it's really that cold out there, and we're in for some of the chilliest days of the season so far. and the long criminal back ground of a man who is accused of killing a transgender woman. and how family and friends are honoring the life of zillah. good morning. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. your weekend. you're going to have to bundle up. >> your heavier jacket. >> and thick sweater and maybe throw on a scarf. >> storm team 4's chuck bell joining us. hey, chuck. >> you need the extra layer to get out the door. as long as you stay busy, keep a brisk pace going, it will be a nice enough day to stay outsiechld it's going to stay pretty cold all day long. looking northwest-bound. here's chevy chase. there are more clouds here across parts of northern maryland and southern pennsylvania. the clouds are going to try

their best to make it down into the metro this afternoon. right now temperatures are in the mid-40s across much of the area, and as you plan out your afternoon, chilly, breezy, and cool. temperatures will-inch their way only into the mid-50s. don't plan on much of a warmup. temperatures will quickly fall out of the 40s and into the 30s before 11:00. so a cold night tonight and a cold start tomorrow morning. in fact, tomorrow's temperatures will be even lower today and if you want to see a few snowflakes, you won't have to drive far. no accumulating snow but an occasional conservational forecast coming up. happening today, transgender murder victim zella ziona is being remembered with a candlelight vigil. she was found thursday in an alley. just wednesday police made an

arrest in that case. there's a vigil being held in germantown. friends of ziona are invited to attend. this as we american more about a fight that lead up to zella ziona's murder. jackie bensen has the update jr. the police were called at 5:17 pchl thursday for a report of three to five people fighting with sticks. one had a knife. the documents say detectives believe zella ziona was hit with a stick at that time. sources tell "news4" that the man charged with her murder, were also involved with it. at this time it's not clear how officers resolved that incident but 20 minutes later, 5:40 p.m. police were called to the area again. this time zella ziona was shot.

a witness said a man was standing over her firing shots into her. >> i watched him standing ore the person firing more shots. detectives believe the victim may have been lured to the valley after the initial fight. that's where the man ricoh leblond jumped from behind dumpster and began shooting. witnesses say he had a monster mask over the lower part of his mask. news of the arrest was bittersweet. >> it won't bring her back. it won't bring her back. brand-new photos into our news room of a fire in fairfax county overnight. look at the damage to this house in mt. vernon. the walls are cracked. we're told one person was hurt. right now we're working to learn out what started that fire. >> we're woking to learn the name of the man killed while crossing the street in bladensburg. police are calling it a

hit-and-run. investigators are looking for a late model fort with damage to the left headlight and bumper. f 9-year-old penelope ann began land slammed into a traffic pole. officers saw speeding. she died at the hospital number one else was hurt in the crash. an amazing scene. this is a motorcycle up in flames. the man on the bike was ruked to the haetd. this morning a 7-year-old gets to meet the woman who saves his life. how cool is that? turning the spotlight on leukemia and how you can become a donor. "news4's" derrick ward is live with that heart warming story. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. that event is wrapped up but that cause is still an on going

story. this walk is called walk of life put on by the bone marrow walk of life. they match up bone mario res recipie recipient. he had a disease where he needed a bone mary row donation. she signed up for one. the call came in. she hadn't met the recipient until today. it was a very emotional meeting among them. it talks about the emotion and importance of all of it. take a listen. >> every day i just thought about, you know, wanting him to get healthy and to experience the childhood that she should. >> just to get on the registry, it's like a swab, a q-tip you put in your mouth. no big deal.

>> reporter: you know, stay it is statistically someone is in need and donors are hard to find. sometimes family members don't even match up. that's why it's important do this. that's why it's an easy process. you take a swab. you can get that call. there was an outpatient procedure. it can happen in one day but it can save a life. we're live at hains point, derrick ward, "news4." back to you. >> derrick, thanks so much. this year student enrollment has increased by 2,600 students. that brings the number to more than 156,000. they believe it's attributed to rising birth rates and more people moving into the region tochl make sure there's enough room, the county is launching a large building and renovation effort. >> 10:06. there's been speculation for months but joe biden announces

whether he'll actually run for president. who he talked to. >> and taking a live look outside, we do have a cool start to our sunday morning. chuck is tracking how chilly thin

how much sleep did you get last night? >> honestly? >> yeah. >> five hours. >> five hours. >> that's pretty good. >> a new study says we nay may not be sleeping as well as our an chesters. thai researchers looked at three tribes. don't use alarm clocks or cove. they sleep the natural way the way early humans did. turns out they only get about 6 1/2 hours of sleep a night, not eight. so they didn't nap either. the researchers said their findings mean that sleep might

not be the cause of mood disorders or other problems, although, we all know we're cranky when we don't get enough sleep. now to promising news this morning for the former nba star lamar odom. he's speaking in complete sentences and is texting. several of his former teammates the l.a. clippers have also visited him this weekend. odom was admitted to a nevada hospital after being found unconscious in a brothel following a drug overdose. while he's no longer in a coma, his mother-in-law tells access hollywood he's still in very critical conditions. now to decision 2016. this morning we're talk about vice president joe biden and the growing question whether north he'll actually ten ter the race for the white house. sources tell nbc news that a vice president told a major labor leader on friday he's strongly considering a run. we're told that the prp spoke for about 20 minutes. they discussed strategy, inf

infrastructu infrastructure, fund-raising. coming up, nbc's chuck todd will discuss more about it. >> the u.s. is stepping in to stop the violence in israel right now. there have been several terrorist attacks in jerusalem. this morning secretary of state john kerry mr. l meet this week. he plans to meet with him separately. >> well, women ter is coming early where it's gotten so cold the snow is already falling. >> and are we going to see some of that in the near future? chuck's tracking the chilly weathernd aunt if

a dramatic scene after a shark attack in hawaii. fire officials say it happened 50 to 100 yards on shore. they were swimming back. two people paddled out to bring him in. we know his legs suffered the most damage. >> this morning scientists will be working to confirm whether a tornado actually touched down in southern california. it certainly looks like it did.

the person shooting the video decided they were going to stay there even though that situation looked very dangerous zwloo a super typhoon over the philippines is moving very slowly. we're told it could blow high winds and dump rain on the country for days. two people have died in this typhoon, typhoon koppu so far. that's just this morning. thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. we're following all of the develop developments from the storm. we're going to update you on air as well as online. turning our eyes to politics, we've been hearing as hillically clinton gets ready to testify. is we've got the man to talk about it. this is a big week for hillary. she's up there now. >> look. she caught a couple of breaks. really the first time she's caught a break in her campaign

where she's had house members say publicly they've confirmed her talking point which this is just more of a political attempt to politicize things and take her down a number obviously they're nervous enough they're going to do this. she's off the campaign trail doing nothing but testimony el paso racing between now and thursday and by now, huma abedin her long-time personal aide was up there for eight hours on friday. if she was up there for eight hours, how long is hillary clinton going to be up there? ? it's going be a very, very long thursday. another thing is her showing and performance at the debate and how this has kind of put a pep in the step of joe biden's campaign or his -- it's funny you say that. think think you're right. your first part of the question was right.

i tell you he wanted to leave word no. he's not now waffling closer to no now than yes. he put out two things saying he might be leaning more yes. they say, hey, he's still thinking about it and another that says he's more likely to run than not. biden doesn't like to be pressures and he doesn't like this idea you have to decide today. he thinks i'm the sitting vice president, i can decide when i want. >> does it serve him well? >> every day he waits is heard. guess what? three weeks ago it was hard. two weeks ago that was hard. that's how he looks at it. as if beating hillary clinton three weeks ago was going to be any easier. i think in his mind if he's got a purpose for this, if he's got a rationale for running, it's

not about being an alternative for hillary. if he's just hoping for that, he'll never win. if his rationale is i can carry the obama legacy and fix washington, that's a different racing al and he's got time for that. >> you've got a busy show. tellis us about that. >> we've got ted cruz. i tell you, if he does, he's got the infrastructure that he's going to be very hard to stop if he ever gets momentum. it's fun. wait till you see what he says or won't say about paul ryan. >> oh, okay. >>'ll give you that. >> we'll leave it there. >> as a reminder you can see "meet the press" every sunday right here on nc 4. it's coming up right after "news4 today" on 10:30 this morning. >> if you love snow, you might want to catch a flight to michigan there. is it snowing right now? >> you bet you. >> 5 inches on the ground in some spots.

you can build a snowman. >> i love the town, ka las ka, it's a las ka with a "k." >> if you're a snow lover, that's the place to be, i guess. we're not dealing with it. >> it happened in october 2011 on the weekend. >> shorthaenandoah valley. you'll like it. you'll need an extra layer of warmth. speaking of which i have my extra layer of warmth. again, a big thank-you from me to the people at rosiville park. out of the darkness into the light. we're sharing the light. the pleasure was all mine to meet the mother of the girl lauryn's law that was passed in the state of maryland to raise

suicide awareness. this is another great lady yesterday. energetic bunch. i'll tell you what. we went selfie to selfie. this is sharonda jones. thanks for letting me be part of it. here's the website afsp, americ they'll be raising awareness. you can go to their website or take a peek. what to expect, it's cold out now. sunshine for today. we'll be in and out of the sun during the day. quite freeze breesy and colder. that northwest wind is going to keep it feeling awfully chilly during the day. temperatures will be lucky to climb.

temperatures as of now are about 10 degrees colder than we were yesterday and that's the trend going through the rest of the day. the afternoon will be about 5 to 10 degrees colder than yesterday afternoon and tomorrow morning 10 degrees colder than this morning. there's the know showers across parts of michigan. bradford, p.a., buffalo, going the buffalo bills game. they'll have snow showers up there. snowflakes. they have no chance. zero. i don't give zero very often. there could be a flake or two across the northern plains. that's going to be about it. carries the clouds back into america. an isolated chance. it's overpainted on the radar but that indicated to you

there's a chance of a flying drop or two this afternoon. but by and larjs rain chances not that big of a deal. highs in the 50s. angie goff said it's got to be warm at least some time. >> thank you, chuck. i like it. time right now is

joom time right now, 10:246789

here are things you need to know. a candle light vigil being held for stizella ziona. police are looking for a late model ford with damage to a right front headlight and bumper. app intersection of fairfax county is closed right now. the road will be closed until pepco can make the repairs. >> also in fairfax county we're working to learn more about a serious fire. these are new pictures of the fire in mount vernon. one person is hurt but will survive j great come back on "snl." tracy morgan returned a year after the terrible car crash. >> so a couple of months ago i called loren michaels. he's my kobe want my own obi-wan kenobi.

i said, loren, i want to come back when i'm on my feet and here i am. >> "30 rock" former co-stars welcomed him back. if you're looking for something do, there's an attraction getting national attention. >> it's a sing attraction. take a listen. ♪ downtown". >> here's a home in leesburg. the owners rig it. they make a song too. and also. >> what does the fox say? >> i love it. >> i'm so glad that song disappeared. >> i read a book. >> you pull up to the house and you tune it in to your radio? >> 98.1 i think you said. >> yes. 98.1. you listen to the radio yo sew

you don't disrupt the neighborhood. >> except the blinking lights. >> it's festive and fun though. >> it's very cool kool. >> the community loves it or they wouldn't be doing it. >> tonight might be a day to check out the lights. >> sun's down at 6:30, so any time after that it will be a good day for apple butter. >> s'mores. >> there are good things about cold days. >> done and done. >> great things about fall. that's going to do it for "news4 today." stay tuned for "meet the press." stay tuned for "meet the press." >> wake up with us stay tuned for "meet the press." >> wake up with us you fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance.uld save yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing cards with kenny rogers gets old pretty fast?

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this sunday morning, a new sense of urgency in/5e presidential race. on one side, hillary &0ñclinton strong debate performance ups the pressure on joe biden and whether he gets in. on the other, trump and carson are sitting on top, but is ted cruz about to have his moment? >> if you' looking far candidate who the career politicians in washington will embrace, i'm not your guy. >> my sit-down with the senator from texas. also, showdown over benghazi. hillary clinton prepares to testify befor??p benghazi committee. but has the committee been discredited even before the hearing starts. plus, did donald trump just blue jay