mansion. >> he really was connected to the brand. he was the face of playboy after all those years. >> yes, absolutely. we're following a developing story this morning. people will be a little on edge when they return to work at a fairfax county office building. it was a crime scene a few hours ago after a man shot himself to death there. fairfax county police say the gunman is 52-year-old john francis wood. the shooting happened at a law office on the fourth floor of that building in the merryfield section of that county. police are still trying to figure out what happened. they don't know whether he intended to shoot anyone else there. police received multiple calls about a man firing a pistol and responded as if there were an active shooter. >> what made it scarier, the preschool sits inside the office building where the shooting happened. students were bused to a nearby middle school after the shooting. we were there as parents were very relieved and picked up their little one

you just sort of -- i don't know. you're stunned. you don't expect this to happen, obviously, in the building where your son's school is. it's scary. it's incredibly scary. >> parents say they received an e-mail from the head of the school alerting them to what happened. can you imagine the time between getting to where you are to find your child? i can't imagine. >> the police department, the staff at the daycare and the fairfax county schools jumped into action so fast. i was here last night as this unfolded. to see how quickly they found a place, moved the kids there, get them to a place to reunite them to their families. hats off to them for keeping them calm and safe. >> it gives them reassurance, my kids are in the right hands. >> praising police and the other folks. the prince george's county teachers aide convicted of federal sex crimes is headed back to court. he will bek

against children at an elementary school. he was indicted on 270 counts. care owe way received a 75-year federal sentence last month. the hearing today is about the local charges against him. follow our prince george's bureau chief on twitter for the latest from the courtroom. this morning, a woman is suing massage envy after she says her therapist went too far. this fallout comes from the string of alleged sexual assaults at massage envy locations in maryland and the district. news 4 broke the story last week. four women say they were assaulted by the same massage therapist. the lawsuit named massage envy, the owners of the franchise on wisconsin avenue in northwest and the massage therapist facing charges. the woman is suing for $25 million in damages. 4:32 right now. people waking up in a brand new fairfax county high-rise h

these notices were posted yesterday giving residents at the adair apartment this is tysons 24 hours to leave. the documents obtained by news 4 say the building is unfit for occupancy because the trash chutes and sprinklers don't work. we spoke to one resident by phone who doesn't know where she'll go. we have calls to the owners of the building and still waiting to hear back. we know how the nats will take on in the first round of the playoffs. the world champion chicago cubs. >> let the celebrations begin! . the chicago cubs are nl central champions once again. >> the cubs took on the cardinals in st. louis last night and of course, came out victorious, clinching the title and ready to take on the nats. the nats are ready. i'll just put it that way. playoff tickets for the nats go on sale today. they'll be back home on october 6th and 7th. if there is a game 5 in the seri

the nats are ready, the fans are ready. we're ready. >> just a little pressure to get started the series. >> we've been showing we're ready for this. >> absolutely. >> could be our yeefrmt come on. it's now 4:34 and i love this story so much. the washington capitals o orchestrated a touching reunion between a young girl and her naval lieutenant dad. every time it gets -- >> this happened last night at the pre-season game. take a look. >> that's caitlin le mad okay, surprised by the return of her papa. >> take a look. she jumped into her father's arms. he just came home from a deployment in the middle east. the caps set up the surprise here with a customized jersey you saw with kaitlyn's came on it. >> look at her face light up. once she figures it out. you know what i mean? it's the preseason right now but the caps regular season begins one week from

you think about the great sacrifice on both sides. how happy, who is happier, dad or baby girl? you know what i mean? >> even for this one. seems like it. >> it's wonderful. hats off to the caps for making that happen for them. 4:35 right now. i want to get a check on weather and traffic. sheena parveen and chuck bell with a look at cooling temperatures. >> good morning guys. you might not think the afternoon will be cool when you step outside. it's going to be cooler. >> you're going to notice it. a cold front hasn't made it here just yet. as you go through the course of the day, temperatures near 80 in the afternoon. you're going to feel the humidity just falling away as we go through the day. in addition to being hot, it was sticky. heat index is in the low to mid-90s. >> into that deep area of low pressure comes a gusty northwest wind. very quiet the next couple of

today's high temperature only around 80 degrees. hold on to your hats and earpieces. northwest winds could reach 30 miles per hour at times. ten-day forecast coming up. hey, chuck. good news in frederick on 15 going northbound up near west 7th street. there was an overnight crash that did involve a tractor-trailer and a vehicle. unfortunately, the tractor-trailer was carrying a lot of paper products. everything was moved out of the roadway. all travel lanes are open. we thought this may be hanging in for quite some time. crews working on the rock creek parkway. that's until 6:00 or 6:15. in bowie, 50 westbound after 3 and 301, the paving project wrapping up. two right lanes getting by. hopefully by the time you hit the road, they'll be gone. aaron, eun, back to you. it is a news clip seen around the world multiple times. >> shared more than 20 million times. >> this is at least the second time

[ laughter ] >> we know jim vance and george michael and so does that model. coming up, we tracked her down to hear what she thinks about the clip. but first, a new way to repel those annoying mosquitoes. up next, we'll tell you about the cell pne thatho

this morning, you won't be able to use a new trail. the trail off connecticut avenue and cleveland park, it's going to close at 7:00 a.m. for repairs. it's repairing asphalt damaged by recent storms. earlier this month we told you erosion was causing the pavement to crumble there. after our report, v dot began reminding community groups that it would be fixed. the trail just opened in june. okay. so you think you have to swat away a few mosquitoes and that's pretty bad. the one this is d.c. are bad. look at what people in western florida are dealing with. what's that? the mosquito control posted these pictures to facebook saying there's been a huge uptick in the pests since hurricane irma hit the state. my goodness, trappers say one of their nets trapped 26,000 mosquitoes in less than 24 hours. that's disgusting. >> i feel bad for t

who counts that? >> scientists. >> so to put this in perspective for you, that same trap this time last year would have collected 500 mosquitoes. >> wow. imagine the bites and the itching. i'm itchy looking at it. that's disgusting. speaking of mosquitoes too, lg introduced a new smartphone with a mosquitoes repellent feature. apparently, it's capable of scaring the pests away by using an ultrasonic sound wave. this is just a feature. experts say this likely doesn't work. phone is exclusively available in india where there might be a greater need for that sort of thing. hopefully. >> whatever it takes, exactly. >> 4:41 right now. chuck bell. >> yes? >> how are you? >> you rang? >> we are looking for a nice change in the weather. finally, goodbye summertime. hello autumn around here.

blowing the changes in during the day today. could be a little dusty at times. yes indeed, maybe sweater weather into the weekend. maybe you could finally put the shorts and sunglasses away. sheena has the ten-day coming up. >> why do i keep getting cut off on the back of that bus? did i cut you off on that bus? i'm sorry. >> we're done with you. plus, are there any foods you can no longer eat? adult food allergies on the rise. who is most likely to be diagnosed? >> first, though, a new tax reform plan unveiled.

our national league east winning nationals are at home tonight taking on the pittsburgh pirates. they're in town and it won't

has. you're going to the game this evening, you might need the long sleeves are temperatures are likely to be in the 60s by the time the game is on. sheena has the ten-day forecast coming you. let's go over to jack taylor. >> thanks, chuck. messages of hate left on a local college campus. surveillance video is showing us who might be responsible. >> this is at least the second ti time. >> you've seen the clip. now hear the story behind it. we tracked down the model who made jim vance and george michael laugh. hear her thoughts. 15 before the hour now. there are still questions surrounding the gop's plan for tax reform. republicans unveiled the framework of their plan to overhaul the tax system for the first time in decades. >> here's a look at the highlights. you have a plan that simply fies the tax

the outline doesn't specify which incomes fall into the brackets. >> there would be a $500 credit for individuals caring for a family member of any age. the estate tax, which some call the death tax would be repealed. >> tracie potts joins us live now from capitol hill. tracie, a number of the proposals in the gop tax plan will benefit the wealthier people in our country. but apparently at a rally in indiana, president trump touted benefits for the middle class. what is that about? >> a couple of things, eun. first of all, he said it will be simpler to file your taxes. then want to do it on a postcard as opposed to the complicated 1040 that a lot of people use. he says that the taxes that many middle class families will be paying will be lower because they're doubling the standard deduction and expanding the child tax credits that a lot of families take advantage of. the concern of democrats is that lower tax

and the highest in the wealthy comes down. more taxes for the middle class according to the tax bracket. but supporters of this say it's going to be offset by some of the other deductions, including the standard deductions like for your home interest and charities that stay i. it's a numbers game. now republicans have to fill in the blanks to explain how the biggest tax cut in history might work. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. tracie ee, thank you. a return to the live desk. we're keeping an eye on a volcano about to erupt. leading a hundred people to safety. this is the mt. agoon volcano. emergency officials say it could erupt at any time. more than 120,000 tourists have left bali. about a thousand people died in when it

ago. >> thank you, chris. it's 4:48. the reward has doubled in the case of a missing woman. ashanti billie disappeared nine days ago. blimpie's sandwich shop will donate to the reward fund. she never showed up to work there on little creek. authorities found her car and cell phone off base. so far, no signs of her. the fbi is also offering a $10,000 reward for information on her whereabouts. this morning, students at american university want police to catch the man who suspected of hanging symbols of hate on their campus. >> take a look at this surveillance video from tuesday night. you can see the man entering different buildings as a construction worker. it seems anyway. hard to identify him, though. that hard hat is covering his face. when students saw the video, they were pretty upset. at a meeting, they asked how a stranger could walk on to campus and enter

being stopped by a public safety officer. campus police believe the man hung ten confederate flag posters and strings of cotton in several locations. this is not the first incident of hate at a.u. this year. wee we've posted a timeline on the nbc washington app skbliefrnlts the debate over controversial statues in our area continues today. d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton is meeting with the freemasons about the albert pike statue in judiciary square. they say the confederate general was a racist and want to take the statue down. opponents of the statue even went as far as to throw red paint on it during a protest last month. pike was a freemason but norton says the group is still supporting the statue's removal. well, years later, we are getting answers about some of the biggest mysteries in news 4 history. >> this is at least the second time -- [ laughter ]

>> well, you all are just really tickled by that, aren't you? you try walking in those heels. >> it is hard to watch this video and not laugh. not because of what happened to the model. because of vance and george michael cracking up. >> that fall was pretty funny too. >> it was. who is this model, we wondered. whatever happened to this poor woman and does she know that they couldn't stop laughing at her? >> well, when vance passed away recently and we were talking about this video, it made us think we should talk to this model. guess what? we found her in warsaw, poland. >> so my nightmare has begun and i fell down twice. everyone is having a great laugh until this day from my fall. so i became very famous from being a clumsy model. >> but see,

being able to take it in stride, right? >> it's probably one of the best things that ever happened in her career. camilla talks openly and honestly about that now infamous fall. her reaction, life since then and what she thinks about vance and george laughing at her. you can hear her conversation with doreen gentzler tomorrow night. i think it's tonight. >> tonight. >> on news 4 at 11:00. >> i think she's been a good sport about it the whole time. do you know what i mean? >> it's tonight, right? >> yeah. >> the video was from 2006. this is 11 years later. >> i didn't realize that. that would be embarrassing. >> can you imagine the pressure when you're tall and skinny. if you're low to the ground, you can walk on the high heels. >> you'll hear, she tells the story about why she fell. >> oh, okay. it's her ankle wiggles back and forth. we know how that feels sometimes. >> it's tough to walk in those heels. ey

exactly. >> you know it's coming. when you're walking. anyway, we're going to cool down around here big time. >> it is welcome for a lot of people waiting for fall to arrive. >> it is. they're ready for fall. cooler temperatures coming starting with today. this morning, not a chilly start at all. the cold front has not moved through just yet. but we have the cooler temperatures coming for the weekend. you might want a jacket this week. maybe a light jacket if you like the low 70s. some areas only in the upper 60s for a high. we're going to be in a pretty long dry stretch through next week. it's 76 right now washington. 75 clinton. 72 manassas. winchester, front royal at 70 degrees. again, it is still very mild this morning. perfect weather setting up to exercise outside. 7:00 a.m., 72 degrees. getting breezy today, too. but feeling really nice by lunchtime. 77 by the afternoon. a high of only a

we still have tropical storm maria offshore. it's going to continue to move away very quickly. we are dry. but here's the cold front. it's up to our north and west. you can see the two different air masses here. we're still on the warm side of it. that cooler air back of off to the west. that will be moving through later into the afternoon tonight. we're going to notice the changes. here's future weather. cold front moved through. temperatures start dropping and your friday will be cooler. look at the weekend high temperatures by the afternoon. some areas going in the upper 60s especially if you're headed to wineries this weekend. this is going to be a perfect weeken for that. feeling like fall and temperatures in the upper 60s. if you are heading to leesburg or areas like that. low 70s over your saturday and sunday. look how long we stay dry. very long dry stretch. comfortable in -- jack taylor, wtop, good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. on the beltway, we had a couple work zones. the good news they're clearin

on the outer loop between george avenue and 355, two right lanes getting by. they're in the process of backing up. also wrapping up on the outer looch the beltway. georgetown road. only a right lane getting by. be careful if you're headed out on i-70 westbound at route 27. we do have a paving project going on in the left lane getting by. limited ramps to get on to 70 west from 27. so just pay attention to that as you head in that direction. back to you. >> jack, thank you. you hear the first 4 traffic reports every day. congestion across this area is nothing new. one local intersection is the worst in the country. you can take a guess at which one. we'll have the answer just ahead. >> plus, adult food allergie thiss, i

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so we all know, traffic around here is bad. sometimes really bad. >> results of a new stud that i shows exactly where it's the worst. d.c. right behind new york and l.a. in the survey. she's driving through some of the worst traffic hotspots in the country. >> traffic scorecard shows that i-95 leads the way, specifically exit 133a. i think that's in stafford county. maybe in warrenton to

fairfax county parkway. that area. $29 billion over the next ten years. that stretch of road is followed by i-95 north at exit 143b. and the beltway at route 201. >> i imagine 66 is up there, too, at some point. >> some point in the day for sure. >> you look lower on that list. 695 in columbia, maryland also a problem area. >> researchers say this road is costing us in terms of wasted time. let me know what your worst spot is for you. each person probably has his or her own thing to deal with every day. it's 4:58. news for your health, more and more adults are being diagnosed with food allergies. a new study says there's been a 300% increase over the last decade. half of adults with food allergies develop them after the age of 18. doctors say they're still

foods a person has eaten all their life suddenly become dangerous. so i have some theories on this. people with seasonal allergies are more prone to food allergies. i think nowadays we're more aware and conscientious about this. if we're not feeling well, we get it checked out. sometimes i think you eat them all your life not realizing you might have an intolerance and think i'm not feeling well. you know what i mean, chock it up to fatigue or something. >> too much processed food can make you more sensitive and that could contribute to the reactions. >> all the junk in the food. stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. that breaking news, the death of playboy's hugh hefner. how the magazine mogul died. how he's feeling remembered worldwide. >> plus, forced to evacuate. hundreds of people told they can't go home. more on the trouble

stie so tysons high-rise. >> let's be what we've always been. >> a sad middle aged lady. >> we're hours away from the return of will and grace. a sneak peek at the new season premiere and where to join news 4 for our watch party. that's kaitlyn surprised by the return of her papa from deployment over in the middle east. >> reunited at the caps game. a sailor surprises his daughter on the edge of the ice and her reaction will start your thursday off right. >> 5:00 right now. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang. what you didn't hear from the will and grace clip. was that jack says, middle aged lady and grace. >> i'll be at the watch party. i don't know i can make it all the way to 9:30 when the show starts. >> i'm going to be in