to near 50 in the northern and western suburbs with the skies clearing out. south and east of the metro area, still clouds around and milder in the 50s to near 60 degrees. there's the capitol under a

clearing sky with sunshine this morning. we'll rapidly warm and still be in the 50s by 8:00. by noon, the upper 60s. by 1:00 or 2:00, 70 degrees. then by late afternoon, back down to the 60s with showers rolling on through. those showers off and on throughout the evening are back down to the 50s by late evening. this time tomorrow morning, near 50 with showers around. then during the day, on wednesday, we'll have more showers moving through. i climbed hawsbill mt. shenandoah on saturday and took this picture. send your pictures to me on instagram, facebook and twitter and we'll show beautiful fall pictures. windy and wet with highs near 60. still a blustery wind on thursday. mild for the weekend. looking great. if you want to head out to the skyline drive, you'll love it with a beautiful weekend. sunshine with highs near 70. melissa is check on good conditions this tuesday morning. looking good. we could see rain in some spots and that could be nasty. for the commute later in the day, we're looking pretty good.

28 at frying pan road is moving right along for us this morning. 66 in and out of up to, no problems there. same thing with 95, that's southbound construction at route 1 now out of the way just clearing a couple minutes ago. so that is gone. right now, the beltway at central avenue also looking quite good right now. a wider look at things, inner loop, outer loop, no major problems in or out of town. we are looking very green at this point this morning as we should be. taking a look at 270 now at old hundred road, quite clear right now. remember to follow us on twitter @first4traffic. and also like nbcwashington on facebook. aaron and eun? thank you. well, spreading germs around your home, the item in your kitchen that could be making you and your family sick. but first, ready to spend our take your business elsewhere? the impact of a number of high-profile data breaches is having on your holiday shopping plans. plus, the new phone scam in one area community that police want you to be listening for. it is now 4:53. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman,

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have you seen the news about barbara comstock? first, the washington post reported, barbara comstock failed to report eighty-five thousand in income. now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it.

take a look at this surveillance video. police need your help for the man who shot this clerk in a robbery. police say the robber had trouble getting out of the door. he thought he was locked in when the clerk told him to pull the door not push it, the robber shot the clerk.

he's expected to be okay. if you recognize the man, call alexandria police. three members of a high school football team are being investigated for assault. the loudoun times reports the members of the briarwood high school varsity team are being investigated for the assault of a junior varsity player. the loudoun public school is working with the sheriff's office and won't comment at this time. this morning we're learning new information about a 17-year-old who fell from a fifth floor of a dorm at the university of mary washington. he was high on lsd when he jumped from the window according to "the freelance star" newspaper. the boy is not a student at the school. a search warrant shows police found the drug paraphernalia in the room. the teenager's condition is improving. right now there's is a warning about scams in frederick county, maryland. the sheriff's office says scammers are calling you to claim they are a family member. then say say they have been

arrests and need help. in another scam, they say they are with someone you owe money to. remember, never give out your personal information over the phone. you can also call your family to make sure any calls are real. if you think you have been scammed, call police. . reporting for the news4 i-team, a local school district is under a big legal bill. this summer the i-team reported montgomery county school board members used their government credit cards on expensive dinners and hotel rooms. now they discovered the county is paying $146,000 for lawyers to review all the spending. when they are finished, the lawyers will recommend policy changes to the board. the school board also voted to cut up its credit cards so they won't be used anymore. you can help the smithsonian reach its goal of raising $1.5 billion. the board of regents announced private support for the museums. the group already raised a billion dollars since 2011 before making the campaign

public. the smithsonian is funded by federal taxes but a lot of the programs rely on donations. your shopping choices this holiday season could be affected by recent data breaches across the country. according to creditcards.com, 45% of consumers will definitely or probably avoid a store that was affected by a security breach. high income and younger shoppers were least concerned about those data breaches. and a report also found that 48% of shoppers say they plan to pay with cash this year for a majority of their gifts. well, d.c. just earned a new title, top travel destination of 2015. that's according to the international travel guide lonely planet. the company credited free museums and monuments, restaurants and destinations like the city yard and center city d.c. george town has the best shopping in the district. d.c. topped over cities like

milan and toronto. >> this is a great place to come. >> and not nearly as expensive as milan. >> stay with us, "news4 today" comes your way at 5:00 a.m. planning for the future. the proposal being outlined in the day ahead to keep traffic moving in d.c. and why it could end up costing your more. but first, we're tracking a system moving to d.c. the showers to the west of us are tracking this way and it means you're going to want to keep the umbrella handy in the day ahead. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with when the rain will arrive. a lot of w's and r's in there. >> bravo. >> congratulations on getting through that without sounding like elmer fudd. we have a few sprinkles that passed through over the last couple hours, so some of the roads are damp but they will be drying through the morning. more showers likely moving in