some sections of the plane. the ntsb is still working on that now. a meeting today to improve some of your options for getting around town. transportation officials will get an update on measures to establish a metro safety commission. this comes after the recent announcement that the agency will take temporary oversight of the transit authority. today's meeting is open to the public and begins at noon. today three south side police officers will head to court. we're seeing video of a confrontation between police and lynwood lambert in 2013. lambert died after south boston police terraced him. officers were taking lambert to the hospital because he was hallucinating and paranoid. when they got there, he kicked the window. officers tasered him repeatedly as he lie on the ground. >> no, no.

>> lambert did not make it to the hospital. they put him back in the police car where he went unconscious. they deny claims of excessive force saying lambert was a danger. it's 4:31. right now a storm that brought strong winds and tornados to iowa is heading east. millions of people across the country are closely watching the skies today. a storm brought this heavy rain and 50-mile-per-hour winds and tornados yesterday. one of the tornados touched down at the des moines airport. tens of thousands lost power. that storm is now moving farther east and is expected to affect part os testify great lakes and expend all the way down to mississippi. 4:31.

your "weather & traffic on the 1s." chuck bell with your headlines. >> eun, four things you need to know about this morning on your way out the door. number one thing. grab the umbrella. fast moving rain showers which could have a rumble of thunder. that will be racing through the area between 7:00 this morning and 1:00 this afternoon and just like the musical says, the wind comes right behind the rain. breezy conditions this afternoon turning windy tomorrow. that sets the stage for a much colder weekend. tracking the storm on "storm team 4" radar, a line of storms. they'll be in petersburg, west virginia, 5:25, woodstock, 6:48, and warrenton, west side of metro around 8:00. that will be here around 8:00 and 10:00. we'll talk about school impacts in a few minutes. right now more on construction with melissa mollet. >> near 197, parts of the ramp

blocked as you're headed in the northbound lanes. you have that hanging around and this is at well and montgomery county. avery road, you still have that. you're hoping's going to get out of the way in the next couple of minutes. meanwhile in fairfax to the beltway, looking good. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. this is also roll like nicely. we'll see you back in ten minutes. we do expect to get more information soon on a homicide in prince williams county. police got a call for a shooting on village drive in woodbridge in the 14000 block. officers found a man in the parking lot. he had been shot. he died there. a woman was also in the parking lot. she was not hurt.

police are calling her an acquaintance. police do not think this was a random crime. back to you. what's going on. >> the babies, my husband helped pull babies out. >> a man jumped in to pull babies out while his wife called 911. he was drive big the scene of a fire when he jumped out of his car and ran toward the flames. had to use his pocketknife to cut seatbelts. >> i've got to get this baby out. i thought the van was going to explode. we used the knife to save as many as we could. the driver died along with an elderly couple and 6-year-old

girl. we turn to decision 2016. lindsey graham, ted cruz, and rick santorum are set to file for the race. all candidates have until december 20th to might official there. and new details on the man arrested tuesday at the white house. the secret service said adam olsen used a slingshot to throw something over a fence. they arrested him in september for breaking a window and he said he would be back to break more windows. crews will begin removing debris today from a wreckage of a plane crash in akron, ohio. in the left-hand corner you can see the moment of impact and then a burst of flames. all nine people on board died. yesterday the ntsb said fog

could have been a factor for the pilot. they found the black box recorder. many are not happy about possible changes to ease overcrowding in some of the area's newest schools. at the center of the controversy, reconfiguring the attendant zone for a new clarksburg manassas school. that's set to open in august. tonight's hearing begins at 7:30 p.m. at the board of education building. >> fanduel and draftkings said they're not suspending play for this weekend's game. both sites have five days to prove that's not the case. they say they are prepared to head to coach. both nbc sports and nbc news parent company comcast and the parent company of this television network are involved with fanduel. president obama will present

retired army captain floor rent growberg with a special award and ceremony later today. he competed in track at college park. three years ago he was seriously wounded on a deployment to afghanistan when he tackled a suicide bomber. you can tune in to "nbc nightly news" tonight to see a full interview with captain growberg. chuck will telllet us know if the kids will need an umbrella. >> we're getting major word on isis. thousands of soldiers are fighting a terror group. and a big named department star under

right now we're following big developments overnight in a fight against isis. a new offensive is under way in i rachlk thousands of kurdish fires are cutting off isis's supply lines in an attempt to retake the town of sinjar. it's considered a strategic site. you might remember sinjar is why u.s. started sending air strikes after isis captured the town last year.

back to you. >> 4:41. time for "weather & traffic on the 1s." we had such a beautiful day yesterday and it looks like we're going need the umbrella once again. what you do say, chuck bell? >> yes, that's all true, but today's sort of a half and half sort of day. do you like half and half in your coffee? the first half of the day will be stormy. the second half will be bright and breezy. it's 3 1/2 hours away. your skoft bus forecast, there will be a chance for raindrops, especially our shenandoah valley kids early this morning. recess will get a "d" because of the rain showers but by the time you get home, sun will be out, wind blowing, temperature in the mid-60s. right now here's traffic time. melissa? >> you can still see the police presence there. right now you can get around the crash but we still have flashing lights and a tow truck out

there. right now on 270 down to the spur, not bad. here there's still part of a ramp blocked. it says accident. it's construction there. prince george's county looking quite good. don't have any incident there right now. 66 and 95 also rolling along nicely. i'll see you in ten minutes. >> thank you, melissa. another retailer is in the hot seat for some of its promotions. this morning bloomingdale's ad invites date rape. it says spike your guest's eggnog when they're not looking. they apologize for this error in judgment. they call him dad but another is calling him a hero.

what he did when he learned the kids were home alone when a fire broke out. attention for those who use

breaking news we brought you at the very top of the show. we just got off the phone with the police and found that man's body has been found at the site of that hazmat situation. we see crews there in hazmat geef gear. police do believe this could be

a drug lab. they did find some kind of chemical mixture at that home or apartment. no one is hurt. megan mcgrath is on her way. we'll have more coming up. back to you. kristin, thank you. it's the highest award. retired army captain florent gro berg. tracie potts has more from capitol hill. good morning. >> he went to walter johnson, was a track star at university of maryland. before going to afghanistan this was his second tour when this incident happened. he'll be honored today for taking down a suicide bomber in afghanistan. captain groberg, a retired c captain, was on a security detail. he said he saw something that didn't look right, didn't feel right. there were some motorcycles often used as a diversion. someone was walking backward

toward them and turned and. he got a bad feeling. turns out it was a suicide bomber. he took him down. he was severely injured. there were two suicide bombers. he suffered traumatic injuries, brain injury, leg injury. he received assistance at walter reed. he'll be the tenth to receive that. that's happening at the white house later today. >> very much deserved there. tracie potts on the hill there for us. thank you, tracy. you can tune in to "nbc nightly news" right after here at 7:00. nbc correspondent jim miklaszewski sits down with groberg. officers say someone shot

59-year-old bernard parker on tuesday. he then lost control and crashed just a few blocks away from his home. police went door to door in springdale yesterday alerting neighbors and offering rewards of up to $25,000 for information. the search is on for a man who tried to abduct a female student at the university of mary washington campus in virginia. this happened around 5:00 p.m. friday. the victim was able to identify the man from dmv information. right now there's a look for the man with a blue chevy truck and washington tags. 4:48 right now. a father is thankful for his family this morning after not one but two terrifying experiences. first that the call that his house was on fire, and his children were inside, and then a car accident. he flipped his car. he managed to call out of his

car, get a ride par of the way, run the last half mile to his house. his children and their 15-year-old cousin who were baby sitting got out on their own. >> i was happy they're still alive and i feel blessed. >> reporter: prince george's fire officials took him to the hospital after he got back to the house. there were hugs when he finally returned home. investigators are still trying to figure out how the fire start started. mayor muriel bowser brought back serious souvenirs from china. she finalized a deal to bring $155 million from foreign investors into the district. that money will be divided between two ongoing projects. the projects will include hundreds of affordable housing units and retail and more than

1,300 permanent jobs. change is coming to a road in northern virginia that often turns into a parking lot. we're talking about lee highway. there's a growing movement to transform the busy road to make it more pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly. >> it's putting pedestrians on the sidewalk and creating them or expanding them from 4 foot to 6 foot. >> it may not sit well with everyone. al rokers race picks up today. "storm team 4" meteorologist amelia seger will be with him. then he'll move onto union station and get in his d.c. stop and get up the coast.

>> he's busy. do a shot, move on. >> we're seeing him drive from one to the other. >> and they'll finish with amtrak. >> true marathon man, go, al. yesterday arc beautiful day. sunshine for everybody. hope you had a chance to get out and enjoy it. in you did not, well, unfortunately we have some changes coming our way. today's weather impact will be low to moderate. moderate the first half of the day but the impact will be lowering as we go into the afternoon as snipe will be coming back. on your way out the door, grab the umbrella. you're likely going to need it. a quick moving shot of rain showers coming here early in the day. then turning windy and sunny after 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. you won't need the umbrellas after there. our rain chances, at least 70%. have your umbrella.

50 now in washington with an increasing number of clouds in our sky. not much of a wind out there yet. winds are averages 10 to 20 miles an hour. winds could gust to 30 miles an hour and tomorrow looks downright windy as colder air settles nr for the weekend. hourly temperatures will climb from 40s and 50s up to the low and maybe eventually the mid-60s with the sunshine coming back by later on this afternoon. what to wear today? take your umbrella for sure. another day with jeans and a wetter due to the november chill in the air goichlg out to dinner and a movie perhaps tonight. breezy and dry. 52 by 10:00, 11:00 tonight. as far as rain chances, here you go. here's the big swirl of low pressure in the great lakes that generated the severe weather in iowa yesterday. here's the rain on our western doorstep now. leading end of the raindrops maybe 3, 4 hours away. obviously it gets out toward

i-81 sooner than that. shenandoah valley, you'll be rained oi by 7:00. in the metro, first drops between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning just after the morning commute. here's future forecast then. there's rain moving into the shenandoah valley. by 9:00, most of the rain still woeft testify metro, but by 10:00, 11:00, here comes the rain chance right through the heart of town. lunch hour likely to be rained ow. then we quickly turn back to sunshine and a breezy afternoon. 65 later today. 59 tomorrow, but a howling northwest wind tomorrow brings much chilly air for the weekend. after today's rain shower chance, dry for most of the next seven days. it's traffic time. here's melissa. >> good morning. we just had this cleared at archry road. don't have to woe -- worry about that as well. 95 right now looking good.

southbound looking good. there's a couple of patches. roadwork and very minor lane closures slowing things for a couple of minutes. beltway at st. barnabas rolling along just fine. remember, 197, part of the ramp still blocked because of construction. back to you. >> thanks, melissa. what this bus driver in virginia is accuse of doing with precious cargo on board.

if you're just joining us, we're following breaking news in montgomery county. police are investigating a scene. take a look here. megan mcgrath is on her way and we'll bring you up to date in a few minutes. >> something else we're keeping an eye on. the rain headed our way. the blue and green. when it could hit in your hometown. happening today, two suspects in a central virginia church bomb plot are due in court. robert cheney and ronald doils were arrested for trying to buy weapons for synagogues and black churches. another man is charged with conspiring to rob a jeweler to stockpile weapon for a race war.

more than a dozen people went to the hospital after taking the synthetic party drug molly. zachary cramer faces charges in connection with this case. he is from bethesda and was expelled after the overdoses in february. mormons are planning to lead the church this weekend over families with same-sex families. they're banning couples from bap tiegz children until they're 18. dozens will be part of a public group resignation. they teach marriage is between a man and a woman. today we're expected to learn more about how the earth is responding to rising carbon emissions. nasa will cold a conference about it today. flan to set limits on levels of human produced limits.

today nasa will give new information taken from an orbital testing site. today's the unveiling of a new map to show where extreme weather is in maryland. it's an interactive map. it will show 90 counties. the event is happening in annapolis today. a video clip of a virginia school bus driver is upsetting parent this morning. the school district says it's already investigating. take a look. it appears to show the bus driver with a pile of paper. the bus driver was filling out forms and wasn't watching where he was going. >> literally rolled the window down and touched the bus. that's how close she got to us. >> the school district told us in that area that school safety

is a priority. i'm kristin wright at the live desk at 5:00. police got a call reporting a shooting on village drive in woodbridge in the 14000 block. here's the area here. police found a man in a parking lot. he had been shot and died there. a woman was also there. she was not hurt. police are calling her an acquaintance. police do not think this was a random crime. we'll follow it for you. back to you. good morning, everybody. "news4" at 5:00 is on your way. 5:01 coming your way on this thursday. in the headlines for today, showers coming our way for mid to late morning in the metro area, a little later on i-81. could have a rumble or two of weather. it's going to turn windy as it dries out after 2:00 or 3:00