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against a prince george county school aide. michael pettefy will be in court. prosecutors say surveillance video shows him sitting next to two students with special needs and touching them inappropriately. the incidents happened last november and this past may. now to this developing story out of germantown. a man is in critical condition and a suspect is in custody after a stabbing at a night on kilmernoff way. after the stabbing, the suspect stole a get away car and abandoned it. the person was arrested at 9:00 on charity lane. two men were found stabbed in the area of south market street and carol creek way early saturday morning. they're expected to survive. colin edwin lee of middletown has been arrested but police are
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for police. you can remain anonymous. right now, a check on your weather and traffic on the ones. >> storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on how we're starting our day. >> good morning, had a beautiful sunday. a little breezy and the breezes will begin to pick up as the day progresses. right now, starting off clear, comfortable this morning, not too chilly, and we've got a clear sky for the most part. don't have any rain anywhere in the vicinity or we had the first snow of the season on saturday morning out in the mountains but nothing there now. off to a big area of high pressure starting this morning all around our region and there is mild temperatures in the mountains. we're in the low to mid-60s there. around the bay it is near 60 degrees. we're in the 50s, nearby suburbs in fairfax, prince george county, arlington and the district. for the work week ahead, the check list, mild and breezy day today and then turning cooler tuesday. it will be chilly on wednesday.
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looks to be on thursday. now, let's check on the commute this morning. what is going on with the bw parkway? >> a little update on bw parkway. we have the crash blocking the left lane. tow truck on the way. southbound bw near 198, 197. we have everything on the shoulders. all lanes are open but there is a lot of debris. it sounds like this was a three car crash. they may have to shut things down to clear it out of the way in a little bit. looking at other things happening on bw. the left lane gets by the paving there. everything looking quite good. 66 and 95, no major problems and 270 rolling along just fine as well. an unfolding situation in oklahoma that we continue to follow from the live desk here. a manhunt under way after two officers were shot. this happened as the officers were responding to a shooting at an rv park.
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and it happened 40 miles northeast of oklahoma city. police saying when the officers arrived to the park, a suspect started shooting at them with an ak-47. both officers are expected to recover. right now, one suspect is in custody but as they mentioned there, is still hunt on for another man. developing now, d.c. police have identified a 56-year-old man in the city's latest homicide. they say mccray was shot southeast just after 1:00 sunday morning. no one has been arrested. d.c. police are looking for two men who set a man on fire during a possible robbery. the man is recovering from third degree burns. police say he was attacked on 14th street near otis place northwest saturday night. two men asked them for money and when he didn't have any, they knocked him down and set fire to his clothing. if you have any information, contact police.
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bullets shot in one northwest neighborhood. more than 17 shots were fired in the 800 block off georgia avenue. it happened after midnight on sunday. no one was hit. this is a reminder for drivers to move over for emergency vehicles on shoulders. college park police say a driver slammed into a parked maryland trooper on saturday. at last check, the trooper and other driver are expected to be whether alcohol played a role. we're looking to learn more about a citizen complaint that led a d.c. police officer's arrest. this is the top story in our nbc washington app right now. officer arthur thompson was arrested for a dui while on duty. a supervisor detected the odor of alcohol coming from thompson while investigating a citizen complaint against him.
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dui. relief may be coming for drivers in northern virginia. they plan to extend the express lanes. it will run from etzel to eade street in arlington. the third lane will be added by 2019. drivers can weigh in on design plans at wakefield high school in arlington. missed come back have the redskins tied for last place in the division but they have a big trip to look forward to. you have to get past the game and move on. they play the cincinnati bengals in london next sunday. it is an opportunity to shake off a tough loss. i thought we had it. there is a good chance two key starters won't take the field. josh norman left the game with a
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on the last play of the game just after detroit made a big come back. >> we were in the red zone. we should have came away with points. that is the hardest part to deal with, but, you know, we have to learn from it. can't continue to do this stuff. >> williams has been mri today. the skins had won four in a row before this loss. after they come home from london, they get a bye week. teams. the game forced to settle in a tie. the bizarre ending to the game people will be talking about today. homeless families forced from a shelter when a fire breaks out. why they believe those flames were not an accident. storm team4 helping you get out the door. how many layers will be kids
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7:00 hour will be hovering in the low 50s. they will be needing a jacket. you'll notice the winds picking up by the 8:00 hour, still in the low 50s, hitting mid-50s by the 9:00 hour. a chill in the air by the 9:00 hour. what to wear? you need the jacket but you can shed that during the afternoon. you need your sunglasses as well. put away the shorts and you won't need the umbrella. a red dress with black trim. >> a cardigan on the way in. bw parkway northbound there before 198, right now, the crash was s on the left lane blocking the tow truck on the scene. should be out of the way soon. southbound bw parkway after 198, the crash is on the shoulders. there is a lot of debris across the southbound lanes. it is possible that we may have to shut things down temporarily to gets things cleared up. inner loop at connecticut, work
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had work on the road. 66 headed into town, you're looking quite good. taking a live look right now, 95 at fairfax county parkway, northbound, southbound, no worries and these cameras look much better because we replaced them all last week. got new ones, more clear for us. aaron? >> thank you. today d.c.'s animal shelter will announce the new name. >> you may remember the washington washington animal rescue league merged. it is a long name to say both of them. for the first time in 150 years. the two animal welfare organizations will have a new name. they care for more than 60,000 animals every year and news4 will be at the announcement this morning at 11:00 at the start of midday. so stay tuned. flames forcing families from a busy homeless shelter and the person who set the fire may have
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actually find common ground and make things happen. >> hillary clinton and donald trump not holding anything back sunday on the campaign trail. both candidates trying it to fire up their supporters with just 15 days to go until the election. >> nbc's edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. the polls are not looking good for donald trump right now. what is the strategy in the last two weeks? >> it will be more of the same. donald trump believe believes his message of draining the swamp of corruption in washington d.c. will resonate with voters. if the rally he had in naples, florida, they surely ate the message up. he believes he can use the message to swing undecided voters. hillary clinton will use the message, showing that donald trump is unqualified to be president if he says that the system is rigged and truly believes the system is rigged. >> and edward, what about hillary clinton? she seems to be stumping for herself and some down ballot democrats over the last several days. is there a sense of more confidence to her campaign?
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abc news poll shows she is up 12 points nationally. what they're looking at are the down ballot races because they believe that hillary clinton will win and now if they can turn the house and the senate, it will be more difficult in the house but they believe they have a good shot in the senate, especially with states like north carolina where you have a former attorney general for north carolina running on the democratic side trying to beat out a republican for that seat, so they do believe that they may be ale hillary clinton's popularity continues through the election. >> edward lawrence live for us on the hill this morning, thank you. early voting is under way in d.c. you can cast your ballot at one judiciary square on friday and early voting location will open in each of the cities eight wards. early voting begins thursday in maryland. there is no early voting in. virginia but you can vote
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ballot. we continue to follow this developing story out of north carolina where prison is still on lockdown. this is following a small riot and two fires. take a look at earlier video we got. a staff member and inmate recovering from injuries after police say that a small group of inmates started a disturbance and set the two fires. an investigation into what sparked all of this is under way right now. we'll continue to bring you any significant updatas them. back to you, aaron. >> thank you. d.c. police are looking for the person who intentionally set a fire inside a d.c. homeless shelter. this started on the sixth floor of the d.c. general family shelter saturday night. no one lives on the floor. water damage forced 31 families living on the other five floors to relocate. a district official tells us it is possible the arsonist lives in the shelter but families
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>> we have secured that top floor of the building, we brought in additional protective service officers to come in to make sure that there is no access to that floor. >> no one was hurt in the fire and shelter officials say the displaced families should be able to move back in within a few days. 4:48 now. georgia fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked a massive house fire that killed five people. the flames broke out at a home in the suburban atlanta early yesterday morning. firefighters could not get into the house when they first arrived. neighbors told fire investigators they saw people at the home using a backyard fire pit. three women and two men died in the fire. a firefighter is recovering after being injured while battling this fire in northwest d.c. investigators say it broke out at the cafe on park road in columbia heights early yesterday morning. they think an electrical problem
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cyclist is dead after being hit by a car. police tweeted out this picture of the scene. the male victim was hit by a car in bladensburg early yesterday morning. we had a crew there that captured video of the bad back up that follows. the driver stayed at the scene. no word yet on any possible charges. controversial abortion ra place today. there would be a change to the restrictions. governor terry mcauliffe has made enough appointments. they will look at the impact of programs that occupy the time of students before and after school. of school time activities can
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students performance. part of a project aimed to improve the council's understanding of the programs, specifically how public finance approaches could be used to expand them in the county. we've all had those days when things don't come together. that is what it felt like if you watched the game. it ended after midnight in a tie and how about this score? 6-6. most field goals in can you imagine, they're still the two best teams in the nfc west. maybe that is why the game ended. >> lowest scoring overtime tie in nfl history. tied for second lowest scoring for sunday night football. probably not worth watching. >> waiting for something to happen. for those hoping to make it in the comedy business, bill murray is offering up his recipe for success.
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for american humor at the kennedy center. one of the the main ingredients to success is the ability to be completely unafraid. >> you have to be unafraid a little bit. you have to have learned, been baptized by fire a little bit. and not afraid to try things and have a certain amount of confidence and chops and be a good listener. >> the award came during a gala fellow saturday night live alums. bill hader, past recipients include steve martin, eddie murphy, carol burnet. >> good advice there. >> that can apply to any profession. you can't be afraid. especially when you're forecasting the weather. i mean, that is a hard job. >> it is. walking a tight rope every day without a net. you want to bring back the 80s.
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cindy lauper. m ichk -- milli vanilli. >> it is my time now. >> we have a breeze picking up. washington monument, jefferson memorial. temperatures will be in the 50s. then by the afternoon we'll be climbing into the 60s, so a breezy and mild afternoon. we ought to be hitting the a delightful autumn day coming up. a few clouds during the afternoon and getting chilly by 10:00 tonight into the mid-50s. we have gorgeous color. this red zone is the peak color zone that stretches from southern new york state to pennsylvania out into the mountains. if you have a chance to get out along skyline drive yesterday. it is not anywhere near peak. it is running a week late. we're seeing moderate color around the metro area.
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county. post your pictures to facebook, twitter, and instagram and i'll share on tv. i love seeing the autumn color pictures. the exclusive ten day outlook. temperatures this afternoon in the upper 60s, breezy, then tomorrow, here comes the cool change. we'll have it only near 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon after a chilly start we'll be in the mid-40s. still breezy on tuesday, then a chilly day on we'll have sunshine only near 40. afternoon highs in the upper 50s. highs again in the 50s on thursday. that is the next chance of rain that will be thursday afternoon and drying out on thursday. unfortunately next weekend looking like a possibility of rain saturday afternoon into sunday morning staying cool into next week as we dry out a bit. that is the way it looks with the weather. now what is going on with traffic? >> an update on the problem there on bw parkway. what we have is southbound bw
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blocking the left lane in the southbound lanes. northbound looks to be clear. no problems there. you can see back up as you're headed southbound here this morning. 270 here northbound, southbound, at 28, west montgomery avenue through rockville. everything is moving along just fine. earlier roadwork is out of the way. 66 and 95, no worries on 66 and 95 this morning and overall, prince george's county looking quite good. we'll be back here with an update on bwrk minutes. an officer arrested, accused of being drunk on the job. still ahead, how he was caught and what is next for him. >> but first, flames breaking out on a busy bridge. now we know a truck carrying marijuana candy at the center itself all. we have the story and more
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monday morning, we know it is not easy but the weather bed. what is in store for your day ahead. >> memorials growing after a deadly bus crash. new video just in as investigators prepare to release more information. this new video this morning, showing a d.c. based marijuana tour bus going up in flames. weed world candy's bus was headed from washington to philadelphia when it caught fire on the delaware memorial bridge yesterday morning. you can't make this stuff up. the company apparently selled
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. more than $50,000 worth of merchandise was lost in the fire. just puff, puff, gone. weed world candies uses the tour buses to promote the legalization of marijuana. >> a lot of puns out of that story. it is the first monday morning rush hour for a new regional bus service to help people get to popular destinations. buses stop every half hour along shops and restau it also connects with metro lines. they are scheduled to run from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. every day. the districts first rei store is open but don't expect to shop there on black friday. the outdoor retailer will once again close the doors on the day after thanksgiving in order to encourage people to reconnect with family and friends. they will also pay the employees to take the day off and get outside.
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>> people go shopping sometimes to get away from the family. >> it is a nice break. there are still stores that will open on black friday this holiday season, some even on thanksgiving. >> it doesn't mean people will flock to the stores. according to best black friday.com. more than 60% of people say they will not be shopping on the holiday. many shoppers will be going online to check off t lists. they predict ecommerce will be 17 to 19% higher this year because so many people have smart phones and with the free shipping, i don't have to fight the crowds, i do all of my shopping online. news4 continues now at 5:00 a.m. >> just shy of 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.
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summer is over. the weekend did it for me. >> storm team4 meteorologist tom kierein is in with the weather headlines. >> fall fell on us this weekend, for sure. it is still in place although not too chilly, starting off with a clear sky over capitol hill. got the crescent moon hanging in the southern sky and the orion constellation in the western sky. as we go through the day it will stay in the low to mid-50s throughout much of the morning but then it will jump into the we'll begin to hit the low to mid-60s. a nice afternoon coming up. a little breezy though. the work week check list. breezy and mild for the rest of the monday. then it will be turning cooler tomorrow and remaining that way on wednesday. chillier on wednesday. next rain chance, that looks to be on thursday. now, let's check on the monday morning commute. melissa, how is it going? >> we have this problem
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