right now, there are massive power outages. getting information out is getting difficult. this is new video of one huge wildfire in orange county. the side of a mountain is on fire and advancing towards the highway. there are more than a dozen fires burning and emergency teams are asking tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. some are even rescuing people by helicopter. at this point, it's too early to know how bad the damage is. i lived in california for eight years. i covered a lot of those fires. it is tough, tough going. these fires are impacting the happiest place on earth. look at the video. the fire left an eerie orange glow over disney. these images are bizarre. it looks like the sky was painted orange, in fact. some visitors

raining down. the park remained open all day. cal fire says the fire near disneyland is 5% contained. developing at 4:31. this is video of police near tex tech tech taking a 19-year-old student into custody. he's accused of shooting a police officer. daniels was taken into custody after they found drugs in his dorm room. while he was at the campus police station, he allegedly shot a campus officer and then took off. after a manhunt shall daniels was taken into custody. this morning a family in bowie is heartbroken and waiting for answers. their daughter was killed in a police-involved shooting in miami beach over the weekend. she was celebrating her 22nd birthday. >> it's hard to express the amount of pain and distress you feel. >> hithon grew up in bowie and was attending temple university. she was speed

sunday night, ran a red light and crashed into a car. she allegedly drove away from the scene and hit another car. police say they tried to block her in but she didn't stop. she ran over an officer and that's when police fired several shots, hitting her. she later died at the hospital. >> that kind of activity is not rational. i can't explain why she wouldn't have listened to command. >> her father says she is waiting for autopsy results. the toxicology report will determine whether hithon was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. some parents have more questions than answers this morning after teens used an app to talk about killing a classmate. this involves some students who go to liberty high school in fauquier county. a group of six students used a gaming app called discord and talked about a "operation will to kill." worried parents voiced concerns to the school board last night and some walked out of the meeting because twe

upset. they're angry that the students will not be charged with any crimes here. in the app, the students referenced a school shooter list and even talked about a lynching. fauquier's sheriff explains the lack of action. >> after a thorough investigation and working with the officer and commonwealth's attorney, it didn't rise to the level of a criminal violation of law. >> what is to keep this from happening again? what is to keep another child from sending a threatening message to someone and saying i'm not going to be punished. >> some parents called for the students to be expelled. >> school officials say they could not talk about punishment specifically because of privacy issues. but understandably parents are -- >> scary stuff out there. >> allowing your child to continue to go to class. it may be very upsetting. >> absolutely. the montgomery county school board will consider scrapping spring break. you heard that correctly. >> what? >> it's a story only on news 4. the board is conside

spring break a four-day weekend instead of an entire week. this would not take effect until the 2018-2019 school year. also, eliminating days given to teachers for planning purposes. the school district is gathering community feedback and likely would not vote until next month. >> going to be a touchy one right there. this is a fight over who is the real first lady. get this. melania trump is going to bat against president trump's first wife, ivana trump. it started when she made an appearance on abc to promote her new book. she has a direct line to the white house and called herself the first lady she said. melania trump spokesperson released a statement and said there is clearly no substance to this statement from an ex. this is unfortunately attention seeking and self-serving noise. rizzo.

and the cubs have taken game 3. >> what a heartbreaker. it's not over yet. >> no. >> we have a game to play. >> they win two games, they move on. >> there you go. >> here's what you need to know about the game today. it's in chicago and the start time is 5:30. >> carol maloney talked to the players about what need to be done to get a win today. >> a series on the brink. the washington nationals have to win two in a row to avoid another brutal end to a playoff run. >> we've won two games in a row before. it's not a record. not an ideal situation to be in. i'd rather be up 2-1. it is playoff baseball. >> hasn't really gone our way yet. but we have a big game tomorrow. get the series back in d.c. i like our chances. >> how do you approach tomorrow now? >> win

what else you want us do? we're going to win the game. >> the play of -- >> it's in no man's land. it's one of those dropped balls that in the moment it's -- it's been a tough ball for somebody to call and get to. you're not going to hear it. >> that ball can't get down. i take blame for that. center field, i got to take over and take charge. that ball can't drop like that. >> game 4 here at wrigley later today. if another bloop single comes his way, like the team, they're going for it. in chicago, carol maloney, news 4 sports. we're all rooting for the nats to win the next two games in a row. if you're superstitious and looking for a way to get them to win. try this. grub hub has a list of the most

popular foods. shrimp avocado rolls. shrimp and broccoli. spinach cal own, blt sandwich. i'll eat every single one if they can win. in one sitting. >> they seem fancy. what happened to a -- blt is the one thing that's not super fancy. >> calzone is is all right. >> of course, you can grow a beard. >> in a day? maybe some people can. i don't know. this is like two weeks worth here trying to push this team forward. we'll see. >> let's go. it is now time to take another look at your weather and traffic at 4:37. >> let's take a look at the roads with wtop's jack taylor in a minute. first to sheena and lauryn. some people could be seeing patchy fog on the trip in. >> just in areas. not everybody is seeing the patchy fog but some areas. some of it is dense in places. >> some of it is.

morning with the morning fog around. mostly in la ray and warrenton. we're going to see it fluctuate through the morning hours. otherwise, through the afternoon, unseasonably warm again today. back in the 80s. most of the area in the mid-80s similar to yesterday. the normal highs 70 degrees. rain returns overnight tonight. we keep it in the forecast through friday. that comes along with cooler temperatures. if you want that cool air back, it will be here before the week is over. we have another warmup before the weekend gets here. temperature, though, 74 in the district. upper 60s, many of our suburbs. you can see in the distance, there's trucks. but they're not quite backing up as fast as we'd like to get them out of the roadway. on the outer loop of the

near georgia avenue. there's a paving project with two left lanes getting by. that one is still in place but not causing a slowdown, thankfully. there's a crash northbound on i-97 before route 32. the cleanup has the right lane blocked. that's not causing a big delay either. back to you. >> jack, thank you. it's the loss no parent should ever have to endure. the loss of a child. but a local family is transforming their heartache into help for others. how the parents of ashanti billie are making sure her legacy lives on. a health scare at a local school after two confirmed cases of tuberculosis. onhe lookout for. may want to be >> waking u me tired than unusual? you may want to stay off

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a local teen with a big talent and creative spirit is sending a bigger message with her art. >> the 14-year-old is inspiring others with her vibrant painting skills and setting an example. she's not letting down syndrome stand in her way. she was involved in many activities. but last summer her passion for art took off. her parents put her in art classes and now her mother says that her work has quite the fan base here. >> this is something that she loves and she veal i is good

boost to make that happen for her and give her more independence with that. >> her parents set up a website where people can view and purchase her art. it's become a platform to raise awareness and her parents say it's all about dreaming as big as you can and to not think about limitations. >> i love it. what an inspiration. sophia's work will soon expand to note cards, handbags and much more. >> absolutely. >> what a great idea. >> check out the website. loy of it. hopefully, after today good days will return. the humidity is finally starting to move out. lauryn, what's going on here? >> thank goodness. it won't be as muggy later this afternoon. this morning is on the muggy side. we have falling temperatures as we head over the next coup ofle

we're following breaking news out west where more than a dozen wildfires are racing through california. just take a look at this video. high winds are spreading the fires and the flames are burning out of control. nbc's jennifer bjorklund is live in northern california where a number of people have been killed. jennifer? >> reporter: chris, here in napa, two of those deaths are an elderly couple that died in one of these burned-out homes behind me. they had just celebrated 75 years together. the husband was 100, she was 99. their care-giver could not get them out in time. there are ten confirmed deaths in this fire so far. we do have reports of at least 100 missing persons. unfortunately, that number is expected to rise. more than 73,000 acres have burned. 1500 homes and businesses, includ

hotel in santa rosa that burned for hours and hours. also, an historic dairy and winery. meteorologists say the weather has calmed down overnight. nothing like it was sunday night to monday morning where everything was a confluence of single digit humidity, gusty winds. in fact, we may not see conditions all coming together like for another 50 years. officials are calling this the worst incident of wildfire in northern california since the oakland hills fire in 1991. the firefight continues and we're expecting updates on numbers. those numbers all expected to rise this morning. i'm jennifer bjorklund live in napa. back to you. >> jennifer, thank you. it's 4:47. republican senators have been mostly quiet about the back and forth between president trump and senator bob corker. >> but the feud could have an affect on your wallet. corker is an important effort in taxes.

with more. he's angering democrats. how is anything going to get done here? >> good question. the goodwill he built up with democrats dissolving. now that he's insisting that his border wall get paid for in exchange for protecting the young immigrants. then there are individual republicans that he's been targeting. the latest, senator bob corker after corker said to the president maybe leading to world war i ii the way he's handling things. that is, the people around us protecting us from chaos. a twitter war back and forth. bob corker is a powerful senator here on capitol hill. republicans they got a razor-thin margin on some of the issues. corker's vote is needed on tax reform that republicans are trying to get done bit end of the year. the budget that republican leaders want to bring up next week. immigration, which the president laid out new priority for. and a big one, iran.

iran nuclear deal. first step on capitol hill, bob corker's foreign relations committee. some mending of fences may need to happen in order to get some of that done. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. turning now to decision 2017 where the candidates for virginia governor faced off in their final debate last night. >> gun laws were a big part of the conversation between democrat ralph northam and republican ed gillespie. gillespie supports universal background checks on gun purchases, which that is already in place. he also said he supports restrictions on bump stocks, the devices used by the shooter in las vegas in that massacre there. >> a device that allows you to circumvent a ban on automatic weapons should be banned if it's designed to turn a weapon into an automatic weapon. >> gillespie turned the conversation to sanctuary cities. he's used it

>> we do not have sanctuary cities in the commonwealth of virginia. it's a solution looking for a problem. >> we're weeks away from virginians heading to the polls to vote for a new governor. aoll from the -- northam is shown leading by seven points. while police search for the person who killed a prince george's county native, her parents are telling us about their new mission in her honor. ashanti billie left our area to go to culinary school in norfolk. she was last seen on a navy base there september 8th. police found her remains hundreds of miles away near a church in charlotte nearly two weeks later. ashanti's parents are setting up a foundation in her name. >> she served god. she served god well. that's why we've come to an acceptance that this had to happen for us to bring the light to missing people. we truly feel that this is god's

>> the foundation will offer a scholarship to a student who graduates from dr. henry a. wise high school in upper marlboro and attends the art institute. >> it's 4:51. a warning for parents in prince george's county. staff at a high school in upper marlboro confirmed two cases of tuberculosis. school officials are meeting with parents but the risk of exposure is low. it takes at least 8 hours with an infected person to contract tb. when the weather is humid and sticky as it's been here, it's hard to believe the winter olympics are just four months away. when i visited south korea this past summer to check out pyeongchang. i made a must stop in seoul, the capital city. the neighborhood is an international and gritty hub filled with bars and clubs, restaurants and shops. diverse as far as korea goes. many entrepreneurs are moving there and bringing their

unique vibe. >> this little back alley, it looks like a seedy little place. but before you know it, boom, it opens up into a great little restaurant. this is linus' barbecue restaurant. it's american-style. like pulled pork and brisket. the guy is really creative. from alabama. >> another korean american. >> you have korean americans from southern california, from alabama. all over the u.s. making their way in seoul. it's cool to see. tonight at 5:00, join me as i show more on the melting pot. the reason why it's had international because the main u.s. military base is there in itch wan. it's going to move soon. all the different business people will take advantage of the growing development there. it's cool to see. >> did you go to korea to eat barbecue? is that what you did? >> i didn't eat american

>> okay. >> which is different. >> which is different. you can get it here, but it's not the same. >> he said he's from alabama, right? >> the guy is from southern california. the other restaurant, the chef is from alabama. >> so interesting. >> that's what happens. it's a melting pot. it really is. people don't realize that section of korea. >> i love learning about south korea vicariously through you. i've never been there. but your stories are amazing. >> it was a lot of fun. i need to go become sometimes. >> you are going back. >> that's for work. i need to go back and enjoy the culture. >> i'm jealous. >> very excited. need to bring three puffy coats. >> no puffy coats here today. it is hot, sticky, humid. >> i don't want to think about my puffy coat or take it out. eventually i will. not this morning. this morning, we have patchy fog around. it's all because of the rain yesterday. so it's still warm and humid this morning. the good news, we do not have the rain this in

through the day today. temperatures in the 80s. but the rain returns overnight tonight. we have showers in the forecast really for the rest of the week after today and cooler temperatures, too. we go from the 80s today to seasonable weather for the end of the week. now here's your visibility. manassas about a mile and a half. not too bad. warrenton under a half mile. quantico at 6. fluctuation in most of the area. not too bad. there's patchy fog in this morning's forecast. we're dry, though. we'll see the clouds around this morning and through the afternoon. so kind of mostly cloudy day with temperatures back in the 830s. if you're exercising. but the rain is not going to be here until overnight. here's few toughfuture weather. early tomorrow morning, we'll see rain around. tomorrow afternoon. then thursday morning and through thursday afternoon. so we are looking at more rain in the forecast starting wednesday into friday. but look at those temperatures. we drop into the upper 60s for a high thursday.

the weekend, we warm back up before we cool back down next week. let's look at the roads on your tuesday morning with some patchy fog out there. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. 270. going to be a late problem unfortunately. crews have started to pick up the work zone. plan ahead if you're headed out. you'll be in a delay. the left lane is getting by 270 southbound leaving 109. george washington parkway southbound. guardrail work. in the clearing stages if not gone by now. two left lanes had been getting by. at this point, there's no delay headed into charm city. back to you. >> jack, thank you. eliminating the wait. the new service walmart is starting that it claims will have you in and out of the customer service line in 30 seconds. >> really? okay. another day and another scam. whatou have in y

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i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all.

how many of us keep items we plan on returning because we never make it back to the store. hello. lauryn. >> they're enacting new mobile express return service come november. customers will be able to initiate a return o

app. once they're in the store, they scan and an associate completes the return. the process should take 30 seconds. >> i just don't shop. that's how i get around that. news 4 consumer investigation exposes a possible scheme that may be coming to your neighborhood involving tree cutters. >> yeah. we're getting action and answers after hearing from several viewers who tell us that they paid for a service that was never completed. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you to tell us what she has uncovered. >> we heard from three people who all tell us the same exact story. they got a knock at the door from a tree cutting service offering to give them a good deal to cut down their dead trees. while the customers don't dispute the trees were dead, the crew never returned to remove the stumps, something they paid for. there's more. what allegedly happened to this woman. news 4 went undercover. >> michael, my

susan owe began. i'm with nbc4. >> okay. >> we've been trying to get in touch with you a lot. >> tonight apartment 11:00, we confront the company's owner. you'll hear more from him and how our investigation led to the police getting in on it. back to you. right now on "news4 today," threats to kill spread around school but the students behind them won't be charged. plus, a shorter spring break? say it ain't so. fewer holidays off? a local school district is changing up its calendar and your kids might not like what's coming. a birthday beach trip turns deadly. what led up to a local woman being shot and killed by florida police. rizzo