in the neighborhood. he broke three bones in her face. three bones in her face. she was in the hospital. yeah, the neighbors want to know who is this guy. >> we asked them and they told us it's not their policy to give out suspect information until a person is charged. they say the man isn't in a d.c. jail. 4:30. which is concise representative paul ryan says he is ready to take that job but only under certain conditions. he listed his demands as he announced his decision late last night. >> if you can agree to these requests and if i can truly be a unifying figure, then i will gladly serve. >> ryan plans to meet with house leaders today. nbc's tracie potts will join us with how likely it is that the

most conservative republicans will agree to his demands. in a few hours lawmakers will break down the biggest threat to the u.s. a live look at the capitol where the house homeland security committee will hear from top intelligence leaders later. the secretary of homeland security jay johnson and the head of the fbi will testify at that hearing. some montgomery county parents are not happy about a new redistricting plan. parents met last night. if the redistricting plan is approved some students could be shifted to dubai elementary school. it's part of a larger effort to reduce overcrowding. some high school students could be shifted to new schools as early as 2017. the school board in prince william county wants more time to review the design for a new high school. the board is supposed to vote tonight. instead it will meet tonight to review the design one last time. it will give the 13 high schools in prince william county. a final vote has been pushed

back to november 4th. >> weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:31. chuck bell has your weather headlines. >> beautiful day outside today. weather impact will be nice and low off to a comfy, cool start. 49 downtown. as you plan out your day, mid to upper 40s for the next couple of hours and then warming into the mid 50s by 10:00. mid 60s by 11:00. a beauty of a day outside. low to upper 70s. dry and clear for your evening temperatures back into the mid and upper 50s by 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. school day forecast in ten minutes. it is traffic time with melissa mollet. >> nice, dry roads looking pretty good. overall outer loop as you're passing 66, a little slow.

as we zoom in, fifth avenue at ray drive. that's because of a fatal crash overnight. 66 and 95, everything looks good over there, prince gorges county rolling along as well. don't have any major problems. we do have this, 66 westbound at leesburg pike vehicle off to the shoulder. >> we need to fight it in every realm wherever we can. >> nationwide 20 people per minute become victims of domestic violence. 85% of victims are women. prince george's county has the highest statistic. just this week in obvious oxen hill keshawn johnson died trying to protect his mother. in the last four minutes four children have died in domestic violence incidents. they held a panel discussion

last night. they discussed how to respond to intimate partner violence and the rate at which women are abused. >> we really have to stick together and ban together and make sure that the batterers and offenders are not able to do what they're doing. >> we cannot raise our girls in that type of situation. >> if you would like to learn more about domestic violence resources we put information on the nbc 4 washington app. search domestic violence. >> prosecutors in the trial of carol severance say his motive was clear in at least one of the killings. severance had protective orders. that order was to keep severance away from the son's mother. prosecutors presented the jury with severances own writings. they argue that described it.

they could present their case today. severance is accused of killing three alexandria residents over a 10-year period. this morning dc police investigating who shot and killed a man on sherman avenue northwest. the victim is 38-year-old marcus manner. police are offering a $25,000 reward for information on a suspect or motive. in just a few days the husband of the baltimore state's attorney could announce that he's running to be the city's mayor. nick mosby said he's making an announcement about the future of baltimore this weekend. he's married to the top prosecutor. their trial starts next month. one of the officers wants his jury sequestered. william porter wants the jury is he questered. they would have calls and visits with family monitored and their tv viewing controlled. porter's lawyers say they don't

want intense media coverage to interfere with the case. today the man who led an international drug trafficking and money laundering ring for nearly 50 years will learn his sentence. gregory was convicted in 2012. his organization began back in the 1980s if not before. they say he faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years. a maximum of life in prison. >> and blood hounds worked to join the search today for a missing teenager from maryland. they posted that sign on their door urging them to come home or at least call. police arrested colt man after an attempted home invasion. he has a gun with him. leaders in fairfax montgomery counties are uniting to help ease traffic congestion on the morning commute. they want leaders to update

traffic signs on a bridge. metro, local members of congress are working to keep you safe. they want to make sure the federal government is in charge of safety on metro. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton introduced a bill they want attached to the house transportation bill. it affirms anthony fox's move earlier to assume oversight of metro safety. >> you may want to watch out for school buses when you head out this morning. montgomery county police are looking for drivers who do not stop when the signs are out. we first told you about concerns over stops on busy loads in may. cars have to stop for a bus even on a wide road like river road. there is only one exception. >> if there is a physical barrier preventing you from turning into the opposite lane, you don't have to stop.

>> not stopping could cost you big bucks. it comes with an almost $600 fine and get this, three points on your license. >> let's take a look at the temperatures right now. little warmer out there this morning compared to yesterday. chuck's back with weather. the kids will need a sweatshirt for recess. >> att, science, cpr. where students could soon be required to have first aid training before graduating what has this guy trying to

following breaking news at 4:41. montgomery county police on the scene of a deadly crash in silver springs. police responded to ray drive and fifth avenue just after midnight. a driver crashed into a tree. news 4's molette green arrived on the scene to tell us what's happening now. molette? >> reporter: aaron, i can tell you right now investigators are here at the scene bagging up the evidence that remains. there is a flatbed tow truck here to prepare to load up the damaged vehicle. the tow truck is sitting near where the car is still inside that area where vectoinvestiga are looking to back up evidence. the car caught fire after impact. the driver was trapped inside

and eventually pronounced dead at the scene. we're still working to find out what happened, were speed a factor or any other factors and identify the driver here. we're at guest and tacoma avenues not far from philadelphia drive here in silver spring. that is the latest live from the scene. back to you. all right. taking a look at some other problems or or things, i should say, around town right now. 95 in springfield, no problems there. e everything looking nice and clear. also taking a look now at 66. overallooking pretty good here right now. no problems into town or out of town here this morning. moving along here northbound and southbound moving along nicely. taking a look here again at a picture of 270 again, we are nice and green here this morning. don't have any major issues there. back in ten minutes. i'll see you again at 451. chuck. outside, a mostly clear sky out there now.

temperatures head back down into the 40s across most of the metro area. there are a few cool spots. 39 manassas. 48 at restin town center. a plus for recess today. bus stop weather in the chilly 40s this morning. mid 60s midday and mid 70s for high temperatures this afternoon. what to wear today, just a light jacket for early this morning. sunglasses and maybe you could even get away with some shorts later on this afternoon once you get home from work and school. mild kay. mild weather lasts up until the weekend. that's up with the seven day in ten minutes. chuck, thank you. it is a murder that first had investigators scratching their heads. now the man police say pulled the trigger is behind bars. how officers nabbed their suspect. we are going to take you behind the scenes as man's best friend trains to protect and serve. how these dogs learn to ♪

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you're watching "news 4 today." not unifying, that will be fine as well. i'll be happy to stay where i am at the ways and means committee. >> representative paul ryan says he is willing to serve as speaker of the house with a few conditions. the representative from wisconsin says he wants the republican party to unify behind him and a lot more. nbc's tracie potts following the late-night developments from capitol hill. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. remember, he was not necessarily convinced that he wanted this job but then ryan told the republican conference he thought about the consequences of not taking the job. he says the party is desperate for leadership so these are his

conditions. first of all, he wants them to no longer be a party of no, opposing everything without proposing something to replace it. he wants to change the rules so it's not so easy to get rid of the speaker house. he wants them to get behind him. those are paul ryan's demands. he says if they're accepted by friday, he will consider the speakership. meantime kasich of utah says he will drop out and back ryan. our own nbc/wall street journal poll says 6 out of 10 republicans back ryan including a majority of tea party members and conservatives. they're building consensus behind him. >> thank you, tracie. to the latest in 2016, there are hints this morning vice president joe biden may get into the race today for the democratic nomination for

president. he suggested yesterday he would be better at working with republicans than hillary clinton would be. during a forum at george washington university he also discussed the 2011 raid on osama bin laden's position in pakistan. >> imagine if i had said in front of everyone, don't go or go, and his decision was a different decision. >> now that's a change from biden's previous claims in the past. he said he advised the president to hold off on the raid until we had more intelligence. a man facing murder charges in prince gorges county turned himself into police. police say he shot wakita rim before she drove into an apartment building this month. he lived in that apartment building. he turned himself in. still working to find the motive for that shooting. investigators still looking for what caused a deadly fire.

it burned out a few miles away from the state park yesterday morning. firefighters say the fire went quickly. pu people in their 60s died in the fire. they found three smoke detectors none with batteries. a massive effort to lower people in jails want to re-evaluate how often nonviolent criminals are sent to jail. they're announcing a new initiative at the national press club today. they plan to meet with president obama tomorrow. a university of virginia student is suing agents for arresting him. he filed a $3 million lawsuit alleging excessive force. images went viral back in march. no charges have been filed against the agents. charges against johnson were dropped.

protecting our nation's airports is a full-time job as you know, right now some of the best weapons against serious threats are man's best friend. for the first time ever tsa let our news crew follow the dogs. handlers say they trained the dogs on certain smells. the dog thinks it looks for its way but it's looking for a bomb. >> it is a 24-hour-a day job. we take the dogs home with us. they're our family. >> some of the dogs are named after 9/11 victims. >> handlers will meet the families of those victims eventually. >>this morning wrangler the dog is in d.c. you may have seen him on the "today" show. >> is is that your car, chuck? >> it could be.

>> catch up with him on the national mall. this is all part of his journey to become a guide dog. wrangler travels to dallas and to philadelphia. >> wrangler has his own twitter account. wrangler today? >> does he really? >> yeah. >> i'm sorry, what? he tweeted a picture? >> probably a fastest typist. >> he tweeted a picture of his suitcase with four bones. >> four bones. >> that's all he needs. >> he has us doing all the work for him just like my crazy dog. >> a good day to be outside sniffing around the national mall. a great day to be outside for anything you want to do today whether you're walking your dog or going out to have a little set in the sunshine later today. 49 at reagan national. the middle of october. for today and tomorrow, plenty of sunshine coming our way. we're back on the mild side of

average. back into the 4, 5, 6 degrees above average. right now 39 in frederick, damascus, maryland. radar shows a couple of showers to our north and well out to our west. these are associated with our next minor change in the weather that arrives as we get into the day on friday. today if you're traveling up towards new york or new england, a lot of clouds and a ribs being of a shower or two. future weather, warm sunshine today. into the 70s this afternoon. clear and seasonably cool and another beauty of a day coming tomorrow. there's a weather front up here to our north as it slowly comes inching its way down in our direction. by thursday afternoon it's still on the north side of the pennsylvania border but as we get into friday that front drifts down into the region. brings a lot of clouds along with it. highs back into the 60s as we head towards friday and into the weekend. a lot of clouds around with it

and rain chances. you have this moisture tar fd rain chances could stay low. the walk to cure hiv is saturday in washington. mid 70s today and tomorrow. mid 60s friday. coolest day of the next couple will be saturday with the clouds around. sunday a little bit of a recovery. the only real chance for showers on there is late sunday night into monday of next week. could use the rain though. we can also use an easy commute to work and school. melissa, that's your department. >> i would be a rich lady if i could provide that. overall no major problems. you can see there approaching 95 a little red, that is late clearing road work. nothing too worry there. prince georges county nice in and out of town. same thing there at the top of the beltway here talking about 29 here, route 1 and bw parkway.

top of the beltway at colesville road looking nice and clear. 270 northbound and southbound no major issues. melissa, thank you. police say he's behind an accident that killed a newlywed, but with prior drunk driving arrests why was he behind the wheel in the first place?

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underway in i will very spring after an early morning crash that killed one person. they towed away the car on ray drive. melissa mollet is on the scene. she'll bring us an update. something else we're keeping our eye on is the weather. it is another chilly morning. expect temperatures to jump by 30 to 40 degrees. check out more on the wakeup straight ahead. 4:57 right now. new details in a deadly fire in charles county. investigators say an overloaded extension cord is likely what sparked this fire. bernice washington and 6-year-old damien atkins died when the fire broke out between their bedrooms last week. they died of smoke inhalation. fire crews did manage to get four other people out. a driver was drunk, they believe he was a repeat dui offender who was texting when he got killed.

59-year-old charles sykes faces charges of aggravated manslaughter. >> he was driving on a suspended license because of prior dwi and he should have had an emission interlock on his car which would have kept him from driving if he had any alcohol. >> the victim 27-year-old dennis perez who married 24-year-old amanda sharp a little bit more than a year before the accident in stafford. if convicted he faces up to 20 years behind bars. a new concern this morning about job losses in vir vin beg -- virginia. the jobless rate was 4.3%. but the economy lost a total of 200 jobs last month. it's virginia's third straight month of job loss. private sector jobs did increase but government jobs decreased.

another weg mans coming to northern virginia. coming to chantilly. it will be the third wegmans in fairfax county. we don't know the construction date or when they'll finish. >> school in fredericks county, maryland, they're adding another layer. with a push of a button the school can alert them when someone is in the building one less phone call the school has to make that they have time to deal with that crisis. >> 21 of the 53 schools in frederick county have the new system, the new alert system. the goal is to have it in every school by the end of next week. "news 4 today" starts now. now at 5:00, pressuring the party. we're standing by to see if paul ryan will serve as speaker of the house, but with certain

conditions. and we are off to another chilly start on this hump day but will it warm up or stay cold? first, developing story at 5:00 a.m. one person is dead after a bad crash in silver springs. this happened on ray drive right off tacoma avenue. take a look at the scene here. within the last 15 minutes montgomery county vectors totaled away a mangled car. they're working to find out what caused the driver to go off the road. after the crash the car apparently caught fire. no one else was hurt in that crash. good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff, in for eun yang. not that bad right now. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 forecast. >> you happen to like it because the complaint department is closed on a day like today. this afternoon, a clear and cool morning. weekend clouds and maybe a chance