>> several stories developing tonight as we come on the air this afternoon. >> we are live for the next three hours right here on news 4 and we have big team coverage across the board. while you were at work, news 4 uncovered new details today about the accused gunman and the victims in yesterday's deadly workplace shooting. >> tonight ray dee prince is in jail in delaware, a judge ordered $2 million bail. prosecutors there in delaware charged prince with attempted murder for shooting a man at an auto shop in wilmington. prince will eventually be sent back to maryland to face murder charges. the horford county sheriff's office is not saying if there is a time line for that extradition. prince is accused of shooting five people at the edge wood counter top business where he worked. three of his coworkers are dead now including a man from our area and news 4's kristin wright spoke with that local victim's family today. and kristin checks in now live with more. kristin, it sounds as i

with the suspect. tell us what you've learned about that. >> reporter: right. the daughter told me that her father tried to be nice to this man, referring to the suspect, the man accused of killing her father. the family and his church meant everything to him. the church here is planning a special worship service to support this grieving family. >> it was a very friendly soft hearted, very easy going guy. >> reporter: the daughter says the world is not the same without her father. >> he was the best dad and best husband, the most humble person. >> reporter: he and his wife were married 32 years. they immigrated to arlington from mongolia in 2005. >> it was always his dream to come he

and his dream finally came true. >> reporter: but that dream is broken. she tells me her father talked about the coworker, suspected of killing him and two other employees at advance granite solutions. >> he would come home and mention that, you know, he would -- he had a rough day at work with this person, and i think the guy didn't really get along with the other workers. >> reporter: it hurts, but she says her father is in a better place. >> he's with god right now. he's in heaven, so, yeah, we are at peace. we are. >> reporter: the assistant pastor here at the church said he was loved here. he would drive children to and from bible study and would even have bible study at his home, leon. back to you. >> that is just heart breaking to hear. thank you so much, kristin. now, advance granite solutions is raising money for the families of their

who died. find a link to the fund-raiser through the nbc washington app. go there and search workplace shooting. pat? >> breaking news now from the white house where the president's chief of staff is weighing in on an ongoing controversy surrounding condolence calls for families of fallen service members. >> listen to what general john kelly said just a few minutes ago. now, remember, kelly is a retired marine corps general and he's also the father of a fallen marine himself. >> typically the only phone calls the family receives are the most important phone calls they can imagine and that is from their buddies. in my case, hours after my son was killed, his friends were calling us from afghanistan telling us what a great guy he was. those are the only phone calls that really matter. and, yeah, the letters count to a degree, but there's not much that really could take the edge off what a family member is going through. >> now, all of this stems from the death of --

of four american soldiers killed october 4th in niger in africa. some have criticized president trump for not reacting to that incident publicly and for the way that one family says he spoke to the wife of one of the fallen soldiers. >> also at the white house today, recovery in puerto rico, schools are closed, people aren't going to work, most homes are still dark. that's life, the life of many puerto ricans one month after hurricane maria. today the governor of the u.s. territory thanked president trump for his support. he also reiterated over and over that there is still much more work to do. erika gonzalez breaks down their meeting from the newsroom. erika? >> hi, pat. puerto rico's governor met with president donald trump in the oval office today. both men praised first responders, the military and fema for responding quickly and helping stabilize the island. >> military, first responders, fema, did we do a great job? >> you

sir. >> the men were careful to remain positive and show a united front. president trump announced congress has his blessing to move forward with a plan to send money to help rebuild puerto rico. the president reiterated at some point the federal government has to turn recovery over to locals. throughout the meeting, the governor stressed the process will be long but worthwhile. >> we recognize that a lot has been done, but a lot has still -- has to be done. so, we are hopeful that with these meetings that we're going to have, we're going to talk about the immediate needs for puerto rico, what we need to do to get out of the life sustaining phase. what we need to do to stabilize puerto rico and, of course, what we need to do to build puerto rico stronger and better than before. >> president trump raided the federal government's response to the crisis at 10 out of 10. the governor dodged attempts

but did say that puerto rico has been given everything it's asked for. back over to you guys in the studio. >> all right. thank you, erika. >> we are also following developments at the university of florida where there is a high alert and growing anxiety over a speech. >> richard spencer, the self-described white nationalist, is speaking on the campus right now at this hour. hundreds of people are protesting outside the gainsville school to prevent violence, some 500 police officers are standing by and florida's governor declared a state of emergency in case the national guard needs to be deployed. the school wants to ensure that there is no repeat of the violent clashes that took place during a white nationalist gathering in charlottesville two months ago. a counter protester died there. >> a judge slammed the prince george's county man who beat his newborn to death, buried his body, and then hid what he did for weeks. the judge sentenced antoine petty to decades behind bars for the heart breaking crime. pettyea

phlegmings in september of 2016 because the baby wouldn't stop crying. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is in riverdale, maryland. she's got the judge's strong words that were issued to that killer. tracee. >> reporter: leon, today in court prosecutors showed pictures of that baby's body after it laid here in a shallow grave at park dale high school for more than a month. he was unrecognizable. the judge said that this is the most difficult case he has ever dealt with. not only because we're talking about a father who killed his son, but then buried him and lied about it. antoine petty will spend 40 years in prison for beating his two month old son to death. >> at two months old he had no person to protect him. >> reporter: 40 years is the maximum sentence for child abuse resulting in death, which is what petty was charged with. police say he beat his newborn son to try and stop him from crying, beat him until

then antoine and the baby's mother placed the baby in the back of the car the father drove. the baby remained there for one day before the couple buried the body behind park dale high school in riverdale. the judge said petty's mind was clouded by mental illness. >> mental illness is a big factor to play in this case. if he was getting the help he needed he wouldn't be here today. >> if antoine petty was mentally ill, it was incumbent upon his family to have intervened to get some help for him. and if not help for chimera, what about these children? what about the one he murdered brutely and left in an open grave? >> reporter: petty's wife pled guilty to manslaughter charges. she's due in court for sentencing in december. in riverdale, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> heart

thank you, tracee. virginia voters go to the polls, leon. >> they are hoping star power will step in and give their ticket a big boost in the closely watched governor's race. president barack obama making his return to the political arena tonight in rich manned. he's there to headline a rally for governor ralph northam, in -- for governor. i don't want to give him the just yet. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live. she has supporters who lined up to get their spot in this big event. hey, julie. >> reporter: hey there. they sure did. i talked to one guy from the dmv who got up at 3:00 this morning and drove down here to richmond so he could have one of the front row seats. now, this line folks are going to start filing in around 5:00. and mr. obama is expected to speak around 7:30. what happens in this hall tonight could be crucial to ralph northam's campaign. his bid to keep the governor's office in democratic hands. now, even though the people in line here assure me that they are looking forwa

it's clear from the t-shirts, hats and bags it is the former president who is generating the excitement. and the whole idea of this event, some polls this week suggest that the race is tightening. ralph northam still leads in most polls, but often within the margin of error. former rnc chairman ed gillespie has strong supported rural portions of virginia and he brought his own star power in last weekend with vice-president mike pence. even some democrats, though, are worried right now that northam hasn't done enough to energize especially young voters and african-american voters. those here, though, believe the former president can change all that with this rally. >> i just feel like he has a lot of supporters with him so him being with northam brings his support as well. so, it's all he needed, all the support and we're here for it. >> what draw me here was obama's first campaign event since he left the presidency. i was already pretty excited for northam. havihi

name come down to support him is huge. >> reporter: now, republicans say they were expecting this visit by the former president of virginia, not surprised to see it, but an rnc spokesman says in a quote, virginiian s will cast their votes on kitchen table issues, not star power. back to you in the studio. >> right, a lot of enthusiasm we see out there. thank you, julie. >> thank you, julie. what a difference a day makes, huh? storm team 4 tracking changes. >> let's go to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer with what's left on this day. >> he was outside yesterday, six flags yesterday. >> can you hear me? >> we can hear you, we can't see you. >> keep up that shot. that's a great shot of me. >> you look like one of the zombies you were with yesterday at food fest >> that is just beautiful. it looks like i'm enjoying myself today, doesn't it? not at all. actu i

trying to help my kids with homework. that's what that looks like there. take a look at the team tours, guys. it is a cool morning this morning again. many areas into the 30s, 36 manassas. tonight will be a lot warmer than that. most everybody staying in the 40s at least in the city, i think we'll be around that 50 degree mark. as we look toward the area now, temperature wise we are a very nice afternoon, 76 rockville, 75 leesburg, 72 belvoir. abundant sunshine, bright blue skies. tomorrow morning, cool morning. beautiful afternoons. i'm tracking the next storm. we'll talk about how that next storm will affect your forecast coming up over the next couple of days and, guys, i'm going to toss it back inside to you. >> all right. thank you, doug. a developing story now, a local high school football game is the target of a threat. how the school is preparing. plus, something to believe in. nb

with his message. the important thing they want you to hear to keep the men in your life healthy. >> we'll look at which part of our area might vo: john adams' prescription for health care would be a disaster for virginia families. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged thousands more. 685,000 virginians would lose their health care. and adams is against medicaid expansion - denying coverage to thousands of veterans, children and the disabled. john adams: higher costs, less coverage, hurting virginians. mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

r governor, narrator: ed gillespie and i wants to endis ad. a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor. an anonymous phone threat forces prince william county schools to move a high school football game.

live room. the game was moved to 5:00 tomorrow. potomac high in dumfries, virginia. the daylight hours will make it easier for police to keep people safe. the district says the threat against a member of the coaching staff was not credible, but it doesn't want to take any chances so people at the game may see some extra police officers and now you know why. pat, leon, back over to you. >> all right, good deal. thanks, erika. >> you know, doctors used to think of colon cancer as a disease for older patients. >> not any more. more middle aged people are battling it these days. early detection is a key to effectively fighting colon cancer. in the early stages you may not experience symptoms. >> doctors use colonoscopies. when patients do have symptoms they include bloody stool and abdominal pain. >> the fight against colon cancer is something we're talking about today is because it's personal for a member of the nbc news family.

doreen gentzler now to explain. she has two special guests with her. doreen? >> i do. a couple good looking gentlemen, i might add. craig melvin, you will be familiar with because he used to be here with us at nbc 4 for many years. but you don't probably know this good looking guy. this is his brother lawrence. and we'll check in with you in a moment, but we're talking about colon cancer here. and, lawrence, you have been diagnosed with colon cancer and you've got a method that you want to share. >> i encourage everyone that i speak with to get checked. the national average says at age 50 you should get that taken care of, but age 50 doesn't necessarily work for everyone because i just turned 40 this past september and i was diagnosed last year with 4 stage colon cancer. today is my actual surgery anniversary from the cancer diagnosis. >> we're glad you're able to be here with us. what caused you to get checked in the first place? >> i noticed, i shared with my family my clothes weren't fitting and i wear suits every

is something going on? so i went to my primary care doctor and said what i thought was going on. he said he would give me mira lax. >> constipated. >> i was still losing weight. i need a second opinion. he sent me to a specialist, specialist september me to get a ct scan. within 48 hours i was having emergency surgery. >> wow. you are teaming up to help raise money for colon cancer research. tell me about that. >> yes, tonight the blue bash ball will be tonight here in the d.c. area. since its conception in 2010 it's raised $5 million. tonight will be the ball and gala, we are hoping to raise more money specifically to raise awareness for colon cancer in particular. >> how did you get him involved? >> more so how did he get me involved. >> there you go. >> okay. >> when he got the

had some conversations about how he could use this for some good. and i will tell you, over the past few months he has made me and his family so proud because he spent a lot of time doing what he's doing now, raising awareness, talking to people about the importance of getting tested and getting screened. this organization came along and asked if we would be involved. no-brainer. they're raising not just money but awareness as well and research, a lot of the money goes toward research. but colon cancer is unfortunately a silent killer, so. >> neither one of you is close to 50. >> no. >> you have had a colonoscopy i'm sure. >> i did. one of his doctors suggested that based on our family history that we get checked and i went and got checked and i can tell people at home who might be thinking, my god, how could i ever do that. it's not that bad. >> you didn't have yours done on tv. >> no, i d

>> you don't have to worry about me doing that, doreen gentzler. >> i hope it's a wonderful event tonight. and how are you doing? we can all see you on the today show. you look like you're doing good. behind the scenes, how are you? >> doing well. we have a little girl that turns one next month. our little boy is 3 1/2. lindsey is graeat. she said to tell everyone hello. >> we miss you both. we can see from your social media posts you have your hands full with those two gorgeous babies. >> it's good to see you. always good to see you. >> good to see you. lawrence, congrats to you. >> doesn't he look great? >> he's kind of showing you up. >> that's the story of his life. >> he looks like he's going to a gala tonight. you not so much. >> thank you, doreen. >> thank you both. >> yes, and thank you for what you're doing, sharing this message because it is -- 50 is the recommendation and people need to be aggressive with their doctors. >> i agree. >> and insisting, particularly if there is a family history. >> i agree.

>> particularly if you're men because we don't go to the doctor. >> no. >> we're supposed to. we don't listen to advice very easily. >> that's going to change, right? >> well -- >> we hope so. >> we'll work on that. >> thank you all. >> all right. none of us ever want to get involved in a car crash, right? >> if you want to be prepared anyway, brand-new look at which cars do the

look who learned how to move. we saw him a second ago. >> at least move your lips. we know you like it outdoors. >> great outside today. >> absolutely beautiful. it just doesn't get any better. i had to do some outside work and today i didn't mind. i didn't mind at all. as a matter of fact, a lot of people enjoying a beautiful afternoon down in georgetown earlier today. walking along the fountains down there, my kids love this area. yeah, that guy having fun with his kids, too, out there. remember when your kids were young, you take everything off except for the diaper and let them run? that's what that guy was doing apparently. >> douk thing that out there. >> do it again in

looking quite nice along the waterfront. plenty of sunshine, blue skies. temperatures right now sitting in the upper 60s, low 70s. 71 in the city. winds out of the of the south at 10 miles per hour. around the rest of the area after another school start, temperatures have risen 40 degrees in some locations. so now we are up to 75 in leesburg, 76 in cull pepper, 75 fredericksburg, a little cooler along the water but still very nice. 70 degrees right now coming in towards annapolis. on the radar we are dry. we have been very dry the past month and a half. we still need to see some rain but there is no rain in the forecast until next tuesday. storm team 4 radar is clear. as i've been mentioning there is not going on across much of the country now. there are a couple storms northwest toward the southwest a little bit of a stofrm, toward florida up towards maine. the corners have storms, but that is it. there is nothing going on. we've got high pressure dominating and that's going to be the case over the next few days. so, once again tomorrow morning waking up to some

we're not going to be in the 30s again. in most air dwraz. 45 in manassas, 46 in winchester, 40 leesburg. some areas will be cooler, 54 coming in d.c. a nice start to your friday. let's call it what it is. a fantastic friday. i love saying that. fantastic friday. 75 degrees, plenty of sunshine. no problems out there, that means your friday night is looking good. if you have date night tomorrow night that's great, too. fall foliage report, moderate color around our region but you don't have to go too far. the mountains of west virginia, that's the area in red here. those -- that area is in the pink and i'm going to go back and start this over because the poconos also in red, also in pink, that's not a far drive at all. that's going to make for a great season for us. we have two weeks in the d.c. metro area before we see peak color in our area. look at this weekend. 76 on saturday, 77

days, tuesday, wednesday, that is a tem we'll watch closely. until then enjoy the beautiful weather. i'll see you at 4:45, bus stop forecast coming up for you. >> good looking stuff. >> thank you, doug. >> amazon looking for new digs and one part of our area may be a front runner. why that is and a closer look at how those communities could change. >> and we are working for you to keep you safe at home. >> it's domestic violence awareness month. the warning signs from a wan whomo when in unfamiliar waters, hundreds of miles from base-- all that training and discipline pay off , and you find out what your team is really made of... i win!

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 4:00. >> well, today marks the deadline for a competition that has cities all over the nation taking part. >> that's right. at stake, a new headquarters for amazon, the second national headquarters and all the workers and benefits that go along with it. >> and you can bet that a number of jurisdictions across the dmv are hoping they can woo the internet giant here to the area. >> news 4's tom sherwood takes us to one of the four sites that d.c. is pitching. >> reporter: this is first street northeast. not a lot of people know about this neighborhood. it's not far from union station or union market, and this is called noma. that's short for north of massachusetts. the newest residential and business area is one of the four city sites mayor murielse

second headquarters. a $5 billion economic boom for whatever jurisdiction gets it. washington business journal editor in chief doug free ling. >> we are getting a ton of applicants. that means the region's chances are good. that doesn't mean we'll get it. we meet the major conditions the. they want a million population, public transportation, 500,000 square feet right away and an ultimate build out of 8 million square feet. to put that in perspective, that's bigger than the pentagon. >> reporter: amazon ceo jeff bezos is considered to consider dozens of sites and dozens of states for his new headquarters. a semi final list could be made before the end of the year. and the competition to land amazon's 50,000 new jobs will really begin. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> now a closer look at domestic violence, an issue that alters the lives of many of our neighbors, our family and our friends. >> that's right. the statistics are alarming. if you look at them, you break them down, 20 people are physically abused by a partner

that's about 10 million people a year. now, if you breakdown the numbers even further, one in every three women and one in every four men have been victims of domestic violence. many of them suffering in silence because they don't think there is a safe alternative or place for them to go to talk about t. >> whur's troy johnson is here today with our segment of talk around town. troy, you've heard some compelling stories about this. tell us what you've heard. >> well, the numbers that leon just mentioned are so sobering. think about prince george's county, 97 murders in prince george's county last year in 2016. the number rose by 20 deaths over the previous year. according to prince george's county police department, of those murders last year, 20 were related to domestic violence. so, it feels like those situations may be 20 lives could be here if there had been some sort of intervention, if there had been some help for folks if they had reached out. you know, violence,

purveyance in this community. it has to stop. >> you've been talking about, you've uncovered, is that it runs in families? how does that break down? >> it is important to noah buzers rarely stop abusing. that's how you have that lineage, that long continual situation that's kind of happening. i spoke to anderson today. one word describes her best and it is simply survivor. just like her, her mother and her grandmother both victims of domestic violence. sadly, her daughter and niece whose pictures you're seeing right now were both killed in domestic violence incidents. so she is sharing their story to help break the cycle, reminding people physical abuse is not necessarily the first sign that something is wrong. it's actually the last. >> we have to look at the verbal abuse where you have someone that is belittling and calling you will out of your na

talking down to you. and then you have the emotional abuse where if they get upset with you, or they shut down and don't talk to you, call it the silent treatment, they have something to say about the clothes that you wear, how you wear your hair and who are you being around? if they have to know who you're talking to and they are going through your cell phone and they're checking your e-mail to see what type of conversations that you're having, those should be red signs to you. >> and she also tells me that if you find yourself in an abusive relationship, you need to get out. you need to get educated. you can get counseling and make a plan. again, we are showing resource information that you can use right now at the bottom of your screen. >> you're going to be taking part in a town hall next week. tell us what that's about. >> that's right. the town hall whur presenting behind closed doors, it is breaking the cycle of domestic violence. that's the title of the event and it is this coming tuesday, october 24th with my colleague whur's harold fisher on the

town hall is going to be at reid temple church in ame church in glendale, maryland. here's something special wee love to have people do when they come out and join in this conversation, bring toil tris to help men, women, children getting out of domestic violence situations, things they may not have a chance to get out of the house as they are trying to get to safety. >> i have to ask you this. have you all come to a conclusion amongst yourselves when you have this discussion whether it's more important for women to learn this lesson or men? >> in the folks that i talk to, it's important for all of us. not only counseling for people who have been victims of dough megs tick violence, but the people that are abusers need counseling, too. there are resources for everyone in these situations and we can diffuse hopefully some of them and save some lives. keep some people from getting hurt. >> stopping cycles. there you go. >> very important information. thank you, troy. >> thanks, troy. >> it is domestic violence awareness month, but news 4 is working for you year round to ra

to keep you updated about helpful resources available right here in our area. we call it safe at home. to learn more, head to the nbc washington app where you will also find out how prince george's county delegate is fighting to change state law, to prevent domestic violence cases. >> a new place to go for people who need help. a new safe spot that could be a life saver for hundreds in our area. >> a sign of the tiemtz, an iconic cruise liner that used to dominate the skies, now on the way out. where they are taking one last ride today. >> temperatures today in the low 70s for the most part. next couple of days even warmer still. we'll talk about how that affects your weekend. see you back here in a minute. ♪ affects your weekend. see you back here in a minute. ♪ ♪

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alex: when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. ♪ thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, for all of the victims out there. mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

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at an under served area of reston. the northern virginia human trafficki trafficking initiative opened up at eyisaac newton square. >> this is a safe place where human trafficking victims can come and hang out. they can receive case management. they can take part in the various activities we have from fitness classes to financial classes, where they can have fun but also receive healing. >> if you want to learn more about the center and the resources available there, just go to our website and search human trafficking on the nbc washington app. >> nbc 4 is proud to celebrate a local radio icon. donny simpson is marking 40 years in broadcasting in washington. we are giving away free tickets to a star studded celebration in his honor. takes place this sunday night at 6:00 at the warner theater. all you have to do is go to the nbc washington facebook page and tell us just why you love the

we'll choose a few random winners. in the meantime you can watch molette green's interview with the green eyed bandit. search the washington, d.c. app and on nbcwashington.com. >> i don't know what led molette to ask this brother why he doesn't age. why does he look as good as he did 25, 30 years ago? >> he must being taking care of himself. >> black don't crack. that's what my mom said. coming up hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. that's how we all drive. >> that should include when you buy a new car. which ones are the safest ones for you on the road. susan hogan is working for you with a new report on that. >> and we have a live look at national harbor in prince george's county

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four things to know. let's get you caught up on this afternoon's biggest stories.

campaign trail for the first time since leaving office. he's stumping for democratic gubernatorial candidate ralph northam in richmond. voters will choose between him or republican ed gillespie in just 19 days. one of the people killed in a workplace shooting north of baltimore yesterday is from our area. bayarsaikhan tudev lived in arlington. you're going to hear from his family and his church in just about 125 minut5 minutes. a high school football game was moved because of a threat to a staff member. potomac high school prince william county is moving the game to 5:00 so the game can be in daylight. extra police will be on hand for that. a florida campus is on edge. white nationalist richard spencer is at the university of florida right now for a speech. and protests are happening just outside the campus. spencer's group paid upwards of $10,000 to rent the venue which is a public space. pat, leon, back to you. >> all right, thanks, erika.

>> a highway safety group has added a new crash test to make sure those of you riding in the passenger seat are safe. >> it turns out not all passenger side airbag systems are created equal. consumer reporter susan hogan joins us now with a look at some of these results. what are you seeing here? >> it's crazy, every time i see those crashes it really is quite impactful for sure, and certainly not equal as you said. when it comes to protecting the passenger versus the driver, after suspecting as much, the insurance institute for highway safety has added a new passenger side crash test. so, let's take a look at what the institute did. so, inside the cars you see there, there are two crash test dummies. one nft driver seat and one in the passenger speed. 14, 17, and 2018 midsize cars were tested. of the 13 cars tested 10 earned good ratings. vehicles earned a good rating including the 2017 ford fusion, hondac

ma. cars not making the cut is 2017 malibu and 2017 volkswagen jetta and passat which scored marginal. so, according to the safety organization for the passat and the malibu, the main problem was inconsistent airbag protection that allowed for the passenger dummy's head to hit the instrument panel. we have reached out, of course, to both vw and to general motors. gm declined to comment. vw tells us it considered the safety of its consumers and passengers a top priority. we take evaluations from the insurance institute for highway safety very seriously. we will carefully review the results of their latest study on the 2017 passat. they are not denying it or anything. they're going to take a closer look. >> those are two of the most popular models for those makers. >> they take the insurance institute for highway safety very seriously, all of them do. they tout that on their webb sites and commercials. i

seriously. thank you, susan. >> thank you, susan. >> sure. >> we take this nice weather seriously. sticking with the car theme a moment, the surprising find of the reliability of new model cars. jim and erica are in the newsroom with more on that. >> shopping for a car, you might think all new is the way to go. >> but not so fast. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, why newer may not always be better. we're going to explain. >> and some strong words today from white house chief of staff john kelly on the recent controversy surrounding president trump and fallen soldiers. >> we're going to hear his perspective and our meagan fitzgerald is finding out what other gold star families have to say about what's going on. >> we'll see what those stories plus a good deal more coming your way in about 12 minutes. leon, pat, back to you for now. >> you got it, guys. we'll see you here in a few minutes. >> alrighty. doug, what's the night looking like? >> beautiful, fantastic. >> are we above normal for this time of year? >> we are, in fact, this is

est octobers as it stands. it's been incredibly warm. we've seen a couple cool nights, most of october has been very warm. today another day with t temperatures a-bomb the average. temperatures into the mid 60s. reston town center looking beautiful, nice night. traffic flowing good on the dulles toll road. as we look towards the downtown area you're noticing some color in the d.c. metro area. not a lot, but some color. some of the trees that normally turn first starting to do so. 71 degrees currently. temperatures dropping through the 60s. 63 degrees by 9:00, down to 59 by 11:00. cool but not nearly as the past couple nights. we got down into the 30s in the suburbs. look, we've risen into the 70s. 74 manassas, 74 dulles, camp springs college park coming in at 71 degrees. camp springs 72 rather. as far as the radar is concerned, no rain, we're going to be dry. it won't be an issue. the jacket, sweater as you make your way to the bus stop. by

by the time you're getting picked up or you're picking up the kids no worries at all. another spectacular day. now, it does differ depending on where you live in our area. let's go to amelia draper with more on the four zone forecast. >> exactly, doug. your storm team 4 zone forecast. we're going to start in the metro area. this includes washington, arlington, alexandria and the surrounding counties including prince george's county, fairfax and montgomery county. take a look at your d.c. metro zone forecast for tomorrow, like doug was saying, it is looking fabulous out there once again for areas like bethesda, bowie, camp springs, alexandria and out in burke with a high temperature around 75 degrees. looking ahead to the weekend, mild for the marine corps marathon refreshing start, a warm finish, hydration will be key. as we head out to our western zones, these cool nights where you're waking up in the 30s and low 40s and sunny warm afternoons really bring out the lady bugs and stink bugs. if you haven't noticed them yet in your home, just wait, they'll be coming out in the next few

them is with the vacuum. if you're in the western zones, areas like frederick, loudoun, prince which will yamt, fauquier county, you know that. the forecast 50 degrees. then we head to the eastern zones, southern maryland down through the northern neck, high tomorrow of 73. if you're getting out on the water small craft advisory with the water temperature of 68. out in the mountains, doug, we're starting to see the fall colors peak. this weekend will be a great trip to head out to areas like winchester, out into cumberland and check out the fall foliage. nice here in the metro zone as well. >> yeah, a absolutely. a couple of those places, big night for games tomorrow night. we'll talk about your friday football forecast. riverside high school, want too say hello to everybody out there at riverside high they are raising money for breast cancer tomorrow night. west field, centerville, eleanore roosevelt at wise, two very good teams tomorrow nht

loudoun county 62 degrees, 8:0059 degre8:00, 59 degrees. temperatures in the 70s and we're tracking that next chance of rain. pretty potent storm system moving through on tuesday, and that will change the weather big time across the eastern part of the nation. much more on that forecast. we have that tracking for you over the next couple of days. we'll see you next at 5:00. >> all right, good deal. >> thank you, doug. >> roosevelt-wise game might be pretty good tomorrow night. we'll see how that one shakes out. now, we're working to get you ready for halloween as well. news 4's molette green stopped by the washington harbor. >> she talked with police with what they need to know getting the kids dressed up. >> reporter: we're on the flight deck right under the big capital wheel all lit up this morning with the number 4. i've got my little pirate here, jet, who is only 6 years old. he's ready for trick or treating. that means we have to make sure parent

corporal tyler hunter and the prince george's county police officers joining us to talk about safety. the number one safety tip you want everybody to know? >> sure, biggest thing is to remind all of our drivers that there will be some children out in the area and to just please make sure they drive extra slow and look for our kids that may be excitedly crossing the street. we have a list of other tips that you can see available to make sure everyone is safe on halloween. >> that's on your blog, prince george's county police blog? >> yes, we'll have it there and put it out on other social media swlg. >> reporter: take a look at these pumpkins, how cool are they, carved up nicely. this is the winning pumpkin from last year at the harbor halloween pumpkin carving contest. and the trophy from last year, chef chris over here is vying for a trophy this year. one of six competing. he's working his way through this pumpkin, making a capital wheel here, right, chef? we have deborah with national harbo

on 29th, harbor halloween, all kinds of trick or treating and fun. >> trick or treating, movie, and then six of our chefs from national harbor will be competing in the chef competition. so, and then afterwards we will auction off the pumpkins for the capital area food bank. great family day. >> reporter: great family day and we want to make sure it is safe. that's why we have the officers here and they will be out in full force on the 29th and of course throughout the trick or treating season. i'm molette green from the national harbor. back to you guys. >> all right. it's just about that time, and take a look at this, the national harbor all lit up. the capital wheel with the giant 4 in the center of the wheel. can you see that? >> yeah. >> it's in blue, in blue. >> yeah, it's upside down right now. >> oh, okay. there you go. >> on the other side of it. >> it's a 4. alrighty, very nice. >> from working for you, you have to work to see the 4. okay. all right. coming up neekt heren

more controversy over the president's condolence calls. a local mother weighs in on what she's experienced and what she hasn't. >> plus a will having lo. ing husband and dad who drove two hours each way every day to a job he loved. his family speaks out today after he was killed in a workplace shooting. were there missing warning signs before the gun fire? >> this is news 4, first at 4:00.

right now at 5:00, a search for answers as the man accused of gunning down three coworkers goes before a judge and the relatives of those who died remember their loved ones. >> he was the best dad and the best husband, the most humble person. >> plus students on edge, a controversial speaker gets his first speech at a college campus since the events in charlottesville. >> and -- alexa -- >>

is considered a favorite for the tech giant's sought after second headquarters. >> so, you're at home tonight asking why did a man go to work and kill three people. detectives still don't know. >> but prosecutors in maryland and delaware tell us they have strong cases against accused killer radee prince. a delaware judge set prince's bail at more than $2 million today, the amount only relates to charges against him in that state. they include attempted first degree murder and hand gun charges. >> and then more serious charges await prince in maryland, including first and second degree murder, assault, and felony gun charges. prince will eventually be sent from delaware to maryland tonight. the community in horford county is rallying around the coworkers and their families. >> i have talked to a few of them and they are exactly how you can imagine. they're struggling. everybody is struggling, and we're really happy to have such a great c

so, thank you guys. >> among those struggling is a family from our area, one of the victims is from northern virginia and he made that long commute up to harford county, maryland every day because he loved his job. news 4's kristin wright spoke today to his daughter and kristin is live for us in falls church. hi, kristin. >> reporter: his daughter told me he worked so hard because he wanted so much for his family. we are standing tonight in front of their church where they are praying for this family. bayarsaikhan tudev and his wife of 32 years on a church trip to shen endough a national park just this past sunday, everything's changed since. his wife now a widow, their daughter sud without a father. >> it's tragic that this happened to my family, you know. it had to be him out of all the