they look like something else, such as a calculator maybe. you can only see what's really on it with a special code. an investigator of internet sex crimes says parents can keep the apps off with parental controls. >> one father in particular, he wept so hard and thought he was a failure because he just could not believe his 12-year-old daughter would be sending out inappropriate naked pictures of herself. >> now the investigator says parents often say their kids would never use these apps, but that you can be sure by using parental controls. aaron, just new information on the deadly car crash that killed four people including a 6-year-old child. the washington post reports medardo flores was repeatedly charged with driving on a suspended license and pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run charge two years ago. we just got flores's name. he hit a car in heightsville and then took off eventually running into a crowd of people by a church. three people including that

child and flores died in that crash. aaron? angie, thank you. 5:01 right now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. let's check the weather with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning, aaron and eun. quiet start to the day. weather headlines, there's going to be a lot of this going on this morning, leaves flying around. it's a fairly blustery morning and gusty way to get the day started. hold on to your hats is the first headline today. don't forget to shake the hand of a veteran if you see one out there. current temperatures, low to mid 50s in the metro area. little cooler down towards central virginia. winds are gusting between 20 and 30 miles per hour on your way out the door this morning, so you'll need a wind breaker for sure. temperatures, 48 this morning. near 60 by lunchtime and mid 50s when you're coming back home and getting ready for dinner plans. coming up in 10 minutes, tom's talking about the impact the weather will have on your commute. right now hov reprieve for

melissa mollet. >> isn't that nice? hov restrictions lifted along 66 and 395. wanted to remind you of that because v dot did remind us of that, of course. that's good. 66 and 95 overall looking quite good. 95 here northbound don't have any problems. southbound a little bit slow as you pass 234. that is some road work that's hanging around a little longer than normal this morning. right now 270 to 70 to the spur going to take you 20 minutes. northbound also quite open. i'll see you back here at 5:11. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:02. controversial political action committee supporting d.c. mayor muriel bowser is shutting down. tom sherwood tweeted the news last night. questions come relating to the fundraising practices. fresh pack was formed by bowser's closest allies. it's come from withering

criticism for firms doing business with the city. carl racine told nbc 4 on friday that fresh pac was blatant, quote, pay for play politics that citizens oppose. supporters of the pack say the committee which threatened the campaign of opponents against the mayor have become too much of a, quote, distraction. he was on a trade mission and was not available for ent. today a group of community leaders will announce a probe of the pepco exsalon merger. the group says it wants documents relating to these controversial negotiations released. coming up on news 4 molette green will have more on today's investigation announcement. each one of those tax plans is better than the mess that we have right now. >> tax policy and immigration plans this morning in decision 2016. the fourth gop debate brought out substance and sparks for the republican candidates for

president. nbc 4 political analysts said it's hard to pick a winner. the top eight candidates talked about policy, taxes, military spending and immigration. in the undercard debate beforehand chris christie had this standout moment. >> anybody believes the stuff they heard from that democratic debate a few weeks ago, there's nothing for free. the bottom line is, believe me, hillary clinton's coming for your wallet, everybody. don't worry about huckabee orrin dal, worry about her. in the primetime debate clashes over military spending and what defines a true conservative. nbc's tracie potts will join us with that part of the story in just a bit. happening today, crews will be back at an apartment in prince gorges county. they're going bore into the soil to find out why the building started shakesing over the weekend. one resident spotted cracks in her walls and ceiling. firefighters evacuated two buildings on sunday. no one was hurt. 5:05 this morning. one of the women caught in this

video groping and twerking on a man in d.c. is behind bars. he says he wants the other woman caught immediately. he feels violated and embarrassed. the man stood in line for gas at the shell on new york avenue northeast. some people on social media said the victim should have welcomed the attention but he said there is nothing to welcome about sexual assault. >> did you feel violated? >> i felt 100% violated. i felt really humiliated also because when someone is just grabbing your body parts without your permission no matter who it is, that's just a violation completely. >> police arrested 22-year-old ayana rie knight from las vegas and charged her with sexual abuse. the second woman hasn't been caught. today we honor our nation's veterans for their service and sacrifice. in just a few hours a day of events will begin at the world war two memorial on the national mall. one of many places that will hold events honoring our vets. news 4's derek ward is at

miriam's kitchen in northwest d.c. with more on the event hang there. derek, god morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. of course, you know what better way to honor vets, especiay homeless vets, to see to the needs they have. we're at miriam's kitchen. this is the place where services are rendered all throughout the year. it's especially important this time of year that they serve that community, the subpopulation of the homeless community, the veterans. here is scott sheklandberg. the president and ceo. >> miriam's kitchen is around for 30 years. we've grown to serve the needs of our guests beyond just the meals but also with case mage services and ultimately working towards ending homelessness by providing more and more housing for folks. >> reporter: i found out there's good news regarding the population of homeless veterans. what's the information? >> the good news is both in d.c. and nationally the number of

homeless vets is dropping drastically. d.c. is on track to end homelessness by the end of this nearly 1/4 were veterans. today 6% are veterans. this is a trend that's been replicated throughout the country and district. >> reporter: they say this may be the last veterans we have to do this. doors open at 6:30. volunteers start showing up shortly after that. live in northwest. derek ward, news 4. a local veteran will be awarded the medal of honor at the white house this week. he attended walter johnson high school in bethesda and ran track at theni he was seriously injured in afghanistan three years ago when he tackled a suicide bomber. rohberg was part of a security team escorting a colonel. he said his instinctsnd training kicked in as soon as he realized the man was a threat. >> all i could think of is we have to get him away from the

boss. like get him away as far as we can. talking about eight seconds here. there's no -- it's just -- you just react. yourust yourtrning. you trust your instincts. you trust that you are -- you have the internal fortitude to go out there and do the job that you know you've been tasked to do. >> four men were killed in that attack, but officials say many more would have died if he hadn't jumped into action. he has had more than 30 surgeries on his leg. president obama will present rohberg with a medal of honor on thursday. he will be featured thursday night on nightly news with lester holt. >> so many moments like that. selfless moments for our veterans. they don't do it for the attention. >> no. we salute you. thank you for your service. 5:08. tensions running high on the university of missouri campus. why police are not worried despite an overnight threat. >> marijuana has been legal in the district for a while.

we're seeing the impact it's having when it comes to a number of serna rests. the number we're getting. >> clear out there now. you no he what that means, it's also cool. tom kierein will join us next to let us know if you want t

time to check our weather right now. and we are finally drying out. >> let's get right over to chuck bell. >> that's right. little bit of dryer air moving back to the aea rightnow. as a result, no need to worry about the umbrella today. what you will contend with on your way out the door this morning, winds are gusting between 20 and 30 miles per hour ealy this morning. on your way out the door, layer up. you'll need a wind breaker for sure. a little bit on the blustery side here this morning. temperatures near 50 degrees. we'll briefly be open to the low 60s. by the time you're coming back home later on this afternoon it will still be dry. temperatures back down to 60 degrees. king about the weekend, that's justen

minutes from now. more good news now in traffic from melissa. >> that's right. right now i want to remind you again because of the holiday, this is something that a lot of folks are waking up to this morning but i'm sure you probably know this. just a reminder no service on vre this morning because of the liday here. the good news portion of this is that the hov restrictions are lifted along 66 and 395 of course today, 270 as well. inner loop at allentown road, still have this problem off to the left shoulder. slowing down folks a tad is morning as you're getting off allentown road near andrews. 66 at nutley and 395 north at seminary road, remember, we still have those accidents there. they are all on the shoulder. should not be slowing you down. just a little warning there. prince gorges county looking good. nice and green. everything is moving just fine. see you in aew minutes. right now, tensions are high at the university of missouri where police say they were

investigating multiple threats to black students on campus. in just the last few hours police and the schools said there is no threat. they also told students not to spread rumors. the threats were posted on social media yesterday after all the campus protests against racism. nbc news said some students left the missouri campus overnight to make sure they were safe. right now several parts of the country bracing for seriously severe weather. the areas that could get hardest hit. major news when it comes to virginia veterans. the breaking announcement we're standing by for. your time right now is 5:14.

breaking news just in on this veterans day. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is about to announce that veterans homelessness is effectively over in the commonwealth. he's going to hold a press conference to say more than 1400 veterans were housed in the past year. it's happening in the virginia

war memorial in richmond at noon. following a developing story in the district. a group of community leaders will announce a new probe in mayor muriel bowser's deal with pepco. she struck two million dollar deals with pepco. news 4's molette green is live at rfk stadium with more on the documents this group wants a look at. molette? >> reporter: well, aaron, good morning. critics of the mayor are coming right at her. critics of this merger plan. they have questions. they are going to raise those questions about muriel bowser breathing new life into the epsilon pepco merger on the heels of striking the reported $25 million land deal with pepco for a new d.c. united soccer stadium that will go at buzzard point southwest. they are talking about potential

conflicts of interest. initially bowser supported the regulator that rejected the merger plan but her change of mind and support of a new $78 million settlement offer was critical to paving the way for the public service commission to possibly give the merger deal a second look. this is the final hurdle for this merger. bowser, who is now in china on a trade trip, has said the merger is a good deal for taxpayers and ratepayers alike. that is the latest live from where the d.c. united team plays currently at rfk stadium. back to you. >> molette, thank you. $8 million, that's what a man says metro should pay him for being shot twice on a bus earlier this year. earle coats was hit by two bullets. "the washington post" reports there is a multi-million dollar lawsuit that caused them to change the bus route.

the on/off switch contributes to the shooting in august. the w 8 bus was at a stop on eldon's bus southeast when someone cut the power and began shooting into the bus. today family, friends and colleagues will remember a fallen police officer in kentucky. a funeral for officer daniel ellis will be held later this morning in richmond, kentucky. hundreds of officers attended a visitation for him yesterday. ellis was shot last wednesday while searching an apartment for a robbery suspect. he was a seven year veteran of the police force. the man is now facing charges accused in the shooting. later today we will learn new information about a small business jet that slammed into an apartment building in akron, ohio. the building burst into flames yesterday. check out the video. nearby home caught fire. investigators will begin to work this morning to recover bodies and sift through the wreckage. >> plane disappeared out of nowhere. it veered on its side and flew

right into those buildings, into the duplexes there. it was just engulfed in flames immediately. this is what you're seeing, a neighbor was snap chatting with a friend when a plane flashed by her building. two people died and as many as nine are feared dead. no one on the ground was hurt. right now some parts of the country are preparing for wild weather. snow, wind, even tornadoes expected as a system moves across the country. places like reno, nevada, flagstaff, arizona, have already seen several inches of snow. right now blizzard warnings are posted in colorado. you're looking at a live picture from denver international airport now. 25 flights already canceled this morning. that area could see six inches of snow by the end of the day. a large swath of the country from nebraska to illinois could also see wind, hail, even tornadoes later on today. 5:21 today. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. it will be a little bit milder

today than it has been. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck belle. >> thanks, aaron and eun. nothing to worry about. severe weather in the midwest for today will get a little tiny taste of that here tomorrow. it actually does come with a chance anyway for a rumble or two of thunder. not much in the way of a severe weather threat for us. that's tomorrow. today, veterans day. dry, plenty of sunshine mixed in with some clouds around. definitely on the blustery side this morning. you will need a warm jacket on your way out the door. winds are currently gusting between 20 and 30 miles per hour so seriously hold on to your hat kind of morning outside. what to wear today? you'll need your warm wind breaker for sure, jeans, maybe even a sweater if you're going to be outside for any of the veterans day ceremonies. weather slowdown, nothing to worry about for the ride in and home. not only is the weather dry but it's a holiday. traffic will be lighter. for tomorrow, yellow light for tomorrow as there's a chance for

some impactful rain drops coming our way. that's it. that's our really only chance be for rain over the next four to five days. so, here's the way it goes. for today, breezy and mild outside this morning. winds will lay down after 2:00, 3:00 this afternoon. it will be a nicer finish to today than it is a start. here's more about that rain chance for tomorrow. here's future weather starting tomorrow morning predawn at 1:00 a.m. clouds moving back into the picture tonight and early tomorrow. by startoff time tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., skies mostly cloudy and will be dry. by 9:00 in the morning that little ripple in the atmosphere, little weather front dipping our way could generate a rumble or two as early as 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 tomorrow morning. hagerstown, frederick, best chances of rain with a rumble of thunder is 10:00 a.m. to noon to 1:00. rain chances move into southern maryland between noon and 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. seven day forecast time, a lot of good news in the seven day.

64 today. chance of a shower midday hours tomorrow and then back to the dry weather we go although it is definitely going to continue feeling like november. weekend highs both days mostly in the mid 50s. traffic time now with melissa mollet. have a brand-new crash inner loop just after richie marlboro road. seeing a stoppage here on the bottom of your screen. we have a report that the left lane is blocked. just a little bit difficult to see exactly what is going on here. inner loop after ritchie-marlboro, at least one lane is blocked. 66 is fine. 95 don't have any problems into town or out of town. hov restrictions lifted today because of the veterans day holiday along 66 and 395 as well. taking a look at 270. restriction should be lifted from the 70 down to the spur. 27 minutes now. can't do too much better than that. see you in ten minutes at 5:31. thank you, melissa. new york state police say they suspect foul play in the death of an 83-year-old wife of a

millionaire. a caretaker found lois collie's body inside a home. she died of blunt force trauma. they do not consider her husband a suspect. 106 bikers in texas are indicted. it's part of this brawl and shootout outside a waco, texas, shootout this past summer. nine people died and 28 others were injured. the bikers also got into a shootout with police when they arrived there. more than 150 bikers were arrested following the shooting. a community a little less on edge this morning after police arrest a man in connection with the shooting of a judge in austin, texas. shamine onurie is a person of interest in the attempted assassination attempt. julie koperick is in the

hospital with serious injuries. someone shot her friday night in her driveway. former u.s. president jimmy carter is getting better. he is responding well to treatment and no new cancer growth has been found. he shared his cancer diagnosis in august. he said doctors have found tumors on his brain. for now he will continue with his treatment. new details. it appears the district legalization of small amounts of marijuana has resulted in fewer marijuana arrests. in fact, arrests are at an historic low right now. as of friday there have only been seven arrests for pot possession this year. compare that to last year when there were nearly 900 arrests. almost all of them were before new luck marijuana laws took effect. in 2013 it was almost 1200. a fresh start this morning for a sticky attraction. can we just say ew? crews started power watching seattle's famous gum wall last

night. they started sticking their used chewing gum on the walls 20 years ago. city officials say the sugar in the gum was starting to disintegrate the brick wall. that's not good. what are crews looking at? they have to get through 1 billion wads. that's 2200 pounds of gum! that is gross! >> really is. >> all right. 5:27 right now. heads up if you're getting ready to drive in to work. the repair work being done on not one but two vital bridges in our area. back on the streets, why a howard university student is once again homeless. live look outside for you this morning. chuck says there are four things oor, including how the weekend is shaping up.

the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3,500 hospitals. fewer than 10% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. cancercenter.com/eastern.

now at 5:30, immigration, xes and the economy. who stands where on what as we break down the most recent gop presidential debate. the push to revoke bill cosby's honorary degrees continues this time by a local university where they demand the comedian give back his degree. don't say we didn't warn you. you may want to leave early if you use the memorial and key bridges. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. if you're sleeping in this morning, you don't have to worry about that. you also don't have to worry about the rain later today like we did yesterday. >> let's check in with storm

team 4 meteorologist chuck bell for our forecast. >> if you're sleeping in you're probably not up at 5:30 unless you're one of us where 5:30 counts as sleeping in. you'll dpefinitely need a jacke this morning. there's a chance of a rumble or two of thunder coming our way tomorrow. more on that in a little bit. always starting to look towards the weekend. looking chilly and dry. veterans day though, off to a cool and breezy start. temperatures, 40s to 50 now. upper 50s to near 60 by noontime. low to mid 60s for a high. the winds will be less of a factor this afternoon than they are this morning. the weekend, so far so good. turning cooler. highs this weekend in the 50s. school day forecast coming up. how should the kids be dressed heading out the door. >> sounds like information we need. right now, inner loop after

ritchie-marlboro road has the left lane blocked. you can see the tow truck there. you'll have a little bit of a slowdown. rest of prince gorges county area looking pretty good right now. normal volume here this morning. 270, northbound/southbound no problems there. taking a look at 66 from fairfax county parkway to the beltway going to take you nine minutes as it should. i'll be back in ten minutes with a look at some travel times. eun? go to a three-page tax code. yes, there are plans. >> i am proud that i have a pro family tax code. >> each one of those tax plans is better than the mess that we have right now. >> this morning a closer look at the policy plans behind the gop candidates for president. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. good morning. so a new conversation this morning about the future of defense spending and what it means to really be a conservative. >> reporter: exactly. this is where we really see some

distinctions between these republican candidates. rand paul tried to very forcefully last night make the argument that you can't spend tax money by blowing up the military budget. that's something that republicans as a whole have supported more money for a strong military. we've heard it from carly fiorina and other candidates. rand paul says if you do that, you are spending tax money and spending is not really a part of the republican program but we've got to shrink government and make it smaller. as i said, there is push back from not only fiorina but marco rubio where he said we need to think of safety and security. we can't have an economy without security first. there were quite a few push backs. you can't be a conservative if you're talking about spending that much money. >> tracie, "meet the press" moderator chuck todd tweeted no clear winners in last night's debates. did anyone stand out? >> reporter: you know, as a group i would say that those middle tier candidates really stood out.

you've got ben carson and donald trump at the top of this group, but there were times in this debate when they were largely silent and we heard a lot and a lot of push back from people like john kasich and jeb bush who's been trying to get his numbers up. he definitely had a better debate than he's had in some other situations. so rubio, marco rubio who has been sort of a number three candidate in many of the polls had some moments last night. so while you may not say there was a clear winner, those middle candidates, fiorina, clearly had strong moments last night. >> jeb bush had big moments in a discussion of immigration and a lot to say of donald trump's plan. >> reporter: donald trump wants to build that wall, have mexico pay for it and deport 11 million people. he got quite a bit of push back from a number of candidates including jeb bush on the deportation essentially saying you're talking about tearing families apart here. there was some applause.

jeb bush obviously has a very different view on this than donald trump and this is another area where we are seeing some clear decisions between the candidates. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you for your analysis. 5:35. today ben carson will be in virginia. he will have the protection of the secret service when he speaks at liberty university in lynchberg. he may be going for the evangelical vote there. the latest threat at the white house. a sling shot apparently, secret service agents arrested a man -- secret service police arrested a man for trying to launch something over the white house fence with a sling shot. agents swept the area but did not find anything suspicious. that man faces assault charges. two men authorities call white supremacists are now facing charges in virginia for planning attacks on synagogues and plaque churches. the fbi said robert doyle and

ronald cheney tried buying explosives. they were arrested just outside of richmond. they were stockpiling the weapons for, quote, impending race war. george washington university students want to revoke bill cosby's honorary degree. nick watkins and erica fineman were part of a unanimous vote yesterday urging g.w. administrators to revoke the degree. >> honorary degree should be reserved for someone who represents the values of our university. >> he was sued and there have been several cases like this. >> he received the honorary degree in 1997. g.w. officials say while they are shocked and disturbed about the allegations, it's never been their practice to rescind an honorary degree. a student went from being homeless to having rent free housing to being homeless again.

he violated housing rules. a group tried to help by linking ingram with a graduate who offered him an apartment rent free. they have reskinned the offer claiming ingraham hasn't communicated with them. he said he needed more time to talk to his family. a maryland regional hospital has a work group trying to save it. they'll put together the group to come up with a new plan for laurel regional hospital. the hospital is planning to end its status as a full service hospital. prince gorges county mayor craig mo said a plan is needed to make sure the county's residents are getting the health care they deserve. more than 100 employees from the hospital have already been laid off. the memorial bridge and key bridge are both in need of repairs apparently. tens of thousands of commuters use them to get between d.c. and virginia every day. there are delays, lanes, sidewalk closures to deal with at the memorial bridge already. the key bridge has been

deteriorating for the last 30 years. that was the last time there was a major rehab there. this spring crews will replace concre concrete piers and lane closures. pack your patience. start thinking about it now. let's take a look at the temperature this morning. many of you are waking up in the 50s. will the kids want the jacket at recess? we're also learning about a sexting scandal rocking a high school in new york. why two students could face felony charges. all bets off? the latest developments after two major fantasy sports sites get shut down. your time is 5:38.

we have seen two huge sports sites actually stop operating in new york today. new york's attorney general sent fan duel and draft kings cease and desist letters to stop operating there. they said it's illegal gambling. they will vigorously pursue all legal options. fan duel said the attorney general was attempting to get press coverage. a sexting scandal is developing this morning in new york. two 14-year-old boys face felony charges. police say one of them filmed

the other having sex with a girl and then distributed the video to more than a dozen of his peers. as many as 20 students at high schools in long island are suspended. at least one parent said school administrators were wrong in handing out punishment and intimidated the teenager into confession. it's quite possible they could have used something called a ghost app to hide the images on their phone. it's designed to look like a harmless app instead it's what they use for things much sinister. we'll tell you what you need to know about how these apps work. first, turn to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and your forecast. >> thanks, aaron and eun. 5:41. skies are clearing out. after all the clouds and rain yesterday, that won't be a problem today. we'll get back into the sunshine. no chance for rain today. umbrellas can take a day off. we'll need them tomorrow. for now 50 in gaithersburg, 52 rockville, 51 in restin town

center. school day forecast at the bus stop, little chilly. definitely breezy out there this morning. little kiddos under 40 pounds, rocks in the pockets, give recess a b. a lot of wet grass on the playgrounds. thunderstorm chance for tomorrow in ten minutes with your seven day, melissa. brand new problem on metro. red line between rhode island avenue and tacoma. this is because of an unscheduled track repair there this morning. you could see some delays if you head through that station. fox mill road shut down. just got off the phone there. car crash, person is okay. emergency repairs after that crash because they took a poll down there. 66 looks good. 95 north. 270 also looking good and top of the beltway, no issues. listen to 103.5 fm when you hop into your car. mark the calendar. the muslim students will have off next year.

more on the ghost apps we were telling you about. how kids can disguise things on their phones without you giving it a

welcome back. 5:47. today is veteran's day. on this holiday the white house is taking steps to protect veterans. the white house is urging congress to pass a series of bills that would protect u.s. troops from colleges taking advantage of their military benefits without delivering a quality education. service men and women get billions to help with their education. schools are being accused of aggressively recruiting members of the military and failing to prepare them for the work force. good morning, everybody. wake up weather time. temperatures in the upper 40s and 50s. there's quite the breeze out there this morning. it's a wind breaker wednesday for sure. seven day forecast looking into the weekend just ahead. right now problem on the red line, single tracking between

rhode island avenue because of track repair. fox hill road shut down at waples mill road. a crash brought a pole down. more in a minute. 5:48 our time right now. this morning one of the women in this video groping and twerking on a man in a d.c. gas station is behind bars. the victim wants the other woman caught immediately. he said he feels violated and e embarrassed. this happened as he stood in line at a shell gas station on northeast. he tried to get away from the women but they kept coming after him. >> did you feel violated? >> i felt 100% violated. i felt really humiliated also because when someone is just grabbing your body parts without your permission no matter who it is, that's just a violation completely. >> now police arrested one of these women. 22-year-old ayana marie knight from las vegas. they charged her with sexual abuse. the second woman has not been caught. we're learning the name of a

man found dead in an alexandria park. the man is 24-year-old jose corez. they discovered his body while walking through the park on monday. they say someone slashed his throat. investigators went over every inch of that park. so far no suspects. happening today, crews back at an apartment complex in prince gorges county. they'll bore into the soil to find out why the building started shaking over the weekend. one resident spotted cracks in her walls and ceiling. firefighters evacuated two buildings on sunday. no one was hurt. firefighters say there is significant structural damage at that apartment complex. 5:49 now. today we honor our nation's veterans for their service and their sacrifice. in just a few hours a day of events will start across our region. derek ward is at miriam's kitchen in northwest d.c. derek, tell us what's happening today. >> well, a lot is going on i can tell you. i was telling the chef back here, it sounds like grandma's

kitchen. you know something good is happening. setting up tables. in a few minutes, handful of volunteers will come by and serve food to homeless veterans at miriam's kitchen. we're in the foggy bottom part of northwest. this place is indicative of the homeless section around the city. now they say they can fit everyone at one time and it used to be 1/4 of the population. what's happening after that? another good story. joining me is curt runyon. you are the director of advocacy here. what's going on with the folks after you get them out of the homeless population? >> miriam's kitchen is part of veterans now, a team of government and nonprofit providers that have been working for the last two years to end veteran homelessness in d.c. the good news is since they began about 1200 vets have gotten into housing. we're about 80% of the way towards the goal. we're getting really close to ending veteran homelessness in the district of columbia.

>> reporter: excellent. they've seen surging. there is realization this is an issue. it's still a larger population to serve but they are making a denlt. we're live at foggy bottom. back to you. >> derek, thank you. 5:51 right now. >> chuck bell joins us with more of what we can expect. >> your hair looks all put together. with all the breeze mine was a wreck. >> thank you. >> good, strong toupe today. >> stick into place. >> or a good piece of gum. stick it on top of your head. >> good luck getting it out. >> we put it on the under side, not the top. quite the breeze blowing this morning. winds are quite the factor early on. skies clearing out. temperature now 53 at national airport. sustained wind at only 7. winds gusting at 20 to 30 miles per hour area wide. what to expect today. quite blustery on your way out the door. dry for all the veterans day ceremonies this afternoon. high temperatures, bonus territory. low to mid 60s coming our way. courtesy of the relatively mild

start. these temperatures, low 50s now. that's much milder than normal for a november morning. look at the wind gusts. 30 mile per hour gusts at national airport. gaithersburg gusting to 31, leesburg gusting to 34 miles per hour. you'll really notice the wind on your way forward. what to wear today? absolutely positively put your wind breaker on. jeans and sweater on the way out to the bus stops. time for a walk. little buddy has ha leash. need a low profile dog this morning. temperatures will recover. highs today should make it easily up into the low perhaps briefly into the mid 60s. going out to dinner and aid movie tonight. mid 50s between 5:00 and 8:00. low 50s between 8:00 and 11:00. traveling today, there is a risk for severe weather in the mississippi valley today. that slight chance for a rumble or two of thunder comes our way for tomorrow. best chances seem to be at 8:00 in the morning and 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. take you through future weather

at the top of the hour next morning. 6:01. here's the seven day forecast. 60s today and tomorrow with a 60% chance of a rain shower in the middle of the day. drying out and staying chilly as we head into the weekend. it is time now for first four traffic with melissa mollet with troubles on the roads. >> troubles on the roads and rails. single track between rhode island and tacoma. a little trouble between those stations. in fairfax, fox mill road shut down at waples. an accident. we spoke with police. they said a car took a pole down. that is why they are trying to get that out of the way. inner loop at allentown road. right here the ramp to allentown road, we still have that police and tow activity because of the vehicle that went off the roadway. the ramp is open now. top of the beltway looks good. all the routes into and out of town there top of the beltway rolling just fine. 270 still nice and green even as we're heading into the 6:00

hour. from 70 to the spur going to take 27 minutes. can't ask for much better than that. i'll see you in ten. >> thank you, melissa. montgomery county schools are closed on an islamic holiday. the school voted to close on september 12th, 2015. teachers will take a professional day. it coincides with eid al-adha. it is a huge victory for some muslim parents montgomery county who have been pushing for this for years. >> we have more equality montgomery county. i hope the other counties in maryland like baltimore county and other places around the country will take this as a blueprint and move forward. >> the board has not decided whether students will have the holiday off in years to come. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. t-mobile fires the latest shot in the wireless wars. gives customers the new option to stream video for services such as netflix and hbo without

having it count against their data plans. binge on will roll out later. you have to have 3 gigabytes and more. they're trying to get people to upgrade to bigger and more expensive plans. with this morning's cnbc business report, i'm landon dow dowdy. i tweeted my take on this. it's been known as tyson's corner for 160 years. that's about to change now. the word corner has dropped. they're referring to fairfax county as tysons. the relabeling is part of the effort to transform the region into an accessible urban environment. businesses across the area are honoring our veterans today. veterans can pick up freebies as a thank you for their service. free pancakes from 7:00 in the morning to 7:00 p.m. veterans can get a free meal at the olive garden from a special veterans menu.

tgi fridays and others are offering that as well. use the search freebies. the interim director of opm could get the job full time. president obama is nominating beth cobert for the job. she's been in charge since a huge breach four months ago. the former director resigned. there's a new push for you to use parental controls on your child's cell phone. it's coming in response to a new kind of app called a ghost app. take a look here. the app looks like something typical, a calculator, but it hides information your children don't want you to see. that could include things like inappropriate photos. what's the best way to stay aware? >> what does the app do and why do you want it? if you agree with it, then you put in the parent pass code, the kid doesn't know it, then you allow them to download that app. >> the investigator says parents often would never use these apps

but many actually do. new for you on news 4 at 6:00, taking a stand against hate. the incident on campus that has this group of students rallying at virginia tech. a developing situation in the rocky mountains and across the plains as people there brace for a day of snow, strong winds and severe weather. we're live in denver with the conditions people there are dealing with this morning. that's ahead on "news 4 today" at 6:00.

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"news 4 today" starts now. right now on "news 4 today", concerns about a conflict of interest. why some are questioning a land deal for the new d.c. united stadium and its link to a potential pepco merger. right now chopper 4 over a problem inner loop at allentown road. full details coming up including also a delay on metro. plus, bracing for a blast of severe weather. right now people are preparing for a day of snow, wind, and even tornadoes as a storm system pushes its way across the country. first, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is preparing for the conditions outside your home with your day's weather headlines. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun. leaves flying around and a pretty stiff northwesterly wind early this morning. hold on to your hats today.

thank a veteran for their great service to this country and a chance for some thunder coming up on our thursday. here's future weather for tomorrow. nothing to worry about today, just windy and sunny. tomorrow mid to late morning starting about 8:00, 9:00 in the morning up through the midday hours. there will be a chance for a quick passing rain shower that might have a rumble or two of thunder. for your veterans day, nice dry day. a bit of a blustery start. highs today in the low 60s. eun's back for commuter forecast. chopper 4 just got over this problem. this is the one we've been talking about all morning. inner loop, ramp to allentown road. it was off to the left side of the roadway. right now the ramp is blocked temporarily as they get that out of the way. you cannot get off of the beltway on to allentown road right now this morning. also, red line single tracking between rhode island closed because of track