taking a look now at our top story. d.c. police investigating two

homicides this morning. the latest here on 8th street and northwest. a man was shot and killed. no suspect information yet and police don't know what led to the shooting. investigators from five countries say that no technical failure was recorded in either of the downed russian plane's black boxes. isis conversations were intercepted talking about how they brought down the plane. and police are looking for this man who attacked a metro bus driver. investigators say he simply did not feel like paying hisare and the fight began when he was asked about it. it happened friday morning. the suspect broke the driver's glasses and gave him a black eye. well, good morning on this saturday. >> we have officially started cooling down here around the weekend. we're going to check in with tom. first, we want to tell you about a touching story coming up. >> that's right. we have a 6-year-old, he was a

high school senior for a day. a dream come true for his mother who is battling cancer. she wanted to see him play in his senior game. we're going to tell you how the whole community made it happen in just a bit. driver fatigue could have been the cause of this terrible crash in arkansas. the ntsb is investigating after six people were killed. other issues could get their attention. the bus ferrying migrant farm workers from michigan to texas ran off a highway ejecting passengers onto the interstate. >> this weekend, a family is renewing their effort to find the man who killed their father and took off. zahoor khan died in a hit-and-run crash last sunday. >> reporter: 69-year-old zahoor came to the u.s. from pakistan a

lifetime ago. >> he loved his family, he loved his faith. >> reporter: no one knows exactly why mr. khan was crossing the busy road about 10:45 sunday night. his family thinks he might have walked to the mcdonald's there. he was halfway across the road when he was struck by what witnesses describe was a white vehicle similar to these images. the vehicle kept going. the victim's son is a popular d.c. area radio dejay. he says his dad took tremendous pride in the educational accomplishments of his children. >> it was one of those things, those were big deals to him. he was beaming at those things. he was beaming at our personal accomplishments. >> reporter: police will return to the road sunday evening around the same time to hand out these flyers and to look for information that could lead to

the person responsible. >> whoever did this, you know, it's got to be weighing on your conscience. do the right thing. if anybody driving on the road knows a bit of the license plate or anything, contact the authorities. >> now, tomorrow marks a week since khan's death. fairfax county police are asking anyone with more information to give them a call. developing in texas, a stage judge is expected to recover from being shot in her own driveway. police say julie kocurek was taken to a hospital early this morning. she's now stable and showing improvement. police are working to find a suspect there. there's no indication that the shooting was related to her work as a judge. the so-called forever loyal bandit strikes again. police say it is the suspect's fifth bank robbery since 2014. here are the new surveillance pictures. you can see he is not wearing

that shirt that police say they're used to seeing with the words "forever loyal" on the front. he approached a teller and pulled out a note implying he had a weapon. the fbi is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with information leading to this man's arrest. >> what happened to that 80-degree weather? it's gone. >> tom took it. >> yes. took my flip-flops too. >> yeah, we put it on a boat and sent it off to bermuda. still fairly mild though on this saturday morning. still kind of damp in the metro area. there's another wave of rain that's going to be moving back in. don't be fooled into thinking it's over. you can see this area in color right along the shenandoah valley. this is all advancing to the north. coming into washington here in about 20 minutes or so. they're showing up now in

fairfax county into prince william. right now, a temporary reprieve. temperatures are mild. we're hovering in the low and mid-60s. reagan national, 66 right now. mid and upper 60s around the bay. those 50s will be arriving later this afternoon. hour-by-hour timing on this rain coming in just a few minutes. >> president obama is defending a decision to rejengt the keystone pipeline. the president says the pipeline would not have lowered gas prices or made the united states less dependent on foreign oil. meanwhile, environmentalists cheered that decision while republicans were quick to attack saying that the project would have created more jobs. the president is getting ready for a global meeting on climate change in paris. >> this morning, we are learning the supreme court will take up a new challenge to the president's health care law. it will consider the nation's religiously affiliated schools

and charities should be exempt from the contraceptive requirement in the affordable care act. the supreme court will hear cases next year with a decision expected by late june. before you head out this morning, check out out. crews are conducting emergency repairs on canal rode in the district. started at 6:00 this morning. goes until about 5:00 tonight. it happens all weekend during those hours. they're trying to fix a ponding issue in that area. drivers are asked to use caution near the work zone. >> a new effort to protect you from predatory tow companies. and coming up, he says his own school is the reason why he's living on the street. the story behind

this morning, there's a new effort to protect you from predatory tow companies. the house passed a transportation bill that closes a loophole. it was allowing them to overcharge and aggressively look for cars to tow. it prevents towing companies from using spotters and requires business owners to preapprove every tow from their lot. the bill now heads to the senate. cross town rivals came together to accomplish something pretty incredible this week. senior girls from loudon valley high took on each other for a powder puff football fundraiser

to boost mental health awareness. >> there are two incidents within the communicate that were very tragic and they impacted this community more than anything else ever could. >> the game has grown into an annual tradition to help families of those affected by suicide. you can find much more information on our website. some hollywood stars were in d.c. yesterday bringing a smile sto patients at children's national health system. the seacrest foundation opened a broadcast inside the school. they can even watch a live tv feed of it in their rooms. some of the stars joining them, robin think, and local limb swimmer katy la decky. >> she's awesome. i had the honor of moderating the junior league of

washington's soldout womens leadership luncheon. it was awesome. this event helped kickoff the league's 57th annual holiday shops. it's happening through november 8th at the renaissance hotel downtown. that's on 9th street. you can get more information at jlw.org. >> bunch of strong women. >> yeah. and it's the season to shop. you're going to want to keep an eye on the forecast and the news with the nbc washington rap. we have a look at your seven-day forecast coming up. >> a new unique food program

>> a housing dispute at howard university is still one of the top trending topics on twitter. you have probably seen that hash tag "homeless at howard." a student says he's forced to live on the street. he told news4 he snuck students there an emergency exit door at his dorm. the next day he received a notice saying that his housing was terminated until july of 2016. jawanza says he recognizes what he did wrong, but this is a first offense. >> everybody else before me

committed this infraction either gotten off with a warning or a relocation to another dorm. i'm from miami. i don't have family in the dmv area. where am i going to go? they had nothing to say. >> howard university responded saying in part university policies are enforced to help ensure the safety and security of every one on our campus. any violation is taken seriously, investigated, and appropriate action is taken to mitigate risk. schools across virginia are dividing up $6 million in state funding to impruf security. the money will be used for new video surveillance, metal detectors, classroom locks and electronic access controls. they are bringing equipment to many schools. can you build a classroom in one day? this morning, some folks in prince georges county will do just that. more than 100 volunteers will

build an outdoor classroom at beacon heights elementary school. then spend three years training teachers to use them to improve academics. this will be the first of three learning gardens in the county. >> bei bei won't be a baby panda much longer. >> you got to see how much he keeps growing at the national zoo. >> he's snoozing. look at him right now. >> oh, so cute. i could look at this all day. get this. he's also not afraid to let the zoo staff hear his roar. >> yeah. >> is that really a roar. >> so ferocious. >> still is a bear. >> i know. they say his teeth are starting to come in and his legs are getting stronger. look at that belly.

>> someone get him a frozen waffle for his teeth. >> do they call that bamboo belly. >> have no idea. i am not a panda expert. he is certainly cute, though. >> they eat panda chow. >> get that at any store. >> that's right. we've had a little bit of light rain coming through this morning. if you plan on going to the zoo, just have an umbrella handy. you can track the rain with the n this morning as we take a look at the storm team 4 radar, that moving green, that is some very light rain that's now crossing virginia out of the carolinas and getting a little bit closer to us. that area very light rain. we had one wave go through about an hour ago. that's well on the eastern shore and pulling away from us. this one is coming out of shenandoah valley.

coming right in fai county. ma nas series getting a little wet again. light shower in northwest now coming into northeast washington as well. so have an umbrella with you. we'll have this hour-by-hour timing. by 11:00 this morning, the main wave of that rain comes in. it's going to continue through noontime. by 3:00, though, much of it will be south and east of washington and far southern maryland and the eastern shore. by 5:00, that's our sunset time, we'll just be cloudy by then. temperatures right now, we're in the low and mid-60s. upper 50s shenandoah valley where the rain has been falling. there's the gray sky over us now. temperature graph showing gradually dropping temperatures into the upper 50s by early to

mid afternoon. low 50s by dawn on sunday. have an umbrella handy for the afternoon. a light jacket needed and long pants as well by later this afternoon. there's the toe path. i biked that on friday. carpet of leaves there. still some nice color there. football forecast for the afternoon, or soccer, outdoor sports, have a poncho and umbrella. dining out tonight, you'll need a jacket. temperatures in the 50s through this saturday night. by dawn sunday, down into the mid-40s. afternoon nighs upper 50s. on monday, back to work and school. afternoon highs near 60. mild again midweek. veterans day wednesday partly cloudy. near 70 wednesday afternoon. then a bit of a chance of showers thursday. next weekend, highs right around

60. a national program to feed needy families is now operating in fairfax program thanks to a new program at george mason university. >> reporter: extra food from the dining halls at george mason university will no longer go to waste. thanks to a student-led effort, the campus kitchen project is turning yesterday's leftovers into today's lunch for several fairfax county shelters. right now, students pack and deliver about 50 meals a week. the goal is to at least double that. >> i did culinary arts in high school. and i wanted to get back into the kitchen of some sort. it was also a fun way to help those in need. >> reporter: sedexo is the food services company behind the program. >> the nice thing about this program, it's actually a complete meal. it comes from a dining program. we proud ourselves here at mason on a great meal program.

the food's a little heartier. >> for the shelter, with food donations, it cuts our food cost down. it also allows us then to reallocate money to go into rapid rehousing allowing us to place families back into their own house. >> reporter: plans in the works to build a state of the art facility to accommodate this program. senior for a day. a 6-year-old tackles on the turf with high schooler and it's a dream come true for a mother battling cancer and cheering from the sidelines. >> i want him to remember me and >> i want him to remember me and have it written that i wasn't

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[ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: at 6 years old, life should be simple. for c.j. burke, it's all about football. but life surrounding c.j. is complicated. his momma lisa has stage four breast cancer. >> she's a -- she's the best person i know in the world. >> reporter: treatments have not worked and doctors tell the young mom she may not be around long enough to do the things most parents assume they will.

play high school football. >> she's the most incredible person i've ever met. >> reporter: south river high school's athletic director can relate to c.j. his father lost the battle with cancer three years ago. >> it was devastating for me at that age. for this young man at 6 years old, i can't imagine what he and his family are going through. >> reporter: so they let c.j. go through practice on thursday and run a few special plays drawn up for him. special plays at practice are great, but what happened on game night was pretty special too. before the game, the team let melissa and c.j. have the senior night moment re than a decade ahead of schedule. >> this is an experience that will go forever. that will outlive me, that will outlive melissa. c.j. will get to have this forever. it's priceless. >> reporter: melissa who doesn't

like the limelight agreed to talk to us after the senior walk. it's a moment she'll include in a memoir she's writing for c.j. >> i want him to remember me and have it written that i wasn't just a sick mom. we had these other years and did a lot of great things. >> great story there. >> i know. unforgettable moment. last check on the forecast. >> grab an umbrella if you're about to go out. we'll have some showers off and on. dropping into the 50s. >> don't forget to watch

hi everybody. welcome to "inside the redskins" on nbc4. i'm rick "doc" walker. today the redskins take on the patriots and we have the keys to the game from head coach jay gruden. we'll go inside the locker room to hear from some of the players, the skins and the community and a whole lot more. wheth the redskins are coming off a bye week and the pay yots