being available. >> i was compelled to come here today to say to you and look you in the eye to say how dare you. >> do you hear the passion in their voice. >> it is the same passion i feel for it. the it is the same passion i feel for it. the passion is also the safety. >> any change in service hours to metrorail has to be approved by the board but that could literally be done at any time. we'l you. back to you. happening today in prince george's county. the parents of a 3 month old baby boy are expected to appear in court charged in his murder. police say 32-year-old antoine petty admitted to punching his son in the torso last month. the mother said the father has a mental illness. today's hearing is to review the bond set for the couple. 4:30 now, the clock is

to register approximately for votes. this is the second chance to sign up before the monday 8th election but you only have until midnight. the original deadline was monday. a judge extended it because of computer glitches with online registration and high demand. the website is back up now and running. you can also register in person at the registrar's office. make sure it has a post mark of today if you're mailing it. these apply if you're there are fewer than three weeks until election day and the candidates are focusing on the battleground states today. hillary clinton will rally in ohio and bill clinton heads to florida. tim kaine has events in pennsylvania and that is where donald trump will be today as well after a rally in north carolina. governor mike pence will speak with supporters in new hampshire. >> hillary accidently bumped

said pardon me. >> it is amazing i'm up here after donald. i didn't think he would be okay with a peaceful transition of power. >> trump and clinton took jabs at each other in a new way much more on decision 2016 and this charity event that had them making jokes in a few minutes. we want to check our forecast. tom kierein says things are coming our way. >> right now, in to come in if you've stepped out the door. maybe walk the dog, you'll notice a blustery wind and the leaves coming down from the trees. that is part of a front approaching us later today bringing showers likely this afternoon between now and then we'll have warming temperatures between now and later tonight.

melissa, what is going on with our friday morning. >> we have the roadwork we were mentioning a couple minutes ago. we're talking about two different things to talk about on 95. we're talking southbound after 212 at powder mill. two left lanes getting by the paving and traffic push there onto the inner loop because of that and northbound there after 198, the right lane getting by the paving there this morning. constitution avenue at 15th street northwest, that cleared out of the way. you don't have to worry about o overall, prince george's county looking good. no big worries and 95 from quantico could the beltway going to take you 18 minutes. you're nice and on time. i'll be back in ten. >> i'm molette green at the live desk with breaking news out of iraq. isis attacked a power plant there. here is what we just found out. 11 plant workers died when three suicide bombers stormed the facility north of the city and

explosive vests. this attack comes as iraqi forces launched a major offensive to retake mosul, the second largest city from the militant group. eun, back to you. a judge will sentence a man for raping a woman in the hill east neighborhood of southeast. antoine pitt was out on super viced probation when he broke into the woman's home and her last year. the jury released a 60 year sentence. the district attorney says pitt must be incarcerated until he is no longer physically capable of raping another woman or harming another person. sentencing gets under way at 10:30 this morning. developing now, a powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook western japan 430 miles west of tokyo after 1:00 a.m. our time. that quake caused a black out

any damage or injuries and a tsunami warning was never issued. amtrak is back in service along the northeast corridor. a train hit someone on the tracks between new york and philadelphia late last night. no one on the train was hurt and it is not clear whether the person on the tracks is alive now. we also don't know why they were there. back to decision 2016 and the face-off you'll be hearing a lot about today. hillary clinton and donald trump going head to head in jokes. >> donald looks at the statue of liberty and sees a 4, maybe a 5 if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair. >> the presidential nominees sat one seat apart at a charity dinner. they shared the microphone as they picked on each other at times and poked fun at their own

and everyone loves it. my wife melania gives the exact same speech. >> trump did receive a few boos after calling clinton corrupt during the speech. we also have complete campaign coverage for you ahead in a live report. what he is now saying about how he will handle the outcome of the election.

hospital center and will be owned and operated by the university of maryland medical system. the hospital costs more than half a billion dollars and is expected to open in 2020. county officials will speak about next steps this afternoon at the site of the new hospital in largo town center. news4 will be there. look for updates in the nbc washington app. calm and clear out there right now but that is about to change. why the kids might need the rain boots later this afternoon. > comes to kids and ride sharing. the uber driver accused of

welcome back. you know what? all these 80s may be gone. >> we're going to see a big change in our temperatures beginning today but this morning, still kind of balmy. we're in the 60s and the bus stop and the metro will stay in the upper 60s. 7:00 hour, 8:00 hour, winds blustery gusting around 20, 25 miles an hour. a little sunshine in and out. by 9:00 in the low 70s. blustery wind. sunshine in and out mid morning. storm team4 radar not showing any showers anything locally.

we have the hour by hour timing on that in ten minutes. melissa has new crashes to talk about. >> a couple new problems popped up. south rock creek parkway. they're behind embassy. southbound lanes are blocked there. one northbound lane is the only thing open right now. we're trying to make calls and figure out what is going on there, how long that might be like that. southbound 95 after 175 there in maryland, crash blocking the right lane right now. taking a look alternative the blocked by the work zone, taking a look now at 66. no problems in or out of town. more on the new crashes coming up. we're just more than two weeks now away from election day and donald trump and hillary clinton are pulling out all the stops including something unconventional for one of the candidates. hundreds, potentially thousands of homes start crumbling. the foundation issues some home owners are faci

she is now head of security for the nfl but today, the district will honor the city's former police chief. kathy lanier retired last month aft6 with a ceremony in northwest. lanier oversees security for all nfl teams and the super bowl. issues she is tackling in her new job is domestic violence. the league has reopened the investigation into new york giants kicker josh brown. brown was arrested last year for an incident involving his ex-wife. at the time, the nfl said it didn't have much information and suspended brown for one game.

e-mails have this come to light. according to the king county sheriff's office in washington state, he admits to physically and verbally abusing his ex-wife. brown did not travel to london for this weekend's game. happening today, friends and family will celebrate the life of josh hardy. he is the virginia boy who died after years of battling cancer. josh's family successfully fought a drug maker to get an experimental drug for him. he died last month. today there is a super hero costume celebration for josh at the everyone is invited but you have to wear a super hero costume to honor josh. his funeral will be held tomorrow. a maryland uber driver is in jail right now. navard sanderson is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in his car. court documents say the attack happened last month after sanderson dropped someone off. he picked up the girl on maryland route 26 and convinced

they also said he had been banned from uber. the rider of an article that described a brutal gang rape at uva said she messed up. the author of the piece admitted she made mistakes in her reporting. the story was discredited after it came out and rolling stone eventually retracted it. uva administrator nicole aramo is suing the magazine for defamation and asking for nearly $8 million in the case. prince william county school protect lgbt leaders and staff from discrimination. the school board postponed the vote to change the discrimination policy. it would have banned any discrimination on the bis of gender identity or sexual orientation. the school board instead wants to form a task force to study the plan.

historic presidential election if i win. >> donald trump is doubling down, adding fuel to the fire started at wednesday's debate and the republican nominee is facing back lash from critics for suggesting he might not accept the outcome of the election. nbc's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill with the latest on the campaign. we know this is unprecedented. any reasoning behind this yet? >> donald trump is saying that he believes re voter fraud. he believes there are many dead folks on the rolls that possibly could vote in this election going to the heart of our election process. we've had numerous secretaries of state from republican states as well as democratic states coming out saying that is not true and that there is no major fix on a presidential election. donald trump saying, teasing a little with the republicans and democrats saying he would accept the results only if he wins,

results even though they're certified. >> let's switch gears to hillary clinton's campaign. she will be making her first campaign appearance since the debate. what do we know about her strategy over the next 18 days. >> going forward, she has had a lot of surrogates out there. very well liked surrogates. president obama with a high approval rating. michelle obama, who is extremely well liked are going into republican red states. michelle obama in phoenix yesterday trying to make that red state democratic going forward so her splan to sort of get out of the way of donald trump, let him implode and send out her surrogates. donald trump is obviously making his rounds. he is in three events in two different states today so he is hitting the battleground states hard. >> edward, thank you. thousands of arlington county voters are not waiting until election day to vote. 43,000 are expected to vote absentee. that would shatter the 2008

voters. they can vote absentee in person through november 5th. mailed in ballots must be received by election day at 5:00 p.m. there won't be any costumes or exchanging of candy this halloween at a school in connecticut. the principal explained her decision. the reasons include safety concerns and p even the concern that some may feel excluded during the celebration. some families say theyly feels excluded, it can be celebrated outside of school. >> not everyone is on board. other parents think it is an over reaction. as a compromise, the students will have fall themed celebrations instead. >> makes perfect sense to me. no complaints here. the national weather service is giving us an equal chance of either a warmer than normal winter or a colder winter. basically their prediction isn't

as part of the new outlook, they predict warmer and drier to the south and colder and wetter to the north. private forecasts are predicting a harsher winter with the return of the polar vortex. >> wait a minute. i think i can do this. i can be a professional if i can say, guess what? it might be warmer than normal it might be cooler than normal. >> come by my cubicle and we'll work it out. >> kind of the reality where we the water. >> and long range forecasting, we still -- it can't be very accurate this far ahead. it really can't. >> who else predicts the future? >> we're lucky to get it out ten days in advance rather than a whole season. big changes are on the way. right now we're kind of balmy and breezy. temperatures in the mid and upper 60s. reagan national at 69 degrees and storm team4 radar not

vicinity. there are showers around here in ohio into west virginia, western pennsylvania. this is the cool front that will be getting closer to us today. here is the hour by hour timing and the areas you see in the color, the greens and yellows, coming into the shenandoah valley around noon time today and crossing the blue ridge, getting closer into the far western suburbs around 2:00 this afternoon and coming into the metro area around 4:00 this afternoon. there might be a rumble of thunder. don't be surprised at that. no severe and then around 7:00, we still have showers around, much of the region, scattered showers will continue to move across the bay. by 11:00 tonight, most of it is done and the cloud cover will begin to break up and the big changes blow in during the day on saturday. the temperatures, they're going to be, maybe our peak temperatures around noon time to early afternoon. upper 70s to near 80. when the showers come into the mid-60s by 6:00 p.m., mid-50s by 10:00 p.m. the upper 40s by dawn on saturday.

blustery winds tomorrow. we get other winds gusting tomorrow to 40 miles an hour. we'll have a lot of leaves coming down, temperatures only around 60 in the afternoon. then much nicer weather with lighter winds, sunday, monday, highs, mid-60s and cool in the midweek. only mid-60s on tuesday. another chance of showers perhaps on the following thursday. cool and dry into the following weekend and now, melissa, what is going on with the crashes. >> we have an update on this crash. rock creek pw massachusetts avenue, just had some lanes closed. now all lanes are blocked. it sounds to us like this is a two car crash and no injuries and they can get it out of the way. we'll make sure that doesn't hang around too much here. 66 at fairfax county parkway. inbound, outbound, no problems. you might notice, these cameras are much more clear. we will get updated cameras to make it easier for your commute.

southbound, no worries on 95 and then beltway at saint barnabas road moving along quite nicely. a local daycare worker accused of losing her temper. what she allegedly did to a student. >> there are two separate things you might not think to go hand in hand. how your credit score could be

we're following a developing story in southeast washington where police have been cleaning up shell casings after bullets hit cars and homes in that area. we have a crew headed to the scene and we'll have an update from them in a few minutes. >> we're keeping a close eye on the weather this morning. all of that rain you see out west is heading our way. storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein is keeping an eye on what when we can expect to see the first drop. he will join us with that at the top of the hour. >> 4:56 right now. daycare teacher is charged with child abuse. this happened at antioch child care center in upper marlboro. daria thompson is accused of slamming a boy's head on to a table. police say it happened while trying to restrain the 3-year-old in a chair. police say they have a witness and surveillance video but thompson's grandmother said it didn't happen. >> i know her and i know she would never, never do anything to harm a child.

>> thompson no longer works at that daycare. another reminder to get your air bags checked. an 11th american has died because of a ruptured takata airplane. a woman died after a crash. her civic had been recalled in 2008 but the air bags were never fixed. more than 100 million other air bags could have the same issue. you can double check whether they're in your car. we have a link on the nbc washington app. check your how for these. they are led lights called clings. target is recalling 127,000 of them due to a choking hazard for kids. the gel clings can separate and expose the button batteries. return them to any target store for a refund. they were sold nationwide during august and september. >> a bad credit score could double or triple what you pay for car insurance. insurance quotes.com says if you

more on average than a driver with excellent credit. poor credit could sky rocket your premium by 104%. good news, the report says virginia drivers have the second smallest premium increase when credit drops from excellent to poor. they raised four children there. their home is literally falling apart. as many as 30,000 homes in connecticut are crumbling. you can look at the huge cracks in the foundation. families are waking up middle of the night. they all used concrete from a quarry that expands after years of exposure. >> aren't you worried the house is coming down on top of you? >> i do worry. >> how do you sleep? >> snts it is hard. >> the cost to fix all of this, as much as $200,000 and the most troubling thing is insurance companies say they're not paying for it.

defective construction, that is not covered. it is 4:59, happening today in pennsylvania, it will be a touching ceremony, vice president joe biden will accept an award named after his son, beau, who died after a battle with brain cancer last year. mr. biden will receive the award in recognition of the efforts with the cancer moon shot task force. the event will be hosted in the vice president's hometown of fast approaching 5:00 a.m. now, good morning, everyone, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we're talking about a change in your weather. you have to dig out the sweaters and jackets once again. >> storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein is in with a look at our weather headlines. tom? >> i was sleeping with the windows open. it sounded like it was raining but that was the wind rustling the leaves. we have blustery wind starting off this morning. your check list as you look into the weekend. afternoon showers likely today.

chilly saturday. cool and breezy on sunday. right now, temperatures are rather balmy. we're in the upper 60s, near 70 degrees. reagan national at 68. don't have any showers anywhere in our vicinity but they're well off to our west. western pennsylvania, ohio, into west virginia, eastern kentucky. these are advancing off to the north and east, likely coming into the metro area during the afternoon and lingering into the evening. i'll have the new hour by hour timing on that i'll have the commuter report on this friday morning. melissa is talking about a road closure. >> we have a road closure in northwest. at rock creek parkway at massachusetts avenue. all lanes are blocked. northbound traffic at this moment pushed on to p street and southbound turned around and sent up waterside drive. it is a one mile back up in that area. it is pretty slow. allow extra time if you're headed that way at any time soon. sounds like it will be out of the way in the next 40 minutes