about to get. >> our area is officially on royal watch. prince harry's schedule starting to firm up two days before his visit. >> first, we're following breaking news, a car has been found overturned in a small pond off the washington parkway and a man's body has been found inside and we sent you a breaking news alert as chopper 4 arrived on the scene. the wooded area to route 98 in laurel. u.s. park police tell us a park service worker cutting grass in the area this afternoon, saw the car in the water when police arrived on the scene. u.s. park police and fish and wildlife police went into the water and confirmed a man's body was found there. they are still on the scene. we are told the off-ramp to 198 and the vw parkway have reopened and in the meantime, jackie benson is on the way there and we'll get a live update from her as soon as it's possible. for now at the live desk, i'm

scott mcfarland. to new developments and a police shooting in frederick. >> a trooper shot and killed a man outside a gas station and we are hearing from a witness about the moments before the shots rang out. it's along east patrick street. news 4's pat collins is live at the scene. pat, what are you learning? it starts when a stolen suv rams a police car. the suspect gets out of the suv, he tries to run away and police gun him down. >> i saw a police officer, a state trooper approach a vehicle and shouted many times, get your hands up, get your hands up, get your hands up and the next thing i heard there were tires squealing and he was leaving the parking lot. >> that's bill day, a witness to

the confrontation and the man shot and killed linked to this lincoln navigator which was stolen in an armed robbery last night in baltimore. early this morning a trooper spots the navigator here at the sheets. he calls for backup and when the man comes out of sheets they call for him to put his hands up, put your hands up, but they say the man, he gets into the navigator and then rams the police car that's just arriving on the scene. then they say the man gets out of the navigator and tries to run away on foot. again, they call for him to stop and when he doesn't, one of the troopers opens fire. >> i am not sure what he said whether it was get on the ground or get your hands up. i'm not sure. >> reporter: how long after those commands did you hear the shots? he gave those commands four or five times and they were very quick after that. >> reporter: then you saw the man on the ground and once i walk around the vehicle when i could see around the pump.

>> reporter: now police say the suspect didn't have a gun. the officer that was in the car that was hit is said to have nonlife-threatening injuries. before all of this happened a witness says the suspect was in a mens room here at sheets displaying what you might call unusual bathroom behavior. more about that coming up at 5:00. live in frederick, pat collins, news 4. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald here at the corner of calmea and georgia avenue northwest and d.c. police have been on scene here since 9:00 this morning investigating after police shot and killed one of two suspects. they tried robbing this morris miller liquor store on the corner. >> when the officers arrived on scene they saw one suspect running on the outside of the store. officers confronted the suspect who was in the back parking lot.

he started shooting at police and they fired back and the man died on scene. the second suspect was found 15 minutes after the shooting in an alley four blocks away. police say no one else was injured during the shooting and we are told this area will remain taped off until the investigation is complete. coming up at 5:00, hear from business owners and neighbors who describe what was happening during and after the shooting. >> all right. thanks, meagan. two teenagers are facing charges that they were hashing a plan to shoot up their school. investigators say the plot involved calling in a bomb threat and then the accused teenagers planned to shoot teachers and students as they were leaving the school. >> darcy spencer is in spotsylvania and she'll look at the role other teenagers played in foiling this plot. >> the state flag is now history in more ways than one at the university of mississippi. ole miss quietly took the state flag down.

after the students voted to recommend its removal from the campus. mississippi state flag contains a confederate emblem. it's gotten a lot of criticism since the deadly shooting of nine african-american church members in charleston back in june and campus leaders called a flag a symbol that undermines diversity. >> a levee burst after a weekend of heavy rainfall in louisiana and now that same system is headed our way and southeastern louisiana. that caused water to spill into a surrounding neighborhood. sandbags are being brought in to help fill the breached area. residents are being asked to stay in their homes. the levees in that very same area were deemed to be substandard several years ago. the floodwaters are finally starting to recede in parts of texas. heavy rain from patricia drenched several cities this weekend and up to 20 inches of rain fell across the state and in houston, it sent raw sewage

spilling on to roads and crews are working around the clock to disinfect some of those streets. closer to dallas, the flooding washed up debris in some cases and washed away roads in others and swept a freight train off the tracks while it was hauling cement. rain is already making its way back into the headlines for us this week. doug, you have been telling us a lot about how even though a hurricane is done and has trickled out, its effects can be felt for days and even a week out. >> the moisture is down into louisiana and down toward florida and they'll be dealing with very heavy rain and eventually that moisture moves up toward our region starting tomorrow night and today when we have some sunshine and we're dealing with cloud cover and temperatures across the mid atlantic and in the upper 50s and it's been a little bit on the cool side a cross our region and 59 in hagerstown and 57 in richmond and it's all because of the cloud cover that we've seen and we've seen the front down to

the south and helped to bring in the cooler weather and these are the remnants of patricia and look at this, a very good signature here and look around the new orleans area and it is pumping in a lot of moisture right in toward the florida panhandle and around pensacola around the destin area and for us this moves toward our region during the day tomorrow and wednesday. so what to expect, most of the rain will fall on wednesday and not worried about tomorrow for rain and rain, some of it heavy at times and that's what we'll be watching for and not too worried about the flooding issues and one to two inches and winds gusting 25 to 35 miles an hour, too so your wednesday is looking rather dreary. we'll talk much more about that and we'll show you when it moves in and what the impacts are coming in 20 minutes. those of us in the community and generations of listeners are mourning the loss of radio legend ed walker. the host of the broadcast on

wamu died early this morning just hours after he listened to his final sunday night broadcast. ed recorded that show from his hospital bed after a recent cancer diagnosis. his voice projected out over the d.c. air waves for more than 60 years and he was the most blind student ever and he helped found wamu. he was one-half of the joint boys duo with willard scott. ed walker, dead at the age of 83. >> he was operating a low-powered transmitter in his basement when he was 8 years old and here he is 70 years later inducted into the radio hall of fame. >> he's a great friend to us here at wrc where he walked the halls and where we had lunch with him many, many, many days, many years. >> what an honor. thanks, pat. >> something to think about tonight when you're feeding the dog. before you reach for the treats, check the label. there is a big recall we're going to tell you about next. royalty in virginia, what

prince harry plans to do this week when he comes to town.

forecast. >> today we've been in and out of the sunshine and has been on the cool side with our temperatures in the 50s to around 60 degrees and you can see the clouds that i'm talking about and the area split up across northern maryland and that's where most of the sunshine has been today with cloud cover arc cross southern maryland and of course, a lot of cloud cover right here down south. that's the system that's going to make its way up into our area. our rain chances will be going up to a 40% chance on tuesday, 100% chance on wednesday. it's not only going to be wet, but it will be windy and very nasty. then no rain chance for thursday as we start drying out, but boy, roads are going to be impacted

and i think we're just fine tomorrow afternoon this time when rain starts moving into the area and we get the green light because it will be light and then more cautionary. so wednesday morning as well as wednesday afternoon during the drive time. not only rain, wind and nasty conditions, but keep in mind, just ready to fall and that means some slick roads and in just a couple of minutes we'll tell you how much rain you'll get out of this system. britain's prince harry will be in town this week. he arrives on wednesday for a series of meetings about the invictus games, the paralympic-style competition that will take place inner la i. this is video of the prince meeting with veterans last friday in london. >> a lot of people are excited about that visit. how about this? bacon hot dogs, red meat. >> you're talking about a lot of people's breakfast. just talking about it may make your mouth water, but before you

sink your team in or think about having it again, new information about the potential risk for cancer. breaking news first at 4:00, what we're learning right now about this car that flipped over in a pond off the bw parkway. narrator: for state senate, who shares our values?

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4 video. investigators say a park service worker who was cutting grass spotted the vehicle overturned in a small pond. this is near route 198 in laurel upon u.s. fish and wild life officers were the first to respond. chopper 4 was over the scene as they worked to try to get one of the car's doors open. inside they found a man's body. news 4's jackie benson is now on her way to find out more. she'll join us live at 5k c:00, not before. a recall on dog treats that can not only get the dogs sick, but their owners, as well. the good fun sticks. they have expiration dates with july 2018. the dogs can come up with pretty nasty stomach trouble and a risk to humans who touch the treats. you can return it to the store for a full refund. some answers to your question about a new report

linking certain meats to cancer. the world health organization reports some processed meat do cause cancer and that red meat probably does, as well. processed meats are generally salted, cured or smoked and things like hot dogs, sausages and bacon contain a lot of it. the report found that people who ate 50 grams a day, the equivalent of two or three slices of bacon had an increased risk of colon cancer. meat industry groups slammed the report as misleading and however, nutritionists say the truth is somewhere between. >> the bottom line in nutrition is to eat a little bit of as many different things as possible. >> the recommendation is no more than 70 grams per day aof red o processed meat. >> the way red meat is cooked matters. >> high heat cooking like barbecuing is more likely to produce higher amounts of carcinogenic chemicals.

we have a link to five of the most asked questions about this study and our nbc washington app right now. just search meat. some may still be icy after a very big accomplishment this weekend. we had a blast bringing you coverage of the 40th marine corps marathon and 10k yesterday. a first-time marathoner won the race, trevor lafontaine is from new york and jenny suanca is from costa rica. she was the first woman to finish followed by 30,000 other runners and hand cyclers and a lot of them with amazing stories to share. you can see more pictures and recaps on the race on the nbc washington app, just search marathon photos. >> and some of our own colleagues. >> our 4:00 producer. >> he finished the marathon. >> he's home resting his muscles. >> anthony did it. anthony finished the marathon. i was wondering where he was today, now we know. >> i heard chuck bell call it warrior weather, misty, a little

cool. >> we saw shower activity and that gave way to sunshine during the afternoon and we ended our sunday on a nice note and we started our monday on a nice note, as well. look at the reston live camera and high clouds and blue skies. temperaturewise, we're on the mild side for this time of year even though temperatures are a little below average and look at the color. we're getting a lot of color out there and your peak color around the d.c. metro area and 60 and sunny. that's a pretty nice day and that's exactly what we've got right now. 57 gaithersburg and we have the sun and it's not too bad. just in the way of clouds and storm team 4 radar is dry for now, but we're going to see a big chance for rain coming up over the next 24 to 48 hours and you can see a frontal boundary and clear skies to the north and clouds down to the south and follow this down to the south and this is coming courtesy of the remnants of patricia and patricia made her way onshore across mexico and in toward the

gulf and you can see it spinning down toward new orleans and pumping moisture in from the gulf of mexico and it is going to move into our region. tomorrow, most of the day tomorrow is on the dry side and notice around 4:00, we're starting to see light shower activity and heavier showers toward front royal and during the evening hours, we still have most of the rain toward i-81 and it's wednesday, early wednesday and we'll have rain everywhere and notice just about everybody having some rain and overnight tuesday night and into the day on wednesday around noon on wednesday and maybe a little bit of a break for some and it comes right back in. you'll need the umbrella during the day for sure and high temperatures could be warmer and it will be breezy, too, on wednesday and not just rain, but rather breezy, if not windy and that's why we have a weather alert day for wednesday and temperatures around 67 degrees and nice weather follows and your 70 degrees on thursday and wednesday today, we're watching and veronica has more on that and the weekend that happens to

coincide with halloween. >> thanks, doug. >> apple lovers, it's your lucky day. you can preorder the apple tv 4. the streeping fox comes with the ability to install new apps and the search for video with voice-controlled via siri. the glass touchpad is included and the prices start at $149. here's something you don't see every day. a mother elephant had just given birth in india and she was making a lot of noise and villagers spooked her. she wanted to get back into the forest, but the calf could barely walk and let alone get on a hill. it took about two hour, but the mom got her newborn onroad. >> if you don't mind skimping on bags american airlines may have the perfect ticket for you. >> why jimmy fallon should be a little more careful. the story about what happened to the story about what happened to his other hand next.

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call it deja vu for jimmy fallon. "the tonight show" host fell again and injured another finger. joining us is billy bush with "access hollywood." billy, it's only been four months since he fell and had surgery to save a finger. what happened this time? >> we're calling him jimmy

fall-on. and he wasn't a harvard man, but he got the invitation to attend the harvard lampoon magazine. they do a big, you know, coronation, an honorary thing and jimmy is up there accepting his award and having a great time and hand him a bottle of yager meister and he's taking it through the room and being a great sport and an instagram user caught him going over the top and down he goes and, well, he cut his right hand. jimmy's done this before. the left hand just back in june is when he tripped over and caught his ring finger -- got his actual ring caught on the edge of a table and mutilated it. maybe he'll be a soccer player. poor guy. >> he's going to be okay? >> jimmy fallon is okay. he still has his mouth and his

great ideas. >> as long as he doesn't injure that i guess he can continue working. >> you can't high-five him and can't shake his hand, and none of that. >> but he can still tell us jokes. what do you have coming up on access tonight, billy? >> tonight we are getting deeper with justin beeber and we have katy perry out with hillary clinton and we'll get a preview of my justin bieber exclusive which begins on wednesday and he really takes ownership of the problems he's had over the last year and we'll talk about donald trump's stubby fingers and the man who has bullied him for 30 years about having stubby fingers. >> all right. billy bush. stay on your feet, billy. >> don't worry about me. >> all right. thanks, billy. >> you're not going to hear that story on nbc "nightly news" i can tell you that. next on news 4 at 4:00, how community are forging a partnership to make sure kids can succeed. donald trump answers,s2 vo

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jackie bens bensen is on the wa. >> 200 people killed after a massive earthquake and it was centered in afghanistan and felt all of the way to india and the white house is weighing in on the tragedy. we're watching rain to the south and much-needed rainfall and we'll talk about when the rain moves in and veronica shows you what to expect over the next few days and we'll take you hour by hour. a husband and wife both members of a motorcycle club, right now we are learning new details about the couple found dead in upper marlboro. here's tracee wilkins. >> reporter: investigators are investigating a murder-suicide after an officer is accused of killing and shooting his wife and turning the gun on himself. this happened in the kettering neighborhood of prince george's county. tanya sullivan was killed by her

husband antoine sullivan. evidently one child was in the house along with the grandfather. the grandfather was the one to report this. wilkerson sullivan is an employee of the prince george's county government. police have recovered about the weapon used and what they're saying about it. outside of police headquarters, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> investigators are waiting for autopsy results on the two teenagers who were found dead in the back of a locked minivan. they were both high school seniors and grief counselors spent the day at indya davis and lyle ferringer's schools. both are 17 years old and were reported by their parents when they missed curfew friday night. they were found in carson park in dale city. >> when you have kids you always worry about them and just don't want to have any kids. very sad. >> a spokesman for the school says right now they're just

focusing on trying to help the students and staff cope with these losses. not a bad evening at all to get exercise and maybe you have clouds that moved in and tomorrow more cloud cover across our area and i'll show you when the rain will start and our temperatures yes in the 50s and you'll need an extra layer and we are down to, and that will be a different story for tomorrow because they do think our winds out of the east and can be picking up at 15 to 20 miles an hour. d.c. at 59. 61 degrees, that's it for a high temperature in fredericksburg and stafford, meanwhile your rain intensity and not much expected at all for the morning rush and you can have light showers and maybe moderate rains

pushing into the area and we'll show you where that rain is going to start first and make its way over to just a couple of minutes and nasty travel in for one day this week, meanwhile, your trick-or-treat forecast. we have that coming up not only for saturday even, but we'll also show you what it's looking like for the school halloween parades going on and i've got that for you in just a few minutes. new this afternoon, the identity of the woman who was killed in a shooting at fort washington marina in maryland. police say she's 36 years old and her name is tania lopez. the shooting happened in the parking lot just outside a restaurant. a man was also hurt and police have several leads and right now no one is in custody. >> one afghan official says the powerful quakes that hit today cut off communications in much of the country making it difficult to get a clear picture of the damage and the casualties, but it looks like

200 people were killed in afghanistan and pakistan. as ron mott reports many of the victims are children. >> the massive quake hit about 2:00 in the afternoon local time causing widespread building collapses and triggering rock slides and sending people scurrying to get outside. it was centered about 150 miles from kabul and was felt all of the way to india. afghanistan's chief executive said it was the strongest quake felt there in decades and this is an area that gets them rather frequently. >> we do have assets that could be helpful and we stand ready to do what we can to help the government as they respond to this terrible situation. >> the confirmed death toll is over 200 and officials say it is expected to rise as casualty reports come in from rural areas in the hours and days ahead. among the dead, about a dozen students at an all-girls school in afghanistan who were killed in a stampede as panicked teachers and kids tried to escape the region. tonight they're bracing for

aftershocks. ron mott, nbc news, london. >> i've been in afghanistan when a quake hits and it is a scary, scary thing. closer to home, herndon mayor is pulling closer school officials to provide new opportunities for students. >> our agenda tonight is to marry up the schools that need some support or would like some support with the safe communities looking for a place to go and see what great things we can make happen. united methodist church has had hutch son celebration for the past ten years. they mentor students to provide them with everything from school supplies to food. >> the impact that this partnership has had is unmeasurable. we support our children's nutritional needs and their emotional needs and social needs and academic needs. >> the mayor hopes tonight's meeting will match more schools with faith partners that are willing to build relationships.

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we're talking rain over the next couple of days, but not today and most of the day tomorrow is looking dry. look at this.

this is a beautiful shot. i love this camera. this is the ridiculousville camera looking over richard montgomery high school and look at the nice color we're really starting to see here and the heat coming around the next two weeks and we've seen peak back toward portions of the shenandoah valley and places back farther to the west. hour by hour for tomorrow, we have the cloud cover today. today is high clouds and tomorrow low clouds. 56 by noon, but we're dry through much of the day and right around 4:00 we'll start to see showers moving in south and west through portions of northern virginia and everybody has seen the showers at 8:00 tomorrow night and tomorrow night into wednesday, that's when we have to deal with the heaviest rain and the stormy side for sure and not just rain, but rather windy conditions. so you know which umbrella you'll be needing, the big umbrella during the day on wednesday and some looks picking up one to two inches of rain and veronica is back and what to expect for the weekend and it's not that far away, halloween,

that is. all right. doug. a discount flying for the world's largest airline. starting next year american airlines says it will start offering a less frills airfare plan. details haven't been released yet, but we know the plan could include non-refundable fares and seat assignments that you make after you check in. the fares won't be offered everywhere. this move is being made to compete with discount carriers like spirit and frontier. you will see them in cities where those airlines do a lot of flying. >> you called it a la carte flying. >> that's where we're headed. thanksgiving, can you believe it, is just a month away and traditionally it's the beginning of the holiday shopping season. >> the key word tradition. fact is a lot of folks have already started and the national retail federation projects the average shopper will spend $460 on gifts this year. a good chunk of that spending will happen before black friday and nearly half of the shopping will be done online.

>> probably 99% of my holiday shopping online. >> we have seasonal employees across the country in order to meet the increase in customer demand. >> also fueling the early shopping spree, expectations. retail.com reports 85% of shoppers expect retailers to offer deep discounts well before thanksgiving. >> what donald trump is saying about his slipping poll numbers and the administration agrees that the kids take too many

we are following several big stories now at 4:45 including a police shooting at a busy gas station. a state trooper shot a man suspected of stealing an suv after the suv rammed the police car. it happened in frederick and news 4's pat collins will join us there at the top of the hour. a death investigation now under way after a car was found flipped over in a pond along the bw parkway this afternoon and not clear how long the car had been upside down or when it crashed. and the loss of a radio legend. wamu's ed walker passes away just hours after he listens to his final show with his family gathered around his bed. now to the race to the white house and specifically the state

of iowa and they show donald trump's front-runner status in jeopardy dr. ben carson has widened his lead there and trump's not buying it. news 4's steve handelsman is live on capitol hill and trump was outing these polls when he was on top of them. >> right, but not now, exactly right, chris. >> donald trump who is promising americans will win when he's president says he does not believe he's losing in iowa polls. one croomy pocrumby poll. >> reporter: in a town hall in new hampshire where donald trump does lead in every poll, i do think it was one poll, and there were small polls. >> ben carson trumps three iowa polls and trump at just 18 and the monmouth survey of

republicans,,. carson is also controversial. >> i would not be in favor of killing a baby because the baby came about in that way. >> carson is low-key and religious and that's appealing to christian conservatives. >> i think ben carson is a good, decent man and he's doing the same thing donald trump does although he has more finesse. >> jeb bush polling fifth in iowa, laying off staffers and huddled with his family to plan a campaign reboot. >> he's meeting now with mom and dad. >> it's true. >> he went after the new iowa front-runner. >> by the way, carson is lower energy than bush. i don't get it. i saw him being interviewed and he's lower energy than bush. >> reporter: candidates have their third debate on wednesday and he goes in with new bragging rights from a poll. associated press found 70% of

republicans now believe around hillary clinton and noef northwest 2016. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> as promised, up first, we're starting with the forecast for the halloween parades that will be taking place at area schools this week. here it is, starting tomorrow, i think we get the green light and conditions are just fine. yes, you'll notice the clouds moving in, but fret not, because we're going to be just fine. also on thursday, ink we' think fine. it's looking unlikely that much of anything will be taking place outside on wednesday because it's just going to be so soggy and such a nasty day. out the door tomorrow morning and they'll need a warm jacket and the umbrella, too, and long pants and much of this week you'll need to keep the umbrella handy and it's rain not only moving in tomorrow, but also on

wednesday. 60 degrees and cool conditions and we drop to 51 and by 11:00, i think more clouds will continue to roll into our area and we're overcast early tomorrow and look at this, some areas starting out in the 30s and definitely you'll need a jacket first thing out the door and here we're tracking what's left of patricia as the remnants are making way northeast and they're getting closer and closer to us, and by 1:00 and i-66 down toward areas of charlottesville and mountain showers coming up during the afternoon hours and by evening, i think it starts to overspread right into d.c. and overspread much of maryland and here's a look at wednesday morning and the pockets of more moderate and heavy rain, wednesday again, just a soaker and we could have thunderstorms coming our way during the afternoon on wednesday producing some extra high winds. tomorrow up to around 60 and cool from the top to the bottom of the day and with the weather that we are expecting on wednesday it is going to be a weather alert day for storm team 4 so make sure you download the

nbc washington app and make sure you stay abreast of changing weather conditions and high wins and heavy rain, that's what we'll see out of the system mid-week and let's take a look at the seven-day forecast and here we go. for thursday, 70 degrees and the high temperature on friday and 60 and right now on halloween, we're 62 and we drop to 60 degrees by trick-or-treat time and our weekend is looking nice and we'll have a more detailed look at your weekend coming up on news 4 at 5:00. i'm mark segraves in the district and it won't be long when the leaves turn to snow and you'll need one of these. this year a new regulation goes into effect. if you don't shovel your sidewalk in the district you could face a fine from $25 to $150. coming up, i'll tell you how you can avoid that fine and who it impacts and i'll also tell you what it means for those of you who live next to an alley. i'm julie carey at the

fairfax county courthouse where lawyers defending accused serial killer is trying to raise doubtses about whether a prosecution witness actually saw the defendant in the victim's neighborhood. this woman, a prosecution witness testified earlier in the trial about a man she noticed in the neighborhood shortly before rutharound lodato was killed in 2014. she called detectives after the murder and described an older, bearded man wearing a tan jacket that so unnerved her she began walking her dog on a different route. today defense attorney suggested it might have been another bearded man she saw, not severance. an alexandria detective testified he stopped a man matching the sketch and the woman's description in old town two days after the killing. the man was questioned and gave police his tan carhart jacket. the defense team hopes jurors might conclude that the woman saw that man and not severance.

back to you in the studio. >> thanks, julie. true or false. students in big city public schools spend up to 25 hours a year just taking standardized tests. well, according to a new study that's true. nbc's mark barger has details on the new obama administration plan to scale it all back. >> reporter: growing concern about the emphasis on standardized testing in public schools has the obama administration calling for new limits on them. educators are meeting with education secretary arne duncan to discuss the way forward. >> the goal here is not just to test. the goal here is to improve teaching and learning. under a new plan the president is recommending schools that use 2% of classroom time for standardized tests and the test enhanced teaching and learning and provide a clearer picture of how students are performing. >> learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble. >> so we're going to work with

states, school districts, teachers and parents to make sure that we're not obsessing about testing. >> according to a recent study, students in big-city public schools currently take on average 112 mandatory standardized tests between pre-k and high school graduation. while the goal of standardized testing is accountability, many agree it's gone too far and is often redundant. >> it is important that we have accountability and testing, but we need to make sure that it helps the teacher and the student and the parent knows what to do next to make improvements. now a largely bipartisan push to put the focus back on teaching and less on standardized testing. mark barger, nbc news. >> the nation's leading group of pediatricians is urging lawmakers to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes. studies show the vast majority of adults who smoke started as

teenagers and that's one reason yet minimum age should be raised to 21 and that includes e-cigarettes that are popular among teenagers and they want restrictions flavored product which is are especially appealing to youngsters. >> we don't believe they should be marketed in flavors. i do could understand that the flavors make it much more appealing that people will use them for cessation, but we don't have evidence that it's actually working yet. >> the medical group also favors raising the price of tobacco products and it's pushing for a ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public places where children can be exposed to the chemicals. oklahoma state university is reeling from yet another deadly sports-related catastrophe. a driver plows into the university's homecoming parade killing four people and injuring dozens of others. she appeared in

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one person is still missing after a whale watching boat when -- the boat's owner says his team is heart broken and doing everything they can to help. the reason the boat went down is still a mystery. >> right now investigators are looking into a deadly accident in massachusetts that involved a cement truck. auth arity ones say it crashed

head-on into another vehicle and pushed it into a car. the cement truck flipped over and one person was killed and two others are in critical condition and they're trying to figure out how this happened. >> student went back to class at oklahoma state university today and the driver who was charged in a deadly accident at the homecoming had to go before a judge. four people were killed and about a dozen others were injured in the crash and tonight jay gray is telling us more about the woman behind the wheel. two days later, police and the shattered community continued to search for answers and some kind of understanding. after this horrific crash, a car plowing into the crowd during homecoming festivities at oklahoma state university. >> she accelerated. she never hit her brakes. >> four people were killed. business student nakita

prabhakar and little 2-year-old lucas. >> he was so young and so -- he was just such a good boy. he didn't deserve that. >> police arrested 25-year-old a adacia chambers and her family spoke publicly for the first time since the crash. >> i'm very sorry for those victims. >> they don't believe, though, that alcohol or drugs were involved. >> she may have problems, underlying problems that i wasn't fully aware of. >> chambers' attorney says she has a history of mental issues and may have been off her medications when she was behind the wheel and still understand the consequences of the crash. >> she seems to lack in her ability to understand what we're doing right now. >> as the campus and community now try to deal with the effects of the tragedy here. jay gray, nbc news. news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and pat.

right now at 5:00, we're gathering information at two police shootings and one at a busy gas station and the other in a popular business and i'm tracking hurricane patricia and i'll tell you when the rain moves into your neighborhood, but first, breaking news, a car crash mystery. chopper 4 is there as police arrive to investigate. jackie benson is near the exit for 198. what have you learned, jackie? >> reporter: here's what we know right now. about 2:00 this afternoon contract mowers were mowing here along bw parkway at route 198 when they made a discovery that drew a large amount of park police officers to the scene. you can see them there in the background in what sort of a ravine was a car and inside that car is a man who was pronounced

dead here by the medical examiner a short time ago. >> two officers, one lieutenant from the new york state park police from the fish and wild life service responded and they ran down the embankment and made entry into the vehicle where they found an adult male subject and he was pronounced dead by anne arundel emergency medical personnel. >> reporter: you can see the united states park police here investigating the discovery of the car that's down in a ravine here just off the bw parkway at 198. what is unknown at this point, how long that vehicle has been down there. that is what investigators are trying to determine. jackie bensen, news 4. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald in northwest d.c. we are following a developing story. investigators are still on scene. they've been out here for the last eight hours investigating after one of two robbery suspects was shot and killed