them linked to syria. the fbi already started intensifying surveillance on about 50 known terror suspects already in the u.s. right now d.c. police are taking new threats extremely seriously. the police chief, kathy laniere now. >> when you have people that are pushing that type of agenda, the fact that there are people out here that might take that action based on seeing that video, we have to take all of that seriously. >> now some tourists told us that they were not concerned. a couple of d.c. area schools though thought differently. they canceled field trips yesterday. new security measures started in dlej park at the maryland/georgetown game. the report of a suspicious package stopped a vre train. they gave the all clear later. secretary of state john kerry and cia director john brennan will brief lawmakers just before noon on the paris attacks and threats to the u.s. two separate discussions, one be on the u.s. hostage policy and

radicalization. >> washington college claes are canceled while they search for a student who they believe has a gun. 19-year-old jacob marberger. they're asking students to leave campus completely and to go home. the decision when to go home will be considered on a day-to-day basis. a 16-year-old d.c. person is headed back home after surviving six days alone in the mountains of tennessee. search crews rescued ava zekeiel. her daughter couldn't work but was healthy enough to see her before her parents could go to the hospital. she went missing last wednesday while she was hiking with some classmates from her boarding school. right now the death toll is rising in washington state after terrible storms slammed the northwest. three people have died. about 300,000 are without power

now. those deaths are all from trees falling on cars. winds up to 119 miles per hour are recorded south of seattle. the heavy rain is expected to pick back up tonight in that area. flooding could become a problem overnight. it's time now to check our forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> there's a whole line of rainstorms and thunderstorms out across the mississippi valley. that will impact us tonight into tomorrow morning. four things to know on your way out the door this morning, cloudy, chilly, for the most part dry this morning. rain free anyway. light rain moves in this afternoon. heavier rain overnight. that means tomorrow, thursday, will be a weather alert day. outside temperatures are mostly in the mid to upper 40s around the area. here's the timing of any light rain chances this morning. starting at 4:30, cloudy skies. by 8:00, areas of mist and drizzle possible out towards the

blue ridge and shenandoah valley. that will continue for most of the daylight hours. no heavy rain before you get home from work and school. that comes in tonight. more about that and much in ten minutes. it is now traffic time with melissa. >> roads nice and dry as we're taking a look at the beltway. that won't be the case when the rain moves in. beltway, inner loop, outer loop, everything is rolling okay. no problems right now. a little bit of construction here and there. a lot of long-term projects that aren't necessarily hanging around even though they are reported this morning. outbound suitland parkway, an accident there. doesn't seem to be slowing anything. 95 at virginia route 1 looking good northbound and southbound. 66 into town. out of town you're okay. 286 to the beltway, 8 minutes now. listen to 103.5 fm when you hop into your car this morning. an 8-year-old boy is dead

after a violent crash in principles gorges county. he was one of four children critically hurt earlier this month. the car he was riding in was crashed into another car. we are working to find out more about a man shot several times inside a motel on new york avenue in northeast washington yesterday morning. police were called to the scene at 10:30. a man who has not been identified is the third person killed in the district in three days. 4:34 now. montgomery county police are looking for a man they say flashed a stranger. the victim took a picture of the man. police say the suspect walked up to the man's door, made sexual gestures and then exposed himself. this happened on whispering oaks way in gaithersburg. he was wearing a navy blue jackets with the words woodstock student. call police if you have any

information. bob yby jindal says he is dropping out. he said, quote, it's just not my time and thanked reporters on twitter and facebook. he never made it on the main debate stages. he refuses to support donald trump but tells nbc news he will back a republican nominee. fairfax mayor silver thorn announced that he has squamous cell carcinoma of the neck. the mayor says that the cancer has not spread and his prognosis is good. he decided to go public in part because of maryland governor larry hogan's decision to do the same thing. the mayor said he will continue to serve in office during the treatment. major wildfires burning in western australia right now. we just learned this morning that four people have died. take a look at that smoke rising from the wildfires. firefighters saying the fires destroyed three buildings on the southern coast and forced hundreds of people to evacuate

their homes. the fire started with lightning strikes. this past weekend, high winds and temperatures over 100 degrees have made the conditions worse. 4:36. today metro will lay out the budget process and financial outlook. the regional transportation planning board will hold the monthly meeting today. it expects to get an overview of the service and ridership and capital program. they will set up an independent metro safety commission. another big day for metro tomorrow as it hopes to have a new leader in place. they will introduce paw wefeld as the new manager. all that's left is the final vote and final contract. he met with the virginia and d.c. officials. today mayor bowser will celebrate the opening of engine

company 22. the ground breaking begins at 11:00 a.m. the 2015 wine tourism conference begins today in virginia. wine industry experts from around the world will be in l d loudoun county for the next two days. the conference shows virginia's important and growing role in the wine tourism industry. chuck says the chances for rain could start in just a few hours. live look outside for you this morning. union station. you see there in the distance. right now the wind is whipping a bit on the flag in the foreground. chuck will let you know if you need an extra layer in your what to wear forecast. new details on a controversial shooting that left a man dead. why we won't see the video soon. >> breathing a sigh of relief

you will not see video from the deadly police shooting of an unarmed blackman in minnesota from now. an officer shot jamar clark on sunday after some dispute. witnesses say clark was handcuffed at the time of the shooting. investigators say they found handcuffs at the scene. the mayor has asked the feds to conduct an investigation. a man is suspected of three peeping tom incidents. they say richard rodriguez dressed up as a woman.

monday a woman said she caught him spying on her in the women's restroom. he put a bag under her stall. police are connecting him to similar incidents at the mall and at a woodbridge walmart. 4:41 your time on this wednesday morning. your weather and traffic on the 1s featuring a warning about some rain. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with more. should we have an umbrella ready, chuck? >> absolutely. you may not need it first thing this morning. if you left it at the office, you can probably get away with it there. by this afternoon into this evening you'll need it for sure. heavier rains likely to move in after dark and continue into the morning rush tomorrow. so tomorrow will be a high impact weather day and a weather alert day, in fact. more frequent updates online, on air and of course you should have our nbc washington app. we've been pushing out updates as needed. bus stop weather then, chilly in the 40s. cloudy for recess. rain likely by dismissal time. temperatures in the 60s.

so your jacket and your umbrella are a must stay. trouble in prince gorges county, melissa. >> outbound suitland parkway at silver hill road still have that crash hanging around for us this morning. hoping that's going to be out of the way soon. 370 eastbound at 355 north frederick avenue, do have emergency road work happening with one side of the ramp there shut down right now. so a warning for you there. taking a look here, top of the beltway looks quite good here. bw parkway, 195, 25, everything slowing fine. no road work to be worried about there. 66 east of compton road looking quite good. a little bit of volume headed in bound. very light and rolling along nicely. see you in ten minutes. breaking news out of france this morning as bullets fly and explosion happen during a massive overnight police raid. just ahead, the latest developments for the paris attacks master mind. as we enter the holiday

season, what the terror threats could mean for your

breaking news right now. schools closed, trains suspended in paris as police search for a terror suspect right now. here's a live look. they are conducting a major raid just north of paris and say a person is still hold up in apartment. again, this is a live picture of a scene right now. a woman in the building detonated an explosive vest and died when police first arrived.

officers arrested five other people. they're looking for the mastermind behind last week's attack that killed 129 people. overnight a global discussion on the action after the terrorist attacks. president obama spelled out his goal of uniting world powers against isis. nbc's tracie potts has the reaction and the push back from capitol hill. tracie. >> reporter: and the push back from the president, too. strong words for republicans who say they don't want to let syrian refugees into this country. speaking overnight traveling overseas president obama praised the french for their quick response to airstrikes and response to the attacks. he also urged russia to refocus what it's doing in syria, focusing on isis instead of focusing on propping up the syrian government. by far his strongest words on the campaign trail and throughout the country who are pushing back on letting 10,000 syrian refugees into the country next year. the president said we need not to react with fear, that there's no easier way for isis to

recruit than if the u.s. reacts in fear. he said that they're playing politics and it's irresponsible, it needs to stop. so far 31 states have now said they're rejecting this in addition to efforts here on capitol hill. we had a couple of intelligence briefings coming out of that. lawmakers said they're focusing on a couple of things. how do you verify that people are not isis when they come into the country. that process the administration and the president said will take 18 to 24 months. it's not like they're shipping them in here overnight. however, there are problems with verifying who these people are. third party verification always available and that's part of what they're dealing with. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you. heightened security at our airports as many of us make plans to travel. news 4's adam tuft went to reagan national airport too see how it might affect you. he spoke to jack pots.

>> i dealt with anthrax when i ran the postal service. i'm very much aware when we have these heightened situations. remain calm, remain vigilant. >> aaa says the cost of flying is down this year which could bring more people to the airports. 4:48 now. today a high school in our area is holding a special response to last week's attacks. frederick douglass high school is having a france commemoration day. students are allowed to wear blue, red, and white tops. students and staff will hold a moment of silence during morning announcements today. today former texas governor rick perry will ask a court to dismiss felony charges against him. a grand jury indicted perry on charges that his use of a veto was an abuse of power. he calls the case politically

motivated and the reason, his 2016 presidential bid failed. former illinois governor rob blagojevich is appealing. a lower court tossed out 5 of his 18 convictions in july. the 58-year-old is serving a 14-year prison sentence. he was convicted for a series of charges including trying to sell an appointment to president obama's old senate seat. questions over a fundraising group for d.c. mayor muriel bowser are now tangled up in the pepco merger. last week fresh pac announced it was shutting down after criticism of pay to play politics. some community groups want the d.c. commission to investigate because they won't disclose whether they asked for contributions from pepco and epsilon. >> the mayor's controversial super pac known as super pac asked for donations from pepco and epsilon.

>> mayor bowser told news 4 she is unaware of any such fundraising and would not approve of it. well, today you can take a look inside the smallest house in the district. it's a 252 square foot home on capitol hill available for rent. it will set you back 1400 bucks a month, bless you. the house was verified as the smallest free standing house in d.c. in 2013. there will be an open house from 5:00 to 7:00 tonight. 252 square foot house. >> they're still asking for $1400 a month for that little space. >> just enough room to change your mind, that's about all the room that's in there. >> it's expensive to live in this area. >> sure is. >> parking spots are that expensive. >> you could fit a lot in that place are umbrellas. umbrella shop. that would be a good business to be in as we try to get into the rain drop business around here by later on today. tomorrow you can really make a killing on umbrellas as it's going to be coming down in buckets by late tonight into

early tomorrow. mr. jefferson still dry under cloudy skies. northeast winds 8 miles per hour. that northeast wind will become southerly. that will put temperatures back up into the 60s even with the clouds around. rain showers moving in quite likely by mid to late afternoon and the rain could be heavy late this evening into the overnight hours so tomorrow will be a weather alert update day. more frequent updates on air and online. have our nbc washington app ready to go. you can track the rain. what to expect. heaviest rain tomorrow for the morning commute. showers and breezy conditions by the afrnoon. on average about an inch of rain. winds could gust in the 30 to 40 mile per hour range. what about today? get into today. 40s throughout the doors. cloud and rain chances increasing, southerly winds bringing all that moisture up from the south. if you're planning to be out this evening, light rain early this evening. heavier rain after 8:00, 9:00 this evening.

temperatures hold steady or maybe even rise a little bit overnight tonight as this big area of low pressure out here, look at the heavy rain now west of nashville and birmingham. that's the slug of moisture that will seriously impact us overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. might even have a rumble or two of thunder. future weather then for today and into tomorrow, late tonight, wednesday, 11:45, showers moving in. by 3:00 tomorrow morning, 5:00 here comes that blast of heavy rain. by 7:30 tomorrow morning heaviest of the rain coming right through the heart of the metro area. that will really impact your day tomorrow, especially that morning commute. here's the seven day forecast. 63 today. mild overnight tonight with the heavy rain early tomorrow. then turning breezy and cooler as we head towards friday. the weekend looks downright chilly. highs on sunday only making it into the 40s. how much rain will you get where you live? that comes up at 6:01. for now it is traffic time with melissa. >> good morning, chuck. right now looking quite good on

95 quantico up to the beltway going to take you 18 minutes and that is rolling along just fine here this morning. northbound looks good. southbound also looks good. had an earlier problem northbound coming out of fredericksburg. that is cleared out of the way so you don't have to worry about that any longer. 66 into town, eastbound you are fine. 370 eastbound at 355 north frederick avenue, we do have some emergency road work that has popped up in the past 20 minutes. keep you updated on that. outbound suitland parkway, that has cleared out. way. inner loop and outer loop, everything nice and green and moving. see you in ten minutes. thank you, melissa. he said/she said. what charlie sheen's girlfriend is saying less than 24 hours after he said he had h.i.v. plus, several students are sent to the hospital and reform school policy. why aren't they looking at a chemistry fire at a fairfax county high school. green light for body

cameras. what we can expect in a

we are watching a very fluid scene right now in paris where police have executed early morning raids. angie goff will bring us up to date in a few minutes. take a look at storm team 4 radar. see that yellow in our southwest? guess what, it's heading our way. chuck bell will let us know how

much rain we can see coming up at 5:01. fairfax county leaders gave the go ahead for cameras for body officers. the cameras are one of 142 recommendations for greater accountability and transparency in the police department. the board voted to further pursue all 142 recommendations today and they're expected to present a pilot program for the cameras in the next few weeks. we're ready to do a pilot project. the key obstacle is budgetary. >> a civilian review commission created the recommendations. it was rooted in the august 20th shooting death of john gear who was unarmed when a police officer shot him. the man who set fire to a cvs store during the baltimore riots is headed to jail. raymond carter was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison. carter was also ordered to pay half a million in restitution. prosecutors say he admitted to starting the fire by lighting up nearby paper products.

the riots back in april were started by the death of freddie gray who died in police custody. there will be no federal review of the chemistry fire. the u.s. chemical safety board said it would be a better use of the time and resources to do outreach work at schools. that outreach includes using school lessons to warn against the use of bulk containers of flam manual chemicals. fairfax county schools says safety try training updates for teachers should be done by the end of the month. five students and teacher were hurt at a fire at school last month. 4:58. one of charlie sheen's exgirlfriends says he never told her about his h.i.v. diagnosis. in an interview with matt lauer he confessed he had been h.i.v. positive for four years. he said he did not have h.i.v. during his relationship with bri olsen. she says she does not have h.i.v. his announcement about his status is reviving the conversation around the virus. dr. david hardy at the whitman

walker health center in d.c. says this just shows that no one is immune from h.i.v. >> a new segment of the population that formerly did not feel like they were at risk. straight white men are at risk, too, just like everyone who has come before them with these infections. >> dr. hardy says while h.i.v. is manageable, it still comes with a terrible snag that often keeps people from getting treatment. it is now 4:59. starting this morning, a four-day conference on u.s. drug laws and legalization of marijuana. a group called the drug policy alliance plans to lobby congress today and wants lawmakers to make it easier for states to change marijuana laws. d.c. legalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana earlier this year. the group also wants fewer penalties or lesser penalties for people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. have your taxes in order zblet we know april 15th seems

pretty early. jackson hewitt is kicking off tax season early today with incentives to help you get ahead. they're introducing a year-end planner service. estimates your taxes and refunds. as part of the service you can qualify for an early refund up to $250. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. now at 5:00, we continue to follow the breaking news out of france this morning where at least one person is dead, several arrested after a mourning full of raids. >> we're monitoring several developments including a threat to an air france flight that left from dulles. kristen wright will have more on that, but let's start things off with angie goff at the live desk. angie. >> good morning, eun, good morning, aaron. more gunfire and explosions in paris overnight where a standoff between police and a terror suspect is still underway. we know that one