a local school community tries to deal with the heartbreaking loss on the beltway. now 48 hours later there's still no charges. students at gonzaga began the day to remember dom petty. he was killed when a car full of classmates ran out of gas and was hit on the shoulder of the beltway. >> reporter: dominik petty's funeral will be held here on saturday, one week after he was killed on a crash on the beltway. dominik wise a senior at gonzaga high school. today is a difficult day. students and staff gathered for a prayer service this morning. his friends at the all-boys school are heartbroken. >> just a guy who loved life. always smiling and wanting to spread that happiness he had. just care-free. even people that didn't know him

at all. >> reporter: today we had a moving conversation with the pettey family's pastor. that's ahead on news 4 at 5:00. late developments in the deadly halloween hit and run. at a news conference just a short time ago, police in southern california said they've arrested a man in the deaths of three teenaged girls. the 13-year-old twin sisters and their 13-year-old friend were out trick-or help treating. witnesses told police the suspect made no effort to stop to help them. he's charged with a felony. no final push on the eve of election day. first lady michelle obama in maryland right now. live pictures, baltimore city congressman elijah cummings speaking out, warming up the crowd there. the first lady will be urging support for anthony brown and his bid for governor. mrs. obama arrived at a get out e vote rally just a short time ago. this a live look. president obama was in prince

george's county for brown last week. there he is with chris christie. final day of campaigning could be critical according to recent polls. the governor's race in maryland is now one of the tightest in the country. virginia has a brand new voter i.d. law that will impact just about anybody headed to the polls in the commonwealth. aaron gilchrist will show you what you can absolutely not forget. plus, why voter turnout could be the deciding factor for the balance of power in congress. that's all ahead in our next half hour. first at 4:00, he's well dressed and he's wanted for bank robbery. this man is accused of holding up the bb & t bank on warrenton road in fredericksburg, virginia. it happened around 10:15 this morning. the suspect was wearing a yellow tie and a dress shirt. he reportedly flashed a gun, then took off with cash. he was last seen walking toward plantation drive. we just learned all

residents of a group home that caught fire this morning are okay after being rescued by health care workers. the fire department posted these pictures on facebook of the fire on mills avenue near the icc in silver spring. we're told five residents. with special needs, have been moved to another house. we spoke with one of the health care workers who went into that home to save those inside. we'll hear from him in our next half hour. he was only a month old and now police want to know who killed him. rajon tireek brown was found unconscious inside a home on trenton place in southeast washington last week. the medical examiner now says the baby was beaten to death. few other details have been released. right now the man who led the city of boston for two decades is being laid to rest. a private burial ceremony is going on now for mayor tom menino. it follows a private mass in his home neighborhood. this is video from his wake on e funeral procession today was

very public. thousands lined the streets to give him a final salute. menino tied thursday from cancer. he left office back in january after serving five terms. her story is one of the most talked about today an social media, brittany maynard ended her life over the weekend just the way she had planned. peac in her oregon home. maynard was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in january and given only six months to live. she was 29. because in part of her age, her decision is reigniting the debate over physician-assisted suicide. and it's our flash survey today. should doctors be allowed to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients? you can vote by texting or calling 202-601-3444 or visit nbcwashington's facebook page. we'll have more on the national debate coming up at 4:00. hundreds of students facing

a big deadline. why they could be forced to stay home as soon as wednesday. also, new traffic cameras are up and running. where breaking badly is not an option. 13 years after the 9/11 attacks, one world trade center is now open for business. a first look inside next. but first, storm team 4 tracking our voting and workweek forecast. >> after the weekend, things really calming down. 49 by 11:00 p.m. if you'll be out walking the dog, can we hang on to those calm conditions for election day? we'll take a look at that after

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halloween? a lot of folks are turning them into treats for troops. local scout troupes are collecting the candy. the story is one of the most shared an our facebook page. donations will be accepted through next friday. for details on how to help, check out nbcwashington.com. just one more day for hundreds of kids to get vaccinations or they won't be able to go to school in prince georges county. friday marked the deadline for parents to prove their children got the shots. their parents will not be allowed in class when school resume wednesday. another reason to slow don. eight new traffic cameras are up and running for the first time. six in northeast. the other in northwest d.c. they monitor speeding and people who run stop signs. for the next 30 days, violators will only get a warning. after that, you'll get a ticket. we posted a list of the

locations on our nbcwashington facebook page. open for business. we're there as employees arrive for their first day at work at one world trade center. why some believe the building is the most secure building in the world. and real housewives joe and teresa giudice are under fire once again after their 13-year-old daughter releases this music v

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.

one world trade center is now open for business. >> the first tenants in the sparkly new tower are known for sending trends. conde nast publishes vogue and the norker. >> the ceo of conde nast arrives at his building an a bright sunny day. >> a terrific day for lo manhatta historic, significant and symbolling. >> it's a symbol of a promise made and a promise kept. >> we give this back to new york as a gift. a gift of remembrance of a people we lost that fateful day but also of the wonder of how people pull together. >> reporter: about 200 condnast first tenants of one world trade center arrived this morning. >> it starts at 7:00 a.m.

they all came in very early. >> they walked through this entrance with its art on the wa soaring ceil'ings, marble all around and bright lights overhead. they'll occupy 1 million square feet taking over floors 20 through 44. they are mov from their times square offices to one world trade once the site prove found tragedy, one world trade is now 58% filled with tenants, many of whom will be moving in over the next several months. >> this is the safest class a office space any place in the world. >> reporte the port authority consulted with local and federal law enforcemt to ensure its tenant safety. around here, many construction walls are gone. new structures are rising as new offices are open in one world trade. speaking of structures going up, what you are looking at here is the transportation hub next to one world trade. when it comes to the office tower, so many companies will be moving in to one world trade in the months ahead, including kids

creative, an advertising agency. also kushman and wakefield, a major commercial real estate firm. kathryn craig, news 4. turning to the weather. we've got to get used to early sunsets. >> have to get used to the cold. >> we got a chance to bounce back. it helped it wasn't windy. tomorr, even better. of course, it's a big day all around the area. let's take a look as we head to the weather wall. sunset at 5:05. it will be going down. fairly nice. really good fall day for us indeed. meanwhile, across the area, we saw just a few clouds. satellite and radar. take you back to 1:00 this afternoon. see the cloud cover that's been streaming mainly across our northern most counties. still hanging t clear skies through southern areas of maryland and areas around the northern neck. temperatures have been, though in the 60s throughout the area. a little better than yesterday. 55 degrees around gaithersburg.

loudoun county. leesburg, 59 your temperature. those are some of the cool spots. mid-60s to the south where we've had that clear pocket where our warmest conditions have been. first thing tomorrow morning, heading out to vote, d.c. metro. th is for tuesday morning. chilly conditions. 45 inside the beltway. 39 bethesda. 41 degrees for burke. yes it will be chilly. mid to upper 40s across southern maryland. you folks around college park, too. a bit chilly. you'll need a nice warm jacket. dobt if you'll need the heavy coat. here's a look at future weather over the next 48 hours. yes, a few clouds during the overnight. by morning, back to sunshine and a very quiet and i guess calm day coming our way for tuesday afternoon. just a few clouds streaming in. that will be late around 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. as we get into wednesday, notice the abundance of clouds throughout the area. this is out ahead of the next

weather system. you can see some showers around hagerstown. i'll show you when most of th rain will start moving in. overall, you will remember wednesday is a cloudy, cool day. tomorrow, 72 is your high. 7:00 a.m., 46. by noon, 69 degrees. then we push into the low 70s. by 7:00, we'll start cooling down to 63 degrees under mostly clear sky by 7:00 p.m. midweek again, clouds but no rain. we get that rain on thursday. that's that hourly forecast we'll have coming up a little later. i'll show you when the rain moves in and how much we're expecting with this weather system. 54 your high on friday. yes, it's quiet. 72 tomorrow, our warmest day out of the next seven. it's election day. couldn't be better. we'll take a look at your weekend forecast. 50s. low to mid-50s with another

storm system we could be dealing with. news for your health now. new evidence that weight loss surgery significantly reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. british researchers compared two groups of obese patients who did not have diabetes. one group under went bariatric surgery. the other had no obesity treatments. the surgery group was 80% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, regardless of blood pressure, cholesterol or smoking status. if you are a woman, the conventional wisdom that milk builds strong bones may be wrong. swh researchers found women who drane or more classes a day had a greater risk of bone fracture or death than those who consumed less than a glass a day. experts suspect a sugar found in milk may play a role. >> did you see it? he pulled off a death-defying stunt on live tv again.

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a walk on the wild side and a controversial music video starring the young teenager -- teenage child of a real housewives star. >> let's talk with "access hollywood's" billy bash. the new music video has been described as girl gone wild. couldn't believe she's just 13 when i looked at it. >> yeah, i think a couple of girls in the group, one is a teeny bit older, but still, the peic rotations, most feel a little much. there's some lyrics in there that are -- what is it, you can judge us on our looks and our age but i'll be stacking my

stacks, you'll be making minimum wage. it seems -- it's tough to swallow, jim. too oversexualized a little bit. and i don't know, sends the wrong message. it looks very expensive, so i think i know where all the money went, to the production. >> in the don't look down department, tightrope walking star nik wallenda called last night's walk his most challenging feat to date. what did you think? >> everything is about the feet. i'm looking at the feet the whole time. do you know on the first one which was an incline and took him over six minutes to do, that cable is in diameter the same width as a nickel. it is really, really narrow and across he goes. and the other one is blindfield you look at all those

balconies. people are tailgating, drinking beers. is this really an event we tailgate. there's an underbelly to this. he's done the grand canyon and chicago skyscraper. they'll look at the ratings. the ratings are very go. l say what's the sequel. what do we do next and next and eventually, i don't know. >> i don't know what he could do. >> unbelievable perspective. it's tough to watch this. i had to be blind folded when they put that camera straight down. >> i am so scared of heights. if i get to the edge of a building, even perfectly protected, i start to freak out and sweat. one of his kids, they showed a thing at home. they've got the kids on trampolines. it's tough to be born into that. business is tough going. >> they've got big shoes to fill. >> they've got very tight

leather slippers to fill. >> thank you, billy. see you tonight at 7:30. voters will be heading to the polls in just a matter of hours. the races you need to keep an eye an and the changes at the polls in our region. an importa clue has been an importa clue has been found in the crash of virgin she did as a legislator, doors, hoping yobarbara comstocke. pushed bills benefiting her special interest client, then failed to disclose she was paid thousands by that same client, failed to disclose 85,000 in extra compensation. the washington post called comstock's behavior "an apparent breach of congressional ethics." we just can't trust barbara comstock. patriot majority usa is responsible for the content of this advertising.

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from the cockpit video of a doomed space plane that exploded over american skies. >> and the legacy of a 29-year-old who ended her life and how she's changing the discussion about so-called death with dignity. tomorrow could bring a critical change up an capitol hill. democrats are desperately trying to keep republicans from winning control of the senate. they say voter turnout will be critical. news 4's steve handelsman has our story. >> reporter: in georgia's close senate race, democrat michelle nunn is on a last day push. >> y'all are freed up to go get everybody else to vote. >> reporter: north carolina's incumbent senate democrat needs a big turnout. >> hitting the pavement, knocking on doors. >> reporter: democrats could lose the senate but mitch mcconnell has had a tough fight in kentucky. >> victory is in the air. we're going to bring it home tomorrow night. >> reporter: ten states have

close senate races. in the latest nbc news/"wall st" poll. but president obama's approval is just 42%. he's focussed an ebola and on isis while 77% of voters in the nbc poll say domestic issues should be the focus. so tomorrow's a referendum an the president, say republicans. >> don't take my word for it. listen to barack obama. he is the one who said his policies are on the ballot. >> reporter: many democratic candidates asked mr. obama to stay away. but so might their voters tomorrow. >> you are hearing a mag that president obama stinks. democrat candidates aren't disagreeing and that depresses democratic turnout inthus yimp. >> reporter: hispanic democratic turnout is in doubt. latinos heckledy in president yesterday. charging he broke his promise to order immigration reform. >> the press choice to delay executive action was a blow to the latino community. >> reporter: but in florida, the

governor's race is tight. and it's the same in nine more states. but turnout could be terrible. just 55% of voters in our poll said they are highly interested in tomorrow's elections. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. too many campaign signs where they shouldn't be. the news 4 i-team reports state workers have removed more than 3,000 signs since july. most of them campaign signs. they were illegally placed in the middle of state roads in both prince george's and montgomery counties. normally it's a $25 fine but only commee pay, not the campai. you may be turned away at the polling place if you aren't in compliance with a new law. aaron gilchrist has what you need to know. >> reporter: new laws require every virginia voter to have a valid i.d. with a picture in order to vote. valid forms of i.d. include a drpassport, even

employee i.d. card as long as it has your picture on it. if you don't have any of those i.d.s, go to your nearest voter registration and report for a free virginia i.d. card. therbe a lot of controversy. voting rights groups say they will be monitoring dozens of polling places tomorrow. so when you get to the polls, here is what's you can expect to see in some of the major races. democrat mark warner and ed gillespie are vie. there are 11 congressional races happening. the big ones affecting our area, barbarcomstock and john faust. also a number of local races that includes approval of a $100 million road work project in fairfax county and a contentious race for the mayor of leesburg. the polls tomorrow will open for you at 6:00 a.m. they'll be closing at 7:00 tomorrow night. to find your nearest polling

place, head to our website, nbcwashington. you have any issues voting tomorrow, we want to hear about them. call news 4 at 202-885-4444 or you can e-mail the news4 iteam at tips at news4 iteam.com. we're tracking the election day forecast. >> how is it looking for us and the key battleground states? >> luckily the storms across the country will not be impacting our area. we've been tracking them an storm team 4 radar. that's coming through the southern plains around texas and oklahoma. this is one area that's going to through portions of texas. the pacific northwest. washington and oregon. you've got sunshine in between. again, for us, this system that we're looking at, even rain for chicago, showers there will not be impacting our area.

much of the mid-atlantic is looking at terrific voting weather coming up tomorrow. temperaturewis starting out in the 40s. it's going to be chilly. you'll need the jacket. nice conditions throughout the day. i think we'll quickly see the mercury warm hitting 70 degrees by lunchtime. evening temperatures in the 60s from the upper 60s to the low 60s, of course. again it is going to be dry in just a little bit. we'll be taking a look at not just the extended forecast for the rain hitting us toward the latter part of the week. and how much we're expecting. >> thanks, veronica. investigators say they've uncovered important evidence in friday's crash of virgin galactic's space plane. the plane exploded over the mojave desser in the california killing one of the two pilots. nbc's jay gray reports the company's founder vows to continue his effort to take tourists to the edge of the earth's atmosphere. >> reporter: we are learning a

lot more about the explosion of virgin galactic's space plane over the mojave desert that killed the co-pilot and injured the poolt. federal crash investigators sat to stabilize the plane during re-entry deployed way too early. according to the ntsb, cockpit video shows the co-pilot alsbury unlocking the feathers just after the rocket ignited. but a second lever must be pulled to activate that. no worn pulled that lever. the feathering system apparently deloyed on its own. it's an important factor in what is still the early stages of their work following the crash. >> we are a long way from finding cause. we still have months and months of investigation to do. a lot we don't know. >> reporter: as the company and commercial space industry morn the loss of a respected colleague, co-pilot michael alsbury, virgin's founder says

they owe it to alsbury to move forward. >> it's had a horrible setback but i don't think anybody watching this would want us to abandon it at this point. >> pilot peter siebold is recovering aft provide key information when he's able to speak with investigators. jay gray, nbc news. fire destroys six homes in an old maryland naeshd. coming up first at 4:00, why the flames spread so quickly. time it running out to make arrangements for you pets for the holiday season. erika gonzalez with what to look for if you're shopping around for ho. we all know washington's broken. but to fix it, it takes people who are independent.. and willing to work across the aisle. that's what i've tried to do in business, as your governor... and in the senate. because it's the only way we're gonna solve big problems... like cutting our national debt, fixing the va, or... bringing good jobs to virginia.

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>> where is my -- >> illinois senator mike kirk and 12-year-old jackson cunningham learned how to use their whilechairs and how to walk again together. the two connected when kirk suffered a major stroke two years ago, leaving him paralyzed an his left side. the very same thing happened to cunningham when he was only 8. his was caused by a blood clot. >> when i first met jackson, he really couldn't run. now he can run. >> it's been a lot from being in a wheelchair and him walking wi his cane. >> cunningham climbed all 103 stories. kirk only climbed part of the way. thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. we're going to have a report an what you need to know about taking petss with you. also ahead, just 29 years old but terminally ill. we'll have the story of the

national conversat sparked by an oregon woman's decision to end her life at home. and it's not often you see autumn leaves still an the trees under a blanket of snow. we track a winter blast in part of the country p

thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. many folks leave town to feast with loved ones. if you aren't planning to bring your pets along, you need to

start planning a place for them to stay. >> erika gonzalez joins us now with ways to choose the right kennel or cat. our pets shouldn't be an after thought. sometime they are. >> it happens. they should not be the after thought. many of us already know what we're doing and where we are traveling for the holidays. reservations at kennels should be high on the priority list or you may find yourself with slim pickings, if any. >> for thanksgiving, christmas, new year's holidays like that, months. two, three months. i think we're almost fully booked for thanksgiving already. christmas i know we're at least 50%. >> megan knox showed us around the fairfax animal hospital which doubles as a kennel. it boards anywhere from 10 to 15 dogs on an average week. for the holiday, that number quadruples. they are already halfway booked for christmas. this kennel rated high with washington consumers checkbook.

i spoke with checkbook's president who suggests shopping around. many kennels can have fees for things you haven't budd >> some of them will charge you an extra $14, $15 if you want your dog to have an extra walk that day. some will charge you $5 or more just to give the dog one pill. >> pick-up time is something to ask about. like child day cares, some kennels will charge if you are late. for company ratings by consumers checkbook, visit our website, nbcwashington. and search kennels. >> thanks. among the news stories, the decision of a terminally ill woman to end her life. >> it sparked a national as er reports. many say it's giving them strength to talk about their own end of life wishes. >> rep it's hard to look at images of 29-year-old brittany maynard and see anything other than the picture of health.

but terminal brain cancer caused pain and suffering so unbearable that brittany took a lethal dose of medication over the weekend. she'd planned her death with the guidance of her doctors in oregon. >> i don't have to die the way it's been described to me that my brain tumor would take me. >> reporter: her story has provided a platform for a national conversatio about end of life care and decisions. a conversation experts say should start early in daughterhooddaught it's somethi like to think of but being alive has a 100% death rate. >> reporter: people have opinions about their own death. a survey finds a majority of americans would rather spend their final days at home than in a clinical hospital setting. but the same survey found just one in fife adults has completed a living will or advanced directive. and more than half have never heard of a palliative care specialist who can help those facing the end of life.

>> palliative care specialists only job is to find out what you and your families want. >> reporter: the hope is a story like brittany maynard's may inspire others to talk about their own end of life wishes. >> a lot of viewers weighing in. should doctors be allowed to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients? you can vote by texting yes or no or visit nbc washington's facebook page. here are the results so far. overwhelmingly strong support for the idea. we still don't know who he is. her life came to an end inside a burning building in the district. now work is under way to see if the woman found yesterday was murdered. her body was discovered inside a vacant apartment on langston place in southeast. an autopsy will be done to determine exactly how she died. good news this afternoon about the child who fell four

stories out of a window yesterday in germantown. the 4-year-old will be okay. his injuries are not life threatening. they say the child was playing by the window of an apartment an sweetgum circle before he fell through. a well known d.c. attorney is murdered while on vacation. wendy has the details. >> reporter: we've learned van tiesley was found on friday. the door to his apartment was not locked. there was also no sign of a struggle. officers originally went to teasley's home after a friend became concerned and called police. because he wasn't able to reach him. teasley is a criminal defense attorney in the district. he is a passionate advocate against hate crimes. coming up at the top of the hour, pat collins has the latest on this murder mystery. back to you. >> thank you, wendy.

turning to the weather, we're going to be on a little bit of a roller coaster and have been. >> and a lot of us had to break out that hearty winter coat this weekend. didn't need it today but just make sure it's not too far away because you'll be grabbing it again before long as we take a look in this weather cast at the trends you can experience. the walking forecast for tomorrow morning, sunshine. yes, it's going to be chilly. and, yes, i do think it's, you know, a little heavier jacket weather for tomorrow. 45 degrees is how we s your tuesday. 72. nice conditions by afternoon. only a few high clouds coming through the area. good walk to work kind of day tomorrow or if you are going to be taking metro. 68 degrees up north. 66 around frederick, maryland. hagerstown 66. 65 in cumberland. 68 in winchester. 72 in d.c. of course, it's also a day when the kids will be off tomorrow.

if they are lucky enough, 2:00 p.m. super nice with a temperature of 71 degrees by 2:00, 3:00. keep in mind, sun sets at 5:04. we'll drop to the mid-60s. tomorrow the nicest day out offer next seven. the other thing we're talking about, folks, some rain for this week. storm system before the week is over. midnight, clouds across the area. we hit wednesday with cloud cover. thursday, yes, overcast. thursday is looking wet with rain developing during the latter part of the morning rush. 6:00 p.m. thursday. showers across the area. looks as though the heavier stuff may wait until the rush. after 11:00 p.m. on thursday, still wet across the area. right now looks as though we could have a half to an inch of rain. maybe a little more in some locations. back behind this system is when we get hit with the next cold

snap. you've been looking at the past seven days if we'll see this trend continue. >> it's the battle of the sans between summer and winter. we get warm then cold. for us, just coming off a very cold str over the weekend in portions of maine. they saw the cold weather, not only snow toward the carolinas but big-time snow around bangor, maine. some are picking up a foot of snow. leaves on the trees. numerous power outages. a very early season snowfall. record-breaking snow from south caroli up towards maine. no snow in our area but we saw the trough of low pressure around our area and cold air around the mid-atlantic and east. now a little more of a ridge. tomorrow, 70s. then back into the sk60s. this weekend, another one of those troughs move in. an area of low pressure. this is the kind of pattern we'll see play out over the next

couple of weeks. it's an amplified pattern. we get warmer than average and a lot colder than average. that pattern looks to be with us for the next several weeks. we're on the up side of things tomorrow. high temperature of 72 degrees. wednesday, dry, quiet but overcast. there's your rain we talked about on thursday. an 80% chance. right now it's looking fairly likely that we'll see rain throughout the day on thursday. dry conditions on friday. high 54. and nothing like this last weekend but this next weekend, saturday, sunday, 52, 55. more showers coming in on sunday and more cold air, guys, that will follow with a high temperature of 50 degrees. monday, next monday, this time. a lot more coming up an this storm system for thursday an news 4 at 5:00. two nurses saved the lives of people in a group home in montgomery county. as news 4's mark seagraves tells us, the disabled patients became

trapped in a dramatic early g >> reporter: this fire broke out about 6:00 this morning in montgomery county. firefighters believe the flaums quickly spread to the roof clapgs the entire ceiling coming don on the inside of the home. inside, trapped, three severely disabled patients who live here and two of their caretakers. it was those caretakers who had an emergency plan in place and were able to carry these three patients to safety. the only reason anyone in this house is alive tonight. coming up at 5:00 and 6:00, meet those caretakers who are the heroes today and we'll tell you what caused e and why it's something you should look out for at your house as well. i'm mark segraves, reporting. breaking news about the university of maryland's football program. scott mcfarland is at the live desk. >> stephon digs, a star wide receiver has been suspended for

the the terps next game. his actions towards officials and opposing players during a pregame skirmish saturday violated conference policy. the big ten developed the coach failed to control his team prior to the game. the university has been fined $10,00 result of this violation. the conference a reprimanded the team captains for failing to shake hands with the penn state captains during the coin toss calling it exceptionally regretsable. the head coach and diggs both issuing statements apologizing for their actions. diggs saying he let his emotions get the best of him. big holiday releases are already coming out. today you can buy the new "call of duty" video game in a special promotion at walmart. the game officially comes out tomorrow. walmart held release parties for the game like it did for the harry potter books when they

came out. retail experts are expecting it to outsell some of the year's biggest movies. flames consume several rowhomes in maryland. the people inside escaping just in time and then watching rnlplessly as their houses

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.

you're watching news 4 at >> right now, officials in louisville have issued a shelter in place order for everyone living within a mile of this. a huge tire fire. we first showed you the video at around 11:00 this morning. the fire is still burning right now. strong winds in the louisville area have made it extremely difficult for firefighters. they anticipate it will be several more hours before they can put this thing out. it's all happening at a tire recycling plant. so far no injuries. six homes an one block destroyed by fire. right now neighbors in frederick, maryland, are looking to rebuild. the pictures show the flames on south market street this morning. as news 4's mark mcgrath reports some escaped just in the nick of time. >> i'm lucky to be alive. another five minutes and i would have been in it.

>> reporter: craig got out just minutes before his rowhouse went up in flames. he watched as the fire spread from one home to the next. >> slowly, it just engulfed mine and just ran two or three houses down this way and then three or four down this way. just continued to spread. >> reporter: these photos show the intensity of the fire. the old civil war era rowhouses don't have sprinkler systems or modern firewalls. the flames took hold in the attics and then spread along the rooftop. a total of ten houses were damaged. six like craig's, severely. >> my damage is bad. it's completely -- it will need to be completely gutted and rebuilt. >> reporter: s market street was close forward several hours but has since removed. everyone was able to get out of their burning homes okay. just one injury. a firefighter. he was taken to the hospital

with minor injuries. megan mcgrath, news 4. news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. >> new tonight, murdered on vacation. a prominent d.c. lawyer bound, gagged and strangled. >> a difficult day for those who knew a private school student here killed on the side of the beltway. a toddler to a teenager, we're now learning more about the man taken too soon. last-minute campaigning. we have everything you need to know about what's shaping up to be midterm madness. new at 5:00, he grew up in a prominent washington family but his life ended in the caribbean. >> we're learning about the brut murder of van teasley at a popular vacation destination. pat collins joins us with more an the lawyer who was an advocate. >> rep they say he stood up for those who had no

defenders. he invested in our city, but he was drawn to the dominican republic. and for van teasley, that turned into a fatal attraction. >> my name is van teasley. i'm a resident of ward six. i've lived in washington the past three years. i'm a criminal defense attorney. i need to say that i practice for about 20 years. >> reps van teasley a few years ago testifying in front of the city council on behalf of gays and lesbians opp. van teasley well known in the city of washington. he was from a prestigious family mean was a real estate investor. a lawyer who represented the poor at superior court. he was known as a dresser. he was murdered last weekend at his vacation home in the dominican republic. he'd been bound, gagged and strangled. that there was no sign of forced

entry. >> for this to happen is just heartbreaking. i last saw him just this past wednesday he came by my office and we talked a few minutes. he said i'm in a hurry. i have to get ready to go to the airport tomorrow morning to go to the dominican republic. >> reporter: reverend willy wilson is van teasley's cousin. >> what do you make of what happened to him down there? >> you know, when i think about poverty stricken countries like that, particularly they see americans coming for the most part, they think most americans have money. and because he had a place there, it makes you -- be given special attention. and i think that might be what happened in this case. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, reaction from some of van teasley's colleagues here at superior court. and reaction from some of his tenants. li