customers. stay with news 4. it's 5:00 a.m. >> bracing for a slow-moving commute. we're live on the roads right now watching for potential trouble spots for you as you step outside to morning showers. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with what you need before you head out the door. good morning, tom. >> yeah, we have had the rain falling since midnight. it is continue to go track off to the northeast, out of the southwest. it's ended pretty much in west virginia. still raining shenandoah east to the bay. the pockets in dark green it's coming down harder from lleytonsville and ulney. western fairfax from great falls to burk, west virginia and chantilly. northern fauquier, much of loudoun county getting the more moderate rain. light rain around southern

fairfax and prince george's county. temperatures on the cool side. low to mid-50s throughout much of the region. we have the sky look gray and drippy. a chance of an afternoon shower. blustery, chilly change for tomorrow. back to you. amelia siegel is riding around the looking at how this raven will impact the morning drive. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're traveling along the inner loop north of bethesda. a steady rain falling across the area. you want to be careful for leaves on roads creating slick spots. make sure you leave your headlights on even after the sun comes occupy. the rain will continue for that morning commute. we send things over to melissa now. any problems on the roads with the weather conditions right now? >> well, we know we're going to have problems for sure later in

the morning. had one earlier that is cleared out of the way in alex an tree ya. this looking a lot like the the inner loop. 66 at lee highway. this is what you're going to encounter this morning. prince george's county, things rolling along. everything is pretty wet. taking a look at 95 here in virginia as you head through stafford, looking good the entire way. allow a little bit of extra time. it will take you a while. no major problems into or out of town. 270 north and south also looking quite good. again, be careful out there. see you at 5:11. a live look at 270. it's 5:02. she is heading home. developing right now, the woman taken from a street in philadelphia and rescued in maryland was released from the hospital overnight. police are escorting carlicia gaither and members of her family back home. barnes was wanted for attempted murder even before this

kidnapping. police say in virginia he kidnapped, raped and tortured a 16-year-old girl. our a affiliate in richmond is covering that story. they tracked down his father and said what he would say to the teenager's family. >> you ask they forgive your son? >> the 16-year-old girl was missing two days before she turned up. barnes is charged with rape and malicious wounding in that case. an 18-year-old had a scary encounter with a group of car jackers in bethesda at 7:00 last night on hamden lane off wilson lane. police say the woman was parked on the side of the road when a man opened the door, held a gun to her head and told her to get out of the car. a second man opened the passenger door and stole the woman's bag before they drove

off in the car. police are searching for the dark red volvo with maryland tags 1 ae 3792. police last saw the suv in silver spring and chased it to 14th street in primrose in d.c. take another look at the tags there. the suspects got away. no matter how you get to work, walk, bike, drive you are all targets of a traffic safety crackdown in arlington. police are enforcing lines in the rosslyn area. wilson boulevard and north lynn street and lee highway in north lynn from now until the 24th officers will ticket drivers who don't yield to pedestrians. pedestrianing will be cited for jaywalking. i'm richard jordan. a popular building in london is blocked off after some of the bolts fell to the ground. this is the cheese graeter building, 47 stories tall. a glass triangular tower there.

these bolts are huge, described as the size of a human arm. one of the bolts fell from as high as 15 stories. the area has been secured. those closing off the area around the area say at this point it doesn't appear that the building's structural integrity is compromised. that's the latest from the live desk. >> thank you, richard. >> grab the umbrella as you head out the door. we're tracking how long this rain will stick around in your hour-by-hour forecast. he may look harmless but he is breaking the law. what this 90-year-old man did that has him facing jail time. news allergy sufferers don't want to hear. why things

>> welcome back. it's 5:08. wire learning the number of premature births in the u.s. dropped to the lowest number in years. preterm birth term rate is just over 11%. reducing preemie births should be a national priority to improve a child's life long health and to cut back on medical expenses. in news for health, it might be time to stock up on tissues. there will be a serious increase inollen in the next 100 yards. researchers at the university of massachusetts amherst say grass

pollen will increase 200% in that time. they say climate change is to blame. >> i feel like a lot of people in this area say their allergies get worse every year. some people who never have allergies all of a sudden develop allergies. we have all these beautiful green parks. >> buy stock in tissue. you're weather and traffic on the 1s. >> the rain is washing any pollen and dust in the air out. that's for sure. steady rain in virginia, maryland, bay, eastern shore. southern frederick and loudoun county. a few pockets of moderate showers in prince william, fauquier and western fairfax. what to wear this morning, definitely have an up principle la. you might want a light jacket with a hood if you don't have an umbrella. cool temperatures through 8:00 this morning. drying out after that temporarily.

sun may break out around noon time. a small chance of an additional shower. highs reaching mid-60s around 2:00. back to the low '60s by late afternoon. a look at when this rain will likely end is next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. melissa just told me they have a new crash. where is this? >> braddock road west. it is an overturned vehicle. trying to get more information from police here about what is being blocked at this point. right now this just happened. a couple minutes ago. 270 at clarksburg road, you can see how wet these roads are. 66 headed into town, headed out of town, no problems there. 95 in virginia is moving along for us. indian head highway at the beltway, a little slick as well. i'm back in 10 minutes with more information about this overturned vehicle. >> thank you, melissa. keeping your kids safe in the car. new this morning, we are taking

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welcome back at 5:14. watching for potential problems for you this morning. make sure the showers don't make you late for work. we have a crew right now tracking the conditions you will see when you get behind the wheel. storm team 4 tom kierein will show us when the rain will end at 5:21. two days after the election we still don't know who won the virginia senate race. volunteers will be back counting vote. mark warner has a 16,000 vote lead over ed gillespie, a a bigger lead than this time yesterday morning. counties around the state are

doing a vote canvas. the results won't be official until november 25th. at that point gillespie could ask for a recount. >> at least one person was stand outside a congressional office building capital street southeast outside the rayburn house office building. one person was taken to the hospital. police are looking for two suspects. and there was another stabbing outside dupont circle metro station. the victim ran into the metro for help last night. police believe the person was attacked outside at 20th and q streets northwest. a news 4 crew saw officers put a handcuffed woman into a cruiser. the victim is expected to recover >> the manhunt is over for an oregon suspect who shared his crime on social media. he turned himself in. he is charged with the murder of

his girlfriend amber copland. her body was found inside her apartment. he posted pictures of the crime scene on social media. he said he was hoping to die by suicide by cap. back at the live desk. remains of a former actor. may 1st, 2012, gavin smith. a hiker in the desert discovered his skull and some of his clothes as well as a shallow grave. smith was in a couple of films back in the late '80s to early '90s. he was 6'6". he became a movie executive at 20th century fox. there is a suspect. a man already convicted as a drug dealer. he was in rehab with smith's

wife. police plan to talk with him further once they get the final results of the autopsy now that they have the remains to investigate. aaron and eun, back over to you. thank you, richard. 5:17. the former principal charged with punching a student is expected in court in prince george's county. a judge could set bail for dwight jefferson who is currently in jail for child abuse and assault. he was a principal at dwight d. eisenhower in laurel. he punched a 13-year-old twice in the stomach and once in the face. a teach or notified authorities when she noticed the child had a swollen eye. today congress starts to decide how much money the country will spend fighting ebola. the director of the centers for disease control, along with the director of nih, will testify. the obama administration asked for emergency fund to address

the outbreak. virginia tech is taking precautions to prevent ebola from making it to staff. they are not allowing staff to travel to guinea, liberia and sierra leone. the university's new president is discouraging personal trips as well. they do not have any student projects in those countries. for the first time a texas nurse who became infected with ebola and survived is talking about the ordeal. amber vinson came under fire for traveling with a fever but in an interview with matt lauer she said there was no intention to break cdc protocol. >> i'm not careless, i'm not reckless. i'm an icu nurse. i embrace protocol and guidelines and structure. because in my day to day nursing it is a matter of life and death. and i respect that fact. i would never go outside of

guidelines or boundaries or something directly from the cdc tell me that i can't, that i can't fly. >> you can watch matt's complete interview with amber coming up at 7:00 on the "today" show right after news 4 today. police in fort lauderdale, florida are threatening to throw a 90-year-old man in jail for feeding the homeless. and he's saying go right ahead. he is a pastor and homeless advocate. a newly passed law in that area bans passing out food in public. abbott has been cited for violating the law once. a second could land him in jail for 60 days. the feisty 90-year-old said putting him away won't make the problem go away. >> you can't sweep the homeless under the rug. and there isn't a rug large enough to sweep them under. i spent two and a half years in combat and 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights.

and i have absolutely no fear of city jail. >> city officials say the new law is not to stop helping the homeless but to get them into city shelters that can provide a range of resources. instead of you paying processing fees, they're paid by advertisements. here's the catch. they play for about 10 seconds while customers wait for money to be dispensed. banks could potentially charge their own fees after the fact. >> i love it. >> you love it? >> that is the one place i don't think i would mind watching a commercial. >> especially if you don't have to pay the fees. upwards of $3, $4 in some cases. >> coming occupy 21 after the hour now on this thursday morning. take a look at this live picture here. thick clouds over the area. a lot of rain too. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. good morning, tom.

>> good morning. checking the latest rain totals. reagan national has had 1300ths. farther north and west some locations there had about a quarter of an inch. just enough to make everything wet. not enough for any flooding. might be a little ponding in some of the low lying areas. otherwise, no flooding. rain is tapering off in the shenandoah volley. especially areas in the dark green. it's moderate rain. a few pockets of moderate rain north and west of leesburg, along route 15. farther south a few pockets of moderate rain, fauquier, prince william, western fairfax. here and in northwest washington, a little light rain. and light rain in northern prince george's county now. the timing on the showers ending, the back edge of the rain should be exiting the metro by 8:00 this morning. and move across southern maryland, northern neck and the eastern shore.

might get a few breaks. otherwise, mostly cloudy. by noon time, a little sun trying to peek out. additional sprinkles. patches of green showing a few more scattered showers perhaps until 4:00 or so. after that we ought to begin to clear out, maybe have an additional shower way out in the mountains during the evening hours. stay ahead of the radar when you're away from your tv with the storm team 4 weather app on google play and itunes store. a cool start with the rain around. then during the afternoon, a little bit of sun breaking out. temperatures into the mid-60s. a small chance of a passing shower. tomorrow blustery and cool. afternoon highs, 50. might get a shower sunday morning. milder monday and tuesday into mid week next week. a little bit chillier on wednesday. i'm back with another weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:31 with your forecast. now breaking news on the roads. >> breaking news in virginia.

fairfax, braddock at fairfax county parkway, overturned vehicle. this person heading west bound. slipped because of standing water. that's what police just told us. probably a pretty big scene for quite some time. outer loop at 66. this is off to the shoulder. shouldn't get in the way too much. prince george's county looking good and green. moving along right now. top of the beltway at colesville road looking good. 95 in maryland. bw parkway into and out of maryland, moving quite nicely. going to get more information on this overturned vehicle in fairfax. back to you in 10 minutes. officials in hawaii are facing a tough decision as ala va flow threatens homes and lives. crews are working on an emergency access road inside high hi's national park after the lava flow destroyed the only road into the area. the problem is environmentalists say construction will spread

invasive species like fire ants and frogs to new an hat and harm endangered birds. an suv goes through a texas restaurant sending people running for their lives. take a look at the scary scene there. several customers were thrown across the restaurant and into the buffet when it drove through the front window in houston. nine people had to be taken to the hospital. no one was seriously hurt. the driver was trying to park in a handicapped spot accidentally hit the gas. >> you can share your vision for the future of historic downtown fairfax starting today. the city of fairfax and george mason have teamed up for a three-day workshop. the meeting starts at 8:30 this morning at the sherwood center on old lee highway. new this morning, we have more on a new report about your child's safety in the car.

the insurance institute for highway safety reviewed this year's booster seats and they say more than half are so-called best bets for your kids. three seats were not recommended. the olympia, the pacifica, and the batman no back booster. the institute said it measured how safe and snug the seatbelts were when children were buckled into seats. watch news 4 tonight. erika gonzalez will go in depth with all the rankings. it is important to know which seats are the best and make sure your child is in the correct seat and not taken out too soon >> many of you will pass one speed camera this morning. >> how many of you would like to have a say on whether they exist. in cleveland, folks did have a say. not surprisingly, they said they didn't want those cameras anymore. voters passed a ballot measure that said drivers can no longer be ticketed if they're caught on speed cameras. police fought the measure saying

it was a public safety issue. and others said they were speed traps, they were just making money. a lot of people have said if a cop has to catch me in order for it to really be valid. >> a big debate here in our area for sure. we're tracking new developments of a woman who was kidnapped off the streets of philadelphia. what we are learning about her condition this morning and the man accused of abducting her. new option for drivers for the daily commute. the newest section of the intercounty connector. >> you may need extra time to get to work as we deal with heavy rain around d.c. storm team 4 radar. your commuter forecast with weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:31. stay with us.

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welcome back. right now you are waking up to rain and some nasty weather out there. take a look at storm team 4 radar. you can see all the green area. if you're seeing rain outside your window, you're one of the few lucky ones. you know how it goes around here. of course when it rains, you know you will have traffic problems. >> we have you covered to keep you safe and make sure you make it to work on time. we start with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein.

bring us up to speed on this forecast. >> it's light rain. enough to make everything wet. the roads are slippery with the wet leaves. looking at storm team 4 radar, it is tapering to our west. raining moderately. pockets in frederick, up towards carroll county prince george's fairfax and the district. interstate 81 in shenandoah valley, two and a half hours before the back edge gets into the metro area. around 8:00, much of the rain will end. it will be wet. and the sunrise is coming up at around 6:40 this morning. that's in about an hour or so. when it gets light, make sure to have the headlights on even after it gets to daylight. and then during the afternoon, slts sun bre

the sun breaking out. an additional shower later this afternoon. mid-'60s by late afternoon. 5:41, i a look at the hour by hour changes >> amelia siegel is looking at the road conditions. good morning. >> good morning. we're tramping along the inner loop. right now normal volume, normal speed. also the visibility is okay. but we are seeing a steady rain. we want to expect that for your morning commute. you'll need the windshield wipers and the headlights this morning even after the sun comes up. leave the headlights on as long as it is raining. as far as the road conditions go this morning, they are okay. leaves on the secondary roads as well. we vice president had rain in quite a while. so, again, the leaves making for slick spots this morning. for the most part, we are noticing normal volume.

picking up on the outer loop. everything is up to speed. melissa, how are the roads and your traffic? >> police are saying this person flipped their car because of a large amount of standing water. braddock at fairfax county parkway. your alternate is lee highway. right now we have one eastbound lane getting by there at braddock. going to be a mess for a little while. 66 at fairfax county parkway, you can see a little bit of sheen on the road. be careful as you head out. same sort of thing. it is moving but wet. i-270 and montrose as well. no major problems

this is the parking lot where federal agents closed in on their suspect and rescued that young woman late yesterday. she had been held captive they say for three days. of course we're talking about carlicia gaither. her violent attack and abduction caught on surveillance, as was the suspect at a bank and then a grocery store or convenient store. he will delvin barnes, 37 years old. tips from that videotape led officers here to jessup, maryland. yesterday they found this car in this parking lot. both were inside. she was reunited with her family overnight. he continues to be held by the fbi on attempted cap a tal murder charges and other

felonies out of virginia. police expected to charge him in a kidnapping case in the next couple of days. she's reunited with her family apparently on the way back to philadelphia. again, it all looks did from that end. back to you. thank you, jay. we also did some digging and learned this is not barnes's first accused crime n. 2001, he was charged with breaking and entering in an area around richmond. also in virginia, armed robbery and conspiracy that year. in 2005 in pennsylvania, police say he attacked his estranged wife and he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault. we learned barnes is wanted in richmond right now on charges of attempted murder >> today a judge could decide whether to allow 28 men out of prison. those men were arrested on drug charges. but the government has asked for the release after questions about an fbi agent's conduct. federal prosecutors filed motions yesterday asking for the charges against the men to be dismiss. last week, several of the men

were released from jail after questions about how the agent handled evidence. the fbi agent a has been suspended. and today the judge could decide to let all the men go free. ray rice and his wife are expected to testify in an appeal hearing over rice's suspension from the nfl. commissioner roger goodell testified more than two years yesterday. rice was suspended indefinitely from the nfl in september after video surfaced of him hitting his wife in atlantic city. the league initially suspended him for two games before the video went public. rice was arguing it not right for him to be suspended twice. >> 5:35. someone gave birth to a baby and abandoned her. police are trying to get to the bottom of who and why. a woman found the baby crying outside the home in beltsville. she was found yesterday morning. they believe the baby was born moments before she was

discovered. >> she was cold. she was really cold. and i heard a bigger cry. i stepped off my porch and saw her right here. and i immediately just got up, got her and washed her. >> we're told the baby girl is in good condition. if you know who the mother of this child is, prince george's county really wants you to give them a call. >> 5:36. steny hoyer wants to stay on as house democratic whip. he sent a letter to colleagues asking for his reelection. you will see hoyer in the yellow tie. he represents prince george's, or st. charles counties. they are tired of dysfunction in washington. it was a top priority for mayor vincent gray. now the fate of a proposed on soccer stadium at buzzard point. a long commute for some of you. we're tracking your hour by hour

changes and trouble spots with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41. plus, trying to speed up your commute. when you can drive the newest part of the icc. 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

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well, you know thanksgiving is just around the corner. airlines are announcing how many of you will travel for the holiday. 26.4 million people are expected to fly over the 12-day thanks giving day period. the busiest travel day will be

november 26th, the day before thanksgiving, november 30th and december 1st. that's sunday and monday. you'll have a new option if you commute every day. the final section of the intercounty connector is set for friday night. it takes you to route 1 in laurel. a new exit to conterra drive. it will help those of you who travel to the mark station. a reminder the icc is a toll road. you can use e-zpass or you will pay a higher toll by mail. >> you have to have e-zpass. today you need to turn on the headlights, the windshield wipe stories get going this morning. >> here's tom. good morning. >> icc and the other roads are wet. this rain tracks southwest to northeast, all across our region. it's raining northern va is va, maryland, the district, eastern shore. back edge 2:15 away.

so around 8:00 this morning the rain will be ending it's a cool morning. low to mid-50s. have an umbrella and light jacket with a hood. temperatures remaining in the 50s for another couple of hours. later today, we'll have sunshine breaking out noon time. during the afternoon, a small chance of a shire. mid-60s midafternoon. a chilly change for the weekend. melissa, what's going on with the accident? >> braddock road at fairfax, westbound lane shut down. only one eastbound getting by. your alternate, lee highway. be really careful. wider look at things overall, no major problems. we are on time around town. maryland, 270 south on time. beltway 95 to 270 on time as well. 66 east, 395 northbound from the beltway to the bridge. and 95 north, quantico also on time. back in 10 minutes with more on the fairfax crash.

a live look from arlington county this morning where you could be ticketed today if you're not careful. the steps being taken in the coming hours to make sure drivers and pedestrianing all make it to work safely. maybe th were cranky about missing out on their caffeine jolt. starbucks is changing their menu.

15 before the hour. and we are watching for potential problems for you this morning to make sure the showers don't make you late for work. we have a crew on the roads right now tracking conditions you'll see when you get behind the wheel. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will show you how it will impact your weekend plans at 5:41. if you walk, bike or

drive-through two intersections in arlington county you could get a ticket. megan mcgrath is live in rosslyn with a crackdown starting in just hours. megan, good morning. well, good morning. folks need to be aware if you're out and about in busy rosslyn. they will ticket folks who don't obey the traffic laws. we're talking drivers who don't yield in the cross walks. people on bikes need to be aware they have to watch the traffic laws and obey them. lynn street and wilson boulevard. police will be out at 7:00 this morning. they will look for violators and be writing tickets. lee highway and north lynn is part of a safety effort that will be happening the next couple of weeks. they will be out from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00. then they will be out again at

lunchtime. so from noon until 1:00 in the afternoon. it all begins today. it's going to go until the 24th. so they will be be writing tickets to folks not paying attention, not obeying the law. so if you work or live in the rosslyn area, be aware and watch out and obey those traffic laws. megan mcgrath, news 4. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan. new information about a fire. a small apartment building caught fire in northeast d.c. windows were busted out. residents standing outside. police were asleep when they realize said their home was on fire. >> i was sleeping. and my neighbors overtop of me, her daughter came down and knocked on my side door from the kitchen and told me fire, the building is on fire, and to get up and get out. >> flames were contained to the

roof there. that's where we're told some construction work was being done. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. today a bond hearing for the maryland mother charged in the disappearance of her own children. she left sarah and jacob alone at a play frowned in montgomery county. montgomery county police believe the children are dead and they are building a homicide case against their mother >> you're being asked to keep your eyes peeled for a red volvo. 7:00 last night, hamden lane, an 18-year-old was parked on the side of the road when a man opened the door, held a gun to her head and told her to get out. a second man opened the passenger door and stole the woman's bag. they are still looking for the dark red volvo maryland tags 1

ae 3792. counting absentee ballots today will result in tight races. a vote kansas at 10:00 a.m. in gaithersburg. the sixth district includes most of montgomery county and parts of four other counties. this afternoon we'll hear about a new republican agenda on capitol hill. john boehner is expected to outline whaept he wants to get done the next two years. he said he was willing to work with republicans after they took over on election day. >> they've got specific things that they want to do that correspond with things that we want to get done. >> there will be a between at the white house tomorrow. a deal for a new soccer stadium is high on the list of priorities for d.c. elect muriel bowser.

council is hearing new concerns about the deal. they presented a 400 page report that reports to potential problems, including environmental and financial risks. the stadium could cost $200,000 or more. >> we want d.c. united. and i think we can get to a deal that works for the tax payers. so if we can get that done before november 31st i think that's preferable. >> koubl members also seem ready to move forward with the stadium deal. >> 'tis the season. starbucks is bringing back its eggnog latte. they took it off the menu for the first time since 1986 and customers revolted and demanded it be put back on the menu. they hope to have it back by the week of november 17th.

you spoke. they listened. >> business 101. give the people what they want. 5:51 is your time right now. we would like for the rain to go away. >> it will shortly. it's wet all around the region. this area in green is light rain. it's not really heavy rain. there's ponding of water on some of the ramps and low-lying areas. the back edge of the rain is moving east of the blue ridge. and it's tracking off to the east. pockets of moderate rain in northern and southern montgomery, northern prince george's. light to moderate rain. most of fairfax county in prince william. charles county getting showers there as well. and anne arundel that's where the heavier rain is now. here's the timing. 8:00, most of the rain will be east of washington. still linger anything southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore.

after that it will track to the east. maybe even sun breaking out. the rest of the afternoon might get a few isolated showers. we'll have drying roads. stay ahead of the rain with the radar on your team 4 weather app on your smartphone. low to mid-50s most of the region. showers between now and 8:00. it should dry out a bit. during the afternoon, sun breaking out. a smaller chance of a shower. highs reaching mid-60s by early afternoon. overnight, blustery winds. down in the 40s. blustery chilly day on friday with highs mid-50s. good weather for raking leaves. a lighter wind. afternoon highs on sunday. upper 50s. milder into next week.

good weather for the concert. a little chillier on wednesday. melissa looking at the wet roads and everything slowing down. >> slowing down a little earlier than we would like to see. as we aproach the 6:00 hour. prince william parkway, you can see the volume. 32 miles per hour through oakton. then it opens up. that of course is the good news. braddock at fairfax, we have one eastbound lane getting by. alternate is lee highway. this is a a crash. maryland, frederick, 95 -- or 75, excuse me, north before liberty road, all lanes blocked. our alternate is jones road. no real problems at the beltway. a little bit slow bw as you head inside the beltway, into town. 95 northbound, you're 34 miles

per hour. same thing in dale city. i'm back in 10 minutes. >> melissa, thank you. 5:54. public school teachers are being called in effective. more teachers were ranked effective than in effective. 86% in the county are considered to be effective inside the classroom. they will be included in the next evaluation next year. today we will find out how much students were forced to stay home because they weren't up to date on immunizations. students are not allowed back to school. those who were not allowed back to school will be given five excused absence. after that, truancy officers will be called. . bertha coombs is live with

for your money. good morning >> reporter: good morning, eun. u.s. safety regulators are ordering honda to hand over documents and answer questions under oath about potentially defective air bags. they were made by takata which seemed a similar order last week. regulators are seeking all internal memos and e-mails related to the air bags, as well as warrants and legal claims. >> finish eating your turkey and stuffing. apparently now it's time to go shopping on thanksgiving. jc penney said it will hope stores at 5:00 thanksgiving afternoon. that's one hour earlier than macy's, sears, and kohl's. they are opening two hours earlier than last year. it seems so unfair for people to have to work on thanksgiving. >> i agree with you, bertha. >> i don't know.

it doesn't seem right. >> in the spirit of the holiday. thank you, bertha. it's now 5:56. we'll give you a preview of a world class art collection. the art was donated by bill cosby and his wife camille. it is called conversations, african and african-american dialects in dialogue. it has mixed media and textiles from the cosbys's private collection. you can see it on display this sunday. loudoun county supervisors will not be getting a pay raise this year. the board of information voted unanimously to table a proposed pay increase. it would have upped the chairman salary by $20,000. the current is $50,000. it would increase supervisor's pay from $10,000 up from had 1 grand. the proposal is tabled

indefinitely. maryland live casino took a hit from the new horseshoe casino, but it wasn't as bad as expected. the lottery and gaming control agency said revenue was down 3% from the same time last year. some experts predicted maryland could see a 25% drop in sales after horseshoe opened. maryland live is the state's largest casino. a wooded area next to campus is off-limits. last month several students were held at gunpoint while using a wooded area as a shortcut to hawaii avenue and taylor street. the university sent letters calling it dangerous. any student caught walking in the area will be disciplined. it is a soggy start to your morning. we take a live look outside. not too bad temperaturewise.

when this rain will go away.

right now at 6:00, we're following a developing story. a woman is home and safe after being kidnapped off the street. new this morning, the suspect's family has a message for the woman he is accused of torturing

before this kidnapping. plus, get ready for a rainy morning drive. take a live look outside. news 4 is live with team coverage to help you get to work on time. might be tough this morning. we start with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at your forecast. tom? >> yesterday morning i said we would get the bulk after midnight and into the predawn areas. raining across virginia, maryland, the eastern shore and the district. right now the pockets are green. the back edge of the rain now just exiting the shenandoah valley is two hours away. we'll have the drying in two hours around 8:00 this morning. much of the rain should be ending. temperatures off to a cool start. just in the low to mid-50s most of the region now. and our headlines for this thursday, be be prepared for a wet morning. a chance of an afternoon shower. friday, turning