accordingly and even in flip-flops. today, long sleeves, long pants and an umbrella handy too. showers will likely sweep across the metro area. that's not going to be until the afternoon. it's on the mild side now. turning much cooler by the time you head back home. the showers now? right now they're in western maryland, west virginia. they are trarbging a off to the northeast. most of this rain will stay well to the west of much of washington and virginia and maryland for much of the day. it's not going to be arriving until late east of the blue ridge after that. so driving this morning, dry roads. temperatures in the mid-60s. cloudy sky. likely wet roads for the

afternoon commute. by then back down to 60 degrees. next weather and traffic on the 1s team 4 x 4 on the road. melissa has breaking news. breaking news still in frederick. talking about westbound west patrick at 15. we are still shut down. eastbound lanes are over. this is going to be probably a couple of hours. it is unfortunately a fatal crash. new crash 95 southbound at mountain view road. we have the right shoulder closed there. crews on the way to get 245 it out of the way. wider look at things, no major problems. maryland, 95 at the icc moving along. prince george's county, also looking good right now. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, indian head, everything rolling along quite nicely. a live picture of 66 coming up. thanks, melissa. if you work for the federal government, a lot of you will have extra security standing by

when you go to work today. you may or may not see it. news 4's molette green is at the white house to tell us why it's there. >> security is visible out here. we have one, two police cars and several officers standing on board outside the lower gate here. homeland security not telling us about these new measures this morning. here's what we can tell you. some federal buildings will see beef up security in washington and other cities around the country. no specifics on which government billions will see this. the ramped up security and the locations we can tell you will vary from day to day. no details given to us yet on the kinds of enhanced security that some of you will see. homeland security calling this precautionary at this moment after public threats from terror organizations to attack the u.s.

homeland and attacks of course last week in canada against the government there. here outside the white house, a lot of focus, a lot of attention after last week a fence jumper made it over before secret service dogs took him down. we are live outside the white house. back to you. today we could learn how the government feels about you making a phone call from a plane. the federal transportation officials are meeting in d.c. this morning. they will discuss whether to allow you to make calls while you are flying. in the past the government said it would be too disrupt and i have could undermine your safety. the head of the fcc say the ban is outdated. the lead investigators in the secret service prostitution scandal because of his own incident with a prostitute. according to the "new york times", david knee hand stepped down after he was asked about a prostitute in florida. the woman told deputies knee hand paid her for sex. he has not been charged

anything. a woman trying to figure out whether she was is recorded by her rabbi. she attended a support group meeting last night. d.c. police say at least six women were photographed. they are working to identify other victims. they arrested him to weeks ago. he pleaded not guilty to voyeurism. virginia governor mccallive has several business deals in the works. there are concerns that future details may be in jeopardy because the state is lacking cash incentives for businesses. mcauliffe has offered $68 million in grants to businesses. but it's unclear whether the general assembly will approve or grants because of the budget shortfall. students in maryland will have two years before they are required to pass a new test to

graduate. according to the "washington post", the state board of education voted to postpone the new test requirement yesterday. they are being given to students in grades 3, 8 and 10. they were based on national core standa that requirement will start in the 2016-17 school year. why one witness to this rocket launch says he knew there was a problem befor . and live look outside this morning. chuck bell will join us live with a look at tonight's halloween forecast for you. new proof that we just can't get

hey, if you're sick of having to sit through commercials before you watch a video online you might be in luck. youtube is considering adopting an ad-free subscription service for a flat monthly or annual fee. right now it has more than a billion users. how many selfies have you taken this week? check your phones? according to travelzoo, 86% americans polled take at least one per week. a third snapped three or more selfies per week. most of the pictures are taken at home. and more likely to include a friend in the selfie rather than a romantic partner. most of my selfies include you aaron. >> that's true.

let's do it. >> we'll post those to instagram and twitter right away. >> the one a week makes sense to me. maybe there's a background you want to have. >> if you're in your living room and taking a selfie, here i am stpwhrfrplgts. >> that's a little bit much. >> yes. . it is 5:11 just about. 55 degrees outside our studios. meteorologist chuck bell drove the storm team 4 x 4 to vienna. >> morning, eun and aaron. my last one was a selfie. the first picture on there is a selfie of me and her eating breakfast. the pancakes were lovely. halloween parade, 68th annual, tonight at 7:00. you're going to want to pay attention to the forecast. temperatures right now are mild, mild, mild. we're 66 here in vienna first

thing this morning. your forecast throughout the rest of the day, plan for a mild start to the day. plenty of clouds around. you may see a little bit of subpoena here and there. temperatures wil climb up into the low 70s after lunchtime. showers could linger about 7:00 for the parade. it's a rain or shine event. whatever rain is left will be ending and not that heavy. that's a check on the forecast for this event. let's go over to melissa mollet and first 4 traffic. breaking news. westbound west patrick street at 15 shut down. i just spoke with police. apparently this will be opening fairly soon. if it does not, jefferson to butterfly and working up to west patrick. no major problems into is and out of town. 66 is moving along.

95 here in virginia looking good. in maryland, maryland and bw parkway, no problems. . melissa, thank you. we're tracking a developing story out of hawaii as a wave of lava closes in on a number of homes. we'll hear from the homeowners who are staying to watch their properties burn. a growing crime that targets your children. your children. how children are

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oh, god. oh, my god. >> holy. >> oh, my god. >> it is still tough to watch as onlookers show us the unmanned rocket that exploded over

wallops island, virginia. crews will be out trying to get a closer look at the debris field. it could wash up on area beaches over the coming days, even weeks. it was operated by orbital sciences. nasa says an anomaly happens seconds after the launch. he said he believes the the command staff sent a self-instruct command to destroy the rocket before it hit the ground. a witness described just how powerful the blast was from six miles away. >> you can actually hear the sound wave come after the initial crash of it. everybody is in shock and awe. the sound wave comes across and

hits us. >> people felt shaking up in maryland 45 miles away. >> it is important to mention that no one was injured in this explosion. it was carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies and equipment. everything on board can be replaced. there are several other resupply missions coming up including one by spacex in december. a cargo ship is on its way to the international space station from kazakhstan. the rocket is carrying 5,000 pounds of supplies and lab equipment. the rocket should reach the iss later this morning. wallops island is near chincoteague. it is the only launch range and employs 1,000 nasa and contract

employees. thousands have been launched at wallops since 1945. it is the only one that can handle the antares rocket that exploded last night >> ala va flows continues advancing on the big island. it started flowing when mt. kilauea erupted in june. it is moving 15 miles per hour and is yards away from homes. some 50 homes could be affected. >> you can allow these folks to watch their home burn. >> >> yes. . an opportunity for them to go through a grieving process for what could be in some cases generations. >> evacuations have not been ordered. emergency shelters are open as a precaution. there are problems with voting machines in maryland right now. they are switching their votes from one candidate to another.

they had their ballots rectified. this is happening in frederick, howard and anne arundel. it is investigating what went wrong. >> the district is celebrating 40 years of home rule. several past and present councilmen and mayors got together for a photo exhibit and celebration. d.c. leaders renewed their cool for d.c. statehood. it would give people living in the district representation for congress. the computer network at the white house is back online. a source said it was suspended for suspicious activity. no part of the system was damaged. we also don't know who was behind the potential threat >> bullying isn't just about teens being mean. more and more teams are now dealing with parents who bully from the sidelines. coaches and athletic directors say it is a growing problem most likely because sports are felting more competitive at

younger ages. >> it's high stakes. you are talking about parents in soccer, lacrosse that invest thousands of dollars in youth sports. at the end of the day they are doing that because they want their kid to get a scholarship. that's competition with a kid on the same team or a different team. >> some leagues have introduced programs that appoint people to police the sidelines to make sure parents aren't getting out of control. more on this story on bullying on the field on news 4 at 5:00. and really we see it in all sports. a lot of times it's parents putting the pressure on the kids than the coaches. >> they learn those bad habits from their parents and continue it on through school. it is pretty disgusting when you see some of the things parents do on the fields. 21 minutes after 5:00. a live look over the district this morning. 64 degrees outside our studios. let's check in with storm

team 4 tom kierein. so grab the umbrellas, tom? >> big difference from yesterday when we were around 80 degrees. today much cooler weather moves in. have an umbrella handy. showers may be getting closer 20 your neighborhood later this afternoon. western maryland getting light rain. couple can better land west over to frostburg. tracking northeast. getting near haguerss town. shenandoah should stay dry until 9:00 or so this morning. some of that rain moving in there. it is a mild morning. clouds overnight like a blanket holding in some of the warmth from yesterday. holding steady in the 60s just about everywhere. low to mid-60s between 7:00 and 8:00. upper 60s between 8:00 and 9:00 this morning. then after that is when we will see it jump briefly to low 70s.

there's the capital under a cloudy sky. the temperatures right around lunch hour. back to 60 by late afternoon. mid-40s by dawn. afternoon highs 60. some increasing clouds on friday. high near 60. cloudy on friday evening. right now looks good for trick or treaters friday evening. showers late, after midnight is the way it looks now on friday night. saturday wind and cool. turn the clocks back saturday night. tuesday, election day, highs

mid-60s. what to wear when you walk to work this morning. now melissa has breaking news. >> we just tweeted about this. westbound west patrick at 15, spoke with police. all lanes are now open. that crash is now out of the wa we're moving along. folks headed southbound. wider look at things, no major problems into town, out of town. inner and outer loop looking about. prince george's county moving along. over this way, heading west, 66 and 95 in virginia headed into town, looking good. a live picture coming up in a couple of minutes. thank you, melissa. jose canseco is recovering after shooting himself in the hand at his home. las vegas police respond issed to the home yesterday afternoon. they say he told them he was cleaning the gun when it accidentally paoeurd. a finger on his left hand was

injured. police say canseco did not know there was a bullet in the chamber. there was nothing suspicious and they called it an accident. a company is recalling a halloween flashlight projector pause can burn your hand. the company says it received one report of a flashlight projector overheating and melting the plastic handle. no injuries have been reported. you can return it for a full refund >> don't be surprised if you see changes to the map on your phone. it launched map connect. apple maps has been criticized for giving inaccurate routes and wrong locations. police say thieves are stealing children's social security numbers and using them to open bank accounts and credit

card accounts under new names. it is so-called synthetic i.d.s. his 7-year-old daughter started receiving mail. >> i got junk mail at her name from capital one. they wanted her to upgrade to another credit card. i called capital one. >> he said a family member took his daughter's social security number and opened two credit cards. children's identities are easy targets because no one is monitoring their credit. if you have someone steal your i.d., it ruins your credit and takes so long to rebuild. it's tough. still picking up the pieces. the work under way to help homeowners rebuild two years after superstorm sandy. >> they are supposed to break apart when a car slams into them. but guard rails may actually put

your safety at risk. >> mostly clear skies. we're tracking rain moving into our area. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein shows you what to wear ahead on your weather and traffic on the 1s. if you can't be on your tv, watch with your smartphone or watch with your smartphone or

after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. hogan was awarded an a- from the nra. but now he refuses to release his responses. the nra opposes comprehensive background checks. they want to weaken maryland's gun safety laws. even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. on gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. hogan gets an a- from the nra. on protecting maryland, we just can't trust him.

crews will be back out at the launch pad at wallops island in the hours ahead to get a closer look at the debris field left behind after a rocket exploded during liftoff. >> transportation officials will come one step closer to deciding whether you can use your cell phone on a plane. marking the 40th anniversary of the home rule act which gave the city the ability to elect its own leaders for the first time. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. we begin with a live look outside. 5:30. clouds across the area. and pretty warm conditions thanks to the clouds.

>> cloudy and mild walk to go work. just cloudy. mid-60s through much of the morning. turning cooler. you'll likely need an umbrella. showers coming through. low 60s by mid to late afternoon. what to wear today, not the shorts and short sleeves. we'll likely get showers coming through from time to time during the afternoon. they are way out in american maryland and central west virginia. closer to washington county, panhandle of west virginia, martinsburg, three, four hours or so. this line way out to our southwest is the one tracking closer until later this afternoon. mild now. next weather and traffic on the 1s, storm team 4 x 4 with a parade forecast for vienna. now let's check on traffic early

this morning. what's going on. >> well, good morning. frederick crash cleared out of the way. 270 northbound, though, same kind of area, frederick at 85 we have construction still. late clearing construction on the way. live picture at dale city. branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, indian head looking . in maryland, 95, bw parkway moving along quite nicely. >> reporter: good morning. president obama holding several meetings today.

he will be briefed at his national security team, a closed door meeting in "the situation room". he will be meeting with american doctors and nurses going to west africa to help those ebola pats pats he plans

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but we all know that it's coming. skies are cloudy. it's mild outside. the radar here that i can see rain showers west of hagerstown area. most of those going into pennsylvania. the whole line will go down

later on today. still want to be umbrella ready for the second part of the day. out the door temperatures are in the 60s this morning. we're 66 here in vienna now. your forecast through the rest of the day, out the door weather in the 60s. highs today around lunchtime. briefly in the low 70s today. clouds and rain showers most likely between lunchtime and dinner time. rain should be coming to an end by about 7:00 tonight. 7:00 p.m. here in vienna when the 68th annual halloween parade gets going. a a rain or shine event. whatever rain we have coming should be ending or done by the time we get to the parade. it's here on maple avenue next to me. >> all right. chuck, thank you. taking longer to get where you want to go. the metro line that is most likely to be running late and where the line you use ranks. a dangerous situation behind the wheel. the steps a company in our area is take to go protect you from

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this morning a d.c. woman said police are looking into whether she is another victim secretly recorded by her former rabbi. she fears he recorded her during a ritual bath at kesher israel in georgetown. she left the synagogue when the rabbi's behavior changed. >> over time he would make comments about that i was an a attractive young female when i was having some of the males make sexually inappropriate comments to me. >> he is accused of recording at least six women. he pled not guilty to voyeurism. he is expected in court next month. the man who investigated the

secret service prostitution scandal is facing accusations that he slept with a prostitute. according to the "new york times", the woman in florida claims he paid her for sex. he resigned when they tkpapb to ask about that incident. he denies the allegations. two young maryland children are safe following an amber alert. police found them in delaware. their mother tia marie valenzuela called them last night. their father told them their mother threatened to drive off a bridge with them in the car. anne arundel and newcastle police in delaware are looking into this case. no charges are pending right now >> police are knocking on doors hoping to find answers to a murder mystery in prince gorgeous county. they found 39-year-old hollis johnson shot outside his home monday night. detectives handed out flyers to neighbors monday night. there is a $25,000 rewar for

information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case. . sheriffs detectives need your help tracking down a bank robber this loudoun county. a man walked up to a teller, and tkphapded cash. if you recognize the robber, call the loudoun county sheriff's office. terry mcauliffe wrapped up his trip to asia today. he said he has several business deals in the works. there is concern that future deals may be in jeopardy because they are lacking cash incentives in businesses. he has already offered $68 million in grants to businesses. it's unclear whether the general assembly will approve more because of the state's budget shortfall. some of the harshest ads coming from the 10th district.

barbara comstock and john foust in a heated battle over frank wolf for 33 years. you have probably seen where he says i don't think she's even had a real job. he said the quote was taken out of context. >> it was a poor choice of words. and i do regret saying it. it has allowed comstock to do what comstock does, that is to distract voters from her record. >> i think it was really a total lack of underst wanding works on what kind of jobs here in this community, as well as his intending to be demeaning. >> six days left to endure the political ads before election day next tuesday. before you head to the polls, learn more about all the candidates on nbcwashington.com. check out the first section on our home page. if you're look to go sell your car, park it on the street in alexandria with a for sale

sign in the window. it is renewing a law that dates to the 60s. after that review a public hearing and vote for city counsel. >> if you ride a bike, you will have a lot of new places to try it out. fairfax county approved a new master bicycle plan. it will build 1100 miles for you to use. the new framework could take 30 years to complete. >> whiz with ardz begin their 24th season. the start of the season with a big matchup against the miami heat. paul pierce will be part of the team. many say the wizards could be one of the best teams in the

eastern conference this year. it starts at 7:30 tonight in miami. go wizards! >> if you follow them on facebook, they have been preparing for this new season. it looks like we will have a good season. >> all right. love it. >> d.c. united, they are in the playoffs. the first home game november 8th. so we are really pumped about d.c. united. >> awesome for sure. >> we had great soccer weather yesterday. it was gorgeous. temperatures stayed warm overnight. we have clouds holding in some of the warmth. they're producing rain too way out in west virginia and western maryland. most of that is tracking into south central pennsylvania. so most of it will stay well west of washington for much of the day. not going to be arriving until later this afternoon. it may be getting closer to hagerstown. three or four hours away from

the shenandoah valley. a few near frederick, hagerstown, winchester. a few tracking south and east, through the metro area between 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. after 6:00 p.m., moving south and east and across the bay in the eastern shore. the sky clears out by late this evening and turning much cooler by this time tomorrow morning. a mild start now. it's near 60, shenandoah valley, across maryland and virginia. low 60s in the metro area. there's the capitol shrouded in the clouds there. the temperatures will be peaking noon time. a little sun breaking out. as the showers come through, temperatures dropping to near 60 by sunset. gorgeous autumn color. this was taken yesterday afternoon when it was hovering near 80 degrees.

taking on the grounds of nih and posted on twitter. you can post yours on twitter and facebook. you can post the higher resolution on facebook. those are the ones i prefer. cooler in the 40s. afternoon highs near 60. lots of sunshine. increasing clouds on friday. should be good weather for trick or treaters friday evening. looks like showers won't be moving in until after midnight and in the 50s. it should be dry friday evening. on saturday, occasional showers, blustery winds. highs 50s. clocks back one hour. mid 50s with lighter wind. good weather for election day. melissa looking at our wednesday morning commute with breaking news. breaking news, prince george's county. we have a new motorcycle crash. lk jr. highway. there are some closures. more details ahead in the next 10 minutes.

270, west goalry, folks headed into town. 66, 95 in virginia, moving along just fine. no major issues there either. taking a look bw parkway into and out of town looking good. as is 95. a a top the beltway, looking good. that's one of our trouble spots here. next 30 minutes or so, colesville road will slow down a bit. trying to get chopper over the crash. that in 10 minutes. >> thanks, melissa. maybe you're ready to hop on the ride line. you could be be in for a bumpy trip. the red line has more details than any other line in the system during this month. it averages three incidents per day. the orange line is the runner-up with just over two incidents a day. the silver had one and a half. green line, 1.2. the blue and yellow both had under one incident per day. >> later this morning, you will get a chance to weigh in on a major road project in wins william county.

vdot will explain plans to reconstruct 66 and route 15 interchange in hay market. they are hosting a community information meeting at battlefield high school in hay market. the goal of this project is to improve the safety of the intersection and to accommodate increased traffic in that area. now, later this morning transportation leaders from our area will talk about how to improve your commute. the meeting in virginia, head of metro and representatives from the airport and the commonwealth will all be there. they try to talk about the second phase of the silver line along with future plans. auto nation, four in your area, stopped selling collars equipped with the air bags in the recall. it could send shrapnel flying. so far four people have died. if you would like to check if your car is involved, we have a list on the makes and models on

nbcwashington.com. just search "airbags". it's now 5:55. you weren't getting what you signed up for. the accusations by the federal government against at&t. courtney reagan is live with "for your money." courtney, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, eun. the feds are suing at&t. they misled millions of smartphone customers about its unlimited data plan. they didn't let customers know it would cut data speeds if they went over a certain amount of use. it is known as throttling. taco bell unveils an advanced app. you can customize your order and pay before arriving at the restaurant. whatever it takes to get people

buying tacos. >> courtney reagan, thank you, courtney. a phone scam alert for folks in spotsylvania county. be be aware of a scam where callers say that you owe the irs or other agencies money. they are telling the victims to pay a fine or buy a prepaid credit card like green dot card. most of the victims have been elderly people. if you receive one of these calls, lets the sheriff's office know. a d.c. woman is asking for your help to find a dog stolen from outside a coffee shop in northwest. this is charlie, miniature chocolate brown poodle. he was taken from outside a coffee shop. two banals he was wearing said adopt me. he is micro chipped. they are offering a reward for charlie's safe return. if your child goes to school in maryland, he will have to

pass a new test to -- will not have to pass a new test to graduate. the state board of education voted to postpone the new standardized test requirements. they are being given to students in grades 3, 8, and 10 this year. they were e based on national common core standards. they were supposed to be used as a graduation requirement starting this year. it will now start in the 2016-17 school year. school leaders in d.c. may have to come up with a plan to feed students when they're home because of a snow day or bad weather. 50,000 students in d.c. public school system receive free or reduced price meals. when school is canceled some of the kids don't eat. >> many federal employees getting ready to head into work. news 4 is live to tell you about the new security many of them will see and the event that forced these changes. a look at weather and traffic on the 1s when news 4 continues. 5:57.

good morning. clouds held in overnight. holding in that warmth from yesterday. cloud cover over northwest d.c. overlooking tinnily town in the foreground. off in the distance is bethesda and southern montgomery county. a mild morning. your weather headlines for weapons, afternoon showers looking likely. turning much cooler for thursday. what to wear today. unlike yesterday, shorts and short sleeves, you'll need pants and umbrella. the umbrella for later this afternoon when showers will like i be moving through. way out in western maryland, west virginia, getting this line of showers tracking off to the north and east. won't be getting anywhere close to washington this afternoon. maybe the shenandoah valley by mid morning. mid-60s with dry roads and clouds through the morning.