disturbing new details in the search for a woman who has been missing for more than a week. orange juice in jeopardy? why the drink so many of us start our day with is about to get more expensive. we'll tell you why. "news 4 today" starts now. hi. good morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us early on this, what are we -- hump day? >> wednesday. >> wednesday morning. oh, my goodness. we've made it to the middle of the week. another story we're following by the way, twitter. twitter, which you like. >> love the twitter. >> thinking about doubling. they're going to test doubling the characters going from 140 to 200. exhausting. for those of you who are emotionally attached to 140, this is not good news. >> no. i can barely read 140 characters of what most people write, not alone more than that. >> we know most people like to tweet. >> it's a tweeting town. >> the

by doing this they're going to get people to tweet more frequently. they find this is going to be a way for them to grow. we'll see. small doses. by the way, i know you're watching a lot including maria. >> absolutely. maria still an issue for us. not a huge impact from a rain perspective for sure. they can see an isolated shower or two today. a breezy day coming up for tomorrow. best news i can tell you about maria is it is about to make a right turn, go out to sea and race its way across the north atlantic. it will be raining in the united kingdom on monday of next week and it will be the same storm. for now we are tracking the opportunity for a stray rain shower or two to come into the area later on in the afternoon. temperatures today, mostly around 70. we might be near 90 degrees for one final time. cooler weather in the weekend forecast coming up. thank you, chuck. more than 100 firefighters working to put out this blaze. this is at the ecuador embassy

it is on 15th street in northwest. two of the firefighters we have learned, they are in the hospital right now being treated. the d.c. fire department tweeting out this video of the two alarm fire just a few hours ago. you can see that it was a very intense scene at one point. took them about two hours to battle the flames from inside. still no word on what discussed this fire, but crews remain at the scene we know and they continue to put out the hot spots. we'll stay on top of this story. also new this morning, anger and hurt on the campus of american university. this after images of confederate flags popped up across the campus. ten of these posters with cotton branches attached to them were found at three different locations on campus yesterday. now this happened on the same night the school unveiled its plans towards anti-racism center. that center was created in response to remember that story about the

no arrests have been made in that case. now police are searching for whoever is responsible for this latest incident. at 4:02, news 4 captured this exclusive video as officers took a tenth grade boy into custody at potomac high school. they told us that that student had a gun in school yesterday morning and this all started when a teacher spotted a boy exchanging some money, some cash with another teenager who was trespassing. a school resource officer was immediately called and the school was put on lockdown. the school's principal says students need to be educated about the seriousness of guns. >> young people make bad decisions and i think we have to teach them the right way. >> while the search fortress passing teen continues, he may be a former student. this morning the family of a 19-year-old, dashonte

no one has seen the prince gorges county woman since monday, september 18th. if you can take a look at the video and share it, that would be great. she arrived at work at joint expe dairy creek in norfolk. she vanished. her cell phone all charged up showed up in a dumpster. five days later they found her car on a dead end road. despite all of this, billings mother says her gutt says her daughter is still alive. >> my mom instinct tells me she's okay. she's scared and she's hurt, but she's okay. i feel that she's okay. she's still with us, i feel that. >> billy was living in norfolk while attending school. the fbi still offering that $10,000 reward for information leading to billy's whereabouts. 4:04. nowo

rico where the situation is really becoming more desperate. hurricane maria hit a week ago as you know and still there is no running water on parts of the island. only half of the island in fact. only about 5% of the island has power, has the lights back on. puerto rico's governor saying more help is needed from the federal government. fema now says it is sending thousands more troops and a navy hospital ship to the island to help. president trump will visit puerto rico next tuesday. today ten d.c. police officers will also head to san juan to help puerto rico's state police force. this is more than just an assignment for these officers. most of them have either worked in puerto rico or they have a family connection -- they have family there. one officer said a week after maria he finally got to hear his son's voice. >> i went back to the mission. i'm happy that i was able to reach out to him and he can call me, but

million people in puerto rico, u.s. citizens actually need our help. >> d.c. police chief says the officers will bring supplies as well as satellite phones. that's the only way people can get calls out which don't need cell service to operate. meanwhile, thousands of people are trying to get off the island. relief supplies are not arriving fast enough. some people arrived in our area last night. news 4's jamari stone was there for the emotional reunions. >> as planes land at ragan national and people pick up their relatives, in baggage claim -- >> i love you guys. >> -- marie vasquez lopez. >> you know i love you. i'm from puerto rico. i love my island. >> welcomes her mother maria with a kiss. she just arrived from hurricane ravaged puerto rico with maria's

>> it's so hard. >> they waited at san juan's airport for five hours with no ac and little water. hurricane maria destroyed homes leaving the island with no electricity and a small supply of gasoline. >> there's no water. >> reporter: marie's niece camilla has bad memories of ravaged neighborhoods. >> i'm worried because there are a lot of people to help and i'm grateful that i have gotten here. >> reporter: and now they're all in good hands. >> they want to take a long shower and they want to have a nice, hot meal. >> reporter: such a nice reunion. marie tells me that her mother, nephew and niece will stay here in the d.c. area until the recovery effort is finished in puerto rico. see says the last thing she wants to do is send them back and then she's concerned, worried about their well-being. no word on how long that recovery will take. at ragan national, news 4.

any damage from hurricane irma, but the storm will still impact your budget. orange juice prices, they're going up as much as $2.30 a gallon. irma destroyed half of florida's scitrus crop. they're trying to bring oranges in from brazil. that's very, very expensive. as you know, chuck, i don't know about you, but orange juice, we go through it like this with two kids at home. it's kind of like gasoline though. you'll pay what you have to. >> it's not only good with breakfast, it's good for you. my sister has a touch of osteoporosis. they recommend a glass of orange juice. it pushed it back. >> oh, wow. >> good news. bad news about the prices. yikes. i hate it when prices go up that much. temperatures now are mostly in the 60s and 70s. it's another very warm start to the day today. 74 now here in sh

make another run at 90 degrees. all the details in the hour-by-hour planner coming up. also ahead, it's not your average trip to target. she came for just some food. she left with a baby. how fellow shoppers saved the day during this emergency delivery. ♪ ♪ >> i'm tired this morning. i stayed up for this. shocking stars of "the voice." we're going to show you highlights from another night of blind

you're watching "news 4 today." well, a border wall with mexico is no longer just an idea. already eight wall prototypes are under construction in southern california. you can see the heavy machinery right there digging into the ground. this is out in san diego county. some of the walls will be concrete while others will be made from some alternate materials. they will stand between 18 and 30 feet tall. the u.s. customs and border protection says the designs might be tweaked over time. not everyone happy with president trump's decision to build the wall. it is 4:12. we all know peyton manning the football player. but how about senator

rumors are swirling that the retired indianapolis colts quarterback might run for a seat in tennessee. speculation came after republican senator bob corker announced he's not going to seek re-election there. manning, corker and president trump put on a highly publicized golf outing earlier this year. he has attended a republican congressional retreat. okay. so some of us might be rubbing our ooieyes right now if you std up for the second night of the blind auditions for nbc's the voice. it did not disappoint. here's what you may have missed. ♪ ♪ >> four chair turn for keisha rene from englewood, california. she couldn't deny her talent. there's a l

for as well. take a look. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and that is brayden scholl. remember his name. he shocked many including his students at kenmore middle school in arlington. scholl is now a member of team adam. he made his debut on the season premiere monday night. you can follow their journey on "the voice" every monday and tuesday at 8:00 p.m. right here on nbc 4. want to give brandon a shoutout because he's a fellow george mason grad as well. go patriots. a brand new season of saltalamacchia night li "saturday night live" is back. it also brings three new castmates. they're all joining be the cast and replacing long-time favorite vanessa baer and bobby m

they kick it off with host ryan gosling and jay z. right here on nbc 4. know there's going to be some dancing. speaking of fun, let's talk about these two funny guys and how they got stuck in our area. dave shap pell, jerry seinfeld, they tried to take a crews and we'll tell you about the car trouble they had making themselves through the district. >> i love that show, comedians in cars getting caught. >> that's exactly what i thought about. they can get themselves out of this, but they actually got a helping hand. who wouldn't help them? >> i would have helped them. if i had only known, i would have been there, jerry. such a fan. the weather, we have a little, small, teeny, itty bitty chance for a shower or two today before we drive right back out. also, could be flirting with 90

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and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. you're watching "news 4 today." okay. so many people go into target for one thing, what do you come out with? all of these things you didn't expect, right? it happens in a lot of stores. one expectant mom did that only she left the store with a baby. lucky for her, just the right shopper was in the store that day. a labor and delivery nurse. she just walked up and helped her deliver. >> i see a lot of people saying

that, you know, she was god sent, and that's really what goes through my mind. >> i think the right people were in the right place and it was just one of those surreal things. >> so get this, there were actually two other nurses in the store that helped deliver that baby. love our nurses. and you want to know how the baby's doing, right? 11 pounds 6 ounce bundle of joy. 11 pounds 6 -- what? >> 11 pounds 6 ounces. >> that baby probably walked out of target. >> are you kidding me, angie? >> that was the problem. >> she gave birth to a teenager. >> little miss newsroom in crazy. >> in awe right now. you had a big baby. >> i joke. bob came out, he did everything but talk. he was about 9 pounds so, yeah. >> all right. >> we'll see. >> that's a big baby. >> i feed him well. >> weather wise, we've got a couple of

an eye on for today. a chance for a few stray showers of what is now tropical storm maria. just about 150 miles or so off the cape hatteras coast of north carolina. breezy conditions for tomorrow. since it's hump day, the most important thing is the weekend. we have not had to update the numbers on the forecast. cool to crisp and chilly saturday and sunday morning and saturday and sunday afternoon both still look dry for all of your outdoor plans. there's maria at this point. you can get a sense, there's a little bit of moisture on the far northwest corner of it. that is what the computer models are picking up on. skies partly to mostly cloudy across the area. clouds thicker from i-95 east to the bay and south to southern maryland. look what's happening in future weather, 3:00 in the afternoon. every model i've looked at has hinted some little chance for some showers. one band is far north

the next chance down into southern maryland. that will be the place that has the best chance of getting a rain drop or two. not talking about any consequential amounts of rain, just a couple of showers around. temperatures, low to mid 70s around town. lower 60s in the shenandoah valley. it will be a toasty warm afternoon today. highs up pushing 90 degrees yet again. if we hit 90, that will be three out of the last four days. northeast winds increasing quite blustery tomorrow. more detail about that coming up. >> thank you, chuck. still thinking about that 11 pound baby. all right. 4:21. two comedians, they drive around the district. it's not the start of a bad joke. this actually really happened. comedians dave chappelle and jerry seinfeld, comedians in cars. they stopped by duke ellington school in the northwest where

the car the comedians were riding in, it needed a jump. they didn't seem too concerned about it. how fun. ♪ ♪ still ahead, anthem outrage. we told you about the fan frustration over nfl protests. coming up at 4:30, we're going to tell you about the fallout that the ravens will have to deal with this morning. but, first, they hoped for a new shopping center. instead they are getting a homeless shelter. why plans to revamp this

you're watching "news 4 today." well, for years neighbors have been waiting for new shops and redel

landmark mall in alexandria, and the city keeps saying it's coming, but in the meantime there's a controversial plan now to utilize that empty space as a temporary homeless shelter. news 4's megan fitzgerald explains. >> reporter: the one iconic landmark mall has turned into a bit of an eye sore. now only one store remains and people are hoping for a change. >> retail residential sounds like a nice idea for revitalization. >> reporter: many say they never expected a temporary homeless shelter to occupy this. >> it seems odd but at the same time there's a need. here's an opportunity. >> reporter: for years the plan has been to redevelop the old mall but the owners say it will take them about two years to figure it out. >> the time line seemed to match up in terms of their redevelopment plans and our need for a temporary site

current shelter. >> reporter: former alexandria mayor, kerry donnelly, said it will take two years to renovate their current location so he called it an ideal situation but some neighbors disagree. >> i don't know. i just don't think this is a very good idea. >> reporter: donnelly says neighbors can expect anywhere between 60 and 80 residents to occupy the temporary homeless shelter. they will likely sign the lease in the next two weeks. they can expect residents to move in by the first of the year. reporting in alexandria, news 4. and it's 4:26. "news 4 today" continues right now with your top headlines with aaron and eun. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. that breaking news at 4:26. embassy up in flames. new video overnight. the firefight inside an international compound. plus, she drove to work but never showed up for her shift. disturbing new details in the

than a week. and twitter starting a trend of its own. why you could soon have double the space to express yourself. that will get him ready for the cubs. >> plus, bryce harper back in action. the nats star returns from injury and we'll show you how he played and how to score some playoff tickets today. that's a good sign because that means bryce is going to play in the playoffs and in the world series when we eventually get there. >> everybody is excited to see that, too, and we will get there. >> somehow. don't wait. >> cross my fingers. >> cleveland indians are the hottest team in baseball. >> technicality. >> they're on a crazy streak. >> how about twitter. >> i don't like it. >> selective reading anyway, so the shorter the better. i literally don't read things well. >> totally opposed to this. >> double the letters.

want to know. >> responding to tweets and all of a sudden it becomes more than it is. >> when you're talking to your neighbor because he does more talking than you. >> trying to think of it. >> you can be abbreviated. >> is that the same for the comment section? they can comment longer? >> you see where we stand. >> there goes my twitter account. let's talk about the weather. another sort of muggy start out there? >> you bet. lots of humidity outside. got a new picture for the background. >> oh. >> is that your screen save zbler. >> it is my screen saver. absolutely. four things to know about the weather. another race for 90 degrees. there will be a small chance of a rain shower or two. not a big chance for rain. maria's breeze arrives tonight into tomorrow. you'll notice that wind tomorrow afternoon. up to 30 miles an hour at times. northwest wind will finally start to bring in much more october like temperatures as we head into the

morning. low to mid 70s around town. today's high up near 90 degrees. 89 in downtown today. very hot day to be outside. let's go over to traffic now. wtop's jack taylor, he's back. >> hi. good morning. work center on the beltway between georgia avenue and 365, working through and two trying to get through this. two left lanes will get you by there, paving project. virginia, 66 going westbound after glebe road. westbound. after this volume is very light. eastbound very unaffected. back in to you. >> jack, good to have you back. thanks. 4:29. breaking news this morning. more than 100 firefighters worked to put out a blaze at the ecuadorian embassy.

hospital. the d.c. fire department tweeted this video of the two alarm fire a few hours ago. you can see there heavy fire from the roof. it took them about two hours to light the fire from inside. still no word on what caused the fire. crews remain on the scene putting out hot spots. new this morning, anger and hurt on the campus of american university after images of confederate flags popped up off of campus. ten with cotton branches were found at three different locations on campus. this happened on the same night the school unveiled its plans for an anti-racism center. that was created in response to bananas found hanging from nooses back in may. no arrests have been made in that case. adam tuss will join us live for a look at the search for the person responsible for the latest incident. more than a week since shantee billy's parents have heard from her. >> billy's mother refuses to