died. the florida times is reporting that people are missing right now. palm beach fire and rescue responding to this. witnesses reporting seeing the plane drop out of the sky. right now officials, the faa are investigating and they say it's too early to say what caused the crash. eun. >> thank you, angie. 4:30 now. police in d.c. are asking you to help them find a man linked to a rape and sexual assault and burglary. a man got on to a home on the street in southeast not far from independence avenue. police say he attacked a woman that was home sometime between 2:00 and 3:00. the department is offering a $1,000 reward to make an arrest. developing in prince william county a homicide detective's death is the focus of a virginia state investigation. officials for the prince william police department said penia's death does not appear to be

suspicious. they said juan cared deeply for his family, friends and fellow department members. we are learning new details this morning about a deadly hit and run in the district. the victim is a 62-year-old man named leroy barnes. police say barnes was crossing sergeant road northeast when someone hit him yesterday morning. the first car pushed barnes into the path of another car. the second car stayed on the scene until police arrived but it was too late. police are looking for a dark colored suv. today another change for students who attend samuel chase. the school will be closed today and tomorrow. students from sam chase will still have class today and tomorrow. students need to report to cross land high school. samuel chase was closed yesterday after a fire in a classroom. breaking news on the roads right now, a major closure here,

bw parkway northbound at 32. we are shut down on bw parkway this morning because of a nasty crash. police pushing folks off on to 32. all lanes blocked. alternate trying to get to bwi thorough good marshall you have to take 95 north to get up into that direction of things. rockville pike north and south between cedar lane and cooksville road, we have twater main break. 95 northbound at route 1 right now had a little bit of a slowdown earlier. now it is looking better coming northbound out of quantico. chuck? outside today going to be a nice one for the most part. cool and dry outside this morning. you'll notice considerable north to northwesterly breeze. be ready for a bit of a breeze. much colder air coming our way as we head towards the weekend.

today first, sun's up at 7:16. hourly planning, 53 now. 57 by 7:00. 60 by 9:00. 65 by 11:00 a.m. planning your afternoon, plan for sunshine and that bit of a stiff northwesterly breeze. temperatures today will be in the upper 60s to right around 70 degrees. sun's down at 6:31. breezy through about 7:00. the winds will settle down as the skies remain mostly clear. temperatures back down to the mid 60s. break down the school day forecast. for now let's go back into the news. 4:33 now. the former girlfriend of the accused girlfriend charles severance said he didn't like the police or the legal system. linda robra spent several hours on the witness stand. severance is on trial for three separate killings in alexandria. the jury saw evidence seized from the town house.

a gaithersburg man may face life in prison after being convicted of murder. tavon miles was part of a group that raided that montgomery county home looking for drugs and money. this happened of last year. miles was shot several times during the robbery. he killed the man who shot him, mark saint awe bin. miles will be sentenced in january. 4:34. today is the funeral for a man who died days after a struggle with security guards at a local hospital. 74-year-old james mcbride was a patient at med star hospital center two weeks ago. mcbride died two days after guards restrained him for trying to leave the hospital. his neck was broken but it's unclear how he died. his family will lay him to rest at fort lincoln funeral home in brentwood, maryland. check your smoke alarms. that is the message from the fairfax county fire department.

they rescued a couple from the second floor yesterday morning. the couple was air lifted to the hospital. we are learning that they are both in serious condition but are expected to be okay. >> one, have a working smoke alarm on every floor. soaked, when you go to bed at night, shut the bedroom door. >> fire investigators say the house did have working smoke alarms but four pets died in that fire. no word yet on what caused it. there will be road closures today for the u.s. park police's s.w.a.t. school. training exercises will be happening on the billy goal trail at chesapeake in potomac. be aware a section of the trail will be closed from 6:00 this morning to 3:00 in the afternoon. it will be closed from the angler's inn trail. the brother of a jailed washington post reporter says his imprisonment is cruel and inhumane. he's been in jail in iran for

over a year on charges including espionage. iran tv reported he was convicted and could face 20 years in prison. it's not clear what he was convicted of and the family says they haven't received any infmation. the state department is calling for iran to release him right away. >> i was startled when i got hit. >> dell wilbur was attack the on the capitol prison trail not by a robber, or a dog. an owl swooped down and hit him. he was jogging when he felt like someone hit him with a bottle. that attack happened on river road. after the first attack the owl swooped down and attacked somebody else. officials say the bird is probably young and mistaking reflections and pony tails for prey. >> i looked down the trail and a big bird that i assumed was an owl was swooping down on a woman jogging that direction with a

ponytail. then it veered off into the trees. >> park police have put up signs warning people an aggressive owl lives in that area. they say also if you have a ponytail, hide it in a hat. >> whohyb knew pony tails coul a hazard, a liability when you're outside. >> there's the guy right there. didn't take long for somebody to come up with a twitter account. >> of course there's a twitter account. >> the owl ordeal. you see somebody tweeting using the handle @moco owl. the description is i eat mice and regurgitate pellets. the owl tweeted last night during the democratic debate trying to be involved in the goings on right now. >> he's very active on twitter apparently fooling beau beau. >> i wants to be part of the community. >> community tweeter. if you are just heading out the door, take a look at the temperatures right now. most places in the 50s.

52 in manassas. 52 in gaithersburg. will the kids need a jacket though? off the job. what a maryland police officer is doing that has him under investigation. new this morning what the navy is mulling that could have

welcome back. new fathers in the navy could soon have more time home with their babies. the navy's top officer says the service is considering extending

paternity leave from 10 days to 30 days. the new development comes after navy admiral john richardson met with several hundred sailors at pearl harbor yesterday. this past summer the navy tripled paid maternity s female sailors and marines. breaking news on the roads right now. bw parkway, again north bound here at 32, we are shut down this morning. if you're headed northbound on bw parkway they're going to push you off on to 32 eastbound here now. here's what you can do. because all lanes are blocked, if you're headed to the airport take maryland 95 northbound instead. in the rockville bethesda area, rockville pike between cedar lane and hoops hill road still had one lane getting by. 95 north through triangle one. left lane gets side lined. chuck. >> good morning, melissa.

4:41. yes, indied. a quiet start to your day today. temperatures drop back down mostly into the 50s. a few spots like downtown washington at 60. saint mary city at 60 degrees. only 50 in culpeper. 50 in martinsburg. a little bit of a hint of a chill in the air. temperatures at the bus stops, mid to upper 50s. a little on the cool side. sunshine returns today so recess gets an a. temperatures into the mid and upper 60s by then and near 70. what to wear? you probably need a little jacket for the day outside. cooler temperatures and breeze will make it feel a little bit more like october. it will feel like november though by the weekend. more at 4:51. >> thank you, chuck. the first democratic presidential debate is in the books. who said what and who was telling the truth? we're fact checking all of last night's candidates. several d.c. families forced fro their homes. why they're being pushed out never to return.

4:45. one person is dead after an overnight shooting. a man was shot to death in sutland. investigators do not think this is a random crime. news 4's meghan fitzgerald is headed to the scene. we'll have updates throughout the morning. now on a perspective on a transformative night. senator bernie sanders campaign said he has nearly $1.3 million in new donations. social media dubbed hillary

clinton the winner. nbc's tracie potts is here. let's start with hillary clinton. she seemed ready for the questions, especially about whether she changed her position on international trade deals. let's listen to what she has to say about the trans-pacific partnership. >> i did say when i was secretary of state three years ago that i hoped it would be the gold standard. it was justifiably negotiated last week and in looking at it, it didn't meet my standard. >> reporter: well, so let's talk about this, fact or fiction. she flubbed a little bit saying she hoped it would be the gold standard. what she said back then was it was the gold standard. she's backing off that a bit, but also there are some things that were in the deal back then that have now been taken zblout all right. it seems like numbers and economy big issue. it may have tripped up a couple of the candidates. let's listen in to maryland governor martin o'malley. >> our middle class is

shrinking. our poorer families are becoming poorer and 70% of us earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago. >> reporter: so generally that information is true. the middle class is shrinking and a lot of families are poorer, but the washington post points out that some of the data that he was referring to was outdated in terms of the 70%. what 70% is he referring to? you really have to sort of dig into the numbers there to take a look at that. the bottom line, some of that data was outdated but the general point that he was making is still good. >> tracie potts live on the hill. thank you for that analysis. pretty bold statements from the gop. governor mike huckabee tweeted, quote, i trust bernie sanders with my tax dollars like i trust a north korean chef with my labrador. jeb bush took a stab at the candidates as a whole. he tweeted it's clear the democrats on stage tonight are running for obama's third term.

join me if you're ready to stop them. 4:48. new details in a murder investigation into the district. d.c. police are looking for this man. 23-year-old john anthony james. an arrest warrant said he shot and killed 21-year-old earnest massenberg bay jr. in prince gorges county police are looking for the person who shot two men near a school. one of the victims is dead. the shooting started at a town houn complex on 67th avenue yesterday afternoon. the crime scene spread out over several blocks and came close to bladensburg school. both victims were adults. 4:48. 12 d.c. families who were forced out of their homes have a place to stay for now. inside their apartment building the conditions are unfit for anyone to live. so city moved the families to temporary housing inside a hotel. >> can't take baths for like two to three weeks and stuff like

that. >> there were over 287 code violations dcra has issued to this landlord starting in about april. >> one woman forced to move had to postpone her husband's funeral. the building's owner locked himself in a utility closet as mark seagraves tried to talk to him. one baltimore city police officer is not on the job this morning. we are learning that there is a criminal investigation underway over allegations the officer spit on a man he arrested. an onlooker recorded video of the incident monday night. witnesses say police ordered several people off the steps of a building. one man argued with an officer and was tased and handcuffed. that's when witnesses say the officer spit on the man. >> i think any person can look and come away with some serious ken

concerns. this isn't being looked at, reviewed, glanced at, this is a full blown internal investigation. >> police officers in baltimore will start wearing body cameras later this month. police in frederick, maryland, need your help identifying two people who were accused of vandalizing the bust of a supreme court justice. the video shows the suspect heading towards the bust of roger brook tawny outside of city hall. they were carrying a plastic bag with a paint can inside. the bust was found sunday morning covered in red paint like substance. maryland governor larry hogan has finished his final round of chemotherapy. he took to facebook to thank the university of maryland medical center for their dedication and amazing work. he posted on facebook over the last four months i've undergone 30 days of 24 hour chemo, three surgeries, four spinal taps and countless scans. hogan was diagnosed with bc nonhodgkin's lymphoma in june

wishing you a speedy recovery. breaking news on the roads. northbound bw parkway, we are still shut down and probably will be for much of the morning here at 32. if you're going to be headed that way you can get off of 32 for folks working there at nsa or fort meade area. we are should down anywhere north of that. if you are headed to the airport take 95 north instead because you cannot get past 32. again, in bethesda, rockville pike north and south between cedar lane does have the closure from yesterday. have the crew on the way there. have live picture of that in a minute. right now we hear one lane getting by in each direction. prince gorges county overall looking quite good. same thing when you take a look at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop.#añ 95 northbound through virginia as you're headed there through triangle has just the left lane. 8 miles an hour. have to have patience there. >> thanks, melissa.

let's turn to chuck bell now and get an update on the weather. >> let's do that. >> we know your favorite animal is the baby panda. >> my favorite animal ever is the dolphin. i love dolphins. they're intelligent and friendly. >> you know what aaron's favorite animal is? >> tell zblus i don't know either. >> the camel. >> because it's hump day. >> let it out, eric. >> what's your favorite animal? >> a dog. >> a little dull. >> i'm a simple man with simple taste. aaron, you let me down on the hump day. >> i have to build up. >> 5:51, aaron. you're on the hook for it. outside the cool season, everybody. starting to make a comeback. 78 glorious degrees yesterday. felt like september. it will feel like november by the weekend as temperatures will be dropping 20 to 25 degrees by the time you get into saturday

and sunday afternoon. right now it is 60 with a northwest wind. here in washington the northwest breezes will increase today. it will be breezy at times but there will be plenty of sunshine. temperatures today back down near average and our average now is at 69 degrees. 52 in gaithersburg right now. 52 manassas. 51 in clinton, maryland. hourly temperatures mostly in the 50s here for the next couple of hours. we'll be in the low 60s by 10. mid 60s by lunchtime. upper 60s to right around 70 degrees for a high today. 71 on the national mall. 65 gait thers birg this afternoon. 64 in hagerstown. already starting to think about going out and taking a look at the fall color. already quite a bit of color in far western maryland and the high spot of the mountains of west virginia. more fall foliage will be coming our way as there's another significant cold front our way. it will be nice today. next little chance for a shower doesn't show up until we get into the day on friday.

future weather friday morning at 5:00 a.m. will be dry. by lunchtime that cold front sneaking on through. just like yesterday, not a lot of moisture to work with. it could ring out a quick shower or two mid part of the day on friday and then much colder weather moves in just in time for your weekend. all related here in the seven day forecast. 71 today. about 67 tomorrow. again, that's just about average for this time of year. friday there's that little chance for a shower. friday afternoon as it turns breezy into the weekend but much, much colder weather saturday, sunday, monday. highs in the upper 50s to near 60 and both sunday and especially monday morning we have to worry about a frost or a killing freeze for much of the shenandoah valley and northern maryland. keeping you posted on that. we'll break down today hour by hour in a few minutes. >> did you say frost? >> oh, you betcha. >> and freeze. >> i'm not ready. 4:54 now. an issue almost all of us are faced with. the frustrating search for a parking spot in d.c.

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breaking news on the road. trying to get some things off my desk. bw parkway shut down at 32. big problem this morning, no doubt, if folks are trying to take bwi airport. much more coming up. news 4 iteam working on stories showing a rising number of bomb squad calls on u.s. capitol grounds. the police records show more than 2500 security sweeps including calls to check out suspicious packages since 2012. u.s. capital police have handled a recent series of unexpected scares. a gyro copter landed on the lawn and suspicious powder in an office. >> this is washington, d.c. this is a city where there's a higher risk where things can happen than a lot of other cities. >> for a full iteam report on the bomb squad check out our website. next time you head to the

dmv ask yourself, do you really need to be there? 20% of the people in the commonwealth go to the dmv unnecessarily. in arlington the average wait time is 47 minutes. that's compared to 24 minutes statewide. the report shows most customers were showing up for vehicle registration renewals which can be done online, over the phone or by mail. soon you'll be able to search for parking in d.c. on your phone. d dot is installing a new way to tell. they label spaces so you don't have to put a receipt in your car. d dot says it creates a map of what's taken and what's available. >> seeing if the space is occupied or not. we want to push this information out to the public using an app. that's part of the project. that's coming next year. >> d dot says its studies showed 1/4 or more of all

congestion downtown show people searching for a parking space. i have been there. >> as of saturday you won't see u.s. airways at the airport. u.s. airways website will redirect you to the american website now. there will no longer be u.s. airways ticket counters at any of the airports it serves. if you're willing to fly southwest after this past weekend's technical nightmare fares are really cheap. you can get a flight for less than 100 bucks round trip. trips at these prices cover domestic travel at the beginning of december and then again through most of january. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. that breaking news out of prince georges county, one person is dead after an overnight shooting. two hours ago police were called to t