he is expected to direct the response many say is slow in coming. tracy potts joins us live from capitol hill. she will break down the criticism is trump administration is facing following their response with hurricane maria. one renowned clef ising couldi chef arrives in puerto rico earlier this week with his world central kitchen. he has been cooking up meals to serve in hospitals and shelters. they have two kitchens opened so far. there is more information on how you can help. we are following breaking news, a triple shooting in d.c. . >> plegen fitzgerald is at the live desk. what's happening here? >> there is affecting traffic. here's what we know. d.c. police say three men were shot just before 3:00 this

morning on martin luther king jr. avenue nr mallm x avenue. at last check, all men are alive and at the hospital. meanwhile, police are searching for a blue lexus spotted leaving the scene. police have martin luther king jr. avenue blocked in both directions at ral street. we are following developments. of course, we will update you with more information as we learn more. >> thank you, megamegan. police arrested a man who stabbed a woman inside an apartment in d.c. we know a neighbor found paolo cole's body in the building's hallway on wednesday. she died with her 11-month-old baby in her arms. police arrested larry fein and charged him with mother. they say the day before she died, she called police and told them the baby's father was threatening her another

restrictions on carrying concealed arms in public. the district wants to limit to those who demonstrate they have a good reason. the washington post reports a federal appeals court refused to reconsider a challenge to that law. the city could decide to seek a review be i the supreme court. when it comes to renaming judge stuart high school the superintendent says there is no easy answer. the community decided a fame change was needed because the fame sake was a confederal military leader. last night the board received five options, even though the variations are the most support of the community vote. a lot of people spoke out against that. as we told you at the top of the show, we're a baby watch this morning. >> this is so great. we will get started. don't even, chris. see. >> your husband -- >> he would be so happy, are you kidding me? oh my god. what is wrong w

if you can get pregnant, carry the baby, i say go for it. you know what i mean. >> we're built differently. >> exactly. we are talking quarterback kurt cousins. i can't even think about it. he received a text from his wife who is possibly going into labor now. you can see the team practice here on the field yesterday. this comes as a big test for countriess and the rest of the team. they will have to face the undefeated kansas city chiefs on monday night football. so the big question is, will he return to practice today? will we get a baby? you hope the baby comes now so he can play on monday? >> maybe monday night instead of sunday sunday. maybe it happens. this is the first child, it's always the most special. >> don't say -- what about your other two kids, you are causing problems this morning. i think he needs t

>> as long as she's there. >> exactly. it's now 4:34, take a look at the lightning in this video. whoa. hopefully the skins won't have this kind of weather when they take the field for football. mother nature lets fans in green bay, wisconsin have it. heavy rains delayed for 45 minutes. most of the fans took shelter under stadium concourses, but some die hard fans, die hard, stayed in their seats. >> green bay after all. >> exactly. >> it might have been worth it for the green bay fans, the packers beat the bears, a rivalry matchup at that. they can stay for the game t. lightning is scary. it's one thing to sit through the rain. >> that's true. it's green bay. they've seen worse. >> yes. we will get another check on your weather and traffic. >> for those of us that love autumn. this is great. >> it

the green bay folks the wind and the rain you saw them dealing with up there, they can take it. >> it quickly will be snow, though. >> and the wind and the rain, their action will impact us potentially late tonight. >> yeah. >> looking for a big -- >> maybe a few showers, but during the hours that it counts during the day, it looks good, it looks good during the day. you don't need the umm where ella today or tomorrow or sunday, so whatever your fall plans are this weekend, a lot of people are heading to fall festivals or pumpkin patches, especially this morning. look at these temperatures, 62 in washington. you could definitely get away with a light jacket. many 50s on the map. 55 now in clinton and it is national coffee day. so maybe you can enjoy your cup of coffee outside in this comfortable weather. as you wake up, 64 by 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.,

taylor and a look at the roads. hey, jaing. >> good morning, we have police activity southeast. it is closing martin luther king avenue between alabama avenue and malcolm x. you can see crews are working down at the kennedy center. it is friday. they will hang in there until 6:00 in the morning. also we had work done in carroll county on 70. westbound, to route 27. it's a paving project going on there, will you find the left lane is getting by at the scene, hearing of a new crash on 301 near cedarville road. i'm chris, back to you. >> thank you. it's 4:36. today is an important day for jewish people here and around the world. on sunday, i don't meyom kippur begin. it's known as the day of atonement. >> it's a day to ask for

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are you watching news 4 today. >> deonte karaway will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing over 20 children. the case is far from over. now the school district is likely to get slammed with dozens of civil lawsuits connected to carraway's crimes. last month he was sentenced to 75 years in prison on federal charges. he will serve both sentences simultaneously she was shown on video tossing urine. she is now in more trouble. a warrant is out for her arrest. a pal brown says the threw it on him because she thought he was being sati

for her arrest a fire fighter recovering from critical injuries. this is firefighters dane smothers, jr. with a quilt from engine number three, it was hand sewn by a fire fighter at engine 18 and contains a complete patch collection from all d.c. organizations, smothers has been in an inpatient center the past few weeks. he was hit with a fire truck last month. it's lovely to see that gesture. i think it helps with recovery. >> it shows you, those guys, it's such a brotherhood there. >> absolutely. for sure. it's 4:from un. >> hey, good morning guys. it is chili outside, too, i would go ahead and say it's chilly. a lot of people might want a light jacket. can you get away with

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. >> boy from justin bieber to j.lo, we seen so many celebrities contributing to the hurricanes relief efforts. >> today queen b teamed up on the record for this record. beyonce is donating her proceeds to hurricane and eric relief charities, including unicef. >> we saw her, she made a trip to her hometown of houston to feed people. she has been all in on the recovery. >> at lot of people stepping up, to use their celebrity and status. >> people desperately need it. the trump

responding to puerto rico as quickly as it did following the recent hurricanes in texas and florida. >> news 4 tracy potts is live with what officials are speeding up the recovery effort. good morning. it's so great. >> reporter: well, it really is. when you see the pictures from down there, it's devastating. it's been over a week. there has been a lots of criticism and questions about why it's taking so long to get certain resources down there. this morning some things and some people are on the way, like the u.s. navy ship comfort. it's a floating hospital that can accommodate 300 people a. three-star general is in charge of that. they have three-quarters military trying to help out. one of the big problems is there is stuff, food, supplies, people desperately need sitting on foreign ships and an old law would not allow them to

president trump has temporarily li law. still we are told fuel is scarce, power is out and could be for months. trucks have having a hard time getting it out to people where they need it. so a serious situation down there. the trump administration says that they will work very diligently and quickly to try to get help to people. here on capitol hill, lawmakers are acknowledging the fact that this will be a long-term effort, which means it will need more people and more money. >> all right. thank you very much, tracy. megan fitzgerald here at theb live deck. breaking news out of india. we are learning 22 people were killed at a friday morning rush at a pedestrian bridge in mumbai. officials say another 27 were injured in a stampede. people have been taking to social media offering prayers an condolences for those killed. many people are also upset

saying there needs to be more t avoid this type of tragedy. of course, we will update you on this story as we learn more. >> megan fitzgerald, thank you. president trump promised to drain the swamp. now one of his cabinet members is taming the people back. health and human price to him price apologized for using planes 24 times on your dime. politico reports price cost taxpayers more than $1 million in travel since may. yesterday price said he would write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his seat on those planes. house majority whip steve scalise is back at work. what a homecoming. >> yesterday, he made really an emotional return to the house floor, creating rare uplifting moment here in washington. look at th

three-and-a-half months after a gunman nearly killed him at congressional baseball practice in alexandria. the law maker from louisiana walked onto the house floor using two canes and thanked the people that saved his life. a great native honor for steve chapel. miriam bowser will recognize him with a presentation of gratitude. it's happening at his duke ellington school of the arts. this is video from a recording of coffee in cars with comedians in the district. >> comedians in cars. i thought that didn't sounds right. that's jerry seinfeld's joke. chapel had d.c. schools trending when he gave the iconic shoutout in the emmys a few weeks ago. he is in town at the warner theater for a string of shows. op

throughout the city. it's fun to see. >> wouldn't you want to be with dave chappell and jerry seinfeld. >> you wouldn't stop laughing. >> did you catch it? will, grace, jack, karen. >> dvr for me, a little later on our schedules, radio it in the trios. what, four? quartet. thank you. they're back if prime time for the first time in more than a decade. now we were in the spirit, look at this party here. this was at lucky strike down in china town, people were very excited a. lot of people came out. some of our people justin, darcy, watching the news 4 people for will and grace. some of the other people from the other department. mona from marking. >> doug cameron was there. i was there. >> it's like a who's who. >> those people came to bowl. what the heck are these people doing here? why are they standing in the middle of my lane? >> they actually had a great

>> i wonder how people came up and asked for a personal forecast? >> quite a few. eric was there, i had a great time. i got to bed at 10:00. >> whoa, are you pretty disciplined. >> this is going to hurt. luckily just one dirty karen martini. still only three-and-a-half hours of sleep last night. the schedule will get you but it was -- >> you have to live, though. >> you got to live a little. >> exactly. >> we have clear skies this morning, it is a pleasant start to your friday. our september finishing up on a very dry and a very warm note for sure. three 90s this week for the month now. we were way below average the first of the month. we have been below. we are in plus territory for temperatures, but two inches behind in rainfall, just for the month of september. things have dried out considerably after a soggy summer. there's the weather front out there, the heavy rain to the green bay game last night. >> that front is racing in our

it will get here and mount n it have the opportunity to ring out one or two drops of rain, primarily across northern maryland into western maryland, maybe the panhandle of west virginia, somewhere between slim and none are the rain chances for tonight. it's not 100% zero. it's not a 100% chance we will get anything. did i mention i had three-and-a-half hours of sleep? 62 now. a nice start the daily grade for today, sunny and nice. a-plus weather for sure, nice northwest breeze for today. dry weather for high school football tonight. you need your jeans for a change. short sleeves later on. 75, that's nice, full sunshine, if you are headed to the navs game, a big one against the pirates. [ lost audio ] a little breezy tomorrow. back

the next best chance for rain jack taylor comes a week from tomorrow. >> i'll take it. keep it out in the distance, out in the distance. please. centreville 66, westbound, we had an earlier crash on the ramp to 29. >> that just cleared. so we have that ramp reopened. 301 near seed sarville, a lot headed down to the crash, unclear at this point. so just be real careful. it's in the intersection, be cautious. southbound 270 on the spur at democracy boulevard. crews working there they have the left lane closed. they should be wrapped up here, hopefully in five or ten minutes, they have full cones to river road to the outer loop. >> chris, back to you. >> thank you, jack. distracted driving is on the rise. where it's happening is what's most alarming t.. the story you should hear before sending kids to school. >> ma may be inside those lunch boxes you and your kids

. >> school has been back in session. you've heard the warnings to make sure you watch out as you are driving down the road. but there has been another spike in cases of distracted driving incidents. news 4 iteam's scott macfar land explains what's going on. >> reporter: a b

state police rec officers in ma have stopped at least 26,000 people driving while distracted in the state, already this year. that's up from 3,000 this time last year. the rate is increasing in the last month even after school went back in session. a news 4 iteam investigate e investigation last month showed a growing number of incidents in school zones. 1,400 pulled over in montgomery county alone last year. we found an increasing problem on the highway, including on the icc, where we saw drivers over 70 miles an hour with phones in hand. were you doing what they say you were doing, having a phone in your hand? did you know it was against the law? >> i know. >> you did know? >> i know, i'm very careful most of the time. >> reporter: in virginia and maryland, police say they're trying new enforcement details, in montgomery county, they w

school yearot mcfarland news 4 m purchasing a car is a big deal. right? for anyone, especially when the prices seem to only be getting higher. sticker shock here. >> i keep my eyes on 2009, up and running. that's right. >> baby food all over the place. >> oh god, done i know it? now it turns out ford motor company unveiled an f series limited line of pickup trucks that can cost you upwards of $100,000. >> what? >> f-450 super duty limited line 4 x 4 can now cost you anywhere from 85 to $95,000. >> what is it doing? >> i must say. >> for the semi truck. >> no numbers behind it. >> it's like a second half of a semi truck. i seen them before. they're pretty nice. >> the this inc. is, you throw a few more bells and whistles on that

will be up to the $100,000 range. ford says it sees a strong market of drivers willing to pay for a luxurious pickup truck. think about. that that luxurious pickup truck market is actually strong. >> if it's like a semi truck, can you hall your family, a house, go anywhere. my drives were a pickup, it basically fits me, him, in this tiny little cab. that was it. that was very nice. a huge celebration is set to get under way in the district. trader joe's is opening its third location, this time on pennsylvania avenue southeast, trader joe followers know it's a big deal, it's near eastern market. more neighborhoods are expected to get this trendy grocer. a new store will open near union market later this year and urban turf reports the company applied for a part in glover park. it's so

i've been to the one on 14th street. i walked in, walked out. i think there is too many in line. let's talk lunch books, you pack some lunches? okay, all right. we know that it's sometimes tough if you open open. >> you laf? >> i got pre freshments. sometimes you open the lunch box, especially with your kids, are you fought sure what will be from there at the end of the die, it could be kind of gross. >> my wife tossed my daughter's lunch little thing in the washing machine. >> radio it in the frash. >> there is a pretty great risk, it could get moldy inside, something research found 70% of fabric lunch boxes contain mold. it can cause food poisoning. here's a list of dos and don'ts. you should wash fabric lunch boxens and reusable containers. boy, i'm glad she ,

water. most of those hard plastic metal lunch boxes like cluck and i used to have when we were kids, those were usable containers, they've safe for the dishwasher, of course, you never use baby wipes on lunch boxes. in no, why not? >> never the dirty ones. >> not just, who would think rain would go there? >> not saying i'd use it on the lunch box. if you pack the baby wipes. they work for anything, wash hands, countertops the car, anything, they're really useful from that's right, no chemical spray. >> so now i feel leak i have to throw out all the lunch boxes in my house right now. stay with us, news 4 today starts at 5:00 a.m. right now on news 4 today, she's been missing for nearly two weeks. now a potential new