rain chances tomorrow. it's cool to chilly start tomorrow. charles county, maryland, your hometown forecast, 49 and chilly. 69 and sunny at noon and 72 with plenty of sunshine coming our way. i'll talk about the forecast in ten minutes. the westbound lanes closed because of a dump truck that actually pulled some wires down. again, east-west highway at montgomery, west lanes blocked. avoid this if you can. a big look at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, everything looking good. right now we'll keep our fingers crossed and have trouble times. eun? >> thank you, melissa. the search for an 80-year-old man may be over. police say they may have found

his body in the park where he disappeared back in september. derrick ward has more. derek? >> reporter: well, indeed. there was a search here at watkins regional park yesterday when a body was found in the area of the park that had been searched before. no positive identify indication yet but they believe it may be the body of liuben phipps. he had come here with a group from the assisted living facility. he apparently ask god to the bathroom and was never seen again. there was a search, signs went up with a phone number to call. yesterday they did come up with a body found in a soybean field.

this body was found 180 yards beyond where the search had ended that last time around. the body has been sent to the medical examiner in baltimore. the cause of death, there's no positive word yet is indeed mr. phipps. it's a 300-acre park. it's massive. five baseball fields, a streams a pod hiking field. we're live in upper marlboro. derrick ward, "news4." we're working to find ow how much more time "washington post" reporter jason rezaian will spend behind bars. iran state television reporting that last last night. the court says he can appeal that conviction within 20 days.

>> a man is in critical condition after a shooting outside of an nfl game. arlington texas police say two men started fighting after the cowboys lost to the patriots last night. police say one then shot the other. according to the other, he shot him in the head. police are getting how the fight started. a pawn this morning one mother says she will never quite get over. her 22-year-old son is dead. now alicia arnold says finding this killer is the only thing that will bring her peace. montgomery police do not have a suspect or a motive. while officers investigate, arnold said she'll lean on relatives and friends like the one who came to the vigil last night. this morning we learned the name of the man who fell to his death. he's alexei lichtman from the u

cain. we're told the 44-year-old was taking pictures, jumping from rock to rock when he fell close to 50 feet. people tried to help him but he died on the skreel scene. maryland natural resources police is handling the case. recovery efforts continue this morning. the water system is still under repair. they're trying to fix the canal. hundreds of thousands still have to boil water going into the second week of devastation. state officials are also working to get the roads whack to normal. also this morning some area air patrol members are back home after serving five days in south carolina. a few of the maryland civil air patrol pilots are from leesburg.

these are photos from that migs. they help look for people who needed help and provided aerial pictures to help fema get a handle on the public damage. >> they're trying to check the latinos. they're meeting this morn on ways to improven all student performance. a program call "excel beyond the bell" has been started at seven middle schools. also as many as 10,000 will participate in the washington national prayer gathering on the national wall. more than 250 will send delegates.

right now skins fans we know, we were hoping the team took advantage during the game against the jetss next week. a lot of you can't shake the memory of yesterday's loss. the skins dropped the game to the undefeated. we had a chance though. they may have lost one matt jones after he sprained his big dough. it's this coming sunday at 1:00 p.m. returning to their team with heavy hearts. what stumtds are saying as they prepare to head back. plus the state of karr. new restrengths in place there. >> chilly conditions. storm team 4 meteorologist

developing in afghanistan, five are dead after a helicopter crashed in kabul. five others were hurt. all are nato personnel. as of right now they say the crash was, quote, nonho-hostile. one says they may have hit something in the air. students are returning to umpqua. the students held a vigil. likely oregon's governor will be on campus to welcome students back today. the school is also offering counseling services to help them move forward. >> it's coming up on 11 minutes after 6:00. a live look outside where the skies are pretty clear. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your forecast.

good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun. we're well down into the 40s out across most of montgomery, fairfax, and prince william county 456789 in college park. 53 in annapolis. so your drive time forecast, dry roads for the ride in. 70s coming up later on this afternoon. no weather-related slowdowns today. get a yellow light for tomorrow as that will be our best chance for rain coming up this week. for now, the blinking like in bethesda. >> take a look. this problem over bcc high school. most of them off to the roadway. your westbound lanes are open here on east west highway and right here in a big parking lot. it look as little more scary than it actually is. 66 look nice. quantico moving along nicely.

german town to the belt way, looking nice. going take you ten minutes. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5. imagine never having to keep track of a vacation day. the company that is mareking that day a reality. and i'm molette green at the live desk where i just received p

i'm molette green at the live desk. 23% navy alternatives to established candidates. and joe biden sweeps the gop field. now, virginia republicans prefer outsiders candidates donald trump and ben carson and alternatives want hillary clinton. just a few minutes ago, they lease these new numbers. clinton still tops the list for virginia democrats but her lead has dropped from 80% to 40%. both joe biden and bernie sanders, 23%.

clinton beats only trump and senator ted cruz while joe biden beats every republican in the field. that's the latest from the live desk. the fefrt presidential candidate, of course, they'll take the establish in las vegas. cnn is hosting the debate. biden is spending the holiday in delaware deciding if he'll run for president. the supreme court could decide as early as tomorrow to hear the case. if the court hears the case and decides the law isn't legal, it could cause more challenges. in memphis, man is in custody in connection to a police officer's death. the man has not been charged with anything at this point. he's being questioned after an off-duty officer was shot in a

house yesterday. memphis police say they took the man into custody overnight. they say, quote, details are sketchy in their glgs so far. >> a horrible accident. that's what maryland natural resources say happened during a group hunt saturday afternoon. a 14-year-old on that trip in queen anne's county shot and killed the man who was leading the group. he was scaring a bird out of the bushes when the teenage boy shot him. someone splashed red paint on the roger brooke tani statue. people who say the stay sue is offensive want it removed. others say it would erase part of frederick's history. controversy surrounding the confederate flag continues as

hundreds gathered outside the mississippi state building. they marched with signs to support an initiative to remove the battle from the state's flag. supporters were also present to counter what they call negative attacks. they just want to see a flag that represents everyone. the group is working together. 100,000 signatures to place the flag change amendment on an upcoming ballot. a georgia man is accused of leaving his son in a hot van. he's facing murder charges. he's accused of leaving his son in a van for seven hours. he's pleaded not guilty. the president of an olive garden in kansas city is apologizing this morning for asking a police officer to leave. the offer who wicer who was in

uniform with a gun was asked to leave. they do have a policy against guns but does make exceptions for police officers. 6:19. and later today, the district will offer christopher columbus's memory. there will be a statue. representatives from the embassies of italy and spain will also lay items at the foot of that statute. and as we take notice of columbus day, it will also be indirge news people's day. it's part of an effort to abolish it. nine celebrate the holiday. 6:19. public schools in california won't be able to use the name redskins anymore. california governor jerry brown signed the bill forbidding public schools from using that name. it gives schools time to phase it out.

locksley has been named new interim head coach. edsall was let go. they play baltimore on october 24th. in the mlb playoffs the dodgers and the mets play tonight. it's not fair whether chase utley will play. it broke the mets player's leg. utley is appealing the decision. we're supposed to beer ham on that appeal this afternoon. the teams play at 8:30 p.m. officials say it didn't look like he had purposely hurt him. >> we'll see how it turns out. coming up on 6:21 on our monday morning. >> it is monday. the good thing about this monday is the weather.

chuck bell and you, of course, delivering it for us. >> if you're already thinking about it. they're looking dry and noticeably cooler. saturday's heise in the low 60s. we may be in the 50s well may have frost concerns early sunday morning. between now and then no trouble. change is coming as we get into the next couple of days. a nice day. there will be chances for showers as we get into tomorrow morning. so rain drops could impact your tuesday morning through tuesday lunchtime. for now a dry start under a clear sky. 43 in frederick, 46. after noon highs today, great look dagg to be outside.

hopefully you have the day off today. temperatures will be in the low to mid-70s. then for tomorrow, clouds come back tonight. by early tomorrow could have some showers for the ride into work and school tomorrow. not as chilly tomorrow morning. cloudy. 59 at noon and then temperatures rising back up into the upper 60s, low 70s for tomorrow. here's your seven-day forecast. 75 today. 70s again tomorrow but showers likely especially tomorrow morning. back to the dry weather for wednesday, thursday, another cold front arrives on friday. we're leaving it now. new troubles for the ride in to work on the belt. melissa? >> just after 66. take a look. chopper 4 got over it. if this one sticks around for too long, of course, it's going to start causing bottlenecking right here. inner loop. 50, westbound after the beltway.

also have a crash with three right lanes blocked this morning. east-west highway open there. 66 overall looking pretty good right now. inbound, same thing. we're nice and green coming out of frederick this morning coming all the way down to the top of the spur. no issues. i'll see you back here. thank you. if you're planning to get gas, good news, prices haven't budged. the national average sits at $2.34 this morning. in maryland you're paying an average of 2 preside$2.23. virginia has the lowest in the average at $2.06. you can blame low gas prices for an effective freeze on some of your benefits. federal retires, disabled veterans and millions can expect

benefits to stay the same next year. we expect the official announcement later this week by law. inflation moderates the annual cost of living adjustment. developing this morning in china, volkswagen is recalling thousands of its diesel cars. they have the illegal engine designed to cheat emissions tests. the problem affecting about 11 million cars around the world. development plans that could take some stress out of the virginia driving situation in northern virginia. you have until tomorrow to join a special committee on extending vre rail service. developers say they're open to revamping the entire manassas line by 2025. if you don't want to join that committee, there will be public meetings next month. well, let's all dream for a moment what you'd do with unlimited vacation days. where would you go?

would you go to the multicoast? linkedin is adopting a vacation policy. the only thing is they have to work the time out with their manager. to sweeten the deal, they'll turn july 4th into an extra long holiday break. we should mention unlimited model is not an original concept, right? >> right. it's been thought of before. there have been other companies to add more time off. >> limited days? would you go back to worksome. >> yeah. after a week i'm kind of like i need to do something constructive. >> this is why we do what we do. >> right. 6:26. our time just about right now. a developing situation playing out at reagan national airport. airports across the country at southwest airlines trying to get things back to normal.

the message they're leaving with people traveling today. new video showing the tasing of a texas council member. why police say they hat no other choice. and a live look at reston right now, where it is 46 degreet. check bell tracking what you'll see in

a developing situation. southwest delayed hundreds of flights. the merge to travellers just ahead. >> first you're stepping outside to chilly temperatures on this monday morning. those of you outside on the beltway may want to grab a light

jacket. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking the changes you will see with your hour by hour forecast. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, aaron and eun. good morning, everybody. off to a chilly start. it will be a beautiful afternoon. there's a dozen degrees of difference in the temperatures this morning. 40 in culpeper. 13-tee degree difference. it's 39 in manassas. near 70 by lunchtime. a beautiful day to be outside. we'll tell you what the kids need to wear. for now though, a check on traffic. with melissa, big trouble. >> breaking news on the beltway. inner loop of the beltway. right now as you take a look at this. only the right lane is getting by this morning. this is because of a crash hee. we have about a one-mime backup at this point.

this is something that really could build and start causing major problems here this morning. you can see it's causes closedowns. three lanes are blocked here this morning. you can see our only problem. >> thank you. 6:31. if you're flying out of town today, yo waujt to hear this. a computer glitch causing delays for southwest airlines customers from here to the d.c. area all the way to los angeles. live today at reagan national with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they're asking people to prinlts their passes out before they arrive at the airport. what they're vk to do is check in manually because of the technical glitch. if you're coming to the airport.

arrive two hours before your flight departs and your boarding pass in hand. now, free pizza. that's what was passed out in los angeles at l.a.x. airport on sunday while passengers waited in long lines. many of them very frustrated. you can see why. those long lines for customers waiting hours to check in for their flight both inside and outside of the airport. this is what things looked like. it started sometime sunday morning but they're not saying when it will be fixed. in a searies of tweets they continue to apology. the customers say they're working quickly to try to resolve this technical issue. but, again, theory not saying how it started, when it will be resolved. the takeaway is if you're

heading out, come to the airport two hours ahead of schedule and if possible have your boarding pass in hand. aaron? >> meagan fitzgerald. thank you. 6:33. a man in bethesda is dead after an accident on old georgetown country road. they say gary seward was on his motorcycle when an 85-year-old woman ran into him. she was trying to make a left turn. >> 70 million die cop pairs to highway deaths. they hope these numbering help officials realize how badly a heroin problem needs to be addressed. a small ship full of people.

there is a memorial statue dedicated to the victim of that attack. they're working to find out whether they're having a memorial service there today. in texas, there are conflicting reports right now after police tased a city council member. a warning to you, this video is difficult to watch. >> put your hands behind your back. you're not doing what the officer is asking you to. do okay. he's going to have to tase you. you're not doing like you're supposed to. >> this happened in prairie view, texas. the man and his friend said they were rehearsing a home coming dance. when asked questions, police said he was interfering with an investigation. in the video you hear him say, quote, i live here. the officers are on tissue duty. the committee member was charged with resisting arrest.

the police chief is look into whether the officers did anything wrong. officers detained both randy quaid and his wife evie who were wanted in california. the two were found squatting in a guest home they used to own. the couple moved to canada after that incident. his wife was granted citizenship. he was not. the number of families choosing home schooling in d.c. has gone up by a third in two years growing to nearly 400 families this school year. it follows a growth. three nationwide are home schooled. 6:35. a virginia high school breaking ground. st. paul the great high school in woodbridge is naming it after u.s. women's soccer player ali

krieger. krieger now plays for the washington spirit. that sports complex h have nine multi-purpose field, a softball field, a two little league fields. check out 35,000 who took part in this weekend's army ten-miler. it helps support soldier recreation runners. you see kathy camp. she's running 52 r 2 race this in honor of her dad. the army ten-miler is the third largest ten-mile race in the world. a developing story we're watching in texas after a postgame tailgate is interrupted by gunfire. what police are saying about the shooting that left a pair of nfl fans in the hospital. breaking news on the beltway. details coming up in just a minute. but first, getting warning out now. the message doctors ha

20 minutes before the hour and police are trying to make sense of a deadly shoot-out. the suspect called lake charles police for a domestic dispute. when police got to the house her husband came out with pistol. officers say they shot him after they say he pointed his gun at them. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. in "news4 your health," new numbers on the flu vaccine. the new numbers say 92 million doses of the flu shot have been distributed so far. this year is a quad vaccine which means it protects against four different strains of the flu. doctors say there's a big supply to the flu vaccine now. if you get the shot, you should know it takes two weeks before it's effective against an

infection. >> the kids are like, thanks, doc. >> you can get the mist. >> you've got yours. >> i'm good, knock on wood. 6:41. the sun starting to come up over the horizon. >> isn't that pretty. chuck bell tell us more about the forecast. >> the sun's not up until 7:15 another 30 minutes or so. temperatures are up. much of montgomery, fairfax, 39 in manassas. 52 downtown. so what to wear today? you'll definitely need a little jacket out the door. sunglasses and jeans for later on today. school day forecast in the 40s first thing. 68 at recess. 74. recess gets an a today but the forecast gets an "f." >> breaking news on the inner loop of the beltway. chopper 4 over the accident. this is the inner loop just after 66. we have a 2 1/2-mile backup.

right now you're going to have to allow for extra time if that's your normal route to work. the three left lanes are blocked. not a pretty sight. inner loop in back of the beltway. quantico to the beltway, 25 minutes. in maryland, no problems. outer loop. back of the beltway. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hom in your car. first in prince george's county where search teams make a grim discovery while looking for a missing elderly man. also what we're learning about the outcome of a trial involved that "washington post" reporter who's been held in

mow let green at the live desk. the "washington post" just released this statement on the guilty verdict announced for one of its correspondents. the paper's executive editor martin berra said the conviction of jason rezaian is outrageous and it's unconscionable to convict him of such a serious crime. overnight we learned the guilty

verdict after a closed door trial on espionage charges. the iranian court says jason rezaian can appeal. this is important. the post is saying that the paper will be working closely with jason's family and the iranian council to pursue an immediate appeal and also they expect jason's lawyer to push for his release on bail pending a final resolution on this case. we'll be following this developing story throughout the day on "news4." back to you. >> right now, we still have breaking news on the road. you can see, they're trying to move this vehicle out of the way. at this point, three lanes are blocked. chuck? >> all right. outside this morning temperatures are in the chilly 40s in the suburbs to low 50s. it's cool and dry. be on the lookout for that. a complete check of the seven-day forecast and a look

into your weekend is just five minutes from now. 6:47. a new discovery could quickly redirect the search of a miss hello 80-year-old man. that they found a body over the weekend at a park where he disappeared. "news4" with what happened next. derrick? >> reporter: yeah. we're outside watkins regional park right now. there's part of an effort to locate luben phipps, the senior assisted living home that he stayed for a senior's picnic. now he said he wanted to go to the bathroom and after that, he hadn't been seen. seen since then. there have been flyers all over the neighborhood and searches have combed this 300-acre park. yesterday they came back and they were searching a part of the park they had search previously described as a soybean field when they found

the body in that park. now t clothing matched the description of that that luben phipps was apparently wearing when he disappeared. however, there has been no positive i.d. at this point. the 80-year-old again was part of a group here for a seniors picnic. they've searched the park several times since then to have a public campaign to try to find him. the body has been taken to the medical examiner's office and that's where positive identification is expected to be made as well as a determination for the cause of death. live in upper marlboro. 6:48. one man is in police custody and another is in the hospital right now. police there say they were in a fight outside the cowboys' patriots game last night when one shot the other. according to the ft. worth star telegraph, they shot him in the head.

a pain a mother says she will never quite get over after her 22-year-old son is shot dead. alicia arnold says finding his killer is now the only thing that will bring her some peace. someone shot and killed garrett mcclees wednesday afternoon. montgomery county police zroent a suspect or a motive and while officers investigate, arnold said she'll lean on relatives and friends like the ones at a vigil last night. we went to the funeral home to choose caskets and that's the most pain i've ever experienced. >> he had a little girl and had a full ride to college before he decided to drop out. we learned the name of the man who fell to his death who fell from the appalachian

mountain. his name is alexei lichtman. he was jumping from rock to rock taking pictures and fell 50 feet. they tried to help him. developing this morning in south carolina. recovery efforts continue. the water system still under repair right now. workers are trying to fix the canal that the capital city uses to bring in drinking water. state officials are also working to get the road backes to normal. a long stretch of i-95 remains closed right now. folks traveling through south carolina are forced to take two

ahours early. the group volunteers made 138 flights over the flood region. they helped look for people who needed help and they provided aerial picture os to help fema get a handle on the damage. >> today we'll find out how the montgomery council will address an achievement gap. there's a big performance difference that separates whites and black from latino students. we will get new data about an after school program called excel beyond the bell. >> also today as many as 10,000 will participate in the second annual washington prayer gathering on the mall. more than 250 of them will send representatives. that prayer gathering begins at 11:00. the redskins getting ready for another game on the road right now. they take on the new york jets next week and will have to bounce back from a very tough disappointing loss to the

falcons. boy, what a heartbreaker. take a look. it was this play in overtime that lost the game. interception right there. quarterback kirkt cousins threw that into an interception. the coach said he's not losing confidence in the quarterback or his team. >> none of them are any easier than the others. we throw a pass out there and a our receiver slips and falls. they get a pick 6. they outplayed us in the crucial situations. congratulations to them. >> we'll keep an update on matt jones' condition. he may not be able to play next sunday after brespraining his b toe. as chopper 4 zooms out, you can see we have a three-mile backup. again, we're talking about the inner loom of the beltway as

you're approaching i-96. looks like you have two different problems. you're going to want to allow for extra time this morning. we're just jammed right now. i hate to show you that especially on a holiday. the other roads don't look so bad. the crash there is cleared out of the way overall. no problem there and prince george's county, 66 and 95 looking good. you're on time. 62 miles an hour. inbound on 66. right now 270 looking at good as it possibly can. going to take you just 28 minutes to do that here this morning. nice and green. also looking quite good. everything into and out of town. chuck? >> you like to see that. here's a look over our city camera. beautiful sky out there. little bit of patchy fog. not too much reduction in visibility but out toward the

shenandoah county. what to expect after a cool to chilly start this morning, it's going to be a great day to be outside chl i hope you have a day off. abun dan sunshine on the warmer side. it is a cool start this morning. 41 manassas and dulles. 46, rockville, bethesda. 43 in buoy. 52 in washington and annapolis. washington tells on our way up. we should be in the low to mid 60s. we should be there. stay in the 70's this afternoon. future weather. nothing but sunshine. clouds start to move back into our skies by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. rain chances sneaking back into the picture as we get into early tomorrow morning.

thal will impact it and we're back to dry weather after that. 70s but turning noticeably cooler by the time we get into the weekend. eun? >> thank you, chuck. southwest airlines is trying to avoid a travel mess. a computer glitch is causing delays for southwest airlines customers nationwide. "news4's" meagan fitzgerald is leash this morning with what travelers need to know. meagan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they haven't given an indication when this technical glitch will be resome offed but it's contributing to these rational delays. here's what you need to know. if you're going to the arngts they say arrive two hours ahead of your flight departure to avoid the lines. before you even get to the

airport. southwest hasn't said what the was of this glitch is, but they do say it's something that they're continuing look into and to resolve, but we do know yesterday when this problem started, some 450 flights were delayed. no indication as to how many will happen today, but, again, southwest is encouraging travelers to be prepared and arrive two hours before their flight departs. bam to you. >> thank you, megan. 6:56. four things to know. a new poll released about next year's presidential election. it says virginia democrats favor hillary clinton but that she might not be to beat some of those in the race. uss cole was attacked 15 years ago today. 17 sailors have resigned. jason rezaian has been

convicted. he could phase years in prison. plins george's county price found a body in the park. they say it's like lit belongs to rub about phipps. allow some extra time. it's going to be slow this morning, guys. >> that melissa, thank you that. is the broadcast. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. >> the "today" show is next.

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good morning, more delays, more head lakes aches. that computer glitch that grounded many southwest flights are causing problems for tens of millions of travelers this morning. what will it take to fix it and the warning the airline is issuing to travelers. she made a mistake, president obama weighed in on the e-mail controversy plaguing hillary clinton. >> it is important for her to answer these questions to the satisfaction of the american public. >> and whether he thinks his vice president joe biden should join the race as planners for tomorrow night's first democratic debate keep an kextr podium on hand just in case. >> growing