chemistry class. why investigators from the government could get involved in that classroom fire that sent local students to the hospital. breaking news just into our newsroom. a car hits a woman in front of parkdale high school in riverdale. prince george's county firefighters say the victim is a ge senior citizen hit near the intersection of goodluck road. with we're told she is expected to survive. we're working to find out just how this happened. s new video first at 4:00 shows the tense confrontation that convinced a jury to convict an fbi agent of assault. the agent can keep his guns and stay on the job, at least for now. news 4's chris gordon is working all the developments for us in this case. >> reporter: a montgomery county jury foininds an fbi agent guil of assault after a five-day trial. they watched evidence on this dvd that shows what happened.

the video shows the fbi agent at an apartment house on wisconsin avenue right across from the louis vuitton score. in a custo dispute because his girlfriend knew one of them. the child's father delivered the baby late that night. an argument, and a 15-year-old boy got involved. the teen grabbed the leg of the fbi agent who pulled out his service weapon. >> get on the ground. >> reporter: the jury found the fbi agent not guilty of first-degree assault or the use of a handgun during a crime of violence, but convicted him of second-degree assault. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, we'll hear from montgomery county's top prosecutor, why he says the fbi agent misused his authority an needed to be prosecuted. back to you. >> all right. thanks, chris. we're waiting to hear why someone drove their car straight into a wendy's in fairfax county

and hurt two people eating inside. this happened early this afternoon at the height of ru hour on wendy's on lehighwe hig. it slamm eme emed flew through atrium. chopper floor was flying over not far from the centreville road. federal investigators are looking into the fire that started in a chemistry class at wut woodson high in airfax. investigators with the u.s. chemical safety board are questioning school officials right now. they want to know if the experiment on friday was one that the chemical board has issued warnings about. the news 4 team reports the board is now considering expanding warnings about using flammable chemicals in science depa departments across the country. school officials are cooperating with investigators. i stopped and voted before coming to work this afternoon. polls are still open bacross th

area in election day. in virginia voters have a stay in several important elections including control of the state senate. we're working this storyn wood bridge keeping track of the turnout. we'll check in live with a polling site in about ten minutes. in the race for the white house, ben carson has just pulled farther ahead of his republican competition. not only is this his biggest lead yet, a full six points over donald trump,rson's 29% support is the highe any republican candidate has se so far in nbc news/"wall street journal" pol. form florida governor jeb bush toward the bottom with 8% of the voters. >> the new poll also shows hillary clintonxng her lead with 62% of democratic primary voters supporting her. compare that to 31% for senator bernie sanders and just 3% for former maryland governor martin o'malley. despite clinton's commanding lead it's not all positiveor her campaign. less than a third of the voters are giving her high marks for

honesty. a suspicious double death. at this house on tennessee avenue on capitol hill. the discovery made yesterday afternoon. inside, police find the body of a man and a woman. the man identified by family members as 37-year-old john michael robinson. a popular personal trainer. the woman in the house is said to be an architect. the house was undergoing a renovation. the two were working on it together. they say there was no sign of forced entry. police are still working the scene. we're waiting to hear from the medical examiner. coming up at 5:00, we're going to hear from family members and neighbors. now back to you. >> all right, thanks, pat. you know, getting days this warm in early november is not just usual, it may be record setting. doug, you were telling us that the temperature was going to go up, but man, you got to be outside to really believe it.

>> that's right. we're stuck inside, chris. i mean, temperatures today into the low 70s. just about everywhere across the region. and as we look toward the next couple of days temperatures only going up for the next part. take a look right now. these are the high temperatures today. 73 leesburg. 74 lawrence. 75 in charlottesville. 72 in d.c. a little cooler out along the chesapeake. over the next couple of days those temperatures are going to be going up in a big way. a slight chance of showers. that comes on thursday. record high temperatures possible during the day on friday. and right now, we are forecasting a record, and then we get a lot cooler by the weekend, so don't think this warm air is going to stick around. that weekend forecast coming up at about 4:50. >> thanks, doug. right now metro board members are scrambling to try to find a new gm a day after negotiations with their top pick fell apart. sources now tell news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss that a foer executive with bwi marshall airport in the maryland transit administration is being courted by board adam is working right now to

track down some o those board e. he'll join us live tonight on news 4 at 5:00. well, it hasn't had to stand up to mother nature just yet, but officials are testing the new levee in downtown d.c. to see if it will be able to weather big storms. the national park service put the levee through its paces today putting up the structure and taking it down. the levee is supposed to keep water from flowing out of the tidal basin and flooding the downtown core. 17th street is one of the lowest points in the district. engineers build the levee after seeing what hurricane katrina did to new orleans. construction crews worked to clean up a big mess outside a home in montgomery county. see the pictures. a dump truck flipped onto its side on massachusetts avenue in bethesda. happened near maryland drive. no one was injured. the truck was unloading dirt for a new house. dusty baker is in. the washington nationals named their new new manager today.

baker's last managing gig came in sincincinnati with the reds he's been a fixture in major league baseball for more than 40 years. last week the mets reportedly offered the job to bud black but that deal fell through perhaps over money. jason pugh is talking to the nats and will join us in the next hour. protesters crash monday night football and their message is resonating in maryland. plus the president roasts the gop presidential field. >> you know, man, i don't think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you.

security folk here at the stadium are checking on their whereabouts at this point, so -- >> well, if you didn't catch this during the last night's

football game, you may have seen the picture s all over social media. we're learning the protest at the carolina panthers game, two people from a group repelled from the press box at bank of america stadium. they unfurled a banner protesting a new natural gas terminal in calbert county. bank of america is helping finance the project which uses fracking to extract natural gas from the earth. tracee wilkins has more on the project and the controversy ahead at 5:00. president obama criticized the republican presidential candidate for complaining about the cnbc moderators at last week's debate. >> every one of these candidates say, you know, obama's weak, he's, you know, putin's kicking sand in his face. when i talk to putin, he's goin

moderators. >> the president's comments come days after the republican candidates met to strategize on new rules for the debates that take place from here on out. >> the president has a lot more to say about the 2016 election. you can see part two of lester's one-on-one interview on "nbc nightly news" right after news 4 at 6:00. right now, voters are deciding whether to legalize marijuana in ohio and perhaps change the entire weed business. the bill allows adults to have up to an ounce of pot. this initiative only authorizes ten predetermined farms to cultivate and sell it. celebrities like nick lachey and oscar robinson invested millions in these farms and could end up having ainess but there's a riv ballot that could kill this bill before it takes effect. we'll take a closer look at that in 30 minutes. is your teenager teched out? we have new insights into the

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presidential election takes place just a year from now. we're also 90 days from the iowa caucuses, and ben carson is surging to front-runner status. while a lot can change, one thing that seems certain to remain until election day, american voters are angry and they are demanding a reset.

nbc's edward lawrence reports. >> reporter: many voters heading to the polls today are angry. nearly 2/3 of americans say the country is on the wrong track according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. that frustration shows, as the candidate currently leading the republican presidential field has no political experience. >> i would say experience comes from a variety of different things. it doesn't only have to be in one segment or the other. >> we're in a whole lot of t trouble. he's the prescription for what we need. >> reporter: retired surgeon ben carson leads be 29% of the votes. businessman donald trump is second six points behind followed by marco rubio, ted cruz, and jeb bush. showing off his new book today, trump says americans are fed up with the career politicians. >> it's called really the failed establishment because the establishment has let us down. >> reporter: for democrats, the

choice has become more clear. former secretary of state hillary clinton now has a commanding lead over senator bernie sanders with martin o'malley a distant third. still, sanders says he can win. >> when we started this campaign, we were at 3% or 4% in the polls. since that point, we have done extremely well in many states around this country. >> reporter: but our poll shows 84% of democrats believe hillary clinton will be their candidate for president. the new poll shows that more than half of all americans believe that the political and economic system is stacked against them. all of the candidates are trying to tap into that feeling. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >> that election still a year away. there are no statewide races in maryland today, but a number of cities are electing mayors including bowie, gaithersburg, laurel, rockville and tacoma park. maryland polls will stay open until 8:00 tonight. >>d now your storm team 4 forecast.

>> and of course, no problem in the weather department if you're thinking about getting out there to vote this evening. take a look right now. i mean, the sun is shining. it is a beautiful spectacular afternoon. plenty of blue skies across the area. i love this shot. as we look off toward the southwest there down toward the area. 71 degrees the current temperature. winds are calm. yeah, we're dealing with all of that sunshine around the area, too. 73 in frederick. 71 in culpeper. annapolis only 62. so right along the chesapeake it is a lot cooler. quantico, you don't see it here but it's only 64 there, once again along the waters of the potomac. radar is clear. we're not going to see rain chances today or tomorrow. we've got a slight chance of rain on thursday but that's it. i mean, here's the satellite and radar. boston down to richmond, 100% clear across the area. that means we've got nothing coming our way for the next couple of days. perfect for that run during the day fortomorrow. starting off in the 50s. 57 by 9:00 a.m. jumping into the 70s by around 1:00. great day to get out there

around 1:00. temperatures around the 73 degree mark by 3:00 in the afternoon. nice for the kids at the bus stop, too. 7:00, 8:00 a.m., mild, temperatures around 50. you may need that jacket, maybe the sweat shirt to start off. some suburbs in the low 40s at that point. 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon, 74 degrees. this is the type of day where kids will leave those sweatshirts at school. yeah, you're probably seen that before, the kids forgetting the sweatshirts or t-shirts at school. as far as the impact goes, today that impact has been on the warm side. warm, sunny, nice. we're going to the same impact for tomorrow. the real impactful day we're looking at possibly thursday. 30% chance of a shower. more cloud cover on thursday. all in all a pretty nice forecast with a high temperature of 70. friday is the day. 78 degrees. that would tie a record that has stood since 1948 so we're predicting record-breaking temperatures or at least record-tieing temperatures for friday. notice by saturday we come way back down into the low 60s closer to average for this time

of the year. even cooler on sunday. veronica is going to have the seven-day forecast is a cool rest of the weekend coming up. >> it's like the bottom falls out of it on saturday. no more stars on twitter, and teched out teens some of the topics around town. you and i have kids. they seem to be spending more and more time just plugged into one device or another. >> i think most adults do, too, if you look at any line anywhere, there's somebody on a phone. believe it or not. and it's true, 2,500 teens were surveyed and they wanted to find out who they were doing online. believe it or not, social media was a chore to most teens. when it came to the tech they used, it was nine hours a day on average watching tv, video games, being online, and listening to music or texting. on their mobile device. >> because they feel they have to keep up with their friends with everything that's going on. >> absolutely right. >> on social media. and i tweeted this out, you

know, after seeing your tweet, that's right. twitter users no longer seeing stars. >> well, some are, some aren't. this is making a big change today. they are changing the star symbol for a like, so if you see a tweet from, i don't know, hot 99.5 or kane show. >> or hot 99.5 -- >> yeah, hot 99.5. >> yeah. right. now you're going to see the heart. why? the heart is much more expressive. the heart is universal. people were signing on to twitter not knowing what the star really was. and they didn't really know if they should click it or not. now you're going to see the heart. >> you got any tickets giving away? >> yes. hot 9 .5's jingle ball is coming up in december and it's going to happen at verizon center. five seconds of summer is going to be there, demi lovato. tickets tomorrow morning on the kane show. >> perfect opportunity, too. she has the hot new album out. great timing. all right, pat. >> thanks, gentlemen. developing this afternoon,

zem seven passengers kicked off a plane. now an airline is facing discrimination accusations. plus why that vicious attack in a uber car will cost the suspect dearly.

i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we learn a man who was charged with killing a georgia sheriff this summer has escaped. jim lowry was being transferred this morning when he got away from the deputy. lowery is facing a murd charge in the death of sergeant o'connor. ba in june o'connor was chasing lower on a georgia highway when lowery opened fire. after those shots were fired sheriff o'connor lost control of his cruiser. he crashed and he died. multiple agencies, as you can imagine, are searching right now for lowe. back to you. >> thanks, wendy. the guy who beat up his uber driver turns out he was an executive at taco bell. now he's out of a job. police arrested benjamin golden friday and charged him with public intication and assault. golden was caught on camera punching an uber driver in california. turns out he was a marketing executive for taco bell. when his bosses got a look at the tape, they fired him.

company officials have encouraged golden to get some professional help. "days of our lives" is celebrating 50 years on television and some cast members are in town to celebrate the milestone. brian who plays lucas roberts and dedra hall whopls dr. marlena eva stopped by our stuos today. >> everyere o fans are very supportive. i think especially now with the 50s anniversary and the book coming out and we've had a lot of things happen on the show lately with the murder mystery, so it's given all of us a lot of opportunity to play close things. >> "days" has always been a close home for me. i'll speak for both of us briefly, it allows us to go to the same place, work for the same people, do the same job, raise our families, have our private life single day. >> "days of our lives" airs here on nbc 4 at 1:00 p.m. some cast members will with at a book signing tonight at 6:30 on the barnes & noble in bethesda.

tomorrow on "midday" we hear about items being donated to smithsoni smithsonian. we're still working several developing stories including some new video of a plane parachuting out of the sky. we'll expln the strange sight they are the figures that could predict who our next president will be and we've got the inside information. and why federal health officials are now getting involved in that growing e e. coli outbreak at chipotle.

right now at 4:30, an fbi agent is facing ten years in prison for assaulting a teenager. this video shows him shoving a 15-year-old boy during a dispute in chevy chase last year. in about 30 minutes news 4's chris gordon talks with prosecutors about why they think the agent needed to face charges. right now, doctors are helping three people hurt in a car that crashed into a wendy's in virginia. the driver smashed into the glass enclosed seating area of the fast food restaurant on lee highway in chantilly. happened just before 1:00 this afternoon. police are investigating to determine the cause. we showed you the flames this morning. now we know this fire in potomac caused three quarters of a million dollars in damage. the house on horseshoe lane was under construction and no one was living inside. investigators tell us the fire appears to be accidental. it started where a new addition

was being built. and then burned for some time before a neighbor finally called for help. paul ryan has been speaker of the house for five days now, and one of his first orders of business is to remove a portrait of a disgraced predecessor. a portrait of former house speaker dennis hastert was taken down yesterday and moved to an unnamed location. for years that portrait hung in a hallway just outside the house chamber. last week hastert pleaded guilty to evading federal nking laws in a hush money case that repd involve al miscondu. i'm jason pugh here at nationals park. ever since the regular season ended for the nationals, this team habeen searching for a new manager. well, that search came to a conclusio today. the organization announcing that usty baker will be theih manager in this team's history. the nationals said they wanted experience at that managerial position. they will get that in baker.

he has that going for him. 20easons in the dugout as a skipper i the big leagues. seven times his teams have made the postseason including a trip to the world serious back in 2002 with the san francisco giants. the 66-year-old baker, he's used to managing big-time personalities, guys like barry bonds. he'll have to deal with that here. bryce harper, jonathan papelbon to name a few of the big-name personalities for the nationals. coming up later on news 4 at 5:00, baker was not the first option for this nationals organization. we'll tell you what happened to bud black coming up in just a bit. fromationals park, jason pugh, news 4 sports. >> thanks, jason from baseball to football, the washington redskins trying to keep the federal trademark on their name. team officials filed paperwork with a u.s. court of appeals to outline their case. among the team's arguments, the redskinsisted companies with offensive names that the government has approved including some that are racially charged. the native americans who challenge the trademark have

until january 14th to file their response. the government is ordering takata to pay $70 million for delaying an airbag recall. the penalty for takata would climb to $200 million if the company violates the terms of the settlement. the recall involves airbags in more than 19 million vehicles. it's the largest civil penalty in history r the national highway traffic safety administration. the controversy over the proposed keystone pipeline has been a topic of debate for seven years now. the project would move oil from canada to the texas coast. now the company that wants to build the project is asking for a delay in the ongoing review process by the state department. jay gray has more including a response from the white house. >> reporter: stakes and flags have dotted the plains for a better part of a decade now mapping out a path for the keystone pipeline across the ground. while the controversial project to this day remains up in the air, with trans-canada, the

company that wants to build the proposed pipeline from alberta to the texas gulf coast, now asking the state department to put what's already been n-year hold. in a written statement, trans-nada's president and chief executive officer says, "we're asking state to pause its review of keystone xl based on the fact we applied to the braska public service commission for approval of its preferred route in the state." that process could take seven months to a year. but opponents believe the request for a delay is a political move. potentially leaving the fate of the controversial project in the hands of the next administration. this afternoon, the white house weighed in. >> it seems unusual tome to suggest that somehow it should be paused yet again. >> reporter: president obama still has the ability to kill the project and apparently plans to make a decision before leaving office. >> he election is a year away. i believe exactly a year away.

so, i don't think that that's a good excuse for basically spending the next year doing nothing. >> reporter: if then when he does something,ost o believe the president could reject the pipeline because of environmental concerns. jay gray, nbc news. a driver in south florida led police on a curb-riding, rim-rolling, back-and-forth chase today. the pursuit lasted nearly an hour. weaving through miami-dade and broward counties. several vehicles were hit along the way. police say the chevy tahoe was stolen and it took about 20 police cruisers and unmarked cars to finally box him in. an officer in the pittsburgh area who was shot in his bulletproof vest while on patrol last week says he has no plans to change careers. he aroached a man that he thought was trying to break into several cars and that's when the suspect fired at least five times. one of the shots hit the officer. his bulletproof vest took a direct hit less than six feet away.

that saved his life. >> some people say that's like mayberry there, that just proves it can happenanywhere. i'm shaken. there's no doubt about it but i have to move forward. >> the officer has a bruised chest and rib. after a three-day manhunt, the suspect turned himself in. dancing with a d.c. police officer is paying off for the teenage girl who was part of this viral video. aleah taylor is getting offers for free dance lessons, a tutor, even college scholarships. taylor telling today.com the tuition officers coming from lol church. people have watched this video more than 4 million times. the officer went to break up a fight in southwest d.c., sauté lor dancing to the song "watch me whip" and joed right no. post-halloween traditi gets under way tomorrow in louden county. leftover candy and cards of appreciation are being collected through next tuesday. they're going to be sent to troops overseas.

14-year-old ann has bn running this project since she was in grade school. collecting thousands of pounds of candy along with hundreds of cards, letters, and other donations. this year, collection boxes a at several schools and a few businesses. guns, knives, even fake explosi explosives. the tsa is getting grilled about some alarming breaches at some alarming breaches at airport checkpoints. okay. some alarming breaches at airport checkpoints. so everyone is saying, "hurry! you gottget fios!" but why. why fios? well, right now for a limited time, you can get a great deal from fios, the 100% fiber optic network. fios gives you big capacity so you can get 100 percent out of all your devices. that means if you need more streaming for more devices... fios gives you options. so whatever speed you need, fios has it with the fastest internet and wi-fi available from 50 to 500 megs plus you can upload your favoriteideos up to 5x faster than cable. but the main reason to get fios? we're rated #1 in customer satisfaction. why fios? ultimately that's why.

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20 years ago amazon turned the retail world upsidedown by selling books only online. now the company has opened its first brick and mortar store. it's see. a big market for readers and close to company headarters. amazon hopes to use its data about shopping patterns to offer books that appeal most to shoppers there. the company isn't saying whether it will open more stores in then future. for the first time amazon is offering paid paternity leave for fathers. the store's new family leave policy states tat any new birt or apt parents regardless of gender will get six weeks of paid parental leave. the move comes after amazon fell under heavy scrutiny over the summer when "the new york times" published a story about its workplace policies. >> wow. decision day for ohio on pot legislation. why some critics say the state may be on the verge of legalizing a marijuana cartel. and our indian summer week

continues but with a little chance of rain. i'll have what you need to know on the other side of the break

right now at 4:45, investigators are focusing on finding the source of that e. coli outbreak that has shut down dozens of chipotle restaurants out west. federal health officials held a news conference just a short time ago and we have details straight ahead. this story is getting a lot of shares on facebook right now.

seven people got kicked off a spirit airlines flight and some are questioning whether race played a role. and i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. we have new details about w that dynamic airways plane may have caught fire in ft. lauderdale on the runway just last week. thentsb says it found an isue pl's main fuel supply line. investigators found that a coupling assembly near the left engine of the 767 had been disconnected. the discovery has the ntsb now looking very closely at dynamic airways' maintenance records. that plane was getting ready to leave florida for caracas, venezuela, when it caught fire. one man was seriously hurt. 21 others did suffer minor injuries. there are several key races we're watching on this election day. in maryland a number of cities will elect mayors and council members.

gaithersburg, tacoma. prince george's, bowue, college park, greenbelt and laurel. we're watching the mayor's race in alexandria. bill eulle and allison silberberg. in the house of delegates, republicans currently have control and they're expected to keep control. in fairfax, there's an open seat on the board of supervisors for the sully district. republican john guevara is facing democrat cathie smith there. louden county, four people are vying to become chair of the county board of supervisors. >> all right, thanks. it's election day across the country and right now voters in ohio are deciding whether to legalize marijuana. it would be the first state in the midwest to allow recreational and medicinal use. a rival ballot could kill this measure before itakes effect. >> i wanted to make sure i made time in my day to voice my

choice. >> reporter: the choice before ohio voters, whether to legalize marijuana. >> the benefits from having it legalized far outweigh it not being legalized. i think in terms of tax revenue and in terms of how it can bolster the economy. >> reporter: if the majority of voters agree, the buckeye state would be the fifth in the country to approve recreational marijuana. >> at her worst was having well over 100 visible seizures in a day. >> reporter: heather and her daughter, addison, have become the face of the issue in their home state. >> she's on thc, and you see she's the farthest thing from high. >> reporter: but she had to move her once rambunctious 4-year-old to colorado where pot is legal to find relief. >> she couldn't do anything. she couldn't interact. >> reporter: but the emotion of their miracle may not convince all ohio voters. if the dment known as issue 3 passes, it would give exclusive rights to all the

marijuana grown and sold at 1,100 stores in the state to 10 groups. >> this group keeps it monopolized, too many big companies. i think i'm going toold off another year before voting for it. >> reporter: while most polls show ohio voters split on the issue of legalization, it's now up to the numbers at the ballot box to make the final decision. nbc news, chicago. icy roads in alaska created chaos yesterday. the driver of this suv was at the top of a hill when her car stard sliding she saw a news crew in her path so she honked in warning as she slid toward them and crashed right into another vehicle. the driveer and her daughter were shaken up afterwards but they're okay. the weather is very different back here at home. meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center. feels like summer wants to make a comeback today, veronica.

we know that's not going to happen. >> no, it's not. winter in the pacific northwest and lower temperatures coming into the western half of the nation. for us, warmth. indian summer. as i said, just a chance for some rain this week. i'll show you when in a few minutes. if your evening, though, going out, mid 60s by 6:00. we'll cool down again and rather rapidly, too, down to about 62 degrees by 8:00. so keep that in mind. it's been a nice day, but as soon as the sun sets, you'll probably need a jacket or at least another layer. here's what's going on. we've got high pressure once again over our area. you can see the clouds drig through areas of north carolina. so for tomorrow, i think there's a slight chance that we'll see a few of those high clouds start to come up and into our area. and once again, with the light winds and the clear sky, by early tomorrow morning, we'll see some patchy fog. that's the white that y see once again. visibilities not too low, down to a mile and a half, maybe two miles in pockets around d.c. southbound i-95, to annapolis and the northern neck.

we warm very wickquickly tomorr. temperatures hit the mid 50s by 8:00. upper 50s by 9:00. sunshine tomorrow. if you thought today was nice, wait for tomorrow. if you didn't get a chance to get out, you will tomorrow. do the short sleeves and short pants. that's exactly what the little ones will probablyant towear, anyway, for tomorrow morning as they head out the door. the bus stop forecast, just that. and back to the sunglasses. it's going to be a bright one early tomorrow morning and the afternoon drive heading home. as far as getting out and about, %ional forecast, maybe you plan on hitting the tennis court. 65 degrees by 11:00 a.m. mid 70s again by 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon. there will be some areas a little cooler, though, right here just east of i-81, le ray at 68 or 69. we've got a slight chance for a shower coming our way on thursday. then again on friday. so keep that in mind if you plan on going on. friday a stray shower. temperature around 70 degrees. here's a look at your four-day

forecast for the upcoming weekend, we cool way down with those falling temperatures from the 60s to the 50s on sunday. and even on saturday those clouds will be holding throughout the day. we've got a lot more detail on what to expect with the rain coming into our area. we've got an hourly forecast on that on news 4 at 5:00. how secure is airport security? the tsa is under fire. a federal watchdog report found the agency missed 96% of the threats in an undercover investigation done earlier this year. agents smuggled guns, knives, even fake explosives past tsa checkpoints. >> greatly value the work of the gao and the ig's office because they give me a third-party independent assessment of what are are some of those challenges. >> not a very good personnel agency. the recruitment's horrible, the training's horrible, the retention is horrible. it just goes on and on.

>> the inspector general was especially critical and said the culture in the tsa has been to ignore problems. well, some video just coming into the newsroom of a small plane making a crash landing in arkansas. there were three people on board the plane when it crashed into a truck in fayettelle. paramedics checked out the truck driver on the scene. former walmart ceo bill simon was piloting the plane. he wasn't hurt and neither were his passengers. about a dozen commuter trains in portland, oregon, are being inspected after sudden flooding surprised the passengers. this video was taken friday during heavy rain. startled riders jumped on the seats and they swung on handrails to try to keep from getting wet. no one was injured. transit officials say it was an error in judgment to drive through standing water. there's an investigation under way. seven people were booted off a spirit airlines flight allegedly because a passenger became unruly.

now spirit double booked some seats on a flight out of los angeles international last night. airport police say the flight attendant was going to assign a couple to different seats but the men allegedly became aggressive. police were called in but the couple left the plane without an escort. five other passengers on board became involved in this dispute and left the flight as well. passengers say they were removed from the plane and not given a proper explanation as to why. >> we're begging for a flight home. we have kids, you know, we're not trying -- get home to my two kids. we have no answers right now. the situation is still not resolved. >> some of the questions have questioned that they were asked to leave because they're black. nbc 4 in los angeles has been calling spirit airlines but so far the airline has not returned their calls. we are working several developing stories in the nesroom right now. holess tent camps are popping up around d.c. the largest is along rock c cre park beneath the whitehurst freeway. there are signs warning that the area will be cleaned up in the

next few weeks, but the tents won't be removed. in about ten minutes, mark segraves reports on why the district is allowing these tent cities to grow and where the tents are coming from. i'm darcy spencer at the university of maryland at college park. most students are probably still in their beds, but these rotc cadets are out here doing this training at 5:30 every morning. they're getting ready for what's called the ranger challenge. more and more women are participating in this program. they are inspired by the two women who graduated from the army ranger elite school back in august. >> they're really major motivation for all the girls here. >> reporter: coming up on news 4, i'm going to show you the training they're doing and talk to some of the women about why they're doing this and what this means for the future of women in the military. in college park, darcy park, news 4. officials discovered new clues in that mysterious plane

crash in egypt. what u.s. military satellites detected

the number of e. coli cases at chipotle jumped from 22 to 37. a dozen people have been hospitalized but no one has died. chipotle has voluntarily closed more than 40 restaurants in washington state and oregon. investigators look for the source of those infections. health officials say the number

of potential cases would likely grow as more people hear about this outbreak. right now a fraternity at yale university is denying allegations of racism. members of sae at yale are accused of only allowing white women to attend an off-campus party on friday. yale and the sae national chapter are investigating te ii. the fraternity released a statement saying the party had a diverse number of attendees. they say some people were turned away but not because of race. >> anything to do entry to any of our parties ever or entry into being member of the fraternity. no one gets to come in the house. it's overcrowded. it's overcapacity. a safety hazard. >> the idea they're claiming that didn't happen is disgusting. >> absolutely disgusting, deplorable, terrible. >> the racism allegations are only focused on the yale chapter of the fraternity. the mystery of the metrojet plane crash is deepening.

>> the russian airliner crashed on saturday in egypt and while we still don't know the cause of the crash, u.s. officials tell nbc news they've ruled out a missile. nbc's bill neely is following the investigation from cairo. >> reporter: the plane was at 31,000 feet when high above it, a u.s. military satellite at the exact time of the disaster detected a heat flash, an intense explosion. that nor rarrows the range of possible causes of this disaster. what can could be is an engine explosion or fuel tank explosion or it could be a bomb on board the aircraft. what it's not is the plane hitting the ground because this heat flash was detected at altitude. what it's also not is a missile striking the plane because it was a flash. the infrared satellite did not detect a heat trail. so it really does narrow the range of possibilities and i

have to say increase the possibility that a bomb was placed on board this plane. we won't really know until the black boxes yield their secrets and they are being analyzed right now here in cairo by experts and that will get us closer to the truth. >> these investigations, many take weeks, not days, because it is a very precise and complicated task. and, therefore, no one should jump to any conclusions. >> reporter: there was one report from the russian interfax news agency that claimed to have read the transcript of the readout from the cockpit voice recorder, and it says that there were routine conversations with air traffic control, followed suddenly by uncharacteristic sounds in the cockpit, no distress call, no may day, and then silence. those reports have not been confirmed. we will wait for the official readout of the black boxes that are being analyzed in cairo right now. back to you. news 4 at 5:00 starts now

with jim and wendy. >> right now at 5:00, an fbi agent caught on camera assaulting a teenager. the new video just part of a case full of courtroom drama. and a wild crash at a wendy's sends diners scrambling. and local women training for a life in the military. how the success of two rangers here is providing new inspiration for a new generation of students. but first at 5:00, he's assigned to a counterterrorism unit at the nsa. >> but an fbi agent's job is on the line tonight after being convicted of assaulting a teenager. >> and right now we are seeing the video of the confrontation that led to the charges and a bobble t possible ten-year prison sentence for that agent. news 4's chris gordon was in court today and h the latest on this case. he's in rockville. >> reporter: we're about to snow you more of the key evidence in this case against the fbi special agent. the evidence the jury saw. the evidence on this dvd.

>> there was a videotape in this case, and this individual, mr. rogero, produced a weapon and pointed at an individual in a situation we did not think was lawful. >> reporter: the video shows fbi agent gerald rogero iii at an apartment house on wisconsin avenue right across from the louis vuitton store. the fbi agent got involved in a couple's custody dispute because his girlfriend knew one of them. the child's father delivered the baby late that night. an argument developed and a 15-year-old boy got involved. >> whoa. whoa. >> reporter: the teen grabbed the leg of the fbi agent who pulled out his service weapon. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. >> reporter: the jury found the fbi agent not guilty of first-degree assault or the use of a handgun in a crime of violence, but they convicted rogero of second-degree assault, a misdemeanor that carries a sentence of up to ten years. >> the