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happening. we're seeing mothers crying as they are carrying bags through the parking lot trying to find a way to get wherever they are going to stay tonight. i've been here since this morning. we've been here on these kind of occasions before when there was a possibility of them losing yilts. but something happens and gets fixed at the last minute. this time around these people will be spending the night in the dark. >> reporter: today pepco shut off the power at lynnhill condominium. washington gas soon followed. there's more than 1.2 million dollars in unpaid utilities here. >> the more we try to save this place the more -- i don't know. this is our home. >> reporter: the condo association's treasurer said it started six years ago with a management company allegedly stealing money. >> what they did they were
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paying the utilities. >> reporter: after years of threats today was the day. >> pepco recognized we were trying and they said that. but they wanted more. >> reporter: that lynnhill went dark. >> oh, my god. this is terrible at night. >> reporter: as we walked up seven flights to jessica's condo. >> watch your step. >> reporter: we got a taste of what it will be like tonight. >> my house was broken in three so -- >> reporter: she has a refrigerator full of new groceries, five kids and no options for her to go. >> i've been paying my rent on time. i never had any issues or anything and for them to tell me they can't do anything is unacceptable. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 prince george's county had its social services department here in the lobby and also family services department. so what's next for these
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i'm tracee wilkins. back to you. a developing story at dulles. that's where one of those mobile lounges was involved in an accident this afternoon. we just received some new information from tarpt. two passengers are at the hospital. they should be fine. but the people mover was full of passengers on a flight from colombia. the lounge was traveling on an uneven areaof the vehicle drove off course and ended up in a ditch. back in maryland the search is on for two people who shot and killed a young man at his home in gaithersburg. this happened late last night. this was a along muncaster mill road. this afternoon we're hearing from the victim's relatives. megan fitzgerald is live at that scene. megan? >> reporter: i can tell you the family is devastated. they tell us they don't know who wants to kill 23-year-oldle
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we talked to the uncle pep lives in this house with his parents, grandfather and two brothers. they were all home at the time of the shooting. and he described for us what happened moments before those shots were fired. >> peaceful evening. >> reporter: monday evening may have started out peacefully for this family of six who live here on muncaster mill road. it didn't end that way. 23-year-old ronald michael lone iii was grandfather when he heard a noise coming from the back deck. >> his younger brother robert was knocked to the floor. and he saw, i don't know, i think it was two men standing over his brother some rushed towards him. >> reporter: he says robert was struck in the head with a gun and then moments later lone was shot in the chest. chopper 4 flew over the scene shortly after the shooting happened.
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could rush him to the hospital. meanwhile police and k-9s scoured the area looking for the suspects and evidence. >> they were wearing dark kwlogt their faces concealed. at this point in the investigation they have reason to believe that this was not a random act. >> reporter: investigators won't go into detail about why they believe the shooting wasn't random. but family members are just hoping the information police have will help them make an arres he was always polite to me and helpful. >> reporter: now police were not able to confirm the uncle's version of the story but told us they are confident they will make arrests in this case. coming up at 6:00 you'll hear from neighbors who were home and they live just yards way from where this murder happened. they are describing what they want to do next. a mall turned into a crime
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garage at iverson mall in temple hills. the victim should survive. officers and police helicopters are looking for that shooter right now. they believe the two people knew one another. two schools briefly went on lockdown during this afternoon's shooting. right now we're preparing for the coldest night in an awful long time. doug kammerer is tracking the temps for us. how low tonight >> pretty low. many areas see their first freeze of the season. frost advisories and freeze warnings both in effect in some new areas have been placed in the frost advisory. let's show you the numbers. 66 d.c. 56 hagerstown. it's already 48 up to the north. that's the cold air filtering on in. yesterday at this time i was showing you numbers near 80 down towards the south. much colder than we were this time yesterday and this is the frost advisory. couple new areas includes
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county. it's always included areas around the d.c. metro area and points to the west. that's for frost. for temperatures above freezing but below 38 degrees. freeze advisory that's for areas off to the west and that's where we do expect temperatures to get around the freezing mark around frederick, leesburg, hagerstown, areas in the purple could see their first freeze of the season. bring in those sensitive plants and pets and cover up the plans i have the latest what you can expect when you wake up tomorrow morning. time to turn on the heat and get out the coats. new at 5:00 we have our first frost advisory of the season tonight. d.c. leaders are thinking about colder weather and the snow it could bring along with it this winter. news4 tom sherwood explores some new equipment expected out on our streets. >> reporter: it kind of looks
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and bridge access. >> 43 inch blade on it. >> reporter: d.c. council public works chairman tried it out. >> i do hit this? >> turn it. there you go. >> reporter: but she was sad to learn the city is only experimenting with this piece of equipment. >> they only have one of these but it's absolutely fantastic. it makes me realize we need more than these.
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go down. >> reporter: make sure this season you shovel your walk. coming up at 6:00 the city says it will enforce the sidewalk law with fines if you don't. the race for the white house both campaigns holding rallies in the crucial battleground state of florida. donald trump has back-to-back stops appearing within the past hour in sanford. speaking to supporters he he said now is the last chance to defeat what he calls the establishment. >> in four years you don't have a chance. all these characters that want to run in four years they can forget it. they are wasting their time. you don't have even a little bit of a chance. this is it. and we're really close. we're going win florida. >> trump also told the crowd that repealing obamacare is one of the most important reasons for people to vote for him.
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just two weeks left she warned voter not to become complacent and to get out and vote early. clinton also reiterated her attack on trump for his refusal to say he'll accept the election results what she called an unprecedented attack on american values. this time she referenced the nation's first president and his decision to only serve two terms. >> i think this all started when george washington refused to become a right? now donald trump probably would have called him a loser. instead that was one of the most important decisions any president has ever made. eight years, it's time to move on. >> at one point the crowd began singing happy birthday. she thanked them and called the final debate and early present. clinton turns 69 tomorrow. clinton is gets another early birthday present of sorts.
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at a business association meeting powell announced he's going to be voting for clinton not trump. that makes him the latest former bush administration official to reject the party's nominee. you may remember powell got thrown into the spotlight recently when he denied clinton's claim that he advised her to set up a private e-mail server. 22%. that's how much the cost of health insurance premiums could be expected to go up under the affordable care act next why the increase and what's the real life impact. new reaction tonight from d.c. police just days after one of its officers was arrested.
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. donald trump says repealing and reason people should vote for him in two weeks. >> at a rally the republican nominee blasted a report that coverage costs could increase more than 11 million people. >> it's just been announced that americans are going to experience another massive double digit hike. now, they said 25%. forget that. you'll take 25%. it's going be 60, 70, 80, 90%.
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>> well joining us now to help break down what this could mean for people who have coverage is nbc's tom costello. what are the numbers, the percentage of increases that are going up? he said a whole bunch of them. what's leading to that. >> reporter: you got an hour? nothing is as simple as anybody here would lead to you believe. i spent years covering obamacare. here are a few bullet points four tonight. yes, in fact, a nationwide -- premiums go up 22% to 25%. he's right in arizona 116%. they have been below the retail of increase for the last few years. by the way in indiana it's dropping 3%. so why are we seeing on average 20, 25%? because the cost of insuring people has gone up. we've seen that in our own employer based insurance. but also obamacare has not been as successful getting younger healthier people to join into obamacare and as a result you
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population that requires more medical care. because we don't have as many young people, healthier people who don't need care paying into the system there isn't enough money right now to pay for everybody who is using the system and by and large this is a poorer population that already has some medical needs. and so as a result, you've now got insurance companies in many states saying we either are going draumtsally raise our rates or quit the seat. we won't do obamacare in nationwide. however if you have obamacare insurance, in other words if you get your insurance through the state exchange, there's a very good chance that you're going to get a tax credit that will offset the increase in the premium. so the vast majority of people who have obamacare, more than 70%, will not see an increase, and, in fact, something like 85% of people will still be able to get a plan with a monthly premium of $100. that's it.
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factors that go into this nationwide all of us are paying more for health insurance and our insurance deductibles are going up, our premiums are going up. same thing is happening with obamacare. by the way, 11.5 million people have insurance under obamacare but 150 million of us get our insurance through our employers and none of us are affected in anyway by what happens with obamacare. back to you. >> trump did mention arizona but there are different increases in those subsidies and do experts say there's a fix to stopping some of the price spikes that remain? >> reporter: the fix would be for congress to go in and tweak it and adjust this big entitlement program like do you for any big entitlement program that's passed. you go in subsequent years and make adjustments and fix what's not working. the trouble is right now congress isn't working. so the question is this going to limp along for the next few years or months until congress
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make some adjustments. but in the short term what this means is people will end up having to pay more out of pocket both on your premiums but also your deductibles and what your total yearly bill will be for insurance. that's the same as if you're getting your insurance through your employer as it is with obamacare. >> tom, you did that in three minutes instead of three hours. i get it. >> reporter: i have 57 minutes left. let's keep going. >> thanks for breaking it down for you. >> t ahead on "nbc nightly news" that's at 7:00 right here on nbc 4. we're following a developing story daigt tonight out of pakistan. officials believe 48 police trainees are dead after an attack on a training center. >> more than 100 people are wounded. the gunmen were wearing suicide vests. they stormed that academy overnight. witnesses say a gun battle lasted for hours.
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betlongd an islamic militant group that is affiliated with al qaeda. new at 5:00 a kicker for the new york giants out of a job tonight after he admitted he did abuse his ex-wife. kicker josh brown told espn he's getting help for his problem and never struck his wife. brown's firing follows the release of journal entries and emails from a police investigation. brown admitted to physically and the giants tweeted their hope brown will dedicate himself to rehabilitation and becoming a better person and father. two people used assault rifles to rob a brinks armor truck. they got away with cash and truck. prince george's county police say this happened at noon near the corner of carroll and lowell avenue. new reaction this evening
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with being drunk on duty. today acting police chief told news4 mark segraves that it should never have happened. >> for that to happen to an officer in the agency, the public is disappointed when they see something hike that. but the fact of the matter is police officers are human of things. they deal with a lot of stress in their lives. this could be as a result of that. >> officer arthur thompson was charged with dui sunday after a supervisor allegedly smelled alcohol on him. that supervisor was gave itting a complaint involving thompson filed by a resident on 18th street southeast. thompson has been on the force for four years now. right now he's on administrative leave. the acting chief provide
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as many as 15 bullets fired into this apartment on naylor road on thursday night. today acting chief told members of the d.c. council the gunmen targeted that ground floor apartment but investigators believe the shots were intended for people who no longer live there not the current residents. a woman, several children were sleeping when those bullets came flying through their window. no one was hurt. and no arrests so far. news4 is on the grou two trump campaign events in northern virginia today where trump surrogates are making the case they've still got a shot to win the commonwealth but the clinton camp says they have a reality check. you want to bring those plants inside. freeze warning and frost advisory. goes into effect for a good portion of our region tonight. we'll keep an eye on those temperatures whether or not these cold nights are here to stay. >> when someone you love is hospitalized it can be frightening for them and their family and friends.
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this is from chantilly. take a look. how about that? my wife went all out this year but this guy did pretty good out there in chantilly. so if you're going to be out and about on monday night for halloween this house definitely one to go. look at hello kitty. temperatures outside right now, we're sitting in the 60s. that's where we've been all day. high temperature so far of 64. down 62. northwest winds at 15 per hour. so still on the cool side and still rather breezy but the winds will subside and temperatures will fall. look where they are already. already in the 50s. here we are at 6:00 at night or close to 6:00 and down 59. leesburg 50 in thurmont. by 6:00 in the 40s there. that kind of shows the trend of where we'll be. very cold tonight and that's why we have those frost advisories and freeze warnings. freeze warnings in the purple.
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fredericksburg. so fredericksburg up to baltimore and all of the eastern shore. it will be cold. temperatures 30 degrees in the coldest areas to 38 where we see the frost. you can get frost at 38 degrees or below. that effectively ends the growing season when we do have the freeze. cover sensitive plants. bring them in if you can. remember the pets. in d.c. in the city about 39 degrees official low may be closer to 41 or 42 degrees. downtown 39. 36 in gaithersburg. in 32 degrees back towards winchester, 34 in leesburg. west of leesburg some of the cooler areas will be closer to freezing. cold start tomorrow. it's coat time. not jacket time. tomorrow coat time. just about everybody will be in the 30s tomorrow. very chilly. around noon a temperature of 54 trees. not the best to eat lunch outdoors. by 4:00 in the afternoon still quite cool even with sunshine high of 57.
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west. right now back towards minneapolis, back around chicago. could bring rain tomorrow night to cleveland for game two of the world series. that will be interesting to see. very chilly night there in cleveland tomorrow night for twz. for us we're going stay on the chilly side with sunshine. sun and clouds. chilly day. high temperature of 57 degrees. next couple of days we stay well below average. average high temperature is 65 degrees. so we're below average right on through the day on friday. chance of the weekend, 77 on sunday. very warm afternoon. well above average. monday halloween not looking too bad around 65 degrees. more on your sunday and monday. sunday marine corps marathon. thank you, doug. outrage growing over controversial request that involves cash bonuses given to service members. >> what the pentagon has to say tonight about the money it's demanding back from those
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>> minutes ago we showed you what tonight could be like for more than 100 families. power and gas is shut off at their kondo complex in prince george's county. tracee wilkins found out the building owners haven't paid more than $1.2 million in utility bills. families have 72 hours to leave. today d.c.'s acting police chief said the officer charged with being drunk on duty is quote unfortunate. acting chief hopes we'll wait il before passing judgment. officer arthur thompson arrested sunday and placed on administrative leave. advice from a wife on the front lines of her husband's illness. what she learned from her years at the hospital and how it might be able to help you. >> we'll tell you about a new measure on ballots in virginia. chris gordon explains how it could help families of fallen first responders. >> first now at 5:30 in the race
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trump behind by double digits in virginia. >> the republican's campaign is sending a message they are not giving up on the commonwealth. laura trump is campaigning in virginia. julie carey is live from trump national with what she has to say. >> reporter: several hundred women and some men will be here tonight to hear from laura trump. her visit represent as couple of things. first of all the hard in the commonwealth in the closing days of the campaign and it's also an effort to renew outreach to women and minorities. several groups have been stung by donald trump's comments. lara trump got a celebrity welcome at the eden center. she acknowledged the uphill battle her father-in-law faces here. >> i heard from some people
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i got to tell you i think they are wrong. i think we can win virginia. >> reporter: polls show especially with women trump is in trouble. 47% of likely female voters in virginia favor hillary clinton compared to 25% for trump. democrats hoping to further widen the gap underscoring trump's reference to hillary clinton in the final debate as a nasty woman. but lar swra trump says no regrets about that characterization. >> if you know my father-in-law wrong he'll call it out whether you're a man or woman. maybe she was being a little nasty. that's the kind of guy he is. >> reporter: mike is the campaign's senior adviser in virginia. he thinks trump has a chance to close the gap. >> i think every republican nominee for either governor or senate always had a come from behind-like situation. >> reporter: democrat and loudoun county board chairman phyllis randall said it's too
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appeal to women and minorities. >> i talk to whoerm democrats, independents, and they are, they are sickened by what they've heard out of mr. trump's mouth. and how he objectifis women. i think women will come out in vast numbers to vote against donald trump. >> reporter: a clear sign that virginia may have lost its battleground status in this election cycle and we'll take a look what that means for activists reporting live from loudoun county, i'm julie carey, news4. balloons and banners outside trump as new hotel on pennsylvania avenue in northwest d.c. today but it's not a celebration. a day before the grand opening a group of anti-nuclear weapons activists held a protest chanting keep trump away from nukes. it's part of a larger campaign
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>> we're here bus donald trump armed with nuclear weapons as future president of the united states we'll is one of the greatest security threats that the united states has seen in recent decades. >> the group plans a week of protests across the country including a trump campaign headquarters. new details this evening in a recall by the pentagon that has sparked outrage among members of the california national guard. this involves soldiers who have been told to repay their enlistment bonuses, bonuses they received nearly a decade ago. the problem, some of them were not actually eligible for a bonus. speaking in paris today defense secretary ash carter promised to resolve this issue. >> anybody who volunteers to serve in the armed force of the
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gratitude and respect. i have asked the deputy secretary of defense, he's work on that right now. >> some of those soldiers received $15,000 or more in bonuses. many have been asked to repay say they don't have that kind of money now. >> in northern virginia commuters will soon have some help getting from loudoun county to the mcpherson square metro station. ground was broken today for a new park and ride lot in the stone ridge development in will feature express bus service. it's part of the i-66 plan to improve travel choice. and increase travel time between northern virginia and the district. you'll have another chance to make your voice heard about the expansion of 395 express lanes. another public meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at francis hammond middle school in alexandria. dozens turned out last night for a meeting with vdot.
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line would be noisy and make traffic worse. vdot says it has a plan to keep things moving. >> we'll be introducing a toll. >> the two existing hov lanes, they would be converted to express lanes. and a third lane would be added. cars and trucks with three or more people can lanes for free and cars with fewer people will have to pay the toll. live right now in cleveland, ohio the city getting set for the first pitch of the world series tonight. the indians play the chicago kaubs in case you have been under a rock. no matter who wins it will end a long championship drought. the indians haven't won a world series since 1948. the last time the cubs won was more than 100 years ago, 1908.
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that gets their goat with goat sandwiches. the cubs haven't won a world series since 1908. legend has it a fan cursed the team as he was forced to leave wrigley field with his goat in 1945. today's fans are hoping the hickory smoked sandwich will turn things around for the team. >> i still like to go a football game with goats. kicks it up settlement in u.s. history just approved. >> it impacts hundreds of thousands of drivers. what volkswagen owners can expect. >> two weeks from today election day. in virginia voters can decide on a new measure on this year's ballot that could significantly help families of fallen first responders. on "news4 today" we're take you inside the national museum
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of $5,000 or $10,000 or get the car repaired. this only covers two liter four cylinder diesel engines. >> holiday shopping frenzy is almost upon us. big business for credit card scammers. fine have a chip in your card that may not stop thieves from getting your >> reporter: the credit cards you have in your wallet likely has a specialized chip that makes it safe to use inside a brick-and-mortar store but credit card fraud is on the rise all across the country at the tune of $4 billion. that's what it's costing the industry. tonight on "nightly news" we'll tell you how you're being targeted and what thieves are looking for. we'll also tell you how to protect yourself by never saving
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card information online plus other useful tips that will help you. a marathon first for a woman who has run the marine corps marathon four times. look at how she's going to be running it this weekend in honor of a fellow firefighter who lost his life in the line of duty. this is chris gordon in fairfax county. why voters are considering a constitutional amendment to give a property tax break to the families of fallen first coldest night of the season so far coming up tonight. we'll have a look at the
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this happened more than ten years ago when a gunman opened fire outside a fairfax police station. >> a detective and police officer died in the shooting than year one of them was the inspiration for a new ballot measure to help families of fallen first responders. news4 chris gordon explains how it would wo memorials where they were killed at the sully district station. in may of 2006 a gunman with high powered bullets opened fire killing detective vicki and officer michael. his widow suzanne raised their two daughters alone. she says community fundraisers helped them out financially. but she realized other survivors were struggling. she got an idea from another
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taxes that they can exempt them from on their house as long as it's the primary residence and the survivor doesn't remarry. >> reporter: two years ago virginia voters gave military families who lost loved ones an exemption. delegate tim hugo who got the question on the ballot said if it's passed each county in virginia will have the oon breaks. >> it doesn't mandate it upon the localities but allows them to do it and i'm hoping all will exercise it in respect to families and in trop the fallen. >> reporter: sully station where two officers died in 2006 is also an early polling place and we asked some of the voters here how they marked their ballot on question 2. support it? >> yes. >> why? >> because i think if we really
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individuals have done for us, this is a pittance to say thank you. >> they put their life on the line every day for us so absolutely. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00 we'll find out if question 2 is facing any real opposition. chris gordon, news4. well, we are in for some chilly weather especially as you head out west. actually not that far out west. what's this frost warning, looks like there's a lot of blue over our area. >> that's right. weather related. >> bring in your plants. bring in your house plants. bring in robert plant if he's staying at your house because there's a whole lot of cold tonight as we will see temperatures plunge to the coldest temperatures so far this season. you can track it all. while you're waiting at the cold bus stop with the nbc washington app. that's where we have a freeze warning.
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loudoun county, northern fauquier, frederick county maryland and points west. closer to washington the blue zone that's where we could see frost. that's a frost advisory 3:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. wednesday. includes our immediate metro area. the growing season ending tomorrow morning with temperatures down near 30 out of the mountains and maybe in the 20s. look at our hour by hour temperatures. fall out of 60s where we are now. back down into the 50s by 7:00 and then down the 40s by 9:00 and low 40s by midnight dawn tomorrow we'll be down into the low 30s and much of the shenandoah valley near 30 in the mountains. nearby suburbs and many of the rural areas of maryland, virginia in the mid-30s. near the bay in annapolis 40 degrees. what to wear? you need your warm weather coat tomorrow morning. gloves. warm hat. don't need the umbrella. we'll stay dry. we'll see autumn color locally. and there is some nice color in
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this is the peaks of otter region. love that region. hour by hour we'll be down to near 50 in the metro area. for the immediate d.c. metro area. frosty cold tomorrow morning. in the upper 30s in the immediate metro area. climbing to the upper 40s by 10:00 and then by tomorrow afternoon we'll be in the upper 50s. then not as cold an thursday morning 40s afternoon highs around 60. chance of light rain on then saturday into the mid-60s. and sunday is looking to really nice afternoon highs into 70s and for the mile-an-hour corps marathon does look like it's going to be in the 50s to near 60. into the mid-60s by noon time. going to be comfortable. then for halloween, mid-60s in the afternoon and then for trick-or-treaters back down into the 50s chilly and dry on monday evening for trick or treating. staying in the 60s for highs
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dry and that's the way it looks. >> looks good. anyone who has spent time in the hospital either as a patient or with a patient knows the volume of information coming at you. it can be hard to keep track of. doreen gentzler has been looking into what you can do to better understand that information and get answers. >> reporter: it's a time when you are so vulnerable, whether you're the patient or trying to take care of somebody you care about. it can seem compliced the right questions, speaking up and not giving up until you get the answers you need. >> your responsibility at home -- >> reporter: bonnie's husband bob has been in and out of the hospital multiple times for a variety of complicated and serious health issues. >> 14 hospitalizations over 24 years and there was no predictability to when these
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to speak for himself bonnie realized she would have to be his advocate. she also discovered how much she didn't know. >> hospital care is very complex and sometimes very disjointed. and sometimes a little bit dysfunctional too. >> reporter: but she learned quickly and is now sharing her knowledge with others. she's written a book "hospital warrior." >> an important piece for the advocateis that cross communication is happening. ask the doctors. did you speak to the other doctor? are you aware of this new order or this change in medication. are you up to date on the latest test results. and you would be surprised how often as an advocate you are the one filling in the blanks in the communication. >> reporter: since doctors frequently have limited time, bonnie says setting up a
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doctors is very helpful. come armed with a list of your questions, and learn how to work with them. a lot of hospitals across the country have patient advocacy programs. they are often design to help patients and families with patient care with disputes over bills and insurance matters. at washington medstar, the program areas pregnant and post-partum women and their families. >> i offer a patient's perspective on the experience of care. >> reporter: jill gave birth to her first child here a few years ago. >> i never thought i would be in labor for 33 hours having a c section and then have my son in the nicu for a week. i had no idea,000 navigate this new world i was in sponsorship i
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communication. >> reporter: she's now working with providers to share clear meaningful information both ahead of time and after the birth. as for bonnie she says good old-fashioned persistence. >> i've had instance where it wasn't necessarily welcomed at first but over some period of time they grew to appreciate what i was trying to do. i spoke with bonnie live on facebook earlier. if you want to see more of that conversation go the nbc washington facebook page. imagine running a marathon in 60 pounds of fire gear including the helmet. a montgomery county firefighter says she's going to do just that. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00" why she says this will be a special tribute. coming up on news4 a local
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tonight. the race kicks off at 9:00. it's not an easy feat. not easy on your feet. this weekend thousands of people will set out to run 26.2 miles through virginia and d.c. it's the 41st marine corps marathon. >> a local firefighter will be among them. get this. she will be wearing her full gear. >> this is part of a special tribute. kristin wright has her says they are going to run marathon in their full fire gear the first question is why. well the answer lies in the fact that the brotherhood here runs deep. when duty calls they go. but at montgomery county lay tons vile firestation 17, this
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for a different reason. >> t.j. was a firefighter a volunteer with rockville. in 2006 he was killed while serving in iraq. >> he had a witty sense of humor. intelligent mind. >> reporter: so now daniella is suiting up not for a fire but to run the marathon honor. she's running the race in full fire gear all 60 pounds bearing t.j.'s name and his story for everyone to see. >> i reflect on his courage and his strength and his honor and things that defor us, for our country, and for our freedom. >> reporter: what would t.j. think? >> i think he would think it's funny. i'm grateful for the friendship we had.
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who lived and died bravely. tonight on "news 4 at 6:00," who is joining the race with daniella and why they are going to be there too. back to you. >> just amazing. i'm tired just thinking about it. news4 is a proud partner of the marine corps marathon. i'll be down there all morning long. tune in sunday morning as we bring you live coverage of the race. now at 6:00 the fight for florida. both presidential candidates making their final pushes. we look at what's at stake two weeks before election day. new reaction from neighbors after a man was murdered in gaithersburg. we'll tell you what we're learning about the search for suspects and the fear by some of those who live nearby. >> more than hundred families forlsd out of their homes even though they paid the rents and did everything right. the reason why they are out on
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we begin with politicsing tonight and new numbers in the presidential race. a new nbc news survey monkey national tracking poll suggests that hillary clinton has a six-point lead over donald trump in a head-to-head match up. >> both candidates are campaigning in florida tonight but the stakes are much higher for trump. steve handelsman is on capitol hill to explain why. steve? >> reporter: let's talk about, look california has a lot more people but most are texas has more people mostly republicans. florida again split. that's why it's a battleground. donald trump said today what he sees there his gut tells him that he's the one who will take florida but if he wants to win the white house in two weeks he knows he better win florida. >> a few words about working for trump. >> reporter: donald trump came to florida trailing by three points. in the new cbs poll and the average of recent florida
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