>> news 4's chris gordon is there now. chris, this is going to affect so many people. i mean, the question everybody's got to be asking, has the water at least stopped flowing? >> reporter: no, in fact, the water is flowing even more. take a look at this hydrant which wssc opened just a short time ago to try to relieve the pressure in the water main. the water line that broke behind me, you see, northbound traffic, one lane of northbound traffic on rockville pike passing but no traffic is on the southbound lane of rockville pike. there is also traffic on cedar lane, but you are only getting by in a single lane on rockville pike heading north, so it is a slow rush hour out of the district into bethesda and beyond here along rockville pike. let's go up to chopper 4. i saw him circling just over head so you'll have an idea, there has been a lot of construction in this area of

walter reed and beth swesda andh in the intersection. there was no construction today so it opportunity appear to be a construction-caused accident. instead, it appears to be a wssc, washington suburban sanitasa sanitation commission line. crews have been looking for the source of the break. i talked to a crew member a few minutes ago. here's what he had to say. how long will this take to fix? >> probably all night until in the morning rush hour. >> reporter: >> shutdown rockville pike the whole time? >> we'll have a couple lanes open after we get it under control. >> reporter: now, we are back live and you're looking at the reason why the southbound lane is shut. that is the wssc, washington suburban sanitary commission crew, working on what they think is the source of the leak. you see the water cascading down

behind the side of rockville pike here and as i already told you, they opened this fire hydrant trying to, it's a 16-inch pipe. now, that's not the biggest we've ever had if you river on remember road, we had the water rescues. it was a 6 0-inch pipe. this is a 16-inch pipe. happened about 1:30. they have not yet discovered the exact location. they have to then dig down through concrete, they have to turn off the water, they have to replace the section of pipe, they have to then either cement over it or put a plate, a metal plate. so this situation is going to continue a few hours. we will continue to monitor it for you during this evening's rush showehour. that's the latest live in bethesda. back to you. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. the young couple rescued from the burning townhome this morning in reston may survive. the man and woman both in their 20s were pulled from the second story of this burning home on

purple sage court. both then went into cardiac arrest as they were taken to the hospital. and they were revived. now we've learned that the woman is awake. she's talking to investigators, and the man is in stable but guarded condition. fairfax firefighters are planning to hold a news conference at 6:00 to update us on the cause and the condition of -- cause of the fire and the condition of the couple. and shamari stone will be there and we'll bring you a live report. now also today, let's go to pat collins who is looking into a deadly hit-and-run. pat? >> reporter: wendy, the victim walked with a cane. he had croc shoes on his feet and he was carrying a bag. he tried to cross sargant road here when he was struck by a pickup truck going this way that threw him into the path of a car going that way. now, that car stayed on the scene. the pickup truck, long gone. this is a fatal hit-and-run. and police say they have some

possible leads in the case. on a northwest street this afternoon, police towed away a black pickup truck. it had a broken headlight. the truck described as a possible lead in this fatal hit-and-run investigation. police say around 6:30 this morning, a man was struck as he was crossing sargant road. they say the man was first hit by a black pickup truck which then threw him in the path of a gray car headed in the other direction. >> the second vehicle who was coming the southbound direction actually hit the pedestrian a second time once he was on the ground. the second driver remained on the scene, obviously. no criminal charges being sought against him. >> reporter: now police spent hours investigating what happened here. look at the number of evidence markers. i counted at least 28.

now, i don't know who the victim is, but i know where he was about 20 minutes before he was killed on that street. more on that coming up at 5:00. in northeast, pat collins, news 4. >> all right, thanks a lot, pat. forced to go from what had been their home to a hotel. about a dozen families have had their lives turned upsidedown because their building isn't safe enough to live in. >> news 4's mark segraves was there as city officials moved them out today and he has more now on what's going to happen to them next. >> reporter: 12 families, many of whom have been paying rent in this apartment building for years, are today finding themselves being forced out. and that's because the district government has determined that the building they've been living in is no longer safe. according to district officials, they gave the owner of the building months and months of advanced notice and fines telling him that he needed to make these repairs.

again, according to district officials, the owner refused. today was the deadline and now the district government is here moving these families out. they will all be taken to a local hotel where the district will pay for them to live for two weeks. but after that, many of them will be on their own. coming up at 5:00, you'll see what happens when we confront the owner of this building and what he had to say about the situation. in southeast, i'm mark segraves, news 4. i'm julie carey at the fairfax county courthouse where a key witness is testifying today in the charles severance triple murder trial. his ex-girlfriend with whom he was living when two of the victims were killed said it was severance who urged her to buy two small handguns. severance is charged in the shooting death of three well-known alexandria residents over a ten-year period. linda robra already had two .38

revolvers when severance moved in with her in 2011. because he had a felony conviction, he was barred from buying guns but she said in 2012 severance showed her a photo of a small .22 caliber five-shot revolver and urged her to get two. along with a specific type of ammunition. she says she did and testified severance showed her how to use them. when he moved out of her ashburn townhouse days after police started looking for him, the guns were gone. ahead at 5:00, she talks about the chilling statement severance made to her about police and the courts. in fairfax county, julie carey, news 4. boy, i'm just thinking back to that scene we saw in rockville pike. who would have thought chris gordon would have needed his waders on a bright sunny day like this? but, doug, i guess we should all keep at least an umbrella handy for later in the week, huh? >> i think that's the thing. really it's later today, we're going to see a chance of shower activity. then it's the jackets then maybe even the coats as we move on through the next couple days.

today, though, no coats needed at all. we just saw a few showers out there before 10:00, 11:00 this morning. that was about it. high temperature the today near 80. lee burg, warrenton. 77 in d.c. nice sunshine a little bit earlier. we're watching a frontal boundary making its way our way. it will continue to bring in much cooler weather. so the nice, mild temperatures are here. here comes the chilly air and we are talking very chilly air coming up this weekend. turning rather cool the next couple of days. still not too bad. chilly air coming in friday, saturday, and sunday. we'll talk much more about that. veronica has a better chance at the look of showers this evening coming up in the next five minutes. >> thanks, doug. well, you've no doubt gotten used to the spectacle. will tonight's democratic debate in las vegas live up to the last gop debate? we're just a couple hours away. and researchers may have finally found the source of a listeria outbreak that was traced to one of fall's favorite traditions.

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whatever you're doing right now, you've got to stop and take a look at this. a drone captured a spectacular view of fall colors in northeast vermont. the trees in our area are just starting to change. >> yeah, but the leaves are hitting their peak already in vermont right now. the photos reveal an amazing array of golds, reds, yellows, as far as the eye can see. i mean, this is breathtaking stuff. v.j., i grew up in michigan so we grew up tracking that fall color, going out, checking out some of the leaves changing. i know you're a huge fan of that, too. >> i am a huge fan of fall color. went to school in asheville, north carolina, and there you get some of the prettiest color around, but you're absolutely right, we've got a map, too, that storm team 4 put together for you showing you where we are already seeing some of that peak

color. as we mentioned, upstate vermont, areas of new hampshire, upstate new york, even down through areas of northwestern or northeastern pennsylvania. and right here in some of the high elevations of west virginia. also seeing some peak color there. most of our area getting some low color to moderate color up around areas of western maryland. now, part of the reason that i think we're going to have some great color around here is because we've had showers, we've had very low temperatures at times. then we get those warm days like today. some spots in the swrupper 70s across the area. as far as the showers we're going to see this evening, the showers will be wrapping up around 8:00. just a few spotty showers is all we'll see here this evening. another chance before the week is out. doug has your four-day fwrast co forecast coming up. shocking news at 4:00, a former college football star arrested for murder and what he

now at 4:15, we're staying on top of breaking news out at bethesda. drivers are trying to find their way around a massive water main break. rockville pike is open to only one lane near the national institutes of health, as water continues to spew out of that 16-inch main. there's no direct damage right now to businesses or to homes. a russian-made warhead soared 33,000 feet before exploding less than a yard from

malaysia airlines flight 17. that's the findings from dutch safety board, which says shrapnel instantly killed the pilots and allowed them no time to maneuver or even call for help. now, they are still looking into who fired that rocket and from where, so the report did not assign blame for that attack in eastern ukraine. right now, a lot of eyes are out in vegas as we count down to the firsts democratic presidential debate. >> the headliners in tonight's matchup are hillary clinton and bernie sanders, of course. maryland and virginia both have former leaders on stage. looking for a breakout tonight. we turn to news 4 steve handelsman who's live now in vegas. what kind of a night do you see this turning out to be, steve? >> reporter: well, you know, here in the spin room and tv live area at the debate site, wynn hotel right on the vegas strip, the conventional wisdom is this is shaping up as much more of a conventional presidential debate. the first one for the democrats because it's not a republican

debate and it can't be dominated by donald trump who incidentally, no surprise, trump always figures out a way to get involved, announced today he's going to be on "snl" next weekend and said he's going to be live tweeting tonight. cannot stand on the sidelines. has to try to be involved. he won't be in the debate. the people who will be have got a huge opportunity. i mean, let's face it. any debate, any year, any party, whether you have 16 or whether you have three, is big because there's a potential to gain and there's, some say, a bigger potential to lose. let's tick off some candidates. bernie sanders obviously on a roll especially in the early primary states surprising everybody in the democratic party, surprising everybody back home in vermont who loves and adores bernie sanders but never thought he would play outside as a democrat. he's a socialist. he's had huge rallies. i spoke to a reporter from los angeles who was in a venue where he said sanders had 27,000 people. 27,000. that's way more than hillary

clinton. so, he's well known now, and he's certainly, people know about the fact he's appealing to so many democrats by surprise, surprising many people, but have they heard from bernie sanders? the answer is no. hillary clinton, the on. she went to reboot after the trouble she's had with her e-mails and being pursued by sanders. quickly, martin o'malley. of the three candidates including former senator jim webb, the former maryland governor is thought here to have the skills to maybe stand out, break out. what that would mean to his candidacy, big question mark. i'm steve handelsman, news 4 live from las vegas. and taking a look across our area right now, a nice afternoon for the most part. we have a couple showers, though, that have developed as we've been talking about the last couple days. take a look outside right now. see what i'm talking about right here. there are some showers right downtown. see in the dark clouds. also the sun off in the distance. this is exactly what we'll

continue to see. right now, 77 degrees. winds out of the southwest at 9 miles per hour. so we're on the mild side. 80 degrees in huntingtown, on the warm side for su. 77 leesburg. temperatures today 5 to 10 degrees above average. the temperatures will be comi down in thefecti next few days. the allergies on the w side for the of peoe have been suffering lately. mold is on the high side. a quite of people are suffering that i've talked to, too. see a few showers. look what'sng rappenight over downtown right now. i just sho you that right ere, if we can -- i thought zg rk m an zoomin and show you how this is happening. once again, we're seeing showers develop right inside the beltway. and right downtown. notice not a lot, not heavy rain, but right over the 395. just showed you that shot a second ago. right on through the center portions of the downtown region. right over the capitol, along the mall, too.

we'll continue to see a few showers throughout the evening but not expecting a lot. it's all a result of a cold front as it's moving our way. that cold front will drop in some cooler numbers from the north. look at our air starting to move fr in from canada. we're going to be a little on the cooler side. high temperatures tomorrow only going to be in the 60s. that's the case the next few days. 68 tomorrow. 67 thursday. 67 friday. highs saturday, mid 50s, most of you. 60 in the city. wait until you see how cold the rest of the weekend is. we're using the word cold, guys. >> ouch, thanks, doug. a young man is sitting in jail charge with a murder that makes no sense. three years ago he was one of the brightest young stars in college football. thomas johnson told dallas police yesterday he picked a jogger at random and attacked him with a machete. >> reporter: in his mugshot, thomas johnson shows little expression. his circumstances monday, much different from when he took this photo as one of the nation's top

college football recruits just three years ago. >> as you get closer and closer you can tell it's a machete and there are repeated blows. >> reporter: this witness told nbc 5 he saw johnson use a machete to kill the unidentified jogger. police say johnson then called 911 on himself, confessed to the crime and told them he did it because he's angry at his living situation. >> it appears that mr. johnson picked this victim at random. it's absolutely random. >> he just attacked? >> he just attacked him. >> reporter: wetopped by the home of johnson's aunt who court documents show has called police on johnson before. she did not talk on camera but told us through tears in her eyes she hadn't heard from him in quite some time and wasn't sure where he had gone. >> so obviously still a lot, a lot of questions out there that haven't been answered. thomas johnson played at texas a&m with johnny manziel, helped

the aggies upset alabama three years ago. today the university released a statement saying it is an awful tragedy for everyone involved, but because this is in the courts right now, they can't say anything more than that. if you love avocados, you're probably eating them wrong. the secrets to getting the maximum benefit out of one o

the race to a wedding takes an accidental turn. how you're probably eating the wrong kind of avocado. and why think when you can just google? we're joined with stories folks are talking about. incredible insight into how smartphones -- look at you, you can't get off that thing for a second. hello, hello. sma smartphones are changing our lives. >> they are. uh, because -- believe it or not, listen to this. people look up information that they want to know. right? like, the capital of wisconsin, for example. and forget it within 30 seconds. how crazy is this? one-half don't even try to remember info tor faor facts. hop on google, look it up. 27 then forget instantly. nobody knows phone numbers anymore. >> of course not. >> that is 100% the truth. and 40% say even all the information they'd ever need to know is in their phone. which i believe.

i mean, i think i'd die without it, believe it or not. i really would. >> hey, as somebody who remembers the old card catalog in the library, i'll take today's tech any day. one new bride, not so funny thing happened on the way to her wedding reception. >> her name is sarah. amazing story. she gets marries at a church. that's her right there. she's in her wedding dress. she's beautiful. snoo she's in clarksville, tennessee. gets married. on the way to reception last saturday, her grandma gets into a car accident. someone ran a red light. she stopped and helped rescue her grandmother. she eventually made it to the reception. ultimately a little bit late. grandma is going to do just fine. she's in indiana recovering. >> awesome start. her husband is a paramedic as well. pretty cool. you and i have talked about this before. my wife's mexican. we use avocados weekly. we love them in a lot of dishes. turns out we may be cheating ourselves -- >> you're only getting 30% of the benefit of the avocado.

>> how do i keep that up? >> you got to eat the seed. and i don't know if that means you have no teeth or what. they actually found out 70% of the antioxidants are inside the seed of the acado. 30% are on the outside you normally eat and it has more than any other vegetable which i had no idea. what you're supposed to do is cut the seed in quarters and then put it in a big blender. like a powerful blender. blend it up. it's bitter, but then at least you candd a juice to it or something else to it and it will taste decent. >> don't try eating that all -- >> do not try eating -- do not, before we get complaint let e i have no teeth, i ate the middle of an oavocado. >> thank, man. all right, guys. he has a following of millions. bishop, author, music producer, motiv

at 4:30s, big trouble along rockville pike in bethesda. a water main break. all lanes are flooded north of nih. crews are still trying to stop that water. then they'll turn to what actually caused the break. our chris gordon is there in the middle of it. he's going to bring us updates as they warrant. right now d.c. police are searching for a driver who hit and killed a man as he was crossing the street. it happened on sergeant road northeast. this afternoon, police found what may be the truck that hit

him. pat collins has discovered where the driver was 20 minutes before the crash. those developments in about 30 minutes. six baltimore police officers are charged in connection to the death of freddie gray and today a judge rul ruled that statements made by one of them will be allowed at trial. two statements of alicia white were improperly obtained. the first trial is scheduled for next month. it is intense video of a fire in reston. happened this morning. two people are seriously injured but they're alive thanks to firefighters. we expect to hear more about the cause and the rescues in a news conference at 6:00 tonight. news 4's meagan fitzgerald found the man who videotaped the heroic efforts of these firefighters. >> reporter: neighbors say purple sage court is usually quiet. >> actually it's a very quiet neighborhood. >> reporter: so on tuesday morning when they heard loud sirens, they instantly knew something was wrong. >> i heard the fire engines as

you hear down at the intersection. >> reporter: james moran ran outside and started shooting this home video. fairfax county fire officials say it took around 40 firefighters nearly an hour to extinguish the blaze. but moments after they arrived, they realized people were trapped inside. >> a young couple, early 20s, lived here for a couple years. >> reporter: you can see firefighters walking up the ladders, breaking the top floor windows, and climbing inside to rescue the young couple. >> they slid them down the ladder. got them on a stretcher. and they put them in an ambulance. >> reporter: firefighters say the couple was rushed to the hospital before being air lifted to washington medical center. investigators believe the fire started on the first floor, but spent hours on scene investigating while neighbors looked on. >> and i hope he's okay. i hope they're both okay. we are tracking hearings today in baltimore from the live

desk ahead of the trials for this six police officers charged in the death of freddiegray. a judge has ruled that statements made by one of those officers will be allowed at trial. it's sergeant alicia white, she was one of the three officers who transported gray in the police van where he was injured and made several stops to check on him but never called a medic. sergeant white then made two statements to investigators. the judge ruled that one of those statements was made while white was considered a witness. and, therefore, she did not need to be read her miranda rights. the second statement also given voluntarily by the officer, and the judge says that white was advised of her rights yet she still agreed to supply that statement. we don't know what it was. other statements from other officers are still being evaluated to see if they're admissib admissible. the first trial is set to begin on november 30th. back to you. and now your storm team 4

forecast. >> some of you i know you're looking at the sky, might be worried about the clouds going, can i go out this evening, should i be worried about those clouds? i say go ahead. remember chuck bell told you you'd be able to get away with a little person umbrella, that is so true. we're seeing spotty showers come through our area. it's getting breezy, too. here are the showers we're tracking right now. atlanta, capital heights, alexandria, and headed toward buoy, too, a little stronger shower there but just some very spotty showers from now up until about 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. because look at this, morgantown, still some showers here. that's the weather front that's going to be moving through our area this evening. so your driving impact forecast, kind of a gray sky for the evening. 7:00 to 9:00. 60 our temperature. by morning, here's what we get. some sunshine. it will be breezy again. temperatures start out in the upper 50s across the area. but are you ready for moving from jacket to the coat? we're going to have to do that this weekend. temperatures take a plunge right

into the early part of next week. yes, i'm talking cold and we've got your seven-day forecast coming up later this hour. here is the dashcam video arrest of a florida woman who used social media to live stream herself driving while she said she was drunk. lakeland police say 23-year-old whitney biel's car hit a curb as they pulled her over early saturday morning. police gave biel a field sobriety test which they say she failed. she refused a breathalyzer test. been she was stopped, biel used the social media app periscope to live stream herself driving drunk. at least two viewers watching the stream called 911. an officer used a personal account to help locate biel. she was arrested and she was charged with dui. he has millions of followers on social media. he leads congregations of thousands before tens of thousands. and he is the bestselling author of more than two dozen books. bishop t.d. jakes is here in washington this week.

his latest book "destiny: step into your purpose" is in stores right now and he's here in our studio right now. bishop jakes, thanks for being with us. >> a pleasure to be with you. >> first let's talk about your book "destiny: step into your purpose." it's in stores now. tell us what inspired you to write this. >> i wrote a previous book called "instinct" and when i finished the book people were responsive about the book but i felt like the book wasn't finished, there was a whole other aspect of it i wanted to deal with as opposed to "instincts" dealing with who you are on the inside, "destiny" about who row ayou are, where y going and use who you are to get where you're going. i wanted to continue the dialogue. >> how do you continue your destiny? >> i think it's very, very important that destiny leaves clues that we're wired in particular ways so we can obtain a particular thing, we come preequipp preequipped, we're divinely bestowed the giftings we need

for the purpose we play in life. >> is that a message not just for the faithful but people of all faiths or no faith? >> it's for everybody. there's nothing that is created that was not created with purpose. understanding that purpose brings fulfillment. it's not necessarily money. it's not necessarily prestige or fame. or things that we have been taught to pursue. it really is a sense of finding where you fit in life and losing your self dread in the process because when you find where you fit, you understand why you are made the way you are amade. >> you're an author, lead huge congregations both in churches and television. you're a music producer. eye ha you have your own app. of course, you've been married three decades. how do you balance that? >> it's a lot. it's something i've done every day. the art to balancing life. you're going to leave something undone every day, make sure it's not the same thing every day. see, it's really about juggling. i'm going to come up short, but i don't want to come up short two days in a row in the same

area. i'm going to miss the kids one day. the next day i might not be there for my wife at a particular time. i might not be able to be there on sunday. i might miss a board meeting. you don't want to miss several things several times in the same category. >> the multigifted and multitalented buishop t.d. jake. >> thank you. >> a pleasure to be with you. >> see t.d. jakes at the bridgeway community church in columbia at 7:00 tonight and thursday and friday at the temple of praise in southeast d.c. >> all right, that's something to look forward to. america's top beer makers are getting ready to join forces to become the largest in the world. why this could be bad for the craft beer industry. and we've got news for your health. the most detailed look yet at the most detailed look yet at why minority women tend toan

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a few spotty showers for the evening rush but will not impact your travel. here's why. they're just so light and very, very isolated across the area. we're seeing one little shower now around hillcrest downandria alexandria, eastbound toward district heights. pulling over toward areas like camp springs in the last couple minutes. a little shower around krocroft buoy, headed toward south haven,

along 301 in the next few minutes and more to the north and west. it's going to come to our area from now to 9:00 p.m. frostburg, hagerstown. that batch really associated with the cold front that's going to be coming in. at least the showers that we're getting may take down the pollen count just a little bit. it's been really the mold spore count over the last 24 hours that has gone up. it's been high for the last 24 hours so a lot of you may be doing a little bit of suffering today. overcast most areas after little bit of sunshine. upper 70s the temperatures. mid 60s by 9:00. showers i think will be wrapping up with the front moving through. on the other side of the front by morning, we're clear, cool. 50 to 54 degrees. so may need a jacket again stepping out the door early tomorrow and you'll notice the wind picking up at times, too. in terms of the attire for tomorrow, what to wear, i would definitely go for the long pants. back to sunglasses, though, for the entire day tomorrow. a lot of folks wanting to get out to do a little bit of

running as they continue to train for the marine corps marathon. cool one from the 50s into the low 60s by around lunchtime. upper 60s for the afternoon. breezy sunshine on tap for tomorrow. a lot of high school games coming up for thursday and friday. tomorrow we get the green light perfect weather for practicing. jv games also get the green light. it's going to be dry. the high school games with lower temperatures comie ining our wa the end of the week could be a little chilly. may want to take the sweatshirt into the game on friday. sunshine there, upper 60s. look at the weekend, though. 60 degrees the high on saturday. upper 50s on sunday. and we're going to see those temperatures early sunday morning start out in the 30s in many locations. look at that. 35 in frederick, maryland. 36 in leesburg. we have a lot more details coming up on our weekend. news 4 at 5:00. people working in prince georges county are not guaranteed paid sick leave. this after a bill that would try to change that failed in committee. not even making it into the prince georges county council

for a full vote. this after the district of columbia and montgomery county both passed paid sick leave bills. what did make it out of committee today was a resolution. the committee said that it would support the state if it decided to conquer this issue of paid sick leave statewide. some folks on the county council thought that if prince georges county sat alone in providing paid sick leave it would put them at a disadvantage of other businesses. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, we heard testimony at times very emotional with folks countering the idea of paid sick leave being bad for business. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. i'm tom sherwood in downtown washington. you all have to worry about parking tickets downtown. that means you have to read all of these signs and with this new parking kiosk right here, you have to make sure you pay them by phone or by credit card or coins. there's something new coming to

the downtown area around the verizon center. 1,000 of these. a multi-block area. each one of them is going to signal a parking space. it's going to be a little confusing at first but the city says it will be easier for you to find a place to park on city streets. now, coming up at 5:00, we'll talk to the city official in charge of putting this new system on city streets. an official calls the investigation into the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17 biased. the dutch safety board released its report concluding a russian-made warhead exploded a few feet from the cockpit and instantly killed at least three crew members then a pressure wave of hot air may have cascade the throughout the plane. there were 300 people on board and they all died when the plane crashed in eastern ukraine. investigators need more time to figure out who launched that missile and from where. talk about a surprise guest at your wedding. president obama crashed a wedding. the president was golfing in san

diego sunday. behind the 18th hole was the altar where stephanie and brian toby were about to get married. the couple put the ceremony on hold while the president played through his game then when his game was over mr. obama crashed their wedding and posed for pictures with the couple. >> wow. well, the next time somebody says they're reading "playboy" for the articles, maybe withdrew can believe them. after more than six decades the magazine is set to go pg-13. nbc's jay gray explains the new strategy. >> reporter: from the start, "playb "playboy" magazine was a playbook for social change credited helping to usher in the sexual revolution of the '50s and '60s publishing nude photos, models and movie stars and in the process become a cutting-edge iconic brand recognized around the world. >> i don't think that any other magazine in the 20th century had more influence in the world and

that's a wild position to be in. >> reporter: that position has changed dramatically and now so has the magazine announcing early next year with will eliminate the nude photo spreads that made it famous. >> they have to change with the times. they have to find a way to exist in this new social media world. >> reporter: "playboy" pulled nude pictures from its website last year. company executives say web traffic jumped from 4 million to 16 million unique users a month. the magazine will make the change in march. there will still be a playmate of the month but editors say the pictures will be pg-13. >> "playboy" is interested in becoming a lifestyle magazine, probably add more entertainment content. my guess is they may even add some fashion. >> reporter: hopeful, the age-old excuse for "playboy" readers. >> oh, yes, that they would pick it, read it for the articles specifically. of course they were looking at the photos.

ye yeah, articles only. >> reporter: might actually become a reality. jay gray, nbc news. just few weeks after bringing back a co-founder as ceo, twitter is set to lay off about 8% of its global workforce. in a letter the ceo says twitter will cut more than 300 jobs in an effort to streamline the company. twitter now has more than 4,000 worke workers. since it started nine years ago, twitter failed to turn a profit losing nearly $2 billion. been on the show before, but never as a presidential candidate. that's right. gop front-runner donald trump is going to host "saturday night live" on november 7th. that's about a year before election day and these are some of the clips when he hosted the nbc comedy show back in 2004. more than ten years ago. back then he was plugging his then-new show, "the apprentice" in his opening monologue. well, mark your calendars. this coming weekend, you can enter the free online lottery for a chance to attend this year's national christmas tree

lightinger ceremony. lottery opens friday morning at 10:00. entries will be accepted through monday morning. the tree lighting ceremony takes place december 3rd on the ellipse. festivities kick off at 5:00 in the evening. of course, we will bring that to you live. you'll find more information on the nbc washington app. just search "tree lighting." well today is the worst day, according to kansas city's fire chief. >> yeah, because it's the day after two of his firefighters die while making a historic rescue. how it happened and how the community is getting through it. how to get fresh food to people who need it the most. i'm mark segraves. i'm mark segraves. i'll introduce you to a group

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here's why you always should just keep a couple bottles in the fridge. guy in north carolina is facing a number of charges after going to extremes just to get a few cases of beer. surveillance video captured him trying to force the doors open at a convenience store and when that didn't work, he got into his pickup, slammed right through the front door. police identified him through that video. turns out he lives less than two miles away from the store. we're learning more today about two firefighters who died in an intense apartment fire in kansas city. >> yeah, they had 30 years of experience between them and died after helping others get out safely. >> we get the latest now from andres gut area rierrez.

>> reporter: the fallen firefighters at larry lego and john mesh. both men were battling a massive apartment fire monday night. we're told the firefighters had just rescued two people from the burning building when a wall collapsed. four firefighters including lego and mesh were trapped. legio and mesh did die from their injuries. the department has not had a line of duty death since 2011. the fire chief had a tough time delivering the news this morning. >> the rapid intervention team witnessed the collapse and held the ground for no more than ten seconds. for no more than ten seconds until command ordered them to effect the rescue. they located, uncovered and removed four firefighters from the immediate area. >> reporter: legio is a 17-year department with the veteran and leaves behind a wife and mother. mesh is a 13-year veteran and leaves behind a wife and four

daughters. the atf is now assisting in the investigation to determineh caused monday ht in kansas city, missouri, andres gutierrez for nbc news. news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. >> right now at 5:00, under water. news 4 is live at the break that stopped traffic at a busy intersection. families forced out. >> they have mold in the windows. when the wind blows, the wind comes from the outside. >> dozens of residents looking for a new home now. we chased down the landlord looking for answers. >> why would you do that? i'm pat collins. we don't know the name of the hit-and-run victim but we know what he was doing about a half an hour before he was killed crossing this road in northeast. and live from new york, donald trump takes over saturday night. and breaking first at 5:00. right now, what a mess. dirty water blocking off roads

and detouring rush hour drivers. >> a massive water main break on rockville pike. this is at cedar lane in bethesda. if you don't know the area, just outside the national institutes of health and walter reed. that's where news 4's chris gordon is with what is going to be a rush hour nightmare. >> reporter: i am standing at the loudest, deepest, fastst rushing portion of water and behind me you see rockville pike. there isne lane of traffic now heading north on rockville pike but nothing in the southbound lane because this is where the leak apparently occurred. now, all of the water you see behind me is not from the leak, itself, because take a look, they opened this fire hydrant in order to drain the pipe. all of this started when wssc got a call that there was water in rockville pike. it happened just after 1:00 this afternoon. the waterline broke along rockville pike sending a river of water south toward the

intersection at cedar lane. >> i don't know the cause of the break at this time. >> reporter: what do they have to do in order to fix it? >> well, we have to get a good shutdown so we can isolate the site of the break and excavate into the road and see what type of break it is and what type of repair it's going to require. >> reporter: there has been road construction for months around the intersection of rockville pike and cedar lane but the road crews weren't working here today. the leak is beside rockville pike where the boy scouts of america national capital area council is located. now, you see from chopper 4, the situation along this major commuter route. rockville pike. northbound limited access. but southbound, the lane is completely shut from jones bridge road all the way down to