it wouldn't be that big of a problem. it will be rain and some of you already into the low 40s right now and we've seen temperatures drop as the rain has moved in, and you'll notice the rain just about everywhere in our area and heavier rain through fredericksburg and look back toward royal and that rain will continue to move in and it's all moving up to the north and east and the wider view showing more rain down to the south and we've got this rain down for a while, and i mentioned the temperatures to you. take a look at these numbers and only 41 toward la rhea and 45 in kull pepper and right now down to 46 with that rain in gaithersburg. so it's not just rain. it is cold rain. you will need the umbrellas and the jackets and right on through tonight and into the day tomorrow and how long will stick around as for as the rain is concerned and i've got that forecast coming up at 5:25.

>> this was a morning walk that left a woman unnerved. she discovered a man murdered and his body was next to a slide on the playground. >> that body was found hours before children would normally be playing there and it has the entire alexandria community on edge tonight. it happened on beverly park and pat collins joins us live with reaction from the dog walker who made that discovery. pat? >> jim, what an eerie sight. take a look over my shoulder. at this place where children play police investigating a murder. police have identified the victim as a 24-year-old white hispanic man from the city of alexandria, but in a way this whole community was victimized by what happened here. step by step they went over every inch of this playground. in the streets nearby they searched through piles of

leaves. they each went through the dumpsters. they're here looking for clues and evidence in a troubling case of murder. you see, the murder scene was thought to be a safe haven for children in this neighborhood. the murder victim found beneath the piece of playground equipment. the body of a young man dead under the bouncy bridge. they say his throat had been slashed. maureen mcnulty, she lives next door. >> it was surreal. unreal and, like, kind of a bad dream. >> reporter: norma rogers lives nearby. she was actually in the park this morning. in fact, she was over near the sandbox where they found the victim's jacket. >> reporter: do you know what happened down there? >> it's sad. especially for this area. >> reporter: this all happened at a place called pit park.

in the fashionable beverly hills section of alexandria. this park where young kids play. this park where they have popsicle parties in the summertime. this park where they light the christmas tree in the winter. this park today, it's all police tape and crime scene techs. so what happened here? was this a murder with a message? more on that coming up at 6:00. live in alexandria, pat collins, news 4. we were trying to run and we were trying to tell him to stop, but he wasn't paying attention and he wasn't listening. >> at least 15. >> we have 11 total patient, five adults, six pediatric and rescue squad 801 has the extrication route. we have several pinned. >> the guy in the front seat, you could tell he was trapped and they definitely looked scared and there were definitely children in the back. >> this evening those moments

leading up to that horrible crash in hyattsville are becoming clearer. a driver rear ends one car and flees the scene, but his truck is on fire and then he hits a church van head-on. at this hour, four people are dead, a pregnant woman has lost her baby and is hospitalized and 13 others are injured. our team coverage begins with meagan fitzgerald with the first look at two of the victims who were in that van. meagan? >> reporter: the family of elba and santiago merche are devastated. the couple boarded a van at their hyattsville home to worship, but they didn't make it last night. we had a chance to speak with their granddaughter who says she and her family had a chance to say good-bye and they didn't even know it. >> reporter: family and god is what was most important for elba linares and santiago merche.

their eight children and nearly 35 grandchildren were their life and karen merche says her grandparents were hers. >> he was everything for me. he was my life. i never met my father, but he was my father for me. >> reporter: on saturday, karen says her grandfather organized a get together with their family. that's just how he was, she says. always wanting to be surrounded by the people he loved. >> he just said thank you to everybody, and he was the only thing i want if i die, just to be sent to el salvador. >> it's that moment she and her family will remember forever because on sunday the couple boarded a van to head to church and they never returned. >> we picked them up at 4:00 here every sunday and they were going back to the church. >> reporter: an hour later prince george's county police say santiago and elba died after their van was struck by a car. their family received the news hours later. they don't want to believe it's true, but karen says they find

strength in knowing their grandparents are at peace. >> the last thing i know, he's with god. and that's going to let me continue my life. >> reporter: reporting in prince george's county, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. now to my colleague derrick ward at the scene of the crash. >> reporter: prince george's county police are calling this a hit and run accident. their investigators marked on the street, but you don't have to be a professional investigator to know something tragic happened because those marks lead to charred earth and debris from vehicles and today this was a place of mourning for members of the church that was attended to by the victims. the church that they were on their way to when this happened yesterday. >> reporter: lacy had come to the scene of the crash at the same time as members of the victim's church. they came to pray and she just wanted to make sense of what she had witnessed the day before. she asaw the pickup truck and te rear end collision on chillum

road. >> he tried to run away and he don't care about people. >> reporter: witnesses are calling it terrifying. after that first crash, the pickup truck with sparks flying from a damaged wheel continued up chillum until the driver hit a bus full of church goers killing three of them including a child. the driver of the truck also died as the truck burst into victims. >> when he hit he tried asking for help and he said help me, help me, but nobody was close to him. >> and valiant efforts by residents and firefighters saved some of those in the van and 13 were hospitalized and several remained in critical condition. all remain in the prayers of strangers who saw the crash, the family of parishioners who came to this place to try and sort it all out. and coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we'll have more from members of that church and how this person's front yard has now become a place of mourning. we are live in hyattsville, derrick ward, news 4. >> thank you. the driver involved in a

deadly crash with a bicyclist will not face criminal charges. the prosecutor's office called the crash that killed former navy s.e.a.l. timothy holden, a horrible, tragic accident, but he says they did not find any evidence to charge the driver. the driver in this case, did receive several traffic violations and had his license suspended last friday. the mother of a prince george's county teenager murdered over a pair of shoes says she feels relief now about his killer's punishment. a judge sentenced tayvon williams today to 65 years in prison. williams shot suitland high school student walker jr. in 2013. he was carrying boots he'd bought for his girlfriend for valentine's day when williams approached him and opened fire. the teen's mom spoke after sentencing today. >> i feel no remorse for the man who just got the time. i think he deserves every minute of it because i didn't get to see my son hit 16, 17, 18,

father a child, nothing. >> reporter: tayvon williams apologized to walker's mother in court. there will soon be more help for victims and survivors of violent crime in maryland. governor larry hogan announced a $10 million federal grant that will provide to local agencies and non-profits who give assistance to crime victims and those services will include counseling and justice support as well as medical help. the groups range from rape crisis centers and child abuse programs to also police departments and hospitals. >> take a look at this. the man in this video does not like what these women are doing to him. he actually went to the police after this happened to him at a convenience store and filed charges. d.c. police want you to take a good look at the women in the video. they say they are sexually assaulting the store. this happened last month. a group of protesters gathered in lafayette park today

to call for an end to u.s. aid to israel and an end to what they call israel's occupation of palestine. some in the crowd even had signs calling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu a war criminal. that protest came as inside the white house netanyahu had his first face -to-face with president obama program they haven't given up on the pursuit toward peace in the middle east. the meeting comes as the pair tried to move past tensions over the controversial iran nuclear deal. we've also seen a spike in violence in the past couple of months. it's claimed the lives of more than 11 israelis and more than 70 palestinians. president obama pledged a full investigation into an insider attack that killed two americans in jordan. that attack happened just outside the capital city of oman on a military training center. a jordanian officer opened fire

killing three and wounding several others. >> we take this very seriously and we'll be working closely with the jordanians to determine exactly what happened. >> reporter: the two american victim his apparently been working as contractors with the state department. jordanian officials say the gunman in this attack is now dead. >> here at the live desk we learned that a man who used to teach special ed in montgomery county is going to prison for four years for having child porn. he is 61 years old and lives in silver spring and today the judge handed down the sentence in federal court. flint uploaded child pornography to a file sharing network where an undercover officer discovered it and they found another 30,000 images and videos. wendy? >> all right. chris lawrence. a teenager accused of killing his classmates in a drunk driving class is charged, but why did it take four months

and families forced out of their homes because they just weren't safe. we'll find out why they may have evacuated just in the nick of time. i'm tom sherwood in the district. motorists get upset when bicyclists don't stop at stop signs and what if the law were

across 14th street bridge tonight. some rough going out there for a lot of commuters. be patient. stop signs are supposed to be the same for bike riders and drivers around the district. that's the law, but a controversial new proposal would allow cyclists to treat some stop signs more like yield signs now. news 4's tom sherwood looks at this plan that's getting some mixed reaction. >> reporter: it's illegal now, but cyclists routinely pass through stop signs. it's a flashpoint between drivers and cyclists competing on roadways. now a new com pro henprehensive bills would allow them to treat them more like yield signs if the path is clear. some drivers don't like it. >> i think they should come to a complete stop. >> i'm a cyclist, too.

it's a terrible idea. you put yourself in danger as well agz others. >> reporter: cyclists are a common and growing part of the city's transportation network. flexible stops cause less congestion. the washington area bicycle association says the proposal and others are part of a consensus of bike, traffic and insurance experts. >> this does not allow bicyclists to run stop signs. it does not allow them to nearly hit pedestrians. all of those behave yos would remain illegal. >> reporter: they would have to slow down at stop signs. >> if there is no other vehicle or someone by foot, they would have to yield to whoever is there first. >> the change is at a hearing december 8th before the transportation commit. >> we're an urban area and we have to figure out how to get all of these modes of transportation operating safely at the same time. >> it includes tougher penalties for driving under the influence and escalating fines for repeat

offenders of traffic laws. in the district, tom sherwood. news 4. they're mannequins, but they have a lot to say about being homeless. with the colder weather on the way, the mannequins just started showing up at businesses and churches. this is in fairfax county and they are offering ways to help care for the homeless this winter explaining the county's long-term plan for 1200 homeless residen residents. if you're interested in the story on the nbc washington app. just search homeless. ♪ ♪ ♪ can't go, and with the quarterback and i'll be there and do what i need to do. >> i'm carol maloney out at redskins park. those are the comments that desean jackson made to our own jason pugh after the game yesterday. comments that are still getting a lot of attention this

afternoon. jackson responding to the question about his impact, put the team to rest in the rest of the season. is what he said being blown out of proportion. we asked coach jay gruden today. >> he's not the one calling up plays and he's not the one throwing the ball to himself so he is correct with those comments. >> we respect desean a lot and what he brings. he was in otas and he missed a lot of training camp and the first eight games. to have it coming right out of the chute would probably be a little bit wishful thinking. >> from wishful thinking to reality bites, the redskins have a number of issues. most notably in yesterday's loss, beating themselves. seven dropped passes. >> i don't see this as a trend or a pattern. i think it's just an anomaly and it happens and we'll move on from it and if anything it will help give us an edge this week. >> i don't know. i'll just chock it up as -- i

don't know. >> we'll keep throwing it and they're going to keep catching it. just hopefully we got them all out of our system yesterday. >> coach and quarterback still believe in their receivers. at 3:00 and 5:00 it might sound crazy, but this season is far from over, thanks to a dismal nfc east division, we will have that story for you coming up on news 4 at 6:00. from the redskins park live, i'm carol maloney back to you guys. i'm chris lawrence, back at the live desk. some say it's a scandal bigger than the one that engulfs fifa. there are allegations that russia has been doping its track and field athletes and they could be banned from the 2016 olymp olympics. the world anti-doping agency commissioner report that found russian security officials took money from athletes to destroy blood samples. as many as 1400 samples may have been destroyed right before routine doping check and they had 24 gold medals in the london

olympics and the report suggests virtually all of them are tainted and russian officials are denying most of what the report has found. jim? >> thank you, chris. it's official, surprise, surprise, hillary clinton is running for president in new hampshire. the democratic front-runner filed her paperwork today in conco concord. there she is. this is the fourth time clinton has reformed the ritual in new hampshire and she did it twice for her husband and now twice for her own campaign, after signing the paperwork, clinton addressed the crowd of supporters on the capital grounds. over on the gop side the candidates preparing for tomorrow's prime time debate and ben carson still answering those questions about the alleged westpoint scholarship offer and should get the most questions along with donald trump. chris christie and mike huckabee are no longer in prime time. their poll numbers bumped them to the undercard. vice president joe biden calls on mid shipmen to do their part in sexual violence on campus. he was launching his week of action at the naval academy

today. that annapolis campus is the first of three colleges the vice president will be visiting. he held a roundtable to talk about sexual assaults and wants every student to take the it's on us pledge. >> every single, fundamental change for the better that's occurred american society has started in the united states military. every single one. >> vice president biden will travel to clemson university and morehouse county this week. northwest d.c. with metro rail not looking so hot these days. i'll tell you why the transit agency is putting a new focus on the bus to get you around faster. and a teenager who moved from northern virginia only to get shot and killed while in chicago. and this happens to a family that was advocating against gun violence. >> it's not if, but when, folks,

we'll see our big snowstorm. doug's got your winter weather outlook ahead, but first team coverage as we're tracking the rain across our region right now. download the nbc washington app to monitor the radar live. to monitor the radar live. we'r

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like for the next 24 hours or just a little less. >> so wet for a while and during this time period, there are going to be some pockets where a lot of us will get moderate and even heavy rain. >> we'll detail that for you in just a couple of minutes and that will have an impact on the roadways and it will have an impact on any plans that you have tonight. if you're thinking about hey, i've got to hit the store and i have to hit the pharmacy ask maybe you're going out to dinner and a movie, you'll get rained on and take the umbrella and take the coat and it is chilly across our area and you'll notice the rain across our area and frederick, you're starting to get in on the action and some of the rain has been back toward the leesburg and gaithersburg area and you can see the darker greens here and yellows around poolsville and dartstown and farther to the west, this is the really heavy rain around woodstock and front royal down toward washington and rappahannock county and 66 is not going to be good at all as we make your way through the rest of the evening tonight and

if you're home waiting for a loved one to get back, give them extra time. you can see where the rain is coming from. coming from the south and what we'll see is an area of low pressure for them and that will help move some of the moisture off and we have the upper low back to the west that will cycle on through, too and that will give a chance of rain during the day tomorrow and this will be almost a 24-hour event from what we'll see with the rain. 53 cool degrees and winds out of the northeast at 6 miles an hour and some of you are in the low 40s right now. it's only 41 in la rhea with the rain and not a very nice night at all and right on through 10:00, notice everyone seeing the rain around 10 and here's where it gets heaviest at the 5:00 a.m. timeframe and that's where we can see the heaviest rain and it will have a big impact on the morning commute and veronica with how the biggest times will impact that commute. >> for sure. >> we've done just that. we've looked at the computer

guidance and we tracked it out for you for the next 12 to 24 hours and right now in terms of rainfall aims out of this, we could see from a half to three-quarters of an inch and most of which will come during the overnight and first thing early tomorrow morning and you can see the line that goes up to moderate for the morning and that means moderate and heavy rain by the afternoon when it's all tapering and light rain and it should taper around 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. we have the big caution light for you during the early morning rush during the hours of 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. and we expect to see moderate rain and that means sloppy conditions and it means a slow go on area roads and you have the green light after that. >> we do think it will have a pretty big impact on the morning hours and 61 degrees tomorrow and 64 veterans day looking very, very nice and another chance of showers and friday coming in at 61 degrees with plenty of sunshine. coming up at 5:45, veronica has the seven-day forecast and i will have your winter forecast. how much snow can you expect

this winter? i've got the complete winter forecast coming up after the 5:45 weather. >> ooh! can't wait for that. but now at 5:00, honey, the parking lot ate my car. take a look. we'll tell you the amazing tale from an ihop. >> and they had cracks in the walls and balconies looked unbalanced. what's next for people forced out during

first at 5:30 now, from a popular high school quarterback to being charged with the deaths of two friends. >> there saa new fallout this evening months after that deadly crash. prosecutors say the teenager was drunk when he wrecked his car after a house party in june and they cited a parent at that house who was aware the teenagers were drinking. mark segraves joins us and he's at the county circuit courthouse in rockville. mark? >> reporter: wendy, we just spoke to the state's attorney who says that teenager, sam ellis is facing more than 30 years in prison for his role in the two deaths of his friend, but the parent who has been cited with furnishing the alcohol is only facing a $5,000 fine because that's all the law allows. >> the legislature needs to act out in annapolis to add a criminal sanction which includes, not just a fine, but the possibility of incarceration

of people who furnish alcohol to young people. >> reporter: it was late last june according to police, sam ellis and his friend his been at a party in north potomac when the four teens got into ellis' car to go to another party. according to a report obtained by the washington post, ellis reached speeds of more than 100 miles per hour before it lost control, he missed the road, hit two trees and flipped over. both were killed, a third passenger, seriously injured. >> there was a 16-year-old boy who had serious spinal injury as a result of the same accident. >> reporter: according to prosecutors the party where the teens were drinking was at the home of kenneth salzman who was home at the time and was aware alcohol was being served. salzman has been issued a citation for furnishing alcohol to a minor. >> you can be liable to furnishing. you don't have to be handing the alcohol and you're allowing the kids to bring the beer in and

have the party in the basement and the family room and you're allowing that to go on and you urn the law are furnishing. >> salzman has two citations of furnishing alcohol and each has a fine of $2500. he did not return calls for comment. an attorney for the teenagers says that sam ellis did turn himself in to police on friday and he has now been released on bond facing his first court hearing. now recently, walt whitman principal sent out a letter to all parents about this very issue. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear that principal's impassioned plea to parents and students. jim, back to you. >> mark segraves, thank you. a virginia community is getting ready to remember two young brothers who died on their way to school. a memorial service will be held for ian and jalen brown at 7:00 in fredericksburg. a go fund me page to help the family raised per than $17,000. the boys died thursday morning,

you'll recall, when their car ran off lady smith road and ruther glen in carol contkon co. the boys age 14 and 18 were headed to spotsylvania high. some residents are in limbo after they saw large cracks forming and even a possible building shift and forced them out of their home. a structural engineer went to that apartment complex along good luck road in seabrook and now crews will start digging into the growth fund tomorrow to figure out what's happening. over the weekend, two dozen families evacuated when they found two huge cracks in the walls and the ceilings. >> it's very, very difficult. i don't know what i'm going to do i don't know where i'm going, i don't know. >> residents in 22 different apartment units are being impacted by what looks to be a shift in the structure. orange and silver line

trains are witness again making stops at the stadium armory station. a fire back in september forcing metro to reduce service during peak travel times allowing only blue line trains to stop at that station. that blaze seriously damageded a power substation. crews managed to upgrade a substation at another metro stop allowing metro to restore service to stadium armory. >> and with metro's subway so hit or miss at times, more of you are considering the bus. now metro is rolling out some very big and high-tech busses for you. our transportation reporter adam tuss is live at 16th street northwest with a first hand look at how these vehicles can change the way they commute. >> so often people are quick to dismiss the because because they don't think it will work for them and metro is trying to change that perception in a big way. >> this bus goes on and on and on and on.

these are metro's new articulated busses and they're so long that they bend in the middle. >> you are 06 fe60 feet away fr. that's how far you are away from me. 115 people total and they cost $70,000 a piece. >> these will replace metro's older busses. >> we're putting in 21 new articulated busses on 16th, 14th and george avenue. >> take a look at that map where metro has identified more bus priority corridors and out7 and little river turnpike in virginia and east-west highway in maryland can also start seeing a higher focus bus travel using some of these busses. riders say they want more. >> today the metro just doesn't run to where i need it to go and it's just very expensive. so i'm taking the bus. >> reporter: others say you have to change the way you look at the bus and that may take

physical changes. >> we're trying to look at not only infrastructure changes which would include a bus lane, but also what other things can we do? can we look at off-board payment system? can we look at boarding through various bus doors. in other words, not just the front door. >> a better right, something we're all looking for. >> something else these busses have as an upgrade, better security. coming up at 6:00, we'll show you how they've gone high tech to keep you safe. live along 16th street in northwest, adam tuss, news 4. >> coming up in just a couple of minutes we're talking about the winter forecast, cold and snow. i think it's there for a

this happened in christ church new zealand, but it's been heard around the world. it's an emotional speech given by one student who has now become an international

phenomenon. doctors told jake bailey that he had cancer, that he would be dead in a few weeks if he didn't have treatment. here's part of what jake then told his fellow students at an awarder is money. >> here's the thing. none of us get out of life alive so be great, be gracious, and be grateful for the opportunities that you have. >> his speech got a standing ovation. hundreds of thousands of views on-line. today the headmaster of the christ church boys high school said they will post updates on jake's progress on their facebook page and they will do it while still respecting his family's privacy, and of course, he called jake an inspiration. take a look at this video of a 50-foot wide mystery. a drone captured these pictures of this huge crevice left in the ground. a strip of pavement just collapsed outside an ihop restaurant. customers were hopping up from the booths and swallowed about

14 of their vehicles. this happened in meridian mississippi on saturday. one witness described hearing a giant boom just before the ground gave way. engineers are still trying to figure out what caused it. >> forget about hiring someone to wait in line. you have the option to make a reservation at one of the hottest restaurants in capitol hill and you'll still have to wait. rose's luxury announced it will accept online reservations and it will include a $55 tasting me menu. >> it will post reservation availability on monday mornings for dates that are three weeks out. >> we checked and yes, indeedy, it's all filled up by this month. >> you'll get to take wendy and me. calls. >> you'll be able to eat turkey and head to target on thanksgiving. it will open stores at 6:00 in the evening thanksgiving night. most black friday deals will be available. target will also offer special

doorbuster deals to people who shop online thanksgiving morning, but there will be some special deals only for shoppers who wait until that black friday. >> i'm julie carey in fairfax county where a school board member is defending her twitter link called transgender man

if you run over somebody, it's usually because you were driving too fast or you didn't look before you turned or you didn't stop for someone in the crosswalk. always be alert. pedestrians don't come with airbags. a fairfax county school board member taking some heat for a twitter post. elizabeth schultz tweeted a link to an article who says

transgender men are struggling with mental illness. northern virginia bureau chief reporter julie carey report on those who want a meeting with her and an apology. >> elizabeth schultz got a standing ovation when she was the lone no vote when it added gender identity to the nondiscrimination policy. saturday she was hit with a twitter scolding when she tweeted a link to an illinois article. the writer makes this statement, moreover, transgenders are men who struggle with mental illness and sexual perversion. schultz's critics like this political activist jumped writing the crap in that article is disgusting and shame on you for linking to it. >> i'm not supporting any statements when i make a link in a twitter feed. >> reporter: schultz tells me she didn't even read the whole spotlight and wanted to spotlight the potential threat she sees to fairfax county.

federal authority might force accommodations that go beyond what parents might find acceptable. >> you basically have the federal government setting policy around school system urn the threat of pulling federal money. >> reporter: west potomac high school teacher heads a new group called scps pride. >> i thought how in the world are my kids going to take this? what are the students going to think when they see this from the public servant from one of their school board members? >> reporter: rigby contacted schultz with a request. he wants an apology and a meeting. >> i would be happy to organize a meeting with transgender students and mrs. schultz. >> reporter: there is something they agree on. they wonder what's to come on a an expected report on how to maying accommodations for transgender students in the school district. coming up at 6:00, i'll have answers. i'm julie carey, news 4.

we have a developing story tonight opinion another resignation at the university of missouri. now the school's chancellor is going to be stepping down at the end of the year. this comes as tim wolfe stepped down as the university of missouri system president amid weeks of protest over alleged handling of racism on campus. wolfe's apparent lack of response to a number of racial slurs and other racist incidents on that campus. the school's football team added to the calls for wolfe to resign by threatening to boycott the next game. >> people have shock and surprise that this is still going on, and i don't think it is for us or anybody to question what these students say that they're going through. >> one of the groups that pushed for the president's resignation says it wants input on who the next president's going to be, and one of the changes it wants to see is doubling the percentage of black faculty.

>> veronica joins us now, she's talking how much rain, but in a couple of minutes, how much snow is the conversation. >> it is a good forecast. all right, guys. we do have some rain to deal with for about the next 12 to 24 hours. it all depends on where you are as you'll see in just a moment, but drops on your windshield right now and a lot of folks hitting the road. if you're going out this evening, not only is it going to be wet, but quite chilly and our temperatures were trapped in the 50s and it's going all of the way back to april and for sure, it wasn't just you. it was the actual temperature out there. over the next couple of hours we have rain and more rain and moderate rain late until 10:00 or 11:00. yes, the temperatures will be going up slightly and holding steady and rising a bit more during the morning rush. not in a huge way. here's a look at how much rainfall we are expecting across the area. rainfall not snowfall and that snowfall forecast for the winter in just a minute or two.

take a look, everywhere in blue it's a half inch of rain and everywhere in purple it's about an inch of rain or more and that's around culpeper and down around charlottesville and down to 66 where we could see more pockets of moderate to heavy rain and exactly where that area is right now and down to the south lifting up north and northeast through la rhea and overspreading the area and the beltway is wet right now and we have pockets around prince william county and with some heavier conditions and it's after midnight when that change really takes place for the morning hours and 56, 57 degrees early in the day tomorrow. not much higher than what we are right now. there's a look at the pockets of yellow and orange and the moderate rain lifting to the north and this is around lunchtime and this is around 3:00 tomorrow. so the rain starts tapering around 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. tomorrow and we remain overcast een for tomorrow afternoon. temperature at 57 degrees and 8:00 a.m. and for sure the kids

aren't in need to be dressed in their ponchos tomorrow morning. of course, the long pants because like today when folks stepped out the door they may have been surprised at just how chilly it was. tomorrow, about four degrees higher than today on top of that. we are expecting as we get into midweek some dry conditions. this is a look at your hourly veterans day forecast. 7:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. and temperatures rise by 11:00 a.m. and we're at 64 degrees by the afternoon. i like that it's dry and our warmest day, too, out of the workweek will be on wednesday. >> meanwhile, thursday, friday of this week we've got temperatures in the low 60s and sunshine for the weekend, but much kohl err with a little below average. now, of course, what you wanted. wendy? jim? well, we've all heard about this year's el nino. it is wong aone of the stronges.

>> we need a drum roll. doug kammerer with how much snow we can count on. it depends on what you want. do you want a little snow or a lot of snow? the past couple of years it has been very, very cold at least through the end of the wienter and that's what i'm looking for this winter. a lot of fa accountors come into play for this forecast and here it is. over the last two years we've seen a pattern setting up with our winters, very warm decembers and a very cold january and february. this past february ranked as one of the top ten coldest ever. >> i am very, very cold. and this is a pattern that i expect to see continue into the winter of 2015-2016. a few things have changed, though, such as the el nino which is now one of the strongest on record. the waters in the equatorial pacific continue to warm and if we were looking at el nino alone, we would expect a fairly warm and wet winter, but there are other drivers at play here.

first off, the very warm waters in the northeast pacific ocean. these warmer waters tend to bring the jet stream in this region farther to the north over areas like alaska and farther to the south over our region. the amount of snow cover in siberia towards late october is another variable that we look at and this year it is well above average, meaning cold air is ready and waiting to move in. it's just going to take a month or so to do so. there are other factors here, as well, but here's what it all means to you. storm team 4 is predicting a warmer than average december and january should be slightly below average and february, well below average. we will see a few warm spells, too, and that could bring down our snow totals. so the players are all there. they just have to come together and i think they will this season and what we'll be watching is for the big el ninolike storms to move into our region just in time as the cold air moves down.

if that happens, we could be talking about a monster snowstorm. >> because of all of these factors, this year's forecast is a tough one, but i think we will see at least one big snowstorm and that could mean above-average snowfall. we are predicting 20 to 25 inches of snow for the d.c. metro region and nearly 50 inches to the west while areas south will see much less snow. so get the snow shovels ready and it looks like most of us are going to need them. >> and we're going to need them, i think at least once or twice here. the players have come together and the potential is there for a very big coastal storm this year, but just because the players are there doesn't mean it's necessarily going to happen. this is what we're going to have to watch for. this probably in the ten, 12 years that i've been doing winter forecasting, one of the toughest forecasts i've had to do. so the confidence in this forecast are along the lower side for sure, but i do expect one big snowstorm and i will expect it in parts of february. >> when you say big, are you

talking another snowpocalypse? >> to be honest in 2009 and 2010, we had three of them that year. i would expect at least one this year. >> he did use the monster term. >> doug, thanks so much. coming up, a mother wanted to help save lives and stop the gun violence against children. find out how her own son en

in chicago, police are searching for the person who killed a teenager. a teenager whose family had just moved back to chicago from northern virginia. they'd only been back for ten days. >> as christian farr reports, the 14-year-old's mother says they moved to stafford county to escape her violent neighborhood in chicago. [ crying ] >> a pregnant mother cannot contain her grief and pain during a candlelight vigil for her teenage son who became chicago's latest victim of gun violence. >> she shouldn't have lost her son and it's not her fault. >> reporter: at 9:30 saturday night, he had been walking with some friends in the 2200 block of 59th street when chicago police say someone started shooting at the group. police say a bullet hit jaquante in the back. >> he didn't see nobody, and that's why he got caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> his mother had just moved the family back to the chicago area

from virginia and they had moved there to escape chicago's gun violence. it had been just ten days after their return when someone took her son's life. >> i lost my son, it's the very thing i tried to run away from. >> community activist andrew holmes asked the public to step up and help police. >> get that information up because if you know who did that when you were walking through there give that information up and if you don't give the information up, you might have pulled the trigger yourself. >> his grandmother did the same hoping it will lead them to receive justice for her grandson's death. >> want them to speak up and i want them caught and go to jail because my grandson didn't do nothing to nobody. now at 6:00, rain on the radar not letting up and coming

at the worst possible time. >> the wet weather is impacting the commute right now and it could create problems as you and your kids head out the door tomorrow morning. >> doug has been tracking all of this. doug? >> we mentioned it's the worst possible time and that's during the rush hour already causing some problems and a lot of wet roads and that will be the issue right on through tonight and into tomorrow morning's rush, as well. you've got that rain in through portions of the washington area and notice back toward the west back toward loudoun county and the winchester area and down toward la rhea and here's the heaviest rain, and this is right into portions of 270 and out route 70 and right along 15 so head's up back toward those areas and there's more rain to come and look down to the south. a lot of rain pushing our way. we are going to see some of the heaviest rain overnight tonight and something else we're seeing and it's not just the umbrellas that you need and we'll t