conference and want to listen in. >> members of the fbi's behavioral analysis nit, detective stephen o'shea from the loudoun couy sheriff's office and corporate doug howhow eel of the virginia police department and there are a lot of other officers that deserve credit and time prohibits me from naming them all. suffice it to say that the officers and agents are working this grace with nbility and grace and they pduce the correct result, the conviction of a violent murderer. i specifically think the following people without whom thisonviction cou not have been obtained. my office administrator, and judy hall and one of my victim witness adv, lisa bowman, and kristen mitchell and susan brock, and commonwealth attorney a ohio prosecuting attorney, i cannot finish these remarks without highlighting the immense contributions made by david lorie. david, right here, is simply one of the best trial attorneys in the commonwealth.

he's an outstanding and a better person. his energy motivated the ent triateam and to him got the lion's share of this outstanding outcome. as i mean it from the bottom of my soul, violence does not win in the end, love wins. it has been my privilege to represent the commonwealth in the city of alexandria in this case as well as my privilege to represent the family who suffered such grievous harm and i would like to thank everyone to for being here tonight and we'll turn it over to the families now. >> i'm norman lodato. i'm representing the lodato family and my wife ruthanne. i have a short statement, and i won't be taking any questions afterwards. we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has devoted their time, energy and expertise to ensure that justice would be served in the loss of my wife, ruthanne. from the first responders and

the medical staff of the washington hospital center to the alexandria police department, detective will oakley, the fbi, the loudoun county sheriff's department and the wheeling west virginia police department, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. we want to thank the prosecution team of ryan porter, david lord, mark birnbaum and the staff who lived and breathed these cases tirelessly. and finally, we offer our thanks to the jury for giving the kind of time, attention and service that befitted the three beautiful souls who were taken from our families. to all these people, we will not forget you. while ruthanne's absence in our lives is an unfillable void, this verdict provides more strength to our family to continue our lives in a manner that would make her proud. thank you.

>> on behalf of my family i'm speaking for ronald kirby who is my father. we would like to thank everyone who was involved with the case, not just my dad's case, but all three families. we have so many people to thank, but just to name a few, but not limited to the city of alexandria, the police department, the detectives and fbi, the attorney general and our commonwealth attorneys. they did a phenomenal job and a very special thank you to our lead prosecutor brian porter. we couldn't get these guilty verdicts on ten counts without his team and their constant diligence for every facet of the case. we also thank the jurors and all of the law officers involved. we would also like to thank our victims' witness assistance there with us every step of the way making sure we were okay and constantly informing us with new information as well as accommodating all our needs. we would also like to thank the media for their fair coverage

and giving the families their privacy during the hearing and trial. now that the defendant is found guilty we can finally start to mourn. we all know the guilty verdict brings us a sense of relief and some justice for our families, however, it will never compensate the loss or bring back our loved ones. ronald kirby, nancy dunning and ruthanne lodato. >> hi. i'm liz dunning. it's been 11 years, ten months and 28 days since our mom was brutally murdered by charles severance.ñ6 we had longgo lost hope that justice would ever come, and our relief today is mixed with anguish that our dad is not here standing beside us, finally feeling the weight of cruel and unfair suspicion being lifted from his shoulders that had already carried a too-heavy load. this chapter's close is not

closure to grieve the loss of our amazing, kind, funny mom for the rest of our lives every day, but it is important and tremendous relief this act of justice. we, too, are grateful to the whole team at the commonwealth's attorney's office for their hard work and courage over the last 15 months and to the jury for their decision today. our words of thanks and any that we could offer would never be enough. our next steps are just to live in the world with the knowledge that justice has been done and we ask that you grant us the privacy to do just that. thank you very much. all right. a couple of questions. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> you were listening there to some of the victims' family members including the family members of ron kirby, ruthanne lato and nancy dunning and the last person that you heard there was nancy dunning's daughter and that was a particular point of contention when it came to getting a conviction and it was

a day that dates back to 2003 and there were questions surrounding whether or not charles severance would be convicted on that one count and sure enough the jury convicted charles severance on all ten counts that came over 13 hours and over the course of two and a half days or so and a few hours after that sentencing him to the maximum punishment. it is very much a developing story as you see here. my colleague darcy spencer made the effort to catch up with some of the jurors in this case. we will continue to follow it and bring you details and for now, wendy, let's send it back to you. >> we just got a ralsense of the emotion especially from liz dunning and the family members. they had to give sort of victim impact statements in the court today before the sentencing. did we hear the same thing? what was the one thing they wanted to get across to the judge about what this has been like? >> let me tell you, i think the emotion we heard at the podium was far more toned down compared to what we heard a few hours ago during those victim impact testimonies and it was incredibly emotional.

at times some of the family family members were in hift erics and sobs and they couldn't continue with their testimony and they had to catch their breath and go on. >> one of the biggest things they wanted to convey was gratefulness. they were thankful to those eight men and four women who convicted charles serance of the murders of those high-profile alexandria residents. >> we're looking forward to hearing from darcy spencer who will catch up with the jurors. thanks, david. some people in alexandria have lived with the fear of an unsolved murder in their neighborhood for a decade now. others for several years. news 4's mark segraves joins us with their reaction and what the police chief has ay about the conviction and what it means for the community. mark? >> reporter: that's right, jim. this is the rose montt neighborhood where charles severance murdered two of his victims including his third and final victim just a block from where we're standing tonight and this evening, both police and neighbors tell us they're happy to have this behind them.

david knight says even after his friend and neighbor ruthanne lodato was murdered he wasn't worried about the neighborhood being unsafe. >> it was in sympathy with norman, rutharound and tnne and family because we're pretty close to them and we're a tight-knit community. that was the hard part. i don't think any of us felt like we would be next or anything, but there was the air of who will be found for this and who will they do it and what's going to happen? so this is good for us and it's good for norman and the lodato family. >> alexandria's police chief says today's verdict was a long time coming for this community. >> obviously, this has been a horrific crime and series of crime that's been going on and investigated for 11 years in our community. it brought a lot of victimization to our community, a lot of fear and people concerned for their welfare. today, i think we can officially

put that to rest that this individual, our community has nothing else to fear. >> in the delaware area of alexandria where nancy dunning was murdered there was relief, as well. >> very scary. yeah. really glad that they caught him and definitely makes me feel better about where we live. >> even neighbors who were not living in this area when the murders took place and didn't know any of the victims were following this trial and tonight tell us they have a sense of closure and relief. you heard the daughter of jim and nancy dunning talking about what it means for their family because their father lived under a cloud of suspicion. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear from the chief of police from a law enforcement perspective about that very matter about how sheriff dunning died before he learned who killedis wife. in alexandria, mark segraves, news 4. ♪ i'm adam tuss in the district where metro has just announced that its top pick to

be the next general manager has withdrawn his name and will not be the general manager picked. of course, news 4's been telling you that neal cohen, an aerospace executive was the leading caidate to be the general manager of the transit agency, but talks about his contract and the negotiations have broken down over the past on of days and neal cohen will no longer be the general manager of metro as most people expected. sources say that he became unease we some of the criticism and the attention after news broke about his possible gm pick. we'll stay on topf the story for you and we'll have much more as it develops throughout the night. >> adam tuss. thank you, adam. the meantime, metro is trying to figure out what caused one of its rail cars to go off the tracks this morning. we are told a single car derailed in brentwood near the transit agency's maintenance

yard in northwest d.c. there was no one onboard inside of the car and metro said this derailment did not impact service. i'm triee wilkins with a story you will see only o 4. we have learned that the budget cuts that have happened here in prince george's county are impacting not only the police department, but specifically its homicide unit and just moments ago we were told by the police department that they have made changes to deal with these issues just yesterday. >> prince george's county has surpassed last year's overall homicide rate, this as budget cuts are impacting the detectives who investigate these crimes. >> they don't have the overtime they need to be proactive to investigate cases proactively. >> reporter: for months, homicide detectives worked under a new schedule that left fewer investigators on overnight shifts, increasing the workload for other day parts. homicide can no longer take their crew cars home so when a

call comes in they have to drive to the police station and then to the scene if they're not already on the job. that's impacting investigation time and stand-by pay has also been eliminated. >> we do have guys that are on stand by which means they're waiting for that next call to come, unfortunately, and they're doing it for free when they used to get paid for it. >> schedule is worked back after the rise in homicides, but with continued cuts and overtime, there are detectives who are working for free to solve some cases. >> it's the cases that have gone a little bit cold that need a little more attention and that need more investigations and the guy needs to come in on their saturday and not being authorized in overtime to do that. so if they want to do that they're doing that for free and they're doing that for free. >> the unit is also down from seven detectives since 2010 oprating 20 for most of this year, but three have recently been hired according to prince george's police. >> we average seven or eight officers per month that retire

and it takes almost a year to get an officer to replace an officer. >> reporter: the prince george's county police department says that within the homicide unit they're used to fluctuating numbers because of retirement, et cetera and the changes to make sure that there is an even case load for these detectives was just done yesterday. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. it's 5:14. do you know where your credit card is? are you sure? you may want to check again when you find out what's going on here in montgomery county. someone killed a hampton university student from our area. find out why a relative says they know why he was shot. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> who knew annapolis was this hip? music and mid shipmen. we will share more of this

special performance from maptown. >> and have you adjusted yet? the sun is setting in the 5:00 hour. we'll r more coverage and i'll be joining doug out in the darkness right after the b

we're following a delop story. a man's body was found near a popular shopping center. this is on contour road not far from montgomery village plaza. the man's body was found in a wooded area nearby and police say he's 22 years old, but aren't disclosing information on who he is or how he died. >> we'll follow the story and bring you updates as they come in. wendy? >> chris lawrence. thieves stealing credit cards and racking up some big bills before the victim even knows they've been robbed. >> tonight we're learning about a scheme in our area that appears to target shoppers. >> news 4's pat collins along rockville pike for us with details. pat? >> reporter: jim, just in time for the holidays it's a distract and steal scheme. the target, women shoprs. they steal credit cards. they go on shopping sprees, and no one knows for days.

>> reporter: look at this woman. does she look happy? she should be happy. she's going shopping with someone else's credit card and the guy with her, he's got to be happy, too, because he didn't have to pay for a thing. >> police say it's happened three times this month. the victim shoppers at the federal plaza in rockville. >> nobody really knows how it works, but police believe it goes this way. a woman is shopping, thief number one comes up and says, can you help me read the label on this package? while the woman is trying to be a good samaritan, thief number two comes up, reaches into her purse, pulls out her wallet and takes only one, maybe two credit cards and puts the wallet back into the purse, everybody walks away nobody sees anything. >> that makes it easier for the suspects to then use those cards because it takes longer for the victim to realize that her cards

have been stolen. >> and one of these victims didn't realize it for days. >> correct. it took her two days to realize that her card had been stolen. >> then comes the big shopping spree on just one stolen car. police say they went to a gas station, to target, walmart, kmart and they were hungry so they went to mcdonald's. this is a big caution flag for shoppers everywhere. >> that is scary. it's a scary scenario. that makes me not want to have my purse hanging like that. my purse is going to be hanging like this from now on. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, some thoughts on how to protect yourself. jim, back to you. >> thank you, pat, a relative of a person killed know why he was shot. it was a sad case of bullying. he told our sister station that bose was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. bose was shot yesterday morning in norfolk.

police say there was a fight before that shooting. there are no suspects in custody. bose was a journalism student at hampton university. heraduated fm edison high school in alexandria in 2013. >> a pr rge's county father will be spending the next decade in prison for causing a ash that killed his young son. >> a judge has sentenced charles smith today to ten years in prison for vehicular manslaughter. smith was speeding on blatensburg road in 2014 when he lost control, ran into a brick wall. his 4-year-old son was thrown from the car. the boy was not secured in a seat belt. police believe smith was high on pcp at the time. a tandem bike riding tragedy. how one couple touched so many lives before a deadly crash. bill cosby's rape case takes a new turn tonight. why the comedian could be

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out here on the weather patio with chief meteorologist doug kammerer in our bright shirts and bright ties. 5:07, it set. this is payback for yesterday. i'm hungry, i'm draggi earlier and hungry earlier. >> all of a sudden the sun going down after 5 dlok and next week at this time it will go down before 5:00 hour. simply amazing and let's take a

look at the sunset shot that we have for you.nd we saw those clouds, look at that,eautiful condition two nights ago that sun set in the 6:00 hour andnow it's the 5:00 hour. take a look at shorter days around the area. take a look at that shot, too. simply gorgeous as we look around town right now and that is a nice shot. thanks for joining me on the weather patio. >> it's comfortable. >> beautiful weather. >> shorter days for sure. the sun goes down today at 5:07. it went down at 5:07 and get this, the sun will set before 5:00 starting next tuesday all of the way through january 4th. i know that it's not something a lot of us want to hear and the sun going down in the 4:00 hour and that's another beautiful vantage point and temperatures at 63 degrees and you can see we're starting to see clearing off to the west and it will help temperatures to cool as we move on to the next few hours. 55 in win chester and 57 in kull pepper and gaithersburg at 55. nothing on the radar, all clear

and storm team 4 radar will continue to be cleared and the rain was just down to the south and we were talking about this all last week and parts of southern maryland will see shwe todayand that did happen earlier and that is all moving off to the south and east and there's big-time storms down toward the georgia area and southern georgia under a tornado watch and even a couple of tornado warnings and t storm system will continue to move out for us and what it brings out behind us is great weather and temperatures going in the right direction and 65 by 11:00 and by the time you get to 3:00 in the afternoon we're at 72 degrees tomorrow and i put the golfing guy out there and it will be a perfect day to get out and play golf. >> mild temperatures and around the 52-degree mark and cooler in the suburbs and 3:00 to 4:00 with cooler tomorremperatures a around t degree mark. tomorrow's weather on the low side for sure, and i do think most of the week we'll have low impact as far as weather is

concerned and tomorrow is just sunny and nice. >> there wibe acouple of chces rainnd we're talking about thursday and friday after two spectacular afternoons and tuesday and wednesday both looking great. highs of 72 each day and tuesday nyshouer that develops egrees will be very, very light and i'm not too worried about that at all. on friday, high temperature of 78 degrees and that comes ahead of a cold front and that cold front moves through late in the evening and i think most of the day on friday will be rather dry and we will see a chance on friday night and just in time for the football games coming up at the local high schools, but before that, we get to degrees and as for a i'm concerned youuys are out on the weather patio all week long and it is looking that nice and next week, the weekend looking cool, but next week looks on the warm side, too and veronica will have much more coming up at 5:45. >> all right. thank you, doug. now at 5:00, a hit and run investigation turns into another crime scene. how a 1-year-old who was miles from the crash was hit and

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justice, it feels good. that's how a family member of one of charles severance's

victims reacted after today's verdict. darcy spencer continues our coverage now from outside the courthouse. darcy? >> reporter: well, jim, we were trying to speak to some of the jurors in this case. unfortunately, none of them were willing to stop and talk about $dl$ the deliberations and you can understand why. they listened to some very difficult testimony over the last month, and then they spent a few days deliberating and rendering those verdicts and finding severance guilty on all of the charges and going into the sentencing phase toy and handing down thr life sentences. earlier today, t prosecution painted charles severance as a monster. they said that the jury had delivered justice to a monster calling him a cold-blooded killer. severance's attorney told the jury that he is not a monster. he is not evil, but that the acts he committed were evil. he has a mental illness he was

never really treated for and just a short time ago the prosecution addressed the issue of charles severance's mental illness. >> at no point in this case did i ever think that charles severance was either legally incompetent to stand trial or legally insane at the time of the offense. i did not believe that. i didn't believe it during trial and i don't believe it now. hever, when you look at the very, very, ve twisted and disturbed writings, the only reasonable conclusion is that there is a mental health component to this case. >> reporter: the jury was dismissed a little bit earlier this afternoon. their work is done. keep in mind they are simply givi a recommendation for sentencing. the judge will deliver the final sentencing in january. wendy, back to you. >> darcy spencer. thank you, dcy. >> the local couple killed while riding a tandem bike is being re montgomery county community. ron sowerby and lynn rosenbusch

played instrumental roles in the housing and park development project there and their families tell us they were also devoted to environmental causes and the cycling community. the driver who hit and killed them allegedly catherine lyon is facing charges of vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated. for many people it's tough enough finding a job and whe you have a criminal record it can be even more difficult as president obama just finished explaining. it's much harder for an ex-prisoner to stay out of prison if they don't have a job. chris lawrence, joins us now with more on what the obama administration is doing to fix that. chris? >> jim, bottom lie, he wants to make it easier for them to get a second chance and as you said, that means get a job. the president toured a rehab facility today and met with formerinmates in newark, new jesey. hejust wrapped up a news nference less than an hour ago and announced he's ordering

federal agencies to ban the box, something advocates have been urging him to do for some time and it's basically the box that asks the question have you ever been convicted of ae? federal agencies will now have to wait until later in the hiring process to check on applicants' criminal histories. >> the federal government, i believe, should not use criminal storo screen applicants before we even look at their qualifications. we can't dismiss people offhand simply because of a mistake that they made in the past. >> more than 2 million people are incarcerated in the united states and every year, well over half a million of them are released back into society. president obama says they're being pushed into a cycle of incarceration and thinks this ban the box initind it. >> chris lawrence. thank you, chris. tonight lester holt has an exclusive interview with esident obama about today's announcement on these rehab initiatives for the ex-prisoners. stick around for that.

that's cong up o nbc "nightly news". >> we're still a year out from the predential election and local leaders in our region. in maryland there aren't any statewide races, but a number of cities will elect mayors and gaithersburg, rockville and montgomery county and college belt, greenbelt and laurel in prince george's county. across the potomac one race to keep an eye on, mayor of alexandria. incumbent mayor yule will run against allison sodderberg. it could mean a power shift in richmond. right now in the senate republicans outnumber democrats by one, a single member. if the democrats can even that they'd take control with the lieutenant governor having a tie-breaking vote. among senate seats, district 29 which includes part of prince william county. democrats, jeremy mcpike and

republican hal parish are running for the seat left open by retiring senator charles clogan who has held that office since 1976. when it comes to millennials, the d.c. metro region has one of the largest populations. transportation reporter adam tuss is in one of the millennial hot spots tonight, 14th street northwest to tell us how housing and transportation planners are trying to keep up. >> reporter: for the purposes of this study millennials are defined as the ages of 20 to 37 and if you fit into that category you probably want -- >> the sign is on to cross 14th street. >> what the study says you want. >> it's convenience. it's access to everything whenever you need it. >> i do bike everywhere and i use the metro during the winter. >> reporter: yep, that's it. so you need a livable, walkable, bikable, vibrant community and you need to make it affordable. that's not an easy tank as the

urban land institute has found. >> everybody wants that and they're trying to hang on to this as they age and start to form families. so that's the question. how are we going to accommodate families in the city going forward. >> yolanda cole, an architect helped conduct this new study on millennials and she's trying to rethink the design of buildings as millennials get older. >> maybe we can get some of the amenity-rich apartments and instead of being a club room it could be a play room or you could have storage for those big plastic toys that everyone has and change your dog washing station to a toy-washing station. >> another finding everybody wants outdoor space, a premium in a place like d.c. according to this study about six in ten millennials want to buy a home in the coming years. if everyone moves away that will put a huge extra demand on roads and routes and it becomes more important than ever to keep people in the right places. now this discussion is opening up all sorts of interesting questions about millennials and how they live. coming up at 6:00, the one thing

that could drive millennials out of the d.c. region. back to you. >> adam tuss. adam, thank you. >> as we all prepare to get more deliveries during the holidays, we have an important reminder for you tonight about those front-door crooks. plus pop superstar taylor swift may have a court case she can't shake off. i'm jill mccabe, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. all the mouthwash in the world won't help dick black. because what comes out of his mouth is just offensive. black said gays and lesbians lead "lifestyles that are harmful to the culture of this state." he dismissed rape in the military, calling it "as predictable as human nature." black opposes the use of birth control

and voted to force women seeking abortions to have intrusive transvaginal ultrasounds. dick black. so extreme, it's dangerous. narratorjeremy mcpike -ate, who supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales. hal parrish? as mayor, he slashed education. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad.

the redskins made up ground yesterday in the nfc east division despite not playing. not a bad weekend for the fellas coming off their bye week. more good news coming today. a few injured players were back on the practice field after missing several weeks of action. >> didn't do too much. did some individual drills, any did some footwork drills and did some conditioning, but it felt all right. tomorrow we'll hit it a little harder tomorrow and just kind of keep abreast throughout the week and hopefully i can get out there with my guys on sunday. >> a great opportunity to get back and help my guys get on the road after seeing some of the things i've been seeing in the past couple of weeks. and it's for myself and for my teammates. >> we are right in the thick of things and it came out of first right now, so anything can happen and we have to take care of ourselves. >> all healthy bodies will be

needed for the redskins and the champions come in undefeated in a two touchdown favorite from ashburn. i'm jason pugh, news 4 sports. we're sorry to have to put this song in your head, but taylor swift will have to shake off allegations that she stole the lyrics to her wildly popular song, a $40 million lawsuit accuses the pop star of ripping off some of the phrases in her hit single "shake it off." that song went platinum eight times last year. jesse graham says some of the lyrics are straight from the hook of a song he wrote back in 2013. so far no comment on that lawsuit from swift's camp. forget uptown funk. some middies at the naval academy are putting annapolis on the cool map. check out "naptown funk." ♪ ♪

>> senior rile an duey was the creative force for the thispñ video, and the bruno mars. in it they talk about downtown annapolis which is also known as naptown and they challenge other navy cities such as norfolk to create their full spirit videos and you can see the full video on our facebook page. you'll soon have another way to feed the meter when you head to silver spring. crews will replace the meters with new smart meters. thoou these newer ones will accept debity and credit cards and you'll also be able to pay by phone, and if you have the change, coins will remain an option. a newcomer rises to the occasion and low-cost airline is getting low scores and we have the best and worst airlines before you book your next trip. a fatal hit and run accident on a stretch of road that's notorious. people who live nearby, a shocked, saddened, but

right now concern is growing in parts of fairfax county after a deadly hit and run. people who live near the franconia road say drivers drive too fast through the region. >> there's more that can be done to make it safe for those just looking to cross the street. news 4's derrick ward is live with what the community is saying tonight. derrick? >> reporter: when it gets dark like it is now you have to be more attentive about your driving and pedestrians have to be careful about when and how they cross. here in this stretch of franconia road there is unfinished work and late last

night was the scene of a fatal accident and that happened at 10:45 last night. this stretch of franconia road was repaved recently. there are lines dividing the lanes and there is a cross walk near edison high school. >> they haven't painted the medians yet and it's very hard to tell which one is the turning lane and which one is just cars passing through. >> reporter: add darkness to that equation and it could be a matter of life and death for pedestrians. ali kahn tried to cross franconia road. he didn't make it. he was hit and killed. >> a vehicle struck the pedestrian and the vehicle did not stop. >> police say khan wasn't in the cross walk when he was hit and that doesn't lessen the fact that the driver who hit him kept going. >> folks may be concerned that, you know, whether i was speeding or -- but the fact that that occurred and that accident occurs immediately call 911 and that way we can render aid.

>> this thing that happened last night is so sad. so, so sad. >> reporter: and it wasn't the first time there's been a death here where the victim was just trying to get one side of the street to the other. and coming up on 6:30 on news 4, more about the history of this intersection and what the folks who live in the nearby community want to see happen. >> we are live in fairfax county, derrick ward, news 4. back to you, wendy. later this month bill cosby and his attorney will give a deposition on the sexual assault allegations. a judge ruled he should be deposed by lawyers representing janice dickinson. the model is suing for defamation. statements from cosby's former attorney calling that claim, quote, completely fabricated was an effort on his part to revictimize her and to destroy her professional career. more than a month after news broke, volkswagen's enormous diesel emission scandal, we are

learning that porsche is getting dragged into it. the environmental protection agency says it's widening its investigation now to include more than 10,000 additional vehicles including porsche and audi models. volkswagen admitted to rigging its diesel cars to automatically switch into a mode designed to pass emissions tests. the cars would revert to regular driving mode after the test. health officials say there could be more reports of illnesses linked to chipotle's restaurant out west. the chain closed 43 locations in oregon and washington state out of an abundance of caution. 22 cases of e. coli poisoning are linked to six restaurants in that region. washington state health officials say more people could get sick despite these closures because the incubation period for e. coli can last as long as ten days. >> veronica joins us now and talking warm up for the week, huh? >> you were outside and it's getting cool already, but wow! this week during the daylight

hours, very mild conditions expected across our area. in fact, that's one of the headlines in our weather and also be showing you what kind of weather to expect during election day and we have a forecast for that as well as talking about the clouds out here and we did have quite a few clouds today. here is a look at indian summer and it's all week long and i'll show you exactly how high our temperatures will go and what's the one day this week when we can expect the warmest conditions and for your recreational forecast we'll see temperatures dipping to 40 degrees by 7:00. keep that in mind, it will only get cooler and hit the road and do a little bit of a jog. upper 50s by 9:00 and you might just grab a jacket. as far as today, the weather system that kicked off all those clouds and even the showers across southern maryland and that system is moving out of here and you can see that already back to the west and western maryland there's clearing taking place. for tomorrow, i think we have the green light from driving to

walk wag and exercising and you'll need the sunglasses first thing tomorrow morning when you hit the road after 6:00, 7:00 and meanwhile, for walking around tomorrow, no jacket required and exercising perfect continues and at least practices for tomorrow. >> patchy fog expected in areas where you see the white, patchy fog shouldn't be too dense or lasting. it kicks off after midnight and stays with us at 7:00 tomorrow morning and from mid to late morning, i think we have improving conditions and warming very quickly and turning over to sunshine everywhere and mid-50s at 8:00 a.m. and that forecast with the sun coming up at 6:37 tomorrow morning. here is a look at what to wear. the kids tomorrow can get by with the short pants and even the short sleeves and no long pants required, but you might want to grab the sunglasses heading out because there will be a lot of sunshine and for anyone heading to the polls high temperature tomorrow, 68 to 72

degrees and here's how we'll get there and mid-60s by 11:00 a.m. to lunchtime and low 70s for the afternoon hours tomorrow. a lot of sunshine and dry for at least the next couple of days. so if you're thinking about getting out and washing the car, tomorrow will be a great day for doing just that. >> rain chances come in on thursday and friday this week, and there's the one day when we'll see 78 degrees on friday and this week, 68 and conditions cooler coming our way thursday with the early morning showers and the weekend will be different and our temperatures ll from the 60s to around 60 degrees by the afternoon. we do have more sunshine coming your way on sunday and a chilly weekend indeed and doug's got more details coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >> thanks, v.j. it's a crime that could be cloughser to the holidays. they're looking for a woman who stole packables from a porch. this was on 14th street on

tuesday around this time. the woman walks up, takes clothes out of a box and walks away. >> if you're ordering firsts this holiday season, make sure you have them left at a secure location. well, between now and the new year, a lot of people will be flying for the holidays and choosing your airline could make the difference between having a good trip or an aggravating one. consumer reports surveyed 20,000 of its subscribers and came up with the best and worst airlines. consumer reporter erika gonzalez breaks it down for you. >> reporter: travelers are far from happy with the coach service they're getting according to the consumer reports survey. of the 13 airlines evaluated most get the lowest score possible on a number of areas. >> not having enough leg room and seat width are common complaints. most airlines get low ratings for room for carry-ons, quality of food and in-flight entertainment. >> reporter: budget carrier spirit airlines comes in last

with an overall satisfaction rating that's significantly worse than all other airlines. the three big u.s. airlines don't do that well. delta, american and united fall in the middle or near the bottom of the ratings and they're among those with the lowest possible score on leg room, seat comfort, food and in-flight entertainment. >> there are bright spots, though. >> coach travelers are very satisfied with some of the smaller airlines who do well with service and easy check-in. >> jetblue lands on top followed closely by southwest airlines and virgin america. what distinguishes jetblue, slightly better leg room and seat width. having no hidden fees is also important. >> southwest stands out for being the most transparent about its fees and that partially offsets poor scores for seating, food and entertainment. >> reporter: consumer reports also surveyed first-class pass everyoningers and there, virgin america does well with top

scores across the board. erika gonzalez, news 4. we reached out to the carriers who had the lowest scores and american airlines is the only one responding telling news 4 that the customers are flying more than ever before and it's investing $2 billion in improvements. a hit and run accident, a police chase and a 1-year-old hit and killed. how these series of tragic events

baltimore prosecutors want a judge to deny a request to sequester the jury in the trial of one of the six officers that's charged in the death of freddie gray. william porter's trial is set to begin later this month. his defense attorneys want jurors placed in hotels, no access to phones, television or social media. prosecutors say those requirements will make it hard to seat a jury. freddie gray died last april after he was injured in the back of a police van. tonight police in baltimore investigating a series of crashes that left a 1-year-old boy dead. >> jeremiah perry was hit and killed while he was sitting in his stroller. tonight his family held a vigil for him and our sister station wbal is in northeast baltimore with that story. >> you saw the whole thing? >> it was terrifying. i didn't know what to think. i was praying for him and at least make sure the baby was okay. >> witnesses told police a 16-month-old boy was being

pushed by his mother at a bus stop in northeast baltimore city when this mercedes benz slammed into this volvo sending it on to the sidewalk and into the stroller, killing jeremiah perry in front of his mother. >> she was heart broken. like, she just lost her world. she was crying and didn't want to stand up. >> the situation began a few miles away in rosedale baltimore county where police were investigating an unrelated accident. a vehicle hit and killed a man trying to get to pulaski highway. that hit a county police car. the mercedes took off. >> tires started squealing and smoke all down -- he left a big, you know -- >> tire mark. >> and all of some smoke behind him. >> reporter: a county officer pursued the mercedes into the city until it turned on into marea view road and caused the crash that killed the boy. the driver was taken into custody.

>> when they caught up with him, they actually jumped on him. >> the driver of the mercedes hasn't been identified because he has not yet been charged. >> baltimore police is working with the state's attorney's office on that. for some, it's been a loung journey to justice. today a serial killer convicted in three high-profile murders that stunned the city of alexandria. >> this chapter's close is the not closure to grieve the loss of our amazing, funny, kind mom for the rest of our lives every day, but it is important and tremendous relief this act of justice. >> as charles severance learns his sentence we're learning from family members of his victims. >> this has been a horrific crime and series of crimes that has been investigated for 11 years now in our community and brought a lot of victimization to our community and a lot of fear and people concerned for

their welfare and today we can put that to rest. >> first, closure on a crime spree that has rattled nerves for 11 years. >> three prominent alexandria residents killed in their homes and one man is going to prison for the rest of his life marking the end of a long, painful chapter for family members of the victims. >> we have team coverage tonight. we begin with david culver. he's at the courthouse in fairfax now with reaction to the verdict today and the sentencing. david? >> reporter: the jury took their time with this case, 13 hours in deliberations over the course of two and a half days and then another two hours when it came to deliberating this sentence. in the end they did what prosecutors asked of them. they showed charles severance little mercy, convicting him on all ten counts that he faced and giving him the maximum punishment. the murders of ruthanne lodato, ron kirby and nancy dunning stretched just over a decade a