new developments overnight out of kansas city after firefighters rush into this burning apartment to pull people to safety. what we're learning about the deaths of two firefighters. making sure you can afford to take a day off if you get sick. the bill up for debate that supporters say will help thousands of workers in prince george's county. first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking rain moving into our area. >> showers western maryland and the mountains of west virginia, moving their way toward the virginia line here. so luray, winchester, hagerstown and martinsburg, the best chance for seeing rain over the next hour or two. in and around metro, our best chances for rain come in after 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. even that is not much. temperatures right now are in the upper 50s and low 60s. montgomery county, near 54 with risk of a shower after 7:00 a.m. cloudy skies at noon time. temperatures near 65 and about 70 when you come home from work and school.

impact the rain drops will have on your commute. for now, trouble on 270. big backups on 270. chopper 4 over the scene. looks worse than we were expecting. you can see disabled semitrucks there blocking two central plainplain lanes. very slow as you're headed southboundme me southbound. another problem, baltimore road at wellington, a crash, that crash is in the intersection there. beltway at st. barnabas moving along fine. battery lane, tow truck on the way there. more on the crash at 270 slowing things down in a couple of minutes. breaking news, officials release details of a report into the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. sources familiar with that report saying the investigation finds the plane was shot down by a russian made missile fired from rubble held eastern

ukraine. nearly 300 people died on board that day. the dutch safety board is expected to continue investigating. meanwhile, that report we're waiting for the official release of it and we'll bring you more as we get it. 6:02. today the perjury trial begins in the case of two missing maryland sisters. prosecutors say 65-year-old patricia welch lied it a grand jury investigating the case. the girls were last seen walking to a shopping center in wheaton in 1975. suspected serial killer charles severance head backs to court today. prosecutors will resume making their case if three high profile murders. prosecutors introduced security camera video that showed a vehicle that looked like a ford escort wagon near the home

moments after the murder. severance was allegedly driving the same type of car when he was arrested. a few hours from now until we learn more about two firefighters who died in kansas city. the fire department there is holding a news conference at 8:00. they died when an apartment they were in collapsed last night. look at the flames, just incredible scene here. the fire department is working to find out what caused the fire. it has not released the firefighters' names. a man is in critical condition after a d.c. police officer ran into him. a 23-year-old woman says if was one of the most horrible things she's ever seen. she said the police cruiser's side mirror clipped the man. she said she watched the man enter the cross walk after making the decision herself she didn't have enough time to make it. the d.c. fire department is planning to double-check the brakes on all fire trucks after a crash last week. you may remember this collision

between a fire truck and police cruise shut down porter street. the final police report says a brake problem may be what made the truck veer into the police car. by the end of today, employees in prince george's county could be eligible for up to seven days of paid sick leave. meg meagan fitzgerald is digging into the proposal for us. good morning. >> reporter: as you may recall, the last county meeting here, that piece of legislation was delayed. but as you mentioned, what it would do is allow up to seven paid sick days for those employees here in the county. so, of course, behind me, you can see we are at the county administrative building. this is where the county is expected -- council is expected to meet. according to the washington post, there are some 131,000 private sector workers who could potentially lose money or even risk losing their job for taking

a sick day. the bill has many similarities to the one that you may recall in montgomery county which was passed this summer, which offered such benefits. many believe this would help put pressure on the state legislature to pass a bill on the state level which would provide for paid sick leave. again, county leaders are expected to vote on this measure sometime today. and we'll be following that story very closely and we'll bring you the latest information on the nbc washington app and on our later show this evening. back to you. >> thank you, meghan. now to decision 2016. the democratic presidential candidates will take the stage for their first debate in las vegas. hillary clinton, senator bernie sanders, martin o'malley, lincoln chaff chaffey and jim w the stage tonight. clinton leading in the polls going into the debate.

one person not expected to be on the stage tonight is vice president joe biden. the 72-year-old has not decided whether to run for president and the wait for biden's announcement is starting to wear thin on some supporters. political analysts say sitting out the first debate could be a strategic move on the vice president's part. we asked you how you feel about a potential biden presidential bid. look at some of the results coming in right now. 35% of you think that joe biden should run for president. 65% of you say no, he should not. today is your last day to register to vote in virginia's general election. the department of elections says eligible virginians can register to vote aub online. you can find a link on our nbc washington app and register to vote in person at our local registrar's office by 5:00 p.m. today. 6:06 now. a school closing to tell you about in prince george's county. samuel chase elementary school is closed. the district says there was a mechanical problem at the school overnight. it is on fisher road in temple

hills. if your kids go there, they have the day off today. a developing situation unfolding in china right now where an explosion and fire have rocked a port town for the second time in last two months. what we're learning about this blast and the conditions there this morning. breaking news on the roads now. 270 southbound, we're talk ing about a five mile backup. details coming up. a story creating a lot of buzz on social media right now. a bride making a detour on the way to her own wedding reception. the accident that had her springing into action with her gown

breaking news. 270 southbound, a semi lost its load. the back portion of this truck just sitting in the middle of the roadway, now trying to tow that out of the way because the cab became disconnected. look at this. 270 southbound.

slow for miles. five miles as you're headed southbound out of the clarkburg area. very slow. allow some extra time this morning. germantown to the spur, 35 minutes instead of 12. 95 to 27, no problem. you're on time. we're following avielling story out of china where this was another explosion in the city of tianjin. you may remember an explosion left 173 people dead or missing there a few months ago. this is video of last night's blast. emergency responders are saying no one was hurt this time. the explosion happened in a warehouse full of alcohol and related supplies. 11 minutes after 6:00. live look outside for you right now. city lights under clouds this early morning. let's check in with chuck bell it find out what kind of day we're going to have. >> plenty of clouds around this morning. risk of a couple of showers in

first half of the day. rain towards petersburg, west virginia, at the rate it is going, an hour or so from reaching the i-81 corridor. early morning drivers out toward the blue ridge may be dodging a drop or two. temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 now. no weather slowdown. nothing more than a few wet roads early today. temperatures in the 50s. warming in the mid-70s by later on this afternoon. big changes for the weekend in ten minutes. for now, back to you. or parents who o you. can't get their teenagers to stop texting. researchers are now comparing them to compulsive gamblers. it is what helps playboy make a name for itself decades ago. why nude women will no longer appear in that magazine.

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6:15. in south carolina right now, hundreds of people are without homes after last week's deadly flooding. governor nikki haley says there are 300 people in relief shelters. also hundreds of roads and bridges that are still closed right now. the governor says fema approved more than 13 million dollars in disaster assistance for the state. 19 people died in the flooding

there. not clear how long it will take for south carolina to completely recover. two emergency response teams from our area are back at home right now. they work to help the people affected by the flooding. you're looking at photos from virginia task force one here. they're part of the fairfax county fire and rescue department. look at how they were welcomed back yesterday. to cheer and claps here. fema sent that team to south carolina. they performed surveys, engagements and rescues too. >> we have it very nice here in northern virginia. some parts of the country aren't so fortunate enough. >> it is going to take a long time to rebuild the areas. >> the other team now back, civil air patrol, from maryland, the members of that team flew above flooded areas and took pictures of the flooded regions, their work helped rescuers respond to the worst hit areas. 6:17 now. today a man charged with killing an off duty police officer in memphis heads to court. lorenzo will appear in court by video arraignment.

clark is a convicted felon and charged in the shooting and killing of officer terrence all ridge on sunday. all ridge was shot multiple times after an altercation with clark. a man who crashed a stolen car into a fence at ft. mead faces serious traffic charges. police issued a warrant charging donte small yesterday. he faces more than a dozen traffic charges. he slammed into an unmanned gate last week and spent hours hiding in a storm drain. the crash caused a lockdown at the facility and surrounding schools. a different angle of the confrontation that led to a police officer using a taser on a texas city councilman. this is dash cam video. one of four videos the district attorney is looking at to determine whether the officers used excessive force. officers say that 26-year-old councilman jonathan miller was arrested after he refuse ed to put up his hands. at the time, officers were

questioning some of his friends in front of the department building. a judge will allow 911 transcripts from a deadly shooting at a church in charleston to be released. a gag order will be modified allowing the transcripts with other documents and thousands of photos to be released. dylann roof is charged in the shooting of nine black parishioners at the south carolina church in june. the judge earlier blocked the release of documents and prevented attorneys from discussing the case. he said the concern that the right to a fair trial for roof could be jeopardized by pretrial publicity. 6:18 now, you saw the story first on news 4, montgomery county police officer and his family want their dog back. four years working the beat together for officer gil fones and chip and their they're no longer together and the police department won't say why.>gçt÷ >> it is hard. it is hard to talk about chip

not being here. he was a very vital part of ur family. >> there are now more than 200,000 signatures online calling for a reunion. chief of police told news 4, he didn't want to comment on why chip was removed as a personnel issue. protesters say they will not give up on trying to bring chip home. >> a long time college football coach and former redskins coach is retiring. steve spurrier said he's stepping down immediately. he's coached the south carolina gamecocks for the last 11 years and the head coach of the redskins for two seasons in 2002 and 2003. the now former leader of the university of maryland football program is talking. randy edsel was fired by the school this past weekend. signed a four year contract just a few months before that. he put out a statement saying, i am proud the great progress we made with our student athletes and for him and his family, he says, we take away a lot of great memories during our stay at college park.

california is taking the first step to banning chewing tobacco in baseball. governor jerry brown signed a bill banning chewing tobacco. the ban goes into effect next year. a newly married tennessee couple spent their wedding day trying to save lives. sarah ray and her husband were on their way to their reception when they found out member of the bridal party were in a car accident. the newlyweds who were also ex-mts turned the car around and headed to the accident. at the accident scene, sarah's mom snapped this picture of sarah in her wedding dress. it since has gone viral. >> i don't feel i was being heroic in in any way. it is just my family was in an accident, i needed to make sure they were there, and it just happened that i was a paramedic and in my wedding dress.

>> talk about dedication. the bride's grandparents and father were in the crash. grandma and grandpa had to stay in the hospital, but dad made it to the reception and through the father/daughter dance. >> the whole family. they get through it. dad said, this is a dance i'm going to dance. good for him. good for all of them. >> great story. breaking news now, 270 southbound, montgomery village avenue, where the problem is. we have a five mile backup here. taking a look at 270. all the way down here, this is where the actual problem happened here this morning at montgomery village avenue. right now, again, 5 to 6 mile backup headed down out of clarksburg now. big look at things overall, beltway looking good. a tad slow there up top, no major problems now in prince george's county. outbound, suitland road, do have a disabled vehicle here with

that right lane blocked. that one just popped up. we're starting to see a little bit of red there right now this morning. also still had this crash in manassas. tow truck should be on the scene there. that crash is in the intersection. more on this problem here on 270. major problems in a few minutes. a cloudy start after a clear sky yesterday. clouds moved in overnight. they are bringing a slight chance for showers. view overdowntown early th down morning. 61 at international airport with south wind averaging 9 miles per hour under cloudy sky. rain drops out across the mountains of west virginia. they're working their way eastbound. another hour or so from reaching i-81. they are starting to dry up just a bit. i'll widen the view and show you, the southern end of this is drying out a bit. southern parts of the shenandoah valley, central virginia, this little ripple of rain drops comes across here, might wring out a quick little shower or

two, nothing all that heavy. problem a pocket size umbrella is all you need. overall weather impact fairly low. we'll be left with an increasing amount of sunshine later on today. to the mid-50s, western suburbs, near 60 along the i-95 corridor. 62 in southern maryland. here is future weather and starting to get a sense here by 8:00 this morning, rain showers in the panhandle of west virginia, westernfrederick county, by 9:00 this morning, frederick and hagerstown, few showers from leesburg to the north side of fairfax. by 10:00 this morning, that's going to be our best chance for a quick little shot of a light rain here in the -- 10:00 and 11:00. it move on out after that. behind this cold front, there is another one that comes in on friday. that promises a huge cooldown for the weekend. here is your seven day forecast, breezy today, sunshine for tomorrow and thursday. cloudy friday, but much cooler by the weekend, by sunday

morning, we may have a killing freeze in parts of the valley. we'll break down your forecast hometown by hometown in a few more minutes.>ww,t israeli police saying that three people have died after a separate stabbing and shooting attacks. two palestinian men began shooting and stabbing passengers on a bus. that according to authorities. in the second one, a man rammed a car into a bus station and started stabbing bystanders. this happened in addition to two other stabbing attacks that hurt five people. you know how the doctor check your blood pressure when you go in for a checkup? experts say really should be doing that on your own on a regular basis. they say the number you get from the doctor is just a snapshot and may not be a true read of what you think. sometimes just walking into the doctor's office can make your blood pressure skyrocket. experts say people get nervous,

feel rushed or maybe just had a couple of cups of coffee. that can then overestimate your reading by as much as 30%. might hear people talking about this one. playboy says it will no longer have totally naked models in the print magazine. they say the internet changed thing and lost a lot of readers. models will pose in provocative poses. the change will take place next march. apparently. provocative. >> provocative. >> a lot of people already said that they read playboy for the articles only. >> they put articles in playboy? we'll see if there is still a magazine next year. most of us know a teenager who texts a lot. >> now a new study that says compulsive texting can be bad for you. the impact can be as bad as gambling.

a study says young people choose to skip sleep, ignore homework rather than put town their phones. the study found teenagers lie about the time they spent texting and get a little bit of an attitude if you push them about it. she's little, but, you know, we have to train them early. >> they get old so fast. >> i know. >> don't be scared. 6:26. the silencing of two twitter accounts causing a stir on social media this morning. what deadspin and sb nation are accused of that left their accounts briefly off line. preparing for the worst case scenario, the steps the university of maryland has taken to make sure students are prepared for a threat on campus. we're watching a line of showers push their way into the metro area now. if you'll see rain where you live with your hour by hour forecast at 6:31.

right now, we have a school closing to tell you about if you live in prince george's county. samuel chase elementary school

is closed. just moments ago, prince george's county fire said there was a small fire in a classroom there. the fire department said it is working on a cause. breaking news on the roads. melissa mollet tracking big problems on 270. >> major problems. the crash here 270 southbound at montgomery village avenue. that's where the accident is. biggest backup, right now between clarksburg and montgomery village avenue. we're talking about an 8 mile slowdown here this morning. allow a lot of extra time. a report of a crash to the right side of the roadway. outbound at suitland road, right lane blocked there. and then still have this problem in manassas. also tracking something in silver spring, georgia avenue at forest glen road. live pictures coming up. outside, skies have gone from mostly clear last night to mostly cloudy this morning. these clouds will lead to a little bit of a rain chance. especially for northern maryland, panhandle of west

virginia and northern parts of the shenandoah valley this morning. we still do technically have a little chance for a shower or two in and around metro. take the umbrella with you to play it on the safe side. if you feel lucky, you might be able to get away without it. temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. mostly cloudy sky will turn more and more clear as we get through the remainder of the day today. neighborhood highs, 75 in leesburg, 75 in washington. 71 in gaithersburg. back to the news. a big change by volkswagen. update on ongoing vw recall. volkswagen saying that it will switch to new diesel emissions technology in europe as well as north america. the announcement followed the scandal over cars equipped with the software that was used to cheat the u.s. emissions system. this big change is expected to happen as soon as possible. this according to executives. 1.2 million cars were affected

by this scandal. it is now 6:32. today the pretrial hearingss begin for the baltimore police officers charged in freddie gray's death. five of the six officers claimed their statements were improperly obtained. gray died on april 19th, a week after suffering a spinal cord injury while in police custody. double-check before you get inside what you think is your uber. we told you yesterday someone sexually assaulted a woman who got into a car over the weekend thinking it was her uber ride. police say the driver threatened her with a knife and then attacked her. she was able to get away saturday morning. officers say she went to a home on macomb street in northwest washington to get help. a family from prince george's county wants an assisted living facility to face homicide charges. police found the body sunday near where 80-year-old lubin phipps disappeared a few weeks

ago. he was with people from woodmore house assisted living for a picni picnic. they say the facility failed to take care of him on the trip to watkins park. a student is facing jail time after saying she would carry out a school shooting. emory students called police who arrested the sophomore. she's new facing five years if she's convicted of making terrorist threats. after the mass shooting at an oregon community college, the university of maryland sent an alert to students. university police say everyone should have a plan in case of an active shooter. they say there are three things every student can do. run, hide or fight. that is the same active shooter plan used by the department of homeland security.

>> inform authorities. hide if you can. and then if all else fails, you don't have any other choice, you have to fight for your life. >> campus police at umd say they trained throughout the year for active shooter events. loudoun county may have missed the mark with the amount of projected students this year. according to leesburg, the county has around 500 more children this year. we're also learning that nearly 200 of them are at the same school. the school system's official count day shows loudoun county public schools had more than 75,000 students. that's nearly an increase of 4% over last year. this year's projection gap was the largest the county has seen. today, montgomery county officials will appeal to keep early voting sites open. council member tom hucker wants the election board not to eliminate early voting sites in bethesda and east county. they say that decision will make it harder for people of color, elderly citizens and low income families to vote. the election board will vet on the elimination tomorrow.

the fairfax county board of supervisors just set up a public hearing on the dog tethering issue. next wednesday, let the board know what you feel about the new amendments for the law. that law would make it illegal to tether your dog for longer than an hour each day. alexandria and arlington already have limits in place. a newly released study may challenge what you think you should to if you or someone you know is having a heart attack. researcher from the university of chicago says critically ill patients do better in basic ambulances with help from emts rather than advance life support vehicles equipped with paramedics. a company now saying it did not break any rules after a big chemical spill at a paper mill in maryland. more than 9,000 gallons of latex spilled into the potomac river in luke on the maryland/west virginia border. maryland environmental inspector wants the company fined. they say as much as $10,000.

that company said it didn't violate any regulations and should not be fined. it is now 6:36. later today, you have the chance to own a bottle of scotch made at the distillery at george washington's mount vernon. distillers used 18th century methods to make the single malt scotch whiskey. bottles of the new scotch will sell at auction tonight. one bottle of whiskey went for $100,000. $100,000. >> a shot of whiskey. >> during a similar sell-off in 2006. can you drink that? d.c. lawmakers caused a stir with their plan for more paid leave for families. now another community is considering a policy change. the first step they're taking. two big problems on the roads. chopper 4 over southbound

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now. 270 southbound, we're jammed out of frederick, down to montgomery village avenue, a nasty crash in the middle of the roadways where a trawick louck lost the load. almost two hours right now this morning. very slow if you can avoid it, do that. looking at travel times most folks coming from the germantown area to the spur, 38 minutes

now. that's long. 95 to 2 70 slow. in virginia, 66, no major problems now. looking good and on time. a developing story on twitter. twitter suspended two major sports accounts after copy right complaints from the nfl and some college football conferences too. sb nation and deadspin's accounts were suspended. they show short videos from games. the nfl and nbc and big 12 said that violated copy right rules and stole their intellectual property. take a look. the account made fun of the nfl and commissioner roger goodell. an investigation into possible cheating on fantasy sports sites is not keeping players away. this weekend fan duel and draft kings attracted a record 7.4 million players. what do people do? the previous high was 6.8 million. players are still logging on

despite allegations that a draft kings employee used inside information to win $350,000 from fan duel. comcast is an investor in fan duel. let's turn to weather now. chuck bell has a look at the forecast. >> clouds in the metro. rain drops in the mountains of west virginia, an hour or so from northern loudoun county. that will lane chance will drift primarily across the western and northern sides of the viewing area. lower rain chances to southern maryland. everyone should take their pocket umbrella. 50s to near 60s. school day forecast, cloudy, may need the umbrellas, chances for showers. talk about a chilly weekend ahead. coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> i feel like i'll be drunk all the way home. >> a woman causing quite a stir

after broadcasting herself driving drunk on periscope. how police can punish her. new developments on the malaysia airlines flight that broke up over the skies over ukraine. what we're learning that report will say and the criticism it is fitting when we go to the live desk ahead.

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breaking news. 270 southbound, a nasty crash brocking some center lanes. it is causing a major problem. 4 miles per hour for much of the stretch along 270. we'll take another look at this one and all of these delays coming up. clouds have rolled in, a chance for rain drops as well. grab your umbrella. we'll track out the rain drops coming up if a few more minutes and weekend forecast. by this time tomorrow, thousands of employees in prince george's county could have new, better benefits. meagan fitzgerald spent her morning going through the proposal. what have you learned? >> as we know, this is a controversial piece of legislation on the one hand there are those who say it is important because there are thousands of people who do not have the privilege of having paid sick leave.

then on the other hand, those who are concerned about the potential backlash that this could have on the important business community here in prince george's county. as you may recall, the last meeting, this piece of legislation was delayed. but now according to the washington of the, there are workers who will lose money or risk losing te ining their job g a sick day. many believe this would help put pressure on the state legislature to pass a bill on the state level which would provide for paid sick leave. now, again, opponents of this bill fear a great backlash against the business community here. this is concern that even if the bill passes the state legislature, it could be vetoed by the governor. this is something the council will be taking up tonight. and a vote is expected. back to you.

another county in maryland could be the next to require paid family leave. a news partner wtop says montgomery county is using a federal grant to study the issue. time off is meant for issues including employees caring for a new baby or sick family member. county officials will be done with the study by this time next year. today, the perjury trial begins in the case of two missing maryland sisters. prosecutors say 65-year-old patricia welch lied to a and jury investigating the case of 10-year-old catherine and 12-year-old sheila lion. welch is married to richard, a person of interest. the girls were last seen walking to a shopping center in wheaton in 1975. suspected serial killer charles severance heads back to court as his trial resumes today in northern virginia. last week jurors learned that dna samples and fingerprints taken from the murder scene did not match charles severance. they introduced video that showed a vehicle that looked

like a ford escort wagon thnear the home. a developing story in kansas city where two firefighters died. they were in an apartment saving people when the building collapsed last night. two other firefighters were hurt. the fire department has not released the victims' names. they're working to find out what caused this fire. we're expecting to learn more about what happened at 8:00 a.m. at a new s conference today. a d.c. police officer hit a man with a cruiser. a 23-year-old woman said it was one of the most horrible things she's ever seen. she said the police car's side mirror clips a man in the cross walk. she says she watched the man enter the cross walk after making the decision herself she didn't have enough time to make it through. the d.c. fire department is planning to double-check the brakes on all fire trucks after a crash last week.

you might remember this collision between a fire truck and a police cruiser, shot down porter street for hours. final police report says a brake problem may be what made that truck veer into the police car. breaking news, dutch officials are about to release the report into the crash of malaysia airlines flight 17. but we are hearing from family members who were briefed beforehand. according to the bbc they were told by investigators -- fired from rebel held ukraine. the bbc reporting that shrapnel was found inside the bodies of some of the crew members. russia denied the country was responsible and pointed the finger at ukraine. nearly 300 people on board died in that crash last year. now to decision 2016. the democratic candidates for president will take the stage for their first debate tonight

in las vegas. hillary clinton, senator bernie sander, martin o'malley, lincoln chaffey and jim webb on the stage tonight. this is the first of six for the democrats. clinton leads polls going into this debate. bernie sanders expected to accuse clinton of flip-flopping on key issues. jeb bush wants to get rid of a affordable health care. he released a plan that would repeal and replace the law. the plan does not say how many people could be left without insurance. bush is expected to reveal more details during his three day trip through new hampshire. breaking news out of fairfax county, where fairfax county firefighters responding to the scene of a house fire. this is in the 12,000 block of purple stage court and reston virginia. we hear when firefighters arrived on the scene, the how was engulfed in flames.

you see a heavy presence. ed me medevac is responding right now. one person is hurt. we'll follow up on this developing story out of fairfax county and bring you the latest on our app. breaking news on the roads. 270 southbound, still jammed. look at this. this is pretty nasty this morning. 4 miles per hour south out of fredericks, pretty much down to montgomery village avenue. from 70 to the spur, almost two hours this morning instead of 30 minutes. just nasty now. disabled vehicle in the middle of the road. that's why we're seeing some delays. beltway looki ining typical. a crash is now off to the right shoulder. don't worry about that one too

much. a brand-new accident there in those right lanes. prince journgeorge's county loo good. top of the beltway, looking slow here, right now bw parkway and 95 rolling along pretty well. chuck. >> okay. skies mostly cloudy. might get a sliver or two of sunshine early this morning. by and large, wait until hater on today before you have any real chance of seeing any significant sunshine. clouds still dry here. average temperature today, dropped from 70 to 69 degrees and average high is below 70 from today all the way through april of next spring. the cool season is here. cloudy, 61, south wind at 9. expect clouds and mild start this morning. occasional light rain between 7:00 or 8:00 and lunch time and turning breezy with sunshine back later on this afternoon. no heavy rain expected, just an occasional shower.

so the pocket umbrella is all you need. 58 in reston. hourly temperatures today, in the 50s and 60s most of morning. once we get the rain stopped after lunch time, a little peak of sunshine and northwesterly breeze. temperatures into the mid-70s. mild one. this is the warmest day of the remainder of the week. there is the rain now, moving in towards martinsburg and hagerstown and winchester area. future weather on our high resolution model here, carries the rain chances into northern maryland over the next hour or so. best chances for rain in the metro area 9:00 and 11:00. then drying out a touch. later on this afternoon, with the front going by, bubble up a spot shower or two later on today. most of our rain chances will be done by about lunch time and there after. best chances for rain in southern maryland come up later this afternoon on into this evening. big changes coming your way for the weekend. another cold front rolls in on friday afternoon. that allows temperatures to drop

over the weekend. widespread killing freeze in the shenandoah valley by sunday morning. be ready for a chilly weekend. >> the woman who broadcast her drunk drive home was arrested. >> driving home drunk. let's see if i can drive. >> she gets a let's see if i can get a dui and she did. she apologized for her poor choices. thanks to 911 calls from people watching the periscope app, police arrested her within minutes before the drive to get any more dangerous. when officers pulled her over, she had a flat tire and didn't know where she was. expect more on that story coming up on the "today" show right after "news 4 today."

>> i'm landon dowdy. investors may be toasting a big beer merger. s sab miller has two weeks to accept a formal bid. sab has 25%. they have brands ranging from budweiser, stella, to miller lite. four things to know this morning. volkswagen will replace engines in diesel cars as soon as possible. we want to tell you about this house fire in fairfax county. the police department on the scone on the fire of a purple stage court in reston. the house was engulfed in flames. no word on injuries. tonight is the first democratic debate.

hillary clinton is leading the polls going into tonight's debate. samuel chase elementary school is closed. they're working to figure out how a small fire start. a news conference about two firefighter deaths in kansas city in an apartment that collapsed last night. that's the broadcast. thank you for wake up with us. thank you for wake up with us. >> the "today"

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good morning. breaking overnight. two firefighters killed, at least six others injured when a building engulfed in flames suddenly collapses. this morning how kansas city is coping with the loss. showdown on the strip. the democratic candidates for president take the stage tonight in las vegas for their first debate. and hillary clinton takes the opportunity to visit donald trump's ve gas casino. >> i don't think it is entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. >> will it be clinton's democratic rivals getting the punches tonight. what was she thinking? a woman uses a live streaming app to record herself driving drunk. how her followers tipped off